Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Death of Tian Yulong
Master Pure Space did not reject Shi Luosheng's capture of Yulin City, he was not from Qin himself, and he only came to Yulin to avoid the pursuit of the Hidden Star Sect. It doesn't make much difference for him that Yulin City is in the hands of the Qin people or the Song people, and the Master of Pure Space just asks Shi Luosheng to continue to treat the people well.
Shi Luosheng was originally worried that the master of Yulin City would have an opinion about him, so he took Liu Zixuan to visit him as soon as possible, but now he was relieved when he saw that he had no opinion.
Leaving Yulin Temple, the two were busy arranging the city's defenses. Now there are only 2,000 people in hand, and the arrangement is also stretched, but fortunately, Wang Lun's side issued a conscription notice in time, and more than 2,000 people were added, and they can respond to emergencies for the time being.
On the second day after taking Yulin City, Chen Pengcheng, the Taishou of the nearby Tanzhong City, came to test with an army of 10,000 people, and saw that Yulin City was prepared, and did not attack hard, so he camped outside the city, waiting for the instructions of Emperor Feng Bomou of Qin for the next step.
"General, the reinforcements from Cangwu City have arrived, and the second prince Xiao Yu, the third prince Xiao Che and General Deng Wenying have come with 20,000 iron horsemen." Just when Shi Luosheng was still worried about the lack of troops, there was finally good news.
"Luosheng, Zixuan, you two don't hurry up and get out to meet Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu knows that you are not so easy to die." Hearing the voice, Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan looked at each other and smiled, it must be Xiao Che who spoke, Xiao Che has formed a deep friendship with the two of them in Tianzhu Peak, Jiulong Waterfall and Anyang City.
The two of them went out and saw Xiao Che and the three of them looking at him with a smile, Shi Luosheng smiled at Xiao Che and said, "If the third prince dares to talk like this in front of His Majesty, then Luosheng will admire you in his heart." ”
Xiao Yu saw his third brother and Shi Luosheng joking casually, and couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart: "Taifu, it's great to see that you are still alive, Xiao Yu hasn't had time to thank you for saving your life twice." ”
Shi Luosheng hurriedly said: "The second prince is serious, those are just things that are within the scope of Luosheng. ”
Shi Luosheng knew that when Tian Yulong sent him to attack Yulin, Xiao Yu was still in a coma, so Xiao Yu didn't know about his betrayal. However, seeing that Xiao Yu is here now, he should have heard about it from Tian Yulong afterwards, so he came to visit him.
Deng Wenying said: "When we came, we saw a Qin army outside the city, the number was only 10,000, and now that we have arrived, let's open the city gate and drive them away." ”
Shi Luosheng said with a smile: "Big brother, don't you know that Zixuan and I have been so scared by these ten thousand people that we don't dare to sleep in the past two days, we only have 2,000 people in our hands, and we have recruited 2,000 people in the city. ”
Deng Wenying also smiled: "Since this is the case, we will deal with them for you now." ”
Open the city gate Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan led 5,000 cavalry from the city to rush out, Chen Pengcheng outside the city did not know that Yulin City had new reinforcements, and was about to order to fight, and saw Deng Wenying, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Che each outflanked from the left and right with 5,000 people, Chen Pengcheng saw that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered a retreat, and Shi Luosheng did not chase after him.
In the evening, everyone gathered together, Xiao Che asked about Tian Yulong, and Shi Luosheng glanced at Xiao Yu with some embarrassment. Xiao Yu said lightly: "Taifu doesn't have to care about my feelings, I was in a coma at the time, otherwise I would definitely stop him." ”
Although Deng Wenying and Xiao Che guessed that it must be Tian Yulong who betrayed Shi Luosheng, they were still shocked to hear Xiao Yu say it in person at this moment.
