"Hahaha!" Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly burst out laughing, and said while laughing: "Your uncle said that I am a loving and righteous person? Did he really say that? ”

"It's true!" Li Guo said in a deep voice: "My uncle said that you know that we have no way to rebel, unlike those officials who think why we don't stay at home and starve to death, but we are naturally wicked. Speaking www.biquge.info of this, Li Guo paused slightly, pointed to Hao Shaoqi, who was standing behind Liu Cheng, and said, "This is General Hao Shaoqi, right?" I heard that he was also born in a rogue, and if he was under other officials, he would definitely not be able to go this far! ”

"Oh!" When Liu Cheng heard Li Guo's answer, his face changed slightly: "Waving the flag, he treats me with a naked heart, and I deserve to return him to be rich and noble!" Li Dusi, even if what you said is true, I have nothing to do with your uncle, so I'm afraid I can't do anything, right? ”

"Grandpa Guo!" Li Guo stood up and kowtowed to Liu Cheng: "My uncle also said it before he came, he asked me to come and tell you these things this time, and then he will follow you and let him drive, but you don't need to do anything specifically?" ”

"Just tell me once? What do I need to do? Liu Cheng couldn't help but be a little confused when he heard this, what was Li Zicheng's intention in doing this? Is it expected that through his own route to reach the heavens? But even if he is willing to say good things for him, Chongzhen may not be willing to uphold justice for this former thief leader, after all, Li Zicheng burned the central capital Fengyang and the imperial mausoleum, and Chongzhen is magnanimous if he doesn't find a chance to retaliate. Liu Cheng thought about it, but he couldn't think of the other party's true purpose for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and nodded: "That's it, if you don't dislike it, then find an envoy in my escort army, and then you will also be the capital secretary?" ”

"Thank you Grandpa Guo for lifting up!" Li Guo hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, Liu Cheng nodded and said to Hao Shaoqi behind him: "Then it's the immortal team under your command!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

In this way, Li Guo stayed in Liu Cheng's pro-army, and Hao Shaoqi sent people to strictly monitor him. About a month later, Liu Cheng suddenly asked Hao Shaoqi: "Shaking the flag, how did that Li Guo do under you during this time?" ”

Hao Shaoqi thought for a while and replied: "This guy is very honest, every day he is either in the barracks or in his own residence, the door is not out of the door, the riding skills and martial arts are all selected, and the soldiers are also very compassionate, it is a good material!" ”

"It's weird, did he really come to join the army with me?" Liu Cheng's face showed a hint of surprise: "Is it not time yet?" ”

"Ah Cheng, in my opinion, Li Zicheng is entrusted to you!"

"Pledge?" Liu Cheng frowned, what his wife said made some sense, Li Zicheng is not very old even if he has a son now, and the only reliable heir is this nephew, who was sent to him all the way to complain about a lot of things that the Ming officials extorted and treated him harshly, he also knows his ambitions, and it makes sense to explain it like this, but when did he become so domineering? Or is there something else going on?

Liu Cheng was thinking about his thoughts there, and Zhao Wende hurriedly came in from the outside and bowed to Liu Cheng and Min Min: "My lord, madam, there is a distinguished guest here!" ”

"Guest?" Liu Cheng raised his head: "What distinguished guest?" ”

"Yang Wenqiao has arrived in Guangning and is coming to Shengjing!"

"What?" Liu Cheng couldn't help but scream and stood up.

Outside the south gate of Shengjing.

The road outside the city gate had already been padded with loess, and all the potholes and uneven places were sprinkled with loess, and then covered with sand, and the stones were dragged by cattle several times, and they were smooth like mirrors. More than a dozen veterans guarding the gate sprinkled water again, and the carriages and horses walked over to be spotless. Just after the ugly time, a group of knights came to the south gate and stood still on both sides of the road. Those who were familiar with the inside story of Liu Cheng's army saw that the helmets and tassels of these horses on the road were all made of white horsehair, and they knew that these were Huo'er Chi (quiver soldiers) in the cowardly Xue army. These Huoerchi were all good archers selected from various Mongolian tribes, dressed in cotton-faced iron armor, with bows, quivers, and knives hanging from their waists, and arquebuses in the saddle bags of war horses and saddles behind them. On the battlefield, you can ride your horse and shoot with your bow, and when the enemy forms a dense phalanx, you can also dismount and shoot the enemy with an arquebus. The white horsehair hats on their heads represent the Sulu ingots they are guarding, on the battlefield on the sides and in front of the Chinese army, and when camping, they are on the outside of Liu Cheng's palace tent. Seeing the appearance of this army, the people passing by turned their direction one after another, so as not to collide with the nobles.

