Chapter 1172: The Great War of the World (30)
The leader Xuanwu Jingwei asked the bartender, and the bartender pointed here, and more than a dozen people turned around and walked here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"May I ask if Your Excellency is Dugu Feng?" asked the captain with his fists clenched.
Dugu Feng was really uneasy in his heart, and got up and said, "In the next place, do you have anything to do?" β
"We're on a business trip, please come with us!"
"This ..... What is the reason for this? Dugu Feng's face changed greatly, and his legs began to tremble.
Dou Wenxian next to him got up and said, "A few people have found the wrong person!" This is an important figure in the Dugu family, not a street citizen. β
"Of course we know, this matter has nothing to do with the Dou family, you should be quiet!"
Dou Wenxian was rejected, so he had to sit down, and the captain said to Dugu Feng again: "We are here to invite Your Excellency back to your home, not to arrest and go to prison, but if Your Excellency doesn't know what to do, then don't blame us for being polite." β
When Dugu Feng heard that he was going home, he was a little settled in his heart, so he said to Dou Wenxian: "It seems that the nobles of Guanlong have entered an eventful autumn, Brother Dou take care of himself!" β
As soon as he saluted, he was escorted away by a group of Xuanwu elite guards.
Dou Wenxian sat in his seat, his heart was in a mess, and at this time, the bartender slowly stepped forward and said, "Or, this old man will settle the account first!" β
"your ass!"
Dou Wenxian slapped the table and said angrily: "I was arrested for having a meal here with you, you are embarrassed to settle the bill!" β
The bartender was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "It's none of my business, Uncle Dugu was arrested just now and has absolutely nothing to do with the villain, I just heard that all the mansions of the nobles outside have been surrounded and sealed, how can Uncle Dugu escape." β
Dou Wenxian was stunned, they were all seized, his heart was full of doubts, it seemed that the matter of the Guanlong nobles had begun to escalate, what was going on?
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the street, and all the diners looked out, only to see a large group of soldiers appear on the street, and a horse general shouted: "The Son of Heaven has an order, Chang'an will begin to implement martial law in an hour, everyone will go home, and they are not allowed to stay on the streets!" β
"The Son of Heaven has an order to impose martial law in the whole city in one hour!"
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The shouts of the soldiers came and went, and there was a sudden chaos on the street, and the diners also paid for the wine and left in a panic, and the bartender hurriedly said to Dou Wenxian: "Old man, settle the bill quickly!" The shop is closing. β
Dou Wenxian also had no intention of drinking, and left in a hurry after losing three times of money on the table, and then the wine store began to close, not only the wine store, but all the shops, inns and green buildings in the East Market also closed one after another, and the number of pedestrians on the street increased suddenly, and they all hurried to their homes.
The city gates of Chang'an have also been closed one after another, and they are no longer allowed to enter and exit, which is Li Xiaogong's grasp of military power and began to prepare for defense, according to the latest information, 20,000 rebels have entered Jingzhao Mansion, and will arrive in Chang'an as soon as tomorrow night.
At the same time, Li Yuanji's 5,000 Xuanwu Jingwei also began to act, they surrounded all the mansions of the Guanlong nobles except for the Dou family, the Doulu clan and the Changsun clan, put their families under house arrest, closed the warehouse, and confiscated the account files, including the properties of these Guanlong nobles in Chang'an City.
There are many discussions in Chang'an City, the correct gossip has spread all over the households, everyone knows that the Guanlong nobles began to rebel, Chang'an people know that from the beginning of the establishment of the Wuchuan Society in the early years of the Great Cause, the struggle between the Guanlong nobles and the imperial power has been ups and downs, and has not been broken, and in the Tang Dynasty, the contradictions between the two finally began to break out in an all-round way, to the point of meeting each other, which makes everyone wait and see, I don't know whether the Guanlong nobles abolished the Tang Dynasty, or the Tang Dynasty suppressed the Guanlong nobles.
Chongrenfang Dugu Clan's Mansion, here is a temporary place for more than a dozen Guanlong noble family owners under house arrest, and it has been nearly ten days of house arrest, but in addition to being willing to compromise a little on the amount of money and food, the family owners are resolutely unwilling to give in to the core interests of the army.
On the one hand, this is the tradition of the Guanlong aristocracy, they started with the military, just like the major famous families resolutely refused to give up family learning, family learning is the key to their training of protΓ©gΓ©s and stabilizing their forces, and giving up family learning is also giving up the inheritance of interests, and similarly, for the Guanlong nobles, giving up the army is equivalent to giving up the weapons to protect their family wealth, and they can only be slaughtered.
On the other hand, maintaining the existence of the private army of the Guanlong nobles is the most important condition reached by the Guanlong nobles and Li Yuan, and it is also the political basis for the Guanlong nobles to support Li Yuan's accession to the throne.
Resolutely not to compromise on the army, a consensus has been reached among the heads of all families, so no matter how Li Yuanji coerces and lures, no one is willing to compromise and give in.
