This is the majesty of Sikong, one of the three princes of the Tang Dynasty!

As far as the eye could see, the whole army bowed its head, and wherever it passed, the people on both sides paused their heads.

There are no flowers in winter, Caijuan piles of splendor, the value of a hundred Shu brocade pavement, the colorful silk worth a thousand gold is cut into petals, supplemented by the strange fragrance of the dancing Gong E while dancing and throwing into the air, part of it falls to the ground, part of it is swept into the Yellow River by the wind, and a small part falls on Li Ji's gorgeous coat.

The emperor had already come to the middle of the pontoon bridge, looking at Li Ji who came over with a smile in bright yellow costume, and Wu Mei, who was dressed in big red clothes, knelt on the side of the low and looked at Li Ji with the same smile.

Yun Chu was dressed in black armor and stood at the westernmost edge of the pontoon bridge with a horse lance in his hand, and Xue Rengui, who was dressed in white armor, also stood on the easternmost side of the pontoon bridge with a horse lance.

After the palace dance, it retreated like a tide, and when the eunuchs arranged the fruit plates, meals, and drinks, the eunuchs leaned over and left the pontoon bridge backwards with empty plates.

Li Ji came to Li Zhi and danced like this three times before the emperor invited Li Ji to sit down.

"I haven't seen Taifu dressed up for a long time, and I have almost forgotten the majesty of Taifu."

Li Ji did not greet him, and said: "After the death of the minister, the tomb should be based on the precedent of the famous generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing of the Western Han Dynasty, and imitate the buildings of Yinshan, Tieshan and Wudeqi Mountain, so as to commend the minister's contribution to defeating the Turks and Xue Yantuo." ”

Li Zhi said: "Okay, Yin Mountain, Iron Mountain and Wude Mountain are yours, then, do you still want Baitou Mountain and Black Water?" ”

Li Ji shook his head decisively and said: "That belongs to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want it, the minister has the lintel of the ancestral temple of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje in his hand, which is enough." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Although I have no outstanding military achievements, under the autumn season, who can forget me, I will allow you to cast Baitou Mountain with silver and build Heishui River with Dansha water." ”

Li Ji got up and danced and bowed.

Wu Mei picked up a glass of wine and sent it to Li Ji and said, "I heard that Sikong is not in good health and rarely drinks anymore, but this glass of wine must be drunk." ”

After Li Ji took the wine glass and persuaded Li Zhi to drink, he drank it all in one gulp.

Li Zhi put down the wine glass and said: "This Dongming County used to be called Lihu, which was originally the hometown of Yinggong, and I also heard that Yinggong's family was well-off in the past, and he was also a family with many servants.

I just don't know what Yinggong's family situation is now? ”

Li Ji wiped the residue on his beard and said, "Now it is Zhong Mingding's home of food." ”

Wu Mei picked up a glass of wine again and sent it to Li Ji and said with a smile: "Drink a lot." ”

Li Ji picked up the wine glass and drank it all again, then put down the wine glass and said to Li Zhi: "The old minister has already fulfilled his wishes, and there is no need to worry about it." ”

Li Zhi said: "If you let a son hide in the world, you will also lose your heart to Ying Gong's ruthlessness." ”

Li Ji took the initiative to pick up Wu Mei's full wine glass and toasted to Li Zhi: "The lord of the old minister, has reached the extreme of the minister, if the descendants of the future generations learn from the old minister, it is already the ultimate to get three points, if it is put into the wilderness, it is impossible to get six points, please forgive the old minister's licking of the calf." ”

Li Zhi also drank the wine in his glass, waved his hand and said: "That's it, since he is willing to be in the company of poisonous insects and beasts in Nanzhao, I don't have to force it, it's just that the starting point of a mere Guoyi lieutenant is too low." ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "When the old minister joined the army, he was just a ten-man commander, and His Majesty must not pull out the seedlings to help him." ”

Li Zhi raised his hand and touched his eyebrows and said: "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and many rules left by the ancestors ......"

Li Ji didn't wait for Li Zhi to finish speaking, then arched his hand and said: "The old minister still said that, this is Your Majesty's family matter, Your Majesty can decide with one word, why bother to ask others, let alone have too many concerns."

The big husband is prosperous in the world, just do it, and don't care about the consequences. ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "So, I did it?" ”

Li Jidao: "If the minister doesn't die next year, he still supports His Majesty." ”

"Who said Aiqing would die next year?" Li Zhi was surprised.

Li Jidao: "Sun Simiao and Sun Daochang came to check the pulse of the old minister a few days ago, and afterwards said that the old minister does not need to control his appetite for food from now on, and he can do whatever he wants. ”

Li Zhi's face was extremely strange, and he said after a while: "This old Taoist priest never gives me good news. ”

Li Ji laughed and said: "Life and death are in the sky, wealth is in the sky, it is really a little unbearable, Your Majesty, please retreat!" ”

Li Zhi looked at the delicacies on the table and said, "The wine is no more than three rounds, and the food is only five flavors, why is Ying Gong so impatient?" ”

Li Ji pointed to Yun Chu and Xue Rengui, who were standing at the head of the bridge, and said, "The two of them don't dare to blaspheme Your Majesty, I'm afraid that they have already begun to violate the old minister's mother in their hearts at this time."

The minister is already old, so please let your majesty let the minister be presumptuous again. ”

After saying that, after getting up and saluting Li Zhi, he turned around and walked towards Yun Chu's side.

