Ma Kun received the news and looked miserable, "Why?"
"Yang Ni has been prepared for a long time. The director of metaphysics, An Ziyu, is actually following him, pretending to be an ordinary woman." Thinking of the previous time, An Ziyu roared with a ruler and beat more than ten people on the mirror without any chance of fighting back.
The majesty of his power made the visitor look pale.
"He's already prepared!" Ma Kun took a deep breath, "We'll leave right away."
Suddenly there were footsteps outside.
"What are you waiting for?"
"This is the envoy's residence, no permission is allowed...Ouch!"
Amidst the screams, someone came upstairs.
The footsteps came all the way to the door.
Ma Kun looked up, "Who are you?"
"Wang Lao Er!"
Wang Laoer stretched his neck and said, "It's been a long time since I harvested a human head. It just so happens that the Duke has something to do and needs a head to sacrifice for the flag. I think your head is round enough, so it's just right."
"Spare my life!"
…
Zhao Yong led his army across Dengzhou this time and successfully tested the harsh nature of Chang'an's army. After returning, he was praised by Yang Guogong.
Everyone knows that this person is getting more and more into the eyes of the Duke, and his future is limitless.
But Zhao Yong remained the same, training his subordinates diligently.
"kill!"
On the school grounds, all the troops were practicing. Zhao Yong and his men were practicing assassination.
"kill!"
Zhao Yong stood at the front, assassinating him one shot at a time.
Gradually, he completely forgot himself.
A person walked up to him.
"kill!"
Spear thrust forward.
“Very focused!”
The visitor said.
Only then did Zhao Yong see that the person coming was Nan He.
"I've seen the general." Zhao Yong put away his gun and saluted.
"No need to be polite." Nan He said, "The Duke is coming to the army tomorrow, so please be on guard."
"Yes!" Zhao Yongjie said, "General, no bathing tomorrow!"
According to the rules, we will have a day off tomorrow.
"Everyone must be here tomorrow." Nan He walked over, suddenly stopped and turned around, asking: "I seemed to have thought of something when I saw you earlier..."
"Yes, I am thinking of my brother."
"Remembering the people who have passed away will double your courage." Nan He likes people who value affection.
He went and conveyed the orders one by one.
——Tomorrow, the entire army will assemble!
…
When officials from various places come to Taoxian County at the end of the year, they actually hold a summary meeting and arrange the affairs for next year.
This is also a rare opportunity to relax. Officials will visit relatives and friends in Taoxian County and go shopping.
Sun Ying and a few friends were drinking in a restaurant.
When I was a little tipsy, someone knocked on the door and said, "Your Majesty, someone is coming from Jiedushi's house."
When the door opened, it was Jin Yiwei who came. Sun Ying was shocked and reflected on what he had done...
No problem!
The Jin Yiwei saluted, "The Duke's order is to assemble early tomorrow morning. There must be no mistake."
Assembling in the early morning is wrong!
But Sun Ying stood up subconsciously and said, "Take the order!"
In the restaurant and on the street, the Jin Yiwei accurately found their target.
"The Duke's order is to assemble tomorrow morning without any mistake!"
"Take orders!"
"Take orders!"
"Take orders!"
One by one, the officials stood up and left.
They don't know what will happen tomorrow, but they know that using Jin Yiwei to convey the message is not a small matter.
Sun Ying walked out of the restaurant, looked at the sky, and said:
"I always feel that something is going to change today."
…
In the afternoon, Yang Xuan returned home.
He went to see Yi Niang first.
"Just tomorrow." Yang Xuan said.
Yi Niang nodded, "Okay!"
Yang Xuan stood up and saluted, "Thank you for your hard work these years."
Yi Niang's nose felt sore, "It's not hard."
She was like looking at her own child, watching Yang Xuan step by step to where he is today. That kind of emotion is hard to describe.
Yang Xuan found Zhou Ning who was looking for medical books and said, "Let's have a lighter dinner."
Zhou Ning held the medical book, stretched out his fingers, and supported the turtle, "Tomorrow?"
Yang Xuan nodded, "Yes, tomorrow."
Zhou Ning ordered someone to go to the kitchen and explain, "Today the whole family will be vegetarian."
