Li Xiaogong's tone was resolute: "With the momentum of my Tang Army, it is easy to conquer Nanyang and Dengzhou in one go, this king sees that General Zhen is a person who knows the times, and General Li is an old acquaintance, why not take this opportunity to belong to my Li family, maybe you can get a half-official position, otherwise when my Tang Army is under Luoyang City, you will not even have a chance to surrender." ”

When Li Jing on the side heard this, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he threw a hint of request at Zhen Mingku, obviously to let Zhen Mingku's face look at him, don't worry too much.

Li Daliang and Pei Xingyan, who were behind Zhen Mingku, saw that he was rude, and couldn't help but be angry, and were about to refute it, but they were stopped by Zhen Mingku, and said with a smile: "The king of Chang'an has received Zhen's heart, and it is often said that the matter of the king of food is loyal to the king, since I am the general of the secret guard appointed by the emperor himself, and I am deeply trusted by the lord of the emperor and entrusted with important tasks, it is naturally impossible to change it to the account of the Li family, not to mention that my wife is still waiting for me to go back in Luoyang, Zhen has no intention of going against the Li family, but is just entrusted by someone to convey the wishes of the city lord of Nanyang and the city lord of Dengzhou, The people of both cities were so weak and tired that they did not want to get involved in any more conflicts. ”

Li Xiaogong snorted coldly: "Innocent! The world is undecided, how to rest and recuperate, either choose to surrender or choose to perish, there is no other way to go. ”

Zhen Ming's bitter smile gradually put away, and said lightly: "The meaning of the two county guards, if the Li family does not agree to their agreement and leads the troops to attack Nanyang, then they will surrender to Luoyang. ”

Li Xiaogong's face sank, and he slapped the table and stood up: "You dare to threaten this king?" ”

Li Jing saw that the two of them were talking stiffly, and hurriedly persuaded him: "The two of them have something to say, it was originally a good thing to cooperate to break the enemy, and we must not hurt the harmony because of this, Lord Wang, I think Brother Zhen has no malicious intentions, but just proposed a compromise solution, Emperor Gong and Huangtai are originally brothers, and Nanyang neutrality can be regarded as a scruple of brotherhood." ”

Li Xiaogong shouted angrily at Li Jing: "Li Jing, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid?" My Li family has worked hard for many years to capture Chang'an City, when did Chang'an have the surname Yang? Could it be that you are nostalgic for the meritorious title of the old Sui, and you are in Cao Ying's heart in Han? Don't forget, what you're eating now is my Li family's food! ”

was called by a little prince who was a few years younger than himself, Li Jing's eyes flashed with a trace of anger, but he still maintained the humility of his subordinates, and replied: "The prince is angry, Li Jing just wants to remind the prince, now that Chang'an is initially decided, Li Rail in Liangzhou, Hexi, and Xue Ju father and son in Lanzhou are still eyeing each other, if they start a war with Luoyang at this time, Li Rail and Xue Ju will definitely not let go of this opportunity and send troops to attack Chang'an. Brother Zhen's proposal is a two-pronged strategy, one is to avoid Nanyang Dengzhou from joining Luoyang's camp and strengthen its strength, and the other is to relieve the pressure of Wuguan, so that Chang'an has no worries about the southeast, please think twice. ”

After Li Jing finished speaking, Li Xiaogong quieted down, stared at Li Jing with shining eyes, and suddenly sneered: "General Li and General Zhen are brothers, but this king has become a superfluous outsider, since General Li has already discussed with General Zhen, why ask for the king's opinion again, you just sign the agreement in private." ”

Li Jing was taken aback, this hat was not small, and hurriedly said: "How dare Li Jing trespass." ”

Zhen Mingku, who was on the side, wanted to tell this young prince Chen about the powerful relationship just now, but was preemptively said by Li Jing, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about Li Jing, he was so disobedient to the little prince of the Li family, I was afraid that it would inevitably have an impact on his future future, and then he was relieved, Li Jing in history was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and the Li family relied on it a lot in the southern and northern wars, and his worries were really a little redundant.

So he was silent, watching Li Jing and Li Xiaogong argue with reason, Li Xiaogong was exhausted, and finally had to give in and sign an agreement with him, and both sides pressed their handprints and prepared a copy of each as proof of the agreement.

After signing the agreement, Li Xiaogong didn't even have a perfunctory interest, and angrily ordered the eviction, Li Jing wanted to leave Zhen Mingku, his subordinate Li Daliang, Pei Xingyan and others to have a light meal, Zhen Mingku, knowing that he was embarrassed, smiled and declined, saying that one day there would be no military affairs, and then take Zhang's family to Chang'an to visit, after speaking, he left the Tang army camp with two subordinates and returned to Nanyang City.

When the people of Nanyang City heard that an armistice agreement had been reached, the whole city was jubilant, and they all ran to tell each other, and the people who had not seen the blue sky and the sun for a long time heard that Nanyang had reduced and exempted taxes, and they were all so excited that they cried bitterly.

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By the White River, Zhen Ming sat down hard and buried Yu Wenqing's clothes, shoes and socks under the withered willow tree on the bank of the river embankment that she calmly submerged, and set up a stele for her, there is no inscription on the stele, and no inscription is worthy of her pure soul like a peony flower, only a circle of peony flowers is planted next to the stele, I hope that in the spring of the next year, she will return with a soul and see a circle of beautiful peony flowers blooming for her.

He silently poured a glass of water and wine for her, sat aside, looked at the river and was silent, half an hour later, he stood up, patted the dust on his body, looked up at the blue sky, and accidentally found that on the upper half of the branches of the dead willow tree beside him, a few young leaves were pulled out, fresh and bright, and the green was pleasant.

Just like the smile she looked back at before stepping into the river, full of joy of relief.

In an instant, Zhen Mingku seemed to see a pure and beautiful world, where there was no deceit, no deception, and no betrayal, Yu Wenqing was there to show her face and smile, sing happily, and everything suddenly became clear.

A few days later, he led the Dark Guard to leave Nanyang, Yang Shilin and Lu Zizang and many other generals in the city, and the people of Nanyang flocked to see each other, and sent them to Funiu Mountain, dozens of kilometers away from the north of Nanyang City.

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According to the agreement, the Tang army reorganized its troops and horses and prepared to return to Chang'an tomorrow.

In the handsome tent, Li Xiaogong handed a letter sealed with red paint to a messenger, and ordered the messenger: "Be sure to hand over this letter to Wang Shichong of Luoyang before Zhen Mingku returns to Luoyang, and if you delay the king's major affairs, you will be immediately killed!" ”

"Yes!"

The messenger took the envelope, turned and quickly settled in the tent.

Li Xiaogong's eyes showed a hint of fierceness, and he said to himself: "This king wants to see how loyal you, the general of the secret guard, are, stay in Luoyang, and wait for my Li family to pacify Hexi, and it will be Luoyang's turn immediately." ”