I was attacked by the evil general

Zong Xu's back stiffened, his face was frighteningly dark, he turned around and looked at Zong Yanqiu who was holding a sword on his neck, and said angrily, "What is the meaning of this, His Royal Highness?"

Zong Yanqiu raised his neck, and the edge of the sharp sword was facing the aorta.He said: "In the past, when I went out of the palace, the people who greeted me at the gate of the palace were people around my father, but today it is only your people. I think, if there is no accident, my father has already been placed under house arrest by you."

Zong Xu frowned but did not refute, and there was no surprise or anger in his eyes. It can be seen that he was indeed right.

Zong Yanqiu continued: "With your temperament, you should have already laid a net around you. Behind these high walls should be good bows and arrows. Although I am not as smart as you, but what are you thinking? Everyone knows."

To be able to turn Ningkang into what it is now, his elder brother must have controlled the government with one hand.Now the whole of Ningkang belongs to his elder brother, and everything they do is in vain.

Zong Xu's fist behind him began to clenched, and he looked at Zong Yanqiu, who had a calm face, with a fierce look, and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince knows everything, so is this sword too strong?" Are you smarter? Threatening my life, do you think I will compromise? "

Zong Yanqiu chuckled for a while, and said: "In order to ascend to the throne of God, you forced your younger brother to hang himself at the gate of the city. Even if you sit in that position, you will not be able to convince the public, and you will have to bear a bad name for the rest of your life.

The people's mouths make money, and the accumulation of ruins destroys bones. How can you still sit still when you are the emperor.Brother should know better than me how powerful Yoyo is.Now Ningkang unanimously calls Zhao Heng a traitor, isn't that the reason. "

Zong Xu frowned and his face turned completely dark. He obviously didn't expect that His Royal Highness, who has always followed him, would one day confront him like this.But he also knew that this day would come sooner or later.

The black shadow who had been standing behind suddenly said a few words to Wei Lie, and Wei Lie stepped forward to bow his hands to the eldest prince and said: "The national teacher said that he has a way to keep the people from knowing."

Zong Xu waved Wei Lie back, and said to Zong Yanqiu: "Do you think Ningkang is still the same as before? Your Zong Yanqiu's life has long been worthless."

Zong Yanqiu smiled and said, "Really? Then I bet you that you don't want me to die."

After saying that, he swung his sword and cut the side of his neck, and the blood flowed down, soaking the red clothes on his body.

Kong Xiangyu said anxiously: "Zong Yanqiu, put down the sword!" Fortunately, the sword didn't reach the fatal place, but even so, it looked scary!

"Stop!" Zong Xu suddenly became a little anxious, and stepped forward two steps to stop him: "Put down the sword for me, do you hear me?"

Zong Yanqiu took another two steps back, but his eyes remained firm, and he said, "Let Zhao Heng go, I will do as you please."

Kong Xiangyu couldn't help being angry, and said sharply: "Zong Yanqiu! I don't need your life in exchange! No one can hurt me!"

However, Zong Yanqiu did not stop, and actually cut the sharp sword a little deeper into his neck.

Zong Xu roared angrily: "Wei Lie! Let them go, let those archers retreat!" After that, he said to Zong Yanqiu who threatened him: "You can think clearly, let me deal with it, this is what you said of!"

Zong Yanqiu nodded and said, "I will do what I say."

The officers and soldiers made way for the carriage, and Wei Lie waved his sword, indicating that Kong Xiangyu could leave.

Kong Xiangyu looked at the situation in front of him angrily but was helpless. He squeezed the rein in his hand, turned the horse's head, and mouthed to Zong Yanqiu: "Wait for me to save you."

However, Zong Yanqiu smiled cynically as before, and joked to him: "Okay, remember to prepare more women."

Kong Xiangyu's eyes were slightly red, he flicked the reins and set up the carriage and left.A few words of innocuous nonsense, just like the two of them used to be joking and joking, but at this moment, it seemed to be saying goodbye.

When the carriage arrived at the General's Mansion, the plaque on it was torn down by someone, and a seal was pasted on the gate.Kong Xiangyu originally wanted to change to another place, but Wei Ze said: "Just live here, the more dangerous the place, the safer it is."

He nodded. "Also."

He parked the carriage in an unoccupied place, let go of the horse driving the carriage, and then turned over and hid in the general's mansion with Jin Bao and Wei Ze.

Today's General's Mansion has long lost the luxury of the past, and those valuable things have long been evacuated.He saw a picture scroll that had been torn in half on the lobby floor, and hurried forward to pick it up and wiped the dust off it.

