Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

Emperor Pingkang played with the warm jade in his hand with a gloomy face. This piece of warm jade was a birthday gift presented to him by the crown prince when he was ten years old. On it was carved an old birthday star with a smile. The carving was rough and even a little crooked. It can be said that this carving skill is not worthy of this piece of warm jade.

Although warm jade has the effect of nourishing people, and the old birthday star also has a metaphor for longevity, but with the honor of Emperor Pingkang, this piece of warm jade is not a rare thing, but because this piece of warm jade was carved by the prince himself, he cherishes it very much , cherished and kept by my side, but now it seems...it has become a joke.

Ever since he knew the prince was missing, Emperor Pingkang had no smile on his face. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he knew that there must be something wrong with the prince's disappearance.

Emperor Pingkang waited for a long time before he saw Xia Dequan come in from outside the tent with a face of embarrassment.

"Tell me!" Emperor Pingkang asked coldly, "Where did the prince go?"

Xia Dequan shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Those two guards don't know where the prince is going, but they just follow the prince's order to guard Long Yu and keep people away."

Emperor Pingkang snorted coldly, "I don't know!? I'm afraid they don't want to talk about it."

The prince didn't leave Longyu for several days in a row. As the emperor, it was inconvenient for him to visit the sick, but wouldn't those guards be dead, wouldn't they take a look?If it wasn't for the collusion with the prince, how could he help him hide.

Xia Dequan bowed his head and remained silent. He has been in charge of the dark guard camp for so many years, and he has some sense of people. Those people are telling the truth, and those people are telling lies. The two guards tortured him for a long time. It can be seen that they really don't know where the prince has gone, but not reporting the knowledge is also a serious crime.

"Can I find anything useful?" With Xia Dequan's ability, Emperor Pingkang didn't believe that Xia Dequan really couldn't find anything.

Xia Dequan said in a low voice: "It is not only the prince who is missing, but also the staff surnamed Shen brought by the prince, and several guards who have always served the prince."

Emperor Pingkang was furious, "Could it be that all my guards were bribed by the crown prince? So many people disappeared, and none of them noticed anything wrong?"

Xia Dequan said in a low voice: "It is said that Shen's staff member is very disobedient, so the prince took Shen's staff member as an excuse to delay the trip because of him, and left a few guards to take care of him."

If not, how could so many people have left without arousing suspicion from others? Now that I think about it, the prince probably also got out at that time.

Emperor Pingkang frowned, "When did this happen?"

Xia Dequan made up his mind, "Moyue three days ago."

Counting the time, it happened to be the time when the prince was too sick to get out of bed.

"Nizi!" Emperor Pingkang slapped the warm jade in his hand heavily on the table. The warm jade was brittle and broke into several pieces in one slap, just like the father-son relationship between Emperor Pingkang and the crown prince.

Emperor Pingkang didn't even glance at Nuanyu from the corner of his eyes, his whole body trembled slightly, "What do you think the prince wants to do?"

He left without saying a word, and after going there for three days, what on earth did he want to do?

Xia Dequan lowered his eyes, he didn't dare to accept Emperor Pingkang's words, what is the crown prince's intention, needless to say?Even he didn't expect that the prince would have such thoughts, and thinking about Emperor Pingkang's hint of wanting to pass the throne to the prince, Xia Dequan wanted to sigh even more.

I'm afraid that the prince really lacked some luck. He obviously didn't do anything, but he could sit on the throne if he did it. But he had the idea of ​​a coup d'état, and the emperor noticed it. Now let alone inherit the throne, he might even be the crown prince. Not guaranteed.

Xia Dequan changed the subject and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, we have stayed here long enough, and it is time to return to Beijing."

The most important purpose of Shengshang’s southern tour was to inspect the embankment. He wanted to see the difference between the Chengjia embankment and the Mojia embankment. Having seen it, he also understood how the people in Henan cherished Mr. Mo’s nostalgia. After checking it out, it is clear that there is no need to stay in Henan any longer.

Besides, there is a saying that Xia Dequan is hard to say, after all, the crown prince has been missing for three days, I'm afraid...

One bad thing about a coup is that there is no place for burial, and it will definitely leave a bad name in the history books. Although the prince is tyrannical, he was raised by Emperor Pingkang after all. He should always have the ability. The prince must be Only when you are fully prepared can you dare to act.

No matter what Xia Dequan thought, he felt that it was the best policy for the Holy Majesty to return to the palace as soon as possible. As long as he returned to the palace, there were imperial guards outside and imperial guards inside, so why be afraid of the prince.

"Hmph!" Although he firmly believed that he was the Son of Heaven and was blessed by heaven, Emperor Pingkang did not dare to gamble with his own life.

Emperor Pingkang waved his hand and ordered: "Send the order! Get out of the camp and return to Beijing as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Xia Dequan hurriedly went out and ordered everyone to leave the camp as soon as possible, this time he didn't care about other things, even if he was traveling overnight, he had to rush back to the palace as soon as possible.

"Xiao Wu...?" Emperor Pingkang asked.

Emperor Pingkang didn't ask how Xiao Wu got here. With Xiao Wu's skills, even his private treasury could come and go freely, not to mention the small southern tour team. The only thing he was curious about was why Xiao Wu came here. Come, do you want to go again?

