It can be seen from this that there are not many defenders in the Taiji Palace, according to his estimates, it is estimated that there are less than four thousand, otherwise how could there be no one to clean the battlefield.

Li Hao stood under the Chengtian Gate and shouted loudly: "The generalissimo of the Ten Soldiers and Horses, Li Hao, the king of Qiongnan, was ordered to come to King Qin, and has now exterminated the Tubo barbarians, and asked to face the saint to prove the safety of our emperor!" Please open the Gate of Heaven quickly! ”

He came to King Qin, after King Qin succeeded, the last step was to meet the emperor in person to prove that the emperor was still alive, after all, whenever King Qin was needed, it would be very chaotic, and the emperor was vulnerable to threats and dangers from all sides when he was in chaos, so this last step was very important, otherwise King Qin would have no meaning.

Xue Rengui, Peng Hai and Li Yuanzhong appeared on the city tower at the same time and saluted Li Hao: "Meet King Qiongnan!" ”

"General Li, General Peng, it's been a long time, and General Xue is also here." Li Hao hugged his fist casually, it seemed very casual, but in fact, he already gave them face, because Li Hao's status is too high at the moment, whether it is in terms of military position or title, it has been capped, and they can't be courteous, otherwise it will not be polite, so Li Hao's very casual fist hug is even if it is a courtesy to them.

"King Joonnan." Li Yuanzhong's face was full of embarrassment, "The emperor has decreed that King Qiongnan can only bring a hundred guards into the Taiji Palace." ”

Li Hao frowned slightly, turned his eyes to look at Chengtianmen, answered the question, and said, "This king heard that Chengtianmen has just been broken by the Tubo army, has the door latch been repaired?" ”

Peng Hai and Li Yuanzhong were embarrassed when they heard this, but Xue Rengui was full of smiles, Li Hao was really powerful, he was seen through at a glance, although the Chengtian Gate was closed at the moment, there was no latch in the rear, and it opened as soon as it was pushed, which was completely bluffing.

Li Yuanzhong sighed bitterly and said: "Lord, the humble position is also acting on orders, please bear with me if you offend, please bring a hundred guards into the palace." ”

"No need." Li Hao waved his hand and said, "This king doesn't bring anyone, and one person enters the palace to face the saint." He turned over and dismounted, strode into the Chengtianmen Yongdao, stood in front of the Chengtianmen, stretched out his hands and pushed hard, the sound of "quack" came, and the huge and heavy Chengtianmen was pushed apart by him.

Then Li Hao saw two rows of Jin Wuwei standing behind Chengtianmen, there were more than 400 people, and the two teams were far away.

Seeing Li Hao come in, the two rows of Jin Wuwei were nervous, Li Hao glanced at them, and said indifferently: "You guys have worked hard to escort them." "Let's take it in stride.

For Taiji Palace, Li Hao is familiar with the road, found a eunuch and asked, the eunuch told him that the emperor was in the Ganlu Palace, and Li Hao went directly to the Ganlu Palace.

In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin sat in front of the dragon case with frowning eyebrows, full of worry, the prince Li Zhi and the princess of Jinyang Li Mingda stood on both sides, Li Shimin was afraid that Li Hao would rebel, so he invited these two gods, in his opinion, Li Hao is very fond of Li Zhi and Li Mingda, and should have feelings for them, please ask the two of them to come out, just to play the emotional card with Li Hao, in fact, he himself feels that his approach is ridiculous, what kind of person is Li Hao, such a wise person, will he be bound by so little emotion, if he wants to oppose, Ten Li Mingda and Li Zhi are useless, but he can't do it.

In fact, he also thought about ambushing the knife and axe man and chopping Li Hao, but he thought about it, if Li Hao was willing to come alone, it would mean that he had no intention of rebelling, and he still ambushed the knife and axe man to kill him, isn't that sick? And if Li Hao wants to rebel, he will naturally be wary of him, and the knife and axe hand will not be able to kill him.

After Li Hao entered the palace, he bowed his head slightly to show respect, and stood in the center of the palace and saluted: "Minister Li Hao sees the emperor." ”

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Poetry is crazy and free of courtesy. ”

Li Hao looked up and saw Li Zhi and Li Mingda, he couldn't help but be stunned, he hadn't seen him for many years, Li Zhi and Li Mingda had grown up, and now less than a month after the New Year, Li Zhi is already twenty years old this year, and he has become a beautiful young man, very handsome, and he is smiling at him at the moment, and Li Mingda is fifteen years old this year, and he is still as beautiful and cute as when he was a child, and his two big eyes are shining, looking at Li Hao with a slight smile.

Li Hao hurriedly arched his hand and said, "It turns out that the two highnesses are also here." ”

Li Shimin smiled and said: "You miss you very much, I heard that you are coming to see me, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time, haha." Li Shimin's laughter was a little dry, things have developed so far, everything is normal, Li Hao's attitude is still respectful, and he doesn't seem to have the intention of rebelling, and then it depends on whether Li Hao returns the golden fish talisman.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Hao took out the golden fish talisman from his arms, held it high, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been ordered by King Qin, and now he has annihilated the Tubo army, completed his mission, and specially came to return the golden fish talisman." ”

Li Shimin was ecstatic when he saw this, Li Hao was really a loyal person, he glanced at Li Zhi, Li Hao walked in front of Li Hao, took the fish talisman with both hands, held it in front of Li Shimin, and looked at Li Shimin with a proud face.

Li Shimin knew the reason for his pride, because Li Zhi firmly believed that Li Hao would not rebel from beginning to end, and the results also proved that Li Zhi was still very accurate in seeing people.

