Chapter 20: The Gao Gong Incident

Pei Ju couldn't help but be stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Why is this?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled: "The Holy Lord's suppression of the Yang family, can't Pei Gong see it?" ”

Pei Ju was silent, Yang Yuanqing was expelled from the Yang family, most people only knew about it, but they didn't know the reason, the Yang family was even more secretive about this matter, never publicized, and more importantly, the person involved Yang Yue was dead, and the reason why Yang Yuanqing was expelled became a mystery.

But Pei Ju is also a veteran in the officialdom, Yang Yuanqing's reminder made him suddenly wake up, the suppression of the Yang family and Yang Yuanqing's favor can be described as ice and fire, indeed, if Yang Yuanqing returns to the Yang family, his favor will no longer exist, and Pei Ju is also a little more worried in his heart.

"Yuanqing, what do you think?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled a little helplessly, "Pei Gong, there are some things I also know in my heart, I don't want to be charged with unfilial piety and affect my reputation, but let me return to the Yang family, I can't accept it emotionally, and I won't go back, at most I can maintain harmony with my father on face, or call my appearance a god, I think, this can not damage my reputation, but also not be taboo by the saints." ”

Pei Ju is an extremely pragmatic person, he pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Maybe this is the best way, although reputation is important, it can't affect your future because of this, but you have reconciled with your father, everyone knows that the Holy Lord's side may be a little unfavorable to you." ”

"Pei Gong, I think the saint is an extremely forgiving person, and he is also extremely shrewd, he will not draw conclusions because of a meeting between me and my father, the relationship between the Yang family and me has frozen until now, will it melt if a gust of wind blows? I think the Holy One should understand it in his heart. ”

"You're right, the Holy One really won't change his impression of you because of a change."

Pei Ju also agrees with Yang Yuanqing's idea, for the interests of the Pei family, he actually doesn't want Yang Yuanqing to return to the family, he prefers to maintain the status quo, if Yang Yuanqing returns to the family, he will consider the interests of the Yang family everywhere, and the interests of the Pei family will become insignificant, which is the result that Pei Ju never wants to see.

It was this kind of enlightenment that Pei Ju didn't want Yang Yuanqing to lose his holy family because of reconciliation with the Yang family, he secretly thought in his heart, 'Yang Yuanqing and Minqiu's marriage is the key, the Yang family must not participate, he has to think of a way, it is best to let Yang Xuangan not participate in Yang Yuanqing's marriage." ”

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In the afternoon, the team stopped on a vast grassland, Yang Lihua under the persuasion of Yang Yuanqing several times, finally walked out of the city, galloped on the vast grassland, and two months after the death of her relatives, she had laughter for the first time.

"Yuanqing, is that Dajin Mountain over there?"

Yang Lihua pointed to the swarthy ridge in the distance, and said with a slight smile: "It doesn't seem to be far away." ”

Yang Lihua's white dress is like snow, the breeze blows her flowing hair, and the years have added a few fine wrinkles to her forehead, but it can't change her noble and dignified temperament.

Yang Yuanqing also smiled: "Although it seems that it is not far, it is actually a hundred miles away." ”

"Yes! The vastness of the grassland makes people's hearts open-minded. ”

Yang Lihua looked at the boundless grassland, the depression and lingering sadness in her heart disappeared, she let out a long breath and laughed, "There is also a vast grassland in Xiyuan, although it is not as boundless as the grassland, but I have enough vision for me, I never go there, but I have figured it out now, I am because the place of life is too narrow, so that the mood is not broad, I will often go there after I return to Beijing." ”

She turned around and smiled gratefully at Yang Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, I really want to thank you this time, I really feel much better." ”

Yang Yuanqing was already sweating slightly on her forehead, so she smiled and said, "Is Her Royal Highness the princess going back?" ”

Yang Lihua also felt a little tired, so she nodded, "Okay!" Let's go back. ”

They turned their horses' heads and galloped towards the ** city more than ten miles away, more than a dozen guards followed closely behind them, and after a while, they returned to the ** city, and they saw Yang Qi, the king of Yan, competing with his brother Yang Dong in the distance.

Yang Qi suddenly saw Yang Yuanqing, and shouted with joy, "General Yang, we are looking for you, teach us to practice swords!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, he had become the royal coach, Yang Lihua smiled slightly, "Yuanqing, go!" They all like you very much. ”

"Good! I'll teach you a few swordsmanship. ”

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, took a wooden sword from the guard's hand, shook his wrist, pulled out a few sword flowers, and stabbed at Yang Qi lightly and skillfully, "Your Highness, push back one and a half steps, use the horizontal block!" ”

He stabbed Yang Tong lightly with a backhand sword, Yang Tong was at a loss, took a step back in a panic, and fell to the ground, but his face was full of excitement, he got up, cheered, and stabbed Yang Yuanqing with a sword.....

**At the head of the city, Yang Guang and Xiao Hou were looking at Yang Yuanqing from afar to teach the two children to practice swords, Yang Guang had an elusive smile on his face, no one knew what he was thinking?

Empress Xiao sighed softly, the death of her eldest son made her feel painful, and she was full of self-blame, she should not be disgusted with him because of her son's obesity, it was not her son's fault, but he was seriously ill, and his son was tormented by a serious illness, but she was disgusted with him, every time she thought of the difficult situation of her eldest son's walking, she had endless regret in her heart.

