"It turns out to be General Yuwen. I have admired you for a long time." Thinking of Chen Sangliang's instructions before leaving, Qian Xiangmin hastily bowed his hands to Yu Wenhua and said respectfully, "General Yuwen, please rest assured that your mansion in Daxing City is safe and sound. Chen Liushou And General Dugu Wynn, who made great contributions this time, specially arranged special staff to take care of you, please rest assured."
"Brother Yingliang specially arranged special staff to take care of me?" Yu Wenhua and Huanxi asked in disbelief.
"That's right." Qian Xiangmin nodded and said with a smile: "Chen Liushou has always remembered the friendship between you and him. You introduced Mr. Lonely, Mr. Yuanqi and Mr. Li Yangcheng to him last time, and this time they are in Daxing again. He helped Chen Liushou a lot during the war, so Chen Liushou not only paid attention to your affairs, but also asked me to thank you for the good brother you introduced to him."
Yu Wenhuaji laughed out loud, pushed aside the civil and military officials who were scrambling to ask Qian Xiangmin about the situation in Guanzhong, put his arm around Qian Xiangmin's shoulders, and said with a big laugh, "Brother Yingliang is really interesting. As expected of a good brother, I heard that you are Brother Yingliang's confidant, and that is also General Ben's good brother, let's go, let's go drink."
Qian Xiangmin, who was still covered in dust, hurriedly declined, pointed at his dirty clothes and said with a wry smile, "General Yuwen, I appreciate your kindness, but I need to wash and change my clothes with this appearance. , I’ll go to see you when I’m free.”
Smelling the smell of sweat and urine on Qian Xiangmin's body, and seeing the dirt and dirt on his face, Yu Wenhuaji didn't insist. He laughed and let him go, but other officials who were eager to know the situation in Guanzhong But the soldiers didn't care so much, and immediately gathered around and asked about the situation in Guanzhong. Qian Xiangmin had no choice but to answer these questions as much as possible while going to the post house under the guidance of the officials at Shangshutai No matter what he said, his voice was also hoarse, but he still couldn't stop the overwhelming homesickness.
What surprised Qian Xiangmin, He Er and the others was that there were so many officials and soldiers gathered in the imperial city, but there was no movement in the palace city which was close at hand. Same. He also took the time to ask those civil and military officials who inquired about the news in Guanzhong. Only then did Qian Xiangmin know that it turned out that Emperor Sui Yang had not held a court meeting for a long time, nor had he appeared in public for a long time. It is difficult for the important court officials such as Yu Shiji, Yu Shiji and Lai Huer to see Emperor Sui Yang. What Emperor Sui Yang did every day was to take the beauties of the harem to visit the gardens, drink wine, and recite poems and lyrics.
"Is His Majesty the Emperor crazy?" For the first time, Qian Xiangmin thought of being disrespectful to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and secretly said: "The Great Sui Dynasty has been corrupted to this point, and he is still drunk every day. Do you want it?"
After staying in the post house, Qian Xiangmin and others were still harassed by officials and soldiers who came to inquire about the news from Guanzhong. At the same time, the latest battle report, military situation and various news they brought from Guanzhong were like a huge boulder. As if they were thrown into the water, huge waves were set off inside and outside Jiangdu very quickly. A large number of soldiers from Guanzhong were running back and forth, telling each other and inquiring about each other. All kinds of news, true or false, spread wildly. The strong nostalgia was even more intense. Every general and soldier from Guanzhong was looking forward to Emperor Sui Yang's edict to let them return to their hometown in Guanzhong to see with their own eyes the situation of their relatives in their hometown.
After resting in the post house for a day, on the afternoon of the second day, Hu Benlang of Xiaoguowei brought Fan Wenchao to his house and invited Qian Xiangmin and He Er to his residence for a drink, although there were still many civil and military officials who invited Qian Xiangmin Many officials have higher titles than Fan Wenchao, but Fan Wenchao also has another identity as the son of Fan Zigai. Fan Lao stubbornly owes Chen Sangliang a mountain of kindness, and Chen Sangliang's two loyal lackeys, Qian Xiangmin and He Erjue He had to give Fan Wenchao this face, he could only accept Fan Wenchao's invitation obediently, and immediately followed Fan Wenchao to the Xiaoguowei camp in the east city of Jiangdu, where he had a feast and drink with Fan Wenchao and several Xiaoguowei generals.
