Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Seeing Murong Miao being so lenient, Mrs. Liu was also very happy and said with a smile, "General, you are indeed very considerate. By the way, I heard from outside that you were the one who tracked down the real culprit of my wife's assassination. I wonder if it's true or not?"

"Hahaha!" Murong Miao said with a smile; "There is nothing to hide about this matter now. Yes, the real culprit who assassinated Liu Peiji was indeed traced out by me. To be precise, the general ordered to find out the truth within a deadline! "

"The General ordered you to find out the truth within a time limit?" Mrs. Liu asked puzzledly: "Isn't the General in Hebei? My wife was assassinated, why did he give you a strict order to find out the truth within a time limit?"

"Madam, you think that Liu Shilang has just impeached the general. The general must have a grudge, so he won't care about his assassination, right?" Murong Miao said with a smile.

Facing Murong Mu's questioning, Mrs. Liu laughed twice but said nothing, apparently acquiescing.

"The general made it very clear in his letter to me: Liu Shilang impeached him out of public interest. It is true that he recommended non-human beings. If Liu Shilang hadn't impeached him and made these people the parents of the state and county, wouldn't it be like using wolves to herd sheep and harming the country? Tang people? Liu Shilang is a gentleman who loves others with virtue. How can he blame him before he can thank him? Secondly, Liu Shilang was assassinated by the general and became a scapegoat. How can the general tolerate this tone? Naturally, I have strict orders to find out within the time limit. The real murderer! Let the truth be exposed to the world!"

"The general's belly is really as big as the sea!" Mrs. Liu sighed: "I really use the heart of a villain to measure the belly of a gentleman. I am really ashamed!"

Liu Peiji was leaning on the couch. Knowing the whole truth, he heard his wife sincerely praise Wang Wenzuo's magnanimity, and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart. After all, it felt like seeing someone tell a big lie in front of his wife in a serious manner, and his wife was still nodding her head. No one will like it. He coughed twice: "Madam, go to the study and bring me the box of milk tea from Jianzhou (now Jianou, Fujian) that Hu Youcheng gave me last time!"

"Yes, yes! Look at me like this. I forgot to serve tea. What a sin!" Mrs. Liu woke up from a dream and hurriedly confessed to Murong Miao and went out. As soon as Mrs. Liu left the house, Liu Peiji sneered and said, "Brother Murong put on a good show, but he deceived Zhuo Jing into a very miserable situation!"

"It's not a lie. At least the general doesn't have any grudge against you, Shilang Liu. This is the truth!" Murong Miao smiled, suddenly lowered his voice, and said with a mysterious expression: "Sister Erqiao asked me to greet brother, and asked When will you go to Toad Tomb again?"

"Sister Erqiao?" Liu Peiji was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly; "It was just a prank at the beginning. Besides, my injury this time is not serious. I don't know how long it will take to recover!"

"Hehe! Is this your fault, Brother Liu? How can you just throw away the beauty and kindness?" Murong Miao laughed dryly: "Have you forgotten what I said that night? The matter of redemption and resettlement has been done. We are ready. The Erqiao sisters live in the side courtyard under Toad Tomb. Brother Liu can go there at any time and treat it as an outhouse. Things happened in a hurry that night. My men were afraid that the gold would be seen by outsiders. I wasn’t sure, so I took it back with me. I brought it with me this time, and I asked Brother Liu to accept it!”

"This, how embarrassing is this!"

"What's there to be embarrassed about! The box of gold was originally promised to Brother Liu, but now it's just returned to the original owner. As for the Erqiao sisters and the resettlement fees, Quan should be regarded as the general's apology to Brother Liu. After all, Brother Liu This assassination is ultimately related to the general!"

After hearing Murong Mu's words, the original dissatisfaction deep in Liu Peiji's heart had long since dissipated. He lowered his voice: "In that case, please ask Brother Murong to thank the general on my behalf!"

"That's easy to say!" Murong Miao said with a smile: "Brother Liu, please cultivate yourself well, the general will have a lot of troubles in the future!"

"Easy to say, easy to say!" After saying this, the two of them smiled knowingly.

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For the people of Chang'an in 679 AD, the assassination of Liu Shilang just passed was like a thunder, waking everyone from their dreams of prosperity. However, most people fell asleep after the incident was successfully resolved and continued to do their work. Great autumn dream. But the few people who were awake looked at what happened next with trepidation.

