Chang'an ancient meaning

On July [-], the emperor held a canonization ceremony for the prince at the Chengtian Gate of the Taiji Palace.Later, a minister asked Concubine Liu and Concubine Dou to be honored as empresses. The emperor agreed, and conferred the posthumous posthumous title of Concubine Liu as Empress Suming and Concubine Dou as Empress Zhaocheng. To resolve the embarrassment of the prince's concubine, Concubine Dou was only titled Concubine Virtue in the past, and now the mother is honored by her son, so she can be respected with Empress Liu.The two empresses passed away in Dongdu, which became the emperor's lingering heart knot for many years. This time the emperor ascended the great treasure again, and when the crown prince ceremony was completed, he sent Li Chengqi, king of Song Dynasty, and Xue Chongjian, king of Lijie, to Dongdu in person to find the two queens. Zi Palace of the first empress, and built a mountain mausoleum for the two empresses.

When Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian rushed to Luoyang, it was the time when autumn colors in Luopu were at their best.The Luoyang Palace was prosperous in the reign of Empress Zetian, and it has gone with the Si people. After the ancestral temple moved westward, although the Eastern Capital also had an official office like Chang'an, the two palaces of Luoyang and Shangyang were abandoned and became Baitou Palace. A place for people to retire.Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian searched for the servants of the old Queen Zetian, but no one knew where the two queens were buried. In desperation, they had to order the imperial guard Yu Lin to dig in the two palaces. Busy day and night amidst the broken bricks and tiles, sometimes they feel in a trance. The cruel or bright past events they experienced here did not leave even a memory or a piece of bricks and tiles that can be used as evidence.

A few days later, Li Chengqi had to personally order that the excavation of the two palaces be terminated.He knew in his heart that if he dug further, he would turn the two palaces that had been prosperous for several dynasties into ruins, and he might not be able to find his mother's bones.He reported the matter to Chang'an, and the emperor reluctantly accepted the fact that the tomb built for the two empresses could only become a cloaked tomb in vain. These two women are just memories.After his death, he will be as lonely as he was before his death, with the limit of life and death, and the longing for parting, neither the emperor nor the common people can reverse it.

Li Chengqi summoned the souls of the two empresses at the White Horse Temple in the south of Luoyang City. People in need of relatives climbed up to call the dead, and asked the Buddha to guide their souls back.The prince could not leave Beijing, so the emperor sent two princesses, Jinxian and Yuzhen, who were born to Concubine Dou, to Luoyang. Pursue blessings for the mother.

Li Chengqi and his two younger sisters stood on the evocation platform several feet high. The monk chanted the Buddha's name and asked the king of Song and the two princesses to call out to the two queens. Li Chengqi cried out to the west: "Mother is back!" He stopped, knelt down on his knees and wept loudly, and the two princesses also cried and fell beside him, making everyone in the audience sigh and move.The cry of the three Tianhuang nobles for their dead mother was suppressed for several years.

After seeing off the two younger sisters, Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian stayed in Luoyang to build a mountain mausoleum for the two queens.The depression in Li Chengqi's heart did not vent a little because of that crying. The two younger sisters brought some news from the capital, like the emperor's decree to reinstate Princess Taiping as an official, like Li Longji's investigation of Yao Chong and Luo, the governor of Xuzhou. Shi Songjing, governor of the state, came to Beijing to serve as Zhongshu Ling, which is like the letter written by Princess Yuanshi to Li Chengqi: "There are different opinions in Beijing, saying that the crown prince is not a good man, and he should not be established. The wives are full of doors and concubines, so they avoid living in their mother's house. I hope His Highness will return." Li Chengqi never imagined that in just two months, his aunt and the crown prince would become incompatible. The concubine hoped that he would return to Beijing as soon as possible, but he knew that the more rumors piled up in Chang'an, the more he couldn't do it. Return to Beijing at this time to increase Saburo's suspicion.

Li Long basically wanted to erect a monument for his mother, but because there was no ceremony for building monuments in garden tombs since ancient times, and there were no sacred monuments in the mountain tombs of the emperors of this dynasty, he asked Li Chengqi to build a Yikun Temple for the two queens in Luoyang, and made the monument. Wen, to express condolences.Li Chengqi chose a high-quality white marble boulder, handed over the written inscription to Hegong Ling[1], and ordered him to call a mason to engrave it.The county magistrate didn't dare to be negligent, and within two days he informed the King of Song that the inscription had been carved, and sent the expanded text to the King of Song for his review.

