At the end of their conversation with Du Wulang, Li Cong gave such an ambiguous promise.
In this regard, Du Wulang felt something was wrong. From his understanding, what Xue Bai wanted was never nobility, but he couldn't tell what Xue Bai wanted. Anyway, everyone was dead.
He then took Li Cong to the study room in the second courtyard.
Du Jin was wearing mourning and was sitting there sorting out the books. From the corner of his eye, he saw Li Cong coming in. He neither saluted nor raised his head, showing no respect for the prince.
With her status, there is actually no reason to wear mourning for Xue Bai. This dress shows that she no longer cares about others' comments about her relationship with Xue Bai.
"Du Erniang." Li Cong, who has been very polite to everyone recently, said: "My condolences."
"Of course I can express my condolences, but I won't worry." Du Jin's voice was very calm.
Li Cong didn't know how to answer. He stood aside as if he was her subordinate. After thinking about it, he simply said: "Xue Bai's life experience...
"Instead of talking about who his parents are." Du Jin interrupted Li and said, "It's better to talk about why he wants to help you become the prince.
I wish I had to lead the troops to rescue myself, but the situation in front of me is that rescue is the right thing to do, but I have to bear less pressure.
"Miniang."
Fortunately, Bian Lingcheng was not prepared and kept the city gate tightly closed.
"Is the rebels' combat strength that low?"
"Yes, you live and die with Chang'an, why are you afraid of it?" Li Jing said: "The one you mourn... Yan Gong sacrifices to Juan, and you sacrifice to your nephew...
You looked in the direction of the corridor and murmured, "Wait until I come back.
A Shi's first reaction was surprise. He shouted before: "Li Cong hasn't been surrounded and killed by you yet!"
Before he announced a few decrees, Li Jing encouraged Bian Lingcheng and said, "I heard that Yan Xiang wrote a "Manuscript of Memorials to Juan" in his hand. Can I give it to you to read?
"Say, how about you reverse the case of the Eight Common People?"
In this case, we will have to watch the rebels annihilate the reinforcements on the city, which will be a huge blow to morale.
"Bang the drum!"
The first person to lead the army to attack Chang'an was A Shi Congli. I deliberately chose the time of the New Year's Day, hoping to take advantage of the Chang'an garrison's defenses being reduced due to the New Year's Day to make a sneak attack.
Li was excited when he heard that the forces left behind by Li Cong could not be handed over to him, but he still kept an eye on it and pretended to know about it, and asked: "Xue Pingzhao?
Bian Lingcheng finally felt the powerful feeling of Gao Xianzhi when he was defeated in Luoyang, but I was still far from the famous general Gao Xianzhi.
Du let out a long sigh, tears rolling down like pearls. Since the news came back, you have been thinking about tea and thinking about food, and you have lost a lot of weight.
"Your Majesty, don't you have any concerns?"
Doesn’t Uncle Wei also have subordinates in Shu?
"Did you see the wrong person?"
“The injustice is brought to justice.”
"What does that mean, Your Majesty?"
Outside the front garden, Li Xin rarely had time to come up and sit on the porch to enjoy the snow.
"Yes, when I was sent as an official slave, others asked me my name. Even though I was still a child, I knew how to name myself based on my life's ambitions."
Concubine Wei's confidants saw me and injured me at that time. Amid the chaos, my uncle, who was responsible for supervising the matter, rescued me. When you arrived, I had already faintly woken up. You said you should go with me and go to The son of a former brother-in-law, do they know what I said?'
"What is this?!" suddenly some soldiers shouted.
Wei Burke said: "The palace is afraid of angering the saint, but if the palace controls the private newspapers and loses the financial resources of the bank, maybe we can't invite the saint back and explain to him face to face?
Li Jing was stunned and murmured: "Xue Pingzhao?
"Yes, Jia Chang must have misunderstood.
Qu Shui stumbled and rushed back, almost knocking over the table.
He Shi followed the ceremony because he suspected that Li Yuan was coming, but Wei Burke, who didn't have a thousand mirrors under the city wall, was already thinking about his life in a low voice.
But those worries stopped Li Yan
Li Jing first praised Li Cong's achievements and insisted on paying homage to Li Cong in person. Bian Lingcheng had no choice but to ask Yan Quanming to bring the manuscript.
"They are few, between two and eight thousand people."
That cry touched the hearts of all the officials. They all cried when they thought that since the saint killed eight sons in one day, the country's affairs had been getting better and better, which finally led to the current situation.
It's like the scorching sun shining under the winter snow. The snowflakes instantly turned into water, which kept flowing up from this beautiful sight.
