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Chapter 798 Chapter 817: Li Hao's funeral
It is very rare for the emperor to attend the funeral of a subject, unless the subject is extremely important to the court, such as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other humerus important officials, Li Shimin attended their funerals, and only ministers of this level, Only then can the emperor come to pay his respects.

Now that Li Zhi has come, it means that Li Hao is absolutely qualified to be called the Humerus Minister of the Tang Dynasty. When Li Zhi arrived, everyone saluted, and Li Zhi waved his hands solemnly to make them flatten.

Li Hong also specially stepped forward to salute Li Zhi. After all, he is the prince and has a different status. Li Zhi has no time to talk to Li Hong for the time being, so he asked him to step aside first, and then he came to Li Hao's mourning hall. He lit three sticks of incense, bowed to Li Hao's spirit image three times in a row, and then handed the incense to Li Zhi. Li Zhi actually wanted to light the incense himself to salute, but he is the Ninth Five-Year Lord, so he can't ask anyone. When people salute, even if the deceased is the greatest, he is not as great as the emperor. At this time, Li Zhi hated him a bit, why he would be the emperor, his good brother died, and he didn't even have the chance to pay respects to him.

Li Zhi personally stepped forward to insert the incense into the incense burner, then walked in front of Li Ping, and said slowly: "My condolences will change."

Li Ping took his sisters and children together to salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Li Zhi raised his head slowly, because he felt his tear glands surging, and seemed to want to cry again, trying to force back the tears, then turned around and said, "Remember the eulogy!"

The eulogy was written on a bright yellow scroll, but it was not considered an imperial decree. It was just a decree. It was the decree written by Li Zhi on the scroll that wrote the imperial decree. It had not been approved by any department and had no legal effect.

Xu You unfolded the scroll and read aloud: "A hero descended from the sky to the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong bestowed the poet Kuang, on the [-]th, the plague was quelled, on the [-]th, the frontiers were guarded, [-] Hulu cavalry were hard to beat, and [-] sons of men were hard to beat. Give to the young man..."

Li Zhi is not a great Confucianist, so naturally he can't write a eulogy with great literary talent, but he wrote this eulogy with all his heart. Since Li Hao quelled the plague at the age of 14, he listed all his achievements in this life. He really didn't say no I know, I was shocked when I said it, and I read a eulogy for a long time. Before I knew it, Li Hao had made so many great achievements. The most important thing was that Li Hao was only in his thirties. It is unimaginable that so many great achievements have been made.

After the eulogy was finished, the audience was silent. After a long time, Li Zhicai said slowly: "Although Shi Kuang's life is short, he devoted himself to the Tang Dynasty and made outstanding achievements. I..."

Suddenly, a figure ran in hastily, everyone was stunned, and Li Zhi also stopped, looking at him in astonishment, because it was Xue Rengui who came.

Xue Rengui is the governor of Youzhou, who is in charge of military and political power. His status is extremely sensitive. Without the emperor's order, he must not leave his post without authorization, otherwise it will be a serious crime.

However, Xue Rengui did this, and even met Li Zhi. It was like the employees in the company hid and slept during working hours, and just happened to be seen by the boss.

Both of them were taken aback, Xue Rengui just remembered, no wonder there were so many Jinwu Guards and Habayashi Army inside and outside the villa just now, it turned out that the emperor was here, just now he was anxious and had no time to think about it, now he knows, it's over .

Everyone else thought the same way. Xue Rengui was finished. As the governor of a state, he left his post without permission and was met by the emperor himself. He probably died a miserable death.

"See the emperor." Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, then bowed to Li Zhi.

"Pingshen." Li Zhi raised his hand and asked, "Xue Qing, why are you here?"

Xue Rengui nodded and said: "The emperor forgives the sin. Shi Kuang and the minister are brothers and sisters. After learning that Shi Kuang passed away, the minister... the minister was deeply saddened, and came here to express condolences. I know that I have committed a serious crime. I also ask the emperor to wait for the minister to pay homage. ask for guilt."

Li Zhi was silent when he heard the words. He could understand the anxiety and grief in Xue Rengui's heart, because he was in such a mood, and he didn't want to blame Xue Rengui for this. Leaving his post to express his condolences to Li Hao proved that he valued his friendship, so he said calmly: "Leave after the worship, don't stay longer, don't make an example."

"Thank you, Majesty Long En!" Xue Rengui was very excited when he heard this.

Li Zhi took two steps back and let Xue Rengui go to offer incense.

Xue Rengui went to offer incense to Li Hao, and then condolences to Li Hao's wife and children. He actually had a lot to say, but now that the emperor is here, it is inconvenient to say it, and the emperor also said, let him go after worshiping, So he turned and left.

In fact, this is not to blame Li Zhi. The reason why Li Zhi asked him to leave after worshiping, and not to stay longer, is that he does not want too many people to know about Xue Rengui leaving his post without permission, otherwise some interested people will know and go to impeach him. Even if you want to protect him, you can't.

As for the officials present, they naturally wouldn't say anything because they had no problem with their brains. After all, Li Zhi even forgave Xue Rengui on the spot, so they still don't understand what that means.

Watching Xue Rengui leave, Li Zhi sighed silently. Youdao means that things flock together and people are divided into groups. From the people who came to the funeral, you can see what kind of person Li Hao is. First of all, most of the people Li Hao associates with are honest. People with great integrity, such as Wei Zheng, Xue Rengui, Ma Zhou, Sun Bowang, Qin Qiong, etc., are all famous for their integrity.

