[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking.

Seeing that the emperor was concentrating on supper, Li Lian was also eating something in his own mouth, so he couldn't be the first to speak, so he had to try his best to maintain his demeanor, so as not to lose his dignity in front of the imperial court, he gorged his dinner three times and devoured it.

After swallowing the last mouthful of vegetables and another mouthful of Xinyang Maojian, Li Lian completely stopped, watching the emperor eat supper without blinking.

The emperor wanted to ignore him, but under the scorching gaze, he felt like he couldn't eat.

After a stalemate for a while, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to put down the spoon and order someone to clean up the food.

"It's late at night, and I have to go to court tomorrow, so I won't keep Jingya's evening conversation." The emperor yawned deliberately, and said with a troubled expression.

"Your Majesty!" Li Lian didn't allow him to evade any longer.

Hearing the cry, the emperor's heart skipped a beat.

It has to be said that after drinking and eating, Li Lian's momentum is much stronger than before.

"I have been in the army for 72 years, and I always take the lead in every battle. I have always been unwilling to be reconciled to others. Although I hope to fight on the battlefield for the emperor again and crusade against those who are not ministers, I have [-] wounds on my body, and there are many scars. It is really powerless. Now there are Li Mingzhu, the second-rank Xuanwei General, Niu Jizong, the second-rank Guide General, Lin Han, the second-rank Yunhui General, and Ran Feng, the second-rank Zhongwu General, who are proficient in military affairs and have experienced many battles. The emperor allowed the minister to resign due to illness."

It is finally here!The emperor, who half-covered his mouth and yawned, thought.

"Yeah! It's been 20 years before I know it, and I've grown gray hair too." The emperor sighed while avoiding the truth.

"I remember when you first joined the army, you were young and vigorous, and you were only under 15 years old." After a pause, "Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, you have grown into a general who can command hundreds of thousands of soldiers by himself."

After sighing for a while, the emperor came back to his senses, comforted Li Lian and said, "I know that you have been exhausted from conquering the east and the west and conquering the north and south all these years. Since you don't want to go to the battlefield again, then don't go to the battlefield, lest you Let me and the Supreme Emperor worry about you day and night. From now on, just sit in the rear and preside over the overall situation, and I still have a lot to rely on you!" Li Lian's words of resignation due to illness were ignored.

"It's been a long time since I've had a drink and chat with you! You must not get drunk tonight!" Before Li Lian could continue to resign, the emperor raised his voice and said, "Come here! Serve wine! Serve good wine!"

As soon as the emperor gave an order, the wine was served immediately.

Bi Daxia pushed away the little waiter, and started to do it himself, pouring wine, and serving food and drinks, as expected of a professional waiter, his movements were like flowing water, and he was able to fiddle with it in a few strokes.

"Speaking of which, you brought this Xifeng wine into the palace. I invite you to drink it tonight. You can't blame me for being stingy!" The emperor pointed to the jug and smiled.

"The wine invited by the emperor is not something that everyone has the opportunity to drink, and the emperor likes this wine, which also makes the minister look good. The minister can only be happy." It must be fined wine.

"Come on! The first cup of wine, may my people in Dazhou have enough food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment!"

"The second cup of wine, may my country be prosperous and prosperous forever!"

"The third glass of wine..."

"fourth……"

The emperor did not give Li Lian a chance to speak, and toasted one cup after another.

After drinking for three rounds, he said slightly drunk: "Your Xifeng wine is fragrant and sweet, full-bodied in the mouth and long in the finish. It is indeed... a rare good wine."

Li Lian brought up the old matter again, "Your Majesty, it's time for me to disarm and return to the fields."

The emperor paused, his black eyes fixed on Li Lian, no one knew whether he was drunk or not.

He whispered slowly: "What's the matter? Is my general wanting to run away, leaving me to fight alone? According to the military regulations of the Great Zhou, those who run away..."

"Cut!" The word squeezed out from the teeth, it looked particularly murderous.

