The arrival of Ye Qingshan's family did not cause a storm in Kyoto, although he was the identity of the national abbot and the grandfather of the prince, he was not familiar with the place, and the officials would not visit abruptly.

However, on the third day, Yefu welcomed an unexpected guest.

Ruyang Wang Xiao Conghu.

Ye Qingshan personally went out of the house to greet him, and when he saw Xiao Conghu with vicissitudes of appearance, Ye Qingshan smiled: "The generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of Daxia back then, the famous King of Ruyang, is also old."

Although Ye Qingshan is the same generation as Xiao Conghu, he was an opponent on the battlefield back then, and there was no distinction between the elder and the younger. The two of them are a generalissimo of the Great Xia soldiers and horses, and a generalissimo of the Qi State, although they are not friends or rivals, but they are also rivals who cherish each other.

When we meet again after so many years, we are no longer rivals, just like friends.

King Ruyang arched his hand and smiled: "It's not okay to be old, it's really old, and the age is not forgiving." If I can have the strength of Prince He, I will be satisfied. ”

Ye Qingshan stretched out his hand to invite, and said: "You are my age, you are more energetic than me, please use tea in the house, let's have a good chat"

King Ruyang nodded and followed him into the mansion.

came to the tea hall and sat down, and the two drank tea and chatted.

"When you were imprisoned, His Majesty sent someone to rescue you from leaving, you don't agree, it's been twenty years, do you regret it?" asked Xiao Conghu.

Ye Qingshan sighed and said, "Naturally, I regret it." The day before yesterday, I went to see Qianlan in front of the emperor's mausoleum, and twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and I couldn't come to see my daughter's tomb and my grandson, and my heart was even more remorseful. But back then, I couldn't help myself. ”

Xiao Conghu said: "Yes, you are the prince of Qi, and it is indeed a difficult choice to let you leave the country where you were born and raised, and leave your hometown." Fortunately, you have a brilliant grandson, who not only avenged Concubine Rong, but also made the Qi country pay a terrible price back then."

"Haha, Rui'er, he's really good." Speaking of his grandson, Ye Qingshan's eyebrows fluttered, and he was proud.

Xiao Conghu saw Ye Qingshan's pride in his eyes, he didn't know what he thought of in his heart, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes, but it was fleeting.

At this time, Ye Qingshan asked rhetorically: "What about you, how about you Recently, I also heard about your child, after so many years, there are clues"

Xiao Conghu's face was free and easy, and he said: "I'm fine, my life is comfortable, as for the child, I didn't find the bones back then, so many years have passed, and there are no clues, so many years have passed, and I want to open it." ”

"It's good to open it if you want to, in this life, you have to open something about everything, otherwise it will be very tiring, we are both hard-working people." Ye Qingshan sighed.

Xiao Conghu lost his son in the prime of life, and Ye Qingshan had a son Ye Wendao, but Ye Wendao and Ye Qianying were wanted and pursued by Qi State, and they didn't wait for adulthood to start a career, and later Ye Wendao was secretly injured, resulting in no child.

Ye Qianying didn't find a suitable person, so she never got married, so the Ye family had no queen. This is also the reason why Ye Qingshan feels that he is a hard-working person.

"Don't say sad things, say some happy things" Ye Qingshan noticed that the atmosphere was sentimental, and immediately changed the topic, and said with a smile: "Back then, we fought a decisive battle, but now that I'm old, I can't fight anymore, it's better to talk about the pattern of the world."

"Okay, that's what I'm doing." Xiao Conghu asked: "Why don't you talk about the situation of Qi first, when does the prince think that Qi will be destroyed?"

Ye Qingshan said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about the soldiers and horses of the current champion Hou of Qi State are only more than 100 miles away from the imperial capital of Qi State, and everyone in the world will see it when they come to the city, thinking that they will be able to break through the imperial city before the end of the year." But there are still more than two months to go until the end of the year, and every season comes, heavy snow will fall in Qi country, and today is estimated to be no exception. Therefore, Champion Hou will inevitably speed up the pace of attack. Now in the imperial capital of Qi State, the combined number of troops in the protective camp and the forbidden army is only 100,000, which is not much, and the average of the twelve city gates is less than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, there are as many as 2.2 million people in the city, and it is already overcrowded. There are too many refugees in the city, and this is not the force, this is the pressure. So let me guess that before the Xiaohan solar term, the emperor of Qi will be broken. What does the King of Ruyang think?"

"The prince's inference coincides with mine, the champion Hou will speed up the pace of attack and try his best to take the imperial capital, as for how to capture the imperial city, it depends on the strategy of the champion Hou. By the way, will Emperor Qi escape?" asked Xiao Conghu.

Ye Qingshan nodded and said, "I should be able to escape, but where to flee to the east is the Nanshan Rebel Army, the south is the Great Xia soldiers and horses, the north is the Yuan army, and the west is a desolate place, is it difficult to escape to a desolate land."

Ye Qingshan sighed, and continued: "As his uncle, I hope that he will stick to the imperial city and fight to the death for the country, although he is still the king of the country, he can be worthy of himself." ”

"Die fighting for the country, die well, but everyone has their own aspirations." Xiao Conghu said.

Ye Qingshan didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and said: "The Qi State was destroyed, and the territory of Great Xia was doubled, and this great cause of expanding the territory was enough to make Emperor Xia famous in the annals of history and become the successor of the Founding Emperor of Great Xia in all dynasties." ”

"That's right, if the matter of the Wa Kingdom is resolved, it will be time for Your Majesty to abdicate." Xiao Conghu said suddenly.

