Records of the King of Xin'an County

At this moment, Cheng Qing frowned and threw the young boy in front of the two cousins: "Just as I was about to continue the detour and chase, this kid suddenly appeared and stared at me tightly.

If it weren't for the two monks behind him to protect him, I would have almost cut him in half as a traitor.Heh, maybe I don't need to say more, you should know who he is, right? "

"..." Li Hui looked at the young boy with slightly raised phoenix eyes, and felt that his brows and eyes were very familiar, so he couldn't help asking in a warm voice, "You have lived nearby since you were a child? Have you ever been out of the manor? How about your mother?" Have you come to visit you often?"

Xu felt that the person in front of him was too strange, and he was wearing armor and carrying a weapon. The young man almost instinctively hid behind Cheng Qing, but he was mercilessly dragged out.So, he had no choice but to nod with aggrieved look: "You, how do you know? I have lived in the manor since I was a child, and Auntie doesn't come here often." After a pause, he said disappointedly: "She already has two You haven't visited me for three years."

Li Hui couldn't help being silent for a moment, and Fang said: "I am your cousin. Your mother made a big mistake and entrusted you to my care before leaving. It's just that I haven't been able to find you, so I can't fulfill my promise. If If you are willing, you can live with me in the future and be counted as my disciple, how about it?"

The little boy stared at him vigilantly, and instinctively hugged Cheng Qing next to him: "I have a grandfather, why should I follow you?"

"He's not your grandfather." Li Hui said.Even though the truth is a bit cruel to a child of his age, this child's identity is too special, and he should know everything: "The group of people just now should be your subordinates? It is precisely because he is your father. Although Uncle Cheng is your mother's son-in-law, he is not your biological father."

However, to everyone's surprise, the little boy's reaction was extremely violent, and he retorted loudly with his face flushed: "You are talking nonsense!! He is not my father! My father is here!! Those people are not mine either. I'm just A Niang's subordinate! They never listen to me, they don't take me to find A Niang and my father, they only listen to that liar's nonsense!! You are not a good person, you are not my cousin!!"

As he spoke, he began to cry.The little face, which was five or six points similar to the eldest princess of Anxing, was full of anxiety. He kept looking up at the indifferent Cheng Qing, and said with a sob: "Grandpa...Grandpa..."

The little novice who was by Wang Zimu's side showed a look of intolerance, and glared at Cheng Qing: "No matter what kind of quarrel Tanyue and his mother have, it's not as good as his son? Since Tanyue and his mother were once a couple, why can't they marry him?" He was raised as a stepson? It's better than letting him grow up with a strange cousin!"

Wang Zimu tapped his bare head lightly: "The three precepts of greed, hatred and ignorance, remember it." Then he curled his lips and stopped talking angrily.

Cheng Qing was silent, his indifferent expression eased a little, and he looked down at the innocent child: "Why do you think that I am your father?"

"You are Auntie's son-in-law, and you are my father." The child replied whimperingly, "One time, I quietly ran out of the manor and saw many people shooting rabbits on horseback, and I was almost trampled by their horses. It was Grandpa, you saved me and gave me sweet snacks...you must be my father."

Cheng Qing suddenly remembered the trivial old incident three or four years ago.If the child hadn't remembered, he probably would have forgotten all about it a long time ago: "Forget it. Maybe this is the fate of father and son between you and me." Then, he led the child and walked away slowly: "Since he is here, It is inconvenient for me to continue the pursuit. Xuan Qi and Yue Niang, I will leave the rest to you. The sixteen guards given to me by Duke E are also under your command. If they can follow you and take more Credit, it is not in vain to follow me through this journey."

"Don't worry." Li Hui nodded.

At this time, the shocked Princess Changning finally came to her senses, and asked with some difficulty: "Brother?... Is that child the son of Prince Anxing and Prince Jiangxia?"

"Ten years ago, the prince of Jiangxia County at that time did come to Beijing to celebrate his grandfather's birthday on his father's behalf." Li Hui said, "He lived in Beijing for about a year before returning to Shuozhou because his father was injured." Counting back and forth, This child should be eighty years old this year, Cheng Qing's original guess was correct.

"But...in terms of age, he was only fourteen or five years old at that time...and Anxing..." Princess Changning frowned tightly.Princess Anxing is the elder sister of the sage and Princess Qinghe, she was nearly thirty years old at the time, how could she be with the nephew of a young man...

Li Hui raised his eyebrows: "A sick and pale young man of fourteen or fifteen years old, also surnamed Li—what do you think?"

Princess Changning fell into silence again, and even County Lord Xin'an and the others, who had just heard such astonishing things, turned their eyes away uncomfortably.Yang Shen walked around Wang Zimu and the young novice Huizhi curiously, and suddenly said: "Sir, this bhikkhu looks a bit like you."

Wang Zimu couldn't help but glanced at him, and said with a slight smile, "The little monk's family name is Wang. The other gentleman of little Tanyue may be my brother."

Hearing his voice, Princess Changning waved away the inexplicable and complicated emotions, looked at him deeply again, and said, "Brother, let's continue chasing the rebels quickly. As for these two monks, the battlefield It's dangerous, it's better to send them to Uncle Cheng, and Uncle Cheng will take them back to Beijing by the way."

Li Hui nodded in agreement, and said in harmony with the prince: "When Zi Xian returns to Beijing, we will go to Da Ci'en Temple to have a long talk with you."

Wang Zimu stopped turning the beads: "Young monk will sweep the bed and wait."

