Jianchang Yefu Nancheng, known as the land of fish and rice, this place is rich, the folk customs are more civilized than Kyoto, because of the proximity to Ganwang Pass, the West Liang merchants are common in the southern city. Outside the Ganwang Pass, originally entrenched in the small country of three taels of the south, because the people were forced to live by the Northwest Plains, when Emperor Taizong, occasionally violated the border of Dalong, and robbed the wealth and grain of the border counties under the rule of Jianchang, so that there were often wars, 20 years ago, the king of Xiliang raised troops, conquered and collected them under his rule, and set them up as Wangyang County, which was not guilty of Da Longqiu, and exchanged commercial markets.

Wangyang County Shou is a nobleman born in the Xiliang royal family surnamed Wan.

So Xue Dongchang suddenly realized that the choice of the third prince to Hu Shizhong's "surgery" seemed to be accidental, but he actually had a big plan, and the reason was of course not only the taboo about the bottom limit explained before.

The Son of Heaven has long regarded the three princes as the best candidates to inherit the throne, and handed over the secret departments of his cronies to the three princes to take charge, so the master needs a lot of scruples to act.

The three princes saw that Xue Commander finally opened some tricks, and he was very pleased, and did not shy away from admitting that he had gone through the six years of Yuanqing to start step by step, until today, everything was ready, he communicated with Xue Guoxiang and made a plan, first made Xiliang Hu and Qing Er's clan dismantle each other, so that the two sons in law were disqualified to marry with the surname of the king, and the ambitions of the two surnames were gradually revealed, and the king of Xiliang had long been unwilling to change the surname of the throne, when Princess Jin Yuan learned that his father was killed by the king's favorite concubine Qinghe Jun, and forced the king of Xiliang to die.

Naturally, the discord between Yiyangjun and the Qing family was already within the plan of the three princes, and there was Xue Guoxiang's advice, and the king of Xiliang was moved to use the power of Dalong to make peace and harmony, so that the "daughter-in-law and husband" were completely in vain.

All this seems to be the role of Xue Guoxiang, but behind it is all the arrangement of the three princes.

He has long been laying out for the legitimate succession to the throne of Western Liang.

Obviously, it has also come to the point.

However, the third prince did hesitate to choose the last place to leave, because the Tongling Pass in Chuzhou was closer to Dajing, the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom.

But there is no doubt that no matter whether the Son of Heaven decides to start Yichu in the ninth year of Yuanqing, the third prince will take the lead in provoking the competition between the prince and the fourth prince, because he has no patience, and the key is that the situation does not allow him to wait any longer - the king of Xiliang has reached his last years, and time is running out, so he is about to instigate and suppress the two surnames and establish Princess Jinyuan as the prince.

The three princes don't want to sit back and enjoy their success in the future, and suppressing the surnames of Qing and Hu must have his contributions in order to subdue the nobles of Xiliang and stabilize the throne in the future.

At this time, on the outskirts of Nancheng, a group of private soldiers ambushed on both sides of the official road were also very anxious.

"I said, can you really be sure that the Third Highness hasn't gotten the slightest rumor, and I don't know that rumors have spread in Kyoto? He had already dismissed Hu Shizhong and detained him, so why did he stay in Jianchang for a long time, and he had no intention of returning to Beijing. A middle-aged man with a full face and beard, dressed in a peasant's coarse linen caftan brown, sat on a stone pier under the shade of a tree with his legs wide open, and his big palms were constantly fanning the wind, looking anxiously at a white-faced "peasant" beside him.

"Even if he hears the rumors, he can't keep shrinking in Jianchang." It was the queen's nephew who spoke, of course, surnamed Kong, who was sent to Jianchang by the second master of Kong, with the intention of letting the third prince die.

The reason why the Confucian family was able to win the weight of the first emperor Taizong was because they were the old clan of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, and their in-laws had a lot of old and old relatives, and the influence of the scholars and generals left behind in the Eastern Ming Dynasty was second only to the Qin family.

At present, Nankang Xunyang Bo is the old friend of the Kong family, and he got the secret letter from the second master of Kong, and knew that the storage position was critical, and the third prince must be eradicated, so he let the commander of the private army be the beard to cooperate with the Kong family.

Kong Yu, who was responsible for the survival of the family, went to the south, and was confused by a series of actions of the three princes, and he was really unsure of the intentions of the three princes - if he didn't notice it, why did he stay here, but if he took precautions, he wandered leisurely for a few days to enjoy the scenery of the southern city, and it was not like being nervous and vigilant.

"You can't spend it with him like this, in case you are angry and order the rumor-mongers to be investigated...... If it is really as she said, the saint is the one who wants Nancheng, maybe he will cure the sins of the Kong family first, and if he loses the opportunity, he will be defeated. "The beard is a martial artist, he is very impatient and so timid, since he is determined to kill the third prince and confirm his crime of assassinating the prince, why bother to ambush him, and directly hit him by surprise, just cut it off neatly.

