Although Wang Shichong was mentally prepared to be summoned by Yang Jian today, he was still a little surprised to be taken away by Su Xiaoci in the military department, he followed behind Su Xiaoci and walked in the direction of the imperial city, although according to the regulations, he only needed to walk after entering the imperial city, but Su Xiaoci, who was the secretary of the military department, walked in front, and Wang Shichong, who was four or five levels worse than him, dared to overtake him in a car at this time.

Wang Shichong has been following step by step, Su Xiaoci walked in front, his face was cold, he didn't say a word, the two of them didn't communicate all the way, walked outside the Daxing Palace, and showed the carp official talisman in the gold (silver) fish bag on his body to the guards guarding the imperial city, and after verifying his identity, the soldiers and guards who guarded the two all the way also stayed outside the palace, leaving only Su Xiaoci and Wang Shichong to bypass the main hall of Daxing Palace and walk towards the Liangyi Palace.

After walking through the Taiji Gate and walking along a secluded palace road, Su Xiaoci suddenly slowed down, turned around, and whispered to Wang Shichong: "Outside the king, do you know why the emperor summoned you early in the morning today?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head, now he can't confess to anyone, even Su Xiaoci, a staunch prince-party member, can't tell him what he really thinks.

Su Xiaoci sighed: "You went south to Ningzhou, you may not know, just today at noon, the right servant of the former Shangshu shot, and Yu Qingze, the Shangzhu State, will be escorted to the execution ground and beheaded for public display." ”

Wang Shichong had already recovered from the shock when he first heard about this last night, and when he heard Su Xiaoci say this again, he replied unhurriedly: "The lower officials have heard a little, and Yu Qing's crime of rebellion is true, and the emperor is wise and decisive. Our courtiers all need to take Yu Qingze as a precept. Do not give birth to a different mind. ”

Su Xiaoci's eyes flashed with coldness: "Where did you hear this news?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Go back to Daxing for a few days." I heard some colleagues talk about it, and Gao Servant also made an appointment with the lower officials, and when they mentioned this matter, they had to keep their mouths in check, and they should not be arrogant. ”

Su Xiaoci's original brows were already wrinkled, and after hearing Wang Shichong talk about Gao Xi, he stretched a little, and he glanced around again. In the distance, a team of Xiaoguo sergeants were wearing helmets and armor, holding halberds, and after they walked away, Su Xiaoci lowered his voice: "Wang Yuanwai, in fact, you should know very well that Yu Zhuguo died unjustly, and the emperor is not in a good mood these days, this time I summoned you to the right mainly to ask about Ningzhou, you must be careful to answer, a word may ruin the general's life." Don't, don't!"

Wang Shichong knew that Su Xiaoci wanted to live long life. But he was a little strange why even Gao Xi could see the mystery, and even explained to himself last night that he couldn't be too biased with history, but Su Xiaoci passed on a completely opposite message before he met Yang Jian today, could it be that the two giants within the prince group also had differences of opinion?

But Wang Shichong didn't have much to say now, he nodded: "Xiaguan has been specially taken care of by the high servant, and he knows what to say and what not to say, please rest assured Su Shangshu." ”

Su Xiaoci moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but finally gave up, sighed, and walked forward alone, Wang Shichong followed him closely, passed through a few lanes, and entered the Liangyi Hall where Yang Jian summoned his courtiers alone, and the Liangyi Hall where he usually reviewed the recitals.

Wang Shichong followed Su Xiaoci into the hall, an inner servant led the two all the way in, this palace looks like it has not been repaired for decades, the wooden pillars are carved with traces of time, the paint has long been faded without color, the cloth curtains in the palace are all coarse cloth used by ordinary people, and the hooks tied to the cloth curtains are mostly copper hooks and ironware, Wang Shichong This is the first time he has been summoned into the inner hall, and he secretly sighs everywhere he sees, Yang Jian's diligence and thrift, or the door is really not blown, Even the quality of life of Li Jing's family is higher than that of this emperor.

