Chapter 162: Draw lots to determine life and death

Du Qianyun couldn't help but look forward to it a little, he really wanted to see how Qin Jin, who was strong everywhere, would deal with it if he really fell into Yang Guozhong's favor?

Did Qin Jin tell this news or not? This idea only went around in a circle in his stomach, and Du Qianyun completely dispelled it. Thinking of the armor who reminded him that day, as well as Qin Jin's speculation that he was protected by the gods, it was not a wise move to go against this Zhonglang at this moment.

After returning to his residence, Du Qianyun changed into civilian clothes, quietly left the garrison of the right leading guard, and sneaked into Chang'an City. In fact, in the right leading guard, many generals secretly leave the barracks every day, or return to their homes in the city to spend the night, or go to the market to look for flowers and willows, eat and drink.

Du Qianyun is not the kind of person who has few desires, and on weekdays, he often takes the lead in running to those fireworks places, so no one will suspect him when he enters the city this time.

When he arrived at the agreed wine shop, Du Qianyun pretended to drink and eat meat alone, spread the news, and then left with a full stomach.

Du Qianyun scoffed at Qin Jin's caution, didn't he just spread the news? Why did he make such a sneaky thing, and someone would really follow him?

Du Qianyun didn't know that since he entered the city, there had been a pair of eyes that never left half an inch of his body.

That night, Qin Jin received a secret letter, and Yang Guozhong's plans were listed one by one. However, this relieved him from the initial state of mind that he was facing a great enemy. He even guessed the use of extreme means such as assassination, but he didn't expect that it was just a drill and confrontation between the Red and Blue Army.

If it weren't for knowing Yang Guozhong's details, Qin Jin would even have to wonder if Yang Guozhong was the one who crossed over.

Qin Jin didn't take this to heart, even if he engaged in the confrontation between the red and blue armies, there were no certain rules, and the blue army would be defeated, right? What's more, which of these families of the Shenwu Army was a fuel-efficient lamp? Let them be defeated without a fight, I'm afraid they won't be able to do it themselves!

Early the next morning, Qin Jin received an official letter sent by Yang Guozhong.

The official document really introduced the form and intention of this martial arts exercise.

In Yang Guozhong's statement, Qin Jin had many experiences with the rebels, so he reluctantly asked him to play the role of the rebels. The rest of the right leading guards, left guards, and dragon armies fought against them as Tang troops.

At the end of the official document, Yang Guozhong also specially explained that this martial arts exercise was to widen the heart of the Son of Heaven and make the Son of Heaven happy, and hoped that Qin Jin would focus on the overall situation, and never act rashly and spoil the mood of the Son of Heaven.

Yang Guozhong's attitude in this official document is humble and polite from beginning to end, so that people can't find fault with it. Qin Jin couldn't help but feel a little amused by Yang Guozhong's playful mentality.

These words seem to be high-sounding, but why should the Shenwu Army be pretended to be a rebel? and let the Right Leading Guard, the Left Wuwei, and the Long Wu Army pretend to be the Tang Army?

When Qin Jin announced this official document in the army, it immediately aroused a wave of righteous indignation, and they asked to find Yang Guozhong for comment.

The clamor of his subordinates gave Qin Jin inspiration, why should he admit this unfortunate errand at this time and go against Yang Guozhong in front of the public?

Thinking of it, Qin Jin immediately set off and rode his horse to the right leading guard station. Yang Guozhong has lived in the barracks and eaten in the barracks for several days, and has been praised by the Son of Heaven many times. Because of this, after Qin Jin collapsed the military camp, he effortlessly found this busy Jiedu envoy.

The moment he saw Qin Jin, Yang Guozhong's face was full of surprise, he didn't expect Qin Jin to come to the door in person.

But soon, Yang Guozhong regained his composure, and his expression returned to normal.

"Zhonglang will come to Yang somewhere, I don't know what to advise?" The voice was very cold, and he could clearly feel the meaning of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

Qin Jin smiled:

"I don't dare to advise, but I came to ask for advice!"

Yang Guozhong's eyelids rolled, and there was some doubt in his eyes.

"Ask Yang for advice?"

"Exactly! I hope that the prince will not hesitate to give advice!"

When dealing with Yang Guozhong, the current officials do not call him his current official, but always call him Xianggong, as if he was still in the position of prime minister. This is indeed a compliment, but in the eyes of hundreds of officials, Yang Guozhong will re-enter the political hall, I am afraid that it will be sooner or later.

The smile on Yang Guozhong's face suddenly looked a little strange.

"Don't dare to teach, there is something but it doesn't hurt to talk about it!"

After being verbose for a long time, Qin Jin himself felt annoyed, so he directly explained his intentions.

Yang Mou read the official document sent by Yang Xianggong and conveyed it to his subordinates, but many people felt that Yang Xianggong was unfair in doing so. ”

Yang Guozhong frowned unconsciously.

"Is it unfair?

"Actually, the reason why I went down today to ask for advice privately is because I don't want Xianggong to fall into the mouth of the communiqué and personal vendettas! Everyone knows that the rebels are not easy to do, and if the world knows that this is Yang Xianggong's decision, they will not be allowed to refrain from reverie. ”

Qin Jin's words made Yang Guozhong's temples jump suddenly, where did he come to think about him, he was clearly referring to Sang and scolding Huai. But because of his temperament, he couldn't have a fight with Qin Jin on the spot, so he forced himself to ask: "Dare to ask how can I make the world feel that Yang's handling is fair, not a personal vendetta?"

