At the head of the city of Xishou, a general wearing armor hurriedly walked up with heavy steps, and reported to Zhang Renyuan, who was standing there looking at the scenery: "Governor, something happened in Lingzhou, the Shangjun soldiers raided the city defenders and surrendered without a fight, and the king of Heze burned himself to death in the mansion, and his wife and children were taken captive!" ”

"What!" Zhang Renyuan looked at the general in shock, his eyes widening.

The general lowered his head and said: "Governor Ling's secret report that the hearts of the officials and generals in the city are fluctuating, and they have many hearts for the puppet government of Chang'an, so please send troops to arrest the governor to set an example." ”

Zhang Renyuan's brows tightened, and when he heard this, he asked again: "Didn't the official army break through the fortification of Lingzhou, nor did they arrest local officials, and even Changshi spared?" ”

"Exactly, the Shangjun soldiers suddenly appeared in Lingzhou, captured the city without a fight, and forced the Size Wangfu to hear that the prince was dead, so he arrested his wife and children and withdrew the army to the east."

Zhang Renyuan said: "Their target is the king of Heze...... I should have thought that Lingzhou was not safe, and only the men and horses of the three surrendered cities were more reliable, but I didn't expect that the official army would take Lingzhou directly in just a few days after the incident. He had a sad expression, "I miscalculated......"

After a while, I saw a group of generals shouting from the city to see Chief Manager Zhang, and came to the city one after another. When the generals heard that Li Yixun was forced to die, someone said: "The traitor slaughtered the heart of the clan like a poisonous scorpion, and we will attack Chang'an in the name of the Qing monarch!" ”

Another general said: "Didn't the Turkic envoy say a few days ago, as long as we deliver the second batch of military rations and switch them to the south, the Mosi Khan can lead 200,000 iron cavalry south, and I will surrender the city soldiers and horses to join forces with it, and recruit warriors in various places, and hundreds of thousands of coalition troops will go south to take Chang'an, clarify the vain ministers and traitors around His Majesty, and build a great deed!" ”

But Zhang Renyuan didn't immediately make a decision with righteous indignation, he was silent. Perhaps Li Yixun's death had too much impact on him. He also knew that the shape was not as simple as the generals said, although most of the generals of the three surrendered cities were single-handedly promoted by him during the period of the Turkic defense, it was difficult to guarantee that ordinary soldiers and low-level generals were willing to work with him; At the same time, it is not so cheap to let the Turkic soldiers enter the customs, the Turks say that the righteousness is awe-inspiring, and they claim to be the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty who are willing to help the Li clan regain the country and support justice, but will their barbarians sacrifice for the so-called righteousness to do things that are not beneficial? Zhang Renyuan's toes did not believe that there was such a thing, if the Turks were allowed to enter the customs, the arson army burned, looted, and ravaged the place, I am afraid that it would be difficult to stop, and they might take the opportunity to go south to occupy a large area, after all, the north is bitter cold, and the nomads want to go south after sharpening their heads.

Seeing that Zhang Ren was willing to hesitate, the staff persuaded: "The documents have been issued, and now the vain ministers will never let us go, and we will not do anything, although the king of Heize can't order the army, as the generals said, we can still send out in the name of the Qing monarch!" At this time, it is advisable to pay attention to the morale of the army, and those who have gossipies to confuse the public and demagoguery will be severely punished! ”

Zhang Ren was willing to look back at the people, so he said: "Inform the Turkic envoys to see me in my mansion tomorrow, and probe their tone first." ”

When Zhang Chongsi arrested Li Yixun's family and returned to Shangjun, he barely completed the mission, although the military order was for him to arrest Li Yixun, but Li Yixun himself burned himself to death, and it is no wonder that Zhang Chonghe.

Zhang Chongsi stood at the gate of the Zhumen mansion of Wang Dai, the county guard, bowed down and waited for the news inside, and did not even dare to enter the door. Of course, he is not so respectful to Wang Junshou, the Tang Dynasty's atmosphere of emphasizing literature and light military force is not as strict as that of the Song and Ming dynasties, because the vigilance of the people in power against the military generals has not yet been aroused, and the status of civil and military officials at this time is not very different, Zhang Chongsi is at most a little polite to Wang Dai in order to have a good relationship, and it doesn't matter if he wants to bird the county guard...... He was in awe of the King of Jin, who lived inside.

After waiting for a while, a green-clothed round-collar walked out of the gate and said, "The prince asked General Zhang to take the captives to Xingyuan to meet him." ”

Zhang Chongsi responded and asked his subordinates to escort six or seven women and children in, and there was only one adult woman: Li Yixun's concubine, Wuling Gong. The others were all children, some of whom were born to Li Yixun's partial concubines or concubines, but after all, they were arrested with the blood of the Li family. On the contrary, those concubines were not arrested, and in Zhang Chongsi's thoughts, those people were not Li Yixun's family members at all, so they saved innocent injuries.

Everyone entered the gate under the guidance of the officials, and saw Xue Chongxun standing in the courtyard with a bright and clear sharp horizontal knife, wearing only a white lining. When the women and children who came in saw the weapons in his hands, they were all terrified. Obviously, Xue Chongxun's reputation is not good in Lingzhou's Size Palace, and he is probably the arrogant lord of killing innocent fish and meat people.

