Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

In Zhonglie Mansion, hundreds of masters holding sharp swords hid in the walls, gritting their teeth and looking at the officers and soldiers outside.

"These inhuman beasts don't even spare an old man of eighty or ninety years old! I can't wait to kill them!"

Tiangang cursed fiercely, jumped off the high wall, walked to Princess Taiping and cupped his fists.

"Your Highness, the secret passage has been opened. Let's go. If it's too late, we won't be able to leave."

Princess Taiping shook her head solemnly, looking at the flag flying over Prince Yan's Mansion with extremely firm eyes.

"I can't leave. My husband has gone through many hardships to get the honor he has today. If we leave, won't we be guilty of treason?"

"Bring the ladder here, I want to go up and talk to the officers and soldiers. After protecting the Fan family for so many years, the Fan family cannot just watch the farmers die tragically under the butcher's knife!"

Tiangang's expression changed slightly, and he immediately knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists.

"Your Highness, please think twice! The imperial court has made it clear that it wants to use the banker to force you to submit. You must not fall into the trap."

"Yes, Your Highness, you must not go out!" A group of experts knelt down to advise.

Looking at everyone in turn, Princess Taiping smiled slightly and said.

"In the past, the consort once said that he did something he knew he couldn't do. This is what a true man is. As his woman, I will never let anyone laugh at me for not being responsible at all in Prince Yan's palace."

"Step aside!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Princess Taiping had made up her mind, Tiangang could only shout and bring the ladder.

The scorching sun was in the sky and the steam was steaming. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Zhang Tao raised his head and glanced at the sun, feeling doubly disappointed.

It's been so long, and there's no movement inside. I'm afraid it won't come out.

"Hmph, all that bullshit Fan Qingtian, the wise king of the Tang Dynasty, is all nonsense!" Zhang Tao said impatiently as he cursed secretly in his heart.

"It seems like the Fan family won't come out. Let's behead these old men."

"Yes, General!" The deputy general clasped his fists and winked at Yulin Wei.

A group of burly Yulin Guards walked up to the banker, raised their butcher knives high, and the sharp blades flashed with light under the scorching sun.

"The general has an order, kill him!"

"The general has an order, kill him!"

As the sergeant shouted violently, the Habayashi guard took a deep breath and slashed at the banker's head.

Just when the blade was about to cut off the dealer's neck, a cold voice sounded.

"stop!"

Seeing Princess Taiping appear on the wall, Zhang Tao was overjoyed and quickly shouted: "Stop!"

Princess Taiping glanced at the banker, whose face was flushed and his beard was trembling. A trace of guilt flashed in his beautiful eyes, and she bowed and bowed.

"I'm sorry, uncles, the Fan family has implicated you."

An old man in his nineties with white hair laughed and said loudly.

Fan Xin’s wife, you don’t have to blame yourself. Without the support of the Fan family, we old bones would have died long ago. "

"Now, thanks to you and the prince, our descendants are prosperous and we all live a decent life. We are satisfied."

"We old bones like us have no way to repay the Fan family for this disaster. We can only stay and accompany the Fan family to be buried!"

"Brother Liu is right, we are not afraid of death, as long as you and the prince are safe!" More than sixty old men shouted.

Seeing that the old guys were talking more and more outrageously, Zhang Tao's face darkened, and he was about to raise his whip to hit them, but unexpectedly a cold voice came.

"If you dare to harm any of these villagers, I, Prince Yan, would rather die to the last person alive than drag you down to the underworld with me!"

Feeling the determination in Princess Taiping's words, Zhang Tao's face turned blue and white for a while, and finally he whipped his whip bitterly, feeling angry.

"Your Highness, you have been surrounded. Come out and surrender if you have the sense, otherwise not only will these bankers die, but you will also suffer a bad end!"

Princess Taiping put her hands in her sleeves and said calmly.

"You can come out, but you must release these innocent bankers first!"

Zhang Tao frowned and sneered again and again: "Your Highness, have you made a mistake? Now the general has surrounded you. What qualifications do you have to bargain?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Princess Taiping's lips.

"Is it?"

After saying that, he raised the cloud-piercing arrow in his hand and shot it into the sky.

With a bang, the signal arrow exploded into brilliant fireworks.

An arrow pierces the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet you!

The next moment, the noisy Luoyang Street fell silent, and then thousands of people put down their work and came to Zhonglie Mansion.

Seeing more and more people blocking Prince Yan's palace, several Yu Linwei generals panicked.

"General, we can't delay any longer. More and more people are surrounding us. If we don't leave, we may start a civil uprising!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tao took a deep look at Princess Taiping and waved his hand: "Let these old things go!"

"The general let them go, what if Princess Taiping doesn't come out?" the deputy general asked worriedly.

