Time passed little by little, the sun was slowly approaching the western sky, seeing that it was about to be dusk, the Tang army outside the city had been waiting for too long, and some war horses began to step in place from time to time, and the soldiers on the horse were forced to dare not move because of the military order, but they were all impatient expressions, eager to kill into the city immediately, and let the steel knife in their hands drink blood. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Jing also looked up at the sky at this time, the sun was about to set, according to Zhao Deyan's agreement with them, if he didn't show up before dark, then it meant that Zhao Deyan's plan to persuade Kang Sumi to surrender failed, although Li Jing was confident that he could quickly occupy Dingxiang City, but Zhao Deyan's safety may not be guaranteed.

After a long while, the sun had already set for nearly half of it, which made Li Jing frown, could it be that Zhao Deyan really failed?

"Look, General, the gates are open!" But at this moment, I suddenly heard Zhang Gongjin next to him shouting excitedly, which made Li Jing also look up immediately, and sure enough, he saw that the gate of Dingxiang City in the distance was opened, and then a team of people walked out, the first person was dressed in shirts, tall and thin, and it was Zhao Deyan.

The Tang army took Dingxiang bloodlessly, Kang Sumi also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and then Li Jing commanded the army to enter Dingxiang and took over the defense of the city, Dingxiang is different from Xiangcheng, because the previous Xiangcheng is just a simple military town, there is no one else in it except the army, but there are more than 20,000 former Sui remnants in Dingxiang City, so Li Jing also immediately sent someone to notify Li Xiu in the rear, so that he could send officials to take over Dingxiang.

And after Li Jing's army entered the city, the first thing was to surround the so-called Sui Palace, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving, and Empress Xiao's family was all blocked in the palace, and even now they don't know what happened?

"Ancestral ...... Grandmother, how could there be Tang Jun outside, could it be that Tang Jun came in so easily? Yang Zhengdao crawled through the crack of the door and glanced out, but he ran back with a trembling body, although he had never seen Tang Jun, but he still knew the big "Tang" word on the banner at the head of the city.

"Has this day finally come?" Empress Xiao was very calm when she heard the news, compared to their ancestors and grandchildren being taken captive to Mobei, being captured by the Tang army would not necessarily be worse, and even as long as Li Shimin didn't kill them, maybe life in the future would be easier than now.

"Grandmother, what should we do, will the Tang Army kill us?" Yang Zhengdao said with a panicked face at this time, but he knew that when the world was in turmoil, he had an uncle who was made emperor by Li Yuan, and later died unexplained, which also made him even more worried about his fate.

"Dao'er, take out your backbone as a descendant of the Yang family, even if you die, you can't lose the face of the Yang family!" Seeing her grandson's unsuccessful appearance, Empress Xiao couldn't help but reprimand angrily, which also made Yang Zhengdao startled, and then stood aside in cringe and didn't dare to speak, which also made Empress Xiao sigh again, Yang Zhengdao can no longer see a trace of the pride that the prince and grandson should have, and the only thing left is cowardice and cowardice, even if such a person makes him an emperor, he will not be able to do it for a long time.

"Woo Woo Woo~" At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud knock on the door, which made Yang Zhengdao's body tremble, and then I heard someone outside shouting, "Grandmother, please open the door, grandson-in-law Zhao Deyan asks to see!" ”

Hearing Zhao Deyan's voice outside, Queen Xiao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because in her opinion, Zhao Deyan had either escaped or had been caught by the Tang Army, and should never appear outside her door, right?

"Open the door!" Although I couldn't figure out why Zhao Deyan appeared here, Empress Xiao finally opened her mouth and ordered, after all, they had been surrounded by the Tang army, and most of the guards in the mansion had fled before, and the rest were all panicked, and they couldn't hold this Sui Palace, so it was better to open the door directly, anyway, they would always come.

Hearing Empress Xiao's order, a few bold guards finally stepped forward to open the door, only to see Zhao Deyan standing outside the door with a smile on his face, followed by many Tang army soldiers, but no one dared to walk side by side with Zhao Deyan, which made Empress Xiao even more strange, because she felt that these Tang soldiers seemed to have great respect for Zhao Deyan.

"Who are you, and why are you with Tang Jun again?" Empress Xiao stared at Zhao Deyan with dead eyes and asked, although she felt that Zhao Deyan's scheming was very deep before, but in her opinion, the other party was just a non-virtuous scholar who turned his back on his ancestors in order to seek blessings, but today she suddenly felt that she had never seen Zhao Deyan clearly.

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that grandmother, you don't have to be as scared as you are now, General Li Jing will send you to Chang'an soon, maybe you will be personally received by Your Majesty!" Zhao Deyan smiled again at this time and said, he didn't explain his identity, not to keep it secret, but to feel a little troublesome.

