"Li Xiang went north to Hedong in Fenglingdu, and his destination was Loufu Pass. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In the imperial study of Ziwei Palace, a eunuch reported to Li Shimin, but this eunuch was Li Chao's old acquaintance. The eunuch Wang of the Inner Servant Province, the old king who seems to be harmless to humans and animals and laughs forever.

But even Li Chao didn't know that Eunuch Wang was not only one of the two eunuchs in the Inner Servant Province, but also the leader of the most secret force in Li Shimin's hands.

The eunuch was also the leader of the six gates.

The Six Doors is just a code name, and the name comes from the gate of the Yamen.

The gate of the official office has a characteristic, no matter how big the state and county, the gate can only be three bays, each with two black lacquer doors, a total of six doors, so the state and county yamen is also commonly known as the six doors, and the errand and scribe in the yamen are commonly known as the six doors.

The six doors are the same as the eight-character wall, which is the standard configuration of the yamen.

But at this time, the six doors led by the royal eunuch were not the six doors in the traditional sense.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin seized the supreme power of the Tang Dynasty, not only to prevent the power of the Emperor Taishang and the abolished princes, but also to sweep away the remnants of the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the green forests in various places, so Li Shimin established a secret training base to train young orphans in the war, named Eagle Dog, this force was secretly led by Li Shimin's cronies Wang Eunuch, and replaced the six gates.

At the end of the first year of Zhenguan, under the secret instruction and support of Li Shimin, and with the active efforts of the eunuch Wang, the current Six Doors is already a secret organization integrating martial arts masters, heroes of the rivers and lakes, secret agents, fast catchers, and assassins.

This force is led by the king's chamberlain, and it is very secretive, and it is only reported to Li Shimin alone. The task of the six doors has also changed from the original prevention of the Emperor Taishang and the old department of the abolished prince, supervising the remnants of the rebellious army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, to now secretly supervising the clan, hundreds of officials, and generals.

Six Gates not only trained eagle dogs by themselves, but also began to directly recruit people on the rivers and lakes, and the strength of this force has become stronger and stronger.

The six doors have a key target, that is, the prime minister of the dynasty, the prince's teacher Li Chao.

In the hands of Eunuch Wang, there is a special secret file of Li Chao, which records all kinds of Li Chao's information collected by the eagle dogs in the six doors. Six doors are constantly planting spies and informants around Li Chao, including the palace people given to Li Chao by Li Shimin from the palace, the guards sent to Li Chao's mansion, and the servants and slaves who are hired to come to the door.

These people are just a pair of eyes and ears, staring at Li Chao's words and deeds, and then reporting on time.

The royal eunuchs regularly compiled these messages, then compiled them into archives and secretly presented them to the emperor. And Li Shimin also attaches great importance to this information, and will read it carefully every time, and even inquire in person.

Hearing that Li Chao didn't go to Shuofang, but went to Hedong and went to Loufuguan, Li Shimin sighed.

"Li Jing did not obey Li Chao's order to retreat to the Great Wall Pass, and Li Chao did not go to Shuofang as planned." He muttered a chant.

"Your Majesty, the eyeliner around Li Xiangguo returns, and Li is as loyal to His Majesty as ever." Eunuch Wang said carefully, he thought Li Chaoren was good, and he had always wondered why His Majesty seemed to be very distrustful of Li Xiangguo. It seems that since the crown prince fell from the horse, the emperor no longer has unreserved trust in Li Xiangguo.

Now His Majesty is still reusing Li Xiangguo, but the surveillance of Li Xiangguo is getting tighter and tighter, and countless eyeliners have been placed around Li Chao and Li Fu in front of and behind the six doors.

But after so long, the pervasive eyeliner still hasn't found the slightest evidence of Li being disloyal to His Majesty, or even the slightest complaint.

Li was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, diligent in royal affairs, and loyal to the king.

Li Shimin did not answer Eunuch Wang's words.

"Continue to monitor Li Chao, remember not to expose it."

Eunuch Wang nodded cautiously, he couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts, the emperor had been the emperor for two years, and it became deeper and deeper, like a deep pool, bottomless. In the past, he followed the emperor and could guess the emperor's thoughts of five or six points, but now, he can't see through the emperor, just like the emperor's attitude towards Li Chao.

It used to be really unreserved trust, incomparable trust. But now, it is still important, but this trust is no longer unconditional.

He didn't know why, but he felt faintly sorry for Lee Sang-kook.

When the king's servant went out, Li Shimin lit the secret report in his hand on the candle, and then threw it into the furnace, watching the piece of paper be swallowed up by the flames little by little, and finally turned into ashes.

Leaning back and leaning back in the chair, Li Shimin sighed.

He also wanted to trust Li Chao, but after becoming the emperor, he inevitably thought more. Li Chao is no longer the Li Chao he used to be, his status is no longer ordinary, and now he is a high and powerful position, Li Shimin has to think more long-term.

"It's not that I don't trust Li Chao, I just want to be able to protect Li Chao, and I don't want too much indulgence to make Li Chao go down the wrong path. I only hope that I can have a game with Li Chaojunchen and have a beginning and an end. I am not Yang Guang, and I don't want Li Chao to become Yang Su. ”

Facing the pile of ashes, Li Shimin muttered to himself in the empty imperial study.

