Although he couldn't believe it and didn't want to believe that Emperor Sui Yang had burped, but for the sake of prudence, Li Mi ordered the news to be strictly sealed, prohibiting all insiders from spreading the matter, and not letting the lieutenants and Dongdu know about it before it's too late Prove the true and false news. —As for Li Er's envoy Ren Yu who happened to be present, it's easy to handle, and it doesn't matter if he is placed under house arrest for a while.
Everyone was very puzzled by Li Mi's arrangement, and asked, "Wei Gong, why did you block the news? No matter whether the news is true or not, it can boost the morale of our army, and it can also damage the morale of the officers and soldiers in the Eastern Capital. "
"I don't want to keep our soldiers a secret, nor do I want to keep it a secret from Luoyang, the eastern capital. I don't want that traitor Chen Yingliang to know about it too early. That traitor must have spies in Luoyang, the eastern capital. If we pass this news If it is publicized, it will definitely reach his ears within a few days."
Li Mi's face was extremely gloomy, and he said: "The little thief Chen Yingliang just turned his back on Yang Tong. If Yang Guang, the only person in the world who can restrain him, really died suddenly, once he receives the news, he will definitely use the excuse that Yang Tong is immoral and jealous of his subordinates." , not worthy of enthronement, and supporting the emperor in Guanzhong to hold the power alone, including Qu Tutong and Zhang Long, the important officials in Guanzhong who hold military power, will also admit to submit to the emperor supported by the traitor Chen Yingliang because they have lost their allegiance, Yang Tong It is also difficult to mobilize and command any Guanzhong army, and it is no longer possible to cut off or weaken this traitor through government orders. Therefore, we must not take advantage of this traitor for nothing, and we must let him know as late as possible."
While everyone nodded silently, someone suddenly asked: "Wei Gong, but what's the use of doing this? Even if we block this news, Chen Yingliang's traitor may also know about it through other channels, at most it will only be a few days later , No matter how we block it, it’s useless?”
Everyone followed the sound and saw that the person who was interrogating was a 19-year-old young man named Wang Xuance. He was captured by Li Mi on the Dahai Temple battlefield more than two years ago and surrendered. He became Li Mi's clerk. Occasionally he can put forward some surprising suggestions, and gradually gain Li Mi's trust and love, and because he is usually reticent and reliable, Li Mi simply entrusts him with all the confidential documents, and he is now one of Li Mi's important confidants . Seeing Li Mi and everyone looking at him, Wang Xuance hurriedly said again: "My boy is curious, if you take the liberty, I ask Duke Wei to forgive you."
"It's very useful." Li Mi smiled and said, "Chen Yingliang's traitor doesn't know the news of Yang Guang's death all day long, so he doesn't dare to let go of his hands and feet. He has turned against him, Yang Yu's son, and he can continue to use Guanzhong. Daxing is still loyal to the tyrant. It is far better for Yang Guang's civil and military officials to crusade and cut him off than to let this traitor establish himself as a new king and let go of his hands and feet."
Wang Xuance nodded and stopped talking, while Chai Xiaohe suggested again: "Wei Gong, you might as well let Yang Tong and Yuan Wen know about this matter secretly, let them know the urgency of the matter, and force them to hurry up and get rid of it." Chen Yingliang. Or the chief planner, they may be able to come up with a new way to use their power to cut off Chen Yingliang's traitor."
Li Mi nodded slowly, and said: "Yes, we can let Yang Yu and Yuan Wendu know about this, but only let them know, and never let Wang Shichong know, that traitor is not a kind person , and the little thief Chen Yingliang are relatives of Weng-in-law, we must prevent their Weng-in-law from joining hands to usurp the Great Sui Dynasty."
"Wei Gong, if you don't mind, you can also let the right governor of my family know about this." Ren Yu, who was sent by Li Er, said timidly: "My right governor is resourceful and resourceful, and maybe he can use this opportunity to seize the opportunity. Take the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to Chen Yingliang's traitor."
Glancing at Ren Yu, Li Mi wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly asked: "Doctor Ren, if the tyrant Yang Guang is really dead, and Yang Tong ascends the throne in the eastern capital, what do you guys do?" Is the right governor willing to submit to Yang Tong and accept Yang Tong's official appointment?"
