Outside the city of Huazhou there were banners everywhere and sergeants standing in large numbers. There were tents on the left and right arranged for several miles along both sides of the galloping road. Behind the curtains there were many plain tents and hemp flags used to summon souls and offer sacrifices to the spirits.
A group of knights galloped in to report the news, and soon all the civil and military officials from Daxingtai Yuwentai, including several princes and courtiers who came specially from Chang'an, came out from behind the tent and waited silently.
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After a while, a team of men and horses appeared on the road. The soldiers all walked solemnly. A large cart in front of the team carried a large coffin. Lying in the coffin was the man who died suddenly in Luyang.
Several favors, several chapters and other close relatives and friends were all barefoot and holding the coffin.
"Your Majesty, Li Boshan, was ordered by the Lord to go south to Luyang to support the coffin of Duke Changle before returning to the country. Now that the hero's soul has returned, he has come here to resume his duties."
The journey home was long, and the original fresh sadness had settled into the memory of his heart. Li Tai, who was dressed in plain robes, saw that Daxingtai was leading the ministers to welcome him, so he dismounted from his horse and walked out of the formation, kowtow before entering and said.
"Just come back, come back..."
Yu Wentai's voice was a little choked, which showed that he was also very sad about Shu Hui's death. He took a few steps forward, bent down and helped Li Tai up personally, then raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Boshan."
is you."
While he was talking, a young man in raw linen clothes from behind stumbled forward. It was Shuofeng.
The boy's face was pale and haggard, his eyes were hollow, and he had lost his former liveliness. His lips were slightly open and he was taking a big breath, as if his throat was blocked and he was having difficulty breathing. Only after seeing Li Tai did his eyes light up a little, and he looked up at Li Tai.
Li Tai's throat trembled a few times, and then a dry and hoarse voice came out of his mouth: "Brother, I, I'm sorry...I, I don't have any more Aye!"
Li Taiben restrained the sadness in his heart. When he heard Shuofeng's cry, tears rolled down his eyes. He held Shuofeng in his arms, caressed his shoulders and soothed him softly: "No one can escape the fate of life and death.
Crying as much as you want during the incident will not detract from a man's strength. Although you have passed away, Bodhidharma is not alone. No matter whether the road ahead is long or winding, I will protect you on your way!"
When Shuofeng heard this, he cried out in grief. He had to be supported by Li Tai before he came to the cart carrying his father's coffin. He held the coffin and cried bitterly. He was so sad that the people who came out to welcome him heard this.
The young man couldn't help but be moved to tears by his sad cry, and a group of people escorted several Hui coffins back to the mansion in the city.
Li Tai also had official business to wrap up. He first sent the battle report compiled by Fan Fan's battle experiences during the Eastern Expedition to the Zhitang Hall of Taifu. After successfully returning to his life, he also sent the generals such as Li Mu to the Houjunfu.
The sergeant led him back to the camp and settled down.
After finishing all official duties, Li Tai took his second brother Li Chao and a few close friends and went straight to Shuo Hui's home.
Although Hui Hui had many old friends in Kansai, he did not have many blood relatives. Therefore, the imperial court and the government sent officials and soldiers to help organize the funeral.
When Li Tai came here, people inside and outside his mansion were already crowded with people who came to express their condolences.
As the junior whom Shuo Hui favored the most, he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of greeting and entertaining the guests. Li Ya, who had been here with Shuo Feng for many days, also put away her usual naughtiness and kept a straight face along with Liu Ang.
Following Li Tai in and out, he wanted to help Shuofeng, a good brother who had been with him for a long time, share the household chores.
Shu Hui was already highly qualified. In recent years, he and Li Bi were responsible for the army reorganization in Bafu. Therefore, the generals and generals of the central army in Bafu were often promoted by him, and now they also come to express their condolences.
After Li Tai entered the mansion, he was busy entertaining guests. It was not until the evening when the number of guests dwindled that he had time to go into the inner mansion to visit Shou Hui's wife and daughter. When Shou Hui was alive, he was often a guest, and they were no strangers to each other.
The wife also went into the inner house early to comfort her, and it was here that the young couple reunited after a long separation.
Soon after their wedding, they parted ways. When Miss Miaoyin saw her husband again, there was a lot of affection between her eyebrows and her eyes, and she wanted to pour out her endless thoughts, but this was not the right place after all, so all the love words could only be suppressed in her heart for the time being.
