Xu Beiyou was silent for a long time, and let out a long sigh rather complicatedly, "Xu Yan, the brother of the current queen and the king of Xihe County. ”

The proprietress picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xu Beiyou, and said softly: "If you want to say the king of Xihe County, it is really full of dignitaries, when the first emperor canonized the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, the Xu family has two honors, the metropolitan governor Xu Lin ranks second, the king of Xihe County, Xu Lin ranks twenty-third, and the king of Xihe Hou, after the death of the metropolitan governor, Xu Yan inherited the title of the king of Xihe County, that is, the only two kings with different surnames, and the head of the kings of the counties. ”

Prince Feng of Great Qi, with the four kings of "Qi", "Jin", "Qin" and "Chu" the most noble, and he will not be lightly awarded when he is idle, even if he is Xiao Jin, a half-brother who has made great contributions to the southern and northern wars of Emperor Xiao, he has not been able to get one of them.

And because the King of Qi is the title of Emperor Xiao before he ascended the throne, and the same as the name of the Great Qi State, the King of Qi is the most expensive, and he is the first among the kings, which means the crown prince. In today's Great Qi court, except for Xiao Bai, the king of Qi, the other three kings are all empty.

The other kings are slightly inferior to these four kings, and the reason why Xiao Jin, the king of Wei, is also called the first of all kings, is only because he is the prince with the highest seniority, the most powerful, and the widest fief in the royal family, not how noble the title of "King of Wei" is.

Under the prince is the county king, the prince is named after a single word, mostly the name of the state, and the county king is named after the double word, mostly the name of the house, the reason why the king of Xihe is the first of all the county kings, is because the king of Xihe is the only county king named after the state, and it is also one of the places of Longxing of Emperor Xiao, Xihe Prefecture.

Although Xihe Prefecture was later split and merged into Shaanzhou, Yanzhou, and Zhongdu, and the fief of the king of Xihe County was also included in the jurisdiction of Zhongdu, the title of the king of Xihe County remained unchanged, and there was a palace in Zhongdu, so this honor is still unique.

The proprietress fell into a look of reminiscence and said softly: " Ten years of peace, I entered the Xihe County palace as an errand, although the old county king was alive at that time, but the queen mother was just the crown princess, the Xu family is not a descendant, but Xu Yan Xu is already one of the cabinet scholars, even if it is not as good as Lan Xiangye and Han Ge Lao, but it is the first emperor's preferred successor, as long as the princess becomes the queen mother, the university scholar becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, no matter how the Xu family looks at it, it is a prosperous scene that will last for a hundred years, but who would have thought that after just ten years, the entire Xu family will be overturned, and it will be in a state of collapse。 ”

Xu Beiyou said: "First the Metropolitan Governor Xu Lin died, and then Xu Yan died of a violent illness, leaving only one Xu Yi, even if Queen Xu has the heart to support, there is nowhere to focus. ”

The proprietress asked softly, "Died of a violent illness?"

Xu Beiyou frowned and said: "This is the statement of the imperial court, and it is also a well-known thing in the world, of course, I have also heard some sayings about chasing after the wind and shadows, I am afraid that it is not true, does the boss lady have other sayings?"

The proprietress smiled, "It's true that Lord Xu is weak and sick, but it hasn't reached the point of dying young, otherwise the first emperor would not have chosen Lord Xu as Lan Xiangye's successor, besides, with Lord Xu's status at that time, what kind of panacea can't be obtained? Even the golden pill of the Daomen is not a difficult matter, isn't it a big joke to say that he died of a violent illness?"

Xu Beiyou touched his chin and asked, "What role did Duanmu Ruisheng play in this matter?"

The proprietress shook her head and said: "Then Xu Gongzi is too high to think of Duanmu Ruisheng, not to mention that Xiao Gongyu and Xiao Shu, these important ministers of the clan were still alive at that time, but in the Dark Guard Mansion, Duanmu Ruisheng at that time was only ranked third, and there were palm prints on him Governor Qu Cang and Zuo Governor Tang Chunyu, far from being as powerful as Xuanhe today, to put it bluntly, he was just a murder knife that acted obediently. ”

Xu Beiyou's face became solemn, and he asked slowly, "Then who is the person who operates the knife?"

