Li Shentong held a wax gun and asked Li Yuanji, who was wielding a knife next to him, while piercing the gun flowers.
Li Yuanji raised his sword to slash horizontally and stabbed twice, pondering and not knowing how to respond. It would be strange if Yang Wenqian had never been beaten.
After all, 60% of the generals in the rebel army led by Yang Wenqian were Li Shimin's people. Even Yang Wenqian himself might be Li Shimin's people. When facing Li Shimin, he would not let Li Shimin flatten him.
It's just that the people who know about this matter can probably be counted on one hand, and Li Yuanji can't tell Li Shentong the truth.
"Why, is this question difficult?" Seeing that Li Yuanji remained silent, Li Shentong asked again.
Li Yuanji put away the knife, took a long breath, looked at Li Shentong, and said in a deep voice: "It's not difficult, I just don't know how to say it."
Li Shentong also put away the wax gun, walked closer to Li Yuanji, and said, "Then you start from the beginning." Li Yuanji stared at Li Shentong and asked with a smile: "You don't practice martial arts anymore?"
Li Shentong threw the wax gun aside and said angrily: "I am almost fifty, why do I still practice martial arts? The reason why I came here to practice martial arts with you is to get information from you."
Li Yuanji said funny: "This seems not difficult to guess, why do you ask me?"
Without waiting for Li Shentong to speak, Li Yuanji put the horizontal sword on the knife rest and said: "The reason why Yang Wengqian did not fight was because the rebel army led by Yang Wengqian was originally a rabble. My second brother personally took action, and there were With the assistance of Qian Jiulong and Yang Shidao, beating him is not easy. So there is nothing to ask about this kind of thing, right?"
Li Shentong accompanied Li Yuanji to the warm shed on the side of the small martial arts arena and sat down. After taking a sip of steamed goat milk, he said mischievously: "But your second brother took down Yang Wenqian without any blood."
Li Yuanji was not used to drinking goat's milk, so he took a sip of the hot liqueur and said, "My second brother has been victorious in almost every battle since he joined the army, and he has dealt with countless powerful enemies. So. His reputation is enough to frighten many people into weakness as long as he stops in Qingzhou. The rebel army under Yang Wenqian is a rabble. It is reasonable for them to be afraid of my second brother and take the initiative to surrender. What's wrong with this? Worth wondering?"
This kind of subjugation without fighting may be worth thinking about for a while, or even be suspicious of, when it comes to others.
But when it comes to Li Shimin, it's very unusual.
Li Shimin has experienced too many situations where he was defeated without fighting.
For example, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others were so intimidated by Li Shimin's domineering spirit that they turned against him and took the initiative to come to Li Shimin and say that they would serve Li Shimin.
"But I heard that the reason why your second brother was able to capture Yang Wenqian without a single blow was because many of the generals in Yang Wenqian's rebel army were your second brother's men. In fact, Yang Wenqian might even be your second brother's man. "
Li Shentong said in a treacherous tone.
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Shentong with a strange expression, "Who did you listen to?"
Although what Li Shentong said was true, it was impossible for Li Shimin to publicize this kind of thing. Because it would only do harm to Li Shimin, but no good.
Not only would Li Shimin not publicize this matter, he would also try his best to deal with it from beginning to end, trying not to let any news leak out.
Therefore, Li Yuanji wanted to know who guessed so accurately and guessed all the truth at once.
He even dared to publicize this matter at the risk of offending Li Shimin to death.
Li Shentong said covertly: "It's been spread throughout Chang'an City. No one knows who said it first."
Li Yuanji smiled 'haha' in his heart.
If Li Shentong didn't know who said this first, then he would be a ghost.
Li Yuanji has been getting along with Li Shentong for a long time, and he has a pretty good understanding of Li Shentong's temperament.
Li Shentong is obviously a person who loves to eat melons and likes to get to the bottom of everything to find out everything.
If he didn't know who said this first, there was no way he would have gone to Jiulongtan Mountain to find out more information.
After all, all kinds of rumors heard outside are called rumors. After going to Jiulongtan Mountain to verify, they are the truth.
"Really, I really don't know who said this first."
Seeing Li Yuanji staring at him with a smile and saying nothing, Li Shentong immediately emphasized something. His emphasis seemed a little guilty.
However, Li Yuanji just glanced at Li Shentong with a half-smile, and did not follow up to get to the bottom of it.
This kind of thing cannot withstand contemplation. After a little thought, you can roughly guess some of the truth.
There is an 80% chance that such words are coming from the East Palace, and a 20% chance that they are coming from the Liangyi Palace.
After all, there were only three people in the Tang Dynasty who dared to do something that would damage Li Shimin's reputation and easily offend Li Shimin to death.
One is Li Yuanji himself, one is Li Yuan, and the other is Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuanji himself knew his own affairs. He was not involved in the matter and did not spread any words.
