Emperor's Trophy

Jiang Ning was walking on the bustling street when he suddenly saw a grass team from the Southern Dynasties. A young warrior was performing somersaults on a pole. Because of his neat posture and majestic body, there were many onlookers applauding him.

He stood down and looked at it for a while, seeing that the warrior turned several hundred somersaults before jumping down to accept the reward with a smile on his face, and suddenly waved with a blank expression: "Bring this man back to the mansion."

The guards behind him rushed up like wolves and tigers, and sure enough they tied up the samurai. The samurai was puzzled and asked repeatedly: "What's the matter? I paid the land rent fee!" They were all blocked, and the onlookers dispersed in a rush, and no one dared to step forward to stop the discussion.

A group of people escorted the warrior back to Changguang Palace, escorted him back to the courtyard, and threw him in the middle of the courtyard.

The samurai fell on the muddy ground with his hands bound, very embarrassed. Jiang Ning pulled out his waist knife and cut off the ropes that bound him. Most people look like dogs." Surprisingly, it was Bai Yuqi.

Jiang Ning said coldly, "What are you doing in Beiqi?"

Bai Yuqi laughed: "Master Hou sent me to help you."

Jiang Ning said, "No need."

Bai Yuqi pouted: "I don't bother to talk to you, but I took the money. You write a letter to the young master, saying that you don't want me, and I will go back immediately."

Jiang Ning was silent, and after a while he said, "Your name is A Bai, follow me."

Bai Yuqi said: "Being your bodyguard?"

Jiang Ning said: "Male favorite."

Bai Yuqi's expression cracked: "What?"

Jiang Ning said contemptuously: "As for your three-legged cat, you protect me or I protect you."

Bai Yuqi snorted coldly: "Could this be done by brute force? You know nothing."

Jiang Ning asked, "How is Hou Ye?"

Bai Yuqi said: "It's all right, I'm going to patrol the Nine Sides soon."

Jiang Ningyao thought about Lord Hou's embroidered python and sable fur, his splendid crown and sword, his brilliance and dazzling eyes, and he couldn't help being slightly fascinated. If he patrolled the sky on behalf of the sky, he would naturally be more majestic. Millions of troops obey orders, thousands of people follow, and banners are unfurled. How proud and dignified his master is in the midst of all hosts.

Bai Yuqi also licked his tongue with some regret: "Originally, I could also go on tour with Lord Hou, but I took your errand and came to this place where the birds don't shit."

Jiang Ning ignored him, turned around and went into the study, Bai Yuqi said: "How is it now? Then Young Master Beiqi, isn't he a good friend?"

Jiang Ningdao: "He just said a few words the day before yesterday, and he said that the patriarch of the Fox clan sent hundreds of people to him for use, and the sons of the three heads came to the royal court to serve him. The twelve tribes are fighting each other. I think the royal court may be chaotic at any time. rise."

Bai Yuqi was tongue-tied: "Which clan is the fox clan?"

Jiang Ning said: "The Empress Dowager Hu was born in the Fox clan. The current leader and patriarch is the grandfather of King Beiqi. There are a total of twelve tribes in Beiqi, and each clan has a leader—you don't know anything. How dare you say resourcefulness to help me?"

Bai Yuqi said: "I came in a hurry, I didn't have time to understand, I know something else."

Jiang Ning asked: "Can you draw a map? Can you take shorthand? Are you familiar with scriptures and history books? Can you see a doctor and make medicine? Can you assassinate?"

Bai Yuqi was dumbfounded, Jiang Ning turned his head and cast a scornful glance at him, full of contempt, Bai Yuqi angrily said: "I can sing!"

Jiang Ning snorted coldly: "There is one thing that can use your strengths."

Bai Yuqi pulled himself together: "Which one?"

Jiang Ning said: "The Empress Dowager Hu is very romantic. Wang Shu Yuanlun sent her a beautiful wizard man half a year ago. He loved her very much. He went in and out of the royal court and never left or left. See if you can replace him. I heard that the Empress Dowager Hu has some eccentricities. She often likes to abuse, and most men can't bear it, and if she loses her beauty, she hates it and discards it like a shoe."

Bai Yuqi hesitated: "Farewell, I admit that I can't do anything."

The corners of Jiang Ning's mouth curled up slightly, and Bai Yuqi came to his senses after seeing his smile: "Are you playing tricks on me?"

Jiang Ning ignored him, but Bai Yuqi said strangely: "You can actually joke? I used to think you were just a wooden stake standing behind Lord Hou. It seems that Lord Hou is right to let you out, and you are actually a little popular." gone."

Jiang Ning said in her heart, I would rather be a stake behind Lord Hou than come here.

