Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 869 Turmoil
Yang Sijian didn't sleep for long when he was awakened by the sound of people outside. He couldn't help but feel irritated. He turned over and sat up from the brocade couch, and shouted to the boy waiting beside the couch: "Go out and see what's going on outside." What's going on? "Why is it so noisy?"

The boy hurried out and came in in a blink of an eye, looking a little frightened: "I'm sorry, sir. There are military lords outside. I'm afraid there are not three to five hundred people. They surrounded the courtyard. They all said that the rewards given by the imperial court were not enough." , I want you to go out and talk! If you don’t go out, they will call in!”

"What?" Yang Sijian was shocked when he heard this, and the sleepiness that had not yet dissipated suddenly disappeared, and he said in shock: "The reward is not enough? How is this possible? Did you hear it wrong, you are a killer, be careful about getting whipped?"

"Ouch!" The young man heard this and shouted that he was wronged: "How dare you do such a thing? Master, if you don't believe it, you can go out and have a look. If there is anything wrong, feel free to accuse the young man!"

Before Yang Sijian could say anything, there was a loud noise from outside, but the courtyard door was knocked open. Then he heard "Yang Shaoqing, come out and give me an explanation!", "Yang Sijian, where are you!", "Hold it quickly, Hugh. Let it run away!" shouts. Yang Sijian knew that he had no way out, so he had to put on his shoes and official robes. He walked out without even putting on his hair crown, and with his hair disheveled, he forced himself to be calm and shouted to everyone in the yard: "This is the important place of Yamen, how important it is. You guys are making noise here, what crime do you deserve?"

The courtyard of the back office is not big, only four to five feet square from front to back. Two to three hundred big men came in at once. Most of them wore futou, sometimes with forehead wipes, and wore round-necked narrow-sleeved robes with leather belts around their waists. , wearing black boots, which was the usual attire of military officers and soldiers at that time. When they heard Yang Sijian using his official airs to scare people, someone immediately said angrily: "You said that we are guilty of making noise in front of the government office. The greedy emperor and I are waiting for him." Rewards, replacing good money with bad money, and replacing good silk with thin silk, what is the crime? "

"Yes, Yang Shaoqing, please give me an explanation!"

"I have been serving the emperor day and night, and yet I dare to interfere with the rewards given to us. How brave I am!"

"Don't scare people with your airs. Why don't you just raise a goddaughter and become the queen? What's so great? Who here has not shed blood or sold his life for Emperor Taizong, but he has to suffer such humiliation! Let me tell you Yang Sijian, if you don’t give us an explanation now, even if you go to the Queen and the Emperor, you will have to give us an explanation!”

"That's right, I've been bullied all over. Is there any way to do this?"

Facing the stormy roar in the courtyard, the courage that Yang Sijian had just managed to gain was suddenly shattered. Of course he knew that the background of the children of the North Gate Imperial Army was extraordinary, and their status was extremely important. If it was true, When it comes to making trouble in front of the Queen, even he, Si Wei Shaoqing, has done it all. He could only hurriedly force a smile and said: "Everyone, everyone, calm down! Calm down! I have no intention of punishing you, but I am just greedy and reward you. Where can I start talking about it? Why don't you all disperse first and wait for me? Let’s go check it out first and I’ll give you an explanation, okay?”

Qu Tucheng hid in the crowd and screamed secretly when he heard Yang Sijian say this. This incident was originally his fault, just to cause trouble and give Princess Taiping an excuse to intervene in the affairs of the North Gate Forbidden Army. If Yang Sijian was allowed to put this matter through, and then conduct a detailed investigation later, he would definitely be involved. He signaled to his best friend next to him, and the best friend understood what he was doing, took out half a bunch of money from his pocket, and pointed at it with all his strength. Yang Sijian threw it over his head and cursed: "This reward money is mixed with an unknown amount of lead. It's as black as your heart. You still want to trick us and come back to trouble us, right?"

"Yes, this guy must be trying to drive us away and then frame us!" Qu Tucheng shouted.

"And this silk, it's almost as thin as paper. I don't know how much benefit I got from it! We can't just let him go!" someone in the crowd shouted.

