Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 389

The fifth one is here!

Dahang Outer City.

In a small courtyard in an unremarkable corner of the city, Li Yuan was sitting on the front porch playing chess with his son Li Shimin who had just arrived from Luoyang.

"Long time no see, Erlang, your chess strength has improved again. Just now, this move was fierce and powerful, very good." Li Yuan, dressed in a relaxed robe, praised his second son with a smile and a smile.

"Father, my son has learned these tricks from the great monks in Dahai Temple when he raised his eyes. It's just that he didn't learn well and couldn't get into his father's eyes."

Li Yuan said with a chuckle, "A group of great monks don't burn incense and chant scriptures, but study playing chess. If you play chess, you can play chess. This chess move is so murderous. From this point of view, it seems that the six sense organs are not clean."

"Father, the world is full of hustle and bustle, even the Buddhist family, it is difficult to keep that side of the pure land from being disturbed by the vulgar. If they want to protect themselves, they can naturally just eat fast and chant Buddha blindly."

"Yeah, the world is full of hustle and bustle, and the world is going to be chaotic."

"Father, my son came all the way from Luoyang this time, and seeing all the places in the Kanto region is really in a state of panic. It has not been ten years since Emperor Daye succeeded to the throne, and the world is in chaos."

"Shimin, it's better not to say some things. Be careful not to speak out. Your father and I are neglected by His Majesty. I don't know how many people have made trouble." Li Yuan sighed.

Just as he was talking, a housekeeper delivered a secret letter.

"Ah Lang, it was sent by Wang Jieyu in the Lun Palace." The butler whispered.

Li Yuan's hand trembled a bit, took it, opened it, and read it carefully. Normally, when the niece communicated with him, he sent word of mouth, and never put it on paper.But this time, he actually wrote a letter. He took a lot of risks. We can see how important the content of this letter is.

In case of being seized, the Wang family will face the serious crime of revealing the forbidden Chinese language and having private relations with foreign ministers, which is a death penalty.And Li Yuan will also be convicted, and he cannot escape the charge of making friends with the harem.

After reading the letter, Li Yuan's face collapsed.

His hand holding the letter trembled even more. He asked the steward to fetch a lamp, and then set it on fire. Even the ashes were soaked in water and shattered.

Wait for the butler to leave.

Li Shimin couldn't help asking his father, "Aye, what did my cousin say?"

Li Yuan sighed, "The Emperor knew I was sick, and asked me when I would die."

"Loveless and ungrateful!" Li Shimin couldn't help saying.

"The emperor wants me to die now, so he hates me so far?" Li Yuan shook his head.

If the ruler wants his subjects to die, the subjects must die.

At that time, Yang Su helped Yang Guang seize the throne, and then proclaimed himself emperor. He made great contributions, but after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he stared at Yang Su to death every day.

Yang Su was ill, and Yang Guang sent doctors to ask for medicine every day.

Those who didn't know thought that the emperor valued Yang Su more, but only Yang Su knew that the emperor wanted him to die immediately.So after Yang Su got some extremely private news about the ban, and heard the emperor's own words that he wished him to die immediately, he knew the current affairs and refused to take the medicine, and then died.

Yang Su died, but because of his understanding of current affairs, he preserved the Yang family.

Now the emperor actually asked him when he would die of illness, Li Yuan was terrified.

"Erlang, if father is gone, you brothers should take good care of each other, listen to your brother more, and take good care of your sisters."

"Father, why are you saying these words?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

"Men of the world, if the king wants his ministers to die, he has to die. If the ministers don't die, then the family will be exterminated."

"Father, how did things come to this point? After our eight-pillar kingdom, our family is still relatives of the emperor, and there are so many in-laws from famous families?"

Li Yuan smiled wryly.

"Erlang, don't you understand that our family has been suppressed by the imperial court just because we belonged to the eight-pillar country. From the first emperor to the present, we Tang Guogong's mansion has a false title, so we have no chance to stand out. For my father, I have served as the local governor and prefect many times, and I have served in many places. Which one of the posts is not outstanding and won the praise of the local people, but is it useful? Still not promoted."

