When Yang Yin learned that the emperor agreed to see him, he was stunned for a moment, and then begged the jailer to fetch a basin of water. He first dipped his fingers in water, combed his hair carefully, and then tore a piece of cloth from the prison clothes to tie his hair. He looked left and right at the water in the basin, and began to wash his face when he saw that his hair was not messed up.
Washing is also very serious, even a little sincere.
After washing his face, he tidied up his prison clothes, and then walked out following the flying fish robe at the Ouchi guard. The iron gates and walls destroyed by Xiao Yijiu have been repaired, and the secret passage looks long and deep. Although oil lamps were lit on both sides of the wall, it was still so dark in the secret passage that it was impossible to see the path under your feet.
The iron shackles rubbed against the hard bluestone floor, making an extraordinarily clear and distant sound, floating back and forth in the secret passage, here... even the sound cannot escape.
When walking out of the secret passage, the corners of Yang Yin's eyes were blinded by the sunlight. It has been too long since I have seen the light, so dazzling. But he didn't close his eyes or raise his hands to cover them, but raised his head to look for the source of light. Tears rolled down his face, but he refused to look away like an idiot.
"It turns out that being able to see the sky is such a blessing."
He said something in a low voice, but there was no sadness.
Luo Weiran stood beside him, looking at this once powerful man, at that pale and bloodless face, at those eyes with tears overflowing, at the smile on his mouth, for some reason. For the first time, Luo Weiran felt that although this person deserved what he deserved, he deserved sympathy.
Yang Yin wiped his eyes that were stung by the sun with his cuff, and then smiled: "In the prison, I don't know whether it's dark or cloudy or rainy during the day, so I put my ear on the wall and listen every day, trying to see if I can hear the wind blowing and the thunder sounding." , I thought I was about to forget these voices, but I still remember them... "
He walked forward with small steps.
The shackles continued to make crisp sounds, and Yang Yin frowned: "Unfortunately, this sound spares Tranquility."
Luo Weiran was silent for a moment, then turned around and ordered: "Take off his shackles, and put them on again outside Changchun Garden."
Yang Yin was taken aback for a moment, then he clasped his fists and solemnly said thank you.
Luo Weiran didn't speak any more, and walked out first.
After getting into the carriage, Yang Yin sat inside and hesitated for a long time, then carefully opened the curtains of the carriage to a very narrow gap, and looked outside through the gap. The street is very lively and full of people. The yelling of businessmen, the cries of children, the quarrels of women... He greedily looked outside, as if a person who had been blind since childhood opened his eyes to see the world for the first time.
He saw a hawker selling candied haws passing by, and subconsciously sniffed it as if he could smell the sweetness. He saw someone sitting on the side of the road munching on steamed stuffed buns, swallowed subconsciously as if he could taste the delicious aroma. He saw the beautiful woman walking by proudly with her chest upright, her eyes filled with admiration. He saw children playing and playing in the street with smiles on their lips.
In this way, he kept looking outside until the carriage stopped.
He was a prisoner, and a very special prisoner at that, so the carriage didn't stop until it was outside the dome, which Su Buwei had specifically explained. It seems that the emperor didn't want people to know that Yang Yin had been here, and he didn't want people to know that he had seen this sinner.
Yang Yin, who put on the shackles again, looked calm, gave Luo Weiran a grateful look, and stepped out of the carriage. He took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly. He is very familiar with the scenery in Changchun Garden. As the only prince left in Chang'an City, he was once qualified to walk here at will.
However, he has never discovered that this garden is so beautiful.
The Qionglu is just a row of unremarkable wooden houses, deep in the forest. He once said that the emperor was too hypocritical, he was the supreme being in the world but he liked to pretend to be very elegant. In his opinion, that row of wooden houses is not worthy of the emperor's status anyway. The only thing that can match it is the majestic hall of Tai Chi Palace.
Now he suddenly understood that the emperor's liking to live in the Qionglu was not an act of pretentiousness.
It's just a kind of evasion.
He knew why the emperor lived in such a simple place, he had never been in this state of mind before. The emperor is also a human being, and sometimes he gets tired of playing his role consistently every day. He should also hate the dragon chair in that hall at some point, hate the civil and military officials in the hall, hate the mountain of memorials, hate putting on airs to keep calm every day.
The emperor also wanted to rest, and also wanted to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to escape from the world.
But he can't, he's the emperor.
So he can only use this method to make himself a little more comfortable.
The emperor is also very bitter.
He walked into the Qionglu slowly, ignoring the astonished eyes of the guards and eunuchs outside the Qionglu. He straightened his body and increased his walking steps.
He once made a vow that if he became the emperor, the first thing he would do was to demolish the row of wooden houses he was about to walk into, and build a palace beside the lotus pond in Changchun Garden. There is a pond outside the window, and you can see lotus flowers, swimming fish and rippling blue waves when you lean over. Now his thinking is that no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, perhaps this row of wooden houses should stay forever.
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"The sinner kowtows to His Majesty, and may His Majesty be healthy."
He knelt down and saluted meticulously.
The shackles on his feet and hands were in the way, so his posture was awkward when he knelt down. The emperor who was sitting on the kang tilted his head and glanced at him. After a moment of silence, he said flatly, "Get up, sixth."
old six.
These two words made Yang Yin's heart flutter, and he knocked his head hard three times before getting up.
"How are you doing these days? I see that you have lost a lot of weight."
asked the emperor.
"His Majesty is thinking about it, and the guilty minister is doing well in prison."
"Um."
The emperor hummed, and the two fell into silence.
