The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Xue Liangfu is not only the chief assistant of the former cabinet, but also has many cronies in his hands, and he has thousands of disciples, many of whom have reached the third rank or above.

After a brief discussion in Xue's residence, Xue Liangfu sent out the nursing home and private guards in the residence to investigate the news first.

On the other side, he handed Huai Chun a letter written by himself, "Take this letter to King Yu, and he will help you."

King Yu is the posthumous son of the first emperor, who was born by a woman from the south of the Yangtze River when the first emperor was on a tour.

Later, it was the local magistrate in the south of the Yangtze River who sent the dragon son to the palace, but at that time the first emperor had already passed away, and the current emperor intended to expel the second son, but the queen mother took him and reluctantly left him alive.

There were many heirs of the former emperor, but most of them died in the battle for the throne. The current emperor's methods are vicious, killing brothers and brothers, leaving only a few concubine princes without the protection of the mother's family.

As for the posthumous son left by his father, he saw that the other party had no ambitions. After many years, he reluctantly sealed a idle king without even a fief. humanlike.

But although King Yu is a dandy all day long, his literary talent is not bad. In the past, in order to worship Xue Liangfu as his teacher, he visited the door every day for a month to see him.

Xue Liangfu was soft-hearted, so he took him under the door, but in consideration of his status, he was still not considered a teacher and student in the end.

As for Yu Wang in private, he still respectfully addressed Xue Liangfu as a teacher, so he didn't mention it.

Bai Yan saw that Xue Liangfu instructed Huai Chun, he was a little concerned, "Teacher, then I..."

"You stay in the mansion with peace of mind. These matters will be handled by the old man and the Ning family boy." Unlike others, Xue Liangfu kept calling Huai Chun as Ning Xuanhuai in private. He still recognizes the title of the number one talented scholar.

Bai Yan was stunned: "But outside..."

"Don't worry about what's going on outside. Now I'll ask someone to send a letter to Xiao Jiuqin to report his safety." Xue Liangfu said, there was no room for Bai Yan to refute, but he couldn't stand it, trying to reason with Xue Liangfu.

"Teacher, you are not familiar with gunpowder. I know a lieutenant in the firearms battalion, and I asked him about firearms. Now only I can destroy those things."

Bai Yan wanted to go out wholeheartedly, but Xue Liangfu refused. Not only that, Xue Liangfu also asked the servants in the mansion to watch him: "Wei Chengfeng's people want to arrest you, once you fall into their hands, how can Xiao Jiuqin do it?" Peace of mind to fight?"

Bai Yan looked at Huai Chun, wanting him to help, but Huai Chun quickly looked away, Bai Yan was annoyed: "Teacher, I'm causing trouble by staying in the mansion, Wei Chengfeng will definitely send someone to your mansion later Search online, if I am here, not only will I not be able to help, but it will also implicate everyone in the family."

Xue Liangfu wanted to say more, but Bai Yan took out the Black Dragon Axe and stuffed it into his hand: "Teacher, I can't trust anyone else, I can only leave this thing to you... I have troubled you several times before, but now... I'm afraid I will trouble you again once."

His voice was a little hoarse: "Whether Xiao Jiuqin can defend Yingdu or not, the emperor of Daliang cannot be Wei Chengju. I falsely preached the imperial decree earlier, and the emperor will definitely not let me go... just wait for the city to break or, Xiao Jiuqin defeated Wei Chengju, and the emperor will deal with me first."

If he had been hesitant before, then now Bai Yan completely ignored it, and he told the reality in front of Huai Chun and Xue Liangfu.

He knew what he was going to face from the moment he falsely preached the imperial edict. Xiao Jiuqin was busy with the war, and although he was in a hurry, the emperor didn't care whether the imperial edict was given to him by Huai Chun or not. Inkstone falsely passed on the imperial decree, which hindered Guozuo.

Perhaps not only Bai Yan, but even Huai Chun could not escape the emperor's punishment.

"Xiao Jiuqin can protect you." Xue Liangfu's old face was also worried.

"I always have to rely on Xiao Jiuqin to protect me," Bai Yan smiled softly: "Although I am married to him, the emperor can't sit still, not to mention Xiao Jiuqin's great contribution, if you want to Punish...you can just punish me, it's not like I haven't been in prison before, as long as he doesn't behead my head, I'm willing to suffer a little bit, I just hope that I won't hurt others again."

Bai Yan's face was indifferent, but both Xue Liangfu and Huai Chun understood what he meant. From the beginning to the end, Bai Yan knew that this war could not be summed up by a simple rebellion. The involvement is too extensive, whether it is Bai Yanhuai Chun Xiao Jiuqin or Yunzhong Wei Chengju, even Nanyi has an inescapable responsibility.

The emperor was deceived by the Nanyi wizards, and everyone coveted the throne. In addition to the chaos that had occurred during this period of time, Bai Yan could almost predict what kind of chaos would arise after this war ended.

He can't protect the person he wants to protect, so he tries to erase all these things as much as possible.

As for himself, Bai Yan knew that he couldn't escape, as long as his life was not endangered, he was sure to deal with the emperor's censure.

Maybe others will only laugh at him for being sentimental, or even a saint, but only he knows that he doesn't want anyone to get hurt or die in this mess, whether it was five years ago or now, he doesn't want to Seeing the people you cherish leave one by one, and most importantly, what are the common people?They never did anything wrong.

