"Mr. Hua!"

Outside the room came the respectful salute of the guards, and then the door that had been closed was pushed open from the outside.

The dawn room was dim, there was no light inside, and as the door opened, a little light shone into the room, and a middle-aged man could be seen sitting at a round table in the middle of the room, the windows on both sides closed.

"Hua Jingping, become a king and lose a villain, I have no ability to fall into your hands, if you want to kill or chop you as you like! What do you mean you've kept me locked up here! What the hell do you want! ”

The middle-aged man yelled impatiently outside the house.

He had a swarthy face with a Chinese character, a short beard on his upper and lower chins, and a crumpled stone blue robe, and the soft armor on his body had long been thrown to the ground by him at will.

"Childe, please."

Appearing at the door of the house were two men, one was an elegant man in his forties, with a green shirt and scarf; The other is a young man in Xuanyi who is only sixteen or seventeen years old at most.

The young man in Xuanyi took the lead in stepping into the room, his eyes accurately looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the center of the room, and arched his hand casually, "Mr. Tian." ”

The middle-aged man, who was also the chief soldier of Yuzhou, Tian Yuanfang, immediately recognized this handsome young man in Xuanyi, and was so shocked that he almost didn't stand up, his eyes widened.

Feng Yan, the young man who was called Gongzi by Hua Jingping turned out to be Feng Yan, the son of the eldest princess of Anping.

Under Tian Yuanfang's complicated gaze, Feng Yan came to the window with a comfortable expression, and said with a smile: "Why didn't Mr. Tian open the window, how stuffy it is in this room." ”

Feng Yan said as he "squeaked" and pushed open a window on the wall, then sat down with his robe.

Hua Jingping, who was following closely behind Feng Yan, also sat down, and there was only a small square table between the two.

Tian Yuanfang looked at Feng Yan and Hua Jingping back and forth, as if a shocking wave had been set off in his heart, and one question after another surfaced in his heart.

How could Hua Jingping, the chief soldier of Qingzhou, be with Feng Yan?!

Feng Yan is the son of the eldest princess of Anping, and he can't leave Beijing without an edict, how could he appear in this Jingtian County?

And what is their intention in bringing themselves here captive......

These questions are not something that can be figured out in a while.

Tian Yuanfang quickly suppressed the stormy waves in his heart, and preemptively reprimanded: "Feng Yan, Hua Jingping, you are so bold, you actually colluded to detain the imperial court officials!" ”

"Hua Jingping, as the chief soldier of Qingzhou, you dare to leave the station without authorization, don't you want this black gauze hat on your head?!"

Tian Yuanfang's voice was sonorous and powerful, but his flickering eyes betrayed himself.

Feng Yan looked at Tian Yuanfang with a smile, with a little casualness on his handsome face.

Geng Hai wanted to rebel, and the only people who could be mobilized in the shortest possible time were Liaozhou Wei and Yuzhou Wei, so Feng Yan secretly sent someone to inform Hua Jingping, the general soldier of Qingzhou, early on, and asked him to pay attention to the movements of Liaozhou Wei and Yuzhou Wei, and be sure to intercept them.

Liaozhou Wei and Yuzhou Wei secretly sent troops, so they naturally did not dare to mobilize all their troops, so as not to attract some unnecessary attention, which gave Hua Jingping a chance, he led people to ambush them respectively, and took down Tian Yuanfang, the chief soldier of Yuzhou, and Cui Jia, the general soldier of Liaozhou, and imprisoned them, until Feng Yan arrived in a hurry this morning.

This battle, they have already won!

The corners of Feng Yan's mouth curled higher, and he said to Hua Jingping with a smile: "General soldier Hua, as a dignified chief soldier, how can you leave the garrison without permission?" ”

"Childe, I've always been law-abiding, and I'm the most well-behaved, how could I leave the station without permission." Hua Jingping showed a gentle smile on his face, "This Jingtian County is on the border of my Qingzhou, and I just brought some new soldiers to practice a few days ago." ”

After a pause, Hua Jingping said again: "Brother Tian won't tell me that you brought troops here to train soldiers, right?" ”

Tian Yuanfang's face changed, and the corners of his eyes twitched twice.

This Jingtian County is right on the border between Qingzhou and Jizhou, and nominally belongs to Jizhou, but the mountains, rivers and fields around Jingtian County may not be so easy to demarcate the boundary.

