The news of Xiao Yu's school soldiers becoming kings was like a strong wind, blowing all over the Central Plains in just over a month.

In this regard, the reaction of various localities is naturally mixed, and the reputation is mixed.

Some rotten Confucians who sit in the well and watch the sky are naturally clamoring, Xiao Shun disregards the grace of the saint, betrays the ancestors, this move is the way to death, just wait for the court to arrive, Xiao Shun will be awarded the first Yunyun.

After scolding Xiao Yu, the fierce Qingliu pointed the finger at Xiao Lie as the prime minister, saying that as the prime minister, he failed the hopes of the world and could not stabilize the Quartet for His Majesty, which was really misleading the country and the people. It is also said that he and Xiao Yu are father and son, but they are actually wolf-hearted and dog-lunged disciples, one in the court and the other in the northwest, and they are each other's aid. Xiao Yu is the king, and the northwest land is sinking, which is simply ironclad evidence of the ambition of the Xiao family's father and son!

There was also a clear stream to the little emperor Qin Xian, asking for the removal of the traitorous minister Xiao Lie, and at the same time to mobilize the herdsmen to raise a large army to quell the rebellion in the northwest, and return the temple to a heroic and righteous spirit, and give the northwest a bright future.

In the ears of a truly discerning person, these words are just a joke, and the 200,000 Heavenly Son of Heaven army of the Imperial Court and Qin Zheng is already precarious. Let the little emperor Qin Xian depose Xiao Lie? Xiao Lie turned around and abolished the emperor! As for the shepherd's side, he was "fighting hot" with the imperial court soldiers, and what was different from Xiao Yu was just that layer of window paper that had not yet been pierced.

Of course, those Qingliu don't really understand, they just use this to invite them to buy fame, and there are also those who are more ambitious, dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period, thinking of taking the opportunity to bring Xiao Lie down, and a gentleman like himself will be in charge.

For these Qingliu dignitaries, they have the right to talk about things since ancient times, and Xiao Lie is not really a killer, so he can only fight while stroking, arresting the most powerful ones and putting them into the secret guards, and at the same time suppressing those scholars who follow the trend by various means, these days are quite anxious.

It was another year in the autumn of the eastern capital, and Xiao Lie's carriage slowly drove out of the palace city, and instead of going to the princess's mansion, he returned to his prime minister's mansion. Xiao Lie's wife, Princess Ling'an, has been living in the princess's mansion since the death of her brother Emperor Zheng, and rarely shows up, Xiao Lie may still have a little bit of husband and wife affection, but she will also go to the princess's mansion every once in a while, but after Yan Keqing took her daughter to the eastern capital and moved into the prime minister's mansion, Xiao Lie's visit to the princess's mansion became less and less, and with Li Jiao's negative departure, Yan Keqing also became the actual hostess of the prime minister's mansion.

Xiao Lie is old after all, and he is not as attentive to women as he was when he was young, so he let Yan Keqing send his concubines to the Xiao family's old mansion, and he also let Yan Keqing occupy the main room and put on the style of being the housewife.

When Xiao Lie returned home, Yan Keqing personally greeted him, and the two of them, who were already the same as ordinary couples, walked towards the inner house. After entering the inner house, Yan Keqing served Xiao Lie to change out of his official robe and asked, "Why did you come back so late today?"

Xiao Lie snorted lightly, "It's not the trouble caused by the rebel, but I want to let my father, finish it." He claimed to be the king in the northwest without authorization, and there was a lot of discussion in the court, and I didn't do anything else in the past few days, just to compete with these sour and rotten scholars. ”

At this time, they all pay attention to a strict father and mother, and the father gets along with his son, rarely has a pleasant face, most of them are flat-faced, at least in Xiao Yu's memory, until he and the crown, Xiao Lie was like this, but later Xiao Yu "hardened his wings" and openly turned his face with Xiao Lie, and Xiao Jin has always been separated by a layer, he can only be regarded as half a son, and his strict father style is not very good.

