In the next few days, the national capital Jinling was in turmoil.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, all kinds of court folk stories quickly spread among the tongues and lotus flowers of the shopkeepers.

First, a bizarre disappearance case caused panic. It is said that there is a pair of Yangzhou sisters in Qingxifang, the sister is gentle and moving, quiet and soft, the younger sister is born like a peach blossom, the curve is exquisite, one is docile, one is lively, the sisters are all over the place, and the two pianos, chess, calligraphy and painting are all incomprehensible, and they are famous in Jinling for a while. Among the frequent visitors of the sister flowers, in addition to the powerful people in the court, the emperor's eldest son, King Yan, is the most eye-catching.

A month ago, the two daughters were suddenly ransomed and taken away by a wealthy businessman in Runzhou, and then lost their traces, until someone recently reported to the official, found a broken female corpse near Zhongshan, the body has been eaten by wild dogs, and dragged to the Qingxi outside the mountain, the death is cruel, fortunately, the face is still faintly visible, after the official sent a probe, it was finally determined that it was the sister of the pair of Yangzhou sisters.

The famous prostitute who spent a lot of money to buy should have enjoyed the wealth of the master's family, but unexpectedly died tragically in the mountains? The common people have always been interested in this kind of anecdote, and for a time there were different opinions. There are good speculators, and they also occupy a platform in the restaurant and start talking about books, making a few big bucks by gimmicks. Since then, more outrageous speculation has also appeared in the rumors in the market, that is, the rich businessmen in Runzhou are actually the impermanence of their lives.

Of course, in addition to the ethereal theory of ghosts and gods, people generally believe that another theory came from nowhere, that is, the rich merchant of Runzhou was actually entrusted by the king of Yan who guarded Runzhou, and on the way back to Runzhou, he coveted his beauty, raped and killed his second daughter, and the rich merchant also fled, and the king of Yan was also angry......

The prince's famous prostitute is romantic, and there are even more human lives, even if it is twisted and bizarre, it has still become the talk of the people after dinner. In the end, this matter actually entered the palace, which made Li Jing furious, and ordered Jinling Yin to investigate the case thoroughly, be sure to find out the source of the rumors, prohibit the people from talking about it, and ordered Zongzheng Temple to go to Runzhou to apply for King Yan. In this way, the people are even more convinced, and the rumors do not stop, but become more and more intense......

It wasn't until later that the limelight of the case was overshadowed by another palace incident.

It is said that Li Congjia, the sixth prince who was hidden in Zhongshan to meditate on the Buddha, suddenly fell seriously ill, and when Liu Shaojian in the palace was ordered to visit here, he found that the prince was foaming at the mouth, trembling hands and feet, and then fell asleep for several days. The emperor and empress hurriedly sent several imperial doctors to go, but they could not find out the cause of the disease and were helpless.

Subsequently, there was a report from the Hanlin Academy, saying that the recent observation of the heavenly phenomena obtained, there is a white tiger fierce star from the east, the evil qi makes the Ziwei Emperor Star dark for a while, and Zhongshan is just on the east side of Jinling, the six princes are loyal and filial to the monarch's father, and they have been chanting Buddha and praying here for three years, just blocking the evil qi for the emperor, so he got this serious illness. Now that Ziwei Emperor Star has been relieved, and if you want to save the prince, you must first get him out of the dangerous place.

The so-called father-son relationship is deep, and Emperor Li Jing was convinced of this, and hurriedly ordered the six princes to be sent back to the palace to recuperate, and the queen herself took care of them. After a few days, the six princes finally recovered from a serious illness under the protection of the "imperial spirit". And the first thing he did when he woke up was to insist on going back to Zhongshan and continuing to pray for the emperor and empress.

Before was the rumors that King Yan was addicted to wine, he was troubled, and now he saw that the six princes were so sincere and filial, Emperor Li Jing was extremely moved, and "forced" the six princes to return to the world in the name of the Son of Heaven.

This incident instantly set off an uproar in the court, Feng Chen and his party were rarely calm, but Sun Sheng, Han Xizai and others always held opposing opinions, especially Zhong Mo, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, on the grounds that King Zheng Li Congjia believed in Buddhism, was young and cowardly, and could not participate in politics, and repeatedly went up to persuade him, and finally provoked Emperor Li Jing to be angry and exiled him to Raozhou. Since then, the admonitions of the court and the central government about King Zheng have gradually subsided.

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When the news reached Chudi with the wind, it was already mid-March.

When Liu Shaojian and his entourage arrived in Langzhou, the privy envoy Chen Jue had already led the army north, and it was expected to be in the territory of Zhou. Li Yuan, who was ordered to be stationed here, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened after hearing the news, and selected strong soldiers to go out of the city to meet him.

Under the warm spring sun, Liu Jiangsheng and Luo Erhu each led a column of infantry to stand on both sides of the city gate, the brand-new iron armor of the Weisheng Army was dazzling in the sunlight, the body of the sons and daughters was full of muscles, and the red tassels of the spear in their hands flowed like blood in the breeze, and the scene seemed to be a perfect combination of iron and blood.

