A series of crackling firecrackers attracted people's attention.
Gunpowder was invented, and firecrackers were born.
Yunhao hoped that the firecrackers set off outside were not Cheng Yaojin's firecrackers.
He had seen his firecrackers before.
They were so thick that Yunhao felt that if they were sold, they would be very popular with terrorists.
A huge firecracker weighing two kilograms, perfect for carrying out a terrorist attack or something like that.
After listening carefully, luckily there was no huge rumbling sound.
If Cheng Yaojin placed this thing in Tai Chi Palace, Yunhao thought it would be better to take leave and go home as soon as possible.
The huge "boom" sound made Taiji Hall seem to shake, and Li Er's eyes widened.
The guards took out their knives one after another, and the sound came from the direction of Taiye Pond.
This year I took a look at the warm spring next to Taiye Pond, and there was a large area of water that did not freeze.
When Li Er has nothing to do, he likes to go to Taiye Pond.
"What's the sound?
Find out quickly."
Before Li Er could speak, Du Ruhui had already given the order.
Immediately, guards rushed to the edge of Taiye Pond like rabbits.
Before the guards came back, Cheng Yaojin walked in with a wet smile, carrying a carp nearly three feet long.
He walked up to Li Er and held the fish to Li Er horizontally.
"Your Majesty, this is the mascot brought up for Your Majesty by my veteran minister in Taiye Pond.
In our Tang Dynasty, there are fish every year, and the grains are plentiful.
In the prosperous Zhenguan era, uh" There was silence in the Tai Chi Hall for a moment, and I saw Old Cheng blushing.
The whole hall burst into laughter immediately, and the sound almost lifted the roof of Tai Chi Hall.
Li Er laughed so hard that he almost lost his temper.
Lao Cheng must have asked someone to teach him auspicious words to flatter Li Er.
As a result, I wasn’t good at studying and I forgot my words halfway through speaking.
Yunhao curled his lips and said nonsense.
This was obviously fished out, with more than two kilograms of explosives.
Yunhao didn't believe that the fish in Taiye Pond could hold it, but it was definitely an anomaly to have such a big fish in Taiye Pond.
"I, Old Cheng, can't learn the sour things.
After I'm old, Cheng will go to Dafeichuan to see the Tubo people.
I've been there for a few years.
Old Cheng is here to wish my emperor a long life.
I must keep safe."
Border, let His Majesty sleep peacefully."
Lao Cheng walked a few steps to the red osmanthus and held the fish to Li Er with both hands.
There was silence once again in the main hall.
There was a decree from years ago asking Cheng Yaojin to go to Dafeichuan and defend it.
Li Er sympathized with Lao Cheng that he would not be able to come back for a few years, so he left Lao Cheng alone after the New Year.
Li Er put away his smile and stood up from the throne.
He turned around and walked around the imperial cabinet and walked up to Lao Cheng.
Lao Cheng's face turned a little yellow and there were tears in his eyes.
The hair on the temples has turned gray, and there are scars on the cheeks.
It must have been done while fishing.
The bright red blood was slowly seeping out along the skin and flowing into the beard.
Dafeichuan is a bitter and cold place.
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Barbarians like the Tubo people will not care, but the Han people in Guanzhong find it difficult to adapt.
Going to Dafichuan is actually going to endure hardship.
"You'd better not go to Zhijie Dafeichuan.
I'll send someone else.
I don't want you to be fifty years old and brave the cold to guard the border for me.
You have been following me since Luoyang.
Over the years, we have fought hard and vicious battles.
I also fought.
Now that I am old, it is time to enjoy peace and happiness.”
"Your Majesty, my old minister can still draw a strong bow, and he can still ride a strong horse.
This is what a general does to guard the territory and defend his territory.
I would like to be your majesty's eagle and dog for the rest of my life."
The tears in Lao Cheng's eyes could no longer hold on.
Tears flowed down his cheeks.
"I have made up my mind, and there is no need to say any more.
According to the decree, Duke Cheng Zhijie of the State of Lu was transferred to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
When the seal is opened after the year, he will be in charge of the ministry."
Li Er said decisively.
Everyone was stunned, this became the popular Minister of Personnel.
The original Minister of Personnel, Xiao Yu, just smiled slightly.
He is over eighty this year.
He has long ceased to be in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and now it is Linghu Defen who has the final say in the Ministry of Personnel.
The old guy was looking at Cheng Yaojin with a heavy face.
He knew that he could not afford to offend his immediate boss.
"Dafichuan, which general is willing to go?"
After Li Er finished speaking, he looked at the generals present.
Cheng Yaojin doesn’t need to go, but someone has to go to Dafeichuan.
Moreover, the geographical location there is very important, so I am afraid that we need to send an important minister.
