Li Chunfeng sees people very accurately, when he first accepted Dongyang as an apprentice, he saw that this noble female apprentice can't get rid of the mortal dust, and the dust heart is not dead, how can he talk about becoming a monk?

Dongyang really can't get out of the world, she is just a woman who has just turned twenty years old, it is impossible to see through the joys, sorrows and sorrows in the red dust, and the people and things around her can always affect her emotions, especially Li Su's affairs.

Dongyang wants to do something for Li Su, and everything is fine.

She just wanted to tell Li Su in a silent way that she could do what Xu Mingzhu could do, and even better than Xu Mingzhu.

Today, Xu Mingzhu came to visit, although it was just a small talk, he didn't say a word about the topic, and he didn't ask Dongyang for help or make a request, and he left after chatting a few words, it seems that the purpose of coming to the door is purely to recognize the door and contact feelings by the way, but how smart Dongyang is Bingxue, she has seen Xu Mingzhu's hesitation and struggle in a few words.

Chang'an City is not Yumen Pass, what Xu Mingzhu dares to do in Yumen Pass, Chang'an City is as difficult as ascending to the sky, so in this matter, Xu Mingzhu can't do anything, but what Xu Mingzhu can't do doesn't mean that Dongyang can't do it.

After all, the background is different, this is an unavoidable fact, no matter how Dongyang does not get involved in the world, after all, she is also the princess of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's own daughter, and the confidence of the princess of the Tang Dynasty is not the same as that of Mrs. Fate.

The guards in the Taoist temple were quickly dispatched, and Dongyang knelt in front of the statue of Lao Jun to chant sutras, his expression was calm, and his heart was like water.

Now that the decision has been made, there is no need to worry and be uneasy.

Xu Mingzhu came to the door today, although his words were vague, but Dongyang knew very well that Li Su was about to break into a big disaster, and for the emerging Li family, the Li family could not afford this disaster, but there was a reason to do it.

Dongyang decided that it would be up to her. Her status determines that she is best suited to do so, and it can also minimize the severity of the consequences.

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Under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, Li Su squatted on the ground, staring blankly into the distance.

The Wang brothers stood behind him, and Wang Zhi's temperament had changed a little recently, and he couldn't tell the inexplicable taste. The weight of the body is on one leg, the other leg is shaking unconsciously, and he can't stop at all after taking medicine......

Obviously, these days I have been interacting with those idlers in Chang'an City a lot, and Wang Zhi has unconsciously brought a ruffian.

The king pile is a little interesting. After all, the army has been fighting for a long time, and he stands up straight, motionless like a javelin, but his face is blue and purple, and the corners of his lips are swollen in half, as for the reason for his injury...... Li Su didn't bother to ask, because he didn't have to ask, he knew the answer.

The two brothers stood behind Li Su for a long time, and suddenly felt not very refreshed. So the two of them were left and right, one in front and one behind. It doesn't matter if the ground is clean or not, one squats and the other sits......

Li Su finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Sighing deeply, Li Su said slowly: "Second brother, to be honest, I can tolerate you not liking cleanliness. But...... Can you be a little neater? One in front and one behind, one squatting and one sitting, do you want to force me to death? What about the meticulous symmetry I requested? ”

The Wang brothers glanced at each other, and the two immediately sat side by side on the ground, forming an equilateral triangle with Li Su in front. The picture is very pleasing to the eye.

Li Su was satisfied, his expression gradually softened, and he let out a comfortable sigh.

Wang Zhuan's lips pursed, and he said, "Brother, your illness is getting worse and worse, will I go into the city and ask Sun Shenxian to show you?" ”

Li Su sighed: "The pursuit of perfection, how can it be a disease? What is the difference between a world that is not neat and unaligned and hell? ”

Wang Zhu blinked: "Can you really bear that we don't love cleanliness?" ”

Li Su looked at them silently, and suddenly said for a while: "...... Okay, I lied just now, I can't bear it if I don't like to be clean, don't sit on the ground, squat like me, remember to wash your hands and butt when you go back......"

Wang Zhu laughed, but he still didn't get up, the smile pulled the bruises and scars on his face, and he was so painful that he inhaled cool air, Li Su had to turn his head, out of sight.

