Chapter 31: The Night Decree

In Yang Yuanqing's guest account, Yuan Dingxing was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling quite apprehensive, he didn't know if he could achieve his goal by looking for Yang Yuanqing again after more than a year? Yang Yuanqing was also deposed by the saint, is there any point in looking for him?

But Yun Dingxing decided to gamble this time, because when he listened to Chen Zhiwei's account of Yang Yuanqing's killing of Yuan Shangying, he found a detail, that is, Yang Yuanqing actually still had the Son of Heaven Sword, which shows that the saint did not lose his trust in him when he deposed him as a palace eunuch, and it was this detail that Yun Dingxing finally decided to put his net worth and life on Yang Yuanqing.

After Yang Yong's case, Yun Dingxing learned a profound lesson, and it can be said that he can see through it better than anyone else.

Frankly speaking, the King of Qi treated him well, gave him a lot of rewards, and also gave him an official position as a wine priest in the West Pavilion of the Qi Palace, so that he could get back on the official career, but none of this could replace his fear of the future.

Yun Dingxing only heard at the beginning of the year that the King of Qi had a private army, this news surprised him, the meaning of the dead and the private army is completely different, the dead soldier is just a kind of entourage, is a thug, and the family of the ordinary official eunuch is no different, but the private army is the army, that is to rebel, in order to rebel.

This made Yun Dingxing afraid, although the King of Qi did not want him to know about the private army, but he still knew that the private army existed, which shows that the secrecy of the King of Qi is not strict, he can know, others can also know, in case it is known by the saint, strictly investigate this matter, all the subordinates of the King of Qi will be purged, he Yun Dingxing can't escape, he has already boarded the thief ship, even if he leaves the Qi Palace, he will be implicated in the future, after thinking about it for a whole month, he finally decided to come to Yang Yuanqing, more than a year ago, He cooperated with Yang Yuanqing once, and Yang Yuanqing did not cross the river and tear down the bridge afterwards, so that he still had a little trust in Yang Yuanqing in his heart.

"General Yang is here!"

A soldier at the door reminded him, he quickly turned around, only to see Yang Yuanqing bow his head and walk into the camp tent, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect it to be him, Yun Dingxing hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See General Yang for your humble position!" ”

Yang Yuanqing really didn't expect it to be Yun Dingxing, when he got the information of the death of King Qi from Yun Dingxing, it didn't play a role, Yang Guang still tolerated his son, and he was very fond of King Qi in the past two years, except that he was not officially named the prince, all the rest of the treatment was regarded as the prince, and he also gave the 20,000 troops of the East Palace Liurate Mansion to the King of Qi, this strong hint of the prince made Yang Yuanqing a little frustrated.

Now the arrival of Yun Dingxing made him suddenly realize that Yun Dingxing might be a breakthrough to bring down King Qi.

"Mr. Yun, it's been a long time, please take a seat!"

Yang Yuanqing's attitude was very enthusiastic, which made Yun Dingxing's heart relax slightly, he sat down, and said regretfully: "I heard that General Yang was dismissed for protecting Gao Xi, everyone feels sorry for the general!" ”

"There's no talk of dismissal! I am now the palace supervisor of Fenyang, and I am also trusted by the saints. ”

Yang Yuanqing said officialdom-style politeness, poured a cup of tea for Yun Dingxing with his own hands, and also poured himself a cup, he sat down and asked with a smile: "How did Mr. Yun think of coming to me?" ”

"Actually, I just passed by, I went to Wutai Mountain to ask the King of Qi for a Taoist priest."

"Oh?" Yang Yuanqing asked curiously: "How did the King of Qi believe in the Three Qings?" ”

Yun Dingxing couldn't hide the contempt on his face, and sneered: "He only believes in Taoism, there is a demon in his house, called Pan Dan, who is the host of Songyang Palace, according to himself, he lived for three hundred years, the King of Qi worshiped him as a god, and even his beloved concubine was sent to serve him, this Master Pan said that he had a junior brother, called Pan Chong, who was the host of the Qing Palace on Wutai Mountain, and the Taoism was more sophisticated, so the King of Qi asked me to invite him." ”

"What is he looking for these Taoist priests?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"Externally, it is to pray for the blessing of his father and queen mother, but in fact, the prince died for almost two years, and he was not able to enter the East Palace, he was anxious, so he pinned his hopes on Taoism."

