Chapter Twenty-Six: The Lord of Jingjiang

On May 13 of the 24th year of Wuwei, Taizong visited the general Qin, Wang Wenzhi, and brought the lord of Jingjiang Wang to attend the meeting.

"The Legend of the Yongshi and the King of Yong"

Xia Jinyi stood outside the door, looking into the distance boredly, alas, why should I be the prince's personal guard, although from today on, he has become a figure who can be compared with his senior brother, but he is very rational, his martial arts are not good, and his scheming is not deep enough, although he is a little smart, but he will not have any big deals, if the power is too high, the ability and status do not match, he is going to be a follower, finally he is kind to people, and has made some fox friends and dogs, otherwise he will be blinded if he wants to mobilize manpower, In the prince's side for a few months, although he is like a fish in water, but he is always faintly afraid of a person in his heart, some time ago I heard that the man was seriously injured, dying, he once had the idea of hoping that the man died, so that no one would stare at him, but that night, he went out to look for flowers and willows he found a silver ring in the wine jug, with the word 'Jiang' written on it, he was scared out of a cold sweat at that time, and immediately begged God to bless the man with a long life, at least he is not like a person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge.

Now that time has passed, he has become a close confidant of the prince, and the man is out of danger, until now, he has not received any information from him, as if they had never met, such a spy is easy to do, as long as he is himself. But now am I really myself, Xia Jinyi smiled slightly bitterly, as if he was back in his youth, at that time, he was a kind young man who was filial to his parents, respected his teacher, and was praised by everyone, and suddenly hit a spirit, forget it, the past is like smoke, why bother to think about those unpleasant things, he couldn't help but think of Xiuchun's appointment to meet him tonight, I'm afraid that I won't have time, Xiuchun is a good woman, it's a pity that she is in the royal family, she can't help herself, a maid's life, she can't be her own decision, And now that something has happened to Lord Cui, if the crown princess is implicated, no, he should go and tell the princess news, after all, she is the master of Xiuchun, and she has promised to let Xiuchun be free.

Thinking of this, Xia Jinyi thought to himself, when the county lord arrived, he would definitely have nothing to do for at least half an hour, so he might as well sneak a trip. But the county lord came from the princess, and the princess should already know about it, right?

Just when Xia Jinyi was thinking wildly, he saw a woman in snow clothes walking in the distance, the peerless elegance and gorgeous appearance made people suddenly feel admiration and self-shame in their hearts. But Xia Jinyi didn't feel this way at all, his whole body suddenly became cold and stiff, but there was like a flame burning in his chest, it was a feeling of being in hell, he could hardly think, he saluted like a marionette, he heard his own voice and said: "County Lord, Your Highness, Concubine Lan Niangniang, and Young Master Lu are already waiting for the county lord inside." ‘

Then he even eagerly opened the door for the county lord with his own hands, and his eyes were even more immense, it was the performance of a lustful but not obscene man when he saw a peerless beauty, until Li Hanyou walked into the room, Xia Jinyi said with difficulty: "I have some abdominal pain, you guys keep an eye on it first." Then he hurried to his lodgings despite the good-natured ridicule of his colleagues, and finally walked back to the quiet reading room, and when he opened the door, he saw a slender figure sitting on the bed, it was Xiuchun, presumably the princess sent her, Xia Jinyi suddenly pounced, the figures of the two people were entangled, fell on the bed, and then the curtain fell, his roughness made Xiuchun scream, and it didn't take long for his rough panting and her painful moans mixed together.

After a while, Xia Jinyi, who was satisfied, let go of his hand and fell on the bed, Xiuchun stood up angrily, but was surprised to see that the face of this man who was laughing and scolding was full of tears, his face twitched, hideous and terrifying, but Xiuchun could see that this man was in desperate grief, she ignored the fatigue of his body, hugged him, the man's body trembled, and then he also stretched out his hand to hold her firmly, after a long time, Xia Jinyi pushed her away, jumped out of bed, and after he had regained his calm, after freshening up, said lightly: "If the crown princess knows about the death of Lord Cui, you must persuade her to refrain from it, and now His Royal Highness the crown prince is discussing how to deal with it, you let the crown princess pay attention to the plot, Concubine Lan has been in it for a long time." ‘

Xiuchun silently looked at the man who gave him a sudden stimulus, and asked, "Jin Yi, what happened, tell me." ‘

Xia Jinyi smiled and said: "What can I do, His Highness is about to use me to do things, don't talk nonsense." With that, she turned around and walked out, Xiuchun couldn't help but feel bitter when she looked at his back, she knew for the first time that this guy with a frivolous surname and a flamboyant tongue had such deep pain.

