"Bitch, hundreds of years ago you devoured everything, and you still haven't changed your ways hundreds of years later? Hahaha, you didn't even let a thirteen-year-old kid go?"
"After spending all your energy and playing the piano without authorization, you may not be able to break this 'Nine-Turn Formation' within a hundred years, right? Hahaha, after all, you still have to accompany me in this 'Hebo Mansion'
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He Bo spurted out a mouthful of blood and laughed more unscrupulously, but his overall aura was much weaker. He could only sit there cross-legged and perform exercises to heal his injuries, which allowed Li Zhi to completely regain his freedom.
"He Bo, hundreds of years have passed, are you still so aggressive? What a pity, why did I misjudge you at the beginning, and I ended up in this situation today."
A weak voice came from nowhere.
Could it be that this is the legendary Concubine Mi?
Li Zhi couldn't help but be a little curious. He didn't know the specific love-hate relationship between He Bo and Mi Fei, but he knew that the two did not get together in the end.
However, facing the current situation, Li Zhi seems to have no ability to change anything.
"He Bo, you and I are both seriously injured now. Even if I want to leave, I am not able to do so. Why don't we just stay here to recuperate for a hundred years?"
"His Royal Highness Prince Jin is truly a dragon and phoenix among men, and cannot be offended by a little river god like you."
"I advise you to let him go as soon as possible, lest he be tainted with karma and end up harming all life in the river."
The voice was still so weak, but it came through clearly.
"Hahaha, of course I don't dare to do anything to this kid, but is it really worth it for you? For this kid, you actually used that piano, and you didn't hesitate to hurt us both?"
He Bo was naturally very familiar with the voice that came from her, and He Bo also believed in what she said.
With her family background, even if she has not deliberately practiced the art of deduction, she is still a hundred times smarter than He Bo in judging a person's future face to face.
Listening to He Bo's words, it seems that the man inside touched some restrictions because he wanted to save himself?
"Senior, I am Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty. May I ask if you are the Empress of Luoshen?"
Li Zhi is not a person who is afraid of trouble, let alone this person whom he has never met before, but he can be regarded as a person who has "saved his life" and "passed on his skills" to him.
"His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, you don't need to call me senior. Your martial arts look very familiar to me. Maybe you and I should be friends on equal terms."
"This is not the place that His Highness should come, and you don't need to stay here for a long time. The turtle and snake generals outside the palace were originally my Luoshui demon generals. Just let them take you away——"
The voice inside did not directly answer Li Zhi's question, but it also did not deny his identity. A letter talisman flew out and fell into Li Zhi's hand.
"This is the Luoshui talisman I carry with me. Take it with the turtle and snake generals, and they will obey. Although the river water is good, it is someone else's territory. You can let them go back to Luoshui first."
Li Zhi held the letter talisman in his hand and vaguely saw the word "Luoshui", but it didn't look like an ordinary letter talisman. Li Zhi could feel that it contained a strong water aura.
"Thank you, senior. Li Zhi will take his leave now. When Li Zhi succeeds in his martial arts practice, he will definitely come to visit the 'Hebo Mansion' again——"
Li Zhi first bowed towards the position of the voice, and then bowed his hand to He Bo.
He Bo was sitting there cross-legged. The injuries on his body seemed to be more serious than Li Zhi imagined.
Looking at Li Zhi so viciously, how could he not understand the meaning of Li Zhi's words?
That means that when Li Zhi gains strength, will he come to "Hebo Mansion" to challenge again, or will he come to rescue Concubine Mi?
It seemed that Li Zhi didn't have much time to go in. When he walked out of the hall again, Qin Huaiyu had already stopped his work.
"Your Highness, Prince Jin, are they not making things difficult for you?"
As soon as he saw Li Zhi coming out, Qin Huaiyu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, keeping his eyes on Li Zhi, for fear that he would be injured.
"Thank you, Brother Huaiyu, for your concern. I just went to sit with Mr. He Bo for a while. Are you the two generals of Turtle and Snake? This is the talisman of 'Empress Luo Shen'. The Empress has ordered you two to follow me out of the river.
