After the New Year, the situation in Dugi was a mess, but Shannan's personnel were different.

To be more precise, it should be that after Pei Ling, who joined the army in Junzhou, first visited the Luling King City in Fangzhou, the situation in Shannan, especially the situation of the Luling King's family, changed significantly.

Previously, the family of King Luling was trapped in the city of sorrow, almost isolated from the world, and the food and clothing were still insufficient, and the situation could be described as miserable. After Pei Ling visited first and expressed his submission to King Luling, the first thing that changed was the family's clothing.

Although Pei Lingxian's superficial official position was only for Junzhou to join the army, the entire Shannan officialdom knew that he was the eyes and ears of the imperial court to supervise the Luling Wang's family. King Luling's identity is sensitive and embarrassing, he is a hot potato, and because of Pei Lingxian's background, few people will suspect that he will collude with King Luling, so they rarely ask.

In addition, the territory of Shannan is vast, and there are many barbarians distributed among the countries of Gouling Ze. These barbarians do not enter the education, live in the wilderness to forage, and every time the mountains and wilderness are in an emergency when the winter is cold, they want to plunder to make a living and harass the counties and townships. Therefore, the prefectures and counties headed by the Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office were also busy maintaining local law and order at this time, and they had no energy to pay attention to other miscellaneous matters.

Under Pei Lingxian's flattery, the life of King Luling's family has been significantly improved. Although the materials in Shannan are not as rich and varied as those in Liangjing, for the Luling King family, who have lived a hard life for a long time, this kind of life of giving and taking is quite comfortable.

In addition to the material improvements, the scope of activities of the Luling King family has also expanded, and it is no longer limited to the royal city.

Under Pei Lingxian's arrangement, the family members of the King of Luling even went to the nearby county city to visit, the scenery in the south of the mountain may not be exquisite, but for the children of the King of Luling who live in the lonely city all the year round, it is a great impact on knowledge. Even for the husband and wife of King Luling, who have been in the bustling world for a long time, revisiting the taste of fireworks in the world is a precious experience that has been absent for a long time.

Under Pei Lingxian's careful management, he established a deep friendship with the Luling King family in a very short time. The children of the king of Luling did not even call Pei Lingxian by his official name, jokingly calling him a man and a man.

However, after all, it was once difficult for the sea to be water, and after a short period of freshness, King Luling and his wife were no longer satisfied with the improvement of their living environment, and began to frequently urge Pei Ling to contact the two capitals first, hoping to achieve a more practical breakthrough.

But this is obviously beyond Pei Lingxian's ability, and the vanity of the family has not brought him much power, and he is still essentially a marginal person in the current situation. Even approaching the Luling King's family, he didn't think about any miracles, he just hoped that he wouldn't die in the next turmoil.

At present, the various preferential treatment of King Luling's family is still within his authority, and if he takes the initiative to contact the real power figures in the two capitals, he is undoubtedly looking for death. If the other party has no intention of welcoming back King Luling, it goes without saying that it is tantamount to taking the initiative to expose his restlessness.

If the other party really has the intention of welcoming back the King of Luling in an attempt to achieve miraculous feats, he must not tolerate Pei Ling's practice of taking the lead in Tang Xian, what kind of thing are you!

For the appeal of King Luling and his wife, Pei Lingxian could only be perfunctory, while working harder to collect strange goods to appease the family's increasing material needs.

Shortly after the New Year, Fangzhou Luling Wangcheng finally ushered in the first visitor from Dugi, whose name was Yang Yuanxi, and the eunuch in the palace of the official residence in the court was still in the palace.

Yang Yuanxi arrived this time, there were not many entourages, only a few dozen people, and the book order he held was impeccable.

The order was handed into the royal city, and the king of Luling received him in the outer hall of the royal city. After Yang Yuanxi came to the court, he said a few words of condolences decently, until he learned the identity of Pei Lingxian who was accompanying him, his face changed suddenly, and then he pointed at Pei Lingxian and said angrily: "A certain imperial court decree to supervise the transportation of materials in Shannan to Tianzhong, but the transportation affairs of Junzhou are delayed on time, and after taking the road to condolence to the king, he is waiting to enter the state to be reprimanded, and he does not intend to encounter the officials here, and he quickly falls into the court to be executed, and follows me into the state to ask for guilt!" ”

"The king save me!"

Hearing Yang Yuanxi's reprimand, Pei Lingxian did not make a defense, and left the table and shouted loudly in front of the throne of Luling.

