Datang's journey to death

Chapter 49

Now that Pei Xuan had said so, Li Ke also walked away like a streamer, and after he left, Pei Xuan angrily overturned all the cases in Xiaohua Hall.

The people in the county government had never seen Pei Xuan lose such a temper, and they were silent one by one. However, even so, they did not escape Pei Xuan's clutches. Several servants who committed crimes because of being frightened were severely punished.

All of a sudden, the entire county government was in turmoil, and everyone was terrified. They had more or less heard the quarrel between Pei Xuan and Li Ke just now, but now they are pretending that they didn't hear it, for fear that if they showed it, they would be caught by Pei Xuan. The county magistrate silenced him.

Pei Xuan was almost pissed off by Li Ke, and now Li Ke answered that sentence perfectly: a dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know a good heart!

Of course, Pei Xuan had expected Li Ke to stand out for Li Yin, so he was not surprised when Li Ke came to him, but what made him most angry was Li Ke's accusation against him.

He actually felt that he was having an affair with Li Chengqian, he couldn't bear it!Pei Xuan couldn't figure out for a moment whether being together was intolerable, or Li Ke's misunderstanding made him intolerable, anyway, he was as irritable as if he had eaten gunpowder.

After Li Ke rolled back to his palace, he happened to see Li Yin who came to look for him. Li Yin looked aggrieved when he saw him. Originally, he didn't have many closed households, and he hadn't sealed them yet—now among all the princes Only Li Ke and Li Tai are sealed.

Now that three hundred households have been cut off, the gap with his brothers is even greater, and he is also very unconvinced.Of course he didn't dare to blame Li Shimin, so he could only come over and give Pei Xuan and Li Chengqian eye drops in front of Li Ke.

"Three brothers."

Li Ke patted Li Min's head and said, "Okay, it's only three hundred closed households. You should be more honest recently. When the limelight passes, I will go and intercede with Father. You are Father's son, and Father will not Let you be wronged."

For Li Ke's statement, Li Yin secretly scoffed. Being Li Shimin's son who is favored and who is not favored is simply two kinds of treatment. Of course, it is invisible on the surface. If the son was placed on Li Ke, he would probably be reprimanded, and if he came to him, he would be cut off and closed.

But at this time, Li Yin's hatred was not on Li Shimin, so he said: "I know, it's just... third brother, the prince can't tolerate my two brothers now? If he can find someone to ginseng me this time, then It might be you in the future."

Li Ke didn't say anything. I'm just sitting up straight and I'm not afraid of his words. He's not a child anymore. This kind of naive idea has never existed in him. After all, if the other party really wants to kill him, You can always find an excuse, it just depends on whether it is worth it.

Li Ke's face turned cold: "I know this matter well, don't act rashly."

Li Yin rolled his eyes: "Third brother, if they can attack you through me, then we can also use people around the prince to weaken him."

"Oh?" Li Ke looked down at him: "What do you want to do?"

"How about starting with Pei Xuan?" Li Yin finally showed his fangs. His goal from the beginning was Pei Xuan. Secondly, anyway, he was not happy to see Pei Xuan and Li Keyan laughing at Yanyan.

In particular, Pei Xuan always looks at Li Ke with inexplicable deep meaning in his eyes, which makes Li Yin very uncomfortable. He himself doesn't realize that Pei Xuan is more threatening to him than Li Chengqian.

"You don't need to worry about this matter, what you have to do now is to honestly shut the door and think about your mistakes." Li Ke thought for a while and added: "Father will not want to see you become an enemy of the crown prince."

Li Ke is very worried about Li Yin. How long ago has this idiot moved out, and he was caught as a pigtail? He would rather Li Yin just do nothing and stay aside as a king Help him clean up the mess.

After Li Yin left, Li Ke sat under the crabapple tree and sighed slightly. He had just talked with Pei Xuan two days ago, and both sides had entered a relatively stable state. Ke is also a little upset.After Li Yin was cut off and closed, Li Ke couldn't help complaining in his heart. Li Shimin himself likes hunting, and he goes out hunting several times a year. Even in the Tai Chi Palace, he even went to Kunming Lake to chase rabbits. The son has inherited his hobbies, but he only allowed the state officials to set fires and not allow the common people to light lamps.

Annoyed, upset, Li Ke was never a person who would sit still and wait for death. He is now a Yongzhou shepherd, and it is very easy to deal with people, but he did not do it himself, but used a very roundabout method.

Within two days, the governor of Hedong County was arrested on the grounds of encroaching on the land of the people.When Pei Xuan heard that there was a censor joining him, he immediately thought of Li Ke.But it can only be guesswork, because that censor is not Li Ke's person, and he is not even on any side. He is a fair and certified censor. If you have any questions, you can participate, no matter who you are.

