The Legacy of the First Auxiliary House of the Tang Dynasty

Fang Yiai let out all the anger in her heart on the battlefield. In the past three or four years, Tubo invaded the border from time to time.

At the beginning, it was caused by a small group of forces. This year, a group of regular troops was sent to invade Datang. It is very likely that they were trying to test, or really wanted to occupy the territory of Datang.

After all, the old and new powers of the Tang Dynasty are now alternating, and the emperor has just succeeded to the throne, which is a good time for the surrounding countries to move around.

Fang Yiai is not used to their problems, and he can't take care of other places. The Tubo army here was beaten to pieces by him. He even took 1000 troops directly into the hinterland of the region, and wiped out three tribesmen. He finally wanted to agree. Bai Chaofeng's words turned around in time, and he rushed all the way to the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty - Chang'an City.

By the time Fang Yiai saw the new emperor, it was already dusk.

The emperor dealt with state affairs in the Ganlu Hall, and Fang Yiai was taken to the apse before she was washed.

This used to be the residence of Jin Wang Li Zhi. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, there was no longer his residence in the natural palace.

The emperor had a separate bedroom, but there was more than one. Since Li Zhi moved away, Li Chengqian had several more rooms at night.

In this way, there are assassins. If the real residence of the emperor is not known that day, the assassination plan will be even more difficult.

"Prince... oh emperor, has he encountered many assassinations?" Fang Yiai enjoyed an emperor-level bath under the service of the palace servants.

He asked some questions and muttered.

——But it was related to the emperor Yinhu, the palace servants lowered their heads and did not answer.

Fang Yiai didn't expect her to answer either, and waved her away.

Since she is a member of the palace, she is also called into the palace together to serve Fang Yiai.

Li Chengqian thought everything through.

But Fang Yiai didn't appreciate it, his apprentice didn't just come here to be a little eunuch, he was very happy, he was very happy to follow the master.

"I will let Xin follow you, and I will feel relieved. After all, there are some people with different intentions in the palace." Li Chengqian came in and said.

He originally wanted to ask him if he was okay, but after staring at him for a while, he mentioned someone who was irrelevant.

At this time, Yixin retreated with the other palace attendants, the hall was silent, only two people stood in silence.

Li Chengqian was slightly annoyed in his heart, but his hands trembled slightly.

He looked at Fang Yiai, a smile slowly appeared on his face.

Fang Yiai stared at the other party, and suddenly the corners of her mouth slowly raised, her eyes were very rippling in the emperor's pupils, provocative.

...He went over and took possession of the widow.

The gilded 狻猊 incense burner in the hall ignites the ambiguous fragrance...

Fang Yiai was very excited.

He could no longer express his complaints, and he could feel Li Chengqian's passion and urgency.

——But, the critical moment came to an abrupt end!

……

Fang Yiai stared with dissatisfaction, his face flushed - angry.

"You can't do it?!" He looked at Xindi's Xiasanlu disdainfully.

Li Chengqian was annoyed and smiled wryly.

He turned over and lay on his back, putting his arms around Fang Yi'ai's shoulders.

Fang Yiai's shoulders were slippery and tense.It can be seen that in the past few years in the frontier, he has never delayed his martial arts.

Yes, Li Chengqian was still dealing with the "legacy" of Fang Yiai's tail before he came. The Tubo Tang army, that is, the thousand-man army led by Fang Yiai, was beaten to the point of tears. The Tubo king lamented the national power of the Tang Dynasty, The court officials came with a marriage letter and came to propose to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian was discussing this matter with him, and the courtiers had different reactions to this, so the matter could only be shelved for the time being.

He hurried back to the palace to see Fang Yiai.

His Majesty Taizong, who was dying a year ago, forced Li Chengqian to swear that he would never be with Fang Yiai.

Li Chengqian talked about it.

Fang Yiai raised his eyebrows, stared at the emperor, and asked decisively: "Did you agree? That's why..." It was "broken" just now.

He stared at Li Chengqian's lower body again, and then snorted coldly: "If you can't do it, I'll do it."

It seems that this wish has not been fulfilled.

Fang Yiai thought about it, and said bluntly.

