Yuan Chao drank a little too much last night, and as he was preparing to leave Shangcai, he couldn't help but tormented the girl, so he slept very hard. It was almost midnight, and he was still snoring like thunder. When the rapid sound of horse hooves sounded, Yuan Chao woke up leisurely. He shook his head. The headache caused by the hangover made him not realize what happened at the first time, and he slowly recovered. After the god came, his eyes suddenly widened: Why did the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death resound in the city? "Which brother is causing trouble?" Yuan Chao asked as his mind changed. He did not believe that these were officers and soldiers, because the nearest officers and soldiers who were still fighting were hundreds of miles away. He only thought that this was the leader of some rebel army fighting with others, leading to internal strife between the two armies. This kind of thing did not matter to him. It happened more than once after the uprising. Thinking of leaving Shangcai soon, Yuan Chao felt unhappy when he made such a fuss. Then the door was knocked open with a bang, and a henchman broke in, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Officers and soldiers, Ye Chang, officers and soldiers Ye Chang are coming to kill." Yuan Chao only felt a buzzing sound in his head, and stars popped up in front of his eyes. He calmed down: "Don't talk nonsense, Ye Chang is still recuperating in Luokou warehouse" "Brother Yuan, it's true. There are countless officers and soldiers in the city, and they are all fierce. They keep saying that they are following Ye Chang's orders. Come and quell the thief something serious has happened, please leave quickly." Hearing what the thief said, Yuan Chao finally came to his senses. He jumped up, stamped his feet and ordered: "Summon the leaders for discussion No, get out of the city quickly." The sound of fighting left him. The place where we live is not far away, it sounds like it is just outside the gate of that house. At this time, there is no time to discuss. What we should do is to get out of the city quickly. As long as we can get out of the city and regain our strength, we can't escape far away. You cannot wait to die here. However, he also understood that if he escaped alone, he would inevitably be captured. Therefore, although he did not summon all the bandit leaders, he gathered his cronies and the bandit soldiers he could capture, and assembled four to five hundred people. . He heard the sounds of fighting mainly at the north gate at first, but now the east gate also rang, so he pointed to the west gate of the square: "Go to the west, that side is close to the city gate, and you can leave the city after leaving the square." He took these five More than a hundred people rushed to the west gate and saw that it was quiet here, which was different from Fangbei and Fangdong. Yuan Chao breathed a sigh of relief and had time to think about where these officers and soldiers came from. He spread the bandits around Shangcai, and almost every village had his people. The officers and soldiers should have been noticed long ago when they came here. Even if they could not defeat the officers and soldiers, they could still use beacon smoke to warn them, but even now, he has not I saw smoke rising elsewhere. "Could it be that Ye Chang really has some magic method that can bring magic weapons down from the sky?" He was puzzled and couldn't help but think wildly. At this moment, he suddenly heard a scream in front of him. He raised his head and looked, and his whole heart seemed to have sunk into an ice cave. They had arrived in front of the Xifang Gate, and saw about two hundred officers and soldiers outside the gate. In order, with crossbows in their hands, the thieves who rushed the fastest have been shot to the ground. An Yuanguang looked at the group of thieves who rushed out coldly: "As I expected, the thieves will escape from the west gate Kneel down Those who surrender will be spared death. " Most of these thieves are close associates of Yuan Chao, and they are all fierce thieves who are not afraid of death. Seeing this situation, they shouted and rushed forward. An Yuanguang showed no mercy and ordered a volley of fire. Turning around, a large crowd fell in front of Xifang Gate, with nearly a hundred thieves dead or injured. Seeing that he couldn't get out of here, Yuan Chao could only retreat into the square. At this time, shouts came from all directions, and he realized that he had been surrounded. He tried to charge again, but was forced to retreat after still throwing away dozens of corpses. Moreover, the officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation and seized the gate of the square, and began to attack them. Seeing An Yuanguang's bravery, Yuan Chao knew that it was impossible to protrude from the west gate, so he could only retreat one after another, and then retreated to the house where he lived. This house was built by Shang Cai Yihaoqiang. It has tall walls and turrets. Relying on this, it was able to hold on for a while. But Yuan Chao knew in his heart that this was only a temporary matter. Unless the army outside the city realized that something was wrong in the city and rushed into the city to rescue him, he was afraid that he would be trapped here. "Damn, why is this happening?" He was anxious at this moment, but he couldn't think of a way to deal with it. He was like an ant on a hot pot. Just when he didn't know what