Prison Dragon

Chapter 177

Liu Hui knew that he was right. If the problem of food and grass could not be solved, the soldiers and common people would stand up and take them away without Liu Heng.

But Liu Hui still can't accept such a result, which means that their 20 years of hard work so far will be ruined.

Now that everyone has more or less guessed what they are going to face next, Liu Hui is holding a breath in her heart, why they have put in so much effort, but they have been being played by God all the time. The high-spirited young man fell into the situation of destroying the country and family.

Where did they go wrong? Why did God even fight against them?

The pent-up emotions in Liu Hui's chest erupted because of Yang You's claim. He pushed Yang You heavily in front of the tablet, grabbed the back of his neck and pressed his face against the tablet of an unknown emperor.

The wooden tablets wobbled because of their impact, and finally all fell to the ground.

Liu Hui was stunned, "Your Majesty..."

Yang You grabbed his hand and put it on his chest, "I know you are suffering, so why are you so angry at me?"

Liu Hui's chest rose and fell violently, and he couldn't restrain his anger. He punched Yang You, which hit Yang You's lower abdomen.

That punch made Yang You feel that he was about to be scattered. Liu Hui raised his other hand, trembling in the air for a long time, and finally put it down weakly.

He looked up to the sky with a trembling cry and sighed: "When the sky wants to kill me, what time? Fate?"

Yang You tidied up his clothes and knelt down in front of Liu Hui, "I'm sorry."

"What's the point of saying I'm sorry now!" Liu Hui flicked her sleeves excitedly, sweeping away the wooden fish lying on the side.

Yang You picked up the wooden fish and set it up, folded his hands and raised them to touch the ground, and lowered his forehead to the ground.

This is a great gift, and it should not be performed by the monarch to his ministers.

Liu Hui knelt on one knee and helped him up, the tears in her eyes couldn't stop falling.

Yang You smiled and wiped it off for him, "I have one last thing to ask you."

"Your Majesty, tell me."

"I will negotiate with Liu Heng and ask him to spare court officials and common people, as well as members of the royal family, but in case he really makes a move, I would like you to persuade him."

Liu Hui nodded, and stretched out her arms to hug him. She couldn't say anything, but shed tears silently. The long-burning lantern in the ancestral temple was shaken by the wind, leaving only a gleam of fire.

It's about to go out.

If Liu Heng had brains, he probably wouldn't attack officials, soldiers and common people, but not necessarily the royal family.

Yang You must settle the issue of the royal family's placement before leaving.

Both Yang Xiu and Yang Lun's family have connections, and Yang Xiu has been in the Jianghu for many years. The two brothers agreed that after Yang You surrendered, they would leave the city in disguise and live in seclusion.

Thanks to the illusion of the Prisoner Dragon Array, Yang You knew how to enter the Emperor Gaozu's Mausoleum. Gaozu Yang Shuo had predicted that the Qi State might face a catastrophe, and left many treasures in the Mausoleum for the descendants of the Yang family. Comeback.

Although Yang You didn't know how many there were, it should be enough for several families to spend the rest of their lives in peace.

Only Xue Wang Yang Du decided to stay in the capital. He is also a legend. Back then, he would rather endure the hard life in Fangzhou than live under Yang Ting. Now that Yang You has arranged for him the way out, he is unwilling to leave. .

At that time, King Xue was playing chess with Yang You, and when the last piece fell, he left with his sleeves full of tears.

"What is there to escape from?" he said, "How can there be no eggs under the nest?"

"Uncle Huang has to think about the children, they are still young." Yang You couldn't help but worry when he said this, "I am sorry for Yang Yan's death."

"Fight against the Turks in the north, fight against Liu Wu and his son in the south, and fight to the death for the country. What a pity? Don't worry about it, your majesty, he deserved his death."

"Okay," Yang You couldn't help him, "If the children want to leave, let them go to Lao Liu, and Lao Liu will arrange everything."

He first dismissed his subjects, then hid the royal family and sent Liu Hui to lead the peace talks.

If he can win without fighting, Liu Heng is of course willing.

Yang You's conditions are also very simple, no massacre of the city, no burning, killing and looting, no killing of Qi's ministers and soldiers, and the agreement will be announced to the world to prevent Liu Heng from breaching the agreement.

Liu Heng didn't have a reputation for justice in the beginning, and he didn't want to procrastinate any longer, let alone arouse public indignation, and the two sides reached an agreement soon.

Yang You issued an imperial edict to persuade Yang Yuchun and Yang Chixin to surrender.

It is said that Yang Yuchun sat alone in the military tent for a day and a night after receiving the order, and finally decided to lead the troops to surrender.

Yang Chixin's side should have been smooth, but Liu Heng's men slaughtered many local Tu people.During Yang You's reign, he was always very friendly to all ethnic groups of the Miao Man and tried his best to mediate the conflicts between the Miao and the Han.

Yang Chixin was originally the chieftain of the local area, and he was directly related to Yang You. He was loyal to him, and he didn't want to obey the edict when it came. He wanted to send troops to the north directly. He quickly sent someone to appease him, but the conflict had already arisen, and Yang Chixin was still stubbornly resisting.

