Empress Chu

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Xiao Shan glanced at it, confirmed it was correct, and then looked at the Xiliang envoy, the envoy from Xiliang City, so it was sent by the new king?

"Tell him to meet the King of Xiliang." The man in ordinary clothes raised his chin, "He has something to say to the King of Xiliang."

This man didn't look like a soldier at all, Xiao Shan murmured in his heart, but he believed in Zhong Shuai, so he didn't ask any further questions, and brought the Xiliang envoy into the king's tent.

"Your Majesty—"

As soon as the Xiliang envoy came in, he knelt down, kowtowed on the ground and cried loudly, startling Xiao Shan and the sleeping king of Xiliang.

The King of Xiliang opened his eyes, his gaze focused on the messenger.

"Your Majesty." The envoy raised his head, "The royal city was looted by bandits—"

Bandits looting?

The King of Xiliang thought for a moment that he was not awake and was dreaming, why did he hear such absurd words?

Where did the bandits come from Xiliang Wangcheng? What kind of bandits can rob the Wangcheng? !

"Really, Your Majesty." The envoy cried, and took out a jade ring from his bosom, "Elder Prince, you were killed by them—"

The king of Xiliang felt a thunder strike, his ears were buzzing, and only the jade ring held by the envoy was left in his sight.

Of course he knew this jade ring, it was passed on to him by his father and king, and he only passed it on to the eldest prince before he left for the expedition.

"Unlock his mouth."

Xie Yanlai, who turned over at some point, said suddenly on Hu's bed.

Xiao Shan came back to his senses, rushed over and tore off the cloth wrapped around the mouth of the King of Xiliang, and his ear-piercing roar resounded through the tent immediately.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! It's impossible!"

Seeing the king of Xiliang, who had always been as calm as a mountain, howling and trembling like a rock collapsing, Xie Yanlai, who was lying on the bed, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Nothing is impossible."

What is impossible?He can even meet a girl named Chu Zhao on the way to deliver the post letter. What is impossible in this world?

After saying this, he looked towards Xiaoshan.

"Xiaoshan, let Zhong Shuai ask the third prince, the eldest prince is dead, does he want to be the king of Xiliang?"

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Note 1: It was created by Li Jing, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 54 Others

During the daytime, the city was full of fireworks, and there were frightened and fleeing crowds everywhere, stumbling, and various objects were scattered on the ground.

But the clothes and faces of the people are not the people of Daxia that everyone is familiar with.

A galloping horse passed through it, and the person on the horse suddenly bent over and picked up something from the ground, it was a long and thin bottle——

"It's really interesting here in Xiliang, why use such an ugly bottle?" He looked at it, puzzled.

A horse galloped by and snatched it away: "You don't care if it's ugly or not, as long as the gemstones on it are valuable, you don't want them to be mine."

The previous man chased after him angrily: "Boss said, whoever snatches it will own it."

"Then I stole it from you now." The person in front smiled strangely.

The two chased and galloped on the street, but they didn't rush into the shops and houses to loot, and turned a blind eye to the frightened people running on the street, and quickly went to the city gate.

Standing outside the city gate was a huge crowd of men and horses, all of whom were dressed in ordinary clothes, and even the clothes were a little tattered. At this moment, everyone had gold, silver and jewels hanging on their horses.

"What are you? It doesn't look worth much."

"You know what a fart, this is called spice, it is worth more than gold, silver and jewelry, but I poured it out of the incense burner."

"You are so ashamed, didn't you go to the warehouse of the palace?"

"We are not as lucky as you. The boss gave you this good position in the east. To the west of us is the palace where women live. We almost got smoked to death when we entered—"

"Who made you fail in the last training? The boss said that you are not worthy of being bandits, but only the incompetent soldiers of the king of the mountain."

"Who are you scolding, you are not the same!"

"I'm different. I've been different for a long time. I passed the first batch. I've been the boss for a long time."

The two people who merged into the crowd also merged into the noise, chattering and noisy everywhere, and suddenly there was a piercing bird song in the sky, hearing this sound, whether it was laughing, arguing, or even fighting, people were shocked for a moment. They stopped, and got on their horses one after another, galloping in the direction of birdsong.

