Rebirth of the Golden Bastard

On the second day, the news from the front line had spread throughout the entire capital, and the discussions in the streets and alleys were not about the survival of the catastrophe, but the news from the palace. Unexpected - Xia Cangqiao.

There is a strange silence everywhere in the capital.Upstairs in Yixiang Garden, two girls dressed in emerald yellow and thin skirts in blue are leaning on the wooden railing of the attic and looking at the people whispering in front of the bulletin board below.

"As expected of Young Master Xia." The woman in emerald yellow had a bell tied to her wrist, and it jingled as soon as the wind passed, "The way people look at him with admiration is always so unexpected."

The green-clothed woman also laughed, "Who said it wasn't, but didn't you say that he left the Xia family to go out to cultivate his health? Why did he appear in Qingxia City?"

"Sister Yushu, is it possible for others to guess how Young Master Xia behaves?"

"Yingyao, don't laugh at me." Yu Shu picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Which of the people below is not suspicious?"

The two people who spoke were the pair of sisters that Xia Cangqiao had helped.Because of the death of their insiders, Qin He and Yin Shan, the two simply left Hanyue Palace, and since then hid in Yixiang Garden and have not heard anything about Jianghu.

Just as Yushu said, the people in the capital are all puzzled: Didn't it mean that Xia Cangqiao was seriously injured?Didn't it mean that he separated from the Xia family and left the capital?Didn't it mean that he was isolated by the royal family and received a serious warning?Xia Cangqiao, who had been reduced to a prodigal dog from any point of view, suddenly became a hero now?What is going on here?

After a short period of astonishment, people in the streets and alleys started heated discussions. Some said that this was a plot by the royal family to get Xia Cangqiao back to the capital; Could it be that Xia Cangqiao is really hiding something for the dog to act like this?

However, speculation in the market is just speculation, and the palace is far less lively than it is now.

After Renhuang received the news from the Ninth Prince, he immediately announced the decree to pass the news from the capital layer by layer, and it is bound to let everyone in Yilan know about Xia Cangqiao.In addition, Emperor Ren hastily sent someone to send an order to Qingxia City, canonize Xia Cangqiao as the first hero, add a title of title, and designate it as Xia Fenghou.

As soon as this news came out, it was another sensation in Yilan.At that time in the court, Sikong Shen and Sikong Ming had different expressions. Sikong Ming was obviously a little anxious, but Sikong Shen was unmoved, and only praised my emperor's wisdom together with other princes and ministers.

When the morning was over, Sikong Ming caught up with Sikong Shen who was walking ahead.

"Ninth brother."

"Brother." Sikong Shen bowed politely, "What's the matter?"

"..." Si Kongming looked him up and down for a moment, then turned around and shook his sleeves and said, "I have something to tell you, come with me."

Sikong Shen didn't refuse either, he just took Nan Xun and followed Sikong Mingchao forward.Sikong Yanjin, who was going out with other princes, watched from afar, and the prince next to him said: "Third brother, eldest brother and the others..."

Yan Jin smiled, flung his sleeves and walked towards the other end, "People and things are decided by God, they don't care so much."

Sikong Shen followed Sikong Ming straight back to the East Palace where the First Prince lived, and entered the garden behind the house, Sikong Ming reprimanded the others and sat down on the stone bench first.

"Ninth Brother, sit down."

Sikong Shen took a look at Nan Yan, Nan Yan retreated a few steps knowingly, and stopped until he walked to the entrance of the garden to make sure he could not hear the voice of the two of them talking.

"How much do you know about Xia Cangqiao?" Si Kongming asked directly without going around in circles with him.

Sikong Shen still had the same face, he only said: "Is there anything I should know?"

Sikong Ming said displeased: "You don't need to pretend, you also ambushed eyeliner beside Xia Cangqiao."

Sikong smiled slightly and said: "Brother, you are worrying too much, why should I do this?"

Seeing that he didn't tell him frankly, Sikong Ming also turned cold.He rubbed the jade finger on his thumb with his fingers, and said coldly: "You don't need to tell, then I know, and naturally I won't tell you."

Sikong lowered his eyes and said humbly: "Brother, now that Qingxia City has just stabilized, we don't know what Jin Zhang will do. At this time, we should advance and retreat together, sharing worries for the emperor."

