Don't be a prince

If the clan chronicles were touched, it would be tantamount to directly questioning the status of the five surnames. In terms of their background, if they really exploded, it would definitely not be comparable to three or five Luo Yi's rebellion.Although it will not really threaten the imperial power, such internal strife must be avoided if it can be avoided.

Changsun Wuji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, revising the clan records is indeed a good way to suppress the arrogance of the clan, but it is definitely not now. I think that your warning to the clan today is enough."

After throwing the arrow on the ground, the words of "The Great Wall of People's Heart" seem to be the emperor's heart, but a big man like Changsun Wuji can't see that this is the emperor warning the clan.

Five surnames and Qiwang clearly possessed backgrounds that even the emperor could not offend easily, so why is it still inferior to the royal family?It is because of military power!The emperor who holds military power is himself invincible.For the clan, maybe it is taboo, but it is definitely not fear.

Deliberately promote this point, if the five surnames don't restrain themselves, their family will have survived for so many years.

Fang Xuanling also frowned and said: "Your Majesty, now is definitely not the time. If you have a conflict with Wu Xing and Qi Wang, what will the court do? Although he doesn't want to admit it, many of the most important positions in the court are now occupied by the five surnames." .To replace everything from top to bottom, and the court will be on the verge of being paralyzed."

The power of the clan is like parasitic on the big tree of Tang Dynasty. If it is directly eliminated, it will easily cause serious problems.

Li Shimin naturally knew this.

just.

Sighing, Li Shimin said with emotion: "Clan, clan, what are the five surnames and seven wangs? It's nothing more than Yi showing off his literary talents and marrying daughters to make money by relying on his bloodline advantage."

Looking at the angry emperor, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling both chose to keep silent.

The Xianbei lineage has always been the reverse scale of the royal family.However, the five surnames only make a big fuss about this point, making them the only ones with the most noble blood in the whole world. How can Li Shimin tolerate this.

Looking at the angry emperor, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling could only remain silent.

Qinling Mountains - Periphery

Since the army arrived at the border of the Qinling Mountains, they did not go deep. Instead, they surrounded the area with people and took the lead in cleaning up the outermost beasts.

The organized hunting of the army is completely unmatched by the hunters. Not to mention the tigers, even the blind bears can only be ruthlessly crushed by the number of people.

When he saw the bear, Li Chengqian was completely conquered by the ancient wilderness.In the mountainous areas of later generations, even foxes are not common, and seeing wolves can make headlines.Tigers and bears can only be seen in zoos.But unexpectedly, after only entering the Qinling Mountains for a certain distance, they encountered so many ferocious beasts.

In early spring, bears who have been hungry for a winter will not sleep all the time, and occasionally come out to look for frozen pheasants to fill their shriveled stomachs.

A brawl...

Looking at the messy fur that had been cut with a horizontal knife, Li Jing was furious: "What kind of knife is used! A good bear skin is gone like this! Who, Liu Mang, if you meet a bear again, you will be naked!" "

"what?"

The captain named Liu Mang, when he heard this request, his legs went limp.

"Ah what, Chi Gong, the Duke of E, once fought a bear alone. Your kid is much stronger than him, and you still can't handle it?"

Duke Wei had already spoken, so Liu Mang could only agree with a sad face.

Li Chengqian still has a little impression of this Liu Mang, there is no way, not to mention that he is one of the captains, but his majestic body, like the sky-swapping monkey, is particularly eye-catching in the army.

In the past few months, with enough food, drink and exercise, the general soldiers have only exercised their muscles, and their abdominal muscles have appeared. This guy seems to have taken hormones, his arms and legs swelled up as if he wanted to inflate .

The weight of the dumbbells is full, and there are not many people in the army who can lift them.But this guy can hang two people on both sides of the dumbbell while lifting it.

This is a real orc. If his armor wasn't strong enough, Li Chengqian would also like to see what it would be like to see him duel with a bear.

"Liu Mang, don't listen to Wei Gong, he was just confused for a moment. You are almost naked with your broken armor. How can you fight with bears? When you go back, I will find the Ministry of War to customize a pair of armor for you all. Put on the armor and try again."

Hearing the prince's words, Liu Mang was moved like a drowning man being given a hand.

If you continue to go deeper, you will camp overnight in the mountains.There is no heavy snow this year, and the vegetation in the forest is dry. Once there is a fire, tsk tsk tsk.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Li Jing ordered: "Let's go back and hunt another batch of prey like pheasants, and come back tomorrow."

