I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Although Li Shen is a generous person, he is not generous to this extent.

He is not the Fang Yiai in history, and there is no noble person like Gao Yang in his mansion.

He is the most honorable one in the Prince Ji’s Mansion.

"Explain the matter clearly to me." Li Shen said with a gloomy face.

If he was really cuckolded, Li Shen's revenge would be extremely severe.

Li Shen would even kick their families out of their fiefdoms and leave them to fend for themselves.

"Your Highness, please calm down. Things are not what you think." Xue Rengui knew from Li Shen's expression that Prince Ji had misunderstood.

"Then tell me what it is like?" Li Shen said angrily.

"Your Highness, the third squad leader of the second battalion came to me yesterday and told me that a guard in their squad sneaked into the inner house during the noon shift.

He seemed to be about to enter your study, Your Majesty, but was discovered by the patrol.

At that time, he said that he took the wrong road when changing shifts, and was afraid of being punished by their squad leader, so he quietly took a shortcut and returned.

The patrol team's squad leader didn't pay much attention to it at the time. After he returned from his shift, he felt that the matter was suspicious, so he found the man's squad leader and asked about it.

The monitor of Class 3 knew something had happened after hearing this, but since their class did not have any patrol mission at the time and they did not want to cause any trouble, they just made an excuse.

Finally, the third squad leader found me and told me what happened.

I felt something was fishy, ​​so I did not ask the guard directly, but came here to ask for your opinion."

Xue Rengui recounted the entire incident in detail.

Li Shen was immediately relieved after hearing this. As long as he was not cuckolded, nothing else mattered.

"What's the name of that guard?" Li Shen asked calmly after taking a sip of tea.

"Your Highness, that man's name is Li Mang," Xue Rengui replied.

"Li Mang?" Li Shen had no impression of him at all. He should be an ordinary guard among the imperial guards.

“Your Majesty, this Li Mang is the latest batch of guards to come in, and it’s been three years.

His father had participated in many battles with His Majesty, and finally had one arm cut off during the attack on Luoyang.

He retired due to injury, and His Majesty showed mercy and allowed him to be released from the status of a palace soldier and become the royal fief of the Great Imperial Manor.

Most of His Majesty's old subordinates were given the surname Li.

The year before last, Li Mang's father passed away, and it was Prince Ji's Mansion that paid for his elaborate funeral.

He got married at the end of last year. It was said that a distant relative acted as the matchmaker and he married a young lady from a poor merchant family.

He is well-educated, knows how to manage the household, and is very virtuous. Everyone who knows him is envious of him. "

Xue Rengui had already found out all about Li Mang's background, and seeing that Li Shen was confused, he told him everything.

Li Shen frowned after hearing this, he heard something unusual in it.

"Rengui, do you think this is normal?" Li Shen asked.

"Your Highness, is there anything suspicious? I have confirmed this information with several people, and it should be true."

Xue Rengui replied.

Li Shen shook his head and looked at Wang Xuance.

"Xuan Ce, do you think this is normal?"

Wang Xuance thought for a moment and replied:

"Your Majesty, I think this Li Mang is very suspicious."

"Suspicious?" Xue Rengui wondered.

"Tell me about it." Li Shen said calmly to Wang Xuance.

"Yes, I think Wang Mang's marriage is very suspicious." Wang Xuance analyzed.

"You may not know, but the guards in Prince Ji's mansion have high salaries and are treated very well by the guards.

Therefore, many ladies wanted to marry the guards of Prince Ji's mansion, and matchmakers often came to the door.

This also applies to many businessmen.

Some officials above the rank of company commander even wanted to marry their unmarried daughters to them. "

Xue Rengui told the truth.

"General Xue, please be patient and listen to me.

Li Mang's father followed His Majesty in his battles and traveled all over the country for many years. It was not until he was injured that he was settled in the imperial farm and became a fief.

In the more than 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has ever seen Li Mang's distant relatives.

If you had found it long ago, why didn't you visit it?

Why did someone come to look for his father a year after his father's death?

General Xue should know that there was chaos and war at that time, and many of the soldiers who followed Your Majesty to Jinyang to start the rebellion came from there.

Although it is not far from Chang'an, it is not close enough for the common people.

It was a coincidence that this distant relative of his came here."

Wang Xuance repeated his guess, and Xue Rengui frowned and began to think.

Li Shen said directly:

"Rengui, don't think about it, it's a very simple truth.

I believe that it is impossible for Li Mang’s family to find any relatives, and even if they do, they are probably in the imperial farm.

So this relative must be fake, that’s it.”

"Then your Majesty, should we capture Li Mang and interrogate him to find out what he wants?"

After hearing this, Xue Rengui did not think any more about it. If Prince Ji said there was something suspicious, then there was something suspicious.

"Well...don't touch him yet. Let their squad leader keep an eye on him, but do it secretly so as not to alert the enemy.

Send Li Jian to keep an eye on Li Mang and provide double protection, and their squad leader will be responsible for his actions in the guard camp.

Li Jian is responsible for Li Mang's actions when he is out.

Also, strengthen the security of the yard.

This king has noticed that the guards are a little lax during the day, and patrols are less frequent, so from now on they must be the same during the day and at night.

There is nothing important in my study, so there is no need to strengthen the defense. Just let Zhao Tiejun keep an eye on who wants to go in.

I suspect that Li Mang was bribed and planted as a spy in the palace.

Don't alarm him yet, it may be useful in the future, the third shift will take over to guard the outer courtyard, and find a reasonable reason."

Li Shen thought for a moment and gave the order. He felt that this person must have been bribed and wanted to get something from him.

He now wanted to find out who was planting spies under his nose without alerting the other party.

He had always trusted his guards and fiefdom, and had never thought that his fiefdom would betray him.

“Rengui, when you select guards in the future, you must choose those with family members. The palace will give them wives and children.

We also need to strengthen loyalty education, and this should be included in the assessment.

Investigate the guard camp thoroughly. I don't want anyone else to end up like Li Mang."

Li Shen was very disappointed. He felt that he had been very kind to them, so why would any of them want to betray him?

Wang Xuance noticed that Prince Ji was feeling a little disappointed and consoled him:

"Your Highness Prince Ji, the people in this world are the most difficult to understand. Taoism divides people into yin and yang, and people are divided into loyal and treacherous.

Didn’t the prince say before that it’s enough to satisfy the majority?

Tens of thousands of people in Prince Ji's Mansion are all grateful to you, Your Highness Prince Ji, because it is you who ensure that they have enough food and warm clothing.

It was also the prince who made their lives better than others.

Even the hundreds of thousands of workers who built the roads for the palace are very grateful to you, Your Majesty.

That’s enough.”