The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 254
"The political discussion is over, all the ministers have nothing to do, retreat from the court—"

Gao Xuan's words came out of the Tai Chi Hall, and the court officials who asked to retire walked down the stone steps in twos and threes.Li Ye, who was in the main hall, entered the back garden from the side hall, was followed by several guards around the area, and then went to the hall where Empress He was, waved his sleeves and made everyone retreat, waiting outside, and then followed the empress Walking inside, I saw a small tiger-head shoe on the low table, it was really small and cute.

"I made the empress suffer. I, the emperor, are too useless."

Li Ye held his wife's hand, and there were several needle-pricked holes in his fingertips, which made him feel distressed.Holding the Queen's hand, she moved to the edge of the bed and sat down. Queen He pursed her lips and smiled lightly, but she didn't feel aggrieved. She leaned over to the bed, the quilt in the middle was slightly raised, and the child who was more than a month old slept soundly on the soft cushion.

"The concubine is not bitter, but Chang'er is still young, and he will be miserable in the future."

The baby in the swaddle seemed to feel a little itchy. He rubbed his chubby cheeks, moved a few times, and continued to sleep. In the flickering lights, Li Ye watched the baby's lips tightly pursed. He was in a daze. He held his wife's hand.

"After the catastrophe, there will be great blessings. Don't worry about the queen. I will never sit and wait for death. How can I be defeated just like this."

Empress He was a little worried: "What will Your Majesty do?"

Over there, Li Ye let go of her hand, got up and walked around the tables and chairs with his hands behind his back, looking at the burning lamp post with a smile on his lips.

"The queen doesn't know, news has come in recently that Zhu Quanzhong has quietly left the capital and returned to Bianzhou, leaving only Zhu Youlun in the city. In this way, I am more confident."

Taking a breath, he turned around and saw the worry on his wife's face, he smiled, "Don't worry, the news is reliable, it was sent quietly by Qin Qing."

Looking at the swaying bean fire, he smiled unconsciously.

"Actually, after this time, it's not a bad thing. I can understand who are loyal ministers and who are deceitful and want to be powerful ministers. Only this time I can see clearly. People like Zhu Quanzhong, when you gain power, he will hold him Put your tail up and work hard, and once you show signs of decline, he will be the first to pounce on you and take a bite."

"There is also Geng Qing, who spread the news. On the surface, he has contributed to my Tang Dynasty, but in reality, I don't know how much he still has in the dark."

Empress He frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, since he spread the news, wouldn't it be a little bad to say that about him?"

"The queen doesn't know, this kind of person never treats people with heart and soul, and I don't trust him when I use him. If there is a chance in the future, I will make good use of it, if possible." Li Ye paused, and did not say anything later. Following the scene of Zhu Wen forcing the palace, the other party gritted his teeth, walked back to the bed with his hands behind his back and sat down.

The queen pressed the back of his hand, sighed silently, and said in a low voice after a while: "Your Majesty was wronged."

"The matter has been settled, and I may feel wronged, but it's nothing compared to regaining Chang'an." Li Ye held his wife's hand tightly with his backhand, and stopped talking here, chatting about some daily life to soothe the woman's mood , stayed in the room to tease the children, then got up and left Fengge to do other things.

By the way, he called Dr. Hu Qing, Jin Ziguanglu, a close attendant in the study, and said something about government affairs. After half an hour, he came out of the room. Not long after, a note was circulated outside the palace.

The news passed through the hands of vendors, vegetable farmers, guests, and shopkeepers several times before it fell into the hands of important people. After receiving the news, Qin Huaimian drove to Zhaoguofang and knocked on the mansion of a man named Zhang Jun. This man and Liu Chongwang were the prime ministers of each other. After Zhu Wen took control of the court, he was dismissed and stayed at home. Regarding Zhu Wen's control of the emperor, he has been running around the city, contacting various envoys, or officials large and small in the city.

When he got the note, there were more than a dozen influential civil and military officials in his room, such as Cui Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, Liu Can, an admonishing doctor, Zhang Wenwei, Minister of Zhongshu, and Lu Guangqi, Prince Shaobao.

Everyone was discussing the details of how to rescue His Majesty, when the news came out from the palace, they all stood up and bowed to the note. Zhang Jun, the former prime minister, looked at it first, then looked down vertically, with tears in his eyes, before passing the note on. Go down and let everyone pass it on.

