"Li Shimin, sure enough, you are calculating me!"

Zhen Mingku walked up to him, kicked him in the mouth, kicked him on his back and faced the sky, fell to the ground, and his head was dizzy.

Zhen Mingku took off the voice changer at his throat, squatted down, grabbed his collar, and said in a low voice: "Li Jiancheng, when you killed Fulin and abused Shuang'er, did you think that there would be today?" ”

Li Jiancheng's eyes suddenly opened incomparably wide, and he looked at "Li Shimin" in front of him in horror, he finally understood something.

"Yes, it's you!"

"It's me, go well, go to hell to atone for Fulin and Ah Dong!"

"You are Zhen ......" Li Jiancheng opened his mouth wide, looked at Zhen Mingquan in disbelief, lowered his head slowly, and looked at a jet-black dagger inserted in his chest, which went straight into the handle.

Until he died, he didn't believe what was happening in front of him, he died in vain, the unwillingness, resentment, and remorse in his heart filled his mind, and his mind gradually became blurred, and the pain in his bones reminded him that everything that happened in front of him was true.

Zhen Ming slowly pulled out the dagger, indifferently wiped the blood on his corpse, stood up, and walked towards the gate of the Taiji Palace.

……

Li Yuanji fled in a hurry with more than a dozen guards, and just out of the Xuanwu Gate, he saw a strong man holding a heavy hammer of dozens of catties from a distance, riding and standing on the street outside the Xuanwu Gate, and the war horse under him was restlessly stepping on the horse's hooves.

A trace of fear swelled up in Li Yuanji's heart, and he shouted fiercely: "Wei Chi Jingde, don't get out of the way quickly!" ”

Wei Chi Jingde laughed: "On the order of the King of Qin, I am here to take the life of you, a rebel who has committed disobedience!" ”

Li Yuanji knew that this matter was difficult to get right. Gritting his teeth, he ordered the dozen or so guards beside him: "Shoot this person for this king!" ”

The bows and crossbows were raised one after another, aiming in the direction of Wei Chi Jingde.

That's when it happened. From the tower of Xuanwu Gate, there was a dozen clanging sounds of bowstring vibrating, and more than a dozen guards around Li Yuanji were shot in the back and fell to the ground.

Li Yuanji looked back and saw that there was only one person on the city tower, firing his bow left and right, and one person sent out more than a dozen arrows at the same time. Kill all his guards.

Wei Chi Jingde in the distance laughed: "Brother Qin, good archery!" ”

Qin Shubao stood on the wall above the city tower, standing proudly. There was a hint of unworthy pride on his face.

"Brother Wei Chi, this person is handed over to you."

Li Yuanji knew that a catastrophe was coming at this time, but he was unwilling to admit defeat, so he bent down from his horse to explore. Grabbed the horse lance in the hand of one of the guards on the ground.

Wei Chi Jingde smiled disdainfully.

Li Yuanji hissed in despair. With a lance in his hand, he rode his horse towards him.

Wei Chi Jingde threw away the axe in his hand, with his bare hands, and with a wave of the reins, the war horse jumped high and greeted Li Yuanji.

Qin Shubao stood on the city wall and watched intently, and said to himself: "It is said that Wei Chi Jingde's kung fu of winning the white blade with his bare hands is unparalleled in the world, but today I want to see the truth!" ”

I saw the moment when the two of them were staggered. Yu Chi Jingde faced the direction from which the opponent's horse lance came from, and let the horse lance pierce into his chest.

Li Yuanji was overjoyed. I'm waiting to be pierced hard.

How do you know that the other party not only did not block it, but grabbed one end of the horse lance, followed his momentum, pulled it, and sneered.

Comparing strength with him is simply looking for death! Wei Chi Jingde has been in the army for many years, and he has never seen him on horseback.

Li Yuanji's strength was already urgent, but now he was pulled by Yu Chi Jingde, and the horse lance seemed to pierce into the void and pierced out from the other side of Yu Chi Jingde's chest, and his body lost his balance and fell off the horse.

The moment the horse lance pierced Wei Chi Jingde's chest, Wei Chi Jingde let the horse hammer wipe his armor lightly at a very subtle angle and pass through his armpit clothes......

This is a skill that has been cultivated on the battlefield for many years, relying on the instant explosion of waist muscle strength, at the moment when the horse lance pierces into the chest, turn the body sideways at an angle, so that the horse lance just pierces into the armpit, inducing the enemy to think that he has a plan, will not pull out the horse lance, and pierce harder.

He took the opportunity to snatch the opponent's horse lance and pull him off the horse.

After Li Yuanji fell off the horse, the war horse was frightened and galloped forward, dragging Li Yuanji all the way forward, and in the blink of an eye, he ran more than ten meters away.

