One night a few days later, in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, Emperor Li Er came to visit Hou Junji in prison uniform.

Hou Junji, who had originally looked like a blank expression, was instantly excited when he saw Li Er and knelt on his knees to salute Li Er.

The eunuch Lao Gao put the food box in his hand on the wooden table in the cell. He opened it and found two side dishes and two small jars of liquor. After it was arranged neatly, he left on his own.

Li Er slowly walked to the table and sat down, then calmly said to Hou Junji: "Get up and have a drink with me."

"The sinner will no longer have the same seat as Your Majesty." Hou Junji still knelt down without looking up.

"There is no monarch and minister here. I think it is my robe that has been fighting together for more than 20 years.

If you don't want to drink this glass of wine, then I'll leave." Li Er didn't use me, but called himself.

With a word of robe, Hou Junji's eyes instantly burst into tears of emotion, and for a moment, the most of which was regret.

He noticed that Li Er was saying goodbye in his words. He knew that he was committing the death penalty of raiding his family and extermination, so he was not surprised at all, and instead felt a sense of ease in his heart.

He stood up slowly and bowed to Li Er again. Hou Junji sat on the Hu bench opposite Li Er.

Seeing the two dishes on the table, Hou Junji was stunned. It was not the delicious fried by the imperial kitchen, but two old dishes that he was familiar with, one was Guanzhong wild bitter vegetable and the other was stewed with fat sheep.

Li Er smiled and said, "You should be familiar with these two dishes."

Hou Junji sighed: "Familiar, unforgettable familiarity, every soldier who follows you from that troubled time will never forget it.

When we are short of food in war, a mouthful of wild bitter vegetable is a delicious food that everyone praises.

And whenever we come back from a victory, we will have a pot of fat sheep stewed to celebrate. Although not everyone has meat in the bowl, we must ensure that everyone has meat in the bowl."

"Hahahaha, yes, everyone thought the same in that era. Live and have a full meal. This pursuit is simply too simple." Li Er laughed heartily, and at the same time opened a jar of strong wine in his hand and filled two cups.

Hou Junji quickly held down to take it, but Li Er did not refuse, and continued to sigh: "But it took us twenty years to basically realize this simple and simple pursuit, and it is not easy!

In a blink of an eye, you and I had white hair on our foreheads, and the old brothers from that time are rare now.

Just talk about this meal today, I sent someone to search for it for a long time before I found a soldier in the army that year, which was reappearing in the original flavor."

Hou Junji opened his mouth and did not make a sound. He no longer knew how to answer.

"White clouds and glabrous dogs, life is short. In this cup, we respect the heroes who died and the robes of life and death together." Li Er raised a glass, and the two raised their glasses to celebrate and sprinkled the wine on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the crime will betrayed the righteousness of the romance and will be unwilling to the emperor's grace, and there is nothing to say.

Your Majesty is here today, and there is no regret for the crime. Thank you for your great kindness. Hou Junji can only repay you again in the next life!”

After saying that, Hou Junji drank a glass at Li Erman.

Li Er held the wine glass and savored it carefully, and asked in surprise: "Do you think I want to kill you?"

Hum? Hou Junji was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "It's not that Your Majesty wants to kill the general, but that he committed the crime of death. The crime is not to be forgiven."

"Oh... Since you are so persistent, then okay, I will fulfill your wish and let them do things according to the law. Your Hou family should kill and be exiled. What a pity, that boy Du Shaoqing has pleaded for you for nothing."

Li Er put down his wine glass and stood up and acted to leave.

Hou Junji was panicked and could not hear what His Majesty said. This matter was slowing down because he thought too much.

"Your Majesty, can you leave a descendant to the tomb sweeping sacrifice for the sinner?" Hou Jun gathered and stuttered.

Li Er stopped making fun of Hou Junji, laughed heartily, turned around and sat back in his seat, "Don't ask for death?"

You, Hou Junji, are sometimes very wise and close to monsters, but sometimes they are as stupid as pigs. I really don’t know why I met a general like you.

As I just said, there are no monarch and ministers today, I just talk about the past and see off the farewell banquet. Come and sit down safely.

You won't die, the court decided to impose you on the Northeast, where there is a lack of a chief official who raises cattle, horses and animals. It is not as good as the Minister of War, but it can only be considered a carefree lifestyle for the elderly."

