Li Xiang sat in the hall of the Taishou Mansion, and in addition to Yuwen Chengdu, Hu Deqi and several generals, there was also a scout kneeling in the center.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Li Xiang asked.

"Back to the capital envoy, come from the front to report, a team of people and horses appeared five miles west of Longmen, like an elite from Guanzhong."

Everyone looked at Li Xiang, and Yuwen Chengdu stood up and said, "My lord, it should be the people and horses sent by His Majesty to comfort the Hedong envoy have arrived. ”

Li Xiang nodded, already had a plan in his heart, and said: "Take my token, go and inform the general who came, let him rest on the spot outside Longmen City, and tomorrow I will lead the troops to go to fight him." The scout took the order and left.

At this time, another scout reported: "Captain Yudu, report from the front, the gate of Longmen is wide open, and the thieves have fled far away, and they don't know where to go." ”

"Ahh Everyone was stunned at once, they only withdrew the team yesterday, and today the thieves ran away, and if the above blamed them, none of these generals could escape.

Li Xiang nodded and said that he understood, and sent the scout down as well. Then he said to everyone: "I ordered to come to Luoyang, I came to suppress the thieves, yesterday's order was also given by me, no matter what troubles there are in the future, I will bear it, all the generals don't panic, I have my own way." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, their hearts relaxed, and then looked at Li Xiang's face that had not faded away, and they were also impressed in their hearts, such a lieutenant is responsible, affectionate, and a good official.

Li Xiang said again: "Since we are thieves, we must have a good method. The thieves have been entrenched in Longmen for a long time, and they are Longmen people, so attacking the city is not good for us, and it will also cause unnecessary losses, so I deliberately withdrew the army, that is, they want to run out of Longmen, and when they reach the field, that is the world of our cavalry, and it is not too late to clean him up when the time comes. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, this move was much more clever than Duan Caishen, so they all said: "My lord's clever plan." ”

Only Yuwen Chengdu thought in his heart: "The strategy is really good, but I always feel that something is wrong." I didn't know what it was when I thought about it, so I also smiled and said to Li Xiang: "The adult is indeed Wen Taowu, and he is proficient in everything, no wonder my father asked me to learn from the adult." ”

Li Xiang waved his hand and said: "I don't have any skills, I just don't want my brothers to die in vain, okay, don't praise me anymore." ”

Then he looked at the people: "Today the people will go back to the camp to rest for a day, and tomorrow they will go with me to meet the Hedong comforters." ”

He said to Yuwen Chengdu again: "General Yuwen, after I leave, the security in Luoyang City will be handed over to the general, and I will leave the Eagle Cavalry Guard to the general to command." ”

Yuwen Chengdu stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The last general will take the order." ”

Wei Zheng and eldest grandson Wuji got up early and began to pack their bags, that is, a few pieces of clothing and some food. However, Li Yaozu sent someone to bring a few letters and a pack of silver taels to them, so that they could use them on the road, and told them to pay attention to safety, and to help Li Xiang more, and the two nodded in response.

Over there, Wuwu also came out to help pack things, Wei Zheng looked at Wuwu and said, "We waited all night last night and didn't wait for Miss to come to help clean up, did we fall asleep?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was also smiling evilly beside him, looking at him worry-free.

Wuwu turned his head and glared at Changsun Wuji, then lowered his head and said while packing his clothes: "I was a little sleepy last night, and I didn't know why I fell asleep, so I came to clean up for you early." If you talk nonsense, you will not be left alone. ”

After speaking, seeing that neither of them looked at themselves, he quickly took out a letter from his sleeve, stuffed it into the package of the eldest grandson Wuji, pressed it again, put a few more clothes on it, and then tied the knot, handed it to the eldest grandson Wuji and said: "Keep it carefully, there is silver in it, don't lose it." As he spoke, he slapped the package heavily and let go.

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded, and asked Wuwu to take good care of the family, the other brothers are not in Jinyang, so they can only rely on Wuwu himself. In addition, Li Xiang wrote to him to tell him that in the future, the second and third uncles will take care of the affairs of the store, and they should come up with ideas without worry, and they should not be too tired.

Worry-free responded one by one, and then the eldest grandson Wuji went to say goodbye to his grandmother, and he was also instructed for a while, so he and Wei Zheng rushed to Luoyang.

After reading Li Xiang's recital, Yang Guang knew that Luoyang was fine, so he was not very worried about the others, so he held a royal banquet in Jinyang Palace and had fun with the ministers.

In fact, the ministers have worked with Yang Guang for so many years, and they have long understood the emperor's hobbies, activities and what things will be done during which time period, as long as it is not too much, no one generally comes out to make trouble and does not give face.

Today's imperial banquet Yang Guang arranged in the Dezheng Palace, which was originally to discuss military aircraft matters, Yang Guang rarely used it, and today's banquet was chosen here.

The Dezheng Hall is very large, with two rows of Hu tables in the main hall the size of five or six basketball courts, on which are placed all kinds of tableware, sterling silver plates and spoons, engraved with various floral patterns, and a full set of jade tableware is placed on the table of several important ministers near the imperial table. Behind each table stood a maid who could serve wine and food to the adults.

There are such royal banquets several times a year, so all the adults who came in also knew that they were probably in that position, so they hugged their fists with everyone and sat down in their seats, and then said some words to their colleagues on the left and right, and they would definitely repay him with death.

