At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 570 What a great head, who will chop it off?
Two soldiers from Pushan Public Camp came to Li Mi and reported with dejected expressions: "Shanggong Pu, Cheng Yaojin knocked the two of us unconscious on the way and ran away, and now we are missing, please punish Pushangong. "

Wang Bodang was furious and said: "Cheng Yaojin is a piece of shit, An Ganer, my subordinates will catch up and chop him up and feed them to the dogs."

It turned out that Cheng Yaojin surrendered to Wagang, but yesterday he used the excuse of going to Zhang Xutuo's grave to kowtow and worship, and asked Li Mi to let him go as a whole fellow, but Li Mi, in order to show his generosity and righteousness, gave a mouthful. He agreed to Cheng Yaojin's request, and only sent two people to follow him. As a result, Cheng Yaojin knocked these two people out halfway and tied them up. It wasn't until someone came later that they found these two unlucky guys.

However, Li Mi didn't seem to be angry, he just frowned and said calmly: "Differences in ways don't conspire with each other, people have their own aspirations, let him go."

But Wang Bodang was clearly unconvinced, he gritted his teeth and said: "Cheng Yaojin is a despicable villain who is rebellious, if I meet him next time, I will chop him up and feed him to the dogs, oh yes, Qin Shubao won't slip away too Right? Duke Mi should kill him quickly, so as not to waste the rice."

Li Mi smiled and said: "Don't worry, if Qin Shubao could run away, he would not have gone to Wagang in the first place. This man takes care of his mother very filially, as long as his mother is still in the village, he will not leave."

Wang Bodang nodded when he heard the words and said: "It's true, this Qin Shubao is indeed a filial son, but this person is currently serving his mother in front of the bed all day long, and he is also indifferent to you, Mi Gong. Are you loyal to Mi Gong?"

Li Mi shook his head regretfully and said: "It's difficult. This man is loyal and filial, and he is absolutely devoted to Zhang Tuotuo. I killed Zhang Xutuo. It will be difficult for him to be loyal to me again. It is estimated that no one can persuade him except his old mother." Gotta move him."

Wang Bodang said unhappily when he heard the words: "Then why are you still raising him? It's a waste of rice."

Li Mi said with a sneer: "The ancients could buy horse bones with thousands of dollars, but I, Li Mi, only spent a little grain. Isn't this a worthwhile business?"

Uncle Wang's eyes lit up.He gave a thumbs up and praised: "Mr. Mi is really brilliant. This action not only demonstrates Mr. Mi's benevolence and righteousness, but also tells the people in the world that Mr. Mi is thirsty for talents, and the talents from all over the world will not flock to him by then!"

Li Mi sighed and said: "It's a pity that none of Zhang Xutuo's three tiger generals is used by me!"

It is said that in order to deal with Zhang Xutuo, Li Mi carefully studied the weaknesses of Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin. Among them, Qin Shubao was brave and calm, and the most difficult to deal with, but he was a dutiful son. Mother is very filial, which is also Qin Shubao's weakness, so Li Mi used Qin Shubao's name to take Qin's mother who was bedridden to Wagang Village to recuperate.

Li Mi's painstaking efforts were not in vain, he succeeded in gaining Qin's mother's favor, and made Qin's mother have the idea of ​​persuading her son Qin Shubao to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", so the wooden hairpin and hair were actually handed over to Li Mi by Qin's mother, not by force. Can grab it.

In addition, Qin's mother also wrote a letter to Qin Shubao, summoning him to Wagangzhai to meet him, which is why Qin Shubao was so entangled. On the one hand, he was the most respected General Zhang, and on the other hand, he was his mother. It was really a dilemma, but Qin Shubao In the end, I chose to go to Wagangzhai to meet my mother.

But Cheng Yaojin is rough on the surface, but in reality he is rough and subtle, not lacking in mind, and he is quite dissatisfied with the court and Yang Guang, so Li Mi thinks that he can try to recruit this person, but the premise is that he must be suppressed by force. Under the circumstances, after all, this person is quite loyal, if he just persuades him to surrender with empty teeth, it is unlikely to be effective.

So Li Mi sent Fang Yanzao to set up an ambush to surround Cheng Yaojin's cavalry. Sure enough, Cheng Yaojin decided to surrender after judging the situation, but the condition was that he was allowed to dismiss all his subordinates, and the horses and weapons could be dedicated to Wagang.

What Wagang lacks most now is people, and equipment is what they need most, so Fang Xuanzao also agreed to Cheng Yaojin's conditions, but he didn't expect this guy to be so cunning, dishonest, and excuses whenever he turned his head Run away.

As for Luo Shixin, Li Mi thought about it, but he couldn't find any shortcomings. This person has no father or mother, he is an orphan, he lives in a military camp, he is skilled in martial arts, has a strong will, is extremely brave, and is also loyal to Zhang Xutuo. So Li Mi had no choice but to make a deal with the Supreme King Lu Mingyue, asking him to help stop Luo Shixin, unexpectedly Luo Shixin was so brave, Lu Mingyue failed to stop him, even though he came late, he still arrived on August [-]th. In the end, Zhang Xutuo's body was snatched back.

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In September, the autumn wind in Jiangdu was already bleak, and the fallen leaves were everywhere. The news of Zhang Xutuo’s death was also sent to Jiangdu Palace with the autumn wind. Tao burst into tears, then overturned the imperial case like crazy, pointed at all the princes in the hall and said sharply: "You lied to me, you must be lying to me, Zhang Aiqing is invincible in the world, no one can kill him? Gao Changqing can't, Li Mi can't." No, you must be lying to me, you are lying to me!!"

