At this moment, Xue Wanche was rushing out of the imperial city with two thousand elite troops to besiege the Qin Palace.
Yuchi Jingde was afraid that something would go wrong, so he had to ask Emperor Gaozu to issue a personal edict, ordering all armies to accept the disposal of King Qin.
Emperor Gaozu thought that he couldn't let the imperial city turn into a mess. He waved his hand and agreed to Yuchi Jingde's suggestion.
Only then did Yuchi Jingde take the heads of the crown prince and King Qi, as well as the emperor's order, and went straight to the palace of Prince Qin, and drove away the generals under the crown prince.
Emperor Gaozu also asked Pei Ji, the Huangmen Minister, to go to the Shangdong Palace of the Prince's Mansion to enlighten the officers and men under the Prince's command. The officers and men had already abandoned their posts and fled after hearing the news.
There has been chaos in the imperial city these past few days, and there was no opening to sell alcohol on the 47th.
Li Xiuyuan was holding a history book, but he was reading the story of the previous dynasty. He learned about the history of Emperor Gaozu's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty from the previous dynasty.
Hong Yuanhai came back from shopping outside and couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Li Xiuyuan sitting quietly under the eaves of the courtyard.
The two made a pot of tea, and the old man chatted with him about the major events that had happened in the past few days.
After King Qin shot and killed the prince and King Qi at Xuanwu Gate, he was afraid that the relatives of the prince and King Qi would take revenge in the future, so he began to kill them.
Prince Li Jiancheng’s sons Anlu King Li Chengdao, Hedong King Li Chengde, Wu’an King Li Chengxun, Runan King Li Chengming, Julu King Li Chengyi…….br>
Li Chengye, the son of King Li Yuanji of Qi, Li Chengye, the king of Yuyang, Li Chengluan, the king of Pu'an, Li Chengyu, the king of Jiangxia, Li Chengdu, the king of Yiyang, and even the young children in the mansion were brutally killed.
In order to prevent future generations from learning about this dark history, people were ordered to remove the names of these dead people from the clan's roster.
There is even a legend among the servants of the King of Qin that these days, the King of Qin is afraid that the ghosts of his brothers will come to claim their lives, so he ordered Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong to serve as guards in front of the door...
But later, in order to have peace of mind every day, they ordered people to draw portraits of the two of them and hang them outside the door. In this way, the two became the door gods that the people of the Tang Dynasty were eager to imitate.
The female relatives of the former East Palace of the Prince's Palace and Prince Qi's Palace were all moved into the palace, and later became part of the emperor's harem.
The most incredible thing is that Yang, the wife of King Qi Li Yuanji, the woman whom King Qin has always missed, and the sister of the Sui Emperor, was actually taken by King Qin as his concubine.
The ministers in the court were discussing privately, thinking that it was against the moral integrity of the King of Qin to seize his sister-in-law.
Only some courtiers believed that the dynasty originated from northern Turkic ancestry, which was different from the human ethics of the Central Plains culture, and that it was normal for brothers to take in brothers and sisters-in-law.
Maybe there was nothing nonsense in King Qin's mind.
Not to mention, the generals of the Qin Palace wanted to kill all the cronies of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji and confiscate their property to the government.
At that moment, only Yuchi Jingde stood up and said to King Qin and others: "The prince and King Qi have been executed. Please let their men go, your highness."
As a result, the generals stopped chasing.
On the day of the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion, Emperor Gaozu issued an edict to pardon the world. Only two princes, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, were charged with the so-called rebellion.
His officers and soldiers were not held accountable at all.
As he talked about it in detail, the expression on Li Xiuyuan's face became colder and colder.
In the end, I couldn't help but wave my hands and said, "It's all over. I am more cruel than all the past things I have experienced."
The old man shook his head and murmured in a low voice: "They all say that trouble does not harm the family, but I didn't expect that His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty would not even spare his brother's family..."
Li Xiuyuan didn't want to discuss this matter anymore, so he changed the topic.
Asked: "I have come back, do you want to go back to practice with Master?"
In his opinion, the old man could stay alone in No. 47 Wine Shop, just waiting for him to complete the most difficult nirvana.
How could he drag the old man here?
This is his own practice, just like he doesn't want to drag Xiao Hei around all the time.
Neither Xiao Hei nor the old man in front of him, nor even Shuzi who has left, can achieve better cultivation in this world.
Because the laws of heaven on this side do not allow it.
The old man thought for a while and replied with a smile: "I originally thought that I could leave as soon as you wake up, but when I think about it carefully, I don't seem to be in that hurry."
From the old man's point of view, he wanted to follow Li Xiuyuan and see more scenery.
At least, in the past few decades, he has gone from being an outsider who doesn't care about world affairs to reading the books left by Li Xiuyuan and buying the histories of the Zhou and Sui dynasties.
Isn't this a kind of practice for him?
Li Xiuyuan didn't expect that the old man fell in love with this world. Thinking about some of the past events, he felt relieved.
He smiled and said, "Senior has great cultivation skills. If you go to this world once, you can learn how to cultivate your own state of mind with me."
He waved his hands and tried to drive away some of the things that happened in Datang from his mind.
Li Xiuyuan continued: "I may stay in the imperial city for one to two years, and I will go for a walk in the desert to see if my old friends from back then are still practicing in the Buddhist cave."
The old man smiled lightly and said: "It's okay, you can go wherever you want. Most of the wine you brewed is still stored in the cellar. The wine I have sold over the years is all made by myself."
Li Xiuyuan was speechless for a moment when he heard this. He silently took two money bags and put them on the table, pushing them in front of the old man.
He smiled bitterly and said, "That day in that temple, just because of the Bodhisattva's words, the fire of Nirvana was ignited, but I forgot to leave enough money for you."
