This is the majesty of Sikong, one of the Three Companies of the Tang Dynasty!
As far as the eye could see, the entire army bowed their heads. Wherever they passed by, people on both sides bowed their heads.
There are no flowers in winter, but colorful silk flowers are piled high with brocades. The ground is paved with Shu brocade worth a thousand gold. Colored silk worth thousands of gold is cut into the shape of petals, supplemented by strange fragrances, and is thrown high into the sky by the dancing palace maidens. Some of them fall to the ground, and some of them are blown by the wind.
It was swept into the Yellow River, and a small part fell on Li Ji's gorgeous coat.
The emperor had already arrived in the middle of the pontoon. He was wearing a bright yellow dress and looked at Li Ji with a smile. As for Wu Mei, who was dressed in bright red clothes, she knelt down beside him and looked at Li Ji with a smile.
Yunchu, dressed in black armor, stood on the westernmost side of the pontoon holding a horse spear. Xue Rengui, dressed in white armor, also stood on the easternmost side of the pontoon holding a horse spear.
After the palace ladies finished dancing, the water receded like a tide. When the eunuchs arranged the fruit plates, meals, and drinks, the eunuchs leaned over and carried the empty plates and walked backwards away from the pontoon.
Li Ji came to Li Zhi and danced three times before the emperor lowered his hands and invited Li Ji to sit down.
"It's been so long since I've seen the Grand Master in his attire, I almost forgot the Grand Master's majesty."
Li Ji did not exchange greetings, but raised his hands and said: "After my death, my tomb should be based on the precedents of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the famous generals of the Western Han Dynasty, and imitated the buildings of Yinshan, Tieshan and Wudeshan Mountains, in order to commend my contribution to defeating the Turks and Xue Yantuo."
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Li Zhi said: "Okay, Yinshan Mountain, Tieshan Mountain and Wudeshan Mountain are yours, then, do you still want Baitou Mountain and Heishui Mountain?"
Li Ji shook his head decisively and said: "That belongs to your Majesty. I don't want it. I have the lintels of the ancestral temples of Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje in my hands, which is enough."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Although I have no great military exploits, who can forget me in the future? I will allow you to use silver to cast Baektu Mountain and build the Blackwater River with cinnabar water."
Li Ji stood up and danced in obeisance.
Wu Mei brought a glass of wine to Li Ji and said, "I heard that Sikong is not in good health and rarely drinks alcohol anymore. However, I must drink this glass of wine."
Li Ji took the wine glass and asked Li Zhi to drink it, then drank it all in one gulp.
Li Zhi put down his wine glass and said: "This Dongming County used to be called Lihu. It was originally the hometown of Ying Gong. I also heard that Ying Gong had a wealthy family in the past. He also had many children and servants and accumulated thousands of chestnuts. In order to achieve a great cause, he was also a family.
The morning is gone.
I just don’t know what your father-in-law’s family situation is like now?”
Li Ji wiped the remaining stains on his beard and said, "Now it is the home of Zhong Ming Ding Shi."
Wu Mei once again brought a glass of wine to Li Ji and said with a smile, "Drink a lot."
Li Ji picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then put down the wine glass and said to Li Zhi: "Old minister, my wish has come true, and I have no worries anymore."
Li Zhi said: "It's a shame that Mr. Ying is so cruel to let a son disappear from the world."
Li Ji took the initiative to raise the wine glass that Wu Mei had filled and toasted to Li Zhi: "My lord, an old minister, has reached the extreme of being a human minister. If future generations imitate the old minister, it is already the best to get three points. If it is left in the wilderness, it will be impossible to say
If you can score six points, please forgive me for your licking."
Li Zhi also drained the glass of wine, waved his hand and said: "That's all, since he is willing to associate with poisonous insects and beasts in Nanzhao, I don't have to force him. It's just that the starting point for a mere Captain Guo Yi is too low."
Li Ji said with a smile: "When I joined the army, I was just a captain of ten men. Your Majesty must not encourage others to grow."
Li Zhi raised his hand and touched his eyebrows and said: "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and there are many rules left by our ancestors..."
Li Ji didn't wait for Li Zhi to finish speaking, then he raised his hands and said, "I still say what I said, this is your majesty's family matter, your majesty can decide it with one word, why bother asking other people's advice, let alone have too many worries.
When a man is in the world, he just does what he does, regardless of the consequences."
Li Zhi nodded and said, "So, I did it?"
Li Jidao: "If I don't die next year, I will still support your majesty."
"Who said Aiqing will die next year?" Li Zhi was very surprised.
Li Jidao: "Master Sun Simiao came to check my pulse a few days ago. Afterwards, he said that from now on, I don't need to control my eating desires and can do whatever I want."
Li Zhi looked extremely strange, and after a while he said: "This old Taoist priest never gives me good news."
Li Ji laughed and said: "Life and death, destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven. It's really not up to anyone. Your Majesty, I, veteran, please step back!"
Li Zhi looked at the delicacies on the table and said: "The wine is no more than three rounds, and the food is no more than five flavors. Why is your father so impatient?"
Li Ji pointed at Yun Chu and Xue Rengui who were standing at the end of the bridge and said: "The two of them dare not blaspheme His Majesty. At this time, I am afraid that they have already begun to violate the old minister's mother in their hearts.
I am already old, so please, Your Majesty, allow me to be unbridled again."
After saying that, he stood up and saluted Li Zhi, then turned around and walked towards Yun Chu.
