Chapter 405 contains a box of a mountain

Zhuo Buyi saw that Fang Jie's face turned a little pale, and he couldn't help but ask what happened. Fang Xie was silent for a while, and handed the letter in his hand to Zhuo Buyi. Zhuo Buyi couldn't wait to take it and take a look, and in an instant, his face began to turn pale.

"The news...... Reliable? ”

He raised his head and looked at Fang Jie, his eyes full of disbelief.

"The news from Mu San should be reliable."

Fang Xie sighed and sat down by the river: "Before I left Chang'an, Luo Weiran told me that the emperor intended to let me enter the East Palace as the prince's attendant, and the emperor said it in front of several important ministers in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and nine times out of ten it was true...... So it should be that Mu San immediately contacted Luo Weiran after knowing the news. And Luo Weiran knew that the Ouchi Guards were now being targeted to death by Su Buxing's internal guards, and they couldn't send anyone to deliver the news, so they would find Sanjin Hou......"

"If this news is true, you must rush back as soon as possible."

Zhuo Buyi said: "The letter said that the emperor vomited blood many times a day, and his body was not as good as day by day...... It seems that the rumors were true, and I didn't care about it in the first place. ”

"What rumors?"

Fang asked.

Zhuo Buyi said: "It is said that when His Majesty ascended the throne, he was already seriously ill. At the beginning, there were rumors that the emperor said to Prince Zhong that if he couldn't hold out for a few years, he would pass the throne to Prince Zhong, but Prince Zhong refused in person and took out a few small gold pills to renew the emperor's life, but the small gold pill was too strong for the emperor's illness to bear...... When Prince Zhong traveled west, in fact, there was another purpose, legend has it that the Buddha has the most precious pill to prolong life, so Prince Zhong insisted on leaving Chang'an City. ”

Later, because the emperor had not been sick, this rumor was self-defeating. It was expected that the emperor did not know what method was used to suppress the disease, and some people once speculated that it was Sanjin Hou Wu who personally went overseas and invited the foreigner Langzhong to treat the emperor...... Now it seems that even the foreigner Langzhong failed to heal the emperor. ”

"No wonder ......"

He was silent for a while and said, "The emperor's decision-making over the years has been sometimes wise and sometimes confused...... He couldn't wait to move troops against Meng Yuan, just to fulfill his long-cherished wish before he became seriously ill. He...... Although he has a physical illness, his mind is bigger than that of previous emperors. He aspired to be a generation of Shengming monarchs and expand the territory of the Great Sui to the side of the Wolf Milk Mountain. Now I also know why the emperor slaughtered the Qiu family......"

"At that time, there were many families that supported other princes to inherit the throne, not to mention the Qiu family? Moreover, although the Qiu family has a prominent family background, they have not yet been able to influence the court situation. Back then, the emperor once summoned the head of the Qiu family alone, and this old family master was most famous not for his official reputation, but for his medical skills. The Qiu family is a well-known family of doctors in the south of the Yangtze River, and there have been people in the palace as imperial doctors in the past dynasties...... Presumably, the old head of the Qiu family saw the emperor's incurable disease, which led to the catastrophe of annihilation. ”

When he said this, Zhuo Buyi sighed.

"If it's true that the emperor is seriously ill, then it can explain why he has repeatedly made stupid moves in the past two years."

Fang Xie shook his head and said: "When the northwest army was defeated, he should have planned to plan slowly, first replenish the troops, fill the treasury, and then draw troops and horses from all over the country one after another. But before he could finish it, he found that his body could no longer support it. That's why they came up with a way to recruit brave warriors...... The crown prince is young, and he doesn't want to leave the prince a mess after he dies. ”

At the beginning, he just wanted to fulfill his wish, that is, to do something that the previous Great Sui Emperors did not dare to try easily...... Mobilize troops against Meng Yuan. He was like a naughty child, in order to avoid the courtiers' obstruction, he chose to use goods to transport troops and grain. At that time, he already had a premonition that his time was running out...... It's just that he didn't expect that the war he had carefully prepared for so many years would be wasted because of Li Yuanshan. ”

"The Northwest was a mess, and he had to clean it up before his body collapsed. The crown prince is less than ten years old, and the new emperor ascends the throne, and the court situation is bound to be unstable. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Jie's mind suddenly lit up: "I understand it now...... Why does the emperor only have the crown prince's heir? ”

"Why?"

