At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 519 A fish that slipped through the net?

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it is also snowing in Jiangdu, and the snowflakes are flying one after another.Standing at the head of Jiangdu City and looking into the city, I can see the snow on the roof rolling and rolling, row upon row, just like the glazed world in fairy tales.

Yang Qingruo was wearing a green shirt, standing quietly in front of the window of the tower, with a slender figure, her shoulders were cut like a knife, the green gauze covering her face was blown up by the cold wind, revealing a delicate and round chin, her skin seemed to have been blown torn, A pair of bright eyes are as crystal clear as lake water, and that looming elegance is truly overwhelming.

Yang Qingruo raised the jade flute in his hand to his lips, and the cold and ethereal sound of the flute submerged into the wind and snow, and the defenders above and below the city all subconsciously listened.

Sun Shangming, the deacon of Feiyuwei, came in from the door, and when he saw Yang Qingruo playing the tune, he stopped, gently shook off the snow on his body, and stood there quietly waiting.

After playing the song, Yang Qingruo kept his hands in the posture of blowing together, with the jade flute pressed against his lips, staring at the wind and snow outside the window in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, there seemed to be an indelible lightness between his brows worry.

"Peach and plum, the queen circles around Yangzhou, in Wanyuan's garden, don't speak loudly, Mo Daoxu..."

This is a nursery rhyme that has been circulating in the city of Yangzhou recently. It is similar to the previous song "Yang Hua Luo Li Hua Kai", but this "Peach and Plum" is obviously more explicit, and the name of the person is almost mentioned.

Tao is fleeing, and Tao Lizi is the man from the Li family who fled!

And the queen went around Yangzhou, tactfully in the garden, which naturally meant that Yang Guang patrolled Jiangdu and lingered, indulged in sensual pleasures all day long, and ignored state affairs.

Don't talk nonsense, Mo Daoxu, the meaning is to keep it secret, everyone don't talk nonsense to the outside world.

Li Mi fled after participating in Yang Xuangan's rebellion and failed, isn't he just a "peach and plum"?Wu Langyu, Mo Daoxu, typed the word "secret", which together became Li Mi.

Therefore, the meaning of this nursery rhyme is ready to come out. Now that Yang Guang is in Jiangdu, Li Mi will replace him and become the co-lord of the world!

This kind of little trick can't fool smart people, but it works, because there are still a lot of stupid people in this world, and its power cannot be underestimated if it spreads. So even though there are rebels everywhere in the Sui Dynasty, Wagang Li Mi's voice is the highest.

There is no doubt that this nursery rhyme was spread by Li Mi in all likelihood to create momentum for himself. Yang Qingruo is well aware of this, but there is nothing he can do about it. Now his uncle Yang Guang has lost his aggressive ambitions and only knows how to indulge in pleasure all day long. The domestic situation But it became more and more rotten day by day, but she could only watch helplessly, there was nothing she could do!
It is said that since Yang Guang left Luoyang in August and took a dragon boat to visit Jiangdu, he took away [-] Xiaoguo troops, and the troops around Luoyang became much empty. Some time ago, Jindiguan was captured, Luokou warehouse was taken down, and the warehouse was opened to release grain to the victims. In just a month or so, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were captured. They are at the forefront, and they all hide away.

As a result, Yang Guangxi's way back to the Eastern Capital was blocked by the Wagang Army, and he could only stay in Jiangdu. If he wanted to return to the royal court, he had to destroy the Wagang Army first, but Wagang had millions of troops. Listening to this number is scary enough. Even Wang Shichong, who has been in the limelight recently, dare not take the initiative to pick up this hot potato, and the aging Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer are even more afraid to pick it up.

As a result, everyone tacitly didn't mention it, and continued to accompany Yang Guang in Jiangdu, and Yang Guang's temperament became more and more erratic. He could only listen to good news and not bad news. Bad news is bound to be unlucky, so everyone simply reports the good news and not the bad news, like a monk hitting a bell one day.

Faced with this situation, Yang Qingruo felt even more hopeless and powerless. Whenever this happened, she couldn't help but think of someone far away in Youzhou, and every time she thought of this married man, she felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Yang Qingruo led the Fei Yuwei to Jiangdu ahead of schedule, although it was for Yang Guang's safety, but it also meant to escape, she couldn't just watch that man marry another woman!

"Director Qing!" Deacon Sun walked behind Yang Qingruo and called out.

Yang Qingruo put down the jade flute and tied it around her waist, and said calmly, "Have you checked it out?"

Deacon Sun nodded and said: "I found out, that woman is practicing in Qinglian Nunnery now, do you want my subordinates to arrest her and interrogate her?"

Yang Qingruo shook her head and said, "Don't scare the snake for now, just keep an eye on it."

"Yes!" Deacon Sun agreed and said no more.

Yang Qingruo took out a jade pendant from her bosom, which was exactly the jade pendant she had picked up on the snow that night outside Ji County, Zhuo County, when she intercepted the landlord and Leng Lou.

This jade pendant was engraved with four small characters "Yuwen Daoxin", which was obviously a personal name. Yang Qingruo immediately cast suspicious eyes on the descendants of the Northern Zhou royal family.

Because Yuwen was the surname of the Northern Zhou royal family!

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, was originally a courtier of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Later, he usurped the throne and established the Great Sui Dynasty. Although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty killed all the male members of the Northern Zhou royal family after he ascended the throne, it is hard to guarantee that no fish slipped through the net, and those related to the Northern Zhou royal family , not only men, but also women. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty just killed all the men, but many women were still alive.

For example, Yu Wenyong, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, had three daughters, Princess Qingdu and Princess Yiyang, and one was too young to have a title when the Northern Zhou Dynasty perished, and later became a nun.

In addition, although Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenyun had only one daughter, Yuwen Eying, this absurd emperor conferred five queens, namely Yang Lihua, Empress of Tianyuan, Zhu Manyue, Empress of Tianyuan, Chen Yueyi, Empress of Tianzhong, Yuchi Chifan, Empress of Tianzuo, Tian Right Queen Yuan Leshang.

Among them, Yang Lihua was Yang Guang's sister, who died of illness, and Zhu Manyue, the empress of Emperor Tianyuan, also died. The remaining three queens are still alive, but they are all monks and nuns.

Since Yang Qingruo picked up this jade pendant, he began to investigate the Northern Zhou royal family. However, due to the lapse of decades and the large number of people, the progress of the investigation was a bit slow.

Fei Yuwei first investigated the males of the Northern Zhou royal family, and found that they were all dead, and there was no problem. Then he investigated the princesses of the Northern Zhou royal family, and found that except for the third daughter of Emperor Wu of Zhou who had not had time to give a title, there was no problem. .

Finally, Fei Yuwei investigated the three empresses who became nuns of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and found that there was no problem, so the doubts focused on the third daughter of Emperor Wu of Zhou.

It is said that when Yang Jian usurped the throne and destroyed the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the third daughter of Emperor Wu of Zhou was still underage and had no title. The nunnery at home was destroyed by fire 20 years ago, and the third princess was also missing. Some people said she was burned to death, while others said she was still alive, but she returned to vulgarity and left.

If Yang Qing felt that there was something strange about this matter, she ordered Fei Yuwei to focus on the investigation. After more than a year of visits, she finally found some useful clues. The missing third princess seemed to be in Jiangdu.

Therefore, the reason why Yang Qingruo rushed to Jiangdu ahead of schedule, apart from Yang Guang's security issues, was to look for the third princess. After several months of unannounced visits, it was finally confirmed that she was in Qinglian nunnery.

If the three princesses are really related to the landlord and the cold building, then it will be a great opportunity to find out the real identity of the landlord, so Yang Qingruo told Deacon Sun not to startle the snake, lest the landlord be alert!

The landlord's martial arts are really terrible, Yang Qingruo will not touch the third princess before she is fully prepared, she will put a long line to catch big fish.

"Do you have anything else to do?" Yang Qingruo asked when she found that Deacon Sun was still standing behind her and did not leave.

Sun Shangming hesitated for a while before saying: "There is news from Youzhou!"

Yang Qingruo trembled slightly, and said coldly after two seconds: "What news?"

"Master Gao, who was left behind in Zhuo County, has already investigated the case of Deng Hao's treason. In fact, it was Luo Yi who filed the complaint first. It is Luo Yi who really wants to rebel!"

Yang Qingruo frowned and said, "And then?"

"Then Master Gao started a war with Luo Yi, and in the end Luo Yi was defeated, lost Beiping County, and escaped outside the pass. Now Linyu Pass has also been breached by Master Gao, but Lu Longsai is still in Luo Yi's hands." Sun Shang Ming replied.

Yang Qingruo's eyes were calm, it seemed as if she had expected it, Luo Yi was definitely not that guy's match.

"One more thing!" Sun Shangming looked a little strange.

"what's up?"

"When Mr. Gao captured Xinchang County, the prefecture of Beiping County, he found five hundred sets of iron armor for men and horses in the warehouse!"

Yang Qingruo was stunned when he heard the words, his eyes suddenly became complicated, five hundred sets of iron armor for men and horses?Luo Yi is secretly training iron cavalry?Since Luo Yi was so well prepared, why didn't he use iron cavalry to deal with the villain, but instead locked the iron armor in the warehouse?

Yang Qingruo's complexion fluctuated, and he asked after a long time: "Then did he offer prisoners, did he hand in the five hundred sets of iron armor?"

Sun Shangming shook his head and said no, Yang Qingruo couldn't help but look sullen when he heard the words, what on earth is this bastard trying to do?Don't die!

Yang Qingruo pondered for a moment, put on the bamboo hat, turned and walked out of the tower, into the wind and snow.

Sun Shangming looked at Yang Qingruo's lonely back, and couldn't help but secretly sighed. In this world, there are not many courtiers who are dedicated to protecting the Sui Dynasty, and Chief Qing is unfortunately one of them.

Just as Sun Shangming was sighing, he suddenly felt that there was another person beside him. He couldn't help being startled. Just as he was about to raise his ax to strike, he realized that it was Pan Shizheng. His hand that was gripping the handle of the axe subconsciously let go, and he saluted respectfully: "See Pass real Pan!"

Pan Shizheng nodded calmly, walked into the wind and snow, and floated down the city gate.

Looking at Pan Shizheng's back, Sun Shangming's expression was rather complicated!
(End of this chapter)