Thinking along the way, the shrill voice of the chamberlain who walked in front dragged out the pitch and pulled Wang Shichong back to reality: "Emperor Qiqi, Su Xiaoci, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Wang Shichong, a member of the Ministry of War, are here!"

Yang Jian's majestic and calm voice came from the main hall covered by a curtain: "Come in!"

Su Xiaoci straightened his official robe and walked into the hall quickly, and Wang Shichong also lowered his head to follow up, and when he looked up, he saw Yang Su, Gao Xi, Su Wei, the three prime ministers, as well as Yuan Min and Yuan Guan, the two generals of the left and right guards, were already standing here in court clothes, while Yang Jian was solemn, sitting behind a big case, the case was full of folds and official documents, and Yang Jian was writing hard without raising his head, reviewing the folds.

Wang Shichong knelt down with Su Xiaoci and solemnly bowed: "Minister Su Xiaoci (Wang Shichong) knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Yang Jian raised his head from the pile of folds piled high, looked at the two people kneeling in front of him, and said calmly: "Flat." His eyes fell on Wang Shichong behind him, "You are Wang Shichong?" ”

This is the first time Wang Shichong has been directly questioned by Yang Jian, in addition to being excited, he is more at a loss, he swallowed his saliva, lowered his head, and replied in a calmest tone as much as possible: "It's Weichen." ”

Yang Jian smiled slightly: "The heroes of the Southern Expedition, the warriors who broke through the Turks alone, didn't dare to raise their heads in front of me, am I so terrible?" ”

Wang Shichong raised his head when he heard this, he kept saying to himself in his heart, Yang Jian is also a human, not a god, although he controls his own life and death, but he will not dare to face him, with Yang Jian's words, he even threw the last bit of worry out of the clouds, at this moment, he made up his mind, today must not be suppressed by Yang Jian's imperial momentum, out of proportion.

Wang Shichong said loudly: "His Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, and he is also the parent of all the people in the world. As he spoke, he also carefully looked at Yang Jian's true face, in the past, he was too far away from Yang Jian, and through the bead curtain on the nine crowns, he couldn't see his real appearance, but now, it was the first time in Wang Shichong's life that he could see Yang Jian's face.

I saw that this generation of emperors was close to the age of sixties, his hair was gray, his skin was well maintained, his eyes were red, his eyebrows were in his temples, his nose was high, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a long beard under his chin set off his majesty and bearing.

Today's Yang Jian is wearing a casual clothes, a dragon robe made of the most inferior silk, which has been washed a little white, and the cuffs have been ground to a few cracks, which is obviously caused by the perennial sickness at the desk.

Yang Jian put down the pen in his hand and looked at Wang Shichong carefully for a while, Wang Shichong's high-nosed and deep-eyed appearance obviously surprised him a little: "Wang Yuanwai, are you really the cousin of Shangzhu King Shiji?" Why do I see that you are so different from him in appearance, but you look a little like a native of the Western Regions? ”

Wang Shichong replied calmly: "Your Majesty, the Wang family that my grandmother remarried into was to change my surname to Wang with my mother first, in fact, my grandfather was indeed a Hu man who had done business in the Western Regions, and I also left a little bit of my grandfather's appearance with the face of Weichen." However, Weichen grew up in the Central Plains since he was a child, and in addition to this natural appearance, the others are all out-and-out sons of the Han family. ”

Yang Jian nodded: "I see." ”

Gao Xi on the side also said: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that Wang Zhuguo has not included Wang Yuanwai in the family tree for a long time, and it was not until Wang Yuanwai made contributions to the country that Wang Zhuguo re-incorporated their brothers into the Wang family, and this matter seems to have been mentioned to the emperor." ”

Yang Jian smiled slightly: "Dugu Gong said this, I remembered it. The future is terrifying, Wang Yuanwai has fought for the south and the north for all these years, and presumably Wang Zhuguo will be proud of it. Wang Yuanwai, this time you fought in Ningzhou, and then made new contributions, since I ascended the throne, I have never been on the battlefield, just reading the military newspaper is not enjoyable enough, today I want to hear you talk about the situation of Ningzhou counterinsurgency, I hope you can reproduce the details of that time. (To be continued......)