Aspirations

Chapter 193 The One Who Knows Fate Does Not Resent Heaven (End of the Book)

Inside the box were letters from civil and military officials and Xingwang, as well as evidence of Xingwang's rebellion. Only then did Wu Yidong know that the emperor was still the emperor. On the surface, it was overseen by Xingwang and Hou Pingpan. In fact, there were still many people on the emperor's side. is orthodox.

The majestic gaze of the emperor swept over everyone present, the wind blew, the snow danced, his clothes fluttered, and his eyes were extremely firm: "There are letters and tokens in the box, and everyone here has them. When I was seriously ill, You all think about the future generations of the Great Xia, some thoughts are also human nature, now I am in good health, and today I have to settle the accounts of the past..."

Everyone's heart froze, and many people turned their heads to look subconsciously. There was nothing behind them, and no warriors were standing with their swords.

Although Xia Xiang had already guessed that the emperor had a plan, he still didn't expect that the emperor would be so well prepared, and actually collected the letters from the court ministers and Xingwang, but he couldn't be sure that the emperor was about to It is absolutely impossible to kill all those who participated in the chaos?If this is the case, today's sand dunes are about to flow into rivers of blood.

"Come here, open the box." The emperor gave an order, and Changshu hurriedly opened the box. The emperor reached out and picked up a letter, opened it and glanced at it, and then threw it back into the box, "Everyone, although I am in Li Zhongcheng and Song Shilang With his help, I got these letters, but I have only opened one so far. I won't say who wrote the letters. The fire is coming..."

Changguan busy handing over the torch.

The emperor threw the torch into the letter, and the fire burst into flames instantly.The emperor laughed and said: "You and I have been together for more than ten years, and we have neither suspicion nor second thoughts. Since I asked you to wait for my herdsmen, I should trust you to wait. People are not sages, who can be blameless, and who can correct their mistakes. Goodness is great. What happened in the past, in the land of the sand dunes, was burned in one fire, and it was written off from then on."

"Long live the emperor!"

An old minister was so grateful that he fell to his knees on the snowy ground with tears running down his face: "When the old minister was first in charge, the emperor first ascended the Great Treasure. Now the emperor is in the prime of his life, but the old minister is very old. Every time the old minister thinks about the past , I am always grateful for the mighty kindness of the emperor. The old minister regrets that he should have done it back then, Your Majesty, the old minister knows his mistake, please punish the old minister for his crimes."

Then a few more people knelt to the ground: "Your Majesty, I know I'm wrong."

A cold light flashed in Xingwang's eyes, he smiled sternly, got up and left his seat, drew out a sword, and stepped forward.Seeing this, Mantuo raised his sword, and was about to shoot.

Everyone was taken aback, what did the Star King intend?

The emperor looked calm and looked at the star king coldly.

Xingwang smiled calmly: "Second brother, when we were young, you and I often competed swords. Today, you are the emperor, and the third brother dare not compete with the second brother again. He is willing to dance the sword to add to the fun."

Song Chaodu said: "His Royal Highness Xingwang, it is better for you to dance alone than to dance in a group, and if you are dancing alone, Xiangzhuang's sword-wielding intention is against Pei Gong, but the minister also has Yaxing, willing to accompany Xingwang!"

Xing Wang squinted his eyes: "I don't know that Song Shilang can also dance swords?"

Song Chaodu laughed: "Although my minister is not as good as Li Taibai in the top three in the Tang Masters List, he also has some basic martial arts skills." While speaking, he stood up and came to the field.

Xia Xiang signaled Mantuo to pay attention to Xingwang's every move: "I am afraid that Xingwang's sword dancing move has other plans, Miss Mantuo, be careful."

The emperor's act of burning the letter really surprised Xia Xiang, and it was beyond Xia Xiang's expectation, but after thinking about it again, he also understood the emperor's tolerance and painstaking efforts.Civil and military officials are also secular people, and the star king is expected to succeed to the throne as the new king. Who doesn't want to get close first, or seek a good future in the future.But the emperor let go of the past and burned the letter, which can not only show the broadness of the emperor's heart, but also buy people's hearts, killing two birds with one stone.

Xingwang and Song Chaodu danced swords together, and the two of them had good swordsmanship.

Only after dancing a few moves, suddenly there was the sound of people neighing and horses screeching in the wind. The sound came from a distance in the forest. In the sound of wind and snow, it was suddenly far and near. , it was shocking to hear.

Xia Xiang's expression changed, and Lian Ruohan, Zheng Shan and the others who were beside him were also shocked. Cao Shu stood up suddenly: "Someone raised an army?"

