Chapter 423 Congratulations to Xiaobaoai Li Murong for being promoted to the leader of the alliance!
As the sky grew bright, the three brothers threw away the wine jars and leftover soup on the floor, washed their faces, tidied up, and rushed from the valley to Chang'an City. In front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the Jin Yiwei and the veterans of the Hejian County Prince's Palace were already ready.
, Prince Motorcycle, Bearded Duolou, and their entourage were taken to the craftsman's workshop by Wang Pu yesterday. Together with Ma Zhou, who returned to the city to say goodbye to General Chang He the day before, they had been waiting here early.
All the application tools are ready and ready to go at any time.
Li Mu took out a bag of tips from his arms and handed it to Wang Pu, saying: "This bag of tips will be opened when you arrive at Zhenla Kingdom. It depends on the situation and the plan will be used."
"Understood." Wang Pu responded and put the bag of tips close to his body.
Li Mu looked at Ma Zhou again and said, "I'll leave it to you for all the big and small things along the way."
"Rest assured, principal, the students will do their best."
Finally, Li Mu looked at Li Chongyi. For a long time, neither brother said anything. Suddenly, Li Mu looked away and pretended to be relaxed: "What should be said and what should be instructed was already said last night. To say more is just a waste of time.
.I won’t see you off either. Let’s go. It’s better to leave early rather than late. If you leave early, you can still travel a few more miles.”
Li Chongyi was silent and suddenly knelt down with tears in his eyes.
"Hey, what are you doing? Get up." Li Mu helped Li Chongyi up and said, "It's only been half a year. It's not like we can't see each other anymore. Men don't shed tears lightly. Don't cry easily and don't kneel easily. Remember this."
"Yes!" Li Chongyi nodded and said to Dugu Jiu next to Li Mu: "After I leave, my brother's safety depends on you. You must protect your brother and never leave."
"Don't worry."
"Brother, I'm leaving!"
Li Chongyi shouted, which made Li Mu's ears buzz. Li Mu waved his hand, and Li Chongyi got on his horse. The Jin Yiwei were divided into two teams, one team opened the way, and the other team reared. The large group of people walked slowly.
Prince Moto came to Li Mu and dismounted, put his right hand on his left chest, bowed deeply and said: "Moto is grateful to the Marquis for his help. Zhenla will not forget the kindness of the Marquis. When Xiao Wang returns to China, he will prepare a gift for the Marquis."
A great gift, I will give it to the Marquis the next time I pay tribute, I hope the Marquis will accept it."
Li Mu was in a low mood, so he said a few perfunctory words. Seeing that Li Mu was a little indifferent, Prince Motorcycle believed in Beard Duolou's analysis. He secretly reminded himself that when he returned to Zhenla Kingdom, he would definitely
I need to prepare a bigger gift for Li Mu to make up for this neglect.
Li Mu stood on the steps in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, watching the large group of people disappear at the end of the road, and felt a lot empty in his heart. Although he knew that Li Chongyi hadn't gone far yet and could catch up with him in an instant, but this kind of difference
The feeling still made his nose sore.
This feeling reminded him of the last time he bid farewell to Li Siwen. Li Mu finally discovered that the thing he feared most was loneliness.
"well……"
Li Mu sat down on the steps and sighed repeatedly. Dugujiu looked at him and said, "Brother, how about we catch up and give him a ride."
"What are you sending? Can you go with me? If you can't go with me, it doesn't matter how far you go..." Li Mu sighed again and suddenly asked: "Xiaojiu, do you think the big guy can come back safely this time?"
"
Dugu Jiu thought, I don't know where to go. But when the words came to his mouth, he still said: "Whoever beats the big guy will definitely come back safely."
"Of course I feel at ease in a one-on-one challenge. I'm just worried that someone will trick him...what if he's poisoned?" Li Mu looked up at Dugu Jiu and asked, "Xiao Jiu, you said there can't be such a bad person, right?"
"..." Dugujiu shook his head and said, "No, the big guy is carrying medicine. It's okay if you get poisoned."
"I heard that there is a person in Miao territory who is good at using witchcraft. What if he is poisoned?"
Dugujiu was really a little impatient and said: "Brother, why don't you just go with me? Why are you always so worried? How could such a coincidence happen? Why is this big man so unlucky? Anything bad can happen to him."
?Look at the prince of Zhenla, didn’t you also reach Chang’an smoothly? If you go back the same way, there will be no accidents. Don’t worry.”
"well……"
Li Mu sighed again and said, "That being said, but..."
Before he could say the "yes" of "but", suddenly a horse riding Juechen came over. Li Mu watched him rushing towards him, but before he could reach him, he suddenly turned away and Juechen went straight towards the city gate.
Li Mu frowned and asked, "Jiu'er, why did I feel that the person just now looked familiar?"
Dugujiu looked at him for a while and said, "Brother, he looks familiar to me. He seems to be Li Chongyi."
"Ah?" Li Mu was startled and said quickly: "It's over. If he follows, the Hejian County Prince will not tear me apart. Hurry up and chase him back!"
The two mounted their horses and were about to chase him, when another horse came galloping towards him: "No need to chase him, let him go."
