Jingshi Yingtian has had frequent incidents recently.

After the deputy commander of Jinyiwei made Ji Gang gain power, he showed a standard villain face, and began to exclude dissidents in the court and cultivate party henchmen, Zhu Yunwen was already a little dissatisfied with the chirping of some ministers, plus Xiao Fan was not there, and Ji Gang used to be Zhu Yunwen's life-saving benefactor, so Zhu Yunwen has always turned a blind eye to what Ji Gang did, his idea is actually very simple, maybe it is good to fake Ji Gang to teach the ministers a lesson, the surname of the Ming Dynasty is Zhu, he doesn't need those pedantic and sour Confucians to point fingers at him.

However, Zhu Yunwen, who was in the deep palace, didn't know that he wanted to teach the ministers a lesson, but Ji Gang almost drove them to a dead end.

From Ji Gang's rise to power to the present, half a year has passed, the ministers have been arrested, exiled, and even killed by Ji Gang for various reasons, Ji Gang has found Zhu Yunwen's pulse, and now it is the time for the imperial army to quell the rebellion of the vassal king, Zhu Yunwen is very sensitive to the word "vassal king", so as long as Ji Gang casually fabricates a charge of "secretly communicating with the vassal king", Zhu Yunwen will usually be furious, this charge hurts his fragile nerves, dismissal, exile, or killing, Zhu Yunwen is not merciless, There was no doubt that Ji Gang would hide from him to exclude dissidents.

The ministers of the capital division are living a miserable life, and they can't end up in panic.

But last night, a loud bang on the Ji Gang Mansion alarmed the whole city, and many ministers hurriedly climbed to the attic of their homes, and also saw the mushroom cloud rising over the Ji Mansion, dazzling, beautiful, sweet and sad...... Who did this to you? It's so fucking relieving!

The ministers who read poetry and books broke out one after another, which was very refreshing.

The ministers raised their sleeves, wiped their tears of happiness, and excitedly watched the fire and chaos in the Ji Mansion, which looked like watching fireworks on Chinese New Year's Eve, with a festive face.

Other ministers gloated, and when the crown was celebrated, Ru Yu, the secretary of the military department, also stood in the attic of his house, watching the chaos of the Ji Mansion from a distance, others didn't know who did it, but Ru Yu was clear, because the letter to Xiao Fan asking for help was sent by him to Zhending Mansion.

This old fritter in the officialdom who has been rolling in the court for more than 20 years, burst into tears at this moment, Marquis Xiao is really righteous! Less than a month after the letter for help was sent, he immediately responded, and it was the most direct and shocking response, it was really a blessing for everyone to have such a righteous leader of the annihilation party, Ru Yu deeply felt that he was not with the wrong person, Xiao Fan was worthy of his life.

On the night of the explosion in Ji Gang's mansion, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in Beijing were sleepless, happy and apprehensive at the same time, and there were two questions lingering in everyone's hearts, who did this? What's more,—— Ji Gang, was that bastard blown up and killed?

These two doubts were finally revealed the next morning.

The court is like rivers and lakes, and there is no way to hide the news, and the ministers gathered outside the Chengtian Gate to wait for the time when they went to court, and exchanged words with each other, and all the answers surfaced.

Xiao Fan!

He did it! Thinking of the explosion of the Ji Mansion, Qi Tai, the left attendant of the military department, was released from the Jinyi Guard Prison for the first time, and all the ministers finally understood that this was Xiao Fan's warning to Ji Gang! Dare to stretch out his hand to the DPRK and China to annihilate the party, Marquis Xiao is unhappy.

Knowing this result, the ministers were secretly refreshed, and the kind ministers secretly praised Marquis Xiao's righteousness, with this warning, Ji Gang's bastard would at least stop for a while, so that the ministers could take a breath. The unkind minister also muttered in his heart: The wicked really need the wicked to grind, what is this called? Take a hair of the dog that bit you.

Early in the morning, Zhu Yunwen also asked about the explosion last night, and this time even those imperial historians who usually claimed to be the embodiment of justice and wisdom did not squeak, and they acquiesced to the terrorist attack created by Marquis Xiao in Beijing.

