[Jian Wang III] Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Mawei Station.

Xuanzong and his party rested at the Kongkong Temple, and the army was stationed under the mountain temple.

The blizzard had just stopped, and Dongyang struggled out of the thick clouds. The bright sunshine waved away the gloomy wind and snow that had been coming for several days. Even though the sunshine did not bring much warmth, it made people feel clear from the bottom of their hearts.

The sound of horseshoes intertwined into a dull rumble and thunder, and a group of cavalry galloped across the straight mountain road, so fast that even the ice and snow on the treetops were shaken off a little.

Soon this team of cavalry arrived at the foot of the Kongkongsi Mountain where the Tang army was stationed. The man in Xuanyi at the front tightened the reins to stop the horse, and raised his hand to signal the cavalry behind him to stop. Then he raised his wide cloak and started hunting. , like the wings of a phoenix covering the sky and the sun.

The army behind him reined in the horse almost as soon as he raised his hand. The height of the arm in front of him and the arc of the horse's head were almost exactly the same. The army of hundreds of people seemed to be a whole, every move All exactly.

That's the case with orders and orders.

This is a silent and fierce cavalry. There are not many people, but they have absolute tyrannical strength and exceptional military quality. Among the troops stationed under the Kongkong Temple, no battalion can match it, even the imperial army under Chen Xuanli's command. , I am afraid it is also inferior.

"I am the national teacher Yun Jing," said the leading man in Xuanyi who was riding a red-striped black horse, his voice was unexpectedly young, clear and cold like broken ice in a valley, with an elegant, condescending, irresistible voice "Where is General Chen Xuanli?"

The sentinel, who was stunned by this amazing team, came back to his senses and stammered: "In...in the camp, I will go to deliver the order!"

The sentinel stumbled and ran to find Chen Xuanli. Su Jixian, who was on the horse, frowned and got off the horse.

The cavalry behind him dismounted in unison, and their booted feet stepped on the ground with a dull, thunderous sound, without any confusion.

Soon Chen Xuanli came, wearing a bright red padded coat and silver-white light armor, his figure was swift and resolute, "National teacher!"

"General Chen." Su Jixian nodded, "The road was trapped by wind and snow, it was difficult to march, and it was delayed for a while."

"It's okay, just return smoothly." Chen Xuanli patted him on the shoulder, glanced at the army behind him, and was startled, "This is... the cavalry I gave you?"

"Well, you find a place for resettlement."

"This is really... Oh, you are so talented to be a national teacher! Why don't you come to our army as the chief instructor?"

"I love you." Su Jixian was too lazy to argue with him, "Hurry up and find me a place to camp, I'm very tired."

"I've prepared it for you, come here." Chen Xuanli raised his big slap and slapped him on the back, "I asked the young leader of Haoqi League to meet you, what about others?"

"In the back, there was an internal thief among his people, and he was dealing with it, so I rushed over first."

"Your Majesty's prince and the Yang family are living in the empty temple on the mountain, and several princes are in the camp at the foot of the mountain." Chen Xuanli led him away, and took the time to exchange information with him, "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood these days. Very good, maybe they will let you move to live in the monastery when they find out that you are back."

"It's the same wherever I live." Su Jixian obviously didn't care much about Xuanzong, "It's the morale of the army that seems to be in a slump, one by one... haven't you practiced for a few days?"

Chen Xuanli sighed, "It has been snowing heavily for several days in a row, where is the time to practice?"

"If this goes on like this, sooner or later there will be problems in the military."

"I know, am I thinking of a way? Hey, here it is, this tent."

"Okay, thanks, I'll go to rest first." Su Jixian thanked him, and entered the tent with his personal guards.

Chen Xuanli turned around and walked back to his tent, thinking about the morale of the army, he felt that his hair was going to be bald.

Forget it, let's wait for the national teacher to rest before discussing.

However, before Su Jixian had a good rest, the problem that had been suppressed for a long time in the army broke out.

Hurrying footsteps and noisy voices outside the tent, Su Jixian, who had only slept for an hour, was woken up by Chen Xuanli's loud voice.

Lack of sleep made him feel a headache, and his mood was extremely bad. He got up from the bed, put on his clothes and shoes, and combed his hair a little before asking someone to let Chen Xuanli in outside the tent.

