Prison Dragon

Chapter 168

Yang Xiu said with a smile: "Although Prime Minister Shang has worked hard for the country, you and I both know that what His Majesty wants is to cut off the family. Before that, Prime Minister Shang had a lot of complaints about His Majesty's actions in the north. If Prime Minister Shang is still alive, after the new law is implemented Sooner or later, they will face each other for this matter. Now that the Shang Prime Minister passed away early, it has avoided the conflict between the monarch and his ministers, and saved their friendship."

Liu Hui knew it in her heart, and Yang You didn't understand it, it's just that the death of an old friend is inevitable.

Liu Huidao: "The Prime Minister's ambition was unrewarded and he passed away. It makes people feel sad when they think of it."

Yang Xiu persuaded with a smile: "Your days are still long."

Yang You spared him from behind the rockery, "What are you talking about?"

Liu Hui and Yang Xiu saluted at the same time, "I have met Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me," Yang You waved his hand, he was wearing a black court dress today, his temples were as black as clouds, his brows and eyes were shining brightly, and he was astonishingly talented.He was thinner than before, his cheekbones and jaw showed obvious lines, he lost the roundness and gentleness of his youth, he was more handsome and thinner, and his shoulders were thinner than before, which made people feel that he might not be able to bear the weight at any time He is dressed in fine clothes, but his straight spine just shows that this person is strong and strong, and his arrogance is indestructible.

"I just wanted to find a clean place, but I didn't expect you to be here."

Yang Xiu and Liu Hui looked at each other, Yang Xiu smiled and said, "Your Majesty has also learned how to sneak away?"

Yang You sighed, walked over and sat on the stone bench, "It's not easy to meet Cui Xiang Gaoshou, how can we not take this opportunity to have a good time?"

The three monarchs and ministers chatted for a while, most of them were leisurely and elegant words, Liu Hui and Yang Xiu consciously did not talk to Yang You about government affairs and business ministers.

After sitting for a while, it was dusk, and the birthday banquet was about to begin.Cui Yan came over and invited Yang You to the table.

Cui Yan wore a red dress, very happy, "Please, Your Majesty."

He said as he walked, "Today is my grandfather's birthday, and I specially invited the best opera troupe from the Northland to sing on stage. Some of the troupe came from Shandong on purpose."

The northern region has just passed the locust plague and civil uprising, and the family can hold a birthday banquet in such a waste of time and money.

Although Yang You was a little displeased with their style of arrangement, he would not point it out on the spot at the birthday banquet, but just smiled and said, "Really, I want to take a good look."

"Your Majesty bestowed the sun, the moon, and the branch of sapphire Ruyi to my grandfather. My grandfather is so grateful that he has let Brother Jue hide it in a treasure box and put it in the ancestral hall."

Yang You nodded, and said with some embarrassment: "Cui Xiang has a loyal heart, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other. I just rewarded some ordinary things, how can I get Cui Xiang to love him so much?"

Cui Yan was talking to him about the scene, at this moment, a group of people had already walked to the main hall, Cui Yan bowed and said: "Welcome Your Majesty."

In front of the hall, there were almost all famous officials gathered in the court, and they sat down in order according to their rank and age. When they heard the words, they all got up and knelt down, shouting long live.

Yang You really felt that this etiquette was a bit annoying, if the Ministry of Rites hadn't said that it was detrimental to the king's prestige and wouldn't let him cut down the complicated etiquette, he would definitely be the first to get rid of the etiquette of kneeling and kowtowing from time to time.

"All loves are free from courtesy." Yang You said as he stepped forward to help Cui He up in person, "Today is Cui Xiang's birthday banquet, but listen to Cui Xiang."

Cui He's beard and hair are all white, and the flesh on his face is sagging, and he can still see the heroic appearance from his bones. Compared with him when he was young, he is as romantic as Cui Yan's brothers.

He smiled kindly, "Your Majesty is here, and it is indeed my honor to be here. Please take your seat, Your Majesty."

Yang You and him supported each other and walked all the way to the front seat. Although it was Cui He's birthday banquet, Yang You still took the seat.

All the officials raised their glasses and wished Nanshan together.

Cui Yan wrote a long life Fu on the spot, which was eloquent and eloquent, which aroused everyone's amazement.Cui He's eyes were also very pleased.

Cui Jue didn't know how to write poems and compositions, so he had to dance with his sword, dancing under the moonlight, shining silver light, and heroic.

Yang You couldn't help but think of Yang Yuchun. According to his footsteps, he had already left Guangwu Pass today, and he was crying outside the pass. Although he guarded the pass for the country, he had to endure the harsh environment outside the pass, but it was worrying.

After a round of drinking, and the birthday celebrations were finished, Cui Yan called the theater troupe to perform on stage.

They were interested, and what they were looking for was a play praising a virtuous ruler and good ministers. The singing was gorgeous and melodious, and Yang You applauded and applauded after hearing it.Seeing the joy of the emperor and nobles, all the people from all walks of life performed even harder.

While chatting with Cui He, Yang You watched the singing and dancing at the banquet in the mansion, glanced at the banquet, and saw Yang Xuan being escorted to drink, blushing and not daring to refuse, Yang You couldn't help chuckling, and called him called over.

"Your father is not here?" Yang You asked.

Yang Xuan obediently stood beside him, and replied: "Father has a leg and foot disease and cannot travel, so he sent me to celebrate Cui Xiang's birthday."

Yang You smiled and squeezed his arm, "It's been a long time since I saw you, and I've grown a lot stronger."

Yang Xuan nodded, "Brother sent a letter the day before yesterday, talking about border issues, and Xuan also wanted to serve his family and country in the future, so he started practicing swords today."

"It's a good thing to have such a heart." Yang You said happily.

