When Wang Yuan returned to the back house of the middle courtyard, Xuanzong was already waiting restlessly, and wanted to get up and go to the Buddhist hall several times to take a look, but was stopped by Tan Ping and Zhao Qing, who rushed to the back house to protect after cleaning up the remnants of the forbidden army. The reason for Zhao Qing and Tan Ping www.biquge.info is very sufficient: the marshal has an order, in order to ensure the safety of His Majesty, His Majesty cannot go anywhere, there is a fear of conflict in the Buddhist hall, and His Majesty must sit and wait for news from Wang Dashuai.

Finally seeing Wang Yuan's figure, Xuanzong jumped up on his chair, walked to the bottom of the corridor in a few steps, and asked loudly, "Why is it so long?" How's it going? Love the concubine she ......"

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time, and something happened in the middle, so it delayed the time." Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and the minister is guilty. ”

Xuanzong frowned and said, "What's wrong?" Didn't you save your concubine? ”

Wang Yuanchao pointed behind him, but saw more than a dozen soldiers carrying two corpses slowly walking from the east head, and the corpse on the door panel in front of him was wearing a phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, which was Yang Guifei's clothes. Xuanzong's eyes darkened, and he said in a trembling voice: "Guifei she...... Did she go? ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "The minister is incompetent, he failed to save the concubine Niangniang in time, and when the minister arrived at the Buddha Hall, the concubine Niangniang was already overhanged. Please punish Your Majesty. ”

Xuanzong's body trembled, and he trembled down the stairs to go to the corpse. Wang Yuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Your Majesty mourns, take care of the dragon body." The concubine's appearance is indecent, Your Majesty still don't want to see it, Your Majesty has a true affection for Niangniang, so he will miss Niangniang's face in his heart. ”

Xuanzong stopped, tears fell from his eyes, beat his chest and said: "It was I who harmed her, it was I who harmed the concubine, and the concubine will die without turning a blind eye." I am incompetent, I can't even protect my beloved concubine, and I hate myself very much. ”

Wang Yuan watched coldly, feeling that Xuanzong actually had a lot of feelings for Yang Guifei, but this feeling was much weaker than his own life and death. And Yang Guifei has no love for Xuanzong at all. Xuanzong could get Yang Guifei by power, but the concubine finally abandoned him without hesitation. Later generations said that 'in heaven I wish to be a winged bird, and on earth I wish to be a branch.' The verses are entirely subscriptive, but in fact they are not at all. Many things are like this, and if you look at them from a distance, you will be shocked and destroy your beautiful imagination after experiencing them yourself.

"Your Majesty's condolences." Wang Yuan said: "The corpse in the back is Gao Neijian. ”

"Huh? Lux is also dead? How did he die? Xuanzong said in astonishment with teary eyes.

"The minister examined the body, and he was killed by a vigorous kick to the sternum. According to eyewitnesses, Gao Neijian wanted to save the concubine Niangniang, but was kicked in the chest by Chen Xuanli and died. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Rebel minister, Chen Xuanli, this rebel minister! Li Fuguo, this dog slave! The prince is a rebel! What about them? Why didn't you see them? I'm going to kill these rebels with my own hands. Xuanzong roared.

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "The minister is incompetent, when the minister rushed to the west, the concubine Niangniang had already returned to the west, and the high internal supervisor had already died of anger." And the crown prince and Chen Xuanli, Li Fuguo and others were nowhere to be found. The reason why the minister has been delayed until now is to lead people to search for them. It's a pity that the minister couldn't find their traces. ”

"What? They ran away? Xuanzong's eyes erupted with fire.

