Chapter 26: Asking for a statement
After the war ended, Hongnong County gradually returned to normal, and pedestrians began to travel on the official road. Three days after the war ended, a ox cart drove up on the official road south of Hongnong County, and several burly knights guarded each other on both sides of the ox cart.
The ox cart was wide and walked slowly on the official road, walking very smoothly. At this time, a girl's thin face was revealed in the car window. She was very thin and her neck was so thin that she could hold it with one hand, but her eyes were extremely flexible and full of spirit. She turned her eyes around and looked at both sides, and asked the coachman in a sharp voice: "Old Man Liu, is Hongnong County here?"
The coachman was an old man in his sixties. He squinted his eyes and was as leisurely as he was about to fall asleep. He reacted very slowly and after a while, he said, "It's almost there, there are still one or two miles."
A young knight next to him who was guarding the ox cart couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss Yu'er, can't you stretch out your head and look?"
The girl looked slightly and immediately saw a corner of the county wall. It turned out that the county was already in front of them. She blushed slightly, glanced at the young guard, and shrank her head back and whispered: "Princess, Hongnong County has arrived."
There was also a girl sitting in the ox cart, wearing a white dress, a veil and a gauze tiled, she was about twelve or twelve years old, and she had a slender figure. Although she was not old, she had a pretty face and was unparalleled beauty. Perhaps because of her hard work, she looked very pale and had no trace of blood. Her body leaned lightly against the wall of the car, her eyes were deep, and there was always a trace of sadness that could not be dissipated in the depths of her eyes.
She is Yang Guang's youngest daughter, Princess Danyang. After she was rescued by Shen Guang in Jiangdu Palace, she was sent to Danyang County to hide. After the situation subsided, she took a boat to take the Yangtze River to detour north. After getting off the boat in Xiangyang, she took a ox cart to go north and headed north. After more than a month, she finally arrived in Hongnong County today.
Her ultimate destination was to go to Taiyuan Prefecture, which was the last territory of the Great Sui Dynasty. At this time, Yang Fangxin was still immersed in the endless pain of her father being forced to commit suicide, which was a spiritual trauma that would never heal in her life.
She was originally an innocent, carefree and innocent girl who was raised by her father, but her country was destroyed and her family was destroyed. The fate of her father and mother separated made her grow up overnight. She became very silent. She had never said a word to the guard along the way.
The little maid next to Yang Fangxin is her personal little palace maid Yu'er. She has been following her, but she is lively and smart, and she is very familiar with the guards along the way. She always tries to make the princess happy, but she has not succeeded once.
"Princess."
Yu'er lifted a crack in the back of the ox cart and peeked out. She lowered her voice and said, "I heard from them in the morning that General Yang is in Hongnong County. If the princess doesn't want to go to Taiyuan, it's still time to escape now."
Yang Fangxin sighed softly, "Where can you go if you don't go to Taiyuan?"
"You can go to Luoyang!"
‘Luoyang?’ Yang Fangxin smiled bitterly at the corner of her mouth. She shook her head and said nothing. Yu'er was a little anxious. She pulled her wrist and said, "Princess, are you going?"
"You jumped out of the ox cart and ran twenty steps to show me."
Yu'er was stunned for a moment, and she muttered for a while: "I don't want to leave."
"Since you don't want to leave, what are you saying?" Yang Fangxin glanced at her and asked lightly.
Yu'er noticed that the princess was a little unhappy in her tone. She felt aggrieved and whispered: "I thought the princess wanted to leave, so I came up with an idea. I was kind."
Yang Fangxin held her hand and said softly: "I know you have a kind heart. But... I just don't want to go to Luoyang either."
Yu'er suddenly became happy, "It turns out that the princess wants to go to Taiyuan."
"I don't want to go to Taiyuan either."
Yang Fangxin sighed softly, "I don't know where I want to go? Maybe I want to go back to Jiangdu, build a small room in front of my father's grave, live there, and accompany my father all my life. Let him no longer be lonely."
Speaking of this, Yang Fangxin covered her face with her hands, and tears poured out from her fingers.
At this moment, the ox cart suddenly stopped, and the voices of several guards came from outside the car, "See the general manager!"
Then the voice of a young man, "Is Your Highness the Princess in the ox cart?"
"Report to the Chief Executive, Your Highness the Princess is in the ox cart."
"Very good. I have worked hard all the way, and I will have a great reward."
In the ox cart, Yu'er was a little excited. She heard that this was Yang Yuanqing's voice. When Yang Yuan saved her in ** City, this voice left her with a deep impression.
"Princess, it's General Yang!"
"I know it's him."
Yang Fangxin wiped away her tears, her voice was still very dull. Although Yang Yuanqing defeated the Turks in Yanmen last year to save her from humiliation, and this time she sent someone to rescue her from Jiangdu Palace, her father once told her with tears that Yang Yuanqing was a thief who stole the Sui Dynasty. Her father's sorrow and this traitor's words left her a deep memory, which made her feel grateful to Yang Yuanqing and hatred for him, which made her feel extremely conflicted.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing's voice came from outside the carriage, "My minister Yang Yuanqing will meet with His Royal Highness the Princess!"
Yang Fangxin remained silent. Seeing that she did not respond, Yu'er shook her arm in a hurry, "Princess, General Yang is talking to you!"
