Don't go down if you have a kind [Rebirth]

I regretted it afterwards.

I didn't come to fight with him in my life.

All issues can be resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation.

Marching with Song Baboon to the bank of the ancient river halfway, this kind of regret is even more intense.

Baboon Song was also very sad. Looking south, his mind was full of his canine teeth.

It was evening, with thousands of miles of red clouds and low pressure, weeds were pulled up on the dry and cracked riverbed, and black eagles flew overhead.I was panicked and tried to cheer Baboon Song: "Don't look, you can see a bird? I'll be defeated and die later, where should I put my face?"

Song Fei was not afraid of my status as emperor, he just gave me a contemptuous look and ran forward with a whip.

I kicked the horse's belly to follow, and shouted, "Why did Xiao Guan join the army? Who are his parents?"

Song Fei said loudly in the wind: "His father is Fang Yelan's subordinate. After he retired from the army with a leg injury, he got married locally. Later, their village was burned by the Qiang soldiers who caused chaos in the pass, so Xiao Guan went to join Fang Yelan's garrison."

"Then why did he go to Liangzhou to mine again?" I asked.

"He said that he wanted to make military exploits, and he had no future in the garrison at Xiaoguan, so he switched to the King Jin Army. Later, he found out that it was the King Jin Army who let the Qiang soldiers enter the pass, so he fled. He fled to Liangzhou to join the King Liang Army, but was captured by Liang The state government government has arrested the strong man."

I smiled and said, "Don't you know why he joined the army? Why did you get asked?"

He tilted his head and glanced at me: "I think he's lying to me."

... I can't see that your mind is quite sensitive, so I persuaded: "Your love is my wish, what are you talking about cheating or not, if he doesn't poke you, you will die under the sword of Liang Wang, don't let it go!" exist……"

"Be careful!" There was an exclamation in the ranks.

My horse spun around in shock, and suddenly I saw a wave of cold arrows passing by——

"Too bad," Song Fei reined in his horse and raised his head suddenly, "Shoot that eagle!"

The strong wind howled, the weeds on the ancient river bed rustled, and a black-armored ambush quietly emerged from it——

My empress once said that there is a certain limit to the luck in a person's life. "Son, you have bumped into the fate of the emperor, good luck, this is the end."

My mother sincerely does not deceive me.This was my second prisoner of war in just a few months.

There is nothing wrong with Liang Wang's tactics of dividing his troops into four groups, but the new ginger is not as hot as the old one after all. Jin Wang's fourth brother is an old fritter that has been fighting on the battlefield for more than 30 years.

And this old fritter has a much better mind than the gray fox.The black armored soldiers in the ambush each had a portrait of me in their arms, throwing away their furniture in the rain of knives and swords, and all of them chased after me like a mad dog who smelled meat.

My horse broke its leg and fell beside the ancient river, foaming at the mouth.The black armored soldiers dragged me back to their camp and tied me in an open iron cage.Not seeing Song Fei, I was relieved, but then panicked.Although nearly half of the ambush soldiers ran away with me, it is hard to guarantee that they did not die in battle.Even if they escaped, how would they complete the task of raiding King Jin's military tent next?Unable to kill King Jin, without reinforcements, what would Liang Wang do if he fell into the territory of the Qiang people?If King Liang and I are both dead, what's the point of Fang Yelan and Xiao Guan defending Cangnan to the death?Is the Battle of Changhe Pass still necessary?

Clouds gathered in the sky, making it difficult to distinguish between morning and evening.Suddenly a thunder exploded, and heavy rain poured down.I wiped off the rain on my face, and saw the leader of the black-armored soldiers holding a picture scroll in his hand, supporting a thin man in black robes and walking towards me.

"...This person looks like the person in the picture, and the general did not dare to make a claim. Your Highness, look."

The man in black stood in front of the iron cage, held an umbrella in one hand, lifted his hood with the other, and bowed to look at me: "It really is the fourteenth brother. General Xu Ji is rude, and the fourth brother will punish him severely. "

This person is my fourth brother King Jin.If I hadn't met him in the main hall five years ago, I might have thought he was a liar, because he looked more like a weak scholar who had been sick for a long time, completely subverting my previous fantasy of his reputation as the "Cangbei White Wolf" .

While leaning the umbrella towards me across the cage roof, he ordered "General Xu Ji" next to him to unlock and untie it, and stretched out his hand to help me out of the cage: "Fourteenth brother, come here."

A hero does not suffer from immediate losses.I broke free from the rope on my body, took his hand, and got out of the cage.

