Pei Shiyan responded with neither humility nor arrogance: "Doctor An, since I have been ordered by the saint to come to comfort the troops in Hebei Province, I have to do it from beginning to end. How can I live up to your majesty's appointment?"
An Lushan raised his eyelids and glanced at him. Pei Shiyan felt a chill in his body. However, it was his duty to stand with his hands behind his back and his chest raised, looking firmly at three feet above An Lushan's head.
Fatty An regained his tired look and said slowly: "Since the Holy Envoy wants to comfort the army, how about I call all the generals in Youzhou City and have a banquet with you to comfort the army?"
"Since it is to comfort the army, we should patrol various cities and defense towns to observe the morale of the soldiers. How can we just have a banquet?"
Ashina Chengqing, who was standing aside, finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and pointed at him angrily: "Don't push yourself even further!"
"Unbridled!" The fat man's roar was like a tiger's roar, solemn and noble. An Shouzhong and Ashina Chengqing fell to their knees on the ground at the same time, lowered their heads and crossed their hands and said, "Please forgive me, doctor."
"As a general of the imperial court, you receive a salary from the imperial court, how dare you disrespect the Holy Envoy! You know that the Holy Envoy represents His Majesty! Come here, take Ashina Chengqing out and behead him!"
Two guards walked in immediately from outside the door, looking hesitant and walking slowly.
"Pull out!"
The two of them walked behind Chengqing, and just as they were about to hold his hands back, he stood up with his chest raised and his head raised: "I don't need you, I can walk by myself."
Chengqing just raised his head and had not yet walked out of the threshold. Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and An Shouzhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Doctor, Chengqing has outstanding military exploits and is a queen of the Turkic royal family. Killing him will make the Turkic soldiers in Youzhou feel chilled!
"
An Lushan contracted his pupils and glanced at Pei Shiyan, who was standing on one side in front of him. Pei Shiyan naturally knew that the scene was for him, so he turned slightly towards the door and ignored it.
An Lushan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Since you have a long history of meritorious deeds, record the heads first and give me Chengqing's hundred army sticks! Just in this courtyard!"
Chengqing was pulled down, took off his shirt to expose his arms, and hugged the tree trunk in the courtyard. The two executioners waved their whistle sticks, one stick and two sticks. The skin turned from yellow to green, then from green to red, and the blood flowed along the
Exudation under the skin.
Chengqing held the wooden stick in his mouth, breathing violently from his mouth and nose, and his eyes gleaming with hatred. He stared at Pei Shiyan standing in the hall, almost wanting to turn into a leopard and pounce on him and bite his throat off.
Yan Zhuang, Gao Shang and others looked at each other in pain, and knelt down on the ground again to beg for mercy for Cheng Qing: "Doctor, don't fight! If you beat Cheng Qing again, he will be crippled? Should he be able to make meritorious deeds and go into battle to kill the enemy? He should be able to leave a life for the country.
A good general."
The guards standing outside the door also put on their armor and knelt on the ground with a clang: "Please, doctor, have mercy."
An Lushan's eyelids trembled, unable to hold on any longer. He turned to look at Pei Shiyan, and his tone was slightly sincere: "Holy Envoy, look..."
Pei Shiyan knew very well that going too far was not enough. If he continued to be tough, he would bring hatred to himself and the court behind him, so he turned around and handed over his hands and said: "The principles of law are nothing more than human feelings. Since General Chengqing has always had great merits, he can deny his merits and ask the doctor to stop the torture."
"
An Lushan immediately raised his hand: "Stop! Stop!"
In the yard, Ashina Chengqing was vomiting blood and was dying. The blood on his back was flowing on the floor tiles. An Lushan said angrily: "If it weren't for the sake of Holy Envoy Pei interceding for you, these hundred army sticks would have been killed."
No mercy? Pull him down and treat his injuries."
Now that Pei Shiyan thinks about military training parades, it is already an unrealistic fantasy, but from the series of half-real executions just now, he can see An Lushan's true attitude and what he tried his best to hide.
He immediately bid farewell to An Lushan, returned to the post house, summoned his entourage, left Fan Yang, and headed south back to Chang'an.
…
After Pei Shiyan returned to Chang'an, he first went to the residence of Right Minister Yang Guozhong to report. After all, it was Yang Guozhong's recommendation that he went to Fan Yang as a consolation envoy.
Yang Guozhong was lying on the hut in the cabinet of the small building. There were two women wearing gauze singlets beside him, squeezing their shoulders and beating their legs. Pei Shiyan was standing by the door with his hands folded and bowed. He told without missing a beat: "My subordinates just
When we entered Youzhou, An Lushan avoided him for twenty days. Did I give him an excuse to return to Beijing? Then he was willing to invite me to the government to meet him. Are the soldiers in Hebei domineering? He himself did not practice the etiquette of being a minister, and used illness as an excuse.
