When Li Mu returned to the mansion, there were no two little eunuchs at the door to greet him, and even Qing'er was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, at the gate, I heard a burst of noise in the backyard.

Seeing that it's getting dark, these bastards, completely forgetting about themselves, don't know what they're playing with? Li Mu was curious, and walked quickly towards the backyard.

At this time, in the palace, it was surprisingly quiet, Li Longji looked at the sunset, and looked at the direction of Lishan Mountain in the north, with a happy face.

Li Longji asked: "Xiao Gao, I haven't been to the court for two days, what else do those old ministers who have nothing to do?" ”

Gao Lishi understood the boss's thoughts, and flattered: "Your Majesty, these ministers have been making trouble for two days, and they are tired, but they are just a lot more discussed, and there are almost no over-the-top behaviors." ”

Li Longji said: "Fighting with them, I feel very boring, avoid their edge, endure for a while, they will be suspicious of each other, infighting and fighting, my thunder means have not been used, they will not attack themselves." ”

Gao Lishi said: "Your Majesty is smart, where are they Your Majesty's opponents, even Lord Li and Lord Xu are also well-behaved, and there is no movement. ”

Li Longji sighed, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Li Yi and Xu Jiyuan, the two of them were trapped in the mansion, and they didn't make a fuss?" What does this mean, Kodaka, do you think it's normal? ”

Gao Lishi said: "Your Majesty, the two adults, you must have realized that you were wrong, and reflected and repented in the mansion, there is no problem, right?" ”

Li Longji snorted coldly and said: "They stopped here, and they also reflected on their repentance, you underestimated them too much, the quieter they are, the more abnormal they are, Xiao Gao, if it were you, the mansion was besieged by the forbidden army, what would you plan?" ”

Gao Lishi looked at Li Longji bitterly, how could he answer this kind of question!

Gao Lishi said pitifully: "How can the old slave have the courage, if the old slave makes a mistake, there is no need to prohibit the army, the old slave will immediately admit his mistake to His Majesty, or simply apologize with death, then dare to have any plans." ”

Li Longji said: "It's a good thing to say at this time, but when it comes to the end, who knows the result, Xiao Gao, if the two of them don't give up, what do you say is the worst result?" ”

Gao Lishi didn't dare to talk nonsense, for fear of provoking fire, so he resignedly said: "Your Majesty, the old slave really doesn't know. ”

The most taboo thing to do is to be smarter than the boss, and the fool will not suffer at any time.

Li Longji sneered: "You are afraid that the wildfire will burn your eyebrows, I suddenly thought of one thing, these two people are stubborn and quiet on the surface, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not plan more vicious actions." ”

Li Longji pointed his finger in the direction of the north.

Gao Lishi asked nervously, "Your Majesty means that they will be unfavorable to the Taizhen Venerable?" Do they have such guts? Are they not afraid of the Nine Clans? ”

Li Longji said: "The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he had to guard against it,"

Gao Lishi hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty is wise, deploy in advance to ensure that the Master Taizhen is foolproof, Your Majesty, why don't the old slaves personally take people out of the palace and go to Lishan Mountain overnight to protect the Master Taizhen?" ”

Li Longji shook his head and said: "You take people out of the palace, the shadow is too big, and there will be a lot of unnecessary truths, Xiao Gao, I heard the 21st say a few days ago, what kind of general is there in the guard battalion, very eye-catching?" ”

Gao Lishi immediately said: "Yes, yes, what the twenty-first prince said, it is called Zuo Li, and he is an adjutant general of the guard battalion, guarding the area of Chengtianmen Street. ”

Li Longji said: "This person has a prince in his eyes, which means that he is very in awe of my royal family, Xiao Gao, how can such a talent be buried, you immediately give an order to let this Zuo Li enter the palace." ”

Colliers agreed, and went out to pass the word.

What Li Longji needs most is a die-hard loyalty to the royal family in his heart.

Soon, Zuo Li entered the palace, he never dreamed that a friendly little action that day would bring a great honor to today's face king.

Good luck and bad luck, Zuo Li dare not predict.

Zuo Li was uneasy in his heart, and knelt down for Li Longji from afar.

Li Longji beckoned with a smile and asked Zuo Li to get closer, Zuo Li didn't dare to get up, and walked forward directly on his knees, approaching Li Longji, bowing his head nervously and saying nothing.

Li Longji asked, "Are you the left of the guard battalion?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the deputy general of the last general escort battalion is left." Zuo Li didn't dare to say a word.

Li Longji asked: "I heard that a few days ago, you saw the twenty-first prince on Chengtianmen Street?" ”

Zuo Li was stunned, thinking that Li Longji was going to blame himself for slighting the prince, but he was on a mission at that time, and he didn't embarrass the prince?

Zuo Li said truthfully: "Yes, martial law was under fire at that time, and the last general sent the prince a flag to ask the prince to pass, but the last general was careless, and he was indeed derelict in his duties, and did not personally send the prince back to his home." Your Majesty, please condemn you. ”

Li Longji smiled and said: "General Zuo, it's serious, you have official business, the twenty-first prince, but by chance, you can be accommodating and let go, do a good job, from now on, this sub-word, let's go, in the future, you will be the general of the guard battalion." ”

"Huh?" Zuo Li exclaimed softly, happiness came so suddenly? I thought I was going to be dismissed and punished today, but I didn't expect to be suddenly promoted.

