Chapter 985: Beast Qi

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A very soft but crisp sound came out in the silence of the night, startling away a hare in the grass. Then there was the sound of boots stomping on the grass, and a moment later a chubby figure slowly appeared in the moonlight, carrying a round thing in his hand.

Smack

He tossed it aside.

It was a human head.

The fat man looked left and right, took a deep breath and stretched his body: "This kind of thing is really a bit boring...... It's not interesting at all. ”

The people behind him looked at each other, and their faces changed slightly. Less than three hours had passed since nightfall, and before dawn had fallen, the enemy scouts hiding around the camp had been cleared. The fat man in front of them seemed to have a special sense of perception, and no matter how well the enemy scouts hid it, they couldn't hide it from his eyes.

"How many?"

He asked.

A hundred households of the Xiao Riding School in brocade clothes bowed down and replied, "One hundred and sixty-six." ”

The fat man nodded with satisfaction: "These people can't go back, the scout leader of the enemy army will definitely send someone to investigate, let's go, I have already seen where the most suitable place is for the transition river." Don't go back to the camp during the day, just sleep in the grass nearby, and tomorrow night, someone will come to investigate, just kill one by one. ”

In just one night, this fat man named Liquor Rich conquered this group of rebellious men.

The people of the Riding School are all carefully selected elites, and it is not easy to convince them of a new leader. But it doesn't seem to be that difficult for wine money.

"Deputy Commander, do you want to send someone back to inform you?"

The hundred households reminded.

The wine color Cai was slightly stunned, and then he remembered that his current status was different. In the past, Wu Yiyi sent him out to do things, and basically handed him full discretion, but now that he has entered the Xiao Riding School, he does not have as much freedom as before. But it's also good, doing one thing and reporting one thing is the most refreshing.

"Good"

Jiu Secai nodded: "You arrange for someone to go back and report to Lord Dutong." ”

Baihu nodded, turned around and ordered people to do things.

"What did you do, my lord?"

The 100 households of the Xiao Riding School couldn't help but ask, and after asking, he regretted it a little, and it seemed a little impolite to inquire directly. However, it seems that the wine color Cai is not angry, and his eyes flickered, as if he was remembering something.

"Anyway, there's no hurry, sit down and rest for a while."

Liquor Chai's head kicked the man far away, and then found a clean place to sit down: "I almost forgot how I got here." It seems that some things are particularly easy to forget, and some things come back to my mind for a moment when I feel that I have forgotten and are asked...... I'll tell you my story, but when you go back, invite me to drink. ”

"Good!"

The riding school agreed neatly, and then sat down in a circle, their faces full of curiosity. This new deputy capital is indeed a bit mysterious, so fat and so good, and when he kills people, his methods are crisp and neat, which makes people feel more nervous than those from the Ouchi Guard.

"Hey, hey"

Jiu Secai smiled, pulled a hairy grass and put it in his mouth: "Where do you start...... Sometimes even I wonder how I survived. ”

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The successive emperors of the Great Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne by the old emperor who chose the best person from among his sons to appoint the succession to the throne. How to see who of these princes is the best is not at all easy than managing this empire. Every prince knew the traditions of the Great Sui royal family, so everyone knew from birth that they had the opportunity to sit on the dragon chair.

Fair competition

Some people may say that when the princes were young, they lived one of the few simple days in their lives. Because once they reach the age of tying their hair, they will be crowned kings, and then they will start to compete wildly. If you think so, you're wrong, you're wrong.

Competition starts from birth.

The game after the prince became an adult is a contest between the prince and the forces behind the prince, and as soon as the prince was born, his mother was already preparing for her son's future in the future.

Such a tradition also makes the harem, which seems to be peaceful, actually not peaceful at all. The emperors of the Great Sui Dynasty followed the ancestral precepts, and the harem and the queen's decree that concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids were not allowed to participate in court politics. But this does not mean that the concubines who gave birth to the prince have no competition, but this competition does not appear on the surface of the harem.

Everyone wants to prepare a thick foundation for their son, and when they fight in the future, they will get twice the result with half the effort.

There is no habit of appointing a prince in the Great Sui, so the eldest prince will not have any privileges. And as the emperor's first son, it was even more difficult, because he didn't know how many people would compete with him in the future, and he would be able to defeat a few of them.

Emperor Zhenzong was romantic, and seven sons were born successively, as well as more than two dozen princesses. Of course, this does not include the romantic debts left by him when he visited the world many times, and he himself does not know how many children Emperor Zhenzong has.

Maybe somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River, a widow who sells bean curd, carries a child who is the blood of the Yang family.

Concubine Qin was originally a very gentle and virtuous woman, but since giving birth to the second prince, she has had to learn some unsavory methods. Of course, no one in the harem dared to harm other princes under the harsh methods of the emperors of the past dynasties, but the concubines who gave birth to the prince were like a general who was about to start leading the troops, and they were about to start preparing for war.

The second prince was born very beautiful, and his big round eyes looked so clean and thorough.

