The person Yang Guang wanted Li Xuanba to protect was naturally Yang Gao, thinking of that sinister child, Li Xuanba was a little lucky, Yang Guang didn't find Yang Gao's true face until he died, otherwise he would definitely feel disappointed, right?

"What else does the first emperor have to explain?" In the silence, Li Xuanba thought about many things, he didn't think that Empress Xiao was just for Li Mian to pass on such a simple sentence.

Li Mian didn't say anything, he took off his armor, tore off his underwear, took out a handkerchief from it, held it in both hands, and bowed down to hand it to Li Xuanba. Li Xuanba understood the meaning, respectfully took the handkerchief, his fingers trembled slightly, and slowly opened the handkerchief.

"The queen mother knew that the adults might not listen to her advice, so she wrote what she wanted to say on a handkerchief, and ordered her to keep it close to her and give it to the adults at the right time." Li Mian returned to his seat and said, "The last general has never opened the handkerchief, and the last general doesn't know what the queen mother wrote." ”

From the moment he handed over the handkerchief, the vitality in his eyes faded like a pool of stagnant water. If there is no Empress Xiao, maybe Li Mian will repay the emperor's favor with death like the five hundred envoys or Laihu'er.

The sky was completely dark, the eldest grandson Wuji lit the oil lamp, and Li Xuanba took advantage of the light emitted by the oil lamp to look at the contents of the handkerchief seriously.

Empress Xiao's handwriting is very beautiful, and the ups and downs of each stroke are just right, so that people can't find a trace of fault. With only more than 200 words, Li Xuanba read it three times, and each time he read it very carefully and with emotion. The eldest grandson Wuji and Li Mian looked at Li Xuanba quietly and did not say a word.

"Conquer the Turks and destroy Goguryeo, the first emperor really looks up to me." Li Xuanba lit the handkerchief, and a foul smell suddenly emanated from the room, and after he smiled bitterly, he said to Li Mian: "Li Guard." The queen ordered you to stay in Jiangdu and don't have to go back to her. ”

"Nope." Li Mian's eyes widened, and he shook his head and said, "How dare the last general let the queen mother stay alone in the enemy camp?" ”

"What if you go back? Even if Yu Wenhua and how idiotic he is, he will not spare your life again! Li Xuanba said coldly: "Xuanba knows that your bones are hard, but how many heads do you have enough to cut off?" The queen said in the letter that it would be safer for her not to go back. ”

Li Mian didn't go back. Yu Wenhua may think that he has escaped, but if he returns, it is easy to think of the word collaborator.

"But" Li Mian looked anxious, trying to defend something.

"Nothing, but." Li Xuanba ordered: "Since you know that Xuanba is the Duke of Zhou, do you still plan to disobey the orders of the queen mother and me?" ”

"The last general will not dare." Li Mian's face changed, he knelt on the ground, and replied in a deep voice: "The last general is willing to listen to the dispatch of the lord." ”

Li Xuanba hesitated for a while, and after all, he didn't feel at ease to keep Li Mian by his side, so he said: "You are loyal to the first emperor." Be loyal to the royal family, there is no one around Your Majesty, you should go to the palace to protect Your Majesty. ”

"Yes!" Li Mian received the order and retreated first.

"Brother Wuji, the imperial court and Du Fuwei are across the river, Jiangdu has very few troops, and there are Li Zitong, Shen Faxing and others around, and the people dare not go out of the city to cultivate. That's not the way to go. After Li Mian left, only Li Xuanba and the eldest grandson Wuji were left in the room. Li Xuanba opened his mouth and said: "I don't know if Brother Wuji has a way to crack it?" ”

"Childe wants to persuade Wuji to surrender?" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled slightly and replied: "Jiangdu has no grain and grass, and no strong reinforcements, how can Du Fuwei return to Emperor Jing at this time?" Li Xuanba was just about to be disappointed, but the eldest grandson Wuji continued: "However, Wuji can convince him not to go against the imperial court. ”

