Chapter 267 The manly man sheds blood without tears

Li Shimin's practical actions once again proved the eternal saying: "There are only tired cattle, not ploughed fields!" ”

Although the eldest grandson Wujian seems to be weak and impervious, Li Shimin seems to be as strong as an ox.

However, things can never just be taken at face value.

At the beginning of the storm, Li Shimin collapsed on the edge of the pool, so tired that he didn't even like to move his little fingers.

And the eldest grandson Wujian not only took a towel to wipe the water droplets on Li Shimin's body, but also served Li Shimin to get dressed.

Li Shimin muttered: "Don't wear it, rest!" ”

The eldest grandson Wujian pointed in the direction of the Chengqian Palace: "Don't let the ministers wait for a long time!" ”

Only then did Li Shimin cheer up his spirits and cooperate with his eldest grandson to get dressed.

When the two came out of the bathroom, Li Shimin was sluggish and his hands and feet were weak, while the eldest grandson Wujian was radiant and radiant.

Li Shimin was dressed in loose clothes, and walked weakly towards the Chengqian Palace, until the outside of the hall, then he bothered and strode towards the Chengqian Hall of the Qin Palace.

Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji, and Lei Yongji, who was full of bags, watched Li Shimin come in, and shouted in unison: "Congratulations to welcome the return of the king!" ”

Li Shimin

Li Shimin sat behind the desk with a depressed expression, looking at the generals of the Tiance Mansion. He sighed and said, "With all of you's concerns, we've finally passed this hurdle!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji handed Li Shimin a cup of hot tea.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Du Yan and others walked in quickly from outside.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and the others, and smiled.

Hou Junji stepped forward and said, "King, when will we leave for Luoyang?" ”

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "What are you going to Luoyang for?" ”

Hou Junji looked at Li Shimin suspiciously, and then looked at the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, spit out slowly, and said coldly: "Before the battle is over, I won't go anywhere." ”

At this moment, Du Yan beckoned, and an attendant came outside with a box.

Du Yan looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "King, what you need most now is this!" ”

"This is ......," Li Shimin hesitated.

Du Yan took the big box, opened it with the key, gently lifted the lid, and reached out to take out a thick roll of silk cloth from it. Du Yan had a faint smile on his face, and slowly opened the silk cloth, on which a map of Miyagi was drawn.

Li Shimin slowly flipped through them one by one.

Eldest Sun Wuji just glanced at it, his face was full of surprise, and his eyes widened with curiosity: "What is this?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at the map.

Du Yan said with a smile: "Daxing City Taiji Palace!" ”

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's eyes touched in the air, and they exclaimed in unison: "The map of Taiji Palace? ”

Du Yan nodded and said: "Exactly, it took a lot of effort, the minister never believed that Yu Wenkai would not leave a base map, so he captured his son Yuwen Rutong and Yuwen Wen, and tortured him for three months, so he got this picture from Yu Wenkai's tomb, and this is the only one in the world!" “

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned, slowly raised his head, looked back at Li Shimin, and carefully pushed the map back into Li Shimin's hand.

Li Shimin said lightly: "Deacon...... I have known it for a long time...... I want this? ”

Du Yan nodded and said: "The husband is the winner of the temple without a fight, and he has to count a lot; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More wins, less wins, and nothing counts! The king is not fighting a war, but the top of a country, and it must be counted. Of course, this is also the last step! ”

Li Shimin's gaze became solemn, and he said slowly: "There are three main parts of the garrison in Chang'an City, the Changlin army of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, the left and right Qingdao rate of the East Palace, and the left and right military guards of His Majesty stationed in the Taiji Palace. These three parts of the army, the number is as high as nearly 50,000 horses, not to mention the left Wu Hou Wei of Xicheng and the right Wu Hou Wei of Dongcheng, these nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses are not our people. The left, center, and right guards of our Qin Tiance Mansion are only 5,000 men and horses, 5,000 against 80,000 ......"

The generals were silent.

Even if they launch an armed coup d'état, there is a huge disparity in strength, and they have no chance of winning!

Hou Junji and Lei Yongji, Duan Zhixuan, Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chigong were all silent, and no one answered.

Du Yan said: "This time, our plan actually failed, Your Majesty did not punish the prince, only pardoned Zhang Liang, which shows that Your Majesty did not believe it!" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "It's too hasty, the plan is not perfect!" ”

Du Yan shook his head and said, "It's not that it's imperfect, but because of Chen Ying!" ”

"Chen Ying?" Li Shimin slowly frowned and said, "He! ”

"Yes!" Du Yan smiled bitterly: "The news that we buried in the East Palace was sent back, and His Majesty was already furious at that time, and scolded the prince, it was Chen Ying who boarded the jade chariot and admonished His Majesty...... It's just a pity that our meticulous work is too low to get close to it, and I didn't hear what he said, but since then, His Majesty has returned to Taiji Palace! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said indignantly: "It's Chen Ying again, and he has repeatedly ruined the good things of our Qin Palace!" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "The eldest grandson joined the army, you don't think about it, from Chen Yuma's point of view, what can he do?" It is the best solution to rescue the King of Qin, help the prince to relieve the siege, and suppress this matter! ”

Lei Yongji pointed to the scars on Li Shimin's body and said: "Look at the injuries on the king's body, how can this help the king, this is to put the king to death!" ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Lei Yongji's blue nose and swollen face, sighed and stopped talking.

