Chapter 860: Retreat (Finale)

Because the fighting had subsided, and they had to escort prisoners and accompany the newly promoted Gaochang lord along the way, the journey of Li Ji and his entourage was far less than the hurried journey when they came, and it took a whole month to travel from Suzhou to Chang'an.

By the time they arrived in Chang'an, it was nearly June, the weather was getting hotter, and the cotton clothes they wore had been changed into thin shirts.

The soldiers returned triumphantly, Li Shimin personally went out of the city for more than ten miles to greet him, the scene was very lively and festive, but not many people knew that behind this lively and festive scene, many people had been secretly detained by the imperial palace and sent to the prison of the criminal department along with Hou Junji, Li Chengqian, and other criminal ministers.

And among these people, in addition to some of the old subordinates and generals before the prince and Hou Junji, there is also a criminal who is a little confused by those who are ordered to arrest people, Liu Yiyi, the president of the Tang Dynasty's 'Liu Chamber of Commerce', the patriarch of the Liu clan in Chang'an, the founder of 'Liu's calligraphy', and the famous wine' The brewer of the three bowls is not a post, the teacher of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the miracle doctor who has treated the queen and the former prince and saved his life, such a resounding name after another, so that these royal shì are a little unclear So, I don't know why the emperor would order the arrest of such a businessman who is both a miracle doctor and a celebrity?

Although I don't know what the emperor's intentions are, since the emperor's order has been given, the one who should be arrested must not be let go. However, for such a well-known celebrity of miracle doctors, Yu Shide gave enough preferential treatment, and he was quite polite to Liu Yiyi between his actions, not to be in a flail, not to lock it, not to catch it, but to say that it was more appropriate.

In this way, while everyone was outside celebrating the victory, Liu Yiyi was quietly escorted into the prison of the Criminal Department, and he was still in a single room where the felons stayed.

No visits, no jiāo light, three meals a day, coarse tea and light rice, sleep after eating, sleep and eat, life is very boring.

But fortunately, this time did not last long, about two or three days later, I heard a summons from outside, saying that he was going to the criminal department for questioning, Liu Yiyi knew that the day was up, and this time he went out, and everything should be over.

When Liu Yiyi walked to the front of the hall, Li Shimin was sitting firmly on the main hall, on both sides of the hall, standing on both sides of the court, and seeing Liu Yiyi come in, many ministers, especially the dozen or so old ministers and veterans who had been saved by Liu Yiyi, all stood up unconsciously, and Gongsun Helan was even more worried and kept looking at himself.

Liu Yiyi looked in the direction indicated by Xiǎo Lan'er, his body couldn't help but pause, his father, mother, second brother, and Chu Chu were all on the side, looking at him nervously and worriedly.

Seeing that they were not implicated because of their own faults, and that this time they came over was just an interrogation in the court, Liu Yiyi's heart was a little relieved, knowing that Li Shimin did not want to kill them all, even if he could not escape this time, he would not affect his family to suffer.

Nodding at the family members outside the hall, Liu Yiyi turned his head ruthlessly, and walked towards the direction where Li Shimin was in the main hall.

"Grass people willow, meet the emperor, I have seen all the adults!" Standing at the foot of the hall, Liu Ichijo bowed quietly and bowed.

"Do you know why I'm arresting you?" Looking down at Liu Yiyi, who looked steady in the hall, Li Shimin asked Liu Yiyi in a deep voice without showing joy and anger.

"Back to the emperor, xiǎo people know." Liu Yiyi bent over and replied: "First he deceived the king, then he misled the country, for his own revenge, he almost put the border of the Tang Dynasty in danger, and he also gave the lives of nearly 10,000 Tang soldiers and the people in vain, xiǎo people are guilty, xiǎo people admit their guilt, and I implore the emperor to resentence!" ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Liu Yiyi to be so straightforward, and he took the initiative to admit all his sins as soon as he came up, what idea was he fighting? Are you really getting a little impatient?

"Do you know what happened to Hou Junji and Li Chengqian, the two masterminds who provoked the war?" did not rush to convict Liu Yiyi, Li Shimin whispered to Liu Yiyi: "One has been sentenced to be decided, and at this moment, the head has fallen to the ground and lost his life." One was reduced to a commoner, sent and annexed to the state, and was not allowed to enter Chang'an again for the rest of his life. ”

Liu Yiyi stood there with a bow, listening intently, because he didn't know what Li Shimin's intention was in telling this, so he didn't respond much.

