Li Qing stayed alone in the Taoist temple, not eating, drinking, sleeping or speaking......

Thankfully, but sadly, even so, he was fine, not even a minor illness.

He's lazy, he's decadent, he's sloppy......

The sun rose from the east window and set from the west window, and he lay there without moving.

empty

The extreme emptiness, the loss of the five senses, the loss of color, as if the whole person has been hollowed out.

I don't know how long it took, it seemed to be a few months, and it seemed to be just a moment, Li Qing, who had lost his sense of time, was slightly awake from his daze.

It's snowing......

Li Qing walked out of the door, and the ground was already thick, as far as the eye could see, covered in silver, icy and snowy.

The snow leaves scattered footprints, disorganized and irregular.

He hadn't walked for so long that he seemed to have forgotten how to walk......

He walked like that, alone, staggering forward, fading away in the snow, and finally becoming one with the white......

After a long time, the white human-shaped object stopped, and he looked at the distance in a daze, and whispered: "Master, look, what a big snowy ......."

After that, two lines of warm water flowed down......

"Hiss~ It's so cold, hiss......" He shivered, his whole body curled up, and he kept breathing, but he couldn't feel a trace of warmth.

Boil, boil, boil, hard every day, boil every day......

"Master, the disciple has come to see you."

"Master, it's the New Year."

"Master, it's spring."

"Master, the flowers are blooming."

"Master, the disciple misses you......"

……

Midsummer is coming, the green mountains are green, the insects are chirping, and the birds are calling, so it is not lively.

Li Qing stared at the tombstone, for a long time, he slowly exhaled a breath, and said softly: "Master, the disciple is leaving." ”

…

~

He washed off the stains and put on new clothes, just like the little Taoist priest who was coerced down the mountain by the Jinyi Guard and became an official.

The same youth, the same handsome, the only difference is that he is no longer honestly afraid.

June, Jinling.

'Bell, bell, bell, ......' Li Qing knocked on the door.

'Squeak~' The young man dressed as a subordinate poked his head out and said in surprise, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Looking for Zhu Qiqian, Master Zhu." Li Qing said.

The young man saw that he was extraordinary, and said the name of the master, and he didn't dare to slack off, "Son, please." ”

"I won't go in, let him come out to see me." Li Qing said, "You just say that a young man surnamed Li is looking for him, and he will come to see me." ”

"Uh... Yes, Childe, wait a minute. The young man nodded and hurried away.

Not long after, Zhu Qizhen walked out, and when he saw Li Qing like this again, he was shocked.

"This is not the place to talk, follow me." Li Qing put down the next sentence and took the lead in walking forward.

Zhu Qi suppressed his excitement and quickly followed.

Li Qing walked unhurriedly, Zhu Qizhen didn't know where he was going, and almost wanted to ask, but in the end he held back and followed silently.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Li Qing stopped in front of the Drunken Immortal Tower, thought about it, and walked in.

Zhu Qizhen gritted his teeth and followed in.

Drunken Immortal Building has changed hands several times, and once changed to other businesses in the Xuande Dynasty, however, to this day, it has gone around and around, and it still goes back to its old business.

In the private room, Li Qing paid the girl's money and asked her to step back and concentrate on eating wine and food.

The boss doesn't know how much he has changed, and the taste has naturally changed, and it can't be compared with the original at all.

However, Li Qing hadn't eaten for a long time, and he didn't care much about this.

Zhu Qizhen didn't bother, just quietly watched Li Qing eat, he knew that Li Qing was very sad now.

The reason is simple, the old man did not come back.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Qing was full of wine and food, wiped his hands slowly, and said, "Get me an identity, it's not difficult for you, right?" ”

"It's not difficult," Zhu Qizhen nodded slowly, "What's it called?" Is it still called Li Qing? ”

Li Qing was silent and nodded lightly: "Hmm... However, don't have anything to do with the Hou Mansion. ”

"It's all home, don't you plan to go back for a few days?" Zhu Qizhen said, "Let's go home." ”

"No, I just need an identity." Li Qing shook his head, "The identity must be clean, in short, don't have anything to do with anyone, including you." ”

"It's not difficult, but it takes a lot of time." Zhu Qizhen said, "It's not difficult to simply get an identity, but from scratch, and it doesn't have anything to do with anyone, it's a bit complicated, and you need to use countless lies to round it up in case someone finds the root cause." ”

"Roughly how long."

"It's a month at the earliest." Zhu Qizhen said.

Li Qing nodded: "Cheng, you go and do it, I'll pick it up in a month." ”

"Mr. ......"

"How?"

Zhu Qizhen said seriously: "Jinling is not as good as other places, there is no identity, accommodation is a problem, you don't want to expose it, I can understand, but...... You can't be allowed to sleep on the streets, can you?

In this way, when I go back, I will pack up the house and come out, and no one will come close, with your skills, live at night and walk during the day, there is no problem at all. ”

"Nope." Li Qing still refused, "I have a place to go." ”

"Where?"

"You don't have to worry about it, just do your job." Li Qing smiled, got up and walked out.

Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed bitterly and walked out of the box.

…

Qixia Mountain.

The sunset is still beautiful.

Li Qing put on the tribute, quietly burned the paper, and burned it very seriously.

