Suddenly, a slender figure rushed over and shouted hoarsely, "Yinghong! Is that you?!"

Biyu gave way lightly, pushed the unkempt green willow to the ground, and said mildly, "I'm not Yinghong."

After Lu Liu was pushed like this, she couldn't stand up again, she looked like she hadn't eaten for a long time, and she had a musty smell on her body.

Li Shimin stood behind Biyu, wrinkled his nose in disgust, and said, "Let's end this matter quickly."

Luliu heard Li Shimin's voice, moved slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Da Lang clearly has murderous intentions towards you, I don't believe you can't see it, why do you..."

Li Shimin was bored playing with the necklace tied around his waist, and said casually after hearing the words: "It would be nice if I could die in the hands of elder brother." Seeing Lu Liu's unbelievable expression, he suddenly laughed, "If elder brother If you really want to kill me, I will definitely not survive this time, not to mention that you are the one who wants to kill me, and you must have sacrificed a lot to bribe that lowly servant to cooperate with you in lying?"

Lu Liu trembled, unable to speak.

Li Shimin yawned, and lazily said: "If you have nothing else to say, then start."

Biyu stepped forward silently, holding a copper pot wrapped in cotton in her hand, she gently lifted Luliu up, half leaning on her lap, Luliu struggled, but did not break away, Biyu He said softly: "Don't move, it won't be good if you move it crookedly." After finishing speaking, she held Lu Liu's chin hard, and Lu Liu let out a painful cry from her throat, and her chin was actually taken off.

Jasper aimed the spout at the green willow's mouth that could not be closed, and slowly tilted the body of the pot. The golden liquid flowed out and fell into the green willow's mouth, and a few strands of white smoke came out immediately.

Luliu's eyes were wide and terrifying, but she couldn't make a sound, her whole body was trembling violently, and she even bounced like a dehydrated fish in Jasper's seemingly gentle embrace.

"This pot is filled with boiling oil. Originally, I didn't want you to die so soon, but the elder brother will only go out once today. It's not easy for me to do anything with him. Don't worry, it will be over in a while."

Li Shimin comforted him, his cheeks had lost a lot of weight, and he looked extraordinarily beautiful, although his voice was soft, there was no smile on his face.

As he said, after a whole pot of oil was poured in, Luliu remained motionless. Her wide-open eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, staring blankly at the roof, and her skinny fingers were tightly clutching a hairpin in her skirt. Dirty sachets, the word "Yinghong" is faintly visible in the dust.

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Luoyang Lantern Festival

Sui Daye Ten Years, Eastern Capital Luoyang

It coincides with the annual Lantern Festival, the bright moon hangs in the sky, and the colorful lanterns that can be seen everywhere on the ground are as bright as day.Because of the Lantern Festival, the curfew was lifted today, and people took to the streets one after another.The boy in short brown was holding a lantern with a smile on his face, the brocade clothes mixed with the commoner and linen clothes, a rare harmony.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty held a banquet in the palace to entertain all the ministers, and Li Yuan was naturally included in the banquet.In order to watch the fireworks more conveniently, the banquet was specially set up outside the hall. When all the ministers came together, they knelt and sat down in front of the food table, and the palace servants standing next to the upper seat went to report to the emperor to enter the table.

Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were sitting beside Li Yuan. Li Yuanji looked up at the moon. When he thought of it, he saw the prosperity on the road. He couldn't help praising: "Luoyang is so beautiful."

Li Shimin sneered, "Do you know how many people's blood was paid for this beautiful scenery? To build the Eastern Capital, the Lord recruited [-] men to build it day and night, and countless people died of exhaustion."

"There is also a reason for the Lord to establish Luoyang as the capital. Luoyang is the core of the Central Plains. By extension, the Turks are controlled in the west, Qilu is controlled in the east, Liaodong is established in the north, and Weiyang is connected to Weiyang in the south..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin interrupted him with a cold face, "What is the core of the Central Plains? It's just to show your status as the only one in the world. A husband who governs the country must first appease the hearts of the people. Now the voice of the people is spreading, my lord Still disregarding it, how is it different from the brutal King Zhou of Shang?"

He is fifteen years old, and he is quite handsome, with only a pair of round and cute eyes that are different from when he was young, the corners of the eyes are raised, and they are very sharp.Feeling dissatisfied at this moment, he glared at Li Yuanji, his younger brother frowned in fright and didn't dare to argue with him anymore, but hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and said, "Second brother, there are so many people talking here. Don't talk nonsense."

He looked around, and the officials wearing headdresses were whispering to each other. After making sure that no one was paying attention, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Shimin pulled his hand away, and said indifferently: "It's just talking."

"Second brother, if you offend the lord, you will not be punished alone, even your father and eldest brother will be punished for ineffective discipline."

As soon as Li Shimin heard the word "big brother", Li Shimin's temper immediately fell down, he lowered his head with a muffled grunt, and pulled the gold thread border on his wide sleeves rather depressedly, without the slightest aggressive arrogance just now.

