Chapter 969 Toasting and not eating fine wine

   Li Ji was very drunk, and when he was carried into the carriage by Li Jingye, he was still yelling, "I'm not drunk! Cheng Zhijie, have another drink with this old man!"

  Cheng Zhijie squatted on the steps and scolded: "I'm afraid you won't succeed? Vomit!"

   After finishing speaking, he vomited wildly.

  A bowl of warm water was brought over, Cheng Zhijie took a few sips, vomited, rinsed his mouth, and felt better.

   "Why did you let the old man and others attract the British public tonight?"

  Cheng Zhijie burped, feeling uncomfortable.

  Su Dingfang also came out, "Your Majesty's body is not in good shape, and drinking alcohol hurts his body. This is adding poison to poison. Xiao Jia, are you not afraid of His Majesty's wrath?"

  Old men like Li Ji can be said to be Ding Haishenzhen. As long as he is there for a day, foreign enemies will not dare to underestimate Datang for a day. The emperor hoped that Li Ji could live a few more years, so that at least he could suppress the fate of the country.

  But what will happen to Li Ji after getting drunk tonight?

  Liang Jianfang slapped Jia Pingan across the face, "You kid is sneaky, if it's not appropriate..."

   "There's nothing wrong with that."

  Jia Pingan drank a lot tonight, and felt a little dizzy, "Tomorrow will definitely be another good day for shaking your spirits!"

  …

  The next day Li Ji woke up leisurely.

  It's light outside.

  Li Ji, who has never been late, subconsciously jumped up, quickly dressed, and then opened the door to go out to wash.

   "Get your horse ready!"

  Sooner or later... ah!

  Li Jingye hid behind and instructed, "Hurry up and pass the meatloaf."

  A maid stepped forward, "Ah Lang, this is meatloaf."

  Li Ji took over the voracious food and ate it as he walked, just like he did during the wars in those years.

  Get on the horse and accelerate in one go.

   All the way to the imperial city, the hangover pain dissipated a lot.

   "Meet the British Duke."

  The gatekeeper salutes.

   "British Duke!"

   "Meet the British Duke!"

   All the way into the value room, Li Ji always felt that something was wrong.

  By the way, why are there more people in the value room?

   "Xiao Jia?"

  Who can enter Li Ji's value room when he is not around?

   That is Li Jingye.

  But Jia Pingan appeared here today.

   "From the moment the British prince left the house, his heroic galloping horse was enviable. The censor didn't find out that he was gobbling meat pie all the way, otherwise he would definitely be impeached..."

  Jia Ping'an laughed and said, "Don't you think the expressions of those people are not right?"

  Li Ji thought about it for a while, it seems so... Those people looked surprised.

   "Is it wrong for the British public to feel it?"

  Li Ji felt it, and found that his body was full of strength again.

   "The British prince accidentally fell off his horse half a month ago, and then lost his spirits..."

  "Old people are taboo to wrestle. Once they wrestle too much...the British public is proficient in medical skills, and I must have seen many old people go because of wrestling..."

  "Everyone can hint. If you hint that you are strong and strong, your body will give you back that you are strong and strong. If you imply that you are dying, your body and spirit will decline step by step until you collapse..."

   Jia Pingan said with a smile: "Since the British public is proficient in medical skills, do you know how people react when they learn from a doctor that they are dying soon?"

   "Crash!"

  Li Ji gradually realized.

   "Old man, this is..."

  You are implying to yourself that you are going to be finished.

"Mr. Ying is implying that he is not far from death, but look... you clamored to fight Cheng Gong last night. You are so vigorous, the boy is ashamed of himself. This is an old man who is not far from death? Look at your morning The galloping horse, and the heroic appearance of eating meatloaf on horseback... Is this not far from death?"

  Jia Pingan got up, "I still have something to do, so I'm leaving."

  He pushed open the door, and an old man with white beard and hair came in.

   "British Duke!"

  Li Ji raised his eyes, "Mr. Sun?"

  In an instant, everything from yesterday to now has been put on a thread by Li Ji...

