Since Yuan Zhao left, Ji Ying has been entangled. After all, he has experienced a lot of things in the world, and he is not comparable to that class of gentlemen.

The few words that Yuan Zhao left behind when he left, thinking of Cao Xiang's attitude towards him, and then thinking of his relationship with the two palaces in the imperial city, Ji Ying's heart suddenly felt a little apprehensive.

arranged for people to help the guards carry their masters home, and Ji Ying had a hunch that this matter might be far from over. This can be seen by anyone from those resentful eyes.

People with ordinary status, if they fight with each other, and such a thing happens, they will naturally report to the Chang'an Mansion to deal with it impartially. But these people, naturally, do not have such a need, they exercise another law, which will be solved in their own way. Each by his own strength, life and death are at his own risk!

Speaking of strength, Ji Ying is not optimistic about Yuan Zhao's future. The country has been peaceful for a long time, this is no longer an era in which you can be the king and hegemon by personal bravery, even if the overlord of Western Chu is resurrected, there will no longer be such a situation where the heroes bow down and one person shocks the whole world.

Now, the bonds of interest forged by the nobles and lords have spread all over the country, like a huge spider web hanging over the dynasty, affecting the whole body. Although the Ji family has withdrawn from the court, they are on the outside, but they can see it more clearly.

If one thing violates their will, and only a small force can be used to change the color of the court and tie up the emperor's hands, this is by no means alarmist or exaggerated, and this is the current situation of the politics of the current dynasty.

Let's take today's gentlemen as an example, it is no exaggeration to say that it is just that the union of these families is a powerful force, and the little Changle Hou can resist it?

Li Ping'an and Li Shizong are collectively known as the "two young people of the Li family". Their ancestors were the Li brothers who were favored before Emperor Gaozu and Empress Lu drove ~ Li Shiqi and Li Shang.

The reputation of the Li family is not very good, and what they do is even despised by righteous people and gentlemen. But this does not affect their weight in the hearts of generations of emperors. Because this is the family that knows how to speculate the most.

Li Shiqi is famous for his resourcefulness, but unfortunately when the heroes were competing for hegemony, because of the failure of the strategy, he was put into the oil pot by the then King Qi and cooked alive. He died early and did not enjoy the glory and wealth that followed. It was also because of this pity in Emperor Gaozu's heart that his younger brother Li Shang was even more favored.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Li Shang was named the Marquis of Xincheng, and he had thousands of households, and he has been honored and favored for decades. Later, his son Li Ji did not hesitate to make a greater political speculation and win greater wealth with the reputation of betraying his friends to seek glory.

At that time, the great female politician Empress Lu had just died, and the courtiers who had been subservient to her majesty for a long time finally couldn't bear the suppressed anger in their hearts anymore, and came to a general outbreak of revenge!

There is a decisive military force, stationed outside the north gate of Chang'an, to deter the imperial city, this is the most elite Han soldier northern army camp.

The command of the northern army camp was directly in the hands of the royal family, and the commander of the army at that time was Lu Lu, the nephew of Empress Lu. Tai Lieutenant Zhou Bo wanted to take over the army, but he couldn't even enter the camp gate, and people didn't even bird him.

Later, it was the most trusted Li Ji who used to be the most trusted by Empress Lu, and used an excuse to deceive his close friend Lu Lu out of the camp, which allowed the Taiwei Zhou Bo to successfully seize military power, unite with the ministers, and launch a coup d'état.

People all over the world are morally very ashamed of Liji's behavior, because he is also known as the situation, so they all call him "Li Qian's traitor". But no shame is shameless, but no one dares to provoke this family, everyone knows that the Li family is like a coiled poisonous snake, feminine and vicious, and there is no bottom line in doing things.

Not to mention the Chen family, this vein derived from Chen Ping, the prime minister of Qu Rebellion, is one of the top wealthy families in Chang'an City.

The rest of the Zhou, Fan, Fu, Jin, and Zhao families all have a deep military background, and the generals are intertwined with each other, and their power is huge, and they can't be provoked.

Therefore, Ji Ying couldn't understand why Changle Hou Yuanzhao had such confidence. Knowing that the other party can't be provoked, he still dares to make a heavy hand, is all he relying on is the favor of the two palaces?

