Volume 1: The Rising of the Red Moon Chapter 18: The Battle of the Eight Kings
It's not complicated, it's just a struggle for the throne. He is the eldest son of Xiahou Minoru, the emperor of Tiandu Kingdom: Xiahou Yan.
The position of the crown prince should be non-his, but Xiahou Minoru is too capable of giving birth, giving birth to twelve sons and more than 20 daughters in a few decades.
Eight of the twelve sons are now adults, the youngest of whom is four months old.
The eight sons are all capable and talented, but none of them are mediocre.
This is Xiahou Minoru's happiness and his misfortune. There are too many excellent sons, he really doesn't know, which son is the best to hand over the Tiandu Kingdom to?
The position of the crown prince has been undecided, so the eight sons spontaneously launched the famous "Battle of the Eight Kings" in Tiandu.
This is a war without gunpowder, but the process is extremely dangerous, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a catastrophe.
Xiahou Yan was originally the strongest and had the greatest hope. But because of a woman, he lost everything, and that woman's name was Jingjing.
Jingjing is a young man he met in the Qinglou, who is naturally beautiful and glamorous. He loved this woman so much that he was reluctant to give him a curtain. Xiahou Yan wanted to arrange for her to be a concubine with a proper background and then a beautiful one.
It backfired, and the matter was discovered by the three princes. During the struggle for the crown prince, Qinglou's prostitution was a major event with a loss of virtue, not to mention that Xiahou Yan still wanted to be a concubine.
Xiahou Minoru was furious, he wanted his son to have a longer memory: the woman in the Qinglou is as good as she can do, just a cheap tool.
That night, Xiahou Minoru asked him to kneel in front of the dormitory. The third prince seized Jingjing, who had not yet run out of the Tiandu, and sent him into Xiahou Minoru's room. The door was not closed, and the situation inside was unobstructed.
Jing Jing was tortured all night, without a word begging for mercy. At dawn, she was covered in bruises, walked in front of Xiahou Yan, glanced at him blankly, and absolutely crashed into the stone pillar.
After Jingjing's death, Xiahou Yan was disheartened and no longer cared about the dispute between the princes. After the third prince won, he had no intention of letting him go.
The prince harmed him several times, and Xiahou Yan began the only successful counterattack: infiltrating the prince's room and stealing the prince's favorite jade pendant.
Xiahou Yan took out a jade pendant and shook it towards Fayuan, and said proudly: "That's it, I didn't expect to take this jade pendant, it made him more uncomfortable than killing his own mother." ”
"This is just an ordinary jade pendant, and he actually used the guards to surround and kill me." My guards and friends were all dead in that battle. ”
Xiahou Yan roared in a low voice: "I want revenge, I want to kill him, I want to die with him!"
Fa Yuan sneered: "Coward!"
Xiahou Yan jumped up, pointed at Fa Yuan and said, "I'm not a coward, I'm not afraid of death, I have the courage to die with him." Two days ago, I hid in their logistics convoy and kept looking for an opportunity to kill him. ”
The Fa Yuan Qi Machine suddenly put it away and put it away, and the overwhelming pressure made Xiahou Yan sit down on the ground.
He said calmly: "You are a man, but you don't dare to make a sound when you see your most beloved woman being humiliated." When she dies in front of you, what face do you have to live?"
"You have the will to die, why did you run away and hide in Tibet to come to Longteng Country? Don't you want to die with him? He was in the tent over there, and there was only one person. Now, you can pretend to be a samurai and go in. ”
As a prince, Xiahou Yan is pampered. In the court struggle, it has always been others who give him advice. The samurai and his entourage charged for him.
Away from them, he was in a state of panic, like a frightened bird. Except for a few verbal calls for revenge, he is really cowardly and incompetent.
Only he was chased and fled to the Dragon Teng Country, and finally hid here, which is a bit of merit. The most dangerous places are often the safest places. The truth of darkness under the lamp, it seems that he is quite accurate.