Sure enough, Bai Yuqi stayed in the Changguang Palace and became Jiang Ning's bodyguard.King Changguang and this son had a strange relationship. After Jiang Ning got it back, he was a versatile man who could do everything. He cherished him but didn't know how to cherish him. Naturally, he didn't take things like being a guard by his side.

On the other hand, Yuan Zhao was very curious and asked, "I heard that you robbed a handsome man on the street? Tell me to have a look."

Jiang Ning didn't say anything, turned around and asked someone to pass it on. Yuan Zhao stared at Bai Yuqi and bowed down. He was a little surprised. He thought that if a person like Jiang Ning was a good Longyang, he would like the kind of face that was powdered and calm. For example, a good girl, a beautiful man like a wizard, unexpectedly recruited a majestic seven-foot hero, and his bowing posture was unspeakably chic and beautiful.

He ordered: "Look up and show me."

Bai Yuqi raised his head according to his words, Yuan Zhao looked at him harshly for a while, and had to admit that this person was indeed not bad looking, and he was worthy of being robbed."What's your name?" he asked.

Bai Yuqi said: "Your Majesty gave me the name Abai."

Yuan Zhao chuckled: "Is this a name for a cat and a dog?" He turned his head to look at Jiang Ning, and suddenly had an idea: "I think this person is good-looking, can you give this person to me?"

Jiang Ning said: "If the king likes it, I will give it to you, but people have to check his details."

Yuan Zhao asked Bai Yuqi with a smile: "Abai, what do you know? There are no useless people around Gu, let alone warming the bed and wrapping the quilt. Gu has no shortage of such people."

Bai Yuqi said: "I know how to play." He was snatched from the street, and immediately given away again, it seemed that there was no look of grievance, grief and indignation on his face, while Jiang Ning's expression was flat, as if he had been snatched casually. I gave it if I wanted it, and it really is a cat and dog character.

Yuan Zhao laughed hahaha: "It's very good, it's very good if you know how to play."

He told Bai Yuqi to get up, asked the people around him to lead him down, and arranged for him an errand. Feeling relieved, he turned his head and said to Yuan Zhao: "I picked thirty fox warriors from my grandfather's place the day before yesterday. As my guard, I would like to ask you to help guide them when you have time."

Jiang Ning stroked his shoulders and replied, "I would like to obey the king's order."

These days, Yuanzhao has money in his hands, people around him, and such a talented person by his side. He suddenly feels high-spirited. He can even find that when he sees the ministers every day, they treat him with a lot of respect. It seems that in the past, only King Changguang and Queen Mother Hu were in the eyes, and he was ignored.

After all, if you offend the king, at least the guards around you can draw their swords and cut off your head immediately, then who can you talk to for reason?This is the power of life and death.

It turns out that people respect you not because you are a king, but because they are afraid of your prestige, fear your power, and seek your benefits.

Now it's just the first point. Yuan Zhao was originally a smart person, and he quickly grasped the king's intentions.

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Dayong.

When Yunzhen returned to the mansion, he saw Si Mo, Si Yan and his fellow servants kneeling in the study, Zhang Yangao sat on the seat, examining each of them.

Yun Zhen asked in surprise, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Yan's face was ugly, and he waved his hand to signal them all to go down.

Si Mo and Si Yan got up, and each of them obviously knelt for a long time before limping and going out obediently one by one.

Zhang Yan said: "I have to find out who led you astray."

Yun Zhen's face was blank for a while: "What's crooked?"

Zhang Yan saw that he didn't take it seriously at all, so he was furious: "That matter about Longyang!"

The strange thing is that after the matter of storing horses, hiding weapons and raising private soldiers, Zhang Yan's relationship with Long Yang was not so disastrous. Realizing this, he felt that his life was short for a few years, and every day recently I want to cry in front of Princess Dingxiang.

Yun Zhen giggled and said, "Hey, Mr. Zhang, don't worry about this small matter, small matter."

Zhang Yan said gloomyly: "The emperor also knows you are Longyang, right?"

Yun Zhen felt guilty: "Huh?"

Zhang Yan said: "I interrogated those book boys, and they said that Eunuch Ding in the palace also came to ask questions one by one a few years ago, and the topics they asked were similar! Why do you love that boy more on weekdays? I’ve been to the mansion, I’ve had bedtime conversations with Master Hou, and where Master Hou likes to go to play, but there are operas, going to Nanfeng Courtyard, Fireworks Lane, etc., it’s all the same!”

Yun Zhen hehehe: "The emperor's holy eyes are like torches, so he is naturally observant."

Zhang Yan stomped: "No wonder the emperor refused the marriage of Qu Taifu's granddaughter for you! It's really a fear of revenge, but! The emperor is also confused! I found out a few years ago, so I should discipline you severely. Letting you go? Now..." He stomped his feet angrily for a while, seeing that Yunzhen just didn't care, and was so annoyed that he couldn't help it, he thought for a while and said: "Longyang is fine, but if this is the case, the concubine should accept it even more. After you have it, you can play whatever you want."

