Chapter 276: I've seen a shameless one, but I've never seen such a shameless one; variable

Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually moved towards dusk, and the fragrance of wheat that had been permeating the sky over Sima Mansion for most of the day slowly faded.

The butter lamps had been lit in the official room of Sima Mansion, and the seven or eight oil lamps on the lamp tree illuminated the room transparently, and at the same time exuded a slightly strong fishy smell.

Tiancheng Military Captain Chen Lei sat next to the lamp tree, his legs apart, his hands on his knees, his waist straight, he really looked like he was sitting like a clock, he sat very quietly and did not make any sound, just looked at Tang Cheng not far away from him with an eager look that flashed from time to time.

Liu Suifeng and him are completely different looks, since Zheng San came in, Liu Dagongzi can no longer sit still, after getting up from the stool, he began to pace in the official room, his eyes have even more eagerness and excitement than Chen Lei, but at the same time, the hands behind him have also been clenched together, so tightly that there is no blood between the green tendons, almost a fixed frequency, whenever he paced in the room to a straight line, he would turn his head Tang Cheng behind the case.

Tang Cheng didn't look at him, nor did he look at Chen Lei, just quietly looked at the map of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion on the public case in front of him.

On the map, the various portals of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion had been clearly marked, and even the time of the change of guards had been marked, at this time, Tang Cheng looked at this map that had been discussed with Chen Lei several times, and asked Zheng San a few words from time to time.

"Yes, not long after noon, there were four people sent from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, these people must be at least in their thirties, and they are carrying something behind their backs, and they can't see clearly because of the wind", Zheng San replied while wondering what happened to his uncle today, and he had asked the same thing three times.

After Zheng San finished speaking, Liu Suifeng suddenly stopped his steps, "Could this be the messenger sent by Li Chengzhong to urge reinforcements?" ”

Tang Cheng didn't answer Liu Suifeng's words, and turned his head sideways to look at Zheng San who was standing next to the public case, "They came out of that door."

"The main gate", Zheng San nodded affirmatively, "The small one is just one person, and there are so many portals in the Governor's Mansion that can't be taken care of, so he has been guarding outside the main gate after finding out all the portals."

"Noon ......", Tang Cheng repeated this time in his mouth for a while after asking, "Captain Chen has been in the border army for a long time, so he should know when this person from the northern Tibetan tribe is generally elected if he wants to travel long distances?" ”

"Morning", Chen Lei replied very affirmatively, "the grassland is not as good as Guannei Prefecture and County, as long as the Guannai is in a hurry, every thirty miles there must be a post station or guest house for the rest of the horse, the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and the rest point is mostly based on a day's horse journey, and it must be planned in advance for all long-distance journeys, and it is just right to get to the lodging in the morning and evening, and it is too hurried to set off at noon."

"Yes, it's in a hurry!" , Tang Cheng nodded after hearing this, and stood up from behind the public case.

As soon as he got up, Liu Suifeng's body suddenly tightened, and Chen Lei also stood up from the stool like a spring.

"Do it now?" , Liu Suifeng looked at the sky outside the window, "The sky is not dark yet, it's too early."

"It's really too early to do it now", Tang Cheng picked up the famous thorn on the public case and handed it to Zheng San, who had a solemn face, and said with a light smile: "But if you invite Li Chengzhong to come to Sima Mansion for a banquet at this time, it will be considered the right time."

"Invite Li Chengzhong to the banquet?" Hearing this, Liu Suifeng, Chen Lei and the others looked at Tang Cheng in amazement, not understanding why he suddenly had this idea.

The banquet in the evening was only served at dusk, considering the identity of the other party's prince, this kind of invitation is very rude no matter what, not to mention that the status of the guest in the name is much lower than that of the invitee.

But it is very strange that Li Chengzhong, who had a rather unfriendly attitude when he summoned Tang Cheng in the morning, did not refuse this extremely rude invitation, and arrived at Sima's Mansion on time half an hour later.

This was destined to be a faux pas banquet to the end, because Tang Sima's personal servant Zheng San didn't take him to the flower hall where he should have gone when he led the way for Li Chengzhong, but took him to the brightly lit office.

