Has always been bleak

In order to save their brother, the Wei brothers asked everywhere, and even stated in a letter that the prince could testify that Wei Jian had no objection.This move finally angered Xuanzong.

After all, Xuanzong was already old, he was an old man who had lost several sons, and now he only wanted to enjoy the glory of the prosperous age, and only wanted to spend his old age peacefully in such glory.Accompanied by singing and dancing, wine, and beauties, he is already satisfied, and he doesn't want any accidents to happen.Therefore, he knew that Li Linfu was going to support Li Hao, the king of longevity, and he knew that after he made Li Heng the crown prince, Li Linfu and Li Heng were at odds, and tried every means to bring down the crown prince, but he neither wanted to touch Li Heng, nor I don't want to touch Li Linfu.

Two people fighting endlessly like this just happened to form a delicate balance. Everyone should try their best to please themselves, and no one can sit on the big side and pose even the slightest threat to themselves.Xuanzong was very satisfied with this balance.

Li Linfu instigated Eryang to falsely accuse Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming, Xuanzong actually knew it well.Wei Jian had no objection, and Huangfu Weiming had no objection either, but a dignitary and a side general, both of whom were closely related to the prince, got together every day, which really made Xuanzong feel disgusted.How did you get into trouble?Don't these people know how to restrain themselves?It is really necessary to beat this seemingly honest son well.

What's more, Huangfu Weiming failed to attack Shibao City, and lost troops and generals, which made Xuanzong very angry.Although Mingli didn't blame much, but just cut off Huangfu Weiming's military power and left him a idle post in Beijing, but Xuanzong has always been brooding over this matter in his heart.

The stone castle on the border between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was built by Tubo on the basis of three cliffs and a narrow path. Its purpose is to guard Qinglong and control Hehuang. The throat fortress guarding the Hexi Corridor.Therefore, it has been a battleground for both sides for many years.

Shibao City has changed hands many times between Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Originally, Xuanzong was not bound to win it, but in the spring of the 17th year of Kaiyuan, Shuofang Jiedu envoy Li Wei attacked Shibao City by surprise, and has since then firmly guarded this fortified city. It lasted for 13 years, and at the end of the 29th year of Kaiyuan, it was captured by Tubo again.This made Xuanzong very angry.

Today, when the country is stable, the people are abundant, all nations are coming to court, and foreign wars are going smoothly, such a failure is intolerable for Xuanzong.He was thinking about taking back Shibao City all the time, thinking about avenging his shame, but Huangfu Weiming, as the commander in chief, unexpectedly failed several times.

Therefore, he should have been killed.

But if Huangfu Weiming was killed, Wei Jian would also have to be killed, and if Wei Jian was killed, the crown prince would definitely be implicated.

For the sake of the prince, he reluctantly spared these two people and demoted them.The book was made under the pretext that Wei Jian was demoted to be the prefect of Jinyun because of his ambition to seek an official position; Huangfu Weiming was demoted to be the prefect of Bochuan because he provoked the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

But Wei Jian, who was getting older and more ignorant, dragged the prince into the water in order to get rid of the crime.How could Xuanzong endure this?

So Wei Jian was demoted to Jiangxia again, and his two younger brothers, Wei Lan and Wei Zhi, were exiled to Lingnan.

Prince Li Heng immediately divorced Concubine Wei in order to avoid being involved, and said that he would never abolish the law with his relatives.Concubine Wei was knocked down overnight. She couldn't remarry like an ordinary woman who returned home. The daughter-in-law of the Tian family, even if she was divorced, would always belong to the Tian family. She had no choice but to escape into Buddhism. Blue Lantern Ancient Buddha.

However, Concubine Wei is still the lucky one in Webster's school.

Li Linfu started slandering in order to eradicate the weeds. Although his so-called cronies of Wei Jian had been almost suppressed by Xuanzong, so the emperor didn't really care about these people, but the four words in Li Linfu's words moved the suspicious emperor.

Get rid of evil.

Wei Jian was therefore exiled to Linfeng.

All this happened within a few months.

Xiao Yi thought that this was the end of the suffering.

On his way back to Beijing from Taiyuan, he heard that Wei Jian was demoted to Jinyun (now Lishui, Zhejiang), so he hurried to Jinyun. Linfeng (now Linfeng, Guangdong).

