With a noise, Li Chengqian and the three of them were woken up by the palace maids, Li Chengqian opened his eyes in a trance, but saw a group of palace maids surrounding him, toiletries and new clothes were ready, Li Chengqian was still confused, and the hands of the palace maids had already beckoned.

Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin naturally did not have this treatment, the two of them were called up by Li Chengqian, who had been properly washed, Cheng Chumo opened his eyes and saw the glamorous Li Chengqian, who thought he was dreaming, and was kicked by Li Chengqian, he knew that he was not dreaming, and in a trance, Cheng Chumo asked with some puzzlement: "How did Your Highness wash off the dust on your face!" ”

Li Chengqian cheered up, and said with some puzzlement: "I will go to the morning court in a while, of course I can't go to face the saint with dust!" ”

Cheng Chumo was shocked, and suddenly slapped Yu Chi Baolin on the side, and Yu Chi Baolin was also a little anxious when he heard this: "Your Highness, this is a big taboo, how can you wash up!" ”

Li Chengqian looked at the anxious appearance of the two of them and was a little puzzled, Cheng Chumo hurriedly said: "My father told me since I was a child, no matter whether you win or lose when you go out to fight, you must wear armor at the moment you see the emperor, preferably with blood and soil, so as to show that you are fighting a difficult battle!" ”

Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said indifferently: "My father has already seen me covered in dust just now, you two are too worried!" ”

Cheng Zhimo and Chi Baolin looked at each other, and said in unison: "Your Highness, do you think we are talking about the emperor?" We all see what the emperor thinks about you, and now we want those ministers to shut up, otherwise there may be some nonsense coming out of the early court this morning! ”

Li Chengqian still didn't believe it, so he took the two of them and walked in the direction of Jinluan Palace.

Hundreds of officials in the hall gathered, all waiting for Li Chengqian to come over, and the three people of Gao Changguo had disappeared, and Li Chengqian and the three of them walked to the front of the main hall in full view.

The three of them walked to the center and stood up after saluting Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian looked at the King of Wei who was standing in his position, strode over, stood beside him and squeezed him aside, King Wei dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so he had to retreat obediently.

In fact, the King of Wei was still very curious about why he and the King of Shu were sent out so many people, why Li Chengqian could come back unharmed, and the rebellion of the King of Chu, he actually only found out after the rebellion.

This series of events made King Wei decide that it was better not to speak out.

Baiguan watched Li Chengqian come up from the back, with a python robe on his body, shining with golden light, but Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin looked very embarrassed, Li Shimin was a little puzzled, he knew that Li Chengqian and the three of them were resting in the side hall, but he didn't know how Li Chengqian changed his clothes.

Seeing that Wenchen's side had already begun to whisper, Li Shimin immediately said: "The prince has worked hard all the way, I just saw that the prince still looks like a dusty servant, why did he suddenly change into a python robe!" ”

Li Chengqian was a little confused, looked at Li Shimin's face, and saw that he had no expression, so he said honestly: "Erchen rested in the side hall for a while just now, and then there was a palace maid to serve Erchen to wash and change clothes. Erchen thought it was arranged by his father, so he didn't ask. ”

Li Shimin nodded and looked at the old eunuch on the side, the old eunuch naturally knew what Li Shimin meant, nodded and signaled that he had written down the matter, Li Shimin continued: "The prince should tell me what happened along the way, the news reached Chang'an, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, you can tell it carefully, there must be no exaggeration." ”

Li Chengqian nodded and thought about it, so he said: "Erchen took the troops all the way to the border of Yizhou, followed General Cheng's instructions and stationed at the border to wait for General Cheng's arrival. ”

These words made many people frown, after all, Li Chengqian's daughter was not safe to take a thousand people to the wartime border alone to check.

Li Chengqian continued: "After that, I sent people to Yizhou City to investigate the situation, and we found that the young and middle-aged people in Yizhou City were all locked up in the dungeon, while the old and young women and children were locked up in the city lord's mansion, but there were less than 100 Turks left to guard them, so we rescued the people in Yizhou City!" ”

The hundred officials were stunned, and one of the old ministers asked puzzledly: "Are you the huge Yizhou City controlled by Turkic warriors of less than 100 people?" Don't those people know how to resist? ”

Li Chengqian knew that someone would ask this, so he patiently explained: "According to the soldiers who infiltrated Yizhou City at that time, the young and middle-aged people were all locked up in the dungeon, and there was no steamed bun every day, so naturally they had no strength to resist, and the old and young women and children locked up in the city lord's mansion were whipped by the Turks every night, and they were noisy during the day to prevent them from sleeping, which caused the people to live in fear all the time, and naturally could not have the idea of resisting. ”

A somewhat angry military general said angrily: "These Turks are really not a thing, they have ruined our people so much!" ”

The rest of the officials also chimed in, and Li Shimin motioned for Li Chengqian to continue, because the next step was the point.

