Chapter 276: I’ve seen shameless, but I’ve never seen such shameless; variable

Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually turned to dusk. The wheat fragrance that had been scattered over Sima's Mansion for most of the day gradually faded.

Butter lamps have been lit in the Sima Mansion Office. The seven or eight oil lamps on the lamp tree illuminate the room while also emitting a slightly strong fishy smell.

Chen Lei, the captain of Tiancheng Army, sat next to the lamp tree, spread his legs, his hands flat on his knees, his waist was straight, and he looked like he was sitting like a bell. He sat quietly without making any sound, but just looked at Tang Cheng not far away from the opposite side with a flash of eager eyes.

Liu Suifeng and he were completely different. Since Zheng San came in, Master Liu could no longer sit still. After getting up from Hu Tang, he began to pace in the office room. His eyes were even more eager and excited than Chen Lei, but at the same time, the hands that were betrayed behind him were already clasped together, holding them so tight that there was no blood in the blue veins, which was almost fixed. Whenever he paced in the room to a straight line, he would turn his head to look at Tang Cheng behind the scenes.

Tang Cheng didn't look at him or Chen Lei, but just quietly looked at the map of the Grand Governor's Office on the case in front of him.

The various portals of the Raole Governor's Office on the map have been marked clearly, and even the time for the guards to change shifts has been marked. At this time, Tang Cheng looked at the map that he had discussed several times with Chen Lei, and asked Zheng San a few times from time to time.

"Yes, not long after noon, four people were sent in the Grand Governor's Office. These people must be at least in their thirties. They were carrying something behind their backs, because they were covered by wind and blouses, and they couldn't see clearly." Zheng San answered while wondering what was going on with his son-in-law today. He had asked the same thing three times.

After Zheng San finished speaking, Liu Suifeng suddenly stopped, "Can this be the messenger sent by Li Chengzhong to urge reinforcements?"

Tang Cheng did not answer Liu Suifeng's words, turned his head and looked at Zheng San standing beside the case, "They came out of that door."

"The main gate", Zheng San nodded with certainty, "I am only a little man, and there are so many portals in the Governor's Office that I can't handle it. Therefore, after finding out all portals, I have been guarding outside the main gate."

"Noon..." After Tang Cheng asked, he repeated this time in his mouth for a while, "Zheng Chen has been in the border army for a long time, so he must have known when will the people of the northern foreign tribes be elected if they want to travel long distances?"

"Morning", Chen Lei replied very affirmatively, "The grassland is not comparable to the prefectures and counties. As long as you walk on the official road in the city, there must be post stations or guest houses for resting horses every 30 miles away. The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and the rest points are mostly based on the horse journey of a day. Therefore, you must plan ahead for long journeys. You can get to the accommodation in the morning and evening. It is too hasty to set off at noon."

"Yes, it's really hasty!" Tang Cheng nodded after hearing this and stood up after the case.

When he got together, Liu Suifeng's body suddenly tightened, and Chen Lei stood up from Hu's bench like a spring.

"Do it now?" Liu Suifeng looked at the sky outside the window, "It's not dark yet, it's too early."

"It's really too early to do it now." Tang Cheng picked up the famous stab in the case and handed it to Zheng San with a serious face and smiled slightly: "But if you invite Li Chengzhong to come to Sima's Mansion to have a banquet at this time, it would be considered as the right time."

"Invite Li Chengzhong to the banquet?" After hearing this, Liu Suifeng, Chen Lei and others looked at Tang Cheng in shock, not understanding why he suddenly had this idea.

The evening banquet was only delivered at dusk. Considering the identity of the other party’s prince, this kind of invitation is very rude no matter how it is calculated, let alone the identity of the guests who invite guests in their name is much lower than that of the invited person.

But strangely, Li Chengzhong was quite unfriendly when summoning Tang Chengshi in the morning but did not refuse this extremely rude invitation, and arrived at Sima's Mansion on time after half an hour.

This was destined to be a feast that would be rude to the end, because when Tang Sima's personal servant Zheng San led the way for Li Chengzhong, he did not take him to the flower hall he should go to, but took him to the brightly lit office room.

