The last Chiyou

No.16 Chapter Longevity

It was not the naive Yongjia who showed his feet, but the scheming and cautious Liu Fengji.

And the person who discovered this secret was Liu Zhongwen.

In many cases, no matter how confidential things are, they cannot be hidden from long-term observation and exploration by those who are interested.Liu Zhongwen happens to be a caring person.

In all fairness, Liu Zhongwen and Liu Fengji do not have any enmity, Liu Fengji's talent is enough to overwhelm him, but this person must be white, so there is no threat to Liu Zhongwen's official career, but since he entered Beijing, it has been so many years , He has already walked to the emperor's side, Ren Shizhong, Yushi Zhongcheng, and special judge. He is the real prime minister of the empire. He is very popular. Compare it with Liu Fengji.And the result of the comparison is always that Liu Lang looks a lot like Liu Lang, but it's a pity that he is not as good as Liu Lang.

He will always be the poor man who is used to set off how outstanding Liu Lang is. He is dressed in a beautiful purple robe, which pales in comparison to Liu Fengji's white clothes.

So he couldn't help but pay attention to Liu Fengji, and when he was not paying attention, he stared at every move of this Liu Lang.

It was at the end of spring, when the monarchs and ministers hunted, and Li Chun was the emperor on horseback. Although he had been pampered for many years, he still rode his horse and bowed his bow and harvested a lot. In the evening, a grand bonfire was lit in front of the big tent of the hunting ground. Meat and wine, so happy.His seat was next to Liu Fengji, but it was a little behind to show his respect for the white-clothed prime minister, so he could see clearly that Liu Fengji accidentally cut his own hand while cutting his flesh, and it was really just an insignificant time. However, the boy who didn't know where to play, quietly appeared beside Liu Fengji like a prophet, took out a clean veil, and wrapped Liu Fengji's deep but deep cloth. The wound was inconspicuous, and he never left after that, staying by Liu Fengji's side all the time, his small body clinging to Liu Fengji's body as if attached.

All this seemed normal, but Liu Zhongwen looked very carefully and it was very clear that when the boy pressed against Liu Fengji, Liu Fengji's left shoulder and Yongjia's left forearm flashed a faint red light at the same time , that is by no means the light reflected from the campfire, but the light emitted from the inside out, from the body.

Then the next day, Liu Zhongwen keenly discovered that the wound on Liu Fengji's palm had disappeared without a trace.

Others did not notice this trivial matter, but Liu Zhongwen firmly remembered it in his heart.

Afterwards, he found an opportunity to pretend to be careless and burned Liu Fengji's arm. This kind of candle burn, even if healed, would often leave tiny scars, but when he checked after a few days, there was no Any signs of burns.

If it is said that Liu Fengji, who has a father, a mother and roots, is not a monster, then the boy who will never grow up is a monster.

After years of being close to him, Yongjia gradually let go of his wariness, so he finally discovered the little secret that Yongjia treasured, a tightly sealed obsidian box.Yongjia will definitely feel very weak for a while, it looks like he is sick, and then he will definitely be taken out of Beijing by Fengji. Every time he goes out of Beijing, he will definitely carry the obsidian box with him. Will look more energetic and energetic than before leaving Beijing.

After careful and in-depth observation, he discovered more strange things.

Yongjia's appetite is not large, and he often doesn't eat much, but Fengji has never worried about his hunger because of this.

Yongjia likes gold and silver very much, and often snatches them from Mr. Lu Xiaolang. Fengji often transfers the rewards that Li Chun gave him to Yongjia, but the gold and silver he got has never been used by Yongjia. It was not displayed for decoration, let alone given away. The accumulation over the years has been melted together, and maybe half of the house has been built. However, no matter how carefully you look at the hut in Yongjia, you can't find any traces of gold and silver.

Yongjia’s weapon is always a stone knife, and he rarely sees bronze and iron wares in his hut, more of them are made of wood or stone, but Yongjia does not shy away from those bronze or iron wares. When he sees them, he doesn’t seem to be afraid. On the contrary, I like it from the heart.

Yong Jia never hurts.

