Chapter 441: Sacrifice
In the camp of Wuwei, a huge spiritual shed was erected.
Two days ago, only the generals in the army came to pay their respects, but as the time went on, the senior generals of the army who were originally besieging Luzhou also rushed from the station, and after that, all the high-ranking officials such as the assassins under Wu Wei also came one by one. When these people arrived at Huguan, they naturally came and went in a hurry, but they all had one thing in common, that is, they entered the camp, knelt down to pay homage to Mrs. Wang's coffin, and then hurriedly embarked on the way back.
Although the emperor's chariot was close at hand, ten miles away at Huguan, none of these army generals and local assassins had entered Huguan.
Li Ze has been in Huguan for more than half a month, but he has not yet stepped into Huguan.
And among them, there is one person who is the most embarrassed.
This person is the high thunder of the river knot.
In the early days of the war, Gao Lei was a turtle type with a shrunken head, and he did not support the rebellion of Xuanwu Zhu Wen, but he did not show the slightest support to the emperor. There were no soldiers and horses, and there was no grain or grass.
But now the overall situation has been decided, the Wuwei Hedong coalition army won a big victory in Zhaoyi, whether it is Wei Bo's army, or the Zhaoyi army, or Zhu Youzhen's Xuanwu army, all of them were wrapped into the big pocket of Luzhou, and the fall was only in the morning and night, but Gao Lei suddenly woke up from his slumber, and personally took 5,000 soldiers and horses all the way to Huguan, expressing his allegiance to the emperor.
Gao Lei also has his last resort! Because once Wuwei and Hedong join forces to clean up Zhaoyi, they may point the finger at him, who will let him perform poorly this time! No matter how much rhetoric he has, I'm afraid that in front of Li Ze, it will not be of the slightest use, if Li Ze is a reasonable person, can he have such a huge territory today? What's more, if Li Ze wants to clean him up, this time he can find out a lot of reasons.
He was a little afraid of Li Ze from the bottom of his heart.
Of course, the document he sent troops was still written to the emperor, expressing his willingness to be the emperor's pawn. And in order to rush to Luzhou as soon as possible, he also led the men and horses to set off at the same time as the document was issued.
It's better to come late than never.
At least you can make some achievements when you are besieging Luzhou, and these faces can be said to be reasonable.
But what Gao Lei never expected was that what he stepped into this time was a fire pit.
Xue Pingtian Lingzi and the others, who received the documents, were silent, and when Gao Lei arrived at Huguan, they found that the atmosphere here was extremely delicate, and after learning all the truth, Gao Lei almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood. I just want to shake myself off, this is how I made myself a rat in the bellows.
But since you're here, you can't turn around and leave.
After going to Li Ze's camp to pay respects to Mrs. Wang, and returning to his camp, Gao Lei immediately fell ill, and he was so sick that he could no longer serve as a director. His 5,000 troops were stationed on the spot, forming a triangle with Li Ze's battalion, Huguan. No matter how generously Tian Lingzi and others invited Gao Lei to enter Huguan to recuperate, he pretended to be sick and disappeared.
Are you kidding? Entering Huguan at this time is tantamount to suing Li Ze, I am a family with His Majesty the Emperor, and I want to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.
Even if the royal family is in the most difficult time at this time, if he throws it over, he will definitely be reused, but after Gao Lei weighed the pros and cons, he still felt that it was better not to mess with Li Ze.
Not to mention anything else, Li Ze's hundreds of thousands of troops in Luzhou at the moment alone made everyone tremble.
Unlike Gao Lei, after Han Qi came, he immediately entered Huguan, not only did he enter, but he also brought thousands of cavalry from Han Rui in Le'an, as well as 8,000 Zhaoyi soldiers after being adapted by Jin Shiyong, the deputy general of Qin Zhao.
This makes the number of soldiers and horses in the pot pass have reached 10,000.
Although there were more soldiers and horses, Xue Ping did not feel relaxed at all, but his mood became heavier. Because with the increase of soldiers and horses, it seems that the atmosphere of confrontation between the two sides has become more and more intense.
And for all this, Li Ze doesn't seem to care at all.
With Li Ze's father, Li Anguo, the king of Zhending, and Li Ze's side chamber Xia He also arrived at the camp, and the atmosphere of the memorial service reached its climax.
Li Anguo stood quietly in front of the coffin, pressing the lid of the coffin with his hand, and his eyes showed a deep sense of sadness.
The relationship between him and Mrs. Wang, as Li Ze told him earlier, is typical of love but can't, and in the end, love gives rise to hatred, and love becomes hatred. Finally, it evolved into being born and not seeing. By the time they said goodbye, one person had become a cold corpse.
Li Anguo has thought many times that after his death, Mrs. Wang will appear in front of his coffin and tear up a handful of tears for himself, because after his body collapsed, he felt that he would not live long. But Mrs. Wang's health has always been healthy.
But what he never expected was that Mrs. Wang would go before him.
"Can I open the coffin and let me see her?" Li Anguo looked at Li Ze and asked in a low voice. Although he is a father, on top of Mrs. Wang's problem, Li Anguo feels that he is not qualified to be the master. What's more, this son of mine has always been strong.