Fang Shuo, who played with bows and arrows, would naturally not disappoint. With just one arrow, he ended up with a pheasant whose head plunged into the snow.

The stone thrown by the Sky-Changing Monkey smashed into the grass, arousing a large number of pheasants, and the soldiers with bows and arrows immediately opened their bows and shot.

Although pheasants in winter don't have much oil and water, they will always get tired of eating pork all the time.Besides, as long as it is meat, there is no right to pick and choose.

There are hundreds of people shooting arrows together, which is still a bit spectacular.It's just that the Sky-Changing Monkey, who was acting as a scout, found another row of arrows shooting at the pheasant from the front, and immediately realized something was wrong.

He is already at the front of the team, and there is no team with bows and arrows ahead.

Before the two words came to his mind clearly, they burst out in his throat: "Enemy-strike!"

Li Jing was the one who reacted the fastest when he heard the terrified voice of the Sky-Changing Monkey.

Originally standing in front of the bamboo sedan chair, he kicked the sedan chair down and stuffed Li Chengqian and Li Dejian behind the bamboo like a chicken.

The imperial guards didn't need his orders, they had already protected Li Chengqian from inside to outside.

If something happens to the prince in this mountain, none of them will survive from top to bottom.

A team of more than 2000 people, in this mountain, if they encounter a small group of assassins, they will be invincible.But if it is a large-scale team, in the chaos, no one can guarantee the safety of the prince.

The experience on the battlefield was effective, and the voice of the Sky-Changing Monkey did not confuse the soldiers led by the prince. The various squads and brigades immediately formed groups and surrounded the guards of the imperial guards.

In fact, even without Li Jing's command, the formation led by the crown prince at this time is already the embryonic form of the Liuhua formation.

Chapter 90 Encounter by chance

Everyone was nervously looking at the mountain road ahead.

Although he has just entered the Qinling Mountains, the surrounding environment is already very tight. Once such a mountain road encounters an equal number of enemies, it will become like a meat grinder.Li Jing didn't even dare to send someone to send the prince back the same way without knowing if there were other ambush soldiers.

When had Li Dejian, who had been a young master since he was a child, encountered such a battle? As early as when Li Jing made a move, he was so scared that he was covered in sweat, but fortunately, his mind was alive and he knew how to stand in front of Li Chengqian desperately.

Reluctantly pushing Li Dejian away, Li Chengqian stood up while clenching the long sword in his hand.

Damn it, if there is a brigade of killers in the Qinling Mountains, then Bai Qisi will be in vain!

Even though it is some distance away from Chang'an, it is still at the foot of the emperor.

"Half of the archers have loosened their strings. Don't be nervous. Those who come may not be enemies. Don't accidentally injure your own people. Wait for the Monkey to come back, this guy can't be caught."

Li Jing glanced in surprise at Li Chengqian who stood up without trembling at all.He has been suspicious since the day the Turks withdrew. Could it be that this prince doesn't know how to write death?No matter how calm a person is, it is impossible for him to be so calm at the moment of life and death.

What's more, he's just a kid!

Under the tense gaze of more than 2000 people, at the corner of the mountain road in front, the Sky-Changing Monkey poked its head cautiously, stretched out its hand and shook it a few times, then exposed its entire body, and ran over at a trot.

"Misunderstanding and misunderstanding, it is our own people, our own people."

Hearing Sky-Changing Monkey's explanation, the archers in the second row still didn't intend to lift their defenses.

When the Sky-Switching Monkey came close, Li Jing asked, "Who is here?"

Zhan Tianhou replied: "Sun Chong, the son of Zhao Guogong, Cheng Chusi, the son of Lu Guogong, and their generals."

"Elder Sun Chong? Cheng Chusi? What are these boys doing here?"

With a wave of his hand, the team's security was not lifted until Li Jing gave the order.As for the imperial army, the guard was released only under Yu Tai's order.

After confirming that the team was no longer murderous, Sky-Changing Monkey went there as a "messenger" to deliver the news.

Not long after, figures appeared one after another at the corner of the mountain road.In order to avoid misunderstanding, Chang Sun Chong walked in the front and waved his hands.

After seeing Changsun Chong and confirming that there were not many opponents, Li Jing ordered the soldiers to put their swords back into their sheaths.Having seen too many deceptions, Li Jing would never easily lift his vigilance.

