Great Tang princess

Chapter 788 Li Chongrun's Thoughts
None of the people present thought that this guy would actually scoop up such a big lump of chili and put it in his mouth.

Sun Wanrong was a little confused at first, as if he was thinking about why they were all looking at him.

But as a strange feeling began to come from his mouth, his eyes widened all of a sudden.

Within seconds, the tongue, lips and throat start to feel hot.

"hiss--"

Subconsciously, he took a deep breath of cool air, quickly put down the half steamed bun in his hand, picked up the soup in front of him, and poured it into his mouth.

After pouring down a bowl of hot soup, not only did the feeling not ease, but it even got worse.

"Hush-ha-"

He kept raising his hand to fan his mouth, and asked at the same time, "What the hell is this..."

"Why do you think you are so impatient?" Li Chongrun waved his hand to the person next to him, "Is there any yogurt, go get him some."

Sun Wanrong was so hot that he couldn't speak, but kept making "hissing, hissing" sounds.

With a "puchi", the female staff officer on the opposite side couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

She smiled like this, and the others couldn't help it, and they all laughed loudly.

As a result, the laughter spread louder and louder, so that after seeing the situation here, the other tables around them also laughed.

Surrounded by so many people laughing, Sun Wanrong blushed all of a sudden.

But he couldn't speak because of the hotness, so he could only glare at his surroundings.

It looked extremely ridiculous.

……

At the same time, Li Jinzhong was having lunch with his subordinates in the Dongyi Protectorate.

The midday sun can illuminate everything in the world, even if you are sitting in the room, you will feel the sunlight reflected outside the door is a bit dazzling.

He subconsciously raised his hand and squeezed the Qingming acupoint, and asked, "Speaking of which, it's already noon, should there be some news?"

The counselor sitting next to him nodded slightly: "If you win, you must be chasing the enemy at the moment, and you can't pass on the news for a while, but it's okay..."

"Report-"

Before the voice fell, it was interrupted by such a sudden sound.

Then a soldier in charge of delivering orders ran in sweating profusely.

Li Jinzhong's spirit was shaken, and he suddenly felt bad.

Because there is obvious fear in the soldier's eyes, which is not the emotion he should have after winning a battle.

"Boss, we fell for the trick, and were ambushed by the enemy, and suffered heavy losses..."

Hearing Xiaobing's report, Li Jinzhong stood up abruptly, opened his eyes wide, pointed at him and said, "What's going on? Tell me in detail!"

Xiao Bing didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly told all the things he had experienced since the launch of the attack.

But I don't know anything about artillery and the like, and what I said is also vague.

It's just that I finally understood that more than 1 people were captured, thousands of people were killed, and even Sun Wanrong was captured alive.

As for the remaining 1 people, during the escape process, they were in a mess because there was no one to direct them, and hundreds of people were lost due to stampede incidents and other reasons on the road.

After listening to the report, Li Jinzhong only felt his eyes go dark.

As expected, he didn't have much hope in the beginning, but he really didn't expect that the gap between the two sides was so big.

Such an exaggerated magical weapon, coupled with the Kongming Lantern that can carry people into the sky, is too terrifying.

This is not an opponent that can be defeated by virtue of numbers!

He couldn't help holding his head and sat down again: "Everyone, do you have a good plan?"

Everyone in the hall fell into silence.

After all, this report already sounds very weird, and it is impossible to come up with a solution immediately.

The counselor at the side said: "Leader, the top priority is to rescue General Sun, otherwise, if you fall into the enemy camp, you may suffer all kinds of torture..."

Li Jinzhong nodded: "Well, but he is not an ordinary person after all, and he will not be killed immediately, I should have time to think about it..."

After speaking, he immediately stood up and went down to the meeting hall with his hands, discussing how to rescue Sun Wanrong.

In their view, although Sun Wanrong has a reckless personality, he is very loyal and will not easily reveal the information here.

But because of this, he will definitely be tortured in the enemy camp, and he must find a way to rescue him.

……

On the other side, inside the barracks.

After Sun Wanrong drank several bowls of iced yogurt, he didn't feel so spicy anymore, and it was temporarily relieved.