Yang Yin raised his head, glanced at the emperor, and his expression froze: "Si... Your Majesty, why are you so thin?"
"fine."
The emperor put the memorial in his hand on the table and leaned back, but found that he was no longer used to the cold and hard wall, so he frowned. Su Buwei hurried forward, picked up a brocade quilt and placed it behind the emperor. With something soft leaning on it, the emperor's face gradually eased.
"Luo Weiran said that you have something to tell me, so I let you come."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Although your crime is unforgivable, you can still call me fourth brother when you are alone with me. It is undeniable that the crime is blamed, and blood relatives cannot deny it. To be honest, I have never hated you for treason. It's just that everything is wrong. It's just a matter of reason, at this time, things like winning or losing can be put aside."
said the emperor.
"Four...fourth brother."
Yang Yin cried out, his eyes were red.
"Tell me, what's the matter."
The emperor pointed to the opposite table, and Su Buwei went over to pour Yang Yin a cup of tea.
"Thank you."
Yang Yin was holding the hot tea, his hands trembling slightly.
"Fourth brother, the criminal wants to see you because he is not at ease in his heart. The criminal knows that the crime of losing the northwest criminal in the Sui Dynasty is unforgivable. If he didn't have the original greed, he would not have been taken advantage of by Li Yuanshan. Because of this, The guilty minister just wanted to see you... The guilty minister is worried that the rebels have not attacked for a long time, and they have not crossed the river for so long, so what kind of conspiracy is there! The criminal minister knows that thief Li Yuanshan, he is too vicious!"
"Before the criminal minister entered the palace, he saw a lot of Minyong on the street. This is inappropriate, fourth brother... Minyong is available, but it must be strictly controlled. The fourth brother is kind, and it is the fourth brother who is lenient. But if If they are not bound by strict military laws, sooner or later these civilian warriors will be in trouble... "
"okay."
The emperor frowned and snorted coldly: "You are sitting comfortably in this prison. I should ask Luo Weiran later what happened outside the prison. Does he have to tell you everything!"
Yang Yin's complexion changed, and he knelt down hastily: "The guilty minister... the guilty minister is just worried about Da Sui..."
"Da Sui, don't worry about it."
The emperor looked at him and said in a cold tone: "That's my business. If you come today to talk about brotherhood, I can chat with you more. I said that you are my younger brother after all. It's not for you to talk about state affairs, you don't have the qualifications... I gave you the qualifications before, but you are not sure."
"Fourth Brother..."
Yang Yin kowtowed and said: "Li Yuanshan is a man with deep scheming and has been operating in the Northwest for many years. Your Majesty must not be careless... and there are people from Mengyuan behind him. It seems that they only want to defend the three northwestern routes, and the Mengyuan people seem to only want to plunder wealth, but there must be some conspiracy behind it, Your Majesty, this time the Western Expedition, when dispatching elite troops, Minyong is really useless."
The emperor's face became more and more ugly, the corners of his mouth began to twitch because of anger, he pointed at Yang Yin and sneered: "You know quite a lot, it seems that the 30,000 heads I chopped off are still too few! Being in a cage, You actually know everything about the affairs of the Sui Dynasty! Good... good! Good, my servants have gone to serve you!"
"Fourth brother!"
Yang Yin kowtowed and said: "It has nothing to do with others, it was the guilty minister who begged them to tell me. The guilty minister has been in contact with Li Yuanshan for many years, and he knows the sinister intentions of this person. Fourth brother, the guilty minister is already a person who must die, why? Dare to disturb Chao Gang's mind again?"
"Don't call me fourth brother anymore."
The emperor got down from the kang, Su Buwei quickly knelt down and put on his boots for him. The emperor walked up to Yang Yin without waiting for the boots to be put on, and Su Buwei crawled and knelt behind him to straighten his trousers.
"I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense... If you really cared about Sui, you wouldn't conspire against me to ruin my court! You wouldn't collude with foreign ministers to strip me of my territory! You wouldn't enlist strangers to seek my head Now kneeling in front of me hypocritically, what are you talking about for the Sui Dynasty, what are you talking about to share my worries... How can you actually say it? Doesn’t your heart feel blocked or hurt? Who destroyed the Three Ways of the Northwest? 700,000 elites, Died by whom?"
"you!"
The word "you" sounded so fierce that it almost shook the roof of the dome.
"You still have the face to say this in front of me?!"
Yang Yin's face was pale, and he begged with his forehead against the cold ground: "Your Majesty... the battle of the Northwest should not be rushed. Just because of the lessons learned from the 700,000 troops, we should be more cautious..."
"Shut up!"
The emperor couldn't help laughing, and smiled angrily: "Did you come here to tell me how to be an emperor? Now I have changed my mind and don't want to kill you for the time being. I will take you to the northwest so that you can see it with your own eyes. Look, how I personally led an army of millions to wipe out those monsters! Back then you and Li Yuanshan were fighting together, but now I let you watch him, how could he be crushed by my army!"
"Your Majesty..."
Yang Yin fell to the ground and cried loudly, unable to speak any more.
"Fork it out."
The emperor waved his hand: "From today onwards, I will give this man the name Zhulu, strip him of his imperial status, and feed him pig food every day... Don't let him die, I want to keep him, let him see me with his own eyes." How to govern the Great Sui and calm the world."
"in addition!"
The emperor ordered in a cold voice: "Go and ask Luo Weiran, who is his subject! The guards in the big inner guards supervise and guard the pigs, no matter what their status is, they will be killed without mercy! Anyone who tells this beast again I will kill anyone from the Nine Clans."