Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 74 2.51 Your future eldest son will take her surname Dongfang

Volume Two

2.51 Your future eldest son will take her surname Dongfang.

"Thank you Mr. Zhou for your advice." After looking down at the corpse on the ground, Chu Baihu turned pale and bowed to Zhou Yang very politely. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "If it was because of my negligence, the princess would have died." The slightest harm will be irreparable, so I will remember today’s favor.”

"Chu Baihu's words are serious." Zhou Yang smiled and responded with a fist-cup salute, "The trumpet just pointed out our direction, but did not have the exact location, so this insider needs to point the way at all costs, but the trumpet Not only will they be seen by the enemy, presumably at this time, the First Prince has already ordered people to attack on a large scale, and there will not be too many enemies who can be arranged on our side."

"Mr. Zhou, you will stay by my side in a moment." As he was speaking, Princess Yongchang in the carriage suddenly said, "Dongfang, take Chu Baihu and other guards to keep the enemy at the periphery as much as possible. At some point, I want to see Mr. Zhou’s masterful shooting.”

".Yes, princess!" Dongfang Bing's expression was still indifferent, but her slightly trembling words were still exposed. She already understood that the arrangement just now was due to distrust of her. How dare you say that she is not a double agent?Zhou Yang, on the other hand, can naturally trust him completely because his interests are completely consistent this time.

"Dongfang, come up!" After a short and embarrassing silence, Princess Yongchang greeted again, "Chu Baihu, could you please lead the people to disperse twenty steps."

"Yes, princess!" Chu Baihu waved his hand, and a dozen guards immediately formed a circle around him. They were obviously well-trained.

"Bing'er, do you hate me?" After taking Dongfang Bing into the carriage, Princess Yongchang's voice sounded again, obviously not planning to hide it from Zhou Yang, "I'm sorry, but I can't relax, because this is not only my business, And Kai'er."

"Subordinates don't dare." Dongfang Bing replied coldly and stopped talking.

"After this time, Mr. Zhou will be exposed to the eyes of interested people. If there is no one to take care of him, it will be difficult to say whether he can survive until the spring of the martial arts competition next year." Princess Yongchang's tone was also depressing, "It's just a martial arts exam. It’s just a promotion, what does it mean in the eyes of many people? So what if it’s me? Isn’t this time being used as a pawn?”

"Princess is serious!" It is "natural" to ignore the discomfort of being looked down upon, and Zhou Yang quickly expresses his attitude towards the second half of the sentence. This is a feudal society, and "identity" is one level higher, and it can be taken literally. "Crushing people to death." What's more, it's hard to say how far apart he is from the princess.

"Bing'er, after you told me about the solicitation and conditions last time, I discussed it with Kai'er and got a response from the emperor's sister-in-law in the past two days." Princess Yongchang's voice became much gentler, " Since such a condition can be promised over there, there is no reason why I can't do it here, but an additional condition needs to be added.

Mr. Zhou, I heard that you bought a nice house in the inner city?Three in and three out, taking things out across the courtyard, but only ten servants and one girl, doesn't it seem too empty?Bing'er is too lonely now to guard the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion alone. You should be able to live in the inner courtyard, right? "

"Huh?" Zhou Yang was extremely confused, "Princess."

"Why, it can't be done?" Princess Yongchang's voice had lost its gentleness.

"Princess, please forgive me. Since the princess knows that I bought the house, she must also know the origin of the money." Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yang decided to refuse, "This money is not without price, and I naturally promised it. Conditions met."

"The Xue family? Forgive them for not daring to talk too much." Although Princess Yongchang spoke forcefully, she did not ask further, because such things are not difficult to guess. After a moment of silence, she spoke again, "Then I will Take a step back instead of Binger, your future eldest son will take her surname Dongfang, so it should be fine, right?"

"Princess." Dongfang Bing said hurriedly.

"Shut up!" Princess Yongchang interrupted her without hesitation, and then said to Zhou Yang, "Why, Mr. Zhou still has any objections?"

"Yes, but it will take some time. I must make it clear to Mr. Xue." After a moment of reflection, Zhou Yang knew that he couldn't refuse, so he simply agreed. Again, he actually didn't mind if the child stayed with his mother. Last name, it’s not like I only have one child anyway.

Princess Yongchang is not just bored and likes to be a matchmaker, but she wants to tie two people up through this matter. After today's assassination, Zhou Yang is completely tied to her, or the queen behind her, and the elder. He is in the prince camp, but because his status is too low, it is hard to say whether he will be targeted and killed.

Dongfang Bing has been her number one confidant for a long time. Due to the matter of being attracted by others in private, a rift has formed between the two. Unwilling to give up her childhood sister and absolute confidant, she tied up with a reliable person. It is very reasonable. If Zhou Yang and her are combined, the above two purposes can be perfectly achieved.With Dongfang Bing by his side, Zhou Yang has openly joined Princess Yongchang's camp, which can be regarded as a "backstage endorsement"; with the condition of "the eldest son taking his mother's surname" and the "inheritance of worldly duties", Dongfang Bing has completely Steady; the combination of the two can break anyone's unrealistic pursuit.

