Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3404
In the early morning of the next day, the heavy snow subsided slightly, and the north wind howled and raged, but it was colder than when it snowed, and the dripping water turned into ice.

Li Ji got up before dawn, had a simple breakfast after washing, and then dealt with military documents in the camp. Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong came to see him hand in hand.

"Do you know what's going on?"

Li Ji put down the brush and asked with a frown.

Yesterday Yuchi Gong yelled and shouted, he was scolded by his own staff, although his life was not in danger, but after dozens of military sticks, his muscles and bones would still be hurt, he would not be able to walk around without lying on the bed for a month.Why did you just finish playing yesterday, and come to your door today?

Could it be because His Majesty was injured and refused to meet people?

Li Ji has some headaches. Yu Chigong, Qiu Xiaozhong and others are now high-ranking and high-ranking officials, but they have been in the army for many years. .

It's just that I don't know how Cheng Yaojin got mixed up with Yu Chigong?
These two seem to be laughing and joking, but in fact they are quite wrong. They have never been willing to walk together and retreat together... Today they must be unwilling to let it go.

But no matter how painful it is, I still can't see it.

These are all generals in the army, if they cannot be appeased, it will easily lead to serious consequences...

Rubbing between his brows, Li Ji said, "Let them in."

"Here!"

After the soldiers went out, Li Ji got up from behind the desk, went to the chair by the window and sat down, looked at the scattered snowflakes outside the window, and heard the roar of the howling north wind.

"I've seen the Duke of England!"

Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong entered and bowed to salute.

Li Ji also got up to return the gift.

That's all for Qiu Xiaozhong, Cheng Yaojin has senior qualifications, great achievements, and his title is only slightly lower than him, it would be inappropriate for him to sit and receive Cheng Yaojin's gift.It's not that he can't do it, as the head of the prime minister, he is the most courteous official, and now he is the deputy commander in the army, one person is under ten thousand, he can certainly accept Cheng Yaojin's courtesy.But Li Ji was low-key by nature, and he always tolerated being low-key, and he would never do anything that might cause others to criticize him for "treating honorable ministers slowly".

Yu Chigong was carried in by two personal soldiers with a wooden plank, lying on the wooden plank and cupping his hands casually, he said in a low voice, "I was injured, and I couldn't fully salute, I hope you don't blame the British Lord!"

Li Ji's eyelids twitched, and he said, "It's okay."

Then he sat down, stretched out his hand to signal Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong to also take their seats, Yu Chigong asked the soldiers to put him on the ground, and then waved his hand to push him away.

A clerk offered tea, and then withdrew from the account.

Li Ji took a sip from his teacup and asked, "You guys are here hand in hand, it's okay to speak up if you have something to say."

Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong looked at each other, then looked at Yu Chigong on the ground, and then said: "I have heard about the disturbances between the two outside His Majesty's tent yesterday. I came here today to blame the British Crown Prince. Improper handling, but I want to remind the British public that a country cannot be without a king for a day, and an army cannot be without a commander for a day. Your Majesty has not shown it in front of people for many days. At the moment, if the controversy over whether His Majesty's dragon body is healed affects the morale of the army and delays the plan to attack the city... who can take this responsibility?"

Before dawn today, Qiu Xiaozhong went to his camp and talked about yesterday's events.Cheng Yaojin has been commanding the army to attack the city continuously in recent days, facing the Goguryeo people's tenacious defense and suffering heavy losses, just at the time when he was devastated, he forgot about His Majesty's injury.

But after Qiu Xiaozhong and his painful presentation of the pros and cons, Cheng Yaojin also realized that this matter was very wrong.

He didn't care about the solid morale and morale of the army, he had known His Majesty Li Er's monarch and ministers for twenty years, and his feelings for Li Er's Majesty had already surpassed that of the monarch and his ministers.As long as His Majesty Li Er has the slightest chance of being framed by a traitor, even if he risked his life, he would not stand idly by.

Li Ji fell silent.

He naturally knew that the matter of His Majesty Li Er's serious injury and coma could not be delayed for a long time, but he did not expect that the time to reveal this matter would come so soon...

Yu Chigong, who was lying on the wooden board, also said loudly: "We have followed Your Majesty for many years, and it is absolutely impossible to allow Your Majesty to be slaughtered by traitors!"

Qiu Xiaozhong also said: "Your Majesty is injured, but we, as subjects, can't even see each other. How can there be such a reason in the world? The British Duke has always been glorious and righteous, so I should let you kowtow in front of Your Majesty to express our condolences." Otherwise, even if we believe that His Majesty is fine, I am afraid it will be difficult to appease the soldiers."