Li Lian was not frightened by this little thought, and calmly said: "Sun Tzu said: "The first is to attack the strategists, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, and the second is to attack the soldiers. Now in my Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor sits in the capital and plans strategies. There are countless good ministers and generals in the court. You can defeat the enemy thousands of miles away.” Therefore, it makes no difference if you have him or not.

The emperor waved his hands and suppressed his anger, "Don't bring this up again! Jing Ya is my subordinate, and I rely heavily on you for military and state affairs. I will never be able to do without you."

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind to resign from office due to illness, please allow me!"

Hearing these words, the emperor pushed the wine glass and looked down at Li Lian.

His fingers tapped on the table again and again, his expression was gloomy and difficult to understand.

As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice became three points lower, "You really don't know why I kept the papers of your four resignations, don't you?" Doesn't it mean that you are not allowed to resign!

Li Lian knew it but straightened his neck and said: "Forgive me for being stupid, I don't know."

Now the emperor was furious.

"Crack!" The emperor slapped the table vigorously, and said sharply, "You don't know? Wouldn't you, Li Jingya, know? Even if you didn't know, wouldn't Feng Yannian also not know?" Each sentence became more serious.

This is not enough, the emperor gritted his teeth and said: "How many times have I given you a chance? How much respect have I given you? But you are just dismissive and treat my kindness as nothing..."

"In your Li Jingya's eyes, am I very incompetent and stupid, I must rely on you, and I will definitely believe your false lies!?"

This is simply heart-breaking words!

"I have absolutely no such disrespectful thoughts! Please learn from the emperor!" Li Lian's face changed, and he didn't dare to sit still, and knelt down in the middle of the hall hastily.

The emperor turned a deaf ear to this, and he, who was drunk, just said vigorously: "Okay! You want to resign over and over again, but don't you just see that I can't do without you! I agree! Get out of the capital as soon as possible!" I don’t believe that without your help, wouldn’t I be able to stand on my own!?”

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Living in the same room with the emperor, who was also a drunken emperor who made trouble on purpose, Li Lian was really inexperienced, and he was stunned for a while after having experienced countless storms.

"Back then, you, Li Jingya, were so bold that you brought your personal guards and smashed up the Gongsun Mansion, maiming Gongsun Xu and Wen Shengji! The crown prince is holding you accountable, and it's me! It's me who pleaded for you against the crown prince. , keep you!" His speech became a little confused.

The drunken emperor felt wronged, and began to turn over old accounts one by one.

"That year you murdered more than 5000 Huns and captured them. Do you think that the civil servants are just thunder and rain, just to scare you? Civil and martial arts have different ways. Even if He Qi and others support you, the emperor is willing to protect you. But will those civil officials and Qingliu scholars give in!? They can’t wait to smash their heads to death outside the Supreme Harmony Gate, so that they will be famous forever, and their names will go down in history! It’s me! It’s me who put down those Confucian and Mencius rotten scholars one by one for you in private!”

"You built more than 4 corpses of Japanese pirates in the south into Jingguan. That year, there was a severe drought in the north. Everyone said that it was because of your cruel and tyrannical actions that harmed the peace of heaven and ruined lives. You should be imprisoned and beheaded to pacify the world. Anger! It’s me! It’s me who issued an edict of guilt and put all the blame on me!”

"Others impeach you for colluding with the servants, forming a party for selfish interests, supporting the army and self-respect, and plotting evil! It's me! It's me who suppressed all the tricks!"

"Someone even whispered in my ears that you are proud of the bandits, flirting with the Huns..."

"There are also people who say that the common people only know you, Li Jingya, but not the court, and I don't know..."

"If it wasn't for me! You would have been beheaded and exiled countless times already!!!" The emperor roared with anger still on his face.

Among the things the emperor said, Li Lian knew some of them, and some didn't.

Although the emperor's words were a bit exaggerated, if [-]% to [-]% of what the emperor said was true, then Li Lian's life in these years was not only due to the achievements of the Supreme Emperor and Feng Zizhi.

