A knife in love

Chapter 3000

Seeing Li Zhi's indecision, Mrs. Wu felt extremely resentful, and said to Li Zhi, although Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, and Zhu Suiliang have been in the imperial court for many years and have many accomplices, they are all Wenchen, it's nothing special.Among the Gu Ming ministers left behind by the late emperor, Li Ji was born as a military general, and he was as famous as Li Jing in the army, and he was well-known in prestige.If Li Ji supported His Majesty, even if Changsun Wuji and others opposed it, it would be useless.

Li Zhi listened to Wu's persuasion, secretly summoned Xu Shiji, and asked him what he thought about the matter of "abolishing the king and establishing Wu".Xu Shiji said, this is His Majesty's family business, why bother to ask the courtiers?It was just one word that revealed the person in the dream. Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately rewarded Xu Shiji heavily, and issued an edict to confer the title of Empress Wu.Although Changsun Wuji and others were dissatisfied, Li Zhi acted arbitrarily, and the matter was a done deal, so he had to give up.From then on, not only Li Zhi regarded Xu Shiji as a confidant, but Wu also felt very grateful to Xu Shiji. Harm him.

Li Qiufeng remembered that when his master told this story, he sighed and said, Xu Shiji was a hero when he was young, and he was a hero to his friends, but his temperament changed a lot as he got older. Literati habits, always thinking about being wise and protecting one's life, compared with Li Jing, Qin Qiong and other colleagues, he is a bit more sophisticated and tactful.Li Shimin thought that Xu Shiji was not only proficient in the art of war, but also able to adapt to changing situations and adjust yin and yang. In addition to being a general to lead troops in battle, he could also be a civil servant to govern the country.Therefore, before his death, Li Shimin told Li Zhi that after he ascended the throne, he would promote Xu Shiji to the position of Prime Minister, which would definitely help him to subdue important officials and stabilize the government.

When the Wu family was in chaos, many important officials and famous generals of the Taizong dynasty were dissatisfied. Even if they didn't stand up to stop it like Changsun Wuji, Yu Zhining, Zhu Suiliang and others, they would definitely not follow suit. Many people secretly scolded the Wu family for being shameless .Later, Wu Zetian appointed cruel officials and rewarded informants. It was because there were too many ministers in the court who were dissatisfied with him that he used these cruel officials and despicable people to frame and kill ministers.Xu Shiji was one of the famous generals of the Taizong dynasty, he was deeply trusted by Li Shimin, and he became the chancellor of the Gaozong dynasty, both public and private, he should be like Changsun Wuji and other ministers who cared about life, and prevent the Wu family from becoming a queen.Moreover, he is famous in the army, if he can persuade Li Zhi together with Changsun Wuji, Li Zhi loves the Wu family, and he will never dare to canonize the Wu family easily because of the opposition of the two important ministers, Wen and Wu.Even if Xu Shiji didn't want to offend Li Zhi and Empress Wu, and at worst kept silent, he was worthy of Li Shimin who trusted him so much.But the bad thing was the one sentence he said, which made Li Zhi boldly canonize the Wu family as queen regardless of the opposition of his ministers, which eventually led to the catastrophe of the Wu family's disorderly government and almost ruined the Tang Dynasty.

As the saying goes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end. Although Xu Shiji escaped Wu Zetian's poisonous hands when he was alive, he died well and was buried in Zhaoling of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin after his death. He rebelled against Wu Zetian, was defeated and was killed. Wu Zetian hated Xu Jingye to the extreme, not only destroyed the Xu family, but also cut Xu Shiji's title, and sent people to dig Xu Shiji's grave.It's ridiculous that the common people praised Xu Shiji as Xu Maogong who had a great plan. In terms of wit, he was not inferior to Zhuge Wuhou in the past. He didn't expect to end up like this, and it was a retribution.

Li Qiufeng knew that although his master was a hermit, he was not only strong in martial arts, but also rich in knowledge, even the number one scholar, his knowledge could not compare to him.Therefore, these past events told by Master, presumably cannot be false.Bao Xi saw that Wu Zetian summoned Changsun Wuji and Xu Shiji, and said that the two joined hands to fight against Wu Zetian, which is pure nonsense!There are many flaws in the words of the commoner old man, I am afraid that he is really a lie made up on the spur of the moment.It's just that he didn't know what he wanted to say after talking for a long time. !

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, the old man in gray went on to say: "The woman in Chinese clothes sneered before the maid finished speaking, which made the maid shut her mouth in a hurry, bowed her body and said nothing. Dare to say more. The woman in Chinese clothes said with a sneer, these two old fellows are cunning people, they speak with a strange ambiguity, and they hide evil intentions everywhere. It seems that their words are ordinary, but in fact every word is like a knife. Back then, Zhu Suiliang Roaring openly in front of the Second Saint is extremely hateful, although these two old fellows are not shouting like Zhu Suiliang today, they are more sinister and vicious than Zhu Suiliang!"

When Li Qiufeng heard Zhu Suiliang's name mentioned by the gray-clothed old man, his heart shuddered, and he thought to himself that the strange incident he was talking about had something to do with Wu Zetian, Changsun Wuji and Xu Shiji.These people are all from thousands of years ago, and they will never appear in front of Bao Xi.Bao Xi had this fortuitous encounter, nine times out of ten it was because he drank with Leng Lin, was overwhelmed with alcohol, fell asleep after being drunk, and even dreamed of Wu Zetian and others.He just had a strange dream, what does it have to do with this jade scale?
The green-robed old man and the others had no idea who Zhu Suiliang was, so they all looked at each other with puzzled looks in their eyes.The old man in gray went on to say: "After the lady in fine clothes finished speaking, she ignored the court lady, turned her head and said to Bao Xi, Mr. Bao, please enter the hall to rest.

"Bao Xi didn't dare to disobey, so he bowed his hands to the lady in the costume, and asked the lady in the costume to go first. The lady in the costume smiled slightly, nodded, and accompanied by the maid, she walked straight to the gate of the palace. Bao Xi pressed on Following closely behind the two of them, as they walked all the way to the door, only then did they realize that the threshold at the entrance of the hall was very high, nearly two feet, and it was not easy for ordinary people to step over. He was stunned and secretly Thinking that I have never seen such a high threshold, it seems that the owner of this house is deliberately making things difficult for visitors.

Thinking of this, he hesitated a little in his heart, but saw that the women in fine clothes and court ladies didn't seem to care that the threshold was too high, they lightly twisted their waists, and walked over the threshold. Naturally, Bao Xi couldn't lag behind, so he had to He raised the front flap of the gown with both hands, raised his right leg, and carefully stepped across the threshold.Unexpectedly, after lifting the front of the gown, the patched trousers were exposed. Bao Xi was quite embarrassed, and after crossing the threshold, he hurriedly put down the front of the gown, so as not to let everyone see his tattered trousers.

"Before Bao Xi entered the hall, he saw the majestic and towering hall, and thought that the hall must be decorated with carved beams and paintings, ornately decorated with rare treasures and antique jade objects. Unexpectedly, after entering the hall, he saw that the hall was empty. There is a long couch at the end. In front of the couch is a wooden table about two feet high and about ten feet long. There is nothing else. There are many candlesticks in the main hall, and many lampstands are also fixed on the surrounding walls. , and many candles and oil lamps were lit on it, illuminating the hall with light."

(End of this chapter)