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In the hall, Li Shimin, as the host, sat on the top seat and raised his head to look at the brightly lit roof. Sensing the other party's gaze from time to time, he only glanced at it occasionally, and then continued to raise his head, ignoring the owner of that gaze.

On the other side, Hou Junji, who was standing below with his head held high, rolled his eyelids and looked at the roof, then lowered his head to peek at the master, and then raised his head and lowered his head, repeating so boringly.

Maybe he is a little apprehensive in his heart, but more importantly, he should be upright and not afraid of crooked shadows. As for feelings such as guilt, I can't put them into words.

Outside, under the moonlight at night, the courtyards in the inn are still immersed in tranquility. From a bird's-eye view from above, the surrounding environment has not changed at all, but this encased courtyard is carefully guarded layer by layer. The hall is immersed in this strange atmosphere, and the courtyard is also inside, not like a guard, but as if it is covered by a large net.

"What does it feel?"

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin finally lowered his head slightly, glancing at Hou Junji, who was motionless except for his eyes.

"Next time, I will be angry with Wei Zheng, and I won't come out!" Rolling his eyes, Hou Junji muttered unhappily.

"You don't worry about me at all, will I suspect you of bad intentions?!" Looking at Hou Junji's unhappy face, Li Shimin frowned.

If this thing would have been guilty or something before, now that he is older, he has made a lot of contributions, and he is no longer afraid. Are you too used to this product? Li Shimin couldn't help but start to doubt.

"It's none of the minister's business, the minister has a clear conscience!" Hou Junji stood there, staring at him with a reasonable look.

Li Shimin came over with straight eyes, did not squint, and stared at Hou Junji expressionlessly, "That's not what I said, they are all people who have worked hard, they must admit if they do something wrong, and they must be punished if they do something bad, it is impossible for anyone to be like you, who has obviously done something wrong, but still has to put on a clear conscience!" ”

Except for the corners of his mouth moving in his jaw, everything else was motionless, and Li Shimin at this moment, speaking slowly, was different from usual, faintly exuding a cold and ruthless majestic aura.

"If Your Majesty says this, the old minister has nothing to say. Zong Ze ...... Cui Zongze, the assassin, was indeed brought in by the old minister. If Lao Chen had discovered his identity earlier, he would not have had a chance to get close to His Majesty, and His Royal Highness King Tan would have been fine. This is the fault of the old minister, and the old minister admits it; But the old minister did not collude with the Cui family and deliberately used this to kill His Majesty! Hou Junji's waist was very straight, and he spoke loudly with his head held high, and there was no sense of weakness in it at all.

However, the more innocent he is, the more he tries to hide his inner turmoil. If Sun Dao was here, he would inevitably have similar thoughts.

And here, it is Li Shimin, the Li Shimin who was slightly influenced by Sun Dao.

"However, you are nominally responsible for the protection. When you were in Chang'an, you said that you were going to be the shopkeeper, so I asked Su Dingfang to follow me. Later, you sent Cui Zongze over to discuss the protection with Su Dingfang; Since you are too lazy to care about these things, isn't that a superfluous move? Li Shimin glanced at him coldly, "Cui Zongze, as your plenipotentiary representative, Su Dingfang must discuss everything with him, take care of your face, and of course share some responsibilities with him." If you want to justify, you let Cui Zongze go in order to always understand the escort matters in case something goes wrong; Then you can tell Su Dingfang in advance, and you don't need to ask Cui Zongze to be responsible for specific duties, but unfortunately, you still don't! ”

"How do you explain that?"

"That's why the old minister doesn't like to be involved in this kind of thing!" Gritting his teeth and muttering, the questioned Hou Junji turned his gaze to Li Shimin's side, still looking innocent and fearless, "The old minister has nothing to say, if Your Majesty suspects that the old minister is colluding with the Cui clan to conspire against him, he will take the official position of the old minister to the end, and then let Wei Zheng come to investigate!" ”

"You're threatening me?" Li Shimin sneered twice.

"The old minister just doesn't want His Majesty to be embarrassed!" Hou Junji raised his head.

"Then you should do something to reassure me!" Fingers tapped on the table, Li Shimin's tone was calm and gloomy, and what was difficult to hide was really irony: "Don't do anything, just know that I have a clear conscience by pretending to be innocent here, what's the use!" ”

"I can trust you, but what about Wei Zheng and the like! Will they tolerate me reusing another general who can't even do a good job of escorting! is full of innocent people who only know that I am allowed to investigate, is that every official who has been falsely accused, I have to remove them from their posts first, and then send someone to spend time and energy to restore your innocence!? ”

"You know all day long that you go into battle to kill the enemy, compete with your peers and even juniors for military merits, can't you have something else in your head! In this way, do you plan to go to the battlefield for the rest of your life and be a military secretary for a lifetime!? ”

"Can I put you in another position!?"

With obvious anger, Li Shimin went against the usual image of Hou Junji's usual generosity and tolerance, and sat there very unpleasantly reprimanding.

