Chapter 212: The Past Is Gone
The servants of Gaofu crawled back to report the news, perhaps the deacon of Gaofu learned of the arrival of the Son of Heaven and opened the middle door early, and all kinds of slaves could be faintly seen in the open middle door.
The sound of horses' hooves outside the workshop was getting closer and closer, and Li Longji and the others were impatient, and they didn't care about the majesty of the Son of Heaven, so they walked up the steps by themselves.
One of the attendants who followed Li Longji whispered, "How come the slaves in Doctor Gao's mansion are all cripples?"
Only then did Li Longji notice that the slaves who were faintly exposed in the middle gate were actually people with mutilated limbs and arms.
Seeing that the Son of Heaven had already stepped on the steps by himself, an old deacon with a white beard could only greet him in person.
"His Majesty the Emperor forgives the sins, and the head of the family welcomes the late ......"
At this time, where is Li Longji still in the mood to pay attention to those false courtesies, and the sound of horses' hooves knocking on the ground outside the square is clearly buckled on his chest, and every blow makes his heart tremble.
"Gao Qing is resting, quickly lead me to find him!"
The old servant also wanted Li Longji to wait a while, so he could rush Gao Xianzhi, but Li Longji had already stepped into the threshold with his legs raised and bypassed the shadow wall.
Fortunately, Gao Xianzhi's movements were also fast, Li Long had just bypassed the shadow wall, and when the old servant didn't know what to do, he strode over.
"The minister greets the late, please forgive the saint!"
"I came suddenly, Gao Qing doesn't have to be formal, listen, but the war horse is here outside this square?"
Li Longji came suddenly, and there was no reason to investigate his subordinates' rudeness, not to mention that his mind was no longer on this at this time.
Only then did Gao Xianzhi notice that the pale face of the Son of Heaven actually had a look of panic and fear, and listened to the dense sound of horses' hooves outside the workshop, and suddenly changed color.
"Chang Si, gather all the servants in the mansion and escort them!"
Gao Xianzhi was not a fool, and suddenly realized that the Son of Heaven was looking for him for help, and looking at the situation outside, he was afraid that there was a mutiny.
Although there are many puzzles in his heart, but under the imminent situation, the arrangements that should be made cannot be slowed.
The old servant's name was Chang Si, but it was only when his movements accelerated that Li Longji found out that this person was actually a cripple.
"The saint and relax, if you have a minister, you will protect you from letting the rebellious ministers and thieves get your hands on it!"
"Okay, good, it's not my minister!"
After a moment, two hundred servants from the top and bottom of the Gao Mansion gathered together and shouted in unison:
"I respectfully obey the orders of the marshal!"
The spirit of the army is the same as that of the elite of the army, the difference is that these slaves are not able-bodied people, either missing an arm or missing half a leg.
Gao Xianzhi saw Li Longji's face with a look of surprise, so he stepped forward and explained: "Qiqi saints, these are the old soldiers of the Anxi army who have survived a hundred battles, and the ministers saw that they had lost their ability to make a living, and they couldn't bear to let them go to the people and suffer, so they took them into servants. ”
Li Longji praised: "Gao Qing loves soldiers like sons, so good!"
After saying hello three times in a row, the old son of heaven suddenly raised his anger and shouted at Gao Xianzhi's two hundred slaves: "I hereby swear that after today's rebellion, anyone who is alive will be protected from his wife and son!"
At such a critical moment, Li Longji is willing to give up his blood, and he doesn't care about the rules of not rewarding meritorious people, if there is a slight difference, even the throne may be gone, how can he still care about hundreds of titles?
Li Longji's promise immediately had an immediate effect.
Gao Xianzhi's 200 house slaves are actually his 200 old subordinates, which one of them didn't lick the blood from the knife edge and die nine times all his life? The border army's meritorious service and the sealing of his wife and shadow son are the goal they have pursued all their lives, they originally thought that they could only do this but they were still alive, and they didn't want to have another chance under the storm, how could they make people not be enthusiastic?
The shouts of killing and the praise of the Son of Heaven immediately resounded.
Seeing this, Gao Xianzhi no longer rubbed down, and resolutely ordered: "Drop the wind lantern on the gate of Xingqing Fang, and everyone will be divided into two armies, front and rear, and guard the gate of Fang!"
After the two hundred slaves agreed, they opened the gate of Gaofu with great dignity.
Gao Xianzhi followed closely, and Li Longji actually followed behind, he felt that he was not steady anywhere now, and only following Gao Xianzhi might still have a sense of stability.
However, Li Longji could only see Gao Xianzhi's back, but he didn't see his tightly knit brows and his face full of doubt.
It stands to reason that the Son of Heaven has his own cronies, Yang Guozhong can influence half of the court, and Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu, controls the Northern Ya Forbidden Army with one hand, so it can be said that anyone can betray the Son of Heaven, and these two people will not betray the Son of Heaven, because their wealth and nobility are closely related to the Son of Heaven. Why didn't the Son of Heaven look for these two people at a critical moment, but came to him?
All kinds of suspicious things, Gao Xianzhi can't help but think about it. But he tried to ask the Son of Heaven why, but he was diverted by the Son of Heaven, obviously not wanting him to know the inside story.
But no matter what, Gao Xianzhi, as a courtier, must ensure that the Son of Heaven is safe.
