Wei Zheng nodded seriously: "The key is a quick word, if you can, set off tonight, before He Ruobi reacts, he will start first, no matter how fast he is, he will go to the Turks to get horses, and the distance from here will take twenty days to go back and forth, and we can get the horses in half a month under normal circumstances." ”

"There is another one, that is, Gao Baoyi doesn't know if there are enough war horses in his hands, and whether he needs to transfer horses from Daxing and Jinyang, which is also a factor that needs to be taken into account. It is necessary to make Gao Baoyi's plan to transfer war horses from other places and delay the trip in the middle. ”

Wang Shichong stood up and said: "Then without further ado, I will go to Chen Ling now, let him open two official documents now, and I will stamp the Great Seal of Yingzhou's Thorn History, Wei Zheng, Ren Ze, you clean up and prepare to go on the road in a while." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Lord, you go, leave the matter of writing a letter to the family to Wei." ”

The four of them had agreed, and they all walked out of the door, only to find that Zhang Jincheng, who was on duty on the shore, had his head raised high, staring at the starry sky, his mouth wide open, but his face was full of horror.

Wang Ren, who was walking in the front, asked angrily: "Hey, Jin Cheng, you were told to guard it here, why are you distracted again?!" ”

Wei Zheng, who was in second place, looked up at the sky with a smile, and suddenly a smile froze on his face, and his expression became the same fear as Zhang Jincheng, and he even trembled involuntarily.

Zhang Jin's trembling voice reached the ears of Wang Shichong, who had just gone out: "The disaster star is coming, the disaster star is coming, there will be a big disaster!" ”

Wang Shichong's heart sank suddenly, and even Wei Zheng, who had always been calm and composed, was so out of shape, obviously there was a vision from heaven. So Wang Shichong took a step forward. Walked out the door. Looking up at the night sky, I saw a huge red star cluster dragging a string of white tails across the night sky like a dragon, and now it was passing directly above everyone's heads, and it might hit everyone's heads immediately.

Zhang Jincheng's voice was trembling: "Lord, lord, Wei." Wei, Mr. Wei, this is the legendary disaster star. As soon as Wang Ren glanced up, he screamed in fright, covered his eyes and didn't dare to look again.

Wei Zheng was surprised at first, and he calmed down a little at this moment, he glanced at Wang Shichong, whose face was sinking like water, and suddenly felt that his expression just now was too substandard, and he barely squeezed out a smile: "Lord, Wei was surprised for a while. It's ugly. ”

Shan Xiongxin walked out from behind Wang Shichong, looking at the sky as he walked. After the foreshadowing of the previous few people, he was already prepared in his heart, but Rao was like this, when he raised his head, he was still shocked, speechless for a while, the red star cluster was too scary, looking like a monster with vicious eyes, staring at the billions of creatures on the ground.

Wang Shichong has the memory of later generations, he clearly knows that this must be a comet, in this era, he has also watched the sky countless times at night, of course, not for those false celestial induction theories, but to try to get back the feeling of watching the positioning of the Big Dipper and Sirius when he was conducting anti-tracking training in the field, but in the nearly ten years since he came to this world, he has never seen such a bright and huge comet.

Wang Shichong looked at Wei Zheng and said in a deep voice: "Xuancheng, you have always known astronomy, far better than me, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Wei Zheng's head began to sweat: "This is a calamity, there will be a catastrophe in the place where you pass, and there will be a great funeral in the wilderness where you stay." ”

Although Wang Shichong knew that the Sui Dynasty inherited Confucianism and believed in doctrines such as the induction of heaven and man, he knew that these were nonsense, and they were purely a thing that Dong Zhongshu and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added to restrict the monarch's power when they were engaged in political transactions: In the world, you are the Son of Heaven, a god-like being, but don't forget that there is a god on your head, and natural disasters occur because you do not cultivate virtue and politics, and the courtiers can use this to spray your governance mistakes. Often, this trick works.

