Chapter 11: The Root of the Bane
"Uncle is so happy to hand over all his life's work to me, isn't he afraid that I will take things and do nothing?" Xiao Ye took the order talisman belonging to Jingzhong and the list of 100 officials who corresponded with Xiao Sheng in his hand and flipped through it, and his heart was shocked!
There are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, of which 40,000 belong to Xiao Sheng! And the other 60,000 were not all loyal to the imperial court, more than 30,000 belonged to General Weiyuan, and the other 20,000 were controlled by Chen Fang, the eldest son of Chen Xiang's Praetorian Guard.
In this way, the person who has the most soldiers and horses on the surface of Shangjing at the moment is Chen Fang, who controls 30,000 Praetorian Guards and 20,000 Beijing Camp Guards!
The Qin family wants to marry a good concubine to Chen Xiang, who is over half a hundred years old, as his successor, and this intention is obvious!
"As long as Ye'er wants it, even if he is an uncle, he will ask for it for Ye'er even if he tries his life!" Xiao Sheng smiled, looking at Xiao Ye's eyes with love and joy: "Ye'er, in fact, I am not only for you, but also for the world of this Great Zhou!" ”
"Qin Zhaolin is extremely ambitious, after he promised Qin Yan to your father as a concubine, he has been targeting me and the Zhu family. At first, I thought he was just trying to push your father to the throne, but later I found out that what he was asking for was to strengthen the Qin family's military power and power! And this world! ”
"It's a pity that your grandfather was deceived by their brothers at that time, and wanted to use them to suppress the Zhu family's momentum, in the last few major battles, he divided your grandfather and two uncles into the front line of the battlefield according to Qin Zhaozhu's words, so that the Zhu family's troops were seriously attributed, and finally your grandfather was hit by a stray arrow, and your two uncles were plundered and tortured, and the Zhu family was left with only your mother and your little uncle."
"And I was held accountable by your grandfather because your grandfather and uncle slaughtered Fengyang City, and I was confined with military power, so I couldn't help her at all!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Sheng's voice was dark, and the hand on the table was also clenched tightly.
"Wait, you said, you slaughtered the city because of my grandfather?" Xiao Ye's heart moved, and he asked urgently: "Didn't my grandfather and uncle lose the battle in Hongyang?" ”
"That's right, they lost their power in Hongyang, Luoxing, the general who defended the city in Hongyang, retreated to Fengyang after the defeat of Hongyang, I disobeyed the military order to kill Fengyang, only to know that he had already colluded with the Qin family in one place, and he promised the Qin family to take Hongyang and Fengyang in exchange for the destruction of the Zhu family!"
"The reason why I slaughtered Fengyang City in a fit of anger is that I can't make the Qin family's evil deeds public because of this matter, and second, Luo Xing, who is unwilling to torture and kill your two uncles, belongs to the Great Zhou ......."
I see!
"But why does the prince want to involve innocent civilians?" Wang Xiange looked at Xiao Sheng and asked, "You killed Luo Xing and won Fengyang City, even if the Qin family is valued by Taizu, you can't be blamed for this!" ”
"They all deserve to die!" Xiao Sheng remembered the past, and his eyes were still red with resentment: "That villain from Luo Xing took Qin Zhaozhu's letter and told me word by word, how did he kill the two uncles of the Zhu family-he, he actually stripped the two uncles in front of thousands of people in Fengyang City, and cut off their flesh one by one......"
"Poor Zhu family wept blood for the sake of the Xiao family's world, but in the end they died so humiliating! I can't take the Qin family or the Qin family, can't I take these mediocre people out of anger! ”
Xiao Ye held Wang Xiange's hand tightly, the pain in his heart was terrible, although his impression of the two uncles was so blurred that he couldn't see it clearly, but because they were his mother's blood relatives, he felt the same way.
"Thank you, uncle, for helping the Zhu family avenge this great revenge!" He hoarsely voiced, and his expression when he looked at Xiao Sheng finally softened: "It's just, it's just that the people are innocent, and it's really inappropriate for my uncle to make this killing." ”
"The king knows! But at that time, I was so angry, how could I take care of so much! Xiao Sheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart: "In fact, after slaughtering the city, I looked at the desolation and desolation of the city, and I also regretted it a little in my heart. ”
"But after returning to Shangjing, I saw your mother and son, and I felt that my methods were still too shallow! At that time, I should occupy Fengyang and Hongyang to counterattack Shangjing, and force your grandfather to hand over the Qin family, at that time, I will be subjected to military sticks again, and I am willing to be imprisoned until death! ”
"If I had done that, your mother wouldn't have died so miserably!"
"You are only three years old, your mother hugged you, pulled your little uncle to appear at the funeral, and according to your father's words, all the remaining forces of the Zhu family were scattered and added to the names of the remaining generals, and the Zhu family army has declined."
"In order to tie up with the Qin family, the patriarch of the Xiao family came forward to persuade your mother to give up the position of wife, and your father got the general of the Zhu family, for the sake of the army, how could he agree? Therefore, later, the Xiao family forced your mother to return to the inner house to learn to be a good wife and mother on the grounds that women should not be involved in military and political affairs since ancient times, and should not show their faces. ”
"Your mother was disheartened and agreed to their request, but she only wanted to take away Xiao Yu from Qin Guifei to ensure that the soldiers and generals of the Zhu family who had dissolved into the imperial court could be safe and get the rights they deserved."
"In order to clear her out of the center of power as soon as possible, the Qin family and your father naturally did whatever she said, so your mother took you and Xiao Yu out of the center of power in the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"The Qin family thinks that they only gave up one Xiao Yu, and they could drive Zhu Shenniang, who had a deep influence in the army, out of the imperial court, and just wait for Qin Guifei to have another child, and then they could completely eliminate the influence of the Zhu family in the army!"
"Humph! How could I possibly let them get what they wanted? That night, you gave your father and Qin Guifei a child-killing medicine! ”
"Huh?" Xiao Ye and Wang Xiange never expected such a play, and they all looked at Xiao Sheng dumbfounded.
No wonder since Xiao Yu, Emperor Qianyuan has received three palaces and six courtyards, but no son and half a daughter have been born, the reason is here!
Xiao Ye's heart was cold, and the more he knew about the past, the more resentful he became towards the Qin family.
Naturally, there is also his father whom he admired since childhood!
He knew that everything Xiao Sheng said was true, and his father ignored him and Xiao Yu growing up in the countryside, until he was crowned the crown prince and was about to ascend the throne, so he sent someone to welcome him and Xiao Yu.
While welcoming people, he secretly sent Liu Su and others to arrive, and its purpose is self-evident!
"If it weren't for that, he would have abandoned Ye'er a long time ago!" When Xiao Sheng said this, his heart finally calmed down: "Ye'er, you don't have to complain about him!" I drugged him, and I drank it myself, so the only children and grandchildren of our Xiao family are you and Xiao Yu! ”
"After all, your mother is still too kind, if I were her, I would have killed Xiao Yu, who was only one and a half years old, in the countryside, anyway, the Qin family and your father had already given up on him at that time!"
"Even if you don't kill it, you should raise it in the waste, how can you still leave such a bane for the Qin family! If she can be ruthless, no matter how chaotic the Qin family is, she won't dare to attack you! ”