When Yang Guang was summoned back to the Linde Hall of Daxing Palace, he saw that Gao Ying, the left servant of Shangshu, and Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping, and several other important ministers of the court had arrived before him.

Yang Jian's face sank like water, and ordered Gao Ying, Yang Xiong and others to circulate a piece of music, and kept pacing back and forth in the hall.

Yang Guangjing walked into the Linde Palace, just as Yang Xiong had just browsed the piece and handed it to him, he took the piece and took a look, and the first line of big characters came into view: For the collapse of Xiao Zong, the lord of the Later Liang State, yesterday, Erchen Jun played a respectful ......

Yang Guang only felt a "boom" in his head, and instantly remembered the fact that the 'Goose's Nest' might be deceived by talking to Qu Tutong in the Jin Palace, but he never expected that he realized the existence of this possibility, and it really happened.

"Dugu, what do you think about this matter? As soon as Xiao Zong dies, do you need to immediately support other children of the Xiao family to inherit Xiao Zong's throne? Yang Jian first turned to Gao Ying and asked.

"Back to the emperor, the minister read the emergency piece sent back by King Qin from Jiangling repeatedly, and did not find a report about the cause of Xiao Zong's death from it, that is, the cause of Xiao Zong's death is unknown. At present, the imperial court is about to raise troops to attack Chen, but at this time, Xiao Zong died violently, will there be something strange in this? This is one of them; Second, judging from the situation in the Later Liang country, as soon as Xiao Zong dies, no matter which of his brothers and nephews inherits the throne, at least in a year or two, the power in the Later Liang State will inevitably be in the hands of his uncle Xiao Yan. Gao Ying's answer was concise and to the point.

"Ah Zong, you are in charge of presiding over the investigation of Nan Chen's fine work, what do you think about Xiao Zong's death?" Yang Jian did not rush to express his support for Gao Ying, but asked Yang Guang.

"The matter that Erchen previously explained to his father and the emperor, so far I have not seen the 'Wild Goose' take any action, and before he was summoned to the palace today, Erchen was still discussing the case with Zhang Heng, Qu Tutong and others, and thought that it was not ruled out that the opponent had a false shot, and there was a possibility that there were other plans. Therefore, Erchen believes that Xiao Zong's death does not rule out the possibility of being artificial. ”

"As soon as Xiao Zong, who was mentioned by the other party Dugu, dies, the authority of the Later Liang Dynasty will inevitably fall into the hands of Xiao Yan, Yang Xiong, what do you think?" Yang Jian threw the question to Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, the first lord of the Later Liang Dynasty, Xiao Yue, also has a son who grew up in my Great Sui Kingdom, if you can support this son to inherit the throne, the situation in Later Liang will not have a big repetition." Yang Xiong glanced at Yang Guang inadvertently, and replied with a fist.

Yang Guang knew that the Prince of Later Liang who grew up in the Sui Realm that Yang Xiong mentioned was Xiao Yu who was the sedan chair man when Xiao Er got married.

How do you know that Yang Jian successively asked for the opinions of the three important ministers, and when he was silent, he suddenly turned to Gao Ying, narrowed his eyes, and asked: "Dugu, if I send an edict to Ah Yi and order him to lead the army to destroy Hou Liang and completely eliminate the hidden danger of Hou Liang Tou Chen, do you think it is feasible?" ”

Gao Ying replied without thinking: "Since the Hou Jing Rebellion decades ago, Southern Liang has long existed in name only, and Your Majesty actually does not need to use a single soldier, but the next edict was sent to the Later Liang monarchs, asking them to submit the whole country to my Great Sui, and the ministers thought that Xiao Yan would not dare to disobey." After the destruction of the Later Liang State, Nan Chen's attempt to use the Later Liang to contain our Great Sui naturally failed, and this is indeed beneficial to the realization of the great cause of reunification between the north and the south. ”

"Ah Zong, after all, Er'er was born in the Houliang royal family, if I took the opportunity of Xiao Zong's violent death to destroy Houliang in one fell swoop, Er'er shouldn't be resentful, right?" Because Liang's idea after his demise was resolutely supported by Gao Ying, Yang Jian's mood improved a lot, and he asked Yang Guangdao in a half-joking tone.