Hua Jingping, the old fox, can barely get away with it when he appears here, but he can't do it himself! As the commander-in-chief of a state, he privately led troops out of the garrison without the emperor's edict, which was a big crime that was vital to his life!

Feng Yan shook his head and said deliberately: "It's wrong for Mr. Tian to be like this, you left the Yuzhou garrison without permission, and you also transferred troops out of Yuzhou behind the emperor's back, but it was the wicked who sued first!" ”

Tian Yuanfang's eyes were bright and dark, and his fists were subconsciously pinched under the table, both of them actually knew that they had problems with each other, and now they were just playing tricks with each other, intending to test each other.

It is obviously not a coincidence that Hua Jingping led his troops to appear in such a poor rural area as Jingtian County, and the other party deliberately led troops to ambush him, so the other party had already gotten the news and knew that he would go north......

So how much do they really know?!

And also......

Tian Yuanfang's gaze looked beyond Feng Yan and out of the window, the shadows of the trees outside the window were swaying, and the golden red sun was slowly rising in the eastern sky, revealing half of his face.

He has been imprisoned here for three days, and now the time set by him and the Patriotic Pact has passed, and the capital does not know what is going on.

As if he saw his thoughts, Feng Yan suddenly said: "Geng Hai is now difficult to protect himself, and Mr. Cui has surrendered to me...... Mr. Tian, what you need to worry about now is yourself. ”

How can it be?!

This time, Tian Yuanfang could no longer suppress the surprise in his heart, and stood up suddenly, his body hit the stool behind him, making a gurgling sound, which was particularly loud in this silent morning.

Tian Yuanfang swallowed his saliva, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa Guo, ...... Is he like this now? ”

When this sentence was asked, he felt as if something was shattering in his heart.

Feng Yan means that Wei Guogong failed to raise troops?!

Yes, if Yuzhou Wei and Liaozhou Wei did not arrive, then it would be too difficult to take the capital with the existing forces in the hands of Wei Guogong!

Tian Yuanfang felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and sat down dejectedly, his eyes blank.

If Wei Guogong is taken down, then how can he be completely wiped out!

Wait a minute!

Tian Yuanfang thought of something again, just now Feng Yan seemed to have said that Cui Jia had surrendered to him, could it be that Feng Yan had a way to hide this matter for them, and there was a way to "seal" the mouth of Wei Guogong? !

This possibility made Tian Yuanfang's heart jump suddenly, on the one hand, he felt that it was impossible for Feng Yan to have this kind of heavenly ability, and on the other hand, there was a glimmer of hope in his heart:

Anyway, he has already stepped into the ghost gate with one foot, and since Feng Yan can quietly envelop Hua Jingping, he has been planning for a long time if he wants to come to Anping......

Bang bang!

Tian Yuanfang's heartbeat accelerated by two beats, the corners of his forehead were beating wildly, and the waves in his eyes were surging.

The room fell silent.

Neither Feng Yan nor Hua Jingping urged him, he took care of himself and admired the rising sun outside the window, and the golden sunlight spilled in from the door and window, illuminating Feng Yan's handsome face, the wind was light and leisurely.

The room was half-lit and half-dark, drawing a clear boundary line on the round table in the center.

Suddenly, Tian Yuanfang stood up, knelt down on one knee in front of Feng Yan, gritted his teeth and said, "Tian Yuanfang is willing to listen to Gongzi's dispatch and ask Gongzi to show him a clear way." ”

Tian Yuanfang's eyes were deep, and his heart was indescribably complicated.

In fact, as early as when he received the order from Wei Guogong, there was no way out.

Wei Guogong has the grace to support him, he can't treacherously denounce Wei Guogong, if he shouldn't Wei Guogong, once Wei Guogong succeeds, he will inevitably settle accounts after the autumn;

If Wei Guogong is defeated and plots to rebel, this is enough to be a capital crime that will be beheaded all over the house, and countless people will be implicated, and then, it will be the emperor's turn to find them to settle the old Geng family......

Even innocent people will inevitably be implicated, not to mention that he has received an order from the Duke of Weiguo.

Feng Yan looked at Tian Yuanfang's ever-changing face, hooked his lips and smiled.

Tian Yuanfang is obviously a smart person, very good, he likes to talk to smart people.

"Mr. Tian, if you ask for someone, you should have an attitude of begging for someone," Feng Yan said with a smile, calm and relaxed, "Did you say?" ”

The corners of Tian Yuanfang's lips tightened a little more, did Feng Yan imply that he offered a "letter of nomination"? !

