Chapter 113 Luo Zui

Han Qinhu was the last group of people to walk out of the hall, but he had just taken dozens of steps and an escort chased him and whispered: "General Han, please wait a moment, Your Highness, please invite me!"

Han Qinhu knew that he wanted to take over the army under Yang Su, and the prince would definitely have some instructions, so he deliberately walked at the end. He heard the guard's screams and thought that it was true, so he returned to the hall without hesitation.

Yang Yong's face was serious, which made Han Qinhu unable to see any joy, anger, sorrow and happiness. He pointed to the stool next to him: "Han Aiqing, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Seeing Han Qinhu sitting down, Yang Yong asked, "Han Aiqing, you will temporarily take over the position of marshal of the Third Route Army this time. Are there any difficulties that I need to solve?"

Han Qinhu quickly stood up again: "I will not be able to go back to the prince, but I don't know how to deal with the officers and soldiers who participated in the massacre of the city. I would like to ask the prince to make it clear."

"What should Han Aiqing thinks should be handled? Just sit down and reply."

"Thank you, my general, I thought... I thought..." After Han Qinhu sat down, he couldn't help but hesitate a little. He didn't know how the prince was thinking. According to military discipline, many people would probably lose their lives. In this way, the soldiers will not only not receive rewards, but will lose their lives after the victory. It is probably easy to stir up a mutiny. However, if the prince did not follow the military discipline, the prince had already hit a wall when dealing with Yang Su. If the people below did not deal with it, he would be unhappy.

Seeing Han Qinhu hesitating, Yang Yong knew his worries and relaxed his tense face: "Your dear, no matter what you say, I will not blame you."

"Yes, then I will be brave. I think that the soldiers involved in the massacre of the city are just executing orders. Although there is a fact of massacre of the people, I should be open to the Internet. As for how the officers deal with it, I will obey His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's order."

After listening to Han Qinhu's suggestion, Yang Yong and Lu Mulin looked at each other meaningfully before saying to Han Qinhu again: "Very good. Han Aiqing's words are deeply rooted in the meaning of this palace. When you come to the army, you can first announce that you will be exempted from punishment for ordinary soldiers to stabilize the morale of the army. As for officers, you can only hold those who are extremely evil and punish the rest. As long as you give a little punishment, you can decide how to punish them yourself."

"Yes, the general understands." Han Qinhu breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared the most was that the prince was extremely evil and must punish all officers and soldiers. If that was true, I would probably happen.

Yang Yong smiled bitterly in his heart. Although these soldiers had orders, they had not had strong qualities and wanted to rob and vent, how could the city massacre happen? It would be fine if they were alien races. The people in Jiangnan were all Chinese people of the same roots and species. It was completely unreasonable to say that the soldiers who slaughtered the city were innocent, but there would never be complete fairness in this world. For Yang Su's life, Yang Yong had to choose to pardon all the soldiers' crimes.

"Although Han Aiqing, Li Jing and Han Shiyi are young, they are both good at military and martial arts, and they are extremely brave. Since they dare to cross the river alone to detect the enemy's territory, the previous version of this palace only granted the two Qianniu a preparation, and they have no real positions. It is really a bit insignificant. This palace intends to transfer them to the Eastern Palace and actually give them the position of the prince's left and right guards. I wonder if my dear can give up?"

The prince's topic suddenly jumped to Li Jing and Han Shiqi. Han Qinhu couldn't help but feel a little caught off guard. He just immediately reacted. The prince's move was tantamount to binding him firmly with the East Palace. However, after today, even without Li Jing and Han Shiqi, most people would still regard him as an official in the East Palace. After a while, Han Qinhu immediately knew how to make a choice: "Thank you, Your Highness, it is really their blessing to be with Your Highness. I will thank Your Highness for their behalf."

Lu Mulin bowed to Han Qinhu next to him and said, "Congratulations to General Han. If the two young masters are valued by His Highness, their achievements will definitely be limitless in the future."

Han Qinhu hurriedly replied: "It's true that the generals are afraid that they will enter the Eastern Palace and will be in a bad way, which will add trouble to Your Highness. In the future, Lord Lu will be asked to discipline him more."

