So Wang Shichong replied calmly: "What did Yang Xuangan say to you?" ”

Mai Tiezhu snorted heavily: "This kid really didn't lie to me, you really conspired with him to do that rebellious thing, Xingman, what's wrong with you?" The country can be described as a generous grace to us, and you are already prosperous and rich now, why don't you want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, but want to be a chaotic minister and thief? ”

Wang Shichong heard Mai Tiecane's tone, and guessed a rough idea, presumably Yang Xuangan pulled up Mai Tiecane in the underground tandem activities, because after all, Yang Su promoted and recommended Mai Tiecane back then, and when Mai Tiecane lost his official position and resigned, it was probably the season when Yang Xuangan sent people to lobby, and he didn't expect Mai Tiecane to be so loyal to the Sui family, and he didn't have any intention of causing trouble at all.

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "When did Yang Xuangan look for you?" The year before last, when you were dismissed from office in Laizhou? ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded: "Yes, it was Li Mi who came to my hometown of Shixing at that time and persuaded me to rebel with them, hum, Xingman, if Li Mi hadn't mentioned you at that time, I would have tied him up and sent him to see the official." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then I have to thank the iron rod, if you hadn't opened the net, we would have become ghosts under the knife by this time." ”

Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth: "My old Mai has two words as the foundation in this life, one is loyalty, the other is righteousness, loyalty is to the country: , righteousness is to friends, Chu Guogong did recommend me, but this relationship is not enough for me to betray the country, it is you Wang Xingman, it is your twenty-year friendship with me." That's why I didn't report it to the Supreme. But it's not because I'm favoritism. It's that I'm going to figure out the whole thing. I can't wronged you because of Li Mi's words. Now listening to what you say, I really participated in their conspiracy, why? Why would you do this? ”

Wang Shichong calmly looked at Mai Tiecane's eyes and said, "Tiecane, I remember that you used to be a citizen of the Southern Dynasty, and after committing a crime, you became Emperor Chen Xuan's guard, and then went to Southern Xuzhou to steal money. Later, after the matter was revealed, Emperor Chen Xuan did not cure your crime, but put you back to your hometown. It is said that Emperor Chen Xuan also has great kindness to you, but you still took the initiative to take refuge in the Great Sui, at that time, you were not so loyal. ”

Mai Tiezhu's nose twitched, a trace of shame flashed on his face, and he argued: "I was wronged to be arrested as a guard in the palace of Chen Guo, just because I gathered a group of fellow party in the township and collected some money to buy roads along the road. didn't hurt anyone, so he became an official slave? Is this fair? Chen Guo was tyrannical for many years. People can't live, but as long as there is food to eat and a business life, who wants to come out and do this kind of thing? Besides, the general trend of the world was very clear at that time, the Sui Dynasty would definitely be able to destroy Nan Chen, the eldest husband was born in troubled times, if he didn't seize this last opportunity, would he have to spend his life in Shixing's hometown and live in bed for the rest of his life? ”

Wang Shichong hooked the corners of his mouth: "Iron rod, in this way, you are not so loyal to Nan Chen, let alone loyal to the Great Sui, you are a handsome man who knows the current affairs, not a pedantic wooden fish head, can't you see the general trend today?" ”

Mai Tiezhu sneered: "Although the world is heavy now, the system of the Great Sui is placed here after all, and the national strength and army are also placed here. Xingman, you have always been a smart person, how can you not see this clearly? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Li Mi told you these things when he was investigating and purging the civil and military generals recommended by the original Chu Guogong as the imperial historian, didn't he tell you why super families like Yang Xuangan and Li Mi also rebelled?" Could it be that these people have a more direct grasp of the movement and situation than you as a general of the Southern Dynasty who has been in office for many years and has no access to core secrets? ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head: "The Duke of Chu actually ordered the death of the Supreme, I know this, and I am quite sympathetic to the fate of the Duke of Chu's family, but this cannot be used as a reason for Yang Xuangan to betray the country and plot a rebellion." The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, and the Duke of Chu also has some practices that go too far, and he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and it can only be said that it is a pity to fall into this result. ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "A good monarch wants his ministers to die, and his ministers have to die." Iron rod, if Yang Guang wanted your life now, would you still say this? ”

