Xijing ushered in the first snow since the beginning of winter, and the snow fell very much. All four counties in Gyeonggi have reported varying degrees of snowstorming. Whenever there is a disaster in various places, Li Yuan has a headache for several days. looked at several imperial historians on the table and wrote that they were good at using swords and soldiers and were not sympathetic to the common people in the world, which led to a warning from heaven and a snow disaster.

Li Yuan sneered and threw these notes aside. I won't be angry with these people, if I were angry with them in everything, I'm afraid I would have been angry to death a long time ago.

The door was pushed open, and a cold wind blew in, and the candle flame flickered a few times. A little eunuch walked in and reported, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen is here." ”

"Come in quickly." Li Yuan hurriedly said.

After a while, Shen Lian walked in, there were a lot of snowflakes on the cloak on his body, it seemed that he was in a starry night, he had just entered Beijing, Wang Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help and took off Shen Lian's cloak. Li Yuan smiled and said, "Shida, are you back?" ”

Shen Lian bowed and saluted, "Holy Lord, the minister is back." ”

"Wang worried, quickly bring a charcoal basin for Star." Wang Wei took the order and turned around and told the little eunuch outside the door to fetch the brazier. Shen Lian smiled and sat on the chair that Wang Wei had moved before.

"When will you be back?" Li Yuan asked.

"I just entered the city tonight, and the minister got the news, and I hurried back in the past few days." Putting his hand on the brazier to warm up, Shen Lian replied.

"Is there a whereabouts for the thing?" Li Yuan looked at Shen Lian with some expectation, but when he saw him shake his head, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "Okay, let's look for it slowly, things have been lost for hundreds of years, how can I find them so easily." ”

"Don't be discouraged, the minister heard a rumor some time ago that someone had seen this thing in Beiliang thirty years ago. Things are bulky and inconvenient to move, and they are still in the west, and the minister has already sent someone to inquire. Shen Lian comforted.

Li Yuan frowned: "Are you in Beiliang?" That's a bit of a problem. "Although Bei Liang is not big, but the victory is in the whole people, the domestic soldiers are not afraid of death, the Great Zhou and Bei Liang have fought several times are remnant victories, if the east and west fall into the hands of Bei Liang, can it be taken back and fall second, I am afraid that there will be a big war between the two countries in a blink of an eye.

"Actually, it's not necessarily, they all say that only those who are virtuous can get it. The king of Beiliang is tyrannical, and I am afraid that he is no longer in Beiliang. If you let it get it, the whole world will know about the character of King Liang of Beibei. Shen Lian said.

Li Yuan smiled when he heard this, the character of the King of Beiliang is indeed like this, he is so happy, if he was allowed to go, he would have been announced to the world a long time ago. looked at Shen Lian: "I've suffered you all these years, now it's winter, you just returned to Beijing, and it's really unsatisfactory to let you go out to do errands, you have to recuperate at home for a winter, this matter is not in a hurry, I have been waiting for ten years, not bad for these few days." ”

"Thank you for your compassion." Shen Lian got up and thanked him.

"Okay, you go back to the house first, I'll look for you if there's something." Li Yuan looked at Shen Lian with a smile. After giving a salute to the emperor, Shen Lian bowed and retreated.

Rubbing the corners of his sour eyes, Li Yuan sighed, got up and walked out of the house, standing under the porch and looking at the night sky mixed with wind and snow. As if there was something on his mind, Wang Wei put his cloak on the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's cold, be careful of the cold, let's go into the house." ”

As if remembering something, Li Yuan said softly: "Find a pot of good wine, I want to go to Ling Tian Pavilion." ”

"Yes, the old slave will go and prepare." Wang Wei sighed, it seems that the emperor will not rest tonight, as long as he goes to Ling Tian Pavilion, he will stay there for at least one night. Sometimes it's a common day.

Ling Tian Pavilion is in the east of the palace, it is a three-story small building, it is not conspicuous in the palace, there are special people to clean and guard it every day, and only the emperor and Ling Guifei have been here in the entire palace.

When the eunuch on duty saw the emperor coming, he hurriedly knelt on the ground to greet him. Li Yuan ignored it and pushed the door into the building. Wang Wei waved his hand, and the eunuchs in the courtyard soon dispersed, and Wang Wei stood alone outside the door guarding the door, listening to the movement in the house, and waiting for the emperor to announce it.

He patted the snow off his body and took off his cloak. Li Yuan looked at the desk in front of him, and saw that there were tributes on it, and a tablet was enshrined, with the words "Li Yan, King of Jin Gong". Pouring the wine into the wine glass, Li Yuan toasted towards the tablet and said, "Second brother, my brother has come to see you." "It turns out that this place is dedicated to Emperor Li Yuan's only brother, Li Yan, King Gong of Jin.

Ten years ago, in order to help Li Yuan, who was far away in the north, successfully ascend the throne, Li Yan alone led the palace guards to guard the Beijing division and pacified the chaos in Beijing, until he led the army back to the capital and quelled the rebellion of the three kings, but at that time, Li Yan was hit by several arrows and died of serious injuries not long after. He still remembers Li Yan's words before he died: "My brother has guarded me all my life, but I have to do something for my brother." ”

If you say that the brothers in the palace back then, the most talented leader was Li Yan, who studied military strategy with him under the Yasukuni Gongmen, and his younger brother always received more praise than himself, and he also knew that his father also liked him very much, but he gave up all the opportunities to himself. He said that he just wanted to be an idle prince under his own protection. If it was someone else, he didn't believe it, but he believed what Li Yan said.