Zhuo Buyi asked.

Fang Xie took a deep breath and then slowly spit it out, to suppress the unrest in his heart: "For the sake of the Great Sui, the emperor has thought of everything he can think of. It is precisely because he has long known that his body will not be able to support many years, so he only needs a prince. If he had several sons, they would all be in their infancy, and they would inevitably not be taken advantage of by the ill-intentioned courtiers. Once the emperor dies and leaves a few princes who are not very old, the situation will really be so chaotic that there is no way to clean it up! ”

"For the stability of the Great Sui and the stability of the court, the emperor asked for this son...... He didn't want his heirs to kill each other because of the competition for the throne, and the most important thing was that he didn't want the Great Sui to be stolen by those families! From the time he ascended the throne, the emperor had already thought about what would happen after his death......"

After listening to Fang's explanation, Zhuo Buyi's face also became ugly: "I understand...... If the emperor leaves early, not only will the court be chaotic, but the harem will also be chaotic. If there are several princes, I am afraid that those concubines and ladies will want their sons to inherit the throne. And the harem concubines are all from the family, and they all have a lot of support behind them...... In case the harem colludes with the family, the battle for the heir is really a river of blood. And nine times out of ten...... The Yang family's country will be stolen by others, even if it is still the Yang family who sits on the dragon chair, but the power will inevitably fall! ”

Zhuo Buyi said: "Now it seems that the emperor also took a lot of thought after he was established. Although the queen is also from a family, the queen's family has long since declined......"

Fang Xie sighed: "A man, his mind is here, an emperor, thinking of the ...... behind him He did everything he could think of, but he was unlucky, too bad...... If he hadn't wanted to fulfill his wish and not move troops against Meng Yuan, he would not have been so stormy as he was now. Although the crown prince is young, he has the queen's teaching, and if he chooses a few important ministers to assist the government, nothing will happen to the Great Sui. ”

"Maybe ......"

Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "This is all a doomed thing." ”

"Are you going back?"

Zhuo Buyi asked.

"No return!"

Fang Xie shook his head firmly: "I now understand why the emperor sent me out...... And why, before I left Beijing, I mentioned to the courtiers that I intended to let me enter the East Palace to assist the prince. The emperor thinks too far away, and it is not easy for ordinary people to see tomorrow's aftermath, but what the emperor sees is a few years or even ten years later...... If I hadn't received this secret letter today, I still wouldn't have figured out why the emperor had arranged it this way. ”

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"Got what?"

Zhuo Buyi asked.

Fang Xie stretched out his hand to ask him for the wine sac, raised his neck and poured it hard, the spicy wine poured down his throat into his stomach, and his chest was first cold, followed by a fiery start to burn. And only this hot feeling can make Fang Xie withdraw from the cold and piercing.

"Because the emperor wants to use me, that's why he let me leave."

Zhuo Buyi didn't understand what Fang Xie meant, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

Fang Xie was silent for a while, and said with some emotion: "The emperor wants to use me, but not him." He planned to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne, and then use me to assist the crown prince. But my qualifications are too shallow, and my foundation in the court is even shallow. In the eyes of those people in the family, in the eyes of those important officials of the court, I am simply an insignificant person, and it is too simple to crush me...... If the emperor wants to use me, he must let me live. ”

"If he promotes me too early, once he dies suddenly, what will happen to those important ministers of the family who want to control the government? In order to hold the crown prince hostage, I will bear the brunt of it. There is that filthy courtier, if you want to become the person who controls the court, you must first control the prince, so I am sure to die. The Emperor knew that if I stayed in Chang'an, if he died, the courtiers would immediately kill me. ”

That's why he found an excuse to let me leave Chang'an, and the reason why I came to Yongzhou was because the emperor wanted to train me and let me know more about the Great Sui. The emperor knew that Luo Yao would be the trouble of the Great Sui sooner or later, so he sent me to let me know about Luo Yao, and I would be able to deal with it in the future...... He knew that after his death, the situation in the court would be difficult to control, so he sent all the people who could assist the prince in the future from Chang'an City...... Including you. ”

"If nothing else, Sanjin Hou should be about to leave Beijing. The emperor was arranged for the crown prince...... And the reason why I mentioned my intention to let me enter the East Palace before I left Beijing was to pave the way for me to go back later. It is estimated that the emperor must have left a secret decree, not only for me, but also for many people. ”

"But ......"