Li Chengqian nodded and continued: "After rescuing Yizhou, we also met Xiangxin who went out to visit relatives, Xiangxin is a civil official in my East Palace, I think everyone has some impressions, he went out before the news of the Turkic war reached Chang'an, and his destination was Yizhou, so we met at the border of Yizhou." ”

Li Chengqian saw that everyone didn't say anything, so he continued: "Along with the heart, there is also the only one who has been admitted to this year's miscellaneous studies, Bachelor Xu Dong. The two of them told me that there was no one in the village on the border of Yizhou, and there was no trace of the Turks, and the Turks did not occupy the city of Yizhou, so we had a bold idea, that is, the Turks attacked Yizhou just a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain. ”

Li Chengqian said this, took the map prepared before from the side of Cheng Chumo, opened it and drew it between Yizhou City and Jingzhou City, "You can see that Yizhou City and Jingzhou City are actually not far away, but there are several mountains in the middle separating the two cities, which makes it take a long time to detour if you ride a horse and walk the main road, but if you go over the mountain, it will not take so much time!" ”

Li Chengqian gestured on the map, "We guess that the Turks may have sent people over the mountains to Jingzhou City on the one hand, and sent troops from the road of Gaochang Kingdom on the other, so that once Jingzhou City is lost, then we will lose a large part of the territory, and even if our troops are stronger than the Turks, it will be difficult to take it back!" ”

Although Li Chengqian's speech was the Tao, many ministers still questioned: "Your Highness can guess the route of the Turkic march just by relying on this little thing?" What if the Turks didn't go to Jingzhou City! ”

Li Chengqian looked at this person and knew that this person was a subordinate of King Wu, although he didn't know who he was loyal to at this time, but he thought that he should not be young after he heard his questioning, Li Chengqian still explained his thoughts, "We only thought that this possibility would be relatively large, but we were afraid that we would send a sentry to Jingzhou City to defend the army and not believe it, so we decided to let the prince personally lead the troops over, it turned out that our guess was right, as for what if the adults asked, what if you don't go, I don't want to answer this question, Because the Turks really went, and if it weren't for me and the soldiers I accepted, Jingzhou City would have been lost! ”

Li Chengqian changed his previous appearance of being submissive, and a few words made this person speechless, Li Chengqian saw that no one spoke, so he continued: "I went to Jingzhou City with my troops, and at the same time sent someone to tell General Cheng the news, on the one hand, to tell General Cheng where I was going, and he in the province was worried about me, and on the other hand, I hoped that General Cheng would send troops to support Jingzhou City, thinking that General Cheng would naturally make the right decision after a hundred battles. ”

Li Chengqian did not wait for the rest of the people to speak, and then said: "After arriving in Jingzhou City, we found that the defenders of Jingzhou City were less than 10,000, and after asking Tang Xin, the general of the city, we learned that the King of Shu took tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with him when he left Jingzhou City, saying that he was escorting him back to Chang'an to celebrate his mother's birthday. ”

The voice of discussion in the court is even worse, these days the King of Shu has brushed a wave of goodwill, and even with many of the original subordinates of King Wu, at this time there are also some people who want to assist the King of Shu, but what I didn't expect is that the King of Shu actually made such a big mistake.

Immediately, a minister retorted: "Your Highness, where do you say this, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has been in Chang'an for these days, but he loves the people like a son and treats people generously!" ”

As soon as these words came out, some people naturally responded, "Yes, the king of Chu lives in a simple place, except for opening a warehouse to distribute grain, he is rarely seen going out, how can he leave Jingzhou City with more than 10,000 soldiers, where do you say that more than 10,000 people are hiding!" ”

Li Chengqian looked at these familiar faces, roughly guessed the situation, and said indifferently: "Then I don't know, these are all said by Tang Xin, the general who guards the city, if you don't believe it, you can call him, he should be waiting outside at this time!" ”

These ministers still kept their mouths shut, and there was a lot less to talk about, but Li Chengqian said unrelentingly: "The evidence that the King of Shu brought troops to Chang'an is conclusive, and at this time, Gu must be investigated to the end, otherwise the soldiers of my East Palace will not die in vain!" ”

Saying that, Li Chengqian knelt down and said to Li Shimin: "Father, the son-in-law also asks you to thoroughly investigate this matter, and you must not be tolerated!" ”

Li Shimin is also a little unable to get off the stage, if things are really the same as Li Chengqian said, then the King of Shu who is worth his money and is praised to the sky is the culprit, although I don't know where he took the 10,000 people, but as long as he chases deeply, he will always find the answer, but in the case of losing a son, Li Shimin does not want to kill again.

Although Li Chengqian repeatedly pressed to ask, Li Shimin only nodded vaguely, saying that he would investigate.