Chapter 594: A Thousand Branches and Flowers Pointing Eastward

On this day, there was a rare vision in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty since the founding of the country.

It is the cold winter of the years, but in Chang'an City, there are hundreds of flowers in full bloom, and thousands of trees are verdant all over the place.

If it weren't for the fact that there were already snowflakes fluttering in the sky, I am afraid that I would think that Chang'an would be in the spring overnight.

"Why is this happening?"

Such a vision, naturally, also alarmed the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, led the civil and military officials to the city wall, and looked at it, countless greens were dotted on the snow, and said.

"Qin Tianjian, why has the celestial phenomena changed so much? Is there another arrangement in the Heavenly Court? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the sky is as usual, and it is not the work of God."

"Could it be that some alien or monster sneaked into Chang'an and used supernatural powers?" Tang Emperor Li Shimin stroked the long beard under his chin, and the emperor was too majestic and asked.

Hearing this, the officials of Jingzhao Mansion cautiously walked out of the back row of the hundred officials and bowed in response. "Wechen has mobilized his subordinates to conduct a thorough investigation within the scope of Chang'an."

"Your Majesty......"

Wei Zheng, who was following Tang Emperor Li Shimin's side, took a closer look and spoke. "Although this kind of image is strange, it is the meaning of spring returning to the earth, full of vitality, it should be an auspicious omen, or something happy will happen in the near future, so it reminds us to wait."

"Father, look ......"

At this moment, the beautiful eyes of Princess Gaoyang, who heard such a vision and left the palace with Tang Emperor Li Shimin, suddenly discovered something, and walked towards the largest tree outside Chang'an City.

"The tree, with all its branches and leaves, pointed to the east."

When Li Shimin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly opened the placket and looked at the line of words written on it: "The day when the pine branches go east in the coming year will be the time when the poor monk returns." ”

"Could it be that the royal brother is coming back?"

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, the hundred officials who followed him couldn't help but be quiet, and the minds of many officials who had seen Tang Sanzang once again appeared in their minds with great clarity and incomparably clear figures, such as the figure of the monk who was like a saint and a Buddha.

Immediately, Li Shimin and Baiguan settled their minds and looked around Chang'an, but they really found that inside and outside Chang'an City, not only pine branches, but the branches of all trees were stretching towards the east, and the flowers were also blooming slowly towards the east, as if welcoming the return of some existence.

"Quick!"

At this moment, when he was middle-aged, Tang Emperor Li Shimin, whose temples were beginning to show gray, was so excited that his eyes were full of tears, and his palms couldn't stop patting the city wall and said.

"Royal brother, royal brother is finally back, my brother, finally back, he lives up to me, he lives up to me, hahaha."

Seeing this, Wei Zheng couldn't help but hurriedly open his mouth to persuade. "Your Majesty is healing from the wind chill in front of you, the city wall is frozen, it is easy to attract wind and evil into the body, and you need to pay attention to the dragon body, if the holy monk returns later, you can talk to the holy monk about the parting feelings for ten years......"

After a pause, Wei Zheng turned his head and said to Wei Chigong and Qin Qiong. "Two generals, please also send soldiers to the west as soon as possible to welcome back the holy monk on behalf of Your Majesty."

"No!"

Tang Emperor Li Shimin did not hesitate to interrupt Wei Zheng's suggestion, waved his hand, and said excitedly. "Prepare a horse, prepare a horse for me, prepare a horse for me, it was I who personally bid farewell to my brother back then, and today I will naturally welcome my brother back in person."

"Your Majesty thinks twice."

All of a sudden, many officials knelt down and persuaded them. "Your Majesty, please take the dragon body as the priority, now that the snow is falling, the weather is cold, and it is really inappropriate to leave Chang'an rashly."

"Shut up, I am the elder brother of the royal brother, the younger brother left Chang'an alone, I don't know how much heat and cold he has experienced, he used to be just a thin monk who sat in the temple for a long time and chanted the Buddha......"

Speaking of this, Tang Emperor Li Shimin's eyes were slightly red, and there were tears, and he said. "I tossed and turned for countless nights, I couldn't sleep all night, and I deeply regretted that I was persuaded by my brother to let him go west alone, even if I fell asleep, every time I fell asleep, I seemed to hear my brother telling me about the pain of traveling west."

"And in the letter sent back by Wang Xuance Aiqing a while ago, it was said that the royal brother had to abandon the foal after traveling less than 100 miles west, and had to climb and walk between the mountains with his feet, how bitter?"

"What's more, the royal brother is alone, so he has to adopt a mountain of wild monkeys to accompany him, in order to relieve his loneliness and sorrow, and I ...... but in the palace, alas......"

"As soon as I thought of this, my heart was like a knife, I regretted it, and I couldn't wait to pour the strength of the country all the way to the west, where Tianzhu is, then I will fight until I find my royal brother."

Tang Emperor Li Shimin took a deep breath and let the cold air enter his stomach, only then did he suppress his excited emotions, glanced at the hundred officials in front of him who knelt on the ground and stopped speaking, and said.

"I have made up my mind, don't persuade you, if you feel the cold, you can go back to the mansion and wait for the news, and when I welcome the royal brother back, I will come back to see you again."

With a word, Tang Emperor Li Shimin threw off his cloak and hurriedly walked under the city wall, while Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong and other generals hurriedly got up and guarded Li Shimin.

As for the many civil officials who were still kneeling on the city wall, they couldn't help but shrink their necks when they felt the cold and cold of some snowflakes falling on their necks, and when they looked at each other, many civil officials showed bitter expressions.

After all, not every civil official can be blessed with great luck, and the Heavenly Court takes the initiative to grant the position of righteous god, and become a minister of man and god like Wei Zheng.

In such a cold climate, let them ride horses and gallop, it will really kill them.

It's a pity that although Li Shimin fully understood them verbally and allowed them to go back to the mansion to rest, they naturally didn't dare to let His Majesty at least go out of the city, but they continued to be warm and jade in the mansion.

Soon, Chang'an City resounded with a large number of horses' hooves falling to the ground, and between the galloping horses, they quickly headed towards the west, and one of them took the lead, but it was a middle-aged man in a bright yellow dragon robe.

Ten miles, in a blink of an eye......

Twenty miles is also far away!

Tang Emperor Li Shimin did not waver in the slightest, at this moment he was so excited that his whole body was hot, and he thought that he might be able to talk with his royal brother tonight, and he slept on his feet, and he only felt that he had inexhaustible strength.

However, the many civil officials hanging at the back of the mighty line felt that their bones were about to fall apart, and then hung in the cold wind.

"Hey, gentlemen......"

Patrolling the military ranks on the side, Wei Chi Gong, who passed by the civilian officials, saw the faces of many civilian officials and said. "This horse is much stronger than the horse of 'Pingkangli', if the body is not good, it is better not to be reluctant."

"Humph!"

Several civilian officials closest to Wei Chigong snorted coldly with difficulty, and said in a trembling voice. "I will wait for the etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics to be fine, so I won't bother General Wei Chi."