Hearing this, An Lushan got up and sighed loudly: "Wang Shilang is really broad-minded, it turns out that my worries are superfluous, Wang Shilang didn't blame me at all, but investigated the causes and consequences, and was extremely empathetic." An is dozens of years old, and if he is open-minded, it is not as good as being open-minded, he is really embarrassed. ”

Xuanzong said with a smile: "Lushan can say such words of self-reproach, and he is also a reasonable and open-minded person. ”

An Lushan arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." But there is one thing to make clear, some of what Wang Shilang said just now is right, and some are wrong, and here the minister has to make an explanation, so as not to misunderstand anyone here. ”

Xuanzong smiled: "There is a must for this, Wang Yuan does not blame you." ”

An Lushan Zhengse said: "The minister feels that there is a need for this, although Wang Shilang does not blame me, but Li Xiangguo and Yang Zuoxiang are both on the spot, Wang Shilang's words just now will cause some misunderstanding to the two Xiangguo, and the minister must make it clear." ”

Xuanzong looked at the two prime ministers, but saw that Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu's expressions seemed to be really interested, so he smiled and said, "Okay, then you can talk about it." ”

An Lushan saluted again: "Thank you, Your Majesty." What the minister wants to solemnly explain is that no matter when, as long as the minister is in Fanyang for a day, the minister will not let the Xi soldiers and horses enter and leave the border of our Tang Dynasty at will for no reason, so Wang Shilang just speculated that it was because the minister wanted to show his sincerity to the Xi people and tolerate the entry of his soldiers and horses, which was absolutely impossible. His Majesty handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Fan Yang to the ministers, and the ministers would never allow the Xi people to step into half an inch of my Tang Dynasty, otherwise it would be the minister's dereliction of duty, there is no doubt about it. ”

Yang Guozhong interjected with a smile: "What happened to the three thousand Xi soldiers and horses that Wang Yuan encountered? Falling from the sky? ”

Li Linfu coughed and said, "Yang Zuoxiang, listen to An Jiedu, isn't he explaining this matter?" ”

An Lushan said with a smile: "What Yang Zuoxiang asked is exactly what I want to clarify to the two prime ministers and Wang Shilang. Before that, we have to talk about the return of the Xi people, which can be traced back to several months ago. When I came to the capital in June, His Majesty had a small talk with me one day about the threat of the Xi people to the border. His Majesty lamented the importance of the security of the border at that time, and once said, 'If the Xi people can submit to my Datang, they can save a lot of troubles'. I wonder if Your Majesty can remember this sentence? ”

Xuanzong thought for a moment and said, "Did I say this? ”

An Lushan knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Please Your Majesty punish the sins of the ministers." ”

Xuanzong was stunned and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

An Lushan said with a sad face: "Your Majesty doesn't remember this sentence, that is, the minister is a false oracle, and the crime should not be forgiven, please treat my sin." ”

Xuanzong smiled bitterly: "You're too serious, I just don't remember, I don't know how many words I said in a day, how can I remember a conversation when you came to the capital a few months ago?" I'm past the year of the sixtieth year, do you think you can still remember everything clearly? ”

"Ask the living room to pick up the Jushi record and rummage through the evidence." An Lushan said with a fat neck.

"That's it, I remember saying this, I really can't do anything about your beard." Xuanzong smiled bitterly and said, "Get up, what is this for." ”

An Lushan struggled to get up, tidied up his wrinkled clothes and said: "Your Majesty just remember, it is this sentence that allows the minister to try his best to promote the return of the Xi clan and complete the things that His Majesty hopes in his heart." The minister has no other merits, as long as His Majesty wants to do something, the minister must do it for His Majesty, so from then on, the minister has worked hard to promote this matter. ”

Wang Yuan almost threw up, An Lushan's sycophant shooting is simply disgusting, with the harmless fat and cute image of other animals, no one knows that there is a difficult scheming hidden under his honest appearance.

"You are very good, you have always respected me very much, and you have been loyal to me." Xuanzong smiled.

