Taiping Xun'an

"Second Highness, this is the newly elected bodyguard for you." Zhou Xiaofu bowed in front of Xia Yangzheng to introduce his master to the new bodyguard.

"Yeah." Xia Yangzheng put down his tea and looked at the young man kneeling in front of him, dressed in clean white clothes. "May I have your name?"

"The humble surname is Du Mingfang, from Yuling." The cold voice was calm.

"Okay, you will stay by my side from now on." Xia Yangzheng looked at Du Fang and said loudly.

"Yes!" It was still a crisp tone.

He is really a person who doesn't understand his heart. At this time, he should add one or two words of loyalty.But since it's not his own, it's not bad for him, Xia Yangzheng smiled secretly.

The father chose a bodyguard for himself, and the prince sent a Du Fang to his side.Xia Yangzheng himself knew that Du Fang was a spy sent by the prince, but he still took Du Fang into the mansion, just because Du Fang was like a person, not much, just a little.

This day, Xia Yangzheng sat on a stone bench to rest after practicing sword, drank tea, looked at Du Fang and thought.It has been more than a month since Du Fang entered the palace, and he was with him, so it can be said that Du Fang saw his every move.Xia Yangzheng was also surprised, didn't Du Fang need to report the news to the queen and the prince if he was with him all day long?Or do they have other channels of communication?Xia Yangzheng felt annoyed when he thought about it, why did someone like Du Fang get mixed up with the prince's party.

"How do you think my sword practice is?" Xia Yangzheng asked suddenly.

"It's okay." Du Fang always said very little, without emotional fluctuations.

Xia Yangzheng would always be annoyed and funny by Du Fang's simple answer, so rude and unaware, I really don't know where the emperor got him.Xia Yangzheng looked at Du Fang with a smile, "Then you can have a look."

"Yes." Du Fang clasped his fists together and gave a salute, drew his sword and performed the sword style that Xia Yangzheng did just now.

Xia Yangzheng looked at Du Fang's tricks and strength, and felt that his swordsmanship really needed to be improved.Unexpectedly, Du Fang's skills are really good, even better than his previous guards, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape his sword when he killed himself.

"Your Highness, this is a calligraphy and painting sent to you by Master Wang He." Zhou Xiaofu held a scroll painting in both hands, and bowed to Xia Yangzheng.

Xia Yangzheng unfolded the calligraphy and painting and looked at them for a while, laughing loudly: "It's rare for Wang He to be so romantic! Haha!" After laughing, he told Zhou Xiaofu: "Little Fuzi, I will go out of the palace after a rest, you go prepare one time."

"Yes." Zhou Xiaofu bowed and stepped back.

Suddenly thinking of Du Fang beside him, Xia Yangzheng said to him, "Du Fang, you should go with him the day after tomorrow."

"Yes." Du Fang clasped his fists in thanks, his movements were crisp and powerful.

Two days later, Xia Yangzheng took Xiao Fuzi and Du Fang to the famous Goulan in the capital - Chunhua Tower.As soon as he entered, a girl greeted him: "Which girl is this master looking for?"

Xia Yangzheng raised the girl's chin with his fingers, and said with a teasing smile, "I made an appointment with Miss Peony from Tianxiang Pavilion."

After hearing this, the little girl wrinkled her nose and asked with a coquettish smile: "Young master, please."

When they arrived at the gate of Tianxiang Pavilion, the little girl left with a smile and a reward.Hearing the laughter, voices, and the sound of silk and bamboo in the room, Xia Yangzheng pushed open the door and said, "You brothers are so flirtatious!"

"Hey, you're here!" Shi Qingcun put one arm around the Peony girl in Tianxiang Pavilion, and smiled at Xia Yangzheng with a wine glass in his other hand.

The peony girl smiled at Xia Yangzheng, bowed her head and saluted.When Du Fang looked into the room, there were three people who looked like young masters. The man who spoke to Xia Yangzheng had a pair of romantic eyes, thin lips, and a thin chin.

"Zhu Dan, why are you talking like this again! Could it be that you drank too much wine again?" said a gentle voice.

Du Fang wanted to see the man clearly, but was blocked by another person sitting next to him. Du Fang recognized this man as the bus commander Wang He, the eldest son of the coach general Wang Zhanghe, and the door was closed immediately. Not anymore.Du Fang, the young man with affectionate brows and a drunken look, also knew him. His name was Shi Qingcun, and he was the only son of Shi Wenshu, the head of the rich merchants in the capital.Du Fang looked at Zhou Xiaofu who was guarding the door with him, and thought that the second prince made friends with some powerful people, so it seems that they should not be underestimated.

