Zhaoling is far away, and it took Hong Jun and Lu Xu more than half an hour to go last time, while Li Jinglong did not return until dawn. Hong Jun tossed and turned, and had a strange dream in a daze on the couch. At three poles in the sun, the sound of rushing hooves and shouts in the back alley woke him up.
When going out, Mo Zhigen exposed half of his scratched arm, and was changing his dressing in the mirror. Hong Jun was wondering what happened outside, and Mo Zhigen said: "Someone seems to be on patrol, take a look?"
It was a cloudy day in Chang'an, almost all the people in the city flocked to the street, and almost all the princes went out, except for Li Longji and Concubine Yang. Li Heng rode a five-flowered horse, roaring past with a group of princes.
Mo Rigen and Hong Jun got off their horses and followed to the gate of the city, where they stood among the people watching the excitement, but someone in the distance waved to them, but it was Feng Changqing.
Hong Jun still remembered him, and hurriedly went to salute with Mo Rigen. After Feng Changqing asked, he learned that Li Jinglong had left the city to handle the case and had not returned, so he asked him and Mo Rigen to stand behind him.
A middle-aged man beside Feng Changqing nodded to Hongjun as a greeting, Hongjun only felt familiar, but couldn't remember who it was for a while.
"We met in Pingkang that day, forgot?" The middle-aged man laughed.
"Li Guinian!" Mo Zhigen remembered.
The middle-aged man dressed gracefully and looked younger than Feng Changqing. He smiled at Mo Zhigen, and Feng Changqing said coldly, "Go to Pingkang again!"
Li Guinian smiled and said, "Young man, I can understand."
"What is this for?" Hong Jun looked into the distance.
"As expected, Ya Luo'er has come." Li Guinian explained.
Just ask the gongs outside the city to clear the way, the horns blared, the battle was extremely huge, first two rows of guards with luxurious armor arrived, and they stopped inside the city, Feng Changqing snorted coldly: "Look at the spectacle."
"Yang Xiang bet he won't come." Li Guinian smiled calmly, "Now that he's here, the pomp must be more luxurious."
Feng Changqing coughed and signaled to Li Guinian not to hold back, after all, there were two members of the Exorcism Department by his side.
"Who is Ya Luo'er?" Hong Jun asked.
"Jaluo'er is Yaluoshan." Li Guinian said slowly, "Luoshan and Lushan are the meaning of the God of Light in Zoroastrianism..."
Mo Zhigen instantly noticed something different, and glanced at Li Guinian, Li Guinian just smiled.
Three more drums sounded, and the gate of Chang'an City opened, and another group of vanguard honor guards entered. Their costumes were different from the black, red, and gray armor of the Sixth Army, but brown and black leather and steel armor. Afterwards, he followed a huge group of sixteen people to the big sedan chair, and on the sedan chair sat an incomparably huge... person.
It was the first time for Hong Jun to see such a huge "person" at such a big age, and he immediately exclaimed "Wow".
The common people cheered and welcomed the "adult" into the city. Feng Changqing said again: "An Lushan has grown fatter."
Mo Zhigen said: "How to be with...and..." Mo Zhigen was stunned for a long time but couldn't find an adjective.
Hong Jun forgot where he heard this name, after Li Guinian's explanation, he knew that this person was the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, the most powerful military officer with the largest number of troops in the Tang Dynasty, and the godson of Yang Yuhuan.
On weekdays, Hong Jun only thinks that Li Jinglong's figure is tall, even if he is the ghost king who died in battle, he can only describe it as "burly", but An Lushan has completely penetrated his cognition of human beings, even There is always a question in his mind: What did this person eat to grow so big
An Lushan was just sitting, his feet were as thick as elephant legs, his round arms were wrapped in red cloth, like lacquered pillars, his body was as wide as an arch, probably nine feet long and seven feet wide, with a huge stone on his thick neck. A head as big as a water tank, with a face full of flesh, with a lot of cinnabar, black and other pigments on the face, a longevity lock hanging around his neck, his chest heaved and heaved, panting for breath.
After seeing the princes, An Lushan laughed loudly like a bell, and said: "This is for everyone." The words were very lively, and Li Heng said: "Father is waiting in the palace. Why don't you go and have a look?"
"Okay! Okay!" An Lushan was carried across Suzaku Main Street, and then waved to two groups of people.
After that, four warriors on tall horses were throwing money into the crowd, and guards came from behind with baskets, and poured them out along the two roads.
For a moment, the sound of copper coins filled the streets, and the people immediately cheered. There were Kaiyuan Tongbao rolling around everywhere, which almost caused riots. Feng Changqing and Li Guinian were almost squeezed out, and when Hong Jun was about to call out, suddenly a hand wrapped around his waist from behind to help him stand still, and he let go immediately.
