On the tower of Chunming Gate, Pei Kuan held on to the railing and looked at the battlefield, motionless from beginning to end, and this posture was maintained until the moment when Guo Ziyi's army joined the battle formation and the rebels began to retreat. He let out a long breath and fell to the ground so limply. The others were stunned for a moment, and then they hurriedly went to help him. Dou Ye was very strong, and after picking him up, he said with a smile: "In the past few days, Dr. Pei has been so busy every day that his feet have not touched the ground, and he has not seen unsteady walking, and now that the big victory is imminent, why can't he hold it up suddenly?" The soldiers and civilians in the city are still looking at you, don't let them think that the army has lost! ”

"It's old, it's useless." Pei Kuan muttered in a low voice, and when he saw that bursts of cheers broke out again on the head of the city, and this cheer spread from the city to the city, he couldn't help but show a look of joy from the bottom of his heart. When he staggered to the side of the Chunming Gate Tower under the support of Dou Yi, he saw that in those lanes that could be seen by the naked eye, I don't know how many people hugged each other to celebrate, and even soon there was a crackling sound of bamboo thrown in the fire, and that kind of festive appearance seemed to be in the New Year!

When this jubilant mood finally subsided, Pei Kuan returned to the position where he had just watched the battle, only to find that the banner fluttering with Shuofang Jiedu Guo was heading east, as if he was pursuing the enemy army, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. What if the follow-up enemy army continues to open up from Tongguan? However, out of the concern that he said the wrong thing when he was supervising the battle in the city tower before, he did not say this, but entrusted Dou Yi to monitor the city, and then opened the city gate according to the situation, and he hurriedly summoned Du Youlin to go downstairs before he said this serious worry.

"Don't worry about Doctor Pei, Guo Dashuai is a general of Shuofang, and he has always been known for his steadiness in his soldiers, since he dares to lead the army to pursue, he must have the corresponding success and certainty." Du Youlin saw his father's banner of protecting Du in Anbei, and his hanging heart had already been completely relaxed, and he was full of confidence at this moment, seeing that Pei Kuan's face was slightly softened, he said in a low voice, "It's just that Dr. Pei should also see that His Majesty's imperial flag is also in the army, which means that His Majesty has also returned with his father and Guo Dashuai." ”

Pei Kuan is a traditional scholar who abides by loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness in his bones, but he is not a sage, and in the face of the Son of Heaven's abandonment of Chang'an and his escape, how can he have no resistance and complaints? Moreover, when Yang Qian and Yang Jian brothers had scattered their wealth but were still surrounded by the military and civilians, they had already confided that it was because Yang Guozhong was jealous of Du Shiyi, so he slandered the Son of Heaven, and initially prevented Shuofang and Hedong soldiers and horses from going to aid Mobei, and had not transferred Shuofang's soldiers and horses to King Qin, which pushed a certain dissatisfaction in Chang'an City to the highest point. He could even be sure that if Yang Guozhong was also among the people who followed the Son of Heaven back to Chang'an, he was afraid that it would provoke a great popular uprising!

This kind of thing, Pei Kuan is not good to others, he believes in Zen Buddhism, and at the same time cares about his reputation, he doesn't want people to accuse him of coveting the phase, but to Du Youlin, he can't help but pour out such bitter water. But what he didn't expect was that Du Youlin actually sneered and asked: "Doctor Pei is too worried, do you think that for a person like Yang Guozhong, who has brought disaster to the country and the people, his father and Guo Dashuai will let him come back alive and continue to be powerful?" ”

Does this mean that Du Shiyi will take advantage of the advantage of the army to relieve the siege of Chang'an this time and kill Yang Guozhong directly? Will the Son of Heaven really not stop this, or will he be powerless to stop it?

However, when he returned to Jingzhao Mansion, in the face of the mountain cases that he had not been able to take care of except military affairs for several days, as well as the many miscellaneous matters of distributing bereavement pensions to the dead and wounded, Pei Kuan quickly threw his worries about Yang Guozhong out of the clouds. In order to recruit the rebels before, in addition to the family wealth contributed by Yang Qian and Yang Jian brothers, Yang Guozhong's family was simply copied by Jiang Du, and even the gold and silver coins in the Zuozang Treasury were taken out by Jiang Shilang, the heir of Chu State, as the capital to compensate for the dead and wounded. It can be said that this battle to defend the city, after the Son of Heaven dragged down the morale of the people, was maintained by money, and he had to hurry up to fulfill his promise!

It's just that in the case that the Son of Heaven has returned to Luan, if he doesn't hurry up and transfer the money from the Zuo Zang Treasury, can he still expect another day to continue to use the Son of Heaven's Inner Treasury as a human minister? Therefore, he immediately ordered someone to go to the palace to inform Jiang Du, who was suppressing and guarding there, one was to let Jiang Du coordinate the matter, and the other was to give people a wake-up call and stop the terrifying murderousness.

In the past few days, although Jiang Du has occasionally gone up to the city wall, he has lived in the road from Xingqing Palace to Daming Palace most of the time, so that the two palaces can lead people to press at any time if there is something to do. He has never really managed affairs for thirty years, and only his absurd and wanton reputation has spread abroad, and this time he personally killed more than 20 criminal eunuchs, and hundreds of his subordinates were executed. Under the deterrence of such a river of blood, the robbers who took advantage of the fire were swept away, and now the eunuchs in the palace secretly gave him the nickname of a butcher!

