Chapter Seventy-Two: Life Experience
Holding the long sword in his hand, Fang Hao finally threw the long sword to the ground with a 'hammer', Fang Hao thought for a while and said, "If you have a clear conscience, let me follow you." ”
Fang Xu said: "Follow me? I'm a military general, and the discussions are all about national affairs, and you're just a civilian now, even if I want you to follow me, the court won't agree. ”
"And how can I follow you?" Fang Hao seemed to be categorical.
"Be a lieutenant." Fang Xu's casual words made Fang Hao keep it in mind.
The competition of Wu Zhuangyuan was in full swing, and a man wearing a mask in the ring attracted the attention of the examiners in the audience, and people who knew a little about martial arts praised the person wearing the mask.
After layers of competition, the 'Mask Man' stood out.
As one of the examiners, Fang Xu didn't realize that this person with outstanding kung fu was his brother, and at this time he found out that the person on the roster was Fang Hao.
Fang Hao deservedly won the martial champion.
Above the court
Fang Hao knelt on the ground, the emperor's expression was solemn, as if he was very unoptimistic about Fang Hao.
"Your Majesty, the minister just wants to be Fang Xu's deputy marshal, what he does is to fight the tiger brothers, and we will definitely be like a tiger with wings when we go on a blind date." It was rare for Fang Hao to say such a thing, only to hear Prime Minister Qing say: "Your Majesty, how can this courtier ask the king to be crowned, this martial champion is originally to be appointed by the emperor, not to mention that Fang Hao does not shy away from the same position of brothers, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction in the world." ”
The emperor nodded: "Fang Hao, I heard that your father Fang Nian told you your fortune when you were young, saying that as soon as you enter the imperial court, you will be killed, and even the whole family, aren't you afraid?" ”
When the courtiers heard this, they all looked sideways, and secretly glanced at the emperor's face, because the emperor had every opportunity, and he even remembered the affairs of such courtiers' families clearly, although it was not a secret that Fang Hao was not allowed to enter the court, but the emperor remembered it so that the courtiers did not dare to come forward to comment on this matter. But it can be seen that the emperor is still very interested in Fang Hao.
Fang Hao knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, life and death are rich and noble, Fang Hao wants to serve the court if he has martial arts, and following Fang Xu into battle to kill the enemy is a horse leather shroud, Fang Hao will not blink an eye." ”
Who knew that when he heard this, the emperor slapped the dragon chair fiercely, which shocked the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to kneel on the ground, and the emperor said angrily: "How can you say such a thing? How sad would it be for your father to hear it? ”
Fang Hao only felt that the emperor might not be in a good mood recently, so he fell to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, a good man is about to go to the battlefield, is he wandering outside in order to make a living?" ”
"Presumptuous." The eunuch beside him saw that Fang Hao didn't understand the rules, so he said, "Quick, pull him down and beat him with a cane for fifty." ”
On weekdays, this eunuch can't speak, but for such a courtier, there is a precedent in the Qi Dynasty, after all, the eunuch is the emperor's protector, and Fang Hao's words have indeed angered the emperor.
"Is it your turn to speak here? Dare to talk about the government, pull it out and cut it. "The emperor seems to have pointed the finger at the eunuch, who wanted to take the throne for the emperor, but he was dragged out and beheaded.
What made the courtiers even more panicked was that this eunuch was a close confidant of the emperor, who had followed the emperor for 20 years, and now because Fang Hao was beheaded and died, the courtiers present all sighed: Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger.
Fang Hao didn't expect that he would actually kill someone else just by saying his inner thoughts, that's right, he is also a hot-blooded man, and he also has a passion for serving the country, just because of Fang Nian, he needs to be filial. thought that Fang Xu would make the Fang family shine on the lintel, but found that Fang Xu might be involved in a lot of unknown secrets. So taking this opportunity, Fang Hao really couldn't sit still, if he didn't pay close attention to Fang Xu, maybe the whole family would really suffer, so Fang Hao finally stepped into the court, and that hot-blooded man proved his first step.
Seeing the prince come out of the ranks, he first made his father angry, and then said: "Fang Hao, the sons and daughters understand, the sons dare to use their lives to guarantee that Fang Hao will never do anything unfavorable to the country, and according to the sons and daughters, this Fang Xu is a concubine, although Fang Hao is the eldest son, the brothers often have discord, so it is impossible to join forces to do things that are unfavorable to the people and the country, father, if Fang Hao does something sorry for the country and the people, the sons are willing to use their lives to ......"
"Presumptuous." The emperor was angry at first, this time it can be said that he was furious, the officials have never experienced the emperor so angry, because the tyrant always makes the courtiers uneasy, so the emperor is rarely angry about trivial things, even if the city is occupied by the enemy, it is not a big deal to pull people down to behead the guilty ministers, and this time, the emperor not only killed the eunuchs around him, but also continued to be angry, like a fire dragon.
"Fang Hao said death, you actually said death, you all died, who will ...... this country" Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly paused, all the ministers, look at me, I look at you, even the prince somehow, his father will compare Fang Hao with himself, how can Fang Hao be a grass man when he dies, and if the prince dies, it will be a national martyrdom.
