Disaster for the country

On the 16th of the first month of the 25th year of Jianyuan, as the slender and white hands pushed open the door, the elegant yellow cloth covering the window lattice was blown together with the wind, and the candlelight was also swayed by the wind. Li Shanzhi closed the door casually, and although all the lights in the room were lit, it was still extremely dim, the hanging curtains covered the moonlight coming in from the window, and the firelight made Li Shanzhi's eyes colder and brighter.

The house is full of tablets, from the ancestors of the Li family to the grandfather of Li Shanjian, all of them are in the rankings. These are the rankings of the previous heirs of the Li family. If he does not leave in the future, his ranking will also be very high. It is possible that the two people next to that without writing their names should belong to him and his father.

It was an honor, but also an irony.

Li Shanzhi faced the tablet of her ancestor, knelt down in a daze, kowtowed three times, then knelt straight, facing the ranking without moving, facing the ranking of the ancestor, Li Shan Jian didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he felt helpless or guilty, but he didn't regret it, he promised Xin Luoyi to leave with him, then he should be able to do it, he lived for 17 years, and he never lived a day for himself For the prosperity of the Li family, he spent 17 years of his life, and if he hadn't met Wei Yi, he would have become blind, so in the future, he will live for himself, for Xin Luoyi, To live to be Xin Luoyi's Li Shanjian...

Give up glory and wealth, give up propriety, righteousness and shame, give up success and fame, give up everything.

Li Shanzan looked at those tablets very piously, the gloomy names staring at him like the eyes of hell ghosts, looking at him, wishing to tear him into pieces, he also looked at those names coldly, looking Looking at those tablets, there is a feeling of being speechless, just looking at them coldly.

At Yinshi, he finally stood up, everything should be understood here.

"Would you like to come with me?" Li Shanjian asked Tao Jin. Tao Jin had been with him since he was five years old, taking care of his daily life. At that time, he was only four or five years old. Ups and downs are not so much master and servant as brothers.

"Swear to follow the young master to the death." Tao Jin knelt on one knee.

"Then let's go." Li Shanzhang said.

Back then when Li Shanjian was established here as the crown prince in front of his ancestors, he did not expect that one day in the future, he would elope with a man, follow this man to some places he shouldn't go, and he would do some things he shouldn't do. He never thought that this kind of unrequited love would eventually happen to him.

However, these things still happened after all, especially... it was still so unforgettable.

As soon as Li Shanzan opened the door, there were people standing in the yard under the dark night, and then the glazed lamp was lit, and he could see clearly that his father and the whole palace were standing outside the ancestral hall, the wind was a bit strong , The blowing made people a little stunned, the black head was particularly dazzling, he saw the angry face of his father, the disappointed eyes of his mother and concubine, and the contemptuous expressions of everyone.

He was a little confused in his mind, all the words were lost at this moment, just now he was thinking that as long as he left, he would never come back again, people have to live for themselves once, but when he saw this, he was stunned .

"Zian'er, once you leave, more than 400 people in the entire palace will die because of you." Although Princess Jiuxue was angry and disappointed, she cried with a trembling voice, like jade shattered on the lake.

Princess Jiuxue is such a strong person, Li Shanzhi also knows that this is the first time she has shown weakness in front of others, and it is also the first time she has spoken to Li Shanzhi with such pleading words, she approaches Li Shanzhi step by step , seems to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden, in the end, he didn't say anything, just holding Li Shanzhi's cold hand and crying, begging him to take pity on his parents and so many lives.

With such a ray of light in the hands of King Jiuxue in the dark night, Li Shanzhi was a little dizzy, feeling that there were not enough things in his mind.

"Father, I just said that the second brother is going to elope with a man?" Li Du said the word man very loudly, for fear that others would not hear.

"This kind of unethical guy won't accompany us as the eldest son of the Li family. The two men...disgusting...hehe..."

Li Du smiled strangely, but he didn't expect to slap him in time, causing him to stagger on the spot and fall to the ground after taking many steps. Li Xiao hit him with all his strength, which made him a little confused, so he looked up at himself angry face of father.

"Father, you..."

Li Xiao looked at Li Du angrily, even Li Ji, whom he had always loved, did not dare to speak, she knew that King Jiuxue was extremely angry, and it was because of anger that people felt scared from the bottom of their hearts, she dared not speak again. Go up and add oil and vinegar.

