After more than ten days, Li Jiuzhi and Liang Xiao finally delivered the letter to the Tang State Mansion and handed it over to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng carefully opened the letter, opened it, and the first sentence in the letter was: Since the war cannot be calmed, then let the world be more chaotic and stop the war with war.

Fang Xuanling sat opposite Wei Zheng, seeing that Wei Zheng's face became a little ugly, he expected that Li Xuanba would definitely make some decisions, he quietly waited for Wei Zheng to read the letter, and gave Wei Zheng some time to ease his mood before asking, "What does the son plan to do?" ”

Wei Zheng's expression was complicated, and he handed the letter to Fang Xuanling without saying a word. Fang Xuanling took the letter, glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the son has been prepared for a long time." ”

Seeing Fang Xuanling's calm appearance, Wei Zheng arched his hand and said, "Those children are still young, is it too early for them to do this kind of thing now?" ”

"Definitely." Fang Xuanling shook his head slightly, his eyes showed reverence, and said: "The timing of Gongzi's choice is just right, if those children are older, even if they can blend in with the traitors, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get close to the thief leader, Gongzi let them grow up in the thief camp, which can be described as thoughtful." ”

Li Xuanba mentioned in the letter that Wei Zheng should select some determined and trustworthy people among the children taken in by the Tang State Mansion, and then place them beside some people.

In the face of twelve or thirteen-year-old children, who can suspect that they have ulterior motives?

"Gongzi attaches great importance to Dou Jiande and Du Fuwei, I can understand it." Wei Zheng thought about it for a while, and felt that what Fang Xuanling said was very reasonable, so he no longer dwelled on the question of the age of those children, and instead asked: "But Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are Gongzi's siblings, why did Gongzi send someone to find an opportunity to get close to them?" ”

"Childe's actions have always been difficult to fathom, and perhaps, he has noticed something we don't know." Although Fang Xuanling is good at planning, he can't understand the intention of Li Xuanba's move.

The names mentioned in the letter are basically the leaders of all parties, and Li Xuanba also put the names of Li Shimin and others in the letter, which can naturally explain many problems.

"Xuan Cheng, since Childe has entrusted this matter to us to do, we will do it well, as for Childe's intentions, why should we waste energy speculating?" Wei Zheng fell into deep thought, Fang Xuanling looked at him, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is so confidential, Gongzi can rest assured that he will hand it over to us, not to mention that Gongzi has a life-saving grace for you, his trust alone is enough for us to serve him." ”

Li Xuanba mentioned in the letter that Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling should be jointly responsible for this matter, and find a way to make those children have a sense of awe. These seemingly random words made Fang Xuanling very moved, the so-called death of a confidant is like this.

Wei Zheng nodded a little numbly, and said: "It seems that Brother Xuancheng's previous guess was correct, the prince asked the big family of Dongjun to come forward to propose marriage for Li Gou, it is indeed not as simple as face. ”

"Before returning to Luoyang, Gongzi didn't know anything about Li Gou." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "To be able to think of borrowing Li Gou's family affairs to get closer to those big families in a moment, the intelligence of the son is really admirable." ”

Wei Zheng let out a long sigh of relief, re-read the letter, and made sure that he had everything in mind, so he lit the letter and threw it into the charcoal furnace. His eyes were firmly fixed on the flames, and it wasn't until the letter was completely burned to ashes that Wei Zheng raised his head and said, "Brother Xuancheng has a candidate in mind?" ”

"Nine Fingers and Liang Xiao are of course the most suitable." Fang Xuanling thought for a while and replied: "The two of them are the best in martial arts among that group of children, and their loyalty to Gongzi is beyond doubt. As for the others, it would be better to put it to the test just to be on the safe side. ”

"That's what I mean." Wei Zheng nodded, and sighed: "I've been thinking about Childe's intention to do everything, and now that I think about it, even if Childe plans to rebel, I will inevitably follow him, in that case, why should I worry about other things?" ”

"You've finally figured it out, and it's worth revealing it." Fang Xuanling laughed and said, "Xuancheng, presumably you can't sleep tonight, why don't you drink some wine with me?"