"Huafu blamed me again for you." Shi Qingcun looked at Ye Bai and turned to Xia Yangzheng, his tone was still as informal as before.And the "Hua Fu" in his mouth is the person who was blocked by Wang He just now and Du Fang couldn't see.

"Hua Fu doesn't need to talk about him anymore, it's better if we have less courtesy and get closer." Xia Yangzheng said to Ye Bai with a smile.

Ye Bai poured a cup of tea and handed it to Shi Qingcun. Shi Qingcun looked at the wine glass in his hand and at the tea Ye Bai handed over, and smiled at Ye Bai: "The things that Huafu gives are always the most attractive."

"Please sit down, Your Highness." He really couldn't see Shi Qingcun's appearance, and didn't know whether he was really drunk or fake drunk, so Wang He got up and invited Xia Yangzheng to sit down.

Xia Yangzheng sat down beside Wang He, picked up a wine glass and put it in front of Ye Bai, beckoning Ye Bai to pour tea for him.After taking the poured tea, Xia Yangzheng looked at Wang He: "I don't know why you made an appointment here today?"

"Shi Qingcun said that he hasn't come with us for a long time, and that the offer is here." Wang He is also a man of few words. Although his voice is deep and cold like Du Fang's, but he is quite different from others. I know he doesn't like it here.

"I wonder if Miss Mudan can leave first?" Xia Yangzheng smiled at Miss Mudan.

"The servants will step back first." Miss Peony stepped back slowly, her gait graceful and graceful.

"What's going on in Beijing recently?" Seeing the woman close the door, Xia Yangzheng asked, taking a sip of tea.

"No, it's quite peaceful." Wang He looked at the wine in his glass and took a sip.

"That's good, and I'm not afraid that there will be troubles for no reason." Xia Yangzheng took another sip of tea.

"What is there in the palace recently?" Ye Bai interjected and asked.

"There are some disturbances, and it's nothing more than one or two lives caused by the jealousy of the imperial father's concubine." Xia Yangzheng looked at Ye Bai and said with a smile.

"Can you tell me the reason?" Ye Bai frowned slightly, Xia Yangzheng saw Ye Bai frowned and said so to save him from worrying.

"It all started when my third younger brother took a fancy to a maid of his mother's concubine, Concubine Li, and took that maid back to the palace. For some reason, a maid who was by my third brother's side killed the new maid he had brought back. The maid who did the murder was brought back from the queen by my third brother. She said that the maid committed suicide by drinking doves and refused to confess. Since the two maids were brought back from the two empresses, they became queens. Fighting openly and secretly with Concubine Li in front of the father."

"It doesn't sound wrong, it should be fine." Ye Bai thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but he was still worried, "You should tell Jingxiu about this, he is always good at solving cases, No better than us..."

Xia Yangzheng looked at Ye Bai and smiled at him, Ye Bai saw Xia Yangzheng doing this and gave up.Ye Bai's drinking capacity is not too light, but Hualou's wine is a bit strong, and he is a little drunk after a few glasses, and it seems that there is nothing important to talk about under the situation, so he asked to rest in the next room.The remaining three were sitting in the room drinking wine, Shi Qingcun was drinking his own wine, and Wang He and Xia Yangzheng were talking about things all the time.

"Your Highness will be going out of the palace less recently." Wang He took the wine that Shi Qingcun poured for him.

"Why?" Xia Yangzheng asked after a pause.

"Recently, new guards have been arranged in the palace, and they seem to be very careful about the records of entering and leaving the palace gate."

"Oh? Has something been found out?" Xia Yangzheng put down the wine glass he had just picked up.

"No matter how hard they search, they can't find anything. I have only recorded the records of His Highness the Second Prince's departure from the palace, which were approved by Imamami and the Empress."

"You did a great job, thank you Yu Fu."

"Your Highness is being polite, but His Highness will be less likely to go out of the palace in the future, and I will find a way to report any news outside the palace." Wang He advised.

Xia Yangzheng smiled, but did not express his opinion.Suddenly felt very boring, so I looked around and found that Shi Qingcun also went out at some time. "Where did Shi Qingcun go, and why has he been there for so long?" Xia Yangzheng was a little worried, and said to Wang He, "I'll go and see."

