Chongxi [rebirth]

Min County.

The 2000 troops galloped from Zaohe to Shangjing. 5000 troops led the way, [-] troops escorted the imperial driver of Emperor Li Zong, and the rest of the soldiers were divided into several groups and followed closely behind to escort.

In the center of the army, the bright yellow carriage that the emperor is qualified to ride is huge, pulled by 24 gentle horses, like a huge moving house.

On the carriage, Li Xing was lying on the innermost side. Except for the waiter and the accompanying imperial doctor, those who could stay in the carriage were Li Xing's most trusted confidantes.

Shen Shenyu opened the curtain and got into the car, waved his hand to let the servants back down, and went to the innermost row by himself.

"Master Shen?" Cui Xishi stood at the door and asked in a low voice when he saw him coming.

"Is Your Majesty still resting?" Shen Zhongyu looked anxious, and there was an unconcealable joy in the corners of his eyes and brows: "I have something important to report."

"Just woke up." Seeing this, Cui Xi led him in sideways: "Master Shen, come with me."

"Lao Cui is here to serve you." Shen Zhongyu followed behind him, reached out to touch the reply letter in his sleeve, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew wider.

When the two entered, Li Zong woke up.He was wearing a bright yellow jacket, with a soft pillow behind his waist, and he was reclining lazily, only the white bandage on his right arm was particularly conspicuous.Seeing Zhong Yu coming in, he raised his eyes and said clearly: "But there is news from the Yong'an Palace?"

"Yes." Shen Zhongyu presented the reply letter with both hands, and said with a smile: "I specially asked the old concubine to act as an intermediary to spread the word, and King Yong'an will definitely not be suspicious."

Li Zong played with the letter, but did not open it. He looked at Shen Shenyu: "What is written in this letter? Li Fengqi is cautious in handling things, and he will not agree to cooperate with you just based on a letter, right?"

"Your Majesty's lesson. After receiving the letter, I hurriedly sent it over." Shen Zhongyu bowed his hands, wishing to be loyal to the world, the sun and the moon: "Your Majesty has not read it first, how dare I read it?"

He paused, and then added: "Although I haven't read it, I can somewhat guess the content of the letter. King Yong'an is cautious and will not give a clear reply in the letter. But what...the old princess This relationship is here, as long as he is rebellious, he will definitely be tempted by the proposal of the minister. As long as he does not refuse, and we return to Shangjing, we will act according to the plan, and we will be able to lure him to do it..."

Li Zong fiddled with the fingers of the letter, sat up, leaned over and glanced at him, and said with a smile, "Shen Aiqing is too cautious, it doesn't matter if I read it first."

He opened the letter as he spoke, and read the contents of the letter intently, but the thoughts in his heart coincided with Shen Zhongyu.

The letter was indeed in Li Fengqi's handwriting. He first greeted Shen Shenyu sincerely, and then changed the topic and wrote: "My cousin's proposal has been conveyed to me by my mother. I was shocked when I heard it. It hurts so much, how can my cousin encourage me to be that rebellious and unscrupulous minister and thief?"

He first questioned, and then listed the past achievements of the Shen family: "The Shen family in Nieyang started with military exploits. They are full of loyalty and dedication. Even my mother, who is a girl, taught me to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism since I was a child. How come I am in my cousin's generation?" , To be so depraved! Became a disloyal, unjust and ambitious man?! What my cousin has done really disappoints me, and it also tarnishes the name of Shen's family of heroes!"

The righteous words in the letter scolded Shen Yu for being unfaithful, unkind, and untrustworthy between the lines.

If the person who wrote the letter was another courtier, Li Zong might be relieved that there is another official who is loyal to him.But this letter was written by Li Fengqi, his face gradually became gloomy, he stared at the letter without saying a word.

Sensing that his expression was wrong, Shen Zhongyu asked cautiously, "What does King Yong'an say in his heart?"

Li Zong raised his head, sneered, and threw the letter on the ground: "Shen Aiqing read it for yourself."

"?"

His attitude changed too quickly, and Shen Yu became more and more confused. He bent down to pick up the letter on the ground, glanced at it quickly, but saw that "what my cousin did really disappointed me and polluted Shen Yu." The name of the family is full of heroes" that sentence.

"???"

Shen Zhongyu's heart sank, and he looked down in a hurry, and saw Li Fengqi wrote: "I thought about the brotherhood, and wanted to press this matter down, but I just didn't know. But after a few days, I was really worried about my cousin. The heart of rebellion is not dead, the heart is terrified and restless, and I can't sleep at night. Therefore, I can only do the act of righteousness and destroy relatives. After your majesty returns to Beijing, I will present this letter to your majesty, and please make a decision..."

After only watching a short paragraph, Shen Shenyu felt dizzy, and the hand holding the letter was trembling slightly.

He looked up at Li Zong and murmured, "How could this be?"

Li Zong remained silent, his face gloomy and hard to distinguish.

