"It turned out to be a national teacher, but when I ascended the throne, I regretted that I couldn't see the national ......teacher."

Li Zhi tried to stay calm and forced a smile.

Li Daoxuan shook his head and said, "Before the first emperor died, he once said to me that you grew up in the deep palace since you were a child, you have a weak temperament and insufficient means, let me take care of you more." ”

Li Zhi showed a touched look and said: "My father really has a heart, there is a national teacher, and I don't have to worry about it." ”

Li Daoxuan looked at him with a smile, carefully looking at this Tang Gaozong, who was famous for his wife in later generations.

I saw that he was indeed as rumored, with a pale complexion, a thin body, and he didn't look like an emperor at all, but like a handsome scholar.

"But now it seems that although the first emperor is wise and martial, he does not know his son."

Li Zhi was puzzled: "National Teacher, I don't understand your words. ”

Li Daoxuan put away his smile, stared at him, and said word by word: "How did the eldest grandson Wuji die?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is the elder brother of the empress's eldest grandson, Li Zhi's maternal uncle, the head of the twenty-four meritorious heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and the power of the Gaozong period leaned towards the government and the opposition, so that the hundred officials only knew the power but did not know that there was an emperor.

Li Shimin once praised the eldest grandson Wuji before his death, saying that he knew how to avoid suspicion the most and was modest and low-key.

However, with the death of Li Shimin, perhaps because the emperor was his nephew, the eldest grandson Wuji began to float, monopolizing power, and the cadres were arbitrary.

Later, Li Zhi took the post-abolition incident as a breakthrough point, leveraged the authority of the eldest grandson Wuji, and finally exiled this uncle to death.

The eldest grandson clan was almost wiped out.

This is the original history, but in this Tang Dynasty, the eldest grandson Wuji died suddenly and violently before he floated for a few days.

Li Zhi showed a sad look and said, "The imperial doctor said that my uncle died of a sudden old illness and a violent illness. ”

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and continued to ask, "How did Li Tai, the king of Wei, die?" ”

Li Zhi's complexion changed slightly, but he covered up the past well.

"Let's talk about the poor road, he also died of a violent illness, which is the same as the death of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Zhi, don't you think it's too coincidental?"

Li Daoxuan stared at him, not letting go of any detail.

After Li Zhi ascended the throne, he had dragon qi to protect his body, and his heart was not effective, but people's expressions often betrayed themselves, and at that moment just now, he was afraid.

"Is the national teacher suspicious of me?"

Li Daoxuan said lightly: "At first, I didn't doubt you, because the death of King Wei may really be just a coincidence, but after I searched the soul of the demon monk, I found that something was wrong." ”

"In order to help Li Chengqian ascend to the throne, the demon monk was originally going to murder the King of Wei, but before he could do it, the King of Wei himself fell ill and died."

"If one time is just a coincidence, then when the eldest grandson Wuji also suddenly dies of illness, all this will not make sense."

After searching for the soul, Li Daoxuan became suspicious of Li Zhi because of the death of King Wei, and after coming to Chang'an, he heard about the death of the eldest grandson Wuji, and he was sure.

Li Zhi is absolutely inseparable from all this!

Two coincidences, the biggest beneficiary was Li Zhi, once he quietly became the emperor, and the other was for him to logically gather power and establish prestige.

"The national teacher is so suspicious of me, I have nothing to say, since this is the case, I am willing to take the initiative to abdicate and give up to other clans to prove my innocence!"

He bravely looked directly into Li Daoxuan's gaze, and although his voice trembled a little, he still said this.

Li Daoxuan's fingers tapped lightly on the table, as if he had met Li Shimin's youngest son for the first time, and also had a new impression of Tang Gaozong, who was known as weak and incompetent in history.

"The first emperor is wrong, among his three sons-in-law, he belongs to your city government the deepest, and his means are the most clever, which is amazing."

Li Daoxuan looked at him with a look in his eyes and even a hint of appreciation.

The other party is retreating as advancing, and he is soberly aware that his biggest reliance is not the imperial power, but Li Shimin's will, which is the heart of the world.

The husband is indisputable, so the world can not fight with it.

This Tang Gaozong really has a deep study of the Tao Te Ching, others are hard, but he is weak.

When he was a prince, he always looked harmless to people and animals, keeping himself away from the whirlpool of power, so that Li Chengqian and Li Tai had a good relationship with him and spoiled him very much.

The crown prince and the king of Wei fought to the death, Li Daoxuan and the holy Buddha were killed in the dark, and finally he had long sleeves and refused to ascend to the throne.

