When the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji went all the way north to Jinyang City, it was the sixth day of the first month of March, after Li Yuan learned the news, he happily welcomed them to the Taishou Mansion, and after the father and son talked to each other, Li Yuan looked behind Li Jiancheng and asked suspiciously: "Jiancheng, why don't you see your brother Zhiyun?" ”

Li Jiancheng's expression was extremely unnatural after hearing this, and he was hesitant for a while, unable to speak, but Li Yuanji on the side helped to reply: "Dad, Zhiyun is willing to stay in Anyi City in order to cover the two of us going north." ”

"What! My Yun'er is still in Anyi City? After Li Zhiyun's mother, Xiao Wan'er, heard this, she was immediately shocked, and she only felt that the world was spinning.

Since the death of the Dou family, although Li Yuan accepted a few more concubines, but did not marry another wife, Xiao Wan'er became the head of the concubines, and because Xiao Wan'er was obedient by nature, she has always been very favored by Li Yuan, so her status in the Li family is still relatively high, and several maids immediately stepped forward to support her who almost fell to the ground.

"Xiao Wan'er, are you okay?" Li Yuan said with concern.

Xiao Wan'er cried sadly: "If Yun'er has three longs and two shorts, I won't live anymore......"

Li Yuan said: "I'll send someone to Anyi to bring Zhiyun back now, you can rest assured." ”

Xiao Wan'er walked towards the house with the support of the maid, and before leaving, she glanced at Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji brothers with an expressionless face......

Li Yin has been staying in Jinyang City recently, helping to deal with the preparations before the army. Li Yin and Li Shimin have been secretly recruiting troops for the Li family these days to enhance their strength as much as possible, and now there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under Li Yuan's direct control.

Li Yin and Li Shimin also met with some people who wanted to come to Li Yuan from time to time, but they had some concerns in their hearts, so they first looked for the two of them to "explore the way", but most of the people Li Shimin met were gate lords and aristocrats, and Li Yin met with basically reckless heroes.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji met Li Yuan in the Taishou Mansion, Li Yin rode out of Jinyang City with Bailai and went straight to the remote outskirts of the city.

When Li Yin led the men and horses to a stop in front of a dense forest, the figures in the dense forest flickered, and suddenly a team of about 2,000 people appeared, shouting to kill Li Yin, but Li Yin was unmoved, and sat on the horse lightly.

The force of about 2,000 men and horses suddenly stopped ten zhang away from Li Yin, and a tall figure, beautiful hair and chest, and a big knife in his hand rode forward, laughing and said, "Brother Li, do you still recognize me, brother?" ”

Li Yin laughed and rode forward and said, "Brother Wang, you and my brother have finally met again." ”

This person with beautiful hair and drooping chests and holding a big knife in his hand is none other than Wang Junkuo, the owner of the village when Li Yin was a thief in Cuiyun Peak.

Wang Junkuo since leaving Cuiyun Peak, went to Hedong County to take refuge in his fellow countryman with a thousand people, not long after, the world was in turmoil, Wang Junkuo killed his fellow countryman, and became the leader of the team, and then he led the team to the vicinity of Wangwu Mountain, plundered everywhere, and lived a happy life.

However, Wang Junkuo saw that the Sui Dynasty seemed to be coming to an end, and it was when the eldest husband made great achievements and won wealth and wealth, so he was unwilling to continue to stay in Wangwushan, but planned to seek refuge in others in order to seek wealth.

Since Wang Junkuo wants to take refuge in others, the first choice is Li Mi in Henan, who stirs up the world, but he is worried that Li Mi's strength is too strong and he will not be taken seriously, so he has doubts.

At this time, Wang Junkuo learned that Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, was recruiting troops and horses, and many bandits had gone to take refuge, Wang Junkuo's mind became active, but he was afraid that Li Yuan was a high-ranking family and would look down on a lowly person like him, and finally he was reminded that Li Yuan's son Li Yin had an old relationship with him, so he wanted to ask Li Yin for directions.

After Li Yin and Wang Junkuo said some innocuous words to each other, Wang Junkuo entered the topic, "Brother Li, I heard that your father has been accepting Haojie recently?" If I go to vote for him, will he despise me because of my origin? ”

Li Yin said: "My father is a virtuous person, and he can treat everyone who comes to invest equally and entrust him with important responsibilities, so Brother Wang doesn't have to have any worries about this." ”

After hearing this, Wang Junkuo thought for a long time, and finally said: "Then there is the help of Brother Lao Li to introduce your father to me for me!" ”

Li Yin nodded and smiled: "Then let's go to Jinyang now!" ”

In the original history, Li Yuan had sent people to recruit Wang Junkuo before the incident, but he took refuge in Li Mi after being rejected by Wang Junkuo, and then betrayed Li Mi to surrender to Tang, and now because of Li Yin's existence, he directly took refuge in Li Yuan, which is a blessing or a curse for the Li family.

For Wang Junkuo, who came to vote, Li Yuan warmly received him, Li Yuan's current troops are not much, Wang Junkuo has more than 2,000 people, and it is already a not weak military force.

That night, a grand banquet was held in Taishou Mansion to clean up the dust for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's brothers, as well as to celebrate Wang Junkuo's arrival with troops.

Li Yin took Wang Junkuo to explain to the other people in the Taishou Mansion, and when he walked in front of a person who looked like an old peasant, Li Yin said to Wang Junkuo: "Brother Wang, this is the marching division of Taiyuan Yingyang Mansion. ”

Wang Junkuo saw that the warrior Tong was not good-looking, so he didn't take him to heart, and walked aside after a polite sentence, but Li Yin talked with the warrior for a long time.

As early as when Li Yuan was just a consolation envoy for Hedong, he took refuge in Li Yuan, at that time he was just a team leader of the Eagle Yang Mansion, and his family did not have much money left, but he had poured all his family property to entertain Li Yuan, so although Li Yuan knew that Wu Shi Tong was not very capable, he attracted him as a confidant.

However, the reason why Li Yin talked to Wu Shi Tong so enthusiastically was only because he thought that Wu Shi Tong had a daughter who didn't know if he was born or not-Wu Zetian, the first empress of the ages......

When the banquet was almost over, Li Jiancheng suddenly whimpered, and Li Yuan asked, "Why is my son crying in public?" ”

Li Jiancheng wiped his tears with his sleeve and said: "The child just suddenly thought that although Yuanji and I arrived in Jinyang safely, but my brother Zhiyun didn't know life and death, after thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel very sad, so I couldn't help crying, and I hope my father will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

After Li Yuan heard this, he nodded silently, and the slight grievances against Li Jiancheng in his heart suddenly faded a lot, and the officials around him also praised Li Jiancheng as a person who knew filial piety and had the style of a benevolent person.

"Thank you for your concern, Zhiyun is lucky not to die!" At this moment, Li Zhiyun's voice suddenly sounded, and then everyone saw Li Zhiyun with a tired face and slowly walked in from the outside.