Chapter Ninety-Four: Xiao Yu is the No. 1 thief in the Tang Dynasty
What you can't get is the best! This sentence can be said to exhaust the nature of human beings. Although Li Shimin is an emperor, he is also a mortal, so naturally he can't escape this law. The reason why he never forgets Princess Yuexian is that in addition to Princess Yuexian herself, who is peerless and has an admirable personality, in fact, the most important factor is because the other party is the only woman he can't get, and at the same time, he also feels guilty about her death.
As an outsider, Li Su saw this very clearly, but he was not stupid enough to say it, it was definitely thankless, and Princess Yuexian was Wen Xin's own sister, and at the same time she was a strange woman who did not let her eyebrows go, so that she maintained an incomparably noble image in Li Shimin's heart, which was also in line with Li Su's next plan.
Li Shimin spit out the old things that had been depressed in his heart for more than ten years, and immediately felt a lot more relaxed, remembering that Princess Yuexian was like a fairy back then, and his face also showed a little fascination. However, after all, he is a generation of emperors, and he has extremely strong control over his emotions, but in a moment, Li Shimin's face returned to normal, and he became the ruthless iron-blooded emperor.
"Liulang, the matter of Princess Yuexian has always been a knot in her father's heart, and it is much more comfortable to be able to tell you today, but only you know about this matter, if there is a third person, especially someone in the palace, then wait for your father to clean you up!" Li Shimin threatened viciously. The so-called people in the palace are actually referring to Concubine Yang, after all, Concubine Yang and Li Su are mother and son, Li Shimin is afraid that Li Su will be quick for a while, so he will tell Concubine Yang about it, and then his harem will not be peaceful.
"Father, rest assured. Erchen will never spread the word. Even the mother must not have said a word! Li Su naturally understood the meaning of Li Shimin's words, and immediately patted his chest and promised.
"Well, that's good!" Li Shimin also knows Li Su very well. Knowing that he was a person who understood the importance of things, after hearing his assurance, he nodded reassuringly. But then his face changed, he squinted his eyes and glanced at Li Su, and then asked slowly: "Liulang, you have heard the old story of your father and Princess Yuexian back then, how do you feel?" ”
When Li Yu heard this, he chuckled in his heart, it seems that his guess just now was right, the emperor father in front of him is really not untargeted, mentioning the princess of the moon fairy. In fact, it is to remind himself so that he can honestly explain the matter to himself.
"Enlighten the father, the son ......" Li Su hesitated. I don't know how to speak. In the end, I decided to put it off first, so I said. "Erchen thinks that Princess Yuexian can calmly die with her father, this kind of righteousness is rarely done even by men with eyebrows, so Princess Yuexian is really a rare strange woman in the world, and Erchen admires it very much!"
"That's all?" Li Shimin snorted coldly after hearing this, and glared at him with slanted eyes, looking very dissatisfied.
"Well, this ......" Li Su saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he had no choice but to stand up and kneel down on the ground, "Father, the son is guilty!" ”
"What are your sins?" Li Shimin picked up the wine glass, tasted it and said with a smile.
"Erchen took Xiao Miao's tiger head army in the palace without authorization, and did not report it to his father!" Li Su replied honestly.
"Get up!" Li Shimin was waiting for Li Su's words, and seeing that his answer was quite honest, he stretched out his hand and pulled him up, after all, he didn't care much about this matter, but he was a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Liulang, Xiao Miao's tiger head army is an elite, with only two thousand people, in my tens of thousands of Tang elite soldiers come and go freely, it can be said that my Tang Dynasty is disgraced, when I heard about it, I have been dissatisfied in my heart, I want to let the Xuanjia Army and the Tiger Head Army in my hands compete with the Tiger Head Army, but unfortunately since the Liang State was destroyed, there are no rumors of the Tiger Head Army in the world, which makes me regret it for a long time."
Li Shimin said this, paused and continued: "But what I didn't expect is that today, more than ten years later, the Xuanjia Army and the Tiger Head Army actually appeared on the battlefield at the same time, and they fought hand in hand, although the Tiger Head Army only had more than a thousand left, and most of them were not confused, but the majesty was not reduced back then, galloping among tens of thousands of enemy troops, and also capturing Yuangai Su Wensheng, so that even the Xuanjia Army had to be pressed down by them, and it really deserved to be Xiao Miao's last reliance back then!" ”
When Li Su heard this, he immediately understood the meaning of Li Shimin's words, and immediately bowed down again and said: "Father Xie's teachings, if you get such an elite Tiger Head Army, your son will definitely use it carefully, and at the same time, I will also strengthen the management of the Tiger Head Army, so that it is truly in my hands!" ”
Seeing Li Su's performance, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, the reason why he likes to talk to Li Su is because this son is smart enough, often he just mentions the beginning, Li Su has already guessed the result, although there is less fun in training children, but it is extremely easy.
