Chapter 662: Harm others and harm yourself

The head of the guard said: "Lord Wang, there are a lot of people, if they are all removed, it will be a big case, and Chang'an must be alarmed, maybe the criminal department will have to send someone down to investigate, and the eldest grandson may use this as an excuse to make some trouble." Of course, you don't care about things, don't you also trouble? We're in a lot of trouble right now. ”

Li Ke thought about it, the leader of the guards was right, it was indeed not easy to make things too big, but he was afraid that the matter would leak out, and he regretted a little in his heart, he shouldn't have let his subordinates know everything, so that now he always suspects that others are not strict.

But after thinking about it again, if he didn't tell the matter, no one would give him ideas, and he didn't have a caring subordinate like Wang Ping'an, so he could only rely on those gangs of waste.

Li Ke asked: "This king wants to invite the prince to the banquet, I don't know what you can do?" ”

The head of the guard swallowed his saliva, feeling that this matter was quite difficult, the prince was not willing to answer King Wu at all, he had been away from Beijing for so many days, and he had never met King Wu once, it was not like a brother, but a little like an enemy, the kind that never got along with each other. Of course, in fact, it is the enemy, and King Wu is still planning to assassinate the prince, but I don't know if the prince has the same idea.

Seeing that the leader of the guards did not squeak, Li Ke waved his hand impatiently, scolded secretly, and said: "You go and see those two Hu people, watch them, if they have any abnormal behavior, report it to this king as soon as possible." ”

The leader of the guards breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't make up his mind, but he could still carry out his idea. He hurriedly agreed, as if fleeing for his life, and escaped from Li Ke's tent.

Li Ke sat in the tent, playing with the two small medicine bottles in his hands, but he couldn't think of a good way, and he couldn't get close to Li Zhi.

After a while, dinner was prepared outside and brought in to Li Ke. Li Ke had no appetite and didn't want to eat. At this moment, a servant outside: "Lord Wang, the official is asking to see you." ”

Li Ke hummed and thought, "Zheng Shilang? The petty official under the eighth grade, what can you do with me? He was upset, and said loudly, "No, if there is anything for him to say to his superior." ”

The servant replied and said, "I want to invite the prince to the banquet, I have caught a lot of game today, and the officials have raised a bonfire and are roasting, and I want to invite the prince to taste it." If the prince doesn't go, the little one will go back to them. ”

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, went to the banquet, and lit a bonfire? I don't know if Li Zhi was invited, logically speaking, it should be invited, and they are all invited to me, Li Zhi naturally has to be invited first. He said, "Tell them that this king is coming." ”

He casually took the two medicine bottles into his arms, strode out of the tent, and saw a green-robed petty official standing outside the tent, probably the one who had come to invite him.

When Zheng Shilang saw Li Ke come out, he hurriedly nodded and saluted. Li Ke put on a smiling face and asked, "What kind of prey did you shoot today?" ”

Zheng Shilang hurriedly said: "Back to the prince's words, I hit two swans and a big deer, and the harvest is quite good, so I want to ask the prince to move and taste it." ”

Li Ke smiled: "It's not unusual to hit a deer, that swan is a good thing, ordinary archers can't shoot so high, is it possible that there are people in our team who are good at shooting?" ”

Zheng Shilang smiled: "What's the matter, I found it in a small lake not far away, and I shot it down directly, but it didn't take much effort." ”

Li Ke nodded and said, "Okay, although the roasted swan is a bit unsightly, it is a rare thing after all, and this king wants to taste it." Have you invited the prince? He asked seemingly casually.

Zheng Shilang hurriedly replied: "Naturally, there is an invitation, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince agreed to go, but the prince is tired from the journey, and he has to take a bath before he can arrive, and the officials are waiting for him!" ”

Li Ke nodded again and said, "This king doesn't need to take a bath, no matter how tired he is, he is not afraid." As he spoke, he walked to the campfire in the distance.

Zheng Shilang didn't squeak, it is no secret that King Wu and the prince are not in harmony, he is not willing to mix and get into this right and wrong, even if he wants to make peace, he will help the prince, not King Wu. So what Li Ke said, he pretended not to hear.

Although Li Zhi did not grab the right to choose, but because of the officials controlled by the eldest grandson Wuji, at least seventy percent of the officials selected were loyal to Li Zhi, and the remaining three percent of Li Ke was singled out to favor himself, but they were all officials at the grassroots level, officials of higher rank, and they were not in the mood to burn Li Ke's cold stove, and the last two percent were not helped by anyone, and they belonged to the people who really did things, and did not participate in factional struggles, this kind of officials were often the most practical. Therefore, it is indispensable, even if no one is loyal, they have to use others.

When Li Ke arrived at the campfire, the officials stood up and saluted together, invited him to sit in the second seat, and the chief wanted to keep it for Li Zhi.

Li Ke saw that the officials close to him were quite far away from him, so he smiled and said: "We are barbecue game, and we are not going to the state banquet of the Ganlu Palace, why are we still ranked by rank." Come on, everyone find close friends, sit casually, don't be inhibited. ”

Of course, the officials have to say that this is King Wu's "thoughtfulness" for them, so that they can eat, drink and have fun, how can they not appreciate it, even if they don't want to move the place, as soon as King Wu's words come out, they have to move the place.

