The team came all the way, and Shen Guang, the general of the Janissaries of the Chen Dynasty's Inner Guard, 'Meat Flying Immortal', rode a tall horse, while Daniel Zhang, newly appointed General Yuncai, and his younger brother Hu Benlang followed Zhang Meng on horseback. Compared with today's wealth, when the young Shen Guangnan Chen perished, he was moved into Chang'an by nearly thousands of miles, and his family was poor and helpless, and he even became a famous scoundrel in Beijing early, abducting and deceiving everything, just to get some money to solve the family's food and clothing. And Daniel Zhang and Zhang Meng had eight brothers, all of whom were poor hunters in Shandong, and later all eight brothers joined the army, three of whom died in battle, and now the remaining five brothers are still in the army. The youngest brother Zhang Meng also became a military general of the fourth product, and the eldest brother Daniel Zhang even became a general from the third product, five brothers, from the marquis to the viscount, all of them were knighted, this glory and dignity was something they had never thought of before.

Along the way, Shen Guangyin also had the experience of moving from Jiangnan Jiankang to Chang'an when he was young, so he was polite to these Li children and former ministers of Li Tang who were obviously losers in the team. And the Zhang family brothers from Orion are not so good at talking, especially Daniel Zhang.

Daniel Zhang looked at Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong, and Shi Wanbao, who were a little listless beside him, and looked at them obliquely: "I said Chai Shao, when I was in Xixi Pass, weren't they all still dead trying to kill me?" What do you think? At the beginning, Li Shimin was slashed by me more than a dozen times, chopped off one of his hands, and scratched his face, although he let him run. But in the end, what happened, now that they are spinning around, don't they still fall into my hands again? ”

Zhang Meng also leaned over and said: "When Li Shimin was in Liaodong. The brothers were no bad for him. But in the end, he betrayed us. Do you remember this Luoshui River? At the beginning, they led the Ding family generals and chased them all the way, and here, we almost all died in the hands of you. At the beginning, His Majesty was shot into the water by the Li Shimin brothers and his brothers, and later Li Shimin did not break his arm under my brother's knife. Now that Li Shimin has long died, we can settle his grievances, but what do you plan to settle these grievances with us? ”

Chai Shao didn't say a word, and Zhang Meng continued: "I heard that it was you who persuaded Li Shimin to kill us all at the beginning, and now they are also in our hands, now." Let's see who kills whom. Li Xiaogong on the side spat out a mouthful of spit and said angrily: "Phew, the villain has a will." ”

"Haha, that's an eye-opener. Let you know what it means to be rewarded for good and evil. Shen Guang couldn't help but interject on the side. Although Chang'an hero Shi Wanbao has worked for the Li family for many years, he still has a sense of temperament, he sneered a few times and deliberately squinted at Zhang Meng a few times and said, "What qualifications will a little Sipinlang have to speak to us like this?" Sichang is the emperor's personal commander of Shandong Province, the commander of the left command, from the court of Sanpin. Brother Xiaogong is the emperor's personal marquis of Hejian County, and the political envoy of Zuobu in Hebei Province. Although he is not talented, he also has to be named the Marquis of Anxi County by the emperor, and the general of Zuotun Wei Hu Benlang. On the position, we are at the same level, on the title, I am the county marquis, and you are the viscount, what is there to be proud of? ”

"You!" Zhang Meng was extremely angry. Although he fought bravely, he also violated military regulations many times, and his official position was up and down many times, so his eldest brother was named the marquis, and he was the title of a county prince. In the face of Shi Wanbao's counterattack, he was clumsy for a while, and finally said hatefully: "When the executioner's big knife is on his neck, let's see if you can be so hard-mouthed." ”

"Zhang Meng, who are you messing around with?" A group of knights came from afar, and Zhang Meng looked at it head-on. But it was His Majesty the Emperor. The emperor was dressed in civilian clothes and rode on a horse, and Chen Qing, the general of the Yulin Guard, and Chen Lei, the commander of the imperial guard, were riding to the left and right. Shen Guang and the others hurriedly dismounted and saluted: "Your Majesty, why are you here, the ministers are escorting Concubine Li Shufei and the adults in Hedong back to Beijing." ”…,