"If you really want to talk about your guilt, it will not be lighter than the two of them at all," looking down at Liu Yiyi, Li Shimin asked lightly: "You said it yourself, how should I deal with you?" ”

"The sinners have nothing to say, everything is up to the emperor's decision!" Yanagichichi bent over again to confess.

"That's good!" Li Shimin slapped the table and said loudly in the hall: "Your guilt, according to the law, should be punished by the nine clans!" ”

"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!" Hearing Li Shimin's words to punish the nine clans, several old ministers in the hall led by Qin Qiong shouted together, wanting to intercede for Liu Yiyi and his family.

"However," before a few old courtiers could speak, Li Shimin changed his words and said: "At the end of the year, because of the funding of your Liu Chamber of Commerce, I personally issued a holy decree for your Liu Mansion that can be pardoned, so the words of the Nine Clans can be ignored, but you have no reason to forgive. ”

"What do you think of exchanging your life for the safety of the whole family?" Li Shimin looked down at Liu Yiyi again.

"The emperor is benevolent," Liu Yiyi bowed and replied: "Xiǎo Minming Sense Wunei, I have thanked the emperor for his great kindness on behalf of my family!" ”

"Remembering that you have been so gracious in my dynasty, the so-called punishment of beheading will be spared," Li Shimin nodded lightly and said, "I have given you the opportunity to save the whole body." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin nodded at Li Zhi who was on the side, and then said to Liu Yiyi: "Knowing that you are guilty of a crime this time, after pleading with me many times to no avail, the young slave specially asked for a cup of mercury poison from the Danshi in the palace that can protect the body from decay after death, with the friendship between teachers and students in your life." ”

"After drinking," Li Shimin sighed lightly, and said, "Just go home with your family and take care of the aftermath!" ”

"Thank you, Emperor! His Royal Highness King Xie Jin! Looking deeply at Li Zhi, the king of Jin who was approaching him, Liu Yiyi bent down slightly and saluted him, and then reached out to take the cup of mercury he was holding in his hand.

"Wait!" Just when Liu Yiyi was about to raise his glass and drink, Su Bingren, the great Si Nongqing, who had been sitting below, finally couldn't help but come out and stop him.

"Su Aiqing, Liu Yiyi's guilt has been confirmed, and the crime should not be forgiven, I don't know what else you have to say now?" Seeing that someone came out to obstruct him again, Li Shimin's face began to become a little unkind.

"Your Majesty, Weichen didn't mean to exonerate Liu Yiyi, but," Su Bingren bent over and said: "The emperor once had a clear order, and he contributed to my Tang farming affairs, and he also had a 'Mo Nong Order', who can be exempted from the responsibility of death!" ”

"And Liu Yiyi, as early as the eleventh year of Zhenguan, got a 'Mo Nong Order' because of the production of the 'Liu's plough', the chōu water well car, and the unique farming method he tried in Sanyuan," Su Bingren said: "Yes, Liu Yiyi also has a chance to avoid death, and please ask the emperor to learn clearly!" ”

"Mo Nong Order?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, glanced down at Su Bingren, and said: "If I remember well, the emperor limited a total of two pieces back then, one was given to Aiqing, and the other has been idle in the Ministry of Agriculture without belonging, why, Aiqing has already given it to Liu Yiyi?" ”

"The emperor may have forgotten," Su Bingren bowed and replied: "When deciding to give Liu a 'Mo Nong Order', Wei Chen asked the emperor for instructions!" ”

"Well," Li Shimin thought about it with half-squinted eyes, it seemed that there was really such a thing, at that time, Liu Yiyi first saved the prince, and then healed the queen, plus the things he did at that time, such as plows and waterwheels, were indeed beneficial to farming, so when Su Bingren proposed to praise Liu Yiyi, he didn't even think about it, and directly nodded and agreed.

"Although the Mo Nong Order can exempt the death penalty, the crime of rebellion is not among them," Li Shimin shook his head and said: "What Liu Yi did was only to deceive the king, but he was suspected of helping to plot rebellion and rebellion, so this Mo Nong Order could not save him!" ”

"This ......" Su Bingren was dumbfounded for a while, obviously the old man didn't expect that even the Mo Nong order given by the previous emperor could not leave Liu Yiyi one by one.

"Master Su's kindness, I have a heart, thank you here!" Holding the wine glass, Liu Yiyi bent down and bowed deeply to Su Bingren, and then Liu Yiyi straightened up and bowed in the direction where Liu Laoshi and the others were.

Then, Liu Yiyi straightened up, tilted his neck, and swallowed the whole cup of mercury directly into his stomach.

