Chapter 34: The fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude
The two days passed quickly, and in an instant, on the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Wude, the convoy of the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji gathered in the East Palace, ready to enter the palace to face the saint and see off Li Shimin, the king of Qin.
Li Haochen, as the general of the prince's guard, also set off with the team, and Xue Wanche, as the deputy general of the guard of King Qi, was also among them.
Li Haochen This is the first time he has seen Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and he saw that this king of Qi has a face like a crown of jade, upright facial features, a high nose and a wide mouth, high cheekbones, and a slight general's belly, and he is about the same age as him.
I saw that the king of Qi was wearing a chain bright light tiger head armor, wearing a helmet with a tiger head facing the sky, a horse lance in his hand, about two zhang long, sitting down on a black horse, looking majestic, Li Haochen secretly said in his heart, what a His Royal Highness the King of Qi.
Prince Li Jiancheng This is a prince's court dress, which looks extremely formal, and today Li Jiancheng also chose to ride a horse like Li Yuanji.
The prince's carriage behind, as well as the 1,000 guards led by the prince and the king of Qi, traveled with the team and rushed to the Xuanwu Gate.
On the way forward, Li Jiancheng said to Li Yuanji: "Yuanji, today is to see off your second brother, why are you dressed like this?" Are you seeing off or going on a journey? After finishing speaking, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuanji with a smile in his eyes, Li Jiancheng is much older than Li Yuanji, as the saying goes, the eldest brother is the father, and Li Yuanji was brought up by Li Jiancheng since he was a child, so Li Yuanji has great respect for Li Jiancheng, except for Li Jiancheng, no one in his heart cares, even his son Li Yuan is not as high as Li Jiancheng's status in his heart.
Therefore, hearing Li Jiancheng's question, Li Yuanji hurriedly replied: "Big brother, people are harmless and hurtful, you are too friendly, Li Shimin's guy is obviously a wolf's ambition, he is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it, that is, you connived at him, if you didn't stop me, according to my will, I would have sent a killer to kill him a long time ago, where is it, these things later, you are the eldest brother, why should he fight with you!" Hum! Seeing him off, I don't think he will be without action, big brother, let's be careful. ”
Li Jiancheng shook his head when he heard this, looked at Li Yuanji with a loving face and said: "Yuanji can't talk nonsense, no matter how you say that he is your second brother and our compatriot brother, although I disagree with him politically, but we must not do such a thing as killing siblings that has been stinking for thousands of years!" Now that he is far away from the land, there is no possibility of opposing me, what else do you have to worry about, I don't believe that the people of the world will take action against you and me regardless of sibling affection. ”
Li Haochen secretly said in his heart: "This Li Jiancheng is good at everything, but he cares too much about brotherhood and brotherhood, which Li Yuanji can see more clearly than him, King Qin has imperial desire, and the power is to seize the heir, so naturally he will not take care of these." Maybe Li Jiancheng will only wake up when he arrives at Xuanwu Gate and Li Shimin leaks sharp teeth! ”
Li Yuanji wanted to say something, but Li Haochen spoke first and persuaded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, King Qi's words make sense, we still need to be careful!" ”
Through Li Haochen's recent performance, Li Jiancheng now attaches great importance to Li Haochen's words, and when he heard him say this, Li Jiancheng opened his mouth and asked, "Haochen, you have the same opinion as King Qi?" Do you think Shimin will harm me and my fourth brother? Saying that, Li Haochen could clearly see the unhappy look on Li Jiancheng's face.
He saw that Li Jiancheng was angry, and he didn't dare to say that the tone was too tough, he thought for a while and said: "Be careful to make the Ten Thousand Year Ship, it's always right to beware!" ”
At this time, King Qi spoke: "Who are you?" My two brothers are talking, do you have the right to interject? "Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, is notoriously arrogant, and no one in the Tang Dynasty can match him, but because the emperor is his father and the prince is his brother, no one can do anything to him. This King of Qi is just a madman, and no one can control him except Li Jiancheng.
Li Haochen didn't dare to offend him, and hurriedly apologized: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has taught me that I am the commander of the trapped camp, the loyal general Li Haochen!" Responsible for the safety of the prince, I just heard you say that the prince's safety, because it is related to the duties of the last general, so the last general dared to interject, and asked the king of Qi to forgive his sins! "Saying that Li Haochen is extremely humble at the moment, he is terrible to annoy Li Yuanji, a madman, then he will be miserable.
"Yuanji must not be rude! Mr. Wei once said that Haochen is a rare talent, and he is also for my good, you scold talents so much, how can you recruit talents to work for you in the future? Li Jiancheng opened his mouth and said to Li Yuanji, and Li Jiancheng was also afraid that Li Yuanji would make trouble.
Li Yuanji snorted and said: "For the sake of your eldest brother's safety, this king will not care about you, you can agree with this king's opinion, and you have the same appetite as this king, so wait a while to send away that plague god, come out of the palace, this king invites you to drink, which can be regarded as compensation for this king's scolding of you just now!" Before Li Haochen could say anything, Li Yuanji continued: "It's decided!" If you don't come, this king will let General Xue tie you up! ”
Li Haochen said secretly in his heart when he heard this: You can come as you say, and you didn't give me a chance to choose. Thinking in his heart, he glanced at Xue Wanche who was following next to him, and shook his head helplessly.
Li Jiancheng did smile when he heard this, pointed at Li Yuanji and said, "You Yuanji!" It's really overbearing! Fortunately, Haochen is not an outsider! Then he said to Li Haochen: "Haochen, King Qi is anxious, but I raised him since I was a child, I know that his essence is not bad, you are my confidant, you have time to contact the King of Qi more, and also teach the King of Qi for me, do you think it is good?" ”
When Li Haochen heard this, he immediately hugged his fist and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is serious, the blessings of the last general and the three lives can be exchanged with the King of Qi, as for teaching words, I don't dare to do it!" ”
"Well, I like you kid to talk, I'll order this drink! Haha......" Li Yuanji listened to Li Haochen's humble words, and said to him with a very satisfied smile in his heart.
A group of people came to the Xuanwu Gate, the Xuanwu Gate was closed, and the soldiers on it were waiting for them, faintly exuding a killing atmosphere.
Li Jiancheng stepped forward and said: "I am the prince Li Jiancheng, let Chang He open the door for me!" ”
After a while, the Xuanwu Gate opened, and Chang He ran forward and bowed down to Li Jiancheng: "Chang He, the guard of the Xuanwu Gate, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" As he spoke, he turned his head to Li Yuanji and continued: "Meet His Royal Highness King Qi!" Li Jiancheng said get up, Chang He got up, and said flattering words to Li Jiancheng with a flattering face, such as His Royal Highness the Prince's hard work all the way. Li Yuanji next to him snorted coldly and said, "My eldest brother and I are in a hurry to enter the palace to see our father, I don't have time to talk nonsense about your little doorman, get out!" ”
Li Yuanji Pingsu hated these sycophants the most, and when he saw Chang He's face like this at this moment, he naturally wouldn't give him any good face.