With full of questions and uneasiness, Ji Ying returned to the mansion and came to the backyard again, he wanted to seek the solution of the second uncle Ji Xin.

The old man who was meditating opened his eyes, his face full of the vicissitudes of time was full of sorrow and joy, and he looked at the person standing in front of him, the son of his elder brother Jibu, who was forty years old this year. He didn't come out, Ji Ying, who was also his son since he was a child.

"Ying'er, do you know how old your father was when he was famous all over the world?"

Ji Ying was a little stunned, not understanding why the second uncle would ask such a question. But he still replied respectfully: "I heard that my father is famous all over the world for being a chivalrous man and keeping his promises, and when his name was revealed, he was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy."

"Hehe, yes, my brother was heroic back then, and everyone who saw it was heartbroken. Whether it is a high-roller in the rivers and lakes or a warrior in troubled times, regardless of the distance of thousands of miles, there are tens of thousands of people who rush to join the door. With such a big reputation, there is only one word 'chivalry'! Ying'er, do you know the original meaning of this 'chivalry'?"

Ji Ying's heart moved, and she vaguely understood something. After all, his body is the blood of the descendants of heroes, although it has been stained by red dust and the floating world is confused, but after all, he still retains that ray of good thoughts.

Ji Xin looked at him as if he had realized, and felt a little relieved in his heart.

"Throughout his life, my brother is not afraid of the powerful, bullying the strong and helping the weak, and everything is only for justice. The people of the world are vying for the rumor that 'it is better to get a thousand gold, than to get Ji Bu Yinuo'. This is the original intention of chivalry, I hope you will remember. ”

Ji Ying fell to his knees, his face full of shame: "Second Uncle Xie's teachings, Ji Ying has written it down!"

The white-haired but still energetic old man waved his hand and motioned for him to get up.

"If I'm right, the DPRK and China are about to undergo a big change! The country has developed to the present, and the national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it is time to produce an ambitious emperor. And those stubborn guys, who want to just lie on the credit book and eat the old book, don't want to contribute a little more. and is reluctant to give up the power in his hands, how can the young son of heaven be willing? Such contradictions have accumulated more and more deeply, and have become a deadlock. Now, maybe it's time to break the game. ”

Ji Ying looked at the wise light in the old man's eyes, and admired it incomparably. It's really "there is an old family and a treasure"!

"Second uncle, do you mean to say ...... The contradiction between the emperor and the magnates in the DPRK is already deep? Sooner or later, it will erupt?"

"Not bad! But not sooner or later, but already erupting. Since they used the will of heaven to suppress the emperor this time, the contradiction between the two has become irreconcilable! It can be said that this is a war in the court, and now that the two armies are facing each other, it depends on who breaks the situation first, and who can achieve a great chance of victory. ”

"Breaking the game? Does the second uncle think that the emperor has the ability to destroy the huge power in the court in one fell swoop? ”

Ji Xin smiled faintly. Although he was also famous for his bravery in his prime, the person he respected the most in his heart was not the overlord who pulled out the mountains and conquered the world, but the powerless Marquis Zhang Liang.

After Ji Xinxin was middle-aged, he once performed a disciple salute, worshiped under Zhang Liangmen, served him for a period of time, and benefited from what he learned for life.

Later, he also learned from Zhang Liang, withdrew from the court, hid in the city, became a rich man, meditated on his temperament, and participated in the avenue of enlightenment. Therefore, today, as an outsider, I have a better understanding of the situation in the world than anyone else.

"Whether the Son of Heaven can open the situation or not, it depends on whether he can make up his mind this time and fight to the death. As for the person he chose to start with...... Ying'er, you might as well pay more attention to that Changle Hou, maybe there will be unexpected discoveries. Hehe! ”

Ji Ying was shocked in his heart: "Second uncle, do you mean that the little marquis is the one chosen by the Son of Heaven to break the game?" How is this possible! Such a big event...... How can he afford it at such a young age?"

Ji Xin sighed slightly, people's wisdom is not equal, the well-being of children and grandchildren needs them to create and strive for themselves, and he has no way to force it, so he can only try his best to make it clear.

