Yuan Chao drank a little too much last night, and was about to leave Shangcai, so he inevitably tossed on the girl, so he slept very hard. When it was almost time, he was still snoring like thunder, and when the rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded, Yuan Chao woke up leisurely, he shook his head, the headache caused by the hangover made him not realize what happened at the first time, and after relieving himself, his eyes suddenly widened: Why did the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing sound in the city?

"Which way is the brother making trouble" Yuan Chao asked.

He didn't believe that these were officers and soldiers, because the nearest officers and soldiers who were still fighting were hundreds of miles away, and he only thought that it was the leader of the rebel army who fought with someone else, which led to internal strife between the two armies, and this kind of thing happened more than once after his uprising. Thinking that he was about to leave Shangcai, and even made such a fuss, Yuan Chao felt unhappy in his heart.

Then the door was slammed open, and a cronie broke in, shouting hoarsely: "Officers and soldiers, Ye Chang, officers and soldiers Ye Chang is here"

Yuan Chao only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and the Venus in front of him was rising, and he settled down: "Hugh is talking nonsense, Ye Chang is still recuperating in Luokoucang......

"Brother Yuan, it's true, I don't know how many officers and soldiers have come to the city, they are all fierce, they keep saying that they are on the orders of Ye Chang to quell the thieves...... It's a big deal, let's go."

Hearing the thief say this, Yuan Chao came to his senses completely, he jumped up, and ordered with a pause: "Quickly summon all the leaders to discuss the matter...... No, get out of town."

The sound of the fight was not far from the place where he lived, and it sounded like it was outside the gate, at this time, there was no time to discuss, and he should get out as soon as possible, as long as he could get out of the city, and then regain his strength, it was a big deal to flee far away, but not to wait for death here.

However, he also understood that if he fled alone, he would inevitably be captured, so although he did not gather the leaders of the thieves, he gathered his cronies and the thieves who could be caught, and cobbled together four or five hundred people. He heard the sound of the fight at the north gate at first, but at this moment, the east gate also sounded, so he pointed to the west gate of the fang: "Go to the west, that side is close to the city gate, and you can go out of the city when you get out of the fang."

He rushed to the west gate with more than 500 people, only to see that it was quiet here, which was not the same as the north and east of Fang. Yuan Chao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and only then did he have time to think about where these officers and soldiers came from. He scattered a group of thieves around Shangcai, almost every village has his people, the officers and soldiers should have been discovered when they came here, even if they can't beat the officers and soldiers, they can also use the beacon smoke to warn, but even now, he has not seen the beacon smoke anywhere else.

"Could it be that Ye Chang really has any strange magic methods that can descend from the sky?" He couldn't help but think crankily in his heart.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a scream in front of him, and he looked up, and his whole heart seemed to sink into an ice cave

They had already arrived in front of the gate of Xifang, and saw that there were about 200 officers and soldiers outside the door, in orderly ranks, holding crossbows in their hands, and the thieves who rushed fastest had been shot to the ground

An Yuanguang looked coldly at the group of thieves who rushed out: "As I expected, the thieves will indeed escape from the West Gate...... Those who kneel will not die"

Most of these thieves are Yuan Chao's cronies, they are all thieves who are not afraid of death, seeing the previous situation, they shouted and rushed forward, An Yuanguang was not merciful, and ordered a salvo. In a blink of an eye, a large number of people fell in front of the gate of the West Fang, and nearly 100 thieves were killed or injured.

Seeing that he couldn't rush out here, Yuan Chao could only retreat back into the fang, and at this time, shouts rose from all sides, and he realized that he had been surrounded. He tried to rush again, but he was still forced to retreat after throwing down dozens of corpses, and the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to seize the gate and began to attack them.

Seeing An Yuanguang's bravery, Yuan Chao knew that it was impossible to stand out from the west gate, so he could only retreat one after another, and then retreat to the house where he lived. This house is built by Shangcai Yihaoqiang, the courtyard wall is tall, and there is a corner tower, relying on this, it was held for a while.

But Yuan Chao knew in his heart that this was only a temporary matter, unless the army outside the city found out that something was wrong in the city and came to the city to save him, he was only afraid that he would have to fold here.

"Damn, why is this happening" He was anxious at this time, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with it, he was really like an ant on a hot pot. I didn't know what to do, but I heard someone shouting: "Brother Yuan, what's wrong?" ”

Looking back, he saw Fang Qing, who was drunk, looking at him in a daze. Yuan Chao secretly hated in his heart, if it weren't for Fang Qing secretly instigating some people who were greedy for the stability of Cai's side and unwilling to leave, where would it have fallen to such a point?

