Yang Su sighed, his eyes became dim, and he said gloomily: "In the past, today's results, I blame me for the fact that when I built Renshou Palace, I acted in order to meet Queen Dugu, and today I finally tasted retribution." Xuangan, there is no need to say anything about this. ”

After Yang Su sighed twice, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, he turned to the red whisk, and said in a deep voice: "Go and pick twenty of the most capable spies, set off immediately, sneak into Daxing, the emperor's recent every move, which important ministers to discuss with, what new trends and policies, must be clearly observed, this matter must be completed within twenty years." ”

Hongfu's eyes suddenly became firm and calm, his body was straight, and he arched his hand, and said, "Yes." After finishing speaking, he turned around in a dashing manner, without looking at Yang Xuangan, and hurried out.

There were only two people left in the secret room, Yang Xuangan and Yang Su, the candle flame was crackling, and when the red breeze walked out of the secret room, the door opened and closed, and a fresh breeze came in from the outside, and it drilled in along the passage that was not too long, blowing the candle flame for a while.

Yang Xuangan waited until the sound of the gate closing in the distance came, and then said to Yang Su: "Father, you are like this, but do you have anything to say to the child alone?" ”

Yang Su's expression suddenly became stern, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and he said slowly: "There are two things that my father must make clear to you, one is the current situation, the emperor moved the capital, reused the Shandong family and even the Jiangnan family, and the trend of attacking and rejecting the Guanlong military nobles has been very obvious. ”

A while ago, he also ordered to dig a canal connecting Luoshui, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and rebuild the ditch. If it is not bad as the Father expected. He still can't forget the world of flowers in Yangzhou. It is possible that I will go there more often in the future. In this way, it will be even farther away from Guanzhong. ”

Yang Xuan said: "What my father meant, is it that we are going to secretly start making friends with and win over the military nobles in Guanzhong, thinking that it is foreign aid?" ”

Yang Su sighed: "Do we have any other choice now?" He kicked us away with this reason for building the eastern capital, and the military affairs are never discussed with his father now, and the text has Pei Shiju Yu Shiji, and Wu Youyu has the text in Zhongwen, in his eyes. Our Yang family, like the military and aristocratic groups in Guanlong, has become an enemy to be excluded and suppressed. ”

"And our Yang family is only afraid that he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible, which can be seen from the fact that he promoted that Shangguan Zheng to General Xiaowei a while ago."

Yang Xuan said with hatred: "I knew that I would end up with this dog thief in Jinyang City at that time!" ”

Yang Su shook his head: "Shangguan Zheng is a vulgar and reckless man, so there is no need to worry, but the emperor has already shown his attitude in this matter, and even my Yang Su no longer gives face." The next time you release the thorn history, it is more likely to catch your handle, you must be careful. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled and arched his hand: "The child will not give them this opportunity." ”

The expression on Yang Su's face became more and more stern: "This looks at your appearance, what my father wants to say to you now is the second thing." It is the marriage between Li Xiuning, the daughter of Tang Guogong, and you. ”

As soon as Yang Xuangan heard this, his head was big. He shook his head with a wry smile: "Didn't you say that it was okay, when the child took office in the history of foreign state assassins, he didn't mention this stubble for the time being." ”

Yang Su waved his hand and said, "The current situation is different from when we were talking in Huozhou Bird Mouse Valley at that time, at that time we didn't know that the emperor's action was so big, and he would actually attack the entire Guanlong military merit aristocratic group. Now they all feel the crisis, and began to connect in private, in order to protect themselves, before we left Daxing and came to Luoyang, the eastern capital, Li Yuan came to me privately and mentioned this family matter again. ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head when he heard this, and said: "No, now I want to go to the field to serve as an assassin, and by the way, I will establish my own intelligence network, how can I marry a woman I have never met now?" Besides, is the Li Yuan family necessarily reliable? He is the emperor's cousin, if he has a good relationship with the emperor one day, then won't this Li Xiuning become the most dangerous enemy who has penetrated into us? ”

Yang Su said angrily: "Do you want to regret your marriage again? ”

