Tongshu with Mei

Ma Tianbao hissed in pain, but endured it and said: "It's okay, it's okay, Lord Hou, Yun Qi woke up, but he was crying, go and persuade him, let him take medicine!"

Yang Ye hurriedly said: "Really? That's great, I'll go right away! Don't worry, let me feed him medicine. No matter what kind of tears you shed, if you can't learn well from anyone, you have to learn from Xiaobai. He Are you worried about your brother?"

He followed Ma Tianbao forward, suddenly remembered something, turned around and saw Zhong Lizhen, the most reliable of his guards, following him, he waved and called over, and whispered in his ear: "Take a few people and go find them quietly." Ling Shu, let's see whether it's life or death. No matter whether it's life or death, come back and tell me."

Zhong Lizhen nodded in agreement, and took the people there by himself.

Bei Chenqing had an injury on his back, so he forced himself to sit up at this moment, as expected he was weeping silently at Yang Xi.Yang Ye came in to take care of Yang Xi first, seeing that he was still unconscious, but his breathing was gradually becoming heavy and even, so he was relieved.

Yang Ye, who used to pester Bei Chenqing to make troubles, was forced to grow up, so he sat down on the edge of Bei Chenqing's couch, put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I think brother is about to wake up. Come on, come on." , Yun Qi, if I feed you medicine, you must think that the medicine is bitter and you don’t want to drink it, so you cried in fright. I have to go to the army to spread the word for you, so that everyone knows that you are afraid of taking medicine, hehehe."

He coaxed Bei Chenqing with a smile, trying his best to please him.After all, Bei Chenqing couldn't bear his soft words, and obediently drank the medicine.Changing the medicine for his wound again, Yang Ye still hugged him, and then said: "Yunqi, it's good if you wake up. In this way, we will take advantage of this great victory and when the morale is high, we will continue to march and run." Go to Luoyang. As for how to march and set up the formation, you still have to come. You just sit on the stretcher and don’t use it. Just order and I will do what you want. What do you think?"

Bei Chenqing nodded, and said: "That's the only way." So the army rectified, leaving behind the soldiers and horses guarding Hanoi, and the rest marched to the Yellow River under the leadership of Yang Ye and others.The general under him once suggested whether His Royal Highness King Zhao should stay in Hanoi and come back to the army after he recovers from his injuries. Yang Ye didn't answer, but quietly looked at Bei Chenqing's face, seeing that he just bowed his head and remained silent.The two have been hanging out together since they were young, even if he was silent, Yang Ye could see the reluctance, so he reached out and slapped the desk: "His Royal Highness Zhao Wang stays in Hanoi, if he suddenly wakes up, he must be very anxious .Besides, I must have my brother to follow me, so that I can have the backbone, and this battle can continue to be fought. Therefore, I decided that I cannot leave my brother. Let's go to Luoyang together, that's it!"

Along the way, Yang Ye carefully led people to guard the unconscious Yang Xi and the injured Bei Chenqing. When they reached the bank of the Yellow River, Zhong Lizhen turned back and quietly reported to Yang Ye, saying that he had searched from east to west, north to south, within a radius of a hundred miles. They kept looking for the Yellow River, but they didn't find Ling Shu, and they didn't even get any news.

Hearing this, Yang Ye felt anxious and tormented in his heart, but he could only endure it calmly, and ordered: "Got it, go and rest."

Ling Shu escaped after being injured that day. He was originally nested in a deserted place in the ditch of the Yellow River, and the wound on his shoulder was painful. The long arrow was pulled out, and then he hurriedly pressed his clothes to stop the bleeding, but he couldn't hold it, and accidentally passed out.Fortunately, in this wilderness, the flames of war stretched for hundreds of miles, and the population was sparsely populated, so no one found him.Fortunately, he had deep internal energy, but he did not lose his life. When Youyou woke up, it was already midnight.

The sound of roaring water from the Yellow River in the distance was loud. Ling Shu listened intently for a moment, recognized the direction, managed to get up, and staggered to the river.At this time, all the boats on the river were confiscated by the army. He traveled a long way along the river, only to find an old fisherman who had no livelihood except fishing. He took out money and asked him to take him across the river, struggling to return home. to Luoyang.

