When will Shizi find out that he is a substitute?

Cheng Lian was hesitating, seeing Cheng Jin rolling his eyes and about to leave, he couldn't care less about anything else, and hurriedly stopped him and asked: "If I bring it, will you believe me? I have no other intentions, just want to I arranged for my elder brother to live with my own hands, so as not to let my elder brother wander outside alone and be bullied by others. What was left by the grandmother and the princess should have been given to you, but you have not married a wife, so the mother will temporarily take care of it.”

Cheng Jin squinted at him: "Hmph, what you can't see is all lies."

"I will finish it as soon as possible." Cheng Lian asked, "Before then, you..."

Cheng Jin said angrily: "Of course I still live here before that, otherwise what should I do? I have no money!"

Cheng Lian hurriedly took out the money: "I have some, brother, take the flowers, and I will ask someone to bring more later."

Cheng Jin didn't answer: "That's all, you save it to buy the coffin! Is there anything else? Get out if you don't have anything! If you can't get the money, don't put on an air, be careful I'll beat you up!"

After Cheng Lian was driven away, Jiang Huai came to the front hall, handed the hot tea to Cheng Jin, and gave him a thumbs up.

Cheng Jin was complacent at first, and then wondered: "But I don't understand, if I don't go back to Prince Rui's Mansion, he's got a big deal, why is he still pretending to me?"

Jiang Huai said: "He didn't know that you planned to leave the capital. He just thought you were angry and came out to relax. If one day your anger subsided, wouldn't he miss the position of the son of the world again? So he wanted to coax you to live outside and control your time. Going forward, going forward to slander the prince until the position of son really belongs to him."

"The city is really deep!" Cheng Jin asked again, "But that money is quite a lot, is he really willing to steal it to me?"

"If you can't let go of the child, you can't let the wolf go. The position of the son of the world is much more valuable than that money." Jiang Huai said with a smile, "Besides, he can slander you for taking it away, even if it's not easy to punish you, But the lord must be completely disappointed in you, and desperately want to take away your son's seat."

Cheng Jin suddenly clicked his tongue: "It's really insidious! However, his calculation was for nothing. I was going to run away, but now I can still take the money away, hmph."

Jiang Huai hugged his shoulders and whispered: "Now we must not startle the snakes. From tomorrow onwards, you will pretend to look around the house and look carefully at everything. You are so picky."

Cheng Jin rubbed his itchy ears and nodded.

……

As soon as Fang Xiaocheng returned to the Hou Mansion, Fang Pu appeared.Seeing this, Fang Xiaocheng took him directly to the study.

After closing the door, Fang Pu said in a low voice, "I just received an urgent request from Counselor Xu for [-] miles. The old wolf king suddenly had a sudden wind and died the night before yesterday. The eldest prince set up an ambush in the mourning hall to lure the third prince and ten princes who had always opposed him. A prince, prince Gayu, and the patriarch of the Nata tribe abandoned the attack, and they were all killed by him on the spot. Afterwards, he took over the throne and announced that he would send a mission to the Central Plains to cease the war to seek peace and discuss mutual markets."

Fang Xiaocheng frowned: "The eldest prince treacherously defeated the old wolf king, this person cannot conspire with him. He has always been warlike, and he has long coveted Yanyun Kyushu, and he is bound to win. I am afraid that the peace talks are false, and he has ulterior motives. Inside the wolf king's palace The spies don’t have relevant information?”

Fang Pu shook his head: "It's really strange. When the old wolf king was here, because he was afraid of the power of the Marquis and waiting for an opportunity to cause chaos in the country, he was afraid of war again and again. The eldest prince has been dissatisfied with this for a long time. Now that the old wolf king is dead, it stands to reason that The eldest prince wants to fight. The spies reported back, and the eldest prince's wife and children were also deeply surprised by this."

Fang Xiaocheng stood in front of the table, lowered his eyes to ponder for a while, and thought of someone: "What is Yelu Xinglian doing recently?"

"It is said that Yelu Xinglian has relapsed from his old illness some time ago, and he has not been able to stay behind closed doors." Fang Pu said.

Fang Xiaocheng asked: "That is to say, no one has seen him during this period of time. In fact, we don't know if his old illness has relapsed, or if he has escaped from illness?"