Wei Chi Jingde pulled out the armpit lance with his backhand, turned around and stood on the horse's back, like holding a javelin, and aimed in the direction of Li Yuanji.

Whoosh –

The castration of the horse lance was like thunder, and it was slanted into Li Yuanji's chest, nailing him to the ground.

Li Yuanji didn't even have time to let out a scream, he died on the spot, the frightened war horse was suddenly frozen, struggled forward, pulled Li Yuanji's body in half, pulled half of the body forward, and soon disappeared at the end of the street.

……

The moment Zhen Ming stepped into the Taiji Palace, most of the men and horses of Li Jiancheng and Li Xiaogong in the Taiji Hall had already been killed or injured.

In his shouting, everyone saw the corpse of Li Jiancheng carried by the two dark guards behind Zhen Mingku, and everyone involuntarily dropped their blades and fell to their knees.

"This king was ordered by the emperor to come to kill the rebellious party, and now the leader of the rebellious party has been ambushed, and the rest of the unrelated people retreat as soon as possible, without the king's order, no one is allowed to leave the barracks without permission! Carry these people out, and then they all go back! ”

"Yes!"

The dead and wounded soldiers in the hall were quickly carried out of the hall by the remaining soldiers.

Only Zhen Mingku and a dozen guards of the Dark Guard were left in the hall.

Zhen Minghard walked up the steps of the throne, and looked at Li Yuan, who was seriously injured and died on the dragon chair, and suddenly felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

The dragon chair is glittering and represents eternal power.

This position, how many people throughout the ages have sent hundreds of thousands of people to the battlefield for it.

No one can really sit in this position, even if they get it, they are all day long, all the grass and trees are soldiers, in order to keep the throne, they have to learn the means of scheming, kill decisively, strangle all threats in the cradle, no family affection, no humanity.

What about sitting on this chair, which is a cursed position, for which so many people have paid with their blood and lives.

In order to sit firmly in this position, even the kindest person will be changed. has become unscrupulous to eradicate all dissidents around him, and even eradicate the people closest to him.

History has changed, and Li Shimin is no longer the master of the Tang Dynasty. He got revenge, but there was no ease in his heart.

This hot potato took over, he hadn't thought about how to deal with it, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and the greater the temptation and the possibility of losing himself at the same time, he didn't know if he would also follow in Li Yuan's footsteps.

The only thing that is certain is. He didn't have the slightest interest in the position.

……

He looked back at Li Yuan, who was dying, and saw that he was no different from an ordinary old man at this time, and there was no hatred in his heart. There was only a faint trace of sadness.

He could have captured Li Jiancheng alive and avenged with a thousand kinds of torture, but he finally chose to end the other party's life quickly, just like a quick death for the losing side. It is also a kind of kindness. Compared with those anti-kings in history who were captured alive because of the struggle for the throne, they were lucky enough to meet him.

He should have let Li Yuan die like this, but in order to end all this, Li Yuan had to live, live in remorse and hatred for the rest of his life.

took out a pill from his waist, broke Li Yuan's mouth, and stuffed it in.

This pill was found on Li Jiancheng's body. Although Tang Jun's blood coagulation is powerful, it is not very difficult to detoxify.

Not for a while. Li Yuan woke up from his coma and saw the familiar face in front of him, and a weak smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When his eyes swept under the steps of the main hall and saw the body of Li Jiancheng lying under the steps, the old tears fell again.

"Father, the matter has come to this, please mourn and change."

Li Yuan raised his head and asked in a choked voice, "What about Yuanji and the others?" ”

"It's been ambushed."

Li Yuan stared at him blankly, he had already discovered that Li Shimin was not sick before at this time, the dragon spirit and tiger looked fierce, he seemed to understand something, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, but he also knew that the overall situation had been decided, and muttered: "Do you have to kill them?" Why can't you spare their lives, they are your brothers! ”

"It's they who want to kill Erchen first, and Erchen has no other choice."

Li Yuan's eyes flashed with a look of despair, and he shook his head and sighed: "That's it, I'm disheartened, I have no intention of asking again, whatever you do, since it's already like this, we must cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and kill all their brothers' heirs, so as to avoid future troubles, tomorrow I will pass on the decree to the world, abdicate and make way for Xian, and the world of the Li family will be handed over to you, and I have nothing to regret." ”

"Thank you, Father."

……

……

……

Spring goes and autumn comes.

More than two years have passed since the Xuanwumen Change.

On Chang'an Avenue, hundreds of cavalry dressed as Turks walked all the way from the city gate in the direction of Chang'an Palace.

At the back of the line were dozens of sweaty horses, two meters tall and fat, and the growing crowd gathered around them made them feel uneasy, exhaling irritated snores from their noses from time to time.

The horse's hooves tread gracefully, shaking their shiny fur and shining in the sun.

