[Comprehensive] Cannon fodder, do you want to counterattack?

Lin Boyuan returned home with the imperial decree in his hand, the first thing he did was to find Lin Ruo, waved his servants back, frowned and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Otherwise, how could he use the sentence "The emperor went to the mountain to escape the summer heat, and it's not the prince, so what's the matter with me" annoyed Li Yuan, and immediately transferred him from the prince's mansion to put aside the relationship between Lin Ruo and the prince.

Lin Ruo knew that he couldn't hide it from his uncle, so he hummed.

Lin Boyuan sighed: "You, you clearly know..."

Lin Ruo interrupted: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin will bring peace to the world, make the world unified, the people live in peace, and love the people like a son... Uncle, can you be cruel enough to harm him?"

Lin Boyuan choked.

Lin Ruo sighed and said, "I know that my uncle intends to repay His Highness the Crown Prince's great favor, but if you are not willing to poison His Highness King Qin, what difference does it make if you are in the Prince's Mansion or in the Secretary's Department? His Highness does not lack a person who will take care of the books for him. "

Lin Boyuan frowned and remained silent.

"Uncle, the dispute between the King of Qin and the crown prince is simply a family matter of the Li family. Why should we intervene? No one knows who killed the rebellious soldiers who killed grandparents. Since uncle can remember this kindness Why not just remember Li Tang as the leader of the army?"

Lin Boyuan didn't answer, but looked at Lin Ruo: "You told me not to intervene, what about you?" Even if he wanted to intervene in the dispute between King Qin and the crown prince, he might not be able to, but his nephew might not.Who doesn't know that today's son is notoriously soft-hearted, and he is always emotional, and is often influenced by people close to him... Lin Ruo's every move at the moment, I don't know how many people are watching!

Lin Ruo said decisively: "Of course I won't, at least not now...Uncle, you know that my temper has always been that people don't offend me, and I don't offend others."

-

The next day was the temple fair again, Lin Ruo slept until the sun was high before Shi Shiran went out and found a cool place to "set up a stall".

This time the business was decent, and he entertained a few guests who just listened to auspicious words for psychological comfort, earning twenty or thirty Wen.Lin Ruo couldn't help sighing, this is the attitude that Gua Tan should have, and now he has entered the business, right?

Not long after I thought this way, the crowd suddenly became commotion, a young man sweating profusely separated from the crowd and rushed over. After seeing that the person in front of him was indeed Lin Ruo, his face showed a look of crying and laughter. Lin Ruogang wanted to ask At the words, the young man knelt down with a plop and began to cry loudly.

"Master, Master, please spare your life!" The young man kowtowed desperately while begging, "Please forgive me, Master!" A big man was crying tears.

Xiaoshu said angrily: "What's the matter with you? We don't even recognize you, why don't you spare your life? It seems that we are going to kill you! Who are you?"

"No, no!" The young man looked up and saw more and more people around him, and gradually looked at them with a strange expression, and hurriedly explained: "The master didn't harm the villain, it was the villain, it was the villain who harmed the master!"

He took out a few ingots of silver from his pocket, held them in his hands, and said: "Half a month ago, the villain took other people's silver and asked the master for a fortune-telling. He promised that no matter whether the master's calculation was accurate or not, he would be inaccurate... ...Later, the master really figured out that the villain's wife is pregnant..."

As he spoke, he was about to cry again: "But the villain is greedy for money, insisting that the master is not accurate, and now... he has suffered retribution!"

He put those ingots of silver on the ground, and took out a cloth bag, which contained scattered jewellery, broken silver, and copper plates. , the villain knew it was wrong, really knew it was wrong! The money collected that day, and all the villain’s belongings are here, please forgive the villain’s wife and children..."

Lin Ruo asked in surprise, "What happened to your wife and children?"

The man cried again: "My wife and I have been married for several years. My wife is not in good health. She was able to conceive with great difficulty a month ago. But because of the villain's crimes, she received money that shouldn't be collected. This half For the past month, it has been... Now my wife is as thin as a stick, and she was red yesterday, and it is very difficult to barely keep the child in her stomach... The villain has traveled all over Chang'an City in the past half a month, just to find the master .Master! Thousands of mistakes are the fault of villains. If you want retribution, let the retribution be on the head of a small person!"

