Chapter 233: Hearing the Han Zi again

On the ninth day of the eighth month, King Yang Tong of Yue left Beijing and before leaving, he went to the Baima Dojo to bid farewell to Mingjiao and met Jialan.

Yesterday, the two entered the city at the same time, and today they left Beijing at the same time, but one went east and the other went west, and the further they walked, and there seemed to be no possibility of intersection in their lives.

Last night, Yang Tong had learned about Jialan's actions from Fan Zigai and Cui Zi, and vaguely foreshadowed that Jialan would not set foot in the Middle Earth again. Therefore, he felt quite disappointed and stopped looking for Jialan. What if he met again? It only increased his sorrow of parting. Who knew that the Buddha had a spirit, and the two met unexpectedly in the White Horse Temple.

This storm made Yang Tong grow up quickly. Although his face was still so immature, his mentality had exceeded the age limit. Many seemingly simple things gradually revealed complex truths in his eyes. For example, he just killed Yang Xuangan and quelled the rebellion, and the emperor issued an order to summon him. On the surface, this was the emperor's favor for him and he wanted to praise him. But in fact, from the emperor's order Fan Zigai was fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the Dongdu, and ordered Pei Shiju and Pei Yun and other central officials to return to Dongdu day and night, it can be seen that the emperor was impatient to go down the mountain to "pick peaches". Not only did he want to seize the merits of suppressing the rebellion, but he also wanted to use the convenience of the liquidation of Yang Xuangan's party members to start a massacre and eliminate political opponents.

In a sense, Yang Tong's departure from Beijing can be understood as the emperor's "protection" to prevent him from being exploited and causing a tragedy of father and son fighting each other. Cui Zi used this reason to persuade Yang Tong to leave Beijing quickly and not delay the day. As long as Yang Tong steadily gets credit and obeys the emperor's advice, then many noble forces such as the Cui family, Yang family, Pei family, and even the Sima family of Hanoi who helped Yang Tong always control the situation in the Eastern Capital can make profits. What is particularly important is that driven by common interests, Yang Tong and these noble forces share the "one boat". If this alliance can be maintained, then Yang Tong will definitely have an advantage in the future dispute over imperial reign.

Yang Tong was melancholy and sad, slowly walking on the quiet small stone path, looking at the swaying leaves on both sides, and was speechless for a long time.

Galan took a step back and walked with his hands behind his back, with a serious expression. When he said goodbye to the seat, he implicitly said that this journey would never return, and he might not be able to protect the monks of the Middle Earth in the future. However, this monk who was enlightened did not respond positively from beginning to end, and did not even have a word of implicit Zen, as if he had not understood his hints at all. This was obviously abnormal.

"When will the senior brother come back?" Yang Tong suddenly stopped and turned around and asked.

Galan did not answer, but bowed respectfully, "Your Highness's contribution this time may cause some trouble. Please be careful when Gao Yang's trip."

Yang Tong looked at him silently and sighed softly, "Do you have no longer a relationship with your senior brother?"

Galan pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, "Please take care of your highness."

Yang Tong's expression was a little stiff, his eyes were complicated, disappointed, lost, and a faint sadness.

Galan dared not look at each other, bowed again, and then turned around and left resolutely.

Cui Jie fell behind the two of them, and saw Jia Lan turn around and walk towards him, smiling and nodding. Jia Lan stood still and bowed deeply, "Take care sir." Cui Jie smiled slightly and reached out to invite him, without a word of farewell.

Yang Tong sighed in a lonely and lonely way.

Cui Jie approached and said with a smile, "Why is Your Highness sighing?"

"Senior brother is gone."

Cui Zi shook his head, a trace of disdain flashed through his eyes, "He is no longer the Dunhuang garrison of that year."

Yang Tong didn't understand and looked at each other in a daze.

"He is an Asura who has made a huge hole in Dongdu, and countless creatures are or are about to be swallowed by this huge hole. Now, some people want to fill the hole, while others want to make the hole bigger. As the initiator, he may have left?"

Jialan is gone, how many people can be retained on Yang Tong's "big ship"? Is Cui still possible to maintain the current alliance of several aristocratic forces? Jialan is the core bond of this alliance. If the bond collapses, the alliance will inevitably be divided. Based on Cui's interests, it is impossible to let Jialan go far away and never return.

When Jialan returned to the military camp outside the city, he saw Zhaowu Xueer and Yuchi Pianpian, Mingsha and Sitong. What surprised him was that he actually saw the seventh lady Sima Lingyu, and the Xue family who had returned from Tulunchuan after all the hardships.

I was still feeling yesterday that I had not satisfied Sima Lingyu's wish and called her "Auntie". As a result, after one night, my aunt arrived at the military camp and stood in front of me. This made Galan sigh at the Sima family's well-informed information and accurate prediction of the situation.

The Sima family of Hanoi learned about the defeat of Yang Xuangan as soon as possible, and then the emperor's reward imperial edict was sent to Wencheng, including the imperial edict to pardon the Xue family that was delivered to Sima Lingyu's hand. It can be seen that the emperor fully affirmed Sima's firm position in this storm and the act of trying his best to defend the Eastern Capital in the process of suppressing the rebellion. Sima's gamble finally won great benefits for himself.

