"I, Li Mu, come to see your Majesty and join the Queen. I thank your Majesty for not killing me."
Li Mu bowed politely, and then stood with his hands tied, his eyes still a little dazed, and his hair was dotted with a few strands of weeds, which Li Mu specially grabbed on the ground when he left. Before entering the palace, please say hello.
My father-in-law helped me get it up.
Eunuch Gao's decades of combing skills have resulted in the scattered weeds, adding to Li Mu's sense of vicissitudes of life.
Li Shimin glared at Li Mu, snorted coldly, and ignored him. Empress Changsun came to Li Mu as the peacemaker, helped him pluck the weeds from his hair, straightened his clothes, and said: "Zhulu Hou,
Don’t act so recklessly in the future. The Tang Dynasty has laws, do you know how much effort Your Majesty went to in order to save your life?”
"Thank you for your concern, Queen. Your Majesty is so kind to me. I dare not forget it at all."
"Stop fooling me here!" Li Shimin finally couldn't help but said, "Li Mu, you are so brave and capable! You even dare to scheme against me? How is your behavior different from that of Wei Zheng?
?I really regret that I understood it too late, otherwise...I wouldn’t have saved you!"
Empress Changsun quickly winked at Li Shimin, but Li Shimin pretended not to see it, and he was really angry. Eunuch Gao rescued those Shandong scholars, sent Wei Zheng back to the mansion, and came back to report the situation. How could Li Shimin not notice something fishy, even though he was in front of him?
Wei Zheng said in front of him that the great scholars of Shandong and the ordinary people were both citizens, but this was just rhetoric. Both of them knew the actual situation. The great scholars of Shandong were members of the gentry, and the gentry were higher than the common people. What happened today,
If there is no one behind them, how can any common people dare to challenge or even fight with the nobles?
No minister in the court would do such a ridiculous thing. Even if Li Ji, Tang Jian and others wanted to protect Li Mu, they would not do such a thing. Then the mastermind behind the scenes is about to emerge, and it must be directed by Li Mu!
Thinking of Li Yuan's appearance in the Liangyi Palace and the two incidents coming together, Li Shimin suddenly felt that his IQ had been toyed with by Li Mu. This brat killed someone and gained a reputation as a filial son, but he disturbed the court.
The chaos put him, the emperor, in situations where he was forced to do nothing by his ministers several times, and even caused a ridiculous scene when the two saints came to court. But what about him? He just slept in the prison of Dali Temple. How could Li Shimin
Are you angry?
"Your Majesty, I admit my mistake." Li Mu knelt on the ground and apologized, saying: "The people outside the imperial city were indeed hired by me. This matter was also my instruction. I can deceive the people of the world, but I will not lie to your majesty.
"
Li Shimin felt very comfortable hearing this. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "You said you hired those people?"
"Yes." Li Mu nodded and said, "The main force is hired, and some of them join in the fun. My father-in-law, Bai Chun, has contacts with many idle men in Chang'an City. The people he helped me find cost me two guans a day to fight.
, the scolding ones cost you a day, and those shrews with the sharpest mouths..." Li Mu glanced at Li Shimin's eyes, and whispered: "Five coins a day."
Li Shimin laughed angrily and said: "It really opened my eyes. It is indeed good to be rich. Li Mu, your money is not in vain!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
"Are I praising you?!" Li Shimin slammed the table and said angrily: "You have already settled your affairs, don't you want to live? You smashed my Dali Temple and killed people in public, how majestic you are! If you don’t want to live anymore, why are you arranging this kind of thing? And your father-in-law, why does he make friends with idle men? Have you already planned it and treated me as your pawn!"
Faced with Li Shimin's anger, Li Mu did not panic, but smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, how can I plan this? How could I know that Zhao Yuanlang would insult my mother? If I say that I conspired with Zhao Yuanlang, it doesn't make sense. He has already He was killed by me, how could he use his life to conspire with me?"
Li Shimin thought it right and snorted angrily, saying: "Even if it's not a plan, you still have to explain it to me!"
"Alas!" Li Mu sighed and said, "Your Majesty, I forgive you. Your Majesty changed your will at that time, and I really felt disheartened and angry. I thought in my heart that my love for your Majesty is as clear as the sun and the moon, but However, I did not get His Majesty's sympathy, and I was disheartened. And because my mother was insulted, I was so anxious that I killed someone when my head was hot. But then I calmed down and felt that if I were like Zhao Yuanlang, It seems a bit unworthy of a person's life. Moreover, I am not a person. I have wives, concubines, and mother, so I cannot just die like this. So I thought of saving myself. When my wives and concubines visited the prison last night, I told them. I conveyed the minister's intention. I originally wanted to use Datang Daily to defend the minister, but I didn't expect Wei Zheng to be so despicable. He encouraged Shandong scholars and students to block the imperial city gate. The minister learned the news. , knowing that His Majesty would be in trouble because of this, he temporarily changed his mind, and asked the father-in-law to find these people and treat them in the same way as they were treated."
