Da Zhou has been a lot of bad luck recently, even if the emperor's draft is so lively, it still hasn't been able to give Da Zhou Chong joy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It began to rain lightly everywhere, not heavily, but it had been pouring for a few days, and there was no sign of stopping.

Officials everywhere began to worry that this was a sign of heavy rain, and they all began to check whether the levees were being built to prevent the flood was strong enough. Worried from all over the country, asking for funds to build embankments, they flew to the capital like snowflakes, which made the emperor, who was still immersed in the arms of beauties, feel extremely unhappy.

However, the emperor was not so mediocre as to save even this kind of silver, but he did not ask for appropriations too much, and the silver in the treasury did not fall from the sky, so this investigation still had to be investigated.

Perhaps it was because the investigation took a lot of time, and after the investigators went to various places, although the work was carried out quite smoothly, it still wasted a lot of time, and in the investigation report that was intermittently transmitted back to the capital, there were simply a few folds of heavy rain and dam collapse, one of which was stopped by King Meng and not sent to the emperor's desk.

This excerpt is from Gyeongju. The prefect of Gyeongju and the officials who went to investigate jointly played, not only in addition to the torrential rain that washed down many houses, but also the fact that people were very concerned about it, that is, after the collapse of a certain place, a dark cave-like place was revealed, but it was impossible to enter at all, and all those who entered would only get lost and spin in place, suspecting that there was some formation hidden in it.

The most interesting thing is that this washed away place is the place where the overlord flower was found, and the person who went to investigate was manipulated by King Meng and replaced it with his own person, focusing on the whereabouts of the frost king Xiao Jin, and the place related to the overlord flower, and it happened that the heavy rain washed down the mountain road, revealing the cave.

After receiving the secret report from the investigators, King Meng immediately intercepted the fold on the Gyeongju prefect, and when he was sure that there was no superfluous content on the fold, he handed it back the next day.

After that, the emperor went to the court to discuss flood control matters with his ministers, and King Meng offered to go to the front line for disaster relief. The emperor glanced at King Meng quietly, but he did not refuse, and with a stroke of his pen, he ordered King Meng to set off with the disaster silver.

This incident aroused the alarm of the Cloud King.

At such an important moment, King Meng did not stay in the capital and went out of Beijing to provide disaster relief in person, no matter how he thought about it, there was something wrong.

The strangest thing is that this matter was not due to a holy decree, but was originally proposed by the king himself in the first place.

King Yun was puzzled, instinctively felt that there was a big problem, so he called Xiao Yu, told him a lot of things, and finally sent him out of the capital, gave him some dead soldiers to follow, let him follow King Meng's team all the way, find out King Meng's intentions to go out of Beijing, and repeatedly told him not to act rashly if there is a major event, and to report the situation to him at any time, which is a little more relieved.

Xiao Yu took King Yun's order and casually found an excuse to go out of Beijing. Xiao Tan knew about this, and slapped the table angrily, even the famous calligraphy and paintings he had just obtained looked boring.

The more Xiao Tan thought about it, the more unwilling he became. Xiao Yu went out of Beijing at this time, on the surface, he found a casual reason to go out of Beijing to play, but in fact, this is definitely not the case. Combined with the words that he was called to the study by his grandfather for a long time before he left Beijing, he knew that Xiao Yu's trip to Beijing was by no means as simple as it seemed, and it was likely that his grandfather gave him some task.

This made Xiao Tan feel uncomfortable.

When you don't think about fighting, your mood is always peaceful. Although I felt very disgusted every time I saw Xiao Yu's arrogance in the face of him, it never rose to the point of hatred.

At that time, he still remembered that they were brothers, but their life circumstances were different, one might eventually become a high emperor or the new cloud king, while the other was a loser and could only look up to his brother.

But now it's completely different.

Ever since I decided to fight for that position, all my peace of mind has begun to become impetuous. The so-called brothers have been transformed into a competitive relationship overnight, and even this kind of competition has no benign existence at all, every move is a killer move, either you die or I die, there is no room for buffer at all.

Xiao Tan didn't even realize that his mentality had become inflated in the process of Ye Xici helping him overcome Xiao Yu a few times. The comfort of his elders, whom he had never enjoyed, made him feel like he had been reborn. This is different from the usual kind of praise, because in the usual praise, he did not step on Xiao Yu's excellence and get glory, but now it is different, he really made Xiao Yu suffer, and let the elders see that he is no worse than Xiao Yu, which makes him excited.