Kong Yu also hesitated, the prince was in danger, not only the three princes, but at least one fourth prince next to him, the head of the family, Kong Zhishang, was still forbidden by the Yulin Army, and the three law divisions were holding on to the case, the Kong family could be said to be trapped in the front wolf and the tiger, the cliff was desperate, and they had to make a desperate bet.

In addition to the three princes, only by using Hu Shizhong's case to criticize the Chen family can there be a glimmer of life.

"Then get ready, sneak into the city, and attack the official post at night." Kong Yu gritted his teeth.

"This is not appropriate, we are pretending to be gangs in the rivers and lakes, these reckless have always been innocent of official offices, and there are also guards stationed in the official post, which may not be able to hit the target, the three princes haunt the market during the day to have fun, but with a few personal soldiers, even if there are secret guards, at most there are more than ten, and it is even more opportune to start in the downtown during the day." The beard is very disdainful of the layman's Kong Yu.

These sons and brothers, they just think that it is more secretive to kill people by taking advantage of the dark wind at night, but they don't know that the night patrol is stricter than the day, and there is a prince living in the official post, how can the yamen and the guard be unguarded, the prince died in the post station, and they can't keep their heads.

Kong Yu thought about it for a while, but he also recognized that the plan of the beard had a better chance of success, so he also half-squatted, and the two of them each held a branch, scribbled on the ground, and laid out the plan.

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Along the Xujiang River in the south of the city, fishermen and craftsmen live, it is almost noon, the sun is shining on the narrow streets, and the smoke curls on both sides, and the choking smoke envelops the low houses.

A middle-aged woman held a basket, pushed open the hidden door, shook her head into the courtyard, and called "Sister Tong" with a smile, and in a moment, the young woman with an apron on her waist and a hairpin with a white flower wiped her tears smoked by the firewood, and quickly greeted her, saw the visitor clearly, and hurriedly called "sister-in-law" and welcomed people in.

"My head of the house has a good harvest today, I caught a river fish for my sister, you are weak and ......" The middle-aged woman didn't finish speaking, she saw a person sitting in the hall, "Ah", and smiled again: "Han Xiucai is also here, you deserve to have a good mouth today." ”

It turned out that the filial young woman Tong was a hard-working woman who was forcibly occupied by Hu Shizhong and was recently freed.

As if he was afraid that his neighbors would misunderstand, Tong hurriedly explained: "Brother Han is kind, send me some rice grain." ”

"Yes, yes." The middle-aged woman did not have any suspicions: "Thanks to Xiucai's busyness, he went to Kyoto to beat the drum and denounce the dog official, otherwise how could the grievances of the big brother reach the heavens, Han Xiu is a righteous person, we all know it in our hearts." ”

Han Xiucai hurriedly got up and saluted, slightly surprised: "In the next year, I was poor and didn't have enough meals, thanks to my brother and sister-in-law, the grace of dripping water was reciprocated, my brother died unjustly, and my sister-in-law was willing to commit danger in order to grasp the evidence of the dog official's crime, and she failed to help her in time, so it was unrighteous to let her sister-in-law suffer, and it was really embarrassing." ”

was in the cold noise, but the courtyard door was pushed open, and a black-faced man broke in, which frightened everyone.

"Death, hairy, so scared that I thought that a robber had come in in the blue sky." The middle-aged woman recognized that it was her own man and breathed a sigh of relief and spat on the ground.

The man didn't have time to worry about his mother-in-law, so he jumped to his feet in a hurry: "It's not a robber in the blue sky and the sunrise...... Han Xiucai is here, it's really good, you have a reputation, go to the yamen to spread the word, there are robbers who assassinate the three princes, forty or fifty fierce men in black, it's amazing...... It's right on the outskirts of the city! ”

Tong now regards the three princes as life-savers, and when he heard this, he was so anxious that he blushed: "There is such a bold and reckless person." ”

The man snatched the door out again, and dropped a sentence as he ran: "The son of a bitch, a robber who is a dead robber, does not kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but dares to do something to the three princes, Lao Tzu risked his life, and he will not let you succeed." The people had already arrived on the street and shouted in an open voice: "Brother man, the third prince was assassinated, and at Wannian Bridge, the men at home are all using knives and axes to follow me." ”

Seeing that Han Xiucai was still stunned, Tong hurriedly stepped forward and pushed: "Go to the yamen and inform the guards." Then he said to the middle-aged woman who was somehow good: "Sister-in-law, go to the ferry and call someone, I will go to the craftsman's shop, but I can't let the third prince have any problems." ”

Han Xiucai walked back to Kyoto, went to prison once, and was rescued by the three princes in time, and then returned to Jianchang Mansion, and the heart was full of gratitude, and after waking up, he pulled his legs and ran to the city gate, and did not forget to shout along the road that the three princes were assassinated at the Wannian Bridge, so that the strong man could be rescued quickly.

