"Chin this! Marquis Zhao, take the order! Your Majesty means that you will follow our family back to Beijing, and our family can wait for Hou Ye here for two days, so Hou Ye has two days to deal with personal matters! Yu Chaoen put away the holy decree and said with a smile and handed it over. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The generals and colonels of the Mobei Army, who knelt behind Zhao Ziliang, were in a hurry after listening to Yu Chaoen's reading of the holy decree, and scolded one after another: "Fart, fart, Hou Ye's merits are high, where is the crime."

Liu Zhengchen, who was once favored by Zhao Ziliang and promoted by the line of fire, and is now the deputy general of the Mobei Army, even persuaded him: "Hou Ye, this must be the treachery of the DPRK and China to blind the saint, Hou Ye must not return to Beijing, the matter of General Huangfu is still in front of him, Hou Ye will repeat the mistake of General Huangfu if he doesn't say it well!" ”

When these words came out, the dozens of generals behind Zhao Ziliang were even more angry, and they pulled out their weapons one by one, and one of the generals even pointed at Yu Chaoen with a sword and shouted: "It's all you and other traitors who are causing trouble to the court!" Master Hou, when I behead this dog eunuch, I will wait for all the soldiers of the Mobei Army to write to Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to clear the side of the monarch to revitalize the dynasty! ”

Zhao Ziliang had already expected that after he designed to eradicate the Hui and the eastern Qarluqs, there must be someone in the court who made a big fuss about it, after all, he did a very unruly job in this matter, the Hui and the eastern Qarluq had a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and had always submitted to the Tang Dynasty, and now he quietly wiped out these two big tribes, which will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the court and the emperor, at least in diplomacy, it will be in a difficult situation, and this has dealt a great blow to the reputation of the Tang Dynasty to the outside world. It is strange that no one in the court makes a fuss about this matter, and it makes the emperor's face very ugly, and it is reasonable for the emperor to punish him, but these generals do not understand politics and diplomacy, they don't understand the joints, they only think that Zhao Ziliang is guarding in Mobei, and the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty has never been invaded by nomadic tribes, and the Hui and Eastern Qarluqs who may pose a huge threat to the Tang Dynasty in the future have been destroyed. Therefore, these generals don't understand, they can't accept it, only a few months have passed since Huangfu Weiming was unjustly killed, and now Zhao Ziliang may also repeat the mistakes of the past, so they all hugged together at this time, wanting to use the strength of the entire Mobei Army to force the imperial court to take back their orders, but it was precisely this irrational behavior that would bring more trouble to Zhao Ziliang.

The reaction of the generals under Zhao Ziliang made Yu Chaoen so frightened that his butt was urinating, his face was pale, his hands and feet were weak, the holy decree fell to the ground, and the whole person took a few steps back and sat on the ground with his buttocks.

Zhao Ziliang was furious when he heard the words of his generals, "Shut up, what a big guts!" Are you doing it for my own good, or do you want to kill me? What do you want to do? Collectively wrote to coerce the emperor and the imperial court? Do you want to rebel? ”

was drunk by Zhao Ziliang like this, and the generals immediately bowed: "Hou Ye is angry, the last general will not dare to wait!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "Hmph, don't dare? You are all soldiers, and the weapons of soldiers are used against the enemy, not at your own people! Put away all my weapons for me, and if anyone draws a sword and targets his own people, he will be severely punished! ”

The generals hesitated for a moment, and then they put their swords into their sheaths one after another.

Zhao Ziliang picked up the holy decree on the ground and looked at it, his eyes dimmed, and frustration appeared on his face, he put away the holy decree, closed his eyes and sighed, and shouted: "Zhang Shouyu! ”

Zhang Shouyu stepped forward and arched his hand: "Master Hou! ”

"The matter of Mobei will be handed over to you! I'm afraid I'll never come back, but the soldiers' drills, patrols, and inspections of the tribal territories in Mobei must not be wasted and slack; It doesn't matter if there is no Zhao Ziliang in this world, but the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty cannot be lost, and the responsibility on your shoulders is heavy! Now that winter is about to begin, the soldiers and livestock must have enough food and grass, and there must be no shortage of warm clothing! The military salaries and food left by the city lord's treasury are enough for you for a few years, but you can't sit back and eat, Mobei is too far away from my Tang Dynasty, don't always expect the imperial court to send grain, grass and ordnance, so you have to find a way to be self-sufficient! ”

Zhang Shouyu said with tears in his eyes: "The last general remembers! ”

Zhao Ziliang hesitated for a while, but still explained: "After I leave, you tell other friends in my army, if it is really for my good, don't write to the court to intercede for me, I must believe in the emperor, I believe that the court will give me a fair treatment, I Zhao behaves properly and sits upright, even if some people want to harm me, they have to ask for evidence, what I did this time violated the rules of the court, embarrassed the court and His Majesty, and should be punished, but what I Zhao Ziliang did was for the Tang Dynasty. It's not that he has committed an unforgivable capital crime, at most this official skin is gone, and he will return to the field! ”

Zhang Shouyu sobbed: "Master Hou, even if you want to unload your armor and return to the field, I'm afraid that some people won't even fulfill this wish!" ”

"It's not that serious, I, Zhao Ziliang, don't form a party, don't engage in personal gain, I'm loyal to Datang and Your Majesty, the only small problem is that I love money and women, Your Majesty won't see this!"

"Get up!" Zhao Ziliang said that he helped up some generals who were still kneeling on the ground, patted him on the shoulder, said goodbye to them one by one, and encouraged them to turn in and not slack off on defense for a day.

