Approaching Luoyang, Li Mu caught up with the triumphant army of counterinsurgency. He was light and simple, and he was naturally different from the march of the army. In addition, Li Chengqian's first time he led the army, he wished to go back later, and he also grinded a little, how slow and slow he could go along the way, so he was caught up by Li Mu, Tang Guan was also in Li Chengqian's army, poor when this kid sent grain and grass, he still took the waterway by boat, and when he came back, he changed the land route, and told Li Chengqian half of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" along the way, and his throat was about to smoke.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was given to Tang Guan by Li Mu, and Tang Guan himself 'wrote' it, because Tang Guan added his own ideas in it, there are many differences from the version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Li Mu has seen, but it is also closer to the ideas of people in this era and better accepted.

At the beginning, Li Chengqian wanted to listen, Tang Guan also felt that he had finally found a soulmate, and then he couldn't stand Li Chengqian's desire to listen during the day and at night, Tang Guan really couldn't stand it, so he had to go around the camp in circles to avoid Li Chengqian. Unfortunately, he was caught, so he told him a paragraph, and when he arrived in Luoyang, he no longer had a 'manuscript'.

Fortunately, when he arrived home, Tang Guan escaped from Li Chengqian's army under the pretext of peeing, turned to the path, and coincidentally, happened to meet Li Mu and his party.

"Big brother?"

Tang Guan and Li Mu, but sometimes they don't see each other. Until now, most of the year has passed, almost a year. Tang Guan has grown a lot taller, and he is faintly about to catch up with Li Mu's size. It's just that the weight doesn't grow with the height, and the current Tang Guan looks like a bamboo pole, and the proportions are slightly so incongruous. Li Mu didn't recognize it at first sight, but he didn't recognize it until he walked in and saw his eyebrows, jumped off the horse, and patted him on the shoulder.

"He's grown!"

"Oops, it hurts—" Tang Guan screamed, but he didn't hide. Let Li Mu knock it and laugh stupidly.

"What's wrong with your voice?" Li Mu frowned slightly and asked.

"Not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yet." Tang Guan said the matter, and said helplessly: "Big brother, I originally planned to show off, who knew that the prince would be endless after listening to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and there are only so many chapters I have written, so I can't make it up now, right?" I had no choice, so I escaped and walked the path, but I didn't expect to meet my eldest brother, what a fate! ”

"What fate," Li Mu motioned to Tang Guan to ride his horse, and he got into the carriage and said: "I looked at the tail of the army, and I was worried about the delay, so I turned around and walked closer, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and lead the way home." ”

"Huh!" Tang Guan answered, climbed on horseback and led the way. The group continued to move forward, just walked out a short distance, and suddenly several horses in front of them blocked the road, and when they looked at it, it turned out to be Jinyiwei. Seeing the carriage approaching, Jinyiwei got off his horse, half-knelt on the side of the road, and said, "Master Hou, I am ordered by the town to wait here!" ”

"What about the Little Nine?"

"Your Excellency is waiting for Master Hou on the main road."

Without waiting for Li Mu to speak, Li Chongyi said: "Big brother, I haven't seen Xiao Jiu for almost a year, I'll go find him, you go back first." ”

"It's okay," Li Mu responded, and two people were also separated from Jinyi Weizhong to lead the way for Li Chongyi. It's just that these people who were recruited later didn't recognize Li Chongyi, and they didn't know that he was the real founder of Jinyiwei and the first commander.

Continuing to move forward, I saw the gate of Luoyang City, and suddenly a few horsemen blocked the way. Li Mu was a little annoyed, and wrinkled his brows and said, "Who is it?" ”

"Master Hou, it's us." The person who came smiled and bowed his hand again and again, Li Mu opened the curtain and looked, and said, "It turned out to be Xiao Chen's father-in-law, and you are also waiting for me?" ”

"Yes," Xiao Chen's father-in-law came up and said, "Your Majesty heard that Hou Ye has returned safely, and Long Yan is happy." But there is one thing, I still have to tell Hou Ye. Xiao Chen's father-in-law leaned into Li Mu's ear and whispered, Li Mu glanced at him and said, "Okay, I know, I won't mention the news of my return to anyone." King Qi is in the back carriage, you take it away. ”

"If only Master Hou could understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts." Xiao Chen's father-in-law took a half step back and moved out of the way. Li Mu casually threw him a gold bar, and Xiao Chen's father-in-law hurriedly caught it and watched Li Mu's carriage enter the city. The carriage at the back was picked up by the fans of Dongchang, and they opened the curtain to confirm that it was the King of Qi, and there was no one else, and Xiao Chen's father-in-law felt a lot more relaxed.

