Li Su felt a little regretful.

In fact, this kind of tracking and the like is the most suitable for Wang Zhi's group of subordinates to do, but unfortunately that force has been infiltrated like a sieve by the people sent by Li Shimin, and Li Su no longer dares to use it.

Now what Li Su has to think about is how to throw this hot potato out, throw it to anyone, and it will be safe to get rid of it.

Walking from the East Palace Gate to the outside of the city, Li Su pondered as he walked, how to protect himself from the biggest crisis in front of him? The deadline seems to be getting closer and closer, and the moment Li Shimin closes his eyes, if he has not yet given an explanation, Li Su has no doubt that Li Shimin's edict will add a ,—— to order Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, to be buried in the tomb.

And he could only be thrown into the tomb without any defense, and the ghost-like guy who often painted the big eyes, until the day when his vitality was exhausted, thousands of years later, the tomb was opened by archaeologists, and a group of experts and scholars surrounded their bones to study, characterizing themselves as martyrs and slaves, like cattle, horses, sheep and livestock, and finally closing the coffin......

Thinking about that kind of end, Li Su felt panicked.

Shake the pot! You have to shake the pot right away! Anyone can be dumped.

Li Su walked and walked, and his footsteps suddenly paused, and a spiritual light crossed his mind like a meteor.

By the way, there is a man who is a good size and length, why didn't you think of him?

When his footsteps stopped, Li Su suddenly turned around and said, "Fifth uncle, go to Chang'an East City immediately, and call Wang Zhi and several of his henchmen to the gate of the East Palace, go quickly!" ”

Fang Lao Wu was stunned for a moment: "Here? Called to the front of the East Palace? ”

"That's right, hurry up."

Fang Lao Wu hurriedly sent a subordinate and left.

Li Su turned around and walked towards the door of the East Palace, and the guards in front of the door couldn't help but look at him strangely when they saw Li Su going and returning.

Continuing to report, Li Zhi invited Li Su to enter again.

Walking to the door of the main hall, Li Su saluted Li Zhi.

"Minister Li Su, meet ......"

"Okay, okay, you have visited me twice a day, there are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be formal."

Li Su walked into the hall and saw that Li Zhi was reviewing the recital, scratching his ears and cheeks with a sad face, which was very ridiculous.

Li Zhi put down his pen and said, "Why did Brother Zizheng go and return?" ”

"Something landed here just now."

"What's that?"

"Discipline."

Li Zhi: "............"

"Haha, just kidding, the minister's festival is full of discipline, and he has never fallen, and the minister wants to ask His Highness to leave the palace for a trip, and he has something to tell His Highness."

Li Zhi was puzzled: "Is there something to say here?" ”

Pointing to the mountains of recitals on the table, Li Zhi said worriedly: "Look at these recitals, I'm afraid I don't even have time to sleep today, where can I have time to go out of the palace." ”

Li Su's attitude was very resolute: "Your Highness, if you can't finish it today and do it tomorrow, what is more important than going out to play?" These notes are thrown to the three provinces. ”

Li Zhi hesitated for a while, after all, he was also a teenager, and gritted his teeth when he heard the words: "It's okay!" If you can't do it today, you can't do it tomorrow, you really can't throw it to the three provinces, you can't leave everything to me, right? What are so many courtiers in the three provinces doing? Let's go, go out and play! ”

Li Su's cheeks twitched, and he sighed: "The words, they are the same words, but for some reason, when they come out of your mouth, they have a strong faint taste......

Li Zhi's face darkened: "If you say it again, I really won't go." ”

…………

The confused Li Zhi was pulled out of the East Palace by Li Su, Li Zhi was very low-key when he left the palace, and did not use the honor guard, only bringing a few dozen guards.

On the square outside the palace gate, Wang Zhi waited quietly with four henchmen, they were also confused, and they didn't know what Li Su was doing when he called out these few people who couldn't see the light.

Li Su didn't explain, and after leaving the East Palace, he walked side by side with Li Zhi and walked towards Chang'an East City.

Before stepping forward, Li Su deliberately glanced at Wang Zhi's subordinates.

In the past few years, Wang Zhi's force Li Su has not been involved, but maintaining the daily life of an organization requires a lot of money, at this point, Li Su has not let go, he always has to hand over thousands of times to Wang Zhi every year, so that Wang Zhi can be assigned to the subordinates below, but Li Su has never shown up, he has become the biggest behind-the-scenes man in this force, very mysterious.

Seeing Wang Zhi's four subordinates today, Li Su deliberately looked at it. These four people looked very calm, never said much, and they were not surprised when they saw Li Su, obviously Li Su was already officially publicized, but these four people looked calm, did not squint, and seemed to have already known.

