Datang's journey to death

Li Chengqian made a fuss in Li Ke's mansion and then the two of them were beaten up together by Pei Xuan. Apart from the parties involved, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun knew about it.

But the couple didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Boys, it's normal to be noisy, not to mention that Li Chengqian seemed to be rude when talking about it. It's good that Li Ke didn't come to his own father to complain. There was no intention of pursuing it, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

But Li Shimin didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Their brothers fighting each other like this meant that they had a good relationship with each other. If they really became enemies, would they just copy the knife, okay?Li Shimin is more happy to see such a scene than them fighting each other for the throne.

Even when Li Ke came to connect with his father, he was still in the mood to laugh at his son: "I heard that Da Lang and you have never beaten Xuan Jue?"

The corner of Li Ke's mouth twitched and he said with a paralyzed face, "Father, Xuan Jue is four years older than me."

That is a full four years old. This age difference is very obvious in childhood and adolescence. Pei Xuan's age will be an adult in later generations, while Li Ke and Li Chengqian are still young boys. It has been formed, but they are just in the state of growth, it is normal if they can't beat it.

"Oh?" Li Shimin laughed and said, "But there are two of you. Hey, Pei Ji gave birth to a good son."

Li Ke blushed and looked at Li Shimin sadly, don't mention this kind of dark history, okay?It's fine if he can't beat Pei Xuan alone, as he said, there is an age difference, but he and Li Chengqian have never beaten Pei Xuan!What a shame!

Li Ke was also puzzled. His martial strength was not low among his peers. Although his arm was injured and caused some illnesses, the impact was not great, let alone Li Chengqian. After all, his legs are still good now. It doesn't make sense that both of them can't beat Pei Xuan. How does Pei Xuan get this skill point?

After Li Shimin teased his son, he stopped talking about this topic. Although it is true that Pei Xuan has a high force value, Li Shimin's son does not need such a high force value, it is almost enough, and Li Chengqian and Li Ke both agree Yun Wu is no worse than Pei Xuan.

However, Li Shimin deliberately brought the topic to Pei Xuan. There was one thing he felt needed to let Li Ke know. He looked at Li Ke and said slowly, "Your old man intends to be engaged to Xuan Jue recently."

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and then calculated that Pei Xuan's age had indeed come, and even young boys from aristocratic families even had children at his age, and some had more than one child.

Of course, it's not that Li Shimin and Empress Changsun don't care about Pei Xuan, the main reason is that before Pei Xuan... they must be filial.Even if it was taken out to be a thousand cows, it was only after Pei Xuan became a filial piety. Before that, he had been hanging around with Li Chengqian as a servant. Just read along.

Pei Xuan's filial piety, Empress Changsun originally wanted to mention this matter, and it happened that Li Chengqian and Li Ke were also getting married, so naturally they both had to look at each other.

But Li Ke was a little puzzled, what did Pei Xuan's engagement have to do with him?Is it worth Li Shimin telling him so solemnly?Cough, it's not appropriate to say it's solemn, but Li Shimin's expression is indeed a little more serious.

Just when Li Ke was puzzled, Li Shimin said again: "It must be the second wife of the Wu family."

After hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help asking: "Who?"

"It's the second daughter of the warrior Yi."

Just now Li Ke thought he heard it wrong. There are quite a few people with the surname Wu in the court.

Li Ke just couldn't believe it for a moment. Li Shimin admired Li Ke's surprised expression for a while when he saw Li Ke's eyes rounded. It's very, although it's very stylish, but as an old man, I can't see my son pretending in front of him, but it's hard to say that he shouldn't be like this.

After Li Shimin admired enough, he said patiently: "I told you just to let you have a bottom line in your heart, don't create a gap in your heart with Pei Xuanjue, this matter was decided by you, Aunt, and Pei Xuanjue didn't know about it in advance."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he was also quite emotional, what is this all about.In fact, Li Shimin liked this little loli quite a lot at first, ahem, didn't Erniang Wu just enter the palace in history?It's just that the little lady is still too young, so it's not easy for him to show it. He is thinking about waiting a year or two. If Erniang Wu's temper and character are all right, he can call her into the palace to accompany her day and night.

Unexpectedly, his son had the same vision as him, and he also fell in love with Wu Erniang.If this is a son that he doesn't like very much, Li Shimin will not care about it. Wu Erniang has never married, so he can't be regarded as a woman who robbed her son. However, Li Ke is his beloved son, so he should be more or less scrupulous about Li Ke Feeling, anyway, there are so many beauties in the world, and he didn't insist on Wu Erniang.

