Chapter 24: Why

In the tent of Marshal Li Ji of the Tang Dynasty rehabilitated the army, the warm tea swayed and hot steamed. With a faint fragrance, Li Ji sat in the upper position and looked at Wei Chi sitting at the lower head with a strange expression. The person sitting below was full of shame and ashamed, his face was red, and even the tips of his ears were red. He lowered his head and said nothing.

"... Should you say you are lucky or unlucky?" Old Master Li Ji sighed and looked at Wei Chi very strangely. Wei Chi was very conscious and took the initiative to say, "Overall, it's still lucky. There are slight flaws at the end, which is still tolerant."

When the old man heard this, he showed a smile and said, "It seems that he has reached a conclusion and is very open-minded. It's good, good."

Wei Chi smiled as if shy, and this smile made Li Ji unable to hold it in anymore. He laughed loudly, and he was full of energy. I was afraid that everyone outside the tent would hear it. Wei Chi could only rub his nose with embarrassingness. Well, he was joked again. At present, there was only one habit that could comfort himself. Yes, the current situation is that after Wei Chi returned to the tent, Li Ji was concerned about his "injured" shoulder problem. Wei Chi was forced to confess in desperation, and the result of confession was the above situation, which was very depressing.

After laughing for a while, Li Ji was not the kind of scoundrel and villain-related attributes like Cheng Zhijie. He just laughed at Wei Chi and stopped laughing, touched his beard and sighed: "You can save your life from a dead end, and you will be stung by a bug in the end. You are considered a lucky brat."

Wei Chi smiled and said, "I think so too. When I decided to bet that, I had a sentence in my head, I would be brave and starve to death. I would be able to have a look at it. If I bet right, I would live. If I lose the bet, I would not make the situation worse. Fortunately, God blessed me and won the bet."

Li Ji said: "It is rare that Jiang Rui is still a person who knows how to serve his family and country. You can make you bet right and escape from Li Yuanchang. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Wei Chi nodded quickly to express his agreement and said, "That's right, it's too dangerous to think about it later. Uncle knows how much I am drunk, so it's so painful to deliberately get myself drunk. Fortunately, I understand the state of drunkenness, otherwise I'd have explained it."

Li Ji nodded with a smile and said, "Jiang Rui has some tricks after hearing what you said, but the guilt of kidnapping you is not so easy to expose."

The old man said this a little bit gritted his teeth. Although Wei Chi is nominally their nephew, with Wei Chi's young appearance, if they hadn't been fighting outside for many years, they would have been afraid that their grandson would have been older than Wei Chi. Wei Chi's guy is sensible, and several old people love him very much. Even His Majesty, if Qin Shubao had not been ahead, he would have taken Wei Chi as his adopted son in the end. Such a close boy who suffered grievances and did not care about him, so there would naturally be people who would care for him. The loss would not be in vain.

Wei Chi hurriedly said, "Uncle, I promised them that I will keep my safety and safety, and I will keep them safe. Uncle can't let me keep my word, right?"

Li Ji said: "Don't worry, they won't hurt their lives. Just let them suffer a little, and they will beat them. Otherwise, once their origin and identity are exposed, how can they gain a foothold in the army! If you want to do it, do it thoroughly and let them always remember your kindness. In the future, even if we are old, we should have someone who can speak in the army to protect you young people. In this way, even if we are old, we will be in peace."

Wei Chi felt warm in his heart, bowed his head and bowed, silently expressing his gratitude. He really didn't know how to express his gratitude to the elders' love for them, the younger generation. Who said that the heart of a selves can repay the spring sunshine?

Li Ji smiled slightly and patted Wei Chi's intact right shoulder. Among the four mansions, there are brave children and grandchildren, people who know how to endure, and people who are deeply aware of the wisdom of the officialdom. However, he is the only one who can be as careful as Wei Chi. As long as these young people can unite in the future, know how to endure, and can not stand it, it will not be difficult to survive smoothly. The older generation has reached the peak of power. If the young people continue, even if the mind is open now, it is probably not a blessing for the family. Sometimes, the tiger father and dog son may not be a means of self-protection.

Wei Chi sighed, "The ancients said it well. Good fortune is the hiding place of misfortune, and misfortune is the hiding place of good fortune. I thought I had escaped danger, but in the end I became the target of the Qingjun and Su court. What a big blame! Hou Junji used this excuse, but he didn't know why Li Yuanchang wanted to tie me up. Logically speaking, if it was Qingjun and Su court, it seemed like a mistake to tie me up in advance. He should have arrested me after the matter was finished, and he would behead him and beheaded for public display...Oh!"

