Chapter 255: Li Zhi and Wu Wei After the Tang Dynasty replaced the Sui Dynasty...
After Li Tang replaced the Sui Dynasty, he renamed the Sui Dynasty's capital Daxing to Chang'an, and the Daxing Palace built by the Sui Dynasty was changed to Xianyang Palace.
The capital city Xianyang and the secondary city Chang'an a thousand years ago, and the capital city Chang'an and the Xianyang Palace a thousand years later, are just like the sun and the moon reversed.
Modern people may not think it is a big deal, but Fuli and Nezha, who actually experienced that era thousands of years ago, could not help but sigh, and truly realized the vicissitudes of life in mortal life.
In Ganlu Palace, the Second Emperor of Tang had already breathed his last, his spirit drifting dazedly beside his deathbed. Kneeling before him was the Third Emperor of Tang, Li Zhi, his and Empress Zhangsun's second daughter. She had once been titled Marquis of Jinyang. After the previous Crown Prince, Li Chengqian, was deposed, Li Zhi, through her benevolence and filial piety, emerged as the new Crown Prince.
A tall woman with a heroic and charming face stood in the corner, wearing the uniform of a sixth-rank official.
At first glance, her position is very inconspicuous, but if you look closely, you will find that the position she stands in is the most convenient for her to communicate with Crown Prince Li Zhi through eye contact.
The couple arrived just moments before the Black and White Impermanence. The two Yin Marshals were stunned when they saw them. The White Impermanence smiled and said, "Looks like we can take a break today."
"Thank you for your hard work." Nezha took two bags of spirit stones and gave them to them. He smiled and sent them away. He walked over to Li Shimin's spirit and gently patted him on the forehead. "Come back to your senses!"
Li Shimin trembled all over, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he shouted, "Who are you?"
Nezha laughed and said, "I'm here to take yours."
Li Shimin had already reacted and said with a smile: "Excuse me, ghost officer. I am a recently deceased ghost and do not know the rules. I hope you will forgive me if I have offended you."
Nezha sneered, without explanation, and turned back to Fuli's side. Li Shimin's gaze followed her, and seeing her brightly colored clothes, the style was unlike anything seen in the mortal world, he concluded that the two men were ghost messengers.
But he was also a little confused: Do all ghost officials wear such bright clothes?
But no matter how confused he was, he was not foolish enough to ask. Instead, he walked up to them politely and inquired about their identities.
At this time, he didn't know that he was now a soul. No matter what he thought in his heart, it would be written on his face involuntarily. He thought he was hiding it well.
The couple saw it and felt amused in their hearts, but they didn't show a single thing on their faces.
Fu Li raised her chin towards the sickbed and said, "I'm leaving soon, and you won't even look at the heir you chose?"
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Zhi Nu is a good child. If I hand over the world to her, both the old ministers and our children will be able to be protected. I have nothing to worry about."
Having said that, he still couldn't help but turn around and look at Li Zhi.
Just opening her eyes made him stunned for a moment, and he had many new understandings of his daughter, who had always presented herself as a kind and filial daughter.
It turned out that when he turned around, he happened to see Li Zhi and the sixth-rank official in the corner looking at each other. It was obvious that the two were very familiar with each other and had a good relationship.
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face was first angry at being fooled, but after a moment it turned into a relieved smile.
"Hahahaha, fine, fine, since Chi Nu has this plan, I will no longer worry about my Great Tang Empire!"
As for those old ministers and their children who are likely to be in trouble, they seem unimportant compared to the stability of the country.
He glanced at the sixth-rank official again and sighed, "Wu Shigui has a wonderful daughter! This Wu Yu has been my attendant for two years, and I never realized that she and Zhi Nu had an affair."
Thinking about how Li Zhi had been doing things more and more in line with his own wishes in the past two years, he originally thought that this child was gifted. But now he thinks that Wu Wei's contribution is definitely not small.
"Forget it, forget it. My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Now that I'm a dead ghost, how can I care about so many things?"
Upon learning that Li Zhi was not a purely honest and virtuous person, Li Shimin let go of all his worries. He even regarded Fuli and Nezha as ghost messengers and immediately stretched out his hands, indicating that he could take him away.
