Chapter 313
Yan Suyi left with regret, and the attitude of the Wing King was exactly as expected, and there was nothing surprising about what was expected.
"Do you think Yan Suyi is here to joke?" Xu Mian was still confused since Yan Suyi left, and he couldn't see Yan Suyi's true intentions.
"What do you say?" Xichao kicked the problem back, looking very irresponsible.
"I ask you, what do you ask me for?" Xu Mian was simply made to cry and laugh by Xi Chao's occasional naughtiness, "We're talking about business." "Be serious, okay.
"Isn't it business or what?" Xi Chao was not in a good mood because of Yan Suyi's matter.
"To be serious, do you think what Yan Suyi said is true or false?" Xu Mian didn't play sloppy with the Xi Dynasty, and asked for opinions very strictly.
"Really?" Xichao looked at the sky, and the afterglow of the sunset was still so beautiful.
"He is crazy in his brain, and he is uniting with other countries to plot against his own family, what is he trying to do?" Xu Mian really understood how Yan Suyi could have such a strange idea.
"Can't wait for more than ten years?" Xu Mian secretly calculated how old the Emperor of Yan was and how old he could live.
"Blood in the royal family is inseparable from zài no matter what form it takes." Xi Chao didn't take it to heart at all, "The drama of seizing the throne has survived from generation to generation, it is nothing more than sooner or later, Yan Su Yixuan made up his mind at this time, it seems that there is a lot of chaos within the Yan Kingdom, which is enough to shake the choice of the Yan brothers." ”
"You're about to become a god, and you're guessing a lot." He also sent someone to Yan Kingdom to investigate before, and Yan Suyi now sent such a fright, and Xu Mian's understanding of the Wing King has reached a higher level. It's almost to the point of prostration.
"The royal family has no father and son, this is right." Xu Mian frowned slightly, "If you want to rebel, the Yan brothers' ability should not be lacking to come to the point of cooperating with you." The emperor's heir is also the two of them are the same mother, and the family relationship still exists, so why should he rush to make a decision, it is too unreasonable and strange. ”
"Actually, it's easy to guess." Xi Chao analyzed loudly, "I have an advantage in status, so what kind of inducement does it have to rebel, and there is only this way to choose." ”
"Someone wants to take the throne and replace it." Xu Mian thought of this for a moment, following the guidance of the Wing King.
"There are no princes and the like in the Yan Kingdom. In other words, the Emperor of Yan had no brothers and sisters. "Although the Xi Dynasty doesn't know much about the details of the Yan Kingdom, the list of royal family members can still be recited.
"According to what you mean, only those who are also princes and whose status is only high or low can bring a considerable threat." Xu Mian twisted his eyebrows and pondered. But both of them have reached the crown, and there is a prince to compete for the throne, just saying that their mothers are the queens of a country, and their status cannot be shaken. Even if Emperor Yan is very fond of the third son, it is not a tradition to establish a long heir on the issue of inheritance. It is rare to see a precedent for the young, and the courtiers are not stupid, how can they sit idly by. ”
"Emperor Yan has a wife and no harem, and the key point is here." Xichao said that the sky was broken, and many ideas surfaced.
"I said earlier that the royal family of Yan Kingdom is weird." This is also where Xu Mian is puzzled, "Do you have any new discoveries?" Curious, he looked at the Wing King and waited for an answer.
"Behind the seemingly glamorous status, it is actually walking on thin ice." The mystery in Xi Chao's mind suddenly became clear as the inference cleared the fog little by little, and all the doubts had reasonable answers.
"Are you saying that the position of the prince and the one that seems to be relied on are all false creations?" This is also too terrifying, Xu Mian's brain is a little dizzy, "According to what you say, the Yan brothers are really pitiful." It's as terrifying as suddenly discovering that one day your parents are not blood relatives. ”
"The secrets of the royal family can't avoid a few specific dramas." It's not strange to see too much, and Xi Chao doesn't think much about it. It's not your own business, just have fun and listen.
"Oh my god, this is more exciting than the story in the book." Xu Mian's smile crawled into the corners of his eyes, "No wonder the old saying is good, poor people must have something to hate, and tsk has really come true." ”
Xi Chao glanced at the gloating Xu Mian and pursed his lips, and there was another sentence that Xu Mian didn't say, some people like to build their happiness on the pain of others.