"What does Childe want the last general to do......" Tian Yuanfang said almost with all his strength, and his head fell down.

"......

The end of his words was drowned out by the spring breeze in the courtyard, where the flowers and trees swayed, as if whispering, as if eavesdropping on the movement of the house......

After a stick of incense, Tian Yuanfang walked out of the house and strode away.

Feng Yan and Hua Jingping were still sitting on the circle chairs by the window, and the two of them watched Tian Yuanfang's departing back, their eyes shining in the light of the rising sun, shining sharper than the blade.

Feng Yan stood up, dusted off his robe casually, and said casually: "Next, it's time to meet Cui Jia." With Tian Yuanfang's vote, I think I can spend a lot less. ”

Hua Jingping's gaze retracted from the window, fell on the silk paper on the square table where the ink had not dried, smiled slightly, and his elegant face was determined to grasp the overall situation, and stretched out his hand to make an invitation.

"Childe, please."

The sun outside hung high in the eastern sky, the sky was bright, warm and warm, and it seemed that even the blue sky and white clouds were smiling slightly in the gentle spring breeze......

It had been sunny and sunny for several days, and when Feng Yan returned to the capital from Jingtian County on the border of Qingzhou, it was already three days later, that is, on April 16.

Feng Yan is dusty in a dark robe, but he is in good spirits.

This trip to Beijing was very smooth and fruitful.

In the future, the Qingzhou Wei, Liaozhou Wei, Jinzhou Wei and Yuzhou Wei around the Jingshi were all under their control.

This time, Feng Yan took advantage of the emperor's lack of effort and didn't have the heart to care about him quietly leaving Beijing, but he couldn't stay outside for a long time, and after finishing his work, he hurried back again.

The first thing he did after returning home was to quickly take a shower and change clothes, pick out a wisteria-colored twig-patterned straight shirt made this spring and put it on, and with a purse made by Duanmu Fei himself and an embroidered silver silk belt embedded with white jade, he dressed up like that flowery branch.

Feng Yan looked at himself with satisfaction, feeling that something was still missing, by the way, the fan that Zhen Zhen gave him.

He was about to look for the fan, when he heard Luofeng's panting voice from outside the house: "Childe, the fourth girl of Duanmu has arrived!" ”

At this time, Feng Yan didn't care about looking for a fan, so he jumped out of the open window, then climbed a tree, climbed over the wall, and picked the fastest and shortest road to the direction of Yimen.

But it was still a step too late.

When Feng Yan arrived, Duanmufei had already gotten out of the carriage and was stepping over the threshold of the Yimen under the leadership of Mama Fang, and the two were talking as they walked.

When Duanmu Fei watched Feng Yan fly over the wall with his own eyes, and then swing on a tree like a swing, and land lightly in front of Duanmu Fei.

"Vera!" Feng Yan walked towards Duanmu Fei with a smile on his face, his steps were light, and his eyes were staring at her little face.

Today, Duanmu Fei came to the princess's mansion as a guest, and also deliberately changed into a new peach pink embroidered peach blossom skirt, holding a double flat bun, and wearing pink jade beads on her head, which is bright and moving, just like a peach blossom blooming on the branches.

Feng Yan could only see her in his eyes, and for a moment, Mama Fang on the side couldn't help but smile with a handkerchief.

"Feng Gongzi." Duanmu Fei looked at Feng Yan, and he was a little speechless in his heart. It turned out that Feng Yan was also like this in his own home, not going through the main gate, and climbing over walls and trees at every turn.

Duanmu Fei couldn't help but pinch a handful of sympathetic tears for the guards of the princess's mansion, and said in his heart: The guards of the princess's mansion must all have good eyes, otherwise, if you accidentally see the master as a thief, or accidentally mistake the thief for the master, wouldn't it be a joke every day?

"Childe, the fourth girl of Duanmu," Mama Fang looked at the couple, her eyes narrowed with laughter, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed like chrysanthemums, "Your Highness asked the kitchen to prepare peach blossom cakes, peach blossom cakes and peach blossom tea, please go to the peach blossom forest to enjoy the peach blossom banquet." ”

As soon as Duanmu Fei heard the peach blossom banquet, his eyes lit up, and the greedy insects were all called out, and he said with a smile: "Mama Fang, I remember that the peach forest is in the northeast corner of the garden, just by the lake, right?" ”

Mama Fang nodded with a smile and said, "The fourth girl has a really good memory, just over there in the lake." ”

With that, the three of them walked in the direction of the garden.