Seeing that there was neither delicacies nor wine in the office room, only Tang Cheng looked at him with a smile after the case, Li Chengzhong's fat face suddenly drooped, "Sima Tang, what do you mean?" As he asked sternly, he saw his guards being knocked down outside.

"What does the subordinate mean to stump the prince and don't understand?" Since Li Chengzhong wanted to go around, Tang Cheng accompanied him around. "Tight tight-fitting, narrow-sleeved inner skirt, light and thin-soled Jimo boots, by the way, and this flare, this outfit doesn't look like he is here to go to a banquet. Could it be that Your Highness has the habit of riding a horse and hunting at night?"

"Rao Lexi's Xi tribe is standing with a bow and horse. This is the only way I wear. I am not forgetting the root of this." Li Chengzhong was not moved by Tang Cheng's words at all. He pointed to the knocked guard outside and still said with a tense face: "What do you mean? Could it be that I want to hijack me?"

This old guy really should have traveled to future generations to act. Tang Cheng cursed in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "So what?"

"Bold! The following are the ten major crimes of rebellion." Li Chengzhong finished joking, trembling with the fat on his face and was silent for a while, and then said dejectedly: "Forget it, people are the slaughter and I am the fish. It's useless to say more. Let's do it, let's go."

All of this in front of him really made Liu Suifeng stunned. What was going on? According to the original plan, it was not that Tang Cheng should wait until dark and asked to see Li Chengzhong in the name of emergency official duties. After the main gate of the Governor's Office was opened, the Tiancheng army, who was accompanying him, quickly seized the main gate, and then other soldiers followed up to control the various portals. With the help of unexpected launches and crossbows in close combat, the elite Tiancheng army of a hundred people was 60% sure to control the entire Governor's Office before the arrival of the Xi people's brigade, and then found Li Chengzhong and controlled it in his hands, and finally achieved the purpose of holding him to the border river to camp Yitiancheng army.

Shoot the man and shoot the horse first, capture the thief first. When Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, went on a mission to the Western Regions, used this trick of the night attack to prevent the Hufan from forming an alliance with the Xiongnu. Liu Suifeng's previous excitement and restlessness were also for this reason, but... why did the situation suddenly change into this step? Tang Cheng invited Li Chengzhong to the banquet in a dignified manner, and the people who should have been kidnapped came so unprepared. Listen to their current conversation...

Even though Liu Susu boasted of being knowledgeable, everything that happened in front of him was something he had never seen in any book he had read before, and it was something he could never imagine in his study.

"Your Highness is joking. How dare the lower-ranking officials hijack the prince? The banquet is ready, please invite him!" Tang Cheng's words made Zheng San dumbfounded. The Sima Mansion is covered in dust, and he has never even cleaned it, let alone a banquet? He glanced up at Tang Cheng, but saw his son-in-law's face relaxed and natural. While sleekly led Li Chengzhong out, he smiled without reducing his smile: "It's really a rude official to rush tonight for a banquet, but this is indeed a last resort."

"oh?"

"Although the time when the Xiaguan has arrived is short, he has a deep understanding of the urgent situation in Raole. In view of this, Xiaguan plans to set off to go south to Youzhou Governor's Office tomorrow to report the situation to Zhang." At this point, Tang Cheng paused, "Your Highness, what's wrong? Oh, it's fine! Xiaguan has just performed his duties and is about to travel far away. Although he has to do this for official business, he feels guilty and hopes that Your Highness will not blame him."

Just less than ten steps outside the office door, Li Chengzhong suddenly stopped, his eyes, which had been squeezed by fat, were completely opened and stared at Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng looked confused and confused, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

After a long time, Li Chengzhong finally spoke, "This title was issued by Tian Khan himself and sent to all directions. Sima Tang left now, he would not be afraid of the court..."

