Just when Xia Jingyun was looking north, there was a huge team that was slowly driving out of the huge and majestic Liangdu.

Xue Yi, King Jing of Northern Liang, sat in a carriage heading south, followed by the imperial brother's cronies, the court's subordinate officials, and the accompanying guards.

The former prince and the current royal brother looked dazed, recalling the experience of the past two days in Liangdu, he still felt a little trance, and at the same time full of worry.

Three days ago, after going through ups and downs, he and Wang Ruoshui finally arrived in Liangdu with their guards.

As soon as he appeared, he was immediately taken to Miyagi by the people of the Embroidery Bureau, and then a strange chamberlain came out and led him to Emperor Liang first.

Once, when he left, he saw his father here, and now he came again, and the golden chair had changed owners.

He was mentally prepared on the way here, and did not hesitate to salute respectfully, "Brother to meet Your Majesty!" Congratulations to Your Majesty on ascending to the throne and ruling the world. ”

"Hurry up!"

Xue Rui smiled and spoke, with a warm face, "We don't need to be so divided between us, just call the emperor brother, come here, give a seat!" ”

After King Jing sat down, Emperor Liang asked, "How is it?" It's been a hard journey, hasn't it? ”

King Jing hurriedly said: "Serving the country is the responsibility of the royal family, why do you have to work hard." ”

After speaking, he took out the peace document he had with him and handed it over, "This is the peace agreement finally reached with the Southern Dynasty this time, please visit the imperial brother." ”

The chamberlain on the side took it with both hands and respectfully handed it to Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang slowly opened it, read it silently, and did not see joy or anger, "This condition is not good." ”

King Jing immediately got up, "Brother Huang said very much, this peace agreement is indeed not good, but it is already the limit of what we can strive for, and the process of this peace negotiation is indeed tortuous. ”

Emperor Liang smiled and said seemingly casually: "Why? However, many ministers in the DPRK and China have said that you have been walking in Lieyang Pass for so long this time, but in the end you have only reached an agreement on these conditions, and you should be held accountable. ”

"They know it." King Jing subconsciously wanted to burst into foul language, and then he realized that this was a prelude to the king, and hurriedly changed his words, "Brother Mingjian, there are indeed many ups and downs in this peace discussion, and we have also spent countless thoughts. ”

Then, he talked about the words that Yelushi cheered everyone up for them when they set off from Huaishuo City, talked about the open and secret battles between them and the people of the Southern Dynasties, the unbearable verbal torture by the Baiyun side, the domineering of Xia Jingyun, the patience and humiliation of the King of Dingxi, the strategy of the secret plan between the King of Dingxi and the first emperor, and the confusion caused to them by the sudden change of Yuyan Prefecture, and finally, he talked about the panic of the mission again after the change of the throne.

Hearing this joint that he was really most interested in, Emperor Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said quietly: "At that time, what was the reaction in the mission?" ”

King Jing sighed, "Don't dare to deceive the imperial brother, when the news came, everyone in the mission was terrified, even the younger brother was no exception." But soon the younger brother recovered, the younger brother has never quarreled with the world, the royal brother succeeded to the throne, and it will not be difficult for the younger brother, but the king of Dingxi and others are a little more worried, they don't know how the court situation will change after the imperial brother is in power. But in such a panic, the people of the Southern Dynasty came to threaten, but the king of Dingxi beat his spirit, crossed his eyebrows coldly, and did not fall into the majesty of my Liang, and finally through decades of experience and skill, the people of the Southern Dynasty finally reached a peace agreement with us. All this was seen by the younger brother, and the younger brother admired the king of Dingxi very much. ”

After hearing this, Emperor Liang chuckled, "As you said, this exercise group is considered a meritorious service, and King Dingxi is even more meritorious, why didn't he come back, but let you come?" ”

Although King Jing is not arguing, he is not stupid, and he knows that this is a key issue when he hears it.

"If you go back to the imperial brother, the apparent excuse is that although the peace agreement is completed, there are still 60,000 captives to be returned, so the king of Dingxi waited in Huaishuo City for his younger brother to report to the imperial brother, and was approved, and then sent back the conditions of the delivery, so that he could preside over the delivery, and then turn back together."

