Li Huan soon came to his senses and looked at Qiu Ju. It was obvious that Qiu Ju had been left in the palace by Zhu Houzhao to deal with some emergencies.
Thinking in his heart, although he was curious about where Zhu Houzhao had gone at this moment, his expression did not reveal a trace of his inner thoughts. He said with a smile on his face: "It seems that it is really an unlucky thing for me to come, since His Majesty is not in the palace."
, then I will come back another day to see Your Majesty."
Qiu Ju smiled when he heard this and said: "If other people come to see your Majesty, unless there is an urgent matter, they will naturally have to come another day to see you. But Brother Li is different. Brother Li, please wait for a while while our family makes some arrangements.
I will personally take you to find His Majesty."
Li Huan couldn't help but said: "It's better for Li to come back another day!"
Qiu Ju chuckled and said, "Brother Li, stop talking. If His Majesty learns that you are coming, but I don't take you to see him, Your Majesty will have to blame me."
Qiu Judu said this, Li Huan nodded and said: "In that case, I'll trouble Brother Qiu."
Qiu Ju waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Li, please wait a moment."
Soon Qiu Ju made arrangements and led the way and explained: "Brother Li doesn't know anything. Your Majesty is currently inspecting the Leopard Room in Xiyuan, accompanied by Chief Manager Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Wei Bin, and Gao Feng."
What’s the construction process?”
Leopard Room, when Li Huan heard this name, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Later generations will naturally think of Leopard Room whenever they mention Wuzong Zhu Houzhao.
In various unofficial histories, the Leopard Room is described as a place where Emperor Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao was having fun, drinking and drinking, and went straight into King Zhou's wine pool and meat forest.
Maybe there are all kinds of entertainment places in the Leopard Room, but if you look at the history books and do some research, you will find that the Leopard Room is definitely not the emperor's palace in the general sense. To be precise, the Leopard Room is actually the emperor's palace.
Zhu Houzhao created a new place to live and handle government affairs in order to get rid of the control of the civil service group and the cabinet.
It seemed that the huge palace could not bring enough freedom and security to Zhu Houzhao. Since the completion of the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao has always stayed in the Leopard Room and rarely returned to the palace.
Gradually, the Leopard Room became Zhu Houzhao's political and military center for handling world affairs.
According to Li Huan's knowledge, the Leopard House seemed to be built at the suggestion of Qian Ning, a Qianhu of Jinyiwei who was recommended by Liu Jin and trusted by Zhu Houzhao.
After all, in order to capture the Emperor's personal Jin Yiwei, Zhu Houzhao would definitely choose someone he could trust among the Jin Yiwei. If there were no Li Huan, the person chosen by Zhu Houzhao to take charge of the Jin Yiwei would be Qian Ning.
However, with Li Huan's intrusion, Qian Ning naturally lost the opportunity to enter the emperor's sight. Even if he was recommended by Liu Jin, it was impossible to compare with Li Huan who had preconceived ideas.
Now Qian Ning is among the Jinyi Guards. No matter how you look at it, he is just an ordinary Jinyi Guardsman. So the construction of the Leopard House obviously has nothing to do with Qian Ning. In this case, who proposed to the emperor to build the Leopard House?
There is a place.
Naturally, Qiu Ju didn't notice the change in Li Huan's expression, and said with a smile: "If you want to tell me, Liu Jin's suggestion to His Majesty to build a leopard house is really a good idea. With the leopard house, His Majesty not only has a place to rest and play.
The place, more importantly, is where you can get rid of the constraints of the Queen Mother and the Cabinet."
In the eyes of Qiu Ju, Liu Jin and others, the cabinet and the empress dowager's restraint on Zhu Houzhao was equivalent to restraining them. After all, everything they had came from Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao's rights were restricted, and the last thing he wanted to see were people like them.
Li Huan smiled and said: "Eunuch Liu really worked hard to please Your Majesty!"
This sounds like a mockery of Liu Jin, but Qiu Ju is not surprised at all. Who doesn't know that Liu Jin and Li Huan are not easy to deal with? Even the emperor has teased Li Huan and Liu Jin about this more than once.
It would be strange if Li Huan and Liu Jin were to hook up one day.
