Chapter 860: Retirement (The Ending)

Because the war had subsided and the prisoners and the newly promoted Gaochang king had to be escorted along the way, Li Ji and his party were no longer as fast as when they came, and they walked from Suzhou to Chang'an for a whole month.

By the time they arrived in Chang'an, it was nearly June and the weather was getting hotter and the cotton coats they had already changed into thin shirts when they left.

The soldiers returned triumphantly, and Li Shimin went out of the city to greet each other for more than ten miles. The scene was very lively and festive, but not many people knew that behind this lively and festive celebration, many people were secretly detained by the imperial attendant of the palace and followed Hou Junji, and Li Chengqian and other criminals were sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice together.

Among these people, in addition to some of the former subordinates and family generals of the Prince and Hou Junji, there is also a criminal who was ordered to capture people. Liu Yiu, the president of the Tang Dynasty's "Liu Chamber of Commerce", the leader of the Liu clan of Chang'an, the founder of the "Liu Calligraphy", the brewer of the famous wine "Three Bowls of Nothing to the Gate", the teacher of His Highness King Jin, the magistrate who treated the empress and the former crown prince and saved his life. Such resounding names made these magistrates a little confused. I wonder why the emperor ordered the arrest of such a merchant who was both a miracle doctor and a celebrity?

Although I don’t know what the emperor’s intention is, since the emperor’s order has been given, the ones that should be captured must not be spared. However, for such a well-known genius doctor, the imperial attendant gave enough preferential treatment, and he seemed quite polite to Liu Yiu during the actions. He did not put on shackles or locks. It would be better to say that it would be more appropriate than to catch them.

In this way, when everyone was celebrating for winning the battle outside, Liu Yiu was quietly taken to the Ministry of Justice prison, and she lived in a single room where serious prisoners stayed.

No visits or light conversations are allowed. Three meals a day are simple and simple. After eating and sleeping, life is very quiet.

Fortunately, this time did not last too long. About two or three days later, I heard the summons outside and said that I was going to go to the Ministry of Justice for questioning. Liu Yiu knew that the day was coming and that everything should be over when I went out this time.

When Liu Yi walked to the front of the hall, Li Shimin was sitting firmly above the main hall. On both sides of the hall, there were a renowned civil and military officials in the court. Seeing Liu Yi coming in, many ministers, especially the dozen or so old ministers who had saved their lives, stood up unconsciously. Gongsun Helan, the boy, kept winking at him with concern.

Liu Yi looked in the direction Xiao Lan'er showed, and his body couldn't help but pause. Dad, mother, second brother, Chuchu and others were all on the side, looking at him nervously and worriedly.

Seeing that they were not implicated because of their own faults, this time they came here just to examine the hall. Liu Yi felt relieved and knew that Li Shimin did not want to kill him. Even if he could not escape this time, he would not have to suffer from his family.

Qing nodded to the family outside the hall, Liu Youyi turned his head hard and walked firmly towards the direction where Li Shimin of the main hall was.

"Caomin Liu Yi, pay homage to the emperor and meet all the sirs!" Standing in the hall, Liu Yi bowed quietly and bowed to salute.

"Do you know why I want to catch you?" Looking down at Liu Yi, who was in a steady expression in the hall, Li Shimin asked Liu Yi in a deep voice without showing joy and anger.

"Go back to the emperor, the little people know." Liu Yiuan bent over and replied: "Firstly he deceived the emperor, then he mistook the country. For the sake of his own personal grudge, he almost set the border of the Tang Dynasty on a dangerous ground, and even sacrificed nearly 10,000 soldiers and people of the Tang Dynasty in vain. The little people were guilty, the little people pleaded guilty and begged the emperor to re-sentence!"

"Hmm?" Li Shimin was stunned. He didn't expect that Liu Yi would be so straightforward and confessed all his sins as soon as he came up. What was his idea? Are he really impatient to live?

"Do you know what kind of fate did Hou Junji and Li Chengqian, the two masterminds who provoked the war, ended up?" Without rushing to convict Liu Yi, Li Shimin said to Liu Yi softly: "One sentenced to be executed, and now he will have his life lost. The other was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Bingzhou, and he will not be allowed to enter Chang'an again in his life."

Liu Yi bowed and stood there, listening quietly, because he didn't know what Li Shimin meant to tell these things, so he didn't respond much.

