"Poetic maniac. "Since you are so proficient in painting, then when Zhang Shushou comes, let him describe the appearance of the assassin to you, you can draw it, is it feasible?" ”

"Wechen obeys." Li Hao was secretly overjoyed, just waiting for your words.

Li Shimin was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to bring the painting case and pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone can be removed, and Weichen brought his own pen and paper." After he finished speaking, he took out a yellow paper bag and a stack of white paper and put them on the painting case.

Seeing this, Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "Is there paper, but what about the pen?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the pen is in this paper bag." Li Hao said and opened the paper bag, revealing a pile of black things, which turned out to be seven or eight pieces of charcoal.

"This is a pen?" Li Shimin was too far away to see clearly, only to see that the thing was black, like a small lump of coal, and it was definitely not a pen anyway.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Hao said, "This is charcoal, which can be used as a pen, and Weichen calls it charcoal." ”

"Oh? Interesting. Li Shimin smiled when he heard this, and said, "It seems that the poet maniac is going to show me something novel again, can this charcoal still be used as a pen?" It's the first time I've heard of it. ”

Li Hao thought for a while and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, Weichen can immediately paint one." ”

"Okay, I'll draw one right away, and I'll draw ......" Li Shimin turned his head and looked around, pointed at Xu Lian, and said, "Just draw Xu Lian." ”

Xu Lian hurriedly knelt down excitedly: "The old slave thanked the emperor for his grace." ”

"Get up, get up." Li Shimin was in a good mood and urged, "Poet maniac, let's paint now." ”

"Yes." Li Hao spread out the drawing paper, put it on the painting case, and began to draw, because there was no drawing board, it was more tiring to bow his head to paint, so he chose to sketch, so as not to paint for too long and his neck was tired.

In just a few minutes, Li Hao threw away the charcoal and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen has finished painting." ”

"So fast?" Li Shimin originally wanted to take a nap, but he didn't expect Li Hao to finish painting so quickly, so he hurriedly asked Xu Lian to present it.

Xu Lian lowered his head when he walked over, not daring to look at the painting, this is the rule, when presenting something, the emperor must be allowed to look at it first, and then he can see it, otherwise it will be disrespectful.

Xu Lian held Li Hao's painting high and came to the dragon case, and presented the painting to Li Shimin, Li Shimin took it and took a look, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed: "Okay, you Li Shimaniac, how many skills do you still have in secret, this is really vivid!" Come, Xu Lian, take a look. As he spoke, he handed the painting to Xu Lian.

Xu Lian took it and looked at it, and suddenly trembled, the painting was really vivid and lifelike, and it was the appearance and demeanor that he stood beside Li Shimin just now, without any difference.

"This ...... This ......" Xu Lian was extremely surprised, and blurted out praise, "It's amazing, it's amazing, Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin smiled and nodded: "Xu Lian's words are very appropriate, it is a miraculous skill." ”

Li Hao hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, the painting skills are small, not enough to worry about, besides, this painting method of Weichen is at most a skill, not an art, after all, the craftsmanship is too strong, there is no artistic conception at all, and it is difficult to be elegant." ”

"Haha, the poet is modest." Li Shimin waved his hand with a smile, in fact, he also felt that Li Hao was right, the painting is not as similar as possible, it must have a sense of meaning, but Li Hao's painting, in terms of technology alone, is absolutely incomparable.

Xu Lian was about to return his portrait to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin didn't accept it, and said: "Keep your own portrait, find a craftsman to frame it, and pass it on to your nephew in the future. ”

Li Hao's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, he found that Li Shimin really couldn't speak more and more, can he pass the brain when he speaks, even if it is not the brain, it is good to pass the cerebellum, think about the feelings of others, what do you mean to wait for me to die, curse me?

After nearly an hour, Zhang Xuansu finally came in a hurry, and after entering the temple mountain to salute, Li Shimin took the lead in speaking: "Zhang Shushou, this summons you is to let you describe the appearance of the assassin again, and Li Hao will draw the assassin according to your description." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xuansu turned his head and glanced at Li Hao suspiciously, and said suspiciously, "Li Hao can paint?" ”

Li Shimin smiled, waved his hand and said: "Don't be confused, I have seen the poetry maniac's paintings, and they are very good, vivid, and lifelike, so you can describe them quickly." ”

"Yes." Although Zhang Xuansu didn't believe that Li Hao could paint, since Li Shimin said so, he couldn't disobey him, so he could only describe it to Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't rush to paint, but listened carefully to what he said, then picked up the charcoal and painted, and soon, the painting was completed, Li Hao picked up the painting and showed it to Zhang Xuansu, and asked, "Lord Zhang, is the assassin like this?" ”

After Zhang Xuansu saw the painting, he was dumbfounded, and after being stunned for a moment, he pointed to the painting excitedly and said, "Yes, it's him!" That's the man! Same! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly said, "Quick, bring it up and let me take a look." ”

Xu Lian presented the painting made by Li Hao to Li Shimin, Li Shimin took it and took a look, the painting was a young man, who did not look more than twenty-five years old, and his appearance was very ordinary, belonging to the kind that could not be found in the crowd for a long time.

Li Shimin took the painting and looked at it for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Poet maniac, can you paint a few more?" ”

"Yes." Li Hao's head commanded, bowed his head and drew more than a dozen pictures in a row, his neck and arms were sore, and he really couldn't do it without a drawing board.

Li Shimin saw that Li Hao kept rubbing his neck and shoulders, and he also knew that Li Hao was tired, and when Li Hao finished drawing the fifteenth sheet, Li Shimin raised his hand and said: "Poetry madness, it's okay, that's all." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Hao gave up.

