Tibet

Chapter 121 Leaking Secrets
Li Linfu paced back and forth in his big tent with his hands behind his back. What happened today made him quite confused.

One of his grandsons was directly appointed an official and a noble by the emperor, which he had never encountered before, not to mention that the emperor's approach was a bit illegal, the emperor can grant a noble, but it is not the emperor's business to be a low-level official.

This small violation may not be mentioned, and it is not important. The important thing is that Li Linfu couldn't understand what the emperor did.

He knew the emperor Li Longji too well, and Li Longji would never confer an official title on the spot, no matter how much credit he made, he would definitely understand the other party thoroughly before decreeing an official title.

The Son of Heaven can completely decree to add the title after two days, but today, the Son of Heaven just opened his mouth and named Li Ye the Captain of Xuanjie, and the Viscount of Wugong County. Did he already know Li Ye?

Li Linfu felt very uneasy, there must be demons when things go wrong, and there must be many secrets behind his grandson that he doesn't understand.

At this time, the servant reported at the door, "To the Prime Minister, 48 Lang is here!"

"Please come in!"

After a while, Li Ye quickly walked into the tent, knelt down and bowed to his grandfather, "Grandson sees grandfather!"

Li Linfu saw his grandson holding a large deer antler, he laughed and said, "This deer antler is."

Li Ye brought the deer antler weighing dozens of catties over and said with a smile, "This is what my grandson hunted, so give it to my grandfather!"

Li Linfu looked up and down the antler with great interest, and weighed it again, "It weighs more than 30 catties, right?"

"There are 35 catties!"

"The biggest deer antler I've ever seen in my life is 35 catties. It was rewarded to me by the emperor in the second year of Tianbao. I kept it in the treasury. I didn't expect there to be [-] catties of deer antler. If you have such a heart, grandpa is very happy. Turn around I will also send some tonics to your mother and aunt."

Li Linfu asked Li Ye to sit down again, and the grandfather and grandson sat face to face at the small tea table like friends.

Li Linfu poured him a cup of hot tea, and asked with a smile, "The Cheng family is very busy today!"

Li Ye nodded, "They are all celebrating Cheng Changyin's becoming a son-in-law!"

"That's right! Once the Cheng family has a son-in-law, Cheng Ruobing will be the first to benefit. I think he will be promoted to the crown prince's guest."

After a moment of silence, Li Linfu asked again: "Have you met the emperor before?"

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "There is a secret, I promised not to tell anyone, but I can tell my grandfather!"

"Who did you promise to?" Li Linfu asked tentatively.

"Fire Phoenix!"

"Tell me! I won't tell anyone again."

Li Ye dipped a little tea and wrote a line on the table, 'Feilong is the Supreme Emperor! '

Li Linfu stood up abruptly, staring at a line of words on the table, as if seeing a ghost.

How can it be?The Supreme Emperor died in the fourth year of Kaiyuan, but after thinking about it, he suddenly remembered a long-standing rumor that the Supreme Emperor did not die, but became a monk, and Qiaoling was just a tomb of clothes.

Are the rumors true?

Li Linfu sat down slowly again, stared at the words on the table in a daze, stared at Li Ye for a while and said, "How do you know?"

"Feilong passed away. The night before yesterday, Lie Feng called me. The first time I saw Feilong was also the last time. Half an hour later, he passed away. After cremation, his ashes were thrown into the Wuting River."

Li Linfu pinched his forehead gently. He was shocked by what his grandson told him. First, Feilong was the Supreme Emperor, and then the Supreme Emperor died. What does this mean?
Li Linfu was in a state of confusion, he didn't know what this meant?
Li Ye reassured his grandfather and said: "Although the incident is shocking, it is actually nothing. Reverend Feilong is just an old Taoist priest who does not care about political affairs. His destiny has come. His last words are to be cremated and his ashes scattered in Wuting River. There is this spring hunting."

Li Linfu tried to calm himself down, and asked again: "How many people attended the funeral at the end?"

"There are five people in total, the emperor and imperial concubine, Gao Lishi, Lie Feng and grandson."

"The prince didn't participate either?"

Li Ye shook his head.

That's right, Li Linfu had already seen that the emperor would change the prince sooner or later, so the emperor didn't let the prince attend the funeral when Feilong passed away, which meant that the prince didn't know that Feilong was the overlord.