The whole family was stunned.
Ah Liang looked sad after eating vegetarian food, and Wang Laoer stopped coming to eat.
The Wang family is within the Yang family and can be called the home of the family. Therefore, even He even Yunshang knew about some news in the Yang family.
"Why are you vegetarian?" Helian Yunshang asked Wang Laoer curiously.
"I don't know either." Wang Laoer lowered his head to eat. After eating, he said: "Go to bed early."
Helian Yunshang was shy, "It's still early!"
After going to bed, she made all preparations, but Wang Laoer fell asleep.
"Dead man!" Helian Yunshang expressed his misunderstanding and was so angry that he wanted to pinch him.
…
Yang Xuan also went to bed very early.
When the time comes, he wakes up.
Zhou Ning slept in a daze and woke up whenever he moved.
"So early?"
"Yeah! I'm going to the ancestral hall."
Yang Xuan got up, dressed and went out.
On this day, everyone in the Yang family got up very early.
"Where's Aye?" A Liang came and asked.
Hua Hong said: "The Duke of China has something to do, so I told you not to disturb him."
Ah Liang went to ask Zhou Ning.
"Aye, you are in the ancestral hall." Zhou Ning did not act as a director, but sat in meditation there.
"Aniang, why did Aye go to the ancestral hall?" A Liang asked.
"Go and talk to your ancestors."
"Didn't our ancestors go away?"
"No, our ancestors are always in our hearts."
…
The door of the ancestral hall was open, and Yang Xuan stood in front of the altar table, facing the two tablets.
One tablet is dedicated to the emperor, and the other is dedicated to the biological mother Huang.
He put three sticks of incense in the incense burner.
Yang Xuan said slowly amid the smoke.
"I came from Yuanzhou in the third year of Daqian, and it will be twelve years ago in a blink of an eye. From the moment I learned my identity, I was at a loss. I was thinking about what I should do in this life."
Yang Xuan simply sat down and said as if making a routine: "At first I wanted to have an official relationship with Lao Cao and the others, but as for revolt, I thought there was no chance.
Don't be surprised, at that time I looked at the Tang Dynasty as if I were looking at a god.
How many people are there in the Chang'an guards? How many people are there in the army in the northern and southern areas? How much food and population does the entire Tang Dynasty have?
When I was in Chang'an, I saw many talented people who were proud to serve the emperor.
Think about it, I will take Lao Cao and Yi Niang to rebel. What kind of rebellion is this? I think it will lead to death."
…
Yi Niang was standing under the eaves.
The winter wind blew, biting and cold, but Yi Niang remained motionless and looked calm.
Just like how he looked in the palace back then.
That year, she took the child out of the palace.
Filial piety to the emperor said: "If it fails, let him live in peace for the rest of his life."
Yi Niang whispered: "Your Majesty! He is done!"
She smiled and said: "He is about to become a dragon!"
…
"But I'm worried! Yang Lue fled to Southern Zhou Dynasty, and I don't know if my identity will be exposed. Once exposed, I will definitely be surrounded and killed. So I want to hide.
They said that I went to northern Xinjiang to fight against rebellion. Yes, I had this idea, but more importantly, I wanted to stay away from Chang'an. The farther away, the better.
I found out that you could make a living as horse thieves in Northern Xinjiang, so I tried my best to go there. At that time, I was thinking, if it didn’t work, I would lead them to become horse thieves.”
He simply took down the two tablets and placed them beside his body, like a family sitting together.
"Unexpectedly, I didn't realize how ferocious the horse thieves were until I arrived in Taiping. I was almost killed in the first battle.
To be honest, everything I did in Taiping was to protect myself. It’s just that people outside regarded many of my original moves as far-sighted."
…
Zhou Ning came over and gently supported Yi Niang.
Yi Niang looked at her slowly, with tears in her eyes.
"After enduring it for so many years, you can cry if you want!" Zhou Ning said.
"This is a happy event." Yi Niang shook her head and could not cry, "Actually, as soon as Lang Jun arrived in Taiping, he was only thinking about saving his life."
"Really?" Zhou Ning was surprised.
…
"Only after I have established my foothold in Taiping can I dare to have any ambition."
