Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"It's all based on the emperor's orders!" Pei Xingjian lowered his head and said. After he was defeated by Wang Wenzuo, his ambition was a lot lowered. Moreover, he also knew that the fate of the Tang Dynasty actually depended on the relationship between the emperor and Wang Wenzuo, so he still hoped to stay. Chang'an, please contribute to this end.

"If that's the case, then Mr. Pei should stay in Chang'an for a while!" Li Hong sighed: "By the way, King Pei and Mr. Zhang went to Wang Wenzuo to deliver the edict. If nothing happens, let them come back! "

"Your Majesty only needs to pass a piece of paper, and the general will release him!" Pei Xingjian said.

"Haha, I hope so!" Li Hong said with a bitter smile.

Facts have proved that Pei Xingjian's judgment was accurate. Soon after Li Hong's edict was issued, Li Xian and Zhang Wenguan returned to Chang'an, along with two thousand prisoners and five thousand shi of grain. This obvious show of goodwill immediately caused a fierce response in Chang'an City. Even the most radical opposition's attitude softened a lot. The reason is very simple - the only way to continue to confront Wang Wenzuo's victorious army is Move the Emperor's Luanjia to central Shu or Longyou. The former has dangerous terrain and abundant financial resources in Shu; while the latter can directly command the powerful frontier troops in Longyou, Beiting, Anxi and other towns; but whether it is going to Shu Di or Longyou, both mean huge sacrifices.

Even in peacetime, it is very difficult to drag your family to Shu or Longyou, not to mention wartime. Crowded roads, poor supplies, a large number of thieves, and rebel pursuits all make fleeing the enemy of. "Twenty-one people entered Shu together, but only one person left the Luo Valley. When he said that the two girls bit his arm, he turned around and cried to Qin Yun." This is not an artistic exaggeration! If Wang Wenzuo did not intend to usurp the throne, but only wanted to protect himself, then why would he leave the comfortable and safe Chang'an at the risk of his wife and children being separated, and his family being destroyed? After all, he and Wang Wenzuo had no grievances. They even spared King Pei and Pei Xingjian, so how could they harm themselves?

Tai Chi Palace.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Murong Miao knelt down carefully. He didn't know why the emperor wanted to see him at this time. He didn't know whether he was a loyal minister who had been wronged or an accomplice of the traitor in the eyes of the emperor.

"Get up!" Li Hong raised his hand and signaled Murong Miao to get up: "I heard that you have been locked up in a Buddhist temple during this period. How are you doing?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your inquiry!" Murong Miao stood up and said, "I am lucky to be able to save my life after going through these things. How can I dare to complain?"

Li Hong sighed when he heard this: "I was under house arrest by King Pei earlier. You, Cui Hongdu and the others suffered injustice for me, and I will remember it in my heart!"

Murong Miao secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said quickly: "This is all the duties of Wei Chen!"

"Yeah!" Li Hong nodded: "But something happened later, which I really didn't want to see. In fact, I didn't believe that Sanlang had any rebellious intentions. It was just that the situation forced me to have a rift between the monarch and his ministers. You It's Sanlang's old man. This time I went back to talk to Sanlang and resolved the differences. The people are very lucky and the world is very lucky!"

"I will remember it!" Murong Miao said: "I will definitely bring His Majesty's wishes to you!"

"That's good!" Li Hong nodded, waved his hand, and the chamberlain on the side said in a long voice: "I will reward the mighty general Murong Mu with a hundred pieces of Shu brocade and a Thousand Ox Sword!"

"Thank you!" Murong Miao hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him. He only breathed a sigh of relief after exiting the palace. He actually heard a bit of pleading in the words of the emperor just now. Could it be that the emperor wanted to use his own words to show weakness and beg for mercy to Wang Wenzuo? It seemed that something big happened during the time he was locked up.

"General Murong, General Murong!" The gentle voice of the chamberlain interrupted Murong Miao's thoughts. He quickly raised his hand to the chamberlain: "I was a little distracted just now? I didn't hear what was said. What advice can Diao Ju have?"

"I can't afford it, I don't dare to accept it!" The chamberlain covered his mouth and said with a smile: "His Majesty just rewarded you with the Shu brocade sword. I wonder if the general will go and receive it now, or will the villain deliver it to the house?"

