"I dreamed of Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan again last night."

There were a few plum blossoms in the palace courtyard, and Yang Yuhuan had just asked the palace maids to warm a pot of wine and prepare to enjoy the plum blossoms and drink for themselves, when he saw that Li Longji was rare to come over, and it was even more rare to speak with a smile.

"I then asked my ancestors, what is the reason for the frequent rebellions recently? He said...... The golden body is old. ”

Yang Yuhuan was listening to the sage's high opinion, and when he heard the words, his eyes flashed with surprise, but the sage gave such a statement, who could he comfort?

Li Longji turned his hands behind his back and said, "I plan to rebuild the Yingxiang Temple, and continue the boundless body of the ancestors and celebrate extraordinarily. ”

"San Lang is in a good mood today, presumably because the state affairs have been straightened out?"

At this point, the rebellion was almost soon over.

The so-called "there must be a demon when things go wrong", An Lushan was captured by Xue Bai It is unreasonable, there must be a conspiracy, and Li Longji first felt the threat in his face.

Not only is Xuanyangfang lively, but at the inscription of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, many literati have run over to touch Xue Bai's inscription, hoping to get some luck and make meritorious contributions in the future.

Looking at the situation in front of him, it seems that temporary surrender is the only way, to help Xue Bai help the prince to ascend the throne, and when the new monarch ascends the throne, it is inevitable to win over these generals, and maybe find a chance to return to Fanyang.

He knew that Du Wulang was a little stupid, so he asked: "Your family has escaped completely, but you know that the crime is extremely evil?" ”

Over there, Lu Fengniang, Xue Yunniang and other family members were also brought over.

"You mean, Xue Bai is the mastermind."

~~

Yellow River Gorge.

Yang Guozhong immediately went to do it, racing against time, lest Xue Bai put down the rebellion in advance.

Before the poem was finished, a eunuch hurried over to the corridor, obviously with important news. Since the beginning of the rebellion, it has often been difficult to even have a good conversation.

"It's coming soon, maybe it won't delay the Shangyuan Festival."

"Who?!"

Yang Yuhuan raised his eyes to look at the sky, and felt that this poem was really appropriate, but he didn't know what the clouds and snow meant? How did the north wind blow, the clouds flew and the snow fell, and both dissipated?

"I didn't see the ice in the hot springs, and I would rather know that the fire well was extinguished......"

"Previously, General Cui noticed that there seemed to be two groups of sentinels in the Tang Army, so he personally led people to intercept and kill, and sure enough, one group was sent by Ge Shuhan, and Chang'an also sent a group of sentry horses to investigate the battle in Tongguan at any time."

It is located between Chang'an and Luoyang, and its location is special, so many famous ministers have served as the Taishou of Shaanxi County, such as Wei Jian and Li Qiwu.

"It must be that the faint king does not trust Ge Shuhan." Zhang Tongru said: "General Cui took advantage of this matter and sent an internal response to Tongguan, but the Tang army was not subordinate to each other, and it was not discovered." Originally, he planned to wait for the right time to open the city gate, but this time he discovered a secret military information, which may be used to defeat the Tang army. ”

"Why?"

"That doesn't care about him, let's go first."

An Qingxu didn't move forward, but said: "Wait for me to send someone to recognize my grandfather, can you?!" ”

"A way out? Jumped into the Yellow River? ”

In Layue, the lobby of the government office that had been repaired by the successive Taishou had lost its original elegance, and there were wine jars everywhere and stolen goods looted by the rebels.

"Where did he go?"

In addition, Xue Bai's crime should also be determined as soon as possible.

People who had endured all kinds of hardships due to the war poured out of the door to discuss the sudden news.

Du has neighbors to come to be idle at home.

On this day, Du Youlin was reading at home, and there was an endless stream of officials who came to visit, and most of them were his colleagues in Shanchunfang.

An Lushan's eyes were still blind, and he sat up vigilantly, looking a little uneasy.

They did things simply and decisively, and since they had made a decision, Ashina immediately reported back to Xue Baijun.

~~

Shaanxi County.

Soon, a thin soldier rode out of the horse, without a weapon, and when he got close, he turned over and dismounted, and walked straight to An Lushan.

"Can it still be saved?"

Xue Bai thought that the spirit rune of the "Tianbao" was also dug up in Shaanxi County, and the spirit treasure was not far from Pinglu.

Then, with a wrinkle of his nose, he sniffed hard, and suddenly shouted, "What smell?" What does it smell like?! ”

"Whoa!"

"I don't want you to mention it, what you admire is the younger Cui Tong Cui Gongzi. Xue Lang is mine. ”

"Yes."

