Just came back from outside, sorry to everyone!!

Tongguan, dozens of cavalry escorted several officials on horseback galloped from a distance, the sound of running horses' hooves alarmed the shops on both sides, since the king of Qi Li Yuanji took over the defense of Tongguan, the city gate was closed, pedestrians and merchants were not allowed to enter and exit Tongguan, which made Tongguan increasingly deserted, and the business of the shops on both sides also plummeted.

The sound of running horses' hooves attracted the attention of all the shops, and a group of shopkeepers who were sitting together and chatting stood up one after another, looking at the rushing people and horses, about a hundred Tang Army cavalry escorted three officials, a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a black long gauze hat, wearing a purple robe, and a Shang Fang Tianzi sword on his back, followed by a slightly younger official, but wearing a crimson official robe, slightly lower rank.

"It's the Overseer!"

An old shopkeeper has a discerning eye, he recognized the person, and the shopkeepers gathered around, "How can the shopkeeper Qiu see it?" ”

"Didn't you look at the black flag on a white background in the middle? That is the banner of the Imperial History Terrace, and the purple-robed official in the middle is at least above the fifth grade, either the imperial historian Dou Kang or the imperial historian Yu Zhining. ”

The old shopkeeper immediately shook his head again, "It's not Dou Kang, I've seen Dou Kang, this should be Yu Zhining." ”

At this time, I only heard the soldiers shouting that "report to His Royal Highness the King of Qi quickly, and the secretary and the imperial historian Yu envoy came to supervise by order." ”

The shopkeepers exclaimed, admiring the old shopkeeper's eyes like a torch, the old shopkeeper smiled proudly with a goatee and said nothing, to these businessmen, it is the first priority to see people and distinguish current affairs, the old shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something, and whispered to everyone: "If I am not mistaken, the imperial history of the scholar should be for the king of Qi to rob people." ”

If the King of Qi is replaced, then Tongguan can be reopened, keep pedestrians coming, and their business can flourish again.

The shopkeeper Zhang Shaohua left quietly, he returned to his shop and wrote quickly. gave the information to his henchman, and repeatedly instructed him, "Use the eagle of Hedong City, this time it will be sent to Hedong City."

The guy drove the boat away, Zhang Shaohua looked at Tongguan City again, he was a little worried in his heart, whether these imperial histories came for the king of Qi to rob women, he was not sure.

Many things can indeed only be a speculation, but if it is a well-founded speculation, then the probability of guessing is very high, they do have a basis, Tongguan has been very calm recently, and the only event that may attract the supervision of the imperial history is the robbery incident of King Qi that happened six days ago.

Although King Qi was not arrogant in robbing famous prostitutes and did not rob them in front of Tongguan, under the rendering of well-intentioned people, almost everyone near Tongguan knew about it.

Yu Zhining, the secretary of the imperial history, was indeed ordered to investigate the robbery of the king of Qi, and he even brought the sword of Shang Fang Tianzi, which was used to deter the king of Qi when necessary, Li Xiaogong's impeachment chapter made Li Yuan furious, which he could not tolerate no matter what, when the two armies were fighting, Li Yuanji actually robbed the general's concubine, which would cause serious infighting and make Hongnong County defeated.

But Li Xiaogong did not come up with evidence, Li Yuan was also worried that there was a hidden secret, one side is his son, the other side is his nephew, as a monarch, he has to consider the balance of power, it is impossible to quickly cut through the mess by hearsay, Li Yuan decided to send the imperial history to investigate first, once it is true, immediately remove Li Yuanji from the post of Tongguan marshal......

Yu Zhining is also a son of the Yu family, a nobleman in Guanlong, who is cautious and thoughtful, and is deeply valued by Li Yuan, this time Li Yuan sent him to hope that Yu Zhining can investigate impartially and impartially, but Yu Zhining still understood another meaning in Li Yuan's heart: try not to wronged Li Yuanji.