"What do you dare to question His Majesty's choice, whether you are worthy of being a son or not is up to His Majesty!" Li Xiao scolded.

Li Xiao stepped forward and pulled Li Shanzan's clothes, the force in his hand was too strong, he wished to strangle Li Shanzan to death, he had never been close to this son, it can be said that the father and son had never been so close He has been in contact with this son since he was born. He has never hugged or cared about this son. He is a little afraid of Li Shanzhi's indifferent temperament, but he never imagined how such a dishonorable love could happen in Li Shan. In Zan's case, Li Shanzan was well-bred at all times, the leader of the gentry princes, no matter what, he would never have imagined that such an unethical thing would happen to such a cold and arrogant Li Shanzan.

Li Shanzhang looked at the people behind him lightly, looked at those familiar or unfamiliar faces, his eyes were full of contempt and blame, his whole body was stiff, as if his whole body was not his own, It seems that the soul has drifted away, leaving only a walking corpse facing these silent accusers.

"You want to go, you can, first step on your father and me." Li Xiao stared at him with red eyes, those sharp eyes were like a ghost crawling up from hell, wishing to give him his whole body. dragged to hell, but Li Xiao has become senile after this blow.But every word of his is like a sharp knife, which cuts people bloody without blood.

"I'm leaving. Isn't your family loving and loving? In fact, I'm the only one in the whole family who is redundant. So, isn't this just right?" Li Shanzhang said with a cold smile. The front is within reach, and Xin Luoyi is waiting for him at the north gate. He has never seen winter in the north. It is said that the snow falls beautifully there throughout the winter, and the whole world is white, and he can see it soon.

He must not back down.

can't hold back...

absolutely can't...

He didn't take into account Princess Jiuxue's calling and crying, nor did he look at King Jiuxue's anger and disappointment, nor did he look at the accusations of thousands of people, he took a big step forward.

The jumping flames flickered, all the people looked at him, their voices came and went, Li Shanjian couldn't hear what they were saying, only heard them begging for his life, some even crying loudly in fear, that kind of The sound is very noisy.

Li Du suddenly stopped him and stood in front of him. This time, Li Shanzhi became the target of public criticism. He would no longer be afraid of him. He was about to make a move, but before his own speed came out, he suddenly got a palm in his heart. , spat out a mouthful of blood, no one saw clearly how Li Shanjian made the move, then, he was stubborn in everyone's eyes, and slowly walked towards the gate.

There was only firmness, persistence, and a little bit of happiness and hope in those eyes.

Calm and calm, as if all the people in this yard are decorations.

He was completely icy, and no one dared to go up to stop him, but as soon as he left, everyone in the Jiuxue Palace would be buried with him, so there were always two guards who were not afraid of death standing in front of Li Shanzhi, and Li Shanzhi Like a walking corpse, he walked forward indifferently, gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.

Those two guards naturally didn't dare to attack him, but Li Shanzang was determined to kill him. Li Shanzan's decisive killing and uncompromising personality are known to everyone. The guard was seriously injured by Li Shanzan's men. .

Li Xiao saw with his own eyes that Li Shanzhi attacked his family several times. With his killing personality, if he continued like this, Li Shanzhi would kill his own family before the emperor came to behead him.

"Nizi." Li Xiao yelled, and drew out his sword. At the same time, Li Shanjian also drew out his sword. Even if there was really a bloody road ahead, he would still fight out.

Li Xiao moved his sword, with a sound of "噗", the momentum was like a landslide, stabbing at Li Shanjian from behind, the power condensed in his hand suddenly intensified, all the successors of the Li family were dead, He pierced into the back of Li Shanzhi's heart, and Li Shanzhi turned around to face the father, but he didn't fight back. He saw the sword piercing into his chest from the air with his own eyes. In an instant, the blood It smudged in the clothes, leaving a dull patch on the pale white clothes.

Li Shanjian blocked Jiuxue King's sword with his sword, and the tip of the sword slashed across the air, brushing away a bright drop of blood, which was amazing in an instant.

With a light touch of Li Xiao's hand, all the strength was bounced away, the light of the cold sword in Li Shanjian's hand flashed, the speed was like a silver butterfly fluttering its wings, flipping silently, Li Shanjian Xiao suddenly felt that all his strength was gone at this moment, even the strength to stop Li Shanjian was gone.

