In the days that followed, everything went very well.

Yuanhai Ziqian gathered all the officials and slaves and handed them over to Guo Ye. These people work all day long, and they are gray at the age of fifty or sixty. Some of them are also disabled, and I don't know if they were injured on the battlefield or tortured by Yuanhai Ziqi.

They did not expect to be able to return to their homeland in this life, and they were grateful to Guo Ye, and expressed their hatred for Goguryeo and their loyalty to the Great Sui court. Of course, there are also some discordant voices, some who have been officials, and they also said that they are equivalent to Su Wu who is a shepherd, and he has not changed his integrity for decades, and he can add an official to a knighthood or something after he goes back.

It turned out that these people were too ruthlessly squeezed by Yuanhai Ziqi, and they really didn't listen to what was going on outside the window, and only worked for the Yuan family. didn't think so, he was tortured to death by Yuanhai Ziqi. Guo Ye hurriedly told them that now the dynasty has changed, and it is already the world of the Tang Dynasty. After everyone returns to China, don't say anything about allegiance to the Great Sui, you must be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty Li Er. As for the good thing of adding an official to a knight, don't even think about it.

sent twenty guards to bring them all back to Datang, and Guo Ye also counted one thing on his mind. The fly in the ointment is that Zheng Feifei's biological father Zheng Yuan was sent to Pyongyang by Yuanhai Ziqi on an errand and has not yet returned. However, Yuan Haizi said that he had sent someone to inform Zheng Yuan that his identity was no longer an official slave. After returning to Liaodong City, he went to the pavilion post to report, and he didn't have to go back to Yuanhai Ziqi.

Guo Ye secretly pondered, it seems that Zheng Yuan is quite used on the side of Yuanhai Ziqi, instead of working with other officials and slaves. Maybe that's why Zheng Yuan had the opportunity to hook up with Zheng Feifei's mother, Li Wanli.

Thinking of this, Guo Ye was quite interested in this Zheng Yuan. Even if he counts his age, he must be nearly fifty years old at the youngest. Then when he hooked up with Li Wanli, the youngest had to be forty years old. A forty-year-old guy, as an official slave, can hook up with an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl. No matter what aspect it is, this Zheng Yuan is not simple!

Gao Xinde also approached Guo Ye several times and told Guo Ye that the procedures in the Goguryeo court had been completed. The current situation is that the Goguryeo court issued a document requesting Liaodong City to destroy Skull Mountain, so as not to affect the harmonious relationship with the Tang Dynasty. With this paperwork in hand, solving the matter of Skull Mountain is also on the agenda.

Things have developed to this point, even if the Yuan family regrets it, it is useless, and the matter of Skull Mountain is a foregone conclusion. After all, the face of the Goguryeo court is still wanted, and it is impossible to go back on its word.

Guo Ye was in a good mood, and asked Gao Xinde and Yuanhai Ziba how the royal lawsuit was going.

Gao Xinde said that Yuanhai Ziba can only make a fuss about his huge savings now. wrote to the king of Yingyang, impeaching Gao Xinde for corruption and perverting the law. Gao Xinde impeached Yuan Hai Ziba for committing the following crimes. The two sides attacked each other, and finally caused a big fight between the first line of Gai Suwen and the first line of the Rongliu County King, and the King of Yingyang also had a headache. It seems that the most likely outcome is to play fifty boards each.

Regardless of the confusion of the Goguryeo court, Guo Ye and the eldest grandson Shi prepared to hold a large-scale sacrificial event on Skull Mountain, and then transport the bones of these Chinese children back to the Tang Dynasty.

On the first day of August in the eighth year of Zhenguan, the sky is cloudy, windy, and it is appropriate to sacrifice.

At this time, the front of Skull Mountain was full of tin foil money. Due to the strong wind, the candles were not lit. A brazier is placed in the center. A few pieces of paper money were dropped, and white smoke curled and disappeared with the wind.

One hundred and eighty guards were divided into three teams, one team each led by Turtledove, Sun Zishan, and Changsun Shi, all dressed in white, standing solemnly and silently.

In front of the guards, there was Guo Ye, the prince of Pingyang County of the Tang Dynasty, wearing a black veil on his head, wearing a purple official robe representing the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, holding a sacrificial text and reciting it aloud.

"The body is dead, and he is buried in Shanyang. The mountains are majestic, and the sky is vast. There are trees in the mountains, and there are mourning in the country. The soul returns, in order to see the rivers and mountains.

After his death, he was buried in Dachuan. Life is small, and death is also small. What is happy and what is hurt. The soul returns, don't love a foreign land.

The body is gone, and he is buried in Nanzhan. The wind is sober, and the water is sluggish. The heavens are the beds, and the earth is the beds. The soul returns, in order to see the family state.

