The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

"Report! A small group of enemies appear in the southeast!"

"Report!..."

Xiao Zheng just came down from the battlefield, his armor was still stained with the blood of the enemy, and he led his men out of the city after receiving the enemy's news.

"My lord, the son is out of the city with his troops to fight again, and the second son also went out to fight with him." Inside the camp, the aides clasped their hands and reported to the lord.

The prince paced around in the tent, stopped in front of Kanyu, and said, "Let the brothers go, it will be even more unsafe to let Zheng'er stay in the city. Has the news come back? How is the situation among those tribes?"

"It has been reported that there are frequent secret contacts between Beidi and Beiyi, and they have sent people to contact the leaders of various tribes in Northern Mongolia. It seems that their ambitions are not small."

"Yeah, how can we take them back after raising their ambitions?" The prince's eyes were deep. He had dealt with these barbarians outside the pass for many years, so how could he not understand their thoughts? He advocates that he has been committed to alienating the relationship between the tribes so that they cannot be integrated, otherwise how can the Northland maintain the peace of these years, but those individuals are all staring at the military power at this border, but this military power is so easy to control of it?Not too hot.

"My lord," someone came in to report, "There have been changes in both the west camp and the north camp. There have been rumors of food shortages, and the people under Ma Zongbing have also frequently contacted the middle and low-level generals in the two camps."

"Hmph, everyone is really uneasy, pass on the order, and let me keep an eye on it!" the prince said sharply.

"Yes, my lord."

"My lord, the price of food in the whole Northland is rising, and people's hearts are very fluctuating. Can the fourth son really deliver the food as scheduled?" The situation in the Northland and the border can't help them not to be nervous and worried. Once there is a shortage of food , the whole situation will fall into a vicious circle.

"This king believes in Qian'er, and what Qian'er promised will definitely be done."

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Xu Bei and Lao Qiu went south with the boat. They were busy before, but now they have a lot of time on the boat to listen to other people's gossip.

The two of them were still dressed in coarse cloth, and it was not conspicuous to mix with other people.

"Hey, these days are getting more and more difficult. There is no food in the house, and the price of food is changing every day. God really wants to see us people starve to death?"

"I thought life in the north was easier than in the south, but no matter how bad the situation in the south is, it's better than being barbarian soldiers coming in and killing you someday."

"No way, King Dingbei and his son are wise and powerful, they beat the barbarian soldiers to the brim, how could they let the barbarian soldiers come in, don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not just talking nonsense. It's rumored that there is no food at the border. How can we fight that battle?"

"No way, the court doesn't care about it?"

"The imperial court can't control it if they want to. The Xiao family guards the border and doesn't let the imperial court intervene. This is to watch our common people starve to death. After all, the people sitting in the Golden Luan Hall are still members of the Liao family."

"Hush... Keep your voice down, don't you want to die, don't you dare to say such things..."

Xu Bei and Lao Qiu outside the door heard these words and neither advanced nor retreated. It was obvious that someone secretly guided these rumors and wanted to push the inaction of the court to Dingbei Palace. The secret revealed meaning was Dingbei Palace There is something wrong with me.

"I didn't expect the situation to be so bad. The court wanted to kill the prince and the others," Lao Qiu was very angry. His years of battlefield experience made him more aware of the difficulty of the Dingbei Palace than others. If he didn't know that the fourth son and the others had already made arrangements With Xu Bei as the backup, Lao Qiu would have rushed in impulsively to quarrel with those people, "It's also thanks to us for saving more food, otherwise the family would have to tighten their belts."

"We just need to do our job well, and listen to those words, don't take it to heart." Xu Bei persuaded, comparing the behavior of the two parties, Xu Bei still hoped that the Fourth Young Master would win and the Liao family would be defeated. Instead, he looked down on the small actions of the court, and those people didn't care about the life and death of the common people.

When the first snow fell in the border town, Xu Bei and Lao Qiu finally stepped into the land of the capital. The bustling and noisy capital was full of people, and the two of them who entered the city gate seemed very dazed, with a kind of feeling. A feeling of nowhere to go.

Or should Xu Bei wake up from this daze first, he has seen the scenery of various places in his previous life, and even went abroad for sightseeing, but an ancient city can scare him to the ground?He didn't even look at who his brother Bei was.

"Old Qiu, let's find a place to settle down first." Xu Bei patted Lao Qiu on the shoulder.

