Shangjing, Rui Wangfu.

Ling Xiao sat around the fireplace in the study room with several staff members as usual, exchanging the news they received today, and the atmosphere was quite dull.

After Ling Xiao finished reading the letter in his hand, someone said, "At this hour, the news from Yangcheng should be about to come back. Whether it's them or not......"

"Is this still hypothetical? It has to be them! Ling Xiao slapped the letter paper in his hand on the table and sneered: "Except for that cheap maid and my 'omnipotent' third brother, who else can make such a storm in the city!" ”

Several staff members exchanged glances with each other, and they didn't dare to speak.

Ling Xiao slapped the table, irritable: "Who said 'foolproof' and who said 'certain death' at that time?" I knew something was wrong when I didn't find the body, and now he's back to life! Not only that, but he also got together with that little, isn't this obviously aimed at this king! ”

A staff member said boldly: "He is really still alive, the previous incident, from Wang You's fake cottage to Zhang Jian's instigation of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to get along with His Highness, I'm afraid it was all his handiwork!" ”

Another muttered, "Not necessarily. He has been on the northwest border for a long time, and there may not be so many people in the DPRK and China who are at his mercy. These later incidents were still the most suspicious on King Jin's side. ”

"King Jin," Ling Xiao sneered, "The fifth child doesn't have that much ability!" You only see that Ling Hanjiu doesn't often return to Beijing on the northwest border, but you don't know that almost all of those generals in the court are his people! Even those Wenchen said that he was the Great Wall of Southern Qi, but he didn't write him a tablet to offer at home! ”

Several staff members were speechless, and their expressions became more and more complicated.

King Li, that's not an ordinary person.

Ling Xiao gritted his teeth and cursed for a while, raised his head to look around at everyone, and sneered: "What, scared?" ”

"I'm afraid that it won't be," staff member Lu Hanwen smiled slightly, "The person most favored by the emperor is always His Royal Highness, and the happier King Li jumps in the court, the less the emperor will see him." ”

Ling Xiao glanced at him, and instead of pondering as usual, his face became even more gloomy: "When he masters the court, what do you think his father can do to him?" ”

Lu Hanwen's face froze, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Then it's the same as before, let him never come back!" ”

"Of course he can't come back," Ling Xiao picked up a piece of letter paper and wrapped it around his fingertips, smiling coldly: "I don't think my father will like to see him come back alive." ”

All the staff members found the right direction, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and continued on the topic: "Now that he is outside, there are not many people around him, and it should be easier than before to start." If the bright one doesn't work, let's try the dark one, but I don't know if the people of Yangcheng can give us a little surprise. ”

"Counting on them?" Ling Xiao sneered, "That little can make a lot of trouble all over Beijing, and now with Ling Han's complicity, what do you think the people of Yangcheng can do to them?" ”

Just as he was saying this, a small servant outside walked in with a pigeon in his hand: "Your Highness, news from Yangcheng!" ”

The staff stepped forward to take it and handed it to Ling Xiao, who unfolded the paper scroll and glanced at it, and handed it to the people next to him.

After everyone rushed to circulate it, Ling Xiao's expression had returned to flatness: "What do you think?" ”

"It's ......" Lu Hanwen looked at the paper scroll in his hand, with a complicated expression: "It's really him!" If he admits his identity in public, he is clearly declaring war on us! ”

The face of the person next to him was ugly: "Those useless things in Yangcheng!" I thought that even if I couldn't let him go, at least I could kill his sharpness, but I didn't expect those wastes to be suppressed by him so easily, and we became the ones who helped him earn word of mouth! ”

Xu was because he confirmed the identity of the other party, and the atmosphere in the study became more and more depressed for a while.

