i am afraid

Wenhua Pavilion is the place where the children of the Daxian royal family study and practice calligraphy. There are two floors. Everyone, but because of the holy will, relaxes the requirements for some irrelevant clan members, or even deliberately ignores them.But this is for other people, Jiang Yan only needs to sit in the palace room prepared for him alone, waiting for the Taifu to come to teach him.

Among Jiang Xuanying's selections for him was none of Jiang Yan's old Taifu, he knew the other two, the white-faced and needless Xu Pingzhi was Xu Pingzhi, and the Wupaoxuan was Song Ziyu Song Taifu. , It is said that he was the master of his father and several uncles before.The other one is a fair-skinned young man. Although his skin is fair, he is not very good-looking. His eyes are dark and there are very few whites. At a glance, he can almost only see two black pupils, which are not bright. gloomy.

"That's Jiang Xiaofeng, the No. [-] scholar from the year before last," Zhou Ning reminded in a low voice before anyone came in, "I heard that he was found on the bed of the youngest daughter of Li Shilang's house not long after he won the No. , and even bit back and said that Miss Li framed him, he was drugged... But after three visits by the imperial physician, he just drank a little wine, and he was definitely not unconscious. Concubine Shizi, why did you frame him? Miss Li refused to let him die, so he has been locked in prison since then, and I don't know how he was released."

These words are dissatisfied with Jiang Xuanying, who has been in prison for a long time is a lunatic, who knows if he was bought by him?What's more, this person has bad conduct, how can he be worthy of teaching the emperor?

Jiang Yan didn't say a word, in fact, he was lucky to be taught by Xu Taifu and Song Taifu, even if that Jiang Xiaofeng had problems, at most he could be ignored.

After a while, the three eunuchs entered the door. According to the rules, the students were distinguished, and the Taifu had to kneel down to accept the ceremony. This rule was put on Jiang Yan, but it was even more important. They didn't hesitate to put on a mat, they all lifted their robes and were about to kneel down.

Jiang Yan, who had been sitting all this time, suddenly stood up and said, "Wait a minute, gentlemen."

Zhou Ning was about to open his mouth immediately, which was against the rules!Jiang Yan glanced at him, and he had no choice but to lower his head.

Jiang Yan stepped forward and helped the three people who were bent over one by one, with a very sincere attitude: "Xu Taifu and Song Taifu both taught my father, and they are supposed to be elders. I can't stand this kneeling."

As for Jiang Xiaofeng, he deliberately ignored him. Daxian's girl is very respected, and once the relationship between a man and a woman is confirmed, he must be responsible. For such an irresponsible man, he does not believe that he can be a qualified tutor. .

This person is also very knowledgeable, knowing that he is not welcome, he simply stands aside and does not speak, looking down and looking down, he loses energy.

In fact, Jiang Yan didn't notice anything wrong with the three of them kneeling down at the beginning. He was used to it, but at this time he heard Taifu Xu's heartfelt voice, and he complained a little dissatisfied that he had to give his disciple an old bone. Kneeling, although the crown prince was unruly at the beginning, he never let them kneel down.

Only then did Jiang Yan suddenly realize that he hurriedly stepped forward to support Taifu Xu, and then helped Taifu Song and Jiang Xiaofeng up. Taifu Xu didn't say anything, but his heart was full of joy. Jiang Yan listened to him. A little red, Song Taifu kept his face dark, but Jiang Yan also heard the satisfaction in his heart, he lowered his head in shame, and said: "I also invite the three Taifus to sit down."

Taifu Xu patted the back of Jiang Yan's hand, with a slight smile on his face. The best student he ever taught was the crown prince. He was naturally happy to see Jiang Yan. He felt that he could teach another crown prince in his lifetime. Who else is more suitable than Jiang Yan?

When Jiang Yan entered school at the age of six, he had paid homage to the Wenhua Pavilion with three sacrifices and five tripods. Logically, all the Taifus were his masters, so worshiping the Taifu as a teacher was just a simple ceremony. Three precepts, the ceremony will be completed.

Both Xu Taifu and Song Taifu were fine in front, they knew the severity, and it didn't hurt or itch when they went down the three-rule ruler, but when they came to Jiang Xiaofeng's place, they actually hit it three times. He stared at him, and then said word by word: "When you enter my door, you should be guarding the door. Three punishments are punished first, and the incident is only three. Can you listen to the training?"

