Fu Tang

The thing that needs to be urgently reported at eight hundred miles is indeed not small: the army of an unknown country suddenly appeared on the border of the Kara Khanate.

The number of words in this letter is very small, but Li Congjia carefully read each word for a long time, and then asked with a frown, "I don't know the country's army? What does this mean?"

"It means that the army assembled on the border of Kara Khan is not the army of Kara Khan." Shi Xueting chuckled lightly: "This is really... interesting."

Li Congjia asked, "Did you receive any news?"

Shi Xueting's complexion was a little bad: "The Kara Khanate is cleaning up recently."

Upon hearing this, Li Congjia immediately asked, "Have they all withdrawn?"

Shi Xueting shook his head sadly and did not speak. Li Congjia sighed and lost the mood to speak for a moment. Although he had never seen those people before, he would stay in Kala forever when he thought of one or more lives. Khan, he still feels sad.

After being quiet for a while, Shi Xueting said: "Because Kara Khan's situation is unstable now, I didn't send any more people there. Later, the imperial court wanted to send troops and generals, so I was even less anxious."

The troops are about to be dispatched, so why send them there?Even with Shi Xueting's prudence, he felt that Datang's attack on the Kara Khanate was basically a sure thing, and information was not important.

Although the sudden appearance of these soldiers is puzzling, it will not add much psychological pressure to everyone. The only doubt is where did these soldiers come from?

Shi Xueting speculated: "Maybe it's the soldiers of the federal states. After all, they and the Kara Khanate are both prosperous and suffering. If the Kara Khanate forces them to send troops, they will not be able to resist."

Li Congjia thought about it, and couldn't help but said helplessly: "Since when has the border guard been so careless? Although it's an emergency, it shouldn't be so urgent to send him [-] miles away."

Shi Xueting hadn't spoken yet, and the crown prince was already waiting outside to see him. If it was the past, Li Zhongyu would have waited a little longer, but it was just a pause. However, since breaking the bond between Li Congjia and Shi Xueting, Since then, Li Zhongyu has been very honest, for fear of accidentally seeing some hot-eyed pictures.

After Li Congjia let him in, after Li Zhongyu reported what he had done today and handed in his homework, he couldn't help but ask, "Father, I heard that there is a [-]-mile rush?"

Li Congjia didn't speak, and directly threw the [-] miles to him in a hurry. After reading it, Li Zhongyu couldn't help wondering: "Where did this come from?"

Li Congjia said: "There are so many members in the Karahan Federation, it must be combined."

Li Zhongyu was stunned for a moment: "No way...the prince of Zhu Luoguo said that his father received the conscription order, but he has joined forces with other member states to reject the Kara Khanate."

Li Congjia was also a little surprised: "Is he sure?"

Li Zhongyu nodded: "Because the deployment of troops and generals is very popular recently, they also know that they are afraid that their own country will also suffer, so they hurriedly wrote back, and the reply they got was that the family had already rejected it, and more than one country refused. ah."

Li Congjia said, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

Li Zhongyu said with a wry smile: "I haven't been to the academy very much recently, I took the time to go there yesterday, and when I came back it was a bit late, I just thought it was nothing important, so I didn't bother Dad."

Li Congjia nodded. This is indeed not an important matter. Whether those small countries participate in the war or not, the influence will not be great. Li Congjia dares to deploy troops in an open and aboveboard manner. He can't wait to tell the world that the Kara Khanate is going to be attacked. Why would he worry about them? Isn't it to gather the forces of the federation member states?

And even if it is assembled, so what?A group of stragglers, could it be that the elite of the Tang Dynasty will make them come back?

None of them took it seriously, including Li Zhongyu, but after thinking about it, Li Zhongyu felt that even Shi Xueting didn't know what was going on. It was very likely that the work of the Intelligence Department in the Kara Khanate was not going well, so he turned around and left. I asked Tao Yun.

Tao Yun said very sadly: "Those colleagues have already..."

Li Zhongyu was slightly taken aback, although Tao Yun didn't make it very clear, but he also understood the meaning behind his words, he sighed deeply and said, "I'll go to the International College to find out what's going on."

But before Li Zhongyu went to the International College, Li Congjia already knew where those soldiers came from - the credentials of the Kara Khanate had already been sent, and of course he issued it for the Principality of Kievan Rus.

Because no one in the Rus Principality of Kievan understands Chinese, not even anyone who can speak it, let alone someone who knows how to write those gorgeous national letters. It may be no problem at ordinary times, but if the relationship with Datang is not If it is very good, Datang is likely to start fighting directly because of the letter of credence.

