Chang Anqing

When the eight hundred miles were rushed to Chang'an, it was the early morning of the morning star bright night sky.At this moment, there was silence inside and outside the Lizheng Hall, only the palace guards standing in the corridor, wrapped in thick jackets, breathing gently into the palms of their hands.

The cold wind blew the palace lanterns in front of the corridor shaking, and Empress Li, who was lying soundly asleep in the curtain, was awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps and Yin Niang's frantic calls.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's bad—"

Empress Li, who woke up from the dream, opened her eyes suddenly, sat up, and vaguely saw that Yinniang had already arrived outside the tent.

"What's the matter?" Although she still didn't know what it was, seeing Yinniang who was always cautious in words and deeds showed such a side, Empress Li still couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Your Highness, there has been an urgent message from Yanmen, saying that His Majesty was surrounded by Turkic ambushes while patrolling Yanmen, and was seriously injured—"

"what!"

Empress Li opened the curtain suddenly when she heard the words, her eyes shot straight at Yinniang, even though she was sitting on the couch in her pajamas, Yinniang lowered her head in panic due to her threatening posture, and hurriedly said: "Fortunately, The prefect of Yanmen arrived in time, and King Feng Yi and the Yulin Army took the opportunity to escort His Majesty back to Yanmen. The Imperial Physician Ling and others have treated His Majesty, but Yanmen's use is limited, and His Majesty has to return to Chang'an to get better treatment , otherwise it will be unfavorable to the dragon body—"

"Then immediately send someone to welcome His Majesty back to Luan, hurry up!"

"Can--"

Yinniang met Empress Li's anxious eyes and had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The Turkic people, led by the Great Turkic Khan, surrounded Yanmen heavily—"

As soon as these words came out, Empress Li's pupils shook, and even her hands trembled uncontrollably.

"Why, how could this be—"

Seeing that Empress Li's body was a little shaky, Yinniang quickly helped her up, and seeing Empress Li holding her arm tightly, she asked nervously, "Where's Erlang? Where's Erlang?"

Yinniang resisted the pain in her arm, and quickly replied: "His Royal Highness has summoned the important ministers of the court and is discussing countermeasures in the East Palace."

Empress Li couldn't sit still when she heard this, she quickly got up and said, "Quick, quick, go to the East Palace."

In this room, compared to the silence of Chang'an City, the East Palace is brightly lit. At this moment, Yang Yanzheng, who is wearing the crown prince's crown, is sitting in the hall with a dignified expression, looking at His Highness' courtiers and saying: "Now Your Majesty is surrounded The situation is imminent, we must immediately send troops to support, repel the Turks, and protect His Majesty back to Luang, who do you think can take on this task?"

Hearing the crown prince's question, everyone was anxious and uneasy. The emperor was seriously injured and was locked up at the border. This was something they didn't even dare to think about.

"The Xuanjia Army of the Western Regions intimidates the world, and has always been feared by the Turkic people. I think that I should immediately order Han Shou, the governor of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, to send troops to Yanmen for support."

Hearing what a courtier said, someone immediately refuted it: "It has been stated in the letter that His Majesty is seriously injured and needs to return to Luan as soon as possible for medical treatment. The Western Regions are far away from Yanmen, and it will take at least half a month to go back and forth. How is it feasible?"

As soon as these words were said, everyone lowered their heads and whispered, and the scene once again reached a deadlock.

"I think that there is another person who can take on this task."

At this moment, the Crown Prince Lu Zhou stepped forward, and Yang Yan hurriedly said, "Teacher, please tell me."

Seeing this, Lu Zhou clasped his hands, his figure was straight, and he said with a fair expression: "The manager of Bozhou, Zhao Yi."

As soon as these words came out, the pot exploded immediately. Although Yang Yan had already guessed who Lu Taifu was going to recommend, he also knew that someone would block this matter.

"Although Zhao Yi was feared by the Turks in the past, it was more because of the Xuanjia Army. Now that there is no Xuanjia Army, how does the mere Bozhou garrison compare with the elite Turks?"

Hearing one person say this, someone immediately retorted: "Then recruit elites from all states and counties—"

"It's easy to say, the most taboo thing on the battlefield is that soldiers don't know their generals, and their generals don't know their soldiers. Let's not say that Zhao Yi hasn't gotten along well with all the armies, so he can't cooperate better in battle. How long will it take to go?"

