Chapter 425

Yang Kai, king of Xujun County, looked back at Li Xiaozong, shook his head and said, "the closer he is to the rebel West camp, there is actually no danger. Besides, my life is big. Li Yuanshan can't stab me from behind. Now Meng Niuer has changed, and he doesn't have this luck."

Li Xiaozong said, "but after all, it's too close. If the Scouts of the rebels find out, we don't have many guards around us. If you have an accident, I can't afford it."

Listening to what he said was sincere. Yang Kai felt a little softer. Cui lueshang sent someone to come back at the same time, saying that Fang Xie suspected that Li Xiaozong was an undercover sent by Li Yuanshan. This matter has always been a knot in his heart and can't be solved. After careful consideration, he really felt that Li Xiaozong was suspicious. But it was impossible to think that Li Xiaozong had made great achievements in the past two years. He didn't understand the other side, so he didn't want to believe the one-sided words of a person who didn't understand the situation in the northwest.

Fang Xie knew nothing about what had happened in the northwest in the past two years. It was obviously arbitrary to deny a person's credit based on speculation. Therefore, although Yang Kai has doubts in his heart for so long, he has never revealed anything in front of Li Xiaozong.

"This war is very important. I have to be more careful."

Yang Kai breathed a sigh of relief and said gently: "Two years ago, 700000 troops were defeated by Wolf milk Shanxi because I didn't check my employment. I'm a knife hanging in my heart and stabbing my heart at any time. If I had been more cautious and listened to Lord Mou, the western expedition might not have collapsed so quickly. I doubt Li Yuanshan, but I'm unwilling to find out. I'm muddy and indecisive I actually know everything about sex. "

"No matter what I have done in the past two years, I can't be regarded as meritorious to the great Sui Dynasty. I'm just trying my best to forgive and recover some losses caused by my mistakes."

He pointed to the rebel West Camp: "Now the imperial army has arrived at Hexi Road. Your majesty drives the expedition. Once millions of troops cross Qinshui, the rebels can't stop it! Although Li Yuanshan is anxious and deep, he is not his Majesty's opponent. Moreover, your majesty is close and the people are obedient. How can the rebels be invincible? We have been hiding in langrushan for two years. It's time to share our worries for your majesty. As long as we take the West camp , the rebel rear was in chaos, and the defense line arranged by Li Yuanshan would break through the back... At that time, the rebels could not hold out for long because of internal and external attacks. "

Li Xiaozong said, "that's why you are the commander of the three armed forces. You should never have any accidents. You'd better step back. In recent months, your subordinates have been sending people to investigate outside xidaying. They have drawn dozens of maps. There should be no omissions."

"You do things with all your heart. I've always trusted you."

Yang Kai answered almost subconsciously.

"Do you really believe me?"

Li Xiaozong asked.

Yang Kai listened to his tone a little differently. He tightened his mind for no reason: "naturally, I believe you. I'll take all the credit you've made in the past two years and keep it in mind."

Li Xiaozong looked left and right. After a moment of silence, he said, "since the Lord mentioned this matter, his subordinates have to ask. I heard... General Cui sent someone to rush back from Yongzhou and met the Lord secretly all night. Since then, the Lord has kept me out of the war. If the Lord believes me, why?"

"It's you."

Yang Kai said, "the people sent back by Cui Zhongzhen just reported something about Luo Yao, which has nothing to do with you."

"I'm not in the camp at this time, Lord. It's better to talk frankly."

Li Xiaozong found Kuaishi and sat down. Looking at Yang Kai, he asked, "does the Lord suspect that I was sent by Li Yuanshan?"

The topic suddenly came here. Yang Kai didn't expect to mention it. He subconsciously looked around and saw that his close guard was dozens of steps away, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Your contributions in the past two years are obvious to all. How can I doubt you indiscriminately? Or you think too much in your heart, and it's still hard to let go now? Even if you used to be the Ministry of Li Yuanshan or the Li family, I have never doubted you from beginning to end, otherwise I won't take you to investigate the enemy situation this time."

"Wrong..."

Li Xiaozong's faint way

"These are not the reasons why you don't doubt."

Yang Kai's face changed slightly: "why?"

"There is no reason to trust a person... Doubt a talent needs."

Li Xiaozong sneered: "Lord, you just said a lot. For example, I have made a lot of contributions in the past two years. For example, I have never left everyone's sight. For example, I am very humble in my life and work. These are not the reasons why you don't doubt me, but the reasons why you comfort yourself. If you don't doubt me, you don't need to say these at all. Just say four words... I believe you."

"So, the Lord has been lying just now."

Li Xiaozong said, "the first lie is that you say you trust me. In fact, you don't believe me. The second lie is that you say Cui Zhongzhen didn't bring back any information related to me. If there is no such information, why don't you trust me?"

Yang Kai was silent for a long time, and then took a deep breath: "since I said this today, I'll be honest. You should understand that even if Cui Zhongzhen did bring back some news, I may not believe it. Otherwise, how could I take you to investigate the enemy situation this time? It's so important to move troops to the rebel Xida camp. If you don't believe you, I'll take you?"

"Wrong again."

Li Xiaozong shook his head: "it's not the prince who brought me, but I asked you to come."

"What do you... Mean?"

"Because I know the Lord suspects me, I asked the Lord to go with me."

Li Xiaozong smiled and said, "just because you doubt me, but you don't want to doubt me, so you feel guilty. If you really trust me, when I said to come to investigate the rebel West camp, the Lord will leave it to me as originally. Why come in person? You come in person because you're afraid of what I'll do in this war, aren't you?"

