The devil is coming

Chapter 628
"Fifth?"
"My Lord, he is the one who built the Gundam."
"Well, I know which one it was, I mean, why was he stabbed?"
A carpenter prince,
In the past year, I have picked up the skill of building river embankments.
A proper technical prince,
This is the same as a technocrat. To put it another way, it means... humans and animals are harmless.
Although Zheng Fan heard some hidden meanings from the fifth prince's mouth last time at the Wangjiang River, and Zheng Fan also reciprocated by giving him some New Year's goods symbolically, this was nothing more than the instinctive operation of the prince and Zheng Fan's status as a prince. It's just a warlord's reciprocal instinctive operation.
On power,
In the hall of the Great Yan Dynasty,
The princelings and the Liuye Party are at loggerheads. If it weren’t for the fact that Emperor Yan was still there, suppressing it with his absolute prestige, making the top group of bosses and officials dare not leave, perhaps the situation in the Yan Kingdom’s court would have already begun. A pattern of "brutal fighting" emerged;
But what does this have to do with Lao Wu?
Lao Wu’s natal family has little sense of existence and has little influence in the court.
Even if it ends up in an extreme situation,
For example, Huang Taiji died during the Later Jin Dynasty, Dorgon and Hauge competed for the position, and finally each took a step back to let Fulin take that position;
In other words, if the prince and Lao Liu either passively or actively get out of the way, it should be Xiao Qi who takes that seat.
Being young and being in charge of the country's suspicions facilitates the development and activity of powerful ministers and other forces.
The fifth prince,
No power and no age advantage,
No matter how you calculate it, it is very marginalized and transparent.
To put it bluntly, even if he was going to be assassinated, he had to get the number and queue up first.
"Could it be that... His Majesty is using an excuse to start a war again?"
Lord Zheng guessed while rubbing his chin.
After all, Your Majesty has a set of precedents;
The three princes have all changed from admiring the snow at the Pavilion in the middle of the lake to admiring the moon at Naihe Bridge.
Si Niang said: "If we really want to start a war and sacrifice a prince just to find an excuse, then it will be too much trouble for the son."
Zheng Fan stretched out his fingers to calculate.
road;
"It's okay, my son is still enough."
finished,
Zheng Fan and Siniang both laughed.
In fact, they all know that this is unlikely to be Emperor Yan's handiwork. The same method was used once last time, but it will not work again if it is used this time.
The death of the third prince last time aroused public anger, and finally successfully promoted the war against Chu;
Nowadays, people's livelihood is in decline, and the coming spring and summer will be even more difficult. It is unrealistic to try to repeat the same tricks again.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask the most important thing, is he dead?"
"No, he was seriously injured and fell into coma. He may die at any time because the weapon is poisoned."
"Not dead."
Zheng Fan leaned back slightly and tapped his knuckles lightly on the back of his hand.
"If he's not dead... let's send someone to express condolences. If he dies on the way, he can be in time for the funeral."
at this time,
Xiao Yibo walked in, holding an official letter in his hand.
"Master Marquis, this is an official letter from the prince's palace."
Siniang took it, opened it and read it, then turned to Zheng Fan and said:
"Sun Youdao should be the one who sent someone to inform us as soon as he got the news. Here at the Prince Ding's Mansion, it should be the official letter they sent to us after discussion;
and,
What does this official letter mean?
very funny. "
"How interesting?"
"I'm actually asking you, my lord, to come to Yingdu and take charge of the overall situation."
When Zheng Fan heard this, he seemed to think he had heard it wrong and said, "What?"
"It's not like being polite. I just want you to go there and take charge of the situation. Maybe what happened in Yingdu was not just as simple as the assassination of a fifth prince."
Because Zheng Fan is a military meritorious prince,
Not a member of the clan,
If it is a noble of the clan, such as the marquis who conferred the decree on him last time, it is just a mascot anyway, and it can be placed wherever it is needed.
But for someone like Zheng Fan, every move he makes has profound political implications.
Just like when Li Liangting entered Yanjing a few years ago, how shocking was that?
Furthermore, has King Jingnan ever returned to the capital since he killed his entire family?