"I dare not, I dare not!"

The two were polite to each other by Yang Yong's side. The atmosphere in the hall was very good for a while. Yang Yong waved his hand when he was almost polite to them: "Okay, Han Aiqing, the news of Yang Su's arrest will sooner or later reach the site of the Third Army. The sooner Han Aiqing sets off, the better. Today, you can go back and prepare first, select soldiers to accompany you, and set off early tomorrow morning."

"Don't worry, your highness will start by land, and rush on the road, and ensure that you can get to the military camp in ten days."

"That's my hard work."

Land is much harder than water. Yang Su and Yang Jun both came by boat because the water is more comfortable than land. If Han Qinhu had to take a boat and went upstream, it would probably take twice as much time than the two of them. It would be far less fast than land.

The next day, Han Qinhu only brought dozens of guards, one by one, and two fast horses out of the city. In the city, Li Jing and Han Shigui also came to the prince's mansion. Like Mai Tiebang, he officially served as the prince's left and right guards.

"Come, come, let me go out, I want to see the prince!" A small side courtyard in the prince's mansion has been ringing since this morning.

Five days ago, after Yang Su was introduced into this courtyard, the surrounding doors were immediately closed, and there was no one else in the courtyard except him. After Yang Su calmed down, he immediately knew that it must be the matter in Xiangzhou that had leaked. However, Yang Su was not afraid. Even if the prince got his handle, what could he do? At worst, he would have to pay off the credit for defeating Chen.

But the situation was getting worse and worse. In the past five days, not only did the prince not see him, but no one else met him. If several guards would come over every time they had dinner, he thought he had been forgotten.

Yang Su originally wanted to find something out from the mouth of the escort who delivered the meal, but these guards were like mutes, and ignored his questions at all. They put down the food and left immediately. They didn't take any more time. Yang Su had thought of rushing out desperately, just looking at the high walls around, and the sound of soldiers patrolling outside constantly, so he had to give up his thoughts.

But he had been locked in a small courtyard for five days and had nothing to do, and no one spoke. Today he could no longer calm down and had to shout desperately. He suspected that if he continued like this, he would be driven crazy within a few days.

Unfortunately, his shouting was destined to be in vain. This Shen house occupied too wide a land. No one except the soldiers guarding outside would hear his shouting. These soldiers had already ordered everyone not to talk to Yang Su, so how could anyone pay attention to him?

In the back garden of Prince's Mansion, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River was getting hotter, but the breeze in the pavilion was refreshing. Below was a rippling lake water. The lake was covered with uneven lotus leaves, dancing from time to time with the wind. The lotus flowers blooming in the middle were colorful, red, pink, white, and all kinds of colors. Frogs croaked in the distance, and a quiet pastoral scenery.

Yang Yong sat upright in the pavilion, with Lu Mulin, Yang Shi, Mai Tiezhang and others accompanying each other, with guards standing around him, but there was a solemn and murderous aura.

He gently picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea. Yang Yong couldn't help but frown. Tea is a good tea from Jiangnan, and the water is also from Jiangnan. But those who make tea are all rude guards, who brewed tea as bitter as medicine. Yang Yong only took a sip and couldn't help but swipe his hand and threw the remaining tea into the lake under the pavilion.

Several unknown little fish were startled by the tea that suddenly fell from the sky, and sank into the water with a sniff. After a while, they saw that there was no danger and floated up again. They curiously moved the tea on it with their mouths. The koi that had fought for food in the lake were missing whenever there was any movement in the lake. Perhaps they had already entered the stomachs of the prince and his subordinates. Perhaps they had known the danger and would never dare to show up easily again.

"Bring people up."

“Bring it up.”

“Bring it up.”

...

Yang Yong's order was passed down like relay. After a while, a sound of footsteps came. Two guards rushed up with a strong man covered in blood on their bodies, one left and one right. They stopped moving forward when they were more than ten steps away from Yang Yong. The two guards shouted in unison: "Kneel down."

"Puch." The strong man knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "The sinner Pang Huang meets the prince!"