"I really want to see the excitement, but it's a pity that we can't go to Yan Kingdom." Xu Mian felt very sorry, "On a case-by-case basis, Yan Suyi's conditions are very tempting, why aren't you impressed?" ”
"A qiē will not take effect until Yan Suyi ascends to the throne, and there is a question of whether to sit on the throne in this issue, after all, it is not enough to have the support of the courtiers, and it will be difficult to shake the people's will to control the court if the throne is not properly transmitted, and the covenant with Mu Guo instantly turned into empty talk." Xi Chao will not make a lot of effort to work in vain, and she will not do anything that suffers.
"No matter who is responsible for the civil strife in Yan, it is impossible to free up his hands to target Mu Guo." Xu Mian heard that the so-called pros and cons in Yan Suyi's mouth were completely empty words, heh, if you have the courage to come to the Wing King, I don't know whether to say that you are arrogant to the point of conceit, or the ignorant are fearless and dare to make fun of the Wing King.
"Mu Guo has enough time to grow and develop." The Xi Dynasty is not afraid of any external threats, and he is not familiar with the art of war in war, and it is not bad to play with the means, and if the conspiracy does not work, then there is always an effective one.
"Yan Suyi seems to be hostile to you?" Xi Chao reminded Xu Mian to avoid suffering in vain.
"No, I've always been by your side every step of the way, and it's not my turn to get the knot over." Xu Mian wondered how he could offend the prince of a country with a small imperial doctor.
"Don't go out to wander around at night, and watch it after Yan Suyi leaves Mu Country." Xi Chao felt a little strange, since he couldn't find a clue, it was always a big mistake to be careful.
"Okay." Xu Mian's nightlife ends here, is it a pity? It's really not, and it's not the age of the flesh and blood, and excessive pleasure is not good for the body, how can you knowingly commit it as a doctor.
"It's time for the Begging Festival, but I may meet a heart-to-heart fate that night." Xi Chao teased Xu Mian when he opened his mouth, "Remember to hold on to those who look at it." ”
"You need to teach you this, how old you are." Xu Mian doesn't care, and Yiwang always says something embarrassing, not at all as shy as his daughter's family. When he fell asleep, he was another well-behaved person, and when he woke up, he was a completely different person.
On the night of the begging festival, the streets are lit up with lights, and the flow of people is very lively. The curfew was delayed by one hour due to the demands of the festival. Whether it is out of the cabinet or not out of the cabinet of the girl to join in this rare lively, maybe in the festival against the backdrop of a glance in the wishful good gentleman, after exchanging tokens with each other, I have seen the elders of the family to decide on this, is to the street of the young man is also a lot.
The difference between the Qiqiao Festival in Spring City and other places is that there are many flowers in the city, and the literati love to taste and enjoy the flowers and send flowers, and many flower stalls are placed on the long street on the day of the Qiqiao Festival. There are also children carrying baskets to sell dried flowers walking through the streets and alleys, shuttling through crowded places, and the sound of selling is soft and pleasant. A set of familiar auspicious words come to your mouth as soon as you open your mouth, adding a little color to your small business.
Today's major restaurants and tea houses goose yellow flower tea, of course, you can also order other tea, flower tea is to respond to the scene of the begging festival. Not to mention that flower tea is not inferior to other teas. Few people are picky about the festive season, and it's all about tasting something new.
There are also those who sell flower tea, and most of them are young girls who like a faint floral fragrance and buy more. In addition, a variety of snacks are active on both sides of the street, shouting one after another.
"The master is really not with the slave and the maid, how boring it is to be alone, go ahead." Hongrui tugged at the sleeve of the master's shirt and begged, "How can the girl's festival master be indifferent." Don't really think of yourself as a man. ”
"You're poor." Hongming poked Hongrui's forehead with his fingers, "It's just a brain." Master, you dare to arrange it. ”
"I'm persuading my master to go and watch the excitement together, and don't smile all day long, how can it go on like this." Hongrui consciously said reasonably, and looked at the master who didn't speak very innocently.
"It's up to you." Hong Ming glanced at Hong Rui, "The master doesn't like to be lively, and you don't know it." Although he said so, in his heart, he wanted the master to experience the fun of the festival like Hongrui.
"Go ahead, I'll go alone." Xi Chao didn't go to join in the excitement, his heart was already different from that of the boudoir lady of the same age, and the fun in the eyes of others seemed boring in his own eyes.
"Then how can it be done, if the master does not go, how can the slave and maid leave the master to have fun." Hongrui knew that persuasion was the same, and she stopped thinking about having fun.
"The two of you go together, I finally have to be free for a while, and I won't be in the mood when I go back to Beijing, the begging festival in Spring City is more lively than other places, miss this time, I don't know when I will wait until next time." Xi Chao persuaded Hongming and Hongrui, "Even if you go together, there is a possibility that many people on the street will be scattered, and I can just relax alone." ”
"How can no one do it if there is no one around the master." Hongming disagreed, compared to the excitement below, she still couldn't rest assured that the master was alone, and the begging festival was not bad every year.
