On the ninth day of the second month of the 21st year of Zhenguan, Mo Zhi, the prince of Goguryeo who came to the Tang Dynasty to apologize for his crimes, left his post and led a delegation to Chang'an, praying for the forgiveness of the Tang Dynasty Khan. On the eighth day of the third month of the 21st year of Zhenguan, Xue Wanche, the general of the Right Guard, together with Niu Jinda, the general of Zuo Wuwei, led more than 47,000 soldiers and horses to leave Laizhou by hundreds of ships and set out for Silla; At the same time, 100,000 troops in the south of the Beijing division under the command of the military department Shangshu Li Ji as the vanguard left the Beijing division, marched to Youzhou, Yanyun eighteen states of soldiers and horses also gathered to Youzhou at the same time, therefore, the third conquest of Goguryeo war has been on the line, the huge imperial court institutions around the upcoming war roared up, at that time, the inner court suddenly came out of the holy decree, the emperor planned to assemble the ministers in the Shanglin Yuan hunting ground on March 11, spring hunting.

The royal spring hunt is not a trivial matter, not only the kings of Beijing led the escort army together, the civil and military officials, the major families also led the family generals to accompany the hunting, as for more than 30,000 Yulin soldiers are even more majestic to escort the emperor to travel, hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing burned incense and sprinkled water along the street to kneel and send, drums and trumpets are noisy, all kinds of flags are flying, chariots, horses Xiaoxiao, a good picture of the Son of Heaven hunting.

As the crown prince, Li Zhen inevitably has to accompany the car, the golden chariot he rode in followed closely behind the old man's dragon chariot, the difference is only ten horses, listening to the noise of drum music, witnessing the heartfelt cheers and kneeling of the people, Li Zhen not only did not feel by such a grand scene, but his face was clouded, an ominous premonition always lingered in his heart, how could he not linger, and finally survived until the car had gone out of the east gate, Li Zhen could no longer sit still, and sent someone to invite the doctor Zheng Xiao of the Tai Hospital.

The Son of Heaven is not a trivial matter, among which security and medical care are the key to the key, as the doctor of the Tai Hospital, Xiao Lian has a very heavy responsibility on his shoulders, although he is following the tail of the team in the carriage of the Tai Hospital, but a heart has always been concerned about the emperor in the middle of the queue, as soon as he heard that the prince has been invited, Xiao Lian dared to slack off, and hurriedly got out of the carriage of the Tai Hospital, got on the horse and hurried to Li Zhen's car, turned over and got off the horse, respectfully stood five steps away from the car, bowed to the end and made a big salute, and said: " Weichen see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

"Hmm." Li Zhen responded indifferently, and then waved his hand lightly, and the personal eunuch who was already waiting in the car rolled up the curtain of the car.

"Xiao Yizheng, my father is in a lot of interest today, and when he arrives at the hunting ground, he is afraid that he will personally go down and try his skills, are you ready to stop?" Li Zhenxu raised his hand, motioned for Xiao to flatten down, and then asked lightly.

Although Li Zhen's question was unremarkable, Xiao Li's heart tightened - as a imperial doctor, Xiao Lian didn't believe in Shizi Dan Dao Fangshu, and he also tried to admonish Li Shimin, but he was soft-spoken, and no one took his words seriously, he was worried that Li Shimin would have an accident this time he was hunting, and when he heard Li Zhen ask this, he was even more flustered, and the sweat on his forehead immediately came out, and he bowed respectfully and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, Weichen has brought all the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital, and even the medicine is quite complete, If there is a mistake, it may be able to respond to emergencies, but it is just ......" Xiao Lian said this, peeking at Li Zhen's face, and didn't dare to say any more.

Although Xiao Li's words were not finished, Li Zhen knew it in his heart - Xiao Li's meaning was that the erysipelas in Li Shimin was deep and could save him, but it could not be cured, and it was difficult to ensure that the dragon was safe. As soon as he heard what Xiao Yan said, Li Zhen's heart was gloomy for a while, and after being silent for a long time, he waved his hand and said: "You must do your best, if you can keep it safe, it will be a great achievement for you, lonely ......, well, lonely please please." ”

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen is fighting to the death, and he must ensure safety." Xiao Xuan understood the words hidden in Li Zhen's words, and couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart, and he hurriedly bowed down, and replied with a slight hint of excitement in his tone.

