After settling down, preparing for a day, and explaining some things, Li Mu brought the prepared gift - a copybook of Wang Xizhi taken out of the Lingshe Cave, and took the whole family to Chang'an City on a "special train" that was flying.

Li Tai also went back with him, and all the big and small things in Luoyang City were temporarily managed by Ma Zhou.

What surprised Li Mu was that Mrs. Lu insisted on going to Chang'an. He was a little worried, but he could not resist Mrs. Lu's insistence and agreed. It should be no big problem to have a bearded guest to protect her. Moreover, Mrs. Lu is not an impulsive person. Since she dared to propose to go to Chang'an, she must have a way to protect herself and escape.

So the whole family returned to Chang'an.

Li Mu had no mansion in Chang'an, so Li Tai wanted to give his mansion out to Li Mu to live there. Anyway, he lived in the palace during the Chinese New Year. But he was rejected by Li Mu, and he prefers Xiaoyao Valley. On the one hand, he liked Xiaoyao Valley, and on the other hand, when he built Xiaoyao Valley, he deliberately dug a secret passage. If things change, he could leave calmly.

This is also what makes Li Mu feel tired. I don’t know when it started, but when facing Li Shimin, he had to prepare a way out for himself.

The road has been built and officially put into use. It was the first time that Li Mu took this thing. When he came back to Qizhou last time, it was not officially opened to traffic.

The basic principle of Chidao is no different from train tracks, but the texture has changed from steel to wood. Of course, wood does not have steel durability and will have a short service life, but after special anti-corrosion treatment, there is no problem in five or six years. The Tang Dynasty did not have the problem of wood shortage, and it will be broken at any time and can be repaired at any time. Moreover, Li Mu predicted that by five or six years, the steel smelting technology should have been formed, and it is not impossible to replace this section of the road with railway tracks.

Of course, everything depends on the situation. If the economic benefits generated by the Chidao are not as high as expected, it makes the people and merchants feel that having Chidao and not Chidao is the same thing, then Chidao will not be repaired if it is broken. But if Chidao makes the people and the court use it very well and comfortable, and cannot be separated from it, then the court will definitely do it without Li Mu's arrangement.

Li Mu knew that his worries were redundant because the Chidao had just begun and the capacity was limited, so he only sent four trains every day, namely, the four trains from Chang'an to Chang'an, and two trains from Luoyang to Chang'an, two trains in the morning and evening, each with ten trains. This morning, the trains in Luoyang were all packed for Li Mu, causing the goods at the station to accumulate.

But no one dares to complain. Who doesn’t know that Chidao is owned by Li Muxiu? If you complain about him, how much impact will it have on your business if you lose the qualification to use Chidao?

With the road of Chi Dao, the three-day journey can be shortened by six times, and it can be reached in one day or one night. Moreover, there are patrols on the road every day, which is safe and secure. If you follow the previous road, not only will it take a long time, but there will also be safety hazards. People eat horses and chew them all, it will be a waste.

Using Chidao will solve all the problems. This made the person who was still nervous about investing money to build Chidao and was very happy, and he secretly scolded himself for being so stupid at the time and didn't buy more bonds. Looking at this posture, it was not impossible to double the bonds.

The "special train" runs on the road, which is much smoother than Li Mu imagined. After sleeping in the car and opening his eyes, he has arrived at the platform of Chang'an City.

The four-wheeled carriage in the Li family's carriage in Zhaojun has been waiting here for a long time. How could they let go of such an opportunity to flatter and flatter?

The family and the salutes were sent directly to Xiaoyao Valley according to Li Mu's wishes. Li Mu and Li Tai followed Eunuch Gao and his party to enter the palace. It was almost dusk, and Li Mu was determined to stay in the palace tonight.

When he arrived at the gate of the imperial city, Li Chengqian had already been waiting here, and his eyes were dazed in boredom. When he saw Li Mu coming, his eyes lit up. He ran over and wanted to take Li Mu's reins.