"I don't want to bother you often to send it to you, so I'd better go and get it now!"

"Eh——!" The chamberlain patted Murong Miao's sleeve and said affectionately: "General Murong's words are really impressive. Your original act of loyalty has already spread throughout Chang'an City. Who mentioned it? Don't you raise your thumbs up and praise a good man? Even disabled people like us yearn for him. If others can just pay it back, how can we dare to say the word 'annoying' when we send it to General Murong's house?"

Murong Miao felt goosebumps rising all over his body when the waiter twisted his sleeve. He quickly and carefully took it out of the other man's hand and said with a smile: "It's true that Your Majesty has an errand and must go home to prepare. Don't delay! Wait until the matter is over before getting close to Chang Shi!" After saying that, he walked out quickly, as if there was a tiger chasing behind him.

When Murong Miao returned home, he found that all the servants in his family were standing at the door and looking up. His family is from an old clan in Chang'an. It seems that they had already settled here when Yu Wenhu was around. There were many in-laws and clan members. I thought that if I was unlucky this time, my clan members would be implicated, but I didn't expect that they were all here. It was a real surprise.

"I pay homage to your husband!" Murong Miao's first wife led the children of the family and bowed down to Murong Miao who had just gotten off the horse. Murong Miao survived the disaster and was a little moved when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to support his wife: " Madam, why are you doing this? Come on, come on, come in and talk!"

"I never expected to see my husband again!" Madam Murong's eyes were already filled with tears: "You don't know what's going on in Chang'an City these days. Some people say that General Wang has rebelled, and you are a traitor to the party. Party members. I didn’t dare to stay at home, so I had to take my family and escape to my uncle’s house. I was so frightened all day long that I didn’t know if I would see the sun the next day!”

"Yeah, it's all my fault for causing trouble to you!" Murong Moo heard his wife say this and remembered the days when he was imprisoned in prison and how his wife and her family were outside in fear, and he felt a little apologetic in his heart: "What happened this time Thanks to my uncle, I will prepare a generous gift tomorrow and just come to thank you in person!"

"My relatives are not in a hurry!" Madam Murong said, "I heard that the emperor has something important to do with you this time!"

"I just released it, how did you know?" Murong Mo asked curiously.

"This is not easy!" Madam Murong said with a smile: "It has been spread all over the world these days that your General Wang is now so powerful that even the emperor wants to please him. Now that your husband has been released, , it must be of great use!”

"Oh?" Murong Miao frowned: "The emperor pleases the general? Why do you say that? I have just been released from prison. I don't know what happened recently. Please tell me!" Murong Miao listened to his wife. Recently, Wang Wenzuo defeated Pei Xingjian's army and captured Tongguan, Hua, Shaanxi and other prefectures and counties. After Chang'an was already in his possession, he breathed out: "So that's what happened. No wonder the emperor said these things to me today! "

"Does your husband think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"A good thing or a bad thing?" Murong Miao was stunned. He didn't know how to answer for a moment. He was released and promoted and rewarded. This was naturally a good thing. But from another perspective, the emperor showed weakness to his ministers. The world is upside down, and the world is upside down. This is definitely not a good thing. He hesitated for a while and replied: "It should be a good thing for our family!"

"That's a good thing!" Madam Murong said with a smile. She turned around and shouted to the maid beside her: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you go boil water and get ready? The master has just come out of prison. Let's take a bath first to get rid of bad luck. !”

Seeing his wife commanding the servants as usual, Murong Miao couldn't help but smile, "Yes!" Why does a little person like me have to think so much? Isn't it a good thing that I'm doing well?

Murong Miao had finished bathing and was preparing to eat. There was a report outside the door that someone from the palace had arrived. He hurried out to greet him, but it was to give him a reward. The chamberlain who came from the palace politely left the Shu Brocade and the Thousand Oxen Sword given by the Emperor, and left without charging for his hard work.

Murong Miao stayed at home for the night and got up early the next day. He felt that his whole body was full of inexhaustible energy, almost overflowing with energy. He was thinking whether to go to the palace to thank him first or to see Wang Wenzuo first. Then a servant announced that someone was visiting. He took the famous assassin and saw that it was the envoy from the palace of King Han. This King of Han was the eleventh son of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty. He was almost sixty years old at the time and was the elder of the clan. On weekdays, He likes painting and is quite active in the upper class society of Chang'an City. The problem is that he can't even get along with Murong Kuo on weekdays! Why did he come to the door so early in the morning?

