Chapter 60 Chapter Thirty

Rebellion of Xiaoqiang, Part Two, Chapter Thirty, Murder and Silence In the cold garden of Prince Yong’s Mansion, I was wearing a brocade robe and sitting in the gazebo. The spring flowers in the garden had faded, and the trees were lush and elegant. I got up early this morning to enjoy the rising sun. Xiao Shunzi was worried that I would catch the cold, so he insisted that I wear brocade Robe, I looked at the rising sun and the morning glow all over the sky, but there was only one thought in my heart, just one person. Xiao Shunzi saw that I was silent and the guards around had been sent away, so he approached me and said calmly: "My lord, are you still bothered by what His Royal Highness Yong said?"

I sighed softly, and said, "Xiao Shunzi, tell me, is Princess Changle really interested in me? Why have I never felt it?" Xiao Shunzi chuckled and said, "My lord, you have never been close to young women. You read books or enjoy the scenery every day. Between you and your wife, your wife is the first to take the initiative. Your Royal Highness is dignified and chaste, and she never expresses her feelings. No wonder Young Master, I don’t know, but I think the princess is definitely interested in you, otherwise she wouldn’t be playing with the young master’s poems every day. I think the princess already knows some facts about the Southern Chu incident, but no one else knows. Shen, the young master has already lost his life. If the princess has no affection for you, I don’t believe it. However, the princess probably has the same thoughts as you, so she never confesses. Don’t you have a lot of love for the princess? Isn't it different, these little Shunzi also take every little bit into their hearts. It's just that you two are both hindered by your status as monarchs and ministers, so you don't want to express your heart to each other."

I glanced at Xiao Shunzi indifferently and said, "Are you blaming me for being burdened by fame and refusing to accept the princess' affection?" Xiao Shunzi remained silent, obviously acquiescing, I sighed and said, "I, Jiang Zhe, am a person who cherishes reputation, but there are some things that must never be done. I didn't say a single lie when I answered Qin Qing's questioning last time. The name of the princess is different, but it is not because of this reason that I refuse this marriage. If I really have my own heart, then nothing can stop me, but you should know that the princess has never said a word that she wants to marry me. Explain that even if the princess is interested in me, she is absolutely unwilling to violate the etiquette. In this case, how can I propose marriage according to King Yong’s will? In this way, the princess’s reputation will be damaged. Ruthless, I don't want to leave a stigma on the princess's history. Besides, I only have a few encounters with the princess, so how do I know if the princess really loves me."

Xiao Shunzi said in a low voice: "My lord is right, the servant misunderstood." I said lightly: "I'm speaking from my personal relationship. If I'm speaking from a business perspective, why should I ask to marry the princess as a surrender of Southern Chu? I'm afraid Emperor Yong agreed to it in person, and sent someone to kill him in a blink of an eye. Although the emperor let the princess choose, he probably only wants the princess to marry the hero of Dayong. And if I do such a thing at this time, I'm afraid that I will hurt King Yong. How can I harm the public by selfishness? Besides, Don't you know about my body? If there is any misfortune, how can you make the princess feel so embarrassed."

Xiao Shunzi didn't make a sound, and said after a while, "I just hope that you won't be lonely all your life." I smiled slightly and said: "When King Yong ascends the throne and avenges his wife's murder, I will let everything go. If my health improves at that time, I will marry a virtuous woman. Do you think it is good?" Xiao Shunzi smiled and said, "Of course that's good. The slave is waiting for you to marry the mistress, and then add a little master." I breathed a sigh of relief, fell back on the chair and said, "King Yong should have figured it out in the past few days, so he won't come to force me. By the way, what's the situation outside?"

Xiao Shunzi asked with a strange expression, "Young Master, do you want to hear good news or bad news?" I smiled bitterly and said, "Let's hear the bad news first." Xiao Shunzi said: "The bad news is that a major event happened in the capital, and now everyone is watching the excitement, but they don't pay attention to the prince's actions." I frowned slightly and said, "What's the big deal that has diverted the attention of the government and the public?" Xiao Shunzi said: "This incident was originally a Jianghu affair. You know about Guan Zhonglian, sir?"

