"Xiao Li, is this peach sweet?" Yao Qian's words made Tao Li stunned. This sentence is so familiar, it seems that I have heard it somewhere, but when is it?

Tao Li tried hard to recall, and finally found a vague memory in the depths of his mind, learning that after his father's death, his young self became silent for a long time, often looking at the West in a daze where no one was.

One summer, there was a richly dressed, imposing uncle came to him with a big red peach, he was a little scared, the uncle picked himself up, handed the peach in front of him, he wanted to take it but did not dare to pick it up, in the end it was gluttonous than timid, both hands took the big red peach and gnawed, the juice overflowed, the uncle's entourage watched and envied on the side. At that time, I thought they wanted to eat it too, but there was only one peach, and it wasn't enough!

Just after a few bites of peaches, I remembered the rules that Uncle Sui taught me, and I was a little embarrassed to hand the peaches to my uncle, and asked my uncle if he would eat them, and my uncle laughed and shook his head while stroking his head, praising himself.

"Xiao Li, is this peach sweet?" Uncle asked after wiping the juice from his mouth.

"Sweet!" The little self replied crisply. That timidity disappeared with the decrease in peaches.

The uncle put himself down from his arms after eating the peaches, opened his mouth to say something, but finally gave up and walked away under his curious gaze.

Thinking about it again, isn't that uncle the son of heaven in front of him? It turns out that those people didn't want to eat peaches.

"Sweet!" Tao Li raised his head and replied with a smile, no longer the strangeness he had at the beginning. In addition, he seemed to have caught something, but he couldn't figure it out, but the prejudice against Yao Qian in his heart in the past began to slowly decrease.

Yao Qian stood up and came to Tao Li's side, his eyes were full of appreciation and love, he grew up, the little guy who was gnawing peaches in his arms really grew up, half a head taller than himself, heh, old, really old.

patted Tao Li on the shoulder and motioned for Tao Li to sit down, Yao Qian slowly said, "A-Ning is okay?" I haven't seen him in years, and that kid is too desperate. I don't know how to go back home. After a pause, he said: "But it's no wonder he ......" Yao Qian did not finish the latter words.

"Big brother is all right, thank you for your concern." Tao Li said neither humbly nor arrogantly. The saint called the eldest brother so affectionately, and I think it is also, the eldest brother became a martial artist ten years ago at the age of twenty years ago Most of the people in front of him are attributed to the person in front of him, even if the eldest brother has great achievements in battle, but his qualifications are not enough to be worthy of the title of martial marquis, and it is not impossible to be better than the eldest brother. I don't know if it was because of compensation for his father's death or other reasons, after the death of a martial marquis, the saint took the initiative to recommend his eldest brother, plus his family's status in the army, and those officials and ministers also spoke out against it.

But in private, there are inevitably still voices of discussion in the Korean and Chinese army, the eldest brother didn't say anything, took the position of Marquis of Wu and offered to go to the West, and after getting what he wanted, he spent five years to create a peaceful iron horse, and killed the demons who violated the border from time to time, and he was honest for a long time again.

Since then, no one has dared to say that Ning Anhou is not worthy of his name, relying on his father's military exploits to ascend to the throne.

"We are kings and ministers, and we are also uncles and nephews, and no outsiders are calling us uncles in private." Yao Qian turned around and closed his eyes and said, his face full of memories.

"Yes, uncle." Tao Li replied, it seems that he doesn't know a lot of things, and his father's relationship with the saint is extraordinary.

In fact, how did Tao Li know that although his father had a good relationship with Yao Qian, it was not so good, from ancient times to the present, how could there be a really close relationship between monarchs and ministers?

Regarding Tao Jing's military exploits during his lifetime, it was enough to make up for it in the form of fame and fortune after his death, not to mention helping Tao Ning ascend to the throne of Marquis Wu, the reason for this is that Yao Qian always missed Tao Jing's love back then. There is also a fancy to the ability of the two brothers Tao Ning and Tao Li and the huge power of the Tao family in the army.

Yao Qian returned to the case and continued: "I have read the excerpts submitted by the Metropolitan Governor, you don't have to be pressured, just do it boldly and boldly." ”

Tao Li was just about to get up, and saw Yao Qian press his hand and sit back again. said: "Nephew do his best. "No pressure? What are you kidding, this has not even gone before he has taken office, and his spine has begun to chill faintly.

"Smack, smack!" Yao Qian clapped his hands, and nine guards dressed in black, expressionless, and well-proportioned walked out of the darkness and knelt in front of Yao Qian.

Even Tao Li, who felt their presence as soon as he entered the door, was still stunned at the moment, he only felt the seven breaths, which showed that the strength of two of the nine people was not below him, even if the dragon guard was good at hiding and hiding, it would not be too far from himself, and in the dark, there must be a few people who had not appeared, and the strong had their own strong hands.

Yao Qian ordered the nine people: "Follow him in the future, if something happens to him, you don't have to live." ”

"Yes!" The answers of the nine people were extremely simple, and there were no bold words to pat their chests to assure, but the firmness revealed in their voices was convincing.

