"I disagree! Chengdao They are all just children, how can they leave Datang and go to the Americas on the other side of the sea? I saw Princess Pingyang in the room refusing with a sad face, she didn't know in advance that one of the conditions for Li Xiu's negotiation with Li Shimin was to send Li Chengdao and others to the Americas, and Li Xiu was also deliberately hiding from her, but now she needs to negotiate with Li Shimin, so naturally it is impossible to hide it anymore. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Xiuning, calm down, this is the only way to dispel King Qin's vigilance, and the only way to ensure their safety, otherwise even if King Qin agrees to let them stay, I'm afraid they will only feel uneasy to sleep, and in the end, they will even secretly get rid of them!" Li Xiu said bitterly at this time.

When Li Xiu spoke, he also looked at the other people in the room, this is the room where Li Yuanji is recuperating, and he also called Li Chengdao and his mother Zheng Guanyin over, it can be said that almost all of them are from the Li family, after all, this matter determines the fate of Li Chengdao and their people in the future.

"Even if that's the case, there must be other solutions!" Princess Binh Duong is still unwilling to accept this result.

"Auntie, don't worry about us, I've grown up, and there are four uncles, who can take care of a few younger brothers, and the Americas are not completely barbaric, Mr.'s eldest uncle has already taken people there, and he is ready to study in the Americas, and we can just be with the bearded guest when we get there!" At this moment, Li Chengdao suddenly said that when Li Xiu chatted with him that day, he had already analyzed the pros and cons of the past Americas, and he had also thought clearly, instead of staying here in Datang and waiting for death, it was better to go to the Americas to regain his freedom.

"Chengdao, you...... I ......" Princess Pingyang heard Li Chengdao's words, but she was choked up and speechless for a while, in fact, intellectually she also knew that Li Chengdao leaving Datang was the best choice, but emotionally she couldn't accept it for a while, after all, her brother had died, and she didn't want her brother's child to go to a distant and savage place to suffer.

"Third sister, this matter has been discussed with me before Chengdao, although I didn't agree at the beginning, but after calming down and thinking about it seriously, I found that this is the best choice now, after all, my prestige is insufficient, Chengdao They are still young, with Li Shimin's character, they will not be allowed to grow up at all, so I still leave temporarily, and wait until Chengdao and them grow up before making plans!" At this moment, Li Yuanji, who was lying on the bed, suddenly spoke.

"Fourth uncle, I don't want to fight for anything anymore, since the second uncle likes that throne, then forget it for him, our Li family can't bleed for a mere throne anymore!" However, as soon as Li Yuanji's words fell, Li Chengdao retorted that although he was not very old, he was more open than Li Yuanji in the matter of the throne.

"What is a dispute? That throne was originally your father's, that is, yours, but now it has been snatched away by Li Shimin, now we have no strength, and when we have the opportunity in the future, we must snatch the throne back, otherwise how can we be worthy of your father? Li Yuanji was furious when he heard this, in his opinion, Li Chengdao's words were a bit rebellious.

was scolded by Li Yuanji, Li Chengdao opened his mouth but didn't dare to say anything, but at this time, Zheng Guanyin, who had not spoken, took his son Li Chengdao with some distress, and said with tears in his eyes: "Fourth brother, at this point, I don't care about what the throne is not the throne, as long as I can save their lives, it will be a great luck, in addition, let's hurry up and discuss with the other side how to leave, so as not to have any more accidents!" ”

Hearing his sister-in-law say the same, Li Yuanji finally closed his mouth stupidly, but he was still very unwilling in his heart, and then he saw Zheng Guanyin turn his head and say to Princess Pingyang again: "Third sister, I know you are reluctant to admit them, but if you let the warehouse stay, I'm afraid it will only be more dangerous, you can keep them for a while, but you can't keep them for a lifetime, so let them leave Datang as soon as possible, so as not to end up with the same fate as their father!" ”

When it came to the end, Zheng Guanyin's tears finally couldn't stop flowing, she was just an ordinary woman, and she didn't have much ambition, and now she just wanted her sons to grow up safely, and she really didn't dare to think about the throne or anything.

