Li Hao was quite surprised when he heard this, Li Shimin has always attached great importance to the face of the heavenly family, even if the emperor has done something wrong, he must not easily admit his mistakes, otherwise he will lose the face of the heavenly family and damage the majesty of the royal family, but now Li Shimin actually wants to issue an edict to confess his mistakes to the people of the world, which is indeed very rare, it can also be seen that this time Tubo came to commit a crime, which touched Li Shimin a lot, and Li Shimin is also old, and his sharpness is not so strong.

Li Hao originally wanted to stop it, but after thinking about it, this is fine, Li Shimin issued an edict for his own crimes, which can be regarded as an explanation to the sacrificed soldiers and an explanation to the people of the world, so Li Hao bowed and said: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Next, Li Shimin asked Li Hao about the current situation of Qiongnan, Li Hao said about his construction of the harbor and the construction of the fleet, Li Shimin seemed to be quite interested, Li Hao was secretly happy, first ashamed of him, and after a while, when he found out the huge benefits of sea trade, it is estimated that he will take the initiative to come to him to learn from him.

Finally finished the meal, Li Hao retired, and as soon as Li Hao withdrew from the Manna Palace, Li Zhi got up with a smile and said, "Father, how do you look at Li Hao now?" ”

Li Shimin also nodded with a smile on his face and said: "Or Zhi'er has a vision, Li Hao is indeed a loyal minister, the pillar of the country, can be cited as the humerus, the future of the Tang Dynasty depends on you." ”

Li Zhi was very happy when he heard this, and when he heard Li Shimin praise Li Hao so much, he felt even happier than he was appreciated.

At this time, Li Mingda suddenly asked: "Father, when can Mingda go to Mr. to learn boxing techniques to strengthen the body?" ”

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Mingda with a happy face, as soon as he saw Li Mingda, Li Shimin felt that his heart was about to melt, this well-behaved and sensible baby little daughter made him love the most, but he saw Li Mingda's expectant look, and he panicked for no reason, as the saying goes, if there is a beloved daughter in the family, he feels that men of the same age in the world are bad people.

Li Shimin is really afraid that Li Mingda will fall in love with Li Hao, if Li Hao does not marry a wife, then it is fine, now Li Hao has a group of wives and concubines, he doesn't want Li Mingda to join in the fun, so Li Shimin said: "Mingda Mo should be in a hurry, my father will send Zhi'er to learn boxing with the poet maniac first, and then teach it to you after Zhi'er learns boxing." ”

"Huh?" Li Mingda's face was full of disappointment when she heard this, her heart was refusal, but she was not a barbaric princess, she was a good princess, so she could only agree, and she didn't seem to be very happy.

Li Shimin carefully observed her expression, and when he saw her appearance, he was even more worried, but this kind of thing, he was not easy to pick and say, he was secretly depressed for a moment, and then thought about it, it's just that the young man's business, let them go, if the two of them can really come together, it is not necessarily a bad thing, he actually regrets it a little now, how could he let Li Daozong's guy take the lead and rob Li Hao as his son-in-law, why didn't he think of it earlier, alas, he miscalculated.

When Li Hao walked out of Chengtianmen, Li Ji and Xue Rengui were leading people to clean up the battlefield in the imperial city, Li Hao saw the two of them, and said: "Rengui, the bodies of the more than two hundred brothers must be properly kept, tomorrow you go to inquire Your Majesty, choose a good place to bury, Your Majesty said, to erect a monument for them, but also to personally mourn." ”

Xue Rengui said excitedly when he heard this: "Is it true? It's great, so that the brothers are worth dying. ”

"It's worth it." Li Hao sighed sadly, "If my brothers can live well, I would rather they be mediocre in this life." ”

Xue Rengui scratched his head when he heard this, his thinking was different from Li Hao, the ancients valued their names and lost their lives, according to his thoughts, if he could wrap his body in horse leather and obtain supreme glory, then he would have died a well-deserved death.