At this time, Ling Xiao suddenly laughed: "Those wastes in Yangcheng are doing a good job." ”

Lu Hanwen's eyes lit up: "What is Your Highness's plan?" ”

Ling Xiao tapped the tea bowl on the table with his fingertips, and the corners of his lips curled slightly: "This king didn't expect those Diao people to do anything useful, and he ordered them to surround the inn before, just to test his identity. Now that his identity is known, the king's purpose has been achieved. ”

"But," said one of the staff members hurriedly, "in this way, he will surely become famous in Yangcheng!" Although the letter did not elaborate, it is conceivable that he will definitely not say anything good about us, in case the news comes back to Shangjing......"

Ling Xiao tapped his fingers on the lid of the bowl and sat up straight: "This is what you have to do." Not only are his nonsense in Yangcheng not allowed to be transmitted to Shangjing, but even the news that he is alive is not allowed to be transmitted back! ”

All the staff members subconsciously stood up, and everyone was panicked.

Blocking news from a city is no joke. Even if the gates on all sides were under the control of the Rui Wangfu, it would still be a matter of great effort to do so.

It's not that the soldiers are coming to the city, so you can't seal the city, right?

Ling Xiao looked at everyone's faces, a little displeased: "It's not like I want you to be blocked for a year and a half!" Two months, can't do it? ”

Lu Hanwen hurriedly said: "Two months shouldn't be a big problem. As long as you guard against the people of Yangcheng and the big commercial houses in various places, one or two small people come in and say something that will not be believed by many people, and then you will be arrested when you find it! ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts were a little calm, and they hurriedly swore that they would be able to keep it.

After sitting down again, Lu Hanwen asked again: "Your Highness's intention is to completely resolve this matter within two months?" ”

Ling Xiao leaned back in his chair and said in a deep voice, "This king doesn't have much patience to be careful with him. Within two months, he must die! ”

Lu Hanwen suddenly laughed: "Presumably, His Highness is already in the chest." ”

Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him: "Didn't you think of it too?" He kept saying that the little was a real phoenix, and that he himself was destined to belong...... Then let's take a look, this time God will help him! ”

Lu Hanwen thought carefully and stroked his palm: "Wonderful!" As long as that thing is sent to Yangcheng, the more famous he is now, the faster he will die in the future! ”

"Then, send it over as soon as possible!" Ling Xiao slowly leaned over and sat up, revealing a pleasant smile.

……

After nightfall, Yangcheng was not as quiet as the previous two days. The news of His Royal Highness King Li's resurrection from the dead, and the news of Miss Ruan's true and false phoenix life are still being passed and discussed among the people of Yangcheng.

Even a curfew can't stop people's enthusiasm for discussion. So this night, the major theaters and the Qinlou Chu Pavilion were overcrowded.

In such impetuousness, the Lai Hui Inn is quiet as usual.

In one of the lighted rooms, the little girl standing glared angrily at the lying man, who responded only with a gentle smile, and this had been going on for a long time.

The lamp on the desk suddenly exploded, and the man patted the futon with a smile: "Are you tired?" When you are tired, you come up and lie down. ”

"Night Cold!" The little girl was so angry that she rushed over and climbed into bed with two steps, and sat on his waist unceremoniously: "Don't you know how terrible it is for the people to go crazy?" Although they left obediently today, it was only because they didn't react! Believe it or not, there will still be a bunch of people in front of the inn early tomorrow morning! You don't have to say how it is in Shangjing, you have to know that the people of Yangcheng are different from those in Shangjing, and His Royal Highness King Li, who came back from the dead, is not the same as ordinary princes! ”

"I know," Ye Han helplessly helped her sit firmly, "Isn't it just onlookers, we're not ugly, what are you afraid of?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook off his hand irritably: "But then there is no way to have fun!" And, how do you know it's just a spectator? Ling Xiao won't give up, he definitely has a back-up move! Let's stay here and not leave, aren't we waiting for trouble to come to our door? ”

Ye Han put his hands on her arm to help her sit still, and sighed, "You also know that he will definitely have a follow-up." If we leave, I don't know he will do anything to the innocent people in the inn! ”

Ruan Qingzhi felt that he was a little worried.

