The time has been opened into three years of September, the summer subsides and the autumn returns to the earth, this year's Guanzhong area is smooth in wind and rain, whether it is dry land or paddy fields have obtained a bumper harvest, the elm and locust leaves in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City have withered yellow, the fallen leaves flutter with the wind, the sad autumn people seem to have found a reason to be sad, but for most people autumn is still the harvest season, some people have harvested real money in this autumn, some people have harvested food and clothing, and some people have only harvested hope, Of course, for most people, this autumn can not be harvested or lost, and it is also a good ending.

Li Yan is the one who does not collect or lose, the war in the north has ended, Yang Hao was captured, the Xining army was defeated, after the loss of Xiaochang'an, Meng Ming knew that he was unable to return to the sky with the power of a blow, so he led the East Route Army to retreat to Fengzhou overnight, Mao Fulin led the Wansheng battalion and the Changliu battalion to chase after him, and the other divisions wanted to preserve their strength, and at the same time they were afraid that Mao Fulin would monopolize the credit, so they each transferred a different number of troops to pursue with Mao Fulin,

At the end of July, Fairy Mountain fell, Feng'an was lost in early August, and Fengzhou was lost in August, Mao Fulin was immediately appointed as the Fengzhou Assassin and concurrently served as the defense envoy, that is, on this day, the Ministry of War reprimanded the Xining Army as a "rebel army", Wen Shimao asked the divisions of the former army to completely liquidate the Xining Army, Yang Hao's defeat was certainly a major loss for Li Yan, but it was undoubtedly a gain to take this opportunity to form an alliance with Qiu Shiliang,

The main reason for the two to join forces is that the two have a common opponent, the prince Li Yong and Yang Dang, after years of operation, the power of the prince Li Yong has been considerable, and his position in the court is increasingly consolidated, Li Yong has never shied away from hating eunuchs, which not only brings him a great risk, but at the same time, it also sets up an image for him to dare to act and take responsibility, and has many followers.

Although the Yang Party is a rising star, but the power of the expansion is very amazing, marked by Yang Sifu and Li Jue's worship of the prime minister, they have extended their hands from the harem to the front dynasty, even the old Niu and Li parties are willing to bow down, the main goal of the Yang Party is to depose the crown prince Li Yong, and push Li Rong to the position of the crown prince, which makes them and the princeling party have irreconcilable contradictions, and the two factions have major differences on almost all key issues,

However, on the issue of how to deal with the eunuchs, the two factions are surprisingly unanimous, Yang Sifu resolutely opposes the eunuchs' interference in politics, and Li Jue even accused the eunuchs who interfere in politics for being rebellious and will be liquidated sooner or later.

Qiu Shiliang felt an unprecedented threat, when he was going all out to crusade against Fengzhou and wanted to fight with the Thorn Horse Battalion, the princelings and the Yang Party took the opportunity to sit big, if they were allowed to go on like this, even if they gained the upper hand in the battle with the Thorn Horse Battalion, it would be difficult to keep the fate of not being liquidated in the future.

Qiu Shiliang sent a truce signal to the Thorn Horse Battalion, he stopped the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Xining Army that retreated to Yinshan, Jiulian Mountain and Daqing Mountain, and at the same time announced that Zhang Bozhong, Guan Suo, Yu Yanlu, Cheng Keling and other Xining Army generals were "innocent and innocent", and the imperial court would "hire on the basis of merit", and he sent Bo Zhongyan as a special envoy with more than a dozen official hats to persuade him to surrender.

Taking into account Yang Hao's status in the minds of everyone, Qiu Shiliang wrote off the felonies such as "colluding with foreign countries and violating border lands" and "kidnapping the princess and contempt for the Son of Heaven" on Yang Hao's head, and gently changed them to "squandering public funds and neglecting to supervise the use of people".

Mao Fulin was forced to resign after only twenty-three days as a thorn in history, and the post of Fengzhou thorn was thrown to Li Yan as a hydrangea to seek peace, Li Yan was happy to accept this favor, Xiao Mingyue served as the history of Fengzhou thorn, in return, Li Yan instructed his subordinates to veto Yang Dang's proposal to "terminate the self-promotion of the Shence Army and depose the generals" in the court meeting.

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After being held in Yanzhou Prison for nearly two months, Yang Hao was convicted of "squandering public money" in early September, dismissed from his post and exiled to Lingnan, everything was a black-box operation, except for him to press a handprint on a false confession, everything else had nothing to do with Yang Hao, Yang Hao still lived in the underground cell with cold stone walls, and was still dragged out and beaten twice a day, until one day, when the Criminal Department sent personnel to the prison to verify his identity and urge him to make his trip, Yang Hao had the opportunity to walk out of the prison for the first time,

The sky that day seemed to be particularly blue, and the air was exceptionally fresh, Yang Hao heard the chirping of a wild goose, and was immediately moved to tears, compared to fame and power and free breathing, it was really small and could not be smaller, Yang Hao closed his eyes comfortably, greedily breathed this free air, he knelt on the ground, opened his arms and looked at the sky and shouted: "God, you treat me well." ”

The jailer found the bald blacksmith and asked him to remove the iron face on Yang Hao's head, and the blacksmith looked very unhappy, muttering something in his mouth.

A jailer told Yang Hao that the bald blacksmith was originally a Hu man, who was wounded and captured in an engagement with the Tang army, and his brother was killed in the battle.