King Luling hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then stood up with his sword and said: "Shannan personnel are cold, but Pei Lang is a good friend of the little king, and he will benefit me a lot." Yang Fengyu entered the city this time, and if he wanted to be close, he would discuss things at the same table; If there is a hidden plan, then I will be executed in the same hall as Pei Lang! ”

Hearing King Luling say this, Yang Yuanxi's face changed again, he looked at Pei Ling a few times deeply, and after a long while, he bowed his head again and said: "The humble position is rude for a while, please forgive the king!" ”

Seeing Yang Yuanxi worship again, King Luling and Pei Lingxian were relieved.

Pei Ling breathed a sigh of relief first, glad that the previous investment was not in vain, with the voice of King Luling, his life was saved, and he would not be directly hacked and killed by people from Duzhong.

As for the King of Luling, he has been imprisoned for more than ten years, and he is at a loss for the outside world. Yang Yuanxi's sudden visit, whether it was good or evil, he couldn't be sure. spoke out to protect Pei Lingxian, not only to test the other party's intentions, but also because compared with Yang Yuanxi, who came suddenly, he naturally trusted Pei Lingxian, who had already surrendered.

Moreover, Yang Yuanxi's trip of dozens of disciples is still not enough to make a big plan. There are hundreds of guards in the royal city, and Pei Ling still needs to dispatch first. After Pei Ling was first criticized, he did not resist, but directly asked him for help, which also made him quite satisfied.

Yang Yuanxi's trip is naturally not just as simple as a visit, he himself is a key figure in the capital. The capital of Shannan and the military and political center are naturally the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Jingzhou, but Xiangyang in Xiangzhou is an important town for the collection of personnel and materials in Jiangbei.

He used the post of Xiangzhou to supervise the transportation of the capital, so that he could use this post to contact the Nanya forbidden army scattered in the Jiangbei Prefectures, and after getting in touch with the King of Luling, he could also use this post to borrow the post road and send the King of Luling back to Duji in the fastest time!

Being able to play such an important role in the plan, Yang Yuanxi is naturally not from an ordinary background. He was born in the Hongnong Yang family, and he is also a direct descendant of Yang Su, the former Sui minister, although it is different from the Hongnong Yang family's Guan Wang Fang who was prominent for a while because of his friendship before and after the Wu Zhou Dynasty, but he is definitely the backbone of Guan Longxun.

"Today, I have been overbearing and disobedient, and I have been insulating the emperor since I enjoyed the country, and the chaos has been accumulated, and the family and country are in turmoil, more than one! Only the king is the heir of the dynasty, the elder of the clan, when he suffers misfortune, he lives in the rivers and lakes, and the world eats the house, and he thinks of it, all of them are sad and weeping, and he misses the king ......"

Since Yang Yuanxi had already entered the royal city to see King Luling, there was naturally no need to cover it up. Only Pei Lingxian actually took refuge in King Luling first and obviously won the trust of King Luling, which was an unplanned variable, which made his accumulated emotions slightly blocked, so that in the second half of the words, a few tears barely squeezed out of his eyes, making such a long-brewing discourse a little less infectious.

But King Luling did not care about the lack of this infectiousness, in fact, when Yang Yuanxi expressed his intentions bluntly, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and when Yang Yuanxi finished speaking, he cried sadly: "On the occasion of the emperor's great trip, before receiving the coffin, my thoughts are as if yesterday." This body or instrument is too small to bear the big, and then repeatedly suppressed by calamity, but the family and the country have not been able to entrust the good people, the big wish has not been fulfilled, ashamed to pass away, and live hard...... After more than ten years of cold and summer changes, and now I finally hear the words of loyalty and heroism again, if it weren't for the emperor's protection and the extension of God's will, An Neng would have such a chance again! ”

Sitting opposite each other and dissecting their hearts directly, they inevitably felt tears of emotion, but after a little venting of emotions, the atmosphere gradually became a little awkward. After all, they are too strangers to each other, and before that, they have never had any contact with each other, and rashly discussing the life plan related to Dingye will inevitably make people feel unserious and not reassuring enough.

At this time, Pei Lingxian's role was brought into play, and when the crying in the hall became weaker, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said: "I am humble to serve the king of Shannan for a long time, and the situation in the court is strange. Although he is stealing the talisman, the demon atmosphere of Toki is still tenacious! As Yang Fengyu said, now the king of Luling is the only choice for the family and the country, and the safety of the Dingye and the expectations of the government and the opposition are all in this body, and the action must not be decisive and rash!