"Father, be careful." Li Du shouted, Li Shanzhi's attack was really too fast, and Li Shanzhi's personality is that kind of decisive and ruthless personality, even if he is facing his own biological father, he will not hesitate Show mercy, in fact, Li Du himself didn't know that Li Shanzhi had already shown great affection to Li Xiao, if Li Shanzhi hadn't shown mercy to Li Xiao, then Li Xiao would have been defeated by now.

Li Xiao had no way to avoid it, the sword in his hand had been numb by Li Shanzan at this moment, suddenly, he was knocked off the sword, and after he stabbed Li Shanzan with the sword, he was beaten by Li Shanzan. After knocking down the sword, Li Shanzang was sweating profusely on his head. Every time he moved, the blood in his body would be squeezed out, and Li Shanzan's sword was pointed at the center of Li Xiao's eyebrows. Only one more point would be needed, and Li Xiao would die. In the end, Li Shanzhi still held back the sword. Li Xiao saw the blood stain on Li Shanzhi's heart getting bigger and bigger, the red was dazzling, and his heart throbbed. , as if he was hurt by something, he didn't know whether it was the frustration of being defeated by his own son or the cold and beautiful eyes of Li Shanjian.

With a sound of "Boom", the sword in Li Shanzhang's hand fell to the ground and was bounced up, then fell to the ground with a crisp sound. He didn't even look at the people in the room, and walked directly towards the door. Xiao picked up the sword that Li Shanzan had dropped on the ground, handed it to Li Shanzan, and said coldly: "You want to go, you kill your father and me first? Ancestors and ancestors."

The corners of Li Shanjian's mouth curled into a beautiful arc, the night wind was cold and bitter, behind him were the tablets of his ancestors, facing his old father, holding a sword in his hand, everyone in this yard more or less followed He is related by blood, with the same blood flowing on his body, so many lives are all in his hands, he doesn't know whether he is laughing at himself or at fate...

He raised his head and looked in the direction of the North Tower. The sky was so dark that there was no light at all, but he saw snow falling in the sky, like tears from the sky, falling drop by drop.

"Have you taught me?" Li Shanjian asked indifferently with a smile, his smile was a little dazed and sad, for some reason, the more he tried to hide it, the more incomprehensible his smile became.

This sentence choked Li Xiao up. It is true that Li Xiao had never educated Li Shanzhi, not even hugged him. It was a bit late to talk about father-son relationship when life and death were at stake.

"Yes, I am ashamed of you for my father's sake, but from the moment you were elected as the heir to Prince Jiuli's mansion, you couldn't leave. The heirs of the Li family have always had the right to die, not to leave. The Li family, Anyone can leave, but you and I cannot. You thought I didn't want to leave back then, you thought I was willing to be trapped for the rest of my life, but they are all your close relatives, there are four hundred people in your family, because you left , they will all be beheaded. Can you really give up the lives of your parents and brothers?"

Li Shanzhi looked at Li Xiao and said nothing, he stood in front of a group of close relatives, Li Xiao pointed to him and said to him the magnificent pavilions and palaces with lights, carved beams and painted buildings of Wanjia: "Look, look here, these, Take a look at yourself again, prosperity and wealth, success and fame, what many people dream of, you have been in your pocket since you were born, how many years have you enjoyed the resources of the Li family? Don’t you know? There is no pear Family, you will have the glory you have today, without the Li family, you will become the night pearl of Daque? All of this is because our Li family is connected with the lifeblood of the royal family."

"I don't need any of these." Li Shanjian said coldly: "Father, didn't you always want to make eldest brother your son? Now that I'm gone, everything...isn't it just right?"

"Do you think I can decide the heir of the Li family? The heir of the Li family is chosen by the emperor. On the day you became Ye Mingzhu, His Majesty personally wanted you to be the heir. I can't decide these things."

At this time, Li Xiao looked at the people around him sternly, dragged Li Shanjian into the ancestral hall, and knelt down facing the tablets of the ancestors. Mie Mie, but according to the eerie tablets of the ancestors and ancestors, the red candles in the white porcelain and glazed lamps burned out drop by drop like red tears weeping blood.

"It's time to tell you this secret. Do you know why our Li family enjoys the glory and wealth for generations? Why is the successor of our Li family chosen by the emperor himself? Is there an inseparable relationship with the emperor?"

