Yong has been accustomed to the cheers of the people, and the people of Yingzhou are only in Chang'an at the beginning, whether it is out of the army or back to Kyoto, there are hundreds of thousands of people cheering for him, and when he returns to Beijing, the officials of Chang'an are waiting for him outside the city, and the more than 100 personal soldiers brought by Yang Yong have also experienced this, so they are not flustered, but just look around vigilantly with their eyes to prevent someone from assassinating Yang Yong.

Those local officers and soldiers in Yingzhou experienced it for the first time, and although their hearts fluttered, they were afraid of damaging their own image. couldn't help but bulge his chest and belly, and sat on the horse seriously.

It's just that the people of Yingzhou are far more enthusiastic than the people of Chang'an, and when they saw the army coming, many people ignored the soldiers who were blocking them, and rushed up, shouting long live in their mouths, and at the same time stuffed some food brought from home into the hands of the sergeants, and even some girls boldly threw their handkerchiefs, purses and other personal objects over, and the whole scene was suddenly chaotic.

Yang Yong's personal soldiers were shocked, and hurriedly surrounded Yang Yong inside three layers and three layers outside, but fortunately, everyone was riding on horses, and the people couldn't squeeze in and had to give up, just like that, Yang Yong also received several purses on the horse, which made Yang Yong cry and laugh.

Almost a little embarrassed to return to the Thorn History Mansion, the enthusiastic people dispersed, Yang Yong said to Wei Shikang who followed behind: "The people of Yingzhou are too enthusiastic, if the people of Chang'an were like this, the official would not be able to bear it." ”

Wei Shikang smiled: "The adults personally led the army to sweep away the two evils of Yingzhou, and it is also appropriate to get such enthusiastic support from the people." ”

Yang Yong suddenly asked, "By the way, how about Gao Jianwu, the second prince of Goguryeo?" ”

"Lord Hui, Gao Jianwu is imprisoned in the Assassin's Mansion, except for a slight malaise, there is no other problem." Wei Shikang said respectfully.

Yang Yong pondered for a moment: "This time, our army captured more than 300 Goguryeo people, and one of the captives was a Goguryeo princess Pyongkang. She is Gao Jianwu's younger sister, you might as well let them meet each other, and then lock them up separately. ”

Wei Shikang couldn't help but hesitate a little: "My lord, Princess Pingkang's ......" The army marched slowly, Wei Shikang could get a detailed report from the army every day, and naturally knew that Yang Yong had personally rescued Princess Pingkang, and lived in the same tent for several nights. Like everyone else, she has already regarded Princess Pingkang as Yang Yong's woman.

Seeing Wei Shikang's expression, Yang Yong guessed what he was thinking, and said angrily: "She has no problem with this official at all, don't think nonsense." ”

"Yes." Wei Shikang replied, but he didn't believe it in his heart, since that woman was a princess of a country. The posture is natural and good, and Yang Yong's blood is strong. The other party has no power to resist, how can he not move. I just thought that Yang Yong's face was tender and he refused to admit it.

Yang Yong had just returned to Yingzhou, and the dust had not been removed, but many things still had to be dealt with immediately with Wei Shikang, and the rewards promised to the soldiers must be sent as soon as possible, and so many cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock must be settled as soon as possible. Of the more than 300 women brought from Gao Baoning, Yang Yong had promised them that if they had relatives in Da Zhou, they would be properly resettled.

Since Yang Yong's identity was made public, he was going to the grassland to reward the Khitan departments for his contributions, but directly announced that Luo Yi would be the captain of Dongyi. Holding the festival to preach the Khitan ministries.

After dealing with these, it was already dark. Yang Yongcai waved Wei Shikang back, and several personal soldiers brought up dinner, and Yang Yong hurriedly took a few bites. Remembering something, he couldn't eat for a while, and asked Yang Shi, who had been following him, "How did Zheng Xiong arrange it?" ”

"General, Captain Wei Chong has invited the best doctor in the city to check Lord Zheng's injuries, and now he has arranged for Lord Zheng to rest in the inner courtyard."

"Well, I'll go see him." To say that the only regret of this expedition is Zheng Xiong's serious injury, Zheng Xiong has been loyal since he served as the captain of Yang Yong's own army, just like Yang Yong's right-hand man, his injury made Yang Yong quite unaccustomed.

This courtyard is naturally the yard where Yang Yong lived before the expedition, during Yang Yong's expedition, Wei Shikang kept everything as it was, but there was no need to clean up, as soon as Yang Yong came back, the yard was directly taken over by Yang Yong's personal soldiers, at this time, the whole yard was lit up, and the whole yard was clear, seeing Yang Yong and Yang Shi, the guards everywhere ordered to salute: "General!" ”

Yang Yong booed at all the soldiers who saluted, signaled everyone to speak carefully, and pushed Zheng Xiong's ward away with his own hands. Zheng Xiong also struggled to get up.

