Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

Regardless of whether his old father missed him or not, His Highness the Second Prince finally arrived at a slightly dilapidated farm at the foot of Yushan Mountain after two hours of long journey.

When Li Kuan got off the carriage, he looked at the dusty dirt road and the occasional farmer with a green face returning from the field carrying a hoe. When he saw him, he quickly lowered his head, carefully walked around the carriage, and then hurriedly accelerated. footsteps, leaving the "place of right and wrong" that they subconsciously consider.

Somehow, Li Kuan's mood suddenly became a little depressed.

He didn't know whether it was because of the coming locust plague that he knew that the poor farmers in front of him were just doing useless work under the scorching sun, or because even if he warned them, the other party refused to believe him.

"Damn, what a thief!" Li Kuan suddenly spat towards the roadside.

Jiang Qu beside him raised his eyebrows. As Li Kuan's retainer and dead warrior, he wanted to remind him that your grandfather and father were both great lords and the emperor. You As a descendant of the emperor, there should be some taboos about speaking. But in the end he chose the simplest solution: turn a deaf ear.

After all, in Jiang's opinion, Li Kuan was right in what he said.

Since the beginning of Zhenguan, the entire Tang Empire has suffered from natural disasters one after another. Unless they are real rebels, they hope that God will be cruel for another year or two so that they can rise up. Which of the remaining Tang people has not complained about this in their hearts?

Li Kuan looked at the sun. It was almost noon, and there was not much time left for him to stay here.

"Jiang Qu," Li Kuan casually looked at the farm, turned to Jiang Qu and asked, "Is there a big house I want in this village?"

Although before leaving the palace, Li Kuan stated his requirements: he needed a royal palace with a large area of ​​​​area so that he could store food.

Changsun also readily agreed to this, and said that he would arrange for people to deliver the ten thousand copper coins promised to him.

But now, as Li Kuan looked at the ruined scene of the Imperial Manor in front of him, he could not help but feel a little hesitant.

Is this place really as reliable as the Queen Mother said?

"Your Highness," Jiang Qu naturally guessed Li Kuan's inner thoughts. With a gentle smile on his face, he explained to Li Kuan: "This Yunmeng Village belongs to Lantian County. The original ownership of this place was Sui Chaohao. The Yuwen family has a very large villa on the farm, which was originally built by the Yuwen family to escape the summer heat. Although it is a little dilapidated now, it does not affect your use of it for storing grain."

"Sure, take me to see it." Li Kuan nodded, and then motioned to Jiang Qu to lead the way.

"Wei!" Jiang Qu responded and immediately walked ahead to clear the way.

After the master and servant walked for a while, Li Kuan realized that Jiang Qu had unknowingly taken him away from the farm. After the two passed through a large bamboo forest, they turned a corner, and then, a huge The courtyard appeared in front of him.

"Good guy..." Not counting the courtyard wall that was more than ten feet wide and hidden in the bamboo forest, Li Kuan pointed to the two huge stone lions in front of the gate and couldn't help but sigh to Jiang Qu beside him: "Yuwen Family Damn, you deserved to lose! This is a villa they built to escape the summer heat! As a result, the stone lions at the door are bigger than the ones at the door of our ancestral home in Longyou, much bigger! Damn... …It’s so damn rich that the wealthy family smells of wine and meat, and it’s freezing to death on the road…”

When Li Kuan finished speaking, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. It could be seen that he was really shocked by the luxury of the wealthy family.

Jiang Qu was also shocked at this moment.

"The wine and meat in the rich family are stinky, and there are frozen bones on the road... Your Highness, what a poem!" Although Jiang Quan was not a rough martial artist, he had read a lot of books since he entered the palace, and he had an appreciation for literature. Ability is still born a little bit.

"Of course, this is poetry..." Hearing this, Li Kuan was about to bring out the poet Du Fu and praise him when he suddenly realized that our poet and a drunken immortal were both figures from dozens or even hundreds of years later. It's not appropriate to talk about it now.

Of course, Li Kuan did not intend to use the other party's talent to frame himself. He believed that he would leave a more glorious Tang Dynasty to the poets, saints, poets, and all future generations. Therefore, let's not be a man of culture. We have to enter the Martial Arts Temple after we die!

