In the next three days, the imperial court issued a continuous decree to severely reprimand Liu Pi's Meng Lang, and even pointed out that Yang Huilin's move was to support the army and self-respect against the imperial court, and the rhetoric was quite fierce.

Li Chun's edict was approved, and Yan Shou was used as the envoy of Xiazhou, and the edict ordered the five armies of Hedong, Suining, Shuofang, Tiande, and Zhenwu to discuss Yang Huilin.

The edict against Yang Huilin was still on the way to various roads, and an envoy from Longshou Mountain had already arrived in Xiazhou, but he could not get close to Xiangyun Temple because of the heavy guards.

The sky over Xiazhou City was covered with thick clouds, and although Li Mao stayed at home, he still felt the tense atmosphere. More and more people in his entourage had a premonition that something bad would happen, and everyone was anxious.

Qin Mo asked Li Mao: "It's already been sharpened outside, we can't sit still like this, right?" ”

Li Mao said: "The time has not come. ”

Qin Mo said: "The time has not come, so when will the time come?" ”

Zhang Qi was also so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but he wanted to contradict Qin Mo, and deliberately said coldly: "Since ancient times, the generals of the feudal clan have to have a rule for rebellion, not to kill the prison army and the Qincha. Do you know why? The military envoys and Qincha of the prison army were all people of the Son of Heaven. To kill is to completely block one's retreat, and in the future, there will be no room for maneuver, and one way can only go to the dark. Yang Huilin raised troops just to seek justice for his uncle, so there is no need to tear his face with the court. ”

Xibao also holds this opinion.

Qin Mo sneered: "What do you know, if Yang Huilin is smart enough, he shouldn't raise troops to fight against the imperial court, Jingxi is different from Hebei, and even the soldiers rely on Duzhi for food, what can they do to confront the imperial court?" As soon as the grain road was pinched, it didn't take a month for the three armies to collapse, and someone took his head with a knife for the sake of glory and wealth. ”

Qin Mo sighed: "When I meet such a stupid person, once we are defeated, who knows what will happen to us, I bet that he will kill us and export his evil anger." Do you two dare to bet with me? ”

Zhang Qi and Xibao looked at each other and didn't dare to bet.

Li Mao smiled and said: "There is no need to be so pessimistic, or Yang Shuai is just acting and asking the court for justice, not to mention raising troops to rebel." The imperial court was so anxious about the affairs of Xichuan that His Majesty had just ascended to the throne that he had no energy to open his bow left and right, and at the same time wage war against the two major feudal towns in the north and south. I guess most of the time we still have to pay Yang Shuai justice, when the time comes, we will still be a family, how can Yang Shuai not treat us as guests. ”

Li Mao's opinion, including Xibao, was not taken seriously by the three people.

Qin Mo said: "Then are you willing to help him speak?" If he forces you to intercede for him, will you agree or not? You promise to avoid the charge of being a thief, you don't agree, hum, I don't see that the thief will be able to wait for Pingping, he will kill you first. ”

Li Mao said: "I can't help him speak, but it's always okay to be with him." ”

Xibao interjected: "Since he will definitely be defeated, you can't help him, otherwise people will say that you are rebellious." ”

"Ahh Zhang Qi was taken aback, Qin Mo asked Li Mao if he was willing to help Yang Huilin speak, he was still thinking in his heart that Li Mao would agree, and now he was woken up by Xibao, Zhang Qi only felt that the mountain collapsed and cracked, and his head buzzed loudly.

Li Mao smiled and said, "Let's not be busy drawing conclusions first, let's take a step at a time."

At dusk on this day, the military government had an escort to pick up Li Mao into the mansion for a banquet, and everyone advised Li Mao not to go.

Li Mao said with a smile: "We are guests, and the host is kind to him, how can we refute his face?" ”

Yang Huilin personally greeted him under the Yimen, apologized, and said repeatedly: "Brother has been inspecting military affairs outside for the past few days, and if you are neglectful, please ask Brother Maohua Haihan." ”

Li Mao deliberately asked: "Is Tubo and Koubian?" ”

Yang Huilin said haha: "It's a party member, the east and west sides of Hengshan are in chaos at the same time, and I'm busy non-stop." ”

When he came to the military mansion and sat down, Li Mao saw that there were only two people, him and Yang Huilin, he smiled slightly, and did not eat or drink, just waiting for Yang Huilin to say his request. Yang Huilin drank a glass of wine, and was not going around in circles, and said: "It's not that a certain greedy position and Lai is not going to leave in Xiazhou, but it is really that the soldiers of the three armies are not angry that Shangshu was treated unfairly after entering the court, and he was publicly recommended to play the court to seek justice for Shangshu." What is that Du Huangshang, who framed Shangshu in the past, and now he bewitched the saint and harmed Yang Huilin's head, Yang Huilin is a martial artist, and he doesn't have so many calculations, he comes straight in, I go straight in, I'm afraid he will do something. ”

Yang Huilin glanced at Li Mao, and her tone softened slightly: "The traitorous ministers are in charge, and the saints are closed, a certain generation of three generals and soldiers asked Li Qin to say a fair word for my Xiazhou, as long as the court denounces the traitors, then the 20,000 soldiers of my Xiazhou will all rejoice, praise the holy virtue of the Son of Heaven, and naturally will not forget Li Shaoqing's kindness." ”

Li Mao said: "This meaning, I will pass it on to the Holy Hearing on my behalf, and I also hope that Yang Envoy Jun can explain it clearly to the soldiers, and don't fall for the tricks set up by some ill-intentioned people." As for the unfair treatment that Han Shangshu suffered when he returned to the dynasty, I think the benevolent will see the benevolent and the wise will see the wise, and it is difficult for outsiders to interject, could it be that Han Shangshu clearly showed that he was wronged? ”

