Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 547

Xiang Zhi strode into the Xuande Hall with a horizontal knife on his waist, and at the same time ordered the Qiang soldiers who accompanied him to say: "The order will be passed down, the maids in the palace can touch it, but the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace and the concubines in the palace are not allowed to touch. Violators will be killed without mercy."

The general of the Qiang army salivated and asked: "The concubines in the palace are much more beautiful than the palace ladies, why can't you touch them?"

"Why?" Xiang Zhi said coldly, "These are women dedicated to the king, you want to rob the king of women?"

"Uh, don't dare, absolutely dare not." The Qiang soldier general was startled when he heard the words, and immediately shook his hands again and again, saying in panic, "The last general will pass the order now, and the general will pass the order now."

Xiang Zhi smiled coldly, and just as he was about to enter the palace, suddenly Qiang soldiers came in panic.

"My son, it's not good." The Qiang soldiers said in panic, "The crown prince led his armored soldiers into Changle Palace."

"Prince? What does he want to do?" Xiang Zhi frowned, and said coldly, "Let's go, follow me to see."

With a whistle, hundreds of Qiang soldiers gathered in front of the hall, and then surrounded Xiang Zhi and went straight to the front hall, where they met Xiang Zheng's hundreds of armored soldiers in Changxin Palace.

"Second brother, what have you done?" As soon as we met, Xiang Zheng reprimanded, "It's nothing more than setting up soldiers to burn, kill and loot the west city, but you also brought these barbarians into Changle Palace to commit murder, what on earth do you want to do? "

"What do I want to do?" Xiang Zhi snorted, and said, "Brother, I still want to ask you, what do you want to do? You have already won most of Xianyang City, and Weiyang Palace has also fallen into your hands. Is it possible that you can't let me go?" Get a meager amount of credit? Brother, don’t you want to claim Pinghan’s great achievements by yourself?”

"Nonsense." Xiang Zheng said angrily, "Little brother, why did you have such an idea?"

"This is the end." Xiang Zhi waved his hand and said, "Since elder brother has no intention of robbing Xicheng and Changle Palace with younger brother, how to deal with the women's belongings in this palace, I don't need to worry about it."

"Second Brother!" Xiang Zheng said urgently, "These are two different things, they should not be confused!"

"It's the same thing!" Xiang Zhi said coldly, "Military achievements are women's wealth, and women's wealth is military achievements."

Xiang Zheng said: "Second brother, before the expedition, the father had a strict order not to kill the people in Xianyang after entering Xianyang..."

"Brother, this is the crime you want to add." Xiang Zhi said, "Little brother, why did you ever kill the people in the city? Yes, the Qiang soldiers killed some people in the west city, but what they killed were mobs, mobs who tried to resist, no Killing them, is it possible to stand stupidly and let these mobs kill the younger brother's soldiers? There is no such reason."

"Second brother, you're making unreasonable words!" Xiang Zheng was furious, and turned around and shouted, "Come on!"

Hundreds of armored soldiers gathered behind Xiang Zheng responded loudly, and rushed forward again, surrounding Xiang Zhi and hundreds of Qiang soldiers. Not to be outdone, the hundreds of Qiang soldiers drew their swords one after another , the two sides are at war with each other, and they are on the verge of breaking out.

"Brother, after all, you still want to claim your military exploits all by yourself." Xiang Zhi coldly swept around the armored soldiers waiting in formation, his face suddenly revealed a ferocious murderous intent, and said coldly, "However, my younger brother's military exploits are not so good." It’s so greedy, if you want to take the credit of the little brother, you have to ask the knife in the little brother’s hand if it agrees.”

In a panic, Xiang Zheng yelled loudly: "Take them all with the prince!"

"Who dares!" Without waiting for the surrounding soldiers of the Chu army to step forward, Xiang Zhi suddenly shouted, "This is a dispute between the royal family, between this prince and the crown prince, who dares to meddle?!"

Chu Jia looked at each other in blank dismay, and his momentum weakened immediately.

Xiang Zhi pulled out his horizontal knife again, and pushed towards Xiang Zheng step by step. Xiang Zheng felt awe-inspiring, and retreated step by step instinctively. In terms of scheming and resourcefulness, ten Xiang Zhi plus one may not be able to fight against Xiang Zheng. Zheng, but in terms of bravery and martial arts, even if you add one of ten politics, you will definitely not be able to beat Xiangzhi.

Looking at Xiang Zhi who showed his murderous intentions, Xiang Zheng was suddenly a little scared and regretful. If he knew that he should have brought Gao Lang here, if Gao Lang was around, why would he be afraid of Xiang Zheng's use of force?
Xiang Zhi was also at war with heaven and man in his mind.

One voice said, kill him, and the crown prince will be yours, but another voice immediately jumped out and said, no, if you kill the crown prince, your father will never spare you!The original voice said again, as long as it is done cleanly and said that the crown prince died in the rebellion, nothing will happen, but another voice immediately said, "Father Wang is wise, how can we hide it from him?"
Just when Xiang Zhitian and man were fighting and hesitating, thousands of Chu Jia rushed in from outside the hall.

Gao Lang pierced his armor and charged forward with a long halberd in his hand. A small group of Qiang soldiers and dozens of Qiang soldiers tried to stop him, but Gao Lang couldn't help but pick him to death on the spot. After a while, Gao Lang rushed to Xiang Zheng. After confirming that the crown prince was safe and sound, Gao Lang then turned to face Xiang Zhi, and said coldly, "What does your son want to do?"