Xiao Tan was unwilling to let Xiao Yu be reused by his grandfather, but he could only secretly watch and be anxious, so he found Ye Xici again and wanted to hear Ye Xici's opinion.

Although Aya Qing reminded him not to trust Ye Ci too much, and he himself realized that Ye Ci was going to leave Da Zhou and return to Dayu, but when he really needed advice, the first person he thought of was still Ye Ci.

He was really short of strategists, because he had never thought of fighting before that, so he didn't care too much about these things, and he didn't have many followers around him. Especially the strategists, most of them recognize the master in order to exert their wisdom and talents, who would want to live a comfortable life with a master who has no sense of competition?

What's more, they can see clearly, as royal people, can they really have a comfortable life?

"In my grandfather's heart, the most important thing is always Xiao Yu." Xiao Tan took a sip of wine and seemed to be slightly drunk.

"That's natural. After all, for so many years, the prince has always cultivated Xiao Yu as an heir. Even if you've just bared your fangs, you're still short and there's no hurry. Ye Xici said while filling Xiao Tan with wine.

"Then I'm going to live in the shadow of Xiao Yu like this, can't I? No matter what I do, in my grandfather's heart, I still can't compare to Xiao Yu! Xiao Tan was unhappy in his heart, and he drank more violently, so that he choked and coughed violently.

Ye Xici hurriedly patted him on the back, and used his internal force to smooth him out, Xiao Tan immediately felt a lot more comfortable, so he said: "I really envy your strong martial arts and deep internal strength." If I also have such talent, even if I don't work in the court, I can go to the rivers and lakes, and then it will be better for Brother Ye to cover me than to be angry under Xiao Yu's hands. ”

The corners of Ye Xici's mouth hooked, it seemed that Xiao Tan's resentment towards Xiao Yu was really not the slightest. But isn't this his masterpiece?

"Brother Ye, the rivers and lakes ...... Is it fun? Xiao Tan was a little drunk.

Ye Xici shook his head and said, "It's nothing fun, like the imperial court, the fighting never stops." It's just that people in the court like to use conspiracies and tricks to kill people, and most of the people in the rivers and lakes are open and closed, and if they don't agree, they will kill them. ”

Xiao Tan was speechless, and said in his heart that a person like him, who has no talent in martial arts, is afraid that he will not be able to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes at all. I'm afraid that as soon as I stepped into the rivers and lakes, I would be killed.

"Hey, it's not easy to be a man." Xiao Tan sighed.

"Brother Xiao, are you giving up on yourself?" Ye Xici's expression was a little teasing.

Xiao Tan touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed even though he was thick-skinned.

He really did make a little clever, wanting to win Ye Ci's sympathy in such a seemingly self-defeating way, and let him help him think of a way to frustrate Xiao Yu's sharpness as hard as before. It's just that I don't want Ye Ci to be a very smart person, and I can see at a glance that he is acting, so there will be a bit of ridicule in his tone.

"Brother Ye, I can't do anything about it. My grandfather trusts Xiao Yu more than he trusts me, after all, I started too late, how many years apart Xiao Yu is, and it is difficult to snatch the trust of the elders from Xiao Yu. ”

Xiao Tan knows where his shortcomings are. I also know where my strengths are.

His advantage lies in the love of the civil official group, and to this day, he will go to the homes of the civil servants from time to time to ask for advice, and the adults are also stingy to give advice, which makes him benefit a lot, and at the same time, he is also trying his best to maintain his status in the eyes of the civil ministers.

However, in the eyes of the Cloud King, things are different.

Although it is a good thing to be loved by civil officials, at the beginning, King Yun hoped that Xiao Yu would inherit everything about him, and he was even thinking about whether to give up the second generation and directly let the third generation support the future of the Cloud Palace. Among the third generation, Xiao Yu is both civil and military, and he is very trusted by King Yun. But for Xiao Tan, King Yun initially hoped that he could follow the road of a military general, expand his territory, and become Xiao Yu's right-hand man. He did cultivate Xiao Tan in this direction, but Xiao Tan's martial arts talent was not competitive, but he really did not have the slightest achievement in this way, and in the end, King Yun could only give up on him.

When Xiao Tan showed his literary attainments, King Yun was also a surprise. However, compared with Xiao Yu, who he already had high hopes for, Xiao Tan's literary attainments did not seem to make him feel too much of a surprise.

It's a pity to discard it.

Probably Xiao Tan is in the heart of King Yun, which is such a position.

Xiao Tan knew in his heart that if he wanted to fight his way out in the shadow of Xiao Yu, it was not enough to just think about pleasing his grandfather. The feelings of the Xiao family are indifferent, not to mention that it is unrealistic for a hero like his grandfather to want to play the emotional card.

