Ten years later, ten years later, in a blink of an eye, Qin Hao was almost seventy years old.

It is also strange to say that since he was given a sword to go to the palace, he has rarely gone to the court in person, and the power of their Qin family has slowly transferred to Qin Xiaohao's hands, and he is still the official position of Taifu, but Qin Xiaohao has become a stinking and shameless Shangshu Ling, and even the second child in their hometown has become a Zhongshu Ling, whether it is the capital or the locality, there are cronies of their family everywhere, except for those who are surnamed Li, no one still takes Li Tang seriously.

As the saying goes, people are rare in their seventies, and the medical conditions in ancient times were like this, and people of his age died of joy and mourning, which was not to cry, and he felt more and more ruthless over the years, and his body was not as good as a day by day, and he even had a faint premonition that he was only a few months old, and he might not be able to get up after falling asleep one day.

Seriously, though, he's had enough to live.

The heavy snow rolled up to his face under the impetus of the wind, and he stepped out of the door, stepping on the snow was a creaking sound, and the sky in Chang'an this year seemed to be exceptionally cold, and his face and hands were all red and red.

"Grandpa, grandpa, where are you going?"

Qin Hao turned his head, touched his little grandson's face very rarely, and said with a smile: "Alas, I want to meet my old friends." ”

The little grandson thinks for some reason, old friend? Aren't all your old friends dead?

"Prepare the car, I want to go to Zhaoling to have a look."

"Oh."

Qin Hao just sat in the car, took the reins from the coachman's hand, took a deep breath of cool air, suddenly drew a little strength from the old body, and slammed it on the horse's buttocks: "Rack~!" ”

"Grandpa, grandpa, slow down, slow down, don't fall again."

Qin Hao ignored him, smacking the horse's ass vigorously, faster than when he was young, he seemed to want to get back a little bit of the feeling of an old man talking about juvenile madness.

Of course, the reason why the young man was crazy was because they had energy in them, and it was okay to toss it, but Qin Hao, who had old arms and legs, couldn't stand it anymore, and when they galloped all the way to Zhaoling, his whole hand was shaking.

"Grandpa, slow down, be careful, the ground is slippery."

Qin Hao walked on crutches, got out of the car, and walked forward with difficulty and swaying step by step.

"Alas, those eunuchs back then, are they all dead, these eunuchs who come to the heart, they just don't take it seriously, the snow is so heavy, and no one can sweep it, grandson, go, bring a broom to grandpa."

"Grandpa, I'll come."

"Hehe, no, let's come, this is also the last time I will sweep His Majesty's grave."

Qin Hao took the broom, swept with faltering steps, swept it, and didn't bring a glove, and his whole hand was frozen and stiff, but he insisted on not wanting others to help.

Finally swept out a general appearance, Qin Hao looked at the eight horses on the Zhaoling stone slab, and said with a smile: "Grandson, look, this is the Zhaoling Eight Horses, I learned to ride a horse on that back then, but the horse was disobedient and almost let the wolf eat it, it was Cheng Qian who saved me, and after that, I became good brothers with him." ”

Saying that, Qin Hao slowly sat down on the edge of Zhaoling, leaned on the stele casually, took out the wine, poured a glass in front of the stele first, and then poured himself a glass, and muttered in his mouth: "Your Majesty, I will also go down to find you, I don't know if you see me, will you praise me for what I have done over the years, or will you scold me for covering the sky with one hand, let's talk about my heart?" ”

As he spoke, Qin Hao drank the cup in his hand in one gulp, and then poured out the cup in front of the tombstone.

"I guess you're going to scold me, and if you can die twice, you're going to have to kill me, right? You who are emperors are stingy, and I don't know if you think about it from the perspective of us courtiers, your family's imperial power is on the sidelines, but you can't rely on me, I have always been doing the things of loyal ministers, it is your sons and grandchildren, including yourself, who let your family have a genetic disease of brain cancer. ”

"Your Majesty, let me tell you, now this Tang Dynasty, it's so good, Qin Xiaohao's kid has tinkered with the steam engine, and he also said that he wants to get the electromagnet out, haha, I can't see that day, and I don't know if he can see it, oh, by the way, you don't know what the electromagnet is."

