The setting sun hangs over Maple Mountain.

There was a night wind rising.

Xiahou Zhuo suddenly snorted, he felt a little cold.

He looked at Ning Chuchu, grinned, and really stepped down from the chariot, without bringing the knife that he had been hanging on the chariot that had followed him for many years.

He stood more than a foot away from Ning Chuchu.

He bowed respectfully, and there was a look of love on his dark face at this moment.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for ten years in the blink of an eye!"

"His Royal Highness has become an adult, and seeing it is like a mother coming in person, the old slave is very relieved."

After saying these few words, Xiahou Zhuo seemed to be old all of a sudden.

His face no longer has the same hardness and courage as when he conquered the Quartet, and his face is now a little decadent, a little lost, and some seems to be relieved.

Ning Chuchu is kind-hearted after all.

She seemed to be reminded of her childhood.

This Xiahou Zhuo returned to Beijing to report on his work, and his mother had passed away at that time.

In the east palace of the prince's brother, he knelt down and swore to the prince's brother, vowing to protect the prince's brother from ascending the throne as the emperor!

This is his belief.

He did not change because of the death of his mother.

He firmly grasped the military power of the western frontier army, and has been trying his best to build momentum for the prince's brother.

Even in order for the prince's brother to be able to stabilize the second emperor's brother, he gave up Jiuyin City regardless of his infamy, causing Jiuyin City to fall into the hands of the desolate people.

He originally thought that his father would be able to agree to the prince's brother to go to the expedition in person, and he would definitely assist the prince's brother to recapture Jiuyin City to give the prince's brother a great military achievement.

However, the father did not come back at all in Changle Palace.

The Ji Tai family in the middle of the court held great power, and did not send the request of the prince's brother to his father.

He could only hold the northern border army tightly and look at the lost Jiuyin City in the distance.

He gave up leading his troops to retake Nine Yin City, because that would cause heavy losses to his soldiers.

He can't do without enough soldiers!

He hoped that with the soldiers in his hands, Ji Tai and the others would be afraid.

His purpose still had some effect, and the prince's brother was quite stable during his years in the East Palace.

Of course, it may also be that the generosity and harmlessness shown by the prince's brother in the East Palace did not directly infringe on the interests of Ji Tai and others.

Or maybe Ji Tai was just waiting for an opportunity.

The prince's brother died in the Kyoto Revolution last year, and he left Yanyun Pass with 30,000 elites......

This is the death penalty of treason!

But he did it anyway.

Just to avenge the prince's brother.

He thinks that Li Chen'an has gained the most from the Kyoto Change, and he thinks that the prince's brother died at the hands of Li Chen'an...... Or die because of Li Chen'an.

He thought that the culprit was Li Chen'an, so after he heard that Li Chen'an was going to go to Shuzhou through Jiangnan, he did not hesitate to lead his troops to come.

Did he do it wrong?

If you look at it from the perspective of the country's righteousness, if the desolate people seize that line of fighters and really capture Yanyun Pass...... He will be infamous for all eternity!

But if you look at it from the perspective of loyalty to his master as a domestic slave, he undoubtedly fulfilled his duty of loyalty.

He kept his promise to his mother and the prince's brother, even if he was infamous for a lifetime.

Ning Chuchu took a deep breath, and his tone became softer.

"Do you regret it?"

Xiahou Zhuo grinned and shook his head: "The slave has never regretted it. ”

"When the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's death reached the northern border army, the slave closed the door for three days and thought about it."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted, how could he be killed?"

"Good people, why is it difficult to live long?"

"He is the prince of our Ning Kingdom!"

"In the future, he will be the emperor of our Ning Kingdom!"

"When he ascended the throne as emperor, many ministers were able to die a good death, even if Ji Tai treated him like this...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not punish him with the heart of the Nine Clans. ”

"But those ministers can't tolerate him!"

Xiahou Zhuo turned his head to look at Li Chen'an, "Even if you want to steal the country, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said in his letter to me that he regards you as a confidant...... It doesn't matter if you become the regent, or if you become the emperor...... A prince who kills a harmless man or an animal is still a prince who treats you as a friend...... Do you want to go? ”

Li Chenan sighed slightly, looked at Xiahou Zhuo, and said very sincerely:

"If I say that I never wanted to kill His Royal Highness the Prince, do you believe it?"

Do you believe it?

How can Xiahou Zhuo believe it?

Since ancient times, for the sake of that dragon chair, it is extremely normal for brothers to kill each other, not to mention that this Li Chenan is still an outsider!

If he, Li Chen'an, wants to hold that authority, he will inevitably kill the orthodox His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

It's not a conspiracy idea, it's the most normal thing!

Xiahou Zhuo laughed at himself: "You won, you can say whatever you want, I lost, and I was convinced to lose!" ”

"I didn't expect that old thing to dig a huge pit in front of me, and let me jump into it willingly......"

"If it weren't for Xi Wei's persuasion, I wouldn't have cooperated with Xie Jing at all."

"I'll wait!"

"Wait for your people and Xie Jing's people to fight."

"What I have is time to wait, because you have to go to Shuzhou, and I ...... You don't have to go to Kyoto! ”

"I will wait until your thousand people and Xie Jing have a result, so as to observe the combat effectiveness of your thousand people...... Or wait until your ambush shows up. ”

"But that old thing deceived me!"

"If it weren't for him, even if I were defeated, I could have left the country and waited for another opportunity."

Li Chen'an was slightly stunned in his heart, he didn't expect Xi Wei to do a lot of things behind his back for this matter.

He looked at Xiao Baozi, then turned his head to look at Xiahou Zhuo, and did not ask Xi Wei what he had persuaded him, but said something that surprised Xiahou Zhuo:

"Do you know why I didn't ascend the throne as emperor?"

"Because I don't have much interest in that thing."

"Before the Kyoto Revolution, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down to the plum garden where I lived."

"It was autumn at that time, and of course the plum blossoms did not bloom, but we chatted for a long time in the plum garden."

"I also think that he is a very good prince, and he will become a very good emperor in the future, as for his soft heart...... He can be soft-hearted, and I wanted to help him be a wicked man. ”

"What he can't decide to do, I'll do it."

"If he can't lift the knife, I'll lift it."

"If he can't bear to kill, I'll kill you...... You have to kill some people, otherwise, there will be a big problem in Ningguo, and you should know this. ”

"He was too fat, which was not good for his health, and I even drew up a plan for him to lose weight."

"It's just that I didn't expect the Kyoto Revolution to come so quickly, nor did I expect the person who attacked him to be so decisive."

"He really didn't die because of the death of the first emperor, he was indeed killed by someone!"

Xiahou Zhuo did not expect that Li Chenan did not deny the cause of His Royal Highness the Prince's death, and his pupils shrank:

"Who harmed His Highness?"

"I don't know, maybe I'll pursue it, or maybe I won't bother with it...... Now that I'm gone, I still have a lot to do. ”

"You...... You want to avenge him, this is understandable, you left Yanyun Pass without authorization, this is a capital crime! ”

"No one can save you."

"What other words do you have? After that, you can go to death! ”