"Your guilt is really something that will not be lighter than the two of them," Li Shimin asked indifferently, "You said yourself, how should I deal with you?"

"The sinners have nothing to say, everything depends on the emperor's decision!" Liu Yi bent over and confessed his guilt again.

"Okay!" Li Shimin slapped the table and whispered in the hall: "Your guilt is to be punished according to the law!"

"Emperor!" "Emperor!" Hearing Li Shimin's words of killing the nine clans, several old ministers in the hall, led by Qin Qiong, shouted, wanting to plead for Liu Yi and his family.

"However," before several old ministers spoke, Li Shimin changed his tone and continued, "At the end of the year, because of the funding of your Liu Chamber of Commerce, I personally issued an imperial edict to your Liu Mansion that can be forgiven. Therefore, the nine clans can be ignored, but you have no reason to forgive me."

"What do you think if you live alone in exchange for the safety of your whole family?" Li Shimin lowered his head again and looked at Liu Yi.

"The emperor is kind," Liu Yiuan bowed and replied, "Xiaominming is grateful to the emperor for his great kindness on behalf of his family!"

"I think you have been so kind to me, so I will be exempted from the so-called beheading punishment," Li Shimin nodded slightly and said, "I specially gave you the whole body to protect you."

After saying that, Li Shimin nodded to Li Zhi who was on the side, and then said to Liu Yiu: "I know you are bound to be blamed this time. After many pleading with me, Zhinu specially asked you for a cup of mercury poison from the alchemist in the palace that can keep your body from rotting after death, so as to give you the friendship between teachers and students in this life."

"After drinking," Li Shimin sighed and said, "Let's go home with his family and take care of the funeral!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, King Jin!" Shen looked at Li Zhi, the King of Jin who was approaching him, and Liu Yi bent over and bowed to him slightly, then reached out and took the glass of mercury he was holding in his hand.

"Slow down!" Just as Liu Yi closed his breath and was about to raise his glass and drink, Su Bingren, the Grand Secretary, who had been sitting below, couldn't help but speak out to stop him.

"Su Aiqing, Liu Yiu's guilt is confirmed, and he should not forgive him. I wonder what you have to say now?" Seeing someone coming out to obstruct him again, Li Shimin's expression began to become a little unkind.

"Emperor, I have no intention of expelling Liu Yi from the crime, but," Su Bingren said, "The former emperor once had a clear order to contribute to the farming of our Tang Dynasty and was also in charge of the 'Mo Nong Order', so he would be exempt from the guilt of death!"

"As early as the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Liu Yi received a 'Mo Nong Order' for making the 'Liu family plough', the pumping well truck and the unique farming method he tried in Sanyuan," Su Bingren bowed and said, "So, Liu Yi also had an opportunity to avoid death. Please give me a clear look!"

"Mo Nong Ling?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, looked down at Su Bingren, and said, "If I remember well, the late emperor had only limited two pieces in total, one was given to his beloved minister, and the other was idle in the Ministry of Agriculture. Why did you give him to Liu Yi? "

"The emperor may have forgotten it," Su Bingren bowed and replied, "When he decided to give Liu a 'mo Nong Order', the empress has asked the emperor for instructions!"

"Well," Li Shimin half-squinted his eyes and thought, it seemed that there was such a thing. At that time, Liu Yi saved the prince first and then cured the queen. In addition, the plowing and water wheels he made at that time were indeed beneficial to farming. Therefore, when Su Bingren proposed to praise Liu Yi, he did not even consider it and agreed directly.

"Although Mo Nong Ling can avoid death, the crime of treason is not included," Li Shimin shook his head and said, "It would be fine if Liu Yi did what he did, but he was suspected of helping the evil to commit rebellion. Therefore, Mo Nong Ling could not save him!"

"This..." Su Bingren was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that the old man did not expect that even the Mo Nong Order given by the previous emperor could not leave Liu Yiyi's life.

"Mr. Su's kindness, I appreciate it. Thank you here!" Holding the wine glass, Liu Yibing bent over and gave a deep gift to Su Bingren. Then Liu Yibing straightened up and bowed to the direction where Liu Laoshi and the others were.

Then, Liu Yi straightened his body, leaned his neck, and swallowed the entire cup of mercury in the cup into his belly.

