Yang Guozhong said goodbye and left, Wang Yuan sent it to the door, watched dozens of horses gallop away, then turned around with a long sigh of relief, and ordered the servants to close the courtyard door, carefully check the movement outside, and report immediately if there is any situation.

Wang Yuan hurriedly came to a small courtyard in the east of Erjin, and when he entered the house, Sun Shiqing was sitting on a chair waiting, and when he saw Wang Yuan coming in, he hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Yang Guozhong is gone?"

"Let's go, smoke the true image of your pretense, Yang Guozhong doesn't doubt your identity at all." Wang Yuan smiled.

Liu Xun, who was dressed as Sun Shiqing, breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Don't tell the boy, I'm covered in sweat, and my legs are shaking badly. Especially when Yang Guozhong stared at me, I thought he recognized me. Whew, what a risky move. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Winning in danger is very exciting." Anyway, Twelve Niang's disguised kung fu is really good, and I also stared carefully to find out the flaws, but I didn't find it. Your height, voice, complexion, and hair have changed, if it weren't for the fact that I knew that it was Sun Shiqing who you played as Brother Xun, I would almost think that you were Sun Shiqing. You and Yang Guozhong have only met once, and he is not familiar with you, of course, he can't recognize you. ”

Liu Xun smiled and said: "Yes, Mrs. Zun's disguise method is really clever, do you see, I am wearing heightened shoes, my hair is dyed white, my skin is smeared with yellow dust powder, my face is wrinkled, and my mouth is stuffed with small . Walnut changed her voice, and when she looked in the mirror after she was done, I didn't even recognize myself. ”

As Liu Xunzhi spoke, he took off his shoes and wiped his face and spit out the contents of his mouth, except for the white color on his hair that needed to be washed with medicine, he instantly changed back to Liu Xunzhi's appearance.

Wang Yuan smiled and watched him return to his original appearance, nodded and said: "Fortunately, it was at night, and the meeting time was not long, otherwise it would still be discovered, from now on, Sun Shiqing is no longer in the world, only Liu Xunzhi." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed. The laughter stopped, and Liu Xun said in a low voice: "Childe, I can't imagine that you really killed Mrs. Qiuguo." I have been by Li Zuoxiang's side for so many years, and I have never seen him take such decisive actions. Now that he is by the side of Childe, he knows what it means to be decisive in killing. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Liu Xun with a smile and said straightly: "I don't want to kill, but I don't want to die either." I didn't hide the reason why Mrs. Qiu Guo provoked me, if you were from my point of view, what should you do? ”

Liu Xun groaned in a deep voice: "I'm afraid there is no way to do it, maybe I will flee to the deep mountains and old forests to hide, but I will never dare to kill Mrs. Qiuguo." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "This is the difference between you and me, do you think my actions are too ruthless, are you a little uncomfortable?" ”

Liu Xunzhi thought about it seriously and said: "Childe has a deep heart for Liu, and he doesn't hide such a secret thing, and he is deeply frightened. In the next life, I have never been so trusted by others, although I am only shallow in learning, but I am not a person who is willing to be mediocre. Xun Zhi felt that Gongzi was not an ordinary person, so he had the courage of a very human person, so he could do extraordinary things. Xun Zhi has not made any achievements in his life, and when he followed Li Zuoxiang in the past, he was also dedicated to planning for him, but unfortunately I didn't help him until Li Zuoxiang was killed, and this matter has always been a regret in my heart. Until I met you, from the day you killed Yang Shenjin to avenge Li Zuoxiang, Xunzhi told himself that he would be loyal to serve his son in this life. Xunzhi is willing to do his best to plan on the side and help Gongzi achieve a meritorious career. Although he is shallow, he must repay his confidant, this is what he thinks in his heart. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I didn't kill Yang Shenjin to avenge Li Shizhi, but he is indeed one of the culprits of Li Shizhi's death, but you don't have to be grateful to me for this." You are a principled person, and your loyalty to Li Shizhi is the biggest advantage I fancy you, so I dare to have a deep friendship with you. But you don't have to be presumptuous, you don't have room to play by Li Shizhi's side, that's not your reason, in fact, you are a capable person. Aren't you the one who did today's show? Being able to come up with a person who pretends to be this unwarranted person named Sun Shiqing to corroborate the fact that the third lady is suffering from a secret illness is the key to Yang Guozhong's dispel doubts. ”

"Childe praises falsely, and he is ashamed." Liu Xun arched his hand.