"Brother Yuan?" Fang Qing, who still didn't understand what was going on, asked again.

"Ye Chang is here, we can't escape death today," Yuan Chao said sadly.

"What?" Fang Qing was agitated, he woke up completely from a hangover, and he snatched a knife from a thief: "Where is it, where is Ye Chang?" ”

really didn't bother to pay attention to him, Yuan Chao's mind turned, and suddenly thought of something, he asked the door to be guarded, and he came to the courtyard with his cronies carrying knives.

Da Xikun and Luo Fengxian were probing their brains here, and when they saw him coming, both of them were discolored.

"Yuan Gong, Yuan Gong, outside...... Is it the officers and soldiers who are coming? ”

"Exactly, isn't that what you want?" Yuan Chao smiled in a dark voice, and when he saw that the two of them were really happy, he changed color and said: "It's just that you don't want to be happy early, don't forget, you have taken refuge in me and fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers, and the end will only be worse than mine."

Da Xiqi and Luo Fengxian both shook suddenly, and the two glanced at each other.

If it is placed in the Kaiyuan period of Li Longji, maybe they can still live, but since entering the Tianbao year, Li Longji has become more and more rigid and suspicious, and their betrayal will definitely be difficult to escape, and it may even be an extremely miserable death.

Unless they can redeem themselves, but in the current situation, how can they redeem themselves?

Thoughts went around, and the two of them couldn't think of any good way, seeing the appearance of the two, Yuan Chao's eyes became more and more murderous, and the knife was gradually raised.

"There is a way, there is a way" Luo Fengxian was in a hurry, and shouted: "Now the officers and soldiers still don't know that Da Xi Dayin has taken refuge in Yuan Gong, but you can ask Da Xi Dayin to give an order to the officers and soldiers."

"I chopped you eggless dead eunuch" Da Xiqi jumped up and rushed over to choke Luo Fengxian's throat.

He is a civil official, and he is not as powerful as Luo Fengxian, but when he broke out, Luo Fengxian was unguarded, and he stuck his throat, and his tongue suddenly stretched out. Luo Fengxian raised his knee in a panic and hit Da Xike's crotch, Da Xike's hand suddenly weakened, Luo Fengxian gasped for breath, and knocked him to the ground. The two of them rolled around on the ground, beating and scolding.

This appearance made Yuan Chao almost happy.

"Two dog officials, you should have killed it a long time ago," Yuan Chao muttered, and he really stepped forward with a knife.

At this moment, I heard a bang behind me, but the door finally slammed open. The officers and soldiers didn't care about 3721, first there was a burst of crossbow arrows like flying locusts, and the thieves in the courtyard shot down a piece, and then someone shouted: "I surrender, I am willing to surrender, Yuan Chao is in the courtyard, I am willing to sacrifice Yuan Chao"

"Fang Qing" Yuan Chao heard the voice, neighed and roared, turned around, but saw that the thieves in the courtyard, under the leadership of Fang Qing, abandoned their blades and knelt down, scrambling to surrender one by one.

"Who is Yuan Chao?" The man shouted.

"He is, he is"

Yuan Chao was standing at the gate of the courtyard, and everyone's hands pointed at him, and he was glared at by the general's eyes, and he only felt a pang in his heart.

In any case, kill these two dog officers first......

Yuan Chao knew that he was never lucky, he killed all the way, fought from Jiangnan to Henan, instigated countless people to raise trouble, killed countless officers and soldiers, and really fell into the hands of the imperial court, it must be a thousand cuts. At this time, he was in the final madness, so he naturally didn't care about the consequences, and raised his knife to kill Da Xiqi and Luo Fengxian first.

But the two of them scuffled, rolled around and rolled at his feet, and he looked back at the general, not noticing. With this move of the knife, Da Xike and Luo Fengxian, who were originally scuffling together, suddenly stopped, and the two of them pounced on him and hugged him.

"I captured the thief leader Yuan Chao," Da Xiqi cheered.

"It's me, it's me, it's me," Luo Fengxian shouted in a series of voices.

Yuan Chao was stunned, although he had great strength, he was caught off guard by two people, and the whole person lost his balance and fell to the ground. By the time he broke free and got up, and was about to snatch the knife and kill again, a horse lance was already pressed against his throat.

"It's the thief I captured, I'm Yin Da Xi Ke of Henan Mansion, and it's my first contribution" Da Xi Ke's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he kept saying.

He knew very well that his defeat and loss of opportunity was already a mistake, that failing to sacrifice his life and martyrdom was another second mistake, and that being a thief was a third mistake that was more serious than the first two mistakes. Now he doesn't want personal glory and wealth, the only thing he cares about is his life.

