31. Chapter 31
Jin-Jiang-Du-Fa, please-don't-transfer-load
In late autumn, the purple orchid hall is a bleak rope, the green leaves outside the hall are gone, the gorgeous delicate flowers are long gone, the hall is empty, look at the gray fluttering piece, the tables and chairs have fallen color, even the only few palace people are gone, the huge purple orchid hall is a little desolate.
In the middle of the front hall, the third prince Li Shao sat on the piano, dressed in a dusty cloth dress that was just right for the scene in the hall, but the sound of the piano was long, with a hint of warmth, and the pleasing tune did not match Xiao Suo in this hall at all, but Li Shao didn't mind.
"Your Highness, don't play again, the rebels have entered Chang'an City, let's go!"
Yun Zhu, the palace maid of the Zilan Palace, cried like a tearful person, but Li Shao was still unmoved, Yun Zhu had no choice, so she turned her head to look at Yong Ning, who was standing not far in front of Li Shao.
Yongning Changli Shao is two years old, he was Li Shao's companion, and he is now Zuo Cheng of Shangshu Province, but he doesn't know where to go after today.
Looking at Li Shao with a frown, Yong Ning didn't know how to persuade him. From childhood to adulthood, no one could stop Li Shao from doing anything he decided to do.
Without waiting for Yongning to think about what to say, Li Shao spoke first, and said unhurriedly with the sound of the piano: "You have all persuaded me for two months, and there are only a few words over and over again, you don't feel annoyed when you say it, I feel annoyed when I listen to it." I have made up my mind, and you don't need to persuade me anymore. β
Yong Ning frowned: "Your Highness, you insist on staying just to see him, but Your Highness, as long as you are alive, you will always have the opportunity to see him, why do you have to see him at this time?" Is it worth it to lose your life to see him? β
It's just a childhood sweetheart who once had a marriage contract, how did Li Shao cling to this? Do you feel guilty? But it was Li Shao's father and brother who designed the death of General Changsun unjustly, and they had nothing to do with Li Shao, and Li Shao ran around in order to rehabilitate the eldest grandson's family, and finally ended up being imprisoned in the Zilan Palace by the eldest prince Li Zheng.
When he was imprisoned, he heard that the eldest prince was going to send someone to chase and kill Changsun Boyi, Li Shao sent someone to save Changsun Boyi, and heard that Changsun Boyi found the bloodline of the previous dynasty to β‘β‘ revenge, Li Shao carefully selected a strategist to send to Changsun Boyi, and heard that Changsun Boyi killed Li Yuanshan, the king of Shu, and captured 30,000 troops in Shu, Li Shao sent someone to kill all the bloodlines of Li Yuanshan in the field......
What Li Shao has suffered in the Zilan Hall over the years, which one of them is not because he secretly helped the eldest grandson Boyi was discovered? He has done enough for the eldest grandson Boyi, half of his life has been put into it, what else does he want?
I haven't seen him for ten years, and there is still a deep feud across the sea of blood, and there are only a few people left in the Changsun clan and the Li clan, how much friendship can be left between him and Changsun Boyi? Seeing him today, how likely is it that the eldest grandson Boyi will let him live? Does he have to put the other half of his life into it?!
Li Shao covered his hand and pressed the strings, stopped the sound of the piano, looked up at Yong Ning and smiled: "What should I do is worth it?" When my father was in power, he was unkind, I couldn't stop it, and after Li Zheng succeeded to the throne, he intensified his unkindness and developed it into a β‘β‘, and the rest of the Li family enjoyed it, relying on Li Zheng's tyranny and profligacy, and oppressing the people, I couldn't stop it. And thanks to them, the Li clan has long been notorious.
Although I am an outlier of the Li clan in this palace and am ostracized everywhere, but out of this palace, I am an outlier among all the people in the world, and there are many people who want to kill me to vent their anger. As long as I am the son of Li Guo Sejong, I should pay for his life, and those righteous people and people with resentments will not let me go, right?