The bald blacksmith muttered that he had never taken off the "iron face" for a living person, and all the prisoners who wore the "iron face" did not live long, and it turned out that he was right, compared with the light car familiar with Yang Hao when he wore the iron face, it really took a lot of toss to pick up the iron face for Yang Hao, and finally with the help of the three jailers, the bald blacksmith took a lot of effort to finally take off Yang Hao's "iron face".

Yang Hao, who has been hiding behind this iron face for two months, seems to be a different person, his face is pale and scary, and even the blood vessels hidden under the skin are clearly visible, his cheeks are full of ringworm, a red patch, itchy and unbearable, and there is a scar behind his left ear and right sideburns, which was left when he wore an iron face,

That night, Yang Hao took a hot bath for the first time in two months, and changed three buckets of water, the first two buckets of water were washed black, and the jailer specially found a spiced Zhu Ling to wash Yang Hao's hair, and served him to shave off his unkempt beard, Yang Hao actually knew very well in his heart that he could get out of death row alive, and it was by no means discovered by Wen Shimao or Mao Fulin's conscience, behind this must be some ulterior deal between the Assassin Horse Battalion and Qiu Shiliang,

I used to do too much of this kind of trading, but I didn't expect that one day I would become a weight for others to do trading.

After washing, Yang Hao changed into a clean coarse cloth clothes, plastered his cheeks, and walked out neatly, the jailer brought wine and food, sifted a bowl of wine for Yang Hao, and said: "The brothers are all from poor people, and they eat in this mixed mouth, please don't take it to heart where you couldn't live in the past, this bowl of wine is right when we make amends." ”

Yang Hao picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, and sighed: "I really can't imagine that I can drink it again." Then he poured the wine on the ground and said to everyone: "I am not a person with a small belly, you have your difficulties, I don't blame you, I think I was able to kill people with a word back then, but now I let people eat meat, everyone, how many times is life proud, don't forget your worries when you are proud, treat people with leniency today, and treat you with leniency every day." ”

After finishing the wine and food, the jailers sent Yang Hao to the prison room, which is a special cell for those with special status, except for the strict guards, it is no different from ordinary inns and hotels, Yang Hao will wait here for a while, and after the criminal department completes the formalities, he will be escorted south,

On the afternoon of the second day in the prison room, Yang Hao came to the courtyard for a walk, the guards were only three or four zhang away from him, because there were several layers of guards outside, and the guards were extremely guarded, so the guards were not worried that Yang Hao would escape, and the supervision was relatively lax, Yang Hao turned around, sat down at the stone table in the shade of the tree in the corner of the courtyard, and rested for a while, a waiter walked in with a tea bowl, and the guards found nothing after inspection, so they were released,

This waiter's appearance is really average, and his behavior is a little obscene and trivial, but Yang Hao can see at a glance that this person is extraordinary, he walks steadily and calmly, and his feet are silent, speculating that he should be a person with martial arts, Yang Hao secretly paid attention in his heart, the waiter put down the teapot and made a bowl of tea for Yang Hao, his hands are very large, his fingers are thick and powerful, and his knuckles are calloused.

While the waiter was offering tea to Yang Hao, he quietly stuffed a small note into Yang Hao's palm, Yang Hao's heart was in chaos, and he took advantage of the caretaker's laxity to see the note open and look at it, with a line of words written on it: "There is ** in the tea, three bowls are poured, please drink it." Yang Hao sighed in his heart, what kind of person is this waiter, why does he want to drink ** by himself, and what is his purpose,

Yang Hao thought that this was probably a trap set by them, this tea may not be a narcotic, but a real poison, and he drank it and lost his life unconsciously, after thinking about it again, Yang Hao still chose to drink the anesthetic, after three bowls of tea in his stomach, Yang Hao suddenly felt unbearable heartache, and couldn't help but roll on the ground with his stomach, the guards suddenly panicked, and sent Yang Hao to Lang Zhong outside the prison for treatment.

There is only one mile from the barracks to the medical hall in Langzhong, and there are only more than 20 people who escorted Yang Hao suddenly, and suddenly seven or eight black-clothed people were killed in the dark when they walked halfway up, and all the guards were killed in only three or five strokes, and everyone woke up Yang Hao, changed him into a night suit, and escorted him all the way out of Yanzhou.

The strange thing is that after everyone sent Yang Hao out of the city safely, everyone didn't say a word, urging all the horses to leave, Yang Hao was stunned, as if struck by lightning, his head was buzzing, although these people who saved themselves did not reveal their identities, but it was not difficult for Yang Hao to guess the people who hid the armor under them,

"Even he betrayed me."

Yang Hao snorted twice, his face became as ugly as dust, his feet were weak and he couldn't stand steadily, Guan Suo was his closest and most trusted person, if even he left him, who else in the world was worth trusting,

"Is that you?" A woman in the dark dragged and cried and asked, only to see Xiao Yu dressed in sackcloth, carrying a package and walking over as if she had lost her soul, Xiao Yu was thin and scared, almost unrecognizable, her eyes were black and red, her eyebrows were haggard, as if she had changed someone,

Seeing that the person standing in front of her was really Lang Jun, who she had been thinking about for a long time, Xiaoyu suddenly burst into tears, her arms hung down weakly, and the burden fell to the ground, and then she opened her arms, like a homing bird, plunged into Yang Hao's arms, and tears instantly wet Yang Hao's placket,