Liyang light snow, lead-colored sky, as if a huge lid was heavily pressed on the sky above Liyang City.

Han Qian was wearing a green coat and robe, squatting on the edge of the pond covered with thin ice, watching the koi swimming in the ice.

Wang Jun walked in with Wen Cong in his arms, and when he saw that he had walked to the edge of the pond, Han Qian didn't notice it, sighed slightly in his heart, and took Wen Cong's young hand to play with Han Qian's hair.

"Why did you come here with Wen Cong? I thought that Wang Yuan came over with his family, and you had to accompany them to dinner before coming back. Han Qian smiled, hugged his young son Wen Cong, and asked.

He has been supervising the war in the north for the past few months, and only returned to Liyang a month ago, and his youngest son Wen Cong regarded him as a stranger, and he didn't cry when he hugged him in his arms for the past two days, but he still pushed away his stubble chin with his little hand, and struggled to return to Wang Jun's arms.

Han Qian deliberately took off his chin and pressed the young son's hand, and gently rubbed the stubble on his little hand.

"My cousin wanted to see you in and out of his words, he was worried and uncertain, and I was upset when I looked at it, so I came back with Cong'er, accompanied by Wang Zhe and Huo Xiao." Wang Jun looked at Cong'er's deflated face, and then asked Han Qian to tease him, and he was about to cry again, so he quickly took it back and said.

"How many people are still outside?" Han Qian asked.

"I'm still guarding the front yard, I was pestered by them just now, and they didn't say anything when they saw that I didn't talk to me, but he seems to have sent someone to find the court." Wang Jun said.

Han Qian patted his forehead in distress and said with a wry smile: "It's not easy for me to make such a decision, and they can really toss ......."

Just as he was about to say something, he heard the sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and Han Qian turned his head sideways to see Guo Rong, Gao Shao, Xi Chang, Feng Yi, Zhao Laoqi and others who had been rejected by him before walking in with Zhao Ting'er.

In addition to Han Laoshan, there are also six old soldiers of the Han family who retired and retired in Liyang, and this time they all walked in with him vigorously, wanting to reason with him.

"Han Qian, you allow me to sell the old man today, and quickly send someone to Chaozhou to take back my fate. We don't talk about cutting grass and eradicating the roots, nor do we say that the five horses divide the corpses and cut off thousands of knives, so we will send a pot of dove wine for the thief queen and the thieves who killed the old man to drink, and then send the emperor Yang Fen to Jinling - no one in the world will say that you have messed up the law of Da Chu, but will only praise you for your clear grievances......" Han Laoshan walked over tremblingly, Han Qian motioned for others to bring a chair, he didn't sit down, and said with trembling hands and feet.

"Did you really order Huo Li to take someone to escort Empress Xu and Yang Fen, the Duke of Chu, to Jinling earlier?" Zhao Ting'er walked over and asked in a low voice.

"You're not messy enough?" Han Qian glared at Zhao Ting'er and asked.

"Uncle Han came to me, seeing him like this, how dare I ignore him?" Zhao Ting'er said aggrievedly.

She could understand that it was not easy for Han Qian to make such a determination, and everyone in Lianyuan had deliberately avoided mentioning this matter in the past two days, but Han Laoshan came to her with a group of old people, and she had no way to tell them to shut up.

Han Qian sighed, and said patiently to Han Laoshan: "I don't dare to forget the revenge of killing my father, but Empress Xu and Zhang Xinchun plotted to rebel, kill the first emperor, and indiscriminately kill loyal and innocent people, all of which are big crimes. ”

"Although I, Han Laoshan, have not been a smart person in my life, but now you don't avenge the murder of your father, but send the queen of thieves and Zhang Xinchun and others to Jinling alive, if Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu, these old puppets, make a fuss about them, and even deliberately raise them, what are you going to do? If that's the case, when the time comes, everyone will laugh at you for filial piety," Han Laoshan said excitedly, "If you get your hands dirty, a few of our old slaves can still hold knives, let's go to Chaozhou, you just need to order Huo Li's kid to stop our business." ”