Xia Jinyi, who walked out of the room, was a handsome young man with a graceful manner, and he couldn't even see a trace of his abnormality just now, he rushed back to the prince's secret place, but saw a guard coming in a hurry, and when he saw him, he shouted: "Brother Xia, you go and make a noise, something big has happened, King Yong has arrived at General Qin's mansion, it has been almost two hours, and he has not come out yet." ‘

Xia Jinyi's heart moved, and asked: "Did King Yong go by himself, do you know what the reason is, I can't report it in a daze." ‘

The guard said: "King Yong brought a lot of guards, and also brought Sima Xiong, Jing Chi, Changsun Ji, three generals, and Jiang Zhejiang Sima, we originally thought that King Yong was looking for fault, who didn't know that Qin Qing also intervened in the matter of assassinating Jiang Zhe, originally wanted to wait for King Yong to leave before going back and forth, anyway, presumably he wouldn't stay too long, but I didn't expect that he didn't come out for such a long time, we heard that they talked very happily in the inner line of Qin Mansion, so I came back to report, I'm afraid it's a little late, Brother Xia said a few more kind words for me." ‘

Xia Jinyi smiled: "Don't worry, when will I feel sorry for you?" Saying that, Xia Jinyi knocked on the door again and asked to see him. When he pushed the door in this time, he saw that the crown prince Li An looked a little stunned, while Lu Jingzhong and Concubine Lan both had calm faces, only Li Hanyou was still so elegant. Li An said impatiently: "What's the matter, don't you see Gu discussing things?" ‘

Xia Jinyi hurriedly avoided the important and said the matter lightly, as soon as Li An heard that King Yong had gone to the Qin Mansion, his face immediately sank, waved his hand to rebuke Xia Jinyi, and said coldly: "He is active, it seems that the partiality of his father and emperor has made him forget his identity for a while, Young Master Lu, you offer a plan to divide King Yong and the Qin family, and now they are united, what do you say?" ‘

Lu Jingzhong thought for a while and said: "Although this kind of development was not thought of at the time, it is not difficult to deal with, since King Yong and the Qin family did not have a suspicion, then we will create a suspicion, what if His Royal Highness accompanies the county lord to the Qin Mansion now?" ‘

Li Anxin moved, thinking of the marriage between Li Hanyou and Qin Qing, although Qin Yi had not yet agreed, but the father and mother were satisfied, if this matter was completed, it was that the Qin family wanted to favor King Yong, and King Yong was afraid that he would not believe them, and he couldn't let them get closer, so since that matter had been decided, I would go to the Qin Mansion first, and after thinking about it, Li An stood up and said: "Is the county lord willing to follow this king?" ‘

A red cloud floated over Li Hanyou's face, and he said in a low voice, "Hanyou obeys. ‘

Li An immediately beckoned Xia Jinyi to arrange a carriage and horses, he took Lu Jingzhong to sit in a car, Li Hanyou had his own car, on the way, Li An said in a deep voice: "This Li Hanyou is really smart, and he actually came up with the best of both worlds, so he said that Cui Yang found out that someone was stealing and selling weapons, so he investigated privately, and unfortunately was discovered by those corrupt officials, so he died tragically, in this way, Cui Yang's reputation is flawless, and the princess and Gu don't have to worry about being implicated, and then find a few substitutes for the dead ghosts in the household department, and say that the household department is still unsupervised, Then the prince vouched for him to make meritorious contributions, so that both of them were saved, and then they would be dealt with slowly, this idea was very good, why were the young master and Lan'er unhappy? ‘