Li Jinglong appeared out of nowhere, with a dusty smell on his body. The two looked at Zhuque Street together, and saw that the people were cheering and huddled together.
Immediately, Li Jinglong made a gesture and led Hongjun to follow the Anlushan convoy for a quick walk. Hongjun glanced back and saw Artai, Ashinaqiong and others impressively lined up. Qiu Yongsi was much taller than the crowd. Frowning deeply, he looked at the convoy.
Qiu Yongsi pinched his fingers.
At that moment, the last samurai in the convoy turned around.
Li Jinglong secretly thought it was bad, and hurriedly gestured, Qiu Yongsi pretended to bow his head to pick up the money, and the warrior turned his head away again. As soon as it came out, everyone stopped and didn't dare to chase anymore.
Hong Jun was extremely shocked. When he looked at Li Jinglong, the convoy had gone far away. Li Jinglong hadn't slept all night, obviously very irritable, and gestured for everyone to go back.
Back in the Exorcist Department, when Hong Jun was about to ask, Li Jinglong spread his hands and said, "I didn't find anything."
Mo Zhigen said: "Could it be those four monsters that An Lushan brought with him?"
Everyone came back, Li Jinglong twisted his arms, and groaned after the case, Lu Xu explained to Hongjun: "The direction they left last night was the northeast, which happened to be the direction An Lushan came to today."
Hong Jun said: "Based on this alone, how can you say that those four monsters are by An Lushan's side?"
"It's just a guess." Artest said, "First of all, the sudden appearance of these four monsters is already very suspicious. If Anlu Mountain arrives in Chang'an first, and something happens in the imperial mausoleum, it will easily make people think he."
"Yes." Mo Rigen nodded and said, "When An Lushan enters the capital, the army will first be stationed near Chang'an, waiting for the response of the four monsters, which is very reasonable."
Ashinaqiong said: "It's not necessarily true, what if the fat man is completely unaware and the monster is just lying in ambush by his side?"
Qiu Yongsi came in in a hurry, turned around and closed the door, and said with a smile, "I tried it just now, and it really worked out for me."
It turned out that in the crowd, Qiu Yongsi deliberately used spells, and the power of the spells was very close to An Lushan and the others, so the warriors who fell at the end of the team immediately noticed it.
"Have you seen the face clearly?" Mo Zhigen asked.
Qiu Yongsi spread his hands helplessly, and replied: "I see clearly, but he saw me clearly."
Everyone: "..."
Lu Xu said: "It may also be that the warrior himself knows spells."
"I would rather believe that it is a monster." Qiu Yongsi said, "There are many schools of thought in the world, but all cultivators have a sense of righteousness in their bodies, unlike that guy who looks at me with evil spirits."
Hong Jun remembered that the four warriors were also very tall, with long hands and long legs. At that time, he and Li Jinglong were the closest to those people.
Everyone discussed for a long time, but no matter what, they couldn't connect with the black monster seen in the tomb. However, Hong Jun vaguely felt that they had some strange similarities.
"I think... Chang Shi?" Hong Jun saw that Li Jinglong lowered his head, and thought he was thinking, but fell asleep.
Everyone was speechless for a while, they had been busy for a long time, and they were already exhausted, so they all left. Hong Jun went forward to hug Li Jinglong. He was used to climbing mountains since he was a child, and his physical strength has always been strong. It is no problem to carry a thing of a hundred or two hundred catties. He immediately hugged Li Jinglong horizontally and carried him back to the room.
In the Exorcism Department, the day and night were turned upside down again, and the surroundings were extremely quiet in spring, except for a few birdsong from time to time.
Hong Jun lay down beside Li Jinglong, and Li Jinglong unconsciously hugged him in his sleep, and hugged him into his arms.
At noon, in the Xingqing Palace, Li Longji took a nap as usual—it took him a lot of energy to return to Beijing for an audience at Anlu Mountain. Soup to cheer up.
After everything stopped for a while, Li Longji ordered Yang Yuhuan to comfort An Lushan Haosheng in the afternoon, while he lay down in his bedroom with his clothes on. In the next two months, many officials of the frontiers returned to Chang'an one after another. Ten days later it will be Guo Ziyi, and next month it will be Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi and other generals. When everyone saw him, they must have guessed in their hearts that the emperor was getting old.
But in this world, how many people are not old? Li Longji closed his eyes and let out a long breath. Aging is not scary, what is scary is the series of changes that follow. Maybe it was because of seeing An Lushan today, and the attitude of the Jiedu envoys towards Yang Guozhong, which made him realize once again that when he died one day, the Yang family would become the target of public criticism. When the time comes, he will no longer be able to protect Yang Yuhuan, and when he thinks of this, he can't help feeling a sense of sadness in his heart.
