Chapter 504 Punishment

The soldiers struggled to wrap up the noose on the city wall. The stone gate weighing thousands of pounds was slowly lifted. Under the stone gate was half of its body and meat mud, emitting a smell of blood. Fang Jie stood in the city gate hole, and as the stone gate rose, the situation outside slowly appeared in front of him. For some reason, Fang Jie suddenly had the illusion of opening the door to a new world.

The war outside the city had ended, and all the rebels who had no time to escape surrendered. Outside the gate, General Jin Shixiong was riding on the war horse and looked at the cave in the city. He was curious about who suddenly appeared here to destroy Li Yuanshan's retreat. The Sui generals behind him had a look of resentment on their faces, as if they were a little unacceptable to Li Yuanshan being captured by others.

Fang Jie met Jin Shixiong when he was in Chang'an City, and he also heard about this famous Sui general. He saw the surprise, curiosity and dissatisfaction on the faces of the generals, but the expression on Jin Shixiong's face was not so complicated. Fang Jie walked out quickly and met with military salute.

"I will understand the humble position, and I will pay homage to the general."

"No wonder"

Jin Shixiong smiled and jumped off the horse's back: "I said who suddenly came to the retreat that blocked Li Yuanshan. It turned out to be General Fang. Langru Mountain is thousands of miles away from here and is separated from Jinyang City. Could it be that you flew over?"

Fang Jie said: "I came here to see Your Majesty, and happened to meet Li Ni and fled."

Jin Shixiong didn't believe this, but he didn't intend to expose it. He came over and took Fang Jie's hand and asked, "Are those brothers on Langru Mountain safe?"

The first sentence he asked was not how Li Yuanshan was like, but how well the brothers were. Sometimes a person's temperament could be revealed inadvertently. Jin Shixiong is famous for loving soldiers like his sons, and the soldiers on Langrushan were all those who had been with him for more than two years, so he naturally thought about it.

“Everything is OK.”

Fang Jie said: "It's just that Lord Mou has made some changes. I will tell you in detail later and know with the general."

"Um"

Jin Shixiong nodded, looked into the city gate and asked, "Where is Li Ni?"

"Returning to the general, Li Ni was trapped in the city and had already surrendered, but when Bei Zhi was personally bound, he suddenly made an attack to capture Bei Zhi, but Bei Zhi mishandled and beat him to death."

"Dead?"

Jin Shixiong's face changed, and then sighed and said, "What a pity."

If he looked at Fang Jie with a deep meaning, the regret in his tone was very strong. Fang Jie knew what Jin Shixiong meant. A dead Li Yuanshan was far inferior to a living Li Yuanshan. The emperor would rather see the thief kneeling in front of him and imprisoned him. A corpse was obviously a bit worse.

"You shouldn't be so irrational."

Jin Shixiong lowered his voice and said, "You are not a stupid person. You should know how great it is to capture Li Ni alive. If anyone receives this credit, his future will be bright... It's a pity, it's such a pity."

Fang Jie also shook his head with him: "What a pity, it's such a pity."

"Let's go"

Jin Shixiong patted Fang Jie on the shoulder: "Follow me to see Your Majesty."

"yes"

Fang Jie held his fist and followed Jin Shixiong toward the direction of the camp. The Sui army generals looked at him with a look of monsters, perhaps all guessing who the young man suddenly appeared. Speaking of which, they were so dissatisfied and resentful. They fought with Li Yuanshan's rebels for more than a year. When they were about to capture Li Ni alive, a strange person suddenly came out halfway. This feeling was very bad.

Although that look is not hostile, it has no favorable feelings.

Fang Jie shook his head and smiled while walking, with a helpless expression.

"What are you thinking?"

Jin Shixiong asked.

Fang Jie was silent for a while and said, "I suddenly realized that Bei Zhi did something I shouldn't have done. He stabbed a big hornet's nest. Bei Zhi was wondering if he would be stung to death."

The reason why Fang Jie dared to say this is because he knew that Jin Shixiong and these generals were not the same. These generals were brave and only a few days later, Jin Shixiong had led his troops, and there was also a gap between them. These people had never experienced the wind and rain of the officialdom, and they had edges and corners, and they did not know how to hide their true thoughts. But they had opened a door of light. As long as they did not die in the next few years, they might become fresh blood in the court in the future. After a few years of polishing, they would become the new Jin Shixiong, Liu Enjing, and Xu Xiaogong.

"It's okay"

Jin Shixiong smiled and said, "These people didn't even do the six words "happiness and anger". What are you worried about? Instead of having time to think about this, it's better to think about what you say after meeting Your Majesty. No matter how resentful these people are, they will not hurt you, but no matter how small your Majesty is, you can't bear it."

Fang Jie smiled bitterly and said, "I suddenly felt like I wanted to escape at the last minute."

Jin Shixiong laughed: "When I was still in Chang'an, I knew you were a wonderful person... If you really dare to escape, Your Majesty will send the Jinyi School to chase you back, first beat the board, and then give you a glory. Do you believe it?"

"letter"

Jin Shixiong's words fully describe the emperor's temperament.

"Your Majesty...well?"

Fang Jie asked after laughing.

"I look much better in the past few days, but..."

Jin Shixiong did not continue talking, and Fang Jie sighed.

The two fell into silence. After a while, Jin Shixiong suddenly remembered and asked, "You just said something happened to Lord Mou, and it's hard to say it in front of outsiders. Now you and I are the two of you. Tell me what happened to Lord Mou?"

"Dead"

Fang answered.

Jin Shixiong's face changed drastically: "Die...dead?"