"National Division!"

"I'm still alive." Su Jixian said unhappily, sitting on the bed with a very pale face, as if he would collapse at any moment.

Chen Xuanli, who strode in, was obviously very angry, and his already too serious face was so gloomy that he seemed to be stabbing someone with a knife, "There is a problem in the army! If the Sixth Army doesn't send out, all the soldiers will refuse!" Follow the command, no one in the army is patrolling, no one goes out to defend, if this continues, if there is an enemy attacking, something big will happen!"

"Is that so..." Su Jixian closed his eyes and rubbed his brows, feeling pain in his head, "Then why did you come to me?"

Chen Xuanli was taken aback.

"I am a national teacher, I belong to civil servants, and I don't have military power in my hands. I will return the cavalry to you. So why did you come to me?"

Yes, it seems that it is useless to find a national teacher...

"General Chen, the current army here is based on your forbidden army and King Jianning's army. I think you should go to King Jianning to discuss how to deal with it."

"The national teacher's words are reasonable, but I was confused." Chen Xuanli cupped his hands at him, and turned to look for Li Tan.

"..." Su Jixian put his hands back into his sleeves, put his cold fingertips into his palms, and said in a low voice, "mentally retarded."

Of course, Chen Xuanli was not mentally retarded, but this incident suddenly affected the entire army, which made him startled. It just so happened that the national teacher, who had always been known for his wisdom and closeness to demons, had returned, so he subconsciously came to him to discuss countermeasures.

Then he was sent to find King Jianning by the Master Guoshi who was trapped to death and in a bad mood.

The fact that the Sixth Army did not release this matter seems to be a big problem, but it is not too difficult to deal with it.

Because he left his hometown and marched in bad weather, his mood has been very depressed, and the source of everything is the rebellion of the Anshi Second Army and the traitors of the Yang family.An Lushan and Shi Siming were far away in Xijing, and the only thing they resented most was the Yang family who were right in front of them.

Therefore, as long as Yang Guozhong and Yang Guifei are executed, the anger of the soldiers and officers can be appeased.

After Su Jixian got enough sleep, what he heard was Chen Xuanli yelling at the entire army. He scolded fiercely and skillfully. He could imagine the shameful and moved expressions on the faces of the soldiers.

Although Chen Xuanli was old, his body was still very strong. After scolding for an hour, he finally ordered people to encircle and suppress Yang Guozhong. At this time, all deployments in the army returned to normal, and morale was even higher than before. up a step.

He really deserves to be a seasoned veteran general.Su Jixian sighed silently, and when he turned his head and saw King Jianning walking towards him, his eyes swept past him naturally, and turned away as if he hadn't seen him.

"The national teacher stays behind."

Su Ji didn't stay idle, and continued to walk forward.

"Although the national teacher doesn't want to see me, please listen to General Chen's request for a while." Li Tan walked to his side in two or three steps with his long legs and followed his pace, "General Chen and I will deal with the military affairs. As for the matter, Yang Guozhong has already sent a group of Habayashi soldiers and a few quack warriors to assassinate, and the Crown Prince will go down to persuade His Majesty, while Yang Guifei will trouble you to deal with it.”

"Why me?" Su Jixian actually didn't want to go, Concubine Yang Gui lived in the Kongkong Temple, and to go to the temple had to walk a long section of stairs up the mountain, which was very tiring.

Li Tan smiled lightly, not much of a smile, it sounded more like a cold snort, "Concubine Yang is His Majesty's heart, if there is anyone who can kill her and not be hated by His Majesty, I am afraid it is only the national teacher." Alright."

After all, the death of Princess Wenning, the mother of the national teacher, was because of Yang Guifei.

Su Jixian stopped in his tracks, and there was no expression on his face under the mask. After a long time, he stretched out his hand to Li Tan, palm facing up.

His hands are very beautiful, so white that they have a transparent texture, thin and well-proportioned, with very slender fingers, without any calluses in the palms, it looks like hands that are pampered to the extreme.

Li Tan placed the white jade bottle in his palm, admiring the way his fingers folded to hold the jade bottle, "Then, Concubine Yang, I'll leave it to you."

"En." Su Jixian responded casually, turned around and changed direction to lead the horse.

