[Rebirth] Emperor Yonggao Ji

Wang Sheng stood in court clothes, with the sword given to him by Liu Fu hanging from his waist, and all the civil and military officials stood on the other side of him, and went out fifty miles from the city to welcome Liu Fu's victory and return to the court.Even if Liu Fu did not eat such a heavenly skill like Zhao Mie, but some general got it, according to Dayong's etiquette system, they also need to go out of the city to welcome them.

It's just that the sky is full of clouds, which is really not a good weather.

He Tong stood beside Wang Sheng, looked at his face, and quietly held his arm, "Prime Minister, are you okay?"

He is the long history of the prime minister's mansion, and he is more aware of Wang Sheng's body than others. He knows that he has been ill for the past few days. I can't stand, I want him to borrow some strength.But Wang Sheng smiled at him, and said in a low voice, "No need, it's been a long history."

He Tong sighed and put his hand down.Wang Sheng has been gently swaying back and forth beside him, it's not like he can't see it, but since he said no need, he can't go beyond the rules.

He knew how the prime minister's illness was born.Xiangyang asked for help, and the king ordered the prime minister to personally take 3 troops from Chang'an to rescue Xiangyang.This incident caused an uproar in the court, like a huge thunder exploding in the court, both military and political.How important Xiangyang's status is, no one knows. Although there are some inappropriate orders from the king, since the king's order is so, they had to obey it, but the prime minister ignored the king's order and did not send a single soldier.For this reason, the imperial court did not know how many times they argued, both publicly and privately; Hurry up and send troops.But the prime minister ignored them all, and suppressed all three military orders issued by the king. At the most intense point of the fight, he simply said, "This matter is the responsibility of the prime minister alone", completely blocking the mouths of the courtiers.

In this matter, his toughness even made people feel a little frightened.

The prime minister's toughness naturally has his reasons. He firmly controls the government and the military power. For so many years, he has been a figure under Dayong alone. When the king is away, he is almost the new King Yong. ——This kind of talk gradually spread in private these days, and even reached the prime minister's own ears.All kinds of rumors were rampant for a while, after all——

After the king went out for an expedition, he was unable to mobilize the defenders in Chang'an. No matter who looked at it, it was really terrible.

The prime minister suppressed the voice of doubt with an iron fist, but he couldn't suppress the battle report of the fall of Xiangyang and the death of the general. After that, everyone could see that his face was sick, but no one was surprised.The prime minister's poor health is a well-known fact in the court, not to mention that he insisted on going his own way, even disobeying the king's orders, which finally caused the fall of Xiangyang and shocked the whole country. Some people even said: The prime minister should be sick too.

His sentence "this matter is borne by the truth alone" is really correct, no one dares to take on this matter except him, and no one can afford it.

He Tong didn't believe that the prime minister was really worried because he was worried that the king would find him to settle accounts with him after returning to the country. One afternoon after the battle report came, when he went to the prime minister to discuss matters, it was rare to see him working at his desk as usual. Instead, he leaned on the table, silently staring blankly.He believed that anyone who had seen his expression at that time would not believe those rumors, but it was a pity that no one else saw it except him.

Wang Sheng ordered in a low voice: "Go and see where Shang Wang and his party are and when they will arrive." His voice was deep but steady, quite different from his expression.

The soldier quickly reported: "Prime Minister, the king still has five miles to go, and he is stopping to rest. The king said that the soldiers should clean up first."

Wang Sheng nodded, because of this movement, sweat fell from his chin and dripped on his front.

At this time a year ago, the scene was somewhat similar to now, but it happened to be reversed.At that time, he was ordered to attack Zhao's city west of the Yellow River. After conquering it, he crossed the Yellow River, joined Liu Fu's army in the south of Taiyuan, and returned the army to him.At that time, Liu Fu also greeted him when he went out of the city - instead of ordering civil and military officials to line the road to greet him, he personally led the officials to stand by the roadside and wait.At that time Liu Fu took his hand, walked away and asked with a smile: "Jing Huan, I will go out of the city to meet you in person, do you show your respect?"

He smiled when he heard the words, knowing that Liu Fu had read the history of the Three Kingdoms recently, so he said: "I am answering the king's words, and I am finishing the next sentence."

