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Outside the south gate of Luoyang, the eastern capital, there is a bamboo forest about five miles away, here is far away from the official road about three miles of the road, there is a land temple faintly visible in the forest, from the appearance, it is no different from the most ordinary ancestral hall temple in the countryside, it is that there are few pedestrians here.

However, on a small loess fork road leading to this land temple, a few pergolas were temporarily set up, more than ten strong men with strong and powerful holes, dressed in black clothes and covered with green scarves, were sitting in this pergola drinking yogurt, vigilantly staring at every passing pedestrian, and the merchants who came and went saw this posture, and all of them accelerated their pace, hurried in front of these people, how could they dare to look in the direction of the land temple?

A puff of dust rose from the official road in the distance, and it seemed that more than a dozen horsemen were galloping here, and these black-clothed men all stood up, their hands unconsciously clenched to the swords placed on the table, and nervously watched the horse team rushing here.

In a cloud of smoke and dust, a few horses slowly walked out, led by a black body, the god horse is abnormal, more than half a horse's head higher than the ordinary war horse, these black-clothed warriors are mostly in the army, experienced soldiers, naturally know the quality of the horse, look at this tall black horse, cheered in unison: "Good horse." ”

And the knight on the horse was dressed in a vegetarian body, wrapped in white cloth, wrapped in sackcloth, tied with a black belt, more than eight feet long, thick eyebrows and big eyes, sharp edges and corners on his face, and the muscles on his body were so stretched that the strength of the linen filial piety suit could hardly be supported, and he was a tower-like hero, but it was Yang Xuangan, the prince of Chu who had just experienced the pain of losing his father?

Yang Xuangan's original pair was black and white. The big eyes that were bright had turned blood-red. One can imagine after the news of my father's death came. What did he cry like, he had always been radiant, as if he had changed a person, and he no longer had the original youthful frivolity.

Walking side by side with Yang Xuangan, it was a man and a woman, Li Mi rode a yellow horse with yellow hair all over his body and a handful of fist-sized curly hair on the horse's head, and his coat was soft. The physique is also comparable to the black cloud, and it is also a god horse at a glance. The name of this horse is Maoqiu, which is named after the handful of curly hair on the face of the horse, and it is also the sacred horse sought by Li Miwanjin, who is the head of the Zhuguo clan.

Today's Li Mi, although he is not wearing linen and filial piety, is also dressed in black, with a white scarf and a white belt, and a heavy expression on his black thin face.

Li Xiuning still rode the snowflake lion. is dressed in pure white coat, with her white clothes like snow. Reflecting that beautiful face, today's Li Xiuning, dressed in all men's clothes, but without powder, her eyebrows are picturesque, looking at Yang Xuangan's watery eyes, most of them are affection, and half of them are sympathy and guilt.

Behind the three of them, the majestic sea, Chai Shao and others led more than a dozen fierce guards, all wearing black and white clothes, revealing a solemn and solemn atmosphere.

Zhang Jincheng stood up from the yogurt stall and arched his hand at Yang Xuangan: "Yang Shizi, my master has been waiting there for a long time as promised, and the special order is here to answer." The master said, and asked Yang Shizi to mourn by the way. The other black-clothed guards all stood up and saluted: "Yang Shizi's Day condolences by the way!" ”

Yang Xuangan nodded expressionlessly: "Manager Zhang, we meet again, thank you for your master's grief for my father, time is pressing, I will go over, my brothers, please take care of me." ”

Zhang Jincheng nodded: "Don't worry." As he spoke, he began to greet Li Xiuning and the others, Yang Xuangan and Li Mi got off the horse and walked towards the Land Temple together, Li Xiuning wanted to follow, but Zhang Jincheng stopped him: "Miss Li, my master specially ordered that I only catch up with Yang Shizi today." ”

Li Xiuning's eyebrows raised, and he wanted to have a seizure, Yang Xuangan turned around and said, "A-Ning, please take care of everyone here, I'll come when I go." ”

Li Xiuning bit her lip, retracted the step she wanted to take, and retreated.

