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Chapter 877 Are You Disobedient

The fertile soil in Guanzhong is thousands of miles away, and the surrounding terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be called the foundation of an emperor.

The closer to Chang'an, the more checkpoints.

Yu Dong was in charge of one of the checkpoints, responsible for checking the goods and identities of the travelers in the past.

This is a fat job. Occasionally, you will meet travelers with contraband. If the number is not large, you can blackmail them.

Therefore, the 35-year-old Yu Dong looked a little fat-headed.

"Stand up!"

Yu Dong pressed the hilt of the knife with one hand, and pointed at the dozen or so travelers with the other, "Who dares to move, yeah, he slashed him alive with a knife, and if he dies, he is also a traitor!"

More than a dozen travelers trembled, one of them was a child, choked up behind his father.

"Little brat, get out!"

Yu Dong saw that the child was well dressed, and his heart moved slightly.

The child didn't dare to come out, so the father laughed and said, "The child is timid..."

This is what Yu Dong was waiting for. Hearing this, he grinned grimly and said, "Sure enough, there is a love affair. Take it down and search it!"

The sergeant under him rushed forward knowingly, held down the man, and grabbed the child.

A sergeant reached into the child's arms and fumbled. When he came out, he took an oiled paper package, opened it and sniffed it.

"It's beef jerky!"

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, cattle are not allowed to be slaughtered privately.

Beef jerky is prohibited.

The man's expression changed drastically, "Dalang doesn't have beef jerky..."

Yu Dong snorted coldly, "Where did you get the beef jerky?"

The man knew that he had been blackmailed, he lowered his head, "It's really not... the old man is willing to pay a fine."

This attitude is not bad.

Yu Dong sneered, "Five hundred dollars!"

The man raised his head and said in despair: "The old man only has three hundred coins!"

"Going out, who brings so many copper coins?"

Yu Dong pulled out a horizontal knife.

The man cried, "That's the money for the old man to buy a house and settle down!"

"Gold or silver?" Yu Dong asked casually.

"silver."

"Reserve half as a fine." Yu Dong said compassionately, "You can refuse."

This is a dangerous place, remote, and not easy to guard. He would rather go to farm without making some extra money.

Two sergeants found two ingots of silver from the man, and threw one back with a smile.

"There is a way to steal."

The ignorant Yu Dong compared himself to a thief without knowing it.

Da da da!
Several riders came from the north.

"Stop!"

Yu Dong turned around and shouted.

All the riders were wearing armor, and the leader glanced at Yu Dong, then at the dozen or so soldiers behind him, and said, "Come over and look at the two sides."

He rode on his horse.

Yu Dong shouted: "Stop!"

Here, he is the master, he has to stop when he says stop.

These must be bumpkins from the north, who don't know the rules... Yu Dong scolded: "Refused to pull up!"

A rider in front of him easily passed by, with a swipe of the horizontal knife.

Yu Dong stood on his head with hairs on his back, and when his legs softened, he knelt down.

The horizontal knife passed over his head.

Several riders rushed over to the cliff behind, looking left and right.

"You wait here and stare, and find an abnormal warning."

The leading knight rode back.

Then wait on the side of the road.

Yu Dong got up out of breath and shouted: "Warning! Warning!"

Oh oh oh!
Someone blows a horn.

Then, the sound of hoofbeats came.

A crowd of cavalry was overwhelmed.

The armor is black.

Then came more than a hundred riders, surrounded by a man.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes stopped before the checkpoint.

Yu Dong was dumbfounded, "You wait..."

"Your Majesty, take a break!"

Yang Xuan dismounted, "Rest for a quarter of an hour."

"Yes."

Zhang Du shouted, "Get off your horse and rest."

Of the [-] cavalry, [-] were on guard, and the rest rested.

There was a small stall on the side of the road, and they sold some pancakes, and made a big jar of water for travelers to use for free.

Yang Xuan walked over, saw Yu Dong staring at him dumbfounded, and asked, "How far is it from Chang'an?"

"Sixty miles!" Yu Dong looked at those Xuanjia cavalrymen, his heart trembled, and a guess came to his mind, "Dare to ask the nobleman..."

"Northern Border Yang Xuan!"

Yang Xuan walked to the side of the stall. Behind him, Yu Dong who had just stood up knelt down again, "I've seen Deputy Envoy Yang!"

"The pancakes look good, I'll buy them all."

Yang Xuan took a piece of cake, naturally Wu Da came to buy it with money.

He took a bite, "It's been a long time since I ate Chang'an's pancakes. By the way, what are these people doing kneeling?"

The man looked at Yang Xuan, hope filled his heart, and shouted: "Deputy Envoy Yang, the villain was blackmailed by these people..."

Yu Dong's heart skipped a beat, "Deputy Envoy Yang..."

"I didn't expect that I could try a case in Chang'an?" Yang Xuan smiled.

"Master, sit down!" A guard sent to Maza.

Yang Xuan sat down, "Shu Tan."

He glanced at Yu Dong with calm eyes, but Yu Dong was sweating profusely, "Damn the villain!", and then threw the silver ingot to the man.

