Time passed little by little, and Li Wenyuan's scouts also successfully found the place where Li Liang hid in the depths of the desert to build ordnance, and strictly monitored it. Moreover, the night owls hiding in the capital division also sent back the news that after Yang Guang heard the prophecy, he was silent and frowned.

Li Wenyuan knew that his opportunity had come, so he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Jingshi together with the piece of jade that had been carved in his hand.

Although the weather in Jingshi is not as cold as that in the Western Regions, it is also cold at this time. The place where Yang Guang criticized the recital had already gathered a brazier, warm as spring. Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, everything has been detailed, and every book has to be reviewed by himself, and today is no exception.

A eunuch walked in from outside the door with a wooden box and a fold, knelt down in front of Yang Guang, lifted the wooden box and fold above his head with both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, this is an urgent piece sent by Li Wenyuan, the governor of the Western Regions. ”

Yang Guang immediately put down the pen in his hand and the fold he was reviewing, stood up and walked in front of the eunuch, stretched out his hand to take the wooden box, opened it and saw that it was the white jade of Qu Sadana that Li Wenyuan asked Zhao Shisheng to carefully carve. Yang Guang put the piece of white jade on the table, reached out and picked up Li Wenyuan's fold again, opened it and looked at it.

The recital is nothing more than some official words, writing some of his own things in the Western Regions, what he has seen, heard, understood and felt, as well as some of his plans in the Western Regions, which need to be reported to the emperor and approved by the emperor before they can be implemented. In addition, his visit and investigation in the Western Regions these days only involved Wuwei County, and he found a place where Li Liang used to build weapons privately. and the situation that Li Mao, who was found in Yongdeng County, instigated the local county order to loot wealth from the people on behalf of Li Liang to replenish military funds.

At the end of the recital, Li Wenyuan mentioned that this piece of white jade was obtained when he led the farmers to dredge the river in winter, because no one recognized the words on it, and the recent rumors in the Western Regions, he felt that this piece of jade might be of great importance, so he cleaned the jade, and then wrapped it in cloth, and handed it over to the emperor for disposal.

Yang Guang sat on the chair, holding the jade in his hand and looking at it repeatedly. Although he didn't know what the words above were, he also knew that they were all ancient seal characters of the Qin period. Yang Guang looked at it repeatedly for a long time, and then he raised his head and said to the eunuch beside him: "Call Yu Shiji, a person from the Inner Shishe, to see me." ”

After a while, Yu Shiji stood in front of Yang Guang, and Yang Guang said: "The world says that you are erudite and talented, and you are familiar with the past and the present, so let's take a look at what is the word engraved on this piece of jade?" With that, he handed over the piece of jade in his hand to Yu Shiji.

Yu Shiji took the piece of jade with both hands, looked at it carefully in front of him for a while, and suddenly knelt down on his knees and said, "Your Majesty forgives me." ”

Yang Guangqi said: "Aiqing, why is this? ”

Yu Shiji said: "Your Majesty, the words engraved on this are the proverbs that have been circulating in the capital for a long time! ”

Yang Guang's face sank when he heard this, and he said, "So the rumors that suddenly flowed in the Western Regions are not groundless? ”

Yu Shiji didn't dare to raise his head, the prophecies of all dynasties and dynasties were accompanied by bloody rain, and ordinary court officials didn't dare to talk about this kind of thing at all. It's just that Yang Guang asked himself at this time, and he couldn't help but answer, so he had to avoid the important and said: "Your Majesty, the text engraved on this thing is indeed the text of the Qin period, and the pen is vigorous and simple. It's not like a forgery. ”

Yang Guang nodded, shook his head again and said: "You go to draw up the holy decree and let Li Wenyuan investigate this matter thoroughly, if it is true, he can directly correct the traitor on the spot, and there is no need to escort him into Beijing." ”

Yu Shiji took the order and left, and within half a day, the holy decree was sent to Yang Guang. Yang Guang fastened his big seal on it, and ordered the people of Yushitai to bring this holy decree to Wuwei County in the Western Regions, and they must convey the holy will to Li Wenyuan. As soon as the Holy Decree left Beijing, Li Wenyuan had already learned the news from the night owl.

Li Mao was sitting in the dungeon, and there was still Hulu in the cell next to him before, and the two could chat with each other, but last autumn, Hulu had been taken away to change cattle and sheep, returned to the grassland, and never came back. Li Mao is the only one left here, except for cockroaches and rats all day long, and the endless darkness after the lights and candles go out.

On this day, Li Mao was lying on his back in a cell, a dungeon that did not see the light of day, and did not know what time it was outside. The lights and candles in the cell had long since been extinguished, and Li Mao was still savoring the taste of what he had eaten outside before he was caught, after all, it was the only thing he had left for recreation.

At this time, several screams came from the door. Then a man appeared in front of his cell door with a lantern and smashed the chain that locked the door with a few blows with his weapon. Break into the cell. He grabbed Li Mao's hand and said, "Come with me, there are already cars and horses waiting in front of the door." ”

The man who broke in looked at Li Mao with blank eyes, unmoved. At that moment, he put away the weapon in his hand and broke out with Li Mao on his shoulder. When he was about to go out, the man also told Li Mao: "Close your eyes, otherwise you will be blind if you stay in a dark place for a long time, and you will be blinded by the candlelight." ”

I heard that it might be polite if I didn't close my eyes, so I quickly closed my eyes, and I didn't dare to look where I was, so I could only let that person carry me forward in the dark. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the breeze to blow on his face, and a gust of air that was different from the moldy smell in the dungeon blew on his face. Li Mao knew that he had been rescued from the dungeon.

Then Li Mao felt that he was being put on a hardwood plank, and then secretly opened his eyes a slit. I saw that I seemed to be in a carriage, and then the sound of the horseman urging the horse outside confirmed my imagination. There was also a table of food in the small carriage in front of him. At this time, a person outside came in with a curtain probe and said to Li Mao: "You can eat something first, and we will send you back to Wuwei County to Master Li's house." ”

Li Mao ate some coarse tea and light rice in the dungeon, and he was not full, and he was already hungry and thirsty at this time. I don't care if the food in front of me will be poisonous, just eat it, it's better than being a starving ghost.

At this time, Li Wenyuan, who witnessed everything in front of the dungeon door, smiled and said to Qiu Niang next to him: "This trick of yours wants to capture the old man, it seems that everything is going well so far." It's just that Li Mao can really bring the words we want to convey to Li Rail? ”

"The manager of this matter can rest assured, even if he is an idiot, he will not joke with his life. Once he knew about that matter, he would definitely leave it as it was, and even tell Li Liang with added fuel and vinegar, he would only exaggerate the facts of the matter, and would not try to conceal it. Qiu Niang poured another glass of wine for Li Wenyuan and said with a smile.