Zhuo Buyi was puzzled: "Send all the people who are loyal to you away from Chang'an, when the emperor dies, Chang'an City is full of young people, who will protect the prince?" ”

"I don't know ......"

Fang Xie sighed: "Maybe the emperor has already figured out how to arrange it." ”

"And when are you going back?"

Zhuo Buyi asked.

Fang Xie frowned and pondered for a while: "The emperor has no will to give me, which means that he will give me a signal." When I saw this signal, I knew it was time for me to go back to Beijing. It's just that I don't have a clue what this signal is. ”

Zhuo Buyi still had a hard time understanding the emperor's thinking, because Fang Jie's mind was also very chaotic now, so he couldn't sort out Fang Jie's words. But he can guess how much pain and helplessness the emperor has in his heart now, and he also understands that the emperor is still trying his best to stabilize the Yang family.

"What shall we do now?"

"Wait!"

Fang Xie drank the wine in the wine bag in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth, and his tone was a little sad, and his voice trembled slightly: "Wait for me to see the signal released by the emperor, and then find a way to return to Chang'an City." Damn it...... Isn't this forcing me to work hard for the Yang family? This old fellow, I have calculated where I have the softest place in my heart. Don't you feel shameless to use others like this when you are dying? ”

He was scolding, but Zhuo Buyi knew that he was not scolding.

Everything the emperor did was for the prince's future, but wasn't it to save Fang Jie's life?

Fang understands that such a person is the softest place in his heart...... It is to see that the person who is good to him has been wronged......

Fang Xie handed the wine bag to Zhuo Buyi, stood up and stretched his body: "Although I don't know what the emperor's arrangement is, I can be sure that this signal will be obvious." After he arranged for the people who left Chang'an City to see this signal, they could understand that it was time to go back without being reminded. ”

"Therefore, Luo Yao must be prompted to start a war with the rebels."

Fang Xie gritted his teeth: "If Luo Yao is allowed to occupy Huangyang Dao, then even if the rebellion in the northwest is suppressed, the southwest may not be solid." As long as Luo Yao and the rebels fight, the resistance of the imperial army will be smaller. ”

"Crossing the river?"

Zhuo Buyi asked.

"Cross the river!"

Fang Xie nodded vigorously: "You must cross the river." ”

At the same time, Chang'an City Changchun Garden.

The emperor asked Su Buxing to go out and summon the three auxiliary ministers to come to the vault, and Su Buxing took the order and left. After Su Buxing's figure was far away, the emperor called Mu San, the little eunuch who was waiting outside the door, in.

He took out a wooden box from the cabinet behind him and handed it to Mu San: "Take this out of the palace, out of the city, find a place to hide, or find someone you think you can trust to take refuge." But even if you die, this thing can't fall into the hands of someone else. As for when you're going to open it, you don't need to be told by anyone, you'll know when the time comes. ”

"Your Majesty? It's ......"

Mu San's face turned pale with fright, and he knelt down to take the wooden box, although he didn't know what it was, he felt that the box was as heavy as a mountain.

"I'll send you out of the city, you go and proclaim the decree...... Luo Weiran, the commander of the Ouchi Guards, fornicated with the prisoners, despised the court, was disloyal and unjust, and deserved to be beheaded! However, I couldn't bear to be executed because he had served the country for many years, so he was removed from his position, demoted to a commoner, and expelled from Chang'an...... You watch him out of town and don't come back......"

After saying this, the emperor's body shook a few times, as if all his strength had been drained. Mu San looked at the emperor's already white hair, and suddenly felt that there was a knife in his heart, and it hurt and hurt......