Chapter 488 Clarity

Solution County.

Yang Qixuan was a noble son of Chang'an, and he was willing to spend money. It was very easy for him to make casual marriages during the war. He had recently become friendly with the daughter of a salt household and stayed at her house every day.

That day, while playing dominoes, one of his servants came to report that the Diao brothers were leaving. He quickly put down the cards and rushed to the post house, where he saw brothers Diao Geng and Diao Bing arranging for people to move things to the carriage.

Ready to set off.

"You're leaving now? How come you didn't know you wanted to meet me?"

"You know nothing." Diao Bing spat. During the period of working with Yang Qixuan, he finally understood that the princes and nobles were not great, they were just like wine bags and rice bags.

After being scolded like this, Yang Qixuan did not dare to say anything. He shrunk his head and went to the lobby. He was shocked by the scars on Li Tengkong and Li Jilan's faces. He felt that after not seeing each other for a few days, they became even uglier.

"Where are you going?"

"Go back to Chang'an."

"Will you go back after the war has been calmed down?" Yang Qi declared: "Guanzhong is so dangerous."

He persuaded them profusely, but when they didn't listen, he became anxious and couldn't help but say a few harsh words.

"Don't be anxious. King Peking will be disgusted when you look like this. Why don't you go back after you get cured? I heard that there is pearl powder in Dongshi..."

No one paid attention to him. After that, Diao Geng strode into the house and said in a hurry: "Ms. Li, Wang Chengye is about to enter the city."

"What?!" Yang Qixuan exclaimed, "Why is he here?"

Diao Geng picked up his collar, glared at him fiercely, and shouted: "Stop making noise! ​​If you follow the arrangements of a fool like you, your head will fall off and you will still be playing dominoes."

Yang Qixuan wanted to say, "Lang Jun also made the dominoes", but when he saw Diao Geng's eyes, he was so frightened that he did not dare to speak.

He didn't even have time to take the foreign minister he met in Jie County, so he was taken straight to Pujin Ferry.

After leaving the city gate, you will soon be able to see the salt lake at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain in the south. The lake surface is as clear as a mirror from a distance. Only the white, snow-like salt on the edge of the lake makes it different from other places.

On the official road, there was an endless stream of salt households carrying sacks, most of them heading east. There were also cavalry marching west, whizzing past, and it was hard to tell whose horses and men they belonged to.

"stop!"

Suddenly, a shout came from behind them.

Diao Geng glanced behind him and said, "We're catching up."

"Go to Guandi Temple." Li Tengkong said.

She had learned that Yuan Jie had arranged for a troop of troops to be stationed at the Guandi Temple outside Jie County to guard the salt pond.

This Guandi Temple was built during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty and covers a large area. There is a high pavilion named "Chunqiu Tower". From the pavilion, you can see the scene of the salt pond.

The soldiers upstairs saw a group of people being chased, and immediately asked someone to check. They found that they had county warrant tokens, and let them in.

For a moment, people outside the temple gate raised their heads and neighed. A general rode forward on a tall horse and shouted arrogantly: "Hedong soldiers Cao Shenjun was ordered by the commander of the festival to go to public affairs, but you still haven't opened the door?!"

The temple door opened, and several salt soldiers from Jie County came out and said, "May I ask what business you have on duty?"

"Whose people are you from?"

"The county has ordered us to wait..."

"Yuan Jie has rebelled. Are you going to rebel? Jiedushi has personally arrived to put down the rebellion. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy... Search!"

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Solution County.

Wang Chengye's face was as dark as water. Looking at Cui Zhong who was brought before him, he shook his head with hatred and said: "How did you get taken away?"

"I didn't expect them to be so bold and complicit in conspiracy."

Cui Zhong has been locked up in the county government office recently and has been tortured. He looks haggard and dejected, saying: "The manpower I brought is indeed too few."

Wang Chengye frowned, showing deep concern, and said, "Do you know what happened recently? Li Guangbi arrived in Chang'an and defected to Prince Qing."

Cui Zhong thought to himself that he might have confessed, which led to this situation. He suddenly felt guilty and asked: "What should I do?"

Wang Chengye dismissed the others, walked to Cui Zhong, and lowered his voice: "I also got news that the saint has arrived in Shu County?"

"How come?"

Cui Zhong was greatly surprised and said: "How could a saint travel from Lingwu to Shu County in such a short time? Is the road accessible?"

Before he could turn around, he thought that the saint Wang Chengye mentioned was Li Heng.

