Chapter 400: Reminiscence
The carriage arrived soon, Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian got off one after another, the Changchun Pavilion was on the top of the mountain not far away, and there were a few dark shadows at the foot of the mountain, it seemed that it should have been arranged by Xiao Heng.
"A few of you are guarding here, Wu Shun, you follow me up the mountain."
Xiao Mohan turned his head and commanded, there was no ripple in his deep eyes, his voice was low, and he spoke lightly.
"Yes." Those entourages did not dare to disobey Xiao Mohan's orders, and they all stayed one after another, and those who followed Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian up the mountain, in addition to Wu Shun, there was also Yuan Ying, who had been secretly following.
Although the mountain road is not easy to walk, there are long ladders along the road, and it is difficult for them, but they need to be more careful, if they accidentally fall down, it will be a big deal.
Although Qian Qianqian is a woman, she was born in the countryside and is used to walking all mountain roads, plus she knows a little taekwondo, so she is not so delicate, and she easily caught up with Xiao Mohan's pace.
In the Changchun Pavilion, a man in green clothes sits on a stone bench, with a chessboard and a pot of tea in front of him.
Xiao Mohan slowly walked up the steps, holding Qian Qianqian's hand, his thin lips were lightly hooked, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, his posture was clear and straight, his demeanor was graceful, and he was noble and compelling.
"Don't come unharmed, Ninth Brother." Xiao Heng turned his face sideways, pursed his lips and smiled, his eyebrows were lightly raised, his gaze crossed Xiao Mohan's body, and then glanced at Qian Qianqian, his expression was a little more subtle.
Qian Qianqian looked at the man in front of her, and was also stunned for a moment, Xiao Heng didn't look much like Xiao Mohan, maybe he was half-brother, each of them looked like his mother, although Xiao Heng's facial features were born well, but there was always a little less sense of atmosphere, although a pair of upward peach eyes were charming, but they always revealed indescribable danger and gloom.
Xiao Mohan stepped forward and sat down opposite Xiao Heng, Qian Qianqian also sat beside him, except for the three of them, there was no one else in this pavilion, but Xiao Mohan and Xiao Heng both knew that the other party had left a back hand.
"It's been eight years, and you haven't heard from you since you left, so there must have been a lot of attempts to come back this time."
Xiao Mohan remained silent, lifted his thin lips lightly, and just glanced at the chessboard lightly, with a few chess pieces sparsely placed on it, it seems that this game of chess has begun.
"What else can I try? It's just that I want to take back what I lost, and I think that if you were willing to stand on my side and help me, the current Xiao Guo will not be like this. ”
Xiao Heng raised his hand and poured two cups of tea, personally handed them to Xiao Mohan and Qian Qianqian, and when he talked about it, his face was full of ridicule, as if he was mocking others, and as if he was laughing at himself.
"I said a long time ago that you are not worthy of being the monarch of the Xiao Kingdom, so I don't regret it, even if you come back now, I won't help you."
Xiao Mohan just glanced at the tea, and didn't mean to raise a glass, Qian Qianqian naturally didn't dare to move when she saw this, she was worthy of Xiao Mohan, no matter who she faced, she spoke mercilessly.
"I'm not worthy? Could it be that the first emperor is worthy? In terms of the ability to govern the country and the country, I am indeed inferior to you, but it is more than enough than the first emperor, if the person who ascends the throne is me, you are the general, you and I join forces, Xiao Guo will be invincible, and he will not be entangled with the central country for so long. ”
Xiao Heng took a sip of tea, the green tea leaves floated and sank in the water, just like the eight years he fled to southern Xinjiang, he had no fixed residence, like duckweed, and finally gained a firm foothold.
"If you ascend to the throne, will you be able to tolerate me? I'm afraid that when the time comes, the entire General's Mansion will not exist, no matter how talented you are, and you don't have any benevolence, you are not worthy of being the monarch of Xiao State. ”
Xiao Mohan's face did not change, and coldly pierced Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng's words could coax ordinary people, but he couldn't coax Xiao Mohan, if Xiao Heng became the emperor of Xiao State, Xiao Mohan would definitely do his best to pull him down.
Xiao Heng seemed to be used to hearing this kind of words, and he was not annoyed at all, but drank the tea unhurriedly, and there was no superfluous look on his face, which made people wonder through.
"This is the woman you fancie? If she is a concubine, there are more charming women than her in the Chu Pavilion of Qinlou, but if she is the wife of the main room, she must at least be born as a princess, so as to be worthy of the ninth brother. ”
Xiao Heng looked at Qian Qianqian, his eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze became ambiguous, and his language was a little frivolous, as if he was deliberately provoking and embarrassing Qian Qianqian.
Qian Qianqian's expression was still calm, as if she hadn't listened to Xiao Heng's words, it was just a radical method, she didn't care at all, presumably Xiao Mohan wouldn't care.
"The person I fancy has his own benefits, and this person can't taste it, and he doesn't deserve to be mouthy."
Xiao Mohan lightly lifted his thin lips, and just spit out a sentence lightly, no matter who heard it, he felt embarrassed, and Xiao Heng was no exception.
"Ninth brother, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, I invited you to come today, just to catch up with you, why are you so aggressive?"
Xiao Heng shook his head, the smile on his face was a little embarrassed, Qian Qianqian didn't make a sound, just sat upright, quietly observing the person opposite.
"It's naturally okay to talk about the past, but I never like others pointing fingers at my people, so if you talk more, I won't accompany you."