Ye Muping, however, looked calm, and pulled Cao Shujun: "Don't worry, sit down, even if someone raises an army, you can't fight and you can't escape, it's better to sit."

Cao Shujun glared at Ye Muping: "Really Ye, even if you can't escape, you can't sit still, can you?"

"Sitting still doesn't necessarily mean sitting still and waiting for death, but it can also respond to changes by staying the same." Ye Muping chuckled, "Don't worry, the good show has just come on stage."

Some of the ministers were restless, some looked around, some were frightened, and some were so scared that their legs trembled, but the emperor seemed to have not heard the screams of killing, and still watched with great interest the sword dance of Xingwang and Song Chaodu.

"The two-person sword dance is still a bit less lively, let's have two people dance sword again." Xing Wang danced to the middle, the sword flower flickered, and shouted, "Yan Hao, where is Fang Shiniang?"

As soon as the voice fell, two figures fell from the sky, and a man and a woman appeared in the field.The man was dressed in black and held a lancet.The woman is dressed in white and holds a long sword.

"Yan Hao! Fang Shiniang!" Xia Xiang was taken aback and took a closer look. Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang were blushing and their eyes were dull, like puppets. .

"It's strange, how could Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang seem to be out of their minds?" Xia Xiang wondered.

Mantuo frowned slightly and stared for a moment: "The two of them have been poisoned with soul-loss poison. Those who have been poisoned with soul-loss poison will be at the mercy of the poison within two hours, and they will lose their souls, become like puppets, and their skills will skyrocket. Two hours After that, the meridians of the whole body are cut off and die."

"It's a pity, it's pitiful..." Xia Xiang said halfway, but suddenly his tone changed drastically, "Man Tuo, save the emperor quickly."

Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang crossed swords and stabbed towards the emperor.Song Chaodu wanted to save him, but he was a step too late, and he was not as strong as Yan Hao and Fang Shiniang in martial arts.Seeing that Yan Hao was about to stab the emperor with a knife, a cold light flashed in Mantuo's hand, and a flying knife shot out.

Yan Hao did not hide or dodge, and let the flying knife sink into his chest.The emperor did not show much panic, and took a step back. At this time, Mantuo arrived and kicked Yan Hao in the body.

Yan Hao was kicked away.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Mantuo stabilized his body, Fang Shiniang's long sword approached within three feet of him again.In desperation, Man Tuo's right hand shot like lightning, and inserted three throwing knives into Fang Shiniang's shoulder and belly one after another, but Fang Shiniang still rushed over as if she didn't feel it.

Ye Muping also flew out, trying to block the ten women below for Mantuo, but the Xingwang laughed horribly and stabbed Ye Muping in the chest with the long sword in his hand.Ye Muping fought against Xing Wang with the power of one person, of course it was no problem. Who knew that Xing Wang had already prepared, and with a whistling sound, Gao Jianyuan in disguise suddenly rushed out from the crowd, holding a long spear and stabbing Ye Muping in the back with a sword .

Ye Muping was under the enemy's back, and he couldn't take care of himself, so naturally he couldn't take care of Mantuo.Normally, Mantuo would be able to hold on for a while with one against two, but now that Yanhao and Fang Shiniang are both ghosts and ghosts, who don't know pain and are not afraid of death, it's hard for her to deal with it.No one thought that Xing Wang would be so ruthless that he would not hesitate to risk the lives of the two masters.

When the situation was extremely urgent, Xia Xiang yelled: "Fang Shiniang, Yan Hao insulted your innocence, how could you work hand in hand with him?"

With a loud cry like a thunderbolt from the blue, Fang Shiniang froze in her footsteps, stopped abruptly, and froze for a moment, as if remembering something, with a distorted and painful expression on her face, suddenly, she let out a long roar, and flew forward, holding her hands Up and down...

A gust of blood gushed into the sky, Yan Hao's head rolled out more than [-] feet, and just rolled down at Gao Jianyuan's feet.Gao Jianyuan was stunned for a moment, and a cold light flashed before his eyes, and a long sword pierced through his heart!

Fang Shiniang kicked Gao Jianyuan's corpse, laughed, and flew up. He was in the air, but suddenly lost all his strength, spurted blood, and then fell down.

In the blink of an eye, he lost two masters and a great helper, Xing Wang was weak at this time, he was still Ye Muping's opponent, he was hit in the chest by Ye Muping's whisk, and fell to the ground with blood vomited from the mouth.

