Beijing, autumn cold.

In the Anchang Marquis Mansion, Li Guanzhong, the commander of the Flying Fish Guard, snorted coldly after reading Qi Shuhao's letter, wanting to tear the letter apart, but he endured it after all.

He handed the letter to the scribe: "Submit it to the yamen for filing." ”

The scribe retreated, Li Guanzhong looked at the closed door, and scolded: "The mud can't support the wall!" ”

At this time, a small servant shouted through the door: "Shizi, Master Hou invites you to the inner study." ”

Li Guanzhong frowned slightly and sighed, when Yang Jie was there, he was just a decoration as the commander of the Flying Fish Guard, but now that Yang Jie is dead, it has become his fault, even the old father is not at peace, the empress dowager has announced that his father has entered the palace, and reprimanded him for not being strict with his godson and not giving the slightest face.

On the way to his father's study, Li Guanzhong asked the little guy: "Does Master Hou have a guest today?" ”

The little servant said: "Master Hou has seen a guest dressed as a scholar, and the little one doesn't know the identity of the person. ”

"Huh? You don't know? Li Guanzhong stopped, this little guy was running errands by his father's side, but whenever a guest came, he sent the greeting post to his father, not everyone can see his father, there are not many people who can see his father, how can he not know who is coming?

The man didn't pay a respect, but just took out a jade pendant of a tiger descending the mountain, and he said that when the Hou Ye saw the jade pendant, he would decide to see it or not. The small one checked it carefully, and the jade pendant did not have a machine spring, it was just a jade pendant in acceptable condition, so he had the courage to present the jade pendant to Hou Ye, but he didn't expect Hou Ye to see the jade pendant, and immediately asked the small one to invite the person in. The little guy said.

"When did the man leave?" Li Guanzhong asked.

"About half an hour ago, after the man left, Hou Ye was in the study, and no one was allowed to enter, and then Hou Ye asked the little one to invite the prince." The little guy said.

Li Guanzhong was silent for a moment, he knew the jade pendant, because his father also had one.

Li Yongji, Marquis of Anchang, had five sons, Li Guanzhong was the second, and his eldest brother died on the battlefield. After the death of his eldest brother Li Guanying, his entourage handed over the relics he left in the camp tent to Li Yongji, including a jade pendant of a tiger descending from the mountain. According to the entourage, this jade pendant is a token of Li Guanying and his brother with a different surname, when the world was turbulent, Li Yongji and his son each led the troops outside, and they had been separated for a long time, and Li Yongji did not know about Li Guanying and others until this time.

At that time, Li Guanying had already been buried, and this jade pendant was put away by Li Yongji, and Li Guanzhong had seen this jade pendant more than once from his father.

As for who Li Guanying's sworn brother was, Li Guanzhong didn't hear his father mention it, but he thought that his brother's entourage would definitely tell his father.

I really didn't expect that after a few decades, my brother's sworn brotherhood would come to the door.

Li Yongji, Marquis of Anchang, is over seventy years old, and his hair is white. Since the little emperor ascended the throne, he no longer asked about the affairs of the court on the grounds of old age and decay, even the Shuowang Dynasty and the Great Court, he had never been to the court or entered the palace, and all the things inside and outside the Hou Mansion were handed over to several sons, no one thought that the first time he entered the palace after eight years, he was scolded by the Queen Mother.

In the whole world, only the Empress Dowager can scold him like this.

When he was in the army, he wore the cotton clothes sewn by the Empress Dowager and drank the porridge and rice cooked by the Empress Dowager herself, so when Taizu was still alive, whenever someone asked for another prince, he would stand up against it.

The reason why the prince is weak and sick is because of premature birth, and the reason why he was born prematurely is because Empress Yang, who was later the Empress Dowager, personally took care of the wounded soldiers in the military escort camp and was overworked.

The crown prince was watched by these veterans, and aside from the concubines, and no matter what Shen Yi and those civil officials were crooked, he, Li Yongji, would also oppose the establishment of another prince.

He did it, and he saw it with his own eyes.

It's just a pity that the person who sat on the dragon chair was not the frail but generous and benevolent prince, but the five-year-old imperial grandson.

He saw that he didn't like it, but he couldn't find too many faults, but Shen Yi, the first assistant, was beheaded all over the house, and even the nine clans;

He also saw the little son of the Dingguo Mansion with crooked eyes when he laughed, and his head hung high above the city gate for three whole months!

Li Yongji sighed, and as soon as he looked up, he saw his second son Li Guanzhong walking in.

"Father, are you looking for me?" Li Guanzhong asked.

Li Yongji retreated from the little guys who came in with Li Guanzhong, spread out his hand, and there was a jade pendant on his palm.

The jade pendant of the tiger descending from the mountain.

"Father, this is ......" Although Li Guanzhong already knew it when he was on the road, he didn't expect that his father had been holding this jade pendant.

The man who came today must have touched my father a lot.

"This is your eldest brother, and there is another ......" Li Yongji paused, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he said after a while, "...... It's Xiao Changdun. ”

Xiao ...... Dingguo Gong? Li Guanzhong was stunned.

The eldest brother and the current Dingguo Gong Xiao Changdun are sworn brothers?

Why doesn't he know after so many years? Not even a clue?

It stands to reason that even if the eldest brother Li Guanying is no longer alive, as a sworn brother and in the same capital, he will come to greet him during the New Year's holidays.

However, this person is Xiao Changdun, so there is nothing wrong with it.

A person who can kill even his own siblings, what kind of unrighteous thing can't be done.

"Yes, it's Dingguo Gong, the person who came today is his subordinate, named Shang Xuan." Li Yongji said softly.

"Father, you have always known that among the eldest brother's sworn brothers, there is Xiao Changdun's, right?" Li Guanzhong asked.

"What if you know? The Xiao family didn't mention it themselves, do I still have to take the initiative to go to Lao Dingguo Gong and say, are my son and your son brothers? "Lee Yong-gi is stupid.

Yes, what is the identity of Dingguo Gong? What is his identity as the Marquis of Yongchang, although he is also the twenty-fourth general of Xiaoyun, but the world knows that it is far from the same.

Even when the war was raging, Li Guanying and Xiao Changdun were brothers, and they were also high.

"Father, why is Xiao Changdun mentioning this matter again now, is it ......" Although Xiao Changdun is younger than his father, he is also like his father, and he has been sick for many years.

"You're getting worse and worse!" Li Yongji reprimanded.

Li Guanying's face was hot, he was also a grandfather.

My father's temper hasn't changed for decades.

Leaving the court early is not a good thing for my father.

"Father, the son is stupid, please ask the father to dial." Li Guanzhong bowed and said.

"Alas, it's not the incident where the prince of Yan died!" Li Yongji said unhappily.

The prince of Yanwang?

Li Guanzhong was stunned!

After the death of Taizu, the court kept it a secret, and it was not until the new emperor ascended the throne that the kings were ordered to bring their sons into Beijing.

Moreover, the guards should be removed from the capital 200 miles away, leaving only the guard of honor, and escorted into Beijing by the Flying Fish Guard and the Imperial Forest Army.

It is said to be an escort, but in fact it is an escort.