Niu Kelian followed Xiangye from Dali Temple back to Xiangfu.

Along the way, Xiangye had a gloomy old face, exuding a dangerous aura all over his body.

Niu Kelian glanced at Xiang Ye from time to time with the corner of his eye, looking at Xiang Ye's full of folds, frowning eyebrows, and slightly closed eyes, his heart was furious.

Along the way, Xiangye sat in the carriage, leaning back against the back seat, his brows twisted into a dead knot, and he didn't know what he was calculating.

This situation made Niu Kelian more and more uneasy, and his heart went up and down, feeling that he kept falling into the darkness.

He understands that Xiang Ye is fierce and cruel, insidious and cunning, and he is very ruthless when he treats his subordinates or subordinates. Once he angers Xiangye himself, he will be severely beaten at the least, and his life will be at slight.

Recalling his performance in the court, Niu Kelian broke out in a cold sweat. The cold wind of early winter poured in through the cracks in the car, and the cold wind blew on Niu Kelian's body, and he was shivering. If others see it, they will think that he is shivering from the cold, only he knows that he is afraid.

A fear on the verge of death swept over his senses for no apparent reason, and he seemed to have foreseen the tragic fate he was about to face.

Because, along the way, Xiangye never opened his mouth to talk to him, no, he didn't even bother to give him a look.

Xiangye originally regarded him as his confidant, and most of the plans he had would tell him. For this reason, he knows a lot of the inside story of Xiangye and has mastered a lot of Xiangye's handles. In the past, Xiangye didn't say how much he valued him, and he would still confide in him when he encountered troubles.

And today, it was obvious that Xiangye looked preoccupied and gloomy, but he didn't say a word to him. He didn't think that Xiang Ye was just angry about things related to Chu Tiankuo, he knew that Xiang Ye was quite annoyed with him.

Xiang Ye had never been silent in front of him for so long, Niu Kelian thought that there was only one explanation for this, and Xiang Ye was brewing a big conspiracy. Among them, there must be a plan to get rid of him.

In Niu Kelian's mind, the faces of the people who had died tragically in the Prime Minister's Mansion couldn't help but appear. Most of them have talked about Xiangye behind their backs, or they have done something wrong, or they have gone against Xiangye's wishes, and some of them are very innocent and have inadvertently touched Xiangye's bad head.

Before they knew what they had done, they were ordered by Xiangye to die alive. And he made such an obvious mistake, at worst, he annoyed Xiangye, and at worst, he betrayed Xiangye.

Niu Kelian shuddered, I don't know how to deal with him after returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion?

At this time, he envied Xu Xiucai, he originally thought that Xu Xiucai died miserably, but now he felt that Xu Xiucai died a well-deserved death. To die to save your beloved is at least worth dying. At least, the occasional smell of cigarette incense Xu Xiucai came, and he would be grateful for his life-saving grace and shed two tears for him.

Thinking back to himself, Niu Kelian couldn't help but gasp. If he dies like this, will he not be able to turn over forever? He had long realized his mistake and was going to change his ways. If he dies like this, he will not be reconciled.

He also has to change his mind and be a new man, he has to be a witness, he wants to bring down the Xiangye, so that the Xiangye can get the retribution he deserves. He wants to atone for his past.

However, no matter how strong his desire to survive is, Xiangye wants him to die today, and he will never leave him for tomorrow. Xiangye's means, Niu Kelian is clear.

In the court, although he did not say anything unfavorable to Xiang Ye openly, he did not defend Xiang Ye as wholeheartedly as before, and stood on the united front with Xiang Ye.

He carefully concealed his dissent, but it accidentally flowed out in the court, how could the extremely keen Xiangye not notice his strangeness?

If it weren't for Xiangye who found out that he had two hearts and had murderous intent towards him, how could he be so indifferent to him?

People's sixth sense is extremely correct, and Niu Kelian trusts his own judgment. He already had a hunch that Xiangye would not let him go this time. He has betrayed Xiang Ye in his heart, and he has so many tricks in his own hands, he knows the details of Xiang Ye, and he even knows a little about Xia He.

For Xiang Ye, if he can't use it for himself, he will kill them quickly.

A chill rose from the soles of Niu Kelian's feet and quickly rushed to his brain. Before death came, he already smelled the danger of death.

Niu Kelian originally thought that Xu Xiucai's death was very miserable, but now he imagined that his death must be even worse than Xu Xiucai's.

He began to panic, and his heart was uneasy. Death was already approaching him, and it was impossible to escape, so he hoped that he would die quickly and not be too painful. Let him bite his tongue and commit suicide like Daddy Hou, that is impossible, he can't do it.

Knowing that this was a path to death, he couldn't run away. Outside the carriage, the guards, including the coachman, were all top masters, and he didn't want to escape. At this moment, he was so envious of Chu Tiankuo's unfathomable martial arts, but as long as he could have Chu Tiankuo's martial arts, he would be able to escape.