Li Ze nodded silently.
Min Rou and Tu Lichun, who were on the side, walked over and pushed the coffin lid open a crack.
Although she was killed by a knife, there was no pain on Mrs. Wang's face, and after taking care of her, she was no different from falling asleep at this moment.
Li Anguo's tears rained down.
Xia He couldn't help but cry.
As soon as these two people cried, the entire mourning hall immediately became full of sorrow.
Li Anguo took out a bracelet from his arms, leaned over and put it in the coffin, "This was given to me by your mother back then, and I have never left my body for twenty-five years, so let it accompany your mother today!" ”
Li Ze knows the tragedy of his parents' life, he really has nothing to say about his father, just sighing at the fate of his mother's life, and when he rises, he has not enjoyed a few years of happiness, but because of such an accident, his soul has returned to bliss.
As soon as I thought of this, my heart was even more indignant.
"Close the coffin!" Li Anguo waved his hand, silently walked to the side, and sat down. "Ze'er, where are you going to bury your mother? If you want, I want to bury her in the Li family's tomb in Zhenzhou. Their Wang's family tomb was destroyed in the war many years ago. ”
The family tomb of the Wang family was naturally not destroyed in the war, but was razed by the Su family after Li Anguo's victory that year, which is one of the reasons why Mrs. Wang hated Li Anguo so much in her life.
"Father, do you think that your mother can rest in peace if she is buried in the Li family's tomb?" Li Ze said coldly.
Li Anguo sighed and didn't answer, as if he had already known in his heart that it would be such a result.
"Where are you going to bury your mother?"
"Huguan is a nice place, I've asked someone to see it. Mother believes in Buddhism all her life, Huguan Ten Thousand Buddha Temple is an excellent place, buried here, even if the mother is underground, you can hear the sound of chanting bells, drums and wooden fish day and night, and it will not be too lonely. Li Zedao.
"That's fine!" Li Anguo muttered.
The father and son were relatively speechless, and in the entire spiritual shed, only the voices of dozens of monks chanting sutras and the low sobs of the women remained.
Li Mi walked in, glanced at Li Anguo, and whispered to Li Ze: "Jieshuai, Xue Ping, Tian Lingzi, Han Qi, they are here." ”
"Haven't they already been here?"
"This time there is also the crown prince Li Ke." Li Mi said.
Li Ze stood up with a sneer: "It's a coincidence. ”
Li Anguo also stood up and said, "You go and meet them, I'm tired, go to the back and rest for a while." ”
Li Ze nodded, and motioned for Min Rou to take Li Anguo to the rear to settle down, but he himself strode out.
The crown prince Li Ke is not eight years old this year, unlike Li Ze, who has quietly done great things when he was eight years old, Li Ke at this time is just a little boy who has just developed and does not understand anything. At this moment, he was surrounded by a group of courtiers and walked into the mourning hall, his face full of fear.
He didn't know the purpose of the trip.
"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Headed by Li Ze, the people of the Wuwei family all bowed to courtesy.
"The general is exempt." Li Ke waved his hand again and again.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince."
"My father is in poor health, and the queen mother has to take care of my father, so this king today replaces my father and queen mother to pay tribute to the old lady. No, no, no, it's a first-class lady who protects the country. Li Ke said.
The servant behind Li Ke, Zhongtian Lingzi, took a step forward and presented a scroll to Li Ze with both hands: "This is an edict written by Your Majesty himself, and Jin Feng Wang is the Lady of the Protector of the Country." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Li Ze took it expressionlessly and handed it to Li Yu behind him.
Seeing Li Ze take over the order, Xue Ping and Tian Lingzi were both relieved.
After Li Ke's personal memorial was completed, his mission was completed. Xue Ping walked up to Li Ze and said in a low voice: "General, today we want to have a good talk with the general. It just so happens that the king of Zhending is also here. ”
"I don't want to talk about anything today." Li Ze flatly refused, "And my father has always been in poor health, and he has traveled a long distance to this place, and he is too sad, and at this moment, he has already rested." ”
Seeing that Li Ze seemed to have the intention of turning around and brushing his sleeves away, Xue Ping was in a hurry, he could still enter the camp today, and by tomorrow, he would have to say whether he could see Li Ke or not.
Grabbing Li Ze's sleeve, he unconsciously raised his voice: "General, we can wait." We are here to wake the old lady's soul. ”
"Don't dare to work." Li Ze shook his head and said: "And the crown prince is here, and the king guards the spirit of the ministers, which is not in line with the etiquette." Xue Shilang, please go back. ”
Han Qi, who was behind Li Ke, took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "General, this is yours." The death of the old lady, we all feel sad and regretful, but it is the duty of every courtier to be loyal to the king. Although the death of the old lady is a pity, it also brings supreme glory to your Li family. ”
Li Ze looked up at Han Qi, but his eyes narrowed.
Xue Ping was startled, and blocked in front of Li Ze and Han Qi, he knew Li Ze more than Han Qi, and he knew Li Ze at this moment, but he was afraid that he was already angry.
"Sending off!" Li Ze stared at Xue Ping in front of him for a long time, but finally didn't do anything else.