Yun Zhen looked him up and down: "Mr. Zhang, in the past, the Tsingyi military adviser was extremely romantic, how come he has become such a vulgar thing now that he is old!"

Zhang Yan was so angry, Yun Zhen just clapped his hands and laughed: "Your surname is Zhang and not Yun, you don't care if our Yun family has a queen, and besides, why don't you be a husband yourself?" He dropped these words , ran away in a hurry.

When Zhang Yan was asked on his face, it was true that he was not standing upright, and he sat down a little slumped, and finally got annoyed, anyway, even the emperor doesn't care about him, I care about him!

Most likely, it wasn't the kid from the Zhu family, or the county kings of Hejian and Qingyang, or the blue-eyed Hu'er and the actor surnamed Bai before. The more you count, the more Zhang Yan's head hurts. Get up, I can't control it, I don't care anymore when the child grows up!

He simply patted his sleeves and left the study.

Then he soon found out that the emperor had just given an assignment to the Military Aircraft Department... asking them to compile a history of Dayong's military affairs.

Zhang Yan was at a loss: "This is about to patrol the Nine Sides. There are so many things in the beginning of the year, and I am very busy. Why doesn't the emperor hand over the matter of compiling history to the Imperial Academy?"

Counselor Wang of the Military Aircraft Department was actually a little confused: "The emperor said that looking at you is quite free, so I let you take the time to preside over it. Those in the Imperial Academy can only find chapters and excerpts. You are not the only one who has really fought in war? You are an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. Yes, it would be great to preside over this matter, and the Imperial Academy has also sent a few adults to listen to your arrangements."

Zhang Yan was shocked: "Where does the emperor see that I am idle? I work hard every day..." He was puzzled, but he didn't dare to argue with the emperor, so he had to honestly call those Hanlin editors to come over. , first listed the outline and asked them to write it roughly. Even so, he was too busy with such a mess all of a sudden, and forgot to take care of Yunzhen for a while.

And Zhaoxin Hou Yunzhen made a hunting tour on behalf of the sky, and the matter of patrolling the Nine Sides has also been decided, and he will set off soon.

A week before leaving, every night Ji Bingyuan took Yun Zhen to explain to him one by one in the map sand table of the Military Aircraft Department, and only asked him to be familiar with the character, habits, and habits of the commander-in-chief of the Nine Borders and the admirals of each army formation. How many soldiers and generals are stationed in various military towns, and the terrain.

Yun Zhen memorized it abruptly, and couldn't help admiring Ji Bingyuan, the emperor's work is considered to be the pinnacle, and he loves it so much, when he thought of leaving immediately, he went to the emperor's side when he was sitting, and just hugged Ji Bingyuan wide sleeves.

Ji Bingyuan thought he had something to say, so he lowered his head and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything unclear?"

Yun Zhen just wanted to hug Ji Bingyuan, he wanted to cling to him every day, and besides, Ji Bingyuan said everything in detail, understood the details, so there was no question to ask, but fortunately he thought of something and he smiled: "Today When Mr. Zhang heard that I was entering the palace, he specifically asked me to find a way to speak in front of you, saying that you suddenly taught him the history of martial arts and that he was too free. He has been wronged a lot, and he is diligent every day. Why does the emperor think he is free? But what has been done recently that is not in line with the emperor's wishes?"

Ji Bingyuan said: "He can take a concubine for you if he's not free? He's not your parents, and he doesn't marry or have children. Why would he take a concubine for you?"

When Yun Zhen heard that it was because of this, he couldn't help but chuckled, but he didn't dare to say that Mr. Zhang found out about his things, for fear that he would rebel, and wanted to force him to have a child. Concerned, he could only laugh and said: "It should be the reason why King Qingyang found him before - the emperor's vinegar has been eaten for a long time, and it took so long to taste the vinegar."

Ji Bingyuan snorted, lowered her head and pulled his chin, and kissed him once, until he couldn't breathe, her face was flushed with tears in her eyes, and then she said domineeringly: "Next time, he will go overboard and take over for you , I will give him a marriage, and keep him in charge of a tigress."

Yun Zhen was so weak from his kiss that he just lay on his lap, his face flushed: "Let's leave him alone, does the emperor need his ministers to sleep?" He was so uncomfortable being hung up and down by the emperor.

Ji Bingyuan's robes were neat and graceful, not messy at all. He held his waist tightly and pressed him tightly in his arms, pressed his knees against him, and said solemnly: "The empress is so greedy for pleasure, how can she go out to lead the army in the future? If she doesn't Staying in the palace, it’s good to accompany you every day.”