Although Zheng Fan is definitely not as influential as the first two, he has reached the point where he should pay attention. Even if there is never an explicit decree telling you not to leave your fiefdom easily, you should have this political understanding in your heart. .
To put it another way,
He, Zheng Fan, doesn't have to pay much attention to the rules or he doesn't have to abide by them.
But how could the bunch of bureaucrats in Yingdu, who were originally from the Chengguo and now Yanguo cliques, not know this?
But that's it,
He also asked Prince Ding to send him an official letter requesting him to come forward to Yingdu to preside over the situation.
this means,
The matter was far more serious than the assassination of a fifth prince.
Zheng Fan waved, and a maid next to him brought a hot towel. Zheng Fan wiped his mouth and said:
"Actually, I can refuse, because without a decree, it will be inconvenient for me to go out at will after becoming a marquis. If I act so unscrupulously, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the people above.
Although Lao Tian is at the forefront, if the big shots in the court or Emperor Yan want to cut off my power and suppress me, there is no way to resist for the time being. "
The current policy of the Pingxihou Mansion is very simple: work hard in farming and focus on development.
To put it more bluntly,
Before the death of Emperor Yan, it is best not to jump too much. After the death of Emperor Yan, the departure of a generation of heroes is destined to cause a fluctuation of power between the central and local governments. By then, the local power will obviously have a neck. Can be more flexible.
This is also the reason why the monarch who established a vassal thought that establishing a vassal was not a big deal, but his descendants suffered a lot when they cut down the vassal. In your hands, these vassal kings or vassal towns would not dare to jump around, and each of them would be incomparable. Well-behaved, but your children and grandchildren don’t have the prestige to continue holding the rope.
Lao Tian didn't teach these principles, but Zheng Fan understood them, and so did the blind Siniang and the others.
After all, now that you have become a marquis, the political influence is different. It is not a big problem for you to do war horse business with the Chu people behind your back. If you are not interested in it, the superiors will put some shackles on you to reduce your power or add some sand to it. , you can only suffer passively.
"What does the Lord mean by rejecting it? Waiting for the imperial decree?"
Zheng Fan shook his head and said:
"Our current territory is the land of Eastern Jin Dynasty, but in fact, if we do not include Xueyuan and Shanggu County, our sphere of influence is actually far from the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty. At least, the area around Yupan City is not included. Within our control, the front line of Wangjiang is still far from our actual control range.
Since Yingdu is now inviting me to go, it is actually a good opportunity to strengthen the influence of our Pingxihou Mansion on eastern Shanxi, and even on the entire three Jin areas.
Last time I led troops into Yingdu City, it was with Lao Tian's tiger skin. This time I went there under the banner of our own Pingxi Marquis Mansion. This can send a message to the outside world that it is not just Jin. Dong, Yingdu, we can also talk.
We have been talking for a long time, and over time, our forces will be able to get involved. In addition to the Sun family, we can continue to support a group of forces that are close to us here.
Our place is the site of the Fourth War. In fact, if we leave the snowy plains in the north and go to the Chu Kingdom in the south, as long as we have enough food and fodder for our troops and horses, there won't be any big problems. However, the biggest problem is that our westward route is actually the most congested.
Whether to rebel or not is another matter. The main thing we want to do is to make things smooth.
To put it another way,
If I refuse and don't go this time, or if I wait for the order calmly and peacefully, it will be equivalent to expressing the attitude of our Marquis Mansion to the outside world, that is, I only care about my three cities and my three-thirds of an acre of land.
This is actually limiting yourself, no, to be precise, it is emasculating your future development and expansion of influence. "
"So, Your Majesty still plans to go?"
"Generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, so go ahead."
paused,
Zheng Fan said again;
"Isn't Lao Tian still here? The sky won't fall."
……
"Madam, the princess went to bed last night."
The maid whispered to Liu Ruqing who was sitting in front of the dressing table.
"Ok?"
Liu Ruqing was slightly surprised, then reached out and pinched the maid's face gently.
"You little hooves, why did you come to me here so early in the morning to tell me all this? But you are so excited that you have taken a liking to one of the guards in the mansion?"
When Liu Ruqing was sent to Xueguan by the Fan family, she was actually accompanied by a group of maids and slaves, but none of them were able to enter the house.
