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Chapter 50: Calming Youzhou [Seeking the Moon]

At present, Yu Wenzhi's 100,000 troops are divided into four armies, Yu Wenzhi, Yu Wenzhi and Chen Ling each have 30,000 troops, Sima Dekan has 10,000 troops, and Liu Qing received the gold medal in the dispatch of troops, but Yu Wenzhi's 30,000 troops.

Liu Qing quickly walked out of the palace hall of the Confucian Temple and walked to the square, but when he met Pei Yun, who is currently named Zuo Pushe, is currently a minister of Shangshu. Like other officials, there is nothing to do every day and spends most of his time wandering in the county town. They are free in the county town, but they are not allowed to step out of the city gate.

Liu Qing and Pei Yun walked by face to face. Although they did not speak, they quickly exchanged glances. Pei Yun's pace slowed down until Liu Qing left the palace. Pei Yun did not hurry to walk towards the east gate of the palace.

Although Liu Qing left the palace, he did not leave the city, but returned to his own home. His home was west of the county town. It was a small house covering only one acre. There were no high-walled households or groups of slaves in the small county town. From the prime minister to the seventh grade, they lived in small houses, low walls, four or five tiled houses, and an open land to grow vegetables behind.

Liu Qingze lived with his concubine. Liu Qing returned home and the concubine came out and said in surprise: "Master, have you come back so early?"

"Yeah! I'll wait for someone."

Liu Qing went into the house and sat down. The concubine brought a cup of tea. Her surname was Jiang, and she was from Jiangdu. She was originally a singer in Jiangdu City. She was attracted by Liu Qing and married as a concubine.

Jiang put the tea on the table, feeling a little embarrassed: "Master, my brother wants to borrow some money."

"Why did he have to borrow money again? Is it still over?"

Liu Qing was a little unhappy. Jiang had a younger brother, who was a ruffian from Jiangdu City. He was idle all day long and caused trouble. Liu Qing arranged him to be a guard in the palace. Unexpectedly, after becoming a guard, he was even more like a fish in water. He followed a group of guards out to drink and gambling all day long. Every time he lost money, he came to ask his sister for money. Not only that, he also owed a lot of gambling debts. His sister paid off his debts for him. Over time, Liu Qing discovered that Jiang was no longer allowed to take care of money.

Seeing that her husband was angry, Jiang did not dare to say anything and lowered his head and went out. Liu Qing couldn't bear it. He said, "Then give him twenty more times and tell him that there will be no next time."

"yes!"

Jiang left the living room, and at this time, a knock came from outside the gate. She thought it was a brother who had arrived, but quickly opened the door. Unexpectedly, it was the Prime Minister Pei Yun. She was stunned and immediately reacted, "Is the Prime Minister here to find my master?"

Pei Yun nodded. "Is Mr. Liu here?"

Liu Qing had already come out of the room and bowed to Pei Yun, "Pei Xiangguo invites you here!"

Pei Yun walked into the room. Liu Qing closed the door, placed the gold medal in the transfer of troops on the table, and smiled and said, "Tell the Prime Minister a good news."

Pei Yun was surprised, "He actually gave you the gold medal in the transfer of troops."

"I want to have a chance in us."

.........

Jiang was cooking tea in the kitchen, and suddenly a black shadow rushed in, scaring her. After looking closely, it was her brother Jiang Yulang. She frowned slightly, "Why did you climb over the wall again? Can't you knock in the door and come in?"

Jiang Yulang is only about twenty years old. As early as when his sister was a singer in the restaurant, he had a bad habit of eating, drinking, gambling, and doing everything. Now he is even more addicted to gambling as a guard, and he owes a lot of gambling debts. Now the guards are pressing debts so he has to come to ask his sister for money.

Jiang Yulang smiled and said, "Sister, you will definitely knock on the door next time. Where is the money?"

"The money is on the table, you can take it yourself!"

