Chapter Twenty-Six: A Feast Like No Other in the World
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Cui Zhongping's words drew a moment of silence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lu Ziqian lowered his head and groaned, thinking about something.
There was no expression on Lu Zijian's old face.
After a while, Lu Zijian said, "Xiao Cui, you are a big gamble!" He said this, but then smiled: "But it's kind of interesting!" He was born in the last years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and watched the fall of the Sui Dynasty to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty with a cold eye, and experienced a lot of ups and downs in the past seventy or eighty years. Cui Zhongping's suggestion is amazing, but it is not enough to change the color of this weathered old man.
Cui Zhongping got the expected answer, and immediately said: "Your Majesty's intention to completely eliminate our family is as Sima Zhao's heart. With the conditions that Du He has created for him, as long as he gets rid of his dependence on our clan, he will not hesitate to attack us. At that point, we don't even have a chance to fight back. ”
Since childhood, the people in the family have instilled the concept of family first, and everything is based on the interests of the family. In their eyes, the affairs of the state and the world are far less than the interests of the family.
Li Shimin wants to deal with their family, and he is their enemy. Cui Zhongping called "Your Majesty", but his words did not have the due respect for the emperor, but there was a sense of hostility.
"It seems that we don't have a choice! However...... "Lu Zijian quickly decided, the clan is strong, but it is still small compared to Li Shimin, the emperor, and they will only be destroyed in an instant, if they don't take advantage of the power of the clan to save the defeat when Li Shimin is afraid, find a way to survive, and wait until the country gets rid of the dependence on the clan, they will no longer have the power to resist, but after all, this involves imperial power, and it is related to the life and death of the family, and they can't be careless, and said: "Can this Li Tai really be a promising king?" ”
Lu Zijian is a great Confucian in the world, although he focuses on the interests of the family, he does not want to support a person without virtue and destroy his reputation in one fell swoop.
Cui Zhongping said truthfully: "Li Tai may not be as wise and martial as Li Shimin, but he likes Confucianism, advocates Confucianism, and promotes benevolent government. This is far inferior even to the belligerent Majesty, whose study of Confucianism is almost below mine. If you are a gentleman, you can be a benevolent gentleman. Now the most vocal prince of the Tang Dynasty is none other than the crown prince Li Chengqian, the king of Wu Li Ke and the king of Wei Li Tai. Li Chengqian's supporters are headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, and it goes without saying what kind of role the eldest grandson Wuji is, and we know it well. Even if His Majesty opens up to us and does not kill them all, with the character of the eldest grandson Wuji, he will not give up easily. It is completely certain that Li Chengqian will succeed to the throne, and we will have no place to be buried. Li Ke has the style of Li Shimin, a pro-virtuous minister, a far villain, if he is the emperor, he can be regarded as a promising king, but he is very close to the Hanmen scholar and becomes the prince, and the status of our family is worrying. Only Li Tai, the king of Wei, showed us all kinds of goodwill, and I can't think of any reason not to support him. ”
Lu Zijian nodded and said, "The analysis is correct and reasonable!" The current situation is indeed a crisis, and being able to rely on Li Tai is indeed the only way to solve the problem, the old man agreed, Xiao Cui, let's talk about the real purpose of your coming to me! ”
Cui Zhongping said: "Li Chengqian does not have a sacred heart, and everyone knows it. Soon after the year, it will be His Majesty's fortieth birthday. Now that Datang is rich and strong, and all countries come to congratulate, it will be very lively. As long as Li Tai can win the Sacred Heart at this time and overshadow Li Chengqian in front of the envoys of all ethnic groups, he is expected to replace him. I heard that Lu Lao had Wang Youjun's "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" in his hand, so I took the liberty to ask for it. ”
Lu Zijian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Xiao Cui, you want my life!" ”
Wang Youjun, Wang Xizhi, the first calligrapher in ancient and modern times, his words are hard to find on the market.
"Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" is one of Wang Xizhi's proud works, although it is only more than 20 words, it shows its artistic conception of harmony and harmony. may not be as good as his own "Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface", but it is also a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages.
Lu Zijian loves him deeply and regards it as a second life.
Li Shimin's love for Wang Xizhi's Mobao is well known, and Cui Zhongping's implication is obviously that he wants Li Tai to use "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" to please Li Shimin.
Lu Zijian was distressed, but he also generously asked people to take "Clear Post When the Snow is Fast" and handed it to Cui Zhongping.
Compared with the interests of the family, this "Sunny Post When the Snow is Fast" is insignificant.
Cui Zhongping left satisfied.
Lu Ziqian helped Lu Zijian up, and suddenly said: "Grandfather, great-grandson wants to go to Chang'an and contribute to my Lu family." ”
Lu Zijian was silent for a moment and said, "It's okay, the eagle has grown up, and there will be a day when it will fly alone." Your intelligence, grandfather is very relieved, with you planning in secret, Li Tai's chances of obtaining the crown prince will be greatly increased. ”
Lu Ziqian smiled indifferently: "Grandfather misunderstood, great-grandson does not plan to become Li Tai's staff, under Li Tai's command, the child is useless." However, I heard that the crown prince Li Chengqian and Du He had a deep blood feud, and he had the heart to serve the crown prince Li Chengqian and kill people with a knife. ”
Lu Ziqian's "knife" refers to both Li Chengqian and Li Shimin, and the person who killed him was both Du He and Li Chengqian.
