At the city gate, Li Zhen caught up with Li Zhi, not that Li Zhen ran fast, but that the ancient city gate was inconvenient to open and close, and Li Zhi was delayed here for a lot of time.

Seeing Li Zhen catching up again, he also brought a lot of people behind him. It is estimated that he got it from Cheng Chubi, he knows Li Zhen's status in the second generation of the first line of Wagang, this situation is not surprising at all, Li Zhi wants to laugh but can't.

The guard at the city gate saw Li Zhen and hurriedly greeted him warmly: "Lord Shizi, you are also here." ”

Li Zhen couldn't remember who it was when he saw that he was familiar, but when he saw the double halberd on the back of this general, he immediately remembered who he was. This person's name is Xue Li, and the word is benevolent.

He is a poor family, and he came to join the army a few days ago, and he was accepted by Zhang Shigui, the Duke of Qiuguo. At that time, seeing that he was in tatters and no one took him seriously, Li Zhen saw a pair of heavenly painting halberds and muscles built up all over his body, blazing eyes, and good conversation, and his intuition told him that this person was extraordinary.

Although Zhang Shigui was born in a family, he was also a fierce general who raised troops against the Sui back then, and had a friendship with the Wagang generals. After investing in Li Shimin's account together, they supported each other, so the affection between them was extraordinary.

At that time, Li Zhen kindly reminded: "Uncle Zhang, this is a rare brave general." If you have a lot of people under the account, you might as well give it to me, where is my father short of people. ”

Zhang Shigui saw that it was Li Zhenjinyan, and immediately smiled, and immediately promoted Xue Li to the rank of Yamen General and the rank of Imperial Insult Captain. In ancient times, the generals of the Yamen generals were the personal guards of the main generals, and they were generally the most brave and loyal generals.

The reason why he reused Xue Li because of Li Zhen's words was because Zhang Shigui knew that there was such a strange law in the Wagang family. All Wagang generals, the eldest son in the family came out immediately from the same mold as his father.

Especially in the British Gongxu family, his eldest son Li Zhen is considered to be out of the blue, his martial arts are stronger than Lao Tzu, his heart and eyes are not less than Lao Tzu, and his vision is high and he looks at human poison. He said that Xue Li is a brave general, then he must be a great brave general, and he is right to use it.

Xue Li didn't expect this young man who was a few years younger than himself to be reused in a word, and he felt indescribable gratitude in his heart, and when he saw Li Zhen, he hurriedly came over to say hello.

Li Zhen expected that after visiting Jiu'er's house today, she would probably leave as soon as it was dawn, and now she would rush to the mountains overnight. First, walking at night is quite dangerous; On the second night, the road is not as fast as during the day, and the mountain road will be slower. Whether he could arrive before Jiu'er left, he was not sure.

was in a hurry, and Li Zhen was not in much of a mood to greet Xue Li. Nodding slightly, it passed. Xue Li's hot face was pasted with a cold ass, and his heart was somewhat unhappy. Li Zhen saw it in his eyes and thought: I can only wait until I come back to make amends.

In the palace, the emperor's imperial study. Li Shimin was discussing with his eldest grandson Wuji and Li Ji about the conquest of Goryeo, when someone came to report that the crown prince Li Zhi and the British prince had left the south gate of Chang'an City.

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the report, and looked at Li Ji with some annoyance. Li Ji was also annoyed: This eldest son usually does things very properly, how did he do it today, causing such a big mess.

You must know that the ancient city gate was the top priority of military defense, and there were strict rules for opening and closing the gate every day. This rule is not easily broken even by the emperor, and today the crown prince called the city gate open during the closing period, which is a big taboo.

It's just that the prince called to open the city gate, Li Zhen followed behind, and he was a clear scapegoat in the future, in case the emperor was angry, Li Ji couldn't save him.

If I don't give the emperor a satisfactory explanation today, I'm afraid it won't work. So Li Ji told Li Zhi about spitting out the truth after drinking, and Li Ji asked Li Zhen to implement whether it was true.

Li Shimin stared at Li Ji with gloomy eyes and asked, "Mao Gong, what does the life and death of Princess Jin have to do with you in the royal family?" What is your intention in intervening in this matter? ”

Li Ji's face did not change, and said: "Your Majesty, now that Datang seems to have a prosperous army, it is actually very hidden. Now our army can dominate the world thanks to the feudal soldiers, these soldiers are from the desert tribes and not our Chinese soldiers. It must rely on Guanlong, Hedong, and Hebei scholars, and now these people are trying to cling to the prince, and their meaning can be known without asking. Your Majesty has sacrificed Cheng Qian and Li Tai, and wants to get rid of the Guanlong nobles, if you just get rid of the Guanlong nobles, and appoint Hedong and Hebei scholars, why is it so hard for Your Majesty! ”

Li Shimin said coldly: "In your opinion, I still rely on the embers of Wagang to be the right way!" ”

Li Ji said proudly: "That's right. ”

Li Shimin shouted angrily: "Bold! ”

Li Ji was not afraid, got up and left Jindun, knelt in front of Li Shimin, and said: "Your Majesty, the remnants of Wagang are from a poor family, and they have no foundation compared to the family. If His Majesty wants to appoint a wealthy family, they will have a deep foundation and it will not take many years for them to develop, and their roots will be deep and difficult to shake. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said on the side at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Mao Gong's words are reasonable. ”

