Zhuangda Tang Juvenile Lang

Chapter 499
"Junji, I have given you a task. Haven't you been working hard to study literature and the benevolence of the ancient sages recently? For the next year, you will study the ancient sages' books behind closed doors in Luguo Duke's mansion." As for the position of General Zuowei, I will reserve it for you, and the military power will be in the hands of your deputy for the time being..."

After hearing these few words, Hou Junji turned pale with horror.He couldn't listen to what Li Shimin said afterwards.

This year's hard study was Li Shimin's true intention, but to Hou Junji's ears, it was just polite words. He thought it was actually confinement. In ancient times, this was called contemplating mistakes behind closed doors.

It also means that he, Hou Junji, can only stay at home for the next year, as if he is in prison, and cannot participate in government affairs or go to battle. Li Jing, Qin Feng, Li Ji and others might have wiped out all the enemies within this year. By that time, how could there be any business with him, Hou Junji?

"Impossible, impossible! Your Majesty, how could you treat me like this! No, no, Your Majesty, how could you treat me like this!" He has a strong character and is loyal to Li Shimin. Extremely, I don't believe that Li Shimin will issue such an imperial edict.

His mind was at a loss, his limbs were as stiff as stone, and he was dripping with cold sweat.

"Impossible, impossible! Your Majesty won't treat me like this, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" The first thing he did when he woke up was to shout madly and yell crazily.

Li Shimin said with deep meaning: "Junji, the first thing you should do is to be a man, and to be an official is to have the heart to tolerate everything. I hope you can really understand my painstaking efforts!" His eyes flickered, and everything was contained in his eyes, Seems to know all the reasons.

Hou Junji sat down on the ground.The whole person became bewildered and foolish.

Throughout the ages, those who have truly achieved great things have all experienced many trials and tribulations.However, those talented and successful people are often defeated in their own hands because they couldn't bear a failure.

Hou Junji is just such a person.

He was born in a humble place, and he was stared at by the world since he was a child, so he longed to be superior and become a master, so he practiced bow, horse riding and archery, military strategy and other skills since he was a child.

When he was young, he became Li Shimin's staff, went out with the army many times, and made achievements in both martial arts and martial arts. He soon attracted the attention of Li Shimin, who valued and cherished talents.Become a key training treat.He did not live up to Li Shimin's respect, offered advice and suggestions many times, and became one of the backbones of the Qin Palace.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he rewarded the meritorious officials, and Hou Junji's status was second only to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and Li Jing.He was promoted to the most important general of the left guard, and became one of the best generals in the Tang Dynasty at a young age.

It can be said that Hou Junji's official career was smooth sailing without any obstacles.His character is the kind that is easy to be complacent.People who feel good about themselves are so valued by Li Shimin that they even think that Li Shimin can't do without him. They will leave a long story like those wise kings and advisers in history.

People like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui held an attitude of rejection from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that even without them, Tang Dynasty would be as strong as it is today, or even stronger.

But Li Shimin's current attitude made him ashamed, unable to accept this cruel fact.

"Who, it must be who, maliciously slandered me. Your Majesty, is my loyalty to you, Hou Junji, fake? Why did you treat me like this!" He shouted heartbreakingly, but his tears couldn't stop Flowed down, extremely wronged.

"No! Junji, I know your loyalty very well, but you have gone too far today. You are my confidant and are qualified to know my layout in Goguryeo. I let you know that this is trust. But you, have made this secret about the future of the Tang Dynasty and the face of the Tang Dynasty public. If the Goguryeo people know this, it will be fine. To put it lightly, you are outspoken. As Zuo Weida General, don’t you even know that the most basic disaster comes from your mouth? You can’t control your mouth. If you accidentally leak the news to others in the future, I don’t know how much loss I will suffer? This is serious. From your point of view, you are leaking military information. Regardless of the dynasty, leaking military secrets is a felony, let alone a secret that concerns the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers..."

Li Shimin was indeed in a dilemma. On the one hand, Hou Junji had indeed made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and he was one of his most important arms; Deliberate disclosure not only made Li Shimin almost unable to step down today, but also exceeded the scope of a courtier, which was so unbearable for him that he turned a blind eye.Especially seeing Hou Junji, who is still unrepentant now, and knowing that his connivance in the past has pushed him beyond the limit of arrogance, so he decided to punish him with a small punishment.Let him know that there are some things he can bear and some things he cannot bear.

Whether the words are intentional or not, the listener has the intention.

When Hou Junji, who had a ghost in his heart, heard what Li Shimin said, "Regardless of the dynasty, leaking military secrets is a felony, let alone a secret that concerns the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers." It was even paler just now.

"What's wrong?" Li Shimin saw that Hou Junji stopped yelling all of a sudden, and his face changed drastically. Li Shimin became alert all of a sudden, he knew that a certain sentence of his had hit Hou Junji's sore spot.

Recalling what he said just now, Li Shimin's expression also changed, and he said in a concentrated voice: "Last time, the prince and Qin Feng acted secretly, but their whereabouts were leaked maliciously, and they almost let the Wumeng tribe, Ashina She'er and Zhishisili stayed in the grassland. You didn't do this, did you?" After Li Shimin finished speaking, a pair of tiger eyes stared at Hou Junji majestically.

