The late spring sunshine was already a bit hot. Standing at the top of Nanyun City, there was no cool breeze, and Li Ye quietly looked at the wilderness outside the city.
His clothes were soaked, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead. However, he was just staring at the wilderness outside the city, waving the bamboo sword aimlessly in his hand.
He hasn't practiced sword practice since the war.
Now Li Ye's hand is very steady. Every time he swings the sword, it will not leave two feet away from his side. The speed of the sword being drawn out and the speed of withdrawing the sword are exactly the same, as if they were carefully calculated.
He was very aware of the gap between himself and his husband, which had nothing to do with their ages. In Li Ye's heart, he could never lose at any time.
Because if you lose, you will die.
So Li Ye kept swinging his sword, kept swinging his sword...
He has maintained this posture for almost ten years, and he turned sixteen a few days ago.
Before the summer solstice. He wants to win this battle.
There is no real energy running, and the same rhythm is controlled entirely by the power of the physical body.
Because my husband said that there should be no flaws in drawing and sheathing the sword, so that others cannot find the opportunity to attack you.
As long as it was within three feet of him, Li Ye's sword was invincible.
Each left and right wielded ten thousand swords. Feeling a little tired, Li Ye put away the bamboo sword and returned to the house to sit down and wait for Wei Qingyu and others to bring him food.
Because he was afraid of the outbreak of war, Li Ye did not dare to leave the tower now.
Sitting alone in the room, thinking about when the troops from the grassland tribes would launch an attack, he couldn't wait any longer. Although only three days had passed, Li Ye felt like his days were like years.
The suffering before the war was a psychological torture for both sides.
Li Ye's mentality at this time was similar to that of Yelu Qi when he was in Xichun City.
If you want to fight, just let your horse come over.
...
However, after suffering for three days, he did not wait for the cavalry from the grassland tribes, but instead waited for an unexpected person.
Even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't be able to think of anyone.
On this late spring afternoon, he was still waiting for Mu Mu and Wei Qingyu to bring him lunch.
Suddenly, the eldest prince followed several men in black carrying a bunch of food boxes up the tower and entered Li Ye's room.
After a while, the soldiers fifty feet away from the tower were cleared, and men in black served as guards. Even the eldest prince stood at the door, as if waiting for the arrival of some important person.
Just when Li Ye opened his mouth to ask the eldest prince, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and several more men in black walked in, followed by the current emperor Xia Chang, who was dressed in black and wearing a scarf. wind.
Looking at Li Ye standing blankly, the emperor entered the room and sat down against the table, smiling lightly and saying: "What's wrong?"
Li Ye was stunned for a long time, then looked back at him and murmured: "This is the front line, this is the battlefield, what are you doing here?"
"What? My son and my national master are here, why can't I come?" The emperor laughed softly.
Li Ye looked at the eldest prince who came in from outside and asked, "Have you known about this for a long time?"
The eldest prince looked at him and shook his head, expressing his ignorance.
The emperor looked at the eldest prince and said gently: "We are all one family, why are we still standing here? Let's sit down and eat together."
"You came just in time. I've been hungry all morning." Li Ye picked up the teapot and poured tea for the emperor, and poured a cup for the eldest prince before sitting down next to the table.
Several men in black who followed the emperor brought the food boxes and placed them on the table.
Li Ye took a look and saw a plate of sauced duck, a plate of beef, and two plates of green vegetables. They were as simple as ordinary people.
"You can't be so frugal, right? Our southern border doesn't ask for much money from the treasury?" Li Ye asked in confusion.
"This is our business, let's eat!" The emperor took out a jar of wine, patted it away, and poured a glass for each of them. "It's rare that there's no fighting today, so I can have an extra drink."
The eldest prince stood up and toasted to the emperor: "I wish my father good health."
The emperor pulled him to sit down, pointed at Li Ye and said, "Don't you see, this kid is younger than you, and there is no distance between him and me."
Li Ye didn't reply and murmured in his heart: "Are you worried about us two and want to go to the front line to supervise the battle in person?"
The emperor looked at Li Ye lowering his head and muttering, and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't hold it back or you will get sick."
Li Ye shook his head, nodded again, looked at him and said, "I just don't quite understand."
The emperor brought some dishes to the eldest prince, turned around and looked at Li Ye with a smile and said, "Although I say that a boy can be taught, my husband said that you are getting tired day by day. I have to find a way to deal with you, but when I saw you, you became So well-behaved?"
Li Ye looked at him in confusion and asked, "Do you think I am just a tired person in the eyes of Sir and Your Majesty?"
The emperor laughed, pointed at the table and said, "Eat the vegetables first."
...
After a meal is finished, it is almost the end.
The emperor looked at the eldest prince with a loving look on his face, stretched out his hand to touch his hand and said, "You go back to the house first, and I will stay with you at night. We, father and son, will stay here for a while."
The eldest prince's eyes turned red and he almost shed tears.
Apart from childhood memories, when had his father ever doted on me so much?
He nodded and left. When he went out, he looked back at Li Ye who was pretending to be in a daze, then turned and left.
Facing the half-cup of cold tea in front of him, Li Ye looked carefully at the largest king in the five realms in front of him, feeling a little confused.
The emperor waved his hand and ordered all the men in black who were guarding the room to retreat.
He turned around and looked at Li Ye, smiling slightly and pointing his finger towards the sky.
"So fast?" Li Ye was shocked and thought, if your sea-fixing needle goes away, won't the world be in chaos?
"There is nothing I can do about it. God is not as good as man." The emperor said with a faint smile.
"Can't we wait any longer?" Li Ye frowned.
The emperor shook his head, looked at him and said, "Your husband has returned to Fengyun City a long time ago. Didn't he tell you why he went back?"