Li Taiben stayed overnight to help in the past few days, but Mrs. Hui also knew that he must be exhausted when he returned from a long journey, so she urged him to go home and rest first, and it would be easy to come back tomorrow.
So Li Tai left Li Quji, Zhang Shinu and others on standby to help, and he returned home with his wife first. After returning home, he naturally had to introduce his wife to his second brother Li Chao.
Li Chao knew about his brother's marriage, and although his sister-in-law looked a bit young, she was respectful.
However, Miaoyin had not prepared herself mentally for being a eldest sister-in-law. Seeing her brother-in-law, who was much older than herself, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She carefully ate a dinner in the hall, and after Li Chao retired to rest,
The young lady hurriedly turned to Li Taifa and asked, "I was not rude just now, did I make Shiro 14 laugh?"
After Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help laughing and comforted the young lady: "Although our family has a little reputation in the world, the family members in the family also get along with each other normally. If we say that the most important person in the family is
The one who is rude must be me. Jushiro has been quiet and dignified since he was a child. He doesn't talk about my ugliness in front of others. He still has a scar on the back of his head, which was injured by me playing martial arts when he was young. Compared with me, my wife is gentle.
I'm much more polite, my family can tolerate me, so why would they be picky about my wife?"
When Miaoyin heard that her husband had such a naughty story, she immediately clapped her hands and laughed. She originally had a lot to talk about, but she thought that her husband was tired from a long journey and would have to go to the Changle Palace to help tomorrow morning, so she quickly ordered her family to prepare.
Bathing soup and other matters allow the husband to rest peacefully after taking a bath.
When Li Tai undressed and got on the bed after taking a bath, the young lady also blushed and leaned to the side. She looked affectionate and affectionate, and soon she also snuggled into her husband's arms and fell asleep peacefully.
In his sleep, the corners of his mouth were filled with sweet smiles.
After many days of busy work, Shuhui's funeral was finally over. Li Tai helped from beginning to end, and in this way he said goodbye to the elder who had given him a lot of help and allowed him to successfully establish a foothold in this world.
After the funeral, Shuofeng, accompanied by his tribe, went to live in mourning next to his father's tomb, while Li Tai also had to pack his mind and deal with the remaining matters of the expedition.
In the early morning of this day, Li Tai got up early and was going to Taifu after having breakfast. As a result, the door of the front hall unexpectedly received a greeting card from Zhongshan Gongyu Wenhu and sent it into the hall.
Li Tai hurriedly went out to greet him, only to see that it was Yu Wenhu's wife Yuanshi and several sons, even those who were still in their infancy, who were also visiting.
When Li Tai saw this posture, he immediately felt that the person coming was evil, but he couldn't turn away Yu Wen to protect his wife and children, so he could only bite the bullet and invite them in. He was planning to ask his wife to come forward to receive him, but he left.
But before he could speak, Yuan had already ordered his sons to pay homage to Li Tai.
Li Tai became even more panicked when he saw this, and jumped away in a hurry to avoid this courtesy, but Mrs. Yuwenhu had already cried out: "My husband often said that he and Xihe Gong have a deep relationship, and they can depend on each other for life and death. Now he has been defeated and harmed the country, and he is behind bars."
, I haven’t heard anything yet, and I beg the Duke of Xihe to take pity on these young and innocent sons, and rescue their father righteously..."
Hearing this, Li Tai felt even more dizzy. After he returned, he was busy with Shu Hui's funeral. Although he had heard about Yu Wenhu's experience, he didn't know much about it. However, it was obvious that he was an outsider without his wife and children crying and begging him.
It's so serious.
"Madam, please get up quickly. Brother Sabao and I have a deep friendship. Knowing that he is in danger, I will never stand by and watch him. I will try my best to rescue him. Madam He Lao and the young disciples went to the house to cry."
Yu Wenhu's life was obviously not in danger, but Li Tai would not force the matter into his hands. He then said: "I have been busy with Chang Le Gong's family affairs recently, and I have not had time to ask about current affairs in detail. I also need to go to Tai Mansion to report to the Lord.
I plead guilty to the fact that I was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy when I was in Heluo a few days ago. If I can prove my innocence and still not lose the trust of the Lord, I will definitely help Brother Sabao."