Fang Yiai didn't believe in the oath, but Li Chengqian believed it.After all, his experience is different from Fang Yiai's. Fang Yiai has seen many "ghosts" than him. There are still some unspeakable things in this world.

——He was afraid that the oath would be fulfilled.

——He was afraid that Fang Yiai would end up in trouble.

——He, afraid that they can't be together.

Li Chengqian held Fang Yiai's hand tightly, and the two stared at each other for a while.

Fang Yiai sighed and knocked on the head.

"——You believe this?! Then why did you call me back, why are you staring?" He glanced at him, still thinking about Li Chengqian's hot body.

I have been a Su monk for three or four years, and the situation before me... can a man hold back? !

What's more, he and Li Chengqian have already lived through this and that before, and experienced beautiful blissful things, and now they meet again after a long absence, and they are incensed and bathed, and they are still lying on the same big bed—he can hold back, but he is detached Ordinary "saint"? !

"..." Li Chengqian had no choice but to rub Fang Yiai's face.

He half leaned on the head of the bed, talking about Li Shimin's arrangement...

"I only deal with those dark hands, but there are always fish that slip through the net. Now that it's almost done, I call you back." Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes. There are actually many things he didn't say.

The throne was in his hands, but his Aye made a cruel move, forcing him to swear.Li Chengqian agreed to swear on the surface, but what he thought in his heart was that Zhao Dezi who followed him didn't know.

This fellow Zhao Dezi had been sad for a few months, and later saw that his master finally ordered him and Chen Muzhi to find out the hidden hands of the late emperor, and gradually nibbled at those hidden guard forces, subduing or killing them, in short, it was dangerous and dangerous along the way.

Li Chengqian naturally suffered several waves of assassinations.

In the past year inside and outside the palace and the court, there have been treacherous turmoil and undercurrents in the government.Several forces intersected, and the emperor also sent people to pay attention to Fang Yiai's side, but on the surface he didn't show his care and favor for Fang Yiai.

Several courtiers who knew that the new emperor had had an "adulterate affair" with Erlang of the Fang family all thought that the emperor had forgotten about it. After all, there were a few more beauties in the palace, and there were also "beautiful men" specially brought in by someone with a heart. It is true that the emperor accepted it, so how could they be distracted and pay attention to Fang Yiai, the loser of the Fang family.

But the emperor's thunderbolt method is to make those people hate.

Including some unwilling concubines, under the instigation of caring people, they wanted to kill him, the emperor, and help the youngest son ascend the throne.

Li Chengqian really didn't realize which of the children had "dragon and phoenix appearance", incredible characters... they were really wishful thinking, or too naive.

If they really succeed, their family and their close relatives will be eaten by the "ambitious" courtiers and vassal kings from all over the world.

Where will it be the turn of the orphans and widows to be in charge?

...the head is not long.

The women in the harem are limited in their field of vision, they can only see immediate benefits, but they are wild and wild.The hidden guards left behind by his good father are now under his control, and Li Chengqian took the opportunity to deal with the rest who were dissatisfied. A few escaped in a random manner, but they caused him a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, they were all controlled in Chang'an City, so Fang Yiai's life was not affected.

But after Li Chengqian took care of them, those who escaped couldn't care about the last emperor's life, they just wanted to take revenge on him, the emperor.

Counting them, they were also "loyal" in the first place, but they had different positions, and Li Chengqian didn't want to keep dissenters.

This is a process of conquest and submission, there is no absolute right or wrong.

Li Chengqian was relieved after completely eliminating all the hidden hands and making sure that no one could interfere with his action of calling Fang Yiai back.

But Li Shimin's methods are really extraordinary. Even so, Li Chengqian still has scruples about that oath in his heart.

After all, his father understands his mentality as a son, otherwise, he wouldn't have let him swear poisonous oath to the sky even before he died.

However, since Li Chengqian called Fang Yiai back, he naturally had a plan in mind.

Spreading everything out, Fang Yiai finally forgave His Majesty the new Emperor's "mistake of being late".

However, Fang Yiai is quite "dissatisfied with desires" these days.

But Li Chengqian carried out his vow to the end, just not being together.

"You are deceiving yourself and others." Fang Yiai concluded and spit.

After Li Chengqian teased him, he stopped halfway, which made Fang Yiai very angry.

