readx; Chengdu, Li Heng's army has arrived in Yizhou for almost a month, during this period, Li Heng has been quite low-key, he seems to have learned the lesson of being a prince many years ago, has been living in the military camp outside the city, did not visit any Chengdu officials, and did not privately see Gao Xianzhi, who holds military power, every evening, he will go to Nanming Palace on time, and do not enter the palace, just kneel deeply in front of the palace gate, choked up and said, "I wish my father good health!" ”

He knelt every day, rain or shine, and indeed won the praise of many people, today is dusk again, Li Heng as usual, galloped to the front of the Nanming Palace, he got off the carriage, and quickly came to the palace gate, hundreds of guards guarded around him, vigilantly looking at the surrounding situation, at this time, Li Heng slowly knelt down, facing the direction of the Nanming Palace's father's bedroom, respectfully kowtowed, and said with tears: "I wish my father and the emperor will always keep the dragon body, and it will last forever!" ”

In front of Nanming Palace is a wide street, it is the main arterial road in Chengdu, people come and go, it is very lively, Li Heng knelt in front of the palace gate, immediately attracted countless people to watch from afar, whispering in the crowd, most of them are praise. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Could it be that he is filial, it has been a month, and he has come to visit his father every day, and it rained so hard yesterday, and he actually came, not bad! Not bad! Filial piety comes first. ”

"I also heard that he has a bad reputation in Chang'an, and it seems that today's rumors in Chang'an may not be true, even if they are so sincere, they can't pretend if they want to."

．．．．．．． Just when everyone was talking, a carriage passed by, and in the carriage sat Cui Yuan, who had just taken over the position of Yang Guozhong's right minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he had just gone down to the court and was about to return home, passing by here, he happened to see Li Heng kneeling down on the street to worship Li Longji, Cui Yuan couldn't help but smile coldly, Li Heng's behavior really made him disdainful, why didn't he go in and kneel, he had to kneel in front of the public, who was this doing?

Cui Yuan is not very interested in Li Heng, especially he is not Li Heng's descendant, this time Li Heng came to Shu and brought more than 90 important ministers of the Northern Tang Dynasty, including Wang Heng, Li Lin, Ling Hufei and other important figures, these people were once the political ministers of the Northern Tang Dynasty, so once Li Heng ascended the throne, would he reuse himself? Even if he is reused for a short time, once he stabilizes the situation, he will still abandon himself.

Cui Yuan's heart was both disdainful of Li Heng, and at the same time full of worry, he knew that Wang Heng, Ling Hufei and others were secretly active in Chengdu and made friends with many ministers, and he also reported to Li Longji for this, but Li Longji was already extremely mediocre, and even told himself that Li Heng would ascend the throne sooner or later, and it was normal for him to make friends with ministers, and warned Cui Yuan not to provoke the relationship between their father and son, which made Cui Yuan have nothing to say.

Cui Yuan looked at Li Heng's farcical performance, he shook his head, and ordered the carriage to speed up and leave Nanming Palace.

Cui Yuan's mansion is not far from Nanming Palace, a few streets away, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the mansion, at this time, a confidant family rushed forward to report: "Cui Xiangguo, Chang'an has a letter delivered." ”

Cui Yuan was slightly stunned and asked, "Who sent the letter?" ”

The family whispered: "It's the second master of Chang'an Cui!" ”

The second master Cui is Cui Lian, Cui Yuan's brother, Cui Yuan was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Where is the letter?" ”

"The letter has been delivered to the master's inner study."

Cui Yuan nodded, and walked into the house quickly, he came to the inner study, there was a letter on the table in the study, he picked up the letter, and the letter was written very simply: Brother Cui Yuan opened it in person, and at first glance it was Cui Lian's handwriting, which was the first time Cui Lian had written to him this year.

Cui Yuan seemed to have a feeling in his heart, he opened the letter, the content of the letter was not much, it was to discuss with him the ten-year worship of the family in the first month of next year, Cui Yuan hoped that Cui Yuan would also be able to return to Chang'an at that time.

'Back to Chang'an? Cui Yuan pondered, this sentence, the words had words, it seemed to imply something, he slowly walked to the window, looked at the thick green outside the window, and his eyes were thoughtful.

．．．．． After Li Heng finished worshipping his father, he returned to the camp, at this time it was already dark, Li Heng changed his clothes, sat at the small table and drank tea slowly, he knew that someone would come to visit him soon, he received news at noon, his brother Li Lan's secret envoy had arrived in Chengdu, and he was about to arrive at the barracks, he was not in a hurry, he drank tea in a hurry, and was thinking about the next plan in his heart.

