"Xiangguo, Chang'an has arrived!" One of the attendants shouted as he pointed to a towering section of the city wall in the distance.

Yang Shidao put up a curtain to block out the slightly dazzling sunlight, and looked west through a dead branch, and he also saw a black and swarthy city wall lying several miles away.

"It's back!" Yang Shidao also let out a long sigh, he couldn't remember how long he had been away from Chang'an, ten years or eight years?

Looking at this city where he was born and even grew up, Yang Shidao felt infinitely in his heart, when will the Sui army capture Chang'an again?

This time, Yang Shidao was ordered to send an envoy to Chang'an, just to appease the Tang Dynasty and make it clear to them that the Sui Dynasty's issuance of silver coins would not harm the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

He carried with him a handwritten letter from Yang Yuanqing to Li Yuan, in which he promised to strictly prohibit the flow of money to the Tang Dynasty.

This is Yang Yuanqing's concession, or it can be called showing weakness, in fact, the attitude is not important, the important thing is to stabilize the Tang Dynasty.

It was necessary to avoid war with the Tang Dynasty before resolving the Turkic crisis, and the silver money would become the fuse of the dispute between the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the task of Yang Shidao's envoy was to pinch off this fuse.

The crowd walked forward for several miles, getting closer and closer to the Chunming Gate of Chang'an, when a group of cavalry galloped out of the city.

In the team, the leader is an official who is nearly forty years old, with big ears, calm eyes, a long beard floating under his chin, and an extraordinary bearing, he is Yang Gongren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty, and the eldest brother of Yang Shidao.

He came to greet Yang Shidao and his party at the behest of Li Yuan, and there was another person beside him, with a hawk nose and thin eyes, and a treacherous gaze, he was Feng Deyi, the internal history of the Tang Dynasty.

Feng Deyi took the initiative to invite Ying to come together to greet the Sui envoy, and there was still a deep meaning hidden in it, Li Yuan actually didn't believe in Yang Gongren very much.

"Big brother!" Yang Shidao saw Yang Gongren and immediately shouted in surprise. Wave your hand. The horses came up.

When Yang Gongren saw his brother, a smile appeared on his always serious face, and an indescribable family affection surged in his heart. They have the same blood flowing around them, and they have a tacit understanding that ordinary people don't have.

"Third brother, it's been hard all the way."

Although there is an urge in my heart to hug my brother. But Yang Gongren still restrained, he knew that Feng Deyi was behind him.

This person is a villain, he will tell the Holy Lord in detail about the process of meeting his brother, Yang Gongren understands Li Yuan's thoughts, he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so he just arches his hand and smiles faintly.

Yang Shidao's gaze crossed his brother's shoulder, and when he saw Feng Deyi's treacherous smile, he suddenly understood the distress in his brother's heart. also restrained his excitement, and said with a smile: "Big brother seems to have gained a little weight." ”

"Well, of course, pampered. He didn't ride to the countryside to visit the people as often as he used to. Naturally, I was fat. ”

With a smile on his face, Yang Gongren looked at Yang Shidao's deputy envoy Zhang Liang again. But he didn't know it, so he smiled and asked, "Who is this?" ”

"This is the deputy envoy of this trip, Zhang joins the army, and Ren Chu Wangji's office joins the army." Yang Shidao introduced him with a smile.

Yang Gongren was in awe, and hurriedly gave a salute, "It turned out that Zhang joined the army, and he has heard of his name for a long time!" ”

Zhang Liang saw that he actually knew that he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and hurriedly gave a deep salute and said: "Zhang Liang is a humble position, and he doesn't dare to accept Yang Shangshu's gift. ”

Yang Gongren is the eldest son of Yang Xiong, not only knowledgeable, but also familiar with military books, when he was young, a bright silver gun was quite famous in Chang'an, and he was a well-known beautiful man, so he was called 'Silver Gun Pretty Lang Jun', and there were countless beauties who admired him.

Later, Yang Gongren served as Zhangye Taishou, with outstanding political achievements, and was transferred to the court as a household servant, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, Yang Guang transferred the four-way army to exterminate Yang Xuangan, the first road Yu Wenshu, the second road Qu Tutong, the third way to protect the child, the fourth road is Yang Gongren, he led the troops in a good way.

In the past, when the Sui army attacked Tuyuhun, he also won more and lost less, and was known as a Confucian general, and was extremely famous in the Great Sui.

Yang Gongren saw that Zhang Liang was respectful to him, and couldn't help but smile, "Don't waste time, let's go to Chang'an!" ”……

In the imperial study room of the Wude Palace, Li Yuan had a gloomy face, listening to Feng Deyi's report without saying a word, he only cared about two things, one was what was the purpose of the Sui envoy's arrival, this was a state matter.

But on the other hand, he wanted to know Yang Gongren's attitude towards Yang Shidao, which was an indescribable thought.

Although Li Yuan and Yang Gongren had a very good personal relationship in the past, they could say that they had nothing to talk about, but it was an interaction when they were both ministers and had equal status, but now that the roles have changed, Li Yuan has become a monarch, and his mentality has naturally changed.

He also took care of his past friendships, reused Yang Gongren, and even appointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but on the other hand, Li Yuan also had a trace of scruples about Yang Gongren, and always refused to let him enter the phase, and Li Yuan knew that Yang Gongren led the troops in a good way and was all-round in civil and military affairs, but he resolutely refused to lead troops to him.

