After the sun had completely set, the full moon hanging in the eastern sky became brighter and brighter. Under the full moon, the mountains, rivers, forests, houses, hills and platforms are all bathed in milky white moonlight, and the world is white. If nothing else, the gate of Yingdu is closed at dusk every day, and it is opened at dawn every day, and there are assassins in the city today, and the gate is closed before dusk.

On the six-zhang high city wall, the official Concubine Jing, who was in charge of guarding the east gate, was absent-minded, looking at the round moon in a daze. The concubine clan is the prince of the Chu state, and its ancestor Wei Mao is a king Chu before King Wu of Chu, but for hundreds of years, the concubine clan has more than 100,000 people, and he has this side branch and then the side branch...... , no longer even qualified to enter public schools. After spending most of his family's savings and begging all his relatives who could reach him, he became a city gate official and could only be on duty at night.

阍 (hun) is the gatekeeper, at first by the temple or the general, and then more and more children of the clan, in addition to the inner door of the palace, the others gradually became the full-time of the clan side. It's just that this kind of drudgery of guarding the city gate is rarely taken by the children of the public family, after all, it is difficult to be appreciated by the nobles, and it is basically impossible to get ahead.

"I heard that the king will be cured of his illness next month......" Yu Jing looked at the moon in a daze, and the little officials below began to mumble in boredom, after all, the long night is long.

"Yes, yes. The eldest son descended under the Holy King, tasted a hundred herbs, and refined a miracle medicine for the king that could cure all diseases. "Someone understands everything.

"Can cure all diseases?" A bit of mythological legends are always desirable, not to mention miracle medicine.

"Yes, yes. The king took the miracle medicine every day, and his heart disease got better day by day. The little official, who knew everything, raised his voice a little higher, and was happy that the king's heart disease could be cured.

"Ahem..."Fei Jing coughed, and couldn't help but be silent. This ......, can we know what this magic medicine is made of? ”

Fu Jing's question is puzzling, but 'I understand everything' or salute: "The villain doesn't know, the villain only hears that the magic medicine is refined by seven hundred and forty-nine kinds of fairy grass in the palace, which is extremely precious." The villain is willing to inquire about this matter for Shangguan......"

"No need." There are seventy-seven and forty-nine kinds of fairy grass in the palace, not to mention forty-nine kinds, it is just one, and Fei Jing can't afford it.

Shangguan stopped listening at the beginning of the question, and the person also went elsewhere. When he went, a little insider snickered: "Shangguan must want to treat that Qianyue in the women's market, I heard that this woman had a lung disease a few years ago......"

"Lucky moon?" Shangguan, who has an impeccable family background and appearance, actually fell in love with the most popular servant in the women's market.

"Exactly." The little official looked around, saw that there was no one around, and said, "How many days have you seen Shangguan's jade horse?" It's gone. Yesterday I went to the big market, and I saw that this horse had become the horse of the head of the Xianfu family......"

"Horses?" The horse is the horse that pulls the cart, and the incomparable jade horse goes to pull the cart, and everyone can't help but feel pity.

"Silence!" In the regret, a small official on the outside seemed to hear something, but it was not real. "There is a sound, I don't know whose car is driving." He pointed in one direction, outside the city, where the official road paved with stone slabs in the moonlight was as white as snow.

"Ahh It's okay not to listen, but everyone changes color when I hear it. Where is this whose car is driving, this is countless car driving. "Quick! Beat the drum quickly to warn. Quickly report to the official. ”

More than 50 miles of city wall, every three miles of horn drums, at this time on the side of the official road can not only hear the sound of cars and horses, but also see a black torrent engulfing the snow-white official road, closer and closer to Yingdu. In the deafening sound of the drums, Fei Jing rushed over, and he shouted, "Who is beating the drum?" ”

"Tell the Shangguan that there is an army attacking under the city." The vests of the little officials are all sweaty, and since the relocation of the capital, no army has ever rushed to the capital at night.

"There's an army coming?" The sound of drums has made people unable to hear the sound of the city, and when Concubine Jing looked at the city, she suddenly took a breath of cool air, and the black pressure under the city was full of soldiers and horses, and there were ladders and rushing cars in the queue. What's the matter, could it be Qin Jun?!

I don't know why Chu moved its capital to the common people, but Concubine Jing knows. The dignitaries and nobles are guessing how long the Chu State Sheji can last. Some people say that Han Wei has not been destroyed, and the Great Chu is unharmed, and he has no worries for at least a hundred years; Some people also say that the Chu people are weak, and the Qin people are brave, and they will go down the river and copy the back road of the Chu State, and the time will be within these twenty or thirty years. Although the opinions are different, the attitude is the same: the state of Chu will be finished.

Until Xiong Jing was made the crown prince, various performances made people, especially young people, place high hopes on him, thinking that he would be able to rejuvenate the Chu State when he ascended the throne. Fei Jing didn't think that the Chu State could be revitalized by anyone, the background of the clan made him know many unknown secrets, and the identity of the side branch made him realize the pedantry of the nobles and the greed of the officials. Whenever he heard people talk about state affairs, he would sigh and look at the sky, fortunately, at least the sky was blue.

