Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

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on the way back.

On the carriage, Li Junxian and Zhao Yuntian were driving.

"Uncle Li, what happened? How did you arrest him? How did you send him to the palace?" Li Xiao asked suspiciously.

Li Junxian said with a serious face: "Your Highness, this subordinate just wanted to report this matter to you. Those tenant farmers hid it very well and found no abnormality. Someone tipped the news and asked this subordinate to take it to the palace."

"Someone reported it? Who is this person?" Li Xiao frowned slightly.

"I don't know." Li Junxian shook his head.

"Where's the sharecropper? Call me, I have something to ask!"

The convoy stopped immediately.

Li Junxian got out of the car to call the tenant farmers.

However, he was shocked to find that the tenant farmer who confessed earlier had disappeared.

He is the only one missing.

"Your Highness, this person has disappeared. I don't know when he disappeared."

Li Junxian looked serious at this moment.

A living person actually disappeared under their noses...

"Your Highness, this subordinate will lead someone to look for it!"

Zhao Yuntian asked for his orders immediately.

"There's no need to look for it." Li Xiao shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It really is my father's handwriting."

"I'm afraid that person has been hiding in Lantian Villa since a few years ago."

"It should be to keep an eye on Li Xiaogong's family. Now that the villa has changed hands, there is no need for people to come back."

"So that's the case. If this is the case, it makes sense."

Li Junxian was thoughtful.

"After all, Li Xiaogong was accused of conspiring to rebel a few years ago. Although it was later proved to be a false accusation, it is normal for His Majesty to worry about sending people to watch over him."

"Li Xiaogong was falsely accused of rebellion?" Li Xiao was a little surprised.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Li Junxian nodded, and then said: "In the past, it was not an exaggeration to say that this person was the number one hero of my Tang Dynasty. I have recalled Chang'an, let go of the military power, and lived for the rest of my life."

"Hehe, it seems that my old man has some tricks."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, then frowned and said: "Li Xiaogong needs to be careful, I'm worried that he won't let it go."

"Yes, this subordinate will send someone to investigate the Hejian Palace." Li Junxian nodded.

Li Xiao nodded, then turned to look at Zhao Yuntian: "Commander Zhao, why did you speak for me just now?"

"Since this subordinate is loyal to His Highness, it is natural to speak for His Highness." Zhao Yuntian cupped his hands and said respectfully.

"Then do you know it's dangerous to do so?" Li Xiao asked again.

"know."

"Know it and still do it? Are you not afraid of death?"

"Not afraid."

"If you die, what will your family do? Haven't you thought about this problem?"

"This subordinate has no father or mother since he was a child, and his wife was killed a year ago..."

Zhao Yuntian said in a daze.

"I'm sorry, I don't know." Li Xiao became more serious, and asked again, "How did he die? Has the murderer caught him?"

"A year ago, I was still on duty in the palace. My wife had an argument with a drunk, and unfortunately fell into the water and drowned..."

Having said that, Zhao Yuntian took out a hairpin from his bosom, his eyes softened instantly.

"When I arrived, her flesh and blood had been devoured by the fish, leaving only this hairpin."

"after……"

"I found the drunk man and chopped him into pieces."

"But my wife never came back."

After the words fell, there was a sad breath in the air, and several people were silent.

"Condolences..."

After a long time, Li Xiao spat out two words.

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Hejian Palace.

"hateful!"

Li Chongyi was full of anger, and said through gritted teeth, "Father, I must kill that person who betrayed me!"

"Don't understand yet?"

Li Xiaogong looked at his son's gaffe, and said with hatred: "That tenant farmer is His Majesty's man! Since a few years ago, he has been lurking in Lantian Villa!"

"What? How could this be?"

Li Chongyi's face suddenly changed, he was shocked, and his eyes were very confused.

"Then why did His Majesty arrange for people to lurk in Lantian Villa? Is there any secret there? Why haven't I discovered it for many years?"

"Alas..." Li Xiaogong sighed, "You are too dull, compared to Li Xiao, you are far behind."

"I thought you would make some progress over the years, but I didn't expect it to be the case. How can I trust you to handle things?"

"Father, why do you grow up with other people's ambition? My son, how can I not compare to that little boy?"