Wang Zhi had been silent, and Li Su looked at him, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Li Su, I've embarrassed you......" Wang Zhi's expression was very guilty: "My subordinates have not found out for several days, but the eldest grandson family and the Cheng family have found out as soon as they stretched out their hands, and the money you have spent in the past few years has not worked at all." ”

Li Su said with a smile: "Guilty fart, take a group of idlers under your command who have just known each other for a few years to compare with other people's gate valve magnates, do you want to be embarrassed?" In the huge city of Chang'an, how many years have the net of the gate valve been laid, and how many years have we only had? There is no comparison at all. ”

Wang Zhi was still so guilty that he couldn't do it, and there was a sign that he would die of seppuku every minute to show Li Su.

Glancing at him, Li Su continued leisurely: "Besides, is it the truth that the eldest grandson family and the Cheng family find out?" ”

Wang Zhi looked up at him impressively: "What do you mean...... The person behind the scenes is not the king of Qi? ”

Li Su sighed: "Maybe it's the King of Qi, maybe it's not, it's always right to keep an eye on everything, there is a cause and effect in this matter, the King of Qi resented me because he was beaten by His Majesty, and then secretly sent assassins to attack my father, and after the defeat, he killed the steward involved in this matter in the palace and killed him, leaving aside the involvement, you see, there is a motive, a process, a result, everything, it is said that the person behind the scenes is the King of Qi......"

Wang Zhi said blankly: "That's right, all the evidence points to King Qi, it's a sure thing, is there someone else behind the scenes?" ”

Li Su sighed: "Don't you think the process of finding out the person behind the scenes is too smooth?" ”

Wang Zhi's eyes suddenly flushed, and his face turned red, I don't know whether he was ashamed or angry: "It's too smooth?" What nonsense is this! Do you know that hundreds of subordinates in Chang'an City have been jumping up and down these days to inquire about the movement, they can't eat and sleep, and they have been running for many days for this matter but still haven't found anything, it's too smooth? Yes? Too smooth? ”

Li Su looked at him apologetically: "I'm sorry, I said something wrong, I meant ...... The process of the eldest grandson family and the Cheng family finding out the behind-the-scenes instructions was too smooth, and it can be said that it was effortless......"

These words made Wang Zhi's eyes even redder. There is a kind of sadness that wants to cry.

We jump up and down and get nothing, but people "don't make a fuss", is this human talk?

Wang Zhi was saddened, but Wang Zhu said: "If the person behind the scenes is not the king of Qi, who will it be?" ”

Li Su shook his head: "I can't say now, many people are suspicious." I am a holy family, a few transactions in the family are a daily income, both famous and profitable, outsiders see me as infinitely beautiful, but I don't know that my current situation is actually in danger of exhaustion, behind my back, jealous of me, I don't know how many people think I am in the way, anyone may stab me in the back. ”

"As for King Qi...... Originally, his motives were the most sufficient. The evidence is the most conclusive, but because of this, I feel that he is not the one behind the scenes, it seems that someone deliberately misled and secretly led the evidence to the King of Qi, so it is so simple and easy for the Changsun family and the Cheng family to track down. ”

Wang Zhi was stunned and said, "If it weren't for King Qi, who do you think is the most suspicious?" ”

Li Su hung his head and was silent for a long time. Suddenly, he said: "Wang Zhi, you will go back to the city today and find a way to deliver a message to the East Palace." Ask him what he has to say. ”

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed, "You doubt it...... Prince? ”

Li Su sighed: "I suspect that it doesn't matter who it is, it's just a direction, after all, after King Qi was beaten by His Majesty, he met the prince in front of the palace gate." The two talked a lot, if the person behind the scenes was not the King of Qi, the crown prince would be the most suspicious. ”

"If it is found out that it is indeed the crown prince's doing, what are you going to do?"

Li Su thought for a while, and said: "Choose the auspicious day of the zodiac with high black wind in the month." I poured a few mouthfuls of poison and died in front of the gate of the East Palace,...... Are you afraid? Let me ask you, is the prince afraid? ”

The Wang brothers were stunned and their eyes widened: "............"

"Relax, don't take it so seriously, no matter who did it, it's not over after all." Li Su patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

After a pause, Li Su's eyes glanced at Wang Zhuan, looking at the thousands of purples and reds on his face, as well as bruises and redness, Li Su shook his head: "Okay, now let's talk about your business......"

