On the fifteenth day of the first month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, at noon, Huainan Road, Suzhou Mansion, eighty miles southeast of Suzhou City, Linli County, Zhao Village.

The guard of honor of Li Jin, the king of Wei, set out from Suzhou, traveled to the northwest, and rushed all the way for five days, and on this day, he came to the territory of Suzhou Mansion in Huainan Province.

Li Zhen sat in the carriage, his mood was heavy, he didn't say a word, after the bumps along the way, his face was pale, and some fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead from time to time, he had to pick up a sweat towel and wipe it himself. At this time, although Li Zhen was depressed and uncomfortable, he was on the way, and he was in a hurry, but he was helpless......

Huainan Province is also the hardest hit area by the drought. Previously, Li Zhen had ordered Du Weimin, who was temporarily acting as the prefect of Yangzhou, to carry grain north. "I don't know where the grain transport team is now, and I don't know if all this grain has been distributed to the victims?" "It is expected that with Du's ability to do things for the people, as well as the escort of the Qincha guards all the way, it must have arrived in the disaster area. With food, no one will starve to death...... My father's wish has been barely fulfilled as a son. Li Zhen sat in the carriage and thought silently. At this time, what worried him even more was his father's condition. Although in his Li Jin's eyes, his father has always been light and healthy, and his spirit is high, but after all, the Son of Heaven is eighty years old, and time is the biggest poison in the body...... As soon as he thought of this, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel anxious, eager to give birth to wings, and immediately flew to Chang'an.

The forty soldiers ran with the wagon, and a gust of north wind blew like frost and slapped on their faces. The wind was mixed with dirt and dust, and everyone was so fascinated that they could barely open their eyes. One of the big poles in the queue was also blown by the wind. Looking around the wilderness, there were cracked fields everywhere, and the north wind was blowing in angrily, as if it was about to uproot and blow away all the dead grass that remained on the ground......

Xue Tao and Xu Ke rode their horses separately, and Xue Tao saw that Li Zhen was silent, and he didn't dare to talk at will, so he had to hit the horse and go forward, and chatted with Xu Ke:

"Brother Disease-free, do you know what day it is? If we are in Chang'an, tonight, there will be a lively and beautiful scene!"

Xue Tao asked in a vague manner. He remembered that today was the Shangyuan Festival, and he thought that Chang'an City must be very lively at this time, and every household had to put up lanterns and hang colors, and stay at night, which was estimated to be more lively. According to previous years, in the Shangyuan Festival, Chang'an City does not have a curfew at night, and when it arrives, it is even more empty, and everyone has to crowd outside the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, vying to see the grand occasion of the annual Chang'an Lantern Festival.

"Shangyuan Festival...... In our Jiangnan, we also have to hang lanterns on this day and eat Lantern Festival......" Xu Ke replied with a smile.

"You just hang a few lanterns there, that's called a small fight, how can it compare to the lantern festival in Chang'an City...... Hundreds of large lanterns of all kinds are hung all over half of Chang'an City, and outside the Danfeng Gate, there will be dozens of zhang high lanterns, illuminating this large square as if it were daytime. From afar, cough ...... Not to mention how spectacular!" Xue Tao said.

"It's so pretty...... Then next time, if you are not sick, you will have to follow Brother Xue to watch it!" Xu Ke said.

"That's right, brother-free disease, the next time the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, let me Lao Xue take you for a good stroll, there is nothing more spectacular than the Lantern Festival in our Chang'an City...... It's a pity that this year's Shangyuan Festival, our brothers can only face this barren mountain, and they will ...... for one night," Xue Tao said with interest. However, he was also secretly thinking in his heart, even if we were all in Chang'an City at this time, what should we do? Now, the crown prince has been deposed, the new prince has not been established, and the old emperor is critically ill, and the situation in the entire Chang'an City is not much better, and who still cares about watching the lights?

"What is that mountain called?" Li Jin, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly asked.

