The Rebirth of the Bamboo Horse Emperor

When Jiang Mu arrived at the main hall of Fengxi Palace, Concubine Chen was sitting at the desk waiting for him.

Ten years hadn't left any marks on her face, she was as glamorous and moving as before.

"Mother concubine."

"The emperor is furious because of the war, I am afraid it will be difficult to quell the chaos with the power of the holy king alone." Concubine Chen said lightly.

Jiang Mu was silent for a moment.

What he regretted most in his previous life was that he withdrew from the battle for succession, and in the end the two of them ended up dead.

What I regret most in my life is that when I saw Gu Nanxing holding the Dongxi Sword, I didn't ask him a question.

There were constant wars at the border, and one person repelled the invasion of various tribes with the force of thunder.

Folk rumors continue, but it is not known who this person is.

And the royal family knew that this person was the holy prince who was conferred by the emperor three years ago, the son of Gu Nanxing, Gu Jue.

Three years ago, there was turmoil in the Uighurs and Tubo in the west, Gu Jue went out to fight for his father, and within two months, Kansai was pacified.

Immediately after the Xianbei in the north, the Turks and Li Rong jointly rebelled, General Zhenxi wiped out the remnants of the Guanxi tribe, Gu Jue played to the emperor and led his troops northward.The two sides fought for more than a year, Xianbei and Turks finally surrendered due to lack of supplies, and only Li Rong was left to resist.

However, the Dongyi tribe made a comeback and united with the overseas Dongying Kingdom to invade the border. The emperor sent General Ningyuan to go out, but the troops were lost to the opponent.

After Gu Jue received the imperial edict, he had to hand it over to the lieutenant general to deal with the remaining Li Rong tribe.

Dongying seemed to have come prepared, and Yu Chao's army was retreating steadily. After Gu Jue led the troops to arrive, the situation eased a little.

Since the ancestors ruled the world, there have been few wars, so there are very few military generals in the court, and the army is no longer at its peak.

The two sides fought to a stalemate.

Jiang Mu came back to his senses.

His Huaixi had lived a turbulent life for three years, what was his state before.

"My son understands what to do, so I'm going to ask Zuofu Huang to lead the army to go out."

"I know you are worried about Gu Jue, but Jiang Qing is in the Hall of Pure Heart at the moment, have you thought about how to deal with it?" Concubine Chen said.

"I understand." After Jiang Mu finished speaking, he saluted her and left.

Concubine Chen looked at her son's leaving figure, and couldn't help but think of that little child back then.

Ten years have passed, and I naturally knew that the emperor gave him the Dongxi sword.But she didn't expect that the child actually had the ability to make Jian recognize him as the master.

What's more, he didn't expect that his feelings for Jiang Mu were no shallower than the other party's. He even bet his own life for him to sit on the throne.

Hall of Pure Heart.

"Report to the Emperor, Your Highness the Third Highness, please see me." Eunuch An Lu gained a little weight again, he came to the transmission with his hands dangling in his pockets, and glanced at the Eldest Prince who was kneeling on the ground.

Emperor Hong'an still had no joy or anger on his face, he thought for a moment, "Let him in."

"Yes."

"My son pays respects to Father Emperor." Jiang Mu knelt down and said.

After Emperor Hong'an asked him to get up, he turned to Jiang Qing who was beside him, "Brother Huang is also here."

Jiang Qing nodded slightly. He is the elder brother, so naturally there is no need to return the courtesy.

"Mu'er, why are you here today?"

"Returning to the father, the son wants to lead the army to go out to share the worries of the father." Jiang Mu said.

At this time, Emperor Hong'an had become moody, irritable and suspicious.

Perhaps it was because Da'an had been peaceful for five generations, but only in his generation did rebels rise everywhere.

In the final analysis, it was the common people who suffered during the war. The common people dared to be angry and dare not speak out, but only dared to say in private that it was the royal family who had done something against the heavens, which caused God to punish them.

And no matter what channel these words passed through, they really reached the emperor's ears.

"Your elder brother was also talking about this just now. There can't be two commanders in one army. Let's have a contest between the two of you. If whoever can win, whoever can go to war."

Jiang Qing's eyes were filled with gloom, and he could only nod in agreement.

Emperor Hong'an seemed to have expected it long ago, and asked Shen Yan and Shen Bing to take them to Qinglian Terrace.

It was a small platform built by Tai|Zu when the palace was first established, standing on the water on all sides, surrounded by many plum blossom piles, specially for the prince to practice martial arts.

This is the first time to use it for the contest between princes. After all, the space is too narrow for two people, and it is easy to fall into the water if you are not careful.

The emperor and the two guards of the Shen family waited and watched from the nearest water pavilion to Qinglian Terrace.

Jiang Mu first went up to the martial arts arena with lightness kung fu, and after landing, Jiang Qing followed suit.

Jiang Mu was just about to say a few polite words, but Jiang Qing made a sudden move, and the Huiyue sword came out of its sheath, stabbing straight at the gate of his life.

Jiang Mu sneered and dodged away, but he didn't let the sword out of its sheath, but took the sword body to meet Jiang Qing's attack.

Looking at the smile on his face, no matter how you look at it, he was mocking him, Jiang Qing was extremely annoyed, and pressed harder and harder.

Jiang Mu fought and retreated, and stood on the iron chain of Qingliantai with light work.Jiang Qing's anger was all expected, and he responded effortlessly.

"Brother Huang, my younger brother has been very weak recently, please be merciful." Jiang Mu said with a strange air.

Jiang Qing's subordinates paused, but did not stop making subsequent moves, looking at him with doubts in his eyes.

