Zi clearly remembered that the emperor had told him that Yang Zhi was talented and brave in ruling the world, but he was not afraid of the power of the emperor. Even if the emperor wanted to use him, he had to make him an uncrowned king. The crown prince has never left the emperor's side since he was a child, although he is a prince, but he really doesn't know when the emperor gave Yang Zhi a gold medal. Is the emperor doing this just to make Yang Zhi an uncrowned king? …… He obviously can't even believe his own son!

The prince's words not only implied resentment at the emperor's constant precautions against him, but also obviously soured with loss. However, Yang Zhi didn't have time to ponder how the prince felt now, and he didn't relax his vigilance against him. He did not order the 10,000 heavy horsemen to put their swords into their sheaths and their bows and crossbows to be withdrawn, but shouted: "The whole army is on standby!" ”

did not shy away from the prince, turned around and instructed the school captains Chen Zhun and Xiao Gang: "You two don't have to meet with me, just listen to my orders." There are not many people in this world who have killed me, and there are mutations, even if you wave the flag and attack! ”

The prince sneered, "The Flying Tiger Marquis is inevitably too careful. ”

"Wei Chen would rather be a real villain than a hypocrite, which made the prince laugh. Be careful to drive for 10,000 years! ”

"When the Flying Tiger Marquis comes to see you, do you need me to avoid it?"

"Whatever."

Speaking from his heart, Yang Zhi always thought that the emperor was good to him. They are old and young, with similar minds and temperaments, if the old man does not become the emperor of Nalaoshzi, the two will definitely become friends. The emperor has become Yang Zhi's de facto father-in-law, he is undoubtedly a competent emperor, but not a successful father.

The so-called impermanence of the world, after a few months, the lord of a generation of heroes who once looked down on the world will fall into the field where the sick and the dead are walking and their lives are hanging by a thread! Before the visit, Yang Zhi was a little excited, and he was embarrassed.

The Emperor's Luan Ride was actually a luxuriously furnished, extremely spacious and comfortable luxury carriage, because in the bitter cold of midwinter, the doors and windows were sealed by heavy bright yellow cotton curtains. As soon as Yang Zhifu approached, he smelled a medicinal fragrance mixed with fireworks, and knew that there was a stove burning inside, so he couldn't help frowning. He said that he knew a little about medical science, and he was not talking nonsense. has been stuffy in the dragon for a long time, and the air is not smooth, but I am afraid that good people will also get sick in the nest. No matter what kind of illness the emperor is, after a long journey, he can survive until now, and that old life is hard enough.

"Weichen Yang Zhi came to greet him, long live the emperor, long live long live!" Yang Zhi didn't expect the emperor to jump up like a spring as soon as he heard that he was coming, and walked silently to the door of the dragon before shouting, and at the same time slammed the curtain of the door! The crown prince who was following him couldn't help but be startled, and then stopped and smiled mockingly.

Yang Zhi did this for nothing else, just to find out how the people in the dragon bowl, including the emperor, suddenly saw how they reacted! The professional experience of the previous life proves that unless you have undergone professional special training, every subtle subconscious action of a person when he is caught off guard can often capture a lot of real and credible information.

I only heard an exclamation of "ah", followed by a muffled "bang". The emperor who had been close to Ma Cheng for a long time was stunned, and another middle-aged man with a clear face was at a loss, and a silver cup containing medicine rolled to the ground. Yang Zhi's eagle-like sharp gaze locked on the emperor who was reclining on the sickbed like a radar.

The emperor, who was originally fat and strong, was obviously thinner, his eye sockets were deep, his eyes were dull, his face and mouth were crooked, and saliva flowed out. To Yang Zhi's great disappointment, the emperor did not react to his sudden attack, not even blinking his eyes. At first glance, seeing the tragic scene of the emperor in such an illness almost made Yang Zhi cry: the emperor had a typical severe stroke and had lost consciousness. I don't know if I am lucky or unfortunate to be able to live until now? No wonder the prince is so fearless!

