Chapter 252 Li Shimin: I’m so angry!

The furious Li Shu picked up the ruler on Li Xiang's desk and started hitting Li Yin with it.

Li Yin felt like he had returned to his childhood, the time when he was suppressed by Li Su and had no chance to fight back.

He wanted to hold Li Shu down, but Li Shu rode on him and beat him up.

What's the old saying?

The Chinese New Year pig, the frightened donkey, the angry woman and the fish that have come ashore are collectively known as the four most difficult species to pin down.

Seeing Li Shu's furious look now, Li Xiang felt like he was back in a game.

You disturbed the witch!

"Well, aunt." Li Xiang tried to persuade: "Sixth Uncle is such a grown-up, we should not hit him in the face..."

Li Shu ignored him completely, but he did not hit Li Yin's face. He just beat Li Yin violently where his skin was thick.

At first, Li Yin was able to beg for mercy, but in the end he didn't even have the strength to do so. He just held his head and hunched over on the ground, allowing Li Shu to beat him.

Li Xiang smacked his lips and sighed, thinking that his aunt had made the right decision to marry into the Fang family.

As the saying goes, if you are not from the same family, you will not marry. If the mother-in-law is a shrew, the daughter-in-law will naturally not be bad either.

Seeing that Li Yin was breathing out more than breathing in, Li Shu let him go.

"Aunt is awesome." Li Xiang gave a thumbs up sincerely.

"Heh." Li Su flicked his sleeves. His image was not affected at all by his outburst just now. Even his hairpin did not show any signs of being messy.

She looked down at Li Yan with murderous eyes, lowering her eyebrows and eyes: "Sixth brother, don't think that you can't beat you now that you have grown up!"

"Sister, I was wrong." Li Yin quickly revived and apologized to Li Su, "Look at the two concubines you mentioned before..."

"Get out!" Li Shu kicked Li Yin.

The latter let out an exaggerated cry and scrambled out of the main hall.

"This funny guy..." Li Su shook his head with a smile.

She turned her head and saw Li Xiang holding a cup to calm himself down.

Li Xiang also noticed that Li Su turned around and subconsciously put the cup back on the table.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Shu couldn't help laughing, thinking that the little elephant was so cute and different from that annoying Old Six, how could he bear to hit him.

"I'm fine." Li Xiang coughed twice and tried to change the subject: "Regarding the canned food issue, I'll have to trouble you, aunt."

"It's not a big deal." Li Shu said with a smile, "I'll leave everything to you, aunt."

After a brief chat about business issues, Li Shu left Jingzhao Prefecture.

Li Xiang asked Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang, and after learning that nothing was wrong in Jingzhao Prefecture, he took Li Yin back to the palace.

Everyone goes back to their own homes and finds their own mothers.

The sports meet went on very quickly and in the blink of an eye it was the end of March.

The highlight of the last day was the polo finals.

After all, polo is the most popular sport in the world today.

The polo final was between Guannei Road and Hebei Road. The third and fourth place finals had been held the day before, between Uighurs and Tubo respectively.

In addition to the polo finals, there is also the closing ceremony of the Games.

The closing ceremony was performed by the court orchestra which had been rehearsing for half a year, playing "Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Coat". This piece of music was repaired by Li Mingda at the request of Li Xiang in the 16th year of Zhenguan.

In the morning, Pei Xueqing handed the polished first five chapters of the manuscript to Li Xiang.

The first five chapters are about paying homage to Nuwa Palace, Su Hu's rebellion against the Shang Dynasty, Ji Chang's verbal attacks, the fox pretending to be Daji, and Yun Zhongzi's sword-wielding to eliminate demons.

Pei Xueqing's handwriting is very beautiful. As the saying goes, a person's handwriting reflects his character. Her beautiful small running script is as gentle and generous as she is.

"Sister, your writing skills are really good." Li Xiang flipped through the manuscript and said with satisfaction.

He didn't fool people, after all, Pei Xueqing was pretty much the same as in the original novel.

"Really?" Pei Xueqing was in a good mood after being praised.

"Of course. Wait till night and your husband will reward you with something good." Li Xiang whispered in her ear.

"Oh? What good stuff is that?" Pei Xueqing became interested.

"I won't tell you, you will know it in the evening." Li Xiang said with a smile.

He took the manuscript to Lizheng Hall and handed it to Lao Li's desk.

"What is this?" Li Shimin asked with interest.

"Investiture of the Gods." Li Xiang answered concisely.

“Conferred God…?!” Old Li couldn’t help but tremble when he heard that.

This god... was conferred randomly?

However, he forgot that in our country, gods are actually conferred by people, especially by the emperor himself. The most typical example is Guan Yu.

