morning thoughts

After Ji Jingyang showed his prestige in front of Ji Yu yesterday, he brought people to the posthouse today to surround General Wei's men and horses. He wanted to kill General Wei before playing, but he didn't want to bump into General Wei.

Ever since Ji Jingyang asked Wei Chengji for a drink and saw that he didn't refuse, he felt that Wei Chengji was a man who could speak up easily, but he didn't expect to put on a face for him in public today to make him unable to come down.

The two sides were at a stalemate, Ji Jingyang stood on the horse and his face became more and more gloomy, while Wei Chengji stood in front of the post house with his arms folded in front of his chest, with sparks in his eyes as if he wanted to explain, "Master Ji, what do you want to say?" do what?"

It's fine for others to call him Second Young Master Ji, but Wei Chengji, who is a famous general, still calls him that. This is obviously because he didn't take his own status seriously. , It's just for the sake of heroes, it's his wishful thinking after all.

Although Ji Jingyang was not happy, he also explained to him: "Lichuan City caused a disturbance and injured Ji Xun. General Wei and His Highness the Third Highness are both distinguished guests from Huajing. We must be very careful, so we specially sent people to strengthen the city. guard."

"Guards?" Wei Chengji glanced around, and scolded with a very shameless smile: "How come your soldiers from Lichuan are capable of defending against thieves, and my soldiers from Huajing are all soft-footed shrimps? You still need others to protect?"

"General Wei, why bother, I have good intentions!" Ji Jingyang retorted, he knew that Wei Chengji was not so easy to fool, but he never thought that he would be so unwilling to give in, he relaxed his tone, and said: "My lord It's the same there, and besides, the third highness has been ill recently, so I don't know if someone plotted against him."

Wei Chengji kept a cold face, and didn't follow his tactics, and said directly: "I don't care how you guard your Annan Palace, these people don't need to come and watch me."

Ji Jingyang was so angry that he wanted to compete with him, but because of face, he couldn't really confront him head-on. After he calmed down, he saw that Wei Chengji didn't point fingers at the guarding of Annan Palace, but he was dissatisfied that he sent someone to guard his soldiers. Ma can also understand.

Such a stalemate is not a solution, not to mention that General Wei is the great general beside the emperor. Ji Jingyang had no choice but to back down and said: "General Wei, don't be so angry. I'm just being cautious. If the general cares about it, then let it go. It's just that For the sake of the people in the city, this matter of strengthening patrols cannot be spared."

Seeing this, Wei Chengji didn't say anything else. After all, there was an accident in Lichuan City, and it was only natural for Ji Jingyang to strengthen his defenses. It would be unreasonable for him to even participate in this matter.What's more, the same is true of the Prince Annan's residence. Even the prince Ji didn't object, so he naturally has no reason to be troublesome.

After Ji Jingyang and Wei Chengji looked at each other, they cupped their hands towards him, and said, "I still have official business, so I will have a drink with the general tomorrow to reminisce about the past, so I won't accompany you."

Looking at his back, Wei Chengji let out a disdainful "hum". He never liked people like Ji Jingyang, and he sighed again when he thought about the Annan Palace, and told his people to be vigilant. He had a seizure and quickly returned to Annan Palace.

Ji Yu was just grabbing a pastry before lunch today. After hearing Wei Chengji's words, he couldn't help pursing his lips slightly, twisted the residue on his hand and said in amazement: "I didn't expect that people like Ji Jingyang would be very flattering to General Wei. .”

Wei Chengji didn't think much of it, but seeing that Ji Yu wasn't nervous, he felt relieved, but he couldn't help asking: "What's your plan, Prince Ji? You can't let him surround you like this all the time."

"Of course we can't let him go on forever," Ji Yu didn't hide it from Wei Chengji. He was on the same boat when he entered Lichuan. Pushing the pastry tray aside, he wrote two words on the low table with the steam in the tea lid, and wiped it off after Wei Chengji saw it clearly.

"Really!" Wei Chengji couldn't believe it, but he was calm and didn't panic, "Tomorrow Ji Jingyang invited me to drink, I'm afraid it's the last chance."

Ji Yu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wei Chengji with a faint smile and said nothing.

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Wei Chengji was lured to the most famous restaurant in Lichuan City to have a banquet. As soon as he entered the restaurant, it began to rain lightly.

Ji Jingyang walked upstairs to the railing and said with a smile, "General Wei is very lucky. It rained just outside when he came in. If it was a quarter and a half later, it would definitely rain."

Wei Chengji stepped up the stairs and walked in front of him, Ji Jingyang turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to let him into the pavilion.