This night, because of his upset, Yang Tao didn't call his concubine to bed, nor did he fall asleep according to the time. He just read the memorial casually under the lamp.In the middle of the night, He Qingchun came to report that Ling Shaoqing had returned, and was outside the palace. He didn't ask to see the emperor, but just waited silently.

Yang Tao was slightly stunned, then suddenly dropped the memorial in his hand, and said coldly: "I still have the face to come back? Then let him wait!"

He Qingchun said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Ling Shaoqing seems to be wounded."

Yang Tao glared at him, thinking he was talkative, so He Qingchun hurriedly bowed and retreated.

The hall was quiet and silent except for the slight crackling of the candles. Yang Tao couldn't bear to watch the memorial anymore. He felt palpitations and became completely irritable.

It was dark outside, only the palace lanterns under the porch gave off a faint light.Ling Shu knelt under the jade steps, she could no longer be as straight as before, so she had to lean softly on a railing post beside her.

Yang Tao stared blankly at Ling Shu at the bottom of the steps, and after a while, he finally saw his distressed appearance through the dim light, his heart moved, but he remained silent.

Ling Shu raised his head to look at him, his face was pale and his expression was miserable, then he kowtowed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I...failed to fulfill His Majesty's entrustment, and I deserve death. I went to assassinate His Royal Highness Zhao Wang twice, but only It can hurt him, but it is not fatal. Now that Hanoi has fallen, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang seems to have made preparations to attack the capital, and you need to take precautions as soon as possible, Your Majesty."

Yang Tao said: "You ran all the way back to say this? That's because of Aiqing Lao! Don't I know that he has been staring at the capital? If he doesn't die, he won't die. You even came here to tell me that it's a dislike. My life is not suffering enough, do you want to add something to the cake?"

Ling Shudao: "No, I'm here... come..." He wanted to say that I'm afraid I won't make it, so I came to say goodbye to you. He heard Yang Tao's tone was not kind, but he couldn't say it after all. He could only gently respite.He came from Hanoi, he was injured, he was exhausted all the way, all his strength was exhausted, and now he was lingering here, if he talked too much, Yang Tao might arrange himself to show up intentionally, specifically to arouse his sympathy Heart, so I can go back to Dali Temple to be lazy.

So in the end he had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, I made a big mistake this time. My two subordinates, Dong Quil and Dong Ge, are masters of execution and have nothing to do with this matter. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me and let the matter go." They continue to do this business in Dali Temple, and they can't do other things."

Yang Tao was surprised and said: "From your tone, it seems that I intend to condemn you to death. Did I say that I would punish you?"

Ling Shu said slowly: "Thank you so much for your majesty's forgiveness, I will go back soon." Supporting the ground with the pillow ice sword, he stood up with difficulty, turned around and staggered out.

Yang Tao was silent, looking at Ling Shu's staggering back, he let out a long sigh after a while, and murmured: "What the hell did I do? Sigh... Yuanmei, stop, are you injured?"

Ling Shu paused for a moment, then turned around and said, "Slight injury, nothing serious."

Yang Tao said: "Even if you are slightly injured, you have to take good care of it. I will ask the imperial doctor to take a good look at you later. How is General Wei?"

Ling Shudao: "It's not very good. Hanoi has fallen, and the navy of the Yellow River is still there, but the opponent's Beichenqing is very skillful in marching. I waited too late for the reinforcements to come."

Hearing the words, Yang Tao patted the railing at hand, and said bitterly: "It's really too slow, I wonder if King Liang is delaying on purpose? He didn't have any fateful relationship with King Zhao before, but now he wants to just watch from the sidelines." , or have other thoughts, I am also a little uncertain. It really means that it is not reliable." He pondered for a while, and then said: "Today in the court, a minister proposed to let me go out to hunt Jingxiang, but the old Prime Minister Wang said that it is absolutely impossible. No, as a result the ministers quarreled, and I was annoyed by the quarrel, so I had no choice but to retreat. What do you mean?"

Ling Shu was about to be unable to stand, and he was thinking dizzily that no matter what he couldn't fall down, even if he died, he couldn't die in front of Yang Tao. In short, everyone is clean.But at this moment, His Majesty the Emperor started to chatter again, so he had to reluctantly answer: "I don't know much about these important military affairs, and I don't have any opinions, so I follow the emperor's wishes. But when I go out to Jingxiang, the capital... just let it go." people..."

