Time flies, and a few years pass like a white horse in a flash. Jin Lao sighed in his heart, and the situation of drinking with Prince Jiancheng was still in his mind, as if it was yesterday. But in the blink of an eye, the living person was gone, and in the blink of an eye, the doll in his arms was already able to walk.

Before Li Tang, who had pacified the world, had time to rest, civil strife could not wait to break out. After the completion of the prince's popularity, everyone thought that after a hundred years of Gaozu, the newly established Datang would usher in a new master, maybe later, ten years? Twenty years? Or later. The war is over, the common people live and work in peace and contentment, what does it matter if it is earlier or later?

But they didn't expect that two of Gao Zu's three children would die overnight.

Resisted Dou Jiande, resisted the Wagang army, resisted Du Fuwei, and even the arrogant and violent Huns. The three brothers were the lucky ones in the war. didn't expect that he would die at the hands of his brother in the end.

It is understandable for the eldest son to inherit the throne, but since the founding of the country and the title of emperor, Gaozu has never let him take charge of the army to fight. Although this is for the sake of the crown prince's safety, indirectly, it gives Li Shimin, the king of Qin, an excellent opportunity to perform. The frequent successes of war made Gaozu worship officials for Li Shimin, the king of Qin, again and again, and later developed to the point where there was no official to seal, so he had to create another 'Tiance General' that did not exist. As the days of fighting abroad became longer and longer, the common people suddenly found that the current prince seemed to be more capable of fighting and leading troops, so the call for supporting King Qin became louder and louder, and the people began to go crazy for him.

Seeing these scenes, the prince's advisers could not sit still.

The first to express his position was Wei Zheng, this person was a chaotic army, defeated and captured, Li Jiancheng saw that he had only known people, so he recruited as a strategist under his command, and repeatedly offered wonderful plans during the war, and was a rare strategist. He saw that Li Shimin's prestige was getting higher and higher, and he was worried, so he proposed to Li Jiancheng to "strike first, or then there will be endless trouble." Seeing that Li Jiancheng ignored him, he joined forces with Xue Wanche, Shi Jingzhong and others to invite the King of Qin to the East Palace for a banquet, intending to poison the King of Qin. Li Jiancheng didn't know what to do, so he readily agreed and invited King Qin to the banquet. The people put the poison in the wine, but they put the antidote in their cups. Li Jiancheng's cup was coated with an antidote, and he drank it first as a respect, Li Shimin saw that everyone had drunk it, so he no longer doubted it, and happily feasted and drank, but he didn't know that he had already drunk the poison into his abdomen.

After three rounds of drinking, when King Qin Dengdong left the table, Li Jiancheng learned about it. He was shocked at the moment, although he knew that everyone was thinking about himself, but he still ignored everyone's dissuasion and exchanged himself and the prince's wine cup

After the king of Qin returned home, he was poisoned at night, and because he drank the antidote, he did not want to die, but only 'vomited several liters of blood and stayed in bed for a few days. Since then, there have been no more feasts and gatherings in the East Palace and the Prince's Palace.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng was so indecisive, his subordinates couldn't help but have other thoughts. There is a way to strike first, and then to cure others. At this time, I don't have a ruthless hand, but I am afraid that I will be in a different place in the future. Thinking of this, many of his subordinates immediately left the East Palace and defected to King Qin's men. No matter who the King of Qin came to defect, he treated him with courtesy. After a while, Li Jiancheng's subordinates were left with only some hard friendships of life and death.

Jiancheng didn't care about this, and he still smiled freely when he met Li Shimin every day. Although Li Shimin also treated him with courtesy, he never came to the East Palace again. He Yunxian knew Li Shimin's temperament, and he also tried hard to dissuade Li Jiancheng from making the first move, but every time he got a burst of scolding, after a while, it was forgotten. She thought to herself that since Jiancheng was unwilling to start, she was willing to take the risk of removing this scourge for him, but now the prince's mansion is not what it used to be. Although she is strong in martial arts, there are countless military generals and masters under Li Shimin, and she can't break through if she wants to. As for the assassination, Li Shimin seems to have predicted it a long time ago, and every night he has to send a capable minister and a military general to guard in front of the door.