Xue Tao and Xu Ke looked at a mountain in front of them, only to see that the mountain was not high, but it covered a wide area, as for what the mountain was called, how could the two of them know? So Xue Tao looked at the rest of the Qin Guards, and a military commander hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, this mountain is called 'Ji Mountain', and the small one has grown up in the north of this Ji Mountain since he was a child, so he knows ......."

"Ji Shan?...... Xue Tao, is this place in Linli County, the capital of Suzhou?" asked Li Zhen again.

"Back to Your Highness, this is Huainan Road, Suzhou Mansion, and Linli County. The last general just asked an old farmer, and the place we are passing by now also has a name, called 'Zhao Village'. Presumably, most of the residents here are surnamed Zhao ......," Xue Tao hurriedly replied.

"Who asked you about this village? The front is diverted to the foot of Ji Mountain, and this king wants to worship his predecessors......" Li Zhen said angrily in the car.

"Your Highness, it's windy outside, and Your Highness has suffered from the wind and cold, according to the general's intentions, Your Highness should not get out of the car......" Xue Tao said cautiously.

"Do you know who is buried on the mountain?" asked Li Jin.

"This ...... I don't know ...... general," Xue Tao replied curtly.

"Isn't it, that Uncle Ji's Tomb of the Night?" Xu Ke couldn't help but say.

"Hehe, I can't see that you are young, but you still have some knowledge...... It is rumored that Na Ji Kang was a native of Linlian, Suzhou, and was buried here in Jishan after his death...... "Li Zhen said.

"Yes, yes, yes! The little one also heard that there is a tomb of a big official on Ji Mountain, and what is the name of the big official 'Ji Kang'...... The little one has also heard the patriarch of the village talk since he was a child, saying that the big official named Ji Kang didn't know how to be a man in the past, and offended officials who were bigger than him, and then he was unjustly killed by those officials who were bigger than him...... The tomb on the mountain, the small one has also seen it, but the tomb door has long been dug up by those tomb robbers, and the contents have been stripped away, and now there is only an empty tomb left...... "The previous Wu Changyu said.

"Hmm...... It's a pity, if I let that Ji Zhongsan be born in my big work, how could I end up like this! The song "Guangling San" will not be overwhelming......" Li Zhen sighed leisurely.

"Yes, yes, who let Ji Kangsheng be out of time, if he meets His Royal Highness, he will be allowed to ensure his wealth and fame, and he will be glorious for a lifetime......" Xue Tao also echoed.

Xu Ke was very disapproving, he secretly thought to himself: "That Uncle Ji is reluctant to be an official at night, just because he has a wild and uninhibited temperament and does not understand sycophancy, so he offended the powerful minister Zhonghui, and finally died at the age of forty." With his fierce and frenzied temperament, even if he was born in Daqian, if he met you King Wei, with your temper that gets angry at every turn, how much better can it be than that Sima Zhao......?

While everyone was talking, the convoy had already reached the foot of Ji Mountain, and further ahead was a rugged mountain road, the mountains and rocks were rugged, and the carriage naturally could not move forward. Xu Ke and Xue Tao also dismounted and handed over the horses to the soldiers to watch.

Xue Tao knew Li Jin's temper, so he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he had to help Li Zhen get out of the car, and climb up the mountainside with Xu Ke and the four personal soldiers who opened the way......

Li Zhen originally wanted to climb to Ji Kang's tomb to worship, but after walking dozens of steps, he saw that the road was full of thorns, and the mountain road was really difficult.

Li Zhen chose a gentle slope, and in a hurry, he couldn't find incense and candle offerings, so he had to lead everyone to kneel facing the north, bow a few times in the air, and say some words of praise and admiration......

After the worship was over, Xue Tao and Xu Ke helped Li Zhen to step down the mountain again, and everyone returned to the frame. Li Zhen looked up at the hill, and was about to sigh for a while, when he suddenly heard a terrible cry coming from Zuo Near......