First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Hearing Pang Xiaotai's words, Pang Xiaojie immediately understood, but he still disagreed in his heart.

Pang Xiaotai saluted and knelt down, which could be said to have forced Gao Chong to express his position, but Gao Chong still claimed to deal with it impartially. This made the Pang brothers hate Liu Yanchang deeply and at the same time, they were also a little uneasy.

After all, the Liu family came from a famous family and were Han Chinese, and they were officials. If Gao Chong ignored them, or even supported the Liu family, what should they do?

Seeing that his second brother's face was gloomy and uncertain, Pang Xiaotai could only comfort him and said: "It's useless to think too much now. The top priority right now is to entertain Gao Jinglue well. You can make the arrangements yourself."

Pang Xiaojie stepped down in response.

In a spacious and clean house, after Gao Chong took a bath and changed clothes, he lay comfortably on a soft couch. All his guards were in the front yard, and only Tian Yangming and four teenagers were around him.

"Brother You, what are you going to do with the Liu family?" Tian Yangming asked curiously, looking at Gao Chong as if nothing had happened.

The two were similar in age and had a good relationship in private, so they called each other by name.

"What?" Gao Chong shook his teacup and pondered to himself. When he came to his senses, he laughed and said, "Who said I was going to deal with the Liu family?"

Tian Yangming was stunned when he heard this, then he looked around and made sure that there were guards from the Jinglue Mansion outside the house. Then he whispered, "Aren't you going to support Pang Zi?"

Gao Chong glanced at him and said angrily: "The support must be justified and supported. Do you know the specific situation now?"

Tian Yangming shook his head blankly.

"If you don't know the specific details, how can you support me?" Gao Chong glanced at him, "Remember, if there is no investigation, you have no right to speak. When we go to Bobai City tomorrow, we will investigate clearly and we will make a fair decision."

Tian Yangming scratched his head and asked in surprise: "Pang Zi has contributed a lot, you really don't intend to be partial."

Gao Chong was noncommittal.

Pei Xingjian, who was behind him, also spoke out: "If Pang is innocent, I can be biased. It's just that Pang Ancheng made a big gift just now to force Master to express his position. I always feel that something is wrong."

Before Gao Kan and Tu Dijin could react, Xue Rengui's eyes lit up and he nodded: "I don't think it's right either. Master has already stated that he will investigate, but Pang Ancheng went too far."

Gao Chong looked at the two people in surprise, nodded and praised: "Yes, you can see that, although Pang Ancheng has a kind personality, he is definitely not an easy person to deal with and has many thoughts."

Seeing that Tian Yangming was still a little confused, Gao Chong said directly: "Don't worry about Ziguang. Of course I won't treat them badly, but don't listen to one side or the other."

Tian Yangming nodded confusedly.

At this time, the guard at the door came to report: Pang Xiaojie wants to see you.

Gao Chong just smiled and immediately stood up to greet him. He walked to the door and scolded the tall man, "This is the Pang family. There is no reason for a host to ask for a guest. Don't be so rude in the future."

Then he walked towards Pang Xiaojie with a smile and said, "An Yi, please come in quickly."

Pang Xiaojie, whose courtesy name was Anyi, was flattered when he heard this. He hurriedly paid homage and said, "I don't dare to bother Jinglue to welcome him personally. Jinglue invites you first."

After everyone sat down, Pang Xiaojie smiled and said: "It's still early before dark, and my brother is preparing a dinner in the village. I'm afraid that the manager and everyone else will be bored in the house, so he asked me to be a guide and show him around the village." It’s also a good way to pass the time by looking at the folk customs and scenery.”

Hearing this, Gao Chong looked to the left and right and laughed, "That's what I meant, so I'll have peace of mind."

"I'd like to invite you." Pang Xiaojie was also happy and bowed to invite him.

"Let's go together, go together," Gao Chong stood up, straightened his clothes, and said with a smile behind his hands.

