Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 167 Descendants of Yan Kingdom
Regarding Gao Yue's matter, Yang Ming couldn't tell Yang Yinjiang about it. After all, it involved the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and the matter was of great importance.

Besides, Pei Ju had planted an informant in someone's house, and if Yang Yinjiang found out, she would definitely turn her back on her.

Who wants to have a spy in their own home?

At noon that day, Yang Ming came to find Pei Shuying, who immediately set her on fire after reading the letter.

"Grandpa means to suspect that this male slave may be Gao Lande?"

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Although the letter didn't say it explicitly, your father must have figured out a possibility."

Pei Ju is so cautious, he will tell you everything he found out, but he will not express his opinion on the matter, because in that way, it will be easy to guide Yang Ming and the others to move in the same direction To think, which leads to the limitation of thinking.

He wanted Yang Ming to judge and figure it out for himself.

People who are used to being secretaries have this problem. Pei Ju has served Yang Jian for 20 years, and everything is well prepared, but he has never made a decision.

Da Sui's house was run by Yang Jian, only he could make the decision, Pei Ju was just the one who made the decision.

"The Chuan Guoxi was sent by Hu Lu Xiaoqing back then. This male slave is hiding in his mansion, and he probably has ulterior motives," Pei Shuying said in a low voice, "Do you think this person is Gao Lande, huh? Master said, this person is around 24, and the timing seems to be right."

Yang Ming asked, "How old is Gao Yue? Did Chen Shuyi find out?"

During this period of time, Pei Shuying and Chen Shuyi got along very well, and they often went to chat with Gao Yue. She went there with a purpose, and her brain was better than Chen Shuyi, so it was easier to inquire about some news.

Don't look at Pei Shuying's outspokenness, she also divides things between people and things. When chatting about trivial matters, she dares to say anything carelessly. If it comes to key issues, she will hide a lot, which also makes her quickly gain Gao Yue's favor.

"31 years old," Pei Shuying said, "I was born in Yecheng in the second year of Jiande."

Jiande is the year name of Emperor Wu of Zhou Yu Wenyong, who is the father-in-law of Yang Lihua.

At the age of 31, in later generations, she could still be called a young woman, but in the Sui Dynasty, she was a half-mature woman.

Yang Ming asked curiously, "Have you seen her face?"

"No," Pei Shuying said mischievously: "I couldn't help but want to lift the curtain for a few times to have a look, but I was afraid of offending her and missing the main task, so I refrained from doing it, but the skin on her arms is very tender and smooth. Like a 30-year-old woman."

Don't talk nonsense, 30 years old is not old at all, okay?You don't understand young women well.

Yang Ming said: "Although your grandfather didn't say it clearly in the letter, I reckon that he probably guessed that this male slave is Gao Lande. In Gao's eyes, Hulu Xiaoqing is a traitor who seeks glory. He hides in Hulu Most of the people in the law house want to do harm to others, by the way, there is nothing wrong with Hulu Xiaoqing's death, right?"

Pei Shuying shook her head and said: "No, Grandpa and Hulu Xiaoqing have a good relationship. He was old and frail, and he was also the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was already overwhelmed and died of a normal illness."

Yang Ming nodded.

It is not so easy to be a servant in the Yuegong Mansion. In fact, most of the servants and maidservants in the aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty came from their hometown, that is to say, the servants of the Yang Su Mansion were basically from Hongnong County.

Since this person has a Xiangzhou accent and is a stranger, how did he get into Yuegong Mansion?
There is only one possibility, which is to be brought in.

If this is the case, then the person who wrote to Gao Yue, saying that Gao Lande was in his hands, could it be Yang Su or Yang Yue?
The possibility is not small
Yang Ming whispered, "Don't let Yinjiang know about Gao Yue's affairs in the future. I'll tell her about it later."

"I know," Pei Shuying nodded earnestly, "We can only rot in our stomachs until the matter comes to an end."

Yang Ming smiled, raised his hand to stroke her cheek, Pei Shuying took advantage of the situation and slipped into Yang Ming's arms, at this moment, Xu Jingfeng rushed in from outside,

"Something happened to the girl, your Highness, go and have a look."

Yang Ming was taken aback, and hurriedly took Pei Shuying to the dormitory where Dugu Feng'er lived.