Before entering the city gate, he saw Tongzhi and Wei Si, who were in charge of government affairs, leading a team of soldiers and horses out, Han Xiu knew that it was the Yamen who got the news, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and ran towards the Wannian Bridge.

Nancheng Wannian Bridge, far away can see Magu Mountain, along the embankment willow green flowers, the scenery is beautiful, and because there are a lot of plantations, attracted a lot of dignitaries and nobles to play and enjoy the scenery, so the stars are scattered more than ten teahouses and restaurants, the three princes intend to come here today to taste the river fresh, only with five or six soldiers, obviously to the assassins "God-given opportunity".

More than 50 people surrounded and suppressed several of them, and it was clearly a matter of being caught, and the masked robber who was in the lead had no idea that things would evolve into such a situation.

He was obviously about to succeed, bullying the three princes, and the iron sword in his hand had already stabbed the three princes in the shoulder!

was beheaded by Xue Dongchang, who roared wildly, and his beard had to retreat to save his head.

There are many of them, and the three princes who are not afraid of being injured can still fly with wings.

Unexpectedly, a lot of civilians rushed out, some carrying hoes, some holding firewood knives, and they cut at them without heads and brains.

Of course, this group of people is not a real commoner, but the secret guard of the Three Princes.

Kong Yu, who was mixed in the group of assassins, was in a hurry, he was not reckless in the end, and subconsciously, he felt that if he killed and injured the people, he would make things out of control, in case there was a mistake, even if he could kill the third prince on the spot, the Kong family would have to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Between the lightning and flint, the sentence "stop" blurted out.

Dozens of "people" surrounded the three princes, holding weapons and scolding: "Where did the madmen come from, they dared to assassinate His Highness, folks, the three highnesses are in addition to the dog officials for us, that is, the blue sky of the people of Jianchang, we must ensure the safety of His Royal Highness, take down these fanatics and send them to justice." ”

The beard that was pulled back by Kong Yu was very anxious, seeing that the opportunity was ahead, who was willing to give up, secretly scolded the son's brother for being afraid, and repeatedly slandered this gang of mud legs that rushed out of nowhere, shouldn't the common people avoid evil things for thousands of miles? What heroes did the rabble come out for!

pushed Kong Yu away, stepped forward and shouted: "Don't do what you are waiting for, get out of the way, the three princes colluded with the Northern Plains to assassinate the prince, which is not only the same as conspiring against the enemy, but also treason for collaborating with the enemy, disloyal, filial piety and injustice, all the righteous people in the world can be killed, and the ignorant people, if you prevent us from eliminating traitors for the country, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword." ”

Xue Dongchang stepped forward: "Bold and fanatical, and dare to slander people, when who doesn't know, the assassination of the prince has been tried by the prince of Chu, and the person involved in the case has been killed, and it is a capital crime to assassinate the prince with filth." "As soon as the sword came to him, he fought with his beard.

Not to be outdone, the "people" helped Xue Dongchang fight with the reckless private soldiers again.

Although Commander Xue's brain is not very flexible, his martial arts should not be underestimated, if it weren't for the instructions of the three princes, and he was injured, how could he allow the sword of his arm and beard to pierce the shoulder of the third prince, at this time, he was full of energy, and even killed, after more than 20 moves, he forced his arms and beards to be in a hurry, not only the iron sword in his hand was snatched away, but even the mask was torn off.

"Raised by dogs and wolves, isn't this the commander of the private soldiers in Xunyang Bofu? I worked as a part-time worker in Xunyang Bofu, and I know this guy! One of the "people" shouted.

At this time, there were already many tourists who came here to watch, and they were in an uproar when they heard the words.

Kong Yu was anxious, he really didn't understand how the plan of nine out of ten was like this, and he was at a loss for a while - if the assassination of the Kong family was revealed, even if he could kill the three princes, the Kong family would not be able to escape the responsibility, and it would even affect the queen and the prince!

Lisheng retreated, waved his hand and shouted to retreat.

Xue Dongchang allowed him to retreat with his whole body, jumped away, and took Kong Yu directly under the cover of the "people", this time he subdued the person in three moves and two styles, and pulled down the mask: "Yo, isn't this the Kong family Langjun, when did he become a righteous man?" Pulled Kong Yu twice in front of the third prince: "Your Highness, it's the queen's nephew!" His subordinates can recognize him, and they often meet him on Yihong Street! ”

Kong Yu's face was like ashes.

As soon as the private soldiers of Xunyang Bofu saw that the two commanders were captured, the army was in turmoil, and they had no intention of fighting, so they had to withdraw.

At this time, a lot of people really arrived, some with harpoons and poles, just blocking the back road of the "assassins"!