Sikong Ming twitched his jaw, and frowned, "Okay, okay, he is really a good son of the emperor. Do you think I don't know? Your fancy intestines are the deepest hidden among us, don't think you can hide it from others. You can hide it from me!"

Sikong laughed lightly, raised his head, "Brother, what are you talking about? What do I need to hide from my brother?"

Si Kongming gasped, but it wasn't because of his insincere words, but because of the cold hostility in the man's eyes that made him shudder for a moment.This person always hides his emotions deeply. He is ambitious and also his biggest opponent.But it has never been shown so naked.

Sikong Ming licked the corner of his mouth, and said dryly: "It's all here, you and I know it well. Let's be honest, I won't give up the throne. I am the eldest son of the father, and it is reasonable to be the crown prince. Sooner or later it will be mine."

Sikong fell silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Did elder brother forget the previous Shenwu incident? If it wasn't for that incident, it would really be your fault that the position of crown prince is not guaranteed."

The Shenwu incident was well known in the palace.Shen Wu used to be the deputy under General You of Yilan. He and General You both supported Sikong Ming in power, but Shen Wu was too reckless. At that time, in order to improve the ability of the eldest son, Emperor Renhuang handed over the army of General You to Sikong Ming for a while. I don't care, but Shen Wu thought that he had a backer, and became arrogant and domineering, and then made repeated mistakes.Si Kongming was angrily reprimanded by the Emperor Ren for improper employment, and withdrew the mission entrusted to him.On the other hand, Shen Wu wanted to atone for his crimes, but he was so stupid that he assassinated Si Kong Yanjin to solve a person who was fighting for imperial power for Si Kongming.

Unexpectedly, this matter was broken by General Zuo Yingyou, in fact, it was also a coincidence.However, there may be a destiny in the dark, Yingyou rescued Sikong Yanjin, Shenwu was sentenced to death for the felony of assassinating the prince, but Sikong Shen took the opportunity to obstruct him, abruptly turning the matter into an attempted treason.As a result, the Shenwu incident was known to everyone, and the capital city was buzzing for a while.

Si Kongming employed people improperly, and almost harmed his imperial brother and the current emperor. It is a great fortune not to be implicated in the crime of treason through his hard work, so how can he make any more sophistry?

After that, Emperor Ren's expectations of him obviously fell through a lot, and the matter of the prince has never been mentioned again since then.

Sikong Ming is still full of anger when he thinks about this matter now, and when Sikong Shen mentions it, he can't help being angry: "If it wasn't for your intentional frame-up, how could I have ended up like this?"

Sikong Shen sneered, "Brother, this is wrong. People say that if you make a mistake, you will lose the whole game. But the prerequisite is to have a well-planned game. Brother... I have never played chess with you."

Sikong Ming only felt a chill go straight down his spine.Sikong Shen turned the corner and said that he was no match at all?Or do you not even have the qualifications to be an opponent?This man is too arrogant!

Sikong Ming slapped the stone table heavily and stood up, "Sikong Chen, you are only proud of yourself at this time!" He sneered and said, "I'll tell you, our father doesn't like his own son! That Xia Cang Qiao, let alone where he came from, now that he has just become a hero, his father is eager to announce it to the world, and even seal it up! I will laugh at you now, and let outsiders step on your head when the time comes. Can laugh!"

After finishing speaking, he walked into the room with a flick of his sleeves and shouted: "I'm tired! Brother Huang, walk slowly!"

Sikong Ming's voice was quite loud, and when the sound of closing the front door fell, the lingering sound seemed to be still floating around in the garden.Sikong Shen stood up calmly, stretched out his hand to flick the hem of his jersey, and swept away the leaves that fell on his body.Only then did I realize that the green leaves all over the garden had begun to turn yellow.

Is the bleak autumn about to start?He raised his eyes to look at the crossed and divided branches above his head, hooked the corners of his mouth mockingly, and stepped out of the garden.

Nan Xun followed all the way without making a sound, and when the two returned to their residence, Sikong Shen said slowly: "Where is the news I asked you to check?"

Nan Xun lowered his head, "The subordinate is incompetent...can't find out..."

Sikong Shen frowned, "How is it possible?"