Neither the Principality of Kievan Rus nor the Kara Khanate wants to go to war now. They think that the Tang Dynasty should be the same. After all, who wants to fight if they can be stable?As for the troop deployment, Musa thought it might be a warning from Datang?

However, in the face of such a warning, he could not back down. It just so happened that Vladimir, the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus, had an idea, and the two sides hit it off.

So Li Congjia received a threat from Vladimir-to ask Li Congjia to hand over Oleg.

Li Congjia looked very strange after reading it. He thought it was Musa who gave him his credentials first and asked him to hand over Asuma. Now the rhythm is... Musa still doesn't know that Asuma has gone to Datang?

In any case, it is impossible for a person to hand it over. This is not because Li Congjia values ​​Oleg so much, but... If he just handed it over like this, where will Datang put his face?

However, Li Congjia called Oleg over and said, "The struggle between you and your brother has caused the two countries to confront each other."

Oleg: ...

Although he was very nervous, for fear that Li Congjia would hand him over, he still felt very unbelievable for Li Congjia's behavior of dumping the pot.

After all, the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Kara Khanate was not caused by their brothers. It had already laid the root of the disaster, or it could be said that neither of the two countries accepted the other, and they both looked at each other disliked. Their brother's fault.

No matter what Oleg thought in his heart, he still said guiltily on the surface: "My brother is really...too mad. I apologize for the trouble this caused Datang."

Li Congjia laughed when he heard it: "It seems that you have learned well recently." You can use idioms, and you use them very correctly.

Oleg's face turned green when he heard it. He learns those square characters every day, reads, writes, and memorizes them non-stop. If he can't learn them well, he's an idiot!

Of course, this is also related to Oleg's own hard work. After all, although he is in the International College, it is also inside Datang College, and the students of Datang College have the atmosphere of discussing their studies with each other. As long as he is good enough in Chinese, maybe You can also steal a teacher.

Anyway, Oleg will not go back if he is killed, so he said very sincerely: "I ask Your Majesty to protect me, and I will go through fire and water in the future, and I will not hesitate."

Well, Li Congjia felt that he needed to take back the previous praise. The idiom used was actually quite messy, but what Oleg said was very sincere.

Of course, he couldn't help being insincere. Li Congjia thought for a while and said, "It's not difficult to protect you, but there must be a legitimate reason. After all, although I sympathize with you, I still have to answer to the people of the world."

Oleg has just been mentally prepared to be rejected, and now Li Congjia just expressed his own difficulties. This signal is good for Oleg, at least the other party is equivalent to offering a condition, as long as he can pay the corresponding amount. For the price, Datang would never throw him to Vladimir.

It's just... what else does Oleg have now?

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted money and good looks, so there was no shortage of beauties around him, but... Oleg had heard about Li Congjia's romantic affairs with Shi Xueting, of course, most of those things were fabricated, after all, in the Before Jiating appeared, no one thought that the relationship between the two of them was impure, so what they did was kept secret, and no one knew how they got along in private.

Oleg pondered for a while and said, "So, I have a treasure that I want to present to Your Majesty at night."

Li Congjia was a little strange: "Baby? Why does Baobao have to come at night? Not now?"

Oleg smiled brightly at him and said, "This treasure only smells at night, please wait patiently, Your Majesty."

Li Congjia was very curious, he nodded happily and said, "Alright, I will send someone to bring you tonight."

Oleg took a deep look at Li Congjia, bent down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After he left, Li Congjia turned his head to look at Shi Xueting pretending to be angry and said, "Master, you are dereliction of duty."

Shi Xueting was stunned: "What?"

Li Congjia stared: "Didn't you check it before? Oleg's family property is all that, why is there another treasure now?"

It was only then that Shi Xueting understood what Li Congjia meant by dereliction of duty. Is it because he didn't investigate clearly?

Shi Xueting was helpless: "Oleg is also the prince of the Principality of Kievan Rus, without any scheming, how could he possibly compete with Vladimir? What's more, who knows what treasure he is talking about, maybe we don't Know? Such things are treasures to him, but unknown to us, and naturally we don’t know the price.”

After hearing this, Li Congjia muttered, "Sophistry."

Shi Xueting stood up and said, "Okay, I'll have someone check it out now."

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "You can see it at night, why do you still have people to check it now? Be careful that the people below you say you are oppressing."

Shi Xueting spoke vigorously: "If you don't squeeze them, how can they have the ability to bear a heavier burden?"

Li Congjia gave him a look and said nothing, Shi Xueting came back to his senses and said with a very strange expression: "Speaking of it, I can't think of what kind of treasure has to be presented at night, and I always feel a little problematic."

Li Congjia also guessed: "Could it be Ye Mingzhu?"