"Husband!" Seeing that Liu Yiyi drank the mercury poison, Zhang Chuchu pushed away the guards who stopped in front of the hall, and when he came to Liu Yiyi, he stretched out his arms and hugged his husband, tears flowing.

"Lady, hold me a little, let's go home!" Liu Yiyi's face was pale, but he still gently raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face for his daughter-in-law.

"Mm-hmm, husband, let's go home! Let's go home! Nodding his head constantly, Zhang Chuchu supported Liu Yiyi, who was already a little weak, with both hands, and walked out of the yatang of the criminal department step by step.

An hour later, Bai Su hung in front of Liufu Mén, and there was a cry in the courtyard of Liufu.

Three days later, Yanagi Nijo carried his brother's coffin back to Mihara's hometown and buried him in Mihara's ancestral grave.

Half a month later, the grieving old Liufu and Zhang Chuchu drove out of Chang'an with Liu Xiǎo Hui and Xiǎo Bao'er, who was not yet one year old, unwilling to stay in Chang'an, a sad place.

Before leaving, Zhang Chuchu followed Liu Yiyi's last wish, entrusted all the affairs of the 'Liu's Chamber of Commerce' to the care of the housekeeper Liu Wuchen, and announced that in the future, the 'Liu's Chamber of Commerce' will take out 80% of the profits of all commodities every month to compensate the families of the people and soldiers who were unfortunately killed or killed in the battle of Tang and Gao, until the old man can die well and the child can reach adulthood, so as to compensate for the mistakes made by Liu Yiyi before.

A month later, I don't know what the lord of Gaochang used to marry Gaochang, and he persuaded Gongsun Helan Yuan to 'marry' Gaochang and become Gaochang's concubine, so far, the marriage between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang was successful, and under the auspices of Li Shimin, after the two got married in Chang'an, they took the old couple of Gongsun Wende of Sanyuan together and set off to return to Gaochang.

Half a year later, in the Gaochang National Capital, in the private room on the third floor, the shopkeeper Liu Cheng looked forward to the east and west, and finally ushered in a few distinguished guests.

Koji Baobao, Gongsun Helan, Gongsun Wen Defu fù, as well as Liu Laoshi, Liu Heshi, Zhang Chuchu, Liu Xiǎo Hui and Xiǎo Bao'er, of course, in addition to these distinguished guests, the most surprising and surprising thing for Liu Cheng was that the eldest young master of their family really came back from the dead and came to Gaochang with him.

"How the hell did Big Brother do it?" Marrying a husband and following her husband, although Koji Baobao is the king of a country, at this time, he is not allowed to call Liu Yiyi with Gongsun Helan a big brother: "We obviously watched the eldest brother pour the poison into his throat, but how could there be no adverse reaction?" Could it be that the so-called mercury poison was used by the Tang Emperor to méng people? Is he deliberately trying to keep his eldest brother alive? ”

"It's true that the emperor wants to let me go," Liu Yiyi sat there peacefully, and when he saw everyone staring at him with curiosity, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "But that cup of mercury poison is not fake." ”

"The reason why I can still sit here and drink with you until now," Liu Yi said, "is because I know that mercury poison is a special xìng, which can be swallowed but not smelled, and if you hear it for a long time, you will die!" ”

Everyone knows that mercury is very poisonous, just smelling it will have signs of poisoning, and after smelling it for a long time, it will be clear and clear, and it can be worried about life, so many people are light mercury and sè change.

But few people can find out, or have the courage to try, like this kind of huge poison that will be uncomfortable when you smell it, and it will not be too much of a problem if you pour it directly into the stomach. As long as you rinse your mouth afterwards and drink some high-protein things such as egg whites in time, although you may feel a little uncomfortable, you will never have to worry about your life.

"Isn't it that the Tang Emperor also knows the secret of this mercury poison?" Hearing this, Koji Baobao asked, "Otherwise, why would he choose this poisonous yào?" ”

"The emperor doesn't know, but the emperor knows that my good student knows, I once explained this knowledge to the king of Jin," Liu Yiyi said with a light smile: "So I said that the emperor agreed to the proposal of the king of Jin, that is, he intended to leave me a life, but everyone knows these words, but they will never say it openly......"

“…… What are your plans for the future? ”

"What else can I plan, don't worry about eating and drinking, don't worry about everything, if it's okay, I naturally go out for a walk, climb the mountain, swim in the water......"

"Or run a sī school, it's good to teach students if you have nothing to do......"

“……”

(End of book)