Secondly, most of the people that Li Hao made friends with were people who valued friendship. Among the generals who came this time, most of them were people who valued friendship, especially Xue Rengui and Qin Qiong.

Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Hao's spirit image, and secretly said, "Poetry Maniac, the greatest blessing in my life is knowing you."

At this time, the seven-year-old Li Hong suddenly stepped forward and saluted Li Zhi: "Father, aunt..."

Li Zhi quickly gave him a hard look, and Li Hong shut up in fright, because Li Zhi knew that he was going to talk about Li Mingda, how could such a thing be said here.

Then Li Zhi took Li Hong's hand and said, "Let's go out with Father Huang." After saying that, he left the mourning hall.

After leaving the crowd, Li Zhi asked Li Hong in a low voice: "What's the matter, aunt?"

Li Hongdao: "Master is gone, aunt is sad, crying in the house every day, her eyes are swollen."

Li Zhi sighed sadly when he heard the words, what a sinful fate.

At this time, Li Ping suddenly followed, walked up to Li Zhi, and saluted Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, do you want to meet the princess?"

Li Zhi nodded, and said: "Well, I will trouble my mistress to lead the way." There was no one around, so he called Li Ping his mistress.

"Don't dare, Your Majesty, please follow me." Li Ping nodded slightly, and led Li Zhi to the courtyard where Li Mingda lived.

On the way, Li Ping felt uneasy. Li Hong was his son. Because of Li Hao, she had finally asked Li Zhi to come and live with her. Now that Li Hao was gone, she was very afraid that Li Zhi would take Li Hong away. She really wanted to ask Li Zhi what he thought, but she didn't dare to ask.

We were almost at the courtyard where Li Mingda lived. Li Ping knew that if he didn't ask, he would lose his chance, so he finally plucked up his courage and asked, "Your Majesty, Hong'er is so cute and smart. Will you make Princess Jinyang happy by staying with Princess Jinyang?" Little, I don't know if the emperor can let Hong'er stay in the mansion, the concubine must find the best husband to teach him."

Li Zhi was taken aback when he heard the words, he couldn't help but stop, and turned to look at Li Hong, and Li Hong also turned to look at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi also began to think in his heart. At the beginning, he let Li Hong go to Li Hao's mansion because he was worried that Wu Meiniang would harm Li Hong. He was not afraid of [-] but just in case. It is not bad to let Li Hong stay here, but out of selfishness, He was afraid that Li Hong would be wronged here. After all, he was in someone else's house, and he still wanted his son to follow him, which was a bit embarrassing.

So he asked Li Hong: "Hong'er, do you want to go back to the palace?"

Li Hong thought for a while, and said: "Hong'er thinks it's good to live here with Mr., although Mr. is gone, but the teacher's wife is very kind to Hong'er, better than Li Tu and the others, and my aunt is also kind to Hong'er, Brother Li Tu They also took good care of Honger, and took Honger to play and do farm work in the fields... Honger likes this place very much."

Li Zhi was relieved when he heard this, nodded, and said: "Then you can stay here."

Li Ping couldn't be happier when she heard that, her son could stay with her, so she was naturally happy.

When he came to Li Mingda's room, Li Zhi knocked on the door, and the door opened. He saw Li Mingda standing behind the door with red and swollen eyes. Seeing Li Zhi, Li Mingda was obviously taken aback, and then saluted: "Brother Zhinu."

Li Zhi's heart warmed for no reason when he heard the words Zhinu brother. This is Li Mingda's special name for him. It has been many years since he heard it. It feels so warm.

Li Mingda invited Li Zhi to enter the room, Li Zhi shook his head and said, "The room is boring, let's go out for a walk."

Li Mingda came out as he said, Li Ping led Li Hong away consciously, and a group of Jin Wu guards stood outside the courtyard, not letting anyone approach.

Li Ping led Li Hong back to the mourning hall, and suddenly saw a group of Habayashi soldiers surrounding a person in the courtyard with swords drawn.

Li Ping didn't know her, but Turandot did. He hurried to Li Ping's side and said eagerly, "Sister, this woman...husband knows her, so let the Habayashi army not do anything."

Li Ping wondered: "How can I mobilize the Yulin army?"

At this time, Li Yuanzhong heard the words and said: "Since this woman is an old friend of King Qiongnan, then I will ask."

Li Yuanzhong walked to the courtyard, clasped his fists to Hu Ke and said, "Who is your Excellency? Why did you cover your face with a black veil and carry weapons to break into King Qiongnan's villa."

Hu Ke took off his hat, and said calmly: "I am Li Hao's old friend, I came to pay my respects when I learned of his death."

Li Yuanzhong said: "Since he is an old friend of King Qiongnan, of course he can worship, but please put down your weapons first."

With a wave of Hu Ke's hand, the long sword pierced the ground with its scabbard. She hung the bamboo hat on the hilt and asked, "Can I go in now?"

Li Yuanzhong nodded, and shouted loudly: "Everyone spread out first, let her in."

All the Habayashi soldiers retreated one after another, but their tense posture remained unchanged, because Hu Ke exuded a very dangerous aura, which made them feel very uneasy.

Hu Ke strode into the mourning hall, looked at Li Hao's spirit image, his eyes flickered, and tears flowed down.

Seeing this, Li Ping was startled: "Could it be that this woman is also a romantic debt owed by my husband outside?"

(End of this chapter)