Chapter 278 Understanding

Two days later.

Princess Gao Yang fell into a deep sleep on the couch and breathed deeply. One hand stretched out of the quilt, holding Qin Mubai's hand and refused to relax. Qin Mubai moved a little, and she grabbed it tighter and was soon surprised.

Looking at her gray face and thin outline, Qin Mubai felt a faint pain in his heart.

This girl hasn't slept for two days and nights. After crying and tears and hoarse voice, Qin Mubai was really worried that she would go crazy.

Li You's body has been restrained, and the coffin is ready to be transported to Chang'an. Yin Hongzhi has been cremated, and the ashes are put into a small jar.

At this time, Qin Mubai had a feeling. A person, whether he was a traitor or a great kindness, after death, everything turned into smoke.

Before that, Qin Mubai was extremely determined to kill Yin Hongzhi, fantasized about a variety of ways to kill him, and how to calm the psychological trauma of Princess Gaoyang later. But now, as soon as Yin Hongzhi died, Qin Mubai found that he did not hate him.

Yin Hongzhi, his life has lived in the shadow of hatred, so that his heart is distorted and abnormal. What he does is indeed intolerable to ordinary people.

But now Qin Mubai thinks the other way around... If it were himself, he would have witnessed his parents, wife and children being killed, and his sister being captled by the enemy, so what?

Will you do more than Yin Hongzhi? ......

Because of different positions and interests, there are contradictions and festivals between people. From the standpoint of Yin Hongzhi, he bears a deep blood grudge. How can he write it off? From the standpoint of others, he was crazy and had a personal grudge. He did not hesitate to use his own nephew, so that tens of thousands of people died.

Perhaps at the last moment, Yin Hongzhi found that his hatred had been rerated - because Li You had openly rebelled against his father and brought an earthquake-like disaster to the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps, his hatred was lost to Princess Gaoyang's persistent and sincere family love. His conscience had some regret, especially after witnessing Li You's death, he had no intention to fall in love with the world, so he fell into the city and committed suicide...

Perhaps, everyone has a different answer to Yin Hongzhi's suicide. But Qin Mubai is most willing to believe that at the last moment of his life, like Li You, he still retains his last dignity and conscience.

He doesn't want to be as ugly as he imagines and understands, especially when he is with Linger, who is like an angel.

Yes, Linger is an angel, and Qin Mubai thinks so firmly.

The paranoia and madness of Yin Hongzhi, the hatred and sin, have not completely gone to the holy and kind place in Linger's heart. Even when she had the idea of killing Yin Hongzhi to end everything, she still remembered the past, Yin Hongzhi's kindness and love for her.

Qin Mubai also understood why Linger would completely turn against Yin Hongzhi and had a quick mind to kill him.

Perhaps it was she who prompted her to make this decision that made her painful and distracted.

Because Linger understands him and knows that since he is here, he has made up his mind and wants to take the initiative to bear everything.

The way to bear it is to kill Yin Hongzhi with your own hands and solve everything!

As long as Yin Hongzhi dies, Li You can put most of the responsibility on him, and perhaps he can find a way to make a living;

As long as Yin Hongzhi dies, especially in the hands of Qin Mubai, Qin Mubai and Li Ke can get rid of the suspicion;

As long as Yin Hongzhi dies, the rebels in the city will not defeat themselves, and the people of a city can be saved from military disasters...

In a word, Yin Hongzhi is the source of all evil. Solving him means solving everything!

But... If Qin Mubai really killed him, it is bound to leave a shadow in Princess Gaoyang's heart. After all, that's one of her closest relatives.

Obviously, Princess Gaoyang thought of this layer.

So she made such a decision not to let Yin Hongzhi die at Qin Mubai's hands. She would rather do it herself!

She would rather hate herself and torture herself than leave a shadow between her and Qin Mubai!

......

The angel fell in love with mortals, but she belongs to heaven. Unable to refuse the missing of home, he was even unwilling to leave and hurt mortals, so the angel broke his wings and let himself bear the sadness of missing and physical pain...

Qin Mubai thought of this beautiful and sad fairy tale. At this moment, Linger is an angel, and he is the vulgar and snobbish mortal...

After sitting in the room for more than an hour, Princess Gaoyang finally fell asleep deeply. She turned over and let go of her hand.

Qin Mubai came out gently and found that Yin Yang had been standing outside waiting for him for a long time.

"What's the matter?"

"Li Xun sent someone to invite him, and the messenger had been waiting outside the hall for more than an hour. The last general dared not let him come in and disturb him.

"I know."

He came to the front hall to meet the messenger. Qin Mubai cleaned up a little and went to see Li Xun in the barracks outside the city.

Li Youxian City, Yin Hongzhi committed suicide, and broke through the city without attacking. Thousands of remaining rebels supported Princess Gaoyang as the leader and asked to surrender together.

