Chapter 56 Chapter fifty-six

"Master Han, you are so courageous, you dare to threaten the emperor?" Suddenly, Han Jian was restrained by a yell, and it was Li Yun, the head of the capital who held the sun, who spoke.Although Han Jian was not afraid of Li Ye, he was suddenly overwhelmed by the righteous words, and was speechless for a while.He had heard from his son that it was Li Yun who had escorted him in Weibei Blood Blade, and he was an out-and-out tough guy.On weekdays, Han Jian might appreciate such a strong general, but he is the person next to Li Ye!With him around, sooner or later it would be a disaster.Thinking of this, Han Jian sneered: "My Jiedu envoy is talking to the emperor, how can you interrupt? You wear a sharp sword, go in and out of the palace, and if you want to say that you are intimidating the emperor, you may be the first to escape. Come here Take it with me!" As they spoke, several generals came to capture Li Yun with their swords in their hands.

Li Ye wanted to shout "Stop", but everything happened so quickly, several dazzling swords were already dancing in front of him.Li Yun also drew out his sword, and defended Li Ye while responding. Suddenly, a big man with a black face stabbed with his sword, and Li Yun cleverly moved the sword to the right, stabbing him to the ground.Seeing Li Yun's superb martial arts skills and courage, the others didn't dare to fight hard, so they took their swords and went straight to Li Ye.Li Yun yelled "The emperor stays away", and stretched out his sword to block... But after all, a good man is hard to beat with four hands, and gradually, Li Yun was exhausted.At this moment, Han Jian seized an opportunity and suddenly attacked from the side. Before Li Yun could dodge in time, he cut off his right arm with a sword... Li Yun gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and wanted to fight again with his sword , but the people around rushed up to tie him up.

Han Jian waved his hand: "Li Jun conspired against the emperor and assassinated the emperor. Pull him down and behead him for public display." "Wait..." Li Ye almost risked his life to rescue the guard who risked his life several times to save him, but several spears stopped him mercilessly.At that moment, he had never felt so sad and helpless.Not far away is the Dayun Bridge in Huazhou. Li Ye saw that Li Yun was beheaded by Han Jian's subordinates just like that... He just felt dizzy... "Sir, Han Jian, please Your Majesty to dismiss the imperial army..."

Li Ye didn't know if he could still remember that he was an emperor at that time, but he nodded deliriously. Han Jian forced the emperor to disband the imperial army, killed the guards, and imprisoned the princes.In order to alleviate the conflict between the monarch and his ministers, he proposed to Li Ye that Li Ye's eldest son, King De, be the crown prince.However, this turmoil did not subside, and even greater bloodshed was still waiting for Li Ye to face. Huazhou Palace. After Li Yun was killed, the guards around Li Ye were also eliminated by Han Jian one by one, and his most trusted ministers and Taoist priests were also exiled and executed.Loneliness and fear had enveloped him.He no longer has the freedom to leave the palace. The emperor of a country is under house arrest by his courtiers, and the world is amazed by it.He often dreamed that Li Keyong led his troops to Huazhou to pick him back to Chang'an.At this moment, he thought of Li Ke's various benefits.He recalled that after Li Keyong quelled the rebellion of Li Maozhen, Han Jian and others two years ago, he would not allow him to enter the city.Thinking of these, he was filled with regret.At this time, Yan Wang Li Jiepi has already arrived in Taiyuan, has he seen Li Keyong?

On this day, when he opened his eyes, Deshun, the eunuch who had followed him for many years, crawled to his bed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... King Yan...he..." When Li Ye heard the news about Li Jiepi, he was startled: "What's wrong with him, tell me quickly..." "He's back in Huazhou!" One sentence seemed to clear the sky.God!He is finally back.He must have brought back Li Ke's army! "Bring him quickly, quickly! Right now!" Li Ye didn't care about dressing up, and was about to meet his brother in front of the bed. "Brother Huang..." Li Jiepi couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Li Ye's emaciated appearance, "You have been wronged..."

"It's nothing to me, tell me quickly, where are the Shatuo people?" "This..." Li Jiepi hesitated. "Say it quickly!" "This...he...he is currently using troops against Zhu Quanzhong and Liu Rengong, and cannot send troops..." Immediately, Li Ye opened his mouth wide in shock, his heart completely cooled down.Li Ke couldn't come anymore, his dream was shattered.Suddenly, Li Ye almost went crazy and gave Li Jiepi a few mouthfuls: "Idiot! Why are you coming back to die!" "My brother... misses the emperor..." "Missing? Are you coming back to be buried with me?" Li Ye roared wildly.