Li Su sighed secretly, Wang Zhi said that he was sure that two or three people were from the imperial court, and the other one was not sure, but Li Su only glanced at it today and was sure that these four people were all sent by Li Shimin, and they had completely mastered this force, as for Wang Zhi, who had not shown up for a long time, he had probably become the spiritual leader of this force and other figures, and the people were no longer in the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes would soon have no more legends about him.

Li Zhi was confused by Li Su's rhythm, and the more he walked, the more confused he became, and his curiosity increased.

"Brother Zizheng, let me tell me, what are you going to do? I'm in a hurry. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "The minister wants to lead His Highness to see some interesting things, His Royal Highness should also come out and walk around, stay in the palace all day long, and occasionally come out to see the people's suffering, the more power you have, the more you can't be separated from the people, otherwise, many decrees will be issued as soon as you pat your head, without investigation and no practice, thinking that it is a good governance for the benefit of the people, but in the end it will harm the people." ”

Li Zhi nodded: "Zhi understands, I will often come out for a walk in the future, I can't see what is going on in Chang'an City, maybe I should go to the poor and remote villages outside the city to see." ”

Li Su nodded approvingly: "Very good, Your Highness has this heart, and the blessings of the people are also." ”

Now that he went out, Li Zhi simply let go of his mind and slowly swayed with the mentality of playing.

After walking for half an hour, everyone came to Chang'an East City, looking at the prosperous scene of people coming and going, the merchants shouting hard, and the picture of the Hu people caravan leading the camel and the local merchants bargaining for the price, Li Zhi suddenly smiled.

"If every corner of the Tang Dynasty is like this, it can be called a prosperous era, right?" Li Zhi sighed leisurely.

Li Su said with a smile: "There is no need to force every corner to be like this, but to ask the people not to worry about food at any time, that is the prosperous age, and it is the merit of His Highness." ”

Li Zhi nodded heavily: "There will be this day, of course, it is up to Brother Zizheng to spare no effort to assist me, Brother Zizheng, I must make more efforts." ”

"You made me panic when you said this, and I will have to put more effort into making up excuses to ask for leave in the future......"

Li Zhi laughed: "Why say it, if you want to be lazy, no matter how much reason I have, I will pretend to believe you." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, Li Su suddenly looked solemn, and said: "Your Highness has been in Chang'an City for many years, and the eastern and western cities of Chang'an are also very familiar, do you know anything about Chang'an City?" ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, this question was asked thoughtlessly, Li Zhi blinked, and said, "It depends on how much 'familiarity' it is." For example, if you ask me where to buy the cheapest silk in Chang'an East City, I must not know, but if you ask me where the best-looking juggling troupe in East City is, I will definitely know. ”

Li Su said slowly: "The minister rarely visits the east and west cities, but the minister can tell you that no matter the most expensive in the east and west cities, the cheapest, the best goods, the most dishonest shopkeeper, etc., I know them all, and I know them all." ”

Li Zhi was surprised: "You don't visit the two cities, why do you know it?" ”

Li Su didn't answer, and changed the topic: "Your Highness, how about we play a game?" ”

Li Zhi looked at him with a vigilant expression: "What do you like about my family?" Let's say it bluntly, I'll send you, don't play any games, have a bottom line in life, don't learn bad from Cheng Lao Pifu......"

Li Su said with a dark face: "I don't bet with you, just play games." ”

Li Zhi was relieved and smiled with relief: "Then it's no problem, let's say, what game to play?" ”

"Your Highness, think about it in your mind, what you want to know most at this moment, such as what you once wanted to buy the most, but you didn't buy it, or what kind of person you want to find, a stick of incense, the minister can help you do it."

Li Zhi glanced at him in surprise and said, "You have such a skill?" ”

Li Su said with a smile: "The minister's ability is not small, and today I want His Highness to see it with his own eyes." ”

Li was confused, but his eyes were shining, and it was clear that the game proposed by Li Su had suddenly made him very interested.

"On the first night of this year, Chang'an City lifted the curfew, I went out of the palace to play, I remember buying a pastry made of frosting from the street vendor at the south end of the East City, the vendor carved it into the shape of a dog, lifelike, I was reluctant to eat it, and then I ate it after it was fastened, it tasted very good, and then in those days, I thought about it in my heart, and sent the steward of the palace to go out to buy it, and the steward went all over the East Market, but I couldn't find the vendor anymore, Brother Zizheng, can you help me find him?"

Li Su smiled faintly: "No problem, Your Highness, please wait patiently for a stick of incense, there will be results." ”

After speaking, Li Su turned around and glanced at Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi understood, and immediately ordered the four men.

