The carriage was still stopped outside the market, Yang Chong walked into the town alone, and saw Cui Hongdu in the post house, Cui Hongdu was a burly man with a heroic appearance, standing there half a head higher than Yang Chong, Yang Chong felt the pressure like a mountain. Yang Chong did not evade, looked at Cui Hongdu and said, "The head of the family doesn't seem to be in good health. ”

The two generals behind Cui Hongdu suddenly changed color, but Cui Hongdu nodded and said: "No wonder Duan Wencao said that you and Zhuge are the two most surprising people, and they can even be described as blockbusters." ”

Yang Chong said calmly: "The illness of the head of the family comes from depression because the head of the family sees the future. ”

Cui Hongdu paced two steps and asked, "Is there a solution?" ”

"Yes." Yang Chong replied affirmatively, and seeing that Cui Hongdu did not object, he continued: "What the head of the family is worried about is that the princess of Henan failed to re-establish herself as the crown princess, and the Cui family missed the opportunity to take a stand at that time. As one of the five surnames and seven hopes, the head of the family can't lower his body, but the Cui family has been poisoned by Princess Qin Xiao, and unlike other families, the head of the family can't guess what happened in the capital now, so he is worried. ”

Yang Chong comes from modern society, talks frankly, and has a momentum of equality for everyone, which impresses Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongdu asked: "In your opinion?" ”

Yang Chong looked left and right, and did not speak; Cui Hongdu waved his hand, and all the people inside and outside the house left, Yang Chong took two steps closer and said in a low voice: "The matter of the princess of Henan is just an accident, and the Son of Heaven still needs the Cui family." ”

Cui Hongdu asked sharply, "How can you see it?" ”

Yang Chong replied firmly: "Goguryeo." ”

After the death of Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, Yang Chong successively listened to the comments of Yu Wenkai and Zhuge Quan, and had a deep understanding of Yang Guang's preparation to re-establish the princess of Henan as the crown princess. Emperor Yang of Sui asked, Niu Hong had to say that Cui Hongdu was bedridden.

From the perspective of Yang Chong's later generations, this is a kind of political marriage, so it is impossible to interrupt it because the crown prince Yang Zhao died, but he couldn't find a suitable way for a while, according to Yang Guang's identity and status, it must be a decent union, and it is best if the Cui family can make a gesture first. Cui Hongdu was speechless, his face did not change, but he was weighing it repeatedly in his heart, and finally asked Yang Chong: "How to solve this dead chess game?" ”

Yang Chong was also speeding up his thinking, and just now he had an idea, and blurted out: "The head of the family has been sick for many years, and there are many good doctors in Chang'an and Luoyang, why don't the head of the family go to visit?" I heard that Sun Simiao was in Taibai Mountain, and the head of the family could send someone to look for him, and he was waiting in Chang'an. ”

"Good." Cui Hongdu was a person who made a quick decision, took off the jade pendant from his waist, handed it to Yang Chong and said, "The old man will go to Chang'an for medical treatment, and this jade pendant will be left for you to make a thought." ”

Yang Chong accepted the jade pendant, tucked it into his sleeve, and said, "Thank you, master, I wonder if you can let me and the others have a meal in the bazaar?" ”

Cui Hongdu laughed and said: "The old man will leave immediately, and after a while, you will have the final say on the safflower set." ”

Wei Lei and the others watched the Cui family's team leave, hurriedly rushed into the concentration, and were relieved to see Yang Chongzheng ordering food in the only wine shop. After the six of them finished eating, they continued to march, stayed overnight all the way, and finally arrived in Taiyuan City on Pei Zhen's birthday; After entering the city, I found an errand officer in the post house to lead the way, and soon came to the gate of Cui's mansion, only to see a busy traffic, and thousands of guests lined up outside the door.

Only then did Yang Chong understand what Yu Wenkai meant, at least half of the guests who came to the Pei family to congratulate him could not attend the banquet, so he used his own identity to leave after giving the gift, and it was nothing. Yang Chong didn't line up, and walked directly to the door with Wei Lei and the four of them, and a steward reprimanded: "I don't understand the rules, go to the back, come one by one." ”

Wei Lei stepped forward and said loudly: "My family is ordered by the Holy Son of Heaven to come to congratulate him on his birthday. ”

"No one's life." The steward was halfway through speaking, and suddenly reacted, and hurriedly cut off the following words. No matter what the Pei family's attitude towards Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, they must not be honest in the court, and the steward changed his face and said, "My lord, wait a minute, I'll go in and report it." ”

After a full hour, the steward came out and said, "Our master is not available, or you will come tomorrow." ”

