Yang Xuangan took a closer look at the former prince, and saw that he was much older than more than four years ago, most of his hair was white, his face was full of wrinkles, like the dead bark of an old tree, a person in his forties looked like he was sixty years old, and a pair of big eyes that were originally heroic had also become hollow, he was wearing a blue kudzu cloth clothes, dirty as if he hadn't been washed for several months, and his body smelled rancid, smelling like a beggar.

Yang Xuan felt a sour feeling in his heart, lit the candlestick on the table of the Eight Immortals with a fire fold, squatted down in front of Yang Yong, and said softly: "Yang Yong, do you still recognize me?" ”

Yang Yong's face was not half angry, he didn't even want to turn his head, but his eyes moved, glanced at Yang Xuangan, and said slowly: "Aren't you Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan?" ”

Yang Xuangan nodded, didn't say much, took out the white silk that Hongfu had just given him from his arms, and put it in front of Yang Yong.

Yang Yong glanced at the white silk roll blankly, and suddenly laughed, and there was a trace of sadness and vicissitudes in the laughter, which made Yang Xuan feel sad in his heart.

After Yang Yong finished laughing, he said to himself: "Father, did you finally go one step ahead of your child?" So far, do you regret it? ”

Yang Xuangan was embarrassed for a while, speechless.

Yang Yong turned his head to look at Yang Xuangan, and there were vague tears flashing in his eyes: "When you killed your father, you didn't let him suffer too much." ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "Yang Yong, I have been guarding this East Palace, I don't know the situation in Renshou Palace, I only received this emperor's holy decree here, asking you to commit suicide." You remember. It's the emperor who wants to kill you. It's not me, Yang Xuangan, and it's not the prince. After he finished speaking, he handed over the holy decree to Yang Yong.

Yang Yong didn't even look at it, he directly threw the holy decree far away, and snorted disdainfully in his nose: "Yang Xuangan, I thought you were a whining hero, but I didn't expect to lie in front of me, a dying person, is this necessary?" My father deposed me as the crown prince, but he never killed me. Now that he is seriously ill and bedridden, he wants to attack me, will you believe that this is the will of your father? ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth, he didn't dare to look at Yang Yong's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Xuangan only knows the holy decree, but doesn't know anything else, that's all he says!" Yang Yong, if you don't have anything else to do, I'll go out first, don't worry, God has the virtue of a good life. Your children, I, Yang Xuangan, will definitely try to save them. ”

Yang Yong smiled miserably: "It's okay." It doesn't matter what happened when my father left, I would see him soon, and I would naturally ask him when the time came. Yang Xuangan, I want to ask you for one thing, I hope you can agree. ”

Yang Xuangan hesitated for a moment and said, "It depends on what you ask for, if you can do something, I will definitely agree." ”

Yang Yong nodded: "I have heard for a long time that the prince of Yue Guo has made a promise and never spoke, but when I saw it today, he was really a young hero, and that incident would not make you too embarrassed, it was about my son." ”

Yang Xuangan immediately took over the conversation: "Your son-in-law, I, Yang Xuangan and my father, will definitely protect them, teach them to read and write, teach them the way of arching horses, and will not lose your Yang Yong." ”

Yang Yong suddenly laughed: "General Yang, in your eyes, what kind of person is I, Yang Yong?" ”

Yang Xuangan groaned for a while, raised his head, and said loudly: "In my opinion, you have supported half of the world for the twenty years of the Great Sui Dynasty, and you have a share of the credit for the prosperity of the emperor, which no one can erase. ”

Yang Yong's eyes suddenly swelled, and he asked in a deep voice: "Then if my child arrives in your Yue Guo Mansion, how are you and your father going to educate him and cultivate him?" ”

Yang Xuangan blurted out: "Naturally, the son inherits his father's business and makes him a dignified gentleman like you." ”

Yang Yong's tongue thundered, and shouted loudly: "It must not be like this!" ”

