"Auntie!" Looking at the old lady with a sinking face, Yang Xuangan screamed in fear, trying to explain: "We..."
"That's enough!" Mrs. Yang Zheng clutched her crutch tightly, slammed it on the ground, and said coldly: "You must have done something appalling. Now tell me, what on earth have you done that is so outrageous? ?”
Then, she added: "I don't have Lao Hutu yet, so you can't even think of making excuses to deceive me."
Yang Xuangan looked at Yang Yue, but saw that he was looking at his nose and heart, as if he was an old god. He had no intention of talking at all. He had no choice but to stammer the whole story of the incident.
"That's it." Listening to Yang Xuangan's explanation, Yang Zheng nodded with deep approval: "You did it right and well."
"Huh?" Yang Yue, Yang Shen, and Yang Xuangan opened their eyes in disbelief and looked at Yang Zhengshi blankly.
Yang Zheng said: "There is no need to dismantle the memorial shed, it is just for my use."
"Auntie, why is this happening?"
"With prodigal sons like you, I will lose my life sooner or later. Instead of losing my life in the future, it is better to go and accompany Chu Dao today." Yang Zheng didn't speak any more, but stared at the door in a daze without focus. .
During his lifetime, Yang Su said that the reasons why he taught Yang Ji the art of war without reservation were: First, he admired Yang Ji and hoped that there would be successors to the Sui army. The second is that Yang Ji is a man of great affection. With this relationship, as long as the Yang family does not commit major crimes of rebellion in the future, they can ask Yang Ji for help. Coupled with his own achievements, the saint will definitely be lenient.
She was worried that Yang Ji had a grudge, causing Yang Su's plan to fail during his lifetime, so she apologized to Yang Ji. As long as Yang Ji accepted the apology, then Yang Ji would still owe the Yang family. In addition, she wanted to take the opportunity to ask if there was any remedy, but Yang Ji refused to accept it, and instead ran away with Gao Jiong. In this way, if Yang Ji pretended to be even, he would not owe them anything. Home.
If it is just a far-fetched tie, it can only be said that Yang Su has misjudged the person again, but it will have little impact on the Yang family. What she was worried about was that Yang Guang had revealed his intention to deal with the Yang family, so Yang Ji subconsciously became wary and distant.
"Gene Era"
Everyone saw that she was silent and did not dare to disturb her.
After a long time, Mrs. Yang Zheng took out a breath, looked at the three men in front of her, shook her head bitterly and said: "If you are just pretending to be crazy and trying to make progress at the expense of retreat, the saint will not be able to comply with your wishes and promise you to be a minister in name only." Order, in the name of benevolence and righteousness, he treats the descendants of heroes well and achieves mutual success in this way. Everyone will be very happy. But if you instigate public opinion and elevate the mourning of Chu Dao to a level beyond that of the late emperor, it is tantamount to plotting rebellion. It is no wonder that the saint is angry and the king of Wei avoids it. It’s a snake and a scorpion.”
"Auntie/Auntie..." The three of them wailed, their faces turning ashen.
"It has happened, and it is useless to talk about it!" Yang Zheng collected her thoughts and said sadly: "Since the saint asked the saint to change the subject and say not to care, then the matter is over. But as King Wei said: If people with ulterior motives If you make a fuss about your many stupid things and make things bigger, then we will be sitting in the mansion, which is also a traitor."
"Yang Yue, you go to Uncle Wensi immediately and deal with the people's anger as soon as possible; Xuangan, you find a reason to remove the mourning shed... Yang Shen, we have disturbed the people for too long, you immediately give every household and every person in the village The county magistrate and county servants offered a generous gift to express their apology.”
"Have done this, and then close the door of the house in the name of mourning Chu Dao. Except for uncle Wen Si and Yang Yue who are ministers, all the others will let me calm down and live a life of peace with the world until the matter is completely resolved. It's not too late to go out now. This is also our explanation to the saint." Yang Zheng's tone was full of sadness and desolation. If they had discussed it with themselves, they would not have reached this point, but they did not .
"Here!" No matter how unwilling they were to accept Yang Zheng's arrangement, the three helpless men knew that they had touched the emperor's evil side and that the family's survival was at stake.
The decision to "close the door of the house" and "reduce the sense of existence" will cause them to lose something unimaginable and put them in a very passive situation, but it is undoubtedly the best way at the moment.
"Auntie, uncle, brother!" At this time, Yang Xuanzang stepped in, followed by a heroic and shy girl in blue.
Seeing this girl, the four people in the hall were stunned and said in unison: "Hongfu?"