"Are you worried that once Xue Lang leaves, the traitors will invade Chang'an?"
Although you had always behaved extremely decisively, at that moment, you felt inexplicably relaxed, fearing that you might have guessed wrong.
"You always suspected that the eight younger brothers had suffered a minor injustice, so you adopted the children of the seventh younger brother as your own. When you came to the palace to take us in, you were shocked when you heard that Xue Bai died young, but you know how I survived. ?
Although Wei Bo died, he also lost one name, Xue Bai.
"That was my wish, but unfortunately I saw it came true.
Li Jing unfolded it and read each word carefully. His voice was depressed at first, and then became more and more sad and angry. When he read it, he burst into tears.
"north?"
Although I can make paper and publish newspapers, I cannot influence the people with this.
Public opinion, whether kings are wise or foolish, what saints think is one thing, how newspapers publish it is another
You know it, you know it," Li Xinyi choked, and his tone was still arrogant. He raised his head and said, "Does he know? You gave him a small gift. He said to him before
Li Zhi shook his head and immediately admitted that statement, saying: "Sister hates me so much, but she understands me. What I want has always been to be a descendant of the Li family, to be the grandson of Li Longji. Those It's just a means. For my ambition, I'm willing to use any less dirty means."
"I'm still dead now."
If you raise your hand, you can wipe it clean no matter how you wipe it.
But what Li Jing needs most now is not respect and apology. What I urgently need is power.
Because Jiezhou produces salt, Yuanjie is not well-known in Hedong. Ashi Congli knew full well how cunning he was, so he immediately sneered and said to himself: "I see.
After reading the first word, Li Jing actually took two steps forward and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty!"
I said before that fighting is similar to cockfighting, but it is about making the most of your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses.
Just as we were enjoying the killing spree, the horn sounded to the north of us. The Tang army's reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the sentry horse finally confirmed which general we were targeting him.
Li Jing's tone suddenly became firm, showing a sense of responsibility that I had never had before.
At that time, I had already persuaded An Qingxu to surrender, but when I returned to the small camp, I saw Cui Qianyou's messenger rushing over. He assured Ashi that he would definitely defeat Ge Shuhan's small army and asked me to surround him. Kill Li Cong
This is the Yellow River in the Bamen Gorge section. The water flow is slow and it is not frozen in the middle of winter. Even the old water transport sailors have to survive after falling out of the river, let alone these people wearing armor, so Li Cong must be dead.
"He is saying that there are no newspapers written by Li Cong in all the states and counties in the sky?"
After Wang Sili came down, he respectfully led Uncle Wei out, and said that the seventh sister was in a bad mood, so please don't blame me.
You have always been a person who is willing to give up easily. Has the ambition in your eyes been extinguished because of Li Yuan's death?
If you go up like this, the morale of the army will be defeated. I'm afraid that when the traitors come to you, there will be no more soldiers to defect.
"I said, "Please ask my brother-in-law to adopt your brother-in-law. However, if Uncle Wei can have a son, you have to inherit Jia Jing's legacy." You called me a stupid boy and told me that living is more important, but I said 'The adoptive father went out and said that he denied that Jia Chang was not guilty, but Uncle Wei was unjust.
noodle."
Du Zhai.
"Report!"
Li Qing couldn't control herself, she patted her legs and cried a little: "Li is the son of your seventh brother Li. We are called monarchs and ministers with you, but we are actually uncles. We are like father and son!"
Since the palace has accepted Du Wulang as a confidant, why do you need to pretend to know? If you are willing to take action, just say so.
Li shook his head and said: "As someone who experienced what happened back then, don't you know it?
"Report! We have found it. The enemy's reinforcements flag has the character "Xue" written on it, and his official name is Changshan Prefect.
All the officials were startled and started to apply it. However, Li was extremely sad and could not get up. His emotions could become intense for a long time and he looked at the sky with tears streaming down his face.
Wei Bo looked around, and his eyes that were originally full of ambition and hesitation suddenly melted.
At that time, I said that fighting is like cockfighting, you have to make use of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. I didn’t realize that there were only shortcomings and no strengths.
Uncle Wei has been waiting for a long time and wanted to ask you what to do with the things left behind by Li Cong now that he is dead. But it was obvious that he could say that, so I said: "When the siege of Chang'an is solved, you must rehabilitate the eight seats." case."
In Du's house in Shengpingfang, one can still hear the city's cries of killing.
"Who appointed him as general?"
"Go slowly! Qiniang, go slowly and watch..."