Yang Xuangan turned his head and strode forward, Li Mi sighed softly, followed step by step, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, isn't this a little too hurtful Miss Li?" ”

Yang Xuangan's eyes flashed coldly: "Now is not the time for children to grow up, Wang Shichong is only afraid and doesn't want to have unfamiliar people present, close brother, this time help my brother check more." Even if it's for revenge, you can't let too much. ”

Li Mi sighed: "Big brother, have you really thought it through?" Wang Shichong is not a good person, he is ambitious, and he is not a child of our family, do you really want to put down your body and join forces with him completely? ”

Yang Xuangan suddenly stood on his feet, gritted his teeth and said, "Can a good person help your brother avenge it?" Brother Mi, if we can find a colleague in the family, will we come here to officially join forces with Wang Shichong? ”

Li Mi shook his head and glanced back at Li Xiuning, who was already in the distance: "Actually, in fact, eldest brother, I still say the same thing, as long as you are willing to endure and wait for the opportunity, a big family like Tang Guogong will stand on your side sooner or later and avenge you." ”

Yang Xuangan turned his head to look at Li Mi, his expression became gloomy and terrifying, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells, which made Li Mi unconsciously take half a step back: "Morning or evening?" How early and how late? Decade? Twenty years? Wait until you and I are gray-haired, and wait until Yang Guang, a faint king, dies normally? ”

Li Mi sighed and said with a wry smile: "Big brother, this road may be a road of no return, but no matter what, the little brother will definitely accompany you to the end." After he finished speaking, he walked towards the Land Temple without looking back.

Yang Xuangan's heart was hot, he stepped forward and took two quick steps to catch up with Li Mi: "Brother Mi, I was excited for my brother just now, don't take it to heart, you are right, revenge is my business alone, I shouldn't implicate you, this road, I, Yang Xuangan, am not qualified to let you follow all the time." ”

Li Mi smiled and waved his hand: "Big brother, you and I swore an oath when we were worshiping to live and die together, your business is my business, Chu Guogong is just like my father, he killed the faint king, and I, Li Mi, also dismissed the faint monarch, even if there is no such thing, I will rebel against the faint monarch sooner or later, the younger brother is just not willing to cooperate with a careerist like Wang Shichong." He's not the same person as us after all. The ability is too strong. I'm afraid that it will be difficult to control zhì in the future, even in troubled times, it will be the future rival of you and me. ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head confidently: "Let's wait until we destroy the faint monarch first and avenge my father." ”

The two looked at each other, their hearts were connected, and they walked hand in hand to the mountain temple not far away.

Wei Zheng was dressed in white and with a black cloth head, standing at the gate of the temple. After seeing the two of them, he stretched his waist for a long time: "The two of you have worked hard from afar, my lord has been waiting inside for a long time, and I invite the two of you to follow me in." ”

Yang Xuangan and Li Mi returned the salute one after another, Yang Xuangan had met Wang Shichong several times before, but he had never seen Wei Zheng, and he was a little faceless, but seeing that although this person was not good-looking, he had an extraordinary bearing, and said suspiciously: "Who is this gentleman?" ”

Li Mi smiled slightly: "Big brother." This is Mr. Wei Zhengwei, a famous man from Hebei, whose name is Xuancheng. That's a great ability, astronomy and geography, yin and yang five elements, military books and war strategies, everything, originally I wanted to make friends with Mr. Wei when I traveled to Hebei, but I didn't think of robbing Wang Xingman first, it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Wei Zheng replied without humility or arrogance: "The prince of Pushan County is elevated, Wei is just a wandering Taoist, relying on showing people fortune-telling to eat and eating, and the lord does not give up, and he has taken a fancy to Wei's ability to have some abacus, so he enjoyed a bite to eat in the business group, and became a bookkeeper, and the lord can be higher than Wei, which is the amount of the car, and there are countless of them." ”

Li Mi shook his head and sighed, Yang Xuangan didn't speak, and walked straight into the temple.