Liu Fu pretended to be stupid, "What next sentence?" After speaking, he spread his hands, looked at him and said with a smile, "I don't remember."

He shook his head with a smile, then stood still, and raised his hand to point to all directions, "May the mighty virtue spread across the world, including Kyushu, conquer the emperor's career, and use the car and soft wheels to conquer the ministers, and it will be prominent."

Satisfied, Liu Fu held his hand and laughed loudly, "Jing Huan, look, I not only want you to be the Prime Minister of our Great Yong Kingdom, but also the Prime Minister of the Great Yong Dynasty!"

The sound of horseshoes approached, Wang Sheng came back to his senses, and followed the sound.It was a vast expanse of white, and whispers gradually sounded among the officials.

Liu Fu's army was all dressed in filial piety, holding white banners and flags, even Liu Fu himself who rode in the front was no exception, he specially put on a white horse, how could he look like a victorious army?After Wang Sheng saw it clearly, he shook it slightly, subconsciously supported the hilt of the sword, and put down his hand after a while.

Seeing Liu Fu like this, no one dared to read the prepared congratulatory speech, they all looked at each other in blank dismay.Many pairs of eyes fell on Wang Sheng, some hoped that he would open his mouth to spy on the king, and some watched his jokes, Wang Sheng just didn't notice.Looking at Liu Fu's face, he felt that he looked a little pale, and he looked a little haggard with the filial piety all over his body.I heard that he passed out on the spot after receiving the military report. I don't know if he was sick.

He lowered his eyes, raised one hand, almost pressing it on his stomach, and finally dropped it back.

Liu Fu stopped his horse, and said in a low voice: "Everyone, Taiyuan is won, Xiangyang is lost, so just congratulate me. I have something to discuss with the prime minister, and all the lovers will go back first. All matters will be discussed at the court meeting tomorrow." .drive!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting, he swung his whip fiercely and rode away.At this time, Wang Sheng's expression was still very appropriate. He boarded the frame, gave a slight signal to everyone, and then left for the city.

The sky was getting dark gradually, like a black iron curtain slowly pressing down towards the top of the head, there was a faint sound of thunder between the clouds, each sound was louder and closer than the sound, lightning entrenched among the clouds, golden body looming.The wind bulged the sleeves of the robe fiercely, making people feel cold all over.

Heavy rain is coming.

Wang Sheng waited for a while outside the Zichen Hall where Liu Fu and him discussed privately on weekdays. The palace servants quietly walked to him and said that the king was waiting for him in the Xuanzheng Hall.He froze for a moment, then went to Xuanzheng Hall.

"Prime Minister, please take off your sword." Wang Sheng was about to go in, but he was politely stopped by the guards at the door. Wang Sheng glanced at him, which suddenly revealed the majesty that he had been a prime minister for many years, but the guards' expression did not change. , still raising his arms to stop him.

Wang Sheng said indifferently: "Your Majesty bestows the true face sword on the palace."

The guard bowed his head slightly to him, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "The king ordered his subordinates to remove the prime minister's sword before he can let the prime minister into the palace."

Wang Sheng closed his eyes for a moment, then he untied the saber and handed it to him. He bent down and was about to take off his shoes, but the guard said again: "Prime Minister, Wang Ming only needs to remove the sword."

He put down his hand, turned sideways to make way for Wang Sheng, and stood aside respectfully with his head bowed.Wang Sheng nodded, slowly straightened his waist, and walked into the hall.

Liu Fu sat far away at the head, his body was hidden in the darkness, and his expression could not be seen clearly.It was not the time to go to court, he was alone in the huge Xuanzheng Hall, the hall was empty, only a few candles were lit, Wang Sheng walked towards him slowly, his footsteps stepped on the stone slab, making a light and empty sound.

He walked all the way to His Majesty and knelt down without saying a word.Liu Fu still sat high on it, motionless, like a rock.

"Prime Minister," he said slowly after a long time, "Aren't you here all right?"

Wang Sheng remained silent.Seeing this, the dark silhouette at the head of the hall moved, and Liu Fu's voice came again, "Ha, the prime minister is so arrogant, he doesn't even answer what I say. Stop kneeling, get up."