After sitting down, Wei Chengji took the towel sent by the younger brother, wiped his hands, and said, "The second son's time is better."

"I heard that General Wei once came to Lichuan, but Lichuan was still very desolate at that time, right?"

Ji Jingyang was enthusiastic, and Wei Chengji also gave him face against yesterday's attitude. Although he was not enthusiastic, he was very polite. After listening to his words, he tilted his head and recalled for a while, and said: "At that time, I had the honor to work with King Annan. , was many years ago."

King Annan initially chose Lichuan because Lichuan was desolate and remote, and it was located at the border to protect the borders of the Great Jin Dynasty. A place of wealth and wealth, which is eye-catching.

"That's right. At that time, I'm afraid that my father hadn't officially taken charge of Lichuan. Logically speaking, I should be called General Wei's uncle." After speaking, Ji Jingyang lifted the jug and filled a glass for Wei Chengji himself, and then Refilling a glass for himself, he said respectfully, "I hope uncle can make more suggestions in the future."

Wei Chengji drank the wine glass in one gulp, put the wine glass on the table, raised his eyebrows and said: "Second Young Master, you don't have to do this, you can avoid these polite things, if you have anything to say, you can speak up, I'm a rough man Not used to the twists and turns."

Ji Jingyang is also a person who can call the wind and rain in Lichuan, and if he asks him to point it out, he will flatter and kill himself, unless Ji Jingyang has plans to enter Beijing in the future, but if he really has such a plan, it is not something he can control, he disdains Engaging in these vertical and horizontal techniques, but he is not a fat-headed cripple.

Ji Jingyang was somewhat embarrassed by his straight temper, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, it's just that the third highness fell ill when he first arrived in Lichuan, I'm worried that His Majesty will blame him in the future, and I hope the general can help I have a few words to say."

Wei Chengji raised his eyebrows, but didn't speak.

Ji Jingyang said enthusiastically again: "I heard that His Highness the Third Highness is a disciple of General Wei, so the General must have attached great importance to His Highness. If the Third Highness has the General's support, his future will be smooth in the court."

Wei Chengji glanced at him a few times, got up and went to the window and pushed it open, the wind and rain from outside came in and hit him coldly, "I didn't expect the wind and rain in Lichuan to make people shiver like this."

"what?"

Wei Chengji didn't turn around, but just raised his hand to brush off the raindrops on his body, and said in a deep voice, "Wei is only loyal to the Great Jin, Second Master Ji must not say such words."

Ji Jingyang was stunned for a moment, then he burst out laughing knowingly, raised his wine glass at him, and said with a smile, "I was the one who made a slip of the tongue, Uncle, don't be weird."

Ji Jingyang was laughing, but Wei Chengji looked at the wind and rain outside and his mood sank.

Not long after, there was a hasty knock on the door, and Ji Jingyang frowned and called the person in, "Why are you so flustered?"

As soon as the man came in, they all recognized that he was a servant of Prince Annan's mansion, Wei Chengji's eyelids twitched, and he looked up.

"Second son, there is a fire in Prince Annan's mansion!"

Just as Ji Jingyang was about to speak, he heard Wei Chengji ask, "His Highness, are they alright?"

The servant was mournful, knelt on the ground with a plop, and replied: "I heard that the servants in the kitchen were careless and scattered the flour that was brought into the mansion today, which caused the fire. The people in the mansion were fighting the fire, but the fire was too intense Da, the backyard where the prince and His Highness live is a little closer to the place where the fire started..."

"Life and death unknown!"

"These careless dog slaves, what about the father and mother? If there is any difference between the father and mother, you will not be able to afford it!" Ji Jingyang got up anxiously, and kicked the servant. , scolded angrily: "Come on, prepare your horse!"

When Ji Jingyang and Wei Chengji arrived at Prince Annan's Mansion, several small courtyards at the back of Prince Annan's Mansion had already burned down and were still burning. Fortunately, the fire in the front yard was barely stopped and sparks were still clearly visible. The buckets scrambled into a ball to fight the fire, but in the end they couldn't do anything.

The scorched and broken beams looked shocking, and the smoke was still choking. Ji Jingyang covered his mouth and nose and walked to the backyard, but was stopped by his servants, saying, "My lord, although the fire has been stopped, you can The burning here is too serious and it will hurt people if it is not kept properly, young master be careful."

Ji Jingyang didn't pay attention to him, but asked: "How about the father, queen mother? How about the third highness?"

The noise around gradually subsided, and everyone lowered their heads in silence.

Everyone embraced Ji Jingyang and came out of the burnt Annan Palace. After a while, the servants in the mansion came back and said sadly: "Second Young Master, we have found all the places we can find, except the few small courtyards where the fire is still burning. There is no trace of the prince and the prince."