"Your Majesty is in deep prison. If we wait for the courtiers to do nothing, how can we face the emperor, eat his salary, and live in this beautiful house. My colleagues, since Your Majesty has agreed, then I will wait for the opportunity. There is Li Shunjie outside the city. Once the imperial city is in control, he will be able to mobilize the Longxiang army to quickly control the city gate. By the way, I agree, after rescuing His Majesty, he will kill the man from Guangdefang along the way."

"and many more."

When mentioning Guangdefang, Qin Huaimian's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly got up, "Your Majesty's note did not write about this matter, so don't make up your own mind."

"This person is the most hateful thing on the wall. Since Qin Shilang pleads for mercy, His Majesty will decide on this person at that time!"

Longyou invaded Chang'an that day, although they didn't burn, kill and loot the people, but for Chao Wenwu, it was a great shame to flee to Huazhou with the emperor in embarrassment. In the past year, if Zhu Wen hadn't been around, they would have Take it out on this guy.

At this time Zhang Jun said these words, no one objected, but he was born as a mud leg, lucky to have both sides, and now he still wants to contact the court, how can they tolerate it.

After discussing the content of the plan, everyone left and Qin Huaimian was also warned not to reveal the matter to avoid failure in rescuing the emperor.

Horses and horses scattered around Zhang's mansion, and on the long street they passed, one of the carriages was driven by admonishing doctor Liu Can, and his voice could be heard from the curtain of the carriage fluttering in the wind.

"Go to see Commander Du."

In the bustling streets, the carriage turned around amid the yelling of the coachman. Not long after, it stopped in front of the side gate of Zhu Mansion. Liu Can got out of the car and handed out the greeting card, and was then invited in.

". This Geng Qing."

Bang!
A big palm was slapped heavily on the table, shaking the pen holder on which the brush was hanging, Zhu Youlun gritted his teeth and cursed, pushed aside Liu Can who was in front of him with his hands bowed, and stepped out of the threshold.

"Prepare the horse."

He went back to his room and took his saber, and immediately went out of the mansion and rushed to Guangdefang with more than a hundred soldiers.

In the big mansion with the words 'Geng's Mansion' over there, under the shade of the old trees in the backyard, Geng Qing was lying on the chair he made himself, with one leg raised, basking in the sun comfortably, looking back and forth at the two rows of women in the courtyard Show him a dance.

Long sleeves fluttering, waists bulging, beautiful women twisting their slender waists, walking gently on the ground, sometimes slapping their waist drums, softly transforming into heroic and unrestrained, like a female general charging into battle, the long sleeves swayed, as sharp as Bai Lian .

"it is good!"

Geng Qing clapped his hands and applauded. In front of the promenade, Dou Wei walked towards this side quickly, and whispered something in the ear of Jiuyu, who was pruning potted plants under the eaves of the corridor. The latter put down the scissors, came to Geng Qing's side, and whispered something, Geng Qing narrowed his eyes, and put down the trembling foot.

"Zhu Youlun?"

With a smile on his face, he patted the armrest a few times, got up abruptly from the grand master chair, and walked into the corridor with one hand in his hands. The women over there noticed something strange and didn't perform any more, they gathered together to mutter.

"My husband's expression changed just now." "It's probably something bad."

".Don't inquire, stay at home with peace of mind, don't go to the front yard, and cause trouble to your husband."

"Well, shall we still practice?"

"My husband isn't here, so who should I show it to? It's gone."

A group of women murmured a few words, waved their sleeves, dispersed in a crowd, and went back to their respective houses.Over there, Geng Qing, who walked past the eaves of the corridor, came to the front yard unhurriedly, turned around the corner of the eaves, and saw Zhu Youlun standing in the yard with a fierce expression and holding a sword, and more than a hundred soldiers behind him were also lined up to the left and right.

The visitor is not good
Geng Qing thought, seeing the other party pay attention to this side, and when he cast his gaze, a smile appeared on his face, and he cupped his hands to greet him.

"Hehe, why doesn't my nephew go in and sit?"

"Hmph, go in and sit down, I'm afraid my clothes will get dirty."

Zhu Youlun's tone was not kind, and he nodded slightly. He looked at the young man who came over contemptuously, and without returning the courtesy, he just pressed the head of the sword and took two steps forward.

