Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chang'an City seems to be more and more lively.

Li Ke stayed in Yizhou for more than a year, and finally found a suitable excuse to return to Chang'an City.

Although Yizhou is good, it is far away from Chang'an after all, and it is not a good place for a prince with ideas.

In today's situation in the Tang Dynasty, no matter which prince it is, it is simply impossible to rely on rebellion to ascend the throne.

The only chance is to get Li Shimin's approval!

Li Ke naturally has a deep understanding of this.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu has returned to Beijing, saying that he wants to sacrifice the Rui Beast to His Majesty."

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Zhong came to Li Shimin's side with a strange face.

As a person close to Li Shimin, Li Zhong naturally knew the special features of Li Ke, the king of Shu.

To say that among Li Shimin's many sons, Li Ke is the only one who can make Li Shimin really say "Yingguo is like me".

In history, even if Li Shimin re-established Li Zhi as the crown prince, he had the mind of changing the store twice, and the object of change was Li Ke.

It is conceivable that Li Ke's status in Li Shimin's heart is no worse than Li Tai.

"The Beast?"

Li Shimin's face was displeased.

has been brainwashed by Li Kuan for so many years, and he is no longer very interested in all kinds of auspiciousness.

Now his favorite third son has returned to Chang'an from Yizhou thousands of miles in order to pay tribute to Rui Beast, which naturally makes people a little dissatisfied.

The higher the expectation, the more you don't want to see things that disappoint you.

"Yes, His Royal Highness King Wu has already taken the Rui Beast and is waiting outside the palace! I heard that there was a very special beast on the carriage, and none of the soldiers guarding it knew him. ”

"Then let him in, I want to see what is going on with Ke'er, what kind of beast to offer."

Soon, someone went to inform Li Ke to enter the palace, and even the carriage containing the Rui beast also came in.

"Ke'er, is this what you call the Rui Beast?"

After a brief greeting, Li Shimin followed Li Ke to the door of the Xuanzheng Palace.

After the curtain of a carriage was lifted, a huge cage appeared inside, and an animal that had never been seen before sat there with an innocent face.

"Father, look! The beast's eyes were surrounded by two round black spots, like dark circles left by not sleeping well; And the vivid black ears, black nose and black lips. But the fur in other places is snow-white, isn't it very special? ”

Li Ke pointed to the rui beast in the cage and introduced it with spittle.

This Rui beast, after he accidentally bought a fur when he was visiting Yizhou, he felt its specialness, and then specially arranged for the guards of the palace to inquire and capture it.

He couldn't find a suitable reason to go back to Chang'an, so he had it immediately.

"These big eyes are very similar to wearing big sunglasses."

Li Shimin said as he took out a pair of special sunglasses from his arms.

This was accidentally made by the Chu Wangfu Glass Workshop before, and then quickly spread among the escort team and the crew of the East China Sea fishery.

Of course, this thing is expensive, and ordinary people don't have the opportunity to own it.

"Father, the son has examined a lot of literature, and I think that this Rui beast is likely to be the legendary Pixiu!"

"Pixiu?"

Li Shimin was stunned.

Dragons, phoenixes, turtles, unicorns and pixiu have been recognized as Rui beasts since ancient times.

But apart from the tortoise, no one has ever been able to really say why.

It is generally accepted that these things should not exist and are fictional.

Now Li Ke said to himself, the monster in front of him is Pixiu?

"That's right, Pixiu can protect the financial report and is one of the symbols of the emperor's family. When Erchen was in Yizhou, he tried to raise Pixiu for a period of time, and determined that this Rui beast could be relatively easy to feed, so he immediately sent it to Chang'an. Father, now the Tang Dynasty is strong, and there is a Rui beast appearing, no one has found this Pixiu for thousands of years, and now it appears in the world during the reign of the father, this is not a Rui beast, what is it? ”

The more Li Ke spoke, the more excited he became, and he felt that he had made a great contribution to Datang.

You see!

No one in the past dynasties has found this Rui beast, Pixiu, and he has found it.

This Rui beast is not like the auspicious Rui that is blindly reported in some places, and there is no proof of death.

He personally sent the real thing of the Rui Beast to Chang'an City, and also found a way to breed it, who dares to question it in the future, just take him to see it and it's over.

