Deng Jingshan naturally put his hands on the Taishi chair, stared at the other party coldly and asked, "Who is standing down?" ”

Yan Zhuang was naturally not to be outdone, and said arrogantly with his hands behind his back: "I am the secretary of the Ministry appointed by His Majesty today and the third secretary of the Kaifu Yitong.

"Your Majesty today?" Deng Jingshan sneered and said, "Your Majesty today only has the orthodox Qianyuan Emperor who has avoided Jiangdong. And Li Siye supported Li Jixuan, the son of King Heng Li Yao, as a puppet, in an attempt to deceive the world. Don't you know that he is even more hateful than the traitors An Lushan and Shi Siming. An Lushan Shi Siming at least dared to expose his ** on the bright side, and was clearly a traitor. Since villains like Li Siye have already committed rebellious acts, they still shamelessly support the puppet monarch under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, which not only makes Shenzhou known, but also makes the world angry. And you, a second-minister dog thief who doesn't know what loyalty, righteousness, reason, and belief are, have twice abandoned the light and turned to the dark, which shows that you are rebellious, and you should abandon the city naked, so that the people can be skinned and cramped with short knives, so as to calm the anger of the people. ”

At the same time as hearing these words, Yan Zhuang's heart was already annoyed and angry, but he only controlled this emotion in his heart, but the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched on his face, and he quickly suppressed his anger and adjusted his state.

He smiled lightly and said: "The old emperor Li Heng, who fled to the south, now has the era name of Shangyuan instead of Qianyuan, how can you not even know the name of your own emperor if you claim to be his loyal minister?" ”

Deng Jingshan thought that Yan Zhuang would be half angry because of his scolding, but he didn't expect that the other party would be unmoved at all, and he would be able to fight back without pain, which shows that this person has lost the humanity of the monarch and ministers, and he is not even as good as overseas barbarians.

"In the past, Su Wu was shepherding sheep in Beihai, and he didn't know the age of the world, nor did he know the year name of the Han Emperor, but he still remembered loyalty and morality in his heart, how could you, the two ministers and thieves, know!"

Yan Zhuang said with a smile: "Dr. Deng is loyal and worthy of the admiration of the world, but if the people of the world don't know your loyalty, then you can easily become a laughing stock." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Doctor Deng is separated from the imperial court, which fled to Jiangdong to hide and relax, and there is almost no correspondence, it is like an enclave. As long as we twist what happened recently, let the court think that you have completely surrendered to Shi Siming. Become a loyal minister of the Great Yan Kingdom, and Li Heng will also treat you as a chaotic minister and thief at that time. ”

Deng Jingshan's cheeks twitched violently, and he said in annoyance: "The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, I, Deng Jingshan, can I sit upright, can I still be framed by you chaotic ministers and thieves?" ”

Yan Zhuang said with a smile: "As long as we want to do it, we can really reverse black and white, and say that what is white is black." Dr. Deng if you would like to talk to me......"

Deng Jingshan shouted angrily: "What do I have to talk about with a chaotic minister and thief like you? Come, pull him out and behead him for me. ”

Yan Zhuang's face changed, and one of Deng Jingshan's advisers persuaded from the side: "The two armies of the capital province will not fight each other, who will dare to hand over the letter to the enemy after the doctor does this." ”

"In that case, then beat him with a hundred sticks and drive him out of the city!"

"You!" Yan Zhuang trembled his lips in annoyance, and two soldiers had already broken in from outside the door, grabbed his shoulders one on the left and one on the right, and dragged him out.

Yan Zhuang didn't expect that he was already fifty or sixty years old, but he still had to suffer from such flesh and skin, and he almost gave him his life with a hundred sticks, and he was like a half-crippled lying on the bed of the post house after being closed from the ghost gate.

Fortunately, Deng Jingshan did not drive him away immediately, but he could only lie on the bed to recuperate, but fortunately, the little official in charge of the post station was an honest man who had no quarrel. In the face of the foul language of the veterans who come and go every day, he can also be patient and smile at each other.

His injuries were also thanks to the kind care of the men sent by the innkeepers every day, and he was ashamed that he had not completed his task after nothing and worries. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to show his face, and at the same time, he also has Xu Bin, the most trusted minister of Li Siye, as a reference. If Xu Bin's side succeeded in convincing Shi Siming, but his side achieved nothing, didn't he clearly tell others that his second minister was indeed inferior to Li Siye's henchman?

Yan Zhuang has too much unwillingness, and always feels that there should be room for remedies on this trip. Of course, he can no longer attack Deng Jingshan, this person is a stubborn Confucian.

