In early autumn of July, there is only a little more than a month left before this year's autumn harvest.

At such a critical juncture, the attention of the people in the market should have been focused on the acres of their homes.

It's just that in the autumn of this year, the streets and alleys of Chang'an City are obviously more gossip that can be talked about before and after dinner······

"Hey!"

"You don't know!"

"——It is said that on the same day, the prince came to the door in a grand manner, and went directly to the prison of the lieutenant's mansion;"

"It just so happens that the goshawk Zhidu, because of the matter of King Linjiang, was summoned into the palace by His Majesty, and was not in the lieutenant's mansion."

"The prince saw the opportunity that Zhi was not in the Lieutenant's Mansion, pulled up the King of Linjiang, and hurried all the way back to the palace!"

"It's said that Zhidu is still standing outside the palace with a sad face······"

In the north of Chang'an City, outside the two cities, there is a tea shop that is not very conspicuous.

The ranger wearing a short sword with a short sword at his waist straightened his waist, stepped on the low case without any scruples, and his eyebrows fluttered to describe what happened in the Lieutenant's Mansion a few days ago.

Hearsay, to be exact.

Moreover, it has changed hands several times, and there have already been many rumors of artistic processing.

But even so, the obviously somewhat distorted sharing of the rangers did not diminish the curiosity of everyone present in the slightest;

Seeing that the rangers stopped talking, a few people suddenly stepped forward in time, handed out tea bowls, and handed out snacks.

was held by the stars like this, and the rangers were obviously enjoying it.

poured a sip of tea, took a few dried dates casually, threw them in his mouth and chewed them a few times, and then rolled up his sleeves;

"Now, that goshawk Zhidu can be regarded as bad retribution!"

"It is said that the king of Linjiang was temporarily imprisoned in the Lieutenant's Mansion by order of His Majesty."

"The result is good now: the king of Linjiang was taken away by the prince and placed in the palace again;"

"Zhi Du wants to bring King Linjiang back to the Lieutenant's Mansion, but he can't even enter the gate of the Imperial Palace!"

"Hey!"

"When I think of that goshawk Zhidu, who was made miserable by the prince, my heart is happy!"

"He is in the capital, and he has today?!"

Listening to the rangers gritting their teeth and clearly gloating about it, the crowd only laughed for a while;

After a moment, they lowered their heads in thought.

Zhidu's reputation in Chang'an is actually very bad.

The nickname of 'Goshawk' alone is actually enough to prove: what kind of image is the lieutenant Zhidu in the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an.

Speaking of which, the nickname of 'Goshawk' in Zhidu has actually been around for a long time.

As early as the time of the first emperor, Zhidu was appointed as a Lang official by the first emperor because of his reputation of 'bravery'.

Later, Zhidu was appointed as a Zhonglang by the first emperor by virtue of his fair and honest administration.

The middle man of the Han family has always been a young talent selected from the army, and he is the best among his neighbors;

It is no exaggeration to say: Han Zhonglang is the first group of 'reserve officers' in Chinese history.

Zhidu has never been in the army, and he has become one of the Zhonglang direct ranks of the Han family's 'young reserve officers', which is undoubtedly the only one since the Han Dynasty.

And the nickname of this 'goshawk' was originally because the prince Qi at that time once presented a goshawk picture painted by a famous artist to Zhonglang Zhidu at that time.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhidu at that time was a person who tended to be inflammatory;

It does not mean that the crown prince at that time was a disdainful descendant who was eager to seize power.

——At that time, Prince Qi approached Zhidu, and Zhidu accepted Prince Qi's kindness, all by the order of the first emperor.

To be precise: Zhonglang Zhidu is one of the princes left by the first emperor as his prince.

After getting the goshawk picture presented by Prince Qi, Zhi Du was naturally encouraged, remembering Prince Qi's encouragement of 'wings for the country', and since then he has been indomitable on the road of lonely ministers.

Later, Zhidu became a Zhonglang general and began to be 'famous' in Chang'an;

And last year, Zhidu was directly promoted from a lieutenant general of more than 2,000 stones to a lieutenant who was rumored to be 'although not Jiuqing, he was actually better than Jiuqing', and he was ranked in 2,000 stones.

Since serving as a lieutenant and personally in charge of the Northern Army, one of the two forbidden armies in Chang'an, the name of 'Goshawk Zhidu' has become more and more famous in Chang'an.

