Chapter 899: Bad News at the Root of the Year
In the Linde Hall of Daxing Palace, only the crown prince Yang Yong accompanied Yang Jian, the ancestor of Sui, who had a gloomy face.
Seeing Yang Guang walking into the hall under the guidance of Li Yu'er, Yang Jian's stiff face showed a hint of relaxation, waved his hand at Yang Yong, and said, "See Dihua, you come and tell Ah Zong." ”
Yang Yong also had a heavy face, and followed Yang Jian's instructions and said to Yang Guang: "News came back from Qinzhou this morning that Ah Yi has passed away. ”
Yang Guang was stunned on the spot, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Yang Jun, the king of Qin, was still two years younger than himself, and he was not yet in the age of his establishment, so why did he suddenly die?
"The prince received an urgent report from Qinzhou and immediately entered the palace to make it clear to me, seeing that the New Year was approaching, he suddenly received this bad news, and I have not told your mother the news of Ayi's death." Yang Jian saw Yang Guang standing there dumbfounded, and said to him in a deep voice.
"Big brother, how did Ah Yi die?"
Yang Yong shook his head slightly.
"I sent you early in the morning for this purpose." Yang Jian explained to Yang Guang, "The urgent report sent by Qinzhou only said that Ah Yi died violently, and the cause of his death was unknown, and there are only two of you princes by my side, and I plan to send one of you to Qinzhou immediately to find out the cause of Yang Jun's death and take his bones back to Chang'an for burial." ”
Yang Guang didn't think about it, and clenched his fist at Yang Jian and pleaded: "Erchen is willing to go." ”
"Ah Zong, you have just returned to Chang'an from Jiangnan, if your mother is gone, I am afraid that she will be suspicious......" Yang Jian seemed reluctant to send Yang Guang to Qinzhou, and said hesitantly.
"Please give instructions from my father, the New Year is approaching, and there are still many urgent matters to be dealt with in the court, can you summon Yang Su from Qizhou back to Beijing to temporarily take charge of the government, so that the sons can rush to Qinzhou to find out everything." Yang Yong heard that Yang Jian was unwilling to send Yang Guang to Qinzhou, so he arched his hand and said.
"Hasn't Ah Zong returned to Chang'an? I will, for the time being, he will take charge of the government in your place, and then return the power to you after you bring Ayi's bones back to Chang'an, how about it? Yang Jian stared at Yang Yong and asked.
Yang Yong was obviously not very satisfied with Yang Jian's arrangement, but he couldn't say anything, he arched his hand at Yang Guang with a blank face, and said: "Then there is Lao Azong, I will hand over the urgent matters that need to be handled to you today, and I will leave for Qinzhou early tomorrow morning." ”
"Father, let me go to Qinzhou." Yang Guang instinctively sensed that Yang Jian had other intentions in asking Yang Yong to go to Qinzhou, and he had no intention of arguing with Yang Yong, so he insisted on asking his father to send him to Qinzhou.
Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang without saying a word, and after a long time, he nodded, which was considered to be a promise.
Yang Guang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, immediately bid farewell to Yang Jian and Yang Yong, and prepared to rush to Qinzhou on the same day.
"Ah Zong, when you go to Qinzhou this time, no matter what you find, you must bring the people involved back to Chang'an and hand them over to me to deal with personally." Before leaving, Yang Jian specially told Yang Guangdao.
Yang Guang realized from Yang Jian's advice that Yang Jun's death might be man-made, his heart tightened, he agreed, turned around and walked out of the Linde Palace.
Because Yang Jian had spoken first, the news of Yang Jun's death was temporarily hidden from his mother Dugu Jialuo, so Yang Guang went out of the Linde Palace, and even Lanzhi Palace did not return, and went straight back to the Jin Palace, called Pei Yun and Guo Yan, took more than a dozen personal soldiers to escort them, rode out of the west gate of Chang'an, and galloped towards Qinzhou.
