Chapter 205 It’s impossible to recover the flooded water
It was already dark, but there was still noisy noise outside and it seemed quite lively.
Li Shan was a little bored, but also quite relieved. After long and careful consideration, he chose to enter the imperial examination and become an official instead of directly joining the Qin Palace... Ling Jing agreed very much with this, which gave Li Shan a lot of encouragement.
Ling Jing glanced at Li Shan and hesitated for a moment before asking: "Li Dewu... In your opinion, how does this person look like?"
"Uncle Ling is asking..."
"I heard from Wang Xiaoqing that Li Dewu is very important to the prince."
"It's just a matter of strength. The prince values the Pei family in Hedong."
"Don't underestimate it." Ling Jing frowned and looked at Li Shan with disdain, "I heard that this person was the one who urged the prince to personally conquer Hebei two months ago, although in the end he failed..."
Speaking of this, Ling Jing was suddenly stunned, "No, no..."
"Uncle Ling, what's wrong?"
Ling Jing was silent for a while and murmured: "Li Dewu also went south with the army. He did not return to Chang'an until more than two months ago. He urged the prince to personally conquer Hebei. The prince appreciated it and entered the East Palace to prepare for the prince Qianniu?"
"yes."
"Because Li Dewu invested in the East Palace, you chose to attach yourself to King Qin... and then replaced him with Li Daoxuan to help Tian Liuan?"
"yes."
Ling Jing looked at Li Shan with a complicated expression, "But you asked whether King Qin could help him, but he was in the valley of Beizhou."
"..."
"At that time, Xiabo was defeated and the army went south alone. Even in Guantao, it was difficult to communicate with Chang'an until Li Demou arrived in Wei." Ling Jing asked slowly: "How did you know that Li Dewu had entered the East Palace?"
Li Shan was dumbfounded. This old man had such a heart. He could actually analyze this one from the few clues!
"In other words, you have already chosen the King of Qin?" Ling Jing asked suspiciously: "Or...you knew that Li Dewu would join the East Palace?"
"If I remember correctly, you are accompanying the army as an aide to Li Qianyou of the Chang'an Order, so you should have had a lot of contact with Li Dewu..."
Li Shan had a headache, rubbed his eyebrows and whispered: "This matter... is just a coincidence."
"Um?"
"The King of Qi paused. At that time, my nephew was chatting with the prince, Wei Xuancheng... about the prince's expedition and the Turks' march south." Li Shan said sarcastically: "I guess Li Dewu overheard it, or heard Wei Xuancheng mention it...
…”
Ling Jing didn't believe it at all, thinking that it was probably this guy who had done something wrong, but it was too coincidental. Li Dewu surrendered to the East Palace, and Li Shan borrowed the help of King Qin to give the prince a big slap.
Thinking about it makes me laugh a little, because Ling Jing suddenly discovered that Li Dewu, who had abandoned his wife and children, had been an official until now... It seemed that his official career was all arranged by Li Shan.
Ling Jing paused and asked again: "What is this person's character like?"
"Today, both the Mingshu and Mingjing subjects are full, but there is still a vacancy for the Mingjing subject before the previous person comes in." Li Shan smiled, "Do you need to say more about your xinxing?"
Ling Jing hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "I have received a great kindness, and I will try my best to repay you in this life... There are some things that we should ask clearly."
"Uncle Ling, please tell me. You should know that you can't say anything without saying anything."
"If Li Dewu feels regret in the future..."
Ling Jing's words are not unreasonable, but for a seventeen-year-old boy with such means and such a reputation, does Li Dewu really not feel regretful?
The Hedong Pei family may not be intolerant of Li Shan's existence, and it may even make Li Shan's official career smoother... Of course, the premise is that Li Shan is willing to give in and does not shake the Pei family's status as Li Dewu's son.
"Hahaha, hahaha..." Li Shan suddenly burst out laughing, threw a glass of water on the table on the ground, and said categorically: "If you overturn the water, it will never be collected again!"
Li Dewu feels regretful?
Even if he regrets it, I will never do it, let alone my mother!
