Chapter 123: The Early Dynasty (2)

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Ji Wen's speech was still going on, and the Tang Emperor was smiling and silent; Hundreds of envoys from various tribes nodded their heads and were overjoyed; Li Linfu's face was expressionless; Yang Guozhong looked frivolous, and there was some schadenfreude; Gao Xianzhi closed his eyes slightly, without joy or sorrow; An Fatzi still looks silly and silly, but the gleam of joy in his eyes can't be hidden.

Just when the courtiers sighed in their hearts, lamenting that Emperor Li Longji was loyal and treacherous, they heard Xiao Qu roar violently: "How dare you do this!" ”

A tiger roar was like thunder on the ground, shaking the entire Xuanzheng Palace, and Ji Wen was suddenly trembling with fright, and froze there, revealing a frightened look, his mouth half open, and he didn't dare to move.

The ministers and envoys from all sides were taken aback, and even Li Longji on the dragon chair couldn't help but fight a cold war.

Everyone looked at Xiao Quai, and saw that he seemed to be a different person.

Before, he was always a gentle and elegant look, but when he was reprimanded and comforted by Li Longji, he looked even more sincere and frightened, giving people the feeling that he was a harmless individual animal, and he was a little shy and sunny.

At this time, it is like a tiger that eats people, as if it is ready to break out and hurt people at any time, and choose people to eat. The two eyes are frighteningly bright, and the gaze is so sharp that people dare not face each other, and whoever confronts them has a feeling of being pricked by needles.

Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of courtiers, and more than 100 envoys from various countries all looked at Xiao Quai's illness blankly at this time, holding their breath. The dozens of soldiers of the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army standing guard outside the hall also looked at them with indignant eyes, and the entire hall was silent for a while.

Xiao Qu took two steps to the middle of the main hall, bowed deeply to the ground, and after three or four breaths, he said with grief and indignation: "This time in the party Baqiang slaughtered a river of blood, and the heads were rolling. The killing was too heavy, and it was the fault of the ministers who were all the ministers of the heavens, so what was the innocence of His Majesty's 2,000 soldiers?

It was the minister's will, and the incident happened suddenly, which was not predictable by the minister. The minister looked at everyone close to him very deeply, and when the minister saw that the king of Jianning, Xiaoqi, was almost killed by the white-clothed swordsman of the snake tooth rebel chieftain. Immediately he was furious.

The ministers drove away the rebel chief with two arrows, but found that Xiao Qi fell in a pool of blood, with dozens of arrows in his body, and the blood flowed several liters, and the blood that flowed out stained the snow with a radius of two or three feet. At that time, there was no trace of blood on Xiao Qi's face, and he was angry, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

The minister was so frightened that his soul was scattered, where was there any reason, and the minister gave the order to wash the party in blood; There are so many of them. Fortunately, Xiao Qi was rescued by me later, otherwise the thief will definitely kill the entire party and cut every snake tooth with a thousand knives!

However, fortunately, the minister gave the order to attack in advance, and the 2,000 soldiers could testify that they launched a surprise attack, and at that time, the various departments of the party were also in full swing. If we hadn't taken them by surprise first, I'm afraid that these two thousand soldiers don't know if two hundred can return to Chang'an! ”

Xiao Quai's words were extremely sad and indignant, especially when he said that Li Qi was seriously injured at that time. The tragic situation of dying made everyone in the hall feel the same way, and their hearts trembled.

But. When they turned their eyes to Li Qi in the main hall, they were immediately angry again. Open your eyes and tell nonsense! Look at King Jianning's ruddy face and radiant appearance, which looks like he was seriously injured and dying a few days ago!

However, Li Longji believed that he had heard Wang Chengen say it. Xiao Quai's shoulder was pierced by a sword from the white-clothed swordsman of the snake tooth commander before, and it didn't take two days to get better; Before the decisive battle of Talas, he also had more than 100 wounds all over his body, and the blood was almost gone, but he was healed again in two days.

It's just that I didn't expect Li Qi to be so badly injured this time. And it's getting better so quickly, the mystery of this, I have to find this Xiao Qu to ask for clarity when I have time.

At the same time, Li Longji also heard two key contents from Xiao Quai's words.

First of all, it was not that Xiao was sick and had no intention of recruiting the party in advance. He made this clear, but the suddenness of the incident was beyond his expectations. The reason why he ordered the bloody purge of the party was entirely because he saw Li Qi seriously injured and lost his mind.

This is very critical, which shows that Xiao Qubing was not planned a long time ago, making his own opinion, cutting first and then playing, not that he wanted to control me, but just his willful behavior.

In this way, the nature of Xiao Quai's behavior has completely changed, one is to take the initiative, Xiao Qu's illness is too good at scheming, and he has calculated himself, such a courtier must be suppressed, beaten, and even never used; The other is passive, which is understandable and even appreciated.

Who can have such a quick wit? If he is replaced by Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong does not know what the chaos will be like now; There is also An Lushan, which is even more useless, a Khitan, a Xi, was forced to rebel by Ashina Chengqing, and for six years, An Lushan has not been able to pacify twice, and last year it buried 60,000 troops at once!

However, Xiao Qubing did something similar when he lost his mind, and when he tried to find a way to solve the problem, he solved the problem easily, and in less than five days, he calmed down the entire party in one fell swoop, and also took advantage of the situation to arrange the aftermath properly, leaving no trouble. With this quick wit and ability, even Li Longji couldn't help but shout for him!