  Xiao Jia came to the house yesterday to persuade the old man to go to Pingkang Square, and deliberately stopped in front of the Changan cafeteria...

  He had arranged all of this a long time ago... He went to find Cheng Zhijie and others first, and asked them to set up a situation. This is not a small face.

  Cheng Zhijie and others deliberately poured the old man down last night, and deliberately found out about the conquests in the past...to cheer up the old man.

  After drinking too much, the old man was so dizzy that he forgot that he was about to die, so he got up, dressed and mounted his horse... The action was amazingly fast in retrospect.

   It's hard to eat when you enter the imperial city, but I'm hungry! So I gnawed on the meatloaf while galloping, and in retrospect...it was so delicious.

  But the old man forgot that he was dying.

   Walks fast in the imperial city.

   Tired?

  What about frailty and mental deficiency?

   Li Ji was shocked.

  Xiao Jia's hint!

  That’s right, when the old man saw a doctor, he said he was terminally ill, and he could live for a year at least, but he went there in half a month. The family said that he was desperate and his hair turned gray overnight.

Yes!

   These are all hints to myself!

  The old man fell, and immediately thought of those old people who left early after the fall, so he hinted that he was not far from death.

   "Xiao Jia!"

   It is this kid who has been planning for the old man.

  At this moment, Li Ji couldn't help blushing.

  Sun Simiao smiled, "Xiao Jia invited the old man here because he wanted to tell the British Duke about the so-called cultivation."

  The old man’s exploration of cultivation with that Xintian, Xiao Jia must have found it ridiculous, so he invited Mr. Sun to explain the old man...

   "Some people say that the old man is a god, and those Taoists say the same thing. What do they pursue after continuous cultivation? What they pursue is transcendence. But what did the old man practice?"

   Li Ji couldn't help listening attentively.

"The old man gets up early every day, and then he does the method of health preservation that he has thought about, that is, he moves his hands and feet randomly. After breakfast, he compiles books, or goes to the mountains to collect medicine, or goes to the mountain people to make rounds... In the meantime, he just eats some of his own food. Made dry food..."

That's it?

   "At night, I like to soak my feet, feel comfortable, and then fall asleep peacefully..."

Sun Simiao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man's cultivation method is actually the method of keeping in good health. The breathing method and the appropriate movement and stillness are all assistants. The British prince knows the way of medicinal materials as well... There are only a few points that the old man has always adhered to. on."

  The little official outside the door wished he could make his ears bigger so that he could clearly remember Mr. Sun's breathing.

"Explore desires, so that you will not be ecstatic, angry, anxious, or brooding... Then you will calm down, and slowly you will feel that you are one with the world, it doesn't matter what you eat, it doesn't matter what you drink , Find something to do for yourself, for example, the old man found medical skills for himself, and the British Duke can also find a way to conquer..."

  He finally said: "Desire breeds fear. Xiao Jia told you about you. This old man thought...the more you fear something, the more you will imply that this matter is wrong. As time goes by, you will naturally collapse..."

   "Less desire is cultivation. As for the smelting of lead and mercury, it is seeking skin from a tiger."

   Didn't practice?

  The little official couldn't help being disappointed.

  But this is what Mr. Sun said personally, so it must be true.

   Li Ji was sweating profusely, "Thank you, Mr. Sun."

  He was originally a very intelligent person. Once he was pointed out about his problem, he immediately figured it out.

   "You don't need to thank me." Sun Simiao said with a smile: "Last night, Xiaojia drank too much and ran to the old man, and talked to the old man for a long time about what hints caused the disease. The old man was very interested and benefited a lot."

   Li Ji got up to see them off, and the two walked slowly in the imperial city.

  When he arrived outside the imperial city, Jia Pingan was outside. He looked back and smiled, very hearty.

   Li Ji couldn't help but also smiled.

  Li Ji turned around and walked in the imperial city, his steps were vigorous.

   "British public..."

   Everyone saw an energetic British princess.

