The Lofty Fierce Consort - Chapter 131

? Above the court, because of the second prince, the issue of the feudal dynasty is in full swing.

The smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger, and some courtiers even started arguing. The orthodox defenders of the first line of the prince naturally grasped that the second prince violated the rules of the ancestors, and would not let go of the feudal clan when he was still young. The people of the second prince and the first line have been very silent until the prince and the first line of people behave more and more aggressively, and then they refute.

Generally speaking, the second prince has just gotten married. The rules are very important, but you can’t let your majesty throw his newly married son out of Beijing. How would outsiders talk about your majesty? The father is kind and filial, this is the morality. Of course these are false theories, and there are many people who can agree with them.

In fact, the so-called controversy was nothing but a quarrel for Emperor Xi. If Emperor Xi did not express his position, these courtiers would not stop.

On this day, Xi Di finally gave a reply.

The general idea is that the three princes and the four princes got married in the near future, and the second princes, as the elder brothers, will leave Beijing only if they participate in the brothers’ wedding. The title and domain of the second prince are under discussion, and they will come out soon.

The words of Emperor Xi were to conclude the matter.

The prince’s line is naturally triumphant and overjoyed. The second prince and the first line are dejected and disappointed.

In fact, it is conceivable that Emperor Xi is now in his prime of life, how could he come to a conclusion so early? Emperor Xi was not very satisfied with the prince, but after all, it was not that simple and easy to replace a prince. It is irrational for the second prince and the first line to use this to overturn the prince’s stable position.

Xu Xiangrong was naturally not the one who encouraged the courtiers to argue for the second prince.

According to his thoughts and thoughts, he kept silent all the time. The more arrogant and domineering the prince’s line, the more Xidi’s heart would lean towards the second prince. This kind of bias is not visible in the short term, but it will benefit infinitely in the long term.

Isn’t it the same strategy that Xu Guifei has followed all the time?

It happened that there was a second prince’s old man, Cheng Guogong, who likes to jump out and gesticulate!

But the key is that you still can’t throw him away. The definition of in-laws is just like that. You enjoy the bargain, and at the same time, the sequelae that arise must be solved by yourself.

Since Xu Xiangrong had two encounters with Cheng Guogong, he hadn’t paid much attention to him. He just watched and said nothing when Cheng Guogong jumped out to gesticulate.

Each faction will have a leader. Cheng Guogong doesn’t understand this Xu Guifei’s younger brother. He is useless, not even a serious errand, how can he lead the courtiers who are attached to the second prince onto the broad road from now on? Therefore, since Cheng Guogong became the second prince’s father-in-law, he has always been outside to take charge of the second prince’s house.

This time the prince’s first line attacked the second prince by taking the feudal clan, and it was Xu Xiangrong’s strategy at first. However, in the end, the dissent was loud, and it was picked out by Cheng Guogong’s faction. Since Cheng Guogong was willing to jump ahead, Xu Xiangrong just let it go. Now Cheng Guogong finally stopped jumping.

After that, Xu Xiangrong entered the palace, and no one knew what the siblings said. Only afterwards, Xu Guifei called the second prince over, and screamed at him to become a country guru, saying that he would be fine and nosy in the future.

The second prince naturally understood the meaning. To be honest, after this incident, he was also a little disappointed with his own father-in-law, and the overall situation was not enough. No wonder he could not stand up after being suppressed by the town government for decades.

The two of them subconsciously forgot the role of their intentional indulgence. To put it bluntly, not only were some courtiers trying to figure out the thoughts of Emperor Xi, but the mother and son were also the same, but it turned out to be a bit disappointing for them.

And because Xu Xiangrong let Cheng Guogong’s deeds go before, he will naturally end up afterwards. These are all things that must be experienced, because many times you are not only gambling with others, but also with your own people, because no one wants to succumb to others. .

At the same time, another thing happened.

Xu Xiangrong was located in another hospital on the outskirts of Beijing, but he was robbed by soldiers in the name of catching gangsters. The person who ransacked him was from Jingdaying. According to reports, a battalion under Jingdaying was conducting routine patrols near the outskirts of Beijing. A suspicious person was found. The suspicious person behaved strangely. I saw Jingda. The soldiers of the battalion fled watching the wind.

