When Du Shiyi left Chang'an, he did not alarm the Son of Heaven to send Pei Kuan, the prime minister of the left, and the civil and military officials to send them to the suburbs, let alone the officials and people of Chang'an, but just went out of the city to meet with the main force of Fugu Huai'en's department, and quietly crossed Weishui to Tongguan. At this moment when thousands of troops crossed the river, a Ba bridge seemed a little insufficient, Guo Ziyi asked people to build it, and the pontoon bridges that Du Shiyi personally inspected showed foresight. Even after being trampled by so many people and horses, several pontoon bridges were solid and durable, until the servant Gu Huaien, who was personally the queen of the palace, crossed the Weishui from the Baqiao, and then looked back at Chang'an.

"When we come back, it will be when the rebels are wiped out!"

Thousands of troops and horses roared past the official road, and in Chang'an City, when he learned that Du Shiyi had left like this, Li Longji tightly squeezed the thin note in his hand, suddenly lifted the quilt and sat up straight, and shouted: "Where is Chen Xuanli? Is he still guarding those useless things in Ma Weiyi? After so many days, they didn't come back, could it be that they were worried that if they returned to Chang'an, they would continue to live in the dark days of the Sixteen Princes' Mansion, or were they worried that Du Shiyi would be ruthless and kill them together? ”

Such heart-wrenching words, Gao Lishi was not there, and no one dared to answer lightly. I don't know how long it took, but a middle-aged eunuch standing at the end of the couch said cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, I just went to the inner chamberlain to see General Gao, saying that it was because when General Chen returned to the road, there were many chamberlains who had escaped before to cry and ask to take them back to Chang'an, so the road was delayed......"

As soon as he heard that it was the eunuchs who abandoned him and fled, Li Longji was half angry when he died. When he was panicking in Ma Weiyi, he once heard a saying that the reason why eunuchs such as Yuan Siyi fled was because they were not optimistic about recovering the Central Plains after retreating to Shuzhong, so they planned to run to surrender An Lushan at all! When he thought that he had given these high-ranking officials in the chamberlain, but when the disaster came, they left themselves as kings to seek refuge in others, and now when they saw that things were not good, they turned back and wanted to ask themselves to cover the water and regain it, where could he swallow this breath?

He can't help Du Shiyi, can't he help these disloyal and unfilial eunuchs?

"What happened to those deserters before?"

The middle-aged eunuch who spoke didn't expect that the angry Son of Heaven suddenly skipped those chamberlains and didn't mention them, but asked the deserters in the North Gate Forbidden Army, and hesitated for a moment before he whispered: "General Fugu ordered people to post a list in Sixiang, and those who return to Jinguangmen and Yanmingmen in Xicheng of Chang'an within three days to surrender themselves will be escorted to Shuofang Shubian by two classes. After three days of sweeping, General Fugu took a total of more than 800 people, all of whom had been escorted to the Shuofang border. ”

Although Li Longji also hated the good treatment of those forbidden troops in the past, when they encountered a big change, they either betrayed or mutinied, but seeing that there was an extra flying dragon rider like a fish in the throat in the flying dragon stable, even if he pinched his nose, he needed the corresponding soldiers and horses to contend with. But before he could prepare for the grace, Fugu Huaien actually took it upon himself to send people to Shuofang! He only felt that the fire in his heart was burning more and more, and immediately said coldly: "Go and sue Pei Kuan, the four armies of the North Gate are the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, even if they commit a serious crime, they have their own Son of Heaven to decide, and it is not the turn of others to come and act on behalf of others!" ”

If Du Shiyi, Fugu Huaien and that army were still in Chang'an, Li Longji might be able to continue to endure it, but now he doesn't want to endure it for a moment. Du Shiyi wants to lead the troops and let him go, while the people are not in Chang'an, if he can't fully control public opinion and the overall situation, when he turns back and waits for them to return victoriously, won't he be even more passive!

"Yes, the slave will go to the message at once."

Seeing that the middle-aged eunuch was about to go out as soon as he agreed, Li Longji remembered that in the huge palace, there was only one person who answered his words, so he called him again: "What's your name?" ”

"Hui Yu Xi à, slave Cheng Yuanzhen."

Li Longji bowed slightly, and when the people walked quickly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and decided to take advantage of Du Shiyi's departure to take care of his body and reorganize the personnel of the DPRK and China. Even if it is impossible for him to take back the military power from Du Shiyi now, he must try to get it back in the future. Can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?

However, Cheng Yuanzhen was gone for more than an hour, and it was not until Li Longji almost thought that something had happened to him that he stepped into the main hall, and his face was shocked and anxious. Faced with Li Longji's impatient expression, he didn't dare to speak immediately, but after signaling the Son of Heaven to retreat from the people around him with his eyes, he knelt down on his knees in front of the couch, and then lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are dead, and when I saw Pei Xiangguo in the political hall, I didn't dare to relay His Majesty's message." ”

Seeing that Li Longji's gaze suddenly became like a knife, Cheng Yuanzhen didn't care about being afraid, and after knocking his head twice, he said with a crying voice: "The slave is not worried about angering Pei Xiangguo, so she doesn't dare to relay it, but because the heir of Wang Zhong, the Taishou of Yichang in Shannan Province, sent a blood letter to him, saying that someone took the edict of His Majesty and sent him wine!" ”

When Li Longji wrote to Du Shiyi to request the reactivation of Wang Zhonghe, he once vaguely said about it as an ostrich, and when this news got into his ears, he couldn't help but grab the splendid futon under him, and his brain thundered so loudly that he didn't even have the strength to swallow saliva. Everyone knows that Wang Zhongsi once grew up in the palace and is the adopted son of his son of heaven, and he knows better that Wang Zhongsi will never question the character of the monarch's father. If there is a wine delivered, Wang Zhongsi will definitely kill himself without thinking about it, how can he order someone to send a blood letter to express his feelings? He's not Du Shiyi!