There are not many people on Changsun Chong's side, only more than 200 people, but they are all elites. You can tell at a glance that they are generals from their respective families.

Family generals and retainers are the most important pillars of traditional families.Unlike ordinary diners and diners, the retainer's house will only be allowed to take in after the head of the family approves.The power of retainers and generals is even higher than that of ordinary second-generation members.

Changsun Chong is the eldest son, his status is second only to Changsun Wuji, so he is qualified to bring his family out.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Chang Sun Chong stepped forward consciously: "Chengqian, I didn't expect to meet you here. This place is almost in the area of ​​Lantian County. Wei Gong, I didn't expect you to be here."

Li Jing nodded, even if he finished greeting.

Li Chengqian pushed away the two guards in front of him, and said with a smile: "I thought I met an assassin, but I didn't expect it to be my cousin. I don't know why my cousin came to Qinling?"

Chang Sun Chong laughed and said, "It's not that the old man at home urged me to say that my brother will stay at home all day after the end of the year without any progress, so he just let me go into the mountains to hunt an animal skin for him to make a cushion. I thought, a It’s boring for people to come out, so I brought a few from other families. Come, let me introduce you.”

After waving to the team, seven young men came out immediately and saluted Li Chengqian.

"Wei Chi Baolin, the eldest son of Duke E, Cheng Chusi, the eldest son of Duke Lu, Li Chongye, the eldest son of Duke Hejian, Chai Zhewei, the eldest son of Duke Qiao, Chai Lingwu, the eldest son, Qin Huaidao, the eldest son of Duke Yi, and Li Zhen, the eldest son of British Duke. Good brother, Cheng Qian, you didn’t know each other before, but this time we met, how familiar you are.”

Li Chengqian nodded and returned the salutes one by one, especially Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu. These two guys are Princess Pingyang Zhao, the children of his aunt, and his cousin.

These seven people almost wiped out the second generation of Jue, the top boss in the court.

With a wave of his hand, Chang Sun Chong told the generals not to step forward, but just outside the team led by the prince himself.

It depends on who you meet.Li Chengqian is the crown prince, and if they want to go with Li Chengqian, they can't go beyond, otherwise they will be suspected of being an assassin.

Taking a look at the harvest brought by the team, Li Chengqian smiled: "It seems that you are unlucky, you didn't hunt tigers and bears."

Changsun Chong said helplessly: "There is a royal hunting garden in Chang'an County. It would be troublesome to pass by, so we chose to enter the mountain from Lantian County. But who would have thought that the magistrate of Lantian County is also a skilled man. Beasts outside the Qinling Mountains, Xia He used fireworks to drive him into the deep mountains at the dawn of the day, and he didn’t dare to come out even in winter. The Qinling Mountains has a complicated terrain, and we didn’t bring supplies for the night, so we were thinking of advancing along the periphery and joining you in the military camp by the Weishui River.”

Both Li Jing and Li Chengqian nodded secretly. That's right. Any hunting is an excuse. Their real target is probably the Weishui military camp, or in other words, the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Otherwise, how come there are seven eldest sons of the kings of the counties, and the eldest son is not a Chinese cabbage. Who dares to let the eldest son out to hunt casually?

Looking at Li Dejian, Li Jing did not point out their purpose, but said: "Since you are going to the barracks, you can go with us. However, you family generals will be under the jurisdiction of the old man until you leave the barracks. Can you?"

Chai Zhewei clasped his hands and said, "Even if Duke Wei doesn't speak, he still has to do so, and I will follow Duke Wei's order!"

Li Jing didn't shirk, and directly ordered those generals to be the rear guards, and the crown prince led the imperial guards to change from the rear team to the front team, and return along the same route.

With so many eldest sons here, Li Chengqian was ashamed to continue sitting in the bamboo sedan chair, so he simply tore off his clothes and walked with them.

but....

It was still too much to overestimate the stamina of an eight-year-old child. After walking less than a quarter of the distance, Li Chengqian was exhausted and needed to be carried by Chang Sun Chong's family.

In comparison, although these eldest sons are only eleven or twelve years old, their physical fitness is much better than him.

It is easy to enter the mountain and difficult to go back, but fortunately, Li Jing ordered people to mark the route, and it is much easier to follow the marks to get out of the mountain.

Before sunset, the team returned to the Weishui Barracks.Li Jing asked the soldiers to fetch tents and the like, and asked the generals to set up camp some distance away from the barracks.Although the training equipment personally led by the prince is not top secret, it is still not something that everyone can see.