Yongjia also inadvertently mentioned that his mother is called Xie Shiniang, the daughter of the Xie family in Chenjun.After Liu Zhongwen learned that his wife was the Xie family of Chenjun, he almost searched the Xie family tree, regardless of the offshoots of the family, and even those Xie families who were attached to them, who may or may not be related by blood, he checked them all and found There are no fewer than a few hundred Xie Shiniangs, but in recent decades, none of them have ever given birth to a child named Yongjia.Instead, he heard another interesting story in the Xie family. Hundreds of years ago, at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a Xie Shiniang who was fascinated by a monster named Boluan, and was later abandoned by the monster. When she fled back to her family, it coincided with the Yongjia Rebellion. She was unable to protect herself and died in the rebellion.

Hundreds of years later, after every time of mourning, he could not find any more records about this Xie Shisi Niang in the Xie clan, and he could only hear some stories passed down by word of mouth from the old slaves of the Xie family.The bits and pieces that these old people said seemed so absurd, they actually said that the monster eats gold and iron raw, invulnerable to swords and guns, and has infinite strength.

Xie's family treated this as unofficial gossip, and no one cared, so they laughed it off.But Liu Zhongwen knew in his heart that this was not unofficial history. Isn't it normal for Xie Shiniang, who died in the Yongjia Rebellion, to name her son Yongjia?Moreover, there is a word in Yongjia that is rarely mentioned, which is Luan Ting.

Boluan stopped because of Xie.

Everything is on the right number.

Before he knew how to use this huge secret, Liu Zhongwen decided to keep it deep in his heart and not reveal it to anyone.On the surface, he was as usual, kind and friendly to Yongjia, smiling and smiling, and respectful to Liu Fengji.But in the past few years, with the severe wind and disease, Li Chun's desire for longevity has become more and more eager, so eager to ignore the advice of the officials that he even started to take pills. Liu Zhongwen suddenly realized that his chance had come. .

The most honorable person in the world is the most unable to resist the temptation of longevity. He has too much hope to have forever, too much fear of eventually losing, too much fear of old age and disease.The most powerful weapon he has is himself. When this physical body begins to age, he begins to lose it. When he dies, he will have nothing.No matter how luxurious and magnificent the mausoleum is, no matter how rich the buried objects are, it is the world after death. That world is so unknown and frightening. This huge fear completely confused the king's already bewildered heart, just like back then. The wise and powerful pioneer of the rule of Zhenguan, the emperor Li Tang and Tian Khan whose reputation is passed down to the world-Tang Taizong.

In the face of the great fear of death and the great temptation of longevity, the achievements of Conglong and the hard-working assistance of the past ten years are nothing. Today's Liu Fengji is already a big deal for Li Chun. Become a usable tool, you can use him to get Yongjia.

Fengji didn't know about the conspiracy between Li Chun and Liu Zhongwen. The couple had indeed met frequently recently, but Liu Zhongwen would bring monk Hu into the palace every time. This was the normal state after Li Chun was diagnosed with wind disease. There is no good way to persuade Li Chun to give up the matter of immortality, so he had to search for famous doctors first, trying to undo the curse of Fengji, which has entangled Li Tang's royal family for hundreds of years.

And he still has one thing to worry about, that is Yongjia.

More than ten years is nothing more than a flick of a finger for a Chi You. Although it is very boring in Beijing, Yongjia can eat, play and have Fengji by his side, so he can wait, but I don’t know if it is because of these pensions. With a lot of money, Yongjia seems to have grown up a bit.On the surface, he still looks like an immature boy, but after the transformation, the head horns and armor are much harder than before, and the demand for Chi Youzhu is becoming more and more frequent. If he can't get close to him once in more than ten days, he is obviously weak.But Fengji was in the imperial court, so he couldn't take Yongjia out of the capital so frequently, let him hold Chi Youzhu for a few days to replenish his vitality, and people came and went in his own home, so he couldn't avoid other people's eyes and ears.After much deliberation, he had no choice but to quietly rent a house in the city, and asked Yongjia to live there for a few days every once in a while, close the door, and lick Chi Youzhu in the house for a few days.

Yongjia is not a temperament that can be idle, he was honest when he was surrounded by Fengji, but once he was released to live alone, he was like a bird out of a cage, with Chi Youzhu in his arms, and anyone with a horny head would dare to set him up Putting on a hooded cloak and ran out to visit the West Market.

The West Market is adjacent to Kaiyuan Gate, crosses the vast desert to enter Yumen Pass, passes through the four counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei, crosses Wushaoling, and travels tens of thousands of miles east to Chang'an. Merchants gather here, bringing countless strange and precious gold beads My dear, the exchange of silk, porcelain and tea here, and the arrival of a hundred operas, people come and go, it's so lively.

