In late spring and early summer, although many flowers have already faded, the leaves have become greener. The mountains and fields are filled with refreshing green, making people feel relaxed and happy at first glance. .

Li Xiu and Li Shimin were wearing hunting clothes and carrying bows and arrows on their backs while walking. This was Pei Ji's villa in Nanshan. When Pei Ji left Beijing to return to his hometown to take care of him, he entrusted the villa to Li Xiu to take care of him. Usually, when Li Xiu had time, he would bring his family here to hunt, but sometimes he would think of Pei Ji, and he didn't know how he was going after he went to America.

"The scenery of the Pei family courtyard is still the same. I remembered the last time we met a tiger when we were here!" Li Shimin looked at the scenery around him while walking, and then said to Li Xiu with a smile.

"Well, it was indeed too dangerous last time, so this time Your Majesty must not let the guards be too far away from us!" When Li Shimin mentioned the past, Li Xiu coughed with guilt, because Li Shimin suddenly came here, and it was Li Xiu and Pei Ji who went to see Li Yuan who had cheated and escaped from the palace. At that time, he almost thought Li Shimin knew something, but he was worried for a long time.

"Haha, I have encountered all kinds of dangers in my life. The most dangerous one is the Battle of Huzhu. At that time, I fought against Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops with 3,500 people, almost with the idea of ​​dying. One day, I observed the enemy situation with Yuchi Gong, but was discovered by Dou Jiande and sent five or six thousand people to pursue him. As a result, we killed hundreds of people in a row. Finally, we led the other party to an ambush set up in advance and destroyed thousands of people in one fell swoop. In comparison, the dangers encountered later were nothing." Li Shimin smiled and said, as if he didn't take the matter of meeting a tiger at all.

However, when Li Xiu heard Li Shimin's words, he secretly curled his lips. He knew that Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong were in danger at Hulao Pass, but it was not as exaggerated as Li Shimin said. They first encountered Dou Jiande's cavalry, but they killed dozens of people. Then Dou Jiande sent thousands of troops to pursue him, and then encountered Li Shimin's ambush. As far as he knew, Li Shimin escaped that time in a very embarrassing manner. Not only was he injured, but Yuchi Gong also suffered a lot. It took him a long time to recover.

"Huh? There is a deer!" At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly screamed in surprise, and then shot the arrow. The guards following him were very excited and were even ready to run to pick up prey. After all, Li Shimin has always been good at shooting, especially when he was young, there was a two-meter-long Juquetian bow among his weapons at any time, and his archery skills were superb, which could almost be called an arrow.

Unfortunately, Li Shimin may not have shot arrows for too long, which made him become much more unfamiliar with the arrows. As a result, the arrow was shot farther away. The frightened deer jumped up for several feet in fright, then turned around and ran away. In the blink of an eye, he crawled into the dense forest and disappeared, which made Li Shimin very embarrassed.

"Well, everything is reproduced in spring. This doe is already pregnant with a cub, so it is not suitable to shoot it. So I turned the arrow a little bit at the last moment!" Li Shimin coughed dryly at this time, and then deliberately made a kind expression and said, and the guards behind him also showed such expressions.

"Your Majesty is kind. Now is not the time to hunt. If we climb to the top of this mountain, we can see the academy that Cui Gan is building!" Li Xiu curled his lips again at this time. Although the deer is about to change its horns in spring, the antlers on the head of the deer just now were quite majestic. You can tell at a glance that it was a male deer, but Li Shimin called it a female deer. Most people really don't have the shame.

When Li Xiu turned the topic to the main purpose of coming here today, Li Shimin was relieved and hurriedly accelerated his footsteps: "Since that's the case, let's hurry up. I really want to see what the academy that the aristocratic family is going to build is like!"

Last time, Li Xiu guessed that Cui Gan was likely to build academy to compete with the court for talents. Li Shimin attached great importance to this matter and immediately sent someone to investigate. The result was quickly confirmed Li Xiu's guess. Cui Gan was indeed preparing a college in secret. The one he built in Nanshan was not a residence at all, or a college in preparation.

It is also worth mentioning that this time, the construction of the academy was not Cui Gan alone, but that all the major families participated. Therefore, many knowledgeable scholars from aristocratic families came to Chang'an during this period, and there were also many children of aristocratic families. After the construction of the academy was completed, these people were the first batch of teachers and students in the academy.

After confirming that the aristocratic family wanted to build academy, Li Shimin was also very interested in this matter. It happened that the place where Cui Gan built the academy was also next to Pei Ji's villa. From a small hill on the edge of Pei Ji's villa, you can even see the layout of the entire academy. So Li Shimin took a day to take a look at the academy in person, and also to relax. After all, since Empress Changsun's death, he has been very depressed.

The peaks of Nanshan are generally not very high, but they are very beautiful. The mountain roads are not rugged, but they cannot ride horses. Therefore, Li Xiu and Li Shimin also hike, and occasionally they can see some prey that is blind.

However, after the failure just now, Li Shimin became much more cautious. He would only take action when he encountered a particularly confident prey. This made Li Xiu sigh. Li Shimin was still old after all, especially after Empress Changsun's death, he suddenly grew older, and his white hair on his temples was also clearly visible. He looked at least fifty years old. But in fact, he was only 40 years old this year, and years of complicated government affairs have seriously damaged Li Shimin's health.

When it was almost noon, Li Xiu and Li Shimin finally climbed to the top of the mountain. Looking into the distance, the surroundings were surrounded by mountains. In the east of the mountain, there was a mountain shorter than theirs. However, the top of this mountain was relatively flat and the area was not small. Now on the top of this mountain, there was a large building under construction.

"Your Majesty, please see, it is the academy built by Cui Gan. The overall construction has almost been completed. Now there are only some less important places left under construction. It can be said that they can move in at any time, but I guess they are likely to build momentum for the academy first and then recruit outstanding students from Chang'an to the school!" Li Xiu pointed to the mountain to the east and introduced.

"Cui Gan would choose a place. It is beautiful and surrounded by mountains. It is indeed a good place to study." Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and looked at the academy not far away. After a moment, he nodded, but there was no worry in his words, because Li Xiu had already had a solution to it.
Chapter completed!