Li Chengqi stared at the rubbings with frowned eyes, and Hegong Ling watched anxiously, and asked in a low voice: "But those craftsmen are not skilled enough to carve His Highness's pen and ink?" Li Chengqi shook his head, pointing to the last signature and said : "I remember that the original manuscript handed over to Gui County was not written in this way." Seeing this matter, the Hegong Ling hurriedly said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, it was King Lijie who found the minister later and said that Empress Suming's rank is in Zhaocheng. Before the Empress, and this inscription was written by His Highness King Song, so His Highness should be the first to be signed." Li Chengqi was shocked and frightened when he heard it, and turned to Xue Chongjian and said, "You said that?" Xue Chongjian said, "Yes. , Yikun Temple was originally a family temple built for my aunt, so it was signed according to the ranking of your brothers. Go ask the ministers of the court, which inscription is not like this."

When Xue Chongjian mentioned "Brother Ranking", Li Chengqi immediately remembered the phrase "The crown prince should not be established if he is not the eldest". For several days, this sentence stuck in his heart, making him extremely irritable.At this time, Xue Chongjian belittled the prince's biological mother in front of many officials in Dongdu, and put his own name above the prince, just like a footnote to that sentence.His face turned pale in an instant, he slapped the table heavily, and shouted: "Presumptuous!" The officials present had been with the young prince for several days, and they all knew that he was gentle, courteous and thrifty, and never bossed around a humble official, so seeing him at this moment The sudden expression made everyone startled. They looked at each other for a while before recovering. They all fell to their knees and said: "I'm guilty of death, Your Highness, calm down!"

Only Xue Chongjian was still standing aside, he was stunned, and called out in a low voice: "Cousin."

Li Chengqi saw that he had such an unabashed appearance in front of others, and felt anxious and aching in his heart, he gritted his teeth to change that sentence into a cold tone: "Your Highness!"

It was clear that there was no wind in the room, but Xue Chongjian inexplicably felt a chill all over his body. He raised his head in disbelief, and looked at Li Chengqi's bloodless face.Since Li Chengqi fainted from crying on the high platform that day, he has been depressed and seldom eats food. After suffering for a while, my body and spirit are much haggard.Now, with his pale face coupled with such a cold expression and tone, he is completely different from his cousin in the past.The strange thing is that Xue Chongjian didn't feel any resentment, but wave after wave of disappointment that couldn't be restrained in his heart, and in that disappointment was entangled with pity for this person.He still remembered the imperial physician's confession that Li Chengqi's spleen and stomach had been damaged several times, so he should not waste his diet or get angry.It's not that he doesn't know Li Chengqi's caution and fear, but he can't bow his head in front of what Li Chengqi is afraid of.

Xue Chongjian was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness, do you want me to kneel down to listen to the training?"

Li Chengqi took a deep breath, and the several pieces of rubbing paper had been clenched into a ball by him, cutting his palms like blades with tingling pain.He avoided Xue Chongjian's gaze, and said seriously to the magistrate of Hegong County: "The lonely manuscript was submitted to His Majesty for review, and you dare to change it without my permission? King Lijie was young and rude, but your county I am a Jinshi, so I don’t know the etiquette of the emperor and ministers. The prince is the emperor, and I am the minister. How can a minister be above the prince? Could it be that the servant of Zhongshu Province wrote the edict on behalf of His Majesty, so he can sign his own Name? It is His Majesty's imperial decree that the empresses of the two palaces should respect each other, so how can there be such an order?"

The county magistrate of Hegong shuddered from Li Chengqi's repeated questions. He knew Xue Chongjian's status was noble, and he didn't dare to put the blame on Xue Chongjian too much. !"

Li Chengqi raised his hand to stop the county magistrate of Hegong, and said to the governor of Song Dynasty, "Pass the stick."

Xue Chongjian heard that the magistrate just kowtowed blindly, his heart was full of blood, and he said: "I told him to change it! Your Highness wants to hit me." Song Palace Chief Shi hurriedly took Xue Chongjian's sleeve, bowed Said: "Lang Jun, please don't say a few words." Li Chengqi was afraid that he would be unscrupulous and say something that would violate the words, so he got up and said, "I will punish your sins, come in with me!" He brought Xue Chongjian to the inner room, dismissed the servants and closed the door, then turned around and said angrily: "You think that there are not enough people in the hall to spread your words, don't you?"

