Su Dingfang snorted and pointed at Li Yin, "This is Jing Zhaoyin of my dynasty, the governor of the left leading army, and the Duke of Jin, why don't you hurry up and salute?" ”

The people around Dou Shi immediately obediently stepped forward to see Li Yin, and after a period of uncertainty on Dou Shi's face, in the end, under Su Dingfang's cold gaze, the previous arrogance suddenly disappeared, and he bowed his head and saluted: "The villain has seen Jin Gong." ”

Li Yin waved his hand, "Get out of here!" ”

After Dou Shi and the people around him heard this, they immediately ran away in a gloomy manner. At this time, Li Yin was extremely powerful, and he was not something that a small person like Dou Shi could look up to, and after listening to him speak like that, he didn't dare to stay any longer.

After Dou Shi and the others walked away, Li Yin looked at the young man who sold the horse, "This strong man, are your horses still sold?" ”

The young man who sold the horse said: "Naturally, it is sold, but I still say that it will be at least three hundred yuan, and I will not sell it below this price." ”

Li Yin asked Zhang Liang beside him to give the horse seller 300 yuan, held the reins of the horse in his hand, and said with a smile: "Can you ask more, why does the strong man insist on 300 yuan to sell the horse?" ”

The young man who sold the horse touched the mane on the horse's neck with a complicated expression, and sighed: "This horse has been fighting with me for many years, if it is not at the end of the road, how can I sell it?" If the price is low, it is an insult to such a good horse, and the person who bought the horse is afraid that the buyer will not pay attention to it, so he will despise it, so the price of 300 yuan is set. ”

"I think it's clearly greedy for money, but I have to say it so nicely." Zhang Liang seemed to feel very painful about the loss of three hundred times in vain, and then he couldn't help but say this.

After hearing this, the man who sold the horse had a gloomy face, and was about to turn around and leave, but Li Yin stopped him, and the man who sold the horse looked at Li Yin suspiciously, "The money and goods have been cleared, what else do you have to do?" ”

Li Yin handed the reins back to the hand of the horse seller, "Although I have bought this horse, I am willing to give him back to you, the strong man, and I hope that the strong man will not refuse." ”

The horse seller was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed with emotion: "No wonder Zhang Tongshou respected the Duke of Jin before his death, and I, Luo Shixin, am also convinced this time." ”

After hearing that the man who sold the horse claimed to be Luo Shixin, Li Yin was also taken aback. Although he saw that the person who sold the horse was extraordinary, he had the heart to solicit, so he reprimanded Dou Shi, and then had the move of buying a horse and then giving a horse, but he really didn't know that the person in front of him was the famous Luo Shixin.

Li Yin immediately asked, "Why did Luo Zhuangshi come to Guanzhong?" What do you plan for the future? ”

Luo Shixin showed a sad look on his face, and sighed: "Zhang Tongshou was killed by Li Mi, and in the end, Pei Renji's family actually wanted to surrender to Li Mi, Zhang Tongshou and I are like father and son, and it is already shameful to not be able to avenge him, how can I still surrender to Li Mi?" So I found an opportunity to leave the Tiger Prison Pass after Pei Renji surrendered to Li Mi, and then wandered around, and then came to the Guanzhong. ”

Li Yin said: "The rulers of the Sui Dynasty were mediocre and incompetent, knowing that Zhang Tongshou had been fighting for many years and the soldiers were tired, he was still transferred to Xingyang, so that there was a fiasco in the Great Sea Temple, such a court is no longer worthy of the loyalty of wise people, can Luo Zhuangshi be willing to serve under me?" ”

Luo Shixin said: "I heard that when the bad news of Zhang Tongshou's murder spread to the east of the river, only Yanmen County, far away in the border fortress, hung a white cloth to commemorate Zhang Tongshou, I have long admired the name of Jin Gong, and now Jin Gong has a gift to me Horse, Shixin has nothing to repay, only willing to saddle the front and back of the Jin Gong!" ”

Luo Shixin said, and made a big gift to Li Yin, Li Yin hurriedly helped him up, and said happily: "I have Shixin, win thousands of troops, such a happy event, you must celebrate, everyone follow me to Hefeng Building to celebrate!" As he spoke, he took the lead and walked towards He Fenglou, the largest restaurant in the old city.

……

A few days later, in the Hall of Martial Virtue.

Wude Hall is a temple of Taiji Palace, adjacent to the East Palace where Emperor Yang Yu lives, Yang Yu is just a puppet emperor, and he can't do anything, so the Wude Hall where Li Yuan lives is the center of Chang'an at this time.

Dou Cong, the prince of Fufeng County, is the eldest son of the Dou family, so although he is not as talented as his younger brother Dou Liang and uncle Dou Wei, he was the first to be given the title of county duke by Li Yuan, and he is also the father of Dou Shi who had an unpleasant quarrel with Li Yin in the old city a few days ago.

Dou Cong didn't have a real job, he seemed to come to Wude Hall just to chat with Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also answered with him while handling government affairs.

After a long time, Li Yuan saw that Dou Cong looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he said to Dou Cong: "If there is anything, just say it, you don't have to swallow it." ”

Dou Cong said: "Don't blame the King of Tang when you say it, many people think that the Duke of Jin is not only Jing Zhaoyin, but also has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the old city, and the power is really a bit too heavy, besides, he is only a concubine, in case he ......"

"Enough!" Before Dou Cong finished speaking, Li Yuan interrupted his words sternly, frowned, and said: "This kind of remark that provokes the relationship between my father and son, I hope you don't say it a second time in the future, otherwise you will never use this Wude Hall again, come here, send off guests!" ”

Dou Cong never expected Li Yuan's reaction to be so strong, and he was sent out of the Wude Hall at a loss.

However, after Dou Cong left, Li Yuan put down the government affairs and paced back and forth in the hall, looking a little restless.

After Pei Lin entered the Wude Palace, he first reported some government affairs to Li Yuan, and finally looked at Li Yuan's expression, and asked tentatively, "What is Shude's heart?" ”

Pei Lin and Li Yuan have a very close personal relationship, so they still call Li Yuan's character, and now he is the only one in the entire Chang'an City who dares to call Li Yuan like that.

After Li Yuan pondered for a while, he confided to Pei Lian: "Not long ago, Dou Cong said to me that many people think that my son Li Yin is too powerful, Xuan Zhen, what do you think of this matter?" ”

As soon as Dou Cong's front foot left, it was naturally not a coincidence that Pei Lian arrived on his back foot, but it was a premeditated matter, and what he was waiting for was what Li Yuan asked.

So Pei Lin pretended to ponder for a while, and then said earnestly: "Shude, you are the one who wants to sit on the dragon chair, you have to make good use of the emperor's technique, and the trick of the emperor's technique lies in the way of balance." Although the Duke of Jin is a general, and he has made great contributions, it is right to reuse him, but now his power is indeed too heavy, and Shude should take checks and balances. ”

After Pei Lin finished speaking, there was silence in the Wude Palace.

After a long time, Li Yuan sighed, "If it's okay, you can go down first, I'll think about it." ”

After Pei Lin heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and with his understanding of Li Yuan, he knew that Li Yuan had already made up his mind to reduce Li Yin's power.