Seeing that there was neither food nor wine in the official room, only Tang Cheng looked at him with a smile after the official case, Li Chengzhong's fat face suddenly drooped, "Tang Sima, what do you mean by this?" At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he saw his guards being put down one after another outside.

"What does the lower official mean, stumped the prince and didn't understand?" , Since Li Chengzhong wanted to go around, Tang Chengcheng accompanied him in a circle, "Tight-fitting narrow-sleeved underwear, light and thin-bottomed Jimo boots, by the way, and this wind, this body doesn't look like it's here to go to the banquet, could it be that His Highness still has a habit of riding horses and hunting at night?" ”

"Rao Le Xi has always stood with a bow horse, and this king is dressed like this is not forgetting the fundamentals", Li Chengzhong was not moved by Tang Cheng's words at all, and pointed to the guards who were put down outside, and said sharply: "What do you mean by this?" Do you have to hijack this king? ”

This old guy should really travel to the afterlife to act, Tang Cheng scolded secretly in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "So what? ”

"Bold! The following are the ten major crimes of rebellion", Li Chengzhong drank hard, and the fat on his face was silent for a while, and then he said dejectedly: "That's it, people are swords, I am fish and meat, it's useless to talk more, let's do it, this king will follow"

The one in front of him really made Liu Suifeng look stupid, what the hell is going on? According to the original plan, Tang Cheng should not wait for after dark to ask for Li Chengzhong in the name of urgent official business, after the main gate of the Governor's Mansion was opened, the Tiancheng army accompanying him quickly seized the main gate, and then the other sergeants followed up to control the gates, with the surprise launch and the advantage of the crossbow in the melee battle, sixty percent of the elite of the 100-person Tiancheng Army were sure to control the entire Governor's Mansion before the arrival of the Xi people's brigade, and then find out Li Chengzhong and control it in his hands, and finally complete the purpose of holding his people hostage to the boundary river and camping with the Tiancheng army behind their backs.

The "shoot" man "shoots" the horse first, and the thief captures the king first. When Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, sent an envoy to the Western Regions, in order to prevent Yihu Fan from forming an alliance with the Xiongnu, it was this night attack trick that Liu Suifeng's previous excitement and restlessness were precisely for this reason, but ...... How did the situation suddenly change to this point? Tang Cheng invited Li Chengzhong to come to the banquet in a grand manner, and the person who should have been kidnapped actually came so unguarded, and listened to their current conversation......

Rao is Liu Suifeng has always prided himself on his erudition, but what is happening in front of him is something he has never seen in any book he has read before, and it is also something he can't think of in the study.

"Your Highness laughed, the lower officials dare to kidnap the prince, the banquet has been prepared, the prince is invited!" , Tang Cheng's words made Zheng San dumbfounded, whether it was the main hall or the flower hall in this Sima Mansion, it was dusty, and he had never even done cleaning, let alone what kind of banquet? glanced up at Tang Cheng, but saw that his uncle's face was relaxed and natural, and he smiled while leading Li Chengzhong out leisurely: "It's really rude for Xia Guan to rush a banquet tonight, but this is really a last resort."

"Oh?"

"Although the time for Xia Guan to come is short, he has a deep understanding of the urgency of Rao Le's situation, in view of this, Xia Guan plans to leave for the south of Youzhou Governor's Mansion tomorrow to explain the situation to Zhang Du", at this point, Tang Cheng spoke, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" Ah, it's okay! As soon as the lower official took office, he will go away, although he has to do so for official business, he also feels ashamed in his heart, and hopes that His Royal Highness will not blame him."

Less than ten steps away from the door of the official room, Li Chengzhong suddenly stopped his steps, and his eyes, which had been squeezed by fat before, were completely open and stared at Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng looked puzzled and dazed, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

After a long time, Li Chengzhong finally spoke, "The title of this king was personally issued by the Heavenly Khan and encyclical to the Quartet, and Tang Sima is not afraid of the imperial court if he leaves now......"

"That's why Xia Guan has to rush to the Youzhou Governor's Mansion to ask for help, and be sure to protect His Royal Highness's safety", Tang Cheng nodded with a serious face, "Fortunately, His Royal Highness has both the headquarters and two reinforcements to rely on, and Xia Guan can also leave with peace of mind this time." In this way, Xiaoxing sleeps overnight and does not stop, even the officials of Chang'an can't say that they want to give the lower officials a 'diligent king's test'."

