Xia Xuehan didn't care about the envious eyes of the pedestrians, stepped into the inn, and walked straight towards the second floor of the elegant seat, he and Feng Qiwu passed by, and the diners were silent, but some pedestrians also retreated, and couldn't bear to disturb the two people who did not belong to Hongchen.

He walked straight to the private seat at the end of the passage, pushed open the door, and there were already people cooking tea waiting inside, Xia Xuehan and Feng Qiwu came in, he was not surprised at all, picked up two cups of tea and put them in the guest seat, and continued to fiddle with the tea set.

Xia Xuehan was not polite, picked up the teacup and gently blew away the hot smoke from the cup, took a sip, and said: "The jasmine is cooked just right, and it actually gives birth to the blue sea and snow, and your tea making skills are becoming more and more refined!"

Who knew that the man gave him a blank look, and scolded disdainfully: "You are willing to do it! Every time we meet, I joke that I am a big man who can only wield a gun and a stick." "That person is Yu Xuanang, who is it not Yang Xiao, he is dressed in black, he is concentrating on making tea, he originally looked gentle and elegant, but he opened his mouth to say such things.

Xia Xuehan didn't talk nonsense with him, sat down opposite him, and said, "What's going on?"

"You kid really used me like an errand boy. Yang Xiao put down the tea set and glanced at Xia Xuehan, but still said, "I have asked the first person in the world to find out, Emperor Chongming died of suffocation, not a vicious disease, and something suspected of mercury was found in his stomach, the amount is enough to kill, it seems that eighty percent of it is Xia Lang who forced the palace to seize the throne." ”

Mercury is extracted from cinnabar, and after taking mercury, it will generally produce headaches, fatigue, forgetfulness and mental abnormalities and other poisoning phenomena, and long-term use, the intestines will inevitably be destroyed.

Xia Xuehan's fingers moved slightly, the teacup turned between his fingers, and the full tea didn't even spill a drop, and said with a smile: "He really raised a good son!"

"Hmm, are you going back to Chang'an?" Yang Xiao didn't pay much attention to his words.

"A few days ago, I received a summons from Xia Lang, asking me to return to Beijing within ten days, I think there is something wrong!" Xia Xuehan fiddled with the teacup in his hand and said lightly.

"Xia Lang wants to deal with you, you must know very well that he will definitely try his best to deal with you when he goes back this time, and if I want me to say that I will simply gather the crowd and go out, defend Yizhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and stand with Daxia Daliao. Yang Xiao said.

Xia Xuehan just smiled and didn't speak, while Feng Qiwu behind him raised his eyebrows, thinking that he was shocked by these words. Yang Xiao continued: "Xia Lang killed his father and seized the throne, if you announce that the world will raise troops and take the throne, with your reputation in the rivers and lakes, there will inevitably be a cloud of responders, and it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes recently...... You can also be justified......"

Yang Xiao looked up at Xia Xuehan, his eyes were much colder, he put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said, "I know that you are for my good, but I am really not interested in competing for the world." Besides, my destiny is to break the army, break the army, and dominate the world, whether I want to or not, I am only a general, and I can only be a general. If I meet a king who is sympathetic to the people of Li and knows that I use me, I will give it to him in this world!"

It seems that these words are ordinary, but there is infinite bitterness in the words, I don't know if it is because there is no one who knows him and uses him, or he laments that he can't rule the world. He may not have imagined that many years later, a young king in a dragon robe would kneel behind him, take his hand and beg him to stay, to stay and share the splendid rivers and mountains with him.

"Since you said so, I won't force you, if that Xia Lang dares to touch you, it will be the enemy of the whole world, and I will also pick him with a shot!"

"Okay, with your words, I'm relieved!" Xia Xuehan patted him on the shoulder, turned to leave, Feng Qiwu nodded at Yang Xiao, counted as a farewell, and followed.