"Now this Tang Dynasty, but it is majestic, the Turks, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Khitan, are gone, they are now, everyone can speak Tang dialect, but few people can speak their own native language, now that is a few of our Tang Dynasty, there is no difference from Guanzhong, it is no longer a foreign Yi, it is the real frontier of our Tang Dynasty, I can more than double the territory for you, now, only the original Dashi area, those Caucasian people, is barely Yidi, This is a question of race, there is no one who has lived together for 180 years, and I have no recruitment, so I have a clear conscience, right? If it weren't for me, Datang would have been beaten by the Khitan at this time. ”

"Now the life of the common people, it's a good life, they all say that the people of the Song Dynasty have a good life, I haven't seen it, but it's definitely not as good as our current Tang Dynasty, I remember that you will, the old people in the people's homes can eat a meal of meat every three or five times, and they all praise you as the first emperor of the ages, but now? A few days ago, I went to the vegetable market to see that the ribs were more expensive than the fatty meat. ”

"Alas, you put the country in my hands, and I will govern it for you, but it's good. So when we meet, don't scold me, I'm worthy of you. ”

"A few days ago, Xiao Wang Ba Lizi said that he would add nine tins to me, let me scold, I'm not Cao Cao, what nine tins to add, you see, the ministers do my part, and they still abide by the etiquette of such a courtier, which is enough for me."

“…………”

Qin Hao chattered like this, chattering, chattering until the snow stopped, the sun was about to set, and he himself didn't know when he was snoring, and the little grandson was really afraid that he would freeze out something again, so he woke him up.

"Grandpa, it's cold, it's time for us to go home."

"Home? Well, it's time to go home. ”

As he spoke, Qin Hao struggled to stand up with the support of his little grandson, paused, turned to Zhaoling and said, "I'll kowtow to you one last time." ”

As he spoke, Qin Hao laboriously knelt down again, once, twice, kowtowed a few times, and then muttered to himself: "Well, I don't owe you." ”

Back in the carriage, Qin Hao said again: "Don't go home yet, go to Qianling." ”

"Qianling? Grandpa, it's a little late for the day. ”

Qin Hao smiled, "Oh, I'm just going to take a look, and after seeing it, I'll go home, and promise not to toss anymore." ”

"That's what you said, so let's take a look."

Qianling, historically Li Zhi's mausoleum, now naturally has become Li Chengqian's, this time Qin Hao didn't sweep his tomb, but after getting out of the car and not walking a few steps, his face sank.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

Qin Hao stretched out his hand, pointed tremblingly, and said, "What about mine?" ”

"What?"

"Where's my tomb? I'm almost seventy, why don't you build a mausoleum for me? ”

"This ...... Grandpa, you're in good health, maybe you don't need it for the time being. ”

"Fart! Whose old man is seventy years old and still doesn't repair the mausoleum? Is it because I'm not qualified to accompany the funeral, or does Xiao Wang Ba Lizi want to build one for me alone? What does he want to fix for me? Emperor's Tomb? You say, did he not repair it, or did he repair it somewhere else? ”

The little grandson stopped talking.

Qin Hao was furious and scolded: "Little Wang Ba calf, Lao Tzu has not been to the court for ten years, what does he want to do?" Rebellion? ”

"This ...... No, my father, he has no such intentions, but the pattern of this Qianling may indeed be a little smaller, and he can no longer make a big move, besides, the fallen leaves return to the roots, your mausoleum is repaired in our Guanzhong hometown, the ancestral house, he is also a piece of filial piety, so he ......"