to do, he heard someone shouting: "Brother Yuan, what's going on?" Looking back, he saw a drunken Fang Qing looking at him in a daze. Yuan Chao secretly hated him. If Fang Qing hadn't secretly encouraged some short-sighted people to be greedy for the stability of Cai's side and unwilling to leave, how could he have ended up in this situation? "Brother Yuan?" Fang Qing, who still didn't understand what happened, asked again. "Ye Chang is here to kill us. We can't escape death today," Yuan Chao said sadly. "What?" Fang Qing was agitated for a moment and woke up completely from his hangover. He snatched a knife from a thief and said, "Where is it? Where is Ye Chang?" Really too lazy to pay attention to him, Yuan Chao thought about it and suddenly thought of One day, he asked people to guard the door, and he came to the cross courtyard with his confidants and swords. Da Xike and Luo Fengxian are right?Looking around here, when they saw him coming, their expressions changed. "Mr. Yuan, Gong Yuan, outside are the officers and soldiers coming to kill you?" "Exactly, isn't this what you want?" Yuan Chao smiled darkly, and when he saw the two of them really looking happy, he suddenly changed his expression and said "It's just that you should not be happy too early. Don't forget that you have surrendered to me and fell into the hands of officers and soldiers. Your fate will only be worse than mine." Da Xikai and Luo Fengxian both shook suddenly and looked at each other. If they were placed in Li Longji's Kaiyuan period, maybe they could still survive. However, since entering the Tianbao period, Li Longji has become more stubborn and suspicious. Their betrayal will definitely lead to death, and it may even be extremely miserable. way of death. Unless they can redeem themselves through meritorious deeds, how can they redeem themselves under current circumstances? Thoughts were running around, and the two of them could not think of any good solution. Seeing the two of them like this, Yuan Chao's eyes became more and more murderous, and he gradually raised his knife. "There's a way, there's a way." Luo Fengxian was so anxious that he shouted: "Now the officers and soldiers don't know that Daxi Dayin has taken refuge with Yuan Gong, but we can ask Daxi Dayin to give orders to the officers and soldiers." "I'll kill you, a dead eunuch with no eggs." "Da Xike jumped up, rushed over and strangled Luo Fengxian's throat. He was a civil servant and was not as strong as Luo Fengxian, but he suddenly made an attack. Luo Fengxian was unprepared and his throat was stuck by him, and his tongue suddenly stuck out. Luo Fengxian raised his knee in panic and hit Da Xike's crotch. Da Xike's hand suddenly softened. Luo Fengxian gasped and knocked him to the ground again. The two of them rolled around on the ground, fighting and yelling. This look made Yuan Chao almost happy. "These two dog officials should have been killed long ago to save trouble," Yuan Chao murmured, and stepped forward with a knife. At this moment, I heard a bang behind me, but the door finally burst open. The officers and soldiers did not care about anything. First there was a burst of locust-like crossbow bolts, which knocked down all the thieves in the yard. Then someone shouted: "I surrender, I am willing to surrender. Yuan Chao is across the courtyard, I am willing to surrender." "Yuan Chao" "Fang Qing" Yuan Chao heard the voice and roared. He turned around and saw that the thieves in the yard, led by Fang Qing, dropped their swords and knelt down, and each one rushed to surrender. Before he could organize the cronies around him to resist, he heard the roar of a war horse, and a horse rushed in with a general on its back. "Who is Yuan Chao?" the man shouted sharply. "He is, he is" Yuan Chao stood at the door of the courtyard, and everyone pointed their hands towards him. He was stared at by the general, and he felt a chill in his heart. No matter what, kill these two dog officials first Yuan Chao knew that he was absolutely unjust. He fought all the way from Jiangnan to Henan, inciting countless people to revolt and killed countless officers and soldiers. He really fell into the hands of the imperial court. , must be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. At this time, he was in the final state of madness, so he raised his sword to kill Da Xike and Luo Fengxian first without caring about the consequences. It just so happened that the two men had just struggled and rolled around at his feet. He looked back at the general and didn't notice. As soon as he raised the knife, Da Xiqiao and Luo Fengxian, who were struggling together, suddenly stopped. They both jumped on him and hugged him. "I captured the leader of the thief, Yuan Chao," Da Xike cheered. "It's me, it's me, it's me" Luo Fengxian shouted over and over again. Yuan Chao was stunned for a moment. Although he was strong, he was caught off guard by two people and he lost his balance and fell to the ground. When he broke free and got up, and tried to grab the knife to kill again, a horse stick was already pressed against his throat. "It was me who captured the leader of the thieves. I am Yin Daxike of Henan Prefecture, and it was my first achievement." Daxike kept saying with a gloomy face. He knew that his defeat and missed opportunity was already his first mistake, his failure to sacrifice his life for his country was his second mistake, and his surrendering to become a thief was the third mistake that was more serious