Li Shimin picked up the manuscript with great interest, and after opening it, he saw the setting poem.

"Pangu was the first to separate the chaos, and the Tai Chi, the two yin and yang, and the four images were suspended..."

It must be said that although the number of setting poems in Romance of the Gods is not as many as that in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is still very impressive.

"This actually records things about the Shang Dynasty. Was it written by you?" Old Li asked curiously after seeing King Zhou.

No matter what King Zhou of Shang did, at that time, people in later generations all recognized the posthumous title given to him by Zhou.

"How could I, your eldest grandson, have such literary talent? This was written by your granddaughter-in-law." Li Xiang smiled and took credit for his wife.

"I'm afraid you don't have the literary talent, but the structure of this story is definitely something you came up with." Li Shimin snorted, "You are such a cunning guy, you have so many tricks up your sleeve."

"Haha." Li Xiang used laughter to cover up his embarrassment: "I was discovered by the old man, hehe."

Old Li rolled his eyes at him, said nothing, and continued looking down.

It must be said that the story of Investiture of the Gods is fascinating enough.

At least Li Shimin was immersed in it and kept commenting on it.

"This Daji was actually a fox demon in disguise? No wonder, no wonder the six hundred years of foundation of the Shang Dynasty was destroyed..." Old Li kept sighing.

In fact, Li Xiang had always felt that women were not able to lead the decline of a country, but this idea was completely extinguished after learning about X Meiling's experience. After all, when it comes to the degree of beastliness, this beast is second to none.

But calling her a beast is a bit one-sided after all. If we make a comprehensive evaluation of X Meiling, she is a pure beast.

For example, things like depositing the money donated to the anti-Japanese war in the bank and earning interest are all basic operations. The most suffocating thing is that the Hump Lifeline actually transports cosmetics, pianos and snacks for these bitches.

The only thing worth praising about her in her life is that she has a good second sister.

Even the president of the United States couldn't stand it anymore and thought that this creature was seriously ill.

"This Yun Zhongzi is truly a true immortal of morality..." Li Shimin stroked his beard and sighed, "If there is this Juque sword, I think this Daji will..."

"What?! How can King Zhou be so despicable?! Wow, I am so angry!"

After cursing for a long time, Lao Li suddenly raised his head.

"Where's the back?"

“There’s nothing behind.” Li Xiang the little elephant spread his hands.

Old Li looked at him with a very unfriendly look and asked, "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you finish writing the rest and submit it quickly?!"

"Uh, Aung, this was written by my wife." Li Xiang tried to correct Li Shimin.

"It doesn't matter who wrote it! I want to see the entire "Romance of the Gods" within a month!" Li Shimin began to issue an ultimatum.

"I can't do it..." Li Xiang imitated Wulalala and said with a sad face.

Li Shimin was almost choked by Li Xiang's funny appearance. He coughed twice to suppress his laughter, and then said: "Forget it, forget it, just write as quickly as possible, don't make me wait anxiously!"

"Yes, Aung." Li Xiang said with his hands crossed, secretly rejoicing in his heart, hehehe, even if you are the Khan of Heaven, you have to wait for my update!

Since today is the closing ceremony, Li Xiang called Pei Xueqing, Sister Baoer and the legendary cat girl, and the family of four went to the stadium happily to watch the closing ceremony of the sports meeting.

Originally Lian Qiao should have been married a few days ago, but Li Chunfeng insisted that April 15th was an auspicious day, which made Li Mingda very angry.

Of course you can't go to the game empty-handed, so Li Xiang asked Fubao to prepare a lot of delicious food, such as squid shreds, fish fillets, pistachios and other snacks, most of which are seafood produced in Dengzhou.

As for canned fruits, Li Xiang did not bring them. After all, ceramic cans are a bit heavy, and as for iron cans... the steel production is relatively poor, and the cost is a little higher.

Li Xiang is actually still thinking about whether he should develop the coal mines in Shanxi.

The emergence of coal mines can effectively improve the quality of life of the people of the Tang Dynasty, and more importantly, it can reduce steel production.

Recently, in addition to the Tang Dynasty, envoys from all over the world have also eaten canned food, especially Queen Seondeok of Silla, who praised the canned meat for breakfast.

Li Xiang also knew about this, and thought that as expected of the Koreans as their direct ancestor, they loved luncheon meat.

The canned food sold to them is naturally not cheap. Li Shu makes three or four times the profit, but they are still flocking to it.

Of course, no one would mind selling such non-essential items at high prices. Moreover, this thing has an excellent flavor for people who lack spices and is suitable for storage, so there is no reason not to buy it.

A polo match lasts half an hour, with each half consisting of two quarters of an hour.

