On the eighth day of the seventh month of the first year of Hongde, in the northern suburbs of Luoyang City, Li Xiaofei drove a carriage alone to a wasteland and muttered to himself, "Here, maybe we can accommodate everyone!" ”

"Today, Xiaofei brought a cart of wine, meat and paper money, old friends, I have quit drinking for many years, and today I will not quit, let's not get drunk and not return!"

With that, he sprinkled the paper money all over the sky, and the paper money rolled in the air, and the crows kept surrounding and screaming excitedly.

Paper money floats around, always falling and blowing and falling in this wasteland.

Li Xiaofei took out the heads of pigs, cows and sheep in turn, put them on the ground, took out the first jar of wine, and slowly poured it around, "This first jar of wine, to the old general Chen Hongyi!" You are my savior! When I was fifteen years old, if it weren't for you, I would have died in the wilderness! In the future, if there is no guidance from your old man to rescue, I don't know how many times I will die! It's a pity that your old man died when we attacked Huaibei, and we helped you deliver your letter, if you are reunited today, you are already worthy of the temple! ”

After pouring the first jar of wine, Li Xiaofei respectfully kowtowed a few times and then got up to take the second jar of wine.

"The second jar of wine, I respect Mr. Liu, without you Mr. Liu, it would be difficult for me to have today, no, it is difficult for people in the world to have today. People in the world don't understand, but I understand that you are also a master who does not care about the name behind you! This time, Xiao Fei came in a hurry, so you should bring Kabuki accompaniment to your old man! This second jar of wine is a tribute to King Liaotu, Lord Tan Banshan and Mr. Liu's friends! Mr. Liu, in the second year after your martyrdom, all of you died in the chaos in order to cover the emperor's breakthrough! There are also brothers such as Jiuguan, who were also killed in order to sneak in from the waterway during the attack on Jinling! By the way, your confidante Black Pearl is still there, she is now rushing to make a big boat at the mouth of the Songjiang River, and she said that she wants to take us to see the different world you once saw! ”

After the second jar of wine was poured, the crows had no scruples about pecking at the pig's head meat beside Li Xiaofei, Li Xiaofei looked at these crows, "Well, the crows in this world are generally black, generally black!" By the way, Mr. Liu, behind you, Ye Xiaobei, the new head of the Sword Tower, has become the Great Liang National Teacher. It is said that people are now being sent around looking for materials to refine the elixir of life! ”

Li Xiaofei was just about to get the third jar of wine, when another carriage came galloping, Li Xiaofei turned his head and saw that it was Wang Fu who was driving.

"Master Li, you came to worship your old friends, and you didn't even take me! You're so uninteresting! ”

Wang Fu was dressed in plain clothes, with two sword eyebrows and a beard more than two inches long, which looked even more heroic.

Li Xiaofei waved his hand at him, "You are now the king of Chang'an County, the general of the Che Cavalry, I am just a marquis of Nanhai County, you are so condescending to demote the throne, torment me!" Haha"

Wang Fu jumped out of the car, took out two pig heads, and threw them over, "Brother Li, don't make fun of me!" Who doesn't know that you and the Southern Navy have contributed the most to this world! ”

"Ahem, the success doesn't have to be me, think about those dead friends, what the prince is, it doesn't matter! You are young and promising now, and the Wang family is a pivotal family, and the future is immeasurable, you can't always get involved with people like me! ”

Wang Fu took out two jars of wine and handed them to Li Xiaofei, "Drink!" What kind of family, prince, it doesn't matter, I'm also here today to pay tribute to some old friends, and her! ”

"I heard that you still refuse to marry a wife and have children, is it because of her? I've also heard that the Emperor is going to give you a marriage! ”

"Wang Fu will not marry her in this life, this is my oath to her! Even the emperor can't force me! ”

Li Xiaofei took the wine and took a sip: "Don't be stupid! When I was young, I was different from you, the more you lost, the more you felt like a treasure, in fact, if she was really still there, maybe she would have a group of wives and concubines like me! Drink! ”

Wang Fu poured a mouthful, "Yes, we are different!" In fact, I also thought about marrying a wife and having children, and continuing the incense for the Wang family! But I just can't forget her! ”

"If that Mr. Siqing was here back then, maybe I could untie the knot in your heart! Drink! Drink happily, tomorrow half drunk and half awake to receive the order, people, what's the matter is this life! ”

"Okay, drink! You Lord Li have been doing so many years, and your martial arts have not made much progress, and it is said that you have only practiced less than half of the Huayang Sword Technique! literary talent

No, I can't write poetry, so I can only barely write a recital! But you can always turn evil into good fortune, my Wang Fu has been arrogant since birth, but he is impressed by people like you! Weird, weird! ”

