After wearing a sick and weak cannon fodder as a prince

At five o'clock in the palace, all the palace lanterns in the palace were already on.The emperor's sacrificial attire was heavy, and it took half an hour for the four palace servants to wait on Qin Xuechuan to put it on.

Qin Xuechuan walked through the long corridor of the palace, the two phoenixes embroidered with gold thread on his black clothes looked extraordinarily bright under the light.He picked up the sword that lay on the wooden stand.

This sword was a sacrificial vessel used by the ancestors of Chu State, and it was also his saber in his previous life. This sword is called Huang.It was also named by Qin Jue in his previous life, and he can't remember how much blood has been stained on this sword.

It has been a hundred years, but the blade of this sword is still as sharp as ever. Qin Xuechuan wears this sword on himself.

"Where is the national teacher?"

The palace people outside hurried over: "Your Majesty, the national teacher is waiting for your Luanjia outside the palace."

Qin Xuechuan was stunned for a moment, he turned and looked outside, the early morning light gradually shone on the alchemy of the palace hall.He walked over slowly.The voice of the ceremony officer came from outside the main hall: "Departure——"

***

Dai Qing searched for Xiao Yu outside the city overnight, but she couldn't find him until dawn. He thought that Xiao Yu might have been taken into the city.He really had no choice, he wanted to go back to the inn to get his own things and go to Fengdu to look for Xiao Yu.

But when he rushed back to the inn and saw Guan Xuan, he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Mr. Guan, you were kidnapped, why are you here?"

Guan Xuan looked at Dai Qing and said: "Master told us to leave here quickly, let us go back to the old house of the prince and wait for him."

Dai Qing was taken aback when he heard what he said: "Did you meet the master? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Guan Xuan continued: "The master said that we should not worry about him, he will be fine. The first thing we need to do is to leave here. The son said that he will follow up in two days, and then we will go to Linchuan to reunite with Mr. Xun."

Although Dai Qing was worried about Xiao Yu's safety, since Xiao Yu ordered them to say these words.The two of them had no reason not to follow, but when Dai Qing asked what happened last night, Guan Xuan hesitated and couldn't explain clearly.

He thought, Guan Xuan is an old man who has been with Xiao's family for more than thirty years, and he must not do anything to hurt Xiao Yu, so Guan Xuan's reticence to mention what happened last night is probably Xiao Yu's intention.

As a result, Dai Qing stopped asking.He went with Guan Xuan to wait for Xiao Yu in the old mansion where the Xiao family was sealed off.

***

The road from Fengdu to Qishan is very difficult, this is the third time Qin Xuechuan has walked.The first time was when Xianglu went to worship Xiangmuling together, and the second time was when Qin Yuan passed away. As the prince, he wanted to personally deliver the first emperor's Zigong to the imperial mausoleum.

Qin Xuechuan went to the tomb of the royal family of Chu over the years. He was the first emperor of Chu a hundred years ago, but his body was not buried here after his death.

He died by the Bi'a River, and as for Xiao Mingze... so what if he got Qin Jue's body?In the end, both of them died without a place to bury them.

Before his death, Xiao Mingze wanted to set up a grave as a tomb. He knew that he would not live long.

There must be Wu Zhu for sacrifices. In the past, it was Wu Lin, the great master of the country, but now standing beside the emperor is his favorite minister Pei Jian.Qin Xuechuan gave Pei Jian the honor of being under one person and above ten thousand people. In the whole Great Chu, no one would dare to disobey him again.

Apart from……

"Your Majesty, please pay homage to your ancestors with national worship."

Qin Xuechuan walked to the tall stone tablet, on which were engraved the life stories of the emperors of the Chu Kingdom. He knelt down and saluted.Then others also knelt behind him and shouted loudly: "Long live!"

Qin Xuechuan took the three sticks of incense, and then he stood on the altar of the imperial mausoleum and worshiped three times.

The sacrificial vessel was a sword, which was supposed to be given to Qin Xuechuan by Wu Zhu, but Qin Xuechuan brought the sword with him during this trip.Pei Jian was standing beside Qin Xuechuan, Qin Xuechuan closed his eyes as if praying for something.

