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Chapter 331 The Ritual of Murder

The significance of the general military parade is to let the emperor understand that he is the real commander of these armies.

Everyone here is fighting with his will as the direction.

Therefore, the point will not be left in the hands of others.

Li Zhi pushed down the Qinglong, Suzaku, White Tiger, and Xuanwu flags representing the southeast and northwest one by one, and the armies of the four directions immediately followed the drums beaten by Li Zhi's order, marched, formed formations, or interspersed, or pretended to confront each other.

This is a performing military exercise, but it fully expresses Li Zhi's significance as the highest officer of the Tang army.

Li Ji stood in the front wearing an old armor, and beside him was Cheng Yaojin, whose armor was not new either.

Behind the two of them are Su Dingfang and Zheng Rentai, veterans. Although they all have fluttering white beards, they set off the solemnity of this formation.

A beautiful court lady like a vixen knelt in front of Li Zhi holding a golden cup. Li Zhi picked up a golden pot and poured wine into the golden cup. He drank the gold cup in one gulp.

"Whoever believes in me drinks wine!"

"Throw a cup to those who don't believe me!"

"The golden pot held in the emperor's hand is a yin and yang pot, which contains fine wine and poisonous wine.

There is a mechanism on the handle of the pot. Whoever the emperor wants to die can drink poisonous wine, and whoever the emperor trusts can drink fine wine...

During Gaozu's period, many generals died under this flagon. Liu Wenjing was worried that Pei Ji would entrap him and asked Emperor Gaozu to give him a glass of poisoned wine.

In the end, Gaozu was punished for treason and died in the execution ground.

In addition, more than half of the former Eighteenth Route Anti-kings who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty died under this flagon.

Including Sheng Yanshi, whose martial arts even surpassed that of Qin Qiong, Yi Guogong, the number one warrior of the Tang Dynasty.

Every time a military parade is ordered, one or two will always be poisoned to death, but I don't know who will be poisoned to death today. "

Hearing Pei Xingjian talk about this secret past, Yun Chu, who thought it was an honor to drink in a golden cup, felt a chill in his heart.

Perhaps, the process of giving wine was just to warn people like Yunchu who didn't take the Emperor of Tang seriously, and now it really worked.

After knowing the origin of the golden pot and the golden cup, Yunchu felt that he might not be able to be like Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and the others, picked up the wine glass and poured the wine into his stomach without hesitation.

Yun Chu really wanted to see someone fall to the ground and die immediately, so that he could gain some experience, and in case he was about to be poisoned to death in the future, what kind of posture would he use to have some face when he fell to the ground.

It's a pity that a large group of people stood in the cold wind for a cup of tea, and among the generals who were eligible to receive wine from the emperor, not a single person fell down, scratched their lungs and screamed.

Not one of them made Yunchu and Pei Xingjian very, very disappointed.

Seeing that Yunchu was looking at him, Pei Xingjian quickly explained: "This thing hasn't been used for a long time, at least it hasn't appeared since Emperor Taizong's reign."

Yun Chu nodded, expressing his acceptance of this explanation. After all, with the pride of Emperor Taizong, he really didn't bother to use this method to deal with his ministers. If he really didn't like someone, he could just pull out a knife and hack him to death.

Now, Li Zhi used it, but he didn't poison others to build his prestige. Yunchu thought it was a very clever political method.

On the one hand, he told the generals here that he could have dealt with them in the same way as Gaozu ruled the generals, but because he believed in the generals, he only gave good wine and did not kill anyone.

On the other hand, it is also to tell the generals here that if they don't know how to be grateful, next time, there may not be only good wine in the flagon, but no poisonous wine.

In short, Li Zhi himself admitted that he was not as reassuring and magnanimous to his generals as Emperor Taizong.

After a round of drinking, the gold cups were awarded to the generals, and the beauties who looked like vixen were also rewarded to the generals along with the wine glasses.

For example, Li Ji was allocated the most beautiful court lady, and the beauty behind Cheng Yaojin also looked good... The beauty behind Liang Jianfang was well-built, and she smiled like a fat fox.

Yunchu and Pei Xingjian looked at each other and said, "It's a pity."

Yun Chu asked: "After a while, if I succeed in capturing the flag, will there be any beauties to reward me?"

Pei Xingjian shook his head and said, "Beauties belong to the veterans. Young generals don't get beauties."

Yun Chu said regretfully, "It's a waste of everything."

Pei Xingjian smiled and said: "The beauties are bestowed on the veterans, in the hope that the gentleness they indulge in will die soon.

The reward is given to you and me, is it because we hope that there are not enough children in our families? "

Seeing that Lao Liang had started to knead that fat fox's butt, Yun Chu nodded, deeply agreeing with Pei Xingjian's words.

When the military parade reached this level, the original extremely solemn atmosphere disappeared. Li Zhi hugged two fox-like beauties and started joking with the veterans.