"Hongfu meets the old lady, Erye, Sanye, and Shaojun!" This girl is Zhang Chuchen.
She grew up in the Yang family and learned her skills in the Yang family. However, as the orphan of the famous general Zhang Suzhong, she was ashamed of being a singer and a slave during her time in the Yang family, and was very repelled by the "stage name" "Hong Fu". , very hostile to the Yang family.
But after Yang Su gave her to Yang Ji and lived a good life, she felt lucky that she had this unhappy life - if it weren't for Yang Su taking her in, their mother and daughter would have died long ago; If it weren't for the "instructors" of Yang Su's family who worked hard and trained her to death, she wouldn't have achieved what she has today, let alone become an indispensable person to Yang Ji.
The change in mentality also made the hostility and hatred at the beginning turn into gratitude and gratitude.
At this moment, facing the "old masters" again, he called himself Hong Fu gracefully.
Zhang Chuchen was the most outstanding killer, bodyguard, and dancer. Yang Zhengshi, Yang Yue, Yang Shen, and Yang Xuangan were deeply impressed by her. Even though they had been separated for many years, they still recognized her at a glance.
Yang Zhengshi asked curiously: "Why are you here?"
"Back to the old lady, it was Wei and Young Master who asked me to come." Zhang Chuchen took a breath, tried to calm himself down, and continued: "Young Master asked me to tell you a few words."
"I'll listen, you tell me!" Yang Zheng nodded.
Zhang Chuchen said: "Young master said that if some unknown 'evidences' are handed over to Zhang Heng, the censor, there may be unexpected benefits."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall suddenly had different and colorful expressions.
Yang Zheng frowned and thought, and then Yang Xuangan and Yang Xuanzang quit. Yang Xuangan stood up with excitement and glared at Zhang Chuchen: "Hongfu, this is the Duke of Chu's palace, not the palace of Prince Wei. You are so arrogant. How can you, as a member of the palace, be so arrogant in front of your late master?" Are you proud?"
Yang Xuanzang was also angry. He clenched his fists and glared at Zhang Chuchen fiercely: "You bitch, others are afraid of King Wei, but we are not afraid. You..."
Zhang Chuchen was scolded, feeling annoyed and aggrieved.
"Shut up!" Yang Zheng yelled angrily: "You two unfilial sons, do you want me to be angry to death?"
"Children don't dare..." The two brothers turned pale with fright, and hurriedly knelt down and said hurriedly, but those two pairs of eyes full of anger were staring straight at Zhang Chuchen, full of anger. Murderous intent.
When Yang Zheng saw this, she was greatly disappointed.
With their intelligence and irritable mentality, how can they expect such great things? It's no wonder that before her death, her husband wanted to set up a presbytery and was restrained. Otherwise, the Yang family would definitely be destroyed at the hands of the eldest son.
She ignored her two sons and said to Zhang Chuchen: "Hongfu, I already understand King Wei's intention. Please tell him that the Yang family owes him a huge favor and he will be rewarded generously!"
"I will definitely tell you exactly what the old lady said." Zhang Chuchen bowed and left aggrievedly.
When the young master asked him to come back, he said that he was the one who said this. The Yang family must be extremely grateful, but now...?
"Auntie, why is this?" Yang Xuangan asked.
"Why?" Yang Zheng sneered and said: "The saint is resentful towards us at the moment. If this resentment cannot be vented in time, once it breaks out in the future, my family will definitely fall apart and be littered with corpses."
"If we take the initiative to hand over some 'criminal evidence' to the Yushitai and let the saint punish him, we can dilute the saint's anger. At present, your bones are not cold, and even if the saint punishes you, it will not be too severe."
"This is the intention of King Wei. It is much better than my strategy of 'closing the gates of the palace'. After we are punished, it will not be so abrupt to 'close the gates of the palace'. But you two You idiot, you don’t understand King Wei’s intentions at all, and you even treat your kindness as a donkey’s heart and lungs, angrily scolding this little girl!”
After she said this, Yang Xuangan and Yang Xuanzang came to their senses.
"You deceive the good and fear the evil, and repay kindness with evil. It's embarrassing!" Yang Zheng said bitterly, slapping her cane heavily.
"..." When Yang Xuangan and Yang Xunzong heard this, their faces suddenly turned red and they were extremely embarrassed.
Yang Zheng glanced at them, couldn't help but sigh, and waved her hands weakly: "Get out of here!"
"Here! Farewell!" The four uncles and nephews seemed to have received a general amnesty.
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At the same time, Yang Ji, who had left Quanshanfang, took a carriage and drove towards the imperial city. However, the old man Gao Jiong was like a scoundrel. What can a shameless person do?