Li Shimin looked at the injuries on his body, and he had another headache, he just wanted to speak.

Du Yan said: "Looking at General Chen's style of acting, he has always adhered to his duties and never overstepped it, and he has never intervened in the battle for succession. What worries me the most is not that he will not help the king, but that he will completely throw himself into the crown prince. ”

Hou Junji was stunned.

Du Ruhui explained: "He is a major general in the imperial court, and once he is used by the crown prince, the overall situation will become extremely unfavorable to us. As long as he remains neutral, we will be able to solve the problems in Chang'an City by ourselves. If you can't be offended, you can't be offended, once General Chen is forced to turn his face with us, for our Qin Palace, it will be a catastrophe! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji thought for a while and said, "Even if Chen Ying remains neutral and does not help each other, once he ...... At that time, His Majesty or the Crown Prince will transfer the army of Zuowu Houwei, and he will definitely obey the order! ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Chen Ying's most powerful place is the training of soldiers, now Zuo Wu Houwei is still in his hands for a short time, once he is trained by him for three or five months, Zuo Wu Houwei will definitely be reborn and become the elite of the elite!" ”

When Li Shimin said this, all the generals were even more entangled.

Because if they do, they have no chance of winning. However, Zuowu Houwei is also responsible for the security and defense of Chang'an City, once it is at that time, I am afraid that they have just started, and Chen Ying can lead Zuowu Houwei to take them down in one fell swoop.

Fang Xuanling frowned and said slowly: "King, since General Chen can't be wooed, why don't you let him go?" ”

"Outside?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and he muttered: "This is also a good way!" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Forget it for a few days, after a while, the king will go to the palace to mention this matter to His Majesty, as long as he tells His Majesty that the tiger should not be locked in a cage, His Majesty should agree to release Chen Ying, even if he can't be released in the Western Regions, at least let him succeed Li Shiji and become the protector of Anton!" ”

Cheng Zhizhi nodded and said: "Even if General Zuowu Houwei lets Li Shiji do it, he is stronger than Chen Ying, at least Li Shiji still has a context to find in his army!" ”

Du Yan said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, the first place for the king to start should be to go to the Taiji Palace in person to verify whether there is any inaccuracy in this map, after all, this map is more than thirty years ago!" ”

Li Shimin nodded.

……

Since Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was "poisoned" and vomited blood and fell into a coma during the night banquet in the East Palace, Li Yuan unexpectedly did not deal with anyone, but only removed the surveillance of Li Shimin and the interrogation of Zhang Liang.

On the surface, the battle for succession in the Tang Dynasty has fallen into a temporary calm, but the discerning person knows that this is only a superficial phenomenon, and secretly there is an undercurrent!

However, all this has nothing to do with Chen Ying, because Chen Ying has already returned to Qinglin to be busy with the New Year.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was no saying that the Spring Festival was celebrated, and the custom had already been formed.

This is also the sixth Spring Festival that Chen Ying came to the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the only festival that Chen Ying did not spend in the military camp.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty called the New Year "Yuanzheng" also New Year's Day (the first day of the first month, not the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar).

The dust removal day is the 24th day of the lunar month, and the so-called "dust sweeping" is the year-end cleaning, and every household cleans the cobwebs and dust.

Of course, as a large family like Chen Ying, in fact, the so-called "sweeping the dust" is only a symbolic job, after all, there are so many servants and servants in the family, if there are still cobwebs or dust in the house, I am afraid that the stewards of the inner and outer courtyards will commit suicide in shame.

Chen Ying got up early in the morning, and also with other ordinary people, the whole family, Li Xiuning, Li Daozhen, Xu Erniang, Fukada Huayin and Chen Ying's four concubines, all wearing hoopoe hoods, gloves, holding brooms, dustpans and began to clean.

Even Li Siye and Chen Qian pretended to be like each other, holding small toy brooms, following behind everyone, crawling and rolling.

Li Xiuning is very enthusiastic about cleaning housework, the key is that she has a big belly now, how dare Chen Ying let her climb high and low, Chen Ying has become Li Xiuning's full-time nanny, step by step.

Li Xiuning sighed: "People, you must not be lazy, once you are lazy, the whole person will be wasted, in the past, I was very diligent, whether it was in the Tang Guogong Mansion in Chang'an City or the mansion in Taiyuan City, I cleaned it myself, especially Daddy's study, but now it is ......."

Speaking of this, Li Xiuning showed a helpless wry smile and said: "Not to mention taking care of the mansion, even Chenjiabao until now, I haven't had time to see every grass and tree here!" ”

Chen Ying's eyes always paid attention to Li Siye and Chen Qian, the little brothers.

Now the age of the two is the age of hatred and disgust, lively and active, lawless.

Sure enough, just when Li Xiuning was full of emotion, Chen Ying disappeared all of a sudden.

When Li Xiuning came back to his senses, he found that there was no audience around him.

At this time, Chen Qian fell to the ground and cried.

In fact, now that he is wearing more clothes, Chen Qian is not injured at all, and his crying is just to attract the attention of adults.

Chen Ying said with a calm face: "Qian'er, get up, a manly man will shed blood without tears!" ”

Chen Qian saw that Chen Ying didn't hug him, his mouth pursed, and his cry became louder.