Yang Yong hurriedly pressed Zheng Xiong's body: "You have injuries on your body, you don't need to be polite." ”

Seeing Yang Yong come to see him, Zheng Xiong was both grateful and ashamed: "My lord, the last general is incompetent, and the adult is ashamed, it is really damned." ”

After Zheng Xiong was injured, he rode up the mountain, lost too much blood, and only said a few words to Yang Yong before he passed out, and after waking up, Zheng Xiong knew that because there was no one to fight, Yang Yong did not hesitate to order someone to kill the Goguryeo general with a secret arrow, which was a huge damage to Yang Yong's reputation, so that Zheng Xiong blamed himself even more.

Yang Yong hurriedly comforted softly: "You have done your best, don't blame yourself, remember, you will be needed, it is only right to heal your injuries as soon as possible." ”

Zheng Xiong choked up and said, "General, obey the order." Before Yang Yong looked at him, Zheng Xiong had always had a knot in his heart, and seeing that Yang Yong didn't blame him, the knot was untied at this time.

Yang Yong stayed in Zheng Xiong's ward for a while, asked Zheng Xiong about the details of his injury, and knew that the injury would only be healed after a few months of recuperation, so he was relieved that he was afraid of delaying Zheng Xiong's rest before leaving.

Although Yang Yong appointed Luo Yi as the captain of Dongyi, let him deal with Khitan affairs, and reminded him in the middle of the night, after all, he was still at ease in his heart, and during this time, Yang Yong continued to be stationed in Yingzhou, on the one hand, he kept an eye on Luo Yidi's progress, and on the other hand, he waited for Zheng Xiong to recuperate.

Getting up early the next morning, Yang Yong took a deep breath in the courtyard, it is now early winter, but there is still a lot of green in this courtyard, so that Yang Yong, who has just been running on the grassland for more than half a month, and his eyes are full of dry grass, feel very comfortable, he was just about to stretch his muscles, and when he saw Wei Shikang coming in a hurry, he couldn't help asking: "Wei Tingshi, what's the important thing in such a hurry?" ”

"Your Excellency. Although it's not a big deal, it involves the people brought by the adults, so the lower officials have to ask the adults to decide. ”

Yang Yong sighed: "What is involved in my people?" ”

Wei Shikang had a bitter face: "My lord, General Liu Hu."

The Guryeo prisoners were killed. ”

"Liu Hu?" Yang Yong didn't react for a while: "Who is Liu Hu?" ”

"My lord, Liu Hu is the boy that the adult brought to Yingzhou."

"Oh." Yang Yong remembered that he did bring a young man named Liu Hu the day before he came to Yingzhou, when Yang Yong went on the expedition. Although Liu Hu wanted to follow him alive and dead, he thought he was too young, so he left him in the Assassin's Mansion. Remembering Liu Hudi's origin, Yang Yong hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

It turned out that Liu Hu heard that the army had brought back more than 300 Goguryeo prisoners, and he ran to the place where the prisoners were held early in the morning to watch. These days, he has become familiar with the Assassin Mansion, and the guards guarding him don't care about Liu Hu. Unexpectedly, when Liu Hu saw the face of a prisoner, he suddenly did not restrain himself, and even snatched a sword from a guard and stabbed the prisoner to death.

If it weren't for the fact that all the Goguryeo prisoners were imprisoned and the guards pressed in time, I am afraid that all the Goguryeo prisoners would riot, and the death of one prisoner is a trivial matter. But it was a big deal not to order the unauthorized killing of prisoners in the rear, but because of Liu Hu's identity, Wei Shikang was inconvenient to deal with, so he had to come over and report to Yang Yong.

After listening to the details, Yang Yong almost jumped up: "This rabbit cub dares to kill people at such a young age." It's really against him, where is he? Bring him here. Yang Yong scolded others for being rabbit cubs. He forgot that he was not older than him, and the soldiers around him did not notice anything wrong.

As soon as Yang Yong's words fell, the two guards of the Assassin's Mansion immediately escorted Liu Hu over. The guards were very polite to Liu Hu, but they only confiscated the murder weapon that Liu Hu had taken, and did not make Liu Hu suffer anything.

Killed someone, Liu Hu did not have a scared look on his face, but a relaxed face, Yang did not have much courage, this little rabbit cub was forced to follow him, and he didn't let him do anything but caused trouble, and immediately shouted to Liu Hu: "Kneel." ”

Although Liu Hu grew up in a mountain village, he was not ignorant of the world, not only did the officials along the way respect Yang Yong, but even the assassin Shifu did not dare to slack off on him, so he naturally knew that Yang Yong was a great character, but he did not resist when he heard the words, and knelt down with a plop.