"Bofu', and return to Luoshui to guard it."
Li Zhi took out the letter talisman, and suddenly a green light appeared, and a special sound came into the ears of the two generals, Turtle and Snake.
"In compliance with the order of the Goddess of Luo, General Ha, I will take my leave. If you have time, you are welcome to visit Luoshui."
The turtle general seemed to be poor at speaking, and the snake general hugged Haji with a fist.
"His Royal Highness King Jin, what orders does my master have?"
Seeing Li Zhi come out of the hall unscathed, Haji also "understood" that Li Zhi was really his master's distinguished guest, and his words were unconsciously polite.
"Lord He Bo has gone into seclusion. Without his call, you can stop disturbing his cultivation. Just protect the river with peace of mind and don't stir up trouble everywhere."
Li Zhi said matter-of-factly, but without stopping, a group of six people left "Hebo Mansion".
When he got outside, Li Zhi was surprised to find that the letter talisman he was wearing emitted a faint light, and the surrounding river water automatically retreated ten feet away.
In the eyes of the four demon generals, this phenomenon seemed nothing to be alarmed about, but Li Zhi felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.
It seems that what I just got is not an ordinary letter charm!
Ordinary letter charms are basically one-time consumables. Once the content of the letter charm is conveyed, they will automatically dissipate.
It was condensed with mana by a person with great supernatural powers, or it was a mass-produced token popular within a sect. Even though it could be used multiple times, it had a single function.
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"His Royal Highness King Jin, you are finally back——"
When Li Zhi got out of the water and returned to the shore, the sky was dark, and the sky was full of stars, like hooked crescents.
"Master Wei, have you really been waiting here all day?"
Seeing Wei Zheng and Wei Zheng who had not changed their clothes, Li Zhi was very moved. This old man Wei was really stubborn and said that he would actually sit here when he came out.
"His Royal Highness King Jin, look at what you said, seven days have passed since you left -"
Wei Hu, who was standing by the side, also accompanied Wei Zheng to guard the river. But with his presence, he could get some food and drink from time to time, so that the two of them would not go hungry.
"Seven days?"
Li Zhi felt a little incredible. It seemed that the flow of time in "Hebo Mansion" was different from that in the human world. He felt that he had only been there for two hours at most.
"General Ha, please stop. Generals Turtle and Snake will also return to Luoshui. I hope we can meet again later -"
Li Zhi turned around, clasped his hands in his fists, and said goodbye to the four demon generals respectively.
Haji and the carp demon general will naturally continue to stay in the river, and they also have their own caves.
As for the two generals, Turtle and Snake, they must have followed the "Empress Luoshui" back then. They never understood what was going on in the "Hebo Mansion" and thought that the couple were so in love that they refused to leave the mansion.
The two generals Turtle and Snake immediately stayed in the river. Over the years, they became familiar with Haji and Carp Demon General. "Hebo Mansion" has far more water resources than Luo, and it also allowed these two demons to cultivate to the golden elixir realm.
"Master Wei, the causes and consequences of this matter are very clear. Although it is He Bo who did the evil here, in the final analysis it was the pheasant slaves who implicated you and caused nine brothers to die here."
"Pheasant slave plans to invite some monks to come and perform rituals by the river, hoping to save those bodyguards who died in vain."
"In addition, after returning this time, the nine guards were reported as martyred on the battlefield. In addition to the imperial court's pension, the pheasant slaves are willing to use some of their wealth to subsidize their living relatives."
In Li Zhi's heart, he still had the mentality of that traditional Chinese medicine doctor of later generations. I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. Li Zhi will naturally blame himself.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is really kind-hearted. I thanked Your Highness on behalf of the bodyguards who died. Life, old age, illness and death are inevitable. They died well for Your Highness."
Although Wei Zheng was sometimes "pedantic", he would not argue with Li Zhi on this matter.
Strictly speaking, those nine personal guards were only Wei Zheng's personal guards. Legally, they were not eligible to report to the court to receive posthumous pensions, let alone gifts from His Highness the King of Jin and the need to hire people to perform rituals for salvation.
