At dusk, Yang Shu came out of the yard.
Qu Yuanzhong settled in a small wooden house twenty miles away from Jian'an. When he heard a knock on the door, he shouted to come in.
"What time has it been? Master Qu is still drinking tea. Where is my roast chicken?" Yang Shu looked at Qu Yuanzhong.
"Don't you think there's anything wrong?" Lieutenant Qu Yuan refilled the tea, "I traveled across mountains and rivers to come here, shouldn't you be the one to treat me to this meal?"
"Master Qu, do you think I don't want to fulfill my duty as a landlord?"
Yang Shu sat down opposite Qu Yuanzhong and sighed, "I am really helpless. That fire burned all night long!"
"Nothing is left." Yang Shu looked lonely.
Qu Yuanzhong sipped his tea and said, "You have moved your valuables away a long time ago. Look at the clothes you are wearing. You are living a good life."
"As I said before, I won't take out a penny of anything that goes into my pocket." Yang Shu raised his tea cup towards Qu Yuanzhong.
"But this operation is a three to seven score."
"I'm seven and you're three?" Qu Yuanzhong raised his eyebrows, "Then I'll thank you, Prince."
"It's quite a beautiful thought."
"Don't think that you can take advantage of me because of your age."
Yang Shu put his elbow on the table and made a three sign with his other hand, "You three, I seven."
"This is unreasonable."
"You don't need to use your brain. I just lead the people behind me and give you three. I am already very grand."
Yang Shu refused to give in, "If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be able to get either of them, so I'd rather give you a thank you gift."
Qu Yuanzhong didn't fight anymore. Yang Shu's face looked tender, but it was difficult to pull the meat from his hands.
"I heard that the second prince entered the palace?"
"Yeah." Yang Shu went into the kitchen and scanned around. He came out with a dark face, "What do you mean? There's no fire!"
"The guards will arrive later."
"The prince has spoken, how dare you not listen to me?" Qu Yuanzhong refilled Yang Shu's water. This boy didn't like tea.
"It looks good." Yang Shu sat back.
"The emperor is not dead. Guo Qi still has some brains. Killer's foot and patricide are completely different concepts."
"There will be another good show tomorrow morning." Yang Shu touched Qu Yuanzhong's cup.
"How many of the four princes and eight princes support King Xi?"
"Maybe before, but King Xi has been exposed several times, and everyone knows that he is not as benevolent and righteous as he appears on the surface. Even if there are still supporters, they are still on guard."
"Today in the Second Prince's Mansion, a counselor named Xu Lang died under Guo Qi's sword." Yang Shu slowly recounted, "He exposed the collusion between Guo Qi and King Xi."
"It is impossible for King Xi to stand on the moral side."
"A smart person, as soon as he turns his head, will know that it was King Xi who pushed everything."
"You are the most insidious here." Qu Yuanzhong praised Yang Shu sincerely.
"Can insidiousness be replaced by brains? You are also a scholar, why are you so careless in your words?"
"You're a very good student."
Yang Shu looked towards the door, waiting for his roast chicken.
"You didn't expose the collusion between King Xi and Xiao Guo."
"You can't push the dog into a hurry, you have to leave some room." Yang bundled up and faced the guard, "He's finally here."
"It's delicious to eat other people's food."
Yang Shu has a chicken leg in his left hand and a chicken wing in his right hand.
Qu Yuanzhong was very funny, and it was quite relaxing to get along with him like this.
"Your Majesty."
After drinking half the bottle of wine, Pai Gow hurried towards Yang Shu with a solemn expression, "The Duke Xiu's Mansion was massacred."
Yang relaxed his hands and asked, "What's going on?"
Qu Yuanzhong also looked over, unable to conceal his surprise.
"Gong Xiu Guo gathered the guards in the palace to express his position. If King Xi ascends to the throne, he will be the first to rebel."
"A quarter of an hour later, the imperial army received the emperor's order and said that Xiu Guogong was inciting people's hearts and had rebellion, and the Yi tribe was involved."
"There are no survivors." Pai Gow said solemnly.
Yang Shu put the wine in the cup into his mouth, "Gong Xiu Guo risked his own life by stepping on King Xi into the mud."
"I was mistaken. They were just silent in the past, not dead."
"Your Majesty, someone is still alive." Pai Gow thought of something and raised his eyes, "Second Young Master Hou left Jian'an to avoid you."
"Go find it and leave a root for Duke Xiu Guo's Mansion."
After Pai Gow left, Yang Shu was no longer in the mood to eat chicken. The Yi tribe? This is much crueler than him.
"Why is the whole length crooked?" Qu Yuanzhong said in a low voice.
"Is there a possibility that the vine is crooked, with the exception of the late emperor?"
"Foreign enemies are watching with eager eyes. They only have that little power in their eyes, and they cannot see the suffering of the people at all." Qu Yuanzhong shook his head.
"The Yang family should have rebelled earlier."
Yang Shu picked up the jug and poured wine, "If you hadn't seen the evil of the Guo family, how many of you would have supported the Yang family?"
"Master Qu, are you holding on to some luck?"
"I hope that Mr. Guo will be able to show his talents and reverse the decline."
Qu Yuanzhong smiled bitterly and raised glasses with Yang Shu.
The two drank in silence.
Jian'an was in panic, and the courtiers were so worried that they went crazy, they all went crazy...
The people looked at the blood flowing out of Duke Xiu's Mansion, and their eyes were full of confusion. What on earth was going on?
The sky has changed, no, there is no sky, there is no sky anymore.
Everyone dispersed in silence, each one lifeless.
At this moment, no one knows where the road ahead is, and there is no hope for the country of Yan.
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"Second Young Master, run! Run far away!"
The boy rushed into the house, picked up Hou Zhou, and pushed him out.
"You're so good, why are you so crazy?" Hou Zhou pulled out his hand, "I'm bored today and I don't want to play around with you."
"Second Young Master," the young man cried out, "Run quickly, everyone in the house is dead!" The young man burst into tears, pulled Hou Zhou's belt, and took off his clothes.
Hou Zhou was stunned, his mouth kept moving, his legs softened, and he stepped back, "What nonsense are you talking about? How peaceful should we be? It's impossible, it's impossible..."
Hou Zhou shook his head crazily and was about to leave the boy behind to seek confirmation.
The boy hugged him tightly, and in the end he grabbed a wooden stick and beat him unconscious.
As soon as I changed my clothes, there was a banging sound at the door.
The boy gritted his teeth and dragged Hou Zhou into the rockery.
Looking towards the door, he climbed over the wall and climbed out.
"Over there!"
The keen-eyed Royal Guard spotted the young man, and at his shout, everyone chased after him.
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"Your Majesty, our people are late."
At dawn, Pai Gow walked into the house with a heavy tone.
"Hou Zhou rolled down the hillside, his face changed beyond recognition, and his head has been brought back to Jian'an."
Yang Shu looked at where the sun was rising and said after a long while: "Go and prepare. Don't miss anything on the list."
Carriages came from all over the place to gather at the palace.
The officials wore official robes, passed the palace gate inspection, and walked to the main hall.
They are afraid, the Yi tribe!
There was a forbidden army at the door. Just waiting for them to say no, they would come in and kill them with their swords drawn.
It would be terrible to lose Jian'an of the Yang family.
Guo Qi was wearing a python robe. He stood at the top of the steps, looking at the courtiers walking towards him, with the corners of his mouth rising uncontrollably.
When everyone was gathered, Guo Qi asked the eunuch to read the imperial edict.
"slow!"
A loud shout rang out in the main hall, "What qualifications do you have for a person like you who harms your brothers and sisters to stand here!"
