wait for me to be king

On the night when Xie Changfeng arrived at Yanmen Pass, Qi Yuan, the eldest son of the Dai Palace, who left two days later, walked into Dai County at dinner time.

Qi Yuan and his group were much faster than Xie Changfeng. After arriving in Dai County, he took people to find a random restaurant for dinner, and sent another person to find a place to live.

Naturally, there is nothing delicious in remote mountain villages, but fortunately there are a lot of prey and game in the mountains. The proprietress of this restaurant is not very good looking, but she speaks very eloquently. She quickly served a large plate of sauced pork and a few plates of peanuts. , mixed some wild vegetables and brought them up. At the same time, the boss was holding two big jars, and when he opened the lids, the faces of the guards changed.

"It tastes so spicy!" Among them, the captain of the guard glanced at Qi Yuan, his eyes moved, "Your Highness, look..."

Qi Yuan nodded, "Take a rest here tonight, you can drink well, I'm afraid you won't be allowed to drink alcohol when you enter the pass tomorrow."

The guards were overjoyed immediately. The chief guard first poured a large bowl for Qi Yuan and put it in front of Qi Yuan. Qi Yuan picked up the bowl of wine and sipped it lightly. Yihong praised, "Good wine."

"Yes! Zajia's burning knives taste the most authentic!"

The proprietress choked the wild game with spicy peppers, cooked it, and brought it up. The aroma immediately smelt the nostrils, and the guards were already hungry. As soon as Qi Yuan put down the chopsticks, the guards immediately started eating.

After Qi Yuan ate a few chopsticks symbolically, he turned to peanut beans.

Qi Yuan began to think slowly while eating.

Calculated according to the time, if he remembered correctly, the imperial grandfather should have issued an edict requesting the three kings to enter the capital.

In his previous life, he followed his father to the capital on behalf of the king, while his second younger brother stayed in Daijun. In a few days, there was an emergency at the border. Seeing that his father's vassal land was about to fall into the hands of the Huns, Dai Wangfei secretly ordered people to make slander, saying that the vassal's land was in a hurry, but The emperor is seriously ill, how can the king leave at this moment as a son of man, Qi Yuan, as the eldest son, naturally has a duty to return to the feudal land as soon as possible.

At that time, the other two kings were eyeing each other, and they were planning to take this opportunity to kick Dai Wang back to the feudal land and let him withdraw from the battle for the reserve position. Preemptively, he proposed the decision to let the eldest son return to the domain to guard the border instead of him.

When the emperor heard the words, he was first moved by the filial piety of the acting king, and then praised the courage of the eldest son of the acting king. He said that he would have successors, so he agreed to the matter.

At that time, Qi Yuan thought that his chance had come, so he quickly packed up his things and returned to Yandai, and Princess Dai took the opportunity to recruit Qi Chen into the capital.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qi Yuan returned to Dai County, there was a shortage of food and grass, and because it was already winter, and the clothes of the soldiers were thin, and a large area was frozen to death and frostbite. But because of the matter of Concubine Lin, he thought that Duke Ding was looking for trouble on purpose, and that he wanted to show favor to the rich family of Daijun, so he resolutely rejected the matter.

Immediately after Duke Dingguo went to Youzhou, he tried to jointly write a letter with the governor of Youzhou, requesting His Majesty the emperor to issue an order to send more logistics supplies. However, one day after Duke Dingguo left, the Yanmen Gate was broken. In ten days, Daijun fell, and the whole city was slaughtered .

After the emperor knew about it, he vomited blood and fell into a coma, and died ten days later.

The king of Dai immediately launched a coup with his imperial concubine, imprisoned the other two kings, forged the edict of enthronement, and became the second emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty.

And as the eldest son of Dai Wang, who should have been named the crown prince, because of the fall of Dai County, which led to the death of the Taizu, he had no chance of being the crown prince.

Thinking of the darkest days in his previous life, Qi Yuan's mood suddenly became gloomy.