The body is destroyed, and it is buried in all directions. Spring is also green, autumn is also yellow. The sword is hidden. The soul returns, and the relatives are forever guarded. ”

After reading the sacrificial text, Guo Ye couldn't help but be stunned, and said with a crying voice: "All the children of China, for my Chinese expedition to Goguryeo, hard work, and death in a foreign land. Guo Ye, the secretary of the Tang Rite Department, Pingyang County Gong, was ordered by the Tang Dynasty Emperor to take everyone home! I'm sorry, I'm late! ”

A gust of wind blew, and a layer of thin soil on Skull Mountain was blown away, revealing the white bones of Sensen, and several skeletons collided with each other, making sounds, as if they had heard Guo Ye's call.

Guo Ye was not afraid, here and now, he seemed to hear the loyal souls of hundreds of thousands of martyrs shouting and confiding. Before they set out on the expedition, some were newly married husbands, some were filial sons, some had just become fathers, and some had not yet married. For the reunification of China, they embarked on a journey without hesitation.

In the battle on the battlefield, the sword was overwhelmed, and he was captured. When their families were still looking forward to their triumph, when their wives were still dreaming of them, they had already turned into white bones.

In the midst of the chaos, no one knows their exact names, no one knows their past, and no one knows where they went! Maybe their wives are still leaning on the door and waiting for their husbands to return? Maybe their children have grown up and want to get their father back and ask him why he left them alone? Maybe their parents, who didn't see their son return for a long time, died depressed......

It's not that they don't want to go back, it's that they can't! Who would have thought that in the depths of the mountains, millions of skeletons would build a view of Beijing! Jingguan shows off Goguryeo's great martial arts, but the price is the disintegration of hundreds of thousands of Chinese families!

A little tear appeared in Guo Ye's eyes, and a voice kept echoing in his ears - "Revenge!" Avenge! Blood for blood, tooth for tooth! ”。

"Ladies and gentlemen, Shang Fang!"

Guo Ye fell to his knees, and the tin foil money was thrown into the brazier, and a burst of fire rushed up. The fire was raging, and the sky was even darker. The sacrifice also came to an end.

The eldest grandson stepped forward and said, "It's really miserable, it's all the incompetence of Emperor Yang of Sui, how many good men bury their bones in Goguryeo." These are all captured, and many more who died in battle are probably thrown into the wilderness. ”

Guo Ye wiped the tears on his face and said, "The two countries exchanged troops, bleeding and drifting, and there was nothing to be a dead person." It's hateful that the Infant Yang King actually killed prisoners on a large scale. How many people could have survived, but he killed them. If this revenge is not avenged, Guo will be at peace in his heart! ”

The eldest grandson pondered for a moment and said, "The matter of Skull Mountain, in fact, Your Majesty has already known about it. However, this matter is very important, and it is not urgent, so I did not explain it to the Pingyang County Princess. The Duke of Pingyang County has solved this matter so satisfactorily, His Majesty will be happy when he knows it! ”

"You said Your Majesty already knew?"

"Exactly! However, don't misunderstand the prince of Pingyang County, His Majesty also hates the infant king of Goguryeo. However, as the son of heaven of a country, Your Majesty must prioritize everything. The trip of the Pingyang County Duke is very important, and His Majesty is not willing to make extraneous branches, so he did not explain it to the Pingyang County Prince. ”

Of course, Guo Ye knew His Majesty Li Er's intention to destroy Goguryeo, and said: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, how can Guo have complaints about Your Majesty, and General Changsun is too worried." ”

The words can only be said here, the two courtiers can never openly discuss the thoughts of His Majesty Li Er. After being silent for a while, the eldest grandson asked, "These bones have to be transported back to Datang?" Is there any arrangement for Binh Duong County Princess? ”

Guo Ye nodded and said, "With a few of us, it's not easy to do this. But it doesn't matter, money can make ghosts grind, I gave Gao Xinde 5,000 yuan and asked him to arrange a man to help us carry it. As long as we arrive at the edge of the Liao River, we have the government of Liucheng County to take over, and our task will be completed! ”

"Five thousand? Isn't it a little more? ”

"I asked Gao Xinde to find us Han people, so as not to defile the bones of these Chinese children. More is more, anyway, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders. ”

The eldest grandson pondered for a moment and said, "Pingyang County Prince, although those people are Han Chinese, they are now the people of Goguryeo. Actually......"

Guo Ye waved his hand and said, "Brother Eldest Sun, I know what you mean. However, their ancestors have lived in Sri Lanka for generations, grew up in Sri Lanka, and their homeland is difficult to leave. It is the incompetence of our Han court, and Liaodong has been lost to Goguryeo for hundreds of years, and it is not the fault of these Han people. As long as the imperial soldiers come, we can really rely on them! I'm willing to treat them as my own. ”

The eldest grandson was about to speak, but suddenly he saw a person stumbling over on the mountain road, covered in blood, and he didn't know if it was his or someone else's.

The eldest grandson Shi Yao pointed his hand and reminded: "Pingyang County Prince, look! ”

Guo Ye carefully identified it, and it was vaguely the good old man Zhang Renyi, and hurriedly ran over, hugged Zhang Renyi, and said, "Brother Zhang, you are flustered and covered in blood, what happened?" ”