Competing in the morning and evening

Yuan Xizheng involuntarily leaned back a little, but not far away from the table, his wrist was suddenly held by Chu Yin, Yuan Xizheng was startled, only to hear Chu Yin laughing: "If you want to start a war with King De, I will You haven't been frightened yet, why do you seem to be frightened and paralyzed?"

"No, Ziqing is just... grateful to the lord." Yuan Xizheng calmed down, his wrist was still held by Chu Yin, and he couldn't help frowning a little.

Chu Yin immediately let go of his hand and said with a smile: "If the king doesn't give you a hand, I'm afraid you will fall off the chair. You are one of the king's advisers. If you haven't started a war with the enemy, you will be so scared that you will fall off." Under the chair, how can you save this king's face?" He talked happily, and the actions just now seemed to be ordinary actions, but there was still a trace of ambiguity in the air.

This was Yuan Xizheng's feeling for a long time. Chu Yin seemed to have some kind of desire for him, but it was so natural if he really had to look closely.

Yuan Xizheng lowered his head and said, "Has the lord thought about how to do it?"

Chu Yin smiled and said, "I just wanted to hear Ziqing's opinion."

Yuan Xizheng raised his hand to raise the teacup, sipped lightly, the taste of the tea was slightly bitter on the tongue, and then the fragrance was pleasant, making one involuntarily think of a spring day in the countryside.Regardless of whether the people in Yuan Village can get fame or not, every household respects scholars. On such a spring morning, the study in Yuan Village must be filled with the sound of reading aloud.

Outside the study, Uncle He was sweeping the floor vigorously, brushing the broom across the ground, and the dust was blown up, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the aunts who beat clothes by the well.They scolded Uncle He loudly, "What are you doing?" )"; Yuan Xizheng just woke up, and yawned leisurely in front of the sun, but Yuan's mother frowned when she turned her head and said: "I haven't studied yet... have breakfast first, and then read after eating."; Yuan Dazheng Walking leisurely towards the Yintang, he said to Yuan Yuan beside him, "Before the Qingming Festival, let the Yintang distribute another two or two taels of silver to each household, so that they can do their ancestor worship. Be more appropriate." At this time, most of the women in the original village have already prepared breakfast, and most of the men are ready to go out to work in the fields or in the shade, and the children who are not in school are playing games at the door.The warm sunshine shone in the original village with a faint golden color, making one think that this would happen one day, another day, and another day...but one day everything turned to ashes.

Yuan Xizheng raised his eyes, and said: "My lord, why don't you hand over the military power to the Holy Majesty, since there is no war between the north and the south, naturally the military power should be handed over to the king."

Chu Yin thought for a while, then laughed, Yuan Xizheng's plan was Chu Min's seven inches.The capital that Chu Min can rely on the most is military power, and he has the most elite troops in the Southern Dynasty in his hands.Chu Yin originally borrowed Chu Min's 10 troops for this battle, but instead of returning the 10 troops to Chu Min, he returned the general power to Emperor Chang.If Chu Min could not hand over the general power like Chu Yin did, Emperor Chang would suspect him even more of selfishness, and even doubt whether he had the intention of rebelling, which forced Chu Min to make a choice, lose the military power, or It is a complete loss of the king's heart.

Military power is a double-edged sword. Anyone who touches this sword will leave scars. If someone is not careful, these scars can even be fatal.But Yuan Xizheng knew that no matter how careful Chu Min was, Chu Yin would inflict the most fatal scar on Chu Min, because the crimes that could be committed by holding military power were heinous crimes.Yuan Xizheng put down the cup in his hand, bowed slightly, saluted and turned to leave.Holding the teacup, Chu Yin stared at Yuan Xizheng's leaving figure for a long time.

