The idle talk with Empress Xiao made Li Xuanba seem to have returned to Luoyang, at that time he was carefree, his hands were not stained with blood, there was no hatred in his heart, he did not worry about eating and drinking, and he had no worries about food and clothing. This is the life that Li Xuanba yearns for, but it is not a dream that he can easily achieve.

For the sake of power, the brothers were on the wall, and for the sake of stability, Queen Xiao went away.

Seeing Empress Xiao and her daughters going north non-stop under the escort of the Turkic envoys, Li Xuanba only had two words in his mind: national martyrdom.

"During the period of Emperor Wen, when did the Great Sui suffer such humiliation." Li Xuanba greeted the sun, his eyes narrowed into a slit: "When the Central Plains is stable in the future, Xuanba will lead thousands of iron horsemen to welcome the Empress Dowager and Princess Yicheng back!" ”

There were many people standing beside Li Xuanba, and when they heard his words, they were all moved.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Empress Dowager and her daughters dare to go to the Turks alone, what do you think?" When the figure of the convoy disappeared, Li Xuanba turned around, looked at Pei Ju and the others, and said in a cold voice: "When Yu Wenhua and rebelled, you were coerced by the traitors, and the court couldn't blame you. ”

Li Xuanba's face was ugly, and the people in front of him were quite old, but under Li Xuanba's reprimand, no one dared to refute them.

"The traitorous minister who plagued the court is dead, it is a good time for you to be loyal to Kuang Fu Sheji, this duke hopes that you can seriously consider it and go to Jiangdu to assist the new monarch!" Li Xuanba's face was calm, and he arched his hand: "If someone wants to go to Guanzhong, my father will not stop him, King Xia, what do you think?" ”

"Zhou Guogong has won the trust of His Majesty, since Your Majesty let you deal with it yourself, Jiande will act according to orders." Dou Jiande arched his hand.

Pei Yun and Yu Shiji, the two traitorous ministers, were killed by Yu Wenhua, which was also the only good thing he did when he launched a mutiny. The other people who participated in the rebellion either died in internal strife or were executed by Dou Jiande, and the people who stayed behind were basically famous or talented scholars.

"Weichen has received the emperor's grace, if His Majesty does not dislike Weichen for being old. Wechen is willing to rush to Jiangdu to do his best. Pei Ju took the lead and bowed down and said. Su Wei, He Chou and others also expressed their intentions.

"Lord Zhou Guogong, my brother disturbed the court, and Weichen faced His Majesty without face, so I implore Lord Zhou Guogong to let Weichen go back to his hometown." Just when everyone was expressing their service to the court, an old man in his sixties came out of the line.

"What Lord Yu said is from the bottom of his heart?" Li Xuanba said lightly: "Xuanba asked the secretary Lang Yu Shinan to be honest and upright, and his writing and calligraphy are excellent, and it is even more rare to be virtuous and have no loss. Now I'm a little disappointed. Brother Ling's sin is known to the whole world, but what does it have to do with you? My father thinks that if you feel ashamed, you should serve the court, so as not to disgrace your Yu family! ”

Yu Shinan and Yu Shiji are brothers, but their virtues are completely different, and Yu Shiji is flattering. is insatiable, and Yu Shinan is an official in the court. conscientious, even Yu Culture was reluctant to kill him.

In fact, Yu Shinan didn't want to avoid court disputes, he was just worried that his identity would attract the resentment of Yang Tong and Li Xuanba, so in order to protect himself, he planned not to go to Jiangdu.

"Lord Zhou Guogong's words. Embarrassed Weichen. Seeing that Li Xuanba not only did not mean to blame, but had the heart of reuse, Yu Shinan bowed down and said: "Weichen must bow to the court and die." ”

Subsequently, several more people asked for their resignation, and Li Xuanba secretly asked Dou Jiande. When he learned that these people were officials, he didn't keep them, gave them a little coils, and asked Dou Jiande to send them out of Hejian County.

"Lord Feng, why didn't you speak from beginning to end." Those who don't deserve to die have saved their lives, and those who deserve to die can't escape the butcher's knife after all.

"The officials speak lightly and listen to the dispatch of adults." Feng Deyi's face was calm, and he bowed down to worship, he felt that when Yang Guang was killed, the people in the room were basically dead, and Li Xuanba should not know what he had done: "But Xiaguan has been away from home for a few years, and I implore my lord to let Xiaguan go back to his hometown first." ”

"Guanzhong is not very peaceful, how dare my father let Lord Feng return to his hometown alone, it is better for my father to send someone to send you back." Li Xuanba looked at Feng Deyi's fat figure with a smile, and without waiting for Feng Deyi to thank him, Li Xuanba continued: "However, Lord Feng is really fat, and my father thought about it and felt that it would be more convenient to send your head back." ”

In the end, the voice was suddenly extremely cold, he took out the long knife on his waist and slashed it casually, and before Feng Deyi could react, he was already in a different place.

Su Wei, Pei Ju and the others didn't understand why Li Xuanba suddenly went berserk, watching Feng Deyi's body gradually stiffen, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"This duke is ordered by the Empress Dowager to kill this thief, you don't need to panic." Li Xuanba returned the knife into the sheath and said calmly: "If you don't want people to know, unless you don't do it, he thinks that his actions can be hidden, but he shouldn't know that the Empress Dowager remembered everyone's names that day." ”

When Empress Xiao climbed the mountain carriage, her face was calm and smiling, without losing the true character of the mother of the country, who would have thought that she would give such an order.

"My father heard a saying a long time ago, robbers are not terrible, but they are afraid that robbers are talented." Li Xuanba looked at everyone and continued: "It is said that Feng Deyi is a smart and talented person, for this father, his talent and learning cannot save his life, all of you are famous and talented people, I hope to lead him as a warning." ”

The old ministers of the Great Sui who stayed, like Su Wei, Pei Ju and others, may really want to assist the new monarch, after all, in the past, they dared to refute Yang Guang in person, at least they can be called loyal ministers and direct ministers, but in addition to them, there are many people who have a speculative heart and are ready to make some benefits for themselves.

"My father has other things, so I won't accompany you." Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Li Xuanba arched his hand and said: "King Xia, I also want you to send troops to escort them to Jiangdu, they are all ministers of the humerus of the imperial court, and they can't be sloppy, of course, if King Xia feels that he needs to leave some people to help you, he doesn't have to be polite." ”

Dou Jiande understood Li Xuanba's intentions, and replied: "Zhou Guogong, please rest assured." ”

Li Xuanba nodded heavily at Dou Jiande, glanced at Feng Deyi's corpse again, and said: "This duke has a letter in his words, he has sealed the head of Yi, and asked King Xia to send someone back to his hometown, as for his body, find a place to throw it away, Bengong is very curious, whether wild dogs will eat the flesh of people like him!" After speaking, he sneered and left without looking back.

"Brother Wuji, how did Xuanba perform just now?" On the way home, Li Xuanba didn't have the gloom just now, and asked with a smile.

"Envy and power, presumably they shouldn't dare to have other thoughts." The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and replied, "It's just that the faces of those adults are really ugly and scary. (To be continued.) )