Relying on his small stature, Yongjia sneaked around in the crowd, looked around, and wandered around to a restaurant. The entrance of this restaurant was not a common wine jar, but piled high with a lot of chubby bellies. Wooden barrels, the smell of wine wafting from the wine shop was unusually sweet, it smelled like rose peach wine.This kind of wine is sweet, fragrant and fruity, Yongjia tasted it and liked it very much, but Fengji has been controlling him not to let him drink more, this time finally no one cares, Yongjia was very excited, so he ran over excitedly.

Danglu was a Hu Ji, tall and fair, with blue eyes and blond hair, soft waist and limbs, she was also a beauty, but it was a pity that she couldn't get into Yongjia's eyes, he looked around and saw that there were really many people here, so he didn't dare to say more. With wrapped hands, he took out Tongbao, bought a wooden barrel of rose peach wine, held it in his hand and ran away happily.Yongjia, who was seduced by his stomach full of gluttons, was so carried away that he only thought that his head and horns were tightly wrapped, and no one would notice the difference, but he forgot how shocking it would be for a two-foot boy to parade through the market with a big wooden barrel.

Such strange things will naturally be reported to the city order office, and the city order will naturally report it to his immediate superior Liu Zhongwen, so Liu Zhongwen brought a young man named Xiaoweng when he made a routine visit to the Liu Mansion next time. Gaochang rose peach wine.

Yongjia really likes this beautiful woman who is very friendly and stubborn, and Liu Zhongwen always sends invitations to the door several days in advance, so every time he comes, Yongjia is always there, this bottle of apple rose Wine, naturally made Yongjia very happy.Although the wine he bought last time was sweet, it was far worse than what Liu Zhongwen brought. After tasting it once, he couldn't stop. Knowing that I am not human after all, it is not appropriate to say something wrong when I get drunk in front of others, but I am getting more and more lax after a long time, I have drunk and drunk at Liu's house several times, and slipped back to my own room after waking up Small house.

The elated Yongjia didn't notice that every time he drank wine with this beauty Liu Lang, there was always someone behind the curtain staring at him nervously.Staring at him picking up the sterling silver wine cup, staring at him eating a full cup of fine wine, staring at him lazily finishing his drink, sticking out his tongue and licking the edge of the cup, the edge of the cup seemed to melt, and when it bent down, a line visible to the naked eye arc.

Yongjia, who was drunk, didn't know that when he fell asleep unsuspectingly, someone had already cut him with a steel knife as thin as a cicada's wing, but the sharp weapon that blew hair and cut hair left a white mark on Yongjia's body. Can't figure it out.

Yongjia is indeed a monster, a monster who has lived for hundreds of years.It is recorded in an ancient book that swallowing gold and silver alive is invulnerable to Chi You.

With a drop of Chi You's heart and blood, ordinary people can live a hundred years.

Li Ji'en's reward made Li Chun's heart skip a beat. According to ancient books, eating a drop of Chi You's blood can give you a hundred years of life. If you eat this Chi You whole, will you be able to live forever?

Yongjia is a monster, does Fengji know or not?His injuries can be healed in the next day, has he already suffered from Chi You's heartache?

He usually talks about being loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but guarding such an elixir, he refuses to offer it to his king!

Li Chun wanted to capture Yongjia and take his blood directly, but Yongjia was invulnerable, how could he get his blood?

Maybe, that's all.

In the 19th year of Yuanhe, Wang Xiping, who had been relegated to a place of misery and misery for 19 years, returned to Beijing under a secret order.

Hidden in the crowd, looking at the beautiful man in his [-]s but more elegant among the officials of the next court, that is the famous prime minister in white, Liu Fengji, this handsome prince of Wei, Jin and Jia, can't tell how many years have passed Mark of.He looked much younger than the most trusted General Gu by that saint's side, and compared to himself, who was already full of white hair, old eyes, blind and sick, more like two generations.

But Wang Xiping knew in his heart that they were all of the same age.

God is so unfair.

