Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Outside the city of Huazhou, banners were everywhere, soldiers were standing in large numbers, and tents on the left and right were lined up for several miles along both sides of the galloping road. Behind the curtains, there were many plain tents and hemp flags used to summon souls and offer sacrifices to spirits.

A group of knights galloped in to report the news, and soon all the civil and military officials from Daxingtai Yuwentai, including several princes and courtiers who came specially from Chang'an, came out from behind the tent and waited silently. .

After a while, a team of people and horses appeared on the road. The soldiers walked solemnly. A large cart in front of the team carried a large coffin. Lying in the coffin was Shou Hui, who died suddenly in Luyang. Shou Zhang and other close relatives were all barefoot, supporting the coffin.

"Your Majesty, Li Boshan, was ordered by the Lord to go south to Luyang to support the coffin of Duke Changle before returning home. Now that the hero's soul has returned, he has come here to resume his duties."

The journey home was long, and the original vivid sadness had settled into the memory of his heart. Li Tai, who was dressed in plain robes, saw that Daxingtai was leading the ministers to welcome him, so he dismounted from his horse and walked out of the formation, kowtow before entering and said.

"Just come back, come back..."

Yu Wentai's voice was a little choked, which showed that he was also very sad about Shu Hui's death. He took a few steps forward, bent down and helped Li Tai up personally, then raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Boshan." is you."

While he was talking, a young man in raw linen clothes from behind stumbled forward, it was Shuofeng.

The boy's face was pale and haggard, his eyes were hollow, and he had lost his former liveliness. His lips were slightly open and he was taking a big breath, as if his throat was blocked and he was having difficulty breathing. Only after seeing Li Tai did his eyes light up a little, and he looked up at Li Tai. Li Tai's throat trembled a few times, and then a dry and hoarse voice came out of his mouth: "Brother, I-I'm sorry...I-I don't have any more Aye!"

Li Taiben restrained the sadness in his heart. When he heard Shuofeng's cry, tears rolled down his eyes. He held Shuofeng in his arms, caressed his shoulders and soothed him softly: "No one can escape the destiny of life and death. It doesn't hurt a man's strength to cry as much as he wants. Although you have passed away, Bodhidharma is not alone. No matter the road ahead is long or winding, I will protect you!"

When Shuofeng heard this, he cried out in grief. He had to be supported by Li Tai before he came to the cart carrying his father's coffin. He held the coffin and cried bitterly, feeling overwhelmed with grief. The people who came out to welcome him were moved to tears when they heard the young man's sad cry. A group of people lined the streets to escort several Hui's coffins back to the mansion in the city.

Li Tai also had official business to wrap up. He first sent the battle report compiled by Fan Fan's battle experience during the Eastern Expedition to the Taifu Zhitang. After successfully returning to his life, he also sent the generals such as Li Mu to the Houjunfu. The sergeant led him back to the camp to settle down.

After finishing all official duties, Li Tai took his second brother Li Chao and a few close friends and went straight to Shuo Hui's home.

Although Hui Hui had many old friends in Kansai, he did not have many blood relatives. Therefore, both the imperial court and the Bafu sent officials and soldiers to help organize the funeral.

When Li Tai came here, people inside and outside his mansion were already crowded with people who came to express their condolences.

As the junior whom Shuo Hui favored the most, he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of greeting and entertaining the guests. Li Ya, who had been here with Shuo Feng for many days, also put away her usual naughty attitude and kept a straight face along with Liu Ang. Follow Li Tai in and out to help Shuofeng, a good brother who has been with him for a long time, share the household chores.

Shuo Hui was already highly qualified. In recent years, he and Li Bi were responsible for the army reorganization in Bafu. Therefore, the generals of the central army in Bafu were often promoted by him, and now they also come to express their condolences.

After Li Tai entered the mansion, he was busy entertaining guests. It was not until the evening when the number of guests gradually decreased that he had time to go into the inner mansion to visit some of Hui's wife and daughters. When Shu Hui was still alive, he was often a guest, and they were no strangers to each other. And my wife also came into the inner house early to comfort her, and it was here that the young couple reunited after a long separation.

Soon after their wedding, they parted ways. When Miss Miaoyin saw her husband again, her face was full of affection and she wanted to pour out endless thoughts. However, this was not the right place after all, so she could only suppress her love words for the time being.