Unexpectedly, the samurai Xun went to Da'an Palace for a stroll, and turned around to become Pei Xuan's father-in-law. It's not easy being a good father.

Li Ke was a little angry at that time. Although Li Chengqian came to him aggressively before, if it wasn't for what Pei Xuan said, how could Li Chengqian know so much?Now... well, Pei Xuan is about to marry the Wu family!

It's just that after Li Shimin finished speaking, he knew Li Shimin's attitude. He really couldn't show anger, even if he showed disappointment, he couldn't be angry!After all, in Li Shimin's eyes, Pei Xuan's relationship with him and Li Chengqian is still good, he shouldn't be angry with Pei Xuan for a woman, it's against the way of a gentleman!

However, this is not just a woman's problem!Li Ke hung his head in frustration for a moment, then sighed and said, "I hope Xuan Jue can treat Mrs. Wu kindly."

Seeing Li Ke like this, Li Shimin was very sure that his son's old relationship was not over yet, and suddenly felt that it would be beneficial to let his son go out for a year, at least to isolate him from Pei Xuan and the Wu family, otherwise let others know that Li Ke likes the Wu family, And if you can't let it go for a while, it's not good for him after all.

After Li Ke came out of the Legislative Hall, he began to think, if the Wu family really wanted to marry Pei Xuan, would he come to destroy his personality? - Wow, Li Chengqian and Pei Xuan are already very difficult to deal with. Come another Wu Zetian, this is the day to kill him!

Li Ke's pensive look was interpreted by Li Shimin as sad and unspeakable. He sighed and felt overwhelmed. He has no time to deal with state affairs every day. Who has the time to care about the children's feelings? But the problem is if Li Ke is rambunctious He can still forcefully suppress it, but now that his son has confessed without saying a word and has not protested, he feels a little distressed.

However, as long as Wu married Pei Xuan, he would naturally let it go after a while. Li Shimin never thought that if he left, he would not be able to live. Ke is looking for a good girl.

Li Ke here is worrying, while Pei Xuan on the other side is almost driven crazy by Lei after knowing this.It's true that he doesn't want Li Ke to marry the Wu family, but it doesn't mean he wants to marry the Wu family. Is that an ordinary woman?Marry back to make things difficult for yourself, right?

Empress Changsun came forward to tell Pei Xuan about this matter. Although marriage these days pays attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, it is not the kind that tells you who you want to marry the next day and the first day. The parties talk about it, or let the two people cultivate their relationship when the parents turn a blind eye, so as to avoid disharmony after marriage.

Empress Changsun saw Pei Xuan's stiff face after she finished speaking, she couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart, and couldn't help asking: "Does Xuan Jue have something to say?"

Empress Changsun was also worried. Pei Xuan didn't seem to like this marriage very much, but Li Yuan spoke up about it, and the warrior Xun didn't disagree. This marriage is probably settled, even if Pei Xuan is not satisfied. I'm afraid...

Pei Xuan looked at Empress Changsun with a stiff smile and said: "It's nothing, it's just... I heard that San Lang was in love with a daughter of the Wu family a few days ago, and San Lang and I grew up together since we were young, and our love is different, how can we win people's love? Please also ask the lady to go back to the Supreme Emperor to pay back one or two."

While talking, Pei Xuan bowed to Empress Changsun, the smile on Empress Changsun's face could not be maintained anymore, what is it all about!But I was glad in my heart, fortunately this matter has not been publicized, otherwise... the good little lady of the Wu family might not be easy to marry.

Empress Changsun sighed slightly and said: "Sanlang may not necessarily be interested in the second wife of the Wu family, but just met, so don't take it to heart."

Pei Xuan smiled lightly and didn't say anything, but silently thanked Li Ke in his heart. If Li Ke hadn't made such a fuss, he might not even have an excuse now.

Empress Changsun turned her head and went to talk to Li Yuan, but this time Li Yuan was determined to let Pei Xuan marry the second wife of the Wu family. He was also doing it for Pei Xuan's good. After all, he did his best to this child, but he also understood that now Li Shimin's kindness to Pei Xuan may be because of his face, even if the relationship between father and son is really not that good, he is also Li Shimin's father.

However, in the past two years, Li Yuan's health has deteriorated year by year, and he also feels that he is not worried about his sons. As long as those brats don't rebel, Li Shimin can't treat his younger brother harshly, but what about Pei Xuan?Whether Pei Xuan is needed or not is up to Li Shimin. No matter how talented Pei Xuan is, if Li Shimin says no, he won't. Where is the lack of people in this world?What's more, Li Shimin didn't like Pei Xuan's father Pei Ji very much.

