Chapter 109: The famous ruthless man in Chang'an, the wanderer in the hunting ground

The "mutton soup with steamed bun" made by Li Xiang received unanimous praise from everyone present.

Li Tai, who was lucky enough to get a bite of food, grabbed the pot of mutton soup with steamed buns and ate six bowls in a row.

What does these six bowls mean? Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin only ate seven bowls in total...

Li Tai held the huge bowl and ate with such a domineering attitude that he even frightened Li Chengqian who was standing beside him.

After being stunned for a while, Li Chengqian said with admiration: "You are really hungry."

Li Tai didn't say anything, but slurped the mutton soup loudly.

How could I have the mood to chat nonsense with Li Chengqian? If I had the time, I'd better sip some mutton soup.

Li Tai's meal tonight probably ruined all his efforts to lose weight over the past few days.

Li Zhi looked at his second brother with admiration and remained silent for a long time.

He also wanted to eat like this, but his dry stomach could not take in much food. He could only chew slowly and leisurely, and was commented by Li Chengqian as "like a woman".

Li Zhi wanted to refute, but in front of his elder brother, he couldn't muster up the courage and could only mutter softly, "I'm not a woman."

Look, you say you are not a woman, but who would believe you?

After dinner, Li Xiang wanted to take a walk to digest his food, but he was stopped by someone.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be the little guy Li Jue...

Li Xiang really didn't expect that this little guy would actually follow the autumn hunting team to the hunting ground.

I originally thought he would stay in the East Palace.

"Brother, I want to hear a story..." Li Jue said coquettishly.

After hearing Li Jue say that Li Xiang could tell stories, all the young people became interested.

"Brother, can you tell stories?" Cheng Chubi asked with sparkling eyes.

Being fourteen or fifteen years old, a curious child, it was not surprising that Cheng Chubi liked to listen to stories.

These teenagers are all about his age and, of course, have the same hobbies.

"My eldest brother's stories are the most interesting!" Li Jue hugged Li Xiang's arm, with a look of showing off.

Seeing that Li Xiang and Li Jue had such a good relationship, the ministers in the distance looked at each other and were all moved in their hearts.

It seems that this grandson of the emperor is much better than the current saint in terms of brotherly love and respect...

Of course, I dare not say this. If I must say it, I can only praise him against my will by saying "The emperor's grandson is like a saint."

Seeing that all the young people were looking at him expectantly, Li Xiang had no choice but to think of a suitable story to tell them.

What to talk about... Well, let's talk about "The Story of Tang Dynasty", which just fits the current era background, and can also be processed well to describe his grandfather as more glorious and righteous.

"Then let me tell you a story from "The Romance of the Tang Dynasty." Li Xiang cleared his throat.

"'Shuo Tang?'" Cheng Chubi asked curiously, "What is 'Shuo Tang?'"

"Just listen to you!" Li Yan scolded angrily, "Brother, you have to say whatever I say. Why do you have to keep saying anything?"

Seeing that his loyal lackey Li Yin had spoken, Cheng Chubi could only shut up in disappointment.

Although they are all Li Xiang's younger brothers, this younger brother also serves as the King of Shu and Li Xiang's sixth uncle. Cheng Chubi is really hard to mess with.

Li Xiang cleared his throat again, reached out and grabbed a stone that looked like a brick on the ground, and knocked it on the table, making a crisp sound.

All the young men were frightened by this.

Li Xiang imitated Shan Tianfang's voice and began to tell the story of "The Romance of Tang Dynasty" to the playboys.

"Qin Shubao has lived in Licheng County, Shandong Province for a long time. He has learned martial arts and is brave enough to fight against injustice. He is willing to fight to the death and does not care about words. Madam Ning has repeatedly warned him against it. Fortunately, the family still has savings. Shubao is generous and generous. He helps the poor and makes friends with good people. Therefore, people call him "Little Mengchang". His ancestors handed down a weapon, which is two 130-jin gold-plated copper maces..."

"Brother, you are wrong. Duke Hu used a horse lance!" Cheng Chubi interrupted.

Li Xiang took a deep breath, pointed his finger at him and said, "Hit him!"

The playboys immediately stepped forward and beat Cheng Chubi up.

"Don't talk too much when telling a story!" Li Xiang said angrily.

Cheng Chubi said "oh" and dared not say anything.

Li Xiang kept talking, and when he got to the part where Qin Shubao sold his horse out of desperation, Cheng Yaojin and others also came over to join in the fun.

Seeing that everyone came to listen to the story, Li Xiang was not shy about it. He asked someone to bring spiced broad beans and fried soybeans and distributed them to everyone present. They ate them while listening to his story.

