Chapter 53: The End of the Road

Xue Shixiong was ordered to go to Yique Gu to exterminate the private army of the King of Qi, and he also got the news that the private army of the Lord of Qi marched to the capital, and he was in a hurry, although he led the army all the way, but it was still a step late, and the private army of the King of Qi was exterminated by the Tiger Ben army led by Yuwen Chengdu, which made him depressed

He was not reconciled, so he stepped forward and bowed his hand and said: "General Yuwen, I am under the order of the Holy Lord to exterminate this private army, can I bring the prisoners of war to the Holy Lord to hand over the order?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu sneered, "My men suffered more than 400 casualties before they defeated this rebel army, and General Xue was not injured in a single soldier, so he had to take the credit, don't you think it's a bit excessive?" ”

Xue Shixiong's face turned red, and he said ashamedly: "I know that it is useless, but I am indeed on the order of the Holy Lord to encircle and suppress the private army, I go back empty-handed, it is difficult to explain to the Holy Lord, can General Yuwen be accommodating?"

Yuwen Chengdu is a person who accepts softness and does not accept hardness, he saw Xue Shixiong begging in a low voice, his heart was a little loose, and he glanced at Yang Yuanqing, meaning to let him be the middleman

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward with a smile and said: "I was the first to find out that the private army entered Beijing, and it stands to reason that I also have a share of credit, but I am a landlord, so let me be a peacemaker."

He bowed his hand to Xue Shixiong and said: "General Yuwen has another task, so I ask General Xue to bring back the prisoners of war and enemy corpses to the saint, but please General Xue to make it clear to the saint that this private army was annihilated by General Yuwen led by the Tiger Benwei, and the Tiger Benwei was killed and wounded more than 400 people, as for my merits, I will explain to the saint, and General Xue does not need to say more."

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Yuwen Chengdu again, "Is this good?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu thought that he still had a task, so he nodded, "Yes"

"Where's General Xue?" Yang Yuanqing turned around and asked

Xue Shixiong is old and sophisticated, he understands in his heart that Yuwen Chengdu is the henchman of the saint, and he can't take away this credit, and Yang Yuanqing can persuade Yuwen Chengdu to give him the prisoners of war and the corpse of the enemy, which is already the biggest concession of the other party

Xue Shixiong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "General Li Xie Yang, I have no opinion"

"Okay, then I'll leave the rest to General Xue, and by the way, place the dead and wounded brothers for me."

Yuwen Chengdu waved his hand, "Let's go"

He led 2,600 tiger guards to turn around and gallop towards the capital, Yang Yuanqing bowed to Xue Shixiong and said: "Please General Xue greet Wan Jun and Wan Che on my behalf, we will have a date later."

He also turned his horse's head and galloped towards the capital with nine iron guards and more than 100 soldiers

Xue Shixiong looked at their backs and walked away, and then looked at the corpses and more than 300 prisoners of war on the ground, then sighed, and ordered left and right: "Clean up the battlefield immediately"

Qi Wangfu, Yang Yan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back in the vacant room, all day, he was waiting for the news of Yang Yuanqing's killing, but the news just didn't come, although he also knew that it couldn't be so soon, at least until midnight, but he had been waiting for this day for a long time, and when it was coming, he finally lost his patience

Yang Xuan picked up a piece of information sent in the afternoon, Yang Yuanqing was indeed in the Grange, there were only more than 100 people around him, this was a good opportunity to kill him, Yang Yuan sighed He had hesitated, he also knew that his father was about to return to Beijing, and he could not easily use the private army Once his father knew, the consequences would be unimaginable, but if he missed this opportunity, he would regret it for the rest of his life, the important thing is that Shangxian Pan Dan exerted strong pressure on him, if he couldn't kill Yang Yuanqing before the saint came back, then his dream of the East Palace would be shattered

Two different emotions of worry and expectation were intertwined in Yang Jun's heart, making him a little upset and restless, it was already dark, should his army do it?

At this moment, the sound of running outside indicated that there was important news, Yang Jun was surprised, he stepped forward and opened the door in a few steps, only to see a guard running with a frightened face, Yang Jun was stunned for a moment

"Your Highness, it's not good, the outside of the mansion has been surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, General Yuwen asked His Highness to go out to receive the order"

"What?"