After another half an hour, a team of foot soldiers surrounded more than ten nobles out of the south gate and went to the long pavilion outside the city. These guards were all dressed in iron hoods, chest guards, skirt armor, iron arm guards, and held spears, the spear tassels were made of black horsehair, and the bottom end of the spear was weighted with a small gold-plated copper hammer spear, followed by more than a dozen people holding drums and trumpets, these were from Liu Cheng's Han army four battalions of the Han army formed by the immortal squad of the Han army, also known as the golden melon banzhi. Liu Cheng came to the long pavilion, jumped off his horse and entered the pavilion, and asked the officer waiting at the entrance of the pavilion, "How long will it take for Mr. Yang to arrive?" ”

"Tell Lord Jinong, I have already passed the mountain recess in front, and I should be there in one more meal!" The officer respectfully saluted Liu Cheng.

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded: "After the order, everyone is in good spirits, and the preaching is ready to stop!" ”

"Yes!" The officer answered, turned and ran to the side of the road and shouted. Liu Cheng turned around and smiled at Zhao Wende: "Jiansheng, why do you say that Yang Wenqiao is running here with me at this juncture?" He's the first assistant of the imperial court! ”

"Naturally, there are extremely important things, even more important than staying in the capital as the first assistant!" Zhao Wende said with a smile.

"Is there anything in the world that is more important than being the first assistant?"

"Why not?" Zhao Wende smiled: "My lord, you also take yourself too lightly, right?" Yang Wenqiang He couldn't be the first assistant from you at the beginning, and now if he wants to sit firmly, this first assistant will naturally be inseparable from you! ”

"Jiansheng, aren't you slapping my ass? How can I do this? Liu Cheng said with a smile.

"That's natural, Shengjing is only 800 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and Shanhaiguan is only 600 miles from Jingshi, if you send troops from Shenyang, you can drive with iron horses, you can go to Shanhaiguan in five days, and then you can go to Jingshi City in four days. In less than ten years, the army can come to the city, and the weight of Jiuding can still be asked, not to mention a first assistant! ”

Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and at this moment, a horn came from a distance, interrupting the conversation between the two, both of them knew that this was a signal of Yang Sichang's arrival, and they both consciously stopped talking and smiled at each other.

"Pass the order, play music!" Liu Cheng tidied up his clothes and walked straight out of the pavilion. The drummers outside also hurriedly played music. At this time, I had already seen a line of chariots and horses coming along the official road, and the two lines of cowardly Xue Army's Huo'er were guarding on both sides, which was even more majestic. The carriage stopped more than 20 steps away from the long pavilion, and an old servant in Tsing Yi got down from the carriage, opened the curtain, and came down a man in Tsing Yi who was nearly fifty years old, it was Yang Sichang.

"Young Master!" Yang Qing looked at Liu Cheng who was standing at the door of the long pavilion, and said in a low voice: "This Liu Cheng is so big, he is standing there and waiting, and he doesn't come to greet you!" ”

"Huh!" Yang Sichang smiled: "Now it's different from the past, he is now the Duke of Yueguo, and the Duke of this dynasty is a superb, he is already above me, but he doesn't have to come to greet me!" ”

"What about the Duke?" Yang Qing said indignantly: "You are the first assistant of the imperial court, which of the marquis and grandfather in the Beijing division dare to support you like this, even the relatives of Emperor Zhou and Emperor Tian dare not do this." Don't say that if there is no love from the master and the young master, where would he Liu Cheng be today? What an ungrateful villain! ”

"You can't say that!" Yang Sichang lowered his voice: "Those nobles in the capital are just an empty head, relying on the silverfish left by the ancestors to eat and eat, Liu Cheng, the prince of the country, was killed with a knife and a shot, how can those grandfathers, uncles, and marquis be compared?" You look at the honor guards on both sides, but they are all strong men who have experienced a hundred battles, he Liu Cheng has this capital, but he is also qualified to let me come to this trip, he is willing to go out of the city to greet me outside the long pavilion, he has not forgotten the old kindness! ”

Yang Sichang finished speaking, then flicked his sleeves and walked towards the long pavilion. Liu Cheng went down two steps, bowed to Yang Sichang and said: "Grace has come from afar, Liu Cheng has never greeted him from afar, please forgive me!" ”

"Guogong has a heavy responsibility, how can he be light!" Yang Sichang smiled: "I heard the envoy last time say that you have an arrow wound on your knee, I don't know if it has healed?" ”

"Arrow wounds?" Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "It's almost good, but the rainy weather is still a little painful!" ”

"The Guogong is related to the safety of my northern Ming Dynasty, please take care!" Yang Sichang said with a smile.