Today, Fangzhou and Dugi are blocked by mountains and rivers, and the distance is stacked two thousand miles away. The king galloped in the wilderness, although the destiny of heaven was returned, and all evils were avoided, but the mountain spirits and water ghosts did not enter the five constants of education, and the danger of fish suits was definitely not for the king to wade! Although Yang Fengyu is loyal, if he can't deliver Wang Yi's perfect plan, he would rather die than let the king enter the dangerous road! ”

Hearing Pei Lingxian say this, Li Xian secretly praised with relief. Whether he can ensure his safety on this return trip is also his worry, but if he asks, it will be too sad. No matter how touching Yang Yuanxi's words are, in essence, he still wants to borrow his family's life to win a noble future, if there is no full guarantee, he will not dare to go on the road easily.

"The people at home are looking forward to the return of the king, and their feelings are like the thirst of withered seedlings! The ministers of Zhongzhi sent this trip, and the ministers naturally had to plan carefully, and they would never dare to let the king be disturbed by the danger. After leaving the city, take the river and enter Xiangzhou first......"

When Yang Yuanxi heard this, he glanced at Pei Lingxian with some displeasure, secretly hating this guy for disrupting the plan. Originally, their plan was for Yang Yuanxi to explore the way first, determine the health of King Luling and what his mind was, and then go straight to the royal city to rob King Luling after beheading Pei Lingxian, and then immediately go north.

In this original plan, they did not leave any choice for King Luling, as long as they made sure that King Luling's physical condition could allow him to travel all the way to the vicinity of Dugi, they could continue to carry out the aftermath.

As a result, now Pei Lingxian, the jailer, actually surrendered first, allowing King Luling to grasp a little precious self-protection power, and also let them not use King Luling as a pawn, so Yang Yuanxi could only modify the plan temporarily.

After listening to Yang Yuanxi's story, he turned his head to look at Pei Lingxian, and saw Pei Lingxian nodding slightly, before agreeing with Yang Yuanxi's plan.

It was night, and there was a joyous atmosphere in the royal city. Although the ordinary servants did not know what was going to happen next, the masters held feasts and celebrated joyfully, and they were more or less infected by the atmosphere, at least they did not have to worry about being angry and reprimanded for small mistakes.

With such a major piece of good news, King Luling naturally wanted to share it with his family as soon as possible, and in order to express his gratitude to the people of Conglong, he also invited Pei Ling to participate in the family banquet with Yang Yuanxi, who had just arrived.

During the banquet, after Princess Luling learned the news, she was also grateful for a while, and personally sifted the wine and gave it to the two people in the banquet. As for the children of the Luling King who were present at the meeting, they couldn't help but start imagining the prosperous scenes of the gods that were only in the stories told by their parents.

During the banquet, King Luling took a cup and sipped, looked at the attendants shuttling in and out of the hall, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Since the misfortune, far away from the home and country, only the slaves and maids inside and outside can still be diligently worshipped. This parting, I regret that I can't take it away together, and I hope that the magistrate can give him support. ”

After Pei Ling heard the words first, he said with a smile: "King please rest assured, Wang Yu has returned to Chenju, and he will definitely take care of the aftermath and leave no regrets." ”

When King Luling heard this, he grabbed Pei Lingxian, patted the back of his hand and said with a smile: "Pei Lang is my humerus, so he should go with me." With you by my side, I can avoid hesitation! ”

"Ministers, ministers, how fortunate they are! If you can get the king's favor so much, this trip will be full of liver and brain, and you will return to the country safely with the king! ”

Pei Ling first looked grateful, turned over and worshipped, his face buried between his arms, and only raised his head after a long time, his face was already tearful, which showed that he was extremely moved by the care of King Luling.

As for Yang Yuanxi, who was in the other seat, although he was also smiling, he was still a little uncomfortable, and he really didn't have a good impression of Pei Lingxian, a variable that was not in the plan.

Although King Luling relied on Pei Lingxian a lot, he also understood that the focus of this trip was Yang Yuanxi and the conspirators behind him, so he was also courteous to Yang Yuanxi during the banquet.

Taking advantage of the greeting between King Luling and Yang Yuanxi, Pei Ling left the table first, and then went to ask Princess Luling and her children one by one what else needed to be prepared before leaving, which can be described as careful.

