Sun Ye was not very clear about his second brother's doubts, and he was also a little surprised when he saw Li Ye bring back ten Taoist priests from Qingcheng Mountain, just like Sun Chen now. However, he took the initiative to ask Li Ye, but Li Ye just said that he was curious about the alchemy of the Taoist priest, and he didn't want to take ammunition.

Although Sun Ye was not satisfied with this statement, seeing that Li Ye was not like a lie, he could only believe the other party. Now that Sun Chen asked, he didn't know how to explain.

"Second brother, this brother has also asked His Highness, but His Highness clearly said that he didn't want to take ammunition, but was just curious about his alchemy method. That's His Royal Highness, and it's not good to keep asking questions for my brother. Sun Ye shook his head and explained, "King Guan Shou for his brother is not like the kind of person who is obsessed with immortality, maybe His Highness is really just curious, after all, His Highness is young, and it is not an exaggeration to be a little curious about this novelty." ”

"But how do I feel that His Highness went to Qingcheng Mountain before to go to these Taoist priests? Today, the Qingcheng County Commander submitted a letter, in which he said that when His Royal Highness arrived at Qingcheng Mountain, he asked him if he knew the Taoist temple that knew how to make alchemy. Sun Chen didn't believe that set of rhetoric, it was okay to deceive other people, but it was almost impossible to deceive them.

"It's possible that His Highness wants to defile himself." Sun Ye's casual guess was one of Li Ye's original intentions to find a Taoist priest.

Of course, Sun Ye didn't know that Li Ye was looking for a Taoist priest for alchemy, but he actually wanted to develop black powder. But Sun Ye didn't know this, even if he had heard about the alchemy explosion, he wouldn't have thought that he would use this kind of explosion in combat.

You must know that in history, although black powder was invented at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was actually used on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, but there was a gap of hundreds of years, and the current Sun Ye naturally couldn't think of these.

"Self-defilement?" Sun Chen was stunned for a moment, and looked at his eldest brother with some doubts.

Sun Ye nodded affirmatively, thinking that it was very likely to be the case, "Your Highness is not like the person we imagined to be someone who doesn't understand anything because of his young age. Before arriving in Nishikawa, His Royal Highness was just an ordinary prince, and although he was taken care of by His Majesty, he did not control the army, nor did he participate in court politics, and he had no sense of existence among the courtiers.

But now you see, His Highness has the Tiance Army, and he can participate in the decision-making of major affairs of the imperial court. And in the court, the influence is not as good as King Ji, but it also has a certain influence, Zheng has a good impression of His Royal Highness, and other courtiers are also paying attention to His Highness.

In this rebellion, His Highness annihilated 20,000 rebels, killed the rebel leader Qianneng, and expanded the Tiance Army. In such a situation, second brother, do you think Your Majesty will be suspicious of Your Highness? ”

Sun Chen nodded without hesitation, and suddenly thought of something, and said uncertainly, "After the annihilation of the Qianneng rebels before, the Tiance Army did not go south to Qiongzhou, is it also because of this?" ”

"I can tell you for sure, it is." Sun Ye nodded heavily, you must know that Li Ye's decisions were not told by him, Pei Rong, and Zheng Ningji, but by the other party's own decisions, "With the combat strength of the Tiance Army, with the momentum of the great victory, you can soon sweep Qiong and Ya Erzhou, but Your Highness did not do it."

It's nothing if His Highness is an ordinary person, but His Highness is a prince. In addition, Tian Lingzi and others are slandering on the side, if His Highness's limelight is more prosperous, His Majesty will be suspicious even if he has a good relationship with His Highness. ”

"So His Highness not only did not move, but also deliberately went to Qingcheng Mountain and invited a few Taoist priests to come back?" Sun Chen followed his eldest brother's words and analyzed.

"It should be, but His Highness didn't admit it." Compared with the previous uncertainty, now Sun Ye affirmed this guess.