At this moment, a guard suddenly ran over in a hurry, saluted when he saw him, and said, "General Li, there is a person outside the Suzaku Gate who claims to be the protector of King Qiongnan, and he is in a hurry to see King Qiongnan. ”

"Oh?" Li Hao hurriedly asked, "Has he reported his name?" ”

The guard said: "Back to King Qiongnan, he said that his name is Li Guocheng." ”

Li Hao nodded: "Okay, this king will go over." After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the Suzaku Gate.

As soon as he came out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, Li Guocheng hurriedly greeted him, and said with a worried expression: "Lord Wang, something is wrong!" ”

Li Hao looked around, confirmed that no one was paying attention, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Guocheng said in a low voice: "The cannon is gone." ”

"What!" Li Hao was so shocked that he almost jumped when he heard this.

Li Guocheng handed over a note to Li Hao and said, "The person who stole the cannon left this note. ”

Li Hao took the note and looked at it, only to see that it was written: "Xie Ru's cannon." ”

Looking at this note, Li Hao immediately thought of a person, that's right, it was another traverser, Li Hao squeezed the note into a paper ball, only to feel that his lungs were about to explode, if he said that he was open, then this bastard was Nima who stole the number, first stole two pieces of waste paper in his wastebasket that recorded important content, and now he stole his own cannon, and Nima left a note, shameless!

"What are you going to do!" Li Hao was so angry that he couldn't help yelling at Li Guocheng.

Li Guocheng was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Subordinates should be damned!" Please punish the prince! ”

Li Hao took a long breath, tried to ease his anger, waved his hand and said, "That's it, it's no wonder you, I think you have been monitored by him a long time ago." ”

Li Guocheng plucked up his courage and asked, "Does the prince know who stole the cannon?" ”

"Hmm." Li Hao said, "I said before that there is such a person who has been delusional about seizing the Tang Dynasty, and he stole my cannon. ”

Li Guocheng had countless questions in his heart, he really wanted to ask Li Hao why he didn't go directly to the person to settle accounts, and he wanted to ask who that person was, but he didn't dare to ask, after all, Li Hao would handle these things himself, what a powerful character Li Hao was, and it was not his turn to point fingers, so he wisely chose to shut up.

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to be annoyed, Li Hao turned his head and asked, "Where are the hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers who were injured now?" ”

Li Guocheng said: "They are all placed in your palace, and Shi Najie has already sent a doctor in the palace to treat them." ”

"Well, well done." Li Hao raised his head slightly, and sighed sadly: "In the end, there are only more than 600 people left in the 5,000 Xuanjia Army, alas...... The 5,000 Xuanjia army you led, don't show up for the time being, hide the weapons and armor first, turn into heroes in the rivers and lakes, and scatter around Chang'an. ”

"Yes." Li Guocheng led the order.

"Is the palace arranged?" Li Hao asked.

Li Guocheng said: "Shi Najie has arranged everything and is waiting for the prince to go." ”

"Hmm." Li Hao nodded and said, "The Lantian Marquis Mansion was destroyed, and the underground secret room is easy to expose, so it must be rebuilt as soon as possible, this task is entrusted to you, this time to build a summer resort, the specific architectural drawings, this king will give it to you in five days." ”

"Yes."

"Let's go, let's go back." After Li Hao finished speaking, he took Li Guocheng back to the palace.

Now Li Hao's palace is on Zhuque Street, here is a prime location, this palace is still Li Shimin many years ago to Li Hao, although Li Hao has been here a few times, but has not lived here, just sent people to take care of it all the time, not to let it be abandoned, now Lantian Marquis Mansion is destroyed, this mansion has naturally become Li Hao's palace.

As soon as Li Hao arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw the middle door wide open, Shi Najie led everyone in the family to stand neatly in the courtyard, Li Hao just stepped into the door of the mansion, Shi Najie took everyone to salute and shouted: "Welcome the prince back to the house!" ”

Li Hao glanced at it, there were hundreds of people present, accounting for most of the huge front yard, and the flying eagle was actually among them.

