The excessive taxation of Qi State, coupled with a major drought in the past few days, made some people miserable, even to the point of eating tree bark. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info so the people under the leadership of Lu Zhi rose up, straight to the capital of Qi, before reaching the capital, has already captured nine cities all the way.

When the emperor who was far away in Jiankang got the news, he was very shocked, and immediately sent Pei Shudong to lead a marching army to Qi to help.

This made Chu Shenxia very surprised, nine times out of ten, the war was handed over to the crown prince Liu Yan to complete, and the emperor also trusted Liu Yan's military ability very much, but in such a dangerous war, the emperor had no intention of assigning Liu Yan.

Saying that the emperor doesn't pay attention to this matter, not necessarily, otherwise why would he send three more governors and order the infantry army in Qingzhou to wait for them?

After a few days of cold war, he still couldn't help it, so he simply left the East Palace and prepared to go to Liu Zhengsheng's mansion to ask what was going on, but he didn't want to meet Liu Yan at the main palace gate.

Liu Yan glanced at him, a little hesitant, but still asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"I'll go to Lord Liu's mansion to discuss some things." Chu Shenxia didn't say it explicitly.

"You don't have to go, I happen to have something to discuss with you." Liu Yan knew that he must know everything when he went, so it was better to tell him himself, but in the end he was still a little uneasy, and took the lead in moving forward.

Chu Shenxia's eyes flashed, and he followed, until he entered the middle hall, and the two did not say a word again along the way.

Liu Yan didn't mean to sit down, so Chu Shenxia had no choice but to stand, and Liu Yan paced back and forth a few steps before asking, "What are you going to Liu Zhengsheng's mansion to discuss?" ”

"Naturally, it's King Qin's case, Lord Liu won't be here for a few days, I'm afraid that something will happen, so I want to visit him." Chu Shenxia felt that what he said was strange, what could he say if he didn't talk about King Qin's affairs when he went to Liu Zhengsheng's mansion?

Seeing that he was staring at him, Liu Yan turned his back a little unnaturally, and pretended to be calm: "It may not be possible to take the road of catching Wei Shuming's fish." ”

"What does Your Highness mean by this? I don't understand, isn't this the path Your Highness wants to take the most? Chu Shenxia saw that he didn't respond for a long time, and said again, "I've been away for a few days." Did something happen? ”

"Yes......" Liu Yan suddenly turned around, looked at Chu Shenxia's eyes, and said in a trembling tone, "I went to my father with the evidence of the crime to expose Wei Shuming." was countered by him. ”

"Is Your Highness crazy?" Chu Shenxia looked at Liu Yan incomprehensibly, Liu Yan seemed to be prepared for his expression, and replied softly, "But I can't wait like this forever, it's such a good time not to expose him." When is the next time? ”

Chu Shenxia shook his head speechlessly, raised his voice and said: "I didn't mean this, Your Highness knew that he was being commanded by Wei Shuming, not only did he do nothing, but he hid this matter, what if I don't go out today?" When does His Highness plan to hide it, isn't this giving Wei Shuming a chance? Three days, three full days, how many things can be done, does Your Highness know? ”

Liu Yan was stunned. Somewhat surprised by the reaction of the person in front of him, he thought for a moment and said: "Liu Zhengsheng has always sent people to follow Wei Shuming, and what he has been doing recently is under our control." And he knew that we were investigating him, so he wouldn't be stupid enough to do anything suspicious at this time. ”

"Under control? Has Liu Zhengsheng been here once in the past three days? At this time, the calmer it is, the less you can see the waves, and it is often the most terrifying time! Chu Shenxia only felt that the pores of his whole body were tense, his eyes tightened, and he said to Liu Yan, "No." His Highness cannot continue to sit idly by, this is a very dangerous thing. ”

"But...... What can I do? My father didn't believe me, he thought I was being used, not to mention that we had no substantial evidence. Liu Yan looked at Chu Shenxia with some embarrassment. I also regretted my recklessness and impatience a little.

When Chu Shenxia heard this, he sighed very lightly and said in a deep voice: "Yes...... All this is empty talk, we have no evidence. ”

His fingers touched the hard object in the cuffs, Chu Shenxia reached out and took it out, and saw that it was the jade pendant given by King Xianyun a few days ago. immediately said to Liu Yan: "Your Highness, can you take out the other half of the jade pendant?" ”

Liu Yan was a little surprised by his behavior, but he didn't say anything, he poked into his cuffs, which were empty, and looked at Chu Shenxia in a daze for a moment before he realized, "Oh, yes, I put it on the table." ”

Chu Shenxia took Liu Yan's jade pendant, put the two jade pendants in one place, and his eyes couldn't help but be shocked, when the jade pendant was divided into two pieces, the pattern on the jade pendant was like the head of a big insect, but when the jade pendant was combined, the pattern on it was a map!

