Fu Tang

Li Congjia looked at Han Xizai in disbelief: "Han Zhigao?"

Han Xizai sighed and said, "The sage said that if His Highness releases Zhao Kuangyin, there is no need to read out this edict. If he refuses..."

Li Congjia still hasn't come to his senses: "Why? Dad, do you know how difficult it is to catch this man? Letting him go now is going back to the mountain!"

Han Xizai said: "Guo Rong sent a letter of credence, saying that he would exchange Chen Jue for Zhao Kuangyin."

Li Congjia:! ! ! !

Chen Jue was arrested?How could Chen Jue be arrested?

Li Congjia turned around twice before saying: "Since the letter of credence has been issued, is it necessary to exchange prisoners? Daddy wants to exchange Zhao Kuangyin for Chen Jue?"

Chen thinks that trash is worth replacing? !

But Li Congjia didn't dare to say these words. The Han Xizai in front of him was also an important minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty. If he showed that he didn't want to change Chen Jue, he was afraid that the other party would be sad.

As a result, he didn't say anything, and Han Xizai said: "Song Qiqiu and I disagree, but Feng Yansi and others all made a statement, saying that Chen Jue is the minister of the humerus, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Li Congjia immediately understood, simply put, Chen Jue and his party have become popular now, and even Li Jing cannot completely ignore their wishes, not to mention that Chen Jue is really similar to Zhao Kuangyin in terms of grade, on the surface There is no harm in swapping.

Don't suffer...don't suffer a fart!

Chen Jue is a stick, but Zhao Kuangyin is not!

Li Congjia could almost foresee that this rare opportunity would really be missed, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What if I kill Zhao Kuangyin?"

At this moment, he almost thought of a lot. At worst, he carried it hard, even if it was openly defying the order, it was fine. At worst, he would be removed from the military power, and it was not that he would not be able to get it back in the future. Li Hongji would kill Li Jingsui sooner or later, and he himself...

What's the use of Li Congjia insisting on holding on to this military power?

Han Xizai looked at Li Congjia with some trepidation, and he saw in Li Congjia's eyes a kind of determination that was almost like a strong man breaking his wrist, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, if Zhao Kuangyin dies, I'm afraid your army will be given to him." Funeral."

Li Congjia looked at him in disbelief: "What?"

Han Xizai said: "Guo Rong said that if Zhao Kuangyin dies, he will attack Jiangning Mansion immediately! He will spare no expense!"

It's really... It's so hot!

Li Congjia looked struck by lightning, turned around and ran to the prison car, and asked seriously, "Zhao Kuangyin, are you having an affair with Guo Rong?"

Zhao Kuangyin had already guessed something before, and he was just waiting for Li Congjia to tear off his calm and calm fake face and go crazy, but he didn't expect to wait for such a sentence, and the expression on his face was a little stiff for a moment.

Li Congjia really felt that there was something wrong with these two people. Guo Rong's attack on Jiangning Mansion was not as simple as just conquering the capital of a country. He wanted to destroy Nantang in one go.

This kind of sourness for a red face, oh, for a blue face.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congjia with a livid face, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Li Yu, are you sick?"

Li Congjia also felt that he might be sick. He took a deep breath, turned his head and walked back, but Zhao Kuangyin shouted, "What's the matter? Your Highness, King Yue? Isn't your face pretty?"

Li Congjia didn't turn his head back: "Just look better than you."

Zhao Kuangyin choked, and could only watch Li Congjia leave.

After returning, Li Congjia asked, "How do you change prisoners?"

After hearing this, Han Xizai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "It is said that Guo Rong will send Crown Prince Chai Zongxun here."

After hearing this, Li Congjia turned to look at Han Xizai: "No, I didn't hear clearly, who are you talking about?"

"Crown Prince Chai Zongxun."

The corner of Li Congjia's mouth twitched. Are you teasing him?Chai Zongxun is only four years old this year!

"Then who is Dad going to send?"

Han Xizai said: "The sage means to let His Highness go directly."

Li Congjia's face turned cold: "In order to show how much they value the important officials of the court, even the young crown prince has been sent out. Since the crown prince is trying to protect Chen Jue and is in his prime, why not go? It is to make Zhou Guo look down on me. Datang?"

Li Congjia's words can already be said to be outrageous, but Han Xizai didn't seem to hear it, no, it's not that he didn't hear it, his expression clearly seemed to agree with Li Congjia's words.

Li Congjia reached out to hold the case and said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. I'd better bring Zhao Kuangyin back to Jiangning Mansion first. Anyway, the sage has agreed to exchange prisoners, and Guo Rong may not call him in a while."

Han Xizai still wanted to persuade him, but seeing Li Congjia's black air all over his body, he knew that he was not in a good mood now. When he thought that he was in other people's camp, he stopped insisting, not to mention that Han Xizai also wanted to see Li Congjia find him. The emperor's younger brother is in trouble——Li Jingsui is so hated!

