Li Zhi raised his voice and asked, "Why didn't the poet come into the palace?" ”

Li Hao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister remembered the last time he met the emperor, when he parted, the minister stood here, the emperor was on the throne where the emperor sits, the minister and the emperor looked at each other for a long time, cherished each other, never thought that when the minister returned, it was already a person, the minister was ...... My heart was filled with grief. ”

Li Zhi's heart was also sour when he heard this, he could imagine such a picture, which also reminded him that even if his father was lying on the hospital bed, he still asked Li Hao every day if there was good news from Li Hao, but unfortunately, his father had not waited, and now, the matter of conquering Tibet was completely stopped, and he really didn't know how to face his father under Jiuquan.

As soon as Li Shimin was mentioned, the ministers were all solemn, Li Shimin was too powerful during his lifetime, even if he died, when he was mentioned, the ministers would be in awe.

After a while, Li Zhi slowly collected his mood, sighed, and said, "Poet, come in." ”

"Obey Your Majesty's orders." Li Hao saluted, walked into the Taiji Hall, and stood still in the heart of the hall.

Chu Suiliang saw Li Haoguang standing without kneeling, and immediately glared and shouted: "Bold Li Hao, as a criminal, you don't kneel in front of Your Majesty!" What a crime! "Although the Tang Dynasty does not need to kneel when he meets the emperor and receives the holy decree, if he is a criminal, let alone seeing the emperor, he has to kneel when he sees the officials, because the criminal has been deprived of all kinds of powers, so he is inferior to others.

Li Hao glanced back at him and sneered: "Then dare to ask Master Chu, what crime did I commit?" ”

Chu Suiliang said: "You have committed the crime of rebellion, do you still want to deny it?" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Am I rebelling? How did I rebel? ”

Chu Suiliang said: "You are on the march, and you privately transfer the military power to Fan Lihua......"

Li Hao directly interrupted his words and said: "Fan Lihua, as the deputy head of the march, as long as there is an order from the chief of the march, he can lead the troops, and there is no need to ask the military department, how can he overstep his authority?" ”

Chu Suiliang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, who suddenly frowned and said: "As far as the old man knows, Datang does not have this rule. ”

"Really?" Li Hao sneered, "You can ask the Ministry of War Shangshu if there is such a military rule." ”

When everyone heard this, they turned their eyes to Li Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Ji smiled indifferently and said: "The eldest grandson has not asked about military affairs for a long time, and he may not know anything about the change of the military system. ”

At this time, Wei Zheng suddenly spoke: "That's right, at that time, the old man was still in the middle of the door, and this letter, which was approved by the old man, has been set into a system and implemented by the military department." ”

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, his face suddenly turned into the color of sauce pork liver, and he said angrily: "Since there is such a military regulation, why didn't you say it in the first place!" ”

Li Ji said helplessly: "I'm old, I don't have a good memory, so I forgot about it." ”

In fact, this military regulation has really been forgotten, because this is a bit of a chicken military regulation, the reason why Li Jing proposed this military regulation at the beginning, is just in case, that year he was about to lead the army to conquer the Eastern [Turkic] Turks, thinking of this attack, the risk is quite large, and he has a foot disease, afraid of delaying the military due to illness, so he proposed this military regulation, Wei Zheng and Li Shimin both felt that he was worried, so they all allowed to play, but since then, this military regulation has never been used, which marching commander is willing to completely hand over the military power to the deputy commander, Therefore, this is a military rule that is easy to forget, and even Wei Zheng, the reviewer, has forgotten it.

The eldest grandson Wuji never expected that his biggest rhetoric would be self-defeating, and he suddenly secretly said bad in his heart, his eyes rolled for a moment, and suddenly said: "Then why do you call yourself sick and don't bring soldiers, one illness is several months!" ”

Li Hao said: "I said before, Tubo is located in the plateau, the plateau is different from our Central Plains, where the air pressure is low, the air is scarce, to put it bluntly, that is, the Central Plains people go to the plateau, will not adapt, altitude sickness, fatigue, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness and other symptoms, altitude sickness is also related to people's physique, some people's altitude sickness can be strong, some people have relatively weak altitude sickness, and unfortunately, I am the person with very strong altitude sickness, so strong that it is impossible to cross Tanggula Mountain, Because I was still 300 miles away from Tanggu Pass, I couldn't even hold chopsticks when I ate, I needed someone to feed me, and I needed someone to follow me when I walked to prevent me from falling. ”

Li Zhi exclaimed when he heard this: "It's so serious? ”

Li Hao arched his hand and said: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, it's so serious, Fan Lihua, Qin Huaiyu and others can testify." ”

Chu Suiliang snorted coldly: "They are your subordinates, and they can't testify for you!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Then Xu Jingzong, the prison army, and Li Yuanzhong, the general of Jin Wuwei, can testify for me!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang both raised their eyebrows when they heard this, these two can really testify for Li Hao, should Xu Jingzong speak for Li Hao?

Li Yuanzhong is not in the palace at the moment, but Xu Jingzong is here, hiding obscenely in the back row of the team, everyone is focused on him at this moment, Xu Jingzong's heart suddenly lifted, he never expected that Li Hao was so insidious, he actually wanted to testify for him, if he dared to tell a lie in the palace and was found out, the prison of the criminal department was waiting for him.

Hearing this, Li Zhi stretched his neck to look behind him and asked, "Where is Xu Jingzong?" ”

"Wechen is here." Xu Jingzong came out of the ranks.

