Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 300 A Difficult Enemy

Prince Ning's Mansion is divided into four areas according to functions. The central axis is from south to north, which is the sacrificial area, the palace area, the garden area, and the official office area of ​​the palace.The main hall of the Wangfu is called the Chengyun Hall, which is commonly known as the Yin'an Hall. Xia Xun and Sai Hazhi are not guests that can be received in a fair manner, so they cannot be interviewed in the Chengyun Hall. They were led to the Cunxin Hall.

This is a side hall, crossing the high threshold, facing a painted screen of cranes and deer, bypassing the painted screen, the terrazzo brick floor is the main hall of the Hall of Cunxin, with Panlong pillars, mahogany columns, The bronze lamppost that fell to the ground, the bronze crane breathing sandalwood, the curtain rolled up, and behind it was the desk leaning on the screen. Xia Xun and Sai Hazhi were ushered into the hall and sat in the guest seats for a while. King Ning and his side concubine Shaning Just walked in slowly.

"Chen Xiaxun, Sai Hazhi, have met His Highness..."

Xia Xun's eyes fell on Shaning, and he couldn't help but froze.She is still wearing a white e dress, which is the most common color for the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but the style is different. On the back, there is only a green jade hairpin on top of the black and lustrous peach heart. There is no other decorations, but the whole person is crystal clear like a bright moon.

Sai Hazhi, a rough man, didn't recognize Princess Shaning at all. When he saw that she was half a step behind King Ning, her clothes were definitely not a maidservant, so he immediately followed up: "I have seen Your Highness, I have seen Princess Wang."

Only then did Xia Xun wake up, and hurriedly said, "I've seen the princess!"

King Ning only said that he was intimidated by his concubine's demeanor, but he didn't think about it, but a trace of horror and panic flashed in Shaning's eyes. As soon as she entered the hall, she found that the two people in front of her were very familiar, didn't they? , They didn't even change their clothes.Sai Hazhi's appearance clearly did not recognize her identity, but the change in Xia Xun's eyes and the reaction of his expression when he saw her clearly showed that he had recognized himself!

King Ning waved his hand lightly and said: "Get up, there is no need to be polite." Then he walked towards the main seat, Shanin followed beside him, a pair of strong and fit, slender big ui that was far more slender than ordinary girls She began to tremble suddenly, she tried to stay calm, and walked over without looking at Xia Xun.

King Ning sat down slowly behind the case, glanced at them coldly, and asked, "You...are you here at the order of Brother Four? You beg to see me, what do you have to say?"

Xia Xun, who had just stood up straight, hurriedly bowed and saluted again: "Your Highness, the emperor has no way, the court is unfair, a group of civil servants dance with words and gossip, the Gu sage changed the ancestral system without authorization, changed the official system, and cut down the vassal king, to the king of Zhou." Migrated to Yunnan, the king of Dai was imprisoned in Bashu, the king of Qi was imprisoned in Fengyang, the king of Xiang burned himself in Jingchu, and the king of Yan, as the head of the kings, obeyed the instructions of the emperor Mingzu and raised troops to calm Nan..."

What Xia Xun said next, Shaning was in a trance and didn't hear it at all. She only knew that if her jealous husband knew that she had a lover outside, then not only her righteous brother Liu Kui must be decapitated , she will also be killed by the furious King Ning, and King Ning will not be jealous just because she is the younger sister of the leader of Duoyanwei.

Her brother will not brazenly raise troops because of her life and death. The ancients did not send troops in a fit of anger for a woman. Even Genghis Khan would not raise troops just because his wife was taken away by others. The queen, but the Han people are ashamed and humiliated by this, if King Ning knows...

While talking to King Ning, Xia Xun occasionally glanced at her with meaningful eyes, Shaning became more nervous, and the pink color on the soft petals with the white teeth biting the thin lines was already so nervous and fearful. Diluted to the brim.

"The emperor is the lord of the world, and the whole country belongs to him. He wants to cut down the vassal, so I have nothing to say. The fourth brother is the leader of the kings. Based on the ancestral precepts of the emperor's examination, it is difficult for me to raise an army. Brother, I also have no way to comment. It’s just that it would be ridiculous if I responded with troops.”

