Jingzhou, Changlin City.

Jingzhou City, located in the northeast of Dafeng, is the coldest area in the whole Dafeng, one-third of the year is winter, five hundred years ago it was synonymous with the bitter cold land, until the emergence of Buddhism, this land was born with new vitality.

Changlin City, the largest city in Jingzhou, is also the location of the Jingbei Palace, but at this time the Jingbei Mansion is a different picture, only to see the King of Jingbei looking unkempt and dirty, sitting on the soft couch with his chest and breasts exposed, and the table in front of him is full of wine jars, and the whole person is bearded and drunk.

"Xiao'er, my Xiao'er, who killed Xiao'er." King Gao Lan of Jingbei directly threw away the wine glass in his hand and roared with red eyes.

After all, Gao Xiao is the only son of King Jingbei, and he suddenly died in Chengyang this time, can Gao Ran not be angry?

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in Confucian clothes walked in, and as soon as he came in, he bowed to Gao Ran and saluted, "Lord Wang, find out who killed the prince." ”

"Bang." Gao Ran got up directly, glared angrily, pointed at the man, and said sadly, "Who is it?!" ”

This middle-aged Confucian priest bowed his hand slightly, "I hope that the prince will hold back, it was the fifth son of the Liguo family, Ning Xiaochuan, who killed His Royal Highness the Prince and Lu Pinghe." ”

"It's the Ning family again......" Gao Ran roared directly, kicking over the case in front of him, "Ning Xiaochuan, the old man won't kill you, and he won't be a man." ”

Gao Lan's roar resounded throughout the palace, and Confucian Sheng also knew that Gao Ran was furious at this time, and frowned and said, "Now that Ning Xiaochuan has left Chengyang, judging from their advance route, their next target is likely to be Qingzhou." ”

"Hmph, even if I flee to the ends of the earth, I will kill him." Gao Yan's eyes almost want to breathe fire.

"Lord Qiqi, a letter from Luzhou Mu Han Li." The guard outside the door arched his hand and said.

This almost didn't have to be thought about to know that it was a letter from Han Li's guilt, Gao Ran's eyes were bloodshot, "Take it." ”

Confucius took the letter and handed it to Gao Ran, who didn't even look at it, grabbed it directly and tore it to pieces, "Han Li, the old man won't let you go." ”

Gao Xiao was inexplicably dying in Chengyang, and Han Li was also there at the time, to say that this matter had nothing to do with Han Li, Gao Ran absolutely didn't believe it.

And now Gao Ran even suspected that the news that Ning Xiaochuan killed Gao Xiao was deliberately released by Han Li, the purpose was to make himself hate the Ning family, but there was no way to take the Ning family.

In fact, it is true, otherwise Ning Xiaochuan would not have been known by Gao Ran's subordinates for such a short period of time when his identity was not exposed at all.

Confucius knew that Gao Ran was already half dead of anger at this time, but he still stubbornly said, "Lord Wang, don't focus on Ning Xiaochuan now, the spies have come to report, Beiban has taken action, it seems that they want to attack us before autumn comes." ”

"These barbarians, damn it." King Jingbei frowned and said, it was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight.

"However, this Ning Xiaochuan doesn't think that he will be fine if he runs to Qingzhou, go to the black market, and this king will reward Ning Yan Xiaochuan's head." Gao Ran's eyes showed a fierce light, and he said ruthlessly.

"Yes."

The matter of Gao Lan's gold reward for Ning Xiaochuan must be kept secret, this kind of thing must not be known to Yin, nor can it cause agitation in the Dafeng officialdom.

The son of Liguo Gong, the prince of Jingbei, this is the two leaders of the northern part of Dafeng who are in charge of the Northern Army and the Xiangzhou Army, in case these two families go to war because of this, it is not a good thing for Dafeng, after all, there are still Northern barbarians in the north, if it is really a nest fight, it is the people who suffer.

Although Gao Ran has an endless roar now, he still has some restraint and does not stab this matter to Yindu, in case the fish dies in the end, it will be really troublesome.

But would Yin Du really not know? That, of course, is impossible.

……

Luzhou, Xinchen.

Han Li wrote another letter to King Jingbei, and after settling the dispute between the Shenshan Gang and the Chunyuan Hall in Chengyang City, he came to Xinchen to meet his eldest brother.

Han Shuo sat quietly in the room, listening to Han Li's words, after listening, Han Shuo frowned slightly and said, "Do you think that Ning Xiaochuan heard that you were deliberately stimulating him and letting him get rid of the prince?" ”

Han Li took a sip of tea and hesitated, "I'm not sure about this." ”

"This son is a character, but this time our prince can't let him go easily." Han Shuo shook his head helplessly, "And Zhan'er......"

"Big brother, you know that Zhan'er went to find Ning Xiaochuan, why don't you stop him, follow Ning Xiaochuan now, that is to send him to death." Han Li said puzzled.

Han Shuo smiled slightly, "Zhan'er has a weak heart and is indecisive, it's better to follow Ning Xiaochuan, let him hone and hone his heart, otherwise how will he take over the Legalist family in the future." ”

"And after that, what do we do now?" Han Li stared at Han Shuo.

Han Shuo took a deep breath, got up silently, and looked out the window, the direction he was looking at was the west, which was the direction of Yindu, "Now it's up to Your Majesty's will, Gao Xiao's death is not necessarily a bad thing for Your Majesty." ”

"Huh?"

