Chapter 128: The Spark of War
If you have to lose something, and it's what your heart desires, you look forward to.
Su Qiyu couldn't guess it, and Yan Mingjiu couldn't think of it himself.
"What else?"
"What more do you want to know?"
Su Qiyu didn't know what Yan Mingjiu wanted to ask, so she simply let him ask the question himself.
Yan Mingjiu pursed his thin lips, and then replied, "About me and Zimeng." ”
"This master didn't say much, and I asked him your question, and he only answered me one sentence, which roughly means that she is what you gain and what you lose."
This sentence is very reminiscent of what Su Qiyu just said that is bound to be lost.
But neither of them mentioned this connection in unison, and they all blocked out a certain possibility that was already in front of them.
It's not that I don't think about it, but I don't dare to mention it.
Su Qiyu didn't say it, and after saying this, the master also added to him that this was the common cause and effect between Cangzimeng and Yan Mingjiu and the two of them.
"What do you mean?"
What is gained is also lost, in the face of gains and losses, what is gained, and what is lost, Yan Mingjiu vaguely knows the answer, but vaguely feels that he does not know.
"I don't understand either, I haven't understood what Master means after thinking about it for a long, long time. But I think if you really wait until that moment, you and I should understand. ”
Su Qiyu guessed correctly, but what he didn't guess was that when they really waited later, they felt that it was too late, and they were too late to protect what they were going to lose.
"Okay, tell me what you think, and I'll see if it's worth a try."
Su Qiyu replied proudly: "It's definitely worth ......"
Three days later
Nansheng Palace
Above the early dynasty
"Guozhang, you haven't replied for many days, and we are still waiting to go back to work after receiving the road, what is going on?"
If there is no reply for a day, it can be understood that Chengguo Zhang's mistake is too late, and it is too late to reply, and now it has been three consecutive days, which will definitely make people suspicious.
Si Nanlin stood in front of the dragon chair and replied: "Don't worry, if there is anything important, put it forward in the court first, and everyone will solve it together, after all, the old body is not the emperor, and it is not good to replace the review every day. ”
Because he only handled state affairs on behalf of Jiang Li, he never sat on the dragon chair every morning in the morning, and stood in front to show his heart.
The minister who had just spoken bluntly said: "It doesn't matter if we talk about the affairs of the people in the court, but as for some things involving the secrets of the Taoist state, none of us can guarantee that everyone present will not leak it out. ”
Si Nanlin thought about it, so he replied as a difficult one: "If that's the case...... It's better that the old body still replaces the emperor to approve the folds, but it is not covered with the dragon seal, so as to show that it means the old body, not the emperor? ”
Someone questioned: "Lord Guozhang, didn't you approve it a few days ago, why did you suddenly twist it like this?" ”
Si Nanlin covered his mouth and coughed lightly twice, and then put on a distressed expression, and replied: "The old body will not hide it from you, the emperor can still consciously answer the old body's questions a few days ago, so the song fold is the emperor's meaning, in recent days, the emperor's condition has worsened, and he can no longer express his consciousness, and the song fold has been put there." ”
Everyone is a cunning estimate, and after listening to his words, they instantly understood the meaning of the words, Jiang Li is about to die!
At this time, a minister who had secretly taken refuge in the abbot stood up and put forward an opinion that no one dared to ask: "The emperor's health is now sick, whether he can recover is a problem, and the queen has no children, so the minister thinks whether he should choose a prince to prevent accidents?" ”
The very few people who were still standing on Jiang Li's side were taken aback, Jiang Li was in a hurry to choose the prince before he died, and as soon as the prince was selected, even if Jiang Li couldn't die for a while, he would definitely not live long.
At that time, no matter what Jiang Li is, the result that the people hear will be two words: "Died of illness." ”
At this moment, the official who is still standing in Jiang Li's position and thinks that he has some status in his official position said: "The emperor is just sick, and he was well before, maybe one day he will return to the same as before, we are clamoring for the reserve at this moment, not to mention whether there is a candidate who can be qualified for the throne, how should we end up after the emperor recovers?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the people in the court began to talk to each other.
Some people are whispering about whether the emperor can wake up, and some people are talking about who they think is the best candidate for the prince. Of course, the only person he recognized was Guozhang.
Seeing that the court was in a mess of porridge, Si Nanlin, who was standing on a high place, hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, and then put on a look of embarrassment: "Okay, okay, everyone, let's be quiet first, the old body knows that everyone is worried about the emperor's affairs, and the old body himself is not it, after all, the emperor is still the son-in-law of the old body, and there is no reason to watch everyone have differences here." ”
The minister who had asked the story at the beginning asked again, "What does the ruler mean?" I would like to listen to you. ”
"It's not a secret, the queen already has a dragon son in her belly, and now she can expect to be a boy, so that she can become the prince logically, the emperor also knew about it before, and he planned to become the prince immediately after the prince was born, if it is a princess, it is another matter, and now the canonization decree is still in the hands of Lian'er.
The old man was also seen by the imperial doctor before, and he said that it was a boy, so everyone's worries can be less. During the period before the birth of the crown prince, the old man handled state affairs on his behalf. ”
At this moment, an extremely loud voice came from the door of the main hall.