Zhu Yunwen summoned Ji Gang to ask, and Ji Gang, who was usually said to be flying and domineering, looked particularly depressed today, his expression was mixed with a little panic, and he knelt on the golden palace and muttered for a long time, and finally explained that Chen Su Xiqi Huang Danshu had nothing to do and wanted to refine a few furnaces of immortality pills at home in front of His Majesty's steps, but the fire was not well controlled, and half of the house was blown up...... After this far-fetched explanation, many ministers in the court immediately sneered, and they all secretly said that you Ji Gang also has today, and there is finally a person who can govern you in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Xiao Fan, who was thousands of miles away, stretched out his hand from afar and slapped Ji Gang hard, crisp and loud, hot and painful.

Zhu Di and Xiao Fan are ready to negotiate.

The venue of the negotiation is located in Xingtang County, which belongs to Dingzhou, just in the middle of Zhending and Baoding, where the terrain is open and plain on all sides, which is beneficial to both sides of the negotiation.

The subject of the negotiations, of course, was about Zhu Di's surrender.

But obviously, everyone didn't take this seriously, Zhu Di was secretly pregnant with a ghost, and Xiao Fan was no better, the two of them were half a pound and eight taels.

At the end of September, the Southern Army and the Yan Army urgently dispatched troops and horses, the Yan Army went out of Baoding to the south, and the Southern Army went out of Zhending to the north, and the two armies slowly moved closer to Xingtang County.

The Southern Army's forward officer Ping'an led 50,000 soldiers and horses to camp fifty miles south of Xingtang, and Qiu Fu, the forward officer of the Yan Army, led 30,000 soldiers and horses to line up fifty miles north of Xingtang.

Two days later, a table of wine banquets was set up in the three halls of Xingtang County.

- Hongmen Banquet.

Unlike the Hongmen banquet in the Chu and Han dynasties, both sides of the negotiation regarded themselves as Xiang Yu.

At noon, the magistrate of the county yamen, the county magistrate, and the officials of the yamen were driven out of the yamen, and they were not even allowed to enter the gate, and hundreds of men and horses belonging to the two sides controlled the yamen respectively, and the entire yamen was completely closed, and even a mouse was not allowed to stay inside.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, two groups of people and horses from the south and north of Xingtang County galloped over, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves like thunder passed through the simple street market of the county seat, and drove directly to the county government.

Two groups of people stopped in front of the yamen at the same time, Xiao Fan moved neatly to throw stirrups and dismounted, today he is wearing a formal scarlet official uniform, embroidered with a unicorn complement on his chest, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang advocated the restoration of the Central Plains etiquette, the color of the official uniform and the complement correspond to the grade, which has strict regulations, the official uniforms of the civil and military generals from one to the ninth grade have their own complements, and the princes of the court, the marquis, and the earl must be decorated with unicorn complements, such as Xiao Fan, he is a first-class Chengyi Marquis, and the marquis's official uniform is embroidered with the unicorn, but he also has " Doctor Ronglu", Doctor Ronglu is a fictitious title, and he belongs to the civil official from the first grade, so in fact, Xiao Fan also has a set of official uniforms of the first-grade immortal crane.

After getting off the horse, Xiao Fan threw the whip back in a dashing manner, Cao Yi stretched out his hand to catch it steadily, Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Di in civilian clothes, and suddenly smiled.

"The prince said that his complexion is good, his face is ruddy and firm, his skin is smooth and creamy, and the lower officials are envious......"

Cao Yi almost squirted out when he heard this, looking at the world, he dared to eat an old tofu with a hundred thousand heavy soldiers, and I am afraid that Xiao Fan was the only one.

Zhu Di obviously doesn't have such a good temperament, seeing Xiao Fan's smiling and smiling appearance, Zhu Di only felt that this smiling face was extremely annoying, and he couldn't wait to slash him alive. If it weren't for this deceitful and shameless guy standing in the way, the current Yan army would probably have already entered the Beijing Division.

With a heavy snort, Zhu Dili ignored Xiao Fan, took the hem of his clothes first, and stepped into the Xingtang County Yamen with an unkind expression, and Dao Yan, who was following Zhu Di, also glared at Xiao Fan with bad intentions, and followed Zhu Di into the yamen.

Xiao Fan pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly to Cao Yi: "Look, what kind of attitude does he have?" Is this what it looks like to surrender? Those who don't know think I'm surrendering to him......"