Su Jixian's horse is very domineering, he does not allow other horses to live in the same stable with it, and fights are also the overlord of horses. When he went to the stable, what he saw was that his beloved horse occupied the entire stable alone. Horses huddled in another stable with their miserable bitten tails hanging down.

It's obviously a filly, why is she so fierce...Su Jixian worried for a while about his baby horse's life, asked the guards to put a saddle on it, stretched out his hand to pull it out, and jumped on the horse's back.

"Let's go, let's go up the mountain."

The stairs to go from the military camp at the foot of the mountain to the Kongkong Temple are really long and long, roughly estimated, there are about nine hundred and ninety-nine steps. Su Jixian rode a horse on the stairs and looked at the endless bluestone steps. I feel in my heart that this temple was built to torture people.

There are pines and cypresses on both sides of the stairs. Even in winter, you can see a thick green, which is particularly eye-catching in the monotonous white snow.This kind of green makes people feel peaceful in their hearts. Even if they have to climb such a high ladder, they will not feel too bad.

The Kongkong Temple is not as luxurious and noble as the Daci'en Temple in Xijing, nor is it as quiet as the Lingyin Temple in Yangzhou. It is more of a kind of ethereal freedom between mountains and fields.

There were not many monks in the temple, but more imperial soldiers and court ladies and eunuchs serving the nobles. Su Jixian got off his horse at the gate and asked the horse to wait at the gate, while he asked someone to take him to Concubine Yang's courtyard.

As a concubine, the courtyard where Concubine Yang lived was on the inside, and after walking a long corridor and passing through a courtyard, he stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

"The imperial concubine will live inside." The imperial guards cupped their hands, "You can't enter the lowly position at will, you can only bring it here, and I ask the teacher to forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, it can be done here." Su Jixian waved his hand to let him go to work, and stepped into the yard.

This courtyard is really small, at least the place where Yang Guifei lived in the palace is much smaller. There are no flowers and plants to watch in the vestibule, and the linden tree has lost all its leaves a long time ago, making it look very bleak.

The maid was standing outside the bedroom door, she was stunned when she saw Su Jixian, and asked softly, "Where is your honor?"

"National Teacher Yun Jing."

The maid was stunned again, blessed him, turned her head and ran into the house, and came back soon: "The imperial concubine welcomes you."

Su Jixian nodded and walked into the room.

The curtains in the room were hung up. Concubine Yang Guifei, who was dressed in golden palace attire, was sitting in front of the dressing table. When she heard the sound of footsteps, she turned her head slightly. The posture of the head is a bit weak, and the curvature of the side face is amazing.

No wonder Xuanzong was so obsessed with her.

Su Jixian complained silently in his heart, and before he could speak, Concubine Yang Guifei smiled softly.

Her laughter was very soft and desolate, just a soft laugh could make people hear tears.

"Does he know?"

This question was a bit inexplicable, without beginning or end, but Su Jixian knew what she meant.

She knew that she was going to die, but what she asked was, did Xuanzong know?

"Perhaps I already know it now." Su Jixian walked over and put the white jade bottle containing the poisonous wine on the dressing table, "Although I don't think all this has anything to do with you, a woman, but they do. I can only die."

Concubine Yang Guifei sighed, stretched out her hand to hold the white jade bottle in her hand, closed her eyes, two teardrops slid down her beautiful face and dripped on the back of her hand, splashing tiny drops of water, "I thought , I can grow old together with him, even in the palace, he is the only one who favors me, I thought...it is really possible..."

She laughed softly, choked up with tears, and said, "Unfortunately, I still lost to God's will."

Su Jixian did not speak, he was not interested in the matter between Xuanzong and Concubine Yang.

"Forget it, this is the last thing I do for him... National Teacher, I want to go alone, is that okay?"

"Your concubine is free." Su Jixian nodded, turned and walked out of the room and the yard.

He wasn't worried that Concubine Yang Gui would run away, after all Kongkong Temple was heavily guarded, and she couldn't escape as a weak woman.What's more, even if she runs away, as long as there is news that "the noble concubine is dead", she can only be a dead person.

A woman who is destined to become a dead person can't make any troubles.

The author has something to say: Ji Xian will be able to meet Lu Lingfeng again soon, probably, in the next chapter.

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