"Master, the envoy has brought two boxes of gifts! He is waiting for you in the foyer! Do you want to see him or not?" The doorkeeper is an old man. He knows that the water in this kind of clan is very mixed. Murong Miao is a member of the Imperial Army. If he interacts with him, it is Quite taboo.

"Wait for me to welcome you in person!" Murong Miao thought for a moment, and finally decided to go out to meet him. He had a hunch that this envoy from the King of Han was the first one today, but he would definitely not be the last one.

Sure enough, Murong Mu's guess was right. In the rest of the day, his home received guests one after another. The common characteristics of these guests were that they were of noble status and had valuable gifts. They would leave after saying a few words. The words are unclear. This made Mrs. Murong more and more frightened at the back of the hall. In the end, she secretly pulled her husband to the back of the hall: "Husband, this gift is too heavy, and they refused to explain the purpose. Why don't you just stop accepting it?" Otherwise I always feel guilty!”

"Don't worry!" Murong Moo had guessed a bit at this point and said with a smile: "These people are not giving me gifts, these gifts are for General Wang, but they have no connections, so they sent them to me. Therefore, they refused to explain their purpose. Firstly, it was impossible to explain, and secondly, they did not dare to ask General Wang for anything. They only hoped that the General would be merciful in the future!"

"Be merciful? What do you mean?" the lady asked in confusion.

"This is not simple. General Wang has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. As the saying goes, armed with sharp weapons, murderous intentions arise! Is there anyone in the world who is sharper than the sword in the hands of the general? These people who gave me gifts have been rich and powerful for generations. , General Wang may not touch His Majesty, but if he wants to ask for money, he will probably go to them. If it were you, wouldn't you think of a way to take care of it first?"

"So that's what happened!" Madam Murong sighed: "It seems that these people are really pitiful! Then husband, what do you plan to do with these properties?"

"These are not given to me! Of course I don't dare to act rashly!" Murong Miao said: "You find a yard to store these belongings, and then compile a list of who gave them, and who gave how much. .When I go to see the general, it will be up to him to decide whether to present it to me or not!"

"I understand!" the lady responded, turned around and left. Murong Miao breathed a sigh of relief and was about to find a place to rest for a while while there were no guests coming. But I heard someone talking loudly outside, which seemed normal. I hurried out and saw the housekeeper talking to a middle-aged woman.

"My master is really busy and has no time to see outsiders!" The housekeeper said loudly, "You can come back in two days!"

"My master is an old acquaintance of your master. I have something important to ask of you, so please come see me!" But the woman persisted and refused to leave. While the two sides were arguing, Murong Miao came out. He waved the housekeeper to leave and said to the woman, "I am Murong Miao. Who is your master? What do you want from me?"

The woman looked at Murong Mu and said with a smile: "General, doesn't he remember the little girl?"

"You?" Murong Miao looked at the woman and felt that she looked familiar, but couldn't remember who it was: "Sorry, I really can't remember, please remind me!"

The woman smiled and said: "General, you still remember that one night a few days ago, you went to Tai Chi Palace and met a lady with a child. Before leaving, the lady took a sachet from the child and gave it to the general! I was standing at the door at that time, waiting for my wife!"

"It turns out it's you!" Murong Miao's face changed drastically. He also remembered it at this time, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "I beg your pardon for my blindness, but I didn't recognize him!"

"General, you don't have to be polite!" The woman smiled and said, "Can I have a quiet place where I can tell you a few words?"

"Madam, please come down with me!" Murong Miao didn't dare to neglect. He led the woman through the door and went to a side room on the left. He ordered the servants and maids to retreat, leaving only two of them. Murong Miao just said respectfully: "I wonder what the lady has to say!"

The woman sighed: "My wife sent me here this time because it was a taboo, but I had no choice but to come, but it's for the sake of the child!"

"Child?" Murong Miao asked puzzledly.

"Yes!" The woman sighed: "When King Pei was supervising the country, although my wife lived in poverty, it could only be like this. But now that the emperor is in charge, my wife still lives like this, and even... It’s not as good as that. My wife has thought about it, and the only person she can beg for is the General. General Murong is someone close to the General, please pass this on!" (End of Chapter)