The courtyard corridor in front of you is meandering, the light and shadow are obliquely long, the stone path is deep, and the thorns on both sides are dense.

Li Xuan walked forward slowly, frowning, he was still thinking about Pei Xingjian's training skills.

A sound of footsteps sounded behind him, Li Xuan instantly came back to his senses, turned back, and saw that Deng Liang had come behind him.

"Deng Liang has seen the prince." Deng Liang bowed to Li Xuan very seriously.

Li Xuan returned the salute, and at the same time asked with some curiosity: "Didn't Brother Deng still have something to discuss with Dou Weng in the hall?" ”

"We're done." Deng Liang stood up straight, and then bowed his hand slightly: "Deng has a matter, I don't know if I can ask the prince?" ”

"Brother Deng, please speak." Li Xuan smiled gently, then stretched out his hand, motioning for Deng Liang to walk side by side with him, and said at the same time: "What can be said, Xuan must know everything." ”

"I'm sorry for the prince." Deng Liang took a light breath, followed with his footsteps, and then said: "Xia Guan heard that the prince was investigating the reverse case in Hangzhou, and the matter involved the heir of the British prince?" ”

"Huh?" The look on Li Xuan's face suddenly sank, and he looked at Deng Liang with some surprise as he walked, and then suddenly said: "This king understands, Ling Zun was a subordinate of the Duke of England back then. ”

Deng Liang nodded, and said with a little worry: "In the first imperial dynasty, my father joined the army, that is, under the British duke to conquer Liaodong, in the first year of Qianfeng, the British duke conquered Goryeo again, and my father was still serving under the British duke, so this time the rebellion involved the British duke, and my father entrusted the lower officials to ask for details. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Liang stopped, then arched his hand and said solemnly: "If the matter is secret, the lower officials will not ask." ”

"There's nothing hidden that isn't hidden." Li Xuan waved his hand, and then said: "In the Hangzhou case, the British Duke was not deeply involved, but he was careless in making friends, and there was a slight disaster of pond fish." ”

Deng Liang's expression softened slightly, and then asked, "Please also ask the prince to elaborate." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan pointed to the stone platform in the small courtyard in front of him, and Deng Liang immediately nodded.

Soon, the two sat down on both sides of the stone table, and Li Xuan said: "Xue Zhang, a friend of the British public window, joined the army as Hangzhou Facao two months ago, and after arriving in Hangzhou, within a few days, he was very close to Xiaoshan County Wei Wenxu, and even accepted a valuable manor given by him. ”

Deng Liang nodded slightly, he had also heard people talk about the mystery in this.

Originally, it was the Wushengdao black pawn under the king of the East China Sea who hooked up with the Zhoushan Haikou and attacked the city of Hangzhou, but it was calculated by the court, and the king of Nanchang and the Hangzhou assassin Shi Lai Jingye had already prepared, and under the first battle, they completely overthrew the Zhoushan Haikou and the forces of the East China Sea King in the southeast.

The First World War cleared all the hidden dangers off the coast of Hangzhou.

Thinking about what Li Xuan said, Deng Liang asked with some puzzlement: "However, the heir of the British prince is the heir of the British prince, what is the relationship with the heir of the British prince?" ”

When Xue Zhang first joined the army as Hangzhou Fa Cao, he temporarily lived in the Hangzhou Annex, the British Mansion, and later moved to the manor donated by Wen Xu, among which, Wen Xu also lived in the British Mansion for one night......

Not long ago, Wen Xu was captured, and the place where he was captured was in the British Public Palace, and the British Duke was involved. ”

Li Xuan told all the places involved with Li Jingye in the whole process in a few words.

"So it's a disaster." Deng Liang felt a little amused, but a little helpless.

If it was someone else's house that was infiltrated by a traitor, the government would leave after asking a word or two, and even take the initiative to cooperate, report it in advance, and the court would still have a reward, but it was Li Jingye, and it would be troublesome now.

"Although the heir of the British Duke is only the history of Meizhou Thorn, but his people are proficient in military strategy, good at scheming, and there are many old departments in the army, if someone speaks out at this time to frame him, then the heir of the British Duke is in a lot of trouble." Li Xuan's expression brought a hint of worry, as if he was really worried about Li Jingye.

"A fake is a fake after all, the British duke, the heir of the British duke, is loyal to the court, to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, how can he collude with the rebellion, if someone makes a statement in the future, the important ministers of the court will definitely fight for reason." Deng Liang bowed his hand to Li Xuan, and then said, "Thank you for reminding the prince, I can save it." ”

"The captain knows it, although this matter is a little troublesome, but it is not a big deal." Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Now the focus is still on Tubo in the Western Regions, and now that the Eastern Expedition is coming to an end, I don't know if the captain has the heart to go west?" ”

Hearing Li Xuan's mention of Tibet, Deng Liang shook his head slightly, and said: "Although the lower officials have intentions, they also have self-knowledge, the affairs of Tibet are very different from the sea conquest, if the lower officials go to the Western Front, I am afraid that it will not only be difficult to make meritorious contributions, but I am afraid that for various reasons, the march of the army will be delayed, so it is not a good thing." ”

Li Xuan glanced at Deng Liang in some surprise, and then sighed: "Indeed, there are not many people in this world who are as sober as Brother Deng. ”

Deng Liang smiled a little bitterly, some things were not what he wanted.

