Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Li Yuanli sneered and waved a few people down.

A few people walked out as if mourning, and before going out, they gave Liu Bai a reluctant look.

After the gate was closed, Li Yuanli was instantly discouraged.

"Talents are hard to come by. I thought I had found a sage from the countryside, but it turned out to be four idiots."

Liu Bai smiled and said, "You don't intend to rebel, why call so many talents?"

Li Yuanli was shocked, looked around nervously, and said, "Don't dare to talk nonsense!"

Liu Bai took down the kettle from the small red clay stove, and said leisurely, "Your emperor wouldn't have planted a hidden stake here."

Li Yuanli sat resentfully opposite Liu Bai, took the teapot from Liu Bai's hand naturally, and poured him a cup.

"Recently, the city of Chang'an is not peaceful. It's a pity that Jiangnan is too far away from Chang'an, so we can't get the latest news."

Liu Bai gave him a strange look.

Although he hasn't received the news of the deaths of Princess Gaomi and Princess Changguang, but thinking about it with his fingernails, it is enough to guess that they will definitely not survive.

Perhaps, even the Hongnong Yang family will be implicated.

Li Yuanli has a very good friendship with these two princesses.

Especially Princess Gaomi, who helped Li Yuanli a lot in private.

Once the two princesses died, Li Yuanli didn't know what to do with himself.

Obviously, Li Yuanli didn't have that sense of crisis yet.

In fact, except for a few people, no one else knew the status of the Money Printing Bureau in Li Er's mind.

It is no exaggeration to say that if most of the royal family's lives were sacrificed in exchange for a proper money printing office, Li Er would probably not even show the slightest hesitation!

In the minds of Li Yuanli and others, the reform of paper currency was just Li Er's tossing around.

They only care about meritorious deeds, not about whether Datang has the opportunity to be unrivaled in the world.

"Recently, Liu has been cultivating his body and mind, and the dirty things in Chang'an City have nothing to do with me."

Li Yuanli's mouth twitched a few times.

"Let's open the skylight and tell the truth. Duan Yan and Yang Yuzhi are hitting the hearts of your two masters. If you die, you will die. But Princess Gaomi and Princess Changguang have no corrupt ambitions, so they won't win the title. After all, brother Huang has only won the title of Danyang, and if he wins two more, it may cause turmoil in the royal family!"

"Are you going to protect them?"

"Of course I am"

Li Yuanli was halfway through, when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He is also a rare astute person, seeing that the charcoal fire on the small red clay stove is still burning, he got up and said: "I will put out the charcoal fire first."

Taking the opportunity, he sorted out the ins and outs carefully.

Liu Bai's words made the warning lights in his heart blaze!

The word 'bao' is very mysterious.

In fact, the matter of corruption, whether it is big or small, all depends on the attitude of the emperor.

Also greedy for thousands of guan, if it is too light, it can not be pursued at all.

If you focus on dealing with it, even decapitation is enough!

Of course, playing two boards is also possible.

In the imperial court, who dares to say that he is clean?

With the little salary issued by the imperial court and the prices in Chang'an City, the life of officials is at best better than that of ordinary people.

Even Wei Zheng didn't dare to say that there wasn't any dirt under his butt.

Liu Bai said the word 'protect', does it mean that the emperor has made up his mind to deal with the two princesses?

Judging from Li Yuanli's experience of being in the royal family for half of his life, if the members of the royal family did not make mistakes, the emperor would still be easy to speak.

Make a small mistake, the emperor will turn a blind eye.

But if he intends to pursue it, it must be thunderous!

Li Yuanli thought of one, the worst possible outcome

His hands couldn't help trembling.

This scene happened to be caught by Liu Bai.

For the first time, he said in a rather friendly tone, "Yuanli, you should be very aware of the courage of your brothers and sisters, Li Yuanchang and the others, isn't that enough?"

Li Yuanli's complexion changed drastically!

"So, brother, he intends to"

Liu Bai picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said calmly: "They should be dead at this time."

Chapter 1591 The Difference Between Humans Is Greater Than Humans and Dogs

As soon as Liu Bai finished speaking, the sound of a fast horse suddenly came from outside the door.

Li Yuanli's face suddenly turned pale.

Although Dongzhou Island has undergone land reclamation projects, its area is still not very large.

For the inhabitants of the island, horses did not have much utility.

It's all about six or seven horses.

Among them, more than half are Liu Baiyang's bloody horses.

The rest are dedicated to delivering letters on the island.

Under normal circumstances, only when there was an urgent letter from the shore, would someone from the Liu family rush to deliver it from the pier.