"Ying'er, haven't you seriously studied what this little marquis did in the past? I dare to assert that what Yuan Zhao will do in the future will be beyond everyone's imagination, and even this country, in his hands in the future, will change into something we have never seen before. In the world for 500 years, there should be a saint who ...... Ying'er, let's do it for yourself. ”

After saying that, he sat back on the couch and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Ji Ying's heart was already turbulent, he didn't expect that the second uncle's evaluation of Yuan Zhao would be so high! But everyone in the family has always respected the old man, so he naturally didn't dare to refute it. Respectfully retired at the moment, and returned to the room to think about it secretly.

When Yuan summoned Weiyang Palace and returned to the Changle Marquis Mansion, it was already evening.

The reason why it was delayed for so long was because the little prince Liu Ju had not seen him for many days, and when he heard the news of his entry into the palace, he waited for him early on the side of the imperial road, saw him come out, and pulled him to his own study place in Bowangyuan, and showed him the progress he had made during this period of time as if he had made a treasure.

Influenced by Mrs. Wei's gentle character, whether it is Sister Suxi or Liu Ju, they have inherited her quality, treating her kindly, never putting on a show, and never bullying the palace people with arrogance. Seeing the gentle appearance of this little prince since he was a child, Yuan Zhao had many strange thoughts in his heart.

He still can't figure out why Liu Che would personally destroy the prince he had worked so hard to cultivate many years later, regardless of the husband and wife affection who had been with Mrs. Wei for half his life, and forced Liu Ju to a dead end. Is it really old and confused? Or is royal power so important that it can extinguish family affection and humanity?

Fortunately, there is still a lot of time, and as he integrates into his life, I hope that Liu Ju's fate will be different in the future.

After a long time, Liu Ju reluctantly sent him out, and when he turned the red wall and Zhu Pavilion, Yuan Zhao saw from a distance that on the high terrace on the left, there was a middle-aged man wearing a plain white robe, looking at him condescendingly and quietly.

Yuan Zhao remained silent and passed below. If his guess is correct, this person must be Li Shaojun, the immortal master in the palace enshrined by the emperor.

When he returned to the mansion, the playful Xiaoice had not returned, presumably because he had not seen Lingzhi for a long time and lived in Fanxue Tower. The housekeeper Yuan Yi and the Ling family sisters had already prepared exquisite meals and waited for a long time, waiting for him to eat, Yuan Zhao felt a little tired. During these days, there were a lot of things, and he never got a good rest. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

Things in the world are changing rapidly, and no one thinks so thoroughly. If it weren't for the fact that I still had some hope for some people to be transformed, maybe it wouldn't have made a big mistake! This sad night in Chang'an, many years later, when Yuan Zhao occasionally remembered it, the self-blame and guilt in his heart still did not lessen by half a point.

Yuan Zhao was awakened in his sleep. That is, on the second watch day, there was the sound of horses' hooves to shatter the tranquility of the eternal night, when she ran to the door of the Changle Hou Mansion, someone slammed the horse, the horse neighed, the person on the horse could no longer hold on, holding the unconscious child in her arms and rolling off the horse, she gritted her teeth, used her last strength, climbed the steps in front of the door, and hit the closed vermilion lacquer door with the hilt of her sword, and only had time to shout "Master" hoarsely, but she fainted. The bloodstains of a few meters long behind him twisted and turned, shocking, and a scarlet .......

When the people in the Hou Mansion who were also awakened poured out to see what was going on, they saw that the little Hou Ye of his own family, who had already flown out, was putting the bloody girl on his lap, tearing the clothes on her back, and under the illumination of a few lanterns, three carved arrows shot into her body several inches deep, and the blood was not stopping.

Yuan Zhao didn't even have time to carry Xiaoice into the inside, and hurriedly reached out to seal several acupuncture points near the injury, temporarily stopping the bleeding and delaying it first. When she took out the clay bottle from her arms, she didn't even have time to open the cap, she broke it directly with her hand, and she didn't care about the fragments piercing into her palm, so she hurriedly put a few pills in her mouth and forced her to swallow it.

Xiaoice's body was soft, her breathing was inaudible, and she seemed to have no signs of life. Yuan Zhao picked it up carefully, his arm was like a bracket made of steel, firmly supporting her, not letting the injury be touched again, and strode towards the house.

