My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 216 The Three Brothers

The atmosphere inside was serious.

Li Jiancheng sat in the upper seat, Li Xuanba sat on the right, and Li Shimin sat on the left.

When Li Shimin was summoned here, he was already mentally prepared to be scolded and beaten once again.

He knew that his eldest brother wouldn't believe his third brother and would definitely pin the blame on him.

This is my fate, I just have to accept it!

Anyway, we'll need to borrow the third brother's troops again in the future, so let's just consider it a price to pay.

Li Shimin resolutely sat down to the side, waiting for his elder brother to interrogate him.

Li Jiancheng slowly looked at him.

"Shimin".

"Big brother!"

Li Jiancheng stood up and looked at him.

“I mistakenly thought you were colluding with thieves and reprimanded you a lot; that was all my fault.”

After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, he bowed in his direction.

"I apologize to you."

Li Shimin's eyes widened, and he reacted quickly, rushing to his elder brother's side and kneeling down hastily. "Brother! How can an elder brother bow to his younger brother?! You are too kind!"

Li Jiancheng helped him up, saying, "If you make a mistake, you should apologize, even if it's your elder brother."

Li Shimin's lips trembled. The usually eloquent man was at a loss for words, like a child who had made a mistake. Li Jiancheng said, "I shouldn't have blamed everything on you without doing any investigation. It was indeed my fault."

"Would you forgive me, your older brother?"

Li Shimin quickly wiped away his tears, then grinned and said, "Forgive me! Of course I forgive you! If I didn't forgive you, I'm afraid my brother would beat me!"

"Be serious! Sit back down!"

"Here!"

Li Shimin quickly returned to his seat, and Li Jiancheng also sat down again, looking at his two younger brothers in front of him.

Li Jiancheng said solemnly, "After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he imposed more and more frequent corvée labor, heavier and heavier taxes, killed loyal officials, and promoted treacherous officials, forcing countless people to their deaths! I intend to overthrow this traitor and restore peace to the world. What do you think?"

Li Shimin shuddered, then raised his head, his eyes bright and his expression resolute.

"I am willing to follow my elder brother and accomplish great things!"

Li Xuanba then said, "Me too!"

"Although I am young and have no special skills, I am willing to obey my elder brother's orders. Whatever my elder brother asks me to do, I will do without hesitation!"

"me too!"

"it is good!"

Li Jiancheng continued, "I originally intended to wait quietly until Yang Guang's campaign against Liaodong failed before raising an army! But Xuanba's affair made me realize that success depends on human effort, and there's no need to hesitate! To achieve great things, one must defy the will of Heaven. How can I stand by and watch so many innocent people die in this chaotic regime?!"

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Xuanba and said, "Third brother, you should continue to expand your influence in Hedong. Feng Li, who is by my side, is my most trusted confidant. You can let him connect with your people. I will give you a map of Hedong."

"Furthermore, my family's numerous businesses and many relatives in Hedong will fully support your expansion!!"

"Here!"

Li Jiancheng then looked at Li Shimin and said, "Second brother, you are good at martial arts and skilled in military strategy. You should help the third brother train officers, make friends with brave heroes, and send them to various mountain strongholds to strengthen the military! You yourself must also train harder. In the future, you will lead the army to defeat the bandits!"

"Here!!"

“I will befriend the sons of those powerful families and select the talented among them to assist me in important matters.”

"The three of us must work together to achieve great things and save the world."

“Here!!!”

Li Shimin was extremely excited at this moment. His idol, the elder brother, had returned to his original self, confident and flamboyant, and was the head of all the noble sons!
After arranging all of this, Li Jiancheng smiled again.

"That's good."

"Anything else to say?"

"Brother! I have something to report!"

"Just say it directly, stop talking about submitting memorials!"

Li Shimin quickly said, "When the third prince passed through Xihe County earlier, a county magistrate surnamed Fang reported to you that a band of horse bandits had appeared in the area."

Li Jiancheng interrupted him, "A county magistrate surnamed Fang? Xuanba, what is this county magistrate's full name?"

"I don't know, the courtesy name seems to be something like 'selection' or something similar."

