Zhang Xuan bathed and changed his clothes, and changed into a white samurai uniform, which was made of silk and linen, very soft and fitted, with a leather belt around his waist and a gauze hat on his head, which made him look even more majestic and extraordinary.

Zhang Xuan, led by two guards, walked in the direction of the palace.

In the inner hall, someone has identified the head, it is Yang Xuangan's head, not fake, which makes Yan Wang Yang Qi more interested, yesterday Yuwenshu sent someone from Shangluo County to send a battle report, saying that Yang Xuangan had been killed, cut off his head, and seized his weapons and horses.

This is strange, it is clear that Yang Xuangan's head is here, why did Yuwenshu say that he also cut off the head? The corners of Yang Qi's mouth showed a knowing smile, could it be that Yuwen Shu made a fake head to deceive the emperor's grandfather?

This was an opportunity to slap Yuwenshu in the face, and Yang Qi wanted to see Yuwenshu's expression after being exposed for fraud in front of the emperor's grandfather.

At this time, a guard reported under the hall: "Your Highness, Zhang Xuan has been brought." ”

Yang Qi already knew Zhang Xuan's name, and also learned that he was a lay monk in Hanoi County, and had learned martial arts in the monastery, but these did not prove his innocence, especially now that the forces of all parties were ready to move, it was difficult to ensure that he was not sent by the nobles of Guanlong.

Although Yang Qi is only thirteen years old, he is a young man, especially as the eldest grandson of the emperor, he has witnessed too many power struggles, and he has the political sensitivity that his peers are not wise and the royal family is unique.

So although he is very interested in Jang Hyun, he also keeps a guard against him.

"Bring him up!"

Not long after, Zhang Xuan was brought up by the guards, just now the courtesy official pointed him a little, he has no official position, seeing that King Yan does not need to make a big salute, but the general public is afraid of power, and often kowtows.

Zhang Xuan bowed and saluted, "Xiaomin Zhang Xuan see His Royal Highness King Yan!" ”

Yang Qi glanced him up and down, and asked curiously: "You handed over Yang Xuangan's head to the government, although you can't be promoted to the third level, but you can also receive a bounty of five thousand taels, but you give me the head, you may not get anything, why do you do this?" ”

Zhang Xuan already had a statement in his heart, he said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Highness, how many people will be peeped at by five thousand taels of gold, and how many people will be hated by assassinating Yang Xuangan, even if Xiaomin really receives five thousand taels of gold, I am afraid that from now on I will have to embark on the road of escape, and there will be no peace for life, this is not the result I want, if I can get the protection of His Highness, Xiaomin would rather not have five thousand taels of gold." ”

Yang Qi nodded and smiled: "You are very smart, but what?" Whether I can take you in or not is not something I can decide, you tell me first, how did you hunt Yang Xuangan's head? ”

Zhang Xuan pointed to the seven-star sword on the table and said, "Let's start with that sword!" ”

He didn't hide it, he started from hearing Yang Qi's emotion at the city gate, and then began to plot against Yang Xuangan, then bought a knife to find out the news, went to the Yang Martial Arts Hall to lurk, met the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix, and talked about Yangjiazhuang's horror and going to Shangluo County to find Yang Xuangan, he didn't hide it, and talked about it in detail.

Although Yang Qi didn't say a word, he was a teenager after all, and there was an unconcealed exclamation in his eyes, and after Zhang Xuan finished speaking, Yang Qi was still immersed in a thrilling aftertaste, and after a long time, he sighed softly and said, "Okay!" You go down and rest first, and let me think about it. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't expect Yang Qi to reuse himself immediately, he bowed, turned around and retreated, at this time, the guard next to him reminded Yang Qi, "Your Highness, investigate it to find out the authenticity." ”

Yang Xuan bowed his head and was silent, Zhang Xuan said it thrillingly, which made him feel incredible, but if he thought about it carefully, it was reasonable, if this was the case, this person was a powerful person.

He thought about it, and then whispered to his henchmen: "You go to the armory shop and the martial arts hall to investigate in detail, and then come back to report to me." ”

"Obey!"

The guards walked quickly, Yang Qi pondered for a moment, then got up and shouted: "Prepare the car, this king is going to enter the palace!" ”

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The Qilin Hall of the Great Cause Palace, here is the location of the imperial study of Yang Guang, the son of the Great Sui, although Yang Guang is not confused, but he is not yet fifty years old, it is the time of his youth, but he has an indescribable sense of exhaustion all over his body.

Ten years ago, he had just ascended the throne, and he was full of spirit, opening the imperial examination, moving the eastern capital, digging canals, and expanding the territory, in an attempt to create an immortal cause.

But the Great Sui Dynasty has never been monolithic, the estrangement and trauma caused by hundreds of years of division between the north and the south, the sequelae left by the Hu people entering the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and the deep-rooted family system of hundreds of years, how can it be completely eliminated and completely integrated in more than ten or twenty years?

If the previous founding emperor Yang Jian could still suppress the dissatisfaction of various factions and suppress all the contradictions with his great prestige, then after Yang Jian's death, the various contradictions that were suppressed by the Great Sui Dynasty suddenly burst out.

