The people in the cage are actually not much different from the birds in the cage. Only when we lose our freedom do we know how precious it is. The person who dares to say such cruel words as "sit through the prison" is definitely a warrior among warriors.

"Tang Jian, do you have anything to eat?" Dugu Huaien in the Xia County Prison, where is there still the appearance of the first beautiful man in Chang'an. Look at this man with a cloak and a dirty face. No one could have imagined that this was the well-dressed Dugu Huaien.

"Lord Shangshu, where is there anything to eat?" Tang Jian's voice was weak. Every day, there is only a dry cake the size of a palm, and the hardness is comparable to that of a brick, where is there any strength. In the early days of imprisonment, he could still rely on the softness hidden on his body to beg the jailer to buy some food. But now, even the ancestral wrench has been given away. Up and down, there was nothing else but this garment.

Tang Jian, who was extremely hungry, even had the urge to eat those scurrying mice on the ground. It's just that his weak physical strength has left him with no strength to catch those mice. Sometimes, the rats were so bold that they crawled on top of him. If there is no resistance, the next step is the time to eat. A large living person can feed these small creatures for a long time.

"Dog-day bastards, want to starve us to death." Dugu Huaien cursed viciously.

Since being captured, these high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty have been imprisoned in the Xia County Prison. Tang Jian and Dugu Huaien became neighbors, and the others didn't know where they were being held. This prison is full of rats. Tang Jian, as a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty, has the only advantage of being locked up in a single room.

"It's all Your Majesty's mediocrity, so you have to appoint that Pei Lin as the commander. This caused tens of thousands of troops to be trapped in Xia County, and Li Xiaoji was flashy. Tens of thousands of troops were buried in vain, and it was really an incompetent army that exhausted thousands of troops. Hum! This is what nepotism ends. There was a feeling of fire burning in his stomach, and Dugu Huaien hated it more and more.

I thought that this time I would definitely be able to win by sending troops, so I came to the front of the two armies to make meritorious achievements. Unexpectedly, a night attack on tens of thousands of Tang troops was defeated. He also fell into this ghost place to suffer, and in Dugu Huaien's stomach, resentment was stronger than hunger.

"Lord Shangshu said carefully, you and I are courtiers, these rebellious words cannot be said, not said." Regarding Dugu Huaien's words, Tang Jian expressed his understanding.

The ancestor of the Dugu family and Li Yuan's family are called one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, and Dugu Xin was also a fierce man who stomped on Chang'an and trembled. There are two queens in the family alone, and Dugu Huaien is the nephew of Queen Dugu. In terms of blood relatives, Li Yuan is also a cousin. With such a family background, how have I ever suffered such hardships in my life. It's normal to complain about two sentences, but to say that the emperor is mediocre is a big rebellion. Tang Jian didn't want to listen to Dugu Huaien say more, and he didn't dare to listen. God knows how many pairs of ears are still lurking in the shadows.

Once it is spread out, Dugu Huaien's head is big enough. But he, Tang Jian, doesn't have such a big head, and the lintel of the Tang family can't catch up with the Dugu family if he counts up for eight lifetimes.

"Am I wrong? Pei Lin is a courtier, and Li Xiaoji is a gentleman. I don't know if Li Xiaoji, this kid is alive, if he is alive, the old man will want to bite him to death. It was this dumb boy who was caught off guard by command, so I was humiliated and suffered here! Dugu Huaien took a bite of the hay fiercely, chewing the coarse fibers in his mouth continuously. Yes, he hasn't evolved the teeth of a horse yet. After a while, there was a tingling pain in the tongue.

Tang Jian doesn't speak, it's best not to interject at this time. Anyway, you said it, and Lao Tzu couldn't help it.

"Tang Jian, do you want to live or not?" Dugu Huaien was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked such a sentence.

"What do you mean, Lord Shangshu?"

"If we vote for Liu Wuzhou, just go out from here. With the power of my Dugu family, it is unknown if I want to achieve a hegemony like Li Tang. The ancestor of a certain family is also one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms. is not worse than Li Yuan and Li Mi, and is not worse than Li Mi and Li Yuan in terms of background. Dugu Huaien said viciously.

Hunger can make people's brains hallucinate, and Dugu Huaien realized from his own hallucinations that power is the best thing in the world. As long as you have power, you can control people's life and death. Li Yuan's ancestor is Li Hu, and his ancestor is also Dugu Xin. They are all descendants of the Eight Great Pillars, why can he be the emperor, he is just a secretary of the Ministry of Industry who is sent by others. Bullshit Shangshu, Lao Tzu is inappropriate, Lao Tzu wants to be the emperor.

Tang Jian didn't speak, this time he wasn't deliberately silent. was shocked by Dugu Huaien's words! This naked rebellion, if Li Yuan knew about Ling Chi, it was possible. Don't dare to take a stubble, dare not say or listen. What Tang Jian wants most now is to change his cell. Stay away from this, the decrepit man who is about to be beheaded.

For Datang to achieve the final victory, Tang Jian has full confidence. This is not only because Tang Jian is an old man of Qiandi, but also because Tang Jian's understanding of the Li Tang Dynasty is deeper than others.