In the summer of 679 AD, Fan Changquan of Rongzhou, Jiannan Road, gathered a crowd to start a rebellion. This man supported the rebellion and named him Li Hong. He was the reincarnation of the Taoist ancestor and saved all people from water and fire. Those who followed the Tao eliminated the distinction between good and humble, abolished the distinction between rich and poor, went to work and were exempted from taxes, and all lived forever. In just a few days, there were more than a hundred thousand people. Fan Changquan called the dependents "Lezu", divided them into young and strong, and set up Taoist officials to control each one. They called them "ghost soldiers" and divided their troops to plunder the land. Wherever they went, the people in all states, counties and cities opened the city to respond. Chengdu sent troops to conquer, but was defeated. For a time, Jiazhou, Rongzhou, Luzhou, Meizhou, Jianzhou, and Lingzhou in Jiannan Road fell, and people rose up in the east and west Sichuan states of Jiannan Road. In response to the incident, the powerful man called himself "general" and the less powerful man called himself "xiawei". They were all controlled by Fan Changquan. The Chengdu government was also shocked by this and was shocked overnight.

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Chang'an, Taiji Palace, Yanjia Palace.

"How could this happen? How could this happen!" Li Hong was like an ant on a hot pot, circling around several cases: "I only wanted to arrest Fan Changan's family members, how could it cause such a chaos! If I had known this - —”

"If we had known this earlier, we should have taken action earlier!" Zhang Wenguan said: "The thief Fan is just an ordinary man. He raised his arms and shouted and tens of thousands of people responded. Is it an overnight success? I don't know what Fan Chang'an did. How long does it take to prepare? If he is allowed to operate for a few more years, once the attack occurs, I am afraid it will be even worse!"

Li Hong was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed: "What Mr. Zhang said was that fortunately the counter-case was solved in Chang'an this time and the leader of the thief Fan Chang'an was captured, otherwise the situation would only be worse. But even so, Shuzhong has already The situation is extremely critical. Central Sichuan is the western palace of the imperial court. If there is chaos there, the Tubo people in Longyou and Songzhou will also start to move, and it will be even more difficult to deal with!"

"The Holy Emperor!" Zhang Wenguan complimented; "So the imperial court should take action immediately. The current envoy in charge of the soldiers and horses in Jiannan Road is a mediocre person. He can maintain the situation on weekdays, but it is not enough to calm the current situation. When the faction has Those who are capable will go and be given full authority. Although there are many Taoist thieves, they are all a mob and it is not difficult to defeat them."

"Who should be sent there?" Li Hong asked.

"As I see it, how about using Li Jingye?"

"Li Jingye?" Li Hong was stunned when he heard this, and asked in an uncertain tone: "You mean the British grandson?" "That's right!" Zhang Wengguan said: "There are three advantages to using Li Jingye: This person is originally from the UK. The grandson of the Duke, he has been a general for generations, and with Yu Ze, the British Duke, there is no need to worry about the army disobeying his orders; secondly, he served as the governor of Yaozhou before this, and was responsible for the military affairs of Liuzhao. Xinjiang appeases the barbarians, calms the people and trains troops, which can be considered as experience; thirdly, Yaozhou is adjacent to Jiannan Road, and he knows the situation of Jiannan Road, if he is allowed to use the Liuzhao barbarians to conquer, it will be twice the result with half the effort!"

Li Hong thought for a moment and then nodded: "Okay, let's issue an edict over there at the Political Affairs Hall, and add Li Jingye as the Deputy Envoy of Military and Economic Strategy for Jiannan Branch's camp field, the Governor of Yaozhou Dudu Mansion, and the Protector Liuzhao School. Lieutenant, please attack the rebellious general! Put an end to the chaos in Shu!"

"According to the order!"

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Chang'an Palace City, Beiyuan.

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

The sound of horse hooves was like falling rain, indistinguishable, bringing up dust all over the sky. Looking from the stands, one could only vaguely see the figures on horseback. I saw the knight on horseback pulling the horned bow like a full moon, loosening the bow string, and the big arrow more than one meter long smashed the wooden target more than ten meters away; then the second and third ones came, flying like lightning. Wherever the riding shadow passed, targets high or low beside the road were shattered one after another, as if they were swept by a steel whirlwind.

"Awesome! Mr. Hu Liang! Another slam!" Li Dingyue stood in the stands, cheering, and the ladies and gentlemen accompanying him were all in admiration. As usual, today is the day for the North Gate Forbidden Army to practice martial arts. As the emperor's closest bodyguards, the Qianniu Guards are trying their best to win the favor of these noble ladies. This is not just a matter of one's own face. The Tang Dynasty inherited the legacy of the Six Towns. Even women had a considerable say in the court society. Many times, their words were no worse than those in the court.