His attitude was serious as if he was really accepting apprentices.

Jiang Yan endured the unhappiness in his heart, lowered his head, "disciple listens to the training."

Xu Taifu and Jiang Xiaofeng both teach literature, and Song Taifu teaches the art of war. If the royal children want to learn real martial arts, they can only go to the Nanyuan School. There are masters who specialize in martial arts, but their status is much lower than the Taifu, and there are usually few people there. really go.

But Jiang Xuanying very strongly asked him to practice martial arts, and the reason was also very good: "Only by being healthy can we stand firm. If you don't ask for a knife to kill someone, at least you can't faint after walking a few steps."

Jiang Yan was indeed in poor health, and he did not refuse this request. After the apprenticeship ceremony, the masters left homework and handed it in tomorrow. The real class will not start until they evaluate his current level, probably until the day after tomorrow, which happens to be On the way, and because he didn't want to go back to the palace to see Jiang Xuanying's frivolous face, he ordered people to divert to the Nanyuan school grounds.

The Nanyuan School Field is where the imperial guards train their soldiers. A small school field is set aside on the east side for the children of the royal family to practice martial arts.

Jiang Yan asked Zhou Ning to go in and explain his intentions. He got out of the chariot and looked around. He found something was wrong. There was something wrong with the arrangement of the imperial guards. He had been here several times before. Although he didn't pay much attention, he knew it. The side close to the East Elementary School has always been patrolled by three squads of guards, but now it is empty.

Hearing that the Son of Heaven was coming, the teacher did not dare to be careless, and hurried forward to salute. This time, Jiang Yan did not stop him. He looked around and said, "Where are the original people here? Are they gone?"

The instructor replied respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, after the original commander of the imperial guards was dismissed and investigated, the patrol map released during his reign was no longer available. Commander Zhou ordered a new arrangement."

The position of the imperial guards is delicate, and the appointment and dismissal of the commander is always a major event. It is useless for the emperor to say it alone. people?

Jiang Yan clenched his fist, feeling a little unhappy. He felt that Jiang Xuanying must have done it. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "Who is Commander Zhou? What's his name?"

The teacher was stunned for a moment, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the leader is Zhou Ping'an, the one who saved him earlier."

Zhou Ping'an, he did a good job in saving the driver, Jiang Yan was stunned, didn't he follow his cousin?Why did you become the commander of the Imperial Guard again?

While talking, a row of Xuanjia imperial guards came over from the Nanyuan school grounds. The leader was Zhou Pingan. I haven’t seen him these days. His eyes lit up, then he lowered his head and went forward to salute.

"There's no need to be too polite." Jiang Yan was taken aback for a moment before he said.

Zhou Pingan put one hand on the long sword at his waist. The imperial guards could hold weapons in front of the emperor, but he still handed the sword to the soldiers behind him, and then stepped forward.

"You, how are you doing?" Jiang Yan didn't know what to say, so he said something nonsense.

Zhou Pingan nodded, the commander's salary was incomparable to that of the team, and he even allocated a house near the palace, and his life was much better than before.

"General Pei asked the minister to come to the Imperial Guard, and it took a lot of effort. The minister promised General Pei to protect His Majesty's safety." Zhou Ping'an said suddenly.

Jiang Yan paused for a moment, then responded in a low voice, and then remained speechless.

Most of the children of the royal family are pampered, and those who are really willing to work hard will go to some famous teachers to practice martial arts on their own, so the instructors in the palace only teach some superficial skills, which are for self-defense. There will be a riding and archery class in Tianwenhua Pavilion, and then the East Campus will be used.

Jiang Yan used to have a horse here, a docile filly, pure white and flawless, so he called Wuxia, he first went to the stable to look at Wuxia, saw that it was grazing comfortably, and smiled , fed it a handful of beans, and then asked the instructor to come forward, and he carefully asked about the requirements for martial arts training. To be honest, he was really shocked by running circles and squatting at the beginning.

