In the evening, not far from the office where the saint was stationed, a candle was lit in a private house.

The sisters of the Yang family and Yang Guozhong's wives and concubines were huddled in the hall with their children, crying and crying.

"Stop howling." Yang Yuyao snorted impatiently.

She was dressed as a man, dressed in a gown, and was pacing back and forth because she was in a bad mood.

Not long ago, she heard the news of Xue Bai's death, and she never believed it, so she sent Mingzhu to find Yang Yuhuan to inquire, and now the news has not returned.

After a while, she suddenly heard a burst of singing.

"Chang'an is a month, and thousands of households pound clothes."

"The autumn wind can't blow endlessly, and it's always a jade relationship."

It sounded like Yang Yuhuan was singing, but Yang Yuyao was stunned for a moment, and heard the voice that seemed to be a slave.

She couldn't help but leave the official house, and when she looked around, the streets were full of forbidden soldiers, and many people even put their armor aside because they were so hungry that they didn't have the strength to do so.

Fortunately, the song was still faintly floating, and many people were moved by it, stood up, and looked at the other side of the long street.

"He Riping Hulu? The beloved man went on an expedition. ”

Most of the forbidden soldiers were from Chang'an, and when they heard this last sentence, someone actually cried.

Yang Yuyao quickened her pace and asked a school general who was guarding the side of the long cross street, "Where did the singing come from?" ”

"An official came to vote for His Majesty, and the family members brought were singing."

"Li Qiwu?"

Li Qiwu is Yang Yuyao's neighbor, and Mingzhu just heard that he was in an audience.

"No, it's Chen Xilie."

"Chen Xilie?"

Yang Yuyao secretly said that Chen Xilie was so old that he would leave Chang'an with him? The guess in my mind became more and more confirmed.

She quickened her pace and hurried to the east of the city, where she saw Chen Xilie leading a wagon to be questioned by the forbidden army, and his family was unloading the food brought from the carriage, which made him welcome by the forbidden army as soon as he entered the city.

"Who's singing?" Yang Yuyao stepped forward and asked.

She is known as the "male fox", so hot, if others don't know that she is a woman, she looks like a wandering ranger who wants to tease the little lady.

Chen Xilie was very tired all the way, and he was stunned before responding: "It's the granddaughter of the old man." ”

"Let me see."

"Nian Niang, you come out."

Chen Xilie turned his head and said, and the singing in the carriage stopped. A thin girl came down, but she was very ugly, with dark skin and a red rash on her face.

The people around them originally heard the singing, and they all thought that the singer would be beautiful, but at this time, they were unexpected, and they began to talk about it one after another.

The girl probed her head, and when she saw this, she immediately retracted her head again.

Yang Yuyao seemed to be a little disappointed, but she also felt pity and comforted her a few words. After that, she saw that there was a box of fruits and vegetables among the items brought by Chen Xilie, pointed at it casually, and said, "Move these to me." ”

"Yes."

A dumbfounded little guy responded, immediately picked up the box, and followed Yang Yuyao.

In the house, Pei Rou was still crying, and Yang Xuan was sitting on the side heartlessly, holding a small cage in his hand, teasing the crickets inside.

"I don't want to go back to Shu County, how good Chang'an is." Pei Rou pushed her son.

"A-Niang, you were originally from Shu County." Yang Xuan said, "Isn't this going back to your mother's house?" There is something very bad. ”

Mrs. Qin Guo, who was sitting on the side, said, "How can she have a maiden family?" Born as a prostitute. ”

Pei Rou suddenly cried even louder.

Yang Xuan was noisy and took his beloved cricket to the side. When I turned my head again, I saw Yang Yuyao followed by a dumbfounded person, who was it not Du Wulang?

He immediately stepped forward, pulled Du Wulang over, and said, "You come over for me." ”

The two exchanged a few words, and Yang Xuan hurriedly ran to find Yang Guozhong.

~~

"What did you say to him?"

"Mrs. Qiuguo, this is a letter from Xue Bai to you."

