When Li Jing arrived at the Sui Army's camp in Taiyuan, the rebuilt internal and external camps were still under intense construction. Even Li Yuan's Chinese army command tent had not yet been built, and only a small tent was hastily erected behind the command tent.

After giving Li Yuan a rest, Li Jing was led into this small tent by Li Yuan's guards and met with Li Yuan, Li Er and his son.

Li Yuan once again warmly received Li Jing. Li Er personally brought a stool for Li Jing and asked Li Jing to sit down. Li Jing, who knew that being courteous for nothing was definitely a traitor or a thief, did not hesitate and said directly: "Ambassador, next

The officer received your order to summon you in Chen Yingliang's tent. Chen Yingliang also knows that the officer is here to pay homage to you. In order to avoid him becoming suspicious, I would like to ask the ambassador to give you instructions as soon as possible if you have any instructions. The officer is all ears."

"No rush, no rush." ​​Li Yuan smiled and waved his hands to indicate that there was no need to rush, and then asked with a smile: "Pharmacist, if I remember correctly, you are the Magistrate of Mayi County who took office in the first year of the Daye, right? Mayi is a windy, sandy and bitter cold place.

, most people in the Central Plains are not used to living there, so how come eleven years have passed and you are still here as the county magistrate in Mayi without being promoted or transferred?"

"The subordinates are incompetent and have poor political performance. It's a fluke that they were not dismissed or demoted. How dare they expect to be promoted or transferred?" Li Jing answered modestly.

"Haha, isn't it?" Li Yuan laughed and said with a smile: "Li Juncheng, you have stayed in Mayi for eleven years and have never been promoted? The key is because your uncle, General Han Qinhu, passed away too early, right?

"

Regarding Han Qinhu's words, Li Yuan smiled and said them casually, but when he heard it, it was like a thunderbolt in Li Jing's ears. He was so shocked that Li Jing jumped up from the bench after checking, his face suddenly turned pale, and he almost

I thought Li Yuan had seen through someone

Confidential. But fortunately, Li Yuan immediately added with a smile: "Also, it is also because Yang Su and Yang Pushe, who promoted you, a foreign minister of the driving department, to the prime minister of Mayi County suddenly lost power and died of illness, so you never got anything.

Opportunities for promotion, right?”

"Why did you pull Yang Su out?" Li Jing was puzzled, and his face quickly returned to normal, and he asked doubtfully: "Ambassador Li, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand this?"

"Li Juncheng, there is no need to be humble, no one knows better than you." Li Yuan said with a smile: "If your uncle, the old general Han Qinhu, had not passed away too early, and if Yang Su and Yang Pushe, who promoted you personally, had not suddenly lost power and died of illness,

, you still need to live in Mayi for eleven years? With the power of the two of them, and their power in the court,

If you just need to stretch out a little finger to give you status, you will at least be granted a title and a government office. But it is a pity that your luck is so bad. Two of the great backers in the court have fallen.

It was too fast and too sudden, and I had no support, so I never had the chance to get promoted - Li Juncheng, am I right in saying these words?"

Li Jing was silent. He couldn't guess Li Yuan's intention when he said these words. He could only reply vaguely: "Ambassador Li, your words are certainly correct, but I am not without support in the court now. Ambassador Li

You once said that as long as the official handles your errands for you and works hard, you will be the official's biggest supporter in the court."

"Just know that I am your biggest supporter in the court." Li Yuan suddenly changed his face and said fiercely: "The eight great clans in Longxi are among the eight great clans, and the Li family in Longxi is among them. I am the head of the Li family in Longxi and a relative of the emperor.

The prince pays homage to the Duke and returns

He is the dignified Hedong Ambassador of Comfort. He cannot be said to be true to his word in the court, but he is still a high-ranking and powerful official. For you, it is definitely something you can only meet but cannot ask for. If you don't know how to cherish it, then you

You're not making a mistake, you're being stupid

Li Jing still didn't quite understand Li Yuan's true intention, so he wisely chose to shut up. At this time, Li Er, who had been silent beside him, also spoke and said with a smile: "Li Juncheng, have you ever seen building a house? Before building a house.

You must dig the foundation because without a foundation, it will be a little bigger

The house will collapse due to severe wind, rain and earthquake. Only by digging the foundation, laying a good foundation, and then building a house or building on the foundation can such a house be stable. The foundation of our Li family was dug very deep and the foundation was also laid.

It is very strong and can withstand any wind and rain, and it will not collapse even if the sky shakes and the earth shakes."

Observing Li Jing's expression, Li Er added with a smile: "But Chen Yingliang is different. He is just a child of a run-down family. He is helpless in the world. He has managed to hold on to a few legs, but he is not in his waning years and may kick his legs at any time.

expire,

I just don’t pay much attention to him, regard him as a side branch of my foreign surname, and throw it away after use. Therefore, Chen Yingliang is like a pavilion without a foundation. It looks bright and beautiful on the surface, but in fact it cannot withstand the wind and rain - Li Juncheng, now

You should understand, right?"

