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

"Uncle Niu, it's not... it's not... haha..." Seeing Niu Jinda's statement, Li Kuan, who could be said to be in the dark, laughed at him first, and then he said seriously: "Isn't the situation changed recently? I'm going to take advantage of it." With the identity of 'Shan Ling', I will play a big show with the heads of several families with the fifth surname and Qiwang, but in this process, I need your cooperation, Uncle Niu..."

Then, Li Kuan told Niu Jinda his plan.

"——Uncle Niu, I'm afraid you will be wronged by then."

After Li Kuan finished speaking, Niu Jinda didn't even think much about it, and nodded in agreement: "Your Highness is interested, and this matter...I think it is feasible, so don't say anything about grievances, just..." Niu Jinda, who seemed to feel that some words should not be said by himself, glanced at Li Kuan silently, as if he was hesitant to speak.

"Uncle Niu, don't worry." Li Kuan, who could see through Niu Jinda's thoughts at a glance, laughed and explained to him calmly: "I really have no interest in imitating my father. Besides, even if I want to serve as a general, there is no one around me. What kind of talent, when the time comes, won’t it be..."

"Your Highness," Niu Jinda saw that Li Kuan had made his words clear. He immediately interrupted Li Kuan's next words and said with a serious face: "Your Highness, I know that you have a clear conscience. , but there are some words that should never be uttered, no matter whether you feel guilty or not. Examples of 'trouble comes from the mouth' have been around since ancient times. Therefore, you should listen to my advice and think twice about what you say or do in the future. Then go ahead.”

"Okay..." Li Kuan looked at Niu Jinda, who was teaching him as if he were his junior. He pursed his lips and looked like he was being taught.

Of course, I am afraid only God knows whether I have truly been taught...

-------------------------------------

On the third day, Li Kuan, in his capacity as the King of Chu, met at the Yushan Villa with the heads of three aristocratic families with five surnames, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Cui family of Boling, and the Cui family of Qinghe, as well as the Wang family of Langya and Xie Xie of Chenjun. The heads of the Yang family in Hongnong, the Xiao family in Lanling, and the Dou family in Hebei. "

However, what is surprising is that the old fox Pei Ji did not come.

Li Kuan naturally had already made a guess in his mind about this. However, he doesn't have time to think about Pei Ji yet.

"Uncle!" The first moment Li Kuan saw the head of the Dou family, he changed his hesitant attitude in the past few days and quickly came to Dou Wei with a few big strides. He said with a loud smile: "Cousin. My uncle's grand visit today really brings glory to this humble residence of my king!"

How should I put it? At this time, Li Kuan was ignorant and tried hard to maintain his appearance, which naturally attracted everyone's slander. But Dou Wei didn't care about this. He looked at Li Kuan kindly and said: "Thanks to the King of Chu. Your Highness expresses your love for me, and I am really flattered by this call from my cousin."

"It's not flattering, it's not flattering...ahem..." Li Kuan smiled and planned to praise Dou Wei a few more times, but seeing others just watching, he coughed twice and then said: " Everyone, please come inside."

After a while, when the guests and hosts were seated, Li Kuan, who was sitting high on the throne, seemed to have returned to his previous arrogant look: "Family heads, please rest assured, I know what you are planning to say when you seek me. The friendship between gentlemen is valuable. Let’s talk heart-to-heart! Come on, let’s talk about it, what support can you give me?”

After Li Kuan finished his cheerful words, everyone, whether it was Qiwang of the Five Surnames or the heads of the eight families of Guanlong, looked at each other, and the same emotion was revealed in each other's eye contact: In the past, everyone knew that this man was bold and had no taboos in his actions. But everyone really didn't expect that he could actually do it to this extent.

Damn, he even skipped the opening pleasantries and directly asked everyone for money and food?

If it weren't for everyone's original intention to let Li Kuan be the scapegoat and give Pei Ji a thank you gift for his unearned contribution, these proud heads of the aristocratic families would have left long ago.

"Your Highness the King of Chu," Dou Wei said, although he really didn't want to admit that the Shuzi in front of him still had a trace of his Dou family's blood flowing through him, but after all, Li Kuan was so reckless that he even blushed: "Please give me a moment. Don't be impatient, things must be discussed slowly."

"What are you talking about slowly?" In front of everyone, Li Kuan showed off his "royal special offer" to his heart's content, and he gave it to Dou Wei with a roll of his eyes: "Cousin, could it be that this king You don’t have the temperament of a wise king? You shouldn’t. Although our old Li family does not have a wise king at present, your ancestors and I were able to follow the wife of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Empress Dou, at the earliest. Why, I Can’t Li Kuan force his father to conquer his ancestors and achieve something like Wen Jing’s rule?”

How should I put it? Li Kuan's nonsense became more exaggerated.

Everyone present felt very uncomfortable.

You say this boy is ignorant and incompetent. He also knows about his grandmother's lineage. His ancestors had virtuous empresses like Dou Yifang. He even knew how to shamelessly involve other people's husbands and sons, Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han. , even if you say that he pulled hard and rubbed hard, he really forced his way into it.

But... if you force yourself to get involved, we will be convinced?

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu..." Yang Zhen, the head of the Hongnong Yang family, looked very complicated at this moment. In fact, he was the most opposed to the introduction of Li Kuan, the King of Chu, among the family heads, for no other reason than Yang. Zhen looked at it: You are rebelling, you should have some sense, right? But that King of Chu seemed to be born without a brain.

Of course, after the "King of Chu got angry and drew his sword for his brother" incident, Yang Zhen finally reluctantly agreed to this proposal under Pei Ji's lobbying.

But now, Yang Zhen regretted it again: "His Royal Highness King Chu, can you... stop being so anxious? Since this matter is of great importance, shouldn't both of us show some sincerity?"

"Sincerity?" Now that Li Kuan heard the word "sincerity", he subconsciously wanted to instruct the two shadow assassins to jump off the cliff. Of course, "Shan Ling" could not do this, but a prince like himself could not do it. I know that in the royal family, the emperor can have death warriors, and the prince may have some, but if a prince like himself also has death warriors, it will be yellow mud sticking to his crotch - it is either shit or shit.

Therefore, the most realistic question facing Li Kuan at the moment is: How can he show the sincerity that makes the other party's heart flutter?

Unfortunately, Li Kuan pondered for a long time about Yang Zhen's request, but could not come up with a suitable solution.

But after all, silence would be embarrassing if it lasted too long, so Li Kuan scratched his head and said to Yang Zhen: "This... please allow me to think about it again..."

"Ha..." Xiao Cong, the head of the Lanling Xiao family on the side, sneered, his laughter full of disdain for Li Kuan.

Li Kuan raised his eyebrows when he saw this, and then simply waved his hand.

"Whoa!" Seven or eight figures suddenly appeared from behind the screen and approached Xiao Cong. In just the blink of an eye, in front of everyone, Xiao Cong was subdued by Li Kuan's shadow assassins who were disguised as bodyguards.

"Everyone, don't panic." Regardless of everyone's shocked expressions, Li Kuan stood up from his seat calmly, pointed at Xiao Cong who was struggling, and said: "This head of the Xiao family is actually the one secretly planted by my father. A hidden chess piece, I will use his head to show my sincerity!"