On the morning of August 16, before the hour arrived, Liu Yi, the Duke of Shu Guo, came to the outside of the open door in court clothes, and asked the general of the prison guarding the open door to enter the palace on his behalf, and he had something important to ask to see the emperor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Last night, Ah Chou (Zhang Zhongjian) sneaked into the Jin Palace, and did not succeed, and also slapped Ding San'er, the chef in the Jin Palace, on the spot, after getting the return of the Chou, Liu Yi almost never slept all night, thought about it repeatedly, and finally made a seemingly risky decision before dawn but could temporarily keep himself safe: take the initiative to enter the palace to meet Yang Jian and ask for guilt.

Standing outside the open door, looking up at the two heavy eaves gatehouses that he was once very familiar with on the open door, but now it is a long-lost time, Liu Yi can't help but think a lot and feel a lot: once upon a time, as one of the two most favored ministers before Emperor Xuan drove the previous dynasty, he climbed these two gatehouses countless times, on behalf of the Son of Heaven, to give orders to the princes and important ministers outside the open door; How many times did he accompany the emperor to play in the Chang'an Palace in the open gate, and he did not leave the palace gate at night......

Liu Yi had to admit in his heart that he and Zhou Xuan Diyu were the same kind of people: they both had great ambitions, but they were content with pleasure. If there is any difference between himself and the Yu Wen, who is known as the absurd monarch, it is that the Yu Wenren can give up fame and fortune for the sake of pleasure, and even give up the supreme throne that others seem to be early, but it is difficult for him, Liu Yi, to do so. Therefore, from this point of view, Liu Yi asked himself to be slightly inferior to the clerk.

However, Liu Yi also has a clear advantage over Yu Wenren, that is, he is good at perceiving the future.

Yu Wenren had the grace of knowing him, and the two had similar temperaments, and their essence could be classified as the same kind of people, but Liu Yi also clearly expected that Yu Wenren would not be able to achieve great things, and sooner or later the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty would be lost in his hands.

It was precisely because Liu Yi anticipated this one step earlier than other cronies in the DPRK and China, that he was able to switch to Yang Jian's command in time, and became the first person to suggest to Yang Jian that he should replace the Northern Zhou Dynasty and create the Great Sui Dynasty.

Although Yang Jian is different from the Yu clerk, but Liu Yi is still the same Liu Yi after all, over the years, just by stealing tricks and flattering this set of skills, he has made him invincible in the world of the change of dynasties, grace and power, Liu Yi of course will not easily change his usual style of greedy for pleasure for Yang Jian, and therefore achieved Gao Ying, and completely forced himself to the edge of doing nothing all day.

As a result, at the beginning of the founding of the New Dynasty, Liu Yi, who had made a decision for Yang Jian, the ancestor of the Sui Dynasty, became a veritable idler. It wasn't until he was really excluded from the Chang'an Palace that Liu Yi realized that his life in Beijing was not easy, although there were countless wealthy businessmen vying to make friends with him and do business, but Liu Yi knew in his heart that most of them were coming for the title of Duke of Shuguo of the Great Sui that he still wore on his head, just to borrow his own face in front of the emperor of the new dynasty to seek some convenience for their respective livelihoods.

Not long after such days, Liu Yi couldn't stand the loneliness. In the process of dealing with Liang Shiyan, Yuwen Xin and other important ministers of the former dynasty, Liu Yi's sensitive sense of smell once again played a role, and he unexpectedly found that although Yang Jian became the emperor's throne, there were not many people who really supported him, but these old ministers of the previous dynasty praised and rewarded the little emperor Yuwen Yan who was forced to take the Zen throne by Yang Jian, and they all thought that if time passed, Yuwen Jian would be able to grow into a wise and martial artist like his grandfather Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong.

As Yang Jian tried to eliminate the hidden dangers around him by exterminating the Yuwen clan, Liu Yi, who was outside the court, saw it more clearly: Yang Jian's high-pressure methods seemed to have achieved a more obvious effect on the surface, but in fact, in the hearts of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, few people approved of him doing so, which increased his sympathy for the Yuwen clan.

