At this time, the sky was still just white, and the people who got up early in Chang'an City had gradually gotten up at this time. And a huge building in the middle of the city was already in full swing at this time. This is a forbidden place for ordinary people, and it is also a place for ordinary people to dream, the palace. This is for ordinary people, but for those who are powerful, noble, and important ministers of the court, they don't want to step into it very much. After all, these people look beautiful on the surface, but who knows the difficulties behind them. As the so-called companion is like a tiger, these people often accompany the emperor, and the emperor's heart is unpredictable, who knows that the emperor is still smiling at you in the last second, but the sword is already on your neck in the next second.

But the danger in this, these people know that there are tigers in the mountains, but they prefer to go to the tiger mountain, because the benefits are so big that you can't imagine. Although a companion is like a tiger, as long as you are scheming and slick enough, and don't do anything excessive, you and your family can be guaranteed prosperity and wealth.

At this time, in a splendid hall in the palace, there were already people standing there, and these people were the bigwigs in the capital. Above the main hall, there is a whole golden seat, the seat is carved with several golden dragons, each golden dragon is lifelike, this is the seat of the emperor's special seat, the dragon sits.

This is the main hall of the early dynasty and the Xuanzheng Hall every day. After these people entered the main hall, they gathered together in twos and threes to talk about national affairs or some family affairs. And in the midst of these idle conversations, a man walked slowly above the court, followed by a man dressed in eunuch clothes.

The man who came in, who looked to be about thirty years old, was about one meter seven tall, his figure was not wide and thick, and he was a little fat, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes flashed with a sharp light. Dressed in a cluster of dragon robes, his steps were slow and majestic, and no one dared to look at him. The fierce momentum, without speaking, suppressed everyone. This person is the current emperor, Li Shimin.

And after Li Shimin came in, those who were chatting in the main hall began to stand in their exclusive positions one by one. The civil and military officials were clearly distinguished, and everyone lowered their heads, revealing respectful expressions.

Emperor Li Shimin, when he entered the main hall, sat directly on the dragon chair, and when Li Shimin sat down, the civil and military officials below him knelt on the ground in unison, and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Li Shimin, who was seated, saw this, nodded slightly, and said lightly: "All Aiqing, let's all be flat." ”

The hundred officials kneeling below, when they heard Li Shimin's words, they all shouted: "Emperor Xie." After saying that, they got up one by one.

Since Li Shimin came in, he has been meticulous and lazy, and he has not woken up. When the eunuch beside him saw this, he stood up, and his shrill and neutral voice sounded: "If there is something to do, there is no music to retreat." ”

And as soon as the eunuch's voice fell, among the hundreds of civil and military officials below, there was a person who stood up, who looked about the same age as Wei Zheng, was in his forties, and was also a person who was almost 100 years old. , is the person who spoke to Wei Zheng just now, named Hou Junji, who is the secretary of the military department. Hou Jun gathered out and held a fold in both hands and said, "Your Majesty." The minister has something to play. ”

Li Shimin, who was lazy in his dragon chair, heard that there was something to play, and after glancing at the person who came out, his expression immediately became serious, looked at Hou Junji and said, "Hou Aiqing, what do you have to do?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister received an urgent report of 700 li from Hexi yesterday, saying that the Turkic army began to wander in the border pass again, and a village was looted, but fortunately, no one died, only dozens of people were seriously injured." When Hou Junji saw this, he immediately said.

"What?" Li Shimin was shocked when he heard what Hou Junji said, and then looked at the fold in Hou Junji's hand, and the eunuch beside him saw Li Shimin's gaze, and he didn't understand what it was, so he hurriedly came down to Hou Junji, took the fold, and brought it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the eunuch brother's fold and looked at it, and immediately slapped the fold on the table in front of him angrily, and said angrily: "This Ashina is really too deceitful, I have repeatedly tolerated him now, but he is good, he actually began to rob my Datang border pass, if there is really that piece of paper covenant, we will not send troops?" Hum. Li Shimin snorted heavily when he said this, and his face was also very ugly.

