According to historical records, after his death, his father was extremely sad and made an exception by ordering him to be posthumously named "Emperor Xiaojing" on the grounds that he was "loving his parents and never forgot his emperor".
In addition, after spending the past few years with Li Zhi, he could clearly feel Li Zhi's heartfelt fatherly love for him.
But what made him depressed was that he had not experienced any abnormality in his body so far. He also did not feel the presence of tuberculosis in his body.
This is also the main reason why he has been searching for Sun Simiao's whereabouts. One is to treat his father, and the other is to treat himself.
Sun Simiao looked at Li Hong with a smile, but Zong Chuke had a confused look on his face. Why was this young man looking for trouble when he had nothing to do?
"Okay, then let me take your pulse first?" Sun Simiao looked at Li Hong with an ambiguous look in his eyes and said.
"Thank you very much, old immortal." Li Hong's face was more serious than ever before.
But this matter also made him feel upset and entangled. If he was found to be ill, it would be good as he could still be cured. At worst he would die at the age of 23 and then be reincarnated.
But what if he was not sick? If he was not sick, was it the Li Hong in the history books who was not sick, or was it Li Hong himself who had reincarnated nine times and ten times? Was he on guard against his mother or not? Was he killed by her? Or did he eventually die of tuberculosis?
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Sun Simiao looked at Li Hong's uncertain face, and finally slowly put down his hand that was as thin as a dead branch, and said lightly: "Young man, if you haven't thought it through, how about waiting until later? I feel that I can live a few more days. If there is anything unusual, why not come to Taiyi Mountain to find me."
"Young master, why don't you thank Immortal Sun quickly? In recent years, Immortal Doctor Sun has rarely given any promises easily, let alone taking the pulse personally." Zong Chuke said hurriedly.
Li Hong withdrew his arm with a somewhat gloomy expression, and Xiaoxue hurriedly squatted aside and pulled down his sleeves.
"Thank you very much, old immortal. If I feel unwell in the future, I will definitely come to trouble you." Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still looked a little lonely.
"That's great. Do you know how to find the Taoist priest?" Sun Simiao has lived for a hundred years. As the saying goes, old people become wise. There is no need to guess Li Hong's identity. He must be a member of the royal family.
Moreover, his question was also a tentative confirmation of Li Hong's identity.
The nine generations of Li Hong lived longer than him combined and were more wicked than him, so he naturally understood Sun Simiao's intention.
He said lightly: "Of course, I know how to find the old immortal. I'll take my leave first." Li Hong stood up and bowed deeply to Sun Simiao.
"Excuse me, young man, what is your surname and your name? You don't tell me your surname. Do you want to make friends with the Immortal Sun?" Zong Chuke liked the young man in front of him very much. He was afraid that Li Hong would lose his manners by doing so, so he hurriedly reminded him with a smile.
Sun Simiao remained silent, looking at Li Hong's back with a smile. He also wanted to see how this young man would answer.
Li Hong stopped, turned his head and looked at Zong Chuke with a cold smile, then said to Sun Simiao: "My last name is Li and my given name is Hong. I am leaving now, old immortal."
Sun Simiao looked at Li Hong's gradually receding back and nodded with a smile. It seemed that his guess was correct, but he did not expect that it was the current Crown Prince.
"Last name: Li Hong? Li Hong? Why does this name sound so familiar..." Zong Chuke was also looking at the receding figure.
"What? You haven't remembered it yet?" Sun Simiao asked Zong Chuke.
"What did you remember? What did you remember?" Zong Chuke turned his head and looked at Sun Simiao blankly and asked.
"He is the current crown prince. It is natural for the crown prince not to know you, a small magistrate of Lantian County. But as a subject of his, if you don't know your master's name..."
“Ah… ? Why didn’t you remind me earlier, Immortal Sun, you are really… Your Highness, please stay… Your servant Zong Chuke was very disrespectful just now…” Zong Chuke hurriedly stood up, not caring about the dust that got all over Sun Simiao’s face, and hurriedly chased in the direction Li Hong left.
Li Hong lost interest in continuing to climb the mountain. After this chance encounter with Sun Simiao, he originally wanted to see a doctor, but when Sun Simiao was about to take his pulse, he suddenly became dazed and had an urge to cry.
He was afraid that he would find out that he was not sick, but he could not be sure whether it was the Li Hong in the history books who was not sick, or himself who was not sick.
However, these were not the reasons that prevented him from suddenly feeling lonely and wanting to cry. The only reason was: he missed his mother. He missed the mother who pulled his ears, scolded him, and blamed him all day long, but also held him in her hands and in her heart at all times.
His mind was filled with the images of him and Wu Mei in the past few years. He was genuinely scared. He found that he had planted the mother-son love in his heart into a towering tree without realizing it, from the bottom of his heart, involuntarily, day by day, and without realizing it! It was even the kind of mother-son love that would make him die for his mother.
So he wanted to cry. He didn't want to know how he died. He didn't want to know whether he was sick or not. If that day really came, Li Hong was at a loss. Should he die or not? And how should he die!