The next day, when Yuan Xi was fighting for the court, Chu Yin proposed to return the military power to the king, which shocked everyone in the hall, but with the support of several important officials, Yuan Xizheng realized that Chu Yin's strength had reached a terrifying level. the point.But in just one night, except for Chen Angwen, the other two princes and Jiuqing actually expressed their support for Chu Yin's proposal to varying degrees.Yuan Xizheng knew that not all of them were from Chu Yin, and many of them were from Emperor Chang. It can be seen that Emperor Chang had completely changed his idea of ​​letting the children of the royal family restrain each other, and was eager to put an end to this situation. The disaster of Xiao Qiang.

In fact, Chu Min has not really cultivated his own court power in the past few years. Before that, he didn't need it because he wanted to express the will of the king, and then it was because of Chu Hao's obstruction.But at this moment, the overwhelming pressure was overwhelming, and when Chu Min really realized the political power of the court, it was already too late.

Although Chu Hao was also shocked by Chu Yin's response in the court hall, Chu Min's sudden emergence before was no less than a kind of betrayal to Chu Hao, who was used to Chu Min being his vassal, and Chen Angwen could of course realize that at this moment they had a relationship with Chu Hao. Min desperately needs to form an alliance against Chu Yin, but overthinking gains and losses is undoubtedly the fatal wound of this political veteran.Just a few moments of hesitation were enough for Emperor Chang to express his attitude, and it was too late for Chen Angwen to regret his approval and praise.

Chen Angwen stepped out of the golden gate of the court hall, looked at the layers of marble and jade steps under his feet, and let out a long breath. The acquisition of power is like climbing a ladder, one step after another is hard work to reach the top, but once it is lost It was like falling into an abyss, and his body was smashed to pieces in the blink of an eye.Chen Angwen knew that Chu Min, who had no military power at this moment, was no longer qualified to stand up to Chu Yin and Chu Hao. Chu Min's only chance was to turn against the Southern Dynasty immediately before handing over the general power, and force the palace to stand on its own as emperor.

Chen Angwen frowned. If Chu Min really came to this point, he wouldn't mind. For some reason, he always felt that Chu Yin made him feel colder than Chu Min.

Handing in the tiger talisman and placing the troops, the people in Prince Liang's Mansion were extremely busy, but Chu Min's movements were much smaller than theirs.No one in Prince Liang's Mansion seemed to have expected that Chu Min would hand over military power so obediently. Although they couldn't do anything to King De for a while, everyone knew that Chu Min was now a tiger with his teeth pulled out, and he was not good at anything. up.

Many people are waiting for King Liang's decision. After all, King De is just a momentary loss.Maybe after a period of time, when Emperor Chang's anger dissipated, he would naturally think of the benefits of Chu Min again. After all, Chu Min was the prince he had cultivated for many years and in his mind.Centipede, dead but not stiff, no one knows better than Dongfang Jingyuan and Tang Cihu who have experienced many life and death risks. What they need is Chu Min's complete failure.

But Chu Yin seemed to be waiting just like them.

During the Qingming Festival, the rain was like silk threads, falling endlessly. Finally, the sun came out one afternoon, and the green bamboo accompanied Yuan Xizheng back to the original village to pay homage.When the two left, it was in ruins. Although someone has tidied it up, it is still ruins.If it weren't for the occasional croaking noise of crows, the deathly silent ruins would be chilling, as if this place no longer belonged to the human world.

Lvzhu stood behind Yuan Xizheng with some fear, carrying the basket containing the offerings.

Yuan Xizheng stood there quietly with her eyes closed. There seemed to be many figures shaking in front of her eyes, and many voices rang in her ears. They were the original mother who had always been strict but really doted on her children. Her hands were always twisted. A women's dress that seems to never be finished; they are the old patriarch Yuan Tan who is a philistine but always tries his best to protect his people, and they are Yuan Xizheng's mediocre and annoying but also warm relatives.

