Chapter 281: Tongue War Regent
Xia Yu stayed in the Huang Mansion that night, and early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Xia Yu and Huang Shiming took a carriage together and entered the palace. According to the rules of the palace that horses are not allowed to run, the carriage stopped when it entered the main gate of the palace, and Xia Yu and Huang Shiming got off the car and walked to the main hall of the palace. At this time, except for the regent Wei Zhong, almost all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had arrived.
As soon as Huang Shiming and Xia Yu entered the main hall, the eyes of the hundred officials immediately shot over, and they all fell on Xia Yu, who was following Huang Shiming. There is no impermeable wall in Weidu, and the officials have long known the identity of Xia Yu.
Huang Shiming led Xia Yu to the front of the hundred officials unhurriedly, and only a first-class minister like Huang Shiming was qualified to stand at the top of the hundred officials. After Huang Shiming stood still, Li Chaoyang immediately greeted him. At present, on the matter of whether to send troops to the north, the court is basically divided into three factions, the main peace faction headed by Wei Zhong, the main battle faction headed by Huang Shiming, and the centrist faction headed by Li Chaoyang.
"Morning, Brother Huang. With a smile on his face, Li Chaoyang walked up to Huang Shiming and bowed his hand in greeting.
"Morning, Brother Li. Huang Shiming also bowed his hand politely.
Huang Shiming and Li Chaoyang basically have no conflict, so the relationship between the two is at least passable on the surface. Li Chaoyang has a nickname in Weidu: "10,000-year-old good man", no matter what happened to Weiguo, whether it was a big or small matter, as long as it did not involve the interests of the Li family, Li Chaoyang almost never spoke, he watched Huang Shiming and Wei Zhong quarrel, and the grass fell on both sides of the wall. Sometimes he leans towards Wei Zhong, sometimes he leans towards Huang Shiming, and he benefits from it. In fact, Huang Shiming and Wei Zhong don't like Li Chaoyang very much, Li Chaoyang is a sophisticated old fox, whether he is inclined to Wei Zhong or Huang Shiming, he is ultimately for the benefit of their Li family.
After saying hello to Huang Shiming, Li Chaoyang's eyes fell on Xia Yu's body, and said with a smile: "This must be Xia Yu." ”
Xia Yu stepped forward and bowed his hand politely: "It's Xia Yu in the fall." "After learning the position of the Li family on whether to send troops. Xia Yu's impression of Li Chaoyang was not very good. But after all, the other party is Li Chunfeng's father, so he still has to give some face.
Li Chaoyang looked Xia Yu up and down a few times, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, but he said, "Hehe." Sure enough, it's a hero out of a teenager. I've heard your name for a long time. Today's sight is really extraordinary. ”
How could Xia Yu not see Li Chaoyang's hypocrisy, he smiled indifferently: "It's over." ”
As soon as Xia Yu's words were finished, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the main hall: "Lord Regent Wei Zhongwei has arrived—"
The voice fell. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly rushed to the gate of the main hall in an uproar, scrambling to meet Wei Zhong. When Xia Yu saw this scene, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and he said in surprise: "Although I have heard of Wei Zhong's power for a long time, I didn't expect his power to be so great!"
Huang Shiming's face was indifferent, and he snorted disdainfully: "Rebels and thieves!"
Li Chaoyang glanced at Xia Yu deeply again, and also turned around and walked towards the gate, Wei Zhong's power has become bigger and bigger in recent years, but the Li family is not as good as a year, in order to protect the Li family, Li Chaoyang also had to show more favor to Wei Zhong.
Wei Zhong rode a high-headed horse, followed by two teams of guards with knives, and came to the gate of the main hall with a menacing attitude, "no horses are allowed to run in the palace" and "no swords are allowed in the court" These regulations are nothing in Wei Zhong's eyes. As soon as Wei Zhong got off his horse, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately saluted in unison and shouted loudly: "Welcome to Lord Regent Wei." ”
Wei Zhong looked at these officials who obeyed him, snorted arrogantly, and strode into the main hall, the officials on both sides immediately gave way, and he was followed by four silver-armored warriors, who were also majestic and high-spirited, and did not pay attention to the important ministers of the court around him.