Hearing this, Ji Jingyang's feet softened, and he staggered back a few steps. After a while, he squatted in front of the mansion gate, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and began to cry...

From the start of the fire to the present, no one in the mansion has seen Ji Yu and the others. They must have been trapped in the room and did not come out. In such a big fire, anyone would be burned to the bone. Ji Jingyang burst into tears at this moment. It has confirmed what everyone thinks...

After crying for a while, Ji Jingyang's face turned pale, and he rushed into the mansion in great grief, shouting to save people, but was dragged down by the crowd again.

"Second Young Master, you can't act emotionally at this meeting. Prince Annan's mansion is still pointing at you to make the decision, and the whole Lichuan is still waiting for you to make the decision."

"Yeah yeah."

The words of these people hit Ji Jingyang's mind, coupled with the catering of the people around him, he felt that everyone expected him. Just when he was about to answer, Ji Xun appeared.

Ji Xun stared at Ji Jingyang closely.

At this moment, if Ji Xun turned against him face to face for the sake of competing against him, the situation would be difficult to deal with. It will not be too late to deal with Ji Xun after he has settled down in this position, but right now he must not let Ji Xun ruin himself thing.

"Brother, father and mother..." Ji Jingyang hid his face in tears and couldn't make a sound. He could only raise his finger and point to the dilapidated Annan Palace, "Brother, what should I do?"

Ji Jingyang set out to control the enemy first, he knew that Ji Xun had always been incapable of these things, from his lack of ability to handle affairs in the mansion to the army, he could only obey his father's order in everything, if these things were thrown at his head It is inevitable that it will not work, not to mention the third highness among the people involved in the accident, if the court really pursues it, there must be someone who is responsible for it.

Ji Xun played with him lazily, and said following his words: "Second brother don't need to be too sad, I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter, let's check it out first."

Ji Xun took a few steps forward and cupped his hands with Wei Chengji and said, "I have to trouble General Wei's people for help."

Wei Chengji nodded and beckoned. The soldiers lying around came out and surrounded Annan Wangfu, and ordered: "Put out the fire in the mansion first, and arrest any suspicious people first."

Ji Jingyang stepped in front of Wei Chengji and asked, "What does General Wei mean?"

Ji Xun sneered, looked at Ji Jingyang and said, "You also said earlier that His Highness the Third Highness is still inside, and General Wei came to Lichuan to protect his son and His Highness, and now that such a big event happened, it is naturally the responsibility of Wei." The general will take over the investigation."

"Ji Xun!" Ji Jingyang approached suddenly, pressed against his ear, gritted his teeth coldly and said: "Do you have to fight against me?"

Ji Xun ignored him, but instead took a step to stand with Wei Chengji.

Why didn't Ji Jingyang understand the matter so far, pointing at the two of them, mockingly said: "I didn't see that you were colluding together? Could it be that what happened today was done by the two of you together!"

As soon as he finished his words, the Li Chuan Army, which was under Ji Jingyang's orders, quickly surrounded them, waiting for Ji Jingyang's orders.

Ji Jingyang saw it clearly, Ji Xun wanted to find out if it was fake, and wanted to use Wei Chengji to overthrow him to be true, no wonder Wei Chengji was half-frightened when he heard that something happened to His Highness the Third Highness, and turned a blind eye to his frequent hints, It turned out that he and Ji Xun had been together for a long time.

He has come to this point, and no one can ruin his plan. If these two people try their best to hinder him, then he will kill them both first.

"Come on, take these two people down for me!"

The wind was blowing, and the rain was rushing down. It was just a little drizzle that suddenly turned into bean-sized raindrops and flowed down the blue tiles.The two sides were in a stalemate, and the turbulent murderous aura surged in the air with the wind, but Ji Yu came from a distance on a horse.

He took off the hat on his head, sat on the horse regardless of the wind and rain, and said softly: "Who dares!"

Ji Jingyang looked surprised, but Ji Xun smiled.

Stepping forward, he held the reins for Ji Yu himself, and called out respectfully, "Your Majesty!"

Ji Yu nodded to him and said, "Brother, you have worked hard."

However, his sharp gaze was on Ji Jingyang. Through the dense rain, Ji Jingyang clearly saw that Ji Yu was holding on to the talisman of the Lichuan Army that he had dreamed of.

When everyone saw the government order, they immediately put down their weapons and bowed their heads. Only Ji Jingyang's personal followers were still resisting and protecting him, refusing to budge an inch.

Ji Yu held the whip in his hand, pointed at Ji Jingyang, and said calmly, "Aren't you going to subdue the law?"