"Okay, good you Tang Sima", Li Chengzhong, who has been calm since he entered Sima's Mansion, suddenly laughed, "This king really underestimates you, let's say, what do you want?" ”

"I want Your Highness not to treat the lower officials as fools", at this time, the smile on Tang Cheng's face was all cleaned, and he said in a deep voice with a cold face: "If you want to save your life, then don't be smart from now on, everything must be according to my regulations!" ”

After saying it with a cold face, Tang Cheng turned around and looked at Chen Lei and stretched out his hand to point at the guards who were put down, "Kill them all, don't make a big move, hide the corpses"

"Wait!" Hearing this, Tang Cheng turned his head to look at Li Chengzhong, "Can these people be trusted?" ”

"If I hadn't believed me, I wouldn't have brought them"

"Good!" Tang Cheng waved his hand to Chen Lei without turning around, his eyes still looked at Li Chengzhong and said, "Since you came prepared, then King Xi should also take it out and use it."

Li Chengzhong did come prepared, and he was very well prepared, not only did he bring the golden wolf head Xi Wang seal that was approved by Emperor Taizong and Chang'an as the supervisor, but also even the yellow satin silk given by the imperial court for writing important official documents.

Back in the official room, Li Chengzhong lay on Tang Cheng's bookcase and quickly wrote four edicts voluntarily giving up the throne of Xi, so the Xi people at that time did not have their own mature writing, and they were written in the form of Tang with edicts, which is very consistent with Li Chengzhong's proficient Tang language, and his Kaifa Chinese characters are really not bad.

Witnessing Li Chengzhong finish writing the edict, witnessing his solemn name on the edict and stamping the golden wolf seal, when Tang Cheng reached out to take it, Li Chengzhong, who had been looking as usual just now, finally paused.

After pulling it for a while, Tang Cheng didn't make any more effort in his hands, but just said lightly, "Give birth to what I want, the throne is also what I want, you can't have both, you have to think clearly about how to choose."

Li Chengzhong's trembling hand uncontrollably let go, and then a long and desolate sigh sounded in the official room.

Tang Cheng ignored Li Fatzi's loneliness, picked up the edict and walked in front of Liu Suifeng.

"I'll give you ten people, after you leave the city later, you will immediately go to the four departments with these edicts, no matter what method you use, in short, the content of the edict will be spread in the grassland as soon as possible", after handing the edict to Liu Suifeng's hands, Tang Cheng reached over and patted him on the shoulder, "The boundary river is not enough, the border army is not enough, whether you can complete the task of the court this time, whether I can wait for more than 100 people to return to the Tang Dynasty is all up to you, be careful, be careful!" ”

Hearing Tang Cheng's words, Liu Suifeng not only did not get nervous, but his eyes burst into brilliant brilliance in an instant, and he didn't know what poems and people came to mind in his mind, holding the edict in his hand and replied angrily: "Rest assured, Liu will not be dishonored"

After everything was done, Tang Cheng, who had been nervous for many days, was finally able to sit down a little more relaxed, and seeing that there was still some time before departure, he even asked Zheng San to serve a few teas.

"The four people who went out of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion at noon sent the grassland distribution plan to the four departments, right?" Tang Cheng didn't want Li Chengzhong to answer this question at all, and after handing the teacup in front of him, he said directly: "Isn't this exactly what the four patriarchs want you to do?" Since you've done everything they want, it's not that hard to leave, right? Why do you want to come to my little temple like this?"

"They wanted me to allocate pasture, but they didn't think about letting me resign from the throne", since he signed and signed those edicts, Li Chengzhong's expression has become extremely complicated, both lonely and relieved, these two completely different emotions alternate on his face, and he deliberately sat in the dark shadow that the lamp tree could not illuminate, which made his whole person more and more blurred, even the voice, "Even if the throne is to be lost after all, it should be lost in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion instead of letting it out, to this day, For them and for the entire clan, my last role should be to die on the throne of the Grand Governor's Palace, and you know that I was already a dead man in their eyes when the news came back that the court had decided not to 'intervene' in Rao's house."