This is a circumstantial evidence, proving that the emperor still wants to change the prince, otherwise he would not not tell the prince about such an important matter.

Having figured this out, Li Linfu asked again: "What does Feilong want you for?"

Li Ye shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the mental method I practiced."

Li Linfu frowned, "It shouldn't be that simple!"

Although he didn't know why Feilong valued his grandson, Li Linfu confirmed one thing. The reason why the emperor appointed Li Ye as an official and noble was largely because of Feilong, not simply because he rescued the King of Fengjie.

"Does grandfather think it's inappropriate for me to confer rewards this time?" Li Ye asked again.

"That's not true!"

Li Linfu smiled and said: "A little Xuanjie captain and viscount will have no problems. I just think that the emperor behaves differently from the past. The emperor never awards rewards on the spot. I wonder if it has something to do with me? Now it seems that, It should be because of the flying dragon."

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "Grandson makes one more suggestion to grandfather!"

"you say!"

"It's about Tong Luobu. This is an opportunity. Grandfather must be tough and positive, and must completely remove this hidden danger. If necessary, grandfather can even go to Shuofang in person. The grandson means that this matter must be passed. Let the emperor see the value of grandfather!"

Li Linfu stroked his beard and nodded, and his grandson's suggestion went with him.

Early the next morning, the spring hunt ended ahead of schedule, and the brigade began to set off. However, because many people's carriages had not yet arrived, the return journey seemed a lot more embarrassing.

All kinds of items are not taken away for the time being, and one person is left to guard, while the other female relatives are squeezed into a carriage, and the maids and other servants can only walk.

The team walked very slowly, and everyone could keep up. After walking for dozens of miles, the carriages came from Chang'an one after another, and everyone boarded the carriages again and headed for Chang'an in a mighty manner.

Li Longji's temporary imperial study is an extremely large carriage, and the furnishings inside are like a room, luxurious and comfortable.

Inside the carriage, five people including Emperor Li Longji, Prime Minister Li Linfu on the right, Prime Minister Chen Xilie on the left, Prince Li Heng, and Internal Attendant Ling Gao Lishi sat at a big table.

"I just got the news that Absi fled westward from Wugong County at noon yesterday. He probably wanted to escape back to Shuofang. When I came to Youzhou, I was worried that they would grow up and become a disaster for the Central Plains. Now it seems that this worry is not superfluous, let’s talk about it! How can we deal with the aftermath?"

Li Longji glanced at Li Linfu and said, "Let's talk about it first, Li Xiangguo!"

Li Linfu leaned forward and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, my minister's attitude is very clear. We must make an example and wipe out the Tongluo tribe completely. If we don't destroy the Tongluo tribe, more Abs will appear."

Chen Xilie has always been Li Linfu's follower, he said whatever Li Linfu said, and he said hastily: "My minister fully agrees with Li Xiangguo's opinion. When we are at the forefront of suppressing rebellion, we must not have the kindness of a woman."

Li Longji was very satisfied with the statements of the two prime ministers. Absi actually used Chunshou to assassinate himself. First of all, he couldn't bear it. He said slowly: "Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away. The same is true for Tang Dynasty. Wherever Albus escapes, he must be killed!"

When Li Longji said this, it was considered qualitative.

At this time, Prince Li Heng said from the side: "Father, my son also wants to say a few words!"

Li Longji nodded, "Emperor, please tell me!"

"My father, my son is very worried about Shuofang. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Qiqiu led [-] Shuofang troops to the south to fight against Tubo. Now there are only [-] troops in Shuofang area, while the Tongluo army has more than [-] cavalry. Once Absi goes south to Shuofang in a big way, I am afraid that Shuofang will be hard to protect. If he colludes with Tubo again, the two sides will echo from the north to the south, and it will not be easy for the imperial court to regain Shuofang."

"Then what do you think of it?"

"Boy, I have two plans. First, Shuofang's army will return to Lingzhou, but I'm afraid there are not enough troops. You can order An Sishun to lead the Hexi army to support Shuofang, or the imperial court will send troops to start from Chang'an and directly support Shuofang!"

Li Longji said slowly: "Both options are good, let me consider them!"

(End of this chapter)