Li Yuan said with some curiosity: "Xia Wine? Prince, what kind of wine is this? ”

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan also likes to drink a few cups in his spare time, and he has tasted any good wine, but it is the first time he has heard of this kind of wine.

"Back to my father's words, my son has already inquired, this wine was made by a woman in Pingkangfang to the Turkic envoy, according to her confession, the wine was given by Lu Ting, the head of Wuyitang, and it is a newly brewed wine." Li Jiancheng said respectfully.

Without waiting for Li Yuan to ask, Li Jiancheng took the initiative to talk about the events of that night, and when he talked about the back, he said respectfully: "That wine just happened, Erchen has tasted it, it is indeed unique, it has been sent to warm wine, and my father can taste it at any time." ”

"Oh, the chivalrous wine brought? Then go to the bar. Li Yuan was also interested and ordered to serve wine.

The Turkic envoy must add this wine, and the prince also said that this wine is good, and Li Yuan was also interested at once.

Soon, the wine came up, and there were a few appetizers.

Li Jiancheng took the initiative to pour wine for Li Yuan, and also said some precautions, Li Yuan's reaction was similar to the first time Li Jiancheng saw Xia Wine, first surprised, then amazed, and finally full of praise.

The father and son chatted while drinking and eating, Li Jiancheng did not mention the matter of negotiating peace with the Turks, but picked some things that Li Yuan liked to say, and coaxed Li Yuan to laugh, not long after, Concubine Yin De, who was dressed in makeup, came to accompany him again, Li Yuan's wine was better, a few glasses of wine were down, and he was happy, and handed over all the matters of negotiation with the Turks to Li Jiancheng, and then hugged the graceful Concubine Yin Defei into the room and went to Wushan Yunyu together.

Li Jiancheng drank the last sip of wine in the cup, and was also a little drunk, and with the support of his confidant general Feng Li, he slowly walked back to the location of the East Palace.

In order to ensure the safety of Li Jiancheng, Feng Li, Xie Shufang, and Xue Wanche took turns to protect themselves, and today it was Feng Li, the general of Zuo Yiwei's chariot cavalry, who was in charge.

"Your Highness, watch your step." Feng Li reminded carefully.

This wine is a bit overbearing, the prince has only drunk a few glasses, and he has a sense of wine so quickly.

Li Jiancheng burped comfortably, and said with a smile: "Lone is happy, so I drank two more glasses." ”

"Your Highness, is that happening?" Feng Li's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked.

"It's done, my father agreed, the negotiation will be all handled by Lone, as long as those Turkic barbarians are appeased, the role of the second brother will be greatly reduced, see how he fights with Lone."

The battle of Wulongpi is over, but the Turks took the initiative to retreat, and in general, the Tang Dynasty suffered, coupled with the recent frequent conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks on the border, this negotiation is an opportunity.

According to the usual practice, the negotiation was led by Hongluqing Zheng Yuanxuan, and Li Jiancheng spent a lot of means, so Cui Yong was in charge, which was to prevent Li Er from manipulating in the negotiation.

For Li Er, the more tense the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, the more obvious his role became, Li Jiancheng and Wei Zheng and others felt that the sudden and frequent conflicts on the border were likely to be secretly instructed by Li Er, as long as he reconciled with the Turkic Turks, the action to clear Li Er's right-hand man would be smoother.

If it weren't for the frequent conflicts with the Turks on the border, people like Cheng Yanjin, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, and Wei Chi Jingde would have been transferred out of Chang'an City a long time ago.

This peace talk is an opportunity, provided that a treaty can be reached.

"Great," Feng Li said excitedly, "It's just that the price is bigger, and this time I have to cut off the wings around King Qin." ”

"General Feng, help Gu go back, act, remember not to startle the snake."

"The last will obey."

At the same time that the crown prince ordered Feng Li, in the palace of the King of Qin, Li Er conspired in the study room with a sad face.

In the past, there was a small meeting every three days and a general meeting every five days, but now it is different, sometimes there are several secret meetings a day, mainly because the situation is not optimistic.

Fang Xuanling was transferred out of Chang'an, which was like losing an arm for Li Er, but this matter was not over, Li Jiancheng chased and fought fiercely in the court, and wanted to transfer all the strategists and generals around Li Er out of Chang'an, such as Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Hou Junji and others.

If all the henchmen are transferred, Li Er will become a loner, and he will be tied to everything, no different from the fish on the board.

Cheng Yanjin suddenly said: "Lord Wang, when you are constantly interrupted, you will suffer from the chaos, and you can't sit and wait for death anymore." ”

Li Er shook his head and said, "How else can the blood and bone family relationship be broken?" No, no. ”

When Cheng Biting Jin was appointed as the assassin of Connecticut, he persuaded Li Er to make a move, but Li Er refused, and now Cheng Biting Jin still has his original idea, but unfortunately after so long, Li Er's idea has not changed.

