Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

It's not that Li You didn't care about the whereabouts of these letters, but that these letters were packaged into some irrelevant contents during the sending process.

And the person who did this was Hou Junji who stayed in Chang'an after Li Chengqian's expedition to help him handle all kinds of affairs.

During the First Battle of Tubo, although Hou Junji was severely reprimanded by Li Shimin for delaying the military situation, his unauthorized actions gained the trust of Li Chengqian.

Especially in the matter of courting Wu Yuanhua, the neutral sentiment shown by Changsun Wuji made Hou Juncheng the No. 1 trusted by the East Palace.

Moreover, Hou Junji's performance did not disappoint Li Chengqian's trust. Not only did he show his strength as always in terms of military governance, but he also often put forward constructive opinions in terms of cultural governance, which made Li Chengqian look up to him with admiration.

In Li Chengqian's view, this is a manifestation of Hou Junji's courage after knowing his shame, and it is the accumulation of years of high positions.

However, Li Chengqian didn't know that the main reason for the change in Hou Jun's assembly was that he had two more resourceful helpers by his side.

Speaking of these two helpers, Hou Junji has to thank Li You and Li Chuang.

These two powerful helpers of Hou Junji are the Empress Bao Huang Daughter from the Wonu Kingdom and the former Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo.

These two people are full of ambitions, even if they come to Chang'an, they don't want to sink there.

After sizing up the situation, they decisively chose the big tree Li Chengqian.

But their identities prevented them from directly coming to Li Chengqian's side, so they chose Hou Junji as the next best thing.

Facing Princess Bao's beauty trick and Songtsan Gampo's flattery, Hou Junji was helpless.

After Li Chengqian praised their strategies several times, Hou Junji began to obey their advice.

This time, Li Chengqian left Chang'an, and in order to obtain the situation of the Central Plains in time, he left his most trusted Hou Junji in Chang'an.

Hou Junji's ability was not weak, and with the addition of two think tanks, Li You was unprepared, and after a little effort, he got the secret letter.

After reading the secret letter, Hou Junji still hesitated: "You two, do you think this secret letter should be handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

As a loyal subject, Hou Junji naturally valued Li Chengqian's safety the most. When he saw that Li You's letter mentioned that there might be danger, he naturally became cautious.

After Emperor Bao and Songtsan Gampo took the letter and read it, they looked at each other and smiled, and then laughed together.

"Chen Guogong, if we hand over these secret letters to the prince, I'm afraid we will fall into that Li You's trap."

"This letter says that the Dashi Empire has a strong army, a vast country, and the army and people are united. I hope that the prince can return to the court immediately after the political situation in Persia is stabilized."

"From our point of view, these words seem to be afraid of the crown prince's great military achievements, and suppress their brother's limelight when he comes back."

After Songtsan Gampo finished speaking, Princess Bao immediately continued, "That's right, Chen Guogong, think about it carefully, when the two brothers went out in the past, when did they not face such a situation?"

"What did you say that there is a new religion called Islam in Dashi, and all the soldiers and civilians are its followers. I'm afraid the prince will face a group of fanatical enemies, and something unexpected will happen."

"He didn't even think about it, did the people they faced in the past battles have no faith?"

"Chen Guogong, you don't know how radical those fanatic believers of Yixiangzong were back then. I still feel a little scared when I think of the wild eyes of those believers!"

Having said that, Queen Bao patted her heart with her hand, pretending to be scared.

And following her hand, Hou Junji's gaze also began to fluctuate regularly, making Hou Junji swallow involuntarily.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of scumbags who are ambiguous, you are afraid of young women who are 30 years old.She knows what you don't understand, and she knows what you don't know.

Now that Princess Bao, who is over forty this year, not only maintains her appearance as if she is in her early thirties, her allure is even more irresistible to ordinary girls.

After some tricks, Hou Junji's original worries could not arouse his vigilance.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Songtsan Gampo said again: "That's right, Chen Guogong, what do you think, Islam is just a new religion, and how could the power of faith be stronger than Buddhism."

"Even the Tianzhu Dynasty, the most prosperous Dharma, can't match the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty. How can a small Dashi be possible."

"From our point of view, Li You is just trying to scare people, just to prevent the crown prince from enjoying the credit."

At this moment, Hou Junji no longer had the judgment he had before, and all he was thinking about was his lower body.

However, his last sliver of reason came after he agreed to tamper with these letters: "Although we have altered these letters, we still have to take precautions for His Royal Highness."

"If these dangers do arise, we also have a plan to deal with them."

Princess Bao and Songtsan Gampo had already thought of this question, and they immediately said, "This is natural."

"Isn't Li You worried that the enemy will be difficult to deal with? Why don't we send some troops to the prince?"

Hearing this, Hou Junji frowned.

Datang is very strict about the mobilization of the army. Even if he is now the Minister of the Ministry of War, he needs the approval of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to mobilize an army of more than [-] people.

And it is Li Chuang who is in charge of the Ministry of War now. If Li Chuang knows about such a transfer, then their falsification of secret letters is likely to be exposed.

Princess Bao naturally also knew the rules of the Tang Dynasty, she smiled charmingly and said, "I have already thought about this question for Chen Guogong."

"We can't move the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, but the mercenaries from the vassal state and the voluntary volunteer army from the people are not under their jurisdiction."

"Now there are still [-] soldiers in the Northwest of the Wonu Kingdom. Songtsen Gampo can also call for a volunteer army in Tubo, and we will gather another [-] troops for His Royal Highness."

The generosity of Princess Bao and Songtsan Gampo is naturally for this time's military exploits.

Looking at the four realms of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no more major wars for decades or even a hundred years after this battle, and this is the last chance to earn military merit.

Naturally, the two of them couldn't give up such an easy-to-get military exploit.

Moreover, they didn't care about the danger that Li Youxin mentioned, but they were still a little scared in their hearts.

If something really happened to Li Chengqian, then the backer they found so hard to find would be gone immediately.

And Hou Junji will definitely blame them, I'm afraid their life in Datang will become extremely difficult in the future.

After Hou Junji heard their plan, he was taken aback for a moment, and then applauded repeatedly, and said that if the crown prince returned victorious, the two of them must have contributed a lot.

Then Hou Junji handed over the matter of forging the secret letter and mobilizing the army horses to Songtsan Gambo, while he and the Queen entered the inner room.