"Who should I be, it's you stinky boy. Li Bing hurriedly came in from the outer courtyard, and at a glance he saw the person waiting for him in the main hall.

When Aunt Cai told her subordinates to look for Li Bing, she didn't make it clear who the people in the palace were, so he hurriedly returned to the house, only to find that the person sitting in the hall turned out to be Li Xuan, the eleventh prince.

"You didn't ...... before you came"

Before he finished speaking and entered the door, another figure walked out from the side of the door, put away the sword he was playing with, and looked at Li Bing with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The person who came was the crown prince Li Shi, who looked a few years older than Li Shu, the king of Mu, dressed in a yellow dress, a bowled silk hat, inlaid with green and white jade in the middle, a dark brown belt, and a three-ring jade pendant. His complexion was slightly darker, his face was square, his forehead was broad and full, his nose was straight and straight, and his lips were thick.

He smiled slightly, and the sun was free and easy: "Li Bing, long time no see!"

Seeing that Li Binggang was about to salute, he helped him up: "No courtesy, no courtesy, they are all cousins, and there are no outsiders, so there is no need to be formal!"

"I asked the queen to come out, and I happened to meet the old eleven on the road looking for the queen mother to leave the palace token. I was afraid that he would be in trouble, so I sent him out and came to see it together. What happened in Shuzhong last time, thanks to your help. King Mu has sent gifts here, and I haven't had time to thank them yet. ”

(The crown prince's biological mother is Empress Ruizhen, who is deceased, and the current queen is Empress Zhenyi, not the prince's biological mother.) ）

After speaking, the prince took the sword in his hand and handed it to Li Bing - it was the "tired dust" sent by King Mu.

"This sword was awarded to the third brother last year, and he can give it to you, and he is willing to give it to you. He accompanied Li Bing to the chair, sat down by himself first, and then invited Li Bing to sit down, chatting casually:

"When it comes to the matter of the third child, my father didn't let me interfere, during the New Year's Festival, the civil and military officials were off for ten days, but His Royal Highness King Xiang, who was tired, still went to the criminal department every day to work, but I ended up relaxed. ”

He sighed briefly, and slapped it on his leg: "Forget it, it's all over, don't talk about this matter." I don't come out often, I just watched your sisters, this kid sings so fast, it's not long since I last saw him, and it's a little taller. ”

He looked at Li Bing, both of them were silent, there was nothing polite to do, and finally got to the point: "By the way, I heard Uncle Wang say that you have grown a lot in martial arts this time? Didn't you like to practice martial arts when you were a child? Why did you suddenly become obsessed with martial arts?"

"Huh?" Li Bingcha was asked like this, and he didn't know where to start, so he said: "It's a long story, I didn't want to study hard, the ghost made the god send, so I learned a little, and the more I learned, the more I learned." After going around the rivers and lakes, he got into a lot of trouble for himself!" After speaking, he shook his head helplessly.

Hearing this, Li Xuan's eyes fell on Li Bing's wrist, and he was suddenly stunned, his brows were furrowed, his face was full of surprise, and he came back to his senses in an instant, his face returned to normal, but he still looked at Li Bing's wrist.

"Oh, does it matter?" the prince asked with concern, "Did you provoke any forces in the rivers and lakes?"

"That's not true, it's just that the practice is wrong, and there is something wrong with the internal strength. Li Bing waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, thank you for the prince's concern." ”

"Although Uncle Xiangwang is also a master of martial arts, but there is a mountain and a mountain high, if you have any problems, I can tell you a good place to go. ”

He looked at Li Bing listening attentively, a little satisfied, and said with a smile: "Although the Ministry of War also has a 'Martial Arts Pavilion', which has a lot of martial arts classics that can be read, but compared to what I told you today, it is a small thing." ”

The prince got up and closed the door of the main hall, which made Li Bing even more curious.

"This matter was originally known only to the prince, but I will tell you today, but don't spread it. Not even your sworn brothers. ”

Li Bing bowed slightly, listened to the prince get closer, and whispered:

"Before the Sui Dynasty, our Li family was also born out of forces such as the 'Chang'an Non-faction', one foot into the court as an official, and the other foot in the rivers and lakes, and the two sides rushed to help each other, which can be regarded as both advantages and disadvantages.

Having said that, the Sui Dynasty collapsed and the world was divided. The big forces at that time: Er Xue, Er Li, Song, Liu, Wang, Dou, Xiao, Du, Liang. Which one doesn't have a little power behind it?

There are also many forces behind our Li family, and the two largest and most loyal forces are 'Junwei Pavilion' and 'Yunlangtai'. These two schools, one emphasizes internal strength and the other emphasizes external strength, each with its own strengths.

'Yunlangtai' is earlier, probably dating back to the Western Jin Dynasty, which was created by the ancestors of the Li family and inherited for hundreds of years. 'Junwei Pavilion' is the Jianghu forces recruited by the Li family when they were officials in the Northern Dynasties, and three generations of relatives have married six times, so they have a solid connection like an iron fight.

After Gaozu (Li Yuan) defeated other separatist forces and established this Tang foundation, it was inconvenient to have close ties with the gangs in the rivers and lakes on the surface.