Pang Xiaojie immediately led Gao Chong and others out of the house and walked in Yunfei Mountain.

The sun sets over the west mountain, and the golden sunset falls on the mountain. It is really a beautiful scenery.

While everyone was walking, Pang Xiaojie introduced that the Pang family had been camping in Yunfei Mountain since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Up to now, all the people in the village had the surname Pang, about 2000 people. In the entire Baizhou, the Pang family members were from various streams. There were more people in the villages, some Xidongs had only one or two hundred people, so they all recommended Pangzi as the chief of the Baizhou Liao people.

When we came to the back mountain, we saw a large cave with many people inside. Many people were busy having dinner. When they saw Pang Xiaojie, they all said hello.

"Second uncle, can I go to the banquet tonight?" At this time, a boy about seven or eight years old led two little boys and came to the front excitedly and asked. The two little boys were only three or four years old. He looked curiously looking at Gao Chong and others.

"Where are you going?" Pang Xiaojie scolded with a frown: "Go into the cave quickly and let your eighth uncle arrange it."

Then he smiled sheepishly and said, "Jinglue is determined, but the child is naughty."

Hearing the boy calling him Uncle Pang Xiaojie, Gao Chong was moved and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"

"These three kids belong to my eldest brother's family. They are still young and ignorant."Pang Xiaojie said hurriedly, and then glared at the boy.

The boy seemed to understand, his face turned pale, and he quickly bowed and left.

"Looking at how young your eldest brother is, he already has three children," Gao Chong said with a smile.

"I don't know about these three, but there are three others who are still young and can't walk," Pang Xiaojie said with a grin.

Gao Chong clicked his tongue in admiration and secretly admired him.

Originally, in history, the 61-year-old Pang Xiaotai led his thirteen sons to death in battle, which has been passed down for generations. Unexpectedly, he already has six sons, and there should be more in the future.

"What is this cave?" Gao Chong and others came closer and found that it was a huge natural cave. It was very big inside. A fire had been lit for lighting. Children were running and playing inside, and a woman was busy with dinner.

"Our Pang family ancestors first lived in this cave, and my eldest brother and I were both born in this cave," Pang Xiaojie said.

Gao Chong nodded slightly and said with a smile: "This cave is amazing, it has trained good generals like Xian Kunzhong."

Pang Xiaojie was a little surprised when he heard this. He waved his hands and said humbly: "I don't dare to praise him so much."

"Does this cave have a name?" Gao Chong turned to look at Pang Xiaojie.

Pang Xiaojie paused and shook his head blankly, "There is only one cave in Yunfei Mountain and it has no name."

"Then I think it's better to name it Jiangjun Cave," Gao Chong said decisively, "It can also encourage your two brothers to work hard."

Pang Xiaojie was stunned at first, and then thanked him with great joy, "Mr. Baizhou Pang, thank you so much for the name Jinglue."

"My calligraphy is pretty good. Thanks to the Shilin Prize, it's called Gao Ti." Gao Chong put his hands behind his hands and said with a smile, "I'll write three characters in handwriting when I get back later. You can send a craftsman to carve it on Dongbi."

Pang Xiaojie was overjoyed and thanked him again.

While visiting Jiangjun Cave, Gao Chong saw a child holding a woman's hand and holding his mouth shut and said, "Auntie, I want to go back and live there. I don't want to live in a cave."

"My son is a good boy," the woman held the child in distress, "The distinguished guest will leave tomorrow and we will go back tomorrow."

When Gao Chong heard this from a distance, his face darkened. He pointed at the women and children in the cave and asked, "An Yi, what's going on?"

At this time, they also noticed that something was wrong. Although the people in the cave were busy, but a closer look revealed that there was something unusual. For example, some women were still waiting for the stove, and some people were still looking for a place to make beds.

