Old friends are dying one after another, like leaves falling in the wind.
In this late autumn season of the 18th year of Yonghui in the Gregorian calendar, it seems that too many people have left either actively or passively. Qintian Supervisor Zhengnan Huaiyu is just a piece of wind candle falling down from the boundless trees. Ye, the still immature little book boy successfully became the new supervisor.
Time is ruthless, no matter what happens, it will always push people to grow up quickly.
In the afternoon of the second day after Lu Ze returned to Tai'an City, he entered the palace and went to the Yangxin Hall where countless decrees of the Liyang Dynasty were issued. Emperor Zhao Chun was in a very good mood. Facing Lu Ze, His Majesty the Emperor The words are full of gentleness.
Of course, Lu Ze knew that the emperor had no feelings for him.
But this time he accomplished the set task exceptionally well on the Iron Gate Pass. The emperor would naturally not be stingy with such verbal encouragement. It's just a pity that Prince Lu Ze's identity is a bit special, otherwise he would be waiting for him when he returns to the capital this time. It is not just the title of King of Shu, but the position of the East Palace that symbolizes the Prince of Liyang.
The world is unified and inherited.
This kind of thing sounds very illusory, but it is particularly important at critical times.
Otherwise, Xu Xiao, the king of Northern Liang at that time, would not have come to Tai'an City specially, at the cost of losing the foundation of the two Liaos, and in exchange for the title of hereditary disregard, and the whole of Northern Liang would actually be under the control of the Xu family. , but even so, Xu Xiao still had to come to the imperial capital to ask for a hereditary replacement.
"Kaier, I have wronged you all these years."
"This place is entrusted with Xishu. You are the only one among my descendants who has real power. Even if Zhuan'er is entrusted with Guangling Road, it cannot compare to you. I hope you can share my worries and Liyang's worries in the future."
In the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Zhao Chun stood up and looked at the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains hanging in the room. He spoke righteously, but there seemed to be some other meaning hidden in the words. Lu Ze followed the emperor's gaze and saw What he was looking at was the three places of Liangzhou above Western Shu. Lu Ze laughed in his heart, but responded respectfully on his face.
The emperor is a good leader who is diligent and able to govern.
But most of his eyes were on Beiliang. Even now that the prince of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian, was dead, Zhao Chun was still worried about whether the old man Tu Xuxiao would go crazy at this time.
Emperor Liyang has lived in the shadow of Xu Xiao since he was young. He watched Xu Xiao being able to drink and chat with the late emperor without any scruples. He listened to the report of Xu Xiao's horse riding on the Six Kingdoms, and finally Xu Ziwang's flag was established in Beiliang. Three states.
After Zhao Chun ascended the throne, there were countless incidents of giving eye drops to Beiliang over the years.
Lu Ze, the person involved in the iron gate, had a silent expression.
That fight hidden in the dark was an octagonal cage clearly drawn between Beiliang and Liyang. Since one side had already won at this time, why worry about Beiliang anymore?
Lu Ze thought silently in his mind, no wonder the guy Zhao Zhuan in the original work was kicked out within four years of taking the throne. The father and son are surprisingly similar in some aspects. They are diligent and capable of dictatorship, but they don't have enough overall perspective. Supported the huge dynasty that swallowed up the eight kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Therefore, Beiliang and Liyang have gradually drifted away over the years. In the southern Xinjiang, King Yanchi supports his troops and respects himself. In addition, there are many parties in the court, everyone is scheming, and there are very few officials with real talents. But now Liyang can have what it is today. Most of this appearance was due to Zhang Julu, the empire's tailor, so later Li Yang lost his deer, and the Taiping world began to fall apart.
"Oh, right."
"Kaier, how did you invite Wang Xianzhi's giant Buddha? Wang Xianzhi had an agreement with the late emperor back then. This time he went out to Emperor Wu City to kill the villain Chen Zhibao. In fact, he broke that agreement on his own initiative."
Zhao Chun started asking questions intentionally or unintentionally.
Even Emperor Liyang cannot ignore Wang Xianzhi's unreasonable move, especially when this invincible land god still has some complicated connection with his son. Even if the emperor is not worried about his own safety, he still needs to be prepared for the future. Consider that if Wang Xianzhi interferes with the Liyang royal family to seize the heir, even then the internal affairs of Liyang will become more complicated.
Learned martial arts and sold them to the emperor's family.
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Nai, the second best martial artist in the world, is truly astonishingly advanced.
Lu Ze already knew that this question would be asked, so he took out the excuse he had prepared and answered: "My son passed by Emperor Wu City that day and competed with the disciple Wang Xianzhi, and barely beat him. The city lord saw my talent. Wushuang, I once wanted to take my son as my disciple, but I declined. It just so happened that my son accidentally obtained an old Dongyue scroll, which had a big connection with the city lord, so he agreed to take action for me."