When Feng Yan came, it was not Mama Fang's turn to lead the way, she and Bi Chan followed behind the two, keeping a certain distance from each other.

Duanmu Fei was also carrying a food box in her hand, saying that she had made some peach blossom sauce to bring to Anping.

Feng Yan consciously took the food box, and the two walked all the way, talking all the way, and after a while, they entered through the small door on the side of the garden.

A cool breeze blew from the garden and gently blew on Duanmufei's cheeks.

The tip of Duanmufei's nose moved, and he smelled the intoxicating fragrance of peach blossom wine in the air.

What a fragrant wine!

Duanmu sniffed intoxicated, with a salivating little appearance, and saw An Ping, who was sitting in the peach forest not far away, smiling dumbly.

"Scarlet, come here." An Ping beckoned to Duanmu Fei, playing with the wine glass in his hand with one hand, and the aroma of wine was overflowing.

Of course, Anping also saw Feng Yan beside Duanmufei, and his smile deepened.

Mother and son exchanged meaningful glances in mid-air.

Knowing the son Mo Ruomu. Without words, Anping knew that Feng Yan's trip was very smooth, and he should drink a glass of celebratory wine.

"Your Highness." Duanmu Fei trotted towards Anping like a happy little milk cat, looking at the peach blossom wine with his eyes.

An Ping smiled: "This is still a month ago, Wuchen collected the peach blossom wine brewed by himself in this garden, it has just been a month, and today is just the right time to open the altar, Fei'er, you are really here." ”

Anping is in a surprisingly good mood today, without rouge on his face, he is still bright and moving, more gorgeous than the pink peaches around.

Duanmu Fei thought deeply, "It's better to come early than to come by chance, my luck has always been good." ”

The people nearby have been sent away, and only the three of them are left in the peach forest, Duanmu Fei consciously acted as little maids for Anping and Feng Yan, and personally poured wine for them.

With the sound of pouring wine, the aroma of wine in the air is more intense, blending with the peach fragrance emanating from the surrounding peach forest.

An Ping picked up the small white porcelain wine glass and said with a smile: "Come, Ah Yan, the first cup will wash the dust for you." ”

Duanmu Fei's eyelids jumped as he listened, what did Anping mean that Feng Yan went out again a few days ago?

She raised her glass blankly, and didn't understand what she was doing, and said to herself: She is here to drink.

The three of them drank the peach blossom wine in the cup.

This peach blossom wine is not a strong wine, and honey is added, which is sweet and refreshing.

Duanmu pursed her lips in satisfaction, and filled the wine glasses of the three of them with graciously.

An Ping picked up the wine glass again and said meaningfully: "This second glass is considered a celebration." ”

Feng Yan smiled, but Duanmu Fei's eyelids jumped again, feeling that Feng Yan had done something "good" that was not enough for outsiders to go out this time.

She didn't know anything. Duanmu Fei emptied his head and drank the second cup with a grunt......

Then there was another sound of pouring wine, and Duanmu Fei accidentally drank three glasses in a row, and her cheeks began to flush again.

Anping didn't look right, this little girl was obviously very drunk, and she was half-drunk with just three small glasses of peach blossom wine like rice wine......

However, Duanmu Fei himself was still unaware, licked his lips contentedly, and wanted to drink the remaining half of the wine in the cup in one gulp, but found that his hand was empty, and the wine glass in his hand was taken away.

"......" Duanmu blinked stupidly, and before he could react, he looked at Feng Yan directly in his beautiful big eyes, and his eyes were shining.

Feng Yan was so seen by her that her ears began to get hot again, and she drank the half cup of peach blossom wine in her hand without thinking about it......

There was silence all around, except for the rustle of peach branches blown by the wind.

Time seems to stand still.

Duanmu Fei was frightened by Feng Yan, and his original drunkenness was swept away, and the whole person suddenly came to his senses.

Her gaze moved downward, looking at the empty white porcelain wine glass in front of her from Feng Yan's face, and said in her heart: Could it be that Feng Yan is drunk? …… It turns out that Feng Yan's alcohol consumption is so poor!

Duanmu Fei looked at Feng Yan again, and this time, she noticed that the roots of his ears were red like blood, and she felt that she had the truth. I see.

