Thief Emperor

Chapter 485 Kill Wei Quanzhong again!
In the middle of the year, Xue Yun'er acted as a matchmaker and arranged a marriage for Li Zheng. The other party was from a wealthy family in Jinling Prefecture. Their surname was He and they came from a family of scholars for generations.

At that time, Li Zheng was already one of the generals under Li Yun. There were no powerful figures in the He family in the past two generations, so naturally they would not object.

Li Zheng had never met many women before, and seeing that Miss He was pretty and gentle, he nodded in agreement, and the marriage was settled.

Now, Li Zheng gave up his military career and returned to Jinling a few years ago, just for this matter.

Now, after the new year, Li Yun is already 25 years old, and Li Zheng is already 23 years old. At this age, they are considered older young people. Moreover, they are young people who were born and raised in this era, so their views on marriage are naturally different from those of later generations.

He really wants to get married as soon as possible.

This wedding was somewhat different from the one Li Yun had held in Qingyang.

At that time in Qingyang, although Li Yun already had some power, Xuanzhou and Qingyang were not his territories at that time. Naturally, the wedding could not be as grand as it is now, with no matter how grand he wanted.

Li Zheng's wedding was much more grand.

Xue Yun'er and Liu Su helped out and made a huge fuss.

It can be said that there were loud gongs and drums, but no firecrackers.

At this time, the firecrackers have not been made yet.

Several generals of the Jiangdong Army, a group of old brothers from the anti-theft team, and important figures in Jinling City all came to attend the wedding. The entire Li Garden was packed, and in the end there was no choice but to move the tables and chairs outside the Li Garden.

Of all the officials in Jinling, only the Du family did not come because they had just held a funeral before the New Year. However, they still sent congratulatory gifts.

When worshiping heaven and earth, Zhou Liang was pushed to the main seat. As Li Zheng's elder, he sat with Miss He's parents and accepted the kneeling worship of the young couple.

After paying respects to his parents, as they were preparing to pay respects to each other, Li Zheng pulled Miss He to Li Yun, who was presiding over the wedding. Without saying a word, he knelt down and bowed his head, saying, "Thank you, second brother!"

Li Yun quickly helped him up, and with one hand supported Miss He who was about to follow him to bow, and shook his head and smiled, "Husband and wife bow to each other, why are you bowing to me?"

Li Zheng said solemnly: "Without my second brother, we wouldn't be where we are today!"

As he said this, he was about to kneel down in front of Xue Yun'er again: "Thank you, second sister-in-law, for your hard work and help!"

Li Zheng's bow was sincere.

His parents died very early, and he could only be raised by the old village chief "Li Mazi". He has been following Li Yun since he was a child, and has no other relatives except Li Yun. Until now, if Xue Yun'er had not helped him arrange his marriage, he would have no idea at all.

Xue Yun'er didn't have Li Yun's strength and couldn't help him up, so she looked at Li Yun helplessly. Li Yun smiled and stepped forward, helped the newlyweds up, and then smiled at Xue Yun'er: "Madam has been busy with this wedding for the past half month, it is reasonable for the young couple to pay their respects to you."

Xue Yun'er gave him a reproachful look: "We are all equals, why are you bowing to me? I am your uncle's second sister-in-law, and I should help with the wedding. Isn't it my duty?"

Then, she looked at Li Zheng again and smiled softly, "Hurry up and go to the wedding hall. Don't miss the time."

Li Zheng then responded, and amidst laughter and joy, he and Miss He completed the couple's greetings. With the master of ceremonies saying "the ceremony is over", Miss He was sent to the bridal chamber.

Li Yun and Xue Yun'er stood together, looking at Li Zheng and his wife, and said with some emotion: "Our Li family is going to start branching out."

Xue Yun'er turned her head to look at him, and suddenly laughed softly: "If you didn't insist on going down the mountain to be an official, Li Zheng would probably have done the same as you, snatching a woman and going up the mountain to start a family."

Li Yun laughed, took his wife's hand, and said with a smile: "Come on, Madam, let's go and spread out our branches too."

