In Chang'an City, which is less than three squares away from the Jin Palace, there is a three-storey "Jiangnan Bank" restaurant across a spacious Dongshi Street, opposite to the noisy and prosperous Dongshi Gate during the day. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt this time, it was nearly three o'clock, and there was still a dim light in the upper room in the backyard of the restaurant.

In the luxuriously furnished upper room, there are three old men in brocade robes sitting relatively dry. On the tables in front of them, although there were sumptuous delicacies, and precious glass cups filled with amber wine, the three of them clearly had a very heavy heart, and none of them was willing to raise a glass.

"Shu Guogong, at this time, why is there no news, it can't be that something happened to the person you sent, right?" The yellow-faced old man on the left finally couldn't help it, and asked an old man who looked like a scribe sitting in the center, with a faint hint of uneasiness in his tone.

"I'll just say, what can a little hairy child do? If it weren't for the two of you, after today, I would have gone to the Jin Wangfu to visit Niangniang in a dignified manner, and it would have been in the middle of the night for you and me to wait for news here? Without waiting for the old man who looked like a scribe to reply, the white-faced and long-bearded old man sitting on the right patted a few cases with his hand and said with dissatisfaction.

"Sheng Gong, you have always been known as 'Bai and Huo' in the world, and you were one of the best wise and brave generals in the past Emperor Tianyuan, but why are you so anxious today?"

The old man who looked like a scribe called Shu Guogong barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and also echoed to appease the yellow-faced old man and said, "Sheng Gong, you and I are both old ministers of Emperor Tianyuan, and the young lord is in trouble, so it should not be ignored, but the current situation in the Chang'an Dynasty, the two of them are not unaware, Pu Liuru Jian (Note: that is, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, Pu Liuru is the Xianbei surname given to Yang Jian by the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Jian restored the Han surname after being the emperor by Chan) is eyeing the tiger, and wants to take the old Zhou Dynasty to open the knife and establish power, at this juncture, You and I have to be cautious. ”

The yellow-faced old man sneered, and replied sarcastically: "If you say that Ying Gong and Liang, Pu Liuru insists on treating the two of us as thorns in the eye and thorns in the flesh, and I will want to find a gap to get rid of them as soon as possible." Who in the court doesn't know that Huang and Pei Ergong used to be Pu Liuru and firmly follow the Yuan, and the so-called 'Liu Yi led the front, Zheng Yi took the lead', how could he be willing to attack you? According to me, you, a favored minister of the two dynasties, don't have to mix with us and others to do such things. ”

The old man who looked like a scribe was named Liu Yi, the official of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the former favorite minister, the title of Huang Guogong, and later assisted Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian to ascend the throne, established the Great Sui, and changed the title of Shu Guogong.

The yellow-faced old man who was sarcastic about Liu Yi was named Liang Shiyan, the Northern Zhou Dynasty Zhuguo, the governor of Xuzhou, and the Duke of Sheng Guo, while the white-faced long-bearded old man sitting on the right was named Yu Wenxin, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty and the son of Sima Yu Wengui of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Yi listened to Liang Shiyan's words, shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Liang, now that the three of us have become a raccoon dog, why are you so sarcastic about me?" Liu's idle clouds and wild cranes, the rest of his life's wishes, only the word money, this 'south bank' restaurant is a clear proof, if it is not for the fact that the former Tianyuan Emperor has a great favor to me, I can't bear to sit back and watch the young master be killed and ignore it, how can I visit the Jin palace at night, ask to see the queen of the great Tianyuan, and invite trouble for myself? ”

Yu Wenxi blinked, twisted his long beard under his chin, and said to Liu Yi without hesitation: "Shu Gonggong is scheming, who in the world doesn't know?" Last year, because of the battle of Pingwei Chi Jiong, Shu Gong refused to go to the prison army, so he was treated coldly by Pu Liurujian, so he did not hesitate to sell wine, and did Tao obscure tactics in order to save his life, but his heart often harbored grievances, looking for an opportunity to make a comeback, if not, how could you and I have the fate of sitting in the same room at night? Therefore, I advise Shu Gong not to cover up again, in front of Brother Liang and me, but to be open and honest, so as not to be wary of each other and ruin the common affairs. ”

