That night, it was the most lively time of the night market, there was a person in civilian cloth kneeling in the center of the Ganlu Temple, with a mediocre appearance, Li Shimin looked at the person in the heart of the palace, and asked majestically: "How is it, have you found out what results?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the results have been found. The man replied, "The two walls between rooms No. 5 and No. 4 in Taibailou have been hollowed out, and the surface is covered with a thin layer of wood, which is difficult to see if you just look at it with your eyes." ”

"Smack!" The brush in Li Shimin's hand was suddenly pinched off.

I saw Li Shimin slowly stand up, his eyes were fierce as if he wanted to eat people, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Li Hao, you dare to bully me like this!" ”

Li Hao was sleeping at home, and suddenly Wang San came to report that someone from the palace had announced the decree, Li Hao got up in a hurry, and hurriedly dressed up and came out to receive the decree, and the content of the decree was very simple: "Li Hao, the marquis of Lantian County, immediately entered the palace to face the saint!" ”

Normally, if Li Shimin summoned, just a word of instruction would be enough, but this time he made a holy decree, Li Hao faintly felt uneasy, and went to Chang'an with the announcement team and entered the Taiji Palace to face the saint.

When Li Hao entered the Ganlu Palace, he found that only Li Shimin was sitting on a high seat in the hall, there were no attendants, there was no palace ethereal, there were only the two of them in the palace, and the feeling of uneasiness in Li Hao's heart became stronger and stronger.

"Minister Li Hao see the emperor!" Li Hao stood in the center of the hall and saluted.

Li Shimin didn't reply, let alone let him be exempted, Li Hao had no choice but to keep saluting, his heart was flipped, looking at Li Shimin's attitude, he had already guessed that his plan might have been revealed, to be honest, he was a little nervous at the moment.

While nervous, he could only sigh secretly, although his plan was indeed wonderful, but as long as he met a smart person, it was still easy to find flaws, Li Hao didn't have to think about it, it must have been the eldest grandson Wuji who discovered the flaws, after all, the eldest grandson Wuji is a well-known old fox, and it is not so easy to fool him.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally spoke coldly, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he reprimanded: "Li Hao, you dare to deceive me like this!" ”

Li Hao pretended to be calm and said, "Why did Your Majesty say this? The minister was confused. ”

"You're a fart!" Li Shimin actually burst into foul language, which shows that he is indeed very angry, he pointed at Li Hao, and asked loudly, "I ask you, did you arrange the conversation between the two people I heard in your restaurant!" ”

Li Hao raised his head and looked at Li Shimin, the two looked at each other, Li Shimin saw calmness in his eyes, yes, it was calm, Li Hao was planning a showdown.

Sure enough, I saw Li Hao nodding and saying, "Back to Your Majesty, it was arranged by the minister." ”

Hearing Li Hao's admission, Li Shimin's lungs exploded, he thought that Li Hao was a trustworthy courtier, and he wanted to perform a good story with Li Hao, he also apologized for Li Hao's reward, and he also turned his face with the ministers several times in order to let Li Hao's portrait enter the Lingyan Pavilion......

But in the end, he found out that Li Hao deceived himself, if it was a trivial matter, it would be fine, he actually deceived himself in the matter of Lichu, it was his reverse scale!

"You dare to deceive me!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and glared, his eyes seemed to want to choose someone to devour.

Li Hao shook his head: "Your Majesty, the minister did not lie to you." ”

"You still said you didn't lie to me!" Li Shimin picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it at Li Hao, Li Hao reached out to catch the inkstone, making his hands full of ink, he didn't care about these, slowly put the inkstone on the ground, and then wiped his hand on the official robe, the originally clean official robe became a mess in an instant.

Li Shimin saw that he actually wiped his hands with an official robe, pointed at him, and shouted: "You dare to wipe your hands with an official robe!" Believe it or not, I chopped off your hand in no time! ”

Li Hao smiled indifferently and said: "Your Majesty, after tonight, the minister's official robe may be useless, this official of the minister, I'm afraid that he has also done it, while the minister can still talk to His Majesty now, His Majesty has any doubts in his heart, just ask, the minister must know everything and say everything, and there is no half a lie." ”

"Good! I ask you! Li Shimin struggled to control his anger and asked, "The last time I went to your house in the middle of the night, I asked you some words, and now you will answer me again!" ”

"Yes." Li Hao nodded and said, "Of all the questions asked by His Majesty last time, there was only one question, and the minister answered a lie, and the other questions were answered by the minister last time, and the word remained the same." ”

"Which one?"

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty asked the ministers, how about letting King Jin be the crown prince?" The minister's answer now is that the king of Jin is the best candidate for the crown prince, because the king of Jin is upright, studious, benevolent and filial, good at accepting advice, and loves the people, and has the style of a father. ”

"You don't want to slap my ass!" Li Shimin glared and snorted coldly, "At that time, I also asked you, why did you take a slave as a student, you dare to say that you have no selfish intentions!" ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, the minister is dedicated to the country, dedicated to the people, absolutely selfless, the minister's answer is true, the reason why the minister will choose the king of Jin, is because His Majesty has repeatedly asked the minister for the matter of establishing the prince, and the minister has also thought about it for a long time, when the army is outside, he has been thinking about it in his heart, and when he returned to Chang'an, the minister's heart has already made a decision, and the minister feels that the king of Jin is the best candidate for the prince. ”

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and glared at Li Hao: "So you used such an unseemly and despicable means to deceive me?" You've disappointed me! ”

Li Hao bowed his hand apologetically: "The minister's methods are indeed disgraceful, but what the two people said is exactly what the minister wants to admonish His Majesty, but because it involves a scandal in the Heavenly Family, it is inconvenient for the minister to admonish in person, so he can only change it to this way, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

I have to say that Li Hao is really clever, he can still find such an excuse for such a thing, if the eldest grandson Wuji is present, he will definitely throw himself into the five bodies that he admires.