Eunuch Gao couldn't stand it anymore and coughed, intending to remind Li Chengqian that this was inappropriate. But Li Chengqian just looked at him and took the reins over, smiling and said, "Brother, I'm going to wait for you. Please help me plead with my father. If you use military force against Goguryeo next year, I must not be missing!"

Li Tai was ignored, and he didn't care. He nodded to Li Mu, then got off the horse and went to Lizheng Hall to pay homage to Empress Changsun. Although he was a prince, he was not qualified to ride a horse in the imperial city.

Li Mu is qualified to ride a horse, but no matter how arrogant he is, he will not let the prince lead his horse, turn over and get off the horse's back, and walk side by side with Li Chengqian. Eunuch Gao followed behind him, seeing the backs of the two young men in front of him, and thought to himself, if nothing unexpected happens, these two people will be His Majesty and the uncle in the future. The older generation and younger generation, the father will pass on the country from generation to generation, isn't that the case?

Eunuch Gao sighed in his heart, and the group walked to the Tai Chi Palace. A young eunuch had already reported it. Li Shimin stood in the hall and looked over and saw Li Mu coming. He wanted to walk to the door, but he was afraid that he would look too expectant. He sat down, picked up a memorial, and pretended to look through it, which caused a busy look, and didn't seem to be restless at all.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Luoyang is asking for a meeting." Eunuch Gao spread the news at the door, paused for a while before Li Shimin's response came: "Well, come in, come in."

Li Mu stepped into the hall, and when he turned around, Li Chengqian had already run away. He was ordered to study by Li Shimin recently. According to principles, he shouldn't have left the Eastern Palace, otherwise he would not have been waiting for Li Mu at the gate of the imperial city. He had already gone directly to the Chang'an platform to wait.

The hall gate slowly closed, Li Mu took two steps forward, bowed slightly, and waited for Li Shimin to finish reading the memorial.

Li Shimin used the clerk to block it, looked up at Li Mu, and snorted, "I thought you didn't dare to come back. Look carefully. Is there a knife and axe hidden behind the pillars of this hall? It's still time to run away now."

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What did Your Majesty say? How dare I guess Your Majesty randomly? I just feel that my family and family are now in Luoyang, and the Chinese New Year will be in Luoyang. I am not unwilling to worry about Your Majesty. I originally planned to return to Chang'an in the third or fifth day of the lunar month, and then come to pay tribute to Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor. Now, Your Majesty asks Eunuch Gao to come and ask me to come immediately."

As he spoke, Li Mu took out a short scroll from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, I have exchanged it for a long time before I exchanged it for Youth Majesty a gift that I could see."

"Gift?" Li Shimin reached out to take it and muttered, "What else do I need you to bring-" Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin stood up suddenly, looked at the scroll in shock, and said, "This is, this is the original work of Wang Xizhi?!"

"Yes." Li Mu nodded with a smile and said, "I have lost my energy and I have exchanged this 'Flying White Post'. I have already read it with an expert. It must be the original one. I dare not enjoy such treasures, so I should offer it to Your Majesty."

"Okay!" Li Shimin said happily: "The filial piety is commendable. It seems that I have really misunderstood you."

Li Mu sighed and said, "People often misunderstand me, but I am used to it."

The king and his subjects looked at each other and smiled, and they were tacitly informed.

In fact, they both understood that Wang Xizhi's copybook was just a step. There must be such a thing, and the effect was the same as it was a copybook or something else.

Li Shimin asked someone to bring Jindun to signal Li Mu to sit down. The king and his ministers met. Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, and Li Mu looked at him calmly, and the atmosphere became a little subtle.

In the past, when Li Shimin met Li Mu, it was very lively. No matter what the king and his ministers said, they were all noisy and never stopped. However, this time they met, the king and his ministers became much more unfamiliar. Li Shimin wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't find the entry point.

"It's been growing a beard." Li Shimin said without saying anything: "If you have a beard, it means you've grown up."

"Does people always have to grow up--" Li Mu smiled, more stable than Li Shimin, because he could probably guess what Li Shimin wanted to say and what he wanted to ask. Some things didn't need to be said, and he was not suitable to say it first, so he had to wait for Li Shimin to speak first.

"You don't ask, why is it for me in a hurry to see you?"

