First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 57
55. Hidden secrets
Hearing that his father was quoting scriptures here, Gao Chong rolled his eyes, shook his head and laughed, "Aye, you should go to the Imperial College to be a master. It's too low for beating and killing."

Gao Junya didn't react much when she heard the words, she didn't stare at him, but kept wiping Chang'an with inexplicable emotions, and sighed quietly, "Your grandfather died for the Sui Dynasty...".

Gao Chong was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly interrupted: "Aye, your thoughts are unacceptable. You must be firm in your political stance. Violent Sui has no morals. I believe that if grandfather is still alive, he will also support your and my decision."

Gao Junya waved his hand, "You think too much, I just think that I will see Chen Shuda tomorrow, so I can't help but feel a little bit sentimental." He hesitated for a while and asked, "Do you know how your grandfather was martyred?"

Gao Chong shook his head, "You never told me this."

"Your grandfather was a brave general back then, and with this horse, he was quite prestigious." Gao Junya stroked the horse, and continued: "I was 17 years old, and I was ordered to capture the Nanchen clan with your grandfather. Guang intends to forcefully marry Zhang Lihua, the favorite concubine of Empress Chen.

Your uncle remonstrated: "King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Yin and Shang Dynasties and killed Daji. Now that the state of Chen has been subdued, he should not marry Zhang Lihua." Then he ordered your grandfather to execute Zhang Lihua. Later, he heard that your grandfather was attacked by the Southern Chen Imperial Army. Because of this, my grandfather died in battle in the Nanchen Forbidden Palace."

Gao Chong was dumbfounded when he heard that, so his grandfather died because of Zhang Lihua.

"I heard that I was..." Wasn't my father with his grandfather at the time? Gao Chong was a little puzzled. Gu Quan, this is the relationship between my Gao family and Nan Chen."

Gao Chong also didn't know how to describe it. On the one hand, Gao Jiong followed Yang Guang to destroy the Chen Kingdom, which was a great enemy for destroying the country; Gao Jiong sent people to kill Concubine Zhang of Nan Chen, on the one hand, Gao Junya's father was martyred because of this, it was really complicated, no wonder Gao Junya always felt that something was wrong when mentioning Nan Chen.

The next day, the Tang army reorganized their troops and lined up outside Zhengping City. When the black clouds overwhelmed the city and threatened to destroy it, the armor light opened to the Japanese golden scales, which was truly mighty.

Gao Junya held a horse spear and rode forward, only a few dozen steps to the bottom of the city, "I will see you when Chen Shuda leaves the city."

The voice fell, and there was a commotion in the city.

When Chen Shuda came to see the people under the city, he couldn't help being surprised, "Why is he here?"

Pei Shiqing on the side immediately asked after hearing the words: "Who is he? Do you need to shoot an arrow to drive him away?"

"Don't shoot the arrow", Chen Shuda said hurriedly, and then looked to the left and right, "The people outside the city are my old friends, please also ask the governor of Pei County to open the city, and I will go out of the city to talk about it."

A gleam flashed in Pei Shiqing's eyes, he looked at Chen Shuda, "Zicong, please do what you want", and then gave the order to open the city.

Chen Shuda bowed deeply, and then walked out of the city quickly.

The city gate creaked open, and Chen Shuda came out of the city alone.

"Junya, don't come here without any problems." Chen Shuda hurried forward, his face a little excited, "Why are you in Li Yuan's camp? By the way, you were left behind in Taiyuan as the vice-deputy, presumably you were persuaded to surrender by Li Yuan?"

Gao Junya looked at Chen Shuda with a complicated expression, then shook his head, "It's not about persuading him to surrender, but I took the initiative to defect... Zicong, I know everything about that year."

Chen Shuda was shocked when he heard it, "You...you know all about it?"

Gao Junya was stunned when she heard the words, and the veins in the hand holding Ma Qian were exposed. She closed her eyes, sighed for a long time, and then looked at Chen Shuda, "If I don't ask, how long are you going to keep it from me?".

Chen Shuda was ashamed when he heard the words, Gao Junya continued: "So you should know why I am here, and you have no reason to be loyal to this violent Sui."

Chen Shuda remained silent for a long time, then looked at Gao Junya and said softly, "I won't have to worry too much if I meet you here, and I will bestow this merit on you."

Gao Junya nodded, then rode away without saying a single unnecessary word.

"How? Is Chen Shuda willing to surrender?" Seeing that Gao Junya returned so quickly, Li Yuan was very curious and asked hastily.

Gao Junya nodded, "I am willing to surrender."

Li Yuan and others were overjoyed when they heard the words, "Did Chen Shuda say how to act?"

Gao Junya shook his head, "Mr. Tang, please wait for the good news." Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Gao Junya explained: "Chen Shuda has both talents and virtues. Since he said his willingness to surrender, he will definitely be able to dedicate the city. Please wait at ease." ,
Seeing that Gao Junya was so confident, she seemed not very interested, and it was difficult for everyone to ask more questions.

After returning to the camp, Gao Junya's face was gloomy and depressed, Gao Chong was startled when he came in, "Aye, you...".

"I saw Chen Shuda just now and verified my conjecture." Gao Junya raised his head and looked at Gao Chong with a serious face while talking, "When I see Yang Guang someday, I must kill him with my hands."

Gao Chong was startled when he heard this, "Aye, what's going on? I'm a little confused."

It was rare to see his father so gaffe that he wanted him to kill Yang Guang, but he remembered that Yang Guang died in Jiangdu according to the original trajectory.

"I'm not confused," Gao Junya said with a self-deprecating smile, "Yang Guang sent me as his confidant in vain, and sent me to monitor Tang Gong. It really is the emperor's mind."

The more Gao Chong listened, the more confused he became. Gao Junya covered his face, looking a little pained.

"When your grandfather was martyred, I was still outside the Nanchen Palace. When I saw it again, it was just a corpse. Later they told me that it was the Nanchen Imperial Guard who counterattacked and killed your grandfather. Doubt, Chen Houzhu was captured alive while hiding in the dry well, so there are no loyal Southern Chen guards."

Hearing this, Gao Chong was also breathing heavily, and clenched his fists tightly, only to hear Gao Junya continue to say: "It's just that there has been no evidence all this time, and your uncle also insisted on this statement, let me not think too much, and then he was so confused for dozens of years." Years ago, until a few days ago, I captured Yang Zichong alive, and when Yang Zichong was mocking me, he inadvertently slipped the tongue, and today I intentionally tricked Chen Shuda, and it really didn't happen."

Gao Chong was furious when he heard it, and he could guess the general idea by combining the before and after, he gritted his teeth and said, "So it was my grandfather who was ordered to kill Zhang Lihua, whom Yang Guang was thinking about, and then Yang Guang killed his grandfather in anger?"

Gao Junya nodded painfully.

"Then why didn't uncle seek justice?" Gao Chong was indignant, and said loudly: "Grandfather followed his order to kill Zhang Lihua, how could he turn a deaf ear to it and be his Duke of Qi with peace of mind."

"Shut up", Gao Junya scolded Gao Chong angrily, "If your uncle hadn't pretended to be ignorant, do you think there is still a way for me to survive? Maybe I would have been killed by that stupid king long ago."

Gao Chong calmed down a little after hearing the words, but he still couldn't calm down for a long time. After all, although his biological grandfather had never met, Gao Chong still couldn't accept it because of the influence of his original body. That stupid king did harm.

(End of this chapter)