On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the first year of Xianheng of the Tang Dynasty, Gaozong and Empress Wu led the Huangmen Shilang, the Duke of Yongshan County, the Sanpin Hao Chujun of Tongzhongshu Men, and the male and Zhongshu of Boling County and Yan Liben to the Eastern Capital, leaving Zhongshu Shilang, Daoguo Gong, and the prince of the inspection school Zuo Zhong to protect Dai Zhide, and the Huangmen Shilang, the three products under the Tongzhongshu Sect and the Zhizuo Shishi Zhang Wenjun and the Zhongshu Shilang, and the school inspector Li Jingxuan and other auxiliary crown prince Li Hong to supervise the country. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This time, Gaozong and Empress Wu returned to Luoyang, and all the other sons were not taken with them except Princess Taiping, so Li Xian and his brother Pei Wang Li Xian, and his younger brother Ji Wang Li Lun (Li Xulun, that is, Li Dan) were all ordered to stay in Chang'an.

And the three brothers, who lost the restraint of their parents, began to fight openly and secretly for fame and fortune, and a good show began.

Li Xian had been suppressed by the crown prince before, and at the same time came up with an idea for the crown prince to buy fame, although this idea caused the crown prince to suffer heavy losses, but after all, Li Hong was ashamed of the first, so this time Li Hong did not target Li Xian, as for his eighth brother Li Lun was weak by nature, coupled with his young age, he did not take it to heart, so this time Li Hong mainly put the goal of the struggle on Li Xian.

In fact, Li Xian has always been very restless, it can be said that he is ambitious, eager to overthrow Li Hong, and he sits on the throne of the crown prince, which is the person Li Hong fears the most.

Li Xian was a very smart person, with the ability to never forget, more compatible with handsome appearance, dignified manners, and was deeply appreciated by Gaozong, who once asked him to read the Analects, and when he read "virtuous and virtuous and easy to color" (this refers to the importance of virtue to his wife, not to appearance. The latter mostly refers to people who respect virtue and do not value women. When he recited this sentence several times, Gaozong was very strange, so he asked him why he recited this sentence repeatedly, but he heard Li Xian say that he liked this sentence very much. Gaozong knew that Li Xian respected sages and did not value women, so he was very happy in his heart and admired him.

Li Xian has always been very humble in terms of being a person, corporal Lixian, respectful and courteous, coupled with the assistance of well-known scholars such as Wang Bo, Gongsun Luo, Xu Qidan, Li Yong, etc., the strength has jumped very quickly, and many undesirable officials in the court have gone to take refuge, and the guests are like clouds for a while, not to mention the crown prince Li Hong, even the military queen is a little jealous.

However, in order to contain Li Hong's power, although Empress Wu did not like Li Xian, she still adopted a laissez-faire strategy and did not think about dealing with him at all.

This caused Li Xian to become even more rampant, especially after Helan Min's death.

Because Li Xian was born in the Empress Wu and just became the queen not long ago, plus some other reasons, he was not by the side of the Empress Wu since he was a child, but was raised by his aunt Wu Shun, so the relationship with Helan Minzhi and Helan Minyue's brothers and sisters is very close, so the brothers and sisters also take care of him very much.

And Helan Minzhi is even more desperate to help Li Xian, the reason why he cooperated with Empress Wu at the beginning, he did not hesitate to use obsessive and treacherous means to deal with Yang Yushu, in order to destroy the marriage between the crown prince Li Hong and Siwei Shaoqing Yang Sijian, the main purpose is to take the opportunity to suppress the power of the crown prince, so as not to make Li Xian see no hope.

In addition, the reason why Helan Minzhi hated Li Xian so much, and even did not hesitate to use assassination to deal with Li Xian, in addition to his own grudge against Li Xian, was also to see Li Xian's prestige in the army continue to increase, faintly threatening Li Xian's status. Even the reason why Helan Minzhi was willing to do that kind of thing with his ninety-year-old grandmother was for Li Xian's sake.

And the successive deaths of Helan Minzhi and Wu Shun also made Li Xian's hatred for Empress Wu reach its peak, but Li Xian is a reasonable person, he knows that his current strength is not enough, and it is simply a fool's dream to deal with Empress Wu, so he must be patient quietly, he believes that with Empress Wu's greed for power and his own ruthlessness, the crown prince Li Hong will definitely suffer in the future, and that is when he will take the throne.

However, Li Xian did not know that his strength had long been suspected by the crown prince Li Hong, and not long after Gaozong and Empress Wu left Chang'an, Li Hong used his power to supervise the state and instigated his cronies Dai Zhide, Zhang Wenqian and others to pass a resolution to expel Li Xian's cronies from the imperial court and demote him to Yaozhou Sima.

This is another heavy blow since his right-hand man, Xitai waiter Xu Qidan, was demoted last year.

"Abominable Li Hong, I didn't offend you, I even made such a ruthless hand to my own brother, I, Li Xian, swear here, if I don't repay this hatred in the future, I swear not to be a man."

Li Xian was depressed in his heart, and drank alcohol in the mansion for recreation.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the rumors of the inner servant, and the king of Ji came to visit.

Li Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately greeted him in person.

Among all Li Xian's brothers, only Li Lun, the king of Ji, is the most honest and responsible, with a soft temperament, humble and courteous, and pays attention to flesh and blood affection, so he is the closest one among Li Xian's brothers.