After getting Han Xizai settled down, Li Congjia sat there alone for a long while without moving, his brows were tightly furrowed, as if there was something difficult to decide, even Shi Xueting didn't know when he came in.

It was still because of the cold touch on his forehead that Li Congjia came back to his senses and looked up at Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting also seemed to feel that it was a bit inappropriate, so he withdrew his hands and folded his eyes.

Li Congjia let out a long sigh: "You are here, just in time, I want to find you."

Shi Xueting looked at Li Congjia calmly and asked, "Are you going to put him back?"

Li Congjia nodded: "Yes, you are not surprised?"

Shi Xueting shook his head: "Zhao Kuangyin didn't die young at first, although his face has changed slightly now, he won't die at this time."

Li Congjia sighed: "Time is fate."

After he told the whole thing, Shi Xueting suddenly asked: "Han Zhigao never said that the emperor's younger brother supported him from the beginning to the end. When you said it, he didn't refute it?"

Li Congjia had a slight smile on his face: "No, the hints he gave are enough, and it's not a strange thing if I understand it. Zhao Kuangyin must be let go, but Li Jingsui should not think about it! Forget it, let's not talk about them, I I have something to ask you."

Shi Xueting seemed to have expected it, and said: "Your Majesty, you have to think clearly."

Li Congjia took a deep breath: "I've thought it through just now, wait until I pass the order quietly, tell everyone not to sleep tonight, except for the guards arranged for me by the court, you take them all away!"

Shi Xueting asked back: "What about you?"

Li Congjia's eyebrows turned cold: "I have to stay and stabilize them, not to mention they drag me down so much, I won't trouble them, I'm so sorry for them!"

Shi Xueting said: "It's better not to take risks, Your Majesty."

Li Congjia shook his head and said, "If I stay, I can still be stopped. If I leave together, I will definitely be wanted by heaven and earth. Forget it, I will leave naturally when I find time."

Li Congjia hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Remember to go to Chizhou to bring Wangfei and Dalang, Yang Xin, don't worry, I will try my best to save his life."

Shi Xueting responded, and Li Congjia looked at him with some guilt and said, "This is not your responsibility..."

Shi Xueting suddenly smiled and said: "Why is your majesty so indifferent?"

Li Congjia stared at Shi Xueting's face, and his mind was full of one word: color is like spring flowers.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shi Xueting called him a little strangely.

After Li Congjia came back to his senses, he lowered his head and said, "Well, that's it. I'm afraid there is no place to settle down in the Central Plains. You should go all the way west."

Shi Xueting nodded and said, "Western Region? Good!"

Li Congjia was a little worried again: "The living conditions over there are too bad, you..."

"Your Majesty!" Shi Xueting interrupted Li Congjia and said, "No matter how bad it is there, it will not be worse than what your Majesty faced when he stayed alone."

Li Congjia's eyebrows and eyes were not gloomy at this time: "Don't worry about me, my father is still sitting there, at least my life is not in danger."

Shi Xueting suddenly said: "Let me stay."

Li Congjia looked at him, and Shi Xueting said again: "Let me stay by your side." Although it was useless, I wanted to stay.

Li Congjia understood the meaning in Shi Xueting's eyes, closed his eyes and said: "No, Xueting, help me take care of these soldiers. I will go to you when the time is right."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to contact the king after we leave. Where can the king go?"

Li Congjia smiled and said: "So you have to work hard, it's best to wait for one day when I look for it, and I will know where you are as soon as I ask."

Seeing that Li Congjia had made up his mind, Shi Xueting didn't try to persuade him. In fact, he also knew that Li Congjia might have a sense of crisis.

Li Congjia hesitated and said, "Is our military expenditure running out now?"

Shi Xueting comforted: "Don't worry about this matter, just leave it to me."

Li Congjia thought of the treasure, and said decisively: "If there is such a treasure, you can go and get it and use it, and you don't need to tell me!"

Shi Xueting didn't object either, Li Congjia told Shi Xueting all the precautions in a rambling manner, and Shi Xueting sat quietly beside him and listened, rarely speaking.

When it was three o'clock, Li Congjia slowly closed his mouth, looked at Shi Xueting calmly and said, "Let's go."

Shi Xueting stood up, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hook around his neck, pulling up a red thread and the dragon-shaped ink jade pendant tied on the red thread.

Shi Xueting took off the jade pendant and said: "This thing is not expensive, but it is better because it was consecrated by the great virtue and protected me for many years. Now I will give it to the king. I hope that the king will be safe and successful."

