Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 768
Xiangfu Country, outside Xiajing City, the training base of the teaching team.

The soldiers were resting, and Xin Ruishan sat on the ground sweating non-stop. You Hongming took out a dough pancake from his arms, opened one and gave it to Xin Ruishan, and then handed another piece to Gao Debao and Wei Ziqi. The four of them passed by. The three-month training was already a small group. After Xin Ruishan ate it up quickly, he asked You Hongming, "Where did you come from?"

"I stole it in the cafeteria when I was cleaning it yesterday."

Gao Debao wiped his mouth and cursed: "You dog day can't buy it with your own money, don't implicate the three of us and get punished together with you."

You Hongming rubbed his head and laughed, and Xin Ruishan wiped the sweat from his forehead again, cursing: "Jia Peirui's bastard, he was made to wear cotton armor on such a hot day, I've already sweated a few catties."

Gao Debao pouted and said, "I don't feel tired, look."

Xin Ruishan and You Hongming turned their heads to see that Fang Dangyong, the team leader of their team, was wearing iron armor and practicing standard spear defense moves. His hands were curled, his front was low and his back was high. As well as the quiver of two bows and the quiver of crossbow arrows, this is the standard equipment of the spear units in the infantry of Xiangfu Kingdom.

You Hongming said in a low voice: "I heard recently that Fang Dangyong made a bet with Mr. Kou that he would become a general before Fang Dangyong came."

Xin Ruishan asked curiously, "Young Master Kou, which Young Master Kou?"

Gao Debao said: "Idiot, who else could it be Mr. Kou? Of course it is His Majesty's number one disciple."

Wei Ziqi said disdainfully: "If you want to be a general, I think he's dreaming! Now Song and Liao are afraid of being attacked by our Xiangfu country. They won't fight in a short time. If they don't fight, they won't have the opportunity to make meritorious service. If they don't make meritorious service, they will forever Can't get promoted."

Xin Ruishan laughed and said, "Have you forgotten what the Chief of the General Staff Zeng said when he came to inspect the military parade last time? The Chief of the General Staff Zeng conveyed His Majesty's oral instructions, and His Majesty said, 'A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier'. So, In fact, I also want to be a general."

Gao Debao snorted and said, "Just you, if you are lazy and playful all day long, it would be great if you can retire alive and become a general. However, Fang Dangyong is indeed a good soldier. I think he is better than some veterans who have been on the battlefield." Be great."

Xin Ruishan said with a sneer: "It's not just two hands and two feet."

Gao Debao slapped him on the head, and said, "It's better than you, a fat pig. You've also practiced with a long spear. Is anyone else [-]% perfect? ​​You can shoot a bull's-eye every time. How about you? You barely pass."

Xin Ruishan was aggrieved and wanted to fight back, when suddenly there was a burst of loud shouting: "Everyone stand at attention!!"

The three quickly stood up like machines, but it was the instructor Jia Perui who came over with two pickets and said loudly: "The general will personally inspect the training situation today, and all line up."

Not long after, Yang Jiye, Zeng Shangfei, and Hei Yue walked over from the veterans' training camp nearby, and saw the team leader's sign on Fang Dangyong's chest, with the word team leader in the middle of the sign.

"Little captain, report the list of the team once."

Fang Dang didn't look sideways, and reported loudly, Hei Yue next to him handed over the roster, Yang Jiye compared it, and there was no omission or wrong report.Nodding approvingly, he randomly found a fighter on the roster.

"Xin Ruishan comes out."

"Here!" Xin Ruishan replied in a loud voice, kicked a step forward, and raised his hand to Yang Jiye.

"Military law random checks, random checks of Guanxiang Fuguo General Yang Jiye."

"Pikeman Xin Ruishan, my commander asks you, why do you sound the golden drum three times when chasing the enemy?"

"Retreat in rows!"

"What's the reason for the two golden drums on the way back?"

"Stop retreating and turn back to face the enemy."

"What's the point of beating the golden drum again and again?"

"Retreat in platoons."

"When will the spear company take the flag?"

"Wait until the battalion commander's flag is moved before the flag can be raised."

Yang Jiye nodded, and continued to ask: "What is the punishment for those who retreat in battle?"

"If a soldier retreats and kills the soldier, if the entire company retreats, only the company commander will be killed. If the company commander does not retreat and die in battle, the whole company will be killed."

"Where the company commander or battalion commander will retire?"

"If a company commander retreats, the company commander will be killed. All company commanders will retreat and the battalion commander will be killed. If the battalion commander does not retreat and die in battle, all company commanders will be killed."

"Okay, you finally said that getting cold feet is the most stupid thing, why is that?"

"When I ran away, there was no battle. He came on horseback. How could I have escaped? He armored the horse, at any rate, it will only die, wouldn't it be better than retreating."

All he answered were the military laws sorted out by the teaching team, and there were also some sermons, which were written in vernacular and analyzed from the perspective of the soldiers, which was easy for the soldiers to understand. Yang Jiye saw that he was proficient in memorizing, and encouraged :"very good!"

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Liao Kingdom, the hunting ground outside Shangjing.

On the third day of the hunting, the first tiger was caught by Xiao Zhen, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Xiao. Empress Dowager Xiao was very happy and held a banquet to celebrate.

It was originally a very harmonious banquet, but something went wrong at the banquet. A court lady turned out to be an assassin who sneaked in, trying to assassinate the emperor who was hugged by the nanny next to the Empress Dowager Xiao. The empress dowager and the emperor, the court lady had just pulled out the dagger from under the tray, but was discovered before she could make a move, and she was taken down on the spot.Empress Dowager Xiao ordered people to interrogate, and the court lady wiped her neck and committed suicide.

