Don't run away to touch porcelain

The Dujingsi has the channel of the Dujingsi, and Ye Zongshi naturally has his own sources of news, not to mention that Ye Jinglan's incident happened in the army. The Ye family had already got the news on August [-]th. Ye Huizhi and Ji Canghai rushed to Ye At the time of the mansion, the door of the Ye family was closed tightly, and it was not the porter but four soldiers guarding the door. The soldiers greeted Ji Canghai and Ye Huizhi, and directly said that the old general Ye had confessed that today the Ye family closed the door to thank the guests. If the second young master comes back, he can go directly to the study.

Ji Canghai told Ye Huizhi to calm down when he saw the two elders of the Ye family, and to go back and send someone to inquire about the ins and outs of the matter. Although Ji Canghai was upright, he was not as stubborn as outsiders thought. He naturally had his own people in various armies, but He had a close friendship with Ye Jinglan and did not put people in Ye Jinglan's place, but now he is the last to know the news.Ye Huizhi accepted Ji Canghai, watched Ji Canghai leave before being led to the study by his servants, but the road to the study was difficult at every step. Ye Zongshi may have been a little cautious about life and death after leading the army for many years, but Mrs. Ye He lost his daughter when he was young, and now he has lost his only son. Ye Huizhi thought that he had no relationship with Mrs. Ye, but now he was terrified of seeing her ashamed.The servant should have received the order before, led Ye Huizhi to the door of the study, and then respectfully left. When Ye Huizhi entered the study and saw Ye Zongshi for the first time, he felt that this man who was regarded as the God of War by Nanming Kingdom Really old, Ye Zongshi sat quietly behind the desk, nothing seemed to have changed, but the whole person felt full of twilight, and even his eyes were not as majestic as before. Unexpectedly, it was Mrs. Ye, she Although her eyes are red and swollen, she still looks dignified and decent in the past. When she saw Ye Huizhi, she was the first to speak, "Guizhi, something happened to your elder brother."

Ye Huizhi endured his emotions and replied that he knew it, and tried his best to calmly tell about the matter at the gate of Du Jingsi and Zuo Chunqiu. Ye Huizhi's words finally caught Ye Zongshi's attention, and the more he listened, the more he frowned. , there were obviously more things in mind than Ye Huizhi, "Although the prince's things about your elder brother are chilling for the world, it is the duty of the minister to die for the master. Although this matter has made the prince's reputation among the people, it is not the same. You can’t shake the crown prince’s position, even if there is a quarrel, it’s just to make our Ye family and the crown prince completely divorced, although the person in charge of Jingsi said that he is always for us, but no matter how good his friendship with you is, is it really worth offending the future prince for you?” Ye Zongshi breathed a sigh of relief, "And Du Jingsi is in the dark, and only our Ye family is hanging out. This matter is not as simple as it seems."

Ye Huizhi also had some doubts, but he couldn't figure out where the joints were. Now Ye Zongshi felt a little bit strange, but everything couldn't overcome Ye Jinglan's grievances. Ye Huizhi asked bitterly, "Then what father meant? , could it be that elder brother died in vain?"

Ye Zongshi had a look of sadness in his eyes, "Otherwise, what can I do? Although the Ye family has a large army, can I lead innocent people into the flames of war for my own personal grievances? Can I let more people's sons die innocently because of the innocent death of my own son? , besides, your sister-in-law is pregnant with a child, and we have to plan for the future of this child. If we show our favor to the emperor tomorrow morning, we can only give in. Regret, everyone says that I have power, but what can I do? I will fight on the battlefield I have never been subdued by the enemy in my life, but now that I have lost my son, I have to bow down and kowtow to thank you, would it be you?"

Ye Hui's sadness came from it, "How can I be willing."