Feng Yan didn't notice Duanmu Fei's strange eyes at all, he couldn't think anymore, as long as he thought of the stupid thing he had just done, he felt embarrassed.

This is the wine glass that Vera had just drunk...... Thinking about it, Feng Yan's cheeks burned even more.

An Ping accidentally watched a good show, laughing so much that his shoulders shook and his stomach hurt with laughter.

Feng Yan was still holding Duanmufei's wine glass in his hand, yes or no, no, his mind was in a mess, and he blurted out: "Zhen Zhen, will you 'count the same'?" ”

The so-called "same number" is a fist stroke, and it is also a way to enforce the drinking order when drinking.

Duanmu's scarlet eyes lit up, and he was immediately distracted, shook his head and said, "I've only watched people play from afar." Her big black and white eyes looked at Feng Yan expectantly.

Feng Yan "naturally" put down the wine glass in his hand and said casually: "I'll teach you." ”

Feng Yan talked to Duanmu Fei carefully about the rules of boxing, which is very simple, that is, comparing numbers with gestures, the two sides guess the sum of the numbers produced by the two, and when both sides guess wrong, they will continue to draw boxing, until one side guesses correctly, the person who guesses wrong will be punished by himself, and the person who has a "stinky fist" will also have to punish himself with a cup.

After saying the rules, the two played tentatively three times, and then it officially began.

The passwords of "Xiansi Hongxi", "The Leader of the Five Classics", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and so on echoed in the air one after another, and the two played with great interest, and Anping was very interesting to watch.

I don't know if Duanmu Fei is really talented in boxing, or her stupid son puts water without showing traces, the two played seven or eight times, and her stupid son lost seven or eight times, so he also drank one cup after another.

Duanmu Fei was engrossed, focusing on Feng Yan's hand and face, and guessing his plan from the changes in his gestures and expression.

Her gaze was too focused, and she accidentally saw that the roots of Feng Yan's ears slowly burned again, spreading all the way to her cheeks......

Worst. I got Feng Yan drunk. Duanmu Fei secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he felt that his neck seemed to be a little cold again.

After winning again, Duanmu Fei silently poured peach blossom tea into the wine glass, and then obediently handed the tea to him, smiling flatteringly and cutely.

Feng Yan looked at Duanmu Scarlet's cute smiling face, took the wine glass stupidly, drank all the tea in it, and said in his heart: Zhen Zhen is so good to me.

Thinking about it, his ears got hotter.

Looking at Feng Yan's earlobes that were almost dripping blood, Duanmu Fei almost suspected that he had mistaken the peach blossom wine for peach blossom tea.

She was about to open the teapot to take a look, when a cyan figure caught her attention not far away.

A woman in a cyan short beat hurriedly walked towards this side, breaking the original tranquility in the forest, and said, "Your Highness, Gongzi, Duke Wei Guo has passed away. ”

After this sentence fell, there was silence all around.

The corners of An Ping's mouth hooked a trace of arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and when the wind blew, a few strands of green silk on her cheeks were scattered on her pale cheeks, cold and noble.

Feng Yan personally poured another wine for An Ping, and the sound of pouring wine echoed in the air.

An Ping looked at the transparent liquor falling from the spout of the wine jug in mid-air in a daze, and asked casually, "Qianyi, what did you say?" ”

Qianyi replied respectfully: "Your Highness, it is said that Wei Guogong led his troops out of Beijing to arrest the bandits, and the bandits were extremely vicious, and when they were cornered, they were aroused to be ferocious, and finally fought to the death and killed many people. In the chaos, Wei Guogong accidentally fell off the cliff, and his bones were gone. The remaining remnants of the bandits have all been hanged. ”

An Ping took another sip of wine, and then said, "Ah Yan, you go to the Geng family to mourn on behalf of the princess's mansion." ”

Feng Yan responded lightly, and waved his hand to send Qianyi away.

Duanmu hung his head and silently drank the fragrant peach blossom tea, thinking: Is Geng Hai really dead? …… Well, why didn't she believe it?

Duanmu's scarlet eyes flashed slightly, and his white fingers rubbed casually on the white porcelain embossed teacup, and he heard An Ping ask, "What about Geng Hairen?" ”

Feng Yan replied nonchalantly: "It's too cheap for him to die." ”

Feng Yan casually played with the wine glass in his hand and drank it, and said, "Uncle Xue's family's hatred, how can he die as soon as he dies!" ”

His voice was neither light nor heavy, but the coldness in those words was as sharp as an ice arrow.

