After receiving Li Shimin's order, the army immediately packed up and set off, and Li Mi also left the city in a hurry after encountering the law field, because Li Mi was lightly armed and fast and the horse was one step ahead, so that when he arrived in Chang'an, the army was only half the way.

Li Mi, who returned to Chang'an, quickly entered the palace and reported what happened in the city to Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, after listening to Li Mi's report, Li Yuan smiled a little meaningfully and said: "I already know what the virtuous brother played, but Mofeng's character is like this, when he returns to Chang'an in the future, I will order him to make amends to you in person, if there is nothing to do, the virtuous brother will retire for the time being." ”

Hearing this, Li Mi hurriedly and respectfully withdrew from the Taiji Palace, and the moment he walked out of the gate of the Taiji Palace, the smile on his face before was quickly replaced by a hideous expression, Li Mi thought as he walked, Li Yuan seemed to be really fond of his little son-in-law, and even the big crime of robbing the law field could turn a blind eye, it seems that I really underestimated this Chu Mofeng, no wonder he spoke with a fearless appearance at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Mi walked out of the palace and walked towards the mansion of his old subordinate Cheng Jin.

Two days later, Li Shimin returned to the dynasty with the army of Desheng, Li Yuan heard the words and personally drove the Jinguang Gate to greet him, and when Li Shimin's army marched to the vicinity of the Jinguang Gate, he saw from a distance that His Majesty's dragon chariot stopped outside the Jinguang Gate, Li Shimin saw this and hurriedly ordered the army to stop advancing, and he turned over and dismounted and walked quickly to Li Yuan.

I saw Li Shimin kneeling down on one knee and said to Li Yuan: "Father Qi, the son is back." The army behind him knelt down in unison and said: "See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Li Yuan laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "Wu'er hurry up, and all the soldiers should also hurry up." As soon as the words fell, everyone in the audience thanked them and got up, only to see Li Yuan patting Li Shimin's shoulder and saying: "This time, my son and you will work together to calm the trouble of Longyou in one fell swoop, which is a great achievement, and you all have rewards. ”

Hearing this, everyone shouted "Your Majesty Xie" in unison, and then walked towards Chang'an City with Li Yuan's dragon chariot.

At this time, Li Mi in the crowd kept muttering in his heart: Hurry up and ask, you should ask about Chu Mofeng. Who knew that the Li family and his son did not say a word about Chu Mofeng from beginning to end.

After entering Chang'an City, Li Shimin instructed the generals to bring their soldiers back to the camp, and he came to the Taiji Palace with Li Yuan. ”

Everyone in the hall knelt down and said in unison: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." ”

I saw Li Yuan walk to the dragon chair and sit down, and said slowly: "Zhongqing is flat."

Everyone hurriedly thanked them and got up, and after the ministers got up, Li Yuan said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased today, because my son Li Shimin led a large army to Longyou this time, calmed the trouble of Longyou in one fell swoop, captured alive the puppet emperor Xue Rengao of Western Qin and a group of ministers, and at this time I have escorted a group of people back to Chang'an to wait for their arrival. ”

When the people present heard this, they all opened their mouths to praise, but suddenly a very discordant voice came from the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you see Siping General Chu Mofeng this time?"

Hearing this person's words, the displeasure on Li Yuan's face was fleeting, and he asked coldly: "Chen Changshi, I'm tired of you worrying about General Chu, General Chu is used to being idle and wild, and it is common not to go to the court to listen to Xuan." ”

The person who came out to interrogate was Chen Xinjie, the regular attendant of the Left Scattered Cavalry of Menxia Province, this person was instructed by Li Mi yesterday, so he made trouble in the court today, and after listening to Li Yuan's words, Chen Xinjie arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that General Chu has done a great disrespectful act in Zheqian City, and the minister has received a report, and he must refer to him today, and I implore Your Majesty to judge impartially." ”

