Cao Shaozu can only find his sister Cao Guifei, it is allowed for sisters and brothers to meet in the palace, Cao Shaozu told his sister about the new thing that he stole 3ooo million taels of silver, Cao Guifei was also surprised: "You have so much silver from there, if the emperor knows, he will blame you, you don't do business, you don't do business, you don't do official, how can you have so much silver?" ”。 Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info81 Cao Shaozu: "This is all earned by me doing business with the people below, who said that I don't do business, even if the emperor knows, he can only say so, otherwise, how can I recover it, I can't say that there is no theft, right?" ”。

Cao Guifei thought about it, so she found an opportunity to tell the emperor. Sure enough, the emperor laughed when he heard it: "It seems that your brother is very good at collecting money, if he doesn't do anything, he will have 3ooo million silver, but it is more terrible than a corrupt official", Cao Guifei was coquettish: "Your Majesty, the slave family is such a younger brother, you can just ask about it, the whole world is not the king's land, do you let thieves run rampant in the world, maybe you will steal into the palace tomorrow." The emperor frowned: "You said it was stolen by the six rats of the Trap Mountain?" This is a bit troublesome", Cao Guifei was a little puzzled: "Is the emperor still afraid of them?" ”。

The emperor smiled and said: "I am a dignified emperor, how can I be afraid of robbers for a while, but the empty mountain has always had a good reputation, it is a rich family that specializes in stealing, and the ordinary people are very good to them, ten years ago, I was also in a hurry, because they stole my luminous Nine Dragon Cup, and they used an army of 1o thousand to conscript them, but after several months of conquest, they did not even find a personal shadow, it can be seen that they are hidden very deeply, besides, they are petty thefts, and they have no impact on my country, if they pay a great price, It's not that they can't be exterminated, but that will hurt the country, and the gains will outweigh the losses, forget it, isn't it just tens of millions of taels of silver, your brother is so good at collecting money, and he will be rich in a few years."

Cao Guifei saw that the emperor didn't want to take care of it, so she secretly cried, and the emperor felt distressed when she saw it: "Okay, okay, I'll just take care of it, tomorrow I will go to the court, and I will ask the ministers what to do?" ”。 The next day, above the court, the emperor asked: "I heard that Cao Shaozu's house in the capital was burglarized, do you know?" Jingzhao Yin Wei De'an immediately stepped forward to report: "Back to the emperor, there is such a thing, Uncle Cao's mansion stole 3ooo million taels of silver, it is said that it was a case made by the six rats in the empty mountain, please make a decision."

The emperor smiled and said: "Wei De'an, you are Jing Zhaoyin, who is responsible for the security of the ground in the capital, what do you mean by calling me to decide, can't you solve the case?" ”。 Wei Dean explained: "The emperor clearly sees that the Trap Mountain is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the 10,000 troops of the year can't do anything about it, not to mention that I am a small Jing Zhaoyin, it is impossible to arrest the six rats in the Trap Mountain, please ask the emperor to investigate."

The emperor frowned: "The dignified Great Sui Dynasty, even a few thieves can't be cured, what's the use of me raising you, you say, who can solve this matter?" ”。 At this time, Yang Su, the king of the backer, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the thieves are people from the rivers and lakes, and they have to use the means of the rivers and lakes to deal with them, and the use of the army is overkill, and it will not work, I will post the emperor's list, as long as someone on the rivers and lakes can solve the case, he will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, the Sui Dynasty is so big, there must be capable people", the emperor was just about to approve the proposal of the king of the backer, and he saw a person, and the emperor saw that it was his eldest son, the prince Yang Xian, and the emperor asked: "What did Xian'er say?" ”。

Yang Xian glanced at it and said: "Father, the king of the backer has said something wrong, waiting for the people in the rivers and lakes to solve the case, I don't think it's appropriate, if I can pay it back, if not, will I let the thieves get away with it?" When the backer king heard this, he smiled slightly, and when he saw that the prince did not follow his advice, he stepped aside and stopped talking. The emperor asked, "Xian'er, what do you have to do?" Yang Xian: "Father, as long as I am given 30,000 ironclad troops, I will be able to bored and level the empty mountain and catch all the six rats in the empty mountain."