Because Dugu Feng'er often fell ill, she lived far away from Yang Ming, in the northeast corner of the palace.
This was arranged by Yang Yinjiang. There were thirty servants and maids in charge of serving Dugu Feng'er, three cooks, 17 male slaves, and 20 female servants. They were all brought by Yang Yinjiang from her natal family, and they were absolutely reliable.

At this time, in the courtyard, four guards had already been hanged. Although they would not die, it was enough for them to drink a pot.

In the middle of the courtyard, Dugu Feng'er stood barefoot, with long hair hanging loose, holding a horizontal knife in his hand, looking around with a cold expression, looking fierce.

The servants and servants had long been frightened by this scene and hid far away, while Dugu Feng'er was surrounded by more than 20 palace guards.

When Yang Ming came in, Chen Kui, his personal guard, hurriedly stood in front of Yang Ming, and said solemnly:

"Your Highness, be careful, this woman's sword skills are superb, and she has already injured four people in a row."

Yang Ming was stunned, and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

It turned out that a maidservant who was in charge of serving Dugu Feng'er was quite slack and didn't pay much attention. She complained in private that it was difficult to serve a crazy girl. The guard in charge of guarding here had Yang Yinjiang's password. If you receive the stick, you will receive the whip if you are serious.

So the maid was dragged out by the guards and gave her a few sticks. For some reason, this behavior provoked Dugu Feng'er, who directly grabbed the knife and wounded the person. None of the four guards had ever fought her, so she reported it to Chen Kui .

Chen Kui only knew that an important crazy girl was being imprisoned here, but he didn't know Dugu Feng'er's identity, so he wanted to take away the weapon from her opponent.

In the end, he couldn't win it, and he almost died himself.

After Yang Ming heard it, he couldn't laugh or cry. Before Dugu Feng'er fell ill, she was famously wild. Even Dugu Jialuo had to teach her to suppress her wildness.

His own father is the No. [-] savage in the Dugu family, and he is good at using knives. From this, it can be seen that Dugu Feng'er's knives skills should not be bad.

Yang Ming pushed Chen Kui who was standing in front of him, and walked towards Dugu Feng'er.

In fact, he was also very flustered, afraid that the other party would not recognize him when he was sick, and he would also be stabbed.

Fortunately, after seeing Yang Ming, Dugu Feng'er's eyes softened instantly, and she smiled silly at Yang Ming.

"Put down the knife," Yang Ming raised his hand to gesture to her.

Dugu Feng'er smiled, picked up the scabbard on the ground with her toes, and returned the knife with a beautiful backhand in the air, then kicked the blade, just in time to kick the horizontal knife in front of Chen Kui, who caught it with his hand, dumbfounded .

Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered: "From now on, the guards in charge of guarding here are not allowed to carry sharp knives."

Then he added: "Sticks are spared, too."

After dismissing everyone, Dugu Feng'er let Yang Ming drag her back to the house.

"Okay, you can go back too." After Yang Ming persuaded Pei Shuying to leave, he called the maid Ah Qi and asked:
"Miss, have you been seriously ill these few days?"

"Miss" is what Yang Ming called Dugu Feng'er.

Ah Qi said: "Since I came to Jingzhou, the girl's condition has improved a lot, especially after each visit from His Highness, the girl hasn't been ill for three or two days."

"Very good." Yang Ming nodded, stroked Dugu Feng'er who was kneeling in front of him, and said, "Don't let her idle, and occasionally take her to the back garden to let her play and let her breathe."

"Your maidservant knows," Ah Qi retreated knowingly.

Yang Ming held Dugu Feng'er's face with a smile, and said softly, "Don't mess around in the future, let alone hurt others, because no one here will hurt you, understand?"

Dugu Feng'er nodded, then shook her head again.

Yang Ming didn't understand what she meant at all.

This girl is really powerful, she is so skinny that even the four strong guards can't surrender her, no wonder the grandmother didn't let him see Dugu Feng'er for so many years, probably because she was afraid that he would be frightened and didn't want to marry her .

As long as Yang Ming stays here, Dugu Feng'er will behave normally, except that she still doesn't speak, other aspects are already much calmer than when Yang Ming first met her.

I heard from Yang Yue before that when Dugu Feng'er was sick, she would say some weird things, but I never heard her speak, this girl won't even be able to speak in the future, right?

