On the third day after Fan Zigai's death, Yang Guangqi drove the Jiangdu Palace, and he ordered Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Duan Da, the doctor of Guanglu, and Huangfu Wuyi, the general of the Right Military Guard, to take charge of the affairs of staying in the eastern capital.

Yang Guang's car had just arrived at Jianguomen, and the front convenience was stagnant, so he hurriedly sent a forbidden army beside him to investigate. The forbidden army was ordered to ride forward and saw a man kneeling outside the city.

"Your Majesty, Fengxin Lang Cui Min is kneeling outside the city gate, and the front army doesn't know what to do, so it stops." The forbidden army knew the person who was kneeling, returned to Yang Guang's car, and bowed down.

"Cui Minxiang?" Yang Guang frowned, glanced at Pei Yun, and said lightly: "You go and ask him why he is blocking the Holy Driver!" ”

The forbidden army replied in a deep voice and rode away.

"Your Majesty, Master Cui said" After the forbidden army came back, his face showed hesitation, and he didn't know how to start.

"What did he say?" Yang Guang said calmly: "You answer truthfully." ”

"Master Cui said that thieves abound nowadays, and it is not appropriate for Your Majesty to parade." The forbidden soldier jumped off his horse, fell to his knees, and bowed his head and replied: "The last general has no disrespect, and I hope that Your Majesty will see it." ”

"Humph!" Yang Guang snorted coldly and said angrily: "Where did he go before?" Now that I am out of the palace, he jumped out instead, does he want to stage a drama that is not afraid of the emperor's authority and is loyal and straightforward? ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the courtiers and attendants around him all knelt on the ground, not even daring to breathe.

"Someone!" Yang Guang shouted softly, the two forbidden soldiers came out of the ranks, half-knelt down, Yang Guang ordered: "Cui Minxiang bewitches the people, the crime cannot be punished, you go and cut off his tongue and chin, and see how he talks nonsense!" ”

The two forbidden soldiers trembled, looked at each other, waited for a moment, and saw that no one dared to speak out to admonish, and they did not dare to disobey Yang Guang's will, so they could only act according to their orders.

Soon after, there was a scream ahead.

Yang Guang was a little upset when he heard this, and he summoned two more forbidden soldiers and ordered: "I don't like this voice, you go and cut off his head." ”

So, Cui Minxiang didn't even see Yang Guang's face, so he was in a different place, outside the city. It wasn't until Yang Guang's car drove to the edge of Luoshui that Cui Minxiang's family dared to cry bitterly to collect the body.

Li Xuanba stood among the civil and military officials who saw him off, his face was extremely ugly, and when Yang Guang boarded the dragon boat, he hurried back to the Tang State Mansion, locked himself in his room, and did not go out for a long time.

Li Gou and the others only saw Li Xuanba returning home with a gloomy face, and they didn't know what happened, so they could only ask Wei Zheng to ask.

Wei Zheng knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response in the room, so he pushed the door and went straight in, and saw Li Xuanba sitting on the chair in a daze, without even moving his eyelids.

"Childe, what's wrong with you?" Wei Zheng coughed lightly, walked to Li Xuanba's side, and asked, "Could it be that Gongzi persuaded His Majesty not to go on patrol, and was blamed by His Majesty?" ”

Li Xuanba tilted his head, saw Wei Zheng, and said, "Sir, there is a person who wants to fish, and another person advises him, saying that there are monsters in the lake that can eat people. The fisherman not only did not listen to the advice, but killed the person who gave the advice, and you say, "Is this man saved?" After Li Xuanba asked, he looked at Wei Zheng a little sluggishly.