Of course, Li Heng would not really wish his father a long life, what did he do when he came to Chengdu? It's not a prince, he is a dignified emperor of the Northern Tang Dynasty, but he came to the Southern Tang Dynasty to be the prince, isn't this a joke? The reason why he refused to enter the city was actually because he wanted to go directly to the city and become emperor.

Li Heng has been in the Southern Tang Dynasty for nearly a month, although he does not live in the city, and rarely goes out of the military camp, but his henchmen Wang Heng and Ling Hufei and others are secretly active, not only many ministers are willing to support him, even Gao Xianzhi, who holds a heavy army, has also expressed his position, he supports the Southern Tang Emperor, no matter who ascends the throne, he will support, that is, Gao Xianzhi will not participate in the alternate struggle for the throne.

With Gao Xianzhi's words, Li Heng was completely relieved, as a month passed, the time was gradually ripe, and now he was still waiting for the last condition, once the condition was realized, it was time to do it.

At this time, there was the sound of the guards running outside the tent, Li Hengteng stood up, looked nervously outside the tent, and the guards ran quickly to report: "Your Highness, he is here!" ”

"Good! Invite him in. ”

The person who came was the envoy of Li Lan, the king of Wu, the sixteenth son Li Lan was born to Guo Shunyi, since his mother died at a young age, he was raised by Li Heng, and slept with him in his arms, although they were called brothers, but they were like father and son, Li Heng had already ascended the throne in Chang'an, he got Li Lan's secret letter, supporting his brother as the emperor of the Northern Tang Dynasty, this time Li Heng came to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he hoped that his brother could support him to ascend the throne, the handwritten letter has been written, he has been waiting for his brother's official reply.

After a while, Li Ling's envoy was led into the big tent, only to see that the phoenix eyes had a long nose and an extraordinary atmosphere, Li Heng was stunned for a moment, he had seen this person, and he was very familiar with it, and the envoy turned out to be the world-famous poet Li Taibai.

The envoy is indeed Li Bai, Li Bai has traveled around since leaving Chang'an, after returning from Qilu, he went to Hangzhou to mourn He Zhizhang, he likes the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, so he lived in the Jiangnan area for a long time, Li Lan heard that Li Bai lived in the south of the Yangtze River, he sent someone to invite Li Bai to be born as an official, but was rejected by Li Bai, Li Lan did not give up, the second time he sent someone to go, or was politely refused, when the third time Li Lan personally went to Yuhang to invite, and finally moved Li Bai, who had been depressed for many years, Li Bai felt his sincerity, and promised to be his staff, Born to assist Li Lan.

Because Li Heng's matter was very important, and Li Bai grew up in Bashu, Li Lan sent Li Bai to Chengdu to complete this important task for him.

Li Bai stepped forward and bowed and said, "Li Bai, the staff member of King Wu's account, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Heng hurriedly returned the smile and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Taibai, we haven't seen each other for many years!" ”

Li Bai also smiled: "The last time we met was in the fourth year of Tianbao, we met at the New Year's banquet in Daming Palace, ten years have passed in this moment, and His Royal Highness's demeanor is still the same!" ”

"Where! I'm getting older every year! ”

Li Heng laughed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Taibai, please sit down!" ”

Li Bai was not polite, sat down, and without waiting for Li Heng to speak, he took out a letter and put it on the table, and pushed it to Li Heng, "This is a personal letter from His Royal Highness King Wu, please take a look at it." ”

Li Heng hurriedly opened the letter and read it carefully, in which Li Ling not only made it clear that he supported him as emperor, but also was willing to send troops to the west and cooperate with him to jointly exterminate Li Mao, the king of Jing.

Li Heng was overjoyed in his heart, and said with a long smile: "I knew that my brother would not let me down." ”

Li Bai also smiled slightly: "King Wu still has a message for me to bring to His Highness." ”

"Say quickly, what message?"

"King Wu said that Bashu is biased towards a region, which is not conducive to the growth of strength, nor is it conducive to the control of Jiangnan, he hopes that His Royal Highness can move the capital to Jingxiang as soon as possible, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Northern Tang Dynasty to deal with An Lushan's lack of time to look south, collect money and grain, train soldiers, and then be able to compete with the Northern Tang Dynasty, and I hope that His Royal Highness will not rush to attack Chang'an in the north, and now we are far from being Li Qing'an's opponent."