Qin Mubai and Li Xun did not expect such an ending.

Winning without fighting, in terms of the art of war, it is a battle between the top.

But there was a "biggest" accident, that is, Li You committed suicide by taking poison!

This is probably the last thing the emperor wants to see.

Seeing Li Xun, the two of them were tacit and thinking about this matter in their hearts.

"The city is collecting and suppressing the remaining bandits and appeasing the officials, resting for three days, and returning to Beijing." A flash of light flashed in Li Xun's eyes and said briefly, "You go with me."

"Hmm." Qin Mubai nodded.

Li Xun came forward, looked at him in silence, and patted him on the shoulder: "It's a surprise. In the place of His Majesty, you have to think about how to deal with it.

"I know." Qin Mubai nodded again.

"I also have a responsibility and I won't push it. At that time, I will be with you. Li Xun said.

"No." Qin Mubai said, "One person does things and one person does it. If I hadn't appeared rashly, the King of Qi might not have been so extreme. I will bear this responsibility."

Li Yu frowned and said, "I'm the commander of the three armies. I won't let you in. How can you appear under the gate of the city? Needless to say. I, Li Xun, have never had the habit of shirking responsibility, let alone taking it lightly. What's the truth? Let's go straight to the Holy Face, and then let your Majesty decide.

"Okay... Uncle, thank you." Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"There's nothing to thank." Li Xun smiled and said, "Actually, when I was willing to let you in, I should have expected such an end. Now that it has happened, let's face and accept it calmly! - Her Royal Highness Princess Gaoyang, what's the situation?"

"It's okay." Qin Mubai said, "Just now, I finally fell asleep."

"Oh... Fortunately, she's fine." Li Xun sighed leisurely, "Actually, Li You and Yin Hongzhi died like this. The rest of the living is really pitiful.

Qin Mubai fell silent for a moment. For the first time, he felt his incompetence. Once upon a time, he swore in his heart that he would never let Linger and Mei Niang be hurt and traumatized. At that time, in Xiangzhou, after Li You kidnapped him and wanted to assassinate the prince, Qin Mubai did his best, hoping to detain Li You without death. After all, isn't all this done for Linger?

But in the end... It's really not as good as God!

You don't have to blame yourself. Everyone has their own lives, which may be the fate of the King of Qi. Li Xun seemed to see through Qin Mubai's thoughts and said, "A man stands between heaven and earth, but he has a clear conscience; success or failure is not all something he can control. It's not a bad thing to suffer a setback."

"Uncle Xie dialed." Qin Mubai smiled and was much more cheerful.

Li Xun nodded and smiled: "Mu Bai, be calm, let nature take its course, don't worry too much. Today's emperor is a wise and understanding saint, and he will make everything clear.

"Well, I know." Qin Mubai nodded.

"Now, I'll go back to Xiangyang to arrange it first." Li Xun said, "Your soldiers and horses will be taken back, rectify them well, make a handover, and prepare to go to Beijing with me in a few days. By the way, who is that Xue Rengui?"

Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing: "Why, Uncle Shi is interested in him?"

"Ha ha!" Li Xun smiled and said, "I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can make Xue Wanche bow his head and admit defeat. This Xue Rengui is a peerless general in today's world. Now that I have met, how can I ask more questions?

Qin Mubai smiled and briefly told Li Yu about Xue Rengui's origin and identity.

"Oh, so you still have the ability to know people like this? It's just a good thing. Presumably, he has added a fierce general to my Tang Dynasty!" Li Xun patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder and laughed happily.

Qin Mubai also smiled, but he smiled a little thief: "I thought Uncle Shi was thinking about digging the corner of the wall!"

"Cough!" Li Xun coughed dryly and said, "If it were yours, I would not be polite. It's the King of Wu..."

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said, "Aren't they all from the Tang Dynasty?"

"You're right." Li Xun smiled and said, "Yesterday, King Wu and Chu Suiliang came to our camp together. Today, they went to Chang'an first. That Xue Rengui also went with him.

"Oh, has King Wu left?"

"Hmm." Li Wei nodded and said meaningfully, "Mu Bai, no matter how deeply favored we are, we are finally separated. No matter how strange the royal family is, it is still a family, and the blood is thicker than water. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, I understand." Qin Mubai nodded. He knew that Li Xun's intention was nothing more than persuading him, or not to get too close to Li Ke. At this time, it is a dangerous signal to get too close to which prince. For example, in front of him, even if Li You raised the flag to rebel, Li Shimin also sent troops to suppress the rebellion, but the first thing that came to his mind was to "cuffocate" Li You. As for the group of "instigation and treason" such as Yin Hongzhi, they will definitely die.

To make it more clear, even if the prince makes a mistake, he will at least have the gold medal of imperial blood on his head; on the contrary, the people around him are undoubtedly dead.

This is also the reason why the struggle for direct reserves in all dynasties is so dangerous. At this time, if you stand in the wrong line, it means that the head falls to the ground.