Han Li also got up, and after hearing Han Shuo's words, his gaze at Han Shuo changed, this was the real master of scheming.

……

The news of Luzhou soon spread to the Yindu Palace.

For Han Zhongxuan, it was not difficult to find out this, everything that happened in Chengyang informed Gao Zhen, Gao Zhen's eyes shifted to the map, looked at the three northern states on the map, and thought a little.

"Ning Xiaochuan has helped us a lot this time." Gao Zhen pointed to the land in the north and said, "Now that the prince of Jingbei is gone, then after a hundred years of King Jingbei, the land of these three states will not be lost." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, it saves us the need to do it." Han Zhongxuan, the eunuch next to him, said with a smile.

Gao Zhen thought about it for a while, and then said with some surprise, "Ning Xiaochuan, such a steady and calculating person, why would he do something to get rid of the prince of Jingbei, so that he would be completely enemies of the king of Jingbei, does he think that the king of Jingbei will not dare to touch him?" ”

Han Zhongxuan was also a little surprised, but quickly expressed his opinion, "Your Majesty, no matter what the purpose of this Ning Xiaochuan is, at least the result will be beneficial to us, and now we only need to concentrate on dealing with the King of the East China Sea." ”

Gao Zhen nodded, "Where has Ning Xiaochuan gone now?" ”

"Judging from their whereabouts and routes, it should be Qingzhou." Han Zhongxuan said.

"Qingzhou, that's Confucianism, not long after the master died, Ning Xiaochuan went to Qingzhou at this time, tsk......" Gao Zhen looked at Qingzhou on the map and shook his head slowly, "Maybe Qingzhou is lively again." ”

"There's one more piece of news." Han Zhongxuan said with his hand on the side.

Gao Zhen smiled and looked at Han Zhongxuan, "How many surprises do you still have for me, tell me about it, what news." ”

"The people of the Gongsun family have also arrived in Qing......zhou," Han Zhongxuan said in a low voice.

Gao Zhen sneered, "Gongsun family, King Jingbei, Ning Xiaochuan, Ning Xiaochuan, there is no Song Jing by your side, this time see how you leave Qingzhou alive......"

Gao Zhen in the palace looked at Qingzhou on the map, and couldn't help but smile, as long as Ning Xiaochuan died, then Ning Zhi would definitely not be able to sit still, and when the time came, he would fan the wind a little and light the fire, and Xiang Zhou's Ning family army would definitely do it, and at that time, it would be his chance.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhen smiled even more happily.

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Yindu, Ningfu.

Ning Zhi looked at the information in Ning Feng's hand, and walked around the room anxiously, Ning Feng frowned and said, "Dad, don't worry, don't be in a hurry." ”

"Why are you so impulsive, what is wrong to do, kill other people's sons, this ...... Isn't this forcing Jingbei Kingfish to die and break the net? I...... How can I not be in a hurry, hey......" Ning Zhi never thought that Ning Xiaochuan would be so bold and actually killed the prince of Jingbei.

"Gao Xiao has always wanted to kill the fifth brother, and the fifth brother is also helpless." Ning Feng explained on the side.

"Don't speak for him, now that Mr. Song gave his life for him, what should I do next......" Ning Zhi shook his head anxiously, "Feng'er, you go and make arrangements, my father is going to Jingzhou to make amends for King Jingbei." ”

"No, Dad, it's absolutely impossible." When Ning Feng heard this, he hurriedly stopped Ning Zhi, "Dad, please calm down, now that the news that the fifth brother killed the prince of Jingbei has not come out, the king of Jingbei may not know who the murderer is, if you go now, won't you confess yourself?" Wouldn't that be more disadvantageous to the fifth brother? ”

Ning Zhi listened, this did make some sense, "That...... So let's assume we don't know? ”

"yes, pretend to be confused." Ning Feng nodded heavily, "I don't think there will be any public announcement about this matter, you think, among the three states that resist the Northern Barbarians, Jingzhou and Dingzhou belong to the north, and Xiangzhou belongs to the northwest."

Now all the soldiers and horses that resist the Northern Barbarians are concentrated in the hands of you and the King of Jingbei, if the killing of the prince of Jingbei is exposed, it will embarrass the two families, if they do it and kill each other, the North Barbarians will inevitably take advantage of the situation to go south, and it is the entire Dafeng that suffers. ”

Ning Zhi looked at Ning Feng, sat on the chair helplessly, and spread his hands, "Could it be that King Jingbei will give up?" Will it let his precious son die like that? He was his only son. ”

Ning Feng frowned and pondered, "Judging from King Jingbei's personality, this matter will never pass like this, if he knows that it is the fifth brother, then there is a high probability that he will still attack the fifth brother." ”

"Now that Mr. Song is gone, what about Chuan'er's safety?" Ning Zhi frowned and said.

Ning Feng looked at Ning Zhi and sighed, "Dad, don't worry, I have arranged someone around Xiao Chuan, but if something happens to these two people again, then it will only depend on Xiao Chuan himself." ”

Ning Zhi's face was even worse, "I really didn't expect that the world is so big that there is no place for Xiaochuan." ”

"When Xiaochuan walked out of Yindu, he had to have this kind of awareness, we can't protect him for a lifetime, his road has to go by himself, maybe he can walk out of a more successful road than us." Ning Feng said abruptly.

Yes, everyone's path is different, and Ning Xiaochuan did not leave Yin Du this time for himself, but more about the fate of the Ning family.