However, Li Shimin's face only eased for a while, and soon turned into a hazy color, and he turned to Li Su and said: "Liulang, you have taken the Tiger Head Army as your own use, and you are actually very supportive of your father, after all, with a strong helper, you can also save a lot of trouble, but you have to explain to me clearly, how did those Tiger Head Army find you?" What role does Xiao Yu play in it? Don't tell me you and they just ran into each other? ”
The more Li Shimin spoke, the more angry he became, and in the end, he asked three questions in a row, and his tone became extremely stern. He is not angry with Li Yu, but angry with Xiao Yu, because in his conjecture, Xiao Yu must have played an extremely important role in the reason why Li Su was involved with the Tiger Head Army, and he was even likely to be the introducer of the two parties. The reason why Li Shimin is so suspicious of Xiao Yu is that in fact, this is mainly because Xiao Yu herself has a criminal record, when Empress Xiao was still in the Turks, Xiao Yu asked people to bring a letter to Empress Xiao, but she was denounced and demoted.
If it is really as Li Shimin guessed, then Xiao Yu, as a Tang minister, has an inexplicable relationship with the remnants of Liang State, and even the reason why the Tiger Head Army has not been able to find it all these years is probably because of Xiao Yu's protection, which is the most unbearable thing for Li Shimin. After all, no matter which emperor is, he will not tolerate a courtier colluding with an enemy force, even if the other party has been destroyed by himself.
Li Yu was most worried about this problem, especially when he heard that Li Shimin had guessed Xiao Yu as well, he was even more anxious, he had already asked Lu Qing and Aunt Hu, the reason why Xiao Yu took in Wen Xin's mother and daughter at the beginning, the most important thing was to see the relationship with Xiao Miao's uncle and nephew, he didn't know that behind Wen Xin's mother, there was also the existence of the Tiger Head Army.
Seeing Li Yu's face hesitating, Li Shimin snorted coldly, strengthened his guess, and said to himself sharply at the moment: "Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, I always thought that you were a loyal minister of my Tang Dynasty, although you have an old-fashioned personality, I never doubted you, I didn't expect you to hide so deeply?" What he did was no different from rebellion, he was simply the number one thief in my Datang! In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
Although Li Yu knew that Li Shimin said these words, it was likely that he was deceiving himself to tell the truth, but this was just his guess, and with his understanding of Li Shimin, he knew that he would do anything ruthlessly, plus Xiao Yu had always been untreated by Li Shimin, if he really thought that Xiao Yu had a connection with the Tiger Head Army, then the Xiao Mansion was likely to suffer a catastrophe.
"Father, Xiao Laoguo has nothing to do with this matter, and even he doesn't know about the existence of the Tiger Head Army, please don't wronged him!" Li Su was helpless, and finally decided to tell the truth. Although he really wanted to keep Wen Xin's life experience secret, Xiao Yu not only helped him several times, but also was very kind to Wen Xin's mother and daughter, if it was to protect Wen Xin and let Xiao Yu's family suffer, if nothing else, I am afraid that Wen Xin alone would not agree.
"Hmph, I know that you kid has a lot of eyes, why don't you tell me all the truth to Lao Tzu?" Li Shimin stepped forward angrily and kicked Li Su, he was really deceitful just now, but if Li Su insisted on not saying anything, then his words would become a reality.
Although the kick was not heavy, Li Su still pretended to be very painful and rubbed it for a long time, seeing that Li Shimin was impatient to wait, he hurriedly stood up and replied: "Father Qi, this matter really has little to do with Xiao Laoguogong, the reason why Erchen and the Tiger Head Army are connected is because of ...... Because ......"
"Speak quickly!" Li Shimin shouted.
"Yes!" Li Su cried with a sad face, "That's because the princess of Erchen is not the biological granddaughter of Xiao Lao Guogong, although her mother is nominally Xiao Cuo's concubine, but her real identity is Xiao Miao's virtuous concubine, and Wen Xin is Xiao Miao's widow, that is, the sister of the princess of the Moon Fairy." ”
When Li Su said in the end, he still played a cautious eye, and deliberately pointed out that Wenxin was the sister of Princess Yuexian, hoping that Li Shimin could look at Princess Yuexian's face and not be too embarrassed by Wenxin and Wenxin's mother.
"How can there be such a thing?" Li Shimin was also extremely shocked after hearing this, let him guess in every way, but he didn't expect that the core of the whole thing was actually on Li Su's princess, and what he didn't expect was that Li Su's princess would be Xiao Miao's daughter? This caught Li Shimin a little off guard, walking back and forth in the hall a few times, the expression on his face changed, obviously he didn't know how to deal with this matter for a while?
"Father, the marriage between the son and Wen Xin was personally made by you, and it was also handled at your urging, originally the mother and brother were not very satisfied with this marriage, and felt that Wen Xin's background was a little humble, but because of your father's wishes, opposition is invalid. It can be said that the reason why the Tiger Head Army joined the subordinates of Erchen is actually the most thankful for you, the emperor! Li Su took the opportunity to bite back, and what he said was reasonable, if Li Shimin hadn't engaged him and Wen Xin to marry, how could there be today's Tiger Head Army?