The unwilling Yu Wenzhi stepped forward and Yu Wenxian followed him one after another. As soon as he entered the room, he knelt down in front of the emperor's desk and said.
"I am guilty, and I deserve death."
"What is your crime?"
The emperor changed his usual stern smile and said humorously.
"It's the fact that you haven't come to the longevity palace that makes us miss you all the time."
"We don't come because the thief Yu Wenhu is suspicious of me. I feel ashamed of the emperor for living with the thief all these years."
"Aren't you doing this for the sake of the country? Of course we know who you are."
Yuwen Xiaobo, who had been accompanying Yu Wenxian in the imperial study, also hesitated to say to Yu Wenxian after Yu Wenxian left.
"Your Majesty, there is something that I think we should do something about."
Emperor Yu Wenyong said.
"You mean Mei Lan, Zhu Ju and the four of them, right?"
"Yes."
"We have thought about this too."
The emperor continued.
"The four of them were originally sent to the palace as Yu Wenhu's eyes and ears. In fact, the only one who actually accepted the assignment was Huizhu. The other three were all stupid and ignorant. After Huizhu entered the palace, I took advantage of her. She is especially smart. She still has deep feelings for you, which we have seen a long time ago, so we decided to make her your concubine."
"ah?"
Uncle Yuwen Xiao opened his mouth and was speechless in surprise. Yu Wenyong quickly continued his thoughts.
"As for Huimei and the others, they are not too young either. You and Wang Gui will discuss it and find a reliable family for their marriage. As long as the eyes and ears sent by the Grand Chief to our side have not done anything bad, they will be able to marry." We must open a wide margin and not kill innocent people indiscriminately to leave a way for them to survive. We must take this opportunity to keep the guards, servants, and maids in the palace who should stay and go. We must be conscientious and do this well. What do you think, Uncle Xiao?"
"We are just a palace doctor, so I thank you for your kindness."
Yuwen Xiaobo quickly leaned over and knelt down and said again.
"We will never be grateful enough in this life for the great favor of the Holy One."
After overthrowing Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Xiaobo originally wanted to intercede for Huizhu and let the emperor face his death, but he dared to hope for her to be his partner.
Then the emperor issued an order to change the reign name from the 7th year of Tianhe to the first year of Jiande, appointed Qi Duke Yu Wenxian as the Grand Chief, appointed Wei Guogong Yu Wenzhi as the Great Situ, appointed Yuwen Xiaobo as the Little Chief, and issued an edict.
"If the people are tired, the sky will be prosperous. If it is not true, it will be neglected by the country. If the palace affairs are never done again, the people will be wasted and the wealth will be wasted, and the country will have no system. The people will live in peace, the country will be peaceful, and the people will enjoy the happiness of a great country forever. I hereby swear this oath in the name of the emperor." , imitating the First Emperor, re-solidifying the Great Wall, legislating for the people, re-employing talents, filling the treasury of the Zhou Kingdom, and establishing the law of Shang Yang, I am the first to open up the territory and expand the territory to sweep the six barbarians, and establish the foundation of the Dragon Vein of our Great Zhou Dynasty. I am dead Then he will transform into a dragon soul to protect our Chinese nation forever. I admire this!!"
So far, a new era has reopened in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Since Yang Jian left office and went home to attend to the funeral of his father, he has been staying at home. Three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Mrs. Lu, who has been sick for a long time, has been sick due to overwork and grief in the past. On the one hand, Yang Jian has to take care of his mother. On the other hand, Yang Jian has to take care of his mother. We also have to take care of Master Zhixian, who needs to be recuperated after his illness. A large group of people are crowded at home.
The couple had to discipline several young children every day, so he often traveled back and forth between his mother's home and his own home.
Yang Jian has been deaf to things happening outside the window for a long time. He no longer has the worries of overt and secret struggles in the whirlpool of power, which has greatly alleviated the fear of his family being plotted at any time. However, the Coiling Dragon Sword has always been standing in the corner of the wall.
As his mother and master gradually recovered, Yang Jian felt more relieved. As his sons grew older, it became more and more difficult to discipline and disobedient, which made Yang Jian even more irritable.
At dawn this morning, Yang Jian's two sons, the eldest, 12-year-old Yang Yong, and the second, 10-year-old Yang Guang, were woken up from their sleep by Li Shun as usual.
"Stop sleeping and get up, you brats."
Yang Guang was still young and didn't know right from wrong, so he opened his mouth and said something.
"I won't get up and see what you can do to me."
The eldest brother Yang Jian had previously told Li Shun that he could use force as long as the two brothers disobeyed. Li Shun saw that Yang Guang still refused to get up and was drooling, so he pulled Yang Guang hard and threw him head first to the ground.