"No!" Zhang Tao raised his head and looked at Princess Taiping and said coldly: "If the Fan family didn't even have this bit of credit, there wouldn't be so many people coming to help. Don't you think so, Your Highness?"

Meeting Zhang Tao's questioning eyes, Princess Taiping chuckled.

"Of course, my Fan family's reputation is as high as Mount Tai, how can it be compared to some villains who don't keep their word." After saying that, he walked down the city wall and walked out of the mansion gate.

Wherever he passed along the way, the Twelve Guards of Tiangang, the households of the Fan family, and the people of Luoyang all bowed their heads and paid the highest respect to this righteous woman.

"Now you can go back and do business!" Princess Taiping said calmly.

Looking at the woman under the horse, a complicated look flashed in Zhang Tao's eyes, and then he waved his hand and led the team away from Prince Yan's Mansion.

This is the strongest woman he has ever seen, and you can imagine the shock in his heart.

When he arrived at the main hall of the Daming Palace and signaled the Yulin Guards to retreat, Zhang Tao hesitated and reminded him.

"Your Highness, endure the calm for a while and take a step back to see the sea and the sky. Your Majesty and the princes of the court are waiting for you inside. Come in."

"Thank you!"

Nodding towards Zhang Tao, Princess Taiping walked into the hall calmly.

This was the first time she came to the Daming Palace as a Fan Xin woman, and it was considered a honor to honor her ancestors. Unfortunately, it was also the last time.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn. Li Longji was wearing a yellow robe, pressing the handrails with his hands, looking at her with a majestic look.

Civil and military officials were standing on both sides holding jade guis, their eyes flashing constantly.

"Your Majesty, bring Princess Taiping, the Marquis of Northern Xinjiang!"

"Get out!"

After reporting to Zhang Tao, Li Longji looked at Princess Taiping from top to bottom and saw that she was wearing white plain clothes with a filial piety rope tied around her waist, and frowned slightly.

"Royal Aunt, as far as I know, no one in Prince Yan's residence has passed away. Why are you wearing a mourning cloth?"

"Return to your majesty!" Princess Taiping smiled calmly, her eyes swept over the ministers standing in turn, and the last words she said surprised everyone.

"I, my concubine, are wearing sackcloth and mourning for the justice of the Tang Dynasty!" There was a boom, and the whole hall was in an uproar. Everyone took a breath and looked at Princess Taiping in disbelief.

Her words were clearly satirizing the emperor's ignorance and ignorance. They were too bold, simply too bold!
Guo Yuanzhen and several ministers of the emperor jumped out immediately and loudly accused him.

"How dare you! How dare you curse me that the laws of the Tang Dynasty are dead! Aren't you afraid that the court will punish you!"

"That's right, you are a little princess, how dare you act so arrogantly in the main hall!"

Li Longji waved his hand to stop the ministers, and said to Princess Taiping with a gloomy face.

"Huang Gu, I have a vast universe in the Tang Dynasty, and my laws are arbitrary. A woman like you will never have such an understanding."

"Tell me, did someone behind the scenes instruct you to say this?"

Faced with the questioning looks from everyone, Princess Taiping laughed, flicked her sleeves and said coldly.

"Is what I said wrong? When there was a flood in Luoyang, who was the first to go into the disaster area to save the people of the world?"

"Who went to the Hou Turks alone to bring in reinforcements in order to suppress the Khitan rebel Li Jinzhong!"

"Everyone, the reconstruction of Liangzhou has not been completed yet. It has only been a few years. Have you forgotten it?"

As Princess Taiping shook things out one by one, all the ministers present lowered their heads and didn't know how to answer.

Because she was right, these earth-shattering, ghost-weeping feats were all done by Fan Xin alone.

Based on these merits, they can say that they did not rebel. Even if they did rebel, they could be exempted from the death penalty. Unfortunately, they could not say anything in front of the emperor.

Seeing this, Princess Taiping chuckled lightly, with contempt in her beautiful eyes.

"However, such a great hero who cares about the world ended up having his home confiscated."

"As a just and fair person of the Tang Dynasty, what's wrong with me wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety?"

"This..." The ministers looked at each other, and finally looked at the emperor.

To put it bluntly, this matter was just a matter of great achievement that shocked the emperor and aroused the emperor's murderous intention, but he couldn't say it in public.

After glaring at the ministers, Li Longji looked extremely embarrassed and held the handrail tightly with both hands.

"Royal Aunt, I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so I will naturally know right from wrong. It is true that Fan Xin has made great contributions to the country and the country."

"But it is true that his woman participated in Wu Jizhi's rebellion. How do you explain this?"

Princess Taiping lowered her eyes slightly, with a hint of disappointment in her tone.