Shen Zhongyu murmured twice to himself, and continued to read the letter, but saw Li Fengqi's attitude changed again, and wrote sincerely: "I hope my cousin will not blame me and my mother after reading the letter. I don’t know yet, I’m honest by nature, and I can’t hide such serious crimes for my cousin against my will. Therefore, I can only kill relatives righteously. But cousin, don’t worry too much. Although treason is a felony to punish the nine clans, you haven’t committed it yet , I also have a bit of shame in front of His Majesty, and I will definitely intercede for you in front of His Majesty at that time, and protect your life. I am afraid that you will be wronged to resign and retire at home for a period of time..."

Resign for old age and rest at home?

Zhong Yu looked at it, and laughed out of anger.He is only 36 years old this year, at the age when he can show his ambitions, but Li Fengqi wants him to resign and retire? !

Besides, with just an unsealed letter, what can Li Fengqi use to get His Majesty to convict him? !

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, King Yong'an may have noticed something?"

That's why I deliberately wrote this letter to humiliate him, and at the same time laugh at him, the trick has been exposed.

"How could he know? I was only slightly injured, and only a few lovers knew about it."

Li Fengqi glanced at Shen Zhongyu and Cui Xi, wondering if it was someone who leaked the secret, otherwise he heard that his life was dying, how could Feng Qi not take the bait? !You Xianqing even wrote such a letter to scare him.

He is loyal and patriotic?It's a joke in the world!

Sensing the scrutiny in his eyes, Shen Zhongyu was secretly startled, and quickly changed his words to express his loyalty: "Your Majesty has nothing serious to do, and it is absolutely impossible to leak it. Perhaps King Yong'an was too suspicious to trust me, so he gave it a try. He pondered and said: "The left and right armies are about to arrive in Shangjing. Your Majesty will continue to hide the matter. After I return to Beijing, I will go to Yong'an Palace to find out."

Cui Xi on the side also echoed: "Master Shen is right. The content of this letter cannot be written by King Yong'an's temperament. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. It may be that he is testing Master Shen."

It is not unreasonable to guess like this, Li Zong pondered for a moment, then said darkly: "Forget it, let's do what Shen Aiqing said first."

Then he remembered something and asked, "How is Ye Boru's injury?"

"The imperial doctor is watching all the time, and there is no serious problem." Cui Xi replied: "I will go to see you today, and he still wants to come to see His Majesty. But his injury has not recovered, and the imperial doctor refused."

"Let him heal his wounds well." Li Zong said: "He saved my life and advised me before his wounds healed. He is a talent. You send someone to take care of him carefully. When he recovers from his injuries, let him come. see me."

Cui Xi bowed and said yes.

Li Zong cast another glance at Shen Zhongyu, waved his hands and said, "Shen Aiqing, let's step back first. After returning to Beijing, I will go to Yong'an Palace to find out what's going on."

"Yes." Seeing this, Zhong Yu could only hold the letter tightly and backed out.

***

After sending the letter, Li Fengqi was still not satisfied.

Li Zong and Zhong Yu want to put him together, not just a light letter can solve the hatred.What's more, in addition to this life, there are also past lives that have not been revenged.

"Does the eldest son have any ideas?" Li Fengqi asked while stirring the sour kumiss in the small pot.

This yogurt was bought by Zhu Lie from the caravan in Shangjing. It was boiled and filtered with fresh mare's milk to make kumiss.The recipe for kumiss was passed down from Xihuang, and many cities in the north also learned it.However, Li Fengqi used to think that its milk flavor was too strong and not strong enough, so he seldom drank it.

This time Zhu Lie bought sour kumiss by accident. He remembered that Ye Yunting didn't drink well, and this kumiss was just right for him, so he ordered someone to prepare a set of utensils and cook kumiss for him himself.

Ye Yunting propped his chin to watch him stir the chopsticks in the pot, sniffed the strong milky fragrance on the tip of his nose, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I'm wondering whether the false news that Li Zong's life was dying was only told to the prince, or to other officials in the court. I also know."

He took a deep breath of the strong milky fragrance, with a sly flash in his eyes, he guessed it was the former.

Li Fengqi thought the same as him: "He doesn't dare to publicize it."

According to the news from the spies, Li Zong was seriously injured and needed to return to Beijing for treatment.But the gap between being seriously injured and dying is very large.

If Li Zong publicizes the news that his life is in danger, many courtiers may have other thoughts, which is not a good thing for Li Zong.His purpose was only him from beginning to end.

"Then let's help him." Ye Yunting said: "My lord is loyal and patriotic, knowing that His Majesty's life is in danger, he must show his loyalty."

Li Fengqi paused, raised his eyes and looked at him, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

He summoned the fifth watchman to give some instructions, and then clicked his tongue regretfully: "I am worried about the king's worries, and I will do my best, but unfortunately Li Zong will not appreciate me."

Ye Yunting was concentrating on waiting for the kumiss, when he heard the words, he couldn't distinguish his eyes, and said, "My lord thinks too much."

When Li Zong returned to the capital, not only would he not be grateful to him, but he would probably wish to directly kill the palace to vent his anger.