Li Shimin, who was on the side, suddenly raised his eyebrows when he heard Mr. Hu of the Imperial Doctor's Office, of course he would not forget the matter of Imperial Doctor Hu, and besides, except for his own henchmen, he had never said anything about Xiao Han's life when he gave Xue Ju his life, but he was afraid that if something went wrong, it would undoubtedly be a very big blow to Xiao Han.

Especially after Xiao Han is an official, this passage can be regarded as a lie about the military situation! If a genius is depressed by this, it will undoubtedly be a great loss for the Tang Dynasty, which has just begun to rise!

"No, let Xiao Han hurry up and leave first!"

Thinking of this, Li Shimin stabilized his mind, got up and said for Xiao Han: "Last time, Xiao Han and Mr. Hu were just new acquaintances and made a joke on each other, so it's not too early, Xiao Han is busy improving the process today, and he is tired, so he might as well go back and rest first." ”

According to Xiao Han's original temper, at this time, he must talk to this prince who is destined to be abolished, but seeing Li Shimin on the side frequently glancing at him, although he was a little depressed, Xiao Han still gave a long salute and was ready to retire first.

But the trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop. In this world, it is never that you retreat, others will let you go, since Li Jiancheng has already started talking, no matter what the purpose, it is impossible to let Xiao Han, the party, leave so easily.

Seeing that Xiao Han was about to turn around, the smile on the prince's face did not decrease at all: "Wait, Mr. Hu came to see me today, and inadvertently mentioned his gambling contract with Xiao Han, I don't know that it has been a few days now, but Xue Ju is still showing off his power outside the city, it seems that Xiao Han's winning chance of this bet is really not big, but the gambling contract is just down, just a win or a loss, poor Liu Hongji, Li Anyuan and others are still in the hands of thieves ......"

The more the prince said in front of Li Yuan, the quieter his voice became, and in the end, as if sorrow came from it, he began to choke!

Looking at the sad look on the prince's face, Li Shimin suddenly understood Li Jiancheng's thoughts in an instant! What Taiyi Hu, what Liu Hongji! It's all, he's just using Xiao Han to bring up the old things, and all he wants is to hit his military power!

That's right, although the emperor is still there, he is more than fifty years old, and although he was made the crown prince, his reputation in the army is far less than that of the second brother, and the prince thinks that he is not a mediocre person, but this big mountain is in front of him, how to make him feel at ease?

And Xiao Han is even more cold all over his body at the moment! Thinking of the records of later generations, the direct person in charge of this war, Liu Wenjing, wasn't he sued for death by the prince and Pei Lian, who was in the prince's lineage?

It is said that people can't look good, it turns out that this is really the case, on the surface, it looks like Sven, but in fact, he is a Sven scum!

In Xiao Han's opinion, Liu Wenjing took care of his subordinates' lives in vain for his own interests, and it was not an exaggeration to kill him, but as a former meritorious minister, even if he died, he should be above board! Instead of being secretly accused of conspiracy and dying as now!

If a person like the crown prince really became the emperor, then I don't know what the direction of the Tang Dynasty would be, and when he first raised the army, he left his younger brother and others behind, causing him to be killed, and now the overall situation is turbulent, and he pays attention to Li Shimin, as in the romance, he is really a sinister person!

The prince was choking, Li Shimin and Xiao Han were silent, and the atmosphere of the family banquet that had just been good suddenly disappeared.

And the emperor Li Yuan, just like the prince envisioned, after his mention, Li Yuan, who was in a good mood, also fell silent instantly, and the cup in his hand was slowly put on the table, sighed, and stopped speaking.

The battle of Gaojaw is really deplorable, not only the loss of soldiers and generals, but also the strategic place of Gaojaw has also fallen into the hands of the enemy, and now Chen Bing Chang'an outside the city, Chang'an has become precarious!

"Liu Wenjing! In vain! Thinking of this, Li Yuan's heart ached, and he waved his hand suddenly, and slapped the table in front of him fiercely, and the dishes and chopsticks on it jumped!

Seeing the situation, Li Shimin was alarmed for a long time, and immediately knelt down: "Father, this battle is all the fault of his son!" Please punish the Emperor! ”

"Alas, the crime of this war is not your fault......"