Li Yuan was faintly angry when he heard this, before Chu Mofeng had already informed Li Yuan of everything that happened in Zhedun City by letter when he left Zhedun City, so when he greeted the army at Jinguangmen today, Li Yuan did not ask questions, and he thought that he would ask Li Shimin carefully after the dispersal of the court, who knew that there were people in trouble above the court, thinking that Li Yuan was about to get angry, who knew that Li Shimin arched his hand to Chen Xinjie and said: "I don't know what Lord Chen wants to do with General Chu? ”

I saw Chen Xinjie arch his hand at Li Yuan, turned to Li Shimin and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, I want to consult General Chu to disobey the holy will, criticize Your Majesty, despise the envoys, disobey orders, raise dead soldiers, and forcibly break into the court. ”

After listening to Chen Xinjie's words, Li Shimin sneered and said: "Lord Chen, please forgive me for not agreeing with your point of view, your so-called criticism of Your Majesty is completely nonsense, you only know that General Chu is the head of General Siping, but don't forget, he is still His Majesty's son-in-law, and a son-in-law and his brother-in-law discuss the old man's family is a family matter, why is it called Criticism Your Majesty?"

Speaking of this, Li Shimin saluted Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, as for the disobedience to the holy will that Lord Chen said, Erchen thinks that it is even more wronged, and the envoy came to deliver a decree saying that Your Majesty has asked to kill all the people in the entire Zheqi City, and Erchen thinks that His Majesty is a generation of virtuous monarchs, and he will never make such a brutal decision, so General Chu refused to carry out the so-called His Majesty's will in order to protect His Majesty's reputation." ”

Listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Yuan probably guessed what happened in his heart, and couldn't help but applaud his second son in his heart, Li Yuan thought to himself, Lao Tzu just raised his head, or was it not that group of people who were making trouble with the nonsense of 'raising tigers for trouble, cutting grass and eradicating roots', thinking of this Li Yuan said with a smile: " Chen Changshi, what King Qin said is reasonable, first of all, I am the same as Princess Dingyang, and I belong to the existence that makes me the most headache at home, not only does I dare to talk about me in private, but sometimes I can quarrel with me face to face over a problem during the banquet, these are all family matters, not the reason for you to join him. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan looked at Chen Xinjie coldly and continued: "As for disobeying my will, to be honest, I didn't say that I would kill everyone in Zheji City, and this also depends on my concubine who often remembers words such as benevolence and tolerance in my ear, so in order to maintain my reputation, this matter is not only without fault but meritorious, and when he comes back, I will reward him greatly, so this article will not be counted." ”

Then Li Yuan said with a smile: "As for this contempt for the envoy and disobedience to the order, it is even more nonsense, when Xing Guogong returned to the palace to restore his life, I had already made this matter clear to him, so Chen Changshou should not be entangled in this issue anymore, but I am very curious, when will my concubine raise the dead, and why did he hijack the Dharma field?"

As soon as he heard Li Yuan ask about this, Chen Xinjie thought that he had found a breakthrough, and opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister learned that General Chu has a squad under his command since Jinyang and even earlier, and the team members are all from the rivers and lakes. ”

Listening to Chen Xinjie's words, Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair and wanted to laugh even more, it seems that Chu Xiaozi is right, he is indeed a little lighthearted, there are people in the court who will be bought by him, but this is not the time to turn his face, so Li Yuan held back a smile and said to Li Shimin: "Emperor, tell Chen Changshou about this team, lest Chen Changshou always be so lonely and unheard." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he arched his hand at Li Yuan and said, "The son obeys the order." After speaking, he turned to Chen Xinjie and said, "Lord Chen, the so-called team in your mouth has done too many things for our Datang, so I will tell you about it below." ”

"On December 12, the twelfth year of the Great Cause, the day after His Majesty personally led the army to meet Zhen Zhai'er's siege, it was General Chu who personally led this team to rush Zhen Zhai'er's 10,000 troops with a force of six people, and successfully rescued His Majesty and his subordinates.