He struggled to help me back to the big tent in the rain, and coughed a lot while leaning over the desk.

"Your Highness?" Xu Ji looked worried and gave me a fierce look, "If you want me to say it, it's better to just..."

I was terrified.Fortunately, King Jin immediately waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go out and kneel first."

There were bursts of thunder, like beating a war drum.I twisted my trouser legs that were soaked in muddy water: "Don't kneel down. I don't know fourth brother well at all, so it's more like a distant relative."

The "distant relative" sat opposite me and poured a cup of hot tea for himself, but didn't pour it for me: "Since I was young, I could talk."

I continued to twist my sleeves: "Except for the time five years ago, I haven't seen you in the capital since I can remember."

The tent was warm, King Jin was holding hot tea in both hands, his face began to turn a little bloody, he said with a gentle smile: "I have heard it for a long time, the fourteenth brother is intelligent, benevolent, and has the virtue of being a king and governing the world, but because of the fate of the time, It is really helpless to be against the fourteenth brother repeatedly."

I was so confused that I couldn't make up my mind to deal with him: "Fourth brother, if you have something to say, just say it. If you want to kill or kill, you will do as you please, but I have a condition."

"Oh?" He looked at me in surprise, then turned the teacup, "Conditions?"

"..." That's right, I'm not qualified to talk about conditions, it can only be regarded as a "request", "It's not considered a condition, as long as you agree to it, I will do it. If I die and turn into a ghost, I will not seek revenge on you."

He looked at me with a slight smile, teasing eyes.That demeanor was really like the elder brother who came home from school and bumped into the younger brother Xiong who was in the house Jiewa.He is over forty years old, although he looks younger, but when he smiles, there are fine lines at the end of his eyes, and if he looks more often, he can vaguely see the shadow of his father.

"Do you know why the father passed on to you in the end?" He suddenly asked, "Fourteenth brother, I don't intend to kill you, you just need to answer a few questions for me."

I don't believe that he won't kill me, and I'm ready to be killed: "You must first promise me that after you become the emperor, you will stop fighting indiscriminately, stop the civil strife among the princes, and fight against the Qiang army with all your strength. How many people died , I hope you can stay, if you can really stabilize/fix the country, they will definitely be loyal to you."

He nodded slightly, as if agreeing.I said, "I'll write the list to you later. As for why my father passed on to me, I think it's probably because my emperor's mother is my grandmother's distant niece. The whole world knows this truth, but you don't know?"

He was noncommittal, and asked again: "All the princes of my dynasty who have reached the age of sixteen and who are not crown princes are all sealed out of Beijing, but you have lived in the palace for a long time, do you know why?"

"Naturally, the emperor intended to pass on to me, so he kept me in Beijing." I said without thinking.

But he sneered slightly: "Gaozu has a training, 'as early as the reserve position, you will be at ease'. Since the father intends to pass it on to you, why didn't you issue the edict to establish the reserve?"

"..." I also had doubts about this point, but I couldn't answer it for a while.

The King of Jin said again slowly: "Let me ask you again, you have been in Beijing for 20 years, has your father ever invited you to be a teacher of famous Confucianism, or called you into the court to listen to the government, to teach by example?"

"..." I fell silent, "Father ordered Zhao Shuo, the grandson of Zuo Xiangfu, to enter the palace to accompany me to read."

He smiled: "Did this incident happen after the Empress Dowager forcibly sent you into Mr. Jiang's sect?"

"What do you mean?" I was upset, "If Father treats me badly, why would he pass the throne to me?"

"Fourteenth brother, do you know how the father treated the elder prince?" He shook the tea dregs at the bottom of the cup, lowered his eyes and said, "Eldest brother was established as the prince when he was three years old. Scholars Zhang Ji and Wu Cong were the great generals of the Zhenbei Dynasty, Xue Ying, who entered the court with his father at the age of ten, and led the army to the battlefield at the age of 15... When he was 20 years old, he had conquered eight states with virtue, and was powerful in Guanbei..."

Yes, when I was 20 years old, I was still like a second-generation ancestor who stole the imperial robe, huddled on the dragon seat, and was sprayed by civil and military officials in turn.so what?Didn't the eldest brother die in the end?

"You might say," he raised his eyes to look at me, "Father finally personally convicted the prince of collaborating with the enemy...but that was precisely because father regarded him as a prince. , father never thought of making you the crown prince, even if he invited the grandson of Zuo Xiangfu to study with him, he couldn't stand the persecution of the empress dowager, and it was passed on to you in the end because he lost to the grandmother."