Xiaoshu snorted coldly: "I knew today..."

As soon as the words came out, Lin Ruo coldly interrupted: "Little book!"

Xiaoshu was taken aback, his young master rarely treated him so harshly, so he quickly shut up and dared not speak again.

Lin Ruoling Xiaoshu helped the man up, smiled wryly, and said, "Brother, you are scaring yourself. How can there be no retribution in this world? I am a beginner and practiced at first, so I can't calculate correctly. I went to the street The stall was just for fun. One of my friends was joking with me that day, and deliberately used money to make you play tricks on me... Anyway, he has a lot of money, so you just take flowers if you give it to you. It’s such a small thing, Why do you have to?"

joke?tease?

The man froze for a moment, then hesitated and said, "But, but..."

Lin Ruo continued: "You also said that your wife has always been in poor health. I saw you carrying the medicine bag that day, presumably it was an anti-fetal medicine? It can be seen that your wife's fetus is not stable. If you are scared by the words of 'retribution', she will not eat well or sleep well, how can nothing happen? You go back and comfort her, and then ask a doctor to take care of her, and it will probably be all right."

The faces of the people around who seemed a little nervous showed "that's how it is", the atmosphere immediately relaxed, and they began to laugh at the man's timidity.

"But..." The man said with a sad face, "But, Lai Er... Lai Er he..." He hesitated to speak.

Lin Ruo was surprised: "Who is Lai Er?"

The man murmured and dared not answer.

Lin Ruo chuckled lightly and said, "You're not talking about that gambler that day, are you?"

After a pause, he said with a smile: "The gambler came to my stall that day and told me to count the loss of his pig, but after finishing the calculation, he scolded me and left without even giving him money. He didn't go to find the pig , The whole family, old and young, came to trouble me with a divination master who didn't confiscate a penny, so I knew at a glance that he was taking money from my friend to play tricks on me...but it was not calculated."

He said again: "I saw that he made a fuss too much, and even knocked down my stall, so I said something to frighten him. Why did you even frighten me?"

Seeing the man's blank expression, Lin Ruo thought for a while, and then said to Xiao Shu: "Did you bring the bamboo card that I used to bluff him that day?"

Xiao Shu took out a bamboo card from his sleeve and replied: "I have brought it, because the young master used it last time, so this time I found it out and brought it with me."

Lin Ruo took the bamboo card, handed it to the man, and said with a smile: "This is the so-called 'Shimen Zhongbao' that I used to coax that gambler back then. The nicks are all new, you see."

The man shrank his hand and refused to accept it.

Lin Ruo sighed inwardly, still smiling, threw the bamboo card on the ground, stomped on it twice, and said, "Is this credible?"

The man scratched his head blankly, Lin Ruo sighed, "I'm just a scholar who read a few hexagrams and set up a stall for fun. I don't even believe in retribution! It's serious for you to go back and take care of your wife, don't Stop scaring yourself!"

The man looked at the bamboo sign that had been stepped on several times, and said, "Master..."

Lin Ruo smiled wryly, "Don't call me Master."

"Yes, yes... sir," the man said hesitantly, "Can I buy a copper coin from your fortune-telling and enshrine it?"

"It's also because I shouldn't play tricks and frighten your wife. I don't need to buy this copper coin, I just give it to you!" Lin Ruo simply gave him all the bamboo tubes and said, "You don't need to burn incense when you take it back. What, smelling too much of that stuff is not good for the fetus. If you feel uneasy, just offer a cup of green tea every day."

"Hey, hey!" The man took it thankfully, said a lot of words of thanks, and then turned and left.

Lin Ruo hurriedly called out: "Wait a minute, take your money away!"

The man said: "This money is given by the villain to the big... Uh, sir, you can accept it!"

Lin Ruo said displeased: "It was my fault to scare your wife. If I still take your money, then what have I become? Take it away, take it away!"

The man cried and said with a sad face: "But, this money, it's so small... I still dare not take it!"

Lin Ruo sighed helplessly: "I said it was the money my friend gave you as a joke. It's okay to accept it. If you have any scruples... Isn't today a temple fair? Why don't you donate it as incense money and ask for money?" Wouldn't Buddha's protection be better than the fake hexagram master who gave me?"

The man thought about it, smiled, cleaned up the silver on the ground, bowed several times to Lin Ruo, turned around and ran towards the temple.