"Maybe it's the poison from ten years ago that finally took hold." As soon as the words fell, the Luoxi sword in Jiang Mu's hand finally came out of its sheath, and the blade trembled slightly, as if it had been waiting for a long time.

Hearing what he said, Jiang Qing felt a little guilty and panicked, and his own skill was not as good as Jiang Mu's, so Jiang Mu soon had the upper hand.

The Luoxi sword seemed to have life in his hands, and Jiang Qing retreated steadily. Jiang Mu forced the man back to the plum blossom pile, but did not attack the vital point, but pierced the cuff of his prince's uniform with the tip of the sword, Neckline and many places on the body.

Naturally, Jiang Qing was greatly humiliated, he swung his sword and leaped up, stabbing him in the heart.

Jiang Mu seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and gently jumped back onto another plum blossom pile to separate him.

In the next second, Jiang Qing was repelled by an internal force inserted from the side.

"Your Highness, the Emperor said that the competition ends here." Shen Bing said with a smile.

The appearance of the two brothers of the Shen family has not changed at all, they are still the handsome and handsome people they were ten years ago.

However, Jiang Qing didn't intend to stop, and stabbed at Jiang Mu as usual with a sword.

Shen Bing's eyes froze, and a silver needle flew out from the hand hanging by his side, hitting his ankle.

Jiang Qing felt his ankle go limp, and fell straight into the water in a flash.

Jiang Mu glanced at Shen Bing.

well done.

Shen Bing then dodged and flew back to the water pavilion with light work, but the speed when coming and going was slightly different.

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince accidentally fell into the water, and both the minister and the third prince are not good at water..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Yan got up and rushed out.

It was late autumn now, Jiang Qing was already wearing thin clothes, and Jiang Mu and Shen Bing deliberately delayed the time. When Shen Yan fished him up, he was already shivering from the cold, and became a drowned rat.

And it's a tattered soaked chicken.

The emperor frowned slightly when he saw him like this, "Go and change out of this wet clothes first, and then come to Qingxin Hall."

Jiang Qing glanced at Jiang Mu angrily. This shameful look was not good for speaking in front of his father, so he had to leave resentfully.

Before leaving, he glanced at Shen Bing again, the meaning in his eyes was unclear.

Although he didn't see Shen Bing make a move, Jiang Mu was standing in front of him at that time, absolutely not moving.

In this way, Shen Bing could only be the one who hit the hidden weapon.

When he was first rescued, he groped for his ankle for a long time but found nothing, so there was no evidence.

And someone with evidence is stabbing his younger brother with a needle.

Shen Bing smiled flatteringly at him, the place on his body where his brother stabbed him was numb and unconscious.

Since the emperor was still there, Shen Yan didn't say much, but gave him a warning look.

Shen Bing naturally looked at him with an expression of "I don't dare to do it after I know I made a mistake".

Just above the waterside pavilion, he saw Shen Bing make a move from a distance, so his first reaction to pick up Jiang Qing in the water was to grope for the silver needle at his ankle.

The result of the competition was obvious. By the time Jiang Qing came back after changing his clothes, the emperor had already asked someone to draw up an imperial decree.

The third prince, Jiang Mu, has outstanding martial arts skills and outstanding talent, so he was appointed to lead the Jinling Army to lead the expedition.

Jiang Qing knew that he had lost today, but he didn't expect that there were other things waiting for him.

"The eldest prince, Jiang Qing, lost his virtue and wanted to put his siblings to death. He was ordered to be confined in the palace for a month and not to participate in government affairs."

Jiang Qing was angry from the heart, and the remaining sliver of reason made him hold back.

This is the royal father, and he can't tolerate other people's refutation the most.

I had to swallow my breath. "My son obeys the order."

The army is scheduled to go to the eastern border immediately tomorrow to support the army.

At the end of everyone's discussion, Jiang Qing asked calmly, "Father, will Guard Shen go to the border with the third brother?"

A hint of doubt appeared on Emperor Hong'an's calm face, "The guards of the Shen family should protect me in front of me, and there is no need to kill the enemy on the battlefield."

"I'm talking too much, I just saw that Second Young Master Shen and the third younger brother have a good relationship, so I thought—" He deliberately didn't say the second half of the sentence, just to make the emperor suspicious.

Unexpectedly, Shen Bing said directly, "Eldest Prince is worrying too much, I just acted according to the emperor's will, and didn't do what His Highness said."

His expression was natural, without any panic, and he looked frank.

Jiang Qing originally wanted to take the opportunity to mention the fact that he was injured by a hidden weapon, but now it is difficult to mention it again.

Emperor Hong'an's face was gloomy, "My bodyguard, it's not your turn to talk!"

Jiang Qing knew something was wrong, so he quickly kowtowed and apologized, "Father, please forgive me, my son has made a slip of the tongue."

"An Lu, pass on my will. Concubine Bai is not good at disciplining the prince. She will be fined for half a year, and she and the eldest prince will be banned from Mingyan Palace."

"Yes." Mr. An said fairly, "Your Highness, just soaked in water, now go back and rest."

Jiang Qing could only knock down his teeth and swallow blood.

"My son retire."

Emperor Hong'an hummed lightly.

Jiang Mu stood aside without saying a word, but he understood that although his father had punished Jiang Qing, what he said just now had aroused his suspicion.

After returning to the palace, he told Concubine Chen what happened today.After listening to Concubine Chen, she only said one thing to her to solve, and let him prepare for tomorrow's expedition with peace of mind.

Jiang Mu didn't stay any longer. After resigning, he went to the Jinling Army's garrison, and first discussed with the commander-in-chief about tomorrow's expedition.

It took more than half a month to rush from the capital to Lingzhou, and it took ten days to travel day and night.

Huaixi, wait for me a little longer.