"Does it work?" Yang Yuanqing smiled dumbly.

"Maybe he thinks it's useful! In March last year, that Pan Demon Dao came to his house to cast spells for three days, but half a month later, the saint gave him the army of the East Palace Sixth Mansion, and he thought it was the credit of Pan Demon Dao, and since then he has obeyed Pan Demon Dao's words. ”

Yang Yuanqing listened to him and said one by one, it is estimated that this Taoist priest will not be a man, and he will offend all the subordinates of King Qi, at least he will annoy this Yun Dingxing.

"Is Mr. Yun going to do it all the time?" Yang Yuanqing asked tentatively, and the topic suddenly turned to business.

Yun Dingxing lowered his head and was silent, and after a while, he suddenly raised his head and said, "I might as well tell General Yang a secret matter, King Qi has a private army." ”

Yang Yuanqing's eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "Isn't it a dead man?" How did it become a private army. ”

"Originally, he was a dead man, but it was this demon that said that the five elements of King Qi belonged to wood, and the wood was too heavy, so that he couldn't enter the East Palace for a long time, and he needed to use Jin Kezhi, so since the second half of last year, the dead man has become a soldier."

"And how many are the armorers?"

"I don't know the specifics, King Qi never told me, but at the end of last year, he ordered me to make a batch of tooth cards, a total of 5,200 yuan, 5,000 bronze medals, and 200 silver medals, I deduced that this is the number of his private army."

'Five thousand! This number made Yang Yuanqing secretly surprised, if it was really this number, King Qi would really be gone.

Yun Dingxing was also anxious, got up and saluted: "General Yang, King Qi has a private army, once the Holy Lord knows, I can't escape, I want to report to the Holy Lord first, I don't know if General Yang can introduce me to the Holy Lord, the general's grace, Yun Dingxing is engraved in my heart." ”

"Don't be in a hurry!"

Yang Yuanqing comforted him and said: "I can understand Mr. Yun's feelings, but after all, King Qi is the beloved son of the saint, and the crime of raising a private army is not trivial, if there is no sufficient evidence, the saint will not only not believe it, but will say that you have separated their father-son relationship, if Mr. Yun can catch the evidence, I can introduce it for Mr. Yun." ”

Yun Dingxing sighed and asked him to find evidence, where could he start? Yang Yuanqing reminded him with a smile: "Where Mr. Yun knows this secret, you can start there." ”

A sentence woke up the person in the dream, and Yun Dingxing knew what to do.

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Yun Dingxing left, Yang Yuanqing sat in the tent and thought about it, his struggle with the King of Qi has lasted for four years, and the hatred with the King of Qi has been unresolved, and the King of Qi is also eager to get rid of him as soon as possible, from this repair of the Jinyang Palace, it can be seen that he is ready to set two traps for him.

The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for him, this time he discovered the secret of King Qi's private army, and an intuition told Yang Yuanqing that this is a godsend, Yang Jian did not become the prince in history, he didn't know what the problem was, and now he understands a little bit, the problem should be in King Qi's private army.

Just as Yang Yuanqing lowered his head and pondered, there was a sound of running outside the tent, and a soldier hurriedly reported outside the tent, "General, the Holy Lord has sent someone!" ”

Yang Yuanqing was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Quickly invite him over." ”

After a while, a eunuch was hurriedly led over by the soldiers, and he stepped forward to salute and said, "General Yang, the Holy Lord wants to see you, and orders you to go to see you immediately." ”

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Yang Yuanqing rushed all the way and rushed to Yang Guang's accommodation the next night, at this time, the ** city was already heavily guarded, surrounded by dense organs, hidden murderous opportunities, and a team of guards at the head of the city were vigilantly watching the surrounding situation.

When Yang Yuanqing's war horse approached the ** city, he was immediately discovered by the patrol post at the head of the city, and an officer shouted: "Come and stop!" ”

The eunuch who came with Yang Yuanqing panted and stepped forward to explain: "I am Ma Shaoying, the lieutenant on duty in the imperial study, and I brought Yang Yuanqing, the eunuch of Fenyang Palace, to meet me by the will of the Holy Lord. ”

After a while, a guard cautiously came out and said to Yang Yuanqing: "General Yang, please come with me!" Watch out for dark arrows all around. ”

Yang Yuanqing handed over the horse to his entourage and followed the guards all the way carefully into the ** city.