The emperor coughed twice and said, "One is my minister, and the other is my son." They are all my right-hand men, and you are not allowed to talk about the word dead in the future. The emperor seemed to ease up, and the other party said: "Since you want to follow Fang Xu, then I will fulfill you, but without my order, you can't just say the word death, Fang is old, he will rely on you two children." ”
Fang Hao hurriedly thanked him, and the emperor said to Fang Xu: "I know that although you are a general, Fang Hao's kung fu is not under you, and he is also your brother, you can discuss something to disappoint." ”
Fang Xu hurriedly bowed his hand: "Yes, Emperor." ”
After retiring from the dynasty, the minister began to talk about it, this emperor is really abnormal, although he was angry, he seemed to have been defending Fang Hao, and he also told Fang Xu not to embarrass Fang Hao, and the government and the opposition did not dare to underestimate Fang Hao.
Prime Minister Qing told the queen about the emperor's every move in the court, the queen frowned, and Prime Minister Qing said: "It seems that the emperor really values this Fang Nian, even his son values it so much, fortunately Fang Nian has taken off his robe, otherwise Fang Nian is really ......"
The queen tilted her head and said, "What do you know?" What is Fang Nian? Don't you think the emperor values Fang Hao very much? I remember that when I was in the Marshal's Mansion, the emperor immediately called out Fang Hao's name, at that time, the emperor should not have known Fang Hao, and he actually said Fang Hao's fortune-telling repeatedly, and as a general, it is a common thing to be born and die, how many generals die every year? That Fang Xu had also experienced many battles to the death, and he also crawled out of the pile of dead people, how could it be different when he came to Fang Hao? ”
The queen looked at Ruyun, Ruyun nodded, the queen's brows furrowed, and she said in a low voice: "Especially what I said to Xuan'er, why did the emperor compare Xuan'er with Fang Hao." ”
"Not good." The queen slapped the chair hard and stood up suddenly: "Is it okay with that slut's child?" Could it be Fang Hao? ”
Prime Minister Qing gasped and said tremblingly: "Purple Queen? ”
The queen glared at Prime Minister Qing angrily, Prime Minister and Ruyun both knelt on the ground, and the queen paced in the dormitory, as if she was suspicious when she took a step, and then turned her head sharply to Prime Minister Qing and said: "Thoroughly investigate Fang Hao's life experience, at all costs." ”
Ruyun proposed: "Fang Hao is originally a thorn in our side, why don't we kill him, whether he is that person's child or not, we don't keep him." ”
The queen stretched out her arm and shook her head: "No, let's talk about it after we find it out." ”
Prime Minister Qing hurriedly left the palace......
"What? This year's champion is you? Fang Nian threw away all the crutches angrily when he heard Fang Xu's complaint, and the whole person fell between the hands of the two family members.
Mrs. Fang sighed: "Ah, I originally thought that you listened to your father's words, but it turned out that you were all pretending, holding back your strength to participate in the martial champion, are you unwilling to see your younger brother become the martial champion?" It's just that you'll never be able to surpass him, and you're not your brother's lieutenant yet? ”
"Shut up." Fang Nian roared angrily, and Madam Fang was startled and hid behind Fang Xu.
"You all go out." Fang Nian shuddered.
Fang Nian sat down on crutches again, and Mrs. Fang pushed everyone out, leaving only Fang Hao in the house: "Why don't you leave?" ”
Fang Nian said: "You go out, he stays." ”
Mrs. Fang was triumphant, thinking that Fang Nian would definitely scold Fang Hao, the taboo of the past twenty years had still been destroyed by Fang Hao, and the image of a filial son should be gone in Fang Nian's eyes, right?
And when everyone retreated and Fang Hao gently closed the door, Fang Nian threw away his crutches and knelt down again, and Fang Hao also knelt on the ground: "Father, the child is wrong." ”
Fang Hao shed tears, he wanted to be optimistic about Fang Xu for his father and find out the truth about Ruosu's death, but he didn't expect the emperor and his father to be so excited, Fang Hao regretted a little, regretted not continuing to be idle, at least then this scene would not appear.
"The eldest prince, the old minister is sorry for the emperor." Fang Nian looked up to the sky and roared, kowtowing fiercely at Fang Hao.
Fang Hao hurriedly put his hand on Fang Nian's forehead: "Father, what did you say?" ”
"The eldest prince, you are the eldest prince of the Qi Dynasty, I am just a courtier of you and the emperor, the emperor entrusted you to the old minister, just hoping that you can escape the queen's pursuit, I think this secret has been kept for twenty years, and it is time to tell the prince." Fang Nian's words seemed to give Fang Hao a slap in the face, what prince? What old minister? Fang Hao was a little confused, his head was buzzing, and for a moment, his head was blank.
Fang Nian was helped by Fang Hao to sit down, Fang Nian said: "Back then, the Purple Queen was pregnant with a dragon fetus, and the Queen Ruo, who was also the Imperial Concubine of the year, has always coveted the queen's position, and the Purple Queen of the harem is just a fictitious, she is honest and kind, and she has never enveloped the powerful, so she has few cronies." Unlike Ruo Guifei, as soon as she entered the palace, she won over the powerful, and the power of the harem was comparable to that of the previous dynasty. On the day you were born, your mother, the Purple Queen, died in childbirth, and she told the emperor on her deathbed to protect her son, she said that she would rather not let her child be established as a prince than save your life, at that time if the queen knew that once she went, you would be persecuted by Queen Ruo sooner or later. ”
When Fang Hao heard this, he concluded leisurely: "Could it be that I am the emperor's son?" The Purple Queen is my birth mother? ”