Zong Chuke's voice behind him made Li Hong stop. Xiaoxue looked at her master worriedly. Unexpectedly, the prince burst into tears.
Li Hong took the handkerchief Xiaoxue handed over, wiped his tears, sobbed a few times, and then said calmly: "Don't mention what happened today to anyone, just forget it from now on."
"Yes, sir." The five people whispered at the same time.
"Your Highness, please stay. I was disrespectful to Your Highness just now and I don't recognize you. Please punish me." The clothes on Zong Chuke seemed to follow their master and looked a little flustered.
"Ignorance is not a crime. Besides, I don't know who you are, right? We're even." Li Hong said with a smile, his eyes slightly red.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. How dare Zong Chuke have such thoughts? Please punish me." Zong Chuke's dark face was covered with sweat. It was unclear whether he was tired from running here or scared.
"Get up, I don't blame you." Li Hong looked at Zong Chuke, who was dressed simply in a coarse linen shirt. Although it was a bit old, it was clean and tidy, and he didn't look unpleasant.
"This..." Zong Chuke looked up at Li Hong, unable to figure out what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant.
"Get up and answer. Why don't you stay in Lantian County? Why do you come here just to collect herbs with the old immortal?" Li Hong turned around and continued to walk down the mountain. Zong Chuke then hurriedly got up and followed closely behind Liebao and Jingzhe.
"Your Highness, I... I do have other things to do. I am picking herbs because I haven't seen Immortal Sun for a long time. Today we made an appointment to reminisce about the past at Cuiwei Mountain." Zong Chuke thought for a moment and said honestly. This was also the reason why he was still a county magistrate in his fifties.
Zong Chuke was a representative figure of the poor scholars at that time. He entered the court as a Jinshi and was the most popular person at that time.
But later on, he was too straightforward in the court, and lacked social skills when dealing with superiors. So after so many years, many of the scholars who entered the government with him have been promoted, but he is still just a small Lantian County Magistrate.
"Then tell me, what brings you to Taiyi City or Cuiwei Mountain?" Li Hong asked.
“Your Highness, my destination this time is indeed Taiyi City. I heard that the Taiyi City Chamber of Commerce is about to begin, so I came... just to take a look around.” Zong Chuke was still a little reserved. This was the first time in his life facing such a high-ranking person. It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous.
Li Hong smiled disdainfully and continued to ask, "Oh, are you here at the request of the merchants, or are you here to lead the charge for that big shot in the imperial court?"
"Boss?" Zong Chuke was puzzled, then understood and hurriedly explained: "I am innocent. I am not here for any merchant's request, nor for any boss. If you ask me about my purpose... I actually hope..."
"Zong Chuke, if you keep hesitating like this when speaking, I'm afraid you're not doing your job as the Lantian County magistrate very well. If you just take the salary but don't do government affairs, our Tang Dynasty has no intention of providing such officials with retirement care and funeral rites." Li Hong suddenly stopped and said.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I know my crime. I came here to promote the jade from Lantian County. There are many foreign merchants here. Although the texture of Lantian jade is different from that of Yutian jade, Lantian jade is also favored by scholars. I don't want Yutian jade to be the only one, so I thought of going to Taiyi City to promote Lantian jade, hoping to gain some profit for the people of Lantian who mine jade. Please also ask Your Highness to understand that my family does not sell jade for business. I came here entirely for the people of Lantian..."
Li Hong looked at Zong Chuke carefully again, from head to toe. Although this guy went up the mountain to collect herbs, as an official of the Tang Dynasty, he did not even wear jade on his belt, but just hung a cloth bag around his waist.
"The beautiful jade from Lantian is naturally no worse than the beautiful jade from Khotan. After being carved, it will naturally become a good thing. It is sold in many markets in Chang'an. Have you never thought of setting up a shop for the beautiful jade from Lantian in Taiyi City?" Li Hong asked curiously.
I thought, since you care so much about the people, you should have set up one or several shops in Taiyi City for the Lantian jade as soon as possible, instead of rushing to Lantian County to sell it now.
"Your Highness, I just moved from Dongdu to Lantian County three months ago. My last term did not include a shop, so after I came here, I kept putting it off until now."
"It seems that I blame you, but I see that you don't even have a jade pendant on you. How are you going to sell it? Are you going to sell your medicine basket?" Li Hong continued to walk slowly down, teasing.
"I have it with me, please take a look." Zong Chuke said as he took off the cloth bag from his waist under Li Hong's gaze. Inside was a palm-sized piece of fine Lantian jade engraved with flowers and birds.
Zong Chuke looked at Li Hong looking at him, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he said awkwardly: "I borrowed this jade from a jade merchant in Lantian. I was afraid it would be damaged, so I sewed a cloth bag to put it in to prevent it from being bumped."
There was one thing Zong Chuke hadn't said in his mind, which was, it was too expensive, I could neither afford it nor pay for it.
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