Chapter 31 thirty

Li Shimin glanced at Feng Deyi's gray beard and shook his head: "This—is too risky, he has already detained us alone." There is nothing to begrudge your life!" Li Shimin was moved by Feng Deyi's heroic words, and he held onto Feng Deyi tightly: "Deyi! The wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the officials! You ride on me! Let Lightning go, choose ten people from the imperial guards to follow." Feng Deyi's eyes turned red, he knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed: "The minister is gone." The play was very real, but Li Shimin didn't know that there was a big conspiracy behind Feng Deyi's "feat".

In Li Yi's big tent, there are halberds heavily guarded, and two rows of fierce soldiers carried bright swords on their shoulders. Feng Deyi walked into the big tent under Yang Ji's guidance, and the chill on the blade and the menacing eyes of those soldiers shot at him in unison. come over.Li Yi sat on the top chair with a heavy face, trimmed his nails with a pair of delicate scissors, and said to Feng Deyi without raising his head: "Master Feng, you are here to be a lobbyist. Don't blame me, Li Yi, for not being friendly." Feng Deyi looked calm, glanced at Li Yi and said: "I was sent to Li Jing's army today on a mission, I just came to talk to the general on the way, this war is chaotic, gathering less and leaving more, once parting, I don't know how many years Only then can we meet again."

Li Yi: "You are now King Qin's man. What old relationship do we have? A while ago, Li Shimin sent a large army to suppress the country, aggressive, as if he wanted to swallow him. Jieli cavalry went south, but he Let go of your figure, he is crowned king and ceded the land, and now he can't protect himself, so what's the use of these cakes? Hmph, I think the king of Qin and his minions are just like them, they are not good things! Pity my prince... ..." As he spoke, Li Yi burst into tears and threw the small scissors on the table. Feng Deyi said nonchalantly: "Brother! I know you look down on the former King of Qin and today's Emperor, but after all, you and I are both distinguished among the Shandong gentry. Now that the country is in crisis, we are about to carry forward the spirit of the gentry. Lift up the world——" Li Yi interrupted him impatiently: "I am a leader of soldiers, so don't talk to me about such nonsense!" Feng Deyi laughed loudly: "Who said these are just nonsense? What have you Li Yi relied on to support 80,000 elite soldiers for the past few years? It’s not anything else, it’s because of your noble background. If you are not a son of a noble family, who would pay to support you among those wealthy families in Shandong? And the nobles have always relied on the world It is for the spirit of self-responsibility. Now that the barbarians are coming to your door, but you stand by and watch, that is a traitor to the country and a traitor to the spirit of the gentry. Who will walk with you in the future, and who will give you money to raise soldiers? ?! Isn’t this the most practical thing!”

Li Yi's complexion changed, he looked at Feng Deyi, seemed to be moved by his words, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand: "Please sit down, and serve tea to Lord Feng!" A soldier brought tea.Then Li Yi waved his hand and dismissed all the generals in the tent, then stood up, walked to the chair in front of Feng Deyi and sat down, his face was already very relaxed: "My lord's words really enlightened me, it's just, it's just Li Shimin talking Does it count?" Feng Deyi looked at his words and said: "Today, you are a benevolent monarch, and you have just entered the ceremony, how can you break the trust of the world?" Li Yi still had a suspicious look on his face: "My lord, you and I are both It is a person who has gone through a lot of things, how many people in power are loyal?" Feng Deyi picked up the tea bowl, gently blew off the tea foam on it, took a sip, and said lightly: "If you can't trust him , wouldn’t you want to wear such an amulet with you?”

Li Yi: "Amulet? You mean—" He raised his head and glanced at Feng Deyi, who took another sip of tea, his face still calm.Li Yi has already understood that Feng Deyi is implying that he is taking a hostage, and the most suitable candidate is Li Shimin's eldest son Li Chengqian. Li Yi laughed loudly and said: "Understood, the prime minister will return to the court. I agree to the matter." However, I want to invite the eldest son of the emperor to come to my tent to be the supervisor!" Then the two discussed the specific matters of the pacification, and after the agreement was reached, Li Yi wanted to invite Feng Deyi to drink, but Feng Deyi said that he was too busy with business. He declined on the grounds of redundancy, and hurried out of the city to return to his command.With this result, Feng Deyi's heart is more intoxicated than drinking a few jars of century-old wine, so he can't even care about drinking.

Li Yi told his confidants about the secret meeting between himself and Feng Deyi, and everyone felt like a pot exploded.Yang Ji asked puzzledly: "Marshal, are we really working hard for Li Shimin? I heard that two hundred thousand horses came this time!" Li Yi smiled: "If Jieli brings less troops, I will Why don't you do that! The commander-in-chief has already figured it out, if he doesn't surrender to Li Shimin, with his current capital, he won't dare to fight Jieli, and maybe he will flee with these hundreds of thousands of people wherever he goes. It can be seen that Jieli will rush into Chang'an, block our way back to Yanliao, and sooner or later he will turn around and deal with us. Conversely, after we agree to join forces with Li Shimin, he will have no worries and will definitely fight the Hu people to the death , when they both lose, we don't need to go back to Yanliao."

Yang Ji asked, "Where are you going if you don't go back to Yanliao?" Li Yi said fiercely, "Go to Chang'an! Take that chair from the palace and sit by yourself." All the generals in the tent were stunned. Feng Deyi rode Li Shimin's Lightning Horse back to Chang'an non-stop, and reported the result of the negotiation to him.Li Yi once again agreed to be caressed, and Li Shimin felt a little relieved, but asking Li Chengqian to be the so-called supervisor of the army was actually to take hostages, which made Li Shimin very upset. The pain of taking a shit.He scolded Li Yi ten thousand times in his heart, but in front of the enemy, he really had no other choice.In the end, he decided to agree to Li Yi's conditions.

Concubine Shu has been suffering from the cold for the past few days, her body is weak, and she has been bedridden. Li Shimin is busy guarding Chang'an, and has never come to see her. Then, she got up early and went to her bedroom to chat with her about the household chores. The two of them were talking when an eunuch rushed over, and the news came that the emperor wanted to send Li Chengqian to Li Yijun.The queen's face immediately turned pale, and she almost fainted.Changsun married into the Li family at the age of thirteen, followed by a husband who killed on horseback all day long, and she had smelled a lot of blood, but she was a mother after all, and her son was the meat of her heart, let alone Li Chengqian. is her first son.Concubine Shu saw the infinite pain in the queen's heart, got up from the bed and said: "Sister, why are you hesitating, go, I will accompany you to talk to His Majesty, so that he can change his mind."