Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

"don't want--"

A smear of blood soaked Luo Cheng's eyes.

The sharp blade in Xin Yue'e's hand fell at the sound, her eyes as gray as death slowly closed, and surrounded by the Western Wei army, she fell beside Xin Wenli.

"The new general is dead!"

"Second Miss is also dead, let's surrender—"

Seeing that the general situation was over, the guards of Hongni Pass, who were still fighting stubbornly, dropped their weapons one after another, and crouched down unwillingly.

Although Xu Maogong, Qin Qiong and others also saw that the Xin family brothers and sisters ended in tragedy, but now they advance to the city and completely occupy Hongni Pass, and it is important to appease the people in the city.

After everyone had finally appeased the people, they all gathered in Xin Wenli's General Military Mansion. Li Mi sat in the upper seat, Xu Maogong, Qin Qiong and others stood in two rows.

For such a smooth capture of Hongni Pass, Li Mi was very happy, his face was full of joy, and he started to make a fuss about giving rewards to the generals, when someone said: "Wait a minute—"

Li Mi took a closer look, and immediately felt upset, but it was not the time to tear his face, so he smiled and said: "It's General Luo, hehe...you have contributed a lot to breaking the city today, I will keep it in mind up."

Li Mixin said, I will praise you first, and give you all the credit, so that you will be embarrassed to talk to me.

But after all, Li Mi didn't understand Luo Cheng's character too much. If Luo Cheng cared about those fame and fortune, he was not Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng's face turned pale, and he stepped forward and said, "Your majesty, did you promise Xinyue'e without permission that if she can persuade her brother to surrender to me, Wagang, you will marry me to her, and you also have to treat Xinwen Li Jiaguan canonize?"

As soon as Li Mi heard this, he instinctively turned his head to look at Wang Bodang. He had told Wang Bodang about this, and now Luo Cheng knew it clearly, and he must be forcing Wang Bodang to get out of the matter.

Luo Cheng said again: "Did I tell you that if you want to go to Hongni Pass and go to Yangzhou, no problem, I, Luo Cheng, will fight for you openly, but let me marry Xinyue'e, then It's impossible, I'm not mean enough to take advantage of a girl's feelings!"

When Luo Cheng talked about his indignation, he was really angry: "I told you clearly that I will not deceive Xinyue'e's feelings, even if it is perfunctory, it is impossible! You are so sneaky, deceiving women's feelings Before and after the event, you broke your promise, took advantage of the situation, and forced people and their families to death. How can you convince people that you are so dishonest, cruel, and capricious?"

At the beginning, Li Mi wanted to swallow his anger. After all, Hongniguan was defeated, but the more he heard Luo Cheng's words, the more unpleasant he felt. At the end, he almost slapped the table. Oh, in front of so many civil and military officials, as well as Hong Ni Guan Yuan's guard general, how dare he accuse him like that!

Seeing Luo Cheng's appearance, Li Mi knew that he might not be kind.Immediately, he ordered people to take those generals down for the time being, and there were only a few Wagang brothers left in the hall.

Wang Bodang yelled angrily, pulled Luo Cheng's arm, and was about to pull him to kneel: "Luo Cheng, do you know what you are talking about? Who are you talking to? That is the emperor! Hurry up and accuse the emperor! "

Because of Xinyue'e's death, Luo Cheng's anger has been ignited for several days. He slapped Wang Bodang's hand away and said with a sneer, "Seventh Brother, you are still a scholar. You have read many more books than me. Let me ask you, have you completely forgotten the purpose of our gathering in Wagang to crusade against the Sui Dynasty?"

Luo Cheng looked around and saw that most of the Wagang brothers were there, and he said loudly: "I, Wagang, am a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and use righteousness to fight against innocence; my Wagang brothers, are upright and upright, and will never be that villain who betrays trust and righteousness."

Luo Cheng's words can be said to have touched the hearts of Xu Maogong and others. Although many of these people were born as thieves, they were also well-known men in the Jianghu back then. What is the most important thing when walking in the Jianghu?Keep promises.