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Liu Wuzhou forcibly occupied Mayi, and it was General Chu who led his squad to Mayi to assassinate several times, which forced Liu Wuzhou to delay the pace of the attack;

In the same year, Chen Xiaoyi of Yanmen County was killed by his subordinate Zhang Lun, Zhang Lun took Yanmen County to Liu Wuzhou, and it was General Chu who led the team to assassinate Zhang Lun and others again, and avenged Chen Xiaoyi in the name of His Majesty, so that His Majesty did not receive any obstruction when he entered Yanmen County;

In the same year, when General Chu escorted Chen Xiaoyi's family back to Jinyang, he saved the current fourth lady Hua Ling'er, and it was his wife who desperately reported the news, so that Loufu County had time to do a good job of defense, so that later His Majesty led his troops to the south, and the people of Loufu County were aspiring;

Let me tell you something closer, in the first year of Yining, His Majesty sent troops to Chang'an, and it was General Chu who took the lead in conquering Chang'an City, which made my Tang soldiers reduce unnecessary losses;

In the first year of Wude, in the besieged county town of Huangyuan, it was General Chu who led 300 people under his command to risk death to go to the rescue, so that Zai Xia and the rest of the soldiers were rescued, and only 12 of the 300 people under the command of General Chu survived;

Besides, at this time, the battle of pacifying Longyou, every time General Chu led his soldiers to rush to the front, his direct team sneaked into Longyou one step earlier, and constantly carried out assassination and sabotage attacks, so that the three generals Murong Luo, Li Anyuan, and Liu Hongji were able to save their lives and burn all the grain and grass stored by Xue Rengao in Zheqi City, so that Xue Rengao's army was self-defeating, and we were able to successfully pacify Longyou. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked coldly at Chen Xinjie, who was in a cold sweat, and said sharply: "I don't know who you were bewitched by to dare to come out and impeach him? After speaking, Li Shimin turned to Li Yuan and said, "Father Qi, son-in-law please investigate this matter thoroughly and give General Chu justice." ”

At this time, all the generals in the hall and the ministers who had a good impression of Chu Mofeng also came out one after another and said in unison: "The ministers seconded the proposal and implored Your Majesty to uphold justice for General Chu." ”

Seeing this, Li Yuan glanced at Li Mi, and said in a deep voice: "What the emperor invited is very reasonable, if it weren't for what the emperor said, I would have forgotten that this kid had made so many contributions to the Tang Dynasty, if I hadn't had Chu kid by my side to protect him desperately, he would have died under the assassination, in this case, someone would have ...... come."

Before Li Yuan finished speaking, Li Jiancheng, who was standing in the front row, suddenly came out and said to Li Yuan: "Enlighten the father, the son thinks that although the horse is meritorious, but sometimes the behavior is too Meng Lang, the father might as well punish it slightly, so as to set an example." After speaking, he glanced at Li Shimin, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and said: "What the prince said is not unreasonable, since this is the case, pass on my edict, and immediately remove me from the post of the head of General Chu Mofeng Siping, and the same will remain unchanged, and I will make other arrangements when I return to the court in the future; ”

After speaking, Li Yuan stood up and said to everyone: "Retreat from the dynasty, and the King of Qin will talk to me in the back hall." After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked towards the apse, but Chen Xinjie stood on the spot, only waiting for the guards in front of the palace to step forward to remove his official uniform and drag him out like a dead dog, at this time Chen Xinjie reacted, and hurriedly shouted in the direction of Li Yuan's departure: "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged, please forgive the minister." ”

Li Mi in the crowd looked at Chen Xinjie and thought, fortunately, I didn't find someone close to me to come forward to impeach, I didn't expect Li Yuan to defend this person in front of the courtiers like this, it seems that he miscalculated this time.

At this time, Liu Hongji walked in front of Li Mi and said with a little deep meaning: "Lord Li, our Siping General is the first to belong to the kind of people who will repay him, Yin Kaishan did not listen to the command of His Royal Highness the King of Qin and rashly attacked, resulting in seven out of ten soldiers going out, and His Majesty did not pay a heavy penalty when he came back, but he was hung in the middle of the camp by General Chu, and he did not put it down for three or four days, and it was useless for His Majesty to send someone to intercede. After speaking, he smiled and walked out of the Taiji Hall.

On the other side, Li Shimin followed Li Yuan to the apse, only to see Li Yuan stop and retreat left and right and ask, "Erlang, is the Chu boy coming back?"