"It's okay to have a secret guard with you, you can remember to have a good time." Xi Chao quipped, "If you don't say it's cold, you can still meet the person who is destined, so you have to hurry." ”
"The master talks about things that are boundless." Hongrui tugged at the sleeve of the master's shirt, smoothed the folds and said absent-mindedly, "The master may be able to meet if he goes together." ”
"Red Stamen!" Hongming scolded, this kind of thing should not be said, the marriage of the master is no longer in his hands, and the burden on his shoulders is uncertain for a day.
Hongrui immediately understood that she had said the wrong thing, and her face was unhappy, the master had paid too much and even planned for marriage, and her heart was extremely sour.
"Let's go, meet in Fengyang Tower in an hour." Xi Chao didn't care about Hongrui's aphasia, "Xu Mian left one step earlier, maybe you can follow and have some fun." "Hongrui likes to gossip about Xu Mian the most, and this is the opportunity.
"Cut, who loves to go, it's not fragrant." Hongrui pursed her lips sullenly.
"Master, pay attention to safety." Hong knew that the master's decision was rarely changed, so in order not to make the master angry, he pulled Hongrui, who wanted to run out, out of the door.
"Carry the silver taels, and buy some when you see the good ones." Xichao smiled and sent the two out of the door, went back to change into a navy blue shirt and went out with the secret guard.
The tide moves forward with the flow of people, and those who attract attention stop to watch, and along the way it seems to be a leisurely stroll, and the expression is not as peaceful as the joy on the faces of the people around them.
Although the dress is low-key, the momentum of the whole body is more or less flowed out, and the people around instinctively did not dare to get too close to the distance half a person wide, and Xi Chao was very satisfied with this.
After walking all the way and smelling the aroma of food, Xichao decisively changed his route and walked to the place where snacks were sold. Don't go back and forth.
Xi Chao stopped in front of a stall selling five-color sugar cakes, and was about to go forward after buying something, when suddenly a person rushed out of the alley on the left. This was followed by the shouts of women.
"Give back my child, give back my child." Running and shouting, accompanied by the sound of crying, attracted many people to stop and look around.
Xi Chao knew that such a crowded and lively place would always have a discordant scene in people's laughter, for example, petty theft and then the abduction of children to sell to other places, since he encountered himself could not sit idly by, a few steps to chase after him, because of the large number of people and holding the child to run not so fast.
Find the right time to raise your foot and kick the back of the man's heart. When the man fell forward due to inertia, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed the placket of the child's neck from the man's hand.
Suddenly, I saw a man fall to the ground, his whole face and front teeth were in close contact with the ground, and his face was directly rubbed against the ground due to the force of his hand. No matter how thick the skin is, it can't be, not only the hot stinging pain after the skin is broken on the face, but the fishy sweetness in the mouth can't stop overflowing while the front teeth are loose, and the sad voice causes panic among the people around. Subconsciously take a few steps back afterwards to protect yourself. Leaving a large no-man's land, whispers suddenly rang out.
The child in his hand only knew that he was afraid at this time, grinning and crying, Xi Chao couldn't help frowning, he didn't think the child was crying, and he wouldn't coax the three-year-old child, just when he was about to put the child on the ground, the official who inspected appeared.
"What's going on?" The leading official asked the Xi Dynasty who was carrying the child.
"Abduction of children." Xichao's eyes swept towards the man who was wailing incessantly. The child's cry made me a little irritable.
An official stepped forward to check and interrogate the man, and the man frowned in pain. secretly wondered if he was unlucky, why did he suddenly run out of a trip to bite the gold and ruin his own good deeds.
"Here you go." Xi Chao couldn't listen to the noise, and handed the child to the leading officer.
"Well, I won't." The official waved his hand directly, he didn't have a problem with the crying child, he hadn't married yet, how could he coax the child.
Xi Chao remembered that he was carrying a sugar cake on his body, holding the child with one hand and putting the sugar cake into the child's mouth with the other, and finally it was quiet.
Most of the children love sweetness, and the sweet fragrance on the tip of the tongue attracts all the attention, and they don't care about crying, but their little hands grab the pink soft food, and the tears dry instantly.
The child's mother got up in a hurry, and when she saw that an official was there and saw her child grabbing a sugar cake to eat, her hanging heart fell to the ground, and she told the official about the child being taken away by the man.
