Chapter 614: Flowing Clouds Flying Sleeves and Knives

Dugu Xue has never seen Li Yuan so angry, when he was the servant of the Great Sui Criminal Department, Li Yuan supervised the grain in Huaiyuan Town, Liaoxi, but he was a small lieutenant from the fifth grade. At that time, although Li Yuan was the prince of the country, it could be seen that he still had to salute. In his impression, Li Yuan seemed to be a person who never got angry, no matter in the face of the humiliation and sarcasm of the courtiers, he always had a smiling expression.

Now that things are wrong, Li Yuan has become the person with the most power in the world, Dugu Xue couldn't help but sigh when he saw Li Yuan's angry appearance, and said in his heart that Mrs. Li, who had been ridiculed by countless people, would also be angry.

The Yang family overturned, and the Dugu family actually showed signs of decay before the Yang family. After the Great Sui was replaced by the Tang Dynasty, if it weren't for Li Yuan's still thinking about a bit of distant kinship, the situation of the Dugu family would only be even more bleak. After Jiang Du Yu Culture and occupied, Dugu Xue escaped in micro-service. After more than a year, he arrived in Chang'an, and few people in Chang'an City know where he went for more than a year.

When Li Yuan asked, he said that he was recuperating from trouble in a remote place in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Yuan knew the ability of this kid of the Dugu family, and originally wanted to make him the first secretary of the Criminal Department of the Tang Dynasty, but Duguxue just excused himself, and would rather be a pawn on the side than serve in the Criminal Department again. Li Yuan naturally wouldn't really let him be a pawn of the side army, so he made him a lieutenant in the forbidden army now, and was later promoted to the general of the prison guard, responsible for guarding the palace.

Dugu Xue lowered his head and glanced at Wu Yinghai with some pity, then nodded and said: "The criminal department has not found a good executioner yet, I don't know if I can let him stay alive until the last piece of meat is cut." But this is a matter for the Criminal Department, and the minister will send people over. As for that kid in Hedong County, the minister will send someone to arrest him. ”

After venting, Li Yuan's anger was also a little less, and he knew that he was still angry with Li Shimin's rebellion. Otherwise, just let people pull out this eunuch who eats inside and outside and cut it with a knife, why do you have to be late? Thinking of this, he immediately understood the meaning of Dugu Xue's words, and the expression on his face softened a little.

It is worthy of being a person who is also quite valued by Yang Guang's side, and the people of the Dugu family are full of wisdom when they say it, he just said that there is no qualified knife hand in the Criminal Department, instead of directly advising himself not to mess with the criminal law of Ling Chi, which is the same as the meaning of those who risk death at every turn, but the way is much gentler. The Tang Dynasty has only established the country, and the prince's rebellion has already made people's faces unbearable. If a eunuch is to be put to death, what should he do if he catches so many rebellious courtiers in that moment?

If there are dozens or even hundreds of people in one breath, no matter what, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will make people talk about it behind his back.

This is the level of learning to speak, and the people who give direct advice are certainly admirable, but why don't they give direct advice for the sake of the name of direct advice? Dugu Xue's words are euphemistic and subtle, but as long as the emperor is not an idiot, he can naturally understand.

"Then don't Ling Chi, if the first person to be executed by Ling Chi in my Datang is a eunuch who can't be put on the stage, it's a joke to say...... But if this gelding dog is directly chopped with a knife, it is too cheap for him, and Dugu learns ...... The ninety-nine kinds of torture instruments and punishments of the Great Sui Criminal Department are all thought of by you, so what methods do you tell me that are suitable for the serious crimes committed by this gelding. ”

"Peeling"

Dugu Xue thought for a while and replied.

"Then drag it out and peel it."

Li Yuan waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "The noise outside makes me a little dizzy, you go and see if there is anything you need help on the prince's side, don't delay this kind of thing for too long, if the people in Chang'an City are scared, who knows what chaos will happen." Although you are not in the Criminal Department, you are the best at these things, go back and inform the people of the various yamen to be careful. Jing Zhaoyin, those guys in Chang'an Mansion can't stay at home and ignore it, you send someone to take a look and let the yamen send someone to patrol the prevention and control ...... The chaos must be calmed, and public order must also be taken care of. ”

Dugu Xue hummed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to invite General Li Daozong to lead the army to patrol the city?" ”

Li Yuan nodded, his expression slightly haggard.