Fa Yuan's words were loud, stabbing Xiahou Yan's face blue and white. After a while, he asked tentatively: "The master's martial arts are so high, can you help me kill him?" You help me kill him, help me ascend to the throne, and I will make you the master of Zhenguo in the future." ”
Fa Yuan looked at him with disdain, and just looked at him without blinking. Such a sloppy and fickle man is really rare.
Xiahou Yan finally couldn't stand it anymore, and drooped his head and said: "I can't beat him! I am only in the middle of the acquired martial arts, he has already acquired the ultimate, and he may advance to the innate at any time." ”
As if in a huff, he jumped up and said in a deep voice, "What else can I do? What can I do? I can't beat him, and no one can help me." Didn't you just say that you wanted to help me do something after eating my roasted meat?
"I don't do what you have to do for you. Killing him and getting revenge is your own business. I can help you get out of here, and I can help you avoid him. However, only this once. ”
Xiahou Yan was silent for a while and said, "Okay, then ask the master to take me out of here." I haven't consulted the master yet. ”
"I, a native of Longteng, the law name: Fayuan. ”
"Oh! Originally, you were a master of the Fayuan, and your name was like thunder, and you have admired it for a long time. ”
Fa Yuan said strangely: "You know me?"
Xiahou Yan said with admiration on his face: "Master Fayuan, noble character. Famous in the country of Longteng, Buddhism is profound, martial arts is the first in the world, righteousness is thin and cloudy, in addition to the strong and help the weak, kind-hearted, benevolent, respect the old and love the young........."
Fa Yuan let out a low shout: "Shut up!" casually pointed at his dumb hole, then grabbed his belt, blew out the small oil lamp and walked out of the tent. If you listen to it again, you will have to spit out all the bacon and sausages you just ate.
As soon as he got out of the tent, he saw twelve bright armored warriors walking towards this side from a distance. The Fa Yuan Qi Machine sensed it slightly, and it was all innate.
Fa Yuan was in a dilemma, and suddenly felt that Xiahou Yan was pulling his clothes, and kept making eyes in the direction of the tent. Fa Yuan retreated to the tent and unlocked Xiahou Yan's dumb hole.
Xiahou Yan said: "Come into the box, I'll deal with it." ”
Fa Yuan said: "I don't have the habit of going into the box. After speaking, the figure was raised, and the whole person crawled on the top of the tent like a gecko, dissolving into the tent and making it pitch black.
Xia Houyan coughed lightly, swaggered out of the tent, and then stood straight at the door.
The group of Bright Armored warriors walked past Xiahou Yan, and one of the warriors asked, "Which one are you?
Xiahou Yan replied in a low voice: "I am Zhao Laoqi from the Ministry of Transportation. The generals came back so late, hard work. ”
The man didn't answer, a low-level soldier on duty, not worth a word from him.
The twelve people walked to the door of the prince's tent, and after waiting for a while, the tent door cloth was opened, and the twelve mermaids rushed in.
Xiahou Yan felt that his legs were weak, and he could no longer stand there. When he turned back to the tent, his leather armor was wet with cold sweat on his back.
He said to Fa Yuan, "The Twelve Praetorian Guards are back. Soon, they'll come and get wine and meat, and we'll have to leave as soon as possible. Three empty wine bottles are filled with water to reduce and not be discovered by the guards. ”
Fa Yuan jumped down and said, "Why do you want to restore the wine? There should be meat and wine to consume every day, right?"
Xiahou Yan was pouring the water from the water bag into the wine bottle and replied: "Tiandu Spring is the best wine in our Tiandu country. There is a certain number of boxes that the prince has brought, and one less bottle will arouse suspicion. No one dared to drink his wine except his reward. ”
"We need to clean up the place and leave no traces. You don't want to be chased and killed by twelve innate masters when you take me. It's miserable, there's no water. Both bottles are only half a small bottle, what should I do?"
Fa Yuan said: "It's very easy to do, give it to me." ”
He took the two bottles and searched for a moment in the dark. Then he handed the bottle to Xiahou Yan and said, "Okay, hurry up and pack it up, let's set off immediately." ”
Xiahou Yan took the wine bottle and felt warm, he didn't care about it at this time, put the things away, and after groping again to make sure there was no problem, he walked out of the tent with Fa Yuan.