The etiquette of the sacrifice is heavy, and they have to stay here for a day and a night.Qin Xuechuan called Pei Jian at this moment: "National Teacher."

After hearing this, Pei Jian quickly replied: "Yes, I am here."

After speaking, he walked over and took the incense in Qin Xuechuan's hand and inserted it into the incense altar.

"What should we do next?" Qin Xuechuan asked again.

Pei Jian replied: "Your Majesty, you will guard the mausoleum from now on, and I will lead people here to read and recite scriptures to pray for your majesty. At midnight, your majesty should use ritual vessels to sacrifice and dance to comfort the ancestors."

Qin Xuechuan closed his eyes again and sighed: "Got it, let's get started."

Those ancient incantations from Chu State made Qin Xuechuan feel sad, and he didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at the moment.Perhaps among the priest's prayers, only the scorching wind at night could calm him down a little.

It's funny to say that he is the founding emperor of Great Chu, but at this moment he is kneeling here to worship the ancestors of Chu.Maybe fate is a vicious circle of reincarnation, no matter how he escapes, he can't escape.But this time...

The midnight bell rang, and Pei Xing walked up to Qin Xuechuan and said, "Your Majesty, the time has come, please Your Majesty to dance."

Qin Xuechuan closed his eyes at this moment and sighed softly, he said softly: "Aiqing, I'm really exhausted, why don't Aiqing perform this sacrificial dance for me?"

After Pei Xing heard this, he quickly knelt down in front of Qin Xuechuan: "Your Majesty! Sacrifice and dance is something you can do, I dare not go beyond it!"

Qin Xuechuan smiled softly after hearing what he said: "Could it be that Aiqing is going to disobey the emperor's order?"

Pei Xing: "I don't dare, but I can't do such a rebellious thing, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Qin Xuechuan looked up at the stone tablet engraved with the names of the emperors of the Chu Kingdom: "I have been betrayed by many people in my life, until now I don't even have a single trustworthy person by my side. Pei Qing, I have no brothers or sisters by my side now. I don't have a son or a half girl around me. Although I want to pray for me today, I am clear about my body. I am just afraid that the Chu country behind me will fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives, and it will be miserable when the time comes. They are still the people of our country of Chu. After much deliberation, I think it would be better to hand over the throne to the national teacher."

"Your Majesty, I'm terrified!"

Qin Xuechuan said again: "This is what I allowed you to do, you don't need to feel panic, just go up there, no one will gossip about you."

Pei Xing knelt in front of Qin Xuechuan for a moment, then he kowtowed to Qin Xuechuan: "Since it is His Majesty's order, then I should be smashed to pieces! But I am His Majesty's servant, even if I die, I will not dare to go beyond His Majesty, please Let me sacrifice the ancestors of Chu with ordinary swords?"

Qin Xuechuan nodded slightly: "Okay, I'm sure."

After the voice fell behind, the sacrificial drums sounded.Pei Xing walked up to the altar holding a sword that was very similar to Qin Xuechuan's.Qin Xuechuan stood under the stage watching Pei Xingwu sword.His steps are perfect, his movements are not unfamiliar at all, he really is a strange person, even so he will not be rude.

But in the middle of Pei Xingwu's dance, the drum music suddenly changed from the melody of offering sacrifices to the ancestors to the solemn and stirring music of comforting the soldiers who died in battle.

A strange light flashed in Pei Xing's eyes at this moment, and he stood on the altar with his sword in hand, at a loss.As if he had already guessed something, he stopped and looked slowly towards Qin Xuechuan: "Your Majesty..."

At this moment, Qin Xuechuan walked up along with the drum music that comforted the undead souls: "What's wrong with the national teacher? Why don't you continue?"

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Pei Xing's forehead, he said: "Your Majesty, this joy is not the joy of sacrificing ancestors, if I continue, I am afraid it will be disrespectful to your ancestors..."

"That's right, you are not worthy to comfort them. How can a sinner from the state of Chu have the right to comfort their souls in heaven?"