"Master, a letter from Chang'an!"

Liu Bai took the secret letter and handed it directly to Li Yuanli without opening the sealing box.

"Want to see it?"

Sweat trickled down Li Yuanli's forehead.

For a royal family like him, what they are most worried about hearing is that the emperor will attack his relatives.

After all, the direct blood of the royal family was killed by the emperor to the point where there are not many left.

It is someone else's turn today, and it may be your turn tomorrow.

Does the emperor need a reason to kill the royal family?

He jumped up suddenly and threw the box far away, as if he had been greatly stimulated.

Liu Bai looked at the wooden box, which fell far away in the corner, and shook his head slightly.

"Yuanli, it's time for you to make a decision."

"People, you can't always be a fool."

Liu Bai knew that Li Yuanli had an unusual relationship with some people in Chang'an City.

Between them, more or less forged some offensive and defensive alliances.

Especially for an adult prince like Li Yuanli, he is the target that some people desperately want to win over.

Ambition is such a thing, it is used to appearing at an untimely time, and it is skyrocketing at an untimely time.

People's hearts are hard to attack. As an emperor who started his career by rebellion, can he not desperately guard against his relatives?

Perhaps, the royal family has become a "profession" with the highest fatality rate in the world.

Li Yuanli froze in place.

He said dryly, "Why can't I understand what you are talking about?"

Liu Bai looked into his eyes and said, "Do you want to live as Li Deliang, or do you want to live as Li Youliang?"

The new brothers Li Deliang, King of Xinxing County, and Li Youliang, King of Changle County, can be called the extremes of the royal family.

Li Deliang can be described as conscientious, sheltering the Li royal family from wind and rain.

When Da Zong Zhengqing took office, he stayed for 13 years.

And Li Youliang, the king of Changle County, couldn't wait to jump out and rebel before the Li royal family had a firm foothold.

Colluded with Longyou Qiang soldiers, slaughtered nearly [-] Central Plains people!

Did Li Youliang plan to rebel from the very beginning?

not necessarily!

He was able to rebel because he was inextricably linked with other members of the royal family.

Even, someone directly funded his rebellion!

When Li Youliang rebelled and was put down by Yuwenshi and pacified, more than 20 members of the royal family were given to death!

Among them, there are as many as three of Li Er's uncles alone!

The second factor is his position as governor of Liangzhou.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one can control his behavior, let alone his ambition.

Perhaps it was because Li Yuan and his son had already seen the sign of rebellion that this guy was going to send him to Liangzhou, so he deliberately pushed him.

Before Li Er asked Li Yuanli to come to Jiangnan, Liu Bai's first thought was that Li Er was using his old wisdom.

These days, Liu Bai also watched helplessly as Li Yuanli slipped into the abyss bit by bit.

Liu Bai still has some appreciation for this young man.

He is very similar to Li Ke when he was young. His grandmother didn't love his uncle, and he had to struggle to survive among powerful brothers.

But now, Li Yuanli needed to make a choice.

His bloodline destined him to be a lonely minister for the rest of his life.

If he still insisted on dealing with those people in Chang'an City, Liu Bai believed that he could die here today.

No matter what, Liu Bai would not allow the drastic changes in Yuezhou to repeat itself in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Yuanli's complexion changed after a while, so that it looked a little distorted.

This is a complex expression of sadness mixed with fear.

He is a smart person and can fully understand the meaning of Liu's vernacular.

Liu Bai almost told him in plain language that if he didn't cut off contact with some people in Chang'an City, he would never be able to walk out of this gate alive!

Tell lies?

There is no possibility!

If he fooled the past today, he would die even worse if someone found out in the future!

He didn't have the slightest confidence that he could survive in the hands of Liu Bai and Li Er

While he was thinking about it, Liu Bai walked to the corner and picked up the wooden box.

Using a small knife to scratch the wax, opened the wooden box, and roughly browsed through the contents of the letter, a smile unconsciously hung on the corner of his mouth.

"The difference between people is greater than that between people and dogs"

He put the letter on the stone table and looked at Li Yuanli quietly.

This guy doesn't know yet that some of the people he's associated with are done

"Brother Liu, do you think I still have a way out?"

Li Yuanli smiled bitterly, and sat down opposite Liu Bai again.

The letter was spread out in front of him, but he resisted not to take a look.

Liu Bai poured the cool charcoal ash from the small red clay stove into the small basket on the table.

Immediately said lightly: "If you live, you will live, if you die, you will die. You don't have much choice."

Li Yuanli cupped his hands and said, "I know Brother Liu is saving me, and Li Yuanli will recognize this favor for the rest of his life!"