The last Chiyou

Chapter 15

Chapter 15 White Clothes

Mr. Lu Xiaolang was startled, but Fengji's thoughts were quick, Yongjia's "fourth brother" came out, and he understood it in an instant, and asked outside the door: "Is there an old friend here?"

There was no answer outside the door, Yong Jia rubbed his eyes and woke up completely, said: "I know who is here, it's..." Feng Ji pressed his mouth, said: "Don't say it."

Mr. Lu Xiaolang was confused, he simply ignored the riddles between his master and servant, got up and went to the door and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was a tall and thin man with a clean face and a strong suit, with his hand on a fiery red long knife at his waist, with knotted veins on the back of his hand, he was Twelve Lang!

The last time we met was after the suppression of the Xichuan rebellion in Jiannan. At that time, Twelve Lang was still a handsome young man, but after a few years, he seemed to be several decades old, with black hair and grey, and a somewhat haggard face.

Fengji looked him up and down for a while, then asked calmly: "What advice does the general have when you come here?"

Twelve Lang's hand holding the knife was originally as stable as a rock, but when he heard Fengji's soft words, he began to tremble slightly. He stared at Fengji, and there seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes. After staring at it for a long time, Twelve Lang avoided his eyes, lowered his head, took out a simple and simple jade ring from his bosom, put it flat in the palm of his hand, handed it over, and said: "This is a gift from Xianyan's bequest."

Feng Ji was stunned, got up and walked to the door, prostrated himself on the ground and raised his hands to take it, and took a closer look, this jade ring was exactly what the seat owner had worn in the past, the jade was as warm and moist as before, but this warm and simple jade ring, But who knows who used a sharp sword to cut an obvious gap in the middle.

Fengji felt his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and after a long while, he managed to ask a word: "My lord, did your lord leave any words?"

Mr. Lu Xiaolang was also very surprised when he saw the gap: "You are the one who rejects others, and the one who rejects you with the ring. Mr. Gu, this is... is this to completely sever ties with you?"

Feng Ji didn't respond, but silently clenched his hands, and put the gaped jade ring in his palm.

Twelve Lang shook his head and said, "Xian Yan only ordered you to give this jade ring to you. I don't know when the gap was made." He paused, then hurriedly said, "I still have something to do, you know There are still many questions that I want to ask, when you want to see me, just send a message, I will not see anyone else." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Yongjia was very interested, and leaned over to look at it, but Fengji gently grabbed his arm, and whispered: "Help me up."

Yongjia only felt that Fengji's hands were cold and weak, so he was startled, he quickly supported Fengji to sit up, and asked: "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Fengji shook his head slightly.Mr. Lu Xiaolang showed sympathy, and waved his hand to Yongjia, signaling him not to ask any more questions, but went to the corner to cook a cup of tea on the charcoal stove himself, and offered it to Fengji.

Feng Ji hid Yuhuan in his bosom properly, took the teacup with both hands, and sipped slowly, as if the coldness in his heart was gradually diluted by the hot tea.

Mr. Lu Xiaolang said softly: "Gu Xiang is not such a heartless person, if you think about it again, maybe I guessed wrong."

Fengji was silent for a while, then said in a low voice: "Yes."

Yongjia opened his eyes wide and wanted to say something, but Mr. Lu Xiaolang coaxed him over with a few fruits. For a while, the three of them were relatively silent, but when there was a commotion outside, Li Jien came over and said in person: "Mr. I'm driving back to the palace, and let Mr. Liu's family accompany you."

Mr. Lu Xiaolang said impatiently: "He left as soon as he left, do you want me to deliver it? You said that Ziyu and I both ate too much and passed out drunk and couldn't wake up."

Li Ji'en showed embarrassment: "Young Lord is like this, which makes the old servant very embarrassed. Why don't the old servant call a few people to come over to invite Mr. Liu Family?"

Mr. Lu Xiaolang rolled his eyes and said: "I said that if you are drunk, you are drunk. You can reply to him like this and see if he really wants someone to take Ziyu away by force?"