Li Shimin stroked the fish talisman in his hand and sighed: "This time, thanks to the poetry madness, otherwise my Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by the hands of barbarians, and from now on, the Central Plains will never have peace." ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, this time to be able to defeat the Tubo army, the minister's credit is really insignificant, thanks to General Xue and the five thousand Qiongnan Xuanjia army he brought, if they didn't risk their lives to open the Vermilion Bird Gate, I am afraid that Your Majesty and the Manchu Dynasty would have been captured by the Tubo barbarians." ”

"That's right." Li Shimin nodded and said, "This time, Xue Rengui and Qiong Nanqin Wang have made great contributions, you don't have to be arrogant, your merits are still unmatched, I heard that you spent thirty years of hard work, what kind of real trick did you use to break the Mingde Gate?" Is there such a thing? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is indeed the case." Li Hao bowed his head and began to talk nonsense seriously, "The minister had an adventure when he was a child, and he was taught ancient magic by an old Taoist, and the old Taoist also passed on his sixty years of skill to the minister before he died, and when the minister was in Tingzhou, he spent thirty years of his skills to sacrifice the true trick of the thunder and repel the Gaochang army, and now he has used thirty years of power to break through the Mingde Gate, and now, the minister has no more power to use. ”

Li Shimin was moved when he heard this, and Li Zhi asked yearningly: "Sir, is there really a fairy spell in the world?" ”

Li Shimin actually had such doubts, but he didn't ask for the sake of face, Li Hao said slowly: "The words of the immortals are ethereal, but the magic does exist, and the true trick of the minister's thunder is a witness, but even if he cultivates the spell, at most he is just a qi refiner, not an immortal." ”

Li Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Sir, you can also teach Jiaozhi, Zhi also wants to practice spells." ”

"Nonsense." Li Shimin glared at Li Zhi when he heard this, and said angrily, "You are a dignified prince, how could you think of learning these things." ”

Li Hao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, although the minister can't teach His Royal Highness the Prince's spells, he will know a boxing technique to strengthen the body, which can be taught to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is it really so magical?" Can you teach me by the way? ”

"Yes." Li Hao nodded, looked at Li Mingda, and said, "It just so happens that Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang has a qi illness in her body, and she has practiced the minister's boxing technique, supplemented by the prescription prescribed by the minister, I believe that you can suppress the qi disease and not commit it again." ”

Li Mingda was overjoyed when he heard this, and his big eyes flashed and he bowed slightly: "Thank you, sir." ”

Li Shimin was very happy, spread his hands and said: "Poetry madness, it was my fault that I exiled you to Qiongnan before, I blamed you for my mistake, and I apologized to you." ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, in Your Majesty's opinion, it is to exile the minister to Qiongnan, but the minister is very happy, because the minister can be quiet and lazy in Qiongnan, and the minister does not have to play tricks with the courtiers, nor does he have to live a life of fear every day, he is very comfortable." ”

"I know you're hard-mouthed." Li Shimin smiled and said, "Okay, you don't have to go back to Qiongnan, although you defeated the Tubo army, but the land of the Tang Dynasty has also been ruined enough by Tubo. ”

"Yes." Li Hao gave up.

Li Shimin asked again: "I am happy, but I forgot to ask, the Tubo army was defeated, but there are prisoners?" ”

Li Hao shook his head: "Back to Your Majesty, you were all killed by your ministers." ”

"Where's Lu Dongzan?"

"Lu Dongzan jumped from the tower of Suzaku Gate and committed suicide."

"Humph! It's cheaper for him. Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "People die and debts are gone, you have time to transport his body back to Tubo, I don't want his body to be buried in the land of Datang." ”

Li Hao thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, there is a burial method in Tubo, called heavenly burial, which is to send the corpse to the eagle falcon to peck, in fact, you only need to send someone to send Lu Dongzan's body to Tubo and throw it on the grassland." ”

Li Zhi and Li Mingda changed color when they heard this, the ancients still took the corpse very seriously, and the burial method of sky burial really made it difficult for these two children to accept, even Li Shimin frowned and said: "Barbarian is barbarian, even the burial method is so barbaric, it's okay, you can send someone to send it away when the time comes." ”

"Yes."

At this moment, Xu Lian came out of the apse, approached Li Shimin's side and said, "Your Majesty, dinner is ready." ”

Li Shimin said happily when he heard this: "Okay, it just so happens that the poet maniac is also here, come, the poet maniac, eat with me, and it should be for you to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Soon, there were four food tables on the Ganlu Palace, Li Hao and Li Shimin sat opposite each other, Li Zhi and Li Mingda sat opposite each other, and they were divided into four directions.

Today's dinner is a bit sumptuous, a change from Li Shimin's usual frugal style, there are venison, chicken gizzards, bear's paws, sea bass, etc., but, there are no vegetarian dishes, in ancient times, in winter, in addition to the radish in the cellar, there are no green vegetables, Li Hao himself will do greenhouse vegetables, but he has not passed on the method of greenhouse vegetables, now it seems that if you want to let the people of Datang live well, you still have to spread the greenhouse vegetable cultivation method.

Li Shimin knew that Li Hao didn't like to drink spirits, so he drank wine today, and Li Hao liked wine very much, it was light, sour, and a little sweet, which suited his taste.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Shimin suddenly put down his chopsticks and asked: "Poetry madness, Datang has experienced such a catastrophe, what do you think, what should we do next?" "Li Shimin is going to ask for advice.