Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Li Yuan, who was far away in Chang'an City, received the letter, his face darkened, which attracted the attention of other people in the study.

"Since the Duke read the second son's letter, his brows have been furrowed, but the second and fourth sons encountered obstacles in their southward journey?" Yuan Tiangang knew a thing or two.

Li Yuan put down the letter in his hand and said: "To be honest with Master, Shimin and Yuanba are indeed in trouble. According to Shimin's letter, they were stopped at Dongling Pass by Sui Dynasty General Yang Yichen. Yang Yichen is proficient in formations." The art of war, set up a strange array of bronze flags in front of Dongling Pass, and stop all the anti-kings. If you want to enter Yangzhou City, you must pass Dongling Pass, but if you pass Dongling Pass, you must break through the unpredictable. It is said that many anti-army generals have died under the bronze flag formation, and everyone is helpless. This is the second, and the most important thing is that my son Yuanba went to call for the formation, and there was a general in Yang Yichen's formation Extremely good at marksmanship, it is no different from the Luo family's marksmanship, Yuanba is also invincible."

Yuan Tiangang was also surprised: "There is such a thing?"

"I'm thinking now, should I go to Beiping Mansion to ask about it? If I ask, I can find out about it, but I'm afraid that the Luo family and his son have just surrendered to my Li family. If I ask them, will they think too much?" , there was a estrangement, I sincerely want to recruit the Luo family father and son."

Yuan Tiangang said with a smile: "Duke is worrying too much. I don't think the Luo family and his son are such stingy people. They treat people very openly. We have to ask about this matter, so we can prescribe the right medicine. If this is really the Luo family The successor of marksmanship, others can't deal with it, and they have to trouble the Luo family."

When Li Yuan thought about Luo Chengren, he patted his forehead and smiled, "It's true that I was worrying too much, I'm going to Beiping Mansion right away."

Yuan Tiangang nodded in agreement.

Li Yuan, Yuan Tiangang and others had just stepped out of the study room and headed towards Beiping Mansion. A thin figure flashed from the side of the study room, clasped their hands tightly, and made up their minds.

In the front hall of Beiping Mansion, Li Yuan handed Li Shimin's autographed letter to Luo Yi. Luo Yi was quite surprised when he saw it. He raised his head and insisted: "This is impossible. My Luo family's marksmanship has never been passed on to outsiders."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head again and said: "Grand Duke, wait a moment!" Luo Yi thought with a twist of beard, "There is no possibility that this Luo family's marksmanship will be spread out in my hands, but I am not the only one who knows the Luo family's marksmanship. Luo Yi is alone, we will make a decision after I summon my two sons for questioning."

Li Yuan agreed naturally.

When Luo Song Luocheng came out of the practice room, he was called over before he could take a shower and change clothes, and rushed to the front hall impatiently.

After listening to what his father said, Luo Cheng replied straight away: "Father, I am sure that I have not taught others the family's gun skills."

When it was Luo Song's turn, he saw his thin lips tightly pursed, as if there was something difficult to say, he turned to Li Yuan after a long time and asked, "Does Tang Guogong know the name of that person?"

"Yuanba, my son, said that the man's surname seems to be Dongfang, but I can't remember the name."

Seeing Luo Song's troubled expression, Luo Yi knew a thing or two, lowered his voice and asked: "Song Er, is this matter related to you?"

It's okay if you don't ask, but when you ask, Luo Song's eye circles are slightly red, and he will kneel down when he lifts his robe: "Father, this matter is Song'er's fault."

"Son, what are you doing?" Luo Yi was shocked, and quickly helped him up, and Luo Cheng also helped to support his brother.

"Before Song'er recognized her father and king, she took her mother to wander and suffered a lot. Because her mother was sick all the year round, Song'er spent every penny on her body. One day, when she was passing somewhere, her mother vomited blood again. , Song’er had nowhere to seek medical treatment, and when he was disheartened, an old man in the local area helped me and took my mother and son in. He also summoned a doctor for my mother’s diagnosis and treatment, and served her with decoctions, so my mother’s condition was relieved..."

Luo Yi's heart ached when he heard it, and he hated himself to death. Why didn't he spend more time looking for their mother and son, and made them suffer so much? Luo Yi said with tears in his eyes: "It's my father's fault... Take good care of you two."

Luo Song tucked the corners of his eyes, supported his old father and said: "It's all in the past. Fortunately, God has eyes, so that I can recognize my father and let my mother leave with peace of mind."

"Song'er was grateful to the old man for giving charcoal in a timely manner, and he had nothing to repay, so he taught the marksmanship of my Luo family to the old man's son. That family happened to be surnamed Dongfang. Father, now the disaster at Dongling Pass is related to me, I can't give it to you." Father is tired, I beg father, Tang Guogong, to send Luo Song to capture that man."

Luo Yi glanced at Li Yuan: "What did the Duke say?"

Li Yuan said: "This is the best, please trouble the young master."

