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Chapter 30: Exchange of Hostages

The weather in early autumn is particularly cool. A group of geese are on the way to the south. They are neat and orderly. Today, on the Shili Pavilion official road outside Chang'an, it is particularly lively. Two teams of soldiers are surrounded by one, and the two sides stand in confrontation. The layers of smoke brought by the horse's hooves that were not rushing just now have not completely disappeared into the air. The branches and leaves on the trees on both sides of the official road have been faintly yellow. At a glance, the village not far away is filled with the joy of harvest, but this joy does not disperse the solemn aura of the two teams on the official road.

The two teams surrounded each other, but they were Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty who made an appointment to exchange hostages yesterday, and Li Shimin, the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, who was his father and mother.

Li Jiancheng, who arrived at the official road of Shili Pavilion, smiled and said, "Second brother, I have been waiting for a long time, I'm late for my brother!" His tone was extremely kind.

Li Shimin also had his faint smile on his face at this moment, and he quickly said, "What are you talking about, brother? I have just arrived. How are you doing recently?"

"Fortunately, fortunately, sometimes I have a little insomnia. Thinking about the burden of the future of the Tang Dynasty, I dare not slackew for a moment!" Li Jiancheng still smiled and looked loving.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Brother likes literature and dislikes martial arts. He is a little aging. He can practice riding horses and archery, which is beneficial to his health. If he gets tired, I can't bear the burden of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Haochen, who stood beside Li Jiancheng, secretly complained in his heart: Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are so tired of living. They obviously want to step on each other under their feet immediately, but at this moment they are acting like a kind and respectful look. If outsiders who don’t know the inside story see it, they will definitely envy their brotherhood. However, the implicit meaning of the last two sentences of the two is not that friendly. Li Jiancheng’s subtext is to tell Li Shimin that he is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the crown prince of the country, and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin’s words are even more interesting. Li Shimin’s meaning is that you are not the opponent in war, and it is not certain who will win. The meaning of replacement is already very obvious. The two brothers’ speaking skills are indeed not weak. Li Haochen sighed secretly in his heart.

Li Jiancheng was very angry when he heard Li Shimin's words of such ambition. Although his face was normal, the smile on his lips disappeared, and his voice became higher and said a few times: "Shimin, what you said is wrong. I thought that my father asked someone to teach us to ride horses and shoot archery together. I thought that my brother's bow and horse were always superior to you. Now I have not stopped practicing. Why have you been fond of literature and martial arts?"

When Li Shimin heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said oh, "Brother said this, I want to ask for advice from me!"

"Since Shimin, you are so studious, I will give you some advice for me, so as not to be too arrogant and suffer losses on the battlefield in the future!" Li Jiancheng said with a expressionless face.

"It's so good, then I'll have a hard time! But it's better to have fun alone than to have fun. Let's bring your followers together!" A glimmer flashed across Li Shimin's eyes.

Li Jiancheng nodded and praised him for his goodness, and a battle was about to break out.

Li Haochen really felt that these two brothers were too hard to speak, and he was helping them unconsciously, and translated and simplified the conversation:

Prince: I am better than you!

King Qin: Why are you not convinced? Fight?

Prince: Just fight!

King Qin: How about the group fight?

Prince: OK!

Li Shimin gave a wink at the people in his camp, and saw a burly man rushing out of the camp, eight feet long, holding a four-edged brass mace and sitting down on a yellow horse. The person who came was Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.

After Qin Qiong rushed out, more than 20 people behind also rushed out, and Li Jiancheng shouted a loud charge when he saw this. Xue Wanche was in front and everyone brought by Li Jiancheng also rushed out one after another. Xue Wanche and Qin Qiong fought together. In the eyes of outsiders, this battle that had been inflicted for some reason had entered a white heat at the beginning. At this moment, a team of fully armed people rushed out of the bushes, and the leader held the Xuanhua axe and shouted: "Don't panic! I, old Cheng, come to help you!" Looking at this image and this guy's own family, Li Haochen observed it and knew that this person was Cheng Yaojin, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.

The Qin King Li Shimin had a plan for a long time. He asked Cheng Yaojin to lead his men to set up an ambush on both sides of the road and gave Li Jiancheng a key blow at a critical moment. He was not afraid of the fight. He couldn't help but rush out. He did not obey Li Shimin's previous instructions and took Li Jiancheng directly. Instead, he slashed in the formation of both sides of the war, and laughed: "It's satisfying! It's so satisfying! I, Old Cheng, haven't killed so much for a long time!"

Seeing this, Li Shimin was so angry that his teeth were itchy and shouted sternly: "Cheng Yaojin! You dare to disobey my general order, I think you don't want this head anymore!"

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he remembered that the order given to him by the King of Qin yesterday was so scared that he trembled and rushed towards Li Jiancheng.

Seeing this, Li Haochen quickly rode forward and stood in front of Li Jiancheng. At the same time, he was anxiously looking at the direction of Chang'an City, as if he was waiting for something.

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was about to break through to Li Jiancheng, a majestic voice sounded: "What are you brothers doing?"

The emperor's ceremonial guard appeared on the official road. Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting on the imperial throne, watching the chaos in the battle.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin saw Li Yuan's arrival, they hurriedly stopped their subordinates. At the same time, they saluted Li Yuan and shouted long live the mountain! This inexplicable battle ended here.

Li Yuan watched the two sides end the fight and smiled and asked everyone to get up. After everyone got up, Li Yuan said, "I heard that your brothers were out together. I thought I hadn't come out to see it for a long time, so I also came out to walk around, didn't disturb the two brothers' Ya Xing?"

The brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin quickly said that there was no one.

Li Yuan continued to smile and said to the two of them: "I know you have something to do, so I will pay attention to you today. Shimin, let Wei Zheng go back to serve Jiancheng, your elder brother needs him! As for Yuchi Gong! After all, he saved Shimin's life, so I will give him a grace. Whether he is guilty or not, I will release him today! Let him continue to serve Shimin! You think this is good?"

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin dared not say anything, and said repeatedly, "The father is wise!"

Because the person who was talking to them in front of him was not only his father, but also the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was in charge of millions of life and death in the Tang Dynasty, and at this moment, Li Yuan was also following an imperial guard of 60,000.

In fact, everyone present was most curious about why Li Yuan came so timely, and he brought 60,000 imperial guards with him, saying that he was watching the scenery, but he was afraid that ghosts would not believe it. Of course, Li Yuan was secretly informed by Li Haochen and came here. He knew that Li Shimin would definitely play tricks, so he notified Li Yuan early in the morning, which led to the scene just now.
Chapter completed!
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