On Li Linfu's mansion in Pingkangfang, in his unique inner crescent-shaped main hall warm pavilion, Li Linfu held scissors in his hand, stood in front of a half-yellowed oak tree, and cut the yellow leaves leaf by leaf in the soil.

The chief steward came up with the tea and persuaded Ah Lang: "The leaves are yellowing too fast, Ah Lang might as well abandon it and replace it next year." ”

Li Linfu didn't think about it, and said sadly: "Next year, I still have a few next year." ”

Then he said even more pessimistically: "If the tree is withered, it can be replaced, and if something is withered, can it be replaced?" ”

The chief steward may or may not understand what Ah Lang is saying. After he handed the sencha over, he was just about to retreat, when he suddenly remembered something, turned around and crossed his hands and said, "There is someone in the palace, do you want to see Ah Lang?" ”

"Of course you want to see you, please come in."

The person who entered the door was a young man in regular clothes, if you didn't listen to him, you wouldn't be able to tell if it was a eunuch at all, but the strength of groveling at this moment was quite a bit of the essence of a slave.

Li Linfu was also very polite to him, and invited him to sit cross-legged on the ground and asked, "There must be something important to serve this time." ”

The eunuch attached himself to Li Linfu's ear and whispered a few words, until Li Linfu heard it like thunder, and his face was like earth.

"That's what he said?"

"Absolutely."

Li Linfu was suddenly depressed and couldn't hide his indignation, and excitedly looked up to the sky and shouted: "Oh my God! I think I, Li Linfu, have been in power for nearly 20 years, and I have been in charge of the dynasty for more than ten years, and I will lose to a relative who does not learn and has no skills! Your Majesty, have you been so confused that you can't even distinguish between talent and mediocrity! ”

This pessimistic call seems to be the most correct call of Li Linfu in his life, but what he is still thinking about in his head is not Kuang Fu Sheji, but that he is old and will definitely be counted by those who come after him, Yang Guozhong has never been a person who can tolerate people.

His eyes darkened with grief, and he fainted backwards, and the servants hurriedly stepped forward to hug him and lay him on the bed.

After a while, Li Linfu slowly woke up, and there was a full-time medical officer in the house sitting next to him, this medical officer put a pulse on his hand, and said with his hands crossed: "Ah Lang, you have a long-term accumulation of depressed qi, which has caused lesions in your lungs, and you need to recuperate with peace of mind. ”

Li Linfu knew that this was what the emperor and Yang Guozhong were angry about. He now has two enemies who can't be minded even if they die, one is Yang Guozhong, and the other is An Lushan. He can predict the future of these two people, but he can't predict the fate of the Tang Dynasty, he is so small that he can't see the big, and he is so weak and powerless in the face of the laws of history.

At the lowest point of the end of the prosperity of such an empire, at the final point of such a life. He suddenly wanted to create an opponent who would add difficulty to the two's confrontation, which would be the most proud calculation in his life, which might be able to curb An Lushan's ambition and perhaps determine Yang Zhao's ultimate fate.

Thinking of this, Li Linfu supported his sick body to get up from the couch, and the chief steward and his family hurriedly dissuaded him, but he was so stubborn that he couldn't say anything.

"Come on, sharpen my ink!"

He sat in front of the desk in a white middle single, his energy gathering between his eyebrows. The two servants waited carefully, one grinding the ink and the other selecting the ink tube, and then dipped in the ink and handed it to Li Gonu.

His hand holding the barrel of the pen trembled slightly, but when it fell on the paper, it was as steady as a rock, and finally he wrote the first line......

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As soon as the cold autumn came, Li Longji took his favorite concubines and ministers to live in the Lishan Hot Spring Palace, and Li Linfu, who was seriously ill, was also invited by the emperor to be carried by his family to the servants in a soft sedan chair, and followed the mighty travel team to Zhaoying County, where Lishan is located.