A dangerous light flashed in Emperor Liang's eyes, "What about the truth behind it?" ”

King Jing sighed, "The truth is, King Dingxi is afraid. ”

"Oh?"

Before the king of Dingxi left, he found his brother and dissected his heart, he said that the Yelu family was favored by his father and the emperor for many years, but once a son of heaven and a courtier, he didn't know how the imperial brother looked at him and how he looked at the Yelu family, so he was worried. He also said that although his father had a secret explanation with him about the change of the throne, now that the emperor is in power, how will you think of him, that is also a matter of two words. Therefore, he did not dare to return to Beijing, and wanted his courtiers to help him show his loyalty to the imperial brother. ”

Emperor Liang's heart moved slightly, "The first emperor also told him about the change of the throne?" ”

"That's what the king of Dingxi said, but I don't know what the specific ministers are talking about."

King Jing looked up at Emperor Liang, "Brother Huang, the younger brother said something arrogant, just based on what the younger brother has seen these days, the king of Dingxi is worthy of the pillar of the country, although the Yelu family has been favored over the years, but there are few domineering actions, if the king of Dingxi and others are wasted, it is really a pity." ”

After listening to this, Emperor Liang smiled slightly, "I am very pleased that you can tell me this." Okay, you just called you here as soon as you entered Beijing, and I have worked hard for you, go back and rest first, I have my own reward. ”

King Jing hurriedly said: "Contributing to national affairs and sharing worries for Your Majesty are the duties of your younger brothers, and Your Majesty is serious." ”

"You see, it's another part, isn't it? Call Brother Huang! ”

Emperor Liang smiled and watched King Jing walk out of the palace gate.

Then, Emperor Liang called Wang Ruoshui in again, and after some inquiry, he basically confirmed King Jing's words.

Emperor Liang sat in the hall, thinking about the words of these two people, and felt a little hesitant in his heart.

Judging from the words of the two, the king of Dingxi was faithful and capable.

But whether the king of Dingxi is loyal or treacherous, and whether he is trustworthy or not, this kind of major decision cannot be proved by a few simple words.

Everything has to come down to the real thing.

For example, Yelude, who is the eldest son of the Yelu clan, still has not returned to Beijing.

How was this so that he could let go of trusting the Yelu family?

He was thinking about it, and King Jing also stepped out of the palace.

After worrying for many days, King Jing's mansion finally waited for the main backbone to come back, and when he got the news, he naturally came to wait outside the palace and invited King Jing into the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, King Jing lifted the side curtain and looked around, in the beam, as if nothing had happened, but he knew that it was already a matter of fact.

Back at the palace, looking at the familiar furnishings, a sense of stability and comfort arose.

Only those who send people under the fence or return from a long trip can understand the true meaning of the golden nest and the silver nest, which is not as good as their own kennel.

What's more, his royal mansion is far more luxurious than a kennel.

After taking a beautiful bath, King Jing changed into comfortable clothes and came to the study.

Although he has not returned for a long time, the study still maintains the appearance of the time when he left, spotless.

He picked up a booklet, which was Xia Jingyun's collection of poems and essays, and he couldn't help but look a little disgusted and wanted to throw it away.

But then I felt that the poem was innocent, no matter what kind of virtue the author had!

But after all, he had seen Xia Jingyun, and looking at the words on the paper, he couldn't help but think of Xia Jingyun's peerless demeanor, thinking of his kind of condescension as a hostile force, and thinking of the grievances and powerlessness of his party in the Burning Sun Pass, and finally put down the book in a burst of distraction, ate something casually, and fell asleep.

After a peaceful night's sleep, the next morning, he received another summons from Emperor Liang.

He rode in a carriage to the palace and met his royal brother.

"Sit down."

