In the Mado City Lord's Mansion, countless soldiers are on guard with swords and guns.

In the main hall, Li Xuan sat on a futon, wearing a purple five-python five-chapter county king robe.

On the table in front of him, there is a holy decree for the emperor's sacrifice.

On behalf of the emperor, sacrifice to the mountains and rivers.

This is the first time for Li Xuan.

Inexplicably, there was an irrepressible excitement in my heart.

Shake your head gently to dispel your thoughts.

Li Xuan took out the letter from her sleeve and read it again.

After a while, he muttered to himself in confusion: "Is Li Xian's situation already so bad? ”

not only personally delivered the decree on behalf of the emperor, but even personally gave his son a piece of jade recipe, and the intention of being close to him was clearly revealed.

It seems that Li Xuan, as the prince of the clan who has made meritorious contributions in foreign battles, it is reasonable for Li Xian to do this, but if you imagine that he already knows the suspicion between him and the mother and son of the Empress Wu, you can understand how anxious Li Xian is in his heart.

There is only one core problem.

Is Li Xian really Empress Wu's own son?

Being able to make Ming Chongyan dare to make calculations can make Li Xian extremely suspicious in his heart, and the truth of this matter is enough to be confused.

If Li Xian was smart enough, he should know that he himself was on the wrong path.

His father is Li Zhi, and his mother can only be Empress Wu.

……

Li Xuan flipped the letter on the table and couldn't help but shake her head.

No one can interfere in this matter, and Li Xuan is the same.

If Li Xian is still entangled in this matter, or even dies himself, then Li Xuan can only be completely separated from him.

"The prince of the school praises the doctor, how can this position be completely resigned?" Li Xuan's brows furrowed.

At the beginning of the year, when he was in Chang'an, Li Xuan asked the prince to resign from the school on the grounds of going to Changzhou, but the queen of martial arts did not allow it, so he did not resign.

It won't be long before Li Xuan will return to Chang'an, so he must resign from this official position.

Li Xian, the core of this matter is also Li Xian.

Only through Li Xian's operation is the most appropriate.

The thoughts in Li Xuan's mind gradually became clear.

Simply resigning from this position is the most inferior means.

The really superior means is not to resign, but to increase officials.

Advance is retreat.

Ming Chongyan wanted to shake Li Xian's position as the crown prince, but the emperor didn't see it, but Ming Chongyan's methods were not too much, and the emperor didn't care.

It is even very likely that the emperor is looking at Li Xian.

Let's see how Li Xian handles this matter.

After all, Li Xian will succeed to the throne in the future, and if he can't even handle this matter well, I'm afraid that the emperor will not be able to sit firmly in the future.

There are also those close ministers around Li Xian, in this matter, the emperor is not testing them, and at the same time testing people's hearts.

Test people's hearts.

Li Xuan's heart sank, in this matter, the emperor's attitude is the most important.

No matter how much others do, the emperor will change his mind, and no matter how much he does, it will be in vain.

Li Zhi can steadily control the court situation for more than 20 years, and he is the queen of martial arts, although he is extremely capable, he is still steadily suppressed by Li Zhi.

Although Empress Wu can call the shots in many things in the court, when it comes to major matters, she only has the right to suggest, and in the end, only Li Zhi is the one who makes the decision.

Inside the palace, outside the palace, the court, the place, the cold door, the family, everyone was held in the palm of Li Zhi's hand.

Even Li Xuan, who seems to be both a local assassin and a general in power, has excessive power, but in fact, in the emperor's place, he is just a pawn used by the emperor to balance the arrogant generals in the court.

Once the rights of the generals in the court were withdrawn one by one, Li Xuan, the powerful county king, could either lead people into Tubo, or he could only wait to be taken away from his military power and obediently return to Changzhou to let him be assassinated.

Those people around Li Xian, if they only have their own selfishness and do not have the intention of thinking about Li Xian, then there is no need for them to exist.

and Li Xian, if he really can't control these people, then he is by no means the most suitable candidate for the emperor in Li Zhi's eyes.

And Li Xian.

Li Xian was later deposed, all because he was careless and wanted to give up the throne to his father-in-law, but Li Xian's words, was it really said casually?

Is Empress Wu really going to abolish Li Xian just because of his casual words?