Wang Yuan said: "Presumably, he fled immediately when he learned that the minister was coming with his troops. But rest assured, Your Majesty, where can they run in this weather? It's freezing in the ice and snow, and if you run, you'll die. Even if they don't die, these three people conspired against and usurped the throne, how can they gain a foothold in my Tang Dynasty? I'm afraid that in the end, I can only hide in the deep mountains and old forests for a lifetime. ”

Xuanzong said angrily: "It can't be done if you hide, you must be arrested, I have to concoct them with my own hands." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, there is no delay here now, after dawn, we will leave here and go to Jiannan." Your Majesty's safety is important, so it's better not to delay the trip for the sake of these people. ”

Xuanzong was stunned and hurriedly said, "What you said is that I am confused. Wang Yuan, it's a good thing that you arrived in time this time, otherwise I wouldn't know how I would be persecuted by them. After settling down in Chengdu, I issued an order to appoint you as the generalissimo of countering the rebellion and rebellion, and my Tang soldiers and horses are all under your command, and you have leveled An Lushan for me. ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister is duty-bound." Your Majesty, please rest first, there is still an hour or two left in the morning, and I will order someone to bury the concubine and the high eunuch. The bodies of Yang Xiangguo and Mrs. Han will also be buried. Some mutinous forbidden troops also need to be dealt with, and the ministers will not be able to accompany His Majesty. ”

When Xuanzong heard the name of Yang Guozhong's Korean wife, he remembered that these people had also died tonight, and immediately burst into tears again, and asked, "What about the eighth aunt?" Why didn't you see her? ”

Wang Yuan said: "Mrs. Qin Guo was frightened, and she was so sad that she almost fainted, so I ordered Liu Jun to accompany her to leave and return to Chengdu." In a hurry, he did not come to resign to His Majesty. ”

Xuanzong said gloomily: "Eighth aunt will definitely not see me, I will explain to her when I get to Chengdu." Where are you going to bury your concubine? Let me know the place, and I will come back to pay respects in the future. ”

Wang Yuan said: "There is a clearing in the grove in front of the post station, and there will be wild flowers everywhere in spring, and the mother loves flowers, and the minister wants to bury her there." The corpses of Xiangguo's Korean wife, Gao Neijian and others, the minister also plans to bury them next to him, so that he can accompany the concubine Niangniang, so that Niangniang is not too lonely. ”

Xuanzong sighed: "You think very thoughtfully, just do it, first build a coffin and bury it, and when I settle down, then build a good coffin and repair the tomb for a grand burial." I'm tired, I'm going to rest. ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Wang Yuan clenched his fists and bowed.

Xuanzong turned around and slowly walked towards the house. After a night, Xuanzong seemed to be dozens of years old, and from the back, he was small and hunched, and he already looked like a man who was about to die.

Tan Ping was ordered to strictly protect Xuanzong's residence, and Wang Yuan took Zhao Qing and others to clean up the post station. The corpses of thousands of forbidden soldiers were strewn all over the place, and the soldiers of the Divine Ce Army pulled them together one by one and stacked them together. Some of the surviving concubines and maidservants also hid in a house one by one like frightened birds. Wang Yuan settled them one by one.

The bodies of Yang Guozhong and Mrs. Han were also found and parked, and the soldiers cut down wood to make a few improvised coffins, gathered them up, and dug a few pits in the open space in the woods ahead and buried them hastily. Unable to erect a monument, Wang Yuan wrote a few wooden plaques and inserted them on the grave.

Standing in front of Yang Guozhong's grave, Wang Yuan sighed uncontrollably. This person finally broke himself off, and his persuasion and hints in the open and secret were all taken by him as a deaf ear. Originally, I saw that he was not thin on him, he was kind to himself, and for the sake of Mrs. Qin Guo's face, he planned to hold him and prevent him from slipping into the abyss. But since this person became the right minister, he seems to have changed as a person, he can't listen to anything, he is arrogant and arrogant, and finally he can't pull it, and he has ended up like this, which is in response to the old saying 'you can't live if you do your own evil'.

