In a dilapidated courtyard near Tongguan Town, a man dressed in tatters and looking like a beggar was driven by a rugged man behind him with a long whip.

From the outside, this is an ordinary house, although it is not very luxurious, but for ordinary people, it is also an ideal shelter from the wind and rain.

The door was locked, and the courtyard was filled with the bleak loneliness of the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and there were a few faint mournings inside.

A skillful man stepped forward, with a shake of his hand, a string of brass keys slipped out of his sleeve, and he opened the door neatly, and the originally bleak and lonely courtyard instantly exploded like a pot, and the noisy crying, cursing and begging for mercy came from the inside, but the big men didn't even want to raise their eyelids more.

As if there was some animal in captivity in a house surrounded by iron fences, the tattered man's eyes were full of fear and despair, and he was struggling hesitantly, and he was whipped by the cold-eyed and ruthless man, and the man's eyes revealed a bit of disgust and impatience.

"Get in! Don't let the old men fail to finish their errands, grinding and chirping, it's really unlucky! After that, the phlegm in the big man's mouth spat on the ground, and the scolding appearance was very fierce.

The man with the skin on his back was instantly rickety, his body trembled and trembled, and his thin clothes were bloodstained except for dust, some of which were already yellowed, and some of them were newly added, and his unkempt hair slipped silver from his hair, and his bare arms were full of broken abscesses, which was disgusting.

"Uncle, don't lock me in! The youngest one also has a three-year-old daughter, how can she live when the little one is gone! What a sin... God has no eyes, God has no eyes! ”

When the man howled and talked about his daughter, his face instantly aged dozens of years, and the sadness was unbearable, and the snot and tears flowed sideways, mixed in the rash all over his body, making everyone inside mourn and cry.

The big men wore cloth scarves around their faces and black clothes on their bodies, almost covering the whole person as if they were in a sleeve.

They just whipped with leather whips, and did not want to touch the people locked inside, including the man who was locked in at this time, and they couldn't even touch their feet, for fear of being contaminated with some dirt, they quickly locked the door, and then strode out of the courtyard, and locked the courtyard door firmly.

"Master, do you really want to let them out? It's very contagious, just in case..."

Without waiting for the man in front of him to express his concerns, the prince sitting on the couch smiled evilly, revealing a row of good-looking white teeth.

"There is no case, what this prince wants is 10,000 ways to bring down Jimo, this is an errand sent by the father and the emperor, so what consequences can't be blamed on the head of this prince, the third child, do you say yes or no?"

The crown prince spoke up and looked at the stunned third prince on the side, and the third prince heard the prince call his name, and hurriedly turned his head and gave his hand.

"What the imperial brother said is naturally very right, since it was ordered by the father, that is, the king let the minister die, and the minister had to die, so he had to do it."

Looking at the submissive appearance of the third prince, a dark color crossed the prince's face, what a wreck, just this little thing scared him like this, how can he get it in the future!

Coming out of the prince's mansion, the third prince was in a trance like last time, taking mechanical steps and not knowing where to go, his mother seemed to have a close relationship with the prince, sometimes even he didn't know what to say between the two of them, they had to meet several times a day, where did they come from so many endless words.

But this time, the three princes did not enter the threshold of the teahouse, and were stopped by the nine princes who dismounted head-on.

"Third brother, why are you here?" The Nine Emperor Princes asked aloud, with a calm attitude, without humility or arrogance.

Their brothers are not very close, he is close to the prince alone, but since the king moved his family to Tongguan Town, even if the emperor doesn't say it, he knows that he has to avoid suspicion, otherwise sooner or later he will cause trouble for the prince.

And the third prince has been with the prince since he was a child, and he has never been close to him, so many years, once he bumped into him, he was so calm that he took the initiative to come forward to say hello, and there was no other intersection.

"Oh! Is it the ninth brother? How did you get from here? The third prince came back to his senses, and the words came out of his mouth directly.

"The third brother forgot, I was in Beijing and Jiwei recently, and I just came back from the shift, and I happened to meet the third brother when I walked here." The Nine Emperors' expression was indifferent, and there was a faint and unscrupulous smile on his face.

In the eyes of the third prince, this ninth brother is not very familiar with it, the imperial city is large, and the princes have their own things to do every day, but they can't often run into it.

"Ninth brother, haven't you been to Tongguan Town recently? Fifth brother, are they okay? The third prince muttered to his lips, asking what he thought in his heart, and he was taken aback by his words.

"Third brother, don't worry! The fifth brother is doing well, no different from being in the capital. "The Nine Emperors looked at these three very strangely, the fifth brother and the third brother don't have any friendship on weekdays, right?

What does he care? He's relieved that they're not doing well, isn't he? He has been with the prince since he was a child, and he does not have a good relationship with other brothers, in their eyes, he is a dog behind the prince! The corners of the third prince's mouth smiled, and his eyes were full of bitterness.

