The return of the son-in-law

On March 21, after more than ten days of disputes in the court, the third prince Li Shaojun, as the special envoy representing the emperor Li Chonghao, led nearly a hundred entourages, accompanied by five thousand soldiers, and went to the northwest in a mighty way. Ningguhan, the leader of the Tatar tribe, met.

At the same time, the craftsmen in a mansion that was in full swing disappeared overnight in the capital, and the pavilions that had taken shape inside were destroyed into broken bricks and tiles, making them a mess.

The common people were surprised to find that the few sons and brothers who had been domineering in the capital relying on the King of England had all disappeared, and even the name of the King of England had never been heard from them.

In the palace, Li Shaojin could only sit in the study and listen to the news collected by his subordinates because of Li Chonghao's words of "thinking behind closed doors".When he heard that Li Shaojun had set off for the northwest yesterday, the grandeur was far beyond what he could match that day, he couldn't help getting angry, and with a wave of his hand, he knocked the glazed lamp on the ground.

"What a Li Shaojun, what a Guo Zhan'an!" Li Shaojin gritted his teeth angrily, "This guy is clearly framing me, why didn't my father recognize their faces!"

Kneeling on the side with his hands and lowering his head, he groaned in his heart.

Fortunately, Li Shaojin didn't expect these subordinates to agree with him. After smashing everything in the room that could be broken, Li Shaojin finally calmed down.

He looked at the mess all over the floor in disgust, and called the servant: "Come on, clean up this place." He left the study without looking back.

Several subordinates looked at each other, got up quickly, and followed Li Shaojin to the study next door.As for the servants, they quickly swept the debris into the dustpan with their hands and feet, and then took a rag to wipe the floor of the study inch by inch, so as not to miss any debris and get stuck on Li Shaojin.

A servant asked: "Grandpa Jia, do you want the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send some more?"

Eunuch Jia is an old man in the palace. He has been struggling in the harem for decades, and he sees farther than other servants.

He shook his head and said: "The fourth prince is thinking behind closed doors now. The third prince left the capital yesterday, and today the fourth prince's palace will have to replace so many things. Wouldn't it be clear to tell everyone that the fourth prince is unhappy? If it is not in the hands of Empress Liu, if someone from the House of Internal Affairs sends something over again, Concubine Cai and others will know, which is not good for Empress Liu and the fourth prince. You, divide these things into several piles, and each person will get a share and bury them all. Go to a hidden place and don't let anyone see you."

The servants took orders and did not mention what he ordered.

And Eunuch Jia went out to ask someone to make a cup of soothing tea for Li Shaojin, and delivered it himself.

When Eunuch Jia entered the study, Li Shaojin's subordinates had already left.He lowered his head and didn't speak, just serving tea to Li Shaojin.

Li Shaojin just got angry and his mouth was dry. Now when he saw this cup of tea, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved: "Jia Chounian, you are the only one who understands me."

Eunuch Jia smiled and said: "I have been with Master for more than ten years. To be disrespectful, I watched Master grow up. Anyone can understand Master, but I can't."

Li Shaojin took a sip of tea, breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: "It's a pity, you are an eunuch, what else can an eunuch do besides serve others?"

Eunuch Jia still smiled: "Eunuchs are useful as eunuchs. Although I can't be the master's pawn, I can still serve the master's daily life. I can serve the master comfortably and let the master focus on doing great things. A big credit."

Li Shaojin frowned and said, "Now I don't have the chance to do something important. I was a good second-rank prince, but I was beaten back to my original shape and became a bald prince. The first prince to be crowned king? I'm still the first After being crowned king for two months, he was demoted again!"

Eunuch Jia hurriedly persuaded: "Master, listen to me. As the so-called heaven will send a great mission to the people, you must first work hard on your mind, work on your muscles and bones, and starve your body. Master is just frustrated for a while now, and there will be recovery in the future." If you care too much about the success or failure of this point now, wouldn't it be that you are taking advantage of the Third Prince?"

These words just fell into Li Shaojin's heart, and he couldn't help but look at Jia Chounian with three points of approval: "I didn't expect that you, an eunuch, could even understand what these saints said."

Jia Chounian still smiled and said, "I've been with Master for so many years, so I have to learn something."