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to say at this point. Isn't today's ending exactly what you want?"

Bang!
Li Longji kicked the copper stove over, stared at Princess Taiping in anger, and said coldly.

"Princess Taiping, everything in the world is not the king's land. And the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. I will never wrong a good person, but I will never let a bad person go!"

"Shangguan Wan'er has an inextricable relationship with you. This matter is so important that I must be cautious!"

"Come here, take Princess Taiping to Dali Temple and interrogate her severely!"

"Yes!"

After taking Princess Taiping away, Li Longji coughed and said to everyone.

"My dear friends, the core figure of the Fan family has been captured. What should the court do next?"

Zhang Shougui walked out of the queue and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, Fan Xin attaches great importance to friendship. Once he knows that Shangguan Wan'er and His Highness have been arrested, he will definitely lead an army to Luoyang."

"Wei Chen believes that we must bring back the elite from the west as soon as possible. At the same time, he ordered Shuofang's army to strictly guard the city and wait for reinforcements."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers nodded. They were right. With Fan Xin's temperament, he would definitely lead an army back and force the court to release him.

When the time comes, the two sides will inevitably have a war, and it will depend on whose army is stronger.

Li Longji touched his chin and thought for a while, then looked at Zhang and said.

"What Zhang Jiedushi said is reasonable. Your subordinates will immediately prepare a decree for me and order the five Jiedushi envoys from Hexi, Lunyou, Jiannan, Beiting and Anxi to immediately lead their troops to serve the king."

"I will take this opportunity to eliminate all Fan Xin's forces in one fell swoop!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the ministers fell to the ground and shouted.

After the imperial court sealed up the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce and the Fan family, Luoyang City fell into a brief period of calm, without any news.

However, those who are interested discovered that since then, the number of Shangguan troops in Luoyang's city defense has increased, and the streets are full of guards patrolling back and forth.

It wasn't until a month later that an urgent news broke through the sky and reached Qinzheng Hall.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is calling for Guo Zhiyun, the envoy of Jiedu on the right side, and Li Linfu, the envoy of Northwest Road Disposal, to come to the palace to ask for an audience!"

"What! The two beauties are back!" Li Longji suddenly stood up and asked with surprise on his face.

"Back to Your Majesty, the two of you are currently waiting outside the palace."

"Quickly, please invite your two dear friends to come in. I am worried that there are no generals in Sichuan."

Li Longji has been worried for more than a month. Although he and Fan Xin are enemies, he knows the latter's abilities very well.

That is a military god who can rival Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, and Li Jing. Once such a person leads an army to attack Luoyang, who can be his opponent?

Well now, Guo Zhiyun, who defeated 600,000 Dashi coalition forces in the first battle with Youyou, is back. Now Luoyang is finally safe.

Soon, under the guidance of Gao Lishi, Guo Zhiyun and Li Linfu walked into the Qinzheng Hall. They were about to bow and salute when they were supported by Li Longji, who was deeply moved.

"My dear friends, no courtesy. I have thanked you both for your hard work on our trip to the Western Regions."

Both Guo Zhiyun and Li Linfu were treated with courtesy by the emperor for the first time, and they felt moved and proud.

Guo Zhiyun took a deep breath, clasped his fists and said, "Thanks to His Majesty, I am lucky enough to be back!"

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" Li Longji nodded repeatedly, rolled his eyes and personally took the hands of the two of them and walked towards the Royal Garden, giving instructions.

"Come here, prepare a banquet immediately. I want to have a few drinks with my two beloved ladies."

The meals in the palace were specially prepared, and it didn't take long for exquisite dishes to be put on the table.

Guo Zhiyun was an Anxi person's favorite drinker of beef bone soup. In order to accommodate his beloved general, Li Longji made an exception and allowed beef bone soup to be served in the dining room.

Seeing that His Majesty made an exception for him, Guo Zhiyun stood up and expressed gratitude.

"Your Majesty, how dare I let you break this rule?"

Li Longji laughed and waved his hands indifferently.

"It's nothing but a piece of beef bone soup. Tell me how you defeated the Tibetan and Dashi coalition forces this time."

After hearing the emperor mention this matter, Guo Zhiyun and Li Linfu looked at each other and told the story according to the prepared words.

Especially when the 60,000 Tang troops defeated the 120,000 allied troops, Guo Zhiyun's heart was so excited that all the stars were flying.

But Li Longji didn't care at all and listened with a smile. The more powerful Guo Zhiyun fought, the more confident he became.

At the end, Guo Zhiyun patted his chest and said.

"Your Majesty, General Fan Xin has heard about what happened to you. Don't worry, as long as I have my minister here, even if he has millions of troops, he will never even take a step into Luoyang!"

(End of this chapter)