The rise of the prince

Chapter 248 Handover + Ding Yi's Means
"I have to go?" Li Xingzhou asked. He had the seals of the three provinces, the seal of the Privy Council, the documents of the emperor's imperial painting, official uniforms, and official seals.

In the small courtyard there was only the sound of running water and the humming of the spring breeze. There were few human noises in the palace compound. The sunlight passed through the sparse vine-like plants, casting dappled spots of light. The spring day gradually became warmer, even slightly hotter.

The old emperor dropped the pawns in his hand: "After listening to you, it is possible that you don't want to go."

Li Xingzhou sighed in his heart, he really didn't expect that things would be like this, it's probably so.

Everyone in the palace dressed him neatly early in the morning, wearing the best clothes, the most beautiful riding boots, and feeding him the best horse feed, eagerly waiting to send him out. General Ranger, commander of the new army, everyone in the palace was very happy. He is also included.

Unexpectedly, the emperor made an exception and gave him an army of 3000 horses in order to let him go to the south.
The emperor spoke, what else could he do.

"Of course I don't dare to disobey the emperor's will, I want to think about it." Li Xingzhou said helplessly, speaking casually.

The emperor raised his head slightly: "It doesn't look like I want to go after listening to your words."

"It's not like I want to go, I think about it day and night, and I worry about it all night," Li Xingzhou said casually.

"I won't force you, if you don't go, other royal heirs will take over the Imperial Army.

However, as my grandson and a child of the Tian family, you should remember that the world belongs to my Tian family, and this country belongs to our own family. At critical times, you cannot rely on outsiders. Only your own family can trust you and share the worries of your family and country. , is a matter of duty. "The emperor spoke earnestly, and finished speaking.

Li Xingzhou was a little helpless. He probably should have thought that things were not that simple. Of course he knew the reason why the old emperor wanted him to go to the south. The prince lost face.

At this time, the people of the royal family came forward to solve the problem, which is the most popular, but there are so many people in the royal family, why is it him?
Li Xingzhou followed Luo Zi absent-mindedly, and immediately understood that there were advantages and disadvantages in the matter. So many people in the court spoke well of him, and the matter of letting him take over the new army was a certainty, but the emperor must think that he was the most well-connected and popular among the emperor's grandsons , the prince is not here, King Lin and King Xiao are dead, who else is there?

So Saion lost his horse.
"Have you figured it out yet?" the emperor asked, and then made a move with a blank expression on his face.

In Li Xingzhou's heart, [-] muddy horses are galloping past, does he dare to resist death?The most common mistake for young people is to take politeness and politeness as face. He is not a young man, nor is he stupid.

The old emperor's tone was not serious on the surface, the family was long and the family was short, and he didn't use harsh words, but this didn't mean that Li Xingzhou had reached the point where the emperor wanted to give face, and he knew his weight well.

"Go." Li Xingzhou glanced at it, and made a random move.

Only then did the old emperor smile, and he followed without hesitation: "That's very good."

The two each played a few more moves, and Li Xingzhou, who was upset, gradually broke down and surrendered. The old emperor's Qilu was more ruthless and unscrupulous than Degong.

"I didn't see that you still have this level of chess skills." The old emperor said.

Li Xingzhou was a little irritable and didn't want to say more: "It's so-so, it can't compare to the emperor."

Eunuch Fu An, who was waiting on the sidelines, observed his words, and then interjected: "The sun is scorching hot now, I'll send some iced Lianzi tea over to quench the prince's thirst."

The emperor nodded, and Fu An went to give orders.

"Do you understand what you need to do this time going south?" the emperor asked.

Li Xingzhou wanted to leave early, nodded and said, "I know."

"Then tell me."

"Don't do anything, don't make trouble, don't interfere, and wait until the matter is resolved."

The emperor gave him a surprised look, then nodded: "That's right, if the prince had your wise plan, today's corrupt situation wouldn't have happened.

