In the imperial study, Emperor Yan, who had just left the early dynasty, stepped into the door with his front foot, and a little eunuch came to report that Zuo Qiyang asked to see him.

The emperor's footsteps paused, and after thinking for a while, he ordered someone to come in.

"Aiqing has been gone for half a year, and I am still fascinated by the good mountains and rivers in the east, and I plan to go into seclusion over there directly?"

The emperor said, raising his eyebrows and looking at Zuo Qiyang.

In this operation to lead troops to pursue Tang Yinbrown, Zuo Qiyang took the path of the empress dowager, and the emperor has been kept in the dark.

From the moment he realized that Tang Yin's brown superficially surrendered and secretly robbed the treasure that he relied on to gain a foothold in the Xiyou Imperial Court, Zuo Qiyang knew very well that this matter must not be directly returned to Emperor Yan.

Even if the emperor thinks that he has followed him wholeheartedly for so many years, this matter spreads, not only the court is shaken, but I am afraid that the whole country will be shocked, and if he is pushed to the forefront at this time, he is afraid that the matter has not subsided, and he will be eaten to the bones first.

Only the Empress Dowager can save herself.

This was the first thought that came to Zuo Qiyang's mind after the accident.

Fortunately, he finally did not make a mistake when he remedied it afterwards, and although the Empress Dowager was furious when she found out, she was bent on protecting him, and she actually thought of going with him - the emperor's side must be concealed, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people in the court and even the world.

So Zuo Qiyang led the troops out, and it was the Empress Dowager who found an oiler and said that she wanted to borrow Zuo Qiyang.

The emperor has always known that Zuo Qiyang, a courtier who came to Dongyuan, has a very close relationship with his imperial grandmother, a daughter-in-law who was also married to Dongyuan, so when the empress dowager spoke. He didn't think much about it, and agreed in one bite.

It's just that Zuo Qiyang has been gone for several months, and he mentioned it to the Empress Dowager several times, but he was lukewarmly perfunctory by her old man, which made the emperor suspicious, and secretly sent secret agents to check the whereabouts of Zuo Qiyang and his party.

At this time, he looked at the emperor questioningly. Zuo Qiyang hurriedly bowed and bowed. The posture was put to the lowest, and he made a sincere and fearful look, and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, but he is ineffective in his humble duties. Originally, I thought that the area of Li Xin was located in the remote south. The Dongyuan Imperial Court is beyond the reach of the whip. Unexpectedly, there were some obstacles on the way. The two hundred elite cavalry who were treated with humble duties were invincible and suffered heavy casualties, and this is the ......"

"Shut up!"

Zuo Qiyang thinks that his eloquent rhetoric is very convincing. Who knew that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an angry shout from the emperor, who was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more, and knelt there in silence.

Emperor Yan stood there, his chest heaving and heaving, and after taking a few deep breaths, he still couldn't calm the anger in his chest, and finally simply turned around, picked up a paperweight on the table, and smashed it fiercely at Zuo Qiyang.

Zuo Qiyang's face was pale in shock, his eyes were wide open, but he didn't dare to dodge at all, and let the paperweight of the white jade carving smash heavily on his face, only to feel a buzz in his head, the sky turned in front of him, and his body fell to the side, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the ground and knelt straight again, but he only felt that there was a cool liquid dripping down his head, and when he reached out and touched it, his five fingers were instantly stained red with blood.

The little eunuch who had been standing aside trembled with fright when he saw this, and stood in place not knowing what to do.

However, Chang Gonggong, who has been with Emperor Yan for half his life, knows very well that his master is occasionally impulsive but soft-hearted, and thinks of the emperor's love for him when Zuo Qiyang was walking in the palace a few years ago, and knows that the anger in his heart now will not affect far-reaching, but he restrained his mind and looked at it calmly and calmly.

But seeing that the little eunuch he trained looked like he couldn't stand up to the table when he was in trouble, he was so angry that he wanted to attack on the spot, but he finally held back, only glared at the other party coldly, and then took out a handkerchief from his cuff and handed it to him, signaling to send it over.

The little eunuch took the handkerchief with a slight tremble, knelt beside Zuo Qiyang with a plop, and handed the handkerchief over.

Zuo Qiyang smiled at the little eunuch a little weakly, and took the veil, but he didn't dare to reach out and wipe the blood that was still dripping down his head like a string of beads.

The emperor had a temper, and the anger that had been accumulated in his chest for a long time dissipated a lot, and looking at Zuo Qiyang's miserable situation, he sighed, beckoned, and said, "You stop the bleeding first and then speak, do you want to pass on the imperial doctor?" ”

Zuo Qiyang thanked and thanked him, pressed the handkerchief on his head, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No."

The emperor sat down at the kang table and said in a deep voice, "Now you should be honest, right?" ”

The wound on his head was still faintly painful, but the emperor's question made Zuo Qiyang have an even more headache, and after thinking for a long time, he finally had the courage to ask, "Humble duty...... I don't know where to start. ”

When the emperor heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "Just from why did you take your own people all the way around the north to squat for more than half a month, and why did you enter the palace Dragon Claw City privately, take the city lord Yang Cilin and his family, and wantonly kill the soldiers guarding the city and the guards of the palace?" ”

Zuo Qiyang was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, only to feel that the vest was soaked and stuck to his body.

It turned out that his master was actually monitoring his every move all the way, and he knew everything he was doing, so it was no wonder that he lost his temper after hearing what he had just said.

It's that I'm too confused, and I have minimized the ability and mind of this king of a country.

But since he has already found it out, why does he have to explain it himself?

In other words, he only knew where he went and what he did, but he didn't know why he did it.

So the good things that Tang Yinbrown and his party did, he didn't know.

Zuo Qiyang's mind was spinning quickly, thinking about countermeasures to deal with the emperor.

"Still not going to tell the truth?"

When the emperor saw him with his head down, his eyes rolling, but he didn't speak for a long time, his anger came up again, and his gaze became more and more cold.

Zuo Qiyang hurriedly spoke: "Don't dare to be humble." The battle of Dragon Claw City was really an accident, and the humble position was helpless to make this decision.

"It turned out that a group of thieves from Lixin City fled all the way to the north, and then they led people to chase all the way to Dragon Claw City. But who would have thought that Tang Yinbrown was really cunning, and the people he led were all strong in martial arts, and the team of people who were inferior to him tried their best to be no opponent, so he was delayed in that city.

"As for the killing of the soldiers and people in the city, it is all a rumor that the lowly position walked out in order to lure that Tang Yinbrown into the trap, and the lowly position is no matter how confused it is, and he will not do such a rebellious thing as killing his own soldiers and people in any case."

"Tang Yinbrown?" Zuo Qiyang's explanation seemed to be largely unanswered, and at this time he stroked his beard and repeated the name thoughtfully. (To be continued.) )