For several months, Xiao Yi himself didn't know what supported him to travel back and forth like this, following him thousands of miles away.

When he finally arrived in Linfeng, it was already the deep winter of that year. The moment he saw Wei Jian, who was haggard and aging to the point where he could hardly recognize him, Xiao Yi couldn't hold on anymore, and fell over, without knowing anything about it.

Xiao Yi, who practiced martial arts since childhood and is almost invulnerable to all diseases, fell ill, a serious illness that lingered all winter.

Even though he was ill, even though his life was miserable, even though the Wei family had no power or authority, but being able to be with Wei Jian, and being able to see that old and haggard but extremely kind face often, Xiao Yi's heart quickly settled down.

As long as people are alive, there is hope.

As long as this person who is equivalent to his father in his heart is alive, he will still have a family. He can't imagine the day when he loses this old man.

He didn't know that in the spring of the second year, Li Linfu sent the cruel official Luo Xishi to the Wei Jian brothers, Huangfu Weiming and other places where Li Linfu was afraid of demoted officials and exiled, and gave them all. die.

If it was just death, it might not be so terrible, but the cruelty of Luo Xixi is that he never let people die easily.

The former Prime Minister Li Shizhi heard that Luo Xishi was coming, and died of drinking poisonous wine. His son Li Ke (Yin Gate), who was the imperial guard Shaoqing, wanted to help the coffin back home, but Luo Xishi stopped him and killed him with a stick.

"When you hear Xixi from the prefectures and counties, you are all terrified." Along the way, too many people died in his hands, and too many former dignitary officials were tortured and humiliated to death at the hands of this cruel official.

In fact, when Luo Xishi was still on the road, Wei Jian had already heard about this person and what he had done with this person along the way.He knows that his family has been protected by him for many years, and they are already weak. When the nest is overthrown, they will only panic and scatter, but they will never have the courage to resist the established fate.

But Xiao Yi is different.

Xiao Yi lost his mother since he was a child, and his father abandoned him like a shoe, it seems that he never had such a son in these many years.After being taken in by Wei Jian, he has always treated him like a father and admired him deeply, which is enough for him to not be able to watch himself die.

However, this child is straightforward, enthusiastic, proficient in martial arts, and has the unique stubbornness and arrogance of young people. If Xiao Yi can't help but do something earth-shattering and stupid for a while when Luo Xishi comes, not only will he not be able to save him, but will also cause trouble. Xiao Yi himself and the rest of the Wei family who could have been immortal.

Wei Jian has been depressed since he was exiled in Linfeng, sitting at home every day. The family members are quite worried about this, but they don't know how to comfort the head of the family. , prepared delicacies and wines that are rare for the Wei family nowadays. During the dinner, they talked and laughed with the family, even sang a song and danced.

The family members said that the Patriarch finally thought about it.If the head of the family can cheer up, the family will not sink completely, so the family members are very happy. Mrs. Wei was also persuaded to have a few drinks, and she couldn't hold on before the banquet was over, so she asked her daughter-in-law to help her into the room to rest.

Xiao Yi was still ill, so he didn't attend. After everyone left, Wei Jian brought a food box that had been prepared and came to Xiao Yi's room.

In the food box are some of Xiao Yi's favorite dishes, although they are cold, they still taste good.Wei Jian also brought a small urn of wine, poured a small cup with Xiao Yi, and said warmly: "Although you should not drink alcohol when you are sick, this is perilla wine. Perilla relieves exterior cold, promotes qi and harmonizes the stomach. It can keep out the cold. Now the house is hard, the charcoal is not enough, and the quilt is thin, and the winter here is humid and cold. It is still early spring, and it is still very cold. Eating a cup of perilla wine will do your body some good."

Not to mention the perilla wine that is good for the body, it is the strong wine that must not be eaten at this time, but whatever Wei Jian gave him, Xiao Yi was just as happy, so he sat down in a hurry and directly passed the wine cup, saying: "I dare not be , dare not be, where can the labor adults pour wine!"

Wei Jian said with a smile: "Why are you arguing with me? It's rare to have good food today. Let me have a glass of wine with the old man."