Yang Hongzhao is capable of leading troops to fight. After that, you don't need to worry about the situation, and you are not allowed to intervene in defense, just stay well.If you have leisure time, you can also say some inspiring words. Aren’t you good at writing and rhetoric? This is also a sharp weapon to win people’s hearts.

You have to remember that as a child of the royal family, there is nothing in this world that cannot be used by you, understand. "

Li Xingzhou nodded, and became more cautious in his heart. The old emperor thought he was only a 16-year-old child, so he told him these things, but he was not. His three views had already matured. The old emperor's words made him understand him better.

"I want to leave later." Li Xingzhou made a condition.

"Why?"

"Make some preparations. It's hundreds of miles to Guazhou. You can't just walk away." Li Xingzhou babbled.

The old emperor thought for a while, then nodded.

"Departure in two months." He said hastily, grabbing the anchor point of the negotiation rashly.

"No, at most [-] days, you must leave Beijing in early March."

"One month!" He still wanted to bargain.

"This matter has been decided, so we must say more." The emperor said without refutation: "Leave Beijing at the beginning of March, and arrive in Guazhou before March [-]. You must not violate orders."

Li Xingzhou was helpless, Jiang was still old and spicy, and it was useless to talk more, so he simply agreed, and then said goodbye.

After a while, Fu'an brought the little eunuch to bring iced lotus seed tea, but he didn't see the prince.

The emperor waved and said, "Fu'an, come and take a look at this chess."

Fu'an nodded and leaned over to take a look.

"Which side do you say wins?" the emperor asked.

"Heizi's general trend has been achieved, if he continues to play, of course Heizi will win, Your Majesty is good at chess." Fu'an praised.

The emperor shook his head and chuckled, "At first, my black man was almost unsustainable, and I was overwhelmed by him, but when it came to the matter of going to the south, I took a few steps, turned defeat into victory, and won. Do you know why?"

"Of course this old slave doesn't know." Fu An shook his head.

The emperor snorted and slapped the table, "He just doesn't want to go! And he didn't think about it. As soon as I told him to go to the south, my mind was suddenly absent-minded and the chess moves were chaotic. If his mind is not disturbed and he continues as usual, I will be the loser." .You are superficial, and you still praise me for being good at chess, ha ha."

"This old slave is dull, Your Majesty is so wise to see every detail, you are really wise." Fu An quickly bowed his head and said.

The emperor waved his hand, didn't care, and said dissatisfiedly, "You said my princes and grandsons, if you let them do some errands for me, who would not be happy and grateful, but look at him, look at him! As if I owed him"

Fu'an smiled awkwardly, "After all, Shizi has been different since he was a child, it's inevitable."

"It's inevitable, he's just used to being unruly, and has been like this since he was a child!" The emperor waved his sleeves in dissatisfaction.

Fu'an said with a smile: "Your Majesty, children, it's hard to have both. It's good to be obedient, but you can't be assertive, and it's hard to be in charge. Those mischievous children, although they don't follow the rules and are difficult to discipline, but most of them are good. Those who do things have their own opinions. All the children in the palace are like this."

The emperor nodded after hearing this, "You're right, it's probably the case that the ministers of the court recommend him, and in my opinion, this is also the reason, so I didn't get angry with him.

Xingzhou is better than the prince in this point. Although the prince is respectful, he rarely has his own opinions. When things happen, he has no opinion. That's why the catastrophe happened. If he knew it well and didn't listen to the deputy general, would there be chaos like this? "

Fu An nodded: "Your Majesty is right."

"I have nothing to ask for when Xingzhou goes to the south this time, but I hope he can live in peace, reduce troubles, and stabilize people's hearts." The emperor said slowly looking up to the south
Li Xingzhou was a little irritable, when he came out of the inner city, Ji Chunsheng came up to meet him, said a few words casually, he led the horse, and started to go to the Meridian Gate.

Few people in the Meridian Gate can ride horses, this is probably using power for personal gain, after all Ji Chunsheng is here, and he is also a martial arts envoy patrolling the city.

It is still a long way from Meridian Gate to the inner city, and it takes a long time to walk without riding a horse.

