Chapter 62: A Battle of Wits and Courage
The army marched slowly all the way, and it took ten days to reach Jinling. r?a?? nw?en?w?w?w?.?? There were still more than ten miles away from Jinling, and he was told to camp outside the city. Soon, officials from the privy envoy arrived and ordered the armies to surrender their ordnance, and when the armies surrendered their ordnance, other forbidden armies were transferred out of Jinling City and placed on the flanks of the Shenwu and Tianxiong armies. Needless to say, this is not a matter of words.
Based on this alone, Yang Lian could see that the Son of Heaven was a suspicious person, and most of the relatives and family members of the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army were in Jinling, so there was no need to be so nervous. If the Son of Heaven is like this, it will make the soldiers of the two armies panic.
Yang Lian found Li Zhenggu, Gao Shensi and others and told them about their worries. Li Zhenggu felt that there was a bit of a fuss, but Gao Shensi thought that Yang Lian had done a good job. Under the panic of the army, it is inevitable that some people will be dissatisfied, and if the Wu Yue people come to make trouble again, then the situation will be dangerous. Immediately found his subordinates and asked them to appease the soldiers, and at this juncture, there must be no mistakes. Li Zhenggu saw that he agreed with Yang Lian's thoughts, so he asked people to block the camp gate, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without his order.
At noon, a eunuch came to the barracks, issued His Majesty's will, and summoned Li Zhenggu, Gao Shensi, Zhu Kuangye, and Yang Lian.
It is common sense for His Majesty to summon Li Zhenggu, Gao Xiansi, and Zhu Kuangye, after all, the three of them are either the commanders of the troops or high-ranking officials such as the commander of the army, but Yang Lian is just a general Marquis Yu, and it seems that he wants to be rewarded if he can be summoned by His Majesty.
Many people looked at Yang Lian with red eyes, but Yang Lian didn't care too much, he and Li Lian had to meet sooner or later, and meeting now was better than meeting later.
Everyone got on the horse and entered Jinling City under the leadership of the eunuch, which made Yang Lian a little embarrassed, what a grand occasion when he left Beijing, it can be described as the attention of thousands of people, and now he has returned to Beijing, it is really poignant, most of the people have become a body to be punished, and their heads may fall to the ground at any time.
The group crossed the central axis and walked slowly along the Qinhuai River, halfway, Yang Lian saw his own inn and restaurant, and felt that life was like a dream.
It took half an hour for everyone to enter the imperial city. In the imperial city, the Qionglou Jade Pavilion is very gorgeously decorated, and the flowers are blooming everywhere, which is beautiful. It can be seen that Li Jun is very attentive to the management of the imperial city. A person who is greedy for pleasure, no wonder Datang only fought a few battles, and the national strength was not good, so it turned out to be wasted on this.
There is also a palace castle in the imperial city, which is where the royal family lived, including queens, concubines, young princes, princesses, etc., all lived here.
The palace city is even more gorgeous, many places are painted with red paint, and paved with brocade from Bashu, if it were not for the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, it would not be able to support Li Jun to squander it so much.
After Yang Lian, Li Zhenggu and others entered, they were waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to summon them. Yang Lian is not in a hurry, his eyes are looking at his nose, his nose is looking at his heart, and he is very leisurely. But Li Zhenggu was a little nervous, and he didn't know what the outcome would be if he was defeated this time?
After waiting for half an hour, Li Zhenggu's legs were a little numb, and then he saw Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, walking out of the palace, and seeing Yang Lian, Li Jingsui nodded slightly, and left with a smile on his face.
After a while, a eunuch took Li Zhenggu in, Yang Lian waited for half an hour, and he didn't see Li Zhenggu come out, but the eunuch just now brought Gao Zhengsi in.
Could it be that Li Zhenggu was imprisoned? Yang Lian guessed.
Another half an hour passed, and the eunuch still brought Zhu Kuangye in, but he still didn't see Li Zhenggu and Gao Xiansi.
"What kind of fame?" Yang Lian thought to himself. This time, there was only half a pillar of incense to wait, and the eunuch hurriedly came out and led Yang Lian in.
"Father-in-law, what happened to Deputy Envoy Li and Gao Tongjun?" Yang Lian asked, glanced left and right, there was no one around, Xun took out a piece of silver from his cuff and handed it to the eunuch quietly.
The eunuch grinned and said softly, "It's okay. With that, he walked towards the main hall.
Yang Lian followed behind him and circled several times before entering a room.
The room was a little gloomy, and the vermilion paint had turned dark red, and Yang Lian didn't feel a little strange. The eunuch smiled slightly, and continued to walk forward with him.
After walking more than twenty steps, it was still very dark, and the eunuch stood still and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Yang Lian is here." ”
Yang Lian looked forward and saw that about thirty steps ahead, there was a figure, which seemed a little erratic.
Yang Lian didn't pay attention to what Li Lian was doing, hugged his fists, and said, "Weichen Yang Lian has seen Your Majesty." ”
"Yang Lian, are you guilty?" The man inside said.
"Su Chang was defeated, and Weichen failed to remind Deputy Envoy Li that he was indeed guilty." Yang Lian said lightly.
"Hmph." The man inside snorted coldly and said, "That's not what I said. When you escaped by luck, you should have left Datang, but you are not afraid of death, and you still come to Datang, do you want to restore the country? ”
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Wechen has been in Jinling for less than a year, and he has never been there before, so I don't know what His Majesty is referring to? Yang Lian was very calm. But he didn't expect that here, someone would treat him like this, judging from this person's tone, he didn't look like the Son of Heaven, but who was he?