than the first two mistakes. Now he no longer cares about personal glory and wealth, the only thing he cares about is survival. "It's obvious that I captured him. I am Luo Fengxian, the Ambassador of the Supervisory Army. I captured him." Hearing that he wanted to compete for the credit, Luo Fengxian became anxious. The two of them looked at each other angrily. They first competed for credit, and then began to criticize each other. The ugly behavior of the other party who surrendered to the thieves was described with added detail. "Tie them up," the general ignored them and ordered to the officers and soldiers. When officers and soldiers tied up Yuan Chao, Luo Fengxian's expression changed. He felt that the voice seemed familiar. He raised his head and looked at the Tang general on the horse. After taking a look, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of disbelief. "Mymy son?" That Tang general was An Yuanguang. But his face was full of pain and concentration, and there was no joy at all about the new great achievement. When he heard Luo Fengxian calling him, he sighed and got off the horse. No matter what we are going to face next, the thief rebellion that raged for half a year during the fourteenth winter of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty finally calmed down a little because of Yuan Chao's capture. Although there are still some small thieves leading thieves?? Wandering around, but overall, the civil unrest that swept through the Three Daos has subsided, and the Tang Dynasty seems to have returned to peace. The good news and Ye Chang's memorial announcing his illness were sent to Chang'an at the same time and presented to Li Longji's desk. "Ye Changxue attacked Cai at night. Yuan Chao, the leader of the thieves, was captured alive. The rest of the bandit leaders, big and small, more than 200 people from Fang Qing onwards were captured. 80,000 thieves surrendered. The rest of the large group of thieves were dispersed. The leader of the big bandits was among them. , only Chen Zhuangshang was not captured on Huainan Road" This memorial made Li Longji burst into laughter: "Read it, read it, read it again." Gao Lishi also smiled happily and read the victory report again, all of which were read to the third Five times. However, when he finished reading the victory report and read that Ye Chang was seriously ill because he went to war while ill, Li Longji still interrupted him: "When you read the victory report, you don't need to read these unimportant things." "What the sage said is However, saint, now that the thieves have been eliminated and Ye Chang is ill, should An Lushan be sent back to Fan Yang? " Gao Lishi's words made Li Longji silent. After a while, he smiled: "Ye Chang shared my worries and worked hard. Since he is sick, I have to send someone to visit and ask the imperial doctor to diagnose him He is really such a big man. How could you feel cold?" Gao Lishi's mouth twitched slightly, not knowing what to say. I am afraid that the imperial doctor is not here to diagnose Ye Chang, but to judge whether Ye Chang is really ill or is pretending to be ill. "I heard that Ye Chang and Li Linfu's daughter were separated. There was no one around to take care of her, and she was traveling around for many years. It is inevitable to occasionally feel the cold." After a while, Gao Lishi said cautiously. His loyalty to Li Longji is unquestionable, but the way Li Longji is doing some things now makes him feel a little uncomfortable. What he said just now was not what others asked him to say, but he still said it at a certain risk. Li Longji raised his head and glanced at him with a cold expression: "General Gao, it's the end of the year now. I wonder how many benefits Ye Chang's three major chambers of commerce have given to General Gao this year?" Gao Lishi was shocked and knelt down quickly: " This slave is guilty. This slave should not accept the bonus from the Chamber of Commerce. This slave will be refunded." Li Longji waved his hand: "You too, I just want to ask, why do you take it seriously? I really want to ask, this year. It seems that it is difficult to collect all the taxes. I originally wanted to build another palace for my retirementI am afraid that the money will not come out of the treasury, so I can only seek help from the rich man Ye Chang. " Gao The powerful man knelt on the cold steps and did not dare to get up. After a while, Li Longji motioned to the young eunuch to help him up, and then shook his head. Gao Lishi understood what Li Longji meant very well. His suspicion of Ye Chang did not disappear because Ye Chang put down the rebellion of the Yuan brothers. On the contrary, this suspicion became even worse. He felt a little strange. A few days ago, he heard Li Longji praising Ye Chang's loyalty, and even said with regret that although Li Linfu was treacherous, he had a good vision and chose such a good son-in-law. Why did Li Longji's feelings towards Ye Chang change drastically in just a few days and become what they are today? Gao Lishi suddenly understood the reason as he thought about the Yang sisters' frequent visits to and from the palace in the past few days. Now that he is old, although Li Longji misses him, he does not have to wait on him almost all the time like in the past. Sometimes, he was not in the palace, not with Li Longji, and at this time, if someone wanted to say something to Li Longji Gao Lishi sighed in his heart, but Gao Lishi didn't say anything after all.