"Father, don't worry, this kid is sulking for a few days, and he should be back in a few days, and he has a carrier pigeon in his house that is specially in contact with him, and then let Feng'er Feige pass the book to him, and he will come back. Li Shimin hurriedly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his father was worried about this.

"Well, I think Mo Feng, this kid is not a person who doesn't care about proportion, there is a letter he sent before he left from Folding City, you can destroy it after reading it, and the things mentioned in the letter have to be guarded against. Li Yuan nodded, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Li Shimin, motioning for him to browse first.

After Li Shimin took the letter and browsed it, he nodded and said: "It seems that this kid's guess is right, but he actually went to Luoyang, the eastern capital, which is Wang Shichong's territory. ”

"Yes, this kid is thinking about contributing to our Datang all the time, and it's not an exaggeration to protect him for his father today, but when your brothers are together, you should also mention him more, after all, he still has the title of a colt, and how many pairs of eyes are staring at him in the court. Li Yuan sighed, and his good impression of Chu Mofeng intensified in his heart.

"Erchen knows, if there is nothing wrong, Erchen will retire first. Li Shimin nodded, bowed to Li Yuan, and turned around and left the apse.

At this time, on the official road leading to Luoyang, Chu Mofeng and his party of seven people were heading towards Luoyang, the eastern capital, non-stop, because there was a big incident in Luoyang at this time.

The reason for the incident is that when Wang Shichong forced the retreat of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Yang Tong's dead soldiers desperately resisted, so that Wang Shichong paid a lot of price to successfully ascend the throne.

This order is a ban on martial arts, because Wang Shichong thinks that the people in the rivers and lakes are a great threat to him, and Li Yuan still has the other side flower in his hands, so he ordered his nephews Wang Renze and Wang Xingben to lead troops to kill the people in the rivers and lakes in Luoyang and the surrounding areas.

Previously, Chu Mofeng received a message from Li Yuanji's Fengli Dao in Zhedun City, intending to invite Chu Mofeng to Luoyang to preside over major events, but because he still had the title of a person in the rivers and lakes, Chu Mofeng was afraid that the matter would leak and cause unnecessary trouble, so he left Zhedun City through Li Mi's incident.

After the secret report was sent to Li Yuan, Chu Mofeng took Shi Hanshuang and others under his command all the way to Luoyang non-stop. Passing by a tea house, Chu Mofeng motioned for everyone to get off the horse and rest, and when Dr. Tea saw someone coming, he hurriedly greeted him and asked: "A few guest officers, please, just boiling water, the small ones are making tea for a few people, do you want to have some dim sum?"

Chu Mofeng took off his hat, took out a bunch of money from his arms and threw it to Dr. Cha and said, "A few decent pastries, two pots of tea, and the rest will be considered as a reward for you." ”

Dr. Tea took the money and said 'Haole', and was about to turn around to prepare, when Chu Mofeng stopped him and said, "This money is not rewarded for you, I have a few words to ask you." ”

"Guest, even if you ask, as long as you can't say it, the villain must know everything and say everything. Dr. Tea nodded, looking at Chu Mofeng happily.

"Has anything happened in Luoyang recently?, how far is Songshan from here?" Chu Mofeng thought for a moment and opened his mouth to ask.

I saw Dr. Tea look around mysteriously, and then lowered his head and whispered: "The guest officer doesn't know, something has really happened in Luoyang City recently, the emperor has abdicated, and the great prime minister Wang Shichong has become the emperor, and the other is what kind of ban on martial arts issued by the imperial court, the specific small one is not very clear, I only know that Luoyang City is killed in the dark, and the guest officer, you inquire about Songshan, Songshan is in the east of Luoyang, and it is about a day's journey from here." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded, signaled Dr. Cha to hurry up and prepare, and then came to the table and said to everyone: "According to the letter of the Fengli knife, most of the surviving people in the rivers and lakes have gone to Songshan at this time, let's go to Songshan, we must keep a low profile, and we must not be strong." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, only to hear Shi Hanshuang whisper: "What do you say this Wang Shichong is doing, the people in the rivers and lakes have always been involved in each other with the imperial court, and as soon as the ban on martial arts came out, didn't it force a group of people in the rivers and lakes to the opposite side of him? ”

