The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 691
Half an hour later, Qu Tugai sat at the head of the Dugu Mansion with a big horse and a golden knife, took a sip of fragrant tea, and said to a group of Guanlong noble patriarchs with bruised noses and swollen faces: "All loyal ministers, all patriarchs... ...can you speak properly now?"

"Hmph..." Many patriarchs almost turned their backs on their backs. They have grown up so much, except for being beaten by their long-gone parents, they have always beaten others, but now, they were severely punished by Qu Tugai, What made them even more unbearable was that the dog's Qu Tugai had his soldiers slap him in the face.Especially Hou Mo Chenren's thin old face was plump countless times, and he couldn't see the original appearance.

"We don't know what happened, how do we talk?" When Dugu Cheng spoke, he felt a sharp pain in his mouth, and hated Qu Tu Gaiyou a bit.

"Since Patriarch Dugu doesn't know, I'll repeat it again: Your army rebelled. The Holy Majesty is kind-hearted and doesn't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. I ask you to come forward to restrain him. If you wake up, the Holy Majesty can save you from death." Qu Tugai looked Looking at the miserable Dugu Cheng, he said: "The leaders of the rebel army are Dugu Yanyun and Dugu Qingyun. Their brothers are the generals of your Dugu clan. Don't say that these two brothers have nothing to do with your Dugu clan."

"Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun are not only the generals of the Dugu family, but also the sons of Dugu Kai, the former Youwei General of the Sui Dynasty and the Duke of Runan County. Dugu Kai had five sons, the eldest son Ling Yun, the second son Jing Yun, the third son Teng Yun and others. Uncle Youtunwei General Dugusheng was in the Jiangdu coup. He learned that Yuwenhua and the king were usurping the throne. He tried his best to protect him and died of exhaustion. His son Seng Da and his nephews Ling Yun, Jing Yun and Teng Yun also received awards. Dugu Qingyun inherited the title of his father Dugu Kai and was demoted to the Duke of the county due to an example. Dugu Sheng and his son both died, and Dugu Yanyun voluntarily adopted him. He was also the Duke of the Sui Dynasty. .”

Dugu Cheng took a look at Qu Tugai, and said indifferently: "Yin Mingyue won the Gaochang Kingdom for the Sui Dynasty, but he only won the title of the Duke of Mingyue County. Today, there are few Dukes of the Sui Dynasty. There are very few of them, so it can be seen that the titles of the Sui Dynasty are extremely precious and rare. Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun, as the rare Dukes of the Sui Dynasty, naturally know the value of the Dukes of the Sui Dynasty. How could such a noble person be willing to be my Dugu clan House slave?"

"I understand!" Qu Tugai understood what Dugu Cheng meant, and continued to sneer, "Patriarch Dugu said that these brothers are no longer members of the Dugu clan. Is it like this?"

"As you expected, these brothers really have nothing to do with me, Dugu."

"Do you think I believe it?"

"General Ma Sanbao used to be a slave of the Chai family. After he became famous, Chai's concubine took the initiative to dissolve the relationship between master and servant. This virtue of helping others is really admirable. Although I, Dugu, am not talented, I don't want to be Chai's concubine. Focusing on the beauty of the past, so the old Patriarch took the initiative to terminate the master-servant relationship with the two brothers." Dugu Cheng admired his far-sighted uncle very much, if the uncle had not died, why would the Dugu family have ended up in this land?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but increase my hatred for Li Yuan: "If you really don't believe it, you can go to the Xiangyang County Government to check the roster. This happened two or three years ago, not recently."

Qu Tugai also found that Dugu Cheng was far more difficult to deal with than he thought. After what Dugu Cheng said, the Dugu clan completely separated from Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun. It has become a matter of course for Li Tang to be an enemy.He looked at Dugu Cheng, and said word by word: "Even so, but I heard that Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun came to Dugu Mansion to visit the Patriarch not long ago."

Dugucheng said: "During the Battle of Guanzhong, the crown prince and Yang Tong were having a good time in the Sui army camp. Could it be that the crown prince colluded with Yang Tong and was willing to be Yang Tong's internal support? Before the New Year, Yang Tong asked Fang Xuanling to bring some sets of glazed utensils as gifts. To the Holy Majesty, I heard that the Holy Majesty loves it so much that he regards it as a rare treasure, could it be said that the Majesty was bought by Yang Tong and colluded with Yang Tong?"

When the heads of the families heard the words, they all secretly said 'great' in their hearts, if it wasn't for Qu Tugai, they would definitely be overwhelmed.

