One day before the winter solstice, Yang Kang came to the middle capital.

His Royal Highness the King of England can no longer remember how many times he has come to this imperial city, thinking about a year ago he came here from Kaifeng City, the officials of the court and the central government went out of the city to greet him, the scene was warm, the grand occasion was unprecedented, at that time he was the only prince of the Dajin Kingdom, and he made miraculous contributions in the struggle to overthrow the traitor Wanyan Hongyu, which can be described as the hottest figure in the Dajin Kingdom.

However, life is unpredictable, and after only a year, he will be reduced to a prisoner, and this time he will be greeted by heavily armed soldiers, not so much protection as escort.

His Royal Highness paused a little at the gate of the city, he knew that once he stepped into this imperial city, his life was out of his hands, this was a big gamble with his life, if he won, he would get the throne of the Kingdom of Jin, and if he lost, it would be a dead end, and he used himself as bait to buy time for the plan.

This is the reason why he set a one-month deadline, if he kills Yan Honglie as soon as he enters the city, then Qiē Xiuti can only be said to be the will of heaven, if the time drags on for too long, Yan Honglie may detect his yīn scheme, this month just happens from the winter solstice to Chinese New Year's Eve, is the best time to implement the plan.

God forbid!

Yang Kang silently read a sentence in his heart when he entered the middle capital, he did everything he should do, and then it depends on the will of heaven, Mei Chaofeng followed him silently, this blind woman made the soldiers around him feel like a great enemy, and in the information they received, this woman was a murderous demon.

In the information provided by Tang Zude, Mei Chaofeng has been by His Royal Highness the side of the King, Yang Kang knew that this matter could not be concealed from Wan Yan Honglie, so Suo Xìng took Mei Chaofeng, Wan Yan Honglie of the province was suspicious and strengthened his vigilance, which was not conducive to the progress of the plan, what His Royal Highness had to do was to let Wan Yan Honglie be completely at ease.

At this time, the main mansion of Dazong was very lively, and it was rare for idle princes from all over the country to gather together, whether it was to rì grievances or old rì feelings, they all gathered and condensed here.

In 1115 A.D., Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguta unified the Jurchen tribes, and established a country in Huining Mansion in Liaodong, with the country name Dajin, and this year just passed a hundred years, Wanyan Aguta would not have thought that a hundred years after the establishment of Dajin, a Han boy was planning to steal the imperial power of Dajin and subvert the rule of the Jin people.

In this hundred years, the Jin State has divided many princes, forming a huge clan system, these princes have their own fiefs, in the case of no mistakes, the fief is hereditary, fortunately, the emperor of the Jin State dared to attack his own clansmen, Jin Xizong Wanyan killed all his own brothers, and later Hailing King Wanyan Liang usurped the throne after killing the Jurchen nobles and more than 70 descendants of Jin Taizong and more than 30 descendants of Wanyan Zonghan.

This kind of killing effectively controls the number of royal relatives of the Jin Kingdom, otherwise it will form a situation where the prince is flying all over the sky, but after the two dynasties of Jin Shizong Wanyan Yong and Jin Zhangzong Wanyan Jing, the number of Jin princes has increased again, and Yingwang Wanyan Kang is undoubtedly the freshest prince.

When His Royal Highness came to the main mansion of the Great Sect, those princes came out of their residences and looked at this prince who was on the cusp of the storm, among which there were people with all kinds of thoughts, some gloating, some were sad, some were sincerely concerned, and some were implicitly murderous.

A story of Yelu Chucai spread all over the country, even in the remote Liaodong, even if some princes don't like to watch plays, but they have been in the capital for several days, this kind of hottest topic has always been heard, and many princes are guessing what His Royal Highness will choose.

Yang Kang can't live back in the former Zhao Palace, as a member of the royal family, he can only live with these princes of the Jin Kingdom under the arrangement of the Great Sect Mansion, but the Great Sect Mansion obviously provides special treatment for His Royal Highness the King of England, the courtyard where Yang Kang lives is the most remote, and there are thousands of soldiers equipped with good equipment around it, and I don't know how many people will be snooping in the dark.

In this case, even Mei Chaofeng would be difficult to escape, and Wanyan Honglie actually wanted Yang Kang to escape once, so that he would have a reason to get rid of this child.

Yang Kang and Mei Chaofeng walked into this courtyard, it was empty, there was not a single servant, and naturally there was no charcoal fire for heating and candles for lighting, which was in stark contrast to the fiery scene of the other princes around.

His Royal Highness the King of England and the Great Sect Mansion have a deep grudge, from the moment Bao Xi entered the Central Capital City twelve years ago, the blood on the palace hall directly put the then Zong Zhengguan to death, all kinds of grudges accumulated together, no wonder the Great Sect Mansion wanted to give Yang Kang such treatment.

This is no longer as simple as falling into the well, the main government of the Great Sect has long wanted to get rid of His Royal Highness the King of England of unknown origin, fortunately, they did not do too much, and also provided food for His Royal Highness the King, but Ming rì is the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, in order for His Royal Highness to be able to worship the world with a clean mind and body, they provide cold food.