The good show is over, and the people around are also gone.

Xiaoshu complained: "My lord, what are you doing? He has done something wrong on his own, and he deserves it if he is scared. If you fool him with a few words, you may become a god right away, my lord! , and even smashed his own signboard, he almost called himself a liar... This is great, you see what people think of you!"

Lin Ruo sighed, "Xiao Shu, it's better to smash things like signboards yourself than others, and...some signboards are absolutely unacceptable."

"what?"

Lin Ruo sighed, no matter whether his hexagram is accurate or not, whether he is a liar or a "master", it is definitely not a good thing to be associated with the words curse and retribution, even for a real physicist. What's more, his identity is still a literati?

If he was just like Xiao Shu, carried away with complacency, and lost his sense of proportion because of the momentary pleasure, the consequences of this matter would be even more serious than "breaking the oath".

Lin Ruo felt like scolding her mother: It's only been a few days of clean life?

He never believed that this was a coincidence—since the two of them were able to take other people's money to deceive others, it could be seen that they were not timid people, so how could they frighten themselves like this for no reason?

I also know that something more terrible has happened.

He could almost guess what it was.

"Little book."

"Sir?"

"ask you a question."

Xiaoshu raised his chest: "Young master, tell me." My son is smart and capable, even better at cooking than him, so it is rare to ask him for advice.

Lin Ruoxiao asked: "Tell me, are you smart, or me, my lord?"

Xiaoshu was immediately discouraged, and said weakly: "Of course you are smart, my lord." What did you think you were going to ask?It's too much to bully him again!

Lin Ruo nodded his forehead and said, "I know I'm not as smart as my son, so I have to be obedient, you know?"

Xiaoshu was dissatisfied: "When did you become disobedient?"

Lin Ruowei pondered for a while, and said, "I was idle just now, so I made a fortune for you..."

Xiaoshu laughed and said, "My lord, you're bluffing me again. You gave away all your pennies, so what do you use for divination?"

Seeing Lin Ruo looking at him with a half-smile, he hurriedly surrendered and said, "Okay, young master, forget it if you say so, you can continue..."

Lin Ruo said: "You have had a catastrophe recently."

Xiaoshu's eyes widened: "Huh?"

"A great calamity."

Xiaoshu panicked: "My lord..."

"Cross over, the sea and the sky will be bright, if you can't cross it, you will die."

Xiao Shu was really scared this time, he knows his young master's ability, his calculations with copper coins may be inaccurate, but he almost never makes mistakes when he calculates with his mind: "Young master, young master..."

"Don't be afraid," Lin Ruo said, "Although this tribulation is big, it's not difficult at all to get through it. Remember, I'm smarter than you, right?"

Xiaoshu nodded: "Yeah!"

Lin Ruodao: "So don't pretend to be smart."

"The little one listens to the young master. You tell me, the young one, what should the young one do?"

Lin Ruo chuckled and said: "You are so stupid, what can you do? You don't have to do anything, just wait for me to save you, my son. Remember, don't listen to anyone, don't believe anyone's words , just be patient, wait, don't give up, everything is up to me!"

Xiaoshu nodded again and again, it's great to have the young master here!

"Right and wrong are often tricked by tongue...Xiao Shu, after this experience, you should improve."

Xiaoshu was stunned, Lin Ruo stretched his waist, and sighed: "It seems that there is no business today, close the stall!"

Xiaoshu let out a groan, and began to tidy up. As soon as he rolled up the cloth banner, another person came to the stall. Li Shimin sat down in front of the stall and said, "I seem to be here by accident?"

Lin Ruodao: "Brother Qin came by such a coincidence... It seems that every time I set up a stall, I always meet Brother Qin?" And every time I meet, nothing good happens.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Why, you are only allowed to set up a stall at every temple fair, and I am not allowed to come to every temple fair to ask for divination?"

Lin Ruo sighed: "It's really rare to have a regular customer, but unfortunately I don't even have the copper coins for fortune-telling today..."

Li Shimin said, "What a coincidence, I brought it."

Stretching out his hand to wipe a dozen or so copper plates on the table, Lin Ruona didn't know that this was the mother's money he asked for last time, so he happily played with it for a while, and said, "What is it?"

"Today's fortune?"

