The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 156

The night was dark, the wind ran across the eaves, the Chengdu Palace, the sleepless emperor squeezed the information sent an hour ago, walked out of the palace door in his single clothes, took a deep breath of the night air, and had an uncontrollable excitement, which made him can not sleep.

At this time last year, he escaped from Chang'an in embarrassment, hunting the land of Shu in the south in name, but in fact, everyone knew that the emperor fled to the south and fled to Sichuan and Shu to avoid the sharp edge of the yellow bandits.

'I can finally avenge my shame. '

Li Xuan took a deep breath and murmured excitedly looking at the night sky. Soon after hearing the news, Tian Lingzi and his elder brother Chen Jingxuan hurried over. Seeing that the emperor was not in the bedroom, they hurriedly asked the eunuch waiting at the door, knowing that they had gone to the Moon Tower , The brothers hurried to find the past.

"Big companion is here?"

On the height of the moon tower, Li Yan looked at the crescent moon exposed behind the cloudy clouds, heard the hurried footsteps, looked at the two people who came up slightly, smiled, they waved, and gave the copy of Chang'an's gift in their hands. Let the two of you read the letter.

Tian Lingzi and his elder brother looked at each other, and held them respectfully with both hands. They looked at the above content together, their faces gradually became dignified, and the expressions on their faces became incredulous.

From Your Majesty:

Grassman Geng Qing weeps and presents it. Huang Chao was originally a bandit and a rebel army. He has occupied Chang'an for more than a year now. He burned and robbed the people and killed their lives. Then enter the palace to hide, and wait for the yellow thief to return to the two halls of Taiji and Zichen. However, the grassroots and the heroes did not dare to act rashly, so they had to cut off both of the yellow thief's arms. placement
The long speech was no more than a thousand words, and the whole story was written down concisely and in detail, and the final signature was a name they had never heard before: Geng Qing, and the rebel general Zhu Wen and others.

"At first, when I saw this letter, I was as surprised as my big companion."

As if he knew the expressions of Tian Lingzi and his brothers, the young emperor couldn't help but smiled smugly, and pressed his hands on the fence, quietly looking at the still-lit Wanjia lights in the dark city in the distance.

With a smile in his mouth, he said softly: "I never imagined that in Chang'an, under my feet, there are so many heroic and generous people, running for my Tang Dynasty and regaining power for me."

Later, Tian Lingzi read it several times. On the letter, there was the seal of the Ministry of Education, but on the engraving, there was the seal of Qi State, which could not be faked.

He carefully folded the paper and put it in his sleeve, while Chen Jingxuan at the side hesitated, "Your Majesty, the Jiedu envoys over there are still fighting the yellow thieves, is this letter a fraud?"

Ha ha.

The two brothers looked at the back, Li Yan chuckled twice, raised his hand and waved it, his eyes were still looking at the city lights in the night, hugged the single clothes, and said: "There should be no fakes, this person is still a son-in-law. Student, he explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and the characters in it were also sorted out for me one by one, and even my imperial aunt wrote her name, which is her handwriting, and I can recognize it."

The emperor said something with a smile, and then sighed again.

"It's just a pity for the son-in-law. I feel ashamed of him for being really hot-headed, but that's okay. The incident with the yellow thief has made me understand a lot and understand a lot of things that I didn't understand and couldn't see through before."

Li Xuan withdrew his hands behind his back, turned around and walked along the corridor: "The world belongs to me after all. I have neglected government affairs, but there are still so many heroes in the world who are trying to save it for me."

"Your Majesty should take it cautiously. It is best to wait for a detailed and clear letter from there before your Majesty makes a decision." Tian Lingzi followed behind. It didn't matter to him whether he returned to Chang'an or not. As long as the emperor was by his side, Still under one person, over ten thousand people, with supreme power to wield.

"Heroes in the market don't care about the danger. How can I shrink back when I am a dignified son with the protection of heaven?" Li Xuan turned his head and glared at the eunuch angrily. Let the thieves defile."

Being able to utter such sinful words, Li Xuan almost threw down the majesty of the emperor, which made Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan stunned, their bodies froze in place, and they forgot to say words.

"Your Majesty. It was due to the situation, not our fault."

Li Xuan stopped in his tracks, stood in front of the fence at the corner of the eaves, and smiled: "Since I am a country, if the rebels take power, it is the sin of us and the people in the court. No one can be spared. After this incident, I can see It's clear, the country's subjugation is a disaster, and there is no room for negligence, those court Chinese and martial arts, one by one, surrendered faster than anyone else, but those who are righteous and loyal are mostly dog ​​slaughterers!"

His words were sonorous and forceful, and he clenched his fist and slammed the wood. There was a little pain, but it also made Li Xuan so confident that he had never been before.

There is salvation in Chang'an, there is salvation in the world, I will never be the king of subjugation!