Uncle Wang turned his back angrily and said: "She is a shameless woman who caused my brother to die because of her, such a woman who corrupted Gangchang, there is no reason to have any faith with her."

Luo Chengcheng was about to be annoyed: "Isn't this a good thing you did? Now put all the responsibility on a dead person."

"You—" Wang Bodang pointed at Luo Cheng, and was persuaded by Xu Maogong and others.

"Okay, we are all brothers, stop arguing."

As soon as Xu Maogong opened his mouth, Uncle Wang pulled him and said: "Brother Xu, come and judge. You said that I helped him kill Xin Wenli, and I was wrong? Then Xinyue'e committed suicide because she was absolutely ashamed of her elder brother. Yes, how can you blame me?"

Luo Cheng pursed his lips, and said: "Yes, you really can't be the culprit in this matter. Speaking of the culprit, you are sitting high above you."

"Luo Cheng, you're presumptuous!" Now, Li Mi couldn't sit still anymore, he was referring to himself by name, "Luo Cheng, if you hadn't been unwilling to marry Xinyue'e back then, I would have thought of such a A scheme? Now, people cannot be resurrected after death, what do you want me to do?"

Luo Cheng hooked the corners of his lips, and sneered coldly: "This time I can win Hongni Pass by marrying Xinyue'e, so next time, if the commander-in-chief of Huangtu Pass also has a girl, will I also marry her? What about Sishuiguan? Then I, Luo Cheng, will have a lot of wives and concubines."

"It's all right if you lie to Xinyue'e. You are afraid that things will change. When I am confronting Xin Wenli, you order Seventh Brother to step in and prey on Xin Wenli, forcing Xinyue to death." E. How do you make the common people think of us? My Wagang village is full of bullies and thieves? Li Mi, I’m so ashamed for you—”

"Luo Cheng you! You... are simply unreasonable. Just because I tolerate you doesn't mean you can challenge my authority again and again." Li Mi was so angry that he didn't know what to say for a while, and angrily shouted with a dark face, " Don't forget, who are you talking to! If it weren't for the fact that you have made a lot of contributions to our Wagang, I can completely punish you for committing one or more crimes."

"Punishment? Didn't you want to punish me a long time ago?"

Seeing Li Mi stand up abruptly, Xu Maogong suddenly pulled Luo Cheng back: "Luo Cheng, don't say a few words."

When Li Mi heard it, he thought Xu Maogong was quite upright, but when he heard it again, he almost choked to death. What did Xu Maogong say?

Xu Maogong pulled Luo Cheng, and persuaded him with kind words: "I was standing on a high place at the time of Xin Wenli's death, and I could see clearly that Uncle Wang did something wrong. It doesn't matter whether the emperor coaxed Xinyue'e to surrender the city or not. Yes, but in the eyes of other people, what they see is that the brothers and sisters of the Xin family are planning to surrender the city. Even the suspension bridge on the moat has been lowered, and the city gate has been opened... But where is your Wang Bodang? Standing behind, Backstabbing and hurting people, arbitrarily claiming to kill Xin Wenli and forcing Xinyue'e to death, how do you let the righteous people in the world treat me Wagang? After attacking the city, will people surrender or not? If they surrender, they are afraid of being the same as the brothers and sisters of the Xin family The ending. This time, although the Hongni Pass was captured, the loss outweighs the gain.”

Wang Bodang also refused to let go: "I'm going to act first, what if the new brothers and sisters know the truth about the marriage, go back on their word halfway, and don't want to surrender the whole city?"

Xu Maogong frowned and said, "But now you are forcing them to go back on their word."

Uncle Wang glanced at Xu Maogong and the others angrily, then turned his gaze to Li Mi and said, "I don't think I did anything wrong. I won't tell you, let's listen to the emperor."

When Uncle Wang finished speaking, everyone's eyes focused on Li Mi.

Li Mi thought it over, and then said in a steady voice: "This matter...Mr. Xu, you are really worrying too much. Even if Xinyue'e really surrendered the whole city. Afterwards, when she thought about whether she would marry Luo Cheng, she was unsure. Why do you hate us, these are all factors of instability, Wang Bodang is right to do this, you see, the current Hongniguan is in our hands, isn’t it more at ease than in the hands of the brothers and sisters of the new family?"