Pang Huang is the escort commander of Yang Su's visit to Jiankang this time. He is the younger brother of Pang Hui, the only general of the Sui army who died on the battlefield several months ago. Five days ago, shortly after Pang Huang entered Jiankang City, he was separated from Yang Su by a command from the prince, and then was directly surrounded by several times of the army. Facing the cold arrows of his own people, no one dared to resist, but he could only put down his weapons and become a prisoner.

"Pang Huang, raise your head."

"Yes!" Pang Huang looked up as he spoke, his face was also stained, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot in the past few days.

"Are you willing to prove that Yang Su ordered the city massacre?"

A twitching look appeared on Pang Huang's lips, and his expression changed on his face. He finally sighed dejectedly: "Return to the prince, Yang Su did a rebellious act and did not respect the emperor's order. The massacre of the city in Xiangzhou was Yang Su's own order. I am willing to testify!"

"Very good. Pang Aiqing is loyal to the court. The court will definitely not treat the meritorious ministers unfairly. However, this palace still has a question. As the marshal of the third marching line, Yang Su knew that the emperor ordered the people of Jiangnan to be the people of our Great Sui Dynasty and should be treated well. Why did he order the city to be slaughtered so furiously?"

"This..." Pang Huang couldn't help but hesitate. When he remembered the orders, he couldn't help but shivered. The prince was trying to kill Duke Qinghe, but he just didn't follow the commands of the prince. Can Duke Qinghe escape this disaster? Duke Qinghe, Duke Qinghe, the prince is the king, we are ministers, why do we usually fight with the prince everywhere? Now that it is the prince's hands, it is not the unjust general. The prince's wife, children, and mother in the family are not taken care of. The eldest brother has just died in battle. The Pang family can no longer have the prince's general, and the prince has to obey the prince's orders.

"When the prince returns to the prince, Yang Su massacred the city of Xiangzhou, just to make a fortune in the last moment."

"As an important official in the court, Yang Su has long been rich in his family. Why do he need so much money?"

Since he had already said it, Pang Huang no longer hesitated: "Yes, the general knows the reason. Although Yang Su is of high position and power, his ambition is still insufficient. Once Yang Su got drunk. Mo Jiang heard him say that it was a pity that there was no queen who was a daughter, otherwise the world would have been his. Now that Jiangnan has just been unified, Yang Su has already made up his mind to take this opportunity to seize the position of Jiangnan's Grand Tour. Once he succeeds, he will have a land in Jiangnan. At that time, he will train troops and prepare for war. At least he can divide the river with the Great Sui Dynasty. These all require a lot of money. Xiangzhou is still the territory of the former King of Chen Yueyang. The people in the city are rich. Yang Su took advantage of the opportunity to accumulate a large amount of wealth, just as the capital for the rise of the army in Jiangnan."

"So that's it. Pang Aiqing and Yang Su are still important officials in the country. They are deeply trusted by their father. If you falsely accusate, be careful that you can't afford to be guilty." After saying that, Yang Yong stared at Pang Huang coldly.

Even though it was Mayday, Pang Huang still felt the chill in the prince's words. He wiped his head with his hand and kowtowed a few times before he said sternly: "Go back to the prince, every sentence that the general said is true, and many subordinates of the general can prove it, and he dare not make a false statement."

"Very good, Lu Qing, sign Pang Aiqing."

"Yes." Lu Mulin had already recorded all Pang Huang's words just now with notes. When he heard Yang Yong's order, he quickly took the paper and pen to Pang Huang: "Sir, look at it. If it is correct, then sign it."

Pang Huang picked up the pen with great trembling spirit, and even read the words written on it, and directly wrote the signature on the back with force.

Seeing that Pang Huang had signed the name, a guard took it from Pang Huang and handed it back to Lu Mulin. Lu Mulin nodded, Yang Yong's face relaxed, and he said with a pleasant look: "Pang Aiqing, you have suffered a lot these days. Go down and have a rest first. I will send a doctor to treat you immediately."

"Thank you, Prince!" Pang Huang kowtowed a few more times before slowly walking out with the help of two guards.

Looking at Pang Huang's back, Yang Yong couldn't help but curse hatefully: "How can these buckets be used in such a way? If Pang Huang persists for a few more days, wouldn't he kill the person?"
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