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A hint of imperceptible coldness flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes: "Aunt has written it down, Mill'er, you have returned to Luochuan, you have to manage it well, if you have any difficulties, you can mention it directly to me, if your aunt can help, she will definitely do her best to help you, don't worry." ”

Xiao Mo smiled slightly and kowtowed deeply: "Don't blame that nephew." The next time I met my aunt, I hoped to welcome my aunt back to the old capital as the princess of Daliang in Gangneung City. ”

Empress Xiao said noncommittally "um", Xiao Mo turned around and retreated, and under the guidance of a palace maid, he walked out of the palace gate quickly.

After the curtain, a figure walked out of the shadows, dressed in a purple official robe, in his thirties, with a white face and long beard, and a handsome spirit, but there was a fierce momentum in his eyes, it was Xiao Yu, the younger brother of Queen Xiao.

Empress Xiao didn't look back, and sighed softly: "Shiwen (Xiao Yu's words), this time Milling goes to Luochuan, just like a dragon entering the sea, a bird flying in the sky, we want to restrain him in the future, but it is impossible." ”

Xiao Yu sneered: "This person is unreliable, I told my sister a long time ago, but you don't believe it, this time, Chen Ling has been kicked away by him, and it seems that he is not short of our money." ”

Empress Xiao gritted her teeth: "Chen Ling sent another letter a few days after the first secret report, saying that Wang Shichong gave Mill a sum of money, what do you say this Wang Shichong wants to do?" He has a mere history of four pins, and his two backers, Gao Xi and Yang Su, have all fallen, and he is still restless at this time, is it possible that he wants to rebel? ”

Xiao Yu's expression became stern: "Sister, I heard what Feng Lun said. Wang Shichong is ruthless. Insidious and vicious. It is definitely not a thing in the pool, even Yang Su, is not so able to control him, this person is the richest man in the world, and the most important thing is money, judging from his attitude towards Mill, he may have been secretly buying heroes and heroes from all walks of life, powerful people. His mind is unpredictable. ”

Empress Xiao hooked the corners of her mouth disdainfully: "I heard that this person is just a descendant of the Hu people of the Western Regions who have changed his surname, and he has no power in the mainland, and I haven't heard that there are any large fields and groups, even if he has a few dollars in business, what kind of fame can he toss?" How can it be compared with a former dynasty clan like our Xiao family? ”

Xiao Yu shook his head: "Sister, you have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and you don't know the situation outside now, which is different from our Great Liang Kingdom back then, and I have formulated the law of opening the emperor in the Great Sui." After limiting the amount of land that each person could occupy by the equalization system, and limiting the number of domestic servants that officials at each rank could have. The super families with tens of thousands of servants in the family before our Southern Dynasty living together are no longer there. ”

"On the contrary, this Wang Shichong, in the name of doing business, can hire a large number of people, this person's business name is all over the country, and the number of people in his business name is as many as tens of thousands or even more than 100,000, compared with the previous family family, the strength is more than that, these are legally owned by him, and because it is all over the country, he can also let his henchmen secretly buy land and property in various places, accumulate more people, once the troubled times, they can be launched together, and its momentum is stronger than ours."

Empress Xiao suddenly became nervous, turned her head to Xiao Yu and said, "Then what can be done to deal with this person?" Shiwen, do you want me to speak to the Supreme? ”

Xiao Yu pondered for a while, and said: "I'm afraid that the Supreme knows the details of this person better than my sister, this person once participated in a series of conspiracy of the Supreme to seize the throne, although the overall situation was planned by Yang Su, but in it, this person contributed a lot, so the Supreme was also deeply jealous of it, and wanted to send this person far away to a remote state and county, never stay in Beijing or a vital place, if it weren't for Yang Su's repeated insistence, this Yingzhou assassin history would never have been given to him." ”

Empress Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "This time Yang Su is dead, the Supreme should also clean up this Wang Shichong." Shiwen, do you want us to mention a sentence or two more? ”