Wang Zhu was dazed: "Huh? My business? What's wrong with me? ”

"You're okay, I'm just curious, so I want to ask you what's wrong with the wound on your face?"

Wang Zhu flashed a look of embarrassment, coughed twice, and said, "I woke up last night, it was too dark, and I hit the door." ”

Li Su said leisurely: "I can understand the face hitting the door, I just want to ask you, how strange is the shape of your door panel, how colorful and ......beautiful it can be to hit your face."

Wang Zhuan's face turned red, and he simply stomped his feet: "Okay!" My mother-in-law beat her, what's going on? ”

"Why did your mother-in-law beat you?"

Wang Zhu sighed, with a sad expression of distress and distress, and said in a low voice: "No, it's winter, and there is no sowing or harvesting in the field......"

Now it was Li Su's turn to be stunned: "What does your mother-in-law have to do with the crops when she beats you?" ”

Wang Zhuan's cheeks twitched: "It's not good for the passing year, it's okay to dangle in front of her, and she, who is idle, is also idle, so you're welcome......"

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The first snow after the winter has not stopped, on the ninth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, outside the Yanping Gate in the west of Chang'an City, a cavalry slowly came.

There were about 200 cavalrymen, led by people in their forties, covered in armor, with a green beard under their chins half a foot, a calm complexion, and eyes like lightning.

When he was still five miles away from Yanping Gate, this man suddenly raised one arm and shouted, "Get off the horse and walk!" ”

More than 200 people dismounted without saying a word, and led the horses towards the city gate.

The cold wind carried the snow flakes flying all over the sky, the wind was biting, and the snow was biting.

When the group walked outside the city gate, they found that there was a middle-aged eunuch standing in the middle of the city gate, dressed in a purple robe and wearing a black veil hat, staring indifferently at the more than 200 horsemen who were slowly coming, with thick snow piled up on his shoulders and gauze hats, obviously waiting for a long time.

Seeing everyone approaching, the eunuch raised his voice and said: "There is a will, Chen Guogong, Chen Zhou Thorn History, Hou Junji, the chief manager of the Jiaohe Road March, kneel and listen." ”

The leader was Hou Junji, who returned to the dynasty from the Western Regions, and after leading the army back to Guanzhong Dao, he ordered soldiers and horses to be stationed 100 miles away from Chang'an City, and he led 200 guards back to Chang'an.

Seeing the eunuch shouting, Hou Junji and the two hundred guards behind him knelt in the cold and biting snow without saying a word.

"Minister, Hou Junji receives the order."

The eunuch nodded in satisfaction. After a pause, he exhaled and said: "Hou Junji, the chief of the Jiaohe Road March, sent an edict to the west, swept through the Western Regions, and raised the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, which is very good!" However, the discipline of the soldiers of the Western Expedition was eroded. Violent nature, when the conquest of Gaochang was not subordinate, he slaughtered the city, killing the people of the capital for three days, and finally caused the capital of Gaochang to be full of blood, and did not hear the voice of people for a hundred miles. Bear the crime of having no way to govern the army, and investigate separately, when our western expedition army slaughtered the capital of Gaochang, Hou Junji ordered hundreds of guards to close the Gaochang Palace, abolish its palace, destroy its treasury, and wantonly collect wealth to enrich itself, and the bad behavior made me feel cold. He ordered Hou Junji to be removed from his post as the general manager and removed his armor and helmet. Strip off the official clothes and take them into the Dali Temple for strict questioning! ”

After the eunuch announced the holy decree, the two hundred guards behind Hou Junji suddenly straightened up, and the air was suddenly filled with murderous aura.

The eunuch was so frightened that he took three steps back, pointed at the silent Hou Junji and shouted in a trembling voice: "Hou Junji." Do you want to rebel against the will? ”

Hou Junji turned his head and glanced at the guards viciously, then touched the ground with his head, bowed his head and said loudly: "Minister, Hou Junji has failed the grace of the saint and is ashamed of His Majesty." The retainers are willing to accept their sins. ”

The eunuch was frightened, looked at him gloomily, waved his hand, and a team of Yulin guards suddenly appeared in the dark city gate, stepped forward to remove Hou Junji's armor and helmet, and stripped off the purple official robe he was wearing inside, and then put a pair of shackles on him, and the group escorted Hou Junji into the city.

