Life always gives people some surprises and frightes, and sometimes two seemingly unrelated things may affect not only the immediate life, but also the drastic changes in the future.

Just when Li Xiang was implementing his plan step by step, Li Yuan was angry and accepted the temporary defeat, and when the young master turned evil into good fortune, Yang Guang, who was far away in Jiangdu, couldn't sit still.

This time, the emperor decided to build a dragon boat.

Throughout Chinese history, most of the kings of each dynasty were arrogant and lascivious, who did not know how to govern the country and secure the people, but they knew how to enjoy and play very well.

But Yang Guang is a very strange person, saying that he doesn't know how to govern the country and the country, people are also all-powerful in all kinds of civil and martial arts, saying that he is the king of the dead country, he really does all kinds of ridiculous things.

At a time when the world is in turmoil and the people are struggling to make a living, there are rebellious armies everywhere, Yang Guang has just woken up from the nightmare of being trapped in Yanmen, who knows that he will think of building a dragon boat to play, what he thinks, it is really puzzling.

It's incomprehensible, things are really happening, and Yang Guang is still in accordance with the practice of digging canals, looking at the recruitment of carpenters and shipwrights in the Huaiyang area.

The common people are afraid, the three expeditions to Goryeo have exhausted the people's power in the north, and this time Yang Guang went south, and the people have long begun to pay attention to his every move. From the beginning of the panic and no longer make any will, to the current sudden order to build a dragon boat, in fact, it is more than three months.

The people chose to flee Yangzhou with their families as soon as possible.

There's no way, everyone has to live, you can't just let the people of a state and a county starve to death just because you are the emperor!

Yang Guang did not find out about this situation at first, but only ordered the Yangzhou magistrate to do a good job of registration and arrange a position for each craftsman. A few days later, when Yang Guang asked about this matter, he learned that there were not enough craftsmen of more than 100 people in the past few days, let alone starting work, but there was not even wood.

Now Yang Guang was angry, when did what he said have no deterrent effect, and the people below are too bold, and they dare to disobey under their noses?

Without saying a word, he directly pulled out the supervising official and beheaded him, and then appointed another person who he felt was capable of taking over, and gave a death order, if he didn't recruit enough 100 craftsmen to start work within three days, the whole family would be beheaded!

The official had no choice but to retreat. Yang Guang thought that in this way, at least three days later, the matter of building a dragon boat could begin, but he knew that he would go to the court three days later, Yang Guang actually didn't see this official, and asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu, but he didn't know why the person didn't go to the court.

Yang Guang asked Long Wei to go down and check, it doesn't matter if you don't check, something will happen when you check.

After the official went home after receiving Yang Guang's death order three days ago, he pondered for a long time, and finally chose to hang the crown and escape.

And the people also prepared for two days, just last night with their wives and children, packed up a little soft, and fled directly from Yangzhou, where the whereabouts are unknown.

Well, this kind of thing happened to Yang Guang here, and it was really strange through the ages, as an emperor, how could he tolerate such a thing happening right under his nose, didn't you run away? Could it be that I can't even catch a small official with so many soldiers and horses?

Yang Guang was angry, and relatively speaking, the consequences were serious.

At that moment, Yang Guang ordered Laihu'er, who had just returned from Jiangnan, to gather soldiers and horses to chase after this fugitive from office. Be sure to arrest and bring it back, and Yang Guang will interrogate him personally.

Lai Hu'er promised in his mouth, but he was very helpless in his heart. In fact, he also understood that this person was too pitiful, he was in front of the official safely, how could he know that such a thing was put on the table, Yang Guang's death order was not easy to complete, and escaping from the official was probably the only wise choice that could be made at that time.

After receiving the order, Laihu'er led the troops to chase after him. Yang Guang was in no mood to do anything else, so he retreated with a wave of his sleeves.

When he returned to the dormitory, Wuzi was still angry, and at this time, his cronies sent a brocade box, saying that Long Wei sent it from Longmen.

Empress Xiao was in Longmen, so Yang Guang knew as soon as he saw the brocade box that Empress Xiao had to send news once a month.

Asked the inner supervisor to retreat, Yang Guang opened the brocade box and saw what Empress Xiao wrote on the brocade inside, Yang Guang was startled.

Empress Xiao told all the things in Longmen and Luoyang during this time, of course, the most important thing was Li Xiang's news.

Long Wei is the person Yang Guang sent to protect Queen Xiao, Queen Xiao used Long Wei's investigation skills very well, and investigated the affairs of Luoyang very clearly, Li Xiang was kidnapped, among which there was Li Yuan's shadow, and there were traces of Maitreya, Li Xiang's life and death are unknown, Luoyang is actually a group of dragons without a leader, etc., all written in it.

Yang Guang frowned.

Speaking of which, he is really not a dumb monarch, and it can be seen from the fact that he was able to seize the throne through the sinister and treacherous palace battles, he is capable and ambitious. It's just that after a series of failures, he lost his confidence to forge ahead.

Li Xiang's sudden appearance seemed to make him see hope and ignite his dreams.