"You want to be a general, but if there is a garrison in Chang'an, all the women will be pulled off the city walls. You have donated money, and your family has few members, even less than the special forces. Then you will be in Xicheng, Yanxiang has not seen you.
A Shi then decided to surround and kill the defeated Tang army who had escaped from Tongguan as soon as possible.
Your steps became slower and slower, but you stopped again when you turned around the wing. Because there were no angry voices coming from the backyard, you were determined to go back.
Suddenly, you heard a quiet sound coming from the backyard
An Qingxu will only make an announcement if he is sure that Li Zong is dead, otherwise he will only surrender.
Wei Bo chuckled, avoided the topic, and ended his talk by talking about the cockfighting eldest brother I went to, who usually eats little and has no energy. He is one of the most elite people in the army.
"Varied?"
These defeated troops were originally resting in Weinan. The rebels must have encircled the area for reinforcements today and lured us out of the city to aid Chang'an. They ambushed us on the road and deliberately drove us into the city.
Bian Lingcheng didn't have a Qianwai Mirror either. He raised it up and saw no cavalry rushing towards that direction in the wind and snow. Looking at the flag, he saw the troops and horses of Yan Zhenqing, Li Chengguang and others from Tongguan's defeated army. Even closer, Ashi, Chengqing's soldiers and horses are chasing after Shishe
"If your Majesty is right," Wei Bo said again, "This means Li Cong has misjudged the person..."
Wei Burke's condition was not over yet. He came to the hall with a cane and was still diligent in his duties.
Bian Lingcheng felt ashamed and said: "The national affairs are in critical condition, why should Your Majesty pay attention to such important matters?"
"It's possible!"
With the sound of drums, Bian Lingcheng had selected a group of cavalry, dismounted, and was about to leave the city from the south gate to meet Yan Zhenqing.
And if Chang'an is destroyed, I have already made preparations for martyrdom in my heart.
The soldiers at the top of the city said that they were frightened by the fighting situation. They were all residents of Chang'an, enjoying the worst life in the prosperous period of the Little Tang Dynasty. It was the first time for many of them to see how these fierce soldiers who fought in the bitter cold land killed people. of.
I thought it might be the rebels who were using deception, but as the war progressed and Kang's soldiers died in the snow one by one, I finally understood that the rebels were basically using deception.
"You haven't healed your wounds this day.
“Haven’t seen it yet.
However, the vast majority of the Chang'an garrison are newly recruited. They only have high combat prowess, but they are not weak in will, let alone have no experience. Those who are young during the New Year, when they see the thieves coming, they will
"Warriors!" I raised my knife and yelled: "Kill the enemy! Break through Chang'an, there will be no end!"
Uncle Wei only said something about pain and itch, and then asked: "Do you know Qiniang that he has no plans to move forward?"
Ashi spat out the courtesy and said: "The soldiers and horses from Hedong or Shuofang? How many people are there?"
"The war is in danger. I am afraid that it is not a bad time. I am even more afraid of angering the saint."
I openly criticized Chengyu in a cadenced tone, but I was also establishing my own prestige.
The speaker was wearing a suit of iron armor and looked very majestic. Bian Lingcheng took a closer look and asked without any surprise: "Wu Hui, the divine chicken boy?"
People care more about what they can lose than what they can gain. I fell into the trap of Li Qian's words freely and willingly.
"You also went to Xicheng." Bian Lingcheng said: "Don't think that you know, he was replaced by an impostor when he was at Dianmao."
"My grandfather promised you that he would protect the child. He found a similar corpse to make the saint suspect that Uncle Wei was dead, and sent him outside Xue Xi's villa. However, he did not expect that the villa was also confiscated very slowly. . He already knew everything that happened before. In those years, Xue Bai used the pseudonym Wei Bo, but he never gave up.
The common man’s case was rehabilitated.”
"Have you."
Even Li Yan’s seven sons were crying, regretting that they had met Li earlier.
Bian Lingcheng had no choice but to go to the city in person to encourage morale.
"It's you."
Li Jing dared to think. My eyes fell on the booklet in Li Qian’s hand, and I finally understood why you never read the completed documents.
Bian Lingcheng was reasonable and kept staring at the city. When he saw Yan Zhenqing's command flag waving, he immediately signaled to the top of the city for help.
If there were any other palace attendants in the Yanying Hall, Bian Lingcheng helped Wei Bo sit down first and went to light the candle.
"My father favored and trusted Hu Ni, which eventually led to a small disaster. Now you and the other princes are guarding Chang'an and want to reorganize the country. Where did you start?!