"Big companion, I have lost my majesty, so I have to pick it up with my own hands!"

With an irresistible majesty in his tone, he raised his hand: "Pass down my will, Zhu Wen knows that his family and country are in danger, his conscience is still alive, and he abandons the dark and turns to the bright. I worship him as the General of Zuo Jinwuwei and the Deputy Recruiter of the Hezhong Camp, and give him the name: Quan Zhong Let him work together with Wang Chongrong, the Jiedu envoy of Hezhong Prefecture, to defeat the bandits and capture Huang Chao!"

".There is also Li Keyong from Nashatuo. I am satisfied with him this time. I drafted an order to seal Qixin and stay on behalf of Erzhou. He will also serve as the Yanmen Jiedu envoy to recruit troops on his own, and cooperate with Hezhong Wang Chongrong and Zhu Wen to counterattack Chang'an! Tell him, what I can give to him, I can also take back, if we only receive credit and don't contribute, there will still be Yao'erling's defeat waiting for him!"

"Zheng Tian, ​​Tang Hongfu, and Tuoba Sigong in the west, continue to attack, and tell them by the way that I will return to Chang'an in the spring of next year!"

The decisive tone contained majesty that could not be denied. Among the dense lights in the distance, Tian Lingzi looked at the back of the emperor with a complex expression. It was the first time he saw the young emperor, and finally he had the appearance that the emperor should have. For him, I don't know whether it is good or bad.

Right now, the eunuch still bowed down and received the order.

The sky is getting brighter, and in the morning light of the vast blue sky, several fast horses rushed out of the imperial city and out of Chengdu carrying a huge amount of information. Following the direction of the galloping, the sky brightened and rose to the clouds, according to the conveyance The silhouettes of the knights of the imperial decree fell and rose again, and the cycle started again and again.

Day and night, Ling rode his galloping horse out of Hanzhong, and scattered to different places. It was already October, and the mountains and plains were full of autumn colors.

In the still hot daylight, in the courtyard of Yong’an Square in the bustling city of Chang’an, the old trees swayed their yellowish leaves in the wind, and there were a few slight coughs from the attic. The old man Geng turned the wooden wheel and came out with a bowl of soup. .

There was no one else in the yard, so Wang Jinqiu and Qiaoniang followed Bai Yunxiang outside to buy some cloth and winter clothes to prepare for the winter.

After the women left, the yard was much quieter. The old man took the chicken soup that had been boiled earlier and put it on the stone table under the tree. He watched his son bury his head in writing. He was illiterate and could not understand what was written, but for the old man Geng , these are not important, as long as Geng Qing understands.

"Father, if you have trouble moving, don't bring it over yourself, just let Qiao Niang do it."

"She, your mother, and your righteous sister-in-law went out in Dachun's car. Dad is idle anyway, so he brought it for you. He saw how you were writing. Don't bother me, just look at it from the side. "

The old man Geng pushed the bowl, stretched his head to look at the densely packed writing on the paper, and did not continue to speak, just sat in the wheelchair, watched his son take a sip of the chicken soup, and continued to write, with a dark face, focused and serious, It made the old man quite proud.

This black face is inherited from the ancestors. More than a dozen generations of people have this complexion. The old man has never felt inferior. Now his son is standing in the court hall. I heard that he can see the emperor every day. Most people may be far away for a lifetime. I can't see one side from afar.

"If you go back to Gengjia Village, haha, brag to the villagers and neighbors in the village, haha."

Hearing the laughter, Geng Qing raised his face, "Father, what's the matter?"

Over there, the old man Geng was afraid of disturbing his son, so he quickly pursed his lips, suppressed his laughter, and hurriedly waved his hands.

"It's okay, it's okay, cough daddy just remembered some happy things, you are busy, if you don't have enough, call daddy again."

"That's not necessary. I really want to drink it. I'll fill it up. Dad should rest more. I heard that you've been coughing a lot recently, but what's wrong with you?"

"It's an old problem. I've seen the doctor, and I've already taken the medicine. Zhuzi, hurry up, Dad is going back to the house first."

The old man smiled and watched his son put his head down and hold the pen to write again. He pushed the wheel in satisfaction and turned towards the attic. There was also a figure rushing in from the courtyard door, casually raising his hand to the old man who was returning to the house. Hands say hello.

It was the dandy Geng Qing hadn't seen for a long time, Zhang Huaiyi.

"No loyalty! It's been so long since I've been back, and you didn't see you taking me to the brothel, and you wanted me to come and find you in person."

Zhang Huaiyi raised his fingers to the figure writing under the tree, swaggered past under the tree with a vicious voice, sat down on the stone bench, picked up the bowl of chicken soup and gulped it down.

On the opposite side, Geng Qing looked up, ignored him, continued to wave the brush, and the tip of the pen outlined lines of writing.

(End of this chapter)