With a "boom", my internal organs seemed to have experienced a major earthquake, collapsed and smashed, rubble was everywhere, and I roared in my heart: "Shut up, I won't listen!" But gave birth to a cold sweat.Because every word he said hit the sore spot, and almost solved the mystery of "shit luck" that has plagued me for two lifetimes.

King Jin was silent for a moment, poured out the cold tea, and refilled the pot: "There are thousands of mansions in the capital, and many palaces and gardens in the palace. Fourteenth, have you ever thought about why my father let you live in the place where books are stored? "

I tried to calm down: "Zibo Terrace is close to my father's residence, so it is convenient to check my homework..." I couldn't go on, because my father never asked me about my homework seriously. too playful".

King Jin took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Fourteenth brother, you are just another King of Qin. There are secret volumes of all dynasties since the founding of the country hidden in Shibotai. If you read them, you will see the intentions of your father."

This... I haven't read it yet.

"In the 14th year of Emperor Wen, Wei Xizhou, an official of Jingzhao, impeached Yin Qi Shuyuan of Hongdu Prefecture for dereliction of duty and abuse of power, and cover-up of Jiang Wei, a repeat offender in the military case. The emperor ordered Jiang Xian, Minister of Dali Temple, to preside over the case. He dipped his tea and wrote down the names of the four people on the desk, "I know that among these four people, you have only heard of Mr. Jiang. Jiang Wei is the wife of Mr. Jiang and Queen Mother Jiang, that is, Concubine Jiang at that time." Cousin brothers, relying on favor and monopolizing power, have been accused of many crimes; Wei Xizhou is a close friend of Mr. Jiang and Concubine Jiang who met before they entered Beijing. Dufu Yin is a man of honor and glory, and he has not committed the crimes that Wei Xizhou pointed out. At the same time, he also has an identity, that is, the elder brother of our father and the emperor's biological mother, and the uncle of the dynasty."

"How did the case develop later?" I have never heard my father mention his biological mother, and no one in the palace dared to mention it. Is there any secret behind it?

The king of Jin held his cup and sighed: "Then Wei Xizhou moved to Dali Temple to take over the trial of Qi Shuyuan's case. Qi Shuyuan did spare Jiang Wei at the time of sentencing. He was not directly sentenced to death, but was exiled to Midong. The case was soon. After being found out, Jiang Wei was recovered and re-convicted and beheaded. Qi Shuyuan was also dismissed from office and ransacked his home, and was asked to be executed in the market. His younger sister, Concubine Qi, died suddenly in the palace shortly after, leaving behind a son, who was later handed over to the noble concubine Jiang to raise him."

"This is the father?" I asked, "How did you know these things? How do you know it's not nonsense?"

"It doesn't matter how I found out," he said with a slight smile. "After the case was settled, Emperor Wen abolished the Hongdu Mansion, and never activated the Hongdu Order in his life. Wei Xizhou made great contributions and was soon promoted to Prime Minister Zuo."

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" I said, "There were three prime ministers in Emperor Wen's reign. Counting the time, the Prime Minister Zuo at that time should be my master Jiang Xian."

He nodded: "That's right. According to historical records, there were indeed only three of them, because Wei Xizhou was assassinated in his own home on the night he received the official seal, and died of blood loss with a dagger in his front and abdomen."

I hurriedly said, "It must be the Qi family or Jiang Wei who sent people to seek revenge."

"There is no one alive in the Qi family. Jiang Wei was abandoned by the Jiang family from the very beginning. Do you think that Concubine Jiang and Mr. Jiang would kill their best friends for such a scum in the clan?" He asked me back.

I questioned: "Since Jiang Wei is a scum, and Qi Shuyuan is a scumbag, why should a gentleman shield this scum? Since Wei Xizhou has both literary and military talents, it is difficult for him to have any doubts about it. Why did he play the piano so confidently?" Qi Shuyuan? Since the literary talents and martial arts are sensationalizing Jinghua, why is it so easy to be slandered? After being injured, he didn't call for help, and let him bleed to death?"

He put down his teacup, sat upright and said, "You're right. These are the suspicious points in the file. It's just that there was no one to pursue them. After the dust settled, Emperor Wen recalled Jiang Xian and worshiped him as his prime minister. Concubine Jiang Raising the bereaved son of Concubine Qi, he was registered as queen a few years later. But after the death of Wei Xizhou, Prime Minister Jiang and Empress Jiang's siblings were at odds and never saw each other again. Emperor Wen died, and his father succeeded to the throne at a young age, and the Jiang family assisted the government under the curtain , Mr. Jiang resigned from office and left the court, and went to Sumeru Temple to shave his hair and leave his home."

