Chapter 7: Acting as a Substitute

It was September, the cool breeze was blowing, and on the Grand Canal, tens of thousands of dazzling ships followed each other, stretching for more than 200 miles. There are large ships loaded with guards and weapon tents, as well as colorful boats ridden by palace concubines, princes and nobles, civil and military officials, and the most striking is the large dragon boat on which Emperor Yang Guang of Sui and his empress Xiao were ridden.

The dragon ship has four floors, 45 feet high, 200 feet long, the upper floor has the main hall, the inner hall, the east and west courts, and the middle two floors have 120 rooms, which are decorated with gold and splendor, and are beautiful and dazzling.

At this time, Yang Guang was taking a self-portrait in the mirror in his dormitory.

I think he can recite poetry at the age of seven, he is talented, and his elegance is peerless, how can he end up dying in a different place?

After a long time, Yang Guang suddenly looked at the handsome portrait in the mirror, and spit out a sentence with a smile: "Good head, who should cut it off?" ”

Empress Xiao, who was walking with a teacup, was shocked when she heard this: "Why did Your Majesty say such ominous words? ”

Yang Guang turned to her and smiled sadly, and did not answer her like in his previous life, he had already died once, and some things should not be repeated.

He is an emperor, and he will not allow the dignity of the emperor to be trampled on, and his country will never be coveted by others.

He, Yang Guang, will definitely kill all the traitors in the world and recover the mountains and rivers that originally belonged to him.

"It's time to go to court."

Yang Guang flicked his sleeves and walked out of the dormitory with an arrogant attitude of looking at the world.

Empress Xiao looked at his back, her eyes were full of doubts, and there was a hint of worry in her doubts, Your Majesty... It seems a little different.

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Yang Guang sat on the throne, looking at the courtiers condescendingly, and suddenly had a feeling of being separated from the world.

His gaze slowly surveyed the crowd, and when he saw Yu Wenhua and He Linghu Xingda, the anger in his heart erupted.

Everyone only saw that Yang Guang's face suddenly became gloomy, and his eyes were very scary, but the next moment, he returned to his arrogant demeanor.

Yu Shiji chuckled in his heart, and intuitively felt that Yang Guang was not normal today.

"I haven't seen Xu Guogong for a long time, why didn't he come today?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenhua was a little puzzled, yesterday Aya also asked His Majesty to say goodbye, why did he not see him for a long time?

Yu Wenhua put aside the doubts in his heart and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty's words, Aya has been on the boat for several days, and he has old injuries on his body, and he is unwell, and he has taken leave to His Majesty yesterday. ”

"Oh." Yang Guang replied lightly, turned to everyone, and asked, "Now, what happened to those traitors?" Are they all wiped out? ”

Yu Wenhua knew that Yang Guang didn't like to hear the news of the rebellion, so he said flatteringly as usual: "Your Majesty, rest assured, most of the rebellion has been quelled, and there is only one or two tenths left, and it will be put down soon." ”

Yu Shiji echoed with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty don't worry, those traitors are not worth mentioning, and they will be eliminated soon..."

"Nonsense."

Yang Guang slapped his palm on the throne and scolded loudly: "Now that the rebellion in the four directions is intensifying, you, as my ministers, not only do you want to suppress the rebellion, but also openly deceive me here, which is really bold." ”

"Come on, pull out these two villains who bully the king, and behead them."

Yu Wenhua and Yu Shiji were like being struck by lightning, stunned, what is going on? His Majesty had always disliked the mention of rebellion before him, and what they had just said was the same as it was on a regular day.

On weekdays, His Majesty is happy when he hears it, but what's wrong today?

Why did you suddenly get angry and want to cut them?

Not only them, but the other ministers also looked surprised, and they felt that Yang Guang was a little abnormal today.

However, when the forbidden army rushed into the hall, they realized that Yang Guang was really angry.

"Your Majesty, the minister is wrong, please forgive me." Yu Wenhua and his reaction were fast, and he immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Yu Shiji followed, knelt on the ground, and was full of repentance: "Your Majesty, the minister is thinking that Your Majesty has been in a bad mood recently, so he said this to comfort Your Majesty, the minister did not intend to deceive Your Majesty, please spare Your Majesty this time, the minister will never dare again." ”

After speaking, he kowtowed to Yang Guang, and his head slammed heavily on the board, making a dull sound, and others felt pain when they heard it.

Although the two of them had an excellent attitude of admitting their mistakes, how could Yang Guang, who was in a fit of rage, spare them, he glared at him and yelled at the forbidden army: "Are you all deaf? Didn't you hear me? ”

The forbidden army trembled with fright, and hurriedly went to arrest Yu Wenhua and Yu Shiji.

Suddenly, a person ran from behind and hugged Yu Shiji's body, preventing the forbidden army from taking him away.

This person is Yu Shiji's brother - Yu Shinan.

Yu Shinan held Yu Shiji and pleaded with Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that his brother has made a big mistake, so he doesn't dare to plead, but only begs His Majesty to allow his brother to be punished for the sake of the past monarch and ministers." ”

Hearing this, Yu Shiji looked at Yu Shinan in disbelief, and when he saw his sincere and death-oriented demeanor, his eyes were red with emotion, and he hugged Yu Shinan back.

Moved in his heart, Yu Shiji wanted to say something to Yu Shinan, his mouth opened and opened, and finally closed.

At this point, silence is better than sound.

Seeing this pair of brothers hugging and crying at the time of life and death, the brotherhood was so deep that all the ministers were moved.

But Yang Guang did not relent, his voice was still cold: "Take it away, execute it immediately." ”

"Your Majesty, spare your life..."

"Brother...."

Seeing that the two were dragged out, after a while, the forbidden army came in and said, "Your Majesty, both of them have been beheaded. ”

Hearing this, Yu Shinan wailed and cried sadly, and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.

Yang Guang just glanced at Yu Shinan lightly and ordered: "Send him back and let the imperial doctor take a look." ”

After solving the leader of the Jiangdu coup d'Γ©tat in the previous life, Yu Wenhua, Yang Guang's eyes stayed on Ling Hu Xingda, and he saw that Ling Hu Xingda was frightened, and he didn't dare to come out.

Your Majesty is very murderous today.

Not only did Ling Hu Xingda feel this way, but the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall all felt this way, and they all lowered their heads and tried their best to reduce their sense of existence.

In this uneasy atmosphere, Yang Guang spoke lightly: "What is the situation in Taiyuan? ”

When the words came out, no one answered for a long time.

No one dared to speak, for fear that as soon as he opened his mouth, he would anger the emperor and lose his head.

Seeing that Yang Guang's face was blackened, and he was about to be angry again, Wei Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the school, stood up: "Back to Your Majesty, a few days ago, news came from Taiyuan that Lishanfei traitors attacked Taiyuan and killed Pan Changwen.

"You sent Tang Guogong to rescue Taiyuan, there is no news yet, I think that with Tang Guogong's talent, I will definitely repel the traitors."

Yang Guang's face sank, Tang Guogong, hum, he is indeed talented, but he dares to openly oppose him?

Wait and see.

When the others saw Yang Guang, their faces changed again, thinking that Wei Jin was going to be poisoned, so they silently bowed for him in their hearts.

It's a pity that after waiting for a long time, I didn't wait for Yang Guangda to get angry, but I waited for Yang Guang's words: "Today's deliberations are here, Linghu Xingda, come with me." ”