He was thinking wildly, when there was a sudden commotion and scolding of soldiers on the street, as if accusing his superiors of withholding military rations, and soon a judicial team in the army came to arrest him, and the troublesome pawn was arrested, and the street soon fell silent, but Yan Zhuang's heart was filled with strong curiosity.

He raised his head and asked the guy next to him in a low voice: "What I heard just now is not a soldier of the Hedong Army, how could he be arrested by his own people."

The man sighed and said, "Alas, it's not the moldy grain that caused the trouble. ”

Yan Zhuang was even more puzzled: "I heard that Hedong has had good weather in the past two years, and there are millions of grain stored in the warehouse alone, how can Dr. Deng treat his soldiers badly?" ”

"Mr. didn't know that after Chang'an was recovered, Chang'an's granary had already been exhausted. The emperor had no choice but to order the envoy of Hedong Jiedu to allocate grain through Pujindu. At that time, Wang Sili, the envoy of the Hedong Festival, immediately transferred 500,000 stone of rice and millet to Chang'an, and all he allocated was the new rice of last year and that year, but what remained was more than three years of old rice. Later, Wang Sili stepped down as the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, and the imperial court appointed Deng Jingshan as the new envoy of the Hedong Jiedu. ”

"The soldiers in Hedong were already resentful about the transfer of new rice, but after Deng Jingshan took office, he asked the chief secretary of the army and the Jiedu Sima to distribute the long-standing spoiled old rice to the soldiers, and said that the commander of the army and the head of the family must be diligent and thrifty, if you don't eat the rotten and let anyone eat it, will it be a waste to feed the livestock?"

The guy completely opened the conversation when he talked about this, and he also complained: "I think this Dr. Deng is stupid to read his brain, and I haven't thought clearly as a flat-headed ordinary person." You let the soldiers eat the most old moldy rice, those who have not been moldy for a long time will not be moldy, so if you eat it forever, can the soldiers have no complaints? ”

As he was talking about Xingtou, the little official of the post station came to the room with a teapot, coughed and reprimanded: "You seem to be smart, talk a lot, dare to talk about Dr. Deng behind your back, and you are not afraid of losing your head." ”

This frightened the man and quickly shut his mouth, and had to leave the guest house in disgrace. The little official walked up to Yan Zhuang and crossed his hands and said: "Yan Gong, don't say such things to the outside, we little people are just eating here, don't dare to offend people casually." You've been living with us, and you've made us tremble. “

Yan Zhuang lowered his head and rolled his eyes, looked up with a smile and said to the little official: "Of course I don't want to make trouble for you, so I decided to leave Taiyuan tomorrow." Please also call my men up from the wing room downstairs, and I will arrange for them to prepare. ”

These words made the little official involuntarily happy in his heart, thinking that he had finally sent the plague god away, but he said with apologies on his face: "Mr. Yan, your injury is not healed, and it is really not suitable for activities." ”

The little official was afraid that Yan Zhuang would be moved to stay, and added: "But I see that you have a few horses with you, I can prepare a carriage and a cover for you, and then give you a set of sheep felt and quilts to spread on the cart, so that you will not suffer from the fatigue of running around, and you can get rid of this place as soon as possible." ”

Yan Zhuang pretended to thank the pavilion officer, and at this time his entourage had already come to the room. The little official politely retreated.

"Let's leave today and leave Taiyuan City."

The entourage looked at each other, not understanding why Yan Zhuang was in such a hurry to leave with such a serious injury, could it be that Deng Jingshan wanted to regret taking their lives?

"Hurry up and prepare, we'll talk about it when we get out of town."

On the morning of the second day, Yan Zhuang, who was too seriously injured to move, was carried to the carriage by his entourage and escorted all the way out of the gate of Taiyuan City.

When they traveled less than five miles out of Taiyuan, Yan Zhuang instructed his entourage to find a village to settle down, which made his subordinates even more puzzled, so they had to follow Yan Zhuang's instructions to find an earthen cave.

Yan Zhuang was carried into the clay kang in the cave by them, he waved his hand to let the rest of the people leave, leaving only the two most trusted relatives, and whispered to the two of them: "Do you know why I am in a hurry to leave, but I am hiding near this Taiyuan?" ”

The two shook their heads in confusion.

"There is a big problem in Hedong Domain, so this is a good opportunity for us to make a great contribution, if we can take Taiyuan without blood, I will definitely protect you in front of the lord after I go back."

The two of them still didn't understand what this meant, so they hurriedly crossed their hands and asked, "What strategy does Ah Lang have, I am willing to run around for you to implement it." ”

Yan Zhuang lowered his voice and said, "I am going to send you to enter Taiyuan in disguise again, listen to what is happening in the city, and then inform me, don't let go of any clues." ”

"Well, we will definitely live up to Alang's trust."