Chen Qi ran towards the main hall.Drive directly into the hall.

Li Yuan looked at the heavy rain outside the hall with his hands behind his back, Li Yuan felt faintly uneasy in his heart.Spring oil is as expensive as oil, and there is a proverb that says, when spring thunders, thieves are everywhere.Once the weather is abnormal, it indicates that the year will definitely not be good.Li Yuan had ordered Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Shiwen and other officials to come to discuss matters as early as the heavy rain had just started.

Chen Ying entered the main hall, and handed the secret report to Li Yuan carefully.Li Yuan turned to stand on the top of the alchemy, fixed his eyes on Chen Qi who was kneeling on the ground: "This is..."

Chen Qi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from Luoyang!"

With that said, Chen Qi hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to meet Li Yuan's eyes.

Li Yuan opened the secret report suspiciously, and glanced at the secret report. Although his expression remained the same, Li Yuan's hands trembled, his beard trembled wildly, and sweat dripped on the gold bricks.

Chen Shuda, who was originally quite relaxed, did not dare to show his air at this time.Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan's trembling hands and the sweat on his face, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty."

Li Yuan's cold voice sounded in the hall: "Where's the messenger?"

Chen Qi trembled and said: "Return...Report to Your Majesty, the messenger is outside Yong'an Gate...

"Xuan...slow, keep the news tightly sealed," at this moment, Li Yuan handed the secret letter to Pei Ji with trembling hands.Pei Ji just glanced at it, his face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "Your Majesty...how...how is this possible?"

Li Yuan turned his face and glanced at Pei Ji.Slowly closed his eyes, as if Luoyang's defeat had nothing to do with him.

Chen Qi came to Li Yuan again, and said timidly: "Your Majesty, this is His Highness King Qin's letter of apology."

Holding a seal in his hand, he handed it to Emperor Chongguan.

Li Yuan snorted coldly, didn't take Chen Qi's seal, turned to look at Pei Ji and said, "Jian Pei, how should we deal with King Qin's matter?"

Pei Ji was quick-witted, and stepped out of the line: "Your Majesty, the defeat in Luoyang, Qu Tutong lost his teacher and humiliated the country. His crime is unforgivable, but now the king's teacher is newly defeated, and the inside story is unknown. At present, Dali Temple Prison is integrated with the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai. The investigation is clear, and the responsibility for his crimes will be announced to the world, and the punishment will be imposed!"

Pei Ji naturally knew that Li Yuan intended to protect Li Shimin, but the battle of Luoyang was a big defeat, with more than [-] soldiers lost, so someone must be needed to take this responsibility.Li Shimin couldn't bear this responsibility, and Chen Ying tried his best to save Lan Lan at the critical moment, but Qu Tutong's head was neither big nor small, which was just right.

Li Yuan smiled coldly: "Chen Shuda? I entrusted you with the matter of the Eastern Expedition, and now a hundred thousand troops are throwing their corpses outside. Is it clear that a sentence of investigation is your explanation to me?"

Chen Shuda took a deep breath, untied the belt, took off the beam crown on his head, and knelt down on the ground.The emperor can't be wrong, so only the Zhongshu servant is wrong, and this Zhongshu servant only needs to top the vat.Chen Shuda said with a gloomy expression: "As a servant, I can't appease the four barbarians, and cause my father's worry, I'm guilty!"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Xinbo who was kneeling on the ground, with hesitation in his eyes.

Nayan Xiao Shiwen raised his eyes, looked at Chen Shuda who was kneeling on the ground, then turned his head and looked at Pei Ji who was sitting at the head of the station. Pei Ji still had his eyes closed and said nothing.

Li Yuan said in a loud voice: "Wang Shi was defeated, and Wang Shichong's victorious army will definitely invade the border. When you Chen Shuda resigned, Wang Shichong withdrew his army? Chen Xianggong, are you blackmailing me?"

Chen Shuda kowtowed and said, "I dare not!"

Li Yuan turned his head and looked at Pei Ji: "Jian Pei..."

Pei Ji opened his eyes, and his pupils were full of light. At this moment, he didn't look like an old man in his 60s at all.

Li Yuan said coldly: "What do you say??"

Pei Ji slowly opened his mouth and said: "The most important thing right now is the defense of eastern Shaanxi, which needs to be rectified urgently. Don't let Zheng Guo's troops not cross the side wall, and send troops from Guanzhong to come east to fill the defense line of Tongguan; Eastern Shaanxi and Hedong are more important. Strengthen the military preparations to prevent the Turkic people from taking advantage of the fire and attacking from two sides with Wang Shichong to attack and harass the capital...

Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Listen, this is the talk of seeking the country."

Li Yuan turned his head to look at Chen Shuda and said, "Chen Shuda, did you hear that? You are my prime minister. When something happens to the country, you want to put down the pick. How can you be a loyal minister?"

Chen Shuda let out a long breath, and replied: "I would like to report to your Majesty, for the preparation of armours and staffs in the states of Hedong, before going to the palace, all you need is an order from your Majesty to activate it. The reinforcements in Guanzhong can be used day and night to march eastward." , Within five days and nights, it should be able to support the defense of Tongguan...to ensure the safety of Kansai."