At the front of the team is the current Turkic Khan Tuli, who not long ago, with the help of the Tang Army, he had just eliminated the Chuluo Khan in the north of the Turks and unified the Turks.

This time I came to Chang'an, in addition to escorting Empress Xiao, who had been stranded in the Turks, back to Chang'an, there was another thing, that is, to sign a century-old friendship agreement with the Tang Emperor.

As for the dozens of sweaty BMWs behind this, they were exchanged for a high-tech product called "Iron Donkey", which ran faster than sweaty BMWs.

More and more onlookers were watching, pointing fingers at these Turkic soldiers.

"That's the Turkic Khan, it looks weird and scary."

"Yes, look at his beard, he hasn't been washed in many days, sloppy, and braided."

"The barbarian people outside the Saiwai are different from us Central Plains people, it's too ugly."

"Others still think we are delicate like girls."

"Hmph, it's not as good as before, there are the emperor's sixteen guards army, give them ten dares, and they don't dare to invade the Central Plains easily, they claim to be a nation on horseback, but they don't want to exchange their national treasures for our goods."

"Look, I didn't expect them to have beauties in Turkic."

"You don't understand this, it's Empress Xiao who was personally escorted back to Chang'an by the Turkic Khan."

"What? Is she Queen Xiao? It's almost fifty, how does it look like an eighteen-year-old girl. ”

Passers-by were talking. The Turkic cavalry marched all the way forward, and the cavalry on horseback looked at the bustling and lively Chang'an Avenue, and their eyes all showed curiosity and fascination.

Especially the bicycles that pass back and forth on the road. Basically, there is one for each person, and occasionally a few three-wheeled iron donkeys drive by, which makes their eyes shine even more.

In the only carriage in the cavalry, the curtains of the car were pulled up at some point, revealing a beautiful face that captivated the country and the city.

She looked at all kinds of new and strange things on Chang'an Avenue with shining eyes, and muttered: "I haven't come back for many years, and I've changed a lot." ”

Another woman next to her also leaned in front of the window. Yu was surprised: "I didn't expect this Tang Emperor to really have some ability." ”

"Sister, I can't see clearly with my eyes, what is written on the tallest building?"

"Chang'an Library."

"Library?"

"Yes. I heard people say that this is a landmark building in Chang'an City, and when you arrive in Chang'an, don't go into this library to take a look. It's really in vain. A six-story building that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, the collection of books in ancient and modern China and abroad, dazzling, only need to get a library card, you can go in and out of the book to borrow books, speaking of which the Tang Emperor is really ridiculous, originally the children of the nobility can read and write, he was so messed up. Even the common people who can't eat can be literate, and their minds are confused. There is a lot of crankiness, how can there be stability in this country. ”

Empress Xiao looked at this magnificent but simple building from a distance, the library gate was six meters wide, and there was an endless stream of scholars and farmers wearing peasant costumes.

Her eyes flashed with moving excitement, and she muttered, "Are there still ordinary people who can't eat?" ”

In the two years of the Turkic period, she always paid attention to the news of the Central Plains, and every policy and reform measure after Li Shimin ascended the throne touched her heart, making her excited and curious, curious about where the people of the world would go under the leadership of such a dilapidated and new king.

In just two years, the land of the Central Plains has undergone miraculous changes and is full of vitality.

The Liang division of Shuofang against the king was personally surrendered by the king of Tang, and the land of Shandong was personally appeased by the king of Handong, and Luo Yi in the north also surrendered, and the world was finally unified when the war was close to the year.

The woman beside her was speechless for a while, and for a while she said reluctantly: "I think he just hit the luck." ”

Empress Xiao smiled slightly, no longer spoke, her eyes flowed, browsing the landscape along the way, and from time to time she let out a soft admiration.

After walking around Chang'an Avenue, the cavalry stopped at the entrance of Xuanwu Palace of Chang'an Palace.

The palace gate was open, hundreds of honor guards stood on both sides of the door, playing majestic music, and dozens of civil and military generals stood at the door to welcome the arrival of the Turkic Khan.

At the sound of an order, hundreds of cavalry dismounted.

Several maids walked up to Empress Xiao's car, opened the door, and welcomed Empress Xiao out of the car.

There was no excessive red tape, no singing of merits and virtues, and I saw a person with two women and a dozen civil officials walking from a distance from a distance.

When Empress Xiao saw this person, her eyes never looked away, and her eyes gradually became a little blurred.

He hadn't changed, he was still wearing the same brocade robe, only the belt around his waist was different, and there was a dragon pattern embroidered with gold thread on it, which was used to distinguish him from the others.

The scar on his face is his most distinctive sign and is instantly recognizable.

The two women beside him, one of them holding a one-year-old child in his arms, and the other holding a bouncing little girl in his hand, greeted her with a smile on his face.