When the civil and military officials below heard Li Shimin's words, they immediately began to be speechless, but they couldn't say it, but this had to remind them of a previous incident.

This thing is that when the historical Jianmin had not yet ascended the throne as the emperor, he was ordered to lead his troops to the battle, and the result was obviously who and others made a covenant with each other, although it was only verbal, but on the third day, he led the men and horses back, and beat one person who rubbed his hands, but now he actually began to talk about the covenant.

Although these people want to say this, they really don't dare to say it, so they can only look at me and I look at you. And Li Shimin, who was angry above, gradually calmed down his emotions after getting better for a while. Then he looked at Hou Junji and said unhappily and angrily: "We can't tear up the covenant now, after all, we are a state of etiquette, and we want to talk about faithfulness, so we can only endure it, but as long as they dare to kill our border people and siege the city, that is, they will tear up a paper covenant first, so we are waiting for the opportunity now, and we must not be impatient." Hou Aiqing, you sent someone to pass me to the border pass, so that the soldiers at the border pass could calm down. ”

"Obey." When Hou Junji heard Li Shimin's words, he only nodded and agreed, and retreated. Although he also wants to send troops to exterminate him, he can't transfer troops privately, which is taboo, and second, he has an alliance.

Seeing this, Li Shimin just nodded lightly and looked at the people below and said, "Zhong Aiqing still has anything to do?" ”

When everyone below heard Li Shimin's words, they all shook their heads, indicating that there was nothing to do. Seeing this, Li Shimin said lightly: "Since there is nothing to do, let's go down." After speaking, Li Shimin prepared to leave.

When everyone heard Li Shimin's words, they all retreated after paying the courtesy of the monarch and ministers one by one. And after Wei Zheng saluted, he stopped Li Shimin, who was about to leave: "Your Majesty." ”

Just after walking a few steps, when he heard Wei Zheng's voice, he turned around, looked at Wei Zheng, and asked suspiciously, "What else is Wei Aiqing?" ”

When Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's doubts, he glanced around, and then shut up and stopped talking. When Li Shimin saw this, he knew that this was not the place to speak, so he said to Wei Zheng: "Then Wei Aiqing comes with me." ”

When Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's words, he hurriedly went up. And the people who had not left in the main hall all left one after another after seeing that they had just looked at it.

After Wei Zheng followed Li Shimin to the Palace of Heart Cultivation, after Li Shimin sat down, he motioned to the eunuch who was next to him to give Wei Zheng a seat. When Wei Zheng saw this, he bowed and thanked him, and then sat down slowly.

When Li Shimin saw this, he picked up a book of excerpts and asked, "Wei Aiqing, I don't know if you are looking for me or something?" Didn't you say it above the court? Li Shiming guided here, and opened the fold to look at it.

When Wei Zheng heard Li Shimin's words, he laughed dryly, and said in a low voice: "The main thing is that this matter is not big or small, and it is not small to say that it is not small, and it still has something to do with the royal family." ”

Li Shimin, who was looking at the excerpt, heard Wei Zheng's words, and immediately stopped the movements in his hand, looked at Wei Zheng suspiciously, and asked puzzledly: "Why does it still have something to do with the royal family?" ”

When Wei Zheng heard this question, he didn't say it immediately, but asked, "Does the emperor remember what the ministers and several ministers said a few years ago?" ”

"What did I tell you?" When Li Yan heard this, he was even more puzzled, and looked at Wei Zheng and motioned for him to continue.

"It's Prince Xian."