Therefore, such words can only come from the East Palace or Liangyi Palace.
Even if Li Yuan wants to deal with his son, he can't make an issue of his son's reputation.
Because there is no need for him to ruin his son's reputation, and there is no need to make a fuss about his son's reputation in order to clean up his son.
If he wants to take care of his son, he can do so openly. Therefore, the chance of such words coming from the East Palace is greater.
"Don't look at me like that. Please help me find out the details. Is this rumor true?"
Li Shentong was a little flustered by Li Yuanji's half-smiling gaze, and he urged again with a guilty conscience.
Li Yuanji smiled calmly and said, "You said it was a rumor, so it must be a rumor." Li Shentong looked at Li Yuanji in surprise, "Do you think this is a rumor?"
Li Yuanji spread his hands, "Didn't you just say that this was a rumor? What is it if it's not a rumor?"
Li Shentong said doubtfully: "You really don't know anything?" Li Yuanji said doubtfully: "What should I know?"
Li Shentong hesitated to speak. After a moment of silence, he said: "I always feel that this is not a rumor."
Li Yuanji asked strangely: "Where is the evidence?" Li Shentong couldn't help but said: "Aren't I looking for evidence?"
Li Yuanji couldn't help but said: "Are you so keen on helping others find evidence?" Li Shentong was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
Li Yuanji added: "If this shit basin is pinned firmly on my second brother's head because of you, do you think my second brother will let you go?"
Li Shentong's face looked a little ugly.
After being silent for a long time, he suddenly picked up the goat's milk on the table, drank it all in one gulp, and then said angrily, "Pretend I didn't say anything."
Then he lowered his head and left in a hurry.
Li Yuanji shouted at Li Shentong's back, "Uncle Wang, you are so confused."
Li Shentong didn't know whether he heard it or not. Anyway, he kept walking with his head down, and his figure quickly disappeared into the small martial arts arena.
Li Yuanji stared at the place where Li Shentong's figure disappeared, shook his head and smiled. Li Shentong was good at everything, but there was one thing that was wrong. That was that he was too curious.
For example, the rumor that "Yang Wenqian may be Li Shimin's man" was widely circulated in Chang'an City. It was obviously spread by someone with deliberate intentions to tarnish Li Shimin's reputation.
Li Shentong now uses it as bait, if he really finds out something.
Then the opponent's move to ruin Li Shimin's reputation turned into fishing.
When the time comes, what Li Shentong finds out will become a sharp weapon for the other party to deal with Li Shimin.
If Li Shimin knew that this sharp blade was given to him by Li Shentong, would he still be in a hurry with Li Shentong?
"You are about to be over fifty, why are you so curious?" Li Yuanji cursed and tasted the sweet wine carefully. When the sweet wine was gone, he left the small martial arts arena. .
When passing by the side courtyard of the Jingshe, I saw a big man with a beautiful beard, leading seven or eight other men, teaching martial arts to a group of half-year-old boys.
The big man with the beautiful beard and seven or eight other men were sent here by Li Xiaogong to serve as teachers. It is said that they are all well-known people south of the river.
Their martial arts skills are outstanding.
The martial arts proficiency of some people was not even inferior to that of many generals of the Tang Dynasty.
However, he was not very good at military strategy, so he was not taken seriously by Li Xiaogong and was not reused by the Tang Dynasty. He could only serve as a martial arts instructor for a group of half-year-old boys.
I saw Li Yuanji passing by.
As if he had been given a shot of blood, the big man with the beautiful beard began to perform a set of knife skills that a group of half-grown boys could not keep up with.
The sword is a Yanyue sword with a very long handle. In the hands of a man with a beautiful beard, it looks like a tiger, majestic and murderous.
"Do you think you are Guan Yu?"
Li Yuanji cursed in his heart, nodded in approval, and passed by without saying a word.
Seeing that his thousand-mile horse was not appreciated by Li Yuanji, the handsome man with a beautiful beard was instantly disappointed and lost interest in continuing to play swordsmanship.
He left a group of half-grown boys to others.
A group of half-grown boys cheered instantly and pounced on a martial arts instructor who was good at boxing and kicking.
Ever since Li Yuanji entered the Tai Chi Palace with his bare hands, and the generals who were beaten in front of the Tai Chi Palace could not hold their heads up.
Li Yuanji became the idol of a group of half-grown boys.
From Li Yuanji, they deeply understood what a real dandy is, and they also deeply understood what a real domineering person is.
A dandy should be as dashing as the King of Qi, and a domineering person should be as majestic as the King of Qi.
The things they used to play were all small tricks, and they were not really dandy or domineering at all. They wanted to learn from the King of Qi, and they also had to work hard to get closer to the King of Qi.
Strive to become a dandy on par with King Qi as soon as possible, and strive to be as domineering and majestic as King Qi as soon as possible.