The sacred city of Jing, the palace of Prince Zhongshun.
Prince Zhongshun is entertaining two guests in the living room.
"Brother Qi, what time has it been? Why haven't our people come back yet? Have you sent someone to take a look."
"Yes, Brother Qi, I didn't sleep all night yesterday. I was just waiting for our brothers to have a big fight after getting the prescription. I have been jealous of the Jia family's son's tribute wine for several years. If it weren't for the guy above If you don't move your mouth, my brother will take action already."
Prince Zhongshun smiled and said: "I'm talking about Lao Ninth and Lao Eleven, are you two too impatient? You came here just after dawn, how can I miss your share?
Don't worry, I have sent the chief historian of the palace to check on Zhuangzi. It is estimated that there will be news soon. Please wait patiently for a while. What belongs to us cannot escape. "
"Brother Qi, it's not that we are in a hurry. Our troops took action last night. It is said that news should come back as soon as dawn. It's such a long time and there is no news at all, which makes me feel a little panicked."
"Old Eleven, are you overthinking it? We have more than a thousand people, and we are attacking at night. Isn't that more than enough to deal with 200 people?"
Prince Zhongshun said: "Okay, don't worry blindly. Nothing will happen. Just wait for a while. This time, I want the children of the Jia family to experience what heartache is. If you dare to cut off my wealth, I will The king will cut off his wealth."
"Seventh brother, aren't you afraid that the Jia family's kid will come knocking on your door? He is a killer who kills without blinking an eye."
Prince Zhongshun said: "We are a royal family, and we are all princes. No matter how cruel the Jia family's child is, he would not dare to come to our door and attack us rashly, otherwise he will be unable to eat and walk away."
"What Seventh Brother said is that even this world belongs to our family, and these civil and military ministers are our slaves. If a slave dares to challenge his master, isn't he seeking death?"
While the three brothers were talking, Prince Shi ran in sweating profusely.
Prince Zhongshun laughed happily when he saw that Chang Shi was back: "Look, aren't you back now? Tell us, how is the situation? Have you got the recipe for brewing wine? Where are Liu Qiang and the others?" "
The other two princes also looked over hopefully.
Palace Chief Shi smiled bitterly and said: "Reporting to the prince, I rushed to Zhuangzi, but there was no one in the village, and none of our troops came back. I was afraid that the prince would be impatient to wait, so I came back to report first."
Prince Zhongshun heard this and said angrily: "Liu Qiang, you bastard, what time has it been? If you don't come back quickly, if the Jia family's children get the news and lead people to rush over, it will be troublesome."
"Seventh brother, what are you afraid of? There are at most a hundred people around the Jia family's child. If he really dares to take people there, at worst, he will be taken away too. Wouldn't he just be able to fight a little war? It's nothing serious, you can't afford it."
Prince Zhongshun said: "I said, Lao Jiu, you are too cruel, aren't you? If you really do that, we will also be in trouble."
He turned to Prince Palace Chief Shi and said, "Send someone to Jia Cong's village to see what's going on, and then come back and tell me right away."
Chang Shi said: "To return to the prince, when I came, I had already arranged for people to go to Ning Guogong's village to check."
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant from outside came to report: "Reporting to the prince, Eunuch Dai from the palace is here. He said that there was an order from His Majesty, asking the prince to go out and receive the order."
Several people were stunned when they heard this, and they were full of doubts. What kind of oral instructions did the emperor deliver?
However, they did not dare to neglect and hurriedly came out together to receive the order.
When Dai Quan saw the three princes coming out together, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart. No wonder King Zhongshun had more than a thousand troops. It turned out that these two princes also got involved.
However, there was a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said: "I have met the three princes. Your Majesty has an edict. Please ask the three princes to come forward and receive the edict."
Several people did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I will receive the order."
Dai Quan said: "According to your Majesty's oral instructions: King Zhongshun acted arrogantly, disobeyed my order, and sent people to attack Zhuangzi of Ning Guogong without permission. The impact was really bad. He was ordered to stay at home and meditate for three months as a punishment. I hereby express my punishment."
When the three princes heard this, they were instantly dumbfounded.