Li Yuan saw Li Shimin fall to the ground, his face softened slightly, and he was about to go down to help Li Shimin, but he saw that the prince next to him also knelt down, and said righteously: "The second brother was seriously ill at the time, how can you blame the second brother?" If you want to blame Liu Wenjing, she didn't listen to military orders and sent troops without authorization, which made our army suffer heavy losses! The sons and daughters asked their fathers and emperors to learn clearly, and the rewards and punishments were clear, so as not to lose the morale of the army! ”

"Alas......"

Hearing the prince's words, Li Yuan's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, then sighed heavily, and continued to lean down to help Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng up: "Okay, Liu Wenjing made this big mistake, and the crime is unforgivable, but thinking of his previous merits, I will first remove him from his position, and wait for the future, and make meritorious contributions!" ”

"Father Emperor Mingjian!"

"Thanks... Father......

The prince was proud, and Li Shimin was bitter, but he had nothing to say about this conclusion.

Li Yuan did not execute Liu Wenjing is already the best ending, things in the court are always unpredictable, you must know that Liu Wenjing and Xue Shui are his most important right-hand men now, especially Liu Wenjing, who occupies a heavy position above the court today, and now he has only one word, and he has been cut into a citizen, which is not only a blow to Liu Wenjing, but also weakening his power in disguise.

made a decision with pain, Li Yuan suddenly became disinterested, and was about to go back to the dormitory, when he suddenly saw that in front of the case, Xiao Han's eyes were rolling, and he suddenly remembered the gambling contract that the prince said just now, and couldn't help asking: "Why is there anything else between Xiao Qing and Xue Ju?" ”

Xiao Han and Li Shimin were both thinking about Liu Wenjing's matter, and they were not ready to answer, but the dark man Li Jiancheng replied before Li Shimin spoke:

"My father didn't know that Xiao Han had a gambling contract with Mr. Hu, and Xiao Han gambled that Xue Ju would not live for more than a month, and he gambled on his own life."

"Oh?" When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Nonsense, how can anyone gamble with their own lives on other people's lives!" ”

Li Yuan's words were also based on Xiao Han's youth, and he thought it was nonsense, so he had a heart to protect him. Xue Ju is still jumping up and down outside the city to fight him to the death, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a violent death.

However, Xiao Han now looks at the prince more and more disgusted, Xiao Han has always hated people who are good at making small reports, but from school to work, there has never been a shortage of such people around him, whenever he sees the faces of these people, Xiao Han always wants to punch him over and beat him all over the ground to find teeth.

It's just that the identity of the small report this time is really high, the successor of the emperor! The fist can't be extended, but swallowing it has never been Xiao Han's style.

So Xiao Han didn't care that Li Yuan had already put the ladder for him, and waited for him to borrow the ladder to get off the donkey, but instead stiffened his neck and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister is not messing around, the minister is still the same sentence, if within a month, Xue Ju will not die, and I will take the head, but if Xue Ju is dead, I don't want the old man's dead head, just give up his place and give my master to sit!" ”

"Okay, I'll take this bet contract for Mr. Hu, a month later, and we'll see!"

"Xiao Han, shut up!"

Xiao Han said it too quickly, too suddenly, and by the time Li Shimin reacted, Xiao Han had already finished the last word, and Li Jiancheng directly took the gambling contract for the surnamed Hu, and the matter was a foregone conclusion.

At this point, it was useless, a happy banquet was stirred up by His Royal Highness the Prince, Xiao Han experienced the cruelty of political struggle for the first time, caused by a trivial matter, and even the prince did not blame excessively, his potential opponent was already deeply damaged.

Politics, indeed, is the most ruthless and dirty.

Xiao Han, who walked out of the palace gate, looked at the stars in the sky under the blowing of the evening breeze, and suddenly felt that the excitement of being added to the rank of knight was gone.

The night was long, Xiao Han was walking alone on the street, the door was closed, there was no one on the street, there was Wuhou on the corner of the street looking this way, and he was about to come over to interrogate, when he suddenly heard a crisp "da-da" sound.

