When Li Shimin left, Pei Lin asked him again, but Li Shimin was very magnanimous, not only did he blame Pei Lian, but comforted him a few words, and also told Pei Lin to send someone to find it tomorrow, because he found that the tiger he shot was a female, and it seemed that he should have just given birth, in other words, there should be a nest of tiger cubs hidden in the mountains and forests, and it happened that the tiger raised in Beiyuan of the palace was old, so Li Shimin asked Pei Lian to find the tiger cub and send it to Beiyuan to raise.

In the end, Li Xiu and Pei Lin sent Li Shimin out of the courtyard together, and after watching Li Shimin's team go away, the two turned around and returned to the courtyard, at this time, the people in the house had already carried out the dead tiger in the hunting ground, and Li Xiu also came forward to watch, and found that the tiger had a shriveled stomach, but the two rows of ** under the abdomen were very full, and it was obviously a tigress that was feeding tiger cubs.

"No wonder there are two big insects, the last time I shot a male tiger, the tiger whip has been soaked in wine by me, but I didn't expect that there was still a tigress hidden, it is estimated that after the death of the male tiger, this tigress had to come out to forage, but did not dare to go far, but the result was that the prey could not be hit and starved crazy, so he dared to attack us!" Pei Lin stepped forward and kicked the tiger in the stomach at this time, and then said with a scared face.

Fortunately, Li Shimin was the emperor immediately, so he killed the tiger with a few arrows, and even more fortunately, he and Li Xiu turned around the hunting ground twice in order to see Li Yuan, and they didn't meet this tiger during the period, which was a great blessing.

Li Xiu also thought of this, and he was also a little afraid at this time, after all, he and Pei Lin did not have Li Shimin's ability, if they met a tiger, I am afraid they could really only become food under the tiger's mouth, from this point of view, in fact, it was not he who saved Li Shimin, but Li Shimin who saved him and Pei Lian.

"Peel off the skin of this female worm, and I will personally send it to the palace another day, and make amends to His Majesty again, as for the tiger meat to cook a few dishes, I and the horse will be shocked!" Pei Lin opened his mouth at this time and ordered, although the tigress fur that gave birth to a tiger cub is general, but this is the prey laid by Li Shimin, and when Li Shimin left just now, he also named this tiger skin to go back as a souvenir.

Li Shimin's great-grandfather's name is Li Hu, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, and the name of the Tang Dynasty also comes from this, so after Li Yuan ascended the throne, in order to avoid Li Hu's ridicule, the tiger was also changed to a big worm, but the big worm is the title of the official, and there are still many people who use the old name of tiger in private, after all, the imperial court decree is not omnipotent, especially like this kind of folk title, customs, etc., even if the imperial court has a decree, but it is not effective overnight.

Li Xiu originally wanted to go home to rest, but when he heard that Pei Lin asked people to prepare dinner, he had to send someone back to report a message, and then came to the living room with Pei Lin to drink tea and chat.

"The world is stable, the people are living and working in peace and contentment, and the population has increased, and now it is difficult to see such a tiger near Chang'an!" Pei Lin said with some emotion while tasting the tiger meat, looking at his appearance, he seemed to think of the scene when he and Li Yuan first entered Chang'an, and found that Chang'an was surrounded by ten rooms and nine emptiness, and wild beasts were shuttling between towns.

"At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were indeed more beasts around Chang'an, but now the population is increasing, and the beasts are also retreating to the mountains and forests, in fact, the taste of tiger meat is rough, I think it is not as delicious as pork, but there are many people who like to eat, I heard that there is a tiger meat house in Chang'an City, with tiger meat as a signboard, every day is a crowd of diners, but I estimate that if you continue to eat like this, I am afraid that the tiger will have to be eaten up by them in the future, and even the court may legislate to protect the tiger in the future, so as not to really extinct the tiger." Li Xiu also tasted the scorching tiger meat at this time and said with a smile.

"The horse is really good at laughing, the big insect hurts people and livestock, every time there is a tiger in various places, it is called a tiger disaster, and the local government has to pay to hire people to fight tigers, how can the court protect tigers?" Pei Lin heard Li Xiu's words but said with a dumb smile, although he is known as the first minister of the Tang Dynasty, his vision is still limited by the times, and naturally he can't see as far as Li Xiu.

Li Xiu saw that Pei Lin didn't believe it, and he smiled without explaining at the moment, in fact, it is normal to think about it, the Tang people can't understand the move of listing tigers as protected animals in later generations, and it is estimated that future generations can't imagine that Li Xiu actually dislikes tiger meat as good as pork, in fact, this is true, but eating tigers has a kind of psychological bonus, like conquering one of the most ferocious beasts in the world, so they think tiger meat is delicious.