Wang Sheng remained silent, did not move a bit, still knelt there, his thin back straightened, as if he hadn't heard anything.Liu Fu chuckled, "It seems that what I said is really not easy to use."

"Since the prime minister likes to kneel, well, I'll ask this question, and you answer it this way." Liu Fu supported the armrest with both hands, and leaned forward slightly. The face slowly emerged from the darkness, but the expression was still difficult to distinguish. , "I ask you, what is Xiangyang, prime minister, my good prime minister, do you know?"

Seeing that Wang Sheng was still silent, Liu Fu almost laughed angrily. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "The prime minister doesn't want to say it, so let me explain it for him. Strangling the Yangtze River, returning to Yong will make Yong strong, and returning to Liang will make Liang Xing, this is the battleground for our military strategists."

"Who is the defender of Xiangyang?" Liu Fu said to himself, "I also answered for the prime minister. He is one of the four generals of Dayong, a rare general in our army who can stand alone, and it is my Liu family." No.1 of the clan... is my uncle Liu Fu! Is my uncle!"

His pitch suddenly rose, and when the words fell, Wang Sheng could only hear two muffled gasps above his head, and then he heard Liu Fu whisper: "I've finished what I want to say. Now it's time for the prime minister to tell me, I'm going down." Where did the three military orders go?"

Wang Sheng finally opened his mouth and said: "The minister has written back to the king, and he will explain the reason why he cannot send troops."

"Bullshit! It's all bullshit!" Liu Fu seemed to be irritated suddenly, but finally he couldn't suppress his voice, and asked loudly, "I told you to save Xiangyang, how dare you not listen?"

Wang Sheng said indifferently: "Your Majesty, you can punish ministers for violating orders."

Liu Fu jumped up from his seat suddenly, and asked loudly, "Do you think I dare not punish you?" Suddenly, a flash of lightning split the sky, reflecting a ghastly light in the hall, causing the two people in the hall to shudder. The other party's expression can be seen clearly.Liu Fu stood on the nine steps, bowed his waist and stared at the expressionless Wang Sheng, the light in his eyes was sharper than a sharp sword.

Moments later, the lightning went out, and the hall returned to darkness, even darker than before, leaving only vague outlines of the two of them.After a while, there was the sound of rolling thunder in the sky, like a heavy carriage rolling over slowly.

"I dare not."

"Don't you dare, you dare not..." Liu Fu walked up and down the steps violently, like a lion trapped in a cage, with fire coming out of his eyes.At this moment, he almost wanted to grab Wang Sheng's front ruthlessly, just to pull him up and force him to question, but looking at Wang Sheng's slender shoulders, he finally held back.How could he be willing to treat him like this?He asked the guards to unload Wang Sheng's sword and gave him a severe blow, but he was still reluctant to let him take off his shoes.Liu Fu lost his strength, threw himself down, and sat down heavily on the steps.He lowered his head, pressed his hands on his face, and said in a weak voice when he spoke again, "Why didn't you save Xiangyang..."

From just now, Wang Sheng's complexion was as tense as a stone, no matter how violent Liu Fu's attack was, he would not be moved. Seeing Liu Fu's condition now, his complexion turned pale in the darkness, but he still spoke steadily. He replied: "Don't you know that Xiangyang is the most important place, and the right general is the minister? It's just that when our army was completely trapped in the northern border, Nanliang raised 3 soldiers to cross the north of the river. The menacing attack may be really aimed at Xiangyang, or— ——Just like the king destroying Wei, the attack must be saved, and the intention is Chang'an! Chang'an only has [-] defenders. Going down to Xiangyang, I'm afraid Chang'an will not be safe at that time."

"Besides, even if Nanliang really only wanted to win Xiangyang, and the ministers poured troops from Chang'an to the east, what if the Turks took the opportunity to invade the country?"

"Scaremongering!" Liu Fu retorted, "Chang'an has a forest of 1 feathers. I have managed it for a long time, and it has become as strong as a golden city. Looking at the world, who can break it in a hurry? Within ten days, reinforcements from all over the country will arrive, at least If there are more than a thousand people, at most [-] people, can't they keep Chang'an safe?"