Li Zhi asked: "Li Hao said that you can testify for him, and you can tell me, is Li Hao's words true?" ”

Xu Jingzong was embarrassed for a while, if he testified for Li Hao, would the eldest grandson Wuji make himself? If the lie is found out, Li Zhi will definitely get him, ah, it's so embarrassing, I feel like I'm dead left and right!

Xu Jingzong lowered his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly had an idea, bowed and saluted: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has only seen King Qiongnan in Tubo, and King Qiongnan was not eating at that time, but the minister saw that he walked a few steps, although he walked slowly, but it was stable. ”

He said this very standardly, why, ambiguous, only described what he saw at the time, as for whether Li Hao had altitude sickness, guess.

After hearing Xu Jingzong's words, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately breathed a sigh of relief and gave Xu Jingzong a thumbs up, this product really has a bit of brains, and it will be cultivated well in the future.

Li Zhi was not very satisfied with Xu Jingzong's answer, and just wanted to ask again, but was preempted by Li Hao, Li Hao asked: "Xu Jingzong, this king asked you, you could see the face of this king at that time?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Jingzong hurriedly said, "Naturally, I saw it?" ”

Li Hao said: "Since you have seen the face of this king, then please tell the emperor, what was the face of this king at that time, and what color was the lips?" ”

Xu Jingzong was shocked when he heard this, and was stunned there, he didn't expect Li Hao to be such a chicken thief, and he didn't give himself a chance to be opportunistic at all, Li Zhi saw Xu Jingzong stunned there, knowing that there was a play, and hurriedly asked: "Tell me quickly, what was Li Hao's face at that time?" What color are the lips? Let's be honest! If there is half a lie, it is a crime of deception! He didn't dare to bully the eldest grandson Wuji, and it was not a joke to bully a little Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong naturally didn't dare to lie, and saluted in panic: "Back to Your Majesty, at that time, King Qiongnan's face was pale and his lips were purple, which was indeed sick. ”

Li Zhi laughed happily when he heard this: "Li Hao really didn't lie, now Zhuqing should be relieved!" ”

Chu Suiliang said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, since Li Hao has altitude sickness and can be regarded as sick, why did he conceal it in the battle report, and never reported his whereabouts?" ”

Li Zhi frowned again when he heard this, these guys are endless, is it interesting to keep struggling with these questions!

However, Li Hao had already opened his mouth to answer: "I'll answer the question of Lord Chu, why did I hide my illness and not report it, because the emperor was still alive at that time, but my heart was riddled with heart disease, and I couldn't stand the stimulation, I was worried about the emperor's body, so I didn't dare to report this matter to the emperor, because it was very bad for the emperor's health, but when I was about to break some cities, I had already won the battle, and I sent another battle report, in the war report, it was clear that I was in poor health and could not lead the troops, and my whereabouts were also in this war report, because I knew, Even if the emperor knew that I was ill, as long as I could capture Tibet, it would not affect the emperor's condition. ”

"Nonsense!" Chu Suiliang suddenly glared and shouted, "We have never seen this battle report you mentioned!" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "I don't know about this, anyway, I have already sent out this report, as for why you haven't received it, it's not within my consideration." ”

At this time, Li Ji came out again and said: "The military department has indeed received this battle report. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands. The faces of the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang suddenly changed greatly, but they didn't expect that there would really be such a battle report.

The chamberlain Xu You walked down to take the song and handed it to Li Zhi, Li Zhi nodded after reading it, and said, "As Li Hao said, Xu You, send it to Lord Chu and Zhao Guogong to see." ”

Xu You walked off the high platform and handed the song to Chu Suiliang, Chu Suiliang passed it to the eldest grandson Wuji after reading it, the two frowned after reading it, and they were very angry in their hearts, the date of this war report is the seventh day of the first month, and there is a seal and approval of the Ministry of War, but there is no approval from the emperor and the province of Menxia, judging from the experience of the eldest grandson Wuji for many years, this is a fake note, it is very likely to be made up later, as long as Li Hao and Li Ji collude, it is too simple to make such a fake note.

Chu Suiliang angrily asked Li Ji: "Li Ji, as the secretary of the military department, you have such an important battle report to play, what should you be guilty of not passing it on to the left and right servants!" ”

Li Ji said indifferently: "Lord Chu, I'm afraid you have forgotten that on the first day of the first lunar month, the military department has begun to implement the holy decree and issued an official document to seize the military power of Li Hao and Fan Lihua, and the battle against Tubo is over, and when our military department received this war report, it was already the first day of the second month, so the word "invalid" was written in this official approval document, is there anything wrong?" ”

"You...... You ......" Chu Suiliang glared at Li Ji angrily, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and then he felt his blood pressure rise slowly, and his body began to shake, but fortunately, Yu Zhining on the side supported him, so he didn't faint, but he didn't have the strength to speak.

The eldest grandson Wuji squinted at Li Hao and Li Ji, and sighed secretly in his heart, he didn't expect Li Hao to have a lot of means, and he could actually come up with such a way to excuse himself, he really couldn't guess it, he miscalculated.

Now, there is still one last doubt, although the eldest grandson Wuji was apprehensive in his heart, he refused to give up, and said: "I heard that Fan Lihua led the army to attack Tubo, exterminated the 80,000 army of Tubo, and only lost 300 people, and the battle report said that it was to break the enemy with fire, but Xu Jingzong's recital said that Tubo had just finished snowing at that time, and there was snow everywhere, and the fire was shrouded in a radius of more than ten miles, this battle was too unbelievable, and there were many unreasonable points, I don't know if King Qiongnan can explain it?" ”