Before Yang Sijian could react, he was hit on the head by a thrown copper coin and fell to the ground. The servants next to him were frightened when they saw this and hurriedly surrounded Yang Sijian. He was dragged back into the courtyard. The soldiers were still a little guilty at first, but looking at the appearance of the empress's uncle, Si Wei Shaoqing, the original fear disappeared. Someone said loudly: "These mediocre people are here to be our superiors." , It’s really ridiculous, let’s go in together and ask this guy to give me an explanation, or he won’t give up!”

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Taiji Palace, Ganlu Palace.

"Empress, the situation is roughly like this! Please make the decision for me!"

The queen looked at her uncle who was kneeling on the ground with a bruised face, disheveled hair, and disheveled robes. Suddenly, a fire of ignorance rushed straight to her forehead: "These Qiuba are really lawless. They even dare to beat my uncle. This is simply... This is simply—" At this point, she didn't know what to say for a moment. She winked at the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid hurriedly went down to help Yang Sijian up and sit down on the brocade mat next to her.

"Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter!" The Queen suppressed the anger in her heart: "You go to the side hall to rest for a while, I will call Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan and others immediately!"

Soon, Wang Wenzuo and three other people arrived. The queen said with a livid face: "You three, the emperor has no hesitation in handing over the country of Tang Dynasty to the hands of these three. I only hope that the three of you can do justice, the country will be safe, and I will be safe." I can live my life in the palace with peace of mind, but now that the Holy Emperor is still alive, some people don’t take me seriously. If something happens in the future, I will really have no choice but to jump into the Wei River with the child in my arms!"

The queen's words were very serious. Wang Wenzuo, Zhang Wenguan, and Li Yuanjia heard the words and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and declared that they were guilty of death. The queen didn't say anything, she just covered her face and cried bitterly. Wang Wenzuo and the other three people didn't dare to get up, so they could only kneel on the ground and kowtow. After a long while, the queen just sighed: "You three, I asked Yang Sijian to take charge of the North Gate Imperial Army, not because I am partial to my mother's family, but because I am a weak woman. If there are not one or two capable people from my mother's family, many people will be killed." It’s really inconvenient. I didn’t expect that even this matter could not be tolerated. What do you think we should do?”

Among these three people, except Wang Wenzuo, who had some guesses in his mind, the other two were completely baffled. Zhang Wenguan coughed: "Your Majesty the Queen, I really don't know what you are talking about?"

The Queen sighed, waved to the curtain behind the curtain, and said, "Come out? We are all members of our own family, and we don't care about face!"

Yang Sijian walked out from behind the curtain, half-covering his face with his sleeves. King Han could see clearly: "Yang Shaoqing, what's wrong with your face?"

Yang Sijian was a little embarrassed to say it, but the queen said angrily: "Uncle, at this time, why do you care about being shameless? You three, I won't hide it from you, my uncle's face was beaten by his soldiers!"

"Beat by his soldiers?" No matter what they thought in their hearts, Wang Wenzuo and the other three people had a look of shock on their faces. Wang Wenzuo coughed: "Yang Shaoqing, can you tell the whole story from beginning to end!"

Yang Sijian gave a wry smile, and then told him from beginning to end about the incident where the soldiers outside said that the rewards were too short to cause trouble during his nap, and finally said: "You three, I really don't want to give rewards to the soldiers of the imperial army. If there is any lie, , The sky is thundering!" "That's it!" The queen was quite dissatisfied with Yang Sijian's weakness: "General Wang, let's not say that my uncle is not greedy for rewards. Even if he is really moved, can you commit such a crime? I have been in the army for half my life. If I don’t care about this, how can I lead troops to fight?”

"Your Majesty the Queen is right!" Wang Wenzuo replied calmly: "The distinction between superiors and subordinates is the most important thing in the army. Such behavior is really appalling. As I see it, I must severely punish you!"

Seeing Wang Wenzuo's clear attitude, the queen's face looked much better, and she turned to the other two people: "Xiang Zhang and King Han, what do you think?"

"My opinion is the same as that of the general!" Zhang Wenguan said.

"Me too!" King Han said.

Seeing that the three of them agreed to her request so easily, the queen smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, it's settled. The three of them are indeed important to the country, and the Tang Dynasty cannot live without the three of them."

"I don't dare to accept it!" the three of them said in unison.

The queen exchanged a few more pleasantries before letting the three of them retreat. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange. Yang Sijian did not dare to speak and just stood aside with his head bowed. After a while, I suddenly heard the queen say leisurely: "Does this matter really have nothing to do with these three people?"

