"Your Majesty, there is still some time left, why don't you want to sleep for a while?" Wang Zhenliang came to his side and bowed.
Zhao Yizhi looked to the east and said, "I'm a little worried about the Nanhuai incident. Please send someone to investigate quickly."
"Old slave, I obey." Wang Zhenliang responded and retreated.
Early the next morning, the east gate of the capital opened wide, and more than ten Maoji guards rushed out of the east gate like runaway horses, heading towards the land of Nanhuai. They were so fast that even the other horses on the official road were caught. Out of reach.
Just as a group of Maoji guards rushed out of the east gate, Yi Xiaodao led 6,000 people from Jiacheng and Yicheng, and headed towards Hangzhou in a mighty manner.
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Su City, Nanhuai Prince's Mansion.
It was also rainy today, but the old Nanhuai King was in great spirits. He moved his favorite rocking chair to the pavilion in the courtyard and lay on the rocking chair and rocked it.
Li Yaoyang, the eldest son of King Nanhuai, pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the pavilion in the rain. Looking at his father lying leisurely on the rocking chair, he didn't know where to start.
The old Nanhuai King opened one eye, took a look, and asked, "What kind of expression is that? Do you want to cry or laugh? Tell me, what's going on."
Li Yaoyang took a deep breath and said: "Dad, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
The old King of Nanhuai laughed dumbly: "Hey, you stupid boy, have you learned how to play with flowers? Come on, dad is in a good mood today. Before I make dad happy, let me tell you the good news first!"
Li Yaoyang bowed and said: "Yi Xiaodao from the capital arrived in Yicheng and persuaded the two families to stop their troops. About 6,000 soldiers from Yicheng and Jiacheng were united and now they are marching towards Hangcheng. The ten soldiers from Lingyue Pavilion Several women with better martial arts also left Jiacheng and returned to Hangcheng."
The old Nanhuai King's eyes widened: "Is this serious? Don't let me have free time today. Are you joking?"
"Dad, can I joke about such a big thing?" Li Yaoyang said in a dumbfounded voice.
The old Nanhuai King also knew his sons quite well. Neither of his sons was the kind of person who could joke around or make trouble. He lay back on the rocking chair, pondered for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, Ling Yue Pavilion must have offended Yi Xiaodao, and he is going to raise an army to investigate the crime! Okay! Okay! Yi Xiaodao acted on behalf of the court, Let’s see what other tricks those aristocratic families can do, hahaha.”
"Dad, then let's..." Li Yaoyang hesitated.
"No matter! I absolutely don't care! Let them fight! The harder they fight, the happier I will be! Not to mention, this Yi Xiaodao is really capable. He can even untie the knot of Yicheng Jiacheng. I don't know what he will do. Can you find it?" Old Nanhuai King asked cheerfully.
Li Yaoyang shook his head: "We can't find it yet. All our spies have been kicked out by Jiacheng. Not only ours, but I heard that the spies from the aristocratic families, including the imperial court, have all been kicked out of Jiacheng." ."
"Forget it if he can't find it. It's his ability to do it. Someone else might not be able to do it." The old Nanhuai King lay back in the rocking chair again and rocked it like a child.
Li Yaoyang stood silently by the side. The old Nanhuai King was a little curious. His eldest son was a little unusual on weekdays. He suddenly remembered that there was another piece of bad news: "By the way, what is the bad news? Don't talk to me, an old man like me." They said they were already fighting, and Yi Xiaodao lost when he came up."
Li Yaoyang shook his head and lowered his head and said: "Dad, I told you not to be angry. General Xu escorted Sui Gong to the capital, but was... robbed halfway. According to the deserter's report, he encountered a group of monsters two nights ago. General Xu ...He died on the spot."
A "click" sound startled Li Yaoyang. He looked up and saw his father crushing the right armrest of his favorite rocking chair to pieces.
"Dad, you..." Li Yaoyang was a little scared.
The old Nanhuai King was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Dad is fine. I understand. You can go down first."