"No, absolutely not. No matter how unbearable I am, I will not do such a despicable thing." Hou Junji categorically denied it.

As Li Shimin said, "Regardless of the dynasty, leaking military secrets is a felony, let alone a secret that concerns the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers."

At the beginning, Li Chengqian and Qin Feng concluded that someone had leaked their marching route.Later, Li Shimin asked the Criminal Ministry and Dali Temple to investigate, but these two departments have not come up with an answer for a long time.

Because this case involved almost all of Li Shimin's trusted ministers, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple had to carefully seek evidence.

Li Shimin also understood the difficulties of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, so he didn't urge them, but just told them not to wrong the good people, and not to let the bad people go.

A few days ago, Qin Feng asked about this matter.

With Qin Feng's personality, he certainly wouldn't easily give up on the villain who secretly opposed him.But he doesn't want to be too obsessed with it. He has his career and contacts, and it's not his task to catch leakers.

It is not a wise choice to abolish the public because of private interests, so Qin Feng himself pays attention to secret investigations, and basically does not intervene. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are in this line of work, and the investigation experience is much richer than him.He doesn't care about the process, he only wants a result, a result of explaining to himself and the soldiers.

Qin Feng doesn't care about the process, it doesn't mean that Li Shimin doesn't care, it doesn't mean that the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple don't care.

Almost all ancient dynasties have a law. When the country was founded, the country was unprecedentedly strong, but with the passage of time, one generation is not as good as the next generation. This is inseparable from the lack of tempering of the king and ministers.Today, the Tang Dynasty was just established.Most of the Korean and Chinese martial arts were promoted by virtue of their real abilities.Most of them are capable and qualified people who dare to manage and can manage.

After the case of leaking secrets broke out, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple have been watching closely. They joined forces and tried every means to find out the traitor behind the scenes.Not long ago, Li Shimin also listened to the reports from the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple, and knew that something was going on.He just said the question just out of the way, but Hou Junji's panic made Li Shimin suspicious. However, he is not a fool who acts indiscriminately. Without conclusive evidence, it is impossible for him to punish Hou Junji for his crimes, so He said calmly: "Well! I understand. Well, tomorrow, you will study hard at home. How can you be a minister of the Ministry of War without knowledge, how to be a general and a prime minister." In the end, Li Shimin still comforted the staff. Will say a word.

"Here!" Hou Junji didn't dare to say anything else, he was in such a mess, he was only worried about the Dong Chuang incident, and he had no time to worry about other things, if he couldn't escape this hurdle, let alone his future, his current status would be difficult to protect , first think of a way to survive the catastrophe in front of me, and then say, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first!"

"Well, let's go!" Li Shimin responded.

Hou Junji felt a chill down his back, and his underwear was soaked in cold sweat.After leaving the Ganlu Temple, he felt as if he was reborn as a human being.

"Junji, I hope it's not you. Don't let me down." Looking at Hou Junji's back, Li Shimin's expression was very complicated.

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Duke Lu's Mansion!

Sitting alone on the saddle, this man with a mustache and mustache, eyes like lightning, and a stern face full of arrogance was Hou Junji.

Hou Junji is a smart man, and he is also an excellent commander. He knows what leaking military information means to an army, and he also knows what a serious crime it is to leak military information. The great crime of exterminating the nine clans.

As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night.Afraid of the incident, Hou Junji mistakenly thought that Li Shimin suspected him, and immediately panicked. He knew that today's status and power came from Li Shimin's trust and giving. One thing, what kind of ending awaits him.

Hou Junji was not someone who was waiting to be killed. After returning to the Duke's mansion, he summoned a hundred confidants to die.He is preparing for the back road!
"Hou Rang, you are the person I trust the most, and the second and third young masters will be handed over to you." Hou Junji took out a letter from his arms, handed it to a tough young general, and said: " You go all the way west and go to Shanzhou to find the owner of the Qingfeng Inn. Give him this letter, and he will know what to do. You must follow my orders and follow his arrangements. You will leave after dark."

Hou Junji looked around, majestic, looking at the warrior like a sharp sword, a smile could not help showing on that serious face.When he looked at the youngest son, there was a hint of love in his eyes. He stroked the head of the second son, and said in a deep voice: "Erlang, Sanlang, no matter what happens in the future, you must obey Uncle Hou. You have to remember, Hou Uncle, they are your relatives!"

"Father, what happened? You made such an arrangement?" Hou Junji's eldest son asked in panic.

"Don't ask, and don't care! You don't need to know. It's business as usual."

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, no descendant is the greatest!
For fear that Li Shimin would find out about him, for fear that Li Shimin would destroy the nine clans, he would have to send his two sons away. As for his wife and eldest son, he could not leave, because they were required to appear on many occasions. If they disappeared for no reason, even if they could not be found Some people will suspect that he has done some shady deeds when he leaks secrets.How could Hou Junji do such a thing of handing over others? "The Jun family caravan sets off at night, and I will arrange for you to mix in it. You can just pretend to be the caravan guards, and restrain your toughness. Don't let people see you as warriors at a glance. You all go get ready now."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)