At the gate of Yangcheng, a team of officers and soldiers guarding the city were lazily watching the pedestrians coming and going of the new city that was about to be built, and suddenly a burst of smoke and dust rose in front, and then there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves, and everyone hurriedly looked up and looked forward, only to see dozens of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry coming on the official road.

The city gate officer on duty frowned, and was about to order the rejection horse to intercept, but after thinking about it, Luoyang is located in the center, and it is a peaceful season, will there be an enemy, and I can't help but guess in my heart, which way will it be?

This group of cavalry came so fast, as if in the blink of an eye came to the city gate, several conscientious soldiers were about to drink to order the people to stop advancing, only to see the knight at the head holding a gold medal of the East Palace, several soldiers who wanted to intercept hurriedly got out of the way, let the team of knights gallop into the city.

Taishou Mansion, all the officials of Luoyang are quietly waiting in the courtyard, now the sun has just risen, but the sun shines on the body there is a fiery feeling, many officials have to gather under the big tree, fortunately, there are many trees in the courtyard, and no one will be exposed to the sun.

If so many officials usually gather together, they would have been noisy for a long time, but today everyone is quiet, no one dares to speak loudly, today is the day when the prince returns to Beijing, they come here to see off the prince, of course, to leave a good impression on the prince.

Although Luoyang City will be completed in a few months, Yang Yong still decided to return to Beijing without waiting for the completion of Luoyang City, there is an additional Mrs. Xuanhua in the palace, and no one knows if there will be any changes in the future, which is reasonable. The queen is her biological mother, and she should not hesitate to stand on the queen's side, but Mrs. Xuanhua is young and beautiful, and it is inevitable that she will become more and more pleasing to the emperor in the future, not to mention that Yang Yong vaguely remembers that the queen died a few years before the emperor, if he offends Mrs. Xuanhua, after the queen dies, unless she rebels, life will not be easy.

Although Yang Yong has memories of his past life. However, he and Yang Jian have also had a father-son relationship for nearly 20 years, and if it is not necessary, they will never want to get to the point of rebellion, and would rather have some pockets. It is also necessary to take over the throne smoothly, of course, if the emperor abolishes the heart of the prince, Yang Yong will not be arrested.

and to please his own mother. And don't offend Mrs. Xuanhua, this kind of two-sided pleasing work is the most difficult to do, one is not careful, but will offend both sides. Although there have always been fast horses between the capital and Luoyang, Luoyang can be reached three days after what happened in the capital, but it takes six days to come and go. In the end, it is inconvenient. Yang Yong thought about it for a few days. I still couldn't worry about the situation in the capital, and decided to return to Beijing in advance.

Just as the officials craned their necks in the courtyard and waited for the prince to come out. There was a commotion outside the door, and then the sound of footsteps was knocking, and everyone was surprised, who dared to break into the prince's mansion, and hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see that a team of dusty guards had entered the door.

The sharp-eyed officials immediately recognized the identities of Yang Shi and Mai Tiecane, these two people had always been inseparable from the prince before, but they suddenly disappeared a few months ago, and some officials were still puzzled, I don't know if these two people made a mistake or were sent out by the prince to carry out a mission, and muttered privately for a long time, but I didn't expect that when the prince was going to leave Luoyang today, the two came back with a team of people.

Some officials thought of the crooked place, and even sweated on their foreheads, the prince wouldn't let these two people visit in private, right? If this is the case, it would be bad if he had a handle in the hands of these people, but he was a little more relieved when he remembered the gift he had just sent in, and this time he sent the prince, none of the officials came empty-handed, and presumably the prince would not be too harsh on them.

In the inner courtyard, several carriages are neatly parked, Yun Meier is directing Yahuan, servants are moving things to it, Luoyang extends in all directions, it is still the place where goods from north to south meet, many things are not necessarily in the capital, this time back to Beijing, always have to prepare some gifts to the palace to fulfill their filial piety, that is, Yuan Qing'er, Xing'er and five children's gifts can not be less.

Luoyang Taishou Li Xu stood beside Yang Yong with a bitter face, Li Xu was born in the Li family in Longxi, the Li family in Longxi is known as the first in the Great Sui, although Li Xu is not a direct line of the Li family in Longxi, but he can also be stained with the light of the Li family in Longxi to some extent, and it is smooth sailing for officials all the way, but now he is facing a problem.

More than a dozen prince guards are coming and going, the courtyard is piled up in the mountains of gifts to register, Yang Yong left as soon as the news came out, there have been a few people secretly sent all kinds of gifts to the Taishou Mansion, today's gifts are piled up, Yang Yong hated the most in his previous life is corrupt officials and corrupt officials, now he is the prince, the whole world will be his land in the future, and he will not lose his reputation for receiving gifts.

For example, today is only more than ten years of peace, the frugal wind in the early days of the Great Sui has disappeared, with the emperor's construction, many ministers have gradually become extravagant, Yang Yong intends to borrow the time to kill this crooked wind in Luoyang, of course, Yang Yong also knows the suffering of officials, not too blunt, if it is a normal human relationship, it is just that, directly return the gift is, if the gift is obviously beyond the level of the official's bearing, there must be a good investigation

How did the officials' belongings come from?

