It is October, three years since the summer heat faded, and autumn returned to the earth. This year, the Guanzhong area has good weather, and both dry land and paddy fields have achieved a bumper harvest. The leaves of the elm and locust trees in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City have withered yellow, and the withered leaves flutter with the wind. People who are sad about autumn seem to have found reasons for sadness, but for most people, autumn is still the season of harvest. Some people have harvested real money in this autumn, some have gained a well-off life, and some have only harvested hope. Of course, it is a good ending for most people to not get a loss in this autumn.

Li Yan was the one who did not take it or lose it. The war in the north was over, Yang Hao was captured, and the Xining army was defeated. After Xiao Chang'an fell, Meng Ming knew that he could not recover with the power of one blow, so he led the Eastern Army to retreat to Fengzhou overnight. Mao Fulin led the Wansheng Camp, and Changliu Camp was chasing him closely. The other divisions had to preserve their strength, but at the same time they were afraid that Mao Fulin would take the credit, so they all drew a large number of troops to follow Mao Fulin to pursue him.

Fairy Mountain fell at the end of August, Feng'an was lost in early September, and Fengzhou was lost in mid-September. Mao Fulin was immediately appointed as the governor of Fengzhou and served as the defensive envoy. On this day, the Ministry of War rebuked the Xining Army as a "rebel" and revoked its number. Wen Shimao ordered all the front troops to completely liquidate the remnants of the Xining Army within a time limit.

Yang Hao's failure was certainly a major loss for Li Yan, but it is undoubtedly a gain to take this opportunity to form an alliance with Qiu Shiliang.

The main reason for the two joining forces was that they had a common opponent - Prince Li Yong and Yang Dang. After the hard work of Kaicheng and the two societies, Prince Li Yong's power was already quite considerable, and his status in the court was becoming increasingly consolidated. Li Yong never shy away from his hatred of eunuchs. This caused him great risks, but also established him with the image of daring to take great responsibilities, making him famous and followers very much.

Although the Yang Party was a rising star, its power was incredibly inflated. With the secret support of the Yuanhe and Changqing societies, Yang Sifu and Li Jue's reverence as prime minister, they had successfully extended their hand of power from the harem to the previous dynasty. In the harem, Yang Concubine skillfully used the power of the three palaces to force Qiu Yu to give her three points. In the previous dynasty, Yang Sifu and Li Jue's sharpness even made the old Niu and Li parties feel inferior.

The goal of the Yang Party was to depose the crown prince Li Yong and push Li Rong to the position of crown prince. This caused an irreconcilable contradiction between them and the ***, and the two factions had differences on almost all major issues. But they could only be surprisingly consistent on how to deal with eunuchs. Yang Sifu firmly opposed eunuchs' interference in politics, and Li Jue even accused eunuchs of being a traitor of being a traitor, threatening to completely liquidate sooner or later.

Qiu Shiliang felt an unprecedented threat. When he tried his best to attack Fengzhou and wanted to fight against Baoli Society, the prince and the Yang Party took the opportunity to become stronger. If they were allowed to continue like this, even if they gained the upper hand in the fight with Baoli Society, they would not be able to save their fate of being unprepared for liquidation in the future.

Qiu Shiliang issued a ceasefire signal to Baoli Society. He ordered the suspension of the remnants of Xining Army who retreated into Yinshan, Jiulianshan and Daqingshan. He announced that Zhang Bozhong, Guan Suo, Yu Yanlu, Cheng Keling and other Xining Army generals were "innocenceless" and that the court would "recruit the best". The general who died of illness at the foot of Yinshan was posthumously awarded the title of Fengzhou Governor and General of the Left Guard. He entrusted the monument of his meritorious service at the foot of Yinshan, and commended his meritorious service to guard the border and pacify the people.

Taking into account Yang Hao's status in the minds of everyone, Qiu Shiliang's serious crimes such as "collusion with foreigners, invasion of border areas", "kidnapping princesses, contempt of the emperor" were eliminated, and were slightly changed to "squandering public funds and failing to supervise people" on Yang Hao's head.

Mao Fulin was forced to resign after only twenty-three days of being the governor, and the position of governor of Fengzhou was thrown to Li Yan as a hydrangea for peace. Li Yan was happy to accept this favor, and Xiao Mingyue became the governor of Fengzhou. In return, Li Yan instructed members of the Baoli Society to reject the report proposed by Yang Party in the court meeting that "stop the Shen Ce Army and the promotion will be promoted by themselves and demoted the generals and officials."

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After being detained in Yanzhou prison for nearly two months, in early September, Yang Hao was found guilty of "squandering public funds and missed the supervision of people", dismissed from office and exiled to Lingnan. Everything was done in secret, except for asking him to press a handprint on a fake confession, everything else had nothing to do with him. Yang Hao still lives in the underground cell with cold stone walls, and was dragged out twice a day. It was not until one day when the Ministry of Justice sent a member to the prison to verify the identity of the prisoner and promote his journey that he had the opportunity to get out of the prison and see the light of day again.

The sky that day seemed particularly blue and the air was particularly fresh. He stood in the narrow patio, looking up at the sky, wandering around the sky, and wandering around the world, and he felt the value of freedom. A roar of geese came from above his head, the autumn wind was cool, and the geese flew south. This feeling and scene moved him to tears.

Compared with freedom, fame, power and position are really small, so they can't be smaller. He closed his eyes comfortably and greedily breathed the air of freedom. He knelt on the ground, looked at the sky and bowed, and said, "God, you treat me well!"

The jailer found a bald blacksmith and asked him to remove the iron face covering Yang Hao's head. The blacksmith looked very unhappy and kept muttering.

