Since the crickets left the royal capital, the second prince of the Zhao family disappeared like evaporation from the world. The inspection team, spy team, and commando team under the jurisdiction of the King's Guard searched everywhere like mad dogs, and the palace had been searched to the bottom, but still found nothing.

On the second day, the scope of the search has been expanded to the entire Xiazhou City, and the people, vehicles, and goods are all being checked.

The eldest prince was restless, and he didn't have much attention to the chaotic battle situation, and he was bent on finding out the younger brother who was close to him.

Now he regrets not being at the beginning, if he listened to Gao Jin's words, how could there be such a heartwarming thing. At this point, the eldest prince sadly found that his self-confidence and freedom all the time were just a cloak to cover up his lack of confidence, and the weight of the elegant younger brother in his heart had never been reduced, and he himself had become frivolous. This discovery made him confused and scattered.

At this time, the sixth son of the north, with his three children, was recuperating somewhere. The crickets in the south are still role-playing in the river, and the princess and side concubines are still learning how to serve others. Jixiang on the southern border is vigorously developing Lotus Town, and Wang Xuan is also actively preparing for his first visit to the new town.

On the third day of the disappearance of the second prince, Feng Qiangzhi arrived at the stronghold with the livestock and slaves purchased from Hu Yue, and after connecting with the six sons, he went south by land the next day. The children were disguised as Hu Yue's slaves, and after dressing up, they blended into the crowd, and even his father and mother did not recognize him.

At this time, the crickets had already landed on the shore and were heading to the west mountain.

The King's Inspection Team has been deployed on the southern side of the Watch Territory, and all ships, personnel, and cargo have been inspected before they can be released. The navy has completely blocked the waterway and set up checkpoints.

Feng Qiangzhi and his six sons traveled from north to south, and they passed through various checkpoints, and they were also lucky, and they were released after some inspection. Then the group turned to Hexi, guided by No. 3, avoiding the checkpoint all the way, and went to Xishan from the trail.

The royal capital, the royal palace.

"This strong man, we have been hiding for three days, and if we don't show up, we will definitely cause a big mess. The second prince who disappeared said helplessly to the sixty-year-old man in front of him.

This old man is the fourth child of the first special service team, and after the cricket left, he was left behind, and if the second prince changed his mind, he would be rescued. After learning that the king's guard was not good, the fourth prince took the second prince to a deep well in the backyard, hid for the time being, and waited to see how the situation would develop.

The well was two feet deep, and the bottom could not be seen from the outside, and there was a small door at the water level, which was only for one person to pass, but there was a hole inside, and the two of them hid here.

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, the royal capital has been sealed, and the back and forth are nervous, thinking that the princess and the prince have already been out of trouble. ”

"I have no doubt that your master is not a simple man, and that he must have been able to send you with great certainty. ”

"Then why did His Highness kill himself again and again?"

"If I don't die, many more will die because of me. It doesn't make sense for you to hide me here, it only complicates the situation and makes the consequences even more unpredictable. ”

The second prince wishes to be born as brilliant as summer flowers and die as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves, what can he do?

"It's not about what I think, it's about what my brother thinks. ”

After that, he smiled bitterly again and again, the fourth child didn't want to see him with such an expression, he couldn't find himself happy, and he could still show that he was very helpless, it was really not easy, according to the boss's words, it was 'hypocrisy'.

Then the second prince continued: "I have already said that if I don't die, the world will be uneasy, and my brother will create one tragedy after another to force me to appear. My brother on the bright side, the enemy of life and death in the dark, although I have given in, but it is not thorough enough. At this time, he must have been in chaos, and within three days, there will be a tragedy in the king's capital. ”

Cut, so that you and the Lord can generally pinch and calculate, it's not more than three days, then wait for you for three days, and after three days, see how you behave. The fourth child was sneering in his heart, and in the middle of the night, he still went out as usual to inquire about news and replenish supplies.

The royal capital is already rumored, and most of the people who are close to the second prince on weekdays are closed to guests, staying at home, hoping that the disaster will slip through the door.

But things often don't go as people want, and the more you have to dodge, the more you will come to your door.

The head of the household department, the dean of the royal academy and three professors, Xiao Qing, the great scholar of Shilin and his more than ten disciples, and Zhao Ziyun, the commander of the capital, and more than ten prominent people were all imprisoned. The charge was conspiracy to commit rebellion.

This hat is buttoned, the eldest prince doesn't plan to let their whole family live, this is the first move, and it has already hit the second seven inches.

Sure enough, on the second day of the appointment, there were corpses all over the small square in the north of Xiazhou City, nearly 100 heads hung high on the head of the city, there were septuagenarians on it, and there were three-year-old babies below.

In the second half of the night, the fourth child was silent after returning to the well, and the second prince, who was woken up, had no sleep, and when he saw that he was back, he hurriedly asked, "How is it in the city?"

The fourth child glanced at the second prince, and said weakly: "There are hundreds of dead people, and the kind that is full of slashes." ”

When the second prince heard this, he sat down on the ground and said to himself, "I hurt them, it's me......"

The fourth child didn't quite understand the connection before, why the battle for the throne must affect others. Now I have realized some truths, the boss is exchanging human life for the life of the second child. is worthy of being a brother, and now looking at his guilt and self-blame, he really hit it with one blow.

Willing to gamble and lose, the fourth child generously admitted his defeat, and asked the second prince: "Your Highness, is there really no choice?"

