CHAPTER XVIII

The brothers have their own places to go, so I won't show them for the time being.

However, it was said that in Dacheng City, the people of the Yang family were all under house arrest by Li Chengqian in the Yang Mansion, and they were in fear all day.

Today, Yang Zhengtai sat on the Taishi chair, frowning and resentful.

"Alas, will the foundation of several generations of the Yang family be destroyed in your own hands today, but I hate this Li Chengqian, who flattered the Yang family in every way back then, but now the Yang family has become your stepping stone!"

Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard a movement outside the door, only to hear someone shouting: "Dingcheng Hou has arrived!" ”

I saw a team of guards enter the door, separated into two columns, Li Chengqian was dressed in a python robe, and paced into the Yang family's compound.

The Yang Mansion was also given by Emperor Cheng Li Chengyou, and since Li Chengyou and Yang Shuxin got married, the Yang family moved in. This house covers a huge area, the Yang family is rich and loves luxury, and then Yang Zhengtai continues to invest in the transformation, the pavilions and pavilions in the house, the rockery fish pond is readily available, if Li Chengyou is here, he will be able to sigh, this Yang Mansion in addition to the area is not comparable to the Daming Palace, the layout materials are more exquisite than the Daming Palace.

Li Chengqian didn't speak, he walked around the house at will, looking at the rockery for a while, sighing at the rare stones for a while, or teasing the koi in the pond, and finally sitting in the pavilion by the lake, tapping on the table, closing his eyes and thinking about it.

Not long after, Yang Zhengtai also walked over, "Yang Zhengtai, the criminal minister, see Hou Ye." Yang Zhengtai bowed his head and bent down, his hands in motion.

"What a crime the elder of the country has." Li Chengqian didn't ask Yang Zhengtai to get up, but just said lightly.

Yang Zhengtai's heart was sour, and he had already figured it out, the life and death of the Yang family were all in the heart of this person, so his posture was extremely low, Li Chengqian did not let him get up, and he did not dare to make a move.

"Alas, Hou Ye, the Yang family is arrogant, I, Yang Zhengtai, am dizzy, and I want to soar into the sky, but I will eventually end up in ruin, and I know that I can't escape death, and I hope that Hou Ye can show mercy to his subordinates, if I can, leave a trace of blood for the Yang family, I am also worthy of the ancestors and ancestors, and I can smile at Jiuquan." Yang Zhengtai sighed and said, and the last words were already choked.

"I haven't entered the gate of your Yang Mansion for almost ten years, the scenery in the house has changed, I almost got lost, if it weren't for the ginkgo tree next to the rockery, I thought I had come to the wrong place." Li Chengqian said softly, stood up and walked to the railing, and continued:

"The elders don't have to be like this, although we haven't seen each other for ten years, we can be regarded as old acquaintances, please sit down and reminisce."

"Master Xie." Yang Zhengtai bent over and sat at the stone table.

"My eldest brother died, Li Zhengshan, Wang Enru pushed me out, and let me decide everything, do you know how I feel?"

"I don't know." Yang Zhengtai said respectfully.

"My third brother thinks I'm going to be the emperor, and the emperor's henchmen and descendants also think that I want to abolish my nephew and stand on my own, and a powerful family like you also thinks so, but how can it be so easy." Li Chengqian looked at the lake in front of him and said softly.

In late autumn, the lake has turned black, and occasionally a fish rolls over and disappears with a flick of its tail.

"But I've come this far, or they have made me this far, and if I go back to the house now, it may not end much better."

"For now, I can only try my best to protect myself, as for the outcome, I can only leave it to fate."

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, he turned around and sat opposite Yang Zhengtai.

"Master Hou, does my Yang family have to die? I am willing to assist Hou Ye to let Li Zhi abdicate, my Yang family's four generations of foundation, can be dedicated to Hou Ye to stabilize the court, if Hou Ye is not at ease, my Yang family of thousands of people are willing to send Jiujiang, live in the mountains for a long time, and hope that Hou Ye will give a way out. Yang Zhengtai burst into tears, and knelt in front of Li Chengqian.

"Do you know why I'm going to kill them all?" Li Chengqian looked at Yang Zhengtai calmly.

"Why, Lord Hou, my Yang family still has the strength to help you, as long as my Yang family does not fall, at least I can mobilize the land of the two counties to help you stabilize the country. Master Hou, can't the chips that my Yang family can take out buy a few lives? Yang Zhengtai pleaded hoarsely.