"Whether the queen is pregnant or not, don't you know?"
When everyone heard the sound and turned around, they saw where Jiang Li was standing alive, and where there was a little bit of a terminally ill shadow in his demeanor.
Everyone was stunned, and after a moment someone reacted, they immediately knelt on the ground and saluted: "The minister greets the emperor." ”
Someone saluted with him, and fell to his knees on the ground, of course, only a third of them.
The rest are all Si Nanlin's people, including the minister who caused controversy at the beginning.
It is meaningless, he has already taken refuge in Si Nanlin. Fang Cai's pretense was just singing and harmonizing with Si Nanlin.
After seeing Jiang Li, the man subconsciously glanced back at Si Nanlin, and then looked at Jiang Li, who was slowly walking towards the center of the main hall.
"How do you prove that you are the emperor and not a thief pretending to be wearing the emperor's mask?"
He spoke this way to prove his suspicions, and also to give a reason not to bow down.
Jiang Li snorted coldly and said, "Prime Minister Zhang, when you are your right-hand man, I have supported your family and given you the highest status, but in the end, you still don't know me?" ”
Through this sentence, the person known as Prime Minister Zhang Cheng undoubtedly determined Jiang Li's identity, but he had already taken refuge in the country, and it was not good to make concessions directly, so he continued to ask: "Then do you have anything that can be proven?" ”
Jiang Li took off the jade pendant that had been hanging on his waist with his right hand, shook it in his hand, and then put down his hand and asked, "Isn't this enough proof?" When did Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's eyes become so bad? If you are dizzy, it is better to return to your hometown as soon as possible. ”
Prime Minister Zhang's face suddenly turned blue and red, he is now four years old and forty, and he is still many years away from the age of returning to his hometown. His current family glory depends on this official position, and returning to his hometown means losing everything. Men of this age are even more taboo to be pointed at their noses and said that they are old.
"You...... Who knows if you stole the jade pendant from somewhere, come and arrest this person who is pretending to be the emperor. ”
He is just a prime minister, this is the palace, naturally no one listens to him to arrest Jiang Li.
Prime Minister Zhang hurriedly turned around and looked at Si Nanlin for help, Si Nanlin put away the posture of watching the play, and said to everyone: "The emperor is seriously ill now, this person pretends to be the emperor to disturb the court, pull it down and immediately behead him." ”
The soldier listened to Si Nanlin's words and quickly approached Jiang Li.
The corner of Jiang Li's mouth couldn't suppress a sneer, and he slowly raised his left hand, revealing what he had been holding.
"Let's look at this, can you believe in my identity?"
What he was holding in his hand was the jade seal, and Su Qiyu was guarding outside the hall at this time, guessing what kind of good show was being staged inside at this time.
When everyone saw the jade seal, they understood the reason why these Heavenly Kingdom Masters did not approve the folds.
At that time, the soldiers who were originally close to him all stopped and looked at each other, except for a few who were still firmly on the side of the abbot, and the rest of the ministers all knelt down and saluted, but they did not make a sound.
Si Nanlin still ordered very calmly: "What are you doing in a daze, catch this person who is pretending to be the emperor." ”
Those soldiers were not ambiguous, no matter what Jiang Li was holding in his hands, they just had to catch them.
The next moment, someone kicked a big hole in the roof, and with the falling dust, many black-clothed people jumped into the hall from the hole, some quickly scattered around Jiang Li to protect him, and some stood still to see who was resisting.
Si Nanlin walked down slowly, and every time he got closer, the surrounding ministers would stay away from him, and consciously gave way to Jiang Li.
He walked ten steps away from Jiang Li, and said to the group of people who had just stopped their movements by the appearance of the man in black, "Let you stop?" Still hands-on? ”
This time, the soldiers began to use real knives and guns, and they fought with the group of black-clothed people who protected Jiang Li.
All the ministers also fled in an instant, some ran to both sides of the main hall, and some ran to far corners, and the most common thing they had was that they did not run away, but where to observe the war in the center of the hall.
In the center of the smoky kung fu hall, there was only the sound of blades colliding, and only Jiang Li and Si Nanlin, who were watching the play, were not moving.
They looked at each other, and there were sparks of lightning between them.
Jiang Li was surrounded by specially trained dead soldiers, and it was easy to kill all the soldiers present without harming Si Nanlin, and without prey, they would take Si Nanlin as a target.
Si Nanlin's skills were far above them, and after easily dodging a few attacks, more soldiers came in outside.
They helped Si Nanlin to lure away the man in black, and Si Nanlin's gaze turned directly to Jiang Li.
The dead soldiers were not worth mentioning in front of Si Nanlin, and they could be easily solved without effort, Jiang Li found that he began to quickly become weak, and blew a very loud whistle at his right hand.
Su Qiyu outside heard the whistle and quickly entered, followed by the rest of the dead soldiers.
Si Nanlin saw that the current soldiers were too weak to resist Jiang Li's group of dead soldiers, so he withdrew and took out the milky white talisman from his arms, and said to the ministers who were watching the play around him: "The talisman is here, and all the military soldiers obey orders." ”