(PS: I found a very exciting thing, collect more than 260 chrysanthemums that can explode five gods in a row, or let's try to burst five chrysanthemums in a row, what does it feel like?) Will it be cool, will it be cool? ）

Chapter 623 Staying in the Palace

The founding prince accepted Pei Lonely, and Liu Zhenghui, the doctor of Zuo Guanglu, the squire of the Yellow Gate, led dozens of ministers of civil and military affairs to wait at the gate of the city of Xineiyuan, waiting for the arrival of Li Xian, the king of Yan. This situation and this scene can't help but remind people that not long ago at the gate of this city, hundreds of civil and military officials greeted the coffins of the kings of Qin and Qi, and then a killing unfolded, and the blood flowed outside the Xuanwu gate. Not many days have passed, and another king is going back to Beijing.

Xiao Yu excused himself that the funeral of the prince and the king of Qi was not ready, so he did not come, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, from Shangshu to Yuanwailang, were killed on the day of the blood day, and the list of people drawn up by the Ministry of Officials was submitted to the emperor but it has not been determined.

The oldest of Li Yuan's concubines who greeted Li Xian at the gate of the city today was already twenty-four or five years old, and the youngest was only eleven or twelve years old. Their identities look noble, but they are destined to be idle princes for the rest of their lives, not to mention touching power, as long as they can live this life in peace, everything will be fine. Li Yuan doesn't seem to have a sense of trust in the children of the concubines, except for the dozen or so children who were killed by the acting king Yang Yu in Chang'an before the rebellion, there are more than 20 children who are not in their hands.

Not trusting his son but trusting his courtiers, Li Yuan's thoughts are always difficult to torture.

Liu Zhenghui glanced at the kings standing in front of him and couldn't help sighing. He has a very good personal relationship with Pei Lian, and now the most powerful of the important ministers in the court is him, Pei Lin and Xiao Yu. But he gives the impression that he is a person who has no opinions of his own, and he agrees with whatever Pei Lin says. What Xiao Yu says, he opposes. But there is such a person, the emperor has a very good impression of him, and has said more than once that there are few civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who are smarter than Liu Zhenghui, and few who can be officials better than him.

He gently pulled Pei Lian's sleeve, lowered his voice and said, "The group of princes in front of them, but all of them together don't seem to weigh as much as the person who is coming. You said that you saw Yan Wang Li Xian for a while, how did these princes say hello? ”

His voice was extremely low, so he naturally couldn't let others listen to such presumptuous words.

Pei Lin glanced at him and said in a low voice: "Why don't you have a steady time in your mind?" It's all a mess. ”

That being said, he was obviously also interested in the boring idea that Liu Zheng would wait for King Yan to come during this time. He thought for a while and said: "According to the identity on the surface, these kings in front of him are all Tianhuang nobles, so naturally there is no need to salute King Yan, but there are obviously very few people who don't know about it until now, which of His Majesty's children is clumsy?" Thinking about it, it must be based on brothers, is King Yan nineteen or twenty this year? Speaking of which, most of them have to call him brother. ”

"I think you're confused!"

Liu Zhenghui pursed his lips and said, "It is precisely because none of His Majesty's children are stupid, so they all know that they must not appear to have any restless thoughts at this time. They are destined to be idle princes for the rest of their lives, and if they are too close and enthusiastic to King Yan in this extraordinary period, they are not afraid of being suspected? intends to get acquainted with King Yan, who has a heavy army, in the eyes of people with ulterior motives, this is just standing in line in advance! ”

Pei Lin was stunned for a moment, and then nodded. Only then did he understand what Liu Zhenghui meant, and said in his heart that he hadn't thought of such an important thing.

"I see, if you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of this."

"Be thoughtful in terms of etiquette, but never too enthusiastic in attitude."

Liu Zhenghui sighed and said: "Let's work hard for Your Majesty for a few more years, as for who Your Majesty will pass on the throne to in the future, this is a private matter of the Heavenly Family, it's too late for us to hide, don't rush forward by yourself." Do you know which of these people standing outside the door right now is His Majesty's eyeliner? What kind of attitude do we have towards King Yan, I'm afraid that King Yan will not be able to reach the Taiji Palace, and His Majesty will already know it clearly. ”

"yes...... It's good to hide if you can. ”

Pei Lin nodded and sighed softly: "Your Majesty has loosened his attitude towards King Qin, which has given some people hope. In fact, I don't blame them, the Taoist ideal is extremely simple to think about. Who else could it be but King Qin now? You can't be the princes in front of you...... Naturally, it won't be the one who is coming. ”

"Xiao Heizi still thinks that he has figured out the holy will?"