Li Yaoyang bowed and said in greeting: "My dear, please take care of yourself..." After saying that, he braved the rain and left the pavilion.
"A rich family..." The old Nanhuai King doesn't believe in any monsters, and monsters are not interested in gold and silver treasures. This must be someone pretending to be a ghost in order to rob the annual tribute. Sui Gong has not yet left Nanhuai. Needless to say, this must be the work of a wealthy family. "While Yicheng and Jiacheng are fighting, now they have kidnapped Sui Gong in order to weaken me, the King of Nanhuai, step by step. A tiger does not show its power." , I really thought I was a sick cat..."
While the old Nanhuai King was deep in thought, Huang Bai hurriedly came to the pavilion in the rain: "My lord, I heard that Sui Gong was kidnapped. I wonder if your lord...did you know about it?"
The old Nanhuai King didn't look at him. In comparison, the old Nanhuai King admired Yi Xiaodao more. Yi Xiaodao was much more qualified as an envoy than Huang Bai, but after all, his identity was still here, so he couldn't ignore it. The old Nanhuai King said "Yes", "Yes, I understand."
Huang Bai was still a little hesitant at first, but when he heard the Nanhuai King himself admit it, his heart suddenly became cold...
"I will take care of it myself. If nothing goes wrong, Mr. Huang, please go and rest first. Mr. Huang will not have to worry about this matter." The old Nanhuai King had nothing to say to Huang Bai, so he immediately issued an eviction order rudely.
Huang Bai turned around to leave, but suddenly remembered what the man in black gauze told him before leaving. Huang Bai's expression was a little complicated. For a while, as if he had made up his mind, he turned back and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Thanks to your care for many days, I have something from the bottom of my heart that I dare not not say.”
The old Nanhuai King turned his head, glanced at Huang Bai with a meaningful look in his eyes, and said, "Tell me what's going on."
Huang Bai took a deep breath and said slowly: "The prince has been in charge of Nanhuai for six hundred years. Nanhuai is rich and prosperous. The people of Nanhuai all applaud and praise the prince. I really admire him."
"Sir Huang, if these are compliments, please leave them for later. I have no intention of listening to them now." The old Nanhuai King thought he was going to say something important, but who knew that Huang Bai would pat the horse when he came up? Who else would be there at this time? I just wanted to be polite to him.
"To be honest, your Majesty has killed Grand Master Li Changwen. I must have heard about it. All the loyal people in the court applauded him. Your Majesty has great ambitions to revive the Great Qi. Your Majesty thought... After your Majesty cleans up the court, what's the next step?" What will happen?" Huang Bai said calmly with his face as usual.
The old King of Nanhuai stood up slowly and stood in front of Huang Bai, holding on to the handrail on the left. Huang Bai was short in stature, but the old King of Nanhuai was getting older and stooped, so the two of them were looking at each other at eye level. Huang Bai slightly raised his head and met the eagle-like eyes of the old King of Nanhuai. He couldn't help being startled and quickly lowered his head to show humility.
"You mean..." Old Nanhuai King asked word for word, "Your Majesty... wants to cut off the vassal?"
At this time, Huang Bai's back was wet with cold sweat, and the breeze was still a bit chilly. He couldn't bear to feel it carefully. He thought of the man who looked like an immortal under the black gauze that night, and secretly prayed in his heart: "Serving the country is only today, Zhou." Prime Minister, I have done my utmost to serve you..." That night, it was Zhou Ziru, the Prime Minister of Daqi, who went to Huang Bai's house wearing a black gauze, and told Huang Bai to tell Huang Bai to the old King of Nanhuai.
"Not bad!" Huang Bai mustered up his courage and slowly raised his head to meet the eyes of the old King of Nanhuai. "His Majesty does intend to cut down the vassal. If the annual tribute from Nanhuai can be sent to the court as scheduled, the lower officials and even the ministers in the court will be rewarded." You can also intercede for the prince. Now that Sui Gong has been robbed, Long Yan will be furious if your majesty knows about it. Who dares to intercede at that time? Who dares to say that the King of Nanhuai is not a thief? Once the heavenly soldiers from the imperial court arrive, Nanhuai will no longer be what it was yesterday."