Yang Zhi couldn't help but have a damp eye, gently wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth for the emperor, sat down in front of the dragon couch, and said distractedly: "Your Majesty, Minister Yang Zhi sees that you are here." ”

Ma Cheng choked up and said, "Flying Tiger Hou, you can be regarded as here." The emperor is still talking about you all the way out of the mausoleum....... Oh, this is Imperial Doctor Hu who was accompanied by the emperor. There are two imperial doctors who take turns to serve day and night, and there is also a Li imperial doctor who is resting in the back tent. ”

Imperial Physician Hu came back to his senses and saluted: "The villain has seen the Flying Tiger Marquis." ”

"No courtesy." Yang Zhi settled down, stared at Ma Cheng for a while, and asked, "Grandpa Ma, how did the emperor fall ill?" Listen to it. ”

Ma Cheng made his back cold, and his neck shrank involuntarily: "Since the emperor drove his own expedition, he has slept deeply at night and has a good appetite. When he left the mausoleum on December 25, he was still in good spirits. It was not until the early morning of November 30 that he arrived in Luzhou that he said that he felt dizzy and uncomfortable. After dinner on this day, I was reading the recital while sipping tea, but somehow I couldn't afford it. The two imperial doctors did not untie their clothes and did their best to diagnose and treat for a few days, although the emperor's life was no longer hindered, but it became a ...... This is what it looks like now. ”

Imperial Doctor Hu knelt down again, and said tremblingly: "Please forgive the villain for his incompetence." ”

"Father-in-law Ma, has the emperor's daily food and daily life always been up to you? A few days before and after the emperor's illness, did the prince take care of it? Have you ever asked before? Now that you've figured out the answer, I don't want to confirm it to anyone else. ”

"Yes. …… Some. The crown prince is very careful, and since the emperor's personal conquest, many trivial matters have been personally arranged. During this period, he also personally served the emperor's meals several times, and after the palace ritual was inspected by the sprinkle family, the prince tasted it himself before entering the emperor. After the emperor fell ill, the prince was extremely sincere and filial, one after another

It is a personal decoction, and the rules of tasting are the same as those of the emperor. This one... I have seen it in person, and I dare not say half a word. ”

Ma Cheng had been in the palace for decades before he got to the position of the emperor's close attendant, and of course he knew the weight of Yang Zhi's words. If there is the slightest ambiguity that cannot withstand scrutiny, it is the life of the family! It is very careful to answer with words.

Yang Zhi pondered noncommittally for a long time, and then asked: "A few days before and after the emperor's illness, did you have a fierce dispute with the crown prince or anyone else?" Or is there a big mood swing? ”

"Nope. …… Absolutely nothing! ”

Yang Zhi frowned and pondered for a moment, then got up and said, "From now on, I will take over all matters related to the escort and the emperor's daily life." Father-in-law Ma, the emperor's daily life and diet are still in charge of you, and none of the people who served with the original driver will not move, so you will register these people and give me a list as soon as possible. The emperor's daily meal time, amount of food, and recipes should be detailed (record, I will check it regularly.) The emperor's diagnosis and treatment and medication are still responsible for the two imperial doctors, and the diagnosis and treatment methods, time, dosage and prescription must also be recorded in detail, and the drug residue should be retained. You are all people who have served the emperor for many years, if there is any omission, hehe, I don't need to say more about ......the consequences, right? ”

As the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, the rumors that have been widely circulated outside, the danger of the Holy Driver's attacks several times, the abruptness of Yang Zhi's leading troops and the gloom of his questioning are enough to make Ma Cheng and Imperial Physician Hu sweat coldly.

When Yang Zhi asked Ma Cheng and Imperial Physician Hu to explain it, he suddenly swept his gaze to the emperor several times, but the emperor's eyes were still as empty and dull as dead fish, and he couldn't see the slightest reaction.

Yang Zhi's mood at the moment is very heavy, and the feelings in his heart are very complicated.

He also knew that there must be something strange about the emperor's sudden illness, it had been a month since the onset of the illness, and everything along the way was decided by the prince, and it was almost impossible to find any useful evidence. It is true that the emperor is already sick and wasted, even under the conditions of highly developed medicine in the previous life, the possibility of curing such a severe stroke is very small, I am afraid that even the Jade Emperor can not guarantee how long the emperor can survive. But what about the prince when you go back to the long age? The crown prince is a legitimate prince, and it is natural for the father to die and replace the son, how difficult is it to reverse the situation? How meaningful can everything he and Qin's father and son and Xu Wenhan do? People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. Maybe it's time to plan for the next step.