Li Chengqian obviously guessed the same way, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Pei Xuan: "It seems that you really pissed him off this time."

Pei Xuan looked at Li Chengqian with a dark face: "Do you think he's only aiming at me?"

Li Chengqian didn't talk nonsense: "Okay, the question now is, is this matter true or false?"

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not." Pei Xuan understood Li Ke's methods very well. Li Ke was never an impulsive person, and he would do it if he didn't do it. Generally, Li Ke's actions would not give people room to turn things around.

That is to say, even if Pei Xuan never did such a thing, he will take the blame for it.Of course, strictly speaking, it’s not really a scapegoat. Although Pei Xuan is only a county magistrate, there are many people under him. The quality of this person is uneven. Pei Xuan has never learned any skills of controlling subordinates. In chaos, it is not impossible for one or two scumbags to emerge.

What's more, there are basically no high-level people who have never bullied civilians. Usually everyone tacitly knows it, and it is difficult for Li Ke to be charged with such a crime.

Li Chengqian played with the jade fan in his hand and said: "It's nothing, but it can be regarded as showing his position. I have to say that he has become stupid this time, so what are people who will only hinder you staying by your side?"

Pei Xuan was silent for a while and said: "He has feelings for Li Yin after all."

Although it might just be brotherhood, Li Chengqian looked at him with a toothache: "At this time, you still speak for him?"

Pei Xuan's face darkened, she stood up and said, "I'm leaving."

Li Chengqian was a little silly: "Wait, we haven't finished discussing yet, why are you leaving?"

"It's not good for me to be too close to the prince." Pei Xuan couldn't help being annoyed when he thought of Li Ke saying that he had an affair with Li Chengqian, but after thinking about it carefully, he and Li Chengqian were indeed too close, which is really not good.

Li Chengqian looked at Pei Xuan's suddenly cold face with some puzzlement, and felt that Li Ke must have said something to Pei Xuan, he couldn't help but sighed, he felt that Pei Xuan's feelings for Li Ke were a bit strange from the very beginning.

There is no unreasonable love and no unreasonable hatred. In Li Chengqian's view, Pei Xuan's hatred for Li Ke is probably the opposite of everything. It must be Li Ke's doing something, and Pei Xuan's affection for him is too deep, so he can't let it go.

Pei Xuan himself didn't know, and it was impossible for Li Chengqian to remind Pei Xuan, otherwise Pei Xuan would go to Li Ke's place, and his pressure would be even greater.

However, I didn't expect that even if he became an enemy, Li Ke would still have influence on Pei Xuan.Li Chengqian looked down at Chazhan, and began to think about how to make the relationship between the two worse.

I have to say that Li Ke and Li Chengqian's thinking patterns are quite similar at certain times, and Li Ke is also thinking about how to separate Pei Xuan and Li Chengqian.

In his opinion, Li Chengqian and Pei Xuan were too close, and given Li Chengqian's attributes... Li Ke really doubted that he had an affair with Pei Xuan, but if it was really mixed with emotional factors, then Li Chengqian On the contrary, the relationship with Pei Xuan will not be too stable. After all, Li Chengqian is the crown prince, and sooner or later he will get married and have children. In fact, there are other boys around him besides Xinxin, but he is the most famous one.

To dismantle the two of them, one only needs to let Li Chengqian "betray" Pei Xuan. This is not so difficult, since Li Chengqian has no integrity anyway.

Li Shimin noticed the little fights of his sons, but he didn't feel that Li Ke and Li Chengqian were at odds, he just felt that Li Ke and Pei Xuan didn't get along well.In fact, Pei Xuan is a very simple person, that's why Li Shimin is willing to treat him preferentially, he doesn't have much scheming, or he is like a blank sheet of paper in front of Li Shimin, Li Shimin sees him very accurately.

As for Pei Xuan's dislike of Li Yin, Li Shimin didn't think there was anything wrong, even he didn't like this son, he thought that Pei Xuan had the image of a gentleman in ancient times, so it's normal for bright and upright people not to like dark people.

It's just that after Li Ke shot, Li Shimin had a headache. On the one hand, he was doting... Uh, my servant, and on the other hand was his favorite son. These two people obviously have a good relationship, but because of Li Min, he turned around and carried it on. , which made Li Shimin dislike Li Yin even more.

So Li Shimin made a decision, when Li Yin was older, let him go out as an official!Before that, he had to isolate Li Ke and Li Yin first, and Li Ke in the province was dragged down by his younger brother.

Li Shimin's isolation method is very simple, that is, to assign tasks to Li Ke, all kinds of tasks, he is so busy that he has no time to do other things.