All the people in the Hou Mansion stood quietly and watched the footsteps of the little Hou Ye, since they came here, they lived a quiet life here, every time they saw this little master, no matter who he was, he was smiling. In my impression, he doesn't seem to be a master, he seems to be just a shy teenager, as amiable as his own child.

Now, however, everyone saw something else in his face. Anger, and an incomparable murderous aura!

Everyone was solemn, and only at this time did everyone remember that this young master was the god of killing who had used his own strength to shock the border pass, behead King Zuoxian, and slaughter six thousand Hun cavalry!

Sister Ling Shuang Ling Xue had already followed to take care of Xiaoice. The housekeeper Yuanyi put away his usual kindness, his face was like iron, and he first commanded the irrelevant people, and went back separately, don't panic. Then he sent someone to pack up the child rescued by Xiaoice and the horse sword, and the mansion had its own doctor to treat him.

Yuan Yi arranged everything, closed the door of the mansion again, the courtyard was brightly lit, he looked at the people left by his side, and nodded.

"Everyone has seen that something may happen in the Hou Mansion. We have been following the little marquis for so long under the secret order of the empress dowager's ancestor, and we have never been used to our place. What does the little marquis do to everyone, I think, everyone knows it in their hearts, right? Now, it's time for us to do our part! Everyone is ready, once the little marquis has an order, I hope you will not insult your great skills! ”

"But there is a life, and I am willing to serve the death force!"

Including Yuan Yi, a total of eighteen people spoke in unison, generous and resolute. Since they entered the Changle Hou Mansion, they have hidden their original names. Now they are called Yuan 1, Yuan 2, Yuan 3...... Yuan eighteen!

The light in Yuan Zhao's room was always on and never went out all night. The loyal guards of the Hou Mansion of Changle stayed up all night, guarding everything in the Hou Mansion.

In Chang'an City, there are several places that have not slept all night, but their purposes are naturally different. On this summer night, the civilian settlement near Greenwillow Lane caught fire.

The people of the Chang'an Mansion and the patrol guards and horses all went out to put out the fire, but to no avail, the fire burned all night, and both streets were burned to the flat ground piled up with rubble and ashes, and the dead and wounded were naturally not a few.

This fire was deliberately set by someone, and many people have witnessed it with their own eyes. People who are crying and crying out for grievances are crowded around the streets, waiting for someone to call the shots for them. However, after summarizing the situation, the new Chang'an Ling and the patrol guard general exchanged opinions, and each ordered his subordinates to go back to rest after counting the losses and casualties.

Someone saw that Yun Meng, the chief catcher, reported something to Lord Chang'an Ling excitedly, as if he was asking to arrest the murderer, but he was severely reprimanded and asked him to restrain his subordinates and not act rashly.

Before Yun Meng could speak, Bo Yao Shang, the lord behind him, came over and grabbed his sleeve, shook his head at him, and motioned him to stop arguing.

The day is not yet light, and the embers on the fire are not extinguished. Two horses passed by, stopped for a moment, and then galloped towards the west gate.

After Yuan Zhao's all-out rescue, Xiaoice's life was finally saved. At dawn, the girl slowly woke up from her coma, and there was a dimmed yellow light in the room, and the morning light had appeared in the east. When she opened her eyes weakly, the familiar figure sat next to her, quietly guarding her.

Looking at the face that was closing her eyes, she didn't make a single movement, although her mouth was very thirsty, she forced herself to endure. Feeling the pain from the bandaged wound on his body, she knew he must have slept all night.

Master watched himself keep watch all night, oh ....... Thinking of this, Xiaoice's heart was sweet, and the wound that almost killed her didn't seem to hurt so much.

"Awake? Hehe, don't move yet, be careful to break open the wound, I just applied medicine to you! ”

As if knowing that she would be thirsty, Yuan Zhao already had a glass of warm water in his hand, sat beside her, carefully lifted her head, held it in his arms, and fed her one bite at a time.

The lights are dim, so warm at the moment, this kind of love is the first time in the girl's short life. Xiaoice'er turned her head slowly, and she had never cried, and tears slipped down and wet the ...... on the pillow.