The capital, on the city walls.

High in the battlement, stood two young men.

He is very tall, with deep eyes and a high nose, light brown eyes, and slightly curly hair.

The other was slightly shorter, wearing a bright red round-necked robe, with a jade belt tied around his waist, and a jade purse and other objects hanging from his waist.

With exquisite appearance, rich temperament, and his service, he is a king and grandson at first glance.

In fact, he did come from a royal family.

Shen Ji, the eldest son of Liang Wangyan, was named the son of Liang Wang since he was five years old.

King Liang is the half-brother of Emperor Yuan An, and among the many princes, he has the highest status.

In addition, Emperor Yuan'an has been on the throne for more than ten years, and now he is almost fifty years old, but he has no son, and Shen Ji, the nephew who is closest to Emperor Yuan'an's blood, has become noble.

The emperor has no children, and according to the patriarchal rules, he must pass the heir.

And the principle of adoptivity basically starts with the closest person in blood.

Shen Ji is the best candidate.

Especially in recent years, Emperor Yuan An has become older and older, but he still has not given birth to a prince.

Not to mention the clan, even the courtiers also felt that Emperor Yuan'an should no longer have his own son.

However, the throne cannot be left uninherited.

Shen Ji, the son of King Liang, became the object of everyone's supporters.

First, Shen Ji is the closest to Emperor Yuan An;

Second, Shen Ji is the right age, he is nineteen years old this year, not yet a weak crown, but he has grown up.

The country depends on the monarch.

If the prince is too young, it is easy to cause a crisis.

Having an heir who is almost twenty years old is a good thing for the entire Dasheng Dynasty.

Three, although Shen Ji is not particularly good, he is not a waste.

In the eyes of the courtiers, with their assistance, Shen Ji can be a "king of success".

The clans also felt that as long as Shen Ji had no merit and no fault and kept the Shen family's country, he would be a good emperor.

Even Emperor Yuan An seems to be more fond of this nephew.

Although it is not as good as Jiang Yanchi's righteous son, among the many nephews, Shen Ji's treatment is definitely the first.

Even Shen Ji himself, who has been touted a lot, has a delusion-

I am the future crown prince of the Dasheng Dynasty.

However, all dreams were completely shattered on the day the rebels attacked and the Holy Driver went on his western tour.

Shen Ji never thought that his imperial uncle, who had always valued him very much and had personally taught him, actually ordered him to be appointed as Jing Zhaoling and stay in the capital at the moment before he escaped from the capital!

Jing Zhao Ling?

Sounds good.

In particular, the second emperor of Dasheng, before he was canonized as the crown prince, once served as the Jingzhao Order.

If it was before, when the Ashina clan had not yet raised an army to rebel, Emperor Yuan An appointed Shen Ji as Jingzhao Ling, and Shen Ji and even the entire Liang Wangfu would be ecstatic.

This is the rhythm of canonizing Shen Ji as the crown prince.

But now, the rebels are outside the city, and the iron cavalry of the Ashina clan is about to break through the palace.

Shen Ji became Jing Zhaoling, and he was also asked to stay in the capital!

This is obviously to send Shen Ji to be cannon fodder and let him die.

God knows, the moment he received the holy decree, Shen Ji only felt that his eyes were black, and he almost fainted on the spot.

King Liang's mansion had been cleaned up, and more than a dozen carriages were parked outside the mansion gate.

And Shen Ji had already come to the carriage, and was about to get on the carriage and follow the large army to escape from the capital as soon as possible.

But because of a holy decree, Shen Ji was dragged down and forcibly left in the capital.

He wanted to cry without tears.

He was filled with resentment.

He couldn't wait to rush to the front of the imperial chariot and personally asked Emperor Yuan'an: "Uncle Huang, where did I offend you?" You are so cruel to let me die? ”

That's a rebel.

Once Ashina Xiong enters the capital, he may be able to spare those families and officials, but he will not spare the surname Shen.

And he Shen Ji, not only surnamed Shen, but also the "future prince" by default of many courtiers.

Ashina Xiong failed to catch the emperor, and he will definitely take the "crown prince" out of anger.

If one doesn't get it right, he will be cut off by Ashina Xiong and hung directly at the gate of the city to show the public!

Even if you are lucky enough not to die that day, there is no guarantee that you will always be safe.

As long as he fell into the hands of the rebels, Shen Ji seemed to be standing on the edge of a cliff, threatening death at any time.

Shen Ji didn't want to accept the order, and he didn't want to stay in the capital as cannon fodder.

However, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey.

is like what his father, King Liang, the younger brother of Emperor Yuan An, said:

"Leader, there is still a glimmer of life! Resisting and disobeying the order is a dead end! ”

King Liang still has a sentence that has not been spoken-

received the holy decree and stayed in the capital, even if he was killed by Ashinaxiong, only Shen Ji died.

But if Shen Ji refuses to accept the order, then the entire Liang Wangfu may have to be buried with him.

Between the death of one and the death of the whole family, King Liang chose the former without hesitation.

In order to ensure that Shen Ji could stay in the capital, King Liang even sent several dead soldiers from King Liang's mansion to stay behind to "protect" Shen Ji.

The enemy in Shen Ji's heart has another father.

Fortunately, Shen Ji is not completely lifeless.

Ashina Xiong seized Xizhou and rebelled.

But his eldest son, Ashina Yao, was sent to the capital since he was a child.

Nominally, Ashina Yao was studying in the capital.

In fact, he's a proton.

Although he is a proton, his father is a Xizhou Jiedu envoy and a general with tens of thousands of horses.

In the capital, Ashina Yao is still a noble little Langjun.

However, in order to hide his clumsiness, Ashina Yao pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, and he has always disguised himself as a gentleman who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, fight cocks and lackeys.

It is a well-known straw bale and waste in the capital.

Shen Ji, as the "invisible prince", looks down on Ash Nayao.

At most, for the sake of Ashinaxiong's face, he became a pair of plastic brothers with Ashina Yaoxu and Ashina.

On weekdays, playing polo, horse racing, hunting, poetry clubs, garden parties and other pastimes, Shen Ji will invite Ashina Yao.

Ash Nayao also gave Shen Ji, the future prince, face very much, and was very polite to him.

The two Xiao Langjun, who are both from very noble backgrounds, have really become good brothers in the eyes of others.

Coupled with a Jiang Yanchi who is not socially at all, these three people are known as the "Three Heroes of Beijing".

Of course, the so-called "three masters" are compliments that can be put on the surface.

Secretly, many people still prefer to call them the "three evils of the capital" -

Ashina Yao eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and has all five poisons;

Shen Ji is arrogant and arrogant, bullying others;

Not to mention Jiang Yanchi, he is directly a madman who doesn't recognize his six relatives.

And in the "Three Heroes of Beijing", Ashina Yao and Shen Ji are plastic brothers.

No matter what kind of hypocrisy there is between the two, what is presented to outsiders is that they have an excellent relationship.

It's a half-brother!

"Yao, you are my brother, you must save me!"

On that day, before the rebels entered the capital, Shen Ji took the holy decree and ran to find Ashina Yao.

Crying at each other.

Ashina Yao: ...... is a good Shen Ji, but he is not afraid of "throwing himself into the net"?