Thief Emperor

Chapter 992 Qingyang Mansion

The emperor stayed in Luzhou for seven or eight days, then moved again, left Luzhou, and headed east from Luzhou, crossing the river.

After crossing the river, they were already close to Qingyang Prefecture.

This is where Emperor Li was born in this world, no matter which Li Yun was born. Therefore, after arriving at Qingyang Prefecture, even His Majesty the Emperor couldn't help but get excited. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and told Yang Xi, "Go directly to Qingyang County."

Yang Xi, who was outside the chariot, responded and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we are already in Qingyang Prefecture now."

Li Yun was stunned, then he realized that after the founding of the country, Xuanzhou had been upgraded to a prefecture, and the seat of government was moved from Xuanzhou City to the original Qingyang County. Today's Xuanzhou has become Qingyang Prefecture.

Yang Xi sent someone to greet the officials of Qingyang Prefecture who were coming to welcome the emperor, and then he led the imperial carriage all the way to Qingyang City.

By evening, the emperor finally arrived near Qingyang City. At this time, all the officials of Qingyang City had already arrived in Qingyang City to welcome him.

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the dragon chariot, pulled his eldest daughter's sleeve, and said with a smile: "This is our family's hometown."

Princess Lujiang looked at Qingyang County outside, rolled her eyes, and smiled softly, "Father, our family is not in this city, right?"

His Majesty the Emperor looked at her and said in silence, "Who told you that?"

"There are many stories out there."

Princess Lujiang said with a smile: "The Queen also told me something. She said that when you were a child, you grew up in the mountains."

She looked at her father and said with a smile, "Uncle Jin also told me that he grew up in the mountains with my father."

There are many different opinions about the Emperor's origin, but there is one thing that is beyond doubt, that is, the Emperor did grow up in the mountains.

So far, the most widely circulated rumor is that His Majesty the Emperor was born in Lijia Village at the foot of Cangshan Mountain in Qingyang County, but was taken to live in the mountains by a fairy master since he was a child.

The immortal master taught the emperor knowledge, martial arts, military tactics, etc. When the emperor was eighteen years old, the immortal master counted with his fingers and said that there would be great changes in the world. You have the destiny to be an emperor, so you should go down the mountain to pacify the world and save the people.

So the emperor was released from the mountain, and within ten years, the country was unified.

Because this statement is the most reasonable, full of cause and effect fatalism, and with a bit of fantasy, it has basically become the mainstream statement now.

Of course, because the Wu Zhou court once publicly disclosed the identity of the current emperor, saying that he was a bandit who robbed houses in the mountains and made his fortune by looting everywhere, this statement is still circulated in a small number of people, but people are not brave enough to talk about it openly.

What the truth of this matter is, I am afraid, can only be explained in later history books.

After all, history has a strange quality.

The further away in time, the less clear it is. But sometimes, when we are too close, even the people at that time would find it hazy and unclear.

Princess Lujiang was the eldest daughter of the emperor. There were too many people around her who were eyewitnesses of the emperor's founding of his business. Let alone her uncle Lu Bing, he could tell her everything that happened back then. Naturally, some things could not be hidden from her.

His Majesty the Emperor patted her head and said with a smile: "You little girl, you are very cunning."

While the father and daughter were talking, the emperor had already entered Qingyang County. The emperor said to his daughter, "Tomorrow, father will go to Cangshan to worship the ancestral tomb. You can go with father then."

The Li family's ancestral tomb was located in Qingyang, and was originally supervised by Li Zheng himself.

But at that time, it was still built according to the specifications of a royal mausoleum. After the founding of the country, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites sent people to completely rebuild this ancestral mausoleum into the specifications of an imperial mausoleum, and it became the ancestral mausoleum of the Li Tang Dynasty.

Because of this imperial tomb, the imperial court stationed a battalion of military officers in Qingyang to patrol and guard it.

Before Princess Lujiang could say anything, Concubine Lu quickly said, "Your Majesty, you are too lenient with her. She is a woman, how can she go to worship at the ancestral tomb?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "My father and grandfather are buried there. It's not against the law for her, the granddaughter, to go and have a look."