Wang Shichong thought of this and sighed, it seems that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism in order to strengthen the national strength, unify thoughts, and strengthen centralized power, and he also made a political deal with these Confucian masters, and the bitter fruit of this compromise had to be borne by all the emperors since him.

Wei Zheng said thoughtfully: "Lord, look at this frame, this calamity seems to have stopped on our heads." ”

Wang Shichong suddenly woke up and said hurriedly: "Xuancheng, do you mean that the disaster star is in our Yingzhou?" ”

Wei Zheng glanced at the still moving disaster star again, and shook his head: "I didn't stop here, I am still moving forward, but it seems that I am getting slower and slower, and it is estimated that it will finally stop at Suizhou, which is a little westerly." ”

Everyone stopped talking all of a sudden, and looked up at the red demon star that looked like a demon's eye at that time, and sometimes like a bloody mouth, only to see that it was walking slower and slower, and finally stopped above Suizhou, which was more than a hundred miles away, and stopped moving.

Wang Shichong's heart tumbled violently, according to the ancient books, there will be disasters wherever this red demon star passes, and the place where it stays is even more divided, Yang Jian was named the Duke of Sui when he was the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in his early years, and today this disaster star is now in Suizhou, whether Yang Guang believes it or not, anyway, the people of the world will definitely think that the royal family will have a disaster.

Wang Shichong's heart was secretly happy, if something really happened to Yang Guang, let Yang Zhao take over the throne as soon as possible, it would be a great thing, even if it was really as the legend said, it would be acceptable for a natural disaster to occur where Chiguanxing passed. No matter how bad it is, there will be ministers who will say that after Yang Guang ascends the throne, he will build a large number of buildings, abuse the people's power, and make the earthquake fall to warn him, so that he can restrain himself, at least in the short term, and dare not toss again.

Wang Shichong looked at Wei Zheng and said in a deep voice: "Xuancheng, I'm afraid that we are now starting to prepare for disasters, until June, there will be a lot of rain in summer, and there may be accidents in the Hanshui area, and then the possibility of ground movement cannot be ruled out, in short, we must prepare for possible natural disasters." ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "It should be so." ”

At the same time, in Xiwanli, the eastern capital of Luoyang, Yang Guangzheng was sitting in the courtyard of Empress Xiao's bedroom with a gloomy face, watching the red demon star stay directly above Suizhou. And behind him, Empress Xiao sat in despair, covering her heart with her bare hands. And a few palace maids were helping him stroke his back. But these palace maids still peeked at the terrifying demon star in the sky from time to time. They were also frightened one by one.

Several civil officials on the side were under the lamps and candles held by the attendants, some were flipping through books, some were checking maps, and they were very busy, and Yang Guang's sweat was getting bigger and bigger, and his breathing became heavier and heavier, showing that the anger and uneasiness in his heart would erupt at any time.

Yang Guang finally couldn't help it, and stood up suddenly, his eyes wide open. With his fists clenched tightly, he turned back and shouted at the civil officials who were still busy: "You people usually claim to be rich and rich, and you know astronomy and geography, why don't you even know where a demon star stops now?" They are all helping the people who deceive the world and steal their reputation, what is the use of raising you! ”

Xiao Yu, who had been bowing his head and flipping through the book, suddenly shouted: "Supreme, I found it, I found it, this is the Red Demon Star!" ”

Yang Guang's heart sank suddenly, and the most feared thing still appeared. But he suddenly realized that he was the Son of Heaven, and he couldn't panic in front of his courtiers. So Yang Guang settled down and said, "What else?" Keep talking! ”

Xiao Yu opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

Yang Guang stomped his feet: "Xiao Shilang, if you have anything to say, just say it, no matter what you say today, it will be meritorious!" ”

Xiao Yu suddenly knelt on the ground and buried his head low: "Supreme, this history book says that this star is called Chiguan, it is a demon star, and there are catastrophes everywhere it passes, and there is a great mourning in the wilderness where it stops!" ”