Yang Fangxin lowered the veil on the veil and covered her face. She pulled the curtain and through the thin veil, she saw a young man of twenty-seven or eight years old standing in front of her. She wore a purple gold helmet, tall and burly figure, high nose bridge, clear lips, and sharp eyes, as if she could see through the veil covering her face.
When Yang Fangxin was five years old, she had been taken to Yang Yuanqing's mansion to see him, but she had forgotten that she had seen him again at the head of Yanmen County. The time was far apart, and she couldn't see his appearance clearly. She remembered that Yang Yuanqing was very tall, but his maid Yu'er praised him as rare in the sky and in the world.
Yang Fangxin smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Yang worked hard for state affairs and did it himself."
She was rigorously educated since childhood, and every word she said must be consistent with her identity. Although she was young, she could be calm and behave generously and well-behaved.
Yang Yuanqing received an advance report from the escort guards. Princess Danyang had arrived. He came out of the city to greet him. In Yang Yuanqing's memory, Yang Fangxin was still the little princess who was five years old. Seven or eight years passed. She had grown up, probably thirteen years old.
Yang Yuanqing bowed and said guiltily: "I failed to save the life of the emperor. This is the incompetence of being a minister. I am extremely guilty."
Yang Yuanqing's words aroused Yang Fangxin's sadness. Her long eyelashes drooped, and crystal tears oozed out of the corners of her eyes. She said with a choking voice: "That's the evil of Yu Wen and Yu. The general manager is far away in Taiyuan. Even if he has a heart to protect him, it is difficult to take care of it. It is not the general manager's fault. Please don't blame yourself."
Seeing that she still had the childishness of a girl, Yang Yuanqing took on the responsibility and sadness of adulthood, which made him feel a little pity in his heart and said to her softly: "Your Highness the Princess worked hard all the way, have a good rest today, and go back to Taiyuan with me tomorrow morning, where your relatives are there."
Yang Fangxin nodded silently. She could feel Yang Yuanqing's concern and a hint of gratitude surged in her heart. "Thank you, General Manager Yang, for your care, Danyang is very grateful."
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Yang Yuanqing ordered people to send Yang Fangxin to the backyard of the county yard in the county to rest, and ordered his personal soldiers to be martial law around the courtyard where she lives, and no contact with her was allowed. At this time, Yang Shidao went to Taiyuan two days ago and first went to contact the prime minister of the Zhengshi Hall. Yang Yuanqing had proposed to sign him Na Yan.
Yang Yuanqing returned to the camp outside the city. As soon as he entered the camp gate, a personal soldier came forward to report: "Report to the general manager, someone in the tent is waiting for reception, saying that he is the general manager's tribe member."
‘Clanmen?’
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and realized that it must be someone from the Hongnong Yang family. He stayed in Hongnong for a few days, but had not contacted the Yang family. Instead, he avoided them intentionally or unintentionally. He did not want to recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown now. He would rather remain in a vague state of his identity.
"What's the name of the person coming?"
Personal soldiers reported: "Two people came, one of them seemed to be named Yang Yi, and the other one didn't know."
The name sounds a bit familiar. He thought about it for a moment. It seemed that Yang Wei had said that this person is currently the highest-ranking person in the Hongnong Yang family, and his grandfather Yang Su's uncle. He rarely appears and is a mysterious figure in the Yang family. Since the Yang family is here, Yang Yuanqing decided to meet him.
"Take them to the side tent to meet me."
The Hongnong Yang family is known as one of the three major gentry clans in Guanxi, as famous as the Li family in Longxi and Wei family in Jingzhao. Over the years, the Hongnong Yang family has divided into dozens of houses of all sizes, with thousands of people in each house. Each house has its own head and ancestral hall, and Yang Su is only one of the largest houses.
There is also a main ancestral hall of the Yang family in Yangjia Village southwest of Hongnong, which is dedicated to the Yang family's ancestors, the Yangshe family. Every three years, the heads and elders of the Yang family come to the main ancestral hall to hold a large ceremony.
In the ninth year of Daye, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and Yang Guang only ordered the execution of several Yang clan members who led Yang Xuangan, and the rest of the tribesmen were not affected.
Two Yang clan members who are currently sitting in the side tent waiting for Yang Yuanqing, one of whom is Yang Yi, is Yang Su's clan father. He is about eighty years old, with gray hair, but he is very energetic and still has a quick thinking. He and Yang Su are from the same family. By generation, he should be Yang Yuanqing's great-grandfather.
The other person is Yang Wenjin, who is the head of the Songyang house, the largest house in the Yang family of Hongnong. After Yang Su's house declined, Songyang house became the leader of the Yang family of Hongnong. Yang Wenjin replaced Yang Xuangan as the chief priest of the main ancestral hall.
Both of them sat in the tent and remained silent. They had already made up their words on the way. Now they were waiting for Yang Yuanqing's statement. This is also one of their main purpose of visiting Yang Yuanqing today. I hope Yang Yuanqing can admit that he is a child of the Hongnong Yang family. After all, Yang Yuanqing finally sent Yang Xuangan's body back to the tomb of the Honghua Yang family.
"General Yang is here!"
The soldiers outside the tent shouted loudly, and the curtain was raised. Yang Yuanqing walked in quickly and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, the business is busy, so I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Chapter completed!