After tonight's events, Wang Yuan was actually a little confused in his heart. Judging from what happened to Yang Guozhong, it seems that history is not changeable, and he is still following a normal trajectory. But he saved Mrs. Qin Guo and Yang Yuhuan, what does this mean? Is this the truth of history? Or did it change history because of its own interference? If it's the former, there's nothing to say. If it is the latter, it means that the historical process in which we are living is not immutable, but will change from person to person, so there is no law to follow for yourself, and there is no limit to be trapped, which may be an opportunity.

Sitting in front of Yang Guozhong's grave, Wang Yuan thought a lot. After tonight, Wang Yuan finally got rid of the sense of oppression that he had been breathless. Li Heng and Li Fuguo are dead, and the threat of Luo Yimen is no more. Yang Guozhong died, and the oppression of this mountain was gone, and then Wang Yuan thought about it carefully, as if no one in the Tang Dynasty could ride on his head anymore. Even includes Xuanzong, although he is the emperor, he is now the emperor who relies on his own protection, and he doesn't seem to be able to suppress himself. Wang Yuan suddenly realized that he had become the most powerful figure in the Tang Dynasty, which was indescribably subtle, both excited and apprehensive. It turns out that the so-called ministers feel like this. So, where is the next step? Wang Yuan felt a little lost again.

The sky was slightly bright, and the bloody rain of the night finally passed, and the eastern sky appeared a touch of morning red. The wind stopped, and although it was still cold, it didn't feel so cold anymore. Wang Yuan sat there until dawn. Gongsun Lan sat quietly on the side and accompanied him. She wanted to ask Wang Yuan what he was thinking, but suddenly she felt that she shouldn't disturb him.

It's good to be with him quietly, so why bother to find out everything in his heart?

Zhao Qing rode his horse to the grove and reported that the post station had been cleaned up, and whether the army would set off.

Wang Yuan got up and nodded, and suddenly remembered something, so he ordered: "Gather all the inner servants in one place, I want to find someone." ”

Zhao Qing took the order and left, Wang Yuan and Gongsun Lan returned to Ma Weiyi, and more than a dozen attendants were gathered in a small courtyard by Zhao Qing. Wang Yuan stepped into the courtyard and asked in a deep voice, "Is there any one among you named Bian Lingcheng?" ”

The chamberlains looked at each other in amazement, and then set their eyes on a short and fat chamberlain. The chamberlain was hiding with his head down, but seeing that there was no way to hide at the moment, he stepped forward and said: "Our family is Bian Lingcheng, what does Wang Dashuai command?" ”

Wang Yuan glanced at Bian Lingcheng and said, "You are?" ”

"It's like a fake." Bian Lingcheng was very happy in his heart, Gao Lishi died, maybe Wang Dashuai wanted to ask himself to take the place of Gao Lishi, to serve His Majesty closely, and to be the director of the internal service.

Wang Yuan nodded slightly, and ordered Zhao Qing in a deep voice: "Kill him." ”

After saying that, Wang Yuan turned around and left, walked out of the courtyard quickly, and Bian Lingcheng shouted in horror behind him: "I am the inner servant of Your Majesty's side, who dares to kill me?" ”

The next moment, an exclamation sounded, it was the frightened shouts of the other chamberlains, but Bian Lingcheng's piercing shouts stopped abruptly, obviously Zhao Qing made a move.

Wang Yuanyuan did not return, and instructed the guards beside him: "Go and ask Your Majesty to drive." ”

Soon after, Xuanzong was invited to get into the car, and dozens of carts and more than 2,000 soldiers and horses lined up in a long line and left Ma Weiyi. After leaving for several miles, Ma Weiyi was on fire, and all the houses were set on fire by the broken Tan Ping and his soldiers.

The courtyard burned, the Buddha hall burned, the corpses piled on top of each other were burned, and everything was bathed in fire and soon came to naught. This place that changed the pattern of the world, this soul-breaking Ma Weiyi burned in the morning sun and soon became history.