Li Chaoyi's Anecdote

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"Okay." Yi Ze smiled.

47

"My concubine mother is a shark."

"A shark? The one with a long tail?"

"have you seen?"

The wolf king changed into a comfortable position, and wrapped Yi Ze into the quilt: "I haven't seen it before, but a few years ago, a businessman gave me a bead, which was said to be the cry of a mermaid. The other beads are no different, so I didn't take it to heart."

"My mother and concubine are not human, you..."

"No, no," the wolf king bowed his head and kissed him on the lips, "my ancestor was still a wolf."

Yi Ze was startled, and immediately laughed: "How is this possible."

However, Anival said: "It is said that thousands of years ago, a white wolf suddenly appeared on the desert. It proposed marriage to the leaders of all tribes, but was rejected. Only the princess of the weakest tribe sympathized with what happened to it. Objection married it and gave birth to a son."

"And then?" Yi Ze was aroused by the story, and urged Anival to continue.

The wolf king was rather proud, and said: "Later, people found out that this white wolf is the mount of the Great God Huda, possessing boundless divine power. The child born to it and the princess later became the first king of our desert. The earliest ancestor of drug donation in my homeland."

Some things are thousands of years away, and it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false, but some things are so close, it seems that the truth can be touched by reaching out.

"That princess has a very good heart, even though the person who shares the bed with her is a strange head," Yi Ze sneered, "but someone just can't forget that the concubine who bore him children and spent half his life with him, once It's a merman, even if she has turned into a human at all costs."

Yi Ze seldom spoke so sharply. The wolf king was touched by the resentment in his words, and couldn't help asking: "What price?"

48

"The man said that he didn't want to give the concubine mother to death..."

"After all, Hongshan and I have been married for more than [-] years. Even if she is a demon, I don't want to take her life." When Emperor Shengyuan said this, Yi Ze suddenly raised his head, and the dark tide surged in his calm eyes. .

Finally couldn't bear it anymore... Emperor Sheng Yuan shook his head secretly, and he said to Yi Ze with as gentle a tone as possible: "I entrusted Ji Ru to build a nunnery in the suburbs of Chang'an, and when the limelight passes, I will send Concubine Shu there , can save her life, and won't cause controversy."

"You want the concubine mother to become a monk..."

"It's just an excuse. As soon as Hongshan leaves the palace, I will announce to the world that Concubine Shu is praying for the country and practicing voluntarily. Forgive those old officials who dare not speak too much."

"Did the concubine mother agree?"

Emperor Shengyuan was silent for a moment, and said: "After all, I couldn't hear her answer with my own ears. Back then, I went to see Hongshan in the Temple of Mercy..."

49

That day, Jiru was walking with the emperor, and when he was approaching Concubine Shu's meditation room, Jiru suddenly paused, made a gesture of silence, and then drew a barrier, enclosing the two of them.He pointed to the meditation room, indicating that there were people inside.At this time, the bluestone wall gradually becomes transparent, and everything in the room is close at hand.Apart from Concubine Shu Hongshan, there was another person there, with a human face on the upper body and a fish tail on the lower body, he was actually a real shark man.

I only heard the merman say: "Back then you insisted on going your own way, but now, do you have any regrets?"

Hongshan seemed to be very respectful to him, she bowed her head and replied: "There are few people in the world who can follow their heart like me. It is a great fortune to have these 20 years."

"I heard you have a son."

Hongshan sighed, and said: "If there is any reluctance to give up, I will be alone. I am tired and he was criticized by thousands of people. I didn't say goodbye that day, and I am afraid that we will never see each other again in the future."

The shark said with a smile: "Everything is not yet settled, how can we talk about life and death lightly."

50

To this day, Emperor Sheng Yuan still has lingering fears: "He gave Hongshan a knife." The muscles on the emperor's arms were tense. Those hands had once raised the emperor's sword and beheaded heroes.

"He told Hongshan that as long as you step on my heart's blood, you can turn people's legs into fish tails and return to the sea."

Yi took a deep breath: "My concubine loves you deeply, and I will never bear to hurt you even a little bit."

"I know..." The emperor finally showed a trace of fatigue, "Hongshan has been with her for 20 years, how can I not know her heart."

Yi clenched his fists: "But you still killed her..."

Emperor Shengyuan looked at him with some pity: "My child, you are not the emperor, so you don't understand... There is no danger of any danger around me, even if it happens only in case..."

Yi then listened, lowered his eyebrows and remained silent, outside this dome, there were thunderclouds billowing at the moment, which was the road to heaven and which was Pingyangmen Lane, all washed away by the torrential rain.Emperor Shengyuan stood with his hands behind his back: "If you want to avenge Concubine Shu, just do it."

Another thunderbolt strikes down, and I don't know where it hits, startling the figures on the carved door.Yi raised his hand to straighten the crooked crown that was being knocked by the memorial, and very slowly bent down, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to the emperor.