"Fang Xuanling? Good, Second Brother, you can go and befriend him, do everything you can to win him over!" "Yes, sir!"

"You go on."

Li Shimin then recounted the events in detail, and then looked at his third son, asking him to add to the story.

Li Xuanba then added, "Brother, I met Pei Shiju in Luoyang, and he told me about the origins of these thieves. He said that the Hu merchant Jia Shishu was Shishu Huxi, a favorite minister of the eldest son of the Turkic Khan. He also said that this person was very dangerous and that we should deal with him."

After the two men added their explanations, Li Jiancheng roughly understood the situation.

"Second brother, what do you think we should do about this?"

Without hesitation, Li Shimin said, “Brother, since Pei Shiju says he will handle it himself, then we don’t need to interfere. However, if we want to use Hedong as our base in the future, then the Turks are a force we must consider. We can observe first and see how Pei Shiju does. If he can’t do it, then we will do it ourselves!”

The three talked for a long time and discussed many important matters.

Li Jiancheng concluded with a warning: "The important matters discussed today must not be told to anyone! You must be cautious in your actions and never act like Yang Xuangan!"

Li Xuanba then asked, "Brother, what should we do about Yang Xuangan's situation? Should we get rid of Zheng Jingang?"

Li Shimin laughed heartily.

"You don't need to worry. I gave Grandpa a suggestion earlier. Yang Xuangan crashed into it himself. He probably doesn't even know it yet!"

"Once Yang Guang returns from his tour, he'll probably be the first one to deal with him! We don't need to rush!"

Li Xuanba nodded. "I see."

Li Jiancheng narrowed his eyes. "That's true, but we can't let our guard down. This guy will definitely try to make a move against us before Grandpa comes back."

Li Shimin quickly said, "If that's the case, I do have a plan! It will make him much more obedient."

"You said."

"Brother, you can."

When Li Shimin came out of the house, he looked energetic. He looked at Li Xuanba beside him and asked curiously, "What did you say to my elder brother? Why does he look so different?"

"I don't know, I just told him everything I had done."

Li Shimin chuckled and scratched his head. "This is the first time someone has apologized to me for misunderstanding me."

"I really do have some feelings about this."

Li Shimin seemed to remember something, and quickly put on a stern face, "By the way, Third Brother, you were too rough with Fourth Brother today, you almost hurt him. He is still young, why did you have to do that?"

“Brother, I don’t want him to make even bigger mistakes in the future.”

"If anyone needs to discipline him, it should be your older brother. He's usually close to you, so don't scare him like that anymore."

"Here"

Li Shimin stretched his neck. "Alright, I won't talk to you anymore. I still need to send someone to contact that guy surnamed Fang. Brother values ​​him so much, he might really have some talent. You go and do your thing. If anything comes up, just let me know!"

"it is good."

The two brothers went their separate ways.

Shortly afterward, Li Jiancheng walked out of the house and, without hesitation, strode towards Madam Dou.

Madam Dou had just been able to rest and was sitting on her bed, instructing the maids in the house that, upon learning of Li Jiancheng's arrival, she should tell them to leave and let Li Jiancheng in.

"Mother."

Li Jiancheng only said one sentence before kneeling down in front of her.

Madam Dou was greatly surprised. "Eldest son, why is this?"

"Mother, we four brothers were all born of you, why do you not love Yuanji the only one?"

Madam Dou was speechless. She said sternly, "Nonsense."

“Mother, you always say that the fourth son will become a scourge to the family, but you don’t discipline him and turn a blind eye to him. Isn’t this deliberately forcing him to become a scourge to the family? If you could put the same effort into educating the three of us into educating the fourth son, he would never be like this!”

“When Yuanji was born, his mother did suffer a lot, but how can you blame him for that?”

"Are you here to reprimand me?!"

"Don't dare."

"What son in the world dares to reprimand his mother! I have come here today to ask my mother to grant me one request."

What do you want to ask of me?

"Please allow me, Mother, to kill Yuanji."

"Since Mother believes he will become a scourge to the family when he grows up, and no amount of discipline will help, then let's not keep him alive. Please promise me that I will kill him now, so that he won't cause any more trouble when he grows up!"

"you!!!"

(End of this chapter)