In the Tang Pavilion, the eldest grandson Wuji stood in front of the window and looked at the sky with his hands - only the hovering goshawk, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, - all of them were implemented according to his plan, Xiao Yuansong had been captured by the internal guards of the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Feng token on his body was enough to set off stormy waves.

The net has been launched, so let's see how many big fish can be harvested.

At this time, the goshawk folded its wings and landed on the eagle tower, and an eagle slave had already rushed forward, fed the goshawk fresh meat, and then took off the intelligence bamboo tube tied to its legs and ran towards Tang Fenglou.

"Qi Qi Changshi, it is Taiyuan emergency intelligence!" ―Sergeant kneeling down on one knee and holding the letter aloft in his hand.

The eldest grandson Wuji took the letterbox, quickly took out the thin silk inside, shook it open and looked at it all over again, immediately put away the thin silk, and walked quickly towards the inner house.

In the room army, Li Shimin was standing in front of the sand table and thinking about the next step, he wanted to take Luoyang, but he was worried about the military pressure of the Sui Dynasty in the north, in fact, they missed the opportunity, and when Yang Yuanqing attacked Liaodong, they should have stormed Luoyang.

Now that the Liaodong campaign has ended, Hebei has been pacified, and the Sui army has been deployed along the Yellow River, it is obvious that the Sui army will also fight for the Central Plains in the next step, and if the Tang army does not move, it can only watch the Sui army seize the Central Plains and gain momentum.

The Tang Army must act, the key is how should they fight? The world is like a chess game, just look at the means of the opponent, yesterday and the father had a deep discussion, the father considered forming an alliance with Li Mi and Dou Jiande, Li Shimin also thought that this move was good.

Li Mi is now considering going south to Jianghuai and increasing the strategic depth, for him, Yang Yuanqing in Hebei is the enemy who poses the greatest threat to him, not to mention Dou Jiande, the two sides have a common enemy, and the possibility of an alliance is extremely high.

If an alliance is formed with Li Mi, the Tang army will take Luoyang in the east, and the Sui army will go south, and Li Mi and Dou Jiande will never stand by, and this will form a situation of three strikes.

This is like painting and writing articles, first of all, the layout, only when the bureau is laid out, can you start to ink, Li Shimin knows in his heart that if you want to take Luoyang, you must first connect Wei Xia.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji walked in quickly and said with a smile: "I just received an urgent letter from Taiyuan, Xiao Shan has been removed from the post of secretary to join the army. ”

"It's a good plan!"

Li Shimin sighed slightly, although the possibility of fighting for Xiao Riddle is increasing step by step, but he has been dismissed from the post of remembering and joining the army, and his use value in the future will be low.

The eldest grandson, Wuji, seemed to understand Li Shimin's thoughts, so he comforted him and said: "In the future, we can still infiltrate the Dunhuang Party through him, and we can consider it in the long run, but now the key is to get some secrets from him, such as Yang Yuanqing's strategic plan, and so on, which will be of great benefit to our subordinate deployment." ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "You can order Li Chongshou to close the net!" ”

"By order of His Highness."

The eldest grandson Wuji saluted, turned around and walked out of the room, just walked into the courtyard, but met Pei Lin walking quickly, Pei Lin had already returned from the inspection of Shu, Li Yuan in order to balance the power of the two sons, still appointed him as the right servant of Shangshu, and entered the political hall as the prime minister, which made him the spokesman for Li Shimin's interests in the political hall.

Today, Pei Lin was approached by Li Shimin to discuss the attack on Luoyang, and he happened to meet the eldest grandson Wuji in the courtyard.

Pei Lin and the eldest grandson Wuji have an excellent personal relationship, and the eldest grandson Wuji became the director of Tang Feng, which was strongly recommended by Pei Lian.

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Pei Xiangguo!" ”

"The eldest grandson Changshi is in such a hurry, but what good news is there?" Pei Lin was extremely shrewd, and he could see that there was a kind of excitement in the eyes of the eldest grandson Wuji.

