There is also the East Palace of the Prince. Night fell on the entire city of Chang'an, and the snowfall swept across the streets of Chang'an. It was pitch black outside the window of the East Palace, but the prince's heart was particularly bright. The prince Jiancheng sat alone in his study, and on the desk in the study, there was a tiger talisman. The tiger talisman is made of white marble, only the size of a palm, and outlines the image of a fierce tiger with very rough lines. This tiger talisman has been around for a long time, and the color of the jade looks very old under the candlelight, and it can't be wiped new with silk. If it is placed in ordinary people's homes, most people will regard it as an ordinary ornament, no different from paperweights, pen holders or something. But this ordinary tiger talisman can no longer be ordinary, but it can control almost all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the summer of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, the Longyou Li royal family rose up against the Sui, every time the crown prince Jiancheng stood in front of his younger brother Li Shimin, the king of Qin, he would feel that he was very weak, so weak that he had to look up to the king of Qin from the bottom of his heart. The man's desire to conquer made the prince unwilling to go on like this, but day after day, year after year, whenever there was a war, the eyes of his father and the eyes of the court officials naturally turned to his own brother - Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as if Li Shimin, the king of Qin, could stop all the wars for the entire Tang Dynasty alone, and there was nothing for his prince to build at all. At this time, the crown prince Jiancheng would comfort his uneasy and fearful heart with another voice: the strength of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, the omnipotence of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the threat and suppression of him by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was not because his ability was stronger than that of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, but because he held the tiger talisman in his hand and controlled the army, and it was the army that gave him great strength.

Now this tiger talisman is lying quietly in front of his eyes, Prince Jiancheng slowly stretched out his fingers, gently stroked the tiger talisman, the unique coolness of the jade passed through his fingertips, Prince Jiancheng couldn't help but be a little intoxicated. It was a strange feeling, better than the smoothest of his daughter's skin that his thirty-five-year-old hand had ever touched. The crown prince clenched the tiger talisman tightly into his hand, and suddenly he felt that his thin arm suddenly became strong and powerful, as if as long as she swung her fist, she could make the whole world tremble. He pressed his face up, admiring the tiger talisman more closely, his eyes slid over its corridor little by little, as if he wanted to imprint every subtlety of the tiger talisman deep into his mind.

The tiger talisman is his own, and every trace is so clear now.

Prince Jiancheng stood by the side of the tiger talisman and played with it over and over again. He longed in his heart for his 400,000 army of the rebel Liu Heimin, pacified the entire Hebei, returned triumphantly, and was welcomed by the people of Chang'an. At that moment, the most important street in the imperial capital of Chang'an City, the Zhuque Street, the sound of drums and cheers resounded in the sky, and all the subjects of the Tang Dynasty praised them with admiration that they had a prince who was both civil and military, and before that, such glory was attributed to his younger brother Li Shimin, the king of Qin. The crown prince Jiancheng is looking forward to the scene when he pacifies the rebel Liu Heimin, and when he returns triumphantly, his unruly brother Li Shimin, the king of Qin, greets him. At that time, the unruly younger brother, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, would be so aggrieved, helpless, and smiling. I'm really looking forward to it.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the study. The crown prince stopped his illusions and restored his former grace and elegance.

The crown prince Wang Qi, the crown prince Xian Ma Wei Zheng, and the six guards of the East Palace led Feng Li, the three people, opened the door curtain of the prince's study, and walked into the prince's study with snowflakes. Seeing the crown prince built, the three of them bowed and saluted, and stood aside.

Prince Jiancheng walked quickly to the front of the three of them, and said enthusiastically, "You are back." It's freezing outside, and you're suffering. ”

All three were deeply moved. The prince is really considerate and cares about his subordinates.

Wei Zheng asked the crown prince, "Your Royal Highness the prince, have you got the tiger talisman?" ”

The crown prince Jiancheng showed the white marble tiger talisman in his hand and said: "Father asked King Qin to hand over the tiger talisman, does he dare not hand it over?" ”

Wei Zheng said happily: "It's good to get it, it's good to get it." King Qin handed over the tiger talisman, and he could no longer directly control the army, without the army, he would be a tiger with lost teeth, and there was nothing to be afraid of. ”

Then, Wei Zheng said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there are too few generals in my East Palace who can lead the army, and in terms of loyalty and ability, only General Feng Lifeng, the commander of the Six Guards of the East Palace, is the most suitable. Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to hand over the Tiger Talisman to General Feng Lifeng, and let him go to the Daxingtai Military Camp in Eastern Shaanxi Province to control the 20,000 troops for His Royal Highness. ”

The crown prince Jiancheng nodded yes, and reluctantly handed over the tiger talisman to Feng Li, the commander of the six guards of the East Palace.

For his personal guard Feng Li, the prince still trusts him very much. Feng Li has been in charge of the six guards of the East Palace for himself, guarding his own safety, and he is still very vigilant and very effective.

Feng Li was born in the Longyou Feng clan among the Guanlong nobles, and was selected by Li Yuan, the patriarch of the Longyou Li clan, who had already controlled the Guanlong nobles, as the prince's companion since he was a child. Feng Li is a strong martial artist, a military player, still loyal and righteous, and is a scholar and playmate of Prince Jiancheng since he was a child, and has won the trust of Prince Jiancheng.

The six guards of the East Palace, the prince's personal guards, including the prince's left and right guard rate, the prince's left and right Siyu rate, and the prince's left and right clearing rate, each rate has 1,500 people, and the six rates have a total of 9,000 people. This is the army under the direct control of the prince, and the six guards of the East Palace only obey the orders of the prince Jiancheng, and they are the henchmen of the prince.

Prince Jiancheng asked Feng Li, "20,000 troops, you may be in control?" ”

Feng Li said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, although Feng Li is not talented, he can still control 20,000 troops for His Royal Highness the Prince. Chen Feng Li promised to control the 20,000 army as his fingers, and promised to fight wherever he was directed according to the requirements of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Prince Jiancheng sighed: "Okay, that's good." ”

Looking at the tiger talisman that he had just warmed in Feng Li's hand, Prince Jiancheng suddenly had a feeling of gain and loss, melancholy, as if a very powerful force that had just been injected suddenly disappeared from his body as the tiger talisman left his hand, making Prince Jiancheng feel inexplicably insecure. Prince Jiancheng sighed in his heart: "Maybe this is the charm of military power." In the future, the tiger charm must not fake others, and the military power must not fake others. ”