While playing, with a burst of hearty laughter, Li Shimin strode in.

Li Mingyu got off Xiao Hei's body with one leg and went over to give Li Shimin a salute.

At this time, Li Shimin was wearing a dark purple round-necked robe, embroidered with gold thread with a four-clawed python flying in the air, and silver threads outlined auspicious clouds. He wears a jade belt at his waist and a veil hat on his head. The light between the two eyes flickered, shining like stars and deep like the ocean. A short beard grew between his lips, and he looked a little more imposing than when the tiger was imprisoned.

Li Shimin seemed to be in a good mood today, stretched out his hand to help Mingyu, and said with a smile, "Good boy, I haven't seen you for a few years, I've grown so tall!" Why didn't your master come? ”

Mingyu replied, "The second uncle also knows my master's temperament, and he is difficult to solve and is unwilling to step into Chang'an. ”

"Well, well, there will be a day when things will be understood." Li Shimin nodded, knowing Xuanba's heart knot, and he didn't want to mention it more.

At this time, Xiao Hei also came over with Li Lizhen, Li Shimin saw that the pearl in his palm was so happy today, he was naturally happy, laughed and picked up Liqin, and rubbed her little face with his short beard, Lizhi giggled and didn't follow.

When the children saw their father returning, they also came together and said, "Father! ”。

Li Shimin had a completely different attitude towards several children, nodded "um" to Li Chengqian, inquired about Li Ke's homework, but was very fond of Li Tai, a little fat man, holding Li Lizhi with one hand and Li Tai with the other, the two children would also be coquettish, and they would scratch Li Shimin's neck together, making him laugh.

Xiao Hei also flattered them, Li Shimin used to kick Xiao Hei in the mountains, which was also a way for him to express his intimacy. At this time, when I saw Xiao Hei, I felt that my feet were itchy, and I raised my legs and wanted to kick them, but after hesitating for a moment, I said to Xiao Hei, "That's it, for the sake of you coaxing Lizhi so happily, I will spare you today!" Wang De! I'll go get a fat sheep for Xiao Hei later! ”

"Yes." Wang De respectfully replied and ordered to go down. Then seeing that it was not early, he began to arrange a dinner party for Mingyu to catch the wind and wash the dust.

A few children saw their father frowning for many days, but today they finally showed a little smile, and they were also very happy, and they had to join in the fun. And don't let the maid serve to eat, you have to do it yourself, the mouth is full of food, the child's heart, eat a bite and play for a while, and soon arrive tired, led by Li Chengqian, there is the maid and maid to serve to wash and rest.

After eating and drinking, the remnants of the table were removed, and Mingyu accompanied Li Shimin to drink and chat, recounting the parting. Xu is to see Mingyu, who has not met for a long time, Li Shimin is in a particularly happy mood today, sweeping away the haze of the previous few days, staggering, and drinking to the bottom. Mingyu also said that he is now full of art and plans to defect to Li Shimin's account in the future.

Li Shimin was already a little drunk, nodded approvingly, and said, "Well, yes, you can learn literature and martial arts, and sell the goods to the emperor's family." Contributing to the country is the right way. Don't learn from your master's love for your children, you can't get over this hurdle in your heart. has a skill, but wastes time in the mountains in vain. ”

The eldest grandson was accompanying him, and when he heard the words, he glanced at him and said, "San Lang is also very affectionate, and besides, he had such a stiff quarrel with his eldest brother and the Dugu family, and his wife died tragically, it can be said that the hatred is as deep as the sea, how can he easily let go." Coupled with the current situation in Chang'an, it seems that a pool of stagnant water is not alarming, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging under the surface of the water, and it will erupt at some point. For Saburo's light temperament, it's better to hide in the mountains. ”

Li Shimin touched his short beard and sighed, "Guanyin, you know, our brothers are now like fire and water. The prince already has the full support of the Longhao family, and now the fourth child is falling to his side to follow the troubles, and now I am alone. Why have I been so sad lately? Two days ago, someone in the palace secretly reported to me, saying that the fourth child spent a lot of money to buy a lot of harem concubines and flattered them one by one. The concubines often said to their father that I was not, and some said that I had no respect for the elders and neglected the concubines. It is said that I am arrogant and arrogant. There are also those who say that I have military power in my hands and have bad intentions. Hey, my father listens to slander and is becoming more and more alienated from me. At this time, if Xuanba can give up his hatred and come out of the mountain to help me, my father was the most fond of him in the past, and I felt that I owed him something before. If I knew his whereabouts, I would have taken a high look, and when our brothers joined forces, I would never be so passive. ”

When Mingyu heard what Li Shimin said, he thought to himself, has the fight between the brothers of the Li family reached the point where they can do everything now? Even the pillow wind in the harem has been used, and it seems that the second uncle is now at a disadvantage. But that's okay, if he is in a hurry, he will launch the Xuanwu Gate Change, hehe, it's better to come early than to come by coincidence, master, I will go out of the mountain at this time, but it is the right time.

When the eldest grandson heard this, he was also surprised, and said, "How can this be?" Erlang, how is that good? Now that you have fought with the crown prince to this point, you are like a pawn crossing the river, there is no advance or retreat, if you are increasingly alienated by your father, I am afraid it will be ......"

Li Shimin sneered and said, "It's okay, a few harem concubines who tell right and wrong, what big deal can you do by leaning on the pillow wind?" I have the merit of destroying the country, and I have military power, and I used to take into account a bit of brotherhood, and I was unwilling to do anything about it. Now that they are persecuting me like this, I have made up my mind to fight them, and I may not really lose. With that, he picked up his glass and drank it all.