Li Hao waved his hand and said, "It's all polite, Shi Najie, everything is okay in the house?" ”

Shi Najie arched his hand and said, "Back to the prince, everything is fine." ”

Li Hao nodded and said, "Everyone else is gone, Feiying, go to the study with me." With that, he walked straight through the front yard and went to the study in the middle courtyard.

Li Hao has been to this house several times, although it has been renovated by Shi Najie, but the general layout of the house has not changed, Li Hao took Feiying to the study, closed the door and asked: "Feiying, why are you back?" ”

Feiying said: "Lord, not only am I back, but Jin Li is also rushing back with our army, and we are planning to come back under the banner of King Qin, the righteous army." ”

Hearing this, Li Hao hurriedly asked: "It's been a year since I last corresponded with you, how many people are in your army now?" ”

Hearing this, Feiying said excitedly: "Lord Wang, this time the attack of Tibet has caused the displacement of civilians in many states and counties, and when we came, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses, but now we have gathered many young and strong people, and now there are 70,000 people. ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this: "You don't want to rush in, so many people appear in the Central Plains, it is easy to be exposed, are those people reliable?" ”

"Don't worry, the prince." Feiying said, "Our Dangkou Army is fighting under the banner of Dangkou to protect the country, and those people were destroyed by the Tibetan barbarians, and they hate the barbarians very much, so they all enthusiastically joined our Dangkou Army." ”

"Hmm." Li Hao nodded and groaned, "Seventy thousand, it's already a lot, if you stay in the Western Regions, sooner or later you will be discovered, you go to inform Jinli, immediately disperse the army, go to Luoyang in batches, I will send a ship to pick them up to Liuqiu, from now on, the Dangkou army will turn to Liuqiu, with Liuqiu as the base camp, and you must practice hard, you know that my requirements for soldiers are extremely high, and they must be elite." ”

"Yes!" The eagle clenched his fists hard to lead his life.

After explaining the task to Feiying, Li Hao sent him away, thinking of the surviving more than 600 Xuanjia soldiers, he felt sad and sleepy, so he went out of the study again, went to find Shi Najie, and asked him to take himself to visit the injured Xuanjia army.

Shi Najie took Li Hao to the side courtyard and saw the group of injured Xuanjia soldiers, all the surviving Xuanjia soldiers were not lightly injured, and many of them had burns on their bodies, if it was just a sword wound, it would be easy to do, and the burns were generally larger, even if they could be cured, they would leave a large area of hideous scars.

Fortunately, this group of Xuanjia soldiers are all rough men, and they are not like the people in the future world who are all appearance associations, as long as they can live, they will be fine, who will care about the scars on their bodies.

Li Hao's personal visit touched them, Li Hao solemnly saluted them, thanked them for their brave sacrifice for the Tang Dynasty, said a lot of touching words, and finally told them that Li Shimin was going to bury and mourn the group of Xuanjia soldiers, and the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army were moved to tears.

Early the next morning, Li Shimin issued an edict, ordering the household department and the Ministry of Rites to work together to build a cemetery for the group of Qiongnan Xuanjia soldiers who were burned to death by the fire, and personally inscribed, set up a heroic monument, at noon, Li Shimin issued an edict of guilt, personally visited the Zhuque Gate Tower, and repented to the people of the whole world, the people of the city poured into the streets, gathered in front of the Suzaku Gate, and saw Li Shimin so awake that he had passed it, all of them were moved to tears, and they all bowed and shouted long live.

After two days of repair, Chang'an City, which was baptized by fire, somewhat restored some of its former prosperity, on the first day of February, the routine court meeting, the ministers gathered in the Taiji Palace.

In this court meeting, Li Hao stood in the first position of the military generals, and now his status can not be shaken, and it will be a huge reward to greet him.