Li Jien seemed to have nothing to do with this domineering Mr. Lu Xiaolang, he muttered outside the door for a moment, but a man's clear voice sounded: "As ordered by His Majesty, Mr. Liu will temporarily stay at the Princess Yiyang's mansion, and pay homage to the Prime Minister soon." Immediately, Liu Zhongwen came to the door, looked inside and said, "Your officer Liu Zhongwen, I have seen Mr. Liu, I have seen Mr. Lu Xiaolang, the car outside is ready, I respectfully invite Mr. Liu to get up."

Mr. Lu Xiaolang was furious immediately, he stood up abruptly, flipped through the table in front of him, and the dishes and dishes crashed all over the floor: "I'll go and tell him! Ziyu lives here!"

Seeing Mr. Lu Xiaolang being so furious, Fengji had no choice but to calm down and comfort him: "Mr. Xiaolang, don't worry."

Mr. Lu Xiaolang was furious: "Scholars can be killed and cannot be humiliated! No one can tell what kind of heart you have for letting you live in Yiyang!"

Liu Zhongwen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there may be some misunderstandings. The Eldest Princess is not feeling well recently. She has been resting in Dajue Temple for a while, and the mansion is empty and empty. Your Majesty just ordered Mr. Liu to live there temporarily. There is no other meaning. "

Mr. Lu Xiaolang wanted to say more, but Feng Ji had already interjected: "Liu Zhongcheng's words are strange, what else can your majesty mean? It's just that the eldest princess has been a widow for many years, and her servant lives in the eldest princess's mansion. I'm afraid it will hinder the reputation of the eldest princess, please invite Liu Zhongcheng On behalf of His Majesty, Wanwang takes it back."

Liu Zhongwen bowed and said: "Your Majesty obeys the order, and I will pass on Mr. Liu's wishes to Your Majesty. Please Mr. Liu and Mr. Xiaolang, please take care of yourselves, and I will leave." From the corner of the eye, he glanced at Yongjia who was hiding behind Fengji, smiled slightly, and went straight away. Li Jien smiled wryly, saluted hurriedly, and followed.

Liu Zhongwen walked so simply, Mr. Lu Xiaolang didn't expect it at all, he was stunned for a long time before saying: "For he is acquainted."

Fengji twitched the corners of his mouth to return a smile, and didn't say anything more.

Liu Zhongwen was in a very good mood at this time, Princess Yiyang heard from somewhere that Liu Fengji had returned to Chang'an, because at this time Fengji had no official position and the Liu family who could protect him had already severed ties, Gu Haiyan was condemned to death to ransack his home, so he was a worthless person with no roots, so he thought about taking Fengji to his side.The eldest princess didn't understand the key point, so Liu Zhongwen didn't try to persuade her, and let the eldest princess come to ask the saint in a whimsical way. Sure enough, the saint was not offended, knowing that Liu Fengji was drinking with Lu Xiaolang at this time, but in front of Lu Xiaolang. In front of asking Liu Fengji to live in the Princess Mansion, with Mr. Lu Xiaolang's temper, how could he agree!The saint's move was actually to reject the eldest princess' wishful thinking through the mouth of Mr. Lu Xiaolang.The eldest princess was very angry, and after being coaxed by Liu Zhongwen for a long time, she hated Mr. Lu Xiaolang ever since.

On the way back to Beijing, he tried his best to coax the eldest princess, sent her back to the princess mansion, and said goodbye. Liu Zhongwen only felt exhausted, but his spirit was very excited.It was really an accident that he ran into that boy today.

He clearly remembered the bizarre theft that happened to him, and he also clearly remembered the theft of Mr. Lu Xiaolang in Jiangzhou City. The gold and silver were also missing, but the pearls and jades were intact.

That theft directly led to the failure of King Wei to seize the throne.

Out of curiosity, after entering Yushitai, he went to check the files of the two theft cases back then, but unexpectedly found that Mr. Lu Xiaolang's records were very vague and unclear, while the theft case he had clearly reported was not. Nothing is recorded.Unwilling to give up, he checked the Dali Temple again, but there was still no record.But the case files of Dali Temple were far from being as clean as Yushitai's. He searched carefully, and finally found some clues.

