Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1296 tacit understanding
In the Tang Dynasty, Chongyang Festival was a very important festival.

Du Gong of the Sui Dynasty said: "It is unknown when the banquet on September [-] started."

Today, northerners also pay attention to this festival.Wear cornel, eat bait, drink chrysanthemum wine, the cloud makes people live longer.

"Longevity..." Between the terraces, Li Xiji and Li Keyong looked up at the sky almost at the same time.God's will is unpredictable, and God's will is hard to violate. Who knows how long one will live?

Under the guidance of the servants, Pei Guan entered the banquet hall.

"See King Jin." Pei Guan glanced at Li Keyong and bowed to salute.

Li Keyong didn't have much white hair on his head, but it was still black and shiny.The look in the eyes is much less.The cheeks also shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, his face was no longer rosy, and he looked sickly overall.

Looking at his slightly frowning brows from time to time, it was obvious that he was suffering from a secret illness and faint pain, but he held back himself, not wanting to expose any of his weakness in front of outsiders.

There were not many people present, the writers were Li Xiji and Feng Dao, the warriors were Li Sizhao, Li Luoluo, Li Cunxu, and the youngest brother Li Kerou, who was the representative of the clan.

"The envoy, please sit down and eat first." Li Ke said with a forced smile.

The servants rushed in immediately, each with wine and vegetables in their hands, and put them on the table one by one.

Pei Guan took a casual look, and found that they were all barbarian servants with high noses and deep eyes. They should be Li Keyong's Shatuo people or Sogdians with the nine surnames of Zhaowu. In terms of blood, there may be more Sogdian.

"(Sogdian) A man is twenty years old, and he is a country far away...there are benefits everywhere." This sentence suddenly popped up in Pei Guan's mind.

At the end of the former Sui Dynasty, Long Run, a Sogdian, served as the governor of Sabao Mansion in Jinyang, and helped Li Yuan raise his troops. Most of its staff are from Hu people who believe in Zoroastrianism.

"Yiqi refers to the west. It was first awarded to the Chaosan doctor and the history of the governor of Sabaofu. In the 646th year of Zhenguan (653), Liao Kuo was more than [-] years old in the Spring and Autumn Period... On September [-]th in the fourth year of Yonghui ([-]), died in The first place in Anrenfang, there are three out of ninety in the Spring and Autumn Period."——In fact, this is a royal family with the surname of Long Yanqi.

At that time, the Sogdian people with the three surnames of Yu, Yi, and Jing in Taiyuan numbered in the tens of thousands, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

It's a pity that Long Run lived to be 93 years old, and Li Keyong is only fifty this year, which is too far behind.

"I've been a warrior for most of my life, and I'm used to the crude meals in the army. Is the emissary still used to it?" Li Keyong stopped and asked with his lips only slightly stained with wine.

"Taiyuan 羖 (gǔ) sheep has been famous for a long time." Pei Guan praised.

Undoubtedly, mutton was just in demand in Tang and Xia dynasties.You can skip other meats, but you must have mutton.

Most of the sheep sold in the market are jié sheep (rams that have been castrated since childhood). According to the sage, they are all sheep.But lamb is better because it is goat.Pei Guan has eaten goats a few times, and the taste is really good, better than goats, but it's a pity that people don't like to raise goats now that wool cloth is booming.

Taiyuan's lamb has always been famous.During the former Tang Dynasty, the imperial court once bought tens of millions of sheep for Hu people with nine surnames grazing near Taiyuan, and the scale was quite large.

"This is a beautiful duck, isn't it?" Pei Guan directly picked up a fat roasted duck that was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and said with a smile, "It's really extraordinary to eat it today. King Jin's solar eclipse is full of goats and ducks. Then drink this cornel wine, and you will surely prolong your life."

Fuguang (Gwangju) Duck.Fan Qianli, Shaoyin of Taiyuan, bought a hundred sticks and put them in the back pond, and loaded several carts of duckweed into the pond to make duckweed mattresses.Since then, the beautiful duck has been famous in Hedong for a long time.

"The envoy really knows He Dong very well." Hearing this, Li Keyong knew that the other party was speaking beautifully, but he was still a little happy. Under the signal of his eyes, the maid stepped forward and poured wine for Pei Guan.

Pei Guan raised the wine bottle and said, "I wish your majesty good health."

Li Ke smiled, picked up the wine bottle, wet his mouth, and put it down again.

Li Xiji, Li Sizhao and others drank it all in one gulp.

"What is the foster brother doing now?" Li Keyong asked.

"The sage is used to governing in the Jintai Palace and managing the world. In his free time, he may go hunting in the western mountains, or go to the southern suburbs to train sergeants." Pei Guan said: "July and the sergeants hunted a bear and killed it. When it was time to eat, but Throwing chopsticks and weeping, he said, 'My brother is far away in Jinyang, so we can't eat together', so he ordered Shaofu to make a bear leather coat and send it to Jinyang thousands of miles away."

"The clothes are very nice, I love them very much." Li Keyong sighed, his eyes were a little dazed.

Pei Guan quietly observed his expression.

He knew very well that Li Keyong would not believe the processed words he said.But his emotions were still touched, which shows that his defenses have been broken, and he is no longer the persevering King Li Jin many years ago.

Li Xiji, Feng Dao, Li Sizhao and others did not speak.

Most of the people present are smart people, who doesn't understand the world?Even Li Luoluo and Li Cunxu, two younger people, can distinguish many things.