Yang Guang was stunned, and suddenly turned to a few white-bearded old ministers who were flipping through the map on the side, and shouted: "I've been checking the map for so long, haven't you found out where this demon star is now?" ”

Several white-bearded old ministers also pushed the gold mountain and poured the jade pillar at once, knelt down with a hula, and kept kowtowing one by one, and said in a loud voice: "The minister is incompetent, please forgive the supreme for the sin, please forgive the supreme for the sin!" ”

Yang Guang snorted heavily, and his expression was angry: "Do you all think that I am a fool and can't see it?" Pei Shaoqing, you saw a place early in the morning, but you kept pretending not to see it there, are you really being bullied? ”

The man who was called was short and thin, with a sharp beak and monkey gills, but his forehead was unusually wide, and it was fitting to describe him in the four words of heavenly fullness. Correspondingly, even the beard under the chin, which could have been considered flowing, was a little shorter. He was wearing a three-grade purple court dress, and his back was already wet with sweat, and he didn't know whether it was hot or scared, but he just kowtowed vigorously on the ground, not daring to speak.

Yang Guang sighed, he realized that his angry appearance just now was really undignified as a king, so he raised his hand and said, "All the Qing families are all flat, just now I was excited for a while, and the tone of my voice was heavier, don't pay too much attention to it." ”

Several officials stood up after kowtowing a few times as if they were under amnesty, and they didn't dare to pat the dust on their bodies, so they stood aside with their heads down, and they didn't dare to take a breath of the atmosphere.

Yang Guang muttered: "Isn't it Suizhou, do you really think that my eyes are spent, and I can't even see this?" When he said this, Yang Guang shook his head and sighed: "Pei Yun, you know everything about the geography of the world, even I can see it, but you can't see it after being busy with the map for half an hour, is this challenging my intelligence or challenging my patience?" ”

After the appearance of the demon star in the sky today, Yang Guang urgently summoned these officials who knew astronomy and geography and claimed to be erudite to enter the palace, and Gao Xi Yang Su and other important ministers and old ministers did not respond to the call, because Yang Guang knew very well that they would definitely take this opportunity to say something like heaven and man to persuade themselves to stop building palaces in Luoyang and Jiangdu.

The best way to not want to listen to advice is to let those old guys who are chattering endlessly roll as far away as possible, and naturally they can't hear the words that make them uncomfortable when they don't see each other, Yang Guang thought of this, and couldn't help but feel proud of his approach.

But when Yang Guang's eyes fell on Su Wei, Zhang Heng, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others standing in front of him, there was another kind of trouble: these sycophants who could observe their faces and expressions really didn't make a straightforward admonition, but they didn't even dare to say the right thing, and they were looking around in a pile of history books here for two whole hours, looking very busy, in fact, with these ghost-like guys, they already knew what was going on, but they just refused to say it, as soon as they thought of this, Yang Guang's head began to grow.

Xiao Yu, who was still on the side, cleared his throat and said, "Supreme, if the minister is not mistaken. The demon star should have stopped more than seven hundred miles to the southwest by now. It is Suizhou. ”

Yang Guang glanced at Xiao Yu approvingly. turned to the old slippery head and said, "Look at it, you old ministers are not as good as Xiao Yu, a young man." It's not that you're not in your knowledge, but that you're missing a heart like his loyalty to me! ”

Pei Yun, Su Wei and the others knelt down together again, and Pei Yun, who was directly named by Yang Guang, was about to shed tears, and his voice was a little choked: "Supreme, it's not that the minister is disloyal, it's really a big matter, and the minister really doesn't dare to say anything." So I checked the map repeatedly, hoping that the minister was mistaken. ”

Yang Guang sighed in his heart, his voice became softer, and said: "I don't want this result, but you can't even dare to say anything because you don't want to face this result, you are all important ministers that I can rely on now, if I don't even dare to speak, how can I govern this country?" ”

Yang Guang glanced at the crowd kneeling there in a row and shook his head. was about to signal them to get up, when he suddenly found that Zhang Heng, who was standing at the end, looked left and right at this time. Then he raised his head suddenly, with a strange expression on his face, winked at himself, and then lowered his head again, as usual.

