The suspicions of Yang Gongren and others were not groundless.
But Li Zhiyun still decided to let Su Lie go.
First, he believed in Su Lie. Second, he also wanted to see if Su Lie would really let Liu Heita go.
If Su Lie's performance is not good, then in the future Tang Dynasty's foreign war, Su Lie can basically say goodbye.
Rather than putting doubts in the future, it is better to test Su Lie now.
Of course, Li Zhiyun felt that Su Lie would not do stupid things.
With the emperor's mind made up, the appointment was immediately issued.
Su Lie was appointed as the pacification ambassador of Hebei Province and led 30,000 troops to Hebei to quell the rebellion.
Before leaving, Li Zhiyun summoned Su Lie.
"Dingfang, although there are many ministers in the court who remind me of your relationship with Liu Heitai, I believe you will not let me down."
Su Lie knelt down on one knee and said movedly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if you can't take down Liu Heitai, you will eventually commit suicide in front of the battle, and you will never embarrass your Majesty."
With his allegiance to the Tang Dynasty, his brothers who had rebelled together in the past had long lost contact with him. Even Dou Jiande, the Duke of Le Shou in Chang'an, rarely had contact with Su Lie on weekdays.
The world has returned to the Tang Dynasty, and he will only find trouble for himself if he has a bad brain. What's more, the emperor does not treat him lightly. He has participated in several foreign wars. Because of the battle to destroy the Turks, he has now been awarded a letter to the country.
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Let a good founding hero be left alone to become a rebel?
Su Lie is not a bad guy, he knows what he should do.
"I can't bear to see you die." Li Zhiyun smiled and helped him up.
Su Lie said: "Your Majesty, Liu Heita's rebellion should be due to his own rebellion. I hope your Majesty will not anger Duke Leshou."
"I know." Li Zhiyun said coldly: "Some people in the court advised me to kill Dou Jiande, but I am a foolish king who listened to slander. If Dou Jiande dies, it will only intensify Liu Heitai's arrogance!"
Hearing this, Su Lie knew that he was following the right lord, and immediately said: "In this case, your majesty, please rest assured that within three months, the general will definitely put an end to the rebellion and bring Liu Heita to justice."
"Okay, I believe you."
The reason why Dou Jiande was not killed was of course not because Li Zhiyun was a kind person, but because he knew he could not kill him.
Once Dou Jiande is killed, the old troops who followed Dou Jiande in Hebei will raise troops to respond to Liu Heitai.
The reason why he wanted to use Su Lie was that Su Lie was familiar with Hebei and Liu Heitai. The second reason was that Su Lie was also a general under Dou Jiande. If he were to suppress the rebellion, as long as the micro-management was done well, Liu Heitai would
You will soon become a loner.
Of course, the third point is that this is also a test for Su Lie.
Le Shou Gong's Mansion.
In the past few years, Dou Jiande had been eating, drinking, and waiting to die in Chang'an, and he had become a big fat man. He originally thought that he would be killed by Emperor Tang sooner or later, but he did not expect that Emperor Tang would actually take good care of him. This made Dou Jiande a little surprised and a little bit
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However, the peaceful and peaceful life was eventually broken by the news of Liu Heitai's rebellion.
"This bastard, he wants to kill me!" Dou Jiande cursed at Gao Yaxian: "You bastard, don't let me catch him or skin him!"
"Mr. Dou, you don't have this chance." Gao Yaxian said: "His Majesty has appointed Dingfang as Hebei Province's pacification ambassador. This time, Liu Heitai will definitely die!"
"Su Lie?" Dou Jiande was stunned at first, and then sighed: "Your Majesty, you really don't need to trust others when you are suspicious. I heard that he is already the Duke of the country?"
"Yes, after annihilating the Turks, your majesty will reward him based on his merits. Your Majesty canonize him as Duke Xinguo." Gao Yaxian replied.
Dou Jiande was silent for a moment and said: "Well, let me write you a handwritten letter. If you go to Hebei to suppress the rebellion this time and meet old friends, I may be able to use my old face to give you some help."