Lu Jingzhong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, although this idea is the best of both worlds, but in fact it supports the minister, Cui Yang's reputation has been preserved, then the status of the crown princess and the prince is as stable as a mountain, then Concubine Lan Niangniang will naturally not be happy, she invited the junior sister of the same door to come over, originally wanted to help herself, but I didn't expect the county lord to support Jingzhong, so Niangniang will be annoyed, the reason why the minister is unhappy is because of this Li Hanyou's excellent mind, she is ostensibly reconciled, but it makes me and Concubine Lan feel disgusted, I think the county lord will definitely tell Niangniang, I am the prince's confidant, I can't go against me, they are sisters in the same family, and they can reach an understanding soon, when the time comes, the minister will be the target of the public, the county lord is so scheming, how can he not let the minister worry, Your Highness, Fengyimen can help him, not be controlled by it, if it weren't for Li Hanyou's move is the order of the Fengyi master, the minister would have to stop her marriage with Qin Qing. ‘

Li An frowned and said, "But if this is not the case now, how can I suppress the arrogance of the second child, the matter of the household department is about to break out, if the second child takes the opportunity to make trouble, I am afraid that the household department will no longer be my world." ‘

Lu Jingzhong sighed and said: "The minister is also embarrassed because of this, His Royal Highness is going to expose the lawlessness of the household department these days, His Royal Highness is in charge of the household department, this kind of thing happened, although it can be explained in the past, but the emperor can't help but be a little annoyed in his heart, so now His Royal Highness has to rely on them to suppress King Yong, and wait until the wind is calm, then come to think of a way, in fact, it is also beneficial to win over the Qin family, but it is a pity that Fengyimen has taken advantage of it." ‘

Li An said hesitantly: "Li Hanyou is also a royal family, so he will not be too biased towards the master. His voice was a little unconfident.

Lu Jingzhong smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is right. But there was a strange look on his face. It's just that he was bent on destroying King Yong's efforts to win over the crown prince of the Qin family, but he didn't pay attention.

Today, Qin Yi is very honored, and when he and King Yong were having a banquet in the back garden, his family came to report that His Royal Highness the Prince arrived. Qin Yi smiled slightly bitterly, he couldn't imagine that he had always been clean and self-conscious, but he had become the fuse of the battle between the two princes, no matter what he thought, he could only lead the crowd to greet him.

When Li An got out of the car and drove, he saw Qin Yi and King Yong coming in a hurry, and the two of them stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Minister Li Zhen and Qin Yi knock to see His Royal Highness the Prince." ‘

Li An stretched out his hand and said, "The second brother and the general don't be polite, but today I came here to accompany the county lord to visit the general and Mrs. Qin, and I didn't expect the second brother to be here." Hanyu, come and meet the general. ‘

With Li An's voice, a beautiful woman in a snow-robed robe walked out of another Chinese car, she walked in front of Qin Yi, fluttered down and bowed: "Han You visited the general, my father mentioned many times that he fought side by side with the general, a few days ago, Han You sent a meager gift on behalf of his father, but was politely rejected by the general, thinking that the general was angry that Han You's visit would be late, but it was really Han You who had been accompanying the queen in the palace recently, and asked the general to forgive his sins. ‘

Qin Yi looked indifferent, and said with a smile: "The minister and the prince are indeed in deep affection, but the emperor's order is in his body, the prince is guarding outside, and Qin is accompanied in Beijing, so he has not seen him for many years, the county lord is mindful, Qin is in his heart, there is no reason for the prince to refuse the gift of the county lord a few days ago, but in addition to the emperor's reward, Qin never accepts gifts from others, and the county lord is too careful." ‘

At that moment, everyone came to the back garden, Qin Yi had already asked people to change the wine and food, Li An sat in the chief, looking up, the back garden of the Qin Mansion was different, there were no strange flowers and plants, pavilions and pavilions, but after leveling a vacant land in Nuoda, paved with bluestone slabs, planted with trees around it, it became a small school field, there were weapons racks, stone locks and the like on the field, and in the corner of the school field, there were several war drums, and now the spring is bright, Qin Yi put a banquet under the big tree outside the school field, Let the generals and warriors compete on the school field, it is the most lively time, the guards under the command of King Yong and the generals of the Qin Mansion are all out of the competition, the winner will be rewarded with wine, and the defeated person will not receive punishment, they are all from the military, there is not so much scheming, and King Yong and Qin Yi will not have the heart to fight.

