On this day, Li Zhiyun came back from Guozi School. As soon as he walked into Tai Chi Palace, a palace maid was waiting for him and said to him: "Your Majesty is waiting for you, please go quickly!"

Li Zhiyun handed the wooden box to the palace maid and hurried to his grandmother's palace. As soon as his grandmother saw him, she said, "Go back quickly and change into plain clothes. I will wait for you at the gate of the palace!"

Li Zhiyun didn't know what happened. After changing his clothes, he came to the gate of the palace. His grandmother was already waiting for him. After getting on the carriage, his grandmother said: "There is news from the front that your brother-in-law died in the battle!"

"Which brother-in-law?"

"That's Zhao Cijing."

Zhao Cijing is his fifth brother-in-law. The fifth sister has the same mother as Li Zhiyun and is five years older than him. She was born in the same year as the second brother, but the month is older than the second brother. Therefore, apart from the third sister, Li Zhiyun feels closer to the fifth sister

Some.

"The body has not been found yet, and the head is still hanging on the city wall..." Grandma said, unable to help but shed tears.

It turned out that Zhao Cijing led his troops to fight with the Sui general Yao Junsu who was defending Hedong County, and was captured by Yao Junsu. Yao Junsu killed him and hung his head on the city wall. It was really terrible! When Li Zhiyun first arrived in Chang'an,

I have met my fifth brother-in-law. He is a handsome man, both civil and military.

When Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, Zhao Cijing was in Chang'an. Li Yuan sent someone to notify him, but he did not escape because he was worried about his elderly mother. As a result, he was captured by the court. Unlike Li Zhiyun, he was not executed but was kept in prison.

After Li Yuan captured Chang'an, he rescued him.

Later, Zhao Cijing was appointed as the governor of Huazhou and the commander-in-chief of the march. This time he fought with Yao Junsu and was captured by him. Yao Junsu knew that he was Li Yuan's son-in-law, but still killed him, obviously intending to fight to the end!

Yao Junsu was a general who attacked Hedong in the Sui Dynasty. He was originally a subordinate of Qu Tutong and had been guarding Hedong City. After Qu Tutong was captured, Li Yuan appointed him as the Minister of War and sent him to the foot of Hedong City to recruit Yao Junsu to surrender.

The two met on the city wall and had mixed feelings. They both shed tears. Qu Tutong said to Yao Junsu: "Our army has been defeated. Wherever the Tang Wang Yiqi pointed out, everyone responded. Now that the matter has come to this, you'd better be earlier.

It’s better to surrender!”

Yao Junsu said: "As a minister of the country, the Lord has entrusted you with the important task of defending Guanzhong. On behalf of the king, I have entrusted the country to you. Why do you abandon the country and surrender? And you also act as a lobbyist for others? You are taking advantage of this.

The horse is a reward from the king. How dare you ride this horse?" Qu Tutong said, "Oh! Jun Su, I surrendered because I was exhausted." Yao Junsu said, "I

Now that your strength has not been exhausted, why are you talking so much?!" Qu Tutong had no choice but to retreat in shame.

After Yao Junsu killed Zhao Cijing, Li Yuan sent troops to attack Hedong City many times, but failed to capture it. Yao Junsu persisted in Hedong City for another half a year. When the food was gone, people started to eat people. Yao Junsu's men couldn't bear it.

So he killed him, Kaicheng surrendered to the Tang army, and sent Yao Junsu's head to Chang'an. This will be discussed later.

Li Zhiyun and his mother came to the fifth sister's house, and saw that everyone in the house was wearing white and mourning, and there was a murderous atmosphere. They walked through the courtyard and walked into the hall. The hall had been decorated as a mourning hall, and there were placed on the altar

The memorial tablet contains offerings and incense candles.

The fifth sister, wearing sackcloth and mourning, knelt at the gate to greet the guests. When she saw her grandma come in, she got up and hugged her, crying uncontrollably. Her grandma also cried with her. Li Zhiyun was infected and couldn't stop crying.

Straight flow.

After crying for a while, Li Zhiyun followed his mother to offer incense and bow to his brother-in-law's memorial tablet. His mother wiped away her tears and said, "Where are the children?" The nanny brought the children over. The two children were very young, one was only two or three years old.

, and the other was still in infancy. The mother held the baby in her arms and cried: "The child is so young and his father is gone. What will we do in the future?..." The fifth sister cried bitterly again.

From time to time, guests came to pay homage, and the fifth sister was busy kneeling to greet them. Grandma said to Li Zhiyun: "There are too many people here, you should go back first!"

"What about you?"

"Your sister is going to have a vigil tonight, so I'll stay at your house so I can keep her company."