Hearing someone say this, everyone frowned and lowered their heads, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Then according to what you said, I am so prosperous that I don't have anyone who leads soldiers to fight?"

Seeing Lu Zhou speak out angrily, everyone stopped their flags and drums, and at this moment Yang Yan's voice sounded from above.

"Everything you think about is reasonable, but I think there is also a reason for saying-"

All the ministers raised their heads and looked over when they heard the words, and saw Yang Yanxun patrolled the crowd and said calmly: "A flock of sheep led by wolves will surely defeat a flock of wolves led by sheep."

"I believe that King Yuling can scare the Turks not only because of the Xuanjia Army he once led, but also because of his strategy and courage. Although the Turks are now led by their Great Khan, if the Turks are counted on the battlefield Experience, but far less than Yuling King Zhao Yi—"

All the ministers fell silent when they heard the sound. Seeing that there were still people who wanted to refute, Yang Yan took the lead and said: "As you said, the Xuanjia Army in the Western Regions can't save the fire from far away. Only Zhao Yi lives in Bozhou, which is closer. , and only Zhao Yi knows the ins and outs of the Turkic tactics the most, thinking that he must be the leader of this battle."

"What do you guys think?"

After Yang Yan said this, the people present naturally understood Donggong's position. Since it was a certainty, and at this juncture, they really couldn't recommend a more suitable person to compare with Zhao Yi.

So at the next moment, all the courtiers present cupped their hands and said, "His Royal Highness is wise."

"Okay, immediately send an order to Bozhou, and promote Zhao Yi, the general manager of Bozhou, to be the general manager of the Yanmen march, and immediately lead the troops to Yanmen as quickly as possible. The states and counties passing through must select [-] elites, and they will be dispatched by Zhao Yi to go out with them!"

After all the courtiers retreated, Yang Yan also sat down wearily and dignifiedly, without saying a word, Baoying walked in softly with the support of Huirong at this moment, Yang Yan heard the sound and immediately got up to support him: "Yes I didn't bother you."

Baoying shook her head and said, "Aye—"

Hearing Baoying's inquiry, Yang Yan lowered his head with a heavy expression and said, "The letter is dangerous, but I can't rush there immediately—"

"Aye is the Son of Heaven, an invincible hero, with God's blessing, he will be able to turn evil into extremes."

Although he knew that the words were comforting, Yang Yan looked at Baoying's increasingly protruding belly, and finally suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and nodded in agreement.

"Jiro-"

At this moment, Empress Li rushed in anxiously, before she had time to take care of the people who were saluting, she stepped forward and said, "How about you, Aye?"

Hearing Yang Yan say everything, Empress Li clenched her right hand tightly, her eyes filled with panic and complexity that had never been seen before.

The husband and wife have been together for decades, although they have grown from mutual dependence to mutual suspicion, but she never dared to imagine that Yang Chongyuan might die or leave her for a moment.

hate it?She hates it.

But these few decades of time have also been engraved in her bones.

Unforgettable.

"Don't worry, Aniang, with Zhao Yi going to save her, Aye will return safely."

Hearing Yang Yan's comfort from the side, Empress Li nodded in a daze, but her eyes couldn't help turning red.

"I wish—"

After whispering softly, Empress Li thought of something, looked at Yang Yan and his wife and said, "Now that Ah Man is pregnant, and Zhao Yi has gone to Yanmen again, I am only worried about Ah Man—"

"Aniang is right, my son will fix the book and let Ah Man come back to Chang'an."

Empress Li didn't expect that after waiting for so long, she finally brought Ah Man back, but Yang Chongyuan, the person who tied her hair was far away at the border, and his life and death were uncertain.

Perhaps, this is fate.

When the edict was issued to Bozhou, Zhao Yi immediately organized the army to discuss the matter of going out, and Li Sui naturally prepared for him what he needed on the road non-stop.

"Where's Zhao Yi?"

It was already night, and after tidying up everything, Nian Nu ordered the maidservants to serve Li Sui to wash and wash, and then retreated to the porch to guard.

"Your Majesty is still discussing matters with the generals at the General Manager's Mansion. Only then did Zong Ming send a message that Your Majesty will leave Bozhou tonight and rush to Yanmen overnight."

Li Sui nodded when he heard the words, looked at the closed soft curtain, and said just now: "Huiyun?"