Li Shimin turned to the eldest grandson Wuji and asked, "What did Qing say?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "We are indeed worried that the rise of the Hanmen will exacerbate the trend of land annexation, and the Yichen has always supported His Majesty to suppress the Hanmen military class. Now listening to what Mao Gong said, I feel that we still haven't gotten rid of the problem of relying on the family. And the minister thought about it carefully, the reason why Hanmen was able to expand rapidly and eventually became a new gate valve was not unrelated to the connivance of those wealthy families. If it can be restricted, it may be able to achieve great things. ”

Li Shimin sneered and said: "The question is who will restrict the Hanmen, when we were discussing it at the beginning, it was not that we didn't think about it, but those wealthy families can easily win over these people just by marriage." ”

Li Ji said at this time: "Your Majesty, and we, the old ministers, while we are still alive, we can still restrain those subordinates." Your Majesty, when Shubao was alive, the Wagang generals were only allowed to cultivate their elders for today! ”

Li Shimin was still silent, and at this time, the curtain in the cubicle of the imperial study lifted out two old nuns, who were the two old nuns in the Changsheng Nunnery.

The old nun who was the leader spoke out and said: "The British public is seeking the country, please think twice." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji saw the old nun headed by him as if he had seen a ghost, and he was surprised "you, you, you" for a long time but was speechless.

Li Ji looked calm, leaned over to salute, and said, "I've seen Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang Zhao." ”

The old nun who was the leader first returned the salute to Li Ji, and then turned to the eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a smile: "Don't come to the auxiliary machine unharmed." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked: "Third sister, you are not dead!" Then why did you cheat to death back then? ”

This old nun is Li Shimin's third sister, Princess Pingyang Zhao, Li Yirou. Eldest Sun Wuji's question was embarrassed and difficult to answer.

Li Ji stood up at this time and said, "Because she is pregnant with my child." ”

After speaking, Li Ji knelt heavily in front of Princess Pingyang Zhao and said: "Yirou, I, Li Ji, have your friendship in this life, and I can only try my best to assist the royal family to die, and the others can only be repaid in the next life." ”

Li Yirou stretched out her hand to help Li Ji up, and said softly: "Gong Mao, the concubine has never regretted it. ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said impatiently: "You have something to say, wait and talk." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji gossiped at this time, and he said, "Your Majesty, what's going on?" ”

For this eldest brother, Li Shimin really has no temper. The two brothers and sisters have made great contributions to Li Shimin, and they have also won Li Shimin's exceptional respect.

When Li Yuan raised an army, Li Shimin's fifth brother Li Zhiyun failed to escape, and was arrested and sent to Chang'an to be killed. After receiving the news, Princess Pingyang Zhao's husband, Chai Shao, thought that Li Yirou would not escape her doom, so he privately accepted two wives and concubines.

Unexpectedly, Li Yirou not only escaped, but also pulled up the team. After joining Li Yuan's army, Chai Shao's private marriage and concubine finally happened, and Li Yirou returned to Niangzi Pass in a fit of anger.

At that time, Li Yuan acquiesced when Chai Shao did this, so Li Yirou turned his face and left, and he used the shogunate to close the mud. These eldest grandsons Wuji all know.

It was only later that Li Ji was ordered to deliver grain and grass to the army in Niangziguan, and it was love at first sight with Princess Pingyang Zhao. The two were together for more than ten days, but Li Yirou had a secret knot.

She was unwilling to have an abortion, so she secretly informed Li Yuan and Li Shimin, who was self-conscious, about it. At that time, when Li Yuan wanted to use the military power of Guan Long, he had to win over the Chai family. When she heard that Li Yirou was going to divorce Chai Shao, she was furious at the moment. reprimanded her for not abiding by women's morals, and immediately sent white silk and poisonous wine to Li Yirou to cut herself, and ordered the adulterer to be traced.

Li Ji designed Li Yirou to hide from the trick at that time, but after that, he never had the courage to admit this marriage. Li Yirou became a nun in a fit of anger, claiming to cut off the love thread in the world.

Li Shimin was also very dissatisfied with Li Ji in this regard, and specially ordered that his and Li Yirou's son could not be raised as sons. Therefore, Li Ji's nominal third brother Li Gan is the son of him and Li Yirou, and Li Shimin gave the surname Xu to the family as Li, and it was also for Li Gan not to have the surname Xu.

Looking at Li Ji with a face full of shame, the eldest grandson Wuji really couldn't imagine that the British prince, who has always been wise and martial, still has such a big gossip.

Looking at Li Shimin's smug face, Li Yirou said with disdain: "How much better can you be!" ”

Her sentence seemed to be referring to something, and Li Shimin was also embarrassed. The eldest grandson Wuji is helpless, why does Your Majesty have something ridiculous?!

Li Ji suddenly remembered that this matter was the real big thing. Now that Li Zhi has gone out of the city regardless of it, it must be solved as soon as possible.

So he talked about the matter of Princess Jin in general, but he skipped the absurd things in the Changsheng Nunnery later. What a smart person is the eldest grandson Wuji, from the time Princess Jin entered the Changsheng Nunnery to the announcement of her death, there were several days in between. What happened during this time, you can guess it.

He frowned, and his mind thought sharply, this matter was really difficult to do. If you kill Princess Jin immediately, it will be easy to deal with even now. But with Li Shimin's lever in the middle, things are complicated.

The eldest grandson Wuji turned his head to Li Shimin, as the emperor's eldest brother, he still knows him to some extent, as a man, he has a strong desire to conquer women, but things are by no means simple.