Behind all this, how many unknown bloody storms are hidden.

……

A rush of footsteps sounded outside the door.

Su Baotong quickly stood outside the door and arched his hand at Li Xuan: "Lord Wang, everyone has arrived." ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan stood up, wearing a purple five-python five-chapter county king robe, wearing a black three-colored seven-beam crown, pressing an eight-sided Han sword in his hand, picked up the holy decree on the table, and walked out of the door slowly.

Every time Li Xuan took a step forward, the Qianniu Wei behind him turned around and followed, all the way to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

Li Xuan turned over and got on the horse, and hundreds of thousands of Niu Guards behind him got on the horse at the same time.

Dressed in a gorgeous costume, he carried a thousand knives at his waist.

The group guarded Li Xuan and came to Xicheng from the City Lord's Mansion.

At this moment, outside the West City, there are already countless people waiting.

The high-level Tang army headed by Liu Xianli, Li Jinxing and others, 5,000 right guards and right leading guards; There are also a number of party leaders led by Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Shou Lonely father and son.

Thousands of party leaders, large and small, all stood respectfully outside.

Li Xuan was ordered by the emperor to worship the source of the Yellow River, with the same angel, and even above Liu Xianli, the head of the march at the Northwest Gate.

Seeing Li Xuan go out, Liu Xianli and the others immediately bowed down.

Qianniuwei opened the way, Li Xuan took the lead, and then Liu Xianli, Li Jinxing and others all followed.

Tuoba thought about the head, Tuoba Shou Lonely, father and son, with a group of large and small party leaders, followed Li Xuan and walked towards the southwest Baihai together.

Baihai is divided into Yanling Lake and Zhaling Lake, Yanling Lake is located in the easternmost place, and the mouth of the lake is the Yellow River.

Tracing the source of the Yellow River further west.

To the west of Zhaling Lake is more than 1,000 small lakes and countless swamps in the Sea of Stars, and further west are countless small rivers flowing down from Kunlun Mountain and Tanggula Mountain.

……

An altar was built on the Zha Island Mountain Peninsula between Yanling Lake and Zhaling Lake.

Li Xuan was the first to land on the island, and the others followed.

A stone tablet, firmly covered by a huge red cloth, I don't know what was written on it.

The altar is more than 100 meters above the surface of the lake.

Li Xuan looked in all directions, the clean and clear lake, and the countless lakes and depressions between the steep shores, all of which were in his eyes.

Looking up to the east, a slender river goes eastward, gathering countless rivers in the mountains, and finally forming the Yellow River, the mother river of the entire nation.

Li Xuan stood solemnly in front of the altar, and on the table in front of him, countless cattle and sheep sacrifices had been placed.

Li Xuan picked up the holy decree and slowly unfolded it.

At the same time, Liu Xianli, Li Jinxing, Li Duozuo, Heizhi Changzhi and others also knelt down at the first time.

Tuoba Sitou, Tuoba Shou Lonely Father and Son, and a group of party leaders did not dare to slack off at all, and also knelt down together.

Li Xuan looked at the two lakes in front of him, and said: "Wei Yifeng is in the second year, the age is Ding Chou, and in September Jiachen, if the emperor says: Yu Xi!"

Gaiwen the Son of Heaven respects the world, cultivates the mountains and rivers, and pays homage to ancient and modern times.

Fu Jianghai, the great one of the hundred rivers, now there is no ancestral hall.

In the past, the three generations were all between Heluo......

I now order the king of Nanchang County, the Shaoqing Temple of Honglu Temple, to the ceremony for the year, to the four times of the temple river and sea water; Take the preserved wine as the ancestral hall of the year, raise the head with the calf, and the prison has different coins.

Pray for a good year for the world, and pray for the unity of heaven and earth.

Pray for 10,000 years of the Tang Dynasty.

Heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, the Tang Emperor and the Great Sage Emperor Li Zhi Shrine. ”

Li Xuan carefully put the holy decree on the table, and at the same time bowed down and bowed: "May heaven and earth work together, the world will have a good year, the Tang Dynasty will have ten thousand years, the heaven and earth will have ten thousand years, and the emperor will have ten thousand years." ”

Everyone behind him knelt down at the same time: "May heaven and earth work together, the world will have a good year, the Tang Dynasty will have ten thousand years, the heaven and earth will have ten thousand years, and the emperor will have ten thousand years." ”

……

In the northeast of Maduo County, dozens of party leaders were tied up and escorted to the banks of the Yellow River.

