Li Jiancheng has not rested well in the past few days, and his eyebrows are full of tiredness, but Li Shimin's deflated appearance makes Li Jiancheng's heart very comfortable, and a calm and elegant smile hangs on the corner of his mouth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Li Jiancheng's smile is because he is in a good mood, and in Li Shimin's eyes, it represents endless ridicule.

Listening to the laughter in front of them, Pei Lian, Liu Hongji and others had different reactions.

Pei Lin and Qu Tutong were silent, Liu Hongji looked at Li Jiancheng's back, his brows furrowed deeply, Chai Shao's gaze wandered between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin a few times, and sighed silently.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan frowned, thinking about the early chaos. Li Yuan felt that Li Jiancheng's suggestion was very reasonable, but Li Mi was not an ordinary person, and he was unwilling to let him go.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Qin and all the adults are waiting for an edict outside the study." When Li Yuan was in trouble, the eunuch beside him said softly.

"Let them in." Li Yuan's brows softened, straightened up, and said, "You are watching outside the imperial study, and you are not allowed to let anyone approach." ”

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"The prince, the prince of the criminal country is not very human, if he is sent to recruit Xu Shiji, it is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain." Li Jiancheng and the others entered the imperial study, and after the salute, Li Yuan gave him a seat, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Although I married the imperial sister to him, I know that his ambition has not been extinguished, and I will not be willing to succumb to others." ”

"Father, please forgive your son." Li Jiancheng obviously thought about this problem, his face remained unchanged, and he replied respectfully: "If the Duke of Xingguo is willing to serve the imperial court, with his talent, he can be the pillar of the imperial court, but if he has different intentions, the imperial court will leave him in Chang'an, but it is a tiger for trouble, and the son recommended him to go to recruit Xu Shiji, which also contains the idea of testing him." ”

When several people in the room heard this, they couldn't help but nod, secretly saying that Li Jiancheng's proposal was indeed a good idea.

"You're going to tell me the tricks." Li Yuan learned that he could test Li Mi, and asked with interest.

"Father can send the criminal state prince out, and naturally he can also let him return to Chang'an at any time." Li Jiancheng smiled and said: "If the Duke of Xingguo is sincere in surrendering, he will definitely obey his father's edict, if he has different intentions and does not obey the edict, wouldn't it be easy to catch him in the territory of Datang?" ”

"The prince has a brilliant plan." When Li Yuan was still hesitating, Pei Lin said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that you might as well give it a try." ”

"There are still some days before the army of the Southern Expedition returns to Beijing, and it is most appropriate to take this opportunity to send the criminal state public." Chai Shao thought for a while and said respectfully: "Erchen also seconded it." ”

Li Shimin wanted to find out the shortcomings of Li Jiancheng's strategy, but there was nothing wrong with Li Jiancheng's strategy, so he could only express his approval, because he knew very well that Li Yuan was not at ease with Li Mi.

"In that case, the prince, let you go to the Gongguo Mansion to pass on the edict." Li Yuan said with a smile: "I hope that the Duke of Xingguo is sincerely attached to the imperial court, otherwise it will chill my heart." ”

Li Jiancheng bowed down to receive the order, but there were doubts in his heart, because from Li Yuan's words, he couldn't hear whether he wanted Li Mi to live or not.

With several people making a plan, Li Mi has fallen into the trap without knowing it.

"Have you ever thought that the purpose of the imperial court is to crusade against Wang Shichong, not to test the punishment of the prince?" When everyone thought that there was no omission, Liu Hongji spoke: "If the Duke of the Criminal State fails to persuade Xu Shiji to surrender, or if the Duke of the Criminal State disobeys His Majesty's will, how should we deal with it?" ”

Li Mi's life and death all depend on Li Yuan's thoughts, if it weren't for fame, Li Yuan could kill Li Mi at any time, so what Li Yuan really cared about was to attack Northern Sui. Liu Hongji was able to say what he said just now, and Li Yuan praised it very much.

Liu Hongji followed Li Yuan from Taiyuan, and made great contributions in the crusade against Great Qin, refused to surrender when the army was defeated, Li Yuan was very important to him, although Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, but he also had to maintain three points of respect for him, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Liu, there are some things that you may not know." ”

"I want to hear about it." Liu Hongji returned the salute and said softly.

"At the beginning, the palace chatted with Xuanba for two hours under Jiangling City, and then retreated without a fight, failing to open up the territory of the Tang Dynasty, which is ashamed." Li Jiancheng sighed and continued: "But this palace chose to withdraw from the army, in addition to worrying about the heavy casualties of the soldiers, there is another reason. ”

In the early dynasties, no one asked about the progress of Li Jiancheng's southern expedition, and no one questioned why Li Jiancheng was in Chang'an.

"Father, the sons were worried that the crusade against Wang Shichong would be opposed, so they didn't finish their words last night." Li Jiancheng turned to look at Li Yuan and bowed: "There is another reason for Erchen's retreat, that is, Xuanba promised Erchen that when the Tang Dynasty attacked Wang Shichong, if Xu Shiji helped Wang Shichong, he would send a large army to contain the Wagang army!" ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng's voice fell, Li Yuan and the others suddenly realized, only Li Shimin's face was slightly ugly, and he buried his head and gritted his teeth.

Yang Gao and Yang Tong are both descendants of the first emperor, in order to monopolize orthodoxy, it is reasonable for Southern Sui to be willing to help the Tang Dynasty destroy the Northern Sui, of course, it is inconvenient for the Southern Sui to participate in the attack on the Northern Sui, so they can only contain Xu Shiji's soldiers and horses on the side, but this is enough for the Tang Dynasty.

"Is His Royal Highness King Wei's words credible?" Liu Hongji said worriedly.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and asked uncertainly: "Liu Qing's worries are not unreasonable, although Xuanba is my son, he is also the Duke of Zhou of Southern Sui. ”

The Southern Sui Dynasty is not far away, crossing the Yellow River to contain Xu Shiji, how much grain and grass does this need to consume?

In last night's conversation, Li Yuan had already learned that Li Jiancheng's withdrawal was a last resort, even if Li Xuanba didn't say anything, Li Jiancheng still had no choice, in this case, why did Li Xuanba agree to contain Xu Shiji?

For the sake of brotherly affection? Li Yuan shook his head slightly, dispelling this unrealistic idea.

"Erchen believes that Xuanba will not break his word." Hearing Li Yuan's question, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin spoke at the same time.

"Why?" Li Yuan was surprised.

"Back to my father, my sons have seen the documents of the Southern Sui, and there is a seal of the jade seal of the country on the document." Li Jiancheng's eyes also had a look of surprise, he didn't understand why Li Shimin believed Li Xuanba's words: "In the eyes of the world, Yang Gao occupies Luoyang, and the civil and military officials in the court are the courtiers of the first emperor, so Yang Gao is the orthodoxy of the previous dynasty, Xuanba is the Duke of Zhou in the Southern Sui Dynasty, and he has a grudge with Yang Gao, he wants to use the hands of the Tang Dynasty to eliminate the Northern Sui, this matter is not surprising." ”

Li Jiancheng's answer was very reasonable, Li Yuan nodded, and looked at Li Shimin again. In addition to Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and others also paid attention to Li Shimin.

In the case of Guanxian, there was already a grudge between Li Shimin and Li Xuanba, and the tragedy of Wangyue Tower, several people present knew that it was Li Xuanba's revenge, but at this time, Li Shimin believed that Li Xuanba would help Datang contain Xu Shiji, which was indeed very strange for them. (To be continued.) )