Chapter 340: Secret Letter Separation

The candlelight flickered, the imperial study was a little dim, and the clear moonlight shone in through the window, and the frost white spread all over the ground, dragging out a long figure in the moonlight.

Yang Guang stood in front of the window with his hands down, staring at the bright full moon in the sky, his expression was a little distracted and a little desolate.

I still remember that more than 20 years ago, I led the army to break through Nanchen, and I also saw such a bright full moon on the big boat crossing the river.

Yang Guang remembered the year when he had just ascended the throne, and it was also under this round of bright full moon that he was ambitious, wanting to develop his ambitions, to integrate the north and the south, eradicate the pass, and to subdue Goryeo, step on the grassland, expand the territory, and vow to create a great cause within ten years, and create a country that can be passed on for generations to come.

It's a pity that time has passed to this day, the bright full moon is still there, things are no longer human, and he has only been able to live for thirteen years since he ascended the throne, but the powerful Great Sui Empire has been in chaos and is about to come to an end. A hundred years later, what face do I have to meet my father and queen mother, and what face do I have to meet the ancestors of the Yang family.

Yang Guang seemed to see the scene of his eldest brother Yang Yong laughing at him madly, "Isn't this my second brother who is eloquent and eloquent?" Have your ambitions been realized? Big brother is lonely and bored here, but I can wait for you to come, quickly tell my eldest brother about your great achievements, and let my eldest brother and I be happy and happy for the prosperity of Dasui."

"Your Majesty, General Wang urgently asked to see him, saying that he had something important to report."

A voice unique to eunuchs suddenly sounded outside the door, interrupting Yang Guang's thoughts. Yang Guang was slightly stunned, then returned to his usual gloomy look, and said, "Announce him in!"

After a while, the general surnamed Wang hurriedly walked into the imperial study under the leadership of the eunuch of Tongchuan, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Get up!"

Yang Guang turned to look at the general surnamed Wang, and after the eunuch left the imperial study, he asked, "General Wang, but what did you find?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to secretly supervise the curfew in Jiangdu City, and the minister's subordinates caught a person who violated the curfew in the street in front of the mansion of General Yuwen, the general of the Right Tun Guard, and later found a secret letter on him. After interrogation, it was learned that this person was a subordinate of General Tianbao's mansion, and the secret letter was also a personal letter from General Tianbao, and the matter was very important, and the minister did not dare to hide it. ”

Yang Guang was suddenly shocked, it actually involved Yuwen Chengdu, Yuwen Chengdu was the last guarantor of his personal safety, Yang Guang's face couldn't help but change slightly, and he asked urgently: "Where is the secret letter?"

The general surnamed Wang immediately took out a letter from his arms and presented it, Yang Guang took the secret letter and opened it, the content of the letter was very simple, to the effect that "the saint is as kind to me as a mountain, I can't be so disloyal and not tested", the end of the letter is not signed, but from the handwriting, it is very similar to the folds that Yuwen Chengdu once had on.

Yang Guang looked at the secret letter in his hand, waved his hand and signaled the general surnamed Wang to step back temporarily, his face did not change, making it difficult to guess his joy, anger and sorrow at this time!

After the general surnamed Wang withdrew from the imperial study, Yang Guang's face changed dramatically in an instant, gloomy as ink, and he grabbed the white jade paperweight on the table and threw it to the ground, and the white jade paperweight fell apart with a "bang", and the fragments were splashed everywhere.

It was rumored that the eunuch heard the strange noise, and hurriedly looked over, but was frightened back by Yang Guang's cold eyes.

Yang Guang was still angry, grabbed another teacup and smashed it, and said to himself coldly: "Yuwen Chengdu, I have always treated you well, and promoted you from a poor family slave to the Tianbao general that everyone dreams of, but I didn't expect you to know how to be grateful at all, and you want to betray me!"

Although the content of the letter did not have Yuwen Chengdu's signature, and the content strictly rejected Yu Wenhuahe's solicitation, in Yang Guang's view, Yuwen Chengdu not only did not report to himself immediately after receiving Yu Wenhuahe's conspiracy, but also had private correspondence with Yu Wenhua, which shows that Yuwen Chengdu has different intentions.

Moreover, Yuwen Chengdu strictly rejected Yu Wenhua, but did not sign it, which also shows that Yuwen Chengdu does not really want to reject Yu Wenhua, but wants to remind Yu Wenhua and the conditions by refusing are not enough, and must be increased.

At the same time, this also shows from the side that Yuwen Chengdu has a different heart, so he is a little weak-hearted and does not dare to directly sign and refuse, for fear that the secret letter will be leaked out.

Yang Guang would never have thought that in fact, this was the result of Yu Wenhua and his brothers, as well as Sima Dejiao and others.

They all know that Yang Guang is a very smart person, and at the same time a very suspicious person, they know very well that if the content of the letter is directly written as Yuwen Chengdu is willing to take refuge in his side, maybe Yang Guang will not believe it, but will think that the secret letter was written by them, and it was used by them to separate the relationship between the two of them.

Therefore, they found a person who was good at imitating handwriting, and wrote this plausible, righteous and strict secret letter in the name of Yuwen Chengdu, but there was no signature, and then sold a subordinate of Yuwen Chengdu's mansion to let him go to Yu Wenhua's mansion at night with the secret letter to lure Yang Guang's henchmen to arrest him personally.

As for the fact that Yang Guang sent secret agents to secretly monitor the curfew in Jiangdu City, they also knew for a long time that Yang Guang's secret agents were able to catch the subordinates with the letter, which was also the result of their careful design, the purpose was to let Yang Guang's henchmen find out by themselves, reduce the suspicion of himself and others, and increase the credibility of the secret letter.

After venting, Yang Guang slowly calmed down again, and at the same time had a slight doubt about the authenticity of the letter.

Although Yuwen Chengdu is Yuwenshu's fake son, in fact, he is just a house slave of Yuwenshu's family, and before Yuwenshu's death, the relationship between him and Yuwenshu had fallen out, with Yuwencheng's usual temperament, he would not betray himself for the sake of Yuwenshu's family.

And in the past ten years, from the King of Jin to the crown prince, and then to the emperor, he has always trusted Yuwen Chengdu, and at the same time has never treated him badly, gold and silver treasures, beautiful women's fields, etc., have been rewarded repeatedly, and Yuwen Chengdu has no reason to betray himself at all.

Thinking left and right, it's all plausible, how to deal with Yuwen Chengdu, Yang Guang was a little hesitant for a while, he didn't want to keep a person with a different heart by his side, and at the same time, he didn't want to wronged a loyal minister, after all, there were few loyal ministers around him who could call him.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Guang decided to give Yuwen Chengdu a chance to defend himself.

"Summoning Yuwen Chengdu!"

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