At the end of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan captured the Great Sui Jingshi, because the ancestral tomb was destroyed, fabricated various crimes, killed Zuo Yiwei's general Yin Shishi, Jingzhao County Cheng Guyi and others, respected Wang Yang Yu as the emperor, and changed the Yuan Yining.

After Yang Yu became the emperor, he respected Yang Guang as the emperor, and named Li Yuan as the king of Tang, Shang Shuling, and the prime minister, and Li Jiancheng as the prince of Tang, and Li Shimin as the prince of Qin, Li Yuanji as the prince of Qi, and Li Xuanba as the prince of Weiguo.

When the news reached Luoyang, Li Xuanba refused to resign.

Since Emperor Wen established the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court has never had the position of prime minister, and there is no precedent for a person with a foreign surname to be crowned a king, Li Yuan's official position can be said to be under one person, above ten thousand people, and the only one person is only a nominal emperor!

In order to open the passage from Daxing to Taiyuan, Li Yuan ordered the temporary withdrawal of the encirclement in Hedong, and the king of Yue took the opportunity to send an envoy to transfer the Xingyang army back to Luoyang. Before Li Xuanba left Hedong, he persuaded Yao Junsu again, but unfortunately Yao Junsu insisted on refusing to leave, and Li Xuanba had no choice but to lead the Xingyang army and some people to the eastern capital.

The dust of the war in the west has settled, but the east is still in a state of confrontation, the reinforcements of the imperial court have already joined Wang Shichong, and on the Wagang thief side, Xu Shiji also led some men and horses to rush back to Luokou, and the war seems to be about to break out.

But all these things that happened, Li Xuanba felt that it had nothing to do with him. Li Yuan's actions made Li Xuanba feel powerless to change history, and after returning to Luoyang, he lived in a simple place, even if King Yue summoned him to the palace, he could refuse

Defeating Wang Shichong, Li Mi's reputation is even more than before, but the old Wagang department has a deep grudge against Li Mi, after all, when fighting with Wang Shichong, Li Mi used their lives as bait, and they are not criminal slaves. How can I swallow this breath? As a result, Zhai Rang's call to regain power in Wagang became louder and louder.

One cloudy night, in an extremely secret room in the Wei Mansion, Jia Xiong and Li Mi sat opposite each other, the charcoal stove in the room was blazing, but it could not drive away the chill in the room.

"Duke Wei, Zhai Rang's Sima Wang Ruxin and Duke Xingyang have always coveted your position. Now that the old general of Wagang has a grudge against you, he thinks that Duke Wei needs to make plans early. The two chatted a few words, and Jia Xiong said: "In terms of ability, Zhai Rang is far away from Wei Gong, but he has a bold personality and is quite respected by everyone, with him, your status will be threatened at any time." ”

"Don't hide it, sir. Mi had such a plan for a long time, but Xu Shiji was far away in Liyangcang, and Mi didn't dare to act rashly, so he waited until now. Li Mi said softly: "In order to avoid suspicion, Mi has not thanked Mr. so far." ”

"Zhai Rang has no ambitions, and he is really not a good master." Jia Xiong arched his hand and smiled: "Thanks to Duke Wei for not giving up, how dare Xiong not do his best?" ”

At the beginning, someone persuaded Zhai Rang to push Li Mi as the master, but when Zhai Rang hesitated. It was Jia Xiong's words that dispelled all Zhai Rang's doubts. But Zhai Rang didn't know that Jia Xiong was no longer his person at that time.

"If he wins the world one day, Mi will not dare to forget the merits of Mr." Li Mi bowed and saluted, Jia Xiong hurriedly avoided it, and reached out to help Li Mi up.

"How does Duke Wei plan to get rid of them?" After a moment of silence, Jia Xiong said: "Zhai Rang has been in a high position for a long time. Every time he goes out of the mansion, there are nearly 100 people to protect him, and it is really difficult to kill him secretly. ”

"He is vulgar, he is not good at reading, and he must not know what a Hongmen feast is." Li Mi smiled incomprehensibly and said, "The matter of Liyangcang. Mi had a quarrel with him, and it was on this ground that he invited him to the banquet, and if he refused, he would ask the gentleman to give him another good word. ”

Jia Xiong is also a smart person, and he instantly understood Li Mi's plan, and couldn't help but smile and said: "With Wei Gong's plan, how can Zhai Rang live?" After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

The stakes are very high, Li Mi and Jia Xiong carefully deliberated again, and when they were approaching, Jia Xiong got up to say goodbye, Li Mi personally sent him to the back door of the mansion, and let the subordinates in the mansion poke their heads out for a while before opening the back door and letting Jia Xiong out.

Jia Xiong walked cautiously in the dark night, he only paid attention to the front, but he didn't feel the fierceness in Li Mi's eyes behind him.

The next day, Li Mi held a banquet and invited Zhai Rang, Zhai Hong and others to the banquet.

On the feast, Li Mi, Zhai Rang, Zhai Hong, Pei Renji and other people who were crowned with the public sat together, and Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others stood around, Li Mi saw this situation, and said to the people around him: "Today is the public and all the great ministers to drink together, just leave a few people to serve, and everyone else retreat." And his guards withdrew.

"Gong Wei, the weather is cold, why don't you let Lord Situ's entourage also go down and drink some wine to warm up?" Li Mi's henchman Fang Yanzao bowed down and said, "It's really unruly for you to only let your relatives leave. ”

"My father was negligent for a while." Li Mi said with a smile: "However, the people in Situ's mansion are naturally arranged by Situ to stay." ”

"I'm tired of Wei Gong and Lord Fang." Zhai Rang arched his hand, turned his head and ordered everyone to go out.

After everyone left according to the order, Li Mi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, picked up the wine bowl, and said to Zhai Rang: "Previously, because of some misunderstandings, Situ and Bengong were a little unfamiliar, and I also asked Situ and Bengong to drink together, and no longer care about the past. ”

"Let him be a rough man, if there is something to offend Duke Wei, please also ask Duke Wei Haihan." Zhai Rang's purpose in coming to the banquet was to ease the relationship between the two, since Li Mi spoke first, he naturally would not pretend to be high, and hurriedly got up to salute Li Mi and drained the wine in the bowl.

Li Mi also drank the wine in the bowl, motioned for Zhai Rang to sit down, and saw that Shan Xiongxin and the others were still standing, so he ordered someone to arrange for a few of them to sit down as a courtesy. Shan Xiongxin and they are all heroic people, and when they saw that Zhai Rang and Li Mi were reconciled as before, they no longer guarded and sat down to drink with peace of mind.

"My father is not good at martial arts, but he only likes archery, and today he got a good bow, Situ can be interested in taking a look?" Everyone drank a few rounds of wine, and Li Mi said casually.

"Duke Wei's archery skills are rare in the world, and he can be called a good bow by Duke Wei, so of course I want to see it." Zhai Rang did not doubt that he had him, and said with great interest, and then said with a smile: "I'm afraid that I will let the battle formation be lost for a long time, and I won't even have the strength to draw the bow." "Everyone at the table is in full swing.

Li Mi also smiled and said, "Who doesn't know Situ's martial arts?" Then he ordered the bow to be frought.

When the entourage handed the bow to Li Mi, he touched it carefully, looking extremely fond, and then got up and walked in front of Zhai Rang and handed the bow to Zhai Rang.

Li Mi's bodyguard Cai Jiande followed Li Mi to the hall inch by inch, he held a long knife in his arms, and looked ahead without squinting, as if he didn't care about the things around him. (To be continued.) )