After a fierce competition, Hebei Road successfully defeated Guannei Road with a score of eight to six, and won the most valuable gold medal in the Second Tang Dynasty National Games.

The atmosphere among the audience was not depressed by this. Whether they were from Chang'an or other regions, they all gave their most sincere cheers to Hebei Dao.

Naturally, this most valuable award was presented by the lively old Li himself.

"Work hard." Li Shimin patted the shoulder of Cheng Wuting, captain of the Hebei Polo Team, and encouraged him.

Cheng Wuting's eyes were red, and he was obviously excited that Tian Khan personally presented the award.

When the Emperor personally came forward to present the award, the people of Hebei Province were moved to tears and expressed their loyalty to Lao Li.

Many people have a fallacy, which is to deduce the process based on the result, believing that the centripetal force between Hebei people and the Tang Dynasty is not strong. Some people even put the blame on Li Yuan's killing of Dou Jiande.

In fact, a careful examination of this theory will reveal that it is untenable. A military center far away from the political center will create centrifugal force with the central court. This is an inevitable result and cannot be covered up by killing a certain person or "drawing blood".

For example, the rebellion in the border towns of Hebei during the Anshi Rebellion was entirely caused by Li Longji appointing An Lushan as the governor of three towns.

The Fanyang Army was the most powerful of the eight towns, and the Qinghe granary was known as the northern warehouse of the world. It had soldiers and food, but the emperor was far away. Let alone sending An Lushan, even if Yang Guozhong was sent, he would have to think about whether he should rebel.

At least for now, the Tang Dynasty court still has strong control over Hebei Province, and there are no ambitious people planning to cause trouble.

After the award ceremony, the closing ceremony of the sports meeting was held.

The host of this closing ceremony is still the nosy Ma Zhou.

He has good eloquence and a loud voice, which is why Li Xiang arranged him to be the host of the closing ceremony.

Of course Ma Zhou would not refuse, he was even quite happy, after all, what he liked most was the hustle and bustle.

Ma Zhou first gave a summary of the Games, and then highly praised the athletes who participated in the Games.

After that, it was time to rehearse the song and dance that had been prepared long ago.

Tickets for the closing ceremony are expensive first because of the polo finals, and secondly because of the large-scale song and dance performance.

At Ma Zhou's command, hundreds of court musicians lined up in neat rows and walked into the center of the stadium.

The whole song of "Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Coat" has 36 sections, divided into three parts: 6 sections of loose prelude, 18 sections of middle prelude and 12 sections of broken music, integrating singing, dancing and instrumental performance into one.

Sanxu is a prelude, all in free-tempo freestyle, played solo or in rotation by instruments such as chimes, flutes, zithers and dices, without dancing or singing; Zhongxu is also known as Paixu or Songtou, a slow lyrical passage, with several changes from slow to fast in the middle, singing and dancing to the beat of the music; Qupo is also known as Wubian, which is the climax of the whole piece, mainly featuring dance, with complex sounds and fast rhythms, sonorous music, and the tempo changes from freestyle to slow and then gradually increases to fast beats, slowing down at the end, with dancing but no singing.

The palace maids who sang were trained by Li Mingda himself. A total of 30 palace maids were selected. The accompaniment was selected from metal, stone, silk and bamboo instruments such as chimes, zithers, flutes, pipes, konghous, xiao, and shengs. The music sounded as intoxicating as dancing pearls and shaking jade.

The audience in the stadium held their breath and concentrated. No one wanted to miss such magnificent singing and dancing because of whispering.

Li Xiang didn't care much about the singing and dancing. He just felt some movement beside him. He turned his head and saw Xiao Yourong watching the singing and dancing performance without blinking.

After the performance of "Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Coat" ended, there was silence in the gymnasium for a long time, and then there was an outbreak of warm cheers and applause.

I learned the clapping gesture from Li Xiang.

After the musicians left the stage, Xue Rengui and Li Qinling led the military band into the venue in an orderly manner.

In addition to the military band, there is also a choir belonging to the Dengzhou Navy.

At Xue Rengui's command, the military band began to play "Auld Lang Syne", and Li Qinling directed the choir to sing in unison.

The lyrics of this song were written by Li Tai after he had considered for a long time and they are easy to understand.

"How can I forget my old friends? How can I not miss them in my heart? How can I forget my old friends? Friendship lasts forever..."

Accompanied by melodious and cheerful songs, the Second Tang Dynasty National Games officially came to an end.

(I went to the hospital to get medicine at noon, so I was a little late.)
(But it doesn’t hurt at all. I’ll just pay for the monthly pass. It’s already the end of the month.)
(End of this chapter)