"Chen Lin Kun has seen Your Majesty, long live my emperor........"

"Okay, the red tape is all over first, and King Yu said that he handed over some letters to Dali Temple?"

"It is true! This morning, the minister received these letters, because they were involved in the previous case of embezzlement of ink and stone, and the minister read them. ”

"Can you take the letter with you?"

"Minister's Possession"

"Bring it on!"

Emperor Liang took the letter presented by the personal eunuch, looked at a few people in the hall and opened a letter and began to look, his face gradually changed from doubts to cold, with the deepening of the letter reading, the face has been changed to a solemn killing, the four people standing in the hall are aware of the changes in Emperor Liang, and the atmosphere in the hall also began to settle with Emperor Liang's emotions, and when Emperor Liang closed the last letter, the atmosphere in the hall has dropped to freezing point, Everyone seemed to be able to feel the seriousness of the incident from the cold coming from the end of the hair, but in the face of Emperor Liang, who was speechless, no one was willing to take the lead in breaking the silence, and no one knew what would happen after breaking it, and the dragon's scales had always been untouchable.

"Lin Kun, have you read all the letters?" In the end, it was Emperor Liang who spoke, and his opening made the atmosphere around him even more solemn. Lin Kun had to speak at this moment, he swallowed his saliva and forced his composure, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already seen it." ”

"What do you think?"

"The contents of the letter cannot be determined to be true at present, and the minister feels that the incident cannot be judged based on the content of the letter for the time being."

"Every letter has a seal, can it be faked?"

"This ......." Lin Kun was obviously stumped by Emperor Liang's question, and was embarrassed for a while, but Emperor Liang no longer paid attention to him, and asked King Yu instead: "You said that your subordinates are desperately trying to snatch back these letters, and the Donghu people originally wanted to destroy them or take them away?" ”

King Yu was much calmer than Lin Kun, and he replied steadily: "Returning to my father's emperor, it was the Xuanxiao Lieutenant in the Erchen army who snatched it back in the battle with the Donghu people, and the Donghu general still wanted to take these letters with him when he retreated in a hurry. ”

"You all stand down, I'm tired, and set up Qiluo Yuan!"

Grandpa Cui immediately pinched the male duck and shouted, "Drive Qiluo Yuan!" Emperor Liang didn't care about the feelings of the few people present at all, leaving the four of them to kneel and watch Emperor Liang leave.

"Lord Lin, if you have read the letter, you must know what caused your father to do this, right?" King Ling couldn't help but ask.

Lin Kun has been in the officialdom for many years, and with the performance of Emperor Liang today, he already understands the difficulties of this matter, and said in embarrassment: "His Royal Highness the King of Ling forgives the crime, before the authenticity of the evidence is confirmed, Weichen must not speak falsely." ”

"This king is ordered to investigate the case of stone embezzlement and ink, why, even this king can't say anything?" King Ling was a little angry, and Cai Quan relieved the siege and said: "Your Royal Highness King Ling, the credit for your investigation of the case is in the eyes of the saints, obviously the content of these letters is not suitable for public release for the time being, and Lord Lin is also kind." ”

"Let's believe Cai Xiang once!" King Ling raised his feet and left, Lin Kun saluted Cai Quan gratefully and then left, and King Yu didn't want to be involved in it from the beginning, and had already strode out of the Qinzheng Hall long before them.

"Go to the Prince's East Palace!" Emperor Liang, who was already sitting on the dragon bowl, spoke, and Gonggong Cui immediately ordered, "Drive the East Palace!" The dragon turned around in the corridor of the Qinzheng Palace. When he arrived at Dedong Palace, Gonggong Cui learned from a servant that the prince was in the back garden, Emperor Liang strode towards the back garden with a murderous face and anger, and the eunuchs and palace maids along the way hurriedly knelt down, and no one dared to speak out under the public opinion of Gong Cui.

At this moment, the prince is drinking tea with the princess in the back garden, and the prince pours a pot of rose snow honey into the princess's tea cup, and serves it to the person in front of him with tenderness in his eyes. This has been an extremely rare state for several days, and in the past few days, the prince either locked himself in the room to sulk or vented his dissatisfaction by beating the house slaves, and even the princess's room was rarely visited.

When the crown princess took the tea cup, she was full of joy, gently removed the tea lid and was about to take a sip, but when she saw Emperor Liang appear behind the prince, she was so frightened that the princess hurriedly put down the tea cup even if the tea soup splashed on her skirt, she didn't have time to care.

"Father!"