Mentioning Li Qing'an's name, Li Bai's face flashed a trace of unnaturalness, he and Li Qing'an have old friends, he himself doesn't want Li Lan and Li Qing'an to contend with each other, it is best for both sides to compromise and rule the river, but with the development of the current situation, with Li Lan's support for Li Heng, Li Bai gradually understood that peaceful coexistence is just a dream, at most it can only be extended backwards.

Li Bai sighed in his heart, and continued: "Your Highness, this is a message from King Wu, Your Highness can send someone to verify it." ”

"I don't need it!"

Li Heng waved his hand and said with a smile: "I can trust Mr., Mr. has worked hard all the way, I have arranged food and lodging, please go and rest!" ”

After speaking, he instructed the guards again: "Serve Mr. Taibai well, and there must be no slackness!" ”

The guard agreed, and led Li Bai down, Li Heng looked at Li Bai's back with his hands behind his back and walked away, he suddenly snorted coldly, and immediately returned to the account to write a letter, and handed it to Li Fuguo, who had been standing behind him: "Send someone to send this letter to Yangzhou to King Wu immediately." ”

Li Fuguo agreed, took the letter and hurried away, in fact, Li Heng didn't believe Li Bai's message at all, he had to send his own people to implement it, so he could believe it.

After arranging Li Lan's affairs, Li Heng finally made up his mind at this time, once the time was ripe, he would not hesitate at all, and now the time was ripe.

He took out a small sandalwood box from the box beside him, opened it, and inside was a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, he carefully picked up this pearl with his index finger and thumb, and looked through the light, the pearl shimmered green, but if you looked closely, you will find that inside the pearl, there was a short and thick needle.

Li Heng carefully put Mingzhu back in the box, summoned one of his henchmen, handed him the box, and said, "You quickly go to Nanming Palace to find Yu Chaoen, give this to him, don't say anything, he will naturally understand." ”

The guard took the wooden box and went out of the tent, at this time Li Heng was excited in his heart, this moment of hope finally came, he immediately got up and ordered: "Pass my order, the army is ready for battle, ready to be on standby!" ”

．．．．．．．．． Nanming Palace, Li Longji is ready to sleep, since Li Heng entered Shu, his follow-up problem has finally been solved, Li Longji's most anxious major event has also been put down, and he no longer cares about political affairs, all handed over to Cui Yuan, in his plan, as long as Li Heng adapts to Chengdu for three months, he can transfer all the power of government affairs to Li Heng, let him be the crown prince and the country, then there will be no contradiction between him and his son, you can be his emperor with peace of mind, and finally enjoy a few more years.

It is precisely because of this good wish that Li Longji's mood has become relaxed, and his sleep has gradually returned to normal, but his suspicion of the people around him has become more and more serious, since Li Wan and Yang Guozhong broke out to kill him, Li Longji no longer trusts anyone around him, and his suspicion makes his heart always full of killing, and the palace maids and eunuchs who are waiting for him make a slight mistake, and they will be executed immediately.

At this time, Li Longji had already soaked his feet in hot water, and the two palace maids knelt in front of him, and wiped his feet with a thick white cloth in fright.

Just now, the inner chamberlain ordered Yu Chaoen to ask him for instructions, he could change it to white cloth or fine linen cloth to wipe his feet, Li Longji agreed, tonight is the first time to use white cloth to wipe Li Longji's feet, this kind of white cloth is more than ten years ago when the envoy of Anxi Jiedu Fu Meng Lingcha paid tribute to the imperial court, it is a white cloth produced in Egypt, and it has been useless.

This kind of white cloth is different from Gaochang's white cloth, very fine and soft, very absorbent, Li Longji felt very comfortable, he found that the cloth for wiping his feet was different from before, so he asked, "What is this?" ”

A palace maid trembled and said, "Back to the saint, this is Anxi's white cloth!" ”

It was also the bad fate of this palace maid, she didn't know how sensitive Li Longji was to the word 'Anxi', Li Longji heard the word Anxi, his eyes suddenly shot a fierce light, and he stared at the palace maid viciously, "What did you just say?" ”

The two palace maids were frightened, and their teeth 'clicked!' Li Longji was furious, kicked the two palace maids over, and shouted angrily: "Drag it out, beat it to death with a stick!" ”

More than a dozen guards rushed out from the outside, they were extremely skillful, grabbed the hair of the two palace maids and dragged them out, the two palace maids collapsed in fright, and they didn't even have the sound of begging for mercy, but they just let out 'Ah! Yes! The other dozen or so palace maids standing on both sides were already mourning and dying, they turned their heads one after another, and the opposite wall burst into tears, and it was their turn to be next.