Wang Sheng smiled, then shook his head, looking at Liu Fu with an inexplicably relaxed expression, with a bit of care and helplessness.Fortunately, Liu Fu couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark, otherwise he might have added another fire to the boiling oil pan, and he might not be angry again.He knew that Liu Fu was so chaotic because of his concern, and he refused to let go. It's not that he couldn't figure out the joint here, but he still explained in detail: "Think about it, my lord, if Chang'an is really besieged, how can it be so simple? Chang'an is my capital. , different from others, the court officials, rich merchants and giants all gather here. Once the enemy soldiers approach the city of Chang'an, these people will cause chaos. If they are in chaos, the people will be in chaos, and chaos will lead to changes. Is the court Monolithic? If someone took the opportunity to cause trouble and made some moves, the king and his ministers led troops outside, and there were ten thousand feather forests in the city—what should we do at this time? If we attack Chang'an by force, we may not be able to capture it in March, but once there is a change in the city , Chang'an can be broken in half a day! Chang'an is my foundation, if I make a mistake, it will be unimaginable, please think about it carefully, Your Majesty."

Liu Fu remained silent.What Wang Sheng said was very reasonable, absolutely correct, and he couldn't find any mistakes in what he said, but after listening to it, he felt like a piece of ice was trapped in his heart, and he shivered intermittently.Wang Sheng's words were like the well water in early spring splashed all over his head, making him tremble all over his body, even every strand of hair.Liu Fu stared at Wang Sheng, suddenly trembled, gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "Then my uncle... just leave it alone?"

Wang Sheng knew that Liu Fu was a person who valued affection, but he still answered truthfully without hesitation: "The city of Xiangyang and the right general are no more important than Chang'an. If the king wants to achieve great things, he shouldn't deserve the kindness of a woman. A strong man breaks his wrist."

Liu Fu looked at him in disbelief, lowered his voice, and said very slowly: "So, you just stand still and watch my uncle die in Xiangyang City when he has nowhere to go?"

Wang Sheng's waist couldn't stand upright early in the morning, so he supported the floor tiles with both hands. Hearing the words, he just said: "The king can punish the crime of violating orders, and I will never complain. It's just that if the minister obeys the order, he is ashamed of the king's entrustment." His kindness is also to disregard the country, even if the minister is convicted, he will never do it."

With a violent wave of his arm, Liu Fu threw everything on the case at Wang Sheng's feet one by one. The bluish-white pen container exploded in front of him, and the flying broken porcelain scratched the side of his neck, and blood dripped down immediately. Wang Sheng remained motionless.Liu Fu threw it and shouted: "Is your blood cold! Don't you have a heart! Just watch him die! Ah? Watch him die!"

He suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, and walked towards Wang Sheng with the sword in hand, stepping on the debris on the ground, making a clattering sound.When he got closer, Liu Fu knelt down in front of Wang Sheng, put the hilt of his sword into his hand, took his hand, put the sword across his neck, and shouted in his face: "You take me too!" Let's kill together! You have the world in your heart, you are for the country and the people, but I can't tell the seriousness, and I blame you in turn, how can I be the king! For your world plan, huh? For your world plan, put all Kill everyone who stands in your way! You are Yi Yin and Huo Guang, and I am Tai Jia and Liu He. Abolish me! Kill me! No one will stand in your way anymore, and no one will hold you back Now, go ahead by yourself! Go! Go as far as possible!"

He pressed the blade of the sword hard on his neck, cutting out a horrifying bloodstain, and the bright red blood kept dripping down. "Your Majesty, let go!" Wang Sheng was startled, both of his hands were in Liu Fu's, and he tried his best to snatch the sword away, but he couldn't snatch him away.His heart was beating like a drum, and in desperation, one hand still clasped Liu Fu's hand, while the other grasped the tip of the sword. Both sides exerted force together, and used all their strength to pull the sword towards him. The flesh on the palm was cut horizontally, almost touching the bone, blood poured out for a while, and half of the sleeve was wet, but he gritted his teeth and still didn't let go, but he still couldn't grab it.In the end, it was Liu Fu who roared and threw the sword on the ground violently.