"For Xuanba. As long as you can fight for two years, it is enough. Li Xuanba's face was happy and said: "Xuanba is confident that within two years, the Jiangdong area will be restored to life." ”

"If it can really be as Gongzi said, it will not be difficult to let Du Fuwei surrender at that time." The eldest grandson Wuji nodded secretly and explained: "Du Fuwei raised troops. It was originally so that the people could have enough to eat, as long as Jiang Du had enough food, were you afraid that he would not come to defect? ”

"Then it's hard for Brother Wuji to take a trip." Li Xuanba stood up and bowed to the eldest grandson Wuji, who quickly got up to avoid it and helped Li Xuanba up.

Li Xuanba thought for a while, and then reminded: "When Brother Wuji goes, bring Pei Yuanqing and Li Gou with you." ”

was so valued by Li Xuanba, the eldest grandson Wuji was moved, and arched his hand: "Wuji will definitely live up to the trust of the son." ”

Empress Xiao's handkerchief had burned to ashes, but the words on the handkerchief were deeply imprinted in Li Xuanba's mind. On the handkerchief, Empress Xiao did mention the conquest of the Turks and the attack on Goguryeo, but the content of the handkerchief was much more than that.

The Turks repeatedly violated the borders of the Great Sui and supported Liu Wuzhou and others to brutalize the Central Plains, and it was not surprising that Yang Guang wanted to conquer the Turks; As for the attack on Goguryeo, when Li Xuanba saw Hu Sizheng, he already thought that Yang Guang was still thinking about Goguryeo.

It's a pity that his luck is not good, he hasn't had time to achieve hegemony, and he has already died in Jiangdu.

Li Xuanba didn't pay too much attention to these two things, because he also had such thoughts, and he was not as anxious as Yang Guang, he knew very well that these two goals would not be achieved for Yang Guang until many years later, and now he was more concerned about the other things mentioned by Yang Guang.

When Li Xuanba first arrived in Luoyang, he was full of spirit and constantly flaunted his literary talents, which attracted Yang Guang's attention. Under Yang Guang's questioning, Li Xuanba could only say that those poems came out of his mind for no reason. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, and since then, Yang Guang has felt that Li Xuanba has descended from the stars to quell the rebellion for him.

Later, Yang Guang asked Li Xuanba to become the general guard of Xingyang step by step, but Li Xuanba had elite soldiers in his hands, but did nothing, and Yang Guang realized that Li Xuanba was not here to help him.

In addition to the bitterness, Yang Guang could only comfort himself with Li Xuanba's loyalty to the imperial court.

Sensing the abnormality, Yang Guang did not take back his military power, which made Li Xuanba very moved and panicked.

Another thing, Yang Guang once told Empress Xiao in the West Pavilion that she ordered Li Xuanba to move to Jiangdu with the people of Luoyang, because he felt that the south was more suitable for recuperation than the north, and the development of the south would soon surpass the north.

Li Xuanba knew this because he was from many years later, but Yang Guang saw the future with his own eyes, which was really admirable.

As for the last thing, it is about the secret of Yang Guang's choice of death. In addition to maintaining the dignity of the emperor, Yang Guang angered Yu Wenhua and almost begged for death, so that Yu Wenhua and after killing the emperor, he became the target of public criticism.

Yu Wenhua will definitely lead the Xiaoguo army back to the north, and his act of killing the king will become an excuse for all forces to crusade against him, and then the north will be even more turbulent.

The north was in turmoil, and naturally he had no time to take care of the south, so Yang Guang used his life to buy respite for the imperial court.

"You are wise, but unfortunately you were born in the wrong era." Li Xuanba lay on the bed tossing and turning, and finally did not suppress the flow of tears: "Your wish, I will try my best to help you achieve it, you can rest in peace." (To be continued.) )