Lao Qiu saw that Xu Bei was much more at ease than himself, so he couldn't help emboldening himself. It was too embarrassing for our folks in the Northland to be so timid. Peaceful and prosperous?Thinking about it this way, his gaze became more calm, and he also ignored the gazes of others watching their countrymen enter the city.

"Okay, listen to you, let's enjoy it too, haha."

The moment the two of them stepped into the capital, someone beside the Fourth Young Master reported, "Young Master, they are here."

The Fourth Young Master unhurriedly dropped the white jade chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, smiled and said to the person opposite: "It's your turn, my lord."

The black piece in Chen Wang's hand hangs for a while, and finally puts the piece down, laughing and saying: "This king has lost, and I am convinced of the loss. The fourth son's chess skills, I am afraid that there will be no opponent in the entire Da Li Dynasty."

The fourth son answered with a smile while picking up the chess pieces: "There are people out there, and there are people out there, and being modest is just a fluke."

"I only regret not being able to get acquainted with the Fourth Young Master and speak freely, Fourth Young Master, please rest assured, as long as I have the ability, I will definitely persuade Your Majesty and the Taifu to solve the plight of the Northland as soon as possible." Chen Wang got up and brushed his sleeves, Sincerely.

"Thank you so much for your great help. The people in Beidi will be grateful to you for this." The fourth son tried his best to get up and bowed to King Chen. The people of the people are also my powerful people, and this king can't watch the people in the north suffer and enjoy this peace."

The Fourth Young Master took advantage of the situation and sat down again. This action made his pale face flush again. The waiters around him hurriedly brought tea for him to drink. The Fourth Young Master smiled apologetically at King Chen. After the fourth son of Fan's body, he took his leave and left.

Seeing the tall and graceful figure slowly disappearing from sight, the fourth young master showed a slightly mocking smile.

When he came to the capital, although he spent most of his time recuperating in the other courtyard of the Dingbei Prince's Mansion - the Fourth Young Master was notoriously weak, and it was said that he suffered from the wind and cold on the road - but the situation in the capital was clearly seen However, with the addition of all kinds of people who came to visit him in the other courtyard in the name of visiting the sick, they looked coldly at the dignitaries and nobles in the capital who couldn't wait to stand up in the team.

There is also a restless third brother who is active around the capital. Even the old queen mother in the palace is said to love the third son of the Dingbei Prince's Mansion very much. Rewards continue to flow into the palace's other courtyards, and that majesty often praises the third son. Quite aristocratic style.

"Young master." Lu Yunzhi walked in with ease.

"Yun Zhi is back, how do you see it?" The Fourth Young Master looked up, but his expression at this moment was much better than when he played chess with Chen Wang before.

Lu Yunzhi's expression was calm, without regret, and said: "That's all, after all, I am not a fellow traveler, you don't have to worry about it, I didn't expect them from the beginning." Maybe he was born with shallow relatives. Marrying his mother for profit, and finally abandoning her mother for profit, he has long since disregarded his biological father, and has no affection for his family.

"That's fine, did you meet King Chen on the way here?" The Fourth Young Master warmed his hands holding a teacup.

"I see, King Chen is really as respectful as the rumors say, he cares about his subordinates very much, and even said a few words for his family." He is a character who sings and writes well, but if he didn't know his true face in advance, maybe he would be deceived by his skin, and it is not easy to be so comprehensive.

The Fourth Young Master laughed lightly, but soon stopped laughing, because Doctor Lin appeared at the door, holding a bowl of dark concoction in his hand.Seeing the face of the fourth young master who was about to turn into a bitter gourd, Miracle Doctor Lin was delighted, and striding in with his robe lifted, put the bowl in front of the fourth young master and said, "Drink it while it's hot, this medicine can't be fried very well." easy."

The fourth young master gave a wry smile and had no choice but to pinch his nose and gulp down the concoction.Even though he was a medicine jar since he was a child and never ran out of medicine, but during this period of time, Master Lin still let him see that there is no bitterest medicine, only bitterer medicine, and that strange medicine poured into his stomach, and his internal organs were exhausted. After tossing and tossing enough, his body is much lighter because of this, but it is still getting worse and worse in the eyes of others.

"Go to the inner room and take off your clothes." Miracle doctor Lin took out a golden needle and unceremoniously assigned the fourth son, who couldn't resist, so had to obediently obey the order, the inner room was warm and comfortable, and he was not afraid of freezing.