After a thunderous anger over there, Hou Junji on this side probed his thick neck, "Your Majesty didn't suspect the old minister?" ”

"Old minister's fart!" glared at him fiercely again, and Li Shimin said, "If you are suspicious of what else you want you to do, wouldn't it be safer to put you under house arrest in Luoyang directly!" ”

"The old minister is ashamed!"

"Then you can teach me a lesson, and don't mess with me again! How old a person is, still like a child! ”

……

Thousands of miles together.

At this time, it was still early in the night, and the moon had just woken up to the sky, and the faint moonlight was swaying on the earth. Inevitably, some eyes cast dappled shadows through the scattered branches and young leaves.

Su Shi's prose, the court is like stagnant water and empty, the algae and wattles in the water are crossed, and the shadow of bamboo and cypress is also covered.

It should be regarded as the same transparent and clear moonlight, and the beautiful scenery under the moon is also somewhat similar, and if you glance forward, the difference between the courtyard and the camp will be added to the difference. Or rather, another similarity.

Why is there no moon in the night? Where is there no bamboo cypress? But there are few idlers like the ears of the two of us.

There are people walking under the moon in the courtyard, and there are naturally few people in the camp who are so leisurely, but there is no one in the camp, and there is such a group of people outside the gate of the camp.

Of course, it won't be a person who walks together under the moon, but it can be regarded as an "old acquaintance". Not only the soldiers in front of Yuyuanmen, but also the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Chengqian in the camp, and even Yan Lide, who was walking around all day, could chat with the leading old man and ask a few words.

Roughly calculated, it should have been three or four days before their group of people knelt in Yuanmen.

It was these three or four days of running-in that both sides were extremely sensible. Every morning, he began to kneel in front of the gate here, and when he arrived at the meal, breakfast was delivered in the camp; The men, women, and children of a village finish their meals in an orderly manner and then continue to kneel; After a while, the middle-aged men who needed to work in the fields left, and the old people and children who couldn't hold it were helped in by the soldiers to rest for a while; Then there is lunch and dinner, the prime of life who has finished work and returns to the village, and finally goes back to rest late at night.

Repeating the same rhythm, both sides silently doing what they thought they should do.

Under this silent and orderly scene, there is a dullness and depression day after day.

This night, the villagers outside the gate on that side were still kneeling, and on this side, while the moonlight was pouring in through the gap in the door curtain, Li Chengqian was lying on the bed tossing and turning. Left, right, right, right, left, left. It was about midnight when he heard a faint voice of inquiry outside. was quite familiar with that voice, and Li Chengqian understood that it was his uncle who had returned.

Speaking of which, his uncle is really calm and indifferent, and at this time, he can still go to the city to drink and have fun. But he can't, before reading the letter that Yan Lide sent to him, he was worried about the stubborn villagers outside the gate; After reading the letter, that feeling of upset suddenly escalated into a headache.

It was a letter from his cousin, Toyan Lide. Strictly speaking, half a letter.

At the same time, the delivery of this half of the letter to himself also shows that all this today is deliberately done by Yan Lide. And the reason for my headache is because of a few sentences in this half letter.

There is a kind of person who has no strength himself, cannot or is unwilling to be the decider of the fate of all beings, but he will always make irresponsible remarks about the decisions of others. From the standpoint of righteousness, pick out all the flaws that can be used to criticize the decision-maker. Anyway, it's not that he is there, so he can be criticized with righteousness.

This kind of person is very annoying, as if he is the only one in the world who is a selfless and good person, and everyone else has selfish intentions. Moreover, because of what he has done, it is easy for the ignorant and superficial to realize that the wise decision-maker, who was originally in the impression, has actually betrayed his trust. This distrust, if exploited by the well-intentioned, can lead to disaster. In fact, in fact, this kind of person can't do anything, but will blindly reprimand and criticize others! However, precisely because he can't do anything, he is not qualified to be harsh on others at all!

At first glance, his cousin seemed to be clueless, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt a little in harmony with the current scene.

This seems to be an excuse for those who are dissatisfied with him in the court to attack him after insisting on the current decision.

Insisting on going his own way has caused public resentment.

Perhaps, they will use this reason to accuse themselves, and perhaps count the uncle who traveled with them.

This is also the reason why Li Chengqian is sure that Yan Lide is deliberate. No matter what, it is better to face it sooner rather than later, or to let yourself get in touch with it in advance, when there is still an uncle as a companion at this time.

So, after such a thought, although he lay in bed early, Li Chengqian couldn't sleep at all.

He finally understood the exact meaning of the sentence "I am almost the same" at the end of this half of the letter.

I can say these things myself, and I will say it head-on, but when the ball is kicked to my side, I will also retreat. Perhaps it is more appropriate to describe it as "just talking but not doing".

If you change your understanding in a different way, it is Yan Lide, who is "not in his position and does not seek his own politics", and only cares about doing his own thing.

In the same way, Li Chengqian couldn't criticize them harshly, and it could even be said that he couldn't hate them at all.

Therefore, now he has a headache with the people outside.

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