Chapter 0021 Father, I did it with my second brother (supplement)
Changsun Wuji is very kind-faced, so when he looks at people with a smile, people won't feel any malice.
When Li Shimin poured a glass of wine for Cao Dan, Cheng Yaojin asked for a glass of wine. After pouring the second glass, Cheng Yaojin grabbed the wine bottle from Li Shimin's hand and shouted, "Here."
I'll save some, leave some for me..."
Cao Dan felt a lot more relaxed when he saw that Cheng Yaojin had no rules with Li Shimin at the wine table, and instead yelled at Li Shimin not to regard him as his 'leader'.
Li Shimin glared at Cheng Yaojin, dumbfounded, "You, you, you have no rules."
Cheng Yaojin drank indifferently and muttered, "We are all our own people, so what are the rules?"
Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yizhen is right. Once you enter the gate of Tiance Mansion, you are one of your own."
Li Shimin glared at Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin respectively, and smiled at Cao Dan: "Although Yaojin is a fool, he is right. Once you enter Tiance Mansion, you are one of your own, so you don't have to be cautious."
Cao Dan said with a smile: "Don't be formal, don't be formal..."
Being informal is fake.
He had witnessed with his own eyes how cruel the three people in front of him, especially Li Shimin, who looked harmless at humans and animals.
In the battle of Hulao Pass in the middle of the year, Li Shimin personally led thousands of cavalry and chased tens of thousands of his sister-in-law for thirty miles, killing more than 3,000 people and frightening more than 50,000 into surrender.
That guy is extremely vicious.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "General Cao's battle with Li Shiji in the past is still fresh in my memory."
The only battle that Cao Dan could win was against Li Shiji, who was defeated step by step.
Cheng Yaojin interrupted while drinking, "No, Li Shiji told me afterwards that he was almost scared to death. If he hadn't run fast, he would have been captured alive by you."
Cheng Yaojin was just making fun of Li Shiji.
Li Shiji was not scared enough to pee.
Cao Dan was shocked by these words. Can he still speak in front of his 'leader' like this, without worrying about feces and urine?
Li Shimin pointed at Cheng Yaojin and laughed and scolded, "If you arrange Shiji like this, if he finds out, he will definitely fight you."
Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully: "Am I afraid of him?!"
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin had no scruples in front of Li Shimin, Cao Dan felt that Li Shimin should be an easy-going person in front of his subordinates. He was now considered a subordinate of Li Shimin, and Li Shimin should not play tricks with him, so he relaxed completely.
Already.
"Your Highness is joking, Duke Su Guo is joking. The reason why I am slightly better than Duke Cao is because of the perfect meeting. If I really want to show my horse and horse, I am afraid I am no match for Duke Lai."
Cao Dan is very humble.
Cheng Yaojin shouted dissatisfied, "Since he is his own brother, what do you call him Su Guogong? Do you look down on me and don't want to be a brother with me?"
Cao Dan was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "Brother Cheng...?"
"Hey, that's right."
Cheng Yaojin nodded with satisfaction and said carelessly: "If you win, you win. There is no need to flatter Li Shiji. You and I are both people who make a living on horseback. You and I both know that there is never a perfect opportunity on the battlefield."
One word.
Winning is winning, losing is losing.
That guy Li Shiji had already been granted the title of Duke of the country on his own merit, and he was very embarrassed in front of us brothers.
I've long disliked him, but I just didn't have the chance to compete with him.
You defeated him just to vent your anger.
Come, let me toast you."
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he poured wine for Cao Dan. While pouring the wine, he described the scene in which Li Shiji was granted the title of Duke earlier than them and how he showed off his power in front of them.
After Cao Dan had had two drinks, he immediately pulled Cao Dan and told him how to defeat Li Shiji.
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was generous, Cao Dan was not wary and told Cheng Yaojin about the battle.
Cheng Yaojin listened to his story, praised him, and poured wine for him.
After a while, Cao Dan became a little drunk and talked too much.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji immediately participated and started chatting with Cao Dan.
After chatting with Cao Dan for about two sticks of incense, I burst into tears talking to Cao Dan.
There is no way, since Dou Jiande was beheaded and Liu Heitai rebelled, Cao Dan's life has really been like a year.
People who saw him smiling in the past ignored him.
The neighbors also gave him a wide berth.
Even the neighbor's big yellow dog dared to bart his teeth at him.
He felt grievances in his heart, but he did not dare to tell anyone, for fear that others would impeach him unwillingly or complain about Li Tang.
Li Yuan's Taiyuan Yuanmou hero Liu Wenjing was reported by his concubine for telling some nonsense while drunk, and was executed by Li Yuan.
Now that Li Shimin gave him the opportunity to speak freely, he had the opportunity to pour out the bitterness in his stomach.
After Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji listened to Cao Dan's words, they looked at each other and smiled.
Cao Dan had no objection and did not dare to be disrespectful to Li Tang. Even though he was a little aggrieved, he also wanted to find an opportunity to prove his loyalty to Li Tang and clear away any suspicion on him.
This kind of person who is willing to perform meritorious service and capable is exactly what Li Shimin wants.