   Later, when the DPRK and China were discussing matters, Li Ji also swept away the decadence in the past. He didn't talk much, but when he opened his mouth, he surprised people.

   "Li Qing, is this alright?"

  Didn’t you go to Pingkangfang last night?

  Li Ji smiled, "The minister is already well."

  Congratulations!

  Emperor Long Yan was very happy, and immediately rewarded the prime ministers with a lot of things.

  Wu Mei looked at Li Ji, feeling something was wrong.

  After the prime ministers left later, Wu Mei said, "Even if there is a magic elixir, it cannot make an old man heal overnight."

   "I also thought the same way, but last night the British businessman went to Pingkangfang, someone, go and call Shen Qiu."

   Li Zhi was a little puzzled.

  Shen Qiu was checking the news on Baiqi, when he heard the news, he hurried into the palace.

   "Shen Zhongguan!"

  A court lady called shyly, and then turned her body, and the softness of the woman suddenly made people's heart skip a beat.

   and Shen Qiu turned a blind eye.

  The maid stomped her feet behind her, "Sure enough, it's a...no kind!"

   Arriving in the hall, the emperor and empress put down the memorials in their hands, Shen Qiu saluted.

   "Does Baiqi know about the fact that Mr. Ying and others went to Pingkangfang last night?"

  Li Zhi never sent anyone to watch over the important ministers, and it was unnecessary. But Baiqi was watched in many places, especially in Pingkangfang.

  Ask this?

  Shen Qiu was a little surprised, "My servant received the news earlier that last night Lu Guogong and more than ten people had a gathering in the Chang'an cafeteria to drink, and then the British Duke and Jia Jungong also went, and there was a lot of noise..."

"oh!"

  Wu Mei pointed outside, and Shao Pengfei seemed to go too.

  Is this to find Jia Pingan?

   Li Zhi's heart moved slightly, and he asked lightly, "What did you say?"

   Is this suspicion?

  Shen Qiu's heart trembled, "I talked about many things about Wagang in the past, Duke Lu laughed at Duke Ying's defection to Datang as speculation, almost got into a fight..."

  I have known for a long time that this is where Cheng Zhijie is.

   "Later, the British Duke got very drunk, and so did Lu Guogong and others."

  Wu Mei glanced at the emperor, and seeing the stretch between his brows, she smiled and said: "The Duke of England is ill, and Duke Lu and others drink to comfort him."

Huh!

  The emperor and empress looked at each other.

  Wang Zhongliang felt that his two veins of Ren and Du were opened up in an instant, and he blurted out excitedly, "The British Duke is so energetic today, can drinking still cure diseases?"

  This idiot!

   Ignorance also learned to interject.

   Li Zhi pointed to the side.

  Wang Zhongliang went over slowly and knelt down.

   "Britain is good, the follow-up attack on Tubo and other places will be sure." Li Zhi is in a good mood, "Come make tea."

  Wu Mei said with a smile: "Hurry up!"

   There is a servant going out to serve tea later.

   Li Zhi raised his glass and took a sip.

  Painful!

  He took a look, there were three pieces of tea leaves in the teacup...not missing!

   But upon closer inspection, the three tea leaves are surprisingly small.

   This is a specially selected small tea, right?

   Li Zhi only felt a wave of anger welling up, "Add tea!"

  The servant took a cautious look at the queen.

   Li Zhi turned his head to look at the queen.

  How long have I been depressed?

   "Your Majesty, three pieces."

  Wu Mei shook her head.

  Li Zhi just wanted to get angry, but Wu Mei raised her cup, "There is no concubine."

   There was no tea in the teacup.

   But why is the color so dark?

  Wu Mei said without changing her face: "After Taiping was born, the medical officer said to take care of her and drink some herbal tea every day..."

  Somewhere outside the hall, two servants were muttering.

   "Why do you have to take out the tea leaves for the queen's tea?"

   "Ahem! Remember, the queen's tea is called herbal tea."

  …

  Shao Peng is back.

