"陛xià, 陛xià, 陛xià-! The ministers accept the grace of the country, they can't fulfill the loyalty of the ministers, they can't prevent Yu Wenhua and other traitors from killing the king, the ministers deserve death, and the ministers deserve death! ”

Wearing a filial piety robe and a filial piety hat prostrate in front of the spiritual seat of Emperor Yang of Sui, our mourning Tianliang Chen Fuliang cried that it was pear blossoms with rain, begonias with dew, dead and alive, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were not bright, although the number of Daxing civil and military officials kneeling behind Chen Fuliang was large, and they were all crying sadly, but no one could be as heartfelt and touching as Chen Fuliang, so that even Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui and other insiders couldn't help but secretly praise, "Chen Liushou still has feelings for His Majesty." ”

The matter is not over, crying and shouting, Chen Fuliang, who felt that he had not fulfilled the power of escort, even jumped up to draw his sword and kill himself, and apologized to the spiritual seat of Emperor Yang of Sui, but it is a pity that Chen Fuliang's sword has just been unsheathed, and before it can be put on his neck, Wei Chi Jingde and Liu Heimin and other fierce people have already rushed up, holding down Chen Fuliang's hand and snatching Chen Fuliang's sword, but Chen Fuliang still refuses to give up, and cries again: "Let go of me, let go of me, I want to apologize to Your Majesty, as a minister, I failed to fulfill the responsibility of escorting, As for the death of His Majesty at the hands of the rebellious ministers, I deserve to die for my sin! I want to apologize to His Majesty! ”

Everyone persuaded hard, and Fang Xuanling also took Chen Fuliang's hand and cried: "Brother Xian, His Majesty was killed by the rebellious ministers and thieves, as courtiers, in addition to not forgetting to grieve, don't forget to avenge His Majesty, kill the rebellious ministers and thieves led by Yu Wenhua, and kill the monarch and the thief!" I also hope that the virtuous brother will protect his useful body, put state affairs first, take revenge and blood hatred as the most important thing, and don't act impulsively! Don't act impulsively! ”

Zhu Wenwu also followed this persuasion, saying that Chen Fuliang should first consider how to avenge Emperor Yang of Sui, and then decide how to apologize to Emperor Yang of Sui. But Chen Fuliang still refused to stop, and immediately changed his tone and roared wildly: "Pass the order, gather all the soldiers and horses, I will personally lead the Guanzhong army south to Jiangdu, and go to fight to the death with Yu Wenhua and the traitors!" Capture him alive, cut him with a thousand knives, and crush his bones and scatter ashes! ”

Daxing Wenwu all smiled bitterly, and could only beg Chen Fuliang to calm down, don't be so impulsive, Jiangdu is thousands of miles away from Daxing, and avenging Emperor Yang of Sui is not a matter of one or two days, it must be considered in the long run. Du Ruhui also wiped his tears and said: "Chen stays behind, His Majesty has died, there is no owner in the country, and the biggest thing at the moment is to support the new monarch." The river capital is far away, the road is blocked, and the matter of avenging His Majesty can only be postponed, and I hope that Chen will stay behind to focus on the Great Sui River, distinguish the priorities, and lead us to support the new monarch first, and then discuss how to avenge His Majesty. ”

Chen Fuliang had been looking forward to this plan for a long time, crying and secretly watching everyone's reactions, seeing that the Daxing civil and military forces present agreed with each other, and they all opened their mouths to agree, Chen Fuliang was secretly happy in his heart, and couldn't help but crawl in front of the spirit of Emperor Yang of Sui, and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, you died so unjustly-!" ”

At the same time, the inside and outside of Daxing City have also been immersed in a piece of sadness, every household has hung a white banner to summon spirits, whether it is the military and civilians, officials and generals, or the male and female servants in the palace, all according to Chen Fuliang's order to give Emperor Yang of Sui Dai filial piety. In this regard, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others, who were able to witness Wang Xuance's letter, quietly reminded that the news provided by Wang Xuance had not been confirmed, and it was best not to do things too desperately, but Chen Fuliang concluded that the news was true based on Yu Wenhua and four words, insisted that the whole city wear filial piety, and also ordered all counties in Guanzhong to arrest the ambassador with the honor, ordering them to also mourn and hang filial piety for Emperor Yang of Sui.