King Ning said indifferently: "First of all, as a subject, Zhu Quan should not judge the emperor's actions. Secondly, there are so many emperor brothers on Zhu Quan's head. They raised troops to Qingjun's side, but the rest of the imperial brothers did not move, as a little brother, I don't know whether I should follow the fourth brother, if the fourth brother is wrong, wouldn't Zhu Quan be wrong too?"

"Your Highness, the rest of the kings are powerless. Only the King of Yan and His Highness can clear the king's side. If His Highness stands by and watches, once King Yan is defeated, it will be his turn..."

King Ning cut off Xia Xun's words and said, "I don't have a single soldier in my hands now. The military power of [-] garrisons in the vassal state has been handed over to the governor Chen Heng, and the three guards of the king have been handed over to Ji. State General Soldier Liu Zhen, if it is said that he has no power, this king is no different than other princes, how can he help fourth brother?"

"Your Highness..."

"Please reply to Fourth Brother, Seventeenth Brother...it's difficult!"

Before Xia Xun could say anything more, Ning Wang Zhu Quan had already stood up, and the steward of Ning Wang's mansion, who was guarding his mouth, immediately walked in, bowed slightly, and signaled the two of them to go out with him.

Xia Xun reluctantly shut up, took another deep look at Princess Shaning, who was dressed in white clothes like snow, and stood gracefully, and gave a long bow to King Ning...

"princess!"

Shaning was in the ua garden, standing beside a clump of ua trees, holding a soon-to-be-withered ua flower in his hand, and was distracted when a guard quietly walked over and bowed to her, Shaning turned his head, Seeing that it was her bodyguard, Zeng Er, he rushed forward to meet her and asked anxiously, "Xiao Er, have you heard everything clearly?"

This Zeng Er's real name is Yirentai, which means Ninety. At that time, the children of the poor family in Jigu were named casually. The name Ninety meant longevity. I hope that he will live to be 90 years old. Just changed a Chinese name.

Zeng Er said: "I found out, they did not leave immediately, and now they are staying at the 'Changning Inn' in the west of the city."

Shaning sneered: "That person surnamed Xia has already recognized me, he really doesn't give up, staying in Daning City, he must be trying to trick me, let me persuade His Highness!"

Zeng Er said: "Princess, the handle falls into someone else's hands, in case he spreads it..."

Shaning gritted his teeth and said coldly: "No, they won't see the sun tomorrow morning!"

Zeng Yi understood it wholeheartedly, and quickly leaned over and said, "Understood, I'll make arrangements right away!"

"Wait!"

Zeng Er said: "Princess, don't worry, the young one will only pick the cronies we brought over from Duoyanwei, and won't let Wangfuwei A get one of them."

Shaning shook his head and said, "They came to Daning to meet His Highness. If they died here inexplicably, and King Yan thought it was His Highness's hands and feet, it would be unavoidable to blame him. Go get some sets of military uniforms and Saber, this notoriety, cannot be called upon by His Highness."

Zeng Er said: "Understood, I will do it right away."

The inns outside the Guan are not quite the same as those inside the Guan. Here, there are very few people who visit relatives and friends to stay in the inn, and few visit relatives and friends. Most of the people who pass by here are business travelers on the grasslands and deserts. People, chariots, horses, camel mules, Haohao, so the inns here are very large, and there are few rooms and wide courtyards. In order to separate different merchant teams, so as not to confuse the carts and horses and lose property, so the guest rooms and courtyards are mostly are separate, separated by half-person-high adobe walls.

The residence of Xia Xun and Sai Hazhi was such a courtyard.Three straw-yellow mud houses, a very large courtyard, and a long row of horse corridors leaning against the walls on both sides of the courtyard. A caravan of camels just left this courtyard in the morning, and it has not been cleaned much. There are camel dung and scattered waste on the ground The room was empty with a large bed of straw, and there were only two dirty quilts, not even a mattress, but the bed was big enough to turn over on it without any problem.

Dinner was eaten in the inn. Xia Xun ate a bowl of steamed bun with soup and half a piece of mutton, but Sai Hazhi, who eats like a cow, gnawed the whole mutton clean. In the end, Xia Xun didn't have any After eating half of the mutton, I took it back and said that it would be a supper.