The painting on the scroll was Zhao Heng's father, and now Kong Xiangyu felt the same way, and he also felt the resentment that his own father was insulted.

Recalling the scene just now, Wei Lie seemed to call Heiying the national teacher.He immediately thought of what Wan Qiguo's clothes seller said. He didn't expect that the eldest prince would join forces with Wan Qiguo's national teacher, no wonder there were so many witches and ghosts.

I don't know what the national teacher's ability is, it only takes three months to make all the people in Ningkang turn against each other.Leaving aside what happened after he left, in the years before he left, the people he helped were not in the minority.

General Zhao's character is obvious to the common people, what kind of ecstasy soup was poured into them, and he was regarded as a traitor in a few words, and thousands of people reviled him.

The sky outside the house gradually fell into night, and he returned to his room to tidy up a bit and plan to sleep.Jin Bao simply changed back to his original shape and slipped into his lapel.

Wei Ze sat on a chair in the room, looked out the window and said nothing.

He turned over, looked at Wei Ze's figure under the moonlight, and suddenly asked: "Why can I change the love of the people into everyone screaming and beating when I obviously did nothing?"

Wei Ze looked back at him and said, "It's normal, a person in a high position can move people's hearts more than ordinary people in everything he says and does."

"Will they believe it? Can't they believe it when they see it with their own eyes?"

Wei Ze paused for a moment, then said: "Yes. As long as one person believes, more people will follow." He thought for a while, and continued: "When you are alone, you can still distinguish right from wrong according to your own wishes, but Once there are more people, the decision you think about will follow the crowd and hesitate.

And in this, as long as most people think the same, then the rest will slowly become like them. "

Kong Xiangyu suddenly smiled and said, "Why do I feel like what I said when I led soldiers to fight?"

Wei Ze took off the faceless mask on his face, looked up at him, and said, "So, it does look alike."

It's like when a soldier faces his family alone, he thinks about living and not dying on the battlefield.But once on the battlefield, surrounded by warriors who dare to die, the soldiers will gradually become fearless of life and death.

He closed his eyes and lay down for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep anyway, so he just sat up and went to the house to look for weapons.Now there is not much left in this house, and there is nothing useful.However, in Zhao Heng's memory, there was a sword hidden behind the cabinet.

It was given to him by Zhao Heng's father when he went to the battlefield for the first time.

He touched it for a while, and finally found it, but the sharp sword has accumulated a lot of dust all year round.He wiped it with his sleeve, the whole body of the sword was silver and white, the scabbard was carved with many patterns of beasts, and there was a sword tassel hanging on the hilt, but there was too much dust, the red tassel was now gray.

He looked at the sword fringe and was stunned for a moment, then blew away the dust accumulated on it a few times, a white jade safety buckle was hanging on the red sword fringe.

This kind of white jade, this kind of safety button, both in Zhao Heng's memory and in his Kong Xiangyu's memory, are countless.But appearing at this moment, he couldn't help but make him want to laugh.

He tore off the safety buckle, pinched the red string hanging from it, and compared it to the earlobe according to Wei Ze's figure.

Wei Ze didn't understand what he meant, and said, "What's wrong?"

After a pause, he put the Pingan buckle back on the lapel of his clothes, and said: "It's nothing, I suddenly want to practice swords." After finishing speaking, he opened the door and went out, and practiced for a while in the yard with his sword.

Among the swords he once owned, this sword can only be regarded as mediocre, the blade is not sharp enough, and it is not heavy enough to hold, but it is the only thing Zhao Heng's father left for him now.

He put away his sword, looked at Wei Ze who was leaning against the door, and said, "You can take me into the palace, right? I want to save people."

Wei Ze remained silent, still standing where he was, but did not look at him with downcast eyebrows.

He took a step forward, grabbed Wei Ze's arm and said, "You don't have to do anything, just bring me in." He knew that Zong Yanqiu would die sooner or later, but maybe it would change because of his appearance.Zong Yanqiu promised him that he would not drink, as long as he did not drink at all, he would not reach his end.

Wei Ze said, "Don't go, you can't do anything if you go."

He said unwillingly: "Yes, as long as he is rescued, we will leave Ningkang. I know that people must die, but Zong Yanqiu is only nineteen years old.

It is said that good and evil are rewarded, Zong Yanqiu was born with a pure nature, and he never said a word when he was bullied, just smiled.Such a person... why did such a person end up like that. "

Kong Xiangyu choked up a little while talking.

