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"You can't be blamed for this, you don't have to blame yourself." Zuo Ying said: "You go back first to heal from your injuries." ”

"Your Majesty," Xu Hong was reluctant to raise his head, and said earnestly: "Once the criminal minister closes his eyes now, all he sees is the scene of his sergeants being slaughtered by thieves, and the heart-rending death roar rings in both ears. Now that I know that many cities have fallen, and the thieves are about to invade, although the criminal ministers are not talented, they are willing to be able to go to the city and help His Royal Highness the emperor to fight to the death against the thieves, protect Your Majesty, and avenge the dead soldiers! ”

Zuo Ying glanced at Ashina Wuji, only to see that he looked at Xu Hong with a not very happy expression, so he raised his hand to Xu Hongyang and said: "Your loyalty is already known, today is not early, and now there is no information about the approach of the thieves, you go back to rest first, and come back tomorrow to see me." ”

Xu Hong couldn't insist any longer, and hugged his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." He got up and walked back respectfully.

At this time, the wind gradually slowed down.

Zuo Ying accompanied Ashina to patrol forward indefinitely, and asked, "Imperial Husband, why did you show such an expression to Xu Hong?" ”

"Hmph, I thought he was a battle-hardened player! Now I know that this is a coward, and he is not worthy of leading troops under me! Ashina said indefinitely.

Zuo Ying looked at the expression on Ashina's face, which was the expression of the eldest child disliking the younger child, and said with a smile: "Is it possible that if you lose a battle, you will always be looked down upon?" Don't you say that 'victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers'? ”

"I look down on him not because he lost the battle and broke the army," Ashina said indefinitely, "but because of what he just said!" Those who march and fight are not prepared to go and never return. Who isn't used to seeing swords and swords, flesh and blood flying? He's just broken some of his men at this time, and he's actually haunted by nightmares because of this, and he can't even sleep, he's a useless coward at all! Don't send him to me. I hate this kind of timid person the most. ”

Before Zuo Ying could respond, he saw that the soldiers at the head of the city in front of him seemed to have found something and behaved a little nervously, and they all pointed to the bottom of the city tower and shouted.

Zuo Ying was curious. I was just about to walk past the edge of the women's wall to take a look, but I was pulled back by Ashina's indefinite hand around his shoulder.

"Stupid! How dangerous it is to rush out of the wall like this! If an archer lies in ambush below, you may die if you get closer to the female wall! Ashina raised his eyebrows and reprimanded.

Zuo Ying was stunned. Indeed, the trajectory of a bullet is not the same as that of a bow and arrow, which can fall from the top of the head at any time. She was really a rookie on this kind of ancient battlefield, and she didn't realize such a simple truth.

"Blood-hungry muddy boy. You come and look at her. Ashina handed Zuo Ying to Scarlet Feather indefinitely, and strode towards the wall.

The soldiers who were looking forward immediately stepped forward and reported, "Your Highness, there is a woman down there! ”

Ashina frowned strangely indefinitely, following the soldier's point. I saw a woman crawling on the side of the road twenty or thirty meters away from the city gate. Approach the city gate.

Her hair was unkempt, her coarse cloth clothes were dirty from the mud, one shoe on both feet was missing, and the other was stained with blood.

At this time, she raised her head with difficulty, looked at the people at the head of the city, stretched out her hand and waved weakly, and shouted hoarsely. But because her voice was so small and hoarse, everyone listened to it several times before they heard it. She was shouting "help".

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In Luoyang City at night, an oil-walled car went out from the palace gate, and soon disappeared into the ordinary street, passed through several street corners, went around half of Luoyang City and returned to the north of the palace wall, in front of a tall mansion. The plaque on the door reads "Sima Mansion".

The doorman, who had been standing at the door for a long time, saw the incoming car. Immediately stepped forward, and without waiting for the people in the car to show their faces, he knelt on the ground to greet him, and after receiving the gift, he carefully helped the person out of the car.

From the carriage, a beautiful young man, with willow eyebrows like ink, his eyes are looking forward to it, and there is always a contagious smile on the corner of his mouth, it is Li Yunshen.

"Your Highness Concubine Yun, please, several adults are waiting for Your Highness." The doorman respectfully led Li Yunshen into the gate.

After a while, the doorman led Li Yunshen to the door of a side hall deep in the house. The lights were on in the side hall, and there were two people guarding the door. But by this time the door had been opened.

Someone had already informed Li Yunshen of his arrival here, and the people waiting in the room all stood up one after another, walked to the door to greet him, and bowed his hand to Li Yunshen: "Your Royal Highness Concubine Yun, you are polite." ”

Li Yunshen smiled and bowed to the door.

I saw that there were five or six people seated, all of whom were important ministers of the third rank or above in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and at the same time, they were all core figures of the Li Party.

Li Yunshen also had a tacit understanding with everyone, and after saluting each other, they took their seats according to their status, and without too much greeting, a person who seemed to be above everyone took a letter and presented it to Li Yunshen.

The man was in his early fifties, with a thin body, and it was Sima Tian of Zhongshu Ling.