The weather has entered October, and it is already very cold. The wind is particularly strong at night, and the dust is blown to the eyes. The yard is empty and there is nothing to appreciate, so the few guests go back to their rooms early to sleep.

On the second watch day, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly broke into the Changning Inn. Because of the wind and sand, their faces were covered with scarves made of sheep, and all of them only showed their eyes, full of murderous looks.After asking where Xia Xun and Sai Hazhi lived, two officers and soldiers were left to guard the shopkeeper and the clerk of the inn, and the others went straight to Xia Xun's residence.

The guest house in the detached courtyard was easy to arrest. The house was surrounded by groups, and then they broke in, carrying steel knives and rushing in.

The torches were blazing, and several officers and soldiers searched the three empty houses, but there was no one there.

A tall samurai dressed in a lieutenant's uniform and with a sword under his ribs stood in the middle of the room with his hands behind his back and asked coldly, "Did you find the wrong room?"

"No, I've inquired about it beforehand, and just checked the account book of the guest's stay. It's not wrong, it's this place! There's still a quilt here."

The captain, who stood with his hands behind his back and only showed a pair of bright and deep eyes, moved his eyes slightly: "A quilt?"

He immediately stepped into the bedroom next to him, followed by several other soldiers, and held up the torch high up, illuminating the kang brightly, only to see that there were actually two quilts on the kang, and now one had been made into a mattress and the other After making the quilt, the lieutenant bent down, put his hand into the bed and mopped it, and said in a cold voice: "The bed is still hot, he hid when he heard the noise, he didn't go far, search for me!"

"No need to search, I have been waiting for you here for a long time."

A few soldiers jumped like rabbits hit by an arrow, turned around, raised a knife in one hand and a torch in the other, and took a look at the place where the sound came from. A mutton gui that had been gnawed to the bone in his hand smiled and shook it at them.

Someone yelled viciously: "Catch him down and chop him into sauce!" This was Zeng Er's voice.

The captain on the other side said coldly: "Go out!"

Zeng Er was stunned, and lost his voice: "Princess!"

Colonel Mian scolded coldly: "Idiot! There is only one person resting here, haven't you noticed? He has been waiting here for a long time, afraid of you killing him? Get out!"

Xia Xun threw away the sheep bone, clapped his hands and laughed, "My concubine is really smart, I really admire her!"

Captain Mian said coldly again: "Get off!"

"coming!"

Xia Xun grinningly shook his waist, jumped off the beam, and landed on the ground lightly with both feet, without making a sound.

Zeng Er and the others all looked at the captain and waved their hands, and they retreated unwillingly.Then, the man stretched out his hand and lightly removed the face scarf, showing a pretty face that was expressive but full of frost. It really was Shaning, the side concubine of King Ning. When he saw her on the hillside outside Liujiakou, She smiled innocently. When I saw her in Prince Ning's Mansion, she was graceful and graceful, like a fairy, but at this moment, her eyes were sharp, like a leopard pounced on its prey at any time.

"Is that your companion?"

"Your Majesty knows that there will be a beautiful person visiting tonight, and my companion is a rough man who doesn't understand style, so I sent him away."

A murderous look flashed between Shaning's brows, and he said coldly, "I just need to say a word, and I can kill you like hell, so you'd better not talk to me!"

Xia Xun looked serious, and replied: "Reporting to the princess, the companion of the minister has already hid. If the minister is alive and well, nothing will happen, otherwise the companion of the minister will go to the Highness to complain and say Niang Niang had a man outside, but my brother and I saw it, so I killed him and silenced him."

Shanin sneered: "Will Your Highness believe it?"

Xia Xun said solemnly: "Yes! Men, this kind of thing is always better to be believed than not to be believed. In fact, the empress also knows that His Highness will definitely believe it, otherwise why would the empress work hard and condescend to come to such a place?" In a broken house?"

Shaning closed his eyes for a moment, as if suppressing his anger, then slowly opened them, stared at Xia Xun and said, "What do you want?"

"I want your empress to help, and persuade His Highness to send troops to help King Yan."