Tables and tables of wine and banquets were also placed on the high platform, and the emperor and veterans took their seats one after another. Accompanied by beauties, they began to watch the second and third dramas in front of the army.

The second and third sons play in front of the army. This is an old saying. In the Spring and Autumn Period, people were very polite. Before a big battle, they would first send out a few fierce generals to fight each other. The kings of the two sides watched from both sides.

This is called two or three sons playing in front of the army.

When fighting at that time, if the fierce general on your side chases and kills too fast, and the king on the other side does not run fast enough and is caught up, brother fierce general will salute the king and ask if he can be captured alive now.

If the king says no, Brother Mengjiang has to wait where he is, and when the king is far away, continue to chase, and ask again after catching up again.

After catching up for the third time, ask again, if the king still refuses to agree, Brother Mengjiang can ignore the difference in status and treat the king roughly.

However, once he is overtaken by the fierce general for the third time, the virtuous king will usually commit suicide, and the insolent king will surrender, waiting for his countrymen to use cities, or silk, and food after the war. Redeem him back.

In this process, the captured king will receive the same courtesy as the other party's honored guest.

Therefore, this second and third son playing in front of the army is a sentence that sounds ridiculous now, but it was strictly enforced in the Spring and Autumn Period. If the fierce general chased too fast and caused the king to fall off the chariot and get injured, he The king of the family will cut off the head of his fierce general without hesitation.

This is the ceremony!

The eunuch shouted at the whole army at the top of his voice: "The king has an order to order the second and third sons to play in front of the army."

As soon as the voice fell, a dark idiot rushed out from the team of Xiaowei riding a black horse, raised his horse and shouted loudly: "Who dares to fight against a certain family!"

Yunchu asked Pei Xingjian: "Who is this idiot?"

After looking at it for a while, Pei Xingjian said: "Guo Daizhao of Xiaowei, the second son of Guo Xiaoke, this man can be regarded as a man with both civil and military skills. Went to the Hongwen Museum.

The disadvantage is that he has a quick temper. Although the first one to rush out can impress His Majesty, if he doesn't perform well, it may only be a bad impression. It is unwise to be the first to fight. "

Yun Chu sighed and said, "I saw the blood left by his father and brother at the gate of Qiuci City. Judging from this person's current performance, his father and brother died in vain."

When Yunchu and Pei Xingjian were squatting on the warm brick kiln, drinking hot soup and whispering, a person rushed out from the emperor's personal guards. They took a closer look and found that it was Xue Rengui.

"A certain family came to fight you." Xue Rengui rushed under the high platform on a tall white horse.

This guy was yelling at Guo Daizhao, but his eyes were looking in the direction of Yunchu and Pei Xingjian.

Yunchu put down the soup bowl and said to Pei Xingjian: "The two of us have no plans to end, why is he watching us?"

Pei Xingjian said quietly: "The second and third sons called by the eunuch just now include the two of us."

"You mean the two of us are going to play too?"

"Yeah, the higher the ranking, the higher the ranking will be when leading the team.

Of course, if the main general is unwilling to fight, it is also possible to send a deputy general. Who is your deputy general? "

Yun Chu took a look at Zhang Jia who was standing on another brick kiln with his men and said, "It's Zhang Jia!"

Pei Xingjian laughed, patted Yunchu on the shoulder and went to his team. At this time, his deputy Wang Fangyi had already organized the army formation, where there were many spears.

The battle under the platform has already started, or it is already over. Xue Rengui used a huge mace to smash Guo Daizhao's horse for five or six feet away with one stick. When he was in the stirrup, he grabbed the long hair on the neck of Guo Daizhao's horse, and with the help of his horse's strength and heavy body, he toppled Guo Daizhao's horse, then jumped off the horse, and grabbed Guo Daizhao's harness. Jiasi sash, grabbing him out from under the fallen horse.

Guo Daizhao, who was dancing with his hands up, turned around in a small area, and threw him on the injured horse. Although Guo Daizhao couldn't fall to death, he probably shattered Guo Daizhao's full of ambition.

Xue Rengui's strength, arrogance, and practical fighting skills are full of praise even by the veterans sitting on the high platform.

Xue Rengui was Li Zhi's guard, so after Xue Rengui defeated Guo Daizhao in a crushing manner, Li Zhi smiled very proudly.

He also said to Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin who were sitting on both sides of him: "You two lovers, how about this general under my command?"

Cheng Yaojin said with a smile: "It has already surpassed the prime of life of the old minister."

Li Ji laughed and said, "This is just the beginning. After defeating Yunchu and Pei Xingjian, it won't be too late to boast."

Li Zhi recalled the scene he saw on Zhuque Street a while ago, nodded and said, "Yinggong is very right, but I don't know if there are any heroes in this army who can make my eyes shine."

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