Xue Chongjian snorted and said: "So what if it spreads out? What did I say wrong! You are afraid of him at court, you are afraid of him at home, and you dare not say a few words of truth to your aunt in heaven! You are in the inscription today. The general put him in the first place, so he dared to move his mother's god master to his aunt after his uncle lived forever! Have you ever thought that there has always been one emperor and one queen in this dynasty, and now there are two queens at once? , who deserves to enjoy the Taimiao in the future, and who will accompany uncle to be buried in the mountain mausoleum together! You didn’t fight yesterday, you don’t fight today, when the day comes, can you still fight him!”

Li Chengqi's chest seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer, he didn't want to think about it, and Xue Chongjian brought it up to his eyes so bluntly that he didn't want to think about it.He staggered back a step and sank down on a high chair.Xue Chongjian saw that there was pain on his face and he was pressing his abdomen. He was startled, and stepped forward and said, "You have a stomachache again? I'll send the medical officer!" He just turned around, but he heard Li Chengqi coldly He said coldly, "You stand."

Xue Chongjian turned around, and Li Chengqi completely covered up the pain just now with his turning around.He suppressed the trembling in his voice and said: "The mother of the crown prince is the future empress dowager, and it is only natural that she deserves to enjoy the Taimiao." Hearing what he said, Xue Chongjian could only lower his head with a shy smile and said: "Whatever you say, it is what you say. "

Li Chengqi got up slowly, walked to the side of the red sandalwood stationery case painted with gold and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, opened the case, and took out a length of ring ruler.He clenched the piece of wood that was as cold and quiet as jade, wanting its coolness to warm his burning heart, and silently pointed to the bed.When Xue Chongjian saw that piece of ruler, he was slightly taken aback, never expecting that he would actually carry this thing with him.He couldn't tell whether he was being funny or wronged, and subconsciously called out, "Cousin?"

Li Chengqi said indifferently: "You are the first offender today. Before I go to the palace, it is only fair to punish you first. Forty times, you lie down on the bed, take off your clothes, and count by yourself."

Xue Chongjian was standing next to Li Chengqi, and he could see Li Chengqi's calm face.He concealed it so well, his face was still pale, but his upright expression, his frank and fair words were exactly the same as the loyal ministers and filial sons performed in the court every day, reaching the point of perfection.But Xue Chongjian could still see that Li Chengqi's eyelashes were trembling slightly, his gaze avoided himself and the verse engraved on the ruler, as if it was just an ordinary torture instrument.

Seeing this, Xue Chongjian suddenly pursed his lips and smiled. He understood how strong Li Chengqi's ability to endure pain was, and if he continued to speak, it would not do any good except to increase his pain.Then use this method to let him pass on some pain, and find an outlet for the pain he has suppressed for many days.He was really afraid that if he contained too much sorrow and worry in that thin body, he would really collapse. He was willing to be with this person in pain. This was his unwavering will since childhood.

Xue Chongjian walked quickly to the side of the bed. Except for the boots and the outer robe, she leaned over and unbuttoned the sweat towel and took off the trousers, then rested her chin on her arm and remained motionless.After autumn, the weather has gradually turned cooler. With such bare buttocks, you can still feel the slight coolness passing over your skin.After all, Xue Chongjian's face was blushing a lot. Waiting to be beaten with his bare buttocks like this is different from having a skin-to-skin contact with them when they were happy.

Li Chengqi stepped forward, and Fang put the ruler on the buttocks that were made of snowy jade, and made a posture for whipping.Suddenly, he felt flustered and short of breath. He came to punish him, but he still couldn't help it. The fingertips of the other hand slid across his soft skin inadvertently. It's natural to be familiar with it, just like every time you see this person, you don't have to think about anything, you will first smile knowingly.His fingertips seemed to touch nephrite, velvet, but it was warmer than jade and more elastic than silk. This person, together with every inch of his skin, was a treasure bestowed upon him by nature.

Li Chengqi suddenly wondered, did Hua Nu lie down without any resistance, did he accept the blame sincerely, or was he angry with himself?Or...or there is a third possibility, a thought vaguely rose in his mind, for so long, between the two of them, who doted on the other, and who indulged the other.He closed his eyes slightly, ordering himself not to think too much, now is not the time, the most urgent thing is to let Hua Nu remember that Longji is already the prince, Hua Nu must respect him as he respected the former Emperor Zetian and today's father, even Be more careful and respectful, not the person in that seat will always give him the pampering and protection of his elders.