"That's it, let's go down and get ready." At this point, Li Zhen had no intention of explaining anything more, waved his hand, signaled Xiao Lian to retreat, and then personally reached out to put down the curtain of the car, and the golden chariot started slowly, surrounded by a group of East Palace guards, rolling away in the direction of Shanglin Yuan......

The Son of Heaven hunting is also known as the gift of Datian, you can hunt in the field all year round, but the name is not the same, in the spring it is called "Hunting", in the summer it is called "Miao", in the autumn it is called "Hunting", it is called "Hunting" in winter, there is the Tang Dynasty, but where the Son of Heaven hunts, more than spring and autumn two seasons, each hunting, must first set up the Chinese army tent as the command center, and there is the distribution of the front and rear left and right armies, or to drive the mountain, or to surround, or to shout and cheer, its responsibilities are different, hunting together, all the armies flock together, each shows its ability, in order to return with a full load, But there is an iron law that cannot be violated, that is, the Son of Heaven has not shot, and all armies must not act rashly, even if there is prey passing in front of them, only after the Son of Heaven has ridden and shot, can the armies let go of their hands and feet, and take the sole respect of the Son of Heaven.

Shanglin Yuan was repaired in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the place of royal field hunting, to the Sui and early Tang Dynasty, its scale was far less than before, the palace has been reduced from the initial seventy-seven to more than thirty, however, the grass and trees are more lush, during which the beasts have also multiplied, plus since Zhenguan eighteen years, it has been three years without hunting, the beasts in the mountains have multiplied, the left and right guards of the Yulin Army who are responsible for driving the mountain are just a shout, the drum and trumpet have not yet moved, the beasts and birds all over the mountains have been overwhelmingly rushing out, the movement is so tight, Seeing that the people involved in the hunt were all smiling, only the Son of Heaven was still sitting firmly in the middle military tent, and all the armies did not dare to move lightly, and watched hundreds of beasts scurrying around in the hunting ground.

Just when everyone was waiting anxiously, but listening to the Chinese military drum and trumpet, Li Shimin, who was dressed in golden armor, finally marched out of the Chinese army under the support of the prince and the kings, and for a time the crowd all over the mountains and fields boiled, tens of thousands of soldiers shouted long live, the sound was like thunder, straight up to the clouds, the beasts in the field heard the sound, panicked even more, and clashed all around, and even more, a small group of elk of about 20 people did not choose the road, and actually rushed towards the Chinese army where Li Shimin was.

"I want to hunt, but it's coming, okay, let's see what I take!" Li Shimin's interest was obviously very high, as soon as he saw the elk herd that crossed over, he immediately laughed, looked back at the princes and ministers, stretched out his hand to take off the horned bow from his waist, shook the reins of the horse, and the people had already galloped out of the horse and greeted the elk herd, but saw Li Shimin and the galloping bow like a wheel, a light drink, the feather arrow had come out of the string, and rushed like a meteor towards the head deer running at the forefront of the deer herd, only to hear a crisp sound, the arrow actually shot the neck of the head deer steadily.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray!" As soon as the army saw that Li Shimin had been hit by the first start, they all cheered in unison, but unexpectedly, although the arrow hit the deer, however, the meat was not very deep, far from enough to kill him, the deer was in pain, not only did not turn to escape, but rushed towards Li Shimin, his head was slightly lowered, the huge antlers were raised, and he looked like he was going to fight for his life with Li Shimin.

"How daring!" Li Shimin obviously didn't expect that the injured head deer did not run away but rushed to kill, his face suddenly sank, but Li Shimin deserved to be a battle-hardened person, seeing that the beast was fierce, but he was not panicked, he shouted, a horse accelerated, once again pulled the bow and arrow in his hand, and ran towards the deer, intending to add another arrow, and won this result.

"Look at the arrows!" Li Shimin galloped on the horse, the bow was rounded, shouted, and was about to shoot the head deer that rushed over, but at this moment, a feeling of sullenness suddenly struck, Li Shimin felt a pain in his chest, a sweet throat, a mouthful of blood involuntarily spurted out, and the arrow shot out flew out of sight, not only that, Li Shimin's tall body shook on the horse's back, and he was about to fall off the horse, and at this time, the head deer that galloped had rushed to Li Shimin's horse, and a tragedy was already in front of him!

"Your Majesty!"