"It's clear that I captured it, I am Luo Fengxian, the ambassador of the prison army, and I captured it."

Hearing that he was going to fight for this credit, Luo Feng was anxious, and the two of them looked at each other angrily, first competing for merit, and then began to attack each other, describing the ugly state of the other party's thief.

"Tie up," the general ordered the officers and soldiers, ignoring them.

Since the officers and soldiers tied Yuan Chao up, Luo Fengxian's expression moved, he felt that this voice seemed to be very familiar, raised his head and looked at the Tang general on the horse, glanced at it, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

"I ...... Wu'er? ”

That Tang general is An Yuanguang. But his face was full of pain and confusion, and there was no joy of new achievement, and when he heard Luo Feng call himself, he let out a long sigh and got off the horse.

No matter what he has to face next, Datang Tianbao has been in trouble for half a year in the fourteenth winter, and finally quieted down a little because of Yuan Chao's capture. Although there are still some small thieves wandering around with thieves, on the whole, the civil unrest that swept through the three provinces is peaceful, and Datang seems to have returned to peace.

The good news and Ye Chang's report of illness were sent to Chang'an at the same time and presented to Li Longji's desk.

"Ye Changxue attacked Shangcai at night, the thief leader Yuan Chao has been captured alive, the rest of the thieves, more than 200 people from Fang Qing were captured, 80,000 thieves surrendered, and the rest of the thieves were scattered, among the thieves, only Chen Zhuang was still in Huainan Road and had not been captured......"

This twist and turn made Li Longji laugh out loud: "Read, read, read again"

Gao Lishi also smiled, and read the good news again, this is the fifth time. However, when he finished reading the good news and read that Ye Chang was sick because he was sick and was now seriously ill, Li Longji still interrupted him: "Read the good news, you don't have to read these unimportant things."

"What the sage said...... However, saint, since the thief has been pacified and Ye Chang is sick, should An Lushan be sent back to Fanyang? ”

Colliers' words silenced Li Longji.

After a while, he smiled: "Ye Chang is worried about me, and his hard work is high, since he is sick, I have to send someone to visit him and ask the imperial doctor to diagnose him...... He is really, such a big person, how can he feel a cold"

The corners of Gao Lishi's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say.

The imperial doctor is afraid that he is not going to diagnose Ye Chang, but to judge whether Ye Chang is really sick or pretending to be sick.

"I heard that Ye Chang and Li Linfu's daughter are separated, there is no one around to take care of them, and they have been running around for a long time, and it is inevitable that they will occasionally feel cold." After a while, Colliers said cautiously.

His loyalty to Li Longji is undoubted, but Li Longji's current approach to some things makes him a little uncomfortable. Fang just said this, it was not someone else who asked him to say it, but he still took a certain risk to say it.

Li Longji glanced up at him, his expression was a little cold: "General Gao, now that it's the end of the year, I don't know how much benefit Ye Chang's three major chambers of commerce have given to General Gao this year?" ”

Gao Lishi's heart sank, and he quickly knelt down: "The slave and maid are guilty, the slave and maid should not accept the dividends of the Chamber of Commerce, and the slave and maid will let people return the past."

Li Longji waved his hand: "You too, I just ask, why do you bother to go to your heart." I really want to ask, this year, it seems that it is a little difficult to collect all the taxes, I originally wanted to build another palace for my retirement...... I'm afraid that this money can't come out of the treasury, so I can only find Ye Chang, the rich man. ”

Gao Lishi knelt on the cold steps, did not dare to get up, and after another moment, Li Longji motioned to the little eunuch to help him up, and then shook his head.

Gao Lishi understood Li Longji's meaning very well, and his suspicion of Ye Chang did not disappear because Ye Chang pacified the rebellion of the Yuan brothers, on the contrary, this suspicion was even worse.

He felt a little strange in his heart, some time ago, he heard Li Longji praise Ye Chang's loyalty, and even said with regret that although Li Linfu was treacherous, he had a good vision and picked such a good son-in-law. Why is it that in just a few days, Li Longji's perception of Ye Chang has changed so much and become what he is now?

His heart turned around today, thinking of the frequent entry and exit of the Yang family sisters in the past few days, Gao Lishi suddenly understood the reason.

Now that he is also old, although Li Longji can't leave him with the old days, he is not like in the past, he has to wait for him almost at any time every day. Sometimes, he is not in the palace and is not by Li Longji's side, and at this time, if someone wants to say something to Li Longji......

Sighing in his heart, Colliers didn't say anything after all.