Wei Zheng agreed, and said with a smile: "Each other." ”

In the early morning of the second day, when all the children gathered in the courtyard, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling had been waiting for a while.

"You can study and practice martial arts in the Tang State Mansion, whose kindness is this, I don't need to say much." Li Gou stood in front of those children and said with a serious face: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days, use it for a while, this Taoist ideal must be taught by Mr. Wei, and now the prince needs you to go to some places for him, are you willing to serve him?" ”

"Never give up." The teenagers in the courtyard shouted in unison.

"These places are so dangerous that they may never return." Li Gou did not praise those children, and said lightly: "Even so, are you still willing?" ”

"Yes." The teenagers in the courtyard replied neatly.

"That's good." Li Gou nodded with satisfaction and said, "The wine in Liang Xiao's hand is poisonous wine, once you drink it, if you don't get the antidote in time, you can only live for ten years." After speaking, Li Gou glanced around, saw that no one showed timidity, and continued: "Now, those who are willing to risk their lives for Gongzi should go and have a drink by themselves." ”

Being able to live like a human being, for these children before they came to the Tang State Mansion, they couldn't even think of it, so from the bottom of their hearts, they were grateful to Li Xuanba for giving them such an opportunity.

The teenagers walked up to Liang Xiao one by one, took the small bowl from Li Jiuzhi's hand, Liang Xiao poured wine for them, and they drank it all and threw the bowl to the ground to show their determination.

Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes. There are only a dozen names in Li Xuanba's list, but there are more than 50 people in the courtyard, and they are thinking about how to arrange it?

"In troubled times, a child of unknown origin will eventually arouse the suspicion of others." Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said in a low voice: "It's better to let them work in groups of three and go together, firstly, they can take care of each other on the way, and secondly, even if someone really has an accident, it will not affect the arrangement of the son." ”

"Brother Xuanling's method is naturally feasible." Wei Zheng replied: "However, do you really plan to involve the two of them in this matter?" ”

Fang Xuanling didn't answer, he just lowered his head silently, but Wei Zheng saw in Fang Xuanling's eyes that he was resolute and reluctant, so he didn't say anything more, walked to Li Gou's side, and said: "After today, you will have nothing to do with the Tang State Mansion, if the prince needs you to do something, someone will naturally inform you." Later, I'll tell you where to go. ”

The boys stood in the cold wind, and no one asked any questions.

"You don't need to study or practice martial arts today, you all go back and prepare." Li Gou waved his hand and let everyone disperse, leaving only Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Li Gou, Li Jiuzhi, and Liang Xiao in the courtyard.

"Sir." Li Jiuzhi whispered: "Gongzi doesn't let us drink on weekdays, Jiuzhi is a little greedy when he looks at this poisonous wine, can you let me have a drink too." ”

"Nine Fingers, if you want to drink, you can do so anytime in the future." Wei Zheng smiled and said, "Liang Xiao, you should drink more, otherwise when you return to Gongzi, I'm afraid that you won't have a chance to drink again." ”

All the teenagers drank poisonous wine, Li Jiuzhi seemed to be very arrogant, but his heart was like a mirror, he didn't want to be suspected because he didn't drink, so he simply raised it himself.

"Mr. plans to keep Liang Xiao by Childe's side?" Wei Zheng's words made Li Jiuzhi a little surprised, he showed a look of concealment, and said: "Liang Xiao's martial arts are not as good as mine, why is Mr. partial to him?" ”

"Naturally, it's because he's smarter than you." Li Gou patted Li Jiuzhi's head, snatched the wine from his hand, and drank it unceremoniously.

Liang Xiao raised his head, took a sip directly with the wine jug, then wiped his mouth, and said calmly: "Brother Li, there is no poison in the wine at all. ”