Wei Zheng listened to Li Xuanba's words, and only felt that Li Xuanba had a feeling of grief that was more important than his heart dying. However, Wei Zheng didn't know about Cui Minxiang's beheading, he thought about it and replied: "He did such a thing that does not distinguish between right and wrong, not to mention whether it is saved or not, the villain feels that this person is not worth saving at all." ”

"yes." Li Xuanba muttered: "Self-inflicted, don't live." ”

Li Xuanba's compassionate expression made Wei Zheng lose his mind for a while, he was silent for a while, and asked cautiously, "Childe, what happened?" ”

"Yesterday after leaving the palace, I went to the national prison." Li Xuanba smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "I persuaded the princess and King Zhao not to go to Jiangdu, the princess agreed, but King Zhao ignored my persuasion, fortunately, he listened to the princess very much, and stayed in Luoyang after all." ”

Wei Zheng didn't understand why Li Xuanba mentioned this, and naturally he didn't know how to answer, so he stood quietly in place, waiting for Li Xuanba to continue.

"In the evening, Yuwen Chengdu came to the house, I think you all know it." Li Xuanba said to himself.

Wei Zheng nodded, remembering that Li Xuanba and Yuwen Chengdu had been in the room for a long time last night, and no one knew what they were talking about, only occasionally hearing quarrels.

"I told him that Your Majesty's trip to Jiangdu may encounter danger at any time, and if there is a chance, I will persuade Your Majesty to return to Luoyang." Li Xuanba continued: "I didn't expect Chengdu to refuse directly, and I quarreled with him because of this, now that I think about it, he still knows His Majesty better." ”

Wei Zheng listened inexplicably, but he also understood that Li Xuanba only wanted to find someone to talk to at this time, and he didn't expect him to answer anything.

"Bongshin Lang killed Cui Minxiang." Li Xuanba said and spoke, he felt bored, and sighed: "In order to persuade His Majesty to stay in the Eastern Capital, he blocked the holy drive outside the Jianguo Gate, and he died, and he died very miserably. ”

As soon as Li Xuanba finished speaking, Wei Zheng understood what Li Xuanba had always wanted to express.

Thinking of what he had just said, Wei Zheng panicked in his heart, but when he thought of Li Xuanba's character, he was relieved.

"What does Childe mean that His Majesty wants to take the opportunity of touring Jiangdu to lure out the thieves hidden in the shadows?" Wei Zheng sat down and said.

"It's just my guess." Li Xuanba sighed and said boredly: "In short, Master Cui is dead." ”

The king of a country has the power to kill others, and Yang Guang was angry and killed Cui Minxiang, which is not a strange thing at all. Wei Zheng didn't understand why Li Xuanba was so angry, was it just because Cui Minxiang was wronged by his death?

In fact, Li Xuanba's thoughts, Wei Zheng could not understand.

Although Li Xuanba has lived in Dasui for more than half a year, and has heard of Yang Guang's cruelty and the like, he has not seen it with his own eyes, and now witnessing Cui Minxiang's incident suddenly made him disheartened.

No matter what Yang Guang's purpose is, he doesn't want others to stop him from touring Jiangdu, but Cui Minxiang's appearance at the Jianguo Gate is completely for Yang Guang's consideration and for the sake of the world of the Great Sui. How could Yang Guang bear to torture Cui Minxiang first in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and then kill him?

Cui Minxiang and Li Xuanba have no relatives and no reason, and Li Xuanba even heard of this person for the first time, so he was sad for a while and began to worry about the safety of the other person.

Last night, Yuwen Chengdu and Li Xuanba quarreled for a long time, but Yuwen Chengdu was the best in the world by force, and his eloquence was not good, so he was finally defeated and agreed to Li Xuanba's request.

When Cui Minxiang was executed, Li Xuanba looked at Yuwen Chengdu, and Yuwen Chengdu also looked back at him.

Li Xuanba shook his head slightly in the crowd, and he didn't know if Yuwen Chengdu could see it clearly in the crowd. Even if Yuwen Chengdu sees it, can he understand what he wants to express? Li Xuanba thought worriedly.

"I was wrong, I shouldn't have asked you to persuade Your Majesty, I hope you can understand what I mean, no matter when, don't speak." Li Xuanba looked at the already dark courtyard and said silently in his heart.

It was already dark outside the house, and the room was also dark, Wei Zheng lit a candle, and the candlelight shone on Li Xuanba's side face.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Xuanba's slightly immature face, and suddenly felt that Li Xuanba seemed to have matured a lot.