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On September 16th, the autumn weather was crisp and sunny, except for a few clouds of black smoke rising from the city and the smell of burnt wood in the air. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The busy and noisy Fengbu Wharf is still lively today, but the weaving merchant ships and cargo ships and short-dressed bitter hahas are gone, replaced by teams of brightly clad Imperial Guards and fierce officials.

Under the strict guard of these officers and soldiers, flags were unfurled and crowned on the wharf. The civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles of the central capital city gathered here in order to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Longjun, who returned triumphantly.

It's just that these people are obviously a little absent-minded, and they gather together in groups of three or five to talk about each other. The content of the discussion is also different, some talk about the fire in the middle capital city for two consecutive nights, some talk about the final conclusion of the case of the Four Highnesses, some talk about the death of Li Yijiang, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, some talk about the humiliation of Wen Mingyi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and some talk about the future candidates for the governors of the two southern provinces.

At the front of the dock, His Royal Highness the Prince, dressed in a yellow robe with eight claws and eight dragons, looked helplessly at the whispering officials and ministers, and sighed to the sad King Zhejun on the side: "What an eventful time."

The third child was still wearing his purple county king costume, but he didn't have the vigor of the past, and he said with a wilt: "Yes, I don't know if the fifth child is back or not." ”

A clueless sentence, but the prince can understand it, the third prince and the fourth child are twin brothers, and there are more inexplicable connections between the bloodlines, since he knew that the fourth child could be given death, he has become like this, but it also makes people have to sigh their brotherhood.

Qin Zhan on the side listened to this, and comforted the third brother with certainty: "Third brother, don't worry, the fifth brother must have a way, and he will definitely be able to rescue the fourth brother." ”

When the third child heard this, his heart warmed, and he smiled and wanted to touch the sixth brother's head, only to find that the sixth brother was no longer much shorter than himself, so he had to pat Qin Zhan's shoulder with some embarrassment, and said softly: "Little Liu, how do you know?" "He is willing to listen to the fourth child now, even the words of a fourteen-year-old child.

"It's sung in the play, haven't you watched the latest 'Dingxiangyang', even the little brother knows it, isn't it, little brother?" The latter sentence is said to the youngest Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao nodded very seriously and sang softly: "None... Place... No...... Yes...... King Longjun ...... "shook his head, suppressed his tone and frustrated, and obviously worked hard."

When the prince heard this, he touched the seventh child's head dotingly, and smiled at the third child: "You are also sick and rushed to the doctor, why did you ask about the two little drama fans?" ”

The third child said disapprovingly: "It can be written into the drama, and the little five's skills must not be bad." ”

The prince's face was stunned, and he said with a haha: "I hope so." ”

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi were not happy, and said to the prince seriously: "Second brother, you can't be wrong when you sing it in the play." ”

The prince had a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and said in his heart, how did the boss teach these two little things, he didn't believe in people's words and believed in nonsense. Fortunately, at this time, a captain of the Royal Forest Military Academy came over to report: "His Royal Highness the King of Longjun has arrived at the intersection of the Xiaoqing River and the Yudai River. This saved him from a mouthful.

The officials and nobles who heard the news hurriedly ended the conversation, returned to their respective seats and stood up, holding their heads high, tucking their abdomen and raising their buttocks, the corners of their eyes slightly bent downward, the corners of their mouths slightly upturned, and they all took out the most standard standing posture and the most humble smile, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Longjun.

It's not the first time they've greeted His Royal Highness King Longjun, although the last time was even more grand than this time, but they all coped with it with a kind of formality, and the stupid boy couldn't see it anyway.

But this Fifth Highness, who was a proton a year ago, is no longer what it used to be. With his hands, he toyed with the southern officials and gentry between applause, and easily extinguished the rebellion of Maitreya Sect, which had become a prairie fire. Marshal Zhennan called him a brother and sister, the four governors Fu Gan were his lackeys, and the whole south became his loyal supporters, all of which had to impress the officials and nobles in Beijing.

But if this is the case, it can only be impressive, and it will never be so cautious and humble, and respectful. Although these humble respects will not come from the heart like the Southern Barbarians, the only people in the entire Great Qin who can enjoy this kind of treatment are His Majesty Emperor Zhaowu and Lord Taiwei Li, not even the Prime Minister who is called the same as them.

There is no other reason, power! It was the power shown in him that made everyone surrender and make everyone tremble.

Power cannot be questioned, provoked, or violated! Those who dare to question, those who dare to provoke, those who dare to disobey, will be destroyed!

So the trait of power is violence! Although this kind of violence is often hidden under the veil of fairness and morality, it can make people shudder and bow down when it is occasionally revealed.

This point can never be achieved by relying only on Prime Minister Wen's kind of oppression of power and power to force people.

Not to mention the thunderous methods that Qin Lei showed in pacifying the south, it was too far away for these adults. Let's just say that Qin Lei is not afraid in the face of the provocation of the two giants, and can fight back forcefully, without falling behind at all, he can make everyone put away their arrogance and disrespect, and obediently lower those 'noble' heads.