The Leopard House is located on the southwest bank of Taiye Pond in the Xiyuan of the Imperial City, close to Xihua Gate, and not too far from the Imperial City. When Li Huan and Qiu Ju arrived at the Leopard House, looking from a distance, many building materials were piled up like mountains.
The craftsmen were busy during this period, and it was obvious that the construction of the leopard house had already begun.
Just looking at the size of the land, I knew that the Baofang building complex would be quite big, but I just didn’t know how to find Zhu Houzhao and others.
However, Qiu Ju, who led the way, was familiar with the road. He quickly led Li Huan through this area, and saw several palaces that had been built appearing in sight.
Qiu Ju smiled and said: "This is the area in the entire Leopard House used to raise various rare birds and animals. Because it is not difficult to build, it was built first. Not long ago, Manager Liu said that some officials donated several
There are tigers and leopards. Your Majesty left the palace early in the morning, so I think you should be here to watch those tigers and leopards."
Sure enough, when Li Huan followed Qiu Ju and walked forward, he saw a group of guards and soldiers standing guard all around with stern expressions. Needless to say, Zhu Houzhao was almost here.
Qiu Ju stepped forward with a small flag officer who was guarding the army and said, "Master Li asks to see Your Majesty. We will take Master Li in right now."
It can be said that Li Huan is the immediate superior of these guards, so he is no stranger to Li Huan. When he saw Li Huan coming with Qiu Ju, he naturally would not stop him, but instead took the initiative to greet Li Huan.
Li Huan didn't recognize these people, but when he saw these people saluting him, he nodded in response.
Soon Li Huan heard a familiar voice, who was it if it wasn't Zhu Houzhao. Just from the excited and high-pitched shouts, he knew that Zhu Houzhao must be in a very good mood at this moment, and he didn't know what he was doing.
After walking around the corner, Li Huan felt his eyes suddenly brighten. He saw cage-like fences surrounded by fences, and there were all kinds of extremely rare rare birds and animals.
There are ferocious black bears, gigantic elephants, jumping monkeys and even several colorful tigers.
Suddenly, Li Huan's eyes narrowed. In a fence not far away, there were actually several fluffy bears, all in black and white, with black eye circles. They were cute little bears lying there. These were actually several big bears.
Head panda.
As if aware of Li Huan's gaze, Qiu Ju said with a smile: "Don't tell me, this thing seems to be very kind, but when it is fierce, even tigers and wolves are no match for it. It is said that it belongs to the legendary military leader Chi You."
The mount is called the Iron-eating Beast."
As if showing off his knowledge, Qiu Ju introduced the pandas to Li Huan.
Li Huan naturally knew how powerful these pandas were, but thinking about this era, there should be many of them among the millions of mountains, but those who could catch them and offer them to the emperor were really thoughtful.
Zhu Houzhao, who was watching a tiger fighting with several hungry wolves in the distance, suddenly glanced at Li Huan, who was walking together with his colleagues. His eyes lit up, he jumped up and waved to Li Huan: "Li Huan"
Sir, I am here!"
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was not wearing a dragon robe at all, but was wearing a smart outfit. He looked like a wealthy young man next door.
It seems that after leaving the palace, his whole personality suddenly became much more cheerful, a little less majestic as an emperor, and a little more frank and cheerful as a young man.
Li Huan strode forward, bowed his hands to Zhu Houzhao as he approached, and said, "Your Majesty, Li Huan, pay homage to your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao supported Li Huan, who was about to salute him, and said with a smile: "This place is neither a court nor an imperial city. You and I, the emperor and our ministers, do not need to pay so much etiquette."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao pointed to the tall fence in front of him, where the tiger was being besieged by wolves that had been hungry for several days and its eyes were red with hunger.
Siege of wolves?”
Li Huan just glanced at it and saw that the tiger had lost its energy under the siege of the wolves. Although the wolves were not much better, some of them could even be seen being bitten to death.
corpse, but looking at the situation, I'm afraid it won't take long for the tiger to be torn apart by a pack of wolves.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Although this tiger is fierce, it is not the enemy of a pack of wolves."