And Li Ke also seemed to have discovered Li Shimin's deliberation. After thinking about it, he felt that what he did last time was too obvious, and Li Shimin probably discovered it.Li Ke will be very honest in the next few days, it’s not good to be dishonest, the day when the crown prince’s Canadian dollar suit is coming soon, if you make trouble for him at this time, it’s no different from asking for trouble yourself.

The scene of the prince's Canadian dollar suit was extremely grand. Although Li Ke was not jealous, he was a little impatient. The Canadian dollar suit meant that Li Shimin announced to the world that his son had come of age. In the future, Li Chengqian could get in touch with more government affairs, and he could also try To deal with some government affairs.

Although Li Ke and Li Chengqian are not much different in age, they are still minors now.Also anxious is Li Tai, who has been marginalized recently.

In a family with many children, there is a rule that the eldest son and the youngest son are always the most eye-catching ones, and the one in the middle is more tragic. If the character is more honest, it will be a neglected fate.

Li Tai is not an honest person, but he always feels that he is neglected. His mother is the queen, and his younger brothers and sisters are taken care of when they are young. The health of the eldest grandson queen is not very good recently, so the maternal love that Li Tai gets Not as good as Li Zhiduo.

And Li Shimin...has too many sons. He has the eldest son who inherits hope, the third son he likes a lot, and the youngest son who is much loved. Li Tai always feels that what he got is too little, and he wants more.

Li Ke noticed Li Tai's eagerness to move. To be honest, he never thought of cooperating with Li Tai before, because this person is too stupid, and his purpose is to shake hands with Li Chengqian and the others, but now they are bullying him. If you don't fight back, then it's not him.

So he found Li Tai, sighed and said, "Liu Lang really worries me."

Li Tai smiled lightly: "He's still young, you need to persuade him a lot."

Li Tai is also a little jealous of Li Min, after all, he doesn't have such a brother who can stand up to the prince for him, oh, his brother is the prince.

Li Ke's eyes were a little gloomy: "Liu Lang is just young and ignorant, and the prince is so intolerable. In the future, you and my brother..." He laughed at himself: "Now it seems that we should be careful to save our lives."

Li Tai's heart moved, but he still pretended to say: "The prince is also worried that Liu Lang will go astray."

It was Pei Xuan who made the move, but at this moment Li Tai and Li Ke seemed to have blamed Li Chengqian, and neither of them felt that there was anything wrong.

Li Ke did it on purpose, but Li Tai felt that Pei Xuan would not have dared to do this without Li Chengqian's instigation.

Li Ke shook his head helplessly: "You, you are just too good-tempered." Tsk, you've grown up, it's not as straightforward as before, but that's fine, if you're still such an idiot, Li Ke is sure Would not choose such an ally.

Li Tai smiled bitterly: "What else can I do?"

Li Ke frowned and pretended to hate iron and steel: "You are also the son of a sage lady, no worse than him, why have you lost your temper? I am different from you. I can have what I am today because of my father's love." Chong, if in the future... I'm afraid it won't get better."

Li Tai seemed to understand Li Ke's meaning in an instant. Indeed, now that Li Shimin is still young and strong, it seems that something will happen for a while. The crown prince Li Chengqian will unscrupulously attack his brothers. Li Yin has nothing to do with him. As for the threat power, if it were me...

Li Tai was taken aback by this idea, and didn't care to pretend to be X, he quickly looked at Li Ke and asked, "Our brothers are in danger now."

Li Ke looked up at Li Tai, his eyes were full of helplessness, the unyielding energy in Li Tai's heart was lit up by this helplessness,

I am the son of a sage, how could I fall into this situation?While thinking about it, Li Tai stood up and walked around in the flower hall.

A fat man kept walking in circles in the house... Li Ke was dizzy, and turned his eyes away to look out of the window, but he still remembered to have a sad expression on his face.

After a long while, Li Tai stopped and said, "Third brother, there is only one way to save our brother now."

Li Ke raised his eyes and looked at Li Tai in confusion: "What?"

Li Tai's expression carried a coldness that shouldn't be at this age: "Just let Li Chengqian not be a prince."

After Li Ke heard this, his pupils constricted and his breathing stopped, as if he was extremely horrified. Li Tai looked at him like this, and he really looked down on Li Ke in his heart, so he was frightened?I really don't know what Dad likes about him.But such a timid Li Ke means easy control, but before that he needs to persuade Li Ke to unite with him.

With a pale face, Li Ke's eyes wandered, and it took him a while to say tremblingly: "Shilang, you... don't be impulsive." At this point, he suddenly sped up: "I don't hear what I said today, and don't talk to anyone in the future." People say, otherwise... Father will never tolerate you!"