"As for why my father-in-law made friends with idle men... Speaking of which, he has something to do with Uncle Cheng. Didn't Uncle Cheng's horse farm share 30% of the profits of Your Majesty? He felt that he had suffered a bit of a loss, so he forced me to make up for it. I thought about it after thinking about it. , there was no good way, so I wanted to take advantage of the increasing number of people who wanted to watch Marseille and speculate on the tickets for the racecourse, so I asked my father-in-law to make friends with these idle men, give them the tickets first, and then price them at a high price. Sell them to make a profit... I didn't expect that before I could buy the tickets, I used them first. I am really ashamed, so ashamed."
Li Shimin felt a little ashamed when Li Mu told him this. If Li Mu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have remembered it. Li Mu helped him snatch 30% of the profit from Cheng Yaojin's bowl, which is tens of thousands of dollars a month. , and it is money used to replenish internal funds.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin also felt embarrassed, but he was the emperor after all, so he was embarrassed. He coughed lightly and said: "Dali Temple, a powerful prison, has always been isolated from the outside world. You are an exception. You have wives and concubines visiting the prison. It can also deliver messages... Humph, it was Cheng Yaojin who helped you, right?"
Li Mu chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, Uncle Cheng is not an outsider after all. Besides, I have also helped him earn a lot of money, so I have this favor."
"The law has no mercy! I will reprimand him tomorrow."
Li Mu quickly stopped his smile and whispered: "I know I was wrong."
Seeing Li Mu's meekness, Li Shimin's anger subsided a little, but when he thought about Li Yuan, his anger rose again. He pointed at Li Mu and asked: "There is one more thing, if you don't explain it to me, I will still kill you." Got you!"
"Ah?" Li Mu displayed his second-generation acting skills and said in panic: "Your Majesty, I wonder what mistake I have made again?"
"Explain to me why the Supreme Emperor came to the Liangyi Palace! Do you know what impact the Supreme Emperor's appearance in the Liangyi Palace today will have? If someone makes a fuss about this matter, how much trouble will it cause
?”
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Li Mu said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this. I am in prison and all I see is my family. How can I contact the Supreme Emperor? This is simply impossible. Your Majesty, please be aware of this.
!”
"Impossible?" Li Shimin sneered: "I heard that when you were in prison, you brazenly said that you were definitely fine, and you didn't need anyone to help you... You also said that you had a trump card that you could use at the last moment.
, you can definitely protect your life, but tell me, if this trump card is not the Supreme Emperor, what else could it be?"
"Um..." Li Mu looked embarrassed and hesitated: "Your Majesty, I'd better stop talking. It's all over."
"Say!" Li Shimin said angrily: "Don't try to get away with it. Do you think this is a trivial matter?"
"Alas!" Li Mu sighed, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Then I will confess... Yesterday, I smashed the wall of Dali Temple before entering..."
"I know. I heard from senior officials that it was the Ministry of Works that sent people to repair the wall... I understand, it was the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works who left a passage for you? Who did it? How brave!"
"No!" Li Mu quickly cleared it up and said, "Your Majesty, how many craftsmen from the Ministry of Works have the guts to do such a thing? That's what happened. The reason why I was able to break into the wall was because of my guard Li Chongyi. You
I have also seen him, the big man who follows me. He was born with supernatural powers, and I made him a giant axe. It was he who smashed open the wall of Dali Temple with his axe, and when I was in prison with him, he also
For some reason, maybe because he neglected it, no one took his ax away. I thought, if it was really a dead end, I would let him break a hole in Dali Temple and escape at night. Anyway, it was Uncle Cheng who led him.
The soldiers are on guard, I feel that Uncle Cheng doesn’t want the boy to die either, so he won’t pursue him too much.”
"You actually want to smash up Dali Temple again?" Li Shimin yelled angrily, stood up and grabbed the ritual knife beside the desk: "You bastard, you regard the laws of the country as nothing, I will chop you down now!"
Empress Changsun hurriedly stopped her. In fact, it would have been okay if she had not stopped him. Li Shimin would have killed him long ago if he wanted to, so he couldn't kill him now. But if no one really stopped him, the situation would be a bit embarrassing. Empress Changsun always knew Li Shimin's thoughts, so of course she couldn't.
It made it impossible for him to get off stage.
After making a fuss, Li Shimin threw the ritual knife on the ground, still angry, and snorted: "You think everything will be fine if you run away? If I had issued a sea arrest document, could I have escaped from you?"
Li Mu laughed along and said, "I know that your Majesty can't bear to leave me."
Li Shimin glared at him angrily and said, "Who can't bear to leave you? You have such a playful smile and look like a courtier?"
Li Mu quickly said honestly, "I know I was wrong."
"Get out now, the Emperor is still waiting for you to say hello! Get out!"
"No." Li Mu responded, looked up at Li Shimin and Queen Changsun, and rolled around on the spot. Li Shimin looked at him dumbfounded, grabbed the inkstone at hand and smashed it: "You bastard, you still dare to follow me.
Just kidding, do you really think I won’t kill you?”
Li Mu quickly got up and ran away as fast as he could. His voice came from far away: "I know I'm wrong, take a step first..."