A knife in love

Chapter 3277

When Li Zongyang said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "The more Li Longji thought about it, the more irritable he became, and he paced up and down the room. He said respectfully outside the door, the old slave Gao Lishi begged to see the emperor.

"Li Longji was startled, stopped hurriedly, and said loudly, come in and talk. After a while, Gao Lishi walked in, Chao Heng supported Li Mao and followed behind him, and the general Chen Xuanli walked last. The four of them His expression was dignified, and his expression was not very good-looking. Seeing the appearance of the four of them, Li Longji's heart tightened, and his expression became extraordinarily nervous.

"Gao Lishi and others walked up to Li Longji and knelt down on the ground together. Li Longji coughed twice, and said in his mouth, is the noble... Is the lowly maid dead? Gao Lishi said respectfully, report to the emperor, the traitor He had already hanged himself to death. After Li Longji heard what Gao Lishi said, his hanging heart finally returned to his stomach. He shook his body a few times, took two or three steps back, and fell into a chair. After a while, he She said slowly, okay, okay, this is the best. Before she, she committed suicide, can she leave any words?
"Li Longji said these two sentences extremely obscurely, and his voice was slightly hoarse. Gao Lishi took a peek at Li Longji, and then said in a deep voice, after seeing His Royal Highness Shou Wang, the treacherous concubine closed her eyes immediately, and then There was no words either. The old slave, His Highness Shou Wang, and General Chen sent you off... to send the treacherous concubine on the road, and after she passed away, moved her body to the courtyard, and after the emperor checked her body, General Chen and the five The famous Habayashi Military Academy took the body outside the courtyard. After the Habayashi sergeant saw the body, he thought there would be no more trouble.

"After hearing what Gao Lishi said, Li Longji's eyes were dull, he pondered for a moment, waved his right hand, and said slowly, there is no need for me to examine the corpse, and I will leave this matter to you to deal with. After Sergeant Habayashi saw the corpse , you go to find a hidden place to bury her body alive, and don't let wild beasts ruin her body.

"Gao Lishi respectfully agreed, then got up from the ground, turned to Chen Xuanli and said, General, let's go to work together. Chen Xuanli kowtowed three times to Li Longji, then got up, He and Gao Lishi went out together. Li Longji glanced at the longevity king Li Mao who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said slowly, you go back too. After you go back, you can rest assured that you will recover soon. Now Datang is facing The critical situation of life and death, you are the descendants of Emperor Taizong, it is time to stand up and turn the tide, don't be discouraged, and delay the military affairs.

"Li Mao kowtowed and agreed. Li Longji waved his hand, Chao Heng helped Li Mao up, and walked out of the house slowly. He only heard the thunderous cheers outside the yard. He thought all the soldiers were overjoyed to see Concubine Yang's body. There was a lot of noise. The chaos finally subsided. Early the next morning, Li Longji was about to continue westward under the guard of the Habayashi Army, when spies rushed to report that the rear soldiers led by Prince Li Heng were killed by the people. Stopped him, crying for the prince to stay, lead the crowd to defeat the rebels, and regain the two capitals. The prince was worried that the anger of the crowd would delay the emperor's trip, so he had to promise the people not to go west. The prince asked the emperor to rush to Shuzhong as soon as possible, and he comforted him. After the common people, go to the middle of Shu to join the emperor.

"At that time, Li Longji only thought about running for his own life, so how could he care about the prince and his party? So after hearing the spies' report, he didn't think much about it at all, and only cared about running westward. Without the fetters of the sisters of the Yang family, the team The people and horses escaped much faster. After leaving Maweipo, they went straight to Fufeng County, then went south to Chencang County, passed Dasan Pass, passed through Hechi County and Brazil County, and finally entered Shu County, and entered Chengdu without any danger. Only Li Longji Not long after arriving in Chengdu, he received the enthronement letter from Prince Li Heng. He was so angry that he almost went crazy, cursed in the palace, and threatened to summon the troops from all directions to kill Prince Li Heng.

"It turned out that after Prince Li Heng separated from Li Longji at Maweipo, he finally got rid of Li Longji's control, went northward to Shuofang, and finally arrived at Lingwu City, where he joined Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others. The generals thought that the emperor had fled to Shu. If the prince is in Lingwu, if he wants to lead various armies to a decisive battle with the rebels, he may not be able to subdue those arrogant soldiers only by relying on his status as the prince. Therefore, everyone persuaded Li Heng ascended the throne in Lingwu, and Yao respected Li Longji as the Supreme Emperor. In this way, he could justifiably dispatch troops and generals to conquer the rebels.

"Prince Li Heng initially said that he did not receive the emperor's decree and ascended the throne without authorization. What is the difference from usurping the throne? He refused to ascend the throne to be the emperor. However, all the officials tried to persuade him, and finally Li Xiang reluctantly agreed. After he ascended the throne, he issued the enthronement document to the world, and sent a copy to Li Longji who fled to the middle of Shu. What Li Longji valued most in his life was the authority of the emperor, otherwise He would not even kill his own son. Seeing Li Heng's enthronement document at this time, he was naturally furious, and immediately issued an imperial edict ordering all walks of life to conquer Li Heng. Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli tried hard to persuade Li Longji not to act like this, How could Li Longji be willing to listen? The two had no other choice, so they told Li Longji in a hurry that Jiannan Jiedu Envoy and Chengdu City Guard had already congratulated Prince Li Heng. I'm afraid that before the imperial edict was sent out of Chengdu City, the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Jiedu Envoy and Chengdu City Guard had already broken through the palace.

"It was only then that Li Longji realized that he had been fooled by Prince Li Heng. He was anxious and angry. After thinking over and over again, he had to swallow his anger and live in Chengdu. Later, Emperor Suzong relied on Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and other generals to defeat Anlu Mountain. , Shi Siming rebels, regained the two capitals, and brought Li Longji back to Chang'an. However, Li Longji became the Supreme Emperor, lost all his authority, and was sent to live in Xingqing Palace by the great eunuch Li Fuguo. In fact, he was no different from a prisoner. Until now Only then did Li Longji know what it was like for Emperor Gaozu to be the Supreme Emperor, and he regretted it. Thinking of the past decades, and remembering the benefits of Concubine Yang Gui, he felt guilty and asked Gao Lishi to send his confidant eunuch to Maweipo To collect the body of Concubine Yang. Only a few eunuchs went to Maweipo, found the place where Concubine Yang was buried, and found that there was only one piece of Yu Ruyi in the grave, and there was no Concubine Yang's body at all. Seeing this situation, several eunuchs were shocked and helpless He had no choice but to rush back to Chang'an City to return. Li Longji heard that Concubine Yang's body had disappeared, so he ran for his life in a hurry and failed to bury Concubine Yang's body properly, causing her body to be eaten by wild animals. It was an annoyance that he soon fell ill and finally died in the Xingqing Palace. A generation of foolish emperors died just like this, and the Great Tang Dynasty has since declined and will never be able to return to heaven."

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