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded: "It's a little bit of a gain." ”

Pei Lin hurriedly pulled him to the side and said in a low voice: "Reveal to me some news!" ”

Pei Lin was extremely concerned about Tang Feng's affairs, he found that the Holy Lord was very concerned about the outside information recently, if he could also grasp the latest information in time, then when he answered with the Holy Lord, he would be able to grasp the opportunity and please the Holy Heart, this kind of opportunity to show in front of the Holy Lord, he didn't want to let go.

"Say it quickly!" Pei Lin saw that Changsun Wuji was a little hesitant, and immediately became anxious, Changsun Wuji knew that this Pei Lin was extremely shrewd, and he told him some inside information, and he would immediately go to the Holy Shang to show off, - it was okay twice a time, but if there were too many times, it would make King Qin dissatisfied.

But if he didn't say it and was afraid of offending him, the eldest grandson Wuji was embarrassed, so he had to say vaguely: "It was my strategy that succeeded, and Xiao Fu of the Sui Dynasty was removed from the post of secretary to join the army." ”

"Not bad!"

Pei Lin patted him on the shoulder and smiled approvingly: "It's not easy to let Yang Yuanqing be fooled, you Tang Feng did a good job, today the Holy Lord also talked to me about you, and praised your ability, if there is news in the future, I will tell me in time, and I will also speak for you in front of the Holy Lord." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had to smile bitterly, "I remember, please rest assured!" ”

"Go ahead! It is estimated that His Highness is in a hurry, and we will talk about it in detail later. Pei Lin walked away triumphantly.

The eldest grandson Wuji watched him walk into the room, so he had to shake his head and walk quickly towards Tang Fenglou.

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Taiyuan City and Chang'an are not the same, Chang'an is divided into neighborhoods, surrounded by fang walls, but in the whole world, only Anyang City-Chang'an and Luoyang are this kind of structure, this is because Anyang is the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Chang'an is built with reference to Anyang City, and Luoyang is built with reference to Chang'an.

Taiyuan City does not have a square wall, it is composed of three vertical and five horizontal - a total of eight main streets, the main street of the most central axis is called Jinyang Street, and it is aimed at the gate of Jinyang Palace outside the north city.

Among the five horizontal in the east-west direction, the northernmost one is called Linjin Street, which is a thoroughfare that traverses the east and west of the city, and along this avenue there are countless small streets and alleys in the north-south direction, and in the west of the city, in the Chapinyue Lane, there are more than a dozen households, and the top of them -- a courtyard is Xiao Shan's mansion.

In the afternoon of this day, a carriage was speeding towards Pinyue Lane, and the person in the carriage was Li Chongshou, and Xie Sili, who had come to eat in the wine shop at noon, told him that Xiao Shan had fallen ill and did not come to the court.

Li Chongshou had an unbearable excitement in his heart, he knew that the time was ripe, and he also received an order from Chang'an, and Changshi instructed him to start.

Li Chongshou already knows Xiao Shan's character well, he has aristocratic blood, his heart is arrogant, and he can't withstand the blow.

Xiao Sheng's mood Li Chongshou can completely understand, -- once he can't bear the blow, he will go to the extreme, this is also Xiao Sheng's character -- he says he doesn't care about things, he actually cares more than anyone else in his heart, just like he said to look down on wealth, but the Jade Buddha he gave him, he offered it like a treasure.

Li Chongshou knew how to persuade Xiao Shan, and at this time, the carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of Pinyue Alley, Li Chongshou got off the carriage and walked quickly towards the alley.

He walked to the door and knocked on the door, the old butler opened the door, he knew Li Chongshou, "It turned out that Li Dongzhu was here." ”

"How is your master, I heard that he is sick?"

The old butler smiled bitterly - "He's sick of heart, hey!" ”

Xiao Shan's mansion covers an area of about two acres, with two courtyards and more than 20 rooms, where Xiao Laos and his wife, as well as his sons and daughters and his mother, as well as five maids and servants and an old housekeeper, can only be regarded as a middle-sized family.

Li Chongshou followed the old housekeeper to the study, and the old housekeeper knocked on the door and said, "Master, it is Li Dongzhu who has come to see you." ”

"Let him in!"

Listening to the voice, Xiao Lao's qi is still relatively sufficient, not like a sick look, Li Chongshou knows in his heart, there is indeed no illness, just heart disease.