With the call of the crown princess, the prince turned his head, his unexpected sight collided with Ling Yan's sight, he got up in a panic, and explained while saluting: "The son doesn't know that his father is coming, and the damned slave doesn't spread the word, and the father forgives him!" ”

"I didn't let the minions pass it on!" Emperor Liang's voice sounded very cold, "I came today for the matter between father and son. ”

As soon as Emperor Liang said this, Gonggong Cui immediately withdrew obediently, and the princess looked at the prince with some worry, and finally had no choice but to get up and leave, leaving only a father and son in the back garden.

"Prince, there are no outsiders at this moment, you get up."

"Thank you, Father!"

"I remember that you were made the crown prince in the eighth year of Liang Li, when you were still dancing elephants, heroic, with bright eyes but clear and flawless, just like Wen Jin, independent and unstained. You are the eldest son, and I have been carefully cultivating it all these years, just hoping that one day you can revitalize my national style. Speaking of these, Emperor Liang looked up at the sky as if he had returned to the past, with the tenderness and sweetness of memories on his face, but when he retracted his gaze and looked at his son standing in front of him, all the tenderness and sweetness disappeared, "I really can't imagine that you have become what you are today, so how can Wen Jin be blinded!" ”

The prince had already heard that Emperor Liang's tone was wrong, and he could only kneel down at this moment, "The son knows that he has lived up to his father's expectations, and the son has been obsessed with reading the sage book these days behind closed doors, and the son has already realized that he is wrong, and he hopes that his father will be angry!" ”

"Do you know that you are wrong? Tell me, what did you do wrong? ”

"The son's first mistake is that he shouldn't talk about his father, regardless of his identity, he wantonly vents, and the son's minister ......"

"What's the point of arguing, you plan to unite with external forces to usurp the throne by force! Yun Yi, I really underestimated you! ”

"What? Father's ...... You say son...... Usurper? The prince was so shocked that he stuttered, "Who slandered you, father, you must not be deceived by others!" ”

Wow! A bunch of letters were thrown in front of the prince by Emperor Liang, and the prince took out a letter at random in a panic and began to look at it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, until the hand holding the letter began to tremble, his face turned pale, and he looked up at Emperor Liang with great difficulty, "Father!" The son is wronged, father! Erchen definitely didn't collude with Donghu! ”

"How do you explain the seal of the Prince's Mansion on the letter?"

"This, Erchen ......."

"I ask you, did you sell the stone from Pingzhou to Donghu after you instructed you to embezzle?"

"Erchen, Erchen......."

"Tell the truth!"

"Yes, it was Erchen who did it, and Erchen wanted to supply the silver taels obtained from it to the subordinate army and the Heian Army....."

"My girder stone has never been exported to other countries, don't you know this?!"

"Erchen knows it's wrong! Erchen really shouldn't be like this, but, but Erchen definitely didn't fornicate with foreign countries, father! ”

"I asked you in the main hall at the beginning, how can a prince in charge of the palace make a claim on such a major matter, I already doubt you, but you are the prince of my Daliang, I never believe it, I didn't expect it, you sold the stone to Donghu so that the enemy army has a good blade, and then planned to let the Donghu people besiege and feud to achieve the first step of your usurpation of the throne by strength, you are really my good prince!"

"No, father, the Jedi of the sons and daughters did not communicate with Donghu, and the sons and daughters don't know how these letters were stamped!"

"The prince's army has always been paid by the imperial court, when do you need your prince's mansion to spend it alone? It seems to me that you are arming the army internally and uniting with foreign enemies externally, and all you want is to sit on the dragon chair! If it weren't for the fourth child intercepting these letters, I would still be kept in the dark by you! ”

"Fourth? No, Father! ”

"I just believe in you so much, after so many years, I haven't even been able to discover the rebellion hidden under my nose! Up to now, you still refuse to explain honestly, and you haven't put your father in your eyes at all, it's really hopeless! ”

Emperor Liang's eyes became red because of the excitement of emotion, his whole face was covered with frost, even the scorching sun could not melt, he glared fiercely at his son who was kneeling on the ground, listened to his defense, and watched his pleading, Emperor Liang's heart swelled with indescribable disgust, and he struggled to shake off the prince who was holding his legs, and left angrily. Walking to the gate of the East Palace, Emperor Liang ordered: "All the palace people in the East Palace will be sent into Dali Temple, guarded by the Imperial Forest Guard, no one is allowed to enter or exit, and violators will be killed!" ”

In the next few days, Dali Temple was lit up day and night, three days later, Emperor Liang privately summoned Lin Kun in the side hall, after reading Lin Kun's confession, Emperor Liang closed his eyes, slightly tired and ordered: "You go down first." The footsteps of Lin Kun's departure gradually moved away, but not long after, the sound of footsteps slowly walking in Emperor Liang's ears came from his ears, Emperor Liang did not open his eyes, frowned and said impatiently: "I didn't let you retreat, what else is going on!" ”

"Father's ......."