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On the Daqing Hall of Chang'an, Xia Lang is high on the nine dragon chairs, wearing a splendid Ming Yellow Dragon robe, wearing a crown, overlooking the ministers, and has the posture of dominating the world. Long live the group of ministers, Lu Qingyun, the secretary of the military department, went out of class with a wat board and said: "Your Majesty, the border pass is eight hundred miles away, and Emperor Yuanzong of the Liao State has crowned Yun Yifan as the governor of Zhennan, leading 200,000 troops to the south, and he has the heart to look at my country's territory, and beg His Majesty to make a decision early!"

Xia Lang nodded and said, "I also received the report, what do you think?"

Huang Gongda, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, came out of the class and said: "In the humble opinion of the ministers, Your Majesty has first ascended to the great treasure, and the hearts of the army and the people are not stable, so it is not appropriate to act rashly, and it is advisable to seek peace!"

A nine-foot-long general in the military general's team roared without waiting for him to finish speaking, "My Great Xia is really going to be destroyed in the hands of you sour Confucians, the soldiers are coming to the city, and they are about to reach the edge of the trenches, and they will be beaten, you group of timid and fearful scholars, what do you say all day long, and you have fallen into your own prestige in vain!"

"General Lei's words are wrong, we are all thinking in the long run, the ancients said: kill a thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred. Our ministers are all doing their best to plan for Your Majesty, so why are we afraid of things?"

"You, you ......" The general who spoke was called Lei Ting, as his name suggests, although he has the power to carry the power and sweep away the army, but his temperament is extremely violent.

For a while, there were main battles in the hall, and there were also main peacemakers, and they were very noisy, Xia Lang sat on the dragon chair, smiling, and quietly looked at the noisy ministers, seeing that their voices were getting higher and higher, and they were about to overturn the palace, before they glanced at the eunuch Xu Ci beside him.

That Xu Ci was originally an internal servant beside the first emperor, and in the past, he was in the company of Qin Xiaoze, and he was a person who tended to be inflammatory, and he was a man who slipped around and patted horses, and when he saw that the first emperor was critically ill and the crown prince ascended the throne was the general trend, he collected Qin Xiaoze's accusations and handed them to the new emperor. Xia Lang took advantage of this corruption to demote Qin Xiaoze to the land of Baiyue and never hired, while Xu Ci was able to continue to stay with the new emperor because of his meritorious exposure.

Xu Ci took a step forward and shouted screaming: "Hundred officials are silent!" The voice was extremely sharp and spread to every corner of the Daqing Palace, and those civil and military officials knew that the emperor was going to speak, so they hurriedly silenced.

Xia Lang paused deliberately, glanced at the ministers with thousands of looks, and said: "I know that all the virtuous men are good men who are loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and I am deeply gratified that both the main battle and the main peace are for the sake of me and the society. When the hundred officials heard this, the expression on their faces did not change much, knowing that these were the emperor's usual words, and the next thing was the key, "However, I think that if the Liao thief is not severely punished, it will inevitably encourage his arrogance, and besides, once I first ascend to the great treasure, once the precedent of land cession and compensation is set, will it not chill the hearts of the people in the world, so I think that this battle must be fought and won!"

"My Emperor Shengming!" After hearing this, the ministers all knelt on the ground, regardless of whether they were fighting or peacemaking just now, they all stood on the emperor's side.

"All the ministers and be even!" Xia Lang looked at this group of ministers who were tending to be inflammatory, and his heart was full of contempt, "He has Yun Yifan in Liao, but don't forget, my Xia country has Xia Xuehan, and the emperor has mentioned Langya Wang Zhiyong when he is in the past, if he fights this time, he will definitely be able to win!"

"Today, I have ordered Yin Shenglin, the privy envoy of Tongzhi, to be the governor of Pingbei, Xia Xuehan and Lei Ting to be the vanguards of the left and right, and Wang Yuan, the military officer of Taizhong, to be the grain and grass supervisor, and the 150,000 soldiers of the two towns of Taiyuan in Longxi will go north, and I will look forward to the triumph of the generals on the tower of Chang'an City!" Xia Lang seemed to have already made up his mind and planned a candidate for the north, and said unhurriedly.