When Xu Maogong heard what he said, his heart sank a lot.Secretly thought, even though you have read a lot of poetry and books, you can't even compare with Cheng Yaojin's edge.Although Cheng Yaojin doesn't know a single word, but at least he is reasonable, Uncle Wang did this, you are not at ease accepting Hongni, you don't even think about it, you forced to death the brothers and sisters of the new family who were about to surrender, Hongni Will Niguan's soldiers be convinced?Right now, you have a strong army and a strong horse, and you have no choice but to surrender temporarily, and do it as an expedient measure.

But these words, Xu Maogong put it in his stomach, but he had a score in his heart. Li Mi, the emperor, might not be here for a long time.

Compared with Xu Maogong's calmness and Qin Qiong's observation of words and actions, Luo Cheng's temper is much more explosive. What's more, he is directly involved in the matter of the new brothers and sisters, so how can he bear it.

After Li Mi finished speaking, Luo Cheng smiled: "You think he is right, isn't the idea itself the one from you, Li Mi?"

Li Mi was also furious: "Luo Cheng, if you dare to call me by my name again, I will never forgive you!"

Luo Cheng looked around for a week, sweeping his eyes from Shan Xiongxin and Wang Junke behind, to Qin Qiong and Xu Maogong in front, and finally settled on Li Mi, sneeringly said: "The emperor is very resourceful, I am afraid that in the future this kind of thing will not happen." It will rarely happen, please forgive Luo Cheng for being difficult to accept." After finishing speaking, he took out a waist card from his waist, which was taken away by Li Mi before, and then awarded to Luo Cheng again because he was ordered to be the commander of Yangzhou. .

"Luo Cheng, what are you doing? Hurry up and put away the soldier talisman!" Seeing this posture, Qin Qiong didn't understand anything, and his cousin was going to fight to the end.Naturally, he would like to see the soldier talisman in Luo Cheng's hands, rather than Li Mi holding a heavy soldier.

Luo Cheng glanced at him, and handed the military talisman to Li Mi with one hand: "From today on, I, Luo Cheng, will no longer be the commander who went south to Yangzhou to level the five passes."

Li Mixin said, do you think that without you Luo Cheng, my Western Wei Dynasty would collapse?He stretched out his hand to catch the soldier talisman, but he didn't think about it. Luo Cheng smiled lightly, and suddenly became ruthless, throwing the soldier talisman on the ground.

"Luo Cheng, how dare you play tricks on me!" Li Mi was furious, unable to step down for a while.

Luo Cheng smiled and said: "I just want to tell you that I never cared about this little sign, you tried everything possible to take this sign from me, but in my eyes, it is just a dead thing .”

Li Mi laughed back angrily: "How dare you say that you don't want this soldier talisman at all? It can dispatch hundreds of thousands of my Western Wei army at will."

Luo Cheng raised his eyebrows and said: "Do you think that if I want to transfer troops, do I need to rely on this small sign? I'm different from you, I value such a dead thing, with my face, Luo Cheng's name , I can take hundreds of thousands of troops away at any time."

"You..." Li Mi blushed with anger.

"I'll tell you now, I, Luo Cheng, won't serve you anymore. What do you like, how do you go, attack Huangtu Pass, go south to Yangzhou, kill Yang Guang, and dominate the world. You go your way to Yangguan, and I go mine. The single-plank bridge has nothing to do with each other."

Li Mi was stunned in the same place at that time, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He never thought that he would be kicked out so easily.

Luo Cheng turned around and was about to walk out of the hall, but was grabbed by Qin Qiong: "Cousin, is it possible that you can really let go of so many brothers from Wagang?"

Luo Cheng glanced at Shan Xiongxin and the others with sincere eyes, and then said: "Cousin, brothers, you are all my brothers, you will be my brothers all your life, but I have to leave Wagang today. If I don't leave Wagang, I really will I am afraid that one day I will become like him.”