It's just that maybe tonight or tomorrow, the ass will continue to suffer.

After eating, Li Yuechen and Li Chongrun walked side by side in the barracks, chatting casually.

"Are you planning to instigate him?" Li Yuechen asked.

Li Chongrun nodded unabashedly: "My aunt is really smart. Although this person has a reckless personality, he is a good material for a soldier. If he can be absorbed into my Great Zhou army..."

Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, turned his head and asked, "Auntie thinks it's wrong?"

"Don't ask me, it's actually fine if you want to recruit him as a subordinate. The gang of fierce generals under Emperor Taizong back then, if you really want to say, there are also many remnants of the previous dynasty, right?"

Li Yuechen really didn't pay much attention to this.

Some people say that if you are not of my race, your heart must be different!
She does agree with this sentence, but not completely agree, because it is my race, so it may not be without dissent.

In the final analysis, whether there is a different heart has nothing to do with whether they are of the same race.

Whether it was the gang of fierce generals under Taizong back then, or many foreign officials in the court from the founding period of the Tang Dynasty to the present.

All of these can explain a problem, that is, the key is to see whether the leader has the charisma to control his subordinates.

And Li Yuechen did talk about the charm of leaders in the royal family's internal class.

So now it is reasonable for Li Chongrun to want to absorb Sun Wanrong as his subordinate.

As long as he can hold it down, let him go.

However, the place to be reminded still needs to be reminded.

Li Yuechen said: "Remember, if he does something that betrays the country in the future, then this stain will also be counted against you. If you can handle this well, then naturally there will be no problem at all!"

"Don't worry, aunt, nephew understands!" Li Chongrun nodded confidently.

Since he came to serve as the chief of the northern border military division, he has grown a lot in many aspects, and he is no longer the child he was back then.

Talking about this today is also to confirm.

Now that my aunt doesn't object, I plan to let it go.

So after returning to the office, he asked his subordinates to bring Sun Wanrong into his office.

After Sun Wanrong was brought, he looked like he had read everything, raised his head and said, "Okay, come on!"

"What?" Li Chongrun, who was sitting on the chair, smiled, "Kill you?"

"Is not it?"

Li Chongrun waved his hand: "No hurry, sit down first and chat casually. Go make him a cup of tea."

This attitude made Sun Wanrong frowned all of a sudden, and after looking down at the chair in front of him, he sat down anyway.

"After visiting our barracks today, how do you feel?" Li Chongrun asked.

"Zhou Ting is rich, and it is really amazing to feed and clothe the soldiers!" Sun Wanrong replied.

Li Chongrun asked directly: "If you are asked to come here to serve as a soldier, would you be willing?"

"If the prince intends to instigate me, forget it. Sun is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Sun Wanrong replied.

"This king just wants to ask, are you rebelling just because Zhao Wenhui robbed your fiancée? Or are there other underlying reasons?"

Sun Wanrong couldn't help but get angry when he heard it: "Hmph, this person has bullied my tribe for a long time! It's not as good as a beast! Besides..."

"In other words, you rebelled because you wanted to live a better life, right?" Li Chongrun interrupted him directly.

Hearing these words, Sun Wanrong was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's natural, after all, it's impossible to plant in this place, relying on the sky for food, life is really sad..."

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Besides, ordinary people like me will suffer. Even Sun, if his sister hadn't married the leader, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to be this general..."

Li Chongrun nodded slightly: "So, you don't want a war, right? But now that Li Jinzhong is rebelling, if he continues to fight with my army, he has no chance of winning! At that time, what will happen to the young people of the Khitan tribe?"

Hearing what he said, Sun Wanrong lowered his head and said nothing.

What happened this morning was actually quite surprising.

They fed the prisoners with meat and soup, and they didn't torture them, and he had heard that, at most, they just let them work.

For nomads, this is already an unimaginably good day.

It is foreseeable that these people may not be willing to let them go in the future.

And in all honesty, if he could live a life like this in the future, even if he was a prisoner for the rest of his life, it would be fine.