"..." Qu Tugai was speechless, and it took a long time before he said: "Patriarch Dugu's sophistry is admirable."

"Justice rests in the heart."

"Hehe..." Qu Tugai looked at Dugu Cheng, and said cheerfully, "What you said, I almost thought you were a loyal minister and general."

Dugu Cheng retorted and said: "When you arrested King Chu Ai, the former princess and the princes, I also thought you were a loyal and loyal general, but who would have expected... Qu, who was regarded as a loyal minister and good general by Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty and Yang You?" Tushi, that's the way...hehe..."

Dugu Cheng spread his hands and stared at Qu Tugai with a teasing look in his eyes. After leaving Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun aside, his fear disappeared and his thoughts became clearer and clearer.His last words were completely intended to provoke Qu Tugai.

As the leader of the Dugu faction of the Guanlong aristocrats, Dugu Cheng also has the bearing and arrogance of a leader. If Qu Tugai beat him to death or maimed him in a fit of anger... the problem will change fundamentally. Ten thousand lives is a very profitable business.

The eyes of many Patriarchs looking at Dugu Cheng changed.

They are all powerful figures, and I know that Dugu Cheng is worried that after Li Yuan forcibly escorts him to the city, Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun, who don't know the truth, will dismount and bow down to him, and they still respectfully call him "Patriarch". It will evaporate.Dugucheng thinks that only when he dies can the lie come true, so he repeatedly stimulates Qu Tugai.

"You..." Qu Tugai was deeply stimulated, his tiger eyes stared at Dugu Cheng coldly, with murderous intent.

"Isn't it?" Dugu Cheng stared at Qu Tu Gai, not giving an inch.

"I won't argue with you." After a while, Qu Tugai also let go of the handle of the knife with his right hand.Although he wished to cut Dugu Cheng's head off with a single blow, the other party was the Patriarch of the Dugu Clan and the leader of the Dugu Sect after all, and he was by no means capable of cutting it off. He glanced at Dugu Cheng, looked around and said, "The Holy Majesty asked me to be in charge of Xiangyang's defense. Are you willing?" Come with me, I am still willing to continue to be Wu Chuansi's prisoner."

Everyone looked at Dugu Cheng together. Although Dugu Cheng couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Qu Tugai's gourd, he was very clear about one thing. Although Wu Chuanwei was arrogant, he never did anything cruel to them, especially that Han Zhi was abnormal. Calmness makes him very afraid; although Qu Tugai is famous for being upright and serious, he is not afraid of the powerful and does not favor personal interests, but he is a martial arts general with strong martial arts skills, and he is a character who is easily irritated from the previous games , otherwise he wouldn't have fought against many patriarchs. This person is far easier to deal with than Han Zhi.

Thinking of this, Dugu Cheng said coldly: "I decided to leave with the 'loyal minister' of Qu Tu who is famous for his uprightness and seriousness, lest he use any shady means to frame me, so as to win the honor of not being afraid of the powerful, powerful, and respectable. It's a good name for not showing favoritism. What do you think?"

The Patriarchs have always been headed by Dugu Clan, and Dugu Cheng's previous performance won everyone's unanimous respect. Hearing what he said, although they didn't understand what he meant, they all expressed their stance to leave with Qu Tugai.

Qu Tugai laughed loudly, got up and said with a smile: "I'm so knowledgeable, why should I suffer so much? All Patriarchs, please!"

Dugu Cheng sneered, and went out first.

……

There were ten carriages parked outside Dugu Mansion, around the carriages were escorted by soldiers brought by Qu Tugai, hundreds of Wu Chuan guards were driven out and lost control of Dugu Mansion.

The heroic young general of Wu Chuanwei was the fourth son of Li Shentong, named Li Xiaoci, who was enshrined as King of Guangping and served as General Huben in Wu Chuan Division. He was Han Zhi's right-hand man and was also ordered to supervise Han Zhi.

Li Xiaoci has been in charge of controlling the Dugu Mansion these days, doing his best, never making mistakes, who would have thought that Qu Tugai would suddenly bring a large group of soldiers today, to take these Guanlong noble family heads to the city as hostages, forcing the rebels to retreat.If Qu Tugai had an imperial decree, Li Xiaoci would never say anything else, but Li Yuan gave Qu Tugai the task of defending Xiangyang, and Li Jiancheng was in charge of the internal affairs such as Anmin, and all the patriarchs were still under the supervision of Wu Chuanwei.

