Startled Meng

"It's been four days since we left Jiangling, and we've been traveling day and night. At the latest, we can arrive at Ye City tomorrow morning." He Qian looked at the vast road ahead, and said, "I don't know what's going on in the imperial city."

Hearing this, Meng Jingyuan, who was sitting high on a horse beside him, turned his head and glanced at the endless marching team, and said: "King Rui has blocked the imperial city for more than five days, and the news cannot be spread. Sooner or later, everyone will notice it. If there is any general to lead the army, and gather people from all directions, the four battalions outside the city will not be feared."

What's more, it is impossible for the four battalions outside the city to be captured by King Rui. He Qian is not without confidence. He is afraid that the emperor trapped in the imperial city will make a mistake. Brother?"

They didn't know it when they were far away in Jiangling, but before the incident happened, there had been rumors in Beijing that a baby born by Concubine Yun in Yunshui Temple was living among the people. There are gossips criticizing the current emperor's poor luck and frequent natural and man-made disasters after he succeeds to the throne. Anyone who thinks about it can guess that the current emperor is going to be in trouble.

At this point, the military adviser guessed: "Whether Concubine Yun has such a second son is yet to be determined, it is probably just an excuse concocted by King Rui to cover up his evil intentions."

He Qian spat: "King Rui hid deep enough, he pretended to be sick so he couldn't walk, right?"

Meng Jingyuan wanted to go elsewhere, and said: "King Rui has no achievements in convincing the public, and it is difficult to stabilize the court if he is forced to ascend the throne. Otherwise, he will not concoct such rumors. He needs an excuse to get the jade seal in a legitimate way."

He Qian didn't know the deep meaning of Meng Jingyuan's words, and Meng Jingyuan didn't intend to say it clearly. The key to this excuse may lie in Yan Cijing.

When he left Yecheng two years ago, he had visited Yunshui Temple, which had nothing to do with fulfilling his vows. He wanted to confirm one thing, which was related to Yan Cijing's life experience, and the later results confirmed his guess.

Originally thinking that Yan Cijing didn't remember the past, he shouldn't use his guesses to add to his troubles, but now thinking about it, if he had explained earlier, maybe Yan Cijing could be prepared...

Yan Cijing was indeed unprepared, whether it was facing Jing Che, or facing King Rui who was surrounded by the door and had no trace of sickness on his face.

"Look at Mr. Yan's appearance. It seems that he hasn't had a good rest all the way?" King Rui lifted up the corner of his clothes to show off his intact legs, sat down on the brought chair cheerfully, and looked at him with a smile on his face. Yan Cijing, "How is it? Do you know why this king brought you here?"

Yan Cijing sneered: "I don't know what orders His Royal Highness King Rui has, but I'm afraid I can't help King Rui with his soft words."

"How could it be?" King Rui winked and asked someone to push Yan Cijing on the chair opposite him and sit on an equal footing with him.

"Master Yan is a pillar of talent. This king is short of such people, and this king has found love with you. If you are willing, when this king succeeds, I will never treat you badly."

Yan Cijing knew that he tied himself here definitely not to show favor, but he had no intention of dealing with King Rui, so he only asked: "How can I leave?"

"Leave?" King Rui laughed, and the minions around him also laughed, laughing Yan Cijing didn't know what to do, "Leave this place and go to Jiangling to be a sesame official, are you satisfied? Master Yan?"

King Rui clicked his tongue and pondered: "It's not good to have a surname of Yan. It's better to be surnamed Yu. I have the same surname as this king. Stay in Yecheng, do you think it's okay?"

Yan Cijing was unmoved, as if he couldn't understand the deep meaning in King Rui's words.

Ordinary courtiers have been frightened for a long time. Yan Cijing's indifferent appearance can be described as bold, which made King Rui a little annoyed. His cheek, forcing him to look up and meet his gaze.

"Master Yan... is somewhat similar to this king."

Yan Cijing broke free from his hand, and turned his face away impatiently, "King Rui, don't want to take down the official to have fun."

"How could it be?" King Rui smiled, "This king has found love with you, and recognizes you as a younger brother, how about it?"

Yan Cijing sneered: "Don't dare to go with the rebels."

"Why are you a traitor?" King Rui blamed, "You have helped me a lot. It is cruel to turn your face and deny anyone."

Yan Cijing sneered: "Jiang Tu of Muzhou, the officials have cut off King Rui's fortune, and King Rui should hate me." Jiang Tu rushed to plunder the tea merchants' wealth, not for himself. When Prince Rui's mansion goes out, it's probably just to recruit troops to buy immediately, right?

This incident really made King Rui very unhappy, "It's my king who was negligent and sent you to Jiangling, just because I didn't know how to be kind, and even bit me back."