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "Sister, are you going to be the queen of the Sui Dynasty, or do you want to be the princess of Daliang?" ”

A look of anger flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes: "Shi Wen, what do you mean by this?" The hatred of destroying the country, my sister has not forgotten it for a moment, are you used to being an official of the Sui Dynasty, and you have enjoyed all the glory and wealth, so you don't think about restoring the country? ”

Xiao Yu nodded: "Very good, since we are going to restore the country, then this kind of careerist who can cause trouble to the Great Sui will not only not be harmed, but also be saved." In the future, let these people take the lead in making trouble and take the chestnut from the fire for us, and then our Daliang will have the possibility of revival in Jingzhou. ”

Empress Xiao's brows stretched: "So that's the case, but this person has his own ambitions, and he has a hot fight with Mill Er and Chen Ling in Jingzhou, and I don't know how much he has arranged elsewhere, is it really good to cooperate with such a person?" ”

Xiao Yu sighed: "Little brother, I'm also worried about this problem, this person is Wen Taowu strategy, even Yang Su is full of praise, but because his people are too difficult to control, so Gao Xi and Yang Su, the two important ministers, dare not let go of it, and the younger brother is also afraid that after its power rises, even if our Great Liang Kingdom succeeds in recovering the country, it will be destroyed sooner or later." ”

Empress Xiao gritted her teeth: "Since this is the case, then I will still make a proposal to the Supreme and get rid of this person earlier." ”

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Sister don't be anxious, you just recommended Milling to the Supreme on the front foot, and you want to persuade him to kill Wang Shichong on the back foot, isn't it a little too obvious to do this, although you and the Supreme are considered a couple in distress, but the matter of the harem interfering in politics, especially the psychological impact of Queen Dugu on the Supreme, has been lingering, plus the identity of our Xiao Liang clan, it is better to be leisurely, don't fight the snake when the time comes, but be victimized by it." ”

Empress Xiao frowned: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?" ”

Xiao Yu put away his smile and said: "That Yang Su's nephew Feng Lun, has always looked at Wang Shichong unpleasantly, when he went to Goguryeo in the past, he almost fell into the sea and drowned because of his grabbing merit with Wang Shichong, this time Yang Su recommended Wang Shichong to be the assassin of the foreign history, and he was higher than him in terms of official rank, and he was even more stubborn, and gritted his teeth when he mentioned this matter when he drank and chatted with me a few times, and this time Yang Su fell. Feng Lun's future has also become uncertain. If he catches Wang Shichong's pigtail. Wouldn't it be better if he had enough motivation to do this, and second, that even if he failed, it would have nothing to do with us. ”

Empress Xiao smiled slightly: "My brother's trick is really clever." It's just that this Feng Lun is not an idle person, if we use him as a sword messenger like this, won't he be able to see it? ”

Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Feng Lun is only eight buckets high, but he is extremely good at becoming inflammatory, and he used to befriend Yang Su because he saw that Yang Su would soar into the sky." Only then did he marry Yang Su's niece, but over the years, he missed a good opportunity several times, returned from the expedition to Goguryeo in vain, and missed the battle against the Turks because of his injuries. Then his natural future will be bright again, and he will be able to make friends with your sister in this matter. How could he refuse such a good thing? ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "Then this matter will be handed over to your younger brother, you have to be careful, don't trap our Xiao family too deeply, the Chen family is finished, our Xiao family must protect ourselves before completing the great cause of recovering the country, it really can't work, but also protect my Xiao Liang royal family, and wait for the opportunity in the future." ”

A strange smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face: "Sister, just take a look." If this Wang Shichong can really survive this tribulation, we will try to get close to cooperating with him, and if he can't even fight Feng Lun, let him die! ”

In the red curtain of the Xianling Palace, there was a smug and evil laughter of a man and a woman, which made the candle flame in this hall shake for a while, and the two long shadows, revealing a trace of unspeakable weirdness, indicated that a new conspiracy was about to appear.

