Sima Linhai, the envoy of Western Qin, was on the way to see the Turkic Khan Ashina Daluoben, when he was suddenly ordered to return by the Turkic soldiers, which made Sima Yu not know what he meant.

After bribing the Turkic ministers, Sima Yu learned that it was Ashina Da Luo who planned to marry Dong Qin, so he deliberately did not see himself, Sima Yu was even more anxious, this time he came with an order, and now he didn't even see the face of Da Luo, wouldn't it be a joke to return to the court.

But no matter what benefits Sima Yu promised, he couldn't see Ashina Da Luo, and in desperation, Sima Yu had no choice but to set off to return to Chang'an.

After Yuwen and the defeated soldiers were put back in Wancheng, the keen Yuwen and found that the generals in the city looked at him strangely, and several generals gathered together to chat, but when he approached, they were all scattered, and every time he inspected the city defense, the generals defending the city were also extremely vigilant about him.

Yuwen Ji finally couldn't bear it anymore, and pulled the general defending the city to him, and shouted angrily: "You are acting behind my back, what is your intention." ”

The general who defended the city was still dealing with Yuwen Ji with a smiling face, but when he saw the fierce light in Yuwen He's eyes, he secretly said that it was not good in his heart, so he looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he said softly: "The general was captured by Wei Ran and then released, and the generals didn't know the reason, thinking that the general had reached some kind of cooperation with Wei Ran, so they were quite guarded." ”

When Yuwen heard this, he was immediately furious and was about to get started, but he thought that it was incredible to change it to himself, so he let go of the general, and then held the city wall and said: "I knew this earlier, it is better to die in the hands of Wei Ran, this kid is full of benevolence and morality, and now he is even darker, not only to kill, but also to punish his heart." ”

But at the moment, Yuwen Ji also knew that he couldn't stay in Wancheng, Wancheng was close to the front line of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and he was the general of Wei Ran's defeated army, so I am afraid that there would be a lot of criticism if he stayed here.

Yuwen and then returned to the house, called Wancheng general An Ling, An Ling is the brother of the former Pingxi general An Zhong, after An Zhong died of illness, he was transferred here to guard Wancheng, Yuwen and followed Yuwen to retreat from Xiangyang, because the Yuwen clan and Yuanshan had a close relationship, so the imperial court added Yuwen and Pingxi generals.

Yuwen Ji said to An Ling: "Your brother An Zhong has been guarding Wancheng all the year round, and now your brother is inheriting his brother's business, which is also a beautiful thing." ”

An Ling didn't smile, but just arched his hand and said: "Eating the king's lu, loyal to the king's business." ”

Hearing this, Yuwen first sighed softly, and then slowly picked up the seal on the table, opened it and said to An Ling: "I was unfortunately captured by Wei Ran, Wei Ran said that he remembered the friendship between his ancestors and my grandfather, so he put me back." But now there are rumors in the city, all saying that Wei Ran and I have reached some kind of unknown agreement, and I have been sitting on pins and needles in the city for the past few days. ”

An Ling listened to Yuwen Ji's complaints, and he didn't know how to answer at the moment, he also suspected that Yuwen and Wei Ran had colluded, otherwise, with Wei Ran's murderous name, where could anyone come back, not to mention that Yuwen and his body were not injured at all.

Yuwen and saw An Ling's face, he knew what he was thinking, and he didn't say much at the moment, just handed the seal to An Ling, seeing that An Ling was unwilling to accept it, Yuwen and a handful of it was stuffed into An Ling's hand and said: "I want to go back to Chang'an to apologize, and the defense of Wancheng will be handed over to the general, Wei Ran is this person, cunning and resourceful, but quite brave, the general can only defend the city, not lightly." ”

Speaking of this, Yu Wenji thought of what he saw in Wei Ran's army, and then said solemnly to An Ling: "I found a strong crossbow in Wei Ran's military camp, which is different from what we usually see, this crossbow is quite spectacular, and it can directly shoot the lance, I think of it, maybe it is Wei Ran's thing to kill the enemy generals, if Wei Ran is attacking the city, he must be prepared, and he can't easily talk to him in the city." ”

After Yuwen He returned to Chang'an, he quickly met with Yuan Shan and told Wei Ran all his words to the Turks, but at this time, Yuan Shan had already sent an envoy out of the Saiwai, and it was inconvenient for Yuwen and Ben to say more.

After returning to the house, Yuwen first went to see his ancestor, Dingbian Hou Yuwenshu, who had been sick in bed for several months.

Yuwenshu politely rejected Yuanshan's suggestion to crown him as the Duke of Dingguo, since Yuanshan ascended the throne, he has been saying that he is ill, Yuanshan has doubts about this, and he personally came to visit Yuwenshu in the house, and confirmed that Yuwenshu was not pretending to be sick, and then left satisfied.