Liu Jin on the side squinted his eyes and smiled slightly: "Li Huan, you are wrong. I said a tiger is a tiger. How can the power of the king of beasts be compared to that of a mere jackal?"
Li Huan glanced at Liu Jin lightly and said, "Oh, so Eunuch Liu thinks the tiger can survive?"
Seeing that Li Huan and Liu Jin didn't like each other and were sarcastic when they met, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said: "Li Qing, Liu Daban, you two don't have any deep hatred, why do you start fighting each other when you meet? Why don't I talk it out..."
Li Huan immediately turned to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty is still worried. Li Huan thinks he can't reach Eunuch Liu."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jin again, and Liu Jin swung his sleeves and said, "You can't make a fool of yourself!"
As if out of anger, Liu Jin shouted to the servants on the side: "Go, open the door and let the other male tiger in!"
These little chamberlains were afraid of Liu Jin from the bottom of their hearts. After listening to Liu Jin's words, they glanced at Zhu Houzhao subconsciously. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, he ran over quickly, but carefully opened the small door of the fence, and immediately
I saw a larger and colorful tiger rushing into the fence with a deafening roar and pounced directly on the hungry wolves.
With the addition of this fierce tiger, the wolves that had just gained an upper hand suffered heavy casualties in the blink of an eye.
The situation where the tiger was surrounded and killed by a pack of wolves was not unexpected, but now because Liu Jin helped cheat, the outcome was directly changed.
At this time, Liu Jin said with a bit of pride: "What, I said, a pack of wolves cannot defeat a tiger!"
Li Huan just ignored Liu Jin, and was about to talk to Zhu Houzhao about the replacement of the palace guards and the emperor's honor guard. Suddenly, a tiger roar came, followed by a burst of frightened screams.
Both Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao looked at the sound in astonishment, and Li Huan's expression changed drastically.
I saw that the extremely ferocious tiger that had rushed into the fence before took advantage of the waiter's closing time to pounce and directly opened the door of the fence, and escaped from the fence.
The little eunuch who was careless and failed to close the door was knocked out by the tiger on the spot, vomiting blood and screaming in agony.
"Escort me, protect me quickly!"
Who let Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao have the most people here? Smelling the popularity, the tiger pounced directly on where Liu Jin, Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao and the others were.
Zhang Yong, Gao Feng and others were horrified by this situation. However, they saw such a fierce tiger rushing towards them. Before the tiger arrived, the power of the tiger had already suppressed several people, and they were so frightened that they could not move.
Liu Jin reacted and wanted to dodge, but behind him was the Emperor Zhu Houzhao. If he dodged, the tiger would pounce directly on Zhu Houzhao.
There was no problem with Liu Jin's loyalty to Zhu Houzhao. He gritted his teeth and faced him, condensing his strength and striking out with one palm, with the potential to send the tiger flying away.
Unfortunately, with a shrill roar, the tiger that had just pounced stumbled to the ground, and then another tigress covered in blood also pounced.
Liu Jin, who had just taken a breath, was knocked straight out this time. It all happened in a flash of lightning. Li Huan only had time to pull Zhu Houzhao behind him, and he was faced with a bloody mouth.
"Your Majesty, be careful..."
Li Huan, who pulled Zhu Houzhao behind him, didn't even finish his words when he saw the tiger knocking Liu Jin away and heading towards him.
"Evil beast!"
Li Huan didn't care to blame Liu Jin for committing suicide. If Liu Jin hadn't insisted on letting the male tiger go, such a change wouldn't have happened.
Seeing that the tiger was approaching with its bloody mouth and was about to bite Li Huan, he saw Li Huanrou coming forward and crashing straight into the chest of the tiger.
Li Huan's head came into close contact with the tiger's bloody mouth, and a stream of fishy smell hit his face, almost making Li Huan spit out.
Li Huan's iron mountain support had a collision force of no less than several thousand kilograms. Especially Li Huan's instinctive collision with all his strength, which actually knocked the tiger away.
There was a crackling sound, and the tiger weighing hundreds of kilograms was actually knocked away several feet away by Li Huan, and fell heavily to the ground. Blood gurgled out from the bloody mouth, a huge
The tiger's body was twitching, but it was no longer as fierce as before.
