Man Tanghong

Chapter 149 Withering!

When the people sent by Changsun Wuji rushed to Weize Pass, the people who announced the decree also arrived at Weize Pass.

The chief envoy is Xiao Yu, and the deputy envoy is Chen Shuda.

In order to show the greatness of the emperor's kindness, and to show the importance he attached to this award, Li Yuan dispatched two important ministers in one go, and also sent eight heavenly officials from the Ministry of Rites to accompany him.

There are also more than 10,000 strong men escorting thousands of carts, which are full of wine and meat rewarded to the soldiers of Weizeguan for celebration.

After Xiao Yu and Chen Shu arrived at Leping in Taiyuan Prefecture, they sent someone to deliver the news to Wei Zeguan.

Let Wei Zeguan get ready for the imperial edict.

When Xiao Yu and his entourage arrived at Weize Pass, the soldiers in Weize Pass, led by Li Xiuning, personally greeted them out of Wulidi to show their respect.

Xiao Yu and his entourage were also within five miles of Weize Pass, opened the guard of honor of the angels, played the drums, and appeared in front of Li Xiuning and the others.

After Li Xiuning and the others paid homage to Li Yuan from afar, and after Xiao Yu replaced Li Yuan and asked Li Xiuning and others to stand up, Xiao Yu and his party put away the guard of honor and saluted Li Xiuning.

After saluting, Xiao Yu couldn't wait to ask, "Where is His Royal Highness King Qi?"

Xiao Yu found out early that Li Yuanji was not in the team to welcome the angels, but because there was a set of procedures to follow, she refrained from asking.

It wasn't until a set of procedures were completed that I hurriedly asked questions.

Xiao Yu is a relative of the Li family. Xiao Yu's wife is the niece of the former Sui Wenwen Queen Dugu's family. Li Yuan is the former Sui Wenwen Dugu Queen's nephew. Li Yuan and Xiao Yu's wife are uncles and cousins.

Therefore, when Xiao Yu and Li Yuan were ministers in the former Sui Dynasty, they had a very good friendship and often communicated in private.

Xiao Yu also grew up watching the brothers and sisters of the Li family, so she can follow Li Xiuning to ask questions at will.

If it were Chen Shuda who asked the question, he would ask in a straightforward manner.

Li Xiuning said with a complicated expression: "I went hunting in the mountains..."

Xiao Yu stood there in a daze, her lips twitched, not knowing what to say.

Chen Shuda, as well as all the heavenly officials of the Ministry of Rites who were eavesdropping with their ears shut, all stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a long time, and after being reminded by Chen Shuda, she slowly came back to her senses, stared at Li Xiuning, and said in disbelief, "Why did he go hunting in the mountains at this time?"

Li Xiuning responded: "The prey is the fattest at this time."

Xiao Yu asked, "Doesn't he know that the imperial court's decree for awarding rewards has come down?"

Chen Shuda added from the side, "When I was in Qinzhou, I sent someone to pass the message. His Royal Highness Qi Wang would not know about it?"

It took Xiao Yu and his party half a month to rush from Qinzhou to Weizeguan.

Because I brought more than 10,000 strong men and escorted more than 1000 carts, the journey was relatively slow.

Li Xiuning took a deep breath and said: "This matter is a bit complicated, let's discuss it in detail after entering the customs."

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are also good people. When they heard Li Xiuning's words, they knew that something was wrong with Li Yuanji.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but said: "He couldn't have neglected the imperial decree deliberately because of his high merit."

Li Xiuning said nothing.

Li Yuanji didn't deliberately neglect the imperial decree, but he didn't even think about accepting the imperial decree.

If it weren't for the consideration of the people under him, Li Yuanji might have blocked Xiao Yu and his party from the Taiyuan mansion.

However, it is not easy to tell the public about this matter, it is better to say it in private.

The more people who know about it, the greater the impact.

If the impact is too great, Li Yuan will be punished harshly.

Li Xiuning didn't want Li Yuanji to be punished too severely.

"If you neglect the imperial decree, you will be punished."

Seeing that Li Xiuning was silent, Xiao Yu reminded her.

To be precise, it is a snub angel.

It's just that Xiao Yu and others are not good at putting on airs of angels in front of Li Xiuning and Li Yuanji, so they can only talk about things with imperial edicts.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, neglecting an angel is not as simple as being punished, but a click.

Because neglecting an angel is no different from belittling Li Yuan.

Belittle Li Yuan, that's not going to click.

If it is more serious, it will be implicated.

However, where is Li Yuanji's identity? Even if he neglected the angel, it is impossible for Li Yuan to kill him.

After all, it's not that Li Yuanji hasn't done more extreme things, and it's not that he's living a good life.

Li Xiuning nodded her head to show that she understood, and then told He Panren, "Pan Ren, please enter the customs."

He Panren immediately ordered all the soldiers to clear the way and invite Xiao Yu and his party to enter the pass.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu had no choice but to follow Li Xiuning into Weize Pass.

After arriving in the customs, after a little settlement, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda appeared together in the courtyard where Li Xiuning lived.

After saluting, Xiao Yu immediately said, "Your Highness, what happened to Your Highness King Qi?"

Only Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and a few of Li Xiuning's cronies were in the courtyard, and Li Xiuning didn't need to hide anything, and said frankly, "Yuan Ji is not willing to accept the position of General Zhen Yao."

Xiao Yu's face changed, and Chen Shuda stared.

"Is he trying to resist the order?!"

Xiao Yu asked subconsciously.