What's more, will Li Dewu feel regretful?
For a moment, his heart was suddenly filled with hatred. Li Shan poked his head slightly and said with a chuckle: "The day when my nephew escorts the grain and grass to the north is the day when Li Dewu rushes back to the capital."
Ling Jing understood this sentence after thinking for a while, and sighed: "I met a tiger on the road that day, and I'm afraid it will be even more dangerous in the future."
The poison of a tiger is similar to that of a ferocious tiger, but the poison of Li Dewu is even worse than that of an evil tiger.
Pressing his chest hard to suppress the hatred, Li Shan took a deep breath, "Uncle Ling, does he know why my nephew pushed Li Dewu into the East Palace with all his strength?"
The two of them had vaguely discussed this topic just now, and Ling Jing also guessed that Li Shan had used the method, but neither of them said it clearly.
Ling Jing frowned and asked, "Why?"
Li Shan said word for word: "Because I can only choose King Qin."
This was an unconvincing answer. Ling Jing shook his head slightly, "Because Pei Ji is close to the East Palace, Pei Shiju is doing things for the prince?"
"Not only that!" Li Shan snorted, "The Pei family in Hedong is also fighting among themselves."
"Both Pei Ji and Pei Shiju came from the Western House of Dependents, and most of the younger generations in the clan are mediocre. Their descendants have not yet entered the official ranks, except Pei Longqian, who is led by Zuo Wei, the crown prince of the East Palace. The rest are more likely to be official by marriage. For example, Wei Zheng's wife also came from a well-known family.
Hi Mr. Pei."
"Pei Ji is a hero of Conglong, but Pei Shiju is not. He works for the prince Zhan, his cousin is close to the East Palace, and his nephew is the prince's left guard... If the prince loses in the future, his family house in the west of the Pei family in Hedong will definitely be in ruins."
"In the Danyang house of the Li family in Longxi, although Li Yaoshi was once a subordinate of the Duke of Dunhuang, he did not enter the palace of the Prince of Qin. He always obeyed the orders of the saint, but now the relationship between the saint and the father and son of Donggong has become stronger."
"Li Keshi entered the Qin Palace as a guard, and his wife is the cousin of the Qin Princess."
"Li Qianyou started his official career as the chief clerk of the Prince of Qi's Palace. This time he went on an expedition with the Prince of Qi to take care of his food and grass."
"It is difficult for Pei Ji to look back, but Pei Shiju can choose."
Li Shan's sudden tirade made Ling Jing fall into deep thought. The latter was silent for a long time before asking softly: "Li Dewu?"
"That's right." Li Shan nodded and said, "Following the news, Pei Shiju may ask Li Dewu to serve as King of Qin."
This is the key reason why Li Shan made every possible effort to push Li Dewu into the arms of Prince Li Jiancheng.
I have already chosen Li Shimin. If Li Dewu also enters Tiance Mansion... that would be awesome!
Do you still want to be a colleague?!
Li Shan could tolerate the children of the Pei family in Hedong joining Li Shimin, but he could not tolerate Li Dewu coming to join him.
If you think about it with your heels, you will know that if it is just a child of the Pei family, Li Shimin will not care, and maybe he will be happy, but if it is Li Dewu... That means Li Shimin, who knows the inside story, must make a decision between Li Dewu and Li Shan
choose.
Li Shan had no confidence in this regard.
After hearing this seemingly useless news through his old servant Wu Zhongtan, Li Shancai made a plan to push Li Dewu into the East Palace... Can Li Dewu abandon his wife and children and climb onto the thigh of the Pei family in Hedong, is it possible that Li Dewu
Are you going to climb the prince's lap?
Can a dog change his mind and eat shit?
But in the final analysis, Li Shan only gave him a gentle push. Li Dewu was not satisfied with Pei Shiju's subtle reminder and couldn't wait to throw himself into the East Palace as soon as he got the chance.
After Ling Jing thought for a long time, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing: "Actually... I don't need it..."
"What did Uncle Ling say?" Li Shan said with a smile, "Please ask Uncle Ling for more teachings in the future."