Lin Ruo made a hexagram casually, and said, "It's another financial disaster. King Qin's fortune seems not to be very good recently!"

Li Shimin smiled wryly, and said again: "Does buying you a drink count as a loss of money?" His recent fortune is not just bad?

Lin Ruodao: "How can the money I spend willingly be considered a 'disaster'?"

Li Shimin nodded: "That's right...would you like to drink?"

"go."

Just when he wanted to drink, someone treats him, Lin Ruo thought bitterly, or his luck has been good recently?

-

It was still Huibin Pavilion, Li Shimin seemed to have something on his mind, when he got there, he drank one cup after another, barely speaking, Lin Ruo was not in a better mood than him, and kept drinking one cup after another without saying a word.

Li Shimin has always been a big drinker, and Lin Ruo's drinking capacity has also gone crazy recently. After drinking a few pots of wine, although the two of them were not very drunk, they talked a lot.

"Yin Ashu, Yin Ashu!" Li Shimin's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth and said, "I will kill you!"

Lin Ruo leaned lazily on the back of the chair and asked, "Who is Yin Ashu?"

Li Shimin said: "Father of Concubine Yin De!"

Lin Ruo snorted.

He naturally remembered Concubine Yin De, the concubine who asked him to play the piano to celebrate his birthday.

Li Shimin sneered, and said: "Today, when Du Ruhui passed by Yin Ashu's house, Yin Ashu's servants pulled him off his horse and beat him up, breaking one of his hands. The reason is that Du Ruhui did not dismount when he passed by his door... I just got the news, and I was about to enter the palace to talk to my father, but I was first called into the palace and scolded, saying, "My concubines are bullied by people around you, let alone ordinary people!" No matter how I explain , the father just ignored it. Ha! Now Du Ruhui is still lying on the bed, and he, Yin Ashu, has not shed a single hair, saying that the people around me bully his concubine... Ha, ha ha! How ridiculous! How ridiculous! "

The wine glass fell hard to the ground.

Lin Ruo poured wine and drank without speaking.

I have known for a long time that the reason why a Yin Ahshu can make Li Shimin so angry that he drank too much is because of Li Yuan.

"Father treats me... How unfair!" Li Shimin lost his wine glass, directly took the jug, dumped it in his mouth, and said, "How unfair!"

"Back then when Taiyuan launched an army, it was planned by me, Liu Wenjing, and Pei Ji. At that time, my father said that after the matter is completed, I will be named the prince. After the event is completed, it will be fine to make the eldest brother the prince. Kill Liu Wenjing to warn me!" Li Shimin seemed to be drunk, and began to spit out all kinds of words: "At that time, I was really frightened, I didn't expect my father to be so heartless, I was even afraid that I would become the second Liu Wenjing. Okay, I will keep silent, I will not fight, let’s do it! But when the war is fought, I think of me again. Liu Wuzhou came to attack, Pei Ji abandoned the army and fled, so our army was defeated. The entire east of Tang Dynasty Almost completely occupied, my father sent me the imperial edict of 'abandoning Guanxi' to my Changchun Palace, urging me to fight... At that time, Liu Wenjing had only been dead for two months!"

"Hedong is the land of my great Tang Longxing, how can I give it up to others! Okay, I will fight! I will fight!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "I beat Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande... He let me fight I fight whoever I want, but the more battles I fought and the more land I recovered, the more he became suspicious and dissatisfied with me! Later, he sent Yuanji to monitor me in the army, and even when the final victory came Call me back to the court, change the leader...the same with Liu Heita, and the same with Xu Yuanlang!"

Li Shimin finished drinking a jug of wine, and the jug fell out, cursing: "Du Ruhui followed me to fight in the east and west, and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. What is he, Yin Ashu, who relies on his daughter to serve his father in the palace?" The emperor, not to mention enjoying all the glory and wealth, is still arrogant and domineering. He is a hero of the Tang Dynasty. He fights as soon as he says! We fought bloody outside and took down half of the Tang Dynasty. Are we just being bullied by this kind of people when we come back? We will fight for him He was going through life and death, and in the end, he might as well say a word to the beauty beside him and shed a tear!"

Lin Ruo handed him a pot of wine again, and Li Shimin drank several cups down his stomach. Seeing that his mood gradually eased, Lin Ruo said, "Isn't this kind of thing normal? What can't you figure it out?"