The so-called cold food is the food that has not been cooked, in ancient times there was a cold food festival, and later merged with the Qingming Festival, on the day of the cold food festival is not allowed to make a fire, so you have to eat prepared cooked food or cold food that does not need to be cooked.

At this time, it was the middle of winter, Yang Kang and Mei Chaofeng were eating cold food in the room, which was not torture for them, after eating, the two began to practice, spending the long night in this way, His Royal Highness originally wanted to find a topic to chat, but Mei Chaofeng was obviously not in the mood, so he had to calm down.

On the winter solstice, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens began, Mei Chaofeng stayed in the Dazong Mansion, Yang Kang walked out under the escort of the soldiers, and came to the outskirts of the Zhongdu City with those princes, and the ceremony of sacrificing the heavens was held here.

Along the way, there were always hundreds of soldiers guarding His Royal Highness the King, and those princes were reluctant to approach him, avoiding him like a plague, Yang Kang laughed at himself in his heart, this is life.

He has participated in the ceremony many times, it was Wan Yan Jing who presided over it before, and now he has been replaced by Wan Yan Honglie, this is Yang Kang seeing Wan Yan Honglie again after a year, usually he is standing next to Wan Yan Honglie, at this moment he can only watch from a distance, and the newborn little prince took his place and was held by someone to appear next to the emperor.

Wanyan Honglie was more majestic than before, he stood on the high platform and looked down, his eyes swept over the thousands of people, and finally saw the unusually handsome child, even if the child stood among the thousands, he was still so outstanding, people could find it quickly, and it seemed that he was born to be the center of everyone.

Emperor Jin saw the shadow of Bao Xiweak from Yang Kang's face, but unfortunately this child was not his, Wanyan Honglie sighed, the matter has come to this point, irreparable, before presiding over the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, Wanyan Honglie issued a secret decree, let people go to Chang'an City to take care of Bao Xiweak.

As the best memory in his heart, the Emperor of Jin didn't want the woman to die after getting the bad news from his son, he wanted to leave the woman's life so that he could be nostalgic from time to time.

After the end of the ceremony, everyone returned to the imperial city, the emperor Wanyan Honglie wanted to get together with the royal family and relatives to contact the feelings, these idle princes can also play some role in calming the hearts of the people in various parts of the Jin Kingdom, but most of the princes rely on oppressing the people to live a luxurious and hedonistic life, and only a small number of princes will think about the people.

The corruption of the royal family and the Jin aristocratic class is an important reason for the decline of the Jin state's national power, at this time the Jin state is only slightly stronger than the Western Xia, and the rich and comfortable life of the Jin country does not see the crisis, and some people even think that the Mongols are barbarian tribes at their mercy.

At the subsequent banquet, these princes praised Yan Honglie's great achievements and the new prince's intelligence and cuteness in unison, there is never a shortage of flatterers in this world, and some people even made a mockery of His Royal Highness's background, Yang Kang sat in the corner and smiled and listened and watched and endured.

He secretly wrote down these people, these faces, His Royal Highness has never been a generous person, he will not be hit on the left cheek, but he will stick up the right cheek for people to beat, he believes in a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.

After the banquet, Yang Kang presented Yan Honglie with a letter asking for a knight, willing to stay in the main mansion of the great sect for the rest of his life, in which he casually listed several of his own crimes, such as stubborn and disrespectful, repeated teachings are difficult to change, etc., these crimes can be big or small, the purpose is to appease Yan Honglie's heart, so that the emperor will not immediately order to kill him.

After presenting the chapter, Yang Kang followed those princes back to the main mansion of the Great Sect, came to the small courtyard, saw Mei Chaofeng, his heart settled down, His Royal Highness did not know what Yan Honglie would do, what would happen next, life and death were no longer in his control, he could only wait quietly in this courtyard, and he had to rely on Huang Yaoshi outside.

The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year and the longest night, Dazong Zhengfu still did not provide candles, Yang Kang sat in the room, watching the night fall, the light disappeared, and the longest night of the year began.

He was in the darkness, looking up, wanting to see even a glimmer of light.

Under the same night, in the palace of the central capital city, Wanyan Honglie looked at the concerto, the words written in the concerto were earnest, and even the tone of begging, if you look at the concerto, this is a child who just wants to save his life, just wants to get a little pity and sympathy, and then lives for a long time.

However, the Emperor of Jin vaguely felt that there was something wrong there, with the Ah Kang he knew, he should not just sit back and wait for death, he didn't even have the slightest intention of resisting, Ah Kang was taught by him, if he was in this situation, he would definitely give it a go, even if the fish died and the net was broken, he didn't want to live in such a humiliating way.

But what can the child do?

Wanyan Honglie pondered, at this time, the Empress Dowager Li Shi'er came with a cup of ginseng soup, persuading the emperor not to be too diligent in government affairs, to take care of his body, etc., Wanyan Honglie responded with a smile, and after Li Shi'er left, he did not rest, but continued to watch the recitals of other ministers.

It was late at night, and His Majesty the Emperor felt a little tired, so he picked up the ginseng soup on the table and drank it all. (To be continued.) )