Of course, the news of the killing of Emperor Sui also caused a huge repercussion, and the Guan Chinese military officials and the military and civilian people were stunned and incredulous, but they all had a sense of relief, as if they had unloaded a thousand heavy burdens, and although the officials and civilians continued to cry, the smiles on people's faces were unconsciously much more.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was really unpopular, although every major event he did after he ascended the throne, whether it was building canals, opening imperial examinations or frequently launching foreign wars, was a matter of merit in the present and beneficial for the future, but he abused the people's power too much, and ignored the burden of ordinary people and the interests of the gate lord family, and the whole country hated him in their hearts. Although Chen Fuliang, who was a traverser, understood the importance of Emperor Yang of Sui doing these things in his heart, and admired his foresight and benefit for all generations, he still didn't want him to continue to be the emperor, and he didn't want to be a cow or a horse for such an emperor who was sometimes wise and sometimes confused, so the death of Emperor Yang of Sui was a relief for everyone, and even for Emperor Yang of Sui himself.

What followed was of course the issue of supporting the new monarch, and before Chen Fuliang opened his mouth, a group of accomplices and lackeys under his command had completely forgotten about Yang Tong, the direct grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, and couldn't wait to start selecting candidates for the establishment of the Daxing royal family, and without Chen Fuliang's instructions, he specially picked those stupid and stupid and young, and quickly made two candidates for Chen Fuliang, one is Yang Xingji mentioned earlier, and the other is Yang Daoxuan, the son of Yang Zhiji, King Cai, who was selected for him, It was because Yang Zhiji was afraid that his son would cause trouble if he was too smart, so he deliberately did not give his son too much education, causing Yang Daoxuan's talent and intelligence to be very mediocre, so he was targeted by Chen Fuliang's accomplice lackeys.

After Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang, the four major strategists, jointly submitted the list of candidates to Chen Fuliang, and pointed out to Chen Fuliang the respective advantages and disadvantages of these two candidates. Yang Xingji's advantage is that he is only five years old and easy to manipulate, and the disadvantage is that he is too far away from Emperor Yang of Sui; Yang Daoxuan's advantage is that his blood relationship is close to Emperor Yang of Sui, and he is Yang Dong's uncle, so he pushed him out as a puppet and Yang Dong has to fight, but the disadvantage is that he is over twenty years old, how can he have some independent ideas, if he suddenly opens up, it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath.

After carefully reading the information of Yang Xingji and Yang Daoxuan, Chen Fuliang smiled and asked with a smile: "Everyone, what do you want to do?" Although there are not many royal families in Daxing City, there are also a few talented royal relatives, you pick and choose, how can you choose such two crooked melons and cracked dates for me? ”

Fang Xuanling and the others all laughed, but they didn't explain the reason, of course Chen Fuliang would not be stupid enough to ask the reason for doing this, but put the list information down temporarily, shook his head and said: "This matter is not urgent, it can be discussed later, the most important thing now is another matter." ”

"Qu Tutong!" Fang Xuanling immediately added.

"That's right, Qu Tutong!" Chen Fuliang nodded, sneered and said: "Wang Xuance made it very clear in the letter that in order to harm me, Li Mi Xiao'er actually offered a plan to His Royal Highness King Yue, and asked Qu Tutong to trick me into going to Hedong to fight Li Shimin in a decisive battle, and then took the opportunity to suddenly defect on the battlefield and help Li Erlang to take my life." Now that he has begun to do it, under the pretext that Li Erlang's main force is concentrated in Fenyin, lure me to go to launch a decisive battle, and I was almost fooled, which shows that he has secretly concluded an alliance with Li Erlang, and he also stands on the side of His Royal Highness King Yue, treating me as a rebel, and if we don't solve his problem for a day, our Yongfeng Cang's life root will not be at peace for a day. ”

Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others nodded one after another, and then Wei Zhengjian said: "Stay behind, send troops, use force to solve the problem of Qu Tutong, he colluded with Li Erlang to try to harm you, our division is famous, and it is justified to crusade against him." ”

"Of course, a solution by force is a solution." Chen Fuliang said in a deep voice: "But I don't think it's until the last moment, it's better not to do it, Qu Tutong is an old minister of the two dynasties, and he has quite prestige in the army and the people, we just received the news of His Majesty's death, and immediately pointed the finger at him, and it is inevitable that he will be infamous and infamous for injustice." ”

"Can Qu Tutong collude with Li Erlang to harm you?" Yuan Tiangang hurriedly reminded.