His tone gradually weakened intermittently, Yang Tao still didn't notice it, and then he continued: "I think so too, but when I go to Jingxiang, there are so many ministers, harem concubines, princes and princesses, how can I take them all with me?" Go? What a hassle..."

Ling Shu listened, his eyes darkened for a while, and his sanity gradually became blurred. In the end, he just saw Yang Tao's mouth opening and closing in a trance, but gradually he couldn't hear what he was saying. Finally, he couldn't hold on. He fell to the ground and passed out.

Seeing him suddenly fall to the ground, Yang Tao was stunned, and after a while he stumbled down the jade steps, but he didn't dare to approach Ling Shu, and shouted sharply, "Come here! He Qingchun! Call the imperial doctor!"

He Qingchun hid at the end of the corridor and watched the two of them quietly. Hearing Yang Tao's call, he hurriedly let one go to the imperial doctor first, and led the rest of the internal eunuchs over to Yang Tao's side.Yang Tao pointed at Ling Shu with shaking fingers: "Go and see what's wrong with Ling Shaoqing? Has the imperial doctor called?"

He Qingchun said: "The imperial doctor will be here soon." He cautiously approached Ling Shu, and saw that although his face was pale, his chest was still heaving slightly, and he was still breathing.He hurriedly turned back and said, "Your Majesty, Ling Shaoqing just passed out, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Yang Tao stared blankly at the group of people surrounding Ling Shu, and suddenly came to regret, and murmured: "Are you mentioning your two subordinates, are you explaining the funeral? You are so stupid, and the injury is serious." If you don’t want to say, who are you angry with! You said how could I watch you die, someone will save you. The outside is too dangerous, as long as you can live well this time, you will always follow me from now on. I won't let you go out again. I don't blame you for what happened in the past, I understand in my heart that it's all Yang Ye's fault, and it's all his fault! When I seize the opportunity, I will definitely delay him!"

At this time, the east had already turned white, and Yang Tao leaned against the railing beside him exhaustedly. He still had to go to the early court, and he had to face the news that the rebels were approaching the capital step by step.

From the time when Yang Tao was canonized as the crown prince until the present day as the emperor, although Xi Canaan Qiong often harassed the border, there has been no major war in the world. In just a few months, the emperor's sideburns have been stained with frost.With one hand, he slowly brushed the curly grass pattern on the white marble railing, and then touched the head of a stone lion. .Yang Tao raised his head, his gaze pierced through the vast clouds and mountains in the sky, as if he could see the Yellow River at a glance.The mountains and rivers are thousands of miles away, and beacons are everywhere, his country is being invaded inch by inch by his own brothers, who are aggressive all the way, heading straight to the capital.

He let out a long sigh, infinitely disappointed.

On the second day, Yang Tao received a report from Wei Mengduo's residence in the imperial study, saying that Yang Xi's soldiers and horses had approached the Yellow River, and now they were fighting by the river.Because Ling Shu had told him about this yesterday, he calmed down so far, and just said indifferently: "Understood. Go and ask when the soldiers and horses of King Liang will arrive in Luoyang? And the soldiers and horses from Jingxiang are marching now." Where to? Let the capital prepare to defend the city, as long as the reinforcements arrive." Following his several important ministers in the imperial study room agreeing to stay, they ordered them one by one.

Yang Tao turned his head and asked the Minister of War again: "How is the defense of the navy on the Yellow River?"

The Minister of the Ministry of War pondered for a long time, Luoyang, the capital of Dayan, was located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the north was guarded against the invasion of Sika, and the three gates were set up, and a large number of soldiers and horses were stationed.But because the Yellow River is too far away from the border, the water army is not strong.Unexpectedly, today's calamity caused Xiao Qiang, and the defense of the Yellow River immediately became a weakness.Minister of the Ministry of War thought for a moment, and said: "I have ordered people to strengthen the defense of the Yellow River. Your Majesty can rest assured."

But three days later, Yang Tao received the report that his army was defeated again and that the rebels had crossed the Yellow River with the help of a pontoon bridge.

This time Yang Tao couldn't calm down any longer, and accidentally knocked over a cup of tea.At the same time, a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jing Huai Yujing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, returned to the capital to return to his command. Please see Your Majesty."

Yang Tao hurriedly said: "Let him come in quickly!"