Under the city, it may be that Qin Jun is concubine Jingxia's idea, but fortunately, his second reaction is quite rational: this is the east gate, even if the Qin army comes, it is impossible to stand at the east gate. Sure enough, the strict array under the city lit up with torches, and someone shouted: "I am Jing Hua, the general of the king's pawn, and I am ordered by the king to take over the defense of the city of Yingdu, and the officials in the city will quickly open the city gate." ”

"Jinghua?" Jing Hua is the nephew of Moao Jingyang, who hanged himself in the Purple Mountain four years ago, and there are more than 30 generals and military leaders who went to the Purple Mountain with Jingyang, and he is the only one who is alive and not dead. Hearing his name, Concubine Jing believed it for three points, and he replied loudly: "If General Jing has the king's order, he will naturally be blamed for taking over the city defense, but the moonlight is unknown, and it is difficult for the lower officials to distinguish the king's appearance, nor can they see the king's order, so they dare not open the city gate lightly." ”

"Anyone who does not respect the king's order can be killed, open the door immediately!" Another voice shouted, probably a military commander.

"Guarding the city gate is where Concubine Jing's job is, it is difficult to distinguish the monarch's appearance, and he does not see the king's order, so Concubine Jing does not dare to obey his fate." Most of the drums in other places on the city wall stopped, and Fei Jing felt that what the city said was true, and she still didn't dare to open the door.

"The king has an order, open the city gates! The king has an order, open the city gates! "Inside the city gate, a fast horse galloped in, and the knight on the horse shouted the king's order, which made people breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, but also made people's hearts even higher: the king's soldiers and armor are not to mention, but also brought siege equipment, why, is Yingdu chaotic?

The suspension bridge at the head of the city was slowly lowered, and the city gate also creaked open, and after the avant-garde troops entered the city quickly, Jinghua rode a horse and led the Chinese army through the gate slowly. Including Concubine Jing, a cadre and a soldier all stood by the city gate to salute. Looking at these people, thinking of the concubine Jing who refused to open the door just now, the corner of Jing Hua's mouth just sneered, and then he stopped looking.

The drums that resounded throughout the Yingdu had stopped, and the soldiers of the king's pawn took over the city defense of the Yingdu and various points in the city step by step, and in the bedtime, the king of Chu was lying on the bed, Xiong Jing knelt beside him, and Ling Yin Huangxie, who had not been in for a long time, was far away from the bed. Although others were sleeping, it was not difficult to guess the situation outside, so he said with a smile: "The king wants to give Huang Xie Bai Ayahu?" ”

"Why did the widow give you white silk?" Xiong Yuan, who was in control of the victory, suppressed his cough.

"......" Huang Xie was silent, his smile faded little by little, and he was calm.

"What the widow wants, is that Jing'er will not be harmed by thieves, ahem..."Xiong Yuan gasped, "Don't worry about the assassination, the widow will make Doctor Zuo Yinmeng investigate, the guilty will be punished, and the innocent will be acquitted." There is also Shouying City Defense... Ahem......"

The royal city was in charge of the personal guard of the king of Chu, and the defense of the capital city has always been in charge of the Ling Yin Mansion. Of course, who is the city Yin still needs the approval of the king of Chu. On the grounds of the assassination of the crown prince, he was completely in charge of the internal and external armaments of Yingdu, which was Xiong Yuan's calculation, and it was also something other than the previous agreement.

"Why should the king be like this, just take over the defense of Yingdu City and give a king's order." Huang Xie was solemn and said that he obeyed the king's orders.

"The widow and the king's order can also take over Chen County?" Xiong Yuan asked rhetorically.

Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan) was a large county, and it was also used as a temporary national capital after moving eastward. The counties of Chu were changed by the destroyed vassal states, and they were larger than the counties of other countries, and the so-called Chen County was the former Chen State. Like other counties in the Chu State, Chen County, which has thousands of soldiers, except for half-hearted tax payment and half-hearted military service, most of the king's orders are not obeyed. This trend has been the case since the establishment of the county, especially after King Huai.

Huang Xie has been Ling Yin for 25 years, and it is impossible to completely mobilize the county Yin, but the friendship is getting deeper and deeper, and some things will always sell face. Kill Huang Xie and replace him with a Ling Yin, not to mention whether the new Ling Yin will completely obey his orders, even if there is a Ling Yin like Wu Qi who is trying to change the law, the Chu State will also be in chaos, Xiong Yuan's time is running out, and it is impossible to change.

Xiong Yuan knew this truth, and Huang Xie also knew it, so he had nothing to fear.

It may be possible to replace the county Yin of Chen County by the king's order, but like the Qin State, the royal power will completely intervene in the county and control everything in the county, unless it is the reincarnation of King Xianwu and King Xianzhuang, no one can do it, and the change presided over by King Xian has given the answer.

And the crown prince Xiong Jing, Huang Xie's premonition was very bad. Let's not say that the crown prince is no longer suitable for the king of a country because he is good at making tools, just because he is precocious and wise, it will cause trouble in the future - the country is not a one-person country, and the interests are not the interests of one family and one surname, if the monarch really forces the carriage of Chu to gallop east and west according to his own preferences, then there are only two results:

Either only the king is the only one who pulls the cart, and then the country dies, such as those princes whose territory has been transformed into the county of Chu; Either the interests of the damaged princes and Qing clans rise up to attack it, and kill the king and set up another person as the king, such as the king of the ancestors who died alone in the wilderness. Either way, the state of Chu is no longer the state of Chu.

"It's better for the king to be stupid." Huang Xie muttered unconsciously in his heart. At this time, there had been silence in the bedroom for a long time, and he bowed down again and said: "The king has the king's order, and the eldest son is safe and sound, please retire." ”

"Go ahead." Xiong Yuan on the bed spoke in harmony, and when Huang Xie was about to leave the bedroom, he said again: "Let's stop here." ”

"Yui. The minister retired. Huang Xie glanced at the king of Chu unexpectedly, and it seemed that the king's request had been satisfied.