The old King of Nanhuai sighed, turned around, waved his hand and said, "I understand, thank you Mr. Huang for your kind words, and please go and rest first."
Huang Bai couldn't believe it, but when he saw the back of the old Nanhuai King, he didn't know what to say and left the pavilion after saluting.
The old King of Nanhuai held the armrest on the left and slowly sat back in the rocking chair, rocking slowly once or twice... rocking and unknowingly, the old King of Nanhuai was like a child, sitting on the rocking chair. He fell into a deep sleep and had a dream.
"Qier, do you like this rocking chair very much?"
"Dad, the kid likes it!"
"As long as you like it, this rocking chair will be given to you in the future."
"Thank you dad!"
"Qi'er, you should thank His Majesty for this rocking chair and the yard of our Li family. His Majesty gave the entire Nanhuai to our Li family. When you grow up and become the King of Nanhuai, you must protect Nanhuai well. Huai!"
"Then what if one day, His Majesty doesn't let me guard Nanhuai...what should I do?"
The old father's expression in the dream was stagnant, and then he smiled and said: "On a day, I will keep a day."
"One day, one day...I remember, dad!" Xiao Li Rongqi replied with a smile.
"Dad! Dad!" Old Nanhuai King woke up from his dream and exclaimed. After a while, he realized that he was still in the courtyard. It was just Nankeyi's dream.
The old King of Nanhuai wiped the sweat from his forehead and murmured: "On a day, I will keep it... On a day, I will keep it! Dad, Qi'er understands. The imperial court gave us the Li family six Hundreds of years of glory and wealth...The imperial court does not owe us the Li family. Our Li family is sealed in Nanhuai. This is a blessing and a curse! Having enjoyed six hundred years of wealth and honor, this is a blessing. If the emperor wants to cut down the vassal, the first one It would be a disaster to operate on the Li family..."
With a "click" sound, the armrest on the left was also crushed to pieces by the old Nanhuai King: "The emperor can cut it if he wants. Before that... our Li family must guard the southeast for the imperial court! The aristocratic family... must give They uprooted it! How did you snatch it from Sui Gong? How do you want you to hand it over!"
After a while, there was only an old rocking chair left in the courtyard, rocking uncontrollably. Two broken armrests were placed on both sides of the rocking chair, one on the left and one on the right, lying quietly. Apart from that, there was nothing else. No one.
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Nanhuai and Hangzhou are another fertile place that is not inferior to Su City, simply because all the clan leaders and elders of aristocratic families are in this city.
"Clan Chief Zhu, the spies have come to report that the war between Yicheng and Jiacheng has ceased, and the women of Lingyue Pavilion have also left Jiacheng..." In the hall of the Zhu family in the city, the chiefs and elders of the various clans, headed by the chiefs, were sitting. There is a middle-aged man with a face like a jade, a three-inch green beard, and a face like a jade. It can be seen at a glance that he was also a handsome man when he was young. Naturally, he is the current patriarch of the Zhu family, Zhu Ce.
"Now Yicheng and Jiacheng are united. About six thousand people are coming to Hangcheng. The specific reason is unknown, and the spies have all been driven out." The spies reported all the news.
"I know, let's go down." Zhu Ce took a sip of tea and waved away the spy.
"Clan Chief Zhu, we have united our forces in Jiacheng, Yicheng City, and are heading to Hangcheng. This matter... we should have put an end to it as early as possible!" A clan elder stood up and said.
Zhu Ce waved his hands with a smile and said with high spirits: "Don't be alarmed, everyone, we have been sitting here in Nanhuai for a thousand years, who are we afraid of? Sit back and relax, I, Zhu, will protect everyone... It is not difficult to sit in a thousand-year-old family again. !”
