Chapter 504

The soldiers worked hard to reel up the winch on the wall. The stone gate weighing thousands of kilograms was slowly lifted. Under the stone gate was half of the body and meat mud, emitting a bloody smell. Fang Xie stood in the city gate cave. As the stone gate rose, the situation outside slowly appeared in front of him. I don't know why, Fang Xie suddenly had the illusion that he had opened the door to a new world.

The war outside the city was over, and all the rebels who had no time to escape surrendered. Outside the door, general Jin Shixiong rode on his horse and looked at the city cave. He was curious about who suddenly appeared here, cutting off Li Yuanshan's way back. The generals of the Sui army behind him had a look of resentment on their faces. It seemed that it was difficult to accept that Li Yuanshan was captured by others.

Fang Xie met Jin Shixiong when he was in Chang'an City and heard a lot about this famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He saw the surprise, curiosity and dissatisfaction on the faces of the generals, but the expression on Jin Shixiong's face was not so complex. Fang Xie walked out quickly and met with a military salute.

"Humble Fang Xie, meet the great general."

"No wonder"

Jin Shixiong smiled and jumped down from his horse's back: "I said who suddenly came here to block Li Yuanshan's retreat. It turned out to be general Fang. Langrushan is thousands of miles away from here and across Jinyang city. Did you fly here?"

Fang Xie said, "I just came to see your majesty. I happened to meet Li Bei and fled."

Jin Shixiong doesn't believe this, but he doesn't intend to expose it. He came over, took Fang Xie's hand and asked, "are those brothers on wolf milk mountain still well?"

The first question he asked was not how Li Yuanshan was, but how were the brothers. Sometimes a person's temperament can be revealed by a casual word. Jin Shixiong is famous for his love of soldiers, and those soldiers on wolf Rushan are people who have been with him for more than two years. He naturally cares about them.

"All right."

Fang Xie said, "it's just that Lord Mou has some changes. I'll tell you in detail later with the general."

"Well"

Jin Shixiong, um, glanced at the city gate and asked, "where is Li Ying?"

"Back to the great general, Li Ni was trapped in the city and had already surrendered, but when he was personally bound by a humble position, he suddenly got into trouble and wanted to catch the humble position. The humble position accidentally killed him."

"Dead?"

Jin Shixiong's face changed, and then sighed, "what a pity."

If he took a deep look at Fang Xie, the regret in his tone was very strong. Fang Xie knew the meaning of Jin Shixiong's words. A dead Li Yuanshan was far less than a living Li Yuanshan. The emperor was more willing to see the rebels kneel down in front of him. A corpse was obviously worse.

"You shouldn't be so irrational."

Jin Shixiong lowered his voice and said, "you are not a fool. You should know how much credit it is to capture Li Ni alive. If anyone takes this credit, he will have a bright future... Unfortunately, it's a pity."

Fang Xie shook his head with her: "it's a pity, it's a pity."

"Let's go"

Jin Shixiong patted Fang Xie on the shoulder: "follow me to see your majesty."

"Yes"

Fang Xie hugged his fist and followed Jin Shixiong on his horse to the direction of the camp. The generals of the Sui army looked at him like monsters, perhaps wondering who the sudden young man was. Speaking of it, many of them were not satisfied and resentful. They fought with Li Yuanshan's rebels for more than a year. When they saw that they were about to capture Li Yingsheng, they suddenly killed an inexplicable person on the way. This feeling was very bad.

Although that kind of look is not hostile, it has no good impression.

Fang Xie shook his head and smiled as he walked, with a helpless expression.

"What are you thinking?"

Jin Shixiong asked.

Fang Xie was silent for a while and then said, "I suddenly realized that I had done something I shouldn't have done. I poked a beehive. I was wondering if I would be stung to death."

Fang Xie dared to say this because he knew that Jin Shixiong and these generals were not the same. These generals are all from brave backgrounds. Jin Shixiong has only led the army for a few days, and there is also a gap between them. These people have not experienced the ups and downs of officialdom. They are angular and do not know how to hide their true thoughts. But they have opened a bright door. In the next few years, as long as they don't die, they may become fresh blood in the imperial court in the future. After a few years of polishing, they will become new Jin Shixiong, Liu enjing and Xu Xiaogong.

"No harm"

Jin Shixiong smiled and said, "they didn't even do the six words of happiness and anger. What are you worried about? Instead of having time to think about this, you might as well think about what you said when you met your majesty later. No matter how big their resentment is, it can't hurt you, but no matter how small your Majesty's resentment is."

Fang Xie said with a wry smile, "I suddenly feel like I want to run away from my humble position."

Jin Shixiong laughed: "I knew you were a wonderful person when I was still in Chang'an... If you dare to escape, your majesty will send the royal guards school to chase you back, beat the board first, and then give you an honor. Do you believe it?"

"Letter"

Jin Shixiong's sentence describes the emperor's temperament incisively and vividly.

"Your Majesty... How are you?"

Fang Xie asked after laughing.

"I feel better these days, but..."

Jin Shixiong didn't go on, and Fang Xie sighed.

The two men fell into silence. After a while, Jin Shixiong suddenly remembered and asked, "you just said that Lord Mou had an accident. It's hard to say it directly in front of outsiders. Now it's just you and me. Tell me what happened to Lord Mou?"

"Dead"

Fang Xie answered.

Jin Shixiong's face changed greatly: "dead... Dead?"