Qinzhou is only more than 100 miles away from Chang'an, Yang Guang and his party galloped on horseback and arrived outside the city of Qinzhou at dusk that day.
Pei Yun only said that there was an emergency military situation in Qinzhou, and the emperor sent Yang Guang to deal with it, when he saw the white lantern hanging high above the tower of Qinzhou City, he couldn't help but ask Yang Guang suspiciously: "Lord Wang, look at the situation on the upper floor of Qinzhou City, it seems that the city is handling funerals, what is this?" ”
"King Qin died violently, and my father ordered me to come and find out the truth...... Remember, after a while, when you enter the city, do not dispose of anything you find. Yang Guang explained in a deep voice to the entourage, including Pei Yun.
Only then did Pei Yun know that Yang Jun, the king of Qin, was dead, and listened to Yang Guang's tone, it seemed that Yang Jun's death was not simple, so he smacked his tongue and followed Yang Guang into Qinzhou City.
Due to the sudden death of Yang Jun in Qinzhou City, the red lanterns that were originally hung up to welcome the New Year have all been replaced with white lanterns, and the whole city looks gloomy.
The sergeant who defended the city came to report that Yang Guang, the king of Jin, had been ordered to enter Qinzhou City, and a cadre of civil and military officials who were discussing the affairs of Yang Jun in the Qinzhou Governor's Office were greeted by Shi Daxi Changru, the governor of Qinzhou, and wanted to welcome Yang Guang and his party into the chamber of the Bureau.
Yang Guang turned over and dismounted outside the door of the government office, and saw that Wang Shichong was also in the crowd, so he waved his hand at Da Xi Changru and asked: "Everyone and go on official business, General Da Xi, you accompany this king to visit Princess Qin first." Taking advantage of the fact that Da Xi Changru turned around and drank away everyone's emptiness, Yang Guangchong beckoned to Wang Shichong in the crowd and signaled him to stay for the time being.
Da Xi Changru was ordered to dismiss everyone and accompanied Yang Guang straight to the backyard of the government office to meet the princess Cui of Qin.
Cui Shi was really startled when he saw Yang Guangfeng appear in front of him with more than a dozen uniformed guards, his legs were weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Seeing this, Daxi Changru hurriedly ordered the maid to help Cui's up, and Wen Yan explained to her: "The king of Jin came by order, and only when he arrived in Qinzhou, he ordered the general to lead him to visit the princess, and the princess should not be afraid." ”
Cui's explanation from Xi Changru calmed down a little, and then immediately cried bitterly that the dead husband was here.
Although Yang Guang was surprised by Cui's first reaction when he saw him, after seeing Da Xi Changru explain her intention to her, she cried so much that it was inconvenient to ask her more, so she had to comfort her a few words, and then left the backyard with Da Xi Changru, turned back to the council hall of the government office, and asked Da Xi Changru: "When did King Qin die?" ”
"Lord of Qin, the King of Qin has been traveling and inspecting all over the northwest for nearly a year, and he did not return to Qinzhou until three days ago, somehow, last night, the princess suddenly sent someone to inform the last general, saying that the King of Qin had a sudden illness and had died violently, so the last general sent someone to send a letter back to Chang'an, and on the other hand to handle the aftermath for the King of Qin on the spot, until the prince came by order."
"Where is King Qin's body now?"
"On the order of the princess, I was buried in the coffin early this morning." Da Xi Changru replied hesitantly.
"What? King Qin died violently, and the cause of death has not yet been ascertained, so why should he rush to put it in the coffin? Come on, tie up Da Xi Changru! Yang Guang was furious when he heard this, and shouted at the case.
Immediately, an accompanying guard stepped forward, and without saying anything, he pressed Da Xi Changru to the ground and tied him up firmly.
What made Pei Yun, who was standing next to him, feel strange was that Da Xi Changru was pushed to the ground and tied up, but he didn't make a sound, only knelt in front of Yang Guang, bowed his head and said nothing.