At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 612 The gluttonous feast
Pan Shizheng was seriously injured, his breath was too weak to be heard, his handsome face was as pale as paper due to excessive blood loss, even his eye sockets were sunken, and he said in a weak voice: "Junior Sister Qingruo, let me down Come on, don't waste your efforts, my injury is too serious to survive."

Although Yang Qingruo didn't like this second senior brother very much, she still couldn't help being sad when she heard the words. After all, almost all her martial arts were taught by senior brother Pan, so for her, Master Pan was also senior brother and senior brother.

Yang Qingruo gently put Pan Shizheng down, and let him lie flat on the ground, beside the long Qinhuai River, but it's the first month of the month, the weather is still cold, and the willows by the river have not yet sprouted new buds.

Pan Shizheng coughed lightly, his right palm was cut off, he was hit on the chest, and then his right lung was pierced by the landlord's short blade, and when he breathed, he made a whirring sound like a leaking bellows.

Master Pan took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "Junior Sister Qingruo, Senior Brother has two things to ask of you."

Yang Qingruo nodded and said, "Tell me."

"Thank you." Pan Shizheng's breathing was a little short, and he calmed down for a while before continuing: "I didn't expect the landlord to hide so deeply, we were all deceived by his tricks, this person's plan is not small, it is estimated that the emperor has already encountered an accident , I am really worried about the Empress Empress, I don’t know what kind of abuse she is suffering now, my junior sister must rescue her and place her properly.”

Yang Qingruo couldn't help thinking of Yuwen Ruyu's vicious curses, her fists turned white, she nodded and said, "I will. What about the second thing?"

Master Pan adjusted his breathing, and then said: "Gao Changqing is also a Buddhist and Taoist, and it was the third junior brother who taught him the exercises."

"I know this."

Master Pan sighed: "The only wrong thing that senior brother has done in this life is to be sorry for third senior brother."

Yang Qingruo's heart moved: "You were the second senior brother who leaked the whereabouts of the third senior brother's family back then, right?"

Master Pan nodded: "The third junior brother is talented and intelligent, and his understanding is the highest among all. The master has high hopes for him and plans to pass on the mantle to him."

Yang Qingruo frowned and said: "So you are jealous of the third senior brother, so you betrayed him, causing the third senior brother and his wife to be abolished in martial arts, and separated from each other. The senior senior brother also took the initiative to take off the Daoist book because of frustration, and you have to do it too." Try what you wish, become the successor of the master, take charge of the teaching affairs from now on, and hope to become the leader of the Taoist sect in the future."

Pan Shizheng shook his head and said bitterly: "I know many people think so, but it's not the case. I'm indeed a bit jealous of the third junior brother's understanding and the talent of the senior senior brother, but I won't betray the third junior brother and force the senior senior brother away because of this."

"Then why did you betray Third Senior Brother?"

"Back then, I was young and energetic, and felt that it was unwise for the third junior brother to abandon the sect for a woman. The reason why I leaked the whereabouts of the third junior brother to Master Hui'an was just to force him to return to the mountain gate, go back to the right path, and inherit the master's teachings. Mantle, but I didn't expect Hui Chen to strike so hard...cough cough cough!"

Master Pan coughed out a mouthful of bruised blood, but his breath became smoother, and he continued: "At that time, I felt that the third junior brother had been drugged by that Bai Ying, and he turned his back on his sect for a woman. He was so stupid that there was no cure. I met the Empress Empress."

Master Pan's eyes became extremely gentle as he spoke, as if he was caught in a good memory...

Yang Qingruo frowned, and Pan Shizheng sighed, "I know it's wrong, but I can't control myself. I know it's impossible, but as long as I can see her often, I know she's far away from me." Nearly, I am satisfied."

"So you became a shadow!" Yang Qingruo said calmly.

Pan Shizheng nodded slightly, sighed and said: "I didn't know the taste of the song when I first heard it, but I became a person in the song when I heard it again. From then on, I began to understand the third junior brother. Last time the emperor ordered me to cooperate with Zhang Xutuo in killing Gao Changqing , and later met the third junior brother, he said to me at the time, the greatest punishment for me is to let me watch the people and things I guard die. Now, if Junior Sister Qingruo meets Third Junior Brother in the future, please apologize for me, maybe the news of my death will make him feel better."

Yang Qingruo's inexplicably sore nose nodded and said, "I will."

Pan Shizheng's breathing suddenly became extremely fast, and he said intermittently: "The third junior brother is proficient in astrological arithmetic. Since he chose Gao Changqing, he has his own reasons. Da Sui is hopeless now. No one can stop the world. Junior sister Qingruo, Let go when it's time to let go!"

Master Pan looked up at the sky after finishing speaking, and the full moon had already set in the west, and he said in a raving voice: "The moon is going down, it's time to go on the road... goodbye!"

As Master Pan spoke, his breathing suddenly stagnated, his chest stopped rising and falling, and the corner of his mouth was smiling, very peaceful.Yang Qingruo's tears finally came out, and slid down her cheeks that were frozen like frost.

Yang Qingruo dug a grave by the Qinhuai River to bury Brother Pan, cut down the trunk of a willow tree, carved a simple tombstone in front of the tomb, and worshiped with willow branches as incense.After all this was done, the moon had already set and the sun was rising, and bells rang from the direction of Jiangdu City, ringing endlessly, with a total of [-] strikes.