After half an hour passed, Miracle Doctor Lin came out sweating profusely. Lu Yunzhi hurried in, and saw a puddle of foul-smelling blackened blood in the copper basin beside the bed. While helping the fourth young master to dress, Lu Yunzhi didn't see any panic, walked over and picked up a cloth towel to help the sweaty young master wipe off his sweat, and asked in a low voice, "Young master, what's the matter?"

The fourth young master's eyelashes trembled, he opened his eyes, and showed a tired smile, but it made people see the vitality glowing inside: "It feels good, with two more times, the stasis in the body can be completely removed. "

After Lu Yunzhi and the waiter cleaned up the fourth young master, the fourth young master had already closed his eyes and let out a slight breathing sound. Lu Yunzhi gave the waiter a look, and the two of them tiptoed out. Said, this is also a process that consumes a lot of energy, so doctor Lin said that before the poison is removed, the body needs to be recuperated for a while, so that the young master can support the whole process.

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When King Chen returned to his mansion, he went to the study to summon his staff.

Chen Wang is a suspicious person, he does not blindly believe the news from the Dingbei Palace, but when other people show favors or make things difficult for the third son Xiao, he frequently meets with the fourth son, so that King Qi and Grand Master Fu can see He has no intention of getting involved in the Northland, and he can find out whether the fourth son of Xiao is really short-lived. If the time and place are not right, he is afraid that the longer the fourth son lives, the worse it will be for him.

"My lord," seeing the arrival of King Chen, several of the staff present hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully, "Congratulations, my lord, everything is progressing as expected by my lord, just wait for the time to come, my lord will be able to..."

With one hand behind, King Chen stretched out his hand and waved it to stop the compliments from his staff: "Although the current situation is favorable to this king, you must not be negligent until the last step is reached, just like the Wan family, who originally thought that Wan Jiu would be close to him. I, but I don’t want to be more and more alienated from me.” When it comes to the ninth son of the Wan family, Chen Wang is not without anger. The merchant's son showed his favor, and the other party should be grateful, but Wan Jia and Wan Jiu couldn't see their identities clearly. In his opinion, they were taking Joe.

"My lord, the little Wan family doesn't know how to praise you. After the lord is in power, there is no need for such disobedient merchants to exist." A staff member snorted coldly, and got the unanimous approval of several other people, all of whom were scholars. Having studied poetry and reading literature since childhood, he looked down on merchants with a smell of money the most. Being trampled on by such merchants, he felt resentful in his heart.

Chen Wang qu pointed to knocking on the case, he was also very angry, but he also knew that now is not the time to touch the Wanjia, let alone let others touch the foundation of the Wanjia, whether it is the Wanjia's network or the Wanjia's money, They are all very important parts of his plan.That's why before that he approached Wan Jiu quietly, introduced him into the literati circle of the capital to elevate his status, and secretly helped him in order to gain the gratitude of the Wan family. Changing his original temper, he actually followed his father to learn how to manage the family business.

The last time the queen mother returned to Beijing and angered the Wan family, Chen Wang was about to say a few words for the Wan family so as to avoid the punishment of the Wan family, but unexpectedly, Wan Jiu stood up and played tricks to appease the queen mother's anger, and took the initiative to take the initiative to become the queen mother Regarding the construction of the palace, the queen dowager, who was open to money, immediately praised the Wan family, which made Chen Wang's wishful thinking come to nothing. Thinking of the Wan family spending money to build the palace for the ignorant and greedy woman of the queen mother, Chen Wang's face became more and more ugly. Counting 10 taels of silver, including the money of the entire Wan family, was considered by him to be in his pocket long ago, but a large sum was scavenged by the queen mother.

"My lord, it's time to teach the Wan family a lesson and let them see their identities clearly. Isn't the king of Qi also interested in the Wan family's idea? Let's help the king of Qi behind the scenes, and the Wan family will fall into disarray." Know who you can rely on," suggested one of them.

"Okay, let's do it like this!" Chen Wang hammered the final word, although doing so would hurt the Wan family, but seeing that the Wan family became more and more ignorant, he had no choice but to be cruel.

Several staff members discussed how to use King Qi's hand to teach the Wan family a lesson. After the discussion, King Chen let them go, and he walked to the window, looking at Ao Zhu outside, with a confident smile on his lips .

