On the way, the army was dismissed and returned to the provinces, leaving only 5,000 people led by Hou Junji, who originally guarded Gyeonggi, and 800 soldiers from Li Mu's battalion, totaling about 6,000 people. That's a lot, and as far as the eye can see, it's also miles long. Li Mu lay in his special carriage and fell asleep, last night with Su Dingfang and others to roll dice, ten cents a handful, won eighteen yuan, won a bunch of soldiers and oil won are almost crying, finally Li Mu felt bored, divided all the money he won, and rewarded fifty yuan, until dawn, he fell asleep exhausted.

"Report! Hou Ye, His Majesty ordered hundreds of officials to go out of the city for ten miles to greet him, and congratulate Hou Ye on opening up his territory and returning triumphantly! ”

"Ahh Li Mu yawned, poked his head out, and said: "If you go back to Benhou, Your Majesty Longen, the minister is inexplicably grateful - can everything be simple, Benhou wants to go home first." ”

The people who delivered the word of "......" were stunned, the general was triumphant, and hundreds of officials greeted each other, what kind of glory is this, and some people don't want it? However, thinking of the lace news that has spread all over Chang'an City recently, it is not strange, and he bowed and saluted, and Pegasus went back to report.

The army continued to move forward slowly, and after a while, another person flew into the horse: "Report! Lord Hou, Your Majesty has an edict: Boy, don't mess around, I and the envoys of all countries are waiting for you at the gate of the city, how can I do if I can't see anyone? Knowing that your kid wants to see Madame, I helped you get to the palace early in the morning, and I was talking to the queen. Hurry up if you want to see you! ”

"Master Hou, that's what Your Majesty said."

Li Mu came out again and said lazily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is Your Majesty, and you are thoughtful." Help me tell Your Majesty, and say, "Your Majesty is grateful, so hurry up and go." ”

Shrinking his head back, Li Mu fell on the pillow, his face gloomy.

Li Shimin's mind is not difficult to guess at all, he is now giving enough face, so that the world can't find fault with him, so that he can stage a 'tearful and slashing horses'. The strategy is very poor, but it is very useful, how many heroes have died under this plan throughout the ages? There are too many to count.

Now that the wife and children have been taken into the palace, they can't run if they want to. In fact, the reason why Li Mu threw the dice and played for a night yesterday was to wait for Dugu Jiu. It's only a day's journey from Chang'an, if Dugu Jiu has nothing to do, he will definitely hurry up to meet him, and if he doesn't come, it means that something is wrong.

It's just that I didn't expect Li Shimin to do such a great job.

Li Mu clicked his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable. But he also knew that he was not qualified to blame Li Shimin, the junior he trusted pried the girl he liked, and this double sense of betrayal couldn't stand it on anyone. What's more, he is still an emperor, and it is normal to retaliate.

"Big brother, shall we still leave?"

Li Chongyi's voice came from outside the car, and Li Mu sighed: "What if you don't leave?" Didn't you hear it, the whole family was taken to the palace, and there are 5,000 guards next to it, there are only 800 of us, and we don't have one heart, it's impossible to run away, let's go, take a step at a time, my head has a big scar——"

“……”

Li Chongyi was silent for a while, and then said, "Big brother, I will die with you." ”

"Whew!" Li Mu poked his head out and scolded: "Lao Tzu is not dead yet? How do you know that Lao Tzu will die? ”

Li Chongyi looked at him, although he didn't speak, but his expression seemed to say, "Big brother, can you still live?" ”

"It's not that easy to kill me. Do you think your eldest brother is giving it for nothing? In the past year or so, there are many places where you and my brother are indispensable, Your Majesty thinks it is okay, but it is not possible, only I know - tell you that you don't understand either, so there is less chaos. Go and give the order, speed up, and rush to the city before noon, don't let Your Majesty and the princes wait for a long time. ”

"Hmm." Li Chongyi rode forward and gave the order.

……

Ten Mile Pavilion in the west of the city.

The so-called hundred officials greet each other, naturally there will not really be a hundred officials, referring to the main governors of the three provinces and six departments, Chang'an County, and Wannian County each sent messengers to organize the people and beat gongs and drums. This is already the highest courtesy of the Tang Dynasty generals, when Li Mu came to Chang'an City, Li Ji had not received such courtesy, and it was not until Li Jing's army returned to the city that he was worthy of such courtesy.

It is an unwritten rule that if you want to get such courtesy, you have to 'expand the territory'. Although Li Mu solved the crisis of the Western Turks this time, he actually did not expand the territory, as a rule, he could not afford such a courtesy, but Li Shimin gave such a courtesy, which was actually a bit excessive. But there is no rule that says that such courtesy cannot be given, so the imperial historians did not make a big fuss.