Yang Jun took a step back, and the sudden news seemed to make him step on the air, so shocked that he was almost out of breath, and after a while, he asked again: "Which general Yuwen is it?" ”

"It's Yuwen Chengdu, the general of the Left Guard, he asked His Highness to go out to receive the order"

Yang Jun was extremely uneasy and followed the guards towards the gate of the mansion, he didn't know what was going on? What will his father give him, is it really like what the immortal said, he can't kill Yang Yuanqing, and his life is doomed?

The outside of the palace of the king of Qi has been surrounded by more than 10,000 soldiers, in addition to the 2,600 tiger army, there are also 8,000 Donggong army, led by the general Zhou Zhong, to assist the tiger army's actions

Thousands of soldiers holding torches in their hands, shining in front of the palace gate as if it were day, Yuwen Chengdu held the holy decree and gold medal, his eyes were cold, on the steps of the palace gate, more than 100 guards blocked the gate in panic, and then someone shouted, "His Royal Highness the King of Qi has arrived"

The gate opened, and Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, walked out quickly, followed by more than three hundred guards, and he stepped forward worriedly and asked, "Where is the holy purpose?" ”

Yuwen Chengdu raised the holy decree and said loudly: "King Qi receives the decree"

Yang Jun knelt down, "Erchen takes the order"

Yuwen Chengdu opened the holy decree and read aloud: "The King of Qi has a heavy responsibility, staying in the capital, but the punishment is not effective, as for the chaos in the capital is difficult to contain, it is difficult to escape, immediately remove him from the post of Jing Zhaoyin, the East Palace army is no longer under its command, in addition, the King of Qi is the king, but he hides the demon road, and has a personal relationship with the concubine sister, which is against human ethics and deeply bears the hope, and the special order of the tiger is to search for the demon road, cut off the divination, and correct the law of the country"

After Yuwen Chengdu finished reading, he glanced at Yang Jun coldly, Yang Jun was so shocked that he couldn't say a word at this time, Yuwen Chengdu waved his hand and ordered: "Enter the mansion to search for the demon Dao, all Taoist witches will be arrested."

Two thousand five hundred tiger guards in full armor rushed into the palace of the king of Qi and began a thorough search, and soon all the Taoist priests were captured and pushed out of the palace, and Pan Dan was in the midst of a few maids to have fun, and the soldiers who rushed in were caught on the spot, Pan Dan's rib wounds had not yet completely healed, and he was pushed by the rough movements of the soldiers, and the pain made him faint, naked and carried out by the soldiers out of the king of Qi

A captain stepped forward to report to Yuwen Chengdu, "General Qiyu, this person is the demon Pan Dan, when the soldiers were arrested, he was having fun with the women of the Qi Palace"

Yuwen Chengdu saw that this demon was so absurd and shameless, and dared to touch the daughter of the Qi Palace, he couldn't help but be furious, pulled out his knife, raised the knife in his hand, and cut off Pan Dan's head

He pointed his knife at the Taoist priest who was kneeling all over the ground and shouted, "All dragged and beheaded"

The Taoist priests cried and cried for mercy, desperately begging for mercy, but the soldiers ignored the Taoist priest and pushed the Taoist priest to the ground, and more than 100 Taoist priests were all killed

Yang Jun shook his head sadly, "His Royal Highness King Qi, see how you explain to the Holy Lord?" ”

At this time, Sister Concubine was also searched, and a five-year-old girl was brought out, which was the illegitimate daughter of King Qi and Sister Concubine, Yuwen Chengdu, and immediately ordered: "By the will of the Holy Lord, King Qi will be imprisoned elsewhere, and Sister Concubine and her daughter will be taken away."

