Chapter 36 The Fish That Slipped Through the Net
Yang Yuanqing stepped forward, knelt in front of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty on one knee, and said in a deep voice! Yang Yuanqing, the general of the Shizhou Shang Town, specially handed over the order to His Majesty!"
Yang Guang's eyes were smiling, "Yuan Qing, you didn't disappoint me, you have earned me a face, and I must reward you very much today."
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
An eunuch walked up and knelt down, raised the golden essence bowl high, Yang Guang took the golden essence bowl and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is the prize for tonight's competition. Congratulations on your victory!"
Yang Yuanqing took the Jin Jingwan and smiled and said, "Can you give this Jin Wanchen to someone else?"
"Can!"
Yang Guang nodded, "This is just a prize, not a gift from me. You can give it to someone."
Yang Yuanqing turned around and walked to Alatu, handed him the golden bowl with both hands, and smiled in Turkic words: "The grassland eagle will not bring hatred back to the nest, but will not return empty-handed. This golden bowl is given to you."
Alatu waved his hand in fear, "This is your winner's crown, I can't ask for it!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I have put the winner on my head, this is just a gift from friends."
Alatu hesitated for a moment and looked at Qimin Khan. Qimin Khan shook his head and refused to accept the golden bowl. Alatu lowered his head for a while, and suddenly bit his lip and took the golden bowl, "Since it is a gift from friends, of course I will accept it!"
Alatu took out a handful of small jade-carved tip from his arms, and made a slap in his palm and handed it to Yang Yuan... Qing, "This is a tip made of my father's extreme northern cold jade. I give it to you. It's my friend's gift."
Yang Yuanqing took the little ray and felt extremely cold. He remembered that Combas told him that there was a rare ice chalcedony in the extreme north, which could be used as a summer bead, which could distinguish hundreds of poisons and are precious. Is this the only one?
"Thank you!"
He took Yu Yin and turned around to salute Yang Guang, "I'm rude."
Yang Guang smiled and knew why Yang Yuanqing gave the golden bowl to the Turkic archers. Just now, Yuwen Chengdu told him the secret battle between the two archers between Goguryeo and the Turkic, and he understood the whole story.
"This is just a prize, but I want to reward you with another prize of 500 taels of gold and 5,000 pieces of silk, as the reward for your victory tonight."
"I thank Your Majesty for the reward!"
Yang Guang's reward caused a stir among the ministers around him. Many people heard that the current emperor is much more generous than the late emperor. Today, I saw that he won a competition and actually rewarded 500 taels of gold. This was unimaginable in the past years of the reign of the emperor. Countless people cast envious eyes on Yang Yuanqing, and in a short match, he won such a heavy reward.
Only Changsun Sheng knew in his heart that it also contained the rewards of the Battle of Harry Lake. At this time, Ran Gan smiled and said, "General Yang, since the Turks have lost, I can't pretend to be deaf and dumb. I will lose to you ten thousand sheep."
Yang Guang stroked his beard and smiled, "Khan Where is your sheep?"
Rangan also laughed and said, "Not now, but General Yang will have it when he returns to Dali City. I will send someone to send ten thousand sheep to Dali City."
Yang Kanqing bowed and bowed, "Thank you, Khan, I accepted it!"
Yuan Taizuo next to him hesitated for a moment, and he should have expressed his feelings, but his son told him that this match was not lost, but was just a conspiracy by the Turks. He was also in a state of dismay, and simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, without any expression.
When Queen Xiao saw Yang Yuanqing being in the limelight tonight, she felt a little uncomfortable and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's cold in autumn, so it's not advisable to sit outside for a long time.
Yang Guang nodded, and he wanted to go back to the palace, so he smiled at everyone and said, "The banquet continues, everyone returns to their seats!"
The guests returned to the hall and returned to their seats. A guard walked over quickly and whispered a few words to Yuwen Chengdu. Yuwen Chengdu was shocked. He glanced at Yang Yuanqing and explained a few words to a confidant guard next to him.
He followed Yang Guang and walked towards the hall. When he quickly entered the hall, Yuwen Chengdu told Yang Guang something. Yang Guang was stunned, "There is still this kind of peace?"
"It was just the guards reported that the problem was probably not that simple. Your Majesty can ask in detail."
Yang Guang pondered for a moment, then ordered: "Don't alarm others, call Yang Yuanqing to the back hall."
Queen Xiao felt something was wrong next to him, so he asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
"The guards took out a body from a dry well."
Yang Guang left a word and walked towards the back hall. Empress Xiao was a little worried and hurriedly followed, "Your Majesty, what happened? Whose body in the well belongs to?"
Yang Yuanqing no longer wanted to enter the main hall. He wanted to go back and move, but he had five hundred taels of gold in his hand. His first idea was to buy a house and leave the Yang family. Of course, the five hundred taels of gold would not be given to him now. He would go to Shaofu Temple to get gold and Taifu Temple to get silk rewards.