Pei Xing's eyes widened suddenly after hearing this, he took two steps back, and at this moment, the sound of an arrow piercing Night Breeze came from not far away, "Whoosh—"

That arrow just hit Pei Xing's left leg, and Pei Xing's body leaned to the side at this moment, just when he was about to look up at Qin Xuechuan, another arrow shot over and disabled his other leg.Pei Xing knelt in front of Qin Xuechuan.

And Qin Xuechuan laughed along with Pei Xing's screams: "At that time, the emperor will go up to the altar to perform a sacrificial dance, and you must kill him with one arrow. The emperor left a posthumous edict, and I will be the emperor at that time, and you will be regarded as the emperor." For the meritorious ministers, I will add officials and ranks for you, and encourage you to be the heroes of the country."

After he finished speaking, Pei Xing's face turned livid.

"This is a letter from you to contact my uncles. They have had rebellion for a long time, and they have contacted the officials of their own states and counties to recruit troops, hoping to find an opportunity to kill me, and their so-called 'opportunity' is today, and you Today's plan is to let the people who ambushed in this imperial mausoleum kill me in advance, and then you will order the imperial army in the palace to kill those traitors who assassinated the monarch, and the crime of killing the king will naturally fall on me. On the uncle's head, you just used this excuse to get rid of them all, and with the will, you will be justifiable sitting on the throne, right?"

After hearing these words, Pei Xing not only didn't panic, but lowered his head and sneered as if mocking himself: "It turns out that your majesty has long distrusted me. If that's the case, why did your majesty invite me out from Lushan? I just want to be a good counselor."

After hearing his disheartened words, Qin Xuechuan slowly walked in front of him: "Really. Then can Pei Qing tell me who Pei Xu is?"

When Pei Xing heard the word "Pei Xu" coming out of Qin Xuechuan's mouth, his eyes widened in disbelief.He didn't even dare to look up at Qin Xuechuan, but Qin Xuechuan continued in front of him: "Pei Xu's great-grandfather is called Pei Xing, and their family has been called Pei Xing for several generations. How can there be such a coincidence in this world?" ah?"

Pei Xing: "It's not uncommon for three generations of grandparents to have the same name. Your Majesty won't impose the crime of treason on the minister just because of a certain person named Pei?"

Seeing his innocent appearance, Qin Xuechuan smiled again, and at this moment he clapped his hands: "Bring him up."

As soon as the words fell, two guards escorted an old man who was nearly sixty years old. The man did not dare to look up at Qin Xuechuan. He kowtowed and begged for mercy: "My lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! The villain is half-length The person who has been buried in the earth, please show mercy and spare the villain's life!"

"Head up."

As soon as the words fell, the man raised his head and looked straight into the distance in trepidation, Qin Xuechuan chuckled lightly: "As long as you are willing to tell the truth, then I will naturally spare you the death penalty. If there is a sentence in what you said that is not true , then I will immediately order someone to pull out your tongue and throw you into the pack of wolves."

"Yes yes yes! The villain will know everything you want to ask, my lord!"

Qin Xuechuan raised his hand at this moment and pointed at Pei Xing who was kneeling on the ground: "Let me ask you, do you know him?"

Pei Xing's legs were useless, he could only use his hands to support his body.After the man stared at Pei Xing for a while, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face: "Young master, young master, don't you remember the villain? The villain is Ah Chang!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, I don't know you!" Pei Xing's face was full of panic.

Qin Xuechuan continued to look at that person and asked: "Go on, where are you from, and why do you know the person in front of you?"

"Yes! The villain was originally a servant of the Pei residence in Peizhou county. The name of the grand master is Pei Xing. According to the villain, the three generations of the ancestors of the Pei family were called Pei Xing. When the master came to the master, the master changed it and no longer passed it down from the ancestors. After that, the young master and the young master did not call this name anymore. The villain was bought back by the Pei family when he was six years old. Unexpectedly, ten years ago, the Pei family was suddenly robbed by a group of robbers. No one was spared, the villain happened to go out of the house to buy things at that time, so he escaped the catastrophe. When the villain returned to Pei's house, it had already been burned to the ground."

Qin Xuechuan: "You once told me that someone wanted to kill you, what's going on?"