I did not remember wrongly, the two theft cases were indeed strikingly similar, there was no evidence left for Mr. Lu Xiaolang's case, but for my own case, there was a stone knife left behind.When he reported the case back then, Liu Zhongwen didn't expect the magistrate to find the lost property for him at all, so he kept the matter of the stone knife a secret. If not, it would be difficult to compare the similarities and differences of the two stone knives at this moment.

When he returned to his home, he found the knife from that year, and it was put together with the stone knife he picked up today. The size and shape of the two knives were exactly the same, obviously it was written by the same person.

The boy who appeared in Lu's house and was intimate with Liu Fengji was really interesting.

I don't know what kind of role that Liu Fengji, the second son of the Liu family who worshiped the chancellor every day, played in the matter of the late emperor seizing the heir apparent?Is the relationship between him and the Lu family as close as it is today?What is his relationship with the sage's new favorite, the newly-promoted Qianniuwei General, Gu Family Twelve Lang, Gu Qing'an?

What I saw at Lu's house today was really interesting. Since this Liu Erlang returned to Beijing, everyone seems to be different.Liu Zhongwen gently stroked the two stone knives on the case, perhaps, he should check this Liu Erlang carefully.

In the end, Fengji did not live in the eldest princess's mansion, nor did he stay in Lu's house. Instead, he took Yongjia to live in the original house in Nancheng. Qixiu and Yongjia tidied up a bedroom and went out to live in it.Yongjia was very happy in his heart, although returning to Beijing was a bit troublesome, but he was alone with his husband every day, it would be a good day to think about it.Mr. Lu Xiaolang also sent several boxes of gold and silver to Yongjia as promised. Fengji originally wanted to decline, but he was afraid that these were from Yongjia. Some of them were not known to be Mr. Lu’s favorite things, but Mr. Lu replied, These are all rewarded by the new sages, don't want them for nothing.Fengji smiled and asked Yongjia to accept it.

Yongjia was naturally happy, although Fengji went out early in the morning and went back in the evening to be that kind of white-clothed prime minister, and he often went out of Beijing to do things that he didn't know why he was busy, but fortunately, there was a generous gift of food from Mr. Lu Xiaolang, And the beauty Liu Zhongwen came to play with him from time to time, so life in Beijing was no longer so difficult.

Originally Yongjia was a little guilty when he saw Liu Zhongwen, but this person can get along like a fish in water in the court as the head of the face, he is really unique, and he will never be bored when he is with him, there are endless tricks to play Stubborn, and although Liu Zhongwen's complexion is not as good as his family's A Yu, he is still a beauty. It is pleasing to the eye, so he gradually let go of his worries and got close to Liu Zhongwen.

Although Liu Zhongwen has only been in Beijing for a few years, he has found out the inside and outside of Chang'an City. He knows where it is stubborn and where it is delicious. When he is free, he takes Yongjia to play around.

Mr. Lu Xiaolang disdained this very much, but he didn't listen to Yongjia, and Fengji couldn't help Yongjia properly, so he felt a little guilty. Although he felt Liu Zhongwen's kindness was inappropriate, Liu Zhongwen's kindness to Yongjia was not for nothing. Well, I often take the opportunity to ask Fengji, and Fengji is relieved by such open and frank exchanges, and only tells Yongjia not to show his feet in front of Liu Zhongwen, so he doesn't care about it.

As for Twelve Lang, he really met Fengji in private and was honest about the past. What actually happened was basically not far from Mr. Lu Xiaolang’s knowledge. What did he say? Regarding this point, Twelve Lang did not hide it. He broke into the palace because he broke into the palace. He also met Li Chun, and at the same time met his biological father, Gu Haiyan and Gu Xianggong.

Father explained everything clearly, he was determined to die, but he didn't want the Gu family to cut off the incense, so he forced Twelve Lang to accept Li Chun's order, and then asked Li Chun to lock Twelve Lang in the palace, Until Gu's family asked to beheaded.When Twelve Lang got out of trouble, he had no way to return to heaven. All he could do was to inherit his father's behest, assist the emperor, and defend the Great Tang.

But the world only said that Twelve Lang sold his father for glory, and Twelve Lang had no way to explain himself.Wearing the general's crown that seemed to be stained with blood, he walked under the contemptuous eyes of the world, and his heart was ashamed.

