Li Heng returned to the courtyard alone, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. When the whole army withdrew from Chang'an, Li Heng had already planned clearly and carefully. During the day of his father's reign, a traitor took control of the government, causing the country to fall and the people to hang upside down. Ma Huaipo initiated the arrangement by himself, and he had already succeeded in one fell swoop. After the capital was moved, he could do whatever he wanted and create a brand new Tang Dynasty. These days, all the ministers, especially Yu Chaoen's generation, all boasted that Li Heng is the destined master of Zhongxing, who will surely sweep away the decline of the Tang Dynasty, which makes him feel a little smug.
The old ministers Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi who were the most important in the past have all died, and Guo Ziyi has been stabilized. Tang Ting under Li Heng naturally regards him as the only will to power. I didn't expect that there was another Li Jinglong!
Li Heng has long forgotten about this matter. Li Jinglong's thorny head is what he dislikes the most. In the past when he was still a dude, Li Heng saw him as a good-looking talent and wanted to recruit him. He didn't expect this guy to be so ignorant, pointing fingers at the prince's military affairs , Relying on the fact that he is from a family of generals, Li Heng gave up his thoughts. Then I heard that Li Jinglong was thrown into the Longwu Army as a vase for the guard of honor, so I no longer cared about this person.
Unexpectedly, after the establishment of the Exorcist Division, Li Jinglong's status has changed from what it used to be. What's more troublesome is that his father obeyed him even more. What's more terrible is that although Li Jinglong is young, his qualifications can be regarded as "veteran".
Veteran officials are always troublesome to the prince.
"Your Highness, Li Jinglong, Mo Rigen, Kong Hongjun, Lu Xu and the Exorcist Chaoyun are asking to see you." The eunuch whispered.
Li Heng frowned and said, "Again? What is Chaoyun again? Pass it on."
The eunuch approached Li Heng's ear and said something, Li Heng was furious.
"What do you mean?" Li Heng said, "Treat him with the courtesy of a king? Have you heard it wrong?"
The eunuch nodded apprehensively.
"What kind of person is the prince?" Although Li Jinglong had already answered, Hong Jun couldn't help asking again.
"He's a warrior." Li Jinglong's answer was different from the first time.
Hong Jun said: "You still come."
Li Jinglong said: "The meaning of this meeting is very important, I can't 'come'."
"You promised me." Hong Jun was a little uneasy.
Li Jinglong laughed and said: "Some things are more useful for you to say than for me."
Everyone stood waiting outside the Jin Palace, Mo Zhigen said: "I don't think he will."
"He will." Li Jinglong said, "Because he doesn't know what we want to do."
Everyone waited for a while, and the eunuch came out to pass the message, saying: "Your Majesty, Your Highness ordered..."
"Not as I asked." Li Jinglong said, "We will go back."
These words blocked the eunuch, so the eunuch had no choice but to go back to communicate. Finally, after waiting for half an hour, everyone sat on the steps outside and chatted for a while. The eunuch came out again, looked at the five people, and said: "Hou Grandpa please."
The Tang Dynasty had standards for receiving foreign envoys, and there were special standards for receiving the monarchs of the subordinate countries. However, throughout the ages, very few monarchs of a country came to visit the emperor of the Li family in person, and most of them were envoys. The place where the capital moved to the west was Lingwu. There was no complex ceremonial guards in Chengdu, so Li Heng had to call six armies, each with ten guards, and sit facing south by himself, leaving a guest seat, and the generals would respond according to the etiquette system. A few cases and a list of utensils are listed, and Li Jinglong is passed into the hall.
He really didn't understand what Li Jinglong meant, first he taunted himself mercilessly when he returned, and then spread the news that the emperor of another country was visiting, but this matter can be big or small, with the new defeat of the Tang Dynasty, foreign affairs must not be sloppy. If it were really the emperor of another country, Li Heng would never dare to make a mistake.
The minister of the Ministry of Rites happened to be in the Jin Palace. Amid the sound of drumming, Hong Jun, dressed in the uniform of an exorcist, walked in the front. His face was full of surprise, and he stopped for a while.
Hong Jun entered the hall and had a face-to-face meeting with Li Heng. Li Heng looked bewildered, and became angry again, and asked with a dark face: "Li Jinglong! Where are the foreign monarchs? Are you really going to entertain me?!"
"I am." Hong Jun replied.