"Yes! Since the death of the Pei family, the villain has escaped from Peizhou County, but six or seven years after the villain fled, officers and soldiers from Peizhou County came to arrest the villain, and those people wanted to arrest the villain indiscriminately. beheaded, the villain had no choice but to hide among the beggars to avoid being hunted down."

"Then what's the name of the person in front of you?"

The man raised his head tremblingly and looked at Pei Xing again: "Young... The young master's name is Pei... Pei Xu..."

Before he finished speaking, the man's face changed suddenly. He turned blue as if he had been poisoned, and then he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

Qin Xuechuan turned around and looked at Pei Xu: "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Hmph..." He sneered, "Even if my name is Pei Xu, what does that mean, Your Majesty?"

Qin Xuechuan laughed: "Naturally, this doesn't explain anything, but as far as I know, you have been in contact with the county guard in your hometown after I ascended the throne, and you wanted to hunt down and kill the insider who knew about the destruction of the Pei family. And someone told me that what happened back then was planned by you, and now that there are all witnesses and material evidence, do you still want to deny it?"

"Back then you said that you were a master who had achieved success in cultivation, and that you had some kind of friendship with my biological mother. I thought you were always by my side giving advice, so I never tracked you down. Until someone told me not long ago, Pei Xing had been counting. You died ten years ago, and I just remembered you. As for why you pretended to be your great-grandfather, it was probably because of this thing!" Qin Xuechuan took out a yellowed scroll from his sleeve and threw it away. in front of him.

"This scroll says my birthday, and it says there is a way to kill me. Before my 20th birthday, everything said was true, so you came up with the idea of ​​waking up to me by pretending to be Pei." Take my life by your side, right?"

Pei Xu's eyes were flustered at the moment, and when the truth was revealed, he trembled all over.

"But you miscalculated one thing. Your great-grandfather wrote these things just to kill me and let his descendants support others, but you are not greedy but want to be the emperor yourself. Your greed left a loophole. Let me find out the truth before I die. When Pei Qing was by my side before, the medicines given to me were all slow poisons, right? You wanted to wait for my poison to spread and usurp the throne with a false inheritance, but you didn't expect that I would actually want to Passing on the throne to you finally revealed a flaw when you got carried away with your complacency."

When Pei Xu heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing: "Hahaha—so what? It's a pity that I still missed a move, otherwise you should have died a long time ago, but it doesn't matter, Your Majesty, I will wait for you on Huangquan Road to yours."

Qin Xuechuan heard his words and slowly walked to his side and looked at his face: "Want to know how I saw through you?"

Pei Xu's breathing suddenly froze at this moment.This is the answer he wants to get, the answer he wants to know even if he dies. He obviously started planning many years ago, and there are no mistakes or omissions in every move. What went wrong in the end.

"Pei Jian, tell me." Qin Xuechuan said.

Pei Xu opened his eyes wide after hearing this, and saw Pei Jian walking up to the altar at this moment: "My minister Pei Jian sees Your Majesty!"

After finishing speaking, Pei Jianjian looked at Pei Xing: "Because I have a scroll in my home that is exactly the same as the one in the National Teacher's collection. Your Majesty has the grace of saving my life and knowing you. I dare not lie to Your Majesty."

Pei Xu's eyes kept rolling, he was on the verge of collapse.

Qin Xuechuan smiled and looked at Pei Xu again: "Since it has already happened, anyone can fabricate it. However, the national teacher believed it and used it to plot against me for so many years. The state of Chu was also in chaos because of the national teacher. So many People also died because of the national teacher, I have to say that you are really a good counselor. It's just..."

"Whoosh—" Another arrow pierced Pei Xu's back, "You are just a traitor."

Pei Xu's eyes widened, and he was still dying when he fell down.He still didn't believe that Qin Xuechuan would guess everything he did.

Qin Xuechuan got up slowly, he felt dizzy, Pei Jian who was standing beside him quickly supported him: "Your Majesty!"

When Qin Xuechuan remembered the past, he guessed this level.Because if it is true that Pei Xing is still alive like Wu Ling, then he must support Xiao Yu to become emperor like Wu Ling, instead of just ignoring Xiao Yu when he died.