At the same time, when Yang Tong led his army to hunt down Yang Xuangan, Fan Zigai, in order to ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital, he specially sent an envoy Wencheng to ask the Sima family to integrate the Hanoi military forces while ensuring the safety of the Henoi. Together with Dugu Zhen, Yuan Baozang and other Hebei officials, they fought on the front lines of Liyang, Linqing, Yanjin, and formed a restraint on the Henan thieves who occupied Xingyang and other places, supporting Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and delayed the speed of Yang Xun, Han Xiangguo and other rebels attacking the Donghu. The Sima family of Wencheng agreed immediately and fully assisted the Henoi County Government.

With the political experience of Mrs. Gao and Sima Tongxian, of course, we know that Yang Xuangan has finished. The Guanlong nobles who support and sympathize with Yang Xuangan will be brutally killed in the subsequent political liquidation. The opportunity for Shandong people to rise has come, and the Sima family's chance to make a comeback has also come. If you want to seize this opportunity, you must first seize Galan, and then you can use Galan as a "bridge" to allow the Sima family to quickly form a political alliance with King Yang Tong of Yue, King Yang Xiong of Yang Family Guande, Cui Family in Shandong, Pei Family in Hedong, Xue Family, and even the Guanlong Wuchuan Li Family in Guanlong, and try your best to maximize their interests. Of course, Wen Cheng's political stance will never make subversive changes, but at least you can flexibly adapt and temporarily maintain neutrality to wait and see what changes.

It was in this context that Sima Lingyu was entrusted by Wencheng to take the Xue family back to the old house in Dongdu on the grounds of returning to his hometown under the order to return to his hometown. He took advantage of the special relationship he had established with Jialan in the Western Land to win Jialan's recognition of his Sima bloodline.

Sima is currently very passive. Although Sima Tongxian first found Jialan and gave him help, Jialan did not enter Taishi Hall to recognize his ancestors, and Wencheng did not disclose Jialan's true identity. Instead, Guanguo Duke Yang Gongren disclosed Jialan's identity as soon as possible, and resolutely took great risks without the emperor's consent. In comparison, Sima gave people a despicable image of fearing power and not daring to accept Jialan. If such a thing spreads, it will definitely greatly damage Sima's reputation among the wealthy families.

Sima Lingyu personally found the military camp, and called her "aunt" for Jialan. As long as Jialan called her "aunt", Jialan admitted his Sima bloodline. Even though he had not yet entered the Taishitang to recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown, the face of Sima was considered to be safeguarded. More importantly, he could use this to respond to Yang Gongren, Duke Guan, who sent a good message, and try every means to resolve the grudges between the two families.

Jialan knelt down, gave a big gift, and called Sima Lingyu "Aunt".

Sima Lingyu got what he wanted and burst into tears. At the beginning, the family was in a desperate situation in Tulunchuan. At the critical moment, Jialan fell from the sky and saved the Xue family. Now, when he recalled, this miracle all originated from the protection of his old man, his elder brother, and his elder brother's spirit in the sky.

Jialan was very calm. He had figured it out that bloodline was bloodline after all. Even if he was far away from the Western Land, he could not cut off this bloodline. Since that was the case, it would be better to admit it. Although he had violated his promise to his mother, he would definitely be able to comfort his father's spirit in heaven. As for him, he would be about to leave here and never come back. Before leaving, it would be a waste to leave Sima's love for him, and he would not be in vain to come to Zhongdi.

In the afternoon, Shi Penglai settled the affairs of the Eastern Capital and rushed to the Longwei Mansion Military Camp.

At dusk, Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao rushed over with a team of knights. What surprised Galan was that Li Shimin joined the Longwei Mansion and led the team to Longyou.

Li Jiancheng's arrangement was also thoughtful and all factors were taken into consideration. If Li Shimin was close to Louguan Road and could get help from the Northwest Dao Sect in Longyou, then as the guardian of the Northwest Mother, Galan would of course receive help from the Northwest Mother. The two, together with Pei Shiju and Li Yuan as their backing, will surely build the Longwei Mansion in the shortest time and achieve considerable strength. However, the increase in Galan's strength is directly due to the help of Li, and the interests of Galan and Li will be closely linked in the future.

Jialan was not concerned about Li Jiancheng's careful thoughts. He was determined to use this trip to Longyou to complete the establishment of Longwei Mansion. However, if he wanted Longwei Mansion to have strong strength, he would definitely need the material and financial assistance of Honghua's left-behind Mansion. More importantly, he needed the Northwest Towns and the Northwest Army to help the Longwei Mansion secretly send the Zhaowu Qushu Branch to the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu. For this reason, he was very grateful to Li Jiancheng for helping him.

However, when Jialan sent Li Jiancheng and Chai Shao away and sat in the big tent and talked intimately, Li Shimin's inadvertent words made Jialan's vest chill, and an unknown premonition suddenly surged from the bottom of his heart.

"I heard that Han Zi Yu Yi is in Huining."

"Who listened to?"

"The master mentioned in his letter that Han Zuo Yuyi had been lingering in the house for several days."

Jialan looked at Li Shimin, pondered for a moment, and asked seriously, "What else do you know? Can you tell me?"

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment and slowly uttered a few words, "The Third Prince of Kang State, Zhaowu Qushuzhi."

Galan was shocked and speechless for a while.

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