Wei Chi was holding his chin and muttering. Before he could finish speaking, Li Ji knocked on his head and could only look at Li Ji innocently. Li Ji looked as if he was so angry that he was scolding: "Idiot! Silly boy!"

Wei Chi looked at Li Ji's reproachful eyes innocently and bent down respectfully and saluted: "Please give me advice, I have never understood it."

Li Ji said: "Not to mention that Hou Junji is always arrogant, arrogant, and very happy to be successful. He just followed His Majesty early. His Majesty was thinking about his friendship with him and asked Li Yaoshi to teach him some military tactics. Otherwise, with that girl's ability, she could win a battle? Isn't that a big deal?"

Wei Chi nodded, and now he understood why the Hou Junji mentioned in the old Tang Book felt a little different from Hou Junji who had made many military achievements. It turned out that he was "processed" after all. Li Ji said: "The excuse Hou Junji made this time is the best strategy. This move is equivalent to slapping His Majesty in the face. You are the one promoted by His Majesty himself. He said that his Majesty has a problem with his vision and a worst strategy! However, it is a great disadvantage for you. Your reputation will be over after this battle!"

Speaking of this, Li Ji sighed and felt very sorry for Wei Chi. Wei Chi smiled and said, "It's over. I just hope An An'an is a doctor and a small official. I don't expect to be successful. I also hope that Your Majesty will give me my title because of this matter. It's always right to be low-key these days. Anyway, there are a few uncles who can bully me after this. Besides, Your Majesty will not just ignore me. If I have a loss of reputation this time, Your Majesty will only be chanting in my heart."

Li Ji smiled and said, "You are doing well and planning, not bad. Sometimes, taking a loss means taking advantage. You can figure this out at a young age, but you are afraid that you can't stand this tone."

Wei Chi said: "Hou Junji, my nephew has never taken him seriously. This person cannot become a big climate. But Li Yuanchang, I wondered, and I couldn't understand why he wanted to tie me up? I don't understand this problem, I'm really unwilling to accept it, and I can't eat and sleep well."

Li Ji frowned, and said with a deep thought, "Li Yuanchang is always talented and famous, and has been praised by a group of literati as a master of calligraphy and painting. When the late emperor was still alive, he loved him Youjia, and Your Majesty once praised him. However, his mother's mother's origin was not good, but just a concubine in the palace of the late emperor. At that time, Empress Taimu died early and entrusted all her children to Concubine Wan. Concubine Wan was the lord of the harem after Empress Taimu's death. However, the young and beautiful concubine Yin De and Concubine Zhang were the ones who were most favored by the late emperor. The ones who could really speak with the late emperor were not Concubine Wan, but Concubine Yin De and Concubine Zhang. Concubine Wan was undermined, and Zhang Yin was the real talker in the harem."

Wei Chi was confused and did not understand what this had to do with Li Yuanchang. Why did Li Ji tell him. Li Ji did not explain it, but continued: "At that time, Your Majesty fought outside for many years and was not in the palace. He had no contact with the father and son of the late emperor. Compared with King Xi Jiancheng, although his military achievements were outstanding, he had great achievements in front of the late emperor and was neglected by Your Majesty. At that time, Meiren Zhang had asked for Your Majesty, but was rejected by Your Majesty. However, Jiancheng took the opportunity to please Zhang Yin and the others, and often gave gold, silver and jewelry to him.

People also gave benefits to the family of the second concubine. After receiving benefits, the second concubine often said good things about King Xi and said bad things about Your Majesty, which made the late emperor's impression of Your Majesty worse and worse. Li Yuanchang's mother, Sun Concubine, accepted the benefits of King Xi. Back then, everyone in the entire harem of the late emperor, except for Concubine Wan, was saying bad things about Your Majesty. If Empress Changsun had not always adhered to the way of his daughter-in-law and always made up for the father-son friendship between Your Majesty and the late emperor, I was afraid that Your Majesty's situation would have been even worse back then."

Wei Chi now understood. It turned out that Li Yuanchang's mother had done something to say bad things about His Majesty Li Er behind his back. However, how did Li Ji know these secrets?!

Li Ji saw Wei Chi's question and smiled and said, "This is not a secret. The old people in the Qin Palace knew that His Majesty suffered more than these."

