Chapter 1267 Urgent Visit to the Old Sword

Chapter 1267 Urgent Visit to the Old Sword

Friendship is friendship, but business matters must be discussed on a case-by-case basis. Although Li Tai had a deep friendship with Gao Zhongmi, he also knew that this second uncle Gao was not a generous and benevolent person, and had a rather extreme and narrow personality. Otherwise, he would not have defected to the Western Wei Dynasty in anger and triggered a series of subsequent events. .

Li Tai also knew very well that although Gao Zhongmi had enjoyed a comfortable life in Guanzhong over the years, he might not be able to completely let go when he recalled the story, and he still didn't know what kind of resentment he had accumulated about the personnel affairs in Hebei. The situation in Hebei is currently being settled. If he is allowed to return home and dominate, we don't know what kind of human disturbances will arise, so it is better to do less than to do more.

Gao Zhongmi was used to listening to Li Tai's words, but now that their status has changed dramatically, their attitude has naturally become more respectful. When he heard the emperor so straightforwardly revealing his thoughts, he couldn't help laughing. Xuanji said again: "The sage knows me very well, and I do have this plan in my heart. But since the sage has already had the idea, I will no longer try hard to offend him."

At this point, he paused for a moment, then sighed and said: "Now the great divide between the East and the West has been bridged into one by the great power of the saint. It is unknown when the broken old relationship will be able to be reunited as before? The saint should know that in the old year, the family suffered a small loss in the tiger's prison. , although they have returned one after another, there are still people who are wandering away. I am a worldly person who is obsessed with old feelings. Now I want to return home, and half of my thoughts are to find the old sword! "

After Li Tai heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect Gao Zhongmi to be so in love with him, and he still misses his ex-wife Li.

I think that back then, he abandoned his first wife Cui for the Li family, thus offending his uncle Cui Xian. Later, he made a grudge against Gao Cheng because of the Li family, so that he defected to the Western Wei Dynasty. As a result, his life was ups and downs, and his family was ruined. He still talks about it to this day. Therefore, the love between swords is deep, and it is really a bit more about eating than fighting!

Li Tai didn't comment on this, but he happened to know something about it, so he smiled and said to Gao Zhongmi: "If this is the reason, uncle, there is no need to rush to Hebei. Recently, a group of Yecheng palace people are about to arrive. My uncle can go directly to visit him, and his old friend should be among them."

Gao Zhong secretly moved Hulao to defect to the Western Wei Dynasty. As a result, his wife and children were kidnapped and returned to Hebei by the Eastern Wei army. His wife Li Changyi became Gao Cheng's concubine. After Gao Cheng's death, she served as a female official in Ye Palace.

When Li Tai captured Yecheng before, because of his busy military affairs, he had no time to find Gao Zhongmi's ex-wife. However, he also ordered that the female relatives of the Gao family should be properly settled, and Li Changyi was naturally among them.

There were many slaves in the Ye Palace. After the war, Li Tai ordered Wei Xiaokuan, who was in charge of Ye City, that those who had family members to join them could be dismissed and released to their respective families. The rest, who had special status or had no family members to join, were all sent to Guanzhong to reward meritorious servicemen and betrothed soldiers.

As Gao Cheng's concubine, Li Changyi's status is quite special, and her brothers also came to Guanzhong earlier. They are helpless in Guandong. If nothing happens, they will definitely be moved to Guanzhong.

Gao Zhongmi was overjoyed when he heard this. After thanking Li Tai repeatedly, he couldn't wait to leave.

Seeing the old uncle's hurried steps, Li Tai couldn't help but wonder what a magnificent lady the old aunt was. She actually made Gao Zhongmi so concerned and obsessed with her. After the couple reunited, he could let his wife be a part of it. The palace arranged a banquet to entertain him.

After Gao Zhongmi left the palace, he went straight to Shangyang Palace in Tongzhou. Although Shengjia has moved into Taiji Palace in Chang'an, the old palace of Shangyang Palace is still preserved as a divorce palace. The servants and slaves who moved to Guanzhong from the old gardens of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Yecheng and Jinyang were temporarily placed in Shangyang Palace.

Gao Zhongmi was so thoughtful that he didn't waste any time along the way and came at full speed. However, the days were still short in early spring. When he arrived at Shangyang Palace, it was still dark.

Although Shangyang Palace is no longer the residence of the Holy Master, the palace ban still exists and no idlers are allowed to come and go at will.

However, because Gao Zhongmi held the emperor's handwriting and had a high official rank, Zhao Yongguo, the envoy of Shangyang Palace, soon rushed to the palace gate to greet him. After verifying the saint's handwriting, Zhao Yongguo quickly bowed to Gao Zhongmi and apologized. : "I don't know that the Duke of Hebei is coming. It would be rude for my subordinates to wait at a distance to greet him!"

Gao Zhongmi was worried, so he was naturally too lazy to care about these customs. He immediately asked: "How many of the slaves from the old Qi Palace who moved into Guanzhong have come? Do you have a name list to show them?"

"Yes, yes. Lord Ji, please come to the hall and wait for a moment. I will order someone to submit the name list."

Zhao Yongguo invited Gao Zhongmi into the hall next to the front hall of Shangyang Palace, and at the same time sent the relevant lists.

While the people in Shangyang Palace were still busy helping Gao Zhongmi look through the name book, a team from Tongzhou Chaoyi, nearly a hundred miles away to the east of Shangyang Palace, slowly arrived at their accommodation.