The eldest grandson didn't persuade either, but just said to Li Shimin, "In this way, Erlang should be more cautious and discuss with his advisers in case of trouble." ”

Li Shimin was drunk and smoked at this time, and the more he looked at the eldest grandson, the more he felt indebted, and stretched out his hand to hold the eldest grandson's soft barley, and sighed, "Guanyin, I have been in a depressed mood these days, and you have been sad with me when you are bitter." ”

The eldest grandson replied sincerely, "Our husband and wife are one and the same, since we can't share your worries and solve problems, but I can still laugh and cry with you." ”

Li Shimin was moved by the friendship of the eldest grandson, he was already a little drunk, at this time, he was emotional, stretched out his hand to hold the waist of the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson snuggled in his arms.

The two of them, Lang is a concubine, but Li Mingyu on the side is bitter, he doesn't want to continue to watch the two of them get tired of being here, look at it like this, and continue to develop, if it has the momentum to become a living spring palace, then wouldn't he become a light bulb. coughed dryly and said, "I said second uncle, you are like this, isn't it?" I'm still a kid! ”

The eldest grandson suddenly remembered, just cares about talking, forgetting that Mingyu, a junior, is still in front of him, his face turned red, pushed Li Shimin away, and said embarrassedly, "I'll go and see if the children are asleep." He quickly got up and left as if he had fled.

Li Shimin is worthy of being a hero, his face is amazingly thick, his face does not change and his heart does not beat, he picks up the wine glass, and drinks it all in one gulp, as if nothing has happened.

Mingyu continued, "Second uncle, now I have come to join you. This, hehe, the credit I made before, shouldn't it be settled for me! ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Well, that's natural, the second uncle is a good man, well, it's just that you are only twelve years old now, knighted, official, you are too young to serve the public." ”

Li Mingyu grinned and said, "What are you afraid of?" Xiang Lu was a Confucius teacher at the age of seven, and Ganluo was a 12-year-old envoy to pay homage to the prime minister, so I was worse than them? Second uncle, don't worry, the title, if you are not old enough, you will talk about it later. Give me an official first, I think your Xuanjia army is very good, they are all acquaintances. If anyone dares to be unconvinced, I will beat him until he is convinced. ”

Li Shimin sneered: "Do you still know Xiang Lu Ganluo? Do you know what happened to these two afterwards? Although the two of them have the reputation of prodigies and are famous, it is a pity that Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, they became famous too early, and their foundation is not thick, and they have become victims of the struggle of various factions and countries. After all, it's just a flash in the pan! ”

After that, Li Shimin looked at Li Mingyu with blazing eyes and said, "Mingyu, you are naturally intelligent, you know everything you know, and you have learned a skill from your master, and your achievements in the future are limitless." But the second uncle hopes that you, the young man must be steady and steady, and accumulate steadily, so that he can become a blockbuster! Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is turbulent, if I let you show your face too early, it will hurt you! ”

Li Mingyu knew that what his second uncle Li Shimin said was reasonable, but he had his own thoughts in his heart, and he was not an official fan. Looking at Li Shimin's conversation, the change of Xuanwu Gate is not far away, and then Li Shimin will ascend the throne and sit in the palace, the great opportunity is in front of him, how can he let it go? If you don't hurry up and take advantage of the general trend, save enough money, and get some merit from the dragon, you can eat in the merit book and wait for death in the future.

Moreover, Li Mingyu always has a sense of crisis in his heart, and he knows what kind of ruthless character Li Er is in history. At present, although he is as close as a son and nephew to Li Shimin's family, but as soon as he comes, there is always a weak day, and his own brothers and nephews also say that they will be slaughtered, not to mention that I am not related by blood, and from the perspective of the master, our vein is also a bit dangerous. Even if it was Li Shimin's own sons, the imprisoned prisoners, and the expulsions, they didn't end up well in the end. Zhenguan once, the most nourishing life belonged to those founding generals, relying on military merits, as long as they did not eat enough to rebel, all of them could be mixed with old age and death, and they would have a good death.

Mingyu was in a hurry, and just wanted to argue, when he suddenly felt a pain in his ear, and someone reached out and twisted it. Mingyu smiled bitterly, without looking back, he could know from this familiar strength that the eldest grandson was back again.

It turned out that the eldest grandson couldn't hold it on his face, so he casually found an excuse to escape, but he didn't take two steps, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Mingyu, this stinky boy was really hateful, and he deliberately made fun of it. The more the eldest grandson thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and the stinky boy saw how I cleaned you up, turned around and walked back.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard Mingyu ask Li Shimin if he wanted to be an official, and the eldest grandson smiled angrily, "Yo, stinky boy, I can't see that you are still an official fan!" The two strokes are written like a dog crawling, even the green finch is not as good, and I don't know if I haven't grown in a few years! ”

Mingyu was extremely embarrassed, his words were really unsightly, the eldest grandson was not there, he had already forgotten about it. "Being an official doesn't look at whether I can write well or not, besides, I'm a military attaché, don't I still have a clerical officer......"

The eldest grandson used a force in his hand, twisted Mingyu's ears vigorously, and said, "Still not convinced?" I don't have two taels of ink in my stomach, and I still want to be a general, do you know the old saying that one general is incapable of exhausting the three armies! If you want to be an official, you can read to me so as not to make people laugh! ”