Chen Kefu snorted, rode forward and looked at these old ministers of Li Tang and the Li family. Looking at Pei Lian, Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong and other large groups of civil and military generals who should have left their names in history, Chen Kefu's heart couldn't help but feel a little complicated. These people can be said to be the talent elites that Li Yuan's father and son worked hard to gather back then. Each and every one of these people is a real talent.

Such as Pei Lian, Wen Daya, Yin Kaishan, Li Xiaogong and others. These people are basically Guanlong nobles. Looking at Pei Lian, Li Tang's good brother and strategist, he was wearing a cyan robe at this time, which was a little pale after washing, and the whole person was very haggard.

"Why did you want to watch Li Yuan against me in the first place?" When Li Yuan Mengjin came to vote for him and later secretly murdered him, Pei Lin was a staunch supporter of Li Yuan. Later, after Li Yuan escaped, Chen Kefu, in order to appease Hedong, pretended not to investigate the guilt of Pei Lin and others, but pretended not to know, and asked Li Xiuning to take him back to Hedong. Seeing him again at this time, Chen Kefu finally asked directly. Pei Lian's face was calm and said: "In the past, Chen and Tang stood side by side, and I was under the command of King Tang, so I naturally had to plan for King Tang. Killing is just a matter of each for his own master. ”

Chen Kefu looked at Pei Lian, Li Xiaogong and others, these people are not Dou Jiande's group, nor Wang Xuanying's group, these people's lords have died a long time ago, but it is of great use to keep them. After being silent for a long time, Chen Kefu suddenly pulled his sword out of its sheath, causing a soft shout.

Pei Lin also closed his eyes, but after waiting for a long time, the sword never fell. He slowly opened his eyes, only to see Chen Kefu stroking the long sword with his left hand, cutting his palm and dripping blood. Chen Kefu raised his long sword to the sky and said loudly to everyone: "Today, I swear here, no matter what kind of grievances I had with you in the past, they are all their own masters. Today, I swear to you that from this day forward, I will not blame you for the past. They are all talented people, and I can also leave the past behind and serve the court from now on. The world is too peaceful and happy, and the great Chen is prosperous. ”

The brothers Daniel Zhang and Zhang Meng both showed wrong expressions, and Shen Guang, Chen Qing and others on the side were also full of surprise. Chen Kefu glared at a few people, "I have made an order, haven't you heard it, and don't you apologize to your lords." ”

Pei Lin was a little surprised and said, "What are you doing?" I suggested that Tang Wang kill Ling several times, don't you mind? Chen Kefu said with a pleasant face: "Why did I kill you? You're just doing your part! I also need such a loyal servant who is outspoken. Would you like to come out and help me? I will be crowned as the Imperial History Observatory and the Imperial History Zhongcheng. Pei Lin hesitated. Raised his head and said, "Chen Pojun, all this is just acting, right?" If you don't kill me today, I'm afraid that I just want to wait for the situation in Hedong to stabilize, and then come back to settle accounts after the autumn. At that time, those wealthy families in Hebei and Shandong had been in such a situation, did you think I would believe you? You'd better just kill me. What's more, do you think that a four-grade official position of the Imperial Historian can buy my loyalty to the Tang King? ”