Nan Xun didn't dare to look up, and continued: "I don't know why, the news couldn't be passed on, and no news was sent back. It's as if...someone deliberately blocked it."

Sikong Shen clenched his fists tightly, thinking of Sikong Ming's words just now, his heart became uncomfortably uneasy, and he lost his usual calmness.

How is this going?It's fine for Gu Xiaobei to go in, he didn't expect that boy would really send any news for him, presumably once he figured it out, he wouldn't choose to betray his master.But Nan Xun clearly sent another person to follow him secretly.He didn't believe that what Nan Xun couldn't do, the eldest prince could easily get the news.

He sat down and thought about it quietly for a while, and came to a conclusion: the other party must have lost the news halfway, so he must try his best to get some information out of him.Heh, it's rare that that person's head occasionally has a flash of light.

After thinking through this layer, the anxious mood before slowly calmed down.Since the two are evenly matched, and no one knows more than the other, we can only wait and see what happens.

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On the other side, the people far away in Qingxia City received the imperial decree on the evening of the fifth day.

The courier, who had barely closed his eyes during his journey through the night, broke three horses all the way, and he passed out stiffly as soon as he finished reading the imperial decree.

The titan quickly got someone to carry him out to rest, and they all looked at each other in blank dismay in the tent.

"Bonded...Xia Fenghou?" Hua Que was incredulous, "Cang Qiao, you are now Lord Hou."

Xia Cangqiao didn't have any idea, just said: "How much salary can I get?"

Gu Xiaodao: "Young master! The whole of Yilan and you only have three masters!" He counted on his fingers, "Ninth prince, Dinglehou; third prince, Yongchanghou. Now there is one more young master, Xia Fenghou!"

Historically, the name of Yilan Royal Family Marquis was only given to princes or members of the royal family, and princes were rarely conferred the title of Marquis, and most of them were used to confer the title of prince.It's no wonder that Yilan is a sensation, Xia Cangqiao is the first Marquis who came out of the common people!

Xia Cangqiao followed suit with a "wow", but the expression on his face was obviously not unusual.Just repeat: "How much salary?"

Sikong Lang smiled and said: "According to the prince's courtesy, it is added on top of the original salary. In your case... the annual salary is about 400 taels of silver."

Xia Cangqiao thought for a while, "In other words, there are more than 30 taels of silver in a month?!" This time he finally gave a loud wow happily, and tugged at Xia Yunqing's sleeve: "Brother, brother! I can afford you! "

Xia Yunqing was amused, and nodded along, but there was some doubt in her eyes.

"Why did the emperor suddenly grant the award? Even though the flood was withstood, the Eighth Prince and the Titans were not rewarded."

Sikong Lang rubbed his head, "The imperial decree only said that I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds after returning with the hero, but it is far less powerful than Cang Qiao."

Xia Yunqing's mind became more serious, but Cang Qiao didn't care, and reached out to pat his head like soothing a big dog.

"Don't worry, if it comes, it will be safe."

Five days had passed since the flood, and the villages and towns in the rear began to clear water and rebuild. Sikong Lang wrote a letter back, to the effect that he asked the emperor to allocate funds to rebuild these villages and towns.Qingxia City recovered very quickly, but only a small part of the front houses were destroyed, while the others were intact.

In the tent, Cang Qiao yawned. It was rare for him to escape from the tension. He was a little sleepy, and he tried to sleep with his head propped up.

Jiang Ji was lying on the wooden bed on the other side, lying on his stomach as usual, face down.He tilted his head to look at Cang Qiao who was squinting at the table, thought for a while and said, "Xia Cangqiao."

Cang Qiao didn't open her eyes, she just said, "Call me the boss." Then she smiled triumphantly, "Or call me Lord Hou."

Jiang Ji frowned, and said, "Boss Xia... I have a question."

"Say."

"The people who followed us before have disappeared since the Iron Prison appeared."

Cang Qiao finally opened his eyes, and his eyes fell on the ground circled by a ray of sunlight under the tent in front of him, "It must have been killed."

"Who do you think that is?"

"I guess it's Sikong Ming." Cang Qiao said, "Only if he is so anxious, will he be exposed by you."

Jiang Ji turned the corner: "Except for Sikong Ming?"

Cang Qiao squinted at him, "What do you want to say?"