When a gust of wind blew, Li Longji's many complicated thoughts suddenly disappeared completely, and a voice was heard in his ear: "It's time to wake up."
"Who?!" Li Longji's shock was no small matter, he hurriedly got up, but the next moment, something even more frightening happened.
A graceful and luxurious empress in an imperial robe walked in along the corridor, her long hair fluttering, and said sharply: "Li Longji!"
Li Longji roared suddenly, he was so shocked that he was out of his wits, he collected himself, and when he looked seriously again, it was Wu Zhao! What he feared most in his life was his grandmother. He still remembered that when he was still a young man, when he visited Wu Zhao, the feeling of twilight and the sight of his old age often made him fear of death!
Wu Zhao narrowed his eyes, slowly opened his arms, and said, "I have been blessed with great grace from the Tang Dynasty. I will be a strong soldier and practice martial arts, and I will compete for a thousand-year career!"
"Yes... yes." Li Longji's face turned pale in an instant, and he didn't even kneel, but he didn't know what to do.
"How can the demon concubine harm the country, and your Majesty will listen to slander... Such unworthy descendants, how can I have the face to meet my ancestors of the Tang Dynasty?! Li Longji! Kneel down for me!" Although Wu Zhao has been dead for a long time, the aftermath is really powerful After such a drink, Li Longji knelt down instantly, trembling like chaff.
"Quick thinking and repentance!" Following Wu Zhao's final stern voice, with a "wow", the former emperor's body turned into countless butterflies, flew out of the courtyard, and disappeared.
Li Longji was startled, trembling and stood up, as if in a dream for a while, his expression was in a trance.
At dusk that day, in the imperial study room, Li Longji still had fear in his eyes, and he was silent with Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi, and Li Heng. Long Jifang said coldly: "Xuan."
Li Jinglong was called to the palace as soon as he woke up, and he was still in a daze for a while. Li Longji finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted at him: "Li Jinglong! Please explain to me clearly! What happened in the imperial mausoleum!"
Li Jinglong secretly thought that something was wrong, and before he had time to inquire in detail, he said: "In the tombs of the emperors, the body of the first emperor is still intact..."
"I'm asking you." Li Longji's tone was cold, obviously he had learned about it from Yang Guozhong, and he said coldly, "Why are you haunted?"
Li Jinglong always felt strange, looked at Li Longji, his expression changed, and said, "Your Majesty, what's the matter recently?"
It's okay if you don't ask that, Li Longji became even more angry in an instant, and said angrily: "Li Jinglong! You are so courageous!"
Naturally, Li Jinglong didn't dare to contradict the emperor, so he knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, I just want to know if something happened in the palace."
"I saw the ghost of the late emperor." Li Longji trembled, "I saw it with my own eyes, not in a dream."
Li Jinglong: "!!!"
Li Jinglong raised his head suddenly, his eyes were full of disbelief, and secretly thought that this is the case, the layout of this show is all here!
"On the thirteenth night of March." Li Jinglong said, "Dali Temple received the case..." Immediately afterwards, Li Jinglong quickly explained the whole process of the case to Li Longji, without adding any judgment of his own. Li Longji has listened to the minister's direct remonstrance over the years, and he had ghosts in his heart, but when Wu Zhao appeared, his fear was immediately pushed to the peak.
After waking up from the afternoon nap, Li Longji was quite distraught, and after listening to Li Jinglong's detailed description, he finally asked: "I only care about it. Is what I saw with my own eyes the soul of the late emperor or a monster?"
When Li Jinglong was about to answer, Yang Guozhong said coldly: "Yadanhou, you have to think carefully before answering."
Li Jinglong glanced at Yang Guozhong. If he answered that he was a demon, he would provoke Li Longji and frighten the emperor. The crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable; Your suspicion.
"Demon." Li Jinglong replied, "The Exorcist is still investigating, but unexpectedly, he has disturbed His Majesty with a hundred secrets, and he deserves death."
Li Longji said in a deep voice: "Could it be that someone instigated you to put together a play for me to watch."
Li Jinglong's face changed when he heard the words, and he said immediately: "Your Majesty! How could you think so?! This is absolutely impossible!"
Li Heng's face turned ashen in an instant, and he saw Gao Lishi approaching Li Longji's ear and whispered something, Li Longji regained his previous majesty, and said: "The case of the imperial tomb was handed over to Dali Temple. What happened! Li Jinglong was imprisoned in the palace awaiting trial, and members of the Exorcist Department are said to be holding the pledge!"
"Your Majesty." Li Jinglong said, "I still have something to say!"
Li Longji just waved his hand wearily, and the guards took Li Jinglong down. Li Jinglong turned his head and looked into the study. Before closing the door, Yang Guozhong looked at him, with an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth.