One

In June of the second year of Wuyi, under the control of Xu Wen, Yang Xingmi's fourth son Yang Pu became the new king of Wu, and in the second year, he changed the Yuan Shunyi, changed the Shengzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to Jinling Mansion, worshiped Xu Wen as Jinling Yin and Taishi, and Xu Zhihe and Yan Keqiu were the left and right servants.

Yang Pu became the queen of Wu, Xu Wen remotely commanded the government in Jinling, and Xu Zhihe continued to assist in Guangling, the overall situation in Wu was stable, the economic and social development was good, and the people's lives were stable. But at this time in the Central Plains, Li Cunqiao completely defeated Zhu Youzhen, destroyed the Great Liang and established the Later Tang Dynasty, and fulfilled the last wish left by his father Li Keyong before his death. Subsequently, after the surrender of Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, Li Cunmiao's strength increased greatly, and he took advantage of the situation to destroy the former Shu. He set his sights on the southern region, so he wanted to test the strength of Wu, so he sent his envoy Li Yan to Guangling to see King Wu in the name of borrowing the Tao to find out the truth. Originally, Li Cunmiao planned to destroy Southern Wu first and then destroy Shu, but Gao Jixing of Jingnan said to him, "Shu is rich and the people are rich, and you can build great profits if you get it; Jiangnan is poor, the land is narrow, and the people are few, so it is probably useless to get it. Li Cunmiao became interested in Shu, so that Nanwu escaped.

Knowing that Li Cunqiao had sent envoys, the monarchs and ministers of Wu knew that the matter was very important, so the ministers of the court and the central government were waiting in the main hall. "King Wu," Li Yan said, "the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to borrow your country, I wonder if King Wu can allow it?" ”

"Where do you want to borrow it, and what do you want to do?" King Wu asked.

"I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, want to go south to Fujian, but due to the isolation of your country, based on the friendly relations between the two countries, I want to take advantage of Jiangxi."

"Go south to Fujian and borrow Jiangxi." King Wu muttered to himself, he knew that things were not that simple, and he glanced at Xu Zhihe, who immediately answered.

"I heard that the emperor of your country is wise and martial, and his martial arts are good, I don't know if I, Xu Zhihe, can have the honor to compete with the emperor of your country. If the emperor of your country wins me, it will not be a problem to borrow the way. ”

"My emperor is fighting in the south and the north, I'm afraid I won't have time to compete with adults." Li Yan said arrogantly, the implication was that Xu Zhihe was not qualified to compete with their emperor. Xu Zhihe heard Li Yan's Xuanwai voice, so he said:

"Go back and tell you the emperor, when I am free, I am willing to learn a thing or two with him, although I Xu Zhihe is not good at learning, I can also divide the hairpin on your head into two in the blink of an eye." He took a glass of wine and continued to the envoy, "I salute your emperor with this wine. After speaking, he drank it all, and at the same time, the sword in his hand was pinched, and everyone didn't see it clearly, the hairpin on Li Yan's head was broken into two, Li Yan was so frightened that his face was pale, and he didn't dare to pant loudly, and he trembled and said, "I'll wait for this to go back to my life", and hurriedly retreated.

Xu Zhihe's sword not only suppressed Li Yan, but also shocked King Wu and other ministers, who secretly admired Xu Zhihe's ability. After Li Yan left, Yang Pu, the king of Wu, said to the people around him in private:

"There is such a person in the court who really loves and hates, Xu Zhihe has the ability, the court can't live without him, but it is precisely because of the ability that the king is terrified, maybe one day his sword will be on my neck!"

After listening to King Wu's words, the ministers around him cautiously told Yang Pu: "King Wu, Xu Zhihe is more difficult to deal with than Xu Wen, King Wu needs to be cautious in the future, try not to provoke him, follow him if he can follow him, as long as he doesn't take your throne, let him be." If Xu Zhihe really behaves more decently and unscrupulously in the future, even if King Wu can't help him, the subjects of Wu will not forgive him. ”

"Hey, I hope so, I hope Xu Zhihe is a person who knows how to repay his kindness." Yang Pu said worriedly.

Two

Speaking of Li Yan, after going back, he told Li Cunmiao what happened in the court of Wu State, Li Cunmiao was furious after hearing this, and asked:

"How can anyone dare to speak like that?"

Li Yan said nervously: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, the left servant of Wu Guo shot Xu Zhihe. ”

"Xu Zhihe, but Xu Wen's son, Xu Wen is a character, but I don't know if the son is like a father? Well, since he has this will, then I will do what he wants. Li Cunqiao said domineeringly.

Just when Li Cunmiao was rectifying military affairs and preparing to send troops to Wu State, an urgent report came from the front that a mutiny broke out in Beizhou (now Qinghe County, Hebei) and the situation was critical. Li Cunmiao was taken aback and asked:

"Why the mutiny?"

"Your Majesty, because the soldiers are dissatisfied with the mission of Tuntian, coupled with the repeated wars in recent years, many soldiers want to return to their homeland, so they mutinied."

"What does the leader of the army eat?" Li Cunqiao asked.

"Under the evasion, the leading general was killed at the beginning of the mutiny, and now the rebels have gathered with the opposition forces in the army and attacked in the direction of the capital."

"Damn, pass the decree, I want to drive the royal army and wipe out this gang of rebellious ministers and thieves." Li Cunmiao said angrily.

Because Li Cunmiao was anxious to quell the rebellion and temporarily gave up the plan to send troops to Southern Wu, who knew that there were unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and the rebellion was not settled, Li Cunmiao was killed by the rebels, and a generation of heroes died in such a nest, which is embarrassing. With the death of Li Cunxuan, the plan of the Later Tang Dynasty to attack Wu was aborted, and the Wu State escaped a disaster.