When Xia Yangzheng went out and saw Du Fang and Zhou Xiaofu standing outside the door, he said, "You guys also find a room to rest, and I'll call you again if something happens."

Xia Yangzheng had a bad premonition in his heart, he pushed away the wing where Ye Bai was resting, and he saw Shi Qingcun as expected.I saw him holding a piece of red paper in his hand, dipped his fingers in the wine to get the color on the red paper, and dyed Ye Bai's lips little by little. "Shi Qingcun, what are you doing!" Xia Yangzheng was annoyed when he saw this situation, "Huh? Me? I'm drawing a picture of beauties!" Shi Qingcun turned his head and his eyes were blurred.

"You! You know that Huafu doesn't like you treating him like this the most, why do you still do this?" Xia Yangzheng asked, suppressing his voice after rectifying his mood.

"You don't need to tell him." Shi Qingcun turned his head back again, staring blankly at Ye Bai.

"Are you really drunk or fake drunk?" Xia Yangzheng got angry and stepped forward to pull up Shi Qingcun who was sitting on the ground in front of the bed.

Shi Qingcun has a romantic nature, so he fell on Ye Bai.If it weren't for the fact that this person was extremely talented in Ye Bai's affairs and he was the sole son of the most wealthy businessman in the capital and even in Daqing, Xia Yangzheng really didn't want to have a word with him.

"Du Fang!" Xia Yangzheng yelled, called Du Fang and told him, "Drag him out for me to wake up!"

Du Fang entered the door and glanced at the bed, only to see a slender figure lying on the bed. Du Fang wanted to see who it was but was covered by the bed curtain.Looking at Shi Qingcun who was half-dragged by Xia Yangzheng, he saluted and took Shi Qingcun from Xia Yangzheng's hands, and carried him out.After Du Fang closed the door, Xia Yangzheng turned around and looked at Ye Bai who was lying on the bed.

Xia Yangzheng sat on the edge of the bed and vigorously shook Ye Bai awake.

Ye Bai opened his eyes and sat up, saw him chuckle at him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Tell Wang He about my leaving the palace." Xia Yangzheng said casually.

"How, is there someone who cares to check?" Ye Bai frowned.

"No." Xia Yangzheng replied briefly, and then said, "Seldom rest outside in the future, lest someone take advantage of others!"

"What happened?" Ye Bai felt a little puzzled, then frowned again.

"Why, you don't know?" Xia Yangzheng was really angry, he took a bronze mirror and pressed it firmly into Ye Bai's hand, "Look for yourself!"

Ye Bai held the bronze mirror to look at it, and found nothing wrong, "There is nothing unusual, what's wrong?" Ye Bai's lips were originally red, but Shi Qingcun's lipstick could not be seen in the bronze mirror, his face was pale Scarlet was a little lazy and confused, but she looked at Xia Yangzheng with a pair of bright eyes puzzled.

Xia Yangzheng couldn't get annoyed with Ye Bai, so he took the face towel on the wash rack, dipped it in water and wrung it dry, walked to the bed angrily, gave Ye Bai a condescending look, sat on the edge of the bed, wiped Ye Bai's lips, and then wiped the stained face Show Ye Bai his face towel.Seeing the bright red color on the face scarf, Ye Bai's face turned ugly and he didn't speak, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"This time it's just a small matter, but next time it might be a big one. Remember to let someone take care of you if you want to rest by your side in the future!" Xia Yangzheng couldn't say anything when he saw him like this, so he had to go out to see how Du Fang woke up Shi Qingcun.

What Xia Yangzheng saw when he came to the previous wing room was obviously different from what he predicted. Du Fang's "sobriety" was different from Xia Yangzheng's "sobriety". He ordered a bowl of hangover soup for Shi Qingcun. Let Miss Peony take good care of him.This made Xia Yangzheng dumbfounded, Du Fang, what do you want me to say about you?

When Du Fang saw Xia Yangzheng coming in, he looked behind Xia Yangzheng, expecting to see who it would be, but he saw nothing but the strange expression on Xia Yangzheng's face.

"Gu Mu, come home with me." Hearing the sound, a young man walked out from the room three rooms away, and respectfully said to the man, "My lord, I will help you."

Hearing that gentle voice, Du Fang subconsciously looked at that person, but Xia Yangzheng's body moved to block his view, and Du Fang could only see a back when he looked again.

Xia Yangzheng, who stood in front of him, said with a smirk: "Who on earth made Du Fang so interested in you?"

