Except for Ke Haoran and Ning Que, the two generations of people who have entered the WTO, the mountain behind the academy has never been in the WTO, and the soldiers of the Yulin Army on the other side of the snow bridge do not know who the high-crowned man sitting cross-legged in the snow is.

Hearing that this person dared to be so disrespectful and arrogant to General Xu Shi, Yu Linjun was suddenly extremely angry, and his beard was furious, as if he was about to pierce the armor on his body, and he drew his sword and gun and wanted to rush onto the snow bridge and kill that guy on the spot.

Xu Shi raised his right arm expressionlessly, and the commotion and killing intent behind him suddenly subsided. He looked at the man sitting cross-legged in the snow, his expression gradually darkened, and said, "Isn't the academy really going back on its word?"

The second senior brother looked at him under the bridge and said, "The academy does not object to Xiahou's return to the elderly, nor does it object to the junior brother challenging him, because there is no way to oppose it. ”

Xu Shi frowned and said, "You know I'm going to oppose this matter. ”

The second senior brother said, "I oppose your objection.

Xu Shi looked at the person on the snow bridge, and after being silent for a long time, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this what the dean meant?"

The second senior brother said, "No, this is my own meaning. ”

Xu Shide squinted his eyes slightly and said, "So you stopped on the snow bridge." ”

The second senior brother sat cross-legged in the snow, his posture was upright, and his robe did not tremble in the wind.

He looked at Xu Shi under the snow bridge and the iron cavalry of the Yulin Army, and said expressionlessly: "I respect the junior brother, so I won't interfere, but I want him to be fair." ”

In the palace study, there was a quiet angry scolding, fierce arguments, idiots and all kinds of foul language, like snowflakes fluttering in the sky, spreading everywhere.

The national teacher Li Qingshan left the academy and entered Chang'an City as quickly as possible, and came to the small Taoist temple that had just been renovated. Because the snow was too heavy, the celebration of the neighbors had ended hastily, and Ye Su smiled when he heard what was going on in the imperial city, and disappeared into the snowstorm.

There were many carriages in the streets and alleys outside the imperial city, and the various forces that received the news sent people to inquire about the news, including the envoys of various countries and the representatives of the Xiling Temple in the world.

In the snow pavilion at the far end of the moat, Ye Hongyu, who was dressed in a cyan robe, looked at the direction of the palace gate, looked at the blood flag whistling and fluttering in the wind and snow and the dazzling big black umbrella, and was silent.

Chen Pipi walked with Tang Xiaotang on the other side of Xue Street, because of Tang Xiaotang's identity, he didn't let her follow him to the palace, turned around and knocked on the door of a closed store in Nanjie Lane.

He borrowed a chair from that shop, then moved his round body, moved from Snow Street to the Imperial City, looked at Ning Que and said, "Before you prepare to fight, you must save your body." ”

Ning Que said, "Thank you, senior brother." ”

There were already soldiers who brought tables and chairs for Xiahou, and there was even a hot tea in front of the blood flag, in the wind and snow, he held the tea bowl and drank it casually, his expression was naturally calm.

Seeing Chen Pipi Xiahou frowning slightly, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Ning Que sat down on the chair, and Sang Sang held a big black umbrella behind the chair and quietly tried to bandage his bleeding left palm, but he shook his head and refused.

The blood flag and black umbrella in front of the palace gate are in the wind and snow, the general drinks hot tea, and Ning lacks to nourish his spirits, this picture is very weird, even a little absurd, but it is very terrifying.

There were many horse-drawn carriages hidden in the streets and alleys in front of the imperial city, and there were many people who did not arrive at the scene, waiting for the final result in their respective mansions.

"The second gentleman appeared on the snow bridge, and if he expressed the attitude of the academy, and the academy agreed to Ning Que to challenge Xiahou, then the Tang military would not be able to stop this thing. ”

The three worshippers from Qinghe County withdrew their gaze from the snowflakes falling in front of the terrace of the princess's mansion, looked at the two royal brothers and sisters with distinguished status, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness." ”

Li Wang's expression was very calm, but there was a worried look hidden in the depths of his eyes.

Xiahou is the most powerful help of the queen's mother, his disarming and returning to old age is already an excellent thing for her and Li Hunyuan, and Ning Que challenging Xiahou is a better thing, no matter who wins or loses, even if the academy will remain silent on this matter, it will have a cautious and disgusting love for the queen's side.

However, she couldn't be happy, because she, like everyone in the world, thought that Ning Que couldn't be Xiahou's opponent, in other words, Ning Que would definitely die today.

She looked at He Mingchi, who had been sitting silently on the other side, and frowned slightly and asked, "The national teacher went to the Xiaodao Temple, what did Mr. Ye Su say?"

