"My lord, how is my mother?" Outside the room, Wei Ran asked hurriedly.

"Master Wei, I said below that Mrs. Wei is in a hurry and can't be stimulated anymore, and now it's only been half a day. The lower official has already opened the pharmacy, remember, Mrs. must not bother anymore, otherwise there will be no medicine for the medicine. After the imperial doctor prescribed the medicine, he went to return to the prince.

Wei Ran sat on the edge of the bed, looked at his mother on the bed, and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Chang'an City Zhongyong Marquis Mansion

Only heard all kinds of broken voices, Li Tai, the loyal and brave Marquis who was over sixty years old, was already angry at this time, looking at his son who returned to Beijing to report on his work, Li Tai scolded: "Wei Zhi is dead, why don't you die with him." For his father and Wei Xian's love for many years, he followed His Majesty to rise from the end of the micro-end, fought all the way to the south and the north, and supported each other. On the battlefield, Wei Xian saved Wei's father's life more than once. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tai pulled out a steel knife from the wall and wanted to cut it at Li Ke's head, but fortunately someone stopped him.

Li Tai said angrily: "It's good for you, for your own glory and wealth, you framed Wei Zhi with the Min Guan thieves, and Yu Wan, who was harmed, was exiled to Southern Qi." ”

Li Ke, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "Father, Min Xiang is now covering the sky with one hand, he will ascend the throne one day, Min Xiang will be the uncle of the country, when the time comes, the power will tilt towards the government and the opposition, and there will be no eggs under the nest, if the Wei family is in trouble, our family will not be able to get rid of the relationship." I'm also thinking about my family. ”

"You're justified. You know why the queen wanted to marry Princess Mingyue to the Wei family, and why Min Guan was in such a hurry to make a move. When Yuan Zhi ascended the throne, Min Guan was the biggest obstacle to the new emperor, and the only one who could balance Min Guan in the government and the opposition was Wei Zhi. I know that you have been dissatisfied with Wei Zhi for many years, but why can someone be the head of Huaibei, you can only be the Shouchun guard. Wei Zhi can not only lead the troops, but also understand the court situation, you are just a martial artist. Li Tai looked at Li Ke and said coldly.

"Now the child is the head of Huaibei, and although Wei Zhi is dead, the child has also saved the lives of Ran'er and Yuwan." Li Ke raised his head and said: "After all, Min Guan is the prince's uncle, if Wei Zhi is powerful in the later stage, the Min family will also attack the Wei family." ”

Li Tai looked at the stubborn Li Ke, and suddenly felt dizzy in a trance, and then fainted.

Min family

"Father, Wei Zhi has been removed, why is my father depressed." Min Shiyuan looked at Min Guan in the study, frowning, and felt curious for no reason.

"Yuan'er, being a father is just thinking. Although Wei Zhi is dead, is Li Ke's ability really enough to resist the Southern Qi army? Although Wei Zhi is hateful, he has to admire him as a rare handsome talent. Min Guan frowned, looked at the map and said: "And if he becomes the climate one day, I am afraid that it will also be a big disaster for my dynasty." ”

"Father is too worried, Wei Ran is not weak after all. Moreover, he fled south from the north, and the Southern Qi court would not necessarily reuse him. Min Shiyuan persuaded: "I heard that Lu Cao, the prime minister of the Southern Dynasty, is not a person who can tolerate people. ”

Min Guan nodded after hearing this, and then Min Shiyuan said: "The founding of the Southern Qi Dynasty itself is the founding emperor Xiao Huan who won the support of the southern scholars and rose in the land of the six counties, so there are mostly children of the families of the six southern counties above the court, and they are different from each other. How can a northerner be tolerated to hold military power. ”

Min Guan couldn't help but look at his youngest son, and then said: "My son has excellent knowledge, I don't know how many times stronger than your eldest brother, I heard that he went to Zui Xiangju again?" ”

Min Shiyuan nodded awkwardly, and then said, "If my father wants to put Wei Ran to death, my son has a plan." ”

After hearing this, Min Guan hurriedly said, "What is my son's plan?" ”

