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

Because Lin Boyuan was transferred away from the East Palace and Lin Ruo was imprisoned, Lin's residence was so deserted these days that even the sparrows refused to come to the door. : 3w. After receiving the bad news, Lin Boyuan silently brought back Xiaoshu's body. He had just set up the mourning hall, and was told to wait outside the door to greet him.

The emperor, the prince, the two princes who hold the real power, the four most honorable people in the whole world came, but Lin Boyuan couldn't feel flattered at all, he saluted meticulously, and then led the people to help Lin Ruo in the carriage down.

Lin Ruo had just been fed some water and porridge in the carriage, and his complexion improved a bit, but it was too early to stand on his own and walk. Lin Boyuan half supported and half hugged him in his arms, and said: "Your Majesty , Ah Ruo needs to rest, Rong Chen and others will leave first."

Li Jiancheng's eyes narrowed slightly, the emperor and the crown prince were standing at his door, he was a courtier, invited people in without sincerity and fear, and even said he wanted to leave?

Was his former subordinate really as mediocre and weak as he remembered?

Can't help but think of Lin Ruo's "None of your business" that made him sweat down his back, Li Jiancheng smiled wryly: He seems to have made a mistake, a big mistake.

Li Yuan looked at the two uncles and nephews who were snuggling together, and the few family members of the Lin family behind them who bowed their heads and were tearful. Screaming, but the innocent and kind little bookboy, with a slightly sore nose, said: "Zhen... go and give the little book some incense."

Lin Boyuan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty has a heart, but Xiaoshu is timid. I'm afraid that if you go down, your Majesty will frighten him instead. It's good to have me and A Ruo accompany him."

Li Yuanji snorted coldly: "Lin Boyuan, don't be shameless. You are just a servant. If you die, you will die. Father is willing to go and burn incense for him. It is the blessing he has cultivated in several lifetimes. Do you really think... ..."

"Dead people don't need blessings," Lin Ruo said suddenly, with a calm and hollow tone: "When a person dies, he is dead. He has nothing and doesn't need anything. You can't give him anything."

His body was still very weak, and his voice seemed very low and weak, but it was still so clear and decisive.

Li Yuan looked at Lin Ruo. Ever since he saw the suicide note, the boy hadn't said a word or looked at him again. Now he finally spoke, but he was breaking his illusion: You can't give him anything, you can't make up for anything.

Thinking that if you become the emperor, you are really the son of heaven. If you are willing to personally offer a stick of incense, even the people you killed should be flattered and grateful?Then you feel at ease and feel that you are worthy of him and treat him well?It's ridiculous!

When a person dies, everything is over, and there is nothing that can be made up or redeemed. No matter what a living person does, it is just to make himself feel at ease.

What qualifications do you have to feel at ease?

Li Yuan looked at Lin Ruo with a complicated expression.

Lin Ruo didn't look at anyone: "Uncle, let's go in!"

Lin Boyuan sighed, and was about to take his leave when suddenly a horse galloped up. The man on the horse dismounted far away, rushed forward, knelt down in front of Li Yuan, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I should die! Your Majesty ordered you to take good care of Mr. Lin, The minister's ineffectiveness has caused Mr. Lin to be wronged...the minister owes a holy grace, please punish him!"

The man kowtowed to Li Yuan a few times, but before Li Yuan could speak, he turned to Lin Ruo and said, "Mr. Lin, Your Majesty has never held any ill intentions towards Mr. Lin, but just wanted to make it clear. Your Majesty personally told the officials to take good care of Lin Ruo." Young Master, don't be negligent in the slightest. It's because I didn't act well. I just saw their respectful attitude towards Mr. Lin, and they thought they were well-fed and well-fed, so I thought... I never thought that they would use such dirty tricks because of their dedication to meritorious service! Mr. Lin, Whether it's about you or about Xiaoshu, it's all my fault. It's because of my inattention and being deceived by others. It has nothing to do with Your Majesty. If Mr. Lin has any hatred in your heart, you might as well come to me. If you want to beat or scold me, I admit it, and please don't bear any grudges against Your Majesty..."

Lin Ruo watched these people's performance with cold anger in his heart, you want to perform, go to your palace, go to your court hall to perform, why are you blocking his door, why are you blocking his way to read Xiaoshu!

After Pei Ji's last words caught his ears, Lin Ruo finally raised his eyes, gave him a cold look, and then his eyes fell on Li Yuan for the first time, seeing some relief and anticipation in his eyes.

Obviously, this comfort is for Pei Ji, and the expectation is for him.

