At the same time.

Luoyang Palace, Zhenguan Palace.

Li Zhi, who was listening to the military report, suddenly rubbed his forehead.

This made Qinghe, who had just walked into the hall and was waiting on the side, couldn't help but be nervous, and stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Lord, do you want to enter some tea......

"Not necessarily." Li Zhi refused with one hand, and continued to look at the herald captain in front of him who stopped because of Qinghe's words: "Go on." ”

The lieutenant immediately claimed that it was, and continued: "Suji, the king of Qiuzi, has already made a preliminary determination of the situation in his country. In addition, my Tang defenders also punished all the rebellions around them. At present, the 36 countries of the Western Regions have all been pacified. ”

Li Zhi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "But a few days ago, I heard that there was a catastrophe in Khotan...... Is there such a thing? ”

The lieutenant nodded, "Exactly." But it is a snow disaster that has not been seen in a century. ”

"Snow disaster ......" Li Zhi pondered for a long time before he raised his hand, turned to look at Qinghe and said: "Spread my will, please ask my uncle to open the treasury, transfer a total of 30,000 horses of cotton silk, and a total of 30,000 stones of grain and grass, and send it to Khotan on the same day to fund the great disaster in his country." ”

Qinghe was stunned when he heard this, and before he could speak, the captain boldly whispered: "But Your Majesty, there are only hundreds of thousands of people in Khotan...... Such a generous ......"

Qinghe saw that his words were full of martial arts style, but he didn't know how to be polite, and he was so anxious that he only blinked, but Li Zhi saw his thoughts and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not that I haven't been in the army." ”

As soon as these words came out, the little school immediately felt that his mouth was inappropriate, and he immediately wanted to kneel and knock to commit the crime, but was stopped by Li Zhi: "It's okay to say it, don't care." ”

The lieutenant nodded, inexplicably grateful, and heard Li Zhi say again: "You are also thinking about my Datang, but these things are not just for them to survive the famine." ”

Li Zhi took a deep breath and said, "After the heavy snowfall, it will be a wasteland. Khotan is located in the Western Regions, and the production is not abundant, and after many years, I am afraid that there is not much accumulation. Therefore, these 30,000 horses of cotton silk and 30,000 stones of grain and grass are not only difficult to keep with them for a while, but also for the future. Only when there is abundant grain and grass can the people in Khotan have hope, and if the people have hope, there will be no chaos in Khotan. Khotan is not chaotic, and the Western Regions will naturally be at peace for a short time. ”

The captain suddenly said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

"But such a large number of things are going to Khotan, and I think there must be thieves along the way...... Spread my will, now that Xue Li is still in Beijing, he will lead 3,000 elite knights, plus the 3,000 Shenyan Guards led by Murong Jun, and it will be like an official way to come to the desert. Li Zhiwei thought about it for a while, and then said.

The lieutenant responded, and then Li Zhi wrote a condolence message, added the imperial seal, and asked him to take it with him, and send it into the hands of the lord of Khotan to show comfort.

As soon as the captain left, Qinghe immediately said, "Lord, there are some things that need you to make up your mind immediately. ”

Li Zhi rubbed his brows: "What's the matter?" ”

"It's Li Yifu. He saw that these days, Uncle Yuan's health was gradually declining, and he couldn't go to the court to govern the government, so he secretly squeezed out Uncle Yuan. even picked up the Taichang doctor Xiao Chucai, and burned one of the murderous rites written by Uncle Yuan's painstaking efforts to prepare for murder that non-courtiers could say. ”

Li Zhiteng sat up straight, looked at Qinghe in a daze, and only squeezed out a few words from between his teeth for a while: "...... He dares! ”

Qinghe saw that Li Zhi was angry, and hurriedly came to persuade: "Don't panic on the Lord, don't panic on the Lord...... Master De had been careful with him for a long time, so when he saw that something was wrong, he had already replaced the scroll. What they burned in Li Yifu was just an undecided manuscript. ”

Li Zhi gritted his teeth, and after a while, he whispered: "Why can't my uncle even play a song!" Just let these two mess around here?! ”

"Lord, recently, Xu Jingzong and Xu Jingzong of Li Yifu have preached in many places, saying that they have received the favor of the Lord...... Most of those ministers believed it, and who dared to say anything? Uncle Yuan has been in poor health recently, and the lord also knows that his old man has been staring at King Han half-heartedly these days, where does he still have the heart to pay attention to these two villains? It's just that this incident is really heart-wrenching. If it weren't for the meticulous attention of the master of the award, wouldn't all this hard work be in vain? The Lord has to get an idea for Uncle Yuan! ”

Qinghe still felt heartbroken when he talked about it.