The babbling and singing on the stage was in full swing. It was a good show about the appearance of a man and a woman. The man was the general, and he and his childhood sweetheart were finally reunited and married.The two walked forward singing, and gradually came to the edge of the stage, Cui He and Yang You were sitting below.

Under the red dress, they suddenly heard the sound of swords, and the husband and wife actually danced swords facing each other on the wedding night in the bridal chamber.

Yang You pointed to the stage and said, "This play is very creatively choreographed. There is a wedding night in the bridal chamber. Instead of talking about love, there is a martial arts competition."

Yang Xuan also laughed, but he always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

On the stage, the silver light flew around, suddenly like the clear light of the river and sea, and sometimes like the Milky Way pouring down, which attracted countless applause.

Yang You lowered his head and took a sip of tea. The moment he closed his eyebrows, the wind howled, and before he had time to react, he heard Yang Xuan shout, "Be careful, Your Majesty!"

Then he was thrown down by Yang Xuanlian and his seat, and the sharp weapon pierced his body, making a dull sound.In a trance, Yang You recalled the severe pain of dying, and waited for a long time but still did not wait for the pain to come.

The world was spinning in front of his eyes, and finally only the bright and clear Milky Way was left. Yang Xuan propped his arms above him and looked down at him. His lower abdomen was pierced, and the clothes on his chest gradually leaked blood. His mouth was full of blood, but He still gritted his teeth and refused to spit it out, for fear of splashing on Yang You's face.

"Come on! Escort! There are assassins!"

Cui He's hoarse voice sounded first, and Yang You just came back to his senses amidst the turmoil. He sat up, held Yang Xuan's wound and laid him flat, took off the clothes on his chest and bandaged him back and forth. In a short period of time, Yang You Xuan was already pale due to excessive blood loss, and fell into a coma.

"Yang Xuan, Yang Xuan!" Yang You hugged him and kept calling his name, "Wake up and see me!"

"Yang Xuan...Yang Xuan!"

Hundreds of officials had scattered like birds and beasts, Cui's guards quickly came over to protect him and Cui He.

Cui He hired a total of three theater troupes, nearly a hundred people, and at this moment they all took out their weapons from their suitcases and charged straight at Yang You.

This is a premeditated assassination!

Cui He's scene was so miserable, he never thought that things would develop like this, he went to Yang You and knelt down and explained: "Your Majesty, I really don't know about this matter..."

The theater troupe fought fiercely with the guards, and cut and wounded many officials. Cui Jue also fought among the crowd, shouting desperately: "Protect Your Majesty!"

Now is not the time to find out the facts, Yang Xiu and Liu Hui have already leaned over with their swords in hand, Yang You made a decisive decision: "Lao Liu, you carry Yang Xuan on your back, let's leave here first."

He grabbed a few guards at random, and untied the golden clothes buttons on his waist and all kinds of things that could represent his identity. These things had dragon patterns cast on them, and they belonged to the emperor. "Take this and go Find the nearest soldiers and horses, and tell your majesty to send troops, and those who come will be promoted to three ranks, hurry up!"

"Go!" Yang Xiu gritted his teeth and carried Yang Xuan on his back, while Liu Hui guarded Cui He and Yang You to leave.

Cui Jue dutifully stopped the pursuers, but it was too late, the Cui Mansion was on fire, and the prosperous residence maintained by the Cui family for generations was quickly burned by the fire with the help of the wind.

Yang You finally escaped from the Cui Mansion before the fire became uncontrollable.

The nearby Habayashi Army arrived in time, and the general insisted on sending Yang You back to the palace, but Yang You refused, leaving twenty guards behind, and the rest were sent to the Cui Mansion, trying to quickly wipe out the assassins and put out the fire.

Cui He, Cui Yan, and a group of descendants of the Cui family who escaped knelt at Yang You's feet, Cui He wept and begged Yang You for forgiveness.

The Cui family would not be so stupid as to assassinate with great fanfare at their birthday banquet, but after all, something happened in Cui's residence, and many officials were injured, the Cui family would definitely be implicated.

Yang You said softly, "I already know about Cui Xiangzhi's heart, and we will talk about everything after the matter has passed."

Cui He wept and heaved a sigh of relief. If something went wrong with Yang You, the world would be in chaos immediately, and his Cui family would be the first to suffer.

He clearly knew that the Zhuo family had been fighting with him for a long time, and now that Zhuo Xinhong was an important minister of the emperor, Zhuo Qing would not let this opportunity go, and Yang You's generals were not good people either, with authority as heavy as Yang Yuchun and Yang Chi Xin, one north and one south, holds most of Qi's soldiers and horses in his hands.These people only listen to Yang You's words, they don't recognize people but orders.

Cui Hezhen would rather watch Cui Jue fight to death than Yang You.

Fortunately, everything is not too bad.

Yang You's orders and rewards quickly gathered a lot of government troops, the assassins were killed, and the fire was extinguished in the middle of the night. Since this area is basically the house of the Cui family, all the properties that were burned were the property of the Cui family, and the people were fine. If you lose, it's like watching the excitement.Because of the curfew, no one dared to go out at night, which provided a lot of convenience for the Habayashi Army to come and go.

By daybreak, the matter had almost been resolved, many of the assassins had been killed, and only a dozen or so people were left alive, all of whom were taken back by Dali Temple.

The imperial doctor also said that Yang Xuan's life was safe.

Only two officials of the sixth rank were killed by mistake, and the others were only slightly injured. Cui Jue was also considered a fierce man. At the beginning, he was fighting with a sword in the crowd, but he only suffered some minor injuries.

Knowing the result little by little, Yang You heaved a sigh of relief, went back to the palace and changed his clothes, and ordered today's court meeting to rest temporarily.

Although the court meeting was stopped, there were still many things.