Tang's dining table

Yin Erhu sent 61 bags of plant seeds to the East Palace, and Prince Li Hong personally inspected them.

Everyone knows that the prince attaches great importance to things like seeds. Although he gave a little more this time, it is not too strange. People will only envy Yin Erhu for getting rich.

Chunxi was Li Hong's personal eunuch. He saw with his own eyes that Yin Erhu pulled out a human race with white hair and white beard from a sack. The prince was looking at it carefully. It seemed that this race should be extremely precious. Big seeds.

For this reason, His Highness the Prince carefully pricked the seed twice with a knife. Seeing the red juice flowing out of the seed, he asked Yin Erhu who sent the seed in confusion.

"Are you sure this is the white bat that claims to have existed since the early days of Hongmeng?"

Yin Erhu carefully replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, I got this seed from near Baiyun Temple. It looks very much like the white bat. As for whether it is a real white bat, I don't know."

Li Hong turned around and said to Chunxi: "Go and ask my father to come over. Tell me that I caught a white bat that existed when Hongmeng first opened. I just don't know whether it is true or not. Please come and identify it."

Chunxi hugged the fly whisk and quickly went to the Ziwei Palace. He knew that it was rude to do so, but as it related to the white bat, Chunxi felt that His Highness the Crown Prince handled it appropriately. His Highness the Crown Prince would never hide anything from his father at any time. .

Yin Erhu sent a lot of seeds, but Li Hong only checked a dozen types and lost interest in continuing to check.

It was nothing to Li Hong that Hwarangtu was a descendant of his mother. Not only did he know it, but his father also knew it.

Therefore, these people cannot be killed. When the time comes, they will still have to be handed over to the mother and queen. He is just that the prince cannot go beyond his father and mother to deal with their people. If the family relationship is weakened because of such trivial matters, it will be Li Hong's biggest problem. loss.

As for how they caught these people, neither the father nor the mother would ask. After all, it was not a big deal for the dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty to get back some seeds.

Li Hong rewarded Yin Erhu with two coins, and Yin Erhu left with a bag of copper coins on his back and thanked him profusely. Such a reward was already very good. In the past, the rewards given to them by His Highness the Crown Prince were usually the value of mutton in a water basin. Come and count.

There were still many bags left unopened in the Zhaoming Hall of the East Palace, so Li Hong sat quietly in the hall and drank tea slowly while listening to the groans of these people.

Not long after, a giant bear took the lead and walked into the Zhaoming Hall. It used its paws to pick up the sacks containing seeds and kept sniffing them. Li Hong quickly put down his teacup and went out to greet him.

Li Zhi brought many people to the Zhaoming Hall, turning a blind eye to the etiquette of his son welcoming him, and went straight into the Zhaoming Hall accompanied by Zuo Chun, the governor of Baiqisi.

After seeing the sacks all over the ground, Zuo Chun immediately summoned a large group of military eunuchs, with two eunuchs each guarding one sack.

Li Zhi looked at Li Hong and said, "I heard that you got a lot of seeds?"

Li Hong nodded and said: "When the subordinates of the East Palace were searching for seeds, they accidentally found some strange things."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Where was it found?"

Li Hongdao: "In the willow forest outside Baiyun Temple."

Li Zhi licked his lips and said: "Last night, Baiyunguan was attacked by a large group of bandits. Could these bandits be the same group of people under your command who searched for seeds for you?"

Li Hong shook his head and said: "No, I won't do anything that breaks the laws of the Tang Dynasty."

At this time, Zuo Chun had already ordered someone to open the sack at the front, revealing the naked Zhang Guo inside.

Seeing Zhang Guo's miserable appearance, Li Zhi took a step forward and said, "Master Immortal..." At this moment, he saw a piece of white jade stuffed in Zhang Guo's valley, and he swallowed the rest of his words.

Li Hong pointed at Zhang Guo and said, "I have seen this person in Ziwei Palace before, and he was also a guest of my father. Therefore, I don't dare to be expert, so I asked my father to come over and verify whether this person is true or not."

Li Zhi said in surprise: "What kind of strange people do you have under your command who can catch Zhang Guo?"

Li Hong spread his hands and said, "It's just some rough guys who took advantage of Baiyun to watch the fire, knocked him unconscious with a stick, and brought him back."

Li Zhi looked at Li Hong and said, "Is this really the case?"

Li Hongdao: "It's true. This man didn't show the magical power of the white bat that gave birth to intelligence when Hongmeng first opened. He was knocked unconscious with a stick. The men under the subordinates were still worried about an accident, so they used beef tendons on him." The ropes were tied up just to worry about what might happen.

As a result, until now, he has not woken up from the coma. "

Li Zhi circled around Zhang Guo's unconscious body, took a look, and asked someone to splash Zhang Guo with ice water.

Zhang Guo's body trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes. I have to say that this guy's eyes are really beautiful, as bright as a child's eyes.

When I woke up, I had a clear judgment on the situation I was facing. Although my mouth was still stuffed with numbness and I couldn't speak, a smile appeared on my face. Those bright eyes, He is even more talkative, with a hint of shyness, a hint of open-mindedness, and a hint of cunning.