Li Hao's reason is very sufficient, even Li Shimin's anger has greatly decreased after hearing it, indeed, how can the prince talk about cannibalism at will, so Li Hao changed to a more special way, but deception is deception, Li Shimin was still very angry, pointed at Li Hao and asked: "You say, how should I punish you." ”

Li Hao said: "The minister knows that the crime of deceiving the king is great, and if Your Majesty has any punishment, the minister will never complain." ”

"Do you think that if you retreat like this, I will let you go!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "I want to take you as a confidant, I originally planned to wait for me to be a hundred years later, and let you assist Zhi'er, but I didn't expect you to dare to deceive me, you are so bold, how dare I use you!" ”

Li Hao sighed secretly when he heard this, and the trust he had gained with countless great credits seemed to be all consumed this time, but it didn't matter, Li Shimin was still willing to give himself a chance to explain, which meant that the punishment would not be too heavy, at least he would not kill himself.

Li Shimin suddenly threw a map on the dragon case to Li Hao, and said loudly: "I don't want to see you again from now on, you choose a place, go and don't come back." ”

Li Hao stretched out his hand to take it, and found that it was actually the map he gave to Li Shimin at the last court meeting, he understood, Li Shimin was ready to deploy him.

Li Hao slowly unfolded the map, and after seeing a place, his heart suddenly moved, and he was secretly surprised, hehe, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing to deploy, although it is far away from the power center of the court, but it gives him a chance to develop and develop himself.

So he put away the map and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty of a lot this time, and please ask Your Majesty to deploy the minister to Qiongnan!" ”

Li Shimin was surprised when he heard this, squinted his eyes, and said, "Qiongnan is a land of poor mountains and bad waters, which is not as good as Tingzhou, and going there is equivalent to distribution, have you thought about it?" ”

"I've thought about it." Li Hao nodded solemnly, "The minister will go to Qiongnan." ”

Qiongnan is the Hainan Island of later generations, Hainan Island is divided into Qiongnan Qiongzhong and Qiongbei, but in the Tang Dynasty, the entire Hainan Island is called Qiongnan, the Tang Dynasty has set up a cliff in Qiongnan, there are three states, the number of people is nearly 100,000, but the huge Qiongnan is only 100,000 people, this is too little, currently in a state of vast and sparsely populated, Qiongnan in addition to the three state cities, other areas are in the state of poor mountains and bad water that have not yet been opened, no way, resources are too scarce, the population is too small, lack of manpower and material resources, it is difficult to develop, moreover, Qiongnan belongs to the tropics, the mountains and forests belong to the tropical rainforest or semi-tropical rainforest, there are many poisonous snakes, poisonous insects and beasts, and the living environment is really worse than the desert.

However, Li Hao has his own plans, he went to Qiongnan, he can carry out his own plans in peace, he has many big actions that cannot see the light, and they need to be implemented in a deserted place, and there are not many other things in Qiongnan, there are many barren mountains and mountains.

As for Chang'an's side, Li Zhi has already become the crown prince, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided, with Li Ji, Cheng Biting Jin, and Qin Qiong sitting here, he doesn't have to worry, besides, he can keep in touch with the flying pigeon at any time and pay attention to every move of the DPRK and China, which is equivalent to retreating into the background.

Li Shimin suspected that Li Hao was retreating and playing with himself, so he snorted coldly: "I will do what you wish, let you Qiongnan!" ”

Li Hao bowed when he heard this: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, he thought that Li Hao would talk nonsense again, but he didn't expect Li Hao to play any tricks, looking at him like this, it seems that he really wants to go to Qiongnan, Li Shimin suddenly regretted a little, after all, Li Hao is a talent, even if he is quite disappointed in him this time, he still doesn't want Li Hao to go to that kind of place with poor mountains and bad waters, but now that Chrysostom has been opened, it is difficult to collect the water, what else can he say.

When Li Hao came out of Taiji Palace, he was a little excited, he was going to Hainan, and when he went there, he could show his strength and do everything he wanted, thanks to the eldest grandson Wuji, you especially wanted to harm labor and management, but you helped labor and management.

The next day, Li Hao came again, seeing Li Hao coming to participate in the court meeting, the ministers were nervous for a while, Li Hao never participated in the court meeting without a major event, what are you doing this time, is the emperor going to reward him? Or is it the emperor or is he determined to let Li Hao's portrait enter the Lingyan Pavilion?

When it was dawn, the ministers entered the Liangyi Hall and waited for a long time, when Li Shimin came.

After a ceremony of the monarch and the ministers, the court discussion began, Li Shimin spoke first, the first thing in today's court discussion was to reward Li Hao, and he drafted a new reward, so that the ministers could discuss it.

When the ministers heard this, they exchanged glances with each other, the meaning was very simple, no matter how Li Shimin wanted to reward Li Hao, they would all oppose it.

Next, Li Shimin said: "I want to reward Li Hao and promote Li Hao to be the king of Qiongnan County." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers were stunned, and then looked at each other, Li Hao was crowned king? The king of Qiongnan County? Jonneye is equivalent to exile, and you can't leave the fiefdom without a holy oracle, it's the same as going to prison, to oppose it or not to oppose it?