After Li Xu knew the prince's intentions, he was terrified every time he saw a gift from the registered place with a price of hundreds or even thousands of yuan, and complained in his heart that the person who gave the gift did not know how to restrain himself, didn't he know that the prince had always been as honest as water, and he dared to give such a valuable thing, but he was glad that his prepared gift had not been sent yet.

There was a commotion outside, a sound of stepping, stepping, stepping close to the inner courtyard, Yang Yong frowned, without his own order, who would dare to break into the inner courtyard now?

Just as Yang Yong's heart was filled with doubts, the footsteps stopped outside the hall door, and then a shout came in: "Your Highness, a certain family has returned." ”

Hearing the voice of the wheat iron staff, Yang Yong was overjoyed: "Is it Yang Shi and the wheat iron staff back?" Quick, come in! ”

"Yes!"

After a while, the twenty guards sent to Wuwei a few months ago stood in the courtyard and knelt in the courtyard with a loud voice: "See His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Excuse me, you've all worked hard, get up."

It's just that after Yang Yong finished speaking, everyone seemed to not hear it, and still knelt so straight and straight, Yang Yong's heart sank, knowing that there must be a change in the middle, he glanced at Li Xu and said: "Li Aiqing, you avoid it first, and by the way, tell the officials outside that there is something in the palace today, and you will postpone your return to Beijing by one day." ”

Hearing that the prince was going to postpone his return to Beijing for a day, Li Xuru was amnestied and hurriedly retired, today many officials who usually have a good relationship with him have given heavy gifts, if the prince leaves, it will be troublesome, he can't do it, he can't do it, one day buffer time, as long as he finds a way to ask the prince for forgiveness, it's naturally fine, if he can't ask for it, it's the official's own business.

After Li Xu went out, Yang Yong asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" If the task is not completed, can you not find anyone? ”

Yang Shi's face was full of shame: "Back to His Highness, Weichen is incompetent, knowing the whereabouts of Yang Xuangan and others, but he can't complete His Highness's task." ”

"Oh, get up, you and Mai Aiqing go into the hall to talk, and the rest of us go down to rest first."

"Yes." Only then did everyone get up, Yang Shi and Mai Tiezhu followed Yang Yong into the hall nervously, but the rest of the people didn't dare to take it seriously, and still stood upright outside.

"Tell me what happened on this trip."

"Yes, Wechen obeys." Yang Shi and Mai Tiezhu hurriedly told each other what had happened to them, and they complemented each other when there were omissions.

After they entered Wuwei City, they immediately inquired separately about the whereabouts of the Yang family and their generals who were assigned that year, and the officers and soldiers of Wuwei County added up to less than 100,000 people, it stands to reason that although it has taken seven years, thousands of soldiers are not a small number, as long as they inquire a little, there will be news, how do they spend a few days, no matter how they inquire, they can't get a little information, as if Wuwei didn't have that group of soldiers at all, but the deeds of the red wolf ride made their ears calloused.

Yang Shi was helpless, he couldn't rely on these twenty people to touch the military camp of the red wolf to seek answers, so he had to go to the Hejian Palace, hearing that people from the East Palace were coming, Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, received them warmly, but after reading the prince's letter, his face immediately turned gloomy, saying that he could not do anything and let them go back directly.

Yang Shi had a guess in his heart, and directly asked the king of Hejian if Yang Xuangan's brothers were hiding in the red wolf ride, Yang Hong saw that he couldn't hide it, but he didn't hide it, and said that Yang Xuangan was the leader of the red wolf ride, and said that he didn't care about the grievances between the prince and Yang Su, and now Wuwei County can't do without the red wolf ride, and he can't hand Yang Xuangan over to Yang Shi and others to deal with.

Seeing that the King of Hejian spoke resolutely, Yang Shi and Mai Tiezhu had no choice but to come back with everyone.

The more Yang Yong listened, the more strange he became, if the King of Hejian was just a little sympathetic to Yang Su's sons at the beginning, then the great military exploits of the Red Wolf Rider would completely depend on Yang Xuangan's own efforts, and in his heart, if he was Yang Hong, he would not destroy his arm because of a letter from someone else, even if this letter was written by the crown prince of the dynasty.

"You go down and take a bath, have a good rest, and return to Beijing with the main palace tomorrow."

"Your Highness, Weichen and the others have not completed the task, please punish Your Highness!" Yang Shi and Mai Tiezhu lowered their heads and said.

"Punish what? This matter was not expected by the palace, and it was not the responsibility of Guan Er. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, the matter of the sons of the Yang family ......"

"We'll talk about it later." Yang Yong waved his hand and motioned for the two to go down, and the two had no choice but to retreat.

"Yang Xuangan, count your fate." Yang Yong said silently, if he had been ruthless and did it on the road, the bones of the Yang family would have rotted, and now that Yang Xuangan had made so many achievements, unless Yang Xuangan made a mistake himself, it would be impossible to get rid of him easily.

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