Standing on the hills in the distance outside the royal city, one can clearly see the galloping horses and horses. The sunlight on their bodies shines like stars because of the jewels, and the kapok red eyes with veils are crooked and smiling.

"Looks like everyone got rich this time around," she said.

"Follow the boss to make a fortune and live a good life." The men next to him laughed.

And it was Xiliang who looted.

If this is said, it will be a lifetime of glory.

"Boss." Another person thought of something, looked at the Wangcheng with fireworks, "Since the eldest prince has been beheaded, why don't we just occupy the Wangcheng?"

Mu Mianhong stroked the veil lightly: "What kind of city do you occupy? We are bandits and bandits, and we are not soldiers and horses."

The men looked at each other. If it was really just bandits, how could they run such a dangerous distance to raid the royal city of Xiliang?

Is it really for robbery?

When the war broke out before, everyone asked if they wanted to help, but Kapok Hong flatly refused.

"That's Zhong Changrong's business, it has nothing to do with me," she said.

But the next sentence said staring at Xie Yanlai.

Then it was discovered that Xie Yan had come and gone to raid Wang Zhang.

Mu Mianhong didn't stop for a moment, and immediately mobilized troops—not to support Xie Yanlai, but to Xiliang territory—

They stayed around day and night, scattered and sneaked, and finally joined in the king's city. Some people sneaked into the besieged city, and others joined forces, and went straight to the palace. The boss even killed the eldest prince who rushed out to fight with a whip.

Only then did they escort an official who was found out from the Xiliang Palace to meet Xie Yanlai.

All this was not for looting, but for supporting Xie Yanlai.

"Boss." A man couldn't help but said, "Zhong Changrong has nothing to do with you, so wouldn't Xie Yanlai have nothing to do with it?"

Mu Mian's red eyes waved and smiled: "This, you don't understand."

After finishing speaking, he urged the horse to gallop forward.

Why don't you understand?Men look at me and I look at you. If you don’t understand, please explain it to the boss. If you don’t explain it, you will understand.

They howled and urged their horses to catch up.

Behind them, teams of people and horses are like streams flowing into rivers, galloping and roaring.

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At the same time, the city of Zhongshan County, far away from Yunzhong County and the capital, was full of joy.

Here is not jubilation for the victory of the frontier army.

The king of Zhongshan cut off the post letter, and Lubu Feijie of the frontier army could not enter here. Of course, if the news of the defeat of the frontier army, such as the fall of Shipo City, was not reported by the court, the king of Zhongshan would let him in. It spread throughout the territory, making the people lament the misfortune of Daxia and hate the incompetence of the monarch and his ministers.

It's just that at this time, the whole city is not gathering to hear the news of misfortune. Today is the day of King Zhongshan's birthday. Compared with the steady stream of gifts in the previous period, there are a steady stream of people coming from the county today.

Officials and generals in Zhongshan County, aristocratic families, famous Confucian hermits, and even many people from other places outside Zhongshan County came here.

This time to congratulate the King of Zhongshan on his birthday, some people came to express friendship with the King of Zhongshan, and some people wanted to befriend the King of Zhongshan, but they still hesitated. I didn’t expect that once they entered the county, there would be such a big battle, and the servants of the King of Zhongshan’s mansion would be in the city. The door read out the famous post——

You can't avoid it even if you want to avoid people's eyes and ears.

The drums and music in the county town were loud, and the people were all crowded in the street. Even the car curtains couldn't block the view from the outside. An old man sitting in the car looked a little uneasy.

"It's abrupt." He murmured, "Maybe it's good to just bring gifts."

Next to him was his son, who was still middle-aged and said: "Father, you are overthinking, what is there to be ashamed of? The court has named King Zhongshan the King of Town. How dare we disrespect them if they dare to do so?"

The imperial court did not dare to tear themselves apart with King Zhongshan, so why should they please the imperial court.

"Besides, Deng Yi still accepts gifts from King Zhongshan."

Can receiving a gift be the same as giving a gift?The old man wanted to mutter something, but it was too late to turn around now.