Qu Tugai didn't have the holy order, so he wanted to take people away, of course Li Xiaoci didn't dare to agree, if Qu Tugai accidentally killed one or two patriarchs, Wu Chuansi must take the blame, and he He would be the first to be punished, so Li Xiaoci kindly reminded Qu Tugai to go to the palace to ask for the imperial decree.But Qu Tugai was in a hurry to deploy his defenses, and he didn't have time to run back and forth.

Although Li Xiaoci is young, he is more or less a county king, and he is polite. It stands to reason that when Qu Tugai faced him, he should speak politely, but Qu Tugai didn't. He used to be in Daxing When he served as Jingzhaoyin, the powerful and villains were afraid of him, so there was a good saying: "It is better to eat three buckets of moxa than to see Qu Tugai. It is better to eat three buckets of green onions than to meet Qu Tutong." Qu Tugai, who is self-proclaimed by the rhetoric, how can he put Li Xiaoci, a little boy, in his eyes?Simply bully him, a tiger general, with his military position as a general.So the two sides had a dispute at the door.

Seeing that the boy refused to budge, and seeing that time was waiting for no one, Qu Tugai relied on the large number of people to drive Wu Chuanwei away, and brought out all the Patriarchs as he wished.

Li Xiaoci was already aggrieved. When he saw that the heads of the families all turned into pig-faced faces, his heart sank. He was beaten like this when he was still in Dugu Mansion. If he was brought by Qu Tugai, these Wouldn't the Patriarch die cleanly?If he really wants to reach that point, how can he have any good fruit for himself who 'let' Qu Tugai enter the mansion to arrest people?
He glared at these soldiers very unwillingly, and kept looking around, trying to seize the opportunity to take back the patriarchs who had been snatched by Qu Tugai. Seeing the patriarchs being forced into the carriage one by one, he felt extremely anxious, and secretly complained about the delay in arriving at Han Zhi.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, and hundreds of Wu Chuan guards escorted Han Zhice galloping forward.

Qu Tugai shouted: "Be careful, never let them snatch you away!"

Qu Tugai's reckless move today was due to his personal character only as a secondary reason. The main reason was that Li Yuan didn't give him many soldiers, and Xiangyang Nuo is a big city that needs to be defended everywhere. A mere 3 people can't be defended at all. Come to ask the various Patriarchs to be hostages.Although Li Xiaoci is only 17 years old and has little experience, but he has a great sense of responsibility and refuses to agree to it. The two fell out because of this.

Han Zhi commanded the soldiers to block the way, got off his horse, strode forward, and said angrily, "Qu Tugai, you are really deceiving people too much, do you really think Wu Chuanwei is made of mud?"

Disgust appeared in Qu Tugai's eyes, and he said flatly, "Han Changshi, everyone is working for the Holy One, how can you say that you are deceiving?"

Han Zhi said coldly: "You'd better put him back in the mansion immediately, otherwise, you can only bring a bunch of corpses with you."

Since the establishment of Wu Chuan Division, Wu Chuanwei has always been the only one who bullied others. How has he ever suffered today's humiliation?Although Li Xiaoci is the king of the county, he is a half-grown child after all, and when dealing with important matters, he rarely lacks confidence, which makes everyone really depressed.With the arrival of Han Zhi, everyone immediately had a backbone.As soon as Han Zhi's words came out, Wu Chuanwei, who was full of embarrassment, drew his knife and stared at Qu Tugai coldly. As long as Han Zhi gave an order, he would cut people down.

"Prepare for battle." The general Murong Luohu behind Qu Tugai was furious, he raised his hand heavily, and more than a thousand soldiers raised their bows and crossbows, aiming at Han Zhi and his men.

Qu Tugai signaled his subordinates to put down the crossbow, and said disdainfully to Han Zhi: "These people are going to be settled. How dare a lowly businessman take a knife with me? If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

"Put on this skin, and it can't change the fact that you are Xi Nu. I, a humble businessman, am ten thousand times nobler than Xi Nu, who has three surnames who have rebelled back and forth."

Qu Tugai was a member of the Xi tribe. He descended to Zhou with his father Qu Tuchangqing when he was young, and later usurped the Northern Zhou Dynasty with Yang Jian. Qu Tugai and his elder brother Qu Tutong surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Slave' doesn't seem like an exaggeration.