Fu Li looked at his outstretched hand and said with a smile, "Why, do we both need to prepare a pair of chains for you?"
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Don't worry, the two ghost officials. I know the rules."
After all, he was a man who had experienced his wife’s resurrection from the dead.
Nezha couldn't help laughing: "Sister, he really treats us as ghost messengers."
Li Shimin was stunned: "So it's not you two? Then..." His expression changed several times and he became alert.
Seeing this, Fu Li stopped teasing him and said bluntly, "You've done a good job as an emperor. You've accumulated a lot of merit and have reached the standard for becoming a god. It's a good opportunity for us to travel down to the mortal world, so we can take you back to heaven without bothering two masters."
Li Shimin was surprised and delighted. Thinking of his empress and eldest son Chengqian, who had died before him, he felt a little uneasy. He asked, "Excuse me, two immortals, where are my deceased wife and children?"
Nezha said: "Of course, I will go to the underworld to judge my merits and demerits and re-enter the cycle of reincarnation."
He immediately saw what Li Shimin was thinking and said directly, "The efficiency of the underworld is very high. As long as someone has been dead for more than a year, it is impossible for them to stay in the underworld."
But there is one exception, that is, those who are deeply resentful and unable to reincarnate, and are stranded in the City of the Dead.
Nezha hadn't intended to say this, but Fu Li gave him a look, prompting him to speak up. He added, "But if the resentment is too strong, one cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation and must remain in the City of the Dead. There, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva preaches the Dharma, dispelling the resentment of the deceased. Only after the resentment is dispelled can one enter the cycle of reincarnation again."
Li Shimin immediately thought of Li Chengqian. His son was first deposed from the crown prince position and then demoted to Qianzhou, where he died alone of illness. How could he not feel resentment?
He was about to say something when Fu Li said, "Let's go back to Heaven first. The Yang energy is at its peak at noon. If you delay any longer, your soul will dissipate."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately swallowed what he was about to say. He saw Nezha waving his hand to summon a cloud of auspiciousness. The two of them stood on it first, and then he waved to Nezha to go up as well.
He quickly followed and stood up. The next moment, auspicious clouds took off and his soul floated up into the sky.
Auspicious clouds carried the two immortals and one ghost through the thick clouds to a place with shimmering spiritual light and flying phoenixes. Further ahead, there were beautiful flowers and trees; further ahead, there were jade-like palaces and beautiful buildings.
Li Shimin was amazed: "It is indeed a treasure land of immortals. Compared with this place, my palace is far inferior!"
Thinking that he would live here in the future, the depression in his heart couldn't help but dissipate a little, and the joy of becoming an immortal finally came out.
The couple led him straight to the Huaxian Pond, pointed at the shimmering water and said, "Jump in. The water in the pool will reshape your body."
Li Shimin jumped down without saying a word. Fu Li didn't expect him to be so straightforward.
The water in the pool was very magical. After the soul entered it, it felt extremely comfortable all over, as if its physical body was still there and all 36,000 pores on its body were unblocked.
When he first entered, he naturally had no physical body. Half an hour later, his physical body was recast. Li Shimin felt that the water in the pool was extremely heavy. It was not water, but mercury.
He hurriedly climbed up and saw that he was still wearing the clothes he had died in, not naked. He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked them, "Thank you, two immortals."
Fu Li raised her hand and said, "No need to thank me, just come with me." Then she walked away hand in hand with Nezha.
Li Shimin wanted to ask about Li Chengqian, but seeing that the two of them were just walking forward, he was afraid that he would not be able to keep up and get lost. It would be bad if he entered a place that was not allowed to enter, so he hurriedly followed them.
After leaving the Huaxian Pool, heavenly soldiers and generals began to patrol. Li Shimin watched with a cold eye. The patrolling heavenly soldiers and generals were all respectful to the two immortals who had led them to heaven. They stood silently and saluted when they saw them, and only stood up and continued their patrol after they had passed.
He thought to himself: These two must be great immortals, and they are my good fortune. I wonder where they are leading me? When I get there, I will at least ask about Cheng Qian. That child died alone in Qianzhou. Who knows how wronged he must have been when he died?