Using the Qin Tianjian to succeed repeatedly, especially the last thunderstorm, not only seriously injured the fourth son of the Xiao family, but also hit the queen mother hard. The prime minister has also become a coward, and without him doing anything else, the king of Qi can't wait to jump out and fight the two of them. Now it seems that Fu Xiang and the queen mother's power are being pressed by the king of Qi step by step in the court. His incompetent nephew had to bow his head to King Qi. The situation of King Qi was very good, but who knew that King Qi was just a pawn in his hand. He took the initiative to jump onto the chessboard he had set up.

Therefore, everything is under his control, and it is only one million nine, which will not disturb his chess game. Outsiders only know that he is good at poetry, especially painting, but they don't know that he is better at planning.

It's just Wan Jiu, and it will still fall into his hands in the end, and then he will make Wan Jiu obey him obediently.

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Xu Bei and Lao Qiu mingled in the wells of Beicheng City. They either walked the streets and alleys to deal with the small vendors, or ran into the teahouse to order a pot of tea and listen to the storyteller. The basic situation, especially now that the reputation of the Empress Dowager and Prime Minister Fu is extremely bad, even in the market there is no shortage of pointers to them.

Lao Qiu shouted: "My dear, that old woman was actually struck by lightning. If you want me to say that it was well done, it's a pity that I didn't kill her."

Xu Bei stroked his chin and thought, this is too coincidental. How could the thunder just happen to hit the queen mother's palace? The people in the alley dare to openly talk about the Queen Mother, saying that the rooster drives the morning, if it is not a coincidence, in fact, for modern people, it is still very easy to lure the thunder from the sky. The so-called Heavenly Punishment... Xu Bei trembled, not daring to think about it anymore. This power struggle in the court is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary Shengdou people.

"The emperor's child is not a good one either. He was bewildered by beauty at a young age and wandered around in the harem. Even court meetings were put on hold. It is said that the little emperor was raised so fat that he had to have fun. He was raised in the palace earlier. The mother tiger killed all the servants in the palace, and the emperor's son actually clapped his hands." The more Lao Qiu said, the more disappointed he was, that such an incompetent person could sit on the throne, no wonder the little emperor's uncle Restless.

"Crack!" A person dressed as a scholar on the table not far away slapped the table vigorously and cursed, "I'm going to scold that thief Fu for being so shameless. Thinking of making progress and sinking into pleasure, disregarding the government affairs, if Jiang Dashi is still there, he will never let Fu thief monopolize the court for his own selfish desires, and fall into the current dilemma. If you want me to say, the court should choose another virtuous person , so that I will not be allowed to repeat the fate of the old dynasty."

The man stood on the stool again, and his voice became louder and louder: "I just want to scold Fu thief, even if Fu thief lets his dog legs come and get me, even if I am going to die, I will still scold this treacherous minister, Fu thief is filthy and messy!" The harem, framing loyal ministers, eliminating dissidents, a day of being a thief, I will never have a peaceful day!"

A group of officials rushed in from outside, and one of them shouted: "It's that little thief who slandered Mr. Fu, that's him! He's planning to make trouble for the government and die!"

With a "crash", the whole teahouse was in chaos. Lao Qiu pulled Xu Bei and ran in the other direction when there was something strange outside. Fu thief is the criminal minister who seeks the court, the treacherous minister" was dragged away, and even the people around him were taken away as accomplices.

When the teahouse finally calmed down, the two came out from the corner and looked at each other. They didn't expect to encounter such a terrible scene while watching the excitement.

There were still a few pools of blood left on the ground of the teahouse, which made people feel cold when they saw it.

Xu Bei looked at the crowd who came back after they had dispersed, but most of them showed resentment. Presumably, such a move made the people and students even more dissatisfied with Prime Minister Fu's actions. The protests inside and outside the court hall were probably getting louder. up.

When the two left the teahouse, Lao Qiu sighed, "I'm afraid the scholar's life will be lost." He stretched out his head and whispered to Xu Bei, "They said that the thief Fu messed up the harem, and they meant that the current emperor's son was not the late emperor's son at all. Blood, but this Fu thief and that woman..." He didn't continue, but his eyes clearly showed his inner thoughts.

Xu Bei scratched his ears. The court and the capital are really chaotic. He said, "Let's hurry up and leave. This place... makes people really uneasy."

"No, it's really bad. It's better for us in the north, and the prince is also a good person." In Lao Qiu's eyes, compared with the emperor Fu Xiang and the queen mother who killed innocent people indiscriminately, King Dingbei is a very good person. Yes, I have been guarding the border all these years, unlike these people in the capital who only know how to enjoy themselves and don't care about the lives of the people.