In the final analysis, it is because Yang Gongren's younger brother Yang Shidao was the prime minister in the Sui Dynasty, and there is also a younger sister who is Yang Yuanqing's side concubine, thinking of these two people, Li Yuan felt as if he had been stabbed in his heart.

On the surface, Li Yuan is very tolerant, and he also tries his best to show his imperial heart, which seems to be very tolerant.

But in fact, Li Yuan is a person who can't rub a little sand in his eyes, and his heart is extremely narrow-minded, and he will always reveal the dark side of his heart when he is inadvertent, such as this time, he asked Yang Gongren to receive Yang Shidao.

"How are they?" Li Yuan asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, you can use the word 'subtle' to describe their meeting today."

Feng Deyi stood respectfully in front of the imperial case, he was very good at figuring out Li Yuan's thoughts, and what he was best at was figuring out the heart of the emperor.

used to please Yang Guang, but now he is to please Li Yuan, so he didn't come to the Tang Dynasty for a long time, so he became Li Yuan's confidant, and Li Yuan's trust in him even exceeded Pei Lian.

Feng Deyi is also an out-and-out duplicity, on the one hand, he wants to leave a way back for himself, so he secretly surrenders Yang Yuanqing, and he will help the Sui Dynasty in some key matters.

On the other hand, he wanted to show loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, so he was unwilling to devote himself to Yang Yuanqing, swaying left and right on both sides to seek the greatest benefit for himself.

Feng Deyi was very aware of Li Yuan's suspicion of Yang Gongren, he voted for Li Yuan's favor, and described the situation of the Yang brothers meeting according to Li Yuan's ideas.

"Your Majesty, I can see that the two of them are very excited when they meet, but the two sides seem to care about something, so they behave very plainly, but from some details, it can be seen that they will definitely meet in private."

"What details?"

Li Yuan sat up straight, his eyes fixed on Feng Deyi, "Say it quickly!" What are the details? ”

Feng Deyi thought for a while and said: "It should be that when entering the city gate, they are in the front, and the ministers are in the back, only to hear Yang Shidao asking, how many victims are there in Chang'an?" At this time, they happened to go out of the city gate, they were in the light, the minister was in the dark, and the minister clearly saw Yang Gongren giving Yang Shidao a look, and Yang Shidao stopped asking. ”

Li Yuan snorted heavily, with a fierce light in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "If he dares to betray me, don't blame me......"

But this unintentional ferocity disappeared in an instant, and Li Yuan didn't want Feng Deyi to see his dark side, his expression immediately became flat, and he asked again: "What is the purpose of Master Yang's envoy this time?" ”

"The minister asked him, and listened to his meaning, as if he had come to explain the issue of silver coins."

As soon as Feng Deyi's voice fell, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Yang Shangshu asks to see!" ”

Li Yuan was also anxious to know the purpose of Yang Shidao's envoy, so Yang Gongren came, and he came just in time, so he immediately ordered: "Announce his visit!" ”

"There is a decree in the Holy Rites, Yang Shangshu of the Propaganda Department will meet you!" ……

"There is a decree in the Holy Rites, Yang Shangshu of the Propaganda Department will meet you!"

The summons went down one after another, and at this time, Feng Deyi hurriedly whispered: "It's not appropriate for the minister to be here, let's avoid it first!" ”

Li Yuan nodded expressionlessly, Feng Deyi gave a salute, and hurriedly retreated, and after a while, Yang Gongren walked into the imperial study quickly, bowed down and bowed, "Minister Yang Gongren see His Royal Highness!" ”

"Yang Aiqing has worked hard."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Brothers should be very happy to meet!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister and his brother have not seen each other for two years, and I am indeed very happy, thank Your Majesty for your trust in the minister."

"Huh! It's human nature! Although Yang Aiqing went to talk to her brother about her brotherhood, as long as she didn't miss the state affairs, I wouldn't take this little thing to heart. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Since Li Yuan mentioned state affairs, Yang Gongren took out Yang Yuanqing's handwritten letter and presented it to Li Yuan with both hands, "This is a handwritten letter from the King of Chu of the Sui Dynasty to His Majesty, brought by Shidao, and asked the minister to transfer it to Your Majesty!" ”

When Li Yuan heard that it was Yang Yuanqing's handwritten letter, he immediately took it, hurriedly took out the letter paper and unfolded it, and sure enough, it was Yang Yuanqing's handwriting.

The words and tone of the letter were very polite, saying that the Sui issued only a small amount of silver money, and promised not to let the silver money flow into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and would not cause losses to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan frowned, how did Yang Yuanqing know that the Tang Dynasty cared about the matter of silver money, who leaked the news? His eyelids lifted slightly, and he glanced at Yang Gongren sharply.

Immediately, he quietly handed the letter to Yang Gongren, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be a matter of money, and the Sui Dynasty made a bit of a fuss, so let's do it!" I will leave this matter to you and the prince, give this letter to the prince, and you will discuss for yourself how to deal with it. ”

"Obey the order!"

Yang Gongren took the letter, bowed down again, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to set up a family banquet to entertain the teacher, I wonder if Your Majesty agrees?" ”

Li Yuan smiled tolerantly, smiling like a generous elder, "Didn't I say that?" When you meet your brother, this is human nature, brotherhood, how can I not agree? Even if you go to catch up with your brother, I won't take it to heart. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty is forgiving, and the minister will take his leave!"

"Go ahead! Do your job first. ”

Yang Gongren retreated, and as soon as he withdrew from the imperial study, Li Yuan's face immediately changed, and a fierce light burst into his eyes.

"Immediately announce that the King of Qin will come to see me!!"