Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment.

When you are at the peak of prosperity and wealth, you must have a clear understanding of the situation, lay out a perfect situation for yourself in advance, ensure safety first, and then seek development.

That's how Li Su laid it out.

From the day he stepped into the court, Li Su walked on thin ice and never allowed himself to make any mistakes, not only because his life was at stake, but more importantly, the lives of his father and Xu Mingzhu were also tightly tied to him, and they were both damaged. With such a heavy responsibility, Li Su cannot be allowed to make mistakes. Not only can you not make mistakes, but you must also be like those old foxes in the court, take one step and look at a hundred steps.

Wang Zhu is one of Li Su's future layouts.

Li Su has always been very wary of the emperor's family, Li Shimin is like this, and so is Li Zhi, who will be the emperor in the future.

It is undeniable that Li Zhi has a deep friendship with him now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a friend of life and death, Li Su believes that even if he asks Li Zhi for anyone or anything at this time, Li Zhi will not hesitate to agree, and willingly offer it.

However, at this time, at that time, Li Zhi's simplicity and kindness now is because of his nature, and because he has not yet sat in the position of worshipping all people, because he has nothing to gain, so he does not care about loss. If one day Li Zhi really grows up, his heart matures, and the emperor's mental skills are also perfected, then will Li Zhi's friendship with him still be as intimate as today?

In the face of money and power, human nature is pitifully fragile, it can never stand the test, like a bubble in the sun, it will burst at the touch of a button.

In the future, Li Zhi will become the emperor, and he may be treated as he was back then, or he may not, no matter what the result, Li Su does not dare to gamble, he can't afford to gamble, because the lives of his father and his wife are also bets, but any man with a little conscience will not gamble on the humanity of others with the lives of his relatives.

Therefore, Li Su had to take the initiative to lay out the layout and lay a retreat in advance, in case one day Li Zhi really had a conflict with him, had suspicion of him, and even moved to kill, Li Su easily withdrew, escaped from Chang'an with his family, and fled to the Western Regions.

The premise of this retreat is that in the next ten years, Wang Zhu will gradually grasp the military power of the Western Regions, enter the Anxi Protectorate, and have enough ability to protect Li Suhe and his family.

The Western Regions are far to the border, and the spring breeze is not excessive, and it is a new world for Li Su.

But from the bottom of his heart, Li Su hopes that he will never have the day to enable this retreat, otherwise, half of his life will be sad.

Wang Zhu is a rough man, he doesn't have Li Su's complicated mind, the place that suits him is on the battlefield, he slashes over with a knife, returns with a knife, fights for his life, and has no complaints about life and death.

So Li Su talked for a long time, but Wang Zhu still had his eyes open, looking dazed and ignorant.

On the contrary, it is Wang Zhi, who has been in the market of Chang'an City all these years, and is much stronger than his brother in terms of scheming and experience, after Li Su finished speaking, Wang Zhi immediately understood, but he didn't squeak, just glanced at Li Su deeply.

"What's the way back? Why leave a way out? Are you in trouble in Chang'an? Wang Zhu asked blankly.

Li Su smiled bitterly, okay, it's good to be so simple, in fact, he is very envious of Wang Zhu, a simple-minded person has no worries about life, any trouble encountered in life is just a matter of one or two punches for him, if he can't even solve this trouble with his fist, he immediately went to a smart person for help, and threw the pot out.

If this is a food chain, there is no doubt that Wang Zhu is at the top of the food chain, and Li Sudu is a cut shorter than him.

Li Su was too lazy to answer Wang Zhuan's question, but Wang Zhi suddenly said: "Brother Mo Duo asked, this matter can't be explained in one sentence or two, Li Su said that you can do it." ”

Wang Zhu blinked, and then showed a sudden expression: "Oh-"

The exaggerated sudden realization did not attract the praise of Li Su and Wang Zhi, Li Su still didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned his head and said to Wang Zhi: "Gambling five cents, your brother actually doesn't understand at all." ”

Wang Zhi nodded: "I can't bet, I think so too, and my brother's sudden realization just now is purely because of inferiority, afraid that we will see through his stupidity, so I have to suddenly realize, pretending that he is not stupid......"

Li Su continued: "He actually didn't know that our wise gaze had penetrated his strong body, hit his cowardly and inferior soul, and uncovered his hidden ...... in the deepest part of human nature."

Wang Zhi then said: "Not only did we find out, but we also tortured it." ”

The two of them ignored Wang Zhuan, and the conversation between you and me was one sentence at a time, and the face of Wang Zhu on the side had already turned purple, and the nostrils, ears, and eyes were vaguely visible, and white gas was snorting.