He entered the house! I saw Xiao Zhen sitting at a small table drinking stuffy wine, his face was normal, but he was depressed.

Li Chongshou arched his hand and smiled: "Brother Xiao, if you want to drink, why don't you go to my wine shop?" ”

Xiao Sheng sighed, "I'm not in the mood to go to your wine shop, Brother Li came just in time to accompany my mother-in-law." ”

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

Li Chongshou sat down, Xiao Shan brought him a cup, picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass, put down the wine jug, raised his glass and said, "Come!" Thank you Brother Li for your visit, I salute Brother Li - cup. ”

"Brother Xiao is sick, I should be slandered to visit!"

The two of them picked up the wine glasses and drank them all, Li Chongshou grabbed the wine jug, filled the wine glass, and asked curiously: "I really wonder how Brother Xiao did a good job, how could he suddenly be demoted." ”

―While asking, he― looked at Xiao Fu, looking at every expression of Xiao Shame in his eyes, he saw Xiao Shan's face showing embarrassment, so he hurriedly said: "If it's not easy to say, don't say it." ”

Xiao Sheng sighed, "There's nothing bad to say to Brother Li, it's just ...... Ay! I'm only now understanding what an imperial wrist is. ―。

"Oh? Brother Xiao might as well talk about it, I'm very interested. This is the first time Li Chongshou has talked about government affairs with Xiao Sheng, Xiao Zhen did not mention government affairs before, and he was tight-lipped, but now he finally has a mouthful, which makes Li Chongshou secretly happy in his heart.

Xiao Sheng picked up the wine glass and sighed: "I am also depressed and panicked, I really want to find someone to talk to, I used to join the army in the secretary's office, and the rules were very strict, and I was not allowed to talk about government affairs to anyone, but now I am just a Langzhong of the Ministry of Etiquette, and there are no rules, but Brother Li wants to promise me that today I will speak to Brother Li and I am not allowed to leak it to others." ”

Li Chongshou pointed to his heart, "I swear to you with sincerity that I will never leak out!" ”

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly, "Actually, it doesn't hurt to tell you, many things, the high-ranking officials of the imperial court know, but everyone understands in their hearts that they don't say it, this time I was transferred, nominally my clan was involved in the Tang Dynasty spies, but in fact, he had long wanted to transfer me, and this time he seized the opportunity." ”

Why is that? The King of Chu trusts Brother Xiao very much! ”

Xiao Shan shook his head, "This has nothing to do with trust, only with the balance of interests, when I was appointed as the secretary to join the army, it was because he wanted to take Dunhuang, and he had to encircle the Dunhuang party, and now that the Dunhuang problem is solved, he doesn't need me, he wants to change people, and he turns to consider the interests of the Fengzhou faction, so Zhang Liang took over the secretary to join the army." ”

Li Chongshou suddenly realized at this time, and sighed: "I can't see that the scheming of the King of Chu is very deep!" ”

"Of course, his scheming is deep, he knew last year that Wang Xu's son was enshrined in the Chang'an Prince's Mansion, and he endured it until April this year before he used this matter to bring down the Wang family."

Li Chongshou nodded: "I have also heard about this. ”

Xiao Shan drank a few more glasses of wine, and seemed to have a lot of words, "It's more than that!" Take last year's armistice negotiations with the Tang Dynasty as an example, why did the Sui Dynasty resolutely refuse to make concessions on the Dunhuang issue, and finally forced the Tang Dynasty to make concessions, do you know what the mystery is? ”

Li Chongshou sat up straight, his eyes full of expectation, "Brother Xiao, can you tell me, what is the mystery?" ”

"Because someone at the top of the Tang Dynasty leaked the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty emperor in advance, the Sui Dynasty will have nothing to fear."

Xiao Chi sneered, "No one can think of this person, and I also happened to hear Wei Ben's report that Liu Wenqi has a brother-in-law named Zhang Wenlong, and this person seems to have been bought by the internal guards, who do you say this high-level Tang Dynasty will be?" ”

"Ahh It turned out to be Liu Wenjing. Li Chongshou was taken aback.