You can't just kick him down, right?
"My King, you have changed!" After staring at Yang Ji for a long time, Gao Jun suddenly said something in a faint tone.
Yang Ji almost choked to death and glared at him angrily: "I am the father of two children. My third child was also born this year. Can I not change?"
"That's not what I'm talking about! What I'm talking about is that your officialdom has changed." He seemed to feel that it was not good to stare at a man like this. Gao Jiong turned his head slightly and looked at the car window on the side of Yang Ji. With a look of reminiscence on his face: "You were not like this before. You used to be wild and uninhibited and acted spontaneously. Now, you have also entered the rules of officialdom."
Yang Ji remained silent. He admitted that Gao Jiong was right, but other than that, he had no other choice because he was no longer a child. When I was a child, if I did any mischief, the adults would just smile knowingly. At most, they would scold me a few times without making fun of me, and then give me a few slaps in the face of pretending to be angry. When you grow up, if you do whatever you want and go your own way, you will be beaten by everyone if you do just one wrong thing. This is true for everyone, from a family to a clan, to a city or a country.
He has a mother, wife and children, and a large group of loyal subordinates. If he is as selfish as Linghu Chong and does not distinguish between right and wrong, everyone will be unlucky and even die.
Seeing that he was thoughtful, Gao Yan knew that he also understood, and said with a smile: "You are a young man with a high position and a sacred scroll. I don't know how many people are jealous of you; the more you do this, the more careful you must be."
After being silent for a while, he said slowly: "You are too stubborn. It's better to restrain yourself in the future. No one in this court is easy to get along with. Maybe there is nothing you can do for the time being, but if I hold a grudge in my heart and stare at him eagerly, With you, there will always be times when you suffer."
Yang Ji nodded and said, "I've been taught a lesson."
It's not enough to be uneducated. Just when it comes to being an official, there are few who can compare with him. If nothing else, you can tell that Gao Jiong is hot just because he has been the prime minister for so long.
Being a prime minister is not just about ability, but also about playing games with all kinds of people, and being able to coordinate the forces of all parties with ease and make everyone happy.
I don’t have this ability!
The prime minister will not be long-term.
"Since the death of the Lord, I have been thinking about one thing." Gao Jiong said to himself.
Yang Ji asked: "What's the matter?"
Gao Jiong sighed softly and said with a lonely look: "I entered the official position at the age of seventeen. In the decades since then, I have been working hard, thinking hard, and sleeping hard at night. I dare not be called a prime minister. At least I can be said to be conscientious in my duties. We have been entrusted by the late emperor and saints. However, in recent years, our energy has gradually declined, and we have often neglected political affairs. Either forgetting here or forgetting there. Since we are old and frail, and have more than enough ambition but insufficient strength, we should put down the political affairs to make way for the backward progress. , and you can entertain your grandchildren and support your family. If you can't let go, your reputation will be ruined for a lifetime, but if you miss the important affairs of the court, you will hurt the country and the people. It's just that the Sui Dynasty was in an unprecedented period of change. Every step taken We are all walking on thin ice, and I feel a little worried.”
Gao Jiong said this with worry, and suddenly said firmly: "The performance of the Yang family I met today has strengthened my intention to resign."
"As I get older, I have become selfish and decided to use all my limited life to teach my children, so as to prevent them from making the mistakes that Yang made today."
The performance of the Yang family made Gao Jiong reflect on himself and came to the conclusion that none of the scholars were capable and strong, so he shuddered and felt horrified.
The children of the Yang family were able to overcome this difficulty because they relied on the protection of Yang Su Yuyin. However, Gao Jiong was not only not Yang Guang's minister, but also had a grudge against Yang Guang. If the actions of the children of the Yang family were transferred to the children of the Gao family, , Gao will undoubtedly die.
Among the scholars, the third son, Gao Biaoren, was more impressive, but he was even more daring and daring than Yang Xuangan. After he was dismissed from office, he actually said to himself: "Sima Zhongda refused to go to court because of his illness and went into hiding. In the wild, you have the world, and you have such an opportunity today, how can you know that it is not a blessing?"
Having such a problem with speaking freely, even if he is a genius, it is more trouble than good for Gao.
Having a "rebellious son" in his family further strengthened his intention to retire.
"Forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes, getting together and leaving well, is not the continuation of the friendship between monarch and ministers." Yang Ji knew that Gao Jun was afraid. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that the Gao family would have no successors and the inheritance of incense would be cut off.
"That's what I thought too." Gao Qiao chuckled, stroking his beard and said, "Tomorrow morning, I will submit my resignation to the saint and beg for his bones to return home."
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