Emperor Liang's attitude was a little more correct than last night, and he didn't seem to have recovered from the court of Fang Cai, "Today's court meeting, the matter of the peace discussion, and all the ministers have gone through it. Although everyone has their own opinions, they still accept the result of this peace negotiation, and we have no other bargaining chips at the moment, and it is still excellent to be able to get back 60,000 snow dragon riders first, so I have already ordered the household department to prepare, and in two days, we will go to the settlement with the Southern Dynasty in accordance with the terms of the peace negotiation. ”

In fact, his words were slightly concealed, and above the court, where was it simple to have their own opinions, it was clear that they were arguing.

Fortunately, Xue Rui was not stupid, especially that night, after getting the first emperor's personal advice, he understood the Xue family's reliance.

Those who keep saying that the king of Dingxi has lost power and humiliated the country, and this kind of peace cannot be recognized, are all people who have hidden evil intentions and hope that the Xue family's control over the court situation will weaken.

After all, without these 60,000 snow dragon riders, the Xue family is like a toothless tiger, where will many people be afraid of them.

Therefore, with the support of the king of Zhennan, Liang Dili passed this peace agreement against public opinion.

But although the peace agreement was passed, Emperor Liang did not make up his mind about Yelushi's attitude.

Therefore, he smiled and said: "You have worked this trip, and I will consider the follow-up delivery matters again, don't worry about the reward, I will definitely not treat you badly." ”

King Jing also understood when he heard it, the imperial brother had not let down his guard against King Dingxi, but he had said everything he should have said, and it would be a bit deliberate to force him to do it, not to mention that he was the character of Xianyun Yehe, and he had a clear conscience to do this, so he didn't say anything more and bowed and retreated.

After leaving Miyagi and getting into the carriage back home, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Although he had a clear conscience, he couldn't help frowning when he thought of Yelushi's sincerity and hope at the beginning, so he called the palace steward into the carriage and asked about the situation in Jingzhong, especially Yelu's family, to divert his attention.

"Lord, in the past few days in the capital, it is called a turbulence, the Yuan family and the Pei family, although there are no major changes, but the two families have obviously gotten a lot closer, and I think they plan to stay warm at this time. The Wanyan family and the Yelu family were almost closed, seemingly waiting for the decision of their own family master. The Murong family, although the dragons, tigers and leopards are all dead, but with Murong Hammer's opening up and stepping on the general trend, the momentum of the Murong family, which was about to fall to the bottom, also jumped up all of a sudden. But the most powerful one."

Before the words were finished, the two people in the car felt the carriage slam to the side, and King Jing's head suddenly slammed into the wall of the carriage, making a muffled sound.

In the market outside the carriage, there was an instant commotion, and then the sound of horses' hooves in front of me could be heard in the distance, accompanied by loud and arrogant shouts.

He was about to get angry, and the steward sitting next to him hurriedly explained: "The prince is angry, this is Yuwenyun, the head of the Yuwen family, and now he is in power, and Lao Dong is also helpless." ”

The coachman also hurriedly confessed outside the curtain, King Jing was easy-going, and when he had an explanation, he didn't get angry, opened the side curtain, and looked at the knights of more than ten people, escorting a military general, and rushing through the market at a high speed.

"Yu Wenyun was the first to conspire with His Majesty to seize the throne, and in the coup d'état that night, he mobilized private troops into Beijing, stopped the cowardly Xue Wei, and almost died, and contributed a lot for His Majesty, and took the greatest risk, so even the Murong family, who was also the hero of the day, could only temporarily endure and did not dare to directly attack him, these days, Yuwen Yun is almost no one dares to provoke in Zhongjing."

The meaning of consolation between the words was very obvious, King Jing watched them roar by, and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, this king is not such a competitive character." ”

After speaking, he was about to lower the curtain, but there was a sudden change in front of him.

I saw that among the vendors who were panicked and dodging on the side of the road, two people rushed out of the ground, one left and one right, tiptoe to the ground, volleyed into the air, drew a long sword from the crutches, and stabbed towards Yuwenyun.

The guards beside Yu Wenyun were shocked, and the two of them jumped off their horses when they landed, and before they had time to draw their knives, they directly crashed into the two assassins with their bodies!

The assassin was in mid-air, unable to avoid it, so he had to turn his sword and stab the body of the guard.

But the two guards were so brave that they didn't care for their lives and directly held the sword with their backhands and prevented them from pulling it out.