After Yang Yong and Yang Guang washed up, the two brothers began to practice martial arts in the yard. The Yang family did not hire a master for their children. On weekdays, whenever Yang Jian was at home, he and Li Shun would jointly train their two children to practice martial arts.
Li Shun and Yang Jian came from the same school and received extremely strict training since they were young. Most masters were far inferior to the two of them. Each of them was a basic skill training that their sons hated.
The eldest son Yang Yong is smart and can master some of the more complex martial arts routines as soon as he learns them. After being dismantled by Yang Jian or Li Shun and a little on-demand training, he can master them, but he often lacks patience for boring basic skills training.
Because the basic skills are not solid enough, the movements are not in position and the routines can be performed. Regardless of the movements of swords, guns, swords and sticks, they look very coherent and skillful, but they are full of flaws, and every routine cannot be performed on the stage.
Yang Jian and Li Shun strengthened the basic skills training for their two children in a targeted manner. With the practice, 10-year-old Yang Guang's tolerance was actually stronger than that of his brother who was two years older. Yang Guang's chest was straight and his legs were straight. In the original state, Yang Yong's body had begun to lean forward and swayed from time to time.
"Xiaoyong, lift your chest up."
Although Li Shun shouted loudly to remind his brother, the well-behaved Yang Guang straightened his body straighter, but Yang Yong turned a deaf ear and twisted his waist indifferently. Li Shun walked over and bumped Yang Yong's bent waist with his knee to remind him. .
"Yong'er, look at your brother, then look at you, straighten your waist quickly."
Yang Yong didn't take it seriously and threw himself to the ground.
"Oh, how dare you, a slave, hit someone."
Yang Yong, who had been holding back his anger for a long time, rolled over and stood up, wielding a practice stick and hitting Li Shun with it. Li Shun quickly stepped aside when he saw this and barely managed to avoid being hit.
"You are so presumptuous that eating has made you stupid?"
Mrs. Dugu, who had just walked out of the house to watch her son practice martial arts, snatched the stick from Yang Yong's hand and gave her son a big showdown with her backhand. Yang Yong suddenly sat on the ground and cried.
"I'll sue my grandma and let her scold you."
Yang Jian, who came back from his mother's house, encountered this thing as soon as he entered the front yard. He saw Yang Yong crying loudly and said with a red mark on his face.
"Jia Luo, why are you hitting Yong'er when he's still young?"
"Ask your good son."
After Yang Jian asked about the situation, he lifted his son up from the ground angrily and said.
"Who do you think he is? Please show me clearly that he is your father's dead brother, as close as brothers. Besides, he didn't beat you. It's natural for you to be beaten if you refuse to obey the discipline."
The couple usually discipline their children very strictly. If Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo were present today, Yang Yong would never dare to be so presumptuous in front of Li Shun.
"OK OK."
Li Shun smoothed things over.
"Yong'er, hurry up and pack your things. It's time to go to school."
"Wait a minute."
Yang Jian said to his son with wide eyes.
"Kneel down and apologize to Uncle Li Shun."
"I won't pay if you ask me to apologize for beating someone."
After hearing this, Yang Jian was about to reach out and hit Yang Yong. Li Shun grabbed Yang Jian's wrist and said.
"Brother, as a kid, we all come from this age. When Yong'er grows up, he will know our good intentions."
"Are you going to kneel or not?"
Yang Yong had no choice but to kowtow.
"Uncle Li, we know we were wrong."
After Yang Yong left, Mrs. Dugu said to Yang Guang.
"Don't imitate your brother's practice. Don't waste your strength when you go into battle to protect yourself and kill the enemy."
"I know, kid."
Yang Guang responded with a smile and started practicing again.
Yang Jian said to Li Shun from the side.
"I have wronged you today. Don't act like a child."
"How could it be? That's my nephew. "
Li Shun sighed.
"Nowadays, most of the children have not been educated at home. Even if they study at Taixue, they will be better off than their parents."
On March 19, the seventh year of Tianhe, a little man came to Yang Jian's house on horseback like lightning. This man was Xiao Lezi, whom Yang Jian had not seen for a long time.
Xiao Lezi was assigned by Zheng Yi to see Yang Jian today. Madam Dugu has always been very enthusiastic about people who come to the East Palace, and this is especially true for Xiao Lezi. She personally took out the tea sent by the maid from the tray and brought it to Xiao Lezi's seat. Dugu asked from the coffee table next to him before Yang Jian could speak.
"How are the prince and empress?"
"As far as I'm concerned, madam, both the prince and the empress are fine."
Although Xiao Lezi was promoted to a junior manager and his status was still very humble, Yang Jian and his wife treated him as a distinguished guest. Xiao Lezi was naturally very affectionate to Yang Jian and his family.
"Everyone in the palace likes Empress Yang. She never puts on airs with the servants. Not long ago, Empress Zhu gave birth to a son. Everyone is also looking forward to Empress Yang giving birth to a little prince. However, we have little fun in Grandma Zhu. How dare you look down on Miss Yang."
