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When Pei Mingcui said that when the coffin was opened, there was already a ghost in front of the scene. The tombstone shone in the firelight, and the shadow writhed like a snake, as if a man was about to emerge from the ground.

Without hesitation, the men stepped forward, cleared the snow first, and then determined the scope of the coffin and prepared for excavation. They are all Pei Mingcui's dead soldiers, since it is Pei Mingcui's order, don't talk about opening the coffin, even if they are allowed to jump off the cliff, they will not hesitate.

Pei Mingcui's subordinates may not be strong in martial arts, but they are really chickens and dogs, and they have everything. Exploring secrets, killing people, finding roots, and digging graves all seem to be familiar with it.

The sky was gloomy, it was almost night, and everyone was dressed in black, like ghosts, digging around a lonely grave, just afraid that the timid passer-by would be scared to death on the spot.

The shadow was suddenly surprised: "Miss...... The ancestral graves of the Li family are all in Hedong, why is Li Xuanba's grave buried in Yanhui Mountain, Taiyuan? ”

"He said this is where he was born, so he is buried here." Pei Mingcui said indifferently.

When the snow cleared, someone replied, "Miss...... The grave has not been touched. ”

His announcement was a little abrupt, Pei Mingcui just nodded, "Go on." ”

In the ice and snow, the frozen soil is by no means easy to excavate, but those subordinates have no regrets, and they quickly remove the frozen soil and expose the bluestone slab outside the coffin. After all, Li Xuanba is the son of Li Yuan, although the burial is simple, but looking at the current situation, although a few years have passed, the corpse will never decay.

The rest of the work is easy to handle, and when it was time to lift the bluestone slab, Pei Mingcui suddenly said, "Wait." ”

Everyone only thought that Pei Mingcui had changed her mind and stopped. Pei Mingcui looked at a man in black: "You disperse, scorpion, check." ”

Her order was simple and clear, and the men stepped back, and the scorpion, thin and withered, nodded and stepped forward, crouched in front of the stone slab, and took out a long silver needle and inserted it through the crack in the stone slab.

After waiting for a while, the scorpion pulled out the silver needle, and the silver needle was as bright as before, but the scorpion sniffed at the end of his nose, and said for a while: "Under the stone slab, on the coffin, it is poisonous." ”

The scorpion's voice was stiff, his voice felt like he had been slashed, and every word seemed to be squeezed out. The shadow was awe-inspiring in his heart, knowing that the scorpion was a good poisoner under Pei Mingcui, why was the coffin poisoned, did anyone already know that someone would dig a grave?

Pei Mingcui muttered: "Good means, really good means." Scorpion, what is the solution? ”

The scorpion said, "The method is simple. Just don't touch it. However, after several years of accumulation, the poisonous gas under the slate is very heavy, and it is good to disperse. ”

"You take care of everything, I'll just see what's inside."

The scorpion reached out and took out a few glove-like things from his bosom and handed them to several people. The men put their hands on them and lifted the stone slabs to reveal the heavy coffins. From the outside, the coffin was dark and shiny, and nothing could be seen. The scorpion took out a medicine bottle from his bosom and poured some powder on it. The dark coffin suddenly appeared a little green, and everyone was shocked, knowing that this coffin was probably coated with poison, and everyone just thought at that moment, Li Xuanba...... It's so ruthless!

If others don't know, they just touch the coffin for fear and they will die of poison.

When the scorpion saw the green color on the coffin, he was not afraid, but just lit a dead branch and sprinkled some powder on it, and in an instant the smoke of the dead branch billowed out. The scorpion threw it down, waited for the tea, and then said, "It's time to open the coffin." ”

Pei Mingcui said: "Wait." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Pei Mingcui said: "Skillful, you go and check the outer coffin." "It turns out that the coffin refers to the coffin, the coffin is the coffin that holds the corpse, and the coffin is the outer coffin, also known as the coffin, but it is used to hold the coffin. Buried like this, one is a status symbol, and the other is to protect the corpse inside, everyone saw Pei Mingcui to check, and then they realized that opening the coffin was not a simple matter.

Another man in black stepped forward, took out a small hammer, neither gold nor silver, knocked for a long time, knocked from the top cover to the side panel, and then said: "Miss, the outer coffin is solid wood, according to the sound of the reply, there should be no mechanism inside." ”

Pei Mingcui said: "There is no mechanism, it does not mean that there is no poison, skillful, you will deal with the coffin lid." Scorpion, it's up to you to open the coffin. ”

skillfully took out an extremely sharp dagger and easily cut the coffin nails, but the scorpion pushed everyone away and lifted the coffin lid alone. I only heard the sound of 'clang', the smoke and dust were filled, and the scorpion had already opened it, and when the smoke and dust dissipated, it said: "It's very poisonous." ”

Everyone didn't know if he was talking about the poison in the coffin, or whether Li Xuanba was poisonous, but they all knew that scorpions had their own ability to prevent poison, but if it wasn't a scorpion, anyone would open the coffin and smoke poison smoke, but they were afraid that they would have seen the king of Hades a long time ago.

