Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Zhi and Empress Wu attached great importance to tonight's palace banquet.

The glory of the congratulations from all directions is also a matter that must be treated solemnly for the Suzerain Shangguo. This is related to the image of the Tang Dynasty. The more Suzerain Shangguo, the more he cares about face.

After Li Zhi issued the imperial edict to hold a palace banquet, Empress Wu was in a hurry.

As the queen in charge of the palace, she had to do everything by herself for such an important palace banquet, taking care of every detail.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Empress Wu finally finished her work and returned to Anren Hall with a tired face.

Li Zhi was also in Anren Hall, listening to the eunuch's report with a calm expression.

"Because I have to go fishing with my son, so I don't have time to attend the palace banquet?" Li Zhi twitched his lips and murmured: "It really is Jing Chu's style. Think about it carefully, he is really such a person."

Empress Wu, who had just returned to Anren Hall, also heard the eunuch's words. She quickly glanced at Li Zhi's expression and saw that he did not show any anger. It’s not just pretending, His Majesty don’t blame him.”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "I'm not that small-minded, why should I blame him for such a thing?"

Immediately, Li Zhi sighed leisurely, and said, "It's just that those envoys from the Tubo and Japanese kingdoms are going to be disappointed tonight."

Empress Wu's eyes flickered: "Why are they disappointed?"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "The Minister of Honglu Temple reported to me that the envoys of various countries came to Beijing, and after the envoys of Tubo and Japan presented the tribute, the first thing they did was to ask Li Qinzai, the Duke of Weinan County."

Empress Wu was slightly surprised: "Why?"

"Let's not talk about the country of Wa. Li Qinzai has a hatred with them for destroying the country. Now the Tang Dynasty has nearly [-] troops stationed in the country of Wa. Even the guards of their lord's palace are taken over by our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. All of these are thanks to Jingchu. .”

Li Zhi said, with a look of incomprehension in his eyes: "But what makes me strange is that Jing Chu clearly has a hatred for the country to destroy the country..."

"But the officials of Honglu Temple told me that when the Japanese envoys mentioned Jing Chu, their expressions were extremely submissive, even a little worshipful, and there was no trace of hatred at all. It stands to reason that they and Jing Chu should be incompatible with each other. Makes me wonder."

Empress Wu blinked, but she didn't understand why the Japanese envoy behaved like this.

After hesitating for a while, Empress Wu said in a low voice: "Could it be that it was just pretending? Because the Tang Dynasty has completely controlled the Wa Kingdom, they dare not speak out, and can only pretend to be respectful..."

"Your Majesty, don't you know that Goujian, King of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, was extremely respectful to Fuchai, King of Wu, even after his family and country were ruined? My concubine feels that the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom are a little bit of a taste today."

Li Zhi laughed: "The empress analogy is really..."

Immediately, Li Zhi's smile gradually faded, and he said: "However, the obedience of the Japanese envoys should be vigilant. I am worried that their obedience is just a fake. If after seeing Jing Chu, he loses his guard and takes the opportunity to treat him He assassinated..."

Empress Wu nodded: "Your Majesty's worry is not unreasonable, you should send the palace servants to Ganjingzhuang to remind Jingchu."

"Your Majesty, the Tubo envoys also want to meet Jingchu, why?"

Li Zhi laughed again: "At the beginning of the battle of Tuyuhun, Jing Chu suffered a great loss from their prime minister, Lu Dongzan, and almost became a prisoner of our Tang Dynasty. Lu Dongzan's order, maybe there is something to tell Jing Chu."

Speaking of which, Li Zhi sighed with a smile: "Obviously it was a palace banquet hosted by me. For some reason, the protagonist became Jing Chu, and envoys from all over the world circled around him. Jing Chu can't be at the palace banquet tonight. I'm afraid it will be very difficult." Spoiler."

Empress Wu suddenly became serious, bowed to Li Zhiying, and said: "The concubine is happy for your majesty. Before your majesty made a move, just a courtier of the Tang Dynasty has deeply shocked all countries in the world, and made the Tang Dynasty far away. Four Seas is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty, and for His Majesty."

Li Zhi narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Queen, you have become more and more talkative recently..."

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Ganjingzhuang.

The harvest of the father and son's fishing today... It's hard to describe.

When they went there, they were full of ambitions. The father and son held their heads high and held their heads high. They agreed to catch one and grilled one. It was like a buffet.

When they arrived at the Weihe River, Li Qinzai dug a hole in the ice, set up the fishing rod, Qiaoer was busy moving stones, setting up a simple barbecue grill, and even burned the dry firewood and charcoal, waiting for the fish to take the bait and kill them immediately Do.

However, the reality is not only skinny, it is a skeleton.

The father and son waited eagerly for more than an hour, but still hadn't waited for the fish to bite the hook.

This is embarrassing, especially in front of his son, Li Qinzai feels that his father's dignity has been challenged.

The father in the eyes of the son must be omnipotent, he should be a superman, he should be a fairy.

If you can't even catch a fish, what will you do in the future?
Two hours later, the fish basket was still empty, Qiao'er looked at him with suspicion, and Li Qinzai couldn't calm down anymore.

"Go, go home and get the firecracker you secretly hid, don't tell me you didn't hide it, I'm just too lazy to expose you." Li Qinzai ordered.

Qiao'er looked embarrassed, got up and ran to another courtyard.

Li Qinzai added a few words loudly later, and asked him to bring some oil paper and lead wires by the way.

Not long after, Qiao'er ran back in a hurry, panted heavily, and took out a large number of firecrackers from his arms. Li Qinzai couldn't help being shocked, knowing that this guy must have hidden a lot of firecrackers, but he didn't Thinking of hiding so much, it is simply a walking gunpowder depot.

"You..." Li Qinzai couldn't help but said, "You don't want to be a Nobel Prize when you grow up, do you?"

Qiao'er was puzzled and said, "Father, what is Nobel?"

"A guy who likes to play with dynamite..." Li Qinzai was a little worried, but he couldn't tell the child directly that you can't do this or that. It would easily arouse his rebellious psychology, and he must do it if he doesn't let him do it.

Gather Qiao'er's privately stored firecrackers, pick out five or six, tie them with fishing lines, then lengthen their lead wires, and finally wrap the firecrackers with oiled paper so that only the lead wires are exposed.

Holding this super cannon, Li Qinzai couldn't help but feel a little trembling.

Before coming to the ice hole on the river, put the firecracker into the water, be careful not to let the lead wire touch the water, and extend the elongated lead wire all the way to the shore.

Finally Li Qinzai ignited the fuse, and when the fuse made a snorting sound, Li Qinzai turned around and led Qiao'er and ran wildly into the distance.

Qiao'er didn't show any fear at all, but showed excitement and ran very happily, like a pastoral dog chasing rabbits in the field.

Suddenly there was a loud bang behind him, and the artillery battle exploded, stirring up a water column more than ten feet high.

The surrounding land seemed to shake a few times at that moment.

Qiao'er looked at Li Qinzai in disbelief, and stammered, "Father, that's...so amazing!"

"The firecracker battle can still be played like this, my child will!"