Chapter 299: Heavenly Prison, Monarch and Minister
Li Qi just thought about it for a while, then he also sat down at the table with a big grin, looked at Li Qiuhuang opposite, and said with a smile: "If you want to come to the life of a criminal minister, it is not in vain to come to the world!"
Li Qiuhuang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and snorted: "You had a lot of fun messing around, but you ended up taking your life, can you really laugh?"
Li Qi waved his hand, laughed louder, he snatched the wine jug from Li Qiuhuang's hand with a relaxed face, poured a full bowl, and drank it in one go.
On weekdays, this action can really be said to be very presumptuous, but Li Qi looked at the four walls of this prison, what else should not be put down?
"Why can't you laugh, this matter, someone has to do it, not a criminal, but someone else. ”
"The others ......" Li Qiuhuang sighed slightly, and suddenly said: "Gu is going to issue an edict to promote Cai Yong to Taifu, and as for the two brothers Cai Xiang and Cai Yang, they will be temporarily transferred to the Southern Army." ”
Among the highest-ranking officials in the Tang State, Taifu is one of them, and they are all official positions of Zhengyipin, along with Taishi and Taibao, and then there is only the lord of the country himself.
And although this Taifu is a first-class person and has a respected status, he is not a real official position, but a teacher who teaches the emperor's homework, but now with Li Qiuhuang's literary brilliance, I am afraid that there are few capable people in this world who can surpass him.
This kind of promotion is not so much a demotion.
He looked at Li Qi's expression, shook his head and sighed lightly: "Could it be that you still think that Gu Zhen doesn't know? Only Cai Yong can plan like this, and he will never do so. ”
"Yes...... Lonely can't save your life. Li Qiuhuang took a sip of wine and said, his fingertips rubbing the lines on the wine jug, "The 10,000 Ding'an army rebelled, you can't get rid of this matter no matter what, and now, even the 3,000 dead soldiers, the forbidden army...... Everything has to be pushed on your head, you ...... Do you understand?"
"The sinner understands. Li Qi said: "The criminal minister is just an orphan, without a father or mother, let alone relatives and friends, this surname Li is ...... It was also given by the previous king. The criminal has only been married once, and his wife died of illness a few years ago, and there is no intention of continuing the string...... Even according to the laws of the Tang Kingdom, the three tribes of Yi ...... can only kill the minister. ”
Li Qi was smiling, his eyes calm: "Cai Zhuguo's family, Cai Xiang and Cai Yang, all of them are pillars of the country, Xiao Yan'er...... is also a quirky and wonderful person, as well as Cai's father and mother, there are hundreds of people to say the least. This life of the minister is worth in exchange for hundreds of lives of the Cai family and the lives of 10,000 soldiers of the Anjun Army!"
He stood up and said heavily: "Cai Zhuguo has been seeking the country for many years, even if he is decisive this time, he is also thinking about the country's society, and the minister is grateful to the lord of the country for understanding Cai Zhuguo's painstaking efforts and letting his old man spend his old age in peace." ”
Li Qiuhuang closed his eyes slightly, and sighed: "You can think so, I am also relieved." I hope that after Cai Yong becomes a grandfather, he can really enjoy his old age at home, which can be regarded as a little selfishness. As for Cai Xiang and Cai Yang...... They are still young, and they may not have the opportunity to come back in the future after spending some more time in the Southern Army. ”
"The Lord of the Kingdom is Shengming. ”
"Whether it is holy or not, I know it myself. Li Qiuhuang said: "Lone is still suitable for writing poems, playing the piano, dancing and writing, as for governing the country, ......"
"Why is the lord of the country so arrogant?" Li Qi couldn't help but interrupt him, "What the criminal minister understands, the lord of the country is definitely not the kind of faint monarch who only covets pleasure, the general trend of the world, including the general trend of the Tang Kingdom, the lord of the country has some calculations in his chest, why do you want to say such depressing words? Could it be that the demon concubine is really more important than the Tang Kingdom and even the world?"
Li Qiuhuang shook his head, chewed on the word, and muttered, "Demon Concubine...... The Demon Princess......"
Then he smiled and said, "In that case, Li Qi, why don't you want to continue the string?"
Li Qi was slightly stunned, bowed his head and said, "Sinner...... and his deceased wife, deep love and heart-to-heart. She couldn't afford to be sick for a long time, but I was still away on the expedition at that time, and I didn't get to see her for the last time. Later, the criminal sorted out her belongings and found dozens of letters from her family hidden under the bed...... It turned out that she had been trying to write to me all these years, but she was afraid that it would affect my war, so she didn't send a single letter. Since she married me, I have rarely fulfilled my duties as a husband, and I feel sorry in my heart, and I ...... Resolve not to continue the strings. ”
Li Qiuhuang listened quietly while drinking wine, and finally sighed: "It's real and touching." Lin's ...... It's really a good helper. ”
"Yes. ”
"What if I tell you, Li Qi, is also sorry in my heart?" Li Qiuhuang said suddenly.
