Early the next morning, Qin Jin led the army to escort the crown prince Li Heng to the Jinguang Gate in the west of Chang'an City as promised. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Heng was startled when he heard the sound of war drums, after a year of torture, he was about to become a frightened bird, especially the two mutinies that fled west this time were really shocking.

Qin Jin saw that Li Heng was a little upset, so he drove his horse closer and whispered to cheer him up.

"Chang'an has Wei Xianggong and Cui Shaoyin in charge, and a grand welcome ceremony has been arranged, so Your Highness doesn't have to worry. ”

Hearing this, Li Heng's face regained a little blood, and he said nervously:

"Qin envoy Jun will enter the city with me!"

Li Heng, who was in a frightened bird state, obviously didn't trust the people in Chang'an City very much, although he still had a lot of respect for Wei Fangjin and Cui Guangyuan last night, and now it seems that they are all acting.

"The ministers must not leave His Highness!"

After receiving Qin Jin's assurance, Li Heng finally stopped hesitating and urged the horse to rush to Jinguangmen.

In fact, whether it is to welcome the Son of Heaven or the crown prince, the imperial court is customized, and the music is also different. But Wei Fangjin and Cui Guangyuan actually arranged a scene where the war drums and horns were ringing together, which was too weird, and it was no wonder that Li Heng was so careful. However, this is Li Heng's multi-mindedness and ignorance of the inside story.

Since the news of the Son of Heaven's flight to the west spread, not only officials have fled, but also musicians from the royal family have joined the fleeing army. Wei Fangjin and Cui Guangyuan summoned experienced musicians overnight, but they couldn't even get together ten people, so they had no choice but to welcome the prince who had returned from the disaster with the courtesy of the army.

The musicians fled cleanly, but the officials did not. Wei Fangjin even invited Chen Xilie, the prime minister who had already sent his respects, to come out.

Li Hengyu immediately saw Chen Xilie, who had a white beard and hair, with a new style and bones, standing out from the crowd among the officials who were waiting for him. Qin Jin also knew Chen Xilie, but he didn't have a good impression of this duke, because in the history in his memory, it was this old guy who surrendered to Sun Xiaozhe after Li Longji fled Chang'an, and he was a sanctimonious and spineless old thing.

The rest of them greet the officials, and there are many people who are well-known, but there are at least more than a thousand people at a glance, which is really rare for Chang'an, which has just experienced a catastrophe.

Li Heng dismounted from a distance, walked to the officials to greet them, and expressed his gratitude to them for not choosing to give up at the most critical moment.

Qin Jin slandered on the side, where did these people choose to give up, maybe most of them had the same plan as Chen Xilie, just waiting for Sun Xiaozhe's army to grow old, and then open the door to welcome the thief. Of course, this kind of heart-wrenching words is inappropriate in this situation, even if you know that both parties are acting, you have to play this play well.

"Why did Old Minister Chen come here in person?"

Li Heng valued the old minister's support for him very much, and even his voice trembled a little. Qin Jin couldn't tell whether this was because of excitement or the result of acting. In fact, he thought about Li Heng's state of mind at this moment, after being a fictitious and suppressed prince for more than ten years, he suddenly got the support of so many courtiers, how could he suppress the excitement in his heart?

Even if Li Heng endured for more than ten years and practiced a city that was different from ordinary people, he was still a person after all, and it was difficult not to be moved in this situation.

Chen Xilie bowed tremblingly, and even his beard kept shaking.

"The old minister is happy to learn that the prince is back, happy!"

This sentence is not a false compliment, but it makes people cry when they hear it. Yes, the prince returned to Chang'an regardless of himself in such a critical situation, which also moved the ministers, even though many people had plans to defect to the enemy, it was still difficult to suppress complicated emotions in their hearts. Chen Xilie is one of them, after all, he has been a courtier in the Tang Dynasty for more than 40 years, and it would be a lie to say that he has no nostalgia, but once he can't do it, he will not hesitate to make a decision for the sake of the family inheritance, but the sudden return of the prince made his decision hesitate.

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to Luan!"

Chen Xilie suddenly cleared his throat and shouted loudly. The officials shouted in the blink of an eye.

"Supply His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to Luan!"

Such wording is really suspected of exceeding the system, but now that even the Son of Heaven has run away, who can take care of this? What's more, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that if the Tang Dynasty cannot quell the chaos, it will be fine, once the rebellion is successful, the crown prince will be the first person to make the contribution, and even if the Son of Heaven no longer looks down on Li Heng, he can only pinch his nose and endure this situation.

Therefore, when the big event is not accomplished, why not send a favor first?

Qin Jin watched coldly at the various thoughts of the officials, and couldn't help but sneer secretly, when it came to life and death, these people actually only cared about their own little abacus, how could Li Longji, who had been the son of heaven for more than forty years, raise such a group of wolf-hearted things.

Of course, scolding is scolding, Qin Jin also knows that people's hearts are a very strange thing, and if personal moral standards are used to demand the ruling officials, it may be the opposite of each other.

"Enter the city!"