If he wants to win against Xiao Yu, he must let his grandfather see his strength and courage by repeatedly hitting Xiao Yu, so on the way to that position, Xiao Yu is a stumbling block that has to be removed.

Not brothers, not relatives. Just a stumbling block. A stumbling block that needs to be kicked away.

"Brother Xiao, do you know, why did Xiao Yu go out of Beijing? Where did he go out of Beijing? Ye Xici raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile.

Xiao Tan shuddered unconsciously, he always felt that Ye Ci seemed a little more evil today, his tone and smile seemed to be fine, but it just made people feel a little hairy.

However, he still replied seriously: "Before Xiao Yu left Beijing, he was called to the study by his grandfather and stayed in it for a long time. So I suspect that the reason why he left Beijing was because his grandfather gave him some tasks. ”

"I'll ask it a different way. Brother Xiao, what do you think, what does the prince call Xiao Yu out of Beijing for? Ye Xi resigned.

Xiao Tan was stunned, and it seemed that Ye Ci also felt that Xiao Yu was related to his grandfather. And grandfather also summoned Ye Ci, maybe he knows something, so he is reminding himself?

Xiao Tan thought about it seriously, and said with some hesitation: "I have heard rumors that King Meng went out of Beijing to relieve the disaster a few days ago......"

Ye Xici nodded with satisfaction and said, "Brother Xiao, can you notice this, don't you have some back-hands?" ”

"I just sent someone to follow Xiao Yu, but the rest is ......" Xiao Tan sent someone to follow Xiao Yu, almost subconsciously thinking that there was something wrong with his departure from Beijing. But when it comes to specific back-ups, he really doesn't know where to start.

"Brother Xiao is doing well." Ye Xici gave Xiao Tan encouragement: "I'm afraid that the prince also suspects the purpose of King Meng's departure from Beijing, so he will send Xiao Yu to follow Queen Meng to see what King Meng is going to do." ”

"He trusts Xiao Yu like that?" Xiao Tan was a little surprised. His mentality was actually a little strange, and he might not care so much about King Yun's thoughts, but when he thought that Xiao Yu was more trusted than him, he felt uncomfortable all over his body, from his hair to his toes.

"Brother Xiao, why should you care about what has already happened? It is not a matter of one or two days for the prince to trust Xiao Yu, instead of dwelling everything on how much trust Xiao Yu has gained, it is better to think about how Brother Xiao will make the prince look at you while Xiao Yu is not in the capital. Ye Xici smiled and poured Xiao Tan another glass of wine.

Xiao Tan drank this cup full, but he was not as entangled as when he first came: "What did Brother Ye teach me?" ”

"Brother Xiao, why does the prince care about King Meng's trip to Beijing for disaster relief?" Ye Xici sneered: "How old is the prince Meng, even if he wants to do his best for the people, give more silver, and build a few more sheds for grain, no matter how bad it is, just like the prince, send his own juniors to go, how can the people not feel the prince's heart?" But King Meng took the initiative to ask Ying and insisted on going out of Beijing in person for disaster relief, Brother Xiao thought that King Meng's purpose was really just disaster relief? ”

Xiao Tan shook his head.

"The prince must have also noticed the suspicion, so he sent Xiao Yu to investigate. The question is, since King Meng wants to go out in person, it must not be a trivial matter, and the prince also knows it, but why did he only send Xiao Yu instead of going in person? The prince and King Meng have been fighting all their lives, so they naturally know that they are on equal foot at all, so they will not underestimate King Meng at all. The reason why he couldn't go out of Beijing to investigate King Meng's purpose in person wasn't because he couldn't go out of Beijing because there were more important things? ”

Ye Xici's words made Xiao Tan fall into deep thought. The meaning of Yesi's words seemed to prove that he knew something.

Xiao Tan didn't doubt this, although this Ye Ci was not a person in the court, sometimes the methods of the Jianghu people were no worse than them.

Jianghu people and friends are all over the world, and they have all the three religions and nine streams under their hands, and they want to know some news sometimes faster than them.

But when he asked what Ye Ci's grandfather was going to do, Ye Ci shook his head and didn't speak, but dipped his fingers in the wine glass with a strange expression, and then wrote two words on the table: slay the dragon.

Xiao Tan was suddenly frightened, and his heartbeat was not controlled by himself at all.

Is this crazy?

Slaying dragons? How can dragons be so easy to slaughter? (To be continued.) )