Chapter 560: Feng Dao's Tragedy
Outside Jinling City, all the civil and military forces of Wu State, including the crown prince Yang Jiong, the king of Hailing, Yang Longyan, the scholar Chen Yanqian, the privy envoy Li Chengsi and others, all respectfully lined up and waited for the arrival of Yang Wu and his party.
Yang Wu personally led the troops to Jiangling this time, which lasted nearly half a year, although there were some twists and turns in the middle, and the war did not go smoothly for a while, but in the end it was a complete victory, and the entire Jingxiang was captured in one fell swoop.
After more than four years of silence in Jinling, Yang Wu won such a big victory for the first time, which naturally attracted cheers from the whole court.
Chen Yanqian and others even proposed to hold a ceremony to enter the city to highlight the majesty of King Wu and enhance the cohesion of the people.
Yang Wu originally refused this proposal, but he couldn't stand the unanimous persuasion of the ministers, so he had to agree in the end.
So on the day of returning to Jinling, Yang Wu put on his gorgeous armor again, matched his sword, stepped on the BMW, and slowly entered the city under the support of the civil and military forces and many guards in the court.
The people of the city, either spontaneous or organized by the government, lined up on both sides of the road, cheering Yang Wu's triumphant return.
Such a grand occasion also made Yang Wu deeply satisfied, and he kept waving to the people during the march, which attracted those small people to shout long live.
The only ones who felt nervous and uneasy were probably Cheng Xun and other guards.
With so many people in the middle of the road, although the people of the Long Sword Capital had cooperated with the city officials to clean it up many times before, there was still no guarantee that there were no assassins among these people.
One of the reasons why Yang Wu was reluctant to carry out this kind of entrance ceremony in the first place was that he was worried about assassins.
It would have been a tragedy if you had encountered no danger on the battlefield, but had finally encountered an assassin when you returned to Jinling.
At this time, although a large number of soldiers lined up to intercept and prevent the people from approaching Yang Wu and his party, and Yang Wu also wore a soft armor under the gorgeous and sturdy armor to prevent accidents, many guards were still nervous and nervous, carefully guarding everyone on the side of the road.
However, the accident still happened, but it was not an assassin, but a person that Yang Wu definitely did not expect.
When passing through an intersection, a young man who looked like a soldier on the side of the road suddenly broke through the interception of the soldiers, rushed into front of Yang Wu's team, and suddenly fell to the ground at a distance of Yang Wu.
"Feng Dao, under the command of the former King Yan, joined the army and met the king!"
This person turned out to be Feng Dao, who went south from Youzhou to Jinling last year, ready to take refuge in Wu State.
It turned out that although he went south to Jinling last year, because of the road blockage, especially in the area at the junction of Liang and Wu, it was tightly sealed, and after several tosses, Feng Dao was able to cross the Huai River and go south.
But by the time he arrived in Jinling, Yang Wu had already led his troops to Jiangling.
Feng Dao originally planned to go to a certain high-ranking official in the DPRK to show his ability, and then try to get an introduction.
However, as a northerner, he has no support in Jinling City, and where do he know any officials in the court.
In the end, he planned to go to Yin Song Qiqiu in Jinling Mansion, hoping to be taken seriously; As a result, instead of being reused by Song Qiqiu, he was inexplicably involved in a big case.
Although he was finally freed from the relationship, he also suffered several months in prison because of it.
After coming out, because he had been in prison, his savings had long been spent, and he was a northerner, so his life in Jinling was extremely difficult.
He once went south to Jinling with hope, and originally wanted to be reused in Wu, a great country in the world, but ended up like this, which really made him regret it.
Later, if it weren't for the news that Yang Wu had defeated the Liang-Shu coalition army in Jiangling and successfully captured the entire Jingxiang, I was afraid that Feng Dao would have decided to leave Wu and go north to Jin again.
However, after hearing that Yang Wu was preparing to return, he decided to stay in Jinling for a while.
After all, after seeing the wealth of the south and the prosperity of Wenzhi with his own eyes, he already had a strong interest in the Wu Kingdom, and he didn't want to go to the place where the martial arts were rampant in the northern Jin Kingdom unless he had to.
Second, it is said that Yang Wu, the king of Wu, was extremely fond of the northern scholars, and knew how to make good use of them, and selected talents.
Feng Dao boasted that he also had some skills, so he wanted to stay and try his luck.
This time Yang Wu entered the city, he met him halfway, so he made a temporary decision and boldly decided to stop Yang Wu to recommend himself.
His rash action immediately caused a big chaos. Cheng Xun and the other guards raised their swords and guns as soon as he broke through the barrier, and the bow and crossbow were on the Xuan, and aimed at Feng Dao.
"Stop." If Yang Wu hadn't stopped it in time, I was afraid that this young man would have been shot into a hedgehog in an instant.