Wu Mei looked at Li Ji's back and said, "I really think I am a first-class official."
Li Zhi said: "You are just a woman, he is right to ignore you."
"Does Your Majesty look down on women?"
Li Zhi stood up slowly and took a look under the bridge. Seeing that the rushing river under the bridge made him dizzy, he quickly grabbed Wu Mei's hand and said: "Let's go over too, lest Yun Chu and the others also scold you in their hearts, so,
I am at a loss."
When Li Ji passed by Yun Chu, he said softly: "If you miss it, you really missed it. Don't think that good opportunities always come."
Yun Chu replied: "Thank you, Mr. Ying, for letting go of your worries. From now on, the sky will be brighter and the sea will be brighter."
Li Ji snorted and said, "I won't survive next year. I'm really giving you an advantage."
After that, he walked away.
After Li Ji left, the eunuchs and concubines hurried to the emperor and empress and surrounded them across the bridge.
When Li Zhi passed by Yunchu, he said, "What did the British Duke say?"
Yun Chu said: "Ying Gong said that he will die next year, and he wants me to help him intercede with Xu Jingye and allow him to come back and inherit the lintel of Ying Gong."
Li Zhi said in surprise: "Why didn't he say it himself?"
Yun Chu said with a smile: "Yinggong can't say it, because he thinks Wei Chen's face is worthless."
Li Zhi snorted and said, "Those traitors and traitors, let them die."
After that, he hurried ashore and went to the outdoor palace that Yunchu built for him.
After the emperor left, the large group of people crossed the river in an endless stream along the pontoon bridge. Xue Rengui on the other side of the river was unwilling to stay for a moment. He fired a cannon and the large group of people left the Yellow River in billowing smoke.
When Yunchu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave, he found that the queen's carriage and horses had not left, but were parked on the river embankment. Aunt Chun, who was dressed like a ball, kept winking at him.
When Yun Chu came to the Queen's carriage, he found that Wu Mei had opened the curtains and looked at him with two big black and white eyes full of evil intent.
"Does Li Ji have any rebellious intentions?"
Yun Chu quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know!"
Wu Mei growled in a low voice: "I'm afraid I'm the only one who doesn't know, right?"
After saying that, the queen's carriage and horses started to move, and they ran away in a moment. Aunt Chun, who was hiding aside in a daze, saw that the queen had abandoned her, so she moved her short legs and chased the queen's carriage and horses with all her strength while shouting.
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Yun Chu felt that his legs were weak, so he simply sat on the river embankment and said to Di Renjie, who had been monitoring the pontoon: "Young Master really has thoughts of rebellion in his heart?"
Di Renjie sat next to Yun Chu and said, "It's just because I don't know that I feel terrible..."
"Tell me, His Majesty suddenly canceled the duty of guarding the floating bridge on the Yellow River. Did you find something?"
Di Renjie said: "I don't know. I always feel that Yinggong will not ruin his reputation for a lifetime. I have watched him for so long and I haven't found any connection between him and anyone."
Yun Chu pointed to the military camp behind him and said, "He doesn't have to look for outsiders. Believe it or not, there are quite a few guys in our army who are willing to die for Ying Gong."
Di Renjie took a breath and said, "No wonder the emperor didn't use our people to build the bridge and insisted on letting local officials build the bridge."
Yun Chu threw a stone into the river and said softly: "It's all guesswork, it's all guesswork. Anyway, no one wants to believe anyone else. However, this disaster is difficult, and there will be peace in the future."
Di Renjie whispered: "Who dares to look down upon the great hero before he breathes his last breath?"
"This incident will probably become the biggest mystery in the history of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, Your Majesty chose to solve the problem for Duke Ying instead of using hard means..."
After the emperor came, Yunchu's military camp became a huge military stronghold with a radius of five miles. The entire military stronghold was mainly composed of giant trees. In order to build this military stronghold, almost all the nearby giant trees were cut down by Yunchu.
In the past, Yunchu's Chinese army tent was the center of the camp. Now, it has been replaced by a huge wooden house made of tall and rough logs. The wooden house is filled with animal skins. The huge seat in the middle is paved with
A huge, colorful golden tiger skin.
Li Zhi propped one foot on the seat and looked down indifferently at the eunuchs and maids who were busy arranging furnishings.
This huge wooden house was Li Zhi's current choice. As for the huge wooden house that looked more beautiful and brilliant, Li Zhi did not choose it, so it naturally became the place where the queen lived.
Perhaps because of overthinking, Li Zhi felt that his temples were swelling, which was a sign that the windstorm was coming, so he sent the eunuch to invite Sun Simiao, who had been staying in Yunchu's military camp.
Seeing Sun Simiao using a flat steel needle to cut his ear to a pulp, he took out two wine glasses full of bright red blood. The bulging feeling in his temples slowly disappeared as the blood continued to flow out.
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Since so much blood had flowed out, Li Zhi felt that he should weaken a little, so he groaned and said to Sun Simiao: "Taoist priest, will Ying Gong really not survive next year? Can Taoist priest's Qihuang technique extend Ying Gong's life?"
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The weather was cold, and Sun Simiao was afraid that the wounds on Li Zhi's ears would be frozen, so he soaked the dried linen with antiseptic and wrapped the emperor's ears. When Li Zhi asked, he sighed and said: "Qihuang Zhi."
Techniques can only cure diseases, and Li Ji already has symptoms of exhaustion, which means that with his constitution, he can only live for so long. In June next year, Your Majesty can prepare for Li Ji's death.