So Li Yuan made up his mind to find a wife with a better family background for Pei Xuan, and strived for Pei Xuan's father-in-law to help him after he left. The child's father is capable.

It just so happened that this time the warrior Xun came over, and Li Yuan fell in love with him at a glance. Of course, the loyalty of the warrior Xun is needless to say, and he is a rare person who, as Li Yuan's former minister, was treated preferentially by Li Shimin. When Jingzhou governor, don't you see what happened to Pei Ji?

It just so happened that Samurai Yu's second daughter was about the same age. Although they were seven years behind, they could barely be regarded as well-connected, so Li Yuan wanted to marry the two families as soon as he slapped his head.

For this reason, after hearing that his favorite grandson also fell in love with Wu's second wife, Li Yuan also struggled for a while, but like Li Shimin, he felt that Li Ke could marry a better girl, so he insisted on letting Pei marry him. Xuan married the Wu family.

But even if he is a matchmaker, he has to go through the formal process: "Leave it alone, let's find a day to combine the two children's horoscopes."

Empress Changsun could only swallow a sigh when she got the instructions, worried that Pei Xuan and Li Ke would have trouble dealing with each other, but she didn't expect that this matter would still be stuck on the horoscope.

The girl's horoscope is there, but Pei Xuan... No one knows Pei Xuan's horoscope!

As I said before, Pei Xuan's background is not very glorious, although when talking about it outside, the child still depends on the father, but when it comes to Pei Xuan...Pei Ji didn't recognize him back then, the whole Pei family didn't regard him as the Pei family , just shrunk aside with the slave girl's mother.

Under such circumstances, who remembers when Pei Xuan was born?Pei Xuan...Even if Pei Xuan knew it, she had to act as if she didn't know it. The female slave lost her health when she gave birth to Pei Xuan, and died early. At that time, Pei Xuan didn't even remember much. How could she know this?

For a moment even the warrior Xun was not very satisfied with this marriage, especially when he heard that King Wu was interested in his second daughter, he looked down on Pei Xuan even more. Is it much stronger?I don't even know my date of birth, so... how do I get married?What if there is a collision?

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment when he found out, he couldn't fake Pei Xuan's horoscope, could he?Even Li Yuan felt a bit troublesome at this time, if it was a woman from a small family, it would be fine, and the warrior Xun...you can't be fooled like this.Samurai Xun also underestimated it a bit in his heart. It is good that Pei Xuan has a title, but there is only one sister left in the family, so it seems a bit tough, plus the background is so unspeakable, and the date of birth is unknown. , he was a little unhappy again.

Wu Erniang was also brought up pampered. Among his three daughters, this one was the smartest and the most beautiful. The warrior Xun also had a high regard for his daughter in his heart.

After Pei Xuan heard that the eldest grandson queen failed to make Li Yuan change his mind, he turned around and ran to Li Yuan and said, "I know that I am inferior to others, so I dare not delay my lady."

This time he didn't dare to say that Li Ke likes Wu Erniang anymore, he only insisted that he was not good enough for Wu Erniang, which made Li Yuan very depressed, but although he was old, he was not yet confused. , just said: "Do you not like the second wife of the Wu family?"

Pei Xuan froze for a moment before saying: "No, it's just that now... I haven't even found out my birth date, so I'm afraid it will hinder me."

Li Yuan looked at Pei Xuan's unwillingness and sighed: "Forget it, I can't control the affairs of you young people."

Pei Xuan had no choice but to apologize, but he also began to think. He had never thought about this issue before, and now he suddenly found out that he was going to get married. Was he cheating?Rather than marrying a woman she doesn't know, Pei Xuan would rather live with Li Ke again!

Li Yuan had no choice but to invite the warrior Xun over again. He was also quite embarrassed to face the warrior Xun. Originally, the two families talked well, but now...

It turned out that the warrior Xun had something to say, as soon as he saw Li Yuan, he knelt down to Li Yuan and said sorry to Li Yuan, Li Yuan was taken aback: "Why are you doing this?"

The samurai Xun said with some shame: "A few days ago, I couldn't match the horoscope, so my wife had to take my daughter to the temple to do a divination. It's just that the divination...is not very good, so I...it's all my fault." Said the samurai Xun and bowed to the ground.

The real thoughts in the warrior's heart cannot be revealed. Pei Xuan was raised by Li Yuan's side. If he said that he was dissatisfied with Pei Xuan, he would be courting death. It's not nonsense, Yang did indeed take her daughter to ask for a divination, and the divination was indeed not so beautiful-Pei Xuan didn't want to marry a wife at all, even if he got back, he would still be a sacrifice, what future is there?