"Escort, escort!"

"Save the emperor!"

……

Seeing that the injured elk was about to crash into Li Shimin's horse, the whole audience all exclaimed, all of them wanted to come to the rescue, how could they be too far apart, even the bow and arrow were too late, just when everyone was in an uproar, but saw Li Zhen roar violently, and rushed out from the middle army alone, I don't know when he was already holding the bow in his hand, a bow and three arrows were shot out like a meteor catching the moon, one arrow hit the deer's head, two arrows hit his body, its power was so great, it instantly shot the elk in the wild and flew away, And Li Zhen didn't care to look at the neighing elk flying upside down, so she rushed straight in front of Li Shimin, stretched out her hand to support Li Shimin's crumbling body, and shouted anxiously: "Father, father!" ”

After Li Shimin spurted out a mouthful of blood, his spirit was immediately not good, and at this time, his face was like pale gold, and the corners of his mouth trembled and wanted to say something, but he was unable to say it, but he just looked at Li Zhen with a blurred look, as if he regretted it. Li Zhen was in a hurry, she couldn't care about much, so she jumped off the horse with Li Shimin in her arms, and shouted loudly: "Imperial Doctor, quickly pass on Imperial Doctor!" Xiao Li, who had already been warned by Li Zhen in advance, was on urgent standby in the Central Military Department, and when he saw that Li Shimin had really had an accident, how dare he slack off, and led a group of imperial doctors to rush to the field with a medicine box, and at the same time, all the kings and important ministers also rushed forward, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while......

The emperor has an itch, Tian hunting stopped, the army returned with a stop and sent the emperor to the palace, the accompanying doctors were busy diagnosing in the palace, the kings and ministers were all undressed and stood outside, from the end to the time of Shen, the inner court did not have a word, everyone was anxious, frequently probed the palace, however, they did not dare to trespass, and they were in a hurry, but they saw that the doctor of the Tai Hospital was Xiao Xiao was sweating and was about to come out, everyone immediately rushed over, and asked openly, and Xiao Xiao was at a loss, and he didn't know who to answer first.

"Panic, all retreat!" Seeing the chaos at the entrance of the hall, Li Zhen had to take out the prince's drive, and after drinking back everyone, he stepped forward, looked at the cramped and restless Xiao Yan and said, "Xiao Yizheng, is the dragon body safe?" ”

Xiao Li's face was full of exhaustion, he raised his sleeves with difficulty to wipe the sweat, stabilized his mood a little, and bowed down and replied: "If you go back to Your Highness, although the dragon body is not a big problem for a while, I am afraid that I will have a stroke. ”

"Stroke?" As soon as Li Zhen heard this, his heart sank suddenly, and when he was just thinking about asking more carefully, he saw Liu Donghe, the inner attendant, hurriedly coming out of the hall, walked quickly in front of Li Zhen, bowed and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree, please let Your Highness enter." ”

"Hmm." Li Zhen was worried about the safety of the old man, and answered absentmindedly, no matter how the kings reacted, he walked into the palace quickly, hurried all the way, turned the corridor, bypassed the screen, and when he got the ground, he saw Li Shimin, who was like pale gold, leaning on the couch, staring at the ceiling with a pair of eyes half-open and half-closed, and the imperial doctors gathered by the wall, talking in a low voice.

"Father......" Li Zhen saw Li Shimin's haggard face as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant, and his heart couldn't help but roll through a sourness, and he hurriedly rushed forward, knelt down in front of the couch, and choked up and couldn't speak.

"Idiot, why are you acting like this child, isn't it good for me to come, come to me." Li Shimin heard the sound, twisted his neck with difficulty, and when he saw that it was Li Zhen who arrived, he raised his hand weakly, beckoned, and said with a forced smile.

Listening to Li Shimin's gentle words, Li Zhen's eyes were hot, tears couldn't stop flowing, she walked a few steps on her knees, came to the front of the couch, looked at Li Shimin with a sad face, and choked up: "Father, the child is incompetent, tired and frightened......"