Xiao Yi naturally had everything he could do.Although he doesn't drink much, it shouldn't be a problem for this young man to eat all the wine, but probably because he has been ill for a long time, his body is weak, and he hasn't touched a drop of alcohol for many days, so after chatting with Wei Jian for a while, he unexpectedly Slightly drunk.

Wei Jian smiled slightly, and said: "After all, I'm a child, so I won't be able to eat some wine." He stood up, stroked Xiao Yi's head lightly, and said, "Let's rest, it's night, it's too cold, the quilt must be tightly covered Some, don’t eat cold, the illness will recur.”

Xiao Yi only felt that the hand on top of his head was dry and warm, and he barely resisted not rubbing against it like he did when he was a child, but he still showed a satisfied smile, as innocent as many years ago.

Your Excellency seems to be in a really good mood today, he must have figured out some way to solve the predicament at this time.

The adult is very smart, and nothing can trouble the adult.

As long as the adults are willing to cheer up, I will go with him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi slowly fell into sleep, with that innocent and sweet smile still hanging on the corner of his mouth.

Wei Jian gently tucked the corner of the quilt for him, picked up the food box, and left.

In the middle of the night, Mrs. Wei was thirsty and called for someone to bring water, but no one answered. Then she remembered that there was no personal servant now. Looking around with the faint starlight, she was the only one in the room.

Reaching out to touch the other half of the bed, it was cold.

Mrs. Wei had an ominous premonition in her heart, she stood up and called out, "Ah Lang?"

No one answered.

Mrs. Wei put on her clothes and got up, pushed open the door, the shadow of the tree whirled, and there was a rustling sound in the night wind, the study on the other side of the shadow of the tree was like a lamp.

Mrs. Wei wondered why Wei Jian was still in the study so late at night?She walked over and knocked on the door, but the door was ajar. Following her movements, it creaked and opened.

The cold moonlight shone in through the window lattice, drawing a figure to lengthen the elders.

The Wei family members in their sweet dream were awakened by a loud whine that pierced the silence, and hurriedly searched for it. They saw Mrs. Wei lying at the door of the study, weeping bitterly, her hair disheveled, and the head of the Wei family was shaking slightly on the beam of the study. shake.

The old lady's cry was so hoarse that it was almost silent, and everyone could feel the great sadness and despair in the cry.The sons of the Wei family were far less sad than Naimu. Seeing their father choosing such a path, the thoughts that surged in their hearts were to find the suicide note—although Wei Jian was demoted and exiled, the centipede died without becoming stiff. , the Wei family's family property is still solid, without the patriarch, the only way to manage the food and clothing for the rest of his life is to find the remaining wealth as soon as possible. How can he use all his thoughts to grieve at this moment?

So a group of people seemed to be deeply saddened to untie Wei Jian from the beams of the house. They seemed to be crying on the ground as if they were heartbroken, but their eyes were wandering around the room-in fact, they didn't have to search very hard. It was lying on the desk, with three large characters shining brightly on the cover: "Desperate Book".

The fastest one was the second son of the Wei family. He rushed over and opened it first. It was indeed Wei Jian's suicide note. The suicide note first explained why he committed suicide, then mentioned the place where the rest of the family's money was stored, and said that it must be a few days later. Take it out and use it in a year, and keep it as simple as possible for at least five years to prevent treacherous people from coveting.And distributed the rest of the money one by one, all the sons of the Wei family and his wife Ji concubine mentioned it, but they didn't mention what Xiao Yi, who grew up at home, was almost equal to the son of the Wei family. He has only one sentence, to protect the eldest son of Wei so that he can carry the coffin back to the north.

There is no benefit, only responsibility.

The members of the Wei family thought that upon seeing such a suicide note, Xiao Yi would probably be disappointed, angry, and leave in a huff, never to associate with the Wei family again.But now the Wei family really needs someone with strong martial arts skills and loyalty like Xiao Yi to calm down the scene, otherwise even if Luo Xixi doesn't do anything, it's hard to guarantee that some people in the family will feel malicious because of the death of the head of the family, so the eldest son of the Wei family is the master. The suicide note has been slightly changed.

Of course, Caibo was still reluctant to give Xiao Yi too much, it was enough to keep him from getting nothing - after all, he was just an orphan adopted by Wei Jian, with no name or title.