At this moment, Yang Guang is like a wounded wild wolf, with fierce eyes, bared teeth and mouth, howls extremely fiercely, and finally slumps down on the dragon chair, looking up at the roof of the hall with dull eyes, and said: "Zhang Aiqing is not dead, Zhang Aiqing is not dead!"

Empress Xiao was so frightened that she covered her mouth and was at a loss. All the ministers in the hall were silent and panicked. Everyone knew that Zhang Xutuo was the mainstay of the Sui Dynasty. Now that he died, the building would collapse!

Empress Xiao saw Yang Guang staring intently at the roof of the hall, motionless, silent for a long time, as if her whole body was stiff, she couldn't help being afraid and anxious, she hurried forward and cautiously stretched out her hand in front of Yang Guang's eyes, nervously Called: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Empress Xiao yelled three times, but Yang Guang didn't respond, he couldn't help being frightened out of his wits, and burst into tears: "Your Majesty!"

All the ministers in the hall were so frightened that they fell to their knees with a thump, and the eunuch on duty cried out in a long and mournful voice like a dead father: "The emperor-shang-cai-collapsed!"

This cry was terrible, and when the guards on duty in the hall heard it, their hearts were shocked, and they fell to their knees on the ground with a thump.

However, at this time, Yang Guang's eyes moved, and he sat up. Empress Xiao was so frightened that she fell to the ground, and then threw herself into Yang Guang's arms with mixed sorrow and joy: "Your Majesty, you scared the concubine to death!"

At this time, the eunuch on duty was really frightened to death, sweating profusely, and in a hurry, he opened his throat and shouted: "The emperor is alive again!" The way, it's too exciting, my heart can't stand it.

Yang Guang had come to his senses at this time, and asked sharply, "Who is cursing me?"

Empress Xiao was too frightened to make a sound, obviously her startled performance just now caused a misunderstanding.The sycophant Yu Shiji rolled his eyes, and immediately came to the rescue and said, "Your Majesty, it's Lu You, the eunuch on duty!"

Yang Guang waved his hand and said coldly: "Come here, drag this dog slave who cursed me out and chop it up!"

Two guards in front of the hall immediately rushed in, ready to drag eunuch Lu out and behead him, but found that there was no sound. This guy probably had cardiovascular disease, and he frightened himself to death.

"Your Majesty, I'm scared to death." The guard reported truthfully.

Yang Guang said angrily: "If you die, you can't escape the knife, carry it out and continue chopping!"

The two guards in front of the palace had no choice but to carry the body of Eunuch Lu out and snap it away.

Yang Guang glanced coldly at all the officials present, and said in a deep voice: "I will pass on my will. Zhang Aiqing is utterly loyal and sacrificed her body for the country. I will posthumously be appointed as the prefect of Xingyang County. Yinzi and I will stop court for ten days to express my condolences!"

After retreating, Yang Guang returned to the harem in a dazed state, staggering as if the wind could blow him down.

Zhang Xutuo's military exploits are terrific, and his power has shocked the north and south of the river. In the past few months, he has fought more than [-] fierce battles with Wagang, and he has won every battle.Yang Guang originally thought that Zhang Xutuo would not let him down this time either, and would eventually wipe out all the Wagang thieves with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and then he would be able to take a dragon boat and return to the Eastern Capital comfortably along the canal However, the bad news came overnight, and the turning point came too abruptly and too fast for Yang Guang to accept.

During this year, although Yang Guang lived and dreamed in Jiangdu, he also understood very well that Zhang Xutuo was the pillar of the Sui Dynasty, his last support for Yang Guang, and his last wish for Yang Guang to return to Dongdu. Now, this Hope was utterly shattered.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Xutuo just died. You don't have to be too sad, you hurt the dragon's body carefully." Empress Xiao said with concern.

Yang Guang said bitterly: "Empress, you don't understand. Once Zhang Aiqing dies, I will lose a leg. I am afraid that I will never return to the Eastern Capital in this life."

Empress Xiao smiled and said: "If you don't go back, then don't go back, Jiangdu is also very good, why bother to go back to Dongdu, your majesty, your hair is messed up, let me comb it for you."

Under Empress Xiao's gentle reassurance, Yang Guang's mood improved slightly, and he sat in front of the dressing table and asked the former Empress Xiao to help him comb his hair.

Empress Xiao straightened Yang Guang's hair carefully, then tied her hair up in a bun, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, my concubine's craftsmanship has not fallen, right?"

Looking at his radiant face in the bronze mirror, Yang Guang couldn't help being overjoyed, stroked his beard and said, "The queen's craftsmanship has not fallen, it is as good as before, but..."

"Just what?" Empress Xiao leaned on Yang Guang's back, resting her chin on his shoulder, leaning her face against her face and asked in a delicate voice, looking at her eyebrows in smoke. At this moment, a woman in her dozens of years had a kind of beauty like a flower. girlishness.

Yang Guang touched his slack cheeks, sighed and said, "It's just...my head is so beautiful, who will cut (cut) it off?"

Empress Xiao could not help but turn pale, the wooden comb in her hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

The two looked at the wooden comb that had been broken in two on the ground, and they were both dumbfounded. Immediately, fear spread in the pupils of the two of them at the same time.

(End of this chapter)