After the brief meeting, Wei Fangjin shouted. Then the drum horn sounded again, and Li Heng slowly walked into the city in the face of the worshipful eyes of the officials.

After entering the city, the ceremony was not over, and the people who were stranded in the city had already rushed to hear the news and rushed to see the prince's face.

Whether it is the Son of Heaven or the Prince, they are all god-like beings in the hearts of ordinary people, and they may even be able to smoke from their ancestral tombs when they see them. Now the people have heard that the prince is coming back to defend Chang'an and fight against the rebels, which has made it a layer of heroism, and many people simply regard the prince as a bodhisattva who saves suffering.

If the greeting of the officials outside the city moved the prince, then the reaction of the people in the city made him excited and difficult to control.

When Li Heng stepped on his horse in the Jinguang Gate and appeared in the field of vision of the people, the crowds on both sides of the street were like mountains and seas, and the sound of joy was thunderous, and the sound of long live was endless.

Originally, Li Heng returned to Chang'an just out of trust in Qin Jin, but now seeing that the people's reaction was so fanatical, his blood also surged, and there seemed to be a breath in his chest that was drumming up and down, left and right.

Seeing this scene, Qin Jin was also speechless, this is the prestige of the Li Tang royal family among the people, and if you change another family, you will definitely not have such an appeal, so the Tang Dynasty should definitely not die.

An Lushan's notoriety of burning, killing and looting has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Chang'an, and the people have experienced the turbulent situation of the Son of Heaven fleeing without telling him, and the chaotic people wantonly looting and burning, and the prince who has returned after breaking all difficulties is naturally regarded as a savior.

The prince entered Chang'an from the Jinguang Gate, and then entered the imperial city through the Vermilion Bird Gate, and this section of the road took a full hour. It was also through Qin Jin's reminder that Li Heng deliberately slowed down, and even stopped and went repeatedly in some places. However, this setback was also rewarded tenfold, and they regained the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city with little effort.

Li Heng still returned to the East Palace, and although his body was exhausted, the excitement of his spirit made him forget all his fatigue.

"Qin Envoy Jun arranged it like this, it is better than an army of 100,000!"

As he spoke, he walked excitedly in the palace, sometimes speeding up, sometimes slowing down.

The East Palace had just been looted by the rebels, and it was a mess inside, and the more Li Heng walked inside, the tighter his brows became. Due to the hasty return, the work of the Qing palace has not yet been completed, and Li Heng even saw a common man walking out of the main gate of a convenient hall with his eyes in a hurry, still wearing colorful silk cloth.

Qin Jin felt that it was inappropriate, if Li Heng was allowed to live here, in case he was injured by the chaotic people who slipped through the net, wouldn't it be a disaster.

"Your Highness, only the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City has not been looted, please move the Taiji Palace. ”

When Li Heng heard this, he frowned and hesitated:

"According to the system, you have to ask your father for an order to move the palace, but now my father is going west to hunt, so it's not appropriate to make such a self-assertion, right?"

"His Royal Highness stays in Chang'an and bears the heavy responsibility of the world, and it is understandable to be expedient for a while, how can he be stuck to common sense anymore?"

With Qin Jin taking the lead, Wei Fangjin and others also followed suit, Li Heng hesitated again and again, and finally agreed to the invitation of the ministers and entered the deep and cold Taiji Palace.

After entering the Taiji Palace, there are only a handful of ministers who are qualified to follow up, except for Qin Jin, Wei Fangjin, Cui Guangyuan, Chen Xilie and a few others, the rest can only belong to you.

Everything is as usual in the Taiji Palace, every day there are palace people sprinkling and cleaning up, as if there has never been a big mess, Li Heng led everyone into a convenient hall, immediately the old attendant brought the copper furnace to fill the carbon to make a fire, not long the fire was hot and filled, and the hall rose up with warmth.

"How to deal with it next, Qin Envoy Jun can have a detailed explanation?"

Li Heng is now inseparable from Qin Jin, as if only this person is the only official who can be used.

As for what to do next, Qin Jin had already made up his mind, and he replied in the face of the question:

"There are two priorities, one is that His Highness must do it himself. ”

Li Heng's body leaned forward involuntarily on the couch, and immediately agreed.

"Li Heng has a heavy burden on his shoulders, so he naturally has an unshirkable responsibility. ”

"At present, the royal family in the city, there are many scattered people, these people are all ancestors bloodline, and they must not be allowed to be separated, they must be found one by one as soon as possible. ”

Li Hengzheng nodded.

"That's true! I'll take someone to find it myself later!"

"The second and most important thing is the defense of the city. Yichen predicted that Sun Xiaozhe's troops should arrive in Chang'an at the earliest tomorrow night, so we only had one day to collect the forbidden army and divide the defense area. ”

"The battle of attack and defense is the director of the Qin envoy, Li Heng is inconvenient to advise on military affairs, so the envoy has full authority to deal with it, and there is no need to ask me for everything!"

This answer basically set the two major matters that were urgent in Chang'an City, and the rest of the important ministers couldn't even say a word.