Thinking of this, Li Longji's anger almost disappeared, but his jealousy became heavier.

It is precisely because he was not premeditated that his ability to deal with problems is more prominent. But after all, Xiao Quai's illness is passive, and he can't be blamed on his head anymore.

And Xiao Quai's other meaning is also clear, if it weren't for Xiao Quai's early attack, he was afraid that it would be his two thousand tigers who would suffer, and one thousand of them were his own pro-army, and he would have been wiped out.

Li Longji's expression stretched out, and he said gently: "Xiao Qing got up and spoke." ”

Xiao Quzhi straightened up, turned his head and glared at Ji Wen angrily, and said sharply: "You traitor, you are so ill-intentioned and deceived the saint, haven't you already been bought by the snake-toothed traitor?" How dare you do otherwise? ”

Ji Wen was originally a cool official, strict punishment, skinning and cramping to the extreme, hundreds of people were tortured to death by him, but at this time, Xiao Qu was stared at viciously like a tiger who only eats people, but he was scared half to death, and said: "I ...... You...... I...... I didn't have ......"

Xiao Quzhi seemed to teleport, swept to his side in one step, grabbed him by the collar, lifted him up, and said angrily: "If you haven't been bought by the snake-toothed traitor, why do you want to speak for the rebellion, wantonly slander and attack these two thousand bloody battlefields, and be loyal to the Tang Dynasty?" Caught in injustice for His Majesty? ”

Xiao Qubing carried him like a chicken, turned his head to the ministers and said, "What is the innocence of two thousand soldiers? They were ordered by His Majesty to go out against the thieves. In the land of the meandering river, the air turned into ice, and the two thousand soldiers braved the cold and fought endlessly, going through dozens of battles in one day, in order to serve His Majesty and the court!

With more than ten times the strength of the party rebels, they launched a brazen attack on our army, and His Majesty's two flying dragon forbidden troops, named Ge Xing and Lei Zhi, were shot off their horses by the party rebels, broke their legs, and still struggled to kill the two party rebels, and finally were trampled into meat sauce by the party rebels behind!

Who are these two innocent? Such loyal martyrs not only do not receive commendations and pensions, but also bear notoriety?

There are also eight scouts such as Lu Bang and Hu Yueyuan, in order to find out the military situation, they lay motionless in the snow for a few hours, if it wasn't for the fist to serve the country, how could they persevere?

They are all His Majesty's most loyal guards, which one is not dedicated to serving the country? In this expedition, one hundred and seven were killed, 25 were seriously wounded, more than 400 were lightly injured, frostbite, and frostbite on their hands, feet and ears accounted for eighty percent!

Such a bitter battle, these bloody soldiers, they used their lives to protect the Tang Dynasty, but in the end they had to be criticized by traitors like Ji Wen, wouldn't it make the soldiers of the world chill? Who will be willing to fight for the country in the future? ”

Li Longji was a little embarrassed, Ji Wen also entered the palace yesterday to discuss the matter, although this proposal just now was not instructed by himself, but when he tried it at that time, he really did not object.

Originally, I only thought that I could use this to suppress Xiao Qu's illness, but I didn't think too much, but now I find that it is indeed very inappropriate, not only inappropriate, but also very inappropriate.

As Xiao Qubing said, it chills the hearts of soldiers all over the world, who is willing to fight on the battlefield for the country's blood? Especially the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army, but if my pro-army really listened to Ji Wen's words, wouldn't this force them to turn away from me? I'm afraid that I won't be able to sleep well in the future.

This Ji Wen is really hateful and killable, and Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others didn't remind themselves that it was really a corpse vegetarian meal. As for An Lushan, he definitely didn't expect it.

Li Longji immediately said hatefully: "Ji Wen is hateful, he almost made a mistake, he was fined for one year, and he was dismissed from his position as the servant of the Imperial History (under the Imperial History, the Imperial History Observatory is responsible for supervising the specific person in charge of the impeachment of hundreds of officials), and ordered to think about it behind closed doors for ten days. ”

Xiao Quzhi threw Ji Wen on the ground hatefully, this cool official, the five surnamed slaves hurriedly kowtowed in fear, and slipped down to the court, so aggrieved that he almost cried.

This matter was instructed by An Lushan, and he also tested the intentions of Li Longji and several important ministers yesterday, but he had no intention of objecting, and Xiao Qu was sick today and behaved very docilely, so he made up his mind to move forward, who knows that it is the current result!

Li Longji continued to say warmly: "This expedition to counter-insurgency has been highly effective, and the two thousand soldiers have all been awarded a meritorious service, and then they will be rewarded according to the meritorious service they have made. Whether it is the living or the dead, what a reward! ”

Xiao Quzhi hurriedly thanked the two thousand soldiers and stepped back, saying in his heart that this time it was really thanks to Li Mi, a bull-nosed veteran, if he hadn't seen through Li Longji's mind early and came up with an early idea to eliminate Li Longji's anger, how could things have gone so smoothly today?

It's ridiculous that this Giwin is still so ignorant of life and death that he hit the muzzle of the gun.

Just when Xiao Qu was sick and rejoiced, An Lushan was so angry, Li Longji was a little in a dilemma, the courtiers thought it was okay, and when they were waiting to retreat from the court, a person named Lu Yi gave the matter, and the director of Quanzhi coinage stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." (To be continued.) )

PS: It's close to the Spring Festival, there are more things, and the author has to go to work every day, and there will be one chapter a day during this time