"Those who have not made small contributions to the country can make it feel cold."
You were stunned for a moment and wanted to put down the document in your hand. You were afraid of being disappointed, so you gave up.
"You? You don't have any plans. You just think that if I can regain my name and return to the ancestral hall, if you ask for anything else, just hand over the small stall I left behind.
"Eighth brother has not died yet." Li Qiu said, "I have told you since Da Jia Chang.
Could it be that Jia Chang made a mistake? If Li Cong was not an orphan, he must also be Xue Xi's son.
Wei Burke wanted to save him, so he turned around and looked around. All the generals were talking arrogantly. It wasn't necessarily because he was timid, but because he didn't know himself.
"Yes, it's Li Cong."
Wei Burke looked Wei Bo up and down again.
After saying this, Li Jing raised his hand and shouted: "Bring me a pen!"
Especially Wei Bo's seven sons, all of them believed me. They supported me after I got off the ground and kept questioning.
After hearing this, Bian Lingcheng also blamed Wu Huishi, because the fighting cock elders I followed were indeed the most elite group of people in the Chang'an garrison. The rest of us had eaten too much salt in the past, and we didn't even have the strength to draw a bow.
Du Meilin was incited by me, fell to the ground, and shouted in mourning: "Please, Your Majesty, vindicate the case of the eight persons!"
"You are saying this to protect me. Everyone in the world knows that the eight people were wronged by Concubine Du Jin, but no one dared to say it at that time. Only an eight-year-old child dared to speak out, holding Li Ying's The suicide note is to go to the saint to accuse Concubine Du Jin."
At night.
Li Xin always cared about him and said: "They all thought you were doing it for my last wish. Yes, that was actually your plan."
Uncle Wei was always aware of what was going on, and when he was alone, he wore sackcloth and mourning. As usual, he was reading documents in the room.
As soon as Li finished speaking, Du Meilin started crying along with Xiao.
This "Manuscript of Sacrifice to Juan" is still displayed here. Very slowly, another edict is also unfolded.
Moving the Qianwai mirror in his hand, something suddenly appeared outside his sight. Bian Lingcheng quickly looked to the north and saw that in the wind and snow, there was no group of cavalry coming far away.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just as he was about to turn around, no one came over in small steps in the snow and wind.
Yuan Jie must have heard that Wei Bo had recaptured Luoyang and captured An Lushan alive, so he deliberately used my name to scare people.
Those Xiaoyan generals still have no idea of governing the country. The method of boosting morale is the same as in the future. They mainly rely on the sense of arrogance to seize the territory.
"Whose flag?"
When I arrived with my army, An Lushan was still alive and Li Cong was about to enter. I immediately ordered people to surround and kill the Tang army in front of Duanqian. Li Cong's remaining troops were desperate and retreated by leaps and bounds. Yellow River
Wei Bo sighed leisurely, but did not express his willingness to be loyal to Li Jing.
Du Wei came over, also dressed in mourning, and said softly: "He has fulfilled my wish.
His Majesty did not announce that the official had prepared the seven treasures in the study. Wei Bo cleaned up his beard that was scattered from crying. He went over, picked up his pen and wrote an edict to restore Wei Bo's status as a clan member.
The next night is New Year's Eve.
"I know he regards me as his uncle.
Before you finish speaking, you are already being embraced by the person behind you.
Although short-sighted, it was useless. The morale of the rebels dropped slightly.
As Wei Bo spoke, he wiped the tears from his face and said, "You are tired, please come back, Your Majesty.
"Yan Xiang, what should I do?" Wu Hui asked.
You are too lazy to deal with Wei Bo's temptations anymore
"You basically believed the news that I was dead and the rebels released it. Can you believe it?
I took Li Qiu's hand and asked softly: "Qilang, he has only had two brothers. Do you know why he is Qilang? Because he does not have an eighth brother, who is Uncle Wei."
"Varied?"
"Keep today, tonight is the New Year's Day, and the army has prepared meat."
"Yan Xiang said to him, the city wall of Chang'an is so low, and once the city gate is closed, the rebels can't attack."
"What does a newspaper mean? You haven't made enough money yet. When you were in Yanshi, you stopped privately minting steel coins as reserves. You exchanged coins for merchants, wealthy households, officials and even the army. You only gave interest, and your annual income was as much as that of a government. Rent money. He thought, what would the money be enough to do?
When Yan Quanming returned to the Xuanzheng Hall and presented the manuscript to Li Jing with both hands, he burst into tears. I wiped it soundly and stood aside.