He was about to find Yuwen Chengdu to get his long spear back when a guard ran over and whispered to him: "General Yuwen wants me to tell you that the guard just now had a body raised in a dry well. There was a witness to the eunuch's testimony that you killed someone and threw it into the well. General Yuwen asked him to find a way to deal with it."
Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned. How could someone be seen?
He lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Since he had no choice but to face it, he could only face it... In fact, this matter may not be a bad thing for him, at least he had already thought of a countermeasure after taking action.
Yang Yuanqing looked up at the northwest corner. He seemed to have seen the King of Jin there just now. Yang Yun. Qing saw him at a glance and immediately ran up.
"Your Highness!"
Yang Zhao was obese and moved slowly. Several guards were helping him to return to the hall. When he turned around, he saw that it was Yang Yuanqing, and his fat face was full of smiles.
"Yuanqing, I haven't congratulated you yet!"
"Your Highness, now is not the time to congratulate me. I have a problem, or your Highness has hope."
"What are you talking about?"
Yang Zhao didn't understand and smiled and said, "What does it mean that you are in trouble? I have hope. Are these two related to me?"
Yang Yuanqing whispered to him with his ears, and Yang Zhao's eyes lit up, "Is this really a matter?"
"I have evidence witnesses, Your Highness, don't worry, the key is that person is still there?"
"Have you been here! Fortunately, I didn't kill him. Unlike you, I didn't have any serious attacks. You have killed such a good witness. Those eunuchs are spoiled. Do you think they are Turkic soldiers?" Yang Zhao smiled and complained to him.
Yang Yuanqing smiled awkwardly, "Even if you are accustomed to having sex, it will not be like a flower. It will rot like a pinch. I gently punch him in the throat, so that he will not shout out, who would know that when he said this, Yang Yuanqing looked at his fist, then at a eunuch who was serving Yang Zhao beside him, and looked at his neck. The eunuch was so scared that he took two steps back, covered his neck, and looked at Yang Yuanqing's fist in fear.
"General Yang!"
A eunuch hurried over and said angrily: "Your Majesty has an order to announce that you will come to the back hall to see you!"
“It’s really here…
Yang Yuanqing glanced at Yang Zhao, and Yang Zhao nodded understandingly. Yang Yuanqing turned around and followed the eunuch. Yang Zhao and several guards waved and gave a few instructions. The guards immediately left separately.
In the back hall, Yang Guang sat on the soft couch, half-closed his eyes and listened to the testimony of a little eunuch, the little eunuch was the witness hiding in the bushes. He heard that someone was looking for him everywhere, and he was scared, so he reported the matter.
He knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "I have suffered a cold these days and have lost my stomach. I am not familiar with this mansion, so I found a deserted place. I happened to see a father-in-law coming with General Yang Yuanqing. The servant saw it clearly. The father-in-law stabbed the general's waist with a dagger, as if it was not stabbed. As a result, General Yang punched the neck with a backhand and fell down. Later, General Yang threw the eunuch into the well with his body."
Yang Guang opened his eyes and asked the guard next to him, "Has the eunuch's cause of death been found?"
"Report to your Majesty, it was found out that it was broken and suffocated to death."
Yang Guang was quite satisfied with the honesty of the little eunuch, and continued: "So, what did Yang Yuanqing and Na Yiguan say?"
The little eunuch looked at Empress Xiao next to him timidly, and did not dare to say it. Yang Guang woke up and smiled at Empress Xiao, "This matter is a corpse and a broken bone. It's so scary. Don't listen to it. Go and rest early!"
Empress Xiao had already realized that this matter might be related to her second son, how could she go to rest? She shook her head and refused to leave. She said to the little eunuch: "As long as you tell the truth, even if it involves me, I won't blame you."
Yang Guang had no choice but to say to the little eunuch: "Stay on!"
"yes!"
The little eunuch continued: "The father-in-law's voice was very sharp. At that time, the courtyard was very quiet. I could hear it very clearly. He said that he had to kneel down for the first time when he saw the queen. He also said that the queen hated others to interrupt her most, and then pointed and shouted, "Is that your grandfather?" At this moment, the slave saw him stabbing General Yang with a dagger.
Yang Guang glanced at his wife, "Zhangtong, did you send this eunuch?"
Empress Xiao shook her head, "I sent someone to find Yang Yuanqing, but it shouldn't be this eunuch. No one I sent out had a problem."
"Then who sent this eunuch?" Yang Guang became a little angry and dared to impersonate the queen to pass the order.
Empress Xiao was secretly worried that she already knew that this must be the work of the second son, which was what Yang Yuanqing said about assassinating the minister, but she did not dare to say anything at this time. She wanted to plead for Weier at the critical moment and involve herself too early, so no one would help her son.
A guard bowed and said, "The eunuch's nameplate has been torn off, but some people recognize him. He seems to be an eunuch from the Qi Palace."
"King of Qi?"
Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, his face immediately became gloomy. He took a casual look at his wife, and then ordered: "Go and call the King of Qi to me immediately!"
A guard ran away, and at this time, an eunuch at the door reported, "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing is here, waiting for your Majesty to summon him!"
"Announce him to meet him!"
Chapter completed!