Chapter 68: Li Shimin's Shadow
"Hehe, not only the Cheng family and the Fang family, but also those fox friends and dog friends who beat the Tubo ambassador with you last time, almost everyone has a share, they heard someone falsely accuse you, saying that when you used the Tubo slaves you bought to train private soldiers, in order to help you share the burden, they actually bought the remaining Tubo slaves, and even the reason for buying slaves is the same as yours, they also want to use slaves to mine coal, but as far as the old man knows, most of them haven't even found the place where the charcoal is buried, let alone mining, and now they are all bought for nothing, It can't be done at all. For this matter, many of them were severely cleaned up by their families! ”
When Xiao Yu said this, he glanced at Li Su with some relief, although this false accusation almost made Li Su suffer a big loss, but it was a blessing in disguise, not only looking at Li Shimin's shadow in Chapter 68 to show Li Shimin's trust in Li Su's son, but also trying to make a lot of friends who can really make friends. What makes people feel even more speechless, as the person concerned, Li Su has never known his dangerous situation, and it is not until now that the danger has passed, he understands the whole thing.
Li Su listened to Xiao Yu's narration, and felt warm in his heart, although he and Cheng Huailiang eat, drink, and fight on weekdays, as if there was nothing serious, but at the critical moment, they recklessly helped their brother, which made Li Su extremely moved, what is a brother? These are brothers! can silently help you when you are in the most difficult time, but never a word in front of you.
"Thank you grandfather for waking up my grandson-in-law, if it weren't for your words today, I'm afraid I would have been in the dark." Li Su smiled bitterly and thanked, although this incident is in the past, but it sounded the alarm for Li Su, don't think that you can take care of it if you are the prince, the intrigues and tricks in the court are far from being able to play by yourself as a future generation, just buying some prisoners of war, it almost made people frame him as a rebellion, although Xiao Yu didn't say who the person who falsely accused him was, but even with his toes, Li Su could guess one or two, and it must be inseparable from the insidious eldest grandson Wuji of Li Shimin's shadow in Chapter 68.
"Thank me, you don't need to, you just need to pay more attention to your actions in the future." Xiao Yu's anger also disappeared at this time, and his gaze at Li Su was much softer, and he also spoke with a kind of love for the elders for the younger generations, and I don't know what the reason is, this stubborn and fiery Song Guogong has always favored Li Su, and this time he risked being blamed by Li Shimin to wake up Li Su.
"Son-in-law remember his grandfather's teachings!" Since he had already called his grandfather just now, Li Su simply thickened his face to the end, although this old man Xiao has a bad temper, but he has been rolling in the court for so many years, and he has never seen any conspiracy and tricks, as long as he has a good relationship with him, people can at least remind him of anything in the future, and he must not make this mistake again.
"Well, as a prince, you must think twice before doing things in the future, after all, there are many people staring at you in the court!" Xiao Yu originally planned to teach a few more lessons, but seeing Li Su's deferential appearance, he stopped after teaching a few lessons, and said with a pleasant face, "In addition, you don't have to worry too much about the affairs in the court, my old bones can still be tossed in the court for a few years, if there is any trouble, I will try to let people inform you, and if you are uncertain about something, you can also go to me and let me help you consult." ”
When Xiao Yu said this, he also sighed in his heart, he was not very favored in front of Li Shimin, and there were many things in the court that he couldn't receive the news as soon as possible, so it might not be of much help to Li Su, for example, this time Li Su bought slaves, he only received the news this morning, and then when he rushed to find Li Su, it was already too late, so even if he wanted to help Li Su, the role he might play was limited.
Li Su listened to Xiao Yu's warm words, and his face also showed a touch of emotion, but moved to be moved, Li Su hesitated on his face, and finally said to Xiao Yu: "Grandfather, my grandson-in-law has something unclear, and I want to ask my grandfather to solve my son-in-law's doubts!" ”
"Oh?" Xiao Yu had already stood up, planning to leave now, but after hearing Li Yu's words, he immediately stopped his steps, turned to look at him and asked, "What is wrong with Liulang?" ”
"This ......" Li Yu looked up at Xiao Yu, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped forward to ask, "Grandson-in-law wants to ask grandfather, why do you take such good care of your grandson-in-law?" Although his quasi-princess is Xiao Yu's granddaughter, Xiao Yu's granddaughter is not a few, not to mention that Xiao Wenxin is still the daughter of a concubine and is not valued at home, so if Xiao Yu helps himself because he loves the house and Wu, Li Yu is the first to believe it.
In addition, although he is also one of the princes, the throne is very far away from him, and it can even be said that there is no hope, and most of the Chinese military officials of the DPRK remain neutral in the battles between various princes, such as Fang Xuanling and Li Jing. And Xiao Yu, as one of the important ministers in the court, is now trying his best to help himself, he is simply betting the fate of the entire Xiao family on himself, if Li Yu is unlucky in the future, their Xiao family will not be able to get rid of it, this price is too great.
After Xiao Yu heard Li Su's question, he was silent for a while, the reason why he helped Li Su so vigorously was of course not just because of his granddaughter Xiao Wenxin, but now was not the time to tell Li Su the real reason, so Xiao Yu thought about it, and suddenly asked a very inexplicable sentence: "In a few days, it will be your mother's birthday, right?" ”
"Uh~, yes." Li was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied, not understanding what Xiao Yu meant by this?