After trying his best to stabilize his feelings, he finally regained the strength to speak, and asked fiercely with a fierce look in his eyes, "How many people know about this?" ”

Of course, Cheng Yuanzhen knew what the Son of Heaven meant, but when he thought that when he went to the political affairs hall, it was as if the east and west cities were boiling over, as if all the civil and military officials with heads and faces had arrived, even if he didn't want to say such news to stimulate Li Longji, he still had to say as vaguely as possible: "When the slave maid went to the political affairs hall, there were dozens of people there. ”

Eleven people are also tens, and seventy or eighty people can also be said to be tens!

Li Longji slammed on the bed board and asked sharply, "How many people are there?" ”

When questioned about this, Cheng Yuanzhen no longer dared to avoid the important and light: "Zhongshu Province is more than five grades in the lower provinces, Shangshu Province is six Shangshu Shilang and left and right Cheng, the sixteenth Wei general, and the temple supervisors and officials above the fourth grade are all here. Moreover, Yichang Taishou Wang Zhongji even escorted the person who sent the wine back. ”

Oops!

In any case, Li Longji could not have imagined that Wang Zhonghe, who had always been loyal and righteous, would take such drastic actions. Just experienced the tragic siege of the city, the officials and people in Chang'an City are afraid that many people are still complaining about him, and the civil and military officials who have not been able to accompany him also have many complaints. The world is his world, why does one person betray him one after another, why? By the way, the only thing to be thankful for is that when he first instructed someone to deliver the wine, he didn't bring an edict, just an edict!

From this point of view, if Pei Kuan really stabbed this matter to the front of the emperor, he would directly put the blame on Yang Guozhong's edict!

Because of such an unexpected incident, Li Longji was in no mood to pursue Fugu Huai'en for sending the fugitive forbidden army to Shuofang Garrison, and only thought about how to calm down the matter. However, he didn't expect that after the initial boiling in the political hall, Pei Kuan sighed, and solemnly arched his hand in all directions: "Everyone, I really didn't expect Yang Guozhong to be so bold and reckless, and actually conspire to kill the country's general!" Fortunately, Wang Zhongsi has insight into his treachery, otherwise my Datang will lose a general! ”

Du Shiyi asked Cui Chengxun to tell him before leaving, Wang Jin had already received it, he was greatly frustrated by the death of the crown prince Li Heng, he had a serious illness before, but Cui Jiuniang had an awkward relationship with him and returned to his parents' house, and now he looks a little thin. If it's just Li Heng who died, it would be forgotten, but Zhang Liangdi killed King Guangping and King Jianning in order to save Li Heng's life, even if he burns the cold stove in the clan now, it is too late. Moreover, while Du Shiyi threw out an olive branch, he even said that he wanted to use his brother, and he had to correct his attitude.

In the past, Du Shiyi was just a feudal official, but now he is a powerful minister who can change the color of the Tang Dynasty with his words and deeds!

Therefore, when he saw that there was no sound from the people around him, he suddenly whispered: "In my opinion, this matter is still cut through the mess quickly, and these few people who have been to Yichang County will be executed immediately for the crime of exaggeration." In addition, in order to prevent the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an from slandering the monarch's father, it is better to restore the official position of the king's loyal heir, and make him moderate to the west of the river and resist Tubo! An Sishun used to be a general under Wang Zhonghei, and he expected that his old boss would be reinstated, so he didn't have to worry that Gao Dafu couldn't control him. ”

Although most people know that the matter of sending wine to Wang Zhonghei can never be Yang Guozhong's edict, it must be that the Son of Heaven really has such a heart because of An Lushan's slogan of supporting the prince, but now Li Longji's reputation as a faint monarch is almost ironclad, and one more thing like this will only make it more troublesome. Therefore, even those who complained about Wang Zhonghe's grievances felt that instead of making trouble and interrogating him, it was better to quickly cut through the chaos and let Wang Zhonghei be reinstated, so that there was no need to worry about whether Tubo on the Helong side would take advantage of the situation.

So, after Pei Kuan nodded in agreement, all the voices in the political hall were echoed. But until everyone dispersed, the aftermath of such an incident was still unsettled. The three provinces, the six ministries and the superintendents all had thousands of out-of-town officials, and the flow of news among these people was the fastest. On this day, before the sun set and the city gate was closed and curfew, such news swept through more than 100 miles of Chang'an City like a tornado, and even the people in the market knew that Wang Zhongji was given wine. The Son of Heaven pretended to be deaf and dumb about this, and the adults in the court planned to calm the matter, kill the executor, and then reinstate Wang Zhonghe.

Is there any reason in the world!