Li Taiben stayed overnight to help in the past few days, but Mrs. Hui also knew that he must be exhausted after returning from a long journey, so she urged him to go home and rest first, and it would be easy to come back tomorrow.

So Li Tai left Li Quji, Zhang Shinu and others here to help, and he returned home with his wife first. After returning home, it was natural to introduce the wife and her second brother Li Chao to each other.

Li Chao knew about his brother's marriage. Although his sister-in-law looked a little young, she was respectful.

However, Miaoyin had not prepared herself mentally for being a eldest sister-in-law. When she saw her brother-in-law, who was much older than herself, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After cautiously eating a dinner in the hall, after Li Chao left to rest, the young lady hurriedly turned to Li Taifa and asked: "I was not rude just now, did I make Shiro 14 laugh?"

After Li Tai heard this, he couldn't help laughing and comforted the young lady: "Although our family has a little reputation in the world, the family members in the family also get along with each other normally. If we say that the most important person in the family is The one who is rude has to be me. Jushiro has been quiet and dignified since he was a child, and he doesn't talk about my ugliness in front of others. He still has a scar on the back of his head, which was caused by me playing martial arts when he was young. Compared with me, he is gentle. I’m much more polite, my family can even tolerate me, so why would they be picky about my wife?”

When Miaoyin heard that her husband had such a naughty story, she immediately clapped her hands and laughed. She originally had a lot to talk about, but she thought that her husband was tired from a long journey and would have to go to the Changle Palace to help tomorrow morning, so she quickly ordered her family to prepare. Bathing soup and other things allow the husband to rest peacefully after taking a bath.

When Li Tai undressed and got on the bed after taking a bath, the young lady also blushed and leaned to the side. She looked affectionate and affectionate, and soon she also snuggled into her husband's arms and fell asleep peacefully. In his sleep, the corners of his mouth were filled with sweet smiles.

After being busy for many days, Hui Hui's funeral was finally over. Li Tai helped from the beginning to the end. In this way, he said goodbye to the elder who had given him a lot of help and allowed him to successfully establish a foothold in this world.

After the funeral, Shuofeng, accompanied by his tribe, went to stay in a house next to his father's tomb, while Li Tai also had to pack his mind and deal with the remaining matters of the expedition.

In the early morning of this day, Li Tai got up early and was going to Taifu after breakfast. As a result, the door of the front hall actually received a greeting card from Zhongshan Gongyu Wenhu and sent it into the hall.

Li Tai hurriedly went out to greet him, only to see that it was Yu Wenhu's wife, Yuanshi, and several sons, even those who were still in their infancy, who were also visiting.

When Li Tai saw this posture, he immediately felt that the person coming was evil, but he couldn't turn away Yu Wen to protect his wife and children, so he had no choice but to invite them in. He was planning to ask his wife to come forward to receive him, while he left. But before he could speak, Yuan had already ordered his sons to bow to Li Tai.

Li Tai became even more panicked when he saw this, and jumped away in a hurry to avoid being treated as such, but Mrs. Yuwenhu had already cried out: "My husband often says that he and Xihe Gong have a deep relationship, and they can depend on each other for life and death. Now he has been defeated, ruined the country, and is behind bars." , I haven’t heard anything yet, and I beg the Duke of Xihe to take pity on these young and innocent sons, and rescue their father righteously..."

Hearing this, Li Tai felt even more dizzy. After he returned, he was busy with Shu Hui's funeral. Although he had heard about Yu Wenhu's experience, he did not understand it deeply, but it was obviously not as serious as his wife and children crying and begging him to be saved by an outsider.

"Madam, please get up quickly. Brother Sabao and I have a deep friendship. Knowing that he is in danger, I will never stand by and watch him. I will try my best to rescue him. Madam He Lao and the young disciples went to the house to cry."

Yu Wenhu's life was obviously not in danger, but Li Tai would not force the matter onto him. He then said: "I have been busy with Chang Le Gong's family affairs recently, and I have not had time to ask about current affairs in detail. I also need to go to Tai Mansion to report to the Lord. I have confessed that I was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy when I was in Heluo a few days ago. If I can prove my innocence and still not lose the trust of my Lord, I will definitely help Brother Sabao."