In the eastern capital, among the newly built Baiguan Fang, one is particularly plain and frugal in the mansion with many luxurious decorations, vermilion gates, and various carriages parked at the door, and it can even be said to be inconspicuous, compared with the wealthy merchant compound in the several merchants' workshops next door, it also seems to be a little shabby in the middle of the mansion, with the word "Gaofu" written on it, which is the mansion of Gao Xi, the former prime minister of the empire, Shangshu Zuo Servant, Qi Guogong, and the current Taichangqing.

In a backyard of Gao's mansion, in the secret room under the study, there was also candlelight swaying at this time, Gao Xi and He Ruobi were sitting opposite each other, He Ruobi's face was full of blush as if he was drunk, and he couldn't hide his excitement, but Gao Xi was frowning deeply, and his expression was strict.

He Ruobi laughed: "Gao Servant, there is such a happy thing today, shouldn't you drink to celebrate?" ”

Gao Xi was still silent: "General He Ruo, how many times have I said, don't call me Gao Servant to shoot, now Gao is just Tai Changqing, and he is no longer Shangshu's left servant." You came to the old man late at night, I don't know what to do? ”

He Ruobi was slightly stunned, and raised his white eyebrows: "What, high servant, forget it, Qi Guogong, don't you know, Yang Su, that ungrateful bastard, finally died tonight, hahahaha." ”

Gao Xi sighed softly: "This matter has already spread inside and outside the Eastern Capital now, how can the old man not know, General He Ruo, the old man doesn't know how happy you are?!" ”

He Ruobi's eyes widened in surprise: "Qi Guogong, you can't be drunk and drunk, and you can't even tell the difference between happy and bad things?" If it weren't for Yang Su, a bastard, who would take revenge, ignoring your kindness in recommending him back then, slandering you in front of the former emperor at that time, and collecting the evidence of your and the former prince's crimes, how could the former prince fall? How did we get to where we are today? Isn't Yang Su our enemy? ”

Gao Xi's eyes flashed, and he said to He Ruobi: "General He Ruo, do you think we are very unlucky today?" No, the old man felt that it was not a good thing to be able to take the opportunity to retire like this, when the old man was keen on power, he believed that he could really be with the emperor for a long time, and his name would go down in history. Isn't it a rabbit dead and a dog cooking, and a bird hiding from the bow? ”

He Ruobi was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned sharp: "No, Qi Guogong, you are not right, if the first prince is still here, he will not do this kind of thing to us, it is obvious that Yang Guang's kid is not right, Yang Su and others are like each other, I don't know how many unsightly conspiracies and tricks there are, so Yang Guang wants to kill people, and this will take advantage of the reason for the appearance of the demon star this time to move the disaster and force Yang Su to death." The first prince was virtuous and benevolent, and he would never do such a thing. ”

Gao Xi sighed: "General He Ruo, the old man was for the sake of the first prince. with today's Supreme. There is also a place where you fight to the death. The means are also exhaustive, many things, I am afraid of implicating you, I did not tell, but you should know that the old man is not a person who abides by dogma and only defends and does not attack, so the old man lost convincingly, and he couldn't complain. I can't complain about today's supreme, who doesn't want to fight for the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan? And I, the position of Shangshu's left servant, even if I don't fight the way, Su Wei and they will come to grab it, so over the years, I don't blame the way, and even now I am more and more grateful that he forced me down back then, which can be regarded as saving my life. ”

He Ruobi shouted unconvinced: "Qi Guogong, you have made a great contribution to the country. The 20 years of prosperity of the Great Sui were all established by you, even the current system. The decree was also founded by you, you helped the prince to ascend the throne back then, this is a natural thing, it is the right way, and it is also supported by the Chinese martial arts, obviously it is framed for the villain, why only say your own responsibility now, Lao He I really don't understand. ”