"Huh?"

Yang Guozhong breathed a sigh of relief, and there were still many things to do when he turned around, the post horse from Nanyang had to be taken, and Nanyang Taishou Lu Jiong was suspected of constructing the East Palace and needed to be replaced.

An Qingxu still had no confidence and said, "I'm just afraid of difficulties." ”

"Let's go."

"I've seen Yuan Gong." Du Wulang hurriedly saluted, "I have heard about Yuan Gong's deeds for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet here." ”

In the Qinzheng Building, Yang Guozhong had already arrived, and as soon as Li Longji entered the hall, he retreated left and right, and asked, "How is it?" ”

Xuanyangfang, fireworks were lit over Mrs. Qiuguo's mansion.

"Du Youlin's 'vain claim to be a deceit, constructing the East Palace, and reprimanding the public opinion', take it!"

Seeing Li Longji leave in a hurry, Yang Yuhuan's eyes flashed, summoned Zhang Yunrong, and said in a low voice: "I have to find out this time." ”

Xue Bai has a clairvoyant mirror, watching from a high place, and he is not afraid of being ambushed.

Yang Yuhuan looked funny, and said in her heart that these little girls were too stupid, and then, by chance, she thought of her girlhood, and felt that it was such a distant thing.

"I didn't say that!"

"Did you hear that? Did you hear that?! ”

"Block the news first."

Soon, even word of mouth spread in Xingqing Palace.

Dali Temple Prison did things quickly, and half an hour later, Du Wulang was tied to the torture rack.

"Xue Bai has already made arrangements in the Longyou Army."

The sentry horses scattered and replied: "Report! An Qingxu has not yet arrived. ”

After all, under the threat of rebellion, how can no matter how much food and clothing you have, how can you be happy.

Jiang Hai couldn't help but say to Xue Bai: "Lang Jun, I'm afraid there will be a change, isn't An Qingxu repentant?" ”

"Saburo?"

In the heavy snow, Hu Laishui raised his hand and said, "The other side is my hometown, Pinglu." ”

After that, thinking that the prince assisted by Xue Bai was the generalissimo of the expedition, his eyes lit up, he pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and went to the Du Mansion in Shengpingfang.

Zhang Yunrong was stunned, and said in his heart that the concubine had not been so happy for a long time.

"I'll see it later."

He raised his hand to stop the eunuch who was about to speak, and said, "Go to the Qinzheng Building." ”

He has never forgotten what happened to Tianbao for five years.

"Here we are."

An Qingxu's eyes were very dark, and he sat there looking worried.

He was already in a desperate situation, 200,000 Tang troops were rushing to the west, Luoyang in the east had been lost, and even his grandfather was captured. Although there are more than 100,000 border troops riding in hand, the grain and grass can no longer last for a few days.

Du Wulang felt that it was useless to say anything, so he simply kept silent.

~~

Qinzheng Building.

"What?"

The family hurriedly got into the carriage, and after just a pillar of incense, the guards had already entered the door, shouting.

"Presumably you have no official status, so you don't pose much of a threat." Yan Jiming smiled, "But you also have to be careful." ”

After a while, I saw that those palace ladies were already laughing and making a mess, looking forward to the Shangyuan Festival, and looking forward to seeing Xue Lang's heroic appearance when he was a prisoner of His Majesty.

"Huh?"

"Don't worry, they'll be with you."

"What do you guys look like?!" Du Youlin said with a straight face.

"You and I know each other once, so that you will suffer less sins before you die." Yuan Zai was too lazy to retry, and said loudly: "Escort to Duliushu Prison and wait for beheading!" ”

waited for a long, long time, until the sun was about to set, An Qingxu still didn't arrive.

Later, more people came to the door to ask for a meeting, and the conversation was probably a gesture of goodwill, but occasionally there were some radical words.

"It's man-made, although the Tang army is 200,000, the rabble, the orders are uneven, and there is intrigue, our elite soldiers may not have the strength to fight." Zhang Tongru grabbed An Qingxu's reins and said, "Just ask Erlang to wait for another half a day, there will be results." ”

"It's happened, Grandpa will follow us quickly."

Yang Yuhuan heard the excited shouts outside the hall, and looked out from the railing, only to see that several little palace ladies were gathering together to discuss regardless of the rules.

"Gorou, do you still recognize me?"

Xue Bai put down the lookout and waited for a while, then he saw a small group of unarmored cavalry coming this way, and stopped at a distance.