Feng Ji couldn't help Shi Shi Lang completely relieved, but he also couldn't say anything about him, the relationship between the two was maintained so calmly, they neither suppressed nor supported each other in the court, it seemed like The two rivers that have parted ways seem to never meet again.

Time flies, and years pass by in a blink of an eye.Li Chun did not live up to Fengji's expectations, he was indeed a wise king, he was decisive, diligent in governing, and frugal. People at the time praised him as the little Taizong, the world was clean, and his festivals were also taken under the name of the new sage. , The flags and drums died down, a lot of restraint, and the Tang Empire, which was almost overthrown at one time, seemed to gradually return to the normal track.

Fengji has never been an official, and has been a white body all these years. He has never accepted any official position, and only stays by Li Chun's side as a counselor.But everyone in the world knows that this white-clothed prime minister, who became famous as a young man, was resourceful and decisive, but was expelled from his clan and rejected by his mentor.However, this white-clothed prime minister with mixed reputations was regarded as a guest of honor and treated with courtesy in the most rebellious feudal town of Jiedu.People in the world didn't know how he, a scholar, overwhelmed the arrogance of those feudal towns. They just vaguely felt that if the Tang Empire had this prime minister in white, there would be no more feudal towns to cause chaos.

Li Chun also showed great respect to Fengji, and even hoped that Fengji would be his prince and tutor, entrusting the future Tang Dynasty to Fengji's hands, but Fengji still refused.This made Li Chun feel a little uneasy. He still remembered what Fengji said back then. What he wanted, the late emperor couldn't give it to him. Could he give it to Li Chun?How could he accept Fengji's idea of ​​risking the world's disgrace?

However, Fengji has not forced him these years, it seems that An Anxin is assisting him in governing this dilapidated empire, how many secrets are hidden under the calm surface, Li Chun can't understand.

No one understands.

No one knows how much exhaustion and despair is hidden under the mysterious and powerful mask of this prime minister in white.

The reincarnation of heaven is beyond human power. Feng Ji, who tried many times but was repeatedly disappointed, gradually understood the intention of the seat owner back then, and understood the meaning of the jade ring that was cut out of the gap.

I have been struggling on this desperate road for many years, and what I pursue is the world of great harmony in the public world. That world is so perfect and unattainable. I thought that as long as he could persuade the supreme emperor to let the emperor give up The supreme right is to be willing to obey the law, and to share the rights in your hands with the world, so that people all over the world can participate in the construction and decision-making of this empire, and you can turn the family world into a public world.

But Li Chun refused.

He tried again to unite those vassals and towns, trying to make these people form an alliance with common interests, give up fighting for that unique seat, and jointly govern the empire, but he was disappointed again, these people couldn't understand his ideas at all, They would rather regard him as the master, overthrow the Tang Dynasty, and rebuild an empire, but they don't want to try a Datong world where everyone is equal and no one enjoys privileges.

It turned out that his thinking was still too naive, that Datong world might be very good, but it couldn't be done.

The full one is the ring, and the missing one is the jue.

The gap in the jade ring does not mean that everyone is perfect, but that great success is lacking.

That wise old man had seen through Fengji's ambition and his inevitable despair many years ago.

The current appearance of this empire may not be the most perfect, but that is the only way to go.To be an admonishing minister in such a calm manner, to assist Li Chun, a rare and good emperor, and to work hard to let the people of the Tang Empire enjoy a rule of the world during his lifetime, that's all.

It's a pity that the world is impermanent, and Feng Ji, who has already settled for the next best thing, never expected that even greater changes are still waiting for him.

Li Chun is a wise king, but it is a pity that he will grow old. Once he gets old, no matter how wise an emperor is, he will start to worry about his life span, and Li Chun is no exception.Especially in the line of hereditary monarchs of the Tang Empire, almost every emperor will suffer from wind disease. This hateful and helpless strange disease has plagued the royal family of Li and Tang for hundreds of years. Li Chun was also diagnosed with wind disease.

Liu Zhongwen, who is good at trying to figure out the king's mind, clearly saw the huge panic under Li Chun's seemingly calm face.

He began to frequently introduce Hu monks and Taoists to saints.