Lin Ruo sneered: Did he really not hear such obvious provocative words, or did he not hear them?

Jing Jing waited for Pei Ji to finish speaking, then Lin Ruo nodded slightly, and said lightly: "It can be seen that Mr. Pei is very skilled in deceiving the emperor."

Pei Ji froze slightly, and said with a wry smile: "I know Mr. Lin, you are angry in your heart, and the officials are too busy to take care of you. If you taste the food prepared by those people, you won't..."

Lin Boyuan interrupted: "Master Pei is really too modest, what he said is not thoughtful, and he doesn't investigate, but according to the officials, Mr. Pei is very meticulous. What happened in Dali Temple just now, Mr. Pei is not a bit by bit. Do you know everything clearly? What I am curious about is that the person who told your lord all this in such a timely and detailed manner, is it someone from the Dali Temple who has been 'liking' your lord, or your majesty's cronies?"

Pei Ji's pupils shrank: It's true that a dog that bites does not bark. This Lin Boyuan has been silent in the Prince's Mansion for so many years, and everyone regards him as an honest man.

But he said without hesitation: "Of course those bastards in Dali Temple! They have caused such a big incident, how dare they hide it..."

Li Shimin sneered, and said: "Ah Ruo is right, Mr. Pei is really proficient in deceiving the emperor, he really treats us like fools, Pei Ji, you don't know how to distinguish between hot and cold. Don't you know?"

Pei Ji sighed: "His Royal Highness King Qin is serious. It's not that I don't know the heat and cold, but that the prison is cold and humid in winter and hot in summer. That one is already the best..."

Lin Ruo was too lazy to continue listening, and whispered: "Uncle, let's go."

Lin Boyuan responded, and was about to help Lin Ruo turn around when Li Yuan took a step forward: "Ah Ruo!"

Lin Ruo raised her eyes and met Li Yuan's eyes. They hadn't seen each other for a few days. Li Yuan seemed to be a little older, the wrinkles on his face were very obvious, and there was a bit of guilt and pity in his eyes.

Lin Ruo's gaze was even colder. He didn't want Li Yuan to feel at ease about Xiaoshu. If he could, he wished he could live in guilt for the rest of his life. But when this guilt came to him, the only thing in Lin Ruo's heart was Feeling irritable and impatient.

It's better to clear it up.

He said: "If Your Majesty feels that Caomin has been wronged and feels uneasy, Caomin wants to ask for grace."

Li Yuan felt relieved, and said in a gentle voice, "Say it."

Lin Ruo said indifferently: "The grass people only hope that in this life, they will not worship the king of Qi."

Li Yuan glanced at Li Yuanji and said, "Okay."

Li Yuanji was furious, and said: "Lin Ruo, what do you mean by this? Do you remember the grudge against the master? You pretended to be pitiful and made the emperor soft-hearted. It would be good to let you out, but you have to make more progress? What's wrong with the master? ? Do you dare to say that you didn't drink with the second brother, and didn't say 'sooner or later, His Majesty will get tired of them'?"

Li Yuanji looked at Lin Ruo with a sneer: He sneered at the fact that Li Yuan personally sent Lin Ruo back to the mansion, but he didn't want to miss anything, so he reluctantly followed. He didn't expect this kid to target him directly... He wants to see where this kid can find evidence that he didn't say this!What does he think he is?His father was only new to him for a while, did he think that his father would embarrass his favorite son for him?

Lin Ruo said indifferently: "King Qi is absurd, and I don't have the skills of Mr. Pei. If you want your majesty to rebel, you have to rebel if you don't want to. If you want your majesty to kill people, you have to kill people if you don't want to."

Li Yuanji choked, this kid seemed ignorant of the world, how could he be so cunning, he didn't confront him at all, a light "absurd praise" made everyone think that he, Li Yuanji, was making trouble for no reason.

Pei Ji felt chills all over his body when he heard it: "Lin Ruo!"

His greatest contribution to Datang was to prompt Li Yuan to rebel.At the beginning Li Yuan held a high position in the Sui Dynasty, and he and Yang Guang were cousins. Seeing the world's heroes rise together, although he was a little moved, he hesitated.Pei Ji was Yang Guang's Jinyang Palace Supervisor at the time, deliberately got Li Yuan drunk, and ordered the Jinyang Palace servants to wait on him, making Li Yuan commit the crime of beheading, and Li Yuan had no choice but to raise the banner of rebellion.

Now that things have really come true, the world is under control, Li Yuan is quite emotional about what happened back then, and even said that without Pei Ji, there would be no Tang Dynasty today... But things in this world, viewed from different angles, will have different conclusions .