Chen Kefu sighed: "Master Pei is indeed worthy of being a great Confucian, and he is full of loyalty to the ancestors, and I am not wrong. However, I still have a few words that I don't vomit and don't feel unhappy today, and I have a few words to give to you. You know that you are loyal to the old master, but you don't know how to be loyal to the world. This is loyalty, but not great loyalty; Knowing how to keep a person's will to be a person, but not knowing how to do something good for the hundreds of millions of people who are suffering from poison, this is a sage but not a great sage! You have read the books of the saints, but you still do not understand. It is easy to be a loyal minister, it is difficult to be a loyal minister, it is easy to be a sage, and it is even more difficult to be a great sage. Thinking that the Sui Emperor had no way, and Master Pei was also a Sui minister, but he resolutely persuaded the Tang King to raise troops, isn't this a great loyalty? Why is it today, such as today's general trend, it is the time for you to serve the new dynasty and be a great loyal minister in the world, but why is you confused. What do you say that is so foolish and faithful to the old lord and not to the world? I can think about it carefully, and I don't have to worry about me knowing one thing in the light and one thing in the back. As long as you are loyal to the new dynasty in the future, I will not only not kill you, but will give you wealth and wealth, and give you the opportunity to leave a name in history. ”…,

At this time, Li Xiuning also rushed to the front, and when she heard her husband talking about these sensitive things with the former ministers of the Li family, she jumped off the horse directly. Walked up to Pei Lin and said, "Master Pei, Xiuning is grateful for your support to my Li family. Especially after the death of my father and brother, with everyone's help and support, my Li family can be kept complete. Today, the little girl also has a few words to say to Uncle Pei and all the uncles and brothers, only those who know the times are heroes. If today's general trend is Da Chen, why should you go against the current? What's more, the past grievances between my father and brother and His Majesty are a thing of the past. Why don't you put the past behind and look forward? Xiuning is now the Great Chen Imperial Concubine, and His Majesty is also half of the Li family, can't you treat Your Majesty the same way as my father and brother? ”

Pei Lian's tone finally loosened a little after hearing this, Pei Lin didn't want to be loyal to Li Tang. What's more, now that Li Tang has been completely destroyed, he Pei Lin still has the Pei family in Hedong who needs his support. His words were just worried about being purged by Chen Kefu's previous clan in Hebei, worried that he had proposed to deal with Chen Kefu many times back then, worried that Chen Kefu would settle accounts after the autumn in the future, and Chen Kefu himself had a precedent of purging the clan, so Pei Lin felt that it was better to be more simply than to wait for the disaster that did not know when it would come.

"If, I'm just if you really want me to be the middle of the imperial history, then you can agree to the first proposal I make?"

"You said." Chen Kefu nodded.

After Pei Lin hesitated for a moment, he said word by word: "The decree declares the world, and the generous gift is posthumously presented to the Tang King and the four sons of the Tang Wang, and the decree is made to the world, Your Majesty will not blame us for the past from now on, and will issue an iron coupon to the Li clan and the old Li clan to avoid death, and the crime of rebellion can be spared death." ”

Everyone present changed color, and no one had even gotten this death-free iron ticket, but now Pei Lin openly asked for one person. This is a bit excessive.

Chen Kefu stroked the horse's back, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned his face to Chen Qing and said: "Pass on my decree, posthumously crown Li Yuan as the king of Tang, Li Jiancheng as the king of Qinghe County, Li Shimin as the king of Dunhuang County, Li Yuanji as the king of Dingxiang County, and Li Xuanba as the king of Mayi County!" Re-burial according to the ritual system! And made it clear to the world that the old Li Tang clan would not be blamed for the past, and together with the Li Yuan clan, they would issue iron coupons to avoid death. Pei Lian, Yin Kaishan, Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong and others looked at each other when they heard this, burst into tears for a while, and knelt down together: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" Chen Kefu dismounted and helped Pei Lin up, and said with a smile on his face: "It is I who should say thank you, bury the Tang King, and treat Qing and other virtuous talents well, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world and the righteousness of all my benevolence!" This exhortation is worth 100,000 elite soldiers! Chen Qing immediately passed on the edict, sealing Pei Lin as the middle of the imperial history, Yin Kaishan as the general of Zuotunwei, and Li Xiaogong as the squire of the military department! Chai Shao is the general of the cavalry guard"

Listening to the long list of rewards, Chen Qing reluctantly replied "yes".