Yang Qingruo's tender body shook, and she knelt down slowly towards Jiangdu City, tears streaming down her clothes.The emperor passed away, and the Yang family's country also became utterly silent with the sound of the bell! !
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Although Yu Wenhuaji was cowardly, he was really ruthless. After ordering Yang Guang to be killed, all the royal family and foreign relatives were purged, just like Emperor Wen Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty purged the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In the area of ​​Jiangdu, the only royal family who survived the catastrophe are probably Yang Qingruo and his eldest brother Qin Wang Yang Hao.

As mentioned in the previous article, the fathers of Qin Wang Yang Hao and Yang Qingruo were Yang Jun, the third son of Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian, who was the younger brother of Yang Guang, who was later poisoned to death by his concubine Cui.Cui was the biological mother of Yang Hao and Yang Qingruo. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty angered the two brothers and sisters and deposed them as ordinary people. Because Yang Qingruo was still young at that time, she was temporarily taken care of by her aunt Empress Xiao, and her uncle Yang Guang also treated her well. I love you very much.

Later, Yang Guang inherited the throne, restored Yang Hao's identity, and allowed him to inherit the title of King Qin, so Yang Qingruo was very grateful to Yang Guang and Queen Xiao. reason.

In addition, Yang Qingruo's elder brother, Yang Hao, has a good relationship with Yuwen Zhiji, and because of this, he escaped temporarily. Yu Wenhuaji did not kill him, but made him emperor and changed Yuan Tianshou.

Of course, Yang Hao is just a puppet emperor, just like Li Yuan made Wang Yang You the emperor.Yu Wenhuaji claimed to be the prime minister in charge of the government, and named his younger brother Yu Wenzhiji as Shangshu Zuopushe.At the beginning of February, Yu Wenhuaji started to leave Jiangdu, led the Xiaoguo army and a group of civil and military officials, a total of more than [-] people went north to Xuzhou along the canal, trying to return to Guanzhong.

At this time, the news of Yu Wenhua and the killing of the king had already spread, and the world was shocked instantly. I did not expect that Yu Wenhua, who was usually so cowardly, would dare to risk the disgrace of the world and commit the act of killing the king. However, Yu Wenhua and This move undoubtedly cleared the last obstacle for the heroes of the world to fight for the world, especially Li Yuan and others who were once officials of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Yuan had already been proclaimed King of Tang by the puppet emperor Yang You, but when he heard the news of Yang Guang's death, he immediately stopped pretending. Less than three months after Yang Guang's death, Sui Gong Emperor Yang You had to relinquish the throne "Give way" to Li Yuan and retreat behind the scenes.

Li Yuan ascended the throne in the Hall of Tai Chi, the country was named Tang, Yuan Wude was changed, the capital was Chang'an, and the second son Li Shimin was appointed Minister of History, and the eldest son Li Jian was made the crown prince. Died, said to be "died of illness", only 15 years old.

After the news of Yang Guang's death spread to Luoyang, the eastern capital, Wang Shichong and others immediately supported the king of Yue, Yang Yu, as emperor, with the reign title Huangtai, and history as the emperor of Huangtai!
Dou Jiande was not idle either. He heard that Yang Guang sent troops to occupy Bohai County immediately after receiving the lunch box, and sent his troops south to Qi County, and attacked Xiangguo County and Wu'an County in the west. He was about to reach into Li Mi's territory. .

It is said that when the news of Yang Guang being murdered by Yu Wenhuaji came, Gao Bufan was leading an army of [-] to the south and entered Hejian County, preparing to attack Li Mi and break the siege of the eastern capital Luoyang.

Beforehand, Gao Bufan had discussed with Dou Jiande, allowing the Qi army to go south by way, and Lao Dou was surprisingly generous this time, not only did he not charge "tolls", he even expressed his willingness to provide help within his ability.

Gao Bufan naturally knew what his old father-in-law was planning, but he just wanted to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, and Dou Jun is currently attacking Wu'an and Xiangguo counties in the west, no doubt they are giving Li Mi eye drops, Li Mi must be He will not sit idly by, so Qi Jun's attack on Li Mi in the south at this time can undoubtedly share the pressure for Dou Jun, which is a great benefit, so why not do it?

Hey, so Dou Jiande, an old fox, has no profit and can't afford it!

However, the situation has changed now. Yang Guang was killed by Yu Wenhuaji, and Yu Huaji led the [-] Xiaoguo army back to the Central Plains along the canal. The [-] Xiaoguo army is not a weak brigade. , It is bound to change the balance of power in the region, so Gao Bufan made a decisive decision, stopped continuing to go south, and stationed [-] troops in Gaoyang County to wait and see what happened.

At this moment, in the large tent of the central army of the Qi army, King Gao Bufan of Qi was sitting in the middle, and a group of generals and counselors had arrived, including: Du Ruhui, Wen Yanbo, Changsun Wuji, Xu Shiji, Pei Xingyan, Cheng Yaojin, Lu Sheng, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche.

This lineup is no longer luxurious, it is simply luxurious. In order to deal with Li Mi, Gao Bufan almost gave away his entire family. If Yingzhou still needed Yuchi Jingde to sit in charge, it is estimated that Gao Bufan would even transfer this one back.

(End of this chapter)