"Li Zhong, you go and ask Kuan'er to come and take a look, this kind of strange thing, maybe he will have a different opinion."

Li Shimin endured the excitement in his heart.

Li Ke's words went to his heart.

However, he is also afraid of making an oolong.

However, as soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Ke's heart was shocked.

He has not been in Chang'an City for a few years, has Li Kuan become so favored?

I'll have to find a way to get him to support me.

No matter how bad it is, you have to have a good relationship.

……

"Auntie, hurry! Go to the front of the Xuanzheng Hall to see the Rui Beast Pixiu! ”

In the harem, the son came to the eldest grandson queen excitedly.

In the Daming Palace, there are almost no places where the son can't go.

She was also bored today, and wanted to go to the Xuanzheng Hall to see what Li Shimin was busy with, but she heard the news that her third brother had sent Rui Beast all the way.

At this time, the son naturally immediately ran over to join in the fun.

just glanced at Rui Beast, and before she had time to talk to Li Shimin and Li Ke, she ran away.

Li Ke was still a little puzzled, thinking that his son was frightened by the Rui Beast.

Who knew that she came to the harem to find the eldest grandson queen to appreciate this rare beast.

"Rui Beast? Son, where did the beast come from? ”

Empress Changsun glanced at her son, and then continued to look at "Dream of Red Mansions" in her hand.

As a more rational queen, Rui Beast said this, and the eldest grandson queen has always been unconvinced.

"Xuanzheng Palace, just in front of Xuanzheng Palace. The third brother personally sent it from Yizhou, and I also went to see it, and it does look very peculiar, a little similar to the legendary Pixiu. ”

The son's own name itself is a legendary beast, and he is more interested in Pixiu, a legendary beast, than ordinary people.

"Ke'er sent it from Yizhou?"

Empress Eldest Sun frowned slightly. Number Five

She is delicate, and she keenly senses a special taste from this matter.

Li Shimin likes Li Ke very much, and there are many ministers in the court who support Li Ke, and Empress Changsun naturally knows about this matter.

As the son of the princess of the previous dynasty, Li Ke is naturally more noble in blood, and there are many courtiers in the court, all of whom were once courtiers of the Great Sui, and they have a special feeling for Li Ke.

Of course, success is also Xiao He defeat.

It is precisely because Li Ke's bloodline is relatively noble that some people support it, and some people will oppose it.

How can those who relied on rebellion to get to where they are today want to see Li Ke come to power?

When the time comes, will this world be Li Tang's world or Yang Sui's world?

When the time comes, will Li Ke find an opportunity to liquidate these people who rebelled back then?

Once this worry arises, it is very difficult to dispel it.

Even if you pat your chest and say you can't, someone has to believe it.

"Yes, this Rui beast, well, this Pixiu, was discovered by the third brother in Yizhou by chance, saying that this is a sign of prosperity. In the past, so many emperors were on the throne, and there was no Pixiu on the market, but now it has appeared, isn't it a symbol of prosperity? ”

The son would love to hear that.

After all, in her mind, Li Shimin is not only a kind father, but also an emperor worthy of her respect.

"Then I'm going to see if this Pixiu looks the same as the legend."

Empress Changsun did not hesitate any longer, and after putting down the "Dream of Red Mansions" in her hand, she followed her son to the Xuanzheng Palace.

Similarly, in the Daming Palace, many people who heard the news went to the Xuanzheng Palace.

Even some of the ministers on duty on both sides of the court and the central government also came out curiously to see what this legendary Pixiu looked like.

Let's see if this Rui beast is really Pixiu.

"Your Majesty, there is a saying in "Yi Zhou Shu Zhou Zhu": The depth of the mountain, what is the service of the tiger and leopard Pixiu? In the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors", there is also such a saying: Xuanyuan taught Xiong to fight with Emperor Yan in the field of Hanquan. These tigers, leopards and bears are all beasts that do exist, and the Pixiu recorded with them should also be the beasts that did exist at that time.

But for thousands of years, no one has really seen it. Now that this Rui beast sent by His Royal Highness King Wu, Wei Chen feels that it really looks a little pixiu. ”

Yang Shidao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, circled around the carriage, and after taking a serious look at the Rui beast in the cage, he expressed his opinion.

With him on the rise, others have also expressed their opinions.