"The Queen."

"Goose goose."

The two parties stepped forward, and Empress Xiao suddenly quickened her pace and hugged one of the women tightly.

"The mourning family knows that you will be fine, do you know, the last time I separated from you, the mourning family didn't know how worried, fortunately you didn't have an accident, otherwise the mourning family would be uneasy for the rest of their lives, you and General Zhen's affairs The mourning family has heard about it...... Oh, no, it's time to change the name to the emperor, there are lovers who will eventually become dependents, and the mourning family is sincerely happy for you. ”

"Thank you, Queen."

"Hehe, it's the mourning family who wants to call you the queen."

Zhang smiled: "I'm not the queen, the queen has someone else." ”

"What's going on?"

"It's a long story, I'll talk to you about it later."

Everyone smiled and watched Empress Xiao and Zhang hug each other, crying and laughing. It wasn't until they finished talking about the old days that the two of them let go a little embarrassed,

Empress Xiao first glanced at the scar-faced man who had been smiling at her. looked at the beautiful woman beside him who was holding a baby in her arms, graceful and luxurious, and had a thousand manners, and there was a trace of incomprehension in her eyes.

The woman beside Empress Xiao glanced at the scar-faced man, "General Zhen, I thought you were an infatuated husband who was devoted to infatuation, but I didn't expect that in the end, you would still have three wives and four concubines." Three palaces and six courtyards. ”

Zhen Ming smiled embarrassedly, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and Miss Xiao is still unforgiving." ”

Zhang relieved him and said, "Queen Mother." Let me introduce you to you, this is the eldest grandson Belle. ”

The eldest grandson Belle smiled slightly, "I've seen the queen mother." ”

Empress Xiao nodded at her, at this time. Suddenly something ripped at the clothes. Looking down, I saw a little girl of three or four years old, standing next to her, raising her head, looking at her with big eyes, pulling her dress with a small hand, and saying pitifully: "Auntie hug." ”

When Queen Xiao saw that she looked elf and cute, she couldn't help but bend down and pick her up. He kissed her pink cheek and asked with a smile, "Little baby." What's your name? ”

"Goose goose."

"Your name is Goose Goose, hehe, Little Goose Goose, right?"

"Well, where's Auntie?"

"Auntie, it's called Xiao Yueying."

The eldest grandson Belle's eyes flashed with love, and she said with a smile: "When you see someone, you have to hug you, and I don't know who I learned it from." ”

"I learned from her father."

The women burst into laughter.

Zhen Ming smiled helplessly, turned his head to look at Tu Li with a complicated expression on the side, and sighed in his heart, things have passed for a few years, but I didn't expect Tu Li to remember Zhang's appearance, it is no wonder that Zhang's appearance has not changed a little bit over the years, but has a little more mature and charming charm.

"Brother Tuli, what's wrong?"

Tu Li stared at Zhang's directly, looking at her fair and pink coquettish face, as if he had thought of something, but he was not sure, he turned his head and stared at Zhen Mingku, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhen, why does your queen look so familiar?" ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "Familiar?" It's no wonder that she is my wife, who was named Princess Yicheng by Yang Guang back then, married into the Turks, or I personally went to the Turks to snatch it back. ”

Tuli's mouth opened wide when he heard this.

Zhen Ming patted him on the shoulder, "Don't blame me, you may not know very well, before she was married into the Turks, she was already my wife, I went to the Turks, but also to bring her back, deceived you because of the situation, it is a last resort, if the Turki brothers want to blame, blame you and I were in a hostile position at that time, and now the two countries are in an alliance, please don't take it to heart before the unhappiness, Chang'an City is as beautiful as a cloud, if the Turki brothers really like Han beauties, it is better to settle down in Chang'an, It is not difficult to marry a beautiful wife you like. ”

Tuli is no longer the reckless little khan who sprouted in his youth back then, how could he go against the entire powerful Tang Dynasty for a woman, he can still calculate the powerful relationship between them, and Zhen Mingku has personally led the army to help him defeat Chuluo Khan over the years, helping him sit firmly on the throne of the Turkic Khan, this kindness is enough to offset the grievances of the year.

Hearing Zhen Mingku's proposal, his eyes lit up, he laughed, put the events of the year behind him, and nodded again and again: "I want ten beauties like her!" Say, how many cattle and sheep do you want, Ben Khan has cattle and sheep! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere became a little stiff, Zhen Mingku's face was embarrassed, and he leaned into his ear: "If the Khan really likes Han women, don't say what cattle and sheep you want to exchange, the girl's heart is to be exchanged for the Khan's sincerity, as long as the Khan is sincere to them, and promises to be good to them for the rest of his life, and the other party is willing to marry the Khan, he doesn't need any cattle and sheep at all, maybe he can get a lot of dowry, this is a good way to make a fortune, you look at me, I don't spend a penny, and I married three ...... in one go."