However, although those guards did not kill people, they still stepped forward to besiege Feng Dao.
Feng Dao knelt on the ground, his forehead covered with cold sweat, quietly waiting for his hair to fall.
He just made a temporary decision, and only at this time did he feel afraid, if Yang Wu didn't stop it in time, he was afraid that he would have been shot directly as an assassin by now.
On the other hand, Yang Wu was also shocked by Feng Dao's self-report.
"Feng Dao? You are Feng Dao? Joining the army under Liu Shouguang? He asked, somewhat surprised.
"It's the grass people." Feng Dao replied respectfully, and at the same time he was very puzzled in his heart, could it be that King Wu had also heard of his name?
"Well, get up, come and talk." Yang Wu regained his composure and commanded lightly.
"Yes." Feng Dao stood up, but he didn't come close as Yang Wu said, because the guards were still eyeing him.
Yang Wu turned to Cheng Xun and said, "Don't worry, this person is not an assassin, let him come over." ”
Cheng Xun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and asked those guards to let Feng Dao come over.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Feng Dao breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yang Wu with a grateful face.
Feng Dao is an officialdom tumbler who has a great reputation throughout Chinese history, and Yang Wu has naturally heard his name.
However, he originally thought that Feng Dao should go to Jinyang to seek refuge with Li Cunmiao after leaving Liu Shouguang, and he didn't want to go south to Jinling, does this mean that this person intends to take refuge in himself?
"This person's reputation has never been very good in history, but in this era, the change of dynasties is a common thing, and it is up to those generals to decide the overall situation of the DPRK and China. Yang Wu thought in his heart.
The atmosphere of this era is like this, those military generals control the power, and the civil servants are just insignificant subordinates.
This is like Yan Keqiu in history, this person was deeply used during Yang Xingmi's period and had a military opportunity, can it be said that Yan Keqiu was disloyal to Yang Xingmi at that time? Apparently not.
But after Yang Xingmi's death, Xu Wen and Zhang Hao joined forces to launch a mutiny, and the power of the Yang family fell.
This is the reality of this era, and it is difficult for anyone to change the atmosphere.
Even Yang Wu thought in his heart that if the Wu State was destroyed one day, he was afraid that most of the civil and military ministers in the Wu State court would now take refuge in the new lord instead of being martyred for the Wu State.
Therefore, he naturally did not demand those ministers in the court now, he only asked those people to do their best for Wu when Wu was still prosperous.
This is true for those people, and the attitude towards Feng Dao is naturally the same.
Feng Dao should still be very good in terms of his ability, and even serving as the prime minister is enough.
If this person really intends to take refuge, of course Yang Wu will accept it, at most, he will take a little precaution in the future.
It's just that what makes him feel strange is that, judging from the historical situation, Feng Dao should be a cowardly person who is afraid of death, so how could he do something that is easy to lose his head like blocking his car?
If he hadn't stopped the guards in time, I'm afraid he would have died by now.
Thinking of this, Yang Wu asked coldly: "Feng Dao, you rashly blocked Gu's car, this is a big crime, if you can tell the reason, Gu will forgive your crime; If you can't, don't say that you are no longer Liu Shouguang's army, even if you are Liu Shouguang's messenger, Lone will still kill you. ”
Feng Dao's heart tightened, and he hurriedly replied: "King Qiqi, the grass people went south to Jinling from Youzhou last year, and originally planned to serve the king, but they didn't want to get involved in a big case after coming to Jinling. ”
"I went south to Jinling last year, but I was involved in a big case?" Yang Wu frowned.
He knew that there might be other hidden secrets in this, because no matter what, Feng Dao was the former northern official who went south to join the Wu State.
According to the rules of the state of Wu, generally those officials from the north who went south to join the state of Wu would be courteous and appointed according to their talents.
This Feng Dao originally joined the army in Youzhou, and his position is considered high, plus his ability should be good, it stands to reason that after coming to Jinling, even if he is not in Jinling, he should be able to be reused, so why did he get involved in a big case in the end?
And most importantly, I don't know why I don't know what big case is, and I haven't even received any news at all.
Yang Wu groaned in his heart, and finally nodded and said, "That's it, if that's the case, then Gu will forgive your crimes." ”
It is still in the city entry ceremony, and this occasion is obviously not the place to speak, so Yang Wu ordered Feng Dao to be given a horse and let him follow behind him, and complete today's city entry ceremony first.
When I return to the palace, I'll take care of the inside story.
What he didn't know was that after Feng Dao suddenly stopped and was finally taken away by Yang Wu, among the many civil and military officials behind him, there was one person with an extremely ugly face, and at the same time, he felt uneasy in his heart, as if a catastrophe was coming.
This person is now Yin Song Qiqiu of Jinling Mansion.
And beside him, Jinling Changshi Wang Taifu looked at his panicked expression, but a sneer appeared on his face.