Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 245 Zhenguan’s new year drama!

Since their separation in Xiaonian, Qin Tian and Li Shimin have not seen each other.

On the one hand, as the New Year is approaching, there are too many things that Li Shimin needs to deal with personally, so he has no time to leave the palace.

On the other hand, it was also because Qin Tian went out and was not in Chang'an City.

After the previous inner demon problem was solved, Muchun's cultivation path basically had no problems.

It's just that sometimes it is necessary to refine some elixirs to relieve Muchun's injuries.

So every once in a while, Qin Tian would go out in person and visit famous mountains and rivers to refine elixirs for Muchun.

The materials needed this time are not very difficult to find, but some things are only available along the coast. Otherwise, Qin Tian could have given birth at home, and there was no need to go out to look for them.

Back and forth, Qin Tian left for only five days, and when he came back, the elixir needed by Muchun had been refined.

After taking the elixir, Muchun took care of himself for a few days, and his breath became much smoother.

After this training, Muchun's biggest change was his appearance.

Before, her hair was black based on Qin Tian's appearance, but she is a white dragon after all, and her black hair is obviously not her original look.

After this training, Muchun's hair was no longer black, but turned white.

Looking at Muchun's white hair, Qin Tian felt helpless.

"what happened?"

Muchun's face turned slightly red.

Originally, he could control these minute things, but because of problems in his cultivation, many things that she could originally do now become very difficult.

Take, for example, the issue of hair color.

If there were no other surprises, Muchun would most likely have to show off his white hair until his next breakthrough.

In other words, this is actually what the hair on her body looks like, and the black color before was just her own change.

"Master..." Muchun looked at Qin Tian pitifully.

"What are you doing?" Qin Tian said teasingly: "Master thinks your white hair is actually pretty good-looking, so it's good just like this."

People in the Chong Kingdom have white hair. Qin Tian is not just talking nonsense. It is rumored that Dayu's wife is the Qingqiu Nine-tailed Fox with white hair and childish face.

The translation of "Hefa Tongyan" means white-haired little lolita.

I have to say that Qin Tian quite likes Muchun's look.

"It doesn't look good..." Muchun faced Qin Tian pitifully: "Master, can you help me change the color? I don't like white."

Who can resist a pitiful little white-haired lolita looking at you with tears in her eyes?

At least Qin Tian couldn't refuse, not to mention that this was his apprentice.

So Qin Tian took action decisively and helped Muchun change the color.

After changing the color of her hair and eyebrows, Muchun felt significantly better and looked in the mirror for a long time.

After a while, she suddenly ran over and stared at Qin Tian: "Master..."

"Let's talk about it, what do you want to do this time?" Qin Tian said helplessly.

"The white one... is actually okay..." Muchun said a little coyly.

"..."

Finally, at Mu Chun's request, Qin Tian helped Mu Chun change the color of her hair to be lighter.

Not black, not white, not black and white, but a white similar to gray.

Qin Tian feels that this color is more like a color between gray and cyan.

"You're still being talked about, so don't say it." Qin Tian looked at Muchun and said, "Your aesthetics are indeed good."

"This color really looks much better."

Muchun was also very happy: "Really? Master, do you like it?"

Qin Tian's smile slowly faded.

He looked at Muchun seriously, and a strange thought did arise in his heart.

"Girl, your idea seems a bit dangerous..."

Qin Tian didn't say anything, but finally said slowly: "I quite like it."

After saying that, Qin Tian rubbed Muchun's head: "Let's go, today is New Year's Eve, it's very lively outside, Master will take you out for a walk."

New Year's Eve can be said to be the happiest time of the year for ordinary people.

But similarly, the Chinese New Year has been celebrated throughout the ages.

Because the end of every year is a hurdle - for the poor people, it is the end of the year.

Because it’s the end of the year, we have to buy new year’s goods, visit relatives, buy new clothes... The most important thing is that the end of the year is the coldest time.

If you can't bear it, you may be gone for the rest of your life.

That's why there is a saying about New Year's Eve.

Today's Tang Dynasty has long developed the habit of eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

People in the south eat glutinous rice balls, while people in the north eat dumplings.

Although the New Year's Eve is approaching, there are still many shops open on the streets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

The ancients were not fools. They would naturally launch promotional activities during holidays, but the situation naturally did not change as much as later generations.