"There's not much to say."

When Li Zheng was building the mausoleum, he moved three generations of Li's ancestors in. Because two people had the same great-grandfather, their great-grandfather was the leader and the two side branches continued.

Li Yun's branch occupied the main tomb, while Li Zheng's branch was buried on the side.

Princess Lujiang put her arm around Li Yun's arm and said with a smile, "Father is still good to me. Mother always forbids this and that." Concubine Lu was helpless and shook her head and said, "Speaking of which, we should bring Wulang and Qilang as well. They haven't worshipped their ancestors yet."

The fifth prince was born to Concubine Lu, and the seventh prince was born to Concubine Lu, but the two princes were still young, so they were not brought out.

Li Yun did not respond. He looked at the outside of the chariot and shook his head, saying, "I haven't been back for nearly ten years. Qingyang is very different from before."

In this era, cities will often not see any major changes for decades unless there are major changes, such as natural disasters or man-made calamities. However, Qingyang is indeed very different from before.

After all, Qingyang was just a county town before, but now it has become a prefectural capital, having been upgraded two levels and is now on the same level as Jinling Prefecture.

The current Qingyang city has not only expanded several times, but the buildings in the city are also completely different from when Li Yun was the head of the city.

Li Yun looked for a long time before he finally saw the familiar building.

The original Qingyang County Government Office.

Since this county government office was once the place where His Majesty the Emperor worked, the local officials did not dare to move it and preserved it completely, choosing to build another government office somewhere else.

Seeing the county government office, the emperor stopped the chariot, got off the dragon chariot with his family, and then smiled at his eldest daughter and said, "Your father used to be the head of the city here, with more than a dozen brothers under him. People in the whole county would politely call me head of the city when they saw me."

"It can be said that he is very powerful and presumptuous, and he bullies the people in the village."

Princess Lujiang heard this and smiled, "Father is really powerful. He bullied the people in the village at that time."

His Majesty the Emperor recalled the past when he swept through the Xuanzhou Green Forest. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "At that time, your father really bullied the people in the village, but the people he bullied were not the common people."

Having said that, he took his two concubines and Princess Lujiang to the county government office for a walk. While walking around, they talked about the past.

It was not until it was almost dark that he moved into the Qingyang government office under the guidance of Qingyang Yin.

There was no way. The county government office was too small. It was enough for Li Yun's family to live in it, but the accompanying staff could not even fit one-tenth of the space.

After settling down in the government office, Li Yun called the current Qingyang Yin Tang Lian and instructed him, "When I was here, there was an old friend of mine, his surname was Chen and his name was Chen Qi. At that time, people called him Master Chen Qi, and he was very famous in Qingyang County."

"This man helped me a lot in the past. I have sent people to look for him in recent years, but I have never been able to find him. Please send people to keep an eye on him."

"If there is any news, let him come to see me while I am here."

When Li Yun first started to serve as a captain in Qingyang, he was still a wild man without any proper kung fu. His first master of spear and stick was this Master Chen Qi. The spear that accompanied him in his conquests was also given to him by Master Chen Qi.

When he was fighting for the empire, Li Yun had no time to think about these things. Later, when he took over the throne, he sent people to look for him, but this Mr. Chen Qi had already moved away.

I just couldn't find it.

Qingyang Yin quickly bowed his head and said respectfully, "I obey your command."

His Majesty the Emperor stretched his body and stretched his muscles, then said, "Okay, you can go now."

Qingyang Yin bowed his head and left cautiously.

Because of the long journey, after taking a bath, His Majesty the Emperor quickly lay down on the bed of his "sister-in-law" Lu Lang and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, not long after he woke up, someone came to report. Not long after, an old general of medium build and gray hair appeared in front of Li Yun. He knelt on the ground, very respectful.

"Your servant Zhou Liang."

"Kowtow to Your Majesty."

"Uncle San is here so soon."

The emperor looked at him and was also filled with emotion. He personally stepped forward to support him.

"Please get up quickly, please get up quickly."

(End of this chapter)