"Princess, don't worry, after the matter is done, Li Yuan will give her medicine to make her forget those past events."

Li Sui nodded silently, turned his head to look at the intricate chess game at hand, hooked his lips, and said nonchalantly: "I never thought that when Yang Xingjian's idiot was still so vigorous and resolute, even if I think about it, Yang Chongyuan never put him on the table." He has always been cautious, so he capsized in this dark ditch."

"So it is true that even though ants are small, they can swallow elephants."

While speaking, Li Sui easily pressed a chess piece on the chessboard, and won with one move. With the sound of the chess piece "slap--", the soft curtain was suddenly lifted. When Li Sui looked at it reflexively, Immediately, his pupils constricted, and his hands froze uncontrollably.

"you--"

Before Li Sui could finish his words, he saw Zhao Yi walking forward step by step with deep and unpredictable eyes. It was the first time that the air pressure between the two became so suffocated, as if being stretched by tight strings. With a light hook, it will break quickly.

"Your Majesty—"

"Niannu."

Without waiting for Nian Nu to make a nervous noise, Li Sui had already recovered his calm and said: "You go down first."

Nian Nu looked at Li Sui worriedly, and then at Zhao Yi, who had never been so deep and sullen, and finally retreated in response.

"So from the beginning, you knew everything?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's inquiry, Li Sui looked at him calmly and said, "Yes."

"All of this is my design."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yi's pupils constricted, and he felt a crash in his head. After a long time, there was only a dead silence in the room. Li Suicai saw Zhao Yi in front of him, unwilling to believe it, and said, "Do you know what you are doing?"

Facing Zhao Yi's burning gaze, Li Sui clasped his hands tightly under his sleeves, and said indifferently: "I know."

"I knew it the moment my sister died. I knew it when I knew that my sister was forced to death by Emperor Yuan Cheng and Yang Chongyuan. I knew it when Emperor Yuan Cheng and Yang Chongyuan wanted to put my Li family to death."

After all, the corners of Li Sui's lips raised indifferently, as if brushing off a speck of dust, he said simply: "So I watched Yuan Chengdi die in the hands of Yang Chongyuan, and became the one who pushed the boat with the tide, so I can also do it now." Watching Yang Chongyuan die at the hands of that trash Yang Xingjian, sit on the high platform."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yi stood there looking at Li Sui for a long time, but there seemed to be something stuck in his chest, which made him unbearably depressed.

"Do you know that in this battle, the soldiers guarding the city of Yanmen have died and injured more than ten thousand, and how many soldiers will be killed and injured who will follow me to Yanmen tonight? Do you know what kind of misery the people of Yanmen are living in right now? Is it difficult to live? And behind those sacrificed soldiers, how many families will become fragmented?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's words become hoarse and dignified, Li Sui's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help lowering his eyelids, and bit by bit loosened his hands that were tightly clenched by anger.

Poor Wuding Riverside Bone is still a spring boudoir dream.

For some reason, those words came to her ears without warning.

"I know that you and Sister have a deep relationship, and I also know that you can give up everything for her and the Li family, but these hatreds and revenges should not be borne by innocent people and soldiers. If it is for the so-called self-love, The so-called personal hatred ignores the souls of the common people, so how is it any different from those conspiratorial superiors who are superior and regard human life as worthless?"

Hearing Zhao Yi's last words, Li Sui looked at him in a daze, but saw the strangeness in Zhao Yi's eyes that he had never seen before.

"Ah Man, you have disappointed me so much."

You have let me down too much--

When the words fell into Li Sui's ears, it was like sinking a stone into the water, causing ripples in his heart and creating huge waves.

Just like that, Li Sui stared blankly at Zhao Yi who turned around in disappointment, lifted the curtain and came out without looking back, allowing a gust of cold wind to penetrate and directly hit Li Sui's heart.

"princess--"

Nian Nu, who was waiting outside, rushed in nervously, and saw Li Sui suddenly sit down.

Li Sui tightly held Nian Nu's hand to help her, but felt as if a stone hammer had hit her heart hard. breath.

"Princess, what's wrong with you, don't scare me—"

Hearing Nian Nu shouting loudly for the imperial physician, Li Sui fell into Nian Nu's arms in embarrassment, looked at the closed soft curtain and murmured: "Nian Nu, did I do something wrong——"