Yang Xuangan froze suddenly, not knowing what Yang Yong's idea was, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Yang Yong stared at Yang Xuangan's eyes, and said word by word: "I am just because I am too dignified, my heart is not black enough, my hands are not ruthless enough, I believe in the word gentleman and frankness all my life, and I will do everything recklessly, so I will have today, do you still want my children to follow my old path again?" ”

"General Yang, please ask your father Yue Guogong to give full play to his greatest ability and teach my children to be as black-bellied, as ruthless, and as cruel as you, only in this way can I survive in this world where black and white are reversed and jackals are rampant!"

Yang Xuangan's face turned blue and white for a while, and he didn't know how to answer, so he could only close his mouth and be silent.

The light in Yang Yong's eyes gradually dimmed, and his voice revealed a dead despair: "Among all my sons, the one who is most like me is Yang Ke, the king of Xiangcheng, who was born to Gao Liangdi, the daughter of Gao Servant. Gao Liangdi has always been in love with me, and if she knew that I was dead, she would definitely go with me. ”

"Yang Ke is only eight years old this year, it's too pitiful to have no father and no mother all of a sudden, if General Yang can keep his promise, he still hopes to save this child, let him be a farmer, fisherman, hunter, or merchant, but don't be an official, let alone enter the palace."

Yang Xuangan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is not a problem, your other children will also ...... in the future."

Yang Yong waved his hand directly, interrupting Yang Xuangan's words: "I don't know much about my good brother, this person is ten times more lustful than me, and he has long coveted my beautiful concubines, after I die, Yun Zhaoxun and Wang Liangyuan will definitely switch to Yang Guang's dragon bed, and the children they gave birth to with me will definitely be cut down and eradicated." ”

"So General Yang, if you have the heart to protect it, at most, you can only protect Yang Ke, after all, he is the grandson of Lord Gao, if Yang Guang wants to use my father-in-law and father-in-law again in the future, maybe he will be spared, please don't forget what you promised me at that time."

Yang Xuangan's eyes were full of tears, he nodded heavily, raised his right hand and swore: "The sky is above, as long as Yang Xuangan has a breath, he will definitely protect Yang Ke is fine, if he violates this oath, people and gods will abandon him!" ”

Yang Yong calmly watched Yang Xuangan finish his vow. Said lightly: "General Yang." You're good to go. Thank you for giving me a whole corpse, so that when I see my father and queen mother after death, they will not be unrecognizable to me. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded heavily, stood up, turned around and walked out, Yang Yong's last voice sounded behind him: "General Yang, please go back and tell Yue Guogong, don't think that the good brother who helped me killed me." will gain his trust, if you don't want the whole family to be finished, it's best to retreat immediately, hahahaha! ”

Yang Xuangan's heart moved slightly, what Wang Shichong said to himself has been echoing in his ears at this time, this point of view has just been affirmed by Li Mi, and even Yang Yong can see it, people are dying, and their words are also good, since he is lonely with himself. I will never have to intimidate myself at this time, just to breathe a sigh.

Wang Shichong, who had been silently beside him, walked over. took off the mask, and at this time, Yang Yong's head had already reached into the white silk trap hanging on the beam, but although the muscles on his face were trembling and beating all the time, he never had the heart to kick off the stool under his feet.

Wang Shichong took off his face, and his face was exposed in front of Yang Yong, Yang Yong's eyes widened: "Why are you?!"

Wang Shichong sneered: "Yang Yong, when you killed my wife, did you ever think that there would be today?" ”

Yang Yong asked in surprise, "I, when did I kill your wife?" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes were already full of tears, and in the haze, An Suiyu's face appeared in front of his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "In the cat ghost case, the little girl who pretends to be a ghost is my beloved wife An Suiyu, in order to protect your position as the prince, she cooperated with Gao Xi to act, but you killed people and killed her, Yang Yong, today is the time for me to avenge my wife, take my life!" As he spoke, Wang Shichong flew up and kicked the stool under his feet.