After hearing this, Li Yuan also felt relieved. He also felt that it would not be good for the two families to turn around and go back on their word. Now that the hexagrams are all bad, what else is there to say?

Therefore, Li Yuan just said: "Fortunately, he didn't publicize it. It can only be said that the two children are not destined, so you don't have to take it to heart."

The samurai Xun was relieved after hearing this, and he was still a little worried when he went back. It’s fine if Pei Xuan failed to get married, but because of the fact that he was almost engaged to Pei Xuan, Li Ke definitely couldn’t get married, even when he was young. up.Where is he going to find a wealthy son-in-law?

The samurai Xun has not been in Beijing for a long time. If he wants to marry his daughter to Chang'an, he has to hurry up to see which young man is suitable. In the end, he really found a person——Tang Shiyi, the seventh son of Tang Jian, the Duke of Ju. .

This marriage made the samurai between satisfied and dissatisfied, but he also knew that if it wasn't for Tang Shiyi's inability to seize the title, Tang Jian might not have let his son marry the Wu family. Make up your mind.

Wu Erniang was a little disappointed when she found out about it. She was still thinking about Li Ke. At first she thought that King Wu was interested in her, and maybe she could fight for it, but she didn't expect Li Yuan to intervene later. It's not something that can't be tolerated, but after going around and going around, Tang Shiyi is settled.

At the same time, both Li Ke and Pei Xuan were really relieved. Tang Shouyi's position is difficult to say, but it is true that he is not particularly close to the prince. Ruzhou Sima, thinking of this, Li Ke felt a little pity. If Her Majesty fell into the hands of such a person, no matter how talented she was, she would have to live a mediocre life, right?

On the other side, Li Chengqian was also very sorry. He was a little puzzled: "Isn't it good for you to marry the Wu family? Why don't you want to?" In his opinion, this solution is very good. First of all, the big killer did not fall to Li Chengqian. Ke Wanli, and then Pei Xuan is not from the Li family, Wu's marriage to him can even help them in a disguised form.

Pei Xuan's face was paralyzed: "I have no intention of marrying a wife."

Li Chengqian frowned after hearing this. He knew that the grievances and resentments between Pei Xuan and Li Ke were more complicated. Up to now, he felt that Pei Xuan's feelings for Li Ke were not what he said, but... even if it was true. If I like you, I have to marry a wife. How old are you?Yes, men don't need to care so much, but Pei Ji's branch is just such a single seedling. Aren't you worthy of your dead father by spreading its branches and leaves early?

Pei Xuan didn't want to be sorry to Pei Ji at all. Pei Ji had done those things, thanks to Pei Ji's early death, otherwise it's uncertain how Pei Xuan would treat him.Anyway, he killed Pei Ji's children and grandchildren, and it's okay to keep Pei Ji alone, but who would have thought that Pei Ji could not bear it so much that he would die like this?

Pei Xuan frowned and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about these annoying things, San Lang is about to go out to be an official, or to supervise the military, what are you going to do?"

Li Chengqian sneered: "Even if he is asked to supervise the military, what if he dares to rebel?"

Pei Xuan squinted at Li Chengqian: "You really think he doesn't dare?" Don't be kidding, Li Ke has never been a good person. Believe it or not, he dared to stab him with a knife when he was in a hurry?

Li Chengqian's smile suddenly froze on his face, he turned his head to look at Pei Xuan and thought for a while and said, "Then... I think you might as well follow."

Pei Xuan frowned: "It's not easy."

"Where is it not easy? The children of the nobles in the middle of the capital have experienced this. You have stayed in the position of Qianniu Beishen for a long time. It is time to get promoted and go outside to experience it. Father will definitely not refuse."

"That's not where we say we go."

Li Chengqian smiled: "Leave this to me."

Pei Xuan didn't say a word, he also found it boring to listen to in Chang'an, it would be nice if he could go out, but with his current qualifications, he doesn't even think about being an assassin outside, at most he can be a county magistrate.

However, Li Ke is the governor of Fuzhou, so he will definitely go there. If Li Chengqian works hard to transfer Pei Xuan to Fuzhou, well, the county magistrate there can be regarded as the upper rank of the sixth rank, and his current Qianniu Bei is the sixth rank The next level, it can be regarded as a promotion in front of you.

As a result, Li Chengqian ran over to fool Li Shimin and said: "Xuan Jue has also reached his age, it's time for him to go out to practice, why not let him go with Saburo, at least there is a care."

Li Shimin did the math and thought it was good, so he turned around and promoted Pei Xuan to be the county magistrate of Sanchuan. In Yanzhou, with Sanchuan as the center, it happened that Li Ke and Pei Xuan were not far away.

Li Ke: Are you two finished yet?