When Xue Chongjian was touched by the cold ruler, his skin was subconsciously tightened. Instead of pain, it was a warm and gentle touch. That person's fingertips slid across his buttocks so preciously and carefully that he didn't even dare to touch it. He tilted his fingers, as if he was afraid that his nails would hurt him.He indulged in the sweet touch, until a crisp slap landed on the skin that had been cared for just now, igniting a sea of ​​burning pain.He was caught off guard and almost screamed, he quickly gritted his teeth to hold back, and grabbed the quilt under him tightly with one hand, but finally he didn't make a sound.

Xue Chongjian was not surprised by the world of difference in treatment at this moment, apart from secretly complaining that the man didn't remind him in advance, so that he could grit his teeth and prepare earlier.This caress and this pain are his way of loving himself, his worry, the fear he has accumulated over the long-term suffering of this world, beyond the scope of words, so he can only use this direct way to let himself feel experience.

Li Chengqi punched, seeing Xue Chongjian's body trembling slightly, and a faint red mark appeared on the snowy jade buttocks, he shouted: "Count it out!" It seemed to intimidate, the second punch obviously increased the force, Xue Chongjian just now I still felt a little cold, and a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on my body.He smiled wryly in his heart, his cousin had lost even the meat in the past few days, and he still looked sick and weak just now, he never imagined that he would have such strength in beating someone up.

This unprecedented silence also irritated Li Chengqi, he shouted: "When did you speak, when will we count!" He pressed Xue Chongjian's waist with his left hand, and whipped down the ruler on his right hand continuously, Xue Chongjian was caught by him for a while The plank beat like white rain in such a hurry that he didn't even have a chance to breathe, he could only bite the corner of the silk quilt in extreme pain, and blocked the cry of pain.Li Chengqi stopped talking, and only Xue Chongjian's heavy breathing and the sound of the wooden ruler being drawn on the skin and flesh were left in the room.Xue Chongjian suddenly remembered the phrase "Silk is not as good as bamboo, and bamboo is like meat", and wondered secretly, could it be that my cousin has learned to play the Jiegu in recent years and has developed a lot of strength in his hands?Otherwise, the rhythm of the fights is bright and neat, which coincides with the curvature?He just felt funny for his own thoughts, but he was so painful that he groaned in his heart. Li Chengqi was so angry that he only tried to move smoothly, and he didn't know the position. Most of the boards fell within an inch of the buttocks. It's like lighting a fire and roasting it.

Li Chengqi hit him for more than twenty times in one breath, but he still couldn't get a reply from Xue Chongjian, he was startled and angry, seeing that his buttocks were already crimson, and fine purple sand was condensed on the peak of his buttocks.He took a breath and used all his strength to knock down the board hard. This time Xue Chongjian didn't expect the tempo to change suddenly. Under the shock of pain, he let out a cry, his body could no longer stay still, and subconsciously covered his mouth Holding his buttocks, he twisted his body to the bed and dodged inward.

Only then did Li Chengqi see that Xue Chongjian raised his head halfway, his mouth was still bulging with the corner of the quilt, but there were already two lines of tears hanging on his face, looking at him with pain and fear in his eyes.Li Chengqi regretted it in his heart, but said angrily: "You intend to fight against me, don't you!" : "If you change the excuse, I will admit to hitting a hundred! You hit me for your brother, but you can't do it!" Li Chengqi saw that he had been beating me for a long time, but he typed out such a sentence. He couldn't tell whether he was angry or funny, and shouted: "He It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xue Chongjian pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I don't care who he is, you can't beat me for outsiders!"

Li Chengqi didn't expect that when he quarreled with him just now, his words were aggressive, but now he is obsessed with rascals like when he was a child.He pressed Xue Chongjian down again, and raised the ruler again. Xue Chongjian trembled in fright, and closed his eyes tightly.Li Chengqi looked at the frightened cat-like Hua Nu, his arm was sore and sore, he understood the meaning of Hua Nu's language.In Hua Nu's heart, there is no law, no etiquette for rulers and ministers, he always uses a child's intuition to perceive the world, who loves him more, and who is his relative.

Li Chengqi suddenly couldn't bear it, and imposed his filthy fear and caution on him.It's not Hua Nu's fault, it's that their family is too ridiculous, each relative is separated above the clouds, and blood and affection are separated by nine jade steps.He understands that this world does not fit Hua Nu's dream, but what should he do, he is not capable of creating a peaceful world for Hua Nu.