Li Qi raised his head strangely, not knowing what Li Qiuhuang meant by "apologizing".
"Lord of the country, minister of sin...... Don't understand. ”
"It's an old thing, don't mention it. Li Qiuhuang poured a large sip of wine, and suddenly a raging fire seemed to ignite in his throat, and he thought of the pure, ruddy, and always smiling face of Yang Taizhen when he was a girl......
That face slowly overlapped with her expressionless, cold face over the years, and now she seemed to be really made of ice and snow, chilling cold.
It's chilling.
"There are some mistakes that are too late to undo them. Li Qiuhuang looked at Li Qi, his eyes looked over the general's shoulder to the dark corner of the prison, "Actually, it's just a thought, but ...... How can those who are gone be restored?"
Li Qiuhuang gently slapped the table twice with his palm and said, "Tang Guo...... World. The world is so big, but can't tolerate such a mistake?"
He seemed to be inspired by Li Qi's remembrance of his deceased wife, but it seemed like he was talking to himself.
Li Qi didn't know how to answer, because he didn't know what the so-called "mistake" in Li Qiuhuang's mouth was, and what made him regret it so much, and even ...... He was ordered to punish himself for writing poems and wasting national politics with indulgence.
He made up his mind and still insisted: "The lord of the country...... The ancestors of the Tang Kingdom have worked hard to support the Tang Kingdom for a clear and clear world, and now it is a world of great contention, if the lord of the country is so laissez-faire, how can he be worthy of the foundation of his ancestors?"
"The inheritance of the ancestors, in the final analysis, is only the inheritance of the ancestors. The world is the world of the people of the world. If the Tang Kingdom really falls one day, in the final analysis, it can only show that the Tang Kingdom is not worthy of being supported. Conquer on the battlefield, compete with the heroes of the world, until you dominate the world, that is the ambition and pride that you will have when you are young...... Today's loneliness just hopes that the people of Tang can be stable and prosperous, that's all. ”
He blinked slightly, his eyes were out of focus, and said: "You don't have to say it anymore, maybe the historians have already used their pens to give Lone the title of 'Faint King', so it's up to them to go......"
Li Qiuhuang drank the last sip of wine, shook the already empty wine jug, and showed a lonely look on his face.
He had come to the prison to see Li Qi off.
Now, the wine has been drunk, but is he finished?
Li Qiuhuang stood up, walked around to Li Qi's side, stretched out his hand, patted Li Qi's shoulder gently, and sighed: "It's lonely that can't stand you." ”
Li Qi panicked and wanted to stand up, but found that the power in Li Qiuhuang's hand was so great that even he, a cultivator who had broken through the Three Realms, could not fight.
"Compared with Wenzhi, it is not as lonely as Jingwu Zhuge Wanling. Compared with martial arts, lonely is not as good as Cao Meng in the sea. Li Qiuhuang said: "Only poetry and writing, Lone still has some self-confidence, but after all, ...... It is not beneficial to the country. ”
"Perhaps, you shouldn't have been born in the Tang Kingdom. ”
Hot tears fell from Li Qi's eyes: "The guilty minister is born as a person of the Tang Kingdom, and death is the soul of the Tang Kingdom.
"Let's be a geist, maybe I'll be happy that way. Li Qiuhuang shook his head and said softly in a voice that only he could hear.
The guards opened the door, Li Qiuhuang walked out, he heard Li Qi kneeling on his knees behind him, three sounds, each of which was as heavy as a war drum, even with Li Qi's cultivation, thinking of such a big gift would not make him feel too comfortable.
But Li Qiuhuang didn't look back, didn't say much, just walked out of the prison door lightly and walked towards the outside of the prison.
Just outside the prison, Yang Taizhen stood quietly, the palace maid behind her lowered her head, holding her skirt, not daring to make the slightest sound, and even tried to control her breathing.
Li Qiuhuang's figure paused slightly, looked at Yang Taizhen, and said with a wry smile: "What are you doing here?"
Yang Taizhen's dress has not been removed, and the phoenix crown and various ornaments on her head make her look graceful and luxurious, but the coldness on her face carries a coercion, which makes people dare not look directly.
"Can the lord of the country come, can't the concubine come?" Yang Taizhen asked rhetorically, his eyes looking straight ahead, and his tone was very stiff.
Li Qiuhuang's voice gradually lowered, and said, "You know, that's not what loneliness means. ”
Yang Taizhen didn't intend to save any face for Li Qiuhuang at all, and sneered: "The concubine is stupid, how can she understand what the lord thinks?"
Li Qiuhuang took a step back, lowered his head, and there was a little helplessness in his voice: "Could it be that we have to quarrel here?" Let's go...... Lonely accompanied you to Huaqing Palace to discuss privately, okay?"
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