"A pastry vendor who can carve the shape of an animal, look for it immediately, and it is limited to an hour of incense."

The four men clenched their fists and left without saying a word, and they quickly disappeared in the sea of people.

Li Zhi watched the four disappear with a blank face, turned his head to look at Li Su again, and his lips twitched a few times, and he stopped talking.

The hour passed quickly, and the four of them reappeared in front of Li Su and the others, and there was a middle-aged man with a restrained and nervous expression who came back with them, this person's hair was a little bald, his face was a little ugly, and his face was pitted and uneven, like a hornet's nest, trembling and being caught in the middle by the four people, like a rabbit surrounded by lions.

Li Zhi's eyes lit up when he saw the middle-aged man in the middle, pointed at him and said excitedly: "Yes, it's him, it's him!" ”

Turning his head to look at Li Su, Li Zhi's face was full of surprise: "It's amazing, how did you find it?" I sent someone to search for several days in the East Market but couldn't find it, but you found it in an hour of incense. ”

Li Suchao one of the four people nugged his chin, this person bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this person's surname is Zhou, his name is Jianliang, a native of Tanzhou, he came to Chang'an with his family five years ago, making noodles for a living, living in a low house in the back alley of Dongshi, after the Shangyuan Festival, his wife at home is in the pen, this person puts down his livelihood and concentrates on waiting for his wife and children at home, so he has not come out to do business for more than three months. ”

Li Zhi's eyes widened in astonishment, and the more he listened to this man's knowledge of the peddler's origins, the more surprised he became.

After taking two steps forward, Li Zhi looked at the peddler named Zhou Jianliang and said, "What he said is true?" ”

Zhou Jianliang looked a little cringe, nodded nervously, rubbed the corners of his clothes with his hands, and said, "Back to the nobleman's words, what he said is true." ”

Li Zhi was curious: "How did they find you?" ”

Zhou Jianliang showed a crying appearance and said: "The villain doesn't know, it's good to put and urine for the child at home, and one of them was run away without paying attention......"

Li Yufa looked at Li Su excitedly: "Tell me quickly, how did you do it?" ”

Li Suhan smiled and didn't answer, and said, "Is this game fun?" If Your Highness has anything else to know, just say that I will do it for you right away. ”

Li Zhi had obviously invested in this game, and when he heard this, he pondered for a moment and said, "Just find someone to come out, well, find a Hu Shang, who lacks an eye, is lame, and is about thirty years old." ”

Li Su nodded, then looked at the four people, the four of them clenched their fists silently, and soon disappeared into the sea of people.

In less than an hour of incense, the four of them brought back three Hu merchants, as Li Zhi described, all of them were missing an eye, a lame leg, and they were all about thirty years old, and the three of them stood in front of Li Zhi with panicked expressions, and kept saluting, saying incomprehensible words, looking as if they were begging for mercy or expressing surrender.

Li Zhi walked in front of the three of them, looked at them one by one, and found that their characteristics were exactly the same as his requirements, without any difference, Li Zhi was so happy that he ordered the eunuchs next to him to give each one a lot of money and let them go.

"Fun! In this way, no matter who or what is in the east and west cities of Chang'an City, Brother Zizheng knows everything about it? Li Zhi asked excitedly.

Li Suhan said with a smile: "It's not just the east and west cities, Your Highness also wants to know something, and the ministers can do it outside the two cities." ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows, and his expression suddenly became solemn, obviously at this time, Li Zhi was finally no longer simple, and thought a lot from this matter.

After pondering for a long time, Li Zhi said slowly: "The fifth day of the first month of last month is Chu Xiang's birthday, I came to congratulate my father on behalf of the emperor, during the banquet I toasted to Chu Xiang on behalf of my father, after Chu Xiang drank a lot, he whispered a word to me, this sentence is only known to me and Chu Xiang, the guests are full of voices, but I don't know, can Brother Zizheng find out?" ”

Li Su pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, wait a while, it's still an hour of incense." ”

Li Zhi looked at him deeply and nodded slowly.

The four people in front of him also heard it, and this time they didn't wait for Wang Zhi's order, and immediately turned around and left.

After an hour of incense, the four of them came back, hugged their fists at Li Zhi and said: "Chu said to His Royal Highness: 'Your Highness is benevolent, filial piety and intelligence, regrets being lazy in his studies, and his writing is particularly ugly. ’”

Li Zhi gasped, and his face suddenly became very complicated, as if he was amazed and fearful.