Xue Chongjian tensed his body and waited for a while, but before he felt any new pain, he opened his eyes slightly, but saw Li Chengqi's eyes were a bit lonely and dazed.He called in a low voice: "Cousin." Li Chengqi seemed to have woken up, and he turned cold again, put the ruler on Xue Chongjian's buttocks, and said: "I will deal with the county magistrate first when I go out, you lie here and think about it." I'll be back in a while, if you are still so unrepentant, we'll start over!"

Li Chengqi left these words, and went out of the inner room on his own, and when he came to the hall, he saw that the unlucky Hegong Ling was still kneeling on the spot with a sad face, and the torturers who came were standing on both sides of the board, but outside the hall Many officials from the eastern capital gathered.Li Chengqi was stunned, and asked Chang Shi, "Are they looking for me?" Chang Shi said with a smile, "Your Highness has never dealt with officials before, and today he is going to stick people. Many officials here are very curious, and they came to watch the excitement. "

Li Chengqi came out full of irritability, and was going to beat the county magistrate's rod, so that the prince would know that the signature on the inscription was not his original intention.At this time, after hearing what Na Chang Shi said, my heart suddenly moved. After pondering for a moment, I changed my mind, and my tone was a little gentler, and said to Na Hegong: "Your county has been negligent in handling this matter, and the widow summoned a cane. It was meant to be a warning and encouragement. But I have also neglected my fault, and I will report this matter to Your Majesty, that stone tablet is against etiquette, you should destroy it quickly, and order the craftsman to carve another piece according to my original manuscript."

The He Gongling stayed with his mouth half open for a long time before he realized that today's beating would be avoided. He was still a little dazed in the surprise. Anyway, it was better to thank you first. He hurriedly knocked his head loudly again, expressing his gratitude to His Royal Highness Song Wang benevolence.Li Chengqi raised his hand to stop him, and returned to the inner room.

When Xue Chongjian waited for Li Chengqi to go out, he couldn't bear the pain in his buttocks, so he quietly took off the ruler, pressed the painful spot with both hands and rubbed it to relieve the pain.Suddenly he heard footsteps approaching, he didn't expect him to go out to stick people, he went back so quickly, he was shocked and hurriedly put the ruler back, but he suddenly dropped it and fell to the ground with a clang.

Li Chengqi happened to come in and saw his flustered appearance, although he was full of sadness, he couldn't help smiling.Xue Chongjian was very embarrassed, lowered his head and muttered: "You are not steady, I looked up at you, and it fell." Li Chengqi smiled again, picked up the ruler, wiped it with a towel, and put it aside.He sat beside Xue Chongjian's bed, carefully looked at the whip marks on his buttocks, straightened his messy hair on the quilt, stretched out his hand to rub his buttocks slowly, and asked in a low voice: "How painful is it?" Is it great?"

Xue Chongjian never expected that when he turned around, Li Chengqi seemed to be a different person. He didn't know what happened outside, and said in surprise: "Aren't you going to stick people? The stick is over?" Li Chengqi smiled and said: "I There is no stick. Changshi said that I have never dealt with officials. Now that stick people are new, I suddenly realized that I was upset these days. In fact, I can’t blame the county magistrate. But if it spreads, the outside courtiers don’t know. Sincerely, as long as he really committed some serious mistake, this person's decades-long reputation will be ruined." Xue Chongjian was so careful when he heard him blowing his anger and beating someone, curled his lips and said: "Then why did you hit me? So easy?" Li Chengqi also laughed dumbfounded, and said: "I don't know, or because—" He pondered for a while and said: "You are different from others." He said something casually, but Xue Chongjian's heart was instantly overwhelmed with joy, he knew These six short words are the domineering yet extremely gentle possession of my cousin. This is the only thing my cousin has been domineering and never let go of in this life. He loves this kind of domineering very much.

Xue Chongjian naturally wrapped his arms around Li Chengqi's waist, but his eyes glanced at the ruler placed on the bedside, and said, "Are you still beating?" Li Chengqi knew that he was deliberately teasing him, so he smiled sadly, hugged Xue Chongjian, and said: " I was wrong, I am sorry for my father, I am sorry for my mother, and I am sorry for Hua Nu." Xue Chongjian said: "The person you are most sorry for is yourself! Always make yourself so aggrieved, cherish you How can someone not feel uncomfortable looking at it." Li Chengqi was a little tongue-tied and didn't know how to answer, so he said, "Cousin, go and get you medicine to rub." Xue Chongjian shook his head and said, "No! You won't rub it for me after rubbing the medicine." It's gone." Li Chengqi smiled without saying much, shook off the quilt to cover Xue Chongjian, and threw one hand into the quilt to slowly massage his buttocks.The two of them didn't know how time passed, and the embrace seemed to be extremely quiet.Hearing the rustling of the bamboo clumps rustling in the wind outside the window, watching the light gradually dim in front of him, only a lotus flower in the room was burning with a faint light like a star, spewing out a wisp of fragrance.

