There were countless fast horses and detectives in the pass and outside the pass.

The court issued consecutive official documents requiring the troops to return to the court.

The fast horses monitoring Hou Junji's army.

Hou Junji's reply.

Even the Chen family's report was included.

Li Shimin was obviously becoming more and more impatient.

Hou Junji was in the army and kept giving orders to return to the court, but... the army did not move.

There was only thunder, no rain.

And the Chen family’s memorial finally came.

Li Shimin had no expression on his face, and he had been waiting for this memorial.

In fact, this is understandable. The one who comes into contact with Hou Junji is Chen Zhengtai. After all, both parties are in Hexi.

It is crucial for the court to investigate the movements of Hou Junji and the Chen family’s report.

Now, it's finally here.

Li Shimin has convened several meetings between the prime minister and generals in the Wen Building.

Now, he took Chen Zhengtai's memorial and opened it in front of the ministers. Suddenly, Chen Zhengtai's handwriting came into his eyes.

After reading the memorial, Li Shimin suddenly became nervous.

The more he looked, the more his face became more and more unstable.

Then, he raised his head and seemed to be thinking. After a long time, Li Shimin suddenly said in a low voice: "Hou Junji, you can no longer stay!"

Obviously... Although Li Shimin thought Hou Junji was despicable and even had plans to punish him, Hou Junji made contributions after all, and his crime was just a false accusation.

Therefore, in his heart, Li Shimin hoped that he would dismiss this person after Hou Junji returned to Chang'an. For example, the Minister of Personnel did not plan to take it anymore, but his Duke of Chen would still have to be retained after all.

Otherwise, Li Shimin would have to bear the reputation of not caring about heroes.

But this sudden sentence completely made Li Shiminsheng think of killing.

When the ministers heard this, they felt a little nervous.

Li Shimin accepted the memorial, but did not show it to the ministers.

This memorial...is too shocking for Li Shimin.

There are too many praises about Hou Junji.

Of course... thinking of Chen Zhengtai's flattery of Hou Junji, and then Hou Junji submitted a memorial to sue Chen Zhengtai for rebellion. Compared with these two, what did Li Shimin see?

What Li Shimin saw was that Hou Junji was in Xining, and he must have been harmonious with Chen Zhengtai, which must have been pleased by Chen Zhengtai. Chen Zhengtai was so stupid that he didn't know it. He really thought Hou Junji was kind to him, and regarded Hou Junji as a good teacher and friend.

This point can be imagined by Li Shimin through this report.

However, Hou Junji was kind and amiable when facing Chen Zhengtai, but turned his head and directly falsely accused Chen Zhengtai of treason and a serious crime of treason. This is the rhythm of killing people.

What does this mean? It shows that Hou Junji's intentions are very vicious.

To put it bluntly, it is actually a matter of being in person and behind the scenes.

I laughed at you in person, but turned my head, but wanted to kill you, Chen Zhengtai.

Li Shimin is a very smart person. The more he thinks about these associations, the more he feels sad.

He even thought that Hou Junji treated him and the prince like a god in his daily life?

But judging from his way of treating Chen Zhengtai, was Hou Junji extremely docile and loyal in front of him, but turned his head and wanted to kill me so that he could be the emperor?

Li Shimin had to make such associations because... from Chen Zhengtai's kind name to Hou Junji and his praise to him, it can be seen that Chen Zhengtai had a good impression of Hou Junji, and it was so good that it was beyond remarkable. If it weren't for Hou Junji's measures that made Chen Zhengtai, the confused man, lose his guard, that he would not have such a good evaluation.

When Li Shimin made these associations, Hou Junji was actually dead.

Because Li Shimin could accept that Hou Junji and Chen Zhengtai were not harmonious, they had an argument, and then Hou Junji turned around and sued Chen Zhengtai.

If so, it can only be said that the ministers have lost peace.

But if Chen Zhengtai regarded Hou Junji as his brother, Hou Junji must have said many serious words in front of Chen Zhengtai, which made Chen Zhengtai feel kind. Under such circumstances, for his ambition, he turned around and falsely accused Chen Zhengtai of the entire Chen family and put it to death.

Then how terrible this person would be.

It is not an exaggeration to say that one is like a snake or a scorpion.

"Your Majesty... means..."