Li Shanzan's face turned pale, he didn't know it before, but since he took charge of the house, he really knew it.

"Because the Li family holds the commercial lifeline of Da Que."

"No, it's not that we hold the lifeline of trade and commerce. Anyone can grasp the lifeline of trade and commerce. Zong'er, because our Li family is the treasury... When the founding emperor of Daque, Wu*di, conquered the world on horseback, he stepped on it. When he entered the capital city of the previous dynasty, the first thing he did was to loot the treasury of the previous dynasty, so he was afraid that his descendants would also be looted from the treasury, even without the capital to survive, so he gave away half of the treasury's money. He took it out and gave it to his ancestor, the Pear King at that time, asking him to buy and sell real estate and trade. Once the treasury is robbed in the future, the royal family will have the capital to make a comeback. mingled together, until now."

——The pear family is the national treasury!

"That's right, the Li family does hold the lifeblood of commerce, but the Li family is the last treasury of the emperor, so no matter how the national policy changes, no matter what happens, the Li family will never be affected or disturbed for generations. Even if Daque's country is defeated, as long as there is one person in the royal family, the Li family will not collapse. That is because our glory and wealth are not the property of the Li family, but the emperor's property. The heirs of our Li family are just A guardian of the national treasury, we are the richest family, mastering the main commercial routes everywhere, but as long as the heir of the Li family is alive, then the treasury will exist, so you will become the prince's companion, which is why your majesty I wholeheartedly want you to assist the crown prince, that's because every successor of the Li family is tightly tied to the emperor, and there is no way to escape forever."

Li Shanzhi finally understood why Li Xiao and Li Ji loved each other so much at the beginning, but they didn't elope, and finally married his mother and concubine, which made the three of them miserable in their lives.

"My grandfather passed this secret on to my father, and my father passed it on to me. Now, I'll tell you that the prosperity and wealth of the Li family all come from the emperor. You know too much, and you're too smart. Those trade treaties are only made by us." Every heir of the Li family knows, so His Majesty will not let you go, and you can't go at all. Once you leave, the four hundred members of the Li family will become your funeral companions, not only you, but even the five The prince will also be chased and killed by His Majesty. What you want to live is not a happy life of indulging in the mountains and rivers, but a life of escaping. What's more, the fifth prince is still carrying such rumors? Your Majesty will never let the two of you Those who left Kyoto alive."

Li Shanzan knelt in front of his ancestor's memorial tablet and flinched.

The moment he knelt here just now, he strengthened his belief, but the moment he returned here, he flinched again.

God is so cruel that he doesn't even give people the slightest resistance.

"What's more, at that time, the scandalous things you have done will be known all over the world. You don't have to be ashamed, but for my father, I'm old and I can't stand it anymore." Li Xiao never once said to Li Shanzhi With so many words, in his eyes, Li Shanjian has always been the son of Zhuo Shijia. Although he is his son, he feels more guilt, fear and admiration for Li Shanjian. Now that something like this happened, He was caught off guard, if Li Du hadn't told Li Shanzang that he was going to elope with Xin Luoyi, and if he hadn't seen Li Shanzan stubbornly wanting to leave with his own eyes, he himself would not have believed that these things would happen to Li Shanzan.

Seeing that Li Shanjian was indifferent, Li Xiao pointed to the memorial tablet of his ancestor and said coldly: "Don't you know that you are wrong? Don't tell me you have studied so many books of sages and sages and don't know how to write the four characters of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame?"

"Property, righteousness, integrity and shame?" Li Shanjian sneered and said, "When the saint wrote these four words, did he tell the father that the subordinate officials should salute when they see the superior?"

Li Xiao froze for a moment, looked at Li Shanzhi, his hands couldn't help trembling, if it wasn't for the blood staining more and more on Li Shanzhi's heart, which made his eyes hurt, his slap would have fallen.

At this time, Li Shanzhi laughed lightly, laughing until there was dead silence in front of his eyes. This was the first time in his life that he felt despair. The light laughter stopped abruptly amidst the violent coughing. Just as he was about to cover his mouth, mouthfuls of blood spewed out, seeped out from between his fingers, and dripped on the ground, bright red and bright red, like falling red plums.

Actually... laughing until... coughing up blood...

On the surface, he laughed and mocked calmly, but in fact, the despair in his heart had spread to his whole body.

