"This time, when the queen asked me to arrange the accompanying guards, she specially named the name of your Chongwen Pavilion left guard, saying that you have a good battle formation and an elite crown in the palace, and asked me to bring your left guard people with her. ”

After hearing this, Li Shimin did not feel happy, but troublesome.

The White Horse Temple was built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty went to the body poison because of the dream of the minister, sought the high monks and Buddhist scriptures, and built a monastery in the north of the three miles of the imperial road outside the Xiyong Gate in Luoyang.

In order to commemorate the two monks who traveled thousands of miles to carry the scriptures on white horses, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty named this monastery "White Horse Temple", and the word "temple" is derived from the word "temple" of "Honglu Temple".

Since then, the White Horse Temple has become the "ancestral garden" and "release source" of the Middle Earth Buddhism, and the temple word has also been used by the Buddhist monasteries.

But the problem is that the White Horse Temple at that time was in the old Luoyang City of the Han Dynasty and had long been abandoned. Especially when the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi stood side by side, the area around Guanzhong had been completely disabled by the million-strong armies of the two families. Therefore, after the first emperor replaced the Zhou, another city site was selected to build Luoyang.

Therefore, this White Horse Temple is far away from the current Luoyang City, and it can only be returned for at least one day. And the royal family travel is even more cumbersome. It takes at least five or six days to make a round trip to the White Horse Temple.

With these five or six days, what is he not doing well?

Li Shimin secretly smiled bitterly, but he did not hesitate to bow down: "Subordinates receive orders!"

Although he was reluctant in his heart, since he was on this errand, he should be dutiful and loyal. Accompanying the queen is also one of his duties, and he can't avoid it because he is annoying.

What's more, he has no ability and room to refuse now.

Seeing this, Dugu Cheng smiled with relief, and held Li Shimin's arm in a warm tone: "Vilu Sha, you have indeed won the blue eyes of Her Royal Highness the Queen this time, and I am afraid that you will have a bright future in the future." But then, it is even more necessary to be a good student, and not to disappoint His Highness. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised, it was the first time he saw Dugu Cheng so affectionate to him.

You need to know that his distant relative, even yesterday, after his Chongwen Pavilion left guard shined, he was extremely reserved and always held the boss's shelf.

But then he guessed the reason, and smiled with relief: "The subordinates must remember the teachings of Lord Naosai!"

"What's your name?"

Dugu Cheng looked displeased, and patted Li Shimin's shoulder heavily. "Just call my cousin, or Brother Cheng. Between you and me, there is no need to care about these officialdom etiquette. ”

At this time, his expression was slightly hesitant, as if he wanted to speak and stopped, just when Li Shimin was puzzled, Dugu Cheng finally spoke: "I heard this morning that Prince Kai has floated on the Luo River——"

Li Shimin instantly understood the reason, and he couldn't help frowning, and said bluntly: "This matter has nothing to do with me! I, Li Shimin, really want to take revenge, and I don't care to use such shallow tricks." ”

This method of killing people is too simple and crude, so he can't bear to look at it directly. If he wants to take Wang Zikai's life, not only does he not need to dirty his hands, but he will not think of himself.

"It's good if it's not, it's good if it's not!"

Dugu Cheng nodded hurriedly, but his expression was half-believing and half-skeptical: "I believe in your character." It's just that if you still want to show your ambitions in the army in the future, you can go further. Then no matter how you behave or do things in the future, you need to leave some leeway and restrain your temperament.

The so-called forgiving and forgiving, there is a saying that rabbits bite when they are in a hurry. There are some extreme measures, you can not use them, what good will it do you to force your opponent to a desperate situation? In addition, people who are colleagues with you will inevitably be afraid. These are my cousin's heartfelt words, and I hope you will remember them in your heart—"

Li Shimin couldn't cry or laugh, but he knew that Dugu treated him with some sincerity. And what this person said at this time is not only from the bottom of his heart, but also from the bottom of his heart.

But he couldn't help but feel disgusting in his heart, although he had expected that someone would associate Wang Zikai's death with him. But it's still quite annoying to encounter such a thing.

finally sent Dugu Cheng and his entourage away, and Li Shimin looked at the door in a daze.

He didn't forget that the culprits of this incident were Su Yi and Yang Jishan. Now that he Li Shimin is in a commotion, how can he let these two people stay out of the matter and be at ease?

Then he remembered what the eldest grandson Wuji said to him before entering the palace. I don't know what kind of method this cousin will use?

At this time, not far behind him, another team leader of the left guard of Chongwen Pavilion was in awe, looking at Li Shimin's back.

As an old man who has been in the palace for more than ten years, he understands the meaning of the queen's hand-picking. Most of them have already been in the back of their minds.

And today, although it is strictly forbidden for the harem to interfere in politics. But since Prince Yuande died of illness, the three sons born to him were taken to Empress Xiao to raise.