The night before the incident, Heyunxian was suddenly told by Li Jiancheng that he would send her to do something important in other places. She was worried in her heart, naturally she excused herself, Li Jiancheng comforted her in every way, she believed it, she sent the letter in the middle of the night, and when she arrived at the destination, she didn't see the agreed person. She was puzzled, and when she opened the letter, she realized that the letter was actually written to herself. It turned out that Li Jiancheng had long known that he was unlucky this night, and asked her to deliver the letter, in order to send her away from the capital. A few months of travel is enough for everything to settle.

Seeing the truth, Heyun rushed back to the capital like crazy, and before entering Chang'an, he saw that it was clear that the Baidong Palace was rebelling and the rebellious ministers were ambushed

Heyun Xian only felt that the sky was about to fall, and she lost her mind, she drew her sword and rushed straight to the palace, all the way from the main gate to the golden palace, until she was dressed in a white dress and turned bloody. But there were too many enemies, and in the end, exhausted, she was stopped in front of Li Shimin, who had become Emperor Taizong.

Trespassing in the palace, assassinating the Son of Heaven, killing and injuring guards, any crime can be put on someone else to even the nine clans, but unexpectedly, Emperor Taizong, who has always been cautious, did not punish her in any way. The only thing that can be regarded as a punishment is that he was removed from his accessories and rested in the palace under house arrest for a few days. When she regained her strength, Taizong let her go.

Since then, Datang has begun to recuperate and recuperate for the upcoming prosperous era.

"Alas, the golden saddle and silver horse, the jade sword and gorgeous clothes, and a touch of shock on the battlefield, he is the only son of heaven in the world. The wine is full of fun, the jade is full of moon, not drunk and proud, looking at the ambitions, who can do it in the world. Yin and yang are impermanent, such as a trance dream, waiting for the dust to settle the grievances, all hatreds are empty, with a volume of ancient books, ask future generations, who is the hero. ”

The sunset is like gold, and it is the most rare warmth in late autumn. Jin Lao sat in the courtyard, looking at the clouds on the horizon and groaning casually, nostalgic for the time when he drank and chatted with Prince Jiancheng. Not far away, Jiang Yingjie was coaxing the girl to play, and when he saw him singing lightly, he asked, "Old man, what are you reading?" ”

"It's not big, it's not small, it's called grandpa." Jin Lao glanced at the boy and said, "How many times have you told you Tie Niu, don't call me old man." ”

"Who told you to keep shouting?" The boy pouted, "I have a name, okay." ”

"Don't all your friends call you that?" Jin Lao didn't care about the authentic way.

"That's not going to work either." The young man was about to say something more, and suddenly the little sister next to him happily held up a mud knick-kneading gadget and said to him, "Brother Tieniu, give it to you." ”

"It's so beautiful, thank you Sister Mu Xin." Iron Bull took the lump of mud, and his face blossomed with joy.

"Hey, you stinky boy." Jin Lao was interested, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, the name of this iron bull is called Mu Xin, I can't call it?" As he spoke, he was about to go up and 'reason' with him, but when he got up, he suddenly heard a knock at the door, so he went to open the door.

"Is it Old Man Jin's house?" Opening the door, there was a strange man standing in front of him.

"Exactly, what's the matter with you?" Jin Lao was slightly puzzled, this person looked like a face, he didn't seem to be a local, how could he recognize himself.

"That's right, someone asked me to send something to Master Jin." The man smiled and handed over the item in his hand.

It's a jar of fine wine.

Jin Lao was slightly stunned, his hands trembled slightly, he took the jar, he looked at the man and asked, "Who asked you to send it here?" ”

"It's not clear." The man shook his head and said, "Look at that brother's age, only twenty or thirty years old, he said that he is an old friend of the gentleman." Because of some reasons, it was inconvenient to show up, so I was asked to come and deliver wine. ”

"I see." Jin Lao nodded, and his heart couldn't help but be happy and sad at the same time. After greeting and thanking for a while, he sent the brother who sent the wine away. Closed the door, hugged the wine jar back to the house, a few bowls of belly, and couldn't help but feel sad.

The man delivering the wine outside the door took a few steps, but suddenly stopped. Turning around, the afterglow shone on his face, listening to the sound of two children playing in the courtyard of the partition wall, and the slight smile on his face was very gentle.

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