The next morning, after breakfast, Li Zhiyun was practicing calligraphy in the palace. A palace maid came in and said softly: "Master, there is a woman looking for you outside the palace. The guard will not let her in. She is crying at the door!"
"What kind of woman?"
"A young woman."
No matter who it is, since they are here to see you, you must go and see them. So, Li Zhiyun came to the palace gate and took a look from a distance. The person coming turned out to be Liu Yinglian. It turned out that Liu Yinglian came to Tai Chi Palace to look for him, but the guards refused to let her in, and she burst into tears. When a guard saw her crying sadly, he felt compassion and told a passing palace maid, who then went to find Li Zhiyun.
Li Zhiyun ran over quickly. When Liu Yinglian saw him, she was surprised and happy. She didn't care about the defense between men and women. She grabbed his hand and said: "Master Li, go and save my father! He will be executed at three quarters today at noon." Behead it!"
Li Zhiyun was shocked and said quickly: "How could this happen? Where is he?"
"We're in Dongshi, let's go quickly!" Liu Yinglian came by carriage. She pulled Li Zhiyun into the carriage, and the coachman waved his whip, and the carriage drove them towards Dongshi.
When he arrived at Dongshi, Li Zhiyun got out of the car and saw a large group of people gathered in the open space. A wooden platform was set up in the middle of the crowd. On the platform, a prisoner wearing prison clothes and wooden shackles was kneeling. It was Liu Hong. Behind him stood two swordsmen holding ghost-headed swords. They were waiting for three quarters to noon to strike.
After Liu Yinglian squeezed into the crowd, she went straight to the stage, knelt there, hugged her father and cried bitterly. Li Zhiyun saw a table next to the wooden platform, and there were several officials sitting there, probably the supervisors. He walked over and asked, "Why do you want to kill Mr. Liu? Who gave the order?" The official sitting in the middle had a look on his face. She glanced at him disdainfully and said, "Who are you? Why do you meddle in such nosy matters?"
"I am Li Zhiyun, the son of Li Yuan."
"The son of Prince Tang?" The official looked at him and seemed a little unconvinced.
Does a tiger become a sick cat if it doesn't show off its power? Seeing those officials acting unreasonable, Li Zhiyun suddenly became angry, slammed the table hard, glared and shouted: "Let Mr. Liu go! Otherwise, I will let my second brother shoot you to death with one arrow." ! Believe it or not?”
His momentum suppressed the other party at once, and the man stood up involuntarily, and the other two also stood up. The official on the left cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Young Master, it is the King of Tang's order to kill Liu Hong, and you guys are just on duty. If you want to release Liu Hong, you need the King of Tang's order. Please don't embarrass me and others."
It turns out that it was his father who gave the order. This is easy to handle. He just goes to his father! Li Zhiyun was about to leave, but suddenly felt something was wrong. It was almost three quarters to noon. What if they killed Liu Hong when he left? If the head falls off, it can never be sewn back together. Just when he was in trouble, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Fifth Young Master, Fifth Young Master..."
He turned around and saw Aunt Ying squeezed in from outside the crowd and was waving to him! He was overjoyed to see her and quickly waved her over.
A few days ago, he went to Chai Mansion to visit his third sister. Chai Mansion is near Dongshi, otherwise Aunt Ying would not be here. He asked Aunt Ying to go back to Chai Mansion quickly and call the third sister over, while he waited here.
At this moment, in a wine shop opposite the execution site, Wei Yijie and Wei Xiaobao and his son were sitting face to face at a window along the street, looking over here.
Early this morning, Wei Xiaobao returned home and said to his father: "Li Yuan suddenly arrested Liu Hong. I heard that he will be executed at three quarters today!" When Wei Yijie heard this, he was shocked and asked Li Yuan why he wanted to kill Liu Hong? Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said he didn't know the inside story.
"Father, you have a very good personal relationship with Liu Hong. Why don't you plead with Li Yuan?"
Wei Yijie pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The situation is unclear now, so we cannot act rashly! Besides, Liu Hong and I are both former officials of the Sui Dynasty. If I come forward, it may arouse Li Yuan's suspicion! There is a person who wants to rescue Liu Hong. More suitable than me!"
"You mean Li Zhiyun?"
Wei Yi nodded. He asked his son to quickly find Liu Hong's daughter, tell her that Li Zhiyun now lives in Tai Chi Palace, and ask her to find Li Zhiyun to rescue her father.
But he said that after Aunt Ying left, about half a stick of incense, she brought the third sister over. The three supervisors all recognized the three princesses and quickly kowtowed to her. Li Zhiyun said to the third sister: "Sister, you stay here and keep an eye on me. I'll go find my father and beg him to let me go!" The third sister nodded and said, "Go ahead!"
