Hou Jing soon became even more depressed.

After he wrote a letter to the emperor to complain about his grievances, Hou Jing gradually discovered that rumors were spreading in Yuzhou, where he was located, and the rumors were getting tighter.

Murong Shaozong openly played the banner of "Yuzhou Assassin History" and was eager to try in Henan Prefecture County north of Yuzhou, and released words to exterminate the traitors.

As for who the traitor was, he did not say it explicitly.

Although Hou Jing was surprised, he couldn't pick up the name of "traitor" and put it on himself. Although he did have this thought.

Then, in Jeju, the assassin of Jeju responded loudly and made a gesture to conquer the traitors on behalf of the lord.

Gao Jishi is also the same as Murong Shaozong, shouting to the sky, but he doesn't name names. But he said in a moment: He professes to be a brother with the previous king, but he has a negative ancestor; After a while, he said that he had a grudge against him for killing his brother...... Hou Jing didn't think that Gao Jishi was talking about him.

What was even more shocking to him at this time was that he found out that Gao Cheng knew in his heart that he had a major relationship with Gao Aocao's death. If you speculate on this again, then he has no bottom in his heart. I don't know how many other things Gao Cheng knows. If Gao Cheng had kept these things in his heart, it would have been terrible.

Hou Jing felt that he really couldn't stay in Yuzhou.

It was early autumn, and the summer heat had not yet faded. In the Wei Palace of Chang'an City, the new Taixue has already been built.

The palace is new, solemn and grand, quite meteorological. It seems to be announcing that the Western Wei Dynasty, which has a firm foothold, has finally moved towards its peak and glory. Taixue has been established, which inevitably makes people excited, which is the foundation of the prosperous world.

The Great Prime Minister and Chu Wang Yuwentai will come to the newly completed and unused Taixue every three or five days to take a look.

Early autumn is not cool, but it's not as hot as summer. The Gongsun tree in the courtyard still has green leaves. The wind blows with the freshness of autumn.

Zhao Gui, the general of Taibao and Zhuguo, described the situation in Yuzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and guessed Hou Jing's thoughts, which was really hearty.

For Zhao Gui, whether Hou Jing has the upper hand or Gao Cheng has the upper hand, as long as they fight to the death and let the Eastern Wei Dynasty be in chaos, he will be happy in his heart.

Yuwentai listened carefully to what Zhao Gui said, and did not say a word in the middle.

However, Yu Jin, the Taishi and the general of the Zhu Kingdom, frowned and thought while listening to Zhao Gui.

"What do you think? So much so worried? "Yuwentai wore a high crown and praised clothes, and under the Gongsun tree in the courtyard of Taixueli, he had a bit of the demeanor of a famous man of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and he was less murderous.

Zhao Gui didn't say anything, and felt that the current King of Chu was quite imperial.

"There's nothing to worry about." Yu Jing listened to the lord's question, and then came to his senses. "I'm just curious how Hou Jing will respond. It is better for the lord to distance himself from this person and not let him do things that are not good for the lord. ”

Yuwentai listened in his ears, and turned around to look at the palaces in Taixue with satisfaction. This is his masterpiece. While looking around, he smiled and said, "It seems that King Gao doesn't want to keep this scourge either." It's just that Hou Jing can be kicked away if he wants to? It's been cold for so long, and it's time to be lively. Let's see if King Gao has this growth and can clear this scourge? If not, I can't sit idly by and ignore it. Brothers, after all. ”

When Yu Wentai said these words, it didn't seem like he was talking about a national fight, but it seemed like a trivial matter next door. He said it with relish, as if he was enjoying it.

So not long after, Hou Jing became even more depressed.

New rumors began to spread in Yuzhou. It is said that Situ Hou Jing took advantage of the death of Gao Huan, the king of Bohai, and bullied the new young lord Gao Cheng, and wanted to replace Gao's family and assist the government.

Murong Shaozong heard these news and stepped up his supervision of Yuzhou. It seems that he is just waiting for Hou Jing to swoop up as soon as there is any wind and grass, and he will be caught as a traitor.

No matter what Gao Cheng and Yu Wentai each had, but this time the two people who were thousands of miles apart had a tacit understanding. The two seemed to have discussed one after the other, spreading rumors from time to time and from time to time with half-truths and half-truths, stirring up the situation into chaos. Whether it is an insider or an outsider, they are all in the fog and do not distinguish things.

