There are many knives and guns outside the palace of the king of Chu, the army has cleared the streets and alleys, and the water around the palace of the king of Chu is blocked, and no one is allowed to enter or exit, even if the king of Chu Du Fuwei comes forward in person, Shan Ying, who leads the team, does not give a little face, Du Fuwei shouted angrily: "Shan Ying, if this king wants you to die, he doesn't even need to move his fingers." ”

Shan Ying was the first batch of Yang Chong's subordinates, and some of them were confident, so he arched his hand and said: "King Chu don't be impatient, the messenger you sent to the twenty-two counties in the south of the Yangtze River has been captured, but we will not withdraw our troops until we find out how many people the Chu Wangfu has sent." King Chu, this is for your good, if it weren't for King Yue and Lord Fang believing in you, you would have been able to copy the Yue Palace. With us here, you can keep your subordinates from getting involved in certain things, what the government needs, make a list, and we will arrange for someone to buy it. ”

Du Fuwei felt a chill in his heart, although the twenty-two messengers were not all the people he sent out, but they were already half of the numbers, Shan Ying was right, if Yang Chong didn't believe in himself, then he would think that his letter was just a façade, and there were secret letters, tokens, or oracles. Du Fuwei snorted and asked, "Has King Yue come back?" ”

"It's in town." Shan Ying replied: "The king of Yue is receiving the ministers, and there is no order about the palace of the king of Chu. ”

Du Fuwei understood that Yang Chong would not express his position without waiting for the confession of the 22nd messenger to be confirmed, so he returned to the mansion with a tiger face and ordered the guards to close the door of the mansion. Yang Gaoping was still practicing calligraphy, and saw Du Fuwei come back and say: "As long as those people are really your henchmen, and there is no secret mission, Yang Chong will not do anything to you." ”

Du Fuwei said that as soon as Yang Tong left, Yang Gaoping suggested that he close the house and not leave, but Du Fuwei listened to the advice of Li Baiyao, who had just returned to Beijing, met with Yang Ciyou in private, and promised to send people to the south to find Yang Tong's whereabouts, and sent a total of 30 messengers. Who would have thought of summoning such a big cargo for himself, the Privy Council decided that Yang Tong was going to raise an army to rebel, and all the nobles and magnates of the scholar clan who sent people to the south were suddenly under suspicion.

Du Fuwei said unconvinced: "Yang Tong may just not want people to interfere with him and hide secretly. ”

Yang Gaoping said with a smile: "Even you don't believe this, the Qu Tu family even threw their sons-in-law into it, and even used two naval warships and more than 500 soldiers to cover it." Now I can only hope that Yang Tong is caught somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can use your excuse to get by, once Yang Tong crosses the two lakes, Yang Chong can't pretend to be confused. ”

Du Fuwei said unhappily: "Yang Tong is your own nephew, can't you expect him to be better." ”

In fact, Du Fuwei had long discovered that Yang Gaoping had an unusual confidence in Yang Chong, even if it was about his family, Yang Gaoping was still light. Du Fuwei is also a man, he doesn't like this situation in his heart, he can usually bear it, but now he finally can't bear it; Yang Gaoping said casually: "I'm still angry, I told you a long time ago, stay away from my sister and Li Baiyao, you always want to win over some strength, in fact, everyone who defects to you has their own purpose in mind." As for the family, Yang Tong and they have all cedicated the throne, and since my mother agreed to go to the Turks, the glory of this family is over; Even if one day he can sit in that position again, it would be good to be able to share the world with the horse. ”

Du Fuwei was shocked, Yang Gaoping was right, the Great Sui was in the hands of Yang Tong and Empress Xiao, and successively Ceded to Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua, and in the eyes of most people, now Yang Guang, a person who is still alive, is not qualified to be an emperor at all, and the one who sits on it is also a puppet. No wonder Yang Chong is not in a hurry, the games again and again actually provide Yang Chong with the opportunity to kill, just like killing Li Xiuning and Guanyin. He is still a reckless background, and Yang Gaoping can see what a woman can see, but he is the king of Chu and Nayan of the Great Sui, and he turned a blind eye.

When Yang Chong returned to Chang'an City, it was already a rumor, Yang Gongqing not only raided Qu Tutong's mansion, but also imposed martial law in Chang'an, and had already sent a notice to the Western Regions to arrest Qu Tugai. Everyone understands the significance of Yang Tong's step, which seems to be the last fight of the imperial family, but in fact, it provides an opportunity for Yang Chong to completely cut off the relationship with Yang Guang, depending on the final result of the game between the two sides.

When Yang Chong entered the political hall, he found that there were many fewer people, and when he asked, he knew that Sikong Xing, Yang Gongqing and others were really in a hurry, and even the Chu Wangfu was not allowed to enter and leave because of Yang Gaoping's relationship. Du Yan said with a smile: "Whether the grass and trees are soldiers, some people have to beat and beat, or they have to intervene in everything." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile: "No wonder Sikong is in a hurry, when the news of Yang Tong's departure came, all the major families sent a large number of people to the south, turning a small matter into a turbulent situation. However, Liang Shuo and Meng turned their hands in secret, and even divided the supreme soldiers and Hexi veterans into 500 formations, which were pre-placed in various traffic arteries. ”

The twenty-two letters are an edict from Du Fuwei asking the old ministry in the south to find Yang Tong, indicating that the officials in those places still have ties with Du Fuwei; Yang Chong read them one by one and asked, "Did you find secret letters, tokens or anything like that?" ”

"Nope." Liang Shuo said with certainty: "But the three caves of the cunning rabbit, who knows if Du Fuwei has a secret camp in the south, or only two or three of the thirty messengers have secret letters, after all, the eight messengers who ran out." Du Fuwei relied on the most Fu Gongyou and Wang Xiongdan, and the others were not to be troubled, and the king of Yue should not notify the local officials. ”

Yang Chong must have confidants and officials in various places, in order to be able to control the overall situation in case of emergencies, now the main force of the Sui army is all in the north and Guanzhong, and the armies of Jianghuai and Lianghu are the two guards of Fu Gongyou and Wang Xiongdan, and Liang Shuo's worries cannot be said to be unreasonable. Yang Chong waved his hand and said: "Jiang will not have a problem, if something happens to the two lakes, we are beyond the reach of the whip, it is a big deal to fight for another two years, now the most important thing is Chang'an Luoyang, to find out the intentions of each family, Chang'an can not be under martial law for a long time because of Yang Tong's departure, that happens to be in the strategy of some people." ”

What Yang Chong said was the truth, Yang Tong Xing might not show up for a year or two without being sure, and hide in the deep mountains and old forests in Lingnan, but Chang'an cannot be under martial law for a year, not even for a month. Fang Xuanling got up and said, "Don't worry, the prince promises that it will only take three days, and he will not wronged a good person and end this matter." ”

(End of chapter)