Chapter 169: Chengping Palace
Zhang Zhong, the prime minister of Great Xia, was still sick, but he also hurried to King Xia's bedroom for some reason. After the two of them held the lamp and talked in the dormitory, Zhang Zhong left in a hurry, but saw the Jingchi who rushed to the scene.
Jing Chi's body was stained with blood, and the whole person did not feel gentle and elegant in the dark night.
Zhang Zhong was stunned for a moment, "His Royal Highness, why is it so late?" ”
"What is the matter with the Prime Minister?"
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "Your Highness, the letter you sent. "I don't know if the person delivering the letter was delayed on the way or there was another reason, he just received a letter from the guards sent by Jing Chi tonight before entering Xiantao, about the collusion between Zhao Erze and the Zhou family, and then entered the palace to meet King Xia, who knew that he met Jing Chi covered in blood here.
He asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter?" ”
"Let's meet my father with me." He sighed. The figures of the two were hidden in the endless night in the empty palace.
King Xia had just sent Zhang Zhong away, but this not hot news shocked him extraordinarily, his son was so stupid that he asked for help from other countries for the throne, and lured the wolf into the house. Seeing Jing Chi come in, his silent expression was shocked, why was Jing Chi injured by Jing Zheng?
"My son's visit to my father." Jing Chi knelt on the ground respectfully.
"Get up." King Xia raised his hand.
"Coming here late at night, and dyeing your clothes with blood, what's the matter?" King Xia asked.
Jing Chi stood up and said calmly, "Originally, Erchen had already returned to Chengping this afternoon, and decided to enter the palace to meet his father and report the situation of the Xiantao epidemic and ......" He paused, "and the news from Beiyang, but I don't want to be kidnapped halfway, if someone hadn't rescued him, I'm afraid Erchen would still be locked in that courtyard now." ”
"Who made such a heinous mistake?"
Jing Chi's dark eyes fell on King Xia's eyes, his thin lips opened slightly, and he spit out two words: "Jing Zheng." ”
Jing Chi observed his father's expression, it seemed that he was not too surprised, maybe his many emotions were already heavy at the moment when Zhang Zhong finished speaking. He looked back at Zhang Zhong who was standing on the side, "Prime Minister Zhang must have already told the ins and outs." Gu Zi'an, the new king of Beiyang, specially sent Meng Yining to Daxia to deliver letters, and originally sent three letters last month, but for some reason all of them did not fall into his hands. This time, I also sent a letter to my father's palace, but it seems that I was intercepted halfway. ”
King Xia's face was gloomy, and Jing Chi's words let him know that there were people beside him who didn't belong to him.
"Is there any evidence?"
Jing Chi took out the jade pendant that Meng Yining specially brought to him from his chest, "The Beiyang Zhao family conspired to usurp the throne and conspired with the Jing Zheng Zhou family, this is a token." He presented the jade pendant. King Xia looked at it and said in a deep voice, "It is indeed something from the Zhou family." His eyes were like an eagle, looking straight at the clear jade pendant.
Xia Wang didn't speak for a while, his heart was turbulent, and he wanted to hide his anger, but his voice seemed to be ready to be ignited at any time, he raised his head and asked, "What do you want to do?" Where is Zhao Erze now? ”
"The father atones for his sins, but the son does not know." Jing Chi suddenly knelt on the ground.
"It's not up to you," King Xia sighed.
Zhang Zhong took a step forward and said, "Wechen suggested finding an excuse to remove his military power in case there was a big move. Originally, didn't Concubine Fu want King Lian to be an official in Chengping, it was just an opportunity. ”
Fu Guifei, Fu Guifei, Zhou Wan, Wan'er...... When King Xia heard this name, his head became more and more sore. Zhou Wan had a miscarriage that day, he handed over Jing Zheng for questioning, Jing Zheng denied that he had a dispute, and Concubine Fu herself said that she accidentally bumped into it. Zhou Wan is a careful person on weekdays, how could she suddenly be like this, what is the reason for a dispute?
What if Zhou Wan didn't want this child herself, or if this child herself was not the bloodline of the Wang family? He sighed in his heart that day, since he had been to Concubine Fu's bedroom and felt the same male taste, he sent the eunuch next to him to inquire, and really found that Zhou Wan had a private meeting with a man.
King Xia remained silent, originally taking into account the rights of the Zhou family and the military power in Jing Zheng's hands, but now, this family is going to be reversed!
Zhou Wan stole people, Zhou Binzhao and Jing Zheng teamed up with enemy generals, this crime is unforgivable.
King Xia's chest rose and fell because of anger, and sparks were about to burst out of his eyes, "You just do as you say, tomorrow there will be Prime Minister Lao above the court." ”
"Obey."
"Go down, all of you, the widow wants to be alone and quiet."
Jing Chi's expression was a little worried, and he whispered, "Father, son-in-law still has something." ”
King Xia looked at Jing Zheng's face and suddenly asked, "The widow remembers that you were particularly afraid of blood when you were a child. ”
He smiled comfortably, "It was all when I was a child, and now I have seen a lot of fighting, killing, and killing, how can I still be afraid." Jing Chi told all about the epidemic in Xiantao again, especially the hundreds of dead mouse corpses in the river water, which were suspected to have been released by Yanrong people.
King Xia asked, "How about the sick soldiers in the army?" ”
Jing Chi shook his head, "Seventy." ”
Zhang Zhong gasped, "King Xia, if this is really the case, you need to quickly recruit General Lian Qin into the palace, internal and external troubles can't be delayed!" ”
King Xia nodded, and suddenly asked Jing Chi as if he remembered something: "Who you just said is still there?" ”
Jing Chi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Beiyang, Meng Yining." ”
King Xia's mind brought up Meng Yining's small appearance, "That girl, Hou is outside, the people around Gu Zi'an are called in to discuss something." ”
The horizon has not yet turned white, and the general Lian Qin was soon recruited into the palace, at this time the horizon has not yet turned white, the night is still deep, and the palace lamp is burning like a flame on the edge of the night. Meng Yi stood aside, the blood on his face had obviously been wiped off a lot, but there was still a smell of blood between his hair.
Meng Yining's identity at this time was more like the envoy of Beiyang, and he originally said about Zhao Erze's collusion, and finally added that Zhao Erze's whereabouts were unknown, and he was probably in Chengping.
The little girl spoke sonorously and forcefully, neither humble nor arrogant. King Xia was no longer able to equate her with the weak woman who was bullied by He Miaomiao. Meng Yining retreated again, leaving them to talk.
When Lian Qin entered the dormitory, the atmosphere was very anxious. In the past few days, he has also been tormented by the epidemic and cannot sleep at night, more than half of the soldiers in the army have fallen ill and have no combat effectiveness. Only General Gai Xiaoyong, who escorted Gu Zi'an to Beiyang, is still sound.
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