Li Shentong left Yuan Mansion and did not go home directly. Instead, he ran to the Patriarch's Mansion where Li Yuan lived, got off the carriage, and entered Li Mansion.

The road was unobstructed, and as close as the atrium, bursts of children's laughter could be heard inside, followed by scattered footsteps and children's shouts. It sounded like many children were chasing and playing, but amid the sounds of children's play, there was

The choked cry of a child.

Listening to this familiar cry, Li Shentong shook his head and sighed. He knew that the cry belonged to Li Yuanji, the fourth son of Li Yuan. The reason for Li Yuanji's cry was also very simple. He must have been laughed at by his brothers and sisters again.

Speaking of which, Li Yuanji is quite pitiful, mainly because he is extremely ugly.

As the saying goes, a son does not despise his mother for being ugly, and conversely, a biological mother has no reason to despise her own flesh and blood. However, after Mrs. Dou gave birth to Li Yuanji in the third year of Renshou, she just took one look at him and without saying a word, asked her servants to give birth to her own flesh and blood.

Abandoned by his son. This shows that Li Yuanji's ugliness has reached a point where even his biological mother cannot bear it.

At that time, the maid Chen Shanshan was kind-hearted and secretly brought him back to raise him secretly. When Li Yuan came home and reported to him, Li Yuanji did not die in infancy.

Li Yuan did not dislike his son's ugly appearance, but instead persuaded the Dou family to raise him. However, despite this, Li Yuanji did not enjoy the slightest bit of fatherly love, maternal love, or the warmth of the family. Li Yuan was always working as an official in other places.

And Dou

He traveled with his second son Li Shimin for a long time, so Li Yuanji had to play with his brothers and sisters such as Li Xuanba, Li Zhiyun, and Li Xiuning. However, these children were about the same age as him and were ignorant. Not only were they unwilling to play with him, they also teased him about being ugly every day.

For fun.

For now, only Li Jiancheng, the maid, is responsible for taking care of the young boy. Chen Yiyi, the maid, truly treats him as a relative and gives him the warmth of family affection.

Although Li Shentong sympathized with this unfortunate ugly child, after all, it was the head of the family's family affairs and he had no control over it.

When he walked around the shadow on the wall and walked into the courtyard, the scene he saw was exactly what he expected.

Li Yuanji was seen crying in Li Jiancheng's arms, while Li Jiancheng was helplessly scolding the children hiding everywhere. But these boys and girls who had caused trouble not only were not afraid of the elder brother Li Jiancheng,

Instead, he chuckled.

Li Shentong looked at the children with pink makeup, and then at Li Yuanji. He was puzzled. Both of his brothers were so good-looking, so why did such an ugly guy suddenly appear?

I don’t understand!

"Uncle!" Li Jiancheng saw Li Shentong arriving, handed Li Yuanji to his wife Wang, and stepped forward to salute Li Shentong and say hello.

"Why are they making such a fuss?" Li Shentong acted like an elder and reprimanded: "You are so spoiled to them, do you know that?"

"No way!" Li Jiancheng said with a wry smile: "Aye asked me to stay at home and take care of my younger brothers and sisters. Of course I want them to grow up happily. Unfortunately, I can't even do that. I'm really ashamed of my parents."

Li Shentong had something on his mind and had no intention of discussing this with Li Jiancheng. He put on a cynical smile and waved his hand, "I have something serious to discuss."

"Okay! Let's walk and talk!" He said he was walking and talking, but Li Jiancheng didn't say a word until he was in the study. Li Jiancheng closed the door and asked Li Shentong seriously: "Uncle, you and General Yuan Da

How's the talk going?"

"When I went to see Yuan Shou, Yu Xiangxian was also there." Li Shentong sat down and said worriedly: "They are preparing to concentrate the entire Guanlong forces to deal with King Wei."

In front of Yuanshou and Yu Xiangxian, Li Shentong complied with their wishes and called him "Yang Ji" one after another. However, when he returned home, he immediately changed to the honorific "King Wei".

This is also Li Yuan's strict requirement for his tribe, requiring the tribe to maintain the minimum respect for every dignitary, so as not to make mistakes in details and offend others; over time, the adult children of the Li family have developed a good family tradition, and they also have

Learned the conversational skills of "talking to people and talking to ghosts".

