Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Last Glance, Forever
The three carriages went out of the city at the same time, separated in front of the city gate, and waited for the city gate, good guys, the black pressed a crowd, Sima Yi took Mrs. Sima and his cronies to bid farewell in front of the city gate, and there were many onlookers around, crowds of people, side by side.
Since His Majesty the Emperor fought against the Nine Swords in front of Xueyong City, the admiration of the officers and soldiers of the whole city for Li Yuanhao was like a surging river, and when they heard that the Lord Zhongtang and the scholars entered the city together, they were even more excited.
The three most noble people of the Great Wei Kingdom gathered in Xueyong City, which is a rare big event in a hundred years, a small town on the edge, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, His Majesty is out on patrol, not to go to the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, but to Xueyong City, no matter what the purpose, this courage is enough to deter Xiaoxiao.
Leaving the city today, Madame Sima proposed to see off His Majesty the Emperor in front of the city gate. Sima Yi was in a dilemma: "Your Majesty, a fairy-like figure, resisted the Huns Hao Lianbo, and slaughtered the academy with his own hands, so he may not like to be too lively." Mrs. Sima stretched out her hand and poked Sima Yi's head: "Although I have only seen a few faces, the concubine can see from His Majesty's eyes that His Majesty is a person who likes to be lively and loves to join in the fun." Sima Yi was not sure: "Is that so?" Mrs. Sima patted her chest: "It must not be wrong." ”
I have to say that the woman's eyes are vicious, and she can see through the essence of His Majesty the Emperor at a glance, Li Yuanhao likes to be lively, grinning with a mouth that can't be put to ear, and constantly stretches out her hand to signal, especially when she becomes the focus of attention, revealing luxury in a low-key manner, and a vanity has been greatly satisfied, which can best stimulate our Emperor's Majesty's desire to perform.
"Xiuce, shouldn't I say a word or two at this moment to show my love for the people and goodwill?" Li Yuanhao asked, while not forgetting to nod and wave his hand to the officers and soldiers outside the city.
Li Xiuce smiled and said, "I should say a word or two." ”
Li Yuanhao nodded: "What you said makes a lot of sense, but what do you say?"
Li Xiuce opened his mouth and said: "You can say whatever you want, the eldest sister is the emperor." ”
Li Yuanhao walked out of the carriage, stood on the carriage, and told Yu Qing to drive slowly, I want to behave well, stretched out his hand slightly, and put on a handsome face, which is indeed extraordinary, and does not stir up dust: "The border is bitter and cold, you are stationed here, and you have worked hard......"
In order to cooperate with His Majesty's words, the bitter cold border pass blew a gust of evil wind for no reason, rolling a cloud of yellow sand and dust, His Majesty the Emperor not only ate a mouthful of soil, but also lost his eyes, stood on the carriage and rubbed his eyes, and took two mouthfuls, causing everyone around to laugh.
Li Xiuce, who was in the carriage, touched his brow with one hand, yes, it's better not to say it.
Li Yuanhao lost face in public, he was furious, and kicked Yu Qing hard, it's all your fault.
Before the three carriages came to Sima Yi and his party, Li Yuanhao jumped out of the carriage first, and Wu Changhe and Suo Bilong stood on the left and right.
Sima Yi took the lead in kneeling: "The last general, Sima Yi, knock to see Your Majesty!" Mrs. Sima and the officers and soldiers of the city followed, and finally the people of Xueyong City, shouting long live, and the sound shook the sky.
"Get up. Li Yuanhao said lightly.
Sima Yi was helped up by his wife, confronted the Xichu Nine Swords, and forcibly received the two sword qi of You Longjian, General Sima was injured, and his hands were wrapped in bandages, looking ridiculous.
Li Yuanhao pointed to Sima Yi's hands: "General Sima, how can this bear paw be sold?"
Sima Yi was embarrassed, bowed his head and was about to kneel again, begging His Majesty to atone for his sins, Mrs. Sima knew a thing or two about Li Yuanhao's character, what His Majesty said was just ridicule, and did not mean deeply, if the husband knelt, it would cause His Majesty to be disgusted.
Mrs. Sima forcibly grabbed Sima Yi: "Your Majesty, this bear's paw is not for sale!"
Li Yuanhao laughed: "Mrs. Sima is interesting, General Sima has great blessings! I won't tell you anything, Xueyong City is the top priority of the northwest defense line, Su Mingchuan and Xichu Jiujian are the pinnacle of human cultivators, except for Tai'an City, Shengjing City, and Jiankang City, there is no place where these people can't go, and it is normal for people to be able to enter Xueyong City, and General Sima doesn't have to blame himself." I hope that General Sima can build Xueyong City into a city that can withstand the siege of large-scale cavalry, and as for the heavenly people above the nine grades, General Sima does not have to worry, there are naturally people to deal with. ”
Sima Yi is full of energy, His Majesty is real, there is no empty head, high-sounding empty words, Sima Yi has a complete city defense map in his heart, which is comparable to the ancient Liangzhou of Shengjing City, but it has not been able to be implemented, what is the fundamental reason? Lack of money, no money, if there are 100,000 taels of silver flowing into Xueyong City, within three years, he is confident that the entire Xueyong City will take on a new look.
