Li Longji also wiped his tears and stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help the emperor up, and Lao Huai sighed with relief: "The two capitals have been recovered in just two years, you have such an achievement, I am ashamed of myself, I am relieved to put the country in your hands." ”

Li Heng cried again: "The child used to go north to Lingwu to ascend the throne, but he was forced to just ask for a proper name, and wanted to wait for the rebellion to be quelled and the two capitals were recovered. ”

"No, no, I'm old, it's hard to govern with poor spirits, and you're still in charge of the society, I just want to have a quiet place to live in the old age."

The father and son pushed for a while, and a historian next to him wrote down this historical moment of father's kindness and filial piety, and the emperor's family could set an example for the world, and then everyone was happy.

The emperor and the emperor stepped into their respective chariots, Li Heng sat in the car and pulled the front of the round-necked robe and breathed a sigh of relief, like an exhausted man who had just retired from a certain entertainment field, Li Fuguo sat in front of the car, turned around and asked in a low voice, "Where should the emperor be placed?" Tai Chi Palace? ”

"Xingqing Palace, Taiji Palace is hot and humid, besides, I don't want people in the world to scold me for being unfilial. If he feels lonely, he will send Li Siye to play chess with him, hey, two people who have lost their power and are sympathetic to each other, there should be a lot to talk about. ”

"What about the few old ministers who came back with the Emperor? And what should Chen Xuanli do? ”

"Keep it for the time being, as for Chen Xuanli, it's just dry bones in the grave, let him fend for himself."

"Whoa." After Li Fuguo replied, Li Heng handed over his father to this unscrupulous eunuch.

In order not to let the return of the Emperor Taishang attract the attention of too many people, Li Heng still followed the route he took when he fled and sent him back to Chang'an City. Enter the Chongxuanmen and Xuanwu Gate from the Flying Dragon Stable of the Longwu Army, first enter the Daming Palace, and then transfer to the Xingqing Palace from the sandwich city between the Daming Palace and the city. They thought that in this way, they would be able to hide from the people of Chang'an, but the news still leaked out, and there was a lot of discussion in Chang'an City.

After the old emperor returned to Chang'an, he was still accompanied by Chen Xuanli and Gao Lishi, as well as his sister Princess Yuzhen and several children of the old palace maid Liyuan came and went from time to time, and his life in his later years did not seem to be too bleak.

It's just that in recent days, he climbed the calyx tower of Xingqing Palace, and there were always people shouting long live the emperor downstairs, and the old emperor originally liked to gather popularity, and began to wave to the people.

Li Fuguo had already sent someone to monitor the Emperor Taishang, and when he saw this scene, he immediately ran to report it, and Li Fuguo was not ambiguous, and sent hundreds of armor soldiers to drive away the people kneeling under the city wall.

Li Longji was accepting the worship with peace of mind, but the people under the city were driven away by the soldiers, and the old man was very angry, lying on the battlements and shouting angrily: "What are you doing, are you crazy, dare to attack the people!" ”

Naturally, these soldiers did not look up at him, and dispersed after their own errands.

……

Li Siye had to participate in the court every day in Chang'an, but basically he stood in the front row to dry, and the emperor didn't have any questions to consult him, but when he saw the people he used to be afraid of standing under the palace, his heart was much more relieved. Li Taiwei did not give advice on everything, but today he heard the emperor and the prime minister Xiao Hua discussing how to deal with the officials who followed the Yongwang Li Lan to rebel, including Li Bai, who sang the praises of his rebellion.

Li Heng thought about it for a while, but he was just a literati who was only good at writing and ink, and waved his hand and said: "Like the rest of the people who bewitched King Yong, he will be executed." ”

Li Siye squirmed his lips, stepped forward and said: "Li Bai is just a sour Confucian, he has always only been fluent in literature and ink and ignorant of political affairs, he must have been bewitched and misled by others, and I beg Your Majesty to spare his life." ”

Guo Ziyi also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Li Bai is from King Yong, he has not participated in their conspiracy and military aircraft, and I beg Your Majesty to spare his life." ”

