In the dim room, all the valuable and easy-to-take furnishings have been swept up in the post house from the post chief to the post soldier, so Du Shiyi's first impression when he stepped into the room was that the furniture from the couch to a few cases were all made of good wood and good craftsmanship, but except for these bulky wood guys, the rest was empty, no different from being robbed. And the old man sitting in the middle, with gray sideburns, an old face, cloudy and godless eyes, thin hands, and even his body trembling slightly, where is there still the majestic appearance of the Son of Heaven in the past?

Du Shiyi is looking at Li Longji, why isn't Li Longji looking at Du Shiyi, who has never faded out of the eyes of the world since he became famous at a young age? He thought that Du Shiyi would have to spend at least a lot of time and use countless means to struggle out of the chaos in Mobei, but who would have thought that An Lushan would rebel against the flag in one fell swoop, and it would be him, the son of the Tang Dynasty, who was even more wolfless! And just now, according to Wei Jiansu, in front of Yang Guozhong, Du Shiyi announced that the two troops and horses had been directly inserted into Hebei, announced that the reinforcements would immediately go to relieve the siege of Chang'an, and announced Yang Guozhong's many crimes, how high-spirited was that?

After staring at the Son of Heaven for a full few breaths, Du Shiyi raised the sleeves of his robe and bowed. And Guo Ziyi, who had just entered the door and was taken aback by Du Shiyi's rude behavior of standing silently, naturally bowed down. His prestige in the army is very high, but it is not as high as Du Shiyi, who has been in Shuofang for more than ten years, and the partiality, selfishness, and mediocrity of the Son of Heaven have angered many generals in the army.

This is also the cry of the Shuofang army!

Although the marshals of the two border towns bowed their heads and saluted, Li Longji did not have the slightest joy in his heart. Last night, Chen Xuanli led people to force Concubine Yang Yuyao to death, and today, Du Shiyi and Guo Ziyi came with reinforcements, and the first thing they did was to kill Yang Guozhong! Even if the Son of Heaven didn't know that Du Shiyi had "magnanimously" let go of the Guangping princess Cui, and even hugged Li Puppet, so as to remind the generals of the Beimen Forbidden Army that the crown prince and the king of Guangping, King Jianning, had died unjustly, but killing Yang Guozhong was enough to make Li Longji understand that like the resentful forbidden army, Du Shiyi and Guo Ziyi had also clearly expressed their dissatisfaction with him, the Son of Heaven.

But what else could he do? This is Ma Weiyi, not Chang'an City. Yang Guozhong is dead, Yang Yuyao is dead, and the eunuch palace people around him have run out, if he has any distrustful attitude towards the two major marshals who led the troops to rescue him in time, this is simply forcing people to rebel - even if the reinforcements that came too quickly obviously did not wait for the arrival of the imperial edict before leaving, he could not have any blame.

Because just before, the forbidden army was already in chaos!

Therefore, Li Longji actually tried his best to show the most pleasing smile, got up in person, first helped Du Shiyi up, and then went to support Guo Ziyi, and then said in the most gentle tone ever: "Du Qing and Guo Qing have been marching for a long time, and it is really hard. If it weren't for the two of you coming in time, I don't know if I would have been able to see the two Aiqing alive again! ”

What does that mean? Do you implicitly accuse Chen Xuanli, the general of Longwu? You must know that Chen Xuanli has tried his best to protect you, the son of heaven, in the face of the forbidden soldiers who are about to mutiny! Guo Ziyi's heart was shocked, and she couldn't help but have such a thought.

"For the country and the people, ministers and other officials have an unshirkable responsibility." Du Shiyi directly said for Guo Ziyi, and then did not give Li Longji a chance to continue to sensationalize, and said sincerely, "The subordinates of the minister, the capital of Anbei and the protectorate of the capital of Anbei have already led the troops from Xiazhou to Luziguan, and from Yanzhou, Linzhou, and Fangzhou to Chang'an to stop the rebels, and the minister and Ziyi will also lead the soldiers and horses under the command of Shuo Fang Jiedu, and return to Luan Chang'an to fight against the rebels!" ”

Li Longji didn't expect that before he could say what he hoped Shuo Fang would divide his troops to protect, Du Shiyi had already directly put down his words, and he wanted to escort himself back directly from Chang'an City. Moreover, what does it mean to invite him, the Son of Heaven, to fight against the rebels? It wasn't his pro-campaign that he just talked about in the past, but it meant that he also had to face An Lushan's rebel soldiers with the army! If there is one or two mistakes in the chaos of the army, will he still die? It's not that he speculates with the greatest malice, but I'm afraid that among the current Wu ministers, there are many people who want him to die now, and even the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an probably have a lot of hatred for him!

But such a concern, he can think in his heart, but he can never say it! As a result, Li Longji could only cough continuously to cover the panic in his heart, and regretted that because of Yang Guozhong's repeated statements, he only brought out Wei Jiansu and other twenty or thirty civil officials, and the others were left in Chang'an City. And it's just that after a few days of westward travel, a few fell ill in Jincheng County, and a few were separated from the team, and now in addition to Wei Jiansu, there are two or three puppies and kittens, Du Shiyi is the most sharp person, and his qualifications are deep, and he can't be regarded as a border town general, who can compete?