He is now caught in a dilemma, either military power, or go to the south.

If the palace has a boat, he doesn't care at all, just go to Guazhou, he understands what the emperor means, not to let him go to war, but to act on behalf of the royal family.

The problem is that now that the waterway is cut off, it will take more than ten days to go to Guazhou by land, and the palace has no boats, which is very inconvenient. If the palace has a boat, it only takes about two days to travel by water. Hurry up, you can reach Guazhou in just over a day down the river.

In order to preserve military power, it seems that he has to go south this time.

"stop!"

There was a faint voice behind him.

"Boy in front, stop for the old man"

This time Li Xingzhou heard it clearly, and came back from his thoughts. When he turned his head, he saw an old man chasing the horse with his hakama, panting, disheveled hair, very embarrassed, obviously he had been chasing for a long time.

Li Xingzhou and Ji Chunsheng stopped the horse wondering, why did this man chase the horse?
The old man finally caught up, leaning on his knees and panting for a long time, then raised his head and said sharply: "What a scumbag, how dare you ride a horse in the palace, report your name, and dismount the old man to confess!"

"Meng Zhiye is a matter of the Ministry of Rites and Judgment." Ji Chunsheng reminded him in a low voice, and Li Xingzhou vaguely remembered that he had seen this old man before.

"Who the hell are you guys!" the old man said angrily with his eyes wide open.

Ji Chunsheng arched his hands, "Master Meng, I am the Wude envoy Ji Chunsheng." The Wude envoy is from the second rank, and is higher than Meng Zhiye, who is the third rank. However, Jingchao emphasizes civility over military affairs, and the military officer's status will be slightly lower. Some.

"The old man didn't ask you, but the boy next to you!" Meng Zhiye's voice was stern and aggressive: "I don't know if you can't ride a horse in the imperial city, come down to the old man quickly, kowtow and confess!"

Ji Chunsheng was originally polite, but when he heard what he said, his complexion turned sour: "Master Meng, as an envoy of military virtue, I patrol the imperial city, so what about riding a horse!"

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the kid next to you!" Meng Zhiye pointed at Li Xingzhou's nose.

"Bold!" Ji Chunsheng became even angrier: "Beside me are the emperor's grandson, the son of Prince Xiao, the current ranger general, the commander of the new army, and the young supervisor of military weapons. How can you let you go wild."

"Heh!" Meng Zhiye looked indifferent, and said loudly: "What about the prince, according to the etiquette, only the county king and his superiors, the chief of the second department of the imperial city, and Ma Jun can ride horses in the imperial city, otherwise it will be a crime of disrespect! Hurry up and get off the horse, and kowtow to the old man to confess!"

"You! Good old man!" Ji Chunsheng was furious.

Li Xingzhou was feeling bored, but when he encountered such an annoying thing, he simply rode forward. Sure enough, although the old man looked filled with righteous indignation, when he saw the horse approaching, he was so frightened that he ran away in embarrassment. Quickly, gallop out of the Meridian Gate.

Luzhou Mansion has become more and more uneasy recently. There are rumors that there are troubles outside the city. Two days ago, someone rushed to report that a village outside the city had risen and was attacking the city gate. On the spot, Fang was so frightened that he led his troops out of the city to help. As a result, there was no one there.

Arresting people and asking them can't find anything. There are often fights in the city, gangsters breed, bandits are rampant, and the patrols of the city have been added again and again, with little effect. Some of the servants were even injured by revenge.

On the other side, the two brothers who went to talk to Su Ban'an hadn't come back to report the incident for two days, and the dozen or so people who went with them had no news, Qi Fang and her father were anxious.

On the fifth day, they finally couldn't take it any longer, and personally led a thousand-box army out of the city to the camp where Su Ban'an was at the border.

But what they saw was not only Su Ban'an, but a young man in his early twenties who met them at the gate of the camp. As for Su Ban'an, he was escorted by two soldiers, his face turned pale, and he stood beside this young man quietly, dare not speak.