Although Li Shimin is the leader who really intends to suppress the world, he is the emperor, and no one can do anything to him. Therefore, the second Duhe is the biggest rival.
Du He has repeatedly hindered the development of the world, which has become a problem for their henchmen, and must be eliminated in order to be safe. But Du He is deeply respected by Li Shimin, and it is not easy to get rid of him. It's not an ordinary person, I really don't have the ability to do it.
Li Chengqian happens to be not an ordinary person, as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he is the most promising one.
At the same time, Li Shimin is the first emperor of the ages, he has only succeeded to the throne for thirteen years, and his achievements have attracted the attention of the world, and it is difficult for anyone to play any tricks under his nose.
There are only two results caused by Li Chengqian's death with Du He, one is that Du He died, Li Chengqian was implicated and lost the position of crown prince, otherwise Du He lived, Li Chengqian's success was defeated, and he still lost the position of crown prince.
The former is certainly a double win, but the latter can also make Lu Ziqian invincible.
This is also the reason why he chose Li Chengqian instead of Li Tai.
succeeded, he borrowed Li Chengqian's hand to kill Du He, Li Chengqian himself will not be able to escape the consequences, failed, it was he who borrowed the hands of Li Shimin and Du He, got rid of Li Chengqian, and created an opportunity for Li Tai.
It can also be seen that Lu Ziqian's poison is indeed deep in the bone marrow, which makes people shudder.
At this time, Du He, who was chatting with Li Yifeng, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, cold, secretly strange, and said in his heart: "I haven't felt this way since I won the eldest grandson old fox, why is it here again?" He shook his head disappreciatively and said, "Brother Li, I don't know what your plans are in the future?" ”
Li Yifeng said with a smile: "Traveling all over the world, I have discussed with Lingling, walking the world, while traveling the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, while cooperating with the local government to arrest important criminals." Well, the green mountains do not change the green water for a long time, and we will have a period later. ”
Du He smiled and sent Li Yifeng out of the gate, looking at the figures of the two of them in the distance, and had a premonition for no reason, when they met again, there would be a wonderful story.
That night, in order to vent yesterday's depression, he tried his best to punish Changle, until she couldn't get out of bed, and looked at Changle who couldn't move like mud before giving up the truce.
At dawn the next day, Du He received an invitation from Fang Yiai.
In the welcome building in the city, Du He's friends in Chang'an are readily available: not to mention the host's love, Luo Tong, the Li family brothers, Li Jingye, the eight living treasures of the Cheng family, and Xi Junmai and other characters are all gathered together.
Fang Yiai raised his glass and smiled: "This banquet should have been prepared on the day the eldest brother came back, but Luo Tong said that the eldest brother has been away from home for a year, and he should leave some time to accompany his family first, so it was postponed to today, don't blame the eldest brother!" ”
I haven't seen him for a year, Fang Yiai has matured a lot, maybe he wants to be a father, his behavior is no longer frivolous, and he exudes the charm of a mature man.
According to his understanding, Fang Yiai's married life is very happy, perhaps it is what Changle did that day, when Changle knelt down to worship Du Ruhui and his wife, Li Shimin made a holy decree, saying that the Tang Dynasty governs the country with benevolence and filial piety, and the elders are respected. In front of her in-laws, the princess should also fulfill her daughter-in-law's filial piety.
With this holy decree, the princesses who were domineering were much more restrained, and those princesses with gentle personalities served their in-laws like ordinary people.
Princess Yangcheng has been disciplined by the eldest grandson queen since she was a child, and she has no princess vices. For this wife, Fang Yiai is still very satisfied, and the land of fireworks will no longer go.
Thinking of the married life in the history of Fang Yiai, and looking at the present, Du He is sincerely happy that his brother can get rid of Gao Yang, the pioneer of extramarital affairs, and can't help but think: "Who is lucky enough to be able to marry that superb person?" Thinking of the character who once tried to listen to himself and Changle Cave Room under his bed, he felt a chill in his heart and prayed for her future husband.
Du He smiled: "I have received the wishes of your brothers, and I have missed many things after a year of absence. The bereaved wedding, the full moon wine of Mingda's eldest son, etc., I will make up for them one by one here, and each person will give three glasses, and he should be punished. ”
They all knew that Duhe had an excellent amount of wine, and a thousand glasses were not drunk, so they coaxed together.
Du He drank more than 20 cups in a row, and talked with them without changing his face.
Speaking of Xingtou, Li Jingye hooked up with his shoulder and said: "Brother Du is not in Chang'an this year, but he has suffered a big loss." Did you know you're missing out on a feast like no other? ”
Du He smiled: "Unparalleled in the world, this word is used, my heart is itchy, I don't know what feast, can it be called unparalleled in the world?" ”
Luo Tong answered: "But Gongsun Yeyue's sword dance, I also watched it, and it is not an exaggeration to call it unparalleled in the world." ”
Li Jingye likes to exaggerate when he speaks, but Luo Tong is real, even he said that he is unparalleled in the world, and he really brought up Du He's interest, and was about to ask, when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the street: "Miss Gongsun is here, come and see!" ”