Gao Jianyuan also knows that Yan Hao is difficult to ride a tiger now, he and Yan Hao are the subordinates of the Star King, if he obeys the order of the King of Seeing and kills people on the street, the matter is really going to be big, in order to protect himself, the Star King will definitely abandon him and Yan Hao. And now it seems that the matter has become a big problem, and Xia Xiang's words have aroused public anger.

is a powerful Xia Xiang, who seems to be cowardly and retreating, but in fact, he is the most scheming, making full use of the people's support and the misplaced relationship between him and Yan Hao who are not under the king, and has found a fulcrum for himself that can be defended and attacked.

Zhang Hou and Shen Bao glanced at each other, and the same thought flashed in their minds, Xia Xiangzhi, what a master!

When Zhang Hou and Shen Bao joined forces to deal with Xia Cunxian, to be honest, Xia Xiang's indifference disappointed the two. Zhang Hou felt that Xia Xiang was too cowardly, and he had neither courage nor responsibility in case of trouble. What Shen Bao thought was that Xia Xiang was not a timid person, nor was he a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, why was he so cowardly? Isn't it just a little king, why be afraid? The laws of Great Xia are strict, and even the prince must act according to the law.

I don't want things to get out of control to the point of being out of control, or rather, Zhang Hou and Shen Bao overestimated the strength of seeing Wang Xia Cunxian, Xia Cunxian was annoyed and ashamed, and dared to kill people in public, and the two realized that things were completely beyond imagination, and also beyond the scope of the courage of the two of them. When Yan Hao raised his sword to assassinate Xia Xiang, the two of them were angry for a while, and they could no longer afford the courage to stand up and block the sword for Xia Xiang.

The bravery of the horseman is for a while, and as soon as the momentum disappears, it is difficult to raise morale. Zhang Hou was stunned on the spot, opened his mouth wide, not to mention stepping forward to relieve Xia Xiang, he couldn't even speak. Shen Bao was okay, he wanted to take a step, but his legs trembled slightly in fright, and he couldn't move, but he shouted: "Stop!" ”

At this moment, the two of them completely changed their views on Xia Xiang, compared to the bravery of the two just now, the current Xia Xiang is the real strategist.

Yan Hao hesitated in his heart, Xia Cunxian's persecution made him in a dilemma. If he doesn't kill Xia Xiang, it is tantamount to disobeying Xia Cunxian's orders, and he can't make a difference. Gao Jianyuan obviously didn't want to help him speak, obviously Gao Jianyuan also figured out the stakes and didn't want to jump into the trap. Killing Xia Xiang, he was almost certain that once he entered the gate of Shangjing Mansion Yin, he would not want to come out alive, and he would not expect Xia Cunxian and the Star King to save him.

What to do? Yan Hao's eyes narrowed, in all fairness, as far as his original intention was concerned, he really wanted to kill Xia Xiang on the spot with a sword. Although Xiao Wu's martial arts are strong, he doesn't pay attention to it. But there can be a hundred ways to kill Xia Xiang without knowing it, not in public.

"Don't do it yet, Yan Hao, do you want this king to do it himself?" Xia Cun was in a hurry, stepped forward and snatched the sword in Yan Hao's hand, and as soon as the tip of the sword was horizontal, he was about to stab at Xia Xiang.

"See Your Highness the King, if you want to kill me, which of the six murders is it?" Xia Xiang still coped calmly, and even the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Of course, if you look closely, you will find that Xia Xiang's left hand behind his back is trembling slightly, and he is actually very nervous, after all, life and death are at stake, and blood will be splashed on the spot if he is not careful. The other party is the prince, even if he really kills him in public, no matter how he punishes him afterwards, he will not be able to resurrect him.

"Whatever, this royal lord, what kind of big deal is it to kill you as an unknown person?" Xia Cunxian raised his sword again and wanted to stab, "You obstructed the king's case, stopped the official horse, and almost killed the king, the above charges are enough for you to die a hundred times." ”

"Your Highness, please wait until I'm done before killing me, I won't run anyway. If you finish speaking, you can die again, so that I can be a ghost who understands. Xia Xiang's eyes swept and quickly made a judgment on the current situation, his words just now shocked Yan Hao and Gao Jianyuan, both of them were afraid of the people's will and the laws of Great Xia, and did not dare to act recklessly, but Xia Cunxian had no scruples, because as a prince, the young Yin Fu of Shangjing Mansion would not condemn him to death.

