Chapter 145: Qu Li Returns to Tang (1)

Li Yuan followed Li Jiancheng's suggestion, entered the palace and asked Yang Yu to set up a mound for Yang Guang in Louguan, and asked the new national teacher Qihui to hold a requiem ceremony for him, and also issued a decree that three days later, all the family officials in Chang'an were dressed in plain clothes and mourned for Yang Guang. On the day of the funeral, the whole Chang'an was crowded with people, and a white world was like heavy snow. Different from the previous funeral, this time the funeral ceremony is in the Xuanzheng Hall of the Chang'an Palace, Yang Guang's spiritual seat is placed on the dragon seat, which is written on the spiritual seat of Yang Guang, the Ming Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Yu and Yang Yan, the princess of Jinyang, stand aside, can only be like a puppet under the command of the eunuch, led by Li Yuan to Yang Guang's spiritual position to perform three bows and nine bows, just like the ordinary worship of the people, Yang Yu and Yang Yan returned the salute vigorously. Immediately afterwards, the ceremonial officer shouted:

"The emperor's spirit is displaced, the first emperor is great, and the spirit is rising! Please send the sacrifice to the Tang King's escort! Li Yuan was dressed in white and filial piety, stepped forward, respectfully saluted Yang Guang's spiritual position, and cried with tears on his face:

"Your Majesty! Come back! Your Majesty, come back! Please forgive me for being rude! After speaking, he respectfully held Yang Guang's spiritual position in his arms. Step by step, he staggered outside the hall, and the officials present and the children of the family with titles followed behind. Since they have all been rehearsed beforehand, there is nothing offside in the shift. Seeing the children of the official families in Chang'an following behind Li Yuan in an orderly manner, Yang Yu said softly to his aunt, Princess Jinyang:

"Auntie, it seems that my Yang family is really gone, maybe I take the initiative, maybe I can be an emperor of Han Xian or the queen of Shu." Yang Yan's face was full of contradictions, and she thought in her heart:

'For the sake of our Yang family's flesh and blood, I must give birth to a son for him. 'The leader of the spiritual procession is to guide the way for the fourteen white sail dragon flags, taken from the meaning of the ninety-five, in the back is carried by fourteen palace maids carrying fourteen palace lanterns, behind which Li Yuan holds Yang Guang's spiritual position, crying while walking, his four sons and daughters and sons-in-law are also wearing white filial piety clothes, all the way on the street while scattering paper money, behind is the children of the family of Chang'an, the team composed of noble officials, has prepared a carriage and horse honor guard for Li Yuan, Li Yuan insisted on refusing, he had to walk forward, and the crowd that followed did not dare to ride a horse, They all followed in a regular manner, and the back of the team was Qu Tutong and Li Jing, according to Li Jiancheng's instructions, the shackles and bracelets were removed for them, and after bathing, they all changed into brand new clothes, and sent the spirit team to Louguan, Qi Hui stepped forward to salute Li Yuan:

"Greetings to the King of Tang, greetings to the Holy Lord, and respectfully inviting the King of Tang to enter the contemplation with the Holy Spiritual Seat." Li Yuan raised the spiritual seat, walked slowly into the building, put Yang Guang's spiritual seat under the statue of Taishang Laojun, took the incense handed over by Qi Hui, put it in the incense burner, and took out a sacrificial text from his arms, and read it softly:

"The great virtue of the world, according to the military merits to determine the throne, protect the people, expedition to the four yi, seize the profits, the unification of the south and Chen, although there have been, and the canal is repaired, it is difficult to defend the world and the chaos is a disaster, and the death 。。。。。。。" Li Yuan read aloud in front of Yang Guang's spirit, every time he read a sentence, he had to cry bitterly, beat Geng and swallow it, this memorial text is Li Jiancheng relied on the memory in his heart, and the later generations of literati paid tribute to Yang Guang The best, and generally described Yang Guang's merits and cause of death, which can be called a rare heirloom. After reading the sacrificial text, Li Yuan walked out of the hall slowly, as if the strength of his whole body had been hollowed out and he was about to mix, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin immediately stepped forward to support him.

"Father, father! You're all right! A doctor stepped forward to check Li Yuan's pulse, and Li Yuan waved his hand in the arms of the two of them, and said to the others present:

"Ladies and gentlemen! I'm fine! With the help of Brother Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan slowly straightened up and signaled to the people present.

"Master Pei!"

"The humble minister is here!"

"Who else hasn't arrived in my Great Sui today!"

"Lord Qiqi! Lanzhou Sima Xueju, in the name of our puppet dynasty and not orthodoxy, announced that he would break away from my Great Sui and establish himself as the overlord of Western Qin! Please decide! Pei Lin stepped forward to report:

"Humph! I think that Xue Ju was originally a steppe snitch, and after joining my Great Sui, he met His Majesty's grace, and Jane was promoted as Lanzhou Sima, and now my Great Sui is in danger, and he actually established himself as the king, which is really against the way of the ministers. Today, before the spiritual throne of the first emperor, this king swore that he would sweep away the rebels and assist me in the Great Sui world. Everyone present knelt in front of Li Yuan, indicating that they did not share the sky with Xue Ju. Qu Tutong saw this situation from a distance, and unconsciously said to Li Jing:

"Senior Brother Yao! I have decided that if I join the Tang Court, at the very least, I can use my useful body to avenge Your Majesty, and I don't want to go down in history, as long as I can avenge Your Majesty, I will be satisfied. Li Jing didn't respond to Qu Tutong's words, he just looked in the direction of Louguan from a distance, recalling the scene of Qu Tutong in prison:

"Handsome! The young general Hou Junji sees the big handsome! ”

"Yo! Isn't this General Hou? Dashuai, where is the handsome here, and where is the handsome? Qu Tutong pretended to be confused. Hou Junji was extremely ashamed:

"Dashuai, the young general was also forced to do so that day, and I hope that Dashuai will not have any guilt!"

"Forget it! You are an upstart in the imperial court, I am a prisoner on death row, so I won't bother with General Hou, please go back! ”

"Dashuai!" Qu Tutong pretended to sleep and turned his back to Hou Junji, Hou Junji was bored with himself, so he had to wave his hand:

"Since the big marshal is tired, the young general won't disturb the big marshal to rest."

"Father! You're down! Qu Tutong's son, Qu Tushou, came to persuade him to surrender.

"Brute! You actually let the old man defect to the enemy, it's really useless, do you remember your uncle Qu Tugai? Talking about Qu Tugai, when he broke the city, he directly put on the official uniform when he first became Jing Zhaoyin, and sat facing south, but when the Tang army found him, he found that he had committed suicide by taking poison, Qu Tushou closed his mouth:

"I knew you were so spineless, why didn't Lao Tzu shoot you to the wall in the first place." Qu Tutong couldn't help but burst out with a foul mouth. Qu Tushou was a little ashamed. But he didn't go:

"Father, the prince of the world sends people to our family every day, send people to condole, Master Pei also came to visit the capital, and showed his tone, as long as you surrender, the child can go to the prince's mansion to serve, and the king of Tang will ascend the throne in the future, and then the child will rise, and our Qutu family will 。。。。。。 Ouch! A stone smashed into Qu Tushou's head, and blood flowed down.

"Get out! I stand up to the sky and the earth, and I will never betray the emperor. Li Jing often felt that Qu Tutong was his idol, and he wanted to be like him, shedding the last drop of blood for the Great Sui, but now listening to him say this, Li Jing knew that he had been shaken, and he despised him a little in his heart. Qu Tutong knelt down in the direction of Louguan and kowtowed respectfully:

"Your Majesty! The minister must avenge you. ”