As a result, the talents from Beijing Daying came to this other hospital.

Naturally, these are all nonsense, but it really made the people of Beijing Daying copied things, and there were a lot of controlled ordnance found here. Hard bows and strong crossbows have been strictly controlled by the government in the past dynasties, and private possession is not allowed by the people. Of course, some wealthy people like riding and shooting, and it is not necessary to have one or two good bows at home. But if the number is large, it is worth considering.

Especially the location here is delicate. You, a merchant’s other courtyard, dare to hide hard bows and crossbows. Why do you want to hide so many bows and arrows at the feet of the emperor? It is light to say that you intend to seek rebellion!

Nosy. Who dares to say that Beijing Daying’s move is wrong? Jingdaying was supposed to protect the Jingshi’s safety. No one dared to gossip about a side ball. The rest of the matter was naturally handed over to the Ministry of War and Jing Zhaoyin, and had no connection with Jingdaying.

Xu Xiangrong knew that this was the government of Zhenguo who was retaliating against him and demonstrating. Shen Yiyao was rescued by people from Beijing Daying before, and this time it was Beijing Daying who came to copy. I just told him clearly, I know that it has something to do with you, let’s settle this account first.

Shen Yiyao’s entourage suffered heavy casualties, and Xu Xiangrong suffered heavy losses this time. There were also 20 or 30 mature men who copied out along with those controlled ordnance. Xu Xiangrong should be grateful that he has always been cautious, and many things that are not easy to see are hidden separately. Otherwise, the loss this time will be too big to be estimated.

The other yard was under the name of a merchant, who was naturally Xu Xiangrong’s own. All the furniture in the merchant was sent to jail. It is estimated that the beheading will be light.

Money, possessions, and people were all lost, which made Xu Guifei and the second prince distressed. They only treated them as being caught by the prince and took the opportunity to retaliate. They did not think about the Lord Zhen Guo who had always been out of the matter. Xu Xiangrong knew what was inside, but he couldn’t say anything.

Xu Xiangrong was not in a good mood for a few days after this dumb sufferer.

However, the revenge of Zhen Guogong with such fanfare also made Xu Xiangrong relieved. If the Shen family remained silent, he would still worry about whether there would be any subsequent moves. Such fanfare revenge means that the matter has been wiped out since then, and the Lord Zhen Guo remains out of the matter.

I don’t know if this is a blessing or a curse.

While wiping the buttocks for Cheng Guogong hadn’t finished wiping, there was a leak on the other side and needed to be mopped up. Xu Xiangrong had only slept for two or three hours at night for several days.

At this moment, something happened to Yan Ting.

***

The town government’s shots will always be so thunderous.

Fast, ruthless, and accurate.

Yan Ting had quarreled with Xu Xiangrong in the private house that day, and never went to the private house again. In the past, Xu Xiangrong would tell him to go out for different reasons, but there has been no movement.

On this day, Liu Xi asked Yan Ting to go to Tangquanzhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to have fun. Yan Ting has been upset in Japan in recent times. Shen Yiyao returned to the Weiyuan Hou Mansion and said nothing about her attack. Although Yan Ting didn’t meet her, he didn’t want to stay in the mansion in his heart, so he rode a horse when he was off duty in the evening. Went to the suburbs of Beijing.

It was early spring, and the weather was still relatively cold.

Wearing a dark green carved silk crane cloak, Yan Ting rode on the trails in the suburbs of Beijing on horseback. Then came his entourage, Wang Meng, Wang Qin, and Liu Ju.

It was getting dark early, and when Yan Ting and the others left the city gate, the sky had just wiped the darkness, and it was already like ink by now. There is no moon in the sky, and even the stars hide behind the clouds. Fortunately, Yan Ting and the others didn’t rush to the night, and didn’t feel anything. The old horse knew the way and went to Tangquan Zhuangzi.

Suddenly, the ground vibrated with waves, and it seemed that someone was riding here on horseback. Seeing this momentum, there are not many people, at least twenty or thirty riders.

Yan Ting was wondering, how come a large group of people came to this wild place at this time, and he heard the sound of ‘no good, Hou Ye run’ from behind.

He looked back, and the night in the