Everyone in the hall held their breath for a moment, Li Heng also realized it, and glanced at Li Jinglong and others.
Instead, Li Jinglong left Hongjun at this time and sat behind Li Heng. The rest of Chaoyun, Mo Rigen, and Lu Xu followed Hongjun to the guest seats in the hall.
"Just now, in front of outsiders, it's inconvenient to say more." Hong Jun said to Li Heng, "I wanted to go to Lingwu to meet you, but I happened to meet you in Chengdu, so let's chat. Close the door, and all the ministers go out."
Li Heng: "..."
Li Heng was dumbfounded, staring at Hong Jun, he couldn't remember the number of times he had seen this kid, he was still in a dream and never came back to his senses.
"Wait." Li Heng said, "Are you... serious?"
Li Heng always felt that this group of people listened to Li Jinglong's words to amuse himself, Mo Zhigen said: "Hong Jun is my king."
Li Heng was dumbfounded for a moment. In the past, when Li Jinglong was away, Mo Rigen was in charge of the Exorcism Department. On the contrary, Li Heng was more familiar with him, knowing that this tall and thin young man had a strict eye and never lied.
"Which country are you the emperor?" Li Heng said.
"Let them go out and talk about it." Hong Jun urged.
"Your Highness has a body of a thousand pieces of gold!" Yu Chaoen said, "How can I be alone in a room with you?"
"I really want to do something." Hong Jun said, "Can you stop me?"
Li Heng heard a lot about the battle situation when he withdrew from Chang'an from Hu Sheng of the Sixth Army. Qiu Yongsi called Jiaojiao again, and Hongjun beheaded everywhere. Ordinary mortals are no opponents at all. Hearing this, he ordered everyone to go down, and said: "Yu Chaoen stays and summons Hu Sheng and Chen Xuanli."
At the end, the guards closed the door, and Li Jinglong said, "Your Highness, this is the demon king in the world. After the black flood dragon prison is executed, the demon clans in the world will be unified and respect him."
As soon as these words came out, Hu Sheng, Yu Chaoen, and Chen Xuanli suddenly turned pale. Li Heng suddenly remembered Yang Guozhong's words of divorce when the Exorcism Division was established a long time ago. At that time, Yang Guozhong warned Li Longji that someone in the Exorcism Division had the blood of the demon clan, which might cause serious trouble in the future.
Then Li Jinglong confirmed and persuaded Li Longji with his actions, and even took the reign of the Son of Heaven and the coming of all nations as an example, so the emperor never mentioned this matter.
"Emperor of the world," Hong Jun said, "Knowing that you will succeed to the throne and become the next emperor, this king is here to congratulate you."
Li Heng has not yet recovered from the shock, he just stared at Hongjun in a daze, and murmured: "Kong Hongjun, you... have a lot of background."
"My father used to be the lord of the Yaojin Palace in Taihang Mountain." Hong Jun replied, "Before he died, pass the throne into my hands. May your great Tang inherit the virtues of heaven and live forever."
As he said that, Hong Jun sacrificed the five-color divine light, shrouded in the divine light in his hand, and transformed into a flying peacock, flying towards the crowd, Hu Sheng couldn't help exclaiming, when the glowing little peacock flew towards Li Heng, it shattered into light powder and dissipated.
Li Heng was stunned for a moment, and said: "As a demon king, what is your intention in coming to my Tang Dynasty?"
"At that time, Hongjun was still a prince." Li Jinglong explained to Li Heng for Hongjun, "Going down to the mortal world to practice, and shouldering the mission of reunifying the long-split monster clan."
"Humans and monsters have different paths." Li Heng murmured, "You and I are friends rather than enemies, and the three people behind you are all monsters?"
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu have the power to change, and strictly speaking they are "inhumans". Although they never admit that they are monsters, in the final analysis, they still need to be classified as monsters when they cannot be classified. Chao Yun was orthodox, and immediately replied: "Yes, we are all, let's show you the original form?"
Li Jinglong was about to stop him, but suddenly he thought about it, it would be a good idea to do so, and then Chaoyun suddenly turned into a snake and took off, everyone was shocked and shouted in panic, Li Heng stepped back. Chaoyun's supernatural powers can be big or small, but he just walked around the hall and then sat down.
"The wolf, the white deer, and the snake." Hong Jun said, "they all have a deep connection with my monster clan."
