In the palace of the Houtang Mansion, Emperor Zhang Xian of Yinwen was happy in the study. Generalissimo Situ Hao returned triumphantly, recovered Xiaoliang and pacified the three states, and now they are all the world of Liang, and how can he not be happy when the emperor was alive when the Liang country was strong.

"Playing the emperor, Zuo Siwei Situ Hao led the army back and asked to see the emperor outside the door." Chen Fu pushed the door in, took a few steps forward and bowed down.

"Summons in." Zhang Xian was a little excited after hearing this, stood up from behind the bookcase, and greeted him outside the door.

Situ Hao walked to the study, saw the emperor standing in the door to greet him, hurriedly knelt outside the door, kowtowed and said: "The minister Situ Hao did not dishonor the holy order, recovered the three states, and led the army back to see the emperor." ”

"Situ Aiqing, please get up quickly." Zhang Xian walked out of the door with a smile and personally supported him, and the two of them walked into the study together, Chen Fu walked in with him and closed the door with his backhand.

Zhang Xian sat down after returning to the bookcase, Situ Hao sat on a chair beside him, and Chen Fu ordered someone to serve tea and stood behind Zhang Xian's side.

"Your Majesty, in this expedition, our army suppressed more than 100,000 enemies, captured more than 60,000 people, lost 50,000 soldiers, and 80,000 soldiers were still hoarded in Guzhou." Situ Hao briefly talked about the damage of the troops, and said in a deep voice: "The general is dead from Mo, and the general is losing twenty-three people. ”

Zhang Xian was mixed after hearing this, the loss of soldiers was not much, and the captured army could be replenished, but he just folded a general, sighed and said: "General Mo is brave and brave, but he didn't expect to lose it, alas! ”

There was silence in the room for a while, Chen Fu pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, it is inevitable that there will be casualties during the battle, and please take care of the dragon's body." General Mo died in battle for the country, and he should properly comfort his family to comfort the general's soul in heaven. ”

"Yes, Situ Aiqing passed on my will, ordered someone to appease his family with a lot of money, and if there was anything wrong, he could come to the back hall." Zhang Xian bowed and said.

"The ministers have thanked the emperor for leaving General Mo." Situ Hao stood up to give a salute, and it was rare for a generation of monarchs to be so compassionate.

After sitting down again, Situ Hao cleared his throat and continued: "The minister broke Guzhou, it was the five princes who sent troops to attack Kaizhou, and they corresponded to it in the rear. Now the five princes have not returned with their ministers, saying that the bandits are rampant, guarding the sea for the emperor, and coming to the back hall to ask for guilt after the peace. ”

"Haha, ha......" Zhang Xian laughed, shook his head and said: "The fifth brother is too worried, he and I have been together since childhood, and now he has made great contributions to my recovery of Xiaoliang, how can I blame him?" After laughing, he pondered for a while, and said loudly: "There are many people in Kaizhou, so I will give him Kaizhou and let him be the lord of a state, which is much better than Naxingzhou." ”

"Holy Wisdom." Situ Hao got up and agreed.

After pondering for a while, Situ Hao was a little embarrassed, and opened his mouth to say: "The minister still has one more matter, I don't know how to report it." ”

Zhang Xian looked at him and asked with a smile: "Situ Aiqing is okay to say it directly. ”

"Yes." Situ Hao glanced up at Zhang Xian, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "The third prince and the fourth prince were both captured, and the minister ordered Ye Yuanhang to escort him and return to the back hall in advance, but he unexpectedly encountered an assassin in Yizhou. The fourth prince was stabbed to death, and he was seriously wounded when he was shot in the chest to protect the third prince. ”

"What?" Zhang Xian was shocked and stood up with a book case in hand.

Situ Hao hurriedly knelt down and said urgently, "The emperor is angry." ”

Chen Fu also echoed and said: "The emperor is angry. ”

Zhang Xian was indeed a little angry, although the two princes were at odds with him, but after all, they were royal blood, and they were stabbed to death, which was really humiliating and majestic.