At this time, it was the turn of the other two palace maids to come up and serve, they didn't dare to say a word, re-fetched water for Li Longji's feet, wiped him clean, maybe because he had killed the two, Li Longji was a little tired, he went to bed under the service of the palace maids, at this time, Li Longji pointed to one of the palace maids named Xun Niang, and asked her to stay with him, although Li Longji is no longer humane, but he still has a strong desire for women, and he will use a special way to satisfy his **.

The palace maids glanced at Xun Niang with pity, and they all retreated to the outhouse, at this time, Li Longji took out a whip from the camera obscura in the bed, squinted at the young palace maid who was only sixteen years old, her eyes were full of evil smiles, and the leather whip pointed at her.

Xun Niang knew that she could not be spared, she finally glanced at the night sky outside the window with nostalgia, untied her belt, and the skirt robe slipped off her body, revealing a crystal white jade body, kneeling on the ground, at this time, Li Longji's eyes gradually began to turn red, and he twisted his whip with a cruel smile, 'Smack! There was a crisp thud on the ground, accompanied by the miserable cry of a woman.

．．．．．．．． Yu Chaoen quietly walked into Li Longji's bedroom at the first watch, Li Longji had already fallen asleep, and the bloody Xunniang fainted on the ground, with a leather whip around her neck, according to the general situation, this palace maid should be out of breath, Yu Chaoen did not pay attention to her, but walked towards Li Longji who was asleep on the bed step by step. But today there was a little accident in this palace maid, Li Longji finally had no strength, so that this palace maid was not strangled to death, she just fainted, and at this time she had woken up, she was awakened by Yu Chaoen's gentle footsteps, she held her breath, peeked at Yu Chaoen in horror, only to see him slowly take out a bead from his arms, the pearl exuded a green light light, in the dim green light, Yu Chaoen's face became as terrifying as the devil, he slowly pulled out a needle from the bead, the needle was very short and thick, As if it was filled with liquid, Yu Chaoen walked up to Li Longji, he stared at Li Longji for a long time, and suddenly raised the needle to stab Li Longji's forehead, and at this moment, Xun Niang, who fell to the ground, was frightened. There was a scream on the ground, the sound was very small, but it was like a thunderbolt from the sky to Yu Chaoen, his hand shook, and the poison needle in his hand fell on Li Longji's face, he froze as if he had been immobilized, at this time, Li Longji opened his eyes suddenly, and he saw Yu Chaoen who made a posture of assassinating himself.

"There are thorns...."

Li Longji shouted, but he hadn't finished shouting, Yu Chaoen suddenly pounced like crazy, grabbed Li Longji's neck, covered his mouth, Li Longji struggled desperately, whining, seeing that Yu Chaoen was going to be unable to hold it down, at this moment, Xun Niang suddenly stood up and wrapped the leather whip around Li Longji's neck, Yu Chaoen was overjoyed, he tightened the leather whip, so that he couldn't shout, Li Longji's feet were kicking desperately, and suddenly the sound of the guards running outside, someone was shouting: "Surround the dormitory, don't allow the assassins to escape!" ”

Li Longji's struggle became more and more violent, the power of survival was extremely great, and Yu Chaoen's heart began to despair, but at this moment, Xun Niang slowly picked up the poisonous needle that fell aside, staring at Li Longji with great hatred, she slammed the needle, and the poisonous needle pierced Li Longji's temple.

With a scream, Li Longji's body gradually softened............... On the seventh day of July in the fourteenth year of Tianbao in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Longji was assassinated by a palace maid, unfortunately died, Li Heng ascended the throne in the Nanming Palace at four watch in the morning, surrounded by three thousand ironclad soldiers, hundreds of officials entered the court and entered the pilgrimage, Gao Xianzhi also issued a statement to support Li Heng's accession to the throne., Li Heng immediately issued an order, respecting Li Longji Temple as Xuanzong, and the coffin was temporarily stored in Hanyuan Temple on the outskirts of Chengdu, and it will be sent to Chang'an for burial in the future.

Since then, Li Heng finally became emperor in the Southern Tang Dynasty and confronted the Northern Tang Dynasty, and at the same time he issued an order to order Li Mao of Jingzhou to enter Shujing for the Hajj.

(To be continued)