That is after being assassinated, he backhanded the bloody killing, assassinated Li Yijiang, the eldest son of the Li family, and humiliated and expelled the fierce god of Wen Mingyi, the eldest son of the Wen family.

That was a fierce madman who burned the huge Taiwei Mansion to the ground in vain and burned 21 properties of the Li family in a row after the forces in Kyoto were attacked by the Li family's retaliation.

Crazy people are not terrible, what is terrible is the fierce crazy people. Who would dare to disobey such a person before he lost his strength? Who dares to be disrespectful? It has nothing to do with the camp, it has nothing to do with official position, it has nothing to do with fear.

Therefore, when the big ship docked and the planks were lowered, there was no need for anyone to command, and thousands of dignitaries and nobles knelt down neatly and shouted in unison: "Welcome Your Highness back to Beijing, Your Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

This situation made His Royal Highness the Prince, who was still complaining about the uneven team, feel sour, and his expression was also frozen for a moment, but fortunately, his cultivation of kung fu was first-class, and in a blink of an eye, he recovered his excited appearance, and no one could find his flash of jealousy.

Dressed in black armor and wearing scarlet cloaks on their shoulders, the black-clothed guards lined up on the deck, carrying the tempered Tang swords around their waists and wearing hideous face guards. It doesn't take any words, no action, to dominate the audience.

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trembled slightly, and said in his heart: What are you doing with such a big show? It can be seen that once you have emotions about someone or something, you will look at it and how it is not pleasing to the eye.

But his three younger brothers clearly disagreed. Qin Xiao and Qin Zhan's eyes were completely straight, their mouths were slightly open, and one muttered: "It's so handsome, ten thousand times more handsome than on the stage!" One secretly swore, "I'm going to be a black guard!" In the blink of an eye, the future goal of life was demoted from the general of the southern expedition and the northern war to Qin Lei's personal guard.

Even the third child was slightly excited, seeing these majestic guys, he was full of expectations for the upcoming Xiao Wu for no reason. It should be like a golden armor god of war, the third heart said, then there is more hope of rescuing the fourth.

The truth was much more than he expected, only to hear the creaking sound coming from the ship, the expected golden armor god of war did not appear, but a young man in a wheelchair came into his eyes. The sound was from his wheelchair rubbing against the deck.

The black-clothed guard carefully pushed Qin Lei off the boat. Qin Lei in a wheelchair smiled and swept his gaze across the dock, and the expressions of everyone in the field were unobstructed. He saw the awe and awe of the civil and military officials, he saw Li Qing and Li Erhe's gritted teeth, he saw the face of the second eldest of the Wen family, he saw the admiration of his two younger brothers, and the expectation on the face of the third child...... and the slightest discomfort on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's face.

Although except for Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, these people thought they were covering it up well, but Qin Lei, who had already cultivated to the essence, could easily capture this information from their demeanor and demeanor.

Eventually, his gaze was fixed on the smiling prince, who had been moved by the prince's sincere smile a year ago, but now, he only paid attention to the occasional leakage of information from his eyes and demeanor, and he was completely indifferent to the pretended joy.

The two most honorable brothers of Great Qin looked at each other with smiles on their faces. Qin Lei clearly remembered that the last time he came back, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took his brothers, crossed the boss of the team, and stepped forward to greet him. But this time, he was in a wheelchair, but he stood there without moving, just smiling nobly and kindly, waiting for him to come forward to pay respects.

Qin Lei didn't have a trace of displeasure, he knew that the prince began to really care about himself, just like he cared about the boss. The corners of his mouth pulled out the most perfect smile, and he hurriedly ordered Xu Tian, who was pushing the cart behind him: "Quick, quickly push Gu to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Xu Tian hurriedly responded, but the steps under his feet were still unhurried, as if pushing a cart of more than 1,000 catties of charcoal. The consequence of this was that Li Qing, Li Erhe, Wen Mingli and others knelt for a moment longer.

When Qin Lei landed and sat firmly, he said weakly: "Everyone, please get up, forgive King Gu for being sick and weak, and he can't return the salute." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, take care." The officials and nobles responded in unison, and this was getting up in a hurry. After getting up, the officials saw that His Royal Highness the King of Longjun, who was quite strong and strong, was indeed ...... The illness is not light. I saw that his color was pale, his eye sockets were deep, his cheekbones were protruding, his chin was sharpened, and the clothes on his body looked a little empty.

Ignoring the gaze of the hundred officials, His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness, who was not lightly ill, nodded at the prince again, and said in a weaker voice: "His Royal Highness the prince is above, please bow to the younger brother." As he spoke, he struggled to get up, but his movements were surprisingly slow.

The prince looked at it coldly, and scolded in his heart: If you want to kneel, you can be sharp, and if you don't kneel, you can do it. What do you do? Don't you just want Hongu to help?

