"You're the fourth brother?"

Li Shimin didn't seem to be angry because of Li Yuanji's very impolite words, the expression on his face was still gentle and happy, and he hurriedly jumped down from his war horse, walked quickly to Li Yuanji and said, "We met once five years ago, it seems that the fourth brother doesn't remember." ”

He gestured at his chest and said, "But it's no wonder that you were so tall at that time." ”

"That time my father took us to hunt, and you couldn't even pull your bow."

Li Yuanji took a step back, frowned and said, "Fourth brother? I am the third son of the Li family, this is a well-known thing, and I don't know anything about what you said, which one of the Li family doesn't know, I can shoot a rabbit in the eye with a bow at the age of seven? You're talking about the one who can't pull the bow, it's my second brother? ”

"Second brother?"

Li Shimin's expression was a little gloomy, but he quickly regained his smile and said, "The third brother Xuanba you are talking about? Xuanba's body has been weaker since he was a child, and I deliberately found some recipes when I was in my hometown in Longxi County, which should be of some use to Xuanba's illness. ”

"Which one wants you to be kind!"

Li Yuanji snorted and said, "If it weren't for my mother forcing me to come, I wouldn't have waited in this sun for a long time." Up and down the Li family, the men, women and children in Taiyuan City, who doesn't know that the Li family only has three sons? My father led the troops to Yanmen Pass to rescue the driver, and the eldest brother couldn't take care of the affairs in the city, but in fact, I knew that he clearly didn't want to see you. As for the second brother Xuanba...... He wanted to come, but unfortunately he couldn't climb on horseback. ”

He glanced at Li Shimin and said: "The second brother's illness is not worrying about you, my father and mother have invited a lot of famous doctors, and his body is much better than before, as for what home remedies you said, I think it is just a wild grass in the wilderness, poisonous or not, who knows?" ”

"Also, our Li family's rules and etiquette are very particular, you are new to the house, don't make any jokes when you enter the mansion. Let the people see it, and say that the people from their hometown have no rules at all. If you don't understand something, won't you lose the face of the Li family? Whatever you do, you have to learn something. ”

As soon as he turned around, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, since you have also arrived, I can also return my life to my mother." ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuanji suddenly turned around and said: "I want to tell you one thing, my mother is not in good shape for a while, don't talk nonsense, if you annoy your mother, my father will come back and you will look good!" In addition, my mother is not in good health, and she will not be happy to see you, so I ask you not to go to the courtesy. ”

The meaning of these words is very clear, that is, no matter how I mock you, you should not think of going to your mother to complain, even if you sue, your mother will not turn to you. You are just a person who has been abandoned by his family for more than ten years, and to take you back is to pity you, and you must not think anything wrong.

In Li Yuanji's opinion, this cheap second brother is no different from his brothers and sisters. There is no need for any respect at all, because those children who are born are not much different from their subordinates compared to the children of their concubines.

He glanced at Li Shimin contemptuously, then turned around and got into the carriage.

Liu Hongji looked angry, but he couldn't say anything.

Li Shimin stood there slightly embarrassed, his smile fixed on his face.

Liu Hongji walked up to him and wanted to comfort him, but after all, he just sighed: "Second son, let's go, Madame is still waiting for you." ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Okay." ”

As he was talking, suddenly several horses in front of him rushed over quickly. The leader of the city flew and dismounted not far from the city gate, walked over quickly, and said apologetically as he walked: "Deal with the matter in hand and come immediately, the horse in the city has violated the rules set by my father, fortunately it did not hurt the people, but it is still too late to hurry, second brother, the eldest brother is late, you must not be angry." ”

Li Shimin raised his head and saw a slender man, wearing a brocade robe, with a loyal face and a kind smile, striding towards him. Liu Hongji's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "The eldest prince is here to pick you up in person!" ”

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Li Jiancheng walked quickly in front of Li Shimin, first looked at it carefully, and then smiled kindly: "The last time we met, the second brother was not yet childish, and now he is a handsome and burly man!" Looking at you, you must be in a hurry on the road? ”

He took Li Shimin's hand and walked back: "Don't say it's you, I'm also in a hurry." However, the trivial matters in the government are too troublesome, and I have been busy since early in the morning, and I finally figured out a clue and I rushed to pick you up immediately, but it was still slow. Let's go back to the house, my mother is probably in a hurry to wait! ”

"Big Brother ......"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then broke free of Li Jiancheng's hand, he took a step back, then tidied up his clothes, and made a solemn salute: "Little brother Shimin, I've seen my brother!" ”

Li Jiancheng laughed and said, "My own brother, where did you get so many rules." ”

He stepped forward and took Li Shimin's hand and said cordially: "Although you have been guarding your hometown alone since you were a child, it is rare for us brothers to see each other, but you must know that we are all brothers, and we have the same blood flowing in our bodies." So you must not feel that you are born, your father and mother are actually the same to you, you are not with your father and mother, so you don't know, your mother will miss you every day, and she will cry when she thinks of you. ”

He said as he walked: "I think you also know why your father sent you back to your hometown in Longxi, the Taoist of Longhu Mountain said that your life is too hard, and if you raise it, you will be restrained by your mother." He persuaded your father to send you to someone else's house, and not to give you this son. But Mother doesn't agree anyway, and would rather take the risk herself than leave you behind. My father had no choice but to send you back to my hometown to live, but you also know that my mother has been in poor health since I had you......"