The plan suddenly proposed by his father to destroy Hou Liang also greatly inspired Yang Guang: Yes, no matter what the cause of Xiao Zong's death was, and no matter what kind of rights and wrongs Nan Chen wanted to stir up in the Later Liang Kingdom, as long as he used an edict, the whole country of Later Liang could be included in the territory of the Great Sui, wouldn't it be once and for all, and fundamentally eliminate the possibility of Hou Liang throwing himself into Nan Chen?

"The ministers thought that after the Liang destroyed the country, the daughter-in-law would only accept it gladly, and she would never be resentful." Yang Guang replied briskly.

"Since Yang Xiong talked about Xiao Yu, I thought it would be better to transfer him back to Chang'an and be with Er'er. Ah Zong, you have no objection to this, right? Yang Jian then asked Yang Guangdao again.

"After the destruction of the Liang Kingdom, as a royal descendant, Xiao Yu is indeed not livable outside Chang'an, and his sons have no objections."

"That's good." Yang Jian approached Yang Guang, looked directly at him and said, "I expect that the edict of destroying the country will reach Jiangling as soon as it arrives, and Nanchen will definitely try his best to prevent the Later Liang from naturalizing the imperial court, and then there will inevitably be important people in the 'Wild Goose's Nest' appear in Jiangling, you must assign competent people to Jiangling in advance, cooperate with Ah Yi, and strive to take this opportunity to find out the 'Wild Goose's Nest', find out the customs freely, and clear the obstacles on the road to Ping Chen's great cause in one fell swoop." ”

Yang Guang's mind was hot, and he rushed to ask for his life: "Erchen is willing to go to Jiangling in person and arrest Guan Zizi." ”

"It's not right for you to leave Chang'an right now." Yang Jian rejected Yang Guang with a cold word, and immediately stared at him and asked, "Can Zhang Heng get out of the way and go to Jiangling as my envoy?" ”

As Yang Jianjun expected, Xiao Zong, the lord of the Later Liang State, was indeed killed.

Long before Yang Jun arrived in Jiangling to serve as the Shangshu Order of Shannan Road, Xiao Yan, the uncle of the Later Liang Dynasty, came to the mansion of a mysterious uninvited guest, claiming to be on the order of Xiao E, the princess of the Sui Dynasty and Jin, who came to meet Xiao Yan to discuss important matters against the Sui.

When Xiao Yan met the visitor in the chamber of the mansion, took the golden needle that proved his identity from the person's hand, and looked at it repeatedly in his hand, Xiao Yan laughed "fluttering": "Isn't it the evil ghost who repeatedly sneaks into Daxing Palace to make trouble?" If you refuse to show your true face, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. As he spoke, he called out to the attendants outside the hall, and got up to see off the guests.

"Brother, don't blame, it's really the younger brother who came in a hurry, and he doesn't know what his brother wants, so it's like this." The person who came hurriedly opened his mouth to stop Xiao Yan, and took off the hood on his head, revealing a delicate and pale face.

"Who are you?" Unexpectedly, someone rashly called himself brother, Xiao Yan shrank back vigilantly, and asked the visitor.

"Brother, don't you remember my younger brother, I was lost from my family in Gangneung eighteen years ago." Xiao Rushui looked directly at Xiao Yan and replied.

"You, you are the Rushui brother of the third uncle's family? After all these years, you are still alive in the world? Xiao Yan was taken aback and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I am Xiao Rushui, and now I am the great protector of the 'Wild Goose's Nest of the Chen Dynasty, and my brother Guan Zizai must have heard of it." Xiao Rushui picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea, and replied calmly.