No one cared whether what he said was right or not, it was interesting anyway, especially Cheng Yaojin. After hearing that he had learned a set of "Thirty-six Axe Techniques of Tiangang" in his dream, he immediately said that he would give up his spear and use an axe from now on.

Just play, nothing else.

When Li Shimin heard about "Shan Tong and Shan Xiongxin, the leaders of the green forest heroes in seven provinces in the south and six provinces in the north and thirteen provinces", his face was obviously not very good.

After all, Shan Xiongxin was compared to Li Shimin in the third year of Wude when he attacked Luoyang. Shan Xiongxin led his army to fight, holding a spear and riding a horse to attack Li Shimin. If Li Shiji had not appeared in time and stopped Shan Xiongxin and frightened him to retreat, he would have had to fight with Li Shimin.

After he finished speaking, Li Xiang finally reacted, so he immediately added some information to Shan Xiongxin and gave him a good scolding, which made Old Li's expression better.

"There is no need to treat Shan Xiongxin like this. I respect him as a man!" Li Shimin interrupted Li Xiang's words that were slandering Shan Xiongxin at the right time.

Li Xiang then breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Li Shimin, thinking, why didn’t you say so earlier?

Isn't it just to take your feelings into consideration that I am slandering him?
But he also admired Lao Li very much. No matter whether he was willing or not, at least he could say such a sentence, which showed that he was very broad-minded.

Besides, they were already enemies turned to dust, so as the victor, Li Shimin had no reason to be upset...

The talk continued until the moon was at its zenith, and then everyone dispersed with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

Cheng Yaojin was still thinking about his Thirty-Six Axe Techniques, and told Cheng Chumo that he must get an axe after returning home and hold it in his arms every night when he sleeps, to see if he could dream about the Five Classics and learn a set of axe techniques.

Cheng Chumo looked at his father with a sigh, complaining in his heart but not daring to say it out loud.

After telling the story, Li Yin eagerly pulled Li Xiang to sleep side by side with him to share their brotherly love.

"Your Majesty, look at how good the relationship is between the King of Shu and the Prince of Jun." Cheng Yaojin teased Li Shimin on the side.

Yuchi Gong also sighed: "It is indeed the case that they are uncle and nephew... What a deep brotherly love! Why don't my children have such a close relationship?"

Old Li's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it. He glared viciously at Li Yin who was still chatting with Li Xiang, then turned around and went back to the tent.

As the saying goes, a mother must pay for her son's debt. That night in the tent, Li Shimin gave Concubine Yang a severe beating.

As to whether Concubine Yang was angry or happy, it is unknown.

At least on the next day, when Concubine Yang secretly instructed Li Yin, she also told him to do his best to make his father angry.

Of course, whether Li Yan would be beaten because of Li Shimin's rage, Yang Fei didn't seem to care much, after all, Li Shimin hadn't visited her for a long time. Fortunately, Li Yan didn't do anything excessive the day before, otherwise Yang Fei would have to "take off her armor".

After staying in the hunting ground for three consecutive days, the emperor and his ministers returned to Chang'an with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.

After all, I can't stay here all the time. I have to deal with state affairs.

Following the famous ruthless man in Chang'an area, Li Xiang achieved the achievement of a "hunting ground prodigal son".

After returning to the Eastern Palace, considering that there were too few condiments at present, Li Xiang drew a few patterns and sent people to the primitive jungles in the Liuzhao area to look for chili peppers.

The Liuzhao area is now the Yunnan area.

It is said that there are chili peppers that are different varieties from South American peppers. Li Xiang doesn’t know whether it is true or not, but he heard so from others.

As someone who loves spicy food, how can I live without chili peppers?

Li Chengqian certainly would not ask him what he sent the East Palace guards to do. After all, Li Xiang, who was familiar with "Position" and "Emotional Intelligence", would inform him and make a detailed report before sending anyone out.

Li Chengqian was completely confident in Li Xiang.

His life was much better now. His leg was no longer lame and it didn't hurt anymore. The threat from the King of Wei was not as great as before, and Li Shimin's attitude towards him was much better than before.

In addition, with Li Xiang helping him to deal with the affairs of the Eastern Palace, Li Chengqian actually learned all the skills of Daiying without any instruction - he would use him to the fullest extent possible, and he was even considering throwing all the affairs of the Eastern Palace to Li Xiang. He had already thought of a reason: to train the child.

Of course, he didn't dare to do this. If Lao Li knew about it, he would definitely tear him to pieces alive.

The day after the autumn hunt, Lao Li filled several carts with treasures for Qibi Heli and asked him to return to Liangzhou to visit his relatives.

