In the endless wrangling, half a month passed quickly.
During this half month, Dai Zhou had tasted all the ups and downs of officialdom.
The people of the prince's line all regarded him as King Qin's pawn. Not only did they attack him in every possible way in the court, but they also made things difficult for him on daily errands!
Xiao Han, who knew all this, had been paying attention to Dai Zhou.
He originally thought that he could go to Li Shimin and completely return to his side.
Unexpectedly, such a long time passed, but Dai Zhou still went his own way. Even though everyone believed that he had surrendered to King Qin a long time ago, he still acted as usual, neither humble nor arrogant.
"This is a principled person!" Xiao Han said.
"This is also a useful talent." Li Shimin said.
The disputes in Chang'an were concentrated in the court, and did not interfere much with the Chang'an people below.
On the contrary, because the soldiers from the Northern Expedition will return soon, there seems to be some joy here in Chang'an.
One clear morning, fifty miles outside Chang'an City.
Li Jiancheng, who had been on an expedition for a long time, finally led the triumphant soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the same road to Chang'an.
"Finally home……"
Riding on a tall horse and wearing a red cloak, Li Jiancheng looked up at the familiar suburbs of Chang'an and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Although he took advantage of Li Shimin so much in suppressing the rebellion this time that he didn't even use his brain. He relied on Qin Shubao and others to beat Liu Heita to the point where he didn't even recognize him!
But this was still a battlefield. Li Jiancheng, who had not been on the battlefield for a long time, still felt deeply tired from the bottom of his heart after experiencing the bloodshed.
Not everyone is Li Shimin, and not all princes are as warlike as Li Shimin!
Rather than going out to fight in person, Li Jiancheng was still used to staying in Chang'an and doing things like giving orders. This kind of life-and-death thing was really not suitable for him.
The skinny Wei Zheng rode closely behind Li Jiancheng. He didn't notice the loneliness of his master, so he just stroked his beard and replied with a smile: "Yes, it was only autumn when I left home. In the blink of an eye, Guanzhong
It’s snowed several times!”
"Snow?" Li Jiancheng slowly turned his head to look at the fields on the side of the road, and found that the snow had long since melted away where the sun shined. On the back of the ridges where the sun did not shine, there were indeed some mottled white snow remaining.
Wei Zheng squinted his eyes and nodded: "Yes, it snowed a few times in Guanzhong, but it wasn't as big as in Hebei! After all, Chang'an is better. Outside, it's so cold that my bones are frozen!"
Li Jiancheng looked at the remaining snow and suddenly thought of Li Shimin for some reason, and his heart dropped: "Haha, we're going home. Unfortunately, some people don't want us to go back."
Wei Zheng heard the hatred in Li Jiancheng's words and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
Indeed, as a prince, Li Jiancheng was probably the most aggrieved person in history.
I have a father who is in the prime of life, and a King of Qin who is a man of martial arts and extremely powerful!
Under the pressure of the two parties, he, a dignified prince, had to take risks and go to the battlefield to gain merit in order to stabilize his position.
If this wasn't bad enough, a few days ago, even a mere sixth-rank official dared to accuse him and use such vicious words as licking the hemorrhoids golden cup to describe the prince.
Let me ask, who else could be worse off than him?
"You bastard, when you go back, I want to see how your King Qin supports you!"
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became. He was so angry that Li Jiancheng unconsciously grabbed the mane of the horse beneath him, and held it tighter and tighter!
"Ang~"
The war horse he was holding was not made of iron, so it suddenly felt painful. The horse suddenly neighed, and its body was lifted up violently. Its two front hooves kept kicking in the air, trying to overturn Li Jiancheng.
Come down.
Li Jiancheng, who was still filled with hatred, was completely defenseless!
By the time he reacted, it was too late to hold on to the reins again. He could only scream and watch as he fell head-on onto the road.
To say that the weather today is the twelfth lunar month of winter, the ground has already been as frozen as stone!
If it is hit straight down, the bruises and swelling on the nose and face will be minor. If you are unlucky, it is common for your head to fall down and your neck to be broken!
"Prince!"
"Prince, be careful..."
When Li Jiancheng fell from his horse, there were screams from all around!
But something happened so suddenly that they couldn't react in time. Even if Wei Zheng and the others who were nearest him reached out their hands, they couldn't reach Li Jiancheng even a little bit.
"It's over, I hope I didn't fall too hard!"
Seeing himself getting closer and closer to the uneven ground, Li Jiancheng resigned and closed his eyes.
He really didn't expect that he would suffer such an unreasonable disaster after not losing a single hair on the battlefield.
"Bang..."
With a muffled sound, Li Jiancheng's body hit the ground heavily, but the severe pain he imagined never came.
"what happened?"
"Prince, Prince, are you okay?"
"Prince, Prince?"
Li Jiancheng was still wondering why the fall didn't hurt, but the people around him had already gathered around him as if they had seen a ghost, trying to help him up, and some even shouted for the doctor to come over.
In this chaos, Li Jiancheng took the time to look at the place where he fell!
But I saw a burly man lying there with a straight face and rolling his eyes...
"This is...Xue Wanche?"
Li Jiancheng screamed in surprise, and suddenly understood why he didn't feel any pain just now. It turned out that it wasn't that he was in good physical condition, but that someone had used him as a meat pad!
"Quickly, help him up." Seeing that everyone was complimenting him and no one was paying attention to Xue Wanche who was lying on the ground, Li Jiancheng shook everyone off and personally stepped forward to pull Xue Wanche up from the cold ground.
It should be said that Xue Wanche has always been rough-skinned and fleshy. He just grabbed it too hastily and was a little confused after being hit by Li Jiancheng. Now that he was pulled up, his head immediately sobered up.
"Prince, are you okay?" Xue Wanche touched his head and asked honestly with a big mouth.
"I... say it's okay. Thank you for your hard work, General Xue. If it hadn't been for you just now, Gu Ke would have fallen miserably."
Li Jiancheng really didn't expect that this big boss's first words were to care about him, which made him so moved that he almost shed a few tears of emotion.
"I...hehe..."
Xue Wanche just looked at Li Jiancheng and just giggled. He actually wanted to say that he was not a meat mat voluntarily. It was purely because he made a mistake and tripped while rushing to pick him up, so he became a mat. But now he looks like this
, it’s better not to say this...
Li Jiancheng was moved and patted Xue Wanche on the shoulder. Then he looked at Cheng Yaojin and others who were gathered outside but did not come forward. A strange hatred arose spontaneously.