When Hou Jing understood it, he knew that he had no way out. Not only could he not return to Yecheng, but even Yuwentai couldn't count on him. Yu Wentai didn't clean him up, he was already very polite to him.

At this time, news came from Yecheng again, and then the whole of Yuzhou knew that Hou Jing's son, Hou He, a general of Wuwei who was still in Yecheng, wrote a blood letter to his father. The blood book is gone, but the text is known to the world.

In the book, Hou Hecone bitterly complained about his father's unkindness and injustice. Disloyal to the emperor, unrighteous to the late King of Bohai Gao Huan, dishonest and untrustworthy to the current King Gao, ignoring his son, and even only caring about his own escape, and not mentioning rescue afterwards, so that he called the world in Yecheng instead of him.

A few days later, Hou Jingtu changed from a hero of the mountain to a person who was inferior to beasts, which was simply infamous.

The two powerful ministers of the two Wei Dynasty cooperated seamlessly, and Hou Jing was almost driven crazy.

On the contrary, it is Nanliang, and there is no news at all now.

Lan Jing, the general of Jianwei who was close to Sizhou, did not move. It's as if I hadn't heard the rumors that were coming from the wind at all.

Don't talk about taking care of his son, Hou Jing is now too busy to take care of himself. had to take the initiative to write a letter to Xiao Zhengde, the "eldest prince" of Linhe County, who was far away in Jiankang.

People in Jiangbei don't know that in the past few days, everyone in Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Dynasties, is talking about the grand event of the lieutenant general of Tongtai Temple.

Emperor Xiao Yan sacrificed himself to enter the temple. As the master of Tongtai Temple, he will preach Buddhism in the temple.

The people of the Southern Dynasty have been devoted to Buddhism for many years, so far they are naturally running to tell each other, taking it as a symbol of prosperity.

What the emperor did, the clan and the ministers all followed. Where else does anyone have the heart to take care of the housework of those Northern Dynasties in Jiangbei, which is across the river? What does it have to do with them?

Even the crown prince Xiao Gang also asked and arranged everything about his father's sacrifice and teaching Buddhism, in order to achieve perfection. Of course, he didn't dare to slack off, lest Emperor Liang be dissatisfied with him. After all, he is not in the right position yet, and there may be variables at any time, so he can't be less careful.

Although Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, is said to be the "eldest prince", he is not the emperor's own son, and he has not been succeeded by his own son. But because of this, Emperor Xiao Yan, who has always been soft-hearted in his nephews, is more tolerant and even doting on this son who is not a son.

Xiao Zhengde is not as cautious as the crown prince because he has no possibility of inheriting the emperor. When he received Hou Jing's letter and saw that Hou Jing intended to come to meet him, he was simply ecstatic. thought that he was going to gain power after winning Hou Jing.

But taking over such a big matter as Hou Jing, of course he knew that it was not up to him to have the final say. So Xiao Zhengde went to the Black Dragon Lake Palace with excitement to see the prince. and thought of a pre-emptive statement that would make the prince feel favorable.

Now the emperor is in Tongtai Temple, and the prince is in the palace of Heilong Lake, but the huge Liang Palace has no owner.

Xiao Zhengde unconsciously drilled out some thoughts that he shouldn't have.

In the Black Dragon Lake Palace, Princess Liyang also lives here.

The house in which she lived was a very fine wooden pavilion. There are tall plantains planted outside the front door and window, which are still green. From a distance, the eaves of the pavilion are long, and they are picked up again, drawing a very beautiful arc. The copper bells on the eaves will jingle as the cool autumn breeze blows. Especially the bleak and rainy nights make people sound sad.

Yang Shunhua, the little lady of the Yang family, walked quickly in the palace. Not a single slave dared to look at her more. The little lady is very cold and arrogant, as if there is no warmth in the whole person. But she is the princess's confidant, and no one is not afraid of her.

Yang Shunhua didn't see the princess when she came in, and went straight up the stairs. When she went up to the second floor, Xiao Qiongju, the princess of Liyang, knew that she was coming because she had heard the "creaking" sound of the wooden staircase, so she looked at the bead curtain hanging in the isolation place, waiting for her to come in.

"Your Highness, the King of Linhe County has something to come to see His Royal Highness the Prince." Yang Shunhua said with a regular salute. Her voice was not high, slightly muffled.