The "he" is self-evident, naturally it is Li Mi.

"Wait, you can leave, but you are not allowed to take away any of my Wagang soldiers." Li Mi said coldly.

"The emperor must still remember that when I just returned to Wagang, I said that I don't need the military power of the whole army, but Luo Cheng is responsible for the people brought out by my Beiping mansion. You can't interfere." Without waiting for Li Mi to repent, Luo Cheng said again, "That's right, although all the brothers have heard what he said, the emperor has broken his promise not once or twice, and it is estimated that he may not be able to admit it this time."

Li Mi was angry and impatient, so angry that this boy Luo Cheng actually provoked him, if he refused to agree, he would really become a villain who went back on his word, in the eyes of everyone, there is no prestige at all.What he is anxious about is that if he admits what he said, he will have to watch the 10,000+ elite soldiers of the Luo family army slip away from his hands.

Li Mi remained silent for a long time, which made the Wagang brothers very discouraged.This is Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it.

When Li Mi raised his head again, he found that everyone had mixed reactions. He was shocked, and quickly responded: "Of course I keep my promises. If you really want to leave Wagang, you can take the Luo family army with you, but the rest of the soldiers will be all No, if you take other people away, I will hold you accountable."

"Okay." Luo Cheng responded immediately.

When Luo Cheng packed his bags and came out of his tent, there were already people standing outside the tent. Xu Maogong, Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Junke and others stood at the forefront.

Luo Cheng pursed his lips, and put on a smiling face: "Why are you all so bitter-faced, I just left Wagang, it doesn't mean that we brothers won't be able to see each other anymore, and there will be a chance to get together in the future. "

Qin Qiong smiled wryly and said: "We are born in troubled times, and we are precarious. It's not easy. Cousin, do you really plan to leave our Wagang? Aunt and the others know?"

"If fourth brother Cheng is still the emperor, he will not leave even if he is beaten to death, but right now... not to mention me, my father, and brother, they all want to leave. He is afraid of my Luo family's military power for a day or two. As long as he stays in Wagang for one day, I have to leave sooner or later."

"Then why are you leaving? If he wants to leave, it is Li Mi who is leaving. Why should he... um..." Shan Xiongxin just started yelling, and You Junda covered his mouth with his hand, "My good five Gee, do you want Li Mi to attract you with your loud voice?"

Shan Xiongxin opened his hand, and said angrily: "It was originally, is it easy for us to take down Wagangzhai? Li Mi is good, and he can enjoy his success, but Brother Luo Cheng was squeezed by him and had to leave. How can there be such a reason? Xu Third brother, tell me, should Luo Cheng leave?"

Xu Maogong smiled bitterly and said: "Who made us miss the point and elected Li Mi to be the emperor. Now it is easy to ask the gods to send the gods away, and it is not difficult to pull him off the horse, but my reputation in Wagang is ruined. You and I Brother's reputation will be bad, how can he make a big career."

"Since you can't pull him down, then I'll go too. I can go too. Brother Luo Cheng counts me in! I'll go with you." Shan Xiongxin said again.

"Fifth Shan, aren't you embarrassing little brother Luo Cheng? Above the hall, what did you say? If you leave, Li Mizhun will mix up the matter of you leaving with little brother Luo Cheng. This is not an excuse for Li Mi Go back on your word, stop the Luo family army?"

Shan Xiongxin patted his head angrily: "Brother Xu, what do you think we should do? This won't work, and that won't work either. I just can't stand Li Mi like that."

Qin Qiong thought for a moment and said: "Why should we leave? It was so difficult for us to take down Wagang, but Li Mi took advantage of it. Now we can't kill and can't be chased. If we all leave, there is a way. Let's discuss again when little brother Luo Cheng leaves, but I just don't want to let Li Mi take away the Wagang we have laid down."

"Second Brother Qin is right, and I am not convinced." Wang Junke, Qi Guoyuan and others echoed.