The teaching master didn't seem to be joking at all, and he didn't dare to touch the bones. He looked at Jiang Yan very respectfully, and listened carefully to his breathing. Finally, based on years of experience, he determined that he couldn't even kill a chicken. Like this, teach boxing directly?It's easy to knock him unconscious with one punch, who will destroy the Nine Clans for him?

You can only practice from the basics.

When he returned to Chengtian Hall, Jiang Yan felt that the waist was not his own. He even suspected that there were two mountains tied to his feet when he walked. Even if he saw Jiang Xuanying waiting in the outer hall with a smile, he couldn't lift it. Spirit to guard against.

"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

Jiang Yan raised his eyes and glanced at him, lazily, but Jiang Xuanying's eyes were lazy and coquettish, like a cat, he suppressed his sudden and fast heartbeat, and resumed his indecent smile .

"Then I'll just say, um, the good news is that news from Mobei has found King Chen and is still alive."

Jiang Yan was surprised and happy, he walked back and forth a few steps excitedly, grasped the round jade unconsciously in his hand, and murmured: "It's fine, just come back..."

He thought of something again, and suddenly said: "What about the bad news? Could it be that the sixth uncle was injured, or the front line..."

Jiang Xuanying said: "I have told you both the good news and the bad news. Prince Chen is not only alive, but he is also living very well. He just suffered a little injury on his leg, but he will fully recover in a short time."

Where did he say bad news?Jiang Yan was about to refute, but suddenly froze.

Uncle Six is ​​alive, which is both good news and bad news for him. In any case, during his absence, he has stolen the throne. Uncle Six will be very dissatisfied with him, right?Even if things really went on the right track as he wished, would the Sixth Uncle, who became the emperor, really tolerate a deposed emperor who had betrayed him?

Explain, how to explain?What's more, he asked himself, after sitting on the dragon chair, he dreamed back at midnight, did he really hide under the blanket and secretly rejoice?Did he really not secretly touch the Jade Seal that has been touched by countless generations of emperors, and secretly feel emotional ups and downs?

He has, he wants to be the emperor, he is so entangled and restless because he doesn't want to be a puppet, he doubts his ability, but ambition has nothing to do with ability, it's innate.

Jiang Yan's face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "This is what you want me to be."

Jiang Xuanying spread his hands: "At that time, I didn't know that King Chen was not dead. The Pei family was nothing. They were descendants of war slaves, and they could not escape the control of the Jiang family for generations. But King Chen was also of the blood of the Jiang family. His mother died. Afterwards, he was posthumously named empress, so he was considered half a son of the eldest son, and his succession was a matter of course, according to the family rules, I couldn't interfere."

Jiang Yan looked at him coldly, everyone was like this, gave him hope again and again and then gave up on him, everyone, everyone will abandon him!

Jiang Xuanying blinked, and suddenly said: "I will be away for a while, and the date of return is uncertain. Maybe you will see me soon, maybe you will never see me again."

Jiang Yan pointed at the door: "Get out!"

Jiang Xuanying really left, Jiang Yan seemed to lose his strength and sat down on the ground.Even though the earth dragon was laid out and a thick warm mat was covered, he still felt that the ground was bitingly cold.

Jiang Xuanying's news came very quickly, and it only took five days to send a message across thousands of miles. In fact, at this moment five days ago, His Royal Highness Chen Wang, who had just returned to the Mobei camp, was immersed in the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

Survival after a catastrophe is no joke!As a fool who has been in the army for several years, Zhou Zhiqing has perfectly implemented the idea that veterans in the army only regard themselves as human beings, and eat when they are hungry. , at most he eats meat but not head.

At that time, the knife was about to fall on Jiang Ling's neck, and Jiang Ling could almost feel the biting chill on the knife. At this time, a big gray bird swooped down from the sky, and Zhou Zhiqing caught the bird with his hands neck.

There was meat to eat, and Jiang Ling was let go, but he could clearly feel that Zhou Zhiqing still looked at him with green eyes. Fortunately, the bird was very big, and Jiang Ling refused twice. After Zhou Zhiqing's feeding, they returned to the Mobei camp.

Seeing the soldiers in his camp surrounding him one after another, several confidant generals were even more excited, with tears in their eyes, but Jiang Ling could only weakly push them away and asked, "Is there anything to eat? To the brother who carried me back."

