Li Hong glanced anxiously at the dark clouds, with heavy rain hitting his face like beans. From time to time, a glimmer of light mixed with thunder could be seen in the dark clouds in the distance.
Like Li Hong, the two lawless men took off their armor, one step forward and the other backward, splashing with rain water up to their knees, to convey Li Hong's orders.
Li Hong didn't need to order the armor. No one would wear iron armor at this time. It's not that these soldiers were afraid that the armor would attract lightning strikes, but because of the heavy wet armor and the continuous heavy rain, the armor was worn on the body at this time. It was as if the person was imprisoned, unable to move, and it was extremely laborious to raise his hands and kick his legs.
The order had just been issued to each regiment, and each captain did not care about the roar on the rainy night. If the Tocharians would find out, he started shouting urgently with rain in his mouth, asking everyone to come down from the heights.
The violent storm in the canyon appears to be much more violent than on the plains. With the howling of the mountain wind, just opening your mouth at this time can immediately fill your mouth with rainwater, which makes the person choke and cough, and his face becomes discolored. I don’t know if it’s the tears and rain, or the runny nose.
Li Hong looked up at the sky anxiously. He didn't want his soldiers to be killed by lightning and lightning strikes hidden in the dark clouds instead of being killed by Tocharo and Baiyi Dashi.
Looking at the slow movement, it looked like a huge castle, with thunder and lightning approaching the sky above the head, and at this time there were still many soldiers who had not come down from the heights.
Some people even kept climbing up because they couldn't hear the orders.
But there were also some who, because their feet were too slippery, slipped on the hidden rocks, and the whole person grabbed the war horse in his hand, or the war horse pulled him, and then slowly fell down from the top.
With a thud, it could even splash into a river that was accumulated by rain in the canyon.
The rumbling sound carried bright, thick, and purple lightning would not wait until all the soldiers descended into the canyon before it came.
Huge crackling lightning and rumbling thunder intertwined. The top few soldiers were instantly struck by lightning. When a burst of black smoke struck again, the people below could see clearly. Several soldiers seemed to be struck by lightning. It looked like it was burnt, and a puff of smoke came out of its body. It kept its original upright position quietly, and then slowly rolled down the hillside upright.
One after another, huge lightning bolts struck down like ribbons, immediately lighting up the entire canyon. Looking at the top of the entire canyon, Li Hong felt a little more relaxed between his brows.
Fortunately, not as many soldiers were killed by lightning as expected. At this moment, more than a dozen soldiers who had rushed down from the future began to lead their horses, risking their waists, and struggled to escape into the canyon.
A memorial letter sealed with red silk passed quickly through the Danfeng Gate, Hanyuan Hall, and Xuanzheng Hall, and was delivered to the Zichen Hall, the residence of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
"Nonsense! His Majesty, a prince, actually left the four towns of Anxi and led his troops through Tocharo to rescue 20,000 troops at the Persian Governor's Mansion? Ahem... Who gave him Li Hong's rights? Who agreed to let him Did he go? Xue Rengui, Hei Te Changzhi, Pei Xingjian, Ma Zai, etc., were all dead? Why did the prince have to take the risk himself? Three longs and two shorts! Can they bear this crime? Come here! All the families of the officials of the Anxi Protectorate are in custody! Ahem..." Li Zhi's face turned pale and he became angry after seeing the first memorial. Almost fainted.
But at this time, his vision was blurred and his head was swollen. He felt waves of shaking while standing in the room, and then he fainted.
Yang Wu and the palace maid hurriedly supported his crumbling dragon body. Yang Wu hurriedly shouted outside: "Go and call the imperial doctor into the palace. Go and ask the queen to come over."
Li Zhi's sudden fainting frightened Yang Wu's already sharp voice into an even sharper one.
While Yang Wu greeted, he and the palace maid carefully helped Li Zhi to lie down on the dragon couch, and then looked anxiously at the door, his ears perked up at the same time, hoping that the imperial doctor would appear in front of him immediately.
Wu Mei hurried over from the Penglai Palace. Her clothes were disheveled, and her beautiful jade-white cheeks were covered with frost. During this time, His Majesty's body and bones didn't know what happened, and they were getting worse and worse.
Ordinarily, there is nothing major going on in the court now. The armies in Liaodong area conquering Goryeo and Silla are now very powerful, and they have been reporting consecutive successes.
And Anxi is now... Li Hong is in Tubo, the overall situation has been decided, and he will return to Chang'an soon...
Wu Mei's steps were hurried, and her mind was hurriedly thinking about the court affairs, guessing what could make His Majesty faint from anger.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this matter is probably related to that little bastard!
Li Hong's achievements in Anxi in the past few years are obvious to all. His governance of Anxi, the control of the Ashina Duzhi, and Li Zheke have already made great achievements in the court.
Because of all this, His Majesty is about to smile from ear to ear every day. He talks about His Highness the Crown Prince every day and praises Him as much as a flower.
After Li Hong entered Tubo, although Li Zhi was once dissatisfied and felt that he was too emotional, as the good news and good news came one by one, Li Zhi laughed every day again. This period in the court All the time, there was constant laughter.