He originally asked casually, and the matter of letting the Shenwu Army pretend to be a rebel was a certainty, and he had already reached an agreement with Chen Xuanli and Gao Xianzhi in advance. With Qin Jin's opposition alone, don't think about turning the sky upside down, the Shenwu Army doesn't want to do it, do you want Long Wujun and Zuo Wuwei to be rebels?

How could Chen Xuanli and Gao Xianzhi be willing?

No matter where you talk about it, the position of this rebel is none other than the shallow Qin Jin.

"Draw lots, Shenwu, Longwu, Right Leading Guard, Left Guard, the main generals of the four teams of people and horses get together and draw lots to decide, no matter who wins the lottery and has no chance to fight back. As a result, Yang Xianggong will not fall into the communiqué's personal vendetta!"

Hearing Qin Jin say the method of drawing lots, Yang Guozhong smiled, and immediately clapped his hand and said:

"Okay, since Zhonglang will raise an objection, let's draw lots!"

Qin Jin said: "But there is a rule, and the lottery must be an intermediary who is recognized by both parties to testify. ”

Yang Guozhong wanted to operate secretly, and still put Qin Jin in, but he didn't expect Qin Jin to be ahead of him.

"Well, then let Wei Xianggong be the one who testifies in the middle!"

Qin Jin shook his head, "Let's go down and think that we should ask the saint to be a witness for the lottery of the four armies." ”

Wei Jiansu has a lot of connections with Yang Guozhong, and before Yang Guozhong dismissed the prime minister, he was even more obedient to Yang Guozhong. Therefore, Yang Guozhong believes that let Wei Jiansu be a person who testifies in the middle, and he can also dredge with him. However, Qin Jin opened his mouth and recommended the Son of Heaven.

And with Yang Guozhong's understanding of the Son of Heaven, if he learned about this, he would definitely be happy.

If Yang Guozhong wanted to oppose it again, he would have more to worry about, and if the Son of Heaven knew that he had objected, would he have become suspicious of himself because of this? Now Yang Guozhong has carefully pondered several times about all the words and deeds involving the Son of Heaven before he dares to make a decision.

"Anyway, I will testify about the saints of labor. ”

As Yang Guozhong expected, Li Longji heard that he was asked to preside over the draw of lots for the four armies, so he agreed on the spot. Moreover, on a whim, he immediately sent eunuchs to convey the edict and recruit Gao Xianzhi and Chen Xuanli from the army to Xingqing Palace.

When they heard from Li Longji's mouth the method of drawing lots to determine which army to pretend to be a rebel, they couldn't help but glance at each other.

To be honest, no matter where they started, they didn't want to play the role of rebels, so when Yang Guozhong asked them to discuss things, they all agreed. But he didn't expect that Qin Jin also had the courage to stab this matter in front of the Son of Heaven, and even came up with a lottery to decide.

With the Son of Heaven on his side, no one will dare to manipulate the lottery. In this way, it is not known who the flowers will be. Gao Xianzhi and Chen Xuanli couldn't help but lift their hearts vigorously.

"Gao Qing and Chen Qing, what do you two think?"

On the surface, Li Longji is soliciting opinions, but in fact he is only informing and conveying, which is also the method he has always used.

Gao Xianzhi and Chen Xuanli dared to say that they disagreed, so they responded in unison: "This method is very wonderful, and it is fair!"

Li Longji showed a satisfied smile, raised his eyes to look at Yang Guozhong again, and secretly praised in his heart: Yang Guozhong is becoming more and more like a prime minister. Moreover, he used the method of drawing lots to block the world's suspicion of his unfairness.

"Okay, I have four pieces of parchment here, and only one of them has words written on it, and whoever wins the lottery with words will be defeated!"

"Your Ministers obey!"

In a few moments, Li Longji had already prepared four pieces of parchment and placed them on top of the imperial case.

"Suspicion of cheating, you are not allowed to touch the parchment, you only need to spend which one you choose!"

"Your Ministers obey!"

Gao Xianzhi, Chen Xuanli, Yang Guozhong, and Qin Jin agreed in unison.

"Qin Qing, you choose first!"

Without warning, Li Longji called Qin Jin's name. The other three people all showed a hint of incomprehension between their eyebrows, including Qin Jin, who didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would actually choose him to be the first to draw lots.

"Obey the order!"

Despite his apprehension, Qin Jin stepped forward, stared at the four pieces of parchment on the imperial case, and after a while, pointed to the first one on the far left.

"Let's choose this one!"

Seeing Qin Jinxuan's parchment, Li Longji was not in a hurry to lift it, but looked at him with a smile.

"Qin Qing is sure to choose this one? If I open it, there will be no possibility of repentance. ”

Qin Jin secretly scolded Li Longji for entertaining him, but now there was no room for hesitation, so he gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, the minister has no intention of repenting!"

"Good!"

Li Longji shouted hello, raised his hand and opened the parchment on the far left, only to see a big word "lose" written on it!