"Patronizing and drinking with you, we still have a lot of old friends who haven't drunk and eaten meat! I look at that Meng Crow, no, Meng Daxiang, the official worships the general of the Great Liang Hou, Suiyang was hit by a stray arrow in the first battle, alas, Brother Meng, you said that you, you can't die if you are a clever ghost in a war all your life, how can you be shot to death by a stray arrow when the situation is good! When you die, your affectionate and righteous wife Gui Niang will also be martyred, and I will raise a son for you again! There is also Xiang Xiaoyu Xiang eldest brother, your wife and children are now living very well in the South China Sea, your hometown Sanshui Pavilion has long been empty, little brother, I have set up a temple for you there, and I will bother you to keep Sanshui Pavilion safe in the future! ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaofei choked up and knelt on the ground and cried, Wang Fu also had tears in his eyes and pulled Li Xiaofei, "Hey, Lord Li, you said that you would drink to mourn your old friends, why did you get into the play so deeply?" Your crying makes me want to cry too! Men don't flick if they have tears! ”

Li Xiaofei wiped his tears, "What a good friend, so many people with extraordinary abilities, they didn't survive." In order to save his wife and children, my good friend Murong Ling drank the poisonous wine handed over by his own people, and he was hit by ten thousand arrows! And the first fierce general, Wang Tiezhu, was killed by Tianlei when he attacked Jinling, he was really jealous of his talents! and Zhong Zhiming's elder brother, who could have swept Jiangnan, gave up the throne in order to save his loved ones, and finally ended up betraying his relatives and missing his whereabouts! There are also Zhou Dapeng, Tian Erzhuang, Zhu Asan, who governed the army and knew how to fight, died in Chang'an, Liyang, and Yecheng. There are also many generals such as Duan Chunhua, in order to recapture Fan Yang from the Flowing Ghost Country, they are seriously injured and have to die with the generals of the Flowing Ghost Country! So many useful people have died, leaving only incompetent people like me to survive! ”

"Yes, we are all incompetent, following these seniors, I picked up more than a dozen lives, someone in Chang'an was trampled to death by the heavy cavalry in order to save me, and in Luoyang in order to prevent me from being scalded to death by gold juice, when I hit Suiyang, they fished me up from the moat and blocked hundreds of arrows for me! Later, Yecheng, Shuofang, and Gaochang, without these good brothers who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, I would have been honored by you Lord Li today! ”

"Alas, what do you mean by saying this person, what do you mean by living, these people are desperately fighting the country, but in the end, it is a group of people who have never shed blood and been injured to do the county order and county guard, it is really fifteen from the army to eighty to return! Drink and drink! I'm already forty-three years old, Wang Fu, you're still young! Remember to get married as soon as possible, in addition to being sorry for my brother in my life, the most sorry thing is my family! Especially the Wang family of Yuzhang, when I was leading the troops, they were involved in a rebellion case, and before I could ask the emperor for help, they had already been beheaded all over the house! Poor my lady Wang Ruoyun has been crazy since then and will never see me again! ”

"Lao Li, you are good everywhere, but you are too stupid and loyal! If it were me, it would have been reversed a long time ago! It is said that you are a big celebrity around the emperor, but I think the person the emperor is most worried about is you! Back then, the Wang family plotted against the case, and even Nanyang Academy was involved, can't you see with your wisdom that this is cutting off your wings? Why did Marshal Zhou and the generals of the Southern Navy die one after another, and why were the original thirteen battalion commanders assigned by the emperor to the border to guard them, they were all to guard against you! There is also Nanhai County being divided into three, and the emperor insists on building eighteen post stations in the smoky land leading to the South China Sea, all in order not to give you the opportunity to rebel! ”

Li Xiaofei looked around vigilantly, "Wang Fu, don't talk nonsense, if you are listened to by the internal guards, a big disaster will happen immediately!" Remember, woe comes from the mouth! ”

Wang Fu took out two food boxes from the car and opened them, one was filled with donkey meat in sauce, and the other was braised boiled tofu, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, drink wine, this braised boiled tofu was what she often made for me back then!" Now I'll do it too! ”

Li Xiaofei picked up a piece of dried tofu and chewed it, "I didn't expect that the prince with fine clothes and jade food would also make braised and boiled dried tofu by himself!" Haha, it seems that I am indeed a blessed person! Blessed are you! ”

The latter sentence of the blessed man dragged on for a long time, and the crows were all startled.

