Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 177 Three Immortals Offer a Cauldron

After the execution of the Fa in the street, the whole city was shaken, and more than 50 members of the Bai family were implicated. Bai Ting's sons were all imprisoned and prepared to be executed if they were involved.

Although the Bai family has declined a lot over the years, it is still a big family. Yang Guang's killing almost killed all the direct members of the Bai family. The Bai family immediately asked for help from the clan members who were officials outside.

What is more worrying than the Bai family is Yuan Xiaoju.

At this time, Yuan Xiaoju was under house arrest in his own house. The huge mansion was surrounded by troops. Yuan Xiaoju could not get out, and others could not enter.

Yuan Xiaoju's wife was circling anxiously and angrily: "Husband, what does His Highness the King of Jin want to do? Why should he put you under house arrest? What power does he have? Even if he is the King of Jin, he has no right to put you under house arrest. Ah, the army in Luoyang City has rebelled, and is it so controlled by him?"

Yuan Xiaoju's eyes were sinister but he was not in a hurry: "Why are you anxious? It's the King of Jin who should be worried about making such a big noise. The little King of Jin is so self-righteous."

"Husband, why do you think those few people in the Luoyang City Management Army are so cooperative with Prince Jin when they don't even give you much respect?"

Yuan Xiaoju rubbed his hand on the handle of the chair and smiled disdainfully: "They don't listen to me because of His Majesty's orders."

"Your Majesty's order?"

"You are a woman, so it is reasonable for you not to understand. I am the Prime Minister of Luoyang. I am in charge of the military and political power in name. But Luoyang was the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the aristocratic families are intertwined. How can Your Majesty safely hand over the general power to me? , so power is decentralized. In fact, the person in charge of Luoyang's military power in these years has been His Majesty himself. His management over the years has allowed King Jin to get an advantage this time, and he has controlled Luoyang's army with the false title of a great commander in the world. "

Yuan Xiaoju's eyes were full of dissatisfaction: "Huh, a bunch of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, they really think that King Jin is the great Sima of the world. The Pushan County Duke's flattering look before, now I think it has been premeditated."

"Husband, Your Majesty is guarding you!"

"It would be strange not to be on guard. A person like your Majesty is as talented as Cao Cao and is no less suspicious than Cao Cao. It's just that his superficial skills are better than Cao Cao's."

Yuan Xiaoju's wife was thinking again: "What should we do? What should we do? If this continues, will King Jin order someone to come in while it's dark? The guards in our house can't stop King Jin. elite soldiers."

"Huh? Come in, he is the person who least wants me to die now. If I die, he will still rebel. The most I have committed is a salary penalty. If he kills me, he will put His Majesty in a dilemma. He didn’t dare to kill me.”

Although Yuan Xiaoju said this, his wife was still very worried. Yuan Xiaoju ordered people to summon the retainers of the house to discuss.

A few people sat down, and now the house was surrounded by the army. Some of the guests were panicked. Yuan Xiaoju directly told such people to get out and cursed: "This is a big deal, and you are so panicked. If you want to What's the use of you, get out."

The people who stayed behind saw that Yuan Xiaoju was in a bad mood, and someone immediately said: "Yuan Zhongzai, the situation is critical now. We must first find a way to send someone out to contact His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty."

"Don't worry, King Jin Gao has made so much noise about this matter. He must first spread the news to His Majesty himself. If he doesn't pass it on, it may change by the time it reaches His Majesty's ears. If he doesn't pass it on, If so, his behavior can be regarded as treason."

"But His Highness Prince Jin's style of doing things is unpredictable, and anything can happen. For example, we never expected that Prince Jin would kill Magu and Bai Ting in that way at the entrance of the school on the opening day of the school, and how dare he Privately manipulating the army to surround you in the house, such behavior is really difficult to think of His Highness the King of Jin in ordinary people's terms."

The words of this retainer gave Yuan Xiaoju a new perspective. It was not feasible to think about King Jin's behavior according to normal people's ideas. He dared to kill people and put him under house arrest before, which was already unreasonable.

Yuan Xiaoju immediately ordered: "Let everyone in the backyard gather together and let the madam make arrangements. The servants will guard the outside. If any sneaky people appear, they will take action directly."

Yuan Xiaoju's expression became solemn again: "The King of Jin did what he did today. The school was put in a position by him, and I was also put in a position by him. I believe that Master Wang will not let it go, but contact him now. Not Master Wang, otherwise, according to His Majesty’s level of trust in Master Wang, I believe that Master Wang’s copy of this book will be more effective than mine.”

At this time, Yuan Xiaoju still didn't know that Wang Long was Yang Guang's helper. During the interrogation in front of the school, he still felt that Master Wang had been deceived by Yang Guang.

"Motsuka Zai, you should make more plans."

Yuan Xiaoju stood up, walked away, thought for a long time and said: "It is impossible for him to kill me. Even if his behavior is unpredictable, he cannot kill me. He cannot afford the price of killing me."

"If someone comes, go to the door and inform the military personnel that I have something to see His Royal Highness, Prince Jin."

"Motsuka Zai, what are you doing?"

