Man Tanghong

Chapter 806 Li Gaoqian, who is smart and likes to make up his mind
Li Gaoqian's expression changed again and again, and he sat there silently.

His son couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and shouted: "My father has a reason for doing this!"

"To shut up!"

Li Gaoqian was awakened by his son's words, and hurriedly stopped his son from continuing.

But his son had already spoken, so how could he continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb? His son continued to shout: "My father heard the promise made by the sage to His Highness the King of Qin before entering Chang'an City, and then he made a mistake in the Mayi battle. , retreat bravely!"

Li Gaoqian couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and yelled at his son, "Shut up!"

But what his son said was very clear. Even if he stopped him, Li Yuanji knew the truth of the matter.

Li Xiaogong hadn't reacted yet, and asked in a daze, "What promise?!"

Li Gaoqian's son wanted to speak, but was slapped severely by Li Gaoqian.

Seeing this, Li Xiaogong asked naively, "Why did you beat him, why didn't you let him continue talking, I really want to know what kind of difficulties you have!"

Li Xiaogong felt that Li Gaoqian was playing tricks, deliberately using this method to wash away his timidity and incompetence, so he kept chasing after him to find out.

Li Gaoqian just sighed with a complicated expression, without saying a word.

Li Xiaogong wanted to keep asking, but Li Yuanji couldn't stand it any longer, and couldn't help but said: "Cousin, don't ask."

Li Xiaogong was taken aback when he heard this, turned his head to look at Li Yuanji and said, "You know the inside story? He's not telling lies? Isn't he making excuses for himself, to excuse his cowardice and incompetence?"

Li Yuanji sighed, and said helplessly: "Didn't you hear from his son that he chose to make a mistake after hearing my father's promise to my second brother, and then quit bravely?"

Li Xiaogong was stunned again, as if thinking about it. After a long time, his pupils shrank slightly, and he lowered his voice subconsciously. He glanced at Li Gaoqian and said: "The promise his son said, could it be that the sage promised the crown prince to him?" Shimin’s promise, right?”

Li Yuanji nodded helplessly.

What else could there be but this?

What else can scare a hero who stood at the top of most martial arts in the early days of the founding of the country into a rapid retreat.

Li Xiaogong was puzzled and said again: "There are not a few people who know about this matter, why are you the only one who has not retired?"

Li Xiaogong said the last sentence while looking at Li Gaoqian.

Li Gaoqian lowered his head slightly with an ugly expression, and did not speak.

Li Yuanji glanced at Li Gaoqian and said, "If I'm not wrong, when my father made the promise to my second brother, you were by the side, and you were one of the main witnesses, right?"

If he only knew Li Yuan's promise to Li Shimin, Li Gaoqian would not be scared to retreat bravely.

Li Gaoqian is very likely to be one of the witnesses of this incident.

He should have felt the crisis because of this, so he chose to make a mistake at a critical moment, and then retreated bravely.

The reason why he killed Mayi's general guarding the pass should be a kind of revenge against Li Yuan.

Li Yuan gave him wealth, but let him get involved in the disputes of the royal family, so that he could not enjoy the wealth. He must have resentment in his heart, so after making a mistake, he killed the general of Mayi.

Mayi's general had no grievances against him, if it was just to prevent him from escaping, he didn't need to kill at all.

Therefore, when he killed Mayi's general, there was a high probability that he was venting his resentment and dissatisfaction with Li Yuan.

He has worked so hard for Li Yuan, it's fine if Li Yuan doesn't know how to treat him well, and let him get involved in the disputes of the royal family, this is just wanting his life, it's strange if he doesn't have any resentment.

After all, when he joined forces with Li Yuan, Li Yuan was still just a vassal king, and the Li family only occupied a corner of the country, not the co-lord of the world, and it was still unknown who could inherit the former Sui Dynasty.

With the saying "a good bird chooses a tree to live in", it is impossible for him to talk about loyalty to Li Yuan, so all he can talk to Li Yuan is wealth.

If Li Yuan can give him wealth, he will work for Li Yuan, but if Li Yuan can't give him wealth, he will leave Li Yuan.

He didn't betray Li Yuan at that time, and he was very loyal to vote for Liu Wuzhou, Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others. It was nothing at all to kill a general guarding the pass under Li Yuan's command.

After all, if the truth of this matter is true, it is that Li Yuan is sorry for him, not that he is sorry for Li Yuan.

It was Li Yuan who made a mistake that caused him to retreat bravely, not that he made a mistake and failed Li Yuan, so he had to retreat bravely.

So it was Li Yuan's fault, not him.

After all, as a beneficiary and supporter of the eldest son inheritance system, Li Yuan was making a big mistake to secretly promise his family business to his second son when his eldest son was alive, healthy and capable.

He was forced to get involved, witnessed Li Yuan's mistakes, and had to help Li Yuan bear the price of Li Yuan's mistakes. He chose to retreat bravely and minimize the price he had to pay, which was also reasonable.

If he foolishly continued to stay in the court hall and foolishly accompanied Li Yuan to the end, then when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought, there was a [-]% chance that he would be invited to testify.