Luo Yi nodded and said: "But I heard from Cheng'er that the Duke's original intention was to pretend to bow to Li Mi. If Song'er goes away, I'm afraid..."

Li Yuan waved his hands and said earnestly: "I bowed my head to Li Mi before, and I also used Li Mi's troops to go south to Yangzhou. To fight against it, unless my Li family has no wrong thoughts about Yuxi."

When Luo Yi heard this, he was startled. Li Yuan's words were taken out of his heart. On the surface, he was stationed in Chang'an City under the banner of punishing the emperor, supporting Mingjun, and supporting Yang You as the emperor. , although Luo Yi also understood in his heart, where did such a selfless person come from?But since the Li family didn't make it clear, everyone just believed it for the time being, but now, Li Yuan really regarded him as one of his own, so he blurted out what was in his heart.

While being startled, Luo Yi was also thinking about how to deal with it. Now that the world is in chaos and there is an uprising against the king, how many people might be worthy of the big job?Originally, he thought that Wagang was the strongest, but after being tossed about by Li Mi, he would win or lose sooner or later.Li Yuan, although he did not have close friends, but when he was an official in the Sui Dynasty, he fought back the Turks together. This man is brave and resourceful, thoughtful, careless, and tolerant, but he is a person who can do great things .

When Luo Yi thought about it, he felt relieved, and said to Luo Song: "Song'er, then you should go to Dongling Pass and capture the Dongfang clan, the town guard of the copper flag array, and help Duke Tang's army go south. Yangzhou."

"Luo Song still has one thing to ask Tang Gong."

"Eldest son, but it's okay to say."

"If the Dongfang clan is really the son of my benefactor, then I will definitely not let him go. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. Luo Song first begs Tang Gong to spare Dongfang's life."

Li Yuan laughed twice and said: "Okay, okay, old prince, I, Li Yuan, really envy you. Your Luo family really raised two good sons. Luo Xiaoengong is already famous all over the world at a young age, and he is a hero and a hero. , is praised by everyone. The eldest son is extraordinary in martial arts, he will repay his kindness, and he is also an outstanding person."

Li Yuan stepped forward to support Luo Song and said, "Don't worry, Eldest Young Master, I agree with this matter."

Luo Song expressed his thanks again.

Suddenly, Luo Cheng said: "Father, according to Second Brother Li's letter, this copper flag formation is not an ordinary formation. My brother is not familiar with the formation. I ask for orders to go with my brother and take care of each other."

Luo Yi thought about it for a while, and then said: "That's fine, you have studied formations since elementary school, and you are more familiar with them. If you can't persuade this Dongfang clan and Yang Yichen, you can join forces with your two brothers to break the copper." Flag array."

In this way, the Luo family brothers led the troops to set off in a few days, and the matter of going to Dongling Pass to break the formation was finalized.

The army was about to set off, and in Beiping Mansion, Qin Ruizhu sewed the peace amulet into Luo Cheng's robe with a worried face.

Luo Cheng sat on the side, and said sweetly: "Mother Concubine, I can see that your sewing is very good, you can't see any needle holes, and the border is so neat."

Qin Ruizhu glanced at him reproachfully: "Just make fun of your mother."

Luo Cheng blinked and said: "How come, let me tell you secretly, you are much better at sewing than my sister-in-law. I have seen the peace charm that my sister-in-law sewed for my brother, and there is a corner sticking out, tsk tsk, It does the job."

Qin Ruizhu covered her handkerchief and smiled, and poked Luo Cheng's forehead with her hand: "Nonsense, when your sister-in-law was not married, she was one of the best in our Beiping mansion. This kind of mistake? Just make me happy."

Luo Changchang breathed a sigh of relief: "Mother, you are laughing."

Qin Ruizhu stared and said: "You monkey, jumping up and down, you have your business everywhere. You said you have only been home with me for a few days? You have to leave again! Every time I leave, I am afraid, so I will rush at you With this temperament, others are avoiding danger, but you have to rush forward, you let me feel at ease at home? I'm angry...Isn't it because of you, a brat, that I'm angry?"

Luo Cheng smiled flatteringly: "Then I promise, I promise I won't charge forward next time, I'll just hide behind and wait until everyone finishes fighting before I go up, okay?"

"It's good to say it and do it."

Luo Cheng was about to answer, when he heard someone report that someone was looking for him at the door, Luo Cheng thought for a while but didn't think who would be looking for him, so he asked: "Who wants to see me? Can you sign up?"

The guard said: "Just say it's your old friend."

"Old friends?" Luo Cheng's first reaction was the brothers from Wagangzhai, but thinking back, no, he hasn't had time to deliver a letter to his cousin, and the Wagangzhai brothers don't even know that they are in Chang'an City, "Then What do people look like?"

"His whole body is buried in the big cloak, and he really can't see his face."

With such a strange dress, he obviously didn't want to be recognized by others. Could it be that he is really the brother of Wagangzhai?Thinking of this, Luo Cheng couldn't sit still: "You invite people to my study first, and I will go there right away."

