Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 51 Chaos Soldiers
It's still comfortable in the imperial dining room, where Sun Xiangfu has the highest official rank, and everyone looks at him with admiring eyes. Sun Xiangfu is secretly happy, and directs a group of cooks in the imperial dining room to make tofu.

Da Nei's resources are abundant, not comparable to Sun Xiangfu's family. In less than two hours, a large pot of bean curd was baked. Luo Tian kindly asked people to put it in a food box, and sent a copy to the masters of the harem. Look how enlightened this cook is.

Draining the tofu, pressing the dried tofu, and picking out the skin of the tofu. After working for a long time, finally when it was dark, all the raw materials for the food that Sun Xiangfu mentioned were all produced.

High heat, lard, tofu and dogwood with pepper, after several times of stir-frying, a plate of fragrant Mapo tofu comes out of the pan, then there are fried bacon with dried tofu, fried twice-cooked pork with tofu skin, loach arch tofu soup, three dishes and one soup. After living, the imperial meals in the palace are still divided into meals, so Sun Xiangfu only needs to make a few more of the four dishes.

Soon, delicious dishes arrived for Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui. A few days ago, Luo Tian reported the name of the dish to the four according to Sun Xiangfu's name, and they were ready to eat.

Of course, this also means that Sun Xiangfu's task for today has been completed. After a long time of darkness, Li Shimin gave him a sign exempting from the curfew, and he was sent out of the palace.

It was the first time that the carriage walked on the streets of Chang'an at night, it was too quiet, and there was not a single pedestrian.

"Uncle De, have you eaten this afternoon?"

"I went to Dongshi to buy some Hubing and ate them."

Since they didn't know when Sun Xiangfu would leave the palace, Uncle De and the groom Liu San who sent him here had been waiting on the street outside the imperial city for most of the day.

"I brought some dried meat from the imperial dining room, eat a few pieces, I'll be full."

As he said that, Sun Xiangfu grabbed a handful, opened the door curtain, and passed it to Liu San outside, but unexpectedly saw several carriages driving not far in front of his car, but Behind those carriages were not carriages for pulling people, but goods piled up, covered and tied with sackcloth.

"Uncle De, at this hour, is there still someone who can sell goods on the streets of Chang'an?" Sun Xiangfu said in the cold weather, after taking a look, he put down the curtain.

"Impossible! Emperors usually don't hand out curfew signs casually." After finishing speaking, Uncle De, who was chewing on jerky, opened the curtain to look outside, and said, "It seems that we are going in the same direction."

"Going to Furong Garden?" Sun Xiangfu was taken aback when he heard the words. He didn't expect that in such a cold weather, besides himself, there would be that powerful person who would go to live in Furong Garden in the corner of Chang'an.

After a while, Marquis Wu, who was watching the night, blocked the road ahead and checked the road signs. Sun Xiangfu asked Liu San to stop the car far away and watch from a distance behind. It is winter snow now, and there is a layer of snow on the ground that has melted and condensed Sun Xiangfu suddenly discovered that the ice layer was crushed by the front ruts. The wooden wheels of this period were very hard, but it may be difficult to crush the ice layer on the road in Chang'an in late October. It seems that the car in front is pulling a heavy object.

"Ironware?" This is the only thing Sun Xiangfu can think of right now.

"Uncle De, do you think there is something wrong if these people transport a large amount of ironware to the direction of Furong Garden at night?" Sun Xiangfu tried to think about it.

"To transport iron to Furong Garden at night?"

Uncle De was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted, "No, I'm afraid something big is about to happen. There are more than 2000 Turkic captives in Furongyuan at this time. If the people and carts in front are carrying weapons, I'm afraid someone I want to provoke those Turkic people to rebel."

After all, Uncle De is an old Jianghu. He has experienced many wars and political turmoil with Qin Qiong, and he immediately thought of the key point, but it was a sentence that scared Sun Xiangfu into a cold sweat.

"Liu San, quickly turn your horse's head around, go to Duke Yi's mansion, and report this matter to Duke Yi. He is the General of the Left Guard and has the right to dispatch troops at night."

Liu San is also an astute person. Seeing that Sun Xiangfu was so nervous, he beat his horse fast, while Sun Xiangfu himself got out of the carriage and sat on his side, holding up the curfew crossing sign, watching the night along the way. Marquis Wu did not stop the inquiry.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the Qin Mansion in Jing'anfang. Sun Xiangfu hurriedly knocked on the door to see him. In a few words, he informed Qin Qiong of his discovery and worries. Qin Qiong was also very nervous. Many Turkic prisoners froze to death these days If they are instigated by someone to attack the imperial city with weapons, although they will certainly not be able to defeat them, it will also cause panic and political turmoil in the city. If they attack the residential areas, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Come here, take my iron mace and armor."

Qin Qiong is used to the army, and the 300 guards in the family are all veterans of hundreds of battles. Within a quarter of an hour, [-] people took their weapons and rode on their horses, and ran towards the Furong Garden. He was sent by Qin Qiong to the imperial city to inform His Majesty.

"I hope I guessed wrong, it was a false alarm, Turkic barbarian, don't mess around, my wife and younger siblings are still in Furong Garden." Sun Xiangfu muttered nervously, and asked Liu San to rush to the imperial city.