Yang Guang took Empress Xiao and Concubine Xiao and a few talented people, princes and princesses out of the apse, everyone kowtowed, and the emperor officially started the banquet after the completion of the procedures such as the emperor's exemption.

The various cold dishes carefully prepared by the imperial chefs were first distributed, and then Yang Guang began to raise a glass to drink with everyone, and then the most important dishes came up one after another, of course, singing and dancing performances are indispensable, but this time Yang Guang made some fresh things.

He clapped his hands at the apse, and five or six dressed palace maids came out, each carrying different things to the center of the main hall, and bowed down to Yang Guangyingying. Yang Guang waved his hand, and the performance officially began.

The first performance was the "Fire Burning Cloth Towel", which Li Xiang had shown to Yang Guang, and Yang Guang wanted to show these ministers the magical things that opened his eyes that day.

When the burning cloth towel was put out in the water, the palace maid took it out and unfolded it for everyone to see, everyone opened their mouths to express surprise, Yang Guang was very satisfied with people's expressions, and said proudly: "How is it, isn't it amazing, this is what Li Aiqing performed for me, this is nothing, look down, there are even more magical." ”

What Yang Guang said was even more amazing was the "egg words" and "white paper words" that made him ecstatic, Li Xiang was ruined by him last time, so he asked Li Xiang to tell the process, and today he wants to tell these ministers that he is justified in winning the world.

When "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Yongchang" appeared on the eggs and white paper, all the ministers knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Yang Guang, and shouted Li Xiang's words in their mouths: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Yang Guang also came to the momentum, happily told everyone to calm down, and he also stood up and said: "Since I ascended the throne, the world has not been very stable, there are always some clowns who jump off the beam to provoke my majesty, today I want to tell these people, no matter how you toss, my world will be stable, and I am the true dragon son who is ordered by the sky." ”

Everyone kowtowed again, Yang Guang was really happy, and was ready to go down and drink with the ministers in person. At this time, a deacon ran into the hall and said, "Your Majesty, the Yanmen guard will send an eight-hundred-mile urgency!" ”

The deacon's words suddenly stopped with music in the hall, and everyone stood there woodenly. As soon as Yang Guang heard that it was the urgency of Yanmen Pass, he knew that something was happening, but all the ministers were here, and he must not show nervousness, so he said: "What kind of system is panicking!" Don't bring the expedited paperwork yet? ”

The deacon quickly took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to the inner supervisor, who handed it to Yang Guang.

Seeing that Yang Guang did not look flustered, the ministers also calmed down a little. After all, Jinyang is too close to Yanmen Pass, and if something really happens, it will be too late to escape.

Yang Guang looked at the three goose feathers attached to the outside of the envelope, and knew that this was the most important event, so he pretended to be calm and said: "You continue to drink and feast, don't care about me." ”

The ministers looked at each other, I don't know what routine Yang Guang is playing, Yu Wenhua in front of him and Yang Guang took the lead in sitting in his place, and everyone sat down one after another, but no one drank and ate again, and they all looked at Yang Guang.

Yang Guang also knew that it was impossible to eat anymore, so he opened the letter in his hand.

I first saw the big red seal in the lower right corner of the letter, indicating that this was a real urgent letter, and then read the content from the beginning.

"Your Majesty, the minister Yanmen guard will be Yun Ding Xing Dun head bow, the great cause of the eleventh year of April Yi Chou (Note 1), the minister sent scouts to patrol the northern desert, suddenly a large number of Turkic cavalry roared in, the scouts reported to the ministers, the ministers went out to investigate, found that the Turks gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses Chen on the desert, the ministers immediately returned to the customs, did not dare to slacken, specially reported to His Majesty the Holy Judge, Yanmen Pass guards, Yun Ding Xingyin."

After Yang Guang read it, he was shocked. Why did the Turks gather heavy troops on the border in April, did they want to attack Sui in the south? Yang Guang suddenly found that the ministers were all looking at him, so he returned to his normal state and said: "It was Yun Dingxing who made a fuss, but the Turks practiced soldiers and horses once, and he was in a hurry to report to me, and his loyalty was commendable, and he was promoted to the general of Zuotunwei (Note 2), and he still guarded Yanmen." ”

When everyone heard that it was a false alarm, they immediately lost their tense atmosphere, and at the same time said, "Your Majesty Shengming." Then some of them began to eat and drink again.

Yu Wenhua and several other old ministers have followed Yang Guang for many years, and they can see that Yang Guang is pretending to be calm, but now he can't say it, so he guesses in his heart what happened to Yanmen Pass, and he can use eight hundred miles to expedit.

Yang Guang had no interest in having another banquet, only said that he was drunk, so he hurried to the harem, and the ministers saw that Yang Guang was gone, so they hastily ended the banquet and went home.

An elaborate royal banquet is disrupted by a sudden report.

Yi Chou (Note 1): In ancient times, it was used to record the date, which is equivalent to the current lunar calendar, and Yi Chou is the fifth day of the first lunar month.

General Zuotunwei (Note 2): One of the sixteen generals of the Central Forbidden Army of the Sui Dynasty, the highest rank is the general, and the subordinate is the general, with the actual position and the right to lead the troops.

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