"Shang Shuling, I wonder if I have heard that the emperor wants to do something?"

"Oh?" Geng Qing lowered his hand, looked at the other party's angry expression, and shook his head: "I never heard of it."

"Never heard of it? How did the emperor know about my uncle's departure from Beijing that day? How did Zhang Jun mention your name!" Zhu Youlun's voice became louder when he said this, and he stretched out his hand to grab Geng Qing's chest, but his hand was not close yet , as if being hit by something, he withdrew his hand in pain, the tiger's mouth suddenly showed bruises, and a small stone was still rolling around his feet.

"Whoever sneaked up, come out—"

He suddenly drew out his sword and shouted to the surroundings, and the soldiers behind him also drew their swords one by one. However, except for a few trembling servants, there was only a soft man playing with potted plants, his face was slightly sideways, his eyes were cold, like A poisonous snake stared at Zhu Youlun.

"If you dare to be violent in the house, you will die out of this gate."

"Who are you, how dare you be presumptuous!"

While Zhu Youlun raised his sword and stepped forward, Jiuyu's voice fell, and he picked up a stone and popped it out. With a bang, the strange stone in the potted plant in front of him shattered, broke in two and fell down.

goo~
Zhu Youlun, who raised his foot, put it down abruptly, retracted his position, turned his eyes away, and when he looked at Geng Qing again, his tone softened a lot.

"Shang Shuling, you are close to my uncle and father, why do you want to help the court gang?"

"How can I help?" Geng Qing patted the dust on his sleeves, "Catch thieves and take stolen goods, and lie on the bed as an adulterer. Commanders can't wrong me for no reason, don't you think about it, I have no soldiers and no rights, wouldn't it be like this? asking for trouble?"

"Then it can't be that they are looking for you."

"Why are they looking for me?"

"You are familiar with these things!"

Looking at Zhu Youlun who was staring and talking, Geng Qing was stunned, and then waved his hands with a smile, "What the commander said, how could Geng Qing be that kind of person, why didn't the commander think about it, this is not their estrangement Plan? In this city, you and I help each other. The emperor wants to take back Chang'an, so naturally we can't make peace between the two of us. This matter is like this. If you don't understand, you can ask the privy envoy Jiang Xuanhui. He is also left behind by King Liang. My confidant, as a bystander, sees more clearly than you and me, and speaks the most pertinently."

"I'll ask myself!"

Zhu Youlun put his sword back into its sheath, stared at Geng Qing fiercely, turned around and walked back, and when he was approaching Fengshui Wall, he stopped and turned his head again, raised his hand and nodded.

"Shang Shuling, this matter is over for the time being. After reporting to my uncle, let him make a decision. You should know the fate of the offender!"

"Hehe, I've written down what my nephew said."

"Remember the best, let's go!"

Zhu Youlun shouted, took his own soldiers, Long Tinghu stepped out of the mansion gate, got on his horse and left.

"Master."

Dou Wei went to the door to take a look, and after the man closed the door, he walked over quickly, with some worry in his eyes.Jiuyu also stood beside him with his hands behind his back, and said coldly: "Do you want our family to kill him?"

"It's bloody, it's not good."

Geng Qing smiled, and asked someone to move a chair under the eaves of the front yard, next to the door of the middle hall, closed his eyes, and gently twirled his fingertips.

"The Son of Heaven still wants to kill me. It seems that Zhu Youlun can't stay. It's really embarrassing."

'It's better to leave nothing behind for both sides, or let my cheap brother worry about it. '

Rubbing the fingertips, the corners of the mouth with a little beard gradually curved.

Dou Wei, Dachun and the others were all too familiar with this smile, they couldn't help shivering, the spring sun didn't even feel warm on their bodies.

Two days later, Zhu Youlun led his troops to court.

　There is only one chapter tonight, I read several personal profiles, and I included all the ones that fit the plot.

　　Liu Can (?-January 906, 1), courtesy name Zhaozhi, was born in Hedong (now Yongji City, Shanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty.Minister, writer and historian in the late Tang Dynasty of China.The grandsons of Liu Gongchuo and Liu Gongquan, the famous calligraphers in the middle Tang Dynasty, indirectly caused the tragedy of Baimayi in the late Tang Dynasty, so later history books have always had a negative evaluation of him.

　　
　
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