My timeless tavern

Chapter 505 Gao Shi: Your Majesty, please abdicate

Yingning's words did not let the ghost mother and Yinggu relax their vigilance.

Unlike her daughter, Yinggu is knowledgeable and knows that human nature is unpredictable.

Even though Tushan Honghong showed her true colors, she did not let down her guard.

She greeted a few people in a perfunctory manner, trying to find out where they came from.

Then she received the wine handed to her by Yingning.

The aroma of the wine surprised her a little, but facing her daughter's eager gaze, she finally did not refuse.

After drinking the wine, Yinggu's face suddenly became bright.

Due to her talent and environment, her cultivation level has decreased instead of increased over the years, so twenty years of cultivation level is not insignificant to her.

Especially getting that from a glass of wine.

Where does this wine come from?

Why have I never heard of it?

Yingning took her arm and explained the existence of the tavern to her with a smile.

In order to make the ghost mother believe, she even brought it to the tavern.

Nie Xiaoqian and the others naturally did not follow.

They looked at the stunned fox demon Xiaorong and found it extremely interesting.

Under the leadership of Yingning and the ghost mother Yinggu, the group had a great time in this world.

Several people helped Yingning to get revenge.

Only the ghost mother Yinggu knew the identity of the enemy who killed her mother.

She hadn't originally planned to tell her daughter.

Yingning's magical powers are limited, so not only can he not take revenge, he might even get himself involved.

After knowing the strength of Nie Xiaoqian and others, her mind became active.

Besides, the Taoist priest named Cao who killed Yingning's biological mother was not a good person.

He catches ghosts and demons not to uphold justice, but to obtain the demons' inner elixir to strengthen himself.

Although this made his magical powers extremely powerful, it also turned him into neither human nor demon. He was cruel and bloodthirsty, harming countless people and was hated by both humans and demons.

They saw the red hairpin on the little white boy's head flash, and in just a blink of an eye, the Taoist priest named Cao, who made them extremely afraid, died on the spot. One can imagine how shocked Yinggu and the others were.

The group didn't stroll around for too long.

Firstly, this world is not much different from where they live. Secondly, except for Tushan Honghong, the others are full-time employees of the tavern. Without asking for leave in advance, they have to go back to work in time.

Yingning smoothly integrated into the tavern.

Her arrival added a cheerful atmosphere to the pub.

While Yingning was quickly getting acquainted with the guests in the tavern, a huge change was happening in the dimension of "Thirty Thousand Miles in Chang'an".

Li Bai's stunning sword move in the imperial palace gave Emperor Xuanzong Li Longji a great shock.

After Li Bai left, he began to seek immortality even more frantically.

In his early years, Li Longji worked hard to govern the country and created the unprecedented Kaiyuan Prosperity, with all nations coming to pay tribute and the country prospering at its peak.

The prosperity blinded his eyes.

He became pleasure-seeking and nepotistic.

Even though he knew the hidden dangers of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't care.

In his eyes, these were insignificant matters compared to the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

As the most powerful man in the world, he wants to enjoy this beautiful beauty even more.

Li Bai's appearance gave him an indescribable shock.

He was frightened by it and hid in the garden. He once thought he would die here, but he didn't expect that the guy just recited a poem, left some warnings and left.

He scoffed at Li Bai's claim that Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were treacherous ministers, and he was even more dissatisfied with An Lushan and Shi Siming's ulterior motives.

Loyal ministers or treacherous ministers, native or foreign, as long as they can be used by oneself and please oneself, that is enough.

The mighty Tang Dynasty reached its peak unprecedentedly.

He doesn't care about the suffering of the people in the world, he just wants the Tang Dynasty to be forever stable!

He promoted these people not only for his own preference, but also because they were fighting against the nobles in the court, so that he could keep his position stable.

He had heard of Li Bai's talent, and his strength was even more shocking, but the other party did not know how to govern a country at all.

He was worried for a few days, but gradually relaxed when he found that Li Bai did not appear again.

He felt a strong desire again.

Li Bai, the son of a merchant, possessed such extraordinary strength. What about him as the ruler of a country?

Doesn’t the other party’s inhuman behavior prove that there really is a way to immortality in this world?
He made great efforts to recruit extraordinary people from all over the world in search of a way to achieve immortality.

Li Longji became increasingly stupid.

The court became even more chaotic.

The few words Li Bai left in Xingqing Palace spread.

The memorials impeaching those people in the court flew to Li Longji like snowflakes.

Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong cried bitterly and complained that Li Bai was trying to sow discord and had evil intentions.

An Lushan and Shi Siming also expressed their loyalty and presented various treasures.

Even after being comforted by Li Longji, the two became more uneasy.

They do have ulterior motives.

In order to suppress the aristocratic families, Li Longji deliberately promoted Hu people like An Lushan, believing that they lacked roots and would be unlikely to cause great harm.

In order to curb the Hu people, he prevented them from serving as prime ministers in the court.

As a military governor, An Lushan was in such an awkward position.

In his own territory, he controlled the military and political power, just like the emperor, but it was impossible for him to go further.

How could he be willing to give up after enjoying the convenience brought by power?

He pretended to be stupid in front of Li Longji, but as a Hu people holding a high position, how could he be a stupid person?

He could see that the prosperous and glorious Tang Dynasty was just a castle in the air, and it would only take a fire to turn everything around!
An Lushan was ambitious and had been waiting for an opportunity.

Now that he found out that his conspiracy had been uncovered, he was terrified.

Even though Li Longji seemed to have forgiven him, he still didn't feel at ease.

Many of the powerful people who used to be on good terms with me are now deliberately distancing themselves from me.

He decided to go all out and rebel ahead of time!

Joining forces with Shi Siming, the two were unstoppable once they took action, capturing large cities and heading straight for Luoyang.

The great Tang Dynasty was engulfed in war in an instant!
Li Longji was furious and sent troops to quell the rebellion.

The rebellion had not yet been quelled, but they suffered a major defeat at Tongguan and were about to enter Chang'an.

The Tang Dynasty was in danger.

Li Longji was horrified.

The rebellions of An Lushan and Shi Siming seemed to be a signal, and Li Longji was horrified to find that the military governors of other places also seemed to be showing signs of unrest.

The entire Tang Dynasty became shaky.

There is one exception.

Liangyuan. After Gao Shi left the army, he returned here.

He did not really live in seclusion, but instead found some like-minded people, recruited soldiers and built a new army.

Such a heinous act should have been easy to be exposed, but with the help of Yanshou wine, the surrounding prominent families not only reported it but also allowed their children to join the new army.

At first they just came to build good relationships with Gao Shi, but when they saw the magical weapons equipped by the new army and learned the knowledge taught, these people were completely convinced.

Everything Gao Shi brought was epoch-making.

The computer and projector used for teaching alone amazed these people.

This was even more shocking than the thought of a life-extending wine.

They realized that things were about to change in the Tang Dynasty.

Then the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the Tang army was defeated and the city of Chang'an was in danger.

Realizing that the time was ripe, Gao Shi decided to start an uprising.

The rebels, who were full of confidence due to their successive victories, came into contact with the new army led by Gao Shi. At first, they did not take this army of only a few thousand people armed with strange weapons seriously. However, after a round of gunfire, the rebels immediately fled in all directions.

Gao Shi was well-versed in military books and had military experience, so he had made all the necessary preparations.

He used war to support war, and the size of the new army continued to expand, and he also gathered a lot of talents.

In just over half a month, the heads of An Lushan and Shi Siming were hung on the city walls.

He marched from east to west, unstoppable, all the way to the city of Chang'an.

Upon learning that An Lushan and Shi Siming's rebels were defeated by a mysterious army and the two men had become dead souls, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, in the palace was overjoyed.

When he learned that the army was approaching the city and arrived outside Chang'an, he felt panic again.

When a swarm of drones flew over the city of Chang'an and scattered large amounts of documents persuading the country to surrender, the people of the Tang Dynasty were stunned.

Living in the capital of the Celestial Empire, they thought they were well-informed and had always believed that people outside Chang'an were all ignorant country folk. However, they had never imagined that there were such magical things in the world.

What is that thing? It can actually fly!
People in the city were in panic.

Some smart people have already started thinking about how to contact the "rebel army" outside the city and surrender in advance.

This went on for two days.

More than a dozen small-scale rebellions broke out in the city, all of which involved people wanting to surrender the city.

The ministers in the palace were arguing endlessly over the downed drone.

When the drones were withdrawn and no more letters of surrender were dropped in the city, a thunderous sound of artillery fire suddenly rang out.

Chang'an City was broken!
Faced with guns and cannons from thousands of years later, even the bravest and most skilled soldiers were powerless to resist.

Li Longji wanted to escape but was stopped by his ministers.

They spoke with certainty, saying that the rebels had not harmed anyone and had not massacred anyone after entering the city, so perhaps there was still room for discussion.