"...You can also say that." Fang Pu paused, and said, "There is one thing I don't know about this subordinate. Why does Lord Hou value this person so much? The eldest prince has many wives, concubines and children, and there are many people who entrust important responsibilities and hold great power. But Yelu Xinglian was only born to a shepherdess who was taken captive from the Central Plains, he lost his mother since he was young, and was not valued by his father, if he hadn't served the old wolf king a few years ago as a medicine man, he might still be a slave, why should he be paid special attention to?"

Fang Xiaocheng recalled those gloomy and fierce eyes. After a long time, he said slowly: "He looks like a wolf, sounds like a vulture, has a sulky appearance, broken eyebrows and tail. Tong Zhiju survived from the eldest prince's backyard, and the medicine man dared to do it, so his ambition must be extraordinary. Looking at the eldest prince's many children, only this person may become a serious problem for my confidants in the future." He paused, and continued, "Therefore, We must take advantage of its fledgling, cut grass and roots. You send a letter ordering the spies to continue to monitor Yelu Xinglian, and when the time comes, you will take his life—be sure to hit it with one blow."

"Yes."

After Fang Pu went out, Fang Xiaocheng picked up the military book on the desk, his thoughts still lingered on the moment when he first met Yelu Xinglian a few years ago.

At that time, the wolf country was instructed by overseas demon monks and set up eight evil formations, causing the Northern Xinjiang army to suffer.Fang Xiaocheng sent several groups of spies, but they never returned. In desperation, he had no choice but to sneak into the Wolf King City with Fang Pu to steal the relevant secret scrolls and break the formation.

On the way to find the secret scroll, he strayed into a place and heard a shrill and ear-piercing cry.He held his breath and looked through the window, the voice came from the boy with disheveled hair rolling on the ground.The young man was in extreme pain, his face was ferocious, his whole body was bent, and suddenly there was another howl, his body was tightly stretched into a bow, and his eyes were about to split.

After such a while, it finally subsided gradually. The boy was lying on the ground, his clothes were soaked and torn, and the exposed flesh was covered with scratches and blood.

The doctor who watched coldly stepped forward to ask about the efficacy of the medicine and recorded them one by one.The boy answered one by one with a weak voice.

Then, someone brought water in, the boy scrubbed it briefly, pulled out the dagger, and cut another cut on his wrist full of cuts, squeezing out half a bowl of blood.In this way, everyone finally left with the bowl of blood.

Fang Xiaocheng probably guessed it.

The spies have already reported that the old wolf king's health has been deteriorating in recent years. He was once addicted to the alchemist's way, and he was poisoned by dan heat and fire, and he was critically ill several times.The Eleventh Prince managed to find a "miracle doctor" for him, but the miraculous doctor had to fight poison with poison, and the medicine was as effective as a wolf like a tiger, fearing that the old wolf king would not be able to bear it.

When everyone was in trouble, a slave claimed to be the son of the eldest prince, and was willing to be the old wolf king's medicine man with filial piety. He first took the medicine, and then bled the old wolf king to drink.Because the two are actually grandfathers and grandchildren, and their blood is blended together, the effect of the medicine is much better than other slaves using this method.

Fang Xiaocheng's trip was to steal the secret method of breaking the eight formations of the evil sect, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he was about to leave when he saw the young man open the box in the corner, take out a small basket, sit on the edge of the bed, and sew the already formed palms expressionlessly Large dolls.

Fang Xiaocheng didn't think much, and was about to turn around again, when suddenly a gecko fell on the puppet.The boy paused, inserted the needle into the puppet's body, lifted the gecko to look at it for a while, then chewed and swallowed it raw, until he finished eating, wiped his mouth with his sleeve casually, and continued sewing the puppet.

……

"...Therefore, I ask you to set off immediately to return to Xinjiang to guard against the wolf country's conspiracy and surprise attack." Fang Xiaocheng said in a deep voice.

I see that you don't want to visit the grand ceremony of Empress Ce and marry Chen Yan.

However, thinking that Cheng Jin was having an awkward moment, if Fang Xiaocheng left Beijing at this moment, Cheng Jin would be greatly disappointed, and the rift with Fang Xiaocheng became more and more difficult to bridge, so the emperor became happy, thought for a while, and readily agreed: "Now go to northern Xinjiang, more Be careful. It's cold over there, put on more clothes."