"Dongfang, are you relieved this time?" Seeing that the goal was achieved, Princess Yongchang's voice returned to gentleness, even with a smile, "Okay, you can discuss the rest among yourselves, I won't ask any more questions ”

"Thank you, princess!" Dongfang Bing thanked him shyly and got off the carriage, with a rare blush on his cheeks.

Just as the three of them were discussing, there was already a fire on the perimeter where Chu Baihu was responsible. More than a dozen people rushed up from the direction of the cannon, and started fighting with the guards of the Princess Mansion, but they were obviously at a disadvantage.

"Bing'er, don't worry, I'll take care of everything!" Zhou Yang looked at Dongfang Bing's obviously out of state, gently stepped forward to hug her and comforted her, then let her go and got to the point, "You stay here, princess." Just keep arrows around, fighting at close quarters is a man’s business.”

".Be careful!" Dongfang Bing took a deep look at him, his expression gradually returned to his usual calm and indifferent, "You don't need to worry about my strength."

"Fool!" Zhou Yang smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and immediately pulled out the Black Iron Broken Horse Sword from the sweat and blood, and stuck it on the ground, then took off a hard stone bow, and started fire support with Dongfang Bing.

The reason why the one-and-a-half-stone strong bow is not used is naturally to ensure the continuity of firepower. Just like Dongfang Bing beside him, who also uses the Badou Bow. With Zhou Yang's current strength and stamina, the one-and-a-half-stone strong bow can shoot twenty arrows at him. The effect of close combat is that thirty arrows will almost lose its combat effectiveness. If replaced with a one-stone bow, the above data will basically double, making it easier to fight a large-scale war.

"Princess Qi, all the assassins have been killed!" A moment later, under the attack from both sides by the guards of the princess palace and Zhou Yang and Dongfang Bing, more than a dozen assassins died quickly. Chu Baihu arranged for others to clean up the battlefield. , turned around and reported.

"Don't be anxious. Only after the eldest prince's main force arrives can we truly ensure the safety of the princess." Zhou Yang waved his hand to stop Dongfang Bing, who was about to help Princess Yongchang out of the car. "The best thing to do at this time is to remain unchanged and adapt to changes. It’s just a matter of waiting a little longer in the car, there’s no need to take any extra risks.”

"What Young Master Zhou said is absolutely true!" Chu Baihu immediately realized that he was impatient, and turned around and bowed to Princess Yongchang, "Princess, please wait a moment - eh, so soon? It seems that His Highness the Eldest Prince has already arrived solved."

From the direction of the exit of Tiewang Mountain, about two small flags and elite cavalry wearing the Imperial Guard's standard armor and equipment roared towards them. The target was Princess Yongchang's chariot. In the blink of an eye, the two sides were only a hundred or ten steps away.

"Dongfang, shoot the arrow!" But Zhou Yang's expression changed after observing for a moment. He opened his bow and fired the arrow without hesitation, accurately hitting the leading cavalry's throat and shooting him off his horse. However, it was because all the cavalry were wearing armor. , a stone bow has almost no damage to a double-layered leather target that is about a hundred steps away. "We must not let them rush over!"

"What are you doing? They are obviously the Imperial Guards." Chu Baihu watched Dongfang Bing follow suit and fired arrows, eager to stop them.

"False, they are in charge formation, they are enemies!" Zhou Yang cruelly broke his illusion, "Charge over and kill them!"

Chu Baihu wanted to persuade him again, but found that the saber on the other side had been drawn out, so naturally he could only change his words, "Everyone follow me, stop them - ah!"

I don't want to wait for him to finish speaking, a guard of the princess mansion suddenly rushed to him, slashed at his back and chopped him off the horse. Although the guard died immediately, it also made the other guards hold back, because no one dared to move forward. Say whether the people around you are reliable.

"You all rush forward immediately, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" At this time, "loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal" has become an iron rule. Zhou Yang ordered them to attack without hesitation. No matter how they killed the enemy, at least they could not stay around. Put down the nail.

"His words are what I mean!" When these guards were still hesitating, fortunately Princess Yongchang endorsed them in time, so they shouted and rushed forward, which also made Zhou Yang and Dongfang Bing breathe a sigh of relief at the same time - the enemy could not have too much power. He has so many trump cards, not to mention the fact that the eldest prince alone has more than 500 elite imperial guards under his control.

No matter how elite the assassins are, it is impossible to catch up with the guards of the princess palace who have been carefully selected from thousands of people. Even though the number of the two sides is about the same, the guards have the upper hand in the end. The cruelty of the cavalry fighting is fully exposed here. After a hedge, the guards Half of them fell off their horses, and only three of the assassins were left to continue charging.

"Hmph!" Zhou Yang didn't need to speak this time, Dongfang Bing just flew out a string of sharp arrows, and shot the last enemy off his horse neatly.

(End of this chapter)