A piece of sandalwood was swirling, and between the smoke, Yang Xuan was surprised to find that there was no statue of a god in this land temple, but instead placed a tablet, which clearly read "The Spirit of Yang Su, the Duke of Chu", and Wang Shichong was dressed in linen and filial piety, dressed in Qi Yuan mourning clothes, and was kneeling on a futon.

The corners of Yang Xuangan's mouth hooked, and he said sharply: "Wang Shichong, what kind of fame are you doing, that's my father, what does it have to do with you, it's your turn to be a filial son here?" ”

Wang Shichong raised his head, and the green light flashed in his eyes: "Yang Shizi, from the humble beginning, thanks to Ling Zun's support all the way, there is today, kindness is like reconstruction, Shichong's nephew in the next life will come to set up a mourning hall for the Duke of Chu Guo, and sacrifice to the Duke of Chu from afar, it is not an exaggeration." Do you think that after you return to the Eastern Capital, you can face your father's spiritual position like this in your own home and cry bitterly? ”

Yang Xuangan nodded again and again when he heard it, and then saw the spirit card in a blink of an eye, thinking of Yang Su's deep love for himself in the past thirty years, not only came from his heart, but he cried loudly, while crying, he hit his head on the ground, knocking out a few holes in the ground paved with green bricks, and the corners of his forehead were also dripping with blood, and his feelings were sincere, which made Wang Shichong have a sour nose, and he really wanted to cry with him.

After a long time, Yang Xuangan stopped crying, he wiped away his tears, jumped up from the ground, and solemnly saluted Wang Shichong: "Wang Shichong, no matter how you and I were before or how we will be in the future, today I gave you Yang Xuangan a place where I can cry loudly, and I, Yang Xuangan, will be grateful for your kindness in this life." ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "Between allies, there is no need to say so much, in fact, I also want to have a place to pay respects to the Duke of Chu, and after returning to the Eastern Capital, it is impossible for me to go to your house to cry." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded, and Wang Shichong pointed to a few futons on the side: "The conditions of the small temple are simple, there is no way to care too much, the two of you will sit here with me and discuss the future situation, I am afraid that after you and I enter the Eastern Capital like this, it will not be easy to meet again." ”

Yang Xuangan and Li Mi glanced at each other and sat down on two futons respectively, Wang Shichong sat on one of the futons himself, while Wei Zheng held his hands and stood on the side, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant.

Wang Shichong said calmly: "Yang Shizi, oh, no, I should call you the Duke of Chu in the future, I heard that Yang Guang issued an edict to allow you to inherit the heir without demoting the lord, and all the treatment, just like your father, except for the official position." In the future, I will call you the Duke of Chu, how about it? ”

Yang Xuan said sharply: "No, this bullshit The title of Duke of Chu is a plan to remove the misfortune of the faint monarch who killed his father, and I would rather die than accept it!" ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Yang Xuangan, I thought that you had been cultivating for many years, and you should already be able to mature a little, but I didn't expect that you were still so impulsive and willful, so you couldn't wait to go on the road with your father and your whole family?" Yang Guang gave this title, do you still want it? ”

Yang Xuan said hatefully: "Even if I have to accept it, I don't want to hear these three words from your mouth and call me in the future." Listen to it and get angry. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "What is that calling you?" What will we call each other in the future? Table words? ”

Yang Xuangan calmed down his mood. Nodding: "That's good." In the future, I will call you to be full, I am a wonderful word, and the secret brother is Xuan?, and you can directly express our words in the future. ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "I've known you Yang Dagongzi for so many years, and it's the first time I can call your word, which shows that your Miaocai brother is really willing to treat me today." ”

Yang Xuangan hooked the corners of his mouth: "Okay, in fact, our brother has always admired your talent, but he used conspiracy methods against you." I want to ignore the people in the world, just to realize my ambitions, so I don't want to get close to you, it's not that I have any opinions about you as a person, or I look down on your background, please don't misunderstand this. ”

Wang Shichong glanced at Li Mi, who was expressionless, and said with a smile: "Brother Miaocai is naturally willing to sincerely cooperate with me, a conspirator from a humble background, because of the revenge of killing his father, but I don't know if the prince of Pushan County has the same idea?"