"That is why the subordinates rushed to the Youzhou Governor's Office to ask for help, and they must protect the safety of His Highness." Tang Cheng nodded with a serious face, "Fortunately, your highness has both the troops and two reinforcements to rely on, so the subordinates can also leave this trip with peace of mind. If you stay at night and stay overnight, even the Chang'an Ministry of Personnel said that you should give your subordinates a test for "hard work"."

"Okay, okay, you Tang Sima." Li Chengzhong, who has been calm since entering Sima's Mansion, suddenly burst into laughter, "I really underestimate you. Tell me, what do you want?"

"I want your highness not to treat your subordinate as a fool." At this time, Tang Cheng's smile on his face was completely removed, and he said in a deep voice: "If you want to save your life, then don't be smart from now on, everything must be followed by my rules!"

After saying cold face, Tang Cheng turned around and looked at Chen Lei and pointed at the knocked guards, "Kill them all, don't make any big noises, hide the body."

"Slow down!" After hearing this, Tang Cheng turned his head and looked at Li Chengzhong, "Can these people trust them?"

"If I don't believe it, I won't bring them here."

"Okay!" Tang Cheng waved his hand at Chen Lei without turning around, and still looked at Li Chengzhong with his eyes and said, "Since you are prepared, you should take out the seal of King Xi."

Li Chengzhong was indeed prepared, and he was very prepared. He not only brought the golden wolf-headed King Xi seal that was made by Emperor Taizong, Chang'an, but also brought some yellow satin silk that was specially used to write important official documents.

When he returned to the office, Li Chengzhong lay on Tang Cheng's desk and quickly wrote four decrees to voluntarily give up the throne of Xi. Therefore, the Xi people at that time had no mature words of their own, so they were written in the form of Tang Dynasty. What is very consistent with Li Chengzhong's skillful Tang language is that his regular Chinese characters are really well written.

Seeing Li Chengzhong finish writing the order and witnessing his righteous and serious name on the order and stamping the Golden Wolf Seal, when Tang Cheng reached out to pick it up, Li Chengzhong, who had been on the same face as usual, finally paused.

After pulling it for a while, Tang Cheng didn't try harder, but said lightly, "I'm born with me and the throne is also my wishes. Both cannot be obtained at the same time. You can think clearly about how to choose."

Li Chengzhong couldn't control his trembling hands and let go, and then a long and desolate sigh rang out in the office room.

Tang Cheng ignored Fatty Li's loneliness, picked up the order and went straight to Liu Suifeng.

"I will give you ten people. After you leave the city later, you will immediately take these orders to the four departments. No matter what method is used, in short, the content of the order will be spread on the grassland, the faster the better." After handing the order to Liu Suifeng's hand, Tang Cheng reached out and patted his shoulder, "The boundary river is not enough to rely on, and the border army is not enough to rely on. Whether the court tasks can be completed this time, whether more than a hundred people can be born back to the Tang Dynasty is all about you. Be careful, be careful!"

Hearing Tang Cheng's words, Liu Suifeng was not nervous, but his eyes burst out with brilliant light in an instant. He didn't know what poems and whom he thought of in his mind, and he held the order in his hand and replied with a sigh: "Don't worry, Liu must not be humiliated."

After everything was done, Tang Cheng, who had been nervous for many days, could finally sit down a little relaxed. Seeing that it was still some time before departure, he even asked Zheng San to have a few cups of tea.

"The four people who came out of the Grand Governor's Office at noon sent the grassland distribution plan to the four ministries?" Tang Cheng didn't want Li Chengzhong to answer this question at all. He handed the teacup to him and said directly: "Isn't this what the four clan leader wants you to do? Since you have done everything they want, it's not that difficult to leave, right? Why bother to come to my small temple like this?"

"They wanted me to allocate the pasture, but I never thought that I would resign the throne." Since the several decrees were signed and sealed, Li Chengzhong's expression became extremely complicated, both lonely and relieved. These two completely different emotions appeared alternately on his face. In addition, he deliberately sat in the shadows that could not be shone in the lamp tree, which made him more and more blurred, even his voice was the same. "Even if the throne was to be lost in the end, it should be thrown in the Grand Governor's Office rather than giving it up. To this day, for them, my final role for the entire tribe is to die on the throne of the Grand Governor's Office. Do you know that in fact, when the court decided not to interfere with the news of Rao Le, I was already a dead person in their eyes."

