At dawn the next day, Yang Gao, under the escort of Yuwen Chengdu and Shen Guang, escorted Dou Xianniang, a female captive, and returned to Jiangdu in a mighty manner.

Because the Central Plains had just been conquered, and there was a shortage of talents within the imperial court, most of the officials in many counties and counties were appointed during Li Mi's occupation of the Central Plains, and their conduct and ability were blank in Yang Gao's eyes, so Yang Gao took this opportunity to secretly inspect the conduct of officials.

Along the way, many officials heard that the Son of Heaven was coming, and tried their best to curry favor with Yang Gao, not to mention the delicious food and wine, and even offered maids to sleep.

Yang Gao watched coldly as these officials desperately put on a show to express their loyalty, and he had secretly given them a lower evaluation in his heart.

Of course, not all officials are this kind of groveling flattering villains, and there are many county orders and guards who are worried about the country and the people, because the Central Plains has been in war for many years, and the people have no income, not only did not put on a banquet to welcome Yang Gao, but bluntly advised Yang Gao to restrain military discipline and not disturb the people.

Yang Gao wrote down the names of these officials one by one, planning to promote them to reuse after Jiangdu. As for those flattering offerings, of course, they should be dismissed immediately after returning to Jiangdu, and other shrewd and capable people will be selected to fill their vacancies.

After walking like this for more than ten days, Yang Gao had unknowingly entered the territory of Yingchuan County.

Three thousand internal guards escorted Yang Gao to walk on the official road of Yingchuan County, and the general Shen Guang was dressed in beast-faced cloud swallow armor, holding a sky-breaking lance to open the way.

Suddenly, more than a dozen people poured out from the official road on one side, bowed to Yang Gao's Luan driver not far away, and shouted loudly: "Holy Lord, the grass people have a great grievance to play Your Majesty!" ”

The cry shook the sky, alarming Yang Gao, who was closing his eyes in Luan's car, and he immediately lifted the curtain and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" Why do people block the road and cry out for injustice? ”

"Dusk Jun, you are mediocre, and the people are naturally miserable!"

Dou Xianniang, who was tied hand and foot on the side, sneered and said sarcastically.

After many days of getting along, Dou Xianniang found that this little emperor was as vicious as he imagined, and the so-called use of himself as a camp prostitute was simply to scare and scare himself.

After confirming that she would not be used as a prostitute by Yang Gao, Dou Xianniang's courage gradually began to grow, and she sneered at Yang Gao from time to time.

Seeing Dou Xianniang, who was now fearless, Yang Gao shook his head helplessly, turned his head to Fang Xuanling and said, "Xuanling, you go up and have a look!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Fang Xuanling arched his hand on the horse, immediately turned the horse forward, walked to the front of the team, and asked in a deep voice: "If you have any grievances, you might as well tell this official." ”

A middle-aged man led by him saw Fang Xuanling who stepped forward, and there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes. However, he still hurriedly rushed forward, sobbed and said: "My lord, the grass people want to tell Xiao Rui, the Taishou of Yingchuan County, since he took office, he has been expropriating violently, and the people of Yingchuan County have not had a good life. ”

Fang Xuanling glanced meaningfully at the middle-aged man kneeling in front of him, and said without changing his face: "You wait, I will go back to Your Majesty and give you justice." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Shen Guang again, suggesting that he should be on guard. After that, he turned his horse back to Yang Gao's frame, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, if the minister's expectations are good, I am afraid that these people are not the people who stand in the way and cry out for grievances, but the assassins who have been waiting for Your Majesty here for a long time. ”

"Assassins? Fang Xuanling, my aunt and grandmother thought that you were also a good official, but I didn't expect that you were also a raccoon dog, and in order to protect your colleagues, you actually framed the people who blocked the road and shouted injustices as assassins! ”

Before Yang Gao could speak, Dou Xianniang had already clenched her silver teeth and said coldly.

Yang Gao ignored Dou Xianniang, he still trusted Fang Xuanling's character, but there are some things that should indeed be clarified. He immediately asked, "Xuan Ling, how are you sure they are assassins?" ”

Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Rui, the warden of Yingchuan County, is the eldest son of Xiao Yu Xiangguo, and he has a good character, and Wei Chen believes that he will never do anything harmful to the township." What's more, although these people who stand in the way and cry out for grievances are dressed in tatters, they are all burly middle-aged strong men, and there is no old and weak women and children, which is absolutely unreasonable. The minister also found that the strong man at the head had calluses on his hands, and at first glance he was a person who had practiced martial arts for many years, so there was no doubt that he was an assassin. ”

Yang Gao sneered when he heard this, and said to Yuwen Chengdu: "Chengdu, you can accompany me to see this farce!" ”

Yuwen Cheng was satisfied, clenched the phoenix wings in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, a few assassins and micro-ministers haven't paid attention to it yet." ”

Yang Gao nodded with satisfaction, stepped off Luan and turned over his snow-hoofed black horse, lifted his Fang Tian painting halberd and rode forward.

When he was still about twenty or thirty steps away from these assassins, Yang Gao slowly stopped, and said with a pretended indignation: "What you said is true? Xiao Rui really ran rampant in Yingchuan County and wantonly exploited the people! ”

The strong man at the head saw Yang Gao, who was dressed in a dragon robe, and stepped forward, and said with a yin smile: "Of course it's fake, don't you say that you, the little emperor, are willing to come out?" Brothers, kill! ”

As he spoke, he took out a blade from his waist and rushed towards Yang Gao, and more than a dozen people behind him also showed their weapons and killed him.

At the same time, nearly a hundred black-clad masked assassins burst out of the dense forests on both sides, brandishing swords to kill Yang Gao's internal guards.

"Puff looking for death!"

Yuwen Chengdu shouted angrily, and the phoenix wings in his hand were smashed by a Mount Tai to break the blood flow on the head of the middle-aged strong man, and the brain burst out and died.

"There are assassins, protect Your Majesty!"

Shen Guang, who had received Fang Xuanling's hints, had already prepared, and with a sweep of the sky-breaking lance in his hand, he left a distinct blood mark between the throats of the three assassins who rushed to the front.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Internal Guard, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly formed a formation and fought side by side, massacring the black-clad assassins who came out.

"Help! Yang Gao, come and save your aunt! ”

Just as the Inner Guard was massacring the black-clad assassins, a discordant voice suddenly sounded. Yang Gao looked sideways, but saw that two black-clothed assassins were attacking Dou Xianniang, and Dou Xianniang couldn't fight back because her hands were tied, so she could only desperately dodge.

"What a terrible woman, she dares to summon me like this even though she is a captive!"

Yang Gao shook his head helplessly, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the snowhoof black horse spread its four hooves, and rushed to Dou Xianniang in the blink of an eye.

"The first captive I captured with my own hands was also something you could have wounded?"

Yang Gao roared angrily, and the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand swept out of the thousands of troops, only to see a flash of blood, and the heads of the two black-clothed assassins immediately flew out of their necks, and their bones rolled out a long way.

Seeing the two assassins killed, Dou Xianniang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's really scared to death!" ”

Yang Gao smiled faintly and said a little ridiculously: "I thought you were not afraid of heaven and earth, but I didn't expect that you would have this guts. I just desperately shouted to save you, I thought there was a second female general in the army! ”