Su Buwei covered the emperor with a blanket, and then stood half a step behind the emperor with his head lowered. He had stood at this distance for more than ten years and would not deviate even an inch. The emperor had stopped taking the medicine for some time. Although he was still coughing up blood, he seemed to be in much better spirits. This surprised Su Buwei, as it seemed that the emperor's condition would be better without medicine.
But neither he nor the emperor ever suspected that there was something wrong with the medicine prepared by Mr. Wan. People like Wan Xingchen would not tamper with the medicine no matter how dissatisfied they were with the Yang family. Although he is old, he still has that straightforward temperament. Moreover, he has no need at all.
¡°If one day he really plans to do something to the Yang family, no matter how tall the walls of Tai Chi Palace are, they won¡¯t be able to stop him.
In fact, the emperor understood that his days were really numbered.
"The night breeze is cool. Your Majesty, please sit down for a while and then go back."
Su Buwei gave a lowly advice.
The emperor hummed, still raising his head and looking at the sky: "It looks like it's going to rain Okay, it's really good!"
Su Buwei understood what the emperor meant, nodded and said: "The servants followed your majesty's order and went around. None of the officials who distributed the seeds dared to slack off. The people also knew that if they didn't plant the food, they would miss the season this year." , so although it is busy, it is not chaotic. According to the figures reported by the people below, tens of thousands of people have received seeds in just a few hundred miles from Fengcheng to Jinyang. If it rains heavily, it will not take a few days. The sprouts will pop out of the ground.¡±
The emperor smiled: "Li Yuanshan used knives to force the people to rebel with him, and I used seeds to bring back the hearts of the people. In fact, the eyes of the people are brighter than anyone else, but they are like water, and the waves are always blown by the wind. If the wind is strong for Li Yuanshan, the wave will hit me. If the wind is strong for me, the wave will naturally turn back and hit the rebels."
The emperor's metaphor was a bit new. Su Buwei lowered his head and thought for a moment that this was really the case.
"The northwest looks like a mess, and it looks like it's rotten to the core, but it's not"
The emperor smiled and said: "The people are the most benevolent. Only after a disaster will they find out who treats them better. So I never blame them for being forced to follow Li Yuanshan in their rebellion. After all, no matter how serious it is, it is fatal."
"Your Majesty"
Su Buwei shouted quickly, interrupting the emperor's words.
This is not what an emperor should say to his servants.
The emperor looked back at him and smiled: "There is no one else, why don't you allow me to tell the truth? The royal family has always said that people should not be disloyal no matter how big things happen, and loyalty and filial piety are greater than fate. But. Let's talk about it, how many people in this world can be loyal and filial to their fate?"
"There are still some."
Su Buwei said.
"there's a few?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone was a little cold: "If there were more people like this, would I be sitting here now?"
He is like a child. He was in a good mood before, but now he is angry again.
Su Buwei shook his head helplessly, not knowing how to comfort him.
"I rarely ask you about the affairs of the court. Since I have let the prince take care of it, now you and I can be regarded as outsiders. So tell me, among the people in the court now, who can do these five words? ?¡±
"My slave I have short-sighted eyes and cannot tell. Besides, Your Majesty will never be an outsider, but the one in charge."
"You can't see any of them, right?"
The emperor smiled helplessly and asked.
Su Buwei was about to explain when he suddenly stood up straight. He had always been leaning forward slightly when he was next to the emperor, but at this moment, his waist was extra straight. He took a step forward, just enough to block the emperor behind him. The emperor looked stunned for a moment when he saw him like this, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Far away, in the dark.
"You have seen it so clearly, no wonder you are angry. As an emperor, you have no one you trust around you, and none of your ministers are willing to die for you. Do you feel that you have failed as an emperor?"
The words in the darkness were very soft, but they reached the emperor's ears very clearly.
When he heard these words, the emperor sat up straighter: "I guessed it right, you still took this step."
The figure in the darkness seemed to smile: "Your Majesty has been plotting against everyone since he was the prince. After becoming the emperor, he plotted even more, so you always feel that everything is under your control, but you Look at it now The Great Sui Dynasty is already like this, what are you doing?Why hasn't your confidence escaped yet? "
The man was walking and talking, gradually emerging from the darkness.
He is not the kind of tall and tall person who needs to be looked up at, but everyone who has seen him feels that he is a tall and straight mountain. His walking posture is very smooth and stable, and there is absolutely no deviation in the distance he takes with each step. Even if this person looks ordinary, his aura will be unforgettable.
He came by himself.
He was also carrying a huge package in his hand, which looked like it contained a cow.
"Huh?"
When he walked out of the darkness, he paused for a moment, then smiled slightly and praised: "Su Laogou in the palace, Zhang Yiyang in Wudang they are all well-deserved people."
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The emperor pulled up the velvet blanket covering his body, and his expression returned to calm. He looked calmly at the man dragging a huge package slowly, without even a trace of hatred or hatred in his eyes. It was as if he was seeing a passerby who had nothing to do with him, or he didn't even expect that he would be so casual.
At this moment, the emperor could still thinkperhaps he knew too early that this day would come sooner or later, so there was no anger or surprise.
"Whether I fail or succeed, that is something that only future generations can comment on. But what I can be sure of is that in the future, whether it is in history books or word of mouth among the people, my reputation will definitely be better than yours. Good A lot. Your name will be mentioned together with the words Li Yuanshan. As for the words, I still have this confidence Do you have it?