Yan Cijing broke into a cold sweat. Originally, with his qualifications, it made sense for him to be transferred to Nanman by Wei Cheng. In the end, he went to the affluent Jiangling. Was it King Rui's handwriting?King Rui already knew about the relationship between the Yu family and the Meng family...

Yan Cijing asked, "You already knew there was something else hidden in Meng Xiao's old case?"

"I don't know." King Rui admitted generously, "It was this king who saw you working hard to investigate the case and cleared the way for you."

Who is it clearing the way for?To overthrow Wei Cheng was indeed Yan Cijing's goal of becoming an official, but that was also King Rui's goal, so King Rui helped him out at the birthday banquet, rescued him from the backyard of the palace, and even threw an olive branch at him. Everything is to save his life, let him fight with Wei Cheng, and let King Rui enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman.

Far more than that!In the early years, he changed his ranking privately in the imperial examination fraud case, and it was definitely not his luck that he was able to hide from the examination of Zhongshu's sect!Later, he wanted to expose the corpses of the imperial army hidden under the Cangshan Mountain. It was King Rui who made a hindrance, which made Wei Cheng suspicious and forced Meng Jingyuan to cooperate with Zhang Shaoqiu!There was also the theft of the mausoleum later, which must have been written by King Rui.

Yan Cijing wanted to understand everything, and he hated King Rui even more. He achieved his goal of accusing Wei Cheng and helped King Rui invisibly. The two had no cooperation, but King Rui crossed the river and demolished the bridge.

"It's your fault for slaughtering the Whisperer!"

King Rui said innocently: "This statement is wrong. If Yufeng hadn't acted, how could the little boy of the Meng family have left Yecheng with you so early? This king is helping you, and Yecheng is going to be in chaos. Does Master Yan still want to swim in the muddy water?"

Yan Cijing was about to laugh angrily. If he really wanted to help him, what would he do now? The Shisanpo incident made it difficult for Wei Cheng to escape. King Rui's goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to let Yan Cijing stay Live.

Those joints that Yan Cijing couldn't understand are all clear at this moment. It was King Rui who chased and killed him and Meng Jingyuan on Shisanpo. The hiding place of Prince Yin was suddenly exposed. It was King Rui who did it, and Prince Yin returned to the mausoleum. Gong is justified in his name, and spreading rumors among the people that the current saint has no talent and virtue is even more in line with the trend.

He was supposed to plan a strategy, but in the end he had to use his power to eradicate Wei Cheng. Yan Cijing guessed that now that King Rui could stand in front of him, it must be difficult to force the palace.

He was just a traitor and a traitor, so he deserved to be treated with stern speech and courtesy, he cast aside his dignity, his eyes were full of disdainful ridicule.

He is "rather to be broken than to be whole", but this appearance fell in the eyes of King Rui, but it was "a centipede is dead but not stiff". Someone gouged out his eyes to see if he dared to be presumptuous.

King Rui patted Yan Cijing's face, retreated to sit on the armchair, glanced at the direction where Jing Che was standing with a half-smile, and said:

"This king has repeatedly saved you, but later sent someone to kill you. Do you know why?"

Yan Cijing didn't understand, but he guessed that the change in King Rui's attitude towards him was consistent with the reason why he was taken captive today, so he pretended to know it well, accompanied by mocking eyes, and completely deceived King Rui.

His eyes burned into the dark place of King Rui's heart like torches. He became angry with embarrassment, suddenly burst into a slap, and slapped Yan Cijing hotly on the face.

"Bastard! You already know, right? You've heard all the rumors in the city? Are you secretly happy? Huh? The prince and grandson living among the people?"

Concubine Yun returned to the palace after giving birth to a baby in Yunshui Temple. Wei Xinru became suspicious when she saw her plump body. She made a fuss, but no one believed her. She was not reconciled and sent someone to Yunshui Temple to watch. A baby was sent out and chased all the way to Peixian County, trying to take the baby away, but failed.

This is what King Rui heard from the Queen Mother's personal maid. As for how he knew that the child was living in the Meng Mansion, it was because he figured out the reason why the national teacher haunted the Meng family after the Meng family was overthrown, so Knowing Yan Cijing's identity on the night of Shisanpo's incident, he immediately ordered to be strangled.

"You already know your identity, right? Then why pretend? What are you pretending to be in front of me?"

"Come on, call the emperor to listen, come on!"

King Rui almost crushed Yan Cijing's jaw, but Yan Cijing couldn't even struggle, and was so shocked that he lost his soul.

He knows that his appearance is somewhat similar to that of Concubine Yun. A few days ago, he found dusty memories, lotus pond, woman, and Sanskrit. He had already guessed about his life experience, but the guess is guess after all. , which is different from saying it from someone else's mouth.

But King Rui didn't really tell him about his background when he came here. He couldn't have any brotherhood towards Yan Cijing, otherwise he wouldn't have sent someone to kill him immediately after finding out his identity. It's a pity that I didn't succeed, and fortunately I didn't succeed, so it will be useful to stay.