Xiao Lie married his wife and had children relatively late, when he had Xiao Yu, the eldest son, he was already twenty-five years old, although he was not obvious on the outside, he still seemed to be a person in the prime of life, but in fact, he was also a person who knew the age of the destiny of heaven, since he crossed the threshold of fifty years old, he really had a feeling of knowing the destiny of heaven, and his mentality had changed a lot. Take this Qingliu incident as an example, if it was Xiao Lie in the past, where would he tolerate a bunch of corrupt people and make noise, he would have suppressed it with iron and blood a long time ago, but now he has the patience to appease.

Speaking of the events of the year that the father and son turned against each other, if he said that he had no regrets in his heart, it would be a lie, if he really had no regrets, how could he stop at the peak of heaven and man, and so far he has not been able to take that step, after all, his heart is in the cage, how can he seek to be free? For his son, he is also indebted. Over the years, he has done a lot, either explicitly or implicitly, but he has not been thinking of making amends. The heart has hardened for most of his life, but as he gets older, he has softened more and more, his wife and children can be abandoned, and when he is old, he is worried about his son again, but unfortunately his son no longer appreciates it. Thinking of this, Xiao Lie laughed at himself a little in his heart, is this a step forward, or a step back?

Yan Keqing knew his knot, and said softly with relief: "After all, the child is old and has his own ideas, where to worry about him with you, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it is no longer something we can decide, besides, he has the support of the Taoist sect and the real person in charge of the sect to watch it personally, what else can there be, you can rest assured." ”

Xiao Lie was silent for a long time when he heard this, and he couldn't see joy or anger on his face, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh and said, "In this case, then let him go." ”

After Yan Keqing went out, Xiao Lie sat on the chair and muttered to himself: "King of the Northwest, okay, okay, I'm waiting for you to come over in the eastern capital." ”

Jiangdu Taoist Art Workshop, Zirongguan.

Xie Gongyi walked quickly into Du Mingshi's Dan room, and it was difficult to hide the joy in his tone, "Teacher, there is news from the northwest, Xiao Yu held a big parade on August 15 and officially established himself as the king!"

Master Du Ming, who was looking at an ancient recipe, raised his head and said, "There was news from the sect before, saying that there would be a big move in the northwest in August this year, but I didn't pay attention to it at first, but I didn't expect it to be such a big move. ”

Xie Gongyi asked, "Is Xiao Yu going to march into the Central Plains, or is he going to gather authority?"

Master Du put down the ancient recipe in his hand, shook his head and said, "It's probably both, but in the eyes of the poor Dao, it is a practical operation." ”

Xie Gongyi nodded in agreement: "The proprietor once said that he would build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king, if the general trend is not completely clear today, Ming Gong will establish himself as the king at this time, I am afraid that he will become the target of the public." ”

Speaking of this, the first person in Jiangzuo said to himself: "But it doesn't hurt, a corner of the northwest, even if it becomes the target of everyone, the left and right are just Hou Jian and the herdsmen, and there is Xiao Lie sitting in the eastern capital, Ming Gong's move seems to be Meng Lang, but in fact, there is not much wrong." ”

Master Du pondered for a while before he slowly spoke: "In this way, Xiao Yu is no longer the king of Xiping County canonized by the Great Zheng Imperial Court, whether he is knighted or knighted, he can do his own thing, and in the northwest and grassland, it will become more justifiable, and it will naturally be easier to gather authority." ”

Xie Gongyi suddenly sighed with emotion: "Who would have thought that a person who is not yet thirty years old would become the king of the northwest like this?"

Du Mingshi, who has always been keen on mundane things, also sighed a lot, "The sound of the class moves and the north wind rises, the sword qi rushes and the south is flat, the mountains collapse, and the wind and clouds change color, which is really courageous." At his age, Poor Dao was just a mess, just thinking about winning the first place in the triennial colonel, where did he have such ambitions in the world. ”

Xie Gongyi said with a smile: "It's a good ambition in the world, Xie is also very curious, whose world is it in the domain of tomorrow." ”

For the wealthy family, the family is in the country, the family is in the front and the country is in the back, as long as the family is unhindered, who will be in charge of the national weapons is general. Loyal to the monarch to serve the country, that is the Hanmen scholars only pay attention to, for the family, it is clear that the emperor takes turns to do it, and this year to my house!

While speaking, Xie Gongyi took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Du Mingshi's hand, and said, "This is a letter from Ming Gong. ”

Master Du opened it, and there were only a few words on the letterhead.