This, this... Thank you for your kindness! The sinner general, the sinner general made a big mistake in a moment of confusion, and he will never redeem it for a hundred deaths. He has long regretted it. He originally only wanted to keep his blood, but he never dared to think about the chance of survival.

"You, don't thank me. If you want to thank you, thank Du Shaoqing. It was his sharp-tongued and defending the ministers. He just said that your rebellion was a great hero who used his body to lure the enemy into a great act. Otherwise, I would not be willing to kill you and would not be able to save you."

Thinking of Du Shaoqing's promise, Hou Junji sighed: "The prince-consort is extremely talented, brave and resourceful, and the general is convinced. If he hadn't committed the danger alone and stopped me, he would have been killed in his family."

Li Er analyzed: "You can save his life at Baili Station. He pleads for you today. One life will cost you a life. You don't have to worry about it. Shaoqing is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private affairs. If you, Hou Junji, is not worthy of his rescue, he will not be that kind of a bad person."

"The prince-consort once explained the cause and effect to me. I don't know that this is Your Majesty's strategy. It disrupted Your Majesty's plan through chaos. Alas..."

"It's not entirely a bad thing. Didn't you lead a snake out of the hole and lead to 20,000 remnants of Buddhist sects?

And Shaoqing also said, you are bewitched, do you know what kind of force the person behind the scenes is? Are you just a group of bald monks?" Li Er asked.

"The person who came to lobby me was a local in Luoyang City. He was once one of Zhang Liang's five hundred adopted sons. He said he was appointed by the leaders of Buddhism, but I think the relationship between them is not simple.

The person who led the decision-making was using his Buddhist identity and Buddhist martial arts. I think he could not do it falsely. The person behind the scenes was not clear. They were very cautious and took the opportunity to set up a trap for me and pulled me into the water. If I hadn't had ten thousand soldiers on my side, they might have used me as a puppet sign."

Li Er said in surprise: "You mean, they are just a group of people hiding in the dark and having an anti-minded intention?"

"Yes, according to my contact feeling, although their soldiers are of different levels and many of them are newly recruited, many of them are not vulgar people. They seem to be versatile and capable of commanding, but they are all strange faces, not any enemies we have ever fought against in the past." Hou Junji analyzed.

Li Er pondered: "Well... Buddhism is different from other places. Here are often mixed with fish and dragons. Many homeless people, those who are not innocent in the past, all hiding Buddhism. It is normal for some people with unique skills.

Alas, it's a pity, it's really difficult to find out the people behind the scenes who are making trouble.

Now I can only ask from those prisoners, and there is also Zhang Liang's adopted son, I hope it will be useful."

Hou Junji pondered for a moment and expressed his doubts. He had a different view from Li Er.

"Your Majesty, I have never figured out a doubt. According to my experience, there is almost no success rate of 20,000, or 30,000 or even 40,000 people starting from Luoyang to break through Chang'an, unless the inside and outside cooperates.

The other party is not like a group of brainless bandits, all of whom are wise conspirators. Before they succeed, they don’t know the forces under my command, nor do they know whether I can cooperate with the inside and outside, so why do they let tens of thousands of people come to die? They don’t look down on me like this, Hou Junji.”

Li Er said in surprise: "You mean...their purpose is not to destroy the city and seize power, but something else? What would that be? Is it simply to plot against you Hou Junji? Could it be your opponent?"

Hou Junji smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you have been raising me. Do you still don't know how much I have? I, Hou Junji, are not worth this."

"You... aren't worth it, then who is worth it? Is it me or Du Shaoqing?

No, Du Shaoqing is a doctor. After the accident, I did not intend to let him participate in the war to defend the city, and he had no intention of leaving the city to take risks.

But in desperation, he chased Chengqian's family...

Is Chengqian? They are planning to Chengqian! By the way, you are Chengqian's father-in-law. If you plan to cut out your wings, if you can get rid of Chengqian... "

Hiss! Hou Junji couldn't help but take a breath. He had always wanted to push his son-in-law to stand firm, but he almost ruined his son-in-law's family with his own hands.