Right now, he is working hard to play the elder brother, as if the blood is connected at once, he actually poured out his long-standing grievances to Yan Cijing in hysteria.

"Don't you hate it? Yan Cijing, Concubine Yun left you behind after giving birth. She has always been so selfish. When she took the order to leave the palace, she had the heart to feed me the poisonous juice, so that I would never die in front of my father." It's a weak look, if it wasn't for her! How could you be living outside? If it wasn't for her! How would I lose the qualification to compete for the crown prince?"

"I have kept a low profile for more than ten years. I have endured humiliation and I have been blindsided. Brother, take a look, look at Brother Huang. Are you really not worthy of wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a dragon chair?"

King Rui's "long-term illness" body couldn't bear such turbulent emotions. In addition, Yan Cijing avoided him and fought against him with all his strength. He didn't have the obedience and harmony that a younger brother should have, so he had no choice but to raise his hand and teach him a lesson. This brother who doesn't know what is good or bad is gone.

Yan Cijing was turbulent for several days, his face was already gloomy, and he slapped down again, blood gushed from the corner of his mouth, his cheeks were burning with pain, and the buzzing in his ears couldn't stop, if it wasn't for the officers and soldiers behind him clamping him, he might die fall.

"cough--"

Yan Cijing hadn't eaten for a few days, and now his eyes were turning black. Even so, he still refused to let King Rui see the slightest submission and compromise. He didn't believe it, his background was definitely not what King Rui said. !

Under the control of others and still so stubborn, Concubine Yun was accused of having an affair with the guards and punished to kneel in the imperial garden, she also looked like this, King Rui was a little dazed, and then unknown resentment and anger made him raise his hands high again.

"Isn't that enough?"

King Rui blushed with anger, withdrew his hand, patted his cuffs, and squinted at Jing Che: "This king is teaching this king's incompetent younger brother, why do you need outsiders to point out?"

"Why does King Rui want to take down the official to make fun?" As soon as Yan Cijing spoke, blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. He frowned in pain, but the words he said were not begging for mercy, "Could it be that King Rui misremembered? strict."

King Rui made a play: "Oh? You mean, the king recognized the wrong person and hit the wrong person?" Although he was talking to Yan Cijing, his eyes were looking at Jing Che by the pool. People drag Yan Cijing to the pool.

"Even if you are not this king's younger brother, it's okay for this king to punish the untouchables." He looked at the blood dripping all the way, and said disgustedly, "Don't say that this king is cold-hearted, come here and clean his face."

The two people holding Yan Cijing had to order, pressed Yan Cijing's head, and pressed him into the cold pool water.

Immediately, bubbles appeared continuously on the surface of the water, and then, Yan Cijing struggled violently, his body convulsed uncontrollably, and he was about to drown at any time.

He heard King Rui say that Yan's surname is special, but it's far less noble than Huang's. It doesn't seem like it was meant for him, because he can't choose his own surname, just like he can't control his own destiny at this moment.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Yan Cijing was pulled up, and before he could catch his breath, he was pushed into the water again.

The water is very clear, and the fresh lotus that grows makes the water a little sweet, and there are fish swimming in the bottom of the lake, no one will come here without saying good things, but the pond is built here, it shouldn't be to kill people.

Yan Cijing couldn't remember how many times he was pushed into the water. He found that the world above and below the water had become one, and all of them were emitting a dark green light. All the figures were writhing. The fist in the sleeve also deformed.

His ears were filled with water, and he could hear nothing but vaguely. He vaguely heard King Rui laughing, asking the national teacher how he could stand it, and asked the national teacher to save him.How to save?Yan Cijing didn't understand, and the national teacher was helpless.

King Rui came to slap him in the face and asked him to ask the national teacher. Yan Cijing shook his head. He couldn't figure out why King Rui said that the national teacher could save him. King Rui said that blood is thicker than water. Is it father and son?Before Yan Cijing could figure it out, he was thrown into the water again.

He has completely given up struggling, and he regrets that he misunderstood the national teacher when he woke up. If he can hold his breath, he still has a chance to entrust his last words to the national teacher.

"Mirror element..."

When he was pulled out of the water again, Yan Cijing couldn't bear it anymore, and carefully let out his grievances.

With no one pressing him down, he fell to the ground and vomited.There was a fishy smell in the pool water, causing him to vomit the water in his belly.

"poor thing--"

Yan Cijing fell to the ground limply, and the only thing that could respond to King Rui was a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and King Rui also laughed with him, and taught him as his elder brother.

"Remember, it was our lofty national teacher who saved you."

Yan Cijing didn't respond, he was relieved, and passed out completely.

The author says:

I don't know if anyone has guessed Xiaoyan's life experience, it's quite bumpy