Due to the consequences of the perennial war, the population has decreased dramatically, the ratio of men and women in Chang'an City is close to one to ten, too many women can not find a husband, can only sit in the boudoir and sigh, in order to let these women who have no ability to survive alone find support, Zhen Ming specially according to the actual needs of Du Keming formulated a law, conditional men can have three wives and four concubines, open the conditions for marriage, not only limited to the scholar class, businessmen and farmers, as long as there is a person who can support himself, can marry those women who are willing to marry him.

At the same time, it is stipulated that "all wives must be treated equally" if a husband treats his wife unfairly. The wife can go to court to sue her husband.

The law, while absurd, solved the gender imbalance and the population exploded across the country. In order to support their wives, the men worked very hard, and the gross national product soared at an annual rate of 100 percent.

After hearing this, Tuli became more and more excited, and felt that the Central Plains was full of gold, and he became more and more determined to move to Chang'an.

The sharp-eared Zhang family and the eldest grandson Bei'er had already heard Zhen Mingku's words, and two murderous eyes shot at him.

Zhen felt like a man's back when he was on his back, and hurriedly changed the topic. "Brother Tuli, come, let me introduce you to my pillars of the Tang Dynasty."

"This is Wei Zheng, the legislative president of my Tang Dynasty. Vice President Sun Fuji. ”

"This is Datang Premier Du Keming and Vice Premier Fang Xuanling, these are Datang's state councilors......"

He introduced them one by one.

"You've seen most of these people, and now they're standing members of the Tang Army Committee. You've seen it all before. Li Daliang, Li Jing, Luo Shixin, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Yanjin, Pei Xingyan, Qin Shubao, Xu Shiji......"

"These are Liang Shidu, the governor of Gansu Province. Shandong Governor Liu Heimin, Jiangnan Governor Fu Gongyou. Lin Shihong, Governor of Henan Province......"

"Minister of Land Resources and Construction Yan Lide, President of Hallym Academy Yan Liben, Minister of Education and Minister of Publication and Information Zhu Dengshan, Minister of Commerce Bao Qijia, Ministry of Health Sun Huan'er, Ministry of Environmental Protection Sun Xing'er ......"

Tuli listened to these unfamiliar official titles, with puzzlement in his eyes, and he didn't know who of these officials had higher positions and more power, and if he lived in Chang'an for a long time in the future, his contacts with these officials would naturally be indispensable.

When he saw Xing'er, who was wearing a strange official uniform and with a slender figure, his eyes lit up, "Women can also be officials, this is really unusual, this lady has a husband?" ”

Xing'er is still as pretty as before, but the resentment between her eyebrows is heavier, two years, she still has not conceived a child, and her resentment towards Zhen Dengshan is increasing day by day, and she glared angrily: "Who is your lady!" Keep your mouth clean! Beware of me poisoning you! Also, what does it mean that a woman can also be an official? Why can't a woman be an official? ”

Zhen Ming glanced at him bitterly, asking him to provoke this aunt less.

Tuli was startled, and then laughed: "The beauties of the Tang Dynasty are delicate, but they are fierce, I like it, I like it too much......"

He turned around and asked, "Brother Zhen, if I settle in Chang'an, you can also give me an official." ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly and said, "How about naming you the Minister of Foreign Affairs?" ”

"Foreign Minister? What for? ”

"It's about foreign affairs, and if there is a conflict with a foreign race, you will come forward to help persuade you, whoever dares to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty, you will be the first to send an envoy to show them force and strength, quarrel or fight."

When Tuli heard that he was an envoy who could fight, he immediately nodded hurriedly, and asked, "What are these members of the Military Commission doing?" ”

"It is equivalent to your small Turkic tribe Khan, and he is also the prince of my Tang Dynasty."

As soon as he said this, Tuli understood, and glanced at Li Jing and others, these strong men were resolute in their eyes, not angry and arrogant, and they looked like fierce generals who had experienced a hundred battles.

"Don't stand, I'll set up wine and food in the main hall to wash the dust for the queen mother and the khan, please!"

……

The Turks and the Tang Dynasty became allies, signed a century-old non-aggression pact, strengthened economic and trade cooperation, and the news of free customs clearance came out of the Chang'an Palace, and spread all over the world in a few days, and the people all rushed to tell each other and cheer and celebrate.

Chang'an City specially held a grand fireworks show for the Turkic Khans who came from afar to return to Shun, and the whole city celebrated for three days and three nights.

In a small house in the south of the city, when the whole country was celebrating, there were mournful weepings from the house.

Li Yuan, who was poisoned, coupled with his depression and anger, finally did not survive two years and returned to the west with his life.