When Luo Cheng bid farewell to his mother and concubine and walked to the door of the study, he hesitated for a moment, then suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

Luo Cheng looked at the people with their backs to him. They didn't look like the tall and thick men in the village. Luo Cheng had a dull expression: "Who are you?"

The man suddenly turned around.

Luo Cheng's pupils shrank slightly: "Princess Ruyi?!"

I saw someone rushing towards him suddenly, hugged his waist, and sobbed: "I thought I would never see you again."

Luo Cheng's hands froze in mid-air, neither pushing nor hugging, which made people feel stupid.

Just when Luo Cheng didn't know what to do, Ruyi finally calmed down, raised her head in embarrassment, opened the distance between the two of them, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I'm so excited."

Luo Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment: "It's okay."

Princess Ruyi looked earnestly and said: "Since you left, they all said that you betrayed my father and my Great Sui Dynasty, but I don't believe it, no matter what they say, I don't believe it. Father was trapped in Jiangdu, I'm already very uncomfortable. A few days ago, I heard from the guards that you returned to Chang'an City. I really want to come out to see you, but now my every move in the palace is being monitored, so it is inconvenient to leave the palace. But today I heard that Li Yuan wanted you to break through the Dongling Pass and kill my father, so I made up my mind to run out of the palace in disguise to find you, and wanted to understand."

Luo Cheng glanced at her, frowned slightly, struggled for a while, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Princess Ruyi: "You don't need to say it, I believe you. What happened to me just now, I shouldn't doubt you at all, You are sincere, kind-hearted, and easy to fight injustices, even the queen mother praised you full of praises before, I was really confused by those people..." Princess Ruyi said annoyedly, beating her head naively.

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand to stop her fist, and two red clouds flew up on Princess Ruyi's face, and she secretly glanced at him.

"Princess, listen to me, what I'm going to say next is the truth."

"Ah."

Luo Cheng looked directly into her pure eyes. Although he couldn't bear it, he was even more unwilling to deceive her: "Do you still remember the uprising in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, which was later known as Wagang Village?"

"What kind of uprising? It's obviously a group of thieves killing people and stealing money, committing crimes and trying to overthrow the imperial court." Ruyi blushed with anger, "Those mobs are harming the people. I really want to kill them soon."

Luo Cheng sneered: "I am the mob you mentioned."

Not looking at Ruyi's frozen expression, Luo Cheng continued: "Your father, in your eyes, may be a good father, but he is not a good emperor. What you say is harming the people is not Someone else is precisely your father."

"How can you say that..."

"You are in the deep palace, so you can't see those dirty things, and you can't see the corruption and darkness of the Sui Dynasty. My Beiping Mansion is located in the north of Hebei. Do you know how many unjust, false and wrong cases and corrupt officials are rampant every day? Innocent civilians who were angered and exiled by their families?"

"That's not counting. What's more, your father wiped out the nine clans for no reason. The world of the Sui Dynasty has long been riddled with holes, and it was destroyed by your father."

"You are talking nonsense! My father is not the kind of person who doesn't know right from wrong!"

"Your father... is far worse than what I said." Luo Cheng closed his eyes and murmured.

"Luo Cheng! I misunderstood you. You were just like what they said. You became a traitor, defected to the rebel army, and defected to the Li family... I foolishly chose to believe you. How dare you slander my father like this?" Emperor..." Ruyi turned pale and roared.

Luo Cheng pursed his lower lip tightly, without arguing, he took a breath and said, "I'll send you back to the palace. I believe Mr. Tang will not do anything to you as a man."

"No, I don't want to go back to that cage, I want to be with my father, queen and queen." Ruyi stepped back again and again, her eyes filled with tears.

"Well, I'll go find the guards to take you back." Luo Cheng turned around and wanted to leave, but someone hugged his calf from behind.

Luo Cheng turned around in surprise: "Princess Ruyi, what are you doing? Get up!"

"Luo Cheng...no matter how you betrayed my father in the past, I just beg you...please don't go to Dongling Pass tomorrow, okay? Don't help Li Yuan go south to Yangzhou to kill my father, okay? I beg you... ..." Ruyi hugged Luo Cheng's calf tightly, rubbing her tearful eyes.

"Princess Ruyi, even if I don't go, Yang Guang posted a hero post, inviting all the anti-kings to gather in Yangzhou. Among the anti-kings, there are many talents. They can always find a way to break through Dongling Pass. It's just a matter of time. It’s imperative to do it.”

"I don't care, I don't care... I just know that as soon as you go, Dongling Pass will definitely be broken, and my father, queen and mother will really die."

"Princess Ruyi..."

Ruyi suddenly let go of Luo Cheng's calf, and said decisively, "Luo Cheng, do you really want to kill them all?"

"Okay, then I will die in front of you first, and go underground to wait for my father, queen and queen!"

Luo Chenggang felt that something was wrong, and saw that Princess Ruyi had already taken out a dagger from her sleeve, and stabbed it at his chest without any hesitation.