Pei Ji wanted him to rebel, and he had to rebel if he didn't want to... No matter what the final outcome of the matter, wasn't that the case at the beginning?

Whoever Pei Ji wants him to kill, he has to kill if he doesn't want to, like Xiaoshu, like... Lin Ruo.

If it wasn't for the jailer who secretly fed water every day for fear of being responsible, and if he didn't go there in time, this handsome young man would probably be like a small book at this moment, lying in the coffin coldly, no matter what he did, there would be nothing he could do. Redeem, can't make up for...

……

Li Yuan finally drove away, Li Jiancheng looked at Lin's uncle and nephew, hesitated to speak, and finally got into the car and left without saying a word.

Then Li Yuanji and Li Shimin.

Wei Zheng stayed until the end and patted Lin Boyuan on the shoulder: "Brother Lin, His Royal Highness is also..."

Lin Boyuan interrupted: "Brother Wei, you don't need to say too much, Mr. Lin is not a pure and kind person, he will do anything to achieve great things, I understand the truth."

Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but saw Lin Boyuan continue: "It's just that if you use this method on your own people again and again, it will always be chilling, won't it?"

Wei Zheng froze, today's Lin Boyuan and Lin Ruo are so unfamiliar that people dare not recognize them... Lin Boyuan was famously honest in the past, and Lin Ruo was also pure and harmless, but now they show their sharpness , aggressive...

Can't help sighing: Your Highness, Your Highness, do you know what you missed...

……

Finally quiet, Lin Ruo's feet softened.

Lin Boyuan sighed softly, turned around and carried him on his back: "Let's go home, huh?"

"Ah."

For Lin Ruo, there is no warmer and safer place in the world than on his uncle's back. As long as he can remember, his uncle has carried him to work every morning and back home at night. Walking, talking softly, the world is so peaceful.

With his precious nephew on his back, Lin Boyuan, who had always been good at words, found that he couldn't talk at all. No one understood the weight of that little book boy in his nephew's heart better than him.

They are not from a wealthy family who are used to calling slaves and maidservants. He is not good at collecting money. When Lin Ruo was three years old, he reluctantly hired a servant woman to wash and cook for them and clean up the house. Then he bought them when Lin Ruo was six years old. The first domestic servant in the mansion is Xiaoshu.

Rather than saying that Xiao Shu came to be a book boy, it might be better to say that he came to be Lin Ruo's playmate.

At that time, he took Lin Ruo around the restaurant, and Lin Ruo came into contact with noble gentlemen with high-sighted eyes, how could he put a poor scholar's nephew in his eyes?On weekdays, calling around is light, and one student even openly called Lin Ruo "a servant's child".After Lin Boyuan found out, although he quit the museum immediately, he was afraid that Lin Ruo would change his temperament and become humble and cowardly if this continued, so he gritted his teeth and bought Xiaoshu, a child who was still completely useless, to be Lin Ruo's companion.

From that time on, the two children have been inseparable. Xiaoshu is half a year older than Lin Ruo, but looks more childish than Lin Ruo.

The little Lin Ruo taught Xiaoshu to read, write, calligraphy and painting by himself. The little Xiaoshu happily ran errands for Lin Ruo with the "self-consciousness of servants". Lin Ruo had to go to the well with him every morning to carry water back to the house so that Xiaoshu could 'serve' him...

The two children cuddled together like this, growing up bit by bit...

Ten years together, ten years...

Lin Boyuan's eyes blurred for a while, and tears flowed from his eyes. If he is like this, how can Lin Ruoqing feel embarrassed?

I blame myself for teaching him piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry, teaching him benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety and shame, but I forgot to teach others that people are sinister and the world is difficult...

If he could, he really hoped that he could live forever and never die, so that he could always carry him on his back and let him live so clean and carefree forever, but this is an extravagant wish after all. To fall into the world of mortals, walk step by step with your own feet...

"Uncle." A young man's weak voice came from behind.

"Ok?"

"Give me a brother."

"Ok?"

"Xiaoshu said that if there is reincarnation, he hopes to see me as soon as he opens his eyes... So, if there is reincarnation, he will definitely come to our house, right? We can't make him wait too long."

"Well," Lin Boyuan forced a smile: "Okay."

He had no children for so many years, not because he couldn't have one, but because he didn't want to.At first it was for the deceased wife and children, and later it was for Lin Ruo.As long as he thinks about having his own child, he will ignore Lin Ruo day by day, and he can't help but feel distressed... When he thinks like this, he feels like an idiot, but after all, it is because of this ridiculous reason that he procrastinates. birth of one's own child.