"And once there is a small mistake, the emperor will immediately convict and demote him."

"Father, isn't it because we failed to persuade the new city to surrender? Father, we can't persuade it to surrender, so let's fight hard. I have studied that new city long ago, but it is just a city with only a few thousand soldiers. If we really want to attack it, we will not Disaster."

"But dad is just a young prisoner in the palace now, what are you going to use to fight Xincheng? Besides, that Xincheng is not as easy to fight as you said, otherwise, General Guo Yan wouldn't have fought for so long and failed to defeat him." gone."

"Father, why is Xincheng difficult to fight? If Guo Yan can't take it down, that's because he is incompetent. You see, Luo Cheng had only a mere ten thousand troops at the beginning, but he insisted on defeating the entire Koguryo army in Xincheng. Yuan Jiantu, the lord of Xincheng, He became his captive, and Yang Wanchun succeeded to the city lord, and he also cut off his arm."

"Luo Cheng blackmailed Xincheng, and Yang Wanchun didn't dare to refuse. He was already extremely weak." Li Shimin said loudly, "Father, if we have 2 people, we can guarantee to conquer Xincheng."

Li Yuan pondered, if they can really build a new city, maybe they can change the current situation.

"Maybe we should find Luo Yi."

"Father, do you really want to marry the three and four sisters to the two brothers of the Luo family?" Li Shimin said dissatisfied.

"Erlang, I know you are dissatisfied with this marriage, but father has already decided on this matter."

The voice just fell here.

A girl over there rushed out.

"Father, if I don't marry, I won't marry that Luo Cheng, a farmer in the countryside who works as a blacksmith. How can I be worthy? Father, I won't marry, I won't marry!"

Li Yuan looked up and saw that it was the fourth daughter who rushed over.

"Nonsense, children's marriage, how can I decide for myself."

"I don't care, I won't marry. If I want to marry, I want to marry Changsun Erlang, even if I marry Duan Dalang, but I don't want to marry Naluo Lao San."

Li Siniang was very beautiful, but what she said gave Li Yuan a headache.

"If you don't marry Luo Wulang, then you and your third sister will become Luo San's concubine." Li Yuan said angrily.

"I don't even agree!" Li Siniang didn't even want to be Luo San's wife, how could she be willing to be Luo San's concubine.

At this time, a voice came.

"Father, my daughter is willing to marry. Daddy hopes that the Luo and Li families will get married. My daughter understands my father's painstaking efforts, but since the fourth younger sister is unwilling to marry the Luo family, then Daddy might as well discuss it with the Luo family and say that the daughter is willing to marry. I hope they will marry each other." Can agree to only marry one person and form a marriage."

"San Niang, how could Luo Yi agree?"

"Father, didn't Luo Yi say before that he wanted his daughter to be Luo Cheng's concubine? Tell him that his daughter is willing to be Luo Cheng's concubine, as long as they don't ask the fourth younger sister to marry into the Luo family."

Li Yuan was surprised, "What nonsense are you talking about, you are the daughter of my Duke Tang's family, how can you be Luo Cheng's concubine."

"Father, my daughter has grown up in Tang Guogong's mansion for 16 years, and she has also inherited Yin for 16 years. Now that my father is in trouble, and the Duke's mansion is in trouble, my daughter can't take care of me. As long as my daughter becomes Luo Cheng's concubine, I can really help my father get through Overcoming this difficulty, my daughter does not feel wronged. Moreover, Luo Cheng is also a young hero, who has won the admiration and praise of many aristocrats and ladies in the Western Capital and Eastern Capital, and my daughter also admires such a hero."

Li Shimin blushed with anger, "Third Sister, why should you wrong yourself, besides, our family has not reached this point."

"Father, Shimin, don't talk about it. This is settled. I will be Luo Cheng's concubine. The fourth sister can still marry her favorite eldest grandson Erlang or Duan Dalang. Father also asked the emperor to attack Xincheng. When the time comes Ask Luo Yi to be the deputy general, with his help, we will definitely be able to capture Xincheng and resolve this crisis."

Li Yuan sighed.

(End of this chapter)