"Your Majesty, with Your Majesty's words, the minister is also worth it. Back to that matter, it was precisely because the minister wanted to promote the submission of the Xi people that he had been in contact with the Xi people to find out their sincerity. In the days when Wang Qin's envoy arrived in Youzhou, it was when things were advancing by leaps and bounds, and Wang Qin's envoy may not know that the day before you arrived in Youzhou City was the day when Li Lusu, the king of Xi, arrived in Youzhou City. You are in Youzhou City, and Li Lusu, the king of Xi, is also negotiating with me in Youzhou City on the conditions for returning to the Tang Dynasty. An Lushan turned to Wang Yuandao.

Wang Yuan was not surprised, but Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were surprised, Yang Guozhong was surprised: "What? You actually let Li Lusu come to Youzhou City? Why didn't you tell the court about this? ”

An Lushan's honest fat face was full of innocence, and he spread his hands and said, "Didn't you hear it just now?" Your Majesty wants to make this happen, and I'm doing what Your Majesty has explained? Li Lusu doesn't come, how can I know his sincerity? ”

Yang Guozhong was speechless. Wang Yuan secretly sighed in his heart that An Lushan was extremely cunning, this was a stealing concept, and Xuanzong was pulled out as a shield. Taking what Xuanzong said casually as a holy decree, in this case, it is natural that he will not do anything beyond the norm, presumably Xuanzong will not blame him for this, but will protect him because of the loyalty he has shown.

Sure enough, Xuanzong frowned and thought: "Lushan, I think it must be you who asked Li Lusu to go to Youzhou to negotiate, and by the way, try his sincerity." If he does not dare to go, he must have a ghost in his heart, and his heart is not sincere. If he dares to go, he must be very obedient, and he can begin to negotiate the terms. ”

An Lushan said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty Shengming, that's what the minister thinks. The Xi people said that if they wanted to submit to our Tang Dynasty, of course the ministers had to test their sincerity, so they invited Li Lusu to come to Youzhou to negotiate. The minister didn't expect him to really dare to come, so he didn't report the matter to the court, this is the minister's sin, if Your Majesty and the two prime ministers think that this matter is inappropriate, turn around and punish me, I will not quibble. ”

Yang Guozhong was speechless, and only said: "What do you want to say about this?" I asked about how the 3,000 soldiers and horses appeared in the territory of Yanzhou. ”

An Lushan said with a smile: "Why is Yang Zuoxiang so anxious, didn't he just talk about this?" Those 3,000 soldiers and horses are the Xi soldiers and horses that Li Lusu brought with him. I didn't let these 3,000 people enter the boundary of Youzhou, Li Lusu had to agree, but I didn't want to give him too much face, he was also the king of the Xi people, so he made a change, only allowed him to bring a hundred guards into Youzhou, and the 3,000 guards and horses could only be stationed in the Yanzhou wasteland north of Jiming Mountain, Zuo Xiang can understand? ”

Only then did everyone understand An Lushan's intention of rambling for a long time, that is, to explain that the 3,000 soldiers and horses were not their own dereliction of duty to let them enter, but the escort who followed Li Lusu into the territory of Datang for the important matter ordered by His Majesty. Moreover, he also strongly asked Li Lusu to enter Youzhou, and the three thousand soldiers and horses were forced to be stationed in Youzhou, so Wang Yuan met them purely by coincidence and misunderstanding. went around in a big circle, on the one hand, he was whitewashing the suspicion of dereliction of duty in Wang Yuan's words, and he flaunted how he made Li Lusu bow his head and enter Youzhou.

Wang Yuan looked at the honest fat man with a smile on his face in front of him, and he wanted to vomit in disgust. An Lushan seems to have done a lot of work to deal with this leak, and after entering Beijing, he planned carefully, and every step and every sentence was blocked. After he made these arrangements, the secrets he discovered were basically unspeakable, and no one believed them.