It's just that Ye Mingzhu is not a treasure at all in Li Congjia's eyes, it's just fluorite, and it will be harmful to the body if left in the room, after all, it contains radioactive substances.

Even Shi Xueting knew this truth. Of course, Li Congjia couldn't explain what radioactive substances were, so he simply and rudely told him that they were equivalent to poison, and Shi Xueting understood a little bit.

Shi Xueting shook his head, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong he said, "I'll stay tonight."

Originally, Shi Xueting wanted to go back to the National Teacher's Mansion to work overtime tonight. After all, he spent most of his time in the palace with Li Congjia, and accidentally got mixed up. Li Congjia's affairs can be pushed to the people below, so he just Can... find time to work overtime.

Li Congjia smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? What else can he do in the palace? What's more, I am the only one who can save him now. He won't do me any harm, don't worry."

The more Shi Xueting thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he still said: "I'll go back and get things done now, and I'll come tonight."

Seeing that he insisted, Li Congjia did not continue to persuade him, but said: "But today I still want you to give advice to Da Lang."

Shi Xueting was slightly taken aback: "Guess Da Lang?"

Li Congjia nodded: "Seeing that he is about to go out with the army, although I thought about not putting him in the forward position before, so it wouldn't be too dangerous, but I still worry about it. After all, he doesn't have much experience, why don't you talk to him about it?" Let's talk and see if there's anything we can teach him."

Shi Xueting smiled and said: "The prince is smart, he has capable people around him to tell him, how can I be used?"

Li Congjia rested his chin on one hand, blinked and said, "How can those people compare with you?"

Everyone is willing to listen to good words, even Shi Xueting is no exception, so he said very comfortably: "Well, I will go to the East Palace, but I don't know if Dalang needs me."

Li Congjia slapped him and said, "Go quickly."

Not to mention, Li Zhongyu is thinking about what to do at this time. The only thing he is lucky about now is that the soldiers he leads this time are the Ten Commanders of the Eastern Palace. The problem is that they are all newbies. If Li Zhongyu was the only one who didn't fit in with the military camp before, then from the crown prince to his ten leaders in the East Palace, they are all incompatible with the entire team. How to fit in... This is a big problem.

Seeing Li Zhongyu frowning and worrying, the crown princess couldn't help but said: "My dad is leading the army this time, why not...I'll go back and talk to him."

Li Zhongyu's expression was solemn: "No, the Duke of Qin governs the army strictly, and rewards and punishments are very fair. This is something everyone in the world knows. Now that I have entered the military camp, it is difficult for him to do, so I can't cause him any more trouble."

Seeing that Li Zhongyu was thinking of her father so much, the crown princess felt happy and embarrassed at the same time: "But you are in a hurry here... I can't help you either."

Li Zhongyu stood up and kissed her and said: "Don't worry, you will help me the most when you take care of your body and wait for me to come back."

The Crown Princess looked at him tenderly, and the atmosphere between the two of them was a bit charming for a while, but this charm was soon broken—the national teacher came to visit him in person, and Li Zhongyu couldn't help being a little surprised.

The Crown Princess also knew the other status of the national teacher, so she couldn't help but said: "Is it because Dad has something to tell you, so you let the national teacher come?"

Li Zhongyu shook his head: "Unless it's a big deal, you can send Chunsheng peach charms at will, why bother to work for the national teacher? Don't talk about that, let me first tell the national teacher to come in."

The princess is very understanding: "I'll go back first, hey, Lvzhu has hurt my mind recently, and I have invited several Fengyu before, and they all said that I might suffer, I am really worried."

Li Zhongyu frowned slightly. How much he liked Luzhu before, but now he hates Luzhu so much. Even if he likes another woman, he still has a bottom line in his heart, that is, he can't spoil his concubine and destroy his wife, and he can't let the son of the concubine's room "oppress" the son-in-law. Luzhu has already touched his bottom line, so for the sake of the child, he will save the other party's life.

But whether this child can be born smoothly, Li Zhongyu doesn't care that much, it sounds a bit cold-blooded, but he also has his own considerations - if it is a son, the eldest son is a bastard, it will be very troublesome, and all parties have made it clear before It is a son, so I heard that this child may be a bit difficult to keep. Although Li Zhongyu felt a little regretful, he was not too angry.

He said: "I know about this matter, and you don't have to worry too much about it. If something happens to this child... Hmph, murder the emperor's grandson first, and kill the emperor's grandson later, she will be dealt with according to her own family law. "

The princess felt relieved after hearing this, she insisted on talking nonsense because the prince was leaving, if something happened to Luzhu's child while he was away, she really couldn't explain it, so she had to give herself some room first.