Ye Han saw that she was puffing up and looked very unconvinced, so he couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek again: "You are in such a hurry to move out, are you afraid of him?" ”

"Who is afraid of ......" Ruan Qingzhi instinctively wanted to refute, and then swallowed his words angrily, and said angrily: "You don't talk about those who have or don't!" Agitation didn't work for me! ”

Ye Han let out a long sigh, the smile on his face was a little helpless.

Ruan Qingzhi flattened his mouth when he saw this, and was a little depressed: "I understand what you mean." You have your plans, but you don't bother to tell me, don't you? ”

"How dare I!" Ye Han hurriedly denied it, and explained: "It's not disdain, it's that I don't know what the fourth brother's trick is at the moment, so it's not easy to explain it to you." ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked at him seriously: "Then you should explain to me clearly, why do you think you can't go?" ”

Ye Han closed his eyes and sighed, and said after a long time: "Because, Rui Wang Lingxiao is ruthless, and the evil methods are probably beyond your imagination." At this moment, what I am worried about is that if we leave, the entire Yang City may not be able to withstand his anger. ”

Ruan Qingzhi's face changed.

"He's going to take his anger out on innocent people?" She couldn't believe it.

Ye Han snorted, and said in a flat tone: "Three years ago, my father ordered him to go to the northwest to accompany me to counsel the military affairs, and we found that a village had close contacts with the enemy country, and we knew that there must be spies among them. But the people of that village were very united, and the soldiers were still unable to get the point after a night of interrogation. In the end, the fourth child hid from me and ordered that all the men, women and children in the village be killed, leaving no one behind. ”

Ruan Qingzhi imagined that scene for a moment, and shivered with fright.

Ye Han hurriedly helped her back up and continued, "It's not all. Afterwards, he wrote a piece of music and sent it back to Shangjing, saying that the villages and villages on the northwest border collaborated with the enemy and the people refused to obey the indoctrination, and they should be killed all of them. ”

Ruan Qingzhi had never heard of such a thing, and he didn't know what to say for a while, his eyes widened and he was stunned.

Ye Han clasped her hands tightly and smiled mockingly: "Later, I received an order from my father - he ordered me to kill all the herdsmen who migrated with the water and grass near the border, just in case!" ”

"Are they crazy?!" Ruan Qingzhi sat up straight anxiously, "For the sake of one or two possible spies, they have to kill hundreds or even more innocent people?" ”

Ye Han looked into her eyes and sighed loudly: "Qingzhi, people are different from people. ”

Ruan Qingzhi felt that what he said was wrong.

People are different from people, but people are people after all. How can anyone treat innocent people as cattle and sheep and slaughter them at will regardless of right and wrong?

Ling Xiao is like that, and so is the emperor! Are all people who are kings ......

Ruan Qingzhi felt a little confused in his heart, hurriedly shook his head and shook off this idea, and said hurriedly: "Don't scare me, after all, the affairs of Yangcheng are not the same as those on the northwest border!" ”

"It's no different." Ye Han patiently explained, "He's going to kill the two of us." When we leave the Lai Hui Inn, he will feel that the inn has protected us, and the entire Yangcheng has protected us. Although he can't slaughter a city, you know that it is not a good thing for the people of a city to offend a prince. ”

"What if we leave Yangcheng?" Ruan Qingzhi asked.

Ye Han thought without thinking: "Where we flee, there is the second Yang City." The farther we escape, the more we will be hated by King Rui. ”

This time, Ruan Qingzhi was speechless. She thought about it seriously, and felt that things were really like what Ye Han said, and there was no other way than to stay here and wait to face the enemy head-on.

But this is too embarrassing, right? The more Ruan Qingzhi thought about it, the more angry he became.

Seeing this, Ye Han hurriedly grabbed her and comforted her: "You don't have to worry too much. I have arranged for someone to listen to the news at the city gate and all over the city, and as long as his revenge is not too ruthless, we will quietly leave Yangcheng. ”

That's all it can be now. Ruan Qingzhi thought for a while, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm really sick, I can't do anything, I will only use the people to stand up and be angry with the people!" Pity the people of the world and still think he is a good prince, and expect him to be a wise king in the future! ”

"Therefore, the people are also very deceived." Ye Han smiled.

