My years as a soldier

In October 14th of Tianbao, in late autumn, the red maple is like fire, but it always seems to have a bit of bleakness. The Pingzhou Metropolitan Government House, shrouded in a flaming red maple tree, is deserted and has lost its former glory.

As the power of the chief governor of the Protectorate of Andong was handed over to An Lushan step by step by the emperor, King Su's life in the north became more and more difficult.

Su Wang Li Cong, the fourth son of Tang Minghuang Li Longji, among his many brothers, he was originally in a better situation.Li Cong's biological mother, Concubine Hua, had a high status in the harem, and he himself was lucky enough to seize every opportunity to show off his talents in front of his father, so that Tang Minghuang, among his many heirs, treated his son with respect. The impression has always been pretty good.

In the 13th year of Kaiyuan, Li Cong was granted the title of King Su and led Yongzhou Mu. From then on, he began his political career in local office.On the day he was crowned king, there were six other brothers who were crowned with him. It was a happy family scene, but the word "king" opened up an official career for him, but it was not easy.

In the 25th year of Kaiyuan, the shocking case of the rebellion of the three kings seemed to be a thunderbolt, waking Li Cong from his dream of the prosperity of Kaiyuan.

At that time, Li Cong only knew that the second elder brother and the two younger brothers could never have any ambiguity towards their father, let alone treason!At that time, the second elder brother Li Ying was already the crown prince, so why bother to collude with his brothers to enter the palace to rebel against the thieves?This is impossible no matter how you think about it, but it happened so suddenly!In Li Cong's view, this is obviously ridiculous to the extreme.But overnight, Crown Prince Li Ying was deposed, and King E Li Yao and King Guang Li Ju were also deposed as common people on the same day.

Frightened, the young Li Cong went to the palace overnight to see his birth mother Concubine Hua, trying to find out the truth, but his mother only said, "Look, whoever benefits after this incident will benefit", and Li Cong was instantly startled. be terrified.

The prince's status seems to be stable, but he was not born to a concubine.In the 25th year of Kaiyuan, the concubine favored by the emperor at that time was Concubine Wu Hui, and the position of prince was vacant, so obviously, the most likely to benefit from it was Concubine Hui's own son.Concubine Hui will attack the prince, this motive is obviously enough.

But what made Li Cong feel even more chilling was after the three kings were abolished.

He originally thought that these three being deposed as common people was already the final punishment, even if he wanted to destroy a prince, then such punishment had already reached the extreme.However, after the three brothers were deposed, they were murdered one after another. They were either stabbed to death for no reason, or died by accident. After all, none of the three survived the month safely!

Li Cong was heartbroken, but when he heard his father talk about this matter at the court meeting, his father's indifferent expression really pierced his heart like a sharp sword.

What kind of love between father and son, brotherhood, in the end, can't be worth two words, power.

Li Cong was originally a prince with a heart, but since the crown prince Li Ying was abolished, his heart has also dissipated, and he just lived in a well-behaved manner in his own mansion, but he was promoted smoothly and became the guardian of An Dong .

But King Su who came to Anton was different from the past. After that, he seemed to have a sharp sword hanging in his heart all the time, and the person holding the sword was his father.And he can only prostrate under the sharp edge of the sword of imperial power, and he will never dare to get involved in the word "rebellion" in his life.

King Su is exactly such a person.

Internally, very few people can get into his heart, but externally, if you want to single out his faults, that is absolutely impossible.

Ever since the former Crown Prince Li Ying was deposed, King Su Li Cong couldn't tolerate anything else in his heart.Since then, there is only one person left in his heart, and that is his father.Even if he closes his eyes, he can still see the indifferent eyes of Emperor Ming after bestowing the death of the crown prince.And the fear and admiration for that indifferent person directly controlled him from the inside out.

King Su did not make any special achievements during his tenure as the Chief Protector of Anton, and he never even made any mistakes that would be criticized by others.Rather than saying that he is Anton's chief guard, it is better to say that he is just a fancy decoration. He seems to be sitting in that position, occasionally using his means to do something, but when the critical moment comes, he will unconsciously shrink back Go, hand over the power to the foreign ministers below.After all, even though he was in Anton, his heart still remained in the imperial city of Chang'an.