The one-armed Li Shimin and his wife, concubines, and children knelt at the head of the bed, crying for Li Yuan's death.

There is no shortage of food and clothing items in the house, but the people of the Li family are not allowed to leave without permission except within Chang'an City.

After Li Yuan's death, Li Shimin looked at the room full of Li clansmen, his ambitions were exhausted, and he had witnessed the prosperity of Chang'an City in the past two years, the people of the world lived and worked in peace and contentment, the policy was enlightened, and the people supported him, knowing that the Li family had no hope of revenge from now on, the general trend was inevitable, and there was no day when the Li family was revived.

Zhen Ming opened the net and let go of other unrelated people of the Li family, including the heirs of Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, and revoked the official titles of all relatives of the Li family. He was demoted to a commoner, and ordered that within three generations of the Li family, he was not allowed to enter the office.

Those who know the times are Junjie. remembered that when he returned to Chang'an with his eldest grandson two years ago, Zhen Mingku personally went to his house to find him and said something to him, and he still remembers every word.

"For the sake of your people, I hope you will stop instilling a sense of hatred in the descendants of the Li family, karma, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are what they deserve. Inflict humiliation, if it is decided today, you will not be able to become a climate at all. I will not give you any opportunity to cause trouble, but if you are single-minded, blinded by unrealistic ideas, you will do things that undermine the current peaceful status quo. I won't be soft again. ”

If it comes out of someone else's mouth. He would sneer at it somewhat, but from Zhen Ming's bitter mouth, he had to believe that the man in front of him made him unable to even have the idea of resisting.

After burying Li Yuan, he gathered all the heads of the Li family and had a long conversation with them all night.

After this long conversation, the entire Li family changed their names and established family rules. On the day of Zhen Mingku's death, all children and grandchildren are not allowed to set foot in officialdom. He never mentioned the history of the collapse of the Li family to future generations.

……

In the Cining Hall of Chang'an Palace, Empress Xiao looked at the splendid hall with shining eyes, and muttered to herself: "I didn't expect that in my lifetime, the mourning family would be able to return here." ”

Zhen Ming helped her into the bedroom where she had lived for more than ten years, and the room was rearranged according to the style she had lived in before.

"Queen Mother, from now on, this is still your dormitory, please stay in peace."

Empress Xiao looked back at him with a strange look in her eyes: "This should be where your two wives live." ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly and said: "They are used to living a poor life, and they are really a little unaccustomed to living here." ”

Empress Xiao suddenly fell to the ground: "Xiao Yueying thanks the emperor for his kindness." ”

Zhen Mingku hurriedly helped her up, "Queen Mother, please hurry up, two years ago, there was no kneeling ceremony in this palace, you were the grandmother of Fulin and Yang Tong, it stands to reason that I should give you a gift, and don't call me the emperor anymore, in a few days, I will step down, there will be no emperor in this country in the future, only the empress who symbolizes the honor and dignity of the country." ”

Empress Xiao seemed to hear the most incredible thing in the world, and her eyes widened, "What did you say?" ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "I can't tell you for a while, what I should have done has already been done, and I can't handle the heavy state affairs alone, so I have thought of a lot of ways to make this country run stably, and now it is finally taking shape, and I can retire with success." ”

"The mourning family doesn't understand."

Zhen Ming helped her sit on the bed, took a chair, sat opposite her, looked at her eyes full of vicissitudes but still full of charm, and said softly:

"You don't have to understand it right away, someone will explain it to you in detail later, you just need to remember that in the near future, you will be the supreme queen of this country, and it will be for life, and you will represent the honor and dignity of this country, but your power is limited to the issuance and reading of the resolutions of the National Assembly, and only the decrees that have been orally announced by you will have effect, otherwise no one has the right to make the decrees carry out, of course, there will be many professional people to assist you, to give you professional advice, to report to you on the major policy program, You can submit proposals to the National Assembly to abolish and appoint the Prime Minister and the President of the Legislative Council, and the 300 members of the National Assembly are elected from the lower levels of the respective state capitals and have the right to vote, and all major resolutions need to be voted on by the National Assembly......"

Empress Xiao was confused when she heard it, but she vaguely felt that the strict logic of this system basically abolished the possibility of the king of a country acting arbitrarily.

"Each member of the Military Council has no power to mobilize the army, and their only accusation is to supervise the other members and keep each other in check, and any act of going to war without a vote in the National Assembly will be regarded as treason, and the members of the Military Council shall be elected for a term of ten years, after which there will be a separate procedure for re-election......

Zhen Mingku's general explanation of the country's power system was interlocking and closely connected, Queen Xiao listened quietly, she was smart in the ice and snow, Zhen Mingku's explanation was a little, she discovered the mystery, and listened to it with relish, Zhen Mingku's key points, or the nouns she didn't understand very well, she would also ask questions, and Zhen Mingku's patience answered them for her one by one.