Yang Xuangan was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, and hurriedly said: "That's not what I mean, the child just said that this matter should be cautious, at least now that the child has just started to establish that intelligence network, many things are not visible, at this time, if you marry her into the door, things will become unpredictable, father, aren't you worried?" ”

Yang Su lowered his head and thought deeply for a while, and said: "That's good, you give this marriage before you take office, and leave her in Luoyang, so that your father will help you watch her, and you won't let her make trouble for you." ”

Yang Xuangan was about to speak, but Yang Su waved his hand and said: "This matter is so decided, needless to say, Xuangan, people can't always follow their own hearts and follow their own temperament, Hongfu is a smart person, she will figure it out." Don't miss a big thing because of your children's personal affairs! ”

After Yang Su finished speaking, regardless of Yang Xuangan's reaction, he stood up and walked out of the secret room alone, leaving Yang Xuangan still standing in place, silent.

At the same time, in the Liangyi Hall in Daxing City, the candlelight is swaying, in the antique bronze furnace, the incense burned by the best sandalwood is a mist in the hall, and the curtain when Yang Jian was there has already been replaced with cloud brocade, and those brass hooks have all been replaced with yellow real gold.

Wang Shichong, dressed in a big red official robe, knelt respectfully on the ground, his head buried deep in the marble paved ground, looking very humble, and in front of him, Yang Guang, who was sitting behind a royal case carved from red sandalwood, was dressed in a luxurious and dazzling yellow silk dragon robe, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was thoughtful.

Yang Guang sighed softly: "Wang Aiqing, it is said that you are thoughtful, did you really not find any changes in the generals during your trip to merge the states?" ”

Wang Shichong raised his head, and the expression on his face was unusually stern: "Supreme Shengming, this time Weichen has been secretly visiting with the army, especially paying attention to the every move of the father and son of Yue Guogong, and has not found that the two of them have any disloyalty to the emperor, only General Zhou Luoyu Zhou, and the rebel general Xiao Maha, it seems that the relationship is extraordinary." ”

Yang Guang said softly: "But you didn't mention this matter in this recital, Wang Aiqing." Could it be that you don't have any evidence? ”

Wang Shichong straightened up. Shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, Yang Guang smiled: "It's my negligence, someone is coming, give Wang Aiqing a seat, and Wang Aiqing will be flat." ”

Wang Shichong bowed to Yang Guang twice: "Thank you Supreme Longen." "Two palace people had already moved an embroidered pier draped in good silk silk, and Wang Shichong lifted his front placket and sat down steadily.

Wang Shichong opened his mouth and said: "Supreme Shengming, Wei Chen really has no evidence in his hands this time to prove that General Zhou has different intentions. But that Xiao Maha sent a henchman Chen Zhishen to connect with General Zhou, and as a result, General Zhou took it in front of the generals in the battalion, this move is somewhat unusual, it is said that even if General Zhou takes this messenger, there is no need to mobilize the people like this, according to Weichen, he deliberately did it for everyone to show his loyalty, but the more so, the more it shows that there is a problem. As the so-called desire to cover up is also, Weichen thought at that time. This is obviously not the first contact between General Zhou and Na Xiao Maha. ”

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Wang Aiqing is really powerful, you continue." ”

Wang Shichong pretended to have a smug smile on his face, flashed away, and continued: "Later, Weichen began to focus on General Zhou's two sons, Zhou Zhongyin and Zhou Zhongan, and sure enough, Weichen found that these two people began to privately contact the prince of Yueguo, Yang Xuangan, the general of Shangzhu State. ”

Yang Guang was not surprised, and said softly: "Didn't Aiqing say that Yue Guogong was not involved in this matter?" How does this explain? ”

Wang Shichong said: "According to the minister's investigation, the messenger Chen Zhishen had come to Daxing long before Yang Liang raised troops, secretly met General Zhou, and listened to Chen Zhishen's confession. ”

Yang Guang snorted coldly: "But Zhou Luoyu didn't reveal half a word to me about this matter, does he think that this so-called friendship is more than the righteousness of the monarch and the minister?" ”

Wang Shichong replied respectfully: "This matter is only wished by the Holy Judge, and Weichen just truthfully told the Supreme what he had discovered, and did not dare to hide anything. ”