The emperor promoted him that day, and he finally had a position in the court, he was angry to agree to Tubo's proposal to marry the courtiers.

It is the faction of Changsun Wuji.

Regardless of Changsun Wuji being idle at home, there are still some Guanlong nobles and powerful forces in the court.

The emperor's uncle was not a good traitor at all. Although Li Chengqian showed some kindness and did not punish him as an uncle, it would be a great punishment for Changsun Wuji to have no power in his hands.

Changsun Wuji was at home these days, and as time passed, his body began to feel restless.

He did have the idea of ​​resigning his old age and returning to his hometown to leave the capital, and he had already started to pack his bags and go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

But his son Changsun Chong and the others didn't want to leave the prosperous imperial capital. Fortunately, they had an excuse not to go because of their titles.After Changsun Wuji's good friend Zhu Suiliang left the field, his mind became more and more indifferent, and he didn't bother to care about his children.

Coupled with the fact that his body is gradually empty, he is quite old-fashioned.

Fang Yiai met him once, and when he thought of his father, he felt mixed emotions, this old thing must be retribution.But he is Li Chengqian's biological uncle, so he is not easy to take revenge.However, thinking of what Changsun Wuji had done, Fang Yiai was nothing more than an eye for an eye, which made Changsun Wuji very "work hard" all the way. When he returned to his hometown, he suffered a serious illness and almost died on the spot, only lingering on his last breath. That's all.

There is not much time left.

The gloom in Fang Yi's heart dissipated completely.

Li Chengqian was resolute in dealing with matters, and he was not lenient towards the old courtiers, but he did not lack the means of combining kindness and force. Overall, the transfer of power was fairly smooth.

He promoted the poor family again, but made steady progress. He was not in a hurry to start the imperial examination immediately, but focused on promoting the common people from the poor family in the Ming Jing Division.

After all, the emperor occasionally did this at that time, and the work and affairs of those small officials were cumbersome and not very eye-catching.

This gave the emperor a lot of room for maneuver. Of course, the promotion of these people would not attract attention, but the promotion of Fang Yiai's courtiers was a mess.

But the emperor just "loved" the courtiers, and the courtiers only treated Fang Yiai as a sycophant, and met with a wave of ridicule in private, but Fang Yiai was very aggressive, crushing them not only in words, but also in force.

After getting rid of a few ignorant guys, the emperor also believed in it, and Fang Yiai almost rose three levels every day, and he was about to become the current prime minister like his deceased father Fang Xuanling.

The current prime minister, the former prince Zhan Shi, took up a position.

But the emperor's teacher is very old, and he doesn't care much now. When he speaks out, he praises the new emperor's policy strategy, which is the nominal leader of the so-called imperial party.

Li Chengqian also didn't expect that the teacher he hated in Qiandi could support him so much.

He is truly devoted to the public.

It's just that Li Chengqian still relies more on promoting new ministers as he gets older. It's because his teacher has repeatedly suggested that Fang Yiai, who is "a hero", "both civil and military", and "versatile", should come back. Regarding the safety issue, Li Chengqian has long agreed to it.For this reason, his ears were also subjected to the nagging skills of the emperor's teacher, which was quite tortured.

Fang Yiai laughed when she heard this, and privately sent many gifts to "former colleagues" who were thinking about him.

However, some people knew about his affair with the emperor, so they couldn't accept it and avoided seeing him, which made Fang Yiai sigh.

He is a sycophant.

Gee.

Fang Yiai gave a cold snort, and went back to the palace to stare at the emperor who "enhanced" his reputation. Li Chengqian strictly guarded the last step, and the two people's love for each other is still four years ago, and the number of times has stagnated.

This simply lost his naughty face!

It's too unreal!

Fang Yiai really wanted to bear the actual reputation, but Li Chengqian was very stubborn.

The two even had conflicts.

Fang Yiai was very, very, very dissatisfied with his desires, and his resentment was about to spread all over the city of Chang'an.

Today, he was so angry that he went to the brothel.

It's a pity that without Du He's company, drinking flower wine is not refreshing.

While half-drunk and half-awake, Fang Yiai was taken advantage of by someone!

He opened his eyes in bewilderment, and when he stretched out his hand to refuse, he was still thinking in his heart, if the person who took advantage of him was good-looking - why not just follow him!