Yuan didn't know this part. After hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously exclaimed: "Xihe Gong has outstanding merits, how could he collaborate with the enemy! If this matter is not in vain, then, then..."
She didn't know whether Li Tai's suspicion of collaboration with the enemy was imposed by her husband in order to fight for power, but after hearing that Li Tai was also in a bad situation, she was embarrassed to make any further requests for nuisance, so she could only take her sons and leave.
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After sending away the family, Li Tai was able to go to Taifu and was soon introduced into the Zhitang.
"Boshan, please excuse yourself and come and sit down. Recently, many evil things have disturbed people, making them worried and uneasy. Only seeing Boshan makes me sincerely happy."
When Yu Wentai saw Li Tai coming to the hall to pay his respects, his face lit up with a smile, and he quickly spoke to Li Tai.
After Li Tai sat down, he lowered his head and said, "I asked Rong Chen to report my private meeting with the Eastern Bandit envoy at Heqiao a few days ago..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Wentai waved his hands and said: "People may not know Boshan, how can I not know it? If I don't know it, how can I put heavy responsibilities on you repeatedly?"
As he spoke, he took off his sword and handed it to Li Tai, and said with a smile: "If anyone slanders you like this in the future and slanders your innocence, just tell me to kill him with this sword!"
Even though Li Tai's resistance was already extremely high, it was unfortunate that the boss was so good at making things happen. There was something new every time. Hearing what Yu Wentai said, he was quite excited for a moment. He avoided the table and bowed, raising the knife above his head with both hands, choking with sobs.
Said: "The kindness and righteousness I wear on my body are higher than Mount Huashan! I only wish my lord a long life, so that I can repay the kindness in the long run!"
After Yu Wentai heard this, he also laughed, but the smile did not last long and soon stopped. He looked down at Li Tai and said: "The former captured the two cities of Heyang and Jubo Mountain."
.However, the mediocre criminals later failed to carry out this work, so that all the previous achievements were ruined. The two biggest criminals among them are still in prison. After all, their sins are very serious. Do they deserve to live or die? Boshan, you
Fight it for me!"
When Li Tai heard this, the gratitude that had just surged in his heart suddenly disappeared. You stinky black otter wants to save people but is unwilling to compromise your own prestige. You actually forced me to express my position! I have forgiven them.
Others have something good to say, right?
The so-called decision by him was naturally just a polite word. After pondering for a while, Li Tai could only say: "I am not in the criminal department. Although the Lord is a favored envoy, I dare not overstep my authority and make judgments. I can only speak based on the facts. This is
Fanheluo's great advance is indeed a rare opportunity. He Liuhun is unable to recover from his death. There may still be rebellion in his country, and he may not be as powerful as Hou Jing. It is indeed heartbreaking to miss the opportunity..."
It's okay if he didn't say it, but saying this immediately made Yu Wentai even more sad. Yes, He Liuhun can't die again, and it's hard for a rebel with such a huge influence like Hou Jing to appear frequently. If you miss this opportunity, next time
One time or two times.
"If the Lord made this inquiry a few days ago, I really don't know how to respond. However, because of Changle's official affairs, I feel that the world is impermanent and life and death are fateful. The two gentlemen are indeed guilty in this matter, and it can even be said that death is not a pity. But if
As far as mysteries are concerned, he was able to survive such a huge defeat and was unable to hurt the thieves despite their overwhelming force. Perhaps it was God's will that made him survive, and there are still things to do in the future."
When Li Tai talked about this, he couldn't help but feel evil thoughts in his heart. He wanted to see whether Yu Wentai wanted to protect his nephew or his son. Although he didn't know the cost of this choice at the moment, the cause and effect had already been planted.
"Boshan's wonderful theory is always thought-provoking. These two disciples always think that they really have the virtue of living a good life. But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped..."
Hearing what Yu Wentai said, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh to himself. Sure enough, there is always an excuse for things he doesn't want to do. Isn't it because they don't die because they run fast? I even hinted to you that if you leave them, they will probably cause trouble.
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Although Yu Wentai did not want to impose capital punishment on Zhao Gui and Yu Wenhu, he still couldn't let go of it in his heart, so he ordered them to seize their official positions and demote them to common people. Then he sent Li Taili back to his residence to rest and follow him the next day.
He went to Beijing to see the emperor himself.
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