Just when Niu Kelian was in a state of confusion and cranky thoughts, the Prime Minister's Mansion had arrived.

The coachman helped Xiang Ye get out of the carriage, Niu Kelian saw it in a trance, and the corners of Xiang Ye's mouth hooked up a bloodthirsty sneer, or he was wrong, in short, he was so shocked that his hairs stood up.

After the two entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister still didn't say a word, and walked briskly towards the study.

Niu Kelian's imaginary tyranny did not come, and he was a little confused. Could it be that he made a mistake in judgment?

Could it be that Xiang Ye was bent on dealing with Chu Tiankuo and didn't notice his abnormal behavior? Is he too sensitive?

On the way back, he was thinking about it all over the matter, thinking that when he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister would order someone to take him down. Then, he began to abuse and mutilate him in order to vent his anger.

On the contrary, nothing happened, and everything seemed to be uneventful. He felt that this was just a superficial peace, and he did not let go of the burden in his heart.

Niu Kelian stood in place and watched Xiang Ye go away, until he left his sight, and did not follow Xiang Ye in a flattering manner.

He immediately went back to his room and got the gold-filigree soft armor he had hidden. The golden silk soft armor was asked by Xiangye to take it and throw it away. He kept an eye on it and hid it. At the beginning, Xiang Ye trusted him very much, and he didn't know that he went against Xiang Ye's intentions, and he had the audacity to hide the gold silk soft armor.

At this time, the golden silk soft armor has become a hot potato, once it is discovered by Xiangye, I am afraid that he will not be as simple as being beaten to death. Xiangye would pull his tendons, peel off his skin, and let him bleed.

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, Niu Kelian thought about escaping from the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, the sky and the earth are big, and there is always a place for him.

Determined to escape from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he hurriedly began to pack his things and put some gold and silver soft armor into his baggage. After packing up, I just wanted to escape from the Prime Minister's Mansion with my baggage, but suddenly turned back.

It occurred to him that in such a situation, it would be extremely unwise to leave with baggage. With a large target with a burden, it is very conspicuous, and it is inevitable that you will be bumped into, and then you will be stopped and asked what should I do?

What if you get caught with your baggage? He can't tell even if he has ten mouths, if he leaves without baggage, it is less likely to attract the attention and suspicion of others, and the probability of successfully leaving is greater.

For him, life must be more important than possessions, and if his life is gone, no amount of money can be spent.

In order to survive, Niu Kelian gave up many antique toys, gold and silver treasures, and just put the silver tickets he usually saved into his pocket. He didn't have time to count how many silver tickets he brought, he just felt that the amount was quite large, and if he saved money in the future, it should be enough for him to spend the rest of his life.

He only hated himself for not deciding to leave sooner, and now he decided to flee, I'm afraid it's a little late. Now, I don't know if he can escape this catastrophe? Even though it was late, he still had to give it a go. If he can escape from the clutches of Xiangye victoriously, a new life awaits him.

The silver ticket is light and easy to carry, and with so many silver tickets in his arms, he can't see the appearance at all. But what about the Golden Silk Soft Armor? How did he take the Golden Silk Soft Armor away? If you stuff it in your arms, it looks bulging and easy to notice.

However, he had to take the gold silk soft armor with him anyway. What's the matter? After thinking about it, he decided to wear the gold silk soft armor on his body.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. It's safer to wear the gold silk soft armor on your body than to take it away.

In the study, Xiangye was asking Sun Shan to do some errands.

This man, Sun Shan, is a down-and-out scholar in his thirties. He was re-selected by Xiang Ye after Xu Xiucai's death, and Xiang Ye was ready to train him to be his right-hand man and his right-hand man.

Sun Shan, in addition to being a little older than the dead Xu Xiucai, has a similar temperament to Xu Xiucai. However, according to Xiangye's preliminary test, Sun Shan was much more loyal than Xu Xiucai.

Perhaps, Xiangye took a fancy to Sun Shan's loyalty, so he promoted him step by step.

As the saying goes, if you have no hair on your mouth, you can't do things well. Xiang Ye was very disappointed in Xia Hao and Xu Xiucai. They were originally young and promising, as long as they were loyal to him and did the errands he gave them, they would definitely have a bright future. However, both of them lost their lives in the hands of women.

Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, so that the master has learned to be smart. He cultivated his henchmen again, no longer looking for young people, but only looking for mature people like Sun Shan.

As soon as they hear the name Sun Shan, probably everyone will think of a word, the name of Sun Shan. That's right, Sun Shan's fate is like this word, he participated in the imperial examination several times, but his name fell to Sun Shan. Therefore, he also blamed the father and mother who named him for being uneducated and taking such an obscure name.