Wang Xiping's latest autographed letter was sent to Fengji very quickly. The previous ones were the usual ones, talking about his painful experience in the frontier and his health getting worse, but he didn't ask Fengji for help. When he was transferred back to the capital, he told about his son's gall on the neck and suffering from heat and pain. He heard that kelp could cure this disease, so he asked Fengji to help him find some good ones to send over.This is a trivial matter, Fengji was afraid that the servants would not buy it well, and Yongjia was a little soft these days and didn't want to move, so he went to the market alone, first to the nearby Dongshi, the strange thing is that those dry goods stores They were all out of stock, so I had to go to West Market again.From the East Market to the West Market, no matter how you go, you have to cross Zhuque Street. This is the main road running through the north and south of the capital. There are many people coming and going, and there are frequent collisions. Fengji is wearing white and riding a horse alone. They gave way, and at a corner, there was a blind carriage rushing out of the intersection, and bumped into Tong Wangfengji.

At the same time, Yongjia, who was lazily playing the Nine Rings on the soft couch in Liu Zhai, suddenly jumped up.

It's the taste of Ayu!The smell of blood!

The scar on the forearm was so hot that Yong Jia rushed out without hesitation.

When Yongjia went out, the forbidden army surrounded Liuzhai. Except for Fengji and Yongjia in Liuzhai, there was only an old couple cleaning and cooking. Ben Yongjia's bedroom rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and found a small stone box. Before leaving, he took the couple away and closed the gate of Liu's house.The imperial guards had a clear goal and moved swiftly. It took only a cup of tea before and after, and even the neighbors were not alarmed.

At this moment, Zhuque Street was in a mess, and many people shouted, "I've killed someone!" He squatted down and drilled all the way in, and when he was halfway through, he was grabbed by the back of the neck by several burly men and threw him away.

Among the crowd was a circle of imperial guards in bright armor, with their arrows wound up and knives out of their sheaths, a handsome general with a thin waist and a red long knife bent down, carefully picked up Feng Ji who was unconscious on the ground, and sent him to the carriage . .

Layers of curtains around the carriage blocked the sight of people around. Li Jien, who had been waiting inside the curtain, took out a small packet of medicine from his sleeve, picked a handful with his fingernails, and gently blew into Fengji's nostrils.

The carriage swayed slightly, then moved again, the surroundings were still noisy at first, after a while, it gradually quieted down, and after a while, the sound of hoofbeats could be heard, bringing out bursts of echoes.

Li Jien was so familiar with this sound, it was the echo that would definitely sound through the wide and heavy opening of Suzaku's gate.After passing the gate of Suzaku, it is Miyagi.

He leaned against the wall of the car with his hands in his sleeves, staring at Fengji in a daze.

Ask yourself, if there was no plan by Fengji back then, Li Jien would not be where he is today. Once Li Chun came to the throne, the first person to be purged would be the old man of the Shunzong Dynasty. half benefactor.Moreover, Fengji has never put on airs of aristocratic family, and cared a lot for the palace people. He, Li Jien, just lost his descendants, not his conscience. If it was just for himself, he would not do such a thing to Fengji.

But they are also benefactors, everyone and Liu Feng are together, at this moment he can only choose one, the emperor, and the one in white, he has no choice.

Moreover, he silently thought, didn't even Gu Qing'an, who was in love with Liu Fengji as brothers back then, betrayed Liu Fengji as well?And the king...what's the matter with the king?These people have all betrayed Liu Fengji, and it's nothing to have Li Jien more than him.

The author has something to say: (West Market—the commercial street of Chang’an City in the Tang Dynasty, is divided into East Market and West Market. The West Market is the end of the Silk Road. Merchants from the East often unload and trade here. The population is not too dense, the housing rent is relatively cheap, and it is convenient for merchants to stock up and open stores, so it is more prosperous and lively than Dongshi.)

(Baixi—the collective name for all kinds of singing, dancing, acrobatics, magic, etc. in the Tang Dynasty)

(corner arrival - that is, sumo)

Map of Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty.

This was when the Daming Palace was not yet repaired in the early days.Later, the Daming Palace was built in the northeast corner of Miyagi, but the main structure of Chang’an City remained unchanged. This article does not involve the Daming Palace, so I chose this picture to save trouble.

(Supplement - that is, grapes. Tang Dynasty wine has been introduced to China, and it was very popular.)

(Municipal order - from the Warring States period to the Tang Dynasty, there were specific commercial areas in the city, called "city", which were managed by officials sent by the government. The chief executive was called the mayor before the Sui Dynasty, and was changed to the city order in the Sui Dynasty, and the Sui system was used in the Tang Dynasty , also called City Order, under the Ministry of Household Affairs.)

(Galls—also called galls, are goiters.)

(Kombu - a kind of kelp, Ge Hong's "Behind the Elbow" records that kelp seaweed can treat goiter.)