In Zhao Heng's memory, although Zong Yanqiu was a prince, he never had the airs of a prince, never felt that he was superior to others, and never underestimated anyone.There are six princes in Ningkang Imperial City, but Zong Yanqiu is the only one who really treats others well.

Because a servant made a mistake, Zong Yanqiu knelt with that servant for half a night at the foot of the Changyu steps, just for that servant to live.He said that these people are born unequal, the prince just scolds a few words for his mistakes, but the servants have to pay for their mistakes with their lives, how unfair.They were all raised by their fathers and mothers, and no one is more noble than the other.

If one day he becomes the emperor, he must abolish those slave systems, so that the people can truly live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone is equal.

Wei Ze sighed, raised his hand to wipe the water from his eyelids, and said, "If I tell you, even if you go, he will die tonight, will you still go?"

Kong Xiangyu frowned and lowered his eyes, and after a moment of stability, he raised his head again and said, "Go."

Wei Ze waved his hand to attract the black mist, but arrived at Zong Yanqiu's Prince's Palace in a short while.He knocked on the tile three times as usual, but this time there was no one to answer him.

Kong Xiangyu waited for a while but finally lost his patience. He turned over the tiles and called out to the dark Prince's Palace, but what responded him was a gust of cold wind and the silent empty room.

Wei Ze said, "Not here."

He hastily raised his hand and patted Jinbao in his lapel. Jinbao, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly trembled, jumped up and waved his dragon claws, saying, "Who? Who dares to beat me to the river god!"

Kong Xiangyu grabbed Jin Bao out and said, "Don't sleep, you should quickly hear, where is Zong Yanqiu locked up?"

Jin Bao stared at Longyan and looked around, and said in surprise: "I said ancestor, you really came to the palace to save people?"

Kong Xiangyu was too lazy to talk, and said: "Yes, so you should hear it quickly, maybe Zong Yanqiu won't die young after being rescued."

Jin Bao rolled his eyes, obviously disapproving of what he said, but he had come here and had to compromise and looked up and sniffed, and said, "It seems to be in that big house in the north."

Kong Xiangyu looked at what Jin Bao said, and couldn't help frowning: "Your Majesty's bedroom? Why is Zong Yanqiu there?" But he didn't have time to think about it right now, he pulled himself onto Wei Ze's back, hugged the man's neck Said: "Weize, go to the north roof."

"..."

The emperor's dormitory was usually very strict, but now there was no one guarding it, and it looked a bit bleak.

He suddenly remembered what happened between him and Zong Yanqiu when they were young.When the two of them first learned Qinggong, they wandered around on the rooftops when they had nothing to do, and made signs everywhere to prove that they had been here.

When flying to His Majesty's bedroom, Zong Yanqiu insisted that he would leave something different for his father.Then without saying a word, he took off his pants and urinated on it. He didn't urinate enough, so he had to drag him along.

Kong Xiangyu pulled back his thoughts and turned over the tiles on the dormitory, this time the room was brightened up.Under the shadow of the candle, Zong Yanqiu sat on one side with a pale face, a white gauze was wrapped around his neck, and there was a faint trace of blood on it, and there was a bowl of medicine that had been drunk to the bottom.

He couldn't help sighing secretly, thinking that this kid knew that taking medicine was not too bad after all, and his hands and feet were also sharp, and he didn't suffer any other abuse except his body was a little weak.

Zong Yanqiu frowned and his heart was heavy. He looked at His Majesty lying on the bed in front of him, and remained silent.Kong Xiangyu followed his gaze, and saw His Majesty lying on the bed with an air of unbridled anger.

I knew earlier that His Majesty was in poor health, and I didn't want to see him in such a state after not seeing him for a few months. Every breath seemed to tear his life away.

Zong Yanqiu is a dutiful son, and now that His Majesty is like this, he may find it difficult to take him away, but he still wants to try rather than letting Zong Yanqiu die.However, just as he was about to call out, His Majesty who was on the sick bed called out one step ahead of him: "Son, come to Emperor Father."

Zong Yanqiu stepped forward and knelt beside the sick bed, and said with a worried face: "Father, my son is here."

The emperor's eyes were blindfolded, and he hesitated for a while before he said: "My good boy, my father asked you, do you regret this step now?"

He lowered his head and said, "I don't regret it."

The emperor shook his head, looking disappointed. He looked sideways at him and asked, "Father has six sons in total, but he only chose you as the crown prince. Do you know why?"

Zong Yanqiu thought for a while, then made nonsense, "Because I won the battle?"