Du Wulang did not answer the question immediately, but handed over a letter, which was immediately snatched by Yang Yuyao.

"What about others?"

"Here we are." Du Wulang said: "He wants to invite back His Majesty, he has brought soldiers, and he has not yet entered Chencang City." ”

"Why didn't he go to Shu County with us?"

In Yang Yuyao's mind, Xue Bai could go to Shu County with her. With his experience in pacifying Nanzhao back then, he could also get a lot of prestige and support in Shu County, and he would soon be able to become a very popular minister. On the contrary, if the sage tiger falls to Pingyang, his authority will inevitably plummet.

In this way, they are very happy in Shu County.

Her selfish thoughts of children's affection, even Du Wulang knew that it was wrong, the emperor's retreat into Shu Road damaged the hearts of the people in Guanzhong and ruined the overall situation of the world.

It was unclear to explain these things to her at the moment, so Du Wulang said: "Most of the forbidden troops are from Chang'an, and once they turn south, the morale of the army will definitely change." Moreover, Xue Bai also found out that Li Heng planned to take advantage of the forbidden army's reluctance to go south to incite a mutiny, kill the Yang family, and coerce the saint to Shuofang. ”

In fact, at the moment, even Li Heng himself didn't think about going to Shuofang.

Du Wulang naturally didn't know where Xue Bai got the news from, and he was very weak when he said these words. Fortunately, Yang Yuyao did not ask much about the source of this news, and believed in Xue Bai's judgment.

Suddenly feeling dangerous, Yang Yuyao asked, "What does he want me to do?" ”

"The first strike is strong, get rid of Li Heng. After that, the forbidden army was summoned and the saint was brought back to Chang'an. Du Wulang said: "Xue Bai has brought two thousand elite cavalry to wait outside the city, and Mrs. Yu Guo only needs to persuade Yang Guozhong to agree, raise fire as a signal, open the city gate, and he can enter the city to protect the Yang family." ”

As he spoke, Yang Guozhong had already arrived in great strides, and without saying anything, he ordered the soldiers to take down Du Wulang and search for Xue Bai.

But most of them are the Yang family, so he can't help himself. Yang Yuyao strode forward, raised her hand and gave him a slap.

"Listen honestly to me!" Yang Yuyao's willow eyebrows were upside down, and she said word by word: "It's a matter of the survival of the Yang family, let's find out who our enemy is first." ”

Yang Guozhong is already a very popular minister, and now it is not what it used to be, he was humiliated by Li Linfu in the past, but now he feels embarrassed after being slapped by a woman.

At the same time, he also calmed down and thought about it carefully, since even Xue Bai knew that Li Heng was going to mutiny, this matter should be undoubted, and it was really urgent.

"Okay, I'll deal with Li Heng's matter first." Yang Guozhong said.

As he spoke, he put on the posture of a prime minister, changed his tone, and said: "But Xue Bai wants to bring the saint back to Chang'an, and this matter will never work." In this way, in addition to Li Heng, you invite him to come and have a good talk, how about we take him to Shu County? ”

Going to Shu County was naturally more in line with Yang Yuyao's thoughts, so she nodded and said, "Except for Li Heng, let's talk about it." ”

"Woo! Woo! ”

Du Wulang was gagged and tied aside, and he couldn't help but shout anxiously when he heard the words.

Yang Guozhong wanted to kill him, but Yang Yuyao and Yang Xuan wanted to protect him, so Yang Guozhong didn't bother to pay attention to this idiot anymore, and hurriedly tried to deal with Li Heng.

Seeing this situation, Du Wulang's expression became more and more anxious, but he secretly said in his heart: "Okay! And let them have a conflict, so that Xue Bai can take advantage of the chaos. ”

When he came, he never thought that he could persuade Yang Guozhong to take the saint back to Chang'an with just a few words, which was nothing more than provoking the two tigers to fight.

In other words, the two tigers were going to fight, and what he was doing was to startle the snakes so that Xue Bai could better control the situation.