With Wang Zhu's temper, although he didn't dare to do anything to Li Su, there was no pressure to teach his own brother to be a man.

As soon as Wang Zhizhi finished speaking, Wang Zhu slapped the giant spirit palm over, slapping Wang Zhi's face to the ground, and raising a puff of dust.

"You're almost enough! I am now a general in charge of more than a thousand people, and the general's face is very important. The king's stake was majestic.

Li Su sneered: "More than 1,000 people are proud? Do you know how many men and horses I had under my command during this crusade? ”

Wang Zhu suddenly wilted like a deflated ball.

Pointing at Wang Zhi, Li Su continued: "It's too unfair to compare you with me, tell me about your brother, although he is now just a ruffian in Chang'an City......

Wang Zhi was anxious and interrupted: "It's obviously Brother Haojie!" ”

Li Su sighed: "That's right, the polite way of saying it is Haojie, but in fact, he is a ruffian, the eldest brother of the underworld forces in Chang'an City, do you know how many people he has under his control?" ”

Wang Zhu was stunned for a long time, looked up at the sky and sighed faintly: "I suddenly began to miss the Western Regions, the wind and sand in the sky, the scorching sun, the simple people, and most importantly, no one there dares to pierce my heart like this......"

Li Su's expression was suddenly stunned, and he was silent for a long time, then turned his head to look at Wang Zhi and said, "Speaking of those people under your hands, you haven't shown up again recently, have you?" ”

Wang Zhi shook his head: "After listening to your words, I haven't appeared in public for nearly a year, and all the matters are handed over to the four henchmen below, and I don't care about anything......

Saying that, Wang Zhi suddenly smiled bitterly: "Those four people used to be my confidants, but they acted in a very orderly manner, and managed the brothers below to be obedient, and I didn't think it was fashionable at a cursory glance, but then I paid attention to it for a long time, and found that when they managed the brothers under them, they had a hint of the taste of the government, and now it is certain that at least two of these four people are members of the imperial court, and I know the stakes, and I dare not show my face anymore." ”

Li Su's expression was solemn, and he nodded: "It seems that my inference is correct, the force in our hands has already fallen into the eyes of His Majesty, and His Majesty has inserted people in order to completely control this force in his own hands......"

With a little worry on his face, Li Su said solemnly: "This matter must be solved as soon as possible, now Your Majesty's health is getting worse and worse, and he may die at any time, as a wise emperor, he will never forget this matter before he dies, if I still pretend to be confused before Your Majesty dies, Your Majesty may kill me." ”

Wang Zhi was stunned and said: "Your Majesty has always been very fond of you, and you have just made great achievements in Goguryeo, and we have almost dedicated our hands to Your Majesty for that force in Chang'an City, but we haven't said it explicitly, Your Majesty will not kill you, right?" ”

Li Su sighed: "We have cultivated a force at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it has been proved that this force is very powerful and harmful to the rule of the king. In the eyes of His Majesty, I have lost the way of the courtiers, to put it seriously, I am suspected of rebellion, from ancient times to the present, but when it comes to the word 'rebellion', no matter how much credit this person has made for the court before, it can be erased, and this alone is enough to make the emperor have murderous intentions, before His Majesty dies, he will definitely solve this force, or, solve me, there is no reason to talk about it. ”

The brothers of the Wang family were stunned for a moment, and Wang Zhi hurriedly said: "Otherwise, if we meet Your Majesty in person, we will simply confess, if we take the initiative to confess, Your Majesty may let us go......"

Li Su smiled bitterly: "Originally, there was only a layer of window paper, and we and Your Majesty each pretended to be confused, if we take the initiative to pierce this layer of window paper, there is no room for turning around between Your Majesty and us, and this matter will inevitably be known to the world, even if Your Majesty is unwilling to kill me, it will not be able to stop the people of the world, forcing him not to kill, so at this time today, this layer of window paper must not be pierced, otherwise there will be a disaster of death!" ”

Wang Zhi sighed: "It's not okay to admit guilt, and it's not okay to continue to pretend to be confused, what should we do?" ”

Li Su shook his head: "I haven't come up with a way for the time being, I'll think about it again in the next few days." ”

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I couldn't think of a way, so I simply threw away my troubles.

The three of them sat halfway up the mountain, bathed in the warm spring sun, chatted happily about the past, laughed and scolded, and time passed unconsciously.

In the afternoon, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the foot of the mountain, and as soon as they rode east, the dust was like smoke.