Deng Liang stabilized his thoughts, and then changed his mouth and asked: "I heard the prince and Dou Weng mention before the lower official that the prince didn't plan to go to Silla immediately to ask for the envoy of the crime and the envoy of the state of Wa?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, and Deng Liang asked a little too much, but he still nodded and said: "The Silla people have always been capricious and untrustworthy, and at the beginning of the year, they had already sent an envoy to Tang, but then the envoy was still in Chang'an, and his generation had already colluded with Baekje to surrender to the generals and rebelled again."

Now, although we are retreating from the army, we will have a war with Tibet next year, how will Silla move ...... then?"

Li Xuan sneered, and Deng Liang nodded slightly in agreement.

The Silla people have always had no respect for the matter of contract, and today should be the opposite tomorrow, which is a common thing.

"Therefore, this Silla envoy needs to cool down temporarily, not to mention that it is a good thing to have a Japanese envoy to make him panic for a while." When Li Xuan said a word, Deng Liang immediately understood the calculation in Li Xuan's heart, and couldn't help but laugh.

"As for the envoy of the Japanese state!" Li Xuan's expression immediately became solemn: "This time the army was able to win three battles and three victories in Dongdao, and the courage of our soldiers was naturally one of the reasons, but it is undeniable that the movement of the Wa Kingdom at this time gave Silla great pressure, which made it the second time, the third army attacked Maixiao City, and finally failed." ”

"That's true." Deng Liang took a light breath, he was a personal participant, how could he not see through the role of the Japanese state.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the bright moon above his head, then turned to the east, and said in a deep voice: "Silla repeatedly, villain behavior, but the Wa Kingdom is also a wolf with ambition and covets it very much. ”

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth brought a sneer, Silla and Tubo, these two countries, are not good stubble.

That is, he was afraid of the affairs of the court, otherwise he would land on Silla in person, and he would completely destroy Silla, and then watch the Japanese kingdom.

"What the prince said is very true, and the lower officials have been taught." Deng Liang stood up with some emotion, and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Thank you for the prince's guidance, the lower officials will not disturb the prince's rest, and say goodbye." ”

Li Xuan stood up, looked at the back of Deng Liang leaving, and suddenly looked at Su Baotong with an indifferent expression, and said: "Baotong, if this king is not mistaken, that Deng Dudu, when he was promoted from Sima of a state to a state assassin, he was still under the command of the Duke of Xing Guo?" ”

"Yes." Su Baotong's expression was complicated, and he said: "Back then, my grandfather first served as the chief of the Shenqiu Road march, pacified Baekje, and then served as the chief of the Liaodong Road march to attack Goguryeo, and then was forced to withdraw because of the lack of food and grass. ”

"You see, although Ling Zun is now named the Duke of Wuyi County, but his position is just Shang Yuan Fengyu, and now it has been forgotten, you are standing behind this king, and people don't even ask you a word, what is his heart, it is obvious!"

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the small courtyard, only Su Baotong was still standing in place in a daze, his fists clenched.

After returning to the small courtyard, Li Xuan sat in the study, and at this time, several secret letters were already placed on the table.

Li Xuan opened and read them one by one, and the things in Yangzhou during this time were all under his control.

Subsequently, Li Xuan wrote a few more reply letters, and then washed up and rested.

By the next day, when he got up early, the letters on the table had long since disappeared.

……

For a whole day, Li Xuan arranged for Qian Niuwei to take over the inner courtyard guard of the Silla envoy and the envoy of the Japanese state, and at the same time checked the national letters brought by the two, and after a little tidying, he immediately sent them to Chang'an.

This time the Tang Dynasty withdrew, and Silla was immediately re-energized after three consecutive defeats, although this was the second time to ask for guilt, but the abbreviation on the letter of guilt was no different from the last time, and its heart was already clear.

On the contrary, it was the envoy of the state of the country, and the content and contact written in the letter of state were no different from those discussed by the monk Daozhen.

Commerce, study, and then canonization of the son of King Tianwu, the son of the Wa King.

Although the current King of Tianwu has several sons, there is only one who is really cultivated with heart to take over the throne.

King Tianwu is not worried about what will happen to his inheritance, all his brothers can be killed by him, and no one in his generation can snatch the throne of his son, what he is more worried about is actually the throne of his grandson.

Unless he is willing to kill all his sons except for the heir, then his grandson will still have to face the situation of his uncle competing for the throne.

Therefore, he was thinking, starting from him, every prince asked Datang to canonize him, so that even if it was a hundred years later, with Datang pressing on it, his sons would not dare to act rashly.

Li Xuan saw through the thoughts of the Heavenly Martial King, but he also guessed through Dao Zhen's calculations.

He had the Heavenly Warrior King focus more on his grandchildren, but ignored the imminent threat.

As for the canonization, does Datang really care who will be the king?

In addition to the meeting, Li Xuan did all the things that the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple should do.

After making sure that nothing is missed, then proceed to the lobby of the Governor's Palace.

Today, Dou Xuande specially held a banquet to welcome the return of the army to the east and the invitation of the Silla envoy, as well as the arrival of the envoy of the Japanese state.

It would also be the first meeting between Li Xuan and the Silla envoy in months.

However, before these two people could find them, someone had already entangled Li Xuan first.

(End of chapter)