After a long time, I don't know whose stomach rang first, the two looked at each other and smiled in the dark, Li Chengqi stretched his slightly paralyzed body, and said, "I'll pass some food." Xue Chongjian lay on the bed , Let Li Chengqi feed him, his injury today is not a big hindrance, but he would rather lie with him like this, do whatever he wants, and enjoy his pampering.After the two had eaten, Li Chengqi said: "I want to copy the scriptures, how about you sleep for a while?" Xue Chongjian was very attached to him, and refused to leave for a moment, saying: "You sit on the bed and copy. My butt hurts. , you can write with one hand, and you can rub the other hand for me." Li Chengqi couldn't laugh or cry: "The Bodhisattva should kill me." Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "You just need to be pious in your heart. Besides, you copied scriptures for Auntie, auntie loves me the most, so she won't blame me."

Having said that, when Li Chengqi sat on the bed, he was still sitting upright and copying scriptures.Xue Chongjian didn't mess around with him, but just leaned against his body, lying on his side and flipping through books.He smelled a faint fragrance, and he didn't know whether it came from this body or from the pages of these scriptures.Sometimes after Li Chengqi finished copying a paragraph, he picked up his brush and moistened the ink, and inadvertently turned his head and looked at Xue Chongjian. It's wonderful.The so-called western bliss is not in the sky where the sun is everywhere. This is the most common reading and writing, but it escapes all the troubles of the world, which is enough to create a bliss in a room.

Li Chengqi bowed his head and copied for a long time, and finally heard the clear and distant drumbeat, coming like continuous waves, it was the curfew drum beating on the Sixth Street every day when the day was running out.After the sound of a thousand street drums without haste, all the gates of the market will be closed, and traders and pedestrians must go home. Their warm lights will also be lit in the windows of thousands of households.Li Chengqi turned his sore wrist and looked back. Xue Chongjian was still asleep, still dragging his cheeks, his eyes fixed on a page of a book for a long time.Li Chengqi rubbed his hair with a smile and said, "What are you looking at?" Xue Chongjian pointed to a place on the book and said, "This is really talking about you." Li Chengqi then looked down, and it turned out that what he was holding was a book "42 Chapters", the sentence at the finger is exactly: "People seek fame according to their passions, such as burning incense. Everyone smells the incense, and the incense burns itself."

Li Chengqi pondered for a while, but he didn't expect that he had read this sentence since he was a child, and he suddenly found it today, it was unexpectedly appropriate that he had never thought of.He didn't answer, took Xue Chongjian's hand, turned back two pages, and pointed to another place to show him, but he said: "People suffer for the Tao, and suffer if they don't follow the Tao."

Xue Chongjian was dumbfounded, then threw the scripture aside and said, "That depends on what it does." Li Chengqi smiled and said, "Can you get up?" Xue Chongjian said, "What are you going to do?" Li Chengqi said: "I don't know why, just now I heard the sound of leaking drums, and I suddenly wanted to see what the moonlight looks like on Tianjin Bridge at this time." Xue Chongjian said: "Why didn't you say it earlier? There is a curfew now, and there is no military affairs. If you can’t open the workshop door, if you are caught and beaten by some stunned youth at night, you, the prince, will have no face.” Li Chengqi laughed when he said it: “Forget it, I just said it casually.”

Xue Chongjian suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go." Li Chengqi was stunned, and said, "No need." Xue Chongjian smiled and said, "Ever since my uncle awarded the title of county king, I haven't tried to act like a tiger, and I want to be presumptuous once. Look at the moonlight, and see who dares to take us." Li Chengqi looked at Xue Chongjian's star-like eyes, and gradually showed a soothing smile, saying: "It's cool at night, you can add half an arm."

The author has something to say: [1] Emperor Zhongzong renamed Henan County in Luoyang to Hegong County, and both Yingtianmen and Mingtang belonged to Hegong County.