"Third brother, is there something wrong? Fifth brother, nothing will happen to them, right? Could it be that the father is going to take action against them? ”

The Nine Emperors have always been a straight man, what to say, it is also his straightforward nature that dares to act, so that the emperor can rest assured that he will hand over the Jingji Wei to him, otherwise, now that Jimo is "rebelling", the Nine Emperor Princes who are close to him are the first victims.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't think about it blindly, this is to say it in front of the third brother, if it is like this in front of the father, it will be a loss of head."

The third prince waved at Jimoyang, raised his feet and walked into the teahouse, went straight to the private room on the second floor, and stood by the window, he looked at the back of Jimoyang gradually moving away below, and sighed in his heart, "I hope this reminder can make them take precautions!" One day, you can save his life! ”

"Prince, is this true? The current situation must not arouse the emperor's suspicion, the prince sent someone to monitor us at all times! A staff member in a brown robe listened to the words of the Nine Emperor Princes and spoke out to comfort him.

"No matter what, this prince can't let the fifth brother and fifth sister-in-law suffer an unjustified disaster!" The Nine Emperors changed the faint smile with the Three Princes on the street, and their bodies were covered with gloom, and their faces were like frost.

This is the study of the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion, which was originally an ordinary study, but in a place where others can't notice, a slightly raised stone inlay, surrounded by the bow and crossbow sword that the Nine Emperor Princes have always loved.

It was a secret passage that the Nine Emperor Princes had secretly built since the day they opened the mansion, and the lights were bright at the moment, the walls were full of bookshelves, and the men stood tall and discussed state affairs.

"Master, if you want to achieve great things, you must give up your children's affection, if you are the emperor one day, then the prince will not be executed, and then you will be able to keep the prince and his wife."

"That's right! Master, you can't be rash at this time, your wings are not yet full, if the emperor is moved by this matter, then our hegemony is afraid to be in vain, don't think twice! ”

The staff around him persuaded him one by one, and Ji Moyang's mind always appeared that Ji Mo was as stern as a father, so sincere to him, and said that the five princes were ruthless and unrighteous, but in front of him, he was single-handedly promoted up.

If it weren't for the man who was as resolute as an iceberg in Jimoyu, if he wanted to succeed, I am afraid that he would have to be more than ten years later than now! From a hairy young man who didn't understand for a while and was afraid of seeing the dead, to now holding the prince who has all the troops of the Jingjiwei in his hands, he hates to thank his fifth brother.

But if it is really as the strategists say, he will be the emperor one day, so that he will not die, he is so proud, he has been promoted by him, but he destroys all his pride with his own hands, then he is really sorry.

Three days later, in front of the palace of the king of Tongguan Town, a man in a cloak appeared, the man jumped down from his horse, carefully looked at the three gilded characters, the three words "the palace of the king" were as restrained and arrogant as in the capital, the light seemed to be very dazzling, and the piercing Jimo Yang's eyes were hot, and his face was slightly blurred.

"Who are you looking for?" An inquiring male voice came from behind him, that is, Mo Yang removed the wetness in his eyes and turned back.

Mu Qing's expression changed slightly, there was surprise and disbelief in his eyes, and then he gave his hand, "His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!" ”

Mu Qing took the lead in retreating into the mansion gate, leaving all the space behind the two people who had not seen him for a long time.

His fifth brother is still the same frosty, cold and hard face is still the best of all the princes, that is, Mo Yang is no longer the hairy boy who didn't understand the world back then, he is now in charge of the Beijing and Hebei Guard, and the momentum around him is gradually revealed, after all, he is also a part of the partisan struggle in the court.

"Fifth brother, how are you doing? Please mourn the affairs of the son. ”

Jimo Yang's expression was not half uncomfortable, Le Zhengzhan saw the couple, and he didn't mention anything about Jimo Sulang, he was afraid that they would be sad, and the Nine Emperors, he was the fifth brother who felt sorry for himself, and he really hoped that his fifth brother could mourn.

The young man's height seems to have risen a lot, he really looks like a calf, his shoulders are broad, his eyebrows are a little more resolute, it seems that he is not lazy in Beijing, and he is refining his muscles and bones every day.

"When did you arrive? How did you learn the tricks of others who couldn't get into the house? Ji Mo looked at the mature young man opposite, his ninth brother who could already be compared to him.

"Fifth brother, how can I have it? I just came for a while, I have something important to tell you, just leave, my father doesn't know that I came to you, this matter is very important, he has to be free, I will come to see the fifth brother and the fifth sister-in-law. ”

Ji Mo Yu didn't care if he entered the house or not, since he said that there was something important, it was natural to say that things were more important first, and the Nine Emperor Princes told Ji Mo Yu about his conjecture and the rumors and rumors that he had probed in recent days, and Ji Mo Yu's face turned black and black.

Before leaving, Ji Moyang, who jumped on horseback, added as if he thought of something: "Fifth brother, the third emperor brother told me these things. With that, he raised his smiling face, grabbed the horse's belly, and disappeared into the sunset.