This has changed from a conflict between old and new courtiers to a confrontation between the local chieftain and Liu Heng. Yang You is no longer able to manage it anymore. The situation in Lidu is really shocking. Liu Heng also feels that Yizhou is remote and will not affect the overall situation of the Central Plains. The surrender will continue.

As summer was approaching, Yang You issued his last imperial edict as emperor.

The first half is an edict of guilt, and the second half is an edict of abdication.

A few days before the dedication of the city, almost everyone in the palace ran away, and even Li Deshun, the eunuch who followed Yang Ting all the way to Yang You, also ran away with the treasures in the palace.

The palace was swept away, and even many soldiers and people sneaked in at night to steal things.

Only 30 to [-] people close to Yang You stayed. Ruifang organized maids and eunuchs to patrol every night, guarding against someone breaking in. Fortunately, no matter how rampant others were, they only made trouble on the edge of the palace, and the deep palace was relatively safe.

It's just that more and more people are fleeing.Yang You didn't care, and only concentrated on dealing with the matter of surrender.

A pair of black coffins was placed in the Zichen Palace, and the emperor who surrendered had to carry the coffins out of the city and present the Imperial Seal to the new emperor at the gate of the city.This coffin was originally prepared by the craftsmen for Yang You's hundred years later, and it should be placed in the imperial tomb, but it was not expected to be used now.

The coffin was only painted with a layer of paint, and many patterns and inlays were only half done, just like the life of the last emperor Yang You, which ended hastily in the chaos of war.

The eve of Xiancheng was the most flustered, the sound of running could be heard everywhere in the palace, the little maids of Zichen Palace stood beside Yang You crying and crying in fear, and the eunuchs watching the night outside were also weeping.

"Our Majesty is such a good person, why..."

Ruifang was annoyed by the crying, so she stood up and yelled at them.

Yang You lowered his head and stroked the hair of a few young ladies in the palace. Yang You was very kind to the palace people, and would usually let them out of the palace when they were 23, and would even personally choose a husband for them.

Those who stay here today are all people who have only entered the palace in recent years, the oldest is only 20 years old, and they are all beautiful children.

Yang You walked into the inner room, took out a box of gold and silver, and said to the palace man: "Divide these up."

"Your Majesty, don't leave us..." 15-year-old Qingying came over and grabbed Yang You's clothes.

"Good boy," Yang You touched her face, "After the dedication of the city tomorrow, the palace will definitely be in chaos for a while, and I will not be able to protect you at that time, you should hide well, and leave the palace if you want to leave, if you are afraid I went to find the sister who left the palace before."

"It's all divided, let's go while there is still a chance." Yang You randomly took some things and put them in Qingying's hands.

Ruifang didn't speak, just turned around and wiped away her tears silently.

The rest of the people divided all the things in the box, Yang You said again: "See if there is any valuables in this palace, take them away, and live a good life in the future."

Those who left walked up to Yang You and kowtowed in turn.

After midnight, everyone left, Yang You asked, "Ruifang, are you not leaving?"

After he finished speaking, he clutched his chest and began to cough violently. Ruifang handed over a white handkerchief, and Yang You wiped his hands. The snow-white handkerchief was stained with blood.

He sighed, "This disease has been dragging on forever."

"I've been worrying all this time, why are you alright?" Ruifang burped and said with tears in her eyes like walnuts, "Your Majesty, I won't leave."

Yang You was a little tired even sitting up straight, he relaxed his body and leaned on the bed, Ruifang followed and tapped his shoulder lightly.

Yang You looked at the hanging bed curtain, then at the coffin parked aside, coughed twice and said, "You go too, I have delayed you by staying with me for so many years, go home and have a look Bar."

Ruifang knelt on the ground and shook her head persistently.

Yang You patted the back of her hand, "Don't shake your head, I have something to do for you."

Ruifang held back her tears upon hearing this.

"I am the king of subjugation, and I have no descendants. I think no one will offer my tablet in the future, and there will be no incense. No one will burn paper to sweep the tomb during Qingming and Zhongyuan."

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's really lonely to think about it, you will remember me from now on, and burn some paper money for me every year, so that I won't die poor in the underworld."

Ruifang seemed unable to cry, "Your Majesty is so young, he must live a long life, how can you say such bad words."

Yang You raised his hand to cover his chest, resisting the bloody smell coming up, "It's not like you don't know my body, I will definitely walk ahead of you."

When he smiled, his brows and eyes were as bright as spring mountains, "My good sister, please help me hoe the weeds on the grave."

This smile has always remained in Ruifang's mind. Later, time has obliterated Yang You's appearance, and her memory has been biased. She still remembers that it was the most gentle and warm smile that only belonged to Yang You.

Even to the point where she almost forgot about the former emperor, what appeared in her memory was a young man instead.He held the crickets in a white porcelain jar in one hand, and the little lady in a carved birdcage in the other. He smiled at her as he walked on the palace path full of tree shade and in the spring full of pear blossoms.

However, she couldn't look back at the boy, and she couldn't go to the boy's tombstone to wipe off the dust with her own hands until she died.

In the summer of the tenth year of Guangde, Yang You, the last emperor of Qi State, surrendered, Liu Heng succeeded to the throne, and the country was founded as Han.