bastard seizes tang

Chapter 318 Goodbye Yang Gongren

"The red leaves are rustling in the evening, and there is a ladle of wine in the long pavilion. The clouds return to Taihua, and the rain passes through the middle strip. The colors of the trees follow the mountains, and the sound of the river flows into the sea. The emperor's hometown will arrive tomorrow, and it will be like a dream of fishing and woodcutters."

Tongguan, also known as Yuntongguan, has been abandoned since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms. Wei Gong Cao Cao set up Tongguan to prevent the chaos in Guanxi. The word "Guan" in the word "Guanzhong" refers to Tongguan. After passing Tongguan, you enter Guanzhong, and Chang'an, the emperor's hometown, is in sight.

At the beginning of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Ke went south to town Fuyangzhou, and at the end of the seventh year of Zhenguan, he was ordered to return to Beijing. It has been half a year before and after.Since Li Ke embarked on the canal, he traveled northward for several days, using both waterways, and finally passed Tongguan on the evening of the fourth day.

Just after Tongguan, Li Ke and his group traveled to Huayin. Because it was too late and the road was inconvenient, they found a post house in Huayin city and stayed temporarily.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Li Ke was reading in the room when there was a slight knock on the door, and then Dan'er's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness is asleep?"

Hearing Dan'er's words, Li Ke put down the book in his hand, and said to Dan'er outside the door: "This king is not asleep, but still awake, come in."

"No." Dan'er replied, and slowly pushed the door open and walked in.

After Dan'er entered, Li Ke asked Dan'er: "It's time, you still have something important to do?"

At this time, it was supposed to be a rest time. If Dan'er had to find him for something, he would never disturb Li Ke easily, so Li Ke asked like this.

Dan'er glanced at the book in Li Ke's hand, and knew that Li Ke was reading, so she walked to Li Ke's side, gently took off the lampshade of the oil lamp on the table, picked up the wick to brighten it up, and then replied: "Guan Guogong asks for an audience, will His Highness send it?"

Yang Gongren?
Li Ke frowned slightly after hearing Dan'er's words.

Li Ke once personally visited Yang Gongren in Huayin, but Yang Gongren was still quite distant from Li Ke at that time, why did he come to see him today and choose this time?
Li Ke asked: "Yang Gongren came here alone, how about his clothes?"

Dan'er replied: "Yang Gongren came here in a light car. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, but he was at home. He only brought an old slave behind him."

Li Ke listened to Dan'er's words, but after thinking for a while, he understood.

Li Kefang hadn't been in Huayin for a long time, and he would only stay in Huayin for one night at most, but in this short period of time, Yang Gongren came to him, presumably Yang Gongren ordered someone to find out about Li Ke's whereabouts early in the morning.

Yang Gongren was old, and when he wanted to see Li Ke, he would travel lightly. He made the special trip to pick him up so late, probably because he wanted to deceive others and not let others know.

Li Ke said to Dan'er: "The visitor is a guest, not to mention the elder of the concubine's clan, so please come in."

"No." Dan'er agreed, went down and led Yang Gongren inside.

"Veteran Yang Gongren, I pay my respects to Your Highness." After a while, Yang Gongren followed Dan'er into the house, and as soon as Fang entered, he bowed down to Li Ke.

Li Ke got up and said: "The night is cold in the middle of winter. If the old man wants to see the king, he can just order someone to wait for him. The king will go to your mansion to see him in person tomorrow morning. Why come to the post at night and suffer this crime. "

Yang Gongren hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious. Your Highness is a king, and an old minister is a minister. Your Highness is sympathetic to this old minister. He doesn't want the old minister to travel far at night. How dare the old minister rely on the old and sell the old to trouble His Highness."

Yang Gongren's words made Li Ke more certain of his guess. Li Ke asked Yang Gongren: "But I don't know why the old Duke came to look for the king late at night, why?"

