Chapter 44: Hou Junji is back
On the bank of Weishui, Li Er killed his mount on the spot, formed an alliance with the Turks, and then returned directly to Chang'an, and lost his temper in the Lizheng Palace.
For a while, everyone in the palace was in danger, and the palace people were careful when they worked, and if they accidentally made a loud noise, they would be punished. In the past few days, many people have been beaten for these trivial things in the past, although they are not fatal, but they are also fleshy.
In the Liangyi Palace, Li Er was lying on a soft couch, and the eldest grandson sat on the side and gently rubbed his temples. In the past few days, Li Er's temper is very short-tempered, and he can only be quiet for a while when he is here with the eldest grandson, as long as he gets out of the gate of the Liangyi Palace, Li Er will become a humanoid cannonball, and he will explode at one point. As long as something doesn't go well, it will be a punishment, if it weren't for the fact that there is still a little bit of reason to restrain him, I am afraid that there will be a few more wisps of grievances in the inner courtyard of this deep palace. The pain in Li Er's heart, as his wife, his queen, and eldest grandson are very understanding. This unprecedented humiliation had damaged his pride by Yan zhòng, and he could not tolerate such humiliation. But the form is stronger than the human, and Li Er has no other way but to be angry.
The Turkic soldiers retreated, leaving behind the devastated Tang River and Mountains. and the corpses lying on the side of the road, in the overgrown wilderness.
A ragged man, walking on the official road leading to Chang'an, although the clothes on his body were tattered, but the texture was excellent satin, and the boots under his feet, although the toes were exposed, were not objects that ordinary people could afford to wear. His face was as withered, and his eyes were blank. Every time I saw the corpses of the people lying on the side of the road, a wisp of sorrow and unforgettable hatred flashed unconsciously in my originally wooden eyes.
Chang'an City is not far from here. The man found a waterhole, and despite the biting cold, he jumped down to wash the blood and dust off his body. Then he went ashore and headed for Chang'an again. This time he straightened his waist like a green pine growing straight to the sky. After washing the blood stains off his face, he revealed a thin face. Although the eyes are blank, they are still like a deep pool, and people dare not look directly. This is the momentum cultivated by being in a high position for a long time and killing people like hemp. This person is none other than others. It was Hou Junji, who disappeared after Shuofang City was breached.
Shuofang is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and it has been almost a month since Jieli broke through Shuofang, this month. Hou Junji found a cave to recuperate at the beginning. After the injury stabilized, he came towards Chang'an City without doubt, and there was a war horse at first, but the war horse was exhausted to death in the middle of the road because he was eager to hurry. After that, Hou Junji marched forward on foot, measuring the rugged official road of the Tang Dynasty step by step. From time to time, there were Tang Dynasty soldiers on the official road who were collecting the corpses, and these soldiers had also stopped and asked Hou Junji, but he just didn't say a word and left indifferently. The soldiers saw him like this. didn't dwell on it anymore, but Hou Junji could still feel that someone was peeping in the dark. Within a few days, though, that was gone.
He is coming back to ask for sin, he has the trust of the saint and lost Shuofang City, which is the greatest shame for the general. He sometimes wished he had died in Shuofang City. At least there are countless robes of his there, but he survived, even if he ran into the Qilian Mountains by chance, but the entire 30,000 troops were wiped out, and he was the boss alive, how could he be embarrassed? How will others talk behind their backs? Hou Junji could imagine it, but these were not reasons for him to escape. Since he is alive, he must be ashamed, and he must let the Turkic tribes be exterminated, so that he can be worthy of those soldiers who died in battle and those heroic souls who have gone away. Thinking of these, Hou Junji's steps became more determined.
In Chang'an City, Li Kuan was teaching Xiao Yuzhang: "This reading'! Li Kuan said, pointing to the 'a' symbol written with a brush on rice paper.
“a。” The little guy read obediently, if you don't listen, you can't listen, the little fart still hurts, although the tears made the second brother promise himself that he could ride the 'little gray gray' out to play, but this strange thing still needs to be learned.
Li Kuan is teaching Xiao Yuzhang pinyin, this thing, Li Kuan himself really can't remember everything, or a little desperately recalled, slowly put together, the little guy began to prepare when he was two years old to start enlightenment learning, and now it's done, naturally to test, the little guy has become the best real yàn guinea pig. was caught by Li Kuan and sat on the small bench obediently, if he dared not learn, he would beat the little ass.
"Second brother, these words are so ugly, they don't look good at all!" Xiao Yuzhang pointed to the pinyin table written by Li Kuan, and pouted with a look of reluctance.
"This is taught by the second brother's teacher, this thing will make Wei'er smarter!" Li Kuan coaxed the little guy, although he could be coerced by force, but violence could not solve the problem, just like the golden beans that fell all over the ground before, which made him busy for a while, and even the little gray ash had to be coaxed as a condition for compensation.
