"Brother Xuan Dao, please have my condolences!" Yu Ze comforted Yan Tai, who was wearing white linen mourning clothes. The two of them were Jinshi in the same year, but both had bumpy official careers.
Yu Ze served Prince Peng Li Yuanze in his early years, and everything went smoothly at first. However, after Li Yuanze passed away, he never became an official again.
Yan Tai, as the second son of Yan Lide and the successor of Emperor Taizong, should have had a bright future. However, in his early years, he was assigned by the emperor to compile the book, Prince Xu Li Sujie.
King Xu, Li Sujie's mother, Concubine Xiao Shu, had always been hated by the Queen of Heaven. King Xu was so frightened that he was bedridden as early as more than ten years ago, unable to do anything.
Yan Tai came out of Prince Xu's mansion a few years ago and served successively as Fu Xilang and Taifu Cheng.
The family foundation laid by the two ministers, Yan Liben and Yan Lide, only allowed one son to become the fourth-rank prince's family order, and the other to become the fifth-rank minister. The decline of the family can be seen at a glance.
Li Xuan stood aside and watched Yu Ze comfort Yan Tai.
Although Yan Tai is old, he has an innocent temperament. He still has a leisurely career and does not have much experience. He does not know whether he can survive the next family changes. If Yanzhuang Wuzhou fails, the consequences will be simply disastrous. Dare to imagine.
No wonder Liu Shenli sent people to Li Xuan's men. Looking at the youngest son of Yanzhuang, who was younger than Li Xuan, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
Whether Yanzhuang or Li Yan, they are all the same type of people.
It's just one's luck and one's bad luck.
Walking out of the mourning hall, a familiar figure walked towards him. Li Xuan was slightly startled, and immediately handed over his hand: "General Zhonglang."
"It turns out to be Twenty-seventh Lang." Qiu Shenji's face relaxed slightly, he stopped and held his hands for a moment: "Twenty-seventh Lang came here quite early today."
Qiu Shenji glanced at Yu Ze who was following Li Xuan, shook his head, and said, "What Twenty-seventh Lang said in the Shangqing Palace yesterday was truly wonderful. After the Queen heard about it, she also praised her a lot. If everyone in the world could do this, What Twenty-seventh Lang said is that there is enough food for the three autumns, and there is nothing we cannot do in the Tang Dynasty."
"Everything depends on the saints and the queen of heaven to govern. The little king is willing to attach a tail to imitate the dogs and horses." Li Xuan said and bowed his hands in the direction of Qianyang Palace, then straightened up and looked at Qiu Shenji: "How did Zhonglang come here today?" In such a hurry?"
Although Qiu Shenji was wearing a blue robe at the moment, the armor had not been completely removed under the robe.
"I have been in the palace for many years, and I was a close friend of Yan at that time. Now that he has passed away, I should pay him a visit and pay my respects to his remains." When he said the last sentence, Qiu Shenji's eyes became cold and solemn, and he looked directly over Li Xuan looked towards the mourning hall at the back.
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked at the mourning hall, her mind changed, and she immediately took a step back: "General Zhonglang invites you!"
Qiu Shenji nodded to Li Xuan, and then strode directly into the mourning hall without looking at Yu Ze.
"He is still as unruly as ever!" A sneer appeared on the corner of Yu Ze's mouth, and there was a hint of self-deprecation in the sneer.
Li Xuan shook her head, her face was serious, and she looked into the entire mourning hall. With a flash of her eyes, a series of entries quickly appeared.
Now he can generally control the appearance of prompt entries. Except for some very special character explorations that are not controlled, basically no matter who he spends a moment with, his personal information can clearly appear in the prompt entries.
[Yanzhuang, courtesy name at that time, was the prince's family commander, captain of Qingche, captain of Baiqi school, a native of Yongzhou for ten thousand years, and the second son of Yan Lide, the former minister of the Ministry of official affairs. He was half dead. 】
[Half-dead] Li Xuan's eyes widened for a moment, what does half-dead mean?
Li Xuan originally thought that Yan Zhuang should have faked his death and escaped, and the person lying in the coffin at home was just a stand-in. However, now, the person lying in the coffin turned out to be Yan Zhuang himself, and he was still half-dead. Down.
Suspended death is a completely controllable state and can be revived soon. However, half-death is extremely traumatizing to the body. A little carelessness and a slight delay may lead to real death. What is Yan Zhuang doing?