Lu Ze talked nonsense seriously.
There was no unnecessary explanation for this matter, because it was impossible for the emperor to send someone to find the lord of Emperor Wu City. Lu Ze estimated that in a few days there would be letters from the East China Sea to Tai'an City, and Mr. Wang had already helped Lu Ze. After such a big job, the following little nonsense is naturally nothing. I just don't know which disciple will go to sea to visit the imperial capital.
Zhao Chun nodded and took a deep look at Lu Ze. The emperor gradually realized the power of his illegitimate son.
Even the Imperial Master Yuan Benxi had a frank conversation with Zhao Chun after the Battle of Tiemenguan. This Imperial Master was originally the strongest supporter behind the fourth prince Zhao Zhuan, but now he expressed his feelings towards the sixth prince. Because he was openly optimistic, the emperor had to carefully consider the candidate for the East Palace Prince. Therefore, this time Zhao Zhuan could not stay in Tai'an City smoothly. Instead, he had to leave Kyoto and go to Guangling Road to become the king and vassal.
Lu Ze left quickly.
Only the Emperor was left sitting in the Yangxin Hall, coughing constantly. The face of Emperor Zhao Chun, who was already in his prime, was full of fatigue. The price of the Emperor's diligent service over the years was his deteriorating health. Over the years, His Majesty the Emperor had done many important things. They all did it personally, and even did not discuss some matters with Zhang Julu, the chief assistant. Of course, the blue-eyed chief assistant himself understood what this meant.
"How long...can I live?"
I don’t know when a young eunuch appeared in the empty palace, but this eunuch was different from all the eunuchs in the palace. The young eunuch raised his head and looked at the emperor Zhao Chun, his eyes as calm as a dry well flashed across Sisi felt pity and did not answer the emperor's question.
Zhao Chun kept coughing again.
But there was an extremely cheerful smile on his face.
"That guy Xu Xiao will definitely die sooner than me."
"A white-haired person gives a black-haired person, so what if I give you hereditary replacement as I wish? Are you going to rely on that idiot Huang Man'er to prop up the Xu Ziwang flag? Hahahaha, Kai'er is at Iron Gate Pass. It’s really beautifully done.”
"Xu Xiao, my son is better than your son."
The pity in the young eunuch's eyes was even greater.
He suddenly turned his head, turned his head and looked outside through the closed window of the withered pavilion, and sniffed his nose gently.
The dragon aura over there... seems to smell better?
...
Lu Ze was dressed in single clothes, lying lazily on the soft couch in the room, admiring the pretty face of the woman opposite him out of boredom.
The temperature in the room is hot, and the best red radish charcoal is burning as a reward from the palace. It is taken from the large royal forest between Liaoning Province and Songzhou. It has been recommended by the state governments and the imperial qi-exploring warlocks have personally traveled through the mountains and rivers. , that land was chosen as a special place for the palace to obtain charcoal, and it was specifically responsible for paying tribute to the court with a large amount of charcoal for winter use, in order to ensure the expenses of the royal family.
Each charcoal stick is about a foot long and has a circular diameter ranging from two to three inches.
It needs to be warm and durable, gray but not explosive.
Chen Yu looked at the man in front of him with complicated eyes.
She never imagined that she would be able to break free from that extremely luxurious gold-rimmed cage. What a powerful person the queen was. Master Huang Sanjia had said at the beginning that her future was destined to be unable to fly out of Tai'an City. , but all this seems to have changed.
"I told you, you can leave at any time."
"I brought you back just because I wanted to disgust my eldest brother. This guy is very disrespectful every time he sees me. That's all. Your Highness, I don't know him the same way, but this guy always says that I'm big. Whatever happens to the master, I am very unhappy."
Lu Ze spoke softly to Chen Yu.
I saw a flash of confusion in the latter's eyes full of spiritual energy, and the feeling that had been in the cage for a long time
Once the canary is released, the world is vast, how can it know where to fly?
Lu Ze didn't pay attention to the woman's rapid change of mind.
He met the rouged beauty in front of him by chance, and his relationship with her was far less close than that of Yu Youwei and Murong Wuzhu who were in Shangyin Academy. Of course, if this woman was willing to follow, Lu Ze would be happy to do so. agree.
"Stop being in a daze, let's go."
"I know there's a hotpot place over at Longxu Lane."
"Since I returned to Tai'an City, I haven't had a good stroll around this prosperous imperial capital."
"By the way, your senior sister is still in Tai'an City, right?"
Chen Yu frowned slightly, obviously not knowing who Lu Ze was talking about.