However, when I was only halfway through the meal, I saw Pei Lin suddenly wave away, and then went out to check it out in person, and then asked Li Xiu in a low voice: "Donkey, it's really strange that Your Majesty suddenly came to me today, did Your Majesty notice something?" ”

Pei Lian's words were actually what Li Xiu had always suspected in his heart, and I saw that he also showed a silent expression after hearing it, and after a while, I saw Li Xiu say slowly: "I'm not sure, but Your Majesty suddenly came to you for no reason, and he didn't go anywhere, but he hunted in the hunting ground for a long time, and my heart was hanging in the air at that time, for fear that he would really find there." ”

"The old man is the same, this afternoon with His Majesty hunting, I am also nervous, although the old man has encountered a lot of storms in most of his life, and he has been near death, but when it comes to danger, today should be the most!" Pei Lin also smiled bitterly at this time, a companion is like a tiger, but if you really compare it, Pei Lin feels that the tiger is much safer than the emperor.

"However, although His Majesty's actions are a little strange, with his temperament, if he really knows something, he will definitely not leave so easily, so I think His Majesty may be a little suspicious, but there is no evidence!" Li Xiu thought about it at this time and said again, he also made the above guess based on his understanding of Li Shimin.

"That's true, but for the sake of safety, it's better to send people away as soon as possible, so as not to cause more trouble!" Pei Lin nodded when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then spoke again, as long as Li Yuan is sent out of the Central Plains, then even if Li Shimin suspects that the one lying in the imperial tomb is a fake Li Yuan, he can't find any human and physical evidence, and with his and Li Xiu's identity, as long as there is no evidence, Li Shimin can't help them, and then he and Li Xiu can be completely at ease.

"Well, whether Your Majesty knows it or not, since he didn't say anything when he left just now, then let's treat it as if he didn't know, what to do and what to do!" Li Xiu gritted his teeth and said with a cross heart at this time, he also had the same idea as Pei Lian, anyway, he had already sent Li Yuanji and Li Chengdao to the Americas before, and Li Yuan was not the same.

After eating, Li Xiu said goodbye and left, but after returning home, Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang and others knew that Li Xiu was injured while hunting, and they were all shocked at the moment, but although the cut behind Li Xiu was very long, it was not deep, and it had already stopped bleeding and scabbed at this time, and it was estimated that it would be fine after a while, and not even a scar would be left, which made Princess Pingyang and them feel at ease, but they told Li Xiu not to stop guarding, not to mention this time, they still remember what happened to Wang Junkuo last time.

Three days later, a caravan on Pei Lian's Mansion left Chang'an, it is now the end of spring and the beginning of summer, it is the busiest time for the trade route, caravans like this, Chang'an City enters and exits countless times a day, even the government can't count it, and many of these caravans have aristocratic backgrounds, and no one dares to embarrass them on the road.

Pei Lin Mansion first ran a tea business with Li Xiu's family, and later intervened in some other businesses, there are Pei family's businesses all over the country, and there are also many caravans sent to other places every year, so such a caravan is not eye-catching, but Pei Lin and Li Xiu know that some of the core people in this caravan are the dead soldiers that Li Yuan entrusted Pei Lin to raise.

Originally, according to Li Xiu and Pei Lian's plan, Li Yuan would also leave Chang'an with this caravan, but after Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin had come to Pei Lian's mansion, he was suspicious, and as a result, he changed his mind at the last moment, and the original caravan still left as planned, but he himself took eight dead soldiers to the south alone, and did not go south with the caravan, and even Pei Lin and Li Xiu did not know their whereabouts, but in this way, it was safer.

After Li Yuan left Chang'an, Li Xiu was still a little worried a few days ago, but then there was no bad news, and even the caravan arranged by Pei Lin was very smooth, which made him finally put his mind at ease, and even began to be busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, a considerable number of cotton seeds had been harvested last year, and this year it was also the key to promoting planting, and the Ministry of Agriculture had selected a suitable county in the west of Chang'an to start planting cotton on a large scale.

Originally, the management of cultivated land in Datang was very strict, although the cultivated land was divided into the common people in the form of Yongye field, but in order to ensure grain production, cultivated land is generally only allowed to grow grain crops, such as wheat, rice, etc., if someone replaces grain crops with cash crops such as vegetables and fruits without authorization, they will definitely be severely punished by the government.

However, with the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn, and later potatoes, the grain output of Datang has risen sharply in recent years, especially sweet potatoes and potatoes, the output is too high to eat, so the imperial court has also relaxed some food-related bans, such as private brewing has been released, and even some people take excess grain to feed livestock, Li Xiu obviously feels that the pork sold on the market is getting fatter and fatter, and at this time he regrets that he has made the technology of castration pig out at the beginning, resulting in the farmer's pig not being able to eat it, and the fat on the body naturally grows fast.

Li Xiu was busy with cotton affairs, while waiting for Li Yuan's news, the days were very peaceful, and Li Shimin's attention seemed to be attracted by the war on the party's side, but at this moment, Li Xiu's family suddenly had a series of troubles!