The proprietress pinched the teacup on the table and said softly: "Does Xu Gongzi really don't understand or pretend not to understand?" The Secret Guard Mansion has always been directly under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, after the sudden death of the first emperor, there was no will, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the foundation is unstable, and all the power of the court is in the hands of the Queen Mother, Duanmu Ruisheng can obey the orders of the Queen Mother in addition to the Queen Mother who hangs the curtain?"

Xu Beiyou said expressionlessly: "Even if the Queen Mother is the one behind the scenes, why does she want to make a move against the Xu family?"

The proprietress didn't answer directly, but asked, "I wonder if Xu Gongzi has ever heard the saying that Lizi killed his mother?"

Xu Beiyou said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I have heard that after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forced the prince to death, he set up the young son as the prince, and was afraid that the son and the young mother would be strong, so that the descendants of the family would have the exclusive power, so he killed the prince's mother. In ancient times, the country was so chaotic, and the Lord and the young mother were strong. The heroine lives alone and is arrogant, promiscuous and self-indulgent, and she can't help it. You don't hear about Lu Hou's evil, so you have to go first. ’”

"Xu Gongzi is well-read and strong, and the concubine is admired. The proprietress first praised it, and then said: "Although His Majesty, who had just ascended the throne at that time, could not talk about it." The word 'main and young', but at this time the dynasty has two hidden dangers, namely the clan Wei King Xiao Jin and the relative of the grassland Khan King Lin Han, the Xu family at that time can be described as in the sky, Wu has the old county Wang Ze, the army has a deep foundation, the text has Xu Yan Xu, was appointed by the first emperor as the first successor, and there is a queen mother, the queen mother does not want to appear a second descendant relatives, and is afraid that His Majesty will not be able to make a bad move in the future because of the relationship between husband and wife, so he will take the initiative to take action for His Majesty. ”

Xu Beiyou said with emotion: "The court is like a thorn, it is full of spikes, the Queen Mother is afraid that Your Majesty will not be able to lift this thorn, so she wants to pull out the thorns on the thorns for Your Majesty. ”

The proprietress drank all the tea in the cup and said slowly: "It is this reason, it is said that the heavenly family has no relatives, but according to my opinion, the Queen Mother really loves His Majesty to the bones, even in the end, she wants to help His Majesty clear the way." ”

Xu Beiyou sighed lightly, and then asked, "Where were you in the twentieth year of Taiping and the first year of Chengping?"

The proprietress said calmly: "At the end of the twentieth year of Taiping, I left the imperial capital with Xu Yan, the king of Xihe County. ”

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"Why did you leave the Imperial Capital?"

"I don't know the specific reason, but I heard from His Royal Highness the King of the County that the situation in the city is dangerous, and it is not a place to stay for a long time, and it is necessary to go to the fiefdom of the central capital in the northwest. ”

"Who followed Xu Yan, the king of Xihe County, to the northwest at that time?"

"In addition to His Royal Highness the County King and his concubine, there is also a side concubine and the little prince who has just been born, as well as three other guards, and His Royal Highness the County King also left a stand-in and His Royal Highness the Prince in the imperial capital, so that trip was not fanfare, and it should be regarded as a secret trip. ”

"The result?"

"The result is that I don't know where to go wrong, my whereabouts were exposed, and I was chased and killed by the tail of the Secret Guard, because the secret trip did not carry a large number of guards, we are not the opponent of the Secret Guard Mansion at all, we can only fight and retreat, when I arrived in Yuzhou, I was knocked down in Luoshui in a pursuit, so I escaped by blowing up the water escape technique, and was later rescued by a post man, under his care, it took me a year to heal the injury, and then I married the post man, that is, not long after I got married, the news that the king of Xihe County died of a violent illness came from the newspaper。 ”

Xu Beiyou didn't speak for a long time.

The proprietress sighed faintly: "The concubine's husband is a good person, but unfortunately he died early, after he left, the concubine used some silver money to buy this soon-to-be-abandoned post station, opened into an inn, until today, if Xu Gongzi has not appeared in front of the concubine, maybe the concubine will never mention these old things to others." ”

After a long time, Xu Beiyou said softly: "Let's take pen and ink, Jiangdu is a good place, no worse than here, after the truth of this matter is revealed, it is not impossible for the proprietress to come back here, but it is ...... at the moment."

The proprietress smiled, "Master Xu, don't worry, the concubine knows the stakes." ”