I said: "Remember, the co-leader Sha Qingyuan, and his daughter Sha Zhijing is a disciple of Fengyi Sect, the biggest gang in Chang'an." Xiao Shunzi said: "Speaking of which, the young master had a relationship with them once. A few days ago, Sha Zhijing went to Xianyang to visit her grandmother, but she was killed. It is said that she died a miserable death. The female disciple of Fengyimen No matter how bad the martial arts are, I have also practiced a kind of martial arts called "Meteor Jade Fighting Technique". This is the martial arts created by the master of Fengyi sect. Extremely, this is what those female disciples use when they encounter a strong enemy and have no way to escape. Even if they cannot kill the enemy, they can also die together. Because I didn't dare to act rashly, I was afraid of hurting the princess, so I didn't use this martial art. In short, once Sha Zhijing died, Guan Zhonglian and Fengyimen tried their best to arrest the murderer, but the murderer caused tragedies again and again, and died in the Xianyang area in the past ten days There are many girls in the boudoir, and the murderer has already shown his signs."

I said: "In this case, with the influence of Fengyimen and Guan Zhonglian, this person should be caught and executed soon." Xiao Shunzi shook his head and said: "Originally, because the main force of Fengyi Sect had not arrived, this person was rampant in Xianyang area, but now that Fengyi Sect has manpower, this person has already escaped." I frowned and said, "How could this incident attract the attention of the court officials?" Xiao Shunzi smiled wryly and said: "The dead women all have signs of being raped, so people in the world suspect that the people of the Demon Sect re-entered the Central Plains. When Jing Wuji, the master of the Demon Sect, went to the desert, the disciples of the Demon Sect followed suit. Go, even those who have not left will hide their names. One of the "Lianxiang Sect" of the Demon Sect is the best at harvesting supplements. If the Demon Sect reappears, it means that Jing Wuji may re-enter the Central Plains. Now he is the Northern Han Dynasty Master , His comeback may symbolize that the Northern Han Dynasty is about to attack on a large scale. If so, how can the North Korean Chinese Wu not care about this matter, so now no one still remembers the matter of the Jinxiu League."

I shook my folding fan subconsciously and asked, "What do you think?" Xiao Shunzi said: "I don't think it's strange that the disciples of the Demon Sect stay in the Central Plains. It would be strange if there is no one from the Demon Sect. Moreover, the whereabouts of the people of the Demon Sect are secretive. Although there have been reports of their whereabouts from time to time these years, they are all based on speculation. , so I feel that Fengyimen may use the topic to make use of it to attract everyone's attention." I smiled coldly and said: "The power of the Demon Sect has already attached itself to the Northern Han Dynasty. If Jing Wuji wants to compete with Fan Qinghui, it is meaningless to rely on martial arts. I am afraid that the unification of the world will be their victory or defeat." The key point. As soon as something happens to the crown prince, the Demon Gate will appear, so I’m really in a hurry. Since that’s the case, I’ll join in the fun, Xiao Shunzi, you know what Liang Jin, the secretary of the household department, is potential to do now.”

Xiao Shunzi said: "He has committed crimes and meritorious deeds, but according to His Royal Highness King Yong's information, the crown prince is arranging to take over his power, and Liang Jinqian has already been placed under house arrest." I smiled slightly and said, "Is the matter of Huo Jicheng settled without any plan?" Xiao Shunzi smiled and said: "This is the good news I want to tell you, Huo Jicheng has disappeared, but a fake corpse was left behind to cover it up. Now Fengyimen and the crown prince are chasing him everywhere, but unfortunately there is no trace of him. The secret camp has sent a token from Huo Jicheng."