"Therefore, Wang Shilang's words just now are indeed correct, for example, this encounter is a misunderstanding, but this is not caused by my lax border defense and allowing Xi people to enter and leave my Datang territory at will. The reason I said I wanted to apologize to Wang Shilang was that due to my poor consideration and the negligence of my subordinates, I failed to draw up the route of Wang Shilang's inspection of Hebei Province, which led to this encounter, so that it almost happened. For this reason, I have dismissed him because of his stupidity, which led to this incident, and I will punish him well. Compared with Wang Shilang, although my unsuccessful son is the same age as you, he is almost far away in ability. An Lushan said in a sincere tone towards Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan has nothing to say, the whole thing has been leaked, there are no thorns to be found in the plot and attitude, and all he can do is to express his humility and forgiveness.

"I see, hey, the second son is still very conscientious, and there is no need to punish him like this, and it is not his fault alone. When planning the route, I insisted on walking the Jiming Mountain Canyon, which also had my responsibility. But I wonder if I have caused trouble for An Shuai's negotiation after those two encounters? ”

"The opposite is true." An Lushan said with a flying expression: "When the news of your battle spread to Youzhou City, Li Lusu was going to be angry and accuse us of being insincere, but when he learned that it was just an encounter battle, and he beat them to the ground with 800 against his 3,000 guards and horses, he suddenly had nothing to say. Moreover, at first he opened his mouth and put forward many unacceptable conditions for submission, but after this battle, he was greatly discouraged and quickly lowered the conditions. It can be said that your encounter has accelerated the process of the Xi people's submission this time, and I have made this clear to Your Majesty. It's called crooked, hahaha. ”

Xuanzong also stroked his beard and smiled: "That's true, An Lushan did tell me that without your great victory, the Xi people would not have submitted to my Tang Dynasty so quickly." You are also meritorious in this matter. ”

Wang Yuan opened his mouth and laughed, Li Linfu also stroked his beard and laughed, Yang Guozhong also laughed, and everyone laughed very happily.

The laughter stopped, and Wang Yuan said to An Lushan: "I can't imagine that this matter is so tortuous, it's the same as telling a story." ”

Yang Guozhong also smiled: "Yes, yes, it's like listening to a play." ”

An Lushan said: "But it's all true. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "The whole thing is really wrong, and I am in it. No matter where you go, the result is good, the Xi people are obedient to my Datang, and I didn't break the big thing in that battle, which is enough. ”

Xuanzong laughed and said: "Yes, by mistake, the result is God bless my Datang, everything is going well, you have all worked hard." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty said yes, but I still want An Shuai to compensate me, because of An Shuai's negligence, I really almost gave my life, and all my subordinates were killed." ”

Everyone's smiles froze, after a long time, Wang Yuan still wanted to ask An Lushan for an explanation because of the soldiers who died under him, did he still have to forgive? But I don't know what tricks to play.

An Lushan's eyes were shiny and he smiled and said, "What do you say?" What do you want me to do? Do you pay for the lives of your soldiers? That's also very easy, Ann's head is here, and you can take it to avenge the fallen soldiers of your men. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "How dare you, An Shuai is serious, I just want to ask An Shuai to dance a song to soothe my injured liver." ”

Everyone was stunned and immediately burst into laughter. Yang Guozhong stroked his palms and praised: "This proposal is good, An Shuai danced a song, appeased and appeased Wang Yuan, after all, your negligence almost killed him." ”

Xuanzong smiled and rebuked: "Nonsense, nonsense." ”

Yang Guifei, who was sitting on the side, said quietly: "It's not nonsense, as the saying goes, a smile is a grudge, and today's dance is also a good story." It's okay for General An to dance a song. What you just said teaches people to doze off very much, and General An's dance is also good for people to refresh themselves, otherwise the palace will have to go back to rest. ”

"Okay, well, just follow the concubine's is, Lushan, let's have a song." Xuanzong saw that the concubine was displeased, and said with a smile.

An Lushan knew that Wang Yuan was playing tricks on him, but he had to bow down with a smile on his face.