Ye Zongshi gently turned the blood jade finger in his hand, which was a token bestowed to the Ye family by the founding emperor, "Since someone pushed us to the opposite of the crown prince, then the crown prince's opposite naturally stood up, and tomorrow we will face me." I will bear with myself, in the future, whether your elder brother's revenge can be avenged, and whether the crown prince can ascend the throne will depend on that person's ability. My Ye family is loyal to the Nanming country, and my loyalty is to the people of Nanming. If the superior has no virtue We were only blindly loyal, but we failed the emperor's entrustment and harmed the people of Nanming. Now that the emperor is getting older, I wanted to stay on the sidelines and watch the matter of seizing the heir, but now we can't help but we don't stand in line, but this team can't either Standing too early and standing Taiming, after all, the crown prince is already the heir apparent, and he plotted against us, so we naturally have to let him hang out."

I heard that in the early years when the emperor did not establish a heir, several princes fought fiercely for the position by various means. Later, when the crown prince came to power, the emperor had a deep affection for the late Empress Xu and his wife and wanted to clear the way for the crown prince. The fate of the princes of today's Holy Majesty is not very good, and now only one of the fifth princes who escaped the battle for succession has survived, and a name is deeply imprinted in Ye Huizhi's mind—Wen Jue .

Mrs. Ye didn't speak until the father and son had finished talking about their business. Her voice was a little hoarse, although she was still calm but not as strong as before, "Regret, I have something to ask, your elder brother always wants to go home Yes, go pick him up."

Ye Jinglan has only one younger brother, Ye Huizhi, so naturally he should go to Fengzhou to help the spirit. Thinking of Ye Jinglan leaving just like that and leaving the house full of old and young, Ye Huizhi's heart seems to have been hollowed out , seriously knelt down in front of Mrs. Ye, and Ye Huizhi kowtowed politely, "Don't worry, mother, I will set off to pick up elder brother tomorrow, and I will be filial to you and father for elder brother in the future. Wan please take care of yourself and your father, you are only at Ye’s house, my sister-in-law and I and the unborn child in her womb are only at home.”

Mrs. Ye looked at Ye Huizhi who was kneeling in front of her, two lines of tears welled up, she raised her hand and lovingly touched Ye Huizhi's head, "Good boy."

The tears that he had been holding back could no longer be held back at the moment Mrs. Ye caressed the top of his head. Ye Huizhi lay on Mrs. Ye's lap and wept bitterly. The elder brother who made him happy was gone. Gone, the big brother who often bullied him is gone, the big brother who spoiled him in everything is gone, no one drags him to talk about girls, no one eats sour vinegar and scolds him for turning his elbows, no one drags him to drink There are many more than arrow skills, and no one will change the way to give him good things. Maybe in the eyes of everyone in Nanming Kingdom, the invincible God of War is Ye Zongshi, but the hero in Ye Huizhi's eyes is that he has been dragging him since he was a child. His crooked Ye Jinglan, Ye Jinglan became famous when he was young, and he used soldiers like a god. He wanted to make a career in the army only because he had such a big brother, but everything disappeared overnight, and no matter how dangerous the situation was, he couldn't let him go. A genius who fell into a desperate situation, but died so uselessly and wronged, how can people accept and reconcile this ending.

The Ye family was desolate, and the royal family was not much better. The prince knelt on the ground and was slapped by the emperor so that he fell down. Then he knelt tremblingly with tears streaming down his face. The emperor pointed at the prince angrily and cursed, " The Ye family is the pillar of the country and the cornerstone of your succession in the future. Now that you have killed Ye Jinglan, you can see what has become of the people. Du Jingsi is still surrounded by the people and let me give you justice. How do the common people in the civil and military world look at you? Do you know how the historian will record this sum? Do you know how many books the censor will refer to you tomorrow! I always thought that my greatest blessing in Nanming is that there are so many young talents. With their help, your reign will be peaceful and prosperous in the future, but do you know that all of this will be ruined by yourself!"

The prince hugged the emperor's thigh and cried more and more miserably, "Father, how could I deliberately murder Ye Jinglan, my son's life was hanging by a thread at that time, and my son almost died there, and I will never see my father again. I'm really scared, I didn't do it on purpose, father, you believe me, my son almost died."