He obstructed me from patrolling the army, and also used a cruel trick to show off my power. In the humble opinion of my subordinates, Anlu Mountain is extremely difficult to control, and he does have a rebellious intention. However, due to various reasons, he never dared to go out.
At this step, we only need to take strict precautions and strengthen the military strength of the capital in the next one or two years."
"I only ask you about An Lushan's current situation, or whether he is treasonous. You only need to honestly tell what you saw and heard. You are not allowed to make your own judgment, so why talk." The maid came from beside Yang Guozhong.
She picked a grape from the table and fed it to his mouth. His mouth moved and he looked at Pei Shiyan coldly.
Pei Shiyan suddenly felt oppressive in his chest. He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and lowered his head and crossed his hands and said, "Here."
"Remember, when I meet His Majesty in the court tomorrow, you only need to tell me what you saw and heard. Don't tell me what you think to mislead the saint. An Lushan's rebellion is related to the danger of the country, the country, and you, a small person,
Can you bear the small burden?"
"I humble my duty and obey my orders." Pei Shiyan replied biting his lip.
The next day at the Jiaotai Hall, Pei Shiyan did not say much. Between speaking out for justice and having a good official position, he reluctantly chose the latter. As soon as possible, he told what happened that day in as much detail as possible.
Shan's true attitude could be judged from what he said and did. He just narrowed his eyes tiredly and said lightly: "Yang Guozhong, you can handle the matter as soon as possible."
Yang Guozhong raised his hands and knelt down to bow his head: "I obey the order."
After Yang Guozhong got the emperor's acquiescence, he immediately ordered Jingzhao Yin Xianyu Zhongtong to personally lead troops to surround the Dongping County Prince's residence, enter the mansion and arrest people wantonly. Li Chao and other guests who accompanied his eldest son An Qingzhong to Chang'an were all arrested and sent to
He was executed secretly in Yushitai Prison. He also ordered people to surround Fan Yang and enter the memorial hall, and went in to arrest the intelligence leader Liu Luogu. Unexpectedly, Liu Luogu had a keen sense of smell and had escaped from Chang'an City two hours ago. He also sent Dali
The temple administrator, Jiang Yan, went to Duanzhou and imprisoned Jiwen to interrogate him for his testimony of colluding with Anlushan in the rebellion. Jiwen did not give in and eventually died in prison.
Most of the cruel officials ended up being tortured and died in prison, which can be regarded as a reflection of life.
An Qingzhong was so frightened that he no longer dared to live in his father's mansion, so he moved into Princess Rongyi's mansion with his personal servant. He knew that Yang Guozhong could no longer accommodate his father, and of course he could not tolerate himself, so he quickly gave An Lu
Shan wrote a letter explaining the situation in the capital and asking him to find a way to get him out.
Yang Guozhong took advantage of this great opportunity to not only clean up the open and hidden lines laid by An Lushan in Chang'an City, but even some of his supporters in the court were dismissed from office or moved to the Lingnan area.
He felt that he had controlled the situation and believed that Anlushan had only two ways to go. One was to counterattack quickly, which would allow the emperor to truly recognize Anlushan and send troops to quell the rebellion. The second was to take the initiative to submit a memorial to plead guilty and remove the
Of all the local official positions, only the posts of Yushi Dafu and Shangshu Zuopushe were retained. If he took the initiative to disarm and return to Chang'an, he might still be able to live until his death.
Of course, Yang Guozhong would not just focus on Anlu Mountain. Li Siye also wanted to stroke the tiger's beard. He ordered Jingzhao Yin and Dali Temple to send spies to monitor Hexi Jinzouyuan and the Xiliang County Prince's Mansion. If any criminals were found,
Ke's behavior was reported to him. This move temporarily closed the channel for Cao Anding to secretly purchase armor in the capital and transport it to Hexi. It also forced Li Chongyun, who had just met Princess Yonghe a few times, to suspend their relationship.
An Lushan and Li Siye received the letter from Chang'an's son one after another, waving their arms and angrily slapping the hard yellow paper in their hands onto the table.
"Young son Yang Zhao has bullied me too much! Do you want me to retaliate quickly? I am worried that I can't find a reason to raise an army. It seems that a treacherous sycophant like you should raise an army and punish him!"
"Pig! Yang Guozhong is a pig! Not only did he force An Lushan to rebel, he also cheated me. It is the great fortune of the Tang Dynasty that such a person dies early."