"The younger brother is willing to be buried with the emperor..." "Confused! You!" Li Ye shouted hoarsely, "You are all buried with me! Does the royal family still have blood? You are buried with me in the Tang Dynasty!" At this point, he was sobbing. Li Ye has lived in Huazhou for a long time, and he has already figured out Han Jian's ambition and cruelty.His prediction finally became a reality a few days later.Han Jianben hated the clan princes deeply, and when he heard that Li Keyong would not send troops, he boldly acted.He first wrote a letter asking the emperor to get rid of several rebellious princes.Even though Li Ye tried his best to protect him, he was already powerless.A few days later, Han Jian and the privy envoy Liu Jishu sent troops to surround the Sixteenth Palace.The princes who were still asleep woke up, shouting that every day should not be answered, and the ground was not working.Han Jian then drove the eleven princes including Yanwang, Qinwang, Tongwang, Yiwang, Muwang, Jiwang, Shaowang, Pengwang, Hanwang, and Danwang to Shidi Valley in the west of Huazhou City, and charged them all with treason. Killed, leaving only Li Ye living helplessly in the depths of the palace.

Fluttering and under the three peaks, the autumn wind is often worthy of dipping.Broken heart, remembering the fairy palace, in the hazy smoke.Dreaming and sleeping from time to time, staying drunk for a long time without speaking.Sooner or later is the return date, the sky knows it. Under the dim light, Li Ye picked up a pen and wrote a poem with tears in his eyes.This mood, this grievance, who can know?He held up the wine in his glass and drank it down in a desolate gulp. "Your Majesty, you can't drink any more!" Lian Che hastily snatched the wine glass from Li Ye's hand.

"Let me drink, I want to get drunk!" Lian Che cried... The woman's soft sobs aroused pity in Li Ye's heart.He slowly pulled Aifei closer, and brushed the beauty's black hair with trembling fingers.At that moment, he recalled the scene of playing piano with Lian Che in the garden of Hefu in Dongchuan; he remembered the scene of hugging when he and his sweetheart reunited after the war; Recalling the tenderness and warmth of his first concubine to melt his bitterness during the day with tenderness and warmth every night; thinking of the two years when he was in exile, the countless grievances can only be indulged when he hugs this weak woman confide...

Li Ye suddenly sobbed like a child, he hugged Lian Che tightly tightly, and slowly stroked her long hair with his strong man's hands, and lifted her charming body up.Li Ye had a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start.He stared at the woman's beautiful eyes for a long time before saying: "Aifei, you and I have been wronged all these years..." Lian Che's tears, which had been stopped just now, finally couldn't help pouring out at this moment: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about, what an honor it is for a concubine to marry the emperor of a country!"