"How about this, cousin, your temper is too upright, it is really not suitable to stay here anymore, and you have a direct conflict with Li Mi, even if he has no real power, but his status is there-our brothers should raise their hands to vote for you He came out. It’s unreasonable for you to make trouble with him. You first find a place to settle down. The few of us will spend time with Li Mi, and we can always find a reason to let him come down, and then you will come back with aunt and the others.”

"Well, just listen to my cousin." Luo Cheng nodded.

"Where have you thought about going?" Qin Qiong asked.

Luo Cheng shook his head blankly: "However, cousin, don't worry, I will notify you and Brother Xu as soon as I have a place to stay."

"Okay, now we can only take one step at a time." Xu Maogong sighed.

The next day, the brothers agreed not to send Luo Cheng off, so as not to irritate Li Mi, and went back on their word.

Luo Cheng rode fast and ran towards Wagang alone.

Just after leaving the grove, I vaguely saw a man and a horse parked at the fork of the path, and I took a closer look, no wonder they were so familiar, it wasn't Li Yuanji or someone else.

"Why are you here?" Luo Cheng asked curiously.

Li Yuanji curled his lips and said, "Why can't I be here? Aren't you going back to Wagang and taking the Luo family army away from Li Mi's Western Wei Dynasty?"

Luo Cheng gave him a suspicious look: You know all this?

Li Yuanji said to himself: "You fell out with Li Mi because of the matter of the new brothers and sisters. This matter has been spread all over Hongniguan. Last night, Wang Bodang and others were responsible for appeasing the general and the people. The guards who followed the Xinjia brothers and sisters originally wanted to join the rebel army voluntarily and follow the Western Wei army to go south, making a great achievement. But now because of the Xinjia brothers and sisters, most of them are disheartened and chilled, and they don’t want to follow Li Mi. He resigned, saying that he would rather go back to the mountains and forests than rebel with the Western Wei Dynasty."

Luo Cheng frowned and said, "He won't be able to achieve great things."

"Then what about my Li family?" Li Yuanji opened his mouth and came, but immediately stopped Luo Cheng from asking.

Luo Cheng pondered for a moment before saying: "Duke Tang has the ability to govern the world."

Li Yuanji was overjoyed when he heard that, and he was happier than boasting himself: "Luo Cheng, let me tell you the truth, we don't have many soldiers with us this time, and the second brother is afraid that Li Mi will make trouble in the middle, so he just perfunctory Li Mi's words in order to protect himself." If you surrender to him, I guess after killing Yang Guang, no matter who takes the jade seal, the alliance will definitely be broken, you might as well go back to Li's house with me first."

Luo Cheng lowered his head and didn't make a sound, and didn't know what he was thinking. Li Yuanji was anxious: "What are you thinking? You left the Western Wei Dynasty for the sake of gaining popularity, but have you ever thought about it, your 10,000+ The Luo family's army has to eat and sleep, so why don't you let them gnaw on the bark and sleep in the grove? At that time, they will lose if they don't need to be beaten."

Luo Cheng still didn't speak.

Li Yuanji was even more anxious: "Why don't we do this? You go back to Chang'an with me first. You can leave the Li family anytime and anywhere if you want. The Luo family army is all under your control, and my Li family will never interfere."

Luo Cheng was still silent, but he raised his eyes and glanced at Li Yuanji, which obviously meant, are you in charge?

"Oh, don't worry, I can make up my mind about this matter. If you want to leave at that time, my father won't let you go. I will be responsible for pushing him away and making way for you."

"Really?"

"When did I ever lie to you? I lied to my father, but I can't lie to you."

"Then if you really do this, can your father not punish you?"

"What's wrong with punishing me? I'm his own son anyway, so he can still kill me." Li Yuanji looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

"Okay, it's a deal." Luo Cheng smiled with eyebrows curved, "Let's go back to Wagang and bring the Luo family army out! Go to Chang'an—"

When Luo Cheng's horse ran away, Li Yuanji scratched his head and muttered, "Why do I think you would agree early in the morning? In fact, you are deceiving me by saying so much, wait for me to fall into the trap... "

"Li Yuanji, hurry up!"

"Well, here we come."