The Xiongnu soldiers sent two routes, one from Yanmen Pass directly to Daijun, and the other from Piantou Pass to Jinyang. Because Ding Guogong was stationed at Piantou Pass, the Huns simply gathered their forces to attack Yanmen Pass after being unable to attack for a long time. Three days later, Yanmen Pass was broken. Ten days later, the county was destroyed, and it was not until Duke Dingguo detoured from the west and took the remaining troops to Ningwuguan to counterattack Yanmen and block the Xiongnu's retreat. The Xiongnu retreated from Yuyang to the grassland.

If in his previous life, Yan Dai's defeat caused him to miss the position completely, and he could only force the palace to take the position in the end, then do it all over again, he will never allow this to happen again! !

As the eldest son of the acting king, if he stayed at Yanmen Pass, the defense force of Yanmen Pass would be even stricter.

After thinking about the things he had to do in the future, Qi Yuan slowly let go of his mind.

In the middle of the meal, the guard who had gone out to find a house to live in came back.

He looked embarrassed, "Your Highness, I have traveled all over the county and found that the inns here are extremely simple. Because it is autumn, many border merchants are running business, and there are very few vacant rooms in the inns, which are not enough for us to live in."

Qi Yuan frowned.

"The residences of other military households are not enough for so many of us, but my subordinates heard something on the street. In the afternoon, Ding Guogong's son-in-law Xie Changfeng brought his wife to Dai County. They rented a Dai County. The largest yard in the county..."

Qi Yuan's heart moved, "After dinner, you can take my post to ask, it's just a night, we'll leave tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Thank you Changfeng...

Qi Yuan was slightly dazed. In his previous life, Xie Changfeng died very early, and it was always an indelible note on the resume of his good second brother, Concubine Lin.

But in this life, Xie Changfeng survived.

Qi Yuan thought carefully about the information about Xie Changfeng that he had obtained a few days ago. He grew up at the frontier gate. He has a deep foundation, is skilled in bow and horse, knows some characters, has read military books, and is not weak in commanding troops.

As for the others, there is no specific information.

Just thinking of Xie Changfeng's wife, Mrs. Lin, Qi Yuan thought playfully. I am afraid that Mrs. Lin hates Dai Wangfei so much at this moment.

Qi Yuan actually admired Mrs. Lin very much. In his previous life, he was forced into desperation several times by Qi Chen, but it was not Qi Chen's counselor who made the plan behind him, but this side concubine Lin who seldom showed up.

And in this life... He picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.

He would like to see how his good second brother can bring Mrs. Lin into the house! !

Mrs. Lin leaned on the soft couch. In the evening, she took a short nap and became much more energetic. She listened attentively to Qingping's report on the incident in the next yard in a low voice.

At this moment, a second-class maid outside said in a low voice, "Madam, the outer courtyard and Guanshi He are asking to see Madam."

Lin was taken aback, and glanced at Qingping, Qingping understood, immediately opened the curtain and went out, and came in again after a while.

"Ma'am, the eldest son of the acting palace is here and wants to stay in our yard."

When Lin heard this, she immediately sat up straight, "The eldest son of Dai Wangfu?" She narrowed her eyes slightly, and pondered for a while, "How many of them are here?"

"Including the eldest son, there are sixteen people in total."

"...Order He Guanshi to make a few rooms in the outer courtyard for the Eldest Young Master."

"Yes."

After Qingping went out, Mrs. Lin lowered her head and began to think.

She has offended the Dai Wangfei now, and even offended the Dai Wang's second son, and the Dai Wangfu has repeatedly attacked her...

If you attack for a long time, you will break, and if you defend for a long time, you will lose. Naturally, she cannot defend all the time.

Forget it, let's take a look at what kind of medicine is put in the gourd of this eldest son.

After dark, Qi Yuan brought someone to the door.

He Guanshi, who had already prepared, immediately arranged for them to stay. Qi Yuan did not ask to see Mrs. Lin, he just asked the chief guard appointed by the king to come forward and reward He Guanshi well.