The general and the deputy general, but there is a world of difference, the twelve guard battalions in the capital, each general, has tens of thousands of guards in his hands, guarding the capital, and the power is terrifying.

But the adjutant general, a guard battalion, there are more than a dozen, and the deputy general, to put it nicely, is actually the director in charge of the segment.

Even if Zuo Li has worked hard for more than ten years, he may not be able to become the general of the guard battalion.

It's pie in the sky, it's still a golden pimple filling.

"What, you're not satisfied?" Li Longji asked.

Zuo Li kept kowtowing excitedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Zuo Li is Your Majesty, and you will not give up." "Warmly touted slogans, Zuo Li will also say a few words.

Li Longji said: "General Zuo, get up and speak. ”

"The last general will not dare!"

Li Longji smiled, not reluctantly, and said, "General Zuo, I have a secret errand for you to do,"

Li Longji said simply, the 21st prince wants to make a trip to Lishan, let Zuo Li play the front station, clear the idle bandits along the way, and ensure the safety of the 21st Road, as for Yang Yuhuan, Li Longji did not mention a word.

When Zuo Li heard that it was a simple errand, he immediately agreed: "Your Majesty, the last general will immediately lead two thousand soldiers of the escort battalion to set off overnight to clear all obstacles and ensure the unimpeded passage of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Longji smiled and said: "General Zuo is a little anxious, I heard that the twenty-first said you, you are familiar with it, so I sent you to go, but you don't have to be so public, and you don't have to leave tonight." ”

Zuo Li asked: "Your Majesty means that the last general is disguised and secretly protected,"

Li Longji said with a smile: "General Zuo is really shrewd, you can get through at one point, you don't need to bring too many people, you can rely on it, three or two hundred people, spread it along the way, go straight to Lishan, don't make a noise, just take precautions in secret." Get out of town early tomorrow morning. ”

"Yes, thank Your Majesty for your grace, Zuo Li will live up to his mission, and Zuo Li will leave!"

Zuo Li knelt down and thanked him, Gao Lishi was outside the door, Zuo Li excitedly took Gao Lishi's hand and pulled him to the end of the corridor.

Gao Lishi was very uncomfortable, but in his hand, he was immediately stuffed with a handful of silver tickets, although Zuo Li came in a hurry, but he still understood the rules.

Gao Lishi asked in a low voice, "General Zuo, what does this mean?" ”

Zuo Li smiled and said: "Grandpa Gao, thank you for your old promotion, Your Majesty suddenly promoted Zuo Mou to be a general, and Zuo Mou will not forget Grandpa Gao's kindness in the future." ”

When Gao Lishi heard this, he also accepted the silver ticket with peace of mind, but Gao Lishi did not eat his heart.

Gao Lishi said with a smile: "Congratulations to General Zuo on his promotion, this merit, the old slave does not dare to monopolize it, it is His Royal Highness the Twenty-first Prince, in front of Your Majesty, praising General Zuo for how friendly and thoughtful, Your Majesty is overjoyed, and General Zuo is today." ”

Zuo Li was shocked: "His Royal Highness the Prince really praised Zuo like this? ”

Gao Lishi smiled: "Then can there be a fake, without the praise of His Royal Highness the Prince, General Zuo can be promoted so smoothly?" ”

Zuo Li nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the prince is really kind-hearted, His Royal Highness's great kindness, I Zuo must remember it, Gao Gonggong, Zuo will leave." ”

Zuo Li came out, and he couldn't help but burst into tears along the way, chattering in his mouth, grateful in his heart, and his admiration for a certain prince was like a surging river.

Li Mu's ears were hot and his little face was red, but it was definitely not because of a certain general's chatter.

When Li Mu entered the backyard, he found a group of little guys, all gathered at the door of the kitchen.

In the open space at the entrance of the kitchen, there is a large barbecue grill, and below it is a red-hot charcoal fire.

Six dancing little dancers, four close-fitting little maidservants, two little eunuchs, and Qing'er were all gathered around the barbecue grill, their faces red from the charcoal fire.

On the periphery, there are also maids and servants in the house, all of whom are watching the excitement and seeing strangeness.

No wonder he forgot Li Mu cleanly.

Li Mu approached and saw that it was Yang Zhao and Hua Yidao who were operating, Yang Zhao was holding a knife and cutting the roasted mutton.

Hua Yidao made a large pot of secret dipping sauce, and with Yang Zhao, he asked the two cooks to dip the mutton in the dipping sauce and hand it to the greedy little mouths around to try it.

The smell of meat was overflowing, Li Mu didn't expect that there would be such a delicacy waiting for him.

Li Mu shouted: "Bold, it's crazy, you actually made such a big scene." ”

Li Mu's words frightened everyone, the knife in Yang Zhao's hand fell to the ground, and Hua Yidao almost got out of his hand with the basin dipped in the sauce.

A dozen greedy little guys are going to be scared and cry.

In order to eat a bite of chic barbecue, they forgot about their master.

Seeing that everyone was panicking, Li Mu suddenly laughed: "Why don't you wait for me to eat together, hurry up, get me a piece, and we'll eat together." ”