"My righteous brother has never disappointed." Yang Yuhuan muttered to himself and said, "In this way, it must be a great sin that should be written off in front of the saint, right?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall was depressed, and Yang Guozhong said: "The minister thinks that the only way to do this is to send the guards to urge Ge Shuhan to fight a decisive battle with the rebels before the rest of the rebels surrender, and treat the rebels with no leniency, and they must be severely punished!" ”

"True or not." Yang Guozhong said: "It is an indisputable fact that Xue Bai has repeatedly robbed the merits, and even has a secret collusion with the rebels, otherwise how can it be so smooth?" It can be seen that they must take the opportunity of counterinsurgency to support the East Palace. ”

"The saint is old, but fortunately, the prince has used people in a good way to save the society from a catastrophe."

This move immediately attracted crowds, and in a chaotic and noisy way, the celebration was pushed to a higher level.

"At present, it seems that we have been persecuted by Helan Jinming. He fought with Xue Bai when he was in Pingyuan County, and he had a grudge, and then he took revenge on Xue Bai's subordinates. Li Sheng protected some of the people at Tumen Pass, and Helan Jinming did not dare to touch them, so he used this as an excuse to say that we had different intentions, and I was helping Li Guangbi recruit troops in Taiyuan at that time, and I was accused of recruiting private soldiers......"

At this time, Zhang Yunrong hurriedly ran back and said, "Concubine, I found out this time." ”

Now that the prestige of the Son of Heaven has fallen to the bottom, Li Longji will never allow those who are not subordinate to be brilliant, and decisively issued the first order.

"Yes."

~~

Dali Temple Prison.

"The villain is also acting on orders, and he has to arrest you."

An Qingxu tidied up his appearance a little against the shiny knife face, changed into a white robe, his hair was scattered, and he walked out of the camp listlessly, looked at the sky, and saw the winter gloom.

He has a thought hidden in his heart lately, but he has never said it - if An Lushan was dead, instead of being captured, the situation would be better.

Yuan Luqian nodded and smiled slightly bitterly. He was not in good spirits and seemed a little sluggish.

Yan Jiming, who was sitting in prison, raised his head, saw that it was Du Wulang, showed a smile, hurriedly stepped forward, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"I have a classmate friend who is Yang Guozhong's son, and I heard him say that you were arrested, so I asked someone to let me come in and see you."

The city was full of ecstasy, like a fire burning the plain, and it could not be extinguished.

He personally flew to Nanya, summoned the general of the forbidden army, and ordered: "The saint not only needs to be expedited by 500 li, but also by 800 li, and you have to rush to the army of Geshuhan today." ”

Du Wulang really figured out a lot of things at once, why did Xue Bai have such a calm and extraordinary temperament? Why do Xue Bai and the two sisters always have many secrets? At this moment, even he thought that what Won Jae said was the truth.

"In the first year of Tianbao, Li Qiwu opened the Yellow River and Caoyun, and my grandmother died in the Yellow River. But Li Qiwu dug out the ancient blade from the river, and the word 'Pinglu' was on it, but he offered auspiciousness. Hu Laishui said again.

"Whoa—"

"I said I was going to Dali Temple to visit my friends."

An Qingxu didn't believe that there would be any turning point until now, but he still stayed in Ma to listen to Zhang Tongru's details.

He had been imprisoned many times, but he had not been tortured many times, and he inevitably felt nervous. Seeing the flickering light of the fire in a daze, a person walked into the torture room.

When Lu Jiong learned of the war report, he didn't ask the root cause or distinguish the truth from the false, and he had already publicized it. When the post rode into Chang'an, it was already loudly preached along Suzaku Street......"

Du Yan was very strong, her face was solemn, and she said, "Let's go!" ”

Seeing that Li Longji didn't speak, Yang Guozhong said again: "Ge Shuhan's 200,000 against 100,000 people is already a sure victory, coupled with this change, if you want to make them lose both, I'm afraid it's already difficult, do you want to pass on a decree to Tian Liangqiu?" ”

"Wait for him."

"Introduce Gorou." Yan Jiming walked a few steps in the prison and introduced the middle-aged man sitting upright in the cell next door, and said, "Changshan Changshi Yuan Gong, the first advocate of righteousness in Hebei. ”

"Ahh How can there be such a gentleman, both civil and military, and heroic. ”

Yuan Zai took out some confessions and said: "This is Yang Guanghui's testimony, pointing out that Xue Bai co-opted the generals in the army and forced An Lushan to rebel; This is the testimony of the people of Hebei, saying that they saw their self-reliance Guangwu army; This is the private soldier roster recruited by Yan Jiming; There is also this, it is the pseudo-imperial official robe that Yuan Luqian received...... Is the evidence conclusive, can it be quibbled? ”

"Erlang!"

