Li Shimin walked quickly into Pei Lian's study, bowed and saluted, "Little nephew, see Uncle Shi!" ”

"You little monkey, what's the matter of disturbing my dreams?" Pei Lin asked with a smile on his face.

Li Shimin saw two entourages standing at the door, so he gave Pei Lin a look, Pei Lin was slightly stunned in his heart, and immediately ordered: "You all retreat!" ”

The two attendants withdrew from the courtyard, and the smile on Pei Lian's face disappeared and became serious, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Shimin said in a low voice: "The Son of Heaven is going to kill my father!" ”

Pei Lin was taken aback and asked anxiously, "What's going on?" ”

"I don't know the specific reason, it is estimated that it is related to Pingding Wuwei'er, Pei Xiangguo sent someone to send a message to remind his father to guard against danger, he said that his father is likely to become Li Hun's second, and Wang Wei sent an invitation at noon."

Pei Lin took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said slowly: "I'm still wondering!" Wang Wei also sent an invitation, I checked last year's records, Wang Wei's father's birthday should be next month, and it is not seventy years old, but sixty-eight years old, I still think how Wang Wei is confused, it turns out that it is because of your father, it seems that tomorrow night's birthday banquet is really a Hongmen banquet. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Lin turned his head to look at Li Shimin, "Then what is your father's attitude?" ”

Li Shimin lowered his head and said: "My father is very negative, he wants to go to Lishi County to avoid trouble, I persuaded him to attack, but he was scolded by his father fiercely!" ”

"So you want me to persuade your father?"

Li Shimin nodded, and Pei Lin smiled: "It seems that I really can't sleep this afternoon, so I'll go and persuade your father." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed, "Does Uncle Pei also approve of taking the initiative?" ”

Pei Lin said lightly: "If the Son of Heaven wants to kill someone, he will definitely not be able to escape, don't say that he will leave Shijun." Even if you run to Mayi County, it's useless. ”

"Uncle Pei, let's go now! I was worried that my father would leave early. ”

Pei Lin smiled slightly: "What's the hurry, let me change my clothes and leave." ”

In the room, Li Yuan was sitting at the table and writing letters to Dou Wei and Dugu Shun, Dugu Shun's plan was to find another opportunity to start an incident in the autumn, and now it was only spring soon, and there was still half a year before Dugu Shun's schedule. Dou Wei also supported the autumn uprising, when they were more prepared.

But Li Yuan was very anxious in his heart, the Son of Heaven was already going to do it to himself, even if it was delayed, it wouldn't last long, he only hoped that Wuchuan Mansion would be able to start in advance, without the support of the Guanlong nobles, what would he do to confront the imperial court?

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Li Yuan immediately took a book to cover up the letter. Unpleasantly, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, Eunuch Pei is here!"

Li Yuan was stunned, wasn't Pei Lin taking a nap at this time? How did he run to find himself, Li Yuan's mind turned, and he immediately understood that it must be Shimin who ran to find Pei Lian, he was secretly angry in his heart, so he had to order: "Please let him in!" ”

It's not that Li Yuan doesn't believe Pei Lian. Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing are both people he trusts, but Li Shimin is too impatient and makes him angry. Not calm at all.

After a while, Pei Lin walked into the courtyard quickly, and said with a smile: "I heard that my brother is in a bad mood, and my little brother came to comfort me!" ”

Li Yuan returned a salute, "Let the virtuous brother smile, please come to the house!" ”

Li Yuan gave Pei Lin to the house. But seeing that the second son Shimin was also outside, he seemed a little hesitant, Li Yuan couldn't help but say angrily: "If you want to come in, come in, if you don't want to come in, get out!" ”

Li Shimin walked into the room with his head down, and a maid came in and served tea. Li Yuan immediately asked his subordinates and the maid to retreat, and Li Shimin stood at the door with interest, not allowing anyone to approach.

Pei Lin sighed and said: "Shimin has already told me what happened, brother don't blame Shimin, this matter is indeed urgent, if my brother doesn't deal with it decisively, I'm afraid the opportunity will be lost." ”

"I'd like to think about it again." Li Yuan hesitated.

Pei Lin shook his head, "I believe that Wang Wei and Gao Junya have already obtained the holy decree, but they are afraid that their brother has an army in their hands, so they don't dare to turn their faces for the time being, but once they make the holy decree public, how many people will be willing to follow their brother?" Has my brother considered this question? Just like what my brother said, to go to Lishi County to avoid trouble, that is actually to give up the army of Taiyuan to Gao Junya, he can't ask for it, so it is absolutely unwise to leave Taiyuan at this time. ”

Li Yuan was silent for a while, and Pei Lian saw that Li Yuan was still hesitating, so he asked, "What is my brother worried about, can you tell my younger brother!" ”

"I'm actually worried about Wuchuan Mansion!"

