Chapter 234: Dismissal is (II)

In the eyes of the ordinary people in Liyang, now the Northern Liang is a dead land, life is sooner or later, so when a carriage from the river state to Youzhou, rather than from the Northern Liang to the outside of the escape, it will be a little bit seem to swim against the current.

The coachman was a one-armed man with one empty sleeve, holding the reins with only one hand, trying his best to maneuver the carriage as steadily as possible, but fortunately the horse pulling the carriage was quite tall and exotic compared to the humble carriage, and did not require much effort from the middle-aged coachman to steer.

An old man slightly bent down and lifted up the coarse cloth curtain to block the wind and sand, his eyes crossed the one-armed man’s shoulder and looked forward, silent and speechless, not putting down the curtain for a long time.

The horseman turned his head and whispered, “Father, if I remember correctly, there’s still a dozen miles to go before we can see the boundary markers of the two states of Youhe.”

The old man nodded, looking slightly dazed.

The horseman frowned, “Even if Northern Liang has always disowned the court’s decree, but Father is after all the nominal Deputy Governor of Northern Liang Dao, that Xu Fengnian still dares to storm and kill people, doesn’t he? Since this is the case, father and why do you need to be so low to curry favor with Beiliang, if it is spread to the capital side ……”

The old man simply left the carriage and sat behind his son, waving his hand to interrupt this temporary horseman’s words, laughing: “So what if some rumors reach Tai’an City? The foundation of my Yang family has never been in the center of the temple, since the loss of the Guangling Road, your father went to the capital as an awaiting trial, from His Majesty the Emperor to the small six or seven rank of the Ministry of the Army, who has ever given my father a good face? Other than that, dad single-handedly cultivated tens of thousands of old pawns in Jizhou, the court said to take away, you to Jizhou as vice general, but only let you bring three thousand soldiers and horses, this is still based on the need for you to restrain Yuan Tingshan on the premise, otherwise, ah, Huchen, you don’t want to bring back to the Jizhou, not a single soldier or a single pawn.”

The horseman was none other than Yang Huchen, who had lost an arm in the battle against the remnants of Western Chu, and was now the vice-general of Jizhou together with Han Fang, the loyal descendant of that family who had been cleared of his wrongdoings. Yang Huchen was both preventing Yuan Tingshan from embracing his own troops in Jizhou, which was a major border region, and also serving as a pawn for the Zhao Chamber of Liyang to spy on the King of Han, Zhao Xiong. The old man is of course the court’s newly appointed Beiliang Road Deputy Secretary of the Yang Shenxing, one of the eight generals of the four conquests and four towns of the past years, more than a year in the capital can be said to have had enough of the miserable days of the tiger fell down by the dog, not to mention the fear, but also by the official colleagues to see the jokes, and from time to time to be pulled out of the drink, saying that it is to help the old generals drink to solve the problem, but in fact it is almost the same as pulling out of the monkey, and changing ways to salt in the wounds of the old man! The Beijing officials are almost all masters when it comes to their ability to read people’s minds and to get under the skin of the people. If Yang Huchen was not appointed by the Ministry of War as the vice general of Jizhou, which means that His Majesty the Emperor has not completely lost patience with the Yang family, I am afraid that the old man this time out of the capital to see off the people, not kittens and puppies three or two of the light, but a province. This time the old man passes through the western part of the capital and the several states of the Jixi River, although the old man himself does not want to pull the idea of affection with people, but along the way no one at all the situation, or let Yang Huchen this son of the doubly chilled. Think of when the Yang family from Jizhou troops from Guangling, that is what kind of prosperity? At that time, not the county governor of this level of local officials, do not want to take a seat in the Yang family private feast.

Probably sensing Yang Huchen’s indignation, the old man patted his son’s shoulder and laughed softly, “Huchen ah, I can’t blame the world for being so cold, since dad became the general, our Yang family has been used to being powerful in Jizhou all these years, and it’s not a good bird either, and the Yang family’s bullying of men and women has never been less, and it’s normal to be punished nowadays.”

