Li Jiancheng, as an envoy who came to the Western Regions to negotiate with Li Wenyuan, can be said to be definitely an easy errand. Not to mention that because Li Wenyuan kept repeatedly pulling and talking about various matters related to sending foreign students, it was just said that along the way he was just going west along the official road, and after leaving Li Yuan's territory, it was Xue Ju's territory. Although it is said that the two armies have always fought each other, Li Jiancheng's identity is too special, if it weren't for the fact that the matter of sending students was too important, Li Yuan would never let him leave Chang'an City. Although in front of Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng repeatedly guaranteed that his personal safety could definitely be guaranteed. But in fact, Li Jiancheng himself was not sure about his safety on the way west, so he still borrowed a few personal guards from his father Li Yuan, and asked them to serve him near his car as servants. After having these people by his side to protect his safety, Li Jiancheng felt a little relieved. In order to give his subordinates a good impression that he was in danger, and at the same time wanted to force Li Wenyuan to send someone to protect him, so Li Jiancheng made a huge momentum along the way, and everyone knew it, so he marched towards Dunhuang County with such fanfare, without any concealment.

Li Jiancheng also knew that for Li Wenyuan, he was a guest. If you can't even guarantee the safety of the guests who want to visit you, then it will definitely be a big loss for Li Wenyuan. This loss comes from prestige, and the loss from prestige cannot be made up for by spending some money and sending some people. Therefore, Li Wenyuan knew that after he made such a huge noise, he would definitely send someone to protect him, whether it was in the open or in the dark. Therefore, Li Jiancheng must live in every village and enter the town on this road. All the way, he traveled all the way to Li Wenyuan's Dunhuang County, slowly advancing. The reason why he stopped as many villages and towns as he could along the way was to listen to some local folk rumors and then record them in a book so that he could make arrangements according to the local situation after his father's army conquered the place.

On this day, Li Jiancheng had been in Xue Ju's territory for some days, but he was very surprised by the situation in Xue Ju's territory. Although Xue Ju had just fought a disastrous war, there was still a part of the army that had to be recruited from the people to make up for this part of the loss, but Li Jiancheng saw almost all the people in every village and town with smiles on their faces, and it was the kind of smile that was full of hope for the future life without worrying about food and clothing. In other words, the army led by his second brother brought far less losses to Xue Ju, and he said in his father's book that it was as serious. At the very least, the price of materials in Xue Ju has not risen significantly, and the casualties in the army have had a negative impact on the civilian soldiers and the families of the dead, and it has not affected the daily life of these people, so I am afraid that the war potential of Xue Ju's forces has been somewhat underestimated by the civil and military ministers of the previous court. After he goes back, he must gather his ministers together to reassess the threat of Xue Jujun.

"Your Majesty, that Li Jiancheng is Li Yuan's eldest son, if nothing else, after Li Yuan becomes emperor in the future, he will definitely be the crown prince. If we can capture him alive and exchange some benefits for Li Yuan. Presumably Li Yuan will not refuse no matter what, won't he let us slaughter him when the time comes? Even we can use Li Jiancheng to exchange Li Yuan for a few years of peace agreement, and we can also take this opportunity to develop the interior, so that although the people can still withstand the continuous war, it has become a wound that continues to bleed, and I am afraid that we will fall before Li Yuan in the long run. Li Jiancheng is now the most important chess piece for us to turn the situation around. Your Majesty, please think twice, and don't let him go so easily. One of the ministers of the Xue Ju court knelt in the room and said to Xue Ju with tears in his eyes.

"Lord Xue, didn't I already tell you before? The reason why Li Jiancheng was allowed to cross the border was because he was a guest of Li Wenyuan, and Li Wenyuan also paid us his road money for Li Jiancheng. Moreover, His Majesty has also personally promised that Li Wenyuan will not embarrass Li Jiancheng, and will give Li Jiancheng some help when necessary. Anyway, Li Wenyuan will pay for these in the end, so why should we risk offending Li Wenyuan to capture Li Jiancheng alive? You and I are both His Majesty's courtiers, and our eyes are far less than your Majesty's long-term looking, so let's not make trouble for Your Majesty here, you can go down with me. When the other minister saw Lord Xue kneeling on the ground, he also hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the sleeve of Lord Xue's robe, wanting to pull him up and leave the room, because Xue Ju's face became more and more ugly.

"It's you! You people talk about sharing your majesty's worries and thinking about the country, but behind your back, you may have done many things that are unseemly and disgraceful. Li Wenyuan's benefits to you should be indispensable, so you will speak for him like this. Your Majesty, how could you have been deceived by you villains and entrusted you with all these important positions? Where are you thinking about the country and sharing your Majesty's worries? You are clearly traitors who eat inside and out! Everyone gets it and punishes it, and eats the meat of the wait! Lord Xue, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the persuasion of the minister next to him, knelt on the ground, sat up, turned his head and glared angrily at the other minister.

"Master Xue, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. But I saw you and my colleagues, and I didn't want you to cause trouble for myself because of these things, so I stood up and persuaded you, and you didn't believe it or not. Why do you want to slander the old man here? And don't forget that when you were still teaching in the city library, the old man was already an important minister by His Majesty's side, and you slandered the old man as a traitor here, but there was any evidence? Another minister heard that Lord Xue in front of him said a lot of inconsequential words, so he also asked angrily.

"Hmph. You're still asking me for evidence? Are you really when I don't have your handle in my hands? As you said, you and I are colleagues, how can I be honest about these things? If you want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. Don't you have some accurate numbers in mind about the things you do yourself? Do you have to tell your majesty all those ugly things about you? After hearing the words of the other minister, Lord Xue continued without backing down.

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