Li Shaojin just felt very happy in his heart: "You are right, now it is just a temporary gain and loss. I care too much about it, which is equivalent to taking advantage of Li Shaojun. I still have my mother and concubine, my grandfather, my uncle, and those ministers." With the support of a rich businessman, there is no reason why he can't beat a dead mother Li Shaojun!"

At this time, Li Shaojun, whose mother Li Shaojin said was dead, was on his way to Xuzhou.

There were nearly a hundred people in their group, and there were five thousand soldiers accompanying them, so their speed inevitably slowed down.

Li Shaojun looked at the map at the station where he was resting, and said: "According to the current speed, it will be a month before we arrive in Xuzhou. The situation on the grassland is changing, and the Tatar leader may not be able to wait that long. "

General Fan Ji was leading five thousand soldiers this time. Hearing what Li Shaojun said, he couldn't help but feel worried: "Third Prince, Your Majesty has a decree that we must protect the safety of the Third Prince. Although the journey is slow now, it is the safest."

Li Chonghao had sent the Yulin Army to follow Li Shaojin before, but Li Shaojin still took advantage of the loopholes, hiding from the Yulin Army and the others to meet with those businessmen and accepting a lot of bribes.Of course, Li Chonghao didn't know how much Li Shaojin had benefited from those businessmen. He just felt that the number of Yulin soldiers was too small and he didn't notice Li Shaojin's little tricks. A big joke came out.

Li Chonghao learned his lesson, and this time he simply sent 5000 people, pretending to be worried about the safety of his only son-in-law, but in fact, he was just worried that Li Shaojun would follow his younger brother and come to deceive others.

As for those members of the Habayashi Army who originally followed Li Shaojin to the northwest, they were all sent away after Li Chonghao saw Ning Guhan's personal letter.Fan Ji knew about this, and now he thought that Li Shaojun was going to use this as an excuse to get rid of them, of course he refused.

Li Shaojun knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "General Fan is right. I'm not not afraid of death. Of course I want you to follow. However, I'm worried that the leader of Tatar won't be able to wait that long. We have worked so hard to get to the northwest, what if he left long ago? In this way, General Fan, you can order some people to escort me to the northwest on horseback. As for the others, they will continue to march at the original speed. The leader of Tatar saw me, You must be more patient."

Fan Ji thought about it carefully, Li Shaojun's idea was not to get rid of him, but he could agree.

"Please also ask the third prince to rest earlier, I will go to recruit people now, and we will set off tomorrow morning."

In this way, Li Shaojun, Fan Ji and others took the first step, and the rest of them, headed by Minister of Rites Jiang Bo, followed them according to the original plan. The two sides met in Xuzhou.

On the eleventh day, Li Shaojun and others caught Xie Bing and others by surprise.When the latter learned that Li Shaojun and others had entered Xuzhou, he hurriedly put down his official duties and summoned a group of people to meet him at the gate of the government office.

"I don't know that the third prince is here, but I am far away from welcoming you, and I ask the third prince to forgive me."

Li Shaojun on horseback didn't care, instead he said with a smile, "What's wrong with Mr. Xie? Isn't it a crime to handle official business? We, on the other hand, made trouble for Mr. Xie a lot earlier than originally scheduled. "

"Where is it?" Xie Bing quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The third prince has worked hard all the way. Although the backyard where he stayed has been tidied up, the smell has not yet dissipated. Now, the third prince, if you don't If you dislike..."

"It doesn't matter, what's the smell? It's not fresh paint." Li Shaojun interrupted Xie Bing's words readily, "Master Xie, let's go in first and talk about it."

Xie Bing just remembered that they are still at the gate of the government office!Although the surrounding area was cleared, there were still curious people watching not far away, so he quickly welcomed Li Shaojun's people in.

After Li Shaojun sat down in the main seat and took a sip of tea, Xie Bingcai regained his composure and asked again: "Your Highness, do you really want to live there?"

Li Shaojun smiled back and asked, "Where else do I live?"

Xie Bing only thought that Li Shaojun was asking about crimes, and quickly replied: "If His Highness doesn't mind, I can clean up my bedroom."

Seeing his trembling look, Li Shaojun deliberately asked him in a rough voice: "Is there no smell in your room?"

Xie Bing hurriedly confessed: "It's because I didn't think carefully, and please forgive me, Your Highness the Third Highness."

