Chang'an ancient meaning

Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong executed the prince, a son and a daughter. The birds in the cage were finally blinded by the emperor's favor, thinking that they had the power to counter Li and Wu's two families.After the death of Li Chongrun and Wu Yanji, the two bought Zhang Shuo, the family member of Fengge, and falsely accused Wei Yuanzhong and Si Licheng Gao Jian of the emperor, saying in private, "Your Majesty is old, so it is better to hold the prince for a long time." Zhisi Licheng Gao Jian is Princess Taiping's favored face leader, and Wei Yuanzhong is the most jealous of Zhang Changzong's younger brother Zhang Changyi because he reprimanded him.

Er Zhang's move to kill two birds with one stone finally ignited the anger of the courtiers.The emperor summoned the crown prince, prime minister, and other ministers for a court trial. Zhang said that on the way to the palace, he was blocked by Song Jing, a member of Fenggeshe, and shouted: "The name is the most important thing, and the ghosts and gods are hard to bully. Don't let the party and the evil trap you in order to avoid it." " Zhang Tinggui, the censor Jiyuan in the palace, also said: "I heard the truth in the morning, and I will die in the evening!" Zuo Shi Liu knew a few words: "There is no dirty history, and it will be tired for future generations!" Zhang said that he was threatened by his colleagues, after all. Not daring to be a sinner for his official position, he suddenly turned against the emperor. The extremely angry emperor reprimanded Zhang Shuo as a repeated villain, but he could only demote Wei Yuanzhong to Duanzhou Gaoyaowei.

After several rounds of fighting, although the two had the upper hand, they also saw clearly the prestige of the Prince Xiangwang and Princess Taiping among the courtiers. They have been operating in Luoyang for several years, and there are not many people who can help them in Chang'an, so they encouraged them again. The emperor returned to the capital of God.In the winter of the third year of Chang'an, Emperor Xu Shi also noticed that his dragon body was deteriorating, and finally issued an edict to return to Luoyang, the capital of the gods. In Chang'an, there is no hatred in death."But for the current emperor, her brilliance and life are left in Luoyang, and she does not want to die on Li Tang's land.

The emperor returned to the capital of the gods to recuperate in the Jixian Temple of Luoyang Palace. Even Shuowang's great dynasty could not be presided over by himself. All government affairs were given to Erzhang. its face.Faced with Shangguan Wan'er's mournful cry, even the executioner was moved with sympathy. He risked his life and, in accordance with Wan'er's request, stabbed a plum blossom on her smooth forehead.

Because of Er Zhang's suspicion of his mother, Xue Chongjian didn't even go to the Yulin Army, but just drank and hunted with a group of honorable children every day for fun.Today he and Li Chengqi only brought five or six attendants. After a day of hunting, a horse-drawn flatbed cart was already full of hunted dead animals.These teenagers who had returned with a full load did not have the frivolous and frivolous faces of the past, and each face showed solemnity.

In front of them, a lynx stepped on the green grass and fallen leaves on the ground with vigilant steps, it kept sniffing the ground, and stretched its neck to look into the jungle.Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi didn't rush, they just reined in their horses and slowly followed the tiger's head.Sika deer, foxes, hares, colorful pheasants, and roe deer are constantly wandering past. Not only Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi never raised their bows to shoot, even the tiger's head is extremely dismissive.

Suddenly Hutou stopped and listened with his ears sideways. Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi also hurriedly reined in, and gestured backwards to signal to the attendants to keep quiet.The tiger head yelped twice towards a big tree with lush branches and leaves. They felt a yellow shadow flash in front of their eyes. A big lynx jumped down from the tree and bared its sharp front teeth fiercely at them. Startled by this ferocious beast, he breathed out uneasily and took a few steps back.Xue Chongjian smiled, and called out: "Tiger head!" The little tiger head turned around to look at him, but the big lynx stared at Xue Chongjian motionlessly. The deep blue of autumn water.

Xue Chongjian jumped off the horse, and Li Chengqi worriedly said: "Be careful." Xue Chongjian smiled and said, "It's okay, it recognizes me." He smiled and took out a butcher shop from his pocket, slowly stretched out his hand, and called again: " Tiger head." He waited for a while, and the big lynx squatted back slightly, suddenly rose into the air like a sharp arrow off the string, and rushed towards Xue Chongjian.The attendant behind him exclaimed, and hastily raised the jade target bow. Before he could set the arrow to the string, he saw the bobcat man standing up, with two paws resting on Xue Chongjian's shoulders, and his nose sniffing back and forth on Xue Chongjian's cheeks.Several attendants, together with Li Chengqi, looked at each other with a sigh of relief and smiled, and the bow-raiser also put down his hand.