"Sixth brother, why are you so unhappy?" Li Lun couldn't help but be surprised when he saw Li Xian drinking alone at home in the daytime, and hurriedly asked.

But seeing Li Xian smiled faintly: "It's not a big deal, it's not that the saint and his mother all went to Luoyang, thinking about them for my brother, and my heart was sad." So have a few drinks. ”

When Li Lun heard this, he immediately sighed: "The sixth brother is benevolent and filial, and the younger brother is not as good as him." Hehe, in fact, the younger brother was originally going to find his brother to fight cocks, but, alas, the elder brother is so benevolent and filial, but the younger brother is so playful, forgive me, forgive me. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Lun was about to say goodbye, but suddenly saw Li Xian step forward to stop him, and said with a smile: "Where did Brother Xian start with this?" Don't you know that the virtuous brother is here to relieve his brother's boredom? That being the case, how can a brother refuse? Hehe, since the virtuous brother is here, he must have obtained a rare variety, right? I wonder if this time I can defeat my brother? ”

In fact, where is Li Xian thinking about his parents? I am really worried about the current political situation, but since Li Lun is here, he will not let it go no matter what, because he and Li Lun have fought cocks many times, and each time they will win a lot of money, this is a good opportunity for him to send the bitter and obtain the property, so he naturally has to seize it tightly.

Li Lun saw that his brother agreed, so he naturally danced happily, and said secretly: "Sixth brother, sixth brother, don't blame the little brother this time, hehe, the little brother is a sure winner this time." ”

Therefore, when the two sides came to the cockfighting arena and Li Lun released the cockfight, Li Xian couldn't help but exclaim: "This, Jin Hao, where did you get such a famous product?" No wonder I can't challenge my brother. ”

Li Lun immediately laughed when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "Sixth brother, you naturally don't know, the reason why the younger brother dared to take the initiative to challenge this time is indeed because he got this famous Jinhao, but the source of this chicken can't tell you, in fact, it's not that it can't be said, but it's really because Wu Sansi, the cousin who gave me this fighting, didn't let me say it." ”

In fact, where did Li Xian know what Li Lun was thinking? But he didn't care, he said with a smile: "It's good to teach the eighth brother to know, even if you have this Jin Hao, you may not be able to win, and the brother also happened to get a famous product, named Tie Yuan, and it happened to be with the virtuous brother's Jin Hao to see whether he won or lost." ”

Then Li Xian clapped his hands and said: "Please come over my iron distance, oh, by the way, remember to invite Wang Xiu to come over, hehe, Wang Xiu also likes cockfighting, I believe that after this cockfight, Wang Xiu will definitely have a masterpiece in front of us." ”

A moment later, Li Xian's famous cockfighting product "Tie Distance" and Wang Bo were "invited" one after another, and then a fierce cockfighting activity began between the two sides.

"Okay, okay, haha, second brother, I'm a good Jinhao, right? One hundred taels of gold belongs to the younger brother. Because of repeated defeats before, so this time Li Lun was ruthless, gambling with Li Xian for a hundred taels of gold, seeing that his own Jin Hao carried out a suppressive attack as soon as he came up, Li Lun couldn't help but be full of joy, and kept boasting to Li Xian when he was proud.

But Li Xian sat still and said without changing his face: "It's too early for the eighth brother to say this. The battle is not over for a moment, and no one can say who will win, and wait a while to see my iron distance turn over. ”

And at this moment, I suddenly saw Wang Bo stand up and say to Li Xian and Li Lun: "King Pei, King Ji, can you two pause, the lower officials have something to say." ”

"Oh? Could it be that Mr. has a new oven? Li Xian immediately gestured when he heard this, and then the attendants around him each threw some food, attracting the two fighting cocks to walk away, causing them to stop fighting.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Bo laughed and said: "Xiaguan here's new work "Ji Wang Chicken" presents the two kings, and it is not too late to ask the two kings to listen to the recitation of Xiaguan. ”

"King Chicken? You, what do you mean by that? When Li Lun heard that this article was aimed at him, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and looked at Wang Bo dissatisfied.

But Li Xian smiled and said: "Eighth brother doesn't need to be angry, this matter is just a joke made by Wang Xiushu, even if the text is written well, the chicken can't understand it, who should win or who wins." Hehe, how about listening to what Wang Xiu did? ”

Although Li Lun was very angry, since Li Xian said so, he couldn't help but give face, so he had to wave his hand and say: "You recite it and let me listen to it, if the article is good, forget it, if it's not good, be careful that you can't eat and walk around." ”

Wang Bo said confidently: "The king can rest assured that the lower officials believe that this article will definitely be passed down through the ages." After finishing speaking, Wang Bo straightened his clothes and read aloud: "Gaiwen Pleiades is famous in Liesu, and it is allowed to be the bell of Yangde." Ascending to the sky and hanging like in Zhongfu, it is really only the sound of Han. The history is clear and oh, it can wake up my dream; In case of wind and rain, glue glue, the most full of human feelings...... The feather book came quickly, and I was surprised to hear the sound of geese and ducks; The bloody battle was successful, and you can see the eagle and the duck chase each other. Yu Yanxi's chicken curtain, willing to be his mouth and not ashamed; The line and the tree is a chicken monument, which will taste its ribs and not abandon it. If the order of the chicken plug is violated, the punishment of the chicken workshop will be established. Those who seek the family in the morning are punished, and they are no longer the same as animals; Whoever lies in wait and is scum will be killed, and he will be cut with a knife. This is the case. (To be continued.) )