"Your Majesty is well-informed, and bad people are everywhere. What can I hide from Your Majesty?" Li Mu sighed lightly and said, "Just as Your Majesty knows, I have met my biological mother, Lu, and as Your Majesty thinks, I am indeed the son of Prince Yin."

Li Shimin showed a strange look. He didn't expect Li Mu to admit it and asked, "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "I have full confidence in Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is such a narrow-minded person, he will be like Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty, and then I have nothing to say."

Li Shimin was silent for a while and asked again: "Since you already know the truth, don't you hate me?"

Li Shimin called himself "I" rather than me, and showed guilt in his heart about this matter. Li Mu keenly captured this subconscious reaction. He was silent for a while and said, "Your Majesty, if you say, don't hate me, will Your Majesty believe it?"

Li Shimin thought for a while and shook his head.

Li Mu sighed and said, "Your Majesty does not believe it, nor does the people in the world believe it. But what I said is true."

What Li Shimin wanted to say was interrupted by Li Mu: "Your Majesty, please listen to me after I finish my words. I should have hatred for my feelings and reason, and filial piety. I hate you so much that I can be a son of man. Yes, the truth is true. But I really don't think about it."

"I have thought about this matter carefully, and gradually, I have clarified a little bit of my clue."

"Captain Yin is my biological father, it is true. But his father has not fulfilled his responsibilities as a father for a day. Even if he hadn't met Mrs. Lu by chance, I would never believe that I was the son of Prince Yin. I only remember that I was raised by the Sun family in Mayi, and I only remember that my mother told me that my father was Li Gan, who was a halberd leader in the Tang Dynasty."

"These feelings have been accumulated bit by bit after living for so long. But I really find it difficult for me to be indignant with a biological father who has never met before. This is one."

"There is another point. I have heard many people talk about the things that happened back then, including what I was involved in chatting with the Supreme Emperor. I can understand Your Majesty's behavior back then. It was a life-and-death situation. Your Majesty or the Prince Hidden can only live one. Your Majesty won, and now you are sitting here. If Your Majesty loses, maybe the Queen, Cheng Qian and Qingque are gone now."

Li Shimin nodded subconsciously, then shook his head again, and finally sighed: "Li Mu, I can't lie to you. In fact, if the eldest brother wins, maybe he will surround me - the one who really doesn't surround me is Li Yuanji, who is the one who wants my life, but the eldest brother and Li Yuanji are both together, so in the end, it may still be as you said."

Li Mu did not worry about this matter and continued: "Your Majesty, what happened back then has passed. I am talking about these things on one hand. It is not these that really made me give up the idea of ​​revenge."

"What is that?"

Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty, I just look at this matter rationally."

Li Shimin didn't say anything and signaled Li Mu to continue speaking.

"I thought about what the possible consequences of taking revenge or not taking revenge."

"Avenge, let's not talk about whether I am willing to take revenge for a so-called father who has not fulfilled his father's responsibilities for a day. Putting aside emotional aspects, I will only talk about feasibility. I also think it is an infeasible thing. Nowadays, there are many wise ministers and famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, with more than 100 Zhechong Mansions and millions of brave soldiers. How can the rebellion be successful?"

Li Shimin said conceitedly: "This is the point. As long as I am not old, the soldiers of the past are still in the army. I have a clear mind. Those who lost to me back then cannot win now."

Li Mu ignored Li Shimin's conceit and continued to say, "There is also the question of whether you want to think about it or not. Your Majesty knows my nature. He is used to being lazy, like a lazy donkey, who will not move without being whipped by someone. Even if Your Majesty gives the emperor's throne to me, he will not be able to do it. In short, this is something that my Majesty doesn't want to do."

"For something that I didn't want to do, it caused chaos in the world and made the people uneasy. What is this called?" Li Mu spread his hands and said, "This is called thankless. Why are you so unthinkable and want to do such a thing?"

"If Your Majesty is a foolish monarch, and his reason is reasonable, he must stand up. But Your Majesty obviously did a good job, at least he would definitely do better than me. Why should I take the blame for the world?"
Chapter completed!