Pang Xiaojie's expression changed and he smiled, "It's okay. Ignore the manager. Come, I'll invite you here. The dinner should be ready..."But while Pang Xiaojie was talking, he saw Gao Chong's face was gloomy, and he didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said directly: "Jing Lui calmed down, there are not many houses in the village, so we had to temporarily move the clan members to the cave for the night. It doesn't matter. We used to live in this cave."

It turns out that this is the case. No wonder Pang Xiaojie promised to arrange the guards properly when he saw the village was busy earlier. It turned out that they were arranged like this.

"Gaoda", Gao Chong said in a deep voice: "Send the order, all personal followers, exit the house, camp in the open space in the mountain, execute it immediately".

After hearing this, the tall man who stayed behind immediately went down to deliver the order.

"Jing Lue, it really doesn't matter..." Pang Xiaojie looked stunned.

"Let all the people go back to their homes immediately," Gao Chong looked at Pang Xiaojie and said word by word.

Although Pang Xiaojie's behavior was very normal in this era, Gao Chong was unwilling to accept it. He kicked the host out and let the guests stay. There was no such logic in the world.

Seeing that Gao Chong insisted on this, Pang Xiaojie had no choice but to obey and immediately passed on the message.

"My house?" Gao Chong looked at Pang Xiaojie.

Pang Xiaojie hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Jing Lue, it was originally used as a guest room to entertain guests."

Gao Chong then nodded and gave up, "It's getting late, let's go back."

After returning to the banquet hall, everyone took their seats.

Pang Xiaotai looked at Pang Xiaojie who was silent and was a little surprised, but it was not easy to ask him face to face.

Gao Chong took the initiative to bring this matter up and said seriously: "An Cheng, An Yi, the imperial court has great goodwill towards you and the people. I sincerely hope that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. I accept your kindness. It's just that the people live in caves." If you give up your own house, you will feel resentful to some extent. Doesn’t this ruin the harmonious atmosphere between the military and the civilians?"

After hearing this, everyone was deeply impressed. Pang Xiaotai glared at Pang Xiaojie and felt very ashamed, "That's what Jing Lue said."

Pang Xiaojie could only lower his head and lower his eyebrows in response. There was no doubt that this move was his own and Pang Xiaotai did not know about it.

Fortunately, Gao Chong didn't seem angry, and the following dinner was still enjoyable. As Pang Xiaotai said before, there were no extravagant and exquisite dishes, only some local delicacies, but Gao Chong and others still ate The mouth must be full of oil.

When he returned to his residence, Gao Chongping retreated. Not long after, a man dressed as a guard knocked on the door and came in.

"Why aren't you avenging what happened in Baizhou?" Gao Chong asked in a deep voice when he saw this man.

The man hurriedly bowed down and said, "After a while, the Wei Feng Guards in Lingnan are short of manpower. Most of them have followed Huan Lang to Guangzhou, and the rest are scattered in Qinzhou, Gaozhou and other places. Baizhou has no arrangements."

Gao Chong frowned and sighed.

Since entering Lingnan, he has mostly relied on Wei Feng Guard. In Hepu City, Wei Feng Guard secretly contacted Mo Zhongwen and made many great achievements. This made Gao Chong increasingly dependent on Wei Feng Guard.

Now that something happened in Baizhou, he immediately sought out the Wei Feng Guards. However, in this land of Lingnan, the Wei Feng Guards were weak after all. There were only a few hundred people, and it was difficult for them to spread across more than 100 states. Moreover, before that, there was no existence in Baizhou. Feeling that Wei Fengwei's focus will naturally be on other major states.

"Get up," Gao Chong waved his hand and said, "I don't mean to blame you. After setting off tomorrow, you will lead your headquarters to leave the team midway and secretly investigate Shuiming Liu. As soon as there is any news, report it immediately."

"Yes," the man responded immediately, bowed and retreated.

At the same time, Bobai City was thirty miles away to the north of the mountain.

In the back office of the Governor's Mansion, a man with a white face and a short beard stared at the man in front of him in horror.