These people are all people who have betrayed the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to Tibet over the years.

One of them is also the brother of Tuoba Sitou, the head of the party.

He is the biggest assistant of the Tubo ruling party.

It was actually Tuoba Sitou's father Tuoba Chici who betrayed the Tang Dynasty back then, but unfortunately Tuoba Chici had died, and it was his eldest son who inherited his position.

Now the Tang Dynasty killed his eldest son.

The others are all big and small people with Tuoba Chici's eldest son as the core, and they gather together to surrender to Tibet.

Today, Li Xuan was ordered by the emperor to sacrifice to Heyuan, and these people are also sacrifices.

Farther behind, I don't know how many people from the Dangxiang clan watched this scene.

Their hateful gaze all fell on these big and small people.

During the years when the Tubo people ruled the party, the vast majority of the party members lived a slave life that was inferior to pigs and dogs.

Now it's hard to turn the sky upside down, and these former rulers are even more eager to eat meat and peel off their skins and bones.

Today, Datang beheaded these people, which is really happy.

Tuoba Sitou is Tuoba Chici's subordinate, and he can't bear to see his brother beheaded......

As soon as the butcher's knife was raised, the rolling heads fell to the ground.

Infinite cheers rang out.

……

The red cloth on the stele had long since been removed, and all the contents of the holy decree were engraved on it, and only two lines of words were written.

Ten thousand years of the Tang Dynasty, ten thousand years of the emperor.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and walked off the altar.

Liu Xianli stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Wang! ”

"Dashuai!" Li Xuan returned the salute and said, "Please also ask the handsome to work hard and go to Tongtian River." ”

"Lord Wang, please!" Liu Xianli took a step out of the way, Li Xuan nodded, and took the lead, and Liu Xianli hurriedly followed.

Then, all the people had already ridden their horses, and then they hurried their horses and whipped towards the Tongtian River.

After the Bayankala Pass, the snow peaks began to increase.

Now it is only early winter, and the surroundings of the Tongtian River are already full of ice and snow.

The people walked along the mountain road and came to Chengduo County.

The surrounding hills are widespread, the valleys are numerous, and the warmth is much warmer.

Twenty miles to the southeast, a vast river of miles appeared in front of Li Xuan's eyes.

Tongtian River.

Standing by the river, looking at the turbulent river, Li Xuan's heart was suddenly awe-inspiring.

The speed of the river here is not inferior to the most dangerous part of the Yellow River, and even surpasses it.

Not only that, the river here is more than several times the length of the Yellow River, and even with Li Xuan's means, it is difficult to cross the river.

"When the Qinling Tomb retreated, all the dozens of wooden bridges upstream and downstream were burned, and if you want to cross the river, you can only go around and pass through the swampy area further upstream, that kind of place, even if it is a Tubo people, it is not easy to walk easily." Wang Xiaojie stood beside Li Xuan, took a deep breath, and his face was awe-inspiring.

"Be careful, it's not easy to talk about Qinling, this person can't say what means he can quietly cross the river." Li Xuan's heart was full of jealousy about the Qinling.

"Yes!" Wang Xiaojie turned around, and then went to the altar with Li Xuan.

……

After the sacrifice was over, Li Xuan got up.

On the stele on one side, the red cloth was taken off, and the emperor's decree was all engraved on the stele.

At this moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded behind him.

Li Xuan suddenly raised his head and looked at the other side of the Tongtian River.

A figure of an elderly man in brown appeared on the other side of the Tongtian River, followed by hundreds of Tibetan elite horsemen.

On the Chin Tomb.

At the time of Li Xuan's sacrifice to the Tongtian River, the Qin Tomb happened to appear.

Look at each other.

On the bank of the rolling Tongtian River, Li Xuan's face showed a quiet smile, and he bowed deeply to the Lunqin Mausoleum on the other bank.

Splashing waves.

In an instant, Tan Qinling felt a sinister malice.

This battle is not over yet.

(End of chapter)