Han Ji whispered: "Chang'an can't even control places like this?"

The old thief said: "The nobles are only concerned with making money and doing their best. These people will naturally get worse."

The downfall of a dynasty can be traced, and the administration of officials is the final bottom line.Once the bottom line is broken, unless you show the determination of a strong man to cut his wrists, it will be difficult to stop the decline.

Yang Xuan sat under a big tree, the breeze was blowing, very refreshing.

He beckoned, Yu Dong got up and approached cautiously, "Deputy Envoy Yang."

"When you serve in the army, no one will control you?"

He seemed to be asking casually, but he was also inquiring about the current situation of the guards in Chang'an.

If it was in the past, Yu Dong would definitely prevaricate, but today he was caught by Yang Xuan. If Yang Xuan was serious, it would have saved him forever.

So he said honestly: "The villain has taken the benefits, and he will return the benefits to the higher-ups."

Han Ji shook his head slightly, and glanced at Ning Yayun.

This time when Yang Xuan came to Chang'an, although there were security guarantees from all parties, in order to prevent accidents, he still invited the old man out.

Ning Yayun flicked her tail, "Chang'an! I almost forgot about this place."

Yu Dong glanced at Yang Xuan anxiously, "This is not the work of a villain alone."

"Oh! Tell me." Yang Xuan took a sip of water.

Yu Dong said: "This kind of thing happened a few years ago, but it stopped for a while."

Yang Xuan was a little curious, "It's been off for a while? When?"

Yu Dong didn't know why he asked this question, "I heard from seniors that during Emperor Xuande's reign, the emperor's filial piety patrolled the army, and it stopped for a while."

Honor the emperor?

In the patrol army?

Yang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, "Is it true that honoring the emperor has investigated these things?"

Yu Dong said: "Villains don't know, they say they respect the emperor's eyesight like lightning, so they found out about these things in no time."

He said it lightly, but Yang Xuan seemed to have set off a stormy sea in his heart.

There was such a period of filial piety to the emperor back then?
What the emperor valued most was the army, and the prince supervised the army, which was a manifestation of the emperor's trust.

At that time, there were quite a few senior generals in the army... As soon as Emperor Xiao Jing left, he discovered the misdeeds of the people below, and immediately reported them, so there was a break.

But those are the guards of Chang'an!

You smashed a big gift bag as soon as you went, aren't you afraid of backlash?
If I go, what can I do after discovering these problems?Should I quietly tell the leading general to supervise the correction, or should I report it to Emperor Xuande and let him make the decision?
It is the easiest way to talk to the leading general, and it will not offend others.

However, this is buying people's hearts.

In order to respect the emperor's filial piety to the empress, naturally he would not choose this method.

So he reported it.

The prince found a defect in the inspection army and reported it to the emperor.Emperor Xuande was furious, and immediately scolded the general of the army, and then rectified.

The army is awe-inspiring.

This is a good thing.

A group of people will praise His Majesty's wisdom and the Prince's wisdom.

But what would the military think?
Yang Xuan said, "Zhang Du."

"exist!"

Zhang Du, who was drinking water, got up, Yang Xuan pressed his hand, "Sit."

Zhang Du sat down, and Yang Xuan asked; "If the second son went to Xuanjiaqi and found something wrong, and reported it to me, what would you think?"

Wang Lao Er was eating cakes at the side, and he glanced at Yang Xuan when he heard this, "Mr. Lang, when are you going?"

I don't want to talk to you... Yang Xuan looked at Zhang Du.

Zhang Du thought for a while, "I will be dissatisfied."

"Why?" Yang Xuan squeezed the cake in his hand.

Zhang Du chose to be honest, "I think he should speak to the lower officials first."

"Feel ashamed?" Yang Xuan was looking for whether the general's mentality was consistent with his own speculation.

"Yes. But it's not just because I feel ashamed." Zhang Du took a mouthful of pancakes, then felt disrespectful, swallowed it quickly, and rolled his eyes.

Ning Yayun slapped him on the back, "Commander Xuanjiaqi choked to death on pancakes, it's a joke to spread the word."

The pancake was swallowed, and Zhang Du quickly took a sip of water, Shun Shun, "The lower officials will want to cover up this matter inside Xuanjiaqi."

After speaking, Zhang Du was a little apprehensive.

Han Ji gave him a smile, indicating that the boss would like this answer.

Ning Yayun glanced at Han Ji and shook her head slightly.

When he first entered metaphysics, there was a sentence in the master's lecture: Smart people are mostly killed by their own cleverness.

Sure enough, it was exactly as I thought, after Emperor Xiaojing discovered the problem, he was in a dilemma...Yang Xuan was silent for a long time, looked up, saw that Zhang Du was uneasy, and smiled: "It's nothing."

Those travelers didn't dare to leave there, Yang Xuan stood up, "Why don't you leave?"

A traveler said: "Don't dare."

Yang Xuan waved his hand, everyone seemed to be pardoned, the man and his son stayed behind, and the man knelt down, "Thank you, Deputy Envoy."

Yang Xuan asked: "Why didn't you resist before?"

