The crisp sound of chains echoed in the corridors of the dungeon, and the emaciated, faltering, and mentally exhausted Huang Guangyao dragged the heavy anklets and walked out under the escort of several armor soldiers.

Huang Guangyao thought that he was going to be sentenced to death, he tried his best to lift his spirits, and wanted to die a heroic death, but what he didn't expect was that he was taken to a quiet room, where there was a table, behind which sat Lu Xuanbo, and in front of the table was a bench.

Huang Guangyao was brought to the bench and sat down on his shoulders, and he looked at Lu Xuanbo.

Lu Xuanbo said: "Huang Gong, we have met many times, you may have been wondering who I am and where is this place, right?" ”

Huang Guangyao didn't speak, but his gaze never left Lu Xuanbo's face.

Lu Xuanbo said: "My name is Lu Xuanbo, and I am the commander of the black-clothed guard of the Qianguo. More than 20 years ago, I was an assassin raised by Wang Tan, a minister of the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Emperor Liu Yilong asked Wang Tan to send assassins to assassinate the Taiwu Emperor Tuoba Tao, and Wang Tan recommended me to Liu Yilong. I carried out two assassinations, and each time I almost succeeded, but Tuoba Tao had too many guards around him and many masters, and he still failed in the end. Later, Liu Yilong was worried that I would leak the news of the mastermind behind the scenes, and sent someone to get rid of me, I was seriously injured at the time, and it was His Majesty who saved me today! ”

"The Southern Dynasty raised a lot of assassins, presumably Huang Gong should have heard of it, I am just one of them, in order to deal with difficult enemies, the Southern Dynasty often sent assassins to carry out assassinations, Sima Chuzhi, Wang Huilong and others have been assassinated by the assassins sent by the Southern Dynasty one after another!"

Huang Guangyao's face was expressionless: "What do you want to say?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a chat with Huang Gong, that's why I turned my back on the Southern Dynasty and switched to the Northern Dynasty! I know that Huang Gong and A Luogan must have a secret covenant, and this covenant has also been sent back to Jiankang through secret channels, but this covenant may not be adopted by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, because you are gone, disappear, the monarchs of the Southern Dynasty will doubt the authenticity and reliability of this covenant, and they will wonder if this is a trap laid by our dynasty, so your insistence is likely to have no effect at all! ”

Huang Guangyao's face finally changed, and his eyes were a little flustered, "In this case, there is no need for you to know the content of the covenant, why do you have to know?" ”

Lu Xuanbo leaned closer and said, "Huang Gong, do you know what the consequences of your unauthorized alliance with Rouran will be?" Our cadres have strengthened the Great Wall in the north and deployed heavy troops to defend it, and as long as the defenders do not behave carelessly, it will not be as easy for the Rouran people to cross the Great Wall and attack our border as before! And my cadres and horses can gather a large army and destroy the Southern Dynasty first with the strength of the whole country! ”

Huang Guangyao sneered: "Whimsical! ”

Lu Xuanbo looked at Huang Guangyao and clapped his palms.

A soldier walked in with a tray and placed it on the table.

Lu Xuanbo pointed to the golden lock on the tray and the matching collar and asked, "Does Huang Gong know this thing?" ”

Huang Guangyao looked at the tray, his face suddenly changed, he stared, and struggled to pounce.

Lu Xuanbo motioned to the soldier next to him to bring it to him, Huang Guangyao stretched out his trembling hand and took the collar and the golden lock and looked at it, the golden lock was engraved with his son's name, he suddenly raised his head and shouted madly: "What happened to your son?" You despicable and shameless people will only use this kind of indiscriminate means, what else will you do? ”

Lu Xuanbo said: "No matter what means, as long as I can make the enemy succumb, I, Lu Xuanbo and the black-clothed guards, will not dislike it!" Your son is safe now, we just knocked him out and took this thing from him! Our purpose, Huang Gong should know, if Huang Gong does not explain the content of the covenant, next time our people will not only take away the ornaments on his body, it is likely to be a leg or an arm, an ear, or even a ······ Head! Huang Gong, Lu is here to remind you, you better not doubt our determination! ”

Huang Guangyao's face was in a daze, he staggered back a few steps with the golden lock and collar, knocked down the bench, and sat on the ground unsteadily.

Huang Guangyao pounded the ground with his fist and cried, "Why, why do you use such a method against an old man who is about to fall into the ground? ”

Lu Xuanbo said coldly: "Because you have done something that you shouldn't have done, if you are honestly your envoy of the Southern Dynasty in Chang'an, no one will deal with you like this!" Even if the Southern Dynasty wants to ally with Rouran, it should send another time to Rouran, and it shouldn't be up to you! So you have to pay for your actions! ”

After speaking, Lu Xuanbo got up and walked to the door, while saying: "This thing is left to you, you have a day to think about it, tomorrow this time before you speak, Chang'an's order will be issued to Jiankang, your son will definitely have one less part on his body, I am not sure that this part will be an ear, an arm, a leg or a head, once the command is issued, it must not be taken back!" ”

Early the next morning, Lu Xuanbo received a report that Huang Guangyao told the guards that he was willing to confess, and he immediately rushed to the dungeon.