Wu Mei looked at Li Ji's back and said, "I really think I'm a first-class official." ”

Li Zhi said: "You are just a woman, and he is right to ignore you." ”

"Does Your Majesty look down on women?"

Li Zhi got up slowly, glanced at the bridge, and saw that the river under the bridge was dizzy, so he hurriedly grabbed Wu Mei's hand and said, "Let's go over too, lest Yunchu and them also scold you in their hearts, so I will lose." ”

Li Ji said softly when he passed by Yun Chu's side: "If you miss it, you really miss it, don't think that there are good opportunities all the time." ”

Yun Chu returned the favor and said: "Thank you Ying Gong for letting go of the knot, and the sky is high and the sea is wide from now on." ”

Li Ji snorted and said, "The old man can't live next year, it's really cheap for you." ”

With that, he walked away.

Li Ji left, and the eunuchs and palace ladies hurriedly ran to the emperor and empress, and surrounded them across the bridge.

Li Zhi said when he passed by Yun Chu's side, "What did Ying Gong say? ”

Yun Chu said: "Ying Gong said that he will die next year, and wants me to help him intercede with Xu Jingye and allow him to come back to inherit the lintel of Ying Gong." ”

Li Zhi was surprised and said, "Why didn't he say it himself?" ”

Yun Chu said with a smile: "Ying Gong can't speak, he thinks that Wei Chen's face is worthless. ”

Li Zhi snorted; "Rebel and thief, let him die."

After that, he hurriedly went ashore and went to the wild palace that Yun Chu built for him.

The emperor left, and the brigade crossed the river along the pontoon bridge in an endless stream, and Xue Rengui on the other side of the river was unwilling to stay for a moment, and with a sound of cannons, the brigade left the Yellow River in smoke and dust.

Yun Chu also breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave, but found that the queen's carriage and horses did not leave, so they stopped on the river embankment, and Mama Chun, who was dressed like a leather ball, kept squeezing her eyebrows at him.

When Yun Chu came to the queen's carriage, he found that Wu Mei had opened the curtains, and her two big black and white eyes were looking at him with evil anger.

"Does Li Ji have the intention of rebellion?"

Yun Chu hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't know! ”

Wu Mei roared in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's only this palace that I don't know, right?" ”

After that, the queen's carriage and horse moved, and in a moment ran away, and Mama Chun, who was hiding in a daze, saw that the queen had abandoned her, so she moved a pair of short legs, shouting and chasing the queen's carriage and horse with her life.

Yun Chu felt that his legs were weak, so he simply sat on the river embankment and said to Di Renjie, who had been monitoring the pontoon bridge: "Ying Gong really has the idea of rebellion in his heart? ”

Di Renjie sat beside Yun Chu and said, "It's because I don't know that I feel terrible......"

"You said, Your Majesty suddenly canceled the errand of Ying Gong guarding the Yellow River pontoon bridge, did you find something?"

Di Renjie said: "I don't know, I always feel that Yinggong will not ruin his reputation in one life, I have been staring at him for so long, and I haven't found that he has anything to do with anyone." ”

Yun Chu pointed to the military camp behind him and said: "He doesn't have to find outsiders, believe it or not, in our army, there are many guys who are willing to die for Ying Gong." ”

Di Renjie gasped and said with a cool breath; "No wonder the emperor doesn't need our people to build the bridge, but has to let the local officials build the bridge."

Yun Chu threw a stone into the river and said softly: "It's all speculation, it's all speculation, anyway, no one wants to believe anyone, but this catastrophe is sad, and it will be peaceful in the future." ”

Di Renjie whispered: "Before Ying Gong swallowed his last breath, who would dare to despise him." ”

"I'm afraid this incident will become the biggest mystery in the history books of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Fortunately, His Majesty chose to dismiss Yinggong instead of choosing to use hard means......"

After the emperor came, Yun Chu's military camp became a huge military village with a radius of five miles, and the entire military village was mainly composed of giant trees, and in order to build this military village, the nearby giant trees were almost cut down by Yun Chu.

In the past, the big tent of the Chinese army in the early Yun Dynasty was the center of the camp, but now, it has been replaced by a huge wooden house made of tall and rugged logs, which is full of animal skins, and on the huge seat in the middle, a huge tiger skin of colorful golden yellow is laid out.

Li Zhi leaned on the chair with one foot, looking down indifferently at the eunuchs who were busy arranging furnishings, as well as the palace ladies.

This huge wooden house was chosen by Li Zhi now, as for the huge wooden house that looked more beautiful and brilliant, Li Zhi did not choose, so it naturally became the place where the queen lived.

Perhaps because he was thinking too much, Li Zhi felt that his temples were swelling, which was a sign that the wind disease was coming, so he sent eunuchs to invite Sun Simiao, who had been staying in the Yunchu military camp.

Seeing that Sun Simiao used a flat-mouthed steel needle to cut his ears to pieces, and took out two wine cups of red blood, the swelling sensation on his temples slowly disappeared as the blood continued to flow out.

Since there was so much blood flowing, Li Zhi felt that he should be weak, so he groaned and said to Sun Simiao: "Dao Chief, is Ying Gong really not alive next year?" Can the Taoist Qihuang's technique prolong the life of Yinggong? ”

The weather was cold, Sun Simiao was afraid that the wound on Li Zhi's ear would be frozen, so he soaked the dried linen cloth with anti-poison and wrapped the emperor's two ears. In June next year, His Majesty will be able to prepare for Li Ji's death. ”

(End of chapter)