The fifth day of the fifth month of the first year of the Tang Dynasty

In the center of Bashu, outside Jinguan City, the 50,000 Tang army was magnificent and pressing.

The Empress Dowager Zhang is nearly fifty years old, and the death of her husband and son has hit her hard, and she already has gray hair in her forties. She was dressed in a battle robe, standing at the head of the city, looking at the Tang army outside, and was silent for a long time.

The only civil and military officials accompanying him were Yang Shu, Qin Feng and his cousin Zhang Congzhe. Qin Feng was dressed in armor, and with every move, the nail leaf made a "huh" rubbing sound.

I only heard his urn and said angrily: "The Empress Dowager, it is the Eleventh Army of the Puppet Tang Dynasty that came, and the army leader is Cheng Zhifang, this person was originally General Yangwei of the former division of the Dayong Andong Army, and later attached to the rebellion. This time, he also led his troops from Longxi County to make a detour to attack my Bashu, which is really a great crime."

The Empress Dowager Zhang is not interested in these, how can she know those former ministers of the Yong Dynasty, a woman who lives in the harem. She said with a worried face, "Qin Zongzheng, how many troops are there in the city now, can they withstand the attack of the puppet Tang?"

The Empress Dowager's inquiry stumped Qin Feng, and he secretly scolded in his heart: Special mother, what did you think about a long time ago, Li Song and the thieves took the army away, and now there are less than 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the huge Jinguan City. At this point, soldiers and horses can't even maintain law and order in normal times, and they still want to resist the 50,000 Tang troops outside, dreaming!

The Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Qin Feng, who was silent, and she already knew that she couldn't hold it in the final analysis. She looked at Yang Shu again, and now this person has been demoted from the head of the Hongnong Yang family to the head of the Hongnong Yang family in Bashu, and his status has plummeted. But there are no more people in Bashu who can be stronger than him. Even a domineering person like Li Song treats Yang Shu with courtesy.

Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "Yang Xiang, what is your good plan?"

Yang Shu raised his hand and said, "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, for the sake of today's plan, you can only fly a pigeon to send a message to the Generalissimo, asking him to lead the troops back to the capital to save the capital, and at the same time levy men in the city to go to the city to guard the palace."

The Empress Dowager Zhang listened to Yang Shu's words and was noncommittal, she was really desperate at this time, she really didn't expect that the dignified Dayong had reached the moment of death. A few years ago, during the reign of the first emperor, the situation of the Yong Dynasty was still thriving, expanding the territory, and after the death of the first emperor, everything changed.

Under the protection of the guards, the four of them returned to the imperial palace in Jinguan City, as a temporary palace, it was incomparable with the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City.

"Imperial grandmother!"

A childish child's voice came, and I saw Qin Qi, who was only six years old, running towards the Empress Dowager with chubby legs, followed by his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Murong.

"Hey, my good grandson, slow down."

When the Empress Dowager Zhang saw her grandson, she had a loving face, and opened her hands and hugged Qin Qi in her arms.

"Daughter-in-law Meets Mother......

The Empress Dowager Murong made a thousand blessings, then looked at the three courtiers behind her, and greeted, "I have seen Yang Xiang, Qin Zongzheng, and Zhang Yuanjun."

"The minister has seen the Queen Mother!"

The three of them hurriedly returned the salute.

The Empress Dowager Zhang hugged her grandson, looked at the Empress Dowager Murong, and said, "Let's go, go back to the palace."

Yang Shu and Qin Feng saluted and said, "The Empress Dowager, the ministers and others still have official business, take their leave."

The Empress Dowager Zhang nodded, and then stopped Zhang Congzhe, who was about to leave, and said, "Congzhe, you enter the palace with me, I have something important to ask you."

Zhang Congzhe really wanted to give himself a *** fight at this time, so he was a little slower, and he was caught by his cousin. He had to keep his head down and follow behind the Empress Dowager Zhang, the Empress Dowager Murong and the little emperor Qin Qi.

Entering the main hall, the Empress Dowager Zhang said softly to the little emperor Qin Qi, "Be good, go to the back with your queen mother."

"Good! The grandson listens to the emperor's grandmother."

Qin Qi left the arms of the Empress Dowager and took the hand of his mother, Murong Clan, to the backyard.

The Empress Dowager Zhang sat on the seat on the right side of the head, rubbed her eyebrows, and said, "Congzhe, you tell the truth with this palace, did my brother send you a letter?!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Congzhe was shocked in his heart, Zhang Songqi did give it to him

The letter was sent, but the letter was sent through the director of the Detective Department, and it was very secret, and no one should know about it except for himself and the housekeeper in the house.

Zhang Congzhe pressed the beating heart in his chest, calmed down, and glanced at the corner of the palace out of the corner of his eye. Sure enough, there was a faint silver glow in the corner of the palace, which was the reflection of the blade.

Zhang Congzhe smiled helplessly, reached out and took out the letter sent by Zhang Songqi from his sleeve, and while presenting it with both hands, he said: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, the minister only received this letter yesterday, and he knew that this thing was very important, so he didn't dare to be good at it, and planned to present it today for the Empress Dowager to see."

A palace guard walked out of the corner, it was Zhang Congzhe's eldest son Zhang Yuanji, who glanced at his father, took the letter in Zhang Congzhe's hand, turned around and came to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and presented the letter.

Zhang took the letter, read it again, and sure enough, it was not opened, she gently tore open the envelope with her slender fingers, pulled out the letter paper inside, and unfolded it to read.

What caught his eye was the handwriting that his brother was familiar with, and sure enough, his brother was resourceful, and he had long known that Zhang Congzhe couldn't keep the secret, and the words on this letter paper were obviously written to Zhang.

The letter first wrote some interesting stories about the childhood and youth of the two, and then wrote about Zhang Songqi's situation after the Zhang family married into the palace, and also explained the reason why Zhang Songqi was unwilling to assist Zhang's son. then talked about the situation of the Zhang family and the Linjin Marquis Mansion during the death of the first emperor, as well as the later encounters of the Linjin Marquis Mansion. Then he talked about the recent situation of the Marquis of Linjin, the strength of the Tang Kingdom, and the situation of Zhang's favorite niece Zhang Pu.

Zhang Songqi's letter is full of reminiscences and recent situations, and there is no mention of persuasion. But Zhang knew that his brother was thinking about himself, and although he didn't mention the matter of persuasion, the meaning of persuasion flowed between the lines.

Zhang handed the finished letter to Zhang Yuanji and said, "Show the letter to your father."

"Whoa!"

Zhang Yuanji took the letter and came to the bottom of His Majesty's steps, Zhang Congzhe had already reacted at this time, the housekeeper in his house would definitely not betray him, that was his son's report, and there were still some servants and servants in the house, who were the eyes and ears of his son.

Zhang Congzhe's eyes were complicated, he glanced at his son, he took the letter, read it, and found that his cousin was simply a god, even if he had no last resort, he didn't talk about the things with himself in the whole article, they were all about the past with the Empress Dowager Zhang.

When he saw his niece Zhang Pu's recent condition, he exclaimed, "Ah Pu is pregnant? It's a great event."

The Empress Dowager Zhang's face is complicated, Ah Pu is pregnant, it is a happy event for her brother, a happy event for the Marquis of Linjin, and a happy event for the Zhang family.