——On private morality, Zhi is upright and upright, and never tends to be inflammatory;

For Zhou Yafu, the prime minister who has always been known for his arrogance, the entire Chang'an court can be called respectful, but Zhidu, even if he saw Zhou Yafu, he only bowed his hands, but never bowed.

In terms of public service, or 'business ability', Zhidu is undoubtedly very good.

is not afraid to avoid the powerful and royal relatives, and all those who violate the law and prohibitions, no matter who the official or whom, will be severely punished according to the law;

When the princes and nobles, and even the royal family saw him, they only dared to look sideways, and called Zhidu as: Goshawk.

As for the rangers who 'spread gossip', it is not so incomprehensible that they are so hostile to Zhidu.

——The duties of the lieutenant, in addition to personally taking charge of the Northern Army, the most important thing is to guard Chang'an, responsible for public security within a radius of 100 miles from Chang'an.

Since he is in charge of public security, it is natural to deal with the unstable factor that has always caused hidden dangers to local security in this era - the rangers.

Counting the previous years, Zhidu, who was still a lieutenant general, 'acted as a substitute', and also cleaned up the Chang'an rangers, and after being promoted to lieutenant, Zhidu justifiably punished the ranger group······

To this day, the rangers in Chang'an City, not to mention that everyone has a grudge against Zhi, at least every three people, there is a good big brother of one of them, who has been folded under the 'eagle claws' of Zhidu.

is obviously such a good official who punishes evil and promotes good, severely cracks down on illegal acts, and has incomparably honest personal morality, but it still makes ordinary people feel a burst of unexplained fear and inexplicable disgust.

And on this day, when I heard that the goshawks were blocked outside the palace and couldn't even enter the door, everyone gathered in this tea shop also felt a burst of happiness······

"Goshawk Zhidu, it's too arrogant;"

"With His Majesty's support, he has always had no one in his eyes, and he never listens to anyone who asks him."

"I really don't know how such a person can be so valued by His Majesty······"

After a brief silence, the corner remembered a slight mutter, which caused everyone present to either agree or conform to the crowd and nod their heads again and again.

After a while, someone stepped forward with a smile and served another bowl of tea to the rangers.

"Eh, good man;"

"This King of Linjiang, did he smash the outer wall of the Jiangling Taimiao and incorporate the land of the Taimiao into his palace?"

"-If this is really the case, then even if the crown prince comes forward, the king of Linjiang will not be able to escape being punished by His Majesty, right?"

"At the very least, I have to be fined to go to Taimiao, Gao Temple to think, and then be fined a few years of tax and so on?"

Hearing this, the rangers first subconsciously turned their heads sideways and looked at the person who asked the question;

After making sure that the man was not a big deal, he took the tea bowl with a smile and poured it with his head up.

After drinking the tea happily, the rangers straightened up again, and looked at everyone present with red faces.

"Speaking of this, I really have to mention: this prince is really a lover!"

"-It is said that this King of Linjiang was convicted and imprisoned, and His Majesty was furious, and even if the prince watched coldly, no one could say anything;"

"But the prince doesn't!"

"Eh~"

"Say something arrogant: even I, a big man, hate to be the prince's brother!"

"Who is a brother like the crown prince, and he doesn't want to have one himself?"

"Who doesn't want their blood siblings to be a desperate person like the prince who wants to save his brother from fire and water?"

As soon as the rangers said this, the tea shop, which had been a little silent because of the topic of Zhidu, suddenly became noisy again.

Everyone glanced at you and I spoke, and began to pat Liu Sheng's sycophants in this tea shop full of market atmosphere.

"If you want me to say, Your Majesty's sons, I will look at the prince when I am young!"

"——Think about the past, the name of the ninth son of the emperor who protects his mother like an idiot, benevolence and filial piety, who doesn't know in Chang'an, who doesn't know?"

"How can a person who can be filial to his mother and protect her at all costs not be a good person?"

···

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"When I wasn't a prince before, I knew how to be filial to my mother;"

"Now that I am a prince, I still don't forget to protect my brothers and sisters."

"Such a prince, what else do we have to worry about?"

···

"That's not what I said!"

"-I heard that when the queen was pregnant with the crown prince, she dreamed that Jin Ri was in her arms!"

"Even His Majesty was overjoyed when he learned of this, and said to the queen: This is a sign of this son's nobility."

"Doesn't this mean that as early as when the queen was pregnant with the crown prince, the position of the prince was already expected by everyone······"

···

In the tea shop, although everyone did not drink, they were all excited and red;

So much so that no one noticed: in the innermost corner of the tea shop, a warrior with an obvious background quickly disappeared into the crowd after dropping a rumor that 'the queen dreams of the day and then gives birth to the prince'.

