Loyalty Hou Tiansheng rebellious

Recently, Jiangnan officials have had new rumors in private.

It is said that—

"Hey, it is said that Marquis Zhongyi coveted the emperor, and he couldn't ask for it a long time ago."

"How do you say that?"

At the Jiangzhou Governor's Mansion, Li Yan was coming out of the temporary meeting hall.

It has been snowing for the past few days, double curtains were hung in front of the porch to keep out the snow, and Li Yan was standing inside the porch.Hearing this sentence vaguely, he slowed down and walked through the corridor with his hands behind his back.

Only the person who spoke at the beginning said: "But Master Hou has a new love."

Li Yan stopped abruptly, turned his head and looked sideways at the corridor, his right hand rested on the hilt of the long sword worn at his waist, and the long sword was half an inch out of its sheath.

Another asked, "So what do you say?"

"Isn't that new lover..." The man pointed at the front of the hall with his chin, "It is said that his appearance is [-]% similar to that of the emperor, why not give him such a big power? Doves carry messages."

The other person suddenly realized: "No wonder he has a big temper. Mr. Su is also afraid of him, so that's why."

The emperor silently put the long sword back into its sheath.

Almost cut himself off.

I just heard the man continue: "The emperor is very angry because of this matter."

"What? So the emperor got sick because of this?"

"Isn't that right, you put together the events of the past year." The man snapped his fingers like he was counting treasures, "The Marquis was ill a year ago, and the Emperor sympathized with his suffering and brought him into the palace to recuperate. Where do you live?"

The man raised his voice, asked himself and answered, "I live in Changle Palace!"

"Later, Lord Hou's illness was not cured, so his title was cut by the emperor, and he was confiscated into Ye You Court. But where is Lord Hou serving?"

The man continued to ask and answer: "The one serving is Yangju Palace!"

"Later on, Xu Xie conspired against him, Fujian was moved, and the country was in danger. The Lord Hou was ordered to die, and he did not hesitate to die. Then he came to the south of the Yangtze River. It was a coincidence that he met a man who looked similar to the emperor. Of course, he fell in love with him. It's gone." The man clapped his palms, but spread his hands helplessly.

He sighed leisurely: "It is said that at the beginning it was Lord Hou who coveted the emperor, but after the emperor found out, the title of Lord Hou was gone. Now that Lord Hou put it down, the emperor picked it up again. , and got sick."

What he said was not true at all, Li Yan listened as if he was listening to other people's affairs.

He didn't stay long, he just felt that Jiangnan officials were quite gossip, and this problem needs to be cured.

Before leaving, he heard the man sigh sadly and said, "When will I get the truth?"

Li Yan's footsteps paused, and he heard him say again: "Heaven, in order to put down the rebellion, I will not hesitate to die. I just ask Lord Hou to return to Chang'an to accompany the emperor."

The emperor suddenly felt that the gossip attributes of some officials in Jiangnan seemed interesting.

When Li Yan returned to the courtyard where he was temporarily staying, the window sash was half open, the cold wind blew in, and the warmth of burning the charcoal pot in the room was also blown away.

As soon as he opened the door and entered, he saw a snow-white fat pigeon standing on the wooden desk.

It just flew over from the snow, standing on the hill of official documents and letters, combing its hair with its beak.

When someone comes in, they ignore it.

It's annoying.Call it to deliver letters every day, even in heavy snow days.Why not find the blue bird to send a love letter?It's just an ordinary fat pigeon!

Li Yan sat down in front of the case, stretched out his hand to grab its wings, and untied the small bamboo tube tied to its feet.

The fat pigeon flapped its wings and was about to run away. Li Yan grabbed it with one hand and took out the small note from the bamboo tube with the other.

The note is not big, just three sentences, the first two sentences ask about his business, and finally write him a poem.

I wrote letters every day, and wrote all kinds of poems. Chen Hen grabbed the pen, paused the tip of the pen on the paper twice, blurred two small ink dots, and then wrote him a sentence "The eaves are exposed before the eaves" .