The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is inevitable, Xia Xiang continued: "I believe that the prince loves the people like a son, and he will not even meet my small request before he died. ”

"It's not ......" There were a few sparse voices in the crowd, obviously angry but wanted to fight for Xia Xiang, but they didn't dare to be too loud.

"He is a good prince who loves the people like a son." Shen Bao was the first to react, and took the lead in applauding, "His Royal Highness is a good prince who sees the wise and thinks together, loves the people like a son, covers it like the sky, and accommodates it like the earth." ”

"Love the people like a son, cover it like the sky, and tolerate it like the earth!" Zhang Hou also understood something, and also applauded and shouted.

Subsequently, Shi Er and Xiao Wu also echoed, and the onlookers were also driven by several people, so they reluctantly shouted a few times. Although the number of people is small, it has also formed a small momentum.

Xia Cunxian had a smug look on his face, pressed the tip of the sword in his hand, and said proudly: "It's okay, let's listen to you." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xia Xiang didn't forget to bow to Xia Cunxian, but secretly wiped a cold sweat and stabilized his mind, "The prince was riding in the downtown area, knocking over the stalls of five vendors and injuring three people, he was really brave." ”

Xia Cunxian rolled his eyes and snorted disapprerovingly: "Don't say that you knocked over the stall and injured passers-by, even if you hit and killed someone, what can you do with me?" ”

Xia Xiang knew that if there was really a dead man, Xia Cunxian's father, King Jing, would spare no effort to protect Xia Cunxian. But if something big or small happens, and then it spreads, there will inevitably be a royal history to catch it and make a fuss. The Great Xia Yanguan has always been high-minded and dares to speak up. If Xia Cun is to be put before death, perhaps no matter which official will dare to impeach. But if you can make a name for yourself who is not afraid of the powerful, and you won't offend King Jing to death, I believe that many officials will dare to impeach Xia Cunxian for the crime of arsoning with horses and hurting people.

Xia Xiang made up his mind, and his heart settled down a little, although he was still a little worried, but he was also a lot more determined, he bowed his hand to the surrounding crowd, and said: "The law of Great Xia is written, and among the streets and alleys and people in the city, those who walk the carriage and horses for no reason will be flogged fifty; Those who kill or injure others for any reason shall be reduced by one degree; Those who kill or injure livestock shall be compensated for the reduced price. ”

The so-called carriage horse is to gallop or drive a horse. If you gallop in the downtown area for no reason, hit fifty boards. Riding a horse and injuring a person to death is to be dealt with in accordance with the crime of fighting and killing reduced by one degree.

Xia Cunxian laughed: "If you say that this king is extremely evil? Fifty flogging is definitely not enough, and you have to compensate for the overturned stall, and counting the few people injured in the collision, will you have to be exiled for 2,000 miles? ”

Xia Xiang glanced at Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu was puzzled, scratched his head and didn't know what to do, but Shi Er instantly understood something, grabbed Xiao Wu, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Shen Bao also guessed a few points, and came to the crowd with Xiao Wu. Zhang Hou was still stunned on the spot, and he didn't figure out why Xia Xiang avoided the important and light, and grabbed the trivial matter of Xia Cun hitting people first. By the time he figured out the link, Shen Bao and Xiao Wu had already found the vendors who had just been knocked over by Xia Cunxian, Gao Jianyuan, and Yan Hao from the crowd, as well as the passers-by who had been injured, a total of seven people.

Among the seven, three had blue noses and swollen faces, two had bleeding ears and noses, and two had broken fingers. Several people stood behind Shen Bao and Xiao Wu, glaring angrily at Xia Cunxian and the others.

"What, do you want these people to sue the king?" Xia Cunxian smiled contemptuously and looked at a few people, "Do you know who this king is?" This king is the prince. Tell the officials to see who has the courage to arrest this king? ”

Xia Xiang ignored Xia Cunxian's arrogance and continued: "The criminal law of Great Xia is to see blood as an injury, if it is judged according to the injuries of a few people in front of him, it is enough for the prince to be exiled for 2,000 miles. But the prince is the lord of the prince, so naturally he will not be exiled......"