"Xu Lian, later you will send these paintings to Dali Temple, let them post these paintings on the major city gates of Chang'an, and the extra ones will be posted in the city, I don't believe it, the assassin can still run this time, hum!" Li Shimin's face suddenly turned solemn, and he said coldly, "I dare to assassinate the imperial court officials in Chang'an City, I am not small, after I catch that assassin, I will definitely let the criminal department torture and find out who is behind the scenes." ”

Li Hao suddenly said at this time: "Your Majesty, although Wei Chen is not good at investigating the case, he also knows a little bit about it, and if there is no conclusive evidence, he might as well try to start from other aspects to narrow down the scope of suspicion." ”

"Oh?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he spread his hands and said, "What is the high opinion of the poet? ”

"Gao Jian doesn't dare to be, but there is one foolish opinion." Li Hao said unhurriedly, "Since we can't capture the assassin for the time being, then we might as well consider it from the motive for killing, why was Lord Zhang assassinated?" ”

"I never thought about it." Li Shimin said depressedly, "But Zhang Shushou has always been honest and upright, and has never done anything unkind, so naturally he has no enemies, it is impossible to kill at all, and if it is other factors, it is even more impossible." ”

Li Hao shook his head and said: "Killing people is not a trivial matter, killing the imperial court officials is even more important, there will be a considerable risk, the gangsters sent assassins to assassinate Lord Zhang at a huge risk, there must be a great enmity with Lord Zhang, otherwise all this will not make sense at all." ”

Li Shimin frowned and groaned for a moment when he heard this, and asked: "Zhang Xuansu, you honestly confess, you really haven't offended anyone?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty." Zhang Xuansu fell to his knees and said impassionedly, "Wechen has been serving in the East Palace all these years, and he has no contact with his colleagues in the DPRK and China, so how can he be an enemy?" ”

Li Hao frowned and asked, "Lord Zhang, did you offend the people in the East Palace during your tenure in the East Palace?" ”

"Absolutely not!" Zhang Xuansu shook his head firmly when he heard this, and said, "The old man works in the East Palace, he has always been polite in his words and deeds, and he has never been entangled with others, only a few days ago, he ......."

He almost said that he slipped his mouth and said what he scolded Li Chengqian a few days ago, but fortunately he stopped it in time, but Li Shimin knew what he was going to say when he heard the words, and suddenly, Li Shimin's expression changed, as if he thought of something, but he frantically suppressed this idea in his heart and didn't let himself think about it, but the more so, the more he felt that his conjecture was right, Zhang Xuansu didn't know about Qin Qiong's complaint, but Li Shimin was clear.

Li Hao observed the change in Li Shimin's expression, and was secretly happy in his heart, his goal had been achieved, although he failed to remind Zhang Xuansu, but he reminded Li Shimin, yes, yes, this is his ultimate goal.

"I suddenly feel unwell, the two of you should step down, I want to rest for a while." Li Shimin suddenly held his forehead and waved them to retire.

Zhang Xuansu and Li Hao were helpless and retired one after another.

Li Hao and Zhang Xuansu had just come out of the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin suddenly beckoned to Xu Lian, Xu Lian understood, and came to Li Shimin, Li Shimin said in a low voice: "You sent Yin Yuanwei to the East Palace to investigate, I suspect it...... This time, the assassin was sent by the Chengqian. ”

"Huh?" Xu Lian was shocked when he heard this, his body trembled a little, the prince sent someone to assassinate his teacher? Something big is going to happen to this Nima.

"Still stunned for what to do." Li Shimin glared and whispered, "Go quickly!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Lian hurriedly took the order of the leader and retreated in a hurry.

Outside the imperial city, Lin Dingkun was waiting not far away, Li Hao walked over, Lin Dingkun asked, "Master Hou, is it done?" ”

"Hmm." Li Hao smiled and nodded, "Let's go, go back to Taibai Mansion and wait for good news." ”

Lin Dingkun was overjoyed, and after Li Hao turned over and got on the horse, Lin Dingkun led the horse to Taibai Building.

At noon that day, Xu Lian came to Li Shimin to report: "Your Majesty, according to the secret agent report of Yin Yuanwei, this assassination of Zhang Xuansu was indeed planned by the prince, and it was said by the prince himself. ”

"Bastard thing!" Li Shimin's eyes were fierce when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and smashed a glass cup directly, and said loudly, "Spread my will, and order Wei Guogong, Zhao Guogong, Liang Guogong, Zheng Guogong, Yiguo Gong, British Gong, Lu Guogong...... Enter the Temple of Manna now! ”

Half an hour later, all the princes summoned by Li Shimin came, and stood in two rows in the Ganlu Palace.

After everyone saluted, Li Shimin said with a cloudy face: "Today's summons of Zhu Qing is to discuss a major matter related to my Tang Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, the day before yesterday, Zhang Xuansu, the left hand of the East Palace, was assassinated by a gangster, and I sent someone to investigate, and finally learned that the person who planned the assassination was actually the prince. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, and everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak, even though Qin Qiongcheng and Li Ji had expected it a long time ago, they were still surprised, they didn't expect Li Hao's plan to really succeed.

Seeing that the ministers did not speak, Li Shimin continued: "In recent years, the prince has deviated from morality, repeatedly taught and refused, and has become more and more stupid, and now he is still killing his teacher, which is intolerable, so I plan to abolish the position of prince Li Chengqian, what is your opinion, although it is said." ”