Du Fang glanced at Xia Yangzheng and turned away, ignoring Xia Yangzheng's inexplicable words.Xia Yangzheng took a few glances at Shi Qingcun and said goodbye to Wang He.

Chapter 2

After receiving the news from Wang He that night, Xia Yangzheng has not left the palace for a month.In the Hongwen Palace, he behaved like a good student to learn the scriptures and politics from the Taifu; above the court, he behaved like a good prince, respectful and humble, compassionate and loving for the people; The teachings of the emperor and empress are good, and they will be improved.

When he had nothing to do on weekdays, Xia Yangzheng always liked to look at Du Fang, and wanted to find some more similarities with that person in Du Fang, but it was a pity that there was only that indifference, and the two really couldn't find it. No more resemblance.Xia Yangzheng sighed regretfully, even if there were similarities, it was impossible for Du Fang to do what he wanted.

Xia Yangzheng felt that life in the palace was really sad, and just when he couldn't help but want to leave the palace, the chief eunuch of Emperor Daqing brought a group of people to his bedroom, Yinghua Hall, to announce the decree.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: The second prince Xia Yangzheng is not lacking in filial piety, filial piety and out of brotherhood. Tomorrow Maoshi will leave for Pianshan Lianhua Nunnery to ask the Empress Dowager An for me. This is my honor."

"My son accepts the order." Xia Yangzheng received the order with a salute.

"Second Highness, Your Majesty and the Empress have already prepared everything, so you don't need to worry about it. However, you must leave on time tomorrow. Qin Tianjian said that this is an auspicious time, and it would be bad if you missed it." Li The father-in-law handed over the imperial decree to Xia Yangzheng and explained.

"Eunuch Xie reminded me that I will definitely be on time." Xia Yangzheng accepted the imperial edict and smiled at Eunuch Li.

"That's good, the slave is leaving."

"Eunuch, let's go." Watching the eunuch go away, Xia Yangzheng turned back to the hall and ordered: "You all heard, pack up for me quickly! Xiao Fuzi and Du Fang are accompanying you, and now you are allowed to go back and pack your bags."

"Yes" the two obeyed in unison.

Xia Yangzheng sat on the chair and thought about something. He knew why his father wanted to visit the emperor's grandmother on his behalf, because he intended to let himself succeed the crown prince.His elder brother, the prince Xia Yang Zhengcheng, was poisoned by a gangster when he was 20 years old. Although there were imperial physicians and famous doctors to treat him, the treatment could only be delayed day by day. Since two years ago, his health has been worsening day by day. On this day, half a year ago, the imperial physician also informed his father that the prince might not live for two years.

So the father decided to promote himself to the position of prince, and most of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty obeyed Xia Yangzheng.He Xia Yangzheng is better than the crown prince, if the crown prince is not a direct descendant and is the eldest son, the position of crown prince can only fall into his own hands.In Daqing in the prosperous age, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, entertainment is peaceful, and no one in the world knows that the second prince, His Royal Highness Xia Yang, is politically tolerant, brilliant, wise, wise, filial, loyal, and friendly to the people.

Helplessly, the empress only wanted her own son to be the crown prince, and if the eldest son was gone, she would still think of her youngest son, the fourth prince Xia Yangsheng, as the crown prince.The prince is also a narrow-minded person, and he is fighting with his mother to get rid of himself.The queen doesn't want to see me, and the empress dowager doesn't want to see me either.

Because the queen was chosen by her, there was good news as soon as she married into the royal family, and she will be the eldest son in her life, so give her more confidence!Dignified and virtuous, knowing the general situation and caring for her, how could she not love this daughter-in-law?On the contrary, my mother and concubine, whom my father likes the most, naturally don't like her, and by the way, don't like me either.Although the empress dowager has shaved her hair and become a nun and no longer cares about worldly affairs, she is still the empress dowager.Father's move is undoubtedly paving the way for himself, because he is afraid that the queen will do something in this matter.

In the middle of the night, Xia Yangzheng got up and got out of bed, put on the fox fur, went to the window and opened it, calling his hidden guard: "Thirteen, fourteen!"

"The subordinate is here." Two clear voices sounded, and there were two figures kneeling on one knee on the ground in front of the window.

"Thirteen, go and check for me what I'm going to send to the empress dowager tomorrow." Xia Yangzheng was still worried after thinking about it, worried about what the empress had done inside.

"Yes." A figure on the ground took the gift book from Xia Yangzheng's hand, and disappeared without a trace on the ground.

