At the foot of the mountain in the western suburbs of Longcheng in the early morning of the next day, a small group of cavalry escorted a carriage and quickly headed towards the mansion with the gray outer wall at the end of the mountain road. ”

The beautiful man jumped out of the carriage and looked at the simple and powerful plaque in front of him, and read softly: "Wuhou? ”

Just as the man was about to knock on the door of the mansion, the door of the mansion was opened from the inside, revealing the face of a young gatekeeper, he looked at the cavalrymen in military uniforms in front of him suspiciously, and asked, "What are you doing to visit the Wuhou Mansion?"

The man took a step closer and said with a smile: "I am a former student of Lord Wuhou, and I have come to visit my teacher today to catch up with my old teacher. ”

The young porter looked at the man's face before turning around and reporting, "Ladies and gentlemen, wait a minute!"

Not long after, the young porter reappeared and introduced only the man into the mansion, and Feng Beizhi and the others who accompanied him had to stay outside the mansion and wait.

"Master Hou has just had breakfast, and he is waiting in the study at this time, please come with me. ”

The man nodded, and followed the porter with light steps, the green scenery in the house was excellently designed, and there were not a few servants along the way, but the fragrance of various flowers was full.

"My lord, there is a study in front of you, please enter by yourself. The porter pointed to the small building a few meters away and whispered.

"Thank you!" the man arched his hand, straightened his robe slightly, and then politely knocked on the door of the study.

"Please come in!" came the gentle male voice of Wuhou Hong Chengqi from behind the door.

The man pushed the door with a smile on his face, just opposite Hong Chengqi who raised his head when he heard the footsteps, Hong Chengqi's body trembled violently as if he saw something incredible, he walked towards the man quickly, and then closed the door of the study heavily, his right hand trembled slightly and pointed at the man, and his tone was full of surprise: "You are His Royal Highness Hong?"

The man smiled respectfully and bowed respectfully to Hong Chengqi, and then said loudly: "Student Yu Hong, see the teacher!"

"Your Highness, please get up quickly! Break the old body!" Hong Chengqi hurriedly bent down and helped Yu Hong up, and looked at it carefully with kind eyes before saying: "I haven't seen him for several years, His Highness's demeanor is still the same, but it has been somewhat reduced." ”

Yu Hong sighed slightly when he heard this: "I am tired of the teacher, although the days in the tunnel city are hard, but I am also happy, which is better than the days when I was drunk and dreamed of death before." ”

"Okay, good!" Hong Chengqi patted his hand and praised it repeatedly: "It's rare that Your Highness has some understanding, the previous little twists and turns are nothing, just the so-called jade can't be cut!

As soon as the two of them walked to the long table and sat down, Yu Hong took the lead in speaking: "Teacher, when I return to Dragon City this time, you must know what I want in my heart!"

Hong Chengqi's expression froze slightly, and he hesitated for a moment before answering: "Your Highness, Your Majesty's body is not as good as before, yesterday when Your Majesty was briefly awake, he announced that six ministers would enter the palace to discuss matters, and the old man was also one of the six ministers. ”

Yu Hong's eyes lit up, staring at Hong Chengqi with burning eyes, and his tone was tinged with a hint of resentment: "Is my good father the emperor forced to discuss a new monarch with a few ministers?" he smiled slightly. mocked: "Among the princes, I'm afraid that only the second child who has both civil and military skills and both ability and integrity can enter his eyes, right?"

Hong Chengqi nodded and replied truthfully: "That's true, among the princes, only His Royal Highness Jue can barely enter His Majesty's eyes, and if nothing else, this throne is most likely inherited by His Royal Highness Jue." ”

Yu Hong slightly bent down and took a few steps closer, his eyes staring at Hong Chengqi's eyes tightly: "Actually, Your Majesty still has a choice!

"Your Highness, you can't succeed!" Hong Chengqi shook his head slowly, ignoring the latter's ugly face and continued: "Eight years have passed since His Highness was abolished as the crown prince, right?"

"That's right! no more, no less, exactly eight years!"

"Eight years is enough time to change a lot of things!" Hong Chengqi sighed softly: "It's not that the old body is alarmist, in the past eight years, among the seventeen princes, only His Royal Highness Jue has stood out, and the power of his crown prince line has swelled to an extremely terrifying point. ”

"The prince's family has greatly expanded its power, and there are many henchmen under his command, I know all this!" Yu Hongzheng said: "But I have not been idle over the years, and I am also cultivating my own power." ”

"It's a pity that almost half of the eight battalions of the Royal Legion under my command have been lost, and the current armed forces of the entire Dragon City are hundreds of secret guards of the Inner Mansion in addition to Qianniu and Longguang Liangwei, and these people are more or less inextricably linked with the prince's family. "Hong Chengqi secretly manipulated the Jianghu forces like the kamikaze gang to spy on the officials of the prince's family, and spied on a lot of useful information.

"Hehe!" Yu Hong chuckled, "The teacher is still waiting for the four battalions of soldiers and horses you sent to Beijing to return?"

Hong Chengqi was shocked when he heard this, and asked with some concern: "Your Highness, does you know the movements of my four battalions of soldiers and horses?"

"I'm afraid I'm going to make my teacher sad!" Yu Hong had a weird smile on his face: "You may not know, Cheng Xiao, the commander of the trapped camp, has already taken refuge in the prince's family, and a few days ago I heard that this Cheng Xiao pretended to pass on the secret order of the inner government to urge the remaining three battalions of soldiers and horses to assemble in Pingliao City. ”

Speaking of this, he paused deliberately, looked up at Hong Chengqi, whose face was like ashes, and said softly: "Cheng Xiao set up an ambush in Pingliao City to attack the other three battalions of soldiers and horses, and now dozens of days have passed, I am afraid that the soldiers under your command have been wiped out, and the teacher has been waiting for a few days, and I think there must be news coming." ”

"Cheng Xiao! Damn! How can he act like this!" Hong Chengqi's whole person was like a lightning strike, his body trembled uncontrollably, and the whole person almost collapsed from the chair, and the eight battalions of soldiers and horses under his command were all lost, so that he supported the troops and respected himself, and his mind of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight was completely disappointed.

"The teacher is angry!" Yu Hong stepped forward and gently held Hong Chengqi's arm: "The teacher is the head of the military attachés in the court, with your prestige among the military attachés and the people, forgive him Yu Jue and dare not disrespect you." ”

Hong Chengqi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, in recent years, the prince's family has been quite dissatisfied with me, and the two factions under his command are also fighting endlessly, and the party struggle is also intensifying. ”

Yu Hong got up and saluted respectfully towards Hong Chengqi, and his eyes were full of murderous intent: "Don't worry about the teacher, he, Yu Jue, I'm afraid it's not so easy to be the emperor, and ask the teacher to help me!"

"Your Highness, get up quickly!" Hong Chengqi hurriedly helped Yu Hong up, and said warmly: "Without military power in hand, no matter how much strategy you have, it is a fantasy." ”

"What's so difficult about just a few manpower?" Yu Hong smiled confidently: "As long as I plan carefully, I can borrow 100,000 troops!"

(Tianjin)