The book continues from the above, saying that after experiencing a series of open guns and hidden arrows, Li Shimin finally recognized the reality and decided to let go of his hands and feet to fight with Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, not to be able to ascend to the Ninety-Five Honor, but for the words that Chu Mofeng said at the beginning, after all, there are still a large group of people behind him who support him openly and secretly.

Immediately, according to Chu Mofeng's instructions, Li Shimin accompanied Chu Mofeng to the Valhalla on the 29th day of the lunar month to pay tribute to the dead soldiers, but he didn't know that there was a small episode in the Valhalla.

It is said that it snowed heavily that day, and there was a snow-capped scene between the heavens and the earth, Chu Mofeng, who was standing in front of the crowd, respectfully put three incense sticks on the incense burner in front of the tombstone according to the ceremony, and then flashed to the side and asked the accompanying generals to incense in turn.

As the generals stepped forward one by one, Chu Mofeng was surprised to find that Li Xiuning, the only female general of the Tang Dynasty, Princess Pingyang, was not present, but her husband Chai Shao was impressively listed, thinking of this Chu Mofeng could not help but be a little surprised, according to the example that tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Xiuning should return to the capital early to wait for tomorrow's banquet, plus now that the border pass is temporarily in our war, there has been no Turkic figure in the area of Niangzi Pass, this time only Chai Shao alone returned to Beijing is indeed abnormal.

Because this was not the time to interrogate, Chu Mofeng had to wait until the end of the memorial event before dragging Li Shimin to find Chai Shao.

Standing at the gate of Valhalla, Chu Mofeng swept over the faces that came out one by one, until the last person came out, and still didn't see Chai Shao's figure, Chu Mofeng saw this and immediately dragged Li Shimin back to look for it, the two entered the burial area, and saw a lonely figure standing in front of a tombstone from a distance.

Chu Mofeng walked forward, only to see that this person heard the voice and turned his head to investigate, Chu Mofeng fixed his eyes and saw that this person was Chai Shao, who had been looking for a long time, looking at the tombstone in front of him, Chu Mofeng asked in surprise: "Why hasn't Brother Chai left yet?"

I saw Chai Shao wipe a handful of tears and said slowly: "At that time, you were all fighting outside, and as a result, Liu Heimin led the Turks through Niangzi Pass, although they held it, they ......."

"Is it Princess Pingyang buried here?" Hearing Chai Shao's intermittent words, Chu Mofeng's heart was immediately shocked, and he hurriedly asked: "Why don't I and the people know about this matter? It's been a year, why doesn't anyone say it?" I always thought that Princess Pingyang was still guarding Niangzi Pass. ”

At this time, Li Shimin also came over, and after hearing the conversation between the two, he was also surprised, and immediately yelled at Chai Shao: "It doesn't matter if others don't say it, you are my brother-in-law and Xiuning's husband, why don't you tell us?"

"Second brother, Mo Feng, don't ask, anyway, now you also know, Wei'er and Wu'er are still young, and I, as a father, have to raise them. In the face of Chu Mofeng and Li Shimin's repeated questioning, Chai Shao could only keep prevaricating.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng nodded, turned around and took out the incense for worship from the burden Chai Shao carried, and after respectfully ordering it, he bowed three times to Li Xiuning's tombstone, and pulled Li Shimin to turn around and leave Valhalla.

Along the way, the two sat in the carriage without saying a word, the carriage squeaked and drove leisurely on the official road, seeing that they were about to enter the Jinguang Gate, passing by a bumpy place, the carriage woke up the two who were distracted with a bang, only to see Chu Mofeng lift the curtain and look out the window, and then said slowly: "There must be something strange about this matter, but now that the matter is serious, you don't have to be distracted to investigate this matter, leave it to me." ”

"Well, let me know if there's any news. Li Shimin nodded, looked out the window through the gap in the curtain beside him, and said with a long sigh: "This matter is too strange, there are definitely ulterior secrets in it, and the situation in the capital is getting more and more complicated now." ”

"You should hide back and pay attention to yourself, after all, the crown prince and the king of Qi are now approaching madness, and it is estimated that there are indispensable guns and arrows. The carriage passed through the Golden Light Gate smoothly, and when he reached a secluded place, Chu Mofeng said what he was thinking.

Li Shimin nodded and shouted outside the car: "Go to the Guogong Mansion first, and then go back to the palace." Hearing that he was going to go to the Guogong Mansion first, Chu Mofeng said with a smile: "Then I will bother His Royal Highness King Qin to send him off today." ”

After returning to his mansion, Chu Mofeng hurriedly came to the study, took out a small cloth bag from behind the bookshelf, and there were a lot of strangely shaped darts in it, and after taking out one, Chu Mofeng came to the courtyard, kicked the pillars with both feet a few times, and the whole person took advantage of the situation to turn over to the roof, shook the dart in his hand against the sky, and then fell back to the ground lightly.

As soon as the people stood still, they saw Shi Hanshuang leading Mo Ziyao and others together, only to see Li Yuhu smile and said: "Husband, just sent someone from the palace to send a post, and my father invited us to go to the palace for a banquet together, isn't this me discussing with my sisters and sisters what clothes to wear tomorrow." Would you like to give us an idea?"

"Let's wear a commanding garment, the New Year's banquet is a festive occasion after all, and wearing a commanding costume looks more formal. Looking at Li Yuhu in front of him, and thinking of Li Xiuning, who had long since died, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel a little lonely, but it was not good to arouse everyone's interest, so he could only put forward a suggestion to wear a life uniform.

Listening to Chu Mofeng's suggestion, Li Yuhu hurriedly pulled the other three people to his house, and kept muttering: "I said sisters, the edict clothes sent by the palace this year are still in my place, let me tell you, this year's colors and styles are ......."

Looking at the figures of the four people leaving, Chu Mofeng thought for a moment and closed the door of the study, turned around and left the mansion again, and went straight to the Wencheng business in Dongshi.

To say that Song Xin has been a popular figure in the Song family in Lingnan over the years, he not only monopolized the right to operate all the goods in the Western Regions in Chang'an, but also actively cooperated with the post stations of the imperial court, so both Jin Wuwei and Jing Zhaoyin took good care of Wencheng's business.

Despite this, Song Xin has always been in good terms with the rules on tax issues, and he never leaks how much tax he pays every time he stops goods, which is also the most reassuring point for Chu Mofeng. Seeing the arrival of today's shopkeeper, Song Xin thought that Chu Mofeng was here to check the accounts, and was about to order someone to submit this year's accounts, but he was stopped by Chu Mofeng.

Song Xin looked at Chu Mofeng inexplicably and said, "The big shopkeeper won't come to check the accounts today?" ”

"There is such a thing, inform the guys of our firm to go to Niangziguan, secretly check the cause of Princess Pingyang's death, and notify me at any time as soon as there is news. Chu Mofeng looked out of the door, then closed the door, and said in a low voice: "In addition, I won't come forward from the post station, and you can also inform me when you go, this matter is very important, don't make a noise until there is conclusive evidence." ”

Speaking of this, Chu Mofeng took out a bill from his bosom and handed it to Song Xin and said: "It's the end of the year, you have worked hard for another year, this is the bill of the Chang'an Mansion store, and the money in it is considered to be a reward for all the merchants." With that, he put down the bill, got up and left the firm.

After coming out of Dongshi, Chu Mofeng walked on the way home, at this moment there were still snowflakes fluttering in the sky, there were almost no pedestrians on the road, Chu Mofeng walked slowly, enjoying this rare snow scene.

Walking between Tongyi Fang and Guangde Fang, Chu Mofeng was about to turn back to the north, when suddenly the pupils in Chu Mofeng's eyes shrank, and the whole person flipped backwards a few times one after another, and only found that where he was standing, several darts with cold light were nailed to the ground.

Seeing this, Chu Mofeng quickly pulled out the burning sky behind him, looked around vigilantly and said loudly: "Friend, it's not a good thing for a secret arrow to hurt people, don't you have the courage to show up?"

shouted three times in a row, and a hoarse voice suddenly came from the air and said: "The world says that the Duke of Qi Guo Chu Mofeng is strong in martial arts, and he can be called the first in the world. ”

Just as this person spoke, Chu Mofeng had already secretly searched for the source of the sound, and vaguely felt that the corner of a two-story building in Guangde Fang seemed to be the source of the sound.

The two darts flew out like two golden rays of light in an instant, only to hear the sound of entering the flesh, accompanied by a muffled snort, and then I saw a person planted on the ground from the upper floor. Seeing this, Chu Mofeng kicked his feet, and the whole person quickly came to this person's side by means of the heavy snow, pointed at this person with the burning sky in his hand, and said, "Who are you? Why did you assassinate me? Who sent you? If you say it, I will spare you from death." ”

I saw that this person was a young man, who fell to the ground and blood flowed from his mouth, looked at Chu Mofeng and smiled strangely and said, "Don't be delusional, I won't say anything." After saying that, he clenched his teeth, and then saw a wisp of dark black blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Chu Mofeng squatted down and sniffed, thinking that this person had actually taken poison, it seemed that if it weren't for the dead soldiers, he would not have died like this, it just so happened that Jin Wuwei patrolled here, and when he saw Chu Mofeng standing in place, there was a bleeding man lying on the ground, and a group of Jin Wuwei quickly leaned up with weapons.

The first person shouted at Chu Mofeng's back: "The person in front, quickly throw away the weapon, if you don't listen to the dissuasion, Hugh blames the sword for having no eyes." After shouting three times in a row, there was no movement of this person, and everyone immediately walked forward slowly, who knew that this person suddenly turned around, and everyone saw that it was Qi Guogong, and hurriedly put away their weapons and asked: "It turns out that Grandpa Guo is here, may I ask what happened to Grandpa Guo?"

Looking at the group of Jin Wuwei, Chu Mofeng smiled and said: "It just so happened that you came, just now this person was about to assassinate me, but he was injured by my dart, and was about to ask him where he came from, but this person took poison, you take the body back for safekeeping, and quickly find out the identity of this person." ”

Seeing this, a group of Jin Wuwei hurriedly dragged away the corpses on the ground, while Chu Mofeng quickened his pace and quickly returned to his mansion. That night, Chu Mofeng returned to the study after eating, and as soon as he entered the door, Chu Mofeng was stunned at first, and then said to the house: "I originally thought that you would not come so soon. ”

"Grandpa Yuguo, when I heard your call for a dart during the day, my subordinates rushed here as soon as it was dark. I saw this person standing in place dressed in black, with a black scarf covering his head, leaving only a pair of eyes, looking at Chu Mofeng coldly and saying, "I don't know what happened to Grandpa Guo in such a hurry to recruit his subordinates?"

"I need you to find out the cause of death of Princess Li Xiuning of Pingyang. Chu Mofeng was not ambiguous, hurriedly explained his requirements, and then said slowly: "In addition, I was assassinated on the avenue between Guangdefang and Tongyifang today, and before I could ask anything, the killer actually committed suicide by taking poison. ”

This person nodded, and said without the slightest fluctuation in his emotions: "The subordinates know, and tomorrow the subordinates will send someone to check quickly, if there is nothing to do, the subordinates will leave." As soon as the words fell, the man disappeared into thin air in an instant.

Early in the morning of the second day, the lanterns began to be put up to prepare for the New Year, and Chu Mofeng ordered the back kitchen to prepare the dinner of the mansion early, so that all the servants in the mansion could enjoy it together, and then the eldest woman Shi Hanshuang distributed this year's reward money as usual, and it is worth being happy that this year's reward money is more than double that of previous years, which makes the servants excited.

Then Chu Mofeng instructed Liu Feiyan and the others to have dinner in the mansion at night, and as soon as noon passed, he led the four ladies and children to the Taiji Palace.

After entering the palace, Chu Mofeng sent his family to the Chengqian Hall where Li Shimin lived, and he walked around towards the backyard of the Wude Hall where Li Yuanji lived.

Chu Mofeng quietly sneaked into Li Yuanji's residence through the cover of various buildings, and at this time there was silence in the mansion, Chu Mofeng came to Li Yuanji's study according to the map provided by Li Shimin, but after rummaging, he found nothing.

Looking at the small study in front of him, Chu Mofeng thought for a moment and muttered: This kid doesn't look like a place to hide things here, is it all in Li Jiancheng's study?

Then Chu Mofeng tiptoed out, and returned to the Chengqian Hall while no one found out, after seeing Li Shimin, Chu Mofeng shook his head vaguely, Li Shimin reached out and pointed in the direction of the East Palace, and Chu Mofeng stretched out his hand and pointed to the bright sky.

That night, Li Yuan held a banquet in the Qianyuan Hall to celebrate the New Year, in addition to the concubines, princes, princesses, as well as various books and some important royal relatives, a group of people under the leadership of Li Yuan drank three glasses of wine in succession, and then began to appreciate the "Qin King Breaking Array Music" founded by Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

Because the story is about Li Shimin's deeds of breaking Liu Wuzhou, except for Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and those concubines who were very close to him, the rest of the people who were present couldn't stop applauding and praising him.

And Li Yuan, who was located in the first seat, looked at this dance, and then looked at Li Shimin who was sitting at the bottom, and couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt in his heart, his son had been fighting for the Tang Dynasty for many years, and he had no complaints, but he often listened to other people's slander and misunderstood him.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank a glass by himself, Wang De, who was waiting on the side, saw that Li Yuan's wine glass was empty, and hurriedly picked up the wine bottle and poured it forward, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, you see how good this dance is, the old slave who has not read a book for a few days thinks that the performance is very real, this King of Qin is indeed brave and good at fighting." ”

Originally, he had already drunk three glasses of wine, and after the fourth cup of wine, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and when he heard Wang De's words at this moment, he said with a smile: "You old guy, you know everything, how can I not know Erlang's bravery, hey, it's hard to explain the royal matter." ”

While the master and servant were chatting, the song and dance had already ended, and at this time, Li Yuan raised his head and said to the people seated below: "Everyone, on the occasion of the banquet, can you all talk about what you have done this year?"

Then Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji stood up first and chatted, which was nothing more than how many battles they had fought and how many battles they had won;

After the Ministry of Etiquette sat down, Li Yuan raised his eyes and glanced around, and suddenly looked at Chu Mofeng and smiled: "The one sitting over there, don't always drink with your head down, get up and talk?"

Everyone followed Li Yuan's gaze, and saw Chu Mofeng, the Duke of Qi, holding a wine glass in one hand and a chicken leg in the other, filling his mouth regardless of the image. Then everyone burst into laughter.

Hearing that he was named by Li Yuan, Chu Mofeng hurriedly stood up, first coughed lightly, and the laughter in the hall stopped abruptly, and then Chu Mofeng hugged his fists at Li Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, what the minister has done this year, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has already said, and the minister has basically been fighting with His Royal Highness the King of Qin, but what the minister wants to say today, I hope Your Majesty will agree." ”

Seeing Chu Mofeng taking advantage of the banquet to make a request, Li Yuan was immediately interested, and said with a smile: "You haven't been present at the banquet in the past few years, and you have to make a request as soon as you come today, but you can talk about it, and I will see if I can agree." ”

"First of all, the minister decided to donate one million yuan to replenish the treasury ......" As soon as Chu Mofeng's first sentence came out, Li Yuan was immediately stunned in place, and Hubu Shangshu, who was sitting opposite, jumped up and said to Chu Mofeng: "Grandpa Guo, the lower officials didn't hear it wrong, right?"

"One million guan, what's wrong? is it a lot?" Looking at the other party's excited expression, Chu Mofeng couldn't help scratching his head and said, "I haven't finished talking yet, and I will donate another thousand war horses and five thousand pairs of weapons and armor, I wonder if Your Majesty will agree?"

Li Yuan had already been blinded by the million guan at this moment, and it wasn't until Wang De touched him lightly that he came back to his senses, then stood up and said excitedly: "Yes, why don't you allow it?" Mo Feng, you are really my good son-in-law, but I know that these things will not be taken in vain, let's say, what other requirements do you have?"

