After Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan's father and son returned to the Tang Dynasty, Pei Renji entered the customs to meet Li Yuan, and Pei Xingyan went north to Baibi and put himself under Li Yin's account.

Li Yuan and Pei Renji were officials in the same hall, and they were old acquaintances, so Li Yuan was very happy about Pei Renji's abandonment of Zheng and return to Tang, that is, Pei Renji was named the Duke of Qiuguo and the governor of Qiuzhou, and Qiuzhou was the original Hongnong County, which was the frontline of the Tang Dynasty against Wang Shichong.

After Pei Xingyan arrived in Baibi, he was also warmly received by Li Yin, that is, he was appointed as the head of the horse army of the Jin Palace, although this position was not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but it undoubtedly highlighted Li Yin's affection for Pei Xingyan, and Pei Xingyan was even more grateful for this.

On the Luoyang side, after pursuing Pei's father and son to no avail, Wang Shichong was furious and killed Yuwen Rutong, Yuwen Wen and Cui Deben, who had not yet escaped.

Wang Shiyun, the king of Qi, said to Wang Shichong: "The rebellion of the Pei family's father and son and others is because the emperor is still alive, so it is better to get rid of the emperor as soon as possible." ”

Wang Shichong listened to his plan, so he sent Wang Shiyun and his slave Liang Bainian to poison him to death in the place where the emperor was imprisoned.

Yang Tong, the lord of the Imperial Tai, said to Wang Shiyun: "Please ask the Taiwei, according to the promise he made before, you should not treat me like this." ”

Liang Bainian wanted to play to Wang Shichong for the emperor and the lord, but Wang Shiyun was not allowed, and the emperor asked to say goodbye to the queen mother, but Wang Shiyun was not allowed.

"Yang Tong Xiao'er, today you will either drink wine and die by yourself, or we will do it yourself, there is no other choice!" Wang Shiyun said ruthlessly.

The emperor sighed, and then set up a table to burn incense and worship the Buddha and prayed: "May from now on, not be reborn in this emperor's house!" ”

After the emperor finished speaking, he drank the wine, but the wine brought by Wang Shiyun did not seem to be strong, although the emperor fell to the ground and had no breath in and out, but the hour passed, and he still couldn't get out of breath.

Wang Shiyun waited a little impatiently, so he simply took matters into his own hands, and strangled the emperor to death with a silk, and then reported to Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong set the name of the emperor as Emperor Gong, and because of Wang Shiyun's great merit in killing the emperor and the emperor, Wang Shichong appointed him as the Taifu and the book order.

As the eldest grandson of Yang Guang, if it weren't for Yang Guang's ability to die, the throne of the Sui Dynasty would have been passed to him in the future, and the Emperor Tai would treat people and things as a benevolent monarch, if the throne of the Sui Dynasty could really be passed to his hands, everything might have a turnaround.

However, it is a pity that there is no if, when Wang Shi washed the Eastern Capital with blood and took control of the power of the Eastern Capital, the outcome he faced was actually doomed, I only hope that he can get what he wants, and he will not be born in the emperor's family in the future!

After killing the emperor, Wang Shichong could be said to have secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that a big hidden danger had finally been eliminated, but he didn't know what a bad impact his actions would have on his rule.

The emperor has a high prestige in the eastern capital, and Wang Shichong imprisoned him, even if he really wanted to kill him, how could he act so openly and honestly to tell the truth? So after this happened, Wang Shichong's image in the hearts of the world is no different from Yu Wenhua.

Compared with Wang Shichong, Li Yuan's methods are much more sophisticated, since the emperor Yang Yu gave him the throne, Li Yuan has always been very respectful to Yang Yu on the surface, holding some big banquets, and inviting Yang Yu to participate.

In secret, he has been letting the cook next to Yang Yu give Yang Yu a chronic poison, so after nearly a year, in May of this year, Yang Yu suddenly died violently......

On July 19, Wang Shichong left Luoyang again and led a large army into Yuzhou, intending to defeat Pei Renji, who had betrayed him not long ago.

Wang Shichong led the army to be stationed in Changshui County, bordering Luoshui in the north and Xiong'er Mountain in the south, with a battalion of more than ten miles.

At this time, in a military tent in Wang Shichong's camp, there were two tiger generals sitting in the horse golden knife, they were Qin Qiong Shubao and Cheng Yanjin.

After Li Mi's troops were defeated in Beishan, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were captured, and they had no choice but to surrender to Wang Shichong. Qin Qiong was appointed by Wang Shichong as the general of Long Xiang, while Cheng Yanjin was the general and treated them well.

However, for Wang Shichong's trick of treating people, Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong, and even many people in Wang Shichong's camp at this time, were already cold.

Before Wang Shichong usurped the throne, he set up three signs outside the gate of the Taiwei Mansion: one sign beckoned people with literary talent and enough to achieve current affairs; A brand beckons people who have martial courage and wisdom and can take the lead in destroying the enemy; A sign beckons people who have been wronged and are depressed to speak.

As a result, hundreds of people wrote books every day to present their affairs, and Wang Shichong invited them to meet them, read them in person, and expressed their condolences diligently, and everyone was happy, thinking that Wang Shichong would obey his words.

However, in the end, Wang Shichong did nothing. Even when it came to the soldiers and servants, Wang Shichong used good words to please them, but in fact he did not give them any favors.

People say that doing a full set of plays is done, but Wang Shichong always does half a set of plays, with a beginning and no end, and in the end it is always chilling.

For Wang Shichong's deception, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin have always felt very hateful, in the past, Cheng Yanjin said to Qin Shubao: "The prince is shallow and narrow-minded, and loves to talk nonsense, likes to gamble and swear, this is just an old witch, where is the monarch who resolves the chaos!" ”

And after Pei Renji's father and son abandoned Zheng Guitang and the emperor was openly poisoned with wine, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin even had the heart of abandonment.

"Old Qin, General Pei is guarding the town in Yuzhou, you and I might as well surrender to Tang!" Cheng Yanjin said with a big grin at this time, the two had discussed it before, so Qin Qiong didn't react much after hearing it.

Qin Qiong frowned and said: "Wang Shichong is not a Ming monarch, and it is nothing to leave him, but I just don't know if the emperor of the Tang Kingdom will reuse our two brothers." ”

After Cheng Biting Jin pondered for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted his thigh and said: "I heard that the two brothers, Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan, are mixing well under the command of King Jin, why don't we also go to King Jin?" ”

After Cheng Yanjin finished saying this, he thought that Qin Qiong would agree loudly, but seeing that Qin Qiong was still frowning, he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Old Qin, you have a better way out?" ”

Qin Qiong nodded, "In March, Wang Shichong asked me to lead troops to attack Xin'an, and I met Li Shimin, the king of Qin, a few times, he is quite personable, and his prestige in the Tang army is very high, and it seems to be a good choice to take refuge in him." ”

Cheng Biting Jin touched his head and said: "King Jin is good, King Qin is also good, this can make it difficult for me to do it with Old Cheng." ”