Ruan Qingzhi stared at him with wide eyes: "If you become an emperor in the future, won't it be the same?" ”

It's a very vexatious question. Ye Han didn't answer, only squinted his eyes and looked at her: "I think I've explained it clearly." You won't get off me, don't you ......"

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I forgot about it when I was angry...... Is your waist okay? ”

Ye Han looked at this confused girl, and felt that even if she was embarrassed, she was embarrassed and frank, but he seemed to be a little too impure.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help blushing, and coughed in disguise: "There is no problem with this king's waist." It's just that you'd better go down as soon as possible. ”

"Oh." Ruan Qingzhi agreed sullenly, and sure enough, he slowly rubbed it down.

Rubbed it down.

Ye Han was very mad: "Who taught you this!" Do you rub the waist of this king on the edge of the bed? You can't be a little more disciplined! ”

Ruan Qingzhi was anxious by him, and yelled back on the spot: "What are you fierce!" I didn't use my strength! I didn't say you were cheating on me, you just yelled at me! I knew you were annoyed with me! Like Chu Weiyang, you think women are grinding, troublesome and ignorant, don't you? ”

"No......" Ye Han couldn't argue, and he didn't dare to argue, so he gritted his teeth and said, "You go back to your room!" No more fooling around! ”

"I don't!" Ruan Qingzhi was not convinced, and sat down on the edge of the bed again: "It's useless for you to bother me, I won't leave!" ”

Ye Han wailed, turned over and wrapped himself in the quilt: "Please, let me do it slowly?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned by his pleading tone: "What's wrong?" Are you sick? ”

"Yes, I'm sick!" Ye Han hugged the pillow and said sullenly: "It's fine if you stay away from me!" If you don't leave again, I'm going to bite! ”

Ruan Qingzhi stood beside the bed and looked at him suspiciously for a while, then suddenly had an epiphany, and ran out with a red face.

Behind him was the muffled wail of the night cold: "God, you are doing evil......"

……

There was still some time before dawn, and there were already many people who were ready to enter the city outside the east gate of Yangcheng, most of them came from nearby villages and towns, carrying some vegetables and mountain goods on their shoulders, and some went into the mountains to cut firewood and grass to sell.

Of course, there are also guests who come from afar, miss the accommodation, or simply have no money to stay in the hotel and rush overnight, so they come to this city gate early and wait for the first batch to enter.

A firewood collector Xu was in a particularly good mood, took out a piece of cake from his arms and nibbled on two bites, thought about it and broke half a piece, and handed it to a skinny and dirty little boy next to him who only showed a pair of eyes: "Baby, are you hungry?" ”

The little boy looked at the cake in front of him and swallowed, and turned around: "Grandma......"

The old woman who was shrinking in the corner opened her cloudy eyes, then jumped up violently, snatched the cake from the firewood beater's hand and stuffed it into her mouth: "Thank you, little brother, thank you, little brother!" ”

The firewood collector was a little stunned, and the sentence "I gave it to the child" finally couldn't bear to say it, sighed and walked away.

The little boy looked at the back of the firewood beater, and then looked at the grandmother who was puffing out her cheeks and chewing the cake.

Some people next to him couldn't look at it, and they accused the old woman of being ruthless.

The old woman swallowed the cake with great difficulty, and smiled: "You don't understand! If I starve to death, this child will be left unattended, and sooner or later he will die; It's better for me to live, beg for a bowl of rice and share a bite of him, and he won't die! ”

It turned out that he had come into the city to beg for food.

Everyone didn't have a good impression of the beggar, but some people still felt pity, took out two apples from the basket and handed them over: "Give one to the child, don't eat it yourself!" ”

The old woman nodded and thanked her, took two apples in front of her eyes and compared them for a long time, and finally handed the small one to the child.