"Under my order, thousands of people's heads rolled to the ground, and their hands were full of blood, saying that their hands were dirty or not were too hypocritical, too hypocritical, too hypocritical," Han Qian said, "Just pick up the blade, when the martial artist kills the world, for more than a hundred years, Hehuai, Heshuo, and Jianghuai don't know how many mortals, there will be no shortage of me Han Qian, this world has already been killed like a river of blood, but it is not easy to end this world where martial arts are rampant." Maybe Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang will make a fuss about Xu Hou, Zhang Xinchun and others and trap me for being unfilial, but this is just speculation after all. If Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang are really bastards to the point that they are just targeting me, and not punishing the big thieves, I will definitely bind Xu Hou, Zhang Xinchun and others in the future to carry out the canon, and treat them in a righteous manner, the great crime of rebellion, the death of the army and the people, and the blood of the Jianghuai land, and it is by no means an unjustifiable dove killing or assassination at this time. Uncle Han, you have been by my father's side for so many years, do you think that my father is under Jiuquan, would he really want me to send a few assassins to cut off the heads of Empress Xu, Zhang Xinchun and others, and then panic to the people of the world that they died violently? If this is the case, how can I write my father's sincerity and courage for the people in the history books for future generations to remember? ”

“…… Am I old and confused? Han Laoshan muttered to himself.

He couldn't figure out whether to kill or not to kill at this time, whether it was right or wrong, and after a while, old tears slipped down to his cheeks, which were as thin as old bark, and he staggered back on crutches.

Han Qian motioned to Xi Chang and Zhao Laoqi to take people and personally take Han Laoshan and several other old soldiers back to the house, looking at Guo Rong, Yang Qin, Feng Yi, and Feng Yi They were still there, and they were also upset, and asked, "What else do you have to do?" ”

"Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang is also really, if he has to send these two hot mountain masters to Huaixi, don't you know that he shouldn't have taken them out of Bianjing alive in the first place?" Feng Yi grumbled.

"If you don't have anything to do, don't get in the way of me, and you can do everything you need to do." Han Qian drove these people away and tried to be quiet.

"What Feng Yi just said also makes sense, why did Emperor Liang have to send Empress Xu, Zhang Xinchun and Emperor Sun Yang Fen to Huaixi, did he really want to ask his husband to slash Empress Xu to avenge the killing of his father?" Zhao Ting'er asked.

"It stands to reason that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang should be able to think that no matter how difficult it is for his husband, he will make such a decision, maybe the rest of the Liang Kingdom insists on this, right?" Wang Jun hesitated and guessed......

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During the Jingxiang War, the father of the Du family brothers and sisters, as a medical officer in Yingzhou, was coerced into obeying the enemy after the fall of the city, and was beheaded afterwards, and the Du family was also demoted to slaves.

Du Qiniang and Du Jiuniang were given by Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu to serve by Han Qian, and the brothers Du Yijun, Du Yiming and other Du family members were fortunate to get out of the sea of suffering.

Du Yiming was only fourteen years old at the time, although he only served as a slave and maid for more than three months, the deep traces left behind made him unforgettable; Twelve years have passed in a blink of an eye, and now, as a soldier of the Han family, he has served as the county magistrate of Chaozhou Prefecture, and he can be said to be the backbone general of Tangyi.

Du Yiming also practiced swords and bows hard, and listened to Han Qian teach the science of military management, but he was mainly involved in the affairs of government officials in the past few years, but he was also used to carrying swords and bows with him.

Seeing that the person who came from Donghu to give the order was Huo Li, the general of the guards and cavalry, Du Yiming knew that he was Mrs. Jun's uncle and cousin, who had gone north to Heshuo to scout the enemy and made great contributions, and there would be no problem, and he checked that the order letter was correct, although he was also puzzled in his heart, but he still arranged for people to go to the water camp in the west of the city to contact, and arranged a few warships on the water camp side, so that Huo Li took people to accompany the Liang army cavalry and sent more than 100 rebels to Jinling for trial.

Perhaps the rebels who were escorted were very confused that they could pass through Huaixi safely and soundly, and many people looked numb, and frequently turned back when they boarded the ship, revealing a little suspicion, as if they were worried that after they boarded the ship, hundreds of thugs would rush out of the cabin, chop them into meat sauce with random blades, and throw them into the lake to feed the fish and crabs.