Somewhere, like a reincarnation.

At that time, Taizong once said that "immortals are illusory and have their names", "they are born with a shape of seven feet, and their life span is limited to a hundred years." However, Taizong was obsessed with longevity in his later years and died after taking elixir.

Now the sage Li Chun, known as Little Taizong, also made the same mistakes and began to think about alchemy.

Back then, the saying "Those who have a good beginning will multiply, and those who can overcome the end will be a widow" is like a prophecy. Today's saint has finally embarked on the old path of his ancestors.The difference is that Taizong had only Taoist priests by his side at that time, and he could only take pills, but now Li Chun has Liu Zhongwen by his side.Liu Zhongwen does not know how to make alchemy, nor does he have the secret method of longevity, but what he has is better than these.

He clearly knew that in this city of Chang'an, there was someone who could give mortals eternal life.

The author has something to say: ("Use a jue to get rid of people, but a ring to get rid of it." - "Xunzi? Dalue" records: "Hire people with Gui, ask scholars with Bi, call people with Yuan, and don't use Jue , against refusal to use the ring." It means: recruit and hire people to use Gui, ask senior scholars to use Bi, call people to come and use Yuan, refuse to refuse others to use Jue, and reconcile and restore relations with Huan. There is also a sentence in "Guang Yun": " Jue is like a ring, but there is a lack, chasing ministers to wait for orders in the environment, giving a ring will return, giving a jue will kill, righteousness will take the secret." It means that in ancient times, the ministers who were exiled had to hang around in the suburbs of the city and were not allowed to leave without permission for three years. In this During this period, if the king sends a jade ring, he can come back without being exiled. But if he sends a jade ring, then he will go to the desolate place of exile, be expelled forever, and never return until he dies. Here The meaning of jade jue is decisive. The meaning of jade jue in ancient times is more than that. At the Hongmen Banquet, Fan Zeng raised the jue several times, hoping that Xiang Yu would make a decisive decision.)

(Prime Minister in White Clothes - Li Mi, a famous prime minister in white clothes in history, was born in the Li family of Longxi, the sixth grandson of Li Bi, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties. Ups and downs. Li Mi is a genius. I have drool over him for a long time, but I don’t know why Naobu is always an old man, so I really can’t write it by hand. But Li Mi is not absolutely white, he just likes to wear white clothes, so he is called the prime minister in white .)

("The monarch and ministers, high and low, follow the law. This is called great governance." - "Guanzi Renfa", which belongs to the legalist theory.)

("Great success is lacking" - "Tao Te Ching". Original text: If great success is lacking, its use will not be harmful; if great surplus is overwhelming, its use will be endless. Great straightness will be crooked, great skill will be clumsy, and great debate will be dull.)

(Wind disease——is a family hereditary disease of the Li family in the Tang Dynasty. It should be high blood pressure. Taizong was disturbed by wind disease in his later years and was obsessed with alchemy. It is said that he died of elixir poisoning later. Although it is not clearly stated in the history books, everyone generally thinks This is the cause of death. In history, Tang Gaozu, Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong, Tang Shunzong, Tang Muzong, Tang Wenzong, and Tang Xuanzong all recorded that they suffered from wind disease. Xianzong did not mention this disease, but after Xianzong was over 40 years old Really started to take pills. There are quite a few emperors in the Li family who took pills. This family is so overwhelmed. I guess it may be related to the fact that the genetic disease of high blood pressure in his family can’t be cured.)

(The story of immortals is illusory, and they have their names——"Old Tang Book? Houliang Volume [-]")

(He is born with a shape of seven feet, and his life span is limited to a hundred years - "Old Tang Book? Houliang Volume [-]")

Well, I admit I lost.At first, I thought it was a good time for a constitutional monarchy when the feudal towns were powerful and the emperor was declining in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, so I got this idea when I got hot, but the more I checked the information, the more desperate I became. From the existing examples of constitutional monarchy to the Kangliang reform in the late Qing Dynasty No matter how I tried, I couldn't find a way to implement this system in the Tang Dynasty.After struggling for a long time, I decided to give up, stop making trouble about this whimsical constitutional monarchy, and honestly finished writing the Yongjia line.