Under the clear sky, Kaifeng City once again ushered in a grand celebration. In this city, Guo Wei proclaimed himself emperor and founded the Zhou Dynasty, followed by Chai Rong and Chai Zongxun, three generations of emperors. Zhao Kuangyin was inspected in front of the Houjing Palace, and Kaifeng City was captured without bloodshed, and the country's name was changed to "Song". Up to now, the city of Kaifeng has experienced nearly fifty years of ups and downs and witnessed countless glories and setbacks. However, today's celebration of the new emperor's coronation will become a new piece of history.
In the sky, the sun penetrates the clouds and shines on the city's magnificent buildings, reflecting golden rays of light, as if covering the city with a bright coat. On both sides of the street, crowds surged, colorful flags fluttered, and noisy gongs and drums sounded one after another, and the festive atmosphere reached its peak.
In the center of the city, in a huge square, a grand celebration is about to begin. Officials in official uniforms stood on both sides of the square. At this solemn moment, their faces were filled with excitement and anticipation. Together, they would witness the city ushering in a new emperor.
As the passionate music sounded, a shocking ceremony began. Emperor Zhao Heng walked from the square to the dragon chair on the high platform of the square and stood in front of the dragon chair. After the etiquette officer read out the edict of enthronement, Emperor Zhao Heng used an impassioned speech to tell everyone in the world that the Song Dynasty had a new master.
Afterwards, hundreds of civil and military officials paid homage and shouted long live. At the climax of the enthronement ceremony, Zhao Heng solemnly announced: "I hereby announce that starting next year, the country's name will be changed to Xianping."
All civil and military officials shouted long live!
"Secondly, the fact that Queen Li wanted to establish the King of Chu in the main hall that day was actually caused by Wang Jien's bewitchment. At that time, Queen Li was only worried about the late emperor's condition and did not know the inside story. Therefore, I forgive her guilt and canonize her as the Queen Mother."
Although there was an uproar in the audience, no minister stood up to object.
Zhao Heng continued: "Thanks to Prime Minister Lu, who had a clever plan and saw Wang Jien's malicious intentions, he defeated the attempts of these rebellious officials and traitors. This time, he was given the title of Right Servant Shooter."
Lu Duan got up and stood in the middle of the square, kowtow and thank him.
"Liu Zhan, the leader of the Swearing River Alliance and consort, and Li Zhentian, the owner of Yinlong Villa, although they entered the palace without purpose, it was really a helpless move. I forgive their mistakes, and it was only with the help of these two people that they turned the tide and made this happen. The situation is clear. Prince Consort Liu Zhan is sworn as Marquis of Jiang. Princess Yunkai is the eldest princess."
Liu Zhan and Zhao Yunkai stood up and kowtowed in the square to thank them.
"Li Zhentianfeng of Yinlong Villa."
Before Zhao Heng finished speaking, Li Zhentian stood up and stood in the square, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the common people are very careless. Please think twice about this matter of conferring a title of marquis or paying homage to an official."
"Master Li is unwilling to accept this reward?"
Li Zhentian said: "Your Majesty, when the world is prosperous, everyone has a responsibility. The common people are responsible for the rule of the Song Dynasty. They have the responsibility to uphold the right path and comply with the destiny. Please keep the rewards from the emperor with the people of the world. The common people have not read so many books, so I don’t know how to be an official. I only know that if the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, the common people can run their own business well."
Zhao Heng nodded and said regretfully: "Since Lord Li doesn't want to be granted a title of marquis, I won't force him. I know that you run a bodyguard agency in Luoyang, Xijing, and you have always wanted to establish a chamber of commerce. Then I will give you ten thousand taels of gold. , and personally mentioned the name for your Chamber of Commerce. Someone come!"
Several eunuchs took out and set up a long table and took out the Four Treasures of the Study. Emperor Zhao Heng wrote the four characters "Longxing Chamber of Commerce" on a piece of paper with a stroke of his pen. After rolling it up, the eunuch handed it to Li Zhentian.
Li Zhentian took the emperor's calligraphy with both hands and kowtowed: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty. The common people will do their best to serve us in the Song Dynasty."
After Liu Zhan, Zhao Yunkai and Li Zhentian returned to their positions. Zhao Heng changed and became gloomier, and said: "Bring those people up."
Under the escort of several guards, Wang Jien, Li Jilong and others were brought up.
Zhao Heng let out a long sigh and said regretfully: "You have all been the pillars of the country. If there is anything wrong with me, please tell me all. Why do you need to do such a treasonous act?" Afterwards, Zhao Heng thought deeply for a moment, and slowly He said slowly: "I think God has the virtue of good life, and you all have served me in the Song Dynasty for many years. Li Jilong was relieved of his military power and was appointed as the Grand Tutor of the School. Wang Jien, who had no family property, was demoted to the right prison guard general and resettled in Junzhou. .”
All the officials present deeply admired the emperor for his actions, and all praised Emperor Zhao Heng's benevolence.