The Liang army escorted all the soldiers and horses to Jinling, and more than 200 people remained.

Du Yiming didn't think there was anything strange either.

Previously, more than 160 prisoners were escorted south by land, and there was a possibility that small groups of enemy soldiers would infiltrate along the way, so the Liang army needed to send enough elite soldiers and horses to guard them to avoid forks on the way.

And from Chaozhou directly to Jinling by boat, there is a Tangyi naval escort all the way, not to mention, you can get to Jinling in two days at the latest, and then there is a central department of Dachu to take over, so many Liang troops escort people and horses There is really no need to go with the ship, it is enough to send seventy or eighty people; If it weren't for the fact that Tangyi's side was really unwilling to take over directly, it would have been enough for them to throw the prisoner directly to Tangyi.

"By the way, at the behest of His Majesty, we want to take Princess Yun and Princess back to Luoyang this time." Seeing the shadows of the sails disappear into the lake waves and heavy snow, Jing Tan, the person in charge of the Liang army's escort of soldiers and horses, and the captain of the Xuancai School, stood in front of the dock and said to Du Yiming.

"It's getting late, I'll send someone to Liyang tomorrow to explain this matter, you will rest in Chaozhou for two more days, maybe Liyang will ask General Jing and his party to stay until after the New Year's Festival...... Du Yiming said.

Du Yiming, as the magistrate of Xiang'an County, Chaozhou Prefecture, was not qualified to question Jing Tan's request, but he would not directly send them more than 200 Xuanjia cavalry elites to Liyang to pick up people; He didn't rush to think about it, now that it was dark, he would send someone to Liyang tomorrow to report on the matter.

If Jing Tan does not agree to pick up Yun and Princess this time, Liyang will make appropriate arrangements, and he doesn't need to think about anything.

Besides, it is already Chinese New Year's Eve today, and even if Liyang will not hinder the return of Yunhe and Princess Guo, it may be possible to keep them until the end of the year, otherwise they will have to celebrate the New Year Festival on the way back to Luoyang in the north.

Jing Tan didn't urge, and first took the people back to the north post station of the city to wait for the news.

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At dusk on the third day, a troop of horsemen came from the east post road in two wagons.

At this time, the setting sun shines on the white snow that covers the earth, and the sky and the earth are magnificent.

The carriage stopped in front of the post station, and Princess Yunhe couldn't wait to open the curtain and get off the carriage, and looked at the Chaozhou City (Xiang'an County) building in the distance with a hint of excitement; Although Liyang wanted to keep her for the New Year's Festival and then set off, she didn't want her to be alone on the way during the New Year's Festival, but she couldn't wait to rush to Luoyang and reunite with her family.

Although in the eyes of many people, the overall situation in the world is turbulent, but in her eyes, Luoyang, where she was born and spent her childhood, is her real hometown.

Wang Zhe also climbed down from the carriage at this time, he didn't recognize Jing Tan, but seeing that he was wearing Liang Jun armor, and standing side by side with Du Yiming, he walked over and arched his hand, and said, "But General Jing Tanjing, the captain of the Great Liang Xuancai?" Beisi joined the army, and Wang Zhe was polite......"

Wang Zhe didn't recognize Jing Tan, but he knew that Jing Tan's identity was the son of Jing Zhen, who had been the commander of the Great Liang Chengtian Division, and at this time led the elite to garrison Huazhou, Tongguan and other cities on the west wing of Heluo to resist the enemy.

Originally, it was Wang Zhe, Huo Li, Han Bao and others who returned to Tangyi with Shen Peng, Zhao Ci, Yun and Princess Yunhe, since Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang wanted to take Yun and Gongyi back to Luoyang, Han Qian thought about asking Wang Zhe, the old man, to send Huaixi on his behalf.

And the guard cavalry battalion with a team of cavalry escorted by Wang Zhe was like a sea of stones, and it was also the old man who everyone gathered in Heshuo back then.

"Emperor Liang and General Jing took back Princess Yunhe, can you have an edict?" Wang Zhe asked.

Wang Zhe didn't think that Jing Tan said that he would take Yunhe Princess back to Luoyang for a reunion at the behest of Emperor Liang this time, but as a formal handover procedure, Jing Tan also had to take out Emperor Liang Zhu Yu's edict or other official letters, not just casually, they would send Princess Yunhe out casually.