I couldn't help but look at each other, how did that person know about this, and a bad premonition suddenly came to my heart.
Dai Quan looked at the three of them with shocked expressions and couldn't help but laugh secretly.
These three idiots were still having sweet dreams just now. If they knew that all their men had been killed, they didn't know what their expressions would be like.
"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me."
Loyalty and obedience to the king: "Official, obey the decree."
Seeing the three people standing up, Dai Quan said again: "Your Majesty, your Majesty also said that from now on, you are not allowed to cause trouble to Duke Ning Guo, and the grievances between you will be wiped out.
Ning Guogong has already said it in front of His Majesty. Once, twice, and no more, the prince has taken action twice. For the sake of the royal family, he will not care about it anymore. If the prince takes action to cause trouble for him again, then Ning Guo will The father was about to fight back. "
When the three heard this, their faces looked incredulous.
Jia Cong actually knew about their actions and told the emperor. How could this be possible?
If Jia Cong knew about their actions, then Liu Qiang and others had not returned yet, which would be a bit of a disaster.
Moreover, that boy was so bold and dared to say such words in front of that person. This was obviously a warning to himself.
Thinking of this, his face became ugly.
King Zhongshun asked quickly: "General Manager Dai, when did Ning Guogong find His Majesty?"
Dai Quan said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Ning Guo came to the palace today to see His Majesty. Your little tricks are nothing in the eyes of Mr. Ning Guo. He is a powerful figure on the battlefield in Liaodong. Your Majesty, you'd better do it yourself. .”
When the three princes heard this, their expressions became even uglier.
It's good that Jia Cong can fight, but this is not Liaodong, this is the sacred city, the royal family's territory. So what can he do if he can fight? Can he turn the world upside down?
After sending Dai Quan away, the three of them returned to the hall with dejected faces.
At this moment, I still don’t know where the plan has failed again.
But where have those of my own men gone?
That's more than a thousand people? How could it fail?
"Brother Seven, do you think all our people will be captured by Jia Cong?"
"We have more than 1,100 people. If we want to catch them all, how many people will we need? Does Jia Cong have that many people?"
King Zhongshun said angrily: "I can't explain clearly, but it must have failed. What a bunch of rubbish. There are more than a thousand people who can't even take down a small village. What do these people do for food?"
Liu Qiang, this bastard, really succeeds more than fails. He could fail in such a favorable situation. I am really angry to death. Let's wait until the inquirer comes back to see what's going on. "
The three brothers stared at each other and kept sighing, no longer as arrogant as before.
The emperor spoke again, cutting off their thoughts. If they still insist on having their own way, they will really be punished.
The three of them sat there waiting for the news, feeling like they were on pins and needles, and their days seemed like years.
After a while, the person sent to Linhe Villa to inquire about the news came back, but his face was pale and his face was very ugly.
King Zhongshun was shocked when he saw his men like this, and a bad premonition suddenly surged into his heart.
He opened his mouth and asked: "You went to check for information this time. Did you see our troops?"
The subordinate nodded and said, "Reply to the prince, I saw him."
The three of them were delighted when they heard this, and asked eagerly: "Where are they now? Are they safe?"
The man knelt down in front of King Zhongshun with a plop, and said tremblingly: "Return to the prince, all of our people are gone, they have killed them all. The corpses are piled up into a hill, which can be seen from a long distance away." .”
"What? Say it again."
When the three princes heard this, they stood up with a roar and shouted with horror on their faces.
This news made them shocked and angry. They couldn't believe it. More than a thousand people were all killed? How is this possible? Could it be that Jia Cong is really a living king of hell?
The subordinate was startled and said quickly: "Reporting to the prince, it is absolutely true. When the villain arrived near Zhuangzi, he smelled the smell of meat..."
As soon as he said this, the subordinate started retching repeatedly.
But the three princes were disgusted so much that the ninth prince raised his leg and kicked him to the ground, scolding angrily: "Blind bitch, do you want to disgust me to death? Where is he? You he Mother said the meat smells delicious."
The man quickly got up and confessed, and then said: "Then, the villain saw a pile of corpses like a hill, surrounded by some firewood, which was burning.