Gao Yaxian was overjoyed and said quickly: "Thank you, Mr. Dou."
After receiving Dou Jiande's handwritten letter, Gao Yaxian left the residence of Duke Leshou soon. This time, he also wanted to follow Su Lie to Hebei to quell the rebellion.
It was Su Lie's idea to write in handwriting. However, Su Lie was very sensible and did not want others to make irresponsible remarks, so he always kept a distance from Dou Jiande.
Especially after His Majesty ascended the throne, Su Lie was even more careful.
He knew very well that once he had close contact with Dou Jiande, he would be framed sooner or later. In this case, it would be better to cut off the contact completely.
What's more, he has already surrendered to the emperor, so naturally he will not be a second-rate boy.
While the imperial army was rushing towards Hebei, Liu Heitai was killing people and setting fires everywhere in Hebei.
This time, not only did Su Lie go to Hebei with the intention of killing him, but Gao Yaxian also had the intention of killing him.
After returning to the Tang Dynasty, although he was not put into much use by the emperor, he still managed to get along well, had food and drink, and was very comfortable.
Now, because of Liu Heita's rebellion, someone in the court secretly pointed out that Gao Yaxian and Su Lie were in contact with the rebels in Hebei.
If Liu Heita was not killed, his career would be ruined and his life might be in jeopardy.
He was different from that idiot Liu Heita. As generals of the imperial court, both he and Su Lie were very aware of the emperor's abilities and even more aware of the emperor's terror.
Anyone who treats the emperor as a fool will definitely die miserably in the end.
Hebei, Beizhou, Wucheng.
The thieves and soldiers crossed the border without leaving a single tile behind.
A rich man's mansion was completely robbed, until late at night, when everyone was quiet, there was a slight movement inside.
"Don't come out, I'm going to find something to eat." Cui Hongdao shouted to the wives and daughters in the cellar, then he ducked and sneaked out.
An hour later, he found some uncooked rice from the kitchen and quietly returned to the cellar.
Because bandits were rampant in Hebei during the Daye period, Cui Hongdao had already ordered people to secretly dig a cellar at home. Once the bandits crossed the border, they would temporarily hide in it.
Unexpectedly, with the world united, he would rely on the cellar to save his life again.
"Yeah, I can't see." His daughter shouted to him.
There were no candles in the cellar, and Cui Hongdao did not dare to light candles in order to prevent others from discovering him.
"Don't be afraid, Zhen'er, Yeye and your mother are both here." Cui Hongdao comforted his daughter.
Cui Zhen'er struggled to eat the uncooked rice and choked uncomfortably. She coughed several times and stopped when Mrs. Cui covered her mouth.
"Alang, there's no way we can do this," Mrs. Cui said.
Cui Hongdao whispered: "Be patient for now, I have already corresponded with brother Yixuan, and he has been appointed by His Majesty as Shangshu Zuosi Langzhong. When the traitors pass, we will set off to Chang'an to join him."
Mrs. Cui said dissatisfied: "I don't understand, why don't we go to Cui Junzhou and others? Aren't we all members of the Cui family of Qinghe? They are still close."
"Of course you don't understand." Cui Hongdao said angrily: "They don't serve as officials in Chang'an, so why don't they go to them and live under someone else's roof? This time I go to brother Yixuan. If I can get an official position, I will have a livelihood by then.
I have always stayed in Beizhou.”
"Chang'an?" Daughter Cui Zhen'er suddenly said.
"What's wrong Zhen'er?" The couple felt a little strange.
Cui Zhen'er whispered: "My daughter heard that that is the capital, and soap is transported to Hebei from Chang'an."
"Yes." Cui Hongdao whispered: "You will know when I go there later."
At this moment, there was a noise outside, and they quickly stopped talking and huddled together cautiously.
Outside the mansion was a group of lone thieves. They searched the mansion and found that it had been robbed by their own people. They didn't stay any longer and hurriedly went to rob other places.
When those sounds gradually disappeared, Cui Hongdao slowly relaxed.
He silently told himself that he must act like a human being, otherwise he would never return to Beizhou. He did not want to try this kind of life-threatening crisis again.