Li Yuan was able to endure benevolence for ten years, and finally did it at the most appropriate opportunity. occupied Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and in the shortest possible time, it became a new force among the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty. Occupied Chang'an, and soon occupied Bashu. The wealth of Bashu is the granary of the world. With the rich Guanzhong and the even richer Bashu in hand, the west can recruit the fierce Northwest Lengwa as a soldier.

With Li Mi in the east, how could Wang Shichong and others be Li Yuan's opponents. The current Liu Wuzhou is just a clown jumping off the beam in front of the Turks. In this world, the war is fought by soldiers and money and food. The cold baby in the northwest is not afraid of death, and Guanzhong Shuzhong is prosperous and rich. Li Tang has all these two things, why can't he set the world.

Although the Dugu family is big, it has fallen behind after all. If the Dugu family took the lead in raising troops, Tang Jian felt that it was really possible that the emperor who was now the emperor in Chang'an City would really be this Dugu Huaien.

"Knowing that you are an old man of the Hidden Mansion, a certain family appreciates your talent. If you are with a certain family, I believe that my Dugu family's family background is definitely much stronger than Li Yuan. Follow me, and you will be the future Prime Minister. How is it? Seeing that Tang Jian didn't squeak, Dugu Huaien continued to persuade.

If you want to do great things, you need to have enough and useful subordinates. Dugu Huaien felt that Tang Jian was a good candidate.

The answer to Dugu Huaien was still Tang Jian's silence.

Dugu Huaien was about to continue the persuasion, when suddenly a door was opened in the distance. The sound of keys colliding on the guard's waist came, and everyone climbed to the door like pigs in a fence to watch the visitors.

Tang Jian and Dugu Huaien are also one of them, and Tang Jian is a little strange. Today's dry biscuits have already been distributed in the morning, why are the guards here again. After another calculation, the net bucket is poured once in three days, and today is not the day to pour the net bucket.

The guard was followed by three men, the first of whom looked like a young man. The light is too dim to see clearly. But when you see the guard bowing over and leading the way in front, you can know that this person's identity is not ordinary.

The cell boss went straight to the door of Dugu Huaien's cell, took out the key and looked for it for a while, then found the key to the cell door. When he opened the door, he saw the young man enter the cell.

Perhaps smoked by the smell of the cell, Tang Jian heard a retching sound.

"Dugu Shangshu, the villain is here to pick you up in Chang'an." The young man's words made Tang Jian excited for a while. Dugu Huaien was more like a husky who saw a bone, and he took two steps and hugged the young man's thigh.

"You were sent by His Majesty to pick me up?" Dugu Huaien didn't believe his ears, God! can finally leave this place, Li Yuan has suddenly become the cutest person from the object of gritting his teeth just now.

"The boy Wu Yuanqing is the son of Si Kai who joined the army. On the orders of His Majesty, I came to rescue Lord Shangshu. Wu Yuanqing used the greatest perseverance to not kick this lice-covered flea guy away.

Rescuing Dugu Huaien was an additional clause that Li Yuan specially sent someone over. For this reason, Li Yuan also promised to give out the title of a marquis. There is no way that the heirs of the Dugu family are difficult, no matter how many wives and concubines they marry, they always give birth to a bunch of female dolls in the end, and the old man Dugu has come to Taiji Palace eight times with a cane. threatened that if he couldn't get Dugu Huaien back, the old man would die in front of the Taiji Palace.

So there was this additional clause, of course, in order to treat everyone equally, Li Yuan asked Lu Chongmao to release all the captured Tang nobles. And made a list, there were more than a dozen people. Including Dugu Huaien, Tang Jian, Liu Shixiang and others.

However, Li Yuan also knew that it was a little difficult to let go of so many people at once. He instructed the warrior Tong that others could suspend Dugu Huaien and be sure to get it back as soon as possible. If you really want to let your uncle die in front of the gate of Taiji Palace, it will cause a strong backlash from the Xungui Group. You must know that the Dugu family is one of the eight pillar countries. The resources and forces at his disposal should not be underestimated.

Of course, to Wu Yuanqing's mouth. There is only one condition for releasing Dugu Huaien, and the father said that if Dugu Huaien is rescued, the Dugu family will be rewarded. Others, love to die or not to be too lazy to care!

Lu Chongmao in order to show his sincerity, of course, also for the marquis's hat. Just after a little thought, I agreed, anyway, there are people dying every day in the prison, and no one cares if there is more or less person. Whether it is Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang or Wei Chigong, they all belong to outsiders in Xia County. In the eyes of the grassroots officers, Lu Chongmao's orders cannot be disobeyed.

Tang Jian watched Dugu Huaien being carried out by two servants, but his eyes were looking forward to the mosquito coil circle. The young man and the cell boss did not come to his cell door, and he wanted to shout out the dignity of the doctor, which made him grit his teeth for life. Your Majesty will help me out, Your Majesty will save me out. Tang Jian's heart repeatedly strengthened his belief.

But when Dugu Huaien was taken out of the cell and the door closed with a "bang", hot tears immediately flowed down his cheeks.

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