The emperor is mad!

Li Chengqian was so mad.

He... muttered angrily——

"Why, are you looking for someone else?!" Li Chengqian asked in a low voice while touching Fang Yiai's neck.

He has dangerous eyes—

……

That night, Fang Yiai finally got her wish.

He supported the old waist, deeply feeling that the bones of the waist might be misaligned.

When Fang Yi'ai got dressed after bathing, she even took a look in the full-length mirror. The marks on her body were so mottled that it made people feel ashamed.

Fang Yiai grinned, if not for his kung fu and internal strength, he would have died heroically.

What happened to Li Chengqian?Broken?

Finally succeeded in being seduced by your own beauty? !

Fang Yi loves Yile, it seems that he is right.

This guy Gao Ming just loves to be jealous, isn't this——he went to the brothel and hooked his hands, didn't the emperor "voluntarily dedicate himself"? !

Haha!

Fang Yiai raised the corners of her mouth, her eyes were full of pride.

Good days are coming to him, and a romantic life is coming.

——From now on, the king will not go to court early!

Fang Yiai is convinced that she has this ability.

Of course, his prime minister's dream should come true.

After a hundred years, when he reached the bottom, he would be worthy of his father Fang Xuanling.

It is also a great honor for the Fang family to be prime ministers in two dynasties.

The old father should not care about this and that between him and the emperor... Fang Yiai wondered whether the merits and demerits should be offset.

Mother Lu's lingering sickness, not long after Fang Xuanling passed away, she did not survive her death.Fortunately, it was before Fang Yiai was distributed, otherwise, he would not have to worry about Fang Yiai's death.

But that's it, before Lu's death, he still hoped that Fang Yiai would be filial and married, and at least have a family.

It was too late for her to embrace Erlang's grandson, but Fang Yizhi, the eldest brother of the Fang family, still had children, which was a great comfort to her.

Fang Yiai was apologetic to his parents. Fang Xuanling might have known about the affair between him and the prince before he died, but it was just speculation and he didn't ask for some reason.

Maybe he didn't know that Fang Yi'ai and Li Chengqian could get to this point today, but Li Chengqian actually got together for him, for that oath, for the sake of the two of them being honest and upright--

He actually abdicated!

Zen gave way!

……

After Fang Yiai got up, she heard the bell ringing for the new emperor's enthronement before she knew the truth.

Not to mention how shocked he was.

He spoke incoherently for a while, and caught Li Chengqian——

"You...are you willing...you just give up...the fat you got?!"

He couldn't believe it.

Li Chengqian laughed in a low voice: "The pheasant slave is a smart person. Although he is silent and honest, he is honest and low-key, but he has his own plans in his heart, and he is not a man without a city. I believe he will do well..."

Especially in the early stage, he successfully cleaned up Li Zhi's old ministers' forces. Li Zhi's ascension to the throne can be said to be at the right time and place, and he has everything... His brother is a lucky one.

"..." Fang Yiai opened his mouth for a long time.

After a long while, he pondered the taste.

Li Chengqian is really ruthless, he still has his sons, why didn't he consider them.

"They huh, none of them have become talented. They are not emperors." Li Chengqian's previous sons are indeed mediocre, and they are also young sons. If he abdicates and passes them on to them, it will be like a child carrying gold bricks in the market, waiting for the head to fall, and the world Chaos.

Li Zhi is at least an adult, plus he has cultivated it this year, plus eradicating the opposition forces, Li Chengqian has calculated everything, starting with his promise to Li Shimin.

After Fang Yiai knew the reason, he sighed again and again, for some reason he didn't dare to face Li Chengqian.

It's all for him—

He... seems to have really become a sycophant who harmed the emperor!

"However, before you do something, can you inform me..."

"Why are you reluctant to part with the glory and wealth, do you want to be my queen?" Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows, he stroked his chin, wanting to see this scene. "It's not impossible." He pondered.

"I'm not reconciled - one step away, one step away, and I'm the fucking Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty." Fang Yiai almost cried, he lamented.

One day the prime minister is also the prime minister.

Li Chengqian's quickness and the "surprise" he gave him really caught him off guard.

...However, the friendship in it also made his heart sweet and heavy.