Fang Xie nodded and explained the matter roughly. After a long time, Jin Shixiong relaxed his breath: "I know what his temperament is. If not, how could he have been in prison for more than ten years? Alas... He just sighed. He managed to survive the most difficult three years, but he still didn't suppress his greed."

Fang Xie wants to say that it is precisely because the hardest days have passed that greed will reappear. When a person is suffering, where does he have time to think about what promising future is? It's good to survive. And when we see hope again, we will not give up.

He hesitated for a moment and didn't say it. After all, Mou Liangbi is dead. Why do you say anything more.

Then the two men fell into silence again. It can be seen that Jin Shixiong was sad about Mou Liangbi's death.

Fang Xie remembered that when he was in Chang'an City, Jin Shixiong was still dignified. This time, he had the illusion that it had been 20 years. His waist is not as straight as it was more than three years ago, and his face is not as cold and arrogant as a big general. Even the beard on his jaw is gray.

It's only three years. It makes a person change so much.

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Fang Xie left and silently calculated in his heart. He first climbed nine steps to the imperial chariot, and then took 27 steps to stop. He took a sneak look at the distance between the position he stood at this time and the emperor. He couldn't help but say in his heart that he was really particular. From climbing the imperial chariot to sitting on the throne, he had to take 49 steps to deal with the number of 95.

I don't know why, Su Buwei looked at Fang Xie's face, but he soon covered it up.

The emperor seemed tired and fell asleep on the wide seat. Su Buwei wanted to wake up the emperor, but Fang Xie waved his hand not to disturb him. What Fang Xie didn't know was that his action changed Su Buwei's mind and saved him from a reckless disaster.

Sometimes fate is so mysterious that it quietly changes inadvertently. In any case, Fang Xie didn't expect that Su Buwei, an old eunuch, had too many complex ideas in his heart in the short time from he stepped on the imperial chariot to just waved his hand to prevent Su Buwei from waking the emperor.

Just because I don't know, Fang Xie's expression doesn't look artificial.

Su Buwei smiled at him with a little more kindness in his eyes.

Fang Xie stood below for half an hour. Su Buwei seemed to want to remind the emperor several times, but he held back. But when the emperor woke up leisurely, he found that Fang Xie was still standing upright without any reaction. Su Buwei helped the emperor sit down, and then coughed a few times to remind Fang Xie to salute. At this time, he heard a slight snore... The guy standing straight fell asleep.

The emperor was stunned and laughed.

The laughter woke Fang Xie up. He quickly saluted: "minister Fang Xie, knock on your majesty."

"Get up"

The emperor seemed to laugh purely, but Fang Xie didn't think it was true. The emperor waved his hand and said, "move him a chair. I've seen someone fall asleep on a horse, or I can fall asleep standing for the first time. Tell me, how long haven't you slept?"

Fang Xie replied, "four days and three nights"

"Ah?"

The emperor was slightly surprised: "why?"

Fang Xie saluted again: "I'm guilty. I arrived here four days ago, but I didn't come to see your majesty immediately. Instead, I camped dozens of miles away from the west of Xiping City, and then I took people to watch the war outside Xiping city."

The emperor nodded: "sit down and talk first."

Fang Xie quickly shook his head: "I'd better stand... I'm afraid I'll be forked out and beaten before I sit down..."

The Emperor gave him a white look: "then explain to yourself why Li Yuanshan died?"

Fang Xie bowed his head: "I did it on purpose."

Hearing these four words, a trace of anger in the emperor's eyes disappeared: "I know you did it on purpose. If you just said many reasons, I would really let someone fork you out and beat you to death."

"I dare not deceive you... I made some false appearances. It seems that when Li Yuanshan finally struggled to kill him, I had to fight back and kill him. But these things were done not to deceive his majesty, but to deceive the generals. I didn't intend to let Li Yuanshan live from the beginning. The opportunity came, and I won't let him go. I'm guilty, please punish your majesty."

"Good"

The emperor nodded: "since you said it yourself, I can't indulge... Su Buwei, write it down, strip the title of fangxie first-class County, reduce it from four grade Lang to five grade general, and punish the salary for three years to offset the mistake."

"Here"

Su Buwei nodded quickly.

Fang Xie relaxed slowly and said sincerely, "thank you for your kindness."

"Also made some false appearances to hide... Did Li Yuanshan's injury come out by mistake?"

Fang Xie bowed his head: "minister... I really can't help it."

The emperor smiled, pointed to the chair placed by Fang Xie and said, "now sit down and talk."

"Thank you"

Fang Xie leaned down on the chair and didn't dare to sit down.

"Tell me, why did you come to Xiping city? Is it just for revenge?"

"No"

Fang Xie said seriously, "I came to Xiping city because of your majesty."

The emperor's face changed slightly. After a long silence, he said calmly, "I know... You are a man of temperament. I'm very glad."

It can be seen that the emperor understood the purpose of Fang Xie's coming to Xiping city in only one sentence. Sometimes you don't need to use too many words to tell what you have done. A word in front of the right person can let the other party know your mind.

"I'm just a minister."

Fang Xie replied, "you should do your duty as a minister."

The emperor was silent again, then turned his head to Su Buwei and said, "write it down. Fang Xie killed the first villain. The merit must be done. The first rural Marquis of Jin Dynasty, added Kaifu, and promoted the fourth grade yingyanglang general."

Su Buwei's face changed, and then smiled, "I wrote it down."