Chapter 450: Bitter Medicinal Wine
readx; Night fell quietly, the Jiannan army retreated ten miles, stationed in an open area, Gao Xianzhi was cautious, sent a large number of scouts to patrol around the camp, at this time his heart was full of melancholy, a person behind his back hands around the big tent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
During the day, he couldn't bear to contradict Li Longji, although in the end Li Longji agreed to his suggestion, but his heart was heavy, he knew that Li Longji was not persuaded by him, but because he controlled the army, and was forced to agree, Gao Xianzhi also knew very well that it was very likely that today, the seeds of Li Longji killing himself were planted, with Li Longji's surname, how could he tolerate a person who dared to contradict himself on the battlefield.
It was this realization that made Gao Xianzhi feel an inexplicable panic in his heart, but he was helpless, he couldn't think of any way to make up for it, he even wanted to beg Li Longji, but he knew that it was meaningless, since it had happened, he could only make up for it slowly in the future.
Gao Xianzhi looked up at a crescent moon and sighed long, why didn't the old emperor understand that they couldn't win this battle, the old emperor who was so stubborn that it was a headache.
"Handsome!" A lieutenant came running briskly, interrupting his train of thought.
"What's the matter?"
"The scout caught one person, it was Yang Xuan, the son of Yang Guozhong."
"Then let him go, what is there to catch?" Gao Xianzhi said with some displeasure.
Yang Xuan was originally a Hubu Langzhong, and was deposed in Li Yu's purge of the Yang family, but he had been a court official anyway, and he would not be a spy, and Yang Guozhong was in the camp, and he was still the right minister, so there was no need to arrest his son.
"But this man is from the north."
'North? Gao Xianzhi was stunned, the north is Luogu Pass, it is the time of war, how can Yang Xuan come over, it seems that there is really a problem.
"Gao Shuai, what should I do? Does this person put it or not? ”
Gao Xianzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Send him directly to Yang Guozhong's big tent." ”
"Yes! Humble obedience. ”
The captain hurriedly went, and after a while, several soldiers brought in one person and went directly to Yang Guozhong's camp, Gao Xianzhi was watching not far away, he sighed secretly, not knowing what Yang Xuan's arrival meant..... Yang Guozhong's big tent was brightly lit, the sudden arrival of his son made Yang Guozhong both happy and surprised, when he fled Chang'an, his son was on the way back from Luoyang, time was pressing, he couldn't wait for his son's return, this has always been Yang Guozhong's heart disease, his mother Pei Rou has been haunted by this, scolded him several times, and now that his son is back, how not to make him ecstatic.
Yang Xuan is Yang Guozhong's eldest son, Chinese New Year's Eve this year, he looks dignified, with heavy eyebrows and big eyes, and a burly figure, very similar to Yang Guozhong when he was young.
At this time, although he saw his father, his face did not look happy, but seemed a little preoccupied, and he saw a few guards in the big tent, so he gave his father a look.
Yang Guozhong immediately ordered: "You all go down!" ”
The guards all went down, and only the father and son were left in the big tent, Yang Guozhong frowned, and complained to his son: "Why did you come from the north, if the saint knows, how can I explain it?" ”
"Father, don't worry, since Gao Xianzhi sent me to my father's account, he will never tell the emperor about this, doesn't my father understand Gao Xianzhi's thoughts?"
"Of course I do!"
Yang Guozhong said in a long voice: "But this is just your luck, if it weren't for Gao Xianzhi offending the Holy Lord today, how could he let you go, you shouldn't take Luogu Road, you should take Meridian Road to Hanzhong." ”
"Father, I have something to discuss with you."
Yang Guozhong saw his son's serious expression, so he slowly sat down, "Say it!" What's up? ”
"Father knows why I was able to come from Luogu Pass?"
"Just say it! Don't play dumb with me, come, sit down and talk. ”
"Yes!" Yang Xuan sat down, took another sip of tea, and then said, "The reason why I was able to pass Luogu Pass is because I have a token of Li Qing'an. ”
"What?" Yang Guozhong was taken aback, "Where did you get the Li Qingan token?" ”
Yang Guozhong felt a little incredible, how could Li Qingan give the token to his son, the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, so he urged: "Say it quickly, what's going on?" ”
"Back to my father, the token was actually given to me by the third aunt, my father may not know, now the Meridian Valley can't go, the army blocked the valley road, to go to Shuzhong, I can only go through Jingzhou, originally I was going to stay in Chang'an, but the third aunt found me, talked with me for a long time, and gave me this token, let me pass the Luogu Pass."
The third aunt in Yang Xuan's mouth is Yang Huahua, Yang Guozhong knows a little, Yang Huahua has always been very ambiguous about Li Qingan's thoughts, this time Li Qing'an entered the court with a high profile, the reason why Yang Huahua refused to go south must be wrapped in Li Qing'an, otherwise how could Li Qing'an give her a token.
"This shameless woman!" Yang Guozhong scolded in a low voice.