"Lao Li, if I were you, I would learn from that Xiao He and ask the emperor for money

Buy a house and buy a land! If we are unified today, we will have no use! If you don't put your affection on the landscape, don't go fishing, cooking, and painting, sooner or later you will not be able to hold back the dancing knife and gun, and once you dance the knife and get the gun, you will be targeted! ”

"I'll tell you a secret, I'm going to fly away! The emperor doesn't need me anymore, why should I stay here, the emperor is not comfortable, it is not necessary to kill me, and I am not at ease if I don't kill him! ”

"I want to leave too, but the people of this Wang family won't let me go! Also, if you have some good wine outside, be sure to bring me some back! I'm twenty-eight now, and if I live another twenty-eight years, I have to have some fun, well, I remember you said that there was a Mr. Liu who went to the Qinglou to drink and fight and kill people, but he was a good person! ”

"Yes, he is a good person, although now the inscription set up by the national teachers is heinous in Mr. Liu!"

"Alas, Lao Li, you are too much of a failure, most of the good brothers who followed you died, and some were pulled over by the emperor! The people who helped you are discredited, and you don't fight for them! ”

"Mr. Liu won't care about these false names! If you really want to fight, then you really have to rebel! Ten years ago I was tired of fighting! I'd rather be a fisherman, boating on the river to watch the autumn moon and spring breeze! ”

"Come on, you coward, I'm a drunkard, come on, drink wine and eat meat! Only what you eat in your stomach is real! ”

In the Deyang Hall of Luoyang, Liu Jianzheng and Prime Minister Li Jianshang, National Teacher Ye Xiaobei, Imperial Historian Xu Qing, Shangshu Ling Xiao Xian and others summarized the pros and cons of Liang State's reunification of the world.

Ye Xiaobei sang Liu Jian's praises of virtue, saying that Liu Jiande turned into a sense of heaven, and God attributed the destiny of heaven to Liu Jian, so hostile forces always had accidents, but Liu Jian was repeatedly blessed by misfortune. Tuyuhun Murong Dragon Soul, Murong Yuanzhong, and Murong Ling fought among the three parties, and lost Guanzhong to Liang Guo in vain; Wang Tiezhu was killed by lightning when he hit Jinling, and his subordinates either scattered or surrendered to the Liang State; Zhong Zhiming took Jinling and was about to cross the river, but he left the army and ran to Juye for Lingyun; Yu Guo Zada Yuanxian went south to seize Lianghuai, and even killed thirteen generals of Liang State, forcing Liu Jian to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water, but was poisoned by his own people; The Green Banner Khanate took the prefectures and counties from Shuofang to Yecheng, but was copied by the Wandering Ghost State; The elite of the Liang State in the first battle of the Wandering Ghost Country was all damaged, but the army was scattered by the strong wind, and was cleaned up by Li Xiaofei and Wang Fu with the old and weak remnants of the Liang Dynasty.

Xu Qing and Xiao Xian not only sang praises to Liu Jian, but also boasted about the merits of the family, the so-called Wen Xiao Xian Wu Lai Wang Fu, the family headed by the Xiao family and the Wang family protected Liu Jian to revitalize the mountains and rivers.

Li Jianshang has been silent, and Liu Jian asked him, "Could it be that Prime Minister Li Cheng has different opinions from the other three?" ”

Li Jianshang stroked his beard, "Your Majesty is too easy to unify the world, and now although the external troubles are peaceful, the people still have a lot to be fed, and there are still precarious days." I also hope that Your Majesty will order the ministers and the people of all states, counties and counties to rest and cherish the people's strength! At the beginning of the country, there are still many troops to be disbanded, these people have to pay settling-in allowances, and those who died in war must be given pensions! The ministers often can't sleep at night, and their hearts are worried! ”

Liu Jian and the other three acquiesced, Li Jianshang got up and coughed for a while, "Your Majesty, now that the minister is dying and sick, I am afraid that he will not be able to serve His Majesty, please resign from the post of prime minister and return to his hometown!" ”

Liu Jian hurriedly got up to stay, and Li Jianshang shook his head and left.

Three days later, Li Jianshang was given to die at home, and the internal guards closed the prime minister's mansion, and the ministers and people were not allowed to go to mourn.

When Li Xiaofei passed by the Prime Minister's Mansion, he sighed, and was immediately arrested by the internal guards and taken to Chongde Palace.

"Li Xiaofei, are you going to leave me too?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to die even for me? Maybe you took in my life in the first place! Give it back to you now! ”

That night, Li Xiaofei was driven out of Luoyang City, the position of Marquis of Nanhai County was deprived, and the Marquis Mansion in Luoyang was also copied, but the emperor gave him a new official position - Captain of the Sea Patrol.

"Li Xiaofei has no eyes on the king, and has repeatedly said that he abandoned Middle-earth and went to sea, the emperor was benevolent, could not bear to kill, and named him a patrol captain, and from now on, he will take his family to Songjiangkou to go to the sea to patrol the sea, and he will not be allowed to go ashore unless he is called, if he lands without authorization, everyone in the world can be punished!"

Late at night, escorted by a team of internal guards, Li Xiaofei, Hongrui, and Murong Qing rode east in the carriage given by the emperor.