In addition, the most common ones on the street are various charity stalls.

These porridge shacks that distribute food naturally provide cheap food such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. There are also some porridge shacks that are more generous and generous and distribute dumplings.

This kind of place is often the most popular!

After all, even in the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult for ordinary people to taste the taste of meat.

At this time, the meaty mutton dumplings and pork dumplings have undoubtedly become everyone's favorite food.

Lingxia, who is usually delicious, is not interested in these.

She is just greedy, but she is a tiger, not a pig, so naturally she cannot eat everything.

The free food was naturally not delicious, and could only be said to be barely edible.

As for the meat dumplings, Lingxia didn't like them either.

Because for the sake of flavor, a lot of fat is often added to the dumplings to enhance the flavor.

For people who rarely eat meat once in a while, it is a rare treat to have a mouth full of fat in one bite.

But Lingxia doesn't like this taste. She prefers small, tight dumplings made of pure lean meat.

The kind of dumplings that her little mouth can eat two in one bite!

So this time she was not interested in the free food distributed on the roadside.

Although you can’t pick and choose what you get for free, not all free food tastes very average.

For example, the dried potatoes and sweet potatoes that were distributed for free at Qinxian Taoist Temple had a hint of sweetness in them, so they naturally tasted very good.

Lingxia likes that kind of food.

"Master... what is that?" Lingxia pointed to the stall on the roadside and looked directly at Qin Tian.

"Want to eat? Master will buy it for you."

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On the night of New Year's Eve, although the palace was very lively, compared with previous years' banquets, this year's New Year's Eve dinner was considered simple.

Even so, Li Shimin was still a little dissatisfied and decided to lower the standard next year than this year.

New Year's Eve is a festive day. On this day, even the soldiers at the farthest border set off fireworks and had a meal of mutton dumplings.

This Chinese New Year is much more comfortable for most people than in previous years. There are fewer excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes this year, and by the end of the year, they will be able to save some money for the New Year.

With the sound of firecrackers a year old, the spring breeze sent warmth to Tusu.

It was the first time for Lingxia and Muchun to see fireworks since they turned into human form. The fireworks of this era were much simpler than those of later generations, but the advantage was that they were large enough.

On New Year's Eve, countless people gathered in Chang'an City to wait for the palace's fireworks show.

Since today is New Year’s Eve, even the curfew has been lifted for the first time in a long time.

Tonight is a day of fun with the people.

But Li Shimin couldn't be happy tonight, because he received news that there seemed to be some changes at the border.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the Tang Dynasty officially changed its reign to Zhenguan.

However, at the beginning of the new year, Datang once again ushered in a change.

Li Yi, whose original name was Luo Yi, was stationed in Zhuo County because of his repeated military exploits.

This person is cunning by nature, and although he is headstrong, he is unkind.

However, he was brave enough to attack and was good at martial arts and shooting. After he was stationed in Zhuojun, he called himself the general manager of Youzhou.

A few years ago, because of his great achievements, the imperial court gave him the surname Li and made him the King of Yan County.

It stands to reason that this person should have achieved great success and enjoyed endless glory and wealth throughout his life.

But this person's character flaws are so serious that no one takes him seriously.

And he stood in Li Jiancheng's team early. Perhaps because he heard some rumors, he was very rude to Li Shimin.

Even Li Shimin's cronies were beaten by Luo Yi for no reason when they came to his military camp.

If Li Jiancheng can successfully succeed to the throne, then with his act of showing loyalty, he will definitely be able to achieve a high status.

However, everything changed at Xuanwu Gate.

Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng and ascended to the throne.

Luo Yi never imagined that such a situation would arise. If he could, he would even be willing to lead Li Jiancheng and two others to charge at Xuanwu Gate that day, risking his life to protect his life.

But the result cannot be changed, Luo Yi can only accept this ending.

What a person is like is how he sees the world.

Li Shimin is tolerant and generous, and what he mainly shows is his own mind.

If Luo Yi acted honestly and did not make any mistakes, Li Shimin would definitely not touch him. After all, Luo Yi had military exploits and a great reputation.

In fact, Li Shimin didn't care about the past at all.

In his opinion, it was perfectly normal. Although Luo Yi did a bit too much, considering the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng at that time, Luo Yi's attitude of showing loyalty was understandable.