Li Congjia did not refuse, and let Shi Xueting put the jade pendant around his neck, and then watched Shi Xueting leave the big tent and walk into the wind and snow.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but after Shi Xueting left, the snow seemed to be getting heavier. In his impression, it is rare for such a heavy snow to fall here.

Li Congjia sat silently in the tent, drinking tea one after another, listening to the footsteps of everyone leaving outside, suddenly felt a little desolate.

Before, he felt that this army didn't even have cavalry, but now he was glad that if there were cavalry, it would be difficult for so many people to leave.

These people did not go together, but in batches, and they agreed to meet outside the customs. Li Congjia couldn't believe that by that time, Shi Xueting could still wait for a few people. If these people were on the way, he would not go again. So what to do?

It's just that he will never know the answer, this important task can only be handed over to Shi Xueting.

He just sat and listened all night, silently offering a cup of tea to the old man until everyone left.

After dawn, the panicked Han Xizai was the first visitor to Li Congjia's camp.

"Your Highness, where are your soldiers and horses? Why... have they disappeared so early?"

Thousands of people disappeared overnight, leaving only a vast expanse of white snow. If he hadn't seen that Li Congjia's tent and the guards' tents were still there, Han Xizai would probably go crazy.

Sitting behind the table, Li Congjia said sadly, "Han Zhigao, do you know who those are?"

Han Xizai suddenly realized: "You... let them go? How can this be done? You...you are breaking the law!"

"No." Li Congjia said frankly, "They were never my soldiers. The Kanghua Army led by Li Ping and Zhu Yuan were the ones who really obeyed my command. The reason why I brought him here was because Tian Wen was wronged and wanted revenge. Now his enemy is here, but we can't avenge him. If he wants to leave, what can I do? If it wasn't for me and him There is some friendship, I am afraid that Zhao Kuangyin's order will definitely not stay, in this case, they just leave, which is already the best result."

Han Xizai opened his mouth, feeling that there was something wrong, but Li Congjia's reasoning was too strong, this army really did not belong to Southern Tang!

However, Han Xizai quickly realized, and said coldly, "This person is a traitor of the Zhou Kingdom, and he is not from our Tang Dynasty. It is better to hunt him down. What should we do if the Zhou Kingdom seeks us?"

Li Congjia made a hand gesture and said, "I don't care about this matter, you can do what you like."

Han Xizai was very helpless by his attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation, so he could only turn his head and go out to send an order to the guards, asking them to send a message to Jiangning Mansion.

As a result, as soon as Han Xizai walked to the door, he heard Li Congjia sigh inside: "A weak country has no diplomacy."

Although he didn't scold by name, Han Xizai still couldn't help but blush. The Tang Dynasty was in full swing, and even once occupied half of the Central Plains. Now that it has fallen to this point, even Han Xizai can't help but feel sad.

When he was on the road, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congjia very strangely, and when Li Congjia passed by him on horseback, he said: "I didn't expect that, you are not so timid."

Li Congjia turned his head to look at him, and said with a proud smile, "If I'm timid, I'm afraid I won't be able to talk to the envoy here at this time."

Zhao Kuangyin thought about what Li Congjia had done before. Indeed, none of them could be called timid, but that was when there was no way out. Li Congjia’s situation is much better now than that time, but he still made this decision. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly regretted it. He saw growth in Li Congjia, and he saw certain characteristics. He also saw this quality in Guo Rong. If he had known, he should have found a way to kill Li Congjia in Chizhou, and then escaped!

However, it was too late to regret at this time, just like Li Congjia also regretted that he should have killed Zhao Kuangyin in Chizhou.

After returning to the capital, Li Congjia stayed in the post station and waited for the summons. Li Jing didn't keep him waiting, and soon sent someone to let him enter the palace to perform his duties.

The scale of the event this time is not small, the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui, the prime minister's six ministers are almost all there, and everyone in the Privy Council is there, it can almost be regarded as a small court meeting.

When Li Congjia walked into the hall from the door, everyone's eyes were on him, with strangeness and surprise in their eyes.

The thin Li Congjia gave others a feeling of being reborn, and it was precisely because of the poor visual effect that people immediately ignored his fortitude and calmness honed by twists and turns.

Li Congjia saluted and danced, with just the right amount of excitement on his face, tears in his eyes, and a choked voice: "Son, see Dad."

Li Jing was also very excited. He thought that his son who was not in the world was still alive, which was already a kind of comfort to him: "Liu Lang."

Then... and then the father and son hugged each other and cried. Li Jingsui also shed a few crocodile tears beside him, but he wanted to swear in his heart. Looking at this posture, the father and son are deeply in love. How can there be time to listen to their doubts?

Maybe they will be separated soon, but once Li Congjia and Li Jing have time alone, he will be able to argue!

But Li Jingsui thought about it, and felt that Li Congjia was not such a good person, and it should be much easier to deal with than Li Hongji, anyway, he brought the handle up by himself!

