First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 4

Feeling the warm blood on his hands, Gao Chong was stunned when he looked at Liu Shilong, who was dying with regret. It took him a while to recover. He suppressed the discomfort, looked at Gao Junya with a flat face and asked urgently: "If you don't vote for Li Mi, now you only vote for Li Mi. We can vote for Li Yuan, but Liu Shilong belongs to Li Yuan, so what should we do if we kill him?"

Gao Chong understands that he does not vote for Li Mi. After all, eggs cannot be put in one basket, just like Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jin, and Zhuge Dan of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty played for Wei, Shu and Wu respectively. Besides, Gao Chong knows that Li Mi will still be wiped out by Li Tang in the future. , but why kill Liu Shilong?

Gao Junya looked at Gao Chong suspiciously, "You killed people a lot in the past, why are you merciful now? Also, who is Liu Shilong, the head of a village, if you kill him, you will kill him, so how can it affect us to go to Li Yuan? Could it be that keeping him as a whistleblower is not enough?"

Gao Chong was stunned, and immediately understood that he was not used to the change of status and class for a while, and Liu Shilong was just a local merchant, a mere village head, and a low-level official.

And Gao Junya, who was born in the dignified Bohai Gao family, was an official to the fourth-rank general, and had thousands of soldiers in his hands. He was not on the same level as Liu Shilong at all. Li Yuan was not stupid. As for blaming Gao Junya, you must know that Li Yuan tried his best to win over Gao Junya after he took office in Taiyuan.

"Then... In Aye's opinion, what should we do now?" Gao Chong asked, turning his eyes away from the corpse on the ground.

Gao Junya stared and scolded: "You ask me everything, and you still want to rebel?"

Gao Chong hesitated when he heard the words, swallowed his saliva, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Didn't you want to ask Aye for your opinion?" He said, walked to the bedside, took the double mace, felt the weight, the blood The vigor in his bones got up, he waved it a few times, Gao Chong's eyes were serious, at this moment, Gao Chong was completely integrated, and looking at the dead body on the ground, Gao Chong didn't feel so sick anymore.

"Kill Wang Wei, as a certificate of honor", Gao Chong said in a low voice, staring at Gao Junya's reaction as he said, as expected, Gao Junya was not surprised, but there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes, and he took Patting Gao Chong on the shoulder, "This is my unicorn from the Gao family", then he looked at Kaohsiung, "Go and tell Wang Wei, I have something important to discuss", Kaohsiung took orders and went.

"After you killed Wang Wei, you took the heads of these two people back to the city overnight, and brought my handwriting to ask Li Yuan to explain the reason," Gao Junya said while taking a pen and paper.

"Ayana, what about you?"

"I'll go back to the military mansion to gather soldiers and horses," Gao Junya said with a light smile, "Compared to a dead man, Wang Wei, those three thousand soldiers are the greatest honors for my father and son."

"What Aye said is very true. Since ancient times, political power has emerged from the blade. As long as you have the power, you will be respected everywhere." Gao Chong nodded hurriedly. Chong tightly grasped the two maces in his hands, feeling an inexhaustible force in his body.

Hearing these words, Gao Junya, who was writing, was startled, "There is some truth to these words, but I can better ensure your safety and the safety of Grandma Ni by staying outside the city."

Gao Chong was even more impressed when he heard it. In just this moment, his father thought of so many things. Sure enough, a person who can be a fourth-rank military general is not a simple role. Gao Junya is holding soldiers and horses outside the city. Li Yuan In any case, the Gao family will be treated with courtesy.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the door, and Gao Xiong said loudly: "Your Majesty, General Wang is here."

Gao Junya stood up, holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, winked, gulped in understanding, and hurriedly hid behind the door with two maces in hand.

"Brother Gao, why did you invite me here in such a hurry?" Wang Wei didn't have the slightest precaution, he pushed the door open and entered.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Shilong lying in a pool of blood, "This...Liu Shilong? Brother Gao, what do you mean?"

"Liu Shilong is going to inform Li Yuan to ask for credit, but I have already killed him. This is a letter he wrote to Li Yuan. Please read it, Brother Wang." Gao Junya said lightly, and at the same time looked behind Wang Wei, only Gao Xiong shook his head slightly. , indicating that Wang Wei came alone.

"What? Zhiniang thief, how courageous", Wang Wei was furious, and was about to step forward to take the letter, when he heard Gao Junya say: "So I plan to borrow Brother Wang's head and dedicate it to Li Yuan."

Wang Wei was startled, but before he could react, he heard the sound of breaking wind behind him, turned around and wanted to dodge, but the oncoming double mace hit his chest heavily, Wang Wei was not armored at night, Being hit hard by these maces in the chest, he immediately fell backwards, his chest was sunken, he spit out blood, pointed at Gao Chong, his mouth was full of blood foam, and died without saying a word.

Gao Chong was stunned for a moment, looking at the two maces in his hands, he was a little at a loss, his strength is really not small.

"What are you doing in a daze, and you still don't follow the plan?" Gao Junya packed the letter and handed it to Gao Chong, and said to Gao Xiong: "Cut it off and wrap it up." , tore off the sheet and handed it to Gao Chong.

Looking at the bloody package, Gao Chong felt a little nauseous, but Gao Junya acted resolutely, he was already in armor and ready to go out, so he immediately picked up the package and called his relatives to follow him, and went straight to Jinyang City.

The Jinci Temple is more than fifty miles southwest of Jinyang City. Gao Chong practiced martial arts since he was a child and was proficient in riding and shooting. The bumps on the horse's back quickly got used to it. The official road was flat and wide, and Gao Chong galloped with his two relatives on horseback, and arrived outside Jinyang City in less than half an hour.

The gate of the city was closed tightly, and Gao Chong knew that Jinyang City here was completely controlled by Li Yuan.Jinyang Commander Liu Wenjing, Jinyang Yingyang Sima Liu Zhenghui, the two adjutants in Jinyang City, one civil and one military, have already taken refuge in Li Yuan, and the defenders on this tower are all under Li Yuan's command, so Gao Chong immediately rode forward and shouted: He said: "I am Gao Chong, the captain under the command of General Wu Yalang. If I have something important to see Tang Guogong, please open the door."

Coincidentally, Yingyang Sima Liu Zhenghui happened to be patrolling the city here. Hearing Gao Chong's voice, he couldn't help being startled, "Gao Chong? Isn't this kid arranging a prayer for rain outside the city? What are you doing back to the city late at night?" Although he hesitated , but Liu Zhenghui saw that there were only three people in Gao Chong, so he put down the hanging basket and pulled the three of them up.

"You Zhi, what are you?" Liu Zhenghui was a little puzzled.

"Liu Sima, it's too late to say more," Gao Chong said eagerly, "Wang Wei gathered troops outside the city to harm Tang Guogong, but my father and I have already beheaded him. Quickly take me to see Duke Tang."

Liu Zhenghui turned pale with shock, although he had many doubts, seeing that there were only three of Gao Chong, he didn't dare to delay immediately, and took Gao Chong and the three of them straight to Tang Guogong's mansion.

(End of this chapter)