After finishing all this, they realized that after a long time of commotion, everyone in the whole house was running around like headless chickens, and even the baby in swaddle was frightened to cry, and Xiao Yi hadn't appeared yet.

They sent someone to call, and found that Xiao Yi was lying drunk on the bed, unable to wake up. The servants thought of many ways, but they couldn't wake him up. They reported it to the old lady, but the old lady just cried and said nothing. But he became impatient, and shouted: "What's the point! He's still eating and drinking until he's drunk! Everyone's here, and he's the only one missing, and he's got to be carried!"

When Xiao Yi was carried up, he was still sleeping deeply, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, sweet, satisfied, and full of hope.

At this moment, this smile seemed extremely dazzling in the eyes of everyone in the Wei family, so at the behest of Wei's parents, he finally poured a basin of cold water on Xiao Yi's head cruelly. Cold, freshly tapped well water.

Xiao Yi woke up in a jerk, opened his eyes, and saw the impatient face of Wei's parents, followed by a cold sentence: "My father has gone, Xuanliang, everyone is here, only you one."

In just a split second, Xiao Yi's eyes were full of confusion, then shock, then disbelief, and then he jumped up, jumped out of the crowd, and rushed towards the place surrounded by loud cries.

No one intends to block him, but no one intends to make way for him. Xiao Yi is obviously still sick, and he was obviously weak yesterday, but at this moment, he doesn't know where the strength comes from. No matter who it was, they vigorously pushed away one by one, and the filial sons and grandsons who were kneeling there accidentally fell to the ground after being turned around in a circle by him.

After finally struggling to get up, some people wanted to curse, and some people wanted to teach this rude boy a lesson. The Patriarch is newly funeral, how could he be allowed to make such a fuss?But they were all so shocked by Xiao Yi's next reaction that they forgot his rudeness just now.

Xiao Yi pushed everyone away, threw himself beside Wei Jian's corpse, looked at the deformed and discolored face of the corpse, and remained motionless in a daze, as if in a daze, but his face turned red in an instant, and after a while, he suddenly punched hard On his chest, he shouted: "It hurts me to death!" Then his eyes turned black, and a bloody arrow spurted out, and fell at Wei Jian's feet. Wei Jian's shirt on his chest was stained with bloodstains.

The old lady raised her head tremblingly, and slowly scanned the surroundings with eyes dazzled by crying, and finally settled on Xiao Yi. She slowly moved over, stretched out her hand, and hugged Xiao Yi's head in her arms: "Xiao Yi... ...Xiao Yi!!!" Before he finished speaking, he burst into tears.

Xiao Yi woke up slowly in the old lady's arms, like a wounded beast, curled up at Wei Jian's feet like a shrimp, firmly grasping the corner of the corpse's clothes, tears streaming down his face, but his eyes fixed on everyone present. People, there was more than one sound in his mouth, like a whine from the bottom of his heart: "Why...why...why did the adults commit suicide? Why? Can any of you tell me why! Why! "

The sound of questioning was like a cuckoo crying blood, which shocked everyone present.The eldest son of Wei took a step forward, unfolded Wei Jian's suicide note and placed it in front of Xiao Yi, saying, "You can read it yourself."

Xiao Yi scanned the full text with ten lines at a glance, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the three words at the end. He read each word aloud: "Luo... Xi... Shi!"

Roxie!

Wei Jian's funeral was very simple, but it took a long time. When Luo Xishi arrived at Linfeng, he still had time to go to the coffin to see Wei Jian for the last time, and to verify his body by the way.

It was indeed Wei Jian, no doubt.

Looking at Wei Jian's old face, Luo Xixi couldn't help but pooh bitterly: "Old man, you will die soon."

The most important person is already dead. Luo Xishi has no interest in attacking the worthless sons of the Wei family. He only turned his attention to the property of the Wei family. He ordered people to search the Wei family thoroughly, and found the Tian Qi calligraphy and paintings And the gold, silver and jade wares were indeed not rare, which made him very satisfied, and he searched around again, seeing that there was nothing good to take, so he walked away.

Xiao Yi didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, just watching with cold eyes.The assets that Luo Xixiu seized were taken out at his discretion and placed there specially. A small part of them were those that the Wei family members planned to distribute to Xiao Yi, and most of them were forced by Xiao Yile to hand them over.