Previously, he only needed to retort loudly. There were many travelers with him. Could it be that the sergeant dared to kill someone to silence him?
The man smiled wryly, "The villain is afraid of being remembered by them."

You escaped this time, what about next time?

These sergeants...Yang Xuan glanced at them, but he couldn't see a strong aura, but saw a lot of slickness and domineering.

Unless he doesn't pass by this way in the future, the man dare not resist.

If their father and son didn't leave, it was obvious that they were in trouble.

Yu Dong knew exactly what their father and son were worried about. He glanced at Yang Xuan and raised his hand to swear, "I swear, if I take revenge on this father and son, I will definitely die without a place to die."

The man knelt down again, "Da Lang quickly kneel down."

The child also knelt down, and the man said: "Thank you for the deputy envoy. When I get home, I will burn incense and pray for the deputy envoy sooner or later."

Yang Xuan got on his horse, "Let's go."

Hundreds of horses surrounded him and went away.

In the afternoon of the second day, he appeared outside Chang'an City.

"Yang Xuan is here."

Yang Songcheng received the news.

"Old man, I understand."

In the palace, the emperor also received the news.

"Ling Luo went to meet him."

He glanced at the imperial concubine.

The concubine was a little dazed.

The young man who was lying in front of him back then had turned out to be an important frontier minister and a frontier official who made the emperor fearful.

Chang Mu rushed into Zhou Zun's room like a whirlwind.

Seeing a smile on the corner of his mouth and a happy face, Zhou Zun asked, "What's the matter?"

"Lang Jun, I'm so happy! My uncle has arrived outside Chang'an City."

"Oh!" Zhou Zun slowly put down the pen in his hand, "Send someone to tell Aye."

He suddenly asked: "How many troops did Zitai bring?"

"It is said that he brought five hundred Xuanjia cavalry and more than a hundred guards."

"Xuanjiaqi...does he want to demonstrate?"

……

Luo Cai accepted the order and muttered: "I saw the smiling young man at the beginning, but now I want the old man to greet him personally. What is this?"

The entourage laughed and said, "Then you still laugh?"

Luo Cai walked out of the guard room, looked at the sun, and said, "He can coerce Beiliao and make Beijiang gradually calm down. I am so happy!"

There are too many internal problems in Datang, and it will take time to solve them.After Northern Xinjiang coerced Northern Liao, it gave Datang a chance to breathe.

"The old man has always been worried that he would not come. So, the stalemate between Beijiang and Chang'an will not benefit anyone. If your majesty invites you not to come, isn't this a real traitor?"

The entourage glanced at Luo Cai and saw that he was smiling with a smile on his face.

When the group arrived outside the city, they saw hundreds of horsemen waiting in formation.

There was no shouting, just riding the horse to stand quietly, and a chilling aura rushed towards him.

Seeing Luo Cai leaving the city, Yang Xuan got off his horse.

"Zi Tai!"

Luo Cai handed over.

Ling Luocai came to welcome him. This is a soft knife.

If you, Yang Xuan, are angry, then direct it at Luo Cai!

Yang Xuan cupped his hands, "It's been a long time, how is Lord Luo?"

"Okay, okay!" Luo Cai approached and whispered, "It's good that you're here!"

Yang Xuan felt warm in his heart, "This is Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, so I naturally want to come."

Luo Cai smiled and said, "That's not true. By the way, is this journey going smoothly?"

"not bad."

"Let's advance to the city!"

"it is good!"

The two walked side by side, and the sergeants in the city gate lined up in two rows, trying to hold their heads high, not wanting to be compared to the Northern Xinjiang army.

A general accompanying Luo Cai asked, "How does Deputy Envoy Yang see these young men?"

Yang Xuan smiled, "Not bad!"

He patted a sergeant on the shoulder, "Steady!"

The sergeant's face flushed with excitement, "Thank you, Deputy Envoy Yang, for your compliment!"

Yang Xuan looked at these soldiers, "It's hard work to defend Chang'an every day."

"It's not hard!"

Yang Xuan nodded, then entered the city.

The general sneered, inadvertently, seeing the eyes of those soldiers following Yang Xuan, with a look of reverence in their eyes, he couldn't help being startled.

Damn!

Just a few words!
The hearts of these soldiers were pulled aside.

The Chang'an army had been watchdogs for many years, and they had long been depressed. The generals only knew how to suppress their subordinates, and there was no such kind gesture as Yang Xuan.

The point is, Yang Xuan still bears the title of a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and this kindness is even more touching.

It's mentality.

Yang Xuanmen is clear!

After entering the city, a servant and two guards were waiting, "Vice Envoy Yang, let's go into the palace!"

Luo Cai glanced at Yang Xuan.

It stands to reason that Yang Xuan should go to take a shower and change clothes after returning from such a busy life, to show respect, and then enter the palace to beg to see the emperor.

But the emperor sent someone to guard here, and he was going to see him immediately.

Many people around were looking at Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan opened his mouth.

"I'm tired."

What?
The emperor summoned you and said that you were tired.

The servant's cheeks trembled, "Vice Envoy Yang, Your Majesty has summoned you!"

"Are you going to resist?"

The general shouted.

Yang Xuan glanced at him and said calmly: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)