Although Yang Zhi was a little disheartened, his mind was still calm and clear. At present, the emperor's physical condition, whether he dies or not is not much different for the crown prince. The crown prince does not have to wait until now if he wants to kill the emperor, and it is more beneficial for the emperor to live like this than to kill the crown prince. So how long the emperor can live depends entirely on his own vitality. In order to pick up the stones and walk, the life and medical team that the prince equipped for the emperor, Yang Zhi is still intact. On the way back to Chang from Tongguan, if something happens to the emperor, the prince can't bite his head.

When the prince saw Yang Zhi's dragon snatch, he looked surprised, and asked playfully, "Flying Tiger Hou, what?" In your opinion, is there any hope for my father's recovery? ”

"Maybe. Who knows? Yang Zhi yelled expressionlessly: "Welcome to the customs!" ”

Probably because the contrast between Yang Zhideng's emotions before and after the face of the saint was too stark, the prince was really cooperative, and handed everything over to him. After many days of planning, Yang Zhi felt indescribably tired in the face of such a result. And after Yang Zhi welcomed the emperor into Tongguan, he handed over the trivial matters of 20,000 escort soldiers and horses temporarily stationed outside the city to Ye Chuang, and he went into the room to sleep with his head covered, and even Ye Chuang only went to show up for the reception dinner set up for the prince to deal with it hastily.

When Ye Chuang came to find Yang Zhi in the evening, he said that the emperor was also gloomy, and asked with a complicated expression: "Brother Yang, what you said, Ye Mou acted without shame, and this time he welcomed the prince into the customs, whether he should do it or not, he did it anyway." Now that the emperor is seriously ill, I don't know what Brother Yang's plans will be in the future? ”

"I'm different from you." Yang Zhi smiled bitterly: "What do you plan to do in the future, how can you tell me now?" If you are truly a brother, remember what I say to you today: In the future, according to the holy decree, you will listen to whoever sits on the temple of Jinluan. Regardless of whether the crown prince can succeed to the throne or not, I dare to say that he will not and will not dare to do anything to you in three or five years. Even if you put on a small shoe or two once or twice, you can endure it as much as you can. But don't be foolish! ”

"Brother Meng Yang doesn't give up, aren't we already brothers?" Ye Chuang nodded thoughtfully and said, "Brother Yang's words, I must take them to heart." Ye's biggest wish is to be able to fight side by side with Brother Yang one day! May God bless my emperor and God bless Great Xia! ”

After entering Tongguan, the prince and Yang Zhi didn't seem to be in a hurry. The 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Yang Zhitong changed from welcoming to escorting, and the journey from Tongguan to more than 300 miles long took eight days. It was not until the eleventh day of the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar that the emperor's holy drive arrived in Chang.

Zhao Qi, the prince of the prison state, Wang Yunong, the first assistant prime minister, Wei Su, the chief lieutenant of the Privy Council, Xu Wenhan, a scholar of Jixian Palace, Zhao Xing, the king of Fu, and other princes and nobles, civil and military officials, went out of the city thirty miles early to set up a guard of honor to greet each other.

On such an occasion, Yang Zhi was inconvenient to say anything to Wang Yunong and Xu Wenhan, and frowned and shook his head in the face of Xu Wenhan's eager eyes. Wang Yunong saw it in his eyes, and said meaningfully: "Flying Tiger Hou has worked hard. The emperor was seriously ill, and the prince was tired of escorting him all the way, the old man thought

Hou still went back to the house to rest for a few days, and it was advisable to enter the palace to pay the decree and resume it. ”

Xu Wenhan echoed: "What Wang Xiang said is good. The prince was tired from traveling far away, and everything in the court was complicated, so he handed over to King Yue, but I was afraid that it would take two or three days at the earliest. The third brother is not busy paying the decree to resume his life, although he will go back to the house to rest first, and everything will be handled by the king and the foolish brother. ”

According to the military system of Great Xia, the leading general is not allowed to return to his home before he has paid the order. The meaning of the two of them is obvious, that is, to hold 20,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and drag it out for a few days to see the situation!

But no matter how much it drags on, can the emperor miraculously get better? Yang Zhi replied lazily: "I don't have a hurry to go back to the house in these few days, anyway, the army wants to go back to the forbidden army camp to station, so I will live in the forbidden army camp for two days." I can still go back if I want to, who would dare to stop me? ”

After a group of princes and nobles led by King Yue and important civil and military ministers surrounded the emperor and the prince into the city, Yang Zhixian was not busy leading the army into the city, and sent people to summon the three school captains Zhang, Wang Biao and Liu Dang, who had sealed the road to intercept grain and had a negative "deposit".

