After sending Zuo Youxian and Di Renjie away, Li Jiancheng ordered Lu Shengzhi to secretly return to Mayi, and used the old relationship of Lu Xinyuan to find out the relationship between the two brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue in Xia County and Liu Wuzhou, and on the other hand, he also ordered Xu Jingzong to secretly strengthen the intelligence work in the area of Mayi and the surveillance of Dugu Huaien. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 After explaining these tasks, Li Jiancheng was still thinking about the countermeasures to deal with Dugu Huai'en's rebellion, and the eunuch of the East Palace reported to Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Prince Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, asks to see you!"

"Li Daozong!" As soon as he heard Li Daozong's name, Li Jiancheng only felt that he had picked up a treasure, according to the original historical records, Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong were called sages, Tang Taizong evaluated Li Daozong in his later years as Li Shichang and Xue Wanche and called the three famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Daozong is still a centrist in the clan, although Li Ming and Li Xiaogong temporarily stood on Li Ming's side in the competition that day, and has not yet gone to Li Shimin's side, but Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both know who can get more support in the Li Tang royal family, so no matter who ascends the throne in the future, the Li Tang clan is a force to be reckoned with:

"Please!" The eunuch immediately went down to pass on Li Jiancheng's order:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has invited Prince Jiangxia!" Li Daozong came to Li Jiancheng and immediately knelt down:

"Li Daozong, the king of Xia County, sees His Royal Highness the Prince, and wishes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a thousand years old!" Li Jiancheng hurriedly lifted Li Daozong up:

"Ugh! Brother Wang, please get up quickly. ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

"Brother Wang, is there anything to do when you come to my East Palace today?"

"A few days ago, I heard that our Li Tang general will move troops against Liu Wuzhou, and he has already designated Yuan Ji, the brother of the king of Qi, as the head of the march, and the brother wants to recommend himself to recruit Liu Wuzhou with the brother of the king of Qi, and make contributions to my Tang Dynasty." Because Li Yuan thought that Li Tang had just begun to establish, he appointed more civil officials to the children of Li Tang's clan, but in fact, Li Yuan's mind was afraid that these clans would make too many meritorious contributions in the establishment of the Li Tang Dynasty, forming a trend that would not fall, so in addition to the children of the Li Tang clan recommended by Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Li Yuan did not allow the children of the Li Tang clan to get involved in a little military power, so that the prince could be formed as the commander and the children of the Li Tang clan as generals, and there was also a test for the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. See who can win over more children of the Li Tang clan, in the composition of feudal imperial power, the royal clan has always been a key bargaining chip to balance the power of the imperial court, it is precisely because of understanding Li Yuan's mind that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are constantly wooing the children of Li Tang's clan. And this friendly gesture of Li Daozong is exactly what Li Jiancheng needs.

"Oh! Brother Wang, where did you get this news from? ”

"Hey! His Royal Highness the Prince, don't hide it from your courtiers, that day at the banquet, the emperor has been lamenting the heroic deeds of Uncle Li Xiaoji, and has been telling us that it is a great blessing for my Li family to be able to have such a royal family like this. With such a posture, our Li Tang and Liu Wuzhou must be endless. In addition, news has come out from the palace that the emperor has had secret talks with His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and His Royal Highness the King of Qi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Qin jointly recommended His Royal Highness the King of Qi as the general manager of the marching road, and was in charge of the conquest of Ma Yi. This matter has spread throughout Chang'an. Li Jiancheng sighed softly - this fourth brother, he is still so reckless in doing things, as the saying goes, open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, if you go to take revenge with such fanfare, will Liu Wuzhou still wait for you to cut it? What's more, it's still a military affair, how can this be? Also, Li Yuan had just discussed with Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, and the rumors were heard in Chang'an City, and it seemed that after the palace ascended the throne, the matter of this palace would be closed, but the people who inquired about the news from the palace would definitely not be extinct, including himself, why didn't he often inquire about the news from the palace attendants? Li Jiancheng thought about it and smiled and shook his head, Li Daozong didn't know what Li Jiancheng meant, thinking that Li Jiancheng had refused, and immediately took out a large roll of paper:

"Your Highness! At this time, the situation map of the soldiers collected by the younger brother and Li Tang in Guanzhong, as well as the route map of the soldiers planned by the younger brother if they want to attack Liu Wuzhou-Your Highness, please see, our Li Tang and Liu Wuzhou are only separated by a Yellow River, and at the crossing of the Yellow River, Liu Wuzhou sent his general Chi Jingde to garrison here! Wei Chi Jingde is a great general in the world, very good at attacking fortifications, although there has been no precedent for defense, but the Yellow River is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to break through, it will cause great casualties to our soldiers. Therefore, there are only two strategies to break through the Yellow River defense line of Wei Chi Jingde, one is to provoke the relationship between Wei Chi Jingde and Song Jingang again, so that Wei Chi Jingde loses his military power, and the other strategy is to win over the two brothers Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue of Xia County in the rear of Wei Chi Jingde, and let them give Wei Chi Jingde a knife from the rear of Wei Chi Jingde, just like the two brothers Wei Chi Jingde and Lu Chongmao and Lu Chongyue attacked our army back then, of course, our army still has a way, that is, to take advantage of the Turks to directly attack the north gate of Mayi from the south of the Turks, and directly smash the Yellow Dragon. It's just that now Liu Wuzhou of Mayi has offered Dingxiang to the Turks, and has said that he will work with the Turkic Lili Khan to support Yang Zhengdao to restore the Great Sui, and if he wants to attack Mayi from the Turkic streets, I am afraid it will be a little difficult, and it is also necessary to prevent us Li Tang from attacking the ants, and the Turkic Lili Khan will send troops to intervene. "After listening to Li Daozong's plan, Li Jiancheng said in his heart: 'He is worthy of being a famous general in the world. Not bad. This palace must hold this person, it will definitely be of great use in the future! Thinking of this, I understood the nickname and smiled at Li Daozong:

"Brother Daozong, your plan is very good, what you entrusted, cousin, I will report to my father, you go back first and wait for my news, cousin, I will definitely help you do this." Li Jiancheng did not call himself the main palace, but told the identity of his cousin, on the one hand, it shortened the distance between Li Jiancheng and Li Daozong, and on the other hand, it also increased the commitment and wooing of Li Daozong.

"Brother Prince, everything will be Brother Lao." After getting Li Jiancheng's promise, Li Daozong happily walked out of the prince's east palace. On the way home, Li Daozong has been thinking about the scene of wearing military uniforms and galloping across the field in the future, and the days of being a civil official in the Zongzheng Department have almost suffocated himself. As a noble son of the Guanlong family, he has been dealing with weapons and horses since he was a child, but now he has to be with the four treasures of the study, which is really hard for himself. Li Daozong was thinking about it when the carriage suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?" The coachman replied tremblingly:

"Lord Wang, the little one is guilty, and there was a person who suddenly passed across the street, so the little one had to stop. Shocked the prince's frame! The little one immediately grabbed that person for the prince and gave you anger to the prince. Li Daozong called the coachman to stop, because Li Daozong was on the other side of the road and saw a person who had been looking for him. Li Daozong immediately stopped the coachman:

"Did you see the Taoist priest who took the book, you hurry up and find out the whereabouts of that Taoist priest."

"Yes! The little ones will go right away. Li Daozong waited in the carriage for a while, and the coachman came back and reported:

"Lord Wang, the residence of that Taoist priest has been investigated, just in Louguan, it is a miscellaneous Taoist, the law name Daoxuan!" 'Humph! Daoxuan! Finally found you. Li Daozong is looking for the full name of the person called Daoxuan, and he is also Li Daozong's cousin, his grandfather Li Hui, who was recently the governor of Xiazhou in the Sui Dynasty, was a member of the famous generals who resisted the Turks during the opening of the Sui Dynasty, and his father Li Zhen died of illness long ago, leaving Li Daoxuan and Li Daoming two brothers, because Li Hui was guarding outside all the year round, Li Daoxuan and Li Daoming The two brothers were often taken care of by Li Wei, so they met Li Daozong, and the friendship was good. Later, Yang Guang ascended the throne, afraid of Li Yuan's family power, and took the opportunity of Li Hui's failure to patrol the frontier to depose all Li Hui's officials. After Li Daozong got the driver's answer, he immediately drove to Louguan. The Taoist priest in Louguan saw that it was Li Daozong's frame, and immediately greeted him:

"I don't know what advice the prince of Jiangxia has here!?" Li Daozong saluted the Taoist priest and said:

"There is Daoist Lao, I came here this time to find a Dao Master with the Dharma name Dao Xuan, I don't know if there is such a Dao Chief?" Since Louguan enshrines the spiritual position of Taishang Laojun and Li Yuan's ancestors, even Li Daozong, a relative of Li Tang, is polite to the Taoist priests of Louguan.

"Oh! Find Daoxuan! Poor Dao is going to call immediately! ”

"There's a long way to go." After Li Daozong thanked the Taoist priest, he respectfully sent fifty taels of silver as errand expenses. After a while, the Taoist priest named Dao Xuan was found over, and I saw that the Taoist priest named Dao Xuan was only about thirteen or fourteen years old, and Li Daozong carefully observed:

"Dao Xuan, it's really you!"

"Poor Dao Xuan, I've seen the prince!"

"Dao Xuan! You don't remember me, I'm a Taoist sect! Li Daozong warmly embraced this little Taoist, but the little Taoist priest did not meet the joy of the old man.

"Excuse me, my lord! What are you looking for? ”

"Dao Xuan! I'm a Taoist sect! Don't you really remember me? ”

"The small way is called Daoxuan, and the common name is not Daoxuan! Please don't pretend to be an official, if there is nothing else, Xiaodao will leave. Li Daozong pulled the little Taoist's arm,

"Dao Xuan, don't go! Daoxuan! In the pulling, Li Daozong pulled Daoxuan's sleeve off, and Daoxuan's arm revealed a deep scar - that was once, Li Daozong and Li Daoxuan were playing together, and Li Daozong was injured by mistake. Taking advantage of Dao Xuan's stunned moment, Li Daozong opened Dao Xuan's chest again, revealing the mark of a tiger:

"You also said that you are not Daoxuan, the tiger mark on your chest, and this scar of yours all prove that you are my cousin Li Daoxuan, what else can you say." Li Daoxuan didn't speak, and walked back to Louguan without looking back, letting Li Daozong shout behind him, and didn't pay attention to Li Daozong.