Gao Xi looked at He Ruobi calmly: "General He Ruo, accompany the king like a tiger, this is an ancient precept, the old man lost when he lost because he did not understand the way of the monarch and the minister, the emperor said many times that he was in love with the old man, and he wanted to manage the whole country with me, and the old man really believed it, so he lost, in the end, this world belongs to the Yang family, not my Gao Xi, when the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are recommended by me, and the prince and my family are married, can the emperor not be afraid?" He himself went from prime minister to the throne, so he wouldn't prevent me from following his old path? ”

He Ruobi looked at Gao Xi, dumbfounded, unable to say a word, only listened to Gao Xi said slowly: "The old man also figured out these things after he retired, look at the tragic experience of the past two years, the old man really has no reason to hate him, just a little sigh, when the old man recommended you, it was all out of public intentions, but I didn't expect that in the end, for the sake of power, I turned against each other and made such a result, alas, forget it, people die like lights go out, grievances and grievances, and they are all scattered." At least we're alive now, aren't we? ”

The muscles at the corners of He Ruobi's mouth jumped: "No, Qi Guogong, you have lost your ambition, but I, He Ruobi, are still strong-minded, when I attacked and destroyed Chen State, it was obvious that I made the first contribution, but the first emperor did not admit this, and insisted on juxtaposing the opportunistic Han Baohu with me, and then I defended a few more words and complained twice, and the first emperor put me in prison, and deprived me of all official positions, only letting me enjoy Qingfu at home." Qi Guogong, you know that I am He Ruobi, I am a soldier, not those civil officials who are only content with pleasure, and if you don't let me lead the army to be the manager, it is more uncomfortable than killing me, this is completely Yang Su's victim! If you were still in that left servant shooting phase, I, He Ruobi, would have been reinstated a long time ago, and I would not have conquered Goguryeo, and I would not have taken a chance to fight the Turks! ”

Gao Xi looked at He Ruobi coldly, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "Uncle Fu (He Ruobi's words), since you have already said it today, the old man has been thinking about his friendship for many years, and he also wants to talk to you well, do you really think that the emperor dismissed your official and dismissed you from your post just because you competed with Han Baohu at the celebration banquet?" Just because you whined afterwards? ”

He Ruobi was slightly stunned: "Is there anything else?" I, He Ruobi, am not like Wang Shiji, I have a heart of disobedience, or like Yu Qingze, I privately receive gifts from the Turkic Khan. ”

Gao Xi sighed: "Uncle Fu, have you always hated the old man for not speaking well for you back then, and protecting your official position in front of the emperor?" ”

He Ruobi didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Gao Xi shook his head: "Uncle Fu, you fought with Han Baohu back then, not to fight for the first credit, but to fight for the position of the right servant of the Shangshu, right?" You hate the Tao so much, it's also because in the end, the emperor gave Yang Su, the right servant of Shangshu, a shot, and didn't give it to you, right? ”

He Ruobi couldn't help it, gritted his teeth and raised his head, and said loudly: "Yes, this is what I He Ruobi thought, Qi Guogong, you didn't help me speak back then, and in the end, Yang Su became the right servant, isn't this your tiger for trouble?" If it were me He Ruobi sitting in that position, how could you finally bring down Yang Su? You won't say that I, He Ruobi, am as ungrateful as Yang Su, and finally look at your position and turn against the water. ”

Gao Xi smiled slightly: "Uncle Fu, this is where you are not as good as the Tao, although it is the highest honor of a martial artist, but you can't say it directly, but you can't say it so obviously, otherwise the emperor will think that you have a wrong thought, from beginning to end, I didn't mention to me about this right servant shooting, and I didn't say a word of recommendation to him in front of the emperor, which I can swear to the sky." ”

He Ruobi was slightly stunned: "Is it really not recommended by Qi Guogong?" ”