Yuan Xizheng opened his eyes, as if he had already made up his mind, he poured the wine in his hand into the area soaked in the blood of the Yuan clan, and said loudly: "I, Yuan Xizheng, swear to the sky that I will not avenge this, and I will not be a human being! "I don't know if Yuan Xizheng's voice was too loud, but a crow suddenly sounded in the sky.

He sneered slightly, and said: "I didn't expect there to be visitors from my Yuan village today, why don't you come out and meet with me." As soon as the words fell, Yuan Xi pulled out the chopsticks in the offering and flew into the air, at the same time from the dark place There was also a dark shadow.

The masked man with black hair and black dress turned out to be a woman.

Seeing that her whereabouts had been spotted, the woman turned around and ran away.

"The guests came from afar, why don't they leave after drinking a cup of tea?" Yuan Xi shook her hands, and the chopsticks in her hands flew out.

The woman had to stop, she raised her waist and drew her sword to cut off Yuan Xizheng's chopsticks.

Seeing her soft sword move, Yuan Xi couldn't help being startled and angry, and said, "Who are you? How can you know the sword technique of Crouching Dragon Valley?"

The death of Tan Tianwang is the beginning of the whole truth, and this person is very likely to be the murderer of their original village.

The world seemed to feel Yuan's anger, the clouds merged, the wind blew wildly, and the dead leaves from the centuries-old trees in Yuan Village danced wildly in the air.

"If you don't stay today, you won't succeed." Yuan Xizheng raised his hand, and there was another chopstick in his palm. Due to the bloody case between Cai Ji and the Yuan family, Yuan Xizheng had already abandoned the soft sword.

But no doubt this woman clearly knew that even if Yuan Xizheng took a chopstick, she was far from being her opponent, so she knocked that chopstick flying with her sword, and immediately turned around and ran away.The figures of the two came and went like shadows on the ruined walls, shrouded in dusk clouds, and only a pale white afterimage of the sun was exposed in the sky.

The white clothes soared into the sky, and the black clothes retreated against the wind. The surroundings seemed to be enveloped by the murderous aura that filled the sky. Everything was silent, except for the fluttering of the clothes.

"Young Master Yuan, you and I are not the only ones who know the Crouching Dragon Valley swordsmanship." The woman in the black skirt said hoarsely when she saw Yuan Xi Zheng chasing him.

Yuan Xizheng said indifferently: "There are only five people in this world who know the crouching dragon valley swordsmanship. Except for me, none of them are in the Southern Dynasty."

The woman in black smiled and said, "Young Master Yuan, I am also a predestined person in Wolong Valley."

Yuan Xizheng raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Jian Qing and Li Ren are in Northern Qi, Fei Yu is in Shu, are you my Fourth Senior Brother?"

The woman was silent for a while before she said: "No, I have been instructed by one of the five of you."

Yuan Xizheng sneered, and said: "It seems that it will take a long time to say this, why don't you feel wronged and go to stay as a guest for two days."

He didn't want to say any more, and with a flash of his figure, the chopsticks reached the woman's throat, who knew that the woman didn't protect her important parts, but Yuan Xizheng couldn't kill such an important witness, colorful smoke rose , and immediately withdrew his hand to cover his mouth and nose.

The woman soared into the air, holding colorful smoke incessantly, her whole body was shrouded in colorful smoke, like a black butterfly soaring into the sky.Although Yuan Xizheng hurt her, but because he was too close, he also inhaled a little colorful smoke under his breath, and felt his fingertips were slightly cold, so he couldn't help being surprised.

The woman didn't retreat but attacked boldly this time, she saw her hands flying, obviously she had a deep understanding of the doorway, it was only at this moment that Yuan Xizheng suddenly understood that this person didn't want to escape at all, her real purpose was to take down yourself.She is not good at soft swords, but she shows others with soft swords first. This is to attract Yuan Xizheng's attention, and then she turns around and runs away, so that Yuan Xizheng goes all out to track her down, so she can catch off guard and release poisonous smoke.Now she has finally come up with her own unique skill, which is a very weird Jiu-Jitsu. The whole striking process is locked. boa constrictor.

