princess

Chapter 63

There is a stone tablet where the former emperor died, but there is no inscription on the stone tablet. Xiao Yuzuo and the three of them stood in front of this stone tablet.

People who come and go to this place will stop to take a look, the stone tablet is three feet high, and it has become smoother and more polished because of being often touched by people.

"There is no word on the tablet." Xiao Yuzuo stretched out his hand across the surface of the tablet, "The merits and demerits will be judged by future generations."

There are many explanations for this stele, the one Xiao Yuzuo said is the default of everyone, and it takes courage to overthrow a dynasty.

"I think it's the confusion of our ancestors." Xiao Yuanmin looked at the stele and said with a little sigh.

"Huh?" Xiao Yuzuo looked at Xiao Yuanmin suspiciously.

Murong Xi's eyes lit up, and he admired him a little more. You must know that the emperor called the Son of Heaven, which meant a kind of detachment from ordinary people. The merits and demerits of future generations said that such a statement was a little proud and free and easy, which was very suitable for the Son of Heaven. an identity.

And Xiao Yuanmin's explanation somewhat meant that the emperor was like ordinary people.

"If the former dynasty is overthrown, what will happen to our Jin Dynasty?" Without waiting for Xiao Yuzuo to ask, Xiao Yuanmin said, "Of course the ancestors will not be as stupid as the emperor of the previous dynasty, but what about the descendants? Will it become the second former dynasty?"

"Will the fate of the former emperor yesterday be the fate of the Jin Dynasty in the next day?" Xiao Yuanmin said softly, "So the ancestors are confused. I don't know what to write on this stele. It is better to erect a stele without words."

"Sister..." Xiao Yuzuo's voice paused, as if hesitating.

"This wordless stele is the ancestor's confusion and reminder from the ancestor." Xiao Yuanmin looked at Xiao Yuzuo, "You have grown up, and you need to walk the road in the future by yourself."

"Yes." Xiao Yuzuo answered straight away, and when he looked at the wordless stele, he no longer had the pride just now, but with a little caution and ambition, "I remember."

The corners of Xiao Yuanmin's mouth were raised, revealing a smile, and the small dimples were faintly visible, as if they could sink people into them.

Murong Xi's eyes flickered slightly, and he clenched his hands unconsciously. The tingling pain in his palm brought back his rationality, and he lowered his eyes and said, "There is a small town not far ahead, why don't we go there for the night?"

"Alright." Xiao Yuzuo responded, and looked at the five guards behind him after speaking, "Let's go and make arrangements with two people first, let's walk over slowly."

"Yes." It was the chief guard who was driving the car, and he pointed to two people. After the two men clasped their fists in salute, they took the horse and took a step ahead.

There are many people coming and going on the road. It was not like this at the beginning, but it was a desolate place. It was only after the death of the former emperor and the ancestors of the Xiao family erected a stele without writing that this place prospered.

The few of them didn't go to the town right away, but rested under the nearby tree. Ban Xia spread a thick cloth under the tree, and after serving refreshments, they went to the side to serve tea to the guards. water.

The three of Xiao Yuanmin sat on the thick cloth, watching whether it was caravans or pedestrians who dismounted when they passed by this wordless stele, and even some female guests got out of the carriage wearing veils, and some would stop to have a look and touch it Some of the wordless steles left directly.

In fact, there is no dismounting order here, it is a custom formed spontaneously.

Xiao Yuzuo saw it in his eyes, and with a bit of thought, Murongxi took a sip of tea, moistened his mouth and said, "The town in front is called Xiama Town, but no one knows what its original name is."

"The ancestors are very powerful." Xiao Yuzuo unconsciously picked the jade pendant around his waist with his hand, "He defeated the Jin Dynasty, but the reason why these people are like this is not only the ancestors, but the prosperity created by the ancestors behind."

Murong Xi responded, "Actually, they are easy to be satisfied. There is no war, they can eat and wear warm clothes, and it is enough for the children to be happy." After a pause, he continued, "They are grateful and are repaying in their own way. Give them a kind of respect from the bottom of their hearts to those who live like this."

Xiao Yuanmin picked up the teapot and filled the cups of the three of them to [-]% full without interrupting.

"Don't let them down." Murong Xi looked at Xiao Yuzuo.

Xiao Yuzuo narrowed his eyes for a moment, and then laughed out loud, with a kind of clarity to push through the clouds, "How could that be?" He stretched out his right hand and clenched it into a fist. Murong Xi also stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist, and the two fists touched Three times, "We work together."

"it is good."