Li Xiao couldn't help shouting: "Zianer?"

"Father, I don't ask you to understand. In fact, it doesn't matter. From childhood to adulthood, you only see what I can bring to you, and never care about what I need. So, in the future, I will continue to give you what you want. , As for me, love what I love, have no complaints or regrets, be it ruined or ruined, or Asura Hell, as long as Xin Luoyi still needs it, Li Shanzhi should be duty-bound."

Li Xiao's traces of fatherly love that had just been ignited were forced back by such a rebellious word, and he cursed: "You son, you will never repent."

"Also, father, it stands to reason that you should call me 'Master'. Anyway, I am also a cabinet minister, directly under His Majesty, and I am a first-rank official, while my father is only a first-rank official. followed."

Li Xiao was completely stunned.

Li Shanjian knelt in front of the ancestral hall, listening to his biological father scolding him for being immoral and unethical, his heart was dripping with blood. Such feelings could not be understood after all.

But who can control their feelings?

Emotion is a kind of involuntary, involuntary liking, involuntary love, involuntary acceptance, involuntary giving, everything is involuntary... until you want to let go , I suddenly realized that I couldn't let go, couldn't forget, couldn't shake off...

At this moment, his heart was in a state of desolation. After opening the door, countless pairs of eyes stared at him. Princess Jiuxue looked at him. She opened her lips to say something, but she didn't say anything. He didn't want to pay attention to the disappointed look in his eyes, which was exposed in the sky. Under that, he suddenly looked in the direction of the north gate as if he had pulled out all his strength.

In life, there are always some perfections and some imperfections. Love is a very beautiful and sacred thing, especially the hard-won love, which is blind and stubborn, like moths to a flame...

His expression was a little dazed and soft, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised seemed to be smiling. Everyone was stunned. Li Shanjian's expression was a little blurred and a little desolate, but that kind of smile also had a faint Happiness... But, but, it was too dark, no one saw the tears in his eyes and the despair of not being able to stay together...

At this moment, no one knows what Li Shanjian is thinking...

Li Shanzang didn't know it himself, he just stood among the crowd, facing the direction of the north gate, there was both pain and sweetness.

He was thinking, in the far north, there was heavy snowfall, a big fire was burning in a thatched hut in the snow, a pot was set on the fire, and a messy stew was cooking in it, while Xin Luoyi opened the window to let the snowflakes come in, while Warm his hands vigorously...

He was thinking that every spring, Xin Luoyi would drag him desperately to watch the sunrise and sunset on the distant hillside, but Xin Luoyi was always restless, he would always be like a child Also catch some bugs and throw them in Li Shanjian's clothes, so that he can profiteering openly...

He was thinking that the lanterns in the coming year might be beautiful, and even if they don't get other people's approval, even if everyone spits at them and scolds incest, Xin Luoyi will persist in walking hand in hand with him. Lantern Festival, and then, from black hair to white hair, if someone dares to say no, Xin Luoyi will definitely kick that person to death...

He is thinking...

Too much too much……

However, those imaginations, those beauties, and those yearnings all stopped at this moment!

He wanted to abandon all the glory and wealth, regardless of the good self-cultivation and restraint of a family. When he left with Xin Luoyi, someone ruined his plan. Facing the lives of four hundred people, his parents and brothers, he overdrawn so many lives. , He has never lived a good day for himself, and now, he still can't live a day for himself, and he can't be Xin Luoyi's Li Shanzhi alone.

"Go back, before, it was just... a joke, I won't give up and you don't care..."

All the people left one after another, and some even looked back at him. For a moment, they felt that Li Shanzhi became thinner, as if before the snow fell, he would be turned into mud and dust.

King Jiuxue glanced at Li Shanjian, and helped the heartbroken Princess Jiuxue to leave.

Only Tao Jin stood behind Li Shanzan, pursing his lips, wanting to cry, but didn't dare to cry, he just felt that his young master was too miserable, it was unspeakably miserable, that kind of sadness and despair made him want to cry It made him feel suffocated and uncomfortable so that he wanted to cry, but Li Shanjian was still as indifferent as before and could calmly comfort everyone.

Li Shanjian spat out a mouthful of blood as if he couldn't bear it anymore, raised his head, and glanced at the sky in a daze, the words he said were like pearls, as light as snow: "I'm also human..."