"This... I don't know." Ren Yu shook his head, and then hurriedly added: "But there should be this possibility, after all, when our general raised his troops, it was only to support His Royal Highness as the emperor, and he did not oppose the Sui Dynasty. , if His Royal Highness the King of Yue succeeds to the throne and proclaims himself emperor, and then issues an edict to surrender, our right governor should have the possibility to choose to surrender to His Highness the King of Yue."
"Very good, you can send someone back to inform your right governor about this matter." Li Mi nodded in satisfaction, and then said: "But you can't leave yourself, you have to stay so that you can contact Dongdu at any time. Besides, you send me I will tell you the meaning of the letter to the right governor, and tell him by the way, if he is willing to surrender to Yang Tong and accept Yang Tong's orders, I have a plan to help him avenge his father and kill Chen Yingliang's traitor with his own hands!"
"What clever plan does Mr. Wei have?" Ren Yu hurriedly asked.
"Secretly join hands with Qu Tutong." Li Mi said coldly: "Let Qu Tutong come forward to ask Chen Yingliang for help, and trick Chen Yingliang's traitors into leading an army to rescue him. Yang Tong's edict, Qu Tutong also suddenly turned against him, if they want to take the life of Chen Yingliang's little thief, it will be as easy as pie!"
"A wonderful plan!" Ren Yu's joy was nothing small, and he said in surprise: "Wei Gong's wonderful plan, I think our right governor will definitely not refuse, but I don't know if Yang Tong is willing."
"He hates Chen Yingliang's traitor even more than you and I. Is there any reason for his reluctance?" Li Mi replied with a sneer, and said, "Don't worry, as long as you are willing, you can do it. Yang Tong, my envoy will naturally try to persuade you."
Ren Yu was overjoyed, and quickly thanked Li Milian. Sitting in a corner of the room, Wang Xuance looked calm, but his heart was overwhelmed, and he thought to himself: "What should I do? Should I send the news? How can I send the news? Now I Is there no one reliable by my side? Hey, wait, how did I forget him? I hope he is still there."
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The anti-Chen Sangliang alliance was established unconsciously. Li Mi and Li Er, who hated Chen Sangliang so much, could sacrifice anything for revenge. In order to kill Chen Sangliang, they could bridge the gap between the enemies who were fighting. , to make suggestions, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen are not much better here, so...
Like Li Mi, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen, who had secretly received Li Mi's emissary Xu Shiyu when they first heard the news that Sui Yang Emperor might be dead, were also taken aback. It is true that the army has not finally confirmed the truth of this rumor, and reminded: "His Royal Highness, Yuan Taifu, our army is now strictly sealing this news, fearing that Chen Yingliang's traitors will know about this and take the lead in supporting them in Guanzhong. The false emperor wants to seize the upper hand in righteousness, so Wei Gong hopes that you will also act cautiously, and you must not leak the news and let the traitor Chen Yingliang know."
Distraught Yang Yu and Yuan Wendu both nodded subconsciously, and then Yuan Wendu actually thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for the news. If your army confirms the rumors of the Jiangdu Mutiny are true or false, please inform His Highness the King of Yue as soon as possible." , Your Highness must be grateful."
"Of course." Xu Shiyu nodded, and said very confidently: "Although our army is an enemy of the imperial court, it's not that we want to rebel. It's just that we can't bear the harshness of the tyranny and kill all the corrupt officials like Chen Yingliang. Now Chen Yingliang's traitor has failed the Holy Grace, and even attempted to rebel against him and usurp power. Our army hates him even more. His Royal Highness, King Yue, is gentle and loving, and his emperor is generous, and he is determined to eradicate Chen Yingliang's traitor. Help Your Highness."
For some reason, according to Li Mi's request, Xu Shiyu actually revealed some intentions to form an alliance with Dongdu in his words. Unfortunately, Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu's plot and political values are slightly lower Some, not only failed to hear Xu Shiyu's implication, but after thanking him again, Yuan Wendu also expressed concern to Yang Tong in front of Xu Shiyu, saying: "His Royal Highness, Master Li's reminder is very reasonable, Huangfu Wuyi and the others plan to capture Chen Yingliang If it succeeds, if the news of the mutiny in Jiangdu is true and Chen Yingliang knows about it, he will definitely choose one person from the Daxing royal family to support him as the emperor and hold the power alone. Regarding this matter, you have to guard against it, Your Highness."