Almost all the veterans stood up and prostrated themselves in front of Li Er's steps.
I hope that I can lead the troops to guard the Dafeichuan area to relieve His Majesty's worries.
Yunhao knows that these old guys have been soft-handed in making money over the years.
Women sleep until their feet are weak, and years of peace have left them with spleens.
Many people's body types have evolved to the point where riding a horse is a problem.
In fact, Datang has rarely used these veteran generals in recent years.
A large number of middle-aged generals like Hou Junji have begun to be used.
Currently, the only ones who are still active in the military circles are Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Zhang Jian, Zhang Gongjin, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong and others.
Even Yuchi Gong was only responsible for the defense of Chang'an City by Youwei Guard.
The expedition had nothing to do with him.
Looking at the rows of faces below, Chai Shao's hair has turned gray, Li Jing's legs are no longer working.
Liu Hongji is so fat that he has lost his human appearance.
Duan Hu and Duan Zhixuan have passed away, and there are fewer and fewer old brothers who follow him to conquer the world.
"Li Ji let him go, and he will be rewarded with the title of British Duke of Dafeichuan after he has guarded it."
After looking at it for a long time, Li Er remembered a person who had not appeared here, Li Ji, who had just been defeated in the Western Regions.
At this time, he was still being punished at home, his title was gone, and he couldn't enter the palace at all.
When he said this, Li Er was already losing interest.
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After looking at the ministers below the steps, he turned around and entered the inner palace.
After the emperor left, the banquet completely turned into a stage where demons danced wildly.
Some were enjoying the singing and dancing, and some were quarreling with each other under the pretense of being drunk.
Some even led their war horses and gestured in the square in front of the Tai Chi Palace.
Normally, Yunhao would shy away from this process.
With such a small physique, I couldn't handle being punched to death.
It is better to leave as soon as possible.
This is why a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
Seeing Qin Qiong waving to him, Yunhao squeezed out of the crowd and followed Qin Qiong.
Among the elders in Chang'an, Yunhao is the closest to Qin Qiong.
In his mind, he truly regards Qin Qiong as his elder.
"Let's go and have a drink at home.
In the palace, I never dare to drink freely."
Qin Qiong said with a smile.
"You shouldn't drink too much strong wine with your body.
You can drink more grape wine.
It's good for your health."
At the end of every year, the Qin family will take away a large amount of high-purity steamed wine from the Yun family.
Yunhao is worried about Qin Qiong's health.
According to the normal course of history, Qin Qiong should die this year.
But it seems that Qin Qiong's face looks pretty good.
She has been pampered and pampered for many years, plus the ginseng pills prepared by Yunhao.
Although Qin Qiong's health is not as good as before, it doesn't seem to be much worse, and he won't be unable to survive for a year.
"You said that you are not allowed to drink this wine, and you are not allowed to eat meat.
What energy do you have to live?
In the past two years, you could ride a horse and go hunting.
In the past two years, you can't ride a horse.
You can run two miles.
I'm breathing heavily.
Sometimes my body feels so boring," Qin Qiong said helplessly as she beat her leg with one hand.
Yunhao was helpless because he didn't know how to comfort this old man who was tortured by the disease.
The man in front of me lamenting the years was once a hero who stepped on both sides of the Yellow River and conquered 108 counties in Shandong.
But now, it is this kind of virtue.
"When I first saw you, you were so tall."
Qin Qiong suddenly said as the wheels made a clanging sound.
The height measured by his hand was less than Yunhao's butt.
"What's the matter?
I was young back then, but I wasn't so short.
I'm no longer three inches tall."
"You offended the king at that time."
Qin Qiong's memory stopped abruptly.
The late Sui Dynasty was chaotic and many people had already gone.
Those once heroic men and women are now reduced to nothing.
"Go outside the city," Qin Qiong ordered, and the carriage began to turn.
Yunhao knew that Qin Qiong wanted to see Luo Cheng, his cousin.
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Qin Qiong would take a look every year.
Luo Cheng had no descendants.
Lao Qin would weed and clean the courtyard for his brothers.
Although the old man guarding the tomb took the Qin family's money and had cleaned Luo Cheng's curtain, Qin Qiong still had to sweep it again with a broom.
To paraphrase that sentence, what I am doing is not sweeping graves, but mourning.
Tomb-sweeping on New Year's Eve was something Yunhao had never experienced before.
Probably not many people have experienced it Yunhao didn't say anything and could only follow behind.
Luo Cheng's cemetery is not far from Chang'an, and it only takes half an hour to get there.
Not far in front of the tomb is the tombkeeper's hut.
A lonely old man in his sixties with no children became Luo Cheng's tombkeeper.
Qin Qiong stopped the tombkeeper from greeting him, and with a wave of his hand, a servant brought him some wine and meat.