Li Er slapped the table and cursed: "What a thief, he is so stubborn. He is plotting again and again. This time he is even more cruel. He dares not kill poison openly, so he uses conspiracy to make arrangements and does not show any signs. He is really clever!"

Hou Junji nodded hatred and said, "The people who know me and Chengqian so well must be people in Chang'an City. How did they know that Chengqian would go out of the city to visit relatives in Luoyang that day?"

Li Er suddenly woke up, "By the way, that's right, someone must have hinted or hinted at the design matter. Following this clue, you might be able to find it."

He picked up the wine glass on the table, and Li Er and Hou Junji chatted with him, "Today's farewell banquet is just like this. The Northeast has just been won, and the territory is very wide. I have no trustworthy people under my command to take charge.

So, you have suffered some grievances this time. Your official position is not very high, but whenever you get there, someone will secretly contact you and obey your command. I believe in your ability. If you can make all the Hu people of all ethnic groups in the Northeast naturalization in twenty years, you, Hou Junji, will leave your name in history!"

What??

Hou Junji was shocked again. He never thought that this time he was not only not demoted but exiled, but was entrusted by the emperor with important tasks. This, this...

"Wang Junji dares not use his life, he will definitely live up to His Majesty's heavy trust and will never refuse his death for the Tang Dynasty!"

A few days ago, Du Shaoqing found the Duke of Wei's Mansion and tried every means to persuade his daughter to go back, but Xiao Xuanxuan was afraid of being beaten and said she didn't want to go home and wanted to spend more days with her master.

Several days passed in a flash, and the court rewarded merits and practices, and Li Jing and his wife sent Xiao Xuanxuan back.

This child is afraid that he will not be safe, so he not only pulls Zhang Chuchen, but also takes Li Jing with him before he is willing to go home.

"Mom, I was wrong. I will be obedient in the future and will never run around." Xiao Xuanxuan said to Princess Changle with a sad face and timidly.

Princess Changle waved to her daughter like a loving mother: "Don't worry, I won't hit you now. No matter how you say that, you have the kind intention to save your father."

Xiao Xuanxuan said in surprise: "Really? It's great, mom, you're so nice. If I had known this, I would have gone home that day. I was going to save my father and come back to detoxify you. In this way, you might not know what happened to me.

Unexpectedly, there was an accident when poisonous smoke was released on the battlefield. The enemy and I were not separated and all of them were knocked down, so I didn’t dare to come back.”

Xiao Xuanxuan jumped happily and rushed directly to Princess Changle.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Look, I'll just say that Xuanxuan made such a great contribution, who would be willing to blame her? But this child doesn't believe it, so he must ask us to protect him."

Princess Changle smiled and said, "Uncle and aunt haven't come for a long time. Both of you and I miss you very much. I have long wanted to invite you two to come here.

I have asked someone to go to the clinic to greet my husband.

You two, sit down first, I will let Xiaowu sister come and accompany me, and I will go to the back to handle some housework."

After saying that, he pulled up his daughter and walked to the backyard.

Xiao Xuanxuan's face turned pale in an instant. Isn't this posture the familiar move before every time she gets beaten?

"Mom, you just said you wouldn't hit someone..." Xiao Xuanxuan was almost crying.

Zhang Chuchen flashed and stopped the princess, "Lizhi, look at my aunt, please spare Xuanxuan, this child once. I am the child's master. Let's go back and strictly restrain her."

The princess suddenly smiled and said, "Auntie, you misunderstood. Where did I beat her? Recently, I came up with a wonderful parenting method, which is more effective than beating and scolding directly. If your aunt is interested, you might as well come over and give her some advice."

"Oh? The new method of parenting? This is fresh, then, look?" Zhang Chuchen's eyes lit up.

She was a casual person who was not confined to the heart and still maintained a girlish curiosity about new things, so when Princess Changle said this, she immediately became interested.

Old Li Jing understood this. Princess Changle had been waiting for this day for a long time. She knew Master Xuanxuan's personality and used this reason to prevent her from stopping her from educating her children.

"Madam, is this a bit..." Old Li Jing wanted to wake up his wife, and when he came, he agreed to protect Xuanxuan. Now, he was fooled after a few words?

Didn’t you say you were protecting Xiao Xuanxuan? How did you become a visit to Xiao Xuanxuan be punished?
To be continued...