The emperor's eyes were darkened by the prince's anger, so he tried to calm himself down and think of a solution. The prince made a lot of mistakes. After all, he is his beloved son. Hearing that the prince was about to die as a parent, how can he not be soft-hearted? Now, I only hope that Ye Zongshi is a man who knows how to advance and retreat. Ken gave him the favor to at least keep his face. The rift in his heart can only be slowly filled in the future. Fortunately, I heard that the Ye family has a second son. As long as the Ye family's door is not broken I plan, I won't fight to the death, I figured out how to solve it, the emperor calmed down, he helped the prince up himself, and ordered the eunuch to move a chair for the prince to sit on, from being ambushed by King Hui to Ye Jinglan's death in vain to his rolling Fleeing back to the imperial city with crawling, the prince lost a lot of weight in shock and fear all the way, and his misery became very miserable in the eyes of his parents. The emperor couldn't bear to embarrass him any more, "You will go back to the East Palace later and Xuan Tai Physician will make a good diagnosis. , I see that you are not in good health, I will take care of the Ye family's affairs, and you will never have such incidents in the future to ruin your reputation. If you are alienated from the courtiers and the people, how will you be able to sit securely in the future. "

The prince was sobbing. Well, the answer is yes, but the head of the Dujing Department, Mr. Wang, who has been standing beside him, is full of cold sweat. Your majesty, you taught the prince what is the intention of insisting on being in front of the humble minister. This is a joke of the prince. Will the prince hold grudges in his heart, or say that the emperor's words and deeds have deep meaning, this is to let me spread the word that the emperor has taught the prince a harsh lesson, so as to save the hearts of the courtiers.There were many thoughts in Lord Wang's mind, and the most important thing was to take the opportunity to ask for instructions, "Your Majesty, the person who sued the crown prince is still locked up in the Dujingsi, and I don't know how to deal with it. Surrounded by the people, it is getting more and more fierce."

The prince hated the person who brought this matter to the public. If it wasn't for the deputy general, he wouldn't have ended up in such a situation. Nine Clans, otherwise, how majestic would I still be, wouldn't everyone think I'm easy to bully."

Lord Wang persuaded him with a headache, "Your Highness, you don't know that the person who complained is Lin Lang, the nephew of Old General Lin. The general's daughter-in-law, Lin Lang's mother and wife's family are Uncle Jiayuan and the Imperial Envoy of the Inspectorate, and these in-laws are related to other courtiers. It's going to be a funeral."

The prince was not reconciled, "So what, if he just let him roll off the nail board, wouldn't that prove that I was at fault, and if this matter is confirmed, have you ever thought about how those unscrupulous historians would record and arrange me?" , I am a dignified prince, but I let those people wrong me, whether I am their master or they are my master."

Lord Wang saluted immediately, "Your Highness, calm down."

The emperor looked aside for a while and finally opened his mouth, "Neither roll the nails nor punish the nine clans, but politely send people back, so that the people at the gate of Du Jingsi will also disperse, and it will be fine if you admit it The crown prince murdered Zhongliang, and he couldn’t punish the nine clans even if he didn’t recognize them. It’s better to wipe out the Du Jingsi. They got the advantage, and if they argue again, they will only be in the court, and they will never hold on to Du Jingsi again."

After Mr. Wang's worries were relieved, Mr. Wang asked His Majesty Shengming to resign and let him go. He didn't want to continue watching the matter of the two of them. After Mr. Wang left, the emperor was unwell and sent the prince back to the East Palace. Eunuch Zhen, who was guarding the door of the imperial study room, immediately went up to meet the prince when he came out, and only asked when he walked to a place where there was no one else, "Prince, I don't know if this trick of crying and subduing is effective, is the matter resolved?" The prince was indignant He told the story again, and couldn't help but gnash his teeth and swear, "When I become the throne, I will kill as many things as I have now who dare to lose my face."