Liu Yan obviously saw it too, and hurriedly leaned over and said, "Where is this map?" Uncle Huang, what does this mean? Could it be that he had already sensed that someone was coming to kill him, and that was the hint he had left us? But what is the purpose of Uncle Huang? What does he want us to do? ”

"One side of this map is mountains and one side is water, at first glance, there is still more water, if this is in Jiankang, then I only think of Jurong." Chu Shenxia saw Liu Yan looking at Yu Pei intently, thought about it and asked, "I don't know anything about King Xianyun, doesn't Your Highness know either?" King Xianyun was an idle king who only did seven or eight years ago, and his Royal Highness really didn't know anything about what happened seven or eight years ago? ”

Liu Yan closed his eyes slightly, as if he was recalling, but after a while, he opened his eyes again and said: "Seven or eight years ago, I don't know what happened at that time, I was still young at the time, and I didn't know much about the government, I only remember that the imperial uncle who often came to the palace to play with me suddenly told me one day that I couldn't come again in the future." I was still lost for a long time for this, but Uncle Qin Wang kept comforting me, and I still remember what Uncle Qin Wang said at that time. ”

"What?" Chu Shenxia showed a little interest.

"Uncle Qin Wang said to me, when you grow up, you will understand that some people are good to you because of your identity, or because of the inseparable flesh and blood relationship between you and him, put aside these things, in fact, there is nothing you can do to make a person not leave you." Liu Yan was only fourteen or fifteen years old at that time, which was the age when he vaguely understood but didn't understand, but he remembered his words very well.

"I remember that that year, the State of Qi and the State of Lu joined forces to attack my Southern Song Dynasty, and King Qin led his troops to the battle, wanting to recapture the lost city and be firmly contained by the State of Qi and the State of Lu. When the emperor was still young and strong, he heard that his younger brother was in deep trouble, and despite the opposition of the ministers, he insisted on driving the expedition in person, and rushed to Qingzhou with a small team of elite soldiers. When the soldiers of Lu and Qi heard that the emperor was in Qingzhou City, they attacked like crazy, and they couldn't attack for a long time, and cut off the grain and grass in Qingzhou, and surrounded Qingzhou impenetrable. At that time, the emperor and King Qin were trapped in Qingzhou for seven days, the grain and grass were completely exhausted, and they had reached their limit, and the army that arrived later was pinned down by the Lu army, and it took a lot of effort to break through Lu Qi's layers of defense, which rescued the emperor and Uncle Qinwang. Chu Shenxia spoke quickly, without stopping, and finally stopped and took a breath when he said this.

Liu Yan on the side had already answered: "I also heard my mother mention this matter, and my mother often told me at that time, Uncle Qin Wang brought all the elite soldiers to cover his father and send him out of Qingzhou, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the people of Qi and was trapped on the mountain for three days. In those days, the soldiers could only live by eating weeds, which were astringent and sour, and it was really difficult to swallow, although my father didn't say anything, Uncle Qin Wang couldn't bear to hear my father's hungry cooing. Taking advantage of the fact that their father and emperor were not paying attention, they quietly slipped to the foot of the mountain guarded by the Qi army and went to catch a hare and came back. His father once said that it was the best rabbit meat he had ever eaten in his life. ”

After the two finished speaking, they felt that the topic had been far away, and they still didn't know anything about King Xianyun, Chu Shenxia was silent for a moment and said, "No matter what, Jurong is going to find out." ”

"So what are you waiting for? Go for it now. Liu Yan hurriedly walked to the side to get the sword hanging on the wall, and when he turned around, Chu Shenxia had already walked to the other side and took his bow and arrow.

Liu Yan looked at him with some puzzlement and asked, "What are you carrying a bow and arrows for?" ”

"There's always a time when it comes in handy." Chu Shenxia smiled mysteriously, as if he had a plan in his heart, but in fact, he just felt that if there was any danger, the bow and arrow must be the most useful weapon to hinder the enemy when escaping.

This trip was really hasty and very important, so Liu Yan didn't plan to take Lu Zhi with him, and explained to him a few words like taking a good look at the East Palace, and then galloped away with Chu Shenxia and the others.

After Chu Shenxia walked a distance, he suddenly slowed down, and Liu Yan also slowed down, and said in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

"Does Your Highness feel that anyone is following us?" Chu Shenxia turned his head to look at Liu Yan, and really looked behind him with his spare eyes.

"Nope." Liu Yan turned his head to look around, then looked at Chu Shenxia, who was slightly stunned, and said with a smile, "Did you think too much, this trip to Jurong, in addition to you and me, is there a third person who knows?" ”

Chu Shenxia sighed silently in his heart, and thought to himself, you have seen it so openly, if there is really someone, can he not notice it?

Thinking about it, Chu Shenxia also glanced back at his back, there were no tall trees on this road, if people were close, it was not easy to hide, although he didn't find anything, Chu Shenxia was still a little worried.

However, Liu Yan has been comforting him, don't think about it, it is past noon at this time, and it will be Jurong in two hours, Chu Shenxia doesn't want to waste time, so he simply flicked his horsewhip and rushed to Jurong with Liu Yu very quickly.

The scene in Jurong was worse than Chu Shenxia imagined, the already dilapidated house had completely collapsed at this moment, like ruins, and there was nowhere to live, but many people still built a simple shed in the corner of their house to rest and sleep.

It is said to be a shed, but in fact it is just a rag supported by a few bamboo poles, which can neither shelter from the wind nor the rain, but it may not even be able to block the sunlight for a few points.

Those people were very happy to see Liu Yan, and they shrank out from the corner of their houses, came to the front, and shouted cheerfully from His Royal Highness the Prince.

(To be continued.) )