After the nine people exited the door, Yao Qian said: "I know that Xiao Li has learned a lot from the imperial brother, and now he can be regarded as a rare master, but the nine people just now are all good hands in the secret guard of the Dragon Guard, not bad, I can rest assured that they follow you, I don't want you to do anything, I am not dead, Li Ziru, Yao Changxing, Qi Jianxian, Guo Tai These people are not dead yet, the sky is falling and we will carry it first, you just need to come back alive." ”

Yao Qian's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder in Tao Li's ears, at this moment Tao Li completely let go of the prejudices and life in his heart, and regarded Yao Qian as the uncle who held himself and ate peaches, thousands of words choked in Tao Li's throat and couldn't speak, he could only nod heavily, and tears fell on the ground, indicating that the king's kindness to his courtiers and uncle's nephew Tao Li must use his life to repay.

After thinking about it, Yao Qian continued: "I know that many people are not optimistic about the current situation, and it is indeed terrifying for the 300,000 troops of the Northern Yuan to move south, 50,000 heavy horses, 150,000 light horses, the pressure is not small, I Xuanping can't and dare not attack it, but I only defend and don't attack, I think it should still be able to hold it, that female doll in the Northern Yuan is amazing, even the autumn cicadas have been eaten cleanly." ”

The latter sentence made Tao Li open his mouth in surprise after hearing this, he was so stupid, he once thought that this uncle was really so unbearable, how could he be a mediocre person who could ascend to the supreme position, he had not been to the court a few times for more than ten years, but there was no chaos in the world, the people's livelihood withered, and he firmly held the authority, and everyone knew everything.

The female doll must refer to a certain character of the Northern Yuan, it should be the leader! It's amazing, a female stream has silently turned the Northern Yuan into a powerful country with hundreds of thousands of troops for more than ten years, which is amazing, amazing.

Yao Qian continued to say to himself: "Pour half the country's strength to defend the north, as long as we hold it for two years, we will be able to have more military strength to participate in the war, some things can't be said now, Xiao Li, you have to know a word, seeing is not necessarily believing, you have to see the essence through the appearance, and one day you will understand what I said today when you stand higher." ”

Tao Li nodded and said, "My nephew has been taught, and he will learn more in the future to live up to his uncle's expectations." ”

This is indeed Tao Li's heartfelt words, what he saw and heard today is too amazing, subverting his long-standing cognition, it will be difficult to digest for a while, and he needs to go back and brew it well.

"Go ahead! There is not much time, the people who should be seen will be handed over, and don't let the people waiting for you wait in vain. Yao Qian patted Tao Li's shoulder and said kindly.

Outside the hall, the nine dragon guards waited quietly, and Tao Li came out and followed him, following him wherever he went, making Tao Li uncomfortable, it was the first time he had been protected like this when he was so big. It's like those second ancestors in the imperial capital.

"Come and find me in the deer army tomorrow, you don't have to follow me all the time." Tao Li said to the nine.

The leader thought about it, then hugged his fists and saluted, and then retreated with eight dragon guards, few people in the imperial capital city dared and few people could hurt this little marquis, and then said that his duty was to obey orders. Obey the Holy One before, and obey the One in front of you later.

Tao Li walked all the way to the outside of the palace, digesting the information in Yao Qian's words just now, and didn't pay attention to the road under his feet, and walked to the corner and collided with a hurried figure.

I didn't care about it anymore, I hurriedly got up and helped up the figure on the ground, and only after I helped him up did he see the face of the person who came, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate face, and his thin body hid a lot of strength, symbolizing the white of the prince's python robe, Tao Li recognized this person, it was the rumored Nine Emperor Princes who were not welcomed.

The name of the Nine Emperor Sons is Yao Zhen, his mother was the most popular imperial concubine of the emperor, and he also has a younger brother, the thirteenth prince, the mother is expensive by the son, and the son is honored by the mother.

I don't know if the imperial concubine herself wants to be a female emperor, or she is too much for her son, and she actually interferes in the government politics, which touches the royal scales. Yao Qian didn't say a word, and mercilessly beat him into the cold palace under the impetus of a group of ministers and several concubines.

The Nine Emperors and the Thirteenth Princes were also implicated, and the emperor was kind-hearted and remembered that the two were still young, so they did not blame, but the children without their mothers were destined to have a hard time, the emperor did not blame, and the other concubines would not let go of this opportunity. And because the imperial concubine's behavior was too stupid, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, so the palace maids and eunuchs treated the two princes coldly, and they didn't have a good face, not to mention that after Tao Li fell down, he helped him up to check if he was injured, and if he didn't spit on him, it would be extra gracious.

After Tao Li made sure that Yao Zhen was not injured, he took a few steps back, respectfully bowed his hand, and apologized. Explain why. The attitude is very sincere.

Yao Zhen was a little at a loss for a while, since his mother was beaten into the cold palace, it was good that he was not bullied by white eyes. When did he receive such a big gift, the flustered Yao Zhen didn't know what to do, so he had to run away in a hurry.

Tao Li smiled and continued to rush outside the palace, he didn't know that a thin figure in the distance was silently watching his back and muttering to himself, and he didn't know that his hand would set off a monstrous wave in the future.