"Gao Lang, what do you think this son wants to do?" Seeing that the time had passed, Xiang Zhi also dismissed the idea of ​​killing his brother, and said calmly, "You don't think this son and the crown prince will fight each other, do you?" After all, Xiang Zhi bowed to Xiang Zheng again, and said, "Brother, the younger brother of Changle Palace will never let him out. If you are not angry, just tie the younger brother."

Xiang Zheng's thoughts changed, he sighed for a long time, and said earnestly: "Second brother, don't kill people."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Zheng turned around and left, Gao Lang looked at Xiang Zhi, and left Changle Palace with thousands of Chu Jia.

Going all the way back to the Xingyuan in the East City, Xiang Zhengwu felt lingering fears. Gao Langruo came a little late just now, I'm afraid he would have died in Changle Palace long ago. I really didn't expect that the second brother didn't miss his compatriots at all. , don't think of brotherhood at all, just because he is the prince, blocking his way to the top?
Looking at the dark sky outside Xingyuan, a frightening cold light gradually rose in Xiang Zheng's eyes.

Looking at the prince with a gloomy expression, Gao Lang was suddenly worried, and cautiously persuaded him, "Zihe, although the prince disrespected you a lot, no matter what, he is the prince's son..."

"Zi Liang, you don't have to worry." Xiang Zheng's expression immediately softened, and he said indifferently, "Second brother disrespects me, that's his business, as an elder brother, how can I have the same knowledge as him? Besides, father often teaches us If you want brothers to be respectful and friendly, no matter how angry I am, I will never do stupid things like killing brothers."

"Prince Mingjian." Gao Lang was relieved after hearing this.

Xiang Zheng asked again: "Zi Liang, have the surrendered Han troops been settled?"

"All have been resettled, and most of them have been moved to camps outside the city. However, in order to appease the powerful officials in the city, there are still some imperial forests and domestic slaves of powerful officials stationed in the city." After a pause, Gao Lang He added, "However, the weapons and ordnance have been stored in a centralized manner, and our army's armored soldiers are stationed nearby to guard them, so there is no need to worry about safety."

"That's good." Xiang Zheng nodded, and then ordered Gao Lang to say, "Zi Liang, you have someone prepare a banquet in the Wende Hall of Weiyang Palace. Tonight, I will invite the King of Han and the city's officials, merchants and tycoons. , Invite the eldest son, I was a little too impulsive in the Changle Palace during the day, so I will take it as an apology to my second brother."

"Here!" Gao Lang responded, and took the order.

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Xiang Zheng's invitation was sent to Changle Palace soon.

Xiang Zhi, who was indulging in lust in the Xuande Palace, got up immediately, and was about to go to the banquet, when the accompanying cronies persuaded him: "Your Majesty, you have had a mess with the crown prince just now, will it be dangerous to go to the banquet now?"

"Hey, you're thinking too much." Xiang Zhi waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "The crown prince doesn't dare to kill me, my father hates my brothers the most, and always teaches us to be brothers and sisters. If the crown prince kills me, my father will kill me." I will never forgive him."

When Xiang Zhi left the palace, he ordered more than a hundred guards to go straight to Weiyang Palace. When he arrived at the front hall of Weiyang Palace, he saw that Xiang Zheng had been waiting for a long time at the bottom of the steps. Palace, as if nothing happened.

When passing a side hall, suddenly there was a beautiful figure walking through the corridor, although he caught a glimpse of it, Xiang Zhi saw the beautiful figure clearly, he was astonished at the moment, and asked Xiang Zheng: " Brother, who is this girl?"

Xiang Zheng said indifferently: "A maid in the palace, if the second brother likes it, you can ask someone to take it later."

Xiang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, bowed to Xiang Zheng again and again, and said, "So, my younger brother will thank you first."

"Second brother, why should you be polite?" Xiang Zheng smiled and waved his hands, "As long as you can kill less people, it doesn't matter if I send all the court ladies to you."

"Brother, you really are." Xiang Zhi shook his head, disapprovingly said, "They are just some untouchables in Guanzhong, why do you care so much about their lives?"

"Second brother, the people are the foundation of the country, how can you kill without authorization?"

"Nonsense, the foundation of a country is a strong army, these untouchables are worthless?"

While speaking, they had already arrived in front of the Wende Hall, and the two brothers entered the hall to meet with officials, merchants, and powerful men of the Han Dynasty. After entering the banquet, some court ladies presented the banquet like water, and the banquet was actually quite sumptuous.

After drinking for three rounds, Xiang Zheng nodded slightly to his cronies standing in front of the palace.

The confidant understood, and immediately clapped hands lightly, and there was the sound of singing and dancing in the hatchback, and saw Dou Yifang, Queen of the Han Dynasty, leading a group of dancing girls out from behind the screen. But there were tears, and Liu Heng, who was sitting high on the table, was full of shame and indignation, not daring to face Dou Yifang's mournful eyes.

Xiang Zhi's eyes were straightened, isn't this the maid I saw in the side hall just now?

After dancing to the song, when Dou Yifang was about to retreat behind the screen, Xiang Zhi had already stood up, rushed forward and grabbed Dou Yifang's slender waist. Under the watchful eyes of Han officials, merchants, and tyrants, they picked up Dou Yi and raised her room to grow out of Wende Palace through drunkenness.

Before leaving the palace gate, Xiang Zhicai said: "Brother, younger brother will go back first."

Xiang Zheng was silent, but Liu Heng's face was livid with anger, and most of the Han officials, merchants, and tycoons present showed shame and indignation. The son's move was too much!
Xiang Zhi didn't know about this at all, he only thought that the beauty in his arms was just an ordinary maid in Weiyang Palace, so what's the point of summoning a court lady to sleep with the respect of his son?

(End of this chapter)