Before they could see the gate of the imperial city, there was a shout of killing from the direction of Furong Garden, but they couldn't hear it at all after more than ten miles away. Qin Qiong's arrival was very timely, only one step away, those Turkic people with knives They are about to attack Sun Xiangfu's house.

Li Shimin was still awake at this time, and he was in the imperial city. He was discussing with his grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui about the importance of large-scale soybean planting and two-season planting in the southern region.

You must know that before Champa rice was introduced into Zhongtu, there were no crops in Zhongtu with a shorter growth cycle than soybeans. Even rice, in the south, was only grown once a year, because the growth cycle of traditional rice was very long.

In Jiangnan and Huainan, although the yield of soybeans is extremely high, there are not many people who plant them because they cannot be used as the main ration. It can be changed.

"Your Majesty, Sun Xiamu is carrying the token of Yigong, and there is an urgent call."

Wang Deyong interrupted suddenly, which annoyed Li Shimin, but when he thought about it, how could that kid Sun Xiangfu go and come back, still holding Qin Qiong's token to play?There must be something strange, so he said.

"pass."

Sun Xiangfu hurried into the imperial study room, and in a few words, he told Li Shimin that he suspected that someone had transported weapons to Furong Garden to instigate rebellion against the Turkic captives. Remember, in the past few days, apart from issuing a curfew pass token to Sun Xiangfu, no one has issued a curfew pass token to others. Senior officials like Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui often discuss matters with Li Shimin in the palace at night , but their faces are better than tokens, there is no need for tokens at all.

"Urgent order, Dugu Mou led the flying cavalry to Furong Garden to check the situation. In addition, the Qianniu Guard strictly guarded the imperial city, and the left and right guards blocked the streets to prevent the rebellion from breaking into the residential area."

Before Li Shimin's order was issued, General Chang He, who was on duty in the Imperial City, hurried over to report, "Your Majesty, there is a fire in the east of the city."

"No, there's a real mess."

Sun Xiangfu's face was pale, he was the supervisor of the restaurant, those Turkic captives probably hated him for a long time, the first time they got the weapons, they should have rushed to his mansion, fortunately today he went to the palace to offer food , I bumped into a vehicle transporting weapons by mistake, and became suspicious, otherwise, my head should have fallen to the ground at this moment.

"Look at your useless appearance, follow me to the top of the city to have a look."

Li Shimin glanced at Sun Xiangfu who was sitting on the ground with disgust, and strode out of the hall, Sun Xiangfu who was so anxious had to get up and follow out.

The fire in the east of the city really started in the direction of Furong Garden, but after Li Shimin climbed the city wall, the fire went out. Qin Qiong's mansion was closer to Furong Garden, and he led [-] cavalry there. The armored Turkic people should not be his opponents, but I don't know if those Turkic people massacred their own family members. If their family members were really killed in the chaos, Sun Xiangfu would be in pain.

Apparently, Li Shimin's thinking angle is different from his. His questioning eyes swept across the faces of Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui. The three extremely smart ministers were also a little at a loss. At the moment of Zhengsheng, who would raise the flag of rebellion so blindly, and also put their bets on the unreliable Turkic people, this is the rhythm of not planning to rebel successfully!

In other words, after Qin Qiong rode a pair of maces and smashed the heads of two Turkic people who were smashing the gate of the Sun Mansion with one blow, those Turkic people lost their courage in an instant. Moreover, the Turkic captives at the general level were not brought over to do coolies , so the organization of these Turkic people is very scattered. With the arrival of three hundred Qin family guards, the Turkic people who have no horses and show no combat power are immediately killed and scattered.

However, it was night at this time, Qin Qiong only had 300 people, and he didn't dare to beat them too loosely. After ordering Qin Hu to lead 100 people to guard the gate of the Sun Mansion, Qin Qiong led 200 people to kill the collapsed Turkic soldiers and let them go If the Furong Garden was burned, killed and looted, the crime would be serious. You must know that most of the people who can have a mansion here are the top dignitaries in Chang'an.

After a while, Turkic rebels broke into a house, snatched the horses in the house and set fire to the house. Qin Qiong was in a hurry, flew his horse over the wall, and smashed the heads of the rebels one by one. To where, the Turkic people also became more obedient, stealing some things secretly, and then escaped in the dark, not daring to set fire to harm the people again.

Half an hour later, Qin Qiong was still chasing and killing the scattered Turkic rebels, and a thousand flying cavalry led by Dugu Mou also arrived. A large number of Turkic rebels were beheaded, and the situation was basically under control.

After a while, the sound of orderly footsteps rushed over, the left and right guards, the most elite [-] infantry soldiers of the Tang Dynasty sealed off the entire Furong Garden area, and the torches lit up everywhere, and Turkic rebels were found out from the corners .

"Yan Yun, keep more people alive. Not only the Turks, but also the Han people here are not allowed to enter or leave. Your Majesty must know who instigated the rebellion."

The two generals are experienced people. After the situation was under control, Qin Qiong handed over the scene to Dugu Mou, who was nicknamed the Iron-faced General, and rode a fast horse to the imperial city to report to Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)