Li Mi said coldly: "Mi is naturally the only big brother who is the first to look forward, Wang Shichong, I don't like you at all." I didn't like it before, and I won't like it in the future. But that doesn't stop us from being friends, isn't it, Brother Xingman? ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Those who know the times are Junjie, Xuan? It's really handsome. ”

Li Mi sneered and turned his head silently.

Yang Xuangan knew that the two of them had always looked at each other wrongly, and interjected: "Okay, let's make a long story short, what should I do next, what can you do to help me get revenge quickly?" ”

Wang Shichong stared at Yang Xuangan's blood-red eyes tightly, these eyes were full of killing intent, and there was more unstoppable firmness, he nodded: "Miaocai, tell me first, who is your enemy and who do you want to take revenge on?" ”

There was a trace of dissatisfaction in Yang Xuangan's voice: "Okay, I don't have the heart to joke with you at this time, my enemies are Yang Guang, the faint king, and Zhang Heng, the villain who is slanderous." ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Are there just two enemies?" That's simple, now Zhang Heng has been released as the supervisor of the Fenyang Palace, specializing in supervising the construction of the palace, and Yang Guang has the opportunity to get along with you, with your invincible courage in the world, find an opportunity to strangle Yang Guang, I'm afraid it's not difficult, as for Zhang Heng, just continue to let your chief killer Hongfu assassinate him, do you still need to find me to help you take revenge? ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth: "These are just a way to take revenge, although they can be successful, they will cause trouble to the family, and they can't redress my father's injustice, expose the evil of the king's traitors to the world, I need a better way to take revenge." ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile, and the green glow flashed in his eyes: "Then there is only one way, that is, the way that you Miaocai has always looked down on, that is, to take advantage of the chaos in the world, raise troops to stand on your own, and then raise troops to overthrow the Sui family and establish your own dynasty, how about it, this road, are you willing to go?" ”

Yang Xuangan's hand has been clenched into a fist, trembling slightly, to this day, he still has not made up his final decision, originally before entering this land temple, he still fantasized that Wang Shichong had other methods, he could assassinate Yang Guang through various methods, instead of taking this road, but now Wang Shichong has opened his words, in the face of the revenge of killing his father and the Sui Dynasty that his father has laid down all his life, how to choose, makes Yang Xuangan a little stumped.

Li Mi saw Yang Xuangan like this, his heart was like a mirror, and he said to Wang Shichong: "Is there no other way?" Such as assassination, witch Gu, cat ghosts, etc.? As long as you kill the faint king, you don't have to mess up the world. ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "If I can save so much trouble, I don't know if I don't toss less?" Don't forget how Yang Guang came to power, he relied on all kinds of unsavory means, will he not guard against these? Any dish or fruit, even a drop of water, that goes into his mouth every day, has to be tested for poison in the mouths of three people before he can eat it, and poisoning is simply impossible. ”

"The palace ban in Da Nei is all in charge of Xiao Guo, and now the military power is in the hands of Dugu Sheng, Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, these sworn cronies, and Yang Guang no matter where he goes, there will be more than a hundred masters lurking around in the dark to protect, except for Empress Xiao, all the concubines who can approach him must be stripped naked and wrapped in a blanket before being sent to the palace to be lucky. Let's put it this way, whether it is poisoning or assassination, it is impossible. ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth: "What about the witch Gu?" What about cat ghosts? Aren't you very good at that? ”

Wang Shichong smiled bitterly: "Where is there a real cat ghost, I told you a long time ago, it's just my former wife pretending to be a ghost." The reason why you make your mother and Queen Dugu bedridden. Or by poisoning. This kind of thing not only can't curse others, but also exposes yourself, if you want to frame someone, you can use it, but if you want it to take Yang Guang's life, it's a dream! ”