Yang Yong's face was full of complicated expressions: pain, fear, anger, unwillingness, his throat hissing, his hands clutching, his legs flying in the air, desperately struggling, but he just let the rope around his neck get tighter and tighter. The "creaking" sound he made when he swayed around seemed so strange and terrifying in this dark summer night.

Yang Xuangan didn't look back, he stood outside the door, looked up at the starry sky in the sky, and finally his eyes fell on the bright moon, and muttered: "Our Yang family, can we really avoid this time?" ”

Wang Shichong's voice sounded from behind: "It depends on what your family does next." ”

Yang Xuangan looked back and saw that Yang Yong's tongue had already spit out of his mouth, and he stopped struggling, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of unwillingness, but he was already out of breath, while Wang Shichong put his face back on, standing behind him ghostly.

Yang Xuangan turned around and looked at Wang Shichong's expression with a complicated expression: "Wang Shichong, how much enmity do you have with Yang Yong?" You said he killed your wife, but the last time my brother and I went to rob it, you killed it yourself, what's going on? ”

Wang Shichong got revenge today, but he didn't have much joy in his heart, but in his heart at this moment, there was a boundless sense of disillusionment, and he always felt that he had a lot of words in his heart to talk to, so he sighed: "Yang Xuangan, do you know, my wife is the Xu Ani in the cat ghost case, that is, the one who was shot to death by Yang Yong in the end." ”

Yang Xuan was shocked, stepped forward and grabbed the armor belt on Wang Shichong's chest: "What! Your wife killed my mother?!"

Wang Shichong pushed Yang Xuangan away with all his might, and said sharply: "I told you last time, my wife is pretending to be a ghost, how can there be any cat ghosts!" This is completely a trick made up by Gao Xi, the reason why your mother and Queen Dugu fell ill was because Gao Xi sent someone to poison the food!"

Yang Xuan's feelings calmed down a little, and he took a step back, his voice was still very tough: "Anyway, you are also involved in the action of harming my mother." Wang Shichong, I won't forgive you in this matter!"

Wang Shichong's heart was sour, and tears glistened in his eyes: "Don't talk about you, I won't forgive myself for this!" Ayu did this for me, do you know, Ayu is a Turk, I went to the Turks to divide and disintegrate the Turks, so that her brother and sister were sentenced to death, and later Gao Xi took the opportunity to control her and sent her to me as a spy. ”

"Later, in order to fight against your Yang family and Queen Dugu, Gao Xi set up a plan for cats and ghosts, and while poisoning, he sent Ayu to pretend to be a god and a ghost, as a condition for returning her freedom, but poor my Ayu, not only was she tortured. was even more Yang Yong in order to show loyalty. Shot alive with an arrow. Yang Xuangan, you said that it was you who changed, would you not take revenge? ”

Yang Xuangan had also seen Yang Yong shoot that Xu Ani (An Suiyu) with his own eyes that day, and now he knew the truth of the matter, so he was speechless for a long time before he sighed: "Wang Shichong, I'm sorry." I hated you so much for so many years, it was always because my mother died in the cat ghost case, I thought you were the mastermind, and now I know that you are also a victim. Is that Ayu your wife, and why did you marry another one later? ”

Wang Shichong wiped away the tears in his eyes, and said coldly: "That's Gao Xi also knows that he can't live with me, after that incident, I almost turned my face directly with him, and turned to your father, in order to save me." And I found a daughter of the former Northern Qi clan of the Beihai Gao family, but this woman is also a spy she has trained for many years. He also wants to continue to use this woman to control me and spy on me, Yang Xuangan, she heard the content of our conversation that day, do you think I can let her continue to live? Besides, it was your red whisk who told me the news at that time, and only by killing this woman can I make your father believe that I have completely turned against Gao Xi, and he will accept me. ”

