Iron Dynasty

A torrential rain suddenly covered Qingzhou.

The tickling sound of rain outside the study and the damp smell of the rain soaking the land came to Xiao Ming's face, allowing Xiao Ming to find some childhood memories for a while.

When I was a child, sitting under the eaves and watching the rain would always smell this natural fresh breath, but now the breath is stronger and refreshing.

Faced with the pouring rain, Xiao Ming frowned. A few days ago, he asked the caravan to send fifty artillery pieces to the King of Huainan. At this time, the King of Huainan must have received them.

With these artillery pieces, the King of Huainan would have fewer casualties when attacking the city, and once the city was broken, the rest would be much simpler.

In his opinion, King Yan was just at the end of the fight, and the performance of the Tian family and Ji family was enough to show the opportunistic nature of the wealthy family.

For these wealthy families, they don't care who is ruling them, all they want is the prosperity of their own family.

Now that King Yan has lost Bozhou, the remaining wealthy families must have different thoughts. At this time, it is impossible to resist the King of Huainan wholeheartedly.

Perhaps when King Huainan broke down the city, King Yan's army would collapse, so in his opinion King Yan's destruction was close at hand, and King Liang could not last for a month.

In this way, he removed two of the three kings of the north, and only the king of Zhao remained.

This time, King Zhao had the fewest troops in the three-king alliance. It can be seen that this old fox didn't like the three-king alliance at all. Perhaps for King Zhao, he really only believed in the barbarians.

At this time, he removed King Yan and King Liang, but he did what he wanted, so he didn't need to do it himself.

This time, it was not Xiao Ming's impulse to send fifty artillery pieces to King Huainan, but because in Xiao Ming's opinion, he still needed the helper of King Huainan to help him deal with King Chu. He didn't want King Huainan to collapse after this battle. The only thing is that the King of Huainan has withdrawn his power to the south of the Yangtze River.

He was thinking when an official eunuch suddenly walked towards Qian Dafu from the rain with an oil-paper umbrella, said a few words and the eunuch left.

Qian Dafu walked in at this time, bowed and said, Your Majesty, Li Chuyuan, the prince of Chu, detained the third prince to Qingzhou.

Let him come to see me when the rain stops. Xiao Ming didn't show any surprise, because he received an urgent letter from the King of Chu three days ago.

In the letter, the King of Chu made up a whole set of evasive words, implying that the third prince was the culprit of the farce of ascending the throne, and he was just being deceived.

The second is that he is willing to be a minister, and then there is the matter of letting Li Chuyuan live in Qingzhou. Simply put, he is letting Li Chuyuan be a proton to show his sincerity.

Xiao Ming can only sneer at this trick. If he can't see this kind of slowdown, he doesn't have to be the emperor.

However, the King of Chu made the right bet this time. Xiao Ming really didn't have the heart to move the King of Chu. After all, the most important issue now was to solve the problem in the north.

His minimum requirement for the King of Chu was to make his feudal country a dumping ground for commodities. For the time being, he did not want the wealthy South to be beaten into a mess.

The rain continued from early morning until two o'clock in the afternoon. At three o'clock, Li Chuyuan arrived at Xingyuan with the third prince.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!

In the main hall, Li Chuyuan bowed and shouted.

Exemption.

Xiao Ming smiled. Although he hated Li Chuyuan from the bottom of his heart, he had to do his surface work.

Only then did Li Chuyuan raise his head. This time he came to Qingzhou to truly shock him. The prosperity and wealth of Qingzhou exceeded his expectations.

This also gave him a deeper understanding of Xiao Ming.

Criminal Xiao Zhen sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!

The main hall where the third prince and Li Chuyuan entered together, after Li Chuyuan shouted long live, the trapped third prince suddenly knelt down and shouted.

Xiao Ming was a little surprised. He looked at the third prince. At this time, the third prince was very embarrassed, and his body was also much thinner. How could he still have the infinite beauty in Chang'an.

Li Chuyuan took the opportunity to say, Your Majesty, the third prince has a false edict. If you hadn't believed him, it would have been impossible for your father to enshrine him as your king. I hope the emperor will investigate.

Xiao Ming laughed, and he said, The King of Chu and the prince have been bothered. I will punish people who are so disobedient.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Chuyuan's mouth. So far, none of their strategies have been flawed.

Xiao Ming paused for a while and continued: In the letter, the King of Chu said that the prince will live in Qingzhou for a few years. I wonder what the prince thinks?

When it comes to this matter, Li Chuyuan has long been prepared. He said: Thanks to the emperor's troubles, the minister has always yearned for Qingzhou, and it is also the wish of the minister to stay in Qingzhou.

Very good, so, the prince will stay in Qingzhou. Xiao Ming said lightly, and he didn't need to be too polite to a proton.

After saying a few words casually, Xiao Ming sent Li Chuyuan away, but left the third prince in the main hall.

At this time, Xiao Ming looked at the third prince and said, Do you know why I want to leave you alone?

Because the sinner is still useful to the emperor. The third prince seemed to have noticed it long ago.

In Chang'an, the ministers all said that the third prince is talented and intelligent, but now it seems to be true. Xiao Ming laughed.

This is just the minister raising the guilty minister. The third prince lowered his head. He knew that the smarter the prince, the sooner he died.

With a light snort, he said, King Yan is an outsider after all, but you are a member of the royal family. Now that the Great Yu Kingdom has become like this, how could this king choose to trust King Chu instead of you.

The third prince's expression changed slightly, and he sighed and said, Your Majesty, the false inheritance edict was done by the sinner, but it was all ordered by the king of Chu. Otherwise, if there were no soldiers and no power, how could the sinner dare to ascend to the throne.

Even so, your crime is enough for me to chop off your head 10,000 times, but now that the Great Yu Kingdom is in danger, if you can atone for your crimes, this king will spare you not to die.

The third prince's voice was a little excited, and he said: The guilty minister will send a letter to the king of Shu, and ask him to hold back the soldiers and horses of the king of Zhao.

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard the words.

This is why he kept the third prince. The King of Chu abandoned the third prince and also abandoned the fifth prince. After all, the third prince and the fifth prince were brothers.

The fifth prince has always respected the third prince very much, and he has always obeyed the words of the third prince. The King of Chu's strategy was nothing more than a tactic to delay the army, and the fact that the king of Zhao obtained the land of Shu was undoubtedly an opportunity for the north to fall into continuous war.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming naturally didn't want to let the king of Chu's tricks succeed. Without the support of the king of Chu, the five emperors didn't know what kind of shit they could do.

This time it's not as simple as a letter. The king of Shu is already at the end of his force. This king will send 20,000 horses to accompany you into Shu. You can only choose one if you want your life or power.