Especially when the court officials and Li Zhi learned that Pei Xingjian, Ma Zai, and Dai Zhide, who had been dismissed by Li Hong, were reappointed by Li Hong in Tubo.
The courtiers all felt as if they had honey on their lips. They all seemed to feel uncomfortable if they did not praise His Majesty Li Zhi, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was in Tubo. It seemed that such great achievements should be kept in their mouths every day. Praise, always praise.
And now some people have begun to look forward to the scene of all nations coming to the court. Ever since Emperor Taizong was revered as the Khan of Heaven by all countries, everyone in the court was extremely excited.
But by this dynasty, the title of Khan of Heaven on the head of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had long ceased to exist in name only, and the influence of the Tang Dynasty on various countries was no longer as great as that of Emperor Taizong.
Wu Mei picked up the memorial that made Li Zhi pass out with trembling hands. She looked at the red damask that seemed as bright as blood, and then looked at the brown handwriting on the red damask. Wu Mei was almost so angry that her vision went dark. .
This unique mark on the memorial is a unique sign of emergency memorials in the Western Regions. It is a memorial that is more urgent than Hong Ling's urgent memorial and the situation is more serious.
It can be said that this kind of urgent and major memorial with brown color is specially set up for that little bastard in the Western Region.
So when Wu Mei saw the sign outside the memorial, her heart trembled involuntarily and her whole body trembled.
After forcing herself to calm down, Wu Meizai read the first line of words carefully, and then hurriedly skipped the entire content of the memorial!
"Wow!" The memorial was thrown to the ground in anger by Wu Mei. Suddenly, in Li Zhi's room, the maids and eunuchs knelt together.
Even the imperial doctor who felt Li Zhi's pulse was trembling with fright. He quickly calmed down and felt Li Zhi's pulse calmly.
"It's just nonsense. There is no law, no dynasty, and no royal family! How decent! Who asked him to go? What do Pei Xingjian and the others do for a living? Xue Rengui and Hei Te Changzhi claim to be good ministers and fierce generals! Why should the prince be allowed to go? Your Highness is going into danger together! It’s just nonsense!”
Wu Meiqi's face was extremely pale, and the queen's majesty was fully displayed at this moment. Sitting on the chair, she gasped for air, and her chest rose and fell violently up and down with her rapid breathing.
One can imagine how angry Li Hong was with his father Li Zhi and Long Ma Wu Mei.
"Go back to the queen, your majesty has woken up." The imperial doctor whispered to Wu Mei, who was sitting on the chair and angry.
Wu Mei heard the words and immediately stood up and walked forward. She saw Li Zhi lying on the bed. He slowly opened his eyes weakly, glanced at Wu Mei, and then held hands with Wu Mei.
"I'm fine. I'm afraid I'm too tired during this period. I saw... ahem... ahem..." Li Zhi paused weakly for a while, then said: "The Queen immediately made a decree that Li Hong must be allowed to do so no matter what. Come back alive, my prince..."
"Your Majesty... Please take a rest for a while. I took a look. Although Li Hong entered Tocharo, it's okay to come. Xue Rengui and Hei Te Changzhi are both illustrious generals of our Tang Dynasty who are capable of fighting. It's enough to protect his safety." Wu Mei looked at the weak Li Zhi, the anger in her brows had long since disappeared, and she had a gentle and kind face.
Li Zhi smiled at the corner of his mouth, shook his head slightly, groped with his other hand on the dragon couch, took out another memorial, and weakly whispered: "Queen, please take a look at this first. I have been here for the past few days." I’m afraid it’s difficult to deal with the government affairs. If anything happens, the queen might as well handle it for me first, but we must remember that Li Hong must come back alive!”
After Li Zhi finished speaking, he slowly closed his eyes and began to rest, but Wu Mei still noticed something ominous from the ups and downs of his chest and the painful expression on his furrowed brows.
Did he tell himself twice that he must let Li Hong come back alive? Why do you warn me like this? What's the purpose? What else happened that I didn't know about
Wu Mei let Li Zhi's hand rest on her thigh, took another memorial that Li Zhi handed her, and was about to tear it open when she thought for a moment and said: "Tomorrow morning, send someone to the Taipei Palace immediately." Yicheng invites Dr. Sun to come into the palace and ask him to pay a visit to His Majesty."
"Yes, Queen." Yang Wu and Lian Tie responded at the same time.
"It is proposed that because His Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition, the morning court will be suspended. If there are urgent government affairs, the subordinates and Zhongshu will handle it at their discretion. In addition... the Minister of the Ministry of War is ordered to enter the palace immediately." Wu Mei glanced at Li Zhi who was lying there worriedly. Arrange the things in front of you first.
Seeing that Li Zhi didn't react after giving the order, he slowly picked up the memorial in his hand and opened it.
Judging from the handwriting, it was clear that the memorial was Li Hong's own handwriting. Both the form and format were extremely neat and serious, completely unlike the usual lazy style of memorials.
(End of chapter)