Yang Xuangan never dreamed that Wang Shichong and his father, Gao Xi would have such a relationship, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Wang Shichong still said to himself: "Yang Xuangan, you were born as the son of a family, you never have to worry about your livelihood, you have a knighthood as soon as you are out of your mother's womb, and you will be promoted to the Pillar Country after a battle, have you ever known that it is not easy for a small person like me with no background to fight and work hard completely on his own hands?" Why should this world be that you, the high-ranking families, have a monopoly on a wealth and power, is this fair? ”

Yang Xuan sighed faintly: "So you think this world is unfair, so you want to overthrow it, want to destroy it?" Wang Shichong, don't lie to yourself, even if you get the world, you will change the world and make everyone equal? ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "I didn't get to that position, I don't have to say anything, if I really become the emperor one day, maybe I will give the common people more opportunities to get ahead, Yang Xuangan, now that time is pressing, I still have a lot of things to do, you think about what your family will do next." ”

Yang Xuangan's heart moved, and he said in a deep voice: "I killed Yang Yong by edict, our family should be safe, what should I do?" As for you, how are you going to end up making such a big move this time? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "The first emperor has died, Yang Guang has won, my chess pieces in the palace are very reliable, and they will never betray me, otherwise in addition to arresting Yang Yong this time, they will definitely arrest me, but now I haven't caught me, that is, my inner line in the palace finally protected my safety with my life, and also retained the hope of avenging himself, so I won't have any problems here, just disband my subordinates." ”

"But your Yang family, this time you participated in the conspiracy to kill the monarch and seize the throne, and you will definitely become a thorn in Yang Guang's side, and the people who are now in Renshou Palace may be the targets of Yang Guang's murder in order to keep the secret of his seizure of the throne, and your father will bear the brunt. This time, Yang Guang detained Yue Guogong and forced you to kill Yang Yong, isn't it the best proof? ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth: "But Yuwenshu, Zhang Heng, and Guo Yan were also involved in this incident, what do you say, can Yang Guang still kill all his cronies?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Those people are his real henchmen, they have been with him for more than ten years, and they didn't have much real power in their hands before, and their power was not huge, but your father only joined temporarily at the last time, and he was just an ally, plus your father's goal is too big, and his power is all over the government and the opposition, he must be the first to be targeted, Yang Xuangan, don't think I'm angry with you or scare you this time, I'm really good for you." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded, and his heart was indeed getting more and more scared: "Then what do you say is the way to save yourself?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "If you want to save your whole family, there is only one way, Yang Guang usurped the throne, Yang Yong died again, and then he will definitely attack Yang Liang, and Yang Liang, who has been preparing for a long time, cannot be captured, he will inevitably raise troops to resist, Yang Guang will not attack your Yang family at this time, but will let your father take command to quell the rebellion." This is your Yang family's last chance. ”

Yang Xuangan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then we must do our best to show our strength and try our best to appease Yang to prove our loyalty." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "No, this battle must not end quickly, I have already told you, the key is to drag it out as much as possible, Yang Liang's survival is the reason for your life, once Yang Liang is quickly pacified, then your father will lose his greatest value, and he can be hung up during the first emperor's period, but our ruthless new emperor is only afraid that he will unload the mill and kill the donkey." ”

Yang Xuangan thought of the terrible experience from yesterday to today, and the hideous face of Yang Guang, who was gentle and elegant, couldn't help but tremble.

Wang Shichong patted Yang Xuangan's shoulder: "Brother Yang, go back and persuade your father, I will also help Yang Liang a little here, so that he can seize the Yellow River ferry as soon as possible, give him the opportunity to open Shuozhou and Daizhou, and defect to the Turks, once the Turks are willing to help him, then this war can continue, and your Yang family can also keep safe, so do it yourself." ”

After Wang Shichong finished speaking, he strode out of the door, leaving only Yang Xuangan to stay where he was in place, reminiscing about what he had just said. (To be continued......)