A horse with black spirits and white hair on its four hooves broke through the night and came to Xiao Han's side, as a martial marquis, it is the most basic skill to observe people's colors, not to mention that there are several nobles in Chang'an, who are even more treasured, seeing this, they hurriedly shouted and scattered aside, for fear that someone with short eyes would disturb the nobles.

Xiao Han knew that it was Li Shimin when he heard the voice, because there was only one horse that could still run around in Chang'an after beating the horse's shoe.

Stopped, shook his long sleeves, saw Li Shimin come to him, bowed and bowed: "Weichen has seen King Qin..."

"You're welcome!" Li Shimin turned over and dismounted beautifully, holding Xiao Han with both hands, "I haven't congratulated you on becoming a marquis, and from now on you can be regarded as crossing the Dragon Gate!" ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the King of Qin, the friendship of the King of Qin to Weichen, Weichen is unforgettable......"

"Didn't you say don't be polite!" Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied.

Xiao Han smiled bitterly, no one listened to the sycophants, it was too much of a failure......

Walking across Chang'an Avenue in the middle of the night, the two of them, one ride, and a bright moon, both of them were not in a good mood, and they didn't say a few words, only sighed......

Xiao Han didn't know why Li Shimin came to see him off late at night, although he had been promoted to the marquis, but he was the lowest-level baron, it was not good to say, when Li Yuan founded the country and ascended the throne, the marquis and earl didn't know how much he had divided, it is estimated that if everyone held a meeting in the Daxing Palace, he was a small baron who couldn't even enter the Xuanwu Gate......

Looking at Xiao Lizi's somewhat gloomy face next to him, Xiao Han said in his heart, perhaps, it's just that he is also in a bad mood and wants to walk together......

In the next few days, Xiao Han stayed in that small courtyard, and never went out again, and now the horseshoe has been completely divided into apprentices......

In the same way, the blacksmith masters are also tired now, and they are all working with Xiao Han to develop new war knives.

There are many people and great strength, Xiao Han fully deployed the unique skills of each master, and I don't know how many times he experimented, the proportion of molten steel, the temperature of the furnace, the amount of mineral powder, etc., and finally completed the final ratio in the hands of several people, and the war knife also selected three from many design drawings.

Among the three types of war knives, two of them were designed by Xiao Han himself, among which there were dozens of prototype knives alone, Xiao Han understood that as a tool, the person who used it was the most vocal, so each knife would be taken to the barracks by Xiao Dong for various sergeants to experiment with, and to solicit opinions so that it could be taken back and modified!

This unique people-oriented approach makes blacksmiths and soldiers look new, and unconsciously, Xiao Han can be regarded as leading a new way of design!

After constant revision, trial, modification, and trial! By the time it was finalized, three days had passed.

And the first one they made is called the Breaking Array Knife, which is narrow in front and back, with blades on both sides, extremely high hardness, and because of the shape, the front is heavy and the back is light, once it is picked up by a powerful person, the thick tree at the mouth of the bowl is cut into two sections in an instant! If you are on the battle array, cutting off your head must be as easy as chopping vegetables!

The second type is somewhat similar to the machete that slashed the Japanese devils in later generations, but it is much smaller and easier to carry and wield. This knife is nameless, the back of the knife is slightly thicker, and it naturally thins towards the blade, and the whole knife presents a very graceful arc, which is silent between swings, suitable for agile and light people.

The third kind of knife is redesigned according to the previous Mo knife, minimizing the weight on the premise of retaining its effectiveness, the knife body with a handle is close to one zhang, the blade alone is two meters long, weighing twenty-eight pounds, with a warrior with heavy armor, just like a heavy tank on the battlefield, invincible!

It's just that the manufacturing process of this third kind of Mo knife is too complicated, and it combines Xiao Han's steel frying method and the forging method and folding method of the masters! The resulting product has a dark handle with non-slip fine lines, good elastic potential energy, and a blade of more than two meters is even more cold! There are tens of millions of layers of pear pattern on the knife surface, which is extremely sharp! With a wave, the sound of breaking wind is like a ghost's roar!

On the day of the new sample, the King of Qin, who had not seen him for a few days, personally came to inspect the samples they made, and praised the prototypes of the three weapons, and immediately ordered Xue Shui to reward all those who participated in the development, and at the same time all the processes and formulas were kept by the ordnance supervisor and sent to a large military workshop for production.