It wasn't until Wang Chengye showed a look that looked like he was looking at a fool that he suddenly realized what he was doing and was suddenly horrified.

"The late Emperor? But if the late Emperor had not died, wouldn't we have become traitors?"

Wang Chengye nodded helplessly.

Since he came to Hedong, he obviously felt that every choice he made was very cautious. But in the end, every choice was wrong. At first, he was afraid of sending troops to support Changshan and made Xue Bai an enemy. When Li Heng became emperor, it was logical for him to do so.

So I took refuge there, but I didn't expect that this ridiculous situation would happen.

"There is only one way for now."

"What?"

"Be ruthless and Hu Ni, put down the rebellion of King Qing as soon as possible." Wang Chengye said: "Without King Qing, the Supreme Emperor will have no choice but to recognize the saint's accession to the throne, so that we can avoid being punished."

Cui Zhong had not yet recovered from his surprise and murmured: "How to be gentle and gentle to Hu Ni?"

"As far as I know, Cui Qianyou and Tian Chengsi's 70,000 troops have been cut off by Li Guangbi and trapped in the pass. I want to send someone to talk to them."

"Who to send?"

Cui Zhong asked and soon understood that he was the person Wang Chengye wanted to send to Cui Qianyou's camp.

Otherwise, why would Wang Chengye rescue him?

"I...I'm just afraid that I won't be able to take on a big responsibility."

Wang Chengye ignored it and turned his head to look at the messenger who happened to be rushing in.

"Commander Jie, Yuanjie and his people are back on the road. We still have twenty miles to go before we reach the outside of the city."

"Can't come soon enough."

Although Wang Chengye was surprised, he was not worried. After all, he was the governor of Hedong, and he had the new emperor's will. He immediately arranged his troops and prepared for the enemy to win.

However, Yuan Jie may have been frightened by his arrangement. After a while, another messenger reported: "Yuan Jie's team went to the Guandi Temple outside the city."

"He wants to occupy the salt pond first and gather people to cause trouble." Wang Chengye sneered and said, "Send my order to surround Guandi Temple."

Guandi Temple is not too far away.

When Wang Chengye arrived, his troops had already frightened most of the Jie County Salt Soldiers. Only Xue Bai's men were still holding on to the Chunqiu Tower and resisting.

After waiting for a while, before Chunqiu Tower was captured, Yuan Jie had already arrived, bringing dozens of riders with him.

It is simply ridiculous for a county magistrate to make trouble in front of the dignified Hedong Jiedushi with such a small manpower.

What's even more ridiculous is that when Yuan Jie arrived at a stone's throw, he abandoned dozens of guards and only rode forward with three horses. Among them, a young armored general stepped forward and shouted: "Who dares to let go?"

arrow?!"

Seeing that the soldiers from Hedong actually stopped firing arrows, Wang Chengye immediately urged them.

"Fire the arrow!"

However, the archers still hesitated.

Wang Chengye wanted to ask what was going on, but his staff reported in a low voice: "Commander Jie, that is Li Yizhong, the son of Li Guangbi, and he is the envoy of the heavenly army."

"How did he get here?"

Immediately, Cui Zhong also stepped forward and reminded: "Commander Jie, the other person beside Yuan Jie is Yan Jiming."

Wang Chengye took a closer look and found that it was indeed the ghost. He couldn't help but murmured: "The ghost is still here."

There are still many generals in the Hedong Army who were recruited by Yan Jiming when he was in the Hedong Shogunate.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Jie unfolded an imperial edict and read it out in public.

When the phrase "Li Guangbi replaced Hedong Jiedushi" came into his ears, Wang Chengye became furious, raised his hand and pointed at Yuan Jie, and shouted: "You are falsely preaching the imperial edict, you saints from Chang'an are false!"

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Li Tengkong stood on the Chunqiu Tower, looking at the conflict below, and suddenly noticed something.

She saw more than ten riders driving away the soldiers who were surrounding the Chunqiu Tower and heading here, and among these ten riders, there was a figure that she was very familiar with.

"Xue Bai?"

She just murmured this, and everyone around her couldn't help but get excited and looked in the direction of Yuan Jie.

"Where is Mr. Lang? I didn't see him."

Li Tengkong came to the railing and leaned forward to look. Gradually, the figure that haunted her became increasingly clear.

Finally, he arrived downstairs at Chunqiu.

"Is it really Xue Lang?"
To be continued...