The emperor shook his head and laughed for a while, Zong Yanqiu also laughed embarrassedly.The emperor said: "In terms of strategy and intelligence, your brothers are more capable than you, especially your elder brother. Without you, he is indeed the best candidate for the crown prince."

The emperor coughed for a while, and continued: "But among these six children, you are the only one who has kind thoughts in your heart and will know how to repay you. So the emperor thought, only you will be the emperor, and on the day you ascend the throne, Only then will you truly treat your siblings kindly."

He lowered his eyebrows and his thoughts drifted out.

The emperor looked at his appearance, patted the back of his hand, and said with a sad face: "My father knows what your brothers have done to you. In the past, you didn't talk about your father and didn't ask about it. Other small troubles Forget it, but you actually hid the matter of your elder brother poisoning you, my son, what do you think?"

Zong Yanqiu kept silent, his eyes were dull and lost in thought.

The emperor sighed and said: "I know, Zong Xu saved your life when he was young, and since then, no matter how bad he has done to you, you have kept it from him. But have you ever thought about it, why did he save your life in the first place?" It’s true, it’s true that it’s killing you now.”

Zong Yanqiu pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Father is probably tired, why don't you rest earlier."

The emperor waved his hand and continued: "Father, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive tonight. If I don't do some things now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to close my eyes."

"Nonsense, father is sure to live a long life."

This time it was the emperor who smiled, and he said: "Long life is a good thing to say, your father is at this age and he is considered dead."

Zong Yanqiu looked at his father, his eyes were slightly red.

After the words were closed, the emperor suddenly took out a white paper bag as small as a fingernail from the quilt. He unfolded the white paper bag, and there was some white powder inside.

"Father?"

The emperor half stood up, and took the flagon by the bed with trembling fingers.He poured all the bag of white powder into the wine jug, and then shook it again.

Zong Yanqiu didn't understand what it meant, but he knew that the powder poured into the wine was definitely not a good thing.

The emperor sat half-sitting on the bed, poured two cups with the jug, and said: "Tiger poison is still not a child, but now, I want to be the father of this poison once again. Zong Xu is too thoughtful. If I leave like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you anymore."

With tears in his eyes, the emperor said to him: "You and your elder brother can only live together, and one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. When your elder brother comes in a while, don't make a sound. Father will take him away together." The emperor Looking at the top of the bed, she lamented, "It's my fault. I didn't teach my son well, and he ended up with a fratricide."

Zong Yanqiu's lips trembled, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Kong Xiangyu was sweating profusely outside, and said: "Zong Yanqiu, don't touch that thing!" But the two people in the room didn't seem to hear it.

He turned over a few more tiles, intending to turn over, but he didn't expect that there seemed to be an invisible mud wall in the room.It is useless to beat him, and it is useless to shout.

Jin Bao said anxiously: "It's the enchantment set up by witchcraft, Xiangyu, you have to use blood."

Kong Xiangyu hurriedly drew his sword and drew a stroke on his hand, the blood dripped and dissipated in the air on the invisible mud wall, but it had no effect at all.

He beat the wall anxiously. "What's going on? Why didn't it work? Huh!"

Wei Ze covered his mouth and said, "Someone is here."

It was the eldest prince Zong Xu who came down from the sleeping hall, accompanied by the black shadow national teacher.Zong Xu asked the national teacher to wait outside the house, then opened the door and went in.

Zong Yanqiu was startled by the sound of the door opening, and looked at his elder brother palely. The cold wind outside the house blew out the candles in the house.

The emperor patted his hand, shook his head slightly, and signaled him not to speak.

Zong Xu closed the door, took off his cotton robe and cloak, and threw it on the stool beside him.Then he picked up the fire folder on the table and lit the blown out candles one by one, and the light gradually returned to the room.

While lighting a candle, he casually asked, "Father, Your Highness the Crown Prince, are you all alright?"

Both of them remained silent, Zong Xu finished lighting the candles, covered the fire folder in his hand and put it aside.He turned around, looked at the two of them with slightly hooked lips, and said, "Why does His Royal Highness look at me like this? Do I look scary?"

Zong Yanqiu hurriedly turned his head away and stopped looking at him.

The emperor leaned against the head of the bed, sighed and said: "You came just in time, I just finished talking about the filial piety with the crown prince."

"Oh?" Zong Xu said with a smile: "The prince still needs to listen to the filial piety? Didn't the emperor always say that the prince is a model of filial piety?"

The emperor didn't say much, and rushed to Zongxu, saying: "Come and kneel with the prince, my father has something to say to you two brothers."

Zong Xu wasn't tossing about, he knelt down beside the sick bed as soon as he lifted his robe.