~~

Since escaping from Chang'an, Li Heng has been much freer.

At night, he wrapped a bucket jacket, wrapped his face, and went out of the post house. Li Jiao quickly greeted him. Led him around the long street and into a makeshift liquor store.

Pushing the door in, a middle-aged man turned around, only to see Li Heng and bowed excitedly.

"Du Hong, the judge of Shuofang Festival, gradually visited His Highness, and after a long absence, His Highness became even more haggard."

In the first half of the sentence, he reported his official position, Du Hongji's tone was a little proud, he was helpless to be demoted, and he went away, all relying on Li Heng to use the hidden strength of the East Palace to protect him, he did not live up to Li Heng's high hopes, and he was promoted rapidly in just a few years, and with his current status, he was enough to help Li Heng.

In the second half of the sentence, it is full of concern. He and Li Heng are not only monarchs and ministers, but also have a deep friendship.

"State affairs are like this, how not to make people haggard, hurry up."

Li Heng put his hands around Du Hongji, looked him up and down, and said with relief: "It's dark and rough, but it's also strong, and it's become a pillar of the country." ”

With this words, Du Hong was gradually moved, and felt that everything he had done was worth it, and he could finally be relied on by Li Heng as a pillar.

The two quickly got down to business.

"The sage has issued an edict to abolish Li Cong."

"If you can find a way to ask the saint to reinstate His Highness, then it is justified to change the name."

"The saint is suspicious in his heart, but I am afraid that he will not agree."

Du Hong gradually understood, lowered his voice, and said: "When the minister entered the city today, the king of Guangping had already explained, and ordered the minister to send soldiers to privately tell the soldiers of the forbidden army not to go south. ”

"Okay." Li Heng was greatly satisfied, and said, "You must keep the saint." ”

Because he is not yet the crown prince, he must not let the saint go. After bribing the forbidden army, the saint must be held hostage and canonized by edict.

The plan has been decided, and the action is only for these two days.

Suddenly, someone hurried over, but it was Li Qi.

"Grandpa, something happened!"

~~

After Yang Guozhong met Du Wulang, the more he thought about it, the more urgent he felt about the situation.

He originally planned to win over Chen Xuanli and ask the other party to persuade the saint to go south, but when he got the news from Xue Bai, he had other ideas.

"Quick, I want to see the saint!"

Rushing to the government office, Yang Guozhong didn't care about Chen Xuanli, who was guarding in front, and went straight to Li Longji.

"Saint, something is wrong!"

Li Longji had just met Chen Xilie, who was sitting on the uncomfortable stool rubbing his forehead.

He thought that Yang Guozhong was here to talk about Du Hongji, and this matter was really tricky. Of course, he was confident in his prestige, and with just one Shuofang Jiedu judge, he couldn't make too many waves in the forbidden army.

But Yang Guozhong opened his mouth and said: "Xue Bai is chasing after him with two thousand elite horsemen, and he wants to rob the saint to return to Chang'an!" ”

"What do you say? How dare he?! ”

"The minister found out that there were Xue Bai's people in Chen Xilie's family, and they had secretly contacted King Zhong, so that King Zhong was the internal response, and held the holy car hostage with a mutiny......"

Before coming, Yang Guozhong had already thought very clearly. His position was different from that of Li Heng and Xue Bai, and he had to bring the saint to Shu County.

Intrigues, he may not be able to fight Li Heng and Xue Bai, then the best way is to scare the saint away directly.

Sure enough, Li Longji stood up suddenly, Long Yan was furious, and said, "They dare?!" ”

"The minister asks the saint to put his safety first and enter Shu as soon as possible."

"Prepare immediately and enter the customs as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Yang Guozhong responded loudly, a little complacent in his heart. He was not led by Xue Bai, and handled the crisis in front of him in his own way.

also wants to use him to fight with Li Heng, wait for the saint to enter the pass, and let Xue Bai fight with Li Heng.

~~

The generals informed the soldiers of the forbidden army, so that they could go to bed early and set off as soon as the morning dawned.