"This person is Wei Zhong. Huang Shiming watched Wei Zhong walk in with an unkind face, and whispered to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu Dingqing saw that this Wei Zhong was indeed a bit of a king, and the four silver-armored warriors who followed Wei Zhong were definitely not ordinary people, Xia Yu could clearly feel the fluctuations of the Yuan Force on the four of them, these four people were all peak masters who had reached the twenty-ninth layer of the Xiao Yuan Realm!
"The four people behind Wei Zhong are all strong men who are famous in Weidu, and their strength is very strong, and they are known as Wei Zhong's 'Four King Kongs'. You have to be careful, Wei Zhong has never brought the four of them to the court on weekdays, and he suddenly brought them today, I am afraid that he learned that I would take you to the court today, and he wanted to deliberately make things difficult for you. Huang Shiming said to Xia Yu again.
Xia Yu was not afraid, and smiled silently: "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it." ”
Li Chaoyang greeted Wei Zhong, and the two of them casually exchanged a few polite words, and then Wei Zhong walked to the opposite side of Xia Yu and Huang Shiming with the guards, and the servant immediately moved a chair, and Wei Zhong sat down. Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, only Wei Zhong was qualified to sit in the court and discuss politics.
After Wei Zhong sat down, he raised his eyes and looked at Huang Shiming's side, when he saw Xia Yu behind Huang Shiming, Wei Zhong's disdainful gaze turned around Xia Yu twice, and then said arrogantly: "I said Huang Shiming, you are really getting more and more presumptuous, this is above the court, not just any idle person can come in, who is that behind you? What qualifications does he have to enter the court? I will give you a few thin noodles, you can get him out yourself." ”
Huang Shiming's face changed, and he immediately retorted fiercely: "Wei Zhong, don't be too domineering, Xia Yu is a distinguished guest I invited, you have no right to interfere!"
After hearing this, Wei Zhong smiled disdainfully: "Distinguished guest, I don't see where this yellow-mouthed kid is? Today, you brought this kid into the court without authorization on the grounds that he is your honored guest, so tomorrow you can also use the same reason to bring Zheng Guo's million-strong male division into the Wei Capital!"
"You!" When Huang Shiming heard this, he immediately became angry, trembling all over, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Wei Zhong, a burst of anger rushed to his head, and he couldn't say a word of anger.
Xia Yu saw that although Huang Shiming had great talent and strategy, if he quarreled with him, he was not Wei Zhong's opponent at all. He immediately took a big step forward, came to Huang Shiming's side, and said to Wei Zhong without humility or arrogance: "Lord Wei Zhongwei, in the summer rain, the Xia family in Tongming City in the north, I came to Weidu this time specifically to petition King Wei and ask King Wei to send troops to support the north. Excuse me, since I am a subject of patriotism, why can't I enter this imperial court?"
Wei Zhong didn't even look at Xia Yu with a straight eye, and sneered: "The Xia family, I've never heard of it, do we have such a family in Wei Guo? It can't be that you made it up yourself, right?"
Wei Zhong was so insulted, but there was still no trace of anger on Xia Yu's face, he laughed and said: "Wei Guo is a vast land and a dense city, how can a single person understand it all? What's more, the four dogs raised by adults can be brought to the court, why can't I be a seven-foot man?"
As soon as Xia Yu's words were finished, the four silver-armored warriors standing behind Wei Zhong immediately changed their faces, and Wei Zhong was also furious, slapped his palm on the arm of the chair, and scolded: "Bold! What are you? How dare you talk to me like this?!" The four silver-armored warriors behind them also immediately swiped and pulled out all the swords on their bodies. The civil and military officials were in an uproar, and even Huang Shiming was surprised, because Wei Zhong had ruled Wei Guo for ten years, and no one had ever dared to talk to him like this!
At this time, a servant of the palace suddenly came out of the inner sanctum, and shouted, "The king has arrived—" and then a big fat man in royal robes, supported by several servants, slowly walked out of the inner sanctum. When Xia Yu saw it, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and he exclaimed in his heart: This big fat man is the current King Wei! Although Xia Yu had long known that King Wei was mediocre, he didn't expect that King Wei was not only not good at governing the country, but also not good looking. (To be continued......)