Yang Shenxeng looked around, the scene of Hezhou and Jizhou is actually not very different, in the end, are the northwest border, after the fall, grass yellow as soil, than the Jiangnan side of the city is still half green charming scenery. The old man slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, lamented: “On the other hand, retribution comes early, is also a good thing, too late, maybe the court will even let you be the vice general of Jizhou will not give the opportunity to make up for the past, not to mention that dad than has died in battle Yan Zhenchun that old man, always to be lucky a lot of it? Don’t look at now Zhao Kui as second only to Lu Shengxiang’s second in command of the southern expedition, this old man is also hot on the ants, dad bet you, if he suffered a defeat, not to mention compared to dad, maybe even Yan Zhenchun can’t compare, because the court on our set of spring and autumn veterans of the love of the incense, in me and Yan Zhenchun body used up. So that father this time out of the capital, the mood is not as bad as outsiders imagine, to be honest, leaving that let a person like walking on thin ice Tai’an city, father’s mood instead a lot better, all the way traveling also figured out a lot of things.”

Yang Huchen was relieved, no matter what, as long as dad didn’t have too much depression in his heart, it was a good thing, and he was also confident to bring the Yang family back to the east.

Yang Shenxeng smiled, “This time, father privately let someone send a secret letter to Qingliang Mountain, pleading with Northern Liang to send an envoy to pick me up at the border of Youzhou, as long as I can’t meet him, I, Yang Shenxeng, won’t even step foot into Northern Liang, and will just wait at the border all the time. I Yang Shenxeng at least is the character who has been a great general, now put out this kind of lowly and pathetic posture, of course, is not a heroic behavior, but so what? Everyone in the capital is waiting for the bad news of my Yang Shenxing’s violent death in Northern Liang to come out, or to be humiliated by Xu Fengnian on some occasion, I will not let them have their wish. Face is false, inside is real, Yang family is in the midst of a storm, father is the face of Yang family on the court stage, if it’s gone, it’s gone, as long as you, Huchen, regain your footing in Jizhou, after five or ten years, the face itself will run back into the pocket of the Yang family, at that time, even if you don’t want it, maybe other people would be willing to kneel and beg for you to take it.”

Yang Huchen lowered his head, his eyes a little red. Behind him, that father who never served old age, that Great General Yang who had always stood up to the heavens and the earth since he could remember, would actually make him Yang Huchen feel really old.

Yang Shenxing sighed, ”Now I’m afraid that the young king of Beiliang will be angry with the Yang family because of the imperial court, and will be dissatisfied with you because of dad being this deputy sectional minister, after all, Jizhou is not too far away from Beiliang, it’s not too far. Previously Xu Snapdragon read the old love, very little outside of Northern Liang pointing fingers, and now Xu Fengyen is the head of the family, a closer look at the Northern Liang in the hands of Xu Fengyen in the past few years tossed out of the movement, it is obvious that the Northern Liang sharpness is very heavy, no longer deliberately hide the sharpness. In the final analysis, Northern Liang and the court, just short of tearing the face of that step. This trip to Liang is both a risk and an opportunity. Huchen, you feel at ease to do your artichoke state vice general, father in northern Liang has its own plans, from now on, you remember a few points, first you do not entertain any old part of the local generals in artichoke state, second, and Han Fang grasp the degree of affinity far from the degree of proximity, and lastly, more close to the new Secretary Han Lin, to play not hesitate to act as a pawn for the identity of its pawns, the future of the Yang family to be in the city of Tai’an a place, Han Lin is crucial. Han Lin is different from the general Zhang Lu students, on the surface he is not as good as Zhao right age Yin Mao Chun many, even worse than Yuan Guo Wang Xiong Gui, but in the mind of today’s son of heaven, Han Lin is one of the most worthy of reuse, the reason is very simple, Zhao Yin Wang, the three, are the hands of the late emperor to promote up the first-class ministers, almost to the high position of sealing can not be sealed, and the Yuan Guo Han Lin two belong to the His Majesty ascended to the throne before being able to reuse the characters, but unfortunately Yuan Guo The only pity is that Yuan Guo has been completely abandoned due to his poor performance. In this way, the Son of Heaven will tilt all the expectations to Han Lin alone, which is the biggest advantage for Han Lin. Han Lin seems to be the least angular one in Zhang Lu back then, but it is precisely this kind of mediocrity that is not equivalent to mediocrity that is the biggest dependence in the officialdom, the longer the time, the more powerful the backbone, Yuan Guo is the counter-example.”