At night, the stars were shining brightly, the breeze was gentle, and he told the story over and over again until he fell asleep.

He hadn't been with the girls for a long time......

~

Time is like the endless Yangtze River, and a month's time is over when it is said to have passed.

Li Qing and the girls enjoyed the sunset again, and after telling the end of the story, they went down the mountain.

When I saw Zhu Qizhen again, I found that his face was very ugly, and he stopped talking.

"Why, didn't it work?"

"It's done, but it's ......" Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Go to the Drunken Immortal Tower." ”ΟиЪ.ōΓＧ

"yes, okay." Li Qing knew that this grandson didn't dare to trick him.

Drunken Immortal Building, private room.

After clearing the girl, Li Qing asked, "What happened?" ”

"Sir...... You can't seem to use your new identity anymore. Zhu Qizhen said regretfully, with a sad face.

"Why?"

Zhu Qizhen sighed gloomily: "The girl has come back from Beijing." ”

"She ...... from Beijing" Li Qing's eyes froze, and he said in surprise: "Something happened to the emperor?" ”

"Well, he's sick from overwork, and he's... Lives are short-lived. Zhu Qizhen nodded ashamedly, "He, he wants me to return to Beijing and take over the throne." ”

Li Qing's brows furrowed deeply, both surprised and reasonable, and sighed: "What kind of illness is it?" ”

"Listening to Wanqing, there is probably a gall tumor in the body," Zhu Qizhen sighed, "When the disease was discovered, it was a big mistake...... It's a lack of retraction. ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly and said to himself: "This is what the saying goes, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are not both, I left, and he fell." ”

"Sir, don't blame yourself, it's me who should blame yourself." Zhu Qizhen said bitterly, "I cheated him, the gall is just the fruit, and the accumulation of labor is the cause, even if there is a gentleman, I am afraid it will be irreparable, he has already had gray hair, isn't it?"

Unless...... He was not allowed to be emperor a long time ago;

But the problem is, the emperor doesn't do it if he wants to, and he doesn't do it if he doesn't want to, does he let him be a faint monarch who eats and waits for death? ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "And in Mr.'s heart, there is no doubt that Da Ming is more important, right?" ”

Li Qing was silent for a long time and asked, "Do you still want to be the emperor?" ”

"I don't want to, I'm used to my current life, and the emperor doesn't have any temptation for me, but is a burden." Zhu Qizhen shook his head, "And I don't have a face, and I'm not qualified to be an emperor." ”

Li Qing nodded slowly: "If you have that thought, I will kill you!" ”

“…… Sir, I would like to beg you for something. Zhu Qizhen's eyes were sincere, "Take me back to Beijing, I want to see him for the last time, in person... Apologize to him and admit his mistakes. ”

"What are you?" Li Qing was a little furious.

"Even if it's ...... Give me a chance to atone for my sins. Zhu Qizhen said ashamedly, "I think... He wanted to see me, too. ”

"During the period when Mr. was away, Wanqing went to Jingshi three times, and she was very pleasant, but ......," Zhu Qizhen sighed, "but there is no brotherhood among them." ”

Li Qing was silent, "Okay, I'll take you there." ”

"Thank you."

…

In the end, Li Qing put on a hair cover, put on makeup, and lived in the Hou Mansion again.

He was no longer young, just an old man in his sixties.

Zhu Wanqing is already a slim girl, almost the same size as the Qian family, and there are fewer immature and lively little beauties.

Seeing Li Qing come back, she was both happy and sour.

"Uncle Li, you're old, it's only been a long time, how can you ......" She didn't continue, knowing that it was because of Grandpa Zhang.

Li Qing just smiled and said, "Isn't it normal to be old?" ”

Zhu Wanqing nodded lightly and comforted: "Uncle Li, by the way." ”

"Hmm...," Li Qing said, "clean up, let's leave in a while." ”

"Okay." Zhu Wanqing nodded, "Do you want to bring your father?" The second uncle also wanted to see him. ”

"Well, together."

Zhu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, Uncle Li." ”

"Let's go." Li Qing waved his hand and sent the little girl away.

Then, Li Hong, who heard the news, also rushed over, and when he saw his godfather like this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Godfather......

"Okay, okay, what a man, don't be ashamed." Li Qing said with a smile, relieved and sad.

The little dolls at the beginning have now reached the age of the crown, and time flies too fast.

"Godfather, don't leave when you come back this time." Li Hong said, "Give the child a chance to honor you." ”

Li Qing smiled and said softly: "Godfather still has something to do, let's talk about it later." ”

"Godfather is going back to Beijing?"

"Well, let's go today."

"Let me go too." Li Hong prayed.

Li Qing's face was embarrassed, but after all, he still couldn't bear to say the words of refusal, "Come on, hurry up and clean up." ”

~

Palace.

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the dragon chair, only nearly forty years old, but most of his hair was white.

His face was gray and his shape was like a withered tree, and he was 108,000 miles away from Zhu Qizhen, who was middle-aged but strong.

Zhu Jianshen walked in with Xiao Hengzi, and when he saw the second uncle who looked like this, he couldn't help but feel sour: "Nephew Zhu Jianshen ......"

"No courtesy," Zhu Qiyu beckoned lightly, "See Shen, come and sit." ”