The two decided the winner immediately in the blink of an eye. The woman in the black skirt snorted and jumped back, Yuan Xizheng pierced her shoulder with the tip of her chopsticks.The woman hesitated for a moment, then immediately backed away, covering her shoulders.

"Want to leave?" Yuan Xizheng sneered, flipped his hand over, and there was a pool of blood on the white palm, which was left when the woman in black was injured. With a light flick of the slender fingers, the blood beads trembled and stroked After the night, it sank into the ankle of the woman in black.

The woman in black was injured in both hands and feet, Yuan Xizheng walked over slowly, and said coldly: "Why don't you let me guess who you are now?"

"Chu Hao's people? No, Chu Hao will never want to let people know that someone under him can master the sword skills of Crouching Dragon Valley, so it will be easy to confirm the blame of his original village."

The woman was silent, and Yuan Xizheng slowly approached a few steps, and asked again: "Chu Min's people are a bit similar, but Chu Min has no friendship with me. If he sends someone, it should be as long as I die, and he won't ask for help." Capturing me alive is so complicated."

The woman was still silent, Yuan Xizheng stood where she was, and asked indifferently: "Li Yan's man...you are Li Yan's man."

As soon as he said this, the woman soared into the sky, and saw two colorful wings growing out of her back, blown by the desolate wind of the original village, and then went away with the wind, her own lightness skill coupled with the help of the strong wind , causing her to quietly disappear into the twilight in just a few moments.

Yuan Xizheng let out a soft snort, and put his hands on the wall next to him, the sound of green bamboo came from afar.

"I am here."

Seeing that Yuan Xizheng's face was a little pale, Luzhu hurried over to help her, and asked, "What's wrong with you."

"Go." Yuan Xizheng whispered.

Luzhu also probably knew that Yuan Xi suffered a loss when he chased the man in black. If another group of people came out at this time, the two of them would definitely die in the outskirts of this deserted village.Fortunately, nothing happened to Yuan Xizheng from getting on the car to returning to the Princess Mansion.

When Chu Yin heard that Yuan Xizheng was attacked, he hurriedly brought Zeng Chuyu and Dongfang Jingyuan over. Yuan Xizheng was sober on the way back, until he entered the Princess Mansion, he seemed to relax and fell into a deep sleep.

"Could it be that he was poisoned?" Chu Yin was startled when he heard that Yuan Xizheng was in a coma.

Several people questioned Luzhu carefully, and Luzhu stammered about today's situation. In fact, she only saw the beginning and the end, but it was enough for the old Jianghu's Dongfang Jingyuan.

Dongfang Jingyuan turned his head and ordered: "Call Wanyang here."

Zeng Chuyu asked softly, "Mr. Dongfang, is Brother Ziqing important?"

Dongfang Jingyuan was slightly taken aback. Although he knew that Zeng Chuyu and Yuan Xizheng were of the same clan, they were not siblings after all. Seeing that she did not shy away from expressing concern for another man in front of her husband.But Chu Yin didn't seem to mind, instead he put Zeng Chuyu on the shoulder to show comfort.It seems that this princess really won the trust of King Liang, Dongfang Jingyuan thought inwardly.

Wan Yang arrived soon, and Zeng Chuyu was taken aback when he saw that she was dressed in black, with a black veil on her face and white flowers on her head.

Dongfang Jingyuan coughed lightly, and said: "Wanyang's husband, Yuanyue, passed away more than half a year ago. Wanyang and Yuanyue have a deep love for each other. They are determined to keep a filial piety for him for three years. She doesn't listen to my advice."

Zeng Chuyu said gently: "Why do you need to persuade this? The deep love between husband and wife was originally a great blessing. Now that the mandarin ducks are no longer there, it is really difficult for a heroine like Wanyang."

Wan Yang nodded slightly to thank Zeng Chuyu for his understanding.