At noon, in a rockery pavilion in the backyard, Dugu was chatting with Yuan Renhui, when a maid of the Yuan family ran over in a panic with a letter in her hand, "Master, look at this." β
"What is it?"
"I don't know, it was picked up by the little maid in the yard, I don't know who gave it to me."
She handed the letter to the master, Yuan Renhui saw that there was an arrow stuck in the letter, he and Dugu Yu glanced at each other, and the two immediately understood that it was an arrow letter shot in by someone outside, Yuan Renhui quickly took the letter, looked at the letter cover, and handed the letter to Dugu Yu, "This is a letter to my brother!" β
Dugu saw that the letter was written on the cover, 'Dugu Gong Kai', so he took the letter and opened it and read it hurriedly, and his face suddenly changed greatly.
Yuan Renhui asked in a low voice, "Brother, who wrote the letter?" β
"It's the Chang'an Intelligence Agency that has delivered us an important message."
Yuan Renhui wanted to ask again, but Dugu waved his hand anxiously, got up and said to him: "Gather everyone, I have something important to announce." β
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In the inner hall, more than a dozen family heads gathered together, whispering, I don't know what happened, as the last family master walked into the hall and sat down, Dugu Yu waved the letter in his hand and said to everyone: "This is a letter I picked up in the backyard just now, it is an arrow letter shot in by the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, there are several extremely important news in the letter, I want to convey it to you, time is urgent, I will talk about the key points first." β
"Dugu Gong say it quickly! Outside, the defenders were coming in. β
Dugu Yu hurriedly said: "The most important thing in the letter is that our army has been assembled, and 20,000 troops are coming to Chang'an......"
As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly exploded, and the heads of the family shouted one after another: "What's going on, who assembled the army?" β
At this time, Hou Mo Chen Duo roared angrily, "Shut up and listen to Dugu!" β
The lobby suddenly fell silent, and Dugu Yu said: "The armies of each family can only be mobilized by the heads of each family or the elders, so don't be surprised, now all the provinces have been surrounded by Xuanwu Jingwei, I don't know what the situation is....."
Before he could continue, an attendant hurriedly ran to the hall and said, "The army is here!" β
Everyone's faces changed greatly, and Dugu said hurriedly: "Remember, Li Yuan doesn't dare to poison us, and we must not give in to the army!" β
Dugu couldn't go on, but saw a large number of troops pouring in from outside the hall, but it was not Xuanwu Jingwei, but the real Tang Army soldiers, and everyone stood up and looked at these soldiers with great annoyance.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers walked in with Li Xiaogong around, everyone knew him, seeing that it was not Li Yuanji, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Dugu Yu said coldly: "It turned out to be King Zhaojun, I thought it was Li Yuanji who was coming to skin us?" β
Li Xiaogong bowed his hand to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, General Ben was reappointed by the Holy Lord only last night, so everyone was wronged, now please come with me, I will ensure everyone's safety." β
"What does King Zhao Jun mean by this? Could it be that the Holy Conscience found out and wanted to let us go? Hou Mo Chen Duo asked extremely sharply.
Li Xiaogong's face sank, glared at Hou Mo Chen Duo dissatisfied, and said to everyone: "Let me tell everyone like this!" The Holy Lord appointed me to be in charge of the defense of Chang'an, and seeing that your army is about to attack Chang'an, how to solve this problem will be discussed later, but the Holy Lord hopes that you will not indiscriminately kill innocents and ruin the lives of people, so he asks you to come forward to restrain the army. β
Everyone turned back to Dugu and looked at Dugu usurp, although Dugu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Xiaogong's gourd, but he knew one thing very well, Li Xiaogong was generous and upright, and it was much better to fall into his hands than in Li Yuanji's hands.
He said to everyone: "I decided to leave with King Zhao Jun, this is not forced by everyone, you can also choose to stay, anyway, I don't want to deal with Li Yuanji." β
No one wanted to deal with Li Yuanji's demon, everyone expressed their willingness to follow Dugu and leave, Li Xiaogong nodded, "Since they are all willing to go with me, then please!" β
A large group of soldiers escorted a dozen heads of the family to the outside, there were several carriages parked outside the gate of the mansion, and there were at least two or three thousand soldiers around the carriage to escort them, and on the periphery were hundreds of Xuanwu elite guards, who were driven away by the army and lost control of the other house, and the leader looked at the soldiers unwillingly, trying to find an opportunity to recapture the prisoners.
The heads of the family got into the carriage, and Li Xiaogong also turned over and got on the horse, shouting: "Go!" β
The carriage started slowly and left the gate of the other house, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in front, and I saw hundreds of Xuanwu elite guards guarding Li Yuanji riding at a gallop, Li Xiaogong knew that it was not good, and said left and right: "Protect the carriage, don't let the other party take the hostage!" β
Today, Li Xiaogong went to ask Li Yuanji for more than a dozen family heads, but Li Yuanji refused to agree, and the two turned their faces because of this.
Li Yuanji rushed to the road in a blink of an eye, stopped the carriage on the way, and shouted angrily: "Li Xiaogong, you deceive people too much!" β