Since I have to die no matter what, it is better to die at the hands of Bo Yi, and I can fulfill my wish for the past ten years. β
Yong Ning hurriedly said: "We can take you to find a village to be incognito!" After the situation calms down, there are so many opportunities that you can and what you want, and there is no rush at all! β
"Incognito...... Li Shao smiled and plucked the strings again, "Yongning, take them away, otherwise it will really be too late." Remember what you promised me. β
For the rest of his life, he had nothing to ask for, and he didn't have any wishes to fulfill, so there was no need to stay incognito. And even though the days ahead are still very long, there are only a handful of opportunities for him to meet Bo Yi face-to-face, and there may not even be such an opportunity at all, how dare he wait?
As soon as he heard this, Yunzhu grabbed Li Shao's arm and cried, "The slave and maid are not leaving!" If Your Highness is determined to die at the hands of the rebels, the slave will die with you! β
Deng Yi, the big eunuch who knelt on the other side of Li Shao, also cried a handful of snot and tears: "Slaves and maids, slaves and maids don't leave, anyway, slaves and maids have no descendants, and they can't live like ordinary people when they go out of the palace, so it's better to accompany His Highness to Huangquan Road!" β
Yong Ning wanted to persuade again, but suddenly heard a loud noise, followed by a noise, probably the rebels broke open the door of the Zilan Hall and rushed in.
Li Shao's eyebrows furrowed, and he shouted coldly: "Yongning, take them away, this is an order!" β
"Take care!"
Because of that order, Yong Ning gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and rushed to the backyard of the Zilan Hall with the seven people in the hall who had been silent, where there was a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace.
In the blink of an eye, there was only one piano left in the hall, Li Shao, Yunzhu, Deng Yi and Li Shao.
As soon as the eight people of Yongning left, the main gate and the four screen doors of the front hall were kicked open together, a group of soldiers swarmed in, some of them rushed into the backyard to search, and the rest of the people just surrounded Li Shao, and then looked at Li Shao who was indifferently caressing the piano.
Who is this man? If you don't run for your life, how can you still be in the mood to stroke the qin? Isn't it crazy?
Yu Shi, the deputy general under the eldest grandson Boyi, strode into the room, and saw that Li Shao was so calm that he didn't even tremble at the sound of the piano, and couldn't help but feel displeased, and raised the long sword with the sheath in his hand and smashed the clay vase on the tall square table by the door.
There was a crisp snap, and the vase shattered in pieces, and the sound shocked Yun Zhu and Deng Yi's faces turned pale instantly, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably, but Li Shao still didn't see or hear anything, and the sound of the piano turned around, but it was more light and pleasant than before.
Yu Shi took a sip, strode forward, and then kicked on the yaoqin, which made Li Shao stop.
Yu Shi raised his chin, looked at Li Shao with disdain and asked, "Who is it?" Quote your name! β
Li Shao looked up at Yu Shi, chuckled, and said, "It was Your Excellency who led someone to break into the Zilan Palace, shouldn't this question be asked by me, the master?" β
Seeing that Li Shao was not shocked or angry, and still looked calm, Yu Shi was angry in his heart: "Damn, let you say it, don't you die, right?!" β
Yu Shi was originally just an ordinary soldier under the command of Li Yuanshan, the king of Shu, and it was only after the eldest grandson Boyi led the army that he gradually emerged, and followed the eldest grandson Boyi all the way to kill the enemy, which can be described as loyal, and only became the right-hand man of the eldest grandson Boyi two years ago.
This protracted war finally won the final victory, and finally you can see the appearance of the tyrannical Li clan, but along the way, you can't even see the shadow of the royal family, which makes Yu Shi angry enough. At this time, he finally ran into one, but he couldn't see the other party's panic and begging for mercy as he wished, and Yu Shi was even more angry.
I didn't feel the pleasure/feeling of the winner at all, and it was too fucking aggrieved to win this battle!
Li Shao looked at the angry Yu Shi, but when he spoke, he replied, "Where is Bo Yi?" β
Hearing this name from Li Shao's mouth unexpectedly, Yu Shi didn't expect who it was for a while.
"Who?" Yu Shi looked at Li Shao puzzled.
Li Shao shook his head and smiled, and asked again, "Where is the eldest grandson Boyi?" β
Yu Shi blinked, and suddenly kicked Yaoqin over.