Then Wei Zheng didn't even say anything to persuade Li Jiancheng to get rid of him, let alone Luo Yi.

Li Shimin even gave rewards to many ministers, including Luo Yi.

His meaning is very obvious. I don't mind what happened in the past. You just need to do a good job for me from now on.

It stands to reason that it is indeed interesting enough for Li Shimin to do this.

But Luo Yi didn't think so at all. This person was narrow-minded and couldn't tolerate others at all.

Naturally, he also felt that Li Shimin could not tolerate him, and even felt that Li Shimin would definitely do something to him one day.

After several months of this panic, Luo Yi finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

It is rumored that there is a woman in Jiyin who can channel ghosts and cure diseases, and people from all over the world are deceived by her.

This woman was the Li family. One day, she came to Luo Yi's house and said to Luo Yi's wife Meng: "Concubines are precious to each other, and they must be treated as mothers to the world."

Mengshi was immediately happy, "My mother is the best in the world, doesn't this mean that she may become the empress dowager in the future?"

So Meng asked her to read Luo Yi's face again.

What this goddess said was even more outrageous: "The concubine is noble because of the king; the king is so beautiful that he will be promoted to a high position in ten days."

What she means is that the reason why you are able to be a mother in the world is all because of King Yan. King Yan’s nobility has burst out, and you will definitely be promoted within ten days!

Maybe the goddess just wanted to flatter him at first, or maybe it was for other reasons. In short, the goddess's horse was flattering.

When Luo Yi and his wife heard this, they immediately slapped their thighs and rebelled!

This also includes the contribution of Meng's persuasion.

Luo Yi was still a little hesitant at first. After all, rebellion is not a trivial matter and requires long-term planning.

But under Meng's instigation, Luo Yi himself had a desire to rebel, and he couldn't hold it in any longer.

He, Lao Li, can sit in this world, why can’t I do it?

Besides, Li Shimin may not have planned anything when it came to the Xuanwu Gate incident.

So Luo Yi slapped his thigh and immediately launched an army!

The New Year had just passed, it was only the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and Luo Yi started to take action.

Pretending to be entrusted with the secret edict, he marched his troops into the court and took advantage of the opportunity to mobilize his troops to occupy Youzhou.

This incident happened at the beginning of the new year, which made Li Shimin very angry.

It was only last year that someone released the Turks to threaten the country, and they started to rebel again this year?

This is just a slap in his face!

What's the meaning? You think I killed my brother to seize the throne in a bad way. Everyone wants to touch the tiger's butt, right?

So Li Shimin waved his hand and directly sent Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Jingde to lead troops to attack Luo Yi.

Judging from the transfer of personnel, it is enough to prove that Li Shimin is really angry, and he also attaches great importance to Luo Yi.

After all, this person is really good at fighting.

But the problem is that Li Shimin overestimated Luo Yi.

Before the imperial army arrived, two of Luo Yi's men discussed to kill Luo Yi.

There is no way, this guy is indeed unpopular.

And he has no righteousness either.

Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng to protect himself, and Li Yuan raised an army to attack the Sui Dynasty.

Why did you, Luo Yi, rebel?

Li Shimin is not kind to you. He just awarded you a reward and you turn around and start rebelling. What does this mean?

No one wants to be branded as ungrateful.

But unfortunately, the incident was leaked and one of them was caught on the spot.

Another person was outside the city at the time. He noticed something had changed and immediately led his troops to attack Luo Yi in a hurry.

He was unprepared and attacked in a hurry, feeling that he would definitely die.

But the result was shocking, Luo Yi was defeated on the spot!

It can only be said that Luo Yi overestimated his personality charm.

His own soldiers basically surrendered without any resistance.

Who is willing to risk their lives with him?

Luo Yi had no choice but to abandon his wife and children, and led hundreds of cavalry to flee to the Turks.

Now his only way out is to defect to the Turks, which is also the choice of many of Li Jiancheng's old troops.

When he arrived at the border of Ningzhou, the people who fled with him gradually disappeared.

This is a serious crime of rebellion. If there were people who were willing to give it a try before, there are no people who are even willing to give it a try now.

Isn't it good for the Tang Dynasty to go to that bitter and cold land of barbarians to suffer?

In the end, even his cronies couldn't stand it anymore and rebelled directly.

(End of this chapter)