But it was this move that made Yuwenshu even more frightened, he knew Yuanshan's ruthlessness, and after Yuwenhe returned home, Yuwenshu asked: "You were captured by Wei Ran in Wancheng, and now you have returned, what did Yuanshan say?" ”

Yuwen Ji shook his head: "Your Majesty didn't blame, just let me go back to the mansion for a while to recuperate, and he will have other arrangements in the future." ”

Yuwen Shu heard this, turned his head slowly to Yuwen Ji, and said seriously: "Now in troubled times, Zhi'er is fighting for Yuan Shan outside the gate, Yuan Shan is naturally not easy to punish, I regret it now, I supported Yuan Shan to take charge of the government, so there is today's change." Now that the Great Qin River is divided, I really have no words to face Emperor Wu. ”

Then Yuwen Shu pointed to the cabinet in the house: "The third cabinet, you open it." ”

Yuwen and Wenyan, although he was puzzled, but still in accordance with Yuwen Shu's wishes, opened the cabinet, and then found a box in the cabinet, Yu Wen and picked up the box and looked at Yu Wenshu.

Yuwenshu nodded and motioned for Yuwenji to take the box.

Yuwenhe sent the box to Yuwenshu, Yuwenshu looked at the door at this time, Yuwenji said: "Grandpa, don't worry, there is no one." ”

Yu Wenshu took a breath and said: "I have fallen to the limit, your father is a useless person, I can't count on it, and now that Zhi'er is gone, I can only tell you." You open the box first. ”

Yuwen He slowly opened the box, only to see that there was a holy decree and a tiger talisman in the box.

Yu Wenji didn't notice the holy decree, but saw the tiger talisman first, he picked up the tiger talisman and looked at it carefully, and then exclaimed: "This is Emperor Wu's more heavenly tiger talisman, which can control the soldiers and horses of the whole country." ”

When Yu Wenshu heard the words "Tiger Talisman", he couldn't help but widen his eyes, but it was not frightened, but more annoyance and regret.

Yuwen and found the emotional Yuwen Shu, and quickly began to appease Yu Wenshu, after a long time, Yu Wenshu calmed down, and said to Yu Wenji: "When Emperor Wu died in the past, I did not enter the palace, but I have been guarding the land of Sizhou in Liangzhou, because Emperor Wu had an agreement with me, if he has a traitor in the court, I can use the tiger talisman to lead the troops to kill him directly, and I have been given a holy decree." ”

Seeing this, Yuwen hurriedly opened the holy decree and saw that it was indeed written on the holy decree that if there was a traitor in the court, Yuwen said that he could raise troops to fight against the traitor and restore the court.

Yuwen and his whole person were already shocked at this time, and hurriedly said: "Why would Your Majesty give such a privilege to our Yuwen family?"

Yuwenshu just sighed, and then there were tears in the corners of his eyes, and after a long time, Yuwenshu said: "I and Emperor Wu Yuanjian are brothers themselves. It's just a half-father, my father, that is, your grandfather, died early, and my mother took me to remarry Yuanjian's father, Yuan Huang, and later gave birth to Yuanjian, which only Wei Xian and his son Wei Zhi knew. ”

If Min Guan was here, he would be shocked, he always thought that Yuan Jian's back hand after his death was Yuan Shan, but he didn't know that Yuan Shan was just a tool used by Yuan Jian to balance Min Guan, and what he trusted was his brother, Yu Wenshu.

Yuwen Shu said regretfully: "In the past, if Wei Zhi was an auxiliary government, I only needed to control the military power and balance the two, but Wei Zhi died, and Emperor Wu had no choice but to declare Yuanshan to enter the Chang'an auxiliary government. Zhao Youzhi, the Changqing horse, took over the border army was originally what I expected, Zhao Youzhi was loyal, resolute and decisive, but who would have thought that he would be made to fall to Yuanshan by Zhi'er's self-righteous actions. ”

Speaking of this, Yuwen Shu was even more sad: "Although Zhao Youzhi quickly sobered up, many people in the court have turned to Yuanshan, and Min Guan has become the weaker side, and from then on, I will be powerless to balance Yuanshan." ”

Yuwen He held the edict in one hand and the Tiger Talisman in the other, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Yuwen Shu saw what Yu Wenji meant, beckoned, took the tiger talisman in his hand and looked at it carefully, and said: "You give this box to Zhi'er, the current situation is not the same as what we had at the beginning." If Yuan Shan can lead Daqin to glory again, I will admit it, if Yuan Shan does something perverse, you and Zhi'er will kill him, or surrender Yuan Frame, or set up the Lord again. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be Min Guan in the east who will destroy us in the end, but Xiao Ju in the south. ”

This sentence seemed to have hollowed out Yuwenshu's last strength, Yuwenshu suddenly felt a pain, and then grabbed the curtain tightly with his hand, and shouted loudly: "God, Your Majesty!" Sinner, sin brother, Yuwenshu, come to see you! ”

With a burst of shouting, Yu Wenshu suddenly stopped moving, his eyes widened, and the hand that grabbed the curtain fell weakly.

I only heard a heart-rending voice: "Grandpa! ”

Dingbian Hou Yuwen Shu died of illness in Chang'an City at the age of 71.