More than a dozen subordinates of the Li family have been waiting at the foot of the mountain, and the people on horseback galloped in front of them, then dismounted, hurriedly said something, handed the subordinates a piece of paper, and then bowed in the direction of the mountainside, and finally got on the horse and hurried away.

The tribesmen took the paper and ran quickly towards the mountainside.

Everything fell into Li Su's eyes, and Li Su's heart couldn't help but chuckle.

Looking at the expressions of the subordinates, it is clear that something big has happened.

It didn't take long for the trilogy to run in front of Li Su, panting and saying: "Grandpa, Your Majesty has issued a decree, officially canonizing His Royal Highness the King of Jin as the prince of the East Palace, and the three provinces are promulgating the decree to the world......"

Li Su was startled, and then laughed out loud.

"Well, I've finally heard good news!"

The spirited Li Su stretched out his hand towards the trilogy: "Can the holy decree be copied down?" ”

The ministry respectfully handed over a note and said, "The person who sent the message just now was someone from my uncle's mansion, and the holy decree was also copied and handed over to my grandfather." ”

Li Su took the note and read it in a low voice: "...... In the past, the philosopher king received the map, went to the saint and set the fan, built the second prince to Fengzong Temple, and the director took Ning Bangguo. …… I call this son, and I really hope for it. If you can, you can make two heavens, you can keep the weapon and inherit it, and it will be fixed for a hundred generations, so as to chastize all nations. Yi Lizhi is the crown prince, and he can order the department to prepare a gift and order. ”

After reading it, Li Su read the holy decree from the beginning again, looked at it very carefully, and even chewed every word in it repeatedly, then put away the note and said with a smile: "Okay, it's done!" King Jin was indeed registered as the crown prince, a great happy event, today the palace prepared a banquet, a good celebration. ”

The brothers of the Wang family were also overjoyed, and Wang Zhi smiled and said: "You should prepare some generous gifts, and go to the Jin Palace's mansion to congratulate you immediately, this matter can't be too late." ”

Li Su shook his head and said: "Presumably, there are already cars and horses in front of the Jin Palace, and the King of Jin is ...... No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very busy, so I won't go over to make trouble, and wait for this wave of congratulations to pass. ”

Turning to look at the ministry, Li Su said: "You go to the mansion and tell Madame, let her prepare a generous gift, send someone to the Jin Palace, and by the way, tell His Royal Highness the Prince, and say that I will visit him in a few days." ”

The trilogy was ordered to go.

Li Su stretched his waist and smiled at the two brothers of the Wang family: "Today is a good weather, and I heard good news, let's go to my house for a few drinks together, it can be regarded as the crown prince of Yaohe Jin." ”

Wang Zhu smiled and said: "I also want to congratulate you, in the future, the king of Jin will ascend the throne, your official title will be higher, maybe it will be the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people, and the Li family Tengda is just around the corner." ”

Li Su shook his head: "For me, the official is not important, but I have to remind myself that I must be more cautious and cautious in the future. ”

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Three days later, Li Su finally entered Chang'an City.

After entering the city, Li Su dismounted, and the subordinates led the horses to walk slowly, and when they reached Suzaku Street, Li Su suddenly stopped.

Fang Lao Wu stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, do you have any orders?" ”

Li Su thought for a while and said, "His Royal Highness King Wei lives in Changxingfang, right?" ”

"Yes."

Li Su stood in place and pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's not go to His Royal Highness the Prince's Mansion first, and go to the Wei Palace, I want to visit him." ”

Fang Lao Wu was stunned for a long time, and he didn't dare to ask more, so everyone turned around and walked towards King Wei's mansion.

The Wei Wangfu is still the same as it was, the four words "Fabricating the Wei Wangfu" hanging high on the lintel are shining gold, and the two rows of guards on duty stand in front of the door with their heads held high, without diminishing their majesty.

However, the palace has a decadent atmosphere from the inside out, and the palace with many guests in the past is now cold, and the carriages and horses are extinct.

Li Su sighed.

This is the hot and cold state of the world, what a scenery the original King of Wei, when the power was at its peak, nearly half of the courtiers who took refuge in the court were the king of Wei, and the carriage and horses of the king of Wei were from the guard of honor, and their specifications were also on par with the prince.

Once a tall building rises, the other building collapses.

Li Su stood in front of the palace for a while, then straightened his clothes, stepped forward and said to a guard on duty: "Please enter the palace to spread the word, just say that Li Su, the prince of Jingyang County, came to visit His Royal Highness the King of Wei." ”

The guards were stunned, obviously even he didn't expect that when he saw the newcomer laughing and the old man crying, this Li County Duke would actually come to visit the King of Wei, who was doomed to lose power.