"Well, if you have time, persuade your mother and tell her that the things of the year have passed, and that person knows that he was wrong, for the sake of that person's old age is so bleak, I hope she can be generous and forget all the unpleasantness of the year!" When she said this, Xiao Yu's face was very ugly, and there was even an indescribable desolation in her eyes.
After Xiao Yu finished saying this inexplicable sentence, he no longer paid attention to Li Su, turned around and left without looking back. Li Yu was confused, Xiao Yu only said that person and that person, but who did that person refer to?
In the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace, in a very confidential study, Taizong Li Shimin was sitting behind his desk with a serious face, and on the ground in front of him, a person who was dressed in black and even his face was covered by a black veil stood there.
"Your Majesty, your actions today are really too reckless." The man in black spoke, his voice hoarse, as if he hadn't drunk water in the desert for days.
"My own son knows it himself." Li Shimin glanced up at the man in black, and said lightly, "Liulang is different from others, although he has been very lazy during this period of time, and he is a little reckless in doing things, but he is a very measured person, and he knows what he can do and what he can't do, which is very similar to his third brother, and their brother is the most reassuring among my sons." ”
"Your Majesty, as a shadow guard, family affection is not in our consideration, and as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, you should not be affected by family affection." The man in black still said in a hoarse voice. The so-called shadow guard is actually an extremely secret force in Li Shimin's hands, and his main responsibility is to be Li Shimin's ear, and to find out what information in the world is unfavorable to Datang Sheji at any time.
"Okay, I also know that you are for my good, but what I saw with my own eyes today and your investigation do not all prove that Rokuro was framed at all, and he only bought those slaves for mining purposes, and did not have any bad intentions." Li Shimin said gently, as the leader of the shadow guard, this man in black only has his own safety and the Jiangshan Society of the Tang Dynasty in his heart, and what he said just now was for his own good.
"The shadow just wants to remind His Majesty to pay attention to his own safety." The man in black saw that Li Shimin's tone softened, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only bow down and say. Shadow is the title of the leader of the shadow guard, which means that as Li Shimin's shadow, he will live in darkness forever. The shadow subordinates are in charge of the entire Shadow Guard organization, and they are only responsible to Li Shimin alone, and the Shadow Guard organization is extremely secretive, and the people in the court who know their existence do not even have a hand.
"By the way, has there been a result of the investigation of that matter?" Li Shimin didn't want to discuss this issue anymore, so he diverted the topic and asked.
"Your Majesty, we have been sending people to monitor that person's mansion, but it has been a few years, but we have not found any outsiders in contact with her at all, and our people have not stopped searching for that organization, but except for some inconsequential marginal figures, none of those core people have been found." Hearing Li Shimin mention the incident that gave the shadow guards a headache, the shadow could only reply stiffly, since they knew the existence of that organization, their shadow guards have been sparing no effort to track down, but several years have passed, but they have not found any clues.
"It's been so many years, and I can't even find a clue, is that organization really dead?" Li Shimin muttered to himself with some suspicion.
"Your Majesty, the shadows also have this suspicion, after all, after the fall of the previous dynasty, they have no object of allegiance, and since that person came back, I haven't seen them send anyone to contact, and even in recent years, not even a trace of their rumors has been detected, an organization as large as them, as long as there is action, it is impossible to leave no traces." Shadow paused at this point, and then added, "So, the only explanation is that the organization has disbanded itself in despair, and the members of the organization have also become ordinary people of my Datang, and there is no way to find out." ”
Shadow's words are not to shirk responsibility, after all, no one knows the strength of the shadow guard better than him, and in the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty, there is almost no wind and grass to hide from their shadow guard. And that legendary organization is very large, and it was not even under the shadow guard in its heyday, and it is impossible for such a large organization to completely hide itself and not find a trace of it, at least the shadow guard led by the shadow can't do it.
"Well, although this speculation is likely to be true, you should not take it lightly, and monitor it for another three years from now, and if we still can't find any clues about that organization within three years, we can record our guesses." Li Shimin nodded, but still commanded carefully.
"Shadow obeys!" The man in black bowed down to receive the order, but he remembered one more thing, although it was not a big thing, but it was a little strange, and it was related to Li Su, so it was better to report it to Li Shimin.
The shadow thought of this, so he got up and reported to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, there has been a report from the shadow guard recently, saying that King Liang has recruited many skilled craftsmen from the people and even the Ministry of Industry, and since these craftsmen entered the mansion, there are often people nearby who hear the sound of thunderbolts in the palace when the sky is clear. ”
"Oh? There is a thunderclap on a sunny day? Li Shimin asked with some interest, but he suddenly thought of something that Li Su said when he was chatting with Li Su today, and the two contacted each other, and immediately guessed a few points, so he said with a smile, "This matter was mentioned to me today, and it will be Concubine Yang's birthday in a few days, and he seems to be going to make some interesting gifts for Concubine Yang, but unfortunately this kid is very strict-mouthed, and he doesn't say what kind of gift he is to death, and I am also very curious about this matter." ”
Li Shimin's most satisfied with Li Su is that he not only shows sincere filial piety to himself and Concubine Yang, but also loves his younger brothers and sisters very much, such as the matter of the cold drink shop, although it seems a little ridiculous at first glance, but he can spend so much effort to set up a cold drink shop for his younger brothers and sisters, which is enough to show Li Su's love for Qinghe. Although it is the most ruthless emperor's family, from Li Su, Li Shimin sees a very rare family affection!!