Qin Xuechuan used Xiao Yu's death to test Pei Xu, because he set up too meticulously. From the moment Concubine Xiao put the inexplicable poison on him, he began to suspect whether Concubine Xiao had other secrets. accomplice?

Sure enough, there was Pei Xu behind this.Qin Xuechuan once thought that if it was really Pei Xing, he might be able to believe that at least Pei Xing really wanted to assist Xiao Yu.

Qin Xuechuan checked Pei Jian's family background and found out that Pei Jian is the real descendant of Pei Xing, and Pei Xu is only the descendant of Pei Zui.When Qin Xuechuan followed Xiao Mingze in the palace, Xiao Mingze trusted Pei Xing the most, but he later found out that the real Pei Xing was no longer in Qin, and now Pei Xing was his twin brother Pei Zui.

Pei Zui has been against Qin Jue all his life, and now his descendants are looking for Qin Xuechuan again.It's just that he died of his own greed.

"Pei Jian, let me ask you, why did you insist that Pei Xu wanted to harm me?"

Although Qin Xuechuan had long been wary of this person, he couldn't figure out how Pei Jian could see through Pei Xu's plot.

After hearing Qin Xuechuan's question, Pei Jian replied: "Speaking of which, Your Majesty may not believe it. I saw your portrait at home when I was young. There are many similar people in this world, but the people in the painting are not as good as you are in terms of appearance and shape." Or the temperament is exactly the same as your Majesty. Weichen's father once said that the person in the painting is a certain emperor of Chu, and Weichen's ancestors were all Qin people, and later he hid in the countryside without caring about world affairs. Weichen My father once taught me that if the world is peaceful, He Qinghaiyan, no matter who is the emperor. It is also a coincidence, Weichen has a family tree with Pei Xing's name on it, so I became suspicious."

After hearing Pei Jian's words, she sighed: "So that's how it is."

Perhaps this is the cause and effect.

Qin Xuechuan looked up at the imperial tomb, and Pei Jian supported him: "Your Majesty, be careful."

He walked down the steps step by step: "Pei Jian, you said that as long as the world is peaceful, it doesn't matter who will be the emperor?"

"Your Majesty... this is just the ancestral instruction of this humble official, and this humble official has no rebellious heart."

Qin Xuechuan chuckled: "I won't punish you, I just want to ask you, if one day there is someone who can do better than me, would you be willing to be loyal to him?"

After hearing this, Pei Jian replied: "Your Majesty, my minister's father once taught me to repay my kindness. Since Your Majesty has shown kindness to this minister, I will never betray His Majesty's will."

"Pei Jian, I want to tell you a few words. I have done too many evil things in my life, and I am afraid that there will be no good results. Look at the imperial mausoleum at the back surrounded by mountains, does it look like a cage?"

Pei Jian froze for a moment, then he replied: "Indeed...somewhat similar."

Qin Xuechuan continued to laugh and said, "I've been locked in a cage all my life, but in the end I don't want to be here. If one day, if there is such a day, I want to sleep in Bi'ajiang."

Feng is his cage in this life, and Qin Chuan is the shadow and pain of his previous life. The imperial tomb has locked up so many greedy souls chasing power.Qin Xuechuan doesn't like these places, he wants to go down the Bi'a River, maybe he will find that he will never be free in his life.

"Your Majesty, why did you suddenly say such a thing? I am terrified!"

Qin Xuechuan chuckled again: "There's no need to panic."

In the end, the person hiding beside him was also found out.Pei Xu wanted to fight against him with Xianglu, which Qin Xuechuan never thought of.But in the end, Xianglu turned his back on the battlefield, maybe he is also a person who can understand.

Qin Xuechuan had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, and Luanjia was about to set off to go back, and it was almost dawn.

The lights were brightly lit in the distance, and the cool morning breeze seemed to be mixed with blood and an inexplicable sense of depression.At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Report! Your Majesty, the rebels who followed the national division and attempted to rebel have all been taken down, please show your Majesty!"

Qin Xuechuan said coldly: "Kill without mercy."