The main topic of the banquet was still the situation in Guanzhong. Fan Zigai’s hometown was in Wuwei, Hexi, where Li Gui was making trouble. Fan Wenchao was also worried about his relatives in his hometown, but it was a pity that because Xue Ju cut off the connection between the Sui army and Hexi, Qian Xiangmin, etc. People don't know the situation in Wuwei, which makes Fan Wenchao very disappointed, and it also makes Fan Wenchao more worried about his family in his hometown. Several of his fellow generals are also sighing and frowning. Qian Xiangmin could only try his best to comfort them, saying that Chen Sangliang was a man whose conscience had not been eaten up by dogs, and as long as he got in touch with Hexi, Chen Sangliang would definitely not be able to treat Fan Wenchao and his family badly.
Generals from Guanzhong who heard the news came to the banquet uninvited, including Sima Dekan, the chief general of Xiaoguowei, who learned that his hometown Fufeng County was looted by Xue Ju, Bai Yupo, Li Hongzhi and other bandits in turn. After many times, the tall and burly Sima Dekan didn't say a word for a long time. Finally, he just picked up a wine jar and poured the remaining half of the jar of wine into his mouth. The wine dripped down and wet his bright armor. He didn't seem to notice it.
"Brother Sima, you are the commander-in-chief of the inner court guards, and you can often see His Majesty." Seeing that Sima Dekan's worries are not under his own control, Fan Wenchao said through his drunkenness: "Can you find an opportunity to advance under Your Majesty?" In a word, please return to the capital, if your majesty sends an edict to return to Daxing, my younger brother is willing to be the pioneer!"
When Fan Wenchao said this, the other Xiaoguowei generals immediately echoed, all of them urged and begged Sima Dekan to come forward to persuade him, and asked Emperor Sui Yang to send an edict to return to Guanzhong. Sima Dekan smiled wryly, smashed the empty wine jar in his hand on the table, hiccupped and said, "I often see His Majesty? To tell you the truth, from the first day of the first lunar month to the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month today, For twenty-four days, I only saw two sides of Your Majesty! Please, Your Majesty, return to Guanzhong? Don’t look at me as the chief general of Xiaoguowei, if I dare to say this, my head will fall to the ground!"
No one refuted, because everyone knew what Sima Dekan said was the truth, only someone said in tears: "Are you really going to run back at the risk of beheading like Dou Xian and the others?"
Still no one said anything, only Qian Xiangmin asked Fan Wenchao about Dou Xian curiously, and only then did he know that Dou Xian, the Huya Lang general of Xiaoguowei, led some Xiaoguowei generals to flee westward because of homesickness, but was arrested by the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yangdi sent cavalry to catch up and kill them all, but even so, there were still soldiers fleeing from the Xiaoguo Guard Army, and they couldn't stop them no matter what. At the same time, Fan Wenchao also quietly told Qian Xiangmin that because of the news of the chaos in Guanzhong brought by Qian Xiangmin and others, more than 50 soldiers from Guanzhong escaped last night, and most of them were killed.
When Qian Xiangmin was worried about whether he would be involved in this situation, there was a sudden rude laughter outside the door, "Haha, General Wen Chao, why didn't you call me when you invited Qian Yezhe to drink? You have a lot of face, I heard that the sixth son of Lai Zhu Kingdom, Lai Liulang, went to invite the Qian Ye Zhe himself, but he didn’t get it, so you just say hello, and the Qian Ye Zhe will follow you.”
Amidst the laughter, the tall and powerful Yu Wenhuaji stepped into the hall. Although Yu Wenhuaji was rude and superficial, his father Yu Wenshu still had the prestige. Seeing him coming in, even Xiaoguo Wei Sima Dekan Standing up to welcome him, Fan Wenchao also respectfully invited him to the chief seat. Fan Wenchao also quickly said with a smile: "What face does the general have? He Beishen, the money caller, they are all looking at my father's face. Accepted the invitation of the last general. Please take your seat, general, please take your seat."
Honestly and unceremoniously sat on the chief seat, Yu Wenhuaji nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, there is nothing to say about Brother Yingliang's character. Brother Wenchao, your father is very kind to Brother Yingliang. I want to repay you for him, and so do I. The brother I introduced to Brother Yingliang helped him, and he was right enough for me. Oh, yes, old Qian, you didn’t make it clear yesterday, Dugu Huai’en and Yuan Qi , How did you help Brother Yingliang so much? Tell me quickly, with the skills of those useless boys, can you help Brother Yingliang a lot?"
Qian Xiangmin agreed, and hastily told about the fact that Dugu Huai'en and other dandies helped Chen Sangliang to destroy the rebels' entire city defense circle in one fell swoop. Yu Wenhua was surprised that Chai Shao also surrendered anyway, and endured He couldn't help laughing happily and said: "I didn't expect Yuan Qi and Li Yangcheng's bastards to have such guts. It's not bad, it's also a way to save face for me. The brothers brought out by this general are just fighting for their spirits."