In the face of Li Daoxuan's threats and suspicions just now, he did not have anger and protest, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he admitted defeat and relented, and sought satisfaction with grievances.

Weakness turned into a sharp sword in his hands.

"It's a pity, Li Zhi, you also underestimated me."

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and said: "Poor Dao doesn't care about his name before and after his death, because after ten thousand lifetimes, those who scolded me are dead, and I will still be alive." ”

Li Zhi's hands under his sleeve robe were quietly clenched, and sweat appeared on his face.

"Before this cup of tea is finished, tell me who is behind you and believe me, this is your only chance."

After that, Li Daoxuan looked sideways at the colorful flowers in the imperial garden, gently tasted the hot tea in his hand, and no longer looked at Li Zhi.

He was very relaxed, as if it was not a psychological game, but just enjoying the flowers and drinking tea, leisurely.

One bite, two bites, three bites......

A cup of tea will soon be at the bottom.

Li Zhi's pale face was covered with sweat, and his already weak body became more and more unstable, trembling and holding on to the pillars of the pavilion.

"National teacher, I am the Son of Heaven, you ...... Do you have to be so forced? ”

Li Daoxuan quietly sipping tea.

Finally, before the tea was completely drunk, Li Zhi couldn't hold on, no matter how much he had a city government, he was only a twenty-one-year-old young man, and in the face of Li Daoxuan, whose prestige was no less than that of the first emperor and as unfathomable as an immortal, it was already very rare to be able to persist to this step.

"Don't hide it from the national teacher, I did get help from a stranger."

Li Daoxuan put down the teacup gently and sighed, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you made the right choice." ”

He wasn't joking, if Li Zhi hesitated just now, then at this moment the Tang Dynasty would have an emperor who had just ascended the throne and was abdicated.

Taizong only has three sons-in-law, but not only three sons.

He promised Li Shimin to protect the national fortune of the Tang Dynasty for 300 years, and as for who will be the emperor, there is not much difference.

If it weren't for the fact that Changle had already cultivated into a yang god and couldn't blend with the dragon qi, Li Daoxuan might still want to bring out an empress.

As a traverser, he really doesn't have much reverence for the so-called monarchy.

"National teacher, before I tell you about that stranger, there is one more thing I want to ask the national teacher to solve my doubts."

Looking at his serious look, Li Daoxuan became a little interested and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Li Zhi took a deep breath and said, "That stranger told me that I have been weak and sick since I was a child, is it because of the national teacher?" ”

Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to remember something, and nodded: "Sort of." ”

He smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and gestured: "At that time, you were not long after you were born, and you were only so old, I beat you, and the house was about to collapse." ”

Li Zhi: "??? ”

"But strictly speaking, I'm saving you."

Li Daoxuan looked at him and told him about the troubles that Moro had caused trouble in the world and finally possessed him in the end.

Li Zhi was stunned after hearing this.

"So, if it weren't for the national teacher's action, I would have become Moro's puppet long ago?"

Li Daoxuan nodded and said: "It's a pity that although the demon is dead, he has been lurking in your body for a long time, and it still has a bad impact on your body, so you have been weak and sick since you were a child, even if you use the elixir to recuperate, it is difficult to heal." ”

Li Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "That's it, maybe this is my fate." ”

Immediately, he no longer hid it and told Li Daoxuan about the stranger.

Ever since he was sixteen years old, he would often have a dream in which he had a man whose face he could not see clearly, who knew everything about astronomy and geography, and who knew everything about the world.

For example, he told Li Zhi where there would be natural disasters, and then natural disasters really happened in that place, and even the time was not a single bit.

Another example is that he told Li Zhi the truth about the death of the eldest grandson empress, Li Daoxuan is about to return to the world, Li Shimin will die in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, and the eldest grandson Wuji will support him to ascend to the throne, but then he will monopolize power and run rampant.

The man said a lot, and almost everything worked.

Li Zhi was very suspicious of him at first, but as time went on, he gradually let down his vigilance, or rather, he was keenly aware of the value of this person.

"That man did a lot for me, and the death of King Wei and his uncle should have been done by him, but after I ascended the throne, I never saw him in my dreams again."

Li Daoxuan glanced at him with a smile.

The death of Li Tai and the eldest grandson Wuji must have been fueled by Li Zhi, but he obviously didn't want to talk about this topic of killing relatives.

It is also strange to say that since the change of Li Shimin's Xuanwumen, most of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not inherited by the eldest son, and the new monarch was often full of blood and conspiracy.