Zhaoying County, formerly known as Huichang, is a county system designed for the Huaqing Palace in Lishan, because of the scale around the Huaqing Palace in Lishan, a huge urban cluster has been formed, comparable to the land occupied by a county in Chang'an City. Therefore, Li Longji built Huichang with Lishan, and controlled the number of construction populations to prevent it from continuing to expand, which overwhelmed Guanzhong.

After Li Linfu arrived in Zhaoying, he became more seriously ill because of the delay in the journey, and the medical officer in the house prescribed several pairs of medicines to no avail. The family rushed to the hospital and searched for a famous witch doctor nearby. Seeing that it was Li Linfu, the witch doctor didn't dare to slack off, and thought of a seemingly reliable excuse and said: "Xianggong is a mental illness that has caused the invasion of evil spirits, if you can see the saint, you will definitely be able to drive away the evil spirits and improve your condition." ”

Li Linfu immediately sent his family to write a letter and sent someone to the palace to pass it to the emperor, after all, the monarch and the minister have been with each other for more than ten years, and the emperor still has feelings for Li Linfu and decided to visit.

Yuan Siyi and several eunuchs hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, since Li Linfu is infected with a vicious disease and does not know the situation, Your Majesty must not be in danger, it is better to send a person close to him to visit on behalf of Your Majesty." ”

Li Longji was quite hesitant, twisted his beard and said, "Li Linfu wrote to say that the witch doctor asserted that he could drive away evil spirits when he saw me, and his condition improved, so how could I ignore it?" ”

"Hey, Your Majesty, don't believe the words of the witch doctor." Yuan Siyi's mind turned, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Li Linfu's letter said that he would get better when he saw His Majesty, why bother to see him in person, His Majesty only needs to stand on the tall building and let Li Linfu take a look at it from afar, which not only guarantees His Majesty's safety, but also fulfills the righteousness of the monarch and ministers." ”

Looking at this little head and thinking about problems, it is different from normal people. They did everything they could to prevent Li Linfu from seeing the emperor, but they actually had deeper considerations.

Yuan Siyi and these eunuchs who advised were originally Li Linfu's inner line in the palace.

Li Linfu is seriously ill and is about to die soon, who is happiest to hear this news, is it his enemy? Of course not, the enemy on his face has long since died, and the enemy in the field is burdened with deep hatred, Li Linfu's death of illness is too cheap for them, and they can't use it with their own hands, how can they get rid of their hatred.

Now what I hope he dies most is the eunuchs he bought in the deep palace, including Yuan Siyi, these people all accepted the benefits of Li Linfu, and collected the activities and words and deeds of the emperor in the palace for him. But there is no impermeable wall in the world, once what they do is known by the emperor, it will inevitably end up with their heads falling to the ground, and if the initiator behind them dies, then this matter will always be a secret and will not be mentioned again.

Li Longji accepted Yuan Siyi's opinion and ordered Li Linfu's family to carry him to the courtyard, while he climbed to the Descending Pavilion of the palace, holding a red scarf in his hand and beckoning to Li Linfu.

The old man lying on the Hu bed is already in his last years, he may have been in the limelight for a while, or he may have been in charge of the court alone, intimidating the ministers and making the world fearful. He was about to enter the Yellow Springs at last, and his withered arms were gently raised, and he looked at the vague figure of the king on the building, and his heart suddenly felt infinitely desolate.

From the twenty-five years since its opening, to the eleventh year of today's treasure, he has been in charge of the emperor's government for 16 years, and he has borne the infamy for his laziness for 16 years. The king's wasted government affairs were all taken care of by him, and he knew what kind of courtiers he needed, so he was willing to take on this role. Now he is seriously ill, but he can't get a sight, and sure enough, the coldness of the world is the most king's heart.

The red scarf in Li Longji's hand had obscured all images, leaving only concrete symbols, and his eyes were in a trance.

The right minister flicked his fingers with difficulty: "You, thank Your Majesty on my behalf." ”

Li Linfu's sons, wives and concubines knelt on the ground and threw themselves to the emperor on the tall building, bowing three times and knocking nine times.