Lin pondered for a while, and quickly wrote a letter, asking Guanshi He to send it to Yanmen Pass overnight.

"lady?"

"...I hope I'm wrong."

Lin's eyes were lowered, looking at the jumping flames beside her, a shadow gradually cast over her heart.

What happened to make the king send his eldest son to the border?

After a good night's sleep, on the second day, Qi Yuan brought people to Yanmen Pass.

There are many businessmen and people coming and going in front of the Yanmen Pass, but the inspections are extremely strict, the pass is only half opened, and there are special guards at the entrance, and everyone who tries to confuse the pass is pulled to the other side, and the army sticks crack Yes, it deterred many people.

Qi Yuan nodded secretly, this is the frontier.

What is it to sneak into the border to investigate the local military situation... This kind of thing is rarely successful. After all, most of the people who can enter and exit many cities are businessmen, and these businessmen have guides and identity certificates issued by the county government. One identity is different for one person. Anyone who comes out will check carefully, register and record, even if it is a servant, they must issue a body contract and attach the seal of the government official who issued the contract.

Qi Yuan asked someone to come forward with his post. In this kind of place, at this kind of time, it's better to obey the rules.

After a while, a small group of sergeants came ahead.

The team leader looked Qi Yuan up and down, and then looked at the post in his hand, but he didn't let Qi Yuan in, instead he let a soldier quickly enter the customs and report to his superiors, while he himself stayed and stared at Qi Yuan and his party .

Qi Yuan was not angry, but continued to look at Yanmen Pass.

After a while, a group of people came from the front, the leader was a middle-aged scribe, Qi Yuan's eyes flashed, it turned out to be the military adviser and aide of Duke Ding.

"It turned out to be the eldest son of Daiwangfu, disrespectful and disrespectful."

Qi Yuan dismounted, "Mr. Zhao, you don't have to be polite."

Zhao Ping narrowed his eyes slightly. He seldom went back to Dai Commandery. He was stationed at the border with Duke Ding all the year round, but this eldest son actually knew him. It was really interesting.

"Your Highness, this way please."

Zhao Ping didn't bring Qi Yuan into the barracks, let alone climb up Yanmen Pass, he took Qi Yuan...to Jingbian Temple inside Yanmen Pass.

Because the temple is in the pass, it has been plagued by wars all year round. Most of the monks have already left. Only an old monk and a young novice are taking care of it. There are quite a few vacant rooms.

Zhao Ping walked in and said leisurely, "Yesterday, the general rushed to Piantou Pass overnight, and he was not in the pass. If His Royal Highness has something to do, I can make the decision temporarily."

Qi Yuan's footsteps stopped, and he suddenly raised his head, "The general has left the customs?!"

Zhao Ping nodded with a smile.

Qi Yuan's eyes became serious, "Then, can Mr. Zhao tell, who is in charge of this Yanmen Gate now?"

"Naturally it is General Xie." Zhao Ping still spoke calmly, "But it is a pity that General Xie angered the General yesterday and was beaten with [-] military sticks. He is temporarily unable to visit His Highness..."

Qi Yuan looked deeply at Zhao Ping, "Yanmen Pass is an important obstacle to my dynasty, the general will leave as soon as he says, isn't it too child's play?!"

Zhao Ping said hehe, "Oh? What advice does Your Highness have? I don't know, Your Highness has an extraordinary military strategy!"

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, he looked at Zhao Ping, and after a while, he said slowly, "Mr. Zhao is absurd, the general has far-sightedness, and the decision he made is naturally appropriate."

Zhao Ping stroked his beard and smiled, "What Your Highness said is absolutely true."

The author has something to say: take your time, take your time...

I don't know if everyone understood, Qi Yuan knew that the Dingguo Guild would leave, and he came here to want military power in disguise.

But now that the military power is in Xie Changfeng's hands, what Qi Yuan meant was that Ding Guogong actually handed over the general power to a person who was always beaten with a military stick. It reflects that, as the eldest son of a vassal prince, Qi Yuan talks too much about military affairs and has bad intentions.