They don't pay too much attention to etiquette among themselves.

"What is he here for?" Xiao Qiongju was full of unhappiness and a little surprised. Because according to her feelings, this uncle has a very good ability to corrupt.

Yang Shunhua also felt that as long as it was a little contaminated with the king of Linhe, it would not be a good thing.

"Sister," Xiao Qiongju got up from the rope bed she was sitting on. "Do you think it will be related to Jiangbei again?"

She was wearing a white wide-sleeved shirt and tied her hair with a scarf, which was completely the costume of a scholar of the Southern Dynasty. Only the long ribbon of her hair fluttering on her shoulders, and the slight broken hair at the corners of her forehead, showed a bit of a girl's charm.

"Very likely." Yang Shunhua was also a little worried. "My father and brother talked about it at home, saying that the Northern Dynasty was in chaos now. That Marquis Jing of Puyang County seems to be very restless in Yuzhou now, and he doesn't know what An's thoughts are. Jiajun and eldest brother are afraid that something will happen to him. ”

Yang Shunhua couldn't quite think of what would happen to Hou Jing for a while, but he only saw that his father and brother were very worried. She thought that it was nothing more than raising troops to invade the country. All of the sheep can be loyal to the monarch and protect the society, what is there to be afraid of. All she had to do was take care of the princess.

Princess Liyang thinks more than Yang Shunhua.

Xiao Qiongju had to do this. She was originally a little lady from a family raised in the boudoir. But because of her previous encounters with Gao Cheng, several times of separation, and the changing world, she gradually paid attention to the major events of her family, country, and society.

Especially now I see my grandfather indulging in Buddhism, my father being weak and credulous, my younger brother not growing up, and my uncle and cousins fighting openly and secretly...... The Nanliang royal family did not have a person who was really worried about the country and society, so it was inevitable that he would be anxious.

She knew she couldn't do it for her grandfather, father, and brother. But now that you understand it, you can't put it down anymore and pretend that you don't know it.

Jianwei's general, Lan Jing, had been her bodyguard in the past. I also went to Yecheng with her. Now I am in Sizhou, and I still send letters to her from time to time. Xiao Qiongju already knew from Lan Jing's letter that the rumors in Yuzhou were now spreading badly, and Hou Jing was in a very disadvantageous position in Yuzhou. He also said that he had already betrayed Wei.

Xiao Qiongju knew that her uncle Xiao Zhengde had a deep relationship with Hou Jing, and often said good things about Hou Jing in front of her father. When he was proud, he said that if Liang Guo got a marquis, he would be able to add wings like a tiger. In the future, one day he will be able to defeat the Wei State of the Northern Dynasty.

Now when this rumor is in full swing, Xiao Zhengde is suddenly in such a hurry to find his father, this matter must have something to do with Hou Jing.

"Sister, you say, could it be that he has something to think about my Liang Guo?" Xiao Qiongju suddenly asked Yang Shunhua.

Yang Shunhua was stunned. She suddenly understood that the "he" that the princess was talking about was Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng succeeded to the throne at the beginning of the Wei State and became famous.

"He doesn't have ......a firm footing," Yang Shunhua shook his head.

Both of them were silent and said no more.

It's autumn again, and in the ancient pine forest under the mountain rocks, the small palaces where the prince is studying are a little cold.

For comfort, the brazier has long been placed. The crown prince Xiao Gangke's head was full of clothes, and he looked tired, sitting on the big bed and leaning on a few points. Today, he went to Tongtai Temple for the emperor to preach Buddhism, and asked about everything one by one, and he checked it properly, and he was really tired.

So Xiao Zhengde came to see him and said something, Xiao Gang was not very interested. He didn't have any ill feelings towards this "big brother emperor", but he also knew that he was not a good person, and he thought he was too trivial.

Xiao Zhengde has a letter specially written by Hou Jing to the prince. Seeing that the prince just read it hastily, Xiao Zhengde was unwilling to do so. He is determined to win, unlike the crown prince.

"Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince," Xiao Zhengde and Prince Xiao Gang sat opposite, and leaned over at this time, "It's a good thing that Hou Jungong wants to be loyal to the prince." His Royal Highness thought about it, and there was no one else in Yang Zuxin's eyes except the Lord. Wang Jun is the person of the Seven Fu. Chen Xingguo and Chen Zihua, the father and son, are loyal to the Lord on the surface, but in fact, they secretly help Qifu, and His Royal Highness can also see it, right? Except for my brother, who really helps His Highness? As soon as Hou Jungong comes, he will definitely increase His Royal Highness's strength. Hou Jungong and I have always been friends, and I have only His Highness and no one else in my heart......"