After comforting her for a long time, Yang Ming wanted to get away, but was caught by the other party. There was no way, it seemed that he would not want to leave unless he put her to sleep.

So Yang Ming patiently taught her how to speak,

"Ah, look at my mouth shape, ah."

Dugu Feng'er frowned and looked at Yang Ming with a strange expression.

Yang Ming said again: "Mom, mom, mom, follow me? I know you can understand me."

Dugu Feng'er pursed her chapped lips, smiling strangely.

This can't be taught, she doesn't open her mouth,

Don't babies learn language from mom and dad?So Yang Ming planned to teach from the most basic.

"Dad, Dad, Dad."

An hour later, perhaps Dugu Feng'er felt that Yang Ming was too boring, so she felt drowsy and fell asleep on Yang Ming's lap.

Picking him up and putting him on the bed, Yang Ming shook his head helplessly.

I can't teach her anymore, so I can teach whoever I like in the future, I'm done spitting, and she just doesn't open her mouth.

In the next few days, Yang Ming will take Yang Yinjiang and others to leave the manager's mansion and ride horses to the suburbs for some fun.

Pei Shuying is also from the north and has never seen the Yangtze River, so she insisted on taking a boat to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.

There are people in charge of the affairs of the general manager's mansion, so Yang Ming is not worried. Since Pei Shuying, a landlubber, likes to take a boat, she might as well go down the river and go to Xiangyang to have a look.

He hasn't met the one named Shen Qu before, since he is using him, he must let the other party know who you are eating.

As a result, as soon as the big boat arrived at Jiangxia Wharf, it was stopped by Murong Sanzang, the prefect of Jiangling County.

How did he run from Jiangling to Jiangxia?

With doubts, Yang Ming let the latter board the ship.

With a bitter face, Murong Sanzang presented a document from the official department to Yang Ming, and then begged:

"His Highness wants to make decisions for his subordinates."

The content of this letter is to inquire about crimes. It is said that when Murong Sanzang followed Wei Wei to pacify Lingnan, he killed civilians indiscriminately and lied about his military salary. Just be clear.

After Yang Ming read the letter, he knew what was going on, it was just finding fault.

This is Shang Shusheng's usual style of doing things. Let's talk things down first, so that you can go back to Beijing with peace of mind. As long as you dare to go back, if you still investigate, you will be arrested and sentenced.

Murong Sanzang is an old Jianghu, and he knew that this was going to be a bad time, so he divided his troops into two groups. First, he sent someone to send a letter to Wei Chong, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to intercede. Dragging.

He used to hang out with Wei Wei, who was Wei Chong's second elder brother. After Wei Wei died, Murong Sanzang still maintained a very good relationship with Jingzhao Wei.

Later, after Wei Chong came to power, he took refuge in Wei Chong and was still attached to Wei Chong's protection.

Yang Ming's second elder brother, Yuzhang Wang Yang Hao, is Wei Chong's son-in-law, so Murong Sanzang knew that Yang Ming would help him.

that's the truth.

Because Yang Ming felt a little strange, he was the governor of Jingzhou, and Jiangling County was under his jurisdiction. If the officials wanted to move Murong Sanzang, they should say hello to him first.

Now without saying hello, let the prefect of a county return to Beijing to cooperate with the investigation, it is obvious that he does not take himself seriously.

The officials, who dare not take Yang Ming seriously, is Liu Shu. It is impossible for others to step over Yang Ming and touch Murong Sanzang directly.

He really takes himself seriously, he has only been pampered for a few days, is he so arrogant?

Yang Ming was also very decisive in doing things, so he asked Xu Jing to bring a pen and ink, and wrote four words: "There is no such thing."

Then it was stamped with the big seal of the General Manager's Mansion, and handed over to Xu Jing together with the document from the Ministry of Officials, saying: "Send someone to the Jiangxia official post, and ask them to send it to the capital as soon as possible."

Murong Sanzang was watching. He didn't expect Yang Ming to be so righteous, so he directly rejected the officials.

This is obviously to protect him. After the official department receives the letter, it will definitely let him go.

Murong said gratefully: "I thank Your Highness for your kindness."

Yang Ming smiled, raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and asked: "Is there such a thing as indiscriminate killing of soldiers and embezzlement of military pay? Tell the truth."