He always believed that trying to figure out the emperor's will was the most important thing for him as a prince.

So King Su's attitude towards Anlu Mountain has always been very clear.

Since An Lushan was favored, he became enthusiastic about An Lushan, and not only An Lushan alone, even the generals under An's command, King Su never treated him badly.

Probably because of this, An Lushan always felt that King Su was on his side.

In October of the 14th year of Tianbao, just one month before An Lushan rebelled, envoys from Youzhou arrived at King Su's official residence in Pingzhou with precious gifts and a personal letter.It's just that An Lushan's envoy was beaten to death, but he didn't expect that this soft-boned prince who had always been obedient to An Lushan actually had a backbone this time!And it's not the kind of backbone that suddenly plays prestige on a whim, but straightforward and decisive.

In the lobby of the main hall of the Governor's Mansion in Anton, the envoy presented the letter to Li Cong with both hands.The middle-aged Li Cong smiled and reached out to take the letter.But as the paper stretched, and the words in the letter flashed under his eyes one by one, Li Cong felt a chill down his spine at first, but then his blood seemed to be ignited, secretly surging and boiling in his body.

He first folded the letter back to its original form calmly, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he was thinking about something. He was about to return the letter to the sender as it was, but when the letter paper and the messenger's fingertips met At the moment of touching, Li Cong suddenly spoke with a trembling voice, and the face of the messenger in front of him turned blue with fright.

"Come here!! Tie this guy up for me!"

He is the prince after all, even though he has not made any achievements, there is always a fire hidden in his heart.

"...Wait, Your Highness!"

The emissary didn't realize the situation until the guards outside the door rushed in, but he still didn't believe that the person in front of him dared to treat him like this.

"Your Highness! You know my lord's temperament, you have to think for yourself!"

He is also a flexible civil servant, when he saw the guard with the knife rushing towards him, he wanted to dodge to one side, and he did not forget to persuade him.But playing with pens is still not as good as playing with knives. King Su's guards held him backhanded three times, five times and two times, and at the end they didn't forget to kick his knee hard, making him kneel down with a plop , and fell straight in front of Li Cong.

"His Royal Highness Su, please speak up if you have something to say! Your Highness! This is a big matter, and I hope you can think about it in the long run!"

This envoy also often walks around in front of Li Cong, and is one of An Lushan's confidants in Pingzhou.He knew the situation of King Su well, and he knew even more about the strength of An Lushan.

Although King Su is a king, he is now stationed alone with his two sons, without a single soldier under his command, and usually relies on his own guards to guard him.To put it bluntly, he is now just a canary trapped in a cage by An Lushan, unable to turn left and right.It's just that he thought Su Wang Li Cong was a person who knew the current affairs, but how could he know that Que'er, who has always been bright-headed, has committed a crime now!

"Your Highness! Lord An sent troops this time only to eliminate the traitors around the Holy Majesty. If you can do this together with Lord An, Lord An will definitely not forget your help today!"

"Help? Does he want me to help?"

Li Cong laughed angrily, he has been living under An Lu Mountain for many years as a dignified prince, which is a great tolerance.Now that An Lushan is going to bring heavy troops to Beijing, although the intention in the letter is all about Yang Guozhong, how could Li Cong not understand An Lushan's intention of this move.

He was trying to rebel—

This person has hidden evil intentions. Li Cong wrote a letter to the emperor in secret a few years ago. How did he know that he worked so hard to deliver the memorial to the emperor, but was sent back by his old father in a few words? His son, who was not up to expectations, was suspicious of the heroes, and he almost didn't punish him!

Since then, Li Cong has never complained about An Lushan to the imperial court, but now it is absolutely impossible for him to fall to An Lushan's side.

Li Cong knew the consequences of disobeying An Lushan.

Once the envoy returns to Fan Yang, it will be difficult for Li Cong to return to Beijing alive from Pingzhou.But he would rather die in Pingzhou than repeat the mistakes of the three kings.

Li Cong closed his eyes suddenly, and when he opened them again, his right hand was already on the hilt of his waist.

Whether the emissary went back alive or dead, it made no difference to Li Cong.If you want to be filial and loyal, let's do it to the end...