Cao Yi comforted: "People are unhappy when they lose the battle, he is not sensible, you let it ...... more"

After Xiao Fan and Cao Yi walked into the yamen, the gate was immediately closed, and according to the agreement between the two parties, they were not allowed to bring soldiers and horses to guard during the negotiation, and only one entourage was allowed.

Zhu Di and Dao Yan have already advanced to the third hall, Xiao Fan and Cao Yi walked behind, Cao Yi said in a low voice: "Last night, I have ordered someone to arrange a hundred sword and axe hands, and ambush them outside the three halls. ”

Xiao Fan nodded, suddenly snorted, frowned, and said, "Brother Cao, do you smell it?" ”

"Smell something?"

"Murderous."

Cao Yi was inexplicable: "Won't it?" Why didn't I notice? ”

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, and then said angrily: "Could it be that Zhu Di also ambushed the knife and axe man?" He wouldn't be so mean, would he? ”

Cao Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "You can be so despicable, why can't he?" ”

"I really hate dealing with this kind of person, the character is too questionable!" Xiao Fan said angrily.

"Are you talking about yourself or are you talking about Zhu Di?"

"Zhu Di!"

The wine banquet was set up in the three halls, Zhu Di and Xiao Fan sat down at the table, one south and one north, Dao Yan and Cao Yi did not sit down, and stood behind the two respectively.

Xiao Fan picked up the wine glass, stood up and saluted Zhu Di: "Lord Wang, the lower officials will give you a glass first." ”

Zhu Di's eyebrows did not move, and he said lightly: "Why do you respect me?" ”

"Xiaguan salutes the prince with this cup of wine, and he has been in Beiping for 19 years, guarding the country, conquering Mongolia, leading the border army of a hundred battles to resist the strong enemy outside the Shanhai Pass, so as not to lose an inch of the Ming Dynasty's land, and the prince's merit is in Jiangshan Sheji."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is the king's responsibility!" ”

After that, Zhu Di took the cup and drank it all.

Xiao Fan smiled quietly, picked up the cup again, and said, "Lord Wang, this second cup of wine, the lower officials still respect you." ”

"Why do you respect again?"

"Xiaguan respects the prince with 100,000 heavy soldiers, the tiger is standing in Youyan, looking at the world, worthy of being the hero of the world, and what is even more rare is that Beiping Mansion is under the rule of the prince, the people live in peace, all kinds of waste are prosperous, the prince advocates agriculture and mulberry, raises business, builds water conservancy, builds roads and bridges, spreads benevolence, is good, and the prince is in Beiping Li people."

Zhu Di laughed heroically: "Everyone in the world says that I, Zhu Di, am a chaotic minister and thief, but the king's biggest enemy understands that I am not useless, is it possible that only you Xiao Fan are worthy of being the king's confidant in this chaotic world?" It is difficult to have a confidant in life, and what is even more difficult is that such a heart-to-heart confidant is actually a strong enemy of each other, and the creation arrangement is really wonderful, haha, this glass of wine, this king should also be the best! ”

Zhu Di's heroic tone was a little pathetic, Xiao Fan couldn't help but feel sorry for a while, everyone said that Zhu Di was a wolf and wanted to usurp the throne and become the emperor, but did Zhu Di really just want to be the emperor? Except for usurping the throne and becoming emperor, is there no other reason? Rich country and strong army, create a prosperous world, who dares to guarantee that there is no such passionate ideal hidden in his ambition and greed?

It's a pity that his identity is wrong, these ideals should not have been fulfilled by him, he has crossed the rules, good is good, evil is evil, ideals cannot be an excuse for usurping and rebelling, ugliness is clothed in righteousness, and its essence is still ugly.

Xiao Fan took the cup again, but his eyes staring at Zhu Di changed a little.

"The third glass of wine, I forgive you for not being able to respect you."

"Why?"

Xiao Fan stared at him and said word by word: "This cup of wine, respect Zhangde, Runan, the innocent people who died under the sword of the Yan army in the three prefectures of Qinzhou, the prince broke through the three cities, slaughtered the city and looted, the people were killed and injured countless times, thousands of miles of fertile fields, the souls of the wrongs are not dispersed, who will pay for the murder caused by the prince?" ”

Zhu Di's expression changed when he heard this, and he finally endured it again.

After Xiao Fan finished speaking, he slowly poured the wine in the cup on the ground.

Zhu Di picked up the cup, stared at Xiao Fan, and sighed before speaking.