"Hmph, quibble!" The man snorted coldly, his voice was a little sharp, and seeing that Yang Lian was unmoved, he said: "Come on, arrest Yang Lian and torture him fiercely, I want to know if his mouth is hard, or my leather whip is hard!" ”
With his voice, several armorers came out of the shadows, they were fully armed, the sound of armor rubbing was terrifying, and the blades flashed with bloodthirsty light in the light of candlelight.
A little eunuch lit more candles, and the room became brighter and brighter, and Yang Lian finally saw the person in front of him, dressed in a yellow robe and wearing a crown of cupola, about thirty years old.
At the same time that Yang Lian was looking at him, the man was also looking at Yang Lian. When he saw Yang Lian's face, the man's body was shocked. Yang Lian is not ugly, but the scar on his face has subtracted a lot of points for him, and it looks quite scary.
stared at Yang Lian for a while, and the man finally spoke: "Why, you still don't recognize your identity?" ”
Yang Lian suddenly laughed, his laughter was low at first, and then slowly became higher, not at all afraid because the person in front of him was the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty. The laughter grew louder and louder, and the soldiers looked at each other, at a loss.
Yang Lian laughed for a while, then stopped laughing, and asked seriously: "Does Your Majesty really think that Weichen is the old prince of the previous dynasty?" ”
"Isn't it?" The voice was very calm.
"Weichen is indeed Yang Lian, whose ancestral home is Chang'an, Guanzhong. If His Majesty really thinks that Weichen is the old prince of the previous dynasty, then think so. His Majesty is the lord of the Tang Dynasty, and Weichen is just a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, how dare he be disobedient? ”
"The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. However, before he died, Weichen had a sentence to say that Weichen had nothing to do with the old prince of the previous dynasty. ”
Yang Lian said, closed his eyes, and looked like he was shutting down his neck.
The man looked at Yang Lian for a while and said, "Are you really not afraid of death?" ”
"Afraid of death, of course Weichen is afraid of death. I'm even more afraid that it's not worth dying. Although Weichen is dead, he is worried about His Majesty! Yang Lian said lightly.
"Worried about me?" The man was strangely authentic.
"Changzhou mutiny, the defeated army almost attacked Changzhou, if so, Changzhou is not to mention, Wu Yueguo may also take advantage of the victory in Fuzhou to take the opportunity to attack Changzhou. At that time, Datang was bound to fall into war. Wei Chen is not talented, and he was lucky to get rid of this disaster, even if he has no merit, he will not be condemned. It's not a pity for Weichen to die, if Your Majesty kills Weichen, I'm afraid Your Majesty's reputation will be damaged. At that time, the ministers and the people were afraid that they would say that His Majesty was good at killing meritorious ministers, not Ming Jun. Yang Lian talked eloquently, looking like he was thinking about the Son of Heaven.
The man groaned, Yang Lian was just a martial artist, and he actually spoke well, which surprised him a little.
Next door to this room, the candlelight was bright, and Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, stood behind a person and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, do you think this person is the old prince of the previous dynasty?" ”
It was Li Jun, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, who was called the emperor's brother, and it was his younger brother Li Jingda who was answering Yang Lian outside. Although Li Jun felt that this Yang Lian could not be the old prince of the previous dynasty, he still made some temptations.
Although Yang Lian's words were a little disrespectful, he was also an iron-clad man. Since the King of Qi had told him that Yang Lian had saved the county lord of Huairou, and Yang Lian himself was a reckless, Li Lian didn't feel particularly excessive. Especially Yang Lian took the initiative to ask for death, but especially for him, Li Jun felt that Yang Lian was a promising young man.
Seeing Yang Lian like this, Li Jian laughed and walked out first, and Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, also walked out.
"Jingda, this is the end of the matter." Li Jun said with a smile.
Li Jingda hurriedly took off the yellow robe on his body, took off the crown of the sky, saluted Li Jun, and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has offended." ”
"What sin are you guilty of doing what you are commanded? No need to be polite. Li Jian smiled, looked at the scar on Yang Lian's face, looked at him, and had a new evaluation of Yang Lian.
This time, Yang Lian made a contribution, Changzhou Assassin Shi Wei Kuangfu, and Li Zhenggu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, successively wrote to inform him of the matter, and Li Lian had a deep impression of Yang Lian.
In the case of the successive failures of the Fuzhou and Suchang fronts, he killed a commander of Wu Yueguo, several capital heads, and even rescued the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the senior generals of the two armies from Shashan, which is already a great merit - you must know that this person is just a general Yu Hou.
But this is not the end, who would have thought that he would single-handedly capture Wu Yueguo's spies and lift the siege of Changzhou!
For Li Jun, when several fronts collapsed, Yang Lian's credit was like a candle in the darkness, illuminating Li Jun's wounded heart.
At this time, he confirmed that Yang Lian was not the old prince of the previous dynasty - not only Yang Lian's appearance and voice were different, but their personalities were also completely different! The old prince of the former dynasty had a cowardly personality and a graceful literary style, but this person, at most, was just a witty martial artist, and he should not have any literary talent.
After Li Jun affirmed in his heart, he had no worries, and a smile appeared on his face, after all, the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty are gradually getting old, and today is undecided, the group of thieves is raging, Li Jun needs soldiers who can fight to serve the country. Looking at the scar on Yang Lian's face at the moment, the more he looks at it, the happier he becomes, this is the temperament that only a soldier has, just like a man!
"Yang Aiqing, I will give you a try, don't panic. I already know that you have nothing to do with the old prince. Li Jun said with a smile.
Yang Lian took a step back, looked at Li Jun, Li Jingsui, and Li Jingda in surprise, and stammered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what is going on?" ”