Li Zhi snorted, and only after a while did he say: "No matter what the situation is between my uncle and me now, I can't talk about the two of them who don't know how to live and die to bully my uncle like this!" What a guts! Under the edict, give Li Yifu a lesson! ”

Qinghe said yes, and then said: "But the Lord, it's just an edict, I'm afraid it's still a little inappropriate." ”

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"This Li Yifu has done more than this." Qinghe looked left and right, attached it to Li Zhi's ear, and said a few words in a low voice.

When he landed, Li Zhi's face was so gloomy that he could almost drip water, and it took a long time to grit his teeth and say word by word: "Is this serious?" ”

"Lord Ji personally went to check the right one, and it will never be wrong. And Mrs. Li also seems to be alert and has reported to her mother. Niangniang has sent Yuru to find out how this matter originated. If you want to come to Zuo, you can get up tomorrow morning and learn the truth. ”

Li Zhi took a deep breath, and only gritted his teeth for a while and said: "Passing on my will, the Chinese book makes Li Yifu, pampered and arrogant, and arrogance, arrogating what is wrong, it is already a big disrespect, and a few days ago, he even argued with Du Zhenglun in front of the king, which is really a big loss of the virtue of a courtier!" From now on, Du Zhenglun will be ordered to introspect behind closed doors and not go out lightly. Before Li Yifu slandered the king, he ordered the removal of Li Yifu's post in the middle book, suspended from his post, and listened to the investigation! ”

"Yes!" Qinghe replied lightly, and said: "That lady is ...... over there"

Li Zhi was about to answer, when he heard the voice of Mei Niang's audience from outside the hall, so he only said a few words to Qinghe in a low voice, and then got up to greet him.

Mei Niang had a big deal in her heart, and she didn't look at Li Zhi's face much, she just hurried in, and said to Li Zhi: "Zhilang, can you see what this is!" ”

Then with one hand, the dozen beans were presented in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Mei Niang: "It's just a few beans, what's wrong?" ”

"Does Najiro know where this came from?"

"Where?"

"Han Wangfu."

As soon as these three words came out, Li Zhideng's expression changed, and he turned to look at Qinghe, but he had already rushed to the outside of the hall, instructed Jin Wuwei to close the door of the palace, and ordered the upper and lower levels to strictly prevent idle people from entering and leaving.

Li Zhi turned to look at Mei Niang at this time: "Princess Han brought it over?" ”

"Exactly."

Mei Niang took a deep breath and said lightly: "Not only that, this bean is also a little strange, Jiro can see it at a glance." ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he held Mei Niang's hand, and looked at the lamp and candle handed by Er Qinghe for a long time, with a strange expression: "This ...... Cinnabar, how do you put cinnabar in the beans? And it was sealed...... What does that mean? ”

Mei Niang looked at him and said softly: "Jiro still remembers that there is a general in the Goguryeo Kingdom, but he is the person that Quangai Suwen relies on the most?" ”

"Dou Fang Lou? He ......" Li Zhi only said one sentence, and his face was immediately full of shock, and then he was furious, gritting his teeth and hatefully: "He dares to ......"

"He did."

Mei Niang sighed, and also looked sad: "Before, it was just a guess, but now, it is a real sound." Jiro, you can't indulge him anymore. ”

Li Zhi's face was pale, and it took a while before he reached out and hugged Mei Niang's arms, and murmured, "I know...... I know ......"

In his eyes, some tears appeared.

Mei Niang sighed, reaching out to caress his broad, but increasingly thin back, full of pity.

……

Five days later.

Above the official road.