Mai Tiezhu said sharply: "Xingman, don't tell me this kind of, I am loyal to the Supreme, how can he kill me if he is so decent?" You are clearly making excuses for your own ambitions. ”

Wang Shichong hooked the corners of his mouth and said in a deep voice: "Do you know that the first emperor personally ordered Yang Guang to send Zhang Heng to kill him?" Yang Su was involved in the entire conspiracy at that time and knew the inside story well, so Yang Guang would do this to him. You said that Yang Su doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and people have been living at home for several years with a false title, which is still called not knowing how to advance or retreat? ”

The wheat iron staff was so startled that he almost fell off his horse, and barely pulled the rope to stabilize it, and the horses under the seat neighed for a while, shaking their heads for a while, before they could be steady.

Mai Tiezhu fixed his mind and said, "Okay, this kind of talk can't be nonsense. You weren't there, so how would you know what was going on? This must be a lie made up by Yang Xuangan when he rebelled with him in order to pull you into the water! ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "Lies? Even Yang Xuangan, he didn't know what happened in Renshou Palace that night, and Yang Su didn't tell this secret when he died, it was the inside line that I sent in the palace and experienced this incident clearly and clearly. ”

Mai Tiezhuan opened his mouth wide: "You, you actually have an inside line in the palace?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Iron staff, do you remember the time when we went to the Turks before, and the Turkic merchant An Sui family I met?" At that time, I used the two brothers and sisters to deceive the Dulan Khan at that time, in order to get them to get rid of the righteous princess who had been instigating the Dulan Khan to be our enemy. After the defeat, the An Sui family and the princess of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were unlucky together, the princess was executed, and the An Sui family was castrated and sold to the Central Plains as slaves. followed Mrs. Xuanhua, who I rescued from Nan Chen back then. Find out the information in the palace for me. There is no way, the companion is like a tiger, the grace of heaven is impermanent, who knows when one day if one is not careful, the head will fall to the ground? Not only is Yang Guang like this, but he is also known as a virtuous emperor, didn't he also kill a lot of important ministers and generals in his time? ”

Mai Tiezhu sighed: "You acted like this because you were already involved in the battle for the throne in the East Palace at that time." I have advised you a long time ago. We don't want to get involved in those things, but you don't listen! ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed, and his expression became extremely terrifying: "Of course I don't want to get involved, but I have no way out, because my most beloved woman, An Suiyu, was forced by Gao Ying to manipulate the cat ghost case, and was killed by Yang Yong himself afterwards, iron rod, if you were replaced by me, don't you go to revenge?" ”

Mai Tiecane's eyes widened: "What? An Suiyu? That Turkic woman became your beloved woman? You didn't tell me before that she was just your slave girl. Take care of your business? ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and replied: "The first time I saw Ayu, I was fascinated by her. In addition, I have always felt guilty about framing their brothers and sisters, so I know that she is a pawn sent by Gao Ying to spy on me, and I can't bear to drive her away, and I don't know when I can't do without her, although I am very ruthless on the surface, but deep down I have long regarded her as my woman, for her, I have never married someone else, she gave birth to children for me, but in order to protect me, she died in this conspiracy to seize the throne, for this, I swore that I must kill Yang Yong with my own hands and avenge my Ayu! ”

Mai Tiezhu was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I didn't expect this to be the result, so in this way, you let the An Sui family obtain information in the palace, and it was also to be in an advantageous position in the battle for the palace?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "It is precisely because of this that I took refuge in Yang Su, in the struggle for the throne in those years, I did too many unseemly conspiracies, and even Yang Guang was deeply jealous, fortunately, I did not participate in the change of Renshou Palace, otherwise, I am afraid that I would have been eliminated by Yang Guang." ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head: "I still don't believe that the Supreme would do such a thing, he is already the crown prince, and the first emperor will definitely return to heaven at that time, why should he kill the king himself?" ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Because I want to protect myself, I know that I must not have a good life after Yang Guang ascends the throne, so I sent An Suijia to instruct Mrs. Xuanhua to slander Yang Guang for being rude to her when the emperor was dying, and wanted the emperor to issue an edict to restore Yang Yong's position and abolish Yang Guang." ”