King Luling was talking, suddenly heard crying in the banquet, turned his head to look, only to see his little daughter Li Bao'er is tears on her face, pounding the case distressed, hurriedly put down the wine glass in her hand, left the table and asked: "Who made my family unsatisfactory?" ”

"I—I want ivory doubles! Feng Wulang promised me many days ago, and after waiting for many days, I only had to get a pattern, and Feng Wulang said that he was going to travel far away, and he could not offer it...... He lied to me! I don't follow, Aye, you have to punish him...... How dare he deceive me! ”

Li Bao'er looked angry, and pointed to Pei Ling, who looked embarrassed next to her, and cried first.

"The county lord forgives the sins, the king forgives the sins! Fangzhou is not Jin, far businessmen come and go indefinitely, the ministers occasionally see strange patterns a few days ago, hunt for strange pets, and rashly offer ......"

After understanding the reason, Li Xian laughed, waved his hand and said, "The little girl is willful, what is Pei Lang's crime!" ”

As he spoke, he comforted his daughter again: "Back to the Divine Capital, all kinds of strange goods from all over the world are for you to choose from, what a pity for a pair of ivory and double lands......"

"I don't! I just want to draw that pair of double continents, no matter how good it is, it's not my heart, it's not this pair of double continents! ”

Li Bao'er was still crying, and Li Xian was also a little irritable, but after all, he loved his daughter very much, and he still patiently instructed Pei Ling first: "Go to the market quickly, and see if you can buy it before you go." ”

Pei Ling was embarrassed when he heard this, and after glancing at Yang Yuanxi, he whispered: "The king's return is imminent, and the less involved with foreign affairs, the better......"

"What secrets can you leak when you buy a plaything!"

Li Xian waved his hand absently after hearing this, and said that Pei Ling didn't dare to refute it when he heard the words first, so he could only sue the crime and arrange this boring personnel. When the servant was about to leave, he whispered and ordered: "Go to Nanfang East City, Fangzhou, count the third shop on the left, and tell the pond fish to swim north......"

On the evening of the second day of Yang Yuanxi's arrival, another team of more than 300 Dugi cavalry brigades arrived near the Luling Wangcheng. In addition, there were more than 500 people stationed in the royal city, which was already a large force.

That night, the Luling Wang's family, which had already been cleaned up, drove out of the city and sealed the royal city with the earth and stones that had been prepared for a long time, so as not to let the Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion learn of the Luling King's departure at the first time.

In order to hide people's eyes, the family runaway personnel also went through some choices. Originally, the husband and wife of the King of Luling planned to only bring their children, and the other concubines would stay in the royal city for the time being, and wait until the capital was set to take them back.

But at the suggestion of Yang Yuanxi and Pei Lingxian, they still brought all their children with them, after all, how could the blood of a famous king easily flow into the rivers and lakes. This even includes the young children who were born just last year and are still in infancy.

As for the other concubines and slaves, whether they gave birth or not, they all stayed behind and were temporarily confined in this royal city.

Yang Yuanxi and others are quite well prepared, which is also related to the policy of focusing on the center of the state and county since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Yang Yuanxi, as a minister sent by the imperial court, has a transcendent status and great power when he passes through the state, and even if he notices any difference in the state and county he crosses, he does not dare to ask deeply. When the group arrived in Xiangzhou, the crowd had reached thousands of soldiers, and they were all armor and horses, all of whom were the armor soldiers of the Southern Ya Guards, and they could not be stopped by local force in the prefecture and county.

A group of people traveled day and night, and in less than ten days, they passed from Xiangyang to Nanyang and arrived in Ruzhou, where Wei Sili, the younger brother of Wei Chengqing, the former Chinese scholar, served as the assassin. Ruzhou is close to Luonan, and it is one step away from Heluo Tianzhong.

"The ministers welcome the king, the king has entered this state, and the plan has been completed!"

On the side of the Ruzhou Prefecture Boundary Stone, when the King of Luling and his entourage arrived, the Ruzhou Assassin Shi Wei Sili and other conspiring courtiers had already been waiting here, and when they saw the King of Luling's car driving to the front, they were busy and approaching to greet them.

After the king of Luling got off the car, he saw dozens of courtiers on the left side of the road, some of them were vaguely impressed, and some of them didn't know him at all, but this did not affect his excitement. ”

"The king is wandering in the rivers and lakes, and he has only returned to the country so far, and the ministers are guilty of a big crime!"

When Wei Sili and the others saw the sound of King Luling again, they were all deeply touched for a while, and tears were sprinkled with dust.

In order to welcome the return of King Luling, Wei Sili also made a lot of preparations, as early as in the north of the state border to arrange idle work for temporary residence, and at the same time, the state border is also a secret gathering of heroes, which has reached more than 2,000 people.