In that case, no matter whether it is Li Yuan, who has turned back on his word, or Li Jiancheng, who is determined to win the inheritance right, and all the high-ranking officials who support the primogeniture inheritance system, they will not be able to tolerate him.

When these crowds rose up to attack, no matter how much credit he made, he could not escape the end of death.

He didn't believe the nonsense that Taiyuan Yuanmou hero had the privilege of redeeming his death.

Facts proved that his letter was correct, because Liu Wenjing, who also had the privilege of redeeming a death, was killed shortly after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the privilege of redeeming a death did not play any role at all.

"Hey……"

Hearing Li Yuanji's words, Li Gaoqian sighed, then sat down with a complicated expression and said, "Since Your Highness has already guessed it, then I have nothing to hide.

Yes, Chen was indeed one of the witnesses at that time, not only Chen, but also Liu Wenjing and Pei Ji.

After witnessing this incident, Pei Ji chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and devoted himself to winning the favor of the saint.

After witnessing this incident, Liu Wenjing chose to approach King Qin subconsciously.

The minister felt that it was not appropriate to approach the sage or the King of Qin.

Because I feel that everyone involved in this matter, as long as they continue to stay in the court, they will not have a good end.

Therefore, when I went to Mayi to help Gao Manzheng, I chose to flee and kill the general guarding Mayi in order to get away with the crime.

Later, the minister got his wish and was demoted to the frontier to serve as a soldier.

Not long after Chen was demoted to the frontier, he got the news that Liu Wenjing had been executed for treason.

At that time, I felt that after witnessing the sage's promise to King Qin, everything I felt was true.

From then on, the minister seldom interacted with old friends in the court, and minimized the chances of his appearance in the court as much as possible.

Later, when I learned that Pei Ji was imprisoned by you, and Pei Mansion was also raided by you, I became more convinced of my feelings.

Chen originally thought that Chen could stay in Lingzhou for a lifetime in obscurity, but unexpectedly, the sage still used Chen, and asked Chen to replace Zhang Liang to fight secretly with the people of the aristocratic family.

It seems that even if the minister is cautious and retreats, he will not escape. "

At the end of Li Gaoqian's speech, his face was full of embarrassment and melancholy, and his son's face was also full of sadness.

Li Xiaogong kept opening his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

It is a bit self-deceiving to say that Li Gaoqian is selfish and only cares about himself, regardless of the life and death of Gao Manzheng and Mayi Shouguan.

Because if he was in the same situation, he might have done more than Li Gaoqian.

People who don't do it for themselves will be punished by heaven and earth.

Although it is very selfish to say this, the vast majority of people in the world do this.

He, Li Xiaogong, was no exception, so he couldn't make higher demands on Li Gaoqian, he wasn't that shameless.

He couldn't say it was Li Yuan's fault.

Because Li Yuan is the king and his elder, Li Yuan's son is still by his side. If he says that Li Yuan is not, he has violated the taboo for the venerable, that is, he is unfilial, and he will not only be condemned, but also be scolded by thousands of people. of.

So he opened his mouth for a long time, but didn't say a word.

Li Yuanji had the same concerns as him, so he didn't make any comments on what Li Yuan did or what Li Gaoqian did. Your servant just brought a son to Chang'an? Do you want him to collect your body after your death?"

In this era, the major crimes committed by the non-Yi tribes are generally allowed to be collected by relatives.

Like this kind of people who knew that they would die before getting a special appointment, and brought their sons to help them collect the corpses, there are many people, so it is not difficult to guess the purpose of Li Gaoqian bringing only one son to Chang'an.

Li Gaoqian didn't hide anything, and nodded happily.

Li Yuanji questioned: "Why are you so sure that you will die?"

Li Gaoqian glanced at him and said nothing.

Li Yuanji understood the meaning in his eyes.

Li Gaoqian's meaning was very simple. Among the witnesses at that time, two of them had already suffered disasters. How could he be spared.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath and said, "I think you may have misunderstood my father. My father never intended to kill you. Liu Wenjing's death was the result of his fight with Pei Ji, and had nothing to do with my father.

Pei Ji was imprisoned and Pei's mansion was raided because he did something he shouldn't do. I ordered him to be imprisoned, and I ordered his mansion to be raided, and it has nothing to do with my father.

So when my father called you back this time, he really hoped that you could help him with things, not to kill you. "

Li Gaoqian pursed his lips and said nothing, obviously not believing this.

Li Yuanji continued: "If my father wants to kill you, he doesn't need to go to such trouble at all. He just needs to secretly send an order to Dou Gui when you are in Lingzhou, and let Dou Gui secretly execute you. Such a big fight.

After all, you have already left the center of the Tang Dynasty, and your influence on the Tang Dynasty is not as great as that of the first year of Wude, and the new officials of the Tang Dynasty do not have much influence on you.

Therefore, secretly executing you in Lingzhou, and mourning you in the name of your sudden death from a serious disease will not arouse anyone's suspicion. "

(End of this chapter)