After saying these things, the princess went to the back house, and the prince went out of the front hall to welcome Shi Xueting.

After seeing Li Zhongyu, Shi Xueting clasped his palms together and said, "I have seen Your Highness."

"The national teacher doesn't need to be too polite." Li Zhongyu felt a little... awkward while talking.

It is reasonable for Shi Xueting to hold the gift of becoming a monk, but when he thinks about his relationship with Li Congjia... No matter how stupid Li Zhongyu is, he knows that the relationship between his father and this beautiful national teacher cannot be pure and innocent It happened, so how could it not be awkward?

It's just that he concealed it well, and the awkwardness was not brought out.

Li Zhongyu asked: "I don't know if the national teacher took the time to come, but father has something important to explain to me?"

Shi Xueting slightly nodded and said: "Your Majesty is worried about the prince. I have served as a soldier for several years, and with some experience, I was ordered to come and talk to the prince."

Li Zhongyu's eyes lit up. After he remembered, Shi Xueting didn't lead troops much, but he also knew that this was a general who was always victorious. He was as powerful as Zhao Kuangyin and Li Hongji. An undefeated legend.

In the past, Li Zhongyu thought it was just that he led few soldiers and the enemies he met at that time were not very powerful. Later, when he occasionally talked to Zhao Kuangyin, even Zhao Kuangyin admired Shi Xueting very much, so he knew that this was also a powerful man. Character, now that Li Congjia asked Shi Xueting to guide him, why didn't he just give him some advice?

Li Zhongyu said happily: "That's very good, the national teacher please come with me."

Shi Xueting was slightly relieved, he was really worried that the prince would become rebellious.

It's just that even if Li Zhongyu doesn't like it, he won't make it difficult for him.

Shi Xueting has never been a teacher before, although he has accepted apprentices, but more often he teaches principles, or he follows his apprentices to teach them what they are interested in, and his two most proud disciples are Yang Xin and Ah Rong, never learned the art of war from him, Shi Xueting was really not sure how to teach him for a while.

If you're not sure, don't think about it, he simply said: "Your Highness is about to go to war, and it's too late to start from the beginning. If there is any uncertainty, you can say it. I will discuss it with His Highness the Crown Prince."

Shi Xueting was very polite, and Li Zhongyu was naturally more polite, expressing his previous worries very politely.

When he asked this question, Shi Xueting knew it in his heart. He knew that the crown prince had a sense of propriety. He didn't think that he could do whatever he wanted with the ten commanders of the East Palace. He said without thinking, "Your Highness, don't worry. Soldiers, and vice versa, when everyone is unfamiliar, the best way is not to invade each other."

Li Zhongyu was slightly taken aback: "Non-aggression?" He originally wanted to know how to quickly integrate into the team, but Shi Xueting actually gave him such an answer?

Shi Xueting smiled slightly: "Each army has its own fighting habits. Even Qin Guogong will not be too forceful. Donggong Shi will not have too heavy a task when he goes to the battlefield at the beginning of the battle. Please be patient, Your Highness."

Li Zhongyu nodded: "I know this, but... is it really all right?"

Shi Xueting asked back: "Is it possible that Your Highness still thinks that our soldiers will fight among themselves before the fight?"

Li Zhongyu scratched his head, hehe smiled, and felt that his worries seemed a little unnecessary, so he turned his head and asked other questions. Not to mention, he had been thinking a lot these days, Shi Xueting originally thought that he would say two You can go back in one sentence, but the conversation turned directly into the evening.

In the end, I had a dinner in the East Palace. Of course, this was Li Zhongyu's intention. If Shi Xueting can get close to his father, then he needs to keep friendly with Shi Xueting, at least let Shi Xueting see that he is not a luxury person. , It is not easy for the prince, even if he has money, he dare not open his flowers.

But even Li Congjia can't do whatever he wants, let alone him.

After this conversation, Li Zhongyu understood his father a little bit. This monk is really beautiful on the outside, seems to know everything, and can say anything at his fingertips. It is very fun to chat with such a person.

When Shi Xueting left at the end, Li Zhongyu seemed rather reluctant to part with him. It was rare for him to chat with people so happily.

On the contrary, Shi Xueting was really relieved. He had been tense for a long time after chatting with Li Zhongyu. Although it seemed that the weight was lifted lightly, he had to go through every sentence in his mind several times before he dared to say it. I started to think about what to say next, and I was exhausted.

After leaving the East Palace, Shi Xueting glanced at the time and found that it was already Chen Shi. He didn't know if Oleg was still in the palace. After thinking about it, he decided to go and see, but when he walked to the gate of Zichen Palace, he heard Li Congjiali shouting One: "What are you doing?"