Chapter 10: The Four Kingdoms Compete for the Deer
Follow Xia Donglai to shuttle in the imperial city, the space flows, this place where Shang Zeyi grew up is still as usual, the magnificence belongs to the world, and there are scenes everywhere, but there is less fireworks, and along the way, I only see the guards who are like the enemy and the eunuchs who hurry by, compared to the laughter of the ordinary market, here is more like a good-looking golden wire cage.
The Imperial Garden, the Taihe Palace, the Heart Residence, passing through the buildings, Xia Donglai stopped in front of the White Tower.
"A certain family will bring it here, and then you will go up yourself. "Xia Donglai made way for only one person to pass.
If you walk alone, then this road is feasible for one person.
Shang Zeyi knew that Emperor Shang was at the top of the tower, and explained a few words to Yao Wang Jiang, and he crossed Xia Donglai to go alone.
Yao Wang Jiang stayed under the tower, and Xia Donglai was alone, as if they were guarding the door, but they were actually guarding each other, if there was any abnormality above, the two of them could climb the tower to support at the first time.
The white tower towers into the clouds, it is time-consuming and laborious to climb the tower by manpower, fortunately there is a dexterous mechanism when the tower is built, a section of wooden compartment is connected to the shaft by a pulley, and when someone enters, it will automatically sense, and the manpower at that end drives the shaft to lift the person to the top of the tower.
The machinery brings convenience, and it really saves a lot of time and effort, and it only takes a moment for Shang Zeyi to reach the top of the tower.
Stepping out of the wooden box, Shang Zeyi felt that it was much colder than under the tower, although it was autumn, it could have a piercing feeling, as the saying goes, the high place is not cold, the top of the white tower has exhausted the sky, the higher the colder it is.
This is the first time Shang Zeyi has gone to the White Pagoda, when the previous Shang Emperor was still alive, this White Pagoda could only be brought up by him alone, and occasionally Shang Zerui, who was still the crown prince at that time, was not qualified.
On the top of the white tower, overlooking the mountains and rivers at a glance, it seems to be able to see the world all over the distance, no wonder the Shang Emperor loved to talk about the mountains and rivers at the top of the tower, the top of the tower has a wide field of vision, and it will indeed make people have the magnificent impulse of surrendering in the world.
The first time he climbed the tower, Shang Zeyi was a little dazed, he took a breath of cool air, and felt a burst of coolness from his lungs to his heart, helping him to wake up and refresh his mind, and then turned into a white breath and returned to heaven and earth.
The young Shang Emperor was also on the edge of the top of the tower, overlooking the rivers and lakes like the previous Shang Emperor, Shang Zeyi walked up to him, interrupted his focused gaze with a remark, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Emperor Shang did not withdraw his gaze, he continued to look into the distance, and asked without answering: "Do you think this world will be whose world will be after all?"
Shang Zeyi thought to himself that this was testing me. Seeing people talking about people, talking nonsense when he sees ghosts, now he is asking for Shang Zerui, and the fool knows what to say now, his eyes rolled, and Hu Xu came casually: "Naturally, it is the world of our business." ”
When he was talking nonsense, his face was full of sincerity, his face was red and his heart was not beating, and people who didn't know thought that he was saying it from the bottom of his heart, but the young Shang Emperor watched him grow up, and his eldest brother was like a father, and he knew that Fang Cai's answer was not sincere, but completely coping.
This kind of disobedient words can be regarded as bullying, but the young Shang Emperor will never worry about these things with Shang Zeyi, he has three younger brothers, and he only dotes on Shang Zeyi, not only because Shang Zeyi is the youngest, but also because it is Shang Zeyi who carries his yearning for freedom.
He was born in the royal family, this life is destined not to belong to himself, the royal boy is destined to bear the responsibility of the country since birth, he, Shang Zehong, Shang Zejin are all of them, this is the education he has received since childhood, it has been deep in the bones, and none of the three can change it.
Only Shang Zeyi is different.
