The thick green branches are a little red, and the moving spring color does not need to be much.

Although pomegranate flowers are showy, they are scarce in number. It's August again, and it's time to bear fruit. The fruit has just grown a stem, dark green and slender, like a gourd. A gust of wind rose, and three or two wilted flowers fell from the trees, adding some autumn to the summer and summer.

The pomegranate forest outside Jiazhou City was a bit large, and Li Bing and the others followed the people of Yunqi Sect for a cup of tea, and only then did they vaguely see groups of chivalrous warriors.

It's hidden in the woods, so it's no wonder they're meeting here. Li Bing thought as he looked around.

In the middle of the pomegranate forest, there was a huge boulder in a square corner, and there were about 300 people around the boulder. Each of these people chose a place, and there was a gap between the two factions, and it was roughly estimated that nearly sixty sects would be present.

If so many good players are united, I am afraid that everywhere will be a force that cannot be underestimated. Li Bingzheng was thinking about whether these people could really conquer the Tubo Tantra, but he suddenly patted his back gently.

"Brother Li Bing, what are you thinking? Haha, such a large-scale gathering on the rivers and lakes is not common, and it is inevitable that you will be nervous when you come for the first time. It's okay, Yu Meng and I will help you in a while, you just need to tell the truth. ”

Li Bing hummed in a low voice, and was about to speak, when a small group of people passed through from the side of Yunqi Sect, and one of the leaders gently touched Li Bing's shoulder, signaling to borrow the way.

This was originally an ordinary thing, but as soon as Li Bing saw the face of that person, he was shocked and speechless, and that person was his cousin, Li Shu, the third prince.

At this moment, Li Shu changed the dress of a Japanese scribe, dressed in a hemp gray military robe, holding a long sword, but there was a little bit of the taste of a chivalrous warrior. He was followed by four or five people, all of whom were also dressed as people from the rivers and lakes.

When he saw Li Bing, he was also surprised, and hurriedly said, "Brother Li Bing, you are actually here." What a coincidence, since the last time we said goodbye to Jiangnan, we haven't seen each other for three years, how are you lately?"

Li Bing has never been to Jiangnan, and he will meet Li Shu from time to time before running away from home, and he can't say that he hasn't seen him for three years. Hearing that this was all a lie, Li Bing immediately understood that he wanted to cover up his identity for him, and clenched his fists and said: "It turned out to be the third brother Tang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The third prince glanced at the Mozhi Lake and the people of the Yunqi Sect beside him: "Brother is also here for the Jiang family's bounty, since the request is the same, can you take a step to speak." ”

It is common for the union between the bounty sects to be united, and saying this at this moment does not arouse suspicion. After Li Bing and Third Brother Mo clasped their fists and saluted, they followed him to the side.

"Why is Brother Shu'er here, did you also receive the news that someone is going to provoke a war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo?"

Li Shu listened to his words and said the key point, and he didn't explain: "Don't ask me first, why are you here, who did you listen to about those things?"

Li Bing looked at a few people around him, pulled Li Shu's sleeve slightly, and leaned over to him: "No one told me that I found out." The president of the Jiang family did not die at the hands of the Tubo people, there was another person who killed him, and that person also used a plan to kill the prince of Tubo who was almost killed in Yizhou, it seems that he wanted to provoke the Tang Dynasty and Tubo to go to war. I didn't want to worry about it, but when I thought of how many Tang people would be displaced during the war, I still made up my mind to make this matter public. Brother Shu'er rest assured, when the conference starts, the head of Yunqi Sect's Yu Meng will come forward to explain this matter, and that person will not succeed. ”

Hearing him talk about the plan, the third prince exhaled a breath, his heart was so dangerous, he almost broke the big thing, stared at Li Bing's eyes, and said in a low voice: "If I ask you not to tell this matter, will you be willing?"

"What!" he almost cried out when he heard this: "Brother Shu'er is saying that this matter will be left alone? But if this matter continues, Tubo is likely to attack the Tang Dynasty, why let it go?"

