"Shangyi Ling Liu Wenjing? He has been in good health recently? I heard that half a year ago, he gave birth to a son, named Liu Shuyi? I also remember you, it was his younger brother Liu Wenqi?"

Li Yuan said as he took the bamboo tube in his hand,

But in just a moment, his complexion changed drastically, not only did the blood on his face fade, but even the hand holding the bamboo tube trembled slightly.

"Guogong?" Li Dai couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this. Since he served this Tang Guogong in the Li Mansion, he had never seen his master so flustered.

"Go home!"

Li Yuan took a deep breath and barely calmed down: "Send someone to inform the queen and the inner history squire, just say that my father is not in good health, and he will take a day off." ”

At this time, Emperor Yang of Sui, although he had already traveled north to conquer Liao. But the court meeting in Luoyang City is still held normally, but the person who presides over it has been replaced by the queen Xiao Shi and the internal history squire, and the confidential Yu Shiji. Li Yuan, because of His Majesty's trust, participated in the government as Wei Wei Shaoqing, and assisted the Empress Xiao and the second grandson Yang Tong to stay in charge of the country.

"Then let the lady inform her and invite her to the study. ”

After that, Li Yuan turned pale, hurriedly walked into the door of the mansion, and went straight to the study in the inner courtyard.

And when the Duchess of Tang Guo Dou hurried to the study, she saw her husband sitting behind the bookcase with a white face and an anxious expression. This made her frown slightly: "What's the matter with the husband, why are you so panicked? You are like this, and you are also worthy of being a minister of the court?"

When Li Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Liu Wenjing's secret letter said that Si Litai recently made a big fanfare and searched Zaozhuang in Qishan County, and found seventy pieces of ink armor hidden in the village. ”

Dou Shi was puzzled at first, but then she also saw through Ruize, and her voice condensed: "Is this really true?"

"The person who delivered the letter was covered in wounds, how could it be fake? Presumably, on the way to deliver the letter, he was intercepted and killed. ”

Li Yuan let out a long breath: "I have read it carefully, and there is nothing wrong with the payment in the letter. The person who sent the letter, I am also sure that it is Liu Wenjing's younger brother Liu Wenqi. Brother Liu Xian, he will never make such jokes with me. ”

Dou frowned, still puzzled: "But there is no need to panic so far?"

"Madame, you don't know!"

Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "Just a few days ago, the imperial historian Pei Yun once told me that now in the two capitals of the east and west, there is a proverb circulating, saying that it is the 'Eighteen Sons Lord Artifact'. ”

Dou Shi finally lost his face: "Who is this who wants to put my martial arts Li clan to death? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The Qishan County that Li Yuan mentioned before belongs to Fufeng County. This matter seems to have nothing to do with their Tang State Mansion, but this Qishan County is less than a hundred miles away from Wugong County, which belongs to Jingzhao County.

And their Tang State Mansion, in this area, has a huge prestige that is difficult for others to match.

This is related to the rebellion of the six towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty in the past, the Northern Wei Zhengguang five years, when the six towns in the north were soldiers, dissatisfied with the sinicization of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and after the capital moved south to Luoyang, the treatment and promotion of the Xianbei soldiers and nobles in the six towns were not as good as moving Xianbei to the south, and launched a rebellion that affected the entire northern border. Since then, all ethnic groups in Guanlong and Hebei have also risen up one after another.

At that time, Li Hu, the ancestor of their Tang State Mansion, as a subordinate of He Bayue, followed Er Zhurong, who was in power in the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, and served as the governor of the Left Chamber, and shared the Han army with Li Bi.

At that time, under the command of Er Zhurong, although the Xianbei iron cavalry was the main force, the Han army was also recruited as an auxiliary. As the governor of the left wing, Li Hu was in charge of half of the Han army.

Later, with the passage of time, the former Xianbei iron cavalry was exhausted in the successive battles, and gradually dispersed, leaving only the Han army, which grew stronger and stronger in Guanxi, and became the main force of the Western Wei and Great Zhou expeditions.

So much so that after Yuwentai, the ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, took power, he had to create a military system and set up eight Shangzhu countries to divide the power of Li Hu and Li Bi.

At that time, Yuwentai was the head of the Pillar Kingdom, but his status had long been transcendent, and the Yuan family was named because of his respectful status. In fact, it is in line with the meaning of Zhou Li's rule of the six armies with the six pillars of the country. Under the six pillars, there were two generals in each governor, a total of twelve generals. Each general supervised two Kaifu, and each Kaifu led an army, a total of twenty-four armies.

But even so, the martial arts Li clan still has a huge influence among the Han people of the Kansai generation. There are countless Han people, grateful for Li Hu's virtue, so that the successive generations of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Great Sui Dynasty are jealous.

That's why the Dou family said, who wants to put the Tang State Mansion to death.

For example, today's northern expedition, only orphans and widows are left to guard the east and west. But there is such a proverb in Jingzhong, and then there are those privately hidden ink armors, what will the emperor who went out to fight in the meeting think? Are they preparing to rebel when the country is empty?

"The mastermind behind the scenes, I have been investigating recently, but so far nothing has been found. ”

Li Yuan shook his head: "As for why you don't tell your wife, you don't know the seriousness of the situation, and you don't want your wife to worry." ”

Dou Shi was already in contemplation at this time: "Then how are you going to deal with it?"

But Li Yuan didn't answer, only looked at his wife with a strange gaze. Dou Shi instantly understood in his heart: "You doubt it's me?"