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Wuchuan Mansion has decided to raise troops in the fall, if I rush to raise troops now, Wuchuan Mansion is not ready, I will not get the support of Wuchuan Mansion." ”

At this time, Li Shimin next to him finally couldn't help but say: "It's because the Yuan family is not ready, they asked for the autumn army, so my uncle and grandfather have delayed it again and again!" ”

"Evil obstacles, who wants you to talk too much!" Li Yuan roared angrily.

Li Shimin knelt down and wept and said: "My grandfather also told my father that we can't rely on others, we must rely on ourselves, only if we are strong ourselves, Wuchuan Mansion will turn to support us, father, support can't be asked." ”

Pei Lin next to him also said: "Shimin is also reasonable, but the problem at hand is that we must do it before Wang Wei and Gao Junya read the holy decree, and not give them a chance to make the holy decree public." “

At this moment, the housekeeper appeared at the gate of the courtyard again, bowed down and said, "Master, Mr. Liu brought a businessman surnamed Kang to ask for a meeting, and Mr. Liu said that he came from Mayi County. ”

Li Yuan was about to reprimand angrily at this time Liu Wenjing actually brought a businessman to see him but he reacted in his heart could it be

He hurriedly gave his second son a look, Li Shimin understood, and walked out quickly, and after a while, Li Shimin rushed in and whispered to his father: "It's Kang Sheali!" ”

Li Yuan didn't expect Kang Xuanli to come at this time, he pondered for a moment and said, "Take him to the Guike Hall, I'll come right away." ”

Li Shimin walked quickly, and Pei Lin said in a low voice: "The situation has reached a critical point, and it seems that the Turks are also going to make a move." ”

Li Yuan nodded, "I'll see him first, and then I'll talk about it, Brother Xian will wait here for a while." ”

In the guest hall, Liu Wenjing was talking with Kang Sheli, who was the plenipotentiary representative of the Turkic Shibi Khan in the Great Sui, and he led 2,000 soldiers to be secretly stationed in Mayi County, and he had just received a secret order from the Khan to come to meet Li Yuan.

At this time, Li Yuan walked into the guest hall from the outside, Liu Wenjing hurriedly got up to salute, but Kang Yili looked arrogant and nodded reluctantly to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan had met Kang Sheli last year, when Kang Sheli said that the Turkic Khan was willing to support Li Yuan's self-reliance, but Li Yuan did not express any position, neither agreed nor refused, but did not expect him to come again today.

Kang Sheli's rudeness made Li Yuan slightly displeased, but thinking that he was a Turk, Li Yuan didn't want to deal with him, he sat down and smiled: "It's been a long time since I saw General Kang." ”

Kang Sheli is a straightforward person, he is not verbose, and he gets straight to the point: "My Khan wants to support Li Gong to replace the Sui Dynasty, I don't know if Li Gong has any intentions?" ”

Liu Wenjing next to him was suddenly a little embarrassed, he didn't expect Kang Sheli to be so direct, there was no room for grace at all, Liu Wenjing hurriedly added: "Here's the thing, Shibi Khan received a secret letter from Jiangdu, Jiangdu may have a mutiny, Khan hopes that someone can stand up to stabilize the situation in the world and save the people from war, last year Khan asked Li Gong, today General Kang wants to know about Li Gong's ambitions." ”

Although Liu Wenjing said it tactfully, the meaning was still the same, that is, to ask him if Li Yuan was willing to join the Turks?

Of course, Li Yuan hoped to get the support of the Turks, but he didn't want to be a puppet of the Turks, he wanted to know to what extent the Turks could support him, what price he needed to pay, and if the gains outweighed the losses, he would rather not have the support of the Turks.

This is like doing business, only when it is profitable can it make people tempted, and no one wants to do a loss-making business, especially when it comes to fame, so the profits must be huge before he Li Yuan can agree.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and asked, "I wonder how far Shibi Khan can support me?" ”

A sly smile flashed in Kang Yanli's eyes, and he said slowly: "It depends on how much Li Gong needs our support, if Li Gong needs it, we can even send 200,000 troops to capture Luoyang and Chang'an for Li Gong, of course, we can also support in grain and grass, for example, we can provide millions of sheep as military food, if Li Gong only needs moral support, we can also recognize Li Gong as orthodox, anyway, there are many ways, it depends on Li Gong's own needs." ”

Kang Sheli was very cunning, he only mentioned the way the Turks supported Li Yuan, but did not mention what price Li Yuan needed to pay, Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin, Li Shimin understood what his father meant, and said with a smile: "We want to buy five thousand war horses from the Turks, I wonder if you can agree?" ”

This is Li Yuan's attitude, he wants to get the support of the Turks by buying war horses, so that he has already paid the money, and the Turks can no longer make demands on him.

Kang Yanli's face changed, and he said coldly: "Compared with Liu Wuzhou, Li Gong is really unhappy!" (To be continued.) )