Obviously, "someone" will not let Geng Hai die so easily!

"......" Duanmu Fei almost choked on the tea in her mouth, and said to herself in her heart, she didn't hear anything, she didn't know anything...... Yes, she didn't know what happened to Geng Hai and where he was at the moment.

After convincing himself, Duanmu Fei's body relaxed, his soul flew out of the sky, and his eyes were accidentally attracted by the wine glass in Feng Yan's hand.

Hey, can she drink another glass of peach blossom wine?!

Half a cup would be fine......

Of course, Feng Yan noticed her gaze, and subconsciously drank the wine in the cup in a panic, and the roots of his ears, which had finally cooled down, began to turn red again.

Looking at the pair of children, the depression in An Ping's heart was swept away.

The spring breeze in mid-April is warm, blowing on people's faces, indescribably comfortable and warm.

In the princess's mansion, it was quiet and warm, and Geng Hai's life and death were just a few words between mother and son, but the court set off a storm because of the news of Geng Hai's accidental death.

The emperor was in great sorrow, and the Manchu dynasty was in an uproar.

The emperor was grief-stricken, and in the early court, he sincerely said that he had been compatible with Wei Guogong for so many years, praised Wei Guogong's various achievements for Dasheng, and denounced the lawlessness of the bandits, and finally, the emperor decided to strike the dynasty for three days.

Early the next morning, the emperor personally went to the Weiguo Mansion to offer condolences.

When the emperor came, Duanmuxian, You Junji and other ministers naturally followed.

Today's weather is a bit gloomy, the sun is blocked by dense clouds, and the capital is like a black-gray ink painting, bleak.

The Patriotic Mansion was immersed in an atmosphere of sorrow and solemnity.

White silk and white flags were hung up inside and outside the house, and the white paper money in the courtyard flew in the air with the wind, like white butterflies flapping their wings and flying.

The mourning hall was filled with bursts of sobbing, a huge and heavy black coffin was placed in the middle of the mourning hall, and in front of the coffin kneeled Geng family members dressed in linen and filial piety, men, women and children, all crying silently.

In addition to the Geng family, there are also many old departments of the Geng family today, most of whom rushed to the capital from other places to mourn Geng Hai after hearing the news, and there are people inside and outside the house.

The arrival of the emperor naturally attracted the attention of many people.

The Geng family, led by Mrs. Geng and Geng Anhao, came out of the mourning hall to salute the emperor, and Mrs. Geng said something like "rudeness, please forgive the emperor".

Mrs. Geng looked haggard and thin, wearing a snow-white filial piety dress, covered with rough linen clothes, her jet-black hair was simply tied up, her sideburns were wearing a small white flower, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her face was so white that there was no blood, and she was no longer graceful and noble in her usual days.

Today's Mrs. Geng is no longer the high-ranking lady of the super-first-class command, she is just a poor woman who has lost her husband.

"Mrs. Geng, don't be polite." Since the emperor came with all his anger, he would also make enough of the scene, and said in a deep voice, "I just want to come and offer incense to Geng Aiqing." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." With the support of her second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Geng blessed the emperor, her eyes were red, and her voice was slightly choked.

"Your Majesty, please." Geng Anhao's voice was also a little hoarse, respectfully the emperor entered the mourning hall, his deep gaze swept over Cen Yin, who was wearing a silver-white python robe behind the emperor, without a trace, and clenched the fist in his sleeve.

In just a few days, Geng Anhao has lost a lot of weight, his cheeks are slightly sunken, and he looks haggard.

The emperor took three lit incense sticks from the hands of the chamberlain, personally put incense on the spiritual seat on the mourning hall, and then went out of the mourning hall accompanied by Geng Anhao, and the other Geng family members sent off the emperor, and knelt down in the mourning hall, some burned paper money, some sobbed, some crumbled, and some were at a loss......

One by one, the accompanying ministers began to enter the mourning hall to offer incense, in an orderly and solemn manner.

"An Hao, the deceased has passed away, you have to persuade you to mourn on Mother's Day." The emperor patted Geng Anhao, who was wearing linen and filial piety, as if he was a loving elder.

"Thank the emperor for his care." Geng Anhui bowed his head in flattery, his half-drooping eyes were bright and dark, and he was shocked and uncertain, and he could even be said to be panicked.