She immediately sneered: "Although I, Dou Ling'er, hate the Sui family, I am not so ignorant of the general situation, and I will cause trouble in the world for my own selfishness, let alone gamble on my own children's lives." Don't I know that this Great Sui seems to be empty, but now there are still millions of troops in the territory, which is by no means the enemy of my martial arts Li clan. ”

"The husband didn't mean that. ”

Li Yuan's expression was slightly embarrassed, and then he said with a straight face: "I am going to bribe Si Li to drive Liu Can, and then ask Yu Wenshu to distinguish a few words for me in front of His Majesty." I heard that the Dou family was kind to Liu Yan in the past, so this matter may require Mrs. to come forward and turn around. ”

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he set up three imperial histories, divisions, and confessors in the court to supervise the court.

Among them, the Imperial Historical Observatory is responsible for supervising and correcting hundreds of officials, has the power to hear about things, and is in charge of the national criminal constitution to correct the imperial court.

The Confessor's Station is responsible for receiving edicts and questions, sending envoys to comfort them, holding festivals and giving instructions, and examining the people's sufferings and grievances and performing them.

As for Si Litai, his duty was to inspect the inside and outside of Gyeonggi and supervise all illegal affairs in the eastern and western capitals and surrounding places, that is, the former Si Lixiao Lieutenant of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Now the position of the doctor of Si Litai is vacant, and only Liu Yan is the only one who is in charge of Si Litai's affairs.

This person is deeply favored by Yang Guang and is arrogant and domineering in the court. And this time I searched Zaozhuang in Qishan County, and it was found that the person who secretly hid the ink armor was the man of Si Litai.

Dou Shi fell into contemplation again: "I am naturally obligated to do my best in this matter." Kefujun, how can you be sure that the mastermind behind the Li clan's rebellion against my martial arts this time is not Liu Yan himself? So Yuwenshu, is he willing to help? The Yuwen family is now in charge of a heavy army, if the Son of Heaven sees that the Yuwen family and the Li family have formed a party, will he be more suspicious?"

Li Yuan's face was slightly pale, and he was silent.

"Forget about the Yuwen family, but it is imperative to bribe Liu Yan heavily. And just in case, my family needs to form another strong reinforcement. ”

Dou's eyes condensed slightly, revealing a wise luster: "Since the Imperial Doctor specially reminded the husband before, why didn't the husband ask the Imperial Doctor for help?"

"Doctor Yushi?"

Li Yuan was stunned, and his eyes hesitated: "But my family has almost never dealt with Pei Yun." This man doesn't value money and women, so how can I ask him this time?"

"This is because the husband wants to be wrong, why didn't Pei Yun ask for a place to my house?"

Dou sneered: "Although Pei Yun is a branch of the Pei family in Hedong, his ancestor Pei Shousun has crossed to the south with Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu since the Liu Song Dynasty, and then served in the Southern Dynasty until the fall of the Chen Dynasty, and then surrendered to the Great Sui." Therefore, although this person has outstanding political achievements, he is deeply trusted by His Majesty. But Pei Yun's foundation in the court is actually very weak, and there is no support inside and outside. In the event of this person's death, or any accident, how should the children and grandchildren of the family deal with themselves?

Her voice paused, and her voice was leisurely: "He is one of the people closest to Yang Guang, and he also knows His Majesty's mind best." ”

In other words, if the Son of Heaven really had the intention of attacking the martial arts Li clan, Pei Yun would not dare to meddle in this matter.

When Li Yuan heard this, his expression was already moved. But he still suppressed his thoughts, sat behind the bookcase, and weighed the pros and cons.

But at this time, the Dou family said again: "By the way, husband, do you remember that a few years ago, Changsun Sheng and my Li family got married?"

"Marriage? I remember it's Virusha, right?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly, thinking that if the right Xiaowei general Changsun Sheng was still alive, he would be right with their Li family, but now that Changsun Sheng is dead, his young son* has been kicked out of the house, how can he be worthy of his second son?

As far as he knew, most of the generation of the eldest grandson clan had died of old age, but they could not provide help for the future of Pilu to shield themselves from the wind and rain.

But then he thought of Li Shimin, who had a bad reputation in the eastern capital of Luoyang. It's not good, now others don't look down on their son.

Sure enough, in the next moment, he listened to Dou's words: "I have inquired, although the young son and widow of Changsun Sheng, although he was kicked out of the house since he was a child, he was adopted by his uncle, but because Gao Shilian's family style is very strict, this Guanyin maid is now in good shape, has both talent and morality, and has recently become famous in Chang'an." It is said that now all families in Beijing are asking for marriage, such as the Xuguo family, the Rongguo family, and the Hedong Pei family, all of which have this intention. ”

"Xu Guogong?"

Li Yuan's expression moved slightly, Xu Guogong is Yuwenshu, and Rong Guogong is here to protect his children. And the Hedong Pei family is even more famous in the world, Pei Yun, Pei Ju, Pei Renji, etc., are now all powerful in the DPRK. I don't know which room is the one who asks to marry Guanyin?

In addition, Gao Shilian, he has also heard of it, is said to be quite talented, straightforward and elegant, and clean and self-defeating. This child should not be too bad.

At this time, a smile also appeared on Dou's face: "This brother and sister, although they have a bad relationship with their brother. But the eldest grandson still values and pities the two of them, but disdains his brother eldest grandson Anye. And I heard that Your Majesty has also questioned this brother and sister many times, and it is obvious that the Son of Heaven still remembers the affection of General Youxiaowei——"