"What?" Li Jiancheng was surprised. He stared into Li Shentong's eyes and said emphatically: "King Wei is the most trusted person of the saint. Haven't they thought about it?"

"They have thought it through very clearly." Li Shentong explained the meeting process in detail, and finally said upset: "That's all, but I see their posture, it is clear that they want our Li family to act as

They are just pawns; if we don't do it, they will join forces to deal with us."

Li Jiancheng was young, mature and steady, and quickly calmed down, and analyzed to Li Shentong: "The late emperor and the saints all regard the Guanlong nobles as poison, and they all regard suppressing and annihilating the Guanlong nobles as their top priority. If Guanlong

For the nobles to unite to deal with King Wei will only be counterproductive and will only make the saint more fearful. The reason why the Yuan family is so active has four motives:

: The first is to borrow everyone's help to repay Yuan Yan; the second is to rush to express their presence. After all, they are already the leaders of the Wuchuan Alliance. If they fail to do anything, how can they explain to the Guanlong nobles? How can they gain everyone's trust?

?The third point is to win over the Dugu sect and the wavering families in the Dou sect. The fourth point is the most hidden point and the most sinister point."

Li Shentong, who had always been convinced by this wise nephew, saw him stop and asked quickly: "What is that?"

Li Jiancheng lowered his voice and said word by word: "Uncle, the fourth point is that the Yuan family did not defeat King Wei at all."

Those words were like a bolt from the blue, which made Li Shentong dizzy.

"How is this possible?" Li Shentong looked at the gentle Li Jiancheng, his eyes full of disbelief. When he saw the battle between Yuan Shou and Yu Xiangxian, they were clearly fighting to the death with Yang Ji, but Li Jiancheng actually said, "Yuan Shou and Yu Xiangxian are fighting to the death."

He didn't even defeat King Wei." How could this not shock him?

"How is it impossible?" Li Jiancheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The saint naturally doesn't believe half of what the Guanlong nobles say; if the Guanlong nobles unanimously slander King Wei, the saint not only doesn't believe it at all, but is even more afraid, and then re-appoints King Wei.

Come and deal with the Guanlong nobles, as long as the Guanlong nobles are not destroyed, King Wei will be safe and sound."

Li Shentong thought about it carefully and nodded repeatedly: "That's true! What next?"

"Then?" Li Jiancheng smiled coldly: "Everyone aroused the murderous intention of the saint and offended King Wei. They were defeated one by one, so they had to follow the Yuan family all the way to the end. In this way, the Yuan family will always be a noble of Guanlong.

The Lord of the Lord will always be able to enslave the great clans of the Guanlong nobility, and will always be able to ask for and take from all the great clans... In the end, he will use the manpower, material resources, and financial resources of the great clans of the Guanlong nobility to strengthen himself."

Li Shentong was not stupid. Hearing what Li Jiancheng said so clearly, he immediately understood: "This means that after everyone offends King Wei, if King Wei does not fall, it will give the Yuan family a good opportunity to integrate the Guanlong forces.

?”

"Yes!" Li Jiancheng nodded: "Aye once said that the Yuan family's ambition to restore the country is not only not dead, but getting stronger and stronger. If they have the power of the entire Guanlong nobles, then they will have the ability to overthrow the Sui Dynasty.

Military strength and financial resources. If we continue to stir up dissension, everyone will have no choice but to follow the Yuan family in rebellion in order to survive."

"Damn Yuan Shou, Yuan Zhou!" After reacting, Li Shentong stood up suddenly, kicked over the desk in front of him, and said angrily: "How about we just report it to the saint?"

Li Jiancheng was moved in his heart, but he still shook his head: "The saint is not afraid of his ministers forming cliques, nor is he afraid of conflicts among his ministers. Infighting among ministers is the most welcome thing. I guess he will sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, rather than stop it.

If we tell the truth, he will see through us."

Li Shentong asked: "Neither the left nor the right, so what should we do?"

"Since neither the left nor the right is right, then we should stand in the middle. As long as we stand in the middle, we will have a chance, at least we will not offend anyone." Li Jiancheng said: "If King Wei takes action first, the Yuan family will not have time.

The layout doesn’t have time to force us.”

"How?"

"Let me think about it carefully."

...