After the group of people met, they continued on the road, and when they heard that Wei Sili had arranged for a group of people to stay in the state border for a few days, King Luling was naturally a little impatient: "The eastern capital is already close at hand, and I am afraid that I will hurt my morale ......."

"The king doesn't know, the situation in the two capitals has changed recently, and King Yong led the western army of 5,000 to return to the country, and it is close to Tongguan ......"

Wei Sili said with a look of embarrassment, the Turks asked for surrender, and the emperor hid it, hoping to recall the army in Hedong, and King Yong made a move to make it difficult and waved his troops eastward. This series of variables is out of their control.

The situation in the court is chaotic, and even if the army in Hedong returns to the division, it is beyond the reach of the whip, which is still secondary. The key is that the uncertain factor of King Yong is also agitated, which suddenly makes their plan difficult to ride a tiger and a dilemma.

"That rebel son is so rebellious! Could it be that the saints in the capital have no checks and balances? ”

When King Luling heard the news, his face also changed greatly. Although he knew a little about King Yong's power to divide Shaanxi, his understanding of the situation in Liangjing was not deep enough after all, and along the way, the people around him were instilling in him that this trip would be successful, which naturally made him full of optimism, but he didn't expect to be slapped head-on before he officially entered Heluo.

The road is naturally not a place for detailed talk, the group continued to move forward, and settled down the Luling Wang's family into the garden industry that was temporarily prepared, and Wei Si Licai said: "King Yong did not get the order, and suddenly returned to the east, which is a rebellious act that does not follow the courtier's track. Now the DPRK and China are also actively negotiating to deal with it, hoping to prevent King Yong from west of Tongguan. Just wait for the situation between the east and the west to stalemate a little, and the ministers will directly serve the king into the order of the Fu and the Yuan Jisheji. King Yong's trip was originally disguised by the disturbance of the Turks, and at that time, the military of Hedong was added, so that the western army and the army of Hedong confronted each other along the river and attacked each other. ”

"The son of a wive, he, will he obey my commands? He is ......, even today."

Hearing Wei Sili say it so simply, King Luling was a little unconfident, and said: "Since the East and West are confronted, the two capitals have become a boiling soup, why don't you leave other towns and recruit ...... from Henan and Hebei."

"The king is the emperor's heir, only the root of the residence of the society is noble, there is the prestige of the situation, if you go to the rivers and lakes again, chase the end of the slightest, the back road is even more unpredictable!"

After hearing this, Wei Sili hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Although the Western Army is fierce, it has been exhausted at the beginning of the year, and now King Yong's eastward departure is also in a hurry. The army east of the river was originally set up by the imperial court to guard against the western army, and they could not be at peace with each other. If King Yong is blocked by Tongguan, it can be seen that his power is still weak, because of the trouble of the ribs in the east of the river, the artifact in the middle of the court is changing, and he will not dare to attack! If Tongguan is not hindered, then the east and west are about to fight, and the king can benefit from the outside! ”

After Wei Sili withdrew, Li Xian was still a little uneasy, and summoned Pei Lingxian, who was relatively trusting, and couldn't help sighing: "The situation in the two capitals has been so grim, and the Zhuxunmen have deceived me lightly, so far I have been in a dilemma." Alas, if I had known that ...... so"

Pei Ling first sighed after hearing the words, and then said: "Now that the situation between the east and the west is stalemate, the king is still calm. King Yong has come to the east, Xijing must be empty, even if the two capitals fight, the king is not based on the power after all, if the Yuan Xi goes west, hidden in the ancestral tomb, retreat will have the work of the east and west, and the weight of the inside and outside will be entered. ”

"This, this is a good plan!"

After the king of Luling heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and Pei Ling hurriedly said after seeing this: "Fang Jin's families still have the power to look up to the king, and they dare not go against the will. Humble is not humble, fortunately the king sees the importance of the prince, and is willing to obey the prince and go to the ancestral tomb to beg for shelter! ”

"I have to think again, think about ......"

King Luling nodded thoughtfully, and then waved his hand back to Pei Lingxian.

The next day, the King of Luling finally decided to send a group of soldiers to secretly escort his sister-in-law Li Chongrun to bypass Dugi and sneak into the Guanzhong Imperial Mausoleum, but the escort candidate chosen was not Pei Lingxian, who offered the plan, but the Wei clan relatives of the Princess of Luling who had been attached during the previous northward journey.

Wei Sili and the others naturally disliked King Luling's self-assertion, but at present, the situation between Duqi was already unpredictable, and they really didn't dare to restrain King Luling too strongly, so they could only acquiesce to this.