Naturally, Wei Hu handled these matters single-handedly, and Qin Huaiyu accompanied him to help. It was just to help organize the affairs, and Qin Huaiyu also paid for the money that should be paid.
With such matters needing to be taken care of, Li Zhi, Wei Zheng and his party stayed in Bianzhou City for a while.
"His Royal Highness Prince Jin, we have been out for more than half a year. When this wave of spring planting is over, it is time for us to return to the court."
In Bianzhou City, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li Zhi and Wei Zheng did not notify the local government of their intention and found a small inconspicuous shop to live in.
Except for Li Zhi and Wei Zheng who showed up during the first day, Wei Hu and Qin Huaiyu were there to take care of the other days.
The ritual ceremony lasted for seven days, so Li Zhi and Wei Zheng had enough time to have a few drinks together.
"This time I came to Henan Province to distribute food for disaster relief. In the front, Shizhong Wei worked hard, and in the back, the servant shot planned the strategy, so that it could be completed so smoothly. The pheasant slave paid tribute to Shizhong Wei on behalf of my father--"
Li Zhi did not answer Wei Zheng's words, but talked about disaster relief.
In Chang'an City, too many nasty things have happened in the past few years.
In Li Zhi's case, he was first coaxed into the arsenal, and was directly and inexplicably killed by a large iron gun, which gave him the opportunity to travel through time.
Immediately afterwards, another attack and murder occurred in the "West Market", and the prince Li Chengqian was also brutally attacked and ended up being "lame".
After coming out this time, Li Zhi didn't even want to go back. Except for occasionally missing his two young sisters, Li Shimin, Changsun Wugou and his wife, and Qin Qiong.
"Why should His Highness the King of Jin behave like this in front of someone from Wei? First, the emperor of the Li Zheng Palace preluded to the prelude, and then Luoyang City and even the entire Henan Province spread the name of His Highness the Virtue of the Jin Dynasty. I really thought that I was a hard-hearted person.
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"However, when it comes to pursuing political affairs in his position, I belong to the East Palace, so I will naturally be more attentive to His Majesty the Crown Prince. However, I will definitely report to His Majesty everything that King Jin does."
It is really rare for old Wei Zheng to say these words. He is an old-fashioned person at heart. First he was an official of the former prince Li Jiancheng, and now he is an official of the current prince Li Chengqian.
However, he happened to meet Jin Wang Li Zhi, who had both a strategic vision and the ability to bend down and do practical things. The key is that this Jin Wang Highness had just taken a risk and saved Wei Zheng's life.
"Haha, Minister Wei is overly worried. Your Highness the Crown Prince is the biological eldest brother of Pheasant Nu. He is a half-king at court and an elder brother at home."
"Servant Wei's loyalty to the prince is equivalent to his loyalty to your majesty. He is loyal to our country, the country of the Tang Dynasty. What's wrong with that? The character, knowledge, and talents of Wei Shizhong are all admired by the pheasant slaves——"
Li Zhi stood up in person and filled another cup for Wei Zheng and himself, speaking without missing a beat.
"Hey, you, do you always have to speak so high-sounding? How come I heard that when you were at Shu Bao's place, you were called 'Uncle Qin' or 'Uncle Qin' short, but when you came to me, you became 'Wei Shizhong'?"
"
Wei Zheng drank the wine that Li Zhijing brought over and felt bad no matter how he sipped it. Back then, Wei Zheng was Jia Liulou's sworn brother, and Qin Qiong ranked second.
After entering the Tang Dynasty, all the brothers from that time died and dispersed. Even those who were officials in the same dynasty, not many had close contacts with Wei Zheng in private.
Li Zhi didn't answer Wei Zheng's words. There were some things he could say, but some he could only understand in his heart.
It's not that we can't have deep and superficial conversations, it's just that Li Zhi hasn't figured out how to go in the future.
He always felt that he had some kind of destiny, or that everything he experienced, including his coming to this world, was aimed at a goal.
Seven days later, the ritual to save the dead was finally completed, and Li Zhi and others set off back to Luoyang City.
After this incident, Wei Zheng did not feel frustrated, and he did not even report the matter to Li Shimin, as if it had not happened at all.