Li Xiuning nodded slowly.

Chen Shuda breathed heavily and said: "Resisting the decree is a serious crime of beheading. Even His Royal Highness Qi Wang has to be dismissed from office and sent back to Chang'an to wait for the saint."

Xiao Yu nodded seriously, and said to Li Xiuning: "Your Highness should know the seriousness of it, how can you let His Highness King Qi mess around."

Li Xiuning looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Don't Song Guogong see the deep meaning of my father's canonization of Yuan Ji as General Zhen Yao?"

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then fell into silence.

Of course he knew the deep meaning of Li Yuan's canonization of Li Yuanji as General Zhenyao.

Before leaving, Li Yuan also specifically told him to hand over the imperial decree to Li Yuanji, and watched Li Yuanji be promoted to the post of General Zhenyao.

Li Yuan also asked him to bring some words for him to relay to Li Yuanji.

The general meaning is that after Li Yuanji was promoted to the general of Zhenyao, he immediately led the troops under his command to Luoyang City, and accompanied Li Shimin to return to the court as soon as possible.

"The meaning of the saint is not something that the ministers can guess. If His Royal Highness Qi Wang does not accept the order for a day, the ministers will not be able to return to Beijing for a day. If the saint is blamed, not only His Royal Highness Qi will be punished, but the ministers will also be punished.

Also please Your Highness and His Royal Highness King Qi not to embarrass the ministers and others, and to accept the order as soon as possible, and let the ministers and others go back and return to their orders. "

Chen Shuda bowed his hands to Li Xiuning with a serious face.

Li Xiuning ignored Chen Shuda, but looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Father is messing around, is Song Guogong going to pretend not to see it? Song Guogong also watched Shimin and Yuanji grow up.

Song Guogong had the heart to watch them, so there was a rift in his heart, brothers fighting each other? "

Xiao Yu's face changed again, and his heart became very complicated.

How can he bear it?
So what if you can't bear it?

He grew up watching Li Shimin and Li Yuanji.

But today is no longer the case.

The Li family is no longer the Li family of Taiyuan Mansion in the past, but the Li family of the Tang Dynasty.

He and Li Yuan are no longer courtiers in the same hall, but one is a monarch and the other is a minister.

As a courtier, he can control Li Yuan's affairs.

"Your Highness...you were joking. The saint loves you so much, how could he let you fight each other."

Xiao Yu forced a smile on his face, and said dryly.

Li Xiuning stared at Xiao Yu and said, "Why does Song Guogong deceive himself and others?"

The smile on Xiao Yu's face froze, and he fell into silence again.

Chen Shuda saw Xiao Yu's embarrassment, and immediately took a step forward, and said solemnly to Li Xiuning: "As ministers, how can you interfere with the family affairs of the Tian family? I hope that your highness will see that I have served the Great Tang for many years. Don't wait for the embarrassing minister."

Li Xiuning opened her mouth, and finally let out a long sigh. After all, there was a layer of separation, and the relatives and old friends in the past could no longer get along in the old way.

She hoped that Xiao Yu would come forward to speak up for Li Yuanji and persuade Li Yuan, but Xiao Yu would not answer.

Li Xiuning was also unwilling to make things difficult for others, and immediately said: "I didn't make it difficult for you, Yuan Ji did say that he would not be appointed General Zhen Yao, and he didn't say where he was going before he entered the mountain, nor did he say when he would return.

Even if I wanted to look for it, I couldn't find it, and I didn't know when he would come back. "

What Li Xiuning said was the truth, Li Yuanji's attitude on this matter was quite firm, and she didn't keep a single thing in her head. Even if there was a change in her heart, she couldn't find him if she wanted to.

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda frowned together, looked at each other, and both saw the embarrassment on each other's faces.

Chen Shuda gritted his teeth and said, "Then I can only wait forever."

Xiao Yu looked at Li Xiuning and nodded heavily.

Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu obviously came with a mission, and they didn't want to make a fuss.

Seeing this, Li Xiuning murmured and said, "I'm afraid that after Yuan Ji leaves the mountain, he will go directly to Luoyang City or return to Chang'an."

Chen Shuda frowned and said: "As far as I know, the soldiers and horses under His Royal Highness Qi are still here. It is impossible for His Highness to leave the soldiers and horses under his command and return to Beijing alone."

Li Xiuning said without hesitation: "I'm ready to go back to the capital. Yuan Ji's soldiers and horses, I will help him bring them back to the capital."

Chen Shuda frowned, "King Qi..."

After saying two words, I couldn't continue.

He actually wanted to say, 'As the commander in chief of the rear army of this Eastern Expedition, how could King Qi leave his troops and horses and leave alone', but the words came to his lips, and he said them again.

King Qi has resisted the decree, but he still cares about this.

Besides, this is not the first time King Qi left his soldiers and horses and ran away alone.

If you can lose it once, you can lose it a second time.

Chen Shuda gave Xiao Yu a look, 'What should I do? '.

Xiao Yu pondered over and over again, gave Chen Shuda a calm look, then looked at Li Xiuning and said: "The matter has come to this, what does Your Highness think, what should I do?"

Li Xiuning said: "You guys can truthfully tell my father the details here and wait for my father to make a decision.

You can continue to read other wills.

After all, Yuan Ji is not here, but the others are.

Yuan Ji was not alone in my father's will to reward the meritorious officers and men of Wei Zeguan. "

Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda looked at each other again.

Xiao Yu sighed, "That's the only way to go."

(End of this chapter)