It's just that the shadow of Yanmen Pass has been shrouded in my heart, and I just calmed down here in Jiangdu, so I thought about making a dragon boat to tour Jiangnan and relax.

How do you know that Luoyang, where he is most at ease, has such a thing happening again.

The matter of the dragon boat made him angry, and now looking at the Jinpa in his hand, his anger was extinguished at once. There is no way, if Luoyang does not have someone who can reassure him to take care of it, then how can he have the energy to continue to build dragon boats and play!

The summer night was cool, but Yang Guang clearly felt a chill to the bone.

Lonely lamps, Yang Guang vaguely saw his father, looking at him from afar with a cold smile, the ridicule and disdain in that gaze made Yang Guang have nowhere to hide.

At dawn, the inner supervisor on duty tiptoed in to see if Yang Guang had gotten up, and found that Yang Guang was actually lying on the ground, holding the Jinpa in his hand.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The inner prison was frightened, and while walking over briskly and calling softly, he remembered to shout to the door: "Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor!" ”

The palace was in chaos, and the inner prisoners were running in all directions, like headless flies.

Four or five internal supervisors hurriedly helped Yang Guang up from the ground, put him on the couch, covered it with a quilt, boiled water, and made tea.

finally waited for the imperial doctor to come in, and the cronies hurriedly called the imperial doctor to diagnose Yang Guang.

The imperial doctor is also sweating, this is the emperor, and if you are not careful, you will have a mess.

Fortunately, several imperial doctors diagnosed Yang Guang separately, so he was a little relieved. Yang Guang had a fever, and he was in a hurry, and he lay on the cold ground all night, and the cold entered his body, so he fell ill, and it was good to prescribe a few medicines to recuperate first.

The queen is no more, the emperor is sick again, and someone has to take care of the government. After Yang Guang took the imperial doctor's medicine, he finally opened his eyes, and the first thing he said was to ask Yang Lin to see him.

The internal supervisor didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to pass on the backer Yang Lin.

Yang Lin came, accompanied by the general Yu Wenkai and Yu Shinan, a member of the Zhongshu Society.

It is said that the things in the palace are unknown to outsiders, in fact, how can it be so absolute, there is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that if you want to know the things in the palace, the big man naturally has the way of the big man.

As soon as Yang Guang fell ill, everyone who should know knew it as soon as possible.

By the time Yang Guang called Yang Lin to meet him, Yang Lin had already been in the court. As a general, Yu Wenkai now controls all the soldiers and horses in the capital and is responsible for the security of Jiangdu. After he learned the news, he blocked the gate of Jiangdu as soon as possible, and sent troops to martial law the nine gates of the imperial city.

At the same time, Yu Shinan is a scholar of Zhongshu, and whatever will the emperor wants to make, all must be drafted by him, and the jade seal can be officially put into effect.

Everyone knows that when the emperor is sick, he has to prepare his will, in case there are three long and two short, who will succeed him next is the most important thing, so Yu Shinan has also been waiting for the decree outside.

So all three walked in at the same time.

Yang Guang saw the three of them come in together, and he knew that his illness had been full of wind and rain, but unfortunately he didn't have the strength to be angry now, so he had to pretend to be very satisfied and nodded, and asked Yu Wenkai and Yu Shinan to be outside now, leaving Yang Lin alone.

Yang Lin stayed in Yang Guang's bedroom for half an hour before calling Yu Shinan and Yu Wenkai in. At this time, Yang Guang was already able to sit up, leaning on the brocade quilt and said: "Yu Aiqing has drafted a decree, I have been in poor health recently, and all the government has a backer Yang Lin and the general Yu Wenkai to discuss and decide. In addition, if you order Laihu'er to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to Daxing, you must find out Li Xiang's whereabouts, and if he is not in danger, do your best to save him from danger. ”

Yang Guang's order was inexplicable, Yu Shinan paused, and Yu Wenkai took the opportunity to ask: "What Your Majesty said is Lord Li Xiangli, the guard of Luoyang City?" ”

"Well, it's him, I've already told Yang Lin, you just go down and ask him, let's make a will!" Yang Guang was a little tired and closed his eyes.

"Yes!" After the three of them received the order, they retreated out of the dormitory.

"Lord Wang, what's going on?" Yu Wenkai was very puzzled.

"General Yuwen, Li Xiang is missing, he was kidnapped, His Majesty said that it may be the resurgence of the Maitreya Sect, but it is also possible that it is ......" Yang Lin said this, looked left and right, there was no one else, and then he said in a low voice: "It may also be that Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, did it!" ”

"What?" When Yu Shinan heard that this matter was very likely to be done by Li Yuan, he was shocked at that time. Speaking of which, Li Yuan and Yu Shinan still have some origins, and they can't be said to be the best friends, at least they often drink and eat meat together.

If Li Yuan really did this, it would be a big crime to raid his family and exterminate his clan. Yu Shinan was surprised in his heart, and he couldn't ask questions, so he had to continue to listen to Yang Lin talk there.