Qibi Heli was naturally grateful and vowed to ensure that the Qibi tribe would always be blessed by the Heavenly Khan.

As for Qibi Heli's visit to his parents, it was naturally none of Li Xiang's business. Li Xiang took Li Jingren and Cheng Chubi for a stroll in the West Market, preparing to find a new restaurant.

After all, he had already talked about it at the hunting ground, and it also concerned his own wallet, so Li Xiang was of course very concerned about it.

After eating a bowl of Jiao'er in the West Market, Li Xiang wiped his mouth and when he raised his head, he met the pretty face of Princess Gaoyang.

"Aunt." Li Xiang greeted her immediately, and the two brothers behind him also saluted Gao Yang.

"Nephew, what's going on..." Li Shu looked at him, then at the two people behind him, without saying anything.

"Oh, I was just planning to look for a location with them. When we were at the hunting ground, we talked about opening a new restaurant." Li Xiang said with a smile, and then asked, "What is my aunt doing?"

"Me?" Li Su smiled like a fox: "I'm just walking around casually."

Li Xiang curled the corner of his mouth.

I'm fine, I'm just taking a walk, right?

What the Tang Dynasty should run away.

"If aunt has anything else to do, then I'll take my leave first." Li Xiang bowed.

He was about to leave when Li Shu grabbed his belt.

"Well, don't go." Li Shu looked at him with a smile and said, "If you are looking for a restaurant, I have an unused one here."

Li Xiang's heart was filled with alarm. So, someone was waiting for him here?
This aunt...is not a good person.

Although the history book compiled by Ouyang Xiu cannot be fully trusted, it is a fact that Princess Gaoyang rebelled in history.

"Looking at you like this, I won't eat you." Li Shu narrowed his eyes, "If Sizi hadn't told me, I wouldn't have looked for you!"

Oh, it turned out that my little aunt had begged Aunt Gao Yang for help...

Li Xiang let down his guard and said with a smile: "What did my aunt say? Why would I be on guard against her?"

Although she said that, Princess Gaoyang's eyes were full of suspicion.

Although the boy's vigilance just now was not easy to detect, her intuition was always accurate.

"If my aunt has a suitable restaurant, please sell it to me, just like my second uncle. My aunt and I will each take 30%, and the rest will be given to my brothers. How do you think?" Li Xiang asked with a smile.

Li Su nodded slightly and said, "Of course, Xiang'er will arrange everything."

Then he looked at Li Xiang and said with a smile, "In that case, you can come with me and take a look at the restaurant."

"Okay." Li Xiang nodded in response.

In fact, Li Shu bought this restaurant after returning from the hunting ground.

Since you plan to invest in Li Xiang, you must first establish a good relationship with him.

Li Su did not have any bad intentions. Her thoughts now were probably similar to those of Lu Buwei back then, except that she had an additional kinship relationship with Zichu, and Li Xiang's chances of winning were obviously much greater than Zichu's.

The location of the new restaurant is also very good. It is in the most conspicuous position in the West Market. It can be seen that Li Shu put a lot of thought into it.

Silently accepting the favor, Li Xiang organized Li Jingren and others to renovate the restaurant.

After all, it was an old restaurant, and although the location was good, the facilities inside were very old. The renovation took almost half a month.

Li Xiang was not idle during this period. The first set of magazines had been almost sorted out. What was left now was to ask Li Shimin for an inscription.

The emperor personally wrote an inscription for the magazine. Isn’t this a small honor?

"Is this the magazine you were talking about?" Li Shimin looked at the bound magazine with interest.

"Yes, grandson, I want to ask you to write an inscription to add some appearance to this magazine." Li Xiang said with a smile.

Li Shimin opened the title page and said with a smile: "You, how is the content? Don't just pay attention to appearance and forget about dignity..."

Just as he finished speaking, an urgent message came from outside, eight hundred miles away.

"Report——"

The Hongling envoy ran all the way to the Liangyi Palace breathlessly. Wang De did not dare to delay and immediately stepped forward to take the expedited document from the hands of the Hongling envoy who was almost collapsed on the ground.

"Read it." Li Shimin held up the magazine on the table and looked at Wang De and said.

Wang De did not dare to delay, opened the sealing wax and took out the urgent message.

He just took a glance and his expression changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" Li Shimin couldn't help but ask when he saw Wang De's face suddenly changed.

Wang De looked very unhappy, but he did not dare to hide it: "Everyone, Qibi Heli led the Qibi tribe and rebelled against Xueyantuo!"

Li Shimin stood up suddenly.

"what?!"

(I drank too much tonight...my head is so swollen...I just finished coding, please forgive me, I'm going to sleep)
(End of this chapter)