The servants of the Qin family quickly placed offerings in front of the tomb, and a stall of the most authentic Yun family wine was offered in the center.
After taking a sip of strong wine, Qin Qiong sat cross-legged in front of Luo Cheng's tomb.
He didn't speak, and neither did Yunhao.
The two of them were just standing in front of the tomb, the wine bottles in their hands were half empty but still fully clothed.
"Boy, do you believe in swearing?"
Lao Qin suddenly said quietly.
The eyes were so bright that those who didn't know thought they were two will-o'-wisps.
"I believed it at first, but then someone told me that swearing doesn't work and swearing doesn't hurt, so I don't believe it anymore."
Yunhao took a sip of wine and felt the heat from his throat to his stomach.
Drink some of this stuff on a cold day and your whole body will feel warm and fuzzy.
"What do you mean?
I used to believe it, but I didn't believe it either.
Many times, swearing was just a matter of occasion.
But now I believe it."
Old Qin raised his head and took a sip of wine, with a strange smile on his face.
"That year when Luo Cheng and I were practicing martial arts in Peiping, he asked me to teach him the Qin family's mace in exchange for the Luo family's gun.
At that time, our brothers all swore that if someone had something to hide, he would not die.
The oath I swore was if After leaving only one and a half moves, I, Qin Qiong, vomited blood and died."
Qin Qiong took a sip of wine and shook her head with a smile.
"That" "The oath my cousin swore is that if there is any Zangsi, he will be killed by thousands of arrows."
Qin Qiong smacked her lips and exhaled a strong breath of alcohol.
Pass the wine bottle to Yunhao Yunhao's hands trembled and he almost dropped the wine bottle to the ground.
Is this thing so accurate?
Luo Cheng was really killed by thousands of arrows piercing his body, and the iron arrowheads refined on his body weighed several kilograms.
Thinking about what I often say in front of my wives, I just love you.
Otherwise, I will not be sure if I make oaths such as thunder and lightning.
He looked up at the sky.
It was winter and there should be no lightning to strike him.
It looks like we won’t be able to go out in the summer from now on.
If God feels that he has sworn too much, it would be bad to help him achieve the following.
"At the beginning of winter, I started coughing badly at night.
During this time, I already had yellow phlegm, and sometimes the phlegm was even stained with blood.
I know that this is because my cousin misses me.
The vows made back then will probably come true soon.
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Come to me.
To be honest, I, Lao Qin, am not afraid of death.
There are three dangers in the ten thousand horse army.
If there is really a word of fear, I will die long ago.
The more this person is afraid of death, the more Hell will send little devils to seduce you.
I wasn't afraid of death at that time, so no matter how injured I was, even the kid couldn't seduce me.
Now it’s no longer possible.
No one in the family, old or young, can support this family.
Duke Yi Guo sounds nice, but in fact he has long been empty-handed.
Without the help of you and a few old brothers over the years, it might have declined.
After all these years, my life was finally not in vain.
It's enough to have a junior like you and a brother like Zhijie."
"Uncle Qin" Yunhao's hands shook even more.
Is Qin Qiong entrusting matters at home?
Could it be that his body has really reached that point?
It doesn't look like it.
"Silly boy, life and death are ordinary things.
Why are you crying?
I have killed not ten thousand but eight thousand people in my life.
I have slept with countless women.
In the eyes of us men, this is It's military merit and glory.
But in the eyes of his family, the butcher is a pervert.
Forget it, let's go back home.
Cousin, you have a good New Year down there.
Not many days have passed before your cousin went over to see you.
At that time, we brothers will drink together.
Qin Qiong said, spilling the remaining wine in the jug onto the ground.
When I followed Lao Qin back to Chang'an, the streets had not been cleaned yet.
I wondered for a long time before I remembered that today is Yuan Day, and King Wu couldn’t help but When I got off the carriage, my legs felt like they were filled with lead.
The heart is more like I saw with my own eyes that a hero was so majestic that he took the head of a general out of a million soldiers.
You don’t need to watch it, just listen to it and your blood will boil.
But we can see a hero who is old, gray-haired and stooped, but he is still running for his descendants.
That feeling of desolation, as if a big stone is weighing on my heart, is just a word.
It was so blocked that the air pressure seemed to have dropped several levels, and I felt like I couldn't breathe.
Although he tried every means, it seemed that he could no longer save Qin Qiong's life.
In other words, Qin Qiong's life can no longer be extended.
The stage play of life can be exciting or boring.
No matter how hard the actors work, the final ending still cannot escape the ending chapter.
The two of them walked inside thoughtfully, when suddenly the sound of horse hooves came from the street.
"Second Brother" In the darkness, a rough howl resounded through the night sky of Chang'an City
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