Qu Tugai's face turned white and red. He grew up in the Central Plains Dynasty, learned the Central Plains culture, and regarded himself as a Central Plains person, but he couldn't change his appearance as a foreigner. He heard that Han Zhi not only insulted himself, but also scolded his most respected person. Father and brother, the unique ferocity and bloodiness of the nomads erupted all of a sudden. He drew out his saber and killed Han Zhi, shouting angrily: "You humble villain, if I don't kill you, I will swear not to be a human being!"

His face was terribly cold, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. The horizontal knife slashed across the sky, and a brutal murderous aura enveloped Han Zhi. Han Zhi seemed to be frightened, and remained motionless. .

"'Xi Nu of the Three Surnames' seeks death." Li Xiaoci at the side was listening happily, but when he saw Qu Tugai committing murder, his expression changed drastically.He knew that Han Zhi didn't know martial arts, so he would be cut in two with this knife, so he drew his sword to resist without thinking.

"when……"

In the clash of swords and swords, Qu Tugai was originally a mighty general with high martial arts skills. With hatred, the horizontal knife in his hand showed [-] points of combat power, but Li Xiaoci was young and lacked strength, and he made a hasty move, so what? Qu Tugai's opponent?
This knife hit Li Xiaoci's sword with hatred, and the momentum was still undiminished, the vertical knife and the horizontal sword slanted down from the chest, splitting Li Xiaoci in two.

Accompanied by the sound of "poof", Li Xiaoci, who was not yet dead, let out a shrill cry, and screamed for a long time before finally dying.

Li Xiaoci, the majestic king of Guangping County in the Tang Dynasty, was old-fashioned and warm-hearted, quite chivalrous, and he was in his prime, but he was just at the feet of the emperor, and he was slashed twice by the freshly baked Zuowei General Qu Tu.

quiet……

Quiet, quiet...

Quiet, quiet, quiet...

There was silence all around.

The mighty Qu Tugai's face was covered with blood, the young prince's blood instantly made him lose his ability to think, and he stood there blankly, so frightened that he forgot to take back the knife...

This scene made Han Zhi wonder what expression he should show.

funny?

He didn't feel funny at all, because although he had the ability to dodge, but Li Xiaoci, a young man with extraordinary loyalty, died because of him anyway, which made Han Zhi very uncomfortable.Or do you feel a moment of silence for Li Shentong, who is old and bereaved?

In short, he knew that this newly released 'Three Surnames Xi Nu' would become 'Four Surnames Xi', and it would not be long before he would follow Li Xiaoci's footsteps and become a strangely shaped coffee table filled with cups...

After a while, Han Zhicai came back to his senses, and smiled angrily: "What a 'Xi Nu' with three surnames, he actually killed me, the king of the Tang Dynasty, at the foot of the world. 'Four surnames Xi Nu'."

As soon as he finished speaking, he drew out his sword and slashed at the frightened Qu Tugai fiercely. With one sword, he cut off his right arm holding the sword at shoulder level, and then cut off his right leg with another sword.It wasn't that Han Zhi succeeded in the sneak attack, but that Han Zhi was good at assassination. The foolish Qu Tugai had no room to fight back. Others thought that Han Zhi was desperate, and didn't doubt that he was good at martial arts.

Han Zhi succeeded with two swords, and shouted: "Brothers, leave the 'four surnames Xi' to Huai'an Wang Lingchi for execution, follow me to kill this group of rebels, and avenge Changping County King."

"kill."

"Avenge the King of Changping County."

Wu Chuanwei's eyes were red, and he swung the weapon in his hand, killing the frightened soldiers.These Wuchuan Guards originated from Li Yuanji's new army. They all survived the cruel training in which the best survived and the inferior died. I have no doubts about Han Zhi's words.Thinking that everyone was extremely brave, they raised their hands without mercy.

The soldiers brought by Qu Tugai were terrified. They saw Qu Tugai cut Li Xiaoci in two with their own eyes. The heads of the people who were killed were rolling, and the corpses were scattered all over the field. The blood pooled into a trickle and flowed to the ground, dyeing the ground red.

During the melee, many Guanlong noble patriarchs became the fish in the "fire at the city gate, and the fish in the pond", but people in the chaos, no one noticed—a dozen of Wuchuan guards specially picked the Long noble patriarchs as black hands, and in the end The most tragic thing is that Hou Mochenren, who is old and frail, is trampled into a fleshy pulp.It's just that Dugu Cheng withdrew the door of the mansion in the confusion, and quickly confessed something to a Tang military lieutenant, who quickly left this long street full of killings and blood.

(End of this chapter)