From the royal family to the family of officials and eunuchs, the superiors stir up the situation, they may not care about the safety of the common people, but Bai Yan cannot.

"Why do you take care of everything?" Huai Chun looked at Bai Yan: "This world is not yours alone, the emperor doesn't cherish his people, why should you cherish him?"

Bai Yan shook his head: "The Marquis of Pingjin taught me that the people are more important than the emperor. I didn't understand it at that time. I only thought that the emperor and the people should coexist and coexist. Only the people need to be faithful..."

He looked at Huai Chun: "Under the whole world, you are also a common people. All I want to do is to make the killing less."

Huai Chun seemed not to understand Bai Yan: "Why do you..."

Xue Liangfu interrupted Huai Chun: "Don't try to persuade Bai Yan anymore, he understands Bai Yan, but...the road ahead is difficult, you have to live."

Bai Yan nodded: "I will, Xiao Jiuqin is still waiting for me."

Even Xue Liangfu no longer stopped Bai Yan, Huai Chun had no choice but to let him choose.

Huai Chun and Bai Yan split into two groups, Huai Chun took Xue Liangfu's autograph letter to find Yu Wang, while Bai Yan took the rest of the people to the place where the gunpowder was found.

As expected, not long after they left, Wei Chengfeng's people knocked on Xue's door.

Xue Liangfu didn't stop him too much, and asked them to search, but after finding nothing, they left two monitors and left.

Wei Chengju was determined to hold the entire Yingdu in his hands. He prepared for the worst. Gunpowder was placed on almost every street in Yingdu, and most of the important official residences were arranged with inestimable layouts. The amount of gunpowder.

Bai Yan made a rough estimate: "If these gunpowders are ignited at the same time, it will only take half an hour, and the entire Yingdu will be reduced to dust."

"Is Wei Chengju crazy?" After receiving Xue Liangfu's letter, King Yu actually came in person. Together with Bai Yan, he watched the people below arrange the gunpowder in an orderly manner, and then rushed to the next place. His face was pale , I wish I could go down immediately and destroy all of these.

"I'm afraid even Yun Zhong doesn't know about this." Bai Yan pointed to a place: "The Grand Master's Mansion is surrounded by the emperor's people. These people are afraid of being discovered, so they only put them in the back door, but the one next door to the Grand Master's Mansion This mansion... I'm afraid I won't be able to escape this catastrophe."

As long as the mansion next door is bombed, the Grand Master's Mansion will inevitably be destroyed.

"What exactly does Wei Chengju want to do?" King Yu looked at Bai Yan, "If you just want to be emperor, you don't have to be so eager to destroy Liang, he is not crazy enough to be crazy!"

"Wei Chengju probably never thought of keeping the emperor from the beginning to the end..." Huai Chun looked at the palace, "I once heard an anecdote that more than ten years ago, the young Wei Chengju seemed to be because of the eunuchs in the palace... ...damaged my body..."

"What do you mean?" King Yu was at a loss.

"Back then, the emperor favored a concubine who was sent to the palace from the people. During that time, he paid little attention to the affairs of the harem, and the queen was depressed because of falling out of favor. It seems that at that time, an eunuch in Wei Chengju's palace was punished. Bind Wei Chengju to the couch...and destroyed his body..."

"Destroyed?" Yu Wang was surprised: "Is he inhumane, or..."

"It's not that far." Huai Chun didn't know exactly what he knew, but he knew that one thing was true: "Wei Chengju told the emperor about it later, but he was locked up in the bedroom instead."

"Not only that, the emperor handed over the five-flowered eunuch to Wei Chengju, and also gave him a dagger, poison and other things, forcing him to torture/kill the eunuch."

When Huai Chun said this, King Yu gasped: "Wei Chengju was only a few years old at that time, how could he be able to kill someone?"

Huai Chun didn't answer him, and continued: "In the end, the eunuch's death was miserable, Wei Chengju was also frightened by that incident for nearly half a month, and then he recovered suddenly one day, but his temperament changed drastically, except for a little restraint in front of the Second Highness. , and the rest of the time it's crazy."

"One more thing." Bai Yan glanced at Huai Chun: "The emperor once told the empress in front of Wei Chengju that the second son is not worthy of such a great responsibility, even the second prince Wei Chengdan."

King Yu was stunned.

Huai Chun was also stunned.

Bai Yan looked at Huai Chun: "You didn't tell Wei Chengdan about this because you were afraid of affecting him, but you forgot that Wei Chengdan, who didn't know that Wei Chengju was a lunatic, was always in danger of being killed."

"What you think is good for him is actually hurting him."

Wei Chengju's madness is not the result of one incident, but the accumulated resentment from successive blows.

Wei Chengdan was not favored, and Wei Chengju, who was another legitimate son, felt that he was the chosen candidate for the crown prince since he was sensible. Even though he was still young at that time, he knew that he was better than Wei Chengdan.

It's just that he didn't expect that the eunuch's revenge made him crazy, and the torture on his body was his nightmare for many years later.

And the emperor's words were another pusher, sending him into the bottomless abyss.

Since you feel that I am not worthy of the great responsibility and that I am not as good as Wei Chengtan, then I will let you see whether I am qualified or not.

Aren't you the emperor? Why can't I, Wei Chengju, be the emperor?

Didn't you say that you are the only worthy master of Yingdu? Then I, Wei Chengju, will destroy your prosperous city.

If I can't get it, I might as well destroy it...