This team trekked all the way from Hebei through Shangdang and Hedong. In addition to thousands of soldiers from the Tang Army, there were also more than 2,000 palace servants escorted here from the Yecheng Palace Garden.

Most of these old slaves from Ye Palace had nowhere to go. Now that the borders of Hebei have not yet been completely pacified, the Tang army's military conscripts had no time to properly resettle them, and they did not have the extra provisions to support them, so they were ordered to send all of them away. Moved into Guanzhong.

Some of them with special status can arrange carriages and horses to travel, but most of the palace slaves can only trek on foot. Coupled with the shortage of supplies along the way, the journey is naturally not easy. After dozens of days of traveling, we finally set foot on the land of Guanzhong. Tired, coupled with the anxiety and panic of leaving home and an uncertain future, many people were inevitably infected with diseases.

After the team arrived at Chaoyi, they first settled in the camp left by the river defense soldiers. The soldiers had their own meals that had been prepared for them, but the slaves of the Ye Palace who were escorted here needed to make their own fires. It’s time to eat.

In a simple tent that was barely sheltered from the wind, a middle-aged palace lady who looked haggard but still couldn't conceal her good looks walked out sadly. Her eyes turned to a teenage boy standing not far away, beckoning her to come closer, and whispered. He said: "Li Niang's condition is getting worse. If we don't receive treatment, she may not be able to last long. The daughter of Xu Yuben, a doctor from Wenxuan Palace, stayed in the medical bureau temporarily before leaving Ye Palace. She must have brought medicine with her. Please quickly take two golden pills and go to seek medicine!" "

"Amodun, since this Li Niang is ill and difficult to cure, it means that her fate is like this, who can save her? These golden pills were taken out of Prince Changguang's residence by our mother and son at the risk of death, and they are now being hidden in the palace. How can I waste it on someone who is neither a relative nor an acquaintance?"

After hearing this, the young man immediately frowned and said displeasedly.

After hearing this, the middle-aged palace lady immediately frowned and said displeasedly: "What nonsense are you talking about! No matter how good the money and silk are, my mother and son have no power at all, and it is difficult to enjoy them in peace. But do you know who Li Niang is? She is My ex-husband is Gao Zhongmi, who led the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Tang to the west. Although he is in trouble now, if he can be cared for by his old relationship, his situation will change in an instant. Being helpless in this foreign land, you are getting into trouble!"

"Is an abandoned woman from a rich family with a perverse destiny worthy of such self-sacrifice as my mother and son? What's more, I don't have strong people to rely on! Amodun, didn't you say that I returned to the west with Emperor Tang more than ten years ago? At that time, Tang Dynasty The emperor is still young, and I have followed him to serve him. After all, I am afraid that I am now a confidant of the Tang Emperor. I only need to wait for my mother and son to reunite, and then I can become my wife and son!"

The young man still couldn't bear to give up his belongings to save an unknown person. Even though his mother pointed out the stakes involved, he still had his own opinions and expectations.

"I hope so, but none of the generals who commanded the army during the Tang Emperor's eastern expedition heard your name, which always makes people feel uneasy. Fortunately, I have met Li Niang now, and I have spent some money and accumulated some good karma, so I am well prepared. Hurry up. Go quickly, don’t be stingy!”

The middle-aged palace lady's name is Lu Lingxuan, and the young man's name is Luo Tipo. The mother the mother and son mentioned was Gao Zhongmi's ex-wife Li Changyi, and what they talked about most deeply was that the Tang Emperor attacked Jinyang. When he was in the city, Luo Chao, who had returned to Guanzhong with the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Luo Chao surrendered to the Tang Emperor due to his defeat and returned westward. However, his family was punished afterwards, and his wife and children lost their official positions and became slaves. Lu Lingxuan entered the Changguang Palace several times because of her exquisite and charming mind, and used her master's power to bring her son into the palace as a slave. However, the good times did not last long. Shortly after the mother and son were reunited at Prince Changguang's Mansion, they were attacked by the Wei army. Prince Changguang abandoned the city and fled.

Lu Lingxuan, as the wet nurse of Prince Changguang's son, was originally arranged to escape with him, but after weighing it, she decided to stay and did not want to follow Prince Changguang's family on the road to escape. On the eve of his escape, he took some property with him and took advantage of the chaos to escape from the palace with his son. What prompted her to make this decision was naturally the husband who abandoned their mother and son and surrendered to Guanzhong.

Lu Lingxuan originally had high expectations for her husband. After Wei Jun entered the city, she tried every means to inquire about him, but she did not get any information about her husband at all, which made her feel bad.

This time, mother and son were moved to Guanzhong as old slaves of Ye Palace, and traveling with them was Wen Xiang's concubine Li Niang. Lu Lingxuan also came from a famous family, and she was not an ordinary ignorant woman. After learning about Li Niang's life experience through conversation, she immediately thought that she could live in a rare place. Be cared for.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to arrive at their destination, Li Niang fell ill from overwork and could not afford to fall ill. This made Lu Lingxuan anxious, fearing that she would lose such an opportunity to cling to the powerful. For this reason, she even did not hesitate to use their mother and son to take risks. The wealth brought from Changguang Prince's Palace was used to treat Li Niangyan's illness.

Although Luo Tipo was still full of reluctance, seeing her mother's expression turn serious, she could only nod in agreement, and then quickly went to visit the accompanying palace lady Xu Yu. But he made up his mind that it would be best if he could ask for medicine with words. If he couldn't, he would never buy it with money. Since he was not willing to waste his wealth, he was also worried that it might cause disaster if the money was revealed.