If having a child can comfort Lin Ruo, let it be!

He opened the mouth and said: "Xiao Shu has been a fool since he was a child, he is happy all day long, and he knows that his brain is lacking at a glance. Do you know why uncle picked him in the first place?"

"why?"

"Because Xiaoshu is very similar to your third uncle. He is careless and dares to say anything. He knows how to hunt birds in the mountains and fish in the water all day long. At that time, I thought they were not only similar in temperament, but also in life. Only when the little book gets older can I realize where it looks like it was born, it’s clearly just being out in the wild every day, it’s all sunburned like coal balls, and the nose and eyes can’t be distinguished..."

"Later you were lazy and named him Xiaoshu. I heard you calling him 'Uncle' and 'Uncle' every day. Don't mention what it was like, but you didn't listen to me when I asked you to change it..."

Before Lin Boyuan could finish speaking, he heard Lin Ruo laying on his back, laughing loudly, shaking all over his body, and tears came out from the laughter, soaking a large part of his back.

It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry!

Lin Boyuan sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "If I knew I was going to be an official, I shouldn't have picked him in the first place. Maybe now I'm living freely in the mountains..."

-

In Xiaoshu's mourning hall, Lin Ruo sat on the ground and threw paper money into the brazier.

It turns out that not only are you not afraid of heat, but you are not afraid of fire?I am indeed a monster, but since I am a monster, why is it so useless?Since he is a monster, why can't he see Xiaoshu's soul?

A follower from the side persuaded: "Young master, the imperial doctor said that you want to have a good life, so go and rest first, just keep the little ones here."

Lin Ruo shook her head and said, "It's hot today, even using ice won't help... I'll accompany him for one night, and I'll send him to the ground early tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

"Help me up."

The servant helped him up, Lin Ruo went to the desk, wrote a few words on the paper and handed it to the servant, saying: "If someone from King Qin comes to offer condolences, put this note in the reward purse, if you don't come , that’s all.”

-

In the study, Lin Boyuan opened the notebook he had just written, frowning slightly.

The excerpt itself is good, with concise language and smooth writing. It lists all kinds of crimes during Pei Ji's official career and details his harm to the Tang Dynasty. It is convincing and convincing.

But something always feels wrong.

After pondering for a while, Lin Boyuan lit the book in his hand with a candle, threw it into the brazier, and picked up his pen again.

The excerpt this time is incoherent, the words don't express the meaning, only full of anger.

Pei Ji made it clear that he wanted to use Dali Temple as a scapegoat, but if Lin didn't agree, he wouldn't agree either.

Now that the emperor has just raised suspicion and dissatisfaction with Pei Ji, it is the best time to criticize him. If you miss these few days, it will be another matter when Pei Ji manages to appease the emperor.

The temperament of the current emperor is that love is more important than reason. What do these illegal things that Pei Ji did in his mind count?What's more, he is not a capable official trusted by the emperor, so what's the use of saying this?

Naturally, others will talk about those things. His greatest advantage is that he is Lin Ruo's uncle and only relative, so he only needs to express his anger and dissatisfaction.

If Lin doesn't bother to take advantage of this, then let him use it.

-

In King Qin's study, Li Shimin opened a randomly folded note with only five words on it: "Don't mention Liu Wenjing."

After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin smiled wryly, burned the note to ashes, picked up the pen and wrote it again with his left hand, and handed it to the subordinates, saying: "Pass it on."

While stretching out his hand, he threw the booklet with the title already written into the brazier, and sneered: He is really not good at learning. He knows that the father is not a person who can blindly reason, but he still wants to get into the horns.Although Pei Ji was the cause of killing Liu Wenjing, the emperor made the decision. If this matter is brought up now, it may backfire...

That person, who saw the father and him, knew that he would take the opportunity to impeach Pei Ji, and also knew that Liu Wenjing's matter was always a thorn in his heart. As long as there was any hope, he couldn't help but try to remove one time……

Li Shimin took out a bamboo flute from his arms and stroked it lightly: that person is much stronger than he imagined, and he cheered up so quickly...

Thinking of that person lying weakly in his arms, both satisfied and distressed.

If he is stronger, stronger, why let him suffer these hardships, why let him struggle to plan everything after suffering all this.

Kill brother and brother?Li Shimin sneered, so what?Since ancient times, there are few people who have been kings and killed their brothers?

That position was already floating on a pool of blood, if you want to sit on it cleanly, you might as well just give up and let others slaughter you.