Li Yunshen read through the contents of the letter, obviously he had already known what this was about, and after reading it quickly, he raised his head and asked Sima Tian: "All the information in this information is true?" ”

"Back to Your Highness," Sima Tian arched his hand, "Xiaguan and the others have already sent a lot of manpower to the local area for verification. Recently, riots have broken out in Pingchuan, Yangkuo and other places one after another, and the people of the country believe that the recent disasters are frequent, precisely because there are two days in the sky and the discipline is not right. The people's calls for the elimination of national thieves and the orthodoxy of law are increasing. There are even children who sing and say: 'Lin covers the sky, Ya is not right.' Chop Lin Ya, return the day. ’”

Li Yun groaned deeply for a moment.

Sima Tian continued: "The 'Lin' in this ballad should be the 'Lin' on the prefix of the word 'Chu', and the 'Ya' and 'Kai' are actually variants of the same character. 'Forest' was supposed to shelter the land, but at this time it was too much to cover the sky and the sun, and Ya was supposed to be a righteous voice, but now it is obscene and improper, and this meaning is very obvious. ”

Li Yun Shenyun smiled lightly, and looked at the crowd: "What do you adults think about this matter?" ”

Zong Zhengqing Li Bo stepped forward and lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, the lower officials think that the people's heart is irreversible, and this is a good opportunity from heaven. The Chu thieves will return to Beijing in a few days, and we can wait for hundreds of people to be buried on the main road, behead them on the grounds of obeying the people's will and calming the anger of the sky, take their heads, and then return to Beijing to confess their crimes to the hundred officials. At the same time, all of its central wings were cut off. In this way, it will be able to wipe out the Chu thief party with lightning speed. ”

"The lower officials thought that before acting, they had to inform the troops of Li and Liang Erwei to enter Beijing to protect them to prevent changes in the twelve guards." Jiang Yuanyou stepped forward and said.

"What Lord Jiang said is very true," Li Bo nodded, "However, this matter must be carried out in secret, if the rumor leaks the slightest, Wei Jing will become a surprise move." ”

Feng Guangman, the middle secretary, said: "The lower officials think that you don't need to worry too much about this matter. Once the Chu thief and his henchmen in the DPRK and the central government are cut off, even if their power is strong, it will be difficult to make waves again. In the humble opinion of the lower officials, after the traitorous party is cut off, the Twelve Pillars should be rewarded and appeased in time, and their dissenting intentions should be neglected, and Xu Tu should be replaced. ”

Sima Tian arched his hand towards Li Yunshen, looked at him earnestly, and said, "Your Highness, this matter is all up to Your Highness." I beg your Highness not to miss this opportunity. ”

Li Yunshen, who had been silent, handed the letter back to Sima Tian's hand, put his hands behind his back, and there was a bit of pity in his tone, "What you said is not unreasonable, this is indeed a God-given opportunity, but acting rashly, the danger behind this is too great. This palace is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but the crisis is obviously enough to meet, such as flying fireflies to the fire, even if it succeeds, it will not be a disaster. ”

"What does Your Highness mean?" Everyone hurriedly asked.

Li Yun took a deep breath and said quietly: "Your Majesty is now in Pingzhou, not in the palace. Even if we are famous in doing this great thing, as long as we act without the holy decree of His Majesty, we will be accused of being in the same dynasty and proclaiming personal vendettas. If the Chu Party in the Twelve Guards wants to retaliate, it is justifiable, even if His Majesty returns to the palace at that time, under the coercion of the generals, it will be difficult to ensure that we are safe and sound. ”

Sima Tian smiled slightly: "Your Highness, don't worry about this matter. Holy Wisdom, this matter has long been expected by her. ”

Li Yun was puzzled, "Huh? "Yes.

Just then, there was a sound of wheels rattling outside the door. The sound was not loud, but Li Yunshen's ears could hear it clearly, it didn't seem to be the sound of ordinary wheels.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and an attendant from Sima's mansion appeared outside the door pushing a wheelchair, and the person sitting in the wheelchair was wearing a brocade dress with exquisite workmanship, with a narrow face, copper skin, vermilion lips, a nose as high and straight as the barrel of a pen, and black and white eyes that were clear and smart, it was Feng Hu.

As soon as Feng Hu saw Li Yunshen, he said, "Xiaguan Feng Hu has seen Her Royal Highness Concubine Yun. It is inconvenient for His Majesty to make a big salute, and he also asks His Highness for forgiveness. ”

The attendant pushed Feng Hu to the center of the side hall before respectfully exiting the door and closing the door.

Sima Tian introduced: "Your Highness, this is Feng Hu in the waiter. On the same day, Li Xin, the nephew of His Royal Highness, participated in the plan of the first emperor to pacify the Chu thieves. ”

Hearing Sima Tian's words, Feng Hu showed a melancholy look, lowered his eyes and said: "The lower officials are incompetent, they failed to share the worries of the former emperor, and they were also sent to prison by Chu thieves on the charge of nothing, and their legs were abolished in prison. Fortunately, His Majesty did not dislike the immorality, incompetence, and physical disability of the lower officials, and still reused them, so the lower officials were able to be listed here. ”

Li Yunshen had known about Feng Hu for a long time, and none of the things he had been summoned by Zuo Ying to meet him and then reactivated had escaped his ears and eyes, so he knew everything they said. The only thing he didn't know was why this man was here tonight.

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