Chapter 3 two

It has been five years since Li Jiancheng was established as the prince, and the wars in the Tang Dynasty have been almost uninterrupted in the past five years.Whenever the emergency documents fly to Chang'an like a snowflake, the state prince will become the most painful person in the world, because these documents will soon be transferred from the hands of his father Li Yuan to the mansion of Qin Wang Li Shimin. Before the end of the war, Prince Qin's Mansion naturally became the center of the entire empire.But he, the prince, can only be a spectator off the stage, watching his second younger brother perform in front of his father, all the subjects, and the enemy.

What Li Jiancheng couldn't understand was that God always gave Li Shimin the opportunity to perform well in this big drama. In the past five years, this young man who is nine years younger than himself has never failed a single performance.The heroes of the world were almost beaten by him. The more he fought, the more he knew how to fight, and the more Li Yuan let him fight.Every time there is a battle, the Qin Palace will add another soldier, and Li Shimin will increase the closure of the household.Seeing King Qin's troops spread all over the Tang army, his younger brother's prestige is increasing day by day, while the East Palace is getting deserted day by day, Li Jiancheng's fear and jealousy are also growing day by day.However, he couldn't change this situation, he could only carefully tighten his chair in the East Palace in fear and jealousy, because he knew better than anyone that he had no strength to stop Li Shimin right now.It is conceivable that Li Jiancheng's mood has been achieved for the prince of the dynasty. He is getting more and more melancholy every day, and there is always a dark cloud on his face that cannot be dispelled. No matter what he does, he shows a thoughtful look. look.

Li Jiancheng was fascinated by Xue Ye, and Li Yuanji on the side said: "Brother—are you thinking about something again?" Li Jiancheng's thoughts broke free from the chaos, he glanced at Li Yuanji, and said in disguise: "Oh, I haven't seen you for more than half a year It’s snowing, and I’m admiring the snow, it’s snowing—let’s go back to the palace!” Li Yuanji’s expression changed slightly, he patted his bow and asked, “Why? Just come and leave? Brother doesn’t want to try arrows Is it legal?" Li Jiancheng looked at the beautiful lacquered iron-bodied bow in Li Yuanji's bow bag, and said, "This—it's another day. Look at the messenger who left just now. If there is something important, the emperor can't find us. Trouble." Li Yuanji pretended to be careless and said, "Why are you worrying about this matter, anyway, the second brother is here, so the sky won't fall!" Li Jiancheng raised his eyebrows, and his eyes flickered He turned his horse's head and said in a toneless manner: "You need to say, of course I know that the sky will not fall, but we can't forget our prince just because we have an arm supporting the sky." Because of his identity, he pretends to be deaf and dumb and doesn't care about everything."

In fact, Li Yuanji deliberately kicked Li Jiancheng's jealous vat. Seeing that the other party's expression was already showing sourness, he deliberately raised his hand and slapped his right cheek: "Look at what my brother said, I You are a state reserve, so of course you can’t ignore this important military matter—well, listen to your elder brother and go back. My younger brother is young, and his words are not serious, so don’t take it to heart.” Li Jiancheng squeezed out a smile, which was ugly: "How could it be? Are you the kind of person who hates others just because of a sentence or a sentence? Besides, what you said just now is also a truth, this It doesn't matter whether I am present or not. However, although the father and the second brother are very handy, but I, the prince, should do my best for the court! Even if it is not a piece of material to fight the enemy, It's always okay to wave the flag and shout!" Li Yuanji looked sincere and fearful: "Brother is really broad-minded, and I admire your magnanimity from the bottom of my heart."

Everyone raised their whips one after another and was about to leave when suddenly someone shouted: "Prince, this man seems to be breathing!" Li Jiancheng turned his head and saw Sun Da squatting on the ground stretching out his hand to check the man's breath, his face showing There was a hint of surprise.Li Jiancheng was a little surprised: "Why, he didn't die?" It's unbelievable that someone could escape death under the claws of such a colorful tiger.Li Yuanji had already jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to explore, looked back at Li Jiancheng, and said in a confident tone: "Yes, I still have some breath."

Li Jiancheng gave orders to his entourage: "Then put this man on a horse and take him back to see if he can be rescued, and take the big worm with him too. I will give you the tiger meat as reward, and remember to leave the tiger skin for me." Next, even though it was picked, it’s a good omen, isn’t it?” Because the whole of Chang'an was covered with thick snow, so the night in Gongcheng came very early that day.Before you time, the lights in the study room in the corner of the East Palace had already been turned on. Two officials in their thirties were fidgeting and waiting for something. One was fat and the other was thin. Wash the horse Wei Zheng.

Finally there was a sound of footsteps outside, Wang Gui's face was filled with joy, and he said first, "It's His Royal Highness who is back!" The two stood up together, the door creaked, and Dong Gong led Gengcheng Wang Yan to pick up a lamp. The lantern led Prince Li Jiancheng in.Wang Gui and Wei Zheng saluted together: "I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Li Jiancheng's complexion was not very good-looking, he glanced at the two of them, and said, "Excuse me!" He went straight to the front stool and sat down.Wang Gui and Wei Zheng looked at each other in blank dismay, they knew in their hearts that the crown prince must have been displeased.Wang Gui looked at Li Jiancheng, stepped forward and said, "His Royal Highness, who is in command of the rescue troops sent to Hebei?" Li Jiancheng replied angrily, "Is there a need to ask?" Wang Gui asked, "Could it be the King of Qin again?" ?”

Li Jiancheng picked up a glass of water on the table and took a sip: "Who else could it be? The emperor ordered Yuan Ji to lead 30,000 people across the river in the past two days, and the follow-up troops will be led by Qin Mansion to follow up." " Wei Zheng on the side said: "Your Highness, you didn't stand up and tell the emperor, are you willing to be this handsome?" Li Jiancheng glanced at Wei Zheng, frowned and said: "I really want to fight for this handsome position, but father As soon as the emperor finished talking about the situation of the former enemy, the king of Qin said which troops to send, how many cavalry, how many infantry, where to fight first and then where to fight, and how to transport the grain and grass. Tell me, what else can I fight for?" Then Li Jiancheng sighed, looked up at the roof and said, "Oh, it's like this every time, the emperor is used to it, the ministers are used to it, and I am also used to it. "

Wei Zheng paused and said, "Your Highness, this time is different from the previous ones. As long as you speak in front of the emperor and all the ministers, you will definitely be able to take this tiger talisman over. Alas, I blame the ministers for turning back today." I went home to get medicine for my mother, and I was a step late when I found out the news, so I failed to speak to His Highness earlier, which made you miss a good opportunity to overwhelm the Qin family." Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng with some surprise: "Xuancheng, what are you saying? Where do you start?" Wei Zheng said: "Didn't your Highness see it? In the first few years, whether it was to challenge Xue Ju or Wang Shichong, the emperor received an urgent military report from the former enemy and made a decision within three days. The king of Qin led the army, but this time——Liu Heitai has been rebellious for almost half a year. The urgent documents were sent to Zhongshu Province one by one, but the emperor always did not send anyone to lead the army. Almost all of them were surnamed Liu, and when the matter reached the point where it could not be dragged on, he gave the order to decide the matter, don't you see any clues from his way of acting as an old man, Your Highness?"