In this way, in the midst of questions and answers, time flew by, and it was late at night in a blink of an eye.

Empress Xiao finally figured out what Zhen Mingku had done in the past two years, and looked at Zhen Mingku's eyes and became a little puzzled and curious. "General Zhen, everyone dreams of sitting on the throne above these 10,000 people, and you finally got it. Don't you think it's a pity to give up so easily, and try to put a lot of shackles on it? ”

"In my heart, there are more things that I should cherish."

Empress Xiao stared at him for a long time, then smiled slightly, "The mourning family understands, General Zhen has a smooth journey." If you have time, you must come back to visit the mourning family. ”

"It will be, then I will retire first, and wish Her Majesty the Empress eternal youth. Happiness and well-being. ”

……

A month later, the Tang Emperor announced to the world, and the Tang Emperor announced his abdication and abolished the throne. Empress Lixiao is the empress of the Tang Dynasty.

As soon as the news came out. As early as two years ago, the publicly-funded civilian schools built by Zhen Mingku across the country made the operation of the national system a compulsory curriculum, so that the whole people could know and participate in the country's politics and the rule of law.

Coupled with the prestige he has accumulated over the years, when an order is given, the whole people respond, although this is a big matter. But it didn't cause any turmoil, and the handover went smoothly.

……

In a small two-story house in the south of Longmen Town, Luoyang. Bright lights shine through the room.

The laughter of children was heard, and it was full of warm flavor.

The lotus pond next to the house is full of lotus flowers, and in the summer night, there are bursts of lotus fragrance, and crickets and frogs compete with each other.

The vegetable patch is full of green vegetables, and the chickens, ducks and geese in the fence have fallen asleep.

A sturdy figure with a bag on his back appeared at the door of the house, pushed open the gate of the courtyard and walked in.

He snuck over to the bathroom window on the first floor, gently poked open a layer of window paper with his fingers, and leaned closer.

The bathroom was steamy, and a slender figure stood with his back to the direction of the window, standing under the lotus shower, gently wiping his body.

The white snow skin and the beautiful buttocks like a hill bag are looming in the foam of the shower gel, and a beautiful beauty is bathing.

The aroma of shower gel wafted out of the window.

The man outside the window took a deep breath, a look of great enjoyment on his face, and swallowed hard.

At this time, a woman's voice came from the bathroom door: "Sister Zhang, the goose goose said that I want to wash with you." ”

The woman in the bathroom turned around, covered the moving scenery on her chest with a towel, walked to the bathroom door, opened the door, and a sleek little girl giggled and ran in, pounced on her, hugged her with her hands tightly A pair of round and beautiful legs, her face was buried between her legs, her face rubbed for a while, causing the woman to eat and laugh, hugged her, and pinched her little nose with a loving face, "Leather girl, didn't you say that you want to wash it with your mother?" ”

"No, I have to wash it with my aunt, and the goose goose will help my aunt wipe her back."

"Then I really want to thank you."

"Oh, you're welcome, can mom come in and wash too?"

"You call her in."

"Mom, you're here too!"

Another woman laughed outside the door and said, "Where can there be so many people, I'll wash it when you're done." ”

The little girl broke free from the woman's arms, ran out of the bathroom, and pulled her into the bathroom, and the woman laughed and cursed, but did not refuse, and took off her clothes and soaked in the bathtub with her.

The bathtub was huge, just right to squeeze into two people, the little girl ran and jumped into the bathtub, and the water overflowed, and the little girl laughed heartily and clapped her hands.

"Daddy would come and take a bath together."

Zhang smiled and said, "Where is his place?" ”

The little girl tilted her head and thought, "Daddy hugs Auntie, Aunt hugs Goose Goose." ”

"What about your mother?"

"Mommy helps Daddy wipe his back."

Another woman smiled and asked, "Why can't you help your dad wipe his back?" ”

"No, Daddy wants to help the goose wipe his back."

"Is the order wrong?"

Little Goose tilted her head when she heard this.

The man standing outside the window looked at the warm scene in the bathroom, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, turned around and secretly opened the door and entered the house.

While they were having a good time in the bathroom, they slipped into the bathroom.

……

Squeezed into the obviously somewhat crowded bathtub, the two girls blushed and couldn't help but be excited and happy.

Xiao Zhen Ge smiled very happily, she hadn't seen Zhen suffer for a long time.

"Daddy, help the goose wipe his back."

"Okay, let Daddy see if my little goose eats obediently. There is no long meat. ”

"It's long, you touch!" Zhen Ge straightened up her bulging little belly.