Lu Ze simply blinked his eyes, and the latter finally realized that it was Li Baishi, the new leader of the brothel with a stunning voice and beauty. Nowadays, there is still a fragrant saying in the capital about the white jade lion rolling the hydrangea ball. It's enough to make anyone who hears it feel their blood pumping.
"Li Baishi?"
"I do not know her!"
...
The carriage drove steadily on the official road, and the eaves beside the alleys of Kyoto were stained with the pale white frost left last night. After late autumn, it is early winter. At this time, all the hot pot and shabu-shabu restaurants in Kyoto are extremely popular. .
In the carriage, Lu Ze looked a little excited.
"The high-ranking diners in Kyoto are extremely picky about mutton and want it to be neither fishy nor tangy nor greasy, so black goats, horse-headed goats, and Wu Xueshan's famous little goats have begun to deliver goods to the capital these days. . We went to a very authentic store. In Tai'an City, only diners who really know how to eat know about the small store in the deep alley, called Jiujiu Guan."
The carriage drove past the extremely famous Stone Sky Bridge in the capital, and after a long time, it finally came to a remote alley. The name of the alley sounded great, it was called Longxu Alley. The streets in the alley were actually extremely spacious. Chen Yuxia The person behind the car looked at everything here curiously.
At this time, I saw several noble carriages parked in the alley. It is hard to imagine that there are so many luxury cars outside such a small restaurant. Just like people in later generations walked outside the Fly Inn and just wanted to go in, they found the door. Park the Maybach.
Lu Ze took Chen Yu into this smoky little restaurant, but Wu Zhu did not follow him.
Jiujiu Hall only has one floor, and the inside is not that big. There are only thirteen tables in total. Now there is only an empty table next to the wall. There seems to be a precious object placed on it, such as one placed in a university classroom. Behaviors such as writing notes and other seat-occupying behaviors.
The arrival of the two caught the attention of diners almost instantly.
Fortunately, Lu Ze was a serious young master. Although he had extraordinary bearing, in this place in Kyoto, if he was thrown from the second floor and turned around, nine out of ten people hit would be this so-called young master. Most of people's attention is on Chen Yu.
This person knew that he was going to eat hotpot mutton, so he specially wore black. Although he did not wear any makeup, his beautiful face with clear water and hibiscus made Lu Ze slightly confused for a moment when he first saw it, not to mention that she was now Appearing suddenly in this restaurant is like a fairy coming to earth.
Of course there are no white men coming and going here.
The kind-browed old man with an extraordinary posture led his grandchildren out to look for food. Judging from his appearance, he was of high status. There were also the elders hugging each other, looking up at people with their noses raised, surrounded by several women. When the meal comes, there are open mouths; there are also Confucian scholars who are sitting upright, bringing their families and books, looking for a warm and harmonious place.
Lu Ze didn't pay attention to the other people's gazes at all. He just glanced at the empty table, and then simply pulled Chen Yu to sit down. After sitting down, he even picked up the valuable fan on the table and looked at it carefully. .
Chen Yu frowned, as if asking Lu Ze if this was appropriate.
Lu Ze shook his head and said with a smile: "What I hated the most back then were people occupying seats. They even wrote a small piece of paper and posted it on the table, writing on it who had occupied this place for how long. Hahahaha, come for dinner today. , I happened to bump into him, how can I tolerate him?"
Lu Ze looked at this valuable fan and saw the hollow jade ball at the handle.
There is a little lion, very alive.
The waiter at Jiujiu Pavilion was a young man. He had just handed dishes and snacks to the guests nearby. Then he noticed that a strange guest had come to the empty table. The waiter said in a loud voice: "What are you doing here?" What's the matter? I wonder if this table has been reserved?"
While speaking, the waiter suddenly glanced at Chen Yu, who was dressed in black. For a moment, he was shocked.
This restaurant waiter, who has met many important people in Jiujiu Hall, although it can be seen that the guests at the table in front of him are not ordinary people, the young waiter who prides himself on being well-informed in the restaurant is still a bit high-minded and low-handed, and the arrogance in his words is obvious.
Lu Ze smiled and said, "Oh? I seem to have heard that Jiujiu Pavilion does not accept reservations. Does it mean that just placing objects here at will can be regarded as a reservation? Is there such a rule?"
The waiter snorted coldly, but he also knew that Lu Ze was right and didn't say anything more.
I just silently felt sorry for that beautiful woman in my heart. I didn't know how much trouble she would get into if she followed such a reckless man today.
There have been frequent fights for positions in this restaurant, just like the fight for money and connections to win over famous prostitutes and courtesans, and poems and songs, no matter what it is, it will become more popular once people are fighting for it.
Just like the business of this restaurant.