Xue Chongjian hugged the big bobcat's neck with a smile, and held the piece of jerky to the bobcat's mouth. The bobcat stretched out its tongue and licked the jerky into its mouth, then made a coquettish purr, rubbing against Xue Chongjian with its furry nose face and neck.At this time, the little tiger also howled happily twice, and rushed forward to huddle with them, rubbing Xue Chongjian and the big bobcat with his body from time to time.

Looking at the scene of their happy meeting, Li Chengqi couldn't help but feel his eyes warm. He thought of the lynx that rushed towards him many years ago, and the young flower slave caressing the lynx and whispering: "Now it grows up." It’s getting bigger.” Thinking of the first time he was able to visit the landscape of Shendu City, the flamboyant lynx that Hua Numa hunched over.Thinking of the tall Yaoguang Pagoda, Hua Nu said to herself and this lynx, when we grow up, we will go to Chang'an.

At that time, I thought that I could return to Chang'an in my dream when I grew up, that I could get rid of the barriers of space and reunite with my relatives when I grew up, and that I could fulfill all the vows when I grew up.He raised his head, and the warm autumn sun was like broken crystals, swaying and falling from the dense forest.The current year name is still Chang'an, but they are no longer in Chang'an.In fact, Chang'an is just an illusion of his homeland. If there is always fear in his heart, Chang'an is no different from any other place in the world.

Watching the two lynxes gradually marching into the dense forest, Li Chengqi asked in a low voice: "Huanu, if we don't move forward at this time, is it today's matter?" Xue Chongjian looked at him in surprise With a glance, he pondered for a while and said: "Cousin, you know me, I am the most impatient. What happened to Chongrun and Xianhui, I can't let them take my relatives away again." Li Chengqi sighed and said: "I Always remember what your father said, and dare not be the first in the world." Xue Chongjian said: "If I was the one who was given to death last time, would you also say the same?" Li Chengqi suddenly became angry and said: "What are you talking about!" Xue Chongjian But he shook his horsewhip and laughed, "So, I am the same."

It was nightfall when they came back from hunting. Looking at the other side of the stream from a distance, the dots of torches were like stars in the Milky Way, and the mountains meandered for more than half a mile.Xue Chongyin's voice came from the darkness: "Is it a flower slave?" Riding his horse to meet him, he glanced nervously at the flatbed truck, and suddenly saw a large sack tied up in a pile of prey.Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "I hunted rare treasures for my mother." Xue Chongyin looked around vigilantly for a while, and then changed into a smile and said: "Let's go, the fourth uncle and several cousins ​​have already arrived at the mother's camp. gone."

Princess Taiping and Prime Minister Li Dan didn't often go hunting, but they were in a difficult situation when they returned to the capital, and they didn't dare to intervene in the government affairs. They had nothing to do in town, so they were invited by their sons to go hunting together.Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi entered Princess Taiping's camp together, and they heard a burst of laughter first, but it was Li Longye who was pulling Princess Taiping's eight-year-old son Wu Chongmin to dance around.Princess Taiping and Li Dan sat at the head, letting the children laugh and laugh. On the fire in the tent, a whole deer was roasted until it was dripping with oil, and it was full of strong meaty fragrance.

Li Dan was using a delicate knife to carve out the flesh for himself and Princess Taiping. He raised his head and saw the two of them coming in. He smiled and said, "You guys came back too late, we can't wait." Xue Chongjian smiled and knelt down, Said: "We came late to hunt treasures for uncle and grandma, and uncle gave me a bite." Li Dan smiled and picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, asking: "What treasure did you hunt for?"