At the beginning, Li Su led 100 disabled veterans back to Chang'an, and Li Shimin was rewarded with three holy decrees in the downtown area, and the people of the city praised it.

The same victory returned to the dynasty, in terms of merit is even higher than Li Su, swept the Western Regions, the generals who failed to compete with the enemy, and did not enter the capital of the Tang Dynasty to show their merits, but they were asked and sent to prison and became a prisoner.

The completely different treatment gave the subjects of Chang'an City a great shock.

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The news that Hou Junji was questioned spread quickly. The government and the opposition and the market are all talking about it, and each side is arguing endlessly.

The focus of the debate is whether Hou Junji should be held accountable.

This is a big topic, and the massacre of the city by Hou Junji and the Western Expeditionary Army Gaochang seriously challenged the values of the Tang subjects.

Some insist that Hou Junji is not guilty, because Gao Changguo lost his courtesy first, the confrontation between the two armies is war, and war has always been cruel and ruthless. After the Tang army captured the enemy's city, who did not acquiesce to the army's slaughter or even looting?

Everyone has done such a thing, why is Hou Junji imprisoned for this reason?

Therefore, after the news of Hou Junji's imprisonment spread, at least half of those who were dissatisfied in Chang'an City were dissenters.

This was an era in which national self-confidence was incomparably strong, and both the ministers and the common people had almost blind to pathological trust in the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army, and once the national self-confidence swelled, it would gradually change its taste, become conceited, invincible, and gradually become arrogant.

Gaochang is a foreign country, an enemy country, lost its courtesy to the Tang Dynasty, and even raised troops to attack the Xizhou of the Tang Dynasty, the barbarian small state committed me first, I Datang obeyed the mandate of heaven, and the king conquered the west to defeat the ministers, this is a matter of course, break the enemy's capital, kill some of the people of the enemy country, what's the problem? The victor has the right to dispose of his own spoils, and anything in the capital of Gaochang is the spoils of the Tang army, from gold and silver treasures to the common people, it automatically falls into the possession of the Tang Dynasty, what is wrong with me disposing of my own spoils?

The court and the people were noisy and shouted, and there was a quarrel because of Hou Junji's imprisonment.

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Taiping Village.

When Wang Zhi smiled and told Li Su about Hou Junji's imprisonment as an anecdote, Li Su's expression was a little heavy.

"The one who fights and fights, and finally decides whether Hou Junji is guilty or not, is still Your Majesty after all." Li Su sighed and shook his head.

"Will Your Majesty cure the crimes of the Great General?"

Li Su was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "It will inevitably be punished, it only depends on whether it is serious or not." This matter is too big, Hou Junji is not punished, and His Majesty cannot convince the public, mainly because he cannot convince the people of foreign countries. ”

Wang Zhi smiled and said thoughtfully: "No wonder on the day Hou Junji was taken into Dali Temple, the envoy of Gaochangguo knelt in front of the Taiji Palace and cried, the country was destroyed, and the envoy's waist was still straight, and he kept shouting for Your Majesty to make decisions for the innocent casualties of Gaochangguo...... Not only that, but the envoy also woke up, it was not enough for one person to cry and beg, so he pulled more than a dozen envoys from neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty to kneel in front of the Taiji Palace and cry together, kneeling for a whole day and night, and shouting "His Majesty the Heavenly Khan" was particularly loud......"

Li Su sighed and said, "In this way, Your Majesty is becoming more and more difficult to ride a tiger, and Hou Junji's punishment is already an ironclad thing......"

Wang Zhi stared at his face and said, "You seem to be ...... Feeling a little sad? ”

Li Su sighed: "After all, General Hou swept the Western Regions, and he can be regarded as avenging me, and I can be regarded as indirectly receiving his favor, and now I am a marquis, but he ended up in prison, how can I not be sad?" ”

Wang Zhi sighed and shook his head, then he didn't know what he thought, and said with a frightened expression: "You don't want to rescue General Hou, do you?" The stakes are too high, don't be stupid and anger Your Majesty! ”

Li Sufei kicked him, and said angrily: "When I am as stupid as your brother?" Can I get involved in this? ”

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PS: 5000 words big chapter, lazy to score chapters...... Just sauce purple...... (To be continued.) )