"I have done so many things for you, your wings are hard now! You are about to abandon me! Have you betrayed me!?" The wine glasses on the table were knocked down.

Your Majesty's charge is very high!

Li Lian hurriedly said: "I have known the emperor for 17 years, followed the emperor for [-] years, and never betrayed the emperor's heart!" Even Li Lian can't bear this crime!

The emperor was still half awake from drunkenness, so he immediately caught Li Lian's words and beat him with a stick.

"After that, you can do whatever I ask you to do!" If you are not allowed to resign, you have to stay in the capital obediently.

Li Lian was unwilling in his heart, lowered his head, and said: "Your Majesty! I am a human being, not a kitten or dog." You can't play with it however you want.

"I didn't treat you like a kitten or puppy." The Emperor said impatiently, "It's just...just..." Drunken, my mind was in a mess, I felt my brain was churning into a ball, and I couldn't think of anything.

Under the irritability, the emperor couldn't help but blurt out: "You have to remember your identity! I am the Son of Heaven, I am the Emperor. Whatever I want you to do, you have to do!"

Li Lian froze, and looked up at the emperor in disbelief.

Although the emperor's sentence seems to have the same meaning as the previous sentence, in Li Lian's eyes, it is quite different.

The first sentence is a request, a request, a rogue, and a closeness.

But the second sentence is an order, an order, and...the difference between the monarch and his ministers.

There is no king's soil under the whole world, and there is no king's ministers on the coast of leading the soil.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, not to mention that Li Lian is a dignified Zhou Champion Hou and Tiance General with a salary from the court!

Li Lian lowered his head, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly.

Remember who you are...

Because of the tolerance of the emperor and the emperor these years, it taught him to be ignorant and forget his own identity.Even if he was given the surname Li, he is not really from the Li family, but still has the blood of the Jia family running through him.What's more, the real Li family is nothing more than courtiers in front of the emperor, so why should he be arrogant as a Jia family! ?

Li Lian has the inheritance of the strategy and Wang Yi's teachings over the years. He is more loyal to the emperor and patriotic than anyone else, but...

It's just...he thinks...they're different...

The relationship between him and the emperor and the Supreme Emperor should be other than the monarch and his ministers...

At this time, Li Lian suddenly remembered the warning his own father Jia Daishan gave him before his death.

"There is no limit to losing the prestige, and the bottom has no patience to stand up..." Up and down know each other, and their positions are at ease.The monarch and his ministers are very secretive, but their ministers are rebellious.The glory of a villain is unattainable.

Obviously at that time, I could still stick to my heart and clearly knew that my position was nothing more than a courtier. When did I start to become confused?

Li Lian closed his eyes, cupped his hands on the ground silently, and slowly knocked his head on the ground.

After straightening his body, he stood up and solemnly knelt down again to check his head.

After doing this three times, he managed to calm down his emotions before saying in a steady tone: "My lord, thank you for your instruction. My lord, I will take my leave."

"What teaching? Hey! Stop!" The emperor didn't seem to be in the slightest of a drunken posture at this moment, he was woken up abruptly by Li Lian.

What Li Lian did just now was three kneeling and nine kowtows!

Kneeling is a symbol of extreme respect, and kneeling expresses sincere submission.Kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times is a big gift, expressing the respect and sincerity in the heart.

Li Lian did this great gift for no reason, coupled with his expressionless expression, the emperor felt a sudden feeling of bad premonition.

Li Lian's footsteps slowed down, he bowed, and asked sternly: "I wonder if the emperor has any other important inquiries?"

The emperor, who was very unaccustomed to this, was taken aback, "...you...do you still want to resign?"

"Going back to the emperor, my minister, I have received the emperor's grace, so I shall continue to serve and do my best to contribute to the Great Zhou." Li Lian replied meticulously.

"..." The emperor frowned and looked at Li Lian. Although he was satisfied with this answer, he always felt that something was wrong.