Fang Xiaocheng lowered his eyes and replied: "Thank you for your concern, and please take care of the dragon's body." After speaking, he got up and said, "If there is nothing else, I will leave."

"Wait," the emperor asked, "when are you leaving?"

"To avoid attracting attention, we set off around midnight." Fang Xiaocheng said.

The emperor smiled and said: "Then why are you in a hurry to leave? Sit for a while. After you go, I don't know how long it will be before you come back. Don't let me take a look at it?"

Fang Xiaocheng hesitated for a while, and sat back, but his mind was not here.

It was a temporary decision to leave Beijing this time, but Cheng Jin was still angry, and what was more important was that he was with Jiang Huai. In any case, he had to settle the matter before he could go on the road with peace of mind.He made up his mind that if Cheng Jin was not honest this time, he would simply tie him back to the Hou Mansion.

"...I am talking to you, what are you thinking?" The emperor's voice became cold.

Fang Xiaocheng came back to his senses, raised his head and looked at the emperor in surprise: "Hold, I'm sorry..." He hurriedly stood up, "I'm guilty."

The emperor's hand on his lap clenched his fist tightly, but his usual warm smile returned to his face: "When did you and I become so estranged? I know you are worried about the troubles of the wolf country. There is you in Northern Xinjiang, and you are in Great Glory. I am lucky to have you."

"Your Majesty's absurd praise." Fang Xiaocheng said.

The emperor stood up and walked towards the window: "I haven't played chess with you for a long time, come here."

Fang Xiaocheng was really not in the mood to play chess, so it was hard to refuse, so he could only go and sit on both sides of the chessboard with the emperor.

While playing chess, the emperor recalled with a smile: "The last time I played chess with you, it seems to be before I ascended the throne."

Fang Xiaocheng replied: "Yes."

"I often miss the days when you were my companion in the East Palace... If I remember correctly, you came to the East Palace when you were eight years old, didn't you?" the emperor looked at him and asked.

Fang Xiaocheng nodded: "Yes."

The emperor sighed softly: "I was six years old at the time. We have been close to each other day and night for ten years, and we are even closer than usual—ordinary brothers. I still remember what you looked like at that time, and no one else may remember, haha , when you were young, you were not as handsome and heroic as you are now. At that time, you were full of words, and you looked like a nerd. I thought you were at first. Who would have thought that this nerd would become a god of war in the future. "

Fang Xiaocheng smiled shyly: "The minister's family is full of people who are good at writing." Thinking of that time, his expression softened, and he couldn't help looking at the other party, "If it weren't for the encouragement from His Royal Highness at that time, I am afraid that the minister would not be where he is today."

The emperor said softly "Huh?": "How do you say that?"

"My favorite since I was young is not in the poetry and books, but I have always admired and admired the generals of Qin, but because of the ardent expectations of my family, I dare not go against it." Fang Xiaocheng couldn't help the love surging in his chest, and stared at the emperor affectionately, "It was His Majesty who repeatedly encouraged me to pursue what I wanted in my heart. I will never forget what His Majesty said at that time, 'If you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it, if you don't like it, pretend you like it, if you like it but pretend you don't like it, how will you live in the next few decades? Ah, is there any meaning in living'."

He laughed again, with a tender expression on his face, as if he saw the year through the person in front of him, "I still dare not tell my family that your majesty scolded me, but turned around and found many kung fu books for me, and I hid them in places where no one was looking." And practice. Although most of them are superficial skills, they can really be said to be the enlightenment teacher of the minister."

Fang Xiaocheng talked more and more vigorously, deeply immersed in the memories, he didn't notice that the emperor's fingers holding the chess pieces turned white.The emperor came back to his senses, hurriedly put the chess pieces back into the box, and served tea to cover up.

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Continuous deviation of painting style/extreme OOC small theater:

Fang Pu: Why should Lord Hou pay special attention to Yelu Xinglian?

Lord Hou: You will know when you have a wife and she ran away with someone =_=

Fang Pu: I thank you. If you have time, you can read the message in the previous chapter clearly, recognize the situation clearly, and don't even admit that you have a wife.