Li Chongyi looked unconvinced: "Isn't he relying on having an emperor's father?"

"If the ancestors hadn't chosen the wrong person a hundred years ago, maybe the one who is the emperor now is you, father!"

"Shut up!"

Hearing this, Li Xiaogong's expression changed drastically, and he quickly opened the window and looked out.

After finding no one, he turned his head and said in a deep voice, "Are you looking for death?"

"If you let me hear such rebellious words in the future, you will definitely be punished severely!"

"Father, you are too careful, this is our family, who else can hear it?"

Li Chongyi looked indifferent.

"Nizi!" Li Xiaogong was about to explode in anger, "Since His Majesty arranged someone in Lantian Villa just to stare at me, now His Majesty deliberately exposed this person, this is a warning to me."

"Lantian Villa has His Majesty's eyes and ears, so any place may have His Majesty's eyes and ears, and our mansion is no exception."

"When you speak and act, can you think through your head first?"

"The child knows his mistake!"

After hearing these words, Li Chongyi was startled, with cold sweat running down his back.

Both fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, Li Chongyi said: "Father, then Li Xiao has caused us to lose so much money, so let's just forget it?"

"Of course it won't just go away."

Li Xiaogong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a cold tone, "You stay at home, you are not allowed to go anywhere, I will enter the palace again!"

Chapter 66: Negotiations at Honglu Temple

Royal Palace.

Li Xiaogong came to the imperial study room again.

"Your Majesty, the minister has handed over the silver to the household department, and 10 taels is not a small amount."

Li Er nodded lightly, and said lightly: "What else?"

Li Xiaogong immediately said: "Your Majesty, Honglu Temple is negotiating with the Dongying Mission soon, and the other party asked me, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, to attend to show their respect."

"The strength is not very good, this shelf is not small."

Li Er chuckled disdainfully, and then said: "Tell them, if you like to talk or not, if you don't talk about it, get out, Qizhou will not borrow it."

"This..." Li Xiaogong thought for a moment, then said slowly, "Your Majesty, now that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks are in the same situation, it is not appropriate to offend Dongying at the same time. They sent the princess to come forward. I feel that even if it is perfunctory, I have to send a prince there. lest you lose your tongue."

"Oh?" Li Er looked at Li Xiaogong and asked thoughtfully, "Then who do you mean to send?"

"How dare you speak nonsense, Your Majesty has the full power to decide."

Li Xiaogong quickly lowered his head.

"Why don't you become more king?" Li Er said meaningfully.

Li Xiaogong nodded: "The King of Yue is very cunning, it is good to let him negotiate with the Dongying people."

"Then it's decided like this. If there is nothing important to do, then step back!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Er picked up the memorial before the case and continued to review it.

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The next day.

Lantian Villa.

An edict came.

"Father asked me to go to Honglu Temple to negotiate?"

Li Xiao was stunned.

"Uncle Li, why did you let me go?"

"Maybe His Majesty values ​​His Highness more and wants to cultivate His Highness' abilities in all aspects." Li Junxian said.

"Cultivate the ability of a ghost!"

Li Xiao sighed.

It's not that he doesn't want to go, it's just that he needs to teach blacksmiths and craftsmen how to make flintlock guns.

Even if it is taught, craftsmen will still encounter difficulties in actual operation, so he needs to watch on the spot.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not easy to refuse your Majesty's oral order." Li Junxian reminded from the side.

"Okay, let's go." Li Xiao said helplessly.

"I want to see what the devil looks like at this time."

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Honglu Temple.

At the gate, a group of people lined up neatly, and when Li Xiao's carriage approached, they came up to greet him.

"Li Daozong has met His Royal Highness the King of Yue!"

A middle-aged man in an official uniform bowed slightly to Li Xiao, with a smile on his face.

"Li Daozong?"

Li Xiao searched carefully in his mind for a while, and asked Li Junxian suspiciously: "It sounds familiar, what's his background?"

"Your Highness, Li Daozong is the Duke of Lueyang County and a relative of the royal family. He was originally the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. He was transferred to Honglu Temple not long ago as the Minister of the Temple." Li Junxian explained in a low voice.

"Haha, it's Brother Li! I've been waiting for a long time!"

Li Xiao immediately walked over with a smile, looking familiar.

"Ha ha."