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said softly: "Yanzhi, I'm not complimenting you, you are a capable person, but you just followed the wrong person and wasted a good time." From the time you came to me, I have observed you for a long time and decided that you are someone that my Wang Yuan can trust. You are calm, resourceful, loyal and reliable, and I am relieved to have you as my most confidant. From now on, I will not hide everything from you, because I need your help. Yanzhi, the world of the Tang Dynasty seems to be calm today, but in fact, the wind and rain are coming, don't ask me how I came to this conclusion, I just hope you can remember my words. I hope you will help me wholeheartedly, and when the wind and rain are rushing across the sea, I hope to have a foothold, to hold up a piece of the sky, and you are also one of the pillars of the sky. ”

Liu Xun straightened his robe and knelt down, raised his hand and swore an oath: "The sky is above, the thick earth is below, I Liu Xunzhi swears today that I will be loyal to Wang Yuan in this life, if I violate this oath, heaven and earth will be angry, and people and ghosts will hate it." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly helped him up and said, "Why swear, I don't want you to be like this, we just take care of each other." ”

Liu Xun said solemnly: "Of course, you have to swear, otherwise how can you be trusted by your son." ”

Wang Yuan smiled silently, and Liu Xun said straightly: "By the way, Gongzi, I see that Yang Guozhong must have some doubts when he came here today, although we designed to dispel his doubts, I am afraid that he will still be wary of you." I'm afraid they'll alienate you. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I still have a role for him now, he has not yet dominated the government and the opposition, and Li Linfu and the crown prince are on his head, he still needs me to plan for him, so he won't do anything to me." But we have to be careful for some time to come, because before she died, Mrs. Qiu Guo said that she had left a letter with someone, and I don't know if it was true or not. As soon as Mrs. Qiu Guo died, if there was really that letter, I am afraid that her true face would have been revealed. Judging from Yang Guozhong's performance tonight, he didn't want to know anything, but it was not ruled out that he deliberately pretended to be ignorant. All in all, wait and see how it changes, deal with it carefully, and once there is a stir, you still have to take the initiative and not take it lightly. ”

Liu Xun nodded in agreement, and the two chatted secretly under the lamp for a long time, and did not go back to their rooms to rest until the second watch was halfway through.

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The mourning hall of Mrs. Yu Guo was set up for three days, and there was an endless stream of people who came to mourn, first the dignitaries and nobles at all levels in Chang'an City, and then the officials outside Beijing and all the people who could have anything to do with the Yang family or wanted to have a relationship with the Yang family came to Beijing to pay respects. turned a funeral service into a political show for the Yang family to flex their muscles.

Many people secretly marveled at the rapid expansion of the Yang family's power, since Yang Guozhong became the left minister, the Yang family is like a magnet to attract all kinds of people around the Yang family. A huge sphere of influence is taking shape. Most people naturally took advantage of this opportunity to drink the Yang family to get in touch, and many people who originally belonged to other forces also defected to Yang Guozhong because of this huge funeral.

In a sense, the death of Mrs. Qiu Guo became a good thing to expand the influence of the Yang family and consolidate Yang Guozhong's position. This can be seen from Yang Guozhong's face, although he tried his best to show a sad and heartbroken expression, but it was difficult to hide the joy under the surface. Every day, he met and talked with officials inside and outside Chang'an, contacted feelings, and even reached some kind of deal, although Yang Guozhong shouted that he was tired, but he was not tired of it.

Three days later, Mrs. Yu Guo was buried in the ground, and most of Chang'an City was moved, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded on the streets to watch the funeral. The pomp and circumstance was comparable to the scale of a royal funeral, and the extravagance was incomparable.

The one who opened the way was the Tang Shenwu Army Guard, all dressed in black helmets and black armor, with swords and guns wrapped in white silk, followed by a huge musician of thirty-eight people, and the silk bamboo flute was extremely noisy. Dozens of pairs of paper figures, paper horses, and ingots slowly followed, and thirty-two strong men carried the huge coffin made of golden silk nanmu in the middle of the team.

The corpse of Mrs. Qiu Guo was wearing a golden jade dress and lying in the jade coffin in the coffin of the golden silk nanmu, her hands and body were full of gold and silver jewelry, and even the shroud she was wearing was made by the most famous craftsman in Chang'an who was invited by the gold and silver thread to work overnight.

Behind the coffin is more than a dozen carts full of funeral things, the utensils that Mrs. Guo likes to use on weekdays, the clothes she loves to wear, the food she loves to eat, and everything she needs.

At the back is a vast funeral crowd of thousands of people wearing linen and filial piety, white and black that stretch for more than ten miles. Paper money is flying, silk and bamboo are noisy, crying is shocking, people are neighing, and smoke and dust cover the sun. From the early morning to the early afternoon, the coffin of Mrs. Qiu Guo was sent to the Yang family cemetery on the side of the Bahe River outside the east city to be buried. It was selected as the Yang family cemetery a few years ago, and the construction of the tomb had already begun, and it was now able to be buried in the tomb.