There was only a series of deafening thunderclaps, as if the dam of the Tianhe River had been blasted, and the flood water rushed down towards the ground without stopping.

At that time, it rained cats and dogs, thunder roared, and the wind was strong, blowing the candles in the hall to flicker, which made people tremble with fear.Sometimes the outside is like a golden snake in the sky, bright as day, and sometimes it is as dark as a curtain, and you can't see your fingers.

Liu Fu staggered to his feet, looked down at Wang Sheng, his tall figure was flickering.He felt that Wang Sheng's eyes should be full of disappointment, blame and even discouragement at this time, but he looked at Wang Sheng's eyes through the flash of lightning, but felt that those eyes were still like a deep pool of calm, as if he I had already expected that I would say and do this.

As he said, his body is cold and his blood is cold. No matter what time, he calmly makes people dare not approach him; no matter what time, he can always make the most appropriate and correct choice.He is like a skilled coachman, carefully controlling Yongguo's carriage, not letting it deviate from the road he planned. During this process, anyone who is thrown off the carriage is insignificant.

From Liu De to Liu Zhu and Li Jiu, from the rebellious Lu family to Xiangyang City where thousands of people died... Wang Sheng himself is such a person, and he has always hoped and forced him to become such a person.

Liu Fu knew that of course he himself was not a kind person. By this day, he had already killed people like hemp. The reason why he felt that Liu Hao's death was different from the hundreds of thousands of people who died at his hands was because Liu Hao was The uncle who took care of him since he was a child is different from others in his heart.The difference between Wang Sheng and him is that there is no such "different person" in Wang Sheng's heart. All people in the world are the same to him, the same when they are benevolent and righteous, and the same when they are cruel. Most people, he can sacrifice anyone.

Including Liu Hao, including himself, and perhaps another King Yong.

Liu Fu felt cold all over his body, took two steps back, and stood a little farther away from Wang Sheng. He smiled as if he was crying, pointed at the mess on the ground, and whispered in a calm tone: "Jing Huan, now I'm guilty too. Liaohun, I'm afraid I can't be your master, are you going to leave me like you left Zhou Fa and the others?"

Wang Sheng was still panting, his right hand was hanging on the ground, soaked in a puddle of blood, his five fingers were shaking lightly together, the whole palm was bright red, blood was still gushing out from the opened flesh.Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head to look at Liu Fu. The flashing look on his face made Liu Fu feel very strange—even when Wang Sheng hugged his stomach and curled up in pain, he had never been in front of him. I have seen such a painful look on my face before.

After a while, he heard Wang Sheng say softly: "Your Majesty, go back and rest first, and I will apologize to the King tomorrow."

You see, at this point, he is still so calm, so calm and at ease.

Liu Fu looked at him silently, finally couldn't bear it anymore, strode out of the hall, the blood on Wang Sheng's hand flowed to his feet, making him step on a string of red footprints on the hall, because the hall was dark, this The footprints also looked black.The door of the palace was closed in front of Wang Sheng, and then there was a burst of heart-piercing cries from outside.

Wang Sheng knelt in the middle of the hall silently, listening to the cries, finally bent down slowly as if unbearable, pounded his uninjured left hand into his stomach, and pressed his palm deeply, as if he was going to touch his own. spine.Liu Fu's cry was still clearly audible in the continuous rainstorm. He listened silently, only feeling like a bell and pestle hit his chest and abdomen heavily.Every time the cry sounded, the heavy bell and pestle would slam into his stomach, causing it to twitch endlessly, convulsing like crazy under his palm, no matter how hard he pressed, he couldn't suppress it Even the slightest.

He lowered his body lower and lower, almost completely folded up, the sweat on his pale face dripped onto the ground from the tip of his nose and from his chin.Suddenly, his expression changed suddenly, and he opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood, splashing on the stone bricks.

Wang Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then wiped his mouth clean with his cuff.There was blood from his hands all over the tiles, and the spit on the ground didn't need to be dealt with.

Somehow, after vomiting blood, he felt much better.He knelt motionless, and he didn't know how long it took. He heard the crying gradually subsided, and then he staggered up and walked out of the hall slowly.