"Second brother..." Xingwang looked at the emperor, "I am not wrong, it is you who is wrong. If you were not indifferent to the government, if you were not intent on finding the whereabouts of Xian'er and his mother, you would not have been poisoned by me to get sick. You are sick. Later, if it is not intentional to let the brothers think that they intend to aspire to the throne, and they will not kill each other, it is all your fault, and it is all your fault for playing with your imperial mind!"

The emperor smiled generously: "Third brother, now you are blaming the second brother for playing with the emperor's tricks. When you poisoned the second brother, did you ever have half brotherhood? When you were recruiting troops to buy horses to kill people for the throne in Zhending, you could Have you ever thought about the people of Limin in Daxia? When you and Hou Pingpan searched for the common people in the name of the new law, did you ever think that I am the son of Daxia? When you mess with power, why have you ever cherished and cared for the people? Do you know why I didn't take you down in the capital? Just because I still want to give you a chance to get back to the shore, I don't want brothers to kill each other, I don't want to shake the foundation of Daxia, I don't want to Bleeding in the capital is ashamed of the ancestors!"

"It's a pity that today you are still obsessed with it. You still want to borrow troops from the Cui family of Boling to do something wrong, and even have people assassinate me. Do you know that all the Cui family of Boling have been intercepted and killed by the Cui family of Qinghe?" In the forest!"

"Impossible!" The star king still doesn't believe that borrowing troops from the Boling Cui Clan is his trick. In fact, the Boling Cui Clan's men have already been ambushed in Wujiazhuang, which is less than ten miles away from the sand dunes. It only takes half an hour. to kill.

"Report!"

A man and a horse galloped wildly from the pitch-black wind and snow. The man on horseback was covered in blood and held several human heads.He rushed to the field, threw the head, and bowed down to worship: "Your Majesty, I have beheaded Cui Bi, the patriarch of the Cui family in Boling, Li Chi in Taiyuan, and Zheng Mingrui from the Zheng family in Xingyang. More than a thousand soldiers and horses have all been wiped out."

"How could this be?" Xingwang's face was ashes, and he fell to the ground. "It's over, everything is over. I didn't expect that this king was defeated so thoroughly! In this case, God wants to destroy this king, and this king admits defeat."

The star king jumped up suddenly, the long sword in his hand fluttered, and rushed towards the emperor.Mantuo hurriedly took action to stop him, but unexpectedly, the Xingwang feinted a shot, and fell to the ground on one side of his body, just right on Yan Hao's lancet.

Cut through the heart!

Hou Pingpan and Cui Xiang knew that their crimes could not escape, so they quickly knelt down on the ground.The emperor didn't even look at the two of them. Once Xing Wang died, the two of them would be water without a source, so there was nothing to worry about.He waved his hand and let the two of them be taken away.

King Jing, King Qing, King Yun and King Jian came to Xingwang, and some of them shook their heads and sighed, or sneered, or panicked, or disapproved.At this time, the snow was getting tighter, and the blood on the ground was quickly covered up by the snow, as if nothing had happened.

Xia Xiang rescued the dying Fang Shiniang back into the camp. Seeing that Fang Shiniang was breathing weakly, Mantuo asked, "Why did you kill Mr. Xia Lang?"

"I am under Master's order." Fang Shiniang was about to die, and her words were also good, "I am an orphan, and Master raised me and taught me martial arts on Kunlun Mountain. When I came down the mountain, Master let me Killing Xia Xiang, saying that although Xia Xiang is the pillar of the big Xia, he is also an ominous person. Although he will save countless people from the fire and water, he will also make countless people homeless and let countless people die. Because of the fire of war. So she doesn't want Xia Xiang to fight and kill countless people. It's better to kill Xia Xiang first, so that the summer is full of breeze and bright moon. Unfortunately, I have been entrusted by Master. Master, I'm sorry for you!"

"Who is your master?" Xia Xiang asked anxiously.

"I don't know her name either, I only know that she is a fairy..." Fang Shiniang's eyes flashed with a strange look, just like the moment when the lights were about to go out, then the brilliance dimmed and went out.

The next day, the emperor raised Song Chaodu to be the minister of Dali Temple, Li Dingshan was the Shao Yin of Shangjing Prefecture, and Fu Zhuo, the former Shao Yin of Shangjing Prefecture, was promoted to the position of Shangjing Prefecture Governor, taking over the position of the dead star king.Song Chaodu, together with Li Dingshan and Zheng Shan, were jointly responsible for the trial of the cases of Hou Pingpan and Cui Xiang.The emperor decreed that the case of Hou Pingpan and Cui Xiang should not involve too much.