Over the years, Yang Guang has been like a tinker, he has been tired of dealing with the challenges of major forces, he has suffered repeated setbacks, he is exhausted, and the spirit of his first ascension to the throne has long disappeared without a trace.

And Yang Xuangan's rebellion gave Yang Guang a blow to the head, which made him thunderous, but he was deeply afraid.

Although Yang Xuangan's rebellion has been quelled, the government and the opposition are in turmoil, the government is disordered, and the major forces are ready to move, all of which are the sequelae of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, which seriously undermines Yang Guang's various plans, makes the original delicate balance of the situation unbalanced, and the current situation in the world begins to get out of control.

Yang Guang never took the peasant uprising to heart, and he was even more worried that the local Yingyang Mansions controlled by the local tyrants would be affected by Yang Xuangan's rebellion and take the opportunity to separate themselves and stand on their own, and he must do his best to weaken the power of the local Yingyang Mansions before the situation gets out of control.

Just a few days ago, he issued an order again, preparing for the third expedition to Goguryeo, ordering the troops of Yingyangfu from all over the country to rush to Zhuojun to assemble, and those who violated the order were beheaded, and at the same time ordered the Manchu civil and military forces to discuss the conquest of Goguryeo again.

But a few days passed, and not a single person wrote a proposal for the expedition.

Yang Guang's heart was holding back monstrous anger at this time, and it happened that at this time, Yu Wenshu finally returned from killing Yang Xuangan, and was reporting to him the process of eliminating Yang Xuangan.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xuangan is hiding in a valley that is extremely difficult to find, if it weren't for the Luonan County Government catching his deserter, it would be difficult for us to know where he was hiding....."

"I don't want to know these things, I only care about Yang Xuangan being killed?" Yang Guang impatiently interrupted Yu Wenshu's words.

Yu Wenshu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xuangan has been killed by the old minister himself, and his war horse and weapons have been seized. ”

"Where? I want to see it with my own eyes. ”

"Just outside the temple!"

Yang Guang stood up and walked quickly to the outside of the main hall, and Yu Wenshu hurriedly followed out of the main hall.

There is a table under the steps in front of the Qilin Palace, on the table is a vermilion lacquer wooden box, at this time the wooden box has been opened by the guards, and there is a bloody human head inside, and there are guards next to Yang Xuangan's war horse, holding his horse lance.

Yang Guang slowly walked to the table, looked at the human head carefully, and looked at the human head with a rare Yang Xuansense, but his face was covered with blood scabs, and he couldn't see it clearly.

Yang Guang frowned, turned around and asked, "Why don't you clean it up?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is anxious to report, and he didn't have time to clean up, so Weichen will clean up."

"Forget it!"

Yang Guang waved his hand, he recognized Yang Xuangan's war horse and weapon, it shouldn't be fake, Yuwenshu also breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally passed a level.

At this moment, the eldest grandson of the emperor, who didn't know when he arrived, smiled and said, "Grandfather, grandson can make a bet, this head must not have a right earlobe." ”

Yang Guang was stunned, he glanced again, only to see that his right ear was pressed underneath, only revealing half of his left face, he glanced at the guards, and a guard stepped forward and turned over his head, and his right ear was really cut off.

"How do you know?" Yang Guang asked in surprise.

Yang Qi asked Yuwen Shu with a smile, "General Yuwen, can you explain?" ”

Yu Wenshu was flustered in his heart, and stammered: "It may be that he was picked up by the old minister's iron spear during the fierce battle." ”

"General Yuwen is really a magic gun, and he has picked out the key evidence."

"What's going on?"

Yang Guang's tone began to be displeased, and he also remembered that there was a big black mole under Yang Xuangan's right earlobe, which occupied most of the earlobe, and almost became Yang Xuangan's symbol, but there was no one on this head, and he faintly thought of something in his heart.

Yang Qi bowed and said unhurriedly: "My grandson also has a head of Yang Xuan, and I want to show it to my grandfather." ”

As soon as he waved his hand, a guard stepped forward quickly, put a wooden box on the table, and the guard opened the wooden box, and inside it was a Yang Xuangan head.

Yang Qi looked at Yu Wenshu and said coldly: "General, do you need to test again?" ”

Yu Wenshu 'Buzz! With a sound, it was suddenly blank, his legs were weak, he fell to his knees, and kowtowed desperately: "The old minister should die!" Damn it! I beg your Majesty to forgive me. ”

Yang Guang had completely understood, Yuwenshu dared to use a fake head to fool himself, he was furious in his heart, and the anger accumulated for a few days poured out, pointing at Yuwenshu and scolding: "It is you bastards who deceive the king and conceal it that have made me fall to this point today, if I don't kill you, how can I obey the public, drag it down and beat it to death!" ”

Several guards rushed up and dragged Yuwenshu away, Yuwenshu shouted in fright: "Your Majesty, the old minister has no merit and hard work, Your Majesty spares your life!" ”

