When the army of the Northern Expedition returned to Chang'an, it was already more than half a month later.

For most of the past half a month, the undercurrents of the imperial court have surged, and the ministers have moved around frequently in various names in private.

Li Shimin, who has always been very strict with the ministers, is like blind at the moment, and he is deaf to the ministers' small actions in private.

As a result, the ministers became more and more unscrupulous, moving around frequently, and both the DPRK and the people had a sense of impending a storm.

The one who felt it the most was the crown prince Li Chengqian. During the period of confinement again, no matter how good the ministers or subordinates were with him, they never came to visit him, even if they asked someone to give him greetings, and at this moment he realized what kind of sadness it was for the wall to fall down and everyone pushed him. From this moment, his heart gradually became cold and cruel.

Half a month ago, his imperial brother, Li Ke, still vividly heard what he said to him - things are out of control, why not just do it? What your father could have done fifteen years ago, why can't you?

"Why can't you be lonely? Lone is still the crown prince, the heir to the orthodox throne! Why does Lee Tae always sit on an equal footing with Lone? Why did his father love Li Tai so much? Hum! Since the father already has the intention of easy storage, then Lone is also crazy! Unsuccessful... Then you will be benevolent! Li Chengqian's face was hideous and distorted, like a demon, roaring in the night!

When the undercurrent was turbulent, Li Ji's Northern Expeditionary Army finally stepped into Chang'an.

This expedition to the north expelled the Western Turks, subjugated the Guligan tribe, and escorted the Guligan Khan and his three sons. But Li Shimin did not praise too much.

Li Ji also knew in his heart, in general, Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied with his northern expedition, and he divided his troops and almost made the northern expedition fall short, so no matter how big the credit is, it has to be discounted.

Fortunately, Li Ji is also a sensible person, and he doesn't pursue anything much, anyway, he accepts whatever Li Shimin gives him.

But one person was not satisfied. The division of troops was commanded by Li Ji, Hou Junji just did it, and he also relied on these men and horses to resist the enemy's attack for several days, inflicting a great blow on the Western Turks.

But Li Shimin only gave a few words of verbal praise, and after rewarding a few acres of land, it was fine, which made Hou Junji very unhappy, and he drank wine to vent his anger when he went home.

probably drank too much, scolded Li Shimin a few words, and I don't know why, the almost bloody words of scolding Li Shimin reached Li Shimin's ears - it seems that Li Shimin has arranged secret agents in each minister's palace to monitor the ministers' every move.

Hou Junji was very unlucky, and his drunken gaffe happened to be heard by the secret agent, and he recorded it and sent it to Li Shimin.

What's even more unfortunate is that the knotted khan finally met Li Shimin, and as soon as he met, he cried and shouted grievances, and told Li Shimin what happened to his tribe, probably he was a powerful actor who was covered by the khan's halo.

wiped his tears in front of Li Shimin and called out his grievances, and finally said that Li Shimin was moved.

Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, one was angry that Hou Junji was not subordinate at home and insulted himself, and the other was angry that Hou Junji indiscriminately killed prisoners of war, attracting an unknown - the locust plague happened to be successfully blamed on Hou Junji's head.

Therefore, he didn't say a word, and directly asked people to go to Hou Junji's mansion to take Hou Junji and put him in prison pending trial.

The unlucky Hou Junji, drunk, and didn't know anything, was taken down by the officers and soldiers, and carried all the way to the prison, and when he woke up the next day, the change of painting style from hell almost didn't make him crazy.

Soon, Li Shimin received news from the captives who had been escorted back by Hou Junji, and what the Koneless Khan said could almost be judged to be true.

Li Shimin did not give Hou Junji a chance to defend himself, and directly charged him with the crime, suspended him from his post, and imprisoned him for one year, so as to reflect on what he had done.

This result obviously displeased the Khan of the bones, killing so many of my people, and it turned out that he would be fine after being locked up for a year? No, absolutely not! Even if you don't put it to death, you have to be exiled for thousands of miles, right?

So he found Li Shimin again, and he wanted to aggravate Hou Junji's crime.

In the face of the knotted khan's almost scoundrel way, Li Shimin was a little ridiculous. After the other party left the palace, Li Shimin showed his dark side, sent someone to put the Khan under house arrest, and began to prepare for the integration of the Konebone tribe.

I'm afraid that the knotted Khan didn't understand it when he was under house arrest, why did Li Shimin turn his face when he said that he turned his face? Wasn't it the day before that he was still doing justice for him?

Of course, if he didn't know his identity and position, I'm afraid he would never be able to figure it out.

The day after Hou Junji was imprisoned, Chen Fei, who received the news, hurriedly found Cheng Yanjin.

Chaozhong's form is really too complicated, and he really can't afford to be hurt by a lowest-level existence, so he has to find someone to understand the situation.

Cheng Biting Jin is undoubtedly a good choice, not to mention anything else, just saying that the two of them are on the same front and secretly supporting Li Zhi is enough for Chen Fei to find him and close the door to chat for three days and three nights.

"Boy, are you reliable? The old man is risking his life..."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough ......" Chen Fei coughed and reminded Cheng Yanjin not to talk nonsense, so as not to get into trouble, just like Hou Junji.

"Cough up the fart! Lao Tzu asked a few stupid sons to wait outside, to ensure that no one eavesdropped on our speech, back to the point, the old man looked at His Majesty's meaning, it seems that he is more inclined to King Wei, we ......."

"Uncle Cheng, even if King Wei inherits the throne, we won't lose anything, Uncle Cheng, don't forget, we... I didn't do anything. Chen Fei winked at Cheng Jin, picked up the dish and took a bite, revealing a comfortable expression.

After staying on the grassland for so long, the whole lamb was roasted, and when he ate it, he wanted to vomit when he asked about the taste of the mutton, or the chef on Cheng Biting Jin's Mansion was of a good level, and the taste was good, so he feasted on it.

Cheng Yanjin was stunned, then grinned, and stretched out his thumb to Chen Fei (learned from Chen Fei) "Boy, it's really yours, although we support King Jin, in fact, we haven't done anything, and even others have always thought that we are neutral." ”

"Hehe, Uncle Cheng has won the award, we should thank King Jin for his efforts, as well as the prince and King Wei for their indisputability. Uncle Cheng just waited, the kid thought that His Majesty's arrangement was not to really abolish the prince, but to test it. ”

"Temptation?" Cheng Yanjin took a sip of wine, wiped his mouth indiscriminately, added a piece of meat and threw it into his mouth, crunching and biting.

"Tempting what?"

"Let's see if the prince can't help but rebel!"

(End of chapter)