Zhou Zhiqing, who was exposed to everyone's sight, didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He silently looked at the people around him and the dry food barbecue handed in front of him, and reluctantly gave up his reserve food.

Jiang Ling fainted. He had been injured before, and he hadn't treated it well. At first, he lost a lot of blood, but at least he had nutritional supplements. But for the next two days, he was worried that Zhou Zhiqing would attack him because of lack of food. , he didn’t dare to eat any more, and with the bumpy road and the worsening of the wound, it was a miracle that he could come back alive.

His Royal Highness Chen Wang was destined to be a miracle. He finally woke up after sleeping for a day and a night. He opened his eyes and said: "Give the imperial court a discount, pay half a year's military expenses, and continue to fight!"

After speaking, he looked at the generals looking at each other, and he realized that his father was gone, and he was going to be the emperor. He didn't need others to send him military expenses, he could pay for himself.

Jiang Ling sat up and asked people to fetch his armor. His morale was low at the moment. When he became emperor, he would be able to lead troops from a general to a personal conquest, and he could mobilize more soldiers and horses. Thinking of this, he I can't wait to go back to the capital.

A school lieutenant looked at Jiang Ling's face carefully, and said in a condescending way: "My lord, my lord, over there in the capital... the new king has already succeeded."

Jiang Ling's action of putting on the armor froze. He turned around, as if he didn't hear clearly: "What did you say? Who succeeded? Who succeeded?"

The captain was taken aback by him, and then he didn't dare to hide it, and said like beans poured out of a bamboo tube: "It was the news that came yesterday afternoon, that the new king succeeded to the throne, yes, it was your nephew who ascended the throne, that is, the former king. The son of the East Palace."

The crown prince is very controversial, and there is no conclusion about the merits and demerits of the prince. A group of ministers have been arguing until now and have not been able to decide on a title. Jiang Yan has not even been awarded a title. When others mention him, they can only use the name of the East Palace. The one to call.

Jiang Ling's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly, "Repeat the whole thing to me!"

Jiang Xuanying knew that he was too eye-catching. In fact, he did not think too much about it. The outside world was not very attractive to him. When he found everything, he would naturally be able to retire. No matter how many identities he left outside, these identities No matter how rich and prosperous he is, he will not feel nostalgia. Similarly, no matter how much trouble he causes, all his identities are false. After he leaves, who cares about the flood?

I have to say that King Chen is a very capable person, very similar to the prince, how arrogant he is in the face of the Pei family, and how guilty he is in the face of King Chen, after all, he has so many soldiers and horses under his hands, and he wants to bring him down It's not a one-time solution, and it still needs the cooperation of the little emperor in Chengtian Temple whose heart was broken by him, so the gain outweighs the loss.

Changing identities is much simpler.

Jiang Xuanying put on Jiang Ying's outfit, and when he looked in the mirror, he suddenly thought of Jiang Yan's "a little ugly", his face drooped immediately, his fingertips were stained with a little special ointment, and the edges and corners After wiping it a little, he tore off a thin layer of skin-like mask from his face, revealing an extraordinary handsome face, which was Jiang Xuanying's face. On the first level, this time his face is fair and handsome, with a little cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, and he looks like a fairy.

Jiang Xuanying hesitated for a moment, and tore off the face again. He was not satisfied after looking at several pictures in a row. He didn't pay much attention to it. The mask on his face became thinner and thinner, and finally there was only one layer away from his own face.

His hands stopped suddenly, and he looked in the mirror. In the mirror, an extremely beautiful woman's face raised her eyebrows slightly, then she curled her red lips and smiled.

Jiang Xuanying carefully removed the beauty mask, turned the mirror upside down, and prevented the mirror from seeing his real face.

The author has something to say:

"Calculating the Area of ​​Mental Shadow"

Jiang Yan: Grand Tutor, you really beat me! (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻Jiang Taifu: This official is upright, beauties come and respect me, worship me, fall in love with me, and want to stop me!

Traitor A: Hehe.

Traitor B: Drag it out.

Traitor C: Cut it into eighteen sections.

Traitor Ding: Feed it to the dogs.

Taifu Xu [with a loving face]: Your Majesty's homework today is to calculate the area of ​​Taifu Jiang's psychological shadow.