The young man in front of him is only in his early twenties, at such an age, when he was studying poetry and books at home and seeking fame, who would have expected that it was this young man, not only in a prominent official position in the court at the age of a weak crown, but also repeatedly with him, a strong vassal prince with heavy troops, and countless times dismantled and blocked his own moves, if his ambition is like a raging flame, he Xiao Fan is a basin of cold water, no matter how strong the flame burns, a basin of cold water is poured down, everything is over.

lost, but Zhu Di was very unwilling to lose.

Some people are born to be friends with all sincerity, and some people are born to be enemies, Zhu Di and Xiao Fan belong to the latter.

It's a pity, if this young man stood in his camp back then, why should the world be worried? What Zhu Yunwen can give you, can't I, Zhu Di, give it? Why do you have to follow that cowardly emperor who can't do anything?

"Xiao Fan, what did Zhu Yunwen give you? Why are you so desperate for him? Zhu Di has always been puzzled by this question.

Xiao Fan smiled, he understood what Zhu Di meant.

"What the Son of Heaven gave me, you can't afford to give, because you yourself are also lacking."

Zhu Di was unconvinced and said: "Although this king rules a corner of Beiping, but the world's rare treasures, gold beauties, silk and satin, as long as there are in the world, this king can collect them." ”

Xiao Fan smiled sneeringly: "Lord Wang, do you have feelings?" ”

"What feelings?"

"Family, friendship, love, these things can't be seen or touched, but they are really full of us, lord, do you have these feelings? Have you ever given someone such affection? Power, gold and silver, beauty, just fleeting, only these feelings in the world are eternal, such as alcohol, the more fragrant, the prince, the life with feelings is alive, what the Son of Heaven gave me is the eternal and unchanging feelings, the prince, you can't afford it. ”

"Family, friendship, love......" Zhu Di muttered to himself, and then his eyes widened in surprise: "What the Son of Heaven gave you, is it love?" ”

Xiao Fan's head was full of black lines: "...... Camaraderie. ”

…………………… Zhu Di picked up the cup and saluted Xiao Fan: "Xiao Fan, this cup of wine is a tribute to you......"

Saying that, Zhu Di looked arrogant and said: "Except for you, there is no one worthy of the king's respect today, and you are an exception." ”

Xiao Fan was slightly moved: "Why does the prince respect me?" ”

"This king respects you as a young hero, turns the tide, and helps the building to fall into the general, this courage, this responsibility, this king is not as good as you."

Xiao Fan seemed to smile: "How did the prince know that the building was going to fall?" ”

Zhu Di said unceremoniously: "If the imperial army is not led by you, and any minister in the court is replaced, the prince is ten percent sure that he will defeat them in one fell swoop, Xiao Fan, if you say a word of conscience, can this king be wrong?" ”

Thinking of the history of the previous life, Li Jinglong was the commander of the counterinsurgency, the 500,000 army was really set to fight, the whole army was defeated, and he retreated for thousands of miles, Zhu Di took advantage of the situation to wave his army south, directly took the Beijing division Yingtian, successfully captured the imperial city, and successfully usurped the throne, Xiao Fan couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Fan picked up the cup and sighed: "The prince is not wrong, this glass of wine, the lower officials should not let it!" ”

After that, Xiao Fan drank it all.

Throughout the history of the early Ming Dynasty, some people died very regrettably, and some battles were lost very regrettably, Xiao Fan gradually realized that perhaps his own crossing was to make up for this regret.

Zhu Di laughed: "That's right, even though we are enemies, we are also heroes in the world, we don't have to be coy, it should be our merit, we should be the best!" ”

Seeing Zhu Di pick up the cup again, Xiao Fan hurriedly stopped and said, "Lord Wang, let's get down to business, it's not too late to drink after finishing business." ”

Zhu Di's movement of holding the cup froze, and he seemed to smile and said, "What do we have to say?" ”

Xiao Fan was stunned and said, "Isn't it to discuss your surrender to the imperial court?" You've only had a few drinks, are you drunk? ”

At the door of the backyard of the three halls, two groups of people crossed the corridor and quietly approached the door with black and sharp axes in their hands.

The killing machine slowly assembled, condensed, and quietly shrouded the surroundings of the county government.