Chu Yin smiled and said, "Only women can understand this woman's affairs. I heard that Wan Yang is a goddess doctor in the Jianghu. He is best at treating all kinds of poisonous injuries and hidden weapon injuries."

Wan Yang still nodded, unexpectedly accepting this kind of praise silently.

"Okay." Chu Yin nodded and said, "Then Ziqing will entrust you, but you have to remember clearly that Yuan Xizheng was working for this king, and your husband Yuan Yue died not because of him, but because of this king. "

Zeng Chuyu was startled, but Wan Yang just bowed respectfully to Chu Yin, then opened the door and walked towards Yuan Xizheng who was unconscious on the bed.

She stood on the bed and looked at Yuan Xizheng carefully for a while, and then slowly put her slender jade hands on Yuan Xizheng's wrist, but just as her wrist touched Yuan Xizheng's soft and smooth jade-like wrist, she saw that The slender hand clasped her wrist tightly like an iron hoop.

Yuan Xizheng raised his eyes and said with a slight sneer, "We met again."

Wan Yang seemed to be taken aback, and just about to struggle, Yuan Xizheng's palm gave out slightly, and she collapsed on the side of the bed limply.

"Others think that you will run away if you are injured, but I know that you have a strong personality, and you will never give up until you achieve your goal..." Yuan Xi lifted the woman's veil with a wave of her hand, and then said calmly :

"Am I right, Cai Ji?"

Cai Ji's originally extremely charming face looked abnormally pale, Yuan Xizheng said indifferently: "You wonder why I recognized you so quickly?" Yuan Xizheng said softly: "Because I once watched a woman dance, I watched it for about ten days, five or six hours a day, thinking every moment, thinking about how to make her reborn, such a person, how could I easily forget her figure and her actions."

Cai Ji lowered her head with a look of guilt on her face.

Yuan Xizheng still said in a calm tone, "Can you tell me your real name?"

"Master Ziqing, this servant is an orphan His Highness took in since childhood. She has no name, and His Highness gave her the name Huadie."

"Hua Die..." Yuan Xizheng chuckled and said, "Actually, the first time you saw me was a trap, right?"

Cai Ji said softly: "Master Ziqing, this servant is only ordered to take you to Northern Qi, and has absolutely no intention of harming you!"

"I never meant to hurt me..." Yuan Xizheng said hoarsely: "Then, how did Tan Tianwang die, and how were you raped and killed?"

Cai Ji hurriedly said, "Master Ziqing, Cai Ji swears to God, I just chased away Tan Tianwang, I never killed him."

"Then what's the matter with your house full of dead people?"

Cai Ji was silent for a moment before saying: "Yes, it is Cai Ji who is confused, thinking that as long as Master Ziqing is forced to stay in the Southern Dynasty, she will naturally return to Northern Qi with the Second Highness."

Yuan Xizheng's lips trembled slightly, and said: "Then what do you mean...the murder in Yuan Village was also done by Li Yan?"

Cai Ji quickly raised her head and said anxiously: "It was definitely not the Second Highness's doing, Cai Ji is willing to guarantee with her life, this matter is definitely not His Highness's doing."

"Then tell me... who is it?"

Cai Ji bowed her head, but remained silent.

Yuan Xizheng didn't press the question, but said indifferently: "I'll ask you another question."

"Master Ziqing, please, please tell..."

"You never thought of taking me back to Beiqi this year, why are you so anxious to get me away now?"

Cai Ji lowered her head and said, "The servants don't know what the Second Highness wants."

"You're lying!" Yuan Xizheng sneered, and said, "You had many opportunities before, but you never showed up. Even when I fought Li Yan, I didn't see you. If you didn't have the intention of betraying, so what Don't care about Li Yan's important affairs!"

Cai Ji's face was as pale as paper, and she leaned over and said, "The Second Highness has kindly adopted me, and Hua Die will never betray His Highness in this lifetime."