"Luo Xishi is extremely cruel. He came here to humiliate and kill the lord. Now that the lord commits suicide, Luo Xishi will be disappointed. If he can't satisfy him in terms of wealth, he will definitely vent his anger on the Wei family. On other people, at that time, not to mention the loss of family property, life will be in danger, so no matter what, we must use money to fill Luo Xishi." Xiao Yi said coldly, "I have something to say first, and if you are reluctant to part with it now Qian Bo, when Luo Xishi starts to kill, don't blame the boy for being unable to help. Please decide whether to sacrifice your life or money."

This is also the meaning of the adults, Xiao Yi thought.He sneered in his heart, with the intelligence of the members of the Wei family, he couldn't understand the mind of the adults, so there was no need to tell them about this, just teach them to be obedient, so that he can fulfill the orders of the adults.

Indeed, Wei Jian's suicide note only said that he was asked to protect Wei's eldest son, Fuling Beishang, but did not mention how to deal with Luo Xishi. You must know that Li Shizhi's Yin is not far away. Will gently go around the Wei family up and down, could it be that Xiao Yi is going to resist foolishly with his own strength?Wei Jian knew too well what his sons were thinking, and he also understood Xiao Yi too well.He clearly knew that his sons would never take the initiative to give up their money, and he also knew that Xiao Yi would never covet a single penny from the Wei family.If he stated clearly in the suicide note that Xiao Yi should be in charge of the overall situation, and asked him to donate part of the property to Luo Xishi and distribute the rest to the disciples, the disciples would definitely not be happy, and they would definitely hide the suicide note while Xiao Yi was still awake.Now that it is written in this way, in order to make Xiao Yi willing to sacrifice his life, the scholars will privately change the suicide note and give Xiao Yi some money. Xishi bought his life's money.The princes are naturally reluctant, but they have corrected the suicide note first, and Xiao Yi has a share in the family property. Once Xiao Yi takes out all the assets under his name first, and then asks them to donate their money, he will give everything to Luo Yi. Heath's wealth is much easier.

People are always like this. When someone suffers more than themselves, it seems that it is no longer so unacceptable for them to suffer a little bit.

My lord's grasp of people's hearts has long been perfected, but even such a wise lord can't escape Li Linfu's trap.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi couldn't help crying again, but he forcibly held back.

When Fu Ling set off for the north, it was already spring and flowers were blooming. Although there were many obstacles along the way, fortunately the whole family was safe.Settled the Wei family in an inconspicuous small farm in Hu County on the west outskirts of Chang'an, and went to Chang'an Wannian County alone with Wei's parents and sons. After quietly burying Wei Jian in Wei's ancestral grave, he left at night .On the night of returning to Hu County, Xiao Yi left Wei's house. Before leaving, he went to the old lady's place to say goodbye, kowtowed three times, and said: "The boy is going to join the army, he can no longer be filial at the lady's knee, please forgive the boy for being unfilial! "

Mrs. Wei stretched out her hand to gently stroke Xiao Yi's head, and said softly: "Xiao Yi, you are a good boy, please remember not to try to complain to the adults again when you go, Li Xiangshi is very powerful, as long as he is alive, the adults The grievance will not be resolved for a day, but will implicate you instead. My lord knows, and I hope you are safe and well, otherwise, I won’t deliberately use medicine to charm you that night, you have to understand my lord’s heart.”

Xiao Yi held the old lady's old and withered hands and buried his face in them, tears rolling down his face.

In this world, apart from adults, only Mrs. Wei truly loves me. Mrs. Wei is so old, if I leave today, I'm afraid we will never see each other again.What's more, what I want to do is still a narrow escape.

Farewell today, in fact, is farewell forever.

In fact, there was still one thing to be done before leaving. Xiao Yi stood on the top of the hill and looked at the lights of Chang'an City from a distance. He wondered if the young man who called himself Xiao Se was still in Xiangquan Villa?After he came back, he had secretly inquired, and the owner of the Zhuangzi was not named Xiao, but Li.

That is the property of Princess Jincheng.

