Chapter 324: Stealing Cows

Since the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian's performance has gradually become unsatisfactory, or rather satisfying. According to Li Shimin's thoughts, this is a monarch, that is, to be diligent, tolerant, to listen to straightforward advice, and to follow the rules. However, these characteristics are difficult to see in Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was still diligent when he was young, but when he was more than ten years old, he began to play greedily, wandering leisurely, and being playful, which was quite a loss of etiquette. For Kong Yingda, Du Zhenglun, these teachers, as well as the exhortations of the subordinate officials of the East Palace, they also enter the left ear and go out of the right ear. In front of these people, without waiting for them to speak outright, Li Chengqian bitterly blamed himself, quoted scriptures and classics into chapters, like the water of the Yangtze River surging endlessly, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control, hearing that the teachers and subordinate officials in the end couldn't say a word that they thought well, and had to bow their heads and persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to think about it, forget about the past, and don't carry too heavy psychological baggage.

That being said, it is a child's nature after all, and it can still be understood. Therefore, from before Li Yuan was critically ill to Li Shimin's wake for a period of time, Li Shimin still ordered him to supervise the country and handle government affairs.

It was during this period of time that Li Chengqian was so good and slow that he was afraid that Taizong would know about it and did not dare to see his traces. Every time he looks at things in the court, he must say the way of loyalty and filial piety, and after retreating from the court, he will blaspheme with the group. The courtiers or those who want to admonish must first find out their feelings, and then sit down and blame themselves. The cardinal distinguished, the wisdom was enough, and the ministers were overwhelmed with answers, so the incumbents thought that they were clear at the beginning and did not observe it.

How could this little clever trick hide from Li Shimin and the courtiers for a long time? So it didn't take long for these tricks to be exposed, and Li Shimin was even more dissatisfied with them. Therefore, Li Shimin shifted his attention to another son, Li Tai.

So, after being crowned king at the beginning of this year, Li Tai's official was not allowed to leave Chang'an, and he was allowed to set up a literary hall to accept scribes.

Of course, Li Chengqian was very dissatisfied with these actions, and even a little angry, but he had no choice but to complain to his cronies in secret, and slightly hated his fourth brother. Then, he drank a group of small frolicking and amusement in the palace every day as usual, and sometimes went out to the palace gate to hunt and play his own as usual.

"Well, Chengji, where are we going to have fun today?" After Kong Yingda, the teacher, left, Li Chengqian said to a small servant standing beside him. Just now, Kong Yingda said that Shiyun made his head dizzy, and he gently rubbed his temples twice while asking.

This Chengji is a strong man recruited by Li Chengqian a few years ago. This person has Hu blood and grew up in the grassland since childhood. After the destruction of the Eastern Turks, he also came to Chang'an. However, because he did not understand Chinese, he was not as good as he could be, and he was not selected when selecting the rangers.

Later, Li Chengqian accidentally saw that his kung fu was skillful, so he took him to the East Palace and entrusted him with the post of guard.

Hearing Li Chengqian's question, Su Gan Chengji looked embarrassed: "Your Highness, Your Majesty is asking people to strictly check His Highness's homework these days, and the queen is still sick, if she goes out to play, I'm afraid it will cause criticism!" ”

Li Chengqian suddenly sighed helplessly: "Okay, if you don't go out, you won't go out!" Those old men are really, they have been staring at Lonely, as long as Lone is a little relaxed, they will talk a lot of words, which is really annoying! Well, as for the mother's illness, there are some problems. However, Sun Daochang has already said that it is not a wind disease, so there is no need to worry! Speaking of this, he paused, and said to the waiter standing below, "Pass on the Gu's fatwa, send a few palace ladies to send a bunch of tonic medicine to the queen mother, and make up for the queen mother!" Uh, by the way, if the queen mother asks what Lone is doing, how do you answer? ”

The chamberlain glanced at Li Chengqian and replied cautiously: "The villain should reply: His Royal Highness is in the palace, studying hard!" ”

"What do you read?"

"Well, it's the words of a saint!"

"Fart! If the queen mother asks about the words of the saint tomorrow, how should Lone answer? You have to say, what you read is a history book, a history book of the previous dynasty! Li Chengqian scolded.

"Yes, yes, the villain must answer like this!" Seeing that he had answered the wrong question, the chamberlain hurriedly bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

"Alright, let's go!" Li Chengqian waved his hand and motioned for the chamberlain to hurry down.

Su Gan Chengji couldn't help but ask cautiously: "Your Highness, but if Niangniang asks about the history books again......

Li Chengqian laughed: "Three days ago in the history book of the former dynasty, Mr. Du once said that Gu was quite interested, but he took a good look at it, and it was not a problem to deal with the queen mother!" Okay, Chengji, don't worry about it, come on, come and continue to talk to Gu about the grassland! ”

In the past few days, Su Gan Chengji has been telling Li Chengqian about the customs and folklore of the grassland, from the place of residence, to the method of eating, to the funeral and wedding rites, all of which are detailed one by one. Li Chengqian also listened with great interest. As far as he is concerned, he has not been to the steppe and has not participated in the war to destroy the Eastern Turks, and he regrets it in his heart.

Su Gan Chengji sighed softly at the moment, found a stool to sit down, sat beside Li Chengqian, and then began to talk about the scenery on the grassland. After several years of tempering, his Chinese is no longer at the level when he first arrived in Chang'an, not only fluent and clear, but also sometimes with two allusions. If you don't know, you will think that he has lived in Chang'an for a long time.

At this time, in the house, in addition to the two of them, there were two guards and another confidant of Li Chengqian. This cronie's name is Yun Ping, who was originally a scoundrel on Chang'an Street, although he couldn't read a few words, but his ability to look at his face and figure out his mind was superb. Often Li Chengqian's actions and glances can read Li Chengqian's thoughts from them. Therefore, this Yunping is quite valued by Li Chengqian. This person was met by chance a year ago, when Li Chengqian left the palace. And Na Yunping saw that Li Chengqian's bearing was extraordinary, so he stalked Li Chengqian, and then infiltrated the East Palace as a guard.

When he knew that it was the prince in front of him, Yun Ping was both shocked and ecstatic, and when he couldn't imagine that the tree he was holding turned out to be a towering tree, Yun Ping's joy was self-evident.

However, just three months ago, he suddenly realized that his wife and children had disappeared, leaving only a letter in the empty house. When I opened the envelope, there were two pieces of paper inside, one of which read words such as "Your wife and children are in my hands, listen to my orders". The other piece of paper was a letter of allegiance, asking him to sign his name and press his handprint.

Yun Ping was hesitating, and suddenly a feather arrow flew out of nowhere, and it was stuck on the table in front of him in a daze. He was startled, but then he understood, and quickly signed his name and pressed his handprint.

Strangely, however, three months passed, and not a single order was given from these people, as if nothing had happened. Even Yun Ping himself wondered if it was a dream. However, when he saw the deep arrow marks on the table, Yun Ping confirmed that it was not a dream.

Three days ago, the man's order finally came. When Yun Ping took this instruction, he suddenly felt a trance in his mind.

The instruction reads: "Persuade the prince to leave the palace in three days!" ”

Although there are only a few words, the meaning contained in them is extraordinary. persuaded the prince to leave the palace, what did the other party do, did he want to kill the prince? Since the other party has the courage to do this, who is the other party? Thinking of this, Yun Ping suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a huge whirlpool, and he couldn't struggle out no matter how he climbed, so he had to sink into the deepest part little by little.

"Yunping, Yunping, what are you doing? What a daze! Li Chengqian saw Yun Ping's trance-like expression, and couldn't help but speak.

Yun Ping suddenly woke up and said at the moment: "No, it's nothing!" I didn't sleep well last night, and I'm still a little sleepy! ”

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Did you hear Chengji tell you about what the Turks looked like when they were eating just now?" ”

Yun Ping shook his head embarrassedly: "Uh, my subordinates were distracted just now, and I missed it!" ”

Li Chengqian didn't mind and said, "It's okay, come and talk about it for you!" This Turkic man does not eat rice and pasta, but only eats beef and mutton, and drinks cow and goat milk. When they eat, they remove the internal organs of the cattle and sheep and then put them whole into a large pot and cook them whole. Well, I don't know what that taste like! ”

When Yun Ping heard this, he immediately whispered: "Your Highness, why don't you also go and get a cow and sheep, cook it whole, how about tasting it?" ”

As soon as these words fell, Na Gan Chengji hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you must not listen to this matter as a piece of idle talk, and you must not follow it!" If His Majesty knows about it, the consequences will be serious! ”

Li Chengqian thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll not try it for the time being!" ”

Hearing this, Su Gan Chengji said happily on the spot: "Your Highness is wise! But that Yunping was secretly unhappy in his heart, just looked at Su Gan Chengji's face, and never said anything.

However, when Su Gan Chengji left the East Palace, Yun Ping continued to pry Li Chengqian and said: "Your Highness, it's not good in the palace, I'll wait outside the palace and cook cattle and sheep in the wilderness, that feeling is more Turkic!" ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, his heart was immediately moved. After pacing back and forth on the carpet for a few steps, he finally made up his mind: "Okay, let's go right away!" ”

Immediately, Li Chengqian and Yun Ping walked out of the palace gate with ten guards and walked out of the city.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was not long after the middle of the day, and there were still two hours before the gates were closed.

The group headed straight to the east.

An army horse carries a huge pot, which is used to cook cattle and sheep. Originally, Li Chengqian wanted to bring more cattle and sheep, but was stopped by Yun Ping: "Hehe, Your Highness, there are ploughing cattle in this eastern farm, and we will take one when the time comes, and it will be done soon?" ”

"W-isn't this okay?" Li Chengqian suddenly said hesitantly.

"What's so bad! Your Highness is the prince of a country, and the whole world will be yours in the future, and it is their blessing to take a ploughing ox now, what's so bad! Yun Ping encouraged again.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian suddenly became arrogant: "Yes! Lone is the prince of a country, the world will be mine in the future, and these ploughing cattle are also mine, there is nothing wrong with taking your own things! ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Yun Ping said with his hand on the side.