A fresh, gentle and somewhat fearful female voice came into Emperor Liang's ears, this voice was too familiar, Emperor Liang opened his eyes and saw Princess Yunxuan standing in front of him. For this youngest and only daughter by his side, Emperor Liang showed the image of a loving father, he reached out and pulled Yun Xuan to sit beside him, and asked softly, "Why are you here?" Yun Xuan was wearing a rose-colored dress at this time, and sat down next to each other under the traction of Emperor Liang, even though the man in front of her was a high emperor in front of ten thousand people, but in her opinion, he was just a father, a father with flowery sideburns.

"Father, but you're worried about your eldest brother?"

"Don't mention that rebel!"

"Father, no matter how the vicissitudes of the world change, the blood and family relationship can never be changed, maybe fame and fortune will blur a person's eyes, but the son always thinks that the father-son relationship cannot be blinded, and the eldest brother will never have the intention of murdering his father."

"You, always so simple, how much can imperial power make a person cold, isn't the lesson of history enough? However, Xuan'er can have this heart to protect her hands and feet, and her father is very pleased, but it's a pity that your brothers can't appreciate your good intentions. ”

"Father, my brothers are in the court, and many things are involuntary, Yun Xuan's daughter is naturally difficult to deeply understand, but Yun Xuan only hopes that our family can be together forever."

Looking at his daughter's clear eyes, Emperor Liang's heart felt a faint pain in the softest place, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch Yun Xuan's cheeks, Yun Xuan took out the folded painting that was originally hidden in his sleeves in time, Emperor Liang spread it out and saw that the person in the painting was the late Empress Wen Jin, her eyebrows were still the same, a faint smile, her stretched waist, and her clothes that rose with the wind were just like back then, Emperor Liang couldn't help but gently brush his fingers on the drawing paper, as if the old man was reborn, Emperor Liang was comforted by the new life, and smiled bitterly: "Wen Jin, after so many years, you are still the same as back then, It's a pity that I'm getting old......."

Yun Xuan put her hand around Emperor Liang's shoulder, pillowed her head on Emperor Liang's shoulder, and held her father's trembling hand, the father and daughter sat at the window with each other, letting the sunset sprinkle the brilliance on their bodies, and letting the evening breeze blow the silver bells jingling, the father and daughter seemed to be settled, and they no longer involved the world at this moment, and there was only family affection in their hearts.

In the most secret wing room of Leng Yuezhai, Yan Keran stood at the window with his back to the room and said: "The emperor has decreed that Lu Yanhui, Zhou Xunliang and the rebel general of Nadong Hu will be publicly beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and all the people in the East Palace Palace will be executed. ”

"Then what to do with the Wu father and son?" Qi Wantong asked.

"I don't know, I only heard that the Wu family has been raided by the whole clan." Without waiting for Ke Ran to finish speaking, Ye Kai hurriedly said: "The matter of royal face will definitely not be judged publicly, I am afraid that it has been secretly disposed of at this time." ”

"We should be more concerned about the crown prince, right?" Su Qian took a sip of tea and continued, "Oh, I made a mistake, and now I should change my name to King Xin." ”

"Behind the case of greedy ink and stone is King Xin, the emperor knew the inside story but protected it, but instead punished the people of the East Palace!" Qi Wantong was indignant.

"Hey, Wantong is good, but our emperor has always doted on this eldest son, so it's not surprising that he would make such a move." Ye Kai said.

"In any case, it can be regarded as a small punishment and a big commandment. It's just that in this way, the position of the crown prince is empty, and the strength of several parties should be ready to move again. Su Qian said what he thought.

"Could it be that you think that no one coveted the position of the East Palace before? It's just that this time it has changed from dark wrestling to light and dark wrestling at the same time! Ye Kai said to a few people: "The struggle for imperial power has always been written in blood, and what we should care about is the people." ”

"Senior Brother Ye, what do you mean by that?" Qi Wantong asked.

Ye Kai drank all the wine in the cup, "With our emperor's temperament, if the Donghu people make such a fuss, will Daliang give up?" ”

"You mean......" Yan Keran's eyes widened, not daring to say what he was thinking, he looked at the few people around him with the same surprised expression.

"Wantong, it's time for you to send a message to Shaoning!" Ye Kai didn't care about the accidents of a few people.

In the palace of King Yu, King Yu frowned, he didn't know why he was reprimanded by Emperor Liang on the main hall of Chengyuan Palace and then didn't open his mouth to refute it, and let this military matter be hastily decided, why? Could it be because after hearing that the crown prince was demoted to the king of letters, he didn't remember the performance of the ministers of civil and military affairs in the audience when Emperor Liang announced the news, but he only remembered that his heart suddenly contracted tightly, and that feeling like someone squeezed his chest with his hand and then quickly let go and then quickly let go and then dying and resurrecting.

