Chapter 68: Reflection

A luxuriously decorated carriage, rushing to the first rays of morning light, slowly drove out of the capital, the city gate colonel, who had been on duty all night, forced himself not to let his two faces close, cheered up, respectfully sent away the carriage, looked left and right, and found that except for his subordinates, no half of the person appeared, so he took down the small wine pot hidden in the corner of the city gate, and poured a large sip, instantly forcing the cold air of the winter morning to retreat, and a touch of red gradually climbed the captain's face.

The pawn beside him looked at the departing carriage curiously, and quietly moved to the somewhat satisfied lieutenant, and asked, "General, who is in this carriage?

The little colonel burped slightly, and seemed to be very useful to a general, and said with a red face: "This is the father-in-law in the palace who went out of Beijing to deliver the decree." ”

The pawn suddenly realized, "No wonder this coachman only looks at people with his nose, and his proud face looks a little underwhelming." ”

The colonel glared at the pawn beside him, and said in a slightly low voice: "You make a small noise, that's the royal majesty, let people hear that there is your good fruit to eat!"

When the pawn heard this, he stuck out his tongue and said with some doubts: "But shouldn't the holy decree in the palace have a guard of honor to travel? This is obviously only a carriage, and I haven't even seen an official from the ministry? Where is this going?"

"Suizhou City, where else can I go, didn't there be news a few days ago, did the prince of Huainan catch a disease?" the little colonel said casually.

"King Huainan, isn't that Your Majesty...."Cautiously and cautiously looking around, the pawn lowered his voice and continued: "Isn't that our Majesty's own brother?

Retracting his gaze at the pawn, the colonel also lowered his voice and said: "The cousin I was in Huaizhou a few days ago returned to his hometown and province, but I heard him say it, according to what he said, this prince of Huainan is not a disease, the cause of death of this prince seems to have an inexplicable relationship with the prince of the martial arts in the north, and the court should not be too loud, so I only sent such a father-in-law to pass the decree, if it is really a big fanfare to pull a large number of honor guards, and then go to the world, then the rumors and rumors will not spread throughout the entire Dayan?"

The pawn looked at the little colonel in surprise, as if he didn't believe it, "Is the prince of the Martial King really so bold? Doesn't it mean that this young master came out of the northern land by himself? Could it be that those elite horses in Huainan who claim to be able to compete with the Li family are all gimmicks?"

The little colonel took a sip of spirits and said mysteriously: "You don't know this, do you know, there are five hundred iron horsemen from Huaizhou, and they have pressed Suizhou City, and even the little prince of Huainan does not dare to go out of the city to ask, not to mention that there are five hundred horsemen who have passed through Suizhou City and do not know where to go." Then he looked around, pulled the pawn's shoulder, leaned into his ear, and said, "Do you know who those five hundred rangers are?"

The pawn looked at the little school's chattering appearance and shook his head, and the little school whispered: "It's a knife ride!", after the pawn heard this thunderous name, he looked at the little school who had stopped talking with shock, and shrank his head suddenly, as if he only heard such a name, and there was a cold on his neck for no reason.

The little colonel pushed away the little pawn who was a little stunned, looked at another little colonel who came to take over from a distance, hurriedly walked up, and after the hurried handover, he pulled the pawn who was still stunned and walked away from the city gate.

There was a carriage dragging heavy objects on the street, and the pawn who came back to his senses was just about to habitually walk forward to ask, but the little colonel grabbed him and said: "Let's get off duty, these are handed over to the brothers behind you, I don't see you so diligent on weekdays." ”

Only then did the pawn stop his figure, glanced at the carriage that looked a little weird, but he couldn't say anything wrong, scratched his head, and followed the little school.

The little colonel who had just changed the duty stepped forward, glanced at the carriage slightly, saw a little bright red on the carriage, frowned and glanced at the pawn beside him, and the pawn who got the signal drew his long knife and walked forward, but the coachman who did not get off the carriage directly showed a token.

As soon as he saw this token, Xiao Xiao decisively grabbed the pawn's figure, hugged the coachman, and gave way to the figure.

And the pawn, who was walking away from the city gate with the little colonel, noticed a corner of the carriage with a sharp eye, and said in a loud voice, "That's not ....."

The coachman glared at the pawn when he heard this, and a strong killing intent instantly surged out of his face, and the colonel immediately stretched out his hand to cover the pawn's mouth, and said to the coachman: "This kid poured two mouthfuls of horse urine last night, and he was a little delirious, and he just saw me as his daughter-in-law touching me, hehe." "A flattering face.

The coachman glared at the pawn again, and then drove the carriage away from the city gate.

Xiao Xiao looked at the back of the carriage with palpitations, let go of the hand covering the pawn's mouth, and said in a deep voice: "You don't want to fucking live? Don't you see that token?"