Yang Guang waved his hand: "That's it, I also have other channels to know this letter, Wang Aiqing, your loyalty to me, I know it in my heart, I now ask you one last question, in your opinion, what did Zhou Luoyu want to do when he let his two sons contact Yang Xuangan?" ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a while, and said: "In Weichen's humble opinion, the father and son of Yue Guogong did their best in the process of quelling the rebellion this time, and they will never have a little disagreement with the Supreme, as for General Zhou, he should also be more and more afraid of the fact that he did not take the messenger at that time, and after detaining Chen Zhishen, he contacted his son and Yang Xuangan, in fact, he also indirectly revealed this matter to Yue Guogong, hoping that Yue Guogong could rely on this battle exploits to say a few good words for him and help him clear the suspicion of collaborating with the enemy." ”

Yang Guang's face gradually became gloomy: "If he is really loyal, why don't he report this matter directly to me for punishment?" And that Yang Su, turned his head and turned the matter to me, after he returned to Luoyang, he was in a hurry to marry the family of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, Wang Aiqing, what do you mean by Yang Su's move? ”

Wang Shichong was sweating profusely, and he quickly stood up, bowed his head and said: "Supreme, the position of a micro minister is low, how dare you discuss such a major matter involving important ministers." The Supreme is a god descended from heaven, wise and wise, and has his own decisions, so why should he listen to the foolish opinions of his ministers? ”

Yang Guang seemed to be very satisfied with Wang Shichong's answer, laughed, and waved his hand: "Wang Aiqing, you are a smart person, you should take this as a warning in the future, don't be like these people, form a party for personal gain, and get on the throne, okay, this time you have done a meritorious job, I ordered you to be promoted to the squire of the criminal department a while ago, but I have thought about it for the past two days, and you seem to have never had the experience of stabbing the history outside." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Since Weichen joined the government, he has always been suspended in the court, and he used to be the governor of Youzhou for a few months, and then because he discovered Yan Rong's rebellion, he quickly returned to the court to report the matter to the emperor, which is not really an official place." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "Wang Aiqing, I originally intended to give the history of the Yingzhou Assassin to Yang Xuangan, the son of the Duke of Yueguo, but what they did this time made me a little uncomfortable, so I will make a will, let Yang Xuangan turn the history of the Songzhou Assassin, Yingzhou is an important town in Jingzhou, the hometown of Xiliang, you have to govern it well, don't let me down." ”

Wang Shichong pretended to have a happy expression on his face, knelt on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed three times: "The minister must be the liver and brain." To repay the grace of the king! ”

Yang Guang waved his hand. Wang Shichong retreated very interestingly. When Wang Shichong's footsteps disappeared into the distance, Yang Guangcai shook his head, turned his head to the curtain and said, "Yu Qing, you can come out." ”

A white-faced scribe in his forties walked out, wearing a second-grade purple robe, but there was an unspeakable obscenity between his eyebrows, which was Yang Guang's new favorite, Jiangnan scribe Yu Shiji. He bent his waist and said, "Supreme, do you really plan to reuse this Wang Shichong?" ”

Yang Guang sneered: "This person is insidious and vicious, with a bad stomach, how can I really reuse him?" ”

Yu Shiji said: "Then since this person is not a good thing, why not get rid of him?" ”

Yang Guang shook his head: "No, although this person is deceitful, he is still loyal to me, he can recognize the form of Qing, and this time he has not hidden anything from me." It is still effective to use him as an eagle dog to monitor the courtiers, and this time he hacked Zhou Luo's throat. Those barbarians in Guanlong all complained about this person, and let him go out of Yingzhou for a period of time, so that he could avoid the limelight, and I would still have a place to use him in the future. ”

Yu Shiji hurriedly made a happy and sincere appearance, "The Supreme Sage, can make the best use of people, and the ministers are dull, not as good as the Supreme in case!" ”

Yang Guang was very useful for this kind of sycophant, haha smiled, and his eyes fell on the rosewood imperial case in front of him: "Yu Qing, the first emperor was a little too poor, this time I can't do this in the new palace in Luoyang, that will only lose the majesty of the royal family, you learn to be rich and five cars, do you know if there is a good imperial case that can better reflect the majesty of the Son of Heaven than this rosewood imperial case?" ”