The setting sun was shining slantingly, and a lake in the back garden of Prince Wei's Mansion in Daxing City was filled with clear water, sparkling and shining. Under the dripping eaves extending out like bat wings outside the pavilion beside the pool, Princess Dugu Min was fishing with a fishing rod in her hand.

There are also several strong women standing in the distance with big shoulders and round waists. Their faces are full of flesh. These strong women are all masters of sumo wrestling and are extremely skilled. Their weapons are three-foot-long Vajra Demon-Conquering Pestles with a vajra at one end.

, the other end is a three-edged pestle, this instrument is

People in Buddhism often use them to subdue demons, but they use them to stab people. When facing them, ordinary men can't beat them. You can't stab them to death with a knife, but their vajra demon-subduing pestles can open a hole around you.

Big hole, and then make you bleed to death.

Therefore, their destructive power is quite high, and at a critical moment, they can also be used as shields. If they put on the 'bulletproof vest' invented by Xiao Ying, even a powerful crossbow cannot penetrate it.

There are many sumo masters like this in the Yang family in Zhangye, but because they are not good at battlefield combat skills and can tire out war horses, Yang Ji usually does not consider them when fighting.

As for Dugu Min, the princess, since Yang Ji became an official, she has been saying that she no longer cares about Yang Ji's life and death, and that whether Yang Ji is good or bad has nothing to do with her; but as a mother, how can Dugu Min not care?

His own son?

No, as soon as I heard that my son was engaged in the Northern Expedition, I ran all the way from Luoyang to Ganzhou to accompany my daughter-in-law and wait patiently for news about my son. However, as soon as I heard that my son had defeated the Turks again, I ran back to Daxing pretending to be disdainful.

After arriving in Daxing, he honestly followed his son's wishes and went to his sister-in-law to negotiate the sworn vows between Liu Rumei and Dugu Pingyun. When they returned to the capital, they could choose an auspicious day to sworn sworn vows.

As for the rebellious girl Pei Shuying, it was up to Dugu Min to solve it. Of course she was very willing to solve it, but before she had time to act, the good news about her son caused a storm in the city.

Although the theories about heroes and gods in the market were weird, she listened to them with great interest and was very happy. However, as the news of the killing of prisoners came, the trend began to change.

Dugu Min immediately smelled the smell of conspiracy, but she did not take any action, but waited and watched. It was not until the emperor named her husband the "Founding King of Wei Zhao" that she felt a little relieved.

But the rumors and impeachment storm that suddenly faded away still made her dare not relax, because her intuition told her that the current quietness was just preparing for a bigger storm, not a real calm.

"Toffee! Something big happened." Liu Xu walked over quickly with a cold face.

"Tell me slowly, I can't stand it today." The dignity in Dugu Min's calm voice gave people a sense of peace of mind, as if she could carry it even if the sky fell.

"Here!" Liu Xu felt a little relieved, but still said angrily: "An hour ago, someone said that the young master had long been in contact with the Western Turks, and said that the young master's northern expedition was to defeat the Turks, and it was convenient for the Western Turks to kill the prisoners.

Chuluo Khan better captures the Great Lakes

District. I don’t know where this ridiculous rumor came from, but it seemed to spread throughout the whole city at once. Regarding this ridiculous rumor, most people have a skeptical attitude, but if it is not stopped in time, I am afraid that it will become worse and worse.

More people will choose to believe it.”

"First, we said that Wenhui attacked weak tribes for no reason and brutally massacred prisoners in order to gain military glory; now we say that Wenhui was clearing the way for the Western Turks, linking each link, each step becoming more deadly. What a good plan." Although Dugu Min.

His tone was calm, but his eyes were filled with evil spirits.

Liuxu said cautiously: "Princess, according to what you said, those who spread rumors are clearly driving a wedge between the saint and the young master. If the saint has any bad thoughts, he will be in big trouble. The young master is no longer in the capital and cannot enter the palace.

Defend yourself, what should I do now?"

Dugu Min couldn't help but glance at Liu Xu in surprise. This girl has such knowledge. It's no wonder that her son asked her to be the "Master of Tianmen." She pondered for a moment and said lightly: "If you want to resolve this rumor, there is no way.

Disaster!"

Liuxu was overjoyed: "Has the concubine got a good idea?"

"There is no good way, but there is a stupid way." Dugu Min said calmly: "Aren't you the 'Master of Tianmen'? You asked those disciples to be more exaggerated."
To be continued...