"Princess, what the crown princess said is right, now everything must be done with their safety as the priority, and the reason why King Qin agreed to my conditions is mainly because the Turks are going south, and it is impossible for him to face the attack from both inside and outside, so he will agree, but if he waits until he solves the Turks, I am afraid it will be difficult to tolerate Chengdao that they are alive!" Li Xiu also spoke again at this time.

When Princess Pingyang heard the above, she finally slowly calmed down, only to see that she was silent for a long time with pain on her face, and finally nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, I agree with this matter, Li Xiu, you can talk to Li Shimin as soon as possible, and then send them away immediately, don't let Li Shimin have any possibility of changing his hexagram!" ”

"No problem, but before that, I want to count the number of people who go to the Americas, King Qi and Chengdao are definitely going to go, but women like the crown princess, I still suggest that they stay, after all, the conditions in the Americas are indeed worse than our Datang, I am worried that they can't stand it." Li Xiu nodded first, and then looked at Zheng Guanyin and these humanites.

In the patriarchal society of the Tang Dynasty, the status of women is extremely low, but fortunately, Li Shimin will not embarrass Zheng Guanyin and these women, for example, in the original history, although he killed Li Chengdao and others, he left Zheng Guanyin and Li Jiancheng's two daughters, and even chose a husband for them, of course, what is even more disgraceful is that Li Shimin, a beast, actually married Li Yuanji's wife, that is, his brother-in-law, and gave birth to a son.

"I don't worry about letting Chengdao and them go to the Americas alone, so I'm definitely going to go, but they are still young, and no one will embarrass them, so let them stay in Datang temporarily, and leave everything to the third sister to take care of!" At this time, I saw Zheng Guanyin take the lead in speaking, and when it came to the end, she couldn't help but bow to Princess Yingying of Pingyang with tears, Li Jiancheng has a total of five sons and five daughters, and Yu Niang is his eldest daughter, two years younger than Li Chengdao, and she was also born to Zheng Guanyin.

"Our family will never stay here, so we will all go to that America!" Li Yuanji on the hospital bed decided the fate of the family without being told by others, and Princess Qi next to him didn't dare to say anything, after all, Li Yuanji was the head of the family, and whatever he said was what he said.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, they will be my daughters in the future!" Princess Pingyang first nodded solemnly to Zheng Guanyin, and then turned her head to Li Yuanji and persuaded, "Fourth brother, the Americas are thousands of miles away from my Datang, and the sea is sinister, the child needs to take a big risk when he goes there, you have to think twice!" ”

"Third sister, don't persuade me anymore, I have the ability to protect my children!" Li Yuanji was stubborn again, he was a strong person, and he didn't want his children to live under Li Shimin's charity, which was understandable, so Princess Pingyang sighed after hearing this, but she didn't persuade again.

Hearing the words of Zheng Guanyin and Li Yuanji, Li Xiu nodded immediately, and then picked up a pen and paper to record the list of people who went to the Americas, in addition to the people of the Li family like Li Yuanji, when they left the East Palace before, they also brought hundreds of guards, and these guards also need to be counted, because the Americas are too far away, in order to ensure the loyalty of these guards, so Li Xiu gathered them together, and then told them about the situation in the Americas, and then asked them to sign up voluntarily, after all, these people may still have families, if they go to the Americas, I'm afraid I won't want to be with my family for the rest of my life.

However, Li Xiu still underestimated the loyalty of these East Palace guards, or they were actually worried about Li Shimin's retaliation in the future, so in the end, nearly 200 people chose to go to the Americas, of course, most of these people did not have family concerns, either their family members died in the previous wars, or there were many brothers in the family, and it didn't matter if he was alone.

These guards, plus Li Chengdao and others, in the end it was just more than two hundred people, not too much and not too little, with these statistics of the number of people, Li Xiu immediately went to another small courtyard in the princess's courtyard, where lived Zhang Shiyi's family, when Li Shimin's army came, they were also surrounded by the encirclement, and finally simply moved over together.

"Brother Eleven, there are more than two hundred people, can you arrange for someone to send them to the Americas?" As soon as Li Xiu saw Zhang Shiyi, he immediately got straight to the point.