The pawn glanced at the colonel with some palpitations, and remembered the corner of the carriage just now, and pulled the colonel's armor with some hesitation, as if he wanted to learn the appearance of the colonel on his ear just now, and the colonel pushed his shoulder and said: "Lao Tzu told you that you are dazzled, you are the head of a donkey?

The pawn who came back to his senses cautiously glanced at the city gate, and hurriedly caught up with the colonel.

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At noon, Zhao Zheng, who had not returned to the East Palace for two consecutive days, was sitting in the study slightly tired at this time.

Xie Huaiyu, who was also sitting on the chair, said with a calm face: "Your Highness, the holy decree in the palace to Suizhou City has already departed, and Your Highness still hasn't thought about it?"

When Zhao Zheng heard this, he looked at Xie Huaiyu with some hesitation, but the brush in his hand couldn't write down anyway, he took a deep breath, slowly put the brush in his hand on the pen stand, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

Xie Huaiyu looked at Zhao Zheng's expression, and there was still no expression on his face, "Your Highness has thought clearly, the big thing is imminent, you can't be indecisive, if the general trend is gone, Your Highness may not regret it." ”

Zhao Zheng closed his eyes tightly, and a painful expression on his face was clearly visible, the life and death of thousands of people were only in his own thoughts, this kind of feeling that only the emperor's grandfather would have, why did it appear on his body? But he obviously wanted to save the lives of those people, but why didn't he go to pen? Could it be that he was just like him, without scruples, or even unscrupulous?

Shaking his head fiercely, throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Zhao Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, lifted the wolf hair on the pen stand, and slowly fell as if he had made up his mind.

Xie Huaiyu in front of him stood up in an instant, grabbed Zhao Zheng's wrist, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness has to think clearly, if Your Highness really writes this letter, then Your Highness's hand to the secret butterfly is a certainty, not to mention what will happen to the secret butterfly, that is, Your Majesty's place, Your Highness is speechless, I ask Your Highness to think about it again?"

Zhao Zheng looked at Xie Huaiyu with a shocked face, and after hearing Xie Huaiyu's words, his face suddenly became calm, and he said in a suppressed voice: "Let go." ”

Xie Huaiyu heard this order with a little unpleasantness, but he didn't have the slightest intention of letting go, but said with a somewhat pale face: "Your Highness, if it is a matter of my life and death, then I don't matter, but if Your Highness sends this letter out, but this matter is related to Your Highness's major affairs, I can't sit idly by, even if Your Highness wants to blame me for the following crimes, Xie Huaiyue must stop Your Highness from doing this, if the tree is upside down, it is not a rope, Your Highness, the general trend is fleeting, please think about it again!" There was a hint of pleading in his voice.

Zhao Zheng looked at the arm that grabbed his wrist, and several blood vessels were clearly visible on it, telling Xie Huaiyu's anxious mood at the moment, looking at the middle-aged scholar he had brought back from the south with a cloudy face, thinking about Xie Huaiyu's words just now.

If he really wrote this letter that could save tens of millions of people, he would inevitably fall into the whirlpool of secret butterflies, and how could he free his hands to compete for the position of prince? But just watching so many people die, if he really ascended to the throne in the future, would he be able to face those people with peace of mind?

Xie Huaiyu saw that Zhao Zheng's face was already a little shaken, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, slowly let go of the arm that was holding Zhao Zheng tightly, and then said: "Your Highness, if Your Highness really insists on going your own way, then Huaiyu can only let it go, but Your Highness should not forget why Huaiyue left the south with you and came to the capital, please don't forget the guests of the shogunate who came with Your Highness." ”

Zhao Zheng watched Xie Huaiyue let go of his palm, and suddenly laughed, slowly put down the brush in his hand, looked at the crimson on his wrist that Xie Huaiyue pinched out, and said: "Mr. Xie will say this next time, but you have to be lighter, don't use it so hard." As he spoke, he rubbed his wrist.

Xie Huaiyue sat on the chair as if he had collapsed, reached out to take a cup of tea that had been cooled, poured it down in one gulp, and laughed softly: "Your Highness has practiced some martial arts, if I am not like this, I am afraid that Your Highness will not stop at all." ”

Zhao Zheng smiled when he heard this, and didn't blame Xie Huaiyu for his faux pas, "Then according to Mr. Xie's intentions, let's do it, I'm a little tired in the past two days, and I'll discuss it with Mr. tomorrow." ”

Zhao Zheng, who has always only called Mr. Xie Huaiyu, now has an extra word of thanks in front, Xie Huaiyue knows that the real master of the East Palace has a barrier against himself, Xie Huaiyue shook his head, and didn't care about it, but stood up and said, "Then Your Highness will rest early, I'll go and arrange it first." Then he turned and departed.

It's just that when he walked out of the door, a sentence came lightly, "I hope Your Highness knows, and my father persuaded the lord of South Vietnam in the same way." ”

Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and looked at Xie Huaiyue's departing back, shook his head, thought for a while, picked up the brush again, and began to write something.

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