He Mingchi shook his head and said, "Even if it is the Xiling Divine Temple, if it wants to stop this matter in Chang'an City, it is impossible to do it, because the academy has already nodded. ”

The third worship said lightly: "If Your Highness is still not at ease, the old man may be able to have some means to make the Xiling Temple and the Academy resentful because of this matter." ”

Hearing this, Li Wang's face became cold, and he squinted slightly and warned: "Don't try to provoke the anger of the academy by any means, neither you nor I can afford it." ”

The three worshippers are highly respected in Qinghe County on weekdays, and if they are like ancestors, facing Her Royal Highness the Tang Princess, they can assume their own position, but listening to these words, there is still some guilt in their hearts.

"What Your Highness said is, then I'll go and see. He said with a blank face.

He gently dragged his sleeves, walked out of the terrace, and left the princess's mansion in the face of the wind and snow, and walked towards the shore of Yanming Lake.

The snow kept falling, and it was getting heavier and heavier, and it was sprinkled on Chang'an City.

No matter how light the snow is, it will eventually fall on the ground, or be swept into the ditch, or accumulate until the next year, when the spring flowers bloom, the sun will melt into water, mixed with dust and dead leaves, and disappear without a trace.

This is the supreme principle between heaven and earth.

Just as what should be done is always done, and the people who should come always have to come, many people came to Chang'an City with the wind and snow, including a monk.

The monk wore a shabby hat and a tattered kapok robe, and his face exposed in the shadow of the hat was unremarkable, but it naturally smelled of fortitude.

The monk entered the city through the west gate, stood on the long snowy street and seemed not to know how to go, turned to a hot porridge shop, took off his hat, and began to ask for directions.

When he took off his hat, he showed a new stubble full of blue and black hair, as sure of his determination and determination as a monk's expression, but when he asked for directions, the smile on his face was so kind and gentle.

The word asking for directions is not accurate, and the monk kept his mouth tightly closed, and when he occasionally grinned, he could see that only half of his tongue remained, and he turned out to be an unspeakable mute.

For Ning Que and Xiahou sitting in the wind and snow, this hour was a long time, because no matter how cold the wind and snow were, their bodies had already warmed up.

For His Majesty the Emperor in the palace and Xu Shi on the other side of the Snow Bridge, this time was very short, because the attitude of the academy made them helpless, and they didn't have time to do more.

Just when this hour was about to end, the imperial court finally found a way, the palace door suddenly opened, and Li Qingshan, a national teacher of the Tang Dynasty, and Zeng Jing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, hurriedly came to the venue under the escort of dozens of eunuchs and began to read out His Highness's will.

His Royal Highness Li Peiyan walked silently at the back of the conversation.

Zeng Jing, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, ranked last in the Tang Cabinet, but he was Sangsang's biological father and had a special status...... The national teacher Li Qingshan is a cultivator and has always ignored court affairs, but he has an old relationship with Ning Que, starting from Master Yan Se, Ning Que wants to call him uncle.

His Majesty asked the two of them to read the will...... Naturally, it is necessary to take the road of moving people with emotion.

Sure enough, Ning Que looked at the two of them and had to stand up and salute.

Scholar Zeng Jing coughed twice, stretched out his hand to wipe off the snowflakes that fell on the holy decree, and said, "Your Majesty has a decree." ”

Everyone in front of the Imperial City gathered their breath and meditated.

Zeng Jing glanced at Prince Li Peiyan, sighed softly, and then said in a slightly astringent voice: "Li Peiyan, the king of Yijing of the Tang Dynasty, because of the old incident in the first year of the Apocalypse, he cleared the prince. ”

The audience was silent, and the people in front of the imperial city could not suppress the shock in their hearts and looked at His Royal Highness the Prince.

Li Peiyan's noble crown was still on the snow between Ning Que and Xiahou, and it was gradually about to be buried by the snow, his hair was now a little messy, and he looked a little wolf, but the expression on his face was extremely indifferent.

Zeng Jing ignored everyone's reactions, held the holy decree in both hands, and continued to read in a slightly trembling voice: "The case of former Xuanwei general Lin Guangyuan's plot against treason is hereby withdrawn due to insufficient evidence......"

The names on the holy decree were announced one by one through the slightly trembling voice of the scholar, echoing in the wind and snow, and hitting the vermilion wall.

"Xuanwei General Lin Guangyuan ......"

"Lin Guangyuan is a top ......"

"Partial general Sha Gang ......"

"Captain Cheng Xinzheng ......"

"Sharp Book Forest Sea ......"

"Subordinate Officer Hu Hua ......"

Listening to the names that have long disappeared in history, listening to the will of the Taoist officials to be reinstated and posthumously sealed, the imperial city is desperately silent.