Under this tree, next to the wordless stele, the two young men made a promise. Who would have thought that such a joke-like agreement would bring about a century of prosperity for the Jin Dynasty.

After resting for a while, several people walked to Xiama Town on foot, but when entering the city gate, Murong Xi suddenly looked back and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yuzuo asked when he noticed Murongxi's abnormality.

Murong Xi looked at it for a long time before shaking his head, "It's nothing, let's go to the inn first."

Seeing this, the head guard also felt a little skeptical, and acted more cautiously. The inn in Xiama Town is well built, although it is not magnificent, but it is also very clean. The two guards asked for three. One room and two ordinary rooms, Banxia followed a guard to the kitchen to get food, while Xiao Yuzuo and the three of them went directly into the room.

It's just that Murong Xi's strange appearance at the gate of the city still makes people suspicious. Xiao Yuanmin went to Xiao Yuzuo's room after washing up a bit. Murong Xi was also there. Xiao Yuzuo said, "Sister."

"En." After Xiao Yuanmin entered the room, the guard at the door closed the door, "What's going on?" This question was for Murong Xi.

Murong Xi rubbed the center of his brows, "I don't know, I felt someone was staring at us at that time, but..."

"Let the guards check it out." It's always right to be careful, Xiao Yuzuo said, "Let's take a day off and leave early tomorrow morning."

Xiao Yuanmin nodded, "Did our whereabouts be exposed?" As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and the only ones who knew their whereabouts were these few people, the five guards and Ban Xia.

Those five guards were sent to them by Emperor Xuanhe, and Banxia was the big palace maid next to Xiao Yuanmin.

"Maybe I'm too sensitive." Murong Xi suddenly laughed.

Xiao Yuanmin pursed her lower lip, feeling uneasy, but did not say anything. This time it was because of her that they left the main force. If something happened, she couldn't help but look at Xiao Yuzuo. If something happened...my brother can't have anything...

"Sister, don't worry." Xiao Yuzuo chuckled, "Didn't you say that the father sent secret guards?"

"Ah."

Emperor Xuanhe looked at the secret report and thought deeply, "Li Dezhong, go and invite Lord Murong here."

"Yes."

Emperor Xuanhe tapped his fingers on the table. This secret report is the secret of Zheng Guo. 23 years ago, the favorite concubine of Zheng Guo gave birth to twins, but the tradition of Zheng Guo is to keep only one, but the emperor loves the one. The concubine asked the midwife to secretly send one of the sons away, and the other was raised in the palace, but the beloved concubine begged Emperor Zheng to feign death and leave the palace to take care of the child.

After the favorite concubine died, Emperor Zheng recorded this son under the name of the empress who had not been released for many years. Even better than the prince in the palace.

What Emperor Xuanhe brought to the Jin Dynasty this time was the one of the twins raised in the palace, but he didn't want to die.

These things seemed nothing at first, but for some reason Emperor Xuanhe felt that there were still some things... Thinking of the prince and eldest princess on the way back, he felt uneasy, so he asked someone to invite Murong Xi's grandfather, Murong Zhao.

When Murong Zhao came, Emperor Xuanhe had read the secret report no less than three times, and after he saluted, he said directly, "Give me a seat, Li Dezhong will give this secret report to Lord Murong."

"Yes." Li Dezhong held the secret report in both hands, and came to Murong Zhao.

Murong Zhao first thanked Emperor Xuanhe, and then sat down after receiving the secret report. After reading it, he frowned like Emperor Xuanhe, "This Emperor Zheng is so bold. I remember that the twin sons of Zheng Guo had an ominous omen, and one of them It is the incarnation of evil spirits, and it will bring disaster to Zheng Guo."

"Stupid." Emperor Xuanhe sneered.

"The old minister thinks so too." Murong Zhao also smiled, knowing that the twins in the Jin Dynasty were overjoyed, "It's just that everyone in Zheng Guo believed it, and this Zheng Guo's favorite concubine has some abilities to make the Emperor Zheng Guo protect it like this."

Emperor Xuanhe found another secret report and asked Li Dezhong to deliver it to Murong Zhao, which was about the favorite concubine.

The beloved concubine was brought back by Emperor Zheng on a trip 25 years ago. She was favored by thousands of people, and she died of illness three years ago.

22 years of favoring, if this favored concubine stayed in the palace, she might have already obtained the position of empress long ago.

Murong Zhao pondered for a while. This secret report simply described a woman's life. This beloved concubine was also a strange woman. Not to mention giving birth to twins, she kept her own child, and even cheated her death to leave the palace. From Murong Zhao's point of view, all of this seemed to be planned.

