When the prince of the Northland and the general of Zhengbei returned, the entire Northland City was cheering, but the happier they were, the more wanton they became, the more the envoys of the court were sitting on pins and needles, and their backs were cold.

In the past few years, because of the rebellion of a king with a different surname, the court has taken advantage of the situation to kill several kings with different surnames, although they are all founding heroes and have made great contributions to the establishment of the Xia Kingdom.

But if they rebel, they deserve to die, they deserve to be exterminated, they deserve to die without a place to be buried!

Nowadays, there are only two kings with different surnames left.

One is the elder brother of the queen of the dynasty, and he wants the queen's status to not fall, as long as the prince can inherit the throne smoothly, then it is impossible for this king with a different surname to fall.

The other is the king of the Northland, who has fought against the Xiongnu for more than ten years, and single-handedly expanded the northland from a small county with a large palm to now includes 30 counties and a territory area of one-tenth of the country's land area.

Xiao Sui is a very smart person who also knows current affairs.

After several other kings with different surnames were killed for true or false "rebellion", Xiao Sui, the king of the northern land who was fighting against the Xiongnu, was also seriously injured in that battle, and after returning to the north, he asked to go to Chang'an to treat the wounds on the grounds that the north was backward and there was no famous doctor, hoping to recuperate in Chang'an.

The death of the king with a different surname made all the princes and kings in the world tremble, even the descendants of the surname Chen, they were all walking on thin ice, for fear that this terrible luck would be their turn next.

In order to ease the situation in the world, and in order to quell some rumors, after seeing the king of the northland so aware of the current affairs, the court gladly agreed to his request, and specially sent the imperial doctor to the north, and took the king of the north to Chang'an.

The king of the Northland is gone, but there is a huge Northland, and there is no one who is in charge.

And if you want to say that you know the situation in the Northland the most, there is no one who was born in the Northland and has been fighting in the Northland all year round.

As a result, the court ordered that Xiao Jian, the prince of the northern land, who was still fighting in the southwest, return to the court to accept the appointment.

In order to appease the king of the north, and to let the princes and kings of the world see the attitude of the court towards "loyal ministers", the court named the prince of the king of the north as the general of the expedition to the north, and ordered him to take charge of the north and deal with all the affairs of the north.

I thought that Xiao Jian only had a high talent in military affairs and was a prodigy in war, but gradually, the news about the Northland spread, and the world knew that the Wenzhi of the prince of the Northland was not inferior to anyone in the court.

The better the situation in the Northland, the stronger the people's dependence on the Northland Palace, and the greater the reputation and prestige of the Northland king's father and son, the more uneasy the court became, the more suspicious they were of disobedience, and the more they suspected that they would follow the example of other princes and kings to rebel.

The heavier the court's suspicions, the more uneasy it was to the north, so the court would send envoys to the northland every once in a while, sparing no effort to prove that the northland had indeed rebelled.

The envoys came several times, and when they saw that the hearts of the people in the Northland were concentrated in the Northland Palace, and that not only the reputation and prestige of the Northland King's father and son were very high, but even the reputation of several young sons who had not yet reached the crown in the Northland Palace, the more they were convinced of the suspicion of the Northland rebellion.

They spread the news to the court, which was so restless that they would find other reasons to send new emissaries.

Until, the news of the rebellion in the north was confirmed.

The envoy's emotions were well concealed, but the thoughtful Xiao Jian still noticed their expressions, but he didn't have the heart to deal with these people.

When he had finished asking the children, he looked at his henchmen, at the officials and officials stationed in the Northland, and after saying goodbye to the people, his horse came over.

He turned over the horse with Jin Yan in his arms, and after giving Princess Jinyang a look, he galloped away along the central avenue.

Everyone fell under Xiao Jian's wild and uninhibited heroic posture.

Suddenly.

Someone asked, "Did something fall to the ground?" ”

"Looks like I heard it too." Another said.

But they were just puzzled, but they didn't delve into it, and when they saw Xiao Jian holding Jin Yan and riding away, the officials and people also followed.

After the noisy and noisy crowd, a little fool slowly got up from the ground.

He stared blankly at the city gate, then looked down at his dusty hands, and he didn't react for a moment.

Am I not riding?

How am I on the ground?

How did I get off the horse?

These three questions lingered in Xiao Jin'an's heart, and before he could get the answer, bursts of hearty laughter sounded next to him.

Xiao Jinan looked up again and saw Princess Jinyang who couldn't help but laugh in front of him, saw the eldest brother who shook his head helplessly, and saw the second brother who gloated and smiled at him in a wheelchair.

After that, there were the generals who had just returned from the battlefield, and the smell of blood and murder was haunted by them.

"Boy, remember how you got off the horse?"

A voice came from behind him.

Xiao Jinan turned around and saw his uncle Xiahou Lie, who was burly like Mount Tai and had a cold and fierce face.

The other party was looking at him with a smile on his big white teeth.

When he wasn't smiling, Xiahou Lie just looked fierce, making people afraid to approach.

He smiled, looking even more fierce, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he could stop the child's night crying.

Just now, several children were scared and cried when they saw him.

But Xiao Jinan is not afraid at all, he is notoriously bold, no one is afraid, and he is lawless.

He tilted his head and said angrily, "It's all my father's fault!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter.

It seems that his mind is very clear, and he has not been confused.

Xia Houlie asked again, "Your father kicked you off the horse, are you just angry?" ”

Hearing this kind of "radical" words, Xiao Jinan rolled his eyes and spread his hands helplessly, "Otherwise, I can't beat my father." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Xiao Jinan sighed again, "Anyway, it's not the first time I've been kicked off the horse by my father." ”

For a time, laughter shook the sky at the city gate.

Xiahou Lie looked at Xiao Jin'an rarely, and as soon as his arm was stretched, he scooped Xiao Jin'an into the crook of his arm, and after greeting Princess Jinyang, he also galloped away with Xiao Jin'an.

The people in the back only heard the constant laughter in front of them, but they did not know what was happening, and when the word of mouth of the marching procession spread to the rear, the whole team burst into hearty laughter from time to time.

Princess Jinyang looked at this northern army proudly, and suddenly a voice sounded in her ears, "Mother." ”

She turned her head and saw her eldest son, who was already a head taller than herself, Xiao Budo held Princess Jinyang's arm, and said softly: "Mother, father and sister have all returned home, let's go back quickly." ”

Princess Jinyang nodded, and then instructed him, "Push your brother up." ”

In fact, there were many attendants and servants who followed them, as well as the housekeepers around their children, but Princess Jinyang was not at ease, so she would let the mature and stable eldest son take care of the second son, who was only two years younger than him.

The group was just about to leave, but Princess Jinyang stopped again.

Noticing that a messenger with a sharp-beaked monkey cheek was looking at her two sons with treacherous eyes, she glanced at the attendant.

The attendants quietly left the entourage.

In a short time, there was an unrecognizable body burned beyond the mass grave outside the city. (End of chapter)