Li Ye shook his head. He cupped Lian Che's face and looked at this beautiful woman from Dongchuan.Delicacy, purity, gentleness, and elegance are all in one on her body.He is the emperor of the Tang Empire; she is the imperial concubine who loves her all by herself.However, they all had childhood sufferings unknown to ordinary people, and they all suffered from bitterness and sorrow invisible to outsiders.Li Ye suddenly realized that when all the glory and wealth were lost, when all the country was lost, he was not alone, at least there was Lian Che by his side.A weak woman, after all, gave the emperor the last bit of comfort.But as the Ninth Five-Year Master, what can he give this weak woman in front of him?Nothing, not even a shred of shelter.Li Ye gradually calmed down, and he suddenly said to Lian Che: "My concubine, I want to make you a queen, the queen of Tang Dynasty!" "Your Majesty, a concubine does not need a title. I am content with being with Your Majesty every day!" She knew that her husband was sincere, but she didn't care about it.There have been several emperors in the Tang Dynasty who have not officially conferred a queen.When the world is still peaceful, this status is not needed, let alone a couple who have lost their personal freedom. "My dear concubine, you must listen to me this time. As the king of a country, I can't even give you your safety and happiness. I feel really sad. Just promise, what I can do, I can give you." Yours, that's all..." "Okay...the concubine listens to you, I listen to you..." In April of the first year of Guanghua (898 A.D.), Li Ye canonized the imperial concubine He as the queen. At this moment, the fierce battle in Dongchuan gradually came to an end.A year ago, Hua Hong led his army to march eastward and fought more than 50 battles with Dongchuan Army successively, winning consecutive victories.In the autumn and September, the army has become a siege to Zizhou. Gu Yanhui admired Wang Zongbi's bravery, and thanked him for saving his life. When Hua Hong's army besieged the city, he let Wang Zongbi go.At this time, Gu Yanhui knew that the situation was over, so he ordered his brother Yan Yaoning to kill the whole clan and not be humiliated by Wang Jian.After the last banquet, Yanyao really gritted her teeth and raised her sword to kill Gu Yanhui and the whole family, and then slashed her neck to death. That night, it rained cats and dogs in Zizhou, washing away the merciless gunpowder smoke. After Wang Zongbi returned to Chengdu, he bound his arms and went to see Wang Jian. Wang Jian didn't hold him accountable for accepting the thief as his father, and treated him as before.Not long after, Wang Jian ordered Hua Hong to stay in Dongchuan, and the next year, the imperial court formally canonized Hua Hong as Dongchuan Jiedushi. When the smoke cleared, Wei Zhuang was leaving Chang'an.At this time, the emperor Li Ye had returned to Chang'an, but Wei Zhuang knew clearly that the day when the Tang Dynasty was destroyed was not far away.With his family and his expectations, he once again set foot on the road to Chengdu.This time, he secretly made up his mind to spend his whole life in this peaceful and prosperous city. When we arrived in Lizhou again, it was already the middle of winter.Wei Zhuang recalled the last time he came here, the trees were lush and the scenery was flourishing.But now, the eyes are already covered in silver, and the mountains and forests are more peaceful and solemn.When he reached the foot of a bend in the mountain, Wei Zhuang suddenly remembered the dilapidated city he passed by last time, and that strange Taoist. He asked some porters to stop, and with Ru Yin's support, he climbed up the hill carefully along the steps.From a distance, he saw the dilapidated city gate—the top of the wall was covered with snow, and the white scenery immediately made him feel relaxed and happy.He suddenly felt that he was getting away from suffering, that convenience was a new life, he would definitely do something in Chengdu, and he would definitely have a relationship with Ruyin.He stretched out his hand to touch the snow on the crenel, exhaled a thick mist, and recited four lines casually: Suddenly, a burst of hearty laughter came from inside the city gate, interrupting Wei Zhuang.With laughter, a person came out. Wei Zhuang took a closer look and found that it was the Taoist from before.This Taoist seemed to be a different person at this time, with a clean Taoist robe straight down, a brand new Taoist crown on his head, and a dust whisk in his hand, looking like a fairy. The Taoist laughed: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, we meet again!" "I haven't seen you for a long time. The Taoist priest still lives here, but the old look has changed." "Pindao is here to pass on the virtues and praises. Every day, you will be younger by a moment, and you will be half a year younger in a hundred days." Wei Zhuang didn't believe it at first, but he heard Taoists praise virtue and preaching, and put a word "de" in front of "Tao", which was very novel, so he asked: "What kind of virtue is praised by the Taoist priest, and what way is he preached?" ?” "You are proficient in Confucianism, I am afraid you are not familiar with my way?" "I will keep in mind the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and the way I pursue is the way of 'the foundation of Daosheng'. Your Excellency respects the teachings of Lao Zhuang and Zhuang, maybe it is the way of 'impossible way'?" "Oh? Then according to what you see, the only thing Confucianism and Taoism have is a different way?" "Could it be that different routes lead to the same goal?" The Taoist waved his hand: "Although I teach my Taoism, I also admire the sages and Confucians. Although Confucianism and Taoism are two families, it is true that they have different paths to the same goal." "Oh? I would like to hear more about it." "The Taishang Laojun once said to the poor Taoist: It is not about benevolence, righteousness, sageness, and wisdom, but about restraining cunning and cleverness, which will make monarchs, ministers, fathers, and sons see simplicity and embrace simplicity, and be at peace with each other. Taihe, restore the body and Tao, and improve yourself to loyalty and filial piety." Wei Zhuang sounded new, for this Taoist said the way of Confucius and Mencius.Then he asked: "The Taoist priest just said that he preached virtue and praised the Tao. Dare to ask what is the 'morality' in the eyes of the Taoist priest?" The Taoist shook his whisk and recited another poem: With clear thinking and neat sentences, Wei Zhuang suddenly remembered that he also recited such a pagoda poem before.Can't help but asked in surprise: "The Taoist master speaks well and has unique insights. He is not an ordinary person! Forgive me for being a mortal with the naked eye, and it is difficult to recognize the true God. Dare to ask the Taoist priest for his name." "Poverty Du Guangting, under the order of my lord Situ, I have been waiting here for Master Wei for a long time!" When Wei Zhuang heard this, he was pleasantly surprised and realized that the person standing in front of him was none other than Dongyingzi, a famous Taoist saint all over the world.He had heard earlier that when the first emperor visited Chengdu, he called Du Guangting into the palace and gave him a purple robe.Even if people didn't learn Taoism at that time, they must have heard his name.Wei Zhuangwan didn't expect that he would join Wang Jian and make a special trip here to wait for him. "Pindao heard about your name early on, and it is a great fortune to be able to share the truth with you in Xichuan!" In this way, a master of Taoism and a master of poetry and poetry came to the same goal by different routes, and they have been working together in Chengdu ever since. After the imperial court appointed Hua Hong as Dongchuan Jiedushi, Wang Jian asked Wuxin Army to be stationed in Suizhou, and five prefectures such as Sui and He were attached to it, and Wang Zongji was appointed as Wuxin Jiedushi.Afterwards, Wang Jian dispatched Wang Zongkan and three commanders to harvest Langzhou and enter Keba, Pengzhou and Bizhou.Seeing that Wang Jian was full of wings, the Tang court had to order him to set up a halberd in his private family, and added a Chinese book order. In the second year of Guanghua (899 A.D.), Wang Jian was granted the title of King Langya, and concurrently led the three envoys of Dongchuan, Xichuan and Wuxin.After thirteen years and thousands of fierce battles, Wang Jian finally got the two rivers as he wished, laying a solid foundation for a generation of hegemony.In this year, Wang Jianxin's concubine Yanjin gave birth to a son for him.When Wang Jian got this youngest son, he doted on Sister Yanjin very much, so he named the son Wang Zongyan.