It's my birthday today, and you want me to come tomorrow to give a gift? Yang Chong laughed angrily and said: "The meaning of the Pei family master is that the will of the Holy Son of Heaven will be accepted again and again, as long as the Pei family master is unwilling, the words of the Holy Son of Heaven should not be said." ”

The steward had read the book, so he naturally knew the weight of these words, and when he was winding the Pei family to despise the imperial power, he immediately said with a straight face: "Don't talk nonsense, who knows if you are true or false?" ”

Yang Chong shook off the holy decree and said with a smile: "The high-ranking officials of Taiyuan City and Bingzhou must be in the mansion, and there are even more of you Pei family who have been big officials, and if you call someone to come out and take a look, you will know if my holy decree is true or false." Wei Lei, stand at the door, do not allow the giver to come forward, if anyone stands in the way, there will be no mercy. ”

Wei Lei and the others shouted, and the steward secretly scolded Yang Chong for being treacherous, if Yang Chong didn't shake off the holy decree, he could still pretend to be confused, even if the Pei family wanted to pretend to be confused now, the guests who gave the gift would not dare to be confused. The few merchants at the front of the queue immediately retreated to the side when they saw that the situation was not good, and the gift-giving team suddenly became a mess, and more people crowded up to watch the excitement; The steward had no choice but to shout, and more than a dozen of Pei's mansion's generals poured out, all armed with knives, murderous, and rushed directly towards Wei Lei and the others.

The four of Wei Lei were hesitating, Meng Kunpeng had already stood in the front, a tiger roared, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, all the horses were startled, the neighing of horses came and went, and the street was in chaos. The people of Pei Mansion didn't dare to see blood on the birthday of the head of the family, they were just pretending just now, and now they are really dumbfounded; Pei Yuan, the housekeeper who had been standing in the courtyard gate, strode out and asked the steward with a kind face: "I heard that the holy decree came, do you know which one it is?" ”

The steward was sweating profusely, pointed at Yang Chong and said, "This is it." ”

Pei Yuan stepped forward and saluted: "I don't know what adults call it?" ”

Yang Chong asked Meng Kunpeng to step back, walked up the steps and saluted, and introduced himself: "Yang Chong, the director of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"It turned out to be Lord Yang." As Pei Yuan spoke, he suddenly knocked Yang Chong down with a punch, and then went up and kicked him, Pei Yuan just wanted to teach Yang Chong a lesson, but he didn't use any strength in his hands, and scolded in his mouth: "Pei Yuan also dares to show his knife in front of the door, I don't want to live." ”

The Pei family's bearing was really extraordinary, and the people around were about to gather around to see the excitement, only to see a flash of cold light, Yang Chong had already sent out crossbow arrows, Pei Yuan was hit by five crossbow arrows, and died instantly. The Pei family was shocked and angry, Yang Chong was a desperate counterattack; As soon as Meng Kunpeng raised his hand, the signal fireworks of an army flew into the sky, looking extremely weird. The guests at the door are all people with heads and faces, and there is no shortage of military figures under them, some of whom have been in the army themselves, and when they look at the color of the fireworks, they know that they are the signals for help in the twelve guards.

The steward rushed to report inside, the hall was suddenly silent, Pei Zhen was secretly shocked by Yang Chong's quick decision, Pei Yuan beat Yang Chong, it is a big or small thing, with the status of the Pei family, if there are enough chips, Pei Yuan can even have nothing at all, and the worst result is to hide incognito and hide in a farm of the Pei family. Yang Chong saw through this and immediately killed Pei Yuan, so that the Pei family had no room to turn back, and there were only two ways left: fish to die and net to break and admit defeat.

And the Weifu army in Taiyuan City is the minions of the Guanlong military, which is to monitor the major families, if the Pei family wants to break the net, it is just to give the other party a chance to slaughter. Pei Zhen instructed a general behind him: "Hurry up and ask Master Shi to assassinate, I'll go to the gate to deal with it." ”

Pei Zhen came to the gate, signaled his family to retreat, and walked outside the door alone, and saw Yang Chong also standing alone on the steps, five sergeants standing under the steps, and all the people on the street had already hid in the distance. Pei Zhen was sad from his heart, his sixtieth birthday was ruined like this, Pei Zhen stepped forward step by step, and asked: "Why do you kill people and send out army signals." ”

Yang Chong's face had also been deformed, if he hadn't listened to Zhuge Quan's advice and practiced Zhuge crossbow self-defense, he would have been ruined today. Yang Chong said coldly: "The people of Pei Mansion attacked the angels, like a rebellion, who are you?" ”

"Pei Zhen." Pei Zhen popped out his name from between his teeth, Yang Chong shook the holy decree in his right hand, and shouted loudly: "Pei Zhen takes the decree." ”