Qifang recognized him immediately, after all, he is Su Banchuan's younger brother, he had met him before, and she had vaguely sensed that something was wrong, "Who are you?"

"What a valiant heroine, here is Ding Yi." He said as he opened his fan, and fanned it gracefully, slowly: "Who do you say I am, the head of the Ding family in Xiasu, the current prefect of Suzhou, and the current Suzhou I say It's up to you."

"You..." Qifang looked at his father, whose face was pale and looked bad, and the sun was on his head, but he was wrapped in a big fur coat to keep out the cold. The eyes of both of them were shocked. This young man actually said in front of Su Ban'an The final say.

Looking at his age, he is only in his early twenties, about the same age as me.
"You are surprised and puzzled, and you don't believe this." Ding Yi smiled, and then said: "It's okay to tell you the truth, I don't like to show off my abilities, but I killed Su Banchuan. He can live in peace, but he forgot that without the support of the people, he is nothing without the support of the people, and he is leading the Xiang army that my Ding family has raised for many years, so there is no reason to live, is there?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked in Su Ban'an's direction. At this time, Su Ban'an, who was over 40, was so frightened that his face was snow-white, and he fell to the ground, kneeling in front of the young man, begging for mercy.

But the young man didn't even blink his eyes. Su Ban'an was dragged behind by two sergeants. After a while, there was a scream and then there was no more sound. The executioner in red came out with his bloody head in his hand, and hung it on the military flag on the high platform in the distance. .

Qifang's heart felt cold, and she covered it with a cloak, and she quietly touched the hilt of her sword.

Ding Yi didn't care, he shook his fan and said, "Your Excellency and Ms. Qi don't need to be nervous, the two brothers in the mansion are also well, but they are just guests in our army. The Su family thought they were popular in the Ansu Mansion, but they didn't know it was Who will help them raise the Xiang army, and who will help them raise tens of thousands of troops after the reunion. The people will be impulsive, but in the end, whoever has money and food, they will follow."

As he spoke, he suddenly took a step forward, and Qi Fang was so frightened that he took a step back subconsciously, the sword in his hand was almost out of the sheath, "How can Mr. Ding Yi be so despicable and shameless, my two brothers are envoys from Luzhou, and if the two armies are fighting, they will not be killed." Come to envoys, not to mention that we have not fought, and my brother is just sending greetings on behalf of us! Why detain them."

"Hahaha, what's the matter with Miss Qi, I'm the most trustworthy, and I didn't kill the two brothers. I just invited them to be guests in the army." Ding Yi smiled lightly.

"You!" Qi Fang was so angry that his teeth were shaking, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

She used to wonder why the majestic Suzhou prefect was killed by unknown bandits, but now she understands that this man surnamed Ding killed Su Ban'an in front of them. into the hands of Ta Ding's family.

"I forgot to tell Miss, Ding is not a fool who is hesitant. You can also see that if I say to kill the Su family, I will kill the Su family. Therefore, I will give the two of you a month. When the time comes, I will use the son-in-law of Luzhou's son-in-law's mansion and the son-in-law. Princess Qing'an will exchange the heads of your two elder brothers, otherwise don't blame me for my lack of hospitality." Ding Yi said with a smile on his face.

Then he clapped his hands again, and a tall and burly man stepped forward, "I know that the Prince Consort's Mansion must have elite soldiers guarding the courtyard, so it must not be easy for the Luzhou Xiang Army to destroy the Prince Consort's Mansion. He is my capable man, named Ding Feng, If you have the courage to make one worth a hundred, I will lend it to Miss temporarily."

Qifang was anxious, this was obviously to spy on her!But with the two brothers in his hands, and the large number of people in the Ansu Mansion, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and say, "Then I thank Mr. Ding!"

"Hahaha, Miss Qi, why are you being so polite? Take a quick look at your father, I don't think he looks good." Ding Yi was still very personable.
"Aren't you afraid of the imperial court's revenge?" Qifang asked.

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi put away his fan and laughed arrogantly: "Hahahahaha, the emperor? The imperial court? What kind of bullshit is that!"

(End of this chapter)