A jailer told him that the bald blacksmith was originally a Hu man. He was injured and captured in a battle with the Tang army. His seven brothers were killed in battle, so he hated the Tang man. Most people could not do anything to the torture instruments that were as dirty as "Iron Face". Only he enjoyed it.

The bald blacksmith muttered that he had never taken off an "iron face" for a living person, and all prisoners who wore "iron face" would not live long without exception. The facts proved that he was true. Compared with the familiarity of Yang Hao when he wore an iron face, he really struggled to pick the iron face. Finally, with the help of three prisoners, the bald blacksmith took great effort to remove Yang Hao's "iron face".

Yang Hao, who had been hiding behind this iron face for two months, seemed to have changed a different person, his face was pale and afraid of people, and even the blood vessels hidden under his skin were clearly visible. His cheeks and neck were covered with psyroidism, and itchy red pieces. There was a string of scars behind his ears and temples, which were left behind when he wore an iron face.

That night, he took a hot bath for the first time in two months. He used three buckets of water to wash it. The prison guard specially found Zhu Ling, who had added spices, to wash his hair, and then asked a shaver to serve him, shaving his messy beard. Yang Hao actually knew very well that it was not Wen Shimao or Mao Fulin who could walk out of the dead cell. Behind this, it must be that Li Yan and Qiu Shiliang reached some ulterior motives.

I have done too much of this kind of transaction before, but I didn’t expect that one day I will become a bargaining weight for others to make transactions.

After washing up, Yang Hao changed into a clean coarse cloth dress, applied plaster on his cheeks, and walked out neatly. The prisoners brought wine and food, sifted a bowl of wine for him, and said, "Brothers are all poor people, so they can make a living here. If you were sorry for the place you used to be sorry, please don't take this bowl of wine to your heart."

Yang Hao took a sip of wine and sighed, "I really didn't expect I could drink it again." Then he poured a full bowl of wine on the ground and said to everyone, "I, Mr. Yang, are not a person with a small stomach. I don't blame you for your difficulties. I thought I was the one who could kill people with just one word, but now I am mermaid meat. Everyone, how long will I be proud of my life? You must be proud of yourself and be proud of yourself. Today is to be lenient, and people will be lenient to you in the future."

After eating and drinking, the prison guards sent Yang Hao to the prison guest room. This was a special prison cell for those with special identities. Apart from the strict guards, it was no different from ordinary inns and hotels. Yang Hao would wait here for a while, and after the Ministry of Justice assigned the procedures, he would escort him south.

On the afternoon of the second day after he was admitted to the prison guest room, Yang Hao came to the yard for a walk. Because there were several layers of guards outside, the guards were not worried that he would escape, and the supervision was relatively relaxed. Yang Hao walked around and sat down by the stone table under the shade of the tree in the corner of the yard. Before he could rest, a waiter walked in with a tea bowl. After the guard checked, he saw nothing and waved to let go.

The waiter had a very average appearance and his behavior was a bit sloppy, but Yang Hao could see the extraordinaryness of this person at a glance. He walked steadily and calmly, and he stood quietly. He speculated that he should be a person with martial arts skills. Yang Hao secretly had a sense of spirit in his heart. The waiter put down the teapot and brewed a bowl of tea for Yang Hao. His hands were big, his fingers were thick and powerful, and his knuckles were called out. He looked like a trainee.

While offering tea to Yang Hao, the waiter quietly stuffed a small note into his palm. Yang Hao's heart jumped up and took advantage of the slack opportunity to open the note and read it. There was a line of words written on it: "There is a ** in the tea, and three bowls will be poured. Please drink it." Yang Hao's heart skipped a beat. Who is this waiter? Why did he drink ** by himself? What is his purpose?

Yang Hao guessed that this might be a trap they set up. The tea may not be anesthetic, but a real poison. After drinking it himself, he lost his life without knowing it. He stared at the bowl of strong tea with his eyes straight, thinking for a long time, suddenly a string of sneered, then picked up the tea bowl and drank it all. After three bowls of tea were eaten, he suddenly felt heartache and fell to the ground and rolled. The guards were panicked and put him on a carriage and sent him to the prison for treatment.

There was only one mile from the military camp to the clinic. There were only more than ten people escorting Yang Hao. When they walked halfway, they suddenly came out of seven or eight men in black and killed all the guards in just a few strokes. Everyone woke up Yang Hao, changed his night clothes and protected him and escaped from Yanzhou.

What's strange is that after everyone sent Yang Hao to the outside of the city, everyone said nothing and urged all the horses to leave. Yang Hao was stunned and lost his mind, his head buzzed like a thunder strike. Although the people who saved him did not reveal their identities, it was not difficult for Yang Hao to guess that they were the flag-killing army under Guan Suo. Flag-killing has always been a group of actions, and such small actions as seven or eight people seemed to have never been in Yang Hao's memory.

"It seems they are doing private work." Yang Hao suddenly felt chest tightness and uncomfortable, "Has even he betrayed me?"

"Ah--" He screamed sadly, his whole body seemed to have his muscles and bones removed, his face was as if he was ashen, and his feet were unstable. Guan Suo was the person he was closest and trusted most. If even he left him, who else in the world was trustworthy?

"Is it you?" A woman asked in the dark, dragging her tears. Xiaoyu walked over in a pancake, carrying a package, and was in a daze. Xiaoyu was so thin that she was afraid of people, and she was almost completely unrecognizable. Her eyes were black and red, and her eyebrows were haggard, as if she had changed to another person.

Seeing that the man standing in front of him was indeed the husband whom he had been thinking about day and night, the little fish suddenly burst into tears. Her arms were hanging weakly, and the bag fell to the ground. Then she spread her arms, like a little bird returning to the nest, plunging into Yang Hao's arms, and tears instantly wet his front.
Chapter completed!