King's Landing [Rebirth]

The night was thick, and Xia Yongsi was flipping through a book in a meditation room at Chaoyin Temple in Yixing County, but he couldn't read any of the words in the book. He kept thinking about the assassination of Wang Shuzhi in his mind.

Although he also knew that he was being used by the prince, but many things in this world had to be paid for in order to gain. It was not surprising to be used. Didn't he himself hope to use the power of the prince to revitalize the lintel?It's just that now that his deeds have been exposed, and his hopes have been shattered, he really doesn't know whether to hide from the prince, or to take the initiative to plead guilty to him.

What's more, now that he is apparently introspecting himself in the monastery, he is actually grounded by his uncle. Apart from daily homework, it is very difficult for him to do anything and see anyone outside.

Xia Yongsi sighed softly, put the book aside, blew out the candle, and lay down on the couch with all his clothes on. Just as he closed his eyes, he heard a "creaking" sound coming from outside. But it is very obvious.

Soon, the sound came to the door of the meditation room, Xia Yongsi sat up from the couch in doubt, and was about to ask questions, when he heard a gentle knock on the door, not slow or urgent, quite calm.

Xia Yongsi was puzzled, so he relit the candlestick, walked over and opened the door, looked at the people outside and was stunned: "You are..."

The person who came had an unfamiliar face, hidden in the darkness, he could not see clearly, he only smiled at him, and said in a low voice: "I am here to bring a message under the order of the prince."

Xia Yong thought for a while, opened the door to let him in, and closed the door.

The visitor was not polite, so he went straight in and took a seat on the other side of the candlestick. Xia Yongsi subconsciously looked back and saw only his own figure reflected on the window paper. He felt inexplicably uneasy, walked over and sat down opposite him, and lowered his He asked in a loud voice, "I don't know what orders the prince has?"

The person who came also replied in a low voice: "Hearing that the prime minister has returned to Kuaiji safely, the crown prince is very puzzled. I wonder if Mr. Xia has acted according to plan?"

Xia Yongsi said shamelessly: "It is true that I acted according to the plan, but I didn't expect the prime minister to escape. I was careless in this matter. I thought that the prime minister is a literati and it is extremely difficult to escape with only two guards. I did not expect him to be very agile. Yes..." Xia Yongsi took out a letter from his sleeve, "I have always wanted to apologize to the prince, but my uncle ordered me to stay here, so I wrote a letter, please pass it on for me."

The man took the letter indifferently, and said: "With the prime minister's mind, it is not difficult to find out the matter, why didn't he make things difficult for you?"

"This..." Xia Yongsi paused, and quickly thought about it. He wondered if the prince was suspicious of him. He was about to explain something, but he didn't notice that the man took out the rope from his sleeve. Being strangled, his complexion suddenly changed, "You..."

A coil of rope tightly wrapped around his neck, the man didn't wait for him to speak, he grabbed one end and pulled hard, pulling him half a circle and fell to the ground, then tightened the strength in his hand.

"Save..." Xia Yongsi couldn't feel it, his face was flushed, his feet were kicking on the ground, and his hands were frantically pulling the restraint around his neck.

The man stood up abruptly and lifted him directly from the ground.

Xia Yongsi lifted his feet off the ground and started kicking anxiously. He felt a severe pain in his throat and his neck seemed to be broken.

Someone threw him on the couch, raised his knees against his back, tightened the rope with both hands, and did not loosen it.

Xia Yongsi gasped with his mouth open "hoho", struggled for a while, and finally rolled his eyes, drooped his head weakly, and completely lost his anger.

The man sniffed his breath, loosened the rope, raised his hand and threw it around the beam, tied a knot at the end, lifted Xia Yongsi up and hung it on the rope loop, and placed a lying bamboo table underneath. , and then leave.

The next day, the sad news of Xia Yongsi hanged himself spread from the temple to the prefect's mansion, and the whole Xia family was shocked. Xia Zhizhang even stumbled into the temple, fell on Xia Yongsi's body and cried bitterly: "Brother, I'm sorry for you!"

The abbot of the temple looked sad and handed him a letter: "Xia Tanyue, I found this in a corner."

This letter was accidentally grabbed by Xia Yongsi from the man when he was struggling fiercely. At that time, neither of them noticed that it fell in a corner. The letter of apology made my heart skip a beat, and I hurriedly asked, "Which corner?"

The host pointed it out to him.

Xia Zhizhang looked at the corner, then at the place where the rope was hanging, and suddenly became suspicious, thinking that although his nephew had always secretly hated his talent, this time he was confined in a small monastery, but it was unreasonable because of these Not to mention committing suicide without warning, not to mention, where did such a long rope come from?

Thinking of this, Xia Zhizhang went out, searched around in the snow, and finally found a series of footprints covered by scattered snow, his complexion changed drastically.

I am afraid that this matter has something to do with the prince.

Xia Zhizhang was in tears, clutching the letter in his hand, with hatred in his eyes.

The crown prince ordered someone to kill an unknown person. Relying on his own identity, he didn't deliberately cover up much. It only needs to be connected before and after this matter, plus some suspicious signs, it is enough to point the finger at him.

In the end, the prince is too self-confident and young and vigorous.