"Last night was Duke Jia's plan. It was said that the British Duke's illness was mostly due to his depression, so Jia Jungong invited Lu Guogong and others to accompany him, drinking heavily, talking and laughing loudly, and the British Duke took on a whole new look overnight, as if reborn. "

  Li Zhi nodded, "I see."

  He picked up the memorial and read it.

  A servant came in and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Li, please see me."

   Li Yifu laughed as soon as he came.

   "Your Majesty, I heard that more than a dozen people of martial arts were gathered in the Chang'an cafeteria last night, and they couldn't speak clearly..."

   Martial arts gatherings are a taboo thing, God knows if you are talking nonsense or talking about some outrageous schemes.

  Wu Mei raised her eyes to look at Li Yifu, and said meaningfully: "Li Xiang is loyal."

  Li Yifu was startled, Li Zhi said coldly: "People have internal and external, and things have priorities, can you tell the difference?"

  Is this saying that the old man is talking nonsense? No, it means that the old man provoked internal strife?

  Li Yifu argued: "Your Majesty, I am worried..."

  Li Zhi's eyes became more stern, "What are you worried about? Are you worried that there are too many people in the court? Or are you worried that you can't cover the sky with one hand!"

  Boom!

  The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, Li Zhi asked with a livid face, "Who are you from?"

  Li Yifu knelt down without hesitation, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, "I am your Majesty's servant."

   Li Zhi sneered and said, "Go back and think carefully about who gave you the bowl."

"yes."

   Li Yifu stood up trembling and took a few steps back before he dared to turn around and go out.

  He walked outside the hall, and heard the emperor order inside: "Bring a cup of tea."

   There is some joy in this voice.

   But he has no mind to distinguish these.

  He walked slowly in the palace.

   "Meet Your Highness!"

  The servant in front retreated to the side, bowed his body and bowed his head.

  The crown prince came surrounded by people, he seemed to be in good spirits, and his feet were quite light.

  Li Yifu saluted, "I have met Your Highness."

  In the palace, the emperor and empress are respected, followed by the prince, called His Highness. As for the other princes, they are called great kings.

  Li Hong came over and said with a smile, "Is Li Xiang entering the palace to ask for an audience?"

"yes."

  Why is His Majesty angry?

  Cheng Zhijie and others have already withdrawn from the court, and they are useless now. Wouldn't it be better if His Majesty used this old man to deal with them in exchange for standing up?

  Waste is waste, but at least it can be used.

  Why is His Majesty angry?

  Li Yifu thought of the first sentence of the queen: Li Xiang is loyal!

   Could it be that the queen is dissatisfied with the old man?

  Why is that?

  Jia Ping'an!

   This bitch!

  It must be this **** who fell into the old man's slander from the queen. After a few times, the queen became dissatisfied with the old man... Bitch slave, sooner or later, the old man will let you die without a place to bury you!

   "Lee Sang!"

  Zeng Xianglin yelled and woke up Li Yifu, he said with a smile: "The minister is thinking about the affairs of the officials, and his mind is distracted."

  Li Hong nodded with a smile and said: "The officials are important, and Li Xiangxiang will be able to do a job with ease."

What does it mean?

  The old man said that he was thinking about the affairs of the officials, the prince thought that the old man was complaining...but why did he say that the old man was able to do a job with ease?

  Li Yifu glanced at the prince, and seeing him smiling, couldn't help but feel excited.

  The prince is close to Jia Pingan, and he must try every means to kill the old man. It is easy to complain but it is intentional... But the prince is just observing the government and cannot exert pressure on the government, so what is the old man afraid of?

  Li Yifu thought of a lot in an instant, and said with a smile: "Yes, I will retire."

  Li Hong turned around and watched him go away.

  Zeng Xianglin said dissatisfiedly: "Li Yifu is the most sociable person, but he is distracted when facing His Highness, and this servant feels that he is belittling His Royal Highness."

Down. "

  Li Hong shook his head and said nothing.

  The prince's temper is too good!

   Zeng Xianglin thinks this is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing.