"Are you really going to send people to the Americas?" Zhang Shiyi was also quite surprised at this time and asked rhetorically, Li Xiu had mentioned this matter to him before, but he didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that he was joking, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Of course it's true, they can't stay in Datang anymore, and they can only escape by going to the Americas, but this matter still needs the help of Brother Eleven, so please don't refuse!" Li Xiu said with a serious face at this time, and now he is also very glad that he let the bearded guest go to the Americas, and now Li Chengdao and the others have one more way to live.

Seeing that Li Xiu really thought like this, Zhang Shiyi couldn't help but show a contemplative expression, and after a long while, he spoke: "For sea ships, two hundred people is not a small number, and my father just went to the Americas, he not only took some experienced old crew members, but also took away most of the sea ships, among which I can gather some of the crew, but there are not many sea ships, and these two hundred people don't know how to operate ships, just the consumption of food and fresh water is a big problem, unless ......"

"Unless what?" Li Xiu also asked nervously when he heard this.

"Unless you can persuade the Tang Dynasty to give me a batch of excellent sea ships, as long as there are enough ships, I can transport people to the Americas!" When Zhang Shiyi said the end, he was also very confident.

"Sea vessels? I remember that the best battleship in Datang seems to be a five-tooth warship, but the center of gravity of this thing is unstable, I'm afraid it can't go to sea, right? Li Xiu asked with some confusion at this time, he had seen the Tang Dynasty's five-tooth warship, which was actually a kind of building ship, the ship was covered like a city tower, and it looked very powerful, but because the center of gravity was too high, it would easily capsize.

"Phew! Who is rare about that kind of five-tooth warship? I'm talking about the sea ships along the Datang coast, and our sea ships are also bought from the shipyards of Datang, as for the sea ships on the side of the Wa Kingdom, the performance is not generally poor, not to mention the Nanyang, so when it comes to the best sea ships, they have to be Datang's! Zhang Shiyi also said with disdain when he mentioned the Wuya warship, but then he was full of praise for Datang's shipbuilding ability.

"I see, no problem, I'll help you fight for it!" Li Xiu finally understood when he heard this, Datang is not only a five-tooth warship, there must be many other types of ships, but Chang'an is far away from the sea, and he is not familiar with the ancient shipbuilding industry, so he didn't react for a while.

"Okay, as long as I have a boat, everything is on me!" Zhang Shiyi patted his chest at the moment and said.

After taking care of the internal affairs, in the next few days, Li Xiu has been running around the barracks on both sides, busy negotiating with Li Shimin's side, in fact, there is nothing to talk about, just communicate with the two sides, try to reduce the hostility between the two sides, and Li Shimin also withdrew the surrounding army in accordance with his previous promise, leaving only more than 10,000 people to confront the women's army.

Three days later, Li Xiu had already determined the route of Li Chengdao and their departure from Datang, and they must first withdraw from Chang'an to Dengzhou by land, and in order to ensure their safety, this way was escorted by the Women's Army, Li Shimin would definitely not send troops to attack them, and he also agreed to mobilize a group of sea ships from the south and hand them over to Li Chengdao for their use.

However, in exchange, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang will stay in Chang'an, although Li Shimin did not say it explicitly, but Li Xiu also knew that they would become hostages in the hands of Li Shimin to ensure that the left women's army would not make trouble, and Li Xiu also agreed to it.

After all the things were discussed, Li Xiu was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he saw them off for Li Chengdao that morning, Li Shimin in order to show his sincerity, once again retreated the rest of the army back ten miles, and the spies of the women's army also set off in advance, and found that there were indeed no ambushes around.

"Uncle Ma! Chengdao and King Qi, they will all be handed over to you! Under the morning sun, Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang stood side by side, and at the same time raised the wine bowl to see them off.

"Don't worry, you and the princess should take care too!" Ma Ye and the others also raised their wine bowls, even the young Li Chengdao was no exception, and in the carriage behind, Li Yuanji, who was recuperating from his injuries, and his family members also opened the door and looked at them.

At that moment, I saw Li Xiu, Ma Ye and others drink all the wine, and then Princess Pingyang gave an order, and the entire women's army also began to set off slowly, but what everyone didn't expect was that just when Ma Ye and they were about to leave, they suddenly heard a rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance, which made Ma Ye and other veterans on the battlefield immediately alert. (To be continued.) )