In fact, the goal of Yushitai is no longer on Li Mu. The matter of Li Mu and Wang Ou, after this period of fermentation, can be said to be well known. Li Mu has long been regarded as a dead man by Shilin, and wasting his tongue on him is no longer a wise man's move, and it has also increased the name of falling into the well.

In the pavilion, the bigwigs of the three provinces and six departments chatted while drinking tea. In Fang Xuanling's hand, there are two more holy decrees. These two wills, one is for Li Mu, and the other is for Li Chongyi. They all already know the content of the will, so to speak, by grace. If these two wills take effect, Li Mu's rank will surpass that of some of them. It is also very ironic to think that it took only a little more than a year for an eighteen-year-old boy to catch up with or even surpass their achievements in half a lifetime. But now no one feels envious, they all know in their hearts that Li Mu's good days are numbered.

In recent days, the various transfers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have already indicated that His Majesty is going to take action against Li Mu. Thinking of Li Mu's imminent end, everyone couldn't help but feel a little cold, no matter how powerful a courtier is, what's the use? Li Mu is such an arrogant and domineering person, as if no one can restrain him, but once he faces the imperial power, it is like window paper, and it will be broken with a slight stab.

"Here we are."

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes were sharp, and he saw the banner that had just been revealed on the horizon, and said loudly. As soon as he said this, everyone also raised their eyes, and the officials on both sides hurriedly let the people blow and beat, and the vicinity of Shili Pavilion was very lively.

Li Mu had already put on his clothes, sat in the car, and when he came to him, the carriage listened, Li Mu Shi Ran got out of the carriage, everyone was just about to talk to him, and when they saw his outfit, they choked back when they came to their mouths - lupine scarf, is this kid comparing himself to Zhuge Kongming?

Li Mu shook the feather fan lightly, looked at everyone with a smile on his face, and said: "Princess, when you are leaving, the spring is cold, and you never want to say goodbye, it is already spring." I've been killed, I've almost come back, don't you want me? I want to die! ”

After that, he threw away the feather fan, opened his arms, and hugged the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others who were walking in front of him. Everyone can't earn it, and they don't earn it, and they are all embarrassed. Now Li Mu is like a virus, Li Shimin is going to do something to him, who wants to 'live very closely' with him.

"Master Hou, don't be too excited, here are two wills from His Majesty. Or should I have the will read out? ”

Fang Xuanling spoke out to relieve the siege, and Li Mu let go, bowed down and said, "Minister Li Mu is grateful." ”

"The system said: Xu Xian Zhaode, the former king's order, Jingshan Nian Gong, there is a national Yi training. The deer Hou Li Shepherd, suddenly suffered an incident, was not chaotic in the face of danger, Zhijian Jinshi, swore to the mountains and rivers, and allowed the court to discuss. Save the people from the flames of war and save the people from danger...... Jin Feng expelled Luhou Li Mu as the Duke of Luoyang County, the general of Huaihua, and added the 'Shang Protector'. I hope to make persistent efforts and live up to my expectations. ”

After reading the will, Fang Xuanling handed the holy decree to Li Mu, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the county prince of Luoyang, Luoyang is the capital." Luoyang County Duke, in fact, is the first class of the county duke, Your Majesty gave you Luoyang as a fief, which is really a great favor. ”

Li Mu hurriedly faced the direction of Chang'an, and said gratefully: "Your Majesty is so long, how dare Mu be." It's just that this Luoyang County Gong is really awkward to read, and it is easy to read one word, and Mu Dang makes persistent efforts to seal one word. ”

When everyone heard this, they all felt guilty in their hearts. A word? How dare you say it! One word, that's Guogong! Eighteen-year-old Guogong? Unless the emperor's head is in the water, no matter how much merit he makes, it is impossible to seal it. This time the county duke, Wei Zheng almost hit the pillar, or Li Shimin insisted on it again and again, if it was sealed casually, the duke of the Tang Dynasty would be too worthless.

Fang Xuanling pretended not to hear it, took out another holy decree, and said, "Where is Li Chongyi?" ”

He actually saw Li Chongyi, and he couldn't see it, Li Chongyi was two feet tall, and he was too conspicuous standing in the crowd, but there was such a process for reading the will, so he had to ask.

Li Chongyi looked at Li Mu, Li Mu dragged him over, and said, "Silly big man, Your Majesty has a will for you, aren't you happy?" Hurry up, let's see what kind of official Your Majesty has sealed you. ”

"Minister Li Chongyi took the order."

