Yangzhou, located at the confluence of the canal and the Yangtze River, belongs to Huainan Road.

This is also the reason why the hundreds of thousands of troops under Gao Biao's command are called the Huainan Army or the Yangzhou Army.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a poet Jiang Kui who wrote "Yangzhou Slow. Huaizuo Famous Capital", so Yangzhou has the reputation of "Huaizuo Famous Capital, Zhuxi Good Place".

Yangzhou is governed by Jiangdu, which was the national capital of Wu in the late Tang Dynasty, is a very prosperous metropolis, and is also the nest of Gao Biao.

Jiangdu and Gaoyou are more than 100 miles apart, and fast horses can run back and forth in an hour, which is not very far; After Lu Yongzhi's activities, Zhu Li finally determined the time to meet Gao Yu, which is today.

For the meeting between the two, Lu Yongzhi was very attentive, and he chose the worship building, which was regarded as a treasure by Gao Yu, as the meeting place for the two.

The Offering Building, a three-storey building, is a place where Gao Yu hoards treasures.

Gao Biao has been an official for several years, intercepting many strange treasures offered to the court, confiscating countless treasures in the place, all of which are hoarded in the worship building.

In recent years, Gao Biao has stayed at home and sought Taoism wholeheartedly, and there are two places where he cultivates, one is in his mansion, and the other is in this worship building, and during this time, he happened to be cultivating in the worship building, which made Lu Yongzhi choose the place where he would meet here.

The worship building is a three-storey building, next to Gao Yu's mansion, heavily guarded, with military camps outside, and is very well defended.

Worship downstairs, Yang Zaixing was blocked out of the door, Lu Yongzhi eagerly led Zhu Li to the building, entered the building, looked around, and found that the layout here is very elegant, the calligraphy and paintings inlaid on the wall are almost all from the hands of famous artists, and the thick and rich scholarly atmosphere fills the entire small building.

In addition, all kinds of furnishings in the building, a few small embroidery, tea hairpins, tea and other utensils, are all local famous pottery, every thing here, if you get the future generations, it is a huge wealth, see Zhu Li smacked his tongue.

An old man with a slender face, flying eyebrows and long hair, dressed in a Taoist robe, sat on a straw mat at the top, his body left and right, sandalwood curling, like the image of a worldly master.

"Steward, bring the guests." Bringing Zhu Li in, Lu Yongyi took a small step, cautiously came to Gao Yu's side, and reported softly.

"Well, then you can go down." When Gao Biao heard this, he still closed his eyes and responded softly.

"No"

Lu Yongzhi glanced at Zhu Li, Zhu Li nodded at him, and he walked out of the hall lightly, and closed the door very obediently.

Looking at the old man in front of him, Zhu Li's heart was a little emotional, among the warlords of the late Tang Dynasty, Gao Biao was definitely a talented and well-educated man, he once had an ambition, and the southern and northern wars established great feats for the Tang Dynasty, but when he was close to the age of the sixtieth year, he was obsessed with cultivating and seeking immortals, which is really sad.

After sending Lu Yongzhi, Gao Biao didn't mean to talk to Zhu Li, let alone open his eyes, as if he didn't feel anything about Zhu Li's arrival, and he was still immersed in cross-knee meditation as always.

Zhu Li went to great lengths to meet Gao Biao, mainly because of the worship of heroes and his feelings of pity.

Li Keyong, the hero of the late Tang Dynasty, counted one, although he was from Shatuo; But Gao Biao is obviously also one, this person has suppressed countless rebellions, Nanzhao, Tubo, Dangxiang, Wang Xianzhi, etc., he has led troops to suppress them; Although his personality is a little flawed, there is no doubt that he is a hero, and it is only because he was obsessed with cultivating immortals in his later years that he caused chaos in Yangzhou and the destruction of life, and he ended up with a stench for thousands of years.

Zhu Li, from later generations, was haunted by the tragedy in that disaster, when Bi Shiduo was forced to rebel in Yangzhou, how inhumane and shocking the people were, in order to avoid the tragedy, he wanted to admonish Gao Biao to see if he could give up cultivation and be diligent in government and peace with the people.

Gao Biao ignored him, Zhu Li had to find a way to make him speak, but after thinking for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "When the six flying flowers enter the house, sit and watch the green bamboo turn into Qiongzhi." Now it's good to look at the tall buildings, covering all the evil roads in the world. ”

The name of this poem is "To the Snow", which is Gao Biao's masterpiece, Gao Biao once used the scene in the poem to express his lyricism, hoping that the heavy snow can cover all kinds of ugliness and dirtiness in the world, expressing his accusation of all kinds of evils in the world, and his determination to cleanse the world.

However, during his time as an official, he did not realize his ideals, but he degenerated in the midst of sin, embezzlement, bribery, and excessive looting.