And the brightest star in this martial arts exercise is none other than Hu Liang. If there were a lot of harsh words about him in the North Gate Forbidden Army before because of his family background, but in this exercise the excellent cavalryman The shooting kung fu made everyone shut up, after all, Kakugumi Nagaya couldn't lie.

"It's not unusual to have such skill in riding and shooting. After all, he is a Dongyi!" A mocking voice came from the crowd, which immediately caused a burst of laughter. Li Dingyue's brows suddenly stood up when he heard this: "Who has no courage to say bad things about people behind their backs? What about Dongyi Beidi? Young Master Huliang is obviously the pillar of the Langya Wang family!"

There was a dead silence on the platform. There were not many people in the world who dared to confront the emperor's sister, not to mention that as Li Dingyue got older, she became more and more like her biological mother in appearance and personality. According to history books, It was said that Shen Min was very powerful and strategic, and Empress Wu thought she was similar to me. These noble ladies had not forgotten the methods her mother used to deal with Concubine Xiao Shu, Empress Wang, Changsun Wuji and others.

Seeing that no one dared to say anything, Li Dingyue snorted coldly, turned around, and continued to watch the North Gate Imperial Army's martial arts performance. At this time, Moriyo's galloping had ended and he had returned to his own ranks, leaving only the long-pitched shouts of the attendants who reported the results.

"Senniu left guard——! Senniu is ready to protect Liang——! Ichiban wins——!"

"Sure enough, he is indeed the son of General Wang!" Li Dingyue clenched her fists excitedly and waved it vigorously.

"Your Highness Princess!" A soft voice came from behind. Li Dingyue turned around, but it was a beautiful girl who was looking at him with a smile.

"Lian'er, is that you?" Li Dingyue reached out and took the girl's arm: "Why didn't I see you just now? Let's go and talk!"

"Hey, please slow down, my skirt is being pulled!" the girl said quickly. She is the daughter of Wei Xuanzhen, the governor of Yuzhou, her maiden name is Lian'er, and she has known Li Dingyue since they were children. The two women walked aside, and Li Dingyue said with a smile: "Some guys are so annoying, they don't like other people's kindness, and they always say bad things behind people's back!"

"Are you saying that someone just said that Mr. Hu Liang is Dongyi?" Wei Lian'er sighed: "It's not entirely their fault. The last time General Wang led his troops to the west, the price of rice in Chang'an was a thousand dollars per meter. Many people here have suffered a lot, and some even had family members die because of this, so naturally they won’t have any good impressions of Mr. Hu Liang!”

"No way? Will the people here have nothing to eat?" Li Dingyue said in a stunned tone.

"Of course people here will not have food to eat, but does anyone have a few poor relatives? You didn't know it when you were in the palace at that time. I heard from my father that people were robbing with swords in broad daylight on Zhuque Street in Chang'an. My family has Several distant cousins ​​suffered from hunger at that time, and two uncles were killed by thieves, so all of them must be blamed on Mr. Hu Liang’s father!”

"It's like this? I really didn't expect it!" Li Dingyue said in disbelief: "But this can't be blamed on Hu Liang's father, right? He was in Haidong at the time, and water transportation resumed soon after he came back! "

"But it was his men who cut off the water transport at that time! Among them was that Murong Parrot!" Wei Lian'er said: "He has now transformed into a military attache of the Forbidden Army. He is very airy all day long. I don't know how many people hate him. He’s going to die!”

"This -" Li Dingyue was speechless this time. Wei Lian'er saw this and patted the back of her hand: "Forget it, these are all things in the past. Mr. Hu Liang is indeed a good person. Besides, He is your future husband-in-law, General Wang is your future husband-in-law, of course you have to side with them!"

"This -" Li Dingyue's face turned red, and she paused: "Where did you hear this, little girl? Who is going to marry her!"

"The whole Chang'an city knows, and you are still pretending!" Wei Lian'er said with a smile; "I heard about it two days ago. General Wang sent someone to propose to His Majesty on behalf of his son. The gift alone is It’s loaded into ten boats, and the side of the boat is less than two feet from the waterline!”

"You girl, don't just talk about me! You are only one year younger than me, do you want to choose one of my brothers to get married?" Li Dingyue asked with a smile: "For the sake of being a good sister, I will help you match them up! "

"Bah--" The two girls were laughing and joking, already hugging each other, and had long forgotten the sad things they just mentioned. The two chatted and laughed for a while, then returned to the center of the stand. The individual martial arts exercises of the North Gate Forbidden Army have ended, and they have begun to practice larger-scale cavalry operations in small groups. While Li Dingyue was enjoying it, the surrounding discussions began to flow into his ears.