Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"If it's possible, I don't want to do this!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head in pain. No matter what he did, He Bayong was still the brother who followed him to fight together. He rushed into the battle and braved the stone to climb the city. After all, he regards it as his own flesh and blood. If possible, he does not want to touch it at all, so that his descendants will be rich and noble for generations, and they will be the wings and canines of his descendants and die with the country. But he had done such a thing, but he couldn't spare him. Otherwise, how could he govern the people?

"That's it, that's it! Let me drink this cup of bitter wine! One generation has its own affairs, so don't leave these dirty things to the next generation!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "Be careful of past mistakes and avoid future ones, cure diseases and save people, kill He Ba Only one person, Yong, can only survive for ten thousand people!"

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He Bayong's mansion.

"Master!" The slave stood at the door and said to He Bayong who was drinking: "The general is here, and General Zhang Junyan is also here. They are waiting for you in the flower hall!"

"Zhang Junyan is here too?" An ominous premonition flashed through He Boyong's heart. He was not surprised that Wang Wenzuo came to see him, but why was Zhang Junyan also here? He had no idea about his original plot with Yuan Aolie? Why is he here too?

"Well, I'll be there right away!" He Bayong stood up and walked towards the flower hall. As soon as he walked out of the door, he noticed something strange. The road leading to the flower hall was lined with fully armed strange guards, but he was also in a state of life and death. He came out, smiled contemptuously, and walked towards the flower hall.

In the flower hall, Wang Wenzuo sat on the front seat and Zhang Junyan sat on the left side. The two were chatting, but it could be seen from Zhang Junyan's face that he was a little absent-minded, and his eyes glanced towards the door from time to time, as if he was looking for something.

"Sanlang, Jun Yan, you are all here!" He Bayong walked into the door and bowed his hands to Wang Wenzuo and Zhang Junyan: "Sanlang, what's going on with those soldiers outside? Are they here to guard against me?"

"He Ba, sit down and talk first!" Wang Wenzuo did not answer He Ba Yong's question, but pointed to the seat on his right: "I specially invited Jun Yan to come today, just to let him make a relationship between you and me. witness!"

"Witness?" He Bayong laughed: "Sanlang, what are you talking about? I have given you my life a long time ago. You have given me all this. You can take whatever you want. What else do you need to witness?" ?”

A trace of pain flashed in Wang Wenzuo's eyes, but he suppressed his emotions, took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeves, and handed them to Zhang Junyan beside him: "Jun Yan, take a look first!"

"Yes!" Zhang Junyan responded, stretched out his hands and carefully took the paper. As soon as he read a few lines, his hands began to tremble violently: "Sanlang, is this, is this all true?"

"These are the confessions that Fujiwara Fubi forced out. These people are still alive. Whether they are true or false, you will know when you ask them!" Wang Wenzuo made a gesture, indicating to Zhang Junyan to continue reading. A few minutes later, Zhang Junyan finished reading the confession and returned the pieces of paper to Wang Wenzuo. The look in his eyes towards He Bayong had completely changed. He was angry, disappointed and mostly regretful.

"He Ba, take a look too!" Wang Wenzuo handed the confession to He Ba Yong.

He Bayong took the confession and looked at it. His face looked like a wounded man who had lost too much blood and turned a horrifying pale white. But he still persisted until he read the last page. Finally, he put it on a few cases and sighed: "Sanlang, you are still so flawless in your work!"

"Do you have anything else to say?" Wang Wenzuo asked: "If you find something untrue, feel free to speak out!"

"The matter has come to this, what else do I have to defend!" He Bayong said with a smile: "That will only make people laugh!"

"True is true, false is false, there is nothing to laugh at!" Wang Wenzuo said solemnly: "He Ba, even if Yanliang is my son, I will not wrong you! Are you in Yanliang's guard? Li An intervened with the intention of harming him?"

He Ba Yong fell into silence, and Zhang Junyan beside him couldn't sit still anymore. He shouted loudly: "Brother He Ba, this is no joke, tell me! You didn't do it. Tell me everything clearly." The general will definitely deal with it impartially!"

He Bayong laughed, with the kind of relieved smile: "Yes, this is indeed all my doing. I asked General Cao Wenzong for permission to send a few people to Yanliang's guard. I just said it was for He agreed without much thought about the future of his descendants. In fact, what I did was to find an opportunity to kill Yan Liang during his expedition across the sea, so that the Japanese country would always be our world. I thought this matter was mysterious. Jue, I didn’t expect that you, Saburo, would also find you, it’s really amazing, I didn’t lose unfairly!”