Anyway, I have been the emperor for more than 30 years, so far I understand that this is a classic political case of "a rabbit dies like a dog".It's just that "The Rabbit's Dead Dog Cooking" is also connected with "Unloading the Mill and Killing the Donkey", "Crossing the River and Destroying the Bridge", etc., which is a series of cases.Tracing back to the front, it probably starts from the time when Emperor Wudi’s great-grandfather used the Eighth Family to repel foreign enemies. Emperor Wu used the Eighth Family to repel foreign enemies, and the Eighth Family expanded. Gradually swelled, Grandpa Wendi couldn't see it after succeeding to the throne, so he wanted to use the upstart Jiang family to eradicate Hongdu Mansion - but Yin Qi Shuyuan of Hongdu Mansion at that time was very perfect, and couldn't grasp the handle, so the authorities made up one for him.In this regard, my master Jiang Xian refused to accept and refused to cooperate, so the authorities found another person to be the executioner——Wei Xizhou.After the Hongdu Mansion was also razed, the authorities learned from the mistakes of the past and directly killed Wei Xizhou who "may expand", and at the same time erased the truth of the authorities' secret operations, killing two birds with one stone.

From then on, those in power can sit back and relax, the government and the public are in peace, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

It's just that there are some "difficult to appease" to this day, and it has been confided from later generations through such a tortuous way.I finally understood why the master had recited the mantra for 50 years. Did he suspect that his grandmother killed Wei Xizhou?Why is Wei Xizhou willing to be used as a gunman? Can't he see right and wrong, can't he see his own end?

Did the royal father actually hate his grandmother in his heart?Does he also hate Grandpa Wendi?How sad would it be for him to teach an outstanding prince with his own hands, but to see him ruined by a series of conspiracies and schemes by others, and finally had to issue a criminal edict by himself?What am I in his eyes?Seeing that I am not as diligent and studious as King Qin, he is actually relieved, right?Before he died, he specially summoned the child into the East Palace to take a look, after all, he couldn't let it go, right?

I forced a smile and said, "Since my father has never thought of passing on the throne to me, after the death of the eldest brother, who will suit him best? A good king?"

King Jin shook his head slightly: "It's not a good king. The old case between the eldest brother of the crown prince and General Jiang Fang, there is also a secret volume hidden in Shibotai. If the fourteenth brother is interested in the life experience of the good king, the fourth brother will slowly tell it you."

I was already numb: "What is the life experience of Prince Liang? He is the eldest son of the Eastern Palace. He is not in line with your father's wishes. Could it be that you are in line with your father's wishes?"

He smiled: "Otherwise, do you think that the army of the twelve princes really went to force the palace five years ago?"

"Isn't forcing the palace, can't I become a king?" I have already fallen into the trap of his words, but there is no way out.

He glanced at me extremely calmly: "Whose palace is forcible, the king for whom... the winner has the final say. Fourteenth brother, I told you from the very beginning that the father's prequel is in your hand, but it Because he lost to the Queen Mother."

My heart was already cold, but on the surface I still couldn't lose my momentum: "Then what do you want me to do by telling me this? Just let me die in peace?"

He stood up slowly and straightened his clothes: "I said, I won't kill you. You just need to write a Zen edict."

That's right, this is the fourth brother, who cares about face and face.He not only wanted to be the emperor, but he also had to be the emperor in a legitimate way, so that the historians changed their writings, the speech officials shut up, and the generals dared not refuse.But anyway, I have already died, and I am not afraid of death: "What if I don't write?"

He looked down at me: "This is a big matter, and I know that my fourteenth brother will not agree easily. If you don't write it, I can only take it by force, and there will inevitably be bloodshed. You don't fear death yourself. Forget it, Fang Yelan from Cangnan, Zhao Shuo and Jiang Bi from Changhe Pass, Liang Wang from outside Xiao Pass... did you make the decision for them too?"

I... I don't know.King Jin is threatening me. He knows all the marching routes of King Liang. If I don't agree, these people, and even more people, will all die.Is he cheating on me?Can I still procrastinate?Maybe there's a turnaround?

"You don't need to refuse in a hurry," King Jin coughed a few times, put on the hood again, and walked towards the tent door, "There is a person in my camp, I have seen her before you give me the answer."

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In the next chapter, the "Queen" from the previous life will come on stage, revealing how King Liang and Fourteen turned (against) each other (death) into (lingering) enemies in their previous lives!

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