"Exile? Hahahaha. Xia Cunxian looked up to the sky and laughed, and there was indescribable arrogance in his laughter, "Since the founding of Great Xia, has there ever been a precedent for the prince to be exiled?" Xia Xiang, what else do you have to say? ”

Xia Xiang said calmly: "During the Taizong period, Han Xi knew that he went to the Beijing Mansion. Gao Ya trampled on a horse in the downtown area and injured a small child, and was taken down by Han Xi. Early the next morning, Han Xi asked the governor who was specifically responsible for hearing the case to join the army and fight fifty boards in the high ya. In the evening, the governor of the army came to report that the execution had been completed. Han Xi didn't believe it, so he went to the prison to check in person, and saw that Gao Ya was all the same, where did he look like he had been beaten? It turned out that Gao Yanei had bought off the officials and wanted to deal with the past. Han Xi was furious and immediately interrogated the officials and Gao Yanei together. On the second day, Gao Yanai was reprimanded fifty times, and the officials were convicted of the same crime, and he was expelled from public office, never to be hired. Han Xi then went to the table to impeach the governor of the army and Gao Yanei's father, the emperor was furious, Gao Yanei was exiled for 3,000 li, the governor was exiled for 2,000 li, and Gao Yanei's father, the Ministry of Works, Shangshu Gao Shentang, was demoted and left Beijing......"

Xia Cunxian's face did not change at all, and he sneered: "This king also knows about this matter, how can the little Gao Yanei be compared with this king?" Xia Xiang, you are rambling a lot, and you want to save your life with these idle anecdotes? It's naïve. ”

"I'm not here to save my life, I'm here to save the reputation of the prince." Seeing that the effect was achieved, Xia Xiang threw out the key points unhurriedly, and the foreshadowing in front was enough to set off the atmosphere, and his eyes drifted to Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao.

At this time, Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao stood aside, completely arrogant. Xia Xiang's words, they heard them clearly. Gao Jianyuan was shocked or shocked in his heart, but Yan Hao was shocked and extremely afraid. Fortunately, he didn't have the impulse to kill Xia Xiang with a sword just now, otherwise he would already be a dead man now. Thinking about it again, no wonder when he first saw Xia Xiang, he felt that Xia Xiang was not easy to deal with, and sure enough, Xia Xiang was not only difficult to deal with, he was simply a genius!

The most powerful thing about Xia Xiang is not how talented he is, but how resourceful he is. Xia Xiang is so good at taking advantage of the situation, as a cloth cloth, before he has entered the officialdom, he knows the affairs of officialdom, if he is not a genius, if he says that he has no guidance from a master behind him, he will not believe it if he kills Yan Hao. So who is the master behind Xia Xiang? It must be Li Dingshan, the tallest person in the capital.

Yan Hao strengthened his previous inference that even if Xia Xiang was not a student of Li Dingshan, he would have been in close contact with Li Dingshan and was deeply influenced by Li Dingshan.

"Preserve the reputation of this king? Xia Xiang, are you crazy or stupid? This king has a good reputation, loves the people like a son, and still needs you to be protected by an ant? What kind of nonsense is it talking about. Xia Cun smiled angrily, and after laughing, the sword in his hand stood up, "Hurry up and die, this king has no time to talk to you endlessly." ”

Xia Cunxian no longer listened to Xia Xiang's explanation, and stabbed with his sword. However, at this time, most of his murderous aura had been discharged, and the sword was weak, Xia Xiang had already taken precautions, and he dodged to the side with a light flash.

"The prince is slow, the prince is angry, and listen to me finish speaking." Xia Xiang grinned, flicked the index finger of his right hand, and flicked it on the sword body, "The people know that King Jing loves the people like a son, and they also know that King Jing is the most generous and benevolent person among the princes. If the imperial history is informed that His Royal Highness is hurting people in the downtown area, has His Royal Highness ever thought that how many emperors in the imperial history would impeach King Jing? ”

Xia Cun was stunned for a moment, but he still had a hard mouth: "Yushi is just a group of croaking crows, don't worry about it, just ignore it." ”

Since the founding of the Great Xia, the way of speech has been widespread, although the imperial history has no real power, but it is extremely noble, and anyone can be impeached on the table, Taizu has an edict, and the speaker is not guilty. The scenery of the imperial history is incomparable for a while, because the place where the imperial history platform is located, is planted with pine and cypress trees, and the crows are fallen on it, so the imperial history platform is also called Wutai.