Yang Tong was silent, frowning deeply, hating himself for being deceived by Chen Sangliang's hypocritical performance before, begging Sui Yang Emperor to keep a super white-eyed wolf in Dongdu as a guard. Over there, Xu Shiyu saw that Yang Yu and Yuan Wen didn't understand the true meaning of his previous words at all, and he couldn't take the initiative to speak out, so he had no choice but to take the opportunity to bring up another topic, cupped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, Yuan Wen Taifu, regarding this matter, Wei Gong has a clever plan, which can help you punish Chen Yingliang's traitor."
As he said that, Xu Shiyu hurriedly suggested to Li Mi that Yang Tong should come forward to secretly recruit Li Er, let Li Er and Qu Tutong join forces in secret, and then let Qu Tutong come forward to lure Chen Sangliang to personally lead the army to Hedong for reinforcements, and suddenly turned against him on the battlefield and killed him. Chen Sangliang was caught off guard. Then, Xu Shiyu introduced again: "His Royal Highness, our Duke Wei has sent a fast horse to chase Guo Neishi, and asked him to wait for a while. If it goes well, he should be able to catch up. Even if he can't catch up, it doesn't matter. Qu Tu Even if the old general has received the previous edict, it is still too late to take action, His Highness can send another edict ordering him to postpone his actions, and we can contact Old General Qu Tu on behalf of His Highness."
Both Yang Tong and Yuan Wen finally became more cautious this time, first asked the servants to invite Xu Shiyu to the side hall as a temporary marquis, and then discussed whether to adopt Li Mi's poisonous plan. Although Li Mi's strategy is very maneuverable, Yang Tong, who is actually a very good person, does not want to adopt it. He said to Yuan Wendu: "Yuanqing, although Chen Yingliang is hateful, he did not raise the flag to rebel after all. There is a chance for him to rein in the precipice. If the rumors of Jiangdu’s mutiny are true and his grandfather has been killed, then we need his power even more to avenge his grandfather and eradicate the rebellion in the world. Li Mi’s plan is obviously to let us destroy the Great Wall. I think If it cannot be adopted, another method should be found to bring Chen Yingliang back to the right path."
"Your Highness, the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for Chen Yingliang to turn back." Yuan Wendu shook his head and pointed out: "If there is no such thing as Huangfu Wuyi, then we may still have the possibility to bring Chen Yingliang back to the right path, but now His Highness except He has already known about his military power and his arrest. He hates you so much that he will never accept Your Highness's orders. Besides, he has revealed his intentions early, and is suspected of adultery in the harem and the princess. For the mutiny in Jiangdu, it is inevitable that another court will be established in Daxing to fight against the court of Dongdu by force, and it is absolutely impossible to support Your Highness and you to ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor."
Speaking of this, Yuan Wen paused for a moment, and then said: "Li Mi's move is indeed malicious, and he wants to use the hands of His Highness to kill his enemy Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang's talents and abilities are far superior to his Sitting in the danger of Guanzhong mountains and rivers, holding two warehouses in Yongfeng and Changping in his hands, with strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass, if he follows the example of Li Yuan's old thief and establishes a new emperor in Daxing to usurp power and usurp power, his disaster will be far greater than that of Li Mi's thief. Whichever is the lesser of two evils However, Your Highness should kill the more dangerous Chen Yingliang first, then mobilize troops from Guanzhong, and march eastward to pacify Li Mi, this is the best strategy."
Yang Tong was silent, and Yuan Wendu said: "One more thing, Your Highness, you can take the opportunity to incorporate Li Yuan's remnants, and make the two thieves Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin work for your Highness. If there is another war with Li Mi in the future, Your Highness, you can mobilize them to go south. Attacking Li Mi, even if Er Ruzi can't defeat Li Mi, it can consume a lot of his strength, and His Highness can take advantage of the fisherman."
Yang Tong nodded slightly, then frowned and said, "But now grandfather's murder is just a rumor, and Li Yuan and his son killed the acting king, which is a crime that cannot be punished. If this king just relies on a rumor, he will pardon them from death, give them official titles, and pay them back." Ordering them to join hands with Qu Tuqing to execute Chen Yingliang, regardless of whether it will be successful or not, if the rumors are found to be false in the future and grandfather is still alive, how will this king explain to grandfather? How will he explain to the people of the world?"
"It's okay, I have a plan to get the best of both worlds." Yuan Wen didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately smiled and said: "Your Highness might as well act like this, while secretly recruiting the Li family brothers, take the opportunity to get in touch with Qu Tutong, and do a good job." Get ready, wait for news from Jiangdu, and wait and see what happens."