The soldiers imprisoned the king of Qi, and then sealed the palace of the king of Qi, with 1,000 soldiers left behind to guard, and the rest of the soldiers followed Yuwen Chengdu back to the holy car

At this time, the holy car of Yang Guang, the king of the Great Sui, had already arrived in Xingyang County, and the next afternoon, Xue Shixiong and Yuwen Chengdu arrived at the imperial camp one after another

Empress Xiao knelt in front of her husband in the imperial tent, she couldn't stand it for a long time, her face was full of tears and her eyes were already swollen with tears, "The concubine knows that King Qi is not angry, but the eldest son of the concubine is dead, only this one young son is left, the concubine is willing to share half of the blame for him, and is willing to go to the queen's service, just ask Your Majesty to spare his life"

Yang Guang stood in the big tent with his hands behind his back, staring at a picture of the rivers and mountains hanging in the big tent, his face was extremely pale, he had received a report from Xue Shixiong, a thousand private troops were fully armed into Beijing, and were stopped by Hu Benwei ten miles away from the capital, the two sides fought fiercely, Hu Benwei killed and wounded nearly 400 people, the private army has been annihilated, and 320 people were captured alive

What Yang Yun did finally broke through Yang Guang's bottom line, and the private army entered Beijing, which was to seek the dynasty and usurp the throne, so that Yang Guang could no longer tolerate it, he had already moved to kill, even if it was his most beloved son, but in front of the throne, he no longer had a trace of fatherly heart in his heart

At this time, Yang Lihua also walked in, she knelt down next to Empress Xiao, and also interceded for Yang Xuan, "King Qi has been arrogant since he was a child, with mediocre qualifications, he should not have entered the East Palace, but His Majesty has repeatedly given him opportunities, so that he has no self-discipline, plus he was confused by the demon way, instigated by his subordinates, and lost his heart for a while, this is not only his responsibility, but also for his father and mother, even I, the imperial aunt, have not fulfilled the responsibility of advice, we can't put all the responsibility on him, after all, he is His Majesty's flesh and blood, and people can't be resurrected when they die, I also beg Your Majesty to spare his life, so that he may die in peace like other sons of ordinary families."

Empress Xiao was so grateful that she cried out, "Your Majesty, it was the concubine who doted on him since he was a child, and he was ruined, begging Your Majesty to spare his life."

Yang Guang finally sighed, the murderous intent in his heart disappeared, he sat down and waved his hand, "You all get up"

Yang Lihua helped Empress Xiao up, Yang Guang said bitterly: "If it weren't for the thin heirs of my son, I would have put him to death, and if I killed him, I would only have a young son, and I don't know if I can become an adult

Yang Lihua helped Empress Xiao out of the imperial tent, and Yang Lihua said in a low voice: "The queen is relieved that at least King Qi can survive"

Empress Xiao cried with joy and thanked Yang Lihua, "Thank you for the imperial sister's intercession, my sister will remember it in my heart"

"Let's go, don't disturb Your Majesty"

Empress Xiao sighed low and followed Yang Lihua

An hour later, Yang Guang issued a holy decree, cut off the lord of Yang Xuan Qi, renamed the king of Jinling, put the old palace of the king of Qi under house arrest, ordered Hu Benlang to guard, the concubine sister died, and his daughter was raised by the queen of the year, and beheaded Qiao Lingze, Chen Zhiwei and Wang Jian, the eunuch of Jinyang Palace, and the staff of the king of Qi were all assigned to Lingnan, and Shi Liujian, the head of the palace of Qi, was cut to the people for the crime of dereliction of duty

The next day, Yang Guangsheng arrived in the capital, and before entering Beijing, he made another decree to report that the King of Qi was meritorious, Yun Dingxing was exempted from his old crimes, and the Taifu Temple was sealed, and Jingzhao Shaoyin Cui Bosu was promoted to Jingzhao Yin

And Yang Yuanqing resettled the displaced people, stabilized the situation in the capital, and added the title of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor, and gave a beautiful house

At this time, the Japanese king Doris Bigu sent the envoy Ono Meizi to lead 300 people into the Great Sui Dynasty to pay tribute and learn Buddhism and Central Plains culture, Yang Guangxi immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites Shang Teng Yang Xuangan to welcome the envoy, went to Jiangdu County to welcome the Japanese envoy and his party into Beijing

At this time, Yang Yuanqing has reached the time to talk about marriage