Yang Xuan shook his head and said: "My father made a mistake, the token was not given to the third aunt, but Li Qingan asked the third aunt to transfer it to me, and I don't think the third aunt's idea is wrong." ”
Yang Guozhong heard what his son said, so he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Have you also taken refuge in Li Qing'an?" ”
"Father, I didn't take refuge in Li Qing'an, I just wanted to have one more way back, it is good for my father to follow the emperor to be the right minister, but my father also has to think about the future, the emperor is old, how many years can he live? If he goes, will his heir use his father again, and if the emperor can't fight the court and is finally destroyed by the court, what will his father do? Will you be able to escape that fate? So the third aunt persuaded me that I must leave a way back for myself, I think the third aunt is right, if I can do things for Li Qing'an, then at least our father and son can save a life in the future, even if you can't be an official, there is no problem to be a rich man, I know that the relationship between my father and Li Qingan is not good, but my father also has to think about it for me and my younger brothers, father, please child! ”
After speaking, Yang Xuan knelt down in front of Yang Guozhong and kowtowed to his father twice, Yang Guozhong sighed for a while and said: "Back then, Li Qingan was just a small lieutenant general, and I was just a small county commander, who would have thought that I would have today?" Who would have thought that Li Qingan would have such a big power, no matter what, I am nearly fifty years old, and I can't jump for a few years, so I will sell myself for the sake of a few sons! ”
In fact, the reason why Yang Guozhong escaped from Chang'an was not that he was very optimistic about Li Longji, but that he couldn't believe Li Heng, since Li Heng poached his henchman Ling Hufei, he knew that soon Li Heng would replace himself with Ling Hufei, Yang Guozhong began to feel uneasy, but if he was asked to take refuge in Li Qing'an, he would never be able to pull down this face, he would rather be idle at home than become Li Qing'an, and he also knew that Li Qing'an looked down on himself.
Of course, he also knew why Li Qingan found his son, if it weren't for the fact that he became Li Longji's Zhongshu Ling's right minister, Li Qingan would not have paid attention to his son at all, Li Qingan's meaning was also very clear, that is, to let himself be by Li Longji's side and do things for him, Yang Guozhong sighed secretly, for the sake of his son, he actually became Li Qingan's tool.
"Say it! What is the matter with your visit this time? ”
Yang Xuan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that his father agreed, he was not optimistic about Li Longji at all, on the contrary, he was optimistic about Li Qingan, but because of his father, he could not be used by Li Qingan, but if his father was willing to do something for Li Qingan, then he would have a chance in the future.
Yang Xuan hurriedly whispered: "I'll tell my father one thing, Ge Shuhan ......"
....... Li Longji's big tent is located in the center of the camp, in addition to the largest white tent, there are five small tents close to each other, if you look at it from a high altitude, it looks a bit like a blooming flower.
Like Bao Chuan Road, the night of Luogu Road is also sweltering and unbearable, although it is a little better than the previous days, but after all, it is still July, especially for the elderly Li Longji, it is still unbearable, mosquito attacks and stuffiness make him feel irritable.
He has been pampered for decades, when has he suffered like this, if he wasn't worried that Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan would not work hard, he would never have come to be this prison in person.
Li Longji's irritability and the confrontation with Gao Xianzhi in person, if it had been a few years earlier, he would have killed this audacious courtier immediately, and now that he is no longer authoritative, and he is afraid of killing Gao Xianzhi, his subordinates will rebel, Li Longji had to endure this breath, but this breath was vented in his big tent after he returned.
He had already dropped three teacups, and several eunuchs who served him were also beaten by him for making excuses, and his heart was a little relieved, but this was not a way, and after dinner, he stayed in the big tent and thought about how to collect Gao Xianzhi's military power.
Li Longji was killed by An Lushan, taking aphrodisiacs for many years, causing him to finally collapse his body, and he slowly woke up after being in a coma for a few months, as his body recovered little by little, his mind has roughly returned to the state before the coma, but the aphrodisiac also left him with an injury that will never heal, he has completely lost the normal function of a man, followed by his back is rickety, becoming a hunchback.
Although he lost his ** to women, but his power ** did not disappear at all, but more fiery, he dreamed that he could re-ascend the Hanyuan Palace, control the Tang Dynasty, and accept the Hajj of all countries, for which he killed his thirteen sons, with decades of prestige, he surrendered Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi, with nearly 300,000 troops in his hands, he did not recognize Li Shi's throne, announced the restoration to the world, attracted a large number of clan magnates to take refuge, Li Longji was a little dazed, he was impatient to enter the main pass, Regain your throne.
But now his frustration in front of Luogu Pass and Gao Xianzhi's face-to-face confrontation are like two basins of cold water splashing noodles, which makes Li Longji a little sober, and he finally realizes that the power in his hands has not yet been stabilized.
How to seize Gao Xianzhi's power, of course, the best way is to buy his subordinates, but Li Longji knows that it is still a little difficult to buy now, and it is best to separate Gao Xianzhi and his subordinates, for example, Gao Xianzhi is stationed in Chengdu, and his subordinates are distributed in other states and counties, and with distance, it is easy to be bought.