Xiao Mohan didn't take Xiao Heng in his eyes at all, and every word was full of thorns, which made Xiao Heng lose face, and there was no room to fight back.
Xiao Heng just shook his head helplessly, the smile on his face became subtle, wanting to resolve this embarrassment, Xiao Mohan didn't care, and glanced at the chessboard from time to time, his expression was still indifferent.
"The ninth brother has good chess skills, I don't know if there have been changes over the years, why don't you play a game with me?"
Xiao Heng put down the tea cup in his hand, just hooked his lips and smiled, his eyes were full of indescribable cunning, and there was a bit of vicissitudes on his face, which looked like he had suffered from the wind and frost of southern Xinjiang for many years.
"Okay." Xiao Mohan didn't refuse, it's just playing chess, it's nothing, I think Xiao Heng's chess skills are also among the best, I don't know if he has grown in the past eight years in southern Xinjiang.
Xiao Mohan held the black son, Xiao Heng held the white child, the two fell into chess one after another, Qian Qianqian sat quietly on the side, just watched silently, and the hosta on the bun attracted Xiao Heng's attention.
"Cheng Feng and the others, you rescued them."
Xiao Mohan dropped a chess piece and spoke lightly, although it was a questioning tone, but it was full of indescribable affirmation, those masters did not appear out of thin air, since Xiao Heng came back, it must not be simple.
"Yes, I didn't want to do it so quickly, but if you kill Ouyang Kun, if I don't make a move, this capital will be your world."
Xiao Heng didn't cover it up, this matter can't contain the fire, with Xiao Mohan's power, sooner or later he will find out clearly, so it's better to put the matter on the bright side and probe the details of the other party.
"Sure enough, over the years, Ouyang Kun has been doing things for you, if he didn't have your support behind him, he wouldn't be so rampant, and now that he is dead, he deserves it, you want to get rid of the prince and help Pang Guifei's son to ascend to the throne, just paving the way for you."
Xiao Mo laughed coldly, his eyes narrowed slightly, his facial features were still cold and hard, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and his eyebrows were heroic, which made people shudder.
"It seems that over the years, your chess skills have improved again, and every step has been perfect, and it almost drives me to a dead end."
Xiao Heng spoke slowly, ostensibly talking about playing chess, but what was actually being said, the three of them all understood that he was showing favor to Xiao Mohan in every way, but Xiao Mohan just didn't appreciate it, so he could really only tear his face.
"The road is all out of your own, the so-called desperate road, is not forced by others, they are all chosen by yourself, if you don't have such greed, you won't hide in Miaojiang for eight years, now it should be a noble prince, under one person, above ten thousand people, from the prince to the prisoner, you chose it yourself."
Xiao Mohan just glanced at Xiao Heng coldly, the royal family affection has always been weak, although he and Xiao Heng are brothers, but if there is really an antagonism, he and Xiao Heng will not show mercy.
"But who doesn't want the Ninety-Five Supreme? How tragic it was to seize the heir of the nine sons at the beginning, become a king and lose a king, if I win, I will be the emperor on top, whoever is a prisoner in the court is just a sentence from me, don't say that you have never coveted that position, if this is the case, you will not solve the first emperor and help the prince to ascend the throne. ”
Although Xiao Heng has just returned to Beijing, he has always had eyeliner in Beijing, so he knows everything about what happened before, originally he didn't expect that Xiao Mohan could overthrow the first emperor in one fell swoop, so arrogant and rampant, he was really the first powerful minister of Xiao State, and now the little emperor is just Xiao Mohan's hand.
"No matter who I help to get to the top, it won't be your turn."
Xiao Mohan said lightly and sarcastically, with indescribable contempt in his eyes, constantly embarrassing Xiao Heng.
"It seems that I can't count on you to help me, in this case, I will no longer care about the brotherhood of the past, I failed to make you regret it eight years ago, and after eight years, I will definitely make you regret it."
Xiao Heng's face sank, his voice sank, Xiao Mohan's thin lips were deep, he suddenly raised his eyes, and the sunspot in his hand fell quietly.
"You've lost." Xiao Mohan gently spit out a few words, Xiao Heng looked at the chessboard, and sure enough, the sunspots swallowed the whites one by one and occupied the entire chessboard.
Xiao Heng put down the chess pieces in his hand, helpless, in terms of chess skills, he couldn't compare to Xiao Mohan eight years ago, but he didn't expect that he still couldn't win eight years later, Xiao Mohan's growth was always much faster than him.
"It's true that I, as an elder brother, lost, but playing chess is playing chess, and when it comes to a critical time, it is not certain who loses and who wins."
Xiao Heng's eyes were full of unwillingness, he had been lying in southern Xinjiang for eight years, just so that one day he could come back and regain what belonged to him, whether it was Xiao Mohan or the little emperor, they couldn't stop him.
"Then let's see, it's okay if you come back, if you don't come back and have been hiding in southern Xinjiang, it will undoubtedly be a hidden danger for Xiao Guo, but now that you are back, everything will be easy to do, and I don't need to send someone to track down your whereabouts, it's really good."
Xiao Mohan chuckled, there was no ripple in his deep eyes, no matter what Xiao Heng said, he could skillfully fight back and make Xiao Heng dumb and eat Coptis chinensis.
"You gave the concubine's hosta to this woman, when will you have a happy event? I'm your royal brother, so I'll have to drink a glass of wine and give you a congratulatory gift anyway. ”