Li Ye nodded and shook his head.
"First, he doesn't want to get involved in the things in the imperial city; second, he wants to accompany me to the Tianshan Mountains to survive the tribulation. Only if he accompanies me can I have a chance to survive." The emperor said softly.
"In that case, why don't you deal with all this before leaving? Then why leave a mess for me? You know I am just a national teacher in name."
Li Ye was a little angry, I haven't finished this battle yet.
The emperor looked at him calmly and said: "This is a test of life for you, and it is also a test for his two brothers, including the officials of the entire imperial city."
Li Ye raised his head, looked at the emperor and said with emotion: "If I haven't finished this battle and there is trouble somewhere, what should I do?"
The emperor seemed to have expected that Li Ye would ask this question. He looked at him and said calmly: "Let him go! Don't worry about anything. Stay in southern Xinjiang and end this war."
Li Ye was startled and blurted out: "What if he wants it?"
"Let him go, finish this battle first, don't be impatient, take your time, you have plenty of time." The emperor looked at him and couldn't help laughing.
The young man whose thoughts had been hidden by him for five years did not disappoint him. He defeated the tribes in the grassland without much effort. The key was that the soldiers in southern Xinjiang did not suffer many casualties.
This is the place that makes the emperor happiest.
"You don't have to worry. General Wei Xian of the Hussars is commanding the men and horses guarding the imperial city... The talisman for mobilizing the troops and horses of the five regions is here..." Before he could finish his words, the emperor He took out a dragon-shaped jade pendant and placed it on the table.
Li Ye carefully picked it up and looked at it, only to find that it was a dark green jade pendant, with a dragon-shaped pattern carved on one side, and a tiger carved on the other side, with a command character engraved on the tiger's head.
"Anyone in any government in the five regions who dares to mobilize troops without a tiger talisman can be regarded as a rebel and be killed!"
"Where are you passing the imperial edict? To whom?" Li Ye asked carefully.
I thought to myself, since you don’t even want your country anymore, you should leave behind a so-called edict of succession, right?
Unexpectedly, the emperor shook his head, looked at him and said, "No."
"What do you mean by that? Do you want one peach to kill two scholars?" Li Ye had read the famous story about one peach killing two scholars in his husband's study.
The emperor still shook his head, reached out to touch his head, and said seriously: "You also remember this: If the second son can maintain this loneliness, he can stay in the imperial city without causing trouble."
"Then after this war is over, when the eldest prince returns to the imperial city, the ministers in the court can elect one of them to be the emperor. Only you three in the entire five regions know about this matter!"
"Which three people?" Li Ye asked.
"Besides me, you are one, and there is one other person..." When talking about the third person, the emperor whispered a name in Li Ye's ear.
"Do you really believe in me and him?" Li Ye looked at the emperor and couldn't help but chuckle.
That means, are you not afraid that I will steal your throne?
The emperor seemed to understand his thoughts. He patted the table and said with a smile: "Do you want it? You dare to ask me to draft an edict right now and pass it on to you!"
Li Ye was startled and quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "No, I'm not interested in that person. After this battle, I still have to go to Fangcun Mountain. It's still early for me to practice my skills."
The emperor glared at him angrily and said with a smile: "There are many palace masters in the world who are staring at this position, but you are the only one who is not interested."
"So, where is he?" Li Ye asked softly.
"He? He just watched over the country for me for a few years. When someone succeeds to the throne, he will look for me wherever he goes." The emperor looked at the sky outside the tower and said calmly.
Li Ye nodded, looked at him and asked seriously: "I don't understand one thing. If you fly over, what will happen if everything is not as you want?"
The emperor didn't expect that Li Ye would ask him this, and he was stunned at the moment.
The two of them were silent for a long time, and then he said softly: "If you want to live forever, you have to give something that you can't bear to part with! As the saying goes in Buddhism, you have to give up to gain something?"
"But what if you give up everything and then you can't get it and you can't come back?"
"There are no ifs. Now that you have made your decision, you will no longer think about it. Just treat it as a reincarnation, right?" The emperor's face looked calm and calm.
Li Ye looked at his determined look and couldn't help but clasping his hands together and praising: "Amitabha, how good! How good!"
"Since I was a student of Buddhism, I once heard the Master say: All sentient beings have the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata, but they use delusional thoughts to confuse attachments and fail to realize the Tao."
"I didn't expect Your Majesty to understand this truth. I would like to congratulate you on your early attainment of enlightenment, your ability to break through the void and ascend to bliss."
The emperor looked at Li Ye and sighed, and said slowly: "Actually, I really want to pass on this throne to you. With you and my husband here, this world will be a paradise."
"No way, I'm already a murderer, how can I be the emperor again?" Li Ye said with a bitter smile.
The emperor looked at him and said seriously: "You are committed to killing for the safety of the people of Nanxuan Region and the Five Regions. Even if you are a Buddhist Bodhisattva, you should put the world's common people first."
Li Ye saw that he couldn't defeat him, so he waved his hand and said: "To be fair, I definitely can't defeat you."
The emperor looked at him and smiled: "I will not force you to do things you don't want to do."
Li Ye looked at him and replied in a solemn voice: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. As long as you ask me to do something, I will definitely do it for you, and I won't let you get distracted wherever you go."
"That's very good!" The emperor looked at him with a smile.
At this moment, it started to rain outside Nanyun City, and it dripped on the glazed tiles, making a dripping sound.
"People say that spring rain is as precious as oil. Although it is already early summer, as soon as Your Majesty comes, it starts raining in Nanyun City in time. It seems that you are really a living Bodhisattva."
Li Ye looked at the rain and fog gradually rising outside the house and laughed.