"If that's really the case, Your Highness's move can be described as clever." Sun Chen's attitude suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, "Is this the idea from Pei Sima, or is it the suggestion given by Zheng Sima?" ”

"Neither, according to my estimate, it should be His Highness's own decision." Sun Ye shook his head and said, "Now, do you still think that the reason why Brother Wei suggested to help His Highness is still hasty?" ”

"If this is the case, it is not impossible for the Sun family to be tied to His Royal Highness. If His Royal Highness can ascend the throne, our Sun family will also be able to rise at that time, not to mention compared with several major families in the Kanto region, but it will not be limited to the surrounding areas of Chengdu Mansion. Speaking of this, there was a hint of excitement in Sun Chen's eyes, when the time comes, they will really be glorious ancestors.

"Brother Wei has passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and in the future, the Sun family will still have to rely on the second brother, you and Brother Hao." Sun Ye said seriously.

Since he was over fifty years old, although he was still healthy, Sun Ye felt that his body was getting worse day by day. People in this era can be regarded as a long life expectancy if they live to be over 60 years old. Among his sons, the eldest son is almost forty years old this year, and he still has not obtained the position of Jinshi; The other three sons are not very competitive, and none of them are Jinshi. The youngest daughter Sun Mei is smart, but it's a pity that she is a woman.

Therefore, after he retired, his sons could not control the entire family at all, and if they wanted to maintain the prosperity of the family, they would definitely pass on the position of head of the family to the second brother Sun Chen.

"The eldest brother laughed, the eldest brother's health is so good, and the Sun family can be stable and united with you at the helm." Although Sun Chen's grade is higher than Sun Ye's, his assassin history is no better than other powerful assassin histories, he is a literati, and it is difficult to control the army, which also lacks some confidence.

And although Sun Ye is only a long history from the fourth grade, but it is the long history of the prince's mansion, if there is no such relationship, Sun Chen's position in the history of assassination may not be kept. Shuzhou is close to Chengdu Mansion and is a rich place, and Chen Jingxuan has long been greedy. Therefore, Sun Chen knows the proportion, with the eldest brother Sun Ye here, their Sun family can have now, otherwise they would have been dismissed by Chen Jingxuan a long time ago.

The two brothers talked a lot that night, and it was the first time they had made a heart-to-heart, and since they had decided to go that way, they were willing to take the risk. Through this conversation, the two brothers can be regarded as agreeing on this matter, and the temptation from the dragon's skill is really too attractive.

The next day, Li Ye led nearly 10,000 Tiance troops to return to the court.

November 5, the second year of Datang Zhonghe. Li Ye led the Tiance army to return to Chengdu Mansion in triumph, the west gate of Chengdu, countless Chengdu people looked forward to it, nearly 100,000 people crowded the city gate, and the road was full of people on both sides, but fortunately, the Shence army came out to maintain order.

Li Ye's triumph was not only greeted by the people of Chengdu Mansion, but also by Li Yi and his ministers who came to greet Li Ye's triumph outside the city gate.

At the age of 15, Li Ye led 17,000 troops to quell the rebellion, and he even led the Tiance Army of his headquarters to personally meet the Qianneng rebels, fighting a total of two battles, both personally commanding the army.

In the first battle, he led an army composed of 7,000 Tiance troops and the prince's own soldiers, defeated the 8,000 rebels of Luo Fuzi and Luo Chaoqing, and killed 7,000 prisoners; In the second battle, he defeated more than 16,000 rebels with 6,000 troops, killed the rebel leader Qianneng, and suffered less than 1,000 casualties, which was a great victory and relieved the siege of Shuzhou.

If it was before, Chengdu Mansion's understanding of Li Ye was just a very talented, but not a serious prince. Several of Li Ye's poems are also more famous in Chengdu Mansion, although the words are difficult to get into the elegant hall, but Li Ye, the prince, who dares to say that it is difficult to get into the elegant hall? Coupled with his two most widely sung poems, they are quite popular with women, and Li Ye has become the dream lover in the hearts of many women to be married in Chengdu Mansion.

For this reason, Li Ye also specially rewrote the two poems and sent them to He Dong, who directly framed the two poems, and then became the treasure of Tianxiangju's town store, and Tianxiangju also became the first place recommended by literati and scholars in Chengdu Prefecture.

Now it is different, although Li Ye is young, he won the first expedition and put down the rebellion that the Xichuan army failed to quell. For the military talent of this Shouwang, many people can't help but admire.

As the emperor, Li Yi was also very happy, and personally led all the ministers to greet him, which can be seen.