"Your Majesty, all of you present are knowledgeable and talented, but you have never heard of or seen this beast under your eyes. Combined with Yang Shangshu's statement just now, this Rui beast is likely to be the legendary Pixiu. Although there is a description of Pixiu in ancient legends, the world has never found it.

Weichen thinks that it is because the people of the world are not rich enough, this Rui beast that guards wealth has not appeared, and now Datang is not what it used to be, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and a scene of national peace and security, so Pixiu, the ancient Rui beast, has finally come out, which is the fortunate thing of my Datang. ”

The performance of Gao Jifu, a member of the Zhongshu House, is even more exaggerated than Yang Shidao.

Li Ke was a little dumbfounded when he heard it on the side.

I thought that offering a Rui beast was already the path of a traitorous villain, and I was still a little uneasy in my heart just now.

Especially whether the animal in front of him is a rui beast or a pixiu, he knows better than everyone else.

Now that he listened to everyone's words, he felt a little that the animal in front of him should really be Pixiu.

No, not should, it is!

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The eldest grandson Wuji on the side noticed the smile on Li Shimin's face, and involuntarily stood up and slapped a sycophant.

Immediately afterwards, everyone also reacted and gave full play to their language talents.

Some people who spoke late secretly regretted that what they wanted to say was preempted by others, and there were no words!

At this time, Li Kuan also came to the Xuanzheng Palace.

To be honest, when he heard that Li Shimin invited him to visit Rui Beast Pixiu in Daming Palace, his first reaction was not to believe it.

As a young man in the 21st century, he has never seen what Pixiu looks like, and he has never heard of the real existence of dragons, unicorns, and phoenixes in this world.

Now it is said that Li Ke specially sent a Pixiu to Li Shimin from Yizhou.

Can he believe it?

The brain was not kicked by the donkey!

However, since such a smart person as Li Shimin has been suppressed, he wants to invite himself to go over and take a look, indicating that the animal sent by Li Ke should indeed be very special, at least Li Shimin should have never seen it.

So Li Kuan was also more interested in coming in and taking a look.

And as soon as he came to the Xuanzheng Hall that day, he saw the familiar figure in the cage from a distance.

"Isn't this a giant panda?"

Just when everyone was singing praises, Li Kuan's words were like the words of the little boy in the emperor's new clothes, "Isn't he wearing no clothes?" In the same way, the decibel level of the scene was directly reduced from sixty to six.

Everyone turned their eyes to him.

Obviously, everyone thinks that this is Pixiu, why does His Royal Highness the King of Chu say that it is a giant panda?

What is a giant panda?

Why have we never heard of it?

Besides, this Rui beast is obviously a Pixiu, why is it a cat?

Speaking of which, it doesn't bear any resemblance to a cat?

Whose cat is so big?

It looks as strong as a bear.

"Giant pandas? Second brother, this is Pixiu, you ...... You can't admit that you're wrong, are you? ”

Li Ke broke the silence.

Others can continue to say nothing, but he can't.

If such a good deck of cards is really broken, the most unlucky person will be yourself.

Although Li Shimin will not punish himself for this incident, he should not even think about what he wants to achieve.

"That's right, second brother, this is obviously Pixiu, your giant panda, I've never heard of it."

Just now, I happily invited the eldest grandson queen to come to the scene to watch Pixiu's son, and when I heard Li Kuan's words, I couldn't help but stand up and refute it.

"Kuan'er, have you seen this animal before?"

Li Shimin is still quite confident in Li Kuan's vision.

It seems that in the past few years, as long as there is something I don't understand, I can always get unexpected answers when I ask him.

"This giant panda is supposed to be an animal unique to Jiannan Province, and it likes to live in dense bamboo forests in the mountains, where the temperature is low all year round. This giant panda's favorite food is bamboo, and it also likes to climb trees. Half of its day is spent sleeping. The local people will call it the white bear or the bamboo bear......"

Accompanied by Li Kuan's words, Li Ke's mind went blank.

The Rui Beast in front of him was the one he found in the northwest of Jiannan Dao.

This place is full of overlapping mountains, luscious streams and springs, towering trees, and pleasant scenery in all four seasons, and all kinds of environments are very consistent with what Li Kuan said.

Could it be that this thing is really a giant panda, not a Pixiu?