"You, are you really right?" The short-bearded man's throat rolled, and he couldn't believe it.

There was a man standing bowed in the hall. Hearing this, he had a determined look on his face, "General, I'm really right about the humble position. I really entered Yunfei Mountain with the tall banner."

The short-bearded man's face suddenly turned pale, and he leaned on the soft couch weakly, "How could it be possible? How could the Pang family flatter the superior?"

This man was none other than Liu Yanchang, the commander of Shuiming Military Mansion. He had killed Baizhou Sima Pang Pangji a few months ago and led his army to Bobai City.

After a long time, seeing this man still stuck in the hall, Liu Yanchang couldn't help but get angry and said, "Get out and explore again."

The man was too busy and resigned.

Liu Yanchang's face was changing, and he kept pacing in the hall. He didn't know how to deal with it after thinking about it, so he could only stamp his feet and curse: "I am suppressing the rebellion, what can he do to me...".

However, Liu Yanchang also knew that this was just self-narcosis. After a little while, he was equivalent to the King of Lingnan. If he supported the Pang family, then the Liu family would really be at the end of the road.

Thinking of this, Liu Yanchang couldn't help but feel cruel in his heart: Pang Xiaotai followed Ning Daoming to rebel, and now the economic envoy is involved with him. The economic envoy is also suspected of treason. If this is the case, then I will lead the army to put down the rebellion...

The more Liu Yanchang thought about it, the more excited he became, because the spies had just reported that the guards only had more than a thousand people, so if they were lured into the city... After thinking about it carefully, it was really feasible.

However, Liu Yanchang was also a little worried. He heard that the strategist was deeply trusted by the saint, but then he thought about it and said that he saw the strategist in the rebel formation and beat him as a traitor, and the saint would not do it. The blame will be reduced because of this. After all, the saint will not tolerate the suspicion of rebellion by the manager.

Liu Yanchang was the only one in the hall, and his face looked uncertain under the candlelight.

Qianzhou, Pengshui County, Post Office.

Tian Shikang, the governor of Qianzhou, looked at the sleeping old man on the bed with his arms and was filled with emotion.

The life of a human being and the autumn of the grass and trees are so short. Even if you have the power for a while and cover the sky with one hand, in the end you will die and disappear.

"Your husband really has no other instructions?" Tian Shikang came back to his senses and looked at the sturdy figure standing by and asked.

This man was in his second year of high school, and the dying old man on the bed was Ning Changzhen, the former great chief of the Ning clan who was famous in Lingnan and the governor of Qinzhou.

Hearing Tian Shikang's words, the second grade student smiled bitterly and said, "When I returned to Tian, ​​Governor Tian really didn't have any instructions. He just ordered me to rush to Chang'an within half a month."

Tian Shikang twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at Ning Changzhen's sallow appearance, and said with his lips: "Do you need a doctor?"

The sophomore scratched his head. He really didn't know how to decide, so he could only say, "It will be fine with Governor Tian's arrangement."

Tian Shikang smiled and scolded: "Your husband is very clean."

In the second year of high school, I just laughed.

"Well, after all, he is not guilty yet. Let's find a doctor for him first." Tian Shikang hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Then tomorrow, you, you should rush on your way."

Tian Shikang felt that he was wasting his time, and he felt helpless at Gao Chong's move.

Ning Changzhen fell ill in Qianzhou. If he didn't call a doctor, it would be unjustifiable. After all, Ning Changzhen was not a sinner. He went to Beijing to defend himself, but if he was left for treatment, it would go against Gao Chong's original intention.

As for what the original intention is, it can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

Asking a doctor for treatment now and expressing friendship as colleagues can be regarded as forming a good relationship with the Ning family of Qinzhou. As for continuing the journey tomorrow, that is Gao Chong's arrangement. If he unfortunately dies on the road, he cannot be blamed on the Qianzhong Tian family.

My head is spinning, who am I?where am I?What am I going to do?