But there are some things, just understand it in your heart.People need steps, even if they lie to themselves.

"In the past, Huayue Temple became righteous, and Wang Chongrong was also there. He left first, and now..." Li Keyong sighed again, holding the wine glass tightly, trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty!"

"Grandpa!"

Everyone got up.

Li Keyong let go of his hand, and the wine spilled everywhere.

He looked up at the sky, and a pair of wild geese flew past.

Once upon a time, he could draw a strong bow and easily shoot down wild geese in the sky.At that time, his body was full of exuberant vitality, powerful strength flowed from all his limbs, he put on heavy armor, dressed in horses and horses, broke into the enemy's line, slashed and killed wantonly, and was invincible to those who stood in his way.

It's all over!
Li Ke lowered his head, even though he tried his best to suppress it, two turbid tears still fell.

Last night he dreamed of Shi Jingsi.

In the change of Shangyuanyi, Shi Jingsili, who was the governor of the Anqing Department of Shatuo, died heroically after the battle.

Shi Jingsi's face was covered with blood, and he was speechless when asked if he had "unpaid ambitions".

ambition?What is your ambition in this life?Li Keyong was a little confused, as if he had no clear ambitions.

He only wants to dominate one side, let the court not to meddle in his affairs, make other Jiedu envoys submit to him, sing praises, and praise him, and then kill Zhu Wen, the thief.

Now that Zhu Wen is dead, Tang Ting is gone, and the Jiedu envoys from all walks of life are scattered like rain and wind, disappearing one by one in the years.

What other ambitions?Still have time to display any ambition?
Li Keyong was very confused.

In the confusion, there was another kind of inexplicable sadness and sadness, as if he had missed something important.

This life is going to pass like this?Nothing?
Thinking of this episode, the tears could no longer be suppressed.At this time, he was not sad for Tang Ting, nor for the soldiers and generals who died in Shangyuanyi, he was sad for himself.

There was an eerie silence in the arena.Everyone stopped what they were doing and waited silently.

After a long time, Li Keyong finally raised his head, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Xia Bing went out to Zhenji, and Chengde was alone, and collapse was inevitable. After Zhending City is broken, I don't know where the righteous brother will attack again? "

"The sage said that the Khitan wolf is ambitious, and Abaoji betrayed his faith. This is the way to die." Pei Guan said: "After defeating Chengde, we must gather a large army to flatten the Khitan. If Abaoji is captured, he will be sent to Jinyang , and hand it over to Brother Yoshi."

Of course Pei Guan would not be stupid enough to say that the next target is Hedong.

Attacking Khitan was originally planned.Abaoji's treachery refers to the incident when the Jin army and Khitan teamed up to attack Rouzhou, Ruyuan, and Xianyou Palace. Abaoji retreated halfway and put the Jin army together.To be honest, Li Keyong may not care much about this matter, Pei Guan said so, it is just a pretext.

"What about after defeating Khitan?" Li Keyong asked.

He really didn't care about A Baoji.For this sake, it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies.

"Drive the Khitan and the Bohai Sea to capture the people, the horses step on the Jianghuai River, and wipe out the heroes in the south." Pei Guan replied.

"And then?" Li Keyong seemed to be fascinated by the sound, and continued to ask.

"We still have to regain Anxi's hometown." Pei Guan said: "The sage has something to say, he has many ambitions, and he wants to accomplish as much as possible. He is not afraid of anything now, but he is afraid that he will be dragged down and run out of time in the end."

Li Ke subconsciously touched his waist until he found nothing before realizing that he was wearing casual clothes today and did not wear a bow tip.

The bow has been useless for a long time.

It's been a long time since I touched the knife.

Recently, he couldn't even think of these things until he heard Pei Guan's words "I don't have time".

It turns out that these aspirations are so attractive to me?If I could go back in time, would I still have these ambitions?
Unfortunately no time.

Li Ke stayed there, and his once ashen face miraculously turned rosy.

"Yazi..." he called softly.

"Grandpa." Li Cunxu got up and looked at his father, full of worry.

"Go to Youzhou." Li Keyong said.

Li Cunxu was dumbfounded.

His father asked him to go to Youzhou, obviously not with troops, so this matter...

"Go to Youzhou and meet your uncle." Li Keyong said.

Li Cunxu felt so uncomfortable that he didn't want to answer, so he turned his face away.

"Be obedient." Li Ke raised his voice.

"What are you going to Youzhou for? Do you want to send me a list?" Li Cunxu said angrily.

"Go and see your uncle. He will arrange it." Li Ke waved his hand weakly and said.

"I'm not going!" Li Cunxu put down these words directly and left the table.

Li Keyong turned his head away, Li Xiji understood and got up to leave.He immediately went to Princess Liu and Mrs. Cao of Jin, and they were the only ones who could persuade him.

"Let's go." Li Ke said in a dejected manner.The servant girl stepped forward and gently helped him away.

Pei Guan sighed, and didn't feel like eating or drinking anymore.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.Isn't it sad to see the hero's twilight, and the sky is not a holiday?
This trip to Jinyang has been a complete success.

Although King Jin and the saint are thousands of miles apart, they have a surprisingly tacit understanding at this moment.He didn't say anything, but he understood what the other person meant.

Jin Wang did not say surrender, and the saint would not force him to surrender.With King Jin's temper, he would not voluntarily surrender.

But in any case, Hedong is no longer in trouble.

(End of this chapter)