"Your Majesty, first, the minister wants you to issue an order to arrange the Tiance army near Yiwu to prevent the Western Turks from attacking, and in addition, you can overlook the north and give the Turks a deterrent effect; second, in view of the assassination of the minister near Guangdefang yesterday, the minister asks His Majesty to take over Jinwuwei; third, the minister wants to know how Princess Pingyang died? ”

The three demands suddenly shocked everyone present, and the expression on Li Yuan's face changed several times in succession, and Wang De on the side whispered in Li Yuan's ear when he saw this: " Your Majesty, seeing that he is going to war with the Turks again, this move of the grandfather of the country is undoubtedly a send-off, as for these requests he made, you think, transfer the Tiance army away, lest the prince always complain to you that the king of Qin supports the army and respects himself; ”

Speaking of this, Wang De stopped talking, and Li Yuan listened to Wang De's words, nodded and said, "You old guy, I didn't expect you to have such insight. ”

"Let Your Majesty laugh, the old slave has just been serving in front of Your Majesty for a long time, and he has learned a little or two. Wang De said with a smile when he heard this: "Isn't there a saying that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black." ”

Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and seeing that everyone present was staring at him, he immediately coughed lightly and said: "The first two I am approved, but the third I can't answer you, because Xiuning's death I also feel a little strange, so I'll leave this matter to you to investigate." After that, I will fill in the name of the Qincha, and you can go to Niangziguan in person. ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng hurriedly nodded, and said to Li Yuan: "Then the minister will thank Your Majesty for the time being, and when the Shangyuan Festival is over, please ask the household department and the military department to go to the Guogong Mansion to collect the goods, and the minister is ready to go to Niangzi Pass as soon as the Shangyuan Festival is over." ”

Then Chu Mofeng sat on the seat, although there was no expression on his face, he was already excited in his heart, and things finally began to go according to his established plan, and at this time, among the people present, there were people who were faintly clenched under the case because Chu Mofeng was going to Niangzi Pass.

A banquet did not end until the end of the unit, and Li Yuan, who was already drunk, was sent back by Wang De with a group of servants, while the rest of the people left the palace and returned to their respective mansions in carriages.

After returning to the Guogong Mansion, Chu Mofeng found that although there were traces of drinking and feasting in the mansion, it had already been cleaned up, and then he smiled and waited for everyone to return to their rooms, and went straight to Li Yuhu's room.

At this time, Chu Xuanhuang had already fallen asleep in the company of Momo, and Li Yuhu was able to take off the princess clothes on his body, and stood in the house wearing only a profane clothes, and when he saw Chu Mofeng coming in, the whole person jumped on Chu Mofeng in three steps and two steps, and whispered: "Husband, how did you know the news of the death of the third sister?"

As soon as he heard that Li Yuhu seemed to know something, Chu Mofeng immediately washed up, hugged Li Yuhu into the quilt, and then whispered: "Did you know that your third sister was gone?"

In the dark, Li Yuhu's cheeks were hot, and he said in a weak voice: "Actually, except for you and the second brother, the rest of the brothers and sisters know, but the father didn't let you tell you at that time, and today you also heard from the father, the death of the third sister is a little strange, you were fighting outside at that time, and the father was afraid that you would be distracted after you found out." Speaking of this, Li Yuhu shrank into Chu Mofeng's arms and said, "Husband, you won't complain about Feng'er because of this matter, right?"

"No, but I must investigate this matter, as soon as the Shangyuan Festival is over, I will take Feiyan and them to Niangzi Pass, I must find out about the matter. Chu Mofeng shook his head slowly, and then said in a resolute tone: "When you stayed in Chang'an, your third sister was a meritorious man, so she can't let her die in vain." ”

That night, the husband and wife slept quietly like this, and in the early morning of the second day, Chu Mofeng got up early, returned to his house, and waited for Shi Hanshuang and others to lead the child to greet him.

With the passage of time, it came to the Shangyuan Festival in a blink of an eye, on this day the East and West markets opened early, and Chang'an temporarily lifted the curfew......

Let's look at the frequent incidents of the Shangyuan Festival, and then watch Chu Mofeng crack them one by one, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......