The original Earl's Mansion and the current Pingxihou Mansion, although there were not many women in the back house and it was relatively deserted, it also meant that it was absolutely clean.
Demon kings don't want their place to be mixed with sand, so they will naturally be extremely strict in political review.
Therefore, the maid Liu Ruqing is using now has actually been with her from Hutou City in her early years, so she is basically trustworthy.
However, since she has become Liu Ruqing's maid, she will naturally consider Liu Ruqing. She also knows that since her wife entered the palace, the Marquis has never been lucky enough, and she is also anxious.
She was born in Yan State and Beifeng County,
I don’t think being a widow is a shortcoming,
The folk customs of the Yan region are inherently open to the outside world, and they do not place as much emphasis on etiquette and education as Ganchu;
Besides, my wife is so beautiful!
She also knew that it was best for a woman to have an heir by her side in the back house. This was the foundation of her life. But the Marquis wouldn't come to sleep, so how could she be pregnant with a child?
Therefore, she had been keeping an eye on the princess's yard, and was playing well with the maids around the princess, deliberately trying to spy on some information;
Coincidentally, the maid on the princess' side also had the same idea as her, so the two parties were spying on each other.
"Madam, the princess is blessed, shouldn't you be the next one?"
"Shut up, little hooves. It's so early in the morning and I'm not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."
"This slave is just here to remind Madam that you should be prepared. No matter what, the Marquis will be here tonight."
After saying that, the maid made a face and ran out immediately.
Liu Ruqing continued to sit in front of the dressing table, a little dazed.
Before entering the mansion, she was actually very curious about the life here and had a lot of guesses. In fact, her life was extremely easy, not only in life, but also in spirit.
She didn't know what it felt like to like someone. To be precise, although "like" was only two words, it already encompassed everything.
She actually wanted to serve him, make him happy, and make him happy. She was even willing to give birth to a child for him and give him his last name.
A man like him,
There should be a lot of children.
Previously, although he only raised and lowered his hands, his teasing intention was very obvious, but he never entered the alley;
At first, she was still wondering whether he thought she was dirty, but later she was relieved when she learned that the princess was actually not undressed either.
She couldn't see through his relationship with Mr. Feng, but intuitively, it must be excellent.
When Liu Ruqing was thinking,
The maid who ran out earlier ran back again.
exclaimed in a lowered voice;
"Madam, Madam, the Marquis is here, the Marquis is here!"
"what!"
……
Marquis Zheng had breakfast, chatted for a while, and then asked the blind man to come over specially for a brief meeting. Finally, he came up with a charter.
To go is to go;
But it is impossible to ride Pixiu and take a sword master like before. First of all, there must be an honor guard.
Fortunately, the "Feiyu Suit" and "Embroidered Spring Knife" are all ready. This serves as the main guard of honor, and there are eight hundred cavalry on the periphery for front and rear support, which is enough.
Simultaneously,
The two westernmost military towns, namely Gongsun Zhibu and Gongwangbu, must first receive military orders from Pingxihou Mansion in Fengxin City. Their troops and horses can be mobilized appropriately. One is to respond to the direction of Yingdu, and the other is to Even if there is no purposeful mobilization, you still have to do it to show the outside world that Lord Zheng has strong control over the troops and horses in the entire eastern Shanxi.
When Li Liangting entered Yanjing, half of the 30-strong Northern Army was transferred directly from the west to the east. Although it turned out that he was acting to cooperate with the Emperor of Yan, in fact, this was the original meaning of the title.
To put it bluntly, Lord Zheng is a sixth-grade martial artist. Just pulling it out is actually nothing. The only ones who can really hold the cards are the troops who are loyal to you.
Moreover, this is not a war. Although you will have to receive some information about specific things in Yingdu later, you have to be calm and calm. This is to maintain your own status and influence, and at the same time, to offset it as much as possible. Get rid of the suspicion from above.
Although my family knows that I can flip the table at any time, and at worst, I can go back and open an inn;
But you have to make the people above and below think that you, Ping Xihou, are willing to play with everyone under these rules.
It will take at least a day to prepare everything one by one.
Therefore,
Marquis Zheng had another day off.