Li Mu followed the voice and looked over, blankly saying: "Prince? What are you..."
Li Xiaogong came closer and hummed: "This kid still doesn't know that the person guarding him was ordered by the king to deliberately leave a loophole for him to exploit. Otherwise, how could he escape? That's all, I have no control over my son. He
Since you want to go, let him go. Life and death depend on fate, wealth and honor. After all, I can't stay with him forever."
Li Mu secretly thought, he was afraid that something would really happen and you would come to trouble me. But he did not dare to say this, so he had to answer vaguely. Anyway, with these words, even if something happened in the future, he would have an excuse to evade.
Li Xiaogong suddenly glanced at Li Mu and said, "Boy, you are quite bad!"
"Ah?" Li Mu pretended to be stupid and said, "Why did the prince say this?"
"When you came to me that day, you didn't say that you were pretending to pass on the imperial edict! Are you too brave to do such a thing?"
"Ah... this," Li Mu said quickly: "Prince, please listen to my explanation, this matter is actually..."
"Actually what? Li Mu, what do you have to say?" Before he could make up a reason, two people suddenly walked out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry. It was Li Shimin and Eunuch Gao. When Li Mu saw Li Shimin, his whole body froze and broke.
No wonder Li Xiaogong suddenly said something like this. It turned out that he saw Li Shimin and was shirking responsibility!
This old guy is so unreasonable. You asked your own son to follow you even though you knew the inside story, which shows that your thoughts are the same as mine. Why did you ignore everything and leave me behind when the incident came to light?
One person has to take the blame! No, you have to take the blame. If everyone takes the blame together, don’t even think about running away!
"Your Majesty, in fact this matter"
"Your Majesty! Let me make the decision!" Li Xiaogong interrupted Li Mu and came to Li Shimin angrily. Tearing up at the drop of a hat, he pointed at Li Mu and cried: "Your Majesty, I want to sue Li Mu for bewitching my son Chongyi.
He joined the Jin Yiwei and sent the Jin Yiwei to the Zhenla Kingdom. Your Majesty, the Zhenla Kingdom is more than ten thousand miles away from Chang'an! It's a pity that I only have such a legitimate son, Your Majesty... I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup was fed to the child by Li Mu, but he took advantage of the opportunity.
The guard didn't pay attention and sneaked out. I didn't even look at him. I learned that the news was right, and there was no one around. My son, where is he now?"
Li Mu was dumbfounded. Are all the people named Li drama stars? This acting is too fake! Li Mu looked at Li Shimin blankly and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the case..."
"What else could that be?!" Li Shimin comforted Li Xiaogong, then turned to Li Mu and yelled: "Li Mu, you are such a bastard! You are usually more arrogant, but I will turn a blind eye because of your contribution.
I closed my eyes and spoiled you, but I didn't expect that I would spoil you to no end. You can even pretend to pass on imperial edicts, what do you want to do? Do you want to be the emperor? Do you want to rebel?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Li Mu hurriedly knelt down and said helplessly: "Do you think I am someone who can be the emperor? I am not just doing things for convenience."
"It's convenient? Then you pretend to pass the imperial edict!? I'll slap you." Li Shimin raised his hand, and Li Mu was so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes and hunched his shoulders to bear it. Although being slapped was very embarrassing, compared to losing his life, it was still
A good deal.
After waiting for a long time, the slap did not fall. Li Mu secretly opened an eye and saw that Li Shimin had put his hand down, but still stared at him angrily.
Stop fighting?
Li Mu secretly glanced at Li Shimin's expression, and gradually a smile appeared on his face. He stood up and approached Li Shimin with a playful smile: "I knew that His Majesty was reluctant to hit me. What makes me not only His Majesty's minister, but also His Majesty's good nephew?"
Well. I am a registered member of the clan. I can’t write two Li in one stroke. Your Majesty will not be able to bear it if your family does not speak the same language!"
"What a mess! I'm very angry right now!"
"Oh, no, no, no." Li Mu pushed Eunuch Gao away, caressed Li Shimin's back diligently, helped him calm down, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although what I did was a little outrageous, Meng Lang was a little too much.
, but ultimately, isn’t it for me, the Tang Dynasty? Do you know how much money I spent on this trip to Zhenla? Adding it all up, it’s at least 30,000 guan!”
Half of it was the cost of the equipment Li Chongyi was wearing, but Li Mu would not tell this.
Li Shimin did not doubt that he was there, snorted and said: "How much money you spend is none of my business. I won't let you do it, but you insist on doing it. Who can you rely on? I came here today to ask you,
How should we be punished for the crime of falsely preaching imperial edicts!"
"Kill me?"
"Okay, I will kill you"
"...That is absolutely necessary!" Li Mu quickly interrupted Li Shimin and said: "I still have to make money for Your Majesty. How can I be missing in all the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office? Otherwise, I should be punished.
The annual salary is quite a lot, what do you think, Your Majesty?"
"Don't be so playful with me!" Li Shimin made up his mind this time to teach Li Mu a lesson, and said with a stern face: "Don't think that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be able to survive without you. I really see that you are using this as a basis for confidence.
Come on! I will remove you from the post of Minister-in-Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to let you know that this huge court will be the same without anyone!"