There was a hint of hesitation in Jing Tan's eyes, Wang Zhe's eyes narrowed, his hand flicked back, signaled Shi Ruhai to be on guard, stared at Jing Tan and asked, "What's the matter, could it be that General Jing lost His Majesty's edict?" ”

"Please join the army and Du County order to enter the courtyard to discuss matters." Jing Tan raised his eyes and said.

Wang Tanhu glanced at Du Yiming suspiciously, and saw that Du Yiming was also shocked and suspicious at this moment, he instructed Shi Ruhai to say: "You protect the princess, Lord Du and I will follow General Jing into the courtyard to see if we can find Emperor Liang's edict." ”

Yun and Princess stood there blankly, not knowing where there was chaos again, and opened their mouths to ask Jing Tan, but in the end they couldn't help but speak.

"Wang joins the army, General Jing, what can't he say here?"

The two armies made good friends, and Du Yiming specially handed over the west courtyard of the Chengbei Post Station to Jing Tan to lead the Xuanjia cavalry to station, but Shi Ruhai was worried that Wang Zhe and Du Yiming would have any accidents after they walked in defenselessly.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Zhe motioned for Shi Ruhai to guard outside.

Although things were strange, he didn't think that Jing Tan would really make any unfavorable moves for them in the hinterland of Tangyi, and together with Du Yiming, who was not weak, he followed Jing Tan into the cross-courtyard completely stationed by the Xuanjia Cavalry.

The post station in the north of the city, is a camp on the basis of reconstruction, the west across the courtyard is extremely open, there are hundreds of large and small barracks, five yards before and after, in the cold winter season, there is no other grass and trees are green, there are a few plum blossoms in the corner of the yard, the snowflakes are falling down, and the white wall and tiles reflect each other, but it is durable.

Wang Zhe walked into the depths of the courtyard, it was rare to see a clump of thin bamboo growing in the corner of the eaves, and there were several people standing in the pavilion in the courtyard, although they were all wearing ordinary jackets, but their bearing was extraordinary.

Although Wang Zhe had never seen these people, but after carefully identifying their appearances, and then combining them with the intelligence collected by the Military Intelligence Staff Department, the whole person was stunned like thunder, and he never thought that these characters would take the opportunity of escorting the rebels to Tangyi quietly.

"Old man Lei Jiuyuan has seen Wang Senjun and Du Zhixian," deep in the courtyard, Lei Jiuyuan was gray-haired, wearing a green robe and standing under the pavilion, seeing Wang Zhe and Du Yiming walking in with Jing Tan, arching his hand, and introducing several people around him, and said, "These four are Zhu Juezhong, the Zhengqing of Liang Guozong, Gu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Youtong, and the guards and horsemen in front of the palace are all commanding Jing Hao, we come with the secret decree of His Majesty to meet Han Hou secretly, and also ask Wang to join the army and Du Zhixian to arrange the ...... on my behalf."

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Wen Duqiao, Feng Yi, Gao Shao, Zhao Wuji, Guo Ke, Xi Chang, Ji Xiyao, Du Yijun, Chen Jitang, Zhao Qi, Feng Zhang, Lin Zongjing, Han Donghu, Huo Xiao and other senior generals received an urgent notice early in the morning, and when they walked into the meeting hall of the west courtyard of Lianyuan, they could not suppress their shock when they saw Lei Jiuyuan, Zong Zhengqing, Zhu Juezhong, Gu Qian, Chen Youtong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Jing Hao, the guards and horsemen in front of the palace.

For a while, I didn't know what was happening in Heluo, so I asked the five of them to sneak into Liyang secretly at this time.

Lei Jiuyuan was originally the secret adviser of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, who was in charge of the Chengtian Division in the early stage, and after Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang usurped the throne, Lei Jiuyuan was a little old, and he was only a false title of a free horseman, but he was undoubtedly one of the most core ministers of Liang.

Zong Zhengqing Zhu Yuzhong is the cousin of Liang Gaozu Zhu Wen, and he is also one of the few elders of the Zhu clan who firmly stands on Zhu Yu's side, and has always been the representative of the Zhu clan.