When Jiang Yulang saw a cloth bag on the table, he quickly opened it. Seeing that there was only twenty hang of money inside, he immediately changed his face, "Sister, I'm only twenty hang of money, how can I pay back my debt!"

He begged with a sad face: "Guard Lei has already spoken. If he doesn't pay back the money today, he will kill me. Sister, you won't be able to help but your brother be killed!"

Mrs. Jiang sighed, took off the golden hairpin on her head, the golden bracelet on her wrist and the jade ring, and handed it to him, "I only have so many. I thought you could get better as a guard, but you are getting better... Alas! You should go back to Jiangdu!"

Jiang Yulang was not willing to listen to his sister's advice. He stared at a pair of gold bracelets, his eyes shining. Gold is very valuable now. One tael of gold can be exchanged for hundreds of dollars. There are at least seven or eight taels of gold. He took the gold, then curled his lips to the next room, and asked ambiguously: "Sister, who is in the room?"

"Hey! Where are you thinking about? It's your brother-in-law who is back, and Pei Xiangguo is discussing things. You go quickly!"

When Jiang Yulang heard that Liu Qing was there, he was so scared that he stuck out his tongue and turned around and ran away. But when he ran to the door, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Are Liu Qing and Pei Yun a mortal enemy? Why did he get mixed up again? The more he thought about it, he became more suspicious. While his sister had not come, he slipped down to the back window to eavesdrop.

"Since Yu Wenhua and he has agreed to start, he must first eliminate Yu Wen Zhihe and then deal with Sima Dekan."

"But I'm a little worried about Chen Leong. He is Yuwen Shu's old subordinate. If his attitude is ambiguous, the problem will be a little troublesome. Can the Prime Minister persuade him?"

"I can give it a try. After all, Chen Ling is a royalist. As long as I understand the righteousness, I believe he will stand on our side."

"Okay, let's take action separately. I'll kill Yuwen Zhiji and Sima Dekan first, and the Prime Minister will convince Chen Leng."

Outside the back window, Jiang Yulang's eyes widened. When he saw a small tree beside the wall of the backyard, he quickly climbed up the small tree and walked over the wall.

...........

Yuwen Zhiji was named General of Youtun Guard and Minister of War, commanding 30,000 Youjun, stationed outside the West City. It was noon, and Yuwen Zhiji was drinking alone in the tent. He was also quite dissatisfied with his elder brother Yu Wenjie. His father's will was that the Yuwen family rebelled in Danyang County and established a country and became emperor, but in the end it turned into supporting the Great Sui Dynasty. His elder brother was only the prime minister, which was far from his father's will.

He advised his elder brother to kill the Emperor of Sui more than once and ascend the throne to the emperor, but his elder brother was afraid of this and that, and said he was afraid of being afraid of the soldiers, fearing that the ministers would be dissatisfied, and that the ministers would oppose it. This made Yuwen Zhiji extremely depressed. He knew that his elder brother believed in the words of his confidant Liu Qing and did not dare to ascend the throne to the emperor, which made Yuwen Zhiji hate Liu Qing.

If the elder brother refuses to ascend the throne, then the emperor will let him be the emperor. This is the father's will, and he has every reason to ask the elder brother to give way.

Yuwen Zhihe was drinking one cup after another. At this moment, he suddenly heard the shouts of personal soldiers from outside, "What are you? Do you dare to break into the general's tent?"

"I have an urgent matter to report to the general. Someone wants to kill the general, and it will be too late."

The sound was a bit familiar. Yuwen Zhiji remembered it. This was Jiang Yulang's voice. Yuwen Zhiji was also addicted to gambling and often summoned some guards to gamble. Jiang Yulang was the most insignificant one and often refused to pay back the debt. Yuwen Zhiji refused to allow him to come a long time ago.

Yuwen Zhiji was surprised. Someone actually wanted to kill him. Who was it? He quickly walked out of the tent and asked with a calm face: "What happened?"