This grand celebration continued after Zhao Heng's announcement. When the enthronement ceremony was coming to an end, three Buddhist masters came over.
These three masters all wear monk hats, yellow monk robes and red cassocks, and hold a string of vermilion beads in their hands. The three of them walked side by side from the square in a simple, humble and pious manner, walked under the high platform, and knelt before the emperor. road:
"The poor monk brings wisdom."
"The poor monk Tikong."
"The poor monk reminds me of forgetfulness."
"Meet the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. We will bring Master Lingxin of Xuankong Temple to congratulate the Emperor on his enthronement."
Emperor Zhao Heng was very happy to see the three masters. "May I ask, why are the three masters here?"
Ti Zhi said: "The three of us come from the Hanging Temple in Hengshan Mountain. We were ordered by our mentor, Master Lingxin, to come here to congratulate the emperor on his enthronement."
Zhao Heng bowed his hands and said to the three of them: "Thank you to Master Lingxin on my behalf. When the late emperor was here, he wanted to visit Master Lingxin. It's a pity. God did not fulfill people's wishes, and the late emperor died without ever seeing each other. This was what the late emperor had in mind. It is a great pity. After the three masters have prayed for the people of the Song Dynasty, please go to the tomb of the late emperor to resolve the unfinished relationship between the late emperor and the emperor."
"I will obey the Emperor's holy will," the three of them replied.
Li Zhentian said to Ouyang Lan beside him: "The postures of these three monks are similar, and I can feel that the three of them are not ordinary people."
Ouyang Lan looked at Li Zhentian with some confusion.
"Lan'er, do you still remember that there was a monk who fought with me in Zuichun Tower?"
Ouyang Lan thought for a while, "That's what happened, and you haven't taken advantage of it yet."
"I feel like it's one of the three of them."
"However, since Youyun Sixteen Provinces were given to the Khitan by that bastard Shi Jingtang, there seems to be no connection between Xuankong Temple and the Song Dynasty. How could they get together with Zuichunlou?"
"I don't know either. The monk said that he was not from Songshan Temple, but if he was from Xuankong Temple, it would make sense. I have traveled all over the country for so many years, and I know most of the temples in the Central Plains and even the Jiangnan area. Except for the eminent monks of Songshan Temple, there are only a few people who can fight with me. But we don’t know the Xuankong Temple, so we don’t know its strength.”
Ouyang Lan said: "Then let's go and ask after the enthronement ceremony is over." Li Zhentian nodded.
After the enthronement ceremony, Li Zhentian and Ouyang Lan greeted the three masters of Xuankong Temple. The couple bowed to the three masters and said, "The three masters are right."
The three masters said in unison: "The two donors are right."
Li Zhentian said: "Is this the first time for the three masters to visit the Central Plains?"
The three masters looked at each other. A master calmly and leisurely said with an indifferent smile: "Poor monk Ti Wang. He was originally from the Central Plains. Due to family changes, he was rescued by his master Lingxin and returned to the Xuankong Temple. My two senior brothers have been in the temple since childhood. Growing up, I have never been to the Central Plains."
"That's it. I thought that if the three masters have never been to the Central Plains, I would dare to invite the three masters to my home to appreciate the scenery of our Central Plains." Then, Li Zhentian exuded an inner force from his body and asked the three monks attacks from around. The three people felt Li Zhentian's internal power, and their expressions did not change. They calmly emitted a burst of internal power from their bodies and dispersed Li Zhentian's internal power.
Ti Wang said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Li Zhuang, for your kind words. The three of us were ordered by our mentor to come here to congratulate the Emperor of the Song Dynasty on his enthronement. Besides, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is still an exterior scenery. I feel proud that even if it is just a flat land and a ravine, it is still a good place. .”
Li Zhentian faced Ti Wang, clasped his hands and bowed, and said piously: "Master has learned."
"Amitabha." Tiwang returned the greeting.
At this time, a monk, with eyes like tombs and a slightly sinister look on his face, like the angry-eyed King Kong, said in an arrogant tone: "Junior Brother Tiwang, let's leave quickly. The Emperor will be waiting for you soon."
Another monk said: "Senior Brother Tizhi is right. Since we are here under the command of Master, we need to do our first task well."
Ti Wang said to Li Zhentian: "That poor monk will leave first."
Li Zhentian said to the three masters: "Three masters, walk slowly." The three masters followed a eunuch and left.
Ouyang Lan said to Li Zhentian: "Just let them go like this?"
Li Zhentian looked at the figures of the three former masters. He murmured: "It seems that it must have been one of these three people at that time, I'm afraid it was that person's voice that had been changed by internal force at that time. The voices of the three people we just heard were different from the ones we heard in Zuichun Tower . But the internal strength is indeed the same as that of the same family."
"Then what should I do now?"
"Forget it, it's nothing. I'm just a little curious. If you can't find it, it has nothing to do with us. Let's go back." Li Zhentian took Ouyang Lan's hand and left in a hurry.