Li Yuan nodded: "That's pretty much the same. You, Pei Xiangguo, and Xiao Xiangguo are all my ministers. When the country is in trouble, we have to help each other, understand?"

Chen Shuda said: "I understand——."

Li Yuandao: "Decree, Li Shimin and Qu Tutong lost their teachers and humiliated the country, and went to Dali Temple for investigation——

He paused, turned his head to look at Xiao Shiwen and said, "Xiao Qing!"

Xiao Shiwen stepped forward and said, "The minister is here!

Li Yuan said: "This case is up to you and Dali Temple to ask!"

Chen Shuda fell on the ground, his eyebrows moved involuntarily.

Xiao Shiwen came out and bowed, "I obey the imperial edict!"

At this moment, a shout came from outside the hall: "Wait!"

Li Yuan, Pei Ji, Xiao Shiwen, Chen Shuda and others all looked towards His Highness, and outside the hall, Li Jiancheng walked into the hall as quickly as a drowned chicken.Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan and asked solemnly, "Father, what do you plan to do with the soldiers and horses of the Luoyang Beimang Camp?"

"Chen Yingquan knows that the Marshal of Eastern Shaanxi's troops and horses marches to control the troops and deploy defenses!" Li Yuan said without thinking, "He is now the appeasement envoy of Henan Province's economic strategy, and it is his duty to appease Henan Province..."

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"Father, this is inappropriate!" Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan and said solemnly.Li Yuan was the emperor, once he opened his mouth, there was no room for maneuver.Therefore, Li Jiancheng decided to discuss with Li Yuan, not to make this decision hastily.When Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to go to Dali Temple for questioning, Li Jiancheng actually understood Li Yuan's intention.This is for Li Shimin's safety. First, Li Shimin was transferred back from the front line in Luoyang, and Chen Ying was put in the front. Xin'an and Hangu Pass could abide by the rules.

Li Yuan raised his brows, his brow bones jumped up, obviously Li Yuan was suppressing his anger: "Prince, what's your plan?"

"I haven't thought of it yet...but..." Li Jiancheng thought for a while, and then said: "However, in the eighteen counties of Henan Prefecture, thousands of Guanzhong athletes were brought back with blood. If we just give up Guandong like this, the thousands of What's the point of Jian'er's death!"

Xiao Yu bowed and said: "His Royal Highness, the old minister thought... the Tang Dynasty had already lost in the battle of Luoyang, with a loss of 480 soldiers. The most important thing now is to guard the gates of Hangu Pass and Tongguan. Hangu Pass is [-] miles away from Chang'an. , Tongguan is more than three hundred miles away from Chang'an. Once the second pass falls, Wang Shichong's army will be able to kill Chang'an in three days or one day. Your Majesty must make a decisive decision..."

"Shut up!" Li Jiancheng interrupted Xiao Yu's words unceremoniously: "Wang Shichong's army has not set off yet, and it is going to flee. No matter how high-sounding it is, abandoning Luoyang and Guandong is to flee and to be punished by the world." It is ridiculed."

Li Yuan turned his head slowly, looking at Chen Shuda and Pei Ji.Pei Ji lowered his brows and lowered his eyes, without saying a word.

Li Yuan turned to look at Feng Deyi and asked, "Feng Lun, tell me!"

Feng Deyi held his head high and said, "I don't agree with giving up the Kanto region!"

A gleam of joy appeared in Li Jiancheng's eyes.

Xiao Yu was furious: "Fawning."

Feng Deyi didn't seem to have heard Xiao Yu's words, and continued: "His Royal Highness is right, no matter how you pretend to be wrong, if you look at the enemy and fight timidly, losing the city and territory is running away, which is a cowardly act."

Li Yuan stared at Feng Deyi with great interest, and Li Jiancheng let out a long sigh, but Feng Deyi immediately spoke again: "I will not blame His Royal Highness King Qin, after all, the loss of [-] soldiers and horses is someone's responsibility. .”

Xiao Yu was dumbfounded, and cursed: "Little man——"

Feng Deyi was unmoved, and continued righteously: "Although His Royal Highness the King of Qin is a prince, but before the law, the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. The dignity of the court is important, but the continuation of the Tang Dynasty is more important. For the momentary dignity But trapping the ruler and father in an unexpected place is not the work of a minister."

Li Yuan said with a smile: "Slippery!"

Feng Deyi said: "I think that whether you want to give up Guandong depends on two things. The first one is that the Qin king is newly defeated. In Luoyang, General Chen led the remnants of the defeated general, and whether he can stop Wang Shichong; the second one is that Dou Jiande of Hebei will Will not move westward, whether the Hangu Pass and Tongguan defense lines are stable...

At this moment, a voice came from outside the hall—an urgent report—!

An officer from the left prison gate, covered in rain, ran up to the hall in embarrassment, and threw himself forward: "Urgent report...Kanto emergency report...!"

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