In the corridor, two groups of people came around, one left and one right, and the wide open door just blocked the sight of the two groups, and neither of them noticed the existence of the other.

After two groups of people stood still by the door, and then quietly squatted down, their faces dripping with sweat, nervously holding axes, and pricking up their ears to listen to the movement in the hall.

At this time, an untimely breeze blew, and the two doors outside the hall were blown together by the wind.

At first sight, the two groups of people froze, staring at each other blankly for a long time, like stone statues.

I don't know how long I was stunned, but the two hundred households led by the two groups jumped up as if they had been bitten by a dog, pointed to each other's noses and said in unison: "! So despicable! Actually ambushed the axeman! ”

After speaking, the two picked up the axes in their hands and slashed each other, and the people behind them were not to be outdone, and they joined the battle group with axes.

Inside the hall.

The harmonious atmosphere of the banquet had long been swept away, replaced by a piece of tension and solemnity, Xiao Fan took the case and said angrily: "Zhu Di, do you say that you will descend or not?" ”

Zhu Di sneered: "This king is not defeated, there are still 100,000 soldiers under his command, and he can still ask for the top weight, how can he say it?" ”

"Then why did you call me to the banquet today? Hungry? ”

"Humph! Lord Xiao, are you mistaken? Obviously, you called this king to the feast. ”

Xiao Fan stomped his feet angrily, turned his head and asked Cao Yi: "Who is treating you for this meal?" Got it figured out? ”

Cao Yi scratched his head: "When I sent someone to invite Zhu Di, it happened that Zhu Di also sent someone to invite you......"

Xiao Fan glared at Zhu Di and said angrily: "Nothing to be courteous, either annihilation or theft, there must be a conspiracy!" Zhu Di, I can't help you if you don't descend today! ”

Zhu Di said coldly: "Xiao Fan, it's up to you whether you can get out of this door alive today." ”

Xiao Fan sneered, stood up, and suddenly slammed the wine glass in his hand...... Bang!

There was a crisp cracking sound, but there was no response outside the door...... Xiao Fan was stunned, and then dropped his wine glass again, still not responding...... Zhu Di was also stunned, the situation in front of him was a bit chaotic, and he should do the work of smashing the cup...... The sneer on Xiao Fan's face gradually solidified, and looking at Zhu Di's somewhat dazed face, Xiao Fan said tentatively with a nervous expression: "Or...... Do you try to drop one? ”

Zhu Di is the one who does it, smack!

The glass he slammed took effect.

The door in front of the hall was kicked open, and two bloodstained sergeants staggered in, clasped their fists and said loudly: "The prince (Hou Ye) retreats quickly, they have laid down swords and axes!" ”

Outside the hall, the shouts of the two swords and axes shook the sky, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Zhu Di and Xiao Fan gasped at the same time, and then glared at each other, their eyes full of betrayal and disbelief.

Raising their hands at the same time, the two pointed at each other, and said angrily in unison: "You are so despicable! An ambush was laid! ”

As soon as the words fell, the two of them froze, and then they became more and more angry, and they said in unison: "Beast, you still have the face to talk about me?" ”

After a pause, the two said in unison again: "Wait! See you on the battlefield! ”

Cao Yi muttered and sighed: "Sure enough, it's a sympathy, look at this tacit understanding, tsk......"

The situation was urgent, Xiao Fan flicked his sleeves fiercely, turned his head and left: "After Cao Yi is broken!" Let's withdraw! ”

"Yes!"

Dao Yan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spread his robe sleeves and rushed towards Xiao Fan's back like a gale.

Cao Yi had already taken precautions, flipped his right hand, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and the dazzling knife slashed, and the heavy knife shadow swung towards Dao Yan overwhelmingly, Dao Yan was startled, and his body was stiffly stopped, and he turned around and flashed in a hurry, avoiding Cao Yi's sharp knife style, and at the same time lost the best opportunity to kill Xiao Fan.

Letting the two swords and axes fight in the county yamen, Xiao Fan walked out of the yamen under Cao Yi's escort, stepped on the horse, and said angrily: "It's so hateful, you actually set up an ambush to plot against me, such a despicable character, embarrassed to be a prince?" Phew! ”

"Aren't you the same? You're half a pound or a tael......"

"Don't talk nonsense, Brother Cao, order the three armies to go north, directly attack Baoding Mansion, and start fighting!"

(To be continued)