Yang Huilin said: "That's not true, my uncle has always been strict with himself and lenient with others, even if he has suffered a great grievance, he will never say it." ”

Li Mao said: "If Han Shangshu didn't say it, how could Yang Yuanjun know that his old man had been wronged." In my opinion, Han Shangshu is over sixty years old, and it is the merit of the prince to protect the prince. How can you say that you are wronged? ”

Yang Huilin snorted, poured wine, and said: "Uncle is loyal to the country, old in the frontier, meritorious to the country, considering the old age and lack of energy, he took the initiative to let the virtuous, such a meritorious minister, how can the court send away the false title of a prince and a young prince?" If the imperial court can't give his uncle justice, let the treacherous minister Du Huangshang act as a blessing, and reverse black and white, the soldiers are not convinced, Yang Huilin's advice and advice, they are afraid that they may not be able to listen to it. Yang Huilin sent a word to Qin, wash away the grievances for my uncle, and re-do Du Huangshang, this is not a personal grudge, this is a major matter related to the safety of the northwest, and it is all said here, Shaoqing himself will look at it. ”

Li Mao said: "This request makes Li Mao embarrassed, Li Mao returned from the grassland, all the way to the dust, the road is far away, the news is blocked, I don't know anything about it, but how can I speak to the Son of Heaven?" If I listen to your words and rashly say that the Son of Heaven is wrong, how can I bear it? If I don't say it, how can I explain it to the officers and men of the three armies? It's really hard for me. ”

Yang Huilin knocked on the table and said, "What's so difficult about this? You stayed in my Xiazhou for a month, what didn't you see clearly? At this moment, it is time to clear my uncle's grievances! Saints like the Son of Heaven will trust what you say. ”

Li Mao smiled and said: "You can't say that, I have been confined in Xiangyun Temple by you for a month, staying at home, I can know anything, I don't know anything." ”

Yang Huilin sneered: "Stay at home, who will believe Li Shaoqing's words?" ”

Li Mao said: "Some people will believe it. ”

Yang Huilin "aggressively" threw away the wine lord in her hand, and her face was as black as a piece of iron.

A military general who was standing aside to serve wine suddenly scolded Li Mao sharply: "I have long seen that you and the traitor are all the way, the Son of Heaven summoned Shangshu to Beijing to worship the prime minister, and it was Du Huangsheng's traitor who played right and wrong, deceived the saint, and forced Shangshu to be hateful." We and other sergeants can still see this kind of thing clearly, but you, a high-ranking official of the court, say that you can't understand it, and if you believe it again, see that I will not spare you. ”

It was Yang Huilin's cousin Zheng Dakun who had met Li Mao outside the city. A reckless man with courage and no strategy.

"Stand down, is there anything for you to talk about? Go down and get fifty sticks. Yang Huilin bowed back to Zheng Dakun with a gloomy face.

After drinking the wine in the cup, he stood up and said to the left and right: "Li Shaoqing is drunk, I will stay in the military mansion tonight, and you should be entertained." ”

Yang Huilin brushed his sleeves away, several generals rushed over to overturn the table in front of Li Mao, and wanted to take Li Mao to the military prison, Li Mao sat still and did not move, a sergeant reached out to grab Li Mao's shoulder, as soon as his hand was stretched out, the person flew out, smashed the corner screen with a sigh, and lay in a pile of debris humming and couldn't get up.

The guards were shocked, bowed their swords and stepped back.

Li Mao said: "Violating the Qincha is a serious crime of the Nine Clans, don't you know?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and a small colonel said: "We are just acting on orders, and we are definitely not deliberately violating Shaoqing." Please make it convenient for the young brothers, I am grateful. ”

Li Mao didn't want to embarrass these pawns, so he got up and went out. When I walked along the corridor at the discharge door, I heard a dull beating sound, and someone was counting: "Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen......"

Under the moonlight, in the courtyard, Zheng Dakun was lying on a bench with his bare butt to receive military justice, and the knots of the thirty military sticks were strong, and Zheng Dakun's buttocks turned a terrible purple.

Li Mao smiled slightly, Yang Huilin's perfunctory words were a catastrophe for Zheng Dakun, these fifty sticks were beaten, either dead or injured, this person is afraid that half of it will be wasted.

Whether it was Yang Huilin's strict treatment and the executioners did not dare to disobey, or whether the executioners hated Zheng Dakun for being powerful and deliberately retaliated, Li Mao did not know, but the scene in front of him was indeed very interesting.

Li Mao was placed under house arrest in an independent closed courtyard in the backyard of the military government, and was ordered to guard Yang Huilin's brother Yang Renlin and cousin Yang Honghuan. Yang Honghuan had a close relationship with Zheng Dakun, and when he heard that Zheng Dakun was beaten by Li Mao, he was furious and rushed into the room where Li Mao was under house arrest.

Li Mao was already prepared for the ferocity of his coming, took the wine pot and porcelain cup one step in advance, and looked at the mess all over the ground, Li Mao shook his head helplessly, and asked Yang Honghuan, who was anxious and white-eyed: "Is this how your mansion treats guests, and your mansion's military training always uses the table as an imaginary enemy?" ”

Yang Honghuan saw that Li Mao could still talk and laugh when the table was lifted, and he was a little admired, but when he thought of Zheng Dakun's sloppy buttocks, he suddenly became angry and didn't fight anywhere, and pulled out a knife to cut Li Mao, but was held down by Yang Renlin, who was traveling with him.