Li Mi suddenly said, "I heard that your good master, Zhang Qiu Taiyi, is now working as a palace pharmacist for Yang Guang, refining red pills specifically for him. For its use in bed, there are all kinds of elixirs or something, can you think of a way in this regard? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Those red pills aphrodisiacs have been tried, and the elixir is the same, Yang Guang is very careful now, even his own son is guarded, he doesn't see Yang Zhao, and he is alienated from Yang Jun, not to mention these outsiders, Brother Miaocai." You don't have to ask any more questions, assassination this trick. It's useless, if you want to kill Yang Guang, there is only one way to raise troops to seize the throne. ”

Li Mi hooked the corners of his mouth: "Then why don't you take advantage of Zhang Heng's fall out of favor now and let him die first?" ”

Yang Xuangan had been sullen because Wang Shichong had no way to assassinate Yang Guang, but when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he raised his head to look at Wang Shichong, and said in a deep voice: "This dog thief slandered and killed his father, and Yang Guang was too careful to start, so it was okay, but Zhang Heng couldn't be without a gap." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "This is obviously the bait released by Yang Guang, how could the two of you not think of this when you are so smart?" ”

Li Mi's face changed: "You mean, Yang Guang is deliberately trying to lure me to kill Zhang Heng?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "The current Zhang Heng has no use value for Yang Guang, and he knows Yang Guang's unsightly secrets, and he is deeply jealous of Yang Guang, and he can't wait to kill him as soon as possible." So Yang Guang let him out, and leaked it together with the fact that he had killed the Duke of Chu Guo, just to provoke your Miaocai brother to send someone to assassinate this thief, and then he would investigate the case and kill your Yang family. ”

Yang Xuangan gasped: "It's so dangerous, so if Hongfu succeeds in assassinating that day, we will ......"

Wang Shichong said coldly: "I believe that those who were ambushed inside and outside the Zhang Mansion that day, in addition to Zhang Heng's masters, there will also be Yang Guang's ambushed masters, if the red whisk really succeeds, or he can escape from the Zhang Mansion, but he will never escape from Yang Guang's men, and when the time comes, he will be imprisoned for the murder of the minister, and your Yang family will be imprisoned, punished, and even beheaded, and those Guanlong nobles are helpless." ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth and said: "I can't kill the big one, I can't even kill the small one, God, can't I revenge it?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Brother Miaocai, don't be impatient, Yang Guang's world is not as stable as you think, after my years of operation, and from Yang Guang's current series of new policies, the period of chaos is not far away." ”

Li Mi sneered: "Brother Xingman, is he a little too confident? We have been officials in the Great Sui for more than ten years, and it is just to say that the people at the bottom do not know the strength of the Great Sui, but we all know very well that the grain stored in the world can be eaten for more than 50 years, and the government soldiers available in the Great Sui are no less than one million, the population is more than 9 million households, the country is rich and the people are strong, and the treasury is solid. ”

"The barbarians around all surrendered to the feet of the Great Sui, and even the Turks, the most fierce nomadic people in the north, have been completely subjugated. No matter how unscrupulous the monarch is, it is impossible to completely defeat such a strong family foundation in a short period of time, and the people of the world are at ease, do you think that just by relying on your local tyrant friends in the country and tens of thousands of guys in the store, you can set off a monstrous wave? Yang Liang's hundreds of thousands of male soldiers were still defeated in more than a month, do you think you are even more powerful than Yang Liang? ”

Wang Shichong turned his head and glanced at Yang Xuangan: "Does Miaocai also see it like this?" ”

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth: "The world's big families, as well as the military meritorious families in China, are now also on Yang Guang's side, and it can be seen from the last time Yang Liang was suppressed, the generals of Guanlong are still loyal to the imperial court, and this time my father was obviously forced to die, and the world knows his injustice, but no one has reached out to me, and even I asked Tang Guogong to help contact the Guanlong military family to intercede for my father, but no one responded." As long as there is the support of these big clans, coupled with the unprecedentedly strong national strength of the Great Sui, at least I don't see any possibility of chaos in the world in the short term. (To be continued......)