A small number of officials were surprised and mistakenly believed it, but not most of them had heard some rumors since then. Now that they were finally confirmed, they showed expressions of sudden realization.
Du Wulang completely betrayed my original position and said: "As for the timing, there is no one in sight...
Wei Bo did not answer, but said: "The sage noticed it and thought that I was trying to test back, but in fact I only wanted to do one thing.
"No, it's because he can do it." Du Jin said, "He doesn't do anything that is uncertain. He helps you because he does have such strength, which is far more than what you see in the Chang'an market."
Li Qian thought about it, guessed something, and hurriedly ran towards the corridor.
Many officials among the officials immediately agreed, but no one felt reassured. Now that the saint has gone away, the prince overturned the rebellion decided by the saint without authorization. This is different from conspiracy. A small enemy is behind him, and internal fighting resumes, adding to the confusion. Variable
"Qiniang."
When the light gradually reached him, he could not see that Li Jing had just sat under the imperial stick. However, neither of them noticed that it was a place where etiquette was observed, and then they started talking about business.
I personally dismounted my horse and went to observe the formation, and saw next to the flag of the Changshan Prefect, the flag of the county magistrate Yuan Jie, who had not yet untied it.
"Alas! Shang Shang!"
After Li Qian finished speaking, she spoke again.
"What are you talking about, Your Majesty?!"
"Sit down in the hall for a moment."
The sentry horses came running wildly, rushed to A Shi's side, and shouted: "The reinforcements of the Tang Army have arrived.
Ashi was very sure about the etiquette, thinking that maybe the Tang court appointed a new Changshan prefect, or maybe it was the calculation of the Tang army general.
Li Xin interrupted me again and said: "You know what I'm telling you, Li Cong is the eighth son of the deposed Prince Ying, Uncle Wei. If your Majesty is willing to let me return to the ancestral hall and fulfill my will, this is what I have planned. This is not to help the palace, the property just returns to its owner."
Li Jing wiped away tears and spoke in a narrative tone
Li Yan asked Du Wulang to unfold the "Manuscript for Marriage Sacrifice" so that all officials could see the handwriting written on the bottom of the scroll, written with sincerity and anger, giving people a very weak visual attack.
"Li Cong suffered a small grievance. He forgot about the Li clan. In times of crisis, he acted as a target and served his life with integrity. He was driven by jealousy and died in a national disaster. You have no nephews like this, and the clan has no descendants like this. How can you pay me back?" Name?!"
Speaking of that, Li even had a warm smile on his lips and said, "You had known that Lord Du Wulang had come to Wei Bo. You couldn't have killed me, but you deliberately kept me here. You didn't want me to tell Li. The fact that Cong is the emperor's grandson was told by the sage. That time, you deceived Uncle Wei and asked me to give Li Cong first -
A life experience, and then..."
These words were not pleasant to hear, but Li Cong listened very carefully, and even breathed a little softer unconsciously, fearing that she would not continue talking.
"Not yet." Li continued: "Yang Guozhong persuaded the saint to go to Shu County, but I forgot who put down the Nanzhao rebellion.
The light snow was falling, and Chang'an did not wait for reinforcements, but finally the vanguard of the rebels arrived.
After understanding my doubts, Wu Hui smiled bitterly and said: "On the day when the saint left the city, you wanted to go with him. However, your riding skills are excellent. You fell off the horse and got injured, so you only stayed up."
Since the Wu family persuaded the saint to kill the eight sons, the state affairs
"If you can get real support for clearing a dead man's name, your Majesty should naturally agree.
I blame Li Jing for always asking that. I have been imprisoned in the Ten Kings' Residence for too long and have too much contact with state affairs. Xu Shaoshi does indeed know
After half a year of turbulent times, it is still easy to hold each other in arms.
"Qiniang!"
But it is not complicated for everyone to know him.
"It's a misunderstanding. It's been a long time, and I can no longer tell the truth from the old things...
This was the seventh time I read that name. That time, Li Qian's tone immediately became indifferent.
Li Jing naturally understood the meaning of "please bring back the saint" and said, "He doesn't think he can agree?"
Tonight is the New Year's Eve, and at midnight it will be the eighteenth year of Tianbao.
Sure enough, the rebels who were originally surrounding Chunming Gate slowly surrounded us from both sides and asked us to move around the city. We wanted to fight on top of the city and lure the defenders below the city out for rescue.
Of course, this move carries the risk of losing Chang'an.
Li Yan heard the words "Everything belongs to its owner" and felt his own weakness. I am the eldest son and the throne, and the throne should belong to me.
The next day, the Xuanzheng Hall was held in court