As a result, the lights of the city were extinguished, and the soldiers huddled in the darkness, intending to spend their last night in Guanzhong.

Gradually, another moving song floated in.

"Sauvignon Blanc, in Chang'an."

"Luo Wei autumn cry Jinjing, the slight frost is desolate and cold......"

This is what Li Bai did after he was given the gold back, but it was very suitable for the state of mind of the soldiers at this time. Many people tossed and turned, thinking of their relatives and friends in Chang'an.

Several of the generals realized that it was not appropriate to listen to such a song this night, and walked a few steps uneasily with their knives.

"Who's singing?"

"It's supposed to be a concubine."

"It's not supposed to be sung."

They sighed, but they didn't dare to stop it, so they listened in silence.

There was less talk, and the night was quieter, only the song was over and over again, floating in the small county.

"The lonely lamp is unclear, and he sighs when he looks at the moon sky......"

Suddenly.

The sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of Chen Cangcheng, and two horsemen came side by side, both tall and straight, holding torches.

While riding their horses, they shouted, "Don't go to Shu County!" Don't go to Shu County! ”

"When will I return to Chang'an again? Please Your Majesty temporarily go to Heshuo, point to the heroes, and seek rejuvenation! ”

The sound woke up the forbidden soldiers who had just fallen asleep, and the generals turned over and shouted.

"Who?!"

"Shoot them."

"Who dares to shoot an arrow? The king of Guangping and the king of Jianning are here! ”

Everyone looked at it, but what they saw was really Li Jiao and Li Qi, two brothers.

According to their original plan, they should have secretly connected the forbidden army before they did anything. But tonight, when they suddenly learned the news that the Holy Driver was immediately heading south, they were not fully prepared at all.

There are three paths in front of Li Heng. One is to honestly follow the saint to the south and bow his head to listen to the mercy of the saint; the second is to give up holding the saint hostage and seeking the name of the prince, and only go west alone as a loyal king; His two sons were decisive men and immediately chose the third path - temporary mutiny.

At this time, in the face of the arrows of the forbidden army, the two young men were not afraid, and still shouted: "Don't go to Shu County!" ”

"I know that you and others don't want to leave Guanzhong, follow me to persuade the saint!"

This kind of movement quickly alarmed Li Longji.

He slept in his clothes, and when he got up, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

That night, Yang Guozhong was guarding outside the house, and he was also caught off guard, and hurriedly said: "Sage, they launched it." ”

"Let's go now, go to Sanguan."

~~

Disperse.

When the imperial driver arrived in Chen Cang, Chen Xuanli had already sent his henchmen to guard the Sanguan to ensure that the saint could enter the Sanguan at any time.

The general is Guo Qianli, an old man in the forbidden army, and he is simple-minded.

It was night, Guo Qianli fell asleep early, snoring loudly. until he was pushed awake by his own soldiers.

"General, wake up! The saint is coming soon! ”

"Uh-huh?"

Guo Qianli rubbed his eyes and sat up, opened his eyelids with difficulty, looked out the window for a while, saw that it was still dark, and said strangely: "Come here at night?" ”

"It seems that Chen Cang has mutinied, and a team of people has been sent to come first, and the general wants to meet him."

Guo Qianli got up and put on his armor, went out of the city tower, and saw dozens of riding fish entering the city in the moonlight.

"What's wrong with Chen Cang, where is the Holy Driver at this time?"

As he spoke, he walked, and only halfway through, Guo Qianli suddenly became alert and shouted, "Take them down!" ”

He could tell that although the soldiers and horses who came were forbidden troops, they were wearing the armor of the Southern Ya Qianniuwei, not the Northern Ya Forbidden Army beside the saint.

The first thought that popped up was that Chang'an was captured by the rebels, and the rebels disguised themselves as forbidden soldiers to rob the saints.

With a sound on the city, the arrows were already pointing at the coming horse.

"General Guo, it's been a long time."

At this moment, a horse came out of the crowd.