The scorpion kept on his hand, lit a few more dead branches, sprinkled the medicinal powder, and waited for a long time before he said: "Miss, this person's heart is more poisonous, and this kind of poisoning method is rare in the world." ”

They all heard Pei Mingcui's muttering just now, and they knew a lot of things, and the young lady was not worth it, and they were all angry in their words.

Pei Mingcui smiled and said, "Scorpion, thank you for reminding me." However, the inner coffin still needs to be checked, be careful, it's always good. ”

Everyone nodded, as if they had just checked, but the inner coffin was not strange, after handling the coffin nails, the scorpion's hand trembled a little, and asked, "Miss, do you want to open it?" ”

He was nervous not about what mechanism was set up inside, but because he remembered the promises of the young lady. Although Pei Mingcui is betting on the stone stele, everyone knows that Pei Mingcui is a promise, this coffin lid is opened, if Li Xuanba is really lying inside, what should Miss do?

Pei Mingcui looked at the inner coffin and sighed lightly: "Let's open it, in fact, I really hope to ...... My guess was wrong. ”

With the force of the scorpion's arm, the lid of the coffin was lifted, and he stepped back. This time, there was no poisonous powder sprayed, and it was quiet. The shadow trembled in her heart, and almost fainted, she vaguely saw that there was a person lying inside!

If Li Xuanba is really dead, it doesn't matter if the young lady's guess is wrong, but it's still not worth it to die for him.

Pei Mingcui's eyes flickered for a moment, looked at the coffin, and said after a while: "Scorpion, go and get that piece of paper." ”

The shadow listened to her tone and was not shocked, and finally looked carefully, and saw that there was indeed a person in the coffin, dressed gorgeously, but it seemed to be a dummy. couldn't help but take a few steps forward, and when he opened his eyes wide, the shadow almost jumped up excitedly, "Miss, there is no body in it, it seems to be a wooden man." ”

It turned out that she looked carefully, only to realize that although the person in the coffin was lifelike, it was obviously not a human body. Even if the coffin is well maintained, it is inevitable that the corpse will dry up, and the face of the coffin is really as gentle and respectful as when Li Xuanba was born. But the shadow only has secret hatred, who knows that under this appearance, it is actually a femme fatale.

The shadow looked back and saw Pei Mingcui's two tears slipping down, and he couldn't get excited anymore.

Whether Li Xuanba dies or lives, for Miss Pei, it is already a cruel reality. Sometimes, it's not necessarily better to be alive than dead!

The wooden man crossed his hands, but he was holding a paper stick in his hand, and when he saw it, there was an indescribable weirdness.

The scorpion leaned over and took a paper stick, the paper stick was just a piece, although he didn't want to see it, but he couldn't help but check whether it was poisonous, and he had the responsibility to protect the safety of the young lady.

After wanting to say something, the scorpion finally handed the paper stick to Pei Mingcui, Pei Mingcui looked at it for a long time, turned it over and looked at it again. Under the firelight, Pei Mingcui's face was as usual, she couldn't see her mind, and the shadow didn't dare to look at it, so she could only pay attention to the young lady's face.

Pei Mingcui put the paper slip in her arms and said indifferently: "I won, so I don't have to die." Skillfully, restore everything to its original state. ”

The people were overjoyed, and quickly restored everything to its original state, and covered up the earth, and even took snow from the side and sprinkled it, and when everything was safe, no one could see that the grave had moved.

Pei Mingcui said: "Let's go." Her steps were slow, but she walked firmly, until she reached the bottom of the mountain, where she sat in the carriage without saying a word.

The shadow was worried in his heart, and said softly, "Miss...... He...... Know you're coming? ”

"He knows I'm going to arrive sooner or later, otherwise why would he leave a piece of paper." Pei Mingcui said indifferently.

"Then he is too vicious, he knows that you are coming, and you are going to poison, what does this mean?" The shadow said angrily.

Pei Mingcui said: "If you know that someone is digging your coffin, I'm afraid you will do the same as him." ”

The shadow was stunned, she didn't expect Pei Mingcui to defend Li Xuanba, she felt uneasy, and heard someone outside asking, "Miss, where is the next stop?" ”

"Turn back the way you came, let's find a place to rest first." Pei Mingcui commanded.

