Will Ming

Chapter 540 Four still owes 100 million

On the fourth day of July in the first year of Tang Wude, a group of over [-] guards escorted a declared eunuch to bypass Wang Shichong's territory and enter Dongjun. Heading towards Juyeze, when passing by Lei Ze, he first visited Yuwen Shiji who was stationed here, and after staying in the army for half a day, he went directly to Juyeze under the guidance of the guides sent by Yuwenshiji.

After entering Yanyun Village in Juye Ze, the eunuch named Song Xuhuai refused to go any further.The general of Yanyunzhai who led him asked him why, Song Xuhuai brushed off the dust on his body and said proudly: "I am the imperial envoy who came on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. Since I have arrived at Yanyunzhai, you, King Yan I have to greet you personally, I am here to proclaim the decree, do you want me to go in and find someone by myself?"

General Luo Fu was on duty at the mountain gate that day. He smiled and asked, what kind of greeting etiquette do we need for the envoys of the Tang Dynasty?

Song Xuhuai said proudly: "Hasn't your King Yan received the imperial decree? You still need me to teach you about such things? Naturally, it is to burn incense and worship the case. Let King Yan lead the civil and military officials to kneel in front of the incense case to listen to the decree. I have already delivered the decree. It has been more than a dozen times, why did it happen to you so troublesome, and you have to ask again and again."

He was annoyed that the people in Yanyunzhai didn't know the current affairs, so they didn't give him some red envelopes. After all, when he went to Xu Yuanlang to announce the decree, he made a full 2000 taels of silver. The big house, and then buy a large piece of land to become a rich man.Before he came here, he had heard that Li Xian, King of Yan, was much more respectable than Xu Yuanlang. He had imagined that someone would stuff gold, silver and jewels into his hands as soon as they met. The people in Yunzhai are more shabby and stingy than the other.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he often went to Chang'an to announce the decree.Li Yuan enfeoffed various anti-kings and recruited them to vote in Chang'an. No matter whose territory they went to, Song Xuhuai would always be respected as a distinguished guest.He has gone to many forces, big and small, on both sides of the Yellow River, and there is no one who does not think highly of him.Speaking of which, the Tang Dynasty has a strong national power, and it is basically a matter of course to replace the already extinct Sui Dynasty. Now the only people in the world who can compete with the Tang Dynasty are Youzhou Luoyi, Hebei Dou Jiande, and Jianghuai Du Fuwei. That's all.The reason why Song Xuhuai did not include Li Xian was because His Highness the Crown Prince had entrusted him before he came that King Yan Li Xian was one of his own, and he must not be treated like other people.

It was because of this sentence that Song Xuhuai made a big mistake.

He felt that since King Yan was one of his own, he was a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, and since he was a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally had to follow the rules when receiving the imperial edict.In particular, he had to follow the rules if he didn't get any benefits.

This eunuch who was originally in Jinyang Palace didn't understand at all, nor did he think deeply about what Prince Li Jiancheng meant by his own people.

"Okay, I'm going to invite King Yan now."

Luo Fu hugged Song Xu, then turned and left.Song Xuhuai was a person who retained the dark and dirty temperament of the eunuchs of the Sui Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Daye of the Sui Dynasty, he was the chief servant of the Jinyang Palace, so it was commonplace to accept bribes.Although Li Yuan, Emperor Wude of the Tang Dynasty, set up the official position of eunuch, he also strictly ordered eunuchs not to engage in government affairs or accept bribes, but Yang Guang also said this. If all the eunuchs in the palace say that they are not greedy for money, there is only one An arrogant guy named Wen Jie.

"Mountain village man!"

Song Xuhuai spat, stood on the corridor and cursed in a low voice: "A group of fools who have never seen the world."

Cui Qian, the guard who accompanied him to protect him, frowned. He wanted to persuade Song Xuhuai to be more humble and cautious, but when he saw his disgusting face, he lost interest in talking. He simply led the guards to stand far away. .Song Xuhuai scolded for a while, but naturally felt bored because he couldn't get the support of others.He fantasized to himself, what should Li Xian hint to him when he met Yan Wang for a while, he couldn't come back empty-handed this time.

It took half a day, two full hours, but no one came to talk to them again. Song Xuhuai had been standing on the corridor for so long, his waist was sore and his legs were already numb, and looking at the guards, he didn't care what the decree was. Showing the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, they all sat down on the stones by the roadside, looking a little downcast.

Deceiving too much!

Song Xuhuai stomped his feet fiercely, turned around and went inside by himself.Cui Qian was afraid that he might cause trouble, so he hurriedly beckoned others to follow.After walking more than 100 steps forward, suddenly a group of fine armored warriors came out from the dense forest on both sides to stop him, and the captain at the head asked loudly, "Who is here?"

Song Xuhuai was startled and angered, he reprimanded loudly: "Bold! I am the Imperial Envoy of His Majesty the Tang Emperor! Where is your King Yan, let him come to see me quickly!"

The school lieutenant frowned and said angrily: "What kind of imperial envoy is Xuanzhi? It is a serious crime to break into my Yanyun village with a knife. Come here, take them all!"

