Li Longji's face sank like water, but his heart was very frightened. No matter how old and mediocre the emperor is, he has a little bit of awe for heaven and earth after all, a vision from the sky, the dragon flag is broken, and he knows that this must be a bad omen when he thinks about it with his ass.

Li Longji now only wants to know how ominous this omen really is.

Qin Tianjian is also called Taishi Eunuch, the chief celestial celestial stars, solar terms calendar, in other words, Taishi Eunuch can be called "Mysterious Phenomenon Research Center", all kinds of abnormal phenomena that cannot be explained by common sense can be thrown to Taishi Eunuch. The official of the Taishi Prison pinched his fingers and said some nonsense to justify himself, and all the abnormal phenomena were thrown to God to blame, and the matter was fooled.

Li Longji summoned the supervisor of the Taishi Eunuch, an official in his early forties, who looked a little ugly, and his face itself belonged to a mysterious phenomenon.

The prison is entering the temple and bowing, and stands with his hands bowed.

Li Longji said in a deep voice: "What is the sign of the dragon flag breaking? ”

Jian Zheng lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister just observed before entering the palace, a total of twelve dragon flags were raised by the guards outside the calyx building, and the broken one was in the west, the west belonged to gold, and the white tiger was killed, and the white tiger was killed. ”

Li Longji's heart sank, and he muttered: "Has there been a war in Datang recently? ”

Yang Guozhong said on the side: "Your Majesty, the biggest battle in my Tang Dynasty this year is the battle between Gao Xianzhi, the deputy capital of the Anxi Protectorate, and the Great Food Kingdom. The rest were sporadic battles with the Khitan in the north and the Tibetan in the west, all of which were not worth mentioning. ”

Li Longji frowned and said, "What does it mean that the dragon flag is broken, and the killing is unfavorable?" ”

The supervisor said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the 'omen' and the 'omen' are also talking about things that have not happened. ”

Li Longji became more and more uneasy, and said: "Sword soldiers, the dangerous thing, the dragon flag broke but it happened in the palace...... Could it be that there is a problem with the Praetorian Guard? ”

The supervisor hung his head: "The sky is unpredictable, and the minister does not dare to speak." ”

Li Longji said slowly: "Is there a remedy for this matter?" ”

Jian Zheng said: "The white tiger, the gold of Gengxin, at noon, the fire position in the south of the palace is forbidden to perform martial arts, or it can be solved." ”

"Why do you want to do martial arts? Why South? ”

Jian Zheng explained unhurriedly: "The white tiger is in the west, the main killing, the killing is a loss, and the sky is ominous." Suzaku is located in the south, and it belongs to fire. Huo Kejin, performing martial arts in the position of Lide, can make up for the danger of sword soldiers. ”

This remark moved Li Longji, and after pondering for a long time, Li Longji nodded slowly: "Okay, tomorrow at noon, the martial arts will be forbidden, and the generals of the north and south will prepare." ”

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The ban on martial arts began in the Spring and Autumn Period, all dynasties have the habit of performing martial arts, thousands of years later, the Ming Dynasty had a Wuzong Emperor You Xi banned martial arts, always to call the army to perform martial arts every month, he always felt that in front of the army soldiers to find a sense of existence, the emperor was unwilling to be, gave himself the title of "mighty general", this guy was about the wrong birth.

The news of Li Longji's order to perform martial arts soon spread outside the palace.

No one dares to say that the dragon flag is broken, although the will to ban the martial arts is a little sudden, but the generals of the Wei still do not care, Li Longji has been the son of peace for forty years, the so-called "Taiping" is only relatively speaking, in fact, in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, there are still a lot of wars on the border of the Tang Dynasty, especially with the bad relationship with Tubo and Khitan, there are small-scale wars every year.

Therefore, Li Longji's will, most of the courtiers in the court are not surprised, even the most favorite thorny Yushitai has no movement, at most there are only a few well-fed supervisors in the imperial history to advise the Son of Heaven not to be reckless, not to be vainly swordsmany, and there is no movement after entering the three provinces.

Others don't think it's strange, but a very small number of people finally notice a hint of something unusual.

That night, Li Linfu's mansion.

The curtain guest walked into Li Linfu's sickbed, and looked at Li Linfu, who was becoming more and more gray, lying on the sickbed, and the curtain guest's heart became more and more sour.

Li Linfu's condition is getting more and more serious, and he has invited countless famous doctors to see him, but time is running out.

The curtain guest is Li Linfu's protégé, named Sun Tong, who has followed Li Linfu for many years, and should have a good future, but he does not want to be an official, he is only willing to stand silently behind Li Linfu and assist him in governing this great Tang Dynasty.

The teacher has run out of oil, and Sun Tong only feels that his life has become gloomy.

Silently watching Li Linfu, seeing his throat squirm a few times, Sun Tong hurriedly brought a spittoon, and helped Li Linfu with the other hand.

Li Linfu laboriously spat into the spittoon, and lay down with a quick gasp, his eyes open, staring blankly at the beam.

"What time is it?" Li Linfu asked.

"Xiangye, it's already a moment of time." Sun Tong said softly.

"Today...... Is there something going on in the palace? ”

"It's okay, Chen Xiang sent some music from all over the world, and all the performances were trivial matters, and he had already dealt with them on behalf of Xiangye."

Li Linfu nodded: "Governing the country needs to be stable, no matter how small the local work is, it should be carefully pondered, and no conclusions can be made, all approvals must be thought twice and put down, after the pen is written, it represents the imperial decree, then there is no need to hesitate and regret, even if it is wrong, it must be implemented......

After saying a few words, Li Linfu couldn't breathe, opened his nose wide and tried to breathe air, trying to light his oil lamp, which was about to run out.

"Yes, I remembered it later. Hello Xiangye, you are resting and recuperating, don't worry too much. ”

Li Linfu shook his head and said, "What can be said in the court, it is rare to be sober at this time, and the old man can think about it." ”

Sun Tong thought for a moment and said, "There is nothing else. Oh yes. Jiwen came to visit Xiangye in the morning, Xiangye rested, and the people below did not report, and Jiwen left after giving a gift. ”

Li Linfu snorted and said, "What has Ji Wen been busy with lately?" ”

Sun Tong leaned close to Li Linfu's ear and said softly: "Xiangye said last month that he wanted to buy some family property for his family, Ji Wen is busy with Xiangye, I heard that Ji Wen visited several officials of the left guard, and changed a few strokes on the list of left guards this winter, which should be enough for the family members of Xiang Ye......"

Li Linfu's eyebrows raised slightly, then returned to normal, and said lightly: "The old man Jiwen can still be trusted, but this person is not strong-willed, and he is swaying, so he can't be used for a long time." If the old man dies, he will change his court. ”

"Don't say frustrating words, you are just a momentary problem, and you will be fine in a few days."

Li Linfu smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "At this age, don't deceive yourself, birth, old age, sickness and death are common feelings, and the old man has already prepared." ”

Sun Tong hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Xiangye, listen to Ji Wen, the list of the left guard has some twists and turns, originally Ji Wen has opened up the upper and lower joints, but the head of the left guard, Shi Gu Qing, is unwilling to sign on the list, Ji Wen had to bypass Gu Qing and report directly to the three provinces, which is a bit of a bad rule, but Ji Wen said that it is okay, the three provinces and the Yushitai are all done." ”

Li Linfu's brows furrowed: "Gu Qing? This Gu Qing again? ”

Sun Tong said with a smile: "This young man seems to have quite a personality, often do things that are incompatible with the court, less than a year after coming to Chang'an, not only offended the prime minister, but also fought and robbed the prison, let him be arrogant, it is a matter of time before he is dismissed or even lose his head." ”

In Li Linfu's eyes, Gu Qing was just a small person, Gu Qing offended Li Linfu twice, Li Linfu didn't even bother to retaliate against him, after listening to Sun Tong's discussion, Li Linfu no longer cared, and said after a sigh: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Yes, there is news in the palace in the afternoon, the Son of Heaven has decreed that martial arts will be banned tomorrow, and the generals of the guards will prepare."

Li Linfu's heart jumped inexplicably, and he couldn't explain the reason, but he always felt a sense of foreboding.

"The martial artists in the forbidden middle school, which guards of the North and South Ya are they?" Li Linfu suddenly asked.

Sun Tong thought for a while and said: "The people who guard the palace are nothing more than Jin Wuwei, Yulin Wei, and left and right guards, who are just dancing guns and sticks and performing martial arts in front of the Son of Heaven." ”

Li Linfu muttered: "No, what did the old man ignore...... Inexplicably, why did the Son of Heaven suddenly want to perform martial arts? ”

Immediately, Li Linfu was startled and lost his voice: "Zuo Wei? Does Zuo Wei also play martial arts? ”

Sun Tong was taken aback, and said, "Zuo Wei is in charge of the forbidden affairs of the palace, naturally...... Naturally, they want to participate in the martial arts. ”

Li Linfu didn't know where he got the strength, suddenly sat up, and said in a trembling voice: "What did Ji Wen do on the left guard list?" ”

Sun Tong also became nervous and said, "Military clothes, weapons, pig iron, cooked copper...... Wait, Xiangye, what's wrong? ”

"Ji Wen said that Shi Guqing, the head of the left guard, is unwilling to sign the detention?"

"Yes......"

Li Linfu muttered: "The list is manipulative, Gu Qing is unwilling to sign the charge, the Son of Heaven suddenly issued an order to ban martial arts, and Zuo Wei ......"

After all, the prime minister is the prime minister, and his wisdom and scheming are superior to others, and connecting these seemingly irrelevant things, Li Linfu suddenly came to a very terrible conclusion.

His face became more and more pale, Li Linfu slammed the bed, gritted his teeth and said: "Gu Qing, what kind of grudge does the old man have with you, he has harmed the old man several times!" ”

Sun Tong was frightened and hurriedly said, "Xiangye, what's wrong?" ”

Li Linfu said coldly: "Something happened!" Quick, call Ji Wen over, and immediately send someone into the left guard, remove all the new military uniforms, weapons, pig iron and other things in the left guard, and order the household military department to transfer a batch of good ones to replace them, don't ask more, go quickly! ”

Sun Tong went out in a panic.

After Sun Tong went out, Li Linfu dried up like a deflated ball in an instant, and his face was so white that there was no trace of blood.

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In the evening, with Li Linfu's warrant in hand, Tobu Langzhong Jiwen urgently allocated a batch of materials from the state treasury, and dozens of truckloads of materials were hurriedly transported to the Left Guard battalion, and he was ordered to remove the uniforms and weapons of the Left Guard soldiers.

Zuo Wei Zuo Lang brought Li Guangbi forward, and did not allow the material carts of the household department to enter the camp, saying that the land of military aircraft was not allowed to enter at will without an edict, and no one was allowed to enter at will, and the officials of the household department were no exception.

Givin had no choice but to order the cart full of materials to go back.

That night, Li Guangbi visited Guo Ziyi, the general of the Left Guard, and explained the list from beginning to end, Guo Ziyi was originally kept in the dark, and after the three provinces issued a document to procure, Guo Ziyi no longer participated in the procurement of the list in order to avoid suspicion, but he did not expect the list to be manipulated, and the number of greedy ink can be described as shocking.

Guo Ziyi, who was jealous and hateful, was furious, and even if he planned to enter the palace to participate in the impeachment, he was stopped by Li Guangbi. Then Li Guangbi told him about the ban on martial arts tomorrow, and Guo Ziyi was angry.

Less than half an hour after Li Guangbi left, Hubu Langzhong Jiwen came to visit, and Guo Ziyi ordered to block the car and did not see any outsiders.

Ji Wen ate the closed door, and his hands and feet trembled with anger, but when he thought of the consequences of the martial arts exercise in the ban tomorrow, he suddenly felt cold.

Guo Ziyi issued a military order to Zuowei overnight, before noon tomorrow, no official or military general in Zuowei is allowed to leave Zuowei's mansion and camp, and no material is allowed to enter or leave, and those who violate the order will be beheaded.

As night fell, a treacherous and inexplicable aura echoed in Chang'an City.

In the middle of the night, a depressed Ji Wen knocked on the door of Gu Qing's house.

Gu Qing is a kind person, he will not let Ji Wen eat behind closed doors, and he received Ji Wen very warmly in the front hall.

After Ji Wen entered the door, he stared at Gu Qing with a vicious look in his eyes, and said gloomily: "Gu Qing, do you know how many people you have offended?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "I was born with eight characters, and in this life, I have either offended people, or on the way to offend people, it's not strange." ”

"Where did you get the courage to dare to offend Li Xiang? Is it just because of the concubine's trust in you? Giwen gritted his teeth and said coldly.

Gu Qing looked at him playfully, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "Ji Langzhong, the starry night came to the door just to crusade against me?" ”

Ji Wen's angry expression suddenly froze, and then he knelt in front of Gu Qing in disbelief, lowered his head and said, "Gu Changshi, it's me who is wrong, everything is my fault." Please Gu Changshi don't think about the past, we have returned all the money we are greedy for, I have transferred a batch of good military clothes and weapons from the household department, please Gu Changshi issued an order, let me send this batch of military clothes and weapons to the left guard camp, if it can be replaced before tomorrow, I am willing to give Gu Changshi 5,000. ”

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Ji Langzhong, are you dizzy?" Changshi doesn't have the authority to give this order, you have to beg General Guo. ”

Ji Wen shook his head: "General Guo doesn't see me, and he has issued a military order that no material is allowed to enter or leave the camp." Now only Gu Changshi has this power, because the general stationed in the camp at this time is Zuo Lang to bring Li Guangbi, if Gu Changshi sends the military clothes and weapons in, Li Lang will definitely not stop ......"

Gu Qing shook his head and sighed: "Why bother...... I can't help with that. Please go back. ”

Ji Wen raised his head, his eyes suddenly burst out with a vicious light, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Gu Changshi, you and I have no grudges, must we not die?" ”

Gu Qing pointed at him with a smile and said, "The first time I saw someone kneeling and threatening others, did you split up when he looked cowardly and rigid?" ”

Ji Wen stood up and said coldly: "Gu Changshi, everyone in the world is greedy, I am just a little greedy, why do you have to put me to death?" What exactly are you for? Is it for the sake of justice? ”

Gu Qing's smile gradually narrowed, and he said slowly: "I just don't want the only relatives in the world to disappoint me, it's okay to say that it's for justice, you don't feel anything if you're greedy for money, but pity those soldiers who are on duty every day, wearing thin and inferior military uniforms, holding weapons that are inferior to burning sticks, standing in the cold wind to protect you moths, I don't think they're worth it." ”

"Ji Lang, I'm not a good person, but at least I have a bottom line than you. Those who drink the blood of soldiers are destined to be punished, and if the heavens do not repay them, I will repay them. ”

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At noon, Xingqing Palace, martial arts are forbidden.

Li Longji was dressed in a dragon robe and a golden crown, and sat expressionlessly on the edge of the square outside the Xingqing Palace, in the middle of the square, the soldiers of Jin Wuwei and Zuo Wei were wearing armor and carrying troops, and the two sides confronted each other.

Li Longji sat on the high platform, smiled with satisfaction, turned his head to Yang Guozhong and said: "The mighty army of the Tang Dynasty is not prestigious, and there are these soldiers who have opened up territory for me, and I don't have to worry about it." ”

Yang Guozhong said with a flattering smile: "It is precisely because of His Majesty's hard work that Datang has created a brilliant and prosperous era that it has the might of my royal teacher, and in the final analysis, it is Your Majesty's Shengming after all." ”

There were hundreds of civil and military generals standing in the audience, and seeing Yang Guozhong taking the lead in patting the sycophants, the ministers secretly scolded "shameless" in their hearts, but they still bowed to Li Longji very well and shouted: "Your Majesty Shengming, Wang Shi is mighty." ”

Li Longji's face was pleased, and he laughed twice, but his eyes unconsciously looked to the west, staring at the dragon flag held high by the guards on the west side from time to time, his expression was full of apprehension, for fear that the dragon flag would break again, and yesterday's scene had already made him have a psychological shadow.

In the crowd, Tobe Langzhong Jiwen had no color, trembling all over, and his eyes were full of despair.

On the bell and drum tower, the rumbling drum suddenly sounded, the two guard generals waved down the order flag violently, the soldiers on both sides changed the formation again, more than 2,000 soldiers of the left guard quickly laid out the goose wing formation, saw the order flag waved down, this is the order to attack, so the left guard soldiers suddenly shouted "kill" in unison, and then swept towards the opposite Jinwu guard soldiers to cover and kill.

The word "kill" suddenly changed color when he saw the wind and clouds, and the murderous aura was full of wilderness, and every step of the footsteps of Qi brushing seemed to be heavily stepped on the hearts of everyone, and among the civil officials who were watching, some timid people couldn't help but cover their chests and breathe heavily, and some of them had weak legs and sat on the ground involuntarily.

Li Longji was shocked by the word "kill" and his chest was stuffy, and he turned his head to Yang Guozhong and smiled: "Guo Ziyi is worthy of being a famous general in the world, and the soldiers he trained are really elite soldiers, even if they are impregnable, they can't be stopped. ”

The two sides are getting closer and closer, and finally the soldiers of Jin Wuwei and the left guard finally collided together, the two sides fought but the formation was not chaotic, the left guard soldiers under the command of the command of the banner kept changing the formation in an orderly manner, quietly, silently completed the cutting and separation of the Jin Wuwei, and cut thousands of enemy people into dozens of small pieces in a moment, and then encircled and suppressed.

Li Longji was in a happy mood, the shadow of the broken dragon flag yesterday finally faded, with this mighty king in the palace guard, what else did he have to fear?

The joy did not last long, and when the left guard was finishing the cutting and preparing to carry out the final encirclement and suppression of the enemy, Li Longji suddenly heard an endless stream of clicks, and the civilian, military and military generals present were stunned.

Li Longji involuntarily got up and looked, and then was shocked.

He saw that the halberd spears held by countless Left Guard soldiers were fighting with Jin Wuwei, and the weapons were broken into two pieces, and only a bare half-cut handle was left in his hand after a touch, and many weapons that looked brand new often broke when touched, this was not an accident, but a common phenomenon, and the battle was only an hour of incense, and nearly one-third of the weapons of the Left Guard soldiers had been broken.

The ministers were stunned, and they kept talking about it.

Li Longji's face had turned the color of pig liver, and his hands were holding the armrests of the dragon chair, and his eyes showed a terrifying fierce light.

Yang Guozhong smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was as shocked and puzzled as the other courtiers.

After a long time, Li Longji burst out a few cold words from between his lips: "Who did the weapons of the Left Guard?" Did they give the soldiers burning sticks? ”