At this time, Yang Guang was in the imperial study to review the folds, after entering the Mayi County, the twists and turns from all over the country were obviously more, so that his slightly easier life outside the plug disappeared, and most of the time every day was spent in the imperial study, reviewing the folds, issuing holy decrees, and summoning officials, so that he felt that he was no different from in the capital, especially the situation in the capital has not been calmed down, which made him worried, he needed a capable general to stabilize the chaos in the capital for him, at this time, he first thought of Yang Yuanqing, of course, Yang Guang has deeper intentions.

"Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing is here!"

Yang Guang's spirits lifted, did he come so soon? Sure enough, he was a person who made a decision on the spot.

"Announce his audience!"

After a while, Yang Yuanqing walked into the imperial study, bowed down and saluted: "Minister Yang Yuanqing sees Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live, long live!" ”

Yang Guang saw that he was quite tanned and had lost a lot of weight, so he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Yang Aiqing, is it harder to repair Fenyang Palace than to defend the border?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is perennial hard work to defend the border, and all the hard work of repairing Fenyang Palace is concentrated in three months, and the pressure of lowly duties is very high, and every day is basically spent on the construction site."

"Can you finish it in three months?"

"It should be possible, Fenyang Palace is not big after all, as long as the materials are complete, the minister thinks there is no problem."

Yang Guang nodded, "I am very clear about your situation, very dedicated, and personally went to Jinyang Palace to urge the pillars and trees, and the craftsmen to eat and live on the construction site, which makes me feel very pleased, in addition, about the matter of Yuan Shangying, you also admit that you are good at killing the imperial court officials, Yang Aiqing, this matter makes me very embarrassed!" I have a decision to make. ”

Since Yang Guang understands his situation very well, it means that he has a spy on the side of Fenyang Palace, and there is no need for him to hide it, at least leave a frank impression on Yang Guang, and listening to Yang Guang's tone, he didn't take this matter to heart.

Yang Yuanqing bowed and said: "The minister killed the official of the court without permission, and he is willing to accept all punishments from His Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang really didn't take the killing of Yuan Shangying to heart, for him, these Guanlong nobles who controlled the army killed one less, as long as Yang Yuanqing had evidence of Yuan Shangying's crime, then he could also explain to the Yuan family, but Yang Yuanqing's repeated use of his Son of Heaven Sword gave him a headache, and this time he just seized the opportunity.

"You overstepped your authority and killed the officials of the imperial court without permission, and you should have been punished for your crimes, but for the sake of your dedication to the palace, I will punish you lightly and punish you for half a year, in addition, you abused my Panying Sword, which caused a bad impact on me, and I decided to take it back."

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, Panying Sword was specially rewarded to him because he saved Yang Guang's life in Renshou Palace back then, but since he had used up Yang Guang's promise in the case of Gao Gong, Yang Guang would not give him the sword again, and at this point, Yang Guang was unambiguous.

"The minister doesn't dare, I am willing to return it to Your Majesty!"

A eunuch presented the Panying sword in the gold plate to Yang Guang, Yang Guang took the sword, gently stroked the sword body, this is the sword given to him by his father when he ordered him to guard Yangzhou, to be precise, it should be called the sword of the king of Jin, this sword reminded him of his father again, and he sighed in his heart. He put away his sword, but took out another sword and put it on the royal case.

"Although you should be punished for killing the imperial court officials, but your decisiveness is very appreciative to me, now the situation in the capital is chaotic, I need a capable general to restore order in the capital, I have taken a fancy to your decisiveness, from now on, you are no longer the palace supervisor of Fenyang, I appointed you as the left and right guard of the East Palace, and gave you the sword of the Son of Heaven to stabilize the situation in the capital for me."

Yang Yuanqing was awe-inspiring in his heart, he understood Yang Guang's deep meaning, and in name he went to maintain order in the capital, but in fact, he seized the military power of the king of Qi, which shows that Yang Guang has decided to give up the king of Qi.

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