The second prince's face was miserable, his eyes were blank, as if he was still muttering to himself: "This is the effect, even if it is cleverly resolved, it is a symptom but not a cure, only my life can solve all this cause and effect." ”

There was nothing to say in the middle of the night, and the next day, the news of the second prince's reappearance after disappearing for five days suddenly spread, and Zhao Pu, the captain of the king's guard, came to confirm it in person.

"Your Majesty Zhao Pu has seen His Highness, I don't know how His Highness has been doing these days!" Zhao Pu said.

"Go and seek my brother, and I have something to say to him. The second prince said lightly.

Zhao Pu opened his mouth, but finally turned around and went to invite the eldest prince in person.

The fourth child is still busy, several corpses have been stolen last night and hidden in the cellar, and he plans to steal the head again tonight.

When the eldest prince heard the news of the appearance of the second child, he went crazy and rushed to the palace in a hurry.

"Second brother, where have you been in the past few days, I have been looking for it so hard, and I almost destroyed the entire Xiazhou City for this. ”

"I'm not going anywhere, you shouldn't use them as bait. ”

"Whatever you want, as long as I think they deserve to die, then they deserve to die. ”

"Your paranoid personality is getting more and more serious, it doesn't matter if it hurts you, how innocent are the thousands of people in Great Xia, do you want to drag them to be buried with you?"

"I know that you have a good heart, or you will go down first to explore the way, and they will have a good idea when they go down. Besides, the father is also lonely, you should wait before and after the saddle. ”

The second prince went to the shackles in his heart, and the momentum of the whole person was different, although he still looked weak, but the eldest prince who looked at it with a calm and unhurried bearing was secretly frightened, and his tone was even more vicious and cold.

"One world, two brothers, you don't want my hands to be stained with your blood, so my father will be unhappy. My two brothers-in-law and nephews and nieces should enter the ancestral hall to eat fasting and recite the Buddha, just fulfill your wish, and live a pure life, not stained with dust. The eldest prince smiled, and his tone suddenly turned gentle.

"I have my own arrangements for this, don't worry about Brother Wang, I have a few words to say to Brother Wang before leaving, I don't know if I would like to hear it?"

"Listen up. ”

"In the north, Hu Yue has always coveted the land of Great Xia, and he must be guarded against, and he can only rely on the strength of a few border leaders to withstand it for a while, but not for a lifetime. The civil strife can be stopped in moderation, and if your own things are broken, you have to spend money to repair them, and the gains outweigh the losses. Also, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. After the second prince said these three sentences, as if he remembered something, he added, "Don't forget your ambition!"

Ambition, his ambition is to be a generation of wise monarchs, beyond the existence of any monarch. He wants to make the country governed by Great Xia rich and strong, the army strong and strong, like Hu Yue and others, if he dares to offend the border, although he is far away, he will be punished!

How dare he forget this, isn't everything he is doing now to clear the way for this.

At this time, the second prince seemed to have exhausted his strength, waved his hand at the boss, and said, "I'm tired, I need to rest for a few days and take care of my spirits before I can hurry." ”

When the eldest prince looked at this brother carefully, he had a different sense.

Xu is victory and defeat have been divided, the two sides are no longer enemies of life and death, and they are like simple brothers when they were children, which makes him feel strange. So he said sincerely: "You can rest assured that your brother still has this confidence, and if there is anything unfinished, even if you make it clear to Zhao Pu, no matter how difficult it is, I will find a way to do it for you." ”

After speaking, seeing that the second prince still had no movement, he stretched out his right hand and gently patted the second prince's left shoulder, as if to see him off.

The king's guards have surrounded the palace, and all the servants in the palace have been released, and all those who should be explained have been explained, and tomorrow they will disperse, each looking for his own opportunity.

In the middle of the night, the fourth child sneakily appeared in the second prince's bedroom, and said mysteriously: "How are you going to die?"

The second prince was stunned when he heard this, and said a little funny: "Do you have any good suggestions?"

The fourth child said as if inviting credit: "There is one, but I don't know if you can accept it." ”

The second prince said: "Let's talk about it." ”

The fourth said: "Didn't a lot of people die yesterday, I picked five corpses and transported them back, the figure is similar to your family, and the matter of the sun after the fire is over." ”

The second prince pondered for a moment and said, "Well, instead of throwing corpses in the wilderness, it is better to walk all the way, not only to have a response, but also to avoid the disaster of destroying corpses." ”

Another day, after the fourth child had finished stitching up the five corpses, he moved them to the bedroom and asked, "But what else do you want me to do?"

The second prince looked at the fourth child, and after a short period of silence, he took off a piece of jade pendant from his body and handed it to him: "If there is fate, I will return this thing to my wife, only saying that I Zhao broke her promise, and I wish her to cherish it for the rest of her life." ”

Then he said to the fourth child with some shame: "Zhao has no more than half of his wealth at this time, but it is a joke for a strong man, this thing in the palace, everything that catches his eye is desirable, and it is a pity to burn it." ”

The fourth child stared at the second prince for a while, then shook his head and withdrew.

It was night, and the palace was on fire, and the buildings turned into flames in an instant, reflecting the dark night sky. The whole king mourned, and in the morning it rained heavily, and the fire did not stop until noon.

In the palace, after the eldest prince heard that the second child had set his family on fire, he was drunk for three days, and cried bitterly in front of the ancestral throne, so he was truly alone.