"Fourteen, send this letter out. Go and prepare your and Thirteen's things separately. Also, no matter what happens on the way, you and Thirteen are not allowed to appear in front of everyone without my order." .” Xia Yangzheng took out an envelope and handed it to Fourteen.

"Subordinates obey."

"Okay, let's go."

"Yes." Fourteen clasped his fists together to salute, then swept his feet over the place where he was kneeling, and immediately disappeared before Xia Yangzheng's eyes.

Xia Yangzheng looked at the empty ground in front of the window with only snow and no other traces, and finally closed the window with confidence and went to sleep.

The next day, Xia Yangzheng set off with a team of people, Ma Haohao Tangtang.It took three days to reach the foot of Pian Mountain, the mountain road was steep, Xia Yangzheng got out of the carriage and walked with all the servants for another half a day before arriving at the Lotus Nunnery halfway up the mountain.

Xia Yangzheng knocked on the door of the nunnery, and a little nun opened the door.The little nun suddenly saw a plump and handsome man standing in front of the door, her little face blushed instantly.The little nun saluted hastily and said, "Ani Tuo Buddha."

"Little master, can you tell me that Xia Yangzheng, the second prince of the Daqing Dynasty, is visiting and wants to see Master Shikong, so he will fast here for a few days." Xia Yangzheng smiled like a spring breeze, and felt sorry for the ignorant man The little nun blushed with embarrassment.

"Benefactor, please come in." The little nun turned sideways to let Xia Yangzheng and others enter the nunnery, "Benefactor, please follow me to the main hall and wait." Xia Yangzheng followed the little nun to the main hall with a smile all the way.

As soon as she arrived at the main hall, the little nun said: "The poor monk will go and inform the presiding officer." She fled like a wilderness.

Seeing that the little nun had disappeared without a trace, Xia Yangzheng laughed out loud, very happy, and said, "This little nun is really fun."

It didn't take long for the host to come and arrange board and lodging for Xia Yangzheng and others.Xia Yangzheng was arranged in a small courtyard, and all the attendants he brought were already in the courtyard. The early blooming plum branches in the courtyard were pinned with beautiful flowers, which was very festive.

"Your Highness, Second Prince, Shi Kong explained that he will see you again tomorrow. I hope His Highness will not blame you." The host performed a Buddha ceremony.

"How could it be? Master Shi Kong was my imperial grandmother before he entered Buddhism. How can a grandson blame his own grandmother." Xia Yangzheng laughed.

"That's good. If there is anything inappropriate, please tell the old nun. The old nun will definitely take care of it for His Highness." Seeing Xia Yangzheng's smile, the host couldn't help feeling fond of the two princes. It was indeed as rumored. Be kind and approachable.

"Master Xie for your concern, I will do so myself." Xia Yang Zhengli replied.

"Anituofo! Donor, please rest. I will take my leave first." The host felt comfortable with Xia Yangzheng's demeanor, smiled and gave a Buddhist ceremony to leave.

"Master, go slowly." Xia Yangzheng also performed a Buddhist ceremony to see off, and when he looked back and saw the bed and bedding that had been packed, his body was swept away by the exhaustion of the past three days, "Xiao Fuzi and Du Fang both went to rest Well, everyone is tired too."

"Yes" Du Fang said.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhou Xiaofu thanked.

The two finally disagreed, otherwise Xia Yangzheng would have thought that Du Fang was actually the same as Zhou Xiaofu.Xia Yangzheng smiled, and saw Zhou Xiaofu exit the room and close the door before falling asleep with his eyes closed. The three and a half days in the wilderness were really not easy to walk on!

After waking up in the afternoon, Xia Yangzheng opened the door and saw Zhou Xiaofu instructing the servants to arrange things in the courtyard. Du Fang leaned outside his door and looked at everything in the courtyard indifferently. He couldn't help but feel amused by the feeling of being crowned king and setting up a house in the territory.

The next day, Xia Yangzheng was awakened by the sound of swords in the small courtyard, and when he opened the window, he found that it was snowing.It was light snow, which made the plum blossoms more beautiful, and Du Fang, who practiced sword in it, was even more white.Xia Yangzheng found that Du Fang would get up on time every day to practice swordsmanship, and also sit on time at night to practice internal strength.Xia Yangzheng leaned against the window and admired it for a while before going to his morning wash.