Li Jing, who had a guilty conscience as a thief, turned pale again, and it took him a long time to tremble before he replied: "Second Young Master, please forgive me, but I still don't understand."

Li Er smiled, and Li Yuan also laughed, and he smiled very happily, and said with a smile: "Pharmacist, you are really good at pretending, you really don't understand? Okay, then let me ask you, the second night when Chen Yingliang broke the Turks in Nao County

, you went to see His Highness King Qi, what did you say? What did you do?"

Li Yuan's words were like a bolt from the blue, and once again stunned Li Jing, who had a guilty conscience. After finally recovering, Li Jing immediately jumped up, knelt down to Li Yuan, bowed his head and screamed in a low voice, "Your Majesty."

He is guilty, he is guilty, he deserves death, but Ambassador Li, he made amends afterwards."

Screaming for mercy in a low voice, Li Jing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to himself: "I'm scared to death. It turns out this is what happened. I thought that old man Li Yuan had found out about that."

The light in the tent was good in broad daylight. Seeing that Li Jing was really sweating on his face, he couldn't pretend to be sweating. Li Yuan and Li Er and his son laughed happily again. Then Li Yuan sneered and said: "It's okay if you know you are guilty. You don't count."

You are smart. After you deceived me, you made some amends. Otherwise, as long as you contact His Highness Prince Qi in private, I will guarantee that you will be killed with just one word."

Li Jing continued to beg for mercy and begged: "Excuse me, Ambassador, forgive me. I was confused for a moment and was afraid that my crime of meeting His Highness King Qi in private would be exposed, so I deceived you. I deserve to be punished by death, and I deserve to be punished by death."

If I die, I won’t dare to go down to the official position, and I will never dare to go down to the official position again.”

"You'd better not dare again." Li Yuan smiled ferociously and said fiercely: "Remember me, don't worry about this mountain or that mountain. You only have one backer, and that is me. If you dare to stand on this mountain, you will have two feet.

The boat’s idea is to help that poor boy who was still picking vegetables and leaves to make porridge two years ago to help others. Be careful with your head and the heads of your whole family.”

Li Jing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and repeatedly expressed that he would always remember Ambassador Li's teachings and advice. Ambassador Li snorted again: "Okay, get up, I have a question for you. Who is the Turkic traitor who secretly contacted the little thief Chen Yingliang?"

Who? Do you know?"

"Turkic traitor?" Li Jing's face changed color before he could stand up, and he exclaimed in his heart: "Why does old man Li Yuan ask about the Turkic traitor? Is he really connected with the Turks? But that's not right, if common man Li Yuan

If there is really a connection with the Turks, it would be impossible for the Turks to step into our trap last night?

Coincidentally, at this moment, a guard suddenly came in from outside the tent, knelt down on one knee and said to Li Yuan: "Ambassador, our army's scouts captured a man. He claimed to be Wang Rengong, the governor of Mayi.

The envoy sent by Governor Wang to see you has an official document from Mayi to report to you, requesting you to receive him immediately."

"Wang Rengong?" Li Yuan and Li Jing were both slightly stunned. Their first reaction was how did Wang Rengong's messenger come? But thinking that the mountain path was not cut off, Li Jing also led the interpretation team to the Yanmen battlefield via the mountain path before.

King Qin, Li Yuan and Li Jing didn't think it was too strange, and then Li Yuan casually ordered: "Bring him here, just disarm him, there is no need to search him."

The guard followed the order and left. Then Li Yuan turned his attention to Li Jing and shouted: "Hurry up, who is the Turkic traitor who is secretly in contact with the little thief Chen Yingliang? Do you know?"

Li Jing hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and replied: "Ambassador, forgive me, the little thief Chen Yingliang is cunning and cautious, and did not reveal the name of the Turkic traitor to the subordinate, but the subordinate can guess who the Turkic traitor is."

"Who is it?" Li Yuan quickly asked: "How did you guess it?"

"The little thief Chen Yingliang once learned about the situation of the Turkic general Ashina Simo from the lower official." Li Jing answered truthfully: "At that time, the lower official told him that although Ashina Simo's surname was Ashina, he was not the same because of his body.

Because he has Hu ancestry, he will not be subject to the Turks for the rest of his life, and will not be able to independently control military power for the rest of his life. He is quite discriminated against in the Ashina family, and then the little thief Chen Yingliang said nothing."

"Ashna Simo?"

Li Yuan and his son suddenly understood. They immediately understood why Chen Yingliang believed that this Turkic traitor was reliable, and they also immediately understood why this Turkic traitor knew Shibi Khan's tactical plan. However, while Li Yuan and his son were secretly happy, a new accident suddenly happened -

Guard Li Yuan suddenly shouted from outside the tent, "Mao Fugui, what do you want? Are you being sneaky? Are you eavesdropping?"

