(After uploading the chapter, the protagonist's name always automatically becomes Yang Xi, and he can't change it back after changing it many times!) If such a situation occurs in the book, please forgive me!)

Yang Xi didn't see Yang Guozhong for the next few days.

Yang Guozhong never returned to the mansion, which made Yang Xi, who wanted to persuade Yang Guozhong to change his mind again, anxious.

He knew that the more the days dragged on, the worse it became, maybe the imperial court would issue the news that all the troops of Tongguan would attack, and then the news of the fiasco of Tongguan came. Then the next tragedies happened one after another, the emperor fled, Chang'an fell, their family and Yang Yuhuan sisters were all killed, and the Tang Dynasty fell apart. This is something he doesn't want to see anyway.

Yang Xi has been trying to find a way to get out of the mansion, wanting to go to Yang Guozhong to talk about things, or directly find Emperor Li Longji to explain the reason, so that they can change their minds and not order Ge Shuhan to go out of the customs to fight, so as not to bring disaster to the Tang Dynasty. even went directly to Tongguan, Qiao passed on the emperor's will, so that Ge Shuhan could not hold on......

However, he has never been able to leave the house, because Yang Guozhong has given strict orders to his subordinates to take care of him and not let him run around.

On a hot day in June, it was very hot everywhere, so Yang Xi was only allowed to stay in the room with ice cubes and rest.

Yang Guozhong has a very high prestige in the mansion, and none of the subordinates dares to act at his will, and they stop Yang Xi from leaving the mansion any way, even if he beats and scolds them or even threatens them with a knife, he will not let him out of the mansion, but just kneel on the ground and let him punish him.

There was no way to find Yang Guozhong to talk about Tongguan again, so that Yang Xi didn't think about tea and dinner, and he couldn't tell people about it, he was very depressed all day long, and even the beautiful and plump little girl Ping'er was almost ignored when she was hanging around all day long.

Pei Rou, the mother of the Yang Mansion, also did not allow Yang Xi to leave the mansion.

Like Yang Guozhong, she was afraid that her baby son would not recover, and if she went out again, something would go wrong to keep Yang Xi in the house.

In the past few days after waking up, Yang Xi would go to his mother every day to greet him, and repeatedly asked about Yang Guozhong, wanting Pei Rou to pass on the word and let Yang Guozhong come back to the house once, he had something very urgent to say. Pei Rou's love for her son was heartfelt, and she also obeyed Yang Xi's invitation, and sent someone to inform Yang Guozhong, hoping that Yang Guozhong would be able to return home when he was free.

However, Yang Guozhong let people spread the word, these days he is busy with the affairs of the DPRK and China, and he has no time to work until late at night, and he has no time to return home.

But he also promised that as long as he was free, he would definitely return home once.

His mother's message also received such a reply, and Yang Xi was a little disappointed. He could only find a way to find the busy dazed father by himself, and further explain the reason, no matter what way he used, even if he pretended to be crazy and stupid, kowtowed and knelt, he had to make Yang Guozhong change his mind, and together he went to persuade the emperor not to order Ge Shuhan to lead the army to attack.

He wanted to persuade his mother to go out of the house with a "tender" offensive. When he left the house, he had a way to go to Yang Guozhong to talk about things.

He also repeatedly complained in his heart that his predecessor was so unappealing in the house, he couldn't even handle it with his subordinates, and he was a failure!

"Mother, the child has fully recovered, there will be nothing wrong, the child wants to go out of the house and find a place to drink, okay?" Yang Xi sat in front of her mother Pei Rou's bed, shook her arm, and begged in a coquettish tone: "The child has been in the house for many days, and has never been anywhere, suffocated, the child wants to go out for a walk, and wants to find a place to drink, so let the child go out of the house and go shopping!"

He has said similar requests several times, but it has not worked, but the past few times have been serious, and today he has changed his strategy and used "coquettishness" to deal with his mother.

This method still has some effect, Pei Rou hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed, "Okay, my mother promised you, go out for a drink, but you have to go to the nearest Zuiyun Building to the house, and come back after drinking, if it is hot today, you can't stay outside longer, you must come back before noon!"

"Yes, mother! The boy will be back soon!" Yang Xi was overjoyed, and immediately stood up straight and promised.

However, Pei Rou's subsequent orders extinguished most of Yang Xi's excitement.

"Yang Dong, you follow the fourth prince out, you have to be optimistic about the fourth son, except for the drunken cloud building, you can't go anywhere, when the fourth prince finishes drinking, you will escort him back, remember, you must come back before noon!" Pei Rou's words were instructed by Yang Dong, the head of the nursing home in the house, but it also made Yang Xi have a bad premonition.

"Yes, ma'am!" Yang Dong, who is five big and three thick, is as tame as a little sheep in front of the weak Pei Rou.

However, Yang Dong can only behave like this in front of Yang Guozhong and Pei Rou, and in front of others, he has become a leopard, a tough guy who is not reasonable at all, Yang Xi felt this after he finally walked out of the house, and his bad premonition when Pei Rou ordered Yang Dong also became a reality.