Along the way, I received a tip-off that the owner of the heir hall, Li Mu's biological mother, Mrs. Lu, also returned to Luoyang with Li Mu. His Majesty was suspicious, so he asked the factory guard to check, but he didn't say how to deal with it. Xiao Chen's father-in-law was worried in his heart, if he found someone, would he arrest it or not?

If you don't catch it, you won't be able to explain it in front of Your Majesty. Catch it, right? He really didn't dare!

It's good I didn't find out.

The clever man reminded: "Overseer, there are other intersections, should we-"

"You've got a mouth, don't you?" Xiao Chen's father-in-law glared angrily and scolded: "Isn't it just that you have a mouth?!" ”

The scolded fan hurriedly bowed his head and retreated, but his heart was aggrieved. What's wrong with that?

"Silly thing!" Xiao Chen's father-in-law was so angry that he didn't bother to scold, threw the gold bars to his subordinates, and said: "Everyone has a share, except for this fool, go, go back to Chang'an!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Doo!"

Everyone drank together, a gold bar could be exchanged for a hundred taels of silver, but there were only more than ten people present, and everyone could get seven or eight taels of silver. For them, it's already a lot of money.

Xiao Chen's father-in-law came to the carriage in person, opened the curtain and saw Li You with a loveless face inside. Seeing that the curtain was not raised, Li You glanced at it, and then turned his head again. Xiao Chen's father-in-law didn't say anything, at this point, there is no need to ask An Shili, Li You's fate is already doomed, it is a blessing to survive, then it has to be degraded to a commoner, and he can't be respected.

……

The king of Qi was escorted into Beijing and imprisoned in the Dali Temple.

I don't know who sent the news, but in a blink of an eye, Chang'an knew about it. At this time, the triumphant army of counterinsurgency had just set off from Luoyang, and it would take two days to return to Chang'an.

Why so quiet? Everyone knows it in their hearts, because this is a royal scandal, and the son rebelled against the father, is it very glorious? Li Shimin had already done it once five years ago, and now Li Shimin's son has done it again, where the emperor's face goes, naturally he can keep a low profile, just try to keep a low profile, don't mention it, no one can say it's best.

The people are just talking after tea and dinner, and there is not much turmoil, but this does not mean that the court is also relaxed. Although the King of Qi was arrested, the tension between the court and the central government did not subside, and for a while, there was an undercurrent, and the forces of all sides and factions were paying attention to this matter.

They want to understand how this matter will eventually develop, whether they will implicate others in this case, whether they can use this matter to make a fuss, some of them are for their own forces, some are working for others, and each has its own roots......

Jiangshan is a big river and lake. The court is a small river and lake.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This Jianghu is Vanity Fair, which is the fighting ground of people's hearts and desires.

However, two days passed in the blink of an eye. The welcoming ceremony of the counterinsurgency army is over. The Emperor remained silent, as if he wanted to downplay the matter. Obviously, the emperor is also undecided about his own flesh and blood, and he doesn't know what to do with it.

"Has King Qi repented?"

In the Taiji Palace, Li Shimin asked astringently.

This is for Father-in-law Gao. Gao Gonggong would go to Dali Temple every day to inform Li Shimin of Li You's situation.

"Your Majesty, here is a copy of King Qi's letter of repentance." Gonggong Gao put an excerpt on the imperial book case and said, "This time, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is truly repentant." The old slave looked at it, and his expression and posture were different. ”

has followed Li Shimin for so many years, how could Gao Gonggong not be able to guess Li Shimin's thoughts? King Qi has been in Chang'an for three days, and he has not been sent for a long time, which can only mean one thing, Li Shimin did not want to send him down, otherwise would he still need to be tried for such a serious crime of rebellion? Just cut it directly.

The book of repentance was placed on the table, Li Shimin didn't rush to open it, he was stunned for a long time, sighed softly, and said, "I know!" ”

Gonggong Gao couldn't bear to look at his gloomy eyes, and bowed his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, King Qi...... I begged again and again, hoping to see His Majesty and plead in person. ”

A bitter smile slowly rose on the corner of Li Shimin's lips, and he said softly: "If we see each other now, it's better not to see each other!" ”

Gao Gonggong sighed in his heart, it seems that His Majesty still can't get through that hurdle in his heart.

What's the hurdle? It is nothing more than the word 'Mingjun', how can the so-called Mingjun bend the law for personal gain because of his own selfishness? Rebels are unforgiving, and this has been the case in all dynasties, unless the rebellion succeeds, Li Shimin is a typical example. Now that the king of Qi is rebelling, if he doesn't know the canonical punishment, how should he deal with the people who follow him every day? Is it all open?

"Preach the message!"

The emperor commanded lightly, his voice extremely depressed.

