On the third day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan was critically ill again, and died the next day after rescue efforts failed.

Overnight, the palace and the outside were full of vegetarianism, and the whole country mourned.

Li Yuan was originally born in a big family, and he enjoyed the support of the people as an official, and later Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, succeeded to the throne.

In the first half of his life, Li Yuan fought and killed, worked hard for the war every day, and suffered a lot of displacement; What about the second half of life? Dingding the world, dividing hundreds of officials, and enjoying the prosperity of the world.

But in his later years, he was betrayed by his son, forced to abdicate, and became the emperor who had no rights, and was confined in the Da'an Palace.

Although it is just a confinement, clothing, food, housing and transportation are all controlled by Li Shimin, but it is precisely because of this relationship that Li Yuan's life in Chang'an is not satisfactory, except for those sons who can enter the palace to meet him, no one dares to visit him at all, it can be said that he is lonely and desolate, and he can only vent his anger for no reason every day.

It wasn't until Li Yuanba's sudden awakening that Li Shimin finally lifted Li Yuan's captivity and gave him enough freedom.

Later, Li Jiancheng's resurrection from the dead made Li Yuan even more happy, after all, in addition to Li Yuanji, among the four descendant sons, he liked the other three.

Now that he is dying, he is accompanied by his three favorite sons, and he can be regarded as enjoying the blessing of his children and grandchildren.

Thinking of the first meeting between Li Yuanba and Li Yuan, Li Yuan burst into tears for a moment, and those big rough hands caressed his forehead, which felt like yesterday.

……

In the Xingqing Hall of Da'an Palace, the white couplets were hung up in the main hall, and Li Shimin's group of filial sons and grandsons were all dressed in linen and filial piety, kneeling outside the hall. Bow to the jade sarcophagus placed in the center of the main hall.

"Fourth brother, get up, my father died in his seventies, and it is a rare longevity in our Tang Dynasty!" King Jing Li Yuanjing knelt beside Li Yuanba, gently pulled the corner of Li Yuanba's clothes, and said.

"My father's life is not easy, I have been in a mess for more than ten years, and I can't do my filial piety in front of my father, but now my father is in the sky, let me accompany my father more!"

Li Yuanba's expression was gloomy at the moment, and his eyes were full of bloodshots. Yesterday, he kept watch by Li Yuan's side all night, and he didn't close his eyes all night.

Seeing Li Yuanba's rarely haggard look, Li Yuanjing couldn't help but be a little worried, and wanted to say something more, but Li Shimin, who didn't know when Li Yuanba appeared beside them, waved his hand at him.

Li Yuanjing naturally didn't dare to disobey Li Shimin, so he could only sigh helplessly and withdraw from the main hall.

"Yuanba, my father has passed away, and no matter how painful you are now, it will not help! My father fought for many years. There are dozens of old injuries on his body, I thought that Doctor Sun would be able to prolong the life of my father, but I didn't expect ......"

Li Shimin knelt down beside Li Yuanba and continued with a sad face: "Over the years. I'm sorry for my father! ”

Li Yuanba raised his head, looked at Li Shimin, who was also haggard, and said, "Brother Huang doesn't have to blame himself so much!" In recent days, his younger brother has been by his father's side, and his father has also mentioned the incident of that year. That position is the father himself willing to step down, otherwise, the royal brother will not be able to ascend to that position! ”

Seeing Li Shimin's face change slightly. Li Yuanba continued: "Now that my father is already in the sky, even if my brother says it, it is not unfilial! Let's take the Xuanhuang secret spy left by my father back then, if they all move, Brother Huang, do you think your position can still be stable? ”

As soon as Li Shimin wanted to say something, Li Yuanba shook his head and said: "The matter of the big food and Tianzhu will bother the imperial brother a lot, and the younger brother will keep filial piety for his father and emperor for three months!" ”

Seeing Li Yuanba so insistent, Li Shimin wanted to say something more, but Empress Changsun gave Li Shimin a look.

Li Shimin naturally knew what kind of stubborn temper his brother was, he shook his head, and was dragged out of the hall by Empress Changsun.

At this time, Li Yuanba's side was quiet, he gently touched the jade sarcophagus, and felt the coldness coming out of his palm, until now he was still a little unacceptable.

……

No matter how sad Li Yuanba is, the day of Li Yuan's burial has already been set, and he can't delay the day of Li Yuan's burial because of his personal pain.

After the burial, Li Yuanba continued to wear heavy filial piety and began a long three-month period of guarding Li Yuan's mausoleum.

After all, in his opinion, as a son of man, he didn't leave much time in the old man's life, which made Li Yuanba blame himself very much, and now he can only use this method to make up for it.

However, in the third month after Li Yuan was buried in the Mausoleum, the people of Tianjiwei found Li Yuanba.

Offering the mausoleum is Li Shimin according to the specifications of the original mausoleum of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty to build, this mausoleum is facing south in the north, the sealed soil is the mausoleum, it is a covered bucket type, the plane is rectangular, the cemetery is rammed to build the city Heng, each wall on all sides is a door, and a pair of stone tigers are placed outside the door.

Li Yuanba lived in the most central palace of the imperial mausoleum, surrounded and guarded by 5,000 soldiers guarding the mausoleum.

"Nutian Jiwei Zero-Character Secret Spy Yu Feng, I've seen the Wei Master!" A secret spy of the Heavenly Machine, whose whole body was wrapped in black cloth, knelt down on one knee in front of Li Yuanba and bowed.

Li Yuanba, who was still dressed in plain white filial piety clothes and had a scruffy beard, opened his eyes and glanced at the person in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice: "What's the matter?" ”

"Lord, the Tianjiwei branch in Tianzhu has sent back the news, the king of the Northern Tianzhu Jieri has passed away, and the prime minister of the Jieri Dynasty, Alona Shun, usurped the throne and established himself as the new king, but the prestige of Alona Shun is insufficient, and the forces of all parties in North Tianzhu are not subject to him, and now there is a great chaos in the country in North Tianzhu, and all forces are fighting for themselves, and many Tianzhu people have escaped from the country."

When he said this, the black-clothed Tianji guard paused and continued: "The Persian side has sent an army of 30,000 people to Tianzhu, and it is their new prince Benjamin who is leading the team, saying that he is helping Tianzhu put down the rebellion!" ”

"Oh!" Li Yuanba's eyes flickered, and he said: "Persia is quite good at falling into the well, but what does it mean to ask Benjamin to personally lead the troops?" Aren't these Persian nobles afraid that their princes will throw their lives in Beitianzhu? ”

The black-clothed heavenly guard shook his head and said, "Specifically, the slave doesn't know!" However, according to the news that has come back one after another in the past two months, another opposition has been completely suppressed by Benjamin's faction, and it will not be long before the enthronement ceremony will be held, this time it should be to accumulate some prestige for Benjamin! (To be continued.) )