No matter how he pleaded, reasoned, threatened with his identity, deceived, and even used force, Yang Dong just ignored it, and only promised him to go to Zuiyun Tower to drink, and he was not allowed to go anywhere else. There are almost twenty people led by Yang Dong plus Yang Zheng and Yang Xi's entourage, these people are all extraordinary, Yang Xi tried, with his physical skills, it is impossible to defeat so many people and escape, so he can only obediently accept his fate and go into the restaurant to drink. He also gave up his plan to escape from the "guard" of his entourage on the road, and wanted to wait until he drank before making plans!

Entering the Zuiyun Building, Yang Xi refused Yang Dong's request and asked him to go upstairs to the plan to drink in the private room, but to sit in the lobby.

It's just that there are a lot of drinkers in the lobby, and there are no empty seats. The war ahead is going on, many people who like to inquire about the excitement often go to the restaurant, there are all kinds of people in the restaurant, many people will talk about the rebellion and the situation of the war ahead, there is a lot of gossip here, so although there is a war on the front line in Tongguan, the business of the restaurant is still very good.

didn't find a single vacant seat, Yang Xi took aim at the window and only one person was seated, ordered a few words from his entourage, and walked over.

When he saw that the restaurant was so lively, and there was not even a vacant seat, Yang Xi was also very emotional, it seems that no one really expected the defeat of Tongguan in a few days, let alone that Chang'an would be captured by the rebels, and the people of Chang'an were still intoxicated by singing and dancing.

I really don't know how these people who are drinking and chatting here will behave after the news of the defeat of Tongguan comes!

"May I ask this brother, can I allow you to drink at the same table below, there is no spare place here!" Yang Xi stepped forward very politely and saluted, and greeted the middle-aged man who was sitting at the wine table with a serious face.

It is best to drink at the same table, so that he can escape the strict "surveillance" of his entourage to a certain extent and find an opportunity to slip away.

The person who was drinking and contemplating didn't expect that someone would disturb him drinking, he raised his head in surprise, and saw that Yang Xi had an extraordinary bearing, and there were many entourages on his side, knowing that he was not an ordinary person's child, he agreed after thinking about it for a while, and smiled and saluted: "Little brother, please sit down, I will leave in a while anyway!"

"Thank you, brother!" Yang Xi also sat down unceremoniously, and the bartender quickly brought up the wine and food he needed.

Yang Zheng and another entourage stood behind Yang Xi, ignoring Yang Xi's request to let them stay aside, and finally Yang Xi had to follow them.

Yang Xi poured a glass of wine into the cup in front of him, and was about to toast the people at the same table, but saw that this middle-aged man who was about forty or fifty years old had already drunk several glasses by himself, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Seeing that Brother Tai is lonely, drinking alone and drinking stuffy, is there something on his mind?" ”

The middle-aged man stopped his wine glass, looked at the sincerity on Yang Xi's face, and replied after sighing: "I have something to do in Chang'an, but it's a pity that the matter is not done, and I don't know how to go back!" As he spoke, he glanced at a few sergeants at the next table who were eating silently.

"I see!" Yang Xi was also very interested, and didn't ask the other party what he hadn't done, but just raised his glass and said: "This brother, there is no threshold in this world that can't be crossed, just look away!" Come, I'll give you a drink, and it's a blessing to be able to drink at the same table!"

"Thank you little brother for your comfort, please!" The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Yang Xi wanted to ask something more, but when he heard a person talking loudly from the next table, his attention was immediately attracted, "By the way, brother, have you ever heard that the thief is afraid that the road back to Fanyang will be cut off, and he is ready to withdraw from Luoyang!" If General Geshu can lead the army out of Tongguan City at this time, maybe he will be able to completely annihilate the rebels outside Tongguan City in one battle, completely shake the military spirit of the Angu rebels, and soon put down the rebellion!"

This is a man who has drunk too much wine and after talking to his companion for a while, he shouts loudly.

"Brother Gao Xian is right, according to what I see, now the good news in the north is frequent, the rebel army is unstable, if you take the opportunity to lead the army out of the customs, you will definitely be able to defeat the rebels, and even put down the rebellion soon!" Another person at the same table who was talking loudly about state affairs also said loudly: "It's a pity that Marshal Geshu is too timid to lead the army out of the pass to fight, and only dares to defend the pass!"

Listening to someone in the hotel openly talking about these and saying such an argument, Yang Xi was very amazed, but he didn't expect to ridicule each other, the words of the country horseman, what can be refuted, now the Tang Dynasty has this point of view The majority of the people in the Tang Dynasty hold this view, and his father, who is in the phase, has not repeatedly bewitched Emperor Li Longji to do this? But when he turned his head back and wanted to continue drinking with the middle-aged man at the same table, he saw the indignation on the other party's face, and the hand holding the wine glass was clenched very tightly, and the green tendons were exposed.

Seeing this, Yang Xi's heart moved, and he asked quietly: "I don't know what this brother Tai thinks differently about the views of the few people next door?" ”

"The frog at the bottom of the well!" The middle-aged man's eyes showed anger, and he gritted his teeth a little and said: "The minister of the DPRK and the central government has this attitude, I didn't expect that even the common people would think like this, no wonder it is like this!" Alas, a catastrophe is coming!"