Speaking of this, Li Chengzhong in the shadow suddenly let out two short and strange laughs. The laughter of the night owl was so terrifying that Zheng San was terrified, "It's a pity, I don't want to die yet!"

"Since they want you to do everything you want you to do, why do you need to die? What's the benefit of your death?" The question was Liu Suifeng, who became more confused as he listened, "What's more, you are the lord of the tribe of the Domo tribe, who can let you die?"

Li Chengzhong in the shadow laughed again, but this time the laughter was more ridiculed like morning. "King Xi is the common leader of Rao Le, how can he still be the leader of the tribe? Before I moved into the Grand Governor's Office, the new leader of the tribe had already taken over." Speaking of this, Li Chengzhong turned his head and looked at Tang Cheng, "The one who took over is Domogao. Sima Tang must be more careful. My nephew's heart is not ordinary."

"Thank you for your reminder", Tang Cheng smiled coldly, "I can't be considered big."

Hearing this, Li Chengzhong was stunned and smiled, and then the head of the words just now continued: "So what if I am the former tribe leader? Do you think the people of the Domo tribe are willing to see me take the initiative to give up the throne? How many dynasties have changed in you in the Central Plains since ancient times? Even though you know that the situation is hopeless, how many last emperors have taken the initiative to give up the throne to the new emperor? Could it be that they really don't want to live? Hehe, but once they have this idea, and even without waiting for other people in the royal family to take action, they might be killed by their own ministers who think they are loyal and righteous. Whether to be an emperor is never his own business, and King Rao Lexi is the same."

Li Chengzhong echoed in the office with a strong sarcastic voice, "As for the benefits? The King Xi, who was appointed by Tian Khan, died on the throne of the Grand Governor's Office, died so loyally! Even if it is just for the sake of face, the court will give some kind of care to the tribe and look at it differently; in addition, no matter who succeeds the throne, if you want to live in the Grand Governor's Office, how can you not comfort the tribe? Not to mention that the death of this king can leave a reason for the tribe - the reason for seizing the throne after the prosperity in the future. Death of one person can bring so many benefits, enough, enough!"

All this he heard now has long exceeded Liu Suifeng's knowledge and insights. These things are something he would never see in the book, "Then... did you take the initiative to give up the throne just now?"

"Have you ever taken the initiative to give up the throne?" Although Li Chengzhong was talking to Liu Suifeng, his eyes were on Tang Cheng. "I came to the banquet but was held hostage. I was even snatched away by you and others the wolf-headed gold seal I carried with me. As for what you and others did with this gold seal, how can I know?"

I have seen shameless people, but Liu Suifeng has never seen such shameless people. He immediately reached out and took out the order that had just been placed on his chest, "Has you forgot this?"

"Writing? This is useless. He has already planned it, and we have to accept his plan for our own purposes." Tang Cheng, who stood up while standing up, walked to Li Chengzhong, suddenly clasped his palm and swung it hard. Then he heard a "bang". Li Chengzhong, who was emerging in front of him, fell to the ground with Hu Tang, "Since he was being held hostage, he had to take some injuries before he could get over it! The time is almost done, let's go!"

Rao Le Sima is an absolute idle position. No Xi would care whether this official stayed or stayed, and no one would care what he would do. Taking advantage of the goalkeeper's favor for the Tang people and the friendship that Liu Suifeng had pulled down at noon, and taking advantage of Rao Le's situation to rush to Youzhou Grand Governor's Office to request reinforcements at night, Tang Cheng and his party successfully came out of the earthen encirclement.

After coming out, the group of people was quickly divided into two parts, and led ten Tiancheng Army Liu Suifeng to the east under the guidance of Li Chengzhong's two guards, and Tang Cheng took Li Chengzhong, whose left eye was in a dark purple, and rushed south toward the Jiehe River at night.
Chapter completed!