Liu Zhenghui smiled: "But from beginning to end, who really guessed through the holy will?" ”

Li Yuan's attitude towards his concubines was extremely cold, and his indifference was a bit too much for outsiders to look at. But he was the emperor, and no one dared to accuse the emperor of his faults. For example, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, led his troops to besiege Xuanwumen and rebel not long ago, if such a big crime was replaced by those concubines, I am afraid that a hundred of them would also be killed. But a few days ago, the emperor loosened his tone on the grounds that the queen was seriously ill, how could the difference between the heavens and the sky not make people sigh and sigh.

"Are you coming?"

At this time, Liu Zhenghui stepped forward a little incredulously, looked at the official road in the distance and said, "Really? ”

The reason why he was so unsure was because the people who came really didn't make him sure. A group of knights on the official road slowed down when they were far away, and Liu Zhenghui counted a few times and didn't count the number of people, not because he couldn't count them, but because his eyes were a little dazzled.

"How...... Here are some of the people? ”

"Worthy of the King of Yan!"

Pei Ju let out a heartfelt exclamation: "I dare to enter Chang'an City with only more than 20 retinues in green shirts...... It's a beautiful job! ”

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The number of people was indeed too small, only eighteen green-shirted swordsmen with thick backs and ring-headed broadswords tied to their backs, a soldier with a huge sword as large as a door panel on his back, and a young man in a Confucian shirt with an iron spear hanging on the victory hook. Two girls in red makeup followed closely behind, one carrying an umbrella and one carrying a gun. This is all the entourage of Yan Wang Li Xian into Chang'an City, and there are so few that people can't believe that what they see is the truth.

The emperor personally promised that because of the great merit of King Yan, he was allowed to bring 500 armor soldiers into the city. This is a rare respectful treatment since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, you must know that even when the King of Qin returns with his troops, unless His Majesty wants to see the sacrifice of prisoners, he can only bring a few personal soldiers into the city. When the emperor said this sentence that day, which of the several important ministers in the imperial study was not overturned in his heart?

But seeing that King Yan only brought twenty-two retinues to come for a leisurely stroll, the rivers and seas in their hearts churned even more.

The majestic horse is so big that people see palpitations, wearing a black shirt, followed by two beautiful girls, one with an umbrella and a sword and the other with a gun, this is the iconic attire of King Yan. Seeing the big dark horse and the two girls, the legendary stories jumped out of my mind.

Eighteen horsemen broke through the Goguryeo military camp on the east bank of Liaoshui, the black knife boy took more than 20,000 soldiers to travel thousands of miles to kill back to the Central Plains, two battles disabled Zhishilang, two battles slaughtered Zhang Jincheng, occupied the two counties of Qilu, broke the Wagang male soldiers, attacked Dou Jiande in the north, destroyed Du Fuwei in the south, and only brought three hundred blue-shirted swordsmen to dare to enter the river at night to kidnap the Great Sui Emperor, and also blackmailed a guard and a hundred warships. Even the relationship with the Turks on the steppe is difficult to guess, and some people even speculate that the Turkic saintess on the steppe is another confidante of his.

Such a life is so wonderful and magnificent!

This is King Yan, this is the three Dou Jiande in the emperor's mouth, and ten Du Fuwei can't stand up to one King Yan.

Twenty-three horsemen and horses came slowly, the speed was very slow, and the entourage was so thin no matter how you looked at it, it didn't fit King Yan's current identity, but it was just these twenty-three horses, and it seemed that there was an aura of thousands of cavalry walking neatly on the ground. These twenty-three horses actually give people the illusion that they are invincible in the world.

There was still a stone's throw away, and King Li of Yan dismounted and walked. Behind him the twenty-two attendants dismounted, his pace not fast, but every step seemed to be on the hearts of men. It's just this simple action, and I don't know how many people at the city gate wet their palms and messed up their heartbeats.