Fang Jie nodded and roughly told the matter. Jin Shixiong took a long time to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "I know what kind of temperament he is. If it weren't for this, how could he have been in prison for more than ten years? Alas... I just sighed. I finally survived the most difficult three years, but I still couldn't suppress the greed in my heart."

Fang Jie thought that it is precisely because the most difficult days have passed that greed will emerge again. When a person suffers hardships, he will not have time to consider what future will be bright and he will survive. But when he sees hope again, he will naturally not give up.

He hesitated for a moment, but he didn't say this. After all, Mou Liangbi is dead, so why bother to say anything criticized?

The two of them fell into silence again next, and it was obvious that Jin Shixiong was a little sad when Mou Liangbi's death.

Fang Xie remembered that when he was in Chang'an City, Jin Shixiong was still majestic. This time he saw him, he felt that it had been twenty years since he saw him. His waist was no longer straight as he had been more than three years ago, and his face was no longer as cold as a general, and even his beard on his jaw was gray.

It only took three years to change a person so much.

...

...

Fang Jie left and calculated in his heart. He first climbed the nine-stage steps and climbed the imperial chariot, and then walked twenty-seven steps before stopping. He secretly glanced at the distance between the emperor's position at this time and the emperor's position, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that from climbing the imperial chariot to sitting on the throne, he had to take forty-nine steps to deal with the number of nine or five.

For some reason, Su Buwei looked at Fang Jie's face and changed a little, but he quickly covered it up.

The emperor seemed a little tired and fell asleep leaning on the wide seat. Su Buwei wanted to go over and wake the emperor, but Fang Jie waved his hand and told him not to disturb him. What Fang Jie didn't know was that because of his actions, he changed Su Buwei's thoughts and saved him from an unintentional disaster.

Sometimes fate is so mysterious, and it changes quietly inadvertently. Fang Jie never expected that in the short time from walking onto the imperial chariot to waving his hand to stop Su Buwei from waving his hand to waving his hands to waving his hands to waving the emperor, Su Buwei, the old eunuch, had too many complicated thoughts in his heart.

Because I don’t know, Fang Jie’s expression looks unpretentious.

Su Buwei smiled at him, with a little more kindness in his eyes.

Fang Jie stood down, standing for half an hour. Su Buwei seemed to want to remind the emperor several times, but he held it back. But just when the emperor woke up leisurely, he found that Fang Jie was still standing straight without any reaction. Su Buwei helped the emperor sit down, and then coughed a few times to remind Fang Jie to greet him. At this time, he heard a slight snoring... The straight guy standing upright actually fell asleep.

The emperor was stunned and then laughed.

The laughter woke Fang Jie up, and he quickly saluted: "I, Fang Jie, I will bow to Your Majesty."

"Get up"

The emperor looked pure in laughter, but Fang Jie didn't think what he looked like was real. The emperor waved his hand and ordered: "Turn a chair for him. I have seen him sleeping on a horse. This is the first time I have seen him sleeping even while standing. Tell me, how long has it been since you slept?"

Fang Jie replied: "Four days and three nights"

"ah?"

The emperor was slightly surprised: "Why?"

Fang Jie bowed again: "I am guilty. I have arrived here four days ago but did not come to pay homage to Your Majesty immediately. Instead, I set up camp dozens of miles west of Xiping City, and then took my people to watch the battle outside Xiping City."

The emperor nodded: "Sit down and talk first."

Fang Jie shook his head quickly: "I'd better stand... I'm afraid that I'll be beaten out after I just sat down..."

The emperor gave him a blank look: "Then you explain clearly why Li Yuanshan died?"

Fang Jie bowed his head: "I did it on purpose."

Hearing these four words, the slightest anger in the emperor's eyes disappeared: "I know you did it on purpose. If you had said many reasons just now, I would really make someone beat you out and beat you to death."

"I dare not deceive the monarch... I have made some illusions that make people seem to be when Li Yuanshan struggled to kill him. I had to fight back before killing him. But these things were not done to deceive Your Majesty, but to deceive the generals. I did not intend to let Li Yuanshan live from the beginning. The opportunity came, and I was not far away to let him go. I am guilty, please punish him."

"very good"

The emperor nodded: "Since you said it yourself, I naturally cannot indulge... Su Buwei, remember, strip the title of Fang Jie's first-class county, and demote it from the fourth-rank general to the fifth-rank general, and fine it for three years to offset the fault."

"Here"

Su Buwei nodded quickly.

Fang Jie slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Thank you for not fighting."

"I also made some illusions to hide it from others... Could it be that the injuries on Li Yuanshan's body were only caused by mistake?"

Fang Jie bowed his head: "I... I can't help it."

The emperor smiled, pointed to the chair placed beside Fang Jie and said, "Sit down and talk now."

"Thank you Your Majesty"

Fang Jie was sitting down on the chair with his body, not daring to confirm.

"Tell me, why did you come to Xiping City? Is it just for revenge?"

"no"

Fang Jie said seriously: "I came to Xiping City because of Your Majesty."

The emperor's face changed slightly. After a while, he was silent, and said calmly: "I understand... You are a person with a temperament, and I am very pleased."

It can be seen that Fang Jie understood what his purpose was to come to Xiping City with just one sentence. Sometimes there is no need to use too many words to tell what he has done. A sentence in front of the right person can let the other party know his intentions.

"My minister is just a minister."

Fang Jie replied: "You should do your duty."

The emperor was silent again, then turned his head and said to Su Buwei: "Remember, Fang Jie, killing the head rebel, and making great contributions. Jin First Class Township Marquis, and the opening of the mansion, and promoted to the fourth-rank Yingyang Lang General."
Chapter completed!