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes: "Normal?"

"It's normal!" Lin Ruo drank the wine in his glass and said, "For the superior, who is more important, the person who helps him stabilize the country outside, or the person who accompanies him and makes him happy physically and mentally? Everyone can answer this question, and they all know that it is the former. But in fact, the ones they get close to, like, and protect will always be the latter... His Majesty's disposition is even more so."

So how can Du Ruhui, a mere adviser, compare to Concubine Yin De, who is gentle and interprets beside her?

So how can Li Shimin, who is fighting abroad, compare with Li Jiancheng, who is filial at home?

Lin Ruo didn't wait for Li Shimin's reaction, and said, "Don't your highness think it's inappropriate to talk to me about this?"

Li Shimin smiled wryly, and said, "I don't want to talk to you, who can I talk to? Father? Brother? Yuanji? Or my arrangement?"

"Talk to my father, let him accuse me of treason again? Tell my elder brother Yuanji to make them more proud, and then go to my father to sue me again? Tell my colleagues to let them know that I am not like me at all." So strong and confident they saw, so I also hated, resented, and feared?"

"Let me tell you, at least you won't take pleasure in other people's misfortunes, and you won't bother to complain, and three..." Li Shimin laughed at himself, "You won't worry about me, isn't it just right?"

"Yes, just right." Lin Ruo chuckled, "Just right."

Li Shimin finally sensed that something was wrong with Lin Ruo's mood, and said, "Ah Ruo seems to have... troubles?"

"In this world, who can be free from worries? Your Majesty? Your Highness the Crown Prince? Your Highness King Qin?" Lin Ruo said, "I'm a commoner, so I have more."

Li Shimin let out a sigh, and said, "This is the first time I heard Ah Ruo mention the word 'commoner'. Why, Ah Ruo is also interested in power now?"

"I'm just impatient, very impatient..." Lin Ruo was also gradually getting drunk, and felt that pouring wine was too annoying, so she took a jug and poured it down, saying: "In this world, there are too many powers, it is really... never tire of it. You guys Why can't these emperors and princes give us ordinary people a little bit of order? I obey the law, I follow the rules, I keep myself safe... Can you please stop fucking me!"

Li Shimin looked at him for a long time, and suddenly he laughed: "Great talent...he swears, hahaha!"

Lin Ruo ignored him and raised her head to drink.

"What the hell happened?"

Lin Ruo shook her head: "It's hard to say."

Li Shimin sneered: "It's hard to say, or can't say it?"

Lin Ruodao: "What do you want me to say about things that haven't happened yet?"

Li Shimin laughed and said, "The troubles of smart people?"

"The troubles of wise men."

Li Shimin said: "You are smart, why can't you take precautions?"

Lin Ruo said lightly, "Of course it's because I'm not smart enough."

Li Shimin looked at him and said in a low voice: "You help me become the prince, and I will give you a well-behaved life, how about it?"

Lin Ruo looked up at Li Shimin and said, "Do you want to be the prince?"

Li Shimin leaned back in his chair, and said calmly: "If you don't want to be a prince, you don't want to be in this world. Why do I fight everywhere? To make people suspicious, to be slaughtered?"

Lin Ruo chuckled, "Impossible."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Why?"

Lin Ruo said indifferently: "His Royal Highness, I would like to advise you, it is better to die and be the prince, even if you defeat the prince, there is also King Qi, King Jing, and King Han... and Many kings, Your Majesty's sons, anyone can be the prince, but you can't."

Li Shimin looked at him without blinking, and continued to ask: "Why?"

Lin Ruo chuckled, and said: "Your Highness is a fan of the authorities... The struggle for imperial power is not only between brothers, but also between father and son. Why doesn't Your Highness think about it, where does His Highness the crown prince come from, and where does your Highness come from?" Come here? From my point of view, His Majesty has never thought of killing His Highness, and among the emperors of all dynasties, he is already the one who cares most about family affection."

Li Shimin's body was stiff and he didn't move for a long time. Finally, he leaned back in his chair and said, "Lin Ruo, how dare you say it, how dare you say it..."