The officials who were loyal to Li Ke hurriedly came over and sat under Li Ke, while the officials who did not deal with Li Ke sat on the other side, the water in the well and the river was clear, and the buffer zone was those honest officials who did not help anyone.

After Li Ke sat down, the official who patted his ass sent a wine bag, but he didn't send it over for barbecue, Li Zhi hadn't come yet, and others couldn't eat the first piece of meat first.

Li Ke took the wine bag and thought to himself: "Won't it be like the Turks, everyone takes turns to drink a bar in a wine bag?" It is estimated that not, although Li Zhi likes Hu Feng, he does not like to drink wine in the same wine bag with people. ”

He smiled and said: "There is wine to drink, okay, let's travel hard, drinking some wine can relieve fatigue, and it is not a march to fight, there is no need to ban alcohol, we don't pay so much attention to it." ”

The officials naturally said yes, waiting for Li Ke to drink, but Li Ke said: "Drink a lot of wine and eat a lot of meat, this king is very happy." But although this drinking method is bold, the prince doesn't necessarily like it, come on, bring the wine utensils. ”

The servants hurriedly brought wine jugs and wine glasses and sent them to Li Ke. Li Ke casually swung the wine utensils in front of him and said, "Everyone, don't worry about this king, how you played before this king came, and how you play now." ”

How could the officials really let go, but King Wu let them have fun, even if they couldn't be happy, they had to pretend to be happy, and the officials didn't stare at Li Ke much anymore when they spoke.

Li Ke thought to himself: "I don't know if this medicine is good or not, and I haven't verified it yet, so I came to the banquet." But the opportunity must not be lost, it will not come again, now is the best opportunity, if something happens to Li Zhi, it can be pushed to this barbecue, saying that he has a bad stomach, so it is bad, or hurry up and take the medicine! ”

He took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, took out the bottle from his arms, and wanted to take the medicine, but as soon as he took it out, he was immediately stupid! It turned out that the two medicine bottles were exactly the same, the difference was on the cork, the color of the cork was different, and when he was in the tent just now, he could still tell which bottle of medicine was used for, but as soon as it came out, he forgot it.

Li Ke thought to himself: "Is it the poison in the bottle of red medicine, or is it poison in the bottle of green medicine, how can I forget!" "Nudi thinks about it, I think it's the Red Stopper."

He didn't pour the medicine into the wine jug, for fear that after Li Zhi's accident, others would test the wine and find out that the wine was poisonous, which would be a big trouble! He held the red plugged medicine bottle in his hand and looked at the officials around him, seeing that none of the officials looked at him, although the bonfire was bright, he was a little far away, and there were dark places around him, as long as he turned to the side, no one would see him when he drugged.

But how can you put the medicine into the wine, this is a technical job, the eldest grandson Wuji must have told Li Zhiqian to be careful about his diet, the usual poisoning method must not be good!

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly had an idea, and he rubbed the medicinal powder into the wine glass, which was not enough, no matter how careful Li Zhi was, he would only be careful with the wine in the wine jug, and would not care about the cup.

Li Ke put a wine glass in front of him into his sleeve, poured out a little of the medicinal powder, did the work in his sleeve, and smeared the medicinal powder into the cup.

He also thought that if others persuade him to drink, Li Zhi may not be able to drink it, he doesn't need to give face to anyone, only if he persuades him to drink, Li Zhi must drink, otherwise the relationship between the two is not good, and everyone will find out, although it is estimated that everyone has already found out. I poured wine out of a flask, two glasses of wine, the one I handed him, and it was possible that he would not drink it, but would drink my one. Yes, I kept the poisoned wine for myself, gave him the non-poisoned one, and then he asked for a change of wine...... That's what he did for himself!

Li Ke put the wine glass back in the tray and waited for Li Zhi's arrival.

Not long after, Li Zhi came, he wore his hair scattered, dressed in casual clothes, and looked very casual, followed by Shi Aiguo.

As soon as the prince arrived, there was a commotion around the bonfire, and they all saluted the prince. Li Ke also got up pretended to be embarrassed, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, our brothers have been walking together for many days, but we haven't seen each other, but we are a little rusty. Come on, toast you for my brother! ”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, held the non-poisonous one in his left hand and saluted it to Li Zhi, while the poisonous one in his right hand approached him.

Li Zhi was very embarrassed, Li Ke said it very politely, if he didn't accept his toast, it would be tantamount to making it clear in public that the relationship between his brothers and his brother was not good, and this kind of thing couldn't be done. But when it comes to drinking, my uncle solemnly instructed himself not to drink the wine sent by Li Ke to avoid accidents.

Seeing him hesitate, Li Ke smiled and said, "What's the matter, the prince is afraid that this wine is poisonous?" It's wine from a flask! Well, then you drink my cup! As he spoke, he handed over the poisoned wine.

Li Zhi was even more embarrassed, and he hurriedly said: "How can you not believe the third brother, the third brother's joke is boring." In order to show his trust in Li Ke, he didn't take the poisonous wine handed over, but snatched the previous cup of non-poisonous!

Li Ke was stupid suddenly!