"I have long had the intention of driving the conquest, but I only hated that I was persuaded by Yang Guozhong before, but now although I have this heart, I have more than enough heart and insufficient strength!" Li Longji said as he supported the handrails, trembling and wanting to get up, but he sat back in a moment. He suddenly shed two tears of voice, and then said sadly, "I am already in my last years, what can I do? ”

Seeing that Li Longji refused to return to Chang'an with the army, Du Shiyi suddenly sneered secretly. However, he would never let Li Longji enter Shu. Although he suffered such a big setback this time, after all, Li Longji was the Kaiyuan Emperor who ruthlessly killed Princess Taiping of Shangguan Wan'er with a hot hand, and then forced Ruizong Li Dan to return to power. Now there may be some clans left in Chang'an that have not had time to leave, but if he casually supports one to compete with Li Longji, it will be unjustifiable!

So, he took a step back and respectfully knelt down on one knee again, and then he spoke: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, it is the minister Meng Lang." The minister originally wanted to return to Luan with His Majesty, so that he could inspire the hearts of the people in the army and Chang'an City, but since His Majesty was not safe in the jade body, the minister could only ask to choose a good one among the princes and conquer the rebels from the army! ”

This is simply the meaning of asking Jianchu to establish the crown prince, how could Li Longji not hear it! He could no longer hide the anger in his heart, staring at Du Shiyi with wide eyes, seeing that he did not back down at all, he just looked at himself, he glanced at Guo Ziyi, who knelt down and saluted again with Du Shiyi, but was always silent, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Du Shiyi, are you forcing me? To force the king with a minister, is this the way of your minister? Guo Ziyi! ”

Hearing that Li Longji actually picked himself, Guo Ziyi immediately said without raising his head: "Your Majesty, Du Dashuai's intentions, the ministers agree with it!" ”

Although he knew that Guo Ziyi was once pulled up by Du Shiyi, and he almost helped him to ascend to the position of Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Li Longji believed in the way of winning over and dividing, so he couldn't believe that he had made such a clear hint that Guo Ziyi would not accept this stubble! It's just that, unlike Du Shiyi's arrogance, Guo Ziyi still maintained respectful etiquette, he had to find the bottom of the stairs by himself, and scolded Wei Jiansu, who had just left in a hurry, half to death.

If Wei Jiansu was here, he could at least turn around the atmosphere at this time, when had he ever been so embarrassed in his life? Even if his grandmother Empress Wu is in power, even if Zhongzong Wei is in power, he has never been so wolfish!

Therefore, Li Longji could only suppress his anger and said patiently: "The prince is tyrannical, and the East Palace has no owner, but now that several older princes have all passed away, if the East Palace is suddenly established, how can you convince the public?" ”

"What His Majesty said is extremely true, the establishment of the East Palace is naturally not an overnight matter, and the minister does not dare to rashly make a request. However, according to the old practice of King Rong before hanging the title of marshal, if His Majesty could not personally come to Chang'an to fight against the thieves, he might as well choose one of the princes and be ordered to fight the marshal, and the minister and Marshal Guo were willing to go to Chang'an to fight the thieves. ”

Although Du Shiyi put his posture very low between the lines, Li Longji couldn't see the arrogance of this courtier he had always thought was extremely familiar with the humility and arrogance beneath the surface. Although Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were both in power, they have always been humble to the bone in front of him, the Son of Heaven, because all their authority was given by him, the Son of Heaven. But Du Shiyi is completely different, his foundation is not in the court, but in the border town, this time there are two foreign armies straight to Hebei, if he is allowed to support a prince again, will this Tang Jiangshan change his surname to Du?

Thinking of this, although he had just refused to return to Chang'an on the grounds of the last years of the wind and candle, he still reluctantly said at this time: "The crown prince and King Rong all went first, and the thieves were rampant, and I was also wronged, so that now the princes and grandchildren are all panicking." Either way, or no matter what, I fought this old bone and personally led the army to fight the thief! ”

Li Longji had to say anything and personally led the army to put gold on his face, Du Shiyi did not sneer, he responded at the moment, did not say much, and after making a look at Guo Ziyi, he retired with him. When he returned to the army from Ma Weiyi, he learned that Mrs. Pei Rou and others had been sent back, and the Yang Xuan brothers knew that their father was dead and their souls were not possessed, and he didn't care about their lives or deaths, so he immediately sent an order to gather the generals. In front of these Shuo Fang generals, he didn't add any oil and vinegar, and threw out all the experiences and conversations after meeting the Son of Heaven directly, which immediately caused an uproar.

This time, the army of Fugu Huaien went directly south from Xiazhou, and Azler's forward battalion was used as the vanguard, and at this moment, except for the five hundred tooth soldiers under Du Shiyi, the rest were the Shuofang army. Du Shiyi's old subordinates in Shuofang's army knew him very well as the commander, and no one suspected him of distorting the facts, but the two newly transferred generals couldn't help but ask Guo Ziyi for confirmation.

"What the marshal said is all the original words of His Majesty, and there has never been a trace of pretentiousness." When Guo Ziyi said this, he actually sighed, secretly thinking that if he was Du Shiyi, he would definitely not dare to say anything to replace the words of a prince when the Son of Heaven initially refused to return to Luan Chang'an with the army to quell the rebellion, even if the Son of Heaven made a big mistake this time and lost people's hearts. However, if it weren't for this, Li Longji might not have agreed to return to Chang'an.

Du Shiyi's words, Guo Ziyi's circumstantial evidence, up and down suddenly commotion. When the accompanying soldiers mentioned that they had heard the turmoil of last night in Ma Weiyi, forcing Yang Yuyao to death, and killing Yang Guozhong just now, as some people applauded, the cheers of the people came one after another. When the army was reorganized in preparation for the Son of Heaven to go to Chang'an, some partiality couldn't help but spit out a sentence in their hearts in private discussions.

"Since Your Majesty has already said that it is the last year of the wind and candles, wouldn't it be best to follow the example of Emperor Ruizong to abdicate and retire for the rest of his life!"