The sun rises in the east, shining on the vast earth.

Today is the day when the Tang Dynasty Heavenly Khan summoned the leaders of the various prefectures, and the dilapidated Lingzhou City was full of people from the faint light of the sky.

Thousands of Tang Army soldiers in front of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion lined up a strict military formation, guarding the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion tightly, showing the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

Opposite this strict military array, there were also two phalanxes, one of which was dozens of people with their heads covered in various animal skins, who were the leaders of the Turkic and Mobei tribes.

Although Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling wanted to seal them to Mobei to establish the state of Jianzhou, in order to prevent the emergence of a tribe as strong as the Turks or Xue Yantuo, some very small tribes were counted as one tribe for separation.

The leaders of the Hui Hui Tumidu and Wusu died on the way, leaving only the trembling Tumidu's son Po Yan.

At this time, Po Yan stood among the leaders of the small tribes who could only look up to him in the past, and felt very aggrieved.

Thinking of what the man told him, he only had to guess the whereabouts of the Tang prince because he saw Tian Khan charging in person. When he said it in public during the pilgrimage, he could inherit his father's position and be the leader of the Hui Dynasty, and his heart was hot again.

On the other side, a group of people wearing five-color coarse cloth clothes are the various departments of the party and Xiangqiang, among which the person standing at the front is Tuoba Chici, the leader of the Tuoba clan, who came to see Li Shimin today and has something to say in public.

Tuoba clan is the majority of the party Xiang Qiang has hundreds of thousands of people, distributed in the area of the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion, a few years ago Tuoba Department found that someone was looking for ore veins in their territory, but when Tuoba Chizi knew, the group had already left.

At that time, I didn't know if I had found it, but a few days ago he came to Lingzhou and heard that Li Chengqian had found gold, silver and copper mines, and sent someone to investigate, and really asked him to find out that these veins were found under the Lanzhou Governor's Mansion.

He didn't dare to swallow it alone under the nose of Datang, but he also asked for a piece of the pie from the Khan.

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When I went to the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, I saw flags and flags flying high, showing the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

Because the largest hall of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is not grand enough, and it cannot accommodate the number of people participating in today's worship, the main courtyard in front of the hall was cleaned up as early as the first two, and a high platform throne was erected for Li Shimin in the north to receive worship outside.

Li Shimin has not seen Li Chengqian in the past few days, even if Li Chengqian has offered all the dog's head gold, he will not see him. He also returned all the dog's head gold to Li Chengqian, saying that he wanted him to use it for state affairs in the Tang Dynasty.

However, on a day like today, there is naturally no place for Li Chengqian, and last night Li Chengqian received an edict from the inner servant.

So Li Chengqian put on court clothes early in the morning and took Li Zhi and a group of East Palace guards from the east courtyard and the main courtyard to the courtyard where the pilgrimage was held.

Walking around the compound, Li Chengqian found that the layout here today was very luxurious.

The high platform built directly north is made of bright yellow satin, and there are also high satin sheds with colorful colors. The trees in the courtyard were not covered with silk, but long ribbons fluttered in the wind on each one.

What made Li Chengqian frown the most was that the road from the gate to the bottom of the high platform was paved with thick red satin, and he didn't know how many layers there were.

However, looking at the hardware, it can be understood that there are all kinds of exquisitely carved hardwood furniture and ingenious gold and silver furnishings in Chang'an Taiji Palace, which cannot be purchased in Lingzhou City for a while. It can only be decorated with some colored satin cloth, but the more it is, the more flashy and ugly it becomes.

Li Chengqian looked around and was not satisfied, but he didn't say anything, and directly took Li Zhi to the main hall to greet Li Shimin.

At this time, Li Shimin had already put on the crown of heaven and the silk robe that he was worshiped at the winter solstice, and Fang Xuanling and Li Shiji were standing on both sides and discussing something.

Li Chengqian walked slowly into the hall with a crutch, and the sound of the crutch hitting the ground caused the three people inside to look this way.

Li Shimin still didn't have a good face when he saw Li Chengqian, but when he saw that Li Zhi, who was following Li Chengqian, was already radiant, his face looked a little better.

"Son-in-law, see father." Li Chengqian and Li Zhi saluted at the same time.

Li Shimin glanced at them, turned his face and said, "Calm down!" ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he was secretly angry and said: How can I offend you? I'm going to have to disgust you today.

So Li Chengqian straightened up and didn't look at Li Shimin's face, Shi Shiran walked in front of Fang Xuanling and stopped, and looked at their embarrassed appearance without speaking.