But seeing Min Shiyuan pacing to Min Guan, he pointed to the land of Lianghuai and said: "Now on the Huaibei battlefield, although Li Ke is not enterprising enough, he is more than enough to defend, and he is on par with Yangkan in a short period of time. Then he pointed to the direction of Jingxiang and said: "But in the Jingxiang battlefield, General An Zhong is unstoppable, and there have been many gains before, so General An can take in my Daqin fugitives in the southern dynasty and attack Fancheng, Fancheng will be guarded by Qiong Nai, and Fancheng will be in a hurry in a short time, and when the time comes, we will send a mission to Jiankang, and we can call off the army and let them hand over Wei Ran." At the same time, bribe Lu Cao, Lu Cao is greedy for money and lustful, I heard that the drunken Xiangju Miaoxiang girl is both talented and beautiful, and she can give it to Lu Cao and give gold and silver. Let him lobby Emperor Xiao Heng of Qi, and this matter will be successful. ”

Min Guan kept pacing in the room, "Although this plan is good, but using a weak woman is really disdainful of my father." ”

Min Shiyuan took the opportunity to say: "First, I heard that Wei Ran has a very close personal relationship with this woman, if this woman is sent to Jiankang, and the news is released to let Wei Ran know, what will happen to Wei Ran?" He is young and vigorous, even if he endures this breath, but we only need to state the stakes to Lu Cao, and Lu Cao will definitely dislike Wei Ran even more. ”

Then Min Shiyuan secretly said to his father: "The second eldest brother is also infatuated with this girl, this woman staying in Chang'an is really a scourge, if one day our plan accidentally happens, it is unknown whether this woman will be unfavorable to the eldest brother." ”

Hearing Min Shiyuan talk about his eldest son, Min Guan's eyes were cold: "Then do what Yuan'er said, tomorrow I will let An Zhong lead the army to attack Fancheng on the grounds that Nanqi took me in and rebelled." ”

Nanqi Jiankang

"Childe, Prince Xiao Ju has always let you enter the palace to face the saint, why do you keep refusing." In the largest restaurant in Jiankang, Wei Ran was drinking in the box again, and only the housekeeper Weber followed.

Since Wei Ran and his mother are currently living in the Prince's Mansion temporarily, Wei Bo has nothing to do, so he has to stare at Wei Ran every day.

"My mother woke up that day and said to me, Min Guan is my enemy, but my uncle is also a person who aids and abuses, if I lead troops to fight for the Southern Dynasty, I will inevitably have to fight with my uncle in the two Huai battlefields, which is also what my mother does not want to see, my mother is not in good health now, and I don't want her to add to her troubles." Wei Ran looked out the window and sighed.

"I used to be in Chang'an, and I also said that the prosperity of Chang'an City in the south of the Yangtze River is incomparable, and I did find that this Jiankang is also extremely prosperous after wandering around in Jiankang for a few days." Wei Ran couldn't help but admire.

"Jiangnan has been a rich place since ancient times, the former Qianzhou Dynasty fell apart, the capital was broken, and the high-ranking officials of the Qianzhou Dynasty family crossed to the south one after another, bringing a lot of wealth."

"It is precisely because of this that the struggle of the Southern Dynasty is even worse than that of the Northern Qin. There are local families in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are wealthy families in the north who moved south, and I heard that Emperor Qi was supported by the southern family before he opened the country. Therefore, most of the high-ranking officials in the court were southerners. The northern wealthy clan was indignant about this, but they were helpless. Wei Ran said: "We are now coming from Northern Qin to avoid trouble, and we are like duckweed. My father used to say that the battle above the temple was more terrible than the sword and sword shadow on the battlefield. I can understand it now," Wei Ran said with a wry smile.

"But if the young master wants to lead the troops back to the north to take revenge, he must also enter the court first, otherwise how can everything start." With that, Weber added a glass of wine to Wayran.

Wei Ran drank it and said, "This is also a question I think about day and night. Looking at it now, the crown prince Xiao Ju is considered to be the master of the Ming, but judging from the exchanges in recent days, the court is mainly the southern party dominated by Lu Ke and the northern party led by Hengzhi. The crown prince does not have much power of his own above the court at present. ”

"So what is Childe going to do? Is it really a lifetime of drinking and buying drunk? ”

"Wait a minute, if I go on a pilgrimage to the palace, I will inevitably be involved in the temple, for today's plan, I can only understand the entire Southern Qi court first, and then make a decision. Otherwise, one misstep will become a thousand hatreds. With a sigh, Wei Ran finished drinking the wine in the cup, dropped a piece of silver, and then left in style.