The old man smiled lightly and replied: "Xiao Hei gave me enough gold coins back then. Later, when Shuzi and Xiaohu left, they gave me even more."
"Even after all these years, I still haven't finished it... I learned wine-making from you back then, and when I wanted to make wine, I just went to the market and asked a few guys to come back and help me."
At this point, the old man smiled proudly: "You may never have imagined that I actually learned how to make wine."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the white clouds floating leisurely in the sky, thinking about the past when he learned winemaking from a wine-mad master.
I never thought that one day I would turn this craft into a business.
The master who left that year, Taoist Master Qingxu, has returned to the Five Regions with Ouyang Dongli and Hua Luoyu.
But there has been no news about the alcoholic master who left with him.
It seems that I can only wait until I return to Tianyu City or Tianxiang City to inquire more about it. Just like the old wolf and the old ape who left on Tianshan Mountain.
Those seniors who have left us long ago, where have you gone?
In the following days, Li Xiuyuan stopped going out.
All the things he went out to buy were handed over to the old man. He just held the history book that the old man bought and sat at home quietly becoming a student.
Have a glass of wine when you are free, and read the book from the previous chapter by the window.
From midsummer to autumn, until one day in September, the old man woke up Li Xiuyuan, who was still sleepwalking in the Sui Dynasty, and told him that something important had happened.
On the seventh day of July in the ninth year of Takeori, Emperor Gaozu appointed King Qin Li Shimin as the crown prince and issued an edict: "From today on, all affairs of the court, large and small, will be handled by the crown prince with full authority, and then reported to the emperor."
On June 11 of the same year, Emperor Gaozu gave an autographed edict to Pei Ji and others, saying: "I should be given the title of Supreme Emperor."
On June 21, Emperor Gaozu revoked the residence of General Tiance, who was also the crown prince, in preparation for his ascension to the throne.
On the eighth day of August, Emperor Gaozu issued an edict stating that the emperor would be crown prince Li Shimin and he would establish himself as the Supreme Emperor. Emperor Taizu still lived in Taiji Hall.
On the ninth day of the eighth month of the ninth year of Wude, Prince Li Shimin ascended the throne as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace.
Having said this, the old man sighed and said: "From the Xuanwu Gate incident on the fourth day of June to the time when the new emperor ascended the throne, it only took two months and five days for the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
Putting down the history book in his hand, Li Xiuyuan reached into the tea cup inside and poured the tea on the table.
Falling flowers and running water are gone in spring, heaven and earth.
He murmured to himself: "The lonely soul who died unjustly has entered reincarnation.
, the king of the world is about to begin his prosperous dynasty. "
The two sighed deeply, but they could not change what had happened. After all, they were just passers-by in this world.
Li Xiuyuan thought about the wooden house that the old Taoist priest built on the mountain, and wondered whether it was still there.
So I asked the old man: "Back then, I remember that the Queen of Zhou built two new houses behind the old Taoist wooden house. I wonder if they are still there now?"
The old man thought for a while and replied: "I went for an outing in the mountains this spring. The old Taoist priest's wooden house has collapsed, but the house that Ashina later asked the palace craftsmen to repair is still there."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "I'm going to stay in the mountains for a few days. If you have anything, you can send me a message."
The old man was puzzled for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Because the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne?"
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, shook his head and replied, "Yes and no. Back then, I had a good friend buried on the mountain. Before it snowed, I wanted to go visit him on the mountain."
Li Xiuyuan, who once said that he would never go up the mountain again after descending from the snow mountain, actually settled on the top of the snow mountain with Xiao Hei when he came to Dazhou.
It made him feel as if the saddest moment had passed, and then meeting each other was filled with joy and longing.
The old man didn't know about Li Xiuyuan's past in Daqin, so he didn't bother to ask more questions after hearing what he said. He could only wave his hand and said, "I'm afraid there are some things that you can't think of, right?"
"What's the matter?"
Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly when he heard this, and he saw a hint of disdain in the old man's eyebrows.
The old man sighed and said: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty ordered the entire country to destroy Buddhism and Taoism. After your nirvana, you conquered Northern Qi and destroyed the temples in Northern Qi..."
"I never thought that how many years have passed since then? The emperor of the Sui Dynasty built many more temples. This is really a reincarnation."
The old man took a sip of tea and continued: "Now the Tang Dynasty has changed to a new emperor. I don't know whether the Buddha will be promoted or destroyed."
Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "The King of Qin killed his brother and destroyed his brother's descendants. Naturally, he wanted to practice Buddhism to have peace of mind."
The old man shook his head and said, "Now that the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty has ascended the throne, the world should be peaceful for decades. We can just wait and see."
Li Xiuyuan lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows, and murmured: "That's right. He is now in the midst of the spring breeze, and the Tang Dynasty is about to usher in a prosperous age created with blood..."
Upon hearing this, the old man smiled bitterly, frowned slightly and said, "We can say this in private, but you must not say it to others outside. These words have no meaning."
The old man was not afraid of getting into trouble, but worried about Li Xiuyuan.
Just like in the Great Zhou Dynasty, because Li Xiuyuan went to the depths of the desert and Xiao Hei went to the Northern Qi Dynasty, the two of them did not have any conflict with the Great Zhou dynasty.
If there is a cause and effect in the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid it will give Li Xiuyuan a headache.
Li Xiuyuan naturally understood the old man's thoughts, thought about it and said calmly: "Now that I'm here, I won't think about what will happen to the royal family, don't worry."
The old man nodded and said with a smile: "Whether it's the prosperous times or the last days, you just need to remember that you are just a passerby."
Li Xiuyuan smiled when he heard this: "This time, I have to enjoy it."
He would have a panoramic view of the stories he longed to happen, the characters living in his books, the romance, the moon, the waxing and waning, good and bad.