Xiao Zhengde was chattering there, and Xiao Gang was unconsciously moved by him.

Thinking that Xiao Zhengde relayed Hou Jing's words of "allegiance to the prince", it was obviously a deliberate remark, which inevitably moved his heart. And Xiao Gang felt that what Xiao Zhengde said was indeed reasonable. Even the unsightly Seven Fu has someone behind his back, only he has no private person. Even the Jianwei general Lan Jing, who was far away in Sizhou, was actually the escort of his daughter Princess Liyang earlier, and he was not completely his confidant. He couldn't help but be unmoved after listening to Xiao Zhengde's words.

Of course, Xiao Gang was not overjoyed on the spot, smiled, and only said a few words lazily. "Qifu was banned by Gao Cheng in the embassy of the country in Yecheng. Hou Jungong has a lot of care. This became a thorn in the side of the high king. ”

Xiao Zhengde's heart suddenly lit up. Knowing that this is the crown prince hinting at how he will show their father, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang. If Hou Jing takes care of the Seventh Prince Xiao Yi, he will definitely win the favor of Emperor Liang and be willing to accept Hou Jing.

When Xiao Qiongju, the princess of Liyang, and Yang Shunhua, the little lady of the Yang family, were making all kinds of guesses in their hearts, they didn't know that Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe County, had successfully persuaded the prince, and then rushed to Tongtai Temple in a hurry.

Princess Liyang was full of joy when she saw Xiao Zhengde leaving in a hurry, as if he had gained some great benefit for himself. When he was suspicious, he asked his father, the crown prince Xiao Gang.

In Tongtai Temple, although the emperor sacrificed himself to enter the temple to be a novice, he was not really an ordinary novice. No one dared to disturb the emperor's evening class. Xiao Zhengde could only wait outside the thatched hall anxiously.

Some things are like this, and I didn't rush when I didn't think about it before. Once you really think about it and do it, you can't wait to achieve your wish immediately. This is the most appropriate way to describe Xiao Zhengde's mood at this time.

Xiao Zhengde took Hou Jing's letter to see Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang. Of course not the letter to the prince. Hou Jing wrote a total of two letters. One is for Xiao Zhengde, and the other is for the crown prince Xiao Gang. did not directly write to Emperor Liang to confess.

Confessions are sometimes worthless. Hou Jing wrote his admiration and loyalty to Emperor Liang in his letter to Xiao Zhengde. All the words seemed to be said to Xiao Zhengde, not directly to Emperor Liang. In this way, it will not be sensible and sincere. The tone can also be open-handed, and you don't have to be too measured. It looks more like the real thing.

Hou Jing had expected that if his remarks were relayed by Xiao Zhengde, it would be much more useful than what he said directly.

It's just that while doing this, Hou Jing is also sighing in his heart that he has fallen to this step.

Hou Jing said in his letter that these words, which he had admired for a long time and admired the prestige of Emperor Liang, reminded Xiao Yan, who is now a good Buddha, of the first half of his life. The magnificence of the Jin Ge Iron Horse, the unpredictable conspiracy of the palace, how did it achieve today's prosperity of the Southern Dynasty?

Hou Jing evoked the kind of ambition that Emperor Liang once had in his heart.

The Northern Dynasty was divided into two, one was brewing civil strife in the chaos, and the other was weak in the country not long after its founding, isn't this a good opportunity for the Southern Dynasty? If you can really take Hou Jing and use his power to swing the sword to the north, and then point to the west, the Southern Dynasty's feat of dominating the world is just around the corner.

Xiao Yan was immersed in his own fantasies, and he had long forgotten what kind of person Hou Jing was. Accepting a Hou Jing is just a courtier. Xiao Yan also completely forgot that his son, Qilang Xiao Yi, was still hostage in Yecheng at this time.

Xiao Zhengde took the opportunity to finalize it as soon as possible and hurriedly replied to Hou Jing.

Hou Jing received Xiao Zhengde's letter and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He can't care about anything at this time, he is no longer Wei Chen, he wants to be himself.