Yang Gongren replied: "The old minister heard that His Highness returned to Beijing and passed by Huayin, so he came to visit him."

Li Ke said with a smile: "That's what Lao Guogong misses."

Yang Gongren also laughed and said: "Your Highness sees you, the imperial concubine is the descendant of my Yang family. After careful calculation, Your Highness is also the nephew of the old minister's family. You and I are a family. Your Highness is here, since you are a relative, and the old minister comes here from now on." .”

Although Yang Gongren is old, he is sixty-five, while Li Ke is only fifteen. Li Ke is fifty years younger than Yang Gongren. Yang Gongren's eldest grandson, Yang Jiabin, is older than Li Ke, but Yang Gong's seniority is higher than Li Ke limited.

Yang Gongren is the eldest son of the former Sui Guande King Yang Xiong, and Guande King Yang Xiong and Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang are in the same family, and Yang Concubine is Yang Guang's daughter, so Yang Gongren is the same generation as Yang Concubine, Li Ke is naturally Yang Gongren's nephew older.

Li Ke looked at Yang Gongren and said with a smile: "At the beginning of this year, when I went south to Yangzhou, I also made a special trip to visit here. The old Duke still refused me for thousands of miles, but I am surprised that he is so warm today. "

Yang Gongren was an official in the court before the Sui Dynasty. He has been in the court for many years. The words are clear, and I am too lazy to test each other with him.

Hearing Li Kezhi's words, Yang Gongren also smiled and said: "Your Highness is no longer a toddler, and he knows how to deal with affairs in the court. The old minister is not only a minister, but also an old man of the Yang family. It is not easy to deal with things. Naturally, he should be more cautious. , I hope His Highness don't blame it, and don't cause a rift between the two families."

Li Ke said: "The Hongnong Yang family is a prominent family in the dynasty, and among the Yang family's houses, Guan Wang's house is the most popular. The old Duke is the eldest son of King Guande, and he is the one who is at the helm of Guan Wang's house. There is a great relationship between behavior. , the old duke should be more careful in his actions. It's just that the old duke visited late at night, so he should tell you something important."

Although Li Ke said that it was all right, but he couldn't help being contemptuous in his heart. The most adept in the world are these aristocratic families. In the past, when Li Ke was a concubine and sent far away to Yangzhou, the Yang family avoided him. Li Ke personally visited the door but failed to accomplish anything, but now that the prince's words and deeds have been unethical, and his reputation in the court and the public has been greatly damaged, it seems that Li Chengqian's position as the heir is not so secure, so the Yang family thought of him and visited late at night.

Yang Gongren smiled and said: "Your Highness is a smart person, and he is even more understanding. How could His Highness not know why the veteran came here?"

Li Ke nodded and said jokingly: "It's been less than a year since this king went south. The one who can call the old duke arrogant and respectful here is because the prince was assassinated in Luzhou and the prince's words and deeds were unethical?"

Yang Gongren waved his hand and said: "Your Highness, you are serious, 'Being arrogant before being respectful', the old minister dare not take the crime. It is just the matter of the crown prince. Although it is a public matter, it is also a family matter of His Majesty. Logically speaking, we, as ministers, should not be guilty. Too much talk. It’s just that there has been a lot of rumors in Chang’an recently, and the prince’s words of immorality are frequent, and the old minister secretly thinks that if this matter goes on for so long, it may not be good for our Tang Dynasty. The old minister is worried, so he came here to discuss with His Highness.”

Yang Gongren is the eldest son of Guande King Yang Xiong, and the third son of Yang Xiong, that is, Yang Sijian, the eldest son of Yang Gongren's third brother Yang Xu, is the prince of the East Palace, so he is naturally very familiar with the situation of the East Palace. Now the situation of the East Palace and Li Chengqian Gongren is also very clear that he has also sensed the crisis in the East Palace, and he has come to Li Ke's side to prepare for a rainy day.

(End of this chapter)