I stood up and said: "Then you do one thing, kill Liang Jinqian, you don't need to do it, you kill him with poison, so what do you think everyone will think?" Xiao Shunzi said with a strange expression: "Of course the crown prince killed someone to silence him, and this scheme of your son is really vicious." I smiled and said: "This is exactly my plan. I still have something for you. Huo Jicheng will not die. Although he died, he will live in the hearts of others. This is also how I repay him for giving me a million dollars." Gold and silver, you can't insult his reputation." Xiao Shunzi suppressed a smile and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely make Huo Jicheng the prince's nightmare." I instructed: "Be careful, if your identity is exposed, I will be in trouble." Xiao Shunzi said seriously: "Don't worry, just run away if you can't beat me, I will never let them catch me." I was still a little worried, but I felt relieved when I thought that I would arrange for Jing Chi and the others to pick me up.Just as I was about to ask a few more words, even Xiao Shunzi laughed at me and admitted that I was wordy, but I heard footsteps in the distance. Just by hearing the sound, I knew that it was King Yong who came. He should come to apologize. He is a step up.I waved Xiao Shunzi back, and I waited for King Yong to come.But there was an unspeakable sadness on King Yong's face. My heart moved and I asked: "Why is Your Highness so sad?" Li Zhi said bitterly: "Today, the imperial sister insisted on leaving the palace and went to Wuchen Nunnery to clean up. Concubine Changsun couldn't dissuade her and had to agree, but she was not allowed to shave or become a monk." My heart was shocked, and I couldn't say a word anymore. Looking at King Yong's eager eyes, I said lightly: "Your Highness, marriage cannot be forced, and the princess has one heart. Pray to Buddha, maybe that is where she can be safe and happy." Li Zhi sighed slightly, and said: "Let's not talk about it, as long as the imperial sister doesn't shave her head, there will always be room for change in the future, what should we do next, the marriage between Qin Qing and Princess Jingjiang really disappoints me." I said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, but at this moment, please pay more respects to the Qin family, otherwise it would be bad for them to join the prince's side. I don't think General Qin would be so unwise. There are a few young masters." Li Zhi's eyes lit up, but he didn't say anything. I know these things better than I do.At this time, I saw Jing Chi's sneaky figure, he must have slipped out last night, who let Han Yuan restrain him, I thought I couldn't see him, but after thinking about it, I said: "General Jing, why don't you?" But come and pay your respects to His Majesty." Jing Chi stopped in his tracks, walked over, and respectfully greeted His Highness, I smiled and said, "Your Highness wants you to compose a poem, what do you think?" Jing Chi opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to do.King Yong smiled and said, "I heard that you learned to compose poetry, and I am very interested. How about this? I have a topic. By the way, what are you going to do just now?" Jing Chi said embarrassingly: "The general went out to gamble last night, and now he wants to go to sleep when he comes back." Li Zhi glared at him, and said, "Well, let's make sleeping your problem." Jing Chi thought about it for a long time, and said: "The Buddha slept well." Li Zhi laughed out loud, and said: "This is interesting, it seems that you have seen the reclining Buddha in Dahua Temple." Jing Chi said quickly, "Yes, General Mo and General Changsun went to Dahua Temple yesterday, but they didn't come back because it was too late." I smiled and said: "Okay, no need to explain, let's continue to write poems. If you write poems, I will forgive you. If not, I will let you copy the military manual for a day." Jing Chi hurriedly said: "Yes, it's time to sleep. I want to sleep like him." After reading this, he couldn't think of the last sentence. Li Zhi smiled and said, "Although the second sentence is a bit like doggerel, it's barely okay, what is the last sentence, Jing Chi, if you can't come up with it, Mr. Jiang will lose." Jing Chi immediately became dizzy, thinking that if Mr. Jiang loses, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up on sleep today, but I can't figure it out after thinking about it, I just remember sweating profusely.Li Zhi smiled slightly and said, "It's fine if you can't figure it out, you general, you can calm down the world, but you may not be able to write poems." At this time, Jing Chi had an idea and remembered that Jiang Zhe often mentioned Jing Huchen's words of "sweeping wolf smoke" every time he lectured to himself.Then he said: "No one sweeps away the wolf smoke." Li Zhi and I were both stunned. In fact, I didn't think about defeating King Yong. I didn't expect Jing Chi to actually write a poem. Li Zhi said: "Buddha sleeps well. Once he sleeps, everything will happen. I want to sleep like him. No one will sweep away the smoke. Well, this last sentence is turning stone into gold, and it shows the true qualities of a hero. I am convinced." He took off the jade pendant and handed it to me: "Suiyun can help Jing Chi learn to write poetry for more than half a month, Li Zhi is convinced." I took the jade pendant, smiled wryly, and said: "Jing Chi, His Highness lost this jade pendant to me, so I will borrow flowers to offer it to you. If you can't write a poem, I will be the loser." Jing Chi took the jade pendant respectfully, and said, "Thank you sir for the reward." I smiled and shook my head, what can I say, I didn’t expect this rude general to really impress me, I originally wanted to deliberately lose to King Yong, and gave this self-defense jade belt to King Yong, it seems that this time no more. In Yongning Fang, Liang