Li Zhiyun was still a little worried. He glanced at the wooden platform, put his mouth next to the third sister's ear and said: "Sister, don't let them kill people, I want to marry his daughter to be the queen!" The third sister smiled and kissed his butt. He slapped his hand and said, "You brat, don't you feel relieved that your sister is here?"
Li Zhiyun then returned to Tai Chi Palace by carriage, broke into Wude Palace, and asked his father why he wanted to kill Liu Hong?
The reason why Li Yuan wanted to kill Liu Hong was related to one thing. It is said that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, had a dream one night. He dreamed that eighteen boys were tearing apart his dragon robe. Aren't the "eighteen boys" added together to be "Li"? At that time, there was also a folk nursery rhyme called "Peach and Plum": "Peach and plum, the floods circle Yangshan. Peach and plum, Mo Lang said, and the yellow swans flew around the mountain and wandered in the garden." Along with the spread of this ballad, the prophecy that "Li will be the emperor" began to spread among the people. This is the origin of the "Ming Ying Tu Prophecy".
Li Yuan just happened to be "named as a prophecy". Only because Yang Jian's queen was his aunt, he escaped the disaster and just left the capital to take up his post. However, Li Jincai, who was also one of the Li families in Guanlong, was exterminated.
Liu Hong was a favorite of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian. Li Yuan later found out that it was he who slandered Yang Jian that made Yang Jian suspicious of Li.
Over the years, Li Yuan has been living in fear, fearing that one day he would end up like Li Jincai.
When he was in Jinyang, Li Shimin persuaded his father to raise an army, and also used the "name should be a prophecy" to explain things, saying that Li's prophecy would come true. If he raises an army and takes action, he can achieve imperial status, but if he sits still, he will die soon...
Therefore, after Li Yuan captured Chang'an, he immediately wanted to kill Liu Hong to relieve the hatred he had harbored for many years.
Li Zhiyun asked his father to let Liu Hong go, but his father refused. In desperation, he resorted to a trick, lying down on the ground and saying, "If you don't let Liu Hong go, I won't get up!" Abba was so angry that his beard stood straight up: "You bastard, what are you doing? Do you want to threaten Abba?..."
Soon, the grandmother who learned the news rushed over. Seeing Li Zhiyun lying on the ground unable to get up, she asked him why he wanted to save Liu Hong? Li Zhiyun originally wanted to marry his daughter and become the queen, but felt it was inappropriate, so he had to say: "When I was in trouble, he was kind to me!"
So, my mother knelt down in front of my father and begged: "Your Majesty, Zhiyun was arrested by the court because of the uprising and almost lost his life! Since Liu Hong was kind to him when he was in trouble, it can be regarded as a merit and demerit. Offset! If the prince wants to achieve great things, he must have a lot of resources! Please ask the prince to forgive Liu Hong!"
Grandma also comes from a family of officials. She is smart and virtuous, and handles all aspects of relationships very well. The queen also entrusted her with the management of the harem. She kept everything in order and could be said to be the "in-law" of the palace. Her father also respected her very much. Now that my mother has spoken, my father is not in a position to refute her.
My father helped my mother up from the ground, turned to glare at Li Zhiyun and said, "You bastard, why don't you get up quickly?!" Li Zhiyun heard that his father's tone seemed to be loose, so he quickly got up and stood there blankly. Abba glared and said, "Why don't you get out of here?!"
After Li Zhiyun walked out of Wude Hall, he was still worried and hid outside the hall door to eavesdrop. After my mother left, my father called the messenger and said: "Go and convey my decree and let Liu Hong go! However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped! We will deprive him of all official positions and never use them again!"
Li Zhiyun breathed a sigh of relief. If he is dismissed, he should be dismissed. Let Liu Hong rest at home for a while. When he becomes king in the future, wouldn't it be enough to find him a job in the palace?
When Li Zhiyun returned to Dongshi, the herald arrived on horseback and conveyed the Tang King's order. The supervisor immediately ordered his release, and two soldiers stepped forward, pulled Liu Hong up, and took off the wooden shackles on his body.
Seeing that the matter had been resolved satisfactorily, the third sister left with Aunt Ying. Li Zhiyun walked onto the wooden platform, helped Liu Hong down the steps with Liu Yinglian, and took a carriage back to Liu's mansion.
The two helped Liu Hong into the hall and asked him to sit down on the soft couch. As soon as Liu Hong sat down, he knelt down and kowtowed to Li Zhiyun to thank him for saving his life. Li Zhiyun quickly pulled him up and said, "Father-in-law, you don't have to be like this! Get up quickly!" After he said this, he felt a little regretful: Was he taking advantage of others' danger?
He glanced at Liu Yinglian quietly. Sure enough, she blushed and turned away. However, after Liu Hong sat down again, he patted the soft couch next to him and said, "Xian son-in-law, please sit down and have a rest too!"
After this calamity, Liu Hong finally realized that he could only rely on this person in the future, so he verbally agreed to the marriage.