As expected by Liu Zhenghui, the princes standing in front did not show too much enthusiasm. It wasn't until Li Xian was only twenty steps away from the city gate that he slowly greeted him under the leadership of the eldest prince.

Pei Lin smiled knowingly, and whispered to Liu Zhenghui: "I don't know how many people are drumming in their hearts, and how many people are sweating." ”

Liu Zhenghui smiled self-deprecatingly: "Others don't know, but I started to beat the drum in my heart." ”

"Why are you upset?"

Pei Lin asked.

Liu Zhenghui smiled self-deprecatingly and said in a low voice: "I don't know what's wrong, I actually looked at King Yan behind him as if he was carrying thousands of troops." I know that this is not the same as in the past, but I can't help but think about it in my heart...... The king of Qin entered the city and killed more than 30,000 people, and the courtiers beheaded more than 100 people...... King Yan entered the city, what was the situation? ”

Pei Lin was stunned, sighed and said, "I hope it's safe." ”

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In the imperial study, Li Yuan put down a piece of the fold in his hand and raised his head to look at the person standing in front of him, his eyes were a little surprised, and then he shook his head and sighed: "It's beyond my expectations." ”

The person standing in front of him was Dugu Xue, the general of the prison guard, bowed down and said: "King Yan only brought twenty-two retinues, eighteen guards, wearing green shirts, and a ring head knife on his back, he should be the elite of the sword guard camp in Yanyun Village." King Yan has two battalions of sword guards around him, each battalion of 300 people, it is said that they are all good hands on the rivers and lakes, and when he entered the capital city at night, he brought one of the battalions. ”

"There is also a young man with a giant knife on his back, who should be Leng Yi, the leader of the sword guard. It is said that this person is only nineteen years old, and he is the person who was promoted by King Yan from the Yanyunzhai Martial Arts Academy. Born in a poor family, his name is Nie Duo. It is said that he has a cold and murderous temperament, and someone once said that if you want to kill King Yan, kill Nie Duo first. ”

"Another one wearing a Confucian shirt and an iron gun is Wu Yunzhao, the general of the Ruijin Battalion of the Yanyun Army. It is rumored that he has practiced the Zhao family's marksmanship since he was a child, which was left by Zhao Yun, a fierce general during the Three Kingdoms, and has the courage of ten thousand people. And this person is witty, and he was once the most valued general of Xu Shiji, the military advisor of Yanyun Army. ”

As for the two women, the minister knew them. These two women used to be the righteous daughters of Wen Yao, and they had the ability to do it. ”

Dugu Xue carefully introduced all Li Xian's entourage, and he actually understood it like a few family treasures.

"I've seen it too."

Li Yuan finished reading the last piece of the pen, and sighed slightly after putting down the pen: "Bisheng is a merry man, I allowed him to bring five hundred armor soldiers into the city, which gave him enough face, after all, if he is willing to come back, he will add forty counties to the Tang Dynasty at once!" No one can compare to this achievement. He only brought twenty-two retinues into the city, which was a very beautiful and atmospheric thing, but there were still two maids among them...... Fallen behind. ”

In the last sentence, the emperor showed a trace of dissatisfaction.

Why was the emperor dissatisfied?

Dugu Xue's heart tightened, as if he had vaguely guessed something.

"Let him come directly to the imperial study to see me, I have to spend a dinner when I come so late...... Let Pei Lin and Liu Zhenghui also come in together, and I will also explain something to them......"

Dugu Xue was just about to take the order to go out, Li Yuan suddenly asked with a cold voice: "Has Dugu Ding been caught?" ”

"On that day, he escaped from Chang'an alone, his family and children were captured, and the ministers sent people to chase him, and he has found traces."

"His sister killed my eldest son, and I will destroy his Dugu lineage!"

Li Yuan glanced at Dugu Xue, and Dugu Xue immediately fell to his knees.

"I didn't say anything about the Nine Clans, I can't involve you, get out and do something."

Li Yuan waved his hand, thought about it and then ordered: "I want to keep him in the palace today." ”

Dugu Xue's heart was shocked, and he was even more shocked than when he heard the emperor say that he wanted to destroy Dugu just now. He seemed to grasp something in his heart, but he was not sure.