The man who came out of the darkness put the big package on the ground, stood more than ten meters away from the emperor and smiled and said: "Your Majesty is always so confident, which is really admirable. But have you ever thought about when it is not the case? A hero¡¯s success or failure? If someone criticizes me in a few decades, what about a few hundred years from now?¡±
"Should I thank you? At this moment, you haven't called me by my name, Yang Yi."
The emperor looked at him and asked.
Luo Yao waved, and two sacks filled with grain and grass flew over from afar as if they had become conscious, and fell down and stacked up behind Luo Yao obediently. Luo Yao sat down on the sack, just eye level with the emperor.
"Your Majesty, please don't blame me for being rude. It's a bit tiring to drag such a package so far."
The emperor pointed to the package and asked: "Bring a coffin?"
Luo Yao shook his head: "I am relatively poor, and I don't have the habit of giving away coffins."
He glanced back slightly: "Zhenren Zhang, the last time you and I met was ten years ago. That day I visited Wudang Mountain in disguise, and Zhenren Zhang was watching ants moving in the forest At that time, I had seven thoughts. I finally gave up the idea of ??killing you because you used moving ants to create a meteorological formation. After ten years of separation, how come you haven¡¯t made any progress at all?¡±
A sigh came from behind him, and then the man walked out of the shadows dozens of meters away from Luo Yao: "Actually, I haven't grown in decades, but you don't know it."
Luo Yao couldn't help laughing and said: "It is said that the person with the purest temperament at this time is none other than Zhenren, but I seem to be presumptuous and abrupt. I just don't understand that people like Zhenren should live in seclusion in the mountains and not care about worldly affairs. The ordinary heart has been around for decades. It was broken years ago, so how come it becomes more vulgar as I get older?¡±
This Mr. Zhang is the old man fishing for pythons in a dry well that Fang Jie met.
As he walked, he answered seriously: "Because I also like money, beautiful women, and these things. Although I am old, my waist is still good, and I can lift up the sky every morning. I also have a good appetite, no matter how much I eat, I didn't feel uncomfortable eating chicken, duck or fish. That day I was sitting in the room bored and did the math. I will live decades longer than others but I can't buy a small house in Chang'an City with the money I saved. "I can count the number of women I've touched with one handtwo hands and two feet, so I feel very bad."
Luo Yao did not take this as a joke and asked seriously: "Can I give you more?"
Zhang Zhenren shook his head and said seriously: "No, no, no I don't like people who are too arrogant."
Luo Yao's eyes changed slightly, and then he laughed: "Zhang Zhenren thinks he is not aroused now?"
Zhang Zhenren walked to the emperor and stopped, then put away his smile, and said to Luo Yao word for word: "You think this is a fair competition, but I am too selfish and take regional distinctions very seriously."
Luo Yao nodded: "It turns out you know a lot of things."
??Zhenzhen Zhang pointed to the sky: "It's very shameful for a Taoist to know how to divine." "Ha ha"
Luo Yao laughed heartily: "I like such an opponent."
Mr. Zhang shook his head: "I don't like it."
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The emperor kept looking at Luo Yao quietly and did not interrupt when he was talking to Zhenren Zhang. When Master Zhang stopped beside him, he nodded slightly and said, "Thank you Master."
Master Zhang leaned over and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious."
The emperor smiled, and then looked at Luo Yao: "I thought you would always find it fun, and then continue playing like this, thinking it was fair. If you abide by the rules you set, I will play with you and you won't necessarily lose. But now you are a bit looked down upon by me. You have even broken the rules you set, so what's the use of being stronger?"
"Strong, naturally useful."
Luo Yao said calmly: "It seems that His Majesty already knows a lot of things."
"Actually, you should clean up the mess first."
The emperor said.
Luo Yao shrugged his shoulders: "It's something I've had enough fun with, and I have no interest in cleaning it up."
The emperor was silent for a while, and then said seriously: "I have to say, you are admirable. It is very gratifying to think about being your opponent."
"You have the qualifications."
Luo Yao said.
"But you think you can end everything by killing me? Although I am seriously ill and cannot live long, I have children who will inherit everything from me. I know that there is a saying in the world that Chang'an is not easy to enter. You must have a deeper understanding of this sentence than I do?"
"He will die sooner or later, and I will live longer than him. Andexcept for myself, my descendants cannot be trusted."
Luo Yao replied.
"Since Wisdom entered Chang'an City to cause trouble, many people have said that the rumors about Chang'an City's indestructibility are false. A heavenly master from the Buddhist sect comes in and out of Chang'an casually. How can he talk about being indestructible? That's because they can't see it. At such a high level, the so-called Chang'an is not easy to enter, and you cannot get out after entering It is not said to a small person like Zhi. "
Luo Yao pointed to his nose: "There are very few people in this world who can make Wan Lao Yao take action. Here is one. Only those who have reached the level where Wan Lao Yao can take action can truly understand the saying "Chang'an is not here". It's easy to get in, but you can't get out. Xiao Yijiu doesn't count, but Wan Lao Yao is too old isn't he?
He moved the big package forward: "This is not a coffin, but a gift from me. I just want to tell you that I can kill you anytime I want, but I haven't had enough fun yet."
The package spread out and hundreds of heads rolled out.
¡°I don¡¯t know if it was a coincidence or something, but a human head rolled until it was not far away from the emperor and then stopped. Su Buwei's eyes changed when he saw the head, and he murmured: "Li Xiaoche? You actually slaughtered the rebels in Jinyang City?"
"I think, therefore I do."
Luo Yao raised his chin slightly: "Anytime, anywhere, anyone."