"He Ba, are you crazy?" Zhang Junyan was already in tears: "Isn't the Japanese country our world now? You have been granted the eternal title of a state minister, your manor includes mountains and lakes, and you have mountains and mountains of wealth, and you Mansion, besides the emperor, who else in Chang'an city lives in a place that can compare with yours? Yanliang is Sanlang's child, how can you do it? "

"Jun Yan, you don't understand. You just want to be a rich man and you are satisfied. But I am different. A man cannot lose power for a day. As Yanliang gets older, we have to make way for him so that he can use his own people." !”

"Isn't that better?" Zhang Junyan asked anxiously: "How old are we? We are covered with scars and arrow wounds. Wouldn't it be better to hand over our power and go back to the manor to retire? Do you still want to hold on to your power until you die?"

"Hehehehe!" He Bayong laughed: "Jun Yan, Jun Yan, you just don't understand some things if you don't understand them. It doesn't matter to you or me, but what about our descendants? What should they do? Only by having power in hand can we protect them. Ah! If you are just an ordinary rich man after leaving your hands, what's the use?"

"Hey Ba!" Wang Wenzuo said: "If my children were not too young, I would have planned to marry one of my daughters to your heirs! It's just that I have been traveling all over the world in these years, and I really don't have time to discuss it with you. But you Don’t worry, no matter what, I will choose a child of similar age among your children as my son-in-law.”

He Bayong was stunned, and after a while he asked: "Sanlang, are you kidding? After something like this happened, do you still recognize me as your brother?"

"Of course!" Wang Wenzuo said: "Gong is merit, fault is fault, no matter what you do now, the friendship between you and me fighting side by side and sharing life and death has not changed. As long as your heirs don't know about this, I will choose one of them to be my son-in-law. If you don’t believe it, I can swear to God!”

"No, no, no, Sanlang, are you the one who breaks your promise?" He Bayong looked excited. He sighed for a long time and asked, "What are you going to do with me?"

"I don't plan to deal with you!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "After all, you are just setting it up, and the murder has not happened yet. But Yanliang will know about this matter sooner or later, and it is impossible to hide this matter from him. When I was alive, I still Well, after I pass away, you or your family and descendants will be unlucky!"

"I understand!" He Bayong nodded: "Don't worry, Sanlang, I won't make it difficult for you. Thank you for protecting my reputation and for being so considerate of my family!" "That's it!" Wang Wenzuo Sighing: "It's also because I didn't think carefully enough. If I had married your children earlier, and we have been close relatives for generations to come, you wouldn't have done such stupid things!"

"It's all because I, He Bayong, am stupid. I can't blame anyone else!" He Bayong sighed, tears filling his eyes. He sighed a few times and suddenly laughed: "Jun Yan, you have to kill me, He Bayong." Remember the stupid things and tell them to the other brothers to prevent them from taking the wrong path and harming others and themselves!"

That night, He Bayong sat alone in the flower hall, singing and dancing with singing girls, and drinking all night long. When he was drunk, he walked out of the hall and danced with his sword. He did not dare to approach for fear of being accidentally hurt. But he didn't expect He Bayong to fall into the deep pool in front of the flower hall. He was shocked when he saw it, and rushed to rescue him. However, he didn't expect that the pool was deep at night and there was a lot of mud at the bottom, so the person who fell into the water could not be found for a while. After finally pulling him out of the pond, he found that He Bayong had expired. The doctor diagnosed him as having drank too much. His mouth and nose were blocked by the mud at the bottom of the pond, and he died of suffocation in a panic. He Ba's family reported the matter to General Wang Wenzuo and King Yanliang overnight, and both of them were alarmed. Yanliang even ordered that the court be abolished for three days, and that all the ministers and subordinates in the court should mourn him for one month. He was promoted to the rank of General Zuo Konwei and was given a cemetery of 500 acres. At the same time, hundreds of officials from the Imperial Guard were sent to carry the soil for him. All funeral expenses were paid by the public. He Ba Yong's legitimate son inherited his territory, and the reward was the same, and he was given as a gift from his sister. Marry He Bayun, the youngest son of He Bayong. When they get married when they reach adulthood, the rewards will be the same.