Mai Tiezhu didn't react for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Wait, didn't you say that you want to seek revenge on Yang Yong with your own hands?" How could such an instruction be given? ”

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "Because Yang Guang will never be restrained, I just want to force him to make a move, seize the throne, or even kill the king, and then chase and kill Yang Yong, let Yang Yong run to Yang Liang to raise troops to resist, Yang Guang will still win in the end, but his dominance will be greatly reduced, and then I will have to rely on people like Yang Su and me to maintain the rule, so that I can take the opportunity to gain power, and even divide one side, so as to save my life." ”

A look of fear flashed on Mai Tiezhu's face: "It's terrible, Xingman, you can actually plan such a big conspiracy, it seems that I still underestimated you, but since your plan is so thorough, why didn't it succeed?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Because Yang Jian's edict was not sent, Liu Shu, that nerd, did not immediately go out of the palace to mobilize the army to come back to escort him, but was launched by Yang Guang in advance, mobilized the East Palace sergeant to control Renshou Palace, and then directly killed the monarch to seize the throne, and the first thing he did after returning to Daxing was to kill Yang Yong, if it wasn't for the An Sui family to protect me with death, I am afraid that I would have already been wiped out." ”

Mai Tiezhu's eyes were blazing: "Xingman, I didn't think that you were the number one careerist and usurper of the Great Sui, although your story is very touching and your fate is very tragic, but I still can't walk with you." The Supreme may be ruthless, but the two generations of Sui Emperors are as kind to me, and I can't betray them! ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "Grace is as heavy as a mountain? Hehe, iron rod, during the period of the first emperor, your position as a chariot general was asked for by Yang Su on the table, you followed me to birth and death, pacified Jiangnan, such a credit should have been given this official position, not to mention any kindness, if you really want to thank you, go to thank Yang Su, if he doesn't report, you can't get it at all. ”

Mai Tiezhu nodded: "If it weren't for Gu Nian's layer, I would have reported Yang Xuangan and Li Mi a long time ago." But the current Supreme promoted me from a civilian to the Taishou, and made me the general of this right guard, no matter what, I can't take revenge and go against the Supreme. ”

Wang Shichong suddenly laughed: "Iron Staff, you are still too naïve, and I don't want to think about why Yang Guang wants to reuse you, let's put it this way, among all the generals in the Great Sui now, do you think that according to your qualifications and ability, you can really sit in this position now?" ”

Mai Tiezhu gritted his teeth: "I know I don't have this ability, that's why I say that heaven is powerful." Okay, is this also some conspiracy of the Supreme? I think he should just take a fancy to me, the iron rod is powerless, and he doesn't form a party with others! ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "You are half right, Yang Guang does fancy your powerlessness and powerlessness, but what he likes more is that you are from the background of the Southern Dynasty, Yang Guang likes elegance in his bones, he is a literati, and the Hanhu generals of the Guanlong Group are incompatible, the last coup, he thought that the Guanlong Group was against him, so he couldn't wait to move the capital to Luoyang." In order to balance this powerful Guanlong group, since he came to power, generals like you, Zhou Fashang, and Lai Hu'er from the south have been reused, but your temporary gain is just rootless water, and once he is under pressure, he will still abandon you at any time. ”

Mai Tiezhu shook his head: "Even then, you should be loyal to the country, the last time my Laizhou assassin was dismissed, wasn't it quickly reused?" I'm not going to go the same way with you. It's useless for you to say anything more. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Everyone has their own ambitions, I never force you, I also know that you are not like me and Yang Xuangan forced Yang Guang into a desperate situation, we want to overthrow the tyrant is just a move of self-preservation, the current world, to the tyranny of the tyrant, the heavy duty has made the people's resentment boiling, but he is unaware of this, and is still planning the conquest of Goguryeo, iron rod, do we want to make a bet, as long as he really starts to conquer Goguryeo, the Great Sui will definitely be finished." ”

Mai Tiezhu was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he sighed: "Maybe what you said is right, Xingman, I have always admired your wisdom and talent, but no matter what, people must know how to repay their kindness, my glory and wealth today are given by two generations of Sui Emperors, and I will be loyal to the Great Sui for the rest of my life, and I will never be a traitor and thief." (To be continued......) R1292