"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and thank Lord Longen!" Mrs. Sima sometimes really wanted to knock open her husband's head to see what was inside.
Sima Yi realized it later, and was busy kneeling down to thank him.
"You don't have to kneel, if you want to thank the scholar, I just move my mouth, and the money needs to be taken out of the pocket. Li Yuanhao opened his mouth and said, His Majesty the Emperor turned his head slightly, the scholar looked natural, and his beard was calm, Li Yuanhao sighed in his heart, and read the chapter in the imperial study, although she didn't know how much silver the household department had, but she didn't know much, many things to do were stuck on the silver, as soon as the silver was mentioned, the scholar jumped in annoyance, and took out a penny in the scholar's pocket to have a luxurious pleasure, which was more difficult than ascending to the sky, and now he took out 100,000 taels of silver in one go, and the treasury was very likely to be stretched, she lowered her voice and asked: " Bachelor's degree, no problem?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, there is no problem. Sobilon said with a smile, confident.
Li Yuanhao was puzzled: "The imperial court has increased taxes again?"
Sobilon opened his mouth and replied: "Your Majesty is too worried, the money will be taken out of Your Majesty's pocket, and the old minister is not distressed at all." ”
Li Yuanhao was even more puzzled: "I'm a poor bastard, where is the money." Could it be that ...... His Majesty the Emperor's eyes lit up: "The money was taken from the inner treasury?"
Suo Bilong smiled and nodded: "The ancestor has a good vision, Shen Ning'er's girl is born to do business, and it hasn't been a few years yet, and the inner library is already full of pots and rich." Shen Ning'er never earns the silver of the poor, only the silver of the rich, and makes a lot of money every time. ”
Li Yuanhao raised his eyebrows: "Don't earn the money of the poor, only the silver of the rich, Shen Ning'er's chivalrous heart is admirable." ”
Suo Bilong laughed: "Your Majesty only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, according to Shen Ning'er, the poor family smashes the pot and sells the iron for that little bit of silver, which is not as good as the rich man's leg hair is worth a lot, this girl wants to compete for a lot of money, staring at those trivial little money, what kind of ability." ”
Li Yuanhao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The words are not rough, they are Shen Ning'er's words, but 100,000 taels of silver are enough for Shen Ning'er to feel distressed for a while." ”
Suo Bilong shook his head again: "Your Majesty is wrong again, just 100,000 taels of silver, for Shen Ning'er, it is not enough to hurt the muscles and bones, Shen Yatou has a whimsical idea, and has been committed to the union of small handmade workshops recently, saying that it is to engage in a market economy and activate the handicraft manufacturing industry, the old minister does not understand, but it does not seem to be a bad thing, and he has not stopped it, and of course he has not helped." Shen Ning'er makes a lot of money, and it is really breathtaking to spend money, often donating 10,000 taels of silver to pave the bridge and repair the road, only asking for one thing, with the best materials, to build the widest road, now Tai'an City extends in all directions The road is mostly Shen Ning'er funded the construction, the post road from Chengde to Tai'an City has been five zhang wide, Shen Yatou still feels narrow, and ordered people to widen it again and again, when the old minister left Beijing, the post road has been more than ten zhang. Neku has become so rich that Shen Ning'er shouts the most every day that there is no money. For this reason, there is a joke in the palace, what is the most hypocritical thing in the world, the emperor who says that he is ugly, and calls Miss Shen, who has no money. ”
Li Yuanhao touched his nose, Shen Ning'er was really interesting.
"It's not a secret, occasionally the old minister has to bend down and bend his knees to borrow money from this girl, and the court housekeeper does this, and the old minister is ashamed. Sobilon began.
"It's so powerful! No wonder Shen Ning'er can be in Tai'an City, the scholars have to borrow money, and they can really do whatever they want if they have money. Li Yuanhao said, dragging his chin with one hand, and suddenly remembered that Neiku was his own, and couldn't help but snicker: "I'm really rich." ”
After chatting, Li Yuanhao was about to get in the car and leave.
"Your Majesty, please wait slowly!" Mrs. Sima suddenly spoke, and two little maids walked out on both sides behind her, one holding a pot of wine in her hand, and the other holding a large bowl in her hand: "Your Majesty, the people in the city have prepared their own Northwest Agricultural Wine to express their gratitude, please Your Majesty, Lord Zhongtang, and University Scholars, drink wine and then leave!"
Li Yuanhao retreated, Lord Zhongtang and the university scholars were eager to try, they had long heard that the Northwest Agricultural Wine was clear and strong, but Suo Guifei had been staring at it from the sidelines, and the drunk wine that night was also from the south of the Yangtze River, and the taste was not enough, which was not enough to make the two adults feel no regrets. Today's opportunity is rare, don't drink this Northwest wine, there are regrets on this trip, and the two of them reached out to get the wine bowl at the same time.