"——It's just an oath...Why do you do this...Why do you do this..." He couldn't help muttering, raised his eyes and looked at Li Chengqian, feeling sore in his heart, full of love, touch, and resentment.

He's like this... he's under pressure.

This love is too heavy.

Fang Yiai was not used to it.

Li Chengqian stretched out his fingers to wipe half a tear from the corner of Fang Yi'ai's eyes. He hugged him for a while, kissed his neck and the base of his ears, and the atmosphere in the room gradually ignited——

"...I just don't want you to take the oath...I'm just afraid of the future...if it's really...that..."

Li Chengqian was really afraid, if the person who took the oath was himself, then it doesn't matter.

But what he wants is not only this life.

He always wanted to be with him.

Fang Yiai filled his empty heart so that he would not feel empty in the middle of the night.

After they were together, Li Chengqian no longer felt lonely or alone.

It was as if a circle with missing corners was finally filled.

……

As for Fang Yiai's wish to be a prime minister, it was not realized in the Tang Dynasty, but it was realized in Koguryo, Liaodong.

Here, the territory of the Three Kingdoms conquered by Fang Yiai has been entrusted by Li Zhi to the former emperor's elder brother, Li Chengqian's prince.

The three countries merged into one country and became the "Liao Kingdom".

The king is Li Chengqian. As for who the queen is, the courtiers have great opinions on this, but Li Zhi seems to be soft-tempered, and he can't be questioned casually. Keep silent.

If Li Zhi is not the emperor, is he still looking for Li Chengqian to come back? !

Although Li Chengqian was indeed more powerful than Li Zhi, but it was too powerful. The courtiers had indeed been frightened this year, the pressure was extremely high, and they couldn't sleep well at night.

There was a bloody storm in the court hall, needless to say the dangers.

Finally, Datang is now on the right track. Because of the gradual relaxation of the imperial examination policy, talents came out in large numbers. After the emperor Li Zhi ascended the throne, he was also round in his affairs. Gradually won the loyalty of the courtiers.

After thinking about it, those high-ranking officials and courtiers will ignore the matter the next day and let the Liao king make trouble in the Three Kingdoms area of ​​the former Goguryeo territory.

Anyway, it feels a bit like a land that came for nothing. Speaking of which, the territory of the Three Kingdoms was conquered by Fang Yiai, so it should be regarded as the marriage between the "first emperor" and Fang Yiai.

Stop it!

……

******

Liao.

Late at night, the king's bedroom.

Fang Yiai still feels uncomfortable with the title "Liao Kingdom".

But Li Chengqian didn't take it seriously, "It's just a title. In fact, it's still the territory of Tang Dynasty."

Li Chengqian didn't want to split the land of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't become emperor in order to avoid the vows he made under Li Shimin's persecution——

As long as he is not the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, his being with Fang Yiai is not considered an oath.

This is the loophole he caught when he swore, and the scheming he played - how could Li Shimin expect Li Chengqian's "following the public and violating the Yin", how could he imagine that Li Chengqian would want a beautiful woman after the country.

"You don't need Jiangshan, just beauties—isn't that what you're doing now." I don't know why he made a fuss.

Fang Yiai was panting and sweating, and he didn't know why Li Chengqian was so physically strong, he took a sip of water and complained.

After hearing what he said, Li Chengqian smirked: "If you didn't want Jiangshan at that time, do you think you could survive?"

His good Aye would probably order someone to kill Fang Yiai, no matter how powerful and urgent he was, he would never have time to deploy any plan to save Fang Yiai.

It's so easy to elope.

What's more, living in the land of Liaodong is not as difficult as imagined. Everything is waiting to be done, cotton is planted, and there is no shortage of medicinal materials and furs in the Changbai Mountains. The most concerned problem of keeping warm in winter is easy to solve.

The mineral deposits here are also very rich, and there is no shortage of coal for heating.

He and Fang Yiai are together, and they are not afraid of the criticism from below, and the subjects dare not talk nonsense. Now the life trend here is about to catch up with the Tang Dynasty, and a large number of Han people from the Tang Dynasty have migrated. The whole country speaks Chinese , and it is close to the sea, and the transportation is convenient, Li Chengqian didn't think there was anything wrong.

Even Fang Yiai felt much freer when she went out.