"The first thanks, thank you for giving birth to me, the second, thank you for raising me, the third, thank you... for not killing me."

Emperor Shengyuan sighed: "After all, you are my own flesh and blood, and I am not a ruthless person. Why did you do so many things to ruin your reputation for nothing."

Yi Ze didn't raise his head: "I just don't want to follow in the footsteps of Suzakumen."

As soon as this remark came out, Emperor Sheng Yuan was instantly taken aback by it.Back then, the emperor had no children, so he appointed his younger brother King Yan as the crown prince. Later, the eldest son and the second son were born one after another, but King Yan's position in the East Palace was still as secure as a rock.Unexpectedly, half a year later, King Yan suddenly rebelled and was hacked to death in front of Suzaku's gate in the melee.

"My son heard that King Yan has always been kind-hearted, safe and secure, and loyal to his father, never arrogant..." "That's all," Emperor Shengyuan stopped him, "I have picked a good place for you , from now on, I hope you will take care of yourself."

Yi calmly thanked him, got up and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Emperor Shengyuan: "Wait a minute, I have something else to give you." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands three times, and several embroidered messengers jumped out silently from the dark place, and Yi Then he knew in his heart that just now, if he had the slightest murderous intention, he would have been killed by everyone on the spot.

The emperor ordered: "Go quickly to the Temple of Mercy."

51

"Is this the thing?" The Wolf King stared at the small copper tripod, "There seems to be nothing unusual..."

Yi Ze put on his clothes and stood up, patted Anniwar on the shoulder, and said, "Go fetch a basin of water."

Anival laughed: "You can call people."

Yi Ze said: "Since I was born, I have been served by twelve palace servants. Even when I go to Mount Taihua, my Taoist boy will take care of my daily chores. Don't bother me."

The wolf king shook his head when he heard that, he casually pulled a piece of clothing to wrap around his lower body, and went straight out the door with a basin in his hands, and came back after about a stick of incense.

Yi asked, "Why are you so slow?"

Anival smiled: "I met a few sneaky thieves on the road and dismissed them casually."

Yi Ze felt relieved when he heard this: "Some things, you have to see them with your own eyes to be at ease." He walked to the water basin, lifted the lid of the copper tripod, and saw that the mahogany base was densely written with cinnabar. A talisman, a glittering and translucent scale was lying there quietly.Yi Ze held his breath and concentrated, the brilliance flowed between his fingers, and the charm suddenly faded and disintegrated, and turned into flying ash in a short while.

"This is a heart-killing spell, which is often used to suppress resentful spirits. After it is performed, it will last for a hundred years." Yi Ze said as he took out the scales and put them in the water basin.

Once in contact with the water, the scales seemed to come alive, releasing countless small light spots, which rolled and dissipated, and the figure of a female mermaid slowly emerged. She had a long golden-red tail, surrounded by corals, and accompanied by bright pearls. Eye-catching, it is impossible to look at.The female mermaid circled lightly in the void a few times, as if swimming in the boundless sea, Yi stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her, but afraid of disturbing her comfort.At this moment, the merman turned his head and smiled at Yi, as if meeting for the first time, and as if saying goodbye, then she turned around and gradually swam to a higher place, farther and farther away, more and more faint, until she disappeared at the end of the blue sky.

"She's so beautiful." The wolf king admired him sincerely.

Yi closed his eyes: "I only hope that she can have no more worries and return to her hometown with her soul."

52

The next day, Emperor Shengyuan issued an edict that the king of Wu was disrespectful in front of him and refused to change after repeated admonitions. Therefore, he cut off the king's title, dismissed the ancestral hall, and relegated him to Liangzhou Biejia, only one step away from leaving the customs.When he was leaving Beijing, he met King Jin's convoy. The man was riding on a tall horse, high-spirited and high-spirited. When he saw Yi Ze, he just bowed his hand, turned the horse's head, and walked away.

Just as Yi Ze sighed, he heard someone beside him say, "If you don't leave, he can still live a stable life for two days. Now that you and the King of Chu have been relegated, he has become the target of public criticism, and he still doesn't know it."

"Sometimes being stupid is not a bad thing, at least it won't make people want to kill them all." Yi Ze turned to look at Annivar, "Didn't you say it was good to wait for me at the gate of the city, why did you come so early?"

The wolf king smiled: "Your mount is not suitable for long-distance travel. I'll give you a gift." Then, he pulled out a fine horse from behind. A grown foal.Yi saw its dark eyes, which seemed to be very spiritual, and couldn't help reaching out and stroking its mane.The little pony was not afraid of life, and gently rubbed its cheek against Yi Ze's palm.

"It likes you." Anival said.

The little pony nodded.

"I like you too."

53

In the early summer of Emperor Shengyuan's last year, the third prince quietly left Chang'an City on a white horse.

Since there will be a catastrophe sooner or later, instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to avoid the disaster and run away, and then plan it slowly.

Yi looked back at the majestic and majestic city of the capital on his undulating horseback.