Xia Dequan laughed and said: "The Fifth Highness is here for the Tenth Highness. The Fifth Highness said that he will personally escort the Tenth Highness. Presumably, he will return to Beijing with us."

The fifth prince said that the calamity of the tenth prince has not yet passed, so he will follow the tenth prince for a while until the calamity is over.

Not only Emperor Pingkang, but he was also glad that the fifth prince left with them. He was also worried that he would not be able to protect the saint alone, but with the fifth prince around, with the fifth prince's martial arts, as long as he is willing to protect the emperor, at least the saint's Safe and secure.

Emperor Pingkang nodded slightly, and ordered: "Arrange Xiaowu's driver next to me."

With Xiao Wu by his side, he can feel at ease.

Because of the disappearance of the crown prince, Emperor Pingkang rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible. It can be said that he traveled day and night, and the journey was bumpy, needless to say.

This fast way, even with the use of rubber wheels, Ping Kangdi still couldn't hold on, and his spirit was a little bit bad.

In order to comfort the Holy Majesty, Xia Dequan specially told a lot of interesting things about the local area, and added some wild tea from the local farmhouse to change the taste of the Holy Majesty.

Emperor Pingkang took a sip of the wild tea presented by the local people, and a familiar bitter taste came from the tip of his mouth, and Emperor Pingkang frowned slightly.It's not that he doesn't like the bitter taste of this wild tea. Although the taste of this wild tea is bitter, he feels refreshed after drinking it, which relieves some of the impatience in his heart. It's just that the taste...is really the same as what he tasted in his dream. Arrived exactly the same.

Thinking of the old farmer who lost everything due to the yellow disaster, was so hungry that he had to sell his little grandson in exchange for a few bites of food, and ended up starving to death, Emperor Pingkang shuddered, suddenly feeling a little ominous.

Xia Dequan didn't know that the Holy Majesty thought of the previous nightmare because of this bitter tea, and said with a smile: "The Holy Majesty, why don't you rest here for a while, although the embankment here is a family embankment, but when the adults were cutting on both sides of the embankment A lot of willow trees have been planted, and at this time, the jasper has become beautiful and the spring willows are like silk, which can be regarded as a local scene."

If we continue to march in a hurry, even if the Holy One can bear it, others will not be able to bear it first.

"It's hard for you to know this line of poetry."

After several days of rushing, his old bones were really sore from sitting, and thinking about the things in his dream, Emperor Pingkang wanted to make a comparison with the things in his dream, and he muttered slightly: "Let everyone rest for a while."

Just as Xia Dequan ordered to go down, he heard a commotion outside, and faintly heard the sound of rushing water, and even the screams of women and children. Xia Dequan scolded: "What happened? If the Holy Majesty is disturbed, can you bear it? "

"Grandpa... Gonggong" the guard outside screamed, "The river embankment is leaking!"

Emperor Pingkang was startled, and rushed out quickly, only to see a big gap in the Chengjia Dike not far away, and the Yellow River was pouring in from the gap, and the crack was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was about to burst.

Emperor Pingkang only felt his eyes darken, and instantly remembered what happened to the old farmer in his dream, and quickly shouted: "Hurry up, the embankment is about to burst!"

Most of the people who followed Emperor Pingkang came from the capital. Before they could figure out what happened, they saw that the crack on the river embankment was getting bigger and bigger, and then there was a sound of collapse, and the river embankment directly collapsed. The water poured in, submerging the ankles in an instant.

Emperor Pingkang didn't know what was going on, so he climbed onto the carriage with a few strides, waved his hand on the roof and directed: "Go! Let's go!"

According to the experience in the dream, at this time, the only way to escape is to climb to a high place. Although this carriage is not as strong as the house, the nearest houses are several miles away, and there is only one such place at the moment. There is a place to climb.

But not everyone is like Ping Kangdi who dreams a lot in his dreams. With some experience, many people panicked and didn't know how to react at all, while Tu Mingye just hugged Xiao Shi directly. , A few bounces also jumped on top of Longyu.

His eyes darkened slightly, no wonder other than Xiao Shi, some of the guards also showed a dead look on their faces, so it should be here.

Seeing that the water was unstoppable, a wall of earth was born out of thin air, and instantly appeared outside the embankment, blocking the gap in the embankment. Another person jumped onto the embankment and pasted a series of spells on the embankment. It was strange to say, originally The river embankment was quite decadent, but it was stopped abruptly by the man.

Seeing this series of cultivation methods, Tu Mingye immediately guessed who it was, and said happily, "So, so!"

Mo Gu stepped lightly, and within a few teleports, he arrived in front of Tu Mingye. He looked Tu Mingye up and down, and he was relieved when he saw that he was fine, "It's a good chance to arrive in time."

In fact, he should have arrived long ago, but he accidentally ran into a few people on the road, and followed them for a few days out of curiosity, so he was delayed, but fortunately, there was still time.

"Seventh brother!" The tenth prince approached obediently to greet Mo Gu.

"Good boy!" Mo Gu rubbed the tenth prince's head casually, then turned his head to see Emperor Pingkang who was still waving on the other side of Long Yu, and wondered, "What's wrong?"

Following Mo Gu's question, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Emperor Pingkang.

Emperor Pingkang's hand was still in the previous waving posture. He wanted not to show weakness in front of his son, after waving one hand, he waved the other hand, and said stiffly: "I exercise my muscles and bones!"