"What about the evidence?" Chen Fuliang stretched out his hands and asked rhetorically, "Qu Tutong and Li Shimin secretly colluded to prepare to harm me, we only have internal correspondence reports, and there is no real evidence, just like His Royal Highness King Yue accused me of rebellion without any evidence, how can I be convinced by the people of the world?" ”

Yuan Tiangang closed his mouth, and after discussing with Fang Xuanling in a low voice for a while, he said to Chen Fuliang: "Chen Liushou, what Xiaguan and Brother Qiao Song mean is to simply stab Qu Tutong about this matter, let him understand that we already know his tricks, and also directly sue him, if he is willing to rein in the precipice, we can ignore the past suspicions and re-admit him, an old minister of the two dynasties." If he is still obsessed, there is only the choice of taking the lead, as long as we take precautions in the Yongfeng Cang area, we are not afraid that he will turn his face, and then dispatch the main force to destroy him, which is also justified and famous. ”

"It's a brilliant plan, and it's exactly what I want." Chen Fuliang nodded with satisfaction and said: "Directly let Qu Tu inform him of this matter, force him to stand in line, he will turn his face with us, we will get rid of his burden of money and food, and send troops to fight against him." If he is willing to work hand in hand with us to help the new emperor avenge the country, it will also be a happy event. But....... ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fuliang paused for a moment, and then said: "But it's better for us to try to recruit Qu Tutong over, he still has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he controls the strong city of Hedong, and at the same time threatens our Yongfeng Cang and Chang Ping, if we completely force him to Li Erlang's side, even if we are not afraid, we will have to spend a lot of money to solve the Hedong problem." If you can recruit him, it is far better than completely eliminating him by force. ”

After several accomplices discussed in a low voice for a while, Du Ruhui, who was still good at making decisions, said: "Chen Liushou, if you want to recruit Qu Tutong as much as possible, then there is only one way, send his two sons to Hedong to report the funeral, and invite him to return to Daxing to discuss with you the matter of supporting the new emperor." At the same time tell him by letter that his schemes have been discovered by you. ”

"Send Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan to Hedong to report the funeral, and ask Qu Tutong to return to Daxing to discuss the big event?" Chen Fuliang almost suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, and said in surprise: "Isn't Qu Tutong even more worry-free?" Can you let go of your hands and feet to be our enemy? ”

"Brother Xian, if you want to hold Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan in your hands as hostages, and force Qu Tutong to return to Daxing, you will be captured." Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Then do you think Qu Tutong will accept your coercion?" ”

"No, Qu Tutong is not that kind of person." Chen Fuliang shook his head resolutely, and subconsciously remembered the story of Qu Tutong's shot in his mind.

"Isn't this the end of it?" Fang Xuanling also spread his hands and said with a smile: "Since it is impossible for Qu Tutong to give in because we took his son as a hostage, then why should you be a wicked person and detain the son of a court official as a hostage and be infamous?" And why waste money and food to support his two sons? It's better to be a favor and send them to persuade Qu Tutong to return to Daxing, so that it will show that you are generous, benevolent and righteous, and it is easier to impress Qu Tutong, who values love and righteousness. ”

"More critically." Du Ruhui added with a dark smile: "The generals and soldiers under Qu Tutong's command are all locals in Guanzhong, and Qu Tutong's son has returned to him, but which of the parents, wives and children of those Guanzhong soldiers is still in Guanzhong?" Qu Tutong, who has no worries, takes these Guanzhong soldiers who have worries to make enemies of us, or takes them away to the Eastern Capital, what will these Guanzhong soldiers think in their hearts? ”

Chen Fuliang smiled, nodded and said: "It's a good idea, since you want to be a good person, then a good person will be a good person to the end, and simply let Qu Tutong's family go to Hedong, so that he has no worries." However, this only shows my sincerity and benevolence, and slightly alienates Qu Tutong's military heart, and does not guarantee that Qu Tutong will be able to return to Daxing to discuss and support the big thing? ”

Du Ruhui smiled and said a call to Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang applauded with joy, and immediately clapped his hands and said: "Okay, just do it, immediately go and summon Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan to see me, and then call Liu Heimin, just in case, let him bring 20,000 troops to Chaoyi, so that even if Qu Tutong is disobedient, we don't need to worry about being caught off guard." ”

Everyone followed the order, Chen Fuliang personally wrote a letter to Qu Tutong, and after a while, Qu Tutong's two precious sons were first led to Chen Tuliang's face, Chen Fuliang was not polite, and directly arranged for them to go to Hedong to report the funeral to Qu Tutong, and let them invite Qu Tutong to return to Daxing on their behalf to discuss the important matter of supporting the new emperor and avenging Emperor Yang of Sui, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan, who had not seen their father for a long time, happily took the order together, Chen Fuliang handed them his letter to Qu Tutong, and asked them again:" Your mother, wife and children should not have seen the old general Qu Tu for a long time, right? In order to prevent Li Hemin's army from taking the opportunity to attack, I will send General Liu Heimin to lead 20,000 troops to Chaoyi to garrison, you simply bring your family members, go with Liu Heimin, and go to Hedong to meet with the old general Qu Tu. ”

"Chen Liushou, isn't this very good?" Qu Tuquan asked with some surprise: "In ancient times, I haven't heard of the family members of the general who are all going to the front line?" ”

"I'm still afraid that the old general Qu Tu will rebel?" Chen Fuliang asked softly, and said involuntarily: "That's it, you go back and make arrangements, set off tomorrow, and take all your family members with you." ”

Seeing Chen Fuliang's resolute attitude, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan brothers didn't say much, so they could only quickly thank him and leave, Chen Fuliang made some arrangements, and then returned to the Sui Yang Emperor's mourning hall in the Zhaoyang Gate, and the result was also a coincidence, just in time for a group of Daxing royal families to cry and mourn in front of the Sui Yang Emperor's spirit, seeing Chen Fuliang's arrival, these royal relatives who were more or less related to Emperor Sui Yang took the initiative to salute Chen Fuliang, and many people still had flashing eyes, and their faces were full of desire to say goodbye.