The spring plowing ceremony outside Luoyang City was so lively that even the local officials lamented how charming His Highness the King of Jin was.
Li Zhi knew in his heart that this was not because he was very charming, but because the people after the disaster understood the value of food better.
First, he was the one who rescued hundreds of thousands of people around Luoyang. Who made him the official envoy for this disaster relief?
All achievements, big and small, will be attributed to him, which Li Zhi never expected.
Both, Li Zhi, a later generation, was originally a farmer, so he naturally did a lot of things like spring plowing.
During this era, officials from other places, including Li Shimin of Chang'an, were just pretending to encourage farming, but Li Zhi actually cultivated two acres of land himself.
Who has ever seen such a high-ranking official, not to mention that he is the son of His Majesty, the King of Jin of the Tang Dynasty, and the Ten Thousand Buddhas of Henan Province?
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Your Majesty suddenly sent an urgent edict, asking me to return to Beijing as soon as possible to discuss important matters, so I will take my leave first."
"I would like to trouble His Highness the King of Jin to take care of the spring plowing in several other places outside Luoyang City for a few more days. Then it won't be too late for you to return to the capital slowly."
We had made an appointment to go to the counties under Luoyang the next day. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng came over so early in the morning with Li Shimin's edict.
"Mr. Wei, my father has something urgent to say. Does the pheasant slave also need to return to the capital with you?"
Hearing that it was Li Shimin's urgent edict, Li Zhi felt a little puzzled, especially since he had no business of his own here.
To say that an urgent edict was issued at this time, it was either because something big happened in the court, or there was a military disaster at the border, or something happened to the royal family.
The problem is, no matter how you calculate it, it seems unlikely that he only sent an urgent edict to Wei Zheng, right?
"Your Highness, please see, this is your Majesty's edict. I didn't explain clearly what it was about. I specifically asked the Ouchi guard who came to issue the edict, but the other party just urged me to go back as soon as possible without saying anything clearly."
"Ouchi Guard"?
Li Zhi was stunned again. Whenever an edict was issued to local ministers, the more formal ones would follow the procedures of the Ministry of Rites. The more formal ones would also arrange for the Xiaohuangmen around the emperor.
This edict was issued to Wei Zheng, so why did he send an imperial guard here?
Although Li Zhi had doubts, he couldn't stop Wei Zheng from leaving, right?
In this way, Wei Zheng left Luoyang and returned to Chang'an.
With the lessons learned from the past, Li Zhi forced him to bring enough guards. Now both of them understood that even in the Tang Dynasty, there might be many forces that they could not afford to offend.
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"Ninth Young Master, why are we suddenly in a hurry to return to Chang'an?"
Wei Zheng had been gone for three days, and Li Zhi patiently visited the main spring plowing sites in various counties near Luoyang City, which was a simple farewell to everyone.
Especially for the "Luo Temple", Li Zhi repeatedly asked the Taoist priests in the "Luo Temple" to do everything possible to make the "Luo Temple" more prosperous.
The matter of "Hebo Mansion" has always been a worry for Li Zhi, but unfortunately his own strength is still too poor.
Increasing the popularity of "Luo Temple" is the only thing Li Zhi can do at present, and he hopes that this can help the person in "Hebo Mansion".
Li Zhi left after finishing his work, but he did not expect that the incense in "Luo Temple" would really become stronger after he left.
The reason was not that more people believed in the "Luoshen Empress", but that the Taoist priest came up with a weird idea and placed Li Zhi's statue directly next to the "Luoshen Empress" statue.
In this way, the hundreds of thousands of people around Luoyang City who have directly or indirectly received Li Zhi's favor have become regular visitors to the "Luo Goddess Temple". Who wouldn't be lucky enough to offer incense sticks to the "Luo Goddess Goddess" when they come?
"Brother Huaiyu, I have a hunch that something big will happen in Chang'an City. This feeling will become stronger especially after Mr. Wei left."
Li Zhi himself couldn't explain why. He just kept beating the horse as he sat down, wishing he could grow wings from his ribs and return to Chang'an in one step.