When the news reached the palace, Yuan Shan didn't know whether he was happy or worried, but he just sat on the dragon chair dejectedly, this old man who brought him to the peak of power with one hand, finally went.

Yuan Shan issued an edict, posthumously crowned Yuwen Shu as the king of Qi, added the title of Taifu, and at the same time added his son as the Duke of Dingguo, so that Yuwen Zhi was the son, Yuwen and the general of Longxiang, Yongzhou Thorn History.

In Jiankang City, above the daily court meeting.

Xiao Ju has gained a lot since he implemented the reform policy in the territory, but the hard work of the day has also made Xiao Ju's health worse.

Since Xiao Yi, the king of Xiang, was beaten by Xiao Ju last time, he has restrained a lot since then, and he rarely speaks at the court meeting, and most matters are decided by Yuan Muzhi.

He just asked Xiao Yi not to be too ostentatious, but he didn't want him to be a turtle with a shrunken head and ignore the government, thinking of this, Xiao Ju asked Xiao Yi directly: "King Xiang, now the army is outside, Pei Tu is in Hefei, Liu Renye is in Pengcheng, and King Qin is in Hanggou, how is the grain and grass preparation of the three armies?" ”

Xiao Yi was asked by Xiao Ju for a while, and he couldn't answer.

Xiao Ju suddenly became angry, and was about to question loudly, when suddenly a surge of qi and blood surged, Xiao Ju squirted a mouthful of blood at that time, and then fainted to the ground.

Suddenly, there was a mess in the court, and Yuan Muzhi shouted: "Send Your Majesty back to Shangyuan Palace first, notify the queen to enter Shangyuan Palace to serve, and hurry up to announce the imperial doctor!" ”

Then Yuan Muzhi said to Xiao Yi: "Your Majesty is seriously ill, the crown prince Xiao Ye must never leave, in the Shangyuan Palace, except for you, me, the queen, and the prince, the rest of the people are not allowed to enter and leave at will." ”

Xiao Yi came to his senses at this time, grabbed Yuan Muzhi and asked, "Do you want to notify King Qin?" ”

At this time, Yuan Muzhi also made a difficulty, not because Wei Ran was now leading troops outside, but because if he notified King Qin to enter Jiankang now, would it cause criticism.

Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "This king also knows that at this time, King Qin will enter Jiankang, and the ministers will have criticism, but if Your Majesty really has a good one, you also need King Qin to sit in Jiankang, so as not to cause chaos." ”

Yuan Muzhi no longer hesitated, and hurriedly sent a message to the Qin Palace, and ordered Wei Ran's family to send a message to Wei Ran, who was hanging from the gourd.

Xiao Yanran was also quite worried when she learned that Xiao Ju was seriously ill, and she wanted to enter the palace to visit Xiao Ju many times, but she was stopped by Yuan Shu.

Since knowing that Yuan Shu is the princess of Mingyue in the Northern Dynasty, Xiao Yanran's status in the mansion is not as good as Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu herself is more favored by Wei Ran, and now she is also the princess of the princess, and she is the princess of the Northern Dynasty, and her identity is even more than Xiao Yanran.

Xiao Yanran angrily shook off Yuan Shu's hand and said, "Brother Huang is seriously ill, why can't I go to visit?" ”

Yuan Shu was not angry, but said: "Your Majesty is just sick for a while, besides, the court issued an order, except for the King of Xiang, the prince, the queen and Lord Yuan, the rest of the people cannot enter the Shangyuan Palace, if my sister goes to the palace, what happens in the palace, how can this matter be cleared?" Now our husband is the target of everyone. ”

Xiao Yanran looked worried at this time, and said: "The imperial brother was stabbed by Xiao Luan in the past, and he is tired a lot today, so this is the case. Although I don't understand the politics and war, but I also know that this is a very moment, my husband is fighting abroad, wanting to recover my homeland in one fell swoop, and now he is summoned back to the court, if the imperial brother comes to his senses, he will definitely be even more displeased. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Shu could only sigh that fate played tricks on people, the great situation in the Southern Dynasties, Xiao Ju actually had a sudden illness, but there was no way at the moment, the bloody disputes in the court, Yuan Shu knew more than Xiao Yanran.

Yuan Shu hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yanran's hand and said, "Sister, my husband must go back to Jiankang." If Your Majesty really has a good person, and there is no husband to sit in Jiankang, I am afraid that there will be changes. Have you forgotten that there are also several royal families imprisoned in Jiankang City? There are also ministers who are dissatisfied with their husbands, and they abound in the court. Even if he is reproached by His Majesty in the future, for the life of our whole clan, my husband must come back, I am also repairing a letter to my husband, and now Gao Xiaoshun is stationed in Jingkou, just in case, I asked Sister Chen to take Rui'er and others to Jingkou first. ”

At this time, in the Shangyuan Palace, after the imperial doctor finished checking Xiao Ju's pulse, he withdrew the rest of the people and said to Yang Lan: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty has an old disease, and today you have been working hard day after day, and today you are angry and bloody, and your body has reached the twilight of life, Weichen has done his best, whether Your Majesty can survive depends on the will of God." ”