"Yes, your Yang family has a lot of chips, and the Yang family has always been good at business, but some businesses can make money if they do well, and some businesses will have to lose their lives if they do it wrong." Li Chengqian stared at Yang Zhengtai and said hatefully.

"Master Hou, what do you mean by this?" Yang Zhengtai's face was puzzled.

"Hehe, the elder of the country seems to be really old, have you forgotten what business you have done to make your Yang family prosperous for sixteen years?" Li Chengqian smiled lightly and reminded Yang Zhengtai.

"Sixteen years?" Yang Zhengtai was still confused, and after thinking about it carefully, his eyes suddenly widened and he was silent for a long time.

"A rich business for sixteen years is really a good deal, but unfortunately it is a wrong business, and it will naturally cost you your life." Li Chengqian got up and continued:

"I have already announced to the world that there is a door and three marquis for your Yang family, and the postman is transmitting to the counties, and it won't be long before your Yang family is famous. Such a glorious thing will also leave good stories in the history books. ”

"Doesn't Yang Yuchao want to be a guard general? The official is too small, I made him a captain, a general, and he doesn't have to go to the court to work, so he doesn't need to thank me. ”

Li Chengqian said a few more words as he walked, and Yang Zhengtai listened to it, his face was like ashes, and he sat down on the ground.

When the first light snow of winter quietly fell on the northern land, the whole world was full of talk.

The county guards all over the country received a briefing from the capital, the Yang family soared into the sky, one door and three marquis, Yang Yuchao also became a general, everyone sighed that the ancestral tomb of the Yang family was smoking, there were envy, there were jealous people, and even more so, regardless of the cold for a while, they sent their cronies to the capital with enough gifts.

The eldest prince Li Jian looked at the briefing in his hand, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Looking at the briefing, how come the father and son of the Yang family are so powerful?" Could it be that the second uncle really didn't go out of the mountain to sit down? Li Zhengshan has been a lieutenant for ten years, and he can't even control the Dacheng camp? ”

Li Jian looked at the briefing over and over again, trying to find clues, but in addition to the appointment above, there was no abnormality, at that time he fled in a hurry, without a confidant, and later sent someone to contact, only to hear that the third uncle sent troops to go, and moved back after making a big fuss, and there was no news about the capital in the later period, and now looking at the briefing, his heart is foggy.

"Did Uncle see anything?" Li Jian asked.

"According to your previous speculation and what Zhan Lie said, there is no doubt that your second uncle will go out of the mountain, but why can the Yang family be one door and three marquis, Li Zhengshan will return to his hometown, and Yang Yuchao will be the captain, this Yang family can be so powerful?" Shi Yukai also felt that it was wrong, but he couldn't see anything wrong, and he was also puzzled.

"Could it be that Yang Yuchao secretly led troops into Dacheng City and took control of Daming Palace?" Li Jian boldly guessed, "How many soldiers and horses did my third uncle bring when he went to attack Dacheng City, I still don't know, could it be that Yang Yuchao saw the right time at that time, smuggled across Hangu Pass, and attacked Dacheng City in one fell swoop?" ”

"What Jian'er said is also reasonable, but your second uncle is by no means simple, if he goes out of the mountain, Yang Yuchao will definitely not have a chance, it seems that something happened in the capital that we didn't expect." Shi Yukai analyzed.

"Uncle, we still have to send more people to listen more, otherwise the situation will change, and we will be too passive." Li Jian said worriedly.

"Well, after receiving the briefing, I sent another group of people, but the first few times I sent people didn't reply, which is really weird." Shi Yukai said with a frown.

"No matter what, Jian'er, step up the training of Yuyang's army, I always feel that a big war is about to happen." Shi Yukai looked at Li Jian and said, "It has been snowing in the past few days, and it will be even more severe in the near future, in the past two years, the Hu people have often gone south to plunder, Yuyang has to be well defended, don't let the Hu people come in, our Shanggu and Yuyang are already few people and poor, and now the situation is unclear, if the Hu people are allowed to rob the grain and grass, if the capital is not allocated in the spring next year, our 50,000 troops will be unstable, and then it will be troublesome." ”

"What my uncle said is that the child will go back, and now I have selected 10,000 sergeants to reorganize the Changsheng Army, and I have also secretly sent someone to contact the old department, and I will be able to arrive in a few days, and then build a new army." Li Jian said.