At this time, Xue Chongyin had commanded two attendants to carry the sack in, Taiping's hand holding the amber wine cup trembled slightly, and Li Dan was surprised: "What is this? Why do you want to pack it?" Taiping slowly put the wine cup away Putting it down, he smiled and said to the servant and maid in the account: "Since people are all together, it's interesting to let the sons roast and eat by themselves. Go down." Uncle be on alert." Li Dan also saw that there was something strange in the atmosphere at this moment, and asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Taiping nodded to Xue Chongjian, Xue Chongjian squatted down and untied the rope on the sack, and opened the bag, revealing a man with a white head and white beard, Li Dan was shocked, stood up and said in surprise: "Master Zhang." The old man in the sack took a few deep breaths, and then helped Xue Chongjian to stand up with difficulty, stepped out of the sack, and bowed to Li Dan Taiping: "My minister, Zhang Jianzhi, pays homage to His Royal Highness, Princess Qiansui." Taiping smiled and came up to support him: " It is my fault for letting your lord suffer such hardships at the age of eighty. Huanu, kowtow to your lord to apologize on my behalf." Xue Chongjian was about to kowtow, but Zhang Jianzhi held him back and said with a smile: "It is God's blessing that the princess has such courage. Tang, how dare you accept worship?"

Li Longji asked Li Chengqi in a low voice with a sullen face: "Brother, did you already know?" Taiping said to Li Dan who had been silent all the time: "Fourth brother, don't blame Fengnu, I was only called Huanu To do it, now there are two eyes and ears in the palace and mansion, it is difficult for us to meet Mr. Zhang, and I was forced to deceive you to this wilderness."

Li Dan walked forward slowly, and said in a low voice: "What I couldn't do in the past, I still can't do today." Taiping stared at him and said, "Time has passed, how can it be the same? If you let them go in the past, you would lure wolves into the house and cause shock." The world is shaken by the foundation of the Tang Dynasty founded by Emperor Taizong! The fourth brother can't bear the people to be involved in the war, it is the heart of a benevolent person. Today's affairs are only within the palace, and the trouble is only two heads, only two or three A highly respected prime minister, one or two Yubayashi generals, and five hundred Yubayashi athletes are enough to eradicate evildoers!" Li Dan shook his head and said, "Mother, the spring and autumn are high, why can't you wait?" Zhang Jianzhi took a step forward and said "Your Highness, if Your Majesty makes an order to abdicate the throne to Er Zhang, do you respect it or not?" A trace of shock flashed across Li Dan's face. , hurt Your Majesty." Taiping paused every word: "Fourth brother, you and I are from the same mother." Li Dan nodded slowly.

Only then did Taiping smile brightly, and took Li Dan's hand and said to Zhang Jianzhi: "Master Zhang, the King Xiang and I have summoned our sons and daughters to come here, because we want to entrust our wealth and life to you. Please enlighten me To save the ancestral temple of the Li family from danger." She and Li Dan bowed down, three brothers Xue Chongjian, and five brothers Li Chengqi also bowed down immediately.

Zhang Jianzhi knelt down and paid homage, and said calmly: "I was promoted by the emperor and recommended by Duke Di. In accordance with his will, I dare not forget the virtue of the emperor for a day. Today, the treacherous and chaotic government, the righteous are gnashing their teeth, and they are willing to throw away their wives for the son of the emperor. Abandoned sons are not ministers alone!" Only then did Taiping and Li Dan help Zhang Jianzhi up, Li Dan took the first seat, and Taiping and Zhang Jianzhi sat on both sides of him.Tai Ping smiled and said, "Master Zhang just said about the righteous man, you must have discussed it with him?"

Zhang Jianzhi twirled his snow-white beard and smiled, "If I hadn't been certain, I wouldn't have dared to ask Your Highness and the Princess to take such a risk. After I became Prime Minister, I once recommended someone to Your Majesty. Do Your Highness and Princess remember it?" Tai Ping thought for a moment, and responded: "You Yulin General Yang Yuanyan?" Zhang Jianzhi nodded and said, "Exactly." Li Dan frowned and said, "Could it be that Mr. Zhang had already contacted him before he was transferred to Beijing? ?”

Zhang Jianzhi said: "Don't dare to hide your highness. I met Yang Yuanyan 20 years ago. Not long after the Emperor Yan drove that day, I succeeded Yang Yuanyan as the governor of Jingzhou. On the day we parted, I went boating on the river and said that your highnesses were imprisoned by the queen mother." , Yang Yuanyan's eyes were full of tears and resentment, so the two of us waved our tears and made an oath to make an appointment to help each other and recover together if we succeed in the future. Not long ago, after my minister became prime minister, I recommended Yang Yuanyan as General You Yulin, and asked him Knowing the meaning of this, he replied, "It's not a day to forget the oath on the river."