Yuan didn't know this part. After hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously exclaimed: "Xihe Gong has outstanding merits, how could he collaborate with the enemy! If this matter is not in vain, then, then..."

She didn't know whether Li Tai's suspicion of collaboration with the enemy was imposed by her husband in order to fight for power, but after hearing that Li Tai was also in a bad situation, she was embarrassed to make any further requests for nuisance, so she could only take her sons and leave. .

After sending away the family, Li Tai was able to go to Taifu and was soon introduced into the Zhitang.

"Boshan, please excuse yourself and come and sit down. Recently, many evil things have disturbed people, making them worried and uneasy. Only seeing Boshan makes me sincerely happy."

When Yu Wentai saw Li Tai coming to the hall to pay his respects, his face lit up with a smile, and he quickly spoke to Li Tai.

After Li Tai sat down, he lowered his head and said, "I asked Rong Chen to report the private meeting with the Eastern Bandit envoy at Heqiao a few days ago..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Wentai waved his hands and said: "People may not know Boshan, how can I not know it? If I don't know it, how can I put heavy responsibilities on you repeatedly?"

As he spoke, he took off his sword and handed it to Li Tai, and said with a smile: "If anyone slanders you and slanders your innocence like this in the future, just tell me to kill him with this sword!"

Even though Li Tai's resistance was already extremely high, he was helpless because the boss was so creative and always had something new. Hearing what Yu Wentai said, he was very excited for a moment. He avoided the table and bowed, raising a knife above his head with both hands, choking in his mouth. Said: "The kindness and righteousness I wear on my body are higher than those of Mount Huashan! I only wish my lord a long life, so that I can repay the kindness in the long run!"

After Yu Wentai heard this, he also laughed, but the smile did not last long and soon stopped. He looked down at Li Tai and said: "The former captured the two cities of Heyang and Jubo Mountain." . But the mediocre criminals later failed to carry out this work, so that the two biggest ones are still in prison. Do they deserve to live or die, Boshan? Fight it for me!"

When Li Tai heard this, the gratitude that had just surged in his heart suddenly disappeared. You stinky black otter wants to save people but is unwilling to compromise your own prestige. You actually forced me to express my position! I have forgiven them, so what else can others have to say about it, right?

The so-called decision by him was naturally just a polite word. After pondering for a while, Li Tai could only say: "I am not in the criminal department. Although the Lord has entrusted me, I dare not overstep my authority and make judgments. I can only speak based on the facts. This is Fanheluo's great advance is truly a rare opportunity. He Liuhun is unlikely to recover from his death, and his country may still be in rebellion, and it may not be as powerful as Hou Jing. It is indeed heartbreaking to miss the opportunity..."

It was okay if he didn't say it, but saying so made Yu Wentai even more sad. Yes, He Liuhun can't die again, and it's hard for a rebel with such a huge influence like Hou Jing to appear frequently. If you miss this opportunity, it's hard to say whether it will happen next time.

"If the Lord made this inquiry a few days ago, I really don't know how to respond. However, because of Changle's official affairs, I feel that the world is impermanent and life and death are fateful. The two princes are indeed guilty in this matter, and it can even be said that death is not a pity. But if In terms of mystical luck, he was able to survive such a huge defeat, and the thieves were so powerful that he could hardly be harmed. Perhaps it was God's will that made him survive, and he still had things to do with his future. "

When Li Tai talked about this, he couldn't help but feel evil thoughts in his heart. He wanted to see whether Yu Wentai wanted to protect his nephew or his son. Although he didn't know the cost of this choice at the moment, the cause and effect had already been planted.

"Boshan's wonderful theory is always thought-provoking. These two disciples have always thought that they really have the virtue of living a good life. But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped..."

Hearing what Yu Wentai said, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh to himself. Sure enough, there is always an excuse for things he doesn't want to do. Isn't it because they don't die because they run fast? I've even hinted to you that if you leave them here, they'll probably cause trouble.

Although Yu Wentai did not want to impose capital punishment on Zhao Gui and Yu Wenhu, he still couldn't let go of it in his heart. He still ordered that their official positions be taken away and demoted to common people. Then he sent Li Taili back to his residence to rest and follow him the next day. He went to Beijing to see the emperor.

The content of this volume has been completed in this chapter, and it will be published first. . . I haven't finished writing the next chapter yet, please wait a moment. . .