Speaking of this, Li Chengzhong in the shadows suddenly let out two short and strange laughs, and this laughter was like the cry of a night owl, which made Zheng San's "Mao" tremble, "It's a pity, I don't want to die yet!" ”

"If you've done what they want you to do, why die? What's in it for them if you die? The more he listened, the more confused Liu Suifeng became, "What's more, you are still the head of the tribe of Domobu, who can let you die?" ”

Li Chengzhong in the shadow laughed again, but this time the laughter was more of a mockery like the morning, "King Xi is the co-lord of Raole, how can he still be the head of the clan, the new head of the clan has already taken over when I haven't lived in the Dadu Governor's Mansion", speaking of this, Li Chengzhong turned his head and looked at Tang Cheng, "The one who took over is Duo Mogao, Tang Sima should be more careful, my nephew's heart is not ordinarily small."

"Thank you for the reminder", Tang Cheng smiled coldly, "A certain heart is not big"

Hearing this, Li Chengzhong was stunned for a moment and then smiled, and then continued: "What if I am the former clan leader? Mo Fei and the others thought that the people of Domo would like to see me take the initiative to give up the throne? How many dynasties have changed in your Central Plains since ancient times, and even if you know that the general trend has gone, how many last emperors have taken the initiative to give way to the new emperor? Could it be that they really don't want to live? Hehe, it's just that once they have this idea, they don't even wait for the rest of the royal family to do it, maybe they will be killed by the courtiers who think they are loyal first, and it is never their business to be the emperor or not, and the same is true for King Rao Lexi."

Li Chengzhong echoed in the office room with a thick sarcastic voice, "As for the benefits? I, the king of Xi who was appointed by the edict of the Heavenly Khan himself, died on the throne of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and died so loyally! Even if it is just for the sake of face, the court will show mercy to the tribe and look at it differently; In addition, no matter who succeeds to the throne, if he wants to be stable in the Grand Governor's Palace, how can he not appease his own tribe? Not to mention that the death of this king can still leave a reason for the tribe - the reason for seizing the throne after the day is strong, and the death of a person can be exchanged for so many benefits, enough, enough! ”

All this he heard now was beyond the scope of Liu Suifeng's knowledge, these things he would never have seen in a book, "That...... You just took the initiative to give up the throne? ”

"How did this king take the initiative to give up the throne?" , Although Li Chengzhong spoke to Liu Suifeng, his eyes fell on Tang Cheng, "This king came to the banquet but was held hostage, and he was robbed of the wolf head gold seal that you carried with you, as for what you did with this gold seal, how can this king know?" ”

I've seen shameless, but Liu Suifeng has never seen such a shameless one, and immediately reached out and took out the edict that had just been placed on his chest, "It's hard that you forgot this?" ”

"Handwriting? This one doesn't work. He had already calculated it, and we can't help but accept his calculations for our own purposes", Tang Cheng, who stood up as he spoke, walked up to Li Chengzhong, and suddenly shook his palm into a fist and swung it out, and then heard a "bang", Li Chengzhong, who was staring straight up in front of him, fell to the ground with a stool, "Since you are being held hostage, you have to bring a little injury to talk about it!" It's almost time, let's go! ”

Rao Le Sima is an absolute idle position, no one will care whether this official is leaving or staying, and no one will care what he will do, with the good impression of the gatekeeper to the Tang people and the friendship that Liu Suifeng pulled down at noon, and with the reason why Rao Le urgently rushed to the Youzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the starry night to ask for reinforcements, Tang Cheng and his party went out of the earth enclosure very smoothly.

After coming out, the group was quickly divided into two parts, with ten Tiancheng troops Liu Suifeng under the guidance of Li Chengzhong's two guards to the east to deliver the order, Tang Cheng took Li Chengzhong, whose left eye socket was purple, to the south of the starry night towards the boundary river.

At this point, with Tang Cheng's intervention, the already tense Raole Grassland has added a trace of variables out of thin air, as for what this variable will eventually develop, the court does not know, Li Chengzhong does not know, and even Tang Cheng himself does not know!