Li Yan closed half of the window first, then let go of the hand holding the pigeon, raised his hand to grind the ink, and wrote back to Chen Hen.

There are serious documents for him, and Li Yan is used to reviewing the papers, and he doesn't look like a literati. He writes poems at his fingertips.

After letting the pigeons go, Li Yan went back to his room to look at the map, and rehearsed the battle on the map as he had done many times.

In the past few days, he has been arranging the overall situation in Jiangzhou and secretly dispatching troops. He and Chen Hen thought about this matter together. The barracks and granaries have been figured out. A few days ago, they were almost the same—the Japanese pirates and the boat island where He Xing were located were half surrounded.

It's just that it's not easy to act rashly. With He Xing's back against the sea, he can go to Minzhong or Ryukyu by boat.If he doesn't leave now, it's because he couldn't leave due to tight investigations a while ago, and because the New Year's Eve is approaching, it's too noticeable to leave now.

In the place near the lake and the river, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month celebrates the New Year's Eve.

Taking advantage of the festival, He Xing relaxed his vigilance before taking action.

And Li Yan just wanted to get things done quickly.He wanted to sit on the couch with the cat in his arms, bake the stove, and listen to the cat's storytelling.If the speech is good, just kiss him and praise him, if the speech is not good, encourage him.

We agreed to spend the New Year together, so the New Year's Eve would count as well.

He grabbed a pen and drew a circle on the map.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, all arrangements were in place, and it was the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

Naturally, Li Yan did not go to the front line, but stayed in Jiangzhou County Governor's Mansion.

During the day, I sat in front of the hall for a day, reading the news sent back by the frontline.

The situation is good, Jiangnan's interrogation has relaxed a lot in the past ten days, and He Xing has also relaxed a lot.

In addition to today's holiday, the people on He Xing's boat had been hiding for several months, and couldn't bear the loneliness, so the men sneaked ashore and robbed two cargo ships carrying alcohol.

In fact, the shore is full of Li Yan's people, no matter which ship they rob, the result will be the same.

"Spread everywhere." Knuckles knocked on the surface of the wooden case, Li Yan laughed, "Tonight at midnight."

He Xing.As long as we don't let him go back to Fujian and cut off all his connections with Fujian, he can't support himself alone, he can't make a living, and now he is at the end of his rope. It is still very easy to get rid of him.

Li Yan turned his head to look at the dancing candlelight on the desk, and thought, if he paid more attention to it in his previous life, it would be great if Chen Hen had to die for him to finish such a simple matter.

Those are not virtuous ministers, and those who die are not virtuous ministers.Only those who are good, who can laugh and make trouble can be regarded as virtuous ministers.

Chen Hen is a virtuous minister, whether he is a virtuous minister or not is not up to the heavens, but Li Yan, the monarch.

Do your best, but don't listen to the fate, and change your fate against the sky.

In the middle of the night, there are no stars and no moon.

The soldiers who came back from the front to report the news, rushed in and out of the mansion one by one.

There was a map laid out in front of Li Yan, and he pointed to a certain sea area with his fingertips: "Small boat and bamboo raft, go around in the dark and light the fire."

The accompanying officials were about to go down to deliver the order, but Li Yan said in a cold voice: "Pass it on, after the battle, the enemy will reward you with his left ear for meritorious deeds, and you will be rewarded with ten gold pieces. Whoever catches He Xing, whether He Xing is dead or alive, Reward a hundred gold."

"This……"

This is an unnecessary expense, and there is no serious source, so the official who sent the order is embarrassed.

"All kinds of rewards come from the emperor." Li Yan paused, and suddenly remembered that he was not the emperor in Jiangnan, and added, "Master Hou will invite the emperor, and the emperor will give it."

Jiangzhou was not far from the front line. After waiting for a while, Li Yan got up and went out, standing on the porch in front of the hall and looking out.

The flames in the distance formed a line, burning half of the sky, and the fire was already lit.

He remembered the fire in the Zhongyihou Mansion in his previous life.

This time there will be no more, this time the fire will burn where it should be.