"Who the fuck are you?! General Changsun's name is also what you can shout? Look at you like this, it should be the male concubine who has fallen out of favor in the dog emperor's harem, right? Just because of your lowly status, you still want to see General Changsun? Don't pee on what virtues you have! β
After saying this, Yu Shi turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and said with a wicked smile: "Which of you is good at this?" This man has rewarded you! β
As soon as he heard this, the soldiers around him burst into laughter.
Yun Zhu and Deng Yi were so angry that they blushed at these light words.
"Bold! This is...... This is ......" Before the words came out, Yunzhu realized that this should not be said.
If these rebels know that His Royal Highness is the third prince of the Li Kingdom, then His Royal Highness is afraid that he will suffer, and it is better to be mistaken for a male concubine.
Hearing this, Yu Shi looked at Yunzhu again and shouted fiercely, "What are you yelling about?" Sell you to the kiln! β
Yun Zhu's eyes were red with shame when he landed, but he pursed his mouth tightly, didn't cry or shout, and only glared at Yu Shi fiercely.
Li Shao looked around in a blink of an eye, ignored Yu Shi's foul language when he was laughing with his subordinates, and said slowly: "There is not much time left, if you delay too long, Li Zheng should escape from Chang'an City." β
As soon as he heard Li Zheng's name, Yu Shi's laughter stopped abruptly, and he suddenly reached out and pinched Li Shao's chin and dragged Li Shao to his eyes, and asked coldly, "Do you know where Li Zheng is?" Say it! β
With a muffled bang, Li Shao's leg hit the piano table, and the piano table was flipped over.
Li Shao smiled, as if he didn't feel pain, and said without panic: "Let the eldest grandson Boyi come to see me, otherwise you can find it yourself!" β
"You!" Yu Shi glared, "Believe it or not, I killed you?" β
Li Shao said disapprovingly: "People are swords, I am fish and meat, please take it." It's not that I have to kill Li Zheng. β
Yu Shi didn't believe that Li Shao was really not afraid of death, so he reached out and clasped Li Shao's neck, slowly tightened, and saw that Li Shao's face had unconsciously revealed a painful look, but his eyes were still full of smiles, and he never opened his mouth to beg for mercy, Yu Shi's eyebrows frowned, and he threw Li Shao out suddenly.
"It's a tough one. Go and call General Changsun! β
"Yes!"
Li Shao crouched on the ground and coughed violently, but the smile in his eyes was even stronger.
On the other side, the eldest grandson Boyi, Liu Ce, and Xie Jun were sitting in the Hanyuan Hall of the palace.
"This battle was finally won, and General Changsun and the division of the army were tired."
The twenty-year-old Liu Ce is the so-called bloodline of the former dynasty that the eldest grandson Boyi found in Shannan Road, and only the eldest grandson Boyi and Xie Jun know how true and how false it is.
"Your Highness is polite, this is a matter within my equal reach," Xie Jun smiled and bowed his hand, and then suddenly said, "It's the minister's speech, now it's time to call you Your Majesty." β
Liu Ce hurriedly smiled: "But don't be like this." I can have today, thanks to two people, two are my benefactors, teachers, relatives and friends, how can I be born because of the courtesy of the monarch and ministers? β
Liu Ce said politely, but Xie Jun could also see Liu Ce's pride.
Although he used to be just a small Orion in Bazhou, Shannan Province, but in the past few years, his highness has been a group of people every day, Liu Ce has already accepted this identity, and once he accepted it in his heart, he really forgot his identity as an Orion, and regarded himself as a highness, not only his words and deeds became more and more decent, but even the arrogance of the royal family has also learned a little.
Xie Jun turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Boyi.
At the beginning, they found a bloodline of the previous dynasty just to win the hearts of the people, and the story of the Li family's cruelty to the orphans of the previous dynasty made their resistance more righteous, and now that they have won, do they really want Liu Ce to be the emperor? Even if Liu Ce's words and deeds are like a royal family, in the end, he is just painting a tiger according to a cat, and he has relied on the support of his eldest grandson Boyi in the army all these years to make him the emperor...... Will it work?
However, the eldest grandson Boyi was a little absent-minded, even if he looked at Xie Jun, his eyes were scattered, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't seem to be thinking about anything.