He thought about it, then shouted loudly, the long sword in his hand was out of its sheath, pointing directly at the envoy who was kneeling on the ground——

And just as the tip of Li Cong's sword fell, the sound of shouts came from outside the hall.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Cong was stunned when he heard the sound, he never imagined that the one who rushed out to stop him at this time would be his own son!

"Father!"

"Father, wait a minute!"

I saw two brothers, Li Zhaobin and Li Zhaoshuo, running towards the lobby one after the other. Before they got there, they knelt down at Li Cong's feet without even lifting their heads.

"Father! Father, think twice!"

Li Cong was really stunned at this moment.He never thought that his son would intercede for a foreign minister one day, and this matter is still related to the serious crime of treason!

"Think twice? Do you know who you are begging for?"

Li Cong said harshly, with a fierce look in his eyes.For a while, he couldn't tell whether it was the pleading itself that made him more angry, or the faces of the two sons made him more angry.

"Father, Mr. He is the envoy of Mr. An. Didn't you often ask your ministers to respect Mr. An before? Once you kill the envoy this time, the matter will reach Mr. An's ears in a few days. But you are still in Pingzhou, if nothing else, you have to think about your safety, father!"

The eldest son, Li Zhaobin, who said this, knelt down on the ground and knocked his forehead on the ground, not daring to lift it up.But Li Cong stood in front of him, looking at his son kneeling at his feet, his expression became more ferocious.

At this moment, he seemed to understand the feelings of his father back then.

As a father, the most painful and angry thing is seeing his son disobey.

Anyone in this world can betray him, but these two biological sons who have been carefully cultivated - no!

Li Cong's hand holding the sword couldn't help trembling, he hadn't used the sword for a long time, but at this moment, the power poured into his palm was more sufficient than ever before.

"Don't you think that if you let this guy go back now, An Lushan will have a good look at us?"

"Your Highness! Your Highness is wise and powerful. Mr. An has always been close to His Highness. As long as His Highness agrees to what His Highness asks, how can it be against His Highness!"

This envoy surnamed He was also clever, and at this moment he spoke hastily.

King Su's reaction did startle him, but the reaction of these two young masters was within his expectations.

Now that the power of the Tang Dynasty in the Northeast is in the hands of An Lushan, the reason why King Su can live safely in this Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is entirely due to Mr. An's care, otherwise King Su would not even want to stay here. An Lushan's random words in front of Emperor Ming can make other people's heads fall!

"That's right! Master He is right, Father, please think twice!"

It was Li Zhaobin, the eldest son, pleading in front of Li Cong again.

Li Cong turned his eyes to his eldest son, his eyes were no longer angry, but cold.

"Are you saying that you want me to follow An Lushan and bring troops back to Beijing to kill Yang Guozhong?"

"Father, we are in Pingzhou, haven't we always followed Master An's arrangements?"

When Li Zhaobin said this, he raised his head and looked eagerly at his father who was standing upright from a low place.

His voice was already trembling, but he didn't intend to let it go at all. Instead, he wanted to use this heartfelt rhetoric to persuade his father to change his mind.

At this point, even the sternness in Li Cong's eyes disappeared, leaving only darkness, but the black eyes seemed to be bottomless.

Power, in the end, is still power!

Li Cong really regretted bringing these two sons to Anton.

"Since you can say such things, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After Li Cong finished speaking, he swung his long sword, only to hear a scream across the hall, blood spurted out, and the one who fell was the eldest son Li Zhaobin who was kneeling at Li Cong's feet!

King Su beheaded his own son with his own hands!

Everyone present was stunned by his unexpected move.

The envoy couldn't say another word, he just stared dumbfounded at the eldest son who fell on the ground, and King Su's eyes seemed to be burning.At that moment, the messenger was afraid.He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, his face was black and blue, and a bluish-yellow liquid even leaked from the robe underneath.He was so scared to pee!

The envoy originally thought that King Su would kill him next, but at this moment, Li Cong lowered his arms instead, and only looked down at the envoy indifferently.

"Go back and send a message to your master. Even if I, Li Cong, die, I will never conspire against you! If An Lushan wants to kill me, he can send troops to surround me! But if anyone dares to persuade me again, this will be the end! "

The author says:

This volume is the last volume of the book, and the time to finish writing this chapter is July 7th. It is not sure whether the three shifts will be available this week, but I will try my best to save the manuscript!