"So fast?"

Du Wulang walked through the familiar aisle, walked to a cell, looked at the cage, and said, "Ah! It's really you. ”

"Bang-"

"Huh? Escaped? That...... Maybe, right? ”

They called this small action "upward", and they raised their hands and crowded into the crowd shouting, "Let me be motivated, motivated." ”

In the face of words like this, Du Youlin often turned his head and looked at the number "Be cautious in words and deeds, like walking on thin ice" hanging on his wall.

"I'll see if I can get you out."

Jiang Hai drove forward immediately and shouted, "An Qingxu, why don't you come to see your grandfather?!" ”

"Your Majesty, good news!"

Yan Jiming then sat down by the fence and whispered about his imprisonment.

Du Wulang was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "In this way, I am even closer to Xue Bai, but he hasn't taken me yet." ”

"Yes!"

Later, the Shaanxi County Tai Code was Dou Tingzhi, when the rebels came to kill, Dou Tingzhi fled directly back to his hometown in Hedong, when the officials were scattered, Gao Xianzhi retreated from Luoyang to Shaanxi County, worried that Tongguan was insufficient, and the rebels bypassed Shaanxi County to capture Tongguan, then Chang'an was dangerous, so he had to retreat to Tongguan in a hurry.

"Me?"

"Good news?" Li Longji's face was solemn.

"Du Youlin has always been ill-intentioned, sheltered Xue Bai, the criminal in the Sanshu case, and secretly colluded with King Qing. You took advantage of the marriage between the lord of Rongyi and An Qingzong, colluded with Yan Zhuang, the strategists around An Lushan, forced and instigated An Lushan to rebel, and then contacted Nei Ying in the rebel army to quell the rebellion, so as to strengthen your momentum, and then unite with Geshuhan to admonish the soldiers, right? ”

was drinking wine to dispel the irritability in his heart, and he walked in quickly and said, "Erlang, Ashina has arrived." ”

Yuan Zai took two steps forward, leaned over Du Wulang's ear, and whispered: "The sage only wants to know one thing - Xue Bai, is it the son of the abolished prince Ying?" ”

Suddenly, there was a neighing of horses in the front yard, and after that, Du Cheng and Du Yan, who were dressed in men's clothes, hurried back, without saying a word, one rushed to the backyard, and the other came to the study.

However, for such a simple matter, Yang Guozhong was a little embarrassed, and said in a squeaky tone: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Looking at Li Cong now, people have a feeling of "sitting and watching the anglers, and there is nothing to envy the fish".

"Therefore, instead of descending to the faint king, we are descending to the crown prince Li Cong."

"Where's Geshuhan?" An Qingxu asked.

Du Wulang had already heard the name of Duliushu Prison, and he knew that there was no life this time, so he couldn't help but say: "It doesn't matter if you kill me, but Yan Jiming and Yuan Luqian are innocent, they ......"

Yuan Zai carefully observed the changes in Du Goro's eyes, smiled, and said, "You don't know? But you suddenly understood, didn't you? ”

An Qingxu looked back, but saw that it was Zhang Tongru.

"I am ordered by the right minister to handle this big case." Yuan Zai said, "For the sake of acquaintance, please cooperate, how about it?" ”

The team had not set off long before the sound of horses' hooves chased after them.

Immediately, two guys came over and left with Du Youlin, who didn't know why.

~~

Shengping Fang, Du House.

"Unless he breaks through Tongguan overnight, what other way out?"

"My brother also wanted to scare Xue Bai, but it didn't work. In front of us is that our army is trapped between the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River, with no place to advance or a way to retreat, or in a few days, the grain and grass will run out and will be crushed. ”

The two sides sent envoys to each other, and it was soon agreed that An Qingxu and An Lushan would meet in the Yellow River gorge to discuss surrender.

"Whoa."

"Your Majesty, it's not Tongguan news, it's Luoyang."

"I already know, do I still need you?" Although Yang Yuhuan was scolding, he turned around, but there was a slight smile on his face.

"Shameless, where is yours?"

But after the first guest left, Du Youlin tiptoed and watched the other party's back leave, and could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and danced with his hands.

Yang Guozhong said: "The news may not be true, say it is...... Xue Bai has recovered Luoyang and captured An Lushan alive. ”

First, after learning about Xue Bai's recovery of Luoyang, Du Youlin's face was calm, and he said lightly: "I treated him like a nephew, but I didn't expect him to make such a great contribution to the society." ”

Ashina shook his head and sighed, "Erlang, let's lower Xue Bai." ”

Seeing these people who are dedicated to the country being imprisoned for no reason, Du Wulang was very angry, but just after saying this, the warden came over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Goro, I'm sorry." ”

"Quick."