Xie Jun frowned, stretched out his hand in front of Changsun Boyi's eyes and shook it: "General Changsun, General Changsun?" β
The eldest grandson Boyi's eyes flashed, and there was finally a look in his eyes.
"What's the matter?"
Xie Jun touched his nose: "Uh...... It's okay. β
After entering Chang'an City, the eldest grandson was a little distracted, was he revenge and sighed in his heart, or did he revisit the old place to see Jingsi people?
A soldier ran into the Hanyuan Hall at this time, and after standing still in front of the eldest grandson Boyi, he knelt on the ground and clasped his fists, and said loudly: "General Qiqi, we caught a person in the Zilan Palace, and that person claimed to know the whereabouts of Li Zheng and wanted to see the general. β
"Zilan Palace?" The eldest grandson Boyi was shocked, "Who is it?" β
Before breaking through Chang'an, they had already arranged for people to surround Chang'an City, just afraid that Li Zheng and others would escape, but when they entered the palace, they found that it was already empty, and the cunning Li Zheng either went out of the palace before them, hiding somewhere in the city and waiting for an opportunity to escape, or he dug a secret passage in the palace, and he was afraid that he had already left the city at this moment.
But since Li Zhengdu had already escaped with people, how could he leave behind people who knew his whereabouts? And why did you stay in the Purple Orchid Palace?
Liu Ce looked at the soldier who came to report with excitement, and asked eagerly, "But the people of the Li clan?" β
The soldier shook his head and said, "There is no confirmation, Vice General Yu has no result in pressing, and that person has to see the general." β
The eldest grandson Boyi lowered his eyes and groaned, and when he raised his eyes again, he strode in the direction of the harem.
Liu Ce chased after him excitedly, and Xie Jun didn't dare to fall behind, but his mood was not as good as Liu Ce's.
At this time, the people who will remain in the palace can't think of anyone else except the one, but ...... If that person was still alive, wouldn't he be stupid enough to do this?
Hurrying all the way to the Zilan Palace, when he saw the familiar vermilion gate, the eldest grandson Boyi was a little stunned.
When he was still in Chang'an, his happiest memories were in the Zilan Palace, where his most important person was here. After leaving Chang'an, the things he didn't want to recall the most were related to the Zilan Palace, and every time he thought about it, his heart ached.
Taking a deep breath, Eldest Sun Boyi strode into the Zilan Palace, and walked into the front hall in a blink of an eye.
The eldest grandson Boyi still vaguely remembered the appearance of the Zilan Palace, but it obviously did not match what he saw at this time, the courtyard overgrown with wild grass made people know at a glance that it had been uncared for for many years, and the dark and empty hall was not robbed, it was a kind of desolation day after day.
Even if it is uninhabited, there should not be such a deserted palace in the harem, why has the once magnificent Zilan Hall become even more depressed than the cold palace?
Stepping over the threshold, the eldest grandson Boyi noticed at a glance the person who was surrounded by soldiers but still calmly wiped the qin, which he recognized as a gift to his beloved when he was young, but he was a little afraid to confirm the person holding the qin.
"General."
Yu Shi's shout Li Shao raised his head, and seeing that the eldest Sun Boyi was standing in front of him, Li Shao unconsciously showed a gentle smile.
"You're back."
I didn't expect Li Shao to involuntarily show such a smile in this situation, everyone in the hall was stunned, and the joy and gentleness overflowing from those eyes smashed into everyone's heart, so that the uninformed people were moved, and the informants were embarrassed.
The eldest grandson Boyi had imagined the scene of his reunion with Li Shao in the dead of night more than once, but among so many illusory scenes, none of them could coincide with what he saw in front of him. Eldest Sun Boyi never thought that he would be able to see this smile again, this ten years ago
Eldest Sun Boyi felt that when he saw this smile again, he should be moved, he should be moved, and his heart should be like a knife, but in fact, he didn't feel anything in his heart, even if he was caught off guard, he just raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Who is Li Shao? Li Shao is the third prince of Li State, the son is expensive by his mother, highly anticipated, Li Shao is the most appreciated protΓ©gΓ© of Taifu, quick thinking, unparalleled resourcefulness, Li Shao is the most proud student of Taiwei, outstanding martial arts, courage. How could such a Li Shao not be able to escape when faced with the dilemma of the rebel siege?