Zhao Deyan said and went straight into the mansion, and then took out two bottles of canned fruit from his wide sleeves, and opened them and sent them to Queen Xiao and Yang Zhengdao with a smile: "Grandmother, Zhengdao, you can taste it, this is canned food from the Tang Dynasty, which can keep the fruit for a year, and it tastes quite good." ”

Yang Zhengdao looked at the canned food in front of him, but his whole body trembled, and he didn't dare to eat it at all, because he was worried that it was poisonous, which also made Zhao Deyan a little helpless, and he just wanted to show him in person, but Queen Xiao took the canned food very generously, and couldn't help but praise after tasting a piece: "The taste is really good, Tang Jun is really luxurious to be able to eat such a sweet fruit at this time." ”

After Empress Xiao finished speaking, she saw that Zhao Deyan didn't seem to have malicious intentions, and even the Tang Jun outside the door didn't break in, so she was relieved a lot, so she asked Zhao Deyan to enter the living room, and asked the others to retreat, and finally only she, Zhao Deyan, and Yang Zhengdao were left in the living room, and then she spoke again: "Son-in-law, we are all a family, you give me the truth now, who are you, and what does Tang Jun plan to do with our ancestors and grandchildren?" ”

"Grandmother, don't worry, you will know my identity in the future, as for Datang will place you like this, I will depend on the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor, but in my opinion, Datang should not be too embarrassed Grandmother!" Zhao Deyan pondered for a moment and spoke again, the reason why he came to see Empress Xiao was actually mainly to comfort them, so that they would not do anything drastic in panic.

"Sister...... Brother-in-law, won't Datang really kill us? As soon as Zhao Deyan's words fell, I saw Yang Zhengdao very excitedly and asked first, and when he spoke, he was still holding the canned fruit that Zhao Deyan gave him before, and half of it was left, in his memory, this was simply the best thing he had ever eaten, so he was reluctant to finish it for a while.

"Probably not, although the power of the sky is unpredictable, but I received a news, a very important big man asked me to tell my grandmother, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will definitely not embarrass your grandmother, so let you go back to Chang'an with peace of mind!" Zhao Deyan also said solemnly at this time.

"An important big shot? Who is it? Empress Xiao still asked with suspicion at this time, so many years of living in exile had already made her develop a very cautious character, and it was difficult for outsiders to believe it, and even for Zhao Deyan, her grandson-in-law, she actually didn't believe it very much, after all, she only married her granddaughter to him for profit.

Seeing that Empress Xiao actually asked to the bottom of the matter, Zhao Deyan couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but finally spoke: "Since my grandmother asked, then I won't hide it, this person is the concubine of Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiu, the Duke of Yanguo, he is one of the most trusted people around His Majesty, so his words should also represent His Majesty's meaning!" ”

Zhao Deyan didn't lie, before Li Xiu knew that he arrived in Dingxiang and was ready to dedicate Empress Xiao and others to the Tang Dynasty, he secretly sent a message to Zhao Deyan through the Fei Nu Division, so that he could rest assured to persuade Empress Xiao to obey the arrangements of the Tang Dynasty, after all, in the original history, Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were not killed, and now Li Shimin has no reason to kill their ancestors and grandchildren, not to mention anything else, one of the most favored concubines in Li Shimin's harem is Yang Guang's daughter.

"Li Xiu? Is it the Li Xiu who invented gunpowder and thus made Jieli fail miserably in Weishui? Although Empress Xiao has lived outside the country for a long time, she has also heard of Li Xiu's name, after all, the defeat of Jieli was so miserable that she almost didn't even keep her sweat position, so Li Xiu's reputation on the grassland is even greater than Li Shimin's, but it is precisely because too many grassland people have died under firearms, which also makes countless grassland people want to kill Li Xiu as soon as possible.

"Yes, that's him!" Zhao Deyan nodded.

"I've also heard of this Tang Dynasty horse, if even he said that the Tang Emperor wouldn't kill us, it shouldn't be wrong!" Yang Zhengdao shouted happily again at this time, he was still a child after all, and he would rather live in the joy of hope than the fear of facing death, even if this hope was a lie, it was a hundred times stronger than the pain of waiting for death.

In contrast, Empress Xiao showed a contemplative expression, and only sighed after a while, although she still had some doubts in her heart, but people are swords and I am fish and meat, so everything can only be resigned to fate.

"By the way, you have now taken refuge in Datang, but what about Ping Niang?" But at this moment, Empress Xiao suddenly thought of a person, and asked anxiously at the moment, Ping Niang is also the name of Zhao Deyan's wife Yang.

"Grandmother, don't worry, when I left the royal court, I had already arranged for someone to take Ping Niang away quietly, but they need to go a little farther away, and it is estimated that they will arrive here in a few days!" Zhao Deyan smiled again at this time, but even Empress Xiao didn't notice it, but there was a bit of reluctance in his smile, because according to the agreed time, the Yang family should have arrived in Dingxiang, but now they didn't find any traces of them, which made him secretly anxious.