As soon as Liu Shaojian and the others got off the carriage, they were infected by the momentum of the Tang army here.

"Whew"! As Liu Jiangsheng quickly pulled out the saber at his waist and raised it high in the air, the sergeants on both sides raised their blades in tacit agreement, and then turned to the middle of the road in unison. With another order, the soldiers chopped a step together, straightened their waists, bowed their heads and stood solemnly, not moving at all!

Not long after, Li Yuan was still wearing the Qilin Mingguang golden armor, and he walked out majestically with his own soldiers, and took the initiative to salute Liu Shaojian respectfully: "The Wei Shengjun is the Marquis of Li Yuan, and he is ordered to greet the angel!" ”

Young Eunuch Liu was already full of spring breeze at this time, and the accompanying officials behind him were also immersed in the military appearance of the Tang Dynasty, and they were full of praise for Li Yuan's talent in commanding the army, and today's battle also showed his loyalty to His Majesty. However, Liu Shaojian confidently believes that everyone can get such a standard of courtesy because of himself. This Li Yuan is our own family! Young Eunuch Liu thought so.

"Li Yuhou, I haven't seen you for many days!" Young Eunuch Liu affectionately grabbed Li Yuan's hands.

Li Yuan naturally smiled and said heartily: "The last general will personally lead the way for Young Eunuch Liu, angels, please enter the city!" ”

So everyone hugged the Weisheng Army in front of them, and the people of Langzhou "spontaneously" welcomed them, and entered the capital city of Langzhou with full pomp.

I saw that Liu Shaojian and others were led to the official office of Langzhou, and after Jinling came to sit first, Li Yuan led the generals to sit down one after another.

Li Yuan took the initiative to speak first: "This is simple, Young Eunuch Liu smiled!" Langzhou has been hit by war, all over the city, the last general has not had time to complete the repair, recently my brothers and other brothers are also living in the barracks, in an emergency, we can only borrow here to receive you! Please forgive me for the faux pas! ”

Seeing that Li Yuan was so humble, everyone bowed their hands in return. Liu Shaojian followed what Li Yuan said, looked up and looked around, and found that although this place was not as exquisite as the official office in Jinling, the materials were exquisite and the decoration was gorgeous, although it was simple and simple, it also had a unique flavor.

So he smiled disappreciatively and said softly: "Li Yuhou is too polite!" We are here to preach the decree, but we are not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers! Li Yuhou treated us with such courtesy, how dare he dislike the simplicity of the place? Let's see, it's very good here! Everyone also hurriedly echoed happily in unison.

Immediately, Young Eunuch Liu got up and stood in the center of the hall and read the holy decree aloud.

The will is concise and to the point, and almost all of them are relevant personnel appointments.

Li Yuan's name was first mentioned, and he finally got his wish, and was able to release the Jianjie, roughly as the previous emperor said in Jinling, worship the right Qianniuwei general, promote the defense of the holy army, and fill the military level of the Ping Jie degree to add the inspection school captain, and control the military of Langzhou. The only change is that the sentence "specializing in the suppression of the Dongxi barbarians" was changed to "specializing in the suppression of the Dongxi barbarians and the defense of the Shengtun camp".

The emperor's intentions, Li Yuan is very clear, this Weisheng unified army is not granted for nothing, not to mention that half of the soldiers and horses in the left wing were taken away by Chen Jue, but more importantly, the soldiers and horses in the right wing are still under the control of Li Jinquan, the former Weisheng unified army, and they are stationed in Shouzhou at this time. Almost all the right wings of the Weisheng Army are Li Jinquan's old subordinates brought from the north, and the military power is Li Jinquan's talisman in the Southern Tang Dynasty, how can he easily give it up? And pressing too hard is afraid that it will cause trouble, so Li Yuan wants to take over the right wing of the army, I am afraid that it will be difficult, and I will show it later.

In the holy decree, there are many words of praise for the army of the Western Expedition, from the commander Chen Jue and the two deputy generals, to the generals and generals, all have their own rewards, and Li Yuan's generals in the hall are all happy.

Finally, there are two meaningful appointments, the original Wuping Jiedu envoy Bian Hao, migrated to Guiguan Jingluo Envoy, specializing in the southern conquest, and Li Jianqi Jiashan made meritorious contributions, promoted to Wu'an Jiedu Envoy, guarding Tanzhou, and the original Wu'an Jiedu made Ma Xichong naturally resigned, migrated to Yongtai Jiedu Envoy, and moved to Yangzhou Yaoling Shuzhou.

Li Yuan's face was flushed with red light, and when his heart was beating faster, there was a vigorous force filling his body, and after a moment of exhalation, his eyes were blazing, and he gradually calmed down.

After receiving the order of thanksgiving, Li Yuan's mentality has changed suddenly, and he has come to this era carefully, and he has to sigh about half a year......