Gao Xi said coldly: "Now, why do I have to lie to you? Shang Shu's right servant, at that time, when Su Wei was dismissed from office due to autocracy, it was clear that he wanted to give one of the three generals who had the greatest credit in the Southern Expedition, and your merits and shortcomings, the emperor could see it clearly, and which round did I interject? Besides, the three of you were all recommended by me at the beginning, how could I favor one over the other and obviously favor one family? ”

He Ruobi gritted his teeth: "Then why didn't the emperor give me this position, but gave it to Yang Su?" Yang Su did not capture the capital of Chen State, nor did he destroy the main force of the Chen army, and was even blocked by Zhou Luoyan in Jiujiang. ”

Gao Xi sighed: "Uncle Fu, this is where the two of you are not as good as Yang Su, in terms of merit, Yang Su went down the river, fought all over half of the Yangtze River, and dragged the most powerful general of Chen State, Zhou Luoyu, although he did not go straight to Jiankang, but the credit is not smaller than you, and afterwards he also wrote an edict to Lingnan, which added a lot to his record, and you and Han Baohu crossed the river and fought a battle, Chen Jun was scattered at that time, and the difficulty of winning this battle was not too high, you also know this, although there is a merit in breaking the army and destroying the country, But if the two of you take one point of this credit, they will not be better than Yang Su, and afterwards, you and Han Baohu have both plundered and stolen treasures, and they did it at the celebration banquet, just these two things, it is impossible for this Shangshu right servant to be handed over to you. ”

He Ruobi was speechless when he heard this, and after a long time, he said hatefully: "Since the Duke of Qi has known for a long time, why didn't he tell me about these things back then, and caused me to go to the front of the emperor to fight for merit?" ”

Gao Xi shook his head: "You and Han Baohu are both talented generals, but they don't know much about political affairs, and they don't know much about human accidents, it is precisely because you are this kind of straightforward soldier, so the emperor is not too worried about you, even if it is a meritorious move, I think it is the heart of a martial artist, and I laugh it off." What the emperor was really worried about was the collusion between the Chinese courtiers and the military generals to form a force that could not be defeated. ”

"You are all recommended by me, if the old man has a clear relationship with you at that time and teaches you the way to protect yourself, it will only arouse the suspicion of the emperor even more. Therefore, if you and General Han go to the emperor to compete for meritorious officials, although the emperor will not give you officials, but he will give you some false positions, let you go home and live idlely, reward more gold and silver treasures, and be a rich man. ”

He Ruobi sighed: "It's a pity that I understood too late, Qi Guogong, it seems that I have misunderstood you for so many years, and I, He Ruobi, have made amends to you." He stood up from his couch and gestured.

Gao Xi waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down: "Uncle Fu is slow, the old man has not finished speaking, you sit down and listen to me first." ”

He Ruobi was a little confused, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he sat back again.

Gao Xi stared at He Ruobi motionlessly: "Uncle Fu, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't ask the emperor for the official position of Jingzhou Assassin after you didn't become the right servant of Shangshu, do you know that because of this, you almost died?" ”

He Ruobi gasped: "Is there such a strict zhòng? ”

Gao Xi nodded: "What kind of place is Jingzhou, you and I both know it, such an important place, how can the first emperor rest assured that a general will guard it, after you made this request, the first emperor immediately secretly summoned me into the palace and asked about your motives, he was even suspicious of the old man, thinking that the old man wanted you to go out of town, thinking that the prince's foreign aid." Do you know? At that time, your life was only between the lines! ”

He Ruobi gritted his teeth: "I didn't expect the emperor to be so suspicious of his subordinates, when I made this request, I really didn't have the heart of disobedience, let alone the chaos of separating Jingxiang." I'm just trying to get another chance at the helm. ”

Gao Xi said softly: "Then when did you prepare for the chaos with Wang Shichong and Wang Shichong when the first emperor died?" (To be continued......)