After staring at it for a while, someone sent back a message soon, and everything went well.

Things are not difficult, this deadlock is easy to break, the previous life was just the most difficult path.Everything was within Li Yan's expectations, but thinking about his past life, when he heard the news, he couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly.

The things that Chen Hen mentioned in a few words were deployed for more than a month, understated and commanded.

In fact, it was something he planned for 15 years in his previous life, and he has been planning it day and night today.

For more than a month, in fact, there is nothing to say at all, he is just constantly deducing the sand table, over and over again, looking for the safest way.

Others looked at him and saw him sitting in front of the sand table in a daze. There was nothing else to say, no thrilling power calculations, and no heroic and tragic wars.

He was just sitting in front of the hall, like many sand table deduction, turning day and night dreams into reality step by step.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Su Heng who was beside him hurriedly pushed him secretly: "Master?"

Li Yan came back to his senses, but asked him: "Do you know how to end a war?"

Su Heng couldn't react for a while, and only asked: "What?"

"Reward for meritorious deeds, clean up the mess, transport He Xing or his body back to Chang'an in a prison car, and wait for punishment." Li Yan thought about it again, "That's all, you know how?"

"Grandpa is..."

"Going back now, there is still time to spend a young year with him."

"The road is slippery in the snow and the sky is unclear. I have worked so hard these days, so I didn't sleep much tonight, or I'll do it tomorrow..."

"The road is not too far away, and it will be dawn in a while." Li Yan waved his hand, "Go prepare the horse."

The second halo of Hunjun is about to be illuminated by Li Yan.

Then another virtuous minister beside the Hunjun cut off the sign in time.

"Master, He Xing is cunning, I'm afraid something will happen, we'd better wait a little longer until they catch him."

"That's right." He had to be thorough in doing things, but he was confused for a while.

Li Yan turned around and went back to the front of the hall, still sat down in front of the case, propping his head to think about things.

During the fierce battle, it is not uncommon to not send people to pass the news without taking care of the rear.

After staying peacefully for a while, Li Yan got up again with a flick of his sleeves: "Let's go, go and have a look."

I can't go to Chen Hen for the time being, but he can go to the battle in person and deal with the matter quickly.

Su Heng hurriedly said, "I'm afraid this won't work..."

Li Yan glanced at him coldly: "Prepare the horse."

Su Heng was about to struggle again: "Li Ting told me that if you don't listen to me, you have to listen to him."

From the pavilion.

Just hearing these two words, Li Yan was helpless.

He turned and walked back, covered his face with his hands, sat before the desk for a while, and got up again.

"Prepare the horse."

Not daring to hear Su Heng talk about Liting, Li Yan walked out by himself.

When the horses were ready, the sky was twilight, and before they knew it, a whole day and night had passed.

There was a horse approaching in the distance, Li Yan took the reins, and when he was about to get on the horse, he looked back.

It was the people from the front line who came to receive the reward with congratulations.

Wearing a white shirt, He Xing was covered in blood and was pushed down in front of Li Yan.

He Xing hadn't raised his head to take a look, he just panted and said: "Chen Liting, you and I have met... I also know that you and Li Yan have long been divorced. You are in charge of Jiangnan, I am in charge of Minzhong, and we... "

Li Yan laughed, and said, "Your face grows big."

Suddenly hearing Li Yan's voice, He Xing suddenly raised his head, and he was actually defeated.

"Take him down, don't tell him to die, send him back to Chang'an for punishment." He thought for a while, and then said, "When passing by the Yellow River, throw his clothes into the Yellow River, and then choke him on two mouthfuls of Yellow River water."

This is because He Xing said before that he would throw Chen Hen into the river.

Li Yan holds grudges, as long as it is about Chen Hen, he will hold grudges.

He got on his horse and said to Su Heng: "He Xing is also caught, and it's dawn, Li Ting didn't say he can't go to him at this time, did he?"

The horseshoe ran across the bluestone long street in the south of the Yangtze River, facing the sky, but facing away from the unextinguished fire on the battlefield.