"Fart, what kind of bullshit Guanzhong's hometown, that's fooling people, am I a Guanzhong person? I'm from the Northeast, you don't know about this, can your father not know? Okay, your father's wings are stiff, don't take my words seriously! ”

As he spoke, Qin Hao's face suddenly flushed, and he coughed wildly.

"Grandpa, grandpa, pay attention to your body, don't be angry, let's go home first, let's go home and then talk about it."

Qin Hao was confused by anger for a while, but he also knew that his fire couldn't be related to his grandson, so he sat back in the car, calmed down, and said, "Tomorrow, I want to go to court." ”

"Going to court? Grandpa, you haven't been to court for almost ten years. ”

"What? I'm not the master of the court, can't I go to the court if I want to? Your dad can't tolerate me now? ”

"No, no, no, how can it, how can it, I'm not worried about your body, you want to go to the court, you just go up, even if you want to sit on the dragon chair, who can stop you."

Qin Hao gave him a blank look and stopped talking.

The next day, at the court meeting, Qin Hao deliberately got up early, he hadn't gotten up so early for a long time, but he opened his closet and looked for a long time, but he didn't find his court clothes.

"Where's my clothes? Alas, forget it, that's it, I'll just wear this casual clothes, and it's fine. ”

So, early in the morning, Qin Hao wore such a plain white civilian clothes, walked on crutches, and moved the turtle step in an old way, and came to the Taiji Palace.

When the Manchu Dynasty civil and military saw him coming, they were very surprised for a while, and they all stood up in a proper manner, and many of them didn't even know him when they just fell into Beijing in the past two years, and they asked the people around them who this old man was.

Qin Hao just walked to the front of the emperor step by step, looked up, ah, has the emperor changed again? What about Li Zhi? Oh yes, Li Zhi seems to have died two years ago, this is his son, what's his name? Why is there no impression at all?

The new emperor was quite polite: "What is the old lady going to do, I will go directly to your mansion, you are so old, why did you come to the court in person?" If this is a cold on the road, will it not become my sin? ”

Saying that, the little emperor actually stood up sensibly, walked down the imperial steps in a few steps, personally supported Qin Hao, and walked up step by step.

Qin Hao couldn't help but think in his heart, Li Xiang back then, if you were one-tenth sensible, I'm afraid this Chang'an would not be in such a situation now.

"The old minister has something to ask His Majesty forbidden, but I'm afraid that if I don't say it again, I won't have a chance to say it."

"Where did Taifu say, Datang can have today, it all depends on Taifu you are escorting, who is leaving, you can't leave Taifu you, you have to protect your daughter's body, Datang can't live without Taifu."

As he spoke, the little emperor had already helped him to sit on the side of the dragon chair, "Taifu, please take a seat." ”

"Your Majesty sits down first."

It wasn't until the little emperor sat down quite restrainedly that Qin Hao sat on the side and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to ask for, Emperor Taizong, he has the grace of knowing the old minister, Emperor Gaozong, and the old minister has a brotherly relationship, the minister wants to invite Your Majesty, for the sake of the minister's dedication to the Tang Dynasty, you can order a small tomb to be built on the side of the Qianling Tomb, and be buried with Emperor Gaozong. ”

"What did Taifu say, Datang can't leave Taifu yet, you have to help me again, take care of this country for ten or eight years."

Qin Hao smiled, staggered to his feet, and said: "Old minister, there is only such a request, the matter of the court, the old minister is old and faint, and he has long stopped asking, Qin Xiaohao, the son of the minister, will help me assist His Majesty." ”

The little emperor arched his hand and saluted deeply: "Congratulations to the Taifu." ”

Qin Hao nodded, staggered down, suddenly stopped halfway through, thought about it, walked to the edge of the royal road, and walked slowly.

Under the royal road, Qin Xiaohao, as the head of the hundred officials, stood in the closest position to the royal road, Qin Hao walked over and said helplessly: "I can't care where you are buried in the future, but where I am buried, I think I should still be able to call the shots." ”