The early dynasty retreated, Yin Shenglin had just walked out of the Daqing Palace, a little eunuch hurriedly turned out of the corner of the hall, handed Yin Shenglin a letter, and said softly: "The emperor's warrant, burn it after reading!" Without waiting for Yin Shenglin to ask again, he had already run away, and he could no longer see a figure.

Yin Shenglin knew that the matter was very important, and hurriedly turned to a remote corner, and unfolded the letterhead tremblingly, which read: It does not matter whether you win or lose, but the king of Langya has no return, and the army is on the march, and all matters are handled by the secretary at his own discretion, and the emperor's unique seal is also stamped below.

Yin Shenglin finished reading, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he was a weak and incompetent person, although he was born in a general, but he had never been on the battlefield, and he only relied on some paper talk and observation of words and expressions to have today's status, but where have he seen the sinister of half a battlefield. He knew that this matter was very important, and if he missed, the emperor would definitely find some opportunities to get rid of himself, these were secrets that everyone in the officialdom knew. Yin Sheng looked around to make sure that no one was paying attention to him, and then rubbed the letter into his mouth......

Today, the Langya Palace's mansion is exceptionally quiet, because the owner here has to put on a military uniform today, throw himself around, and don't know when to return. Xia Xuehan treats his servants as kindly as a spring breeze on weekdays, but now that he is gone, naturally many people are reluctant.

"Childe, when are you going to come back this time?" Zi Mo carefully helped him tie his cloak and tidy up his armor, just like a wife who sent her husband to join the army.

"Maybe it will be a long time, the original pattern has been broken, and this time it is related to the rearrangement of the pattern, it is not so simple!" Xia Xuehan sighed, not knowing what to say for a while. I thought that this silver-white armor would never be put on again if I took it off, but I didn't expect it to ......

"It's all because Zi Mo doesn't know martial arts, otherwise he can ...... with his son" Zi Mo's big eyes were full of tears, and the aggrieved ones were about to cry.

"Silly girl, everyone has their own way to go, you have done a lot for me, wait for me to come back at home!" Xia Xuehan smiled at her, reached out and pinched her nose.

"Son, you must be well, remember to eat on time, don't sleep too late, wear more clothes when it's cold, don't eat cold food, and ......"

"Okay, remember everything, my little old lady, be obedient, don't cry!" Xia Xuehan interrupted Zi Mo's babbling with a smile, waved her hand, and turned to leave, the white robe rolled up slightly cool, brushing the tears from the corners of Zi Mo's eyes.

Yun Caixuan was already waiting in the courtyard, it was already winter, the cold wind blew her hair up and down, she held a package in her hand and looked at Xia Xuehan with a smile.

"Mother, why don't you go to the house on such a cold day?" Xia Xuehan hurriedly stepped forward to hug Yun Caixuan.

"Zi Mo's girl said goodbye to you, what kind of eyes are in the way of the mother's concubine's entry! This is the windbreaker that the mother concubine sewed for you, it is bitter cold in the north, and it is good to take it to protect against the cold!" Stuffing the package in his hand into Xia Xuehan's hand, he said with a smile.

Xia Xuehan nodded heavily, no matter what happened in the past, the mother still loved her after all, Yun Caixuan dressed up for Xia Xuehan, and said: "Don't say much about other concubines, if Xia Lang deliberately sends someone to make things difficult for you, you don't have to take care of any situation, if you are in a hurry, it's a big deal to go out, with the martial arts of our mother, where can we go in this world." ”

Although Yun Caixuan has retired to the rivers and lakes for many years, she still has an unruly energy in her bones, she touched Xia Xuehan's head lovingly, and sent him to the palace gate. Xia Xuehan said goodbye to everyone in the palace one by one, stepped on the horse, and walked away, the cold wind rolled up his robe, and the armor shone in the winter sun.

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