Just a small Xuanwu Gate had four mutinies in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Daoxuan raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "Poor Dao is very curious, that stranger has done so much for His Majesty, what does he want?" ”

Li Zhi said frankly: "He once said that after I ascended the throne, I would help him do one thing. ”

"What?"

"He wants me to promote a Buddhist scripture, and it is best that the people of the Tang Dynasty can read it often."

Li Daoxuan's eyes flashed, and he said: "The Buddha Says the Thirty-Seven Qualities of the Sutra? ”

Li Zhi was surprised: "How did the national teacher know?" ”

Li Daoxuan frowned slightly.

It turned out to be really this scripture that was lost in the Southern Dynasties......

Things became confusing in an instant.

The other party spent so much effort to assist Li Zhi to ascend the throne, just to promote a scripture?

What secrets are hidden in this book?

"This scripture was recited by him in a dream and rewritten after I woke up, but I never let down my guard against him, so I didn't make up my mind for a long time.

Li Zhi took out a thin booklet from his arms and handed it to Li Daoxuan, with the seven big characters of the Buddha's Thirty-Seven Sutras written on the cover.

Li Daoxuan glanced at it casually, he didn't have much research on Buddhism, and he couldn't see anything.

"Your Majesty gave me this scripture, so you are not afraid that the stranger will come to you to settle accounts?"

Li Zhi smiled slightly and said, "With the national teacher here, I am naturally not afraid." ”

Li Daoxuan glanced at him deeply.

If he guessed correctly, even if he didn't come to Li Zhi today, Li Zhi would find a way to give him the book.

Li Zhi is a very scheming person, he has never trusted that stranger, so he did not promote this scripture after taking the throne, he just wanted to use the power of the other party to clear the way for himself to control the power.

Of course, he would also be worried about the revenge of the stranger, so he put the abacus on himself, the national teacher.

This book is a hot potato, and Li Zhi's real purpose is to make himself fight with the stranger behind the scenes, and it is best to lose both.

Yu quietly borrowed a knife to kill people, divided and balanced, I have to say that this young emperor is very good at politics.

It's just a pity that compared with Taizong, he lacks a little bit of the emperor's open-mindedness and generosity.

Li Daoxuan put away the book, took one last look at him, and asked a question.

"Among the concubines of the first emperor, there is one named Wu Meiniang?"

Li Zhi's complexion changed dramatically in an instant, and he immediately lowered his head, for fear of being discovered by Li Daoxuan, and a huge panic and uneasiness surfaced in his heart.

In a trance, he could even hear the sound of his own pounding heartbeat.

It was this question that really scared him.

How did Lee Do-hyun know?

How could he possibly know?

"I ...... I don't remember, the national teacher may be able to go to the Ganye Temple and ask. ”

Seeing Li Zhi like this, how could Li Daoxuan not know that Wu Ruyi still entered the palace as a concubine, and just like in history, he had an affair with Li Zhi.

Back then, he had asked Wu Ruyi to swear that he would not enter the Tang Palace in this life, but now it seems that the tide of history is not so easy to stop.

Staring at Li Zhi, who had a weak face, Li Daoxuan shook his head.

In history, Li Shimin was seriously ill in bed in his later years, and Li Zhi, as the crown prince, served him day and night in front of the bed, and Li Shimin allowed him to live next to his bedroom without having to go back to the East Palace.

It was during this time that Li Zhi had a personal relationship with Wu Meiniang, a talented person who also served Li Shimin.

It's really a big filial piety, taking care of his seriously ill father, but taking care of it, he took care of the 'little lady' on the bed, and it was next to his father's sickbed, outside the dormitory.

However, in this world, Li Shimin was not seriously ill, and in the end, Li Daoxuan personally sent him away, so he didn't have to suffer such shame.

Li Daoxuan sighed lightly and said, "This girl is not a good match, you can do it yourself." ”

Hearing this, Li Zhi immediately raised his head and was about to defend himself, but he saw that the pavilion was empty, and there was no national teacher.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The eunuch stepped forward and said with concern: "Your Majesty is sleepy, do you want to go back to the palace to rest?" ”

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Have you ever seen the national teacher just now?" ”

The eunuch was surprised: "Just now you were sitting here reading a book, you seemed to be tired, so you leaned on the railing and fell asleep. ”

Li Zhi stretched out his hand and touched it into his arms, but found that the "Buddha Says the Thirty-Seven Qualities Sutra" had disappeared.

He was silent for a moment, then sighed.

"The national teacher is really a god and a man."

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