The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, his son had been in the palace all the time, and he was also going out to temper himself, and he was also happy to see that the prince dared to come forward, so he approved the prince's plan, and asked the backer Wang Yang Su to allocate 30,000 horses to the prince, and set off to the empty mountain on a certain day to conquer the thieves.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and there are not a few people who eat, drink and Lazar of 30,000 people, and the ironclad army of 30,000 people needs to have a reserve team of at least 10,000 people. Drilling the sky rat Bai Jinbiao knew that he smiled, and when he heard that there were only 30,000 people attacking the empty mountain, he didn't take it to heart at all, thinking that back then, the emperor sent an army of 1o thousand, and he returned in a daze, not to mention the prince, a hairy child who had never led soldiers to fight. Today's Trap Mountain, with Long Xiao's 1o thousand taels of gold, has built the Trap Mountain more mysterious, and there are more organs, not to mention 30,000 troops, even 2o thousand troops, and they can't get in at all.

The crown prince Yang Xian led the army, came to bring the trap to the bottom of the mountain, and set up a long snake formation, and attacked the mountain in one go. In Yang Xian's view, the Trap Mountain is a thief, they are all a rabble, they must be free and loose people, they can't fight at all, and their 30,000 horses can be crushed to eliminate the thieves. As a result, all the 30,000 horses of the poor prince were transferred into traps and traps, and countless tripping horses became prisoners, and even the prince was taken captive by Bai Jinbiao, the drill rat, and became a prisoner under the stairs.

The Drill Rat sent a messenger to the capital and sent a letter to the emperor, saying that he had captured the crown prince Yang Xian, and as long as he took another 1ooo thousand taels of silver, he would release the prince, otherwise the prince would be imprisoned forever as a slave in the Hollow Mountain. When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and scolded the prince for being incompetent, not only did he not exterminate the bandits in the empty mountain, but also captured himself, which was a great shame, and he asked a million troops to personally attack the empty mountain. was persuaded by the king of the backer: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, this is all the incompetence of the prince, if you are a royal conquest, this is a joke, this is not a rebel army or a foreign invasion, even if they are thieves, they are all your people, if you are like this, even if you win, it will make people laugh."

The emperor's anger did not subside: "King of the backer, what do you say?" The king of the backer smiled and said: "Didn't the thief ask for 1ooo taels of silver, then give it to him, otherwise, the prince's life will be in danger, as long as the prince comes back, how about we think in the long run?" ”。 When the emperor heard this, it was also the same reason, if he drove his own personal expedition to conquer the empty mountain of less than 10,000 people, it was indeed a bit of a joke, but it was an insult to the emperor's dignity, besides, the crown prince Yang Xian, but his own flesh and blood, if the thief tore the ticket in anger, his reputation would be over. So, he took the advice of the backer king and let the backer solve the matter.

Yang Su, the king of the backer, sent someone to take 1ooo million taels of silver tickets and went to the Trap Mountain to negotiate with the Drill Sky Rat and exchange it for the prince. Even the 30,000 horses and horses have all become prisoners, and they have also been released by the people trapped in the empty mountain, so I won't talk about the shame. The prince returned to the capital, saw the emperor, and told his own affairs, the emperor was still angry, so he scolded the prince for being incompetent, and in a fit of anger, he removed the status of the prince's east palace and replaced his second son Yang Guang as the prince.

The new prince took office and set up the East Palace, Yang Guang is a scheming person, seeing that his brother Yang Xian was demoted and replaced by himself, he planned to establish his authority, but he was not sure about dealing with the empty mountain, so he asked the backer Yang Su for advice, and behaved very humbly: "Second uncle, my father set me up as the East Palace, it is really immoral and incompetent, it is just a coincidence, but since I am now the prince, I have to share the worries of my father, please give me some guidance." To be honest, the backer king Yang Su likes the current prince Yang Guang very much, because Yang Guang can speak, and he is definitely clever and eloquent, and he doesn't like Yang Xian very much, because Yang Xian often can't get along with himself above the main hall.

It's just that Yang Su is also inconvenient to fight with Yang Xian, because after all, he is the crown prince, that is, the future emperor, he is powerful, and he is just a minister, the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, maybe he will have to drive to the west that year, if he is too nervous with the prince, there will be a fight between the monarch and the minister, which Yang Su does not want to see. Now, Yang Xian has been deposed and become a prince, and Yang Guang has become the East Palace, Yang Su is somewhat happy in his heart. Although Yang Guang is a little oily, after all, he respects himself very much, which is very useful to Yang Su's heart. Seeing Yang Guang come to ask for advice, he was even more happy. Yang Suke is a prince who has experienced a hundred battles, and he naturally has a way to deal with a small trap mountain, so he gave Yang Guang an idea.