Li Shimin had a cold face, his face changed and a strong murderous intent rose from Li Shimin's heart: "Chen Zhengtai... After all, he has never seen the sinister heart of people. And Hou Junji is unforgivable. If this person does not die, he will be this person who will cause trouble to my Tang Dynasty in the future."

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and Li Jingren and others solemnly: "Supervising the Hou family every move, as long as Hou Junji returns to Chang'an, he will immediately take down his entire family. The prince's concubine, Hou, can also make her cut her hair into a nun. I want Hou Junji to come to see me in prison clothes!"

Before Fang Xuanling and Li Jing could ask about the whole story.

Li Shimin said again: "Create a secret decree for me and tell Chen Zhengtai that Hou Junji has rebelled and let him be careful. He must not let him... entrench outside the pass. Otherwise, he will be a treacherous problem for my Tang Dynasty!"

Speaking of this, both Fang Xuanling and Li Jing already understood that Hou Junji was finished.

But they couldn't understand why, a month ago, Hou Junji, who was still Li Shimin's confidant, even a few days ago, although His Majesty had doubts about him, at least he had no intention of murder, turned his head and decided to completely liquidate Hou Junji.

It is not easy for Your Majesty to make such a determination, because Li Shimin claims to be his own saint, and unless he truly commits a sin that is unforgivable, he will never kill such a hero.

But obviously, when Li Jing saw this result, he hurriedly said: "Abide by the order."

Li Shimin stood up: "Grant Chen Zhengtai the power to adapt to the situation and execute orders on behalf of the emperor!"

Fang Xuanling's face changed slightly, which seemed a bit too far.

…………

Chen Zhengtai sent out the memorial, but he was still a little worried about the response of the memorial. After all, Chen Zhengtai is now outside the pass, but the situation in the court is unpredictable.

However, Wu Xu was relieved and advised Chen Zhengtai: "My teacher, the most urgent task now is to make some preparations to prevent accidents."

"What do you mean?" Chen Zhengtai stared at Wu Xu.

Wu Xu said: "Hou Jun gathered this person, although he was a martial man, but his mind was delicate and suspicious. Such a person...when he noticed that the court's attitude towards him changed, he would inevitably be frightened and anxious, like a frightened bird. Therefore, who could predict whether he would take risks? The student meant that although this possibility was minimal, he had to be prepared."

"Will it be against it?" Chen Zhengtai couldn't help it, and felt that it was unlikely.

Wu Xu calmly said: "This is hard to say. It's just that the last time he came to pay a visit, the student saw this person, not a person who was willing to surrender."

Chen Zhengtai laughed: "It seems that you know him very well."

Wu Xu shook his head: "A person's behavior can only be seen from some minor changes. Among the founding heroes, Hou Junji is not outstanding, but he can get this high position. On the one hand, it is the result of this person's hard work, and he can always please Your Majesty. It can be seen that this person is meticulous and does nothing. His eagerness to make contributions can also show his ambition. Such a person, if he succeeds, will not take the lives of other people seriously. He will only have himself in his heart. Therefore, many of his behaviors are unpredictable."

Chen Zhengtai sighed: "That's good, I'll let Su Dingfang make some preparations."

Just as he was talking...

Someone hurried in outside: "Your Highness, I have a will."

Chen Zhengtai took a deep breath: "It seems that His Majesty has responded, but he doesn't know what the response will be."

Wu Xu chuckled and said, "Hou Junji must be dead."

Chen Zhengtai glanced at Wu Xu strangely, then opened the letter and opened it, and took a breath in an instant. "Wu Xu, Wu Xu, you are actually predicting things like a god. Your Majesty ordered me to prepare, exactly the same as what you said. It seems that Hou Junji has been completely finished. However, what your mind does, why hasn't escaped your expectations?"

"Because the world is a chessboard." Wu Xu thought about it and tried to explain: "And most people are flesh and blood, so they always look at problems from their own perspectives. But how could the mentor use his own ideas to guess another person? Therefore, people finally, the hardest thing to guess is the human heart."

Wu Xu paused: "But if you no longer use your own perspective when thinking about problems, but regard the world as a chessboard, stand in the air, overlooking the people in the world, and then guess each person's nature from the trajectory of each person's behavior, and understand each person's temperament according to his many subtle changes. Then, based on a person's past, what reactions and measures will each person take for the same thing, then it will not be difficult to guess. Let's talk about the memorial written by the student's mentor. In that memorial, the more powerful the praise of Hou Junji, the more terrifying it is for Your Majesty, because Your Majesty can see himself in this letter."