"The system said: I have heard of praise and virtue, reward to the material, Jinyi Wei commanded Li Chongyi, with 500 square meters of forestry, to destroy his country, brave to this point, I have never heard of. Staying in Jinyi Wei is really overkill, and now he is named 'Annanbo', a loyal general, guarding southern Xinjiang and Ansheji. ”

Fang Xuanling handed the holy decree to Li Chongyi, and said with a smile: "General Zhongwu is a fourth-grade general, Your Majesty is not thin, Annanbo will accept the decree quickly, right?" ”

"The earl is okay, you are one level higher than the heavy righteousness, you can show off when you see him in the future, take it quickly." Li Mu also said, but Li Chongyi still didn't mean to answer, he pursed his lips and said, "Can I not accept the order?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned! Fang Xuanling can be regarded as having seen the world, he accepts the holy decree himself, watches others receive the holy decree, and reads the holy decree, adding up to no less than a hundred times, and the first time he saw someone say I don't want the holy decree. He looked at Li Chongyi, a little speechless, and asked a little curiously: "Why didn't I understand what An Nanbo meant?" Do you not want to take the order? How does this work? Disobeying the holy decree is the sin of killing the head! ”

"I don't want to be an official, can't I? I just want to stay with my eldest brother, and I don't want to go to southern Xinjiang. ”

Li Mu lifted his foot and said, "Can you follow me for the rest of your life?" What's so bad about guarding southern Xinjiang? Emperor Tiangao...... Well, I mean, how nice is it, you guys got it down yourself, you garrisoned it, right? Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and take it. ”

Li Chongyi's stubborn temper came up, and he put his hands behind his back but didn't answer.

Fang Xuanling has never dealt with this situation, he looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji shook his head slightly, Fang Xuanling had no choice but to scare: "Annanbo, if you don't take it, I can only let the guards arrest you." ”

"Catch it, I don't want to leave my big brother!"

"You rammer!" Li Mu jumped up and patted Li Chongyi's head, snatched the holy decree from Fang Xuanling's hand, and said: "Fang Xiang is accommodating, I will accept it the same, if I take it, it will be equivalent to him taking it, rest assured, I will persuade him." ”

"That's it." Fang Xuanling didn't say anything, and he didn't want to make any extraneous branches. After the holy decree was announced, he was worried that Li Mu would be a moth again, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Your Majesty and the envoys of all countries have been waiting for a long time, Luoyang County Prince, are we going back to the city." ”

"Yes, yes, go back to the city, go back to the city."

Li Mu threw the holy decree into the car, asked people to lead two horses over, and rode on the horse with Li Chongyi. The six departments of the three provinces also got into their own carriages, and the group sped up and went straight to the gate of Chang'an.

Ten miles away in a blink of an eye, Li Shimin stood at the gate of the city, and when he saw Li Mu coming from afar, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

is different from what everyone thinks, although Li Shimin has made some preparations, until now, he has not made a final decision whether to kill Li Mu or not. After the initial anger, he gradually calmed down. It's not that he doesn't understand that Wang Ou has never had him in his heart. Li Shimin accepted the fact that Wang Ou married Cui Yuzheng, and it was not that he couldn't accept her remarriage. It's just that this person is Li Mu, which makes him angry.

There is a balance in people's hearts, and what Li Mu has always done for Datang and for him was placed on the balance one by one after he calmed down. Compared to his anger, it was not much worse.

Li Shimin wanted to kill Li Mu out of personal anger. But he also knows that Li Mu is alive and will definitely do a lot of things for Datang. The whimsy in his head can surprise him every time, if he kills Li Mu, everything will have to start from the beginning and return to its original shape. The Gate Valve Family, which had just suppressed a little, would make a comeback, and if they absorbed Li Mu's methods, it would become even more difficult and tricky.

Thinking about it like this, he didn't want to kill Li Mu again. But if he didn't give him a little punishment, Li Shimin's heart was always uncomfortable, and now when he saw Li Mu, his anger came up again, if it weren't for so many envoys in front of him, he really wanted to tie Li Mu up, whip him, and ask him why he could do such a thing that was sorry for him!

Thinking about it in his head, Li Mu had already arrived. Seeing Li Shimin, Li Mu's heart was also mixed. It is undeniable that Li Shimin is kind to him, and what he does is indeed not particular from Li Shimin's point of view.

Far away, Li Mu turned over and dismounted, he stood still, looked at Li Shimin, took a few deep breaths, and then mustered up the courage to come over.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

I saw a person rushing out of the envoys, and shouted urgently: "Thousands of people in Gaochang have died in vain at the hands of this thief, please let His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty call the shots!" ”