When the eldest grandson Wuji, who had not been in the house for a long time, received Li Zhi's edict, he still felt a little surprised, but when he hurriedly beat his horse, from the middle of the long escort procession, all the way to the front of Li Zhi's car, when he saw Li Ji waiting outside the car door with a surprised face, he seemed to understand a little in his heart.

"The British Duke came so hurriedly to give the edict......" the eldest grandson Wuji only said this.

But for Li Ji, it was enough.

The two elders glanced at each other, took a deep breath, and at the same time stepped forward, saluted with their hands in front of Li Zhi's driving, and shouted for please see.

Then, the door of Li Zhi's car slowly opened, revealing a young emperor dressed in a Xuanlong robe, wearing an ink dragon robe on his shoulders, with a golden crown and black hair, a calm face, and no anger and self-authority.

And beside him, there was a young queen dressed in a vermilion phoenix robe, with the same golden crown and black hair, and a young queen in her arms.

The two elders looked dignified, and each of them took the jade gui golden slip from their arms, and bowed to the Tang Emperor and Queen who were driving together. Then, slowly get into the car.

Doors, closed.

……

It's day and night.

Li Zhi drove to the city of Shangju at the junction of Dugi Province and Gyeonggi Province.

When the Son of Heaven entered the city, he was naturally greeted by the state pastor and hundreds of officials. There was supposed to be a big feast.

But Li Zhi has been uneasy in the past few days. Today, I feel extremely tired, so I sent a decree to praise the Shangzhou Prefecture Mu Shengde, and announced that they should calm down and not disturb the peace of the people.

The people in the city naturally sighed at the holy virtue, but the state ministers and officials inevitably had a lot of speculation in their hearts. So he walked up and down to spy and determined that it was indeed Li Zhi's body that was uneasy, not that the members of his Shangzhou had caused the displeasure of the sacred heart, so they all put their hearts at ease and returned to their homes to rest, just waiting for Li Zhi's body to be safe tomorrow, and then perform a banquet and tribute.

For a time, the entire Shangzhou city was silent.

……

In the middle of the night. About a moment to touch the ugly.

Suddenly, really suddenly, there was a loud and noisy noise from the palace where the holy car was.

Then, a bright red fiery serpent lit up half of the sky!

The entire Shangzhou City was shocked!

However, this noise comes and goes quickly...... But for half a moment, whether it was a fiery snake or a noisy one, it was as if it had never happened, and it returned to the dark night sky, and there was no sound again.

The people talked a lot, but they could only guess whether there was no place in the palace that had just been newly built for only half a year and had not been placed, and it had caused the water to go.

……

"Fortunately, there is such a fire, and tomorrow you only need to say a word to the outside world, and you can block the mouth of the people."

At this time, in the palace, in front of a blackened ruin, Li Feng, whose face was covered with black ashes, gasped for breath, so tired that he didn't even have time to throw away the wooden barrel in his hand, so he sat down on the ground and said intermittently.

On the other hand, Li Yun also gasped and nodded: "Isn't it?" Fortunately, the lord is wise, and he has calculated the old boy King Han early, and if he wants to act, he must act from the place where the two kings of Ji Yue can control...... Otherwise, we're really tired of running at both ends! I don't know what happened to Ah Lei and Ah Yu? ”

"You can only rest assured! Eldest brother. Li Feng took the wet cloth towel handed by the junior general on the side, wiped his face indiscriminately, until his face returned to the white spirit of Pingsuli, then he threw it away, gave the cloth towel to his eldest brother, looked at him and wiped his face, and then asked his brothers to rest for a while, and after concentrating on picking up those rebels and detaining them for a while, he continued: "The two of them were personally brought by Uncle Yuan and the British Prince. There is also a master and Sister Yu on their side, and there is absolutely nothing that can happen. ”

Li Yun thought about it, so he only smiled and said, "This time, I can finally calm down the restless King Han...... God knows, all these years of staring at him day and night, watching him do those things...... How I want to kill him! ”

"Do you think you're the only one who wants him dead?"

Li Feng sneered: "This old boy, he has done so many bad things in his life, and he wants to die, but it's not just our brothers or two!" Hum! Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the Lord is waiting for him to be kind and respectful, but he himself does not know how to restrain it...... You deserve to be in such an unbearable situation! ”