   When he entered the palace quickly, the prince suddenly asked: "It is said that Li Yifu is quite dissatisfied with uncle?"

  Zeng Xianglin was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Yes, Li Xiang and Jia Jungong had many conflicts."

  The prince who was walking in front nodded, "I know."

   Then he walked up the steps.

   "Aye! Mommy!"

   "The prince is here, come in quickly, by the way, where is your majesty's tea?"

   There was a commotion inside.

   Li Hong sat in the middle after saluting, and fumbled in the sleeve of his right hand with his left hand.

   "How can the people in the East Palace be able to do it recently?"

   "They are all diligent."

   "That's good, but be vigilant against those with bad intentions, and send them away."

"yes."

  The queen kept nagging, Li Hong tucked his left hand in his cuff, and slowly reached out to the emperor.

  The emperor stretched out his hand calmly, took a small oiled paper bag from his son's cuff, and quietly opened it, revealing a bag of tea leaves inside.

   "Your Majesty, the tea is here."

  The maid brought the tea, and Li Zhi grabbed a small handful of tea leaves with his right hand, quietly put them into the teacup, and then put the lid on.

   Comfortable.

   "Aye, I met Li Xiang earlier."

"oh!"

  Li Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

  Li Hong said: "Li Xiang looks very busy, a little absent-minded."

  Dare to neglect the prince?

  Li Zhi smiled and said: "The prime minister has a lot of things, so don't worry about it."

  Wu Mei also smiled and said: "It's just a coincidence, Goro doesn't need to care about this."

"yes!"

   Li Hong left after sitting for a while.

  Watching the prince's back disappearing outside the door, Wu Mei sneered and said: "Li Yifu hinted for his son the day before yesterday...wanted to seek an official for his son, and this concubine felt that it was inappropriate."

  Li Zhi took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "The prime minister is a role model for all officials. As Li Yifu is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, his children and grandchildren should naturally be promoted according to the rules. How can they be promoted?"

  …

   "That's Nitta."

  Xintian was walking slowly in Dongshi City when he was stopped by two big men.

   "My husband welcomes you."

   Xintian subconsciously said: "I still have something to do."

  The big man grinned and said, "You can refuse to try."

   "This is Chang'an!"

   Nitta felt that this attitude was wrong.

  The big man smiled ferociously, "Yes! This is Chang'an, so you can try it or not."

   Later Xintian met Jia Pingan in a restaurant.

   "I have met Duke Jia."

  Jia Pingan sat behind the desk and talked to Zheng Yuandong in a low voice, raised his head, squinted his eyes and said, "From now on, whenever I see you in Chang'an City, Luan Grave is your only place to go!"

  Xintian was shocked, "What does Junjun Jia mean?"

   "Playing stupid?"

   Jia Ping'an said flatly: "Dare to deceive the British public, the means are good."

   "This is framing!" Xintian paled, "This is Chang'an, I did not commit any crime!"

   Jia Pingan smiled, "If I say you are guilty, you are guilty, Bao Dong."

   "Here!" Bao Dong stepped forward.

  Jia Pingan pointed at Xintian, "This man still doesn't give up. Throw him to Baiqi and torture him about his background."

   Toasts do not eat fine wine!

  Hundred riders?

   "You can't do this!" Xintian's complexion changed drastically, "I'm leaving now, I'm leaving now!"

   "It's late!" Bao Dong grinned grimly.

  Several big men surrounded him, and Xin Tian, ​​who was hit by Lei Hong with one punch, knelt on the ground, and immediately tied him up and took him away.

  When we arrived at Baiqi, Lei Hong shouted: "Peng Weiwei."

   "Coming!"

  A creepy voice came. When Xintian saw the person coming, his eyes narrowed, "I would like to say, I would like to say..."

  The news came later.

   "This person has committed crimes in Longyou. He has been hanging out in Zhongnan Mountain for several years. He lied about knowing how to cultivate and cheated."

   "He wants to go to the Western Regions? I remember there is a shortage of people in the Western Regions to farm land, so let's leave it there."

  (end of this chapter)