"Don't dare!" Liu Cheng arched his hand and stretched out his hand to invite: "Please also ask Enxiang to get on the horse and enter the city with him, a banquet has been prepared in the mansion to wash the dust for you!" ”

Yang Sichang followed Liu Cheng into the city and came to the Yongfu Palace, Liu Cheng had prepared a banquet on the Phoenix Tower, and after the guest sat down, Yang Sichang looked around, frowning slightly: "This must be the palace of the original chieftain, right?" ”

"Yes, this is the Phoenix Tower, which was originally the place where the nobles of the East Lu discussed political affairs!"

Yang Sichang's face was slightly gloomy, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "Liu Guogong, you are your father's old department, and you and I can be regarded as world friends." I'll say a big word, this place is not inhabitable, it's better to withdraw from this place earlier, close the door, and wait for the court angels! ”

Liu Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "When Enxiang said such words, he really regarded Liu Cheng as his own family, no matter what, Liu Cheng thanked him here first!" He owed Yang Sichang a debt: "It's just that Liu Cheng has been outside the plug for a long time, and there are mostly Hu people around him, and there are also a lot of Hu people's habits." Among the Saiwaihu people, as long as they win the battle, let alone the palace house, even the wife and children are also owned by the victor. Since I defeated Huang Taiji and collected his subordinates, naturally this Shengjing City is in my pocket, not to mention a mere Yongfu Palace? ”

"You-" Yang Sichang was furious when he heard this, but he still forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Your words are very disobedient, how can it come from the mouth of a minister?" I've been friends with you for many years, and I really don't want you to end up in a dead end, so I just don't hear about it today! ”

"Hahahaha!" Liu Cheng suddenly laughed: "Yang Gong, Ling Zunshi is very kind to me, and you are also kind to me." I can't repay it, so let's do it, as long as you return to your hometown after you go back this time, I will divide the territory and divide the land one day, and the wealth will be repaid for a hundred generations, how about it? ”

"Liu Cheng!" A sneer appeared on Yang Sichang's face: "Do you think that I, Yang Wenqiao, am such a greedy person for wealth?" I came this time to want you to go back to Beijing with me, and let you help me, Zhongxing Daming, now it seems that I misjudged you, and my father also misjudged you! ”

"ZTE Daming?" Liu Cheng laughed as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing: "Yang Gong, you are also a smart person, why don't you even understand such a simple truth?" Everything in the world has a lifespan, and dynasties are also average, how can there have been three hundred years of dynasties throughout the ages? When the life expectancy is up, especially what can be reversed by manpower? I advise you in one word, after returning to Beijing, I will resign from the Son of Heaven and return to my hometown to recuperate, this is the way of the whole body, otherwise there will be a disaster of death! ”

"Listening to you say this, let me know so much, will you let me go back to Jingshi? Aren't you afraid that I will be a saint and exterminate you? ”

"Why didn't you go back?" Liu Cheng said with a smile: "My behavior in Liaodong, as long as people in the world are not blind, they naturally know what I want to do." Besides, I have already said it very clearly, Da Ming has reached his life, Yang Gong, what can you do even if Zhuge Kongming is resurrected? Instead, you will harm yourself. Why should I take revenge and do such a thing that makes the world laugh? ”

Yang Sichang looked at Liu Cheng's face, confirmed that the other party was sincere, and his face changed slightly, although he didn't quite believe what Liu Cheng said just now, but the other party's extreme self-confidence still deeply affected him, not to mention that he knew Liu Cheng's talent better than anyone else, thought about it and said coldly: "What you rely on is nothing more than the elite soldiers and strong generals under your command, but I am a hundred million people in the Ming Dynasty, how can there be no heroes to compete with you?" ”

"Even if there are heroes, how can they use their people? Yang Gong, for Ling Zun's sake, I advise you to say a word, don't do anything after returning to Beijing, Daming can live for a few more years, if you want to make a difference, not only will you harm yourself, but it will reduce Daming's lifespan! Speaking of this, Liu Cheng tapped his palm twice and said with a smile: "Okay, don't talk about these things, come here, sing and dance with wine, and get drunk with Yang Gonggong!" ”

With Liu Cheng's high-five, the singer and maid came out from behind the screen, and served the wine and food like flowing water, and the song and dance music immediately sounded upstairs. Liu Cheng also immediately became a hospitable host, introducing various dishes and wines to Yang Sichang. Yang Sichang made tentative remarks several times, wanting to ask something, but Liu Cheng just ignored it, but really stopped talking about those things as he said just now. After a few times, Yang Sichang had to give up, tasting the wine and food, singing and dancing, he was born in a family, and enjoyed the taste of these sounds and colors quite finely, at this time, a little taste found that although it is not as exquisite as the doctor of this dynasty, but the rough and bold is excessive. He had something on his mind, so he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses, and after a while he got drunk.