The carriage moved forward, there was silence in the carriage, the shadow lit the oil lamp, and asked for a long time, "Miss...... What did he say? Don't believe anything he says. ”

Pei Mingcui took out a paper slip and handed it to the shadow, "Look at it yourself." ”

The shadow took the paper slip and looked at it, and his face suddenly became strange and inexplicable, because under the light, there was not a word on the paper stick!

"This ...... What does that mean? Shadow asked.

Pei Mingcui said indifferently: "Of course the meaning is very simple, he is talking to me...... There is nothing more to say. ”

The shadow saw Pei Mingcui's indifference, but her heart was a relative, and she didn't know how to comfort her for a while. The cold wind was howling outside the car, and I don't know how long it took, Pei Mingcui suddenly said: "Shadow, there are two things that you need to do now." ”

"Miss, please."

"The first thing is...... You go to the Eastern Capital in person and tell Xu Shiji what we have seen today, and you don't need to say anything. Pei Mingcui said: "As for the second thing, it is to send someone to find out who buried Li Xuanba in the first place, and who arranged it." ”

"This is important?" The shadow asked.

"Of course, because Li Xuanba's death is extremely hidden, the person who is buried naturally has a lot to do with Li Xuanba." Pei Mingcui said: "What I want to know now is...... The person who knows these secrets, is it Li Yuan or Li Shimin? ”

**

In the eastern capital, Xiao Buyi sat on the top of the Daxing Palace, worshipping hundreds of officials and shouting long live.

Of course, the hundred officials worship Emperor Tai, because it is said that Emperor Tai is in the early dynasty, so Xiao Buyi set up a seat in front of Yang Tong.

His position is still under one person and above ten thousand, but that person is also trembling and unstable.

Xiao Buyi looked at the black head below, and secretly sighed, the New Year is approaching, this New Year, he finally doesn't have to go back and forth.

Last year's New Year, he spent it in Bashu, and this year's New Year, he must be happy with the people. Because only in this way can the ministers gradually understand the current strategy, and the people of the Eastern Capital can gradually feel at ease.

Xiao Buyi, who always runs out, makes the people of Dongdu always can't help but think of Yang Guang. Yang Guang has been on the throne for more than ten years, but even after building the Eastern Capital City with his own hands, he has not stayed in this emerging city for a few years, and Xiao Buyi does not want them to associate himself with Yang Guang.

For more than a year, Xiao Buyi has carried out several battles, but whether it is attacking Lin Shihong, crusading against Yu Wenhua, or being peaceful and round, they are all fundamental, not to mention the loss of labor and money. Although Xu Yuanlang is still not peaceful, but today's Eastern Capital, has basically returned to the previous track, more than a year, the national reserve is gradually rich, the people are happy, the Eastern Capital has become the world's trade capital, even if there is no need to lure with lucrative profits, merchants in the Western Regions have quietly come to seek business opportunities, Yang Jian, Yang Guang and Yang Guang father and son laid the foundation, Xiao Buyi does not need too much change, as long as this system resumes operation.

The personnel of the six departments of the three provinces have been basically completed, and it looks like a black and oppressive piece, which is spectacular.

Xiao Buyi and the others finished shouting, and they were a little fluttering.

I can't help but admit that the feeling of being worshiped by so many people is really good!

It turned out that after Yang Guang's death, Li Yuan supported Yang Yu and Xiao Buyi supported Yang Dong, both of whom had been proclaimed emperor. However, these two emperors are obviously puppets, which is convenient for Xiao Buyi and Li Yuan. After Yang Tong became the emperor, he gave amnesty to the world, but he was only in a high position for a few days, and he felt uncomfortable, under the pretext that Xiao Buyi said that he had all the opportunities, for the sake of convenience, he generally ignored the government and politics, and rested in the palace when he had nothing to do. Of course, I have something to say today, so I came here.

Xiao Buyi and the others got up and said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, please tell me something." ”

Although he is the king of Western Liang and the lord of the eastern capital, he has always been polite to his ministers.

Yang Tong said softly: "King Xiliang, I have a matter, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. "He was cautious for fear of causing death.