Although the emperor was ill, his eyes were clear, and he said: "You two, no matter who becomes the emperor in the future, you must be diligent in governing and loving the people, treat your siblings kindly, and put your mind on the right path." He pointed at Zong Xu : "What kind of national teacher of yours, if he is really a good person, how could he give you bad advice?"

Zong Xu frowned, but did not make a sound.

After the emperor finished speaking, he sighed again: "Forget it, father is leaving today, and it will be up to you whether it will be good or bad in the future." For a moment, the emperor's brows and eyes became clear, and he said: "Before leaving If you want to have a drink with your sons, you should do it."

He handed a glass of poisoned wine to Zong Yanqiu, and Zong Yanqiu took it with trembling hands, but his eyebrows and eyes were always downcast and he didn't dare to look up.

Another cup was given to Zong Xu, and then he picked up the jug and poured it into his mouth boldly.

"Father!"

Zong Yanqiu called out, and the wine glass in his hand was thrown away in agitation.The poison was really powerful, colorless and odorless, it didn't change when it was poured on the ground.

After the emperor finished drinking, he threw the jug in his hand and said, "It's really good wine!" At that moment, the Qingming was like returning to the light, and then he slowly closed his eyes, peaceful and peaceful, and returned to his hometown.

Zong Xu held up the glass of wine but didn't drink it for a long time. Zong Yanqiu's eyes were red and he didn't make a sound for a long time.After a while, Zong Xu slowly raised his toasting hand, making a gesture to drink.

Suddenly, his wrist tightened and was firmly held by Zong Yanqiu.

Zong Yanqiu slipped his Adam's apple and said, "Brother, you once saved my life."

At the age of seven or eight, it was also a season of the twelfth lunar month, when he accidentally fell into the icy lake.Everyone was in a mess of panic, but no one really dared to jump down to save him.And just when he thought he was about to die, his elder brother who was still sick jumped into the icy lake and rescued him ashore.

It is precisely because of this that the eldest brother has injured his meridians since then and can no longer practice martial arts.

Zong Xu frowned, not knowing what he was going to say.

Zong Yanqiu suddenly took the wine glass in Zong Xu's hand with his backhand, turned his head and said with a smile: "I owe you, so you can pay it back now."

After finishing speaking, he raised his glass and drank the whole glass of poisoned wine. The strong wine passed down his throat, hot and sweet.If he drank in a hurry, he would inevitably cough again. When he looked at it, his lips were already scarlet.

At this moment, Zong Xu slowly regained his senses. He grabbed Zong Yanqiu's lapel and said anxiously, "What did you drink? What's in that wine?"

Zong Yanqiu's eyes were blurred, and he felt uncomfortably hot in his stomach.

Zong Xu grabbed his shoulders and pinched his cheeks hard, forcing him to open his mouth.His expression was flustered like never before, and he said sharply, "Spit it out! Spit it out for me, do you hear me!"

Zong Yanqiu's Adam's apple slipped, and he coughed again uncontrollably. The scarlet in his mouth finally couldn't be swallowed, dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Zong Xu's face was pale, he held him in his arms with his backhand, and shouted to the door: "Prince doctor! Hurry up and announce the doctor!" Then remembering that there was still a national teacher standing outside the door, he said again: "Fu Wu! Use Fu Wu! "

Zong Yanqiu raised his pale and feeble hand, and wiped away the tears from the corners of Zong Xu's eyes. It was the first time in his life that his elder brother cried.

He said: "Brother, in fact, it's good for you to be the prince, but if you do, someone will treat you like me. So I thought, maybe it's good if I come to be the prince."

Zong Xu hugged him tightly, Zong Yanqiu in his arms was constantly losing temperature, he said: "Don't talk, I'll let the imperial doctor come, I'll let the national teacher come. If I don't let you die, you can't die, you heard me?" without!"

He helped Zong Yanqiu wipe off the blood from the corner of his mouth, and tremblingly said: "It's my brother's fault, my brother shouldn't treat you like this, and you don't treat me like this, okay?

Yes, you are right, you won the bet, I don't want you to die.You win, you should live well if you win, did you hear me! "

He watched Zong Yanqiu's eyes gradually loosen, and he couldn't control his grief.

Zong Yanqiu's hand gradually slipped, and he said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Brother, you said that Ningkang always wears white is not festive, so I will wear red, okay?"

When Zong Xu raised his head, the person in his arms was already silent.

After a long time, he replied: "Okay."

The author has something to say: This chapter has a bit too many words, because I have thought about this scene for a long time, so I hope you can read it in one go!