"What about Prince Xian?" When Li Shimin heard Wei Zheng's words, he thought about it suspiciously, and after a while, he seemed to think of something, and looked at Wei Zheng directly: "How can this matter still have something to do with the dead Prince Xian?" ”

Wei Zheng was stared at by Li Shimin, and his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, but he still stubbornly said: "The little girl went to Mount Tai to play some time ago, and returned home yesterday, after the little girl came back, she said to the minister that she saw a man, with the description of the little girl, at first I thought it was the descendant of a powerful minister in Beijing, but the girl of the party school drew a portrait, and I saw that it was similar to the emperor, and it was similar to the emperor, so I remembered that the emperor used to say that Prince Xian's child was rescued. Therefore, the minister suspected that this person was the child of Prince Xian. ”

"Huh? Prince Hyun's child? When Li Shimin heard what Wei Zheng said, he put down the fold in his hand, looked at Wei Zheng's face, as if he wanted to see something, he didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he asked, "Did you bring that portrait?" ”

Wei Zheng was a little hairy when Li Shimin looked at him like this, but he was still very calm when he said the facts, and when he heard Li Shimin's words, he nodded, took out a piece of paper from his body and said; "Brought it."

When the eunuch on his side saw this, he came to Wei Zheng's side and took the paper and handed it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin took the paper and opened it and looked at it for a while, then stood up directly, and there was still a little disbelief on his face, and he spit out a faint sentence for a while: "Like, too similar." In particular, the eyebrows of these eyes can be seen through the drawing paper. ”

Wei Zheng, who was sitting below, began to be apprehensive after giving the portrait to Li Shimin, after all, this was just saying that he wanted Li Shimin and Li Yuan, but he didn't know if he was like Prince Xian, after all, Wei Zheng hadn't seen it. But when Li Shimin's excited expression and words were said, Wei Zheng was sure that this person might be real, and the stone in his heart also fell.

After Li Shimin muttered a few words to himself, he was in a very good mood, and looked at Wei Zheng a little excitedly and said: "Wei Aiqing, this time I have made a great contribution, if this matter is known to my father, his old man will definitely be happy, this Prince Xian has always been a problem of his father's heart, and now that he has found Prince Xian's child, he can finally retire with peace of mind." ”

"Oh, by the way, where did you see that girl Aiqing?" Li Shimin was only happy, but suddenly thought of something and asked.

"In Tarzan."

"In Tarzan?" When Li Shimin heard the name of the place, he nodded and said: "Then it's easy to find, as long as you hand over this portrait to the counties near Mount Tai, it shouldn't be long before you can find it." ”

But when Li Shimin just said this, Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this can't be done, the little girl came back and said that there were nearly ten people who followed this man all the way, and it seemed that he should also go to Mount Tai to play like the little girl, obviously this is not around Mount Tai." But in a larger range, and this larger range is obviously centered on Mount Tai, a distance of thousands of miles, or even farther. ”

"Ugh." Li Shimin, who was on the rise, was stopped by Wei Zheng, and he felt a little unhappy, but when he heard what Wei Zheng said, he immediately stopped talking, looked at Wei Zheng, and asked sincerely: "Since the scope is too wide, what should we do about Aiqing's words?" ”

Li Shimin's sincere expression was not at all pretend, but sincere, and he obviously hoped to find Li Yan as soon as possible.

"There is a way, I heard the little girl say, the man is followed by a guard, like a person trained in the capital, when I came this morning, I asked the little girl to draw a portrait of the guard, but because the guard was covered by the person all the way, half of his face was covered, so it is not very easy to draw, but it is still a little drawn."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng took out another piece of drawing paper from his body, and continued: "The emperor can send someone to check which family in Beijing this person is, and then according to the place where this guard is, I believe you can find it." ”

While Wei Zheng was speaking, the eunuch had already drawn paper and handed it to Li Shimin. Li Shimin glanced at the portrait of the person in the painting, and there was no expression on his face, but he was really turbulent in his heart. Because it is none other than Chen Meng in this painting, who used to be his own bodyguard, how could he not know him. It's just that at the beginning of the year, he was transferred to Xihe County, and there was one person with him. Immediately, Li Shimin thought to himself: If this is the case, it means that he and Tang Liwen have met, it is possible that Tang Liwen has already seen the clues, since he covers it up, it will be easy to do.