The princess hasn’t gotten up yet,
Si Niang went to work on the honor guard.
Marquis Zheng naturally walked into the courtyard where Liu Ruqing was.
Liu Ruqing did not dress up deliberately, but appeared in front of Mr. Zheng with a hibiscus-like appearance.
In fact, beautiful women are rarely that silly and sweet.
She knows when she is beautiful and knows how to show her charm to the greatest extent.
Back in the Fan Mansion, when he and Fan Zhengwen were on equal terms, it was appropriate for Liu Ruqing to call her uncle;
But after entering the mansion, she did not change her words. She called her Marquis in front of outsiders and uncle when she was alone. Isn't it because she knew that she liked this in her heart.
However, this is not considered a deep scheming, after all, people are eager to please themselves.
That silly and sweet kind of thing,
Not without,
Like Hu Bamei,
San'er likes it,
But Mr. Zheng really doesn't appreciate that kind of tone.
Liu Ruqing gave Zheng Fan a gentle blessing,
"Master Hou."
"Have you had breakfast?"
"I've eaten it."
"That's good, wear more clothes, it's cold outside."
Zheng Fan stepped forward and hugged Liu Ruqing naturally.
Simultaneously,
The maids in the courtyard immediately bowed and retreated knowingly. How could they possibly survive in the Marquis's mansion without such a bit of foresight?
Holding Liu Ruqing in his arms, he entered the house.
Lord Zheng sat down on the armchair,
Reach out and pull gently,
Liu Ruqing, who already knew how to cooperate, naturally fell into the arms of Lord Zheng.
One side,
Lord Zheng finally accepted the princess,
He has always disliked having a harem and he doesn't like harem themes. He really has a taste for the marrow and knows the taste. Moreover, according to the order, there is already no restraint;
the other side,
The fact that the maid informed the princess early that she was sleeping with him also stimulated Liu Ruqing. She said she didn't care, but she actually had an idea in her heart.
It's indecent to say it's "similar";
It is too false to say that it is "the love of a man and his concubine";
As long as it is, both parties feel that it can be a matter of course.
Liu Ruqing's plump body moved gently on Mr. Zheng's body,
Looked up,
He blew lightly on the earlobe of Mr. Zheng,
It's warm,
With a little moisture,
Love is faint and lingering,
"Uncle~~~~"
What is the sound of nature like?
Marquis Zheng has never heard of it.
But this sound had already brought his soul to the top of the clouds.
Maybe the time has really come,
Maybe if he doesn't have any scruples, he can really let Tian Lei stir up the Earth Fire at will.
Maybe Feng and Yun reached some kind of tacit understanding at this moment;
Liu Ruqing put her red lips to Lord Zheng's earlobe,
In the boldest way since entering the government,
in fact,
Mr. Zheng just came for a walk in the early morning.
in fact,
Lord Zheng originally planned to take the sleepy Tiantian for a horse ride after he woke up.
in fact,
Mr. Zheng will take some time to check out the specifications of the honor guard.
in fact,
There should be a lot of things to do,
in fact,
I shouldn't have done something at this time,
but,
this moment,
No matter how many "facts" there are, to hell with them all.
Lord Zheng stood up and
pick up,
Go to the bed,
For a time,
In the bedroom,
Winter is not gone yet, spring has arrived,
……
Wait until noon,
Lord Zheng came out of the yard,
This time is usually when he practices his sword every day.
I saw Lord Zheng walking to the weapons rack.
draw a knife,
With a wave,
Then the blade of the knife points downward to support the ground.
Kneel down on one knee.
From thighs, to crotch, to waist,
This part should be the part that needs coordinated force when dancing the knife, but in an instant, the whole body went out of control;
Lord Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground,
Even if I have ridden on the battlefield, even if I have run thousands of miles, even if I have gone deep alone, even if my shirt has been stained with blood,
By this time,
Finally, I deeply realized the profound meaning of ringing the fingers.
In the past, at the gate of Xueguan Pass, facing the siege of the vast savages, I never felt as "powerless" as I do now;
Holding the knife in hand,
When you want to get up,
I couldn't even help but take a breath of cold air:
"hiss……"
(End of this chapter)