In the fourteenth year of Tang Tianbao, the eighth day of November, the first moment of the hour. Chang'an City, Huaqing Palace.

At this time, the sky had begun to turn white, and a flock of jackdaws flew by, and the sound echoed repeatedly above the mountain. A guard of Huaqing Palace looked up at the sky, today it was actually cloudy, and it was sunny for a while, but today it suddenly changed the sky. Not only has the sky changed, but even the temperature seems to be much cooler than the previous day.

But despite this, today is also a big day - the canonization of saints! This is the first time in history, although this matter has only been announced for a few days, but Chang'an City has long been prepared in advance, the city lives millions of people, from the princes and generals to the common people, every household has just passed Yin, and the houses and streets are decorated very beautifully, compared to Chinese New Year's Eve, Shangyuan and other festivals!

But after all, this is a canonization, and there is no precedent before, and I don't know what the taboo is, so everyone still reins in a little, so as not to overdo the good deeds and cause trouble at that time. Therefore, singing songs, parades, poems and other things do not dare to make noise, and the streets are full of some food vendors, and it is not taboo to eat alone.

The sage has made a decree a few days ago, and today Chang'an City and the entire territory of Datang will celebrate together, and cancel the three-day curfew, so the hawkers who only appeared during those festivals have all drilled out, and it seems that Chang'an will be a city that never sleeps these days.

A gust of cold north wind blows on the streets of Chang'an City, this day is also said to change, yesterday was still a clear sky, but today has become this scene, but this did not affect the festive atmosphere of Chang'an City! In addition to the busy hawkers, there are many people in this Chang'an city who are in a tense busyness. Li Mi was busy running around, lobbying hundreds of officials to support the prince; The Yulin Army and the bad people were busy investigating the whereabouts of the Tubo people, which had been a whole night, but until now, they had not even seen half of the Tibetan figures, and those Tubo people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. The garrisons, thousands of miles away, had received urgent orders from the emperor and began to move in a large area to the southwest, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The saint was drunk last night, so he got up later than usual, there is no court meeting today, but according to the instructions in advance, Chang'an City above the three grades of civil and military officials, princes and nobles will arrive at the Huaqing Palace on time before noon, according to the national teacher's hexagram, Ying Long will appear on the day of the sun at three o'clock at noon, and bless the saint!

Ying Long is alive! This sentence in the clouds and fog has indeed become a little unusual today! Not to mention Ying Long, no one has even seen an ordinary dragon! Will Ying Long really appear? What will he do then? No one knows at this time? No one dares to talk about it! All in all, remember one sentence: "Ying Long is alive, the saint is canonized, and he is still in power!" "As for what happens, we'll see.

At the beginning of the hour, the saint finally got up slowly, and there were more people serving him today than usual, and he habitually shouted: "Father-in-law Gao, I am thirsty, and I want to drink water!" A maid hurriedly brought it over and said in a low voice: "Back to the saint, Grandpa Gao has not recovered from his serious injuries and is now resting in bed, and it is estimated that he will have to recuperate for at least more than a month." ”

The saint himself raised his hand and rubbed his head, which was still a little swollen, and finally remembered the incident of yesterday's ring, and he couldn't help but sigh in his mouth. He took the cup and took a big sip, then got up to let the maid serve and change her clothes, and he seemed to hear a movement outside the door of the dormitory, so he asked, "Who is outside the dormitory?" ”

The maid replied: "Back to the saint, everyone in the Huaqing Palace, up to the palace ladies and eunuchs, are kneeling outside the hall and waiting for the saint!" ”

"Oh~" The saint let out a long sigh and muttered, "It's a big day, they should get up early in the morning and wait for me." After saying that, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he continued to let the palace maid wait for the change of clothes.

A moment later, the saint has finished wearing, today's dragon robe is specially new, the specifications are no less than the grandeur when he ascended the throne, and even exceeded, so the palace maids and eunuchs who are responsible for wearing today are a few more than usual, for fear of any mistakes! The saint looked at the door of the dormitory in front of him and whispered, "Open the door!" The door of the hall slowly opened, and a glimmer of light came in, although the dark clouds outside the house were thick, but it still illuminated the hall more brightly, and the eunuch said loudly: "The saint is out, kneel!" ”

Outside the hall, a neat voice sounded for a moment: "Welcome to the saint, long live long live long live!" The saint took a deep breath and slowly walked out of the temple gate! He looked out of the hall, at this time outside the dormitory had already knelt hundreds of people, all of them were the palace mothers and his heirs, kneeling in front of His Royal Highness the Prince and Yang Yuhuan, the sage glanced at them, because there were too many people, he could not show them one by one, so he raised his hands and responded: "Flat!" ”

"Thank you, saint!" In response, everyone got up and looked up at the saint.