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After two or three hours, the soldiers of the imperial court finally caught up with Prince Jiangxia again.At that time, he was about to turn to the Qinling post road to avoid the imperial army searching in the mountains.However, after desperately urging the horse to jump onto the post road, the Jiangxia County King found out in despair that a barrier had been set up on the post road at some point.A group of strange-faced, black, short, and brave men held long knives, guarding behind the barriers, staring at them.In front of them were hung the heads of the rebels, the corpses were everywhere, and the blood was flowing.

Li Hui, Princess Changning and others reined in and speculated in low voices about the origin of this group of people.Even if they are friends rather than enemies, these unfamiliar parts may not be worthy of their trust.

However, if Sipu King Li Xin was present, or Wang Sheren, who was far away in Taiyuan Mansion, was here, it would be obvious at a glance - when they welcomed the abolished prince into the capital, the rebels who were beheaded along the way would have grown up like this What does it look like?Isn't their leader the same as Du Chongfeng who is the descendant of the same family involved in the case of abolishing the crown prince? !

Li Hui had never seen Huan He before, so he couldn't recognize who the burly and tall man who suddenly appeared was.However, another familiar figure in white beside the man could not be mistaken: "Cousin Jueqing? Hasn't he already returned to Jingzhou? Why is he here?!"

After Li Jue, king of Chu, Li Heng, king of Yue, also walked slowly.Li Jue looked sad and indignant, as if he didn't notice their existence, or he was not in the mood to greet them for the time being; Li Heng was much calmer, and nodded slightly to the younger generation from a distance, implying that they should be calm and not be impatient, and that they can be friends with each other later. Cooperate, pinch back and forth.

County Lord Xin'an bit her red lips tightly, both surprised and delighted.An Erniang looked at Li Jue with a strange look on her face, secretly feeling ominous in her heart.

Seeing Li Jue pull out the horizontal knife at his waist, with a flash of white light, he pointed directly at the Prince of Jiangxia, and said in a deep voice, "Li You! I have no grievances with you, but you can't help but say that you sent people to attack me and let people lurk In the fiefdom, I wanted to take my parents, wife and children as hostages!! My father committed suicide due to being disturbed, my wife died prematurely, and my beloved daughter died of weakness after birth! The hatred of losing my father, the hatred of my dead wife, the pain of losing my daughter , I will make you pay in blood today!!”

"Dead?" Jiangxia County King's pale face showed a sickly blush, and he raised his head and laughed, "It's a pity! It's a pity!! It's a pity for His Royal Highness the abolished prince!! The eldest son of the first emperor, the eldest grandson, the eldest son The eldest great-grandson, in terms of patriarchal inheritance, is more qualified to sit on the throne than anyone else, but he has been reduced to the end of a descendant!! He was exiled and returned to Beijing well, but now he committed suicide in Jingzhou, but why bother? ?”

"Shut up!" Li Jue said, "You want to arrest us, but you are using our name to commit treason! Just because of your ambition, my family was ruined——"

"It turns out that there are people in this world who are more miserable than me!!" Prince Jiangxia curled his lips and smiled extraordinarily happily, "His Royal Highness Sichu, don't you feel that you are pitiful? Don't you feel that you are miserable? You should belong to Everything about you is now occupied by your uncles and cousins!! But you can only hide in Jingzhou in despair, and you dare not act rashly in this life, don’t you feel wronged?! Think about it When you were born, you were the eldest son of the crown prince, and you were raised and brought up under the knees of Empress Wende in the Taiji Palace..."

In the blink of an eye, an arrow roared towards him and shot out through his neck.

The Jiangxia County King showed horror, opened his mouth and wanted to say more, but blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.He stared down at the blood-stained arrow, and slowly raised his hand, as if he wanted to confirm whether the arrow was real or his own imagination.The next moment, he seemed to finally feel the pain, and his expression became more and more distorted.

Only at this moment did the cronies around him, who were only focused on the enemy in front of them, shout in panic, "Your Majesty is injured! Your Majesty!!"

Li Hui slowly lowered his bow, facing the gazes of his younger siblings, he only said indifferently: "This opportunity is not to be missed, and the time will never come again." Moreover, Li Jue's mood is unstable, and he must not be allowed to continue. Listen to Jiangxia Junwang's instigation.If the king of Jiangxia continues to speak nonsense, it will plant hidden dangers in the future.

Erniang An couldn't hold back anymore, she ran out with red eyes: "Rebel, return my sister!!"

Seeing this, Qin Cheng quickly followed up, and Li Hui also ordered the Sixteen Guards to attack accordingly.

Taking advantage of the fall of Jiangxia County King and the panic of his cronies around him, Huan He rushed over with Li Jue and his subordinates.After hacking and killing several times, he finally repelled the rebels and came to Jiangxia County King.Li Jue stared deeply at the Jiangxia County King, whose eyes were wide open and who no longer knew whether he was alive or dead. He stabbed the horizontal knife into his chest, and the splashed blood stained his white clothes.

"Brother Jueqing." Li Hui came to his side, and the two cousins ​​silently looked down at the corpse of Prince Jiangxia.

"...Only relying on me, it will definitely be difficult to take revenge. Xuan Qi, thank you very much." After a long time, Li Juefang said.

Li Hui was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Brother, my condolences."

On March 26, the sixth year of Zongzhang, Li You, king of Niwang Jiangxia County, died of an arrow.Most of the remaining rebels died or surrendered, and the rest fled and became bandits, and they were completely wiped out after a few years.The rebellion in the capital was over, there were no casualties among the civilians in Chang'an City, and one out of five of the Sixteen Guards suffered casualties, which was a great victory.