After drinking a few glasses of stuffy wine, Li Yuan opened up the conversation and said with a smile: "You loved to drink when you were alive, and you encouraged Ling'er to steal a lot of wine from his father. I'm telling you, don't think I don't know, you're in my name every time. I also brought this wine from the Yasukuni Mansion today, don't you know that Lin Yuan's little slippery head had the same expression as his father at that time. ”

As if remembering Lin Yuan's aggrieved expression, Li Yuan laughed. Listening to the movement in the house, Wang Wei quietly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the emperor is in a good mood today, and he cried a lot when he came here in the past.

"You know what? Brother finally cleaned up the Golden Horde Court this year, you said that you wanted to set foot in the royal court north, and now Brother has done it for you. and Lin Yuan's kid, now he has a big future, and he shot King Zuo Xian with three arrows, that is the first warrior in the royal court, and the person who was highly praised by the Duke of Yasukuni back then. After refilling the wine, Li Yuan kept babbling about interesting things during this time.

After an hour, there was still only Li Yuan in the room who kept talking, and he didn't seem to feel tired. At this time, Wang Wei's ears moved while guarding the door, and he looked up at the door, only to see Ling Guifei walking over alone with a lantern in her hand. Wang Wei hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen Niangniang." ”

Concubine Ling nodded, looked into the room, and asked, "Is the emperor still inside?" How long has it been? ”

"Back to Niangniang, the emperor has been in there for some time." Wang Wei said.

"Then let's wait." Concubine Ling nodded, stood under the eaves, looked at the night sky and was distracted, Wang was worried and could not speak, so he could only stand behind him and obey the orders.

"Second brother, I'm afraid you don't know, they are here again, and they still don't give up." Li Yuan thought of those people ten years ago at this moment, and his fingers were already white because of the clenched joints. "They don't just want your life, now it's mine, they want it, you know? The northern realm could have decided the battle in one battle, but they gambled on my luck for a hundred years. The embankment was destroyed for several miles, causing millions of people to be affected, and this is a big deal that even my father and emperor have never had. ”

Li Yuan slammed the wine over and roared in a low voice: "They forgot, they forgot the knife I raised ten years ago, they thought that I had lost the blood of ten years ago, they thought that I would be timid, they thought that I would be like my father and the emperor did back then." They are all wrong, very wrong, I can still use the knife, your blood debt has not been repaid, I will never let them suck blood on my Da Zhou, I want them to pay for their blood debt. ”

Ling Guifei and Wang Wei outside the door heard the roar inside, and Ling Guifei hurriedly pushed the door in, only to see Li Yuan's eyes red and the green tendons on his forehead, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, don't be angry." ”

Seeing this scene, Wang Wei quietly closed the door and retreated. Leaning on Concubine Ling's arms, Li Yuan gradually quieted down, Li Yuan looked at Lin Ling who was full of worry, and comforted: "I'm fine, Ling'er, I suddenly remembered my second brother today." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, there are many loyal ministers and righteous people in the court, and there will be no more things like ten years ago, there is Ling'er." Ling Guifei persuaded.

"I know, it's just that I'm depressed, but now it's much better, you know, I always like to talk to my second brother when I'm bored. Let's go, I'm worried about you. The two helped each other to stand up and walked out slowly, Li Yuan looked at the room and said, "Let people clean up." ”

"Yes." Wang replied worriedly.

No one knew about the affairs in the palace, but Shen Lian's return to Beijing alarmed many people. This official position is just a four-grade official Shi Langzhong, and it is really inconspicuous when he looks at the capital, but Shen Lian is a little different, secretly doing other things for the emperor, and the official position is just a name. What is really frightening is that Shen Lian's brilliant achievements over the years have been uncountable in his hands.

Cui Mansion, the mansion of Cui Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as the contemporary head of the Cui family in Jiqing, Cui Yan is the leader of the five surnames in Beijing.

I heard that the next person came to report that Shen Lian entered the capital at night, and then went directly to the palace. Cui Yan tapped his fingers on the table, wondering why Shen Lian, who had been out for many years, suddenly returned to Beijing.

"Did you find that thing?" Cui Ming frowned.

Looking at his eldest son, Cui Yan shook his head: "It shouldn't be, Wang Ding has been lost for nearly a hundred years, and no matter how great Shen Lian's ability is, it is impossible to find it in just a few years." ”

"Then why did he suddenly return to Beijing?" Cui Ming was a little puzzled, although there were not many people who knew what Shen Lian had done, it was by no means a few, and there was no other task except to find Ding.

At the moment, we can only take one step at a time, let all the families in Beijing be alert to this, don't crash into Shen Lian's hands, and let them think about Shen Lian's methods ten years ago. Don't die when you don't know how.

"Yes, father." Cui Ming's heart sank. Who in this Jingzhong family will forget what happened ten years ago, this Shen Lian is indeed a ruthless person, in the face of these big families, this person has never been soft, and there are not a few people who have been planted in his hands in the past few years.