Because the emperor's grandmother had to chant scriptures for morning lessons, Xia Yangzheng asked Zhou Xiaofu and Du Fang to walk in the nunnery with him.It was the morning class time, and the nuns in the nunnery were all meditating and chanting sutras. The sound of solemn chanting was accompanied by flying snow outside, red plum blossoms, and white snow. Xia Yangzheng really thought that he was no longer in the world.

Xia Yangzheng couldn't help but feel happy. He found that there are many plum blossoms planted in this nunnery, and they all bloom red.On the spur of the moment, Xia Yangzheng wanted Du Fang to dance his sword in this plum blossom forest, so he said, "Du Fang, although the sword you practiced under the plum blossom tree this morning was not beautiful, it also had a special flavor. Now this plum blossom forest is beautiful, you dance Take a look at a sword pose."

"Subordinates won't." Du Fang was a little displeased.

"You don't know how? Then you can play this morning." Xia Yangzheng didn't know, and he could use the sword style used in the middle school, so why couldn't he use the flower sword?

"This subordinate has forgotten what sword style he practiced in the morning, please clarify clearly, Your Highness."

Xia Yangzheng just felt depressed for a while, I don't even know your master's lineage, how would I know what kind of sword you practiced! "Forget it, since you don't want to, forget it."

Zhou Xiaofu on the side bowed his head and listened, not daring to interrupt, while Du Fang remained expressionless.Seeing this, Xia Yangzheng had no choice but to walk straight forward, feeling that this day was extremely boring.When will he be able to return to Beijing? He misses his 'friends of the party'.

After lunch, the imperial grandmother finally wanted to meet him.Xia Yangzheng washed his hands again, combed his temples and looked at the bronze mirror several times, then turned around and asked, "Little Fuzi, can I do this?"

"Your Highness, that's great." Zhou Xiaofu replied respectfully, folded his hands and bowed in front of him.

Xia Yangzheng felt relieved after hearing this, but seeing Du Fang looking at him, he also wanted to ask him, so he said to him, "Du Fang, do you think this is okay?"

"My subordinates don't know." Du Fang replied.

"You, alas! Forget it!" Xia Yangzheng felt that he thought he was a fool at the beginning to think that Du Fang was like that person.

Arriving outside the Zen gate of the Empress Dowager, Xia Yangzheng adjusted his clothes again before knocking on the door.

"Grandmother, grandson is here to greet you."

"Come in, don't call me imperial grandmother again." An indifferent voice came from the room.

"Yes, my grandson knows." The smile on Xia Yangzheng's face dissipated a little after hearing the sound, and then added a little more before pushing the door open.

"Come and sit here." Shi Kong signaled Xia Yangzheng to sit on the futon opposite him.

"Yes." Xia Yangzheng walked to Shi Kong's couch.

"Zhihua, it's not that I want to alienate you, but that I'm a monk now, and I shouldn't be involved with the mundane affairs of the past."

"The grandson knows."

"I know what your father meant by asking you to come. In fact, he shouldn't think about me, a person who has converted to Buddhism."

"Father always misses you."

"Forget it, you always think I'm still putting on airs." Shi Kong didn't look at Xia Yangzheng, but stared at the direction he came from.

"How dare grandson." Xia Yangzheng never knew how to please his imperial grandmother.

"In the past, I didn't like you and your mother and concubine. But now the mundane affairs of the past have nothing to do with me. No matter what your father does, I will not interfere." Shi Kong turned to look at Xia Yangzheng, "Besides, you really Live up to the rumors, you are my proud son of Daqing. When you rule the world in the future, it must be a blessing to the people of the world."

"Thank you, Grandmother, my grandson will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!" Xia Yangzheng was so surprised when he heard this that he immediately stayed on the bed, knelt on the ground and raised his hands and raised his eyebrows in thanks.How long did Xia Yangzheng wait for this sentence.In other words, since he was a child, he never dared to expect that his imperial grandmother would say these words to him, so he was a little choked up for a while.

"Get up, I am no longer a person who can afford your gift. Anida Buddha!" ​​Shi Kong twirled a bodhi seed and closed his eyes.

Du Fang and Zhou Xiaofu didn't know what Xia Yangzheng and the Empress Dowager had said, and when they saw Xia Yangzheng crying with joy when he came out, they each had their own thoughts.

After the lunch break, Xia Yangzheng took the Buddhist scriptures in the room and looked at them for a while, finding it very interesting.The Buddhist scriptures are good, but it doesn't apply to me. After thinking about it for a while, Xia Yangzheng took out a pen and paper to copy the scriptures.Du Fang saw Xia Yangzheng concentrating on copying the scriptures outside the window. This was the first time he saw Xia Yangzheng serious.