"Yes!" After all Murong Sanzang has been fooling around for so many years, he knows when to tell the truth,
"At that time, my subordinates followed the Duke of Xiangyang (Wei Wei) to appease Lingnan, and they encountered repeated setbacks. Lingnan was a barren land. The barbarians gathered together to rebel, and rebels were everywhere. They were all local tribes, and women, children and children could serve as soldiers. Back then we As a result, they suffered a great loss, and many of the soldiers under the tent were ambushed and killed. Later, Xiangyang recognized that Huairou's methods would not work against these barbarians, so they called in a large army, but Fengyizhai directly set fire to the mountain. Injury merit."

"Although there are suspicions of killing indiscriminately, the barbarians are uneducated savages. It is useless to talk about etiquette and morality to them. This matter was reported truthfully at the time, and the Supreme didn't think it was wrong."

"As for lying about the military salary, there are indeed some cases. If the soldiers die in other places, if they don't pay more attention, who would want to go deep into the wild land and go through life and death? So I conspired with the Duke of Xiangyang to lie about the number of enemies killed, and get more from the court. I paid some rewards and distributed them to the soldiers."

The credibility of Murong Sanzang's explanation is still acceptable, but Yang Ming knew that the other party must have hidden some.

This is normal, and things that are not visible can never be said.

Back then when Wei Wei suppressed the rebellion against Lingnan, he killed Lingnan directly. He also had a fight with Mrs. Xian, who was revered as the Holy Mother of Lingnan, and convinced Mrs. Xian. So far, the Lingnan area has completely belonged to the Sui Dynasty.

This is a great achievement, and it can be punished by death.

It is obvious that these old things are now being uncovered, and it is obvious that they are looking for faults, trying to find a reason to punish Murong Sanzang.

But the problem is that although Yang Ming has not been with Murong for a long time, he can tell that the other party is quite a smooth and experienced person, and this kind of person rarely offends others.

He is far away in Jiangling, how could he offend the officials?
"Although there is suspicion, it's not a big deal, not to mention that it was the Duke of Xiangyang who presided over it back then, so you can't be blamed for the crime," Yang Ming said with a smile:
"Furthermore, the Duke of Xiangyang has made great achievements. It is not appropriate to discuss minor matters as crimes. You can rest assured that no matter who calls you to Beijing again, you will come to me first."

Murong Sanzang was completely relieved. There was someone in the court who was good at being an official, and he still had something to rely on after all. With Yang Ming protecting him, any turmoil would naturally dissipate.

After he took his leave and left, Yang Ming fell into deep thought.

Anyway, Murong Sanzang is also from the Wei family, Liu Shu is now so blatant?how?Jingzhao Webster doesn't care anymore?

You better not come after me?If that's the case, don't blame me for being rude to you.

Your family's ancestral grave is in my fief.

Daxing, Weifu,
After Wei Chong received Murong Sanzang's distress letter, he called his staff to discuss countermeasures.

One person said: "Murong worshiped under the Xiangyang Duke's family in the early years, and was ennobled for his meritorious service. Now he is a member of Wei's family. Didn't the officials say hello to you?"

Wei Chong frowned and shook his head: "That's the problem. The Ministry of Officials didn't say hello, and neither did the Ministry of Punishment."

Another doorman said: "The urgent thing is, Shangshu needs to go to Jingzhou immediately, and ask the King of Hedong to come forward to protect him. As for the capital, we will find a way to deal with Murong."

Wei Chong's title is the Marquis of Yifeng County, and he belongs to the third rank of the Minister of Minbu, but the Shangshu has great power, so they all call Wei Chong the Shangshu.

Wei Chong said: "The letter has already been sent out. In view of His Royal Highness King Yuzhang, King Hedong should help."

A guest said: "The prefect of a county, in the records of the official department, the background of his wealth is clearly detailed. It is impossible for them not to know that Murong is one of us, so it is very likely that he came after us."

In fact, Wei Chong understood this a long time ago, he just didn't expect that it was less than a month since Yang Su was left out in the cold by the Supreme, and Liu Shu had already reached this point of arrogance.

First Hongnong Yang, then Jing Zhaowei, Liu Shu is fat enough.

Wei Chong snorted coldly, and said: "Murong's title is bigger than mine, and the official department will move as soon as it is said, it is really courageous."

Murong Sanzang has the title of Yewang County Duke, which is definitely higher than Wei Chong's County Marquis, but he is no one in Wei Chong's strength now. He is a minister of Qi. After the Sui Dynasty, he became a county magistrate.