Li Shimin said: "Li You, demoted to a concubine, give death!" ”

Gao Gonggong's heart trembled, and he said, "Oh! ”

Li Shimin was silent for a moment before suppressing the tremor in his voice: "All the accomplices who conspired against him will be executed!" ”

Li Shimin closed his eyes: "Sin...... There is no family anymore, and the rest of the people, except for those who have lives in their hands, are not to blame for the past. ”

He is the father of the rebel, how can he sin against his family? His own account is not clear, and he also knows in his heart that those big-headed soldiers really have no choice, so although it is a major crime of rebellion, the scope of punishment this time is extremely small. There were only more than 100 people who were actually executed.

Gao Gonggong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed and said, "Oh! ”

Li Shimin waved his hand, and Gonggong Gao went down to the door of Zhongshu to pass the decree, and when he walked out of the palace door of the imperial study, he saw a eunuch coming in a hurry, and when he saw Gonggong Gao, he stood and said: "Godfather, there is a copy of Luoyang Hou urgently, 100,000 urgent, godfather, you see?" ”

"What 100,000 urgent, how do you know 100,000 urgent?" Gao Gonggong said casually: "My business here is a hundred thousand urgent-"

"Godfather, it's not what I said, it's written on this envelope." The eunuch showed the envelope to Gonggong Gao, and sure enough, the words '100,000 urgent' were written on it.

It is Li Mu's style.

Gao Gonggong sighed helplessly, and said, "Yes, it should be this ancestor-" Gao Gonggong took the envelope, turned around and entered the hall again. Li Shimin was in a trance, and when he saw that Gonggong Gao had returned, he frowned and said, "Let you go to pass the decree, why did you come back again?" Is the concubine coming to make trouble again? ”

"No," Gao Gonggong took out the letter and said, "I just walked to the door, and I saw someone sending a letter, it was a letter from the Marquis of Luoyang, 100,000 urgent, please Your Majesty to read it." ”

"100,000 urgent-" Li Shimin sighed: "Can you be more anxious than me?" Saying this, he still took the letter, and when he saw the 100,000 urgency on the envelope, he also smiled bitterly.

Opened it casually, Li Shimin's brows furrowed, and after a while, his brows relaxed, and said, "King Qi, demote to a concubine, leave a life." ”

"Your Majesty?"

"Li Mu testified for the King of Qi and said that the rebellion was all masterminded by Yin Hongzhi, and You'er didn't know the details." Of course, Li Shimin knew that Li You was not innocent, but after all, he didn't want to kill his son, and Li Mu was notoriously bad for Li You, and no one would object to his testimony.

Li Shimin sighed: "Going around and around, I still owe others favors." ”

Father-in-law Gao hurriedly relieved: "Your Majesty and Lord Hou are a family, what kind of favor does the family have?" Hou Ye is also considerate of His Majesty, so he will send the chapter in a '100,000 hurry'. ”

"Really?" Li Shimin asked, it was asking Father-in-law Gao, as if he was asking himself. He waved his hand, and Gonggong Gao withdrew to deliver the decree.

Walking out of the temple, the eunuch who delivered the message was still there, and according to custom, there was a reward. Seeing that Father-in-law Gao didn't mean to give it, the little eunuch was so anxious that he rubbed his hands, but he didn't dare to ask for it.

Gonggong Gao looked at the appearance of the little eunuch, and knew what he was thinking, and said: "Don't say that Godfather doesn't take care of you, go to Concubine Yin's place and tell him that if you inherit the favor of the marquis, Your Majesty will not kill the King of Qi and will be demoted to a commoner." Guarantee your reward once, and top it ten times! ”

They are all people walking in the palace, and no one knows about the king of Qi. Of course, the little eunuch knew that what Grandpa Gao said was true, and left with a thousand thanks. Gonggong Gao shook his head and continued to walk towards Zhongshu Province, how to phrase this holy decree, he still has to discuss with the officials of Zhongshu Province, and he has to save His Majesty's face.

……

The will was drawn up and transmitted to Dali Temple, which immediately began to implement it.

This is a major crime of rebellion, and there is no need to wait for the autumn queen to be beheaded, and it will be executed immediately, and because the mastermind of the rebellion is the emperor's son, this can be regarded as a "family ugly" of the imperial family, so these accomplices are executed and not executed publicly.

More than 100 prisoners who were killed in their hands and brought back by Li Chengqian were all dealt with one by one in Dali Temple.

Only Li You is left, and he needs to go to Gonggong Gao to deliver the decree in person. This will is not easy to preach, King Qi used to be the most favored prince in addition to his son-in-law, but now he is demoted to a commoner, he will definitely not be able to accept it for a while, he doesn't care, he is no longer a prince. But his mother is still a concubine, and she is offended on the one hand, and she can't afford to offend on the other, and she is caught in the middle, and the scale has to be handled very well.