"His Royal Highness has no soldiers and horses to use."

"I know, but the three guards Fuyu, Taining, and Duoyan are arrogant and unruly. There is no emperor in their eyes, only King Ning. If King Ning says a word and promises some benefits, they will become the vanguard of His Highness King Ning. "

"Your Highness has given you a very clear answer today. King Yan is desperate, but our Highness has not reached that point yet. Your chances of success are too small. Your Highness doesn't want to take this risk, so... I can't promise you!"

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, really care about His Royal Highness Ning Wang so much? I remember at Liu's house..."

Shaning raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a sneer: "So what, so I will sacrifice King Ning to protect myself? You are wrong! Liu Kui and I have been together since we were young. In the words of your Han people, we are childhood sweethearts. But he is just a commoner, I love him, I can give myself to him, but I cannot marry him. We ancient nobles can marry commoner women, but not commoner men, so my father and brother chose King Ning for me King Ning is my husband, so of course I have to care about him and protect him!"

"I... can't understand..."

Shaning sneered: "Of course you don't understand. You Han people raise women into sheep, so how can you understand the women on our grasslands. Don't think that you can do whatever you want if you grab my handle, I won't Under the threat of an outsider, plotting against my husband, the big deal is that we will die together..." As she spoke, her hand slowly moved towards the handle of the knife at her waist.

"You can give your body to another man, but you can't do anything wrong to your husband? What kind of theory is this?" Xia Xun's inherent values ​​and logical thinking began to short-circuit. He was about to go crazy, he quickly comforted him: "Wait a minute, wait a moment, please don't do anything, my lady, this matter... Let's take a long-term plan, a long-term plan..."

Shaning's hand stopped, a pair of almond eyes stared at him fiercely and said: "How to make a long-term plan?"

"This... I haven't thought about it yet..."

Shaning's hand reached for the handle of the knife again, and Xia Xun hurriedly said: "Why don't you allow me to consider a solution that can achieve both ends? Why do you have to make a mess of both sides? If I die, my brother will definitely take care of your mother." Tell His Royal Highness King Ning."

Shanin said coldly: "Six ears are not conspiring, my mother told me that if it is not your common secret, then only you can keep the secret, otherwise you should not think that someone will keep the secret for you. I don't believe you I don’t believe in you, if I must die, I will kill you first and watch you die with my own eyes!”

Xia Xun was about to break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Madam, I can assure you that this secret is only known to me. If you kill me, it will really not be a secret."

Shaning was startled, and asked doubtfully, "Where's your companion?"

Xia Xun said: "I only gave him a letter and told him to open it only when I was dead. I can guarantee that as long as I am alive, only I will know about this matter!"

Shaning stared at him, his eyes flickering, Xia Xun coughed, and said in the most sincere tone: "Your Majesty, you can trust me, Xia is a gentleman!"

Shaning didn't know whether he should believe his nonsense, as long as there is hope of life, people don't want to die, just now he just said that the other two people have grasped her handle, and wanted to coerce her into a puppet, forcing her to go Doing things you don't want to do, and feeling desperate for a moment, that's why you want to die together.But Xia Xun saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly loosened the noose, said that the matter could be discussed, and vowed that only he knew the secret, and Shaning couldn't help but waver.

"Your Majesty?" Xia Xun called out tentatively in a low voice, afraid of angering this woman who couldn't figure it out.

Shanin's eyes flashed treacherously, his hand slowly left the handle of the knife, and he said expressionlessly: "Okay, from now on, I will send someone to follow you until you come up with the so-called two-way solution!"

"Mother!" Xia Xun didn't expect to be the hostess, but was controlled by Shaning. In fact, everything he expected was good, except that he misjudged the character of the woman in front of him. He wanted to catch up, but a few steel knives blocked her. stopped his way.

Shaning quickly left the courtyard, covered his mouth and nose with the face scarf again, and told Zeng Er who followed him: "Find his partner named Sai Hazhi!"

Zeng Er tentatively asked, "Then?"

"And kill them!"

Shanin said indifferently: "I always feel that this person is unreliable, I can't let him hold me for the rest of my life!" Ra! ~!