The official sent the man on the ground and escorted him back to the palace, and the child's mother hugged the child back and thanked Xi Chao for his rescue.
Xi Chao didn't say anything, and when he left, he gave the sugar cake he bought to the greedy child, although he thought the child was crying and annoying, but he didn't hate the well-behaved.
"What a nice person, I didn't expect to be very helpful at my age." The chattering voices in the surrounding area were mostly praise.
Xi went back the same way and bought one at the stall selling sugar cakes, smelling sweet and should be delicious, so he continued to walk forward, and bought five or six snacks to carry.
When I arrived at Fengyang Building, I went to the private room on the second floor, tasted the unique taste of flower tea and used the snacks I bought, and looked out the window at the bustling crowd It was very pleasant.
Suddenly, a figure attracted the attention of Xi Chao, Fengyang Building was built high, and on the second floor, you can have a panoramic view of the situation on the street.
Inadvertently, I saw a corner of the stall, a place with the back of the alley, there were two people who were more special, and they could be determined to be a sturdy man by their physical appearance, and the focus was that the man seemed to have a tattoo on his right wrist.
Mu people rarely leave tattoos on their bodies, unless it is necessary to be more sensitive to tattoos, in the deep-rooted concept, the body hair and skin are subject to their parents, tattoos on the body for whatever reason are disrespectful to parents, even if they like to be curious to tattoo, it is also in a very unnoticeable place, covered by clothing, only intimate people can see, and the man's tattoo is too special.
Xi Chao Su Ri doesn't care about other people's private affairs, but today's instinctive intuition is that the man is different. Looking down for a moment, the man finished his shopping and entered the alley, disappearing.
He trusts his instincts very much, and the secret guards around him go to find out what is going on in order to prevent him from dying, and his mind is constantly looking for the same or similar customs and habits.
Suddenly, a thought floated in his heart, and Xi Chao sank in his heart, remembering that foreigners like to tattoo on their bodies, mostly to recruit their own tribe's totems, and the tattoo is extremely conspicuous, in order to show status or identification between tribes.
When Hongming and Hongrui arrived at Fengyang Building, they had a lot of things in their hands, if they couldn't take them, they would have bought more, mostly to eat.
"Master." Hongrui happily entered the door, put the food on the table, put other small items aside, saw the different refreshments on the table, turned around and asked Hongming and smiled tacitly.
"Slaves and maids bought a lot." As he spoke, he opened the paper bag outside, "It's still hot, master taste it." "Talking about going to take the entrance of the pastry in front of the master, it is not polite at all.
"Sit and use together." Xi Chao looked at what Hongrui had bought, and looked at a few pieces that he was interested in, and the taste was good.
Hongrui was hungry, took a sip of tea and a sip of snacks, and kept talking about the lively scene he saw, and his eyebrows were dancing on his face, and he looked like he was having a good time.
After about a cup of tea, the dark guards sent out returned, and Hong Ming and Hong Rui stopped and felt strange, even the dark guards were used for something.
"How?" Shiochao asks to determine the accuracy of his inferences.
"The subordinates followed all the way, and after investigation, it was found that they were foreigners, belonging to the Tamu tribe, and the eagle head was tattooed on the right wrist." The Dark Guard will find out the news.
"Inform the guards in the city, keep an eye on it, and see if there are any foreigners in the city." Xi Chao twisted his eyebrows and thought, foreigners are not absolutely forbidden to enter the Mu country, occasionally there are foreigners from small tribes who enter the city to buy, these people are not the tribes that often intrude on the border, because the tribe does not dare to conflict with the border army of the Mu country, and their own strength is unknown.
"Why, there are foreigners in the city?" Hongrui was curious, how could something happen after walking for more than an hour?
"The master suspects that the foreign clan is uneasy and kind here, or does he intend to probe the truth in the city and wait for the future?" Hong Ming saw the master's caution on this matter, and boldly guessed the internal cause.
"Perhaps, not for sure right now." Xi Chao trusted his instincts, "Send a message there at the border pass to investigate if there are any new movements of the foreign race." ”
"Yes." Hongming got up to do it, just after destroying a patriotic country and not yet being stable, there are new changes in foreign races, and the worst may be war again.
"Yan Suyi is gone?" Xi Chao had to suspect that Yan Suyi came first to foreign tribes and then came, and whether there was a relationship between the two must be clarified, for fear that Yan Suyi's purpose was not pure, and if there was a problem within Yan State, it was difficult to guarantee that Mu Guo would not be in chaos, so that no one could meddle in the other party's country, although this method was a little clumsy, it was better to use. (To be continued......)