But Jiang Du didn't care. After suppressing the hatred of his father's death for so many years, indulging himself for so many years in order to show harmlessness, in order to save the Jiang family, he even went against his will to marry the widow princess for his younger brother...... He has endured it for too long, so this time in the face of such an opportunity that cannot be called a chance, how can he not take the opportunity to take revenge? Taking advantage of the impeachment of the palace, he directly traced the old accounts of the year, but all the people involved in the case of Wang Shouyi's framing of his father Jiang Jiao were all killed by him. Therefore, when he heard the news of the Son of Heaven's return to Luan, he had an indescribable annoyance.

What's going on with Du Shiyi, isn't it best to directly find a way to let that faint gentleman die halfway?

"Duke of Chu, Duke of Chu?"

Jiang Du, who was called back by this continuous voice, suddenly scolded angrily: "I'm not deaf yet, go back and tell your family Doctor Pei, I know, this palace will be sorted out immediately, so that your majesty will come back and have no place to live!" As for the left storehouse, the key is given to you, and you will move it immediately. But you keep me in mind that all the things you take out are accountable, don't give me a fake public benefit! ”

Zuo Zangku is just that, the so-called sorting out the palace, Jiang Du is not talking about it. According to what Du Youlin had discussed with him before, he immediately screened and cleaned the Xingqing Palace. Because most of the eunuchs who the Son of Heaven had favored and trusted in the past fled with the Son of Heaven, and the rest were two or three puppies and kittens, so he deliberately convicted the remaining inner eunuchs with a knife, and even tied Bian Lingcheng, who was in charge of the palace key for the Son of Heaven, to show the public, how could he be soft on others?

All afternoon, he was busy cleaning and dispersing the remaining palace attendants in Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace, and placed all the people on Du Youlin's list in each palace of Xingqing Palace one by one, and at the same time, for those who wagged their tails to please themselves, they were all in their hands.

In the end, he reworked the roster of those eunuchs in the inner chamberlain!

After finishing all this, he learned that Pei Kuan and the others were ready to go to welcome the Son of Heaven back to the palace, but Jiang Du didn't bother to go to Li Longji to pay his respects, but went directly out of the palace to the Gaolishi mansion.

Since he was driven out of the palace by the angry Li Longji because of the matter of the crown prince Li Heng, the front door of the Gaolishi private house has become deserted and deserted. In the past few days when Chang'an was besieged, the gate was always closed, and no one entered or exited. At this moment, when the knock on the door sounded on this deserted cross street, it was particularly harsh. After a while, a voice came from inside the gate: "The Duke of Bohai County said, I don't see any outsiders, please go back." ”

"Go and report, just say that Jiang Du, the prince of Chu Guo, is coming to see you, if the prince of Bohai County pushes again, don't blame me for smashing the door and going over the wall!"

The person talking outside was in such a tone, Mai Xiong couldn't help but be shocked when he learned about it. Jiang Du is certainly no stranger to him, and the murderous name of this heir of Chu Guogong has actually spread from inside the palace to outside the palace in the past few days. He thought about it carefully, and finally hurried to the main hall and told Gao Lishi directly about his original words.

"Jiaweng, Jiang Shilang's wanton purge in the palace this time is obviously not a minister's behavior, if His Majesty returns to the palace to pursue it, I'm afraid he won't be able to please him. I think that Jiang Jiao, the Duke of Chu, was once convicted for his words, and His Majesty never cared about the old feelings, so it is better for me to try to get rid of him. Let's just say that Jia Weng is sick, does he really dare to break in regardless of verification? ”

Gao Lishi originally just squinted his eyes slightly, but at this moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and said angrily: "Shirk? Who do you think Jiang Si is? At the beginning, he was a tyrant in Chang'an, although he has been restrained over the years, but just looking at the incident he made in the palace this time, it can be seen that he has never changed, but he has always endured it. You said that His Majesty would be investigated after returning to the palace, how to pursue it, and when he left the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an and fled for his life, others tried every means to protect this Tang Emperor? Don't be verbose, go open the middle door, I'll see him after I change my clothes! ”

Mai Xiong saw that Gao Lishi actually said such sharp and explicit words, and couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, and hurriedly agreed and left in a hurry.

And Gao Lishi changed into a purple dress that had not been on his body for a long time under the service of the maid, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. As soon as the Son of Heaven and his party left, he immediately ordered someone to go to the Sixteen Princes' Mansion to inquire about the news, and sure enough, he learned that in addition to the Guangping princess Cui, she took her two sons and fled in a hurry with the Son of Heaven and her party, but Concubine Li Heng, including Zhang Liangdi, and other royal and grandson family members were all left behind. He initially thought that after the city was broken, the clan would definitely become the primary target of the rebels, and he planned to do his best to protect it, but he didn't want Dou Yi, the captain of the horse, to go with the Son of Heaven, but he still led people to protect the Sixteen Princes' Mansion.

"I thought I was going to die, but I didn't expect that I, who stayed in Chang'an, would be spared a toss, I don't know if this is considered a blessing in disguise?"

When Gao Lishi and Jiang Du met, and heard the former eunuch in the palace say such a sentence with a wry smile, Jiang Du suddenly laughed: "The Duke of Bohai County has been loyal to His Majesty for decades, and he almost ended up with my grandfather back then, which is really lamentable." I won't beat around the bush, there should be no eunuchs left in the palace now, Bian Lingcheng will also die today, is the Duke of Bohai County willing to go back to the palace to take responsibility? ”