Ye Qingshan was stunned, he was not familiar with the situation when he first arrived in Kyoto, but when he thought that the crown prince was now in charge of the country, there was no difference between the rights he exercised and the emperor, which did indicate abdication.

"It is a great cause to expand the territory, but when the time comes, take the initiative to abdicate and make way for the virtuous, and this courage is rare to see among the emperors of the past dynasties." Ye Qingshan said with admiration.

Xiao Conghu also sighed: "Yes, if you are other emperors, you definitely don't have this courage."

After speaking, Xiao Conghu suddenly felt a little in a trance, and if he didn't do some things, he really wouldn't have a chance.

Meanwhile.

Xiao Conghu's visit to the Ye Mansion was also reported back to the palace.

Xiao Rui was playing chess with His Majesty, and when he heard the news that Hai Dafu got from Dongchang, his hand paused.

"It's okay, they are rivals on the battlefield, they haven't seen each other for so many years, and they can be regarded as friends reunited" Xia Huang looked at the chessboard and said suddenly.

Xiao Rui continued to fall and continued the topic just now: "Father, after the fall of the Qi State, how to quickly govern Qi and become the state of the fourteen states of Anxi is an urgent task. Originally, Erchen planned to transfer Zhang Liang to the past, but if there was a sudden change of generals, Erchen was also worried that Anxi, who had just become stable, would make mistakes, so he had been thinking about other suitable candidates. Today, Erchen had an idea, and there was an excellent candidate. ”

Emperor Xia looked up at Xiao Rui and said with a smile: "The best candidate you said is your uncle, Ye Wendao."

Xiao Rui responded: "The son's mind can't hide from his father, and he guesses it."

Emperor Xia said: "It's not that I guessed, but I also thought of him, and we are heroes who see the same thing." ”

Xiao Rui nodded again and again, yes, the hero sees the same thing, or His Majesty is clever, praising himself and his son.

"Ye Wendao's talent is not inferior to Zhang Liang and Xiao He, and he has the ability to manage a province. Moreover, his identity can quickly get closer to Qi Min, and govern Qi people with Qi people, which is the most suitable "Xia Huang Dao."

Xiao Rui responded: "Since my father agreed, the minister decided the matter." Next, I will wait for the good news of the champion Hou, I heard that the Qi country has begun to snow, I don't know what the latest situation is, whether the snow is big or not, if the snow is too big, it will directly affect the speed of the march. ”

"This matter can only be left to fate, the Ministry of Industry has already transported the winter cotton clothes, we are fully prepared, the fate of Qi is doomed, don't worry." After Emperor Xia finished speaking, he dropped the last sunspot.

At this time, on the chessboard, the black dragon strangled the white camp.

"My father is good at chess, and my son admits defeat." Xiao Rui put the white piece in his hand into the chess box.

Emperor Xia said: "Your chess skills are not inferior to me, because you have been thinking about things, and your mind is not on the chessboard, so you will lose." ”

Xiao Rui smiled awkwardly and said, "Erchen is ashamed and distracted. ”

Emperor Xia was relieved: "You are now more and more like a king, since you have handed over the power of state affairs, you can do it with confidence, if you feel that the name is not right, then I can abdicate now, anyway, I have wanted to abdicate for a long time, you are unwilling"

Xiao Rui was speechless.

If these words were heard by the princes of other enemy countries, would they be so angry that they would bite their father to death, or bite themselves to death?

People are eager to succeed to the throne quickly, holding the throne in their arms and holding it tightly, Xiao Rui and Emperor Xia are good, one wants to throw it out, and the other is unwilling to continue.

Have you ever considered the feeling of the throne?

"Erchen is too young, he still has to learn," Xiao Rui finished speaking, and he couldn't help laughing.

Did I have a phobia of the throne, and when I heard that I was going to inherit the throne, I was a little frightened.

Xia Huang said: "I get used to it when I do it." ”

As he spoke, Emperor Xia asked again, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

Xiao Rui was stunned.

If you want to say that you have any doubts and want to ask Your Majesty now, there is really one thing that Xiao Rui has always kept in mind, that is, the matter of Xiao Conghu, the king of Ruyang.

Now there is no force that can touch Xiao Rui's status, Huang Qilin is dead, Xiao Feng is demoted to a concubine, and the only thing that can make Xiao Rui's heart respond is Xiao Conghu.

Now that His Majesty asks himself this, it seems that he is willing to say it.

So Xiao Rui didn't hesitate and asked, "Father, is King Ruyang's child still alive?"

Xia Huang didn't have any surprised expression, and sure enough, as Xiao Rui guessed, he was willing to say. I saw him nod and smile: "Of course I live." ”

"Where are the people," Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask.

"People are in Kyoto," Xia Huang said with a smile.

"Who is it?" Xiao Rui hurriedly asked.

Who knows, Emperor Xia smiled and said, "I won't tell you." ”

Xiao Rui:

Sure enough, it's my father, and when it comes to the point, I suddenly cut off, and I can't enjoy it, and it's uncomfortable.

Subsequently, Emperor Xia asked rhetorically: "If you are asked to kill the King of Ruyang, will you do it?"

Xiao Rui was stunned again, and didn't understand what His Majesty meant.

If the son of the king of Ruyang is fine, why should he kill him?