Helpless, Li Zhiyun had no choice but to get on the carriage alone and return to Tai Chi Palace.

If in terms of soul, he has no relationship with his grandmother and fifth sister, then in terms of body, he has a relationship with them, and it is a very close blood relationship. I don’t know since when, he has completely regarded himself as Li Zhiyun

, as a member of the Li family. When they were happy, he would be happy. When they were sad, he would be sad too. Therefore, he was in a low mood for several days.

On this day, he came out of the school and was about to return to Tai Chi Palace. Suddenly he heard someone behind him shouting: "Zhiyun." He turned around and saw that it was Liu Shuyi, and said: "Shuyi."

Among the brothers, Liu Shuyi was the closest to him. I don’t know when they started calling each other by their first names. Liu Shuyi walked up to him and said with a smile: "Zhiyun, come to my house?" Li Zhiyun shook his head.

Said: "I don't want to go."

"How boring is it to be alone when you go back? Go ahead!" Liu Shuyi said and dragged him away.

When I arrived at Liu Mansion, I walked through the courtyard and walked into the hall. I saw it was quiet inside. Li Zhiyun asked: "Your father is not at home?" Liu Shuyi said: "My father and your second brother led the troops to fight. Now this

I have the final say at home!”

After Li Zhiyun sat down, the maid came in and served him tea. He picked up the tea cup and just took a sip when he saw Liu Mansion's housekeeper come in and said to Liu Shuyi: "Master, everything is ready!" Liu Shuyi nodded and smiled.

He said to him: "Zhiyun, let's go to the backyard!" He didn't know what Liu Shuyi was going to do, but he still stood up and followed him to the backyard.

Li Zhiyun walked into the yard and took a look, wow! It’s so lively here! A stage was set up in the middle of the yard. There were many performers in costumes next to the stage, preparing for the performance. In front of the stage, there were two tables with tables on them.

There were exquisite food and wine vessels. It turned out that Liu Shuyi wanted to invite him to drink and watch a play.

After Liu Shuyi invited him to take a seat, the servant poured the wine. Liu Shuyi said to the butler: "Let's begin!" Then the performance began. The first program was acrobatics: stilt walking. Several artists stood on stilts that were two feet long, doing flips.

Somersaults and various difficult movements made Li Zhiyun stunned. Wow! It’s really amazing!

Li Zhiyun was eating and watching the show. Liu Shuyi only invited him tonight. The other people watching the show, except for the servants of the Liu family, were only Liu Wenjing's concubines, that is, Liu Shuyi's aunts.

Next is a comedy show, also called Youxi, which is similar to modern cross talk and sketches, performed by Youren. The Youren's faces are covered with thick oil paint, a bit like clowns on the stage in later generations.

This play is about a corrupt official who is afraid of his wife. Every time he accepts money, he doesn’t know where to hide it. After his wife finds out, she searches him every time he comes home. When he takes off his official hat, a piece of silver falls.

, he took off his official uniform and found a piece of silver. He also took off his official boots and found a piece of silver. Finally, only his underwear was left. The corrupt official refused to take it off anymore and was chased and beaten by his wife, who carried her around on the stage.

Running around in circles. The actors performed humorously and hilariously, making Li Zhiyun burst into laughter.

It was getting dark, the servants hung up the lanterns, and the performance continued. There were more than a dozen shows performed that night. The one that impressed Li Zhiyun the most was a magic trick. The magician filled an earthen basin with soil, planted seeds, and then poured water into the pot.

After drinking water, the vines were seen growing out and bearing fruits. The magician picked the fruits and sent them to the guest of honor.

Liu Shuyi asked his servant to peel the skin, cut it into several pieces, and handed one to Li Zhiyun. When Li Zhiyun took a bite, it was crispy and sweet. It was really amazing! He couldn't help but sigh, the ancients were so smart! Compared with modern magic, this magic is

Not inferior at all! If you take part in international competitions, you will definitely get a gold medal!

Li Zhiyun did not expect that the Liu family would have such a good theater troupe. He had a great time that night, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.

Late at night, Liu Shuyi sent him outside the mansion and asked the housekeeper to put a carriage on him and take him back to Tai Chi Palace. Standing beside the carriage, Li Zhiyun looked at Liu Shuyi and sincerely said: "Shuyi, thank you!" Liu Shuyi smiled.

He smiled and said: "Zhiyun, your brother-in-law is gone, I know you are very sad. I can't do anything else, I can only do these."

"These are already very good! Thank you!" Li Zhiyun said, gave Liu Shuyi a tight hug, then turned around and got into the carriage, wiping his eyes by the way.
Chapter completed!