After Li Ke finished speaking, he stood up staggeringly as if he was about to run away, but Li Tai grabbed Li Ke's wrist with his fat claws deep inside. Li Ke was startled by him, and turned to look at him in panic. he.

Li Tai looked at Li Ke with a sad face and said: "But we have no choice but to do this. You must always think about Liu Lang. Since he has already set his sights on Liu Lang, if he gains power in the future, Liu Lang will still have room to resist. ?”

Li Ke's expression was a little dazed after listening, and he looked at Li Tai with some struggle: "Prince...Prince..."

Li Tai stepped up his efforts and said, "Third brother, Li Chengqian has been willful and domineering since he was a child. Are we really going to sit and wait for death?"

"But he hasn't obviously lost his morals, so it's not easy to abolish the prince?" Li Ke acted as if he was moved by Li Tai, with a little hesitation on his face.

Li Tai smiled slightly: "We still have time, don't we? Could it be that the two of you and my brother together can't compare to a single Li Chengqian?"

"You...you let me think about it." Li Ke said so, and then he was pulled back to the flower hall by Li Tai. Today Li Ke didn't give him an answer, how could he let Li Ke go.

Li Ke lowered his head and began to check the time. When he felt hesitant, he looked up at Li Tai and asked, "Are you interested in the crown prince?"

Li Tai admitted decisively that he didn't really think Li Ke was a fool, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to win Li Ke over.However, he was suddenly a little uncertain, would Li Ke also want to be the prince?

Li Ke knew what he was thinking when he saw him, and said with a wry smile: "Li Chengqian is the eldest son of my father, if he... Then he will definitely choose an heir among the first sons." He took a deep breath when he said this: " If you are the prince, can you promise to treat my brother well?"

Li Tai's eyes lit up, and then with a chubby face, he put his right hand and three fingers together and pointed to the sky, and made an oath: "If I, Li Tai, succeed, I will protect my third brother Liulang Ronghua!"

After hearing this, Li Ke gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind and said, "Okay!"

Li Tai's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay! Why don't you and my brother work together to make things happen? It's just that now...the crown prince has already lost his Canadian dollars, so it's hard for us to do anything."

Li Ke lowered his head and thought for a while before looking up at Li Tai: "I remember someone under your command is in Taichang Temple?"

Li Tai looked at Li Ke in a daze, wondering why Li Ke suddenly switched to this topic, but he still responded, "Yes, there are."

Li Ke smiled slightly: "In this case, you can help me find someone first. If this person is found, maybe we still have the power to fight."

"Who?" Li Tai was a little suspicious, just one person, how much power can he have?What's more, Taichang Temple... Taichang Temple is in charge of rites and music, even a wise man would not be in this place.

Li Ke gave him a name and said: "Go to him, oh, to be precise, go to his son. There should be two sons in this person's family. Let's find them both."

Li Tai was quite confused: "Third brother, this is..."

"This is a personal matter of mine, so I'm here to ask Shiro for help." It's impossible for Li Ke to tell Li Tai too much, but Li Tai didn't take it to heart, he was just looking for someone, and Li Ke's request satisfied his vanity. Heart.

Li Tai, who has always been set off as the five scumbags of war, is sometimes asked by Li Ke, how fresh.

And Li Ke has never had any integrity, as long as he can achieve his goal, what can he do if he begs Li Tai once?

Li Tai also lived up to his hopes, and soon found these two people. They were two very handsome...boys, one was older and looked like twelve or thirteen years old, and the other was younger Looks like seven or eight years old.

Li Ke laughed as soon as he saw the two people, and Li Tai almost died of curiosity: "Third brother, what's the use of finding these two people?"

"It's nothing, thank you Shiro for your help. I got some high-quality furs from there two days ago, and one of them is a good wolf skin. I'll send it to Shiro later." Li Ke smiled a little unfathomably.

Seeing his smile, Li Tai inexplicably felt a chill down his back, so he resolutely stopped asking, as he always winked.

After Li Ke brought the two boys back to the mansion, he sat down and said: "You don't have to be afraid, I just need you to do one thing, if you do it well, you will naturally be able to rise to the top from now on, oh, To be precise, it's not you, it's you..."

Li Ke pointed to the older boy. The boy was a little uneasy. He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to lift his head. I have never seen what the prince looks like in my whole life, and now I am in a daze after entering the palace, but he has seen the luxury of the palace, he wants to stay here, for this goal, let him do whatever!

Satisfied with his obedience, Li Ke said directly: "From today onwards, forget your former name. This king gave you the name...Xingxin."