The Li and Tang courts had always been a mixture of Hu and Han, and many Hu people and even foreigners served in the Tang Dynasty.Princess Jincheng was originally the daughter of Li Tang's clan. In the 15th year of Kaiyuan, she was granted the title of Princess Jincheng. She married a descendant of the Murong family of Xianbei who was the governor of Qingzhou at that time. Later, he returned to Chang'an from Qingzhou and lived here often.

After the death of Concubine Wu Hui, the Supreme Being has been depressed, so he was widely selected for the harem. In the 29th year of Kaiyuan, the eldest daughter of Princess Jincheng entered the palace and was named a talented person, but she never received much favor. Up to now, there are three thousand noble concubines in one body, and Murong Cai Not to mention human grace.As for the son of Princess Jincheng, his name is Murongxiang. It is said that Yuxue was cute and smart since he was a child. Female, promiscuous in the daytime, and not taboo of meat and vegetables, a typical dude.

Is that young man Murong Xiang?The token left by his mother is still in the young man's hands, so he must get it back, but it has been delayed for a long time. I don't know if the young man will return the jade ring to him smoothly?

With Xiao Yi's straight-forward nature, he should have come straight to the door to ask for an interview, but now that the situation has changed drastically, Xiao Yi has become much more cautious.Recalling the events of that day, there were strange things everywhere, so I kept my thoughts, and instead of going to Xiangquan Villa to find someone, I found an inn in Chang'an to stay.

He grew up in Chang'an since he was a child, and he is familiar with all the streets, alleys, fangs and markets here. The inn he chose is near the back door of the Jincheng princess's mansion. There are carts pulling vegetables and fruits in and out of the mansion every day, so the control is not too strict. .After patiently observing for more than ten days, Xiao Yi finally saw a familiar face.

He is not tall, has a round face, and often smiles. There is nothing wrong with him. He is the boy named Wuyi.This young man is obviously the young man's personal servant, he is here, and the young man is [-]% from the mansion.

In fact, Wuyi condescended to come here for no other reason, and Mr. Xiaolang suddenly had a whim, and he had to eat ice and snow yuanzi in the summer, but the rules at home were strict, and the ice in the ice cellar could not be moved at this time, so he had to go outside to find it. Wu Yi came here specifically to order the purchase, and he must find some ice for Xiao Langjun.While he was talking, he heard a servant next to him come over and say: "Deacon, there is someone outside the door begging to see the deacon."

"See me?" Wu Yi was very strange, he usually followed Rong Xiang and rarely went out alone, so he didn't know anyone, how could someone ask to see him?

He went to the door, but saw a boy with long hair standing outside the door, saw him coming out, and asked, "Is elder brother Wu Yi?"

Seeing that he was young, Wu Yi didn't think he was disobedient, and said with a smile, "I am, why are you looking for me?"

The boy took out a neatly folded sackcloth from his pocket, handed it over and said, "Someone sent you a letter." After Wuyi took it, he walked away.

Surprised, Wu Yi opened the linen cloth, but saw a line of words on it: "King Xiang lost his plane and will never return for a hundred years. At noon tomorrow, outside the gate of Mingde, there is a ten-mile long pavilion, waiting for your king."

Wu Yi was at a loss, he knew every word on this piece of cloth, but he didn't know what it was saying when it came together, he could only understand it as an invitation.He knew in his heart that with his own knowledge, such cloudy and foggy people must not be able to understand, so the writer must make an appointment with someone who can understand, so he put the cloth in his arms and went to look for Rong Xiang.

The author has something to say: Luo Tong Jiwang, who published "Zi Zhi Tong Jian? Tang Xuanzong Tianbao Four Years". "Li Linfu wanted to get rid of those who did not attach himself, so he reused the cruel officials Luo Xishi and Ji Wen. Both of them followed Lin Fu's desires, and they were trained into prisons. Those who could not escape themselves were called "Luo Tongji's net" by the people of the time."

Murong Zhilian did exist, and it is said that he was indeed the grandson of Murong Sanzang, a famous minister of the Sui Dynasty, but he was only a small official in the Tang Dynasty, and he did not have the title of Marquis.The real Soluhou was Murong Sanzang's father, Murong Shaozong, who was quite famous in history.I didn't consider the historical facts at all here, I just used official titles indiscriminately, don't mind

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