The saint is very energetic today, although he was drunk last night, but by this time he is already a hundred times more energetic! He looked around and whispered, "Wait here for the time being, I want to see someone first!" Without waiting for everyone to respond, he turned around and walked away, everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised, they thought that the saint would say something, but he just left, who was he going to see? The crowd began to whisper.

The sage didn't say anything, and the little eunuch on the side didn't care about asking more, but hurriedly followed closely behind the sage, ready to serve at any time, but after walking for a while, the little eunuch also understood, judging from the direction of the sage's journey, he was going to visit Gao Lishi, no matter what, this fifty-year-long master-servant relationship is still extremely deep. The little eunuch said in a low voice: "Qiqi Sage, this is planning to visit Gonggong Gao, right?" However, Father-in-law Gao's serious injury has not healed, and it seems that he can't speak or get out of bed at the moment, and he will lose his etiquette. . . ”

The sage stopped, turned his head and glanced at the little eunuch behind him, the little eunuch was startled, thinking that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly trembled and knelt on the ground, and said in a low voice: "The slave has many mouths, and the sage is angry!" The sage may have been in a good mood today, not only did he not reproach, but instead responded: "It's okay, I just went to visit him, it's been fifty years, and suddenly I am really a little unaccustomed to not having Gao Gonggong around!" ”

The little eunuch said with tears in his eyes: "The saints have compassion for the slaves and maids, and the slaves and maids are really flattered and grateful for the grace of the saint!" ”

Hearing this, the sage couldn't help but say coldly: "He is a high father-in-law... It's not a slave! With that, he turned around and continued to walk towards the residence of Gao Lishi, and the little eunuch behind him hurriedly got up from the ground, lowered his head and followed closely behind the saint, at this time he did not dare to speak any more, so as not to really anger the saint.

After a while, the saint arrived at the residence of Gao Lishi, and there was a guard standing at the door, and he was also a little surprised to see the saint, and hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, and the saint glanced at him and asked, "Is there anyone in the house?" The guard shook his head, for many years, Gonggong Gao didn't need to be guarded, and today the situation is special to temporarily let the villain come over.

The saint couldn't help frowning when he heard this, pushed the door and went in, and looked from afar, at this time Gao Lishi was lying on the couch, and the saint hurriedly walked over and slowly sat on the couch. At this time, Gao Lishi's eyes were closed, his face was pale, and his body looked extremely weak, even when the saint arrived, he did not react. The saint was immediately furious and said, "What did you do? Quickly go and send people to me to serve Grandpa Gao day and night, if he has any mistakes, I don't have to live for you! ”

"Whoa! Minions, let's arrange it! The little eunuch on the side was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, and his whole body trembled! He didn't dare to delay, and before the saint could speak again, he ran out with a crawl. Gao Lishi heard the movement, and slowly opened his eyes, saw the saint on the couch clearly, frightened his eyes, struggling to get up, the saint hurriedly held it down, shook his head gently, and then he slowly leaned back.

Colliers struggled and shouted, "St. . . . Saint... The voice seemed to be pinched in his throat, and he really couldn't come out, judging from his situation, it was indeed seriously injured, and it was really difficult to heal for a while!

The saint smiled slightly and said, "Don't say anything more about Gonggong Gao, just rest in peace!" I've come to see you today. ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Lishi's eyes immediately turned red, and tears unconsciously flowed down the corners of his eyes. Colliers has always been cold and disdainful of the world, but the saint's short words made him grateful to Dade.

Gao Lishi seemed to remember something, and immediately spoke again: "Ann... Quiet... Celebrate... ”

But before he finished speaking, the sage raised his hand and comforted: "Father-in-law Gao, don't say more, I can rest for a long time, I have ordered someone to come to serve, and I will talk about everything when the injury is healed." But Colliers still had no intention of stopping, and the sage couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "It seems that I can't rest in peace here, so I'll go and come to see you later." With that, he got up.

Seeing that the saint wanted to leave, Gao Lishi's eyes widened, and he struggled even more, and said hard: "Ann... Quiet... But when the words came to his lips but he didn't have the strength to say more, the saint smiled again: "I know that you want to talk about today's events, and safety is paramount!" I'm free of measure! With that, he got up and left, leaving behind only a high liers who kept shaking his head...

After a while, the saint returned to his dormitory, and the people were still on their knees, and suddenly one of the guards came out of the guards and shouted, "Saint, the end is coming!" There was a bit of choking in his voice, and the sage's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard the voice, and then he smiled: "Yes... Is it you? Why are you here today? ”

The people who came laughed and said: "Today, the saint is canonized, and the last general will come here... Escort the saints! ”