At the same time, in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, there are also countless 'rumor-mongers' who are obviously from martial arts but dressed as farmers, spreading this rather biochemical rumor to every corner of Chang'an City.

But the reactions of all parties to this rumor were obviously calm and bizarre······

·

"Kim Il into his arms?"

North of Chang'an City, too uterus, Jiaguan.

Looking at his maternal uncle Jia Gui in front of him, describing the rumor that had spread through the streets and alleys in the past few days with a frightened expression, Liu Sheng only frowned violently.

Turning sideways slightly, he looked at his brother Liu Pengzu beside him, and his eldest brother Liu Rong, who was forcibly pulled back to the imperial womb by himself, and Liu Sheng's face was already clear for a while.

"Mrs. Wang's ······"

"Hey;"

"I'm afraid that Tian Wei can't escape the involvement?"

Hearing this, Liu Pengzu nodded with a smile, as if he had no other views on this matter, and he had long been accustomed to it.

Liu Rong, who was on the side, seemed to be a little surprised that Liu Sheng was so unshy about himself?

Seeing his eldest brother Liu Rong's reaction like this, Liu Sheng only smiled to himself and shook his head, and then sighed slightly.

"Alas~"

"Big brother, you shouldn't know yet, right?"

"——As early as when the eldest brother was not crowned king, the position of the prince and the prince, Mrs. Wang, had already set her sights on Xiao Shi······"

With a melancholy tone, although Liu Sheng still had a smile on his face, there was obviously a little annoyance in his tone.

Mrs. Wang is the younger brother of Liu Rong, Liu Pengzu, and Liu Sheng, the tenth son of the emperor and the mother of Liu Yu, the king of Jiaodong, who is the former Wang Meiren.

After Queen Jia entered the Jiaofang and became the rightful lord of the harem, Wang Meiren, who gave birth to the emperor's tenth son, Wang Huan, who was once known as the 'Great King Beauty', was finally successfully promoted to the rank of lady.

In Liu Sheng's words, this is Empress Jia's grace in the harem to stabilize her own foundation.

But what is obvious is that Wang Huan, the mother of Liu Yu, the tenth son of the emperor, is by no means satisfied with the status of a 'lady'.

What Wang Wan wants is to become the queen of the Son of Heaven, and in the future, to become the queen mother of his own son, the Son of Heaven······

Hearing that Liu Sheng talked about Wang Wan and Liu Yu's mother and son, Liu Rong finally nodded thoughtfully after a short period of surprise.

Liu Rong has long sensed that Wang Wan is interested in the position of the crown prince and wants to put his son in the position of the crown prince.

"When I was still in Chang'an, the third child once said: Gillian will be a vital part of the position of the prince."

"At that time, Mrs. Wang came to the door several times and tried to persuade Aunt Guantao to marry Gillian to Xiao Shi's wife······"

The meaning of the sentence only caused Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu brothers to look at each other and smile;

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Pengzu finally said with a smile: "At that time, Ah Sheng and I were very puzzled by this matter. ”

"-Why didn't the eldest brother marry Gillian, but instead gave up this marriage related to the prince's belonging to Xiao Shi?"

"Just think about it, it's impossible for the eldest brother and the second brother and the third brother not to see through the key."

"In this way, there should be only ······ left to prevent the eldest brother from marrying Gillian."

Halfway through the words, Liu Pengzu, who realized that he was almost speechless, finally stopped talking in time.

And after Liu Pengzu's words, which originally wanted to liven up the atmosphere but almost made the atmosphere even more embarrassing, Liu Rong only smiled bitterly and shook his head, and lowered his head again.

Back then, Liu Rong did think about marrying Gillian and taking advantage of this to sit on the throne of the prince in one fell swoop;

It's just a pity······

"Alas~"

"Time passes, things are not people······"

"When I heard these things, I felt that I had already experienced them in my previous life;"

"Past ······"

"Hey."

"Just let him pass······"

seemed to be relieved, but there was a faint bitter remark, which only caused the two brothers on the side to smile stiffly and bow their heads.

I don't know how long it took for this chest-making silence to finally dissipate quietly in the hall with Liu Sheng's soft inquiry······

"Zhidu, still outside the palace gate?"

As soon as the words fell, Xia Que on the side hurriedly took two steps forward: "Yes; ”

"Self-······"

As soon as he opened his mouth subconsciously, he glanced at Liu Rong on the side pointedly, and Xia Que hurriedly bowed again.

