Hearing Xiao Wangchuan's words, Zhantang's face suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Brother Xiao, would you like to hear about the third princess?"

Zhantang put away his sword.

"Naturally. ”

Seeing that Xiao Lichuan was willing to listen, Zhantang's face showed a touch of memory: "The third princess and the second prince Xia Yuxuan are brothers and sisters of the same mother. Before marrying the emperor, their mother was the second princess of Xiqi, with a rebellious personality and talent. When she first married the emperor, she had ambitions and wanted to assist the emperor and make a career. ”

"I can't imagine that a queen would do her best for the country, instead of focusing on the affairs of the harem infighting. There are not many such people. ”

Xiao Lichuan said with sincere admiration.

"yes, it's a pity ......"

Zhan Tang shook his head: "At that time, the predecessor of the Sword Immortal had not disappeared, and several other countries did not dare to have any thoughts about the Southern Regions at all. When people are comfortable, they forget their roots. The once hard-working and eloquent emperor has also become a faint monarch who is greedy for pleasure and loves to believe in slander under the passage of time. The queen saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, and persuaded the emperor all day long to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but the faint monarch didn't want to listen to half of the sentence at all! In the end, the queen was escorted into the dungeon!"

“......”

Xiao Lichuan was silent for a moment, but found that he couldn't say anything except silence.

After a long time, Zhantang sighed softly: "The queen mother is arrogant, how can she allow the rest of her life to be spent like this? In the end, she took advantage of the guards' inattention and chose to commit suicide......"

"I didn't expect that the queen's temperament was so strong!"

Xiao Wangchuan sighed: "Then Xia Jinxuan and her brother were exiled to Tianhua City, right?"

"Not bad. ”

Zhantang nodded: "The third princess has not seen her father since she was sensible, and she has been silently living in Tianhua City with the second prince. It wasn't until she was seventeen years old that the emperor suddenly refused to see her. She rushed back to the capital full of joy, but she didn't expect that what greeted her was the edict of marriage with the second prince of Beihai Lingzhou!"

Speaking of this, Zhantang's face gradually showed anger, and he subconsciously clenched his fists: "Brother Xiao, can you imagine? She has been waiting for more than ten years, and finally she has waited for such a result! She is just an ordinary girl, longing for her father's love and mother's love." However, she was used as a tool to maintain peace in the Southern Regions!"

"I can finally understand ......"

Xiao Wangchuan smiled bitterly: "No wonder, you were so angry with her when I treated her like that." It's me who didn't figure out the situation, sorry. ”

"Brother Xiao, when the queen was still on the throne, it was she who promoted me to become the third princess's bodyguard. Otherwise, I wouldn't be anything at all!"

Zhantang's eyes were full of determination: "The third princess has never disliked my humble background, and even treated me like family. At that time, I secretly swore that even if I died, I would protect her until the last moment! I planned to wait for this matter to be over, and then I would go to Tianhua City, find the second prince, and tell him what happened in the Black Wind Village. ”

"However, that Xia Yuxuan, in the emperor's place, should not be welcomed?"

Xiao Lichuan frowned.

"The second prince is modest and prefers to be friendly with various forces in the rivers and lakes. Over the years, he has already secretly attracted a group of Jianghu forces. ”

Zhantang explained to Xiao Wangchuan: "The second prince is good at divination, and he once used the six trigrams of the clouds and heavens that he learned to calculate that there will be a catastrophe in the future in the Southern Regions. So I've been actively preparing for this. With his current connections and his status as the second prince, he may not be unable to make a career. ”

"I see......"

Hearing Zhantang say this, Xiao Wangchuan became a little interested in this second prince Xia Yuxuan.

It is indeed not easy for a neglected prince to rely on his own skills to get to this point.

The two of them returned to the camp at the burial gate.

But at this time, a soldier suddenly ran towards Xiao Wangchuan.

With a look of horror on his face: "Lord Zhan, deputy commander, something is wrong!"

Xiao Lichuan raised his eyebrows: "What happened?"

"Commander Zhang is back!"

"Oh, isn't that a good thing? I'm still worried, those thousand commanders who follow Xu Shaojie, I don't know how to deal with it!"

Xiao Lichuan smiled, not taking the soldier's words too seriously at all.

However, the soldier's face was very ugly: "Deputy Commander! In addition to Commander Zhang, there is also Xu Shangshu with him!"

"Xu Shangshu ......"

Zhantang frowned: "He has already learned that Xu Shaojie was killed?"

"Not bad!"

The soldier nodded.

"So what?"

Zhantang's face was full of coldness: "The evidence of the crime is conclusive, is it difficult to do it, can he Xu Ziyi still defy the royal law?"

The soldier did not answer for a moment.

Xiao Wangchuan took over at this time: "There is no point in arguing here, since the matter has happened, you must have the courage to face it." The only way to overcome fear......"

"Beep——!"

Xiao Lichuan held back the "Ollie" that was about to blurt out: "All in all, let's see what Xu Ziyi wants to do first, let's see if we want to do it." ”

Hearing Xiao Lichuan say this, Zhantang could only nod: "Okay!"

With that, the two of them walked into the camp.

As soon as I walked into the camp, I saw that the soldiers on the training ground were all kneeling on the ground.

Similarly, a middle-aged man in his fifties wearing battle armor also stood beside him very respectfully.

Next to him, there stood a middle-aged man wearing a three-poinsettia official robe and a black gauze official hat, with a very obscene appearance.

Don't think about it, this person should be Xu Shaojie's uncle, and Xu Ziyi, who is also the secretary of the imperial court's military department.

The moment he saw Xiao Lichuan and Zhantang, Xu Ziyi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Zhan Guard, I didn't expect your hand to reach out to my Xu Ziyi's jurisdiction, and you opened your mouth to remove my nephew from the position of deputy commander." I think, should I start playing with the saint, tell the old man to return to his hometown, and stop serving as the secretary of the military department?"

Zhantang is neither humble nor arrogant: "Xu Shangshu, Xu Ziyi has been looting the people's fat in the funeral Tianguan over the years, poisoning the people, and even deducting the military salaries of other soldiers. Even, he colluded with the mountain bandits of the Black Wind Village, resulting in a small Black Wind Village, which had been living a nourished life for several years under the nose of the Southern Regions!"

Speaking of this, Zhantang couldn't help but glance at Xu Ziyi, whose face was very ugly: "Xu Shangshu, tell me, is it my Zhantang who covers the sky with one hand, or is your nephew in the funeral of Tianguan, and no one dares to care?"