Di Renjie is also leaving the capital, but he did not leave quietly like Ming Chongyan, which gave Zhang Zong the opportunity to see him off. There are many people who went with Di Renjie, including only a few officials, and most of the remaining guards were imperial guards. After all, Di Renjie must kill people when he goes to Jiangnan this time, and there may even be many people.

Looking at Di Renjie's back as he led the team away, Zhang Zong couldn't help but sigh. He got a piece of news about Ming Chongyan from Di Renjie, but very few people knew about this news because it was related to some things in the palace.

In fact, this story about Ming Chongyan is quite bloody, it is nothing more than a talented man and beautiful woman. It is said that Chongyan had known the sick daughter of the governor for a long time, and the two had made a private lifelong appointment.

However, the daughter of the governor was a smart woman. She was worried that her father would not agree with her marriage with Ming Chongyan. After all, Ming Chongyan was not from a high school, so she thought of a way to pretend to be sick. Of course, other doctors could not cure her, and Ming Chongyan had just treated her for treatment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ming Chongyan also took the opportunity to propose marriage to the governor. At that time, the governor had already agreed, but at this time, Li Zhi inspected Mount Tai and selected a group of beautiful girls around Mount Tai. As a result, in order to curry favor with Li Zhi, the governor actually presented his young and beautiful daughter to Li Zhi as a beautiful girl.

What's even more unfortunate is that the governor's daughter died of illness shortly after entering the palace, and Ming Chongyan also became Li Zhi's confidant there. However, according to Feinusi's investigation, it was from then on that time that Ming Chongyan began to contact Wu Meiniang and later joined Wu Meiniang. Many things were planned by him by Wu Meiniang.

Thinking of Ming Chongyan's incident, Zhang Zong couldn't help but sigh again. Although there was no definite evidence, with his understanding of Ming Chongyan, the other party's helping Wu Meiniang was probably not an amiable intention, and it was even possible that he took revenge on Li Zhi in this way.

Of course, the above is just Zhang Zong's guess, and the real reason is probably only Ming Chongyan himself, but Zhang Zong would rather believe his guess because he thinks this story is more reasonable.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Li Hong was buried. The main project on the imperial tomb had been completed. Therefore, under the leadership of Zhang Zong, Li Hong was buried with the emperor's ceremony. Although he had only been the emperor for a year, he was still an amazing emperor. After all, at the end of Li Zhi's rule, almost all the decrees were taken by him.

In addition, it was Li Hong's arrangement that allowed the two alternations of imperial power to be smooth and excessive. This achievement alone was very remarkable. After all, after Li Shimin made a bad start, the alternation of imperial power in the Tang Dynasty was always accompanied by bloody storms, especially in the original history, the more cruel it became, but Li Hong temporarily ended this curse.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Hong was buried, both the government and the people were extremely sad about it. When the burial team passed by the city, the people in the city also spontaneously came to see him off. When he left the city, it suddenly started raining in the sky, as if God was also regretting the short-lived emperor.

However, the rain caused quite a lot of trouble to the funeral team, because after leaving the city, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the funeral team was mixed with people, not only civil and military officials, but also royal relatives, etc. It can be said that men, women, young and old. If these people were allowed to move forward in the rain, they might fall ill on the road.

In this case, Zhang Zong had to mobilize the carriage and arrange for these people to get on the carriage to shelter from the rain. In the end, the rain was too heavy, and even the carriage could not move forward, so he had to stop for a while and wait for the rain to stop before leaving.

Speaking of which, although it is not common for the funeral team to encounter rain, it is not without precedent. In fact, when Li Zhi was buried, it also encountered heavy rain. This is mainly because Li Zhi’s imperial tomb is called Qianling, which is located near Chang'an, but he died in Luoyang, so he left for nearly ten days just by seeing off, and there was also heavy rain on the road. This was delayed for a day and almost failed to catch up with the date of burial.

It was precisely because of Li Zhi's lesson that after Li Hong's death this time, the imperial tomb he chose was no longer near Chang'an, but near Luoyang. This was also the first imperial tomb built in the Tang Dynasty near Luoyang, called Gongling, and was also supervised by Zhang Zong himself.

Gongling is not far from Luoyang. At the speed of the funeral team moving slowly, it can be reached in just two days. However, unexpectedly, it encountered heavy rain blocking the road. In the end, it had to delay most of the day on the road. However, Zhang Zong also reserved time for accidents before, so there was no need to worry about missing the time.

However, because of the heavy rain, I couldn't catch the arranged inn on the evening of the first day, so I could only camp in the wild. However, this was not a big problem. Just let the camp tents sent by the imperial guards directly. In addition, the carriages of some nobles and officials were also very wide and could be regarded as houses.

After Zhang Zong had arranged food and accommodation, he came to the center of the camp regardless of his physical fatigue. This was the rest area of ​​the royal family. Taiping also lived there. Her due date was only in these few days, so Zhang Zong was very worried about her. He originally advised Taiping not to attend the funeral, but Taiping insisted on sending Li Hong for the last trip. Zhang Zong could not resist her and had to ask Ning'er and Wan'er to take care of her more.

However, what Zhang Zong didn't expect was that when he came to the camp where Taiping lived, he did not see Taiping. Instead, he saw Wu Meiniang at a glance, which made him stunned for a moment before he stepped forward and bowed: "See the Empress Dowager!"

"No need to be polite, everything outside has been arranged?" Wu Meiniang said with a calm expression. Although she was incompatible with Li Hong, she was nominal mother and son after all, so she had to attend Li Hong's funeral no matter what.

"After arrangement, how about Taiping?" Zhang Zong nodded, and then asked with concern. He hadn't seen Wu Meiniang for a long time, but Wu Meiniang seemed to have grown a lot during this period. Not only did her hair turn a little whiter, but her wrinkles on her face also increased, and she looked a little old.

"Taiping and the others have been tired for a day and have already fallen asleep. I am about to go back to rest, but I didn't expect to meet you and come back." Wu Meiniang smiled calmly.
Chapter completed!