"Okay, okay," Li Shaojun was a little annoyed when he saw Xie Bingwei's obedient look, "How many times have you been accused? It's just a matter of staying for one night, so there's no need to make it so grand. I'm going there tomorrow. I met the leader of Tatar in the border town, and I don’t know how many days it will be before returning. If you want to think about this, why don’t you ask someone to prepare hot water for bathing and a place for other people to live. Fifty soldiers followed me day and night, Tired too."

Xie Bing hurriedly responded: "What the Third Highness said is that I will immediately go to the place where all the soldiers are arranged to rest. Third Highness, how about the station?"

He only asked this question when Li Shaojun wanted to avoid Fan Ji and the others.But Li Shaojun said: "No need, just share the yard with me. Especially General Fan Ji, he was handpicked by my father to protect my safety. I live in the government office, and they went to live in a post station to let my father know. Aren't you causing trouble for them?"

Only then did Xie Bing think of this. He was about to plead guilty, but remembering Li Shaojun's impatience before, he swallowed the words again, and only said that he would do it now, and left in a hurry.

At this time, Guo Zhan'an, who had been standing aside, said: "The third prince has worked hard all the way. This is the situation of the Tatar tribes that I sorted out. Please take a look at the third prince."

Li Shaojun took it and said: "Master Guo has been away from the capital for more than a year, but he has improved a lot. At least he knows how to respect me."

Guo Zhan'an laughed: "The third prince should not tease me, but you have not had time to congratulate the third prince."

"Why is there joy?"

"The king of England is crowned king because of Tatar, isn't the third prince envious?"

"Of course I'm envious," Li Shaojun said, "Oh, but I almost forgot to remind you, don't call my fourth brother King of England anymore. A few days ago, my father was furious and took his title back. Now It can only be called Fourth Prince or Fourth Highness."

Guo Zhanan was not surprised at all.When he knew that it was Li Shaojun who was coming to the northwest, he knew that his plan had succeeded.The prince who has been crowned for two months is gone, which is enough to show how angry Li Chonghao, who has always wanted to save face, is.

The two chatted a few more words and exchanged information about the capital and the northwest, and Fan Ji came.

"Third prince, Mr. Xie said that the third prince let me live in the room next to yours."

To be honest, when Fan Ji came here, he was a little worried. When he entered Xuzhou, with Guo Zhanan around, would Li Shaojun and Guo Zhanan conspire to separate himself from Li Shaojun and do some small tricks secretly.So when he heard about it from Xie Bing, he couldn't help but ran over to Li Shaojun to ask for confirmation after being surprised.

Li Shaojun admitted generously: "That's right, General Fan Ji lives next to me, so I can sleep peacefully, right? In case some assassin comes in and kills me in the middle of the night."

Fan Ji didn't have so many twists and turns in his heart, he only knew that Li Shaojun didn't avoid him on purpose, so he said with a smile: "Thank you for the trust of the third prince, Fan Ji will definitely protect the safety of the third prince!"

Li Shaojun nodded and said, "It's time to work."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Guo Zhan'an knew that Fan Ji was probably sent by Li Chonghao to supervise Li Shaojun, and he didn't want to cause trouble for Li Shaojun, so he said, "Third Prince, all the news about Tatar is here, so I won't bother you." The third prince rested and took his leave."

Li Shaojun replied: "Thank you. I heard that you have adopted a brother-in-law, bring him here sometime, let me meet you."

Guo Zhan'an was taken aback for a moment, and said, "I'll thank the Third Prince on behalf of my righteous brother first."

He was worried that Li Shaojun would ask more about Huo Yu's situation, so he left quickly.

In fact, when he heard that Li Shaojun was coming to Xuzhou, Guo Zhanan felt tense, wondering if he should tell him about Huo Yu's life experience.

He thought about it over and over for a long time, and finally decided to suppress this secret first.

Let alone just relying on the jade pendant and the piece of paper, will Li Shaojun believe it.Now Li Shaojun and Li Shaojin are fighting inextricably. Although Li Chonghao is partial to Li Shaojin, Li Shaojun has the status of a legitimate son and has never made a big mistake. Li Chonghao can't be crowned prince casually.

If others knew that the Sixth Prince was not dead, Guo Zhan'an could hardly imagine what would happen to Huo Yu.

Not to mention bringing Huo Yu to see Li Shaojun another day, Guo Zhan'an really wished that Huo Yu would never have contact with anyone in the palace for the rest of his life.