There was a mess of cups and plates on the case table, Li Heng was even more shocked, and said: "Even if you, the demon king, come here, as the emperor of the world, I have Ziweixing to protect my body, so..."
"You didn't." Chaoyun said suddenly.
Li Jinglong's expression changed instantly, but Zhao Yun said seriously: "You are not the eldest son of the emperor, and you don't have Ziwei starlight in your body. Only after you sacrifice to heaven and ascend the throne as emperor, can you obtain Ziwei star power and the protection of heaven and earth."
Zhao Yun's words were true, but they were extremely harsh to Li Heng's ears.
"What do you want to do?" Li Heng said in a deep voice, "After all, the evil in the world can't prevail against the good. If you want to take advantage of others' danger, even if I, the whole Tang Dynasty, die, I will never give in!"
"It's not that serious." Hong Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I just came to congratulate you."
Li Jinglong said: "Your Highness, Hongjun's mother is a human being, and she has always had an old love for the human race. She traveled to Chang'an in the past, and she is even more attached to the prosperity of my world. This time the demon came to the world, you also know..."
"The monster clan has put in a lot of effort." Li Heng said lightly.
"I would like to conclude an eternal covenant with the human race." Hong Jun picked up the tea bowl and said, "Never fight."
Li Heng smiled wryly and said: "You exorcist and monsters have long been together, do you think I can not agree?"
"Our enemy has never been the entire monster clan." Li Jinglong said.
"Man is the spirit of all things." Hong Jun explained, "We are the same residents of the land of Shenzhou, and we are willing to use the exorcist as a bridge to assist the emperor on earth to realize the revival of the Tang Dynasty, and we don't want to see the two races of humans and monsters. Kill each other again."
Having said that, Li Heng lost his temper. Li Heng pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let me think about it carefully."
Li Heng couldn't answer Hong Jun on the spot, which was expected by Li Jinglong, Hong Jun nodded and said: "If so, I will leave."
Li Heng: "Then you..."
"I was still a member of the Exorcism Department before An Lushan's execution." Hong Jun replied, "I will find another place after the world is at peace."
In the end, Li Jinglong, Hong Jun and others came out. Hong Jun was sweating all over his back, and asked Li Jinglong, "What do I say?"
The conversation in front of Li Heng was naturally discussed by the two in advance. Li Jinglong laughed and gave him a thumbs up. Lu Xu and Mo Zhigen leaned against the palace wall and looked at Li Jinglong.
Mo Zhigen suddenly said: "Chang Shi."
Li Jinglong: "Next, everyone is free to move, and we will set off together again in three days to go to Ruoergai."
"It's amazing." Mo Zhigen said.
"It's amazing." Lu Xu smiled.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu left side by side, and went to visit the city of Chengdu. Hong Jun was confused, and Li Jinglong smiled embarrassedly.
"What do you mean?" Hong Jun asked in surprise.
"Praise you." Li Jinglong said.
"It's obviously a compliment to you." Hong Jun looked confused, not knowing that a new era has been slowly opened in the hands of Li Jinglong and him. In the afternoon of the same day, the two went to Chengdu Thatched Cottage, which was a simple thatched hut in the outskirts, and the grass was not even covered. Li Bai and Du Fu were sitting and drinking in the thatched hut. .
"You're still alive!" Li Bai said drunkenly, "Come, come! Drink!"
As soon as Li Jinglong sat down and chatted with a smile, a guard came and said that the prince had an invitation, Li Jinglong said: "Really, I don't let people idle for a moment."
Li Bai said casually: "Your Highness often talks about you these days, and it's normal to get closer."
Li Jinglong said: "I'm afraid you're just scolding me." But after the meeting between the two kings, it is human nature for the prince to call him, so he had to hand over Hong Jun to Li Bai's care, and then come to pick him up after finishing the business.
On the other hand, Artest had just returned to the place where the Exorcist was staying, and everyone had already gone out to wander around the city of Chengdu, but Rulando was waiting in the room, and the child was nursing again.
"Why are you eating again?" Artest said, "I have to eat so many meals a day, is there enough milk?"
"It's like that with kids," said Trundeau.
Artai was playing with his son, but unexpectedly, a guard came to the door, saying that General Guo Ziyi had an invitation. Trundeau was startled and said, "You know him?"
Artai had been vaguely aware of it during the day. The other party obviously checked his details, and even invited Trando to go. Artest took his wife and children and set off for Guo Ziyi's mansion in Chengdu. Sure enough, when Guo Ziyi saw Artai, he said, "Isai?"