"Seeing myself?" Chen Zhengtai laughed: "I still don't understand."

Wu Xu smiled calmly: "Yes, actually... what the students imitated was not the teacher's thoughts. It was the thoughts of His Majesty. Because this was not what His Majesty looked at Hou Junji at the beginning? His Majesty admired Hou Junji very much and recognized him as a loyal person. He believed that he was outstanding in ability. If not, how could he be the Minister of Personnel, and how could he let his son-in-law enter the Eastern Palace and marry his daughter to the crown prince as a concubine? This arrangement, Your Majesty seems to have the intention of entrusting an orphan in the future. My Majesty thinks about how trust and appreciation that Your Majesty has in Hou Junji at the beginning, so that he would make such an arrangement."

The more Chen Zhengtai listened, the more he felt that he was too profound, and kept nodding: "You keep talking."

Wu Xu said again: "The teacher in this memorial is actually the shadow of Your Majesty at that time. Therefore... When Your Majesty read the memorial, his first reaction was that he had trusted Hou Junji so much. Your Majesty's impression of Hou Junji was the same as that of his teacher. It was precisely because of the same. On the other hand, if he saw Hou Junji's memorial, he would definitely have nothing to say to his teacher, so what would Your Majesty think?"

Chen Zhengtai suddenly realized: "In other words, when His Majesty saw his former self, and when he looked at Hou Junji's memorials, he suddenly saw Hou Junji's true face. He showed his trust in Hou Junji, but Hou Junji rebuked me with his backhand. So... At the beginning, His Majesty could not help but wonder, how did Hou Junji view His Majesty behind his back?"

"Yes." Wu Xu said: "This is the heart of the people. It is said that the emperor's heart is unpredictable, but is it really unpredictable? I don't think so. As long as you grasp Your Majesty's thoughts and use your memorials to arouse Your Majesty's resonance, Your Majesty will definitely be furious and will be extremely disgusted with Hou Junji. Then... With Your Majesty's decisiveness, you will never be left with Hou Junji."

Chen Zhengtai looked admiring: "Awesome, awesome, I didn't even think so much. But..."

At this time, Chen Zhengtai discovered Wu Xu's vicious side. He was the Minister of Personnel and the founding Duke of Chen. He had a strong soldier in his hand. He even had half a relative of His Majesty. With such an identity, he had only one letter in his hand and killed with one blow. Such means, such thoughts, and such a certain ability to grasp. This is simply a conspiracy master.

But just as the one standing in front of Chen Zhengtai, was just a young girl with a beautiful face, looking so pure that she could not be more pure.

"Mr....what happened? Did the student do something wrong?" Seeing Chen Zhengtai's solemn look, Wu Xu became cautious, as if afraid of Chen Zhengtai's punishment, and said uneasy: "I...I..."

Chen Zhengtai waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "It's nothing. I just... need to adapt. You did it right, but... I think I still underestimated you."

Wu Xu said: "My teacher, the student does this because... the teacher himself said that he wants to kill Hou Junji. I think his teacher has hated Hou Junji to the extreme. His teacher does not often hate someone so deeply on weekdays, so the student... dares to do this."

"Okay." Chen Zhengtai comforted her: "Not to mention this, what we are most important now is to make complete preparations as stated in this secret decree. Hou Junji is willing to surrender. If he is obsessed with it, then let them taste my power."

Wu Xu said: "This man has 30,000 soldiers and has always been good at winning people's hearts. These are all the elites of my Tang Dynasty, my mentor... Once he attacks outside the pass, the court will be out of reach. In fact, at this time, my mentor and Xining have been in a dangerous situation. I think that Xining City has been basically completed, and at least the defense measures are still available. We might as well retreat into the city and wait for change."

Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "No, it's okay. With the Tiance army here, he can't make any trouble."

Wu Xu shook his head, still feeling too risky: "Although this is the case, the opponent's army is 30,000. What's more, this Hou Junji is a famous general of the world and should not be underestimated."

Chen Zhengtai laughed: "He Hou Junji is a famous general of the world. Are I, Chen Zhengtai, still fewer famous generals?"
To be continued...