Only a twenty-three or four-year-old member of the royal family did not get up to salute Chen Fuliang, just knelt on the futon and cried under filial piety, when Chen Fuhao asked about his identity, he was stunned to learn that he was Yang Daoxuan, the son of Yang Zhiji, King Cai, considering that his generation and blood can confront Yang Tong, Chen Fuliang carefully observed his situation, and found that as introduced by Fang Xuanling and others, Yang Daoxuan, who was in his prime, did look very simple, and his expression was a little sluggish, which gave people a loyal and honest appearance.

After hesitating for a long time by Yang Daoxuan's side, Chen Fuliang also wanted to speak and stopped, but finally did not speak, sighed lightly and walked away. However, what Chen Fuliang didn't expect was that he did this but caused some trouble to Yang Daoxuan, seeing Chen Fuliang standing beside Yang Daoxuan for a long time to observe him, many members of the royal family were so jealous that their eyes were red, after Chen Fuliang walked away, Yang Gang, the fifth son of Yang Xiong, the king of Guan next to Yang Daoxuan, also whispered with envy on his face: "Brother Daoxuan, you are really wise and foolish." ”

"What do you mean by being wise and foolish?" Yang Daoxuan asked with tears in his eyes.

"You're pretending to be stupid again, aren't you?" Yang Gang sneered and said: "Chen Liushou came to visit the clan and wept spirits, even the five-year-old Yang Xingji got up and saluted him, just you knelt still, but let Chen Liushou notice you, aren't you wise and foolish?" ”

"The book says that the crying spirit should be sincere, I am sincere and crying, not deliberately let Chen stay and pay attention to me." Yang Daoxuan shook his head and explained.

"What's in it? Don't think I haven't heard of it, Chen Liushou and your father know each other, and the relationship is not bad. Yang Gang's face was full of disdain, and he said in a low voice: "Dao Xuan, if Chen Liushou chooses you to support him, don't worry, I will definitely support you." But you will get your wish in the future, but don't forget my support. ”

"What are you doing with me?" Yang Daoxuan asked suspiciously.

"It's pretending again, isn't it?" Yang Gang sneered, pouted in the direction of the Great Cause Palace, and said in a low voice: "Of course, it is to support the position where you sit inside." ”

Yang Daoxuan finally came to his senses, quickly shook his head like a rattle, and said in a low voice: "Fifth brother, don't harm me, I won't sit, I will never sit." ”

"Pretending again." Yang Gang sneered even more.

"It's not pretending." Yang Daoxuan continued to shake his head and said in a low voice: "It was my father's explanation to me before he went to Jiangdu, he said that no matter what happens in the future, no matter who says that he supports me to sit there, I can't agree!" That position is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and sitting on it will only break your bones, and being an honest court official is the greatest blessing. ”

While Yang Gang was dumbfounded, Chen Fuliang also looked at Yang Daoxuan quietly from a distance, and said secretly in his heart: "Forget it, Yang Zhiji is good to me, don't harm his son, choose Yang Xingji." "The merit of support."

"What are you doing with me?" Yang Daoxuan asked suspiciously.

"It's pretending again, isn't it?" Yang Gang sneered, pouted in the direction of the Great Cause Palace, and said in a low voice: "Of course, it is to support the position where you sit inside." ”

Yang Daoxuan finally came to his senses, quickly shook his head like a rattle, and said in a low voice: "Fifth brother, don't harm me, I won't sit, I will never sit." ”

"Pretending again." Yang Gang sneered even more.

"It's not pretending." Yang Daoxuan continued to shake his head and said in a low voice: "It was my father's explanation to me before he went to Jiangdu, he said that no matter what happens in the future, no matter who says that he supports me to sit there, I can't agree!" That position is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and sitting on it will only break your bones, and being an honest court official is the greatest blessing. ”

While Yang Gang was dumbfounded, Chen Fuliang also looked at Yang Daoxuan quietly from a distance, and said secretly in his heart: "Forget it, Yang Zhiji is good to me, don't harm his son, choose Yang Xingji." ”