"If the Jiangdu rumors are true, then your Highness, you should ascend the throne in the Eastern Capital immediately, order Bu Qu Tutong and the Li family brothers to act according to the plan, plan to kill Chen Yingliang, and mobilize Guanzhong soldiers to save the Eastern Capital. If the Jiangdu story is false , then use the power of Li Mi to get in touch with His Majesty, report the situation to His Majesty, explain the reasons, and seek His Majesty's holy will to adjudicate. Thinking about it, Your Majesty will not care about your Highness's matter of recruiting the second son of the Li family."
After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Tong finally nodded and said, "This plan is very clever, let's do it like this."
Having made up their minds, both Yang Tong and Yuan Wen immediately summoned Xu Shiyu and agreed to contact Li Er with the help of Li Mi. Xu Shiyu was overjoyed and quickly revealed that Li Er's envoy, Ren Yu, was actually in Jinyong City and would like to visit Yang Tong asked for consolation, and Yang Tong and Yuan Wen were even more delighted when they heard it. After rewarding Xu Shiyu heavily, they ordered Xu Shiyu to go to Jinyong City immediately to summon Ren Yu to see him. Afterwards, Li Mi laughed even louder, and immediately sent someone to escort Ren Yu to the Eastern Capital Imperial City to meet Yang Tong. In order to keep all these actions secret, whether it is Li Mi, Yang Yu or Yuan Wendu, they all intentionally avoid Wang Shichong, who is currently in charge of the defense of the outer city. Never noticed it.
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In this way, under Li Mi's personal matchmaking and matchmaking, the anti-Chen Sangliang alliance has quietly formed. Although the alliance has not been publicly concluded, a net full of poisonous thorns has still enveloped the vicious Chen Sangliang. However, what Li Mi never imagined in his dreams was that the net aimed at Chen Sangliang had already been opened as he wished, and a sharp dagger full of venom also quietly touched his dazzling eyes...
At the same time that Ren Yu sneaked into the Eastern Capital to meet Yang Tong, Wang Xuance, who was leaving on leave, led two of Li Mi's personal soldiers to the Jingtu Temple twenty miles south of the Eastern Capital. With the gradual rise of blessings, both the officers and bandits believe in some karma. Therefore, although the Jingtu Temple, which is very close to Luoyang, has been fought many times, it has never been destroyed by the flames of war, and all the monks in the temple have not yet escaped. There are also a few monks, big and small, struggling to survive in the temple, meditating and practicing Zen, burning incense and worshiping Buddha.
On the pretext of burning incense, Li Mi’s soldiers, who had been deliberately brought as a cover, were left outside the door. Wang Xuance entered the Daxiong Hall alone. In front of the old Buddha statue, a young monk who was as young as Wang Xuance was chanting sutras with his eyes closed. The figure, Wang Xuance was excited, but he didn't call out, he stepped forward to burn incense on the Buddha statue, saluted, and then sat on the futon beside the monk, facing the young monk with a smile and said: "Eminent monk , why are you chanting scriptures today?"
Gently opened his eyes, the young monk did not turn his head to look at Wang Xuance, there was no abnormal expression on his thin face, he just said calmly: "For the people of the world, I hope the flames of war will end soon, and all living beings will be at peace."
Glancing at the two soldiers he had brought, seeing that they had already arrived in the courtyard to play, Wang Xuance said, "Unexpectedly, you haven't left yet, and I've been worried that you have already gone to Daxing to reunite with your brother. "
"The lay brother did send someone to pick up the little monk, but the little monk died." The young monk replied calmly, "Because the little monk knows, you will definitely come to look for the little monk."
"You know that I will definitely come to you?" Wang Xuance asked curiously.
The young monk nodded and said in a low voice: "The poor monk knows that you are not a person who betrays the master, and your benefactor also knows that you are not such a person, so he once came to the young monk and told the young monk that he has wiped out your life in the east. If you want to find all the traces of the capital, please ask the monk to tell you so that you can rest assured that he is waiting for your return at any time."
Wang Xuance's heart was surging again, and his right hand facing the hall slipped into his sleeve, took out a letter, put it under the futon, and said in a low voice: "Give it to him, please."
The young monk didn't move, and said calmly, "Don't worry."
Wang Xuance smiled, and asked the most redundant nonsense in the world, "The road is long and dangerous, are you not afraid?"
The young monk closed his eyes lightly, and recited the Buddhist scriptures again in a low voice.