That's right, Li Jiancheng's crown prince was bestowed by Li Yuan, all his rights come from Li Yuan, and he, Li Shimin, earned everything by himself, he even earned so much that Li Yuan didn't care Keep your scruples... If someone else is the prince, the prince is an extension of his power. If he is Li Shimin the prince, then what's the matter with him, Li Yuan, in this world?

"Ha, ha ha ha ha..."

Li Shimin laughed wildly, and tears came out of the laughter. After a while, he covered his eyes with his hands and said, "So, Yun Jiaojiao is really right. If I want to win this world, I have to kill my brothers and kill my brothers to force my father." , is there a way to go?"

Lin Ruo continued drinking: "Don't ask me."

Li Shimin said angrily: "Lin Ruo!"

Lin Ruo looked at him sideways: "Huh?"

Li Shimin felt powerless for a while: "How about fighting with me?"

"Don't fight," Lin Ruo shook his head and said, "You are stronger than me. In terms of punching and kicking, I am not your opponent."

Li Shimin clapped the case and said, "That's better than a weapon!"

He raised his voice and said, "Come the sword! Come the sword!"

A knife and a sword flew in from outside the door, Lin Ruo and Li Shimin each caught one, Li Shimin kicked over the dining table and said, "Come and fight!"

Just as the overturned dining table disappeared from sight, a flash of light that was as fast as lightning rose up. Li Shimin's long sword hadn't been unsheathed yet, and it was too late to do so, so he picked it up. The knife slashed at his wrist.

This turn was too fast and too sudden, and Li Shimin broke out in a cold sweat immediately, and the drunkenness disappeared, but he saw the young man's wrist flipped, and the blade of the sword flattened on his wrist. hand."

Li Shimin's heart that was hanging in the air fell back heavily, but he chuckled lightly and said, "Sneak attack is not counted!"

Lin Ruo snorted coldly: "Don't tell me you never sneaked up on the battlefield!"

"Okay, you won!" Li Shimin put his right hand behind his back, and said, "This hand is yours! Let me see you win with one hand!"

While speaking, he drew the knife with his left hand and slashed at it.

Without saying a word, Lin Ruo waved his sword to meet him.For a moment, swords, lights and swords complement each other.

The more Li Shimin fought, the more frightened he became. He knew that this talented man knew some martial arts, but he didn't expect that his swordsmanship would be so good. Any expert known.

Fortunately, although this young man's swordsmanship is superb, his strength is weak, and he has little experience in fighting with others. Otherwise, he would have already been injured by this young man.But even so, Li Shimin, who can only use one hand, is also in danger.

Lin Ruo swung his sword down, Li Shimin turned sideways, and the sword pointed straight at his right arm, Li Shimin said in surprise, "Why did you cut off your own hand too?"

Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment, and his hands paused slightly. Li Shimin turned his right hand and tightly grasped his sword hand.

Lin Ruo's wrist went numb, and the long sword fell to the ground.His strength was far from that of Li Shimin's. When his wrist was taken and his weapon was taken away, he had no room to resist. Soon his hands were pinned behind Li Shimin's back and he couldn't move.

With one left hand, Li Shimin firmly grasped the young man's two slender wrists, and with his right hand he held his neck weakly, and said with a smile, "Now you owe me your life...we're even."

Lin Ruo snorted coldly: "Didn't you say this is my hand?"

Li Shimin let go of him, and said with a smile: "It's your hand, but what can I do if it doesn't listen to you? Besides, soldiers are not tired of cheating, who said that a borrowed hand can't be used?"

Lin Ruo was furious over it: "The majestic King Qin, why is he such a rascal?"

Li Shimin said: "Haven't you heard of it? When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain why... You are a scholar and I am a soldier!"

"It turns out that His Royal Highness King Qin is considered a soldier?"

"Someone like you is considered a scholar, why isn't someone like me a soldier?"

Lin Ruo was speechless, bent down and threw a jug of wine to Li Shimin, opened a jug himself, and said, "Stop fighting, it's boring."

Originally, he wanted to vent his anger, but he couldn't fight with his bare hands, and his hands and feet were bound when he used a weapon, so it would be better to drink alcohol.

Li Shimin said: "I am not as good as you in swordsmanship, but if you fight for your life...you are not as good as me."

Lin Ruo smiled lightly and raised her head to drink.

Desperate... These two words are inexplicably familiar.

-

In the middle of the afternoon, Li Yuan came out of Concubine Yin De's palace, still feeling a little displeased.