I followed silently with a lot of thoughts in my heart. I didn't know how long I walked before a towering palace came into view.
A middle-aged man with a feather fan and a long scarf came out and saluted the two immortals: "I pay my respects to the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Marshal of the Central Altar." He also noticed Li Shimin and nodded slightly.
Li Shimin returned the greeting, shocked: Great Celestial Lord? One of these two immortals was actually the Emperor of Heaven?
He hurriedly recalled his words and actions, and only when he was sure that there was nothing offensive in them did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Fu Li excused him from the formalities and asked with a smile, "Where is Kong Ming going?"
Zhuge Liang said, "Tai Gong has returned from the mortal realm and invited me to play chess. Now that I have completed my official duties, I am on my way to Tianfu Xing Palace to keep my appointment with Tai Gong."
Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang, two wise men who had been separated by a thousand years, met in heaven. They hit it off at first sight and soon became friends regardless of age difference.
Fu Li waved her hand to signal him to go, and together with Nezha, she took Li Shimin into the Pixiang Hall.
Li Shimin was shocked that he had actually met Zhuge Liang, a great minister of the Qin Dynasty. After entering the Pixiang Hall, he quickly gathered his thoughts and bowed, saying, "I didn't know that the Great Celestial Lord was here in person. I hope you will forgive me for any impoliteness."
Fu Li smiled and said, "I didn't reveal my identity myself, so what does it have to do with you? Don't be so polite. Don't you want to ask about the underworld? I brought you here for that too."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately ignored Zhuge Liang and quickly asked Fu Li to tell him about the affairs of the underworld in detail.
Fu Li said, "Heaven is the master of the Three Realms, and the Underworld should also be under Heaven's control. However, those who control the Underworld now are the remnants of the Lich and Wu clans.
They have lived from the heyday of the Lich until now, and even if their talents are not high, they have accumulated a high level of cultivation.
Although the Heavenly Court has its own fighting power, it does not have an overwhelming advantage. If we try to subdue them by force, I am afraid the gains will outweigh the losses."
Hearing this, Li Shimin understood what she meant and immediately expressed his willingness to share her worries.
He himself was an emperor, and he understood best that those who know the current affairs are heroes.
It is obvious that the Emperor of Heaven wants to use him now. This is his chance. If he fails to seize it this time, there may not be a next time.
After working diligently for decades in the mortal world, he finally got the chance to become a god. Of course, he must seize every opportunity to climb up, and more or less, he must have some power in his hands.
Otherwise, he would feel uneasy.
Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly strode in. When passing by him, he glanced over here again, walked straight to the side of the Emperor of Heaven, and stopped obediently.
Li Shimin couldn't help but look at the other person, for no other reason than: this man was really too tall!
Yet, this tall figure, standing beside the Heaven and Earth, looked particularly well-behaved. Li Shimin was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized: Isn't this how Zhinu and Sizi looked when they were in front of me? Could this be the descendant of the Emperor of Heaven?
The person who came was Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng was not stupid, on the contrary he was quite smart. He was just blinded by one thing before, but he figured it out soon after he returned.
He first went to Uttarakuru and brought the two little bastards Ying Yan and Ying Che back to heaven. He opened two quiet rooms in the Ziwei Star Palace and asked them to reflect on their mistakes in the rooms. Then he came to Fu Li to admit his mistakes.
That kid Ying Che gave him some random advice, asking him to imitate Lian Po of Zhao State and apologize by carrying a bundle of thorns on his back, but he got a good beating from him.
He hadn't spent much time with Zhao Ji since he was little, and Zhao Ji wasn't exactly a good mother. In his mind, Fu Li had always been the mother figure.
If a child makes his mother angry, he should just admit his mistake. Why does he need to be aware of the situation?
What does it mean to ask for forgiveness by carrying a thorn stick on one's back?
The reason why Lian Po did this was because he had repeatedly expressed his irreconcilable hatred for Lin Xiangru, making it known to everyone in Zhao State that they were not on good terms.
He made a big fuss when admitting his mistake so that everyone in Zhao would know that he and Lin Xiangru had reconciled, so that the people of Zhao would no longer have to worry about the discord between the general and the prime minister.
If he dares to do this, Fu Li will definitely beat him up personally!
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