Yu Wenxin said that the battle of Pingwei Chi Jiong refers to a year ago when Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenxian first ascended to the great treasure, the governor of Xiangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty Wei Chi Jiong was dissatisfied with Emperor Xuan's father Yang Lihua's father Yang Jian entered the court auxiliary government, and raised troops to rebel, Liankezhou City, Yang Jian hurriedly sent the general Wei Xiaokuan to lead the army to quell the rebellion, but he was repeatedly defeated under Wei Chijiong, so that the general was difficult to do, the army was in chaos, and the situation was very critical. Yang Jian had no choice but to send a supervisor to the front army to strengthen the restraint and supervision of the generals, intending to reorganize the military prestige and redeem the defeat. At that time, Yang Jian's first thought of the candidate for supervising the army was Liu Yi, who had suggested in front of Emperor Xuan that he would enter the government by himself, but as a result, to Yang Jian's disappointment, Liu Yi refused Yang Jian's request on the grounds that he had never been in charge of the army, and that his mother was in the hall, so that he began to be snubbed by Yang Jian, so that after entering the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian only gave Liu Yi the empty title of Duke of Shuguo, and did not give him any ministry.

On the contrary, it was Gao Ying, the inconspicuous Yang Jian's minister's office, who generously went to the disaster and was ordered to go to Hedong to serve as a military supervisor instead of Liu Yi, assisting Wei Xiaokuan to successfully quell Wei Chijiong's rebellion and helping Yang Jian through the first crisis he faced since he entered the dynasty. Gao Ying was also trusted and appreciated by Yang Jian, and after entering the Sui Dynasty, he was given the important position of Shangshu's left servant, and became the number one important minister in today's court.

Yu Wenxin and Liang Shiyan were both generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and after entering the Sui Dynasty, due to Yang Jian's suspicion, they were stripped of their military power and were idle at home.

At this time, the reason why Yu Wenxin unceremoniously exposed Liu Yi was mainly for the three of them to be able to conspire with great things in the future, and to make it clear and thorough in advance, and at the same time, he also deliberately cut off the retreat between Liu Yi and Yang Jian, so that he could contribute to the destruction of Sui in Fuzhou.

Sure enough, Liu Yi was so excited by Yu Wenxin's heartfelt words that his face turned red, but he couldn't hold back the unhappiness in his heart, and didn't dare to refute it face-to-face, but only said stupidly: "Tonight's incident is not enough to show Liu's intentions?" ”

Liang Shiyan seemed to understand Yuwenxin's intentions, glanced at Yuwenxin with admiration, and deliberately brought the topic back to Gao Ying, whom Liu Yi hated the most, and asked Yuwenxin: "Yinggong, how did I hear that some time ago, the governor of Youzhou selected by the imperial court was not Yinshou, but Yinggong. With your Yinggong's prestige in the army in the past, it is a hundred times stronger than that yin longevity, why does Pu Liuru give up the good and use the inferior? ”

Yu Wenxin understood, peeked at Liu Yi, sighed heavily, and replied: "It's not Gao Ying's identity and prestige, it's a big deal." Otherwise, today I have 50,000 troops in my hands, and I can block the Turks in the north and ...... in the south."

Liu Yi was so quick in his mind, he had already seen through the real intention behind Liang Shiyan and Yu Wenxin's question and answer, interrupted Yu Wenxin's words, and said: "It's a pity that the young master unfortunately passed away, and the emperor of the Zhou family withered, even if the 50,000 male soldiers of the British Duke are in hand, without the banner of Fu Zhou, wouldn't everything be in vain?" ”