Li Shu glanced at the crowd just now, and saw that Mo Ran Hu and Anzi were also looking at them, so he smiled at them slightly, and then came to Li Bing's side: "Now that it's over, I'll tell you everything." The person you said was me, I killed him, and I released the fake news, the purpose of which was to lure Tubo to attack Dongchuan. ”

After he finished speaking, he saw that Li Bing was still at a loss, and continued: "Dongchuan has already threatened Chang'an, and he can't ignore it, but at this time, the imperial court wants to contain other temperance envoys and can't have a large-scale war with either side, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with this plan. Originally, it was a good idea to lure tigers and wolves, but if you can attract people in the rivers and lakes to participate, dog-eat-dog is a clever plan. ”

Li Bingwan never expected that he was the mastermind behind all this, and he couldn't say a word when he was shocked, and repeatedly thought about Li Shu's explanation: "Then we don't want Yizhou?"

"Why not give up a Yizhou for decades of stability in the west of the Tang Dynasty? Now that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has gradually recovered, with these times, it may not be impossible to recover the lost territory in a few decades. Li Shu kept staring at Li Bing's eyes, trying his best to persuade him, but also observing the subtle changes on his face.

Li Bing pinched the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and suddenly looked up at the three princes: "But what about the life and death of the people of Yizhou? Once the war starts, how many people will die due to the war in Yizhou, Dongchuan, Jiazhou, and other more than a dozen states in Bashu, and how many people will have to leave the well." Since the last war, the Tubo Tang Dynasty has been peaceful for more than ten years, and for a war that may not necessarily happen, is it really necessary to cover it up with a new war?"

Li Shu seemed to have expected that he would not compromise easily, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "Brother, do you remember the Anshi Rebellion? When you were born, the war had almost subsided, but I will never forget that period of time. ”

"Eighteen years ago, the An Lushan rebels captured Chang'an, and my Li family was forced to abandon the city and flee to Hanzhou, and was exiled for a whole year. Later, thanks to His Royal Highness King Xiang's defeat of An Qingxu, the son of An Lushan, my Li family was able to recover Chang'an and quell the war. This world is our Li family, and we can't tolerate any of them, even if Tubo only has the possibility of attacking Chang'an, we have to do everything possible. In order to protect the Li family's world, even if it is to sacrifice millions of people. ”

Li Bing was upset, his brain was blank, he didn't seem to be able to find a reason to refute the third prince, he didn't even dare to look at his eyes, he lowered his head and said to himself: "For the sake of the Li family's world...... For the Li family's world......"

But I heard the third prince say again: "Besides, even if we don't fight now, once we fight in the future, not only Bashu, but I'm afraid that Guannei Road, Longyou Road, Lingnan Road, etc. will be in flames at that time." Now Tubo is just fighting with Dongchuan, the Tang Dynasty can also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, once the Tubo and the Tang Dynasty face each other, the other festivals will definitely rebel, when the world is in chaos, the people of Li are in dire straits, that is the life of the miserable. Have you ever thought about any of this!"

Li Bing sighed, closed his eyes and shook his head gently, as if he was unwilling to accept and had to accept this assumption: "I don't know...... I do not know...... Let me think about it. After speaking, he glanced at Li Shu again: "Brother Shu'er, is it true that my Datang can't even beat Dongchuan?"

He looked at Li Shu and nodded slightly, and then looked at the sky: "Let me think about it......" After speaking, he hugged his fist at Li Shu, ignored him anymore, and turned around and walked in the direction of Anzi and the others.

When Anzi saw him coming, he immediately greeted him, and as soon as he walked in, he saw him with a sad face: "Brother Bing'er, what did that person say to you? Why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Li Bingcai reacted that he had lost his temper, and was worried that he would be noticed by Mo Dye Lake, so he hurriedly squeezed out a smile: "It's nothing, he asked me to go to Tantra with him, and after I refused, I was a little unhappy." After speaking, he walked to the side of Mo Dye Lake again: "Third Brother Mo, let's go over to Yunqi Sect too, it looks like it's about to start." ”

The third prince stood in place, looking at his back, lost in thought. The few people who were with him just now also gathered around at this moment.

"Third Prince, how is he?" it was Yu Linghui who spoke.

Li Shu thought for a moment, rubbed the wrench on his hand, and sighed.

"I'm afraid it won't work, but when I get the chance, I'll do it. ”