In the underground secret room of the garden, Wang Shichong and Pei Shiju sat opposite each other, there was a tea kettle in front of the two, which had been boiling three times, Pei Shiju was carefully pouring a bowl for each of them, the tea fragrance was overflowing, Pei Shiju took a sip gently, and sighed: "Xingman, your sencha technique is getting more and more proficient." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Don't laugh at me, only when you come to me, I will sencha, but this time you and I will say goodbye, and I don't know when we will meet, now that the new emperor has been established, I also have to congratulate Hongda on his success and becoming the emperor's upstart." ”

Pei Shiju smiled bitterly: "Come on, it's okay, is it interesting to tell me this?" This time Yang Liang rebelled, do you know how I am worried every day? If Pei Wenan doesn't die, I'm afraid that you and I won't be drinking here now. ”

Wang Shichong smiled and picked up the tea bowl in front of him and blew it gently: "You don't have to worry about my affairs, you have to be more careful in the court in the future, Yang Guang is very easy to deal with, and the sycophants can make him dizzy, but there is more than one sycophant who competes with you, you have to be careful of Yu Shiji." ”

Pei Shiju hooked the corners of his mouth: "Yu Shiji has no real talent and learning, he can only recite poems and write, it is useless to rely on this kind of sycophant, but Zhang Heng is worth paying attention to." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Hongda still doesn't know about our new emperor, Zhang Heng is the same as Yang Su, who participated in the seizure of the throne, and is not like Yu Wenshu who holds heavy troops and marries Yang Guang, I'm afraid it won't be better than Yang Su's ending, let's make a long story short, what is the movement in this court, while I haven't left for Yingzhou yet, you can sue me first." ”

Pei Shiju smiled slightly, and gave an introduction to the court situation for a while:

After the last time the army returned to Beijing, Yang Guang did not give any reward to the meritorious ministers who put down the rebellion this time, but first issued an order, and the subordinates of the Han Wangfu and the officials of various prefectures and counties who followed Yang Liang to raise troops were all severely punished, which was even more severe than the punishment in the national decree, and finally nearly 300,000 households were implicated in this incident and exiled.

Even the rebel general Su Liang, who had sold his old friend Xiangzhou Assassin Shi and former criminal department Shangshu Xue Guan, a favor when he raised the army, bypassed his county and did not attack.

As a result, when the final defeat was defeated, Su Liang went to Xue Zhou alone, because the two had old friends, this time Su Liang sold his favor again, so Xue Zhou took Su Liang in, and also asked the court to ask for leniency for him.

As a result, this move annoyed Yang Guang, and not only executed Su Liang on the spot, but even Xue Zhou was dismissed from his official position and exiled to Lingnan.

The Yuan Wuguang family that Shangguan Zheng scourged, the Lu family died unyieldingly, and Yuan Wuguang was also beheaded because of his rebellion, leaving a young Yuan Wuting with his two younger sisters to live a difficult life.

Yang Xuan felt pitiful for them, and couldn't bear it, so he asked the Yang family's newly opened intelligence station in Jinyang to quietly put a sum of money at the door of their house, and asked that Fu Bo to take more care of their family.

The matter of Shangguanzheng also caused a small aftermath: the former right-guard general, because of the rebellion of the Shu king Yang Xiu, and the assassin Shiqiu who was dismissed after losing Puzhou were friends, and the two talked about it during a group outing at the end of the year.

Yuan Xuan drank a few more glasses at that time, and smiled at Qiu He: "Shangguan Zheng is a fierce general, a warrior, such a person will be exiled to Lingnan, where the emperor is far away and the people are strong, nothing will happen." ”

When Qiu He was about to echo, Yuan Zhou pointed at Qiu He and smiled: "If it were Qiu Gong, you wouldn't have this kind of worry, hahahaha." ”

Naqiu He fled back alone because he lost Puzhou, and has become a laughing stock, and he usually can't stand the kind of contempt in other people's eyes when he goes out, and this time he was humiliated by Na Yuanzhou in person, and he almost had a seizure on the spot, and the banquet was unhappily dispersed. (To be continued......)