Zhao Ziliang finally walked up to Zhao Hu and patted his head, and said with a smile: "Zhao Hu, you have grown up, you can't always follow the second uncle, now that you have a military position, stay here and hone well, after the second uncle leaves, in addition to military affairs, martial arts must not be left behind, and you must practice diligently every day!" ”

Zhao Hu's tears welled up, and he was speechless.

The next day, Zhao Ziliang took Hu to follow the eunuch Yu Chaoen from Mobei to Chang'an, thousands of soldiers of the Mobei Army spontaneously sent out two hundred miles in tears, after learning that he was dismissed and transferred back to Chang'an, the leaders of the Mobei tribes were relieved, just because the pressure brought to the departments in Mobei was too great.

On the way to Chang'an, he passed through various places in Hedong, and officials and garrison generals from all over Hedong prepared drinks and food to welcome, especially Gao Xiuyan and Guo Ziyi and others, all of whom met in Yunzhou and proposed to write to the imperial court to intercede with the emperor, Zhao Ziliang categorically refused, and then no longer accepted the hospitality of officials and garrison generals along the way, and walked around the city.

Chang'an, Daming Palace.

Yu Chaoen entered the palace and handed over an order to Xuanzong, "Your Majesty, Marquis Zhao has returned, and now he is living in Zhuangzi outside the city!" The slave is here to reply! ”

"Oh? It's pretty quick to come back! Xuanzong nodded and asked, "After my holy decree was delivered to him, how did he react?" What was the reaction of the Mobei Army? ”

"This" Yu Chaoen hesitated a little, Xuanzong saw that he hesitated, and said coldly: "To tell the truth, there is a nonsense, I can't spare you!" ”

Yu Chaoen was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he hurriedly prostrated on the ground and said: "After the slave and maid announced the decree, the soldiers of the Mobei Army were furious, they thought that it must be a traitor in the middle of the court who slandered His Majesty, and some people even clamored to jointly write a letter to ask His Majesty to clear the treachery, but was stopped by Zhao Houye, Zhao Houye said that he wanted to believe that His Majesty and the court would have a fair disposition, and he also said that what he did was indeed wrong, and the unauthorized expedition violated the rules of the imperial court, which embarrassed His Majesty and the imperial court, but what he did was not a capital crime, Now that there is no threat to Datang Mobei, what does it matter if he is guilty alone? It's a big deal that he won't be an official, go home and farm! ”

Xuanzong was silent for a long time after hearing Yu Chaoen's words, and waved his hand: "Okay, you go down!" Come on, Xuan Zhao Ziliang will meet you! ”

"Yes!"

Outside Chang'an City, Zhaojia Villa.

Zhao Ziliang lifted his cloak and jumped off the horse, looked up at the houses on the top of the mountain, and sighed: "It's back again!" ”

The three hundred servants behind him dismounted one after another, and Brehan stepped forward and said: "Master Hou, I have already sent someone to inform Steward Wang in advance that they will clean up the Zhuangzi and wait for Lord Hou to return, go up the mountain quickly, it is estimated that Wang Can and they have been waiting for a long time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Besides Wang Can and a few others, is there anyone else?" ”

"No, the subordinates know that at this time, if the Hou Ye meets with the ministers of the court, he will definitely fall behind, so he informed Steward Wang that only Wang Can and others will enter the door, and everyone else will be blocked back!"

Zhao Ziliang was relieved at this time, Wang Can and others were all promoted by him, they were his protégés, and their positions in the army in Chang'an were not high, these people were inconspicuous, and Li Linfu and others would give up because they didn't have enough weight even if they wanted to make a fuss about meeting with him.

This time, Zhao Ziliang did not let his two wives and three children come back together when he passed through Yunzhou, the road was far away, it was winter again, the weather was cold, it didn't matter to the adults, and the children couldn't stand it, so they let them stay in Yunzhou and wait for news.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a Zhuang Ding guard, and when Zhao Ziliang and others walked to the door of Zhuangzi, the housekeepers Wang Ru and Wang Can, Chen Qing, Gong Ren and most of the family members and maids were all at the gate of Zhuangzi to greet them.

"Welcome home!"

Zhao Ziliang walked over and raised his hand and smiled: "Get up!" ”

Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, and rode directly up the mountain.

After taking a good bath in Zhuangzi and eating a hearty hot meal, Zhao Ziliang sat in the study with Wang Can, Chen Qing, Gong Ren and others.

Zhao Ziliang drank hot tea and asked, "How is the public opinion of the government and the opposition?" ”

Wang Can said: "Hou Ye, now the people don't have any unfavorable remarks against Hou Ye, on the contrary, there are many voices complaining for Hou Ye, but the voice of the DPRK's crusade against Hou Ye has never stopped in the past two months!" Especially those officials, plus the fact that Hou Ye killed the Khitan and Xi people in Mobei before, they impeached the two things together, and they were full of firepower! ”

Zhao Ziliang's face was calm, and he said, "What is the attitude of the saint, do you know?" ”

Wang Can said: "The subordinates have been in contact with Cao Ye Naji's maid, according to the news that Cao Ye Naji inquired, the saint should not have a conclusion on this matter in his heart, but the saint is still quite annoyed about this matter, which can be seen from the reaction after listening to the recital sent by Li Lin, the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, at the court meeting two months ago!" ”

At nightfall, Wang Can and the others were about to say goodbye and leave, and the housekeeper Wang Ru walked in quickly to report: "Master Hou, someone is in the palace!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang got up and thought about it, and said to Wang Can and the others: "You stay, don't go out!" ”

When I came to the door of Zhuangzi, I saw an old eunuch waiting at the door with a few forbidden soldiers, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly went up to greet him, and the old eunuch smiled and said: "Marquis Zhao, Your Majesty has issued an edict to announce that you will attack and meet you immediately!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's face turned pale, and he hurriedly agreed: "Obey!" (To be continued.) )