Li Shimin's expression was stunned and he opened his mouth, but after all, it was just a wry smile.

Seeing his expression like this, Li Jiancheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Look at me, what do you do with these things." Let's go, my father went to Yanmen Pass, I was afraid that I couldn't come back in a short time, and yesterday Brother Hongji sent back the person who said that you can get to Taiyuan today, and my mother didn't sleep well all night last night, so I got up early this morning and waited for it. ”

Li Shimin's heart was churning, but his face gradually returned to calm.

"Then let's hurry up, don't make my mother wait too much."

He turned over and got on the horse, but sighed in his heart, big brother, big brother, you are just saying something to help my father and mother find some excuses. Saying that I am in harmony with my mother, and that my mother has been sick for many years because she left me, doesn't you want me to feel grateful and guilty? Speaking of which, aren't you afraid that I'm fighting for something?

Li Jiancheng kept smiling, his face calm.

He talked to Li Shimin as he walked, and kept asking how Li Shimin was doing in his hometown. Li Shimin also replied with a smile, polite.

Li Yuanji, who was in the carriage, put down the curtain of the car window suddenly, and snorted coldly: "What kind of brother are you posing again, you are the most fake kind in the whole world!" ”

After returning to the Li family's house, Li Shimin didn't bother to take a bath and change clothes, and went directly to see Li Yuan's wife Dou. Dou Shi didn't fall asleep last night, the sun didn't rise before she got up and sat in the living room and waited, the people persuaded her for a long time, she still couldn't eat breakfast, and from time to time she would order the old housekeeper to go out to see, and she refused to go back to the room to lie down for a while because she was uncomfortable.

After Li Shimin entered the door, the old housekeeper had already run back quickly to tell him, Dou's excited body trembled and wanted to stand up, but his legs were weak and he didn't have any strength, and he couldn't stand up after trying hard a few times. She had just instructed the maid to help her out, but she saw a dusty young man running in quickly.

After the young man entered the door, he looked at Dou Shi carefully, and his expression was obviously stunned.

"Mother! The boy is back! ”

Li Shimin fell to his knees with a thud and knocked his head three times.

"The ...... of the World"

Dou struggled to get up, but sat down in his chair again, and in an instant, tears welled up.

Li Shimin knelt and moved forward, hugging Dou's knees and crying.

Dou Shi trembled and stretched out his hand, and then tightly hugged Li Shimin's head in his arms.

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Back in the room that was specially cleaned up, Li Shimin took a hot shower comfortably and then changed into dry clothes. He refused the maid to serve him in the bath, refused to be dressed by his subordinates, and waited half an hour in the barrel before getting up, and felt that the fatigue on his body had gone a lot. After getting dressed, he slowly walked around the room, surveying the room's layout.

As he looked carefully, Li Shimin's heart suddenly tightened!

The layout of this room is exactly the same as the room in his old mansion in Didao City, Longxi County! Whether it is the bed, the table, the shelf, the calligraphy and painting, and even the brocade quilt on the bed, it is no different from the one in the old mansion's own room. Seeing that the room was so arranged, Li Xian's mood suddenly became strange. He really didn't expect that his mother really cared so much about him.

He sat down at the table, lost in thought.

Thinking of Li Yuanji's appearance and the words he had said when he first entered the city gate, Li Shimin's brows furrowed slightly, and his face immediately sank. Thinking of the eldest brother Li Jiancheng's gentle and kind smile, and remembering the strong family affection that sounded fierce in his words, his face became even more ugly and uncertain.

He sat down at the table, took out a brush from the pen holder, then poured water to melt the ink in the inkstone, and took the pen to write a line on rice paper. After he finished writing, he looked at the line and pondered, and he suddenly smiled after not knowing how long it took, and then crumpled the rice paper into a ball and threw it in the corner under the table.

He stood up, walked to the bronze mirror and tidied up his appearance, then put a smile on his face, and then ordered his cronies and servants brought from Longxi to take the gifts he had brought and walked to the living room. He had only been out of the house for a short time when a figure sneaked into his room.

"Mother, this is a pair of formed He Shou Wu that I found after searching for three and a half years and walking in Longxi County, which should be good for your body."

"Big brother, this is the chain armor that I have been slowly making up little by little since I was six years old, although it is a little rougher, but it is also my heart."

"Third brother, I know that you are weak, so I specially visited many famous doctors and invited them to come together to discuss a prescription, which should be able to cure your physical weakness."

"Fourth brother, I don't know what you like, but the last time I saw you, I liked hunting very much, so I specially found someone to create an iron tire bow for you, which is guaranteed to shoot through the forehead of the tiger from a hundred and fifty steps away."

Several people were very moved, but Li Yuanji was annoyed: "How can I pull this iron tire bow?" Didn't you get this thing to humiliate me? ”

Dou's face changed, and Li Jiancheng's eyes immediately widened.

Li Shimin said in a panic: "Since the fourth brother doesn't like it, can I go back and choose another gift for you?" It's all to blame for brother, don't be upset. ”

Li Jiancheng reprimanded Li Yuanji a few words, and Li Yuanjisuo turned his head and left.

He muttered angrily as he walked: "I don't believe it, you really don't want to fight for anything!" ”

Li Shimin wanted to chase him out to apologize, but was pulled by Dou Shi and said: "Don't pay attention to him, he has been spoiled since he was a child!" ”