"Your Majesty!" Yu Ze saw Li Xuan in a daze and couldn't help but remind him.
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded absently, then turned around
The god came and whispered: "Let's wait aside and see what Qiu Shenji does."
Yu Ze nodded silently, followed Li Xuan to the back corner, and then asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is there anything wrong?"
"He shouldn't have come." Li Xuan stared at Qiu Shenji's every move with cold eyes.
Qiu Shenji walked into the mourning hall, first bowed respectfully to Yan Zhuang and offered incense, and then looked at Yan's wife Liu, his son Yan Anliang, and his younger brother Yan Tai who were kneeling on the ground. He said solemnly: "The Queen of Heaven orally , Prince Yan Jun, the prince's family magistrate and captain of Qingchao, has been re-elected as Huaxu. He has a high family, is loyal and courteous, and is known as a peer. He is loyal to every duty and does his best to win. Today's special favors are given, and there are constant gifts. , give the spirit beads a ride and deliver them to Fengdu."
"Thank you so much for your kindness." Everyone in the Yan family, although they didn't know the reason, sincerely thanked her and bowed to the ground.
Qiu Shenji took out an exquisite gold box as big as his palm and handed it to Yan Tai, who subconsciously took it.
"Feng Yulang, please arrange for someone to put the things in." Qiu Shenji's expression was gentle, but his eyes were fixed on all the changes on Yan Tai's face.
"Now?" Yan Tai was in a daze, he hadn't reacted yet.
Now, open the coffin now?
For a moment, I don't know how many people were staring at Qiu Shenji and Yan Tai, but not many people said anything to stop them.
The same goes for Liu Shenli, Minister of Industry.
The atmosphere was extremely weird for a while.
Seeing Qiu Shenji nodding, Yan Tai glanced around and then said hesitantly: "In this case, I'll let the official do it himself."
Yan Tai was already in his thirties after all, and he couldn't bring himself to let others directly open the coffin in his brother's funeral hall, so he did it himself.
After Yan Tai walked to the mourning hall alone, he sighed softly at the coffin, and then said with a little joy: "Brother, although you unfortunately died of illness, Your Majesty and the Queen are still as kind to our family as before. If you have Spirit, you should protect Anliang and his official career, and bring him prosperity and wealth."...
Whispering softly, Yan Tai pushed the door open and put the box into the coffin.
After covering the coffin tightly again, Yan Tai just turned around and saw Qiu Shenji's cold eyes.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Qiu Shenji's eyes became full of sadness, and at the same time he said sincerely: "I have known Brother Yan for many years, but I never expected that Brother Yan would die young. It is really a tragedy in life. Heaven and earth mourn!"
"General Zhonglang has mercy on you. My brother is alive in heaven. I will definitely admire General Zhonglang for his sincerity." Yan Tai glanced at the coffin, then turned to look at Qiu Shenji: "General Zhonglang invited tea to be served in the side hall. It's cold here. It’s cold, so it’s not advisable to stay too long.”
Yan Tai was not that confused. After all, he noticed something was wrong and was about to send Qiu Shenji away.
"That's fine!" Qiu Shenji smiled faintly, then turned around and walked out of the mourning hall. Outside the mourning hall, he saw Liu Shenli's cold eyes.
Liu Shenli stared at Qiu Shenji, but in the end he took half a step back, cupped his hands and said, "Please!"
"Don't dare!" Qiu Shenji's face was solemn, and he handed over to Liu Shenli seriously, then turned around and left without saying much.
After Qiu Shenji's back completely disappeared, Li Xuan and Yu Ze turned around from behind the shadow of the tree.
"After all, he came under the command of the Queen of Heaven, and Liu Weng had nothing to do." Li Xuan shook his head, and then looked into the mourning hall. Looking at the entry of Yanzhuang [half-dead] in the mourning hall, Li Xuan frowned. Now this What is going on.
"General Qiu Zhonglang..." Yu Ze paused for a moment, and then continued: "The Queen seems to doubt Yan Jun's life and death, so she asked General Qiu Zhonglang to come to visit?"
Li Xuan nodded gently, it was indeed like this, but why was it like this?
Yanzhuang pretended to be the Thousand-Faced Buddha and infiltrated the Tianyin Sect. This was decided in advance. Although the timing was much earlier than before, it was still within reason. But why did Qiu Shenji, no, it was the Queen of Heaven? Why did the Queen of Heaven doubt him? life and death.
What the Queen wants to see is life or death.
[Half-Dead] Why?