"Your Highness," Pei Zhenghao reminded softly.

King Yu's thoughts were pulled back to reality, "This is the will of my father and the emperor himself, and this expedition is a certainty." ”

"The Donghu people are in the east of the night dragon water, there is no doubt that our army will be a long-distance attack, and we will not be able to catch it with our Xuanjia army alone!"

"I understand your concerns, this time my father has mobilized the three armies, in addition to our Xuanjia Army, there are also the Guangyuan Army and the Chiwei Army, and the grain and grass will be handed over to the grain protection army, and I will command the three armies! Horses, armor, blades and other military supplies are provided by the Ministry of War! ”

"Your Highness, this victory is unpredictable, and you have to bear it with all your might."

"The father personally decreed, there is no room for turnback, this Donghu rebellion annoyed the father, the father is determined to teach Donghu a lesson to let the surrounding countries understand the probability of daring to provoke the Liang, no matter how difficult this battle is, there must be results!"

"The last general will definitely follow His Highness with all his might!"

"Zhenghao, let's arrange it, we will leave for Yecang in two days!"

fluttering, the carrier pigeon soared into the air from Xuan Shaoning's hands, as the carrier pigeon disappeared at the end of the sky, Xuan Shaoning was troubled by the content of the letter, if Ye Kai guessed correctly, then Liang decided to use troops against Donghu, and he couldn't go back to Yecang City for the time being, but the Xuanjia Army was limited by the military system, and there were only 100,000 people in total, Mobei must be defended, and there will be no more than 60,000 people who can be put into battle, and only 60,000 people will go deep behind the enemy to attack Donghu is simply a lot of bad luck, will King Yu agree?

"Shaoning, another person in a daze!"

"Zhengyuan, I just received a carrier pigeon from Senior Brother Ye Kai, and the letter said......"

"Let's talk about the content of the letter for the time being, the commander has gathered the generals, let's hurry up!"

When Shi Gong Zhengyuan and Xuan Shaoning arrived at the General's Mansion, Geng Yan, Fang Qi, Gu Junyuan, An Haoran, Si Heng and Ling Feiyan were already present. Geng Yan saw that the general was in Qi and said: "The Holy Lord has ordered a war against Donghu, and His Royal Highness the King of Yu will lead the three armies of Xuanjia, Guangyuan and Chiwei, and in a few days, His Royal Highness the King of Yu, General Yang Zhong and General Shen Yongnian will gather in the Fengju City, and the grain and grass will also arrive, we need to be prepared!" ”

Really! Xuan Shaoning was surprised not only that Ye Kai guessed that the use of troops against Donghu was confirmed, but also that not only the Xuanjia Army, but also the Guangyuan Army and the Chiwei Army were going to participate in the battle. After leaving the General's Mansion, Shi Gong Zhengyuan said: "You just said that Senior Brother Ye Kai sent a letter, but the letter mentioned that Da Liang used troops against Donghu?" ”

"You guessed it!" Xuan Shaoning was never surprised by Shi Gong Zhengyuan's ability to speculate.

"Your face says it all."

"I can't hide my emotions in front of people I trust now, but Senior Brother Ye Kai didn't guess all the right before, after all, he didn't expect it to be a joint force of the three armies."

"It's okay for the Guangyuan army, Xuanjia wants to guard Mobei to guard Xiliang, and Chiwei to guard Annan to prevent Xia Tang, wouldn't it be very dangerous if such a transfer of troops is seized by other countries?"

"Since it has been decided to use troops against Donghu, the arrangement of the border has been taken into account by the imperial court!" Si Heng interjected, since the First World War, he always likes to follow behind Ling Feiyan, so he slowly approached Xuan Shaoning and the others, "With the military strength of Daliang, with the achievements of the Xuanjia Army and the Chiwei Army, if you want to come to neighboring countries, you don't dare to use force at will, besides, in addition to the two armies, Daliang has other armies that can be rescued in time, so you can rest assured." ”

"What Si Heng said also makes sense, what we should consider now is how to start a war against Donghu, after all, Donghu is in the mountains and mountains east of Yelongshui, and we are not familiar with the terrain." Ling Feiyan said.

"It's not completely unfamiliar, I remember that we have seen a record of the topography and landforms of Donghu in the Linyuan Pavilion of the academy, and the military department will definitely have a combat map. How many robes have the Donghu people secretly set up traps to kill us, and this time they will be paid with blood! ”

Shi Gong Zhengyuan's eyes were rarely violent, but it was conceivable that Pao Ze's sacrifice also touched him a lot, so why didn't Xuan Shaoning do it? The arrogance of Donghu's Yaba and the ruthlessness of the mysterious master beside him made Xuan Shaoning support this crusade from the bottom of his heart.