Under the instruction of the Li family, these two sects died down and merged into one faction, each taking half of the name, called 'Wei Ge Langtai', and gradually retired to the rivers and lakes, only as a backup, monitoring the rivers and lakes for the Li family. With the secret support of the imperial court, it is easier to read the world's martial arts and become an unborn advanced sect.

There are not many disciples in Weige Langtai, but almost all of them are masters of the inner and outer families, and they are loyal to the Li family. Such a person may have a limited role in the disputes between the two armies and the tens of millions of men and horses of the two armies, but it is not so difficult to protect a person thoroughly. ”

When the prince said this, he smiled lightly and looked at Li Bing: "Why is the commander of the forbidden army 'Meng Haiyuan' so respected by his father, because he is the one who came out of Weige Langtai. Not only that, but his ancestors have been from Weige Langtai for three generations, and they are innocent. Definitely trustworthy. ”

"How is it, isn't it a little exciting? Wei Ge Langtai is a martial artist in the world, and he naturally has everything you want to learn. The prince grinned, and lightly tapped on the table with four fingers of one hand, as if waiting for Li Bing's response, and said:

"If you like magic, there's a more powerful sect.

After His Majesty Taizong ascended the throne, in order to make up for the shortcomings of 'Wei Ge Langtai'. He secretly created two other sects.

One of them is called 'Qianmo Palace', which is used to secretly investigate the news of the rivers and lakes, and at its most powerful, the secret agents are almost all over all the state capitals. However, later this sect was discovered by the 'Tianyan Pavilion' and the 'Tianji Palace', and it was investigated.

The news could not be concealed, so it simply turned into a force on the surface, and later became the 'Bailiu Division', an agency under the Ministry of War. This is nothing, after so many years, there is only an empty shell left. But the other one is very powerful.

The ancestor of Taizong, who was obsessed with the magic formation back then, was dissatisfied with the research of 'Wei Ge Langtai' in magic, so he created another sect, called 'Qin Wang Palace'. The people in the sect have never been born, they only concentrate on studying the world's magic, and have become a hidden sect, because it is located in the Qinling Mountains, it is rarely visited, and few people on the rivers and lakes know about it.

However, the techniques there are a collection of many strengths, and they have their own lineage, and there are few in the world that can compare with them.

If you'd like to see something, I'll introduce you. ”

Li Bing gasped, but he didn't know that there were still these secrets in the royal family.

Looking at his surprised eyes, the prince was full of smugness and grinned: "Originally, these sects were not very active, and they didn't do much except to receive silver from the treasury every year. Knowing the rebellion of pacifying Anshi, I know the wonderful use of these sects. If you have a plan for martial arts or magic, these two places will definitely not disappoint you. ”

The rise of the prince simply talked about his experience of going to 'Wei Ge Langtai' to select his attendants after staying in the East Palace, the richness of the classics in it, and the excellence of the disciples' kung fu, sentence by sentence, in the blink of an eye, it was half an hour.

The days are short and the nights are long in winter, and before the time has passed, the sky will turn dark, the prince got up and said that there is something important to go back to the palace, and after thanking Li Bing again for the matter of Bashu, he got up and left.

Before leaving, he took off the waist card and left it to Li Xuan:

"It's hard for you to go out of the palace, and the New Year's Lantern Festival is lively. Keep my waist card, and it doesn't matter if you come back after the palace gate is keyed, but don't forget that tomorrow morning, you have to go to your father and queen to say goodbye. ”

The two thanked the prince and sent him out of the house, watching the figure go away, Li Bingcai breathed a sigh of relief:

"Finally gone! I was sweating, and it was the first time that I listened to the prince talk about martial arts so happily. ”

He looked at Li Xuan and laughed on the side, and slapped him on the shoulder: "You can still laugh? That's the future emperor, this is to deal with, it is arrogant and rude, and if it is heavy, it is flattery, and every sentence must be weighed clearly, but it is really tiring." ”

"You, you!" Li Xuan looked at him and shook his head: "Sometimes I think you are very smart, but when you are stupid, you are really like a pig! When to learn from Lin Yuan, it is better to be delicate." ”

Li Bing twisted his body, screamed, and learned from Li Xuan: "Pinch and pinch, when will you learn from Lin Yuan, and be delicate~!" After speaking, he stuck out his tongue towards Li Xuan:

"Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan! I've seen it twice, as if it's familiar with something. I really don't know if it's if he's your best friend since you grew up, or if I'm me. If you've seen him in private, you might hate him!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" Li Xuan giggled: "Are you jealous?" or jealous?"

As soon as the words fell, he saw Li Bing pounce on him and began to scratch his waist. "Still jealous!

The two twisted into a ball, fighting and making trouble for a long time, Li Xuan's body was weak, where was Li Bing's opponent, and begged for mercy again and again.

"Alright, alright, stop making trouble, but seriously, don't you see the prince's intentions?"

"What's the point?"

"Oops! stupid!" Li Xuan scolded him in disgust: "King Mu has fallen, guess who is the person who threatens him the most in the future?"