After Li Shimin found out Cao Dan's thoughts and felt that Cao Dan could be used, he was very happy.
"Your Highness..."
When Li Shimin was happiest, Liu Jun was led by Xu Jingzong into the main hall of Tiance Mansion.
When Li Shimin saw Liu Jun, he stood up quickly and nodded, "Young Master Liu..."
Li Shimin wouldn't go so far as to salute Liu Jun.
Liu Jun is not worthy yet.
Standing up and nodding was already the greatest sincerity to Liu Jun.
Liu Jun bowed respectfully to Li Shimin and said, "Just now, His Royal Highness the Fourth Highness gave you a memorial. Everyone asked me to show it to His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Highness."
Li Shimin was stunned, Changsun Wuji, and Xu Jingzong were also stunned. Cheng Yaojin, who was drinking with Cao Dan, also stared with disbelief on his face.
The King of Qi sent a letter to the Emperor. It was a new year, and he could only see him once a year.
It would be even more difficult for the King of Qi to write to the Emperor in Chang'an.
Li Shimin said without hesitation: "Who is my fourth brother suing? It won't be me and the prince, right?"
So far, all the memorials written by the King of Qi are complaints, without exception.
Therefore, Li Shimin subconsciously believed that Li Ji's unprecedented letter was 90% likely to be another complaint.
Li Yuan asked Liu Jun to show the memorial to him and Li Jiancheng, which showed that Li Jiji might be suing him and Li Jiancheng.
Liu Jun did not answer Li Shimin's question, but handed the crumpled memorial to Li Shimin with a strange look on his face.
Li Shimin's expression changed when he saw the crumpled memorial.
In the Tang Dynasty, only his father dared to wrinkle their brothers' memorials.
His father's memorial was wrinkled, which meant that his father was angry.
Li Shimin was not in a hurry to read the memorial, but stared at Liu Jun and asked: "Have you read it to the prince?"
"without……"
Liu Jun bowed and said: "After leaving Liangyi Hall and asking about the location of the two highnesses, I went straight to Tiance Mansion."
It's not that Liu Jun is close to Li Shimin, it's that Tiance Mansion is close.
Li Shimin nodded, took a deep breath, and unfolded Li Ji's memorial.
He wanted to know what kind of memorial his brother had received that could make his father angry.
Li Shimin opened the memorial and curled his lips when he saw the words 'Father's Respect'.
Is there anyone who uses the title "father" in his memorial to the emperor?
Memorials are not family letters.
After Li Shimin despised Li Ji, he read the content.
Then his face became wonderful.
Some were stunned, some were astonished, and some were shocked.
My eyes widened at the end.
"No wonder father is angry..."
Li Shimin's mood could not be described in words for a while.
Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, and Xu Jingzong stared at Li Shimin, feeling a little itchy.
In the middle of the year, during the Battle of Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande led an army of 100,000 to Luoyang, but the expression on Li Shimin's face was not so exciting.
Li Shimin handed the memorial to Changsun Wuji, "You should also read it."
Changsun Wuji immediately took the memorial and began to read it.
Xu Jingzong wanted to see it, but he didn't dare.
Changsun Wuji looked shocked after reading the memorial.
Li Ji's memorial is too... too bottomless.
In Li Ji's memorial, he praised Li Shimin crazily, saying that Li Shimin was something that existed in the sky but not in the earth.
He bluntly said that General Tiance was not worthy of Li Shimin's talents and status.
All I have to do is tell Li Yuanming that Li Jiancheng is not worthy of being the crown prince, so let my second brother take over. If you persist in making Li Jiancheng the crown prince, then I will follow your second brother.
At the end of the memorial, I did not forget to praise Pei Ji.
He claimed that Pei Ji praised him for being brave, resourceful and capable of taking on big responsibilities. He thought about it carefully and felt that Pei Ji was right.
Since Pei Ji said he had a brain, he put it to good use. After a long period of careful consideration, he felt that following Li Shimin had a better future than following Li Jiancheng.
Changsun Wuji finally understood why Li Shimin said with a complicated expression, "No wonder my father is angry."
Although Li Ji praised Li Shimin throughout the memorial and also hinted implicitly that he wanted to hang out with Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji did not take it seriously.
If Li Ji really wanted to hang out with Li Shimin, he would never bring this matter up to Li Yuan.
Li Ji is just disgusting, and he even picks on Li Yuan's weak spots.
Li Yuan's weakness was poked, so it would be strange if he didn't get angry.
Pei Ji is also unlucky. It's not good to offend anyone but the evil star Li Ji.
Now the evil star strikes back, fiercely, accurately, and ruthlessly.
Li Ji told Li Yuan almost openly, "Look, I don't want to help my second brother deal with my eldest brother. It was Pei Ji who instigated me. If our brothers are killed because of this, it must be Pei Ji's fault."
How worried Li Yuan was about the fights between his legitimate sons, Changsun Wuji knew it very well.
If the three legitimate sons really fight over Pei Ji, then Pei Ji will definitely die.
By that time, Li Yuan would treat Pei Ji as cruelly as he loved him.
Changsun Wuji returned the memorial to Li Shimin, frowned and said, "How are you going to respond, Your Highness?"