After verification by three people, less than ten people were finally convicted. Except for Hou Pingpan and Cui Xiang who were exiled for [-] miles, Pei Shuozhang, the magistrate of Shile County, was demoted to serve as a citizen, and the county magistrates of Shile County, Tianqing and Zhending County. Xu Heguang, the county magistrate, and Yang Jiang, the prefect, were sentenced to be executed.He also charged several key criminals in the Ke case, and asked to be executed at the same time.

Zhang Hou and other people who were newly attached to Xingwang, the emperor did not pursue them.But after this incident, Zhang Hou was frightened and caught a cold, so he couldn't afford to get sick.It was Xia Xiang who begged Mr. Jin Jia to come forward to diagnose and treat Zhang Hou. After taking the medicine, Zhang Hou improved slightly, but he refused to thank Xia Xiang.It's still time to thank Xia Xiang a thousand times.

Chapter 69

A few days later, the emperor returned to Beijing.Countless people searched in the forest, but found nothing, the emperor put out his mind under the persuasion of Ye Muping.After learning that Fang Shiniang's master was a fairy far away in Kunlun Mountains, she thought of going to Kunlun Mountains again, but fortunately she was persuaded by Jinjia and Ye Muping.

When the emperor and his party set off, the sky cleared and the sand dunes were covered with thick snow. The bloodstains of the past had long disappeared, and there was only a white and fresh world.

The mighty team walked out for a long time before two people walked out of the forest.There is a person beside her, although dressed in ordinary clothes, but also has a luxurious air that cannot be concealed.

If Xia Xiang were here, he would have rushed forward and knelt down on the ground, crying to the ordinary woman, "Mother, why didn't you see Xiang'er?"

That's right, she is Song Dingniang who has disappeared for a long time.

Song Dingniang looked at the team that disappeared into the sky from afar, with a desolate expression, looked down at the messy footprints on the snow, and asked in a low voice, "Fairy, why don't you meet the emperor? Why don't you let me see Xiang'er?"

"What's the use of seeing?" Fairy's expression was indifferent, the veil on her face was blown by the wind, but only a pair of bright eyes showed, without showing a trace of face, her voice was as cold as snow on a tree, " My fate with him is exhausted, and so are you and Xia Xiang, Song Dingniang, don't have any more wishful thinking, if you still want him to live in the world, you will never see him again."

"Fairy, since I have separated from Xiang'er, why did you send Fang Shiniang to kill him? Why are you so cruel?" Song Dingniang complained slightly.

Fairy's eyes were still indifferent: "Don't blame me for being cruel, the world is not benevolent, and all things are regarded as dogs. Xia Xiang is not only the auspicious person who succeeds in the emperor's death, but also the ominous person of the people of Daxia. The people of Daxia planned to kill Xia Xiang, although it was the emperor's misfortune, but it was a blessing for the people of Daxia."

"Xiang'er is all about the people, how can he be the ominous person of the people in Daxia?"

"Xia Xiang will have a heart of disobedience in the future, and sooner or later he will raise troops to rebel. At that time, the war will be fought together, and the lives will be ruined."

"How can he have a heart of a minister?" Song Dingniang suddenly remembered, "How could he start a soldier rebellion, he obviously ..."

Before she could finish speaking, the fairy waved her hand: "Needless to say, I can stop killing him for the time being, but whether I will save his life in the future depends on what he does."

A frightened bird flew by, snow fell heavily on the tree, and landed on Fairy and Song Dingniang, but the two remained motionless, looking at the team that disappeared into the sky.

A few days later, the convoy arrived in Zhending City. Due to the tiredness of the road and the slippery roads, the emperor decided to stay in Zhending City for a few days.

Cui Xiang was exempted, and the prefect of Zhending was vacant. Because of Xia Xiang's great escort, the emperor not only rewarded him, but also promoted Xia Xiang to be the prefect of Zhending.After being recommended by Xia Xiang, Ma Zhanguo was promoted to the county magistrate, and Ding Ke was promoted to the county magistrate.The two were ecstatic.

Because Xingwang had the deepest layout in Zhending, the emperor personally read the files. When he found out about Liu Changting's underground bank, because Liu Changting was beheaded and Xie Huagai's whereabouts were unknown, there was no witness.When Xia Xiang was frowning, Shen Liangren who had been waiting for Xia Xiang's return in the county government told Xia Xiang that he had caught Li Xiaosi in Xiajiazhuang.