His eyes focused on the writing, moving with the nib of the pen, writing quietly without expressing any extra expressions.Du Fang looked at it unconsciously for a long time. It was not until Xia Yangzheng finished copying a volume, closed his pen and raised his head that he suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly looked away.Xia Yangzheng didn't notice it, and looked at the scriptures very happily, and then seemed to think of something, pressed the scriptures that had been copied with a wooden block, found another scriptures, and buried himself in copying again.

This copying lasted all afternoon, and Xia Yangzheng continued to copy after dinner.They copied for five consecutive days, during which Xia Yangzheng spent all his time copying the scriptures except for greeting his grandmother on time every day.Knowing that Xia Yangzheng was copying scriptures, Zhou Xiaofu rubbed ink and passed water every day, and Du Fang also watched outside the door every day.

Six days passed like this on the mountain, and it was the day when Xia Yangzheng went down the mountain to return to Beijing.Like when you come, there is no one to see you off when you leave.Xia Yangzheng asked a little nun to send a copy of the scriptures he copied in the past few days to the emperor's grandmother, and asked Zhou Xiaofu to pack the remaining volumes and take them back to Beijing.

It was a very cold day, and the snow that had fallen in the past few days was melting now. Xia Yangzheng was very comfortable sitting in the carriage with the heater under the blanket.Suddenly the carriage came to an unsteady stop, and Xia Yangzheng was about to ask what was going on when he heard the sound of swords and swords coming from ahead. He didn't know whether he had encountered a vendetta or an assassin, Xia Yangzheng vigilantly picked up his His saber lifted the curtain and came out.

When I got out of the carriage, I saw that it was indeed an assassin.Xia Yangzheng and his party were mostly palace slaves, and because Pianshan was in the outskirts of the capital, they didn't bring too many people with them. There were only twenty palace slaves and one hundred guards, and the only martial arts expert was Du Fang. Can be regarded as half a master.There were ten people on the other side, but all of them were good assassins. Those palace slaves escaped to death, and Zhou Xiaofu was also severely injured to the ground.

Du Fang fled with Xia Yangzheng, followed by five assassins.After running to an open space, Du Fang stopped, wanting to deal with the assassins who followed.

Du Fang is indeed not an ordinary martial arts master, he solved the two assassins in one go.Xia Yangzheng could only withstand two assassins, and he had two scratches on his body after being besieged by three assassins.Xia Yangzheng was about to call Thirteenth and Fourteenth, but he saw Du Fang coming towards him, and he didn't know whether he wanted to help him or kill him.

Xia Yangzheng suddenly wanted to slow down, and at this moment, the assassin pierced Xia Yangzheng's flank with a sword.Xia Yangzheng was in great pain, seeing that another assassin was about to stab again, and when Thirteenth and Fourteenth were about to rush away, Du Fang stretched out his sword extremely quickly to block Xia Yangzheng's blow.Du Fang then wrapped the two assassins away from Xia Yangzheng, and opened them not far away.Xia Yangzheng held his stabbed abdomen and counterattacked another assassin inflexibly.

Thirteen and Fourteen were also watching the situation from a tree not far away. Xia Yangzheng hadn't issued an order for them to rescue him so far. Fourteen couldn't help himself and wanted to go down to help, but Thirteen held him back. When he went down, he could only watch and worry.

During the fight, Xia Yangzheng suddenly remembered the small bag of dove medicine that Ye Bai asked Shisi to bring him before leaving.Enduring the pain of flesh and blood, Xia Yangzheng stretched the hand covering his abdomen into his bosom to take the medicine, but the assassin's sword accidentally cut a hole in the hand holding the sword.Xia Yangzheng vainly held his sword on the ground, and sprinkled a dose of medicinal powder on the swordsman who stabbed him. When the assassin saw that it was an unknown powder, he immediately stopped the sword that stabbed him.Xia Yangzheng took the opportunity to remove the assassin's veil and scratched the assassin's face.

The assassin frantically wanted to stab again with his sword, Xia Yangzheng sprinkled another shot of the powder, this time the assassin was too fast to stop him in time, and he inhaled a large amount of powder without a mask covering his face.Xia Yangzheng was also surprised when he saw that the assassin had sucked so much powder, but he just paused, and rushed towards him like a normal person, who would have thought that the assassin would pass out before taking a few steps.