It is well known that the Son of Heaven is very fond of these three emperors and grandsons, far more than the sons under his knees. The one who can inherit the great treasure in the future must be one of these three imperial grandsons.

Since Li Shimin can be valued by Empress Xiao. Then in the eyes of the three emperors and grandsons in the future, the weight is extraordinary. That's why this Lord who prepares for Zhizhai will treat Li Shimin so affectionately.

This is obviously like him, very optimistic about Li Shimin's future.

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After the end of the day's small reading, the left and right reserve mansions still lost face. The results of the various units this time are not even as good as yesterday, and none of the twelve brigades drawn by Pei Renji can complete all the formations, which makes Dong Chun, the general of the left reserve, furious again.

Today's best result is the right guard of Chongwen Pavilion led by Changsun Wuji, but after changing eight formations, it collapsed as a whole.

- The subordinates of the eldest grandson Wuji, after all, are not like Zuo Wei's almost daily exercises, and in the past two months, there have only been five or six times in total. It's good to be able to do this.

But even so, the training results of the right guard of Chongwen Pavilion still topped all the departments, and once again earned some face for the right guard.

And the rest of the departments, although they got the news yesterday, were in a hurry to sharpen their guns. But the brigade with the best results only completed four battle formation changes.

So that night, Pei Renji was also scolded by the soldiers of the Reserve Mansion on the left and right.

Everyone didn't dare to complain about the Son of Heaven, so they had to vent their anger on General Zuo Wuwei, who was in charge of presiding over Xiao Yue.

And because the results of the right guard of Chongwen Pavilion are extremely 'good', he is considered to be a tall man among the short ones. So this time the queen's trip to the White Horse Temple, the right guard of Chongwen Pavilion of the eldest grandson Wuji, was also among the entourage.

This is not the queen's decree, but Dong Chun's order. This general of the imperial court who stayed in Luoyang had an old relationship with Changsun Sheng in the past, and this move was clearly intended to be promoted.

This is the advantage of the children of the family compared with the poor family. Their acquaintances are all over the court, and as long as they are a little motivated, they will not worry about their future prospects.

And not long after that, Li Shimin heard a rumor again, saying that someone once saw Wang Zikai kneeling on the royal road yesterday evening and begged Su Yi and Yang Jishan for pleading, but was kicked away by the latter. Soon after, Wang Zikai was sent to the Luo River to sink the river.

It is also said that the soldier who was taken down by Pei Renji had committed suicide in Si Litai's prison in the early hours of this morning.

This news, in less than half a day, spread throughout Miyagi. Later, some people speculated that this was mostly Yang Jishan and Su Yi, in order to avoid being implicated in Si Litai's investigation, so they killed people in advance. The hearts of these two sons are inevitably too cold.

Li Shimin was suspicious, and found the well-informed eldest grandson Wuji to ask, but only to see the latter with a strange smile on his face,

Wang Zikai went to find Yang Jishan is true, but he did not kneel down to plead. The clerk of the military department is really dead, the cause of death is unknown, and I can't find out. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and he felt strange. I thought to myself, this is killing people and killing people, right? How could it be possible for a person to enter the edict of Si Litai and die in one day?

What's the need for this? Just for this guy, can he change his ink armor privately? Can Su Yang and the two families make the difference, can't they settle this trivial matter? Need to kill people?

Even Si Litai and Yu Shitai will not exert their strength to investigate deeply. This mere accusation cannot shake the foundation of the current dynasty and the Ministry of Rites, but will only offend these powerful and deep-rooted families, which is definitely not the work of a wise man.

And since the former Sili doctor Xue Daoheng was forced to death by the Son of Heaven, the 'Santai' in the DPRK and China has long been without hard-boned figures.

It is Her Royal Highness the Queen, who ordered Si Li Yushi Ertai to investigate thoroughly, but she is afraid that she does not expect any satisfactory results in this case.

He couldn't figure it out, so he could only put aside his doubts for the time being.

"So these rumors in the palace, but Brother Wuji, is your handiwork?"

- It's not difficult to guess that there is the sentence that the eldest grandson Wuji said before, plus this one knows everything about Wang Zikai and the situation of the military department. Li Shimin easily gained insight into the mastermind of this matter.

"I have been in the palace for several years and have made many friends. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji did not answer positively, still with a smiling expression: "In addition, I also found Yu Wenshi, this colt seems to have seen that those two guys are not pleasing to the eye recently, and has been looking for their mistakes, so I hit it off with him." ”

When he said this, he sighed again: "I just realize now that it is not difficult for a person to win a good reputation, but it is much easier to ruin a person's reputation." ”

"The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed. ”

Li Shimin was also deeply touched by this, and shook his head slightly: "But if it weren't for the notoriety of these two people, you wouldn't be able to succeed easily this time." ”

In the past, he didn't know how to restrain, was sharp, and domineering. There are too many people who want to see his jokes, want to see him fall from a great height. Therefore, when rumors spread, few people will discern the truth of those rumors.