"Really?" As soon as the little guy heard that he could become smarter, he immediately became interested, who called Li Lizhi always said that she was stupid, so being smart became the little guy's greatest wish. Li Kuan also checked her pulse before saying this.
Speaking of which, the Weishui Alliance has also passed for several days, and the atmosphere in the palace has been very solemn. seems to be arguing over something, even the eldest grandson is no longer on the same side as Li Er this time, she has become the leader of the opposition, in addition to her, there are also Concubine Yang and Concubine Yin. I don't know what kind of bad thing it is, so that these three queens and imperial concubines actually have trouble with Li Er, you must know that the eldest grandson has always been a staunch supporter of Li Er, Concubine Yang has always been a smiling face to everyone without arguing, and Concubine Yin rarely fights for power and profit, because she knows what kind of virtue her son is, and the grievances between her own family and the Li family are also a big obstacle, and she is satisfied with her current status! Why force anything?
But this time, these two imperial concubines, who had not spoken much, actually jumped out and stood on the opposite side of Li Er. I really don't know what Li Er is thinking again, but these concubines with princes have all jumped out, so he must be indispensable, but he has no mother, no one to support him, and he is still in the dark. And Li Chengqian and they haven't seen anyone these days, it seems that they know what Li Er plans to do, Li Kuan felt that this motherless life was not good for the first time, before that, he wanted to do what he wanted to do, compared to Li Chengqian, they were not allowed, and they were not allowed to be much freer, but after Li Er ascended the throne, Li Kuan found out that it was much easier to mix with a good mother in this deep palace.
But Li Kuan didn't care too much, no matter what, if Li Er wins, then his brothers will definitely not be able to run away, if the eldest grandson wins, then continue to live the current small life, there is almost nothing to fear for Li Kuan.
The next day, the lead-black clouds finally cleared, the snow ceased to fall, and the sun rose above the horizon, casting a huge red glow.
Hou Junji held a handful of snow on the side of the road, wiped his face a few times, looked at the Mingde Gate in the distance, and cried loudly! A month ago, he left from here, it was a freshly clothed angry horse, and behind him was the army of tigers, who followed him to defend the Tang Frontier. But now that I have returned here, the mark on the willow tree that the bridge has turned into is still like a new trace, but the person who left at the beginning can never come back except himself. He couldn't help crying bitterly, those who followed him were all men who crawled out of the pile of dead people in the wars, all first-class heroes. But he took them out, but he didn't bring them back.
The soldiers guarding the city of Mingde Gate looked at the man who was crying outside the city, and wondered: Although all the people who saw the magnificent and unparalleled Chang'an City would be excited, it was the first time they had seen it with excitement. What a common man who loves the Tang Dynasty is this, and when they saw this majestic capital, they all cried bitterly. It can be called a model for the people of the Tang Dynasty! If you want to play the court, such a person will definitely be rewarded!
The soldiers were in the belly, and the general who guarded the city heard the movement, and came over, and by the faint light of the rising sun, the defender carefully looked at the people who wept bitterly below. Seeing this, it was terrible, and he suddenly shouted: "It's General Hou!" General Hou is back! Open the gates, I'll report it! "This defender didn't expect the big pie to hit his head, Hou Junji, this name is now known in the Tang Dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty is known to the civil and military, Chang'an people, as the closest to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, are more well-informed than officials in some remote areas. Therefore, Hou Junji lost the matter of Shuofang City, and there are few people in Chang'an who don't know about it. It's just that Hou Junji is missing, so the Hou family hasn't been held accountable by Li Er for the time being, and they will not deal with it until they determine whether Hou Junji died on the battlefield or escaped from the battlefield to figure out the reason for the loss of Shuofang City.
Now that Hou Junji is back, this news is enough for the city gate general to take some credit and move his position up again. It was a tiresome job to guard the gates, and I watched my brothers search the boxes, wagons, and so on every day. The people are just that, if you meet those nobles, the reasonable will cooperate, and the unreasonable you are a small city gatekeeper, and if you beat it, you will be beaten, and no one will say anything.
So he hurriedly ran towards Miyagi, shouting as he ran: "General Hou Junji Hou is back......"
Today, it was Duan Zhixuan who was on duty in Miyagi, and he was patrolling near the Vermilion Bird Gate with a team of Xuanjia under his command, and he was immediately excited when he heard this cry. Although Hou Junji is a bit gloomy, and his means are not on the table, but after all, it is a robe, and this brotherhood is still there, I heard that he was lost in Shuofang City, and these generals of Tiance Mansion also discussed together what the chances of coming back alive are. Now that Hou Junji has actually returned to Chang'an, how can he not be happy! If he hadn't been guarding the palace, he would have rushed out a long time ago, but although he couldn't leave, he would have stayed near the Vermilion Bird Gate, and let his subordinate Xuanjia go to inspect first, so he would stay here and wait, waiting for Hou Jun to gather into the palace to face the saint, he had a lot of doubts to ask! (To be continued......)