The guards behind Cui Qian were about to resist, but Cui Qian waved his hand to signal not to act rashly.Where did Song Xuhuai suffer from this? He was punched twice in the face by the school lieutenant after only a few words of swearing.

At this moment, Luo Fu rushed over and ordered the soldiers to untie Song Xuhuai. He smiled and stepped forward to help Song Xuhuai pat the dirt on his body a few times: "What's going on? Didn't you tell you to wait here? If you break into the barracks at will, if you are shot dead by random arrows from the patrol soldiers of Yanyun Village, wouldn't that be unfair?"

"Where is King Yan? I want to see King Yan!"

Song Xuhuai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and shouted.

"I just went to invite you, and I asked you to wait."

Luo Fu said.

"I've been waiting for half a day!"

"This can't be helped..."

Luo Fu spread out his hands and said, "The King of Yan is not in the lake. If you asked me to invite King Yan, I will naturally invite him. As for when I will be able to invite you back... Who knows?"

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In this way, Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty did not take out the imperial decree to confer Li Xian as the king of Zhao. The furious Song Xuhuai took his people away from Juyeze. I thought that Yuwen Shi and the former son-in-law of the Sui Dynasty would understand some rules, but who would have thought that the gentle and elegant General Yuwen turned his face this time when they first met, and beat Song Xuhuai again for the crime of trespassing on the barracks, and was cold He said with a straight face that if it wasn't for Li Yuan's intention to form an alliance with my King Yan, he would have cut off your head today to establish his military prestige.

Song Xuhuai left the camp in embarrassment, and rushed all the way back to Chang'an with suppressed anger in his heart. He deliberately did not change his clothes, and went to Li Yuan in that ugly torn official uniform. The imperial court said it disrespectful to His Majesty, and then took out the imperial decree that Li Yuan personally used the gold seal, saying that King Yan would ignore it at all.With a gloomy face, Li Yuan called Cui Qian, the accompanying school lieutenant, to inquire. Cui Qian is an honest man, and he did not take sides. big gas.

With a snap, Li Yuan threw the teacup on the table and smashed it hard on the pillar. The fragments of the cup splashed everywhere, and the slightly hot tea splashed a lot on Song Xuhuai's face.

"My great event, I never thought it would be ruined in the hands of an eunuch like you!"

He turned his head sharply, and asked Prince Li Jiancheng in a cold voice: "That's the way you chose people, and you did this!"

Li Jiancheng turned pale with fright, but dared not argue.He knew Li Yuan's temper, the more he defended Li Yuan, the angrier he would be.Furious, Li Yuan picked up the inkstone on the table and threw it out. This strike was extremely accurate, hitting Song Xuhuai's forehead, and immediately smashed his head and blood.I don't know how many people in the palace, Chinese and martial arts, secretly fought in their hearts. His Majesty is actually good at practicing hidden weapons!

"Fork out and chop!"

Li Yuan pointed at Song Xuhuai and shouted: "This eunuch will punish the three clans!"

Li Yuan's anger was so violent that all the civil and military officials in the hall were frightened into silence.Song Xuhuai, who was yelling for mercy and being wronged, was kicked out by the guards of the Golden Palace, and the sound of wailing wafted all the way.Li Yuan also asked the accompanying guards to be punished with twenty sticks, and Cui Qian's captain was stripped off, and he was directly demoted to the head of the corps.

Cui Qian wants to cry but has no tears.

Li Yuan was really angry this time. The situation in Datang is very good now, and most of the anti-kings from all walks of life have taken refuge here, and there are many powerful people like Xu Yuanlang among them.Just because Xu Yuanlang took refuge alone, Datang had an extra 10,000+ army out of thin air, conferring a title, which was much more profitable than fighting a big battle.

He hoped that Li Xian could also be recruited to the banner this time, so that he could form a double-team for Wang Shichong in the Eastern Capital. As long as Wang Shichong was eliminated, there would only be two or three people in the world who would still pose a threat to Datang, but that It’s nothing. After Wang Shichong was destroyed, the Tang Dynasty was included in the Eastern Capital, and then included in Li Xian’s territory. The territory of the Tang Dynasty was almost two-thirds of that of the Sui Dynasty. Why should he care too much?

"His Majesty……"

Sun Shunde, the old minister, leaned over and said: "It seems that we have to choose a capable man to go to Dongping County. It seems that we are going to use troops against Wang Shichong. At this time, we can't force Yanyun Village to the other side. Yanyun Village is located It's too wonderful, it's too beneficial to my Tang Dynasty, it not only involves Wang Shichong's back, but also blocks Du Fuwei's front, so we can't ignore it."

"How could I not know about this? Who would have thought that things would be broken in the hands of an eunuch! If I had known... I should have chosen an important minister."

"Eldest grandson, who do you think is suitable to go to Dongping?"

The elder Sun Shunde's eyes glanced at Li Mi's face inadvertently, which made Li Mi break out in a cold sweat.He was really afraid that his eldest grandson Shunde would not know what to do, so he recommended him to meet Li Xian in Dongping County.He didn't doubt at all that if he went to the Juye Zehui in Dongping County, he would be skinned alive by Li Xian's people.

"Do not shy away from relatives