"What does it look like in the court? The little emperor, the general's daughter as the queen, the petty official, the frontier army fought back and forth. After fighting for more than a year, one of them lost Shipo City." The middle-aged man talked more and more, " The first emperor should not have been confused at the time, his son died, and there are still brothers, although physically disabled, it is better than a child, the king of Zhongshan is the one who should be the emperor most."

The old man moved his lips and said in a low voice: "Don't say that, it's out of etiquette—"

After all, the first emperor had already made his grandson the emperor, and it was a sure thing. Unless the little emperor took the throne, the king of Zhongshan could only rebel if he became the emperor.

No matter what, he is also a traitor and a traitor, seeking to usurp the throne.

Although they showed goodwill to King Zhongshan, it is better to leave it to others to charge forward and wave flags.

Although the middle-aged man was a little dissatisfied, but after thinking about whether they belonged to the direct lineage of the king of Zhongshan, it was indeed better not to show up for the time being, and he didn't say anything more. Yang Yang entered the palace.

But when they came to the front hall, King Zhongshan was not there, only the princes were entertaining the guests.

"It seems that there is good news." Someone whispered the gossip.

Good news from the imperial court?That would not be a good news for the prince, and everyone in the hall knew it well.

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"Thank you Yan for coming."

King Zhongshan read the name on the letter, as if he wanted to remember it, and then threw the letter on the table.

"Besides Xie Yanfang, there are other powerful people in the Xie family."

The Wangfu official next to him looked annoyed: "The Xie family may really be able to hide, I don't know how many shady methods there are."

Although King Zhongshan felt a little regretful, he was not angry, and said: "If everyone knows the truth, then they will not be considered very powerful."

"Having captured the King of Xiliang, the crisis of the imperial court has been resolved." Another person sighed, "What a pity."

King Zhongshan smiled: "It can solve the urgent need temporarily, and other things may be." He asked, "What's the new news from the capital?"

"Not yet." An official said, and smiled again, "However, it can be guessed that the news of the defeat will definitely cause quarrels in the court, at least the Taifu and the Empress will quarrel."

King Zhongshan glanced at the letter on the table and said with a smile: "With this good news, the queen will have confidence."

The officials snorted coldly: "Both of them are villains who have achieved the Tao, and the disturbance made my Daxia not clear." Then he saluted King Qiqi of Zhongshan, his voice choked up, "My lord, please hurry up and put things right, otherwise Daxia will be in chaos. .”

King Zhongshan laughed: "It's a day of great joy, let's not talk about it." After saying that, he walked out, "Don't keep the guests waiting."

The officials responded, surrounded King Zhongshan and walked out.

"Keep an eye on the capital." King Zhongshan still ordered in a low voice to the people around him.

He had a prediction that there would definitely be chaos in the capital.

Maybe it will be a good opportunity.

The people around him responded yes.

After a while, they came to the front hall, and the guests gathered together to chat and laugh suddenly shouted "Welcome to the prince."

The front hall of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion is very large, and now the guests are standing full, even the outside steps are full of people, all saluting and shouting, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

King Zhongshan was slightly distracted, thinking about ascending to the throne in the future, and he must have felt like this when he went to court.

King Zhongshan looked into the distance beyond the crowd, looked away with a slight smile, sat down first, and then said to everyone: "Don't be too polite."

All the people got up and went out to meet one by one, Zhongshan King also talked and laughed with everyone, and the atmosphere in the hall was joyful.

"Report—" a servant called out loudly, and entered to salute, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's congratulatory gift has arrived."

The commotion in the hall instantly quieted down.

King Zhongshan sat on the large white jade chair, stroked his cuffs lightly, smiled, but did not speak, as if what he heard was not the gift from the emperor, but what happened today.

When everyone in the hall felt suffocated, King Zhongshan finally spoke.

"It's great that the younger nephews and nephews have this kind of intention." He said with a smile, "Today, the people gathered in the street spontaneously to celebrate the king's birthday, so let's distribute these gifts to them, so that everyone can have a good time."

Not only did they not welcome the holy gifts, but they distributed them directly to the people. They only addressed the emperor as nephew and grandson. The people in the hall were chilly and timid but more excited. The prince is blatantly ignoring the emperor!

Although it has been like this for a long time.