So, Li Kuan, who had even thought about which temple he would go to after death, said, "Okay? I don't remember where I got it from, but it's quite appropriate to use it at this time."

After speaking, Li Kuan did not intend to wait for Jiang to continue asking. He pointed to the door: "Is there a key?"

"Yes." When it came to business, Jiang Qu could only temporarily suppress the doubts in his heart and took out a bunch of keys, which were sent by Empress Changsun this morning: "I will open the door for you right now."

As the door lock opened, the vermilion door was slowly pushed open. After Li Kuan entered the Villa, he deeply realized that the two lines of poetry he had recited before were more or less conservative.

Although he, Li Kuan, was not very knowledgeable, just by looking at the entrance screen wall, Li Kuan had a profound insight into the corruption of feudal society.

The nearly two-foot-wide screen wall is made of white marble. The mural on the screen wall depicts a lifelike and colorful unicorn. According to Li Kuan's guess, the pigments used on it are most likely made by grinding and processing rare gemstones. Otherwise, after so many years of wind and rain, it would be impossible for the murals to remain as colorful as they are.

Corruption...

Li Kuan sighed as he walked inside.

The rockery made of Taihu stones, the covered bridge made of red sandalwood, the sterling silver bell held in the mouth of the beast under the eaves...

Li Kuan suddenly sighed...

This damn thing is indeed the happiness of the rich. Those who have never seen the world can't even imagine it...

"I told Jiang to go," Li Kuan asked as he walked in: "There are so many valuable things in this house, but my mother and father didn't send anyone to watch them?"

Jiang Qu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he explained with a smile: "Your Highness, what you see are things that could not be moved away at that time, or that were of low value. I remember that just from this kind of house There are seven or eight jade coral statues that were transferred to the national treasury, and the largest one is as tall as a person..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking." Li Kuan felt that if he continued to listen, the fox on Zhuangzi would bark.

"So, no one is watching this yard right now?" After a moment, Li Kuan asked hesitantly.

"There is a group of Xuanjia troops in the bamboo forest." Jiang Qu answered honestly after hearing this.

"Then I'm relieved." Li Kuan nodded and then stopped: "Forget it, no more shopping. I will send people to settle in this mansion later. I will tell them what to do later. Let's go back. .”

"Your Highness..." After hearing Li Kuan's arrangement, Jiang Qu looked at Li Kuan with some confusion: "Besides this old slave, where else do you have other people available?"

"No," Li Kuan was not angry but smiled when he heard this: "I told Jiang to go, can't your Highness keep a little secret of his own?"

"Your Highness, don't be joking." Jiang Qu first smiled bitterly, and then said sternly: "You must not..." He started to speak, but then he seemed to hesitate again.

"What's wrong?" Li Kuan rolled his eyes: "I just want to open the Xuanwu Gate once, and I don't have Yuchi Gong by my side."

"Your Highness..." Jiang Qu didn't know how to answer this. To be honest, if Empress Taimu hadn't been so kind to him, the old man would have given up his job.

You really dare to say anything...

"Okay," Li Kuan curled his lips: "Anyway, just think of it as one of the trump cards left to me by my grandmother."

In fact, what Li Kuan said is not wrong.

After all, the serious illness he suffered from should have taken his life.

Later, under the careful care of his grandmother, Li Kuan survived. After that, those memories appeared in his mind, as well as the summoning space that appeared inexplicably, the three thousand shadow assassins in the space, and the terror that suddenly began to grow in him. Appetite and strength.

"Without my grandmother, I wouldn't be where I am today." Li Kuan suddenly said.

Jiang Qu, who was originally worried, was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. When he raised his head and looked towards His Highness, the other party only left him with a bleak back.

On the way back to the palace, Li Kuan, who was sleeping in the carriage, suddenly had a dream.

In the dream, he saw his grandmother again. She was sitting in the garden pavilion of the old house in Longyou. Just like she had done many years ago, she looked at the children fluttering butterflies in the flowers from a distance, with a gentle smile in her eyes...

Li Kuan opened his eyes wide and looked at the kind old man, trying to copy the other person's appearance into his heart bit by bit.

Because he has not dreamed about his grandmother for many years.