Yang Guang is too familiar with Zhang Heng, this guy is ruthless, he has a bad stomach, and even ruthless people like Yu Wenshu and Yang Su dare not do the matter of killing his father, but he doesn't blink his eyelids when he does it, and even he is a little afraid of this person. So after ascending the throne, Yang Guang threw Zhang Heng an official position of general Zuo Xiaowei, but tried not to contact this person.

In the past six months, Zhang Heng himself has been like blowing up a balloon, his whole person is swollen, at least thirty pounds fat, and he is already ugly, so Yang Guang has no desire to talk to him and discuss politics.

It wasn't until such a big incident happened today that Empress Xiao specially reminded this Zhang Heng that he was proficient in the Five Elements of Astrology and Astrology, and Yang Guang reluctantly called him over.

Zhang Heng's expression just now obviously wanted to stay and play alone, with Yang Guang's understanding of him, he must have come up with some unsightly black ideas, but now this fateful disaster star is stopped at the head of Suizhou, where his country name comes from, and even he is very likely to have a big loss as the history books say. Yang Guang has only truly realized what the bliss of life is in the past six months since he ascended the throne, and he wishes he could borrow another 500 years from God.

So Yang Guang felt a little relieved in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has worked hard today, let's go back, General Zhang stays for a while, I still have something to ask you." ”

Everyone said in unison: "In accordance with the will of the Supreme Being, the ministers will retire." Then they got up one by one and rushed out, and when they passed Zhang Heng, everyone's eyes were full of doubt, disdain, jealousy and other expressions, especially Su Wei, who glanced at Zhang Heng fiercely, and scolded Zhang Heng's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

Zhang Heng was still wearing a three-grade purple court dress, kneeling on the ground steadily, as steady as Mount Tai, Yang Guang glanced at Empress Xiao and said, "Queen, you should go down first." ”

Although Empress Xiao was reluctant in her heart, reason still overcame the woman's curiosity, and after a thousand blessings, Ying Ying also retreated.

When Empress Xiao's figure disappeared into the palace, the door was slowly closed, and Zhang Heng got up from the ground unhurriedly, saluted Yang Guang, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang waved his hand impatiently: "Zhang Qing's family, I have broken up all the people for you, now you can talk about what is the way to avoid trouble." ”

A strange smile appeared on Zhang Heng's face: "Supreme, it's actually very simple, the minister has seen a method from the ancient book, as long as you use the technique of removing misfortune, you can avoid this disaster!" ”

Yang Guang took two steps forward at once, grabbed Zhang Heng's hand, and trembled excitedly: "What kind of move?!" ”

Zhang Heng glanced around, and once again confirmed that the nearest chamberlain was also twenty steps away, so he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Yang Su, the Duke of Yueguo, used to be the Duke of Yingguo, please make a decree and make him the Duke of Chu!" ”

Yang Guang's body shook suddenly, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then a trace of joy flashed, it was only a matter of a moment, and soon, he regained his majesty as an emperor, and said in a deep voice: "The Duke of Yue is an important minister of the country, how can he use this method to treat him?" ”

Zhang Heng was scolded by Yang Su fiercely when Renshou Palace changed a year ago, and he has held a grudge since then, he has long seen from a series of personnel appointments after Yang Guang ascended the throne how jealous Yang Guang is of Yang Su, and he has long wanted to get rid of him.

It's just because of himself, Yuwenshu, Guo Yan and Yang Su participated in the palace mutiny together, if there is no suitable opportunity, there is a legitimate reason, framing Yang Su will only backfire, and Yang Su has been operating in the Korean army for many years, and his power is huge, even Yang Guang does not dare to start now, and he can only secretly look for opportunities.