Holding her son, Concubine Qin's face was full of love.

"Master, what you have told your slave to do has been done. The master's family had already prepared a group of people when the second prince was born, and they were ready to be dispatched by the master at any time. ”

"Hmm"

Concubine Qin nodded: "Your Majesty will not ask about such a thing, so there is no need to shy away from anything." Go back and let the family pick a few pleasing ones to send over first, and if you are smart, stay first. ”

"Whoa"

The eunuch who answered lowered his head and turned to go out to do business.

"Son."

Concubine Qin pinched the second prince's chubby little face: "My mother will prepare enough things for you to ascend the throne smoothly in the future." Mother is more expensive than child, and mother will count on you in the future. Don't let me down...... My mother and all the people in my mother's family will do their best to protect you and teach you in the future...... My mother knows that you will also work hard, but for the sake of the throne, what is the hard work? ”

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In the blink of an eye

The second prince is already fifteen years old, and he has already given birth to a talent. Now he has six rivals, and in the past fifteen years, five more princes have been born. Of course, the second prince on the fourth side has never taken it to heart. The fourth child's mother is from a very low background, and there is a little bit of Hu blood, and her mother's family is just a Beijing official who has no real power from the fifth grade, and her life is not so satisfactory, where is there any ability to prepare for the fourth child to seize the strength of the heir.

The fourth child is ten years old, but that guy seems to have accepted his fate since he was a child, and he always seems very humble in front of other princes, and he definitely doesn't make people feel that he is a threat, but in fact, he really has no threat. His father's family is even more low-key than him, knowing that he can't fight for anything at all, so he simply showed an indisputable posture from the beginning, which is reassuring that life can be more steady.

There is no doubt that if the family of the fourth mother's mother shows the slightest thought, the strength behind the other princes can instantly crush that family into powder.

"Are these new arrivals?"

The second prince glanced at the dozen or so children standing in front of him, the oldest was about the same age as him, the youngest was only six or seven years old, and the youngest looked so thin compared to the others that a gust of wind could blow it away. He didn't understand how his uncle chose the person. Such a person, what is the use of staying.

"What's your name?"

The second prince pointed to the skinniest child and asked.

"No name."

The boy shook his head: "No one has ever taken it for me, I was raised by an ape." ”

"Haha"

The second prince couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that he is still a brute......

He laughed enough, and his face suddenly turned cold: "Do you know what it means to come to work next to me?" Maybe someone told you that there is no limit to the future of doing things with me, or maybe he forgot to tell you that you may die before you have a limitless future. Look at them......"

The second prince turned around and pointed to the dozen or so guards standing behind him: "These people were selected from three batches of more than one hundred and twenty people, one out of ten people was selected, and only a dozen people were sent over in your batch, why do you think you are the one who can survive?" ”

The child's face changed, and then he asked, "If you can't be chosen, you're going to die?" ”

"That's right"

The second prince walked back to the chair and sat down, cocking Erlang's legs: "The rules are also simple, now more than a dozen of you can choose your opponent by yourself, and if you kill the last remaining one, stay by my side to do things." As long as you survive, you will live the life of a superior person, and I don't care if you are a beast or not. ”

The child bit his lip, and suddenly turned to one side and stabbed a dagger hidden in the cuff into the lower abdomen of the largest child, twisting his wrist hard. The eldest child immediately cried out in pain, and the facial features of his face were twisted together. The youngest child smiled coldly, and his hands kept twisting until the older child slowly collapsed.

"One."

He turned to look at the others, like a small beast.

"Bastard thing!"

The second prince slammed the table and scolded angrily: "You group of waste, how did you let him in with a dagger?!" If he wants to assassinate me, you all have to die! ”

The subordinates of the second prince were so frightened that their faces turned white, and someone went over and lifted the child and threw it in front of the second prince, and slapped him a few times.

"How did you bring the dagger in!"

Someone asked angrily.

"Slep"

The child spat out the blood in his mouth, and actually smiled proudly: "Your Highness, you also said that I am a beast." In the face of danger, animals always react faster than humans. When a dog hides its teeth, everyone wants to touch its head, and when it shows its teeth, the bitten person can't react. ”

"Kill him!"

The second prince was taken aback by the child's words, and faintly felt that something would go wrong with leaving this child.

"Wait"

I don't know when, Concubine Qin appeared behind the second prince. She walked slowly to the second prince's side and rubbed the second prince's hair dotingly: "What you need is such a person, leave him." ”

"There is one condition, though."

Concubine Qin pointed to the remaining children: "If you can kill them all, I will keep you." ”

The child struggled to his feet, glancing back at a companion who had been brought in. Then he suddenly ran over, running in a strange way, really thinking of a beast.

Sunset

The skinny boy was holding a dagger, and the dagger was dripping blood.

"You will stay by the side of the second prince in the future to do things, I will give you a name, it will be called beast qi. The beastly breath of yours is useful. ”

Concubine Qin turned to leave.

The child glanced back at the corpse on the ground, his face expressionless.