After being stunned for a moment, the guards still saluted Li Su, and then turned around and hurriedly entered the mansion.

It didn't take long for a half-hundred-year-old man to come out, it was the housekeeper of the palace, who bowed down and invited Li Su to enter with a smile, saying that King Wei was waiting in the front hall.

Li Sushi Shi entered the mansion with an indifferent expression and leisurely steps, so he walked into the front hall of the palace slowly.

In the front hall, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was lying on the low table with his upper body, revealing a white flower greasy fat, carrying a wine jug in one hand, as if drunk like a dream, and laughing intoxicated.

There are also kabuki in the hall, dancing to the sound of the musician's silk and bamboo, and Li Tai, who is already eight or nine points drunk, sometimes twitches twice with the music. There were also a few disheveled, obviously drunk women lying on the ground, looking like crazy and muttering something.

Li Su stood in the threshold, frowning at the obscene scene in front of him, and felt disgusted in his heart.

Obviously, the prince who failed to win the throne was not only drunk, but also swallowed five stones, looking at this scene, he swallowed a lot.

Raising his finger and pointing at the musicians and kabuki in the hall, Li Su said lightly: "You all stand down." ”

The musicians and kabuki hesitated for a moment, and when they saw Li Su's undoubted expression, everyone didn't dare to ask more, and they all withdrew from the hall in good spirits.

Li Su shook his head, the world is so realistic, the king is defeated, the scenery and the depression, every day in every corner of the world is staged their own joys and sorrows, at this moment the King of Wei in front of him, his joys and sorrows are no different from others.

Walking in front of Li Tai, Li Tai was still drunk, lying on the table and smirking, Li Su stretched out his hand to wake him up, but when he saw Li Tai's bare upper body, a big lump of white fat and flowers, Li Su pursed his lips in disgust, thought about it, took out a square scarf from his arms and covered his hand, and then stretched out to Li Tai's shoulder, and pushed him hard through the square scarf.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, wake up!"

Li Tai didn't react, and the smirk continued.

Li Su withdrew his hand, and the square scarf that had touched Li Tai was gone, and he threw it on the ground.

Seeing Li Tai's drooling stupid appearance, Li Su touched his chin and thought about it, took a silver wine jug from the table, carefully poked the slender spout into Li Tai's nostrils, and then ...... Pouring suddenly, the wine in the pot poured into Li Tai's nostrils along the spout, and the nostrils opened to the trachea, and Li Tai immediately coughed heartbreakingly.

"Who! What killer would dare to be so rude! Li Tai glanced around with his red eyes, and then he saw Li Su with a bright smile.

"Hi ......" Li Su waved his hand, his expression was cordial, and his smile was heartfelt.

"It's you!" Li Tai's eyes became redder and redder, like a mad cow seeing a red cloth, and his nostrils sprayed white gas and rushed towards Li Su.

Li Su suddenly felt that he should really hold a piece of red cloth in his hand......

"His Royal Highness King Wei, calm down!"

Seeing that Li Tai was getting closer and closer, Li Su hurriedly took a few steps back and said, "You can think clearly, as long as you touch a single hair of me today, I will definitely fall to the ground, rolling and wailing all over the ground, and I will not lie on the sickbed for two years with your surname." Believe me, my acting skills are heartfelt, if your father knows about it, hehe......"

Hey? It seems that there is something wrong......

Li Tai immediately stopped, his drunkenness immediately lost three points, and his mind regained some sense.

Li Su's method of waking him up was too lacking in morality, Li Tai still felt a hot pain in his nostrils until this moment, his trachea was also painful, and his tears couldn't stop flowing, which was very refreshing.

"Li Zizheng, what are you doing in my house? Are you here to laugh at me as a loser and beat up the Reservoir Dogs? Li Tai said angrily in a hoarse voice.

Li Su sighed: "Your Highness is getting more and more upright, how can you compare yourself to a dog?" I don't allow you to insult yourself like that! ”

Li Tai: "............"

After making sure that Li Tai would not hurt himself, Li Su generously walked to a low table and sat down, took a wine jug casually, shook it a few times, found that there was wine in it, turned his head to look around, but could not find a clean wine cup, so he simply took a sip of the spout, poured a sip of wine, and exhaled a long breath after drinking, and then showed a disgusted expression.

"Sanle pulp...... Tsk, His Royal Highness the King of Wei, you and I have grievances and grievances, business belongs to business, the spirits produced in my workshop are so delicious, why don't you buy my wine? Pointing to the silent Li Tai, Li Su said bitterly: "You are too narrow-minded! ”