"It's getting late, please take care of the dragon's body. Your Majesty, please take care of your body. Your Majesty, please take a rest. Your Majesty, please leave." Li Lian stared at the ground, straightened up, and was about to retreat.

"stop!"

Li Lian stopped.

The emperor looked at him like this, and felt uncomfortable, "What's wrong with you?" Are you playing your temper?I'm used to seeing Li Lian's smiling face, but now seeing his stern face, I don't like anything.

Remembering that Li Lian hadn't answered his own question just now, he asked, "I asked you just now, what did you teach me?"

"...Thank you, Your Majesty, for your instruction." Li Lian pursed his lips.

When the emperor saw that he didn't answer himself, he became suspicious: "What teaching?"

"I thank the emperor for your instruction. It's getting late, and I should leave." Li Lian lowered his head, turned around and was about to leave.

"Stop! I tell you to stop!"

Seeing Li Lian gossiping about him, the emperor was a little uneasy, knowing that Li Lian had created a estrangement with him, and felt that if he didn't make it clear to Li Lian tonight, there would be no chance in the future.

Li Lian seemed to have never heard of it, and just walked out.

Seeing this, the emperor, in desperation, strode across the steps in two strides, rushed behind Li Lian, and grabbed his arm.

"Where did you go? I ask you! What did I teach you!?"

"My lord, the Pope, teach me! I have to resign and go home to sleep!" Li Lian struggled.

With Li Lian's strength and skill, without hurting the emperor, he managed to fight with only three or two blows.With one big step, he stepped out of the main hall several steps away like an arrow.

"Li Jingya! Stop for me! Ah!" The emperor wanted to chase after him, but he was blocked by the threshold of the main hall and fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty!!" Just now, he had been leaning against the wall as a wallflower, wishing that the Emperor and Li Lian could not see their Bi Daxia and the little servant who was guarding the door in shock.

Hearing the sound, Li Lian hurriedly turned around, walked to the emperor's side, and was about to help the emperor up.

The fall just now was quite hard, and the palm of the right hand that the emperor used to support the ground was bleeding.But the emperor didn't care about the fiery injury on his hand at all, and held Li Lian's hand tightly with his left hand, preventing him from leaving again.

"Back off!" After repelling Bi Daxia and other servants, the emperor turned to Li Lian and said, "Is there anything we can't say between you and me!? Is there any need to be so angry?"

"Your Majesty, I am not angry." Li Lian said helplessly.

The emperor was noncommittal, "Do you think I will believe it?"

Without saying a word, Li Lian silently helped the emperor up and slowly returned to the main hall.

The emperor didn't let Li Lian help him back to the dragon chair, but just sat on Li Lian's chair beside him. The emperor still held Li Lian's arm firmly, for fear that he would leave immediately if he wanted to say goodbye again.

The emperor winked at Bi Daxia.

Bi Daxia knowingly asked someone to move a chair under the emperor, and then led the other servants out of the main hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and closed the door thoughtfully.

After ordering Li Lian to also sit down, the emperor said slowly: "I remember, when my father...was seriously ill, the elder brother, the second brother, the fourth brother and the ninth brother all rebelled. At that time, the fourth brother forced the ninth brother Waiting for others to attack the Hall of Mental Cultivation, if you hadn't rescued me in time, I wouldn't be able to sit on the throne of the Son of Heaven, and I would have become a dead bone in the tomb!"

In that battle, several princes killed each other, brothers and brothers, it was a royal scandal. Among them, King Li Tianyan of Qi used poison and medicine to assassinate King Li Tianlang of Chu, but also attacked the Hall of Mental Cultivation to kill the king and father. If it goes out, it will be a deed that will last forever!Although the Taishanghuang concealed it a lot afterwards, this matter has become the number one taboo of the Royal Tianzi, and no one dares to talk about it lightly.

"Back then, you dared to tell me the evils of fighting against each other and fighting against each other even when you were a little general. Why do you dare not tell me what is hidden in your heart today?" The emperor directly used me to replace me as self-proclaimed.

Li Lian remained silent.