"When I entered Chenzhou, I began to think about how to fight against the rebellion."
"Those years, to be honest, I didn't live a human life. I had to worry about the sudden arrival of the army all day long, and I also had to worry about the people's livelihood under my rule and those opponents."
"I also complained and thought about simply throwing away the burden of revolt and living my life however I wanted."
…
"I'll tell him, Sir! If you feel tired, let's take a rest!"
Yi Niang shook her head, "He doesn't want to, so he has to grit his teeth and insist."
…
"Every time I lay in bed in those years, I would say to myself, Hey! Yang Xuan, don't live up to the name Zitai! Remember your mother-in-law's hatred."
Yang Xuan held the tablet of filial piety to the emperor and said to the tablet: "Some people say that there are only two reasons that can make people work hard. The first is the desire to surpass ordinary people, and the second is hatred. I don't know if it is right, but in those years,
It is indeed hatred that drives me forward..."
"Aye, when I arrived in Taoxian County, my thoughts were wavering."
Yang Xuan picked up the tablet of his mother Huang, "You can be said to have died at the hands of the false emperor. This revenge must be avenged, otherwise you will be a son of man in vain!"
…
"Your Majesty could actually send Huang out, but he changed his mind at the last moment and made Huang drink poisonous wine with him. I know your Majesty's thoughts, and he just doesn't want Huang to become the Duke's weakness."
The sky is still dark.
Yi Niang said: "Your Majesty himself has experienced the pain of being constrained by his relatives. Therefore, he does not want his children to go through this suffering."
This is for Zhou Ning... Don't let yourself become A Liang's weakness!
She smiled and said, "Madam, you won't blame me for being disrespectful, right?"
"Only grateful." Zhou Ning knew that this was Yi Niang's advice and was very important to him.
…
"But what happens after revenge?"
Yang Xuan sat on the futon, and outside was the person he trusted most.
Lin Feibao stood in the yard, motionless.
"I asked myself, what should I do after revenge?"
"At that moment, I didn't think about any enjoyment or the joy of being in charge of the world. At that moment!"
Yang Xuan squinted, "I thought of many people, the villagers of Xiaohe Village, the people I met along the way, the neighbors in Chang'an, the exiles in Taiping, the people in Chenzhou, the people in Northern Xinjiang...many, many people,
I found that they all have one thing in common: hard work!"
"The most diligent people in this world always live the hardest life, just like cattle and horses."
"This shouldn't be the case!"
Yang Xuan's voice gradually became clearer, "What is the world? It is not the emperors and generals, but the common people!"
"Am I just trying to get revenge for the past ten years or so?"
Yang Xuan thought of those years.
"Chang'an is living in a state of drunkenness and dreaming, singing the song of the prosperous age of the Qian Dynasty, but the people below are being displaced. Countless refugees are born in the North every year. Even Chang'an has them.
I looked at those people and asked myself, are they not hardworking enough? No, our people are the most hardworking people in the world.
So, why do the most hard-working people not have enough to eat? What’s the problem?”
"I ask myself, I look at the world and ask myself, whose fault is this?"
"I saw the emperor casually rewarding hundreds of thousands of dollars. I saw the emperor treating public objects as bargaining chips to make deals with his ministers. I saw those aristocratic families and powerful officials manipulating their hands to exploit the people crazily."
"I saw maggots clinging to Datang's body, gnawing crazily."
"I saw the people wailing."
"I see the meat-eaters laughing!"
"I'm thinking whether I should do something for this world."
Yang Xuan stood up and looked at the dim sky outside.
"What does it mean to fight against rebellion? Fight against traitors, fight against rebellion!"
"Li Yuan and his son harmed my mother-in-law. I should seek revenge from them. This is a private revenge."
"Chang'an is living in a state of drunkenness and dreaming, and the people are wailing. This is caused by the perverse actions of Li Yuan and his son."
"I gradually understood that my rebellion was not for personal vendetta."
Yang Xuan turned around and placed the tablet on the altar table.
He turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall, looked at the dark sky outside, raised his head and stretched out his hands.
As if saying to the sky:
"I, for this world, for the people of the world, I must fight against the traitors!"