The originally good mood was ruined by Li Shimin early in the morning. His son became more and more arrogant and domineering. His subordinates bullied his concubine's family. Still holding on to that Du Ruhui!

Fortunately, Concubine Yin has always been magnanimous. After suffering such a great grievance, she was afraid that his father and son would lose peace, so she took the initiative to intercede for that wicked son, and tried her best to make him happy, otherwise...

Suddenly, I thought about that kid again. I knew that he would always set up a stall for fortune-telling at every temple fair. I wanted to go to see the excitement, but now I missed it—it’s the hottest weather now, and he will still be honest. It's strange to guard the stall.

I don't know what he is doing now, that kid, how can he live so freely, he is a little envious of being so comfortable... That man, even drinking a glass of wine and sleeping, makes people feel refreshed.

There is nothing wrong with him, so why not find him for a few drinks!

As soon as Li Yuan left the Tai Chi Palace, he saw Li Yuanji striding in from the outside, his head was covered with sweat, Li Yuan frowned and said, "Where did you go crazy?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Drinking and riding a horse, anyway, left and right are just these things. Is the father going out of the palace? Going to play with that kid again?"

Li Yuan frowned, and Li Yuanji continued: "I don't think Father should go looking for him today, he is very drunk right now!"

Li Yuan asked in surprise, "Did you see him?"

Li Yuanji said: "Well, I saw it! He was drinking with the second brother. When I went, I happened to see them helping each other out, and they looked quite drunk."

Li Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and his heart gradually sank: "Is he with Shimin?"

"Yeah, he looks very close!" Li Yuanji sneered, and said, "Father, you like that kid, but I just don't like him. What's so great about a commoner scholar, but his eyes are higher than his head. When you see me, call out 'His Royal Highness Qi Wang', and bow your hands together as a salute... What the hell is he! If it wasn't for seeing him drunk, I would smack him!"

Li Yuan's expression turned cold: "He called you 'King Qi'?"

"That's right," Li Yuanji said, "Not only did he call me King Qi, but I also heard him say to my second brother, 'Israel servants are also worthy of listening to me playing the piano? Don't worry, Your Highness, sooner or later your Majesty will get tired of them'... ...Father, if you don’t believe me, just send someone to investigate. The second brother’s courtyard in Huibin Pavilion is not hidden from anyone. Why don’t you ask him yourself if he already knew our identities? Presumably with the arrogance of this great talent, he should disdain to lie to others?"

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Father, you are not letting the two of them play tricks, are you?"

Li Yuan clenched his fists tightly, his expression unpredictable.

He is with Li Shimin?

He was drunk and called Yuan Ji "His Royal Highness King Qi"?

He already knew Yuan Ji's identity?

So...he's been lying to him, teasing him?

"Sooner or later His Majesty will tire of them..."

During these days, isn't he getting tired of it?

"They smile at me, not because they like me, but because they have to laugh. They talk to me, not what they want to say, but what I like to hear... They are not drinking and chatting with me, They are dealing with me, for money, or for survival..." That's why he was angry that Zhang Jieyu begged for a job on behalf of his brother after she made out with him.

"The piano is the voice of the heart. What they say is what others want to hear, and what I say is what I want to say..." So when he heard Yin Defei asking him what he wanted to hear, he felt dull...

So, all of this was really set up by that person and his good son?

So, for so long, he has been played by that person like a fool?

"Father, if you don't dare to ask, you can ask someone else to ask for you!" Li Yuanji watched Li Yuan's hands start to tremble, his jaw began to tremble until his whole body began to tremble, his eyes showed a little pleasure, and he said with a smile: "Father Your Majesty, don’t you know? Half a month ago, a strange murder occurred in Chang’an City!”

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Jumping off the carriage, Lin Ruo looked at the official who came up to him in a soap suit, and patted Xiao Shu on the shoulder, who was a little out of his mind: "Do you remember what I said?"

Xiaoshu nodded tremblingly.

Lin Ruo said indifferently: "Don't be afraid, it's just a farce, nothing will happen, and everyone will be fine."

Xiaoshu looked a little calmer.

"Mr. Lin Ruolin, someone has reported that you killed people with witchcraft. Please come with us to Dali Temple. Shutong and Xiaoshu will be taken back to await trial!"