With two snaps, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly knocked off the outstretched hands of the two adults: "What is the situation of the body, I don't know yet, I am greedy to such an extent, and I have also served the two of you." I drank today's wine for you!"
There was a slight grievance in the eyes of the adults and scholars in the middle hall.
Taking the wine bowl with one hand, Li Yuanhao looked down, the wine in the bowl was crystal clear, but in Li Yuanhao's eyes, it was tantamount to a flood beast, opening his teeth and dancing his claws, and a strong pungent taste drilled into his nose, and it was not my fault that he didn't know how to drink. His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his nose, what if he drank this wine and died? For a moment, an urge to say his last words surged in his heart.
Raise the bowl to his mouth, and then put it down, like three times, Li Yuanhao thought about it, and said with emotion: "This wine represents everyone's minds, I drink a little less, hey, I am a little reluctant to drink! Yu Qing, put it on me, I want to taste it slowly, and touch it carefully!"
Sima Yi was very moved, there were crystal clear tears in his eyes, regardless of the injury on his hand, he grabbed the wine jar and poured a full overflow for His Majesty the Emperor: "Your Majesty, even if you drink, don't be reluctant, as long as you want to drink, Weichen will definitely prepare it for you and send it to Tai'an City!"
Li Yuanhao glanced down at the wine in the wine bowl, then looked up at Sima Yi, gritted his back molars and said, "General Sima, loyal minister!"
Sima Yi wiped his tears: "Your Majesty praised falsely, Weichen can't afford to be a loyal minister, it's all what Weichen should do, and what Weichen should do!"
Li Yuanhao hated it in his heart, but for the dignity of the emperor, he could only reluctantly raise his head and drink dry, the wine entered his mouth, like fire and spicy, down the throat to the spleen and lungs, a wave of heat rose into the air, and two crimson flowers rose on the cheeks of His Majesty the Emperor, and his steps were a little vain, and the tears were about to be spicy. The Northwest Agricultural Wine is violent, the wine is strong, as soon as it is entered, it has already been on the head, like Li Yuanhao, who would not have been able to drink, a bowl of wine in his stomach, not drunk on the spot, which is enough to prove that His Majesty the Emperor is the leader in the new generation of cultivation and martial arts.
Before going out of the city, Li Yuanhao ate a steamed bun successively, drank a bowl of millet porridge, an egg, two glutinous rice cakes, two bowls of soybean milk, four fritters, and a small plate of pickled cucumbers in sauce.
"Okay, Your Majesty has a lot of them, Sima Yi admires them!" Sima Yi, who had forgotten the distinction between monarchs and ministers for a while, poured another bowl full: "Your Majesty, this second bowl is for Lord Zhongtang to see him off." ”
Li Yuanhao sighed, his head was a mess, he couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, he burped in front of the public, raised his head and drank it dry, at this moment in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, the whole world was colorful, colorful, the sky was spinning, and everything in front of him slowly rose and floated, like in the clouds.
Turning around to look at Yu Qing, Li Yuanhao laughed: "Yo, Yu Qing, why do you have three eyes?
Everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor was already drunk, so they didn't dare to delay the trip any longer, and pulled Li Yuanhao to walk towards the carriage.
Li Yuanhao broke free from everyone, stretched out the wine bowl forward, and pointed a finger to the sky: "General Sima, bring me another bowl, a big bowl!"
Sima Yi was in a dilemma, and he didn't know how to do it, Li Yuanhao snatched the wine jar, poured it for himself, raised his head and drank it again: "This bowl is for the university scholars, I can't help but drink, I must drink! I have to drink another bowl for Rou'er, no, I want to drink three bowls for Rou'er! Rou'er, life is too long, time is too long, life is too difficult, I am sorry for you, I have hurt you!"
There was silence in the room, and no one spoke.
For some reason, a wave of anger rose in Li Yuanhao's heart, and he slammed the bowl in his hand to the ground, the bowl was not rotten, and she made up for it twice: "Even you bully me, even you bully me, I trample on you, step on you!"
Wang Siying, who was not far away, grabbed the horsewhip in his hand, silent and shallow.
Suo Rou bowed down to apologize, smiled and helped Li Yuanhao into the carriage, settled His Majesty the Emperor properly, and told Li Xiuce and Xuan'er two sentences, mainly the living habits of His Majesty the Emperor, Xuan'er remembered them one by one, she thought she knew His Majesty enough, but compared with Suo Guifei, it was far behind.
And Suo Rou stepped into another carriage by herself: "Lord Zhongtang, grandpa, let's go." ”
One carriage went east, and two carriages went west.
Suo Rou was not sad or happy, opened the curtain, looked at the carriage heading west, Suo Bilong rubbed her head: "Rou'er, you have a good husband." ”
"Rou'er knows. Suo Rou nodded, couldn't help but glance at the carriage in the distance, and muttered: "Your Majesty, the concubine is waiting for you to come back in Tai'an City." ”
She didn't know that this was a lifetime.
That unbearable glance is the last glance, which is forever.