I saw Yu Wenxiu smile and said: "Shuang'er, you don't know, Wang Shichong has a bad reputation, I still remember that Xu Gongwenyuan once commented on him and said, 'Prince, villain, can kill the deceased.'" It can be seen that this person is a capricious person, and when Yang Guang was in power, the number of people in the rivers and lakes around Luoyang increased day by day, and anyone in power had to guard against it, but Wang Shichong's move was too intense. ”

Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard the words and was about to speak, but he saw Dr. Tea coming over with tea and pastries, seeing this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly silenced, and after Dr. Tea walked away, Chu Mofeng said to everyone: "Let's hurry up and make up some food, and then repair it, and then rush to Songshan to see the situation first." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded and hurriedly touched the pastries and ate them, and after they were full of wine and food, Chu Mofeng and the others got up and turned over their horses and rushed towards the direction of Songshan Mountain pointed out by Dr. Cha.

In the side hall of Songshan Shaolin Temple, a group of people from the rivers and lakes gathered together, at this time the hall quarreled constantly, only to see a thin young man with a spear in his hand standing up and saying to a monk in the first seat: "Master Tanzong, he Wang Shichong is really a bastard, I am acting in a low-key manner, and I provoked him? A ban on martial arts will destroy my iron gun door up and down, even the old and weak women and children will not let go, this revenge will not be avenged by me Zhang Huang swears not to be a person." ”

"Zhang Gongzi said this, my Moon Gate is wronged, we are just walking the rivers and lakes to perform arts, Wang Xing didn't say that our Moon Gate is also a person who practices martial arts, this time except for me and my junior sister who escaped by luck, the rest of us were all killed. As soon as Zhang Huang's voice fell, a young and handsome woman stood up and said angrily.

Immediately, a woman dressed in the clothes of an Emei disciple opposite Zhang Huang stood up and said to Tanzong: "Master Tanzong, the world's martial arts are out of Shaolin, Shaolin Emei has always supported each other, if it weren't for our Emei rudder evacuation early, maybe it was also poisoned by Wang Shichong, this matter I have reported to the ancestor Qinglian Shitai, the ancestor wrote that the little uncle has been notified, and it is estimated that he will arrive soon." ”

Tan Zong raised his head when he heard the words and said: "The poor monk knows that your little uncle is coming, which also means that the group of people is also coming, you guys don't be impatient, let's think about it in the long run after the group of people come." ”

Fengli Dao, who was sitting in the front row, stood up and clasped his fists at everyone present and said: "Master Tanzong is right, the matter of Luoyang has been sent to Lord Yaksha, it is estimated that they will be able to arrive in the next few days, and when Lord Yaksha arrives, let's discuss how to deal with that Wang Shichong." ”

When everyone present heard the word Yaksha, they all kept silent, after all, these two words represent justice and killing in the rivers and lakes, and everyone thought that as long as this group of killing gods came, maybe things could take a turn for the better, so they immediately got up and retreated, and walked towards their rooms.

When only Tan Zong and Feng Li Dao were left in the room, Tan Zong slowly raised his head and said, "Feng Daxia, will they really come?"

"Master Tanzong, please rest assured, Lord Zai and Lord Yaksha are working for the Tang Dynasty at the moment, I think even if it is for the Tang Dynasty to successfully capture Luoyang in the future, Lord Yaksha will definitely come, from today onwards, he will be guarding at the bottom of the mountain, once Lord Yaksha arrives, he will be invited under the promise. Fengli Dao nodded, hurriedly said something to comfort Tan Zong, and then hugged his fist at him, turned around and walked down the mountain......

There is a way to be a matter of the people of the rivers and lakes, and seeing that the people of the rivers and lakes gathered in Songshan to discuss the major matters of life and death, Chu Mofeng scolded Fang Yu for making trouble in Luoyang, the eastern capital, to know what happened next, and listen to the next decomposition......