"Husband!" Seeing Liu Yi drink mercury poison, Zhang Chuchu pushed away the guards blocking the hall, and went to Liu Yi's side, stretched out his arms and hugged his husband, tears flowing.

"Madam, help me, let's go home!" Liu Yi's face was pale, but she still raised her hand gently to wipe away the tears from her wife's face.

"Yeah, husband, let's go home! Let's go home!" He kept lit his head, Zhang Chuchu supported Liu Yi, who was already weak with both hands, and walked out of the Ministry of Justice's Yatang step by step.

An hour later, Bai Su hung in front of Liu Mansion's gate, and there were crying sounds in Liu Mansion's courtyard.

Three days later, Liu Erzhao transported his brother's coffin back to his hometown in Sanyuan and buried Liu Yi in the ancestral tomb of Sanyuan.

Half a month later, the old Liu and his wife, who were still in sorrow, drove out of Chang'an with Liu Xiaohui and Xiao Baoer, who was less than one year old, and did not want to stay in Chang'an for a long time.

Before leaving, Zhang Chuchu followed Liu Yi's last wish and entrusted all the things of the "Liu Family Chamber of Commerce" to the care of the butler Liu Wuchen. He also announced that in the future, the "Liu Family Chamber of Commerce" would take out 80% of all the profits of all the goods every month to compensate for the family members of the people and soldiers who were unfortunately killed in the battles of the Tang and Gao, until the elderly were able to die well and the young son became an adult to compensate Liu Yi's previous mistakes.

A month later, I don’t know what ecstasy medicine the king of Gaochang, Qu Baobao, actually persuaded Gongsun Helanyuan to "marry" Gaochang and become Gaochang's son-in-law. At this point, the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang successfully married each other. Under the auspices of Li Shimin, after the two married in Chang'an, they set off for Gaochang with the old couple Gongsun Wende from Sanyuan.

Half a year later, in the third floor of Gaochang Guodu, Liu Cheng, the shopkeeper, was looking forward to the east and west, and finally welcomed several distinguished guests.

Qu Baobao, Gongsun Helan, Gongsun Wende and his wife, Liu Laoshi, Liu Heshi, Zhang Chuchu, Liu Xiaohui and Xiao Baoer. Of course, in addition to these distinguished guests, what surprised and surprised Liu Cheng the most was that their eldest son was really resurrected from the dead and followed him to Gaochang.

"How did the elder brother do it?" Although Qu Baobao is the king of a country, he is not allowed to follow Gongsun Helan to say to Liu Yi: "We all saw our elder brother pour poison into our throats with our own eyes, but how could there be no adverse reaction? Could it be that the so-called mercury poison was simply used by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to conquer people? He intended to leave his elder brother with a way out?"

"It's true that the emperor wants to let me go," Liu Yi sat there peacefully, seeing everyone staring at him with curiosity, and couldn't help but chuckled, "But that cup of mercury poison is not a fake medicine."

"The reason why I can sit here and have a drink with you until now," Liu Yi said: "That's because I know a characteristic of mercury poison. It can be swallowed but not heard of. If you hear it for a long time, you will die!"

Everyone knows that mercury poison is huge. Just by hearing the previous one, there will be signs of poisoning. After hearing it for a long time, you will be more conscious and have a worry about your life. Therefore, many people are light mercury and have a change in their complexion.

However, few people can find or have the courage to try it. Such a poisonous thing that will cause discomfort when you smell it will not be too big of a problem. As long as you rinse your mouth afterwards and drink some high-protein items such as egg white in time, although it may be a little uncomfortable, you will never have any life worries.

"Could it be that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also knows the secret of this mercury poison?" Qu Baobao asked after hearing this, "Otherwise, why would he choose this poison?"

"The emperor doesn't know, but the good student who knows me knows that I have explained this knowledge to the King of Jin," Liu Yi said with a faint smile: "So I said that the emperor agreed to the King of Jin's suggestion, that is, to save my life. But everyone knows these words, but they will never say them clearly..."

“…What are your plans in the future?”

"What else can you plan? Don't worry about food and drink, and don't worry about everything. If you have nothing to do, you will naturally go out for a walk, climb the mountain, and roam..."

"It's good to run a private school and teach students if you have nothing to do..."

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Chapter completed!