You must know that the woman staying in the palace must be a thorn in the side of the concubine in the palace, staring at her all the time, then the secret of the twins may be exposed, and leaving the palace by feigning death not only shows her love for her son, but also It made Emperor Zheng feel that she was not greedy for wealth and honor, and even disappeared from everyone's eyes, fighting for the position of the son of the son who stayed in the palace.

"25 years ago..." Murong Zhao pondered for a moment, "Don't His Majesty think the timing is too coincidental?"

"Huh?" Emperor Xuanhe frowned and looked at Murong Zhao.

"This kind of scheming has made Emperor Zheng fall in love with her for more than 20 years. She must not be a woman from an ordinary family, but he only said that she brought it back from a trip, and her family background is a peasant girl." Murong Zhao said, "The old minister does not believe that a peasant girl To have such knowledge.”

Emperor Xuanhe nodded and had to admit it.

Murong Zhao said, "Does Your Majesty remember what happened 27 years ago?"

Emperor Xuanhe suddenly remembered that at that time he was just a prince with no real power, and suddenly discovered the remnants of the previous dynasty. At that time, the first prince and the others volunteered to eradicate the remnants, but they didn't want to end up eradicating the remnants of the previous dynasty. One person also died. The first emperor was furious and killed many people.

"Impossible." Emperor Xuanhe said unsurely.

"The old minister does know some things." Murong Zhao said, "It's just that the first emperor issued a password-locked order at that time. If it wasn't for this matter, the old minister would have forgotten it."

Emperor Xuanhe nodded, "Master Murong, please tell me." There was no intention of blaming him.

Murong Zhao nodded and said, "Actually, the remnants of the previous dynasty have not been killed, they have been hidden, and this is related to a treasure from the previous dynasty, but I don't know if it is true or not. Until 30 years ago, that person claimed to be the descendant of Prince Renxin of the former dynasty." People, that person has some ability to integrate all the remnants of evil, and when the first emperor noticed, they were already quite large."

"The old minister was lucky enough to participate in the bandit suppression and met that person, but the old minister felt that the rumors were too much, and the real capable one should be his wife." Murong Zhao said with a little admiration, "At that time, she had just given birth not long ago. They gave birth to a pair of twins, who calmly stood beside his husband's corpse, killed his two sons with his own hands, and then committed suicide."

Emperor Xuanhe didn't interrupt Murong Zhao's words. He knew that these were not the main points of Murong Zhao. As expected, Murong Zhao asked, "Does Your Majesty know when this woman started to arrange the way out?"

Emperor Xuanhe thought for a while, "Could it be when the emperor's brother died?"

"Exactly." Murong Zhao said, "The old minister only found out later that when she knew that a prince had been killed in my court, the first thing she did was to arrange for the eldest daughter to flee. Only her eldest daughter went out."

"Sure enough, good knowledge and good strategy." Emperor Xuanhe couldn't help admiring, "If it is a son who escaped, I am afraid that the father will definitely track them down until he kills those people, but if a girl escapes, she will still be able to escape. If you investigate, but you won't go to war, you have more chances of surviving, especially the first arrangement..." The most important thing is that most girls are raised in deep boudoirs, and no one will suspect them if they disappear.

"Could it be that Lord Murong suspects that Emperor Zheng's favorite concubine is..." Thinking of this, Emperor Xuanhe shuddered.

"I don't know, old minister." Murong Zhao lowered his head, looked at his shoes and stopped talking.

Emperor Xuanhe suddenly understood that maybe he was just exchanging a son for the lives of the prince and eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty, and slammed the table, "Idiot." Concubine Lin Gui was completely taken advantage of.

Murong Zhao didn't seem to hear, Xuanhe Emperor gritted his teeth, thinking of his own pair of children, "I see, Prince..."

"The old minister is willing to lead troops to pick up the prince." Murong Zhao got up and said.

Emperor Xuanhe was a little bit embarrassed, and his son and daughter ran to play in private... It's just that safety is more important at this time. After taking a look at Li Dezhong, Li Dezhong stepped forward and said respectfully, "Master Murong is here, Your Majesty I feel at ease, but...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Eldest Princess have left the team privately..."

Murong Zhao knew about the eldest princess going out, but when he heard that they left the team privately, he knelt down and said without saying a word, "The old minister will definitely do his best."

"Get up." Emperor Xuanhe got up and helped Murong Zhao up himself, "I will leave the safety of the crown prince and eldest princess to Lord Murong."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)