"Where is Ye Yuanhang now?" Zhang Xian was extremely angry and asked angrily.

"Back to the emperor, Ye Zhizhou was seriously injured, almost half of his life was lost, and now he can't move, and he is recuperating in Yizhou Mansion." Situ Hao secretly pinched a cold sweat. The emperor is angry, it seems that the crime of the voyage is inescapable, how is this good. Suddenly thinking that when Yuanhang was talking to him, he shook his hand vigorously, reacted, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, when the minister returned to the back hall, Ye Zhizhou once said that after the injury is healed, he will come to the imperial garden to see him. Although I don't know what I mean by this, it must be important, otherwise Yuanhang will not imply that he said this to the emperor.

Sure enough, Zhang Xian was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood that he had said to himself that he would do his best to return a back garden full of spring. Pondering, he sat down slowly.

"Your Majesty, the assassination of the four princes is a big deal, although Ye Yuanhang has merit in this battle, but the merit is not worth it, if it is not serious, I am afraid that not only will the court and China discuss it, but the world will also laugh at the royal face." Chen Fu Lao Jian is a huge slippery, how can he give up this opportunity easily if he seizes it. I was happy in my heart, Ye Yuanhang, Ye Yuanhang, I see how you turn over.

Situ Hao was anxious, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to secretly scold Chen Fu's eighteenth generation ancestor.

Zhang Xian didn't speak, Situ Hao and Chen Fu had their own scheming, and they were silent, and the quiet in the study was a little frightening.

"Where's Zhang Zong?" Zhang Xian suddenly spoke, but asked about the third prince.

"Back to the emperor, in the side hall, the minister has ordered someone to guard it." Situ Hao replied.

"Stand down first, and let him in." Zhang Xian waved his hand and stopped talking.

"Yes." After the two of them gave a salute, they retreated together, Situ Hao snorted coldly, turned around and walked away. Chen Fu disagreed, looked at his back and sneered, and went to the side hall to announce that Zhang Zong came.

"The younger brother has seen the emperor." Zhang Zong entered the study and knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

Emperor Yin Wen stared straight for a long time before he said slowly, "Get up." ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Zhang Zong stood up and looked over.

"Do you know what my father said to me when he was dying?" Zhang Xian stared at him, and said in a steady tone, but without losing his majesty.

"My brother doesn't know."

"It's because you don't know that you set up your own Xiaoliang and destroy my Liang country." Zhang Xian accentuated his tone, and Zhang Zong's body trembled, and he knelt down again.

"The younger brother knows that he is wrong, please forgive the younger brother." Zhang Zong knew that he was scared, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

This time, Zhang Xian didn't let him get up, he stood up, walked down with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently: "When the first emperor passed the throne to me, he said: Xian'er, you are kind and simple by nature, if you get the throne, you will treat other brothers well." Walked behind Zhang Zong, stopped, and continued: "Since I succeeded to the throne, I want to reward those states to you, but you are too anxious to support the state and stand on your own, are you worthy of your father?" ”

Zhang Zong knelt on the ground without saying a word, Zhang Xian glanced down at him, turned around and walked back, and said: "I swore in front of my father that I would treat you well, but you lost to me first, what else do you have to say today?" ”

"The younger brother knows his mistake, please forgive the younger brother." Zhang Zong still dared to say anything, so he could only kowtow and beg for mercy.

"You go to Yuelong Villa and accompany him to recuperate." Zhang Xian originally wanted to send him to Luzhou, and also reward him with a fief, showing his generosity in front of hundreds of officials, but he was afraid that his anti-heart would not die and leave trouble. Comparing the two, it is more appropriate to trap him and the eldest prince in one place. Now except for the five princes, there is no one who can shake his country.

"Brother obeys, thank you to the emperor." Zhang Zong also guessed such a result, and he could only do this for the rest of his life.

"Get up, how was the fourth brother stabbed?" Zhang Xian asked him to get up and asked about the situation.