"In the imperial history, the emperor can ignore it because of King Jing's brotherhood. But if the imperial history impeached Fu for his inaction as the Shaoyin of Shangjing Mansion, would Fu Shaoyin not write a book to defend himself? "Xia Xiang is in the camp step by step, what he wants is to let Xia Cunxian know the benefits and losses, "Fu Shaoyin has always been upright and fair, and there is a case of arson and injury under his rule, whether it is Yanei or the prince, he will ask for the people's lives......"

Xia Xiang clasped his fists and saluted the people present: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's events are clear, if Fu Shaoyin tries the case of His Royal Highness the King arsoning and hurting people, who is willing to come forward to testify?" ”

"Me!" A strong man with a beard raised his right hand high, with a look of indignation, "I am a pig killer, I don't know any big truths, and I haven't read many books, but I know that the principles of heaven are in the hearts of the people." This little brother, you ask for the people's life, fight for the people's grievances, I have fought for this cheap life, and I want to seek justice for you. Every righteous butcher is a scholar! ”

If there is no last sentence to add, the words of the bearded man can be regarded as impassioned, and the last sentence adds to the snake, but it arouses the righteous indignation of the students present.

"That's a lot of nonsense! My generation of scholars, reporting to the court to live up to the people, how can you say that you have a negative heart? A round-faced and big-eyed scholar said indignantly, "I don't want to be famous, but I also have to come forward to testify that Xia Cun was arrogant and violent as the prince, not to mention arsoning and hurting people, and also intended to kill people in public." Since the founding of the Great Xia, there have been more than 100 princes, and His Royal Highness is the first person to deserve it. Great Xia established the country with virtue and benevolence, and King Jing was honest and benevolent, but it was a pity that his reputation was ruined in the hands of children. It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity, it......'s a pity."

"I testify."

"I testify too."

"And me."

"Add me!"

The words of the bearded man did not cause much repercussions, but the words of the round-faced scholar who was indignant by him immediately triggered a scramble response from the onlookers. It is also a remark by a round face student, which is quite inflammatory.

Xia Xiang nodded secretly in admiration, and threw a grateful glance at the round-faced scholar. The round-faced scholar pretended to ignore Xia Xiang's gesture, turned his face slightly, and looked up at the sky, obviously not wanting to receive Xia Xiang's affection.

Xia Xiang didn't care, seeing that Xia Cunxian was already blushing at this time, he knew that King Jing's reputation and Fu Zhiwei's reputation did hit Xia Cunxian's weakness, Su did dare to pull the emperor's sleeve and write in front of him, and the emperor had to listen to his recital before he could retreat from the dynasty, although King Jing was a prince, he also had to be afraid of the people's aspirations and the power of the law. What's more, Fu Zheng's uprightness is not much worse than Su Qu.

Xia Cunxian's killing intent disappeared at this time, thinking that if Fu Zheng really made a big fuss about him arsoning his horse and hurting people, not only would the emperor be angry, but his father would not spare him, and if Fu Zheng had to seize this matter, he would naturally not be exiled for three thousand miles, once the matter became a big mess, it was essential for him to apologize, and he would become the laughing stock of Shangjing, how could he have a face to see people when he went out in the future? I'm afraid that the other princes and little princes will have to laugh off their big teeth.

A good Xia Xiang, there is really a set, and he has no way to retreat, Xia Cunxian gritted his teeth with hatred, and the sword in his hand was so sore that his arm was sore, and he couldn't stab it and was embarrassed to take it back.

Zhang Hou nodded in approval, admiring Xia Xiang so much. It should be said that he knows better than Xia Xiang the temperament of all the forces in the capital and the various princes, but when he encounters something, he still misses the excesses and the speed of the moment, and he doesn't know how to make a roundabout.

Shen Bao's admiration for Xia Xiang rose to an unprecedented height, and at this time, he looked at Xia Xiang's eyes again, in addition to admiration or admiration.

"But then again...... Xia Xiang accepted it when he saw it, he was not afraid of King Jing's power, but before he really understood the forces of all parties in the capital, it was the smartest thing not to offend any party, not to mention that Xia Cunxian was young and vigorous, although he was arrogant, but he was not completely useless, "Seeing that His Royal Highness the King is hurting people, it is official business." The laws of Bactria stipulate that if there is a public or private person who wants to leave quickly, he will not sit; Those who kill or injure others for any reason are considered to be negligent; Whoever kills or injures a person because of his horror and cannot be forbidden, shall be reduced by the second degree of negligence. ”