Li Yuan listened to the conversation between them word for word. Seeing Li Shimin's sullen child, he couldn't help laughing. He patted Li Shimin's hand and said, "Shimin is fifteen years old this year." At a young age, you are not as sensible as Yuan Ji, who is twelve years old. You are at home, and everyone in the family loves you alone, and you have developed a personality that is dominated by me. But when you go outside, no one will take the initiative to tolerate you, daddy The reason why I brought you brothers to Luoyang is to let you see the world and learn something, so that you can protect yourself in the chaotic officialdom in the future."

After a pause, Li Yuan said again: "Shimin, you should grow up and be sensible, otherwise how can you become your elder brother's right-hand man?"

Hearing Li Yuan's instruction, Li Shimin couldn't help regretting his unrestrained speech just now, "Shimin would like to follow my father's instruction."

The palace servant who left just now has returned to his place, swung the whisk in his hand to the right, and said loudly: "The sage arrives..."

Seeing the emperor walking out from behind the arch, everyone turned around, bowed down to the seat where they were seated, and said in unison: "My lord, my life is boundless."

Yang Guang sat down on the couch, waved his hand and said, "Excuse me."

Li Shimin secretly raised his eyes to look at the people seated, and saw that he was thin, with a narrow and protruding forehead, a pair of small eyes sunken deep in the eye sockets, and the blue mark was faintly visible under his eyes, as if he had not rested well.Looking back at Li Yuan, although he and the emperor are cousins, they have no similarities at all.

"Everyone, you don't have to be cautious, today you and my monarch and ministers have a drink, and you won't return if you don't get drunk!"

As he spoke, he picked up the ear cup and drank it boldly.The officials also drank the wine in their glasses one after another, and the palace people behind them filled their ear glasses again.

Then there was a sound of '咻', a firework bloomed in the air, and then many fireworks rushed to the sky, adding splendor to the dark blue night.Li Shimin had never seen such a beautiful firework, so he couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

"Now that the world is in peace and the barbarians are subdued, the Lord will create a grand event in the Sui Dynasty!" said a middle-aged man.

Flattering, Li Shimin thought to himself, the majestic Sui army could not even defeat a small country of Goguryeo, so how can we talk about submitting?There are bandits all over the place, and the people are in dire straits. How can we talk about peace in the world?Yang Guang was a warlike man by nature, and he was very happy with his achievements. He sent troops to go on an expedition to Goguryeo, but he was defeated twice by that small country, which is really ridiculous.

But this flattery was very useful to Yang Guang. He stroked the two sparse beards on his chin, laughed loudly, and said, "What does Yuwen Aiqing say?"

When Li Shimin heard Yang Guang call that person to be Yuwen Aiqing, he knew that this person was Yu Wenhuaji whom Li Yuan often talked about.It is said that this man loves money like his life, and is lustful. When he sees a good-born woman on the street, he will take it home. If he sees other people's treasures, he will take them away.This person is a villain, and his heart is even more contemptuous.

"Since I ascended the throne, the population has prospered, and the number of household registrations has increased year after year. After the traitor Yang Xuangan was killed, the arrogance of the bandits all over the place suddenly dissipated. Now, except for some remote places, there are still a small group of bandits hiding. Shengping, this is the master who governs the country well, and the master is a rare and wise king!"

Yang Guang was so exhilarated by the praise, he waved his sleeves and ordered the palace servants to reward Yu Wenhua and a cup of royal wine.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuan couldn't help sighing, "Bandits are everywhere, wars are endless, why are there people lying here?"

These words fell into Yang Guang's ears, like a thunderclap, he immediately lost the interest in drinking, threw the earcup, and said angrily: "Could it be that Li Qing's family has objections to Yuwen Aiqing's words?" You can know which side he is more attracted to.

Li Yuan didn't want his words to be heard by him, he was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, he was more worried about the current situation of the country.Personal life and death are nothing compared to national interests, he turned to face Yang Guang, and said without any fear what was worrying him, "Return to the Lord, the death of the traitor Yang Xuangan only served as an example to others for a while. In the next month, the bandits became more rampant, and most of these bandits were ordinary people who could not even afford to eat. They were forced to rebel. These bandits are distributed in various counties, and there are a large number of them. If they join forces..."

"Shut up!" Yang Guang yelled, "Li Qing's family is scolding me, isn't it?"

"Mr. Tang," Yu Wenhuaji also continued, "You said I was lying, so I want to ask you. Just now you said that there are bandits in every county, and the number is huge. Today, the chiefs of all counties are here. Why don't you see them?" Some of them agree with you?"

Li Yuan looked around the chiefs of the counties for help, but everyone just bowed their heads in silence, the emperor was in a fit of anger, and no one wanted to caress Long Lin again.He gritted his teeth, but still hoped that the emperor would listen to his words, otherwise internal and external troubles would cause the country to die soon.

"My lord, what my minister said is

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