When Artest saw his old friend suddenly, he smiled and said, "You are..."
"When your father brought you to see me, you were still a baby." Guo Ziyi said with a smile, "Today is to save face for you, so I won't impeach Li Jinglong."
"Chang Shi is a good man." Trundeau couldn't help but said, "You all blame him. If it wasn't for him, the whole city of Chang'an would have died long ago."
Guo Ziyi laughed again. Compared with the hard-tempered and hot-tempered Ge Shuhan, this veteran is obviously much more mellow and has a more easy-going temper. He immediately set up a banquet to catch up with Artest. It turned out that Yi Siai, the father of Tigra, came to the Central Plains in the past, borrowed troops from Li Longji at that time, stayed in Luoyang for a period of time, and then got acquainted with Guo Ziyi. Yi Siai is down and out, and Guo Ziyi is proud of the spring breeze, but the two hit it off by accident.
After Yisiai's wife gave birth to Tigra in Luoyang, she said goodbye to Guo Ziyi and left with her youngest son in her arms. Years passed in the blink of an eye, and the old man's son had already married and returned to Datang to become an exorcist, which made Guo Ziyi very sad.
Atelier talked about the past with some sadness. Guo Ziyi knew that Isai was dead, but he didn't know that his father died so tragically. Two hundred Sassanian knights fought against 30,000 black-clothed soldiers, and the Sassanian dynasty collapsed.
"The son of the knight commander." Artai explained to Guo Ziyi, "'Sword of Dynasty', named Ashina Qiong, happened to go out today to buy... milk... uh... food for us, not at home."
Guo Ziyi's eyes turned red, he nodded repeatedly, and said: "You were born in Luoyang, which shows that you and Tang Dynasty have long been destined to be destined, so you can stay here to start a career in the future. I think Li Jinglong is also a general who can distinguish right from wrong, with bold sense and great strategy. , why do you have to put such a heavy burden on yourself?"
Artest just remained silent, and at the end, just smiled sadly.
Trundeau smiled and said, "I'm persuading Tegra to stay in Datang..."
Artest said: "I will definitely go back."
Trundeau remained silent, and Guo Ziyi said, "I'll talk to His Royal Highness at that time."
Artest hurriedly thanked Guo Ziyi, but today's Tang Dynasty has already established a relationship with Dashi. After several generations, how could the Chinese dynasty care about a Sassan who has been out of power for more than 70 years and has not been able to recover? The most helpless thing is knowing that there is no hope, but still unable to let go.
Ah Tai suddenly remembered something, and asked Guo Ziyi: "Old General Guo, since you knew my father back then, I just don't know if my father had a golden magic weapon before his death?"
"A magic weapon?" Guo Ziyi thought for a moment and said, "What does it refer to?"
Artest didn't know whether his father took away the Vajra Arrow, the Subduing Demon Pestle, or the Great Sun Wheel, and he didn't even get anything at all, so he just asked a question with the idea of trying his luck. Guo Ziyi pondered for a moment, as if recalling. After thinking for a while, Artest didn't dare to interrupt, so Guo Ziyi ordered dinner to be served, and Artest and Trundeau were invited to eat first.
While eating, Guo Ziyi asked Artest about the affairs after Chang'an, half of which was cliché, half of concern, Artest knew that it was probably Li Heng who asked him to ask, to confirm whether Li Jinglong had any disobedience. The Exorcist Department is more or less apprehensive. After three consecutive wars in Luoyang, Tongguan, and Chang'an, the folks even enshrined Li Jinglong as a god, and rumors arose everywhere.
He didn't ambiguous, but answered carefully one by one, which was basically consistent with Guo Ziyi's survey. While talking, Guo Ziyi suddenly remembered, and said, "It seems that there is such a thing."
Artest: "!!!"
"What is it?" Artest frowned.
"It's a golden ring." Guo Ziyi gestured with his hands, and said, "It's about the size of a bracelet, engraved with the nine-character mantra..."
Artest immediately brought a pen and paper, asked Guo Ziyi to draw, and asked, "Who did you give it to?"
Guo Ziyi said: "When your father saw me for the first time, he didn't have this gold ring, and then he wore it on his hand someday. Before leaving, he said goodbye to me and still wore it. He must have brought it back to the Western Regions. "