Xiao Buyi bowed his hand and said, "I don't know what the Holy One commands?" ”

Yang Tong hurriedly said: "I don't dare to take orders, I want to be diligent when the emperor is here, but then I will be reckless, which will eventually lead to chaos in the country." Fortunately, the king of Xiliang came to the eastern capital, and took on the responsibility of the world's great responsibility, first pacified the civil strife, then punished the rebellion, exterminated Wagang, pacified Bashu, the banner arrived, Lingnan Xiping, the south was initially determined, and now there are only Jiangdu thieves in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is no longer enough to worry. Half of the Central Plains can be said to be stable, and the merits of such actions are immeasurable. ”

After his fart, Xiao Buyi said with a straight face: "The saint has a good reputation, and this king has received the kindness of the first emperor, and everything he does is his responsibility." The king's ability to defeat the bandits and pacify the world is also because of the sage's strong support for conforming to the will of the people. ”

Yang Tong shook his head and said: "The king of Xiliang is wrong, I want to live in the country since ancient times, and those who are virtuous and capable live in it, how can I be virtuous, and I still dare to be in the position of the Son of Heaven." Now that the people are aspiring, all the people are in their hearts, I only ask the king of Xiliang to conform to the will of the people and call the emperor to ascend the throne, which is the blessing of the common people in the world. ”

As soon as his voice fell, the ministers said in unison: "Please ask the king of Xiliang to conform to the will of the people and claim the emperor to ascend the throne!" ”

The voice was agitated, and Xiao Buyi pondered for a long time before he said: "The virtue of the Holy Zen is really done by Yao and Yu, the emperor of the world, but this king has the high hopes of the first emperor, and he just wants to calm the world and tell the spirit of the first emperor in the sky." As for the matter of becoming emperor, I never thought about it......"

Yang Tong hurriedly said: "King ...... Xiliang"

"Don't say anything more, Holy Lord." Xiao Buyi waved his hand, distressed in his heart. In fact, from the perspective of others, the time is indeed ripe for him to be called emperor, but he has suffering. Ke Dun only respects the Sui room, a few days ago he sent Ta Mo Zhi to contact the DPRK, it is because there is a Yang Dong in the eastern capital, and now Li Yuan must have colluded with Jieli, he is called the emperor at this time, Ke Dun will probably not agree, and when the time comes, even if he pushes the hard-earned grassland capital to the hostile side, it is really not a wise move.

He is far-sighted, and of course he understands the truth that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.

Seeing that Xiao Buyi's refusal was undoubted, Yang Tong didn't dare to persuade him again, so he had to say: "The king of Xiliang has worked hard and made great achievements, and he should be rewarded. ”

Jiuxi is the nine kinds of ritual vessels, and it is also the highest courtesy that the Son of Heaven can give to his courtiers. There are nine tin ritual vessels, the exercise of rights and the emperor is already the same, but also the last preparation before the Zen concession, Yang Tong is sincerely afraid, always do not feel that he does not show bad intentions, is to put forward this point.

Xiao Buyi saw that he was full of uneasiness, and sighed lightly: "The saint is very kind, and this king has thanked him." However, the eastern capital was initially decided, and thrift was the mainstay, and this kind of etiquette was too extravagant, and the king did not dare to accept it. As for the post of Xiangguo, Weichen thanked him. ”

He only accepted the position of prime minister, but he refused Jiuxi's courtesy, in fact, he knew that at present, like him, he has monopolized power, and there is no need to accept this kind of false courtesy, which will cause people to criticize. Originally, the position of Xiangguo was useless, but it still gave Yang Tong a face.

Yang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, broke out in a cold sweat, and said with a forced smile: "King Xie Xiliang." ”

Xiao Buyi secretly thought that this was a reversal, but he sympathized with Yang Tong in front of him, nodded and said, "Thank you, please sit down." I don't know what else do you have to tell you, adults? ”

Lu Chu took a step forward, "Qiyu Xiliang King, Guanzhong Li Yuan is rebellious, at the beginning, he just did not respect the saint, and set up another rebellious king, and now he has abolished Yang Yu, and he has been called the emperor, and the country name is Tang!" ”

The ministers were in an uproar, Xiao Buyi pretended to be angry and said: "This chaotic minister and thief has sinister intentions, I should wait for you!" ”

In fact, Xiao Buyi knew the news for a long time, Li Yuan was called the emperor, the country name was Tang, Li Jiancheng was the crown prince, Li Shimin, the duke of Dunhuang, was the king of Qin, Li Yuanji, the governor of Taiyuan, was the king of Qi, and the rest of the cousins, cousins, children and nephews were rewarded. Now as long as the most important thing is the fastest to Xiao Buyi, after the news of Li Yuan's claim to be the emperor came, he went to the court early to discuss this matter.

As soon as Li Yuan became emperor, Xiao Buyi already understood that he must have reached a certain agreement with Jieli, and there was no need to look at Ke Dun's face again. It is more likely that Li Yuan will contact Jieli and first get rid of Kedun and then attack the eastern capital. In this case, it is useless for Yang Yu to stay, and Li Yuan is the emperor, which can appease the ministers even more, and he is obviously ready to openly confront him.