Dugu Xue served the emperor for a term, and he knew that Li Yuan had nothing to say, so he immediately took a few guards to escort Wu Yinghai out. When he walked to the door, Li Yuan suddenly asked from behind: "You said that the Criminal Department does not have a qualified knife hand, so who will do it?" ”

Dugu Xue thought about it and turned around and said, "You can." ”

"Peeling and Ling Chi, which one is more difficult?"

Li Yuan asked again.

Dugu Xue replied in a flat voice: "Ling Chi takes a long time, but the requirements for knife skills are much lower than peeling. As long as the number of knives is cut enough, the bleeding is stopped in time, and the person will not die if the last knife is not cut. But peeling is different...... Human skin is always more difficult to peel than cat skin and dog skin. ”

"Can you peel off a good human skin?"

"The minister has not done it himself for many years, and he is only fifty percent sure."

"Go ahead, peel it and show it to me."

Dugu learned to salute, and when he turned to leave, he asked: "Dead or alive?" If His Majesty wants to see the whole human skin, it is better to skin it dead. ”

Li Yuan said with some annoyance: "Since it is skinning, what is the meaning of dead skinning?" What I said I wanted to see was not the human skin, but the gelding dog that had been skinned and was not dead. I just want to see what I look like without a face! ”

Dugu Xue's heart was cold, and when he looked at Wu Yinghai, there was not even pity in his eyes, only helplessness.

Wu Yinghai looked at the emperor sitting behind the desk, and then looked at Dugu Xue, there was no fear on the old face, he just shook his head with a wry smile, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the imperial study, and then got up and said to Dugu Xue very seriously: "Please hurry up, if Your Majesty regrets it when you cut it halfway, the slave and maid can't stand that sin." ”

Dugu Xue had to admire this eunuch at this time, he nodded and replied with the same seriousness: "Don't worry, when I stripped the first person in the Criminal Department fifteen years ago, it only took an hour and a half. Although I am a hand-born now, I am more skilled than the first time I did it. ”

Wu Yinghai didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "You should be able to skin me faster, after all, it's a little less." ”

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Li Xian half-jokingly said to Zhang Xiaodi and Ye Huaisleeve by the river that they would definitely see a meteor shower tonight, and the smell of blood was actually very strong, and it was so thick that people didn't dare to think about it. As Li Xian said, there are too many people dying in Chang'an City today. Not to mention those soldiers who are still fighting like crazy, there are not a few who only say that the generals have fallen.

The four generals guarding Chang'an City, Xin Wenli, the general of the right leading guard, was chopped off by Li Xiaogong, and Pei Chengchun, the general of the left guard, was shot into a hedgehog by Li Daozong after leading his troops straight into the yamen. Ding Yanping, a veteran of the Great Sui who was once famous for his opponent with two guns, was cut his throat by Dugu Huaien, and Dugu Huaien was first cut open in the back and then stabbed his head by Xia Fengchun with a horse chopping knife.

Li Shimin's Split Tiger Battalion is the most elite team of people in the Tang Dynasty. Up to now, six or seven generals have died, and as for captains, there are countless middle- and low-level generals like brigade leaders. The corpses under the Xuanwu Gate were piled up one person high, and the soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion who stepped on the corpses of their comrades were still screaming and desperately erecting the ladder.

Wang Bodang and Xia Fengchun were ordered by Li Jiancheng to lead the troops to kill all the soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion who climbed the city wall. None of the rebels who climbed the city tower were the opponents of the two of them, and in less than half an hour, the rebels finally took back the place occupied on the city wall by the defenders, and more than 100 elites of the Split Tiger Battalion and 30 Li Shimin's personal guards were all slaughtered by Wang Bochao and Xia Fengchun.

Chai Shao led his men and horses to the other side to resist Yin Kaishan's attack, and the personal guards around Li Shimin were all his four guards at this time. Qilin Wei Commander Huangfu Wuqi and Suzaku Dugu Yirou stood on his left side, Wan Yulou, who seemed to be really a little faint, stood on Li Jiancheng's right side with a pale face and was silent, his lips were pursed extremely tightly, as if he would spit it out as long as he opened his mouth.