Soon, Lu Xuanbo came to the palace with Huang Guangyao's confession.

"Your Majesty, Huang Guangyao has spoken, this is his confession!"

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng immediately stopped the matter at hand, "Submit it quickly!" ”

The eunuch handed Huang Guangyao's confession to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng took it and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and after he finished reading it, he slapped his palm on the imperial case and was furious: "How can this be true!" Was this the instruction of the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty, or was Huang Guangyao making his own opinion? ”

Lu Xuanbo replied: "The minister asked, Huang Guangyao said that A Luo Gan took the initiative to find him, and after two contacts, Huang Guangyao was moved, so he had a third meeting with A Luo Gan!" After Arogan fled at that time, he was taken to the embassy by Huang Guangyao, and he hid in his house for several days, and it was during those days that they negotiated this covenant! ”

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment and waved his hand: "Okay, you go back first, wait for the will!" ”

"No!"

The next day, Zhao Junsheng convened several major ministers to deliberate.

"This is the terms of the covenant negotiated between Huang Guangyao and Rouran's envoy Arogan, although Arogan is dead, but this covenant has been sent to Jiankang and Rouran Khan's court one after another, Rouran's new Khan Tuhe Zhen has begun to execute, and Jiankang has not received any news for the time being. Ladies and gentlemen, how should I deal with this matter? ”

Liang Lin stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, since my Daqian has been informed of their conspiracy, I should quickly launch imitation measures, and the minister thinks that the first thing is to stabilize the interior, send someone to find out Feng Yu's whereabouts and whereabouts, and arrest him!" second, to increase the number of troops on the border with the South of Korea in case the South Korea suddenly sends troops; Third, increase the number of troops to the Western Regions! ”

Pei Jin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have different ideas, and it is not difficult to only arrest Feng Yu, but the Rouran people will also send others to contact the former ministers of the former dynasty and the family to rebel!" Since the beginning of the previous year, our DPRK has gradually increased its troops on the border of the South and North Koreas, and now there are enough garrisons, so long as the officers and men persist in drilling, strengthen their vigilance, and do not neglect their duties, it will be very difficult for the South Korea to penetrate the hinterland of our country, and if it increases its troops, it will need to increase its military spending a lot! ”

"In addition, the deployment of our troops in the Western Regions has reached 15,000 people, and this number of troops is enough to deter the countries of the Western Regions, even if the Rouran people send troops, they may not be able to defeat our army in the desert! As for those small countries in the green mountains, even if they are disgruntled, what can they do if they rebel against our dynasty? How many villages and small countries can still turn the sky upside down? ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to the words of these two and asked, "Which Aiqing has any other opinions and ideas?" ”

Dongfang Chen thought for a moment and stood up to salute, and said, "Your Majesty, dare to ask whether this covenant was seized from Arogan's hands, or ······."

"It was Huang Guangyao who confessed!" Zhao Junsheng glanced at Dongfang Chen.

The ministers looked at each other, and Li Yuande arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Huang Guangyao is an envoy after all, and we are also a big country and a country of etiquette, if the matter of arresting Huang Guangyao spreads, it will not only cause criticism from all countries, but also from the people of our country!" ”

Zhao Junsheng snorted coldly: "Hmph, if he is an envoy, he should be an envoy, but not what an envoy should not do, he conspired with the Rouran envoy A Luogan to be unfavorable to me, who will the court arrest if he doesn't arrest him?" Even if the news spreads, I will take care of this matter! ”

Li Yuande opened his mouth and retreated.

Dongfang Chen said at this time: "With the Rouran people in containment, it is not easy for our dynasty to sweep away the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop, and there are indeed some undercurrents in the country that make the imperial court dare not casually mobilize troops from all over the country!" Since the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty had already received the covenant but had not yet taken action, they must have scruples. The minister's idea is to intimidate the Southern Dynasty first, so that they dare not act rashly, didn't we get this covenant? You can send an envoy to Jiankang to make a fuss about Huang Guangyao and this covenant under the pretext of forcing the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers, severely reprimanding them for betraying the alliance, and see how the Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers react, if they leave their involvement, it means that they are afraid, and the covenant signed between Huang Guangyao and the Rouran people will be null and void; If they tried their best to defend Huang Guangyao and tried to take Huang Guangyao back to Jiankang, it would mean that they were already planning to advance and retreat with Rouran, because Huang Guangyao was the key person in this covenant, and many of their alliances with Rouran needed Huang Guangyao to come forward and coordinate in the middle! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, "The national teacher's analysis is reasonable, so what about sealing this line?" What do you think? ”

Dongfang Chen said: "Instead of preventing the thief from colluding with the inner ghost for a thousand days, and letting the thief come in first to contact the inner ghost, let's put a long line to catch a big fish, and then close the net when all the people who should and shouldn't appear have arrived!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a few days, and issued an edict to send Wu Qingquan, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, to Jiankang to ask the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty what they wanted!