Because Murong Sanzang was a descendant of the royal family of Yan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

As we all know, in the Liaoning area, Murong has the final say.

But in the Sui Dynasty, the Guanzhong Group had the final say, so the Murong family could only be attached to the Guanzhong clan.

In Wei Chong's branch, only the fifth brother Wei Chong and the sixth brother Wei Yue are left, and the four older brothers are all dead.

The sixth son, Wei Yue, used to be Yang Yong's prince Xianma, because Yang Jian found out about Yuan Yan's (former Yizhou governor Shi)'s trickery in front of Yang Yong. It was not pleasing to the eye, and his official career was cut off from then on.

So Wei Chong is now the only branch of his father Xiaoyao Gong Wei Xiong (xiong).

The four elder brothers' servants and staff are now basically attached to him. Once he falls, their branch will fall apart.

Therefore, Wei Chong was determined to protect Murong Sanzang. If he couldn't, the subordinates would be dissatisfied and cause serious problems.

After the court meeting the next day, Wei Chong went to the East Palace to meet Prince Yang Guang.

"Understood, I will say hello to this matter, you go back first."

Wei Chong knew that he couldn't say much, so he stopped talking and left.

Later, Yang Guang sent someone to summon Pei Ju,
"Do you have any impression of Murong Sanzang?" Yang Guang asked.

After learning about the situation, Pei Ju said with a smile: "This person is the second son of Murong Shaozong, the left servant of the old Qi Shangshu. Yong held him in high esteem, and the Supreme One made him a county magistrate."

Yang Guang smiled and said, "So, this person has a lot of background?"

"It's a talent," Pei Ju nodded and said with a smile, "This person can do things. Jiangling is the capital of Jingzhou. To be able to be the prefect there, he must have some skills."

"Sit down first, sit down and talk about it," Yang Guang asked, "Is he from the Wei family?"

Pei Ju said slowly: "In the early days of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, I was a maverick and didn't attach to any one, so I respected it for a few years, and even appointed as Liangzhou Dao's dismissal ambassador (temporary imperial envoy). This person always looks forward and backward when doing things, and has an indecisive personality, so he abandoned it.”

"Later, he followed Xiangyang Gongwei Wei to appease Lingnan, made great contributions, and was able to use it again. At the age of 46, he was transferred to Jiangling prefect until now."

In fact, Murong Sanzang was quite wronged. He was a minister of Qi and had no backer after he entered the Sui Dynasty.When he served as the deposed ambassador of Liangzhou Road, it was because no one dared to move, no one dared to investigate, that made Yang Jian completely disappointed in him.

Yang Guang couldn't help laughing and said, "Pei Gong didn't answer Gu's question directly."

Pei Ju said with a smile: "All the courtiers in the world are from the Supreme and the Prince, not from the Wei family."

"well said!"

Yang Guang knew that this old boy was playing sloppy with him, but what he said was true and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Do you think Liu Shu did it against Wei Chong, or against Gu's son?"

Pei Ju calmly said: "The act of getting carried away is not aimed at anyone, it's just a show of strength after defeating the Duke of Yue. Wei Chong didn't provoke him, so there is no need for that. As for the King of Hedong, Liu Shu doesn't have the guts."

Yang Guang nodded his head: "So, Gu Ying turned a blind eye to what this idiot did?"

"It's better to let it go," Pei Ju said.

Yang Guang nodded and said, "Gu understands, you can go down."

In fact, Pei Ju didn't think that Liu Shu was just getting carried away, and it was so simple to want to establish his prestige in the court, but he also knew that the Supreme Prince would let him go, so the prince should not take too much care, so as not to go against the Supreme One's wishes.

Liu Shu is not an idiot, he can't be an idiot if he can write a book.

That's why Pei Ju deliberately guided Prince Yang Guang to despise Liu Shu so as not to be suspected by the Supreme Being.

Pei Ju's words were half-truth and half-false. Such a person is a top strategist.

　My baby has a fever. It started at four o'clock in the morning. Fortunately, I had prepared Tylenol and Merrill, otherwise I would have panicked to death. Unfortunately, there is only one box. There is no substitute for this medicine. Sadly, the baby is only ten months old. Tomorrow It's too late to update, so please forgive me.

　　
　
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