When Xue Chongxun saw a group of children coming in, it immediately became like a kindergarten, and he was also stunned, and a kind smile appeared on his face...... But he is really not a person that children like, he is as tall as a hill and carries a knife in his hand, how do children look like bad people, they are even more scared when they see his smile. The children were busy squeezing around their acquaintance Gong.

Xue Chongxun waved his knife and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, uncle is not a bad person, he won't beat you......"

"Wow......" a child was directly scared and cried.

Xue Chongxun felt a little embarrassed, and when he looked back at the officials around him, he saw that Wang Junshou was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other without saying a word.

Zhang Chongsi, who was dressed in iron armor, stepped forward and said angrily: "Lord Wang, King Si Ze burned himself to death at home, and he failed to complete his mission, please surrender to the prince!" ”

"People are dead, and you are not to blame." Xue Chongxun said with a magnanimous look, and pointed to a group of children and said, "You're going to arrest these people?" Nothing else? ”

"Lingzhou is Zhang Renyuan's base camp, what about the officials under him?"

Zhang Chongsi said: "Because there is no order to arrest Lingzhou officials in the military order of the military department, I dare not make arbitrary claims to harm the innocent. ”

Then the woman began to comfort the weeping child softly, and stroked the child's head and spoke for a while, and the crying became quieter. Xue Chongxun noticed the woman, only to see that she was only in her twenties, her face was ordinary, but her facial features were very upright, which was exactly what the world thought was the decent face of Wangfu, but the figure was not bad, although the figure was not tall enough and not hot enough, but all parts of the round body were very well-proportioned, giving people a soft feeling of flesh, and the skin was also very well maintained.

Zhang Chongsi said: "The concubine of King Ze, Wuling Gong. ”

The woman is a pampered person who has seen the world, although she has become a captive, she is not panicked, and when she heard Xue Chongxun's question, she bowed politely: "The concubine has seen the King of Jin." ”

After all, she is the wife of the Li clan, and in front of so many civil and military generals, Xue Chongxun still gave a minimum of respect with dignity and grace, hugged his fists and returned the salute, and even said generously: "No matter how rebellious Li Yixun is, these people are my relatives, you must settle down well, and you must not be rude." "Of course, he is just trying to save face, and only God knows what the truth will do to these people. Anyway, in his impression, the children and grandchildren of Princess Taiping in history were all strangled to death or even starved to death by order of their cousins and cousins.

Xue Chongxun glanced at the woman and said, "After settling the children, Princess Si Ze will come to my office to speak." Then he threw the horizontal knife to the ground, and beckoned the maid to add clothes to him.

The returning Zhang Chongsi stood there looking a little overwhelmed, and Xue Chongxun neither scolded him for being wrong, nor praised him, which made people a little confused.

Xue Chongxun put on a robe, washed his hands in warm water in a copper basin, did a trivial task, and then turned around and walked towards the hall. Gong was naturally brought over by the officials to meet him.

Gong followed him into the spacious lobby and saw that the interior was simply and neatly furnished. Xue Chongxun had already sat on a chair next to a coffee table, and pointed to the chair opposite, "Princess Size, please take a seat." ”

Gong frowned and slowly walked over and sat down, and immediately couldn't help asking, "What does King Jin want to do with the children?" ”

"What do you think?" Xue Chongxun said lightly.

Gong Shi suddenly lowered his head and was silent, it was useless to beg for mercy at this time.

Xue Chongxun saw that the young woman was sad, so he said with great sympathy: "Actually, the powerful people's struggle for power and profit has nothing to do with women and children, you are innocent, like those children are so young, what do they know what they did wrong?" ”

When Gong Shi looked up at him, she originally wanted to despise his hypocrisy, but she found that Xue Chongxun's gaze was very sincere, and she was stunned and swallowed her words raw.

Xue Chongxun sighed, lowered his head and pondered something, and after a long time raised his head and said: "Although I am a person who mixes in the power field, I don't want to lose my heart and lie with all my mouth, so I clearly tell you that Li Yixun's children must die!" Not only do I not want to leave a legacy behind, but even my mother and the people in power in the court will not be able to let them live in this world. So you don't have to beg me...... However, although you are Li Yixun's concubine, you are a female streamer in the end, if you are willing to expose what Li Yixun has done, you can still live in peace. As for the children, you are still so young, and it won't be long before you have one or two more after remarrying? At the same time, it can also prevent the people of the mother's family from being implicated and suffering from the catastrophe...... Do you think I have a point? ”

Gong Shi looked at Xue Chongxun coldly and said: "As a member of the Li Tang Sect, Fujun thinks that what you have done has endangered the Tang Dynasty, so he joined forces with Zhang Renyuan, the chief manager of Shuofang, and others to raise troops. ”

Xue Chongxun stared at her eyes and said, "There are other things, let me give you an analogy, did Li Yixun and Zhang Renyuan agree to the conditions of the Turks' borrowing of troops, such as allowing the Turks to loot prosperous and rich cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang as a reward for the Turks?" ”

Gong shook his head hurriedly and said: "There is no such thing, as a member of the Tang Dynasty, how can the husband allow other clans to ravage the people of the Tang Dynasty?" ”G