It's a pity that Ang Li's arrival made the atmosphere here a little cold, Qin Yi let the family disperse, and asked people to invite Mrs. Qin to accompany the county lord, after all, everyone here is used to officialdom, but it is also calm.

There are a few of them, all busy looking at each other's dynamics while chatting, Lu Jingzhong echoed the prince, while paying attention to Sima Jiangzhe, King Yong, intentionally or unintentionally, this person has always been leisurely talking with Qin Qing and Qin Yong, and the three generals under King Yong are also discussing with him, Lu Jingzhong pricked up his ears to listen, but what is the art of war, the geography of mountains and rivers, etc., he is not good at these, and Mrs. Qin is talking and laughing with Li Hanyou, Li Hanyou is generous, and Mrs. Qin is very favored, originally Qin Qing has been listening to Jiang Zhe and their conversation, But it didn't take long for him to obviously lose his thoughts, and his eyes repeatedly fell on Li Hanyou. And the crown prince, King Yong, and Qin Yi were talking enthusiastically, Qin Qing gradually began to let go of his courage a little, and began to talk with Li Hanyou, Mrs. Qin seemed to be happy to see it, and threaded the needle for them from time to time.

Although Li Hanyou was ostensibly concentrating on currying favor with Mrs. Qin and dealing with Qin Qing, the afterglow of her eyes always fell on Jiang Zhe and Xiao Shunzi standing behind him, she had already received the information from the division, she had already read the information about the actions of this thin and haggard young man in Nanchu, who would have known that this young man who was known for his literary talent was so vicious in his tactics, pacifying Shuzhong and dividing Dayong, if it weren't for the death of Prince De, this person was afraid that it would bring greater losses to Dayong, It's a pity that Fengyimen didn't notice him until King Yong captured him back to Dayong, and after careful investigation, he found out that this person was a genius of the world, in order to cut off the wings of King Yong, the master of the door personally ordered himself to assassinate this person, but unfortunately he failed.

As for that Li Shun, Li Hanyou suddenly felt powerless in his heart, in terms of age, he was older than him, in terms of background, his mentor was one of the three great masters, but this young man's martial arts actually surpassed his own, according to the information he obtained, this young man's martial arts were far above him, in addition to the master of his own door, I am afraid that only six or seven elders can beat him, the most unfair thing is that such a young man with strong martial arts is willing to be the slave of the powerless scholar, You see that he is obedient and obedient at the moment, he is completely a well-trained minion, it really makes people angry, if this kind of master is used by me, Li Hanyou sighed, this person is just a disabled body, and Fengyimen's 'Divine Phoenix Heart Method' is useless.

Seeing Li Hanyou's sigh, Qin Qing couldn't help asking, 'Why is the county lord sighing?' ‘

Li Hanyou's heart moved, and said: "The concubine has also heard my father talk about some military affairs, but unfortunately my father does not allow me to participate, General Qin and you are almost all famous generals who have survived the bloody battle on the battlefield, I don't know if you can tell the concubine about the things on the battlefield?" ‘

Qin Qing said with a smile: "The county lord is a disciple of the Fengyi Sect, but unfortunately it is a clan, otherwise there is no difficulty in wanting to go to the battlefield, although the last general has also fought bloody battles on the battlefield, but unfortunately if these things are said, it will inevitably be a little unpleasant." ‘

Li Hanyou saw that Mrs. Qin's face was a little uncertain, and hurriedly said: "I don't want to hear about those killings, but I just heard that the desert is picturesque, the scenery in Shuzhong is beautiful, and the Southern Chu is even more boundless. ‘

Although Li Hanyou's voice is not high, everyone can hear it clearly, and they can't help but think, most of these people are knowledgeable, Li Hanyou said that they haven't been to all these places, but they have been to most of them, but if they say where the scenery is the most prosperous, this is not them, they just feel that somewhere is the best in their hearts, and they feel that there is no evidence.

Although Li An didn't know what Li Han's purpose was, but in the heart of the same hatred and hatred, he said: "This is a good topic, let's get together today and talk about some military and political affairs, it is a little dull, it is better to talk about what we have seen and heard, it is not bad, it is better for us to use this as a wine order, each person to name a scenic spot, but there needs to be a predecessor's poetry as evidence, if it can't be said, three drinks will be punished." ‘

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