Li Jing then thought of this, and instead went over and said, "Sage, Liu Lang just came back, I'm afraid he was emotional, why don't we let him reunite with the saint's wife first, and discuss those issues tomorrow."

Li Congjia buried her head in Li Jing's arms, almost laughed out loud after hearing this, but still bit her lips, shedding tears of pain.

Li Jing's mood had calmed down a little. Seeing his son crying miserably, it was difficult to ask if he was too emotional, so he said, "So, let's leave first."

Li Congjia raised his head and glanced at Li Jingsui gratefully. He knew that Li Jingsui didn't take him seriously when he said that, but it was considered a divine assist.

The ministers didn't mean anything, except for Li Jingsui's faction, these people didn't have any ill feeling towards Li Congjia, on the contrary they admired him very much, and they all left when they heard what Li Jing said.

Li Jing wiped Li Congjia's tears with his sleeve and said, "Okay, let's go, go see the lady. She also misses you."

Li Congjia nodded while wiping away tears, feeling bitter in his heart, waiting to pinch his thigh again.

After seeing Li Congjia, Empress Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then wailed very sadly: "My son! Why are you so thin?"

Li Congjia was taken aback. The way Queen Zhong cried almost made him think that he was about to be pushed out and beheaded!

After finally waiting for Empress Zhong to stop her tears, she took his hand and asked, "Liulang, where have you been for the past six months? Why didn't you even send a letter?"

Li Congjia sniffled, and began to tell his story. There was no water at all, it was all dry stuff, and he even talked about the use of Yang Guang's funeral objects.

Hearing that Li Jing and Queen Zhong were stunned for a while, the two of them have been pampered since they were born, how have they experienced such a thing?Li Congjia's journey along the way, to them, is no different from the legendary storybook.

At the end, Li Congjia said with a wry smile: "Father, it's not that I'm going to arrest Zhao Kuangyin, but he's looking for me. I... I can't let him go again, can I?"

Li Jing was also very depressed. This kind of feeling that the enemy ran to his house and was caught and forced to be sent back, no one would be too good.

"Be patient, your elder brother is still in Chuzhou, if Guo Rong goes crazy... hey..." Li Jing was also worried about his other son.

Li Congjia explained the military affairs again. So many people ran away suddenly. There must be an explanation for this incident. Li Congjia's statement is also very tenable. After all, those people are indeed not in the Southern Tang army. .

Li Jing was not angry when he heard this, but just said: "I see, you should rest for a few days first, and then go to Chuzhou and hand Zhao Kuangyin to Chai Zongxun in a few days."

Li Congjia was a little angry: "Father, if the emperor's younger brother doesn't go, I'm afraid he will lose my reputation in the Tang Dynasty. He is the crown prince in his prime, and he doesn't even have the courage to do so. How can he convince everyone?"

Li Jing looked at him gently: "Silly boy, I just want him to be unconvincing!"

Li Congjia immediately understood what Li Jing meant, knowing that he wanted to attack Li Jingsui, and became as quiet as a chicken.

The next day was the court meeting, and sure enough, Li Jingsui's people attacked Li Congjia frantically. Li Congjia stood in the court hall and asked questions and answered them.

The final solution is to remove Li Congjia's military power, and let him exchange prisoners of war. After returning, he will be confined for half a year to think behind closed doors.

Li Congjia had known for a long time that this would be the result, so he didn't react much, but he didn't bring up the topic of letting Li Jingsui follow him to exchange prisoners.

Li Congjia returned to Jiangning Mansion to cry with the emperor and empress, and after receiving a lot of criticism, he patted his butt and led the people straight to Chuzhou.

After arriving there, the first thing Li Hongji said when he saw Li Congjia was: "Well done!"

Li Congjia smiled wryly: "In the end, it's not all in vain."

Li Hongji was very optimistic: "There is hope, isn't there?"

Li Congjia whispered, "You will host tomorrow, right?"

Li Hongji nodded understandingly, and Li Congjia chuckled suddenly: "Emperor Taidi must not have thought of what he missed."

Li Hongji said contemptuously: "As timid as a mouse, he is also worthy of being the crown prince?"

Li Congjia said in his heart, you won't be the crown prince for long, but his words were too embarrassing, so he didn't say anything, but after reminiscing with Li Hongji, he followed Li Hongji to exchange Zhao Kuangyin for Chen Jue the next day.

Of course it can’t just be the exchange of the two of them, and some other prisoners of war. When Zhao Kuangyin was released from the prison car, he smiled mockingly at Li Congjia, and then walked forward with his head held high. Compared with Chen Jue’s shrinking appearance, Li Congjia gritted his teeth with hatred.

Then, he did another thing to add to Zhao Kuangyin's troubles.