"I have to talk to him. King Jin's matter is too big this time. I have been thinking about it for a long time. I don't think he can stop it. He put me under house arrest to prevent me from giving unfavorable news about him to His Majesty and the Crown Prince. Your Highness, I’m curious now what he plans to do?”

Yuan Xiaoju laughed darkly.

"But if Motsuka Zai is like this, shouldn't he not communicate with His Highness Prince Jin? Let him come to the door himself."

Yuan Xiaoju's expression became solemn again: "Theoretically, this should be the case, but as you said just now, the King of Jin is uncertain in his actions. He may not be able to come to power in the end, but he is really evil and courageous, so meet him first. Hold him still."

"Huh, he's just a teenager with a hairless mouth. Although I got his way and I admit defeat in this matter, he did things without worrying about the consequences. Even if something goes wrong this time, he himself will suffer. Get in."

……

After putting Yuan Xiaoju under house arrest, Yang Guang immediately sent someone back to Daxing City to tell the emperor everything in detail, and then he sat down and closed his eyes to think.

Yuan Tiantian came over with tea: "Your Highness, let's have a cup of tea first." "Tiantian, you didn't agree with what I did today, but I did it anyway. Do you think I'm impulsive?"

Yuan Tiantian put down the teapot: "Your Majesty, I can only give you suggestions and don't dare to speak nonsense."

Yang Guang smiled: "You are so bold that you don't dare to say anything."

"Well, now that the matter has come to this, it is no longer useful to talk about what happened before. What is Your Highness going to do next?"

"What do you think I should do?"

Yuan Tiantian thought for a while and said: "His Highness Yuan Xiaoju is under house arrest and now controls the military power in Luoyang. However, His Highness has no actual experience in commanding the army. The army in Luoyang City is not his direct descendant. The longer the time goes on, the higher the probability of something uncontrollable happening." The higher it is, so now His Highness should be thinking of speeding up Luoyang's return to normal."

"Well, you are right. After all, this army is not my own army. I just took the title of Da Sima. The army controller must also have Xiao Jiujiu in his heart now. We can't let things ferment for too long, and we can't let Luoyang City chaos."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Tomorrow morning, we will behead all the people involved in this matter in the Bai family, and then we will start to calm down the situation and lift Yuan Xiaoju's house arrest. Unfortunately, this matter will not be able to bring down Yuan Xiaoju."

"His Highness spoke out for the people of the Sui Dynasty and told the world that it is extremely difficult to act in accordance with the Emperor's Law. Yuan Xiaoju is cunning and cunning. This matter has put him far away. It is naturally difficult to catch him."

Yang Guang lamented: "It would be great if Yuan Xiaoju had a temperament like my elder brother. Even if he has a good plan, there will definitely be flaws in the execution and he is eager for quick success."

"Your Highness, how can everything go so smoothly? It is extremely lucky to meet a person like His Highness the Crown Prince."

Yang Guang nodded: "That's right."

Then he asked: "Do you think my father will do this to me?"

"This... slaves dare not say."

"Speak straight."

"I feel that Your Majesty will not punish His Highness. Even if there is punishment, it will be very light. There may even be rewards."

Yang Guang said with amusement: "Why do you think so?"

"Are you going to listen, Your Highness?"

Just as Yang Guang was about to speak, Wang Yi came in and said, "Your Highness, news has just arrived. Yuan Xiaoju's residence has said that they would like to invite you to come and have a briefing."

"Yuan Xiaoju invited me, but did you tell me why?"

"I didn't say anything, and I didn't say anything else. I just asked you to come over and have a talk."

Yang Guang thought for a while and said: "Well, you go and reply to them first. I will go there tonight and monitor Yuan Xiaoju's house at the same time. Don't let anyone out."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Wang Yi walked out, and Yang Guang continued to ask Yuan Tiantian: "Go on, I am good at making my own decisions. Why do you think my father will not punish me?"

"Please promise, Your Highness, that you will never punish me, scold me, or hit me."

Looking at Yuan Tiantian's appearance, Yang Guang rarely smiled knowingly in the past few days: "Why do you sometimes look so scheming, and sometimes you have the heart of a child."

"I don't care. Your Highness must make a promise before I dare to say anything."

Yang Guang could only say: "Okay, okay, I promise not to scold you, hit you, or punish you."

When Yuan Tiantian was about to speak, he hesitated for a while, looked at Yang Guang's face, and finally spoke.

"Your Highness, please worry about His Majesty's Three Immortals Offering the Cauldron."

Hearing this, Yang Guang had no expression on his face and looked directly at Yuan Tiantian, which made Yuan Tiantian feel scared.

Yang Guang stood up and strode towards Yuan Tiantian. Yuan Tiantian said in a panic: "Your Highness, Jun Wuyan, you said you won't scold me, don't hit me, don't punish me."

Yang Guang stopped in front of Yuan Tiantian and carried Yuan Tiantian on his shoulders: "Yeah, I won't scold you, I won't beat you, I won't punish you."

Yuan Tiantian's face turned red: "Then, Your Highness..."

(End of this chapter)