It was this kind of remorse that made her have a trace of hostility towards Yang Yuanqing disappear, looking at Yang Yuanqing teaching her two grandsons to practice swords, Empress Xiao's face also showed a smile of relief, she turned back to Yang Guang and said: "Shengshang, the concubine thinks that it is not bad to let General Yang be their master." ”

Yang Guang smiled and shook his head slowly, "For him, I have another use!" ”

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The place where the patrol team was stationed was less than ten miles away from Shengle City, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Pei Ju and more than a dozen ministers had already made an appointment to go to play together after staying.

Shengle City is located on a gentle hill, choking the only way for Yulin County to go to the hinterland of the grassland, the city has been abandoned for a hundred years, only a ruin wall remains, the city is overgrown with wild grass, and the only few slightly intact buildings have also become a place for merchants to stay at night.

Shangshu Zuo servant Su Wei, Shangshu Niu Hong, Ministry of Officials Pei Ju, Household Department Servant Pei Yun, General Zhang Jin, Guanglu Temple Qing Zheng Shanguo, Imperial Historian Zhang Heng, and Lao Xiangguo Gao Xi, etc., more than a dozen ministers rode to this abandoned city, and hundreds of soldiers guarded them around.

More than a dozen ministers rode horses and stood on a hillside, looking at the ruins in front of them in a daze, they didn't expect that Shengle City, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, would become like this, desolate and dilapidated, weeds grew taller than people, and from time to time they could see weasels and insects appearing on the collapsed broken wall.

Su Wei shook his head and sighed slightly: "The advance of Tuoba Jue and the retreat of Er Zhurong have already doomed the decline of the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

"It's a good Tuoba Jue's advance and Er Zhurong's retreat, Su Xiang can be said to have said it to the root." Niu Hong said with a smile.

Su Wei's horsewhip pointed to the Great Wall in the distance, "Look at the Great Wall again, the majestic Great Wall, guarding the inside and the outside, this is the guarantee that the Great Sui will be able to survive for thousands of generations." ”

At this time, Gao Gong, who had been silent, couldn't help but sneer, "Su Xiang only saw the brilliance of the Great Wall, but did he ever see 500,000 white bones at the foot of the Great Wall. ”

"Gao Xiang's words are fallacious!"

Zhang Heng, the minister of imperial history next to him, squinted his eyes and smiled: "How can the construction project not be dead?" Today, the wise and holy warriors, the construction of the eastern capital, the digging of canals, the Northern An Turks, the southern Ping Linyi, as for the death of a handful, it is normal, the people, the envoys, what do the high ministers think? ”

Gao Gong is extremely disgusted with Zhang Heng, last year he went to this person's ancestral house in Hedong as a guest, and ordered more than 100,000 people to dig roads in the mountains, and more than 10,000 people died, and finally drank a cup of tea and left.

Gao Gong ignored him at all, Zhang Heng touched a nail, in front of the important ministers, his face couldn't be hung up, and he couldn't help but be secretly annoyed in his heart, but Pei Ju smiled and said: "This Shengle City is so deserted, there is nothing to go, it is better to go back to sleep and cheer up to deal with court affairs, what do you think?" ”

Everyone really didn't have any interest, they all agreed, so they turned their horses' heads and headed towards the camp, Zhang Heng stared at Gao Gong's back, and a trace of bitter resentment shot out of his eyes.

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The sky has gradually come to the evening, Yulin County is far inferior to Wuyuan County, there were originally 10,000 or 20,000 immigrants, but in the construction of the Great Wall last year, more than half of the deaths, at this time the population has been less than 10,000, mainly garrisons, here can not afford hundreds of thousands of troops to offer food, but Qimin Khan heard that the Sui Emperor was on a northern tour, so he sent people to send hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to solve the food problem of the northern patrol team.

Dinner has been prepared, a team of sergeants are delivering meals to the various camp tents, ** In the city, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui also had dinner in the imperial study, although his dinner is not frugal, but it is not luxurious, more than 20 dishes are placed on a full table, Yang Guang does not eat much, he only tastes a little of each dish, and the rest is rewarded to the eunuchs around him.

While drinking, while looking at the Fenyang Palace atlas that Yu Wenkai had just sent, he wanted to build a palace near the outside of the Saiwai, from last year to this year he has been looking for a place that he is satisfied with, and finally in the Tianchi at the source of Fenshui, he found a place like a place for immortal cultivation, with misty clouds and mist and excellent scenery.

This year, he came to Lingwu Road again, although he also found a few good scenery, but they are not as good as the Tianchi at the source of Fenshui, so he decided to build Fenyang Palace in Tianchi, which is located in the north of Loufu County, close to Mayi County, and there is no problem in terms of safety.

Yu Wenkai has already sent the atlas, which means that the construction can be started, and it just so happens that the Taishou of Loufu County is Li Yuan, this person has participated in the repair of Jinyang Palace, and has a little experience, so he can be appointed as the palace supervisor.

Just thinking about it, an official eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Zhang Yushi urgently asked to see him, saying that he wanted to impeach Gao Xi." ”

When Yang Guang was eating, he hated being disturbed the most, but the words 'impeachment of Gao Xi' made his heart move, so he nodded, "Announce his audience!" ”

"Your Majesty has a will, announce the imperial history Zhang Heng to meet you!"

After a while, Zhang Heng was led in by the eunuch, and he knelt down and saluted, "Minister Zhang Heng see Your Majesty!" ”

"Zhang Yushi, what's the matter with you?"

Zhang Heng held up a book of recitals, "Minister Zhang Heng impeached Gao Xi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, this person deceived the monarch and compared His Majesty to a tyrannical Qin!" ”

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