Chapter 520 Leaving town

When Xue Bai received Pugu Huaien's surrender order, which was urgently delivered from 500 miles away, his first reaction was "Is this guy pretending to surrender?"

If Pugu Huaien deliberately relaxed his vigilance and suddenly led his troops to kill Shi Siming when he turned his mind to Shi Siming, the consequences would be disastrous.

After that, more detailed information was sent, saying that Pugu Huai'en had offered the head of Shi Siming's envoy and was willing to go to Chang'an to plead guilty. Xue Bai still did not completely put down his guard and sent out sentries to confirm that Pugu Huai'en was not intending to go to Chang'an to plead guilty.

In the name of pleading guilty, he led his elite troops to sneak attack Chang'an.

"Li Mi is still quite capable." Xue Bai had to admire him.

This matter can be accomplished because Li Mi wrote several letters to instigate the generals of Shuofang Army and Pugu Huai'en's mother. It can be seen from this that if you want to achieve something, you must be thick-skinned, and when you meet a talented person, you should use the skills of visiting the thatched cottage three times.

Come with enthusiasm.

A few days later, Pugu Huaien took his son to Chang'an.

Li Cong personally received him at the Daming Palace. He heard that Pugu Huai'en's family had killed dozens of people fighting for the Tang Dynasty, and he couldn't help laughing at Li Heng and his son for even forcing such loyal ministers to rebel.

He is different, he has the ability to embrace all rivers, and since he is married to Pugu Huai'en, he should win over him.

Soon, the tall figure prostrated himself in the main hall and said: "I am grateful to you, my guilty servant, and I will bow to your majesty!"

"My dear, you don't have to be like this. Get up quickly."

In order to show his concern, Li Cong personally stepped forward to help him. But when Pugu Huai'en raised his head, his eyes fell on his scarred face. He was stunned and started to look at him carefully.

"Ahem."

After a while, Dou Wenyang, the eunuch standing by, saw that Pugu Huai'en was so rude and reminded him.

Unexpectedly, Pugu Huaien was still watching.

"I love you so much," Li Cong said, "when I was young, I was hunting and was caught by a wild beast."

"I asked why the Supreme Emperor didn't appoint a saint as the prince earlier." Pugu Huai'en then realized and shouted loudly: "I have been in Shuofang for a long time and have not heard about this matter. Please forgive me!"

Li Cong didn't think he was dissatisfied, he smiled with a smile on his face, but he was slightly sarcastic and planned to talk about the marriage of his children.

suddenly.

"I have something to say, and I won't be happy if I don't tell you!" Pugu Huaien's rough face turned serious, filled with murderous intent.

Li Cong was startled, sat down on the imperial couch again, and said, "What's the matter?"

Pugu Huai'en looked at the civil and military officials standing on both sides, raised his finger and pointed at Xue Bai, saying: "In the beginning, the reason why I dared to rebel against Your Majesty was because Your Majesty named him King Yong and worshiped the world's military envoy. This important position

He cannot hold this position unless he is a prince, and although he is the son of Prince Ying, his life experience has been a mystery for many years, so he should not hold great power. What does he think of your majesty when he acts like this? Isn't it possible to use the emperor to control the princes? "

In fact, these words were often discussed by Li Heng with his ministers when he was in Fengxiang, but Li Heng never said a word after his surrender. Instead, Pugu Huaien took it seriously and made sure to explain it clearly.

Pugu Huaien had completely forgotten that it was this kind of scornful character that made him break up with Li Heng, and he only wanted to explain that he was not wrong at that time.

When Li Cong heard this, he first agreed, even secretly happy, and at the same time a little embarrassed. He couldn't admit that he was Xue Bai's puppet in front of everyone, so he said seriously: "Okay, you have mistakenly believed the rumors, and I know it."

, I don’t blame you.”

Avoiding the topic, he looked at the people Pugu Huai'en had brought, and was about to ask Pugu Zhen.

"I thank your majesty for your kindness." Pu Guhuai was greatly grateful for the forgiveness. He immediately expressed his heart to the emperor and offered his good advice, saying: "I am willing to fight to the death for your majesty to kill the enemy!"

"good……"

"Now that your Majesty has stabilized the country, he has taken over the post of King Yong's envoy to the world and relieved the suspicions of the people in the world. As for Shi Siming's rebellion, I only need to lead troops to help Commander Guo Jie, and it will be put down!"

Although Li Cong wanted to do it, he knew that he didn't have the strength at all.

He also wondered how Pugu Huaien dared to say such words in public? After all, Xue Bai planned this surrender.

So he turned to look at Xue Bai, but saw that Xue Bai didn't react much, as if he hadn't heard such harsh and unpleasant words, and even looked like he wanted to see how he handled it.

Li Cong felt a chill in his heart, thinking that Pugu Huai'en might be testing him on Xue Bai's behalf.

"I love you dearly, if you don't know, let me remind you!" Li Cong then raised his voice and said solemnly: "When the country is in danger, it is King Yong who assists me to guard Chang'an and save Li from water and fire. I have my own discretion in employing people.

, you don’t need to say anything!”

Just after he said a harsh word, he saw a look of displeasure on Pugu Huaien's face, and quickly spoke to comfort him.

"I also know that you are out of loyalty..."

With great difficulty, they finally successfully negotiated the marriage of Pu Guzhen to Princess Ningguo, and then came the banquet.

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"I didn't expect Pugu Huai'en to be so ungrateful, so I still need to recruit more people."