Chapter 91 The Second Stage of Sword Training

The family generals were excluded from the barracks, but Chang Sun Chong and others could not live in ordinary tents.

Under Li Jing's arrangement, the seven of them lived next door to Li Chengqian, and asked the craftsman to add an extra stove for them.

Cheng Chusi is as unrestrained as his father, thinking that wild game will lose its taste if it is stewed, and it must be roasted.

Gathered a pile of firewood, and everyone started a primitive barbecue.

There are secret seasonings, and Li Chengqian is also very interested in barbecue, but for the sake of his health, he still stubbornly ordered the cook to cut the ingredients into thin slices and cook them thoroughly before eating.Unlike Cheng Chusi, who burned it on the fire and then ate it with a small knife.

Changsun Chong and Chai Zhewei, because of their cousin relationship, get along with Li Chengqian very freely.Seeing that Li Chengqian sprinkled some salt on the ingredients before grilling, and then spread a layer of oil, he did the same.Especially after tasting the seasoning, Chang Sun Chong appreciated it greatly.

Looking at the bright eyes of Cheng Chusi and the others, Li Chengqian knew that his seasoning could not escape, so he could only distribute it to everyone.

Li Zhen ate the roasted rabbit and said with emotion: "It's just a pity that this is a military camp and there is no wine, otherwise the barbecue would be interesting."

Qin Huaidao curled his lips: "It's a big deal and I'll find another chance when I go back, but you must never come to my house. My old man said that if you don't drink while socializing, you will break my legs."

Li Chengqian was surprised and said: "No way, Brother Qin, you are almost at the age of marriage, why are you still so lenient?"

Cheng Chusi chuckled: "Your Highness, we are the eldest sons, and we are the ones who are the most strict in the family. If you don't believe me, if you ask Chai Lingwu, Duke Qiao will never control him like this."

Li Chengqian looked at Chai Lingwu...

Chai Lingwu swallowed a mouthful of meat: "That's right, the family never cared about me, and even, except for exceptions, my father always stuffed me with money. If I made a mistake, he never brought family law against me. At most, he would be reprimanded." Hey, who dares to tease the maid at home? I dare!"

Seeing Chai Lingwu's proud expression, everyone lowered their heads unavoidably.The eldest son is indeed the most powerful family after the head of the family, but correspondingly, they are also the most difficult. The eldest Sun Chong was sent to Orion's house to suffer, and the others had more or less similar experiences.

Chai Lingwu dared to flirt with the maid, and in two years he could even go to the brothel, but they couldn't do it. As long as the emperor intends to marry the princess, it's nothing for them to mess around before marriage, but if they make a son, they will probably be beaten to death by Lao Tzu.

Chai Lingwu was able to act like this because he was the second son and would not be able to inherit the title of Duke Qiao in the future.Moreover, as for the second son, no matter how messed up it is, it won't affect the family tradition, and it's a good way to pollute himself if he makes trouble in the official face.But if something happened to the eldest son, the family would lose all face.

Looking at these dejected eldest sons, only Li Chengqian didn't feel emotional. Now these bastards can't stop feeling emotional. When they grow up, they might think what they will think.

Cheng Chusi kicked a branch into the fire, and said depressedly: "His grandma, why did I get out in such a hurry, the eldest son is really uncomfortable in front of him!"

Yuchi Baolin was about to yell at him, but when he saw a shadow approaching, he held back the words that had already reached his voice.

A big hand slapped Cheng Chusi's neck: "What are you arguing about! If you have time to complain, it means you have time to train your body. You guys are not allowed to leave tomorrow. Let the old man do the job and go with the soldiers Practice!"

After finishing speaking, Li Jing sat next to Li Chengqian and pushed Changsun Chong aside.

Even if he wasn't here, Li Jing specially arranged for two generals to follow behind Li Chengqian.Ever since he left Chang'an, Li Jing has never let go of his care for the prince.

With Li Jing around, the disciples would not dare to mess around.Even the nervous Chai Lingwu dared not offend Li Jing.

After receiving the food from Changsun Chong and putting it on the fire to bake, Li Jing said while roasting, "I know what your family means to let you out. I will leave a few families to follow tomorrow, and send the rest home." .Your fathers are all from the army, and your son should not be far behind. The prince is young and can't get equipment, so you will be fine. If you want to hang around in the military camp, hehe..."