All of this happened so fast!

It was so fast that he was caught off guard, so fast that he was still in chaos.

On April 13, after his father discussed the plan with him, he went out of the city, and he and Wu Xingdong waited for him, just waiting for his father to send a signal to act, only waiting for his father to attack the city with Liaozhou Wei and Yuzhou Wei, and he should make peace with the outside and ......

However, after that, there was no news from his father's side like a mud cow entering the sea, and in the past few nights, Geng Anhao has been tossing and turning, sleepless all night, sending people to pay attention to the movements near the city gate, and what he got was disappointed again and again.

The longer the time dragged on, the more uneasy he became...... Until yesterday, when he suddenly received the news of his father's death, Geng Anhao was stunned and almost couldn't believe his ears.

He had no idea what had happened to his father.

Was it because my father really met bandits on the way out of Beijing so he had an accident, or was it ......

Geng Anhao's eyelashes twitched slightly, suppressing the urge to go to the emperor and trying to calm himself down.

Geng Anhao is not stupid, of course he won't believe that his father had an accident, this possibility is too small, this is a major place in Beijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how could a bandit be stupid to come here to rob, this is too unreasonable.

The only possibility is that the emperor has been sending people to keep an eye on his father, and when he found out his father's intention to force the palace, the emperor was furious and ordered his father to be killed.

This seems to be the most likely guess.

But after thinking about it carefully, Geng Anhao felt that it was unlikely.

My father was defeated too easily.

Even if this incident was in a hurry and the preparation was not sufficient, he also had 3,000 private soldiers, Yuan Weigang's Shenshu battalion, and Yuzhou Wei and Liaozhou Wei two guards to help, even if they were discovered by the emperor in advance, they also had the possibility of fighting to the death, and it was still unknown who would win and who would lose, how could my father be defeated without a word!?

When my father's body was brought back yesterday, it was already terrible, as if he had fallen from a very high place, his face had been knocked beyond recognition, his body was covered with bruises, contusions, multiple fractures in his body, and the body had begun to decompose, and the flesh was blurred......

My father was still wearing the civilian robe he wore when he left that day, which was tattered, and this robe Geng Anhao remembered, and Mrs. Geng also remembered.

Mrs. Geng was heartbroken and fainted on the spot.

The entire Guogong Mansion was in chaos at the moment.

It stands to reason that if the emperor found out about his plan, he should directly issue an order to punish the whole family, so how could he personally bring his ministers to the Guogong Mansion to mourn......

Could it be that I thought about it too much, and it was really just an "accident"?!

It's just a blink of an eye, Geng Anhao's heart has been turned a thousand times, thinking about many possibilities, after all, he still took the action of wiping his tears, and quickly glanced at the emperor and Cen Yin, and his heart fluctuated.

After the emperor left the mourning hall and descended the stone steps, he stopped and said with a serious expression: "An Hao, my father and I are not only monarchs and ministers, but also teachers and friends. ”

"The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will rely on the Geng family in the future, you are the son of the Duke of Weiguo, you have to take on the great responsibility like your father and ancestors, and the Duke of Weiguo will need you to support it in the future!"

Geng Anhui suppressed the confusion and doubts in his heart, and said to the emperor again: "Thank you for the emperor's attention, and the little nephew will definitely live up to the grace of the saint." He said to himself in his heart, no matter what the truth is, the Geng family will only rely on him in the future!

The emperor took a few steps forward, Geng Anhao hurriedly followed, he had been kneeling for a long time, his knees and calves were numb and painful, and he showed a little staggering between his steps.

The emperor's gaze fell on Geng Anhao's right calf, sighed faintly, and said, "Anhao, your foot is injured, you can't work too hard, and you are still young...... Then I will send another person to assist you. ”

One sentence made the atmosphere slightly stiffen, and the air cooled down.

Geng Anhao's pupils shrank, almost not out of shape, his fists in his sleeves were clenched, and his whole body was tense.

The surrounding courtiers also heard it, their faces were different, and they secretly exchanged glances, or surprised, or suspicious, or happy, or sighed, especially Duanmuxian, You Junji, Prince Li, Wei Yongxin and others are all smart people, and their hearts are like mirrors.

No matter how Geng Hai died, the implication of the emperor's words is clearly to divide the power of the Geng family!