The villain was also shocked at the time, and after asking someone to inquire, he found out that those people were the troops we sent out yesterday, and they were all killed. "
"Ugh, uh."
"Ugh, uh."
After listening to it, several people in the room felt nauseated and retched repeatedly.
Prince Zhongshun waved his hand and let the subordinate go out. When he saw him, he felt uncomfortable in his stomach.
It wasn't until the man left that everyone felt better.
However, what followed was shock, anger, hatred and fear.
They could never have imagined that Jia Cong would be so cruel and bold as to kill all the men they sent.
They are princes, they are royal family, how dare he do this Jia Cong? This is more than a thousand people?
Thinking of Jia Cong's ruthlessness, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little fear in their hearts.
What Jia Cong said was really not a joke. If he was provoked again, he would really fight back.
The three of them sat down on the chairs, looking like they were mourning for their heirs.
This time it was really a waste of money. Not only did they not get anything, but they also lost more than a thousand people, which made every one of them feel distressed to death.
The Ninth Prince said: "Seventh Brother, the Jia family's son is so cruel, he is simply a madman. He really dares to take action against us. It is better to listen to His Majesty and let this matter end here. We are princes, no We must perish with him."
"Brother Ninth is right. This bastard Jia Cong is a living king of hell. He is too courageous and has no respect at all in his heart. If such a person makes him anxious, he will do anything."
Prince Zhongshun sighed and said: "The two brothers are right. As the saying goes, there is no good person under the reputation. The Jia family boy can achieve such a big name. He is indeed somewhat capable, and His Majesty is on his side.
If you continue to entangle, the gains will indeed outweigh the losses. It will only implicate the two brothers, make you two suffer losses in vain, and make your brother feel guilty. "
"Brother Seven, you don't have to be like this. We are all brothers. It's just a loss of some manpower. We'll just recruit a group later."
"Yes, Brother Qi, don't worry too much about us."
King Zhongshun said: "So thank you two brothers."
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Jia Cong did not spend much time in Yuanchun's palace.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time the two siblings met. After just chatting for a while, Jia Cong said goodbye and left.
Jia Cong didn't understand Yuan Chun's temperament, so he couldn't say much about it.
In addition, there are maids and eunuchs in the palace, so it is inconvenient to say some things. It is better to wait until there is a chance to say it in the future.
After leaving the palace, Jia Cong didn't even go to the yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. He took people directly out of Shenjing City and went to Linhe Villa.
Although Tie Zhu said that nothing happened in Zhuangzi, it was a bit unreasonable for him, the master, not to go and take a look at such a big thing.
When we arrived at Linhe Villa, everything had been cleaned up.
Looking at the hill-like pile of corpses, Jia Cong couldn't help but grin. These were all good fertilizers. If Li Qingluo were here, she would definitely like them very much.
It's a pity that this is Linhe Villa, not Mantuo Villa where camellias are everywhere, and there is no fairy sister of Duan Yu.
Seeing Jia Cong coming, Zhang Dakui, Zhuangtou Liu Quan and others rushed up to meet him.
"My subordinate Zhang Dakui and Liu Quan have met the Duke."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Master Zhang, Manager Liu, no need to be polite. Thank you for your hard work last night. Are there any casualties among our brothers?"
Zhang Dakui said: "Although there were a lot of people yesterday, they were all a ragtag group with little combat power at all. They were scattered with a few charges. Only a dozen of our brothers here were slightly injured. It’s no big deal.”
Jia Cong nodded and said: "As long as it's okay, we will give out all the rewards later. These corpses are not the same here. If it doesn't work, just burn them in a puddle far away."
Zhang Dakui said: "I will arrange it soon and try to finish it today."
Several people walked towards the village while talking.
Jia Cong first went to see the injured soldiers, and when he saw that there was nothing serious, he returned to the hall.
I learned about what happened with Zhang Dakui, made some arrangements, and had a meal with a few people at noon.
In the afternoon, a man went to the secret weapons workshop in the middle of the mountain. After staying there for more than an hour, he walked out carrying a rectangular hardwood box.
Then, he joined Li Biao and other personal guards and returned to Ningguo Mansion carrying the box.