Otherwise, Li Yuan should have transferred Li Yuanji back to Chang'an first and then slowly investigated, but Li Yuan did not do so, which shows that Li Yuan did not want Li Yuanji to rob the general's concubine, because this is not only Li Yuanji's reputation, but also Li Yuan's reputation.

The emperor's inner thoughts will never be clearly spoken, it depends on his courtiers to understand, Yu Zhining did understand Li Yuan's hidden thoughts in the depths of his heart.

Yu Zhining was invited to the guest room to wait, and at this time, in another room a dozen steps away, Li Yuanji was viciously threatening Shi Zhao Cijing, the marching commander.

"There is no such thing, do you remember? No! ”

Zhao Cijing was born in Long, a famous family, an official in the military department, and also a horse in the court, he married Li Yuan's fifth daughter Princess Changguang, Zhao Cijing is not very old, only twenty-five or six years old, looks chic and elegant, is a famous beautiful man, and his knowledge is also good, but his personality is slightly cowardly.

He also heard about Li Yuanji's robbery of Huang Junhan's concubine, but he remained silent under Li Yuanji's strength, and he didn't expect that the matter would alarm the saint and make him really uneasy.

"It's just...... How could the Holy One know? Zhao Cijing asked in a snort.

"Do you need to ask? Except for Li Xiaogong, who would dare to sue me for being black? ”

Li Yuanji gritted his teeth for a while, he walked out of the door, and turned back uneasily: "Remember my words, there is no such thing, otherwise I will be unlucky, and my mother will not spare you." ”

Zhao Cijing didn't dare to say anything, and followed Li Yuanji to the lobby, the two walked into the lobby, Yu Zhining hurriedly got up and saluted: "See His Royal Highness Qi Lou!" ”

Li Yuanji glanced at the Shang Fang Tianzi Sword on the gold plate on the table, he snorted heavily, swaggered and sat down, Zhao Cijing arched his hand, and sat down at the bottom.

Yu Zhining reluctantly smiled six times and said: "The lower official came this time because the king of Hejian County impeached His Royal Highness for robbing the concubine of the general Huang Junhan, and the saint was furious and ordered me to come to investigate."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuanji slapped the table heavily, stretched out his hand to him, and said angrily: "Saying that I took someone's wife and daughter, where is the evidence?" ”

Yu Zhining's face showed embarrassment, and he hurriedly said: "It was because of the lack of evidence that the Holy Lord ordered the lower officials to come to investigate the truth. ”

Li Yuanji pursed his lips and said in an extremely arrogant tone: "No need to investigate, I will tell you the truth, this is because Li Xiaogong hates me for refusing to obey his orders, using despicable means to slander me, and trying to remove me, it's as simple as that." ”

Yu Zhining couldn't get cooperation with Li Yuanji, although this was in his mind, but it still made him feel frustrated, and he turned his gaze to Zhao Cijing, "What does Zhao Shilang think?" ”

Zhao Cijing hesitated, and at this moment of hesitation, he felt the murderous aura coming from Li Yuanji's body, yes! Why did he bother to offend the King of Qi for a small general like Huang Junhan, besides, he really had no evidence, but he just heard some rumors, Zhao Cijing bit his lip and said, "I have never heard of this matter." ”

Li Yuanji's face showed a trace of unconcealed pride, he snorted coldly and said: "I know, some people have always been dissatisfied with my abandonment of Taiyuan, as long as the news is slightly unfavorable to me, they will make a fuss, regardless of whether it is true or not, I think Yu Yushi should investigate Li Xiaogong and ask him why he slandered me?" ”

Yu Zhining smiled bitterly and said: "This is also in the plan of the lower officials, after a little investigation in Tongguan, I will go to Hongnong County." ”

"No need to argue!"