Princess Taiping smiled and said: "My lord's deep and far-sighted strategy, I am moved. If you get the help of Yulin, this matter will be accomplished." Where is the most important thing?" Li Chengyi was in a hurry, he couldn't bear being betrayed the most, and rushed to say: "Naturally, it is His Majesty's bedroom!" But Zhang Jianzhi shook his head, Xue Chongjian suddenly remembered the legend of Emperor Taizong's Xuanwu Gate, raised his head, but Just meeting Li Longji's piercing eyes, the two blurted out at the same time: "It's the North Gate!"

Princess Taiping lightly flicked her fingernails, and pondered: "Li Duozuo...he has been in charge of the guard at the north gate of the Forbidden Army for more than 20 years, right?" , Appointed as General Yulin. Hu Xinxin is simple and honest, and he must remember the kindness of the emperor. If His Royal Highness can come forward in person and persuade him to be used by us, he will not be afraid of Erzhang to control the Forbidden Garden." Li Dan nodded and said: "I will try my best And for."

Zhang Jianzhi said: "One more thing. After all, we are all foreign ministers, and we must prevent them from taking His Majesty as a hostage and taking the emperor to order courtiers. It is best to have someone respond internally, and choose one or two cards not to be by Your Majesty's side." I can contact Shangguan Wan'er, but there is one more person I want to recommend to you." Zhang Jianzhi said: "Who is it?" Princess Taiping said: "King Liang, Wu Think twice." Li Longji's lips moved slightly, but he glanced at Xue Chongjian and did not speak.

Taiping smiled and said: "Yu Nu, we are our own family, you don't have to hide anything in front of me. I mentioned Wu Sansi not because he is my in-law, nor because of Wu Youji. The Zhang brothers are only two years old. Zhuzi, if we contact the ministers of the court, we can kill them in one fell swoop. The Wu clan is prosperous, and there are countless officials in the court today, far from being comparable. If you want to kill Wu and think twice, what are your chances of winning?" Li Longji said low. Said: "I'm afraid my nephew will raise tigers." Zhang Jianzhi said: "The two evils are the lesser. The princess is justified. Today's urgency is only for Zhang. If Wu Sansi is willing to be used by us, Of course it's the best."

Li Longji said: "My nephew is bold, and there is also someone who recommends him, that is Yao Yuanzhi, who was once the head of the Prime Minister's Palace." Princess Taiping looked at Li Dan, and Li Dan thought for a moment: "This person is trustworthy." Li Dan was cautious, since he said it was credible, it must be that he knew Yao Chong very well, so he nodded and said: "Yao Chong is currently the head of Lingwu Dao, I should transfer this person to the capital as soon as possible."

That night, when everyone discussed until about five o'clock, Xue Chongjian brothers sent Zhang Jianzhi away, and only Taiping and Li Dan were left in the tent. Li Dan seemed to be afraid of the cold, holding a cup of hot wine, but he didn't drink it, exhausted physically and mentally. Looking at the cluster of charcoal fire that was about to go out.Taiping approached Li Dan and wanted to pull his hand over, but she didn't pull it with a little force. She turned her face to the side, looked at her elder brother's haggard face, and said in a low voice: "Fourth brother, are you afraid?" Li Dan Dan smiled shyly and said: "Of course I'm afraid. Over the years, I have been imprisoned in the East Palace, and every servant sent by my mother may carry poisonous wine and white silk. I am not afraid of them, but I am afraid of seeing my mother. ...I am more than 40 years older, and I have never disobeyed her." Taiping whispered: "I understand, I understand, since Saburo left, every time I see her, I will be afraid. But I know , for my son, for you and Third Brother, I still have to smile to see her."

Taiping lightly rested his head on Li Dan's shoulder, Li Dan lost his mind for a while, heard his steady breathing, looked sideways, but it was Taiping who fell asleep leaning against him, the fire reflected her cheek like a girl Delicate red.Li Dan looked at his sister's face and left the sound of bells and drums in the imperial city. He thought of Chang'an, where the mountains and rivers stretched far away, the quiet elder brother, the arrogant second elder brother, the sick father, and the handsome cousin Xue Shao. Unconscious youth.Many people and things that he had deliberately forgotten, he finally recalled them all in this quiet and desolate wilderness.