But today's demon star matter gave Zhang Heng the best opportunity, Yang Su was named the Duke of Yingguo after destroying Chen, but because Wang Yi, the hero of Jiansu, was killed for rebellion a few years ago, and this person was also named the Duke of Yingguo. Therefore, Yang Su said that he did not want to have the same title as the sinner Wang Yi, so he was renamed the Duke of Yueguo.

The name of the ancient feudal prince is also exquisite, generally named after the candidate countries of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Ying is a small country, and the Yue country is not too big, and the Chu State is one of the seven heroes of the big country, and it is generally only awarded to the respected heroes, just like back then, only Gao Xi was named the same level of Qi Guogong.

Yang Jian was named the Duke of Sui in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Suiguo was a medium-sized country along the Han River, and was later destroyed by the Chu State.

So Zhang Heng thought about it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to bet on it, he knew that this proposal was extremely risky, if Yang Guang didn't want to turn his face with Yang Su now, then he would be thrown out by Yang Guang as a sacrifice to show favor to Yang Su.

But Zhang Heng asked himself to see through Yang Guang's greed, cowardice and selfishness, a person who can even kill his father for his throne will not care about sacrificing the lives of his subordinates to eliminate disasters for himself, even if there is a risk, he will definitely give it a go.

So Zhang Heng replied with a righteous face: "We are waiting for the king's lu, and the supreme treats us with the grace of the heavens and the earth, and there is no way to repay the broken bones, if it is not for the fact that the minister has not been awarded the title of Chu Di, the minister would rather prevent disasters on behalf of the supreme." As for Yue Guogong, he has been loyal to the country for many years, and he will definitely obey this will of the Supreme. ”

Yang Guang glanced at Zhang Heng and didn't speak, but began to pace with his hands down. After Zhang Heng finished speaking just now, he lowered his head and no longer spoke, but still looked at Yang Guang who was pacing back and forth from time to time, only to see that although he tried his best to pretend to have a peaceful expression on his face, his fists were sometimes clenched, sometimes opened, and his breathing was quick and sometimes hesitant betrayed him.

After a long while, Yang Guang finally stopped, let out a long sigh, and said, "General Zhang, does this method of yours really work?" Don't make it for a long time, not only will it hurt the Duke of Chu, but it will also inevitably cause disaster to the royal family. ”

Zhang Heng smiled slightly, but his heart blossomed, since Yang Guang had already said the three words Chu Guogong, it meant that he had agreed to this method. So Zhang Heng said respectfully: "Supreme, you can rest assured, according to what the minister has seen, since the Supreme has sent Xuanhua and Ronghua out of the palace a few days ago, God's anger should have come to an end, plus this time there is the Duke of Chu who is loyal to the country, and the royal family should be as stable as Mount Tai." ”

Yang Guang's eyes suddenly fell on Zhang Heng, revealing a fierceness, which made Zhang Heng's heart furious: "General Zhang, but if the method you said doesn't work, what should I do?" ”

Zhang Heng gritted his teeth, from his heart he didn't believe in this celestial induction, just like he could still eat and sleep after he did the murder of the king, and he didn't see Yang Jian's ghost come to him, so the current Zhang Heng has turned into a staunch atheist, so he puffed up his chest, patted his chest, and said: "Supreme Sage, if this trick can't prevent disaster for the Supreme, the minister is willing to offset the life of the whole clan!" ”

Yang Guang's heart had actually been muttering just now, whether Yang Su would fight to the death was a concern, and whether this trick would really work was also a concern, and even he began to worry about whether it was because of his own murder of his father and mother.

But now when he saw Zhang Heng swearing so much, although he still didn't believe it all, he was also much more confident, so he clapped his hands violently and stomped his feet: "Then according to what Qing said!" (To be continued......)