Guo Qianli looked at it intently, first surprised, then happy, and said, "Xue Lang? You're here? ”

Under the moonlight, the person wearing the armor of the forbidden army and looking heroic was not Xue Bai, but who was it.

"Not bad." Xue Bai showed a happy smile and said, "Chang'an has been guarded, Your Highness asked me to welcome the saint back to the palace." ”

"Hahahaha, great!"

Guo Qianli stepped forward with great joy, Xue Bai also turned over and dismounted, and the two patted each other's shoulders.

"I was still thinking the day before yesterday that it's not a matter of escaping from Guanzhong like this......"

With this hearty voice, Guo Qianli's face showed a brilliant color, and suddenly, his eyes froze.

"No, I just said that Chen Cang had a mutiny, and the sage should speed up his entry into Shu."

"That's right." Xue Bai said: "Yang Guozhong did not want the saint to return to Chang'an, so he launched a mutiny. ”

Guo Qianli looked reckless, but he was not stupid, he didn't believe what he said, and was about to retreat, but found that he had been surrounded by Xue Bai's people in the middle.

"General, how about talking privately?"

"Talk about it." Guo Qianli said: "You are lucky, you just met me, an old man, otherwise you would have been killed by ten thousand arrows." ”

Xue Bai shook his head and said, "I'm unlucky, the general of Sanguan happens to be General Guo, although you are close to me, you are actually stupid and loyal to the saint." If you were a bystander, you would have known that you should support the prince to guard Chang'an. ”

"Xue Lang, don't you want to rebel?"

"Bringing back the saints, defending the national capital, and rebuilding the Tang Dynasty, is it a rebellion?"

"When I don't know? King Qing's mutiny forced the saint out of Chang'an, what is it if it is not a rebellion? ”

"Yang Guozhong and Li Heng are really mutinies, and they want to hold the saint hostage for their own interests, does the general think that the saint is better than staying in Chang'an?"

Guo Qianli was finally moved by what he said, hesitated, and asked the most critical question, saying: "If the saint goes back, can Chang'an really hold it?" ”

"That's nature."

Xue Bai thought about it and inadvertently said something that moved Guo Qianli the most.

"Let's go back, it's the Shangyuan Festival in a few days."

Guo Qianli was stunned for a moment, looking at Xue Bai in front of him, as if he had returned to Tianbao for six years, he was holding his little granddaughter to watch the lanterns upstairs.

He actually understood very well that once the saint escaped from Guanzhong, the hearts of the people in the world would change, and if he wanted to quell the rebellion, he would need more time and troops.

So, he asked himself in his heart, can he bear to let his granddaughter live in a troubled world when she grows up?

"Okay, hold on."

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase."

Xue Bai knew that what could persuade Guo Qianli was not the usual friendship between the two, but righteousness.

This time he was lucky and stood on the side of righteousness.

~~

The night wind was very cold, Xue Bai climbed to the head of the city of Sanguan, looked north with a clairvoyant mirror, and waited for Li Longji and Yang Guozhong.

His plan was very simple, first of all, he knew that Li Heng was reluctant to go south, even if there was no mutiny in Maweipo, he would have to take action when he arrived in Chencang, at least he had this motive.

Then, he used this to beat Yang Guozhong and startle the snake, believing that Yang Guozhong, who had been frightened by all the grass and trees, would immediately take Li Longji south in a panic and fall into the trap he had arranged.

In addition, in order to prevent irreparable losses in the process, he ordered Jiang Hai to lead a team of cavalry to ambush in the southwest of Chencang County, keeping an eye on the changes in the situation at any time.

At the moment, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, but Xue Bai's state of mind is not relaxed, but very worried.

The rebels may have arrived at the city of Chang'an, and he urgently needs to bring back Li Longji to stabilize people's hearts, and the time is urgent, and he can't withstand too many changes.

Deep down, he occasionally thinks of a few beautiful figures...... But now is not the time to care about that.