"Ah!" Yang Sijian was startled: "Do you think the three of them are behind this?"

"It is said that there are three people, but in fact it is only Wang Wenzuo. The other two have already followed his lead!" The queen sneered: "Yes, I do suspect that Wang Wenzuo is behind it. After all, he was in charge of the North Gate Imperial Guard. It is his son Hu Liang. If I let you take charge of the Forbidden Army, I will actually take away his son's military power. He will have a motive. Moreover, he himself, his subordinates, and his son have all been in charge of the Forbidden Army, and they have this ability. Motive, and ability, you said I don't doubt him, who do you think? "

"Then, then -" Yang Sijian was already frightened by the Queen's analysis. He stammered a few words and finally said: "Then why did he say that just now?"

"People like Wang Wenzuo are very deep in the city. Everything they say is false, only what they do is true!" The Queen sighed faintly: "Who in the world knows what he is really thinking? Just now It’s just a play between the king and his ministers. If you take the play as real, it’s your fault!”

"Then you clearly know that he is unwilling to hand over the military power of the North Gate Forbidden Army, so why do you still let me fight with him?"

"Hahaha!" The queen laughed: "Isn't this simple? Now the emperor is hesitant and unable to manage the government. I am the one who lives in the palace, and the prince is young. If the North Gate Imperial Army is not captured, I will still Can you sleep? Have you forgotten how the emperor ascended the throne? How did the late emperor abdicate? "

Hearing this, Yang Sijian trembled: "But, how can I be his opponent?"

"Hey!" The queen sighed: "I also know that uncle, you can't beat Wang Wenzuo, but who else can I use besides you? Besides, the mother is more valuable than the son, and the son is more valuable than the mother. Is it possible that the Yang family has reached this position today? Is there any way out? Either we will be rich or we will be destroyed. Do you think you can survive alone?

Just as Queen Yang said, after Yang Sijian sent her to the palace and established her as queen, the Yang family actually had no way out. Especially after Empress Yang gave birth to a boy, as long as the child was established as the prince and ascended the throne, the Yang family would become relatives, at least in this generation, they would definitely be rich and prosperous; and if Empress Yang failed, Yang Sijian and his family would definitely be destroyed. There was absolutely no chance of survival.

Looking at the bleak-looking Yang Sijian, Empress Yang sighed. Although she knew that this uncle was a mediocre person, she could really trust him at the moment. He was the only one who could get it. No matter how dissatisfied she felt, she could only say a few words of comfort. Continue to use it.

"Uncle, you don't have to worry too much. No matter what Wang Wenzuo thinks in his heart, since he just said that in front of me, he must give me an explanation! After you go back, you should take good control of the North Gate Forbidden Army. At the critical moment , this is the life of us two!"

Princess Taiping Mansion.

"Your Highness, I have followed your original instructions and humiliated Yang Sijian in front of everyone!" Qu Tucheng said with a smile. He described the situation at that time, lest it would not be detailed enough to make Taiping The princess thought that she was in trouble.

"Huh?" Princess Taiping raised her eyebrows when she heard this. She straightened her body and said angrily: "Qu Tucheng, what did you say? When did I tell you to humiliate Yang Shaoqing? Such things can also be messed up. You said that? "

"Ah!" Qu Tucheng didn't expect Princess Taiping to suddenly turn her back and refuse to admit her fault. His face suddenly changed and he quickly knelt down on the ground: "I, when I was——"

"Shut up!" Princess Taiping interrupted Qu Tucheng's excuse: "Qu Tucheng, Yang Sijian is the queen's uncle and the elder of this princess. Whatever happens to him in the Forbidden Army has nothing to do with me. You are talking nonsense here. When outsiders heard the words, they thought it was me who was causing trouble behind my back, but I won’t stop!"

"Yes, yes!" Qu Tucheng had already heard the implication of Princess Taiping's words, and said quickly: "What the princess said is that Yang Sijian's matter has nothing to do with me, let alone the princess! It was just the subordinates who were talking nonsense. Words! Don’t take it to heart!”

Princess Taiping smiled when she heard this: "That's more or less, Qu Tucheng, remember, it's not difficult for you to go to Lianghuai to be the governor, it's just a matter of ticking a pen, but if you talk nonsense, Not to mention the governor, his life is at risk!"