"The people of the world are going to retire."

Li Jiancheng watched the rebel ranks under the city wall begin to change, he slowly shook his head and sighed: "He is a crazy gambler, in fact, he expected failure when he entered the city. But he has not retired until now, and he is betting on his own life. But after all, he still lacked courage and didn't dare to wait any longer. ”

He didn't see that Li Shimin was forced to take him out of the city by Fang Xuanling and others.

Huangfu Wuqi nodded and said, "I just don't know why the card he is holding in his hand hasn't been turned over." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "Because that card is gone." ”

He thought for a moment and added, "Maybe there is, but it's no longer his card." ”

"The minister will check carefully!"

Huangfu Wuqi said in a solemn tone: "Even if this card is not turned over at a critical time, it is still there." This is the hidden danger, and the minister will find a way to dig it out. ”

Li Jiancheng hummed and said: "Dig it, since Shimin feels that this card is enough for him to turn defeat into victory, it is extremely important." It doesn't matter how deep you dig or who digs out, but you have to dig thoroughly. If the people of the world are defeated today, even if they withdraw from Chang'an City, can they still turn over? If he thought that he could go back and control the 100,000 army under Duan Zhixuan, he had to say that he was an idiot. Even if Duan Zhixuan was loyal to him before, but if he was defeated, Duan Zhixuan would never let him return to the army again. Lone didn't even need to send troops to chase after him, and the defenders at the county passes along the road were enough for the people of the world to exhaust everything. ”

"Tell Li Xiaogong that you have to chase it, but you can't push it too hard. Just run all the way, Gu really wanted to see what kind of expression would be on his face when Shimin returned to the camp in the Eastern Capital and found that Duan Zhixuan was greeting him with a knife. Joke, what a funny joke...... Maybe Shimin doesn't know that in the eyes of the lonely, he has always been just a joke. ”

He thought proudly in his heart, who knew that when he sent away the people of the world, or even when he sent away Anzhi, the person who persuaded his father to make up his mind was me? Even Ning'er didn't know, she only remembered that I took her hand and stood at the gate in the wind and snow watching them leave. In her eyes, I have always been a gentle and generous big brother.

Although I am the eldest son, who can guarantee that the eldest son will inherit everything? If people want to live a simpler and more comfortable life in the future, they must plan for the future early...... It's just a pity that one was lost at the door of the nunnery, and the other was abandoned in the old house of Longyou, but they all survived well. And...... Lone didn't expect the two of them to achieve a career, but it really impressed Lone.

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng glanced back at Li Huining, who was squatting on the ground more than ten steps away from him, crying silently, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He sighed softly, cold.

"Lone is not in a hurry to let him die, Lone wants to let him be completely defeated."

After saying this, he waited for a while, but he didn't wait for Huangfu Wuqi's answer. He turned his head to look, but found that Huangfu Wuqi's face was full of shock and fear, Li Jiancheng was stunned, and after a careful look, he saw that he didn't know when, a knife tip drilled out of Huangfu Wuqi's heart. On the tip of the knife hung a ground of bright red blood, which shook it a few times and then slowly dripped down.

Li Jiancheng was shocked and immediately retreated.

But he was still slow, his eyes were only staring at Huangfu Wuqi's back, only seeing the black stone with his face slowly revealed, but he didn't see the person who was very close to him dancing the most wonderful and charming dance in the world.

Dugu Yirou floated over in an instant, and Liuyun Fei's sleeves wrapped around Li Jiancheng's neck, and Li Jiancheng grabbed the long sleeves to stop the Liuyun-like long sleeves from tightening himself on his throat. It's just that he could guess that Liuyun Fei's sleeves are just a dazzling cover-up, and it was the red sleeve knife behind Liuyun that killed him. When he saw the sword training light, he understood, it turned out that behind all the things that looked beautiful there were deadly things, and the more beautiful and amazing, the more unguardable it was.

The knife cut Li Jiancheng's neck very lightly, leaving only a faint line of blood.