Zhang and eldest grandson Belle watched as the two fathers and daughters frolicked in the bathtub, splashing water on each other. There was a happy look in his eyes.

They glanced at each other, secretly got up from the bathtub, rinsed themselves, and went out of the bathroom, leaving the two father and daughter in the bathroom talking fairy tales.

……

In the dead of night, Zhen finally coaxed Zhen Ge to sleep and helped her close the door. Turn around and walk towards the roof.

Opening the door, Zhang and his eldest grandson Belle sat on the swing on the roof of the building, looking at the stars in the sky. Whispering.

He walked gently to the two women, squeezed in between them, and reached out to wrap his arms around their waists, and the two women turned around. Look at his side face. With joy and shyness in his eyes.

"Let the two ladies wait for a long time, from today on, they are free for their husbands, and they promised you, and they will fulfill their promises one by one, say, where do you want to go?"

The two women said in unison: "Maldives." ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "Okay, it will start tomorrow." For the husband to take you to visit the famous mountains and rivers, to the first stop around the world. Maldives, Tomorrow...... Two ladies, it's late at night, let's rest early, the two ladies promised me, but I can't go back. ”

The two girls giggled when they heard this, broke free from his arms, escaped from his reach, pointed at each other and said in unison: "Let Sister Belle (Sister Zhang) accompany you, I'm sleepy." ”

With that, they went downstairs and went back to their respective rooms.

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly, and once the thoughts in his heart surged, he was out of control, and said to himself: "You promised me, how can you regret it, this family has the final say for the husband, see where you run away." ”

After saying that, he turned around and chased after him with a burning heart.

……

Zhen Minghard drove a fully equipped and comfortable station wagon, walking on the flat concrete road, and the two women sat in the carriage, enjoying the scenery along the way, all the way to the direction of Jiangdu City.

When passing by the foot of Dengfeng Songshan Mountain, Zhang's whim proposed to go to Songshan Shaolin Temple to see.

Zhen Mingku suddenly remembered that she met Shan Yunying in Luoyang two years ago, what she had told him, Shan Yunying asked him to go to Shaolin Temple, and he didn't take it seriously at that time, but now that he thinks about it, he can't help but be a little curious.

Thinking that I haven't seen the net abbot for so many years, I don't know if he is still alive now, by the way, ask him about the whereabouts of Tongshi, Tongshi went down the mountain to find Zhang's privately, if he knew that Zhang's was not dead, I don't know how happy he would be.

Over the years, it has been like a family member, and now that he is leaving the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will be many years before he comes back, and if he can be brought with him, it is naturally the best.

So, a family of five, Zhen Mingku held Xiao Zhen Tian in one hand and Xiao Zhen Goose in the other, followed behind the two women with a sad face, watching them walk up the mountain easily, but he still had to carry a lot of travel bags, which were filled with food and water, and he became a free coolie and a dad.

……

There was a bell for a meal in the Shaolin Temple in the middle of the mountain.

A huge figure rushed out of the temple, the fat on his body shook like a wave, looking for something everywhere in the Shaolin Temple, and there were words in his mouth: "Two little tricks, come to eat, where are you going to play......"

While the fat monk was looking around in the temple, on the mountain behind the Shaolin Temple, two five-year-old children were hiding in a corner, covering each other's mouths and giggling.

The little girl had two cute pigtails on her head, and her face was full of meat, and she had the temperament of a master and apprentice with the fat monk.

The little boy's face was covered with mud, and his eyes were clear and bright, flashing with a cunning that did not correspond to his age.

"Brother, let's eat."

"I don't eat, I'm still full."

The little girl was a little worried when she heard this, "If you don't eat, you won't have the strength to practice." ”

The little boy poked her head gently, "If you eat again, you will become a big fat girl, see if you can marry or not......"

As soon as the little girl's mouth was flattened, tears were in her eyes and she was about to cry, and the little boy hurriedly coaxed: "You can get married, you can get married, you can marry a big fat man like all." ”

The little girl tilted her head and thought about it, thinking that it was not bad to marry a big fat man, at least she would not be hungry, and she burst into laughter.

At this moment, a pleasant woman's voice came from outside the hiding place of the two: "Life is hard, life is good, it's time to eat, don't come out quickly, if your father and mother can't see you when they come, you can't blame me for not reminding you......"

"Aunt Frost!"

When the two children heard this, they ran out of their hiding place with a look of surprise on their faces, ran towards the woman, and threw themselves into her arms......

A familiar figure appeared in front of the two children, it was Ling Shuang, who had been away for two years, with long hair and no clothes, no fat powder, two years of green light ancient Buddha cultivation, making her look so tranquil and calm, she stepped forward and hugged the two, looking at the direction of the mountain, with a sweet and warm smile on her face.

"Your father and mother have come looking for you."

(End of the book) (To be continued......)