"Since His Royal Highness 'invited' King Linjiang back to the palace, lieutenant, he has been waiting outside the palace gate;"

"The lieutenant said, 'Your Highness will not be summoned for the next day, lieutenant, and you will wait for a day······"

With Xia Que's feminine tone, Liu Rong's already somewhat restrained expression only became a little uneasy.

saw Liu Sheng smile indifferently, and looked at his brother Liu Pengzu playfully.

"After all, it's been two days and one night······"

"Why don't you see you?"

Hearing the deep meaning of Liu Sheng's words, Liu Pengzu also nodded with a smile, but his mouth answered and asked: "It's also difficult to be a lieutenant~"

"The emperor's order is in his body, and he was put on a ······ by Ah Sheng"

The two brothers were full of relaxed conversations, which made Liu Rong on the side feel more and more uneasy, and his face was even more ashamed.

He moved his body uncomfortably, was silent for a while, and finally looked up at Liu Sheng nervously.

"Or ······"

"Alas······"

"-Otherwise, I'd better go back with the lieutenant."

"After all, Zhidu is also acting on the orders of his father."

"Xiao Jiu, this is too womb, I can hide for a while, but I can't hide for a lifetime······"

Listening to Liu Rong's tone full of panic, Liu Sheng only shook his head slightly at Liu Rong with a relaxed smile.

"Lieutenant's Mansion, eldest brother will definitely not be able to go back."

"Don't say that Zhidu is now, Lai is outside the palace and does not leave;"

"-Even if I crashed to death outside the palace gate, I can't let my eldest brother return to that dark dungeon."

"Since you have arrived in the palace, eldest brother, since you have come, you can be safe······"

···

"It's Zhidu, I've been outside the palace for two days, and if I don't meet again, someone will gossip about me."

"I just don't know if the eldest brother, do you want to see Zhidu again, or ······"

"Huh?"

Listening to Liu Sheng's first half of the words, Liu Rong was full of gratitude, and pursed his lips with mixed tastes;

Just as he was about to open his mouth to thank him, when he heard Liu Sheng's second half of the sentence, Liu Rong immediately came to his senses and hurriedly got up from his seat.

"It's still gone······"

"Since Xiao Jiu wants to meet, then I'm still ······"

"Uh, still ······"

With a slightly embarrassed face, Liu Rong pointed to the side hall where Liu Sheng settled his own place.

Seeing Liu Sheng nodding with a smile, he immediately got up from his seat and bowed his hand to Liu Rong slightly.

"Then please big brother, take a break;"

"As long as everything goes well, in a few days, eldest brother, you should be able to live in the Linjiang Mansion in Shangguanli······"

Regarding Liu Sheng's remarks, Liu Rong didn't take it too seriously.

- Until this moment, Liu Rong still didn't dare to hope that he could retreat from Chang'an.

As soon as he politely returned the salute to Liu Sheng, he was led by Xia Que towards the side hall.

After Liu Rong left, the two brothers who stayed in Jiaguan invariably turned pale.

After a while, Xia Que went and returned, and walked to Liu Sheng's side;

He leaned lightly and asked, "Do you want to ask the lieutenant to come here?" But he saw Liu Sheng looking directly at his brother Liu Pengzu, and shook his head solemnly.

"The eldest brother was taken to the palace by me, and the father must give an explanation."

"Since this is the case, instead of continuing to drag, it is better to enter the palace to face the saint while my father is not angry."

"It's just the big brother's side······"

···

"Ugly words, I said to my brother ahead."

"—I will be back in an hour at most;"

"If when you come back, what happens to the eldest brother······

"Hey;"

"Brother Yu, of course my brother has no choice."

"But if it's the eldest brother, there's really something wrong - something went wrong in the womb;"

"That brother, I don't have the face to continue to live in this world as the 'prince prince'······"

The physical condition has recovered a lot, and this chapter has only been written for more than four hours.

Although there is a gap from the previous three hours, it is a big improvement compared to the six or seven hours a chapter a few days ago.

It's eight o'clock, and I should still be able to write half a chapter before I go to bed.

With this half chapter, there is a high probability that there will be a second update tomorrow.

Call~

Thank you for your tolerance and understanding during this time.

The erector must live up to the care and tolerance of the fathers, and do his best to restore the normal update speed as soon as possible under the premise of physical conditions.

Today is still a change for the time being.

I wish you good health, good health, good family and friends.

(End of chapter)