"It's visitation time?"

"Ho." An Qingxu said: "You came to tell me this?" I still have 100,000 elite soldiers in hand! ”

An Qingxu was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood what this meant. But the first thing he considered was not the situation in front of him, but a little envious of Li Cong.

The time left for the imperial court was very short, and the decree had to be made before the news reached Geshuhan's ears.

A servant hurried out of the door, shouting at the top of his voice, "Loose money! Mrs. Yu Guo took out ten boxes of copper coins to distribute to everyone for He Xue Langping's thief! ”

Zhang Tongru was originally still dealing with military affairs in Cui Qianyou's army, and he was sweating profusely in the winter, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Erlang is slow, things have a turnaround." ”

"It seems that Shaanxi County is full of auspiciousness."

The post rider who ran through Suzaku Street made Chang'an boil with a few words.

“……”

"Really?"

"It doesn't matter if you recruit or not." Yuan Zai said, "This is a major crime of rebellion, and there is no shortage of a confession from you." ”

Li Longji was surprised, his heart drove his brother Shuhan out of Tongguan, how did he get the results of the battle, but he didn't know how many 200,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded.

Xue Bai looked at the horse, this section of the Yellow River is turbulent, it has not frozen in the cold winter wax moon, it is still turbulent, and Pinglu County is hidden on the opposite bank in the wind and snow.

"What? Grandpa was really caught? ”

"Go to Dali Temple."

This is something that the sage has been urging for a long time, and before, Yang Guozhong still thought that Xue Bai would miss the old feelings and have the idea of leaving a way out. Now that I have seen it, once Xue Bai is allowed to take advantage of the situation, the military advice is inevitable, and it will not work if he is not ruthless.

It was a sunny and snowy day, and the prospect was pleasant, Li Longji couldn't help but groan: "The north wind blows the same clouds, and the same clouds fly white snow." The snow suddenly dispersed, and the same clouds were miserable. ”

At present, An Qingxu is commanding Tian Chenghe, Cui Qianyou and other generals, attacking Tongguan with a main force of 100,000.

Although he said it, he didn't believe it at first, and said: "Because the main force of the rebel army was in Shaanxi County, the road between Luoyang and Tongguan was blocked, and the news was first sent to Nanyang, and then sent to Chang'an by Nanyang Taishou Lu Jiong. ”

There are families who fled from Luoyang hugging and crying, businessmen who are trapped on the journey clapping their hands and laughing, and residents whose relatives are trapped in Henan crying with joy.

~~

"Good news! Wang Shi recovered Luoyang, Xue Baisheng captured An Lushan, the rebellion was decided, and the world was peaceful! ”

They tied An Lushan and placed it on a cart, like a sacrificial animal, but one was worth three.

"I'll go see him."

An Qingxu sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, I still need to talk to him about the conditions." Also, I have to see my grandfather. ”

Du Wulang was stunned when he heard this, and responded: "My grandfather can't do such a big thing." ”

"What you shouted when you rode into the city, how can it be fake?"

"Just stand there and watch, can it be fake?" The guards around him didn't let him get too close, and stopped before he was two steps away.

"What's wrong? Gorou isn't at home! ”

"Huh? Then you still ask me. ”

Not long ago, he heard that Xue Bai's soldiers had entered Luoyang, and today he got good news, so he wondered if Xue Bai had won a small victory and defeated which rebel army outside Luoyang City?

"Huh? Meta-loaded? ”

A sound of answer is already three steps away.

"I heard that Xue Lang has recovered Luoyang and captured An Lushan alive!"

"But what if it falls? We've reversed, will the faint king let us go?! ”

An Qingxu threw away the wine jar in his hand with a broken and broken attitude, strode out, and when he saw Ashina Congli from a distance, he felt that the other party was a little listless.

An official rode by, turned his head to see this scene, his eyes showed a look of thought, and muttered to himself: "Who doesn't want to be motivated? ”

After a long while, Li Longji asked, "Do you believe it?" ”

Gradually, they arrived at the place where they agreed with An Qingxu.

"What?"

Since Xue Bai forced an anti-An Lushan statement, he was implicated in this matter and dismissed. In the face of rebellion, he can also see the ups and downs of his personal eunuchs.

Jiang Hai was staring at An Qingxu, and was about to turn around to look at An Lushan when he heard the words.

Suddenly, in the farther sky, it seemed that in the direction of Lingbao, several winter thunders sounded.

(End of chapter)