Jiang Yulang hurried forward and said a few words to Yuwen Zhiji. Yuwen Zhiji's face changed drastically, he took a few steps back, and stared at Jiang Yulang fiercely. "What are you saying right?"

"I heard this with my own ears and would never dare to deceive the general."

Yuwen Zhiji's eyes shot out fierce light. Liu Qing actually wanted to kill him, and he also told his elder brother to kill him. Although Yuwen Zhiji is in his forties, he is still a reckless and impulsive person in his bones. He didn't know how many times he was punished by Yang Yuanqing, and how many times he was punished by his father Yuwen Shu, but his nature was still difficult to change.

At this moment, several soldiers from the front battalion walked up and saluted, "Report to the General, the lord, please go over and discuss important matters."

"Dog Damn Liu Qing, I'm here just now!"

Yuwen Zhiji was furious. He snatched a spear and poked it hard. A soldier couldn't dodge and was poked to the ground by him. The other two were so scared that they turned around and ran away. Yuwen Zhiji yelled, "Kill them!"

The personal soldiers rushed forward and killed the two personal soldiers. Yuwen Zhiji had already made it his best. Since the eldest brother was unkind, don’t blame him for being unrighteous. He shouted, “Tell me my order! The soldiers gather immediately.”

.........

Yu Wenhua and the 30,000 troops led by him were the elite of all the troops, of which 20,000 were stationed outside the North City and the other 10,000 were stationed in the city. At this time, Liu Qing had already set up a killing formation in the central army's tent, and 300 swords and axemen were hidden in the tent, waiting for Yu Wenzhi and his team to discuss matters.

Liu Qing sat in the tent and slowly drank tea, thinking about his own way out. The name Liu Qing was charged with the historical crime of regicide, and he could not go back. After returning, the court could not tolerate him. If he could change his name and become a rich man, it would be his greatest blessing.

When he changed his name to Liu Qing to accept this task, he knew that this result would be. He was the one who died once, and he was not afraid of death. He only hoped that the supervisor could fulfill his promise and give his son a future, so that he would die without regrets!

Liu Qing sighed, walked to the tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the blood-red sun in the distance, feeling indescribable in his heart

At this moment, a shout of killing suddenly broke out in the distance, and Liu Qing was stunned. What happened? Then a soldier rushed to report: "Report to Changshi Liu, Yuwen Zhiji led his army into the camp!"

Liu Qing was shocked. How could Yuwen Zhiji see through his plan? The situation turned sharply. He had seen countless soldiers breaking into the camp. Many big tents were lit and thick smoke soared into the sky. His soldiers were unprepared and were killed and fled in a panic.

Liu Qing made a quick decision and ordered: "Send the entire army to withdraw to the city!"

Liu Qing turned over his horse and ran into the city with hundreds of people, but the city gate was closed at this time, and countless soldiers stood on the top of the city, looking uneasily at the burning fire in the camp in the distance.

"Open the city gate!"

Liu Qing shouted loudly under the city. At this time, Yu Wenji also rushed to the top of the city. He was stunned by the changes in front of him. He heard Liu Qing's shouting under the city and hurriedly ordered: "Open the city!"

The city gate opened, and Liu Qing led his army into the city. The city gate rumbled and closed. No matter how the soldiers later called the door, the city gate would no longer be opened.

"Shi Shi, what happened?" Yu Wengji rushed to the top of the city wall and shouted.

"Report to the lord, Yuwen Zhi and Sima Dekan colluded with rebellion, and they launched in advance!"

Yu Wenji was stunned. After a while, he stomped his feet in hatred, "Will the idiot kill me?"

At this time, there was already chaos outside the city. Yuwen Zhiji's soldiers were wrapped in white cloth on their arms, extremely fierce. They killed Yuwen's army and cried and shouted, throwing their helmets and fled. Sima Dekan, who was stationed outside the South Gate, also received news that the Yuwen brothers had an internal strife. This was a great opportunity to catch fish in troubled waters. Sima Dekan could not wait until evening and immediately led his army to attack the South Gate.

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