Zhu Li's recitation was subdued, but it was so harsh in Gao Yu's ears, so he slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zhu Li, and said indifferently: "Who is Your Excellency, come to pay respects, what is the matter." ”

Finally spoke, Zhu Li breathed a sigh of relief, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that Manager Gao's former retribution, ambition, and pure heart in the past, are they still there?" ”

Zhu Li's words were direct, implying excitement, which made Gao Yu very uncomfortable, only to see his eyes narrowed slightly, stood up suddenly, and said coldly: "Xiaolang Spring and Autumn Geometry, how many degrees of red dust, do you know how ugly the world is?" ”

When Zhu Li heard this, his expression was silent, if he talked about experience, he really had no way to compare with Gao Yu, he was a human being in two lives, and he only had more than 20 years of life experience, so he naturally had nothing to say.

Seeing that the other party was silent, Gao Biao sighed: "At the beginning of people, their nature is good, if they are not forced by the current situation, who doesn't want to leave a name in history and leave everything behind?" ”

Could it be that he cultivated behind closed doors, ignored political affairs, turned a deaf ear to the entire Yangzhou people, and was also forced by the current situation, Zhu Li couldn't help but be a little speechless, but he has always been direct and indifferent: "What Gao Gong is doing now is also forced by the current situation?" ”

"Naturally." Gao Yu said loudly, without a trace of shame, and said as a matter of course, "Back then, the imperial court edict ordered Gao to recover Annan, and Gao agreed with Li Weizhou, the superintendent, to use his commander's subordinates as reinforcements, but Li Weizhou stuck to Haimen, ignoring the army commanded by Gao, seeing that there were no reinforcements behind the army, and there was no grain and grass inside, he was about to break up and fleeInfighting? ”

Li Weizhou, Zhu Li also knows, is a villain, not to mention framing Gao Biao, and jealous of Gao Biao's achievements, if it weren't for the cleverness of one of Gao Biao's subordinates, he would have almost been killed by this person.

But because of a villain, is it the reason for his Gao Yu's deterioration, Zhu Li paused for a moment and comforted: "After all, there is only one Li Weizhou in the world, could it be that Gao Gong lost his ambition because of one Li Weizhou?" ”

"Hmph, how can Gao change his ambition because he is small." Gao Xiao snorted coldly and continued: "In the past, Gao Mou was also as young as Xiaolang, full of ambition and pure heart, wishful thinking and striving for a better future, but what was the result? The world is difficult and dangerous, the people's hearts are not ancient, the saints do not act, the eunuchs are in charge of the temple, the world is called lonely, and so on, which makes people shudder. ”

"At the beginning, Gao Mou wanted to serve the country, set Annan, cut down the party, chased Tubo, resisted grass thieves, and Anxichuan, but what was the result? Tian Lingzi bewitched the saint and gambled on Sanchuan, so he handed over the results of Gao's hard work and stability to Chen Jingxuan, Yang Shili, Niu Miao and other Xiaoxiao to continue the scourge, looking at the results of his painstaking and painstaking efforts, and continued to let Xiaoxiao rage and trample, Gao was inexplicably distressed, and he couldn't help it. ”

When Zhu Li heard this, he was a little speechless, Emperor Xizong's batting bet on Sanchuan can be described as a stench for 10,000 years; However, Gao Biao also exaggerated, for the recovery of Annam, the expulsion of Tibet, and the crusade against the party, Gao Biao really made great contributions, and there is nothing to say.

can "resist grass thieves, Anxi Chuan", Gao Biao should have no face to say.

Huang Chao went south, and it is a fact that Gao Biao defeated the West Road Grass Army, but since Gao Biao defeated the West Road Grass Army, he has intended to conspire to divide one side and raise troops to be self-respecting, how can he still have the face?

In this troubled world, I'm not afraid that you are ambitious, but you can finish the matter anyway, raise soldiers and respect yourself, at least you have to continue to grow yourself, in order to compete for the heroes, you are now closed the door and Xiuxian asked, what the hell.

As for Anxichuan, it is even more nonsense, when Gao Biao was appointed as the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, he first fattened himself by cutting the military salary, which caused the sergeant to mutiny; Then the soldiers who conspired to mutiny first confused them with supplemental military salaries, and then secretly sent people to exterminate all these soldiers, so greedy that they even calculated the military salaries of the guards, which is also called Anxichuan, not to mention looting the people's fat and people's ointment.

However, these Zhu Li have a clear heart, but he can't tell him, he is here to admonish, if Gao Biao is annoyed and ashamed, what else to admonish.

Gao Biao saw that Zhu Li was speechless, and thought that he had been persuaded by him, and continued: "Also, Gao Mou defeated Huangchao, Tian Lingzi's gelding dog, how did he treat me, not only did he not reward me for his merits, but he secretly slandered and led the army's merits, he was so unrighteous, and he wanted Gao to continue to be a dog for him, such a court, such a world, what hope can Gao have?" ”

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The more Gao Yu spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes were wide with anger, his face was red, where was Zhu Li as calm as when he saw him, like a child who had scored a perfect score in the exam and was wrongly beaten by his parents, full of righteous indignation and anger.

Gao Biao vented, and found that Zhu Li looked at him with a smile, his expression was even more ashamed, and he said angrily: "If these things are put on you, what will you do?" ”

Zhu Li glanced at him lightly, a little sympathetic, and a little disdainful, and said awe-inspiringly: "Throughout my Chinese history, the romantic characters through the ages, and the people who finally stood at the top of the mountain, are all people with great perseverance and perseverance. ”