Jinqian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, looked at the lonely lamp, his heart was full of anxiety. He is an old fox who has been in the ups and downs of his career for many years. The inspection was basically smuggling under the order of the prince, and he was excluded in advance. Although he was not dismissed afterwards, he saw that the prince was only busy accepting his own power, so he knew what his future would be. He was really not reconciled. He really wanted to report on the prince with his privately recorded account books, but when he thought of the deep friendship between the monarch and his ministers, his father and son, he was already disheartened. What was even more frightening was that when he thought about it, he couldn't figure out why the prince wanted to give up on himself. Inadvertently thought that his wife and brother had not been seen for many days, and his heart moved. He checked the account books he had recorded privately, and the secret notes he had made had disappeared. On his body, in the cold cave, thinking that after his death, his wife, family and children would not be spared, he really wanted to escape immediately, but in the whole world, could it be the king's land, where could he escape to?Before he could figure out a way, the assassin of Fengyimen had appeared beside him. This was a plain-clothed woman with a beautiful appearance, but she was full of murderous aura all over her body. Looking at this woman holding his beloved young son, he gave in. According to her order, he handed over all the powers in his hands. Now he is a useless person, and he is under house arrest by His Highness the Crown Prince. It must be a few days. Copying and beheading is to cut jobs for the people, and then die on the road.He can really die. In this life, he has enjoyed the wealth, money and beauty, but if he dies, what should his family do?However, for more than half a month, his hair was as white as frost, and his well-maintained appearance became old and haggard. He was thinking hard, when suddenly the door of the study was gently pushed open, and a man in black walked in. Liang Jinqian saw it at a glance, but he didn't seem surprised, and said coldly: "Are you here to take my life? I've been waiting for a long time, but that girl has been in the back house all the time, wouldn't it be more convenient for her to kill me?" The man in black closed the door and said, "If you die, your family will be hurt, don't you want to resist?" Liang Jinqian's heart moved. The voice was soft and pleasant, not like an ordinary person. He raised his head and looked at the man's face. The man's face was covered with a black scarf, revealing only a pair of piercing cold eyes. He slowly said: "The old man doesn't know, but now he is deeply trapped and unable to struggle." The man gently took off his veil, revealing a face as delicate as ice and snow. He smiled slightly and said, "Death can be as light as a feather, or as heavy as Mount Tai. If you die under the king's law, you will not only hurt your family, but will only make your rapes suffer." People benefit, if you are willing to commit suicide, I can guarantee that your family can spend the rest of their lives in peace, and those who are up to date among your descendants will also get fame." Liang Jinqian's eyes lit up, and he committed suicide. If he committed suicide, perhaps those people would not embarrass his family, but how could this be guaranteed? He really couldn't believe the credibility of His Highness the Crown Prince.It took him a long time to say: "You belong to His Royal Highness, if I commit suicide, I can really let the prince spare my family." His tone was full of suspicion. The man smiled lightly and said: "The prince's promise cannot be guaranteed, but His Royal Highness King Yong's promise, do you believe it?" Liang Jinqian was shocked and said, "You belong to His Royal Highness King Yong." The man said flatly: "His Royal Highness Yong knows that you have done a lot for the prince, but now the prince is ready to abandon you, and your family and children will be buried with you. If you are willing to commit suicide, your family, His Royal Highness Yong Arrange them to settle down in Youzhou, Your Highness will never lie to you." Liang Jin pondered over a lot, and finally said: "His Royal Highness King Yong's sincerity, I can trust, if the old man had followed His Highness earlier, there would not be the result today." After finishing speaking, he took out a booklet with ink stains and said: "Old man I once recorded an account book in which His Royal Highness embezzled money from the Ministry of Accounts, but it has been taken away. I wrote it down from memory these days, and I hope it will be useful to His Royal Highness Yong." The man took the booklet and said seriously: "Your Highness will thank you for your hard work. This is Hedinghong. You will never suffer any pain. I know you want to say goodbye to your family, but I can't take risks, so I wronged you. You If you have any last words, you can write them down." Liang Jinqian smiled slightly, picked up a pen and wrote a short message, handed it to the man without sealing it, and then said with a smile: "I committed a capital crime to the minister, and the emperor often bestows a red crest on the crane. His Royal Highness King Yong really It's a scheming man, please tell Your Highness, I believe in his promise." After saying that, he drank it down, and in an instant, the seven orifices bleed to death. The man opened it and saw that there were two correct lines written on it, "Don't be greedy for money and lose your reputation, don't love power and lose your life. Liang Jinqian's last pen Wuwei Twenty-four Years Jiaxu June 2nd" end of part two The third part, Seizing the Inheritance, will be updated from Monday, and it will be rested for two days to refresh.I have class today, so I posted the article in advance, otherwise I would have to wait until nine o'clock.