In the blink of an eye, a standard horse team galloped over, and the guards on the Xingqing Palace seemed to be so frightened that they couldn't even see the light of a wind lamp.
Gao Xianzhi spat at the palm of his hand and clenched the three-foot-long wooden stick in his hand. "Old brothers, do you dare to resist the cavalry?"
"Dare! How dare not?"
The two hundred slaves in their hands are also the same wooden sticks as Gao Xianzhi's hands, this kind of wooden sticks are the slaves of the rich and noble families in the city, and the things used by the guards are helpless.
After all, no matter how far the Son of Heaven is, Gao Xianzhi and other important ministers who are in the prime minister will naturally pay attention to all kinds of influences, even if they let the house slaves be armed with horizontal knives that are not considered forbidden, I am afraid that they will cause fierce criticism.
Gao Xianzhi has been fighting in Anxi for many years, and what he is best at is to run long distances with cavalry, and he has rich experience in cavalry combat, and he has long heard that there are more than a thousand cavalry from outside the fang, and if they are raided, they may be able to disperse.
Even at such an extremely disadvantaged juncture, as long as there is a glimmer of opportunity, Gao Xianzhi will not sit in the city. What's more, in his opinion, all the forbidden troops in Chang'an are just a group of raw melons and eggs who have never been on the battlefield, and they look like tigers and tigers, but they are all strong and capable characters.
Although all of these veterans under his command are disabled, they have rich experience in battle and dare to fight to the death, and one can withstand four or five forbidden soldiers who are not from a humble background. Even if the other party is a cavalry, what is there to fear? In an encounter in the river, the Anxi army defeated nearly 10,000 Qarluq cavalry with 2,000 infantry with Mo swords.
These raw melons in front of him who have never seen blood, how can those old pawns put them in their eyes?
The gate of Xingqingfang opened silently, and two hundred people rushed out quietly in two teams.
Pei Jing and his entourage originally planned to demolish the house outside the Xingqing Palace and hit the palace gate with beams and beams, but unexpectedly, an unknown group of people and horses came out in the darkness and were caught off guard.
These people are all holding a three-foot-long gaze, but they are all using the method of Mo Dao, Pei Jing also used Mo Dao before joining the Shenwu Army, and he can see at a glance that the origin of these people is not simple. But soon, Pei Jing found out that these people were actually crippled people with broken limbs and arms, and he was caught off guard by a group of cripples under his command, and gradually collapsed, which made him feel very ashamed.
"Dismount and form a formation, resist the enemy!"
Cavalry combat has always been the shortcoming of the Shenwu Army, they have been training for more than half a year are the method of foot combat, so it is normal to be caught off guard, once their feet hit the ground, these people immediately become vigorous, and gradually stabilize their positions.
Pei Jing didn't expect that in Yongjiafang, a hundred steps away, there was a pair of eyes staring at him again.
Gao Xianzhi sighed, he recognized Pei Jing, and he also recognized that it was the Shenwu Army who mutined tonight, but he didn't expect that the mastermind of the mutiny was actually the young man he had always been optimistic about, Qin Jin!
No wonder the Son of Heaven has always been secretive about the main commander of the mutiny, and he is still very suspicious of himself. Gao Xianzhi sighed secretly, the Son of Heaven was afraid that he would not want to be an enemy after hearing about Qin Jin's name.
Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but sneer, he underestimated him too much, no matter how loyal and filial piety and righteousness were, not to mention Qin Jin, who met in Pingshui, even his own son could not be killed.
"Fetch my bow!"
The Son of Heaven had specifically allowed Gao Xianzhi to keep two hard bows of more than three stones, which came in handy tonight.
The old man held the delicately sewn deerskin quiver in both hands, untied the tie, and a longbow exposed half of his body.
Gao Xianzhi's skillful bow and arrow aimed at Pei Jing, who was a hundred steps away.
After aiming twice, Gao Xianzhi decisively let go of the index finger and thumb of his right hand, only to hear the sharp sound of breaking through the air, and before everyone could react, a long tail feather arrow had already shot out.
But seeing that the main general on the horse fell to the ground in response, there were bursts of cheers in Yongjiafang.
Gao Xianzhi's bravery is still undiminished, even Li Longji can't help but admire, if there is a Gao Xianzhi in the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that the thief will also pass on the rumor.
But he soon felt stunned again, if he really killed Gao Xianzhi at the beginning, I don't know who to find to escort him at this time tonight?
This old son of heaven actually had a trace of guilt in his heart, he had always suspected that Gao Xianzhi would be as disobedient as An Lushanhan, so he killed him, but all kinds of coincidences have not succeeded.
And Li Longji's suspicion of Gao Xianzhi did not come after An Lushan's rebellion.
This has to start from a few years ago, Gao Xianzhi sent troops to destroy the Shi Kingdom without authorization, although it greatly boosted the prestige of the country, but it made Li Longji extremely annoyed, so he transferred it back to Chang'an with the method of rising and descending secretly, and replaced the Anxi Jiedu with Feng Changqing.
This kind of dissatisfaction and suspicion finally reached its peak after An Lushan's rebellion, and Li Longji even reached the point where it was difficult to sleep without killing this person. He was well aware of Gao Xianzhi's influence in the army, as well as the ability of this person's battle array, and he was afraid that he would have endless troubles.
However, it was also tonight's accident that made his attitude towards Gao Xianzhi completely reversed.