Xiao Che said angrily: "Being a captain of the court, in order to avenge personal revenge, he disregarded the safety of the country and betrayed his comrades to the enemy on the battlefield, this is really mad, Tian Yulong deserves to be punished." ”
Xiao Yu sighed and said: "Taiwei Tian is not all for personal revenge, he and the general each led an army out, the general's side is like a bamboo, and the Taiwei's side is losing and retreating." He needed someone to come out and take responsibility, and it happened that Taifu had a personal vendetta with him, so he went to Taifu to attack. ”
The moment Xiao Yu said this, he had completely withdrawn from the battle for the storage position in his heart. From this defeat, he has already realized that he is indeed not the material to be the emperor, even if the Song State is handed over to him, it will not be a good thing for the people of the whole country.
Xiao Che listened and said puzzledly: "What kind of logic is this Tian Yulong, he is a court captain, can he even ignore the safety of the country in order to keep his position?" If Da Song died, would he still be a lieutenant? If other officials in the imperial court were also like Tian Yulong, what would become of the Great Song Dynasty? ”
Seeing that Xiao Che was getting more and more angry, Deng Wenying was afraid that he would say something that he shouldn't say, so he interrupted Xiao Che's words: "Luosheng, you can write to Your Majesty to explain these situations, what to do and ask Your Majesty to give you an idea." Tian Taiwei is still in Cangwu City, his father temporarily put him under house arrest, and after the affairs of Cangwu City have been dealt with in the past two days, his father will also come to Yulin City. ”
Just when everyone was chatting about how Xiao Daocheng would deal with Tian Yulong, something happened in Cangwu City that no one expected. "The general is not good, Captain Tian committed suicide by hanging the beam." The guard in charge of guarding Tian Yulong reported to Deng Yuanjue in a panic.
Deng Yuanjue didn't care about scolding him, and immediately rushed to Tian Yulong's room. Tian Yulong is a lieutenant of the court, and he should not have ordered him to be placed under house arrest, and if he committed suicide because of this, then he would not be able to get out of it.
When I walked into Tian Yulong's room, I saw that he was still hanging on the beam, and there was a letter on the table. Deng Yuanjue opened it and saw that there were a few lines written on it: "Your Majesty, the criminal has made a big mistake that cannot be turned back for his own selfish desires, and now that the matter is exposed, the criminal has no shame to face His Majesty again, and the only way to wash away his crimes is to use death to wash away his crimes." ”
Deng Yuanjue shook his head after reading it, asked Tian Yulong to put it down, and gave Xiao Daocheng another letter to repair it, and attached Tian Yulong's letter to Jianye.
Seeing the opponent in front of him who had been fighting with him for decades fall like this, Deng Yuanjue did not feel how excited he was, on the contrary, there was a trace of sadness. This is politics, the family seems to be high, but as long as there is a wrong step, it will be a catastrophe, and the mistake may be only oneself, but it is the entire family that is implicated, so they do things many times outsiders can't understand, only they know that for themselves, and for the whole family, they must do this.
The moment Tian Yulong knew that Shi Luosheng was still alive, he knew that he was going to be finished, so in order not to implicate the entire family, he broke up the guards guarding the outer gate and chose to commit suicide by hanging himself. Because Tian Yulong knew that only in this way could Xiao Daocheng not pursue other members of his family, and he would not even make his crimes public.
Because what Tian Yulong committed was to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country on the battlefield and frame Zhongliang. If the dignified Taiwei of the Great Song Dynasty did such a thing, if it reached the ears of the common people, would they still have a sense of trust in the Great Song Dynasty? Will they still have a sense of trust in the officials of the Great Song Dynasty? Are the high-ranking officials cultivated by the Great Song Dynasty all like Tian Yulong? The common people and lower-level officials will even question whether the Xiao family's rule is correct?
It can be said that once this matter spreads, the impact will be too great, so that Tian Yulong only mentioned his crimes in his suicide note to Xiao Daocheng.
Now that Tian Yulong is dead, Shi Luosheng's anger is also out, and he only needs Xiao Daocheng to come forward and do the work, so that Shi Luosheng doesn't publicize this matter. As for the Qin State, Li Peifu is also dead, they just spread it, and Xiao Daocheng can also accuse them of spreading rumors, after all, the Qin State has no substantial evidence.