Sanguan is located on the Qinling Mountains, the terrain is much higher than the Guanzhong Plain, the mountains and rivers are steep, erected like a high wall, standing in the city to look at the Guanzhong Plain, there is a feeling of "the stars are hanging down and the plains are wide".

Xue Bai waited for a long time, and when he gradually felt impatient, he finally saw a fire coming this way along the mountain road.

"Lang Jun, here."

Xue Bai beckoned Hu Laishui and commanded in a low voice: "When the time comes, let Guo Qianli kill Yang Guozhong and strengthen his heart." ”

"Lang Jun rest assured, the last general understands."

"Hmm."

Xue Bai has not yet told Guo Qianli that An Lushan is dead, Li Cong has admitted his life experience, etc., and it is better to talk about it after Li Longji has been held hostage.

If it succeeds tonight, the first results of the multi-year plan will be achieved. If Li Longji is allowed to flee into Shu County and Li Heng to avoid Heshuo, he will inevitably counterattack.

The sound of horses' hooves drew nearer, and the light of the fire finally reached the city.

"Open the gates!"

It was a group of cavalry of the Longwu Army who came, and they did not dismount after entering the city, and shouted directly: "Guo Qianli takes the order!" ”

"The minister is here!"

"The holy car has arrived in Shennong Town, and I order you to meet it quickly!"

Xue Bai walked down the city, looked at the brightly lit city gate, and observed. I didn't see Li Longji, Yang Guozhong, or any important ministers of the court.

He lowered his head, continued to pass, and reached out to touch the backs of the horses, which were all covered with the sweat of the horses, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry. Looking at it again, the wet mud on the tips of the boots of these dragon warrior soldiers who came here was bloody.

Over there, Guo Qianli asked, "What's wrong?" Why Welcome? ”

"I also asked, let you go to escort quickly! Go for it! ”

Xue Bai happened to turn in front of Guo Qianli, and glanced at these soldiers of the Longwu Army.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the men he had brought with him swarmed up and escorted them all down.

"Guo Qianli, are you reversed?!"

"Don't yell at me, and if you ask, what's wrong?"

"The saint wanted to go south overnight, but someone in the army mutinied and actually rushed into the saint's team."

Guo Qianli was in a hurry and asked, "Where is the holy car now?!" ”

"It should be rushing to Sanguan, please General Guo hurry up to save it, otherwise I'm afraid the saint will be taken away!"

~~

Li Longji and Yang Guozhong thought that they had seen through all the tricks and dealt with them well, but they didn't expect their control to be so low.

After being reminded in advance and being prepared, the two brothers Li Jiao and Li Qi quickly co-opted the forbidden army and mutinied, and even Chen Xuanli couldn't suppress it.

At that time, they had just arrived in Shennong Town, and suddenly heard the forbidden soldiers in the rear shouting slogans, so they quickened their pace and rushed over.

"Please go to Heshuo temporarily, collect the soldiers and horses, and restore the Tang Dynasty!"

Yang Guozhong was immediately shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Take the saints away! ”

He was going to personally go over to lead Li Longji's imperial horse, but as soon as he spoke, he attracted the attention of the forbidden army in the distance.

"Kill Yang Guozhong!"

"Yang Guozhong misled the country and the people, kill him first to thank the world!"

As soon as this kind of remarks from the Qing monarch's side came out, even Li Longji panicked, and killed the prime minister without a holy decree, and Li Heng could be said to be a dagger.

Although Li Longji had countless suspicions, he was at a loss when he really appeared in this scene.

Yang Guozhong was even more frightened, and he didn't care about fishing for Li Longji's reins, so Pegasus left.

A sharp arrow came at him, landed behind him, and the others galloped south, straight to the pass.

"Quick! Li Heng reversed, and quickly recruited the guards to come to King Qin. ”

After arranging this matter, Yang Guozhong thought of Xue Bai's reminder, regretted not listening to Xue Bai's words a long time ago, and let his two thousand elite horses enter the city to deal with Li Heng.

He then sent someone to tell Yang Yuyao and asked her to go to Xue Bai for help quickly......

(End of chapter)