"That's it, let's not talk about that." Li Shimin shook his hand weakly, sighed and said: "When the manpower is poor, although I want to change my life against the sky, it is also in vain, so it's okay, I have been busy for decades, and it's time to rest, the only regret is that I can't kiss Goguryeo, and the sky is not a holiday." When Li Shimin said this, he looked at Li Zhen with a pair of eyes full of anticipation, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Although Li Shimin didn't say it, Li Zhen knew it in his heart, the old man meant that he hoped that Li Zhen could go out on behalf of his father, although Li Zhen had decided to get rid of Li Tai, the king of Wei, who was a big trouble, but at this time, he thought that his father was already sick in bed, if he was frightened again, it would be unfavorable to the sick body, and besides, the loss of a son in old age was also a taboo in health.

Li Zhen has always advocated the postponement of the expedition to Goguryeo, and Li Shimin knows this in his heart, but at this time, seeing that Li Zhen hesitated and did not answer, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, and frowned slightly: "Okay, if you have what you want, you can deal with it yourself, and if you are tired, then retreat." ”

"Father, the major affairs of the country of soldiers, must not be careless, now the army has moved, if you give up halfway, the morale of the army is not good, the son is willing to wave the army to take Goguryeo, swear to destroy this fang, but the father and emperor you ......" Seeing Li Shimin's displeasure, Li Zhen was also very helpless in his heart, gritted his teeth, forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and said with a trace of excitement.

"I'm fine, if I can succeed, I won't have to live a few years less, and it's not a big deal." When Li Shimin heard that Li Zhen agreed to go on behalf of his father, his face softened slightly, and he cheered up and said very heroically.

"Father, son, ......" Li Zhen was full of emotion in her heart, and was about to say something more about the enemy dragon without a book, but suddenly found that she had nothing to say, only tears flowed wantonly on her face.

"Don't cry, idiot, since you want to go, there are always all kinds of things to be prepared, and go and get busy, I won't be able to die for a while." Li Shimin waved his hand lightly and motioned for Li Zhen to retreat.

"Father, son-in-law retires." At this point, Li Zhen had nothing to say, so he had to kowtow and retreat, but before Li Zhen got up, Li Shimin suddenly said again: "All the scholars in the Daming Palace are all guests invited by me, although there is disharmony, I can't bear to sin it, so I will send it away." ”

"Yes, father, son." In Li Zhen's view, the reason why Li Shimin fell into such a field is completely the sin created by those Fang Shishi, according to Li Zhen's original intention, he originally planned to kill all those Fang Shishi, but Li Shimin has already confessed like this, Li Zhen is not good at making this move again, so he can only respectfully accept it, but in his heart, he did not let go of this group of people who pretended to be gods and ghosts, but he just changed from Ming Li to "Rising Sun" to secretly attack.

"Hmm." After all, Li Shimin was seriously ill, and at this time, after everything had been explained, his spirit weakened, he closed his eyes weakly, waved his hand, snorted lightly, and motioned for Li Zhen to retreat by himself.

"Brother Prince, is his old man okay?" As soon as Li Zhen walked out of the palace, everyone's eyes focused on Li Zhen's body, but they didn't dare to hug forward, only Li Shen, the king of Ji, was the most uncontrollable, and almost rushed to Li Zhen, and asked with tears in the corners of his eyes.

"It's okay for a while." Li Zhen froze, glanced around at everyone, and said in a steady tone: "Father and emperor need to recuperate, and all the ministers and workers should disperse first." ”

Since Li Zhen said so, a group of ministers waiting at the gate of the palace dared to move again, and they each withdrew from the palace gate, and the three kings of Wu, Wei, and Shu made eye contact, but stood still in place, and the two prime ministers of the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhu Suiliang even came closer, bowed to Li Zhen and said: "Your Highness, what can Your Majesty say about the conquest of Goguryeo?" ”

At this time, all the affairs of the court revolve around the conquest of Goguryeo, the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhu Suiliang are the chief assistants, and the responsibility is heavy, and now Li Shimin is obviously no longer able to personally conquer, and the two of them have this question, which is also a normal thing, even if Li Zhen is no longer willing to say it in public, he can't help but answer, and in desperation, he had to frown and say: "The father has a will, and he will go out with the lonely seal, and everything in the court will depend on the two bosses to take a lot of effort, and the lonely still has all the things to do, and he is one step ahead." ”

As soon as they heard that Li Zhen was going to go on the expedition on behalf of their father, the eldest grandson Wuji and Zhu Suiliang were all dumbfounded, and when they were about to speak to persuade one or two, Li Zhen had already gone away, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and they both saw a strong look of uneasiness in each other's eyes......

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