At present, this court is obviously the stage of Prince Li Chengqian and King Wei Li Taiboyi. Although Li Chengqian is not virtuous, he has the natural advantage of being the eldest son, backed by the traditional "rules" of the reserve. As for Li Tai, Wenzhi is outstanding and far-reaching, which is more in line with Li Shimin's standards and requirements for his successors. At present, the voice is also higher than the waves.

No matter which of these two people wins in the end, it can be expected that they are unlikely to let go of Li Shimin's "Yingguo" in the end.

From this point of analysis, it is indeed dangerous to stand in Li Ke's "team".

Li Xun is the famous "middle school" in the court. He is not biased by any prince, but the emperor's order is to obey. As early as the beginning, when Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were competing, he did not favor anyone. Even Li Shimin pulled him over to stand in line, but he refused. Similar to him, there is also Li Jing.

Not only did this not affect their future, but Li Shimin trusted their "straight" and "loyalty" more.

Qin Mubai seemed to smell some meanings from Li Xun's words, and it was appropriate to persuade him to "keep neutral".

"Mu Bai, you are a smart person, so I won't say more." Li Xun smiled and said, "It's rare for Wei Gong to accept you as a student and pass on your art of war. You should cherish the opportunity and use your intelligence where it should be.

These words are more straightforward.

Qin Mubai nodded with understanding: "Uncle Xie taught me. After returning to Beijing, I will go to Weigong's house more to ask for advice. I am dedicated to studying the art of war without asking about miscellaneous things.

"Well, you can teach me." Li Xun nodded with a smile, "Also, the area around Guanlong seems to be very lively recently. Your father may be a little busy in Lanzhou. Go to Chang'an and pay more attention to see if you can find a chance to help your father.

"Oh, is there a war in Guan Long?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Oh, let's talk about military affairs. I didn't say anything." Li Xun smiled and said, "In a word, if you go to Chang'an, you will understand everything."

"Well... OK." Qin Mubai thought about it in his heart. Listening to Li Xun's words, it seems that I was asked to "self-invited" to move away from Xiangzhou and go to the border to fight!

Is this also the intention that the emperor asked him to convey?

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Mubai thought it was very possible. After coming to Xiangzhou for a year, he got involved with Li Ke and did a lot of things. The emperor saw it in his eyes and thought about it in his heart - in this and over again, is Qin Mubai my person or Li Ke's person?

The emperor has his own mind. Is it a good thing that a capable minister is too close to his own emperor, especially the capable concubine's son?

As early as those years, Emperor Gaozu Wude killed Liu Wenjing, wasn't it because he was Li Shimin's loyal? The deep reason, of course, is not the rumored conspiracy of Liu Wenjing. Instead, Liu Wenjing is a little arrogant by nature. She doesn't like Li Yuan, the emperor, but only treats Li Shimin. Liu Wenjing himself was still a meritorious official who followed Li Yuan when he rose up in Taiyuan. At that time, his ability and reputation were recognized as far better than Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others.

"He still has such a fate, not to mention Qin Mubai in our district?" Qin Mubai began a deep reflection - after Li You's rebellion, Li Shimin will definitely increase censorship and pressure on his sons. This can be seen from the fact that he recruited Li Ke back to the capital at the first time. After that, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to work with Li Ke in the same state as before.

Keeping a distance and drawing a clear position and line may be good for both of them.

The court is so sinister, and politics is so cold. Family affection can be killed with a knife, not to mention friendship?

Qin Mubai sighed in his heart and nodded, "Uncle Shi, I understand. After returning to the court, I know what to do.

"Well, I know that you have always been very understanding, and you don't have to say more." Li Xun said, "Just remember my words. The man stands between heaven and earth, but he asks for a clear conscience."

"Yes, I remember." Qin Mubai nodded.

Li Xun in front of him is now in charge of half of the world's troops, and he is in charge of half of the Tang Dynasty, Shandong and Hebei, which can be said to be more than 10,000 people under one person. The so-called not being ridiculed is a mediocre talent. In the court, many people scold him for being exquisite on all sides, and he is best at catering to the Sacred Heart and good at doing wall grass.

In fact, what's wrong with a gentleman seeking good luck and avoiding evil? In other words, is it wrong to be smart?

If you really know Li Xun, you will know that he is not a villain. In his heart, he has his own morality. But if you have a clear conscience, you can't be abducted, and it's better to be a person without conscience.

Qin Mubai felt that after Li You, he should learn to be smarter.

The reality is that he and Li Ke are not allowed to cover their ears and steal the bells and be a pair of scattered immortal Taoist friends in the court. Since it is unavoidable, it is better to learn more from Li Xun and learn to be smarter.

Keeping a distance and clear your position is not to cut your robe and turn against each other. It's good to have a universe in your heart. As Li Xun said, he has a clear conscience.