Seeing Yang Xi's strange look, the middle-aged man immediately became vigilant and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that the little brother also has a different opinion?" ”

"Of course, the opinions below are exactly the opposite of what those brothers said just now!" Yang Xi has already seen that this person at the same table with him will not be an ordinary person, judging from this person's bearing, it is likely that he is an official in the court, and he has a political disagreement with his father, and even has a dispute because of different opinions, otherwise after hearing the words of the two just now, he would not be so angry.

Listening to this person's last emotion, I actually felt like a confidant.

"I want to hear about it!" The middle-aged man suddenly became interested and asked.

"Okay, then I'll just say a few words below!" Yang Xi looked at the two people on the side who were still talking, hoping that the imperial court would order Ge Shuhan to go out of the pass to fight as soon as possible, and raised his voice and said: "I think that the most important thing for the imperial court to do now is to concentrate all its forces to resist the rebels attacking Tongguan and ensure that Tongguan is not lost, rather than going out of the city to attack!" If Tongguan is defended, then Chang'an will be in no danger! If the imperial court forces Marshal Geshu to go out of the pass to fight, and the army is not in a good position to fight, then Tongguan is likely to fall because of this! If Tongguan is lost, then Chang'an can't defend it!"

Seeing that the people at the same table had been attracted by his words, and many people on the side also looked at him, Yang Xi raised his voice and said: "The imperial court has summoned the army of King Qin to come to quell the rebellion, and there will be more and more divisions of King Qin gathered in Beijing, and the supply of grain and grass is also sufficient, so it can be held for a long time, which is very bad for the rebels!" The current rebels are eager to capture Chang'an, so as to avoid encountering more Wang Division, and they are even more anxious to fight a decisive battle with the officers and troops defending the Beijing Division! According to what can be seen below, the officers and soldiers should not go out to fight, but should defend according to the danger, so that the rebels have nothing to do! Outside the city of Tongguan, the terrain is narrow, not suitable for a large corps to fight, even if Marshal Geshu leads 200,000 troops out of the pass to fight, the troops that can be deployed head-on are less than 40,000 or 50,000 at most, compared with the rebels, it is really not an advantage!"

Yang Xi's words startled the men at the same table, and also shocked the few people who were talking loudly just now, and the diners who listened with their ears pricked up, and everyone's eyes looked at them.

"This little brother, your views are really better than any official in the DPRK, and even the prime minister of the DPRK is not as good as you!" The middle-aged man got up, saluted Yang Xi respectfully, and then said: "This is the most pertinent advice I have heard in the past few days in Chang'an, but it's a pity that ......."

Because he saw too many eyes falling to this side, the middle-aged man stopped, and he looked at the sergeant at the table next to him, looking like he wanted to say and stopped, but in Yang Xi's doubts, he finally said: "It is a great honor to know and get acquainted with the little brother, and listen to your remarks that are different from ordinary people, I really want to have a good time with the little brother, but unfortunately there is still something important to do, and I dare not stay any longer, so I will leave!"

The middle-aged man said and prepared to get up and leave.

"Brother Tai, please stay, I don't know the high-ranking name of Brother Tai yet!" Yang Xi hurriedly called the middle-aged man, bowed his hand and said: "Under Yang Xi, the word is bright, dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?" ”

Yang Xi always felt that this middle-aged man was not an ordinary person!

The middle-aged man stopped and replied: "In Xia Gaoshi, the word Dafu, I am fortunate to have met Brother Yang today, I am very lucky, but there is something urgent to go, and I have to rush back to Tongguan before dark today, so I will say goodbye, and please forgive Brother Yang!" said that he didn't linger any longer, and after saluting, he strode out of the restaurant, stepped on the war horse and galloped away. A few sergeant-looking people who were drinking from another table also galloped away after them!

"Gao Shi? It can't be such a coincidence, could it be the famous Biansai poet Gao Shi in the historical records? Yang Xi hurriedly followed out of the restaurant, wanting to inquire again, but he couldn't catch up with the time, and said to himself, "He wants to go back to Tongguan, what is he going to do when he goes back to Tongguan?" ”

"Fourth son, it's almost noon, it's already very hot, let's go home quickly, Mrs. Chi will be punished!" While Yang Xi was silently muttering to himself, Yang Dong came up uninterestingly and asked in a low voice.

"My son still has important things to do, you have to stop it!" Yang Xi once again put on the role of the fourth prince of the Yang Mansion.

However, his shelf did not have an effect, and Yang Zheng still ordered other companions to escort Yang Xi back to his house on the grounds of Yang Guozhong and Pei Rou's orders. Yang Xi, who couldn't do anything more, could only scold his mother, and scolded his entourage vigorously for misleading him, and he wanted to kill someone.

But in the end, under the escort of his entourage, he could only return to the Wei Mansion with righteous indignation!

sighed again, the predecessor really failed to be a man, and even the people in the house couldn't be suppressed, and he became the son of the powerful minister Yang Guozhong in vain!