When attending the banquet, Wang rarely took the opportunity and whispered to Xue Bai for a few words. At the end, he said: "If this person is hopeless, I will get rid of him and don't let him return to Shuofang again."

"It's okay." Xue Bai said, "I'm just a little stubborn."

"some?"

Wang Rao glanced at Pugu Huai'en again and thought that before he succeeded in trying to persuade him, he never thought that this person had such a bad temper.

Xue Bai was more aware of the recruitment process, and his eyes more often fell on the young general named "Hun Yao". Unfortunately, Hun Yao's eyes mostly looked at the emperor with admiration.

Under the dazzling light brought by imperial power, the difference in personal charm between Li Cong and Xue Bai is not big enough to affect a young man in the frontier, that is for the time being.

The news that Shuofang's army has been exposed to all this time does not say that Xue Bai is good, so he is naturally loyal to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

It was rare for the king to feel that kind of emotion, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, and whispered: "This time King Yong recruited Shuofang's army and became the power of the saint again."

"You can't say that. We are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."

Xue Bai, on the other hand, was open-minded and thought that as long as he was a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, he would be his own soldier sooner or later, so there was no rush.

The two entered the hall and took their seats.

This time, Xue Bai's position was moved further back than during the court meeting, behind Li Cong's brothers and sons.

If you calculate it based on seniority, it makes sense, but you can vaguely feel that Li Cong was already eager to reduce his power before completely suppressing the rebellion.

In order to reassure the generals of Shuofang Army, Li Longji was also at the banquet, accompanied by Jiang Caiping and Fan Nu. In addition, perhaps to embarrass Li Heng and Li Chu, Li Cong also specially summoned them.

"King Zhong, King Yu, you were confused for a moment and made Pugu Aiqing wronged. Please pay me a glass of wine."

Li Cong still looked like a good old man, maintaining the harmony in the Tang Dynasty. He laughed loudly soon after the banquet started and made such a request.

Everyone was defeated by him and surrendered at his banquet, listening to his chatter and laughter, but he was broad-minded and did not hold them responsible for their crimes and allowed them to live the rest of their lives in peace.

This made him feel as if Emperor Taizong asked Jieli Khan to dance at the royal banquet, and he was so ecstatic.

"I accept the order." Li Heng and Li Chu knew what Li Cong wanted. They stood up obediently, holding the wine glass, and said with a look of shame on their faces: "I persecuted good generals and almost missed the Tang Dynasty."

Puguhuaien is very useful.

In fact, he doesn't care so much about wealth or not, he only cares about right and wrong. Now he has proved that he is right, and he is very satisfied.

"Now I know that the sage is a wise king, but it was the loyal king who deceived me at that time."

Li Heng was in a bad mood, he responded awkwardly, hid behind the case, sat down, rolled up biscuits and ate it, just like the coward he had been many years ago.

Li Congzhi was very proud and said again: "King Yong, you and Pugu Aiqing have a drink together."

Pugu Huaien then also had a drink with Xue Bai. He gained Li Cong's respect and couldn't help but start taking care of things again, saying: "Why doesn't King Yong ask himself to be relieved of the post of general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses? It shows that he is guarding the country."

Out of loyalty, not out of ulterior motives."

Li Heng sat there and engrossed himself in eating the cake, and couldn't help but secretly screamed "Good."

He had long been unable to stand Pugu Huaien's brutality and stubbornness. He relied on his loyalty and bravery to point fingers, as if eight hundred relatives were interfering with him in the name of doing his best.

At that time, Pugu Huai'en was forced to rebel, and he was also depressed. Now he calls him Li Cong, and Xue Bai also has a taste of it.

At this time, Xue Bai had many answers. Generally speaking, he should have a straight face and yell, "The rebels are pressing down on the country and the country is in critical condition. What is your intention with this statement?! You want to rebel?!"

This kind of threat can deter others, but it cannot deter Pugu Huaien.

In addition, Xue Bai is strong and determined in his heart and does not need to show himself by intimidation. He just smiled and said: "There will be a day when the world will be peaceful and everyone will take off their armor and return to their fields."

Pugu Huaien was stunned for a moment, feeling like he had been punched in the air.

Xue Bai really didn't feel dissatisfied. Once Pugu Huai'en entered the capital, it was impossible to let him take charge of the army for the time being, and he could not threaten Xue Bai at all. And Xue Bai believed that time would prove everything, so he could face it with a peaceful mind.

Dissatisfied with these hostility...

It was dusk at this time, and the setting sun shone in through the palace door. Inside the palace, the people in charge of the Tang Dynasty raised their wine glasses again.

On the other side of the red walls, before the palace gate was locked, a knight hurriedly sent a message, disrupting the banquet.

"His Majesty!"

The eunuch who reported the news called "Your Majesty" and held the news in his hand to hand it over. However, he soon encountered Xue Bai's sharp look and had to hand the battle report to Xue Bai first.

Because usually these battle reports are sent to the imperial city first, but today they were sent because Xue Bai, Yan Zhenqing, Wang Nan and others were all in the palace. This was the first time Li Cong saw such a fresh battle report, and he couldn't help but curiously said: "

What's the matter?"

Xue Bai looked normal and did not answer. He just said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. It's just a small matter. It can be handled by the department."

"Well, let's leave it to Zhongshu's disciples." Li Cong pretended to be dignified, "The banquet will continue."

Xue Bai then resigned with a group of officials who had actual duties, leaving the distinguished people to continue the feast.
To be continued...