Zhang Zong originally told about it, and said that Yuanhang sacrificed himself to block arrows, and pleaded for him in his words.

"It seems that the assassins are trying to assassinate both of you and lay the blame on my head." Zhang Xian pondered, could there still be people who had the intention of rebellion?

The next morning, Emperor Yinwen announced the unification of the Liang State, and the whole country congratulated for three days. After the reward, Emperor Yin Wen talked about Zhang Yi being stabbed to death again, and buried him according to the national rites. On the throne of Jinluan, he looked at the civil and military officials, and said: "Ye Yuanhang, the governor of Yizhou, dereliction of duty in escorting the two princes, should be beheaded." Remembering his miraculous achievements in recovering Xiaoliang, he sacrificed his life to save the three princes, temporarily exempted from the death penalty, removed Ye Yuanhang from the post of governor, and ordered the people. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers began to discuss. Some say that this is a major crime of killing the nine clans, even if you don't kill the nine clans, you will have to fall to the ground, but you will only be demoted to civilians, which is really light. Some of them regretted the voyage, since the emperor was merciful, how could he give a county order, and he changed from a governor to a commoner, and he fell hard enough.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Emperor Yin Wen summoned Zhan Hu into the study, retired others, and talked with him privately.

"Zhan Aiqing, this time I went to Yizhou to announce the decree, and you have to go in person." Zhang Xian wrote the holy decree with his pen and said to Zhan Hu.

"The subordinate obeys." Zhan Hu bent over and answered. Then he said: "Your Majesty, Yuanhang is dedicated to the country and is conscientious. Xiaoliang in the Northern Expedition, who has repeatedly offered good ideas, is really a rare talent, and you have demoted him to a civilian, which is really ......"

Zhang Xian paused his pen and looked up at Zhan Hu, who hurriedly stopped his mouth and didn't dare to say any more.

"You say, go on." Zhang Xian lowered his head and continued to write the holy decree.

"This ......" Zhan Hu really felt sorry for the voyage, and plucked up the courage to continue: "The minister thinks that the beam has lost the voyage, and he has no intention of losing his hands and feet, and the horse has no saddle. ”

Zhang Xian stopped again, put the pen on the pen holder, pondered for a while, smiled indifferently, and said: "How can I not know the talent of the voyage, but such a big crime, if it is not punished, it will be difficult to block the mouths of everyone." Spare him life, and if he is grateful, he will repay me one day. ”

After hearing this, Zhan Hu didn't say much, the emperor seemed to have a hint, but he couldn't figure it out, so he had to do it according to the emperor's will.

"Zhan Aiqing, this is going to Yizhou, you tell him, it is good to live and recuperate, the flowers in the Imperial Garden have bloomed, and they are surprisingly beautiful."

"Yes, I obey." Zhan Hu bent down and replied.

"Also, since Yizhou, I will go to Kaizhou again to announce the decree, and Feng Zhang will become the king of Kaizhou, and I will always guard Kaizhou." After Zhang Xian finished speaking, the scene of the fifth brother following his ass when he was a child and catching butterflies in the imperial garden appeared in front of him, smiled lightly, and said again: "Tell him, I miss him, and there are more butterflies in the imperial garden." ”

"The emperor can rest assured, and the ministers should inform the five princes of the emperor's thoughts." After Zhang Xian wrote the holy decree, Zhan Hu walked out of the palace and returned to the mansion in a sedan chair.

After Situ Hao returned home, he told his wife the news that Yuanhang was demoted, and Mrs. Situ was quite smart, and finally let go of a hanging heart, not sad but happy, and said: "Husband, it seems that this child of Yuanhang is deeply valued by the emperor, and such a big crime can still be fine, and he will definitely be prominent in the future." ”

"Well, Madame's words are reasonable, and everything depends on his creation." Situ Hao nodded and pondered, His Royal Highness didn't think too much about it, but now that he was said by his wife, he also felt that it was very reasonable, and his heart was much more relaxed.