He Bayong's death and mourning aroused admiration in Namba and even the entire Japanese kingdom. No matter they were nobles, samurai, monks, merchants or even ordinary people, they were all envious of the king and general's favor and old love for He Bayong. Incessantly. The original theory that the old generals of the Tang Dynasty, represented by He Bayong, were at odds with the king for power naturally disappeared.

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Fujiwara House.

In the pavilion in the courtyard, several people were sitting around the stone table, watching the two people playing chess. On the chessboard with nineteen vertical lines, black and white intertwined, and they were fighting fiercely. For a moment, it was impossible to tell who was winning and who was losing. Everyone onlookers twisted their beards and frowned, thinking hard, and no one was speechless.

Suddenly, Fujiwara Bubi, who was holding the black piece, threw the chess piece in his hand into the pot and sighed: "That's it, sir, you really have a good hand, Bubi has to admit defeat!"

Opposite was a middle-aged man in black clothes, dressed as a layman. He smiled at Fujiwara and said, "Why did you give up so early, Mr. Lang? Although there is a small setback in the Central Plains, there is no chance of making a comeback when you go to the four corners of the country. !”

"What you said is true, but after I lost the Central Plains, my spirit has been taken away, and I really have no desire to compete for the four corners of the country. Rather than forcing it, it is better to be more dignified!" Fujiwara Bubi sighed.

"It's just a game of chess, so you don't need to worry too much, Mr. Lang!"

"Sir, what you said is true, you really don't care anymore!" Fujiwara stood up, and a maid on the side had already come forward to deliver a tray: "Some gold and silver for your entertainment, sir, please keep it!"

The layman Xuanyi hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you so much, Mr. Lang, for your generous gift!"

After seeing off the layman Xuanyi, Fujiwara Bubi sat at the stone table without saying a word. The others did not dare to speak and could only wait with bated breath. After a long time, Fujiwara Bubi said: "You guys are here today, what do you want? matter?"

Those people looked at each other, and then one of them said: "Mr. Fujiwara, there is something I don't understand when I come today, please enlighten me!"

"Is it the death of He Ba Yong?" Fujiwara Bubi asked.

"Exactly!" The man said: "It is said that He Bayong had monopolized power during his lifetime and had some quarrels with the king. Later, the king took away his military power. But after He Bayong died, he was even more honored and honored, and he was given a marriage to his youngest son. I don't know the truth. , please give Fujiwara a public explanation!”

"Is this why you guys came here today?" Fujiwara asked.

The few people looked at each other, and the person who spoke just now carefully replied: "Yes, we are really stupid, please give me some advice from Mr. Fujiwara!"

"Do you think that since the king took away He Bayong's military power in the first place, after He Bayong's death, the king should confiscate all his territory and estates, and then give them to you, making you an emperor and a courtier?"

"What the hell!" The man's face changed drastically, and he smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Fujiwara is joking, how dare we have such delusions!"

"Really? Why do I think so? Have I wronged you?" Fujiwara looked at the crowd with a smile, holding a folding fan in his right hand and slapping his left hand: "Why else would you come to my place?"

Everyone looked at each other, neither daring to say that Fujiwara was wrong, nor daring to admit that they had thoughts about He Bayong's property estate. After a while, the man boldly said: "Our little thoughts can't be hidden from Mr. Fujiwara's discernment. I come to you today just to listen to your advice, so as to avoid making mistakes and harming my family." life!"

"Since you are here, for the sake of our ancestors, I can't let you come in vain!" The smile on Fujiwara's face disappeared: "When you are a person and do things, you must look at the overall situation, and you cannot stare at the point in front of you. Otherwise, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits and your life will be at risk. He Bayong is dead, but as long as the general is here, the benefits of the Tang Dynasty warriors who came with him will not be lost. This is true If you confiscate his territorial manor, it will also be given to another Tang Dynasty person, and will never be given to you, do you understand?"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other with disappointment. After a moment he asked: "What if the general is a hundred years from now?"

"After a hundred years, General?" Fujiwara said with a smile: "Then it depends on whether the king only wants to be the lord of Akitsu Island or whether he wants to be the lord of Haidong or even the lord of the world. If he only wants to be the lord of Akitsu Island, Maybe you still have hope. If he aspires to Haidong and even the world, then more and more Tang people will come here in the future. Of course, your chances of going to Haidong, Hebei, and even further places will also be greater. More!" (End of this chapter)