"Be careful, dear..."
Zhu Houzhao himself was located between Liu Jin and Li Huan. Liu Jin was the first to meet the tiger, followed by Zhu Houzhao. Seeing Liu Jin being knocked away by the tiger, Zhu Houzhao couldn't hide his fear when he saw the tiger rushing towards him.
But at the next moment, a strong and powerful hand pulled him, and then a figure stood in front of him, separating him from the tiger.
"Li Huanqing's family!"
This scene is so familiar. When he was assassinated, it was Li Huan who stood in front of him and protected him behind him.
This sudden change, the same scene happened again, only made Zhu Houzhao excited.
As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he saw the fierce tiger being knocked away by Li Huan, and his eyes couldn't help showing a bit of surprise and joy.
Just as he was about to speak, Li Huan jumped up, and the next moment he directly held down the tiger that Liu Jin shot away.
The tiger had just landed on the ground and turned over. As a result, it did not stand up. Instead, it was pinned to the ground by Li Huan.
"Roar"
The roar of the tiger was deafening, and the huge tiger body struggled endlessly. Unfortunately, under the suppression of Li Huan's divine power, the tiger could not escape Li Huan's suppression no matter how hard it struggled.
He punched hard, hitting the head, and blood spattered immediately. The struggling tiger lost its breath on the spot. The next look was that Li Huan punched the tiger's head, which was so big that it was dented.
Blood pit.
The guards who heard the noise from all around saw that before they rushed forward with their swords in hand, they saw that there was no movement here, and the originally frightening roar of the tiger also stopped abruptly.
The incident happened in an instant. From the moment the tiger emerged from the cage to being suppressed by Li Huan, it seemed like a long time, but in fact it only took a dozen breaths.
Li Huan took a look at the tiger on the ground and stood up slowly. When he glanced at the blood stains on his clothes, he couldn't help frowning and strode towards Zhu Houzhao.
"My guard is not strong enough, is your Majesty okay?"
At this time, Zhu Houzhao had just come back to his senses. Looking at the two giant corpses, one far and one near, he couldn't help but feel excited when he thought that such a ferocious tiger could be easily killed by Li Huan.
Looking at Li Huan who was pleading guilty, Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hands, grabbed Li Huan's arms, helped Li Huan up and said with a smile: "Why did the Qing family say this? Thanks to Li Qing, you took action to kill the tiger in time, not only
There are no faults, but merits.”
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with admiration and said, "Tell me, if the Qing family wants any reward, just ask!"
When Li Huan heard what Zhu Houzhao said, his heart moved. Wasn't he worried about where to find a top internal skill?
I was originally thinking about how to speak to the emperor. Who would have thought that coming to see Zhu Houzhao would lead to such a change? Just now, it can be said that he has made a contribution to the rescue. And now that the emperor takes the initiative to speak, can he?
How about asking Zhu Houzhao to reward him with a top internal skill?
Having such an idea, Li Huan couldn't hold back the thought. Just when he was about to speak, Liu Jin got up from the ground and ran over crying, holding Zhu Houzhao's thigh and crying: "Your Majesty, everything is fine."
Great, it’s all the old slave’s fault, it’s all the old slave’s fault, your majesty, please punish the old slave for his sins..."
It would be wrong to say that this matter is entirely Liu Jin's responsibility. After all, if it was really said, it could even be implicated in Li Huan. No one could have imagined that the little eunuch was so careless that he let a tiger break open the door.
Such an accident happened.
Looking at Liu Jin who was hugging him and crying bitterly, Zhu Houzhao didn't mean to blame Liu Jin. After all, Liu Jin had no intention of evading the tiger that rushed towards him just now. There is absolutely no problem with loyalty.
Patting Liu Jin's shoulder, Zhu Houzhao said harmoniously: "This matter is purely accidental and has nothing to do with anyone. My eldest companion has just blocked the tiger for me. I can see his loyalty, so why am I guilty!"
Liu Jin kowtowed with a look of tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty is kind, I thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with a smile and said: "Just now I saw that the Qing family seemed to want to say something. If you want any reward, just ask. I will never go back on my words!"
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