"Well......" Li Bing pondered for a long time: "Then the rest is the fifth prince?" But the fifth prince is only twenty years old, and he is fifteen years old behind the crown prince, so he can't threaten it." ”

"It's you!"

"I ?!!!" Li Bing was as stunned as a wooden chicken, pondering Li Xuan's words carefully, and then said: "What does this have to do with me, I'm just a son of the world!"

Li Xuan pulled Li Bing over and leaned into his ear: "When my father was born in the East Palace, only the prince and the king were harmonious. After ascending the throne, his father was busy with court affairs, and later there was the Anshi Rebellion, and no prince was born for seven or eight years, so the later princes were much younger than the crown prince and King Mu.

Even the fifth emperor brother has only recently reached adulthood, and he only moved out of the palace two years ago, and he is weak in the court, so he is not a threat to the prince at all. (Twenty weak crown adult, not eighteen.) ）

The Eight Emperor Brothers and the Ten Emperor Brothers are almost all the same. Not to mention, my mother died early, she was born with a disability, and she was the most unfavored one in the palace.

The rest is the fifteenth brother, and his biological mother is the current Queen Zhenyi, although he is also a concubine, but he is only six years old, and it is not worth mentioning to the eldest son of the prince.

Now King Mu can no longer turn over, and there is no one in the palace to rival. It's you and Uncle Xiangwang. has long been a thorn in his side. Now that he has his hands free, he is going to work on you. ”

Li Bing couldn't figure out this relationship, and asked stupidly, "Why?"

"Don't you understand this? Uncle Xiang Wang has made countless military exploits, and most of the soldiers and horses in the world have been his old subordinates, do you just think about how many civil and military generals have come to visit your home in the past few days of the New Year? I'm afraid that all the officials who have returned to Beijing have come, don't you have the bottom in your heart?"

"But my father and I didn't mean that at all. Li Bing immediately retorted: "Didn't my father return to the field early? ”

Li Xuan sneered: "You really don't mean that, but your father...... In short, the current situation is that the father is still there, Uncle Xiang Wang abides by his duty, and the whole family is in harmony.

But in the past two years, my father has taken more and more pills, and his body is not as good as before, and this year he has coughed up blood several times, and his bottom has been completely empty, and he is using pills to hang himself.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who has just ended the infighting of the King of Harmony, has an unstable foundation in the court, and there is no military general who supports him on the surface.

It is Uncle Xiangwang, although he has been away from the court for many years, but his subordinates back then are now ranked as generals, and they are also widely praised in the Qing Dynasty. Yu Chaoen was about to fall now, and there was not even anyone in the court who could check and balance him. If this time ......"

Li Xuan's voice was lowered: "I mean if my father dies...... If Uncle Xiang really wants to have some ideas, where does the prince have the strength to stop him. Not to mention others, even Meng Haiyuan, the commander of the forbidden army, can be regarded as your father's junior brother.

When the time comes, there will be an uncle Wang to assist the government...... You don't need to see blood, with your father's intelligence, isn't it easy to erect a 'honest and honest' prince?"

Li Bing was even more surprised, and listened to him say solemnly: "That's right." Uncle Xiangwang until the Anshi Rebellion for four or five years, he practiced martial arts in "Wei Ge Langtai", and the strong martial arts were all learned by the Li family. ”

"I don't know any of that. ”

"It's not the prince, it's strictly forbidden to spread the word! Do you think the prince will be so kind to tell you? Li Xuan squeezed his eyebrows: "If you nod today, he can arrange it for you tomorrow." ”

"What does this matter matter?" As soon as he finished speaking, he reacted again: "You mean, if I am addicted to martial arts, my father will have no other heirs to support under his knees, so naturally I will not have the idea of fighting the dragon chair?"

Li Xuan finally exhaled: "That's right! You only reacted now! Uncle Xiangwang's love for you is more than anything else, even if it is only for your future, maybe it will really ......."

Without waiting for him to finish, Li Bing looked at him with a smirk: "Okay, okay...... The more you talk about it, the more boundless it becomes, you joke like that, even I almost believed it, idiot!"

"Eh, but is that Qin Wang Hall and Wei Ge Langtai really that powerful?

Li Xuan didn't bother to argue with him, and didn't mention the prince's affairs anymore: "I haven't been there again, how do I know." Anyway, I only know that there are two places. ”

He stretched: "It's hard to get out of it, and I still want to be loose." You don't take me to see Wei Ze and them, during the New Year's Festival, the West Market is very lively, so I don't want to sit stupidly in your house for a day. ”

Li Bing called out, took the mink cloak, and handed it to Player Li: "It's dark, it's cold outside, you put this on." We are going now, and we can still have dinner with Wei Ze and them, just in time to introduce you and my new sworn brother, An Qingfang. ”

The two walked side by side, and as soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they met Aunt Cai head-on.

"The people from the Rong family came here just now. Seeing you talking in the room, I didn't bother you. The Rong family said that everything was ready, and if it was convenient for them tomorrow, they could go over. Let your father come back tomorrow and come with you......"

"What are you looking for them?"