Immediately afterwards, footsteps and scuffles suddenly came from outside the tent. Li Yuan and his son were shocked and hurried out of the tent to check the situation. They saw several of their close guards pushing a guard named Mao Fugui to the ground.

Then he moved his hands in front of Li Yuan. The captain of the guard also reported to Li Yuan: "Ambassador, Mao Fugui just put his ear to the tent to eavesdrop on your conversation. After being discovered, he tried to escape, but we caught him.

"

Li Yuan and his son, who were just spying on the Turkic traitor, turned pale. They quickly ordered Mao Fugui to be taken into the tent and asked: "Who sent you to eavesdrop? Who is the mastermind behind you?"

Mao Fugui turned his face sideways and did not answer or said a word. Li Yuan became even more furious and shouted: "If you don't say anything, you will be severely tortured."

Mao Fugui still didn't say anything. Li Yuan became even more furious and immediately ordered him to be taken out and tortured severely. Li Er quickly stopped him and whispered in his ear: "Father, you can't be tried. It will be more troublesome to get him out. Take the morning."

The priority is to kill people and silence them.”

Li Yuan's heart trembled. Just when he was about to order the killing to be silenced, a vaguely familiar voice suddenly came from outside the tent, "Li Juncheng, I am Changsun Wuji. I have something urgent to come to you. I have something urgent to come to you."

There were voices of negotiation again outside the tent door. Li Yuan's guards refused to allow Changsun Wuji to enter the tent, but Changsun Wuji insisted that he had to see Li Jing immediately because of an urgent military situation. Li Yuan and his son inside the tent suddenly turned pale, and said to the hairy man in front of them.

Fugui was the spy arranged by Chen Yingliang. In desperation,

Li Yuan almost wanted to kill Mao Fugui himself. At the same time, the guards outside the tent reported that Changsun Wuji insisted on entering the tent immediately. The tent suddenly became a mess. No matter how resourceful Li Yuan and his son were, it was inevitable for a while

There are also some who are at a loss and don't know how to make a decision.

At the critical moment, Li Jing suddenly appeared in front of Li Yuan and whispered: "Ambassador, this Mao Fugui must not have been sent by the little thief Chen Yingliang. Otherwise, he would have shouted for help at this moment."

After being reminded by Li Jing, Li Yuan finally came to his senses and glanced at the silent Mao Fugui again. Li Yuan quickly ordered him to be taken aside, and then summoned Chang Sun Wuji to enter the tent. Soon, Chang Sun Wuji took a big step.

After entering the military tent, he first took a very strange look at Mao Zedong, who was being held aside.

Fugui, then gave a symbolic salute to Li Yuan and Li Er, and then turned to Li Jing and said: "Li Juncheng, our army found some official Turkic documents on the battlefield, one of which is more important, the commander is anxious to translate it into Chinese, junior

I don't know enough about my talent and knowledge, so I would like to ask for your advice."

Li Jing nodded quickly, while Li Yuan secretly scolded the guards for their incompetence. Company commander Sun Wuji suddenly entered the camp without reporting it in advance, and said with a smile: "Li Juncheng, we have just finished discussing the matter, you can go."

Li Jing nodded again. Changsun Wuji, who was eager to ask Li Jing to help translate the Turkic letters, refused to leave immediately. He asked curiously: "Li Juncheng, Uncle Li, what urgent military situation did you discuss? Also, what happened to this general?"

?What military law did you violate? Why are you being detained here?"

Seeing Changsun Wuji asking questions, Li Yuan and his son complained in their hearts. It was true that Mao Fugui was not sent by Chen Yingliang and did not say anything. Changsun Wuji, who had been seriously led by Chen Shangliang, blinked his eyes and said deliberately: "Uncle Li, please forgive me.

As a reminder, the current chief military judge in the army is the Yin Shishi Master Yin Taishou. If this general violates any military law, you'd better handle it together with Yin Taishou."

Changsun Wuji really didn't know the reason for Mao Fugui's arrest. He deliberately said this just to disgust Ambassador Li. Who would have thought that Mao Fugui's eyes lit up immediately and he hurriedly shouted: "Master Changsun, this villain has violated military law.

Just now, the villain was accidentally mistaken for eavesdropping on a military aircraft and was wrongfully imprisoned here. I would like to ask Mr. Changsun to quickly inform the governor of Huiyin and ask him to personally make the decision for me."

"Master Yin Shi?" Li Yuan and his son were shocked, and then they realized that this Mao Fugui was probably a spy sent by Master Yin Shi - after all, as the chief military judge of King Qin's coalition, the powerful Yin Shi Master wanted to

It is simply too easy to bribe a handful of Li Yuan guards.

Changsun Wuji was indeed completely led astray by Chen Sangliang. When he heard this, he felt something was wrong. Without blinking an eyelid, he immediately turned to the outside of the tent and shouted to his entourage: "Quick, go and ask for the Governor Yin to come.

Here, right away”
To be continued...