Xue Yun'er slapped his hand away and whispered, "You are making trouble. There are so many guests here."

Li Yun didn't care and just said with a smile.

"Later, then."

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Beijing, Lantern Festival.

At this time in the second year of Zhaoding, the capital was still in the hands of Wang Junping, who had already proclaimed himself emperor and established the Great Qi. Because the rebels often abducted women on the streets, the Lantern Festival in the capital last year was particularly desolate. Almost no one went out to light lanterns, let alone guess lantern riddles.

This year, the imperial court recovered the capital, and some of the people who had fled the capital also returned. Therefore, the Lantern Festival in the capital this year was much more lively than last year.

But it is incomparable to the bustling Lantern Festival in the past.

Fortunately, there were riddles to guess on the streets, and some people started to light lanterns, hoping that Guanzhong could return to normal as soon as possible and return to its former prosperity and bustle. Because of the festival, the capital lifted the curfew, and some restaurants were brightly lit until late at night.

For example, Baiyu Tower.

This most famous restaurant in the capital has never closed down even during the period of Wang Junping's occupation and has remained open to this day.

Tonight is the Lantern Festival. Many scholars in the Baiyu Tower are reciting poems and singing couplets, making it very lively. On the third floor of the Baiyu Tower, which is also the top floor, in the elegant pavilion, a middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in a purple robe, is drunk.

He staggered to his feet and shouted, "Man!"

The waiters at Baiyulou were all young men who could read people's expressions and remember people. After hearing the shout, they immediately trotted up to the third floor, bent down to the middle-aged man, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please give me your orders."

The middle-aged man's surname is Wu and his given name is She. From his surname and the way the waiter addresses him, one can tell that he is a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty and holds a very high status.

Of course, this is a thing of the past.

The capital city today is no longer the capital city of the past. These royal family members of Wu Zhou are still respected on the surface, but in fact, few people are afraid of them anymore.

In fact, only the guys in places like Baiyulou can still be respectful to them. Sometimes when they go out, some mean people no longer take them seriously.

Wu She is one of these royal family members, and he is the uncle of the current emperor, the Prince of Dai appointed by the court. As a prince with a single character, he was naturally flattered by everyone in the past, but now...

Even if he met the generals under the command of the three military governors, he would avoid them to avoid embarrassing himself and losing face.

The huge contrast is naturally not pleasant.

At this moment, the drunken Prince Dai was feeling very depressed. He shouted, "Give... give me some writing brush and ink!"

The clerk was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are drunk. I will take you back to the palace."

"Dog...shit palace!"

His Royal Highness the Prince of Dai was furious and shouted angrily: "I don't have a palace anymore, go get me some writing brush and ink!"

He indeed no longer has a palace.

Because a large number of Shuofang Army generals entered the capital, some large mansions in the capital were inevitably occupied. At this time, the Dai Prince and his family had moved out of their original palace.

"Get some pen and ink!"

Prince Dai grabbed the man by the collar and scolded him: "Even you look down on me, don't you?"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

How could the fellow dare to offend him, and quickly fetched a pen and ink. The drunken Prince Dai quickly picked up the pen and ink, and staggered over to write two lines of poetry on the pillar of the White Jade Tower.

"A man who is in danger for his country should not regret dying!"

"Kill the thieves Xiao and Li first, then kill Wei Quanzhong!"

The great scholar Gu Wenchuan died in Qingzhou. His last poem was handed down from generation to generation and has now spread all over the world.

The first sentence of Prince Dai was a quote from Mr. Wenchuan’s last poem.

The second sentence, at this time, seems a bit "treasonous".

After writing these two lines of poetry, he laughed out loud, attracting the attention of all the guests in Baiyu Tower.

Then, the Prince Dai left with satisfaction, staggering down the White Jade Tower.

Almost all the guests in Baiyu Tower saw these two lines of poetry.

The owner of Baiyu Tower was terrified after hearing about this. He had the writings on the pillars removed overnight and pretended nothing had happened.

And that very night, King Wu She of Dai and his family all died in their residence.

There were more than 20 people in the family, and no one was spared.

(End of this chapter)