But when the hundred officials looked at it, His Royal Highness the Prince, who had always had a good reputation, couldn't be happy for a while, so he watched Qin Lei kneel down, strode forward, and said with regret on his face: "Fifth brother, stop quickly, don't move and hurt your body." As he spoke, he went to help Qin Lei.

As soon as his hand touched Qin Lei, Qin Lei sat down with the trend, looking extremely weak and weak. The prince scolded secretly in his heart, but he still took over from Xu Tian and pushed Qin Lei forward slowly. The third child also came over and pushed the cart with the prince. Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi followed both sides of the wheelchair with a distressed face, and Qin Xiao also touched the back of Qin Lei's hand with his fleshy little hand from time to time, as if this could relieve his pain.

Whoever looks at these five brothers must praise the family who loves each other.

The prince pushed Qin Lei through the middle of the hundred officials, and when the wheelchair passed by Li Qing and Li Erhe, Qin Lei smiled and waved his hand at the two of them, and the two had to lower their heads no longer, pretending not to see it.

Because King Longjun was sick and weak, all the ceremonies were waived, and he was directly sent to the largest king's car, and even people were carried up in wheelchairs. The prince naturally followed, and the remaining three also wanted to follow, but they were glared at by him, so they had to sit in the next car aggrieved.

In addition to luxury, the interior of the king car is also very comfortable. Qin Lei was carried from the wheelchair to the huge soft couch, and a beautiful palace maid stepped forward to feed the water, Qin Lei shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Don't drink." ”

The prince waved his hand to rebuke the palace maid, locked the car door with his own hands, and then turned around and sat next to Qin Lei, looking at him with a playful expression. Qin Lei liked the feeling of the soft mattress under him, put on a comfortable position, and closed his eyes as if he was asleep.

The prince looked at Qin Lei like this, and it wasn't until the carriage started driving that he suddenly asked, "Are you afraid that the water is poisonous?" ”

Qin Lei was surprised in his heart, and he didn't open his eyes, and said flatly: "Isn't this the style of the second brother?" ”

"And what style should I have?" The prince asked with a smile.

"Shh Qin Lei commented on the crown prince.

"That was before, and there was hope before, so I could bear it." The prince's voice was still as warm as a spring breeze.

After listening to the prince's words, Qin Lei slowly opened his eyes, stared at him, and said word by word: "Second brother, you are too pessimistic. ”

The prince glanced at him, then turned his gaze away, and said with self-deprecation: "I am pessimistic, but if you sit in my seat, there is an elder brother who wants you to die, and there is a younger brother who is eyeing you below, and you can't be ruthless to these two people." Can you not be pessimistic? Can you not be frustrated? ”

Instead of pursuing him and secretly replacing 'can't deal with' with 'ruthless to deal with', Qin Lei smiled and said: "I don't know what happens to the eldest brother, but I'm definitely not the younger brother who is eyeing him." ”

"Oh?" The prince said softly, "Then why are you making such a big move in the south?" Don't tell me you're bored and looking for something to do. ”

Qin Lei smiled slightly, did not answer his question, but said a little sorrowfully: "Our brothers have always had a deep relationship, and now they meet again after half a year, and I am sick and weak. He sighed lightly and said, "Have we really reached this point?" ”

Qin Lei knew that the prince was a very emotional person, but for this kind of person, it was much more effective to communicate with emotion than with reason.

Sure enough, the prince was also a little sad by him, and his resolute ruthlessness weakened by three points, and he sighed: "Seven of us brothers, you are the one who can talk to me the most, and the relationship is also the best, but if you don't do too much, how can I be ruthless to you?" ”

Qin Lei was silent, he admitted that it was not bad for the crown prince to be the emperor. The prince is forbearant and decisive, focuses on the overall situation in everything, and never does anything wrong, always leaving three points of leeway. And he is a warm man, the kind of person who will not kill his brothers. If he sits on the dragon chair, he can be a prince of peace for the next time. Qin Lei laughed at himself.

But the problem is that the main contradiction in the Qin State now is not the struggle for succession between the princes, but the opposition between the imperial and military powers. As long as this situation lasts for one day, the question of who will be the crown prince has no value in discussing. I am afraid that in Emperor Zhaowu's heart, whoever can take back the authority for the imperial family will be his heir.

The crown prince's vision is too narrow, or his character is too weak. He always set his eyes on his brothers, and did not dare to face the obscenity of the captain and the prime minister. Qin Lei didn't think that Emperor Zhaowu would pass on the throne to him, this kind of person was only suitable to be the king of the peaceful and prosperous world. He can't do the difficult task of sweeping away the demonic atmosphere and unifying the eight wildernesses.

Thinking of this, Qin Lei said softly: "As long as the second brother explains to the younger brother why he persuaded his father and emperor to agree to the Li Wen family to intervene in the south, the younger brother will still be the original little brother." ”