Li Xiaosi's arrest made Xia Xiang overjoyed, and the emperor personally interrogated Li Xiaosi.In front of the emperor, Li Xiaosi was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the ground, and he confessed exactly what Xingwang Zaiding was collecting money, and said that if Xia Xiang hadn't investigated the case of Fu Ke in time and led to Wu Yidong's purchase of military rations, No matter how good the situation is, it often restrains Guangjin Commercial Bank. Xingwang Zaiding has already become big, and at least 10,000+ troops will be called. Once the 10,000+ soldiers and horses rise up, there will be dead bodies everywhere.

The emperor was very emotional, and after learning that Li Xiaosi was captured by a deserter, he met with Shen Liangren again.The emperor praised Shen Liangren's righteous actions very much. Shen Liangren was at ease in Xiajiazhuang and did not want to go back to his hometown. The emperor rewarded Shen Liangren and gave him another birth.

Before leaving, the emperor summoned Mantuo.The scene of Mantuo stepping forward to rescue him made him never forget it.

"Whatever Mrs. Mantuo asks, just say it." For some reason, the emperor always felt that Mantuo looked somewhat similar to the fairy.

"Your Majesty, the common people don't ask for rewards, they just ask for a landscape and garden in Fujian where they can live."

"There is a mountain in Anxi, Fujian, shaped like a palm. I named it Mantuo Mountain and rewarded you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Mantuo later left Xiaxiang and came to Mantuo Mountain, where he planted tea leaves and named it Mantuo Tea.Later, Mantuo tea was introduced to Beijing, and the emperor wrote the name in his own hand.Legend has it that Mantuo lived in seclusion in Mantuo Mountain all his life, guarding the tea trees and the years in the mountains alone. Whether this is true or not is unknown.

Because Mantuo rescued the people who lost their feet many times in Mantuo Mountain, she was called Mantuo Niangniang.

Xia Xiang saw the emperor off and sent him to the north of the city.The emperor looked very good, and said: "Prefect Xia, when you and Lady Lian get married, I will be the officiant."

Xia Xiang smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I am afraid."

"I'm not just being the master of marriage, there are two things for you to do." There seemed to be a hint of conspiracy in the emperor's smile.

Xia Xiang gave a shock: "Your Majesty, please speak."

"I have no children under my knees. I heard from Mr. Jin Jia that you have a lot of research in medicine. I ordered you to develop a prescription for conceiving a child. It is called Duozi Duofu Pill. There must be no mistake."

Well... Xia Xiang secretly scolded Jin Jia for being troublesome, but when the emperor spoke up, he had no choice but to agree.

"There is one more thing..." The emperor's expression became a little more worried, "I and the fairy once gave birth to a son, this son is living in the people, I don't know where he is, from now on, you will be secretly for me. Find the whereabouts of this son, and once you find it, I will remember your great contribution and make it a king."

This matter is of great importance, and the crowd is vast, with no clue, Xia Xiang didn't know where to start, and when he was about to resign, the emperor said: "I have helped Mrs. Lian to lay down a great good fortune, and now the good fortune is always here." As her dowry, you are sitting back and enjoying the benefits, and you should do something for me. Good times often have business houses all over Daxia, and it is most convenient to find people."

Xia Xiang had nothing to say: "Chen... as ordered!"

"Although Zhang Hou has been attached to the star king, he is also a talent. I want to appoint him as the county magistrate." The emperor's face was indifferent, the wind was like a knife, he stood upright in the snow, and his aura was extraordinary, "You don't have to be If I can't get along with Zhang Hou, and if I can only choose one of several princes to inherit the throne, Xia Xiang, which prince do you think is the most virtuous?"

Xia Xiang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Is the emperor testing which prince he is close to, or does he want to win the next prince by pacifying the star king?The emperor's mind is really unfathomable.

After sending the emperor away, Xia Xiang suddenly found that Xia Laixia was gone.He hurriedly asked Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu said that the emperor had the two taken away and wanted them to serve as bodyguards.Although Xia Xiang didn't say anything, he always felt that something was wrong, and the emperor seemed to be on guard against him.

Sure enough, when Xia Xiang and Lian Ruohan returned to the county office, they found that Xiao Jia was gone. After asking, they found out that Xiao Jia was also taken to the capital by the emperor, who said that the emperor appreciated Xiao Jia's talent and let Xiao Jia enter the palace. As a female official, there are still times when Xiao Jia enters the palace at the same time as a female official.

What big game is the emperor playing again?
Xia Xiang couldn't guess the emperor's intentions, and he was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, his affairs have come to an end for the time being, and he can take a good rest for some time. The overall situation has been decided, and he only needs to handle official duties step by step.No matter what the emperor has plans or plans, at least he can stop thinking about it.

But Xia Xiang always felt that maybe something big would happen soon...

(End of this chapter)