He has been thinking differently from the three of them since he was a child, they have been educated to become the machinery of the state, the Shang country is for the public, and everything must be for the Shang country, but Shang Zeyi is different from them, he is selfish, debauched, advocating freedom, his thoughts have not been eroded by the fanatical clansmen, and he is still a teenager who is bent on listening to the wind, having fun, and crisscrossing the rivers and lakes.
There are four brothers, and only he can be himself.
In order to let him dominate the rivers and lakes, he teamed up with many elders to kill his father, cut off all the conspiracies that he remembered for Shang Ze, so that he no longer had to worry about the future. He could have been himself as he pleased, but what? Since he was already at large, why did he come back and get involved in the world's strife again?
The young Shang Emperor turned around, he looked at Shang Zeyi, his face was calm, his eyes were hot, and he seemed to have a thousand words, and finally only one sentence remained: "You shouldn't come back." ”
Shang Zeyi understood that his smart imperial brother knew his intentions, but he didn't seem to want to make a move, thinking of the Qi State that was about to move, and thinking of the White Deer City where the soldiers were waiting for him, he was anxious, and insisted on persuading Shang Zerui: "The third emperor brother told me this, and I replied to him because of a promise and had to come back." But there is something else besides the promise, I am a businessman, and I want to tell you that helping White Deer City is also good for the merchant country. ”
At this time, it has been eleven days since he left White Deer City, according to the speed of the Qi army, the city wall of White Deer City will be seen in a few days, without the White Deer City guarded by the city lord, the battle of the source has caused heavy losses in the combat power of White Deer City, even if there are Jiang Yuli and Wang Zhaomo, two top masters of the Dao Tibetan Realm, with the power of one city, it will eventually be unable to stop the pace of conquest by the Qi army.
Shang Zeyi is very anxious, now that time is pressing, even if he is only one day slower, many people will die in White Deer City.
"Helping White Deer City is also helping the merchant country. White Deer City is in a strategic position, once it is obtained by the Qi State, it can be attacked and defended, which will be a great disaster for the Shang State. On the contrary, if you can help Bailucheng, the road of Bailucheng will be opened for the Shang country, and it will be a great help for the Shang country to dominate the world. ”
Shang Zeyi said seriously, his analysis is the Tao, there is nothing wrong, it sounds reasonable, helping Bailu City has a hundred benefits and no harm, and allowing Bailu City to be annexed by Qi State will do no harm.
The young Shang Emperor also recognized what he said, and nodded rarely: "What you said is indeed good, the location of White Deer City is important, and it must not fall into the hands of the Qi State." ”
Shang Zeyi was overjoyed, thinking that Shang Zerui had already listened to his words, and he just wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and persuade Shang Zerui in one fell swoop, when he heard Shang Zerui calmly say: "Then in that case, why didn't I take White Deer City directly?"
He used an inquiring tone, but Shang Zeyi felt a coldness, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, and he asked, "Where is the armor of Beiliang?"
It turned out that Shang Zerui had already made a move, as the new king of the Shang Kingdom, he was eloquent and strategic, and he never wanted to stand idly by. Without the protection of the city lord, Bailu City is the weakest time in a thousand years, Qi State can move his mind, how can Shang Guo really give up, and the East Fence and West Zhao, they all want to dominate the world, how can they let White Deer City fall into the hands of others.
He originally thought that the Qi State was going to attack Bailu City, but now it seems that it is actually the four countries competing for the deer, all of which want to win the world, and the battle will be fierce, and there will be only one winner, but no matter what the outcome is, Bailu will become a sacrifice for the battle of the world.
"Bei Liang's armor should be outside White Deer City now, waiting for White Deer City and Qi Kingdom to be defeated. Shang Zeyi sneered bitterly.
Shang Zerui wanted to touch his head, but Shang Zeyi was expressionless and dodged, he put his hand down and said softly: "You shouldn't come in the chessboard of the world, give up White Deer City, and go across the rivers and lakes." ”