When Li Shan came to the back hall of Cuiwei Hall, he was surprised but not surprised to find that there were many people awake. Concubine Wan Gui was serving Li Yuan and drinking millet porridge. Yu Wenshi, who had been pregnant for half a year, was scolding his son Li Yuanjia, Chai Shao's eldest son. Chai Zhewei dropped his chopsticks, rushed to Li Shan, hugged his knees and tried to climb up.
Yes, he probably fell asleep before midnight and didn't wake up until this time. Li Shan simply bent down and picked up the child, "You weren't scared, were you?"
"Uncle..." Chai Zhewei buried his little head on Li Shan's shoulder and winked at Li Yuanjia. The latter was about to run over but was grabbed by Yu Wenshi.
"Huairen just wants to please them." The haze in Li Yuan's heart faded a little, and he looked at the scene with a smile, "Huairen, Pingyang has said that if the man in her family is not good at civility or martial arts, he will have to settle the score with you. .”
"Why do we have to be both civil and military?" Li Shan held Chai Zhewei and stood beside Li Yuan, sighing: "The eleventh mother is also pregnant, and my nephew is looking forward to it... I only hope that my son will be stupid and reckless, and there will be no disasters. To the Duke."
Li Yuan frowned, "You have only been crowned for two years, why are you so sluggish?"
Concubine Wan Gui put down her bowls and chopsticks and glanced at the Wei Siwang, which was showing her feelings.
Li Huairen rose to fame in the fourth year of Wude. However, in just four or five years, he had accumulated many military exploits, overwhelmed Chang'an with his poems and prose, and defeated the Turks several times. Now he has rescued the Turks twice... He has no title and no reward. He wants to Either he is not of royal blood, or he is another King of Qin.
Li Yuan's interest was waning and he didn't seem to be very energetic. "If you are stupid and reckless, I'm afraid Pingyang won't be happy."
Princess Pingyang mentioned it more than once or twice, and even talked about it with Zhu and Cui Shiniang. In the future, she would see if her daughter, who had been canonized as a princess, and the one in Cui Shiniang's belly were related to each other.
Li Shan was perfunctory, guessing the reason for Li Yuan's late-night summons. Now that the agitated emotions have calmed down, people have gradually regained their composure. Some things need to be made, and some things need to be investigated clearly.
In fact, among that group of people, Li Yuan was not the first to wake up. Ling Jing woke up very early and found an excuse to tell Li Shan the events of the past three days from beginning to end. This solved the problem in Li Shan's heart. Many doubts.
For example, Li Shan had never been able to figure out why Feng Lun wanted to involve Du Yan. This was completely unnecessary... Du Fengju's accusation actually didn't make much sense.
Moreover, Feng Lun also paid a high price to steal and sell grain from Yijun's warehouse, and risked being discovered by himself, the Sinong Qing...
Now Li Shan finally understood that Feng Lun was using Du Yan as a wall to block the wind. It was very likely that Du Yan was pulled into the water, and he didn't even know what happened. It was just that Feng Lun used Du Yan to cover up Yang Wenqian's presence in the square. The state raises troops.
Once someone files a complaint, or if the court discovers that the grain from Yijuncang is missing, then Du Yanlai will be blamed for the blame... Li Shan thought in his heart, it seems that this is not in the interest of King Qi, but considering the Tiantai Mountain Before the First World War, the King of Qi relied on the East Palace. This possibility is very high.
Many emergencies have their own context, but there are also many emergencies that have their own particularities. While Li Shan was confronting Ling Jing with his confession, he was thinking that Qi King Li Yuanji might not have thought that Yu Wenbao would be captured. Captured alive, Yu Wenying was also unexpectedly captured alive.
Not long after, Li Yuan slowly stood up and walked out of Cuiwei Hall. He stopped on an empty grassland and looked up at the bright moon for a long time. After a while, he whispered in a low voice: "Huairen already knows how many days have passed?"
"Yes." Li Shan said affirmatively: "I asked Hou Hongtao and Huo Guogong first, and then I asked Ling Gong, Jiang Guogong and Guan Guogong."
"What does Huairen think of this matter?"
Li Shan hesitated, then said after a while: "Your Majesty, this matter is a little strange."
"It is indeed quite strange." Li Yuan nodded in agreement, "Is it the Crown Prince or the King of Qi, or is it the Crown Prince and the King of Qi who join forces?"
"It's hard to tell the truth from the false." Li Shan analyzed: "If we want to intercept the messenger and cut off Jingzhao and Fangzhou, it is actually more convenient for the prince, but why is it Yu Wenbao?"
"Yu Wenying is a disciple of King Qi. His Majesty temporarily sent him to Yijun County to summon Yang Wenqian... So did Yang Wenqian have a plan to rebel in advance, or was it an impromptu move?"
"At least today, there is no movement in Chang'an. If the prince... has already ordered Yang Wenqian to rebel, how could he not move at all?"
After a pause, Li Shan added: "I don't care about Qiao Gongshan, but Du Fengju was sent here by Du Zhili."
Li Shan had no idea, he had to involve Du Yan, because Li Yuanji might not be able to involve Feng Lun, and Du Yan was doing it openly anyway.
Li Yuan nodded silently. In any case, Du Yan was an official of the Tiance Mansion. This led him to believe that although he now trusted his second son, he could not help but guess that Li Shimin was involved in this matter.
"But why didn't Du Yan pass Du Ruhui?"
"This minister knows about it." Li Shan explained with a smile: "Duke Ming's eldest brother died at the hands of Du Yan in Luoyang back then, so in name they are uncle and nephew, but in fact there are many gaps."
After a pause, Li Shan added: "Du Yan took Yu Huchun away many years ago, and I gave a letter to Du Ruhui..."
"Um?"
"It is said that the uncle and nephew almost had a fight that day." Li Shan thought for a while and whispered: "Actually, given the current situation, it is not necessary for the King of Qin to order someone to accuse the prince of treason..."
"After reporting the crown prince, Yang Wenqian actually launched an army..."
As Li Shan described it bit by bit, Li Yuan became more and more confused and couldn't figure out a clue. He suddenly remembered the conversation he heard between Ling Jing and Wei Zheng last night and said casually: "The prince is raising troops in Fangzhou." , it should be because Huairen didn’t notice it because of Yijuncang?”
"I have neglected my duties, please forgive me." Li Shan quickly recognized Yijuncang, which was under the jurisdiction of Sinong Temple, and he was also the minister of Sinong no matter what.
"What does it have to do with you?" Li Yuan smiled, waved his hand and said, "The imperial censor's memorials to impeach you for being lazy are piled up all over the province."
Li Yuan knew very well that Li Shan chose the position of Si Nongqing just to promote cotton. Apart from cotton, he basically had no other affairs. From March and April last year, he first had the Tiantai Mountain battle and then led the army. After the expedition and after returning to Beijing, I rarely entered the gate of Sinong Temple.
"The other Sinong Shaoqing is Zhao..."
"Zhao Yuankai." Li Shan stroked the short beard on his chin thoughtfully, "I just remembered an old thing..."
"Um?"
Li Shan pursed his lips and stuck out his tongue slightly, as if recalling. After a while, he whispered in a low voice: "Zhao Yuankai... seems to have some dealings with King Qi."
"What?"
"But it's not necessarily true. After all, Zhao Yuankai was born in the Zhao family of Tianshui, and his father was a famous former Sui prime minister and had a wide circle of friends."
"Speak clearly." Li Yuan's face became increasingly gloomy.
(End of chapter)