Yang Guang angrily walked back to the imperial study, he picked up the fat jade inkstone on the table, and slammed it on the ground, the inkstone suddenly shattered, Yang Guangda roared, "Everyone is deceiving me, from today onwards, whoever dares to deceive a word again, I will kill whoever I want!" ”

At this time, Queen Xiao hurried over when she heard the news, and she bowed deeply, "Your Majesty is the king of a country, the son of heaven, Your Majesty is angry, the whole country is uneasy, Your Majesty is out of shape, the sky is about to fall, please Your Majesty calm your anger and restore your royal manners." ”

Yang Guang slowly calmed down his anger, and Empress Xiao brought another bowl of ginseng tea in front of him, "Your Majesty, killing the general in battle is a bad omen!" ”

Yang Guang nodded, although Yuwenshu had such and such problems, he was the only general who could confront the Guanlong nobles, if he was killed, it would only make the Guanlong nobles more arrogant, so he changed his mind.

"Pass on my edict, read Yuwen to recount the old merits, and spare him a death, temporarily retain the title, and dismiss him as a general."

After the order was given, Yang Guang felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and he sneered: "If you don't teach him a hard lesson, he will think that I am so easy to bully." ”

Empress Xiao saw that most of her husband's anger had completely disappeared, so she smiled and said, "The concubine puts wine in the palace and frightens His Majesty at night." ”

She saluted and slowly retreated, Yang Guang touched her forehead, it was not hot, it seems that today's illness has been cured, which is not bad.

He suddenly remembered something and ordered: "Let the emperor's eldest grandson come to see me!" ”

In a moment, Yang Qi was brought up, although Yu Wenshu escaped death, but he had been beaten fifty or sixty strokes, and was dismissed from the post of general, which really made Yang Qi feel deeply happy, at this time, he suddenly felt that Zhang Xuan was a blessed general given to him by God.

He stepped forward and knelt down and saluted, "Grandson to meet the emperor's grandfather!" ”

Yang Guangxiao asked, "You tell your grandfather, what's going on with Yang Xuangan's head?" ”

Yang Qi didn't dare to tell the truth, so he said in a low voice: "It was Sun Er who hated Yuwenshu for not doing things well, so he sent guards to assassinate Yang Xuangan, and he succeeded before Yuwenshu." ”

"You are not a bad guard, you can actually assassinate Yang Xuangan, but you are a talent."

Yang Guang didn't delve into the details, and said: "But military affairs can't be done without permission, this time grandfather won't punish you, don't you take it as an example, do you hear?" ”

"Grandchildren remember their grandfather's teachings!"

"Go ahead!"

Yang Qi bowed again, slowly stood up, he was about to leave, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Grandfather Qiqi, if the grandson wants to use a person, but is a little worried about his origin, what should I do?" ”

Yang Guang smiled slightly, "The way of employing people is to care about one heart, you have to trust your own judgment." ”

"Grandson understood!"

Yang Qi saluted, turned around and hurried away, Yang Guang looked at the back of his eldest grandson growing up, how he hoped that his grandson could become an adult one day earlier!

The guards next to him saw that Yang Guang's anger had subsided, so he stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, Pei Xiangguo is back, waiting outside the hall to face the saint." ”

Yang Guangxi, he had been waiting for news from Pei Ju for a few days, and finally waited for him back, Yang Guang immediately ordered: "Xuan He came to see me." ”

Not long after, Xiangguo Pei Ju hurried to the imperial study, Pei Ju was nearly seventy years old, but his body was very tough, he had just returned from Zhuo County, he had lost a lot of weight, and his skin had tanned a lot.

Pei Ju bowed and saluted, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"It's hard work, is there any news about that incident?" Yang Guang pressed the eagerness in his heart and asked unhurriedly.

Pei Ju replied in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, something happened a little unexpectedly, the other party may want to monopolize that batch of materials?" ”

"What!"

Yang Guang's anger that had just calmed down rose again, and he slammed the table, "Is Hu Ren so unreliable?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, things should not have reached the worst, Weichen will negotiate with them again, put pressure on them, and ask them to hand over that batch of supplies."

"Humph!" Yang Guang snorted heavily, "A group of self-defeating things, do they think they can defeat the Turks?" If they do not come to their senses again, they will be exterminated by the Turks. ”

Although Yang Guang longed for Pei Ju to return to the grassland immediately, he also knew that Pei Ju was too old to work so hard and run around, he had to give him time to rest, and he still needed to reunite with his family for a few days.

Thinking of this, Yang Guang said slowly: "Pei Qing will rest for a while first, and then go to negotiate with them, no matter what, that batch of materials must not fall into the hands of the Turks!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Pei Ju bowed and slowly retreated, Yang Guang was extremely upset, the internal strife made him restless day and night, but the external troubles weighed heavily on his heart like a boulder.

Once the Turks get that batch of supplies, Shibi Khan will inevitably invade the south, the old army has been destroyed by him, and the new army has not yet been established, what will he do to deal with the southern invasion of the Turks?

Yang Guang couldn't help but slowly squeeze the red pen in his hand, 'Click! With a crisp sound, the pen was broken into two pieces by him.