His Majesty's decree did not mention the retrial of the old case, but the prince of the palace purged the prince, and all the soldiers involved were rehabilitated and ...... What is the difference between a case and a reversal?

People finally understood what the palace meant.

Dai Xia once thought about overturning the case of General Xuanwei's treason, but because of the relationship between the situation between the DPRK and China and the Xiling Temple, especially the relationship between the lack of evidence, this matter was not done.

Today's academy acquiesced in Ning Que's challenge to Xiahou, which set a problem for the imperial court, but in the absence of evidence, His Majesty still could not overturn the case, so he chose to use this way.

It's not a reversal of the case, but also a reversal of the case.

At least, this can give an explanation to the people who died unjustly back then, as well as today's Ning Que.

At the beginning of the decree, Xia Hou stood up from his chair, his majesty's will did not involve him, but his brows gradually frowned, and then slowly sat down again.

Those names are still floating in the snow.

Xiahou knew those names and had seen the people they represented.

More than ten years ago, he had watched those people die in front of him, and he had seen those heads piled up in small mountains, some with their eyes closed, some with their eyes open, some with despair in their eyes, and some with anger in their eyes.

Those names sounded again after more than ten years, and before the imperial city, into the quiet ears, he became more and more silent, his face became more and more pale, and the hand holding the armrest of the chair became harder and harder.

He didn't feel guilty, he didn't blame himself, and he wasn't gloomy.

He was just angry.

The handrail turned into powder and fell from his fingers, and with anger, it fell on the snow.

No one paid attention to General Xiahou's affection at this time.

Because there is no mention of him in His Majesty's will.

In terms of laws and regulations, he is no longer the general of Xiahou.

All he had to do was accept it calmly, and then leave Chang'an City honestly.

Everyone's eyes were on Ning Que.

They knew that the object of His Majesty's will was sorrow

If you want to stop this life-and-death duel, you can only hope that Ning Que will withdraw the invitation to challenge.

Dai Xia overturned the case for Lin Guangyuan, gave a heavy reward, and graced three generations, for this reason.

The people in front of the imperial city looked at Ning Que under the black umbrella, thinking that this should be the end.

From the moment he heard Lin Guangyuan's words, Ning Que lowered his head, looked intently at the thick snow under his feet, turned his face sideways, and listened intently to the names on the will one after another.

He had heard those names, so he listened very carefully today, but the expression on his face was very complicated, some relieved, some lost, and some self-deprecating.

The name on the decree was finally finished.

Zeng Jing scholar and national teacher Li Qingshan walked up to him and solemnly handed over the holy decree.

Ning Que took the holy decree and was silent.

Li Qingshan's expression was solemn, and he said: "Your Majesty said that as long as you admit the previous murders, he will pardon you, because after all, there are extenuating circumstances, if you feel that His Royal Highness the Prince cannot compensate for the removal of the knight, Dai Xia and the Empress Mother will apologize to you on behalf of General Xiahou and make compensation." ”

The national teacher's voice was very soft, muffled by the wind and snow, and no one could hear it except himself and Ning Que, but people could guess what he and Ning Que were talking about.

However, just when everyone thought that the matter was over and their mood was gradually relaxed, Ning Que made an unexpected decision.

Ning Que put the holy decree on the chair behind him, looked at Li Qingshan and Zeng Jing, as well as the people in front of the imperial city, laughed, and then raised his palm.

He began to applaud.

At first, his movements were gentle, and then he used more and more force, as if he was slapping a wall hard, and the wound in his palm burst again, splattering blood everywhere.

Smack!

Bang Bang Bang!

Bang Bang Bang!

The applause grew louder and louder, and blood splattered from the palm of his hand, then dripped onto his body, to his legs, and finally to the snow.

Looking at this scene, the people in front of the imperial city once again felt a sense of indifference and terror, and their bodies were gradually cold with the wind and snow again.

"His Majesty is very benevolent, and Tang Law does have some effect. It was a good thing to be able to hear those names on the Holy Decree ring in Chang'an City again, and I was very comforted. ”

Ning Que said with emotion: "It's a pity that some names have been forgotten after all, I'm sorry." ”

Zeng Jing asked nervously, "Who else is missing?" I will enter the palace immediately to ask His Majesty for instructions. ”

Ning Que smiled and said: "I also missed many names in the General's Mansion, such as the groom, such as the cook, such as the gardener, such as the maid, and ...... My parents. ”

Zeng Jing was puzzled and said: "The first to be posthumously sealed are the general and the general's wife......"

Ning Que looked down at the snow under his feet and the blood spots on the snow, and after being silent for a long time, he said, "The general and the general's wife are not my parents. ”

As soon as these words came out, the wind and snow suddenly dispersed.

(I'm glad I finally got to this point, and there's another chapter today.) (To be continued)