And in this instant, the sword light of the rest of the guards had already slashed over.

Just when everyone thought that this assassination was going to be in vain, another figure jumped out of the crowd, holding a slender sword in his hand, and stabbed at Yu Wenyun, who was still rushing forward and planning to leave the place of right and wrong.

Yu Wenyun's face finally changed suddenly, and he stepped on the stirrup suddenly, and the whole person jumped into the air, avoiding this killer sword.

But at this moment, in the window on the side, there was a soft sound of the bowstring, and a cold and swift arrow suddenly appeared.

This arrow, like a life-threatening talisman, broke through the air towards Yuwenyun, who was flying in the air and avoiding the inescapable.

This is the real lore.

In Yu Wenyun's pupils, the arrow at the tip of the arrow flickered with cold light, and it was rapidly enlarged.

With no way to borrow power, he could only watch as the arrow pierced his body.

Bang!

His body fell to the ground.

"Head of the house!"

"General!"

Several frightened shouts rang out.

All this is just between lightning and fire.

From the appearance of the first assassin to the shooting of that arrow, the whole process took only a few breaths.

When Yuwen Yun fell to the ground with an arrow, the four assassins had all disappeared into the crowd.

King Jing was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Yu Wenyun, who was still flying and domineering, and could only dodge in a hurry for a prince in his life, was assassinated on the street like this.

What a situation, what a place, what a world!

In a daze, he felt a warm snort coming from his neck, turned his head slightly, and almost kissed the steward.

"Lord, are you dead?"

The steward was immersed in great shock and curiosity, and still did not realize his transgression.

King Jing was also really good-tempered, leaned back slightly, dodged the big pie face that was close at hand, and sighed faintly, "Whether you die or not, I'm afraid that the capital will be in chaos." ”

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However, King Jing still underestimated the intensity of this storm.

At the same time as Yu Wenyun was assassinated, Xue Zonghan, the king of Zhennan, was also ambushed on his way home.

But the experience and prudence of the older generation helped him, Xue Zonghan and his party only died some guards, and although he himself was in danger, he did not even have a single wound.

However, within one day, two of the three loyal supporters of the new emperor of the Great Liang were assassinated at the same time, although one was uncertain about life and death, and the other was unscathed, which could not be regarded as the success of the assassins, but the things behind this were extremely intriguing.

In the palace city, Emperor Liang angrily looked at Ling Huyan, who was kneeling in front of him, "What are you eating?" Two important ministers, in this capital, were assassinated at the same time! Where is the majesty of my girders? Where is the stability of Kyoto?! ”

Ling Huyan couldn't say anything, and said secretly in his heart: Shouldn't this be the fucking thing that Kyoto Wei is responsible for? Where does the Embroidery Bureau care about this!

But now in charge of the Kyoto Guard, it is Murong Hammer who accompanied His Majesty into the palace at the beginning, so he can only hold back his words, "The minister is guilty, please rest assured, Your Majesty will mobilize all the embroidery envoys of the Embroidery Bureau to arrest the murderer as soon as possible!" ”

Emperor Liang snorted coldly, "Within seven days, if you can't solve the case, you can take off your hat and apologize!" ”

Ling Huyan didn't dare to bargain, so he had to agree.

And when Ling Hu Yan retreated, a trace of anger flashed in Emperor Liang's eyes, but it was not to Ling Hu Yan, but to Murong Hammer.

He is not stupid, of course he knows, this matter is only 30% of the fault of the embroidery bureau at most, and the real problem is in Kyoto Wei.

Now his three arms, King Zhennan is the pillar of the Xue family's imperial power, the Yuwen family and the Murong family are the henchmen of the upper position, if the Yuwen family and the King of Zhennan have an accident, then wouldn't his Murong family be the only one?

At that time, he could only rely on the Murong family, and how much sincerity did this throne have?

The situation is like this, and he can't afford to be a little more suspicious.

Just when the suspicion in his heart was growing like a spring weed, Ling Huyan, who had just left, hurried back.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Yelude, the eldest son of King Dingxi, has returned to Beijing." (End of chapter)