In this case, Liang Shiyan, the Duke of Shengguo, who had been at home like Liu Yi, found him because of his high merit and power, and was jealous of Yang Jian, who was cut off from the position of governor of Xiangzhou, and was at home like Liu Yi, and wanted to widely unite with the old ministers of the former dynasty to overthrow the Sui Dynasty that had just been established and restore the Zhou dynasty. Liu Yi not only agreed at that time, but gradually became the head of this small circle with him, Liang Shiyan and British Gongyu Wenxin as the core.

At the same time, Liu Yi is not stupid, he has learned the lessons of the past, and he will never pin his net worth and life on a few former ministers who have lost power. So, while forming an anti-Sui Fuzhou alliance with Liang Shiyan and Yuwenxin, Liu Yi got in touch with the Southern Chen Imperial Court through Zhang Jiling, the richest man in Guangling, and promised to facilitate the eyeliner sent to Chang'an by the Southern Chen Imperial Court and the scouts to spy on the military and political situation of the Sui Dynasty. According to Liu Yi's assumption, once the resumption of Zhou fails, he can still flee to Jiangzuo to settle down, at least he will not be a funeral object for the previous dynasty.

Recently, under the pretext of avenging Yuwen Yan, Yang Jian decided to raise troops to attack Chen, and the Turks and Goguryeo in the north were also ready to move, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Sui Dynasty's unstable foothold, to make waves in the north, or colluding with the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty to capture Linyu Pass, or annex the adjacent alien races, and want to dominate Liaodong. In this way, Le Zhuji, the general who led 10,000 government troops and garrisoned Huazhou, became a pivotal figure.

Liu Yi was eager to seize this favorable opportunity, and united with Zhu Manyue, the empress of Emperor Xuan's dynasty, to promote Er Zhuji to raise troops against Sui in one fell swoop.

Er Zhu Ji, as a general with heavy troops in his hands and guarding the pass, of course knew the truth that if the name is not right, it is not good, and while agreeing to raise troops against the Sui and Zhou, he also gave Liu Yi and Zhu Manyue a problem: only to get a handwritten edict from the dead little emperor Yuwen Yan, or a handwritten letter from the former emperor Yang Lihua, can raise troops against the Sui.

In desperation, Liu Yi had to use Xie Xian, a secret stake that he deliberately planted next to Yang Guang, in advance to steal Yang Lihua's handwriting.

At this critical moment, Zhang Zhongjian stabbed Liu Yi with a small leak, in accordance with his instructions, instigated Xie Wei to steal Yang Lihua's handwriting, Zhang Zhongjian, a muddy boy, actually made his own opinion, and personally infiltrated the Jin Wangfu to steal, but was bumped into by Ding San'er, the chef in charge of the Jin Wang's Mansion, Zhang Zhongjian killed Ding San'er, and fled back to Shuguo Mansion overnight to report the news to him.

As soon as Liu Yi heard this, he knew that things were going to be bad: Xie Wei was coerced by Zhang Zhongjian, and now he was in the hands of Yang Guang, so it was difficult to guarantee that he would not confess to Zhang Zhongjian. And Zhang Zhongjian's identity on the face is the son of his partner, as long as Yang Guang's mind is not too stupid, it is easy to suspect himself based on this......

After a night of repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, Liu Yi decided to enter the palace before Yang Guang to see Yang Jian, and took the initiative to bow his head to Yang Jian and confess his guilt, in order to save the current situation that was extremely unfavorable to him.

"Duke Shu Guo, the emperor ordered you to go to Zhengyang Palace to see the driver." The left prison doorman on duty interrupted Liu Yi's thoughts with Xue Shixiong's voice.

"Oh, oh, there's General Law." Liu Yi suddenly came to his senses, thanked Xue Shixiong, raised his feet and walked into the open door, and walked straight towards Zhengyang Palace.