A knife in love

Chapter 3272

When Li Zongyang said this, he turned his head and glanced at the coffin, pondered for a moment, and then continued: "Chen Xuanli knows that the situation is critical now, and he is caught between the rebels and the emperor. When the rebel soldiers told the truth, these sergeants knew that they had never had time to plead with the emperor, and they were bound to be furious. They either chopped themselves into meat paste, then killed the emperor and Concubine Yang, and defected to the rebels in Anlu Mountain. Or they threatened themselves Go kill the emperor, then capture yourself, take him to Luoyang, and ask for rewards from Anlu Mountain. If you make a random promise to the rebels, saying that the emperor has agreed to the request of the Habayashi sergeant, it is no different from a hypocritical edict. For the serious crime of treason, the emperor will definitely kill himself. Thinking of this, he hesitated in his heart and did not speak for a while.

"Seeing Chen Xuanli groaning without answering, the general knew that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly took two steps forward, reached in front of Chen Xuanli, lowered his voice and said in a low voice, General, if we don't make a decision, our lives may be in danger! Hearing this man's words, Chen Xuanli was terrified. He made up his mind in an instant. He nodded and said loudly to the sergeant Habayashi in the courtyard. Just now, I was listening to the emperor's lesson, and all the brothers rushed in. The emperor thought there was something wrong. This happened, so let me come out and take a look. The emperor has been kind to us as much as a mountain, but he was deceived by the treacherous ministers and did not know the difficulties of the brothers. After listening to my story, the emperor has already known the truth, and he is very sorry for the actions of the brothers. For your understanding. It's just that this matter is extremely important, and you need to invite several brothers to see the emperor together, so as to convince the emperor that there are treacherous ministers playing tricks. Therefore, brothers, please stay calm and leave the courtyard first.

"All the soldiers couldn't help but look at each other when they heard what Chen Xuanli said. For a moment, they didn't know whether they should retreat first. At this moment, someone shouted in the crowd, if the emperor knew about our difficulties, he would have issued an edict to appease everyone, so why bother?" Wait until the general goes to explain to him? Most likely he listened to the slander of the imperial concubine and refused to forgive our sins! We killed Yang Guozhong, a traitor, and have offended the Yang family severely. How can the imperial concubine let us go? If so Wanting to save our lives, we don't dare to hope that the emperor will give us a decree to spare us. Right now, His Royal Highness is only [-] or [-] miles away, leading thousands of brothers to kill us. His Royal Highness is a loyal and filial person, and treats us on weekdays. Brothers are also very kind, why don't we ask the emperor to abdicate to be the Supreme Emperor, and give the throne to His Highness the Crown Prince. In this way, the new emperor will be the master for us, and the noble concubine can't make trouble in the harem, and everyone's wealth and life can be preserved. Wouldn't it be good? ?!

"Chen Xuanli was shocked when he heard the sergeant speak like this. He hurriedly looked at the sergeants, trying to see who was speaking. It's just that the courtyard was crowded with chaotic soldiers, and it was impossible to see what the person who spoke was. It was just a chaotic soldier. After hearing what the man said, they all nodded their heads in agreement, and some impatient people waved their weapons and shouted that the prince should be the emperor. The noise in the courtyard was earth-shattering, and the rioters kept approaching.

"When Chen Xuanli saw this situation, he was terrified. He thought to himself, how could an ordinary Habayashi sergeant say the words to let the emperor abdicate and abdicate the throne? I think the Prince's Mansion has already placed dead soldiers in the Habayashi army. At this critical juncture, These dead soldiers took the opportunity to fan the flames and asked the soldiers to force the emperor to abdicate and give the throne to the crown prince Li Heng. Right now, the crowd is raging, and he must not arouse the anger of the crowd, otherwise he will be torn to pieces by the chaos. It is just how to get rid of the current crisis, Chen Xuanli said. He didn't have the slightest idea, seeing the soldiers approaching with weapons in their hands, he was terrified and helpless, so he couldn't help but backed away, not far from the door.

"At this moment, Chen Xuanli was startled when he heard footsteps coming from behind him. He hurriedly turned his head to look, but it was Gao Lishi who came out of the room. He was wearing a red robe and a golden gauze crown. Holding the fly whisk in his left hand, his expression was very solemn. Seeing Gao Lishi's appearance, Chen Xuanli's heart moved, and he was about to speak, but Gao Lishi rushed to say, General Chen, the emperor has an order, and he asked the general to restrain all the soldiers to kneel to accept the imperial order.

"Hearing what Gao Lishi said, Chen Xuanli hurriedly bowed his hands and said yes, turned his head and said loudly to the soldiers, the emperor has an order, and brothers kneel to accept the imperial order. After he finished speaking, he brushed off his armor with both hands, and knelt at the door first. The soldiers saw you Chen Xuanli knelt down on the ground. Although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to be stubborn, so he could only kneel on the ground one after another. A moment later, all the rebels in the courtyard had already knelt down.

"Gao Lishi saw Chen Xuanli and the rebellious soldiers kneeling on the ground one after another, and the heart hanging in his throat finally returned to his stomach. He coughed twice, and said loudly, "I will serve the emperor in heaven, and the edict said, the traitor An Lushan does not think about it." Holy Grace, blinded the people, raised troops and caused chaos. Yulin soldiers bravely killed the enemy and were loyal to state affairs, all should be rewarded. The killing of Prime Minister Yang Guozhong was an act of quelling chaos and obeying power, and should not be held accountable.

"After Gao Lishi finished speaking, all the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one spoke for a while. After a while, someone said loudly, "Eunuch Gao, we are all rough people, and we don't understand these four or six parallel essays. You just need to say one thing, Your Majesty." Have you forgiven us for beheading Yang Guozhong and the three wives?!
"Gao Lishi smiled slightly after hearing what the man said, and said in his mouth, the emperor said, everyone is a loyal person, he killed Yang Guozhong to protect the emperor, not only innocent, but also meritorious, naturally he will not blame you, please everyone Don't worry. He paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued, now that Yang Guozhong has surrendered, and with General Chen in charge of the overall situation here, he will be able to overcome the difficulties and turn the crisis into safety. Please also leave the courtyard, and General Chen will The general ordered all the armies to defend the emperor's central army. Tomorrow morning, we will break out of camp and head westward to the middle of Shu.

"After listening to Gao Lishi's words, all the soldiers finally stopped being panicked like before. They all thanked the emperor for his grace, and then they got up. At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly heard that the emperor has forgiven us. Brothers are very grateful for the sin. It’s just that the imperial concubine still stays with the emperor. She hates us for killing the traitor Yang Guozhong, and she will definitely slander the emperor and incite the emperor to kill us. Therefore, we can’t feel at ease if the imperial concubine is not dead. My father-in-law tells the emperor on behalf of our brothers that the imperial concubine and the treacherous prime minister Yang Guozhong belong to the same Yang family, and there are many collusions on weekdays. If there is no imperial concubine and empress to confuse the emperor, how can Yang Guozhong, a treacherous villain, become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty? Since we beheaded today After Yang Guozhong, the imperial concubine must not stay! If the emperor does not agree to our request, we will definitely not return the tent!"

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