By this time the gate had been opened, and the crowd rushed forward in a disorderly manner, pushing and shoving and shoving through the gate.

The old woman and the little boy also squeezed forward, but were pulled out by the soldiers guarding the door: "What person! ”

"Begging!" The old woman looked up and smiled, revealing a mouthful of rotten teeth.

The soldier frowned and pulled her aside, refusing to let her go: "Where did the beggar come from?" ”

"Luo, Luocheng ......" The old woman seemed to be a little flustered.

"L.A." The soldier frowned, "I'm afraid it's not a lie!" Los Angeles is five or six hundred miles away from us! How did you get here? Walking? ”

Someone next to him heard it and echoed it: "Yes, and the prosperity and wealth of Los Angeles are not inferior to Yangcheng, and there has been no disaster recently, who will go all the way from Los Angeles to Yangcheng to beg?" ”

It's even stranger to say that. The soldier's eyes were even more puzzled: "Where did the hell come from?" If you don't tell the truth, let the Terracotta Division kill you! ”

The old woman was so nervous that she didn't have a place to put her hands, so she just smiled: "It's really from Los Angeles, come to join your family!" ”

It was indeed a Los Angeles accent. However, after talking about begging for a while, and saying that he joined his relatives for a while, he couldn't come up with a way out, and I was afraid that there were some problems with the origin.

The soldier turned abruptly and called out to his companion: "There is a suspicious one here, take it down ......"

Before he finished his sentence, he heard the people next to him shouting in a disorderly manner: "Ran away!" Ran in! ”

The soldier turned back in a daze, and saw a little boy in the crowd squeezing around, and had already entered the gate.

"Hold him!" The city gate was suddenly chaotic, pushing, pushing, jostling, noisy, and shouting, very lively.

It was not difficult for a group of soldiers to catch a child, and in the blink of an eye the little boy was carried back. When the people saw the commotion, they gathered around and watched as the soldiers restrained the pair and forced them to take off the turbans and scarves that covered their faces.

Of course, this process is also indispensable for pushing and crying. Eventually, the soldiers couldn't help it and personally stepped forward to tear off the rags around the boy's neck.

The crowd erupted in a scream of horror.

It turned out that what was exposed under the rags was not the boy's sturdy and dark neck, but a rotten sore of different shades of red, purple, black and gray.

Rotten sores, this is a vicious disease! If you get infected, it's bad!

The soldier let out a scream, frantically threw the rags out of his hand, and fell into the crowd causing a cry of surprise, and innocent people tripped and fell on each other, and became a mess.

At the same time, the rag towel on the old woman's head was also torn off, revealing the same rotting and festering sores.

There is no doubt about it now, and it is sure that it will be contagious.

The crowd exploded, crying, fleeing, falling in fear, knocking down others......

War is in chaos.

Originally, when this kind of thing happened, the soldiers defending the city could maintain order a little. But at the moment, they themselves are in chaos.

The soldiers who had directly arrested their ancestors and grandchildren were already frightened, and two of them were even timid and even sat on the ground and shouted "Mother" and "God", and cried bitterly.

The people of the Terracotta Division hurriedly came, and they were a little at a loss when they encountered such a situation, so they had to show their weapons and drive everyone to one place, and ordered someone to invite a doctor.

But life is at stake, and even the most docile person will no longer be subject to discipline.

Who wants to be crowded with a sick person? Everyone at the city gate knows that as long as they stay away from the people around them, they can reduce the risk of infection.

Therefore, even the spears in the hands of the soldiers and horses could not completely block the chaos at the city gate.

And the soldiers who went into the city to ask for a doctor did not return for a long time, and I don't know if they were scared away, or if there was no doctor willing to come and take the risk.

What's more, the little boy took advantage of the fact that others were too frightened to touch him, got out from under the horse's belly, and ran away.

The general on the horse turned pale and his voice trembled: "Quick! Hurry up and report to the Lord! Something is wrong! ”