But what I thought in my heart was that I didn't show it, my face was still tepid, and after reading it, Li Shimin said lightly: "Thank you so much Wei Aiqing, if it weren't for you, we really thought that Prince Xian's child had died." Now it seems that he is not doing well, and then I will send someone to ask, whose family is this guard, I don't know if Wei Aiqing has anything else? Li Shimin said this, and began to issue an eviction order.

Wei Zheng, who was sitting below, heard Li Shiming's words, and he didn't know what he meant, so he got up and saluted the monarch and ministers, and then retired directly.

After watching Wei Zheng leave, Li Shimin looked at the eunuch on the side and asked lightly, "What do you say should be done about this matter?" If you find it, do you pick it up directly? Or do you want to wait for him to spend a little time outside? After all, the water in this capital is very deep. My cousin is now like a little white, he has not experienced the baptism of society, and he rashly took it back, although others will respect and respect him according to his royal bloodline, but after all, it is only on the surface, but it is still very difficult in private. ”

The eunuch who was standing in the same place was speechless for a while when he heard Li Shimin's words, but he still bowed his body and shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

"Huh." Li Shimin heard the words of the eunuch next to him, smiled and said: "I forgot to tell you, the guard Wei Aiqing said is the person I sent to Xihe County to supervise the wall-head grass, I think this person is in Xihe County, and he is still very familiar with the county guard of Xihe County." It's really good, I recently received news that the wall grass is suspected of collaborating with the Turks, so let my cousin be in charge of this matter, and wait until this matter is over, and then take it back, so that if they still bully my cousin, don't blame me for not caring about the situation, hum. When Li Shimin said this, he snorted heavily, and his face was completely cold, as cold as the sky of the cold winter wax moon, and it was murderous.

The eunuch on the side, seeing Li Shimin's back in a cold sweat like this, the whole person was silent and silent. And he also knows that the people in Li Shimin's mouth are those people, these people are the great Confucians in the capital, these people are not good-looking no matter who they give them, they rely on their high knowledge to ignore the royal family members in the capital. These people treat the royal family the same, if it weren't for the fact that they were scholars who influenced the world, they might have been butchered by the imperial court.

In fact, this is already to blame Li Shimin himself, because Li Shimin succeeded to the throne by launching the Xuanwu Gate Change, and Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who were the crown princes, were killed in the battle for the throne, so Li Shimin was scolded by the Confucians in Beijing as unkind and unjust, killed his brother and killed his brother, and violated morality, so he was disliked by these Confucians. And in addition to these, these Confucians are corrupt, stubborn and arrogant, and they believe that they have a body of knowledge, as long as they don't like it, they are ignorant of it.

And Li Shimin's performance is obviously unbearable for these people, but there has been no excuse to put it up, so he is also patient.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, because of Li Shimin's anger, the silence was terrible, and after a long while, Li Shimin recovered his emotions, glanced at the eunuch who was silent on the side, and said lightly: "Send someone to Xihe County to inquire about my cousin's name, and after knowing the name, I will pass on a decree and ask him to assist Tang Liwen in dealing with the matter of the grass on the wall." ”

"The minions obey." Seeing that Li Shimin was no longer angry, he breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and when he heard this, he hurriedly nodded and agreed.

"Wait and tell my father later, so that my father can be happy, after all, this is what he has always regretted, and now that there is news, the piece of heart in his old man's heart should be put down." Li Shimin suddenly thought of something again, said again, and after speaking, he picked up the fold on the table and looked at it.

When the eunuch heard this, he just nodded respectfully. And there was no sound in the next Heart Cultivation Palace, only Li Shimin quietly watched the recitals, and the room was full of fragrance.