Brothers killing each other is considered a shame even in ordinary people's homes.
What's more, it's an imperial family.
No one would dare to say these three words Li Jiancheng in front of Li Shimin.
Let alone painting a portrait of him.
Even if Li Chengqian is Li Shimin's son and drew a portrait of Li Jiancheng in private, it would be troublesome if Li Shimin knew about it.
Not to mention losing favor or anything else, at least a beating was enough to end it.
Li Tingxue knew Li Shimin and didn't want Li Chengqian to be beaten because of him, so after looking at the portrait, he asked the maid to burn the portrait.
Of course, Li Chengqian didn’t know this. ??
After Li Chengqian returned to his carriage, he saw that Qingci Qinghe was about to put away all the pen and ink, so he quickly stopped him and said: "Sister Qingci, sister Qinghe, there is no need to put it away, I still need to use it."
"ah?"
Qingci and Qinghe looked at each other.
Qinghe asked: "Does His Highness still want to paint?"
"yes."
Li Chengqian pointed to the mountains and rivers outside and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, so I just draw and kill time."
Painting is better than sitting here.
Next, Li Chengqian concentrated on painting in the car without getting out of the car.
Li Tingxue occasionally came over to chat with him.
I don’t know if it was the painting that played a role, or if she knew it was outside and needed to pay attention to the impact.
Anyway, there is no need to learn from Li Chengqian anymore.
Li Chengqian was naturally very happy about this.
Sometimes, he would speed up the carriage and ask Hou Junji what the names of the mountains and rivers along the way were.
Fortunately, Hou Junji followed Li Shimin on many expeditions in his early years and knew a lot of things, otherwise His Highness would really have been at a loss for words.
On the other side, Gao Shilian and Li Chengqian would not let him go. They asked questions here and there, leaving the two of them confused.
The two came together.
Hou Junji asked: "Master Gao, what do you think your highness is doing?" >
Gao Shilian chuckled and said, "It's just a child's curiosity."
A child’s curiosity?
Do children like to learn these things now?
Hou Junji is a bit unbelievable.
Especially when Li Chengqian discussed the trends of mountains and rivers with him just now, he actually felt like he was being questioned by Li Shimin.
Seeing the eight-year-old guy struggling to climb onto the carriage, Hou Junji shook his head helplessly.
Sure enough, everything is just an illusion.
How can his aura be compared to that of Li Shimin? They are not even on the same level.
In the car, Li Chengqian had been concentrating on painting, and before he knew it, he had drawn an album of pictures.
When the journey was halfway through, Li Chengqian jumped up to Gao Shilian and Hou Junji.
"Uncle Hou, uncle, please take a look at my painting."
At first, the two of them just regarded it as a boring game for children.
But when the two of them saw clearly what was on the painting, they were both stunned.
Only then did they realize that what Li Chengqian had drawn was actually a chart of mountains and rivers.
The mountains, rivers, scenery, terrain and fortresses he walked along were all painted by Li Chengqian without missing a beat.
Moreover, many places in the picture are marked according to the strategic significance revealed in the two people's gossip.
This really surprised the two of them.
Not to mention how old the eldest prince in front of him is.
Even a civil servant over fifty years old would not be able to draw such a detailed picture.
Hou Junji looked at the mountain and river chart and asked in surprise: "Your Highness, are you really the one who drew these?"
"if not?"
Li Chengqian chuckled: "How is it? Is my painting detailed enough? Is there anything I need to add?"
Neither Gao Shilian nor Hou Junji were simply military generals or civil servants.
Both of them are men who can fight when they mount their horses and govern the place when they dismount.
Both of them also knew what this picture represented.
Hou Junji and Gao Shilian looked at each other.
Gao Shilian said: "Your Highness is extremely talented. I am afraid there is no other person in the world who can draw such a detailed picture."
"Uncle, I want to hear the truth."
Li Chengqian was a little dissatisfied. ??
Gao Shilian's face was full of shame: "This is indeed the truth. Even if you ask me to paint, I may not be able to paint it better than His Highness."
"His Royal Highness is only eight years old. He is able to draw such a picture. He is said to be gifted, but in fact it is already a bit low."
Hou Junji also echoed: "If there had been such a detailed atlas when I accompanied His Majesty in the Northern and Southern War, I am afraid that many fewer horse scouts who were used to explore the road would have been killed."
They both spoke from their hearts.
They were also shocked from the bottom of their hearts by the talent that Li Chengqian showed now.
Li Chengqian was only eight years old. He could recite the Four Books and Five Classics in full, draw pictures, and compose poems.
In particular, Li Chengqian was accomplished at Go and could even defeat Li Shimin on the chessboard.
All these factors added together are no longer a matter of age.
At this moment, Hou Junji couldn't help but think about what Li Shimin said to him when he summoned him the night before departure.
Li Shimin said: "Qian'er is a good candidate to be a general. On the way to Jiangnan this time, you can teach him the art of war and tactics and other ways of using troops."
At that time, Hou Junji thought Li Shimin had gone too far.
After all, for such a young child, it is enough for him to learn some poems and lyrics from the Four Books and Five Classics.
Even if he succeeds to the throne, it would be good to let him be a conservative monarch. There is no need to train him like a copycat of Li Shimin.
But now it seems that it is not Li Shimin who has passed, but his own short-sightedness. At this moment, in Hou Junji's mind, Li Chengqian had changed from the image of an uneducated person to the image of a genius.
Li Chengqian didn't know that Hou Junji almost thought that he was a god coming down to earth because of the few paintings he drew.
To put it bluntly, he didn't think this was such a big deal at all.
He simply wanted to show off his painting skills in front of these two people.
Who would have thought that they could come up with so many other things.
After this episode, the group passed through the 800-mile Qinling Mountains and reached Huainan Road, which was later known as Hubei.
When you get here, you can really feel the atmosphere of the south.
In the north, although it is hot now, it is not muggy.
But here, the heat and humidity are unbearable.
After entering Huainan Road, Gao Shilian's face did not look good.
After all, he knew that even if Li Shimin would reuse him, he would have to stay here for a few years.
It is indeed not easy for him, a person who grew up in the north, to move to the south.
Li Chengqian couldn't help but think of the Langshui song by the Du family.
"How is the color of the Jialing River so similar? Shidai, jasper and jade are in harmony with each other. It is pity that the sun breaks through the waves and the waves come out, and the spring returns from the sand."
"Ba Tong rows his oar and passes sideways, and water chickens fly back and forth with fish in their mouths. Victory in Langzhong can be heartbreaking, but the south of Langzhou City is rare in the world..."
This is exactly the poem that Du Jia wrote when he was living in Langzhou when he was demoted.
It seems to be exactly the same as Gao Shilian's current dilemma.
Thinking in his heart, Li Chengqian couldn't help but talk aloud.
"It is pity that the sun breaks through the waves, and the spring returns from the sand..."
After hearing this, Qing He couldn't help but praise: "Your Highness is so awesome, he wrote another poem..."
"only……"
Qinghe scratched his head and asked: "What does this poem mean..."