"After this northern war, I will have to adjust Li Chao's position." He sighed.

In the evening, Li Shimin went directly to the palace of Empress Changsun, the emperor often came, so the palace people had long been used to it, and they stepped forward to greet him with a smile, and someone informed the queen.

Outside the queen's hall, some palace attendants saw the emperor enter the queen's palace, and they all went back to report to their masters in disappointment.

"I suddenly want to eat mutton steamed buns." Li Shimin sat down and said to the emperor.

Empress Changsun was writing, and said with a smile when she heard this, "The concubine will personally make mutton steamed buns for Your Majesty." ”

"Guanyin, what are you writing?"

The eldest grandson smiled, "Recently, the concubine was studying, and I read that the female historian Ban Zhao of the Eastern Han Dynasty taught her daughter Ban Zhao a lesson on her daughter. Therefore, the concubine was overwhelmed and wanted to write such a book to teach women virtues and virtues. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he was quite surprised and very happy.

"The queen has a good idea, so have you thought of the title of this book?"

"The concubine plans to take the name of the woman."

"Very well, I have your back."

The queen said, "The concubine wants to ask Li Xiangguo to write a preface for the concubine, and then it will be published and printed by Li Ji." ”

Hearing that the queen said that she wanted to ask Li Chao to write a preface to this book, Li Shimin suddenly became a little jealous.

"Your Majesty is not happy?" The queen immediately noticed a subtle change in her husband.

"It's nothing, it's just that Li Chao is afraid that he is not available, he is now going to Lou Fu Guan, and he is fighting with Sanniang." In his words, he focused on fighting with Sanniang.

The queen chuckled.

"Your Majesty, does you think that Li Xiang changed his route to Lou to go to the troublesome pass, and went for the sake of his children's private affairs? The concubine didn't think that Li Xiang was such a person. ”

"I also believe that Li Chao is not a person who abolishes the public for personal reasons, but he is really not available now, so it is better for me to write this preface as the queen."

The queen smiled and stopped arguing, "Then there is Your Majesty Lao!" ”

Hedong, Lou annoyance.

Li Chao was romantizing with Li Xiuning at this time, Li Chao played the piano, Pingyang danced the sword, and the two were so uncomfortable. It is precisely because he has lived up to the beautiful warm sun, Li Xiuning's sword dance is very good, elegant and free and full of spirituality. It's just that Li Chao's piano is average, he doesn't play a pipa or a guqin, but a strange piano, similar to a pipa in his arms, but the sound sounds very different.

Li Chao held this strange piano, and the tune played was very different from the ordinary piano music, but it was also very beautiful when you listened carefully.

"What's this called?"

"It's called a guitar."

"Guitar? What a strange name? It is a musical instrument passed down by the Hu people. ”

"Exactly, from distant Tessie." Li Chao smiled, and plucked the strings again as he spoke.

Li Xiuning had just finished dancing a round of swords, a little coquettish, and his chest was rising and falling.

"I've never seen this guitar before, but you play it pretty well, who did you learn it from? Did you learn it from two orchids in your family? ”

Li Chao smiled and didn't answer, Li Xiuning only thought he was acquiescing.

"Sit down and rest, your sword dance is really beautiful, a sword dance moves in all directions, the audience is depressed like a mountain, and the world is low for a long time."

"These lines are so good, is it a new poem, made for me? Is there a complete one? ”

"I just watched your sword dance and felt it, but I only got these three sentences, and I'll tell you when I've done it all in the future. Come, have a cup of tea. ”

"Actually, my sword dance is average, this sword is a murderous sword, not a sword for song and dance performances, when I dance, there is always something missing."

It had been three days since Tuli entered the valley.

Up to now, Tuli is still waiting for the good news from the city in the valley more than ten miles away from Loufuguan.

"Are we going to wait?"

"I think it's time to close the net, I believe that Tuli's patience is also in the end, not surprisingly, Tuli has to make a decision today, whether to withdraw or attack, when we will see tomorrow. But I thought that it was impossible for Tuli to withdraw without a fight, and there was nowhere to go. Instead of going back to storm Li Jing's Mayi City, he is more likely to attack the eldest princess's Niangzi Pass. ”

"You look down on me?" Li Xiuning pouted dissatisfiedly.

"It's not that I look down on you, but Tuli will definitely underestimate the enemy, this is human nature, and he has never seen your true ability. But that's a good thing, the more he slights the enemy, the worse we let him fall. At that time, let him know that the eldest princess of Pingyang is the eldest woman who does not let the woman with eyebrows! ”

"The 90,000 troops of Tuli, only 10,000 of us are guarding this building, can we defend it?" Li Xiuning was a little worried.

"We have a good city to rely on, and we have no problem guarding the gates. I'm a little worried about Wei Chigong and Shan Xiongxin's side, they have to rely on 20,000 people to block the north entrance, where there is no city and no danger, but it is much more difficult than us. Li Chao handed over the poured tea, "So, I plan to not let them play first, let's show weakness to Tuli first, pretend that the defense is relatively weak, and let Tuli think that there is a chance to storm the downstairs and annoyance, so that we can spend more of his strength, and then close the net." ”

"You, this plan is really getting more and more ruthless."

"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating!"