Li Heng leaned on the Hu bed majestically and nodded: "It seems that the two Aiqing are quite fond of the literati, after all, he participated in the rebellion of King Yong, and he can be spared the death penalty, but the living crime is inescapable, and I will pass on my will to Wei Zhi, the envoy of Jiangdong Jiedu, and exile him to Yelangxi." ”

Walking from the hall after the dispersal of the court, Guo Ziyi followed closely behind Li Siye and invited in a low voice: "Taiwei Li, I have set up a banquet at home, and I want to invite Taiwei to the banquet and drink." ”

Li Siye shook his head and refused his invitation: "I am now idle at home, and I am an idle person, and it is inconvenient to make friends with the generals in charge." ”

Guo Ziyi said that he understood very much: "Taiwei can retreat bravely, Ziyi deeply admires, those of us who are courtiers, of course, must be loyal, when Your Majesty needs to contribute, he will bear a heavy responsibility and work hard, when His Majesty does not use, when he hides and retreats to live at home, isn't it beautiful." ”

If someone else said this, he would definitely think that this person was sarcastic about him, but if it was Guo Ziyi who said it, maybe this person really thought so in his heart.

After he left the Daming Palace, he went to the area of the release pond in the West Market, crowded in the crowd to watch the cockfight, and it was a day.

The next day, he spent a lot of money to buy two Muggle chickens from Xiliang, which usually walked slowly, often in a daze, and looked extremely unbright. Once thrown on the cockfighting ring, it immediately becomes a cockfighting killer, and if you don't move, you will peck at the strong enemy's vital point when you move, and the winner will be divided in a moment.

He took these two chickens to the West Market for only one day, and he set a record of 64 consecutive victories, beat the invincible opponents in the West Market, and earned countless money.

After the next day, he took the two chickens to visit the wealthy family of the ministers who loved cockfighting in Chang'an, and officially integrated into the cockfighting circle of the upper class.

……

Li Heng sat on the dimly lit bed with a bowl, since he had this strange wind chill, no matter how much he exercised, he would not sweat, his eyes were extremely afraid of light, and he would cough incessantly when it was cold.

Li Fuguo reported in detail on the side: "When Li Siye and the Emperor Taishang met in Ma Weiyi, they did not speculate for more than half a sentence, not only used words to scold the Emperor, but also deliberately mentioned the theft and excavation of the Yang family's tomb to stimulate the emperor. ”

Li Heng didn't react to this, but asked indifferently, "They didn't say anything else?" ”

"After he greeted the emperor at Ma Weiyi, he didn't speak again along the way, but in the past two days, Li Siye suddenly became obsessed with cockfighting, and he mingled in the West Market and the cockfighting workshop all day and night, and he seemed quite interested."

"Really?" Li Heng's eyes lit up, nodded and said: "It's just a little leisure entertainment, don't be blinded by him, but since he is willing to go to cockfighting, you will select a few fighting cockfights from the Harrier Workshop in the Inner Five Fangs and give them to him later, and your interests and hobbies can be cultivated." ”

"Well, the slave will definitely be concerned about this matter." Li Fuguo squinted his eyes and secretly looked at Li Heng's face, and said in a thoughtful tone: "The day before yesterday, the Emperor Taishang met with the general Guo Yingyi in the Xingqing Palace, saying that it was a two-hour chatter, but the slave maid would not guess it was ......."

Li Heng's eyes gradually cooled, and he picked up the medicine tea bowl to hide his anger, and casually ordered: "I will order Guo Yingyi to be demoted to Lingnan." Xingqing Palace is in disrepair and needs to be renovated, it is better to move the Emperor Taishang into Taiji Palace to live, and usually don't see so many guests, which disturbs his old man's rest. ”

"That's right, some people don't let them go to see the emperor, but they have to rush to see him. Some people gave orders for him to go to see him, but he refused to go. ”

Li Heng asked in surprise, "Li Siye has not entered the palace for a long time?"

"That's right, this is disobedience, if you want to kill him, you don't have to make excuses."

"What do you know," Li Heng took a big sip of the medicine cup, frowned bitterly and said: "Now that the rebellion has not been quelled, and the envoys of all sections are still in various parts of the Central Plains, there will only be more generals like him in charge of military power in the future, so I will not do anything to kill a person and make everyone panic for the time being." Draw up a decree for me and order him to visit the Emperor Taishang in Taiji Palace. ”