Li Su looked at Li Zhi's expression quietly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, is this what Chu said to His Highness every day?" ”

Li Zhimuran nodded: "Word for word." ”

Li Su breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Is there anything else Your Highness wants to know?" ”

Li Zhi shook his head: "I already understand how powerful you are, presumably in Chang'an City, whether it is the streets and alleys of the market, or the powerful of the high-ranking families, if you want to know something, you will definitely know." ”

Li Su's expression remained unchanged and said, "Yes, I want to know, I almost know everything." ”

Without waiting for Li Zhi to react, Li Su suddenly bowed to him and said, "The minister took His Highness out of the palace today, in order to give His Highness a gift, and in the whole world, only His Highness deserves this gift." ”

Li Zhi immediately understood what he meant, pointed to the four people in front of him, and said, "Are they the ones you want to give me?" ”

"Yes."

Li Zhi was silent for a long time and said, "Behind the four of them, how many people are there for them to drive?" ”

"Thousands, countless."

"Where are they planted?"

"From the palace to the powerful and high-ranking gates, to the streets and alleys, everything is pervasive."

Li Zhi's expression became calmer and calmer: "Does my father know about this?" ”

"I didn't know before, but now I know that these four people were all inserted by your father."

The four of them were shocked when they heard this, they didn't know about the high-level affairs, they thought they were hiding it well, but Li Su revealed their identities in one sentence, so the four of them knelt down together with a panicked expression.

Li Zhi thought for a long time and asked a very important question.

"Brother Zizheng has always been a frank gentleman, why did he secretly cultivate this force? You should know that this is very taboo. ”

Li Su smiled bitterly: "Your Royal Highness finally asked the point, Zhenguan nine years, the minister met Princess Dongyang, I and her love each other, but the world is ruthless, I and her feelings will not be tolerated by your father and the emperor, before the incident, I made preparations in advance, let my brother Wang Zhi of the same village live in Chang'an City with money, use money to invite people to buy people's hearts, and subdue the rogue and ......ranger in the Chang'an Street Market."

"Later, this force gradually became the climate, after I and Princess Dongyang leaked, under my command, this hidden force in the shadows launched public opinion in the Chang'an market, helped me and Dongyang through a catastrophe, since then, this force has become stronger and stronger, unconsciously, it has penetrated into every corner of Chang'an City, when one day I introspect and come to the end, I found that this force has been so large that even I am afraid, so I rushed to retreat, never to show up again, and your father has long been aware of the existence of this force, the people who were secretly planted gradually mastered it, and Wang Zhi and I pushed the boat down the river and handed over this force to the four people in front of us silently......"

Li Zhi listened to Li Su's eloquent words, and his expression became more and more complicated.

After Li Su finished speaking, Li Zhi fell into a long silence, and I don't know how long it took, Li Zhi sighed quietly: "The terrible power of this force, I also feel it today, it ...... It's really terrible, Brother Zizheng, you have rarely made mistakes, but this matter is ......"

Li Su sighed: "This matter, my original intention was to protect myself, Your Highness should be clear, I have never been ambitious, high-ranking officials have never cared, and even often intentionally refuse, what I want to do is an idyllic song, the indifferent days of cooking smoke, I have no objection to Your Majesty, to you, to the court, this force can no longer be in my hands, and His Royal Highness is the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty, if you have this force in your hands, it must be much easier to solve many things, from today on, it has completely belonged to Your Highness, belongs to the Tang Dynasty, and the minister will never ask again. ”

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I will accept it, but I still have to tell my father about this matter, I believe you also know that since my father knew about this matter and kept silent, it means that he is waiting for your reaction, and you give it to me today, it may be the most suitable result, this force can only be in the hands of the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and cannot fall into the hands of others." ”

Li Su smiled: "Your Highness has been in charge of the country for half a year, and he has grown a lot. ”

Li Zhi also smiled, and then said: "Brother Zizheng can confess such a confidential matter to me, and he understands it, or the same sentence, you and I are friends first, and then monarchs and ministers, I hope that you and I will never doubt the monarchs and ministers in our lives, create a prosperous world together, and leave a good story for the future history books." ”

"Minister, Your Highness Xie is tolerant."

The hot potato was thrown out, Li Zhi happily accepted it, and Li Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This result is good, almost perfect. Li Shimin must have breathed a sigh of relief.

On the premise that the window paper was not pierced, this fatal trouble was actually panicked in the hearts of the monarchs and ministers, presumably Li Shimin did not want to kill Li Su in his heart, because he was Li Shimin's humerus minister who left Li Zhi with, and he could not be killed easily, and Li Su certainly did not want to lose his head because of this matter.

Now that it has been solved silently, Li Su is very satisfied, Li Shimin will also be satisfied, and Li Zhi has picked up a big bargain, and everyone is happy and happy.