I don't know why Sun Shan couldn't pass the exam, but his brain is really good, and there are a lot of ghost ideas. As soon as he met Xiangye, it was like a bandit meeting a bandit, and he was in the same stream.

Xiangye thought that with a henchman like Sun Shan, why worry about everything. It's just that he has been with Sun Shan for a short time, and he hasn't fully trusted him, so he is still under investigation, so he didn't let Sun Shan accompany him to Dali Temple to try the case.

In the first year of Xingde, Hong Gaode proclaimed himself emperor, established the Great Western Kingdom, and set the capital of Fengcheng. In the early days of the establishment of the regime, the surrounding countries were eyeing the Great Western Kingdom and provoked wars for no reason. Before the expedition, Xu Guifei, the mother of Xigong, was 8 months pregnant. The emperor proposed an edict, if the prince was born, he would be named Hong Chengye, and the prince would be established, and if he was born a princess, he would be crowned Princess Changyu.

After Emperor Hong left the palace, Queen Xia made a plan to let Xu Guifei slip the fetus, who knows, the sky did not fulfill her wish, and the fetus in Xu Guifei's womb was born, and it actually survived.

"Your Majesty has already doted on Concubine Xu, and now, she has given birth to a prince again, and I see that our master and queen throne will not be able to be kept."

"Isn't it? Listening to the palace maid in the West Palace, the prince was born white and fat, very cute, his face resembled His Majesty, there was a righteousness between his eyebrows, and he must be a good emperor when he grows up. ”

This is the little palace maid in the queen's palace whispering in private.

Even if they don't talk about it, the Empress Xia knows that if she doesn't try to get rid of the prince, I'm afraid that life won't be better in the future.

She immediately summoned her elder brother Xiangye and Chu Xiang, the head of the imperial guard, to discuss countermeasures. They plotted to burn down the West Palace, which was carried out by General Chu.

At the critical moment, General Chu gave up the idea of harming the prince and exchanged his own son for the prince's exit from the palace.

Xu Guifei cried and cried, turned her heart sideways, picked up the hairpin, and used the tip of the hairpin to tattoo the word "heaven" on the prince's left shoulder. The stab is in the child's body, the pain is in the mother's heart, and after the stabbing is finished, Xu Guifei's painful liver and intestines are broken. She trembled and hung a jade pendant on the crown prince, which was given by the emperor himself, and there is only one in the world today.

Concubine Xu Guifei kowtowed to Chu Xiang, and said with tears in her eyes, "General Chu, please accept my three bows, your great kindness and great virtue, this palace will repay it in the next life." ”

"Niangniang, you can't help it, please get up ...... quickly" As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside, General Chu picked up the prince and hurriedly fled through the side door.

Xu Guifei fainted.

The person who came was the imperial doctor Feng Nanyang. Legend has it that this person was originally a man in the rivers and lakes, and his nickname was the fortune teller. He can pinch and calculate, not only has excellent medical skills, but also has extraordinary martial arts. He took away General Chu's son, performed light skills, shuttled freely in the palace, easily got rid of the pursuit of the palace guards, and left the city safely.

After Xia, he ordered people to burn down the West Palace, and Xu Guifei and a cadre were buried in the fire. During the inventory of the body, it was found that the body of a baby was missing. Plus General Chu Xiang's whereabouts are unknown. Empress Xia and Xiangye concluded that the prince was most likely taken away by Chu Xiang. So, Empress Xia secretly sent people to hunt down and kill General Chu Xiang.

In the fourth year of Xingde, the emperor returned triumphantly.

Xia Hou was shrewd and capable, and kept this matter a secret. Emperor Hong didn't believe that Xu Guifei really died in an accident. He often dreamed of the crown prince, and he has been sending people to investigate the matter secretly, but he has not been able to find out the truth, Chu Xiang disappeared, and Feng Nanyang also disappeared.

In the fifth year of Xingde, the queen gave birth to a son, and Emperor Hong named him Hong Cheng'an. The queen thought to herself, the emperor obviously did not have high hopes for this son. Empress Xia thought to herself, even if the emperor delayed issuing an edict and appointing a new crown prince, Emperor Rihong would die, and the throne would be her son's sooner or later. However, she still had some concerns, twenty-four years ago, she sent someone to hunt down and kill Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang was seriously injured and died, but the prince did not know who rescued him.

For more than 20 years, there has been no news of the prince. If the crown prince is still alive, then he will be the biggest threat to Hong Chengan's succession to the throne. Besides, once this matter is revealed, she and Xiangye will definitely be in trouble.

Emperor Hong Gaode reigned for 24 years, he worked hard, knew people well, the country was strong, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Emperor Hong grew old and missed his lost prince more and more, and finally fell ill.

Knowing that Emperor Hong was ill, Feng Nanyang sneaked into the palace to see the emperor.