Yang Jian, who was sitting aside, heard that the girl was safe in the East Palace and thought that Xiao Lezi's arrival was not just a regular visit, so he asked.
"Lezi, are you here for something?"
"Oh, it seems that we were only busy seeing you and your wife and were happy, and we almost forgot about the real thing."
Xiao Lezi slapped his forehead and said.
"Master Zheng specially sent a servant here today. He wants us to tell you that the old traitor Yu Wenhu was killed, and it was the Holy One who killed him himself."
"ah?"
Yang Jian shuddered and glanced at Madam Dugu.
Mrs. Dugu also looked at Yang Jian with the same surprised eyes. After a while, Yang Jian woke up and then turned to Xiao Lezi and asked quickly.
"Is this confirmed? Is it a rumor?"
"Who told Mr. Zheng's servant that I don't know. Everyone in the East Palace knows about the death of the Grand Chief. The news came from the Hanren Palace of the Queen Mother. It is said that the Grand Chief was in Hanren Hall for some reason. The Holy One was angry, so the Holy One hit the Grand Chief in the back of the head with a jade jade, and then the palace doctor killed him with a gun."
Yang Jian asked next.
"When did this happen?"
"I heard it happened at 4 o'clock yesterday."
After that, Xiao Lezi talked about some trivial matters about the prince and the princess. Mrs. Dugu listened carefully, but Yang Jian didn't hear a word. Finally, before leaving, Mrs. Dugu took out 10 coins and gave it to Xiao Lezi, Yang Jian, and warned him.
"When you get back, you must thank Mr. Zheng for us."
Yang Jian gave some unused fabrics to Xiaolezi.
"Go back and make yourself some nice clothes. You are from the palace, so don't dress too shabbily."
"Thank you Lord Governor, thank you Madam Governor."
After Xiao Lezi left, shocking news came one after another into the Yang Mansion. First, Yu Wenhu's sons were all killed, and his nephews escaped. Then, there was news about the execution of the two brothers, General Hou Longen, who was protecting the country! ! !
The Hou Wanshou brothers were convinced that they were Yuwen's buddies because they had fought together with Yang Zhong, the former national protector general.
"Oh, Your Majesty is really going to get rid of them all. Even though the Hou brothers had an affair with Yu Wenhu, they don't deserve to die."
Yang Jian sighed as he spoke and turned away, wiping his tears and trying his best to hide his sadness.
Li Shun saw this funny scene and said quickly.
"Brother, you turned your back and smiled for a while. We brothers don't understand each other."
At this moment, Li Shun saw through Yang Jian, but he still deliberately tried to stay calm, quibbling with his mouth and muttering in his heart.
"
Mmp, you have seen through all this, you are really a good at causing trouble. "
Yang Jian could hear the latest developments in the court from outside almost every day, but Yang's house was still like a stagnant water and did not hear any news about Yang Jian. When the cat was hiding his power at home and biding his time, Yang Jian always hoped that the chief minister could completely forget about him.
At this moment, Yang Jian was eager to try, but he was sitting on pins and needles, unable to bear the turmoil in his heart.
"Did His Majesty really forget about us? Impossible, His Majesty personally promoted us to the position of Uncle Zuo back then. His Majesty already believed that we saved his life when he encountered an accident in the hunting ground. How can Your Majesty forget all that we have done! Moreover, the new dynasty has just begun and it is the time for employment. Besides, how can His Majesty forget that we are sons and daughters of each other?"
Yang Jian was puzzled and couldn't find peace of mind.
There is no better friend than your wife. This morning Mrs. Dugu suddenly said to Yang Jian.
"Would you like me to go to the East Palace to greet the prince? By the way, remind him."
"inappropriate."
Yang Jian continued.
"At the moment, the prince does not have such influence on the Holy One. If there is a chance, Liu Pi, Zheng Yi and Lu Ben will pay homage to the Holy One."
Dugufu said.
"Nowadays, many inconspicuous people have been promoted, and some have been promoted several levels in a row. Why is it that you are not included?"
"We don't know either."
Yang Jian shook his head.
"The emperor's heart is unpredictable."
"Is it really that unpredictable?"
Mrs. Dugu suddenly said inexplicably.
"If you become the emperor in the future, will you be so enigmatic?"
When Yang Jian heard this, he was startled and his face suddenly turned pale. He looked around and saw no one before he said.
"Ma'am, you're serious. You can't joke about walls having ears. You might be beheaded."
"Aren't we the only two in this room? We see that the emperor is also made by humans. Look at the virtues of our son-in-law. If he is not a dragon, can you imagine that he will be the future monarch?"
Yang Jian was suddenly stunned and speechless at what he said.