Li Yuanji said categorically: "Let me tell you, there is no such thing, if you investigate indiscriminately, it will affect my military morale, you want to go to Hongnong County, it is best to leave now!" ”

Li Yuanji stood up and turned to leave, Yu Zhining only felt that his head was big for a while, the prince was generous and benevolent, Corporal Lixian of Qin, even if he was a little stupid Zhao Wang Xuanba, he would not do anything wrong, but there was an arrogant and arrogant son like King Qi in the saint, Yu Zhining glanced at Zhao Cijing again, Zhao Cijing smiled bitterly, and said to him: "Investigate this matter as soon as possible, and end it as soon as possible!" Shi Ran has dragged on for a long time, and it will really affect the battle situation. ”

Yu Zhining sighed, "I know, I should go to Hongnong County to investigate first, and then come back after getting the evidence." ”

He stood up and arched his hand, "Then I will take my leave!" ”

Zhao Cijing sent Zhining out of Tongguan, he hurried back, he felt that he should talk to Li Yuanji again, he walked into Li Yuanji's courtyard, but saw from the window that Li Yuanji was explaining something to his own soldiers, and his hand made a 'kill' action, Zhao Cijing's heart suddenly became cold, he knew what Li Yuanji was going to do, it should be to kill people.

It just so happened that Li Yuanji also turned his head to look at the courtyard gate, the two of them looked at each other, and Li Yuanji's eyes revealed an indescribable viciousness and ruthlessness.

Fenglingdu on the north bank of the Yellow River, a few arrows ago, was still an empty river, but hundreds of warships gathered overnight, and at the same time, 10,000 troops were transferred from Hedong City overnight, so that the army of Fenglingdu has reached 30,000 people, and more importantly, Yang Yuanqing, the commander of the Northern Sui Army, is also in Fenglingdu.

On the river, the masts of the big ships are dense like a forest, and more than 600 boats covered several miles of the river, these are ferries from Yan'an County, each boat can carry more than 200 soldiers, plus war horses and grain, can cross the Yellow River at one time.

Yang Yuanqing, accompanied by dozens of generals, inspected the situation of the warships on the dock, he squinted and stared at the other side of the Yellow River, the weather was fine, the cold north wind blew away the early morning fog, the river water slapped on the bank, and let out 'Boom!' Wow! 'Sound, the vision is exceptionally clear.

He could faintly see a black line on the other side of the Yellow River, the opposite bank is Ruxiang County, according to his intelligence, the troops stationed on the other side are only 2,000 people, although Li Yuanji led the army to come, but he garrisoned Tongguan, there are more than 20 miles away from Ruxiang County, the war started, there was no time to rush to defend, I am afraid that Li Yuan could not think that his son only managed Tongguan, regardless of the life or death of Hongnong County, the root is above the first army and two marshals.

I heard that Qu Tutong opposed the establishment of two commanders in one army, but Li Yuan did not adopt his advice, Li Yuan was politically considered, and did not want the defense company of Hongnong County and Tongguan to be one, Hongnong County belonged to Guanwai, and Tongguan belonged to Guanzhong, these are two different systems, there is no problem politically, but militarily, this is definitely a failure, but Li Yuan sent the arrogant Qi King Li Yuanji to come, how could Li Xiaogong command him, maybe Li Yuan still wants to Baotong Pass in his bones, followed by Shouhongnong County.

"Can you cross the river at night?" Yang Yuanqing turned around and asked the marching Sima Zhang Zhenxiao.

Zhang Zhenxiao stepped forward and said: "Back to the chief manager, it has been confirmed that according to the current water situation, the river surface swirls the least at the first watch, and it is most advantageous to cross the river at that time. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, and pondered the omission, at this time, Qin Qiong on the side asked in a low voice: "Chief, is the time ripe?" ”

"Coming to maturity!" Yang Yuanqing laughed meaningfully.

Yang Yuanqing had received information that Yu Zhining, the secretary of the imperial history, had left Tongguan and appeared on the way to Li Xiaogong's military camp, and the time he was waiting for was coming.