Wei Chi Jingde is also a firm man of action, and when he heard this, he opened his mouth to persuade: "Lord Wang, while you still have strength, if you don't counteract, I'm afraid that the prince doesn't value flesh and blood as much as the prince, and then he will be in danger." ”

This country was brought back by the prince and his brothers, and the prince didn't know how much to save the Tang Dynasty from danger, the cunning rabbit is not dead, so he wants to cook the lackeys so soon?

The generals were angry, but Li Er just couldn't make a decision, the atmosphere was a little depressed, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had rarely spoken, said: "Major matters need to be discussed in the long run, and now that you are staring so closely, it is difficult to make any moves, so let's discuss how to deal with the crisis in front of us first." ”

This year is even more difficult than last year, the prince took advantage of the opportunity of Li Er to lead his troops against the Turks, and wantonly planted people, and now the palace and Chang'an City are firmly under his control.

It is no exaggeration to say that every day, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Qin Wangfu and the backbone of the Qin Mansion, if they act rashly, it will be in the hands of the prince, and he is worried that there is no excuse to do it.

The people present were all smart people, and when they heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Hou Junji said in a deep voice: "The Turks have sent an envoy to negotiate peace, if the prince succeeds in negotiating peace, the emperor's dependence on the prince will be reduced, and the prince's plan to weaken the prince will be smoother, if he can intervene, it is best to maintain the tense situation between the two sides, with the emperor's character, he will definitely not agree to the prince's plan." ”

Cheng gritted his teeth and said viciously: "The amount is small, not a gentleman, no poison and no husband, find someone to kill all the Turkic barbarians, really fight, see if the prince will lead the army to recruit in person." ”

"No" Li Er immediately shouted: "The two countries are fighting each other, and it is the people who suffer, not to mention that after the battle of Wulongpi, the Tang Dynasty has not yet recovered its vitality, and there is no sufficient food, grass, and soldiers, so what to fight with others." ”

This bastard is really a militant who wants to fight at every turn.

Before it was time to gamble on the fortunes of the country, Li Er would never agree to do so.

The Turks are strong and strong, and if they really fight, Datang is not the opponent of the Turks, and now that the rebellion in the territory has just been quelled, if there is a war with the Turks, some people with different intentions will definitely rebel, and this kind of internal and external troubles can be avoided.

There was silence again.

Things have developed like this, and it is no longer possible for everyone to control them.

Li Yuan was temporarily replaced, abandoning Zheng Yuanxuan, who knew the Turks well and had a good personal relationship with the Turkic upper echelons, and replaced it with Shaoqing Cui Yong, obviously biased towards the prince.

While everyone was discussing things, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the study.

Li Er's face was a little solemn, and he nodded to the eldest grandson Wuji who was sitting on the side, and the eldest grandson Wuji understood, got up and opened the door and went out.

When the study is secretly discussed, there are confidants and guards on all sides, and outsiders cannot approach at all, and if there is no urgent matter, they will not come and knock on the door.

The eldest grandson Wuji went out for a while, and quickly took a secret letter back and handed it to Li Er.

Li Er opened the secret letter and looked at it, everyone saw Li Er's expression, and soon, a long-lost smile appeared on that serious face.

"Zhijie" Li Er suddenly stood up and said suddenly.

"The end will be." Cheng bit Jin Leng for a moment, came back to his senses, and immediately knelt down on one knee to listen to the order.

Li Er immediately said: "Someone witnessed that Cui Yong accompanied the Turkic envoy to Wanhuayuan, and the Turkic envoy was very interested in a kind of wine called Xia Jiu, which may be the key to befriending the Turkic envoy, you immediately go to Liangshi Mountain to inform Lu Ting, without the consent of this king, don't let a drop of Xia Jiu flow out." ”

The secret letter was not sent by ordinary spies, but was placed in the prince's mansion, and it was secretly sent by using a secret line, and there was only one sentence in the letter: the Turkic envoy asked to add chivalrous wine to the gift list.

Xia Liquor Li Er knew that Lu Ting had smashed it open, and he had tasted it himself, it was mellow, smooth, and powerful, suitable for those martial artists to drink, but he didn't expect the Turkic envoys to drink that kind of wine.

The Turks are a people on horseback, born in a bitter cold land, wine and tea are indispensable to them, like Xia Wine, which is very suitable for them to drink.

Qi Hui's matter is top secret, that is, Li Er's henchman, and there are not many people who know about it, Li Er understated that someone witnessed it with his own eyes, and he cleared up the relationship without a trace, anyway, the group swaggered to drink flower wine, or went to Wanhuayuan, and there were more people who saw it.

No wonder the spy reported that the people of the Prince's Mansion blocked the Wanhuayuan for the safety of the Turkic envoys, and they didn't think about it at the time, but they didn't expect that there was such a reason.

"Don't worry, your subordinates will go immediately." Cheng Yanjin knew that the situation was urgent, made a salute, and quickly strode out.