Seeing that the assassin passed out, Xia Yangzheng felt relieved, and the pain in his abdomen became more and more painful.He found a tree and leaned against the trunk, watching Du Fang fight the two assassins, thinking that it was not a fake that Du Fang saved him.Suddenly his eyes dimmed, Xia Yangzheng knew that he was going to pass out, and he was still jokingly thinking whether it was Du Fang who repelled the assassin in time and sent me back to the palace, or the [-]th and [-]th repelled Du Fang and sent him back to the palace ?

Chapter 3

What Xia Yangzheng saw when he woke up was the bed curtain of his bedroom.He wanted to move his body and turned around, but a pain came from his abdomen.He snorted softly, and then he heard the maid serving beside him spread the news that His Royal Highness the Second Prince had woken up, and only his palace maid, Cuiyu, was left to serve.

"Your Highness wants water?" Cuiyu asked softly.

Xia Yangzheng nodded, he just woke up but he didn't feel very thirsty, he should have been soaking water to moisten his throat, it can be seen that Cuiyu, the maidservant, is doing well. "What time is it?" Xia Yangzheng stood up with difficulty.

"It's the time of day." Cuiyu hurriedly leaned close to support her.

"Okay, go get me some tea." Xia Yangzheng sat up and ordered Cuiyu, then leaned on the bed rail and called the hidden guard to understand the follow-up of the day, "Thirteen, fourteen."

"The subordinate is here." Two voices, two figures.

"Thirteen, tell me what happened after I passed out that day."

"Yes." Thirteen replied.

"Not long after His Highness passed out that day, Du Fang killed the two assassins with his sword, then stabbed to death the assassin who was fainted by His Highness's drug, and finally sent His Highness back to the palace."

"Oh? So, it was Du Fang who saved me?" Hearing this, Xia Yangzheng was quite surprised. Isn't this Du Fang the secret agent sent by the emperor?How can you save yourself?

"Yes." Thirteen replied.

"Fourteen, where did he go after he sent me back to the palace?"

"Back to Your Highness, he went to the bedroom of His Highness the Prince."

"Did you see anything?"

"I heard the queen scolding him."

"Oh?" Xia Yangzheng was a little surprised, "Let's hear it."

"The queen blames Du Fang for not killing you. Du Fang said that he only promised the queen one thing, and he will not do anything extra."

"Did you hear what happened?"

"They didn't say it."

After listening to Shi 34's words, Xia Yangzheng thought for a while and said to the two: "Okay, you guys go back."

"Yes." The two figures went away in a blink of an eye.

"Your Highness, here comes the tea." Cuiyu pushed open the door of the hall, and came in with a pot of tea and some cups.

"Well, give it to me." Xia Yangzheng took the tea made by Cuiyu and took a sip - it was very warm and fragrant.But still worse.This emerald jade has been taken care of by her side since she was a child, but she can't brew this tea to her liking no matter what.

"Tell Du Fang to come in." Xia Yangzheng gave the teacup to Cuiyu and ordered, "Don't come in for now, I'll tell you to come in again."

"Yes." Cuiyu put the teacup on the table, folded her hands and stepped back.

After a while, Du Fang pushed the door open and entered. Just as he was about to salute, Xia Yangzheng stopped him: "No need, come here."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Another indifferent expression, but Xia Yangzheng was used to it.

"You saved me?" Xia Yangzheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes." Du Fang didn't look at Xia Yangzheng, but stared sideways behind Xia Yangzheng.

"It's quite straightforward to admit it." Xia Yangzheng smiled while looking back at Du Fang.

"This is the truth." Du Fang looked at Xia Yangzheng with his far-sighted eyes.

"Where's the assassin I fainted?" Xia Yangzheng asked.

"I killed." Du Fang looked away again.

"Killed?" Xia Yangzheng said in a strange tone, "Don't you know that you want to keep your mouth alive?"

"At that time, His Highness was seriously injured, and he was unable to bring the two of them into the palace at the same time due to the exhaustion of his attributes. He was also afraid that the assassin would come after him after waking up, so he killed the assassin." In a flat tone, there was a legitimate reason.

"What you did is reasonable." Xia Yangzheng smiled suddenly, "How are you? Are you injured?"

"Your subordinate is fine." Du Fang's tone was no longer tough.

"Where's Xiaofuzi?" Xia Yangzheng suddenly remembered Zhou Xiaofu's miserable state when he was lying on the ground, and asked in a heartbeat.Zhou Xiaofu also served himself