For some reason, the more Yang Huchen listened on, his mood became heavier and heavier.

Yang Shenxing laughed lightly, “Doesn’t it sound like he is giving you his last words? Yang Huchen, you’ve got it wrong, father just said, this trip to Northern Liang, father didn’t hold the heart of certain death, moreover, he won’t force his way out for the sake of the court’s face.”

Yang Huchen was a little embarrassed.

Yang Shenxing said: “Since the Qin dynasty’s travelers into a deep-rooted gate since the hands of the sword of my generation of martial arts, the ink on the history books, never very honorable, those who leave the name of the big man, always away from the four words of the clan, the hands of the pen of the family but often with the number of a few public linked to the inheritance of a hundred years can not be called a gate, often two to three hundred years Even longer history, on the contrary, we have a few live to ‘100 years old’ of the clan forces? To be able to have three generations of fifty years of scenery, that’s all a miracle of the ancestors’ graves. Now you don’t look at the court vigorously inhibit the local martial forces, everyone is in danger, compared to Yan Zhenchun Zhao Kui these old guys, father look longer, the future of Liyang may not fail to appear a hundred years belonging to the martial arts family name, to do this, a foolhardy loyalty to the Han family is a foretaste of the North Liang Xu family, but …… ”

Said here, Yang Shenxing suddenly shut up and did not say anything, to the end there is only a long sigh, “Xu Snapdragon, not a lord ah!”

Yang Huchen was a little puzzled.

The world recognized unruly general Xu Snap, if not a lord, can still be a hero not?

Yang Shenxing smiled and asked, “Huchen, guess who Northern Liang will let come to the border of Youzhou to be the villain?”

Yang Huchen, who has long thought about this question, softly said: “According to reason, it should be ushered in by Youzhou Assassin Hu Kui or Youzhou General Huangfu Ping, but now that the war is in full swing, these two may not be able to get out of it, but even if the Northern Liang has the intention to embarrass father, I think the least will be to let a Youzhou county magistrate to step in. As for the nominal and father rank roughly equivalent Li Gongde Song Dongming two people, the possibility is very small, after all, one to town Qingliang Mountain, a responsible for the construction of the new city, I do not expect Xu Fengyen will be so prosperous, in addition, if it is true that Li Song two people in one rushed to the Youzhou, I want to doubt Xu Fengyen is not ill-intentioned, at that time regardless of the father promised or not, I will personally escort father all the way to the Liangzhou. ”

A dozen of miles passed by in a flash.

At the same time when Yang Huchen saw that roadside boundary marker, he also saw that there were four or five horsemen waiting beside the stage road.

Among them, one of the riders looked particularly eye-catching, besides his youth, there was also a feeling that made Yang Huchen feel odd, just like when he was young and saw the legendary martial arts master for the first time, like seeing a high mountain. Just like the first time he met the emperor for the first time last year in the palace of Tai’an City, as if he was facing an abyss.

Yang Huchen even forgot to turn his head and said in a trembling voice, “Father, it seems like he came in person.”

Yang Shenxing was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed after approaching the border, after hearing Yang Huchen’s trembling voice, he was a bit puzzled, could it be that Hu Kui Huangfu Ping had arrived? Or simply Li Gongde Song Dongming arrived? Otherwise with his own son’s nature of mind, definitely not so panicked.

When the heavy hearted Yang Shenxing lifted the curtain, midday, for a moment felt the overhead sunlight a bit blinding, the old man squinted his eyes and looked, when he saw that ride clearly, Yang Shenxing froze on the spot.

Suddenly, this even deep into the northern Liang tiger’s lair also did not lose the fighting spirit of the old man, for the first time really feel that he, indeed, is old.

Not waiting for Yang Shenxeng to get off, that one rider took the lead and galloped up to him, glancing at Yang Huchen, the fierce general of Liyang who was acting as a horseman, and then smiled at Yang Shenxeng and said, “Lord Yang has a good son.”

Yang Huchen was a bit speechless for a moment when he heard this comment from the young man.

The old man who had not been addressed as Great General Yang laughed out loud without anger and said aloud, “At this point, Yang Shenxing is far inferior to the Great General!”

To be able to be respectfully called out as Great General by Yang Shenxing, who had been a serious Great General.

In the Liyang Dynasty, there was only Xu Snapdragon.