Gu Qian is Zhu Yu's mentor and friend when he was a teenager, he was also a young man, before the age of 30, he was selected by Zhu Wen, the first emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty, to serve Zhu Yu for many years, and served as the governor of Henan Mansion (Heluo), the head of the household department, Zhu Yu usurped the throne and served as the head of the Liang State.

Chen Youtong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the father of Zhu Yu's late concubine, the eldest son of Princess Yunhe and Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, and the maternal grandfather of Zhu Zhen, King of Luo.

The guards and horsemen in front of the palace all waved Jing Hao, and his brother Jing Zhen, Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun and others were Zhu Yu's most trusted generals.

"Let's all sit down," Han Qian motioned for Gao Shao and Feng Yu to sit down and speak, "Lei and Gu Zhugong escorted the rebel team south, and it has been a few days since they entered Huaixi, and yesterday Wang Zhe and Shi Ruhai escorted Yun and Princess Yun to Xiang'an, and only then did they learn about it, so they escorted them to Liyang overnight......"

Hearing Han Qian say this, everyone was even more shocked:

Lei Jiuyuan, Gu Qian and others entered Tangyi with the escort team of rebels, and did not come to Liyang for the first time, and did not even show up, and stayed outside Chaozhou City for five or six days, but after Han Qian finally decided to send Empress Xu, Zhang Xinchun and other rebels to Jinling for trial, and at the request of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, he sent Princess Yunhe to Xiang'an, and prepared to ask them to escort them back to Luoyang.

"What the hell is going on?" Gao Shao saw Wang Jun and Zhao Ting'er sitting behind Han Qian, and he didn't care about pushing Wen Duqiao, Feng Yi, and Guo Rong, so he sat down directly on Han Qian's right side and asked in a low voice with suspicion in his heart.

"And let Master Gu explain it to everyone in detail." Han Qian said.

Gu Qian and the others sat behind the cases on the left side and said: "After my Majesty Liang was in October, my body could no longer withstand the wind and cold, and even fainted twice. The Mengwu people withdrew their troops from Heluo and other places with Liang Shixiong, perhaps they also foresaw this, thinking that after the death of His Majesty, Heluo and other places would be able to take their own hands without attacking, and there was no need to waste troops at this time......"

"Huh?"

When Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang returned to Caizhou from Tangyi before, he met Han Qian on the east bank of Chaohu Lake, and Feng Yu, Gao Shao, Wen Duqiao, Guo Rong, Wang Zhe and others were present at that time, and it could be seen that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang had a sick face at that time.

However, such a long time has passed, and Emperor Liang has been personally commanding the troops to fight, and the people in Tangyi have not thought of other things, and they thought that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was suffering from a small illness at that time, and there was no shortage of famous doctors with excellent medical skills around him, and a little illness and illness would have been cured a long time ago.

Who would have thought that Zhu Yu, who was in the prime of life, was already terminally ill?

"Lord Gu, are you worried that Emperor Liang will have any misfortune, and the Mengwu people will once again attack Heluo in a big way, and they specially rushed to Liyang?" Guo Rong asked, but after blurting out this, he felt that it was wrong, thinking that if Gu Qian and the others really came to seek Tangyi's assistance, why did Gu Qian and the others need to reappear in Xiang'an for five or six days? Besides, this aid is very important, but there is no need for Lei Jiuyuan and Gu Qian to come over!

"Yes, we are worried that if there is any misfortune for Your Majesty, the Muguls will raise troops to attack Heluo again, and Heluo will be difficult to resist and need Tangyi's assistance - however, we have a big difference with Your Majesty on how to ask Tangyi's assistance." Gu Qian said.

A thought flashed through Feng Yi's heart, glanced at Han Qian, and couldn't help but ask Gu Qian: "Emperor Liang doesn't want to entrust the affairs behind him to my family, right?" ”

Guo Rong, Gao Shao, Wen Duqiao and others couldn't help but be shocked when they heard Feng Yi ask.

Although Feng Yi's guess can only explain why such an important five people from the Liang Kingdom would arrive in Liyang at this time, it can't explain why the five of them delayed for a few days after arriving in Xiang'an. Could it be that this is due to the great disagreement between the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State on this matter?