Gao Shi's identity had long been exposed.

Those old friends of his ancestors who had been ignored or even driven away when he came to Chang'an City and handed in his visiting cards now showed off their friendship with him and became guests of honor in Chang'an City.

Li Longji knew very well that these people were afraid that he would get into trouble if he escaped, but even his most loyal eunuchs and the chief of the imperial guards were secretly disobeying his orders. He could only sigh that he had met the wrong person.

Surrounded by his ministers, Li Longji met Gao Shi, who was leading his army and standing on a strangely shaped chariot.

Some old friends in Chang'an City were filled with sighs when they saw Gao Shi's current appearance.

Li Longji's expression was even more awkward.

He had heard of Gao Shi's name.

Because of the relationship between Gao Shi and Li Bai, he was very displeased with him for a while.

Therefore, even though Geshu Han praised him highly and wanted to seek rewards for this subordinate by taking advantage of a few great victories, he rejected it without hesitation.

It was fate that made him unable to believe that the two of them would meet under such circumstances.

When Li Longji saw Gao Shi looking down at him, he realized that something was wrong.

"I..." He was about to speak, but was interrupted by Gao Shi.

"Your Majesty, please abdicate!" Gao Shi said loudly.

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"Did that tyrant emperor abdicate obediently?" Li Bai asked excitedly.

Li Xunhuan and Dugu Qiubai standing by also had curious looks on their faces.

Both of them had heard of the name of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, and knew that he was the creator of the Kaiyuan Period, the most prosperous era in Chinese civilization, but was also the culprit for the Tang Dynasty's decline.

They are even more familiar with Gao Shi.

As pub guests, they had drunk together more than once.

Meng Haoran danced with joy and said, "What else can we do?"

"Li Longji is old now. He is no longer the wise and vigorous ruler he used to be. Not only has his body been drained by alcohol and sex, but his courage and ambition have also been drained away!" He picked up the wine glass and took a big sip of wine.

Lifting his sleeve to wipe his mouth, Meng Haoran continued, "He thought Brother Gao wanted him to abdicate, but Brother Gao's ambition is not here. He cares about the world and wants to make sure that millions of people in the world have enough food and clothing, and return power to the people of the world!"

Meng Haoran was in high spirits, his face full of satisfaction.

He has been coming to the pub for some time.

In order to invite this close friend to the tavern, Li Bai traveled thousands of miles back to the Tang Dynasty.

The two of them have similar interests and are both free-spirited people.

Therefore, Meng Haoran quickly became familiar with everyone.

Unlike Li Bai, Meng Haoran was ambitious about his career and eager to achieve great things.

He participated when Gao Shi formed a new army.

However, he had no intention of joining the army. Instead, he used the knowledge he learned in the tavern to impart culture.

Combining some books and teaching materials obtained from An Xin and others, he compiled a set of systematic knowledge that was more suitable for the Tang Dynasty and taught it to officers in the new army.

He is talented and is naturally adept at doing this kind of thing.

He had discussed with Gao Shi earlier that after the new regime was established, he would build an academy to impart future culture and technology, so as to transform the Tang Dynasty from the inside out!
This time when Gao Shi led his troops to Chang'an City, he went there specially to watch.

He was full of resentment towards Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji.

When Wang Wei recommended himself to him, Li Longji disliked him and asked him to return to Xiangyang just because he said "the wise ruler abandons me who am incompetent".

Later, when Li Bai's story spread, some old friends told him that Xuanzong became more and more disgusted with him because of his relationship with Li Bai.

He is a world-famous talent, but he is also an ordinary person with his own joys and sorrows.

This time, seeing Li Longji's dusty appearance, he felt very happy and even recorded the scene.

Meng Haoran took out the mobile phone he carried with him, opened the recorded footage and showed it to a few people.

Li Bai, Li Xunhuan and Dugu Qiubai stretched their necks to look.

Even Zhu Youjian and Tang Bohu on the other side looked over curiously.

Looking at Li Longji's appearance, Zhu Youjian held back his laughter and felt extremely happy.

As both were kings of fallen nations, there was no difference between me and Li Longji.

On the other side, Li Shimin smiled bitterly and shook his head under the teasing of Zhao Kuangyin and Liu Che.

He felt helpless about his descendants.

Fortunately, with the tavern, he has plenty of time to choose a successor, or simply sit on the throne forever.

Just as everyone was watching the video that Meng Haoran took out with great interest, a ragged figure suddenly appeared in the tavern.

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(End of this chapter)