"The reason why I asked the Lord to accompany me was to test whether the Lord doubted me. If not, you wouldn't come. If so, you would come."

Yang Kai was stunned: "yes, I doubt you. After all, you are Li Yuanshan's confidant and his fellow nephew. I didn't doubt you before because I didn't know about you. Cui Zhongzhen went to Yongzhou and happened to meet Fang Xie, an imperial envoy sent by his majesty to Yongzhou... Do you remember the name? Do you remember the fan Gu blood case?"

"Fang Xie?"

Li Xiaozong blinked in his eyes and couldn't help laughing: "no wonder... No wonder... That little guy has become an imperial envoy? He has climbed so fast in the past two years. When I was in fan Gu, I underestimated him. I knew I would be involved with him in the end. I really shouldn't have let him go."

"It seems that you have recognized fan Gu's affair?"

Yang Kai frowned and asked.

"Recognition"

Li Xiaozong nodded: "how can you deny what you have done?"

"At the beginning, eunuch Wu Peisheng came to investigate greed for ink, but he accidentally found evidence that Li Yuanshan wanted to rebel. Li Yuanshan had to find an excuse to kill Wu Peisheng. But what excuse can he make? It can only be put on the people of Mongolian Yuan. First, he can kill Wu Peisheng by killing the city under the guise of the people of Mongolian Yuan. This will not arouse suspicion. Second, this may prompt the imperial court to fight with Mongolian Yuan , Li Yuanshan has been waiting for this day. Why not? "

"Li Yuanshan has been planning to rebel for ten years, but he only needs one chance. Wu Peisheng came and brought this opportunity to Li Yuanshan. I can't help killing many birds with one stone. If only the Mongolians broke down a small border city, the imperial court may not be able to make up its mind to send troops to kill several small tribes in Mengyuan. But plus one Eunuch BingBi, this weight is not light. "

Li Xiaozong narrated in a flat tone, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

"I was fan Gu Shou's general at that time, and Li Yuanshan didn't want to kill me, so I knew about slaughtering the city from the beginning. But... Do you think I don't love the 800 frontier army? That's my old subordinate, the loyal subordinate I bought in three years! If there was no slaughtering the city, these people would still stand by me and work for me! But if I didn't agree to Li Yuan Shan, will Li Yuanshan let me go? "

"I just want to live."

He shrugged his shoulders to show his innocence.

"Shameless... No wonder Fang Xie will doubt you."

Yang Kai said angrily, "you already knew that Li Yuanshan was against his heart, and you also knew that Li Yuanshan was waiting for the imperial army to arrive, and then colluded with the Mongolian Yuan people to stab the army in the back. If you had said this before, would it be such a disastrous defeat!"

"There will be sooner or later."

Li Xiaozong smiled: "I say it? Unless I want to die!"

"So..."

Yang Kai looked at him and asked coldly, "you came to take refuge in me, which was really arranged by Li Yuanshan?"

"Yes!"

Li Xiaozong said, "as I said just now, it's natural to recognize what I did. The Lord is really good to me. If you asked me directly earlier, I wouldn't have told you earlier."

Yang Kai glanced at his guard in the distance again from the corner of his eyes, pretending to pace and walked there for a few steps: "If you can tell me the truth, it means that you feel guilty. Since you say so clearly, I won't have a grudge in the future. As long as you continue to work faithfully for your majesty and serve the imperial court from now on, I'll never hear of it. It's rotten in my stomach and won't mention it to anyone."

"No one can guarantee that he won't make mistakes. Over the years, I've made many mistakes. But as long as I can change my mistakes, I don't have to hold on to the past. You should understand my temperament. I'll never start on the people around me. Li Xiaozong, this matter will be exposed. You and I don't have to mention it again in the future."

"Lord... What you just said is right. You are really too indecisive. You are a bad man. You doubt me and are afraid of doubting wrong, so things drag on. Just like when you doubt Li Yuanshan, you are tangled in your heart but can't make up your mind. Like a turtle, you retract your head into your shell and pretend you don't know anything."

Li Xiaozong watched Yang Kai's footsteps move aside and couldn't help laughing: "The king's words are ridiculous... If I were a modest gentleman who made an accidental mistake and always regretted, I would be grateful for the king's words. Unfortunately, I'm not... I've never regretted anything. There are some regrets, but I regret that things are not beautiful enough and resolute enough."

"Lord, you don't have to go that way anymore. You seem to have forgotten one thing. When I selected the guards, I selected half of them for you. At that time, you still trusted me very much. Now you don't trust me, why didn't you change the guards? Maybe you didn't forget, but worried that changing the guards would arouse my suspicion. People like Lord are always at a disadvantage because you are not cold and determined enough, If you doubt a person, how can you pretend not to doubt? Those who doubt... It's only right to kill them at the first time! "

Yang Kai's face changed: "so... Are you going to kill me?"

"Yes!"

Li Xiaozong smiled brightly: "I'm different from you. Since I'm sure you're suspicious of me, how can I leave you waiting for you to kill me?"

"You killed me, not afraid of exposure?"

"How!"

Li Xiaozong pointed to Yang Kai and then pointed to himself: "kill you first, and then I'll stab myself... It's said that we met the rebels, and I couldn't protect the Lord back. I cried bitterly in front of the people and was bleeding... Who would doubt me?"