After solving Xia Yongsi, there is no proof of death. When the prince was in a good mood, he waited for the second piece of good news. Seeing that his confidant handed over a tightly sealed letter box, he immediately smiled and slowly opened the seal. , Shaking out the letter, thinking in his heart that if Wang Shuzhi refused to let him go, he would bite him back.

It's just that after opening the letter and seeing the contents clearly, the prince's expression changed, and his eyes suddenly widened.

There is no handwriting on the letter paper, only a picture, and the picture in the picture is a bastard.

The servants around watched his face turn from blue to white, and then from white to blue again, and couldn't help but look at each other.

"This... this is the wrong one!" The prince trembled, staring fixedly at the bastard on the painting. He didn't know if he was delusional. exactly the same.

The confidant who sent the letter didn't know, so: "Return to Your Highness, I didn't take it by mistake."

The two court ladies standing behind the prince secretly raised their eyelids to look, they were also dumbfounded, then they glanced at each other, and held back a smile with their lips pursed.

The prince was furious, and threw the painting at his feet: "Is this also called a secret letter? Will you eat the real one when you steal it back?"

The confidant didn't know what kind of anger he was getting, so he bent over and just caught a glimpse of the outline of a bastard, and saw that bastard was stepped on by the prince and crushed several times, turning into a puddle of bastard meat mud.

The prince was furious, so he picked up the picture of Wang Ba and shook it. Although he and the Wang family did not deal with each other, he had seen quite a few of Wang Shuzhi's paintings, so he calmed down and examined them carefully, and it turned out that they were all Wang Shuzhi's. He suddenly understood the handwriting in his heart, and was suddenly so angry that he said, "It's a trick!"

The news quickly spread among the servants and maids of the East Palace secretly. Although they didn't understand the whole story, they did not hinder each other's interest in joking. Everyone couldn't help wondering who was so bold to draw a bastard as a gift to His Royal Highness , It's just a matter of life.

But this matter is the crown prince's fault, even if he is so angry that he can only dive into the water and put out the fire himself, how dare he say it, let alone how embarrassed he is, he is too embarrassed to say it, even the queen mother has to hide it In the end, he gritted his teeth and could only swallow blood in his stomach, let alone take Wang Shuzhi's life.

When the news reached Kuaiji County, Wang Shuzhi couldn't stop laughing: "Yan Qing, I really want to see the face of the prince who is so angry but unable to vent his anger. This bastard is still your idea, you are much more ruthless than me, hahahaha !"

Just as he was laughing heartily, a soft voice came from outside: "What is so happy?"

Wang Shuzhi got up quickly, and welcomed a middle-aged woman with the charm of mountains and rivers in her eyebrows, and called out affectionately with a smile: "Mother."

Sima Rong hurriedly stood up, raised his sleeves and cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Madam."

Wang Shuzhi resembles his mother, except that Mrs. Wang's face is much softer. Although she is no longer young, she still has the same charm as before. The pair of smiling eyes on her face are as clear as a spring, and they also imply the sharpness of mountains. Women, but dare not be underestimated.

She looked at Sima Rong, smiled and nodded: "You don't need to be polite, your injury is not healed yet, please sit down and rest."

She didn't take Sima Rong seriously at first, because in her opinion, since she served in the prime minister's shogunate, it was right for him to stand in the way of the prime minister's sword. However, seeing that Wang Shuzhi took great care of him, she became suspicious, so she went to find someone Inquiring, I learned that he was originally a servant, so I had to look at him differently, thinking that it must be superior for my son with a very high vision to treat him like this, so I became polite to him, and did not give up. Ask the doctor in the mansion to take good care of him.

Wang Shuzhi helped her to sit aside, and said with a smile, "It's nothing serious, but it's just interesting to think of the prince's face turning green with anger."

Mrs. Wang heard him tell about the painting of bastards, she scolded "nonsense", and then she laughed again, finally stopped laughing, wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and asked, "I heard that you are going to visit Yongkang?" king?"

"Yes, I will go when Yan Qing's injury is better."

Mrs. Wang glanced at Sima Rong in surprise, and saw that his expression was dull, she couldn't help laughing: "Prince Yongkang is notoriously dissolute, if you want to do what he likes, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to bring such a serious attendant there."

Sima Rong: "..."

Wang Shuyi was taken aback, glanced at Sima Rong, and couldn't help laughing: "Mother, don't worry, Yan Qing is young and mature, and his seriousness is just pretending."

Sima Rong: "..."

Mrs. Wang put on a straight face: "Stop making jokes about me, mother is telling you something serious."

Wang Shuzhi quickly suppressed his smile, and pretended to be listening attentively.

"Mother is going to pick two good-looking women for you, and you take them with you. You must let King Yongkang see that you have the same temper as him, so that you have the opportunity to really contact him."

Most of today's romantic and famous people regard it as an elegant thing to bring prostitutes to play. Although Wang Shuzhi's mind is on government affairs, he understands these things, so he smiled indifferently: "It's not easy, just go to Big Brother and pick two at random. , but Yan Qing still has to take it with him."

While talking, a subordinate came to report outside: "Prime Minister, Governor Xia of Yixing County asks to see you."

Wang Shuzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled lightly: "He's really here!" Then he got up with a flick of his sleeves, "Please invite him into the main hall, and I'll be there soon."