Yesterday he tried to dissuade Yu Chigong from speaking rudely, but today he and Yuchi Gong are in the same boat...

Cheng Yaojin frowned, feeling that the two people's words were a bit serious, but before he could change his mind, Li Ji stared at Yu Chigong who was lying on the wooden board, and asked word by word: "Who do you say is a traitor, and who slaughtered you?" His Majesty?"

Yu Chigong poked his neck, and snorted angrily, "If you want people not to know, you have to do nothing! The British Duke may as well meet His Majesty here, as long as His Majesty is safe, you can kill or cut as you please!"

Li Ji snorted coldly, "In that case, then I will lead you to see His Majesty!"

After saying that, he raised his voice and said to the relatives outside the account: "Go to Zhao Guogong's tent, and invite Zhao Guogong to His Majesty's big tent."

Before waiting for the soldiers outside to respond, Qiu Xiaozhong shook his head and said: "Just now I have been to Zhao Guogong's camp, but I was told that Zhao Guogong went out to inspect the camp early in the morning and did not turn back."

Li Ji frowned, puzzled and said: "Everyone in the army performs their own duties, and I and the generals are in charge of military affairs. When do you need Mr. Zhao to inspect the camp?"

Qiu Xiaozhong spread his hands and said: "I also don't know, the soldiers in Zhao Guogong's camp said so."

Li Ji got up and said: "Let's go, go to the Chinese Army tent and meet His Majesty!"

Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong hurriedly got up, Yu Chigong also called his own soldiers in, carried him, and followed the three of them to the main tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the big tent, he saw the imperial doctor crawling out of the tent, his face was pale and bloodless, his expression frightened and frightened, suddenly he saw Li Ji and others coming, as if they were grabbing at straws, they jumped on him. Going forward and kneeling at Li Ji's feet, before he could speak, tears were streaming down his face.

Li Ji and the others were taken aback, and quickly asked in a low voice, "How is Your Majesty?"

The imperial doctor just came back to his senses, his lips twitched a few times, he wanted to say something but he closed his mouth suddenly, got up and pulled Li Ji's sleeve, and dragged him into the big tent.

Cheng Yaojin and Qiu Xiaozhong's expressions also changed drastically, and they quickly followed.

Yuchi Gong shouted repeatedly: "Take me in..." But suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly said: "Put it down, put me down!"

When the soldiers put him on the ground, he ignored his injuries and entered the big tent on his stomach on the snow. The soldiers wanted to come forward to help him, but he stopped him: "Stay here, don't enter, if someone trespasses , Kill Unforgiven!"

"Here!"

The soldiers were terrified, and after obeying the order, they held the horizontal knife at their waists and stood guard outside the big tent door together with the imperial guards, watching intently, not allowing anyone to approach.

Inside the tent, curtains are used to cover the windows, only two lamps are burning, and suddenly entering the darkness from the bright place outside, it is difficult for everyone to adapt for a while, and they cannot clearly see the situation inside the tent.

As Li Ji walked towards the bed, he asked, "How is Your Majesty doing?"

The imperial physician knelt on the ground with a "Putong" and wept loudly with the first pause: "This humble minister is incompetent, Your Majesty has... already died!"

"boom!"

Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Qiu Xiaozhong, and Yu Chigong who had just crawled through the door felt as if there was a muffled thunder in their ears, making their heads buzzing, and they were all dumbfounded and at a loss.

His Majesty... died? !
How can it be? !
Thinking back to the early years of Wude, His Majesty Li Er was so heroic and heroic. Although he was only the second son of Emperor Gaozu, he already had the appearance of swallowing mountains and rivers and ruling the world. Fighting in the field, seizing against the contrary, and making the country.

Today, His Majesty Li Er is at the peak of spring and autumn, the empire is prosperous, and the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo seems to have been accomplished, and the feats that have surpassed the past and the present have been achieved at his fingertips. How could he die just because he was injured by falling from a horse?

Everyone was so shocked that they didn't even feel sad, angry, etc. for a while, and they didn't dare to accept the truth.

Could it be that His Majesty is preparing for some major event, using means such as cheating to achieve certain goals?
……

Li Ji managed to stabilize his mind, and walked quickly to the bed to see what happened. Cheng Yaojin had already rushed to the bed with a "wow", looking at the peaceful face of His Majesty Li Er, feeling sad for a moment, let out a voice burst into tears.

Yu Chigong and Qiu Xiaozhong also woke up from the stunned shock, knelt on the ground together, paused for the first time, and wept bitterly.

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(End of this chapter)