Yuan Xizheng looked at Cai Ji who was lying on the bottom of her feet, and said softly after a while: "I really want to know, who are you here for?"

"Cai Ji... is really eager to take the young master to Northern Qi for the sake of His Highness the Second Highness." As she spoke, she kowtowed three times to Yuan Xizheng, and said, "I know, Master Ziqing, you have been kind to me, but But I owed your kindness, I..."

She didn't finish a sentence, but Yuan Xizheng bent down and raised her hand to pinch her chin, and then twisted her chin lightly with her slender fingers, her jaw dislocated, and her fingers went in to pull out a pill.

After Cai Ji was captured by Yuan Xizheng, although her face was pale, she always looked calm, but now her expression has changed drastically.

Yuan Xizheng said coldly: "How can you die? I'm not a curious person, but I really want to know who is the person who made you Cai Ji abandon the grace of nurturing and cultivation." Yuan Xizheng's hands moved slightly, dislocating both of her wrists.

Cai Ji's face showed sadness, and she couldn't say idioms in her mouth. Yuan Xizheng avoided her eyes. Although this person caused her to be miserable, Yuan Xizheng still couldn't forget the two of them listening to Xiaolouyu beating the disabled together. Lotus, zither song and piano sound.

Wan Yang was found soon, and she was injured by Cai Ji's sneak attack, but fortunately, Cai Ji didn't seem to intend to take her life.

Yuan Xizheng had just finished explaining the whole situation with Chu Yin, when Ruian suddenly pushed the door open and said, "We have to evacuate immediately!"

Seeing that everyone was stunned, she sighed and said, "Admiral of the Nine Gates let Sixth Brother's army in. Sixth Brother didn't move anywhere else, but surrounded Yuyuan and Prince Liang's Mansion. Their army said The King of Liang and his son-in-law secretly communicated with Northern Qi to usurp the throne, and they wanted the Qing emperor to side."

Everyone was shocked, but Chu Min, who seemed to surrender his military power obediently, suddenly used his trump card without making a sound.Although he didn't take down the 30 elite soldiers in the entire Southern Dynasty, he controlled the army for a long time, enough to train a dead soldier. He didn't cultivate enough power in the court, but he caged the nine admirals under the door. Going to attack the imperial palace, which is heavily guarded by the imperial guards, only surrounded Yuyuan and Prince Liang's mansion, which had few guards.As long as Chu Yin was killed and Yuan Xi contended with the chaos, no matter how they dealt with the aftermath, the overall situation would be settled.The always silent King De finally revealed his steady, ruthless and accurate side.

Almost without going out the gate, they could hear the sound of the boots of the heavily armored soldiers running fast, and the torches lit up half of the night sky.Chu Shan only felt that his back was covered with sweat. If he hadn't happened to come to see Yuan Xizheng today, he would have been killed by Chu Min's men at this moment. You must know that Chu Min still has feelings for Rui'an, who is deeply loved by his father. It's kind of taboo, but for him, he can't wait to get rid of it immediately.

The guard ran in again and said to Ryan, "Your Highness, they demand that the son-in-law be sent out before they count to one hundred, otherwise...they will attack the mansion."

Ryan was furious, she stretched out her hand and pulled out the saber, saying: "You are so courageous, with my Ryan here, I don't see anyone who has the courage to attack my Ryan's mansion."

Before she could draw out her sword completely, Yuan Xizheng had already held down her hand, and said, "No, since they are already at the bottom of the boat, they will never give up this time because they have a little scruples about you. When the opportunity comes, I'll go out!"

Note 21: Southern slang, equivalent to northern slang Wushi, the full name can be understood as what good deeds are you doing?

Note 22: The meaning of these four sentences in Qianziwen is that a person's appearance and behavior should be solemn and quiet, and his speech and thinking should be steady and clear.It's good to focus on a good start in everything, but it's better if you can keep it consistent and perfect.