When the matter of Daxing was mentioned, Qian Xiangmin remembered another important event, and hurriedly said to Yu Wenhuaji: "General Yu Wen, forgive me, I was too busy yesterday, and I have something to report to you. Chen Liushou also let the next The official would like to apologize to you. When Li Yuan invaded Daxing as a traitor, Chen Liushou was still in Tongguan before he could send troops to stop him because the bandit army was blocking the way. Li Yuan's bandit army ransacked your estate outside the city. It is said that the loss was very heavy. , Chen Liushou said that he was sorry for you, please forgive me."
No one can turn his face faster than Yu Wenhuaji. Hearing the news, the bright smile on Yu Wenhuaji's face not only disappeared immediately, but the veins on his forehead jumped violently, and he asked with a livid face: "Then what should I do?" What about the Lishan Hunting Ground? And my other courtyard next to Xingchen Tang, have they been washed away by the bandits?"
"This..." Qian Xiangmin was a little embarrassed, and replied: "I don't know about this lower official, but I don't think it will be any better. Xinfeng to the northeast of Lishan Mountain is also a battlefield. We fought several battles with Li Yuan's bandit army there. , Many rebel soldiers fled into Lishan, and He Beishen, the daughter of Deputy Yin who stayed behind, was rescued from Lishan, and your other courtyard there must have also suffered disaster."
With a bang, Yu Wenhuaji kicked over the table in front of him, gritted his teeth with a livid face, and didn't know whether he was hating Li Yuan's bandit army or blaming Chen Sangliang for not protecting his property outside the city well. Fan Wenchao, who was very fond of incense, was afraid that he would vent his anger indiscriminately, so he hurriedly tried to persuade and comfort him. Sima Dekan and other Xiaoguowei generals also spoke to comfort him, saying that this matter had nothing to do with Chen Sangliang, but was the sin of Li Yuan's bandit army. To put it bluntly, this made the stingy Yu Wenhuaji sit down and drink again, but in this way, Yu Wenhuaji's previous good mood disappeared without a trace, and he drank more than other Xiaoguowei generals. Li also kept greeting all the female relatives of Lao Li's family.
During the drinking and chatting, the topic unknowingly brought back the current situation in Guanzhong, and then, through the drunkenness, some people began to complain that the high-ranking officials in the court were not considerate of the officers and men in Guanzhong, and did not persuade Sui Yang Emperor to return to Luan Daxing, which attracted everyone's support. Qian Xiangmin, who had already seen Yu Wenhua and his bad character, hesitated again and again, and finally said hesitantly: "General Yuwen, Chen Liushou asked the next official to ask you something, I wonder if you can help."
Although somewhat blaming Chen Sangliang for not protecting his property well, Yu Huaji also knew that Chen Sangliang could not be entirely blamed, so he nodded and said, "Tell me, what can I do for you?"
"Chen Liushou would like to invite you to come forward and invite His Majesty to return to Luan Daxing."
Qian Xiangmin's words made the audience quiet, everyone looked at Qian Xiangmin in surprise, Yu Wenhuaji was also dumbfounded, and exclaimed: "What? Please let me play and invite Your Majesty to come back to Daxing?" "
"That's right." Qian Xiangmin nodded, and hurriedly put on a high hat for Yu Wenhuaji and said, "Chen Liushou said that in the whole world, only you, the general, can persuade His Majesty to return to Luan. Personal friendship, close relationship, your father Yuwen Zhuguo is the most trusted person of His Majesty, and has been favored for more than ten years, and your third brother is His Majesty's eldest son-in-law, His Majesty will definitely listen to your words, even if you say something wrong, Your Majesty will not blame you either. So Chen Liushou believes that you are the only one in the whole world who can persuade His Majesty to come back to Luan, so please agree."
Yu Wenhuaji was still a little tongue-tied, while Sima Dekan, Fan Wenchao, Yuan Li, Pei Qiantong and other Xiaoguowei generals looked at each other in surprise. After looking at each other for a while, Sima Dekan and others suddenly woke up and hurried They exchanged winks with each other, then stood up and left the table together, knelt down to Yu Wenhua and Jishou, and said in unison: "Chen Liushou's words are reasonable, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, only General Yuwen can persuade His Majesty to return to Luan, please also ask Yu Wen For the sake of the common people in the world, for the sake of us and other soldiers in Guanzhong, the general came forward to persuade us."