While he was thinking about it, a guard came in to report: "Your Majesty, Yang Xiangguo is here, saying that there is something important to report!" ”
"Let him in!"
Li Longji still attaches great importance to Yang Guozhong, on the one hand, he is loyal to himself, and he actually abandoned the position of Xiangguo to take refuge in himself, on the other hand, Yang Guozhong has also been the right minister for two years, although his ability is a little worse, but he is familiar with government affairs, and can quickly make his new court work, and he has a certain amount of power, his Yang Party basically came to Hanzhong, Yizhou Taishou Cui Yuan is also his hand, with Yang Guozhong here, he can stabilize the magistrates of Bashu Prefecture, so Yang Guozhong just fled to Hanzhong, Li Longji immediately named him the right minister of Zhongshu Ling, As soon as the curtain was lifted, Yang Guozhong hurriedly walked in, knelt down respectfully for Li Longji and said, "Minister Yang Guozhong see Your Majesty." ”
This is also a reason why Li Longji likes Yang Guozhong, all the officials see that he is polite and does not kneel, so that he has a hunchback and wants to look up at the other party, there is a kind of pressure in his heart, and Yang Guozhong kneels down for him, which invisibly makes the pressure in front of him disappear, he can look down on Yang Guozhong, and he gets some satisfaction in his heart.
"Xiangguo is exempt from courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Guozhong stood up, he still bowed his waist and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's son Yang Xuan came from Hanzhong and told the minister an important news, the minister was anxious, but he didn't dare to hide His Majesty, so he came to ask to see His Majesty." ”
"Yang Langzhong is also here, congratulations to Xiangguo, now your family will be reunited."
Li Longji congratulated Yang Guozhong with a smile, and asked again, "Say it!" What happened? ”
Yang Guozhong took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister's son heard about it in Hanzhong, it was from the person who transported grain and grass materials, it is said that Ge Shuhan and Li Qing'an had correspondence, and Li Qing'an gave Ge Shuhan several times medicine and wine for the treatment of foot pain, and he gladly accepted it. ”
"What?"
Li Longji was taken aback, and then looked angry, "Is this really the case?" ”
Yang Guozhong knows Li Longji's surname well, he is actually taking a risk when he says this, if he changes to someone else, he will definitely find out, who told Yang Xuan, and then how does this person know, and finally found out to Ge Shuhan step by step, if he investigates it like this, Yang Xuan will definitely have a problem, he just arrived in Hanzhong, how can he know what happened on the front line? In this way, Yang Xuan's source is suspicious, and then Yang Xuan's true identity is suspected.
But for Li Longji, Yang Guozhong has no such worries at all, Li Longji never cares about the source of the news, he only cares about whether it is true, as for whether it is true or false in the end, Yang Guozhong is not worried, he knows that Li Qingan will arrange everything.
Yang Guozhong didn't have a good impression of Ge Shuhan, he hoped that Ge Shuhan would support Shouwang Li Mao, and he wrote to him twice, but he didn't expect that in the end, Ge Shuhan supported Li Heng, which made Yang Guozhong feel that he was being played, and now for his son, Yang Guozhong no longer cares about Ge Shuhan's life or death.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's a little wrong, Ge Shuhan arrived earlier than us, but so far he hasn't fought a battle with Li Qing'an, he just keeps urging military food and supplies, and Li Qing'an doesn't attack him, what is this? Is there really no tacit understanding between them? This reminded me of an incident that happened last year? ”
Li Longji's face was extremely gloomy, even Gao Xianzhi dared to confront him in person, let alone Ge Shuhan? He didn't need to take any evidence, he already believed a little, Ge Shuhan did have foot pain.
"You go on, what happened last year?"
"Last year, in order to issue silver coins, the imperial grandson turned his face with Li Qing'an, seized his Hexi, and did not allow the Anxi silver dollar to flow into the Central Plains, but later we found that the Anxi silver dollar still poured into Chang'an in large numbers, not from Hexi, nor from Shuofang, so where will the silver dollar flow from? The minister now understands that this must be from Longyou, when Li Qing'an participated in the Battle of Shibao City, he went straight to Longyou from Anxi, he is very familiar with this route, Chen is sure that Li Qing'an still used the route of the year, transported a large number of silver dollars to Longyou, and reached a tacit agreement with Ge Shuhan to make these silver dollars enter Guanzhong, otherwise how could Ge Shuhan have the money and food to recruit soldiers? This must be Li Qing'an who gave him a benefit. ”
Yang Guozhong's words were reasonable, Li Longji had already believed in seven points, and he couldn't help but hate and scold: "This damn brother Shunu, I use him so much, he dares to stab me twice!" ”
At this time, Yang Guozhong made a killer move, "Your Majesty, the reason why the minister is sure that this matter is true is because Ge Shuhan must curry favor with Li Qing'an. ”
"Why?"
Yang Guozhong said word by word: "The reason is very simple, the families of Ge Shuhan's subordinates are in the hands of Li Qing'an at this time, and he doesn't dare to provoke Li Qing'an." ”
"Ahh
Li Longji suddenly realized.
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(To be continued)