The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

"Mr. Chen, is this alright for us?"

Inside the prison, Wei Zheng and Chen Huai'an put on prison clothes on their own and then lay down on straw mats without a care in the world.

After lying down for a while, Wei Zheng couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. Chen Huai'an nodded casually, looking very relaxed: "Yes, that's fine. Lord Wei, just wait for your promotion and fortune."

Wei Zheng looked down at his prison clothes, his lips twitching slightly. He really couldn't see how his current situation could be related to promotion and wealth.

But as the saying goes, since we're already here...

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing he can do.

I wasn't planning to run away, I was just curious.

Wei Zheng: "Mr. Chen, why are we going to imprison ourselves in the imperial jail?"

"We've done nothing wrong."

"Who said that?" Chen Huai'an said lazily, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth. "You used to advise the Crown Prince to kill the Prince of Qin, and now that the Prince of Qin is about to ascend the throne, how can you be innocent?"

"You are absolutely guilty of heinous crimes."

Wei Zheng: "..."

At first, Wei Zheng thought of refuting this, after all, he was in a position to do his job, and given the circumstances at the time, it was perfectly reasonable for him to advise Crown Prince Li Jiancheng to deal with the King of Qin.

However, upon further thought, he suddenly straightened up, stared at Chen Huai'an in a daze for a moment, and then suddenly laughed.

"So... I am guilty. I will be more self-aware and lock myself up, firstly to reduce the King of Qin's resentment towards me, and secondly to pique the King of Qin's interest in me?"

"After all, just when everyone thought the Crown Prince was going to win, I locked myself in the imperial prison. How could that not look like I thought the King of Qin was bound to win?"

"How could a member of the princeling faction believe that the King of Qin is bound to win?"

"You're about 50% right." Chen Huai'an narrowed his eyes slightly. "Actually, I don't think you'll be killed after the coup, and it's even very likely that Wei Ting and Wang Gui won't be purged by the King of Qin."

"The old emperor abdicated, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the Tang Dynasty was facing an attack from the Turks. In addition, our future emperor ascended the throne through a coup, not through succession."

"so......"

"Therefore, the King of Qin not only has to deal with the Turkic attack, but also has to find a way to salvage his reputation." Wei Zheng understood Chen Huai'an's meaning, and his expression changed slightly: "And to do this, we will certainly need many wise ministers and capable generals."

"Do you think that the King of Qin will not only refrain from killing us in the future, but will actually give us an important position?"

Chen Huai'an didn't speak, but simply put the grass to the other side of his mouth and closed his eyes with a half-smile.

Whether Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Wei Ting, and others were subsequently purged by Li Shimin is a question history has already answered.

No matter the era or dynasty, if you want to survive and thrive, the best way is to increase your value to others.

Only by daring to commodify oneself can one live a better life.

As I said before, Li Shimin's magnanimity is unparalleled in the long history of China; he was able to tolerate someone like Wei Zheng.

But there's a prerequisite: you have to have some value to the company.

Why did Wei Zheng often leave Li Shimin speechless and so angry that he cursed him, yet in the end, they still managed to create a beautiful story of a ruler and his minister?

It wasn't because Wei Zheng was capable that he could always come up with a solution after criticizing Li Shimin.

If you have no other options, why don't you try confronting one directly?

And what does Chen Huai'an have?

Before awakening to the mystery of his unborn child, he was just a schoolteacher. After being recruited by Li Jiancheng, he was only a sixth-rank official.

Would someone like Li Shimin even notice you?

Chen Huai'an wasn't sure.

Therefore, Chen Huai'an advised Li Jiancheng to drag it out.

It's not that Chen Huai'an didn't have better solutions or suggestions.

I simply felt that this foresight was enough to catch Li Shimin's attention and gave him some value.

If this isn't enough to guarantee safety...

Chen Huai'an glanced lightly at Wei Zheng, who was in a daze.

Didn't he even drag Wei Zheng into this?

"......"

Wei Zheng stared at him for a long time, then slowly lay back down, his mind churning.

The prison was dark and damp, and the straw mats smelled musty, but he felt much more at ease than when he was outside.

The two of them were exhausted after all that effort.

After a moment of quiet, the two prepared to rest.

However, at that moment, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

"Hurry up, all of you, come out here! Your fate, whether you live or die, will depend on whether you dare to fight today!"

As agreed, Gao Shilian came to organize the officers, soldiers, and prisoners, and tried to recruit more people for the mutiny.

"May I ask, sir, what is this all about, and where are we being taken?"

Many prisoners in the cell were awakened by the noise, and one bold prisoner mustered up the courage to ask.

Gao Shilian immediately turned his head, staring intently at him: "Go for it!"

"Strive for wealth and glory, and a bright future awaits!"

"I'll fight until all my crimes are cleared, and return home in glory!"

"To compile a separate family genealogy and leave our mark on history!"

"So? Are you going?"

The prisoner shrank back, intimidated by Gao Shilian's imposing manner. After a moment's hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, are you joking?"

"We are prisoners. Who here is without sin? For an adult like you to make such a promise, you must be doing a job that could cost you your head."

"If we go with you, we'll probably die today. Staying here will give us a few more days to live and even a decent last meal before we're executed. Why should we go with you?"

Gao Shilian was not surprised by the prisoner's answer and was about to say the words he had prepared in advance when a lazy voice came out first.

"Gentlemen, I suggest you fight this lord. After all, what kind of place is this? It's the Heavenly Prison! There is probably no worse situation in the world than ours. It's no exaggeration to call it the bottom of an abyss."

"Therefore, whatever choice we make is an upward one. Rather than passively waiting to die, we might as well fight alongside this lord."

"Anyway... things can't get any worse than this, can they?"

Gao Shilian frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the sound.

When he saw Chen Huai'an and Wei Zheng clearly, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.

These two...

Why here?

Before he could even think, the prisoner who had spoken first, upon considering Chen Huai'an's words, realized they made sense and hardened his heart: "Damn it! I'm a death row inmate anyway, I'm going to die sooner or later, so I might as well fight!"

"I only hope that you will not forget what you said today."

With him leading the way, many prisoners couldn't help but be tempted, almost all of them moved by Gao Shilian's promise and Chen Huai'an's words.

Gao Shilian immediately arranged for the officials and soldiers to organize the prisoners, and then he went to the prison cells of Chen Huai'an and Wei Zheng. After a moment of silence, he turned to ask the jailer next to him.

"What's going on with those two?"

Jailer: "Sir, I don't know either. These two came here on their own today, carrying official documents and warrants, insisting that we lock them up. We really had no choice and dared not stop them, so we had to temporarily give in to their demands."

Gao Shilian: "......."

"..."