Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 705 Inside Story
Sun Moon Lake.

Although it is still white and will not be changed until next year, the atmosphere in the village gradually returned to normal. Li Shan jumped off his horse at the entrance of the village, threw the reins to the young and strong who came up, and chatted casually.

Among the young and strong, there are members of the Zhu clan, there are also Daidi's personal guards, and two are from Su Dingfang's old tribe.

A few years ago, Li Shan's mother and son had just arrived in Jingzhao, and there were only more than 200 households in Zhujiagou. However, many people moved from Shandong, Hebei, and Hedong. The family members brought from Daidi and Shuozhou have exceeded [-] households.

But one thing is common, the people who moved here are all because of Li Shan.

Li Shan kept walking, thinking in his heart. In terms of loyalty, Su Dingfang, Wang Junhao and the Zhu clan are the most reliable. However, the battle in Guji Town caused too many casualties. The state has the most guards.

"Let's all go away." Li Shan turned his head and took his guards home, and confessed to Zhang Zhongjian who was guarding the door: "Did Ling Gong come back?"

"Duke Ling didn't go to Chang'an today." Zhang Zhongjian asked tentatively, "Are you here?"

"Yeah." Li Shan nodded, turned around and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who hesitated to leave, and said with a smile: "Let's go back first, and Jun Hao will make arrangements for everything that needs to be guarded at night."

"Yes."

During the two months of recuperating in Daizhou, Li Shan was always surrounded by Qu Silang and Zhang Zhongjian, but after returning to Chang'an, Zhu Wei hinted more than once, and even Zhu Shi also mentioned euphemistically, you must know the personal guards around Li Shan before Although the leaders are Su Dingfang and Wang Junhao, the closest ones, the ones who always take with them every time they go out are the members of the Zhu clan.

Zhu Shitou and Zhu Shiliu were already killed in battle, Zhu Ba's left arm was cut off, and Zhao's leg was broken in three places. Of the thirty young men who followed Li Shan to Hebei at the earliest, only eleven of them have survived, and nearly half of them have died. have a disability.

Just yesterday, Zhu Wei came to the door at night and entrusted Zhu Zhong, the second son of Zhu Fourth Uncle, to Li Shan.

Uncle Zhu and Zhu Wei's direct brothers, both of them were recruited as Xiaoguo expeditions to Goryeo during the Sui Dynasty. At the same time, they were deserters.

A few months ago, Zhu Wei chose two hundred young men to go north. Uncle Zhu was forty years old but insisted on wearing armor. In the battle of Guji Town, he was shot in the face by a sharp arrow and died.

Zhu Wei once vaguely mentioned that among the elder clansmen, only he and Fourth Uncle Zhu knew the inside story...but now, only Zhu Wei remained.

Li Shan was thinking about this in his heart, and slightly bitter words came from the door.

"Your Highness is in the midst of the spring breeze, why is there a bleak look?"

It still smells like this... Li Shan forced a smile, "Mr. Ling was joking."

Ling Jing snorted, and seeing Zhang Zhongjian returned to the porter, he asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with King Bin?"

Still want to ask this matter... Li Shan said blankly: "That guy is ungrateful, what else can I say?!"

"Ingratitude?" Ling Jing looked at Li Shan as he walked towards the study, "King Ma Bin gave you scriptures and helped you get in the list. How can you show kindness?"

Li Shan coughed for a while... The spread of this matter is not large, and the damage to Li Shan's reputation is not great, but Ling Jing has long been suspicious, and has been asking the bottom line for a while.

After all, many people know that Ma Zhou settled down in Zhujiagou very early, and later followed Li Shan to Hebei and Shandong, and then to Daizhou... There is naturally some reason why the two suddenly turned against each other.

Li Shan and Ma Zhou had discussed this reason long ago... The reason why Ma Zhou stayed with Li Shan was simply to get his recommendation to become an official. Recommend Ma Zhou to be an official, so the two will turn against each other.

Li Shan also released the news through certain channels that Ma Binwang was too drunk to make a mistake, so it was embarrassing... Tsk tsk, Ma Zhou was expelled when he was a teaching assistant in Bozhou back then because of drinking too much.

Reasonable and logical.

But Ma Zhou may really hate Li Shan, really hate... Inexplicably, he put himself next to Chang He. Although Ma Zhou didn't know why Li Shan did what he did, he could vaguely sense that he might encounter some unimaginable things. accident.

So, when Ma Zhou scolded Li Shan...it could be said to be so vitriolic, and it reached Ling Jing's ears.

Ling Jing is very clear that this reason seems to be no problem, but there must be something inside him.

The reason is also very simple. On the one hand, Li Shan is not that kind of ungrateful person, and he can even be called generous in this respect. On the other hand, it is also the most important point. Li Shan has been put under the command of King Qin.

The two sat down in the study, Li Shan picked up the kettle and poured two glasses of water, his face suddenly changed slightly, "Where is the Tiance Mansion?"

"Fang Xuanling mentioned it once that day." Ling Jing took a deep look at Li Shan, "Later, Changsun Wuji also mentioned it once."

"Uncle Ling?"

"Fang Xuanling is just a reminder, Changsun Wuji may not be there." Ling Jing sneered, "This person has no way out, once King Qin is defeated, I'm afraid there will be no way out."

Li Shan sighed. It seems that the inertia brought by the wheel of history is still so strong... Changsun Wuji should not care about Ma Zhou, but he should care about Chang He, the Xuanwu gate guard next to Ma Zhou.

"King Qin?"

Ling Jing shook his head, "Never asked, never asked."

Li Shimin didn't ask me, and I didn't ask him... the ghost knows if Li Shimin knows.

"As for Brother Bin?" Li Shan continued to ask tentatively.

"Of course I don't know." Ling Jing sighed, "Except for you and me, it's just Ding Fang and Bin Wang."

Apart from Li Shimin and his confidantes, the only ones who knew that Li Shan had made a choice were Ling Jing, Su Dingfang and Ma Zhou. Perhaps Pei Shiju could also be sure, but there was no evidence to show for it.

Li Shan was thinking in his heart, it seemed that he wanted to find an opportunity to meet Ma Zhou... Chang'an was not like Dai County, so he had to carefully find a safe place.

Did Li Shimin use Ma Zhou to win over Chang He before the change of Xuanwu Gate in the original time and space?
Afterwards, Chang He recommended Ma Zhou, and Li Shimin immediately reused him. Ma Zhou made great progress from a white body, and finally became the secretary of Zhongshuling. What is the truth?

Li Shan no longer intends to investigate the truth of history. At least in this life, the storm he fanned through the butterfly has changed a lot.

At least, I put Ma Zhou next to Zhonglang General Chang He again...

While the candlelight was flickering, Ling Jing suddenly said softly: "After the battle in Guji Town, there must be some changes, but you must not lose your righteousness."

Li Shan's eyes were full of confusion, "Huh?"

"Who is the old woman who lives in the small house behind Li's house?"

"That that..." Li Shan was speechless, "Brother Bin Wang insisted on sending it, doesn't Uncle Ling know XX?"

Although Ma Zhou reluctantly stayed in the Chang Mansion, he sent his widowed mother to Sun Moon Lake early on... Li Shan felt so wronged, he took the blame for it...

(End of this chapter)