Up to now, since the skin of the face is torn, it must be torn more thoroughly.

Originally, the ministers were in an uproar, and they were all talking, but when they heard that Xiao Buyi was going to crusade against Guanzhong, they all quieted down.

Xiao Buyi frowned and said, "Don't you agree with this king's suggestion?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, and Lu Chu said: "Li Yuan's chaotic ministers and thieves are indeed deserved, but the king of Xiliang should know that the time has not yet come." ”

Xiao Buyi snorted angrily: "Why hasn't the time come? ”

When everyone saw that the king of Xiliang was angry, they couldn't help but feel worried, and they sweated for Lu Chu, Lu Chu was not afraid, and said in a deep voice: "Although the king of Xiliang has occupied half of the land in the world, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack...... In addition, we have to travel long distances, which is difficult to last, and we will rush to send troops, which will inevitably cost the people and money. ”

"According to your thoughts, you can't crusade in this level?" Xiao Buyi frowned.

"Of course, the crusade must be crusaded, but now is no good opportunity. We have fought with Xu Yuanlang and Jiangdu, and now Dou Jiande is even more eyeing the enemy, and can attack the eastern capital at any time, and the top priority should be to get rid of Xu Yuanlang first, and then go down to Jiangdu, after pacifying Dou Jiande, after recuperating and recuperating, then take Guanzhong. When the time comes, the king of Xiliang conforms to the will of the people, and he can eradicate Guanzhong in one fell swoop. If you are rash and crusade, the rear is uneven, and troops are sent from all directions, how can the people in the world bear it? At that time, the people were poor, and if they were poor, they would think about change, and they were afraid of repeating the mistakes of the previous emperor and lighting the beacon fire again, so they also asked the king of Xiliang to temporarily endure and send troops for a while. ”

Xiao Buyi stretched out his hand and patted his forehead and said: "What Lord Lu said is extremely true, this king was confused for a while, and he almost gave up his roots, and I ask Lord Lu to forgive me." ”

Lu Chu hurriedly said: "Weichen doesn't dare. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that the king of Xiliang accepted advice, which was really a rare master. Wei Zheng secretly snickered, and his heart said that Xiao Buyi's acting was simply true and false. Of course, Xiao Buyi understands the current situation, and the policy of pacifying the world has never changed, but he must always react to Li Yuan's claim to be the emperor, otherwise it will inevitably show weakness. Xiao Buyi pretended to be angry, Lu Chu persuaded him, Xiao Buyi pushed the boat down the river, expressed his intentions, and gave an explanation to the ministers, it's not that I don't want to send troops, it's just that the time has not come.

Putting Li Yuan's troubles aside for the time being, Xiao Buyi asked again, "I don't know what else is going on with your lords?" ”

The ministers stepped forward in turn to tell the political affairs, Xiao Buyi listened patiently, but it also took an hour, Taichangqing Zheng Yuan finally stepped forward and said: "Qiqi Xiliang King, now it is close to the New Year, the people Si'an, I don't know if this year, is it celebrated according to the old practice?" ”

Xiao Buyi shook his head and said: "The old routine was luxurious, but now it is prosperous, and it is suitable for frugality." If you want to celebrate, it is better to give amnesty to the world, and then reduce taxes by 20%, and then hold an uncovered conference, I don't know what you adults think. ”

Zheng Yuan Shili said: "The king of Xiliang considers the common people in the world and the blessings of the people. ”

The ministers naturally sang praises of virtue again, secretly rejoiced in their hearts, and secretly said that the current Xiao Buyi is really as simple as the founding monarch Yang Jian, as long as he can listen to people's words, the world can be determined.

Xiao Buyi was about to retire from the court, when suddenly the bell chime rang outside the hall, and the faces of the ministers changed slightly. It turned out that there were frequent wars at the moment, and Xiao Buyi formulated a rule, and if there was an emergency military situation, it could be transmitted directly to the palace. The sound of the bell chime means that there is an urgent military situation ahead.

A soldier came running in a rage, knelt down on the hall and said: "Qiqi Xiliang King, Liyang expedited the official document." ”

The guard took it and handed it to Xiao Buyi, Xiao Buyi opened it and looked at it, his face changed slightly, and the official document was marked in red, which was an extremely urgent matter. It turned out that Dou Jiande brazenly sent troops to Liyang, and now he has taken Weizhou, Suixing and Xing, and the troops are trapped in Liyang, and they are overwhelmed by Changping and Hanoi counties, and the front line is in full emergency!

(To be continued)