Chapter 17: Xia Ziling

Great Xia, Shengjing.

In the mansion of Xia Ziling, the marquis of the first rank, the old housekeeper walked lightly into the front hall with a brazier, and a man in a white robe sat there quietly, holding a copy of the "Treatise on Monarchs and Ministers" written by the great Confucian of the previous dynasty and reading it carefully, he seemed to be no longer young, his sideburns were snow-colored, his face was even more pale, and he looked extremely handsome, giving people the feeling of a weak scholar.

Now that autumn has just begun, the weather is not too cold, and it is already a little strange to wear a thick robe, not to mention that it is necessary to use a brazier to keep warm, the old housekeeper put the brazier lightly beside the man, standing sideways, without speaking, but when his eyes fell on the man's body, there was the love of the elders for the juniors, and there was also a trace of distress.

The man put down the book in his hand, warmed his hands on the brazier, looked at the old man beside him, and sighed softly:

"Uncle Yun, why are you doing this. ”

The old butler bowed slightly, and said in a hoarse voice:

"The old slave watched the young master grow up, and it is the duty of the old slave to stay by the young master's side. ”

"Do you know what's going to happen next? If you stay, you're dying with me. ”

"The old slave knows. ”

Xia Ziling was silent for a long time before speaking again:

"All the people in the house have been sent away, right?

"Send it away, with the young master personally arranging, there will be no problems. ”

"That's good, it's just that this huge courtyard suddenly looks a lot more deserted. ”

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Ning Wangfu, this is the mansion of the old prince Zhao Binghuan.

King Ning, as a blood relative of the first emperor and a compatriot of his mother, is already extremely noble, plus he led millions of troops to guard the north, and his prestige in the court is second only to that of King Side by Side.

Now the king side by side in the name of the king of Qin raised troops, the world gathered in response, resulting in domestic turmoil is not stopped, when today's son is weak, for a while thinking into a disease, so the old prince returned to the capital from the north, sat in the imperial capital, the right of regent, up and down the court, to the old prince is the head of the horse.

There are few people in this Ning Wangfu on weekdays, although there are countless officials who want to wait to pat the old prince's ass, but this old prince's temper is notoriously stinky, and he has always had no good face for those who tend to be inflammatory, so there have always been people who dare to step into Ning Wangfu at will, but today, Ning Wangfu has ushered in a guest, this person is the current prince and prince, although he has no real power and official position, but his status is extraordinary, plus this person is from Nanjun, but he was not directly blasted out by the old prince.

"You old guy also dare to come to the old man, aren't you afraid that this king will slap you to death?" The old prince didn't have the slightest politeness when he saw the first sentence of Tantai Zhongyuan, but after all, he didn't really want to do it.

Yutai Zhongyuan hurriedly saluted, with the same flattering smile on his face as always, he is famous for his eight-sided exquisiteness, he can mix well in Nanjun, and now he is also multifaceted in the capital, which is enough to show that he still has some ability.

"The old prince laughed, when Zhong Yuan just entered the court as an official, thanks to the old prince's support, although he has never had the opportunity to honor your old man, he will not be so embarrassed by Zhong Yuan as soon as they meet. ”

"Hmph! That's because the king was blind, and he didn't see that you were a treacherous villain, and when he saw that the man in the south had fallen, he couldn't wait to run back to the capital?

"The prince's words are wrong, Zhong Yuan was originally a courtier of the Zhao family, not a retainer of his side by side king, and now the side by side king intends to rebel, Zhong Yuan naturally wants to dissociate himself from him to show his loyalty. ”

"Loyalty, do you dare to say loyalty?"

"Zhong Yuan is indeed loyal to the current emperor, heaven and earth can be learned, if the prince refuses to believe it, Zhong Yuan has a message to show his loyalty. ”

"Say!"

"As far as I know, Xia Ziling entered Beijing to sue the king of side by side for rebellion, in fact, it was his conspiracy, not really betrayed the side side king, his intention was to give His Majesty an excuse, an excuse to do something to Nanjun, whether His Majesty believed his words or not, he would definitely be tempted, once His Majesty was tempted and gave the side side king a hat of rebellion, then the hearts of the people in the world will be shaken, and the side side king can also take advantage of the situation to implement the long-planned plan. ”

Hearing the words of Yutai Zhongyuan, King Ning's pupils shrank slightly, he actually had doubts about this matter, such as the situation will come to this point today, the reason is that Xia Ziling sued the king of treason against the enemy, which seems to be unfavorable to the king of the side, but this is almost equivalent to forcing the court to act against Nanjun, and it is also forcing the king to rebel, although the old king of the side side promised the first emperor that he would never betray Daxia in his lifetime, but who would have thought that the stupid little prince was actually in Taoguang to raise obscurity, so quickly stabilized the situation in Nanjun, and led the troops to the tiger prison in one fell swoop, if it was not premeditated for a long time, no one believed it。

After being silent for a long time, the old prince said in a deep voice:

"Do you think the emperor would trust Xia Ziling so easily? Xia Ziling followed that person when he was young and became one of the four famous strategists under his command, do you know that he was a pawn personally selected by the first emperor and placed next to that person, just to let him deal with that person at a critical time, it is impossible for him to betray the first emperor!"

"I see!" Yutai Zhongyuan showed a hint of surprise, it turned out that Xia Ziling had always been the person who had been placed by the first emperor beside the king, no wonder he entered the capital so abruptly to face the saint, and he was not suspected in the slightest.

"Lord Wang, after so many years, with the means of being the king side by side, do you think this Xia Ziling is really still the same Xia Ziling that used to be?"

King Ning's eyes froze slightly, and the murderous aura on his body flashed.

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In the Yipin Military Marquis Mansion, Xia Ziling walked slowly in the courtyard, and the old housekeeper followed behind him, listening carefully to what he was thinking.

"The first emperor chose me and asked me to follow the king side by side, he was kind to my Xia family, and my father and clansmen have also been quite honored over the years, but how can he understand that the friendship of fighting on the battlefield and side by side with the king can not be erased by such grace. ”

"Don't say anything else, let's just say that the soldiers retreated to the southern barbarians, I pursued with Xuanyuan Wu as a staff officer of the army, Xuanyuan Wu rushed forward, chased into the 100,000 mountains, and was ambushed by the barbarians in Luolong Bay, one hundred and eighty Hercules crossbows faced our army, and the crossbow arrows with the thickness of an arm could even tear the bronze chariot to pieces, and the eight thousand dragon horses were only half left in a moment, almost falling into a mortal situation, at this time the prince's army was still dozens of miles away, even if it was a full-speed march it would take half an hour, and there was no time to rescue. ”

"At that time, the prince came alone, with his own strength to kill the enemy generals, leading us to evacuate safely, but although the prince is unparalleled, but after all, he is only flesh and blood, in the face of the countless crossbow arrows when retreating, in order to protect us, the body was pierced with several wounds the thickness of the arm, if it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that it has already been torn apart, even the prince, back in the army, he is still bedridden for a month before waking up, such a life-saving grace, in hundreds of battlefield battles, how much more than once or twice? Compared with the previous emperor's favors, which is more important?"

"However, after all, the first emperor has the grace of knowing me, I promised him, and now I have made a promise, I feel guilty, so I can only repay the favor of the first emperor with a death, so I can't go, although I know that Zhao Binghuan will do something to me sooner or later, but I am destined to not be able to go. ”

"I can bear the first emperor, but I can't bear the prince's ......"