Although Geng Anhao is the son of the Duke of Weiguo, he is only in the year of the weak crown, whether in the court or in the army, he has no prestige, and he is still weaker than the Duke of Weiguo!

Wei Guogong has the confidence to refuse the emperor's "kindness", and Geng Anhao, after all, is still too young.

The eyes of many ministers fell silently on Geng Anhao's body, and the people who should be mourning continued to mourn, and the surroundings seemed to be a lot quieter all of a sudden, including the mourning hall.

The faces of those old members of the Geng family changed greatly, and their expressions were different.

Those generals who had come from other places did not know much about what had happened in Beijing in the past few months, and they could not help but look indignant.

The body of this Duke of Wei Guo is still cold, the coffin is still in the mourning hall, and the emperor already wants to release his own people to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to seize the power of the Geng family.

Originally, many of the old departments of the Geng family felt that Geng Hai had died strangely, and they had doubts in their hearts, but they didn't dare to think about it, but at this moment, the thought of being forced by them resurfaced in their hearts: Could it be that Wei Guogong was actually killed by the emperor! Its purpose is naturally to look down on the Geng family's power in the world, and wants to cut the Geng family's military power!

The emperor is really ruthless!

Wei Guogong devoted himself to the emperor and the court, and did his best, but he ended up like this.

The generals secretly exchanged glances, one by one filled with righteous indignation.

"Thank the emperor for his love for his ministers." Geng Anhui calmed down, and understood the emperor's intentions in his heart, but he could only make a look of great honor, "The minister has been following his father to run errands in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies all these years, and the minister is confident that he can take over from his father." ”

"yes." A middle-aged soldier immediately stood up, took two steps forward and walked to Geng Anhao's side, hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, although the prince is young, there are still us old guys, and we will definitely help the prince." ”

As he spoke, three or four more soldiers immediately stood behind Geng Anhao, all of whom were members of the first and second rank in the army, and they all echoed each other, and they were united as one.

Duanmuxian, You Junji and other ministers all pricked up their ears silently and listened, and their hearts rose to their throats, only Cen Yin casually looked up at the white paper money fluttering in the courtyard, as if he didn't care about what the emperor and Geng Anhao said.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and slowly looked around at the old Geng family gathered beside Geng Anhao, his eyes were slightly dark, and his body released a momentum of not being angry and arrogant.

The emperor didn't speak for a while, his face was expressionless, according to the current situation, if he openly said that Geng Hai rebelled, I am afraid that the entire Dasheng Dynasty will be in chaos.

The emperor sighed in his heart: fortunately, Ah Yin reminded him, fortunately, he had been prepared......

"Rustling ......"

A cold breeze blew, causing the branches and leaves above to shake violently, and the paper money around it danced even more wildly like goose feathers and snow.

"......" The hairs on the back of Geng Anhao's neck stood on end, and a little cold sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead, and he only felt as if he had pressed a mountain on his body.

In the past, Geng Anhao always believed that he was by no means worse than his father, even without the blessing of his father and the Weiguo Mansion, he could create a world.

Until this moment, Geng Anhao did not know that he had been living under the protection of his father for so many years...... In the future, he will have to rely on himself!

"An Hao, I have made up my mind." The emperor's voice was slightly cold, and he said in an unquestioning tone.

"The Emperor's ......"

Geng Anhao still wanted to say something, but he saw the emperor stroke his sleeve, and the words changed: "How is Sister Ling's injury?" I have already instructed the Imperial Hospital to send a few imperial doctors over to give Ling Mei a good look. I plan to take advantage of the heat and filial piety to welcome her into the palace and be named Concubine Zhuang. ”

The emperor hit a stick and gave another sweet date.

The ministers were in an uproar in their hearts, revealing shocked expressions.

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It's not enough to die! Guess what, will there be sugar tomorrow?

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"Ye is sick and delicate, pampered", by Gu Nanxi

My father always said: Xu Fang, why don't you die. Because she has an abnormal arrangement of chromosome 6, she will not be hungry or painful.

Dr. Xiao Yi often says: Xu Fang, you are a legend of genetic medicine. Because her vision and hearing are twenty-one times that of normal humans, her bouncing and arm strength are thirty-three times that of a normal human, and her regeneration and self-healing are as high as eighty-four times.

The people around me always say: Xu Fang, she is a monster.

Only Jiang Zhi said: Afang, it turns out that you will get drunk when you eat eggs, so can I feed you eggs? If you agree to marry me when you're drunk, okay?