"Say, why do you want to kill?"

"Lord Hui, it was that Goguryeo man who killed my father, and I killed him to avenge my father."

It turned out that Liu Hu did not forget to find the Goguryeo people for revenge in the past two years, when he was hidden in the firewood and grass pile by his father, he had seen the faces of several Goguryeo people through the gaps, one of them had a black mole on his face, the image was particularly profound, this time he heard that there was a Goguryeo captive, he hurriedly checked to find the enemy who killed his parents, but he didn't expect that the sky net was restored, and he really found the person, he didn't say a word, the guards didn't pay attention, and killed him with a knife.

Yang Yong felt that Liu Hudi's words were incredible, how could there be such a coincidence, could it be that this Liu Hu killed someone and thought of exculpation, but looking at Liu Hudi's appearance, it is not like panicking, the Goguryeo people who entered the prison and pretended to be Gao Conservative's subordinates two years ago are really the same people as the Goguryeo people who were annihilated this time, but even so, this matter is too coincidental.

Yang Yong turned to Wei Shikang: "Wei Tingshi, do you see if he is telling the truth?" ”

"Xia Guan thought Liu Hu's words were credible, and before he came, Xia Guan had asked the guards, and Liu Hu had nothing abnormal when he checked on the other Goguryeo people, only the Goguryeo who saw the mole on his face suddenly went crazy."

"Well, this official also thinks that Liu Hu didn't panic, but although the circumstances are excusable, the law is unavoidable, Yang Shi, what is the crime of killing prisoners without permission."

"My lord, twenty military sticks."

Twenty military sticks are only beaten after dying a life, Yang Yong also feels understandable when he hears it, prisoners in this era are not regarded as people at all, if it is not in the army, after the prisoners are reduced to slaves, I am afraid that they will be fined at most for killing, and they don't even have to suffer with military sticks.

"Liu Hu, you killed the prisoner without permission, and this official sentenced you to beat you with twenty military sticks, do you accept it?"

Liu Hu kowtowed a few times: "Back to my lord, if I can avenge my father, I am willing to beat Liu Hu as many sticks as he wants." ”

Yang Yong was no longer polite: "Pull it down and hit it with twenty sticks." ”

Wei Shikang couldn't figure out what Liu Hu's status was in Yang Yong's heart, so he hurriedly pleaded: "My lord, he is still a child, and the twenty military sticks are too heavy, can he be reduced or reduced as appropriate." ”

Yang Yong shook his head: "Military law is military law, how can you pull it down and fight it as appropriate!" Since Yang Yong insisted, Wei Shikang no longer persuaded him, so as not to be bored.

The two guards were about to drag Liu Hu down, but Yang Yong suddenly said: "Wait, drag him to the place where the Goguryeo prisoners are held for execution, Yang Shi, you go to prison, give me a strong tie, and no one is allowed to show favoritism." ”

"Yes." Yang Shi hurriedly followed behind the guards and escorted Liu Hu to the execution.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Wei Shikang said goodbye and left, and after Yang Yong finished his activities in the courtyard, Yang Shi returned and reported to Yang Yong: "My lord, that kid has a kind, he didn't even snort after beating twenty military sticks." ”

Yang Yong nodded: "It's good to have a kind, go, Lang Zhong, who will treat Zheng Xiong's injuries, will be invited to treat him, don't leave future troubles, since it is a material that can be made, it can't be wasted." ”

"Yes." After receiving the order, Yang Shi hurried down again.

In order to facilitate Lang Zhong's medical treatment, Liu Hu's place to recuperate his injuries was also arranged in the inner courtyard, next to Zheng Xiong's room, this kid didn't scream when he was beaten, but when Lang Zhong was injured, it was earth-shattering, so that Yang Yong secretly laughed when he heard it, in the end, he was still a child, knowing his thoughts, I am afraid that he would not want to show weakness in front of the Goguryeo people, and now the pain is unbearable to scream so loudly.

The day passed quickly, after nightfall, Yang Yong returned to the living room to eat, but he was stunned, almost thinking that he had gone to the wrong place, the candles in the hall were burning, and a table of wine and food had been set up, in addition to the two personal guards at the door, there was also a woman sitting at the table and waiting.

Seeing Yang Yong coming, the woman hurriedly saluted: "Hello general." The woman was dressed in satin, and her face was lightly powdered, shining in the candlelight. Yang Yong remembered for a while: "You are Feng?" ”