Wei Chi nodded, feeling a little sympathetic to His Majesty Li Er. He worked hard to fight outside. Although there were some reasons for his ambition, not only His Majesty Li Er enjoyed the results of the battle. The emperor was the late emperor Li Yuan. He didn't understand his hard work, but he let others say bad things and slander him. People would be unhappy. Besides, everyone didn't like Li Er at that time, because they were afraid that Empress Changsun, who was in Chang'an, and His Majesty Li Er's wife, concubine and children would not live a difficult life.

Women are petty and even ghosts will feel inferior to themselves when they become vicious. Especially for the women in the harem, Wei Chi secretly guessed that during the years when His Majesty Li Er was fighting outside, his wives, concubines and children had not had a good life in the palace. After all, the second concubine Zhang Yin, who was in charge of the harem at that time, the two women had no good feelings for His Majesty Li Er, and they would have to wear shoes for Queen Changsun and others. They didn't have to expect to be good to Queen Changsun. They probably suffered a lot of grievances.

If you are a man, if your wife and children suffer grievances, will you still be a man if you don’t stand up? However, in terms of etiquette, those two women are their father’s daughter-in-law. What can His Majesty Li Er do? Not that you can’t do anything, you can only endure it.

Wei Chi shook his head when he thought about it. It was terrible to be a royal person. Judging from His Majesty Li Er's attitude towards the youngest sons of the late emperor, there were quite a lot of rewards and other things that should be given equality. Wei Chi honestly asked himself that he could not do this. Looking at His Majesty Li Er's current actions, I am afraid that he would push all his resentment to the late emperor. Until now, when His Majesty Li Er mentioned the late emperor, he was still not very happy, and probably still had any thoughts in his heart.

Wei Chi remembered the real history that after Empress Changsun's death, Emperor Taizong often missed him, so he built a platform in the palace to look at the Zhaoling Mausoleum where Empress Changsun was buried when he was missing. Seeing this, Wei Zheng told His Majesty Taizong that he thought Emperor Taizong was looking at the tomb of the late emperor. From this we can see how unhappy Li Shimin was with his father Li Yuan, even his ministers could see it.

However, after thinking about it this way, it can also be seen that Li Yuanchang's thoughts. Li Yuanchang's mother once said bad things about His Majesty Li Er. It is said that after His Majesty Li Er was in power, Zhang Yin and his two men were protected by His Majesty Li Er, so they were not dealt with by His Majesty Li Er. Li Yuanchang's mother was just a small concubine. I guess she was also worried at that time. This anxiety may have more or less affected Li Yuanchang. Thinking back to the scene when Li Yuanchang faced His Majesty Li Er, I guess she was a silly girl.

When facing His Majesty Li Er, he felt guilty and was cautious in his behavior and did not dare to make mistakes. However, since he was afraid of His Majesty Li Er, why did he dare to approach His Majesty Li Er's children? Think about it carefully. Those who are close to Li Yuanchang seem to be the legitimate sons of the queen. Empress Changsun and His Majesty Li Er have three sons Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Zhi. Chengqian and Li Zhi were close to Li Yuanchang, and they got involved in two at once. Is this a coincidence or something else?

Thinking of the people who Jiang Rui once said sometimes become crazy because of fear and make some behaviors and decisions that they will never make, and also thinking of Li Yuanchang's recent period that seemed to have been scolded by His Majesty Li Er several times. In connection with psychological statements, his childhood experience made Li Yuanchang extremely afraid of His Majesty Li Er. His frequent scolding of His Majesty Li Er aroused the shadow in his heart, so he became crazy and prepared to rebel. It is not unreasonable. However, what does this have to do with the kidnapping of him Wei Chi?!

"Ah! The more I can't figure it out, the evidence is insufficient. If I knew more, I would be better. Is Li Yuanchang a madman? a mentally ill person?!"

Wei Chi grabbed his head and was worried. Li Ji said: "It's okay, the matter will come to light one day. Nowadays, no matter who rebels, it will not cause any storm. After Li Yuanchang was arrested, the ending will be nothing more than those. Let's find another opportunity at that time."

Wei Chi said helplessly: "I can only say it at that time. I just can't understand why I have to tie me up. It's unreasonable, no matter how I think about it, it's unreasonable."

After the two talked for a while, the military doctor came and said that they had brought Wei Chi a special medicine to treat insect stings. Those who fought outside the army all year round were hiking everywhere in the wilderness, and caterpillar stings were so common. The military camp had plasters that specifically treated such injuries, which were much more effective than Wei Chi's cooling oil.

Wei Chi looked at the military doctor treating his wounds while sighing, "Who said that the ancients had no good medicine, but just disappeared into the long river of history because of the passage of time. Don't underestimate the ancients!"
Chapter completed!