But he is very incompetent for the post of queen.

Li Chengqian's children and concubines were reluctant to follow them. The prosperity of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was unmatched by other city-states. Even the vassal king tried to go back a few days later every time he had an audience with the emperor.

Who doesn't miss and love Chang'an City.

Therefore, they all chose to stay in Chang'an. After all, the emperor Li Zhi had a special order, and he also had a high and expensive title and salary. Naturally, there was no need for Li Chengqian, a "fool" who was "exiled".

Of course, there were quite a few people who followed Li Chengqian except Zhao Dezi, Yixin and others.

After all, Liaodong also needs manpower to govern, and it also needs the education and propaganda of Han culture. There are tens of thousands of talents coming here, including craftsmen and their families.

In addition to these needed talents, Wu Mei also followed, following Fang Yiai to grab the official position.

——Wu Mei aspires to be No.1 in court, that is, the position of prime minister.

She is really capable, and she has been with Li Shimin to help deal with documents in the later period, and learned a lot by ear and eyes. In addition to her natural talent, she is extremely politically sensitive and has means.

Before Li Chengqian and Fang Yiai left, they were worried about the matter between Li Zhi and Wu Mei. After all, they couldn't, or it was just that Li Chengqian couldn't just sit back and watch their world being robbed by the historical Wu Zetian and tortured to death. A bunch of people surnamed Li——

Of course, even though she returned to Li Tang Tianxia in the end, it didn't mean that Li Chengqian was so magnanimous to let her go.

But before Li Chengqian could make a cruel move, Wu Mei came before they left.

She followed her all the way, became a female official, and entered the imperial court—there was resistance, but Li Chengqian had the final say on the establishment of the Liao Kingdom, and Wu Mei's official position became bigger and bigger after she took office.

...so that now Fang Yiai is worried that his position as prime minister will be lost.

"The prime minister has left and right, why do you always fight with her?" Li Chengqian sighed.

Although he really wanted to see Fang Yiai showing his teeth and claws in the hall, he didn't want him to devote all his energy to political affairs, making it more and more late for him to return to the palace. He still remembered that he was still the king. Queen? !

Li Chengqian didn't want to be the emperor, and he originally wanted to live a relaxed life with Fang Yiai, but Fang Yiai was really serious and responsible for this "Liao Kingdom", which made him more and more tired.

Fang Yiai seriously broke up with the king Li Chengqian on the bed and said: "This is different. Can the prime minister also distinguish between high and low? I just think that I have worked so hard to come here with you. Is it easy for me to catch you outside the house? ! Just let me fulfill my dream, is it wrong for people to want to make progress!?" Fang Yiai glared at him.

"That's right." Li Chengqian nodded, thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I will appoint you as the chief assistant tomorrow—" Didn't the later generations of Daming have the position of chief assistant? don't worry about anything.

If someone slanders Li Chengqian, saying that Fang Yiai has the intention to usurp the throne, he must be in the head.

Who in the world does not know that His Majesty the "King of Liao" abandoned the country of the Tang Empire for Fang Yi's love of beauty, and ran to the foot of the mountain to be an inconspicuous king.

Surpass King Zhou as Daji, King You of Zhou as Baosi, Fu Jian as Murong Chong... In short, none of them are as straightforward as Li Chengqian, and they don't even become emperors, and they just throw away their family and career-deserving of the name.

Regarding the position of Chief Assistant, Fang Yiai nodded in satisfaction after hearing this.

While waiting for the court meeting, seeing Wu Mei's congratulatory face on the surface, but actually slightly bulging face, Fang Yiai's expression turned pale.

Let you compete with me for the position of prime minister, and for the position of right and left. Now even the title of the prime minister's official position has been changed, and the chief assistant is naturally No. 1 in the court.

Sitting in a high position, Li Chengqian smiled.

Thinking in his heart, the first assistant—naturally, he is the king of Liao and the former emperor of Tang Dynasty... He really needs Fang Yiai's help to "assist" tonight.

As the night was getting darker, the incense burner in the palace bedroom was lit again, and the fragrance of love wafted and floated in the king's bedroom.

For a long time.

There were only two deep and ambiguous male voices, under the hazy moonlit night breeze, occasionally let out a low voice.

……