At this time, I have to say that this guy's body is as white as jade, but the beef tendon rope that emits a lot of moisture is tied three times on the left and three times on the right. The rope is tied up in many places and has been turned purple by the shrinking rope. .

Zuo Chun asked someone to remove the numbness from his mouth, and Zhang Guo smiled and said to the emperor: "After all, I was ambushed by the thief Luo Gongyuan."

Li Zhi looked at the embarrassed Zhang Guo and said, "Isn't the Immortal Master capable of flying into the sky and escaping from the earth?"

Zhang Guo smiled and said: "After knocking down the three flowers, Pindao will be no different from ordinary people at this time. This is also the fate that Pindao should have in his life."

Li Zhi said to Li Hong: "How many Taoist priests from Baiyunguan have you arrested?"

Li Hong asked people to untie the sacks, revealing the figures of many Taoist priests and Hwarang disciples. However, these people were all naked now and it was difficult to distinguish them.

Zhang Guo had been untied by the eunuch, and he was lying naked on the ground without any sense of shame.

He also asked the emperor to throw him into the downtown area of ​​Luoyang. After he had been exposed to the sun for ten days, he would naturally recover his magic power.

At that time, you can go to Luo Gongyuan to fight a battle that belongs to the gods...

After Li Zhi thought for a moment, he agreed to Zhang Guo's request and gave him a piece of eunuch's clothing to cover his shame. However, Zhang Guo sternly refused, claiming that his whole body needed sun exposure so that he could recover faster.

Li Zhi quickly selected the Taoist priests belonging to Baiyunguan from among the crowd. He did not ask the Huarang disciples who were also captured alive by the prince. When he left, he did not say anything, but looked at him with a complicated expression. He held his son for a moment.

The giant bear had already left the Zhaoming Hall. It grabbed the two camphor trees outside the hall and shook them for a while, waiting for Li Zhi to come out, and then followed him.

Zuo Chun stayed. Logically speaking, he and the Hwarang disciples should be mortal enemies. However, he was not interested in the Hwarang disciples all over the place at all. Instead, he asked in and out of words who under the Crown Prince made this great contribution. .

Li Hong felt that he had no reason to explain the cause and effect of the matter to this eunuch, so he waved his hand and drove this powerful eunuch out of Zhaoming Palace.

There is no need to explain to anyone except the emperor and empress what the prince of the Tang Dynasty did.

As soon as the father stepped forward, the chubby Aunt Chun came to Zhaoming Palace panting heavily. Without explaining to His Highness the Crown Prince, she let a group of stout women carry the sacks containing the Hwarang disciples and leave.

Li Hong always smiled and showed no sign of displeasure. He also invited Aunt Chun to drink a large bowl of cold herbal medicine to relieve the heat.

After the emperor and Aunt Chun had left, the elderly Xu Jingzong walked out of the side hall holding a volume of "Book of Jin", looked at Li Hong with a smile and said: "Your Highness, a great victory. "

Li Hong shook his head and said: "Winning victory from one's own parents is not enough for outsiders."

Xu Jingzong added: "I am still very curious, who can capture a monster like Zhang Guo?"

Li Hong sneered and said: "Since ancient times, some warlocks are as magical as they boast. A warrior can take advantage of him and knock him over with a stick. Isn't it strange?"

Xu Jingzong said doubtfully: "Zhang Guo's Taoism has been tested."

Li Hongdao: "The sticks of the warriors under Gu Wang have also been tested in actual combat. This time, it has been fully proved that even gods cannot withstand the sticks of mortals."

Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Most of the warriors who like to use sticks come from the Lantian Marquis Mansion. So, it is Lantian Marquis Yunchu who is working for the prince this time?"

Li Hong looked at Xu Jingzong with disdain and said, "Apart from Lantian Hou Yunchu, are there no warriors in the world who are good at using sticks?"

Xu Jingzong shook the "Book of Jin" in his hand and said: "As long as the word "bangzi" is uttered from His Highness's mouth, it must specifically refer to the Lantian Marquis Mansion. Not only I heard it, but also Your Majesty, Zuo Chun, and even the Queen. .

How to deal with the aftermath, His Highness should prepare early.

Once Zhang Guo uses his magical powers to save face under the scorching sun of Luoyang, His Highness will definitely be the one to be blamed. "

Li Hong sighed and said: "My father has been very close to Taoism recently. If the lonely king defeats my father, he will actually lose. Let my father turn around and win. This is the way I can get the benefits."

Xu Jingzong sighed and bent down to salute: "If Your Highness cannot inherit the throne in the future, it will be the greatest loss to our Tang Dynasty.

Since His Highness asked His Majesty to win a round, then the Queen must lose this round. Otherwise, these people should not be captured, which would expose His Highness's strength and the gain would outweigh the losses. "

Li Hongdao: "It should be that my mother and queen lose to the emperor. In this way, both mother and son lose to the emperor, so that we can continue to maintain the relationship between mother and son."

Xu Jingzong looked at Li Hong with relief and said: "It's a pity that I only have a few years left. If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely follow His Highness's lead."