Empress Dowager Xiao was furious, and ordered people to search the body of the assassin in public.As a result, a waist card was found on the maid of honor.Checking the waist card, it actually came from the palace of King Yan.

At that moment, everyone's expressions changed.

King Yan and the emperor who had died of illness were brothers, and they had a close relationship with the emperor who died of illness. After the death of the first emperor, he also supported Empress Dowager Xiao all the time, and did not show any interest in the throne.Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiao has always been kind to this uncle.But this time Empress Dowager Xiao was furious, picked up the waist card and threw it over forcefully, her voice was as cold as the ice and snow of the twelfth lunar month, and shouted: "King Yan, you have done a good job!"

King Yan's face turned pale all of a sudden, he only heard that after Princess Haoyue hijacked His Majesty a few months ago, Empress Dowager Xiao was furious, but he did not see it in person.At this time, he saw it, at least he had never seen the Empress Dowager Xiao with such a furious appearance, she was frightened by this sudden disaster and collapsed to the ground, forgetting her usual cleverness, not knowing how to justify herself Loudly said: "Queen Dowager, my brother is wronged! Queen Mother, my brother is wronged!"

Hou Chenxi, dressed as Shangguan Bingyun, sat in the corner, watching from afar, with the expression that a family member should have at this time.

King Yan's face was full of tears, and he kept saying: "The late emperor had great kindness to his younger brother, how could this younger brother murder His Majesty?"

Since the last time her precious son was kidnapped by Haoyue, Empress Dowager Xiao hated and feared these dirty methods the most.In his rage, he didn't have time to think about it, so he shouted to the left and right: "Put King Yan down, and wait for his punishment." As soon as he said that, everyone was stunned.

"Queen Mother, calm down, King Yan must have been framed." Xu Wang Yeluning stepped out and knelt down, and said loudly.

Everyone was startled, and they all looked at King Xu.

Xu Wang continued to kowtow and said: "The queen mother must not convict the king of Yan just with a waist card. Just imagine, the queen mother, there are many guards and servants brought by each government this time. It is not easy to get a waist card. Difficult? If this waist card really belonged to King Yan's mansion, why did King Yan let the assassin wear it? Isn't it for fear that others would not know? What's more, this assassin is clearly a maid who has no power to restrain a chicken. Sending such a person to be an assassin is to send him to death, this is clearly framed!"

Everyone lowered their heads, of course they saw that this was a frame-up, but under the wrath of the Queen Mother, no one dared to say a word for King Yan.

Empress Dowager Xiao took a deep breath, turned her head and glanced at the baby son in the nurse's arms who was staring curiously at the surroundings with big black eyes. After thinking about it carefully, this was indeed the case.

Clever and wise as Xiao Chuo, it was precisely because she cared so much about her son that the incident happened suddenly, so she was extremely angry.If King Yan was wronged because of such a simple framing, even if they make up for it in the future, there will be a rift, which will definitely intensify the increasingly tense relationship between her and the Yelu royal family.Thinking of this, her expression softened.

Xiao Zhen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Queen Mother, I think it's better to lock up King Yan first, and it won't be too late to release King Yan after the matter is thoroughly investigated."

A flash of resentment flashed in the eyes of King Yan, who was still kneeling on the ground, and he suddenly realized, and thought to himself: "Yes, this is Xiao Zhen, a bastard who wants to get rid of this king because of Hou Chenxi. Xiao Zhen, after today This king will definitely not let you go."

Xiao Chuo took a deep look at Xiao Zhen, the latter's expression froze, only then did he realize that he was overjoyed to see King Yan's misfortune just now, lost his sense of propriety, and said stupid things at an inappropriate time.

Xiao Chuo is also a decisive generation, he already understood everything, and he didn't feel that he couldn't step down, so he said directly: "Please, King Yan, I believe that you have been wronged, go back and rest first, I will give you back It's fair." Then, he turned his head and said to the crowd: "This banquet can't go on anymore, everyone should leave."

Xiao Zhen felt very disappointed, he very much hoped that the king of Yan would fall, although such a seemingly clumsy strategy could not completely shake the status of King Yan, but as long as a seed of doubt was planted in the queen mother's heart, it would soon take root and sprout. Time can play a big role: "It's just, who wants to frame King Yan, most of them are those royal families who have different intentions."

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Empress Dowager Xiao ordered a thorough investigation into this matter, but there was no problem with the identity of that palace lady, and she had never had too much contact with anyone in the palace for many years. It was obvious that someone who had been planted for many years used such a person to carry out such a thing. The clumsy assassination, the purpose of framing King Yan is obvious.

However, since the Empress Dowager Xiao has already issued an order, the force is not a joke. Finally, someone reported that Mrs. Zhang Tonghui, the Right Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion, had had private contact with this court lady. In this way, Zhang became the first suspect. However, when the palace guards arrived at Zhang's tent, they found that she was fully dressed and had hanged herself.

Zhang Tonghui was shocked. He knelt down and kowtowed three times to plead guilty to Empress Dowager Xiao, but the enraged Empress Dowager Xiao directly ordered the Zhang family to be executed. Hou Wengang and other courtiers who had a good relationship with him did not even dare to intercede with Empress Dowager Xiao. As soon as the news came out, the court and Liao country were shaken for a while.

(End of this chapter)