"This..." Yu Wenhuaji, who was actually a stern and mean-spirited bastard, was extremely hesitant and dared not agree. But Sima Dekan and others finally saw a hope of returning home, and they were willing to let it go. They only begged Yu Wenhua and agreed, and they rushed to flatter and flatter Yu Wenhua. Even if Emperor Sui Yang refused to listen to the Emperor's favor for Yuwen's family and Yu Wenhuaji's persuasion, there would be no consequences. As a result, it was natural that Yu Huahua and Yu Huaxia, who were so stupid as to be able to accompany hundreds of thousands of Xiaoguo elites who were eager to go home, gradually began to waver.
Qian Xiangmin, who barely counted on food, inadvertently gave Yu Wenhuaji a fatal blow, and urged: "General Yuwen, if you are worried that your majesty will be in a bad mood and punish you, then you will have a good chance right away." , Your Majesty has handed over the memorial of Chen Liushou's restoration of Daxing and the killing of Li Yuan to Pei Zuoxiang and the others. This is a great joy. Your Majesty will be happy no matter what. When your Majesty holds a court meeting to celebrate this matter, you take the opportunity to speak out , His Majesty the Emperor is in high spirits, not only is he likely to accept your advice, but he will definitely not haggle with you on the day of great joy."
Sima Dekan, Fan Wenchao and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly agreed to help, and tried harder to encourage Yu Wenhuaji to come forward to persuade him, but Yu Wenhuaji was actually looking forward to returning to Guanzhong to live the past carefree days. After being instigated by so many colleagues and subordinates, as soon as the drunkenness rushed to his head, he suddenly said, "Okay! I'll go and ask Your Majesty to come back!"
The joy of Sima Dekan, Yuan Li and the others was no small matter, and they hurriedly thanked Yu Wenhua and Jishou. Yu Wenhuaji was a little sensible, and said: "This general promised you, but this general also has something to say beforehand. Be sure, if His Majesty refuses to agree, don't blame me. Also, if this general gets into trouble with this matter, you have to rescue me."
"General Yuwen, please rest assured." Sima Dekan said very sincerely: "As long as you come forward to beg His Majesty to come back because of our homesickness, no matter whether His Majesty agrees or not, we will thank you forever. If you are convicted of this, we will punish you." Jiefa Field, Jietian Prison, I want to rescue you too!"
"Brothers, drink blood wine and swear!" Xiaoguowei Hu Benlang suddenly swept Yuan Li away from the food and drink in front of him, filled a bowl of wine, then cut his hands with a knife, dripped blood into the wine, and said loudly: "We are Yuwen I swear to the face of the general that if he suffers a crime because of our return home, if we don’t save him, we will be punished by heaven and earth, and there will be no place for us to die!”
"good idea!"
In order to give courage to Yu Wenhua, the only one who was counting on Yu Wenhua, Sima Dekan and other Xiaoguowei generals responded one after another, dripping blood into wine, and vowed to advance and retreat with Yu Wenhua and the same life and death. In addition to Fan Wenchao and several Wuwei generals, there are several others named Pei Qiantong, Zhao Xingshu, Meng Jing, Yuan Min, Li Fu, Niu Fangyu, Li Xiaoben, Li Xiaolan, Xu Hongren, Xue Shiliang, Hou Fengyi, Zhang Xin, Linghu Xingda, Meng Bing and Feng Pule...
Seeing Sima Dekan and others drink blood wine in person and swear that they will live and die together with themselves, Yu Wenhuaji, who is sometimes as timid as a mouse and sometimes bold as a mouse, couldn't help but feel excited, so he even drew out his knife and shouted: " Brothers, since you trust me, I will also make an oath to you face to face, that during the celebration of the court meeting, I, Yu Wenhua, would not invite His Majesty to return to Luan Pass, there is such a case!"
Roaring, Yu Wenhuaji slashed down with a knife, splitting the case in front of him into two parts!
"Okay!" Amidst the roar of applause, Sima Dekan, Yuan Li and others stepped forward to toast Yu Wenhuaji one after another, praising Yu Wenhuaji for his loyalty and friendship. He slapped his chest loudly, saying that even if he was relegated to slavery again, he would definitely beg Sui Yang Emperor to take the Guanzhong soldiers back to Luan Daxing and return to Guanzhong!
Qian Xiangmin and He Er were left out in the cold without knowing it, but Qian Xiangmin and He Er were still very happy to be left out in the cold. Seeing Yu Wenhua and his bragging appearance, they saw Sima Dekan and Yuan Li Waiting for General Xiaoguowei to look excited with anticipation, Qian Xiangmin, who has a bad personality, still has such a dirty idea in his heart...
"His Majesty the Emperor had better not agree, it's better to let Yu Wenhua and suffer a little bit, then there will be a lot of fun to watch."