Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 49: Making others cry and asking them why they are crying
Ever since the white jade bracelet case that year, Chang'an rarely went out.
At first, Li Shizong thought she was afraid, but later he found that she was just sitting by the window in a daze, sometimes for a whole day. Holding the bracelet, thinking about something, but not telling anyone.
After some inquiries, it was learned that she seemed to often send her maids outside the palace to inquire about Li Si's news under the pretext of shopping.
Although Li Shizong did not know much about this matter, he could see some clues.
Recently, Chang'an learned that Li Shizong had issued a wanted order and offered a reward for Li Si, so he went to Li Shizong to plead for mercy.
She said that she no longer cared about what happened in the past, and asked her brother not to worry about Li Si anymore.
After all, they are brother and sister. Now that she has said so, how could Li Shizong not see what she is thinking?
He also didn't understand why his imperial sister would care about someone like Li Si.
But over the years, Chang'an locked himself in his room every day.
Li Si, on the other hand, traveled around the world, living a carefree life.
When had Emperor Li Shizong's sister ever suffered such an injustice? That was why he had to capture Li Si.
This matter must be explained.
But he couldn't clearly explain what kind of explanation he should give. He didn't want to marry his sister to Li Si.
But if the imperial sister insisted, Lee Sejong had heard of similar royal secrets before, and most of them ended in tragedy.
Naturally, he didn't want Chang'an to end up like that.
So if that was really the case, he could take a step back, but the prerequisite was that he had to fully understand Li Si's character and background first.
…
In the courtyard, Li Shizong waved away the people on both sides, glanced at Li Si coldly and said.
"Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Si bowed and sat .
Of course he didn't know what the emperor summoned him for, but it was nice to go out for a walk occasionally.
Li Shizong poured himself a cup of tea, lightly covered the lid, closed his eyes and took a sip, and asked directly.
"Where were you born?"
ah?
Li Si was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding why he was asked this, but after all, it was the emperor who asked him, so he couldn't not answer, so he answered truthfully.
"Dayong Tianmen Yunmeng Mountain."
Li Shizong nodded and asked again.
"How many people are there in your family?"
Li Si's eyes became even stranger. Looking at Li Shizong who was resting with his eyes closed, he continued speaking.
"Without a father or a mother, I am all alone."
Abandoned child, Li Shizong frowned for a moment, but soon relaxed, there was no trouble.
"Then who raised you?"
It would be difficult for a child to survive alone in Tianmen Mountain.
"I'm lucky. I'm taken care of by the birds and animals in the mountains."
Li Si spread his hands. He had nothing to hide about these things.
Birds and beasts, they are really lucky, ordinary people should have been eaten long ago, Li Shizong thought and then asked.
"So what do you eat and drink on weekdays?"
"At the bottom of the valley, there is a shallow stream and a fruit forest." Li Si continued.
"How did you get out of the mountain?"
"I learned some martial arts in the forest, climbed up the valley, met a monk, and followed him out of the mountain."
"What did you do after you left the mountain?"
"I have been living in seclusion with the monks for a few years, and now I am going out to explore the world."
"What did you do in the martial arts world?"
"..." Li Si paused for a rare moment this time, glanced at Li Shizong subtly, and asked back.
"You don't know that?"
"cough!"
Hearing Li Si's question, Li Shizong coughed and patted his clothes awkwardly: "Then there is no need to say that."
Then he asked his last question.
"How old are you now?"
This was also the issue that he cared about the most, because even he often heard people in the martial arts world say that Li Si was a hundreds-year-old monster.
"Twenty-eight." Li Si said calmly while sitting.
Having already answered so many questions, he didn't mind answering one more.
"Twenty-eight?" This time it was Li Shizong's turn to be stunned. He even wondered if he had heard it wrongly: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Li Si found it a little funny. Was there anything he couldn't tell about his age?
"It'd better not be." Li Shizong adjusted his expression. He would personally check and confirm these things.
"But." Li Si smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, why do you ask me so many questions?"
This doesn't seem like an interrogation of a criminal.
Seeing Li Si asking this, Li Shizong slowly put down the teacup in his hand and said to Li Si with a threatening look.
"Someone will see you later. Just remember not to talk nonsense to me."
Someone wants to see me?
Li Si blinked his eyes. He didn't remember having any acquaintances in this palace.
"Who is it?"
"You'll know when you see me." Li Shizong stopped drinking tea and stood up from the table. He turned and left under Li Si's puzzled gaze.
Only Li Si was left waiting in the courtyard .
…
There are many things that need to be explained, and they all have to start from the past.
Most of the cause and effect in this world are like this.
The same is true of Li Si's case.
On that night four years ago, Chang'an, who was only fifteen years old, returned to his room.
She walked to the dressing table by the window, preparing to take out the white jade bracelet given to her by her brother and play with it for a while.
She liked the gift her brother gave her very much, and kept it in the innermost compartment of her dressing table, keeping it well.
She never even wore it once because she was afraid of breaking it.
But that day, the bracelet disappeared.
Just when she reached her hand into the innermost compartment of the dressing table, she found that there was nothing inside.
I carefully searched through the other compartments of the dressing table, but still couldn't find the white jade bracelet.
Chang'an panicked. She searched for a long time, not only on the dressing table, but also in every corner of the room, but still couldn't find the white jade bracelet.
She was so anxious that her eyes turned red. That was the gift her royal brother gave her as a coming-of-age gift. How could she just lose it like that? Her royal brother would definitely be angry when he found out.
Thinking of this, Changan sat down at her dressing table and started crying.
She remembered that the moon was particularly bright that night, shining directly in front of her window, and the only sound in the night was her crying.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the eaves outside the window.
"Little girl, why are you crying?"
The sound was very scattered, like someone who had just fallen asleep and was woken up.