Zhang Desheng said: "General, you can be regarded as returning safely!" In the room where we were waiting for the road to be closed and the grain was intercepted, Lord Taiwei and General Geng both came to inquire in person, but after seeing the military order written by the general, not only did they not interfere, but also praised and encouraged us. ”

Zhang Desheng seemed quite excited, if he hadn't met Yang Zhi who had such a beautiful difference, how could he have the opportunity to deal face-to-face with famous generals such as Wei Su and Geng Chao?

Wang Biao smiled and said: "The general's face is really big!" ”

Yang Zhi expected that Wei Su would not dare to touch them at that time, let alone Geng Chao. He smiled faintly, "Really? You guys are doing a great job. I, the great general, am a temporary makeshift master, and I will be reinstated in a few days. Rest assured that my next order arrives, and then withdraw your troops into the city!" ”

"Liu Dang, you did something wrong.

Didn't you calculate that day, and the army and reward I promised would be more than 200,000 taels? Later, I will write a note, and you can exchange the Qin's semicolon for 300,000 taels of votes, and give one point to the brothers. I said that you would be rewarded with 5,000 for each lieutenant, but now you have to be promoted by one liter. The three of you who stayed outside the Great Wall were eight thousand taels, and each of those who accompanied me was ten thousand taels. ”

When Liu Dang's 300,000 sons arrived, a large amount of grain and grass deposited in the Qin family would be regarded as "export to inward". As for the double salary and reward of 20,000 soldiers and horses, I will write a chapter and ask for it when I turn around. The emperor became a waste of illness, but he must not watch the prince succeed, and he must continue to fight. Like leading the troops to fight and kill, this is a high-risk and difficult technical job, far less than being like the old fox of Qin Gong, being a chaebol who even the emperor has to look at your face. As the saying goes, it's better to have more than you can get it now, and if you get it early, when you have your hands free in the past few days, you must knock the grain line over to the Qin father and son!

Although Great Xia was rewarded for military merits very heavily, because the treasury was tight for many years, those who did not make great contributions were not yet heavy enough to reach the level of tens of thousands of taels at every turn. Everyone was overjoyed, and Liu Dang said with a flattering smile: "The villain remembers that the general said that following the general is not only to be brave enough, but also to slowly get used to getting rich." Sure enough, it's true! ”

"This is also my fate with my brothers!" Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Guarantee the performance of a few of you, and I will enter the palace to present it after I leave office." It's hard to say whether I still have a chance to fight in the future. As long as everyone remembers to say hello when they meet, I'm content. ”

Everyone was even more surprised and kowtowed together to thank them. While talking and laughing, I saw two sergeants pushing and shoving a ragged peasant and escorting him over: "General Yu, this person has been standing stupidly on the side of the official road all day, and he has been standing for ten days. Today, the ghost looked at this side for a long time, saying that he had something to meet the general. ”

The villager asked timidly: "Dare to ask the general, are you the Flying Tiger Marquis?" ”

"Yes, I am Yang Zhi." Yang Zhi asked blankly: "This brother, where did you come from?" What do you want to see me? ”

"Back to your words, the villain's name is Wang Ergou, a local clan, he grew up here, and the grass house in the col three miles away is the villain's kennel. Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a fierce uncle gave me fifty taels of sons, and told me to pay close attention to it, and when you lead your army back to this place on the long road, you must give you a word, otherwise he will ...... is about to burn down the villain's house, and says that he will kill the villain's entire family. ”

"Oh? What did the man ask you to say to me? ”

He said...... His name is Wu Qusan, and he has done what you have explained. ”

"Wu Qu three? …… Wu Qu Three? Yang Zhi was puzzled and muttered a few times about this strange and unfamiliar name, and suddenly jumped up like a needle in the buttocks: "Wu Qusan!" ”

Excitedly, he paced back and forth, touched a board on his body but couldn't find a board, and said incoherently: "What's your name?" …… Oh, by the way, Wang Ergou! I said Wang Ergou, that Wu Ye is teasing you! Didn't he give you fifty taels? Lao Tzu will give you five hundred taels! …… What the are you all stupid? Hurry up and give money! Come! The order was sent to the whole army to open up, and still returned to the camp of the forbidden army to station. I want to go to the palace immediately to pay the decree! Dare to play the day, Lao Tzu, a broken general, is busy in vain! ”

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