The news has reached here, indicating that the people of the Prince's Mansion have started to act, Lu Ting does not know about this matter, it is very likely that they will succeed, no matter what, they must notify Lu Ting before they get the wine.

Cheng bit Jin and left, Hou Junji nodded and said: "The intelligence said that this person is a drunkard, but I didn't expect Lu Ting to happen this time." ”

Du Ruhui echoed: "I don't know how much that Qibi Qiaotai likes chivalrous wine, if he refuses to give up, this chivalrous wine may become a variable in this soft amount." ”

Now the situation is to involve the whole body, as the strongest enemy of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks, until now can still affect the wind direction of the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Chi Jingde said with some surprise: "It's Lu Ting's stinky boy again, he is the prince's lucky general." ”

So many people scratched their scalps, and they couldn't think of a way to break the situation, watching the prince take advantage of the emperor's favor and constantly suppress the Qin Palace, and finally the turning point turned out to be in a little master who had no rank and no quality.

The eldest grandson Wuji jokingly said: "That's natural, and I don't see whose disciple it is." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, that day, Lu Ting beat the snake with the stick, taking advantage of the loopholes in Li Er's words, and insisted on climbing the master-apprentice relationship, although it was a registered name, but the registered name was also a master and apprentice, everyone thought it was fun at that time, but I didn't expect that it was this clever little guy who was getting better and better.

Li Er didn't speak, but the smile on his face already showed his attitude.

Could it be that this Lu Ting is really a blessed general sent to him by God?

The person who sent the information was developed by Lu Ting, and even the chivalrous wine that opened up the situation was also made by Lu Ting, which was very important to Li Er.

It's not bad, when he is more mature and behaves better, he finds a chance to recognize this disciple, Li Er secretly made a plan in his heart.

Cheng Yanjin didn't even need a carriage, and with a team of guards, he quickly left the city and went straight to Liangshi Mountain.

When Cheng Yanjin and his party arrived at the camp, they saw two carriages from a distance, and Lu Ting waved at it from behind.

It won't be someone from the Prince's Mansion, just pull the wine away, Cheng Yanjin was shocked.

"Uncle Cheng, what kind of wind blew you here, don't you have to be on duty today?" Lu Ting saw Cheng Biting Jin and immediately greeted him.

Cheng Yanjin rode the horse to a place less than a zhang away from Lu Ting before reining in the horse, and because of the urgency, the first two hooves of the horse were raised high, which startled Lu Ting.

Before Lu Ting could complain, Cheng Yanjin asked anxiously: "Lu Ting, who are those people just now?" Did you ask for wine? Is it sold? ”

Because he was in a hurry, Cheng Biting Jin threw out three questions in one go.

Lu Ting originally wanted to joke, but when he saw Cheng Yanjin's anxious look, he hurriedly said: "If you go back to Uncle Cheng, the person who came is Miss Yimeng from Wanhuayuan, she brought some snacks to her little nephew, and was also entrusted by the old bustard Chen's mother to discuss the matter of chivalrous wine, well, the little nephew sent her two altars, and I heard her say that the guests responded very well, and Wanhuayuan wanted to ask for it for a long time, and the price was easy to say." ”

The most critical question has not been answered, Cheng Yanjin asked: "What about the chivalrous wine, did you give it to her?" ”

"I didn't sell a single jar, so I dragged it out."

It's good that it didn't sell, Cheng Biting Jin breathed a long sigh of relief, and soon said strangely: "That little Oiran, isn't it your old friend, she came to you in person, the price is easy to say, why don't you agree?" ”

This kid is not fascinated by beautiful women, and he is still clever.

Lu Ting smiled: "The relationship is too good, this price is not easy to open, lest the previous little affection is gone, if you want to talk, let the manager of Wanhua Courtyard talk to me, and besides, they have to be in such a hurry, if they don't hang their appetite, the price can't be raised." ”

Yi Meng came to say that he wanted to buy wine, for the sake of the two of them, even the reserve price that Chen's mother had always given her to raise wine secretly revealed to Lu Ting, the price was very good, but Lu Ting was not in a hurry to agree, thinking that Wanhuayuan could be consistent today, maybe it would be able to produce two or three times or even more tomorrow, in line with the principle of interest first, it was deduced that these wines were specially supplied to King Qin, and the amount of Qin Wangfu had to be supplied to have a way to sell them to Wanhuayuan.

After just a few coaxes, Yimeng said goodbye with a smile on her face, saying that Chen's mother was still waiting for her news.

"It's good if you don't sell it, it's good if you don't sell it" Cheng Biting Jin rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "The prince said, without his consent, from now on, not a drop of wine can flow out." ”

"Uncle Cheng, what do you mean?" Lu Ting said nervously, "This wine can't be sold?" ”

Cheng Yanjin laughed, patted Lu Ting's shoulder and said, "What do you mean?" Hahaha, good boy, you're going to do a great job. ”