"So, since you don't want the Khitan tribe to suffer from swords, why don't you help me to eliminate the war?" Li Chongrun picked up his teacup and said softly, "When the new national border is formed, the Khitan tribe will also become People of Great Zhou, don’t have to go through wars in the future..."

Listening to what he said, Sun Wanrong thought about it carefully, but still shook his head: "You guys will definitely hurt many Khitan people in this decisive battle with the leader..."

"If you can persuade him to surrender, there is no need to go to war." Li Chongrun replied.

At this moment, a cup of tea was placed in front of Sun Wanrong, and the fragrance of the tea permeated into his nostrils.

"Of course, you can think about it carefully. If you come under this king, you will be able to eat and wear warm clothes and drink tea in the future... Not only you, but also the Khitan people who are willing to be the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty have such opportunities. .”

Sun Wanrong remembered the meal at noon today.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, I had to say that the steamed bun was the best food I had ever eaten in my life.

There is also the braised pork, and what they call potatoes, which I have never seen before.

With Dazhou so rich, it was not a good choice to be an enemy.

Although he has an impulsive and reckless personality, he is not a fool. Such an intuitive problem can naturally be seen.

If the Khitan people can live this kind of life in the future...

He raised his head and asked subconsciously: "But if I betray the leader, then my sister..."

"I can assure you that I will try my best to ensure her safety, and will not punish Li Jinzhong for his crimes." Li Chongrun replied, "To tell the truth, although the incident was caused by Zhao Wenhui, it is also true that Li Jinzhong rebelled. If you want to Surrender, maybe you can save your life. But if you persist in your obsession... the punishment of Ling Chi will definitely not escape!"

Ling Chi and Sun Wanrong have also heard of it. It seems that it was a punishment after the reform of the Great Zhou many years ago.

The crime of conspiracy and rebellion must be punished with this kind of punishment, and it cannot be escaped.

It was even said that when they rushed into the Dongyi Protectorate's Mansion, although they only captured Zhao Wenhui alive, they killed everyone else. Anyway, those people were all officials of Zhou Ting.

Although it is said that Duhufu is not strictly an official of the imperial court, it is registered by the Ministry of Officials after all.

So this matter has reached the point where it can't be dealt with now.

Sun Wanrong couldn't help but think, even if he would rather die than obey, his reputation would indeed be preserved.

But when the Khitan is breached and Li Jinzhong dies, who can keep his sister?
Now that their parents are gone, the siblings grew up dependent on each other.

Sun Wanrong was indeed not afraid of death, but he couldn't bear the thought that his sister followed Li Jinzhong all the way to the black step and followed in his footsteps.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raised his head and asked, "Can the lord really keep my sister?"

Li Chongrun nodded: "As long as she is still alive after I break through the Dongyi Protectorate, I will keep her safe and sound!"

"How does Sun believe it?" He asked aloud.

"Hmph! This king is the king of Shao who was appointed by the emperor himself! The son of the current crown prince! Is this status enough?" Li Chongrun asked back.

Sun Wanrong was shocked, this was something he really did not expect.

Originally, when people called him the prince, he thought he was an ordinary member of the royal family, but unexpectedly he was the crown prince's son.

Want to know who the prince is?That is the future emperor, who actually let his own son come to the front line?How much guts does this have to be?
But no matter what, since he has such an identity here, what he said is indeed believable.

So he took a deep breath, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip.

After struggling for a while, he opened his mouth and said, "My lord wants to know anything, just ask, Mr. Sun knows everything!"

Li Chongrun smiled and nodded: "You made the right choice!"

……

Li Yuechen, who was walking in the barracks, recalled the confidence of his nephew at noon, and couldn't help smiling.

The training of this kid over the years has really not been in vain, and he does feel a bit like a big shot.

The current Li Chongrun has indeed begun to show the so-called charisma of a leader.

And this year, he is still very young, if he trains hard in the future, he might really be able to become a generation of virtuous king.

But this kind of thing can't be rushed. It depends on how to deal with the next thing.

Things here are basically settled, and Li Yuechen is not too worried about the war.

It's just... the palace, it's about time to start...

(End of this chapter)