Li Shimin was discussing the matter of sealing meritorious soldiers later, which was a matter hidden from the East Palace, and now how can Li Chengqian discuss it here?

"Bang bang." Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling's embarrassed appearance, cleared his throat and said, "It's still early for the worship to start, so the prince and the pheasant slave will go outside first." ”

Li Chengqian went to this station just now, and when he saw that Fang Xuanling didn't speak, he knew that they had something to hide from him, and said with a slight smile when he heard the words: "Today, the leaders of the various prefectures in northern Xinjiang came to worship their father, and the sons and daughters thought that there were fewer people and more things. So I came early to be able to fill in the gaps for your family, and I was not in a hurry to go outside. ”

It is said that being a thief is weak-hearted, if Li Shimin forcibly drives Li Chengqian away at this time, Li Chengqian can only leave.

But at this time, Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and seemed to know his plan, so he didn't dare to forcibly bombard him.

just said to Fang Xuanling with an indifferent expression: "Xuanling, just do what you just said." ”

Fang Xuanling quietly glanced at Li Chengqian when he heard this, and hurriedly went out to make arrangements.

Fang Xuanling went out and the atmosphere in the hall was even more embarrassing, but fortunately, Li Ke also came in to ask for peace after a while, and other ministers came in one after another to ask for instructions on various things related to worship.

However, Li Chengqian still has something to go out to arrange, and Li Shimin is determined not to give him a seat today, and he can't stand it after standing for a long time.

Li Chengqian left the hall under the pretext of going out of the court, found a hidden place to sit down and waited for the worship meeting to begin.

As soon as Li Chengqian sat down, he saw Wang Qun hurriedly looking for him, and as soon as Li Chengqian saw him, he immediately asked, "Is everything arranged?"

"Everything is in order!"

"Hmm!" Li Chengqian nodded and motioned for him to go down first.

After another moment, he heard the sound of a horn from the front yard, and Li Chengqian knew that it must be the beginning of the worship ceremony in front, so he helped Liu Kui and slowly walked towards the front yard.

As soon as Li Chengqian walked into the front yard from the side door, he saw Gao Jifu, who had an ugly face, coming up.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian walked forward, and waved his hand to Gao Jifu and said, "Flat!" ”

"Too, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please go this way!" Gao Jifu said with some embarrassment.

"Gao Qing's family is here to lead the way for the lonely king?" Li Chengqian was a little curious, the Zhongshu Sheren should be by Li Shimin's side at this time, so as to prepare consultants and records.

Gao Jifu heard the words and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, please." ”

Seeing this, Li Chengqian knew that Gao Jifu was obviously angry, so he didn't ask much, and followed Gao Jifu to the first position on the east side under the high platform.

Li Chengqian looked back and saw Li Ke standing behind him with bright armor, and Li Zhi was standing opposite, but he was one person behind him.

Looking further back, standing behind him were all military generals in helmets and armor, and standing opposite was a civil servant in a ceremonial dress.

After the civil and military courtiers, there were four rows of hundreds of military generals with helmets and armor on each side, all of them full of majestic and evil spirit.

Li Chengqian didn't know that these were all people who would be rewarded later, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that Li Shimin is not completely confused and knows that the array is threatening the enemy.

However, when Li Chengqian turned his head to look at the place where he was, he found that the place where he was standing was the same as the others were standing, and there was no seat.

Li Chengqian's face immediately became gloomy, you must know that he has a small throne on the Taiji Hall and accepts worship with Li Shimin.

Today, he actually let him stand under the high platform and look up at Li Shimin?

Although he has a bad relationship with Li Shimin now, he has not made a mistake, and Li Shimin cannot afford to lower his treatment.

"What's going on?" Li Chengqian asked in a deep voice.

Gao Jifu said helplessly when he heard this: "The minister asked, saying that His Majesty is not still the norm for accepting the Northwest Clans' court. As he spoke, he pointed behind him and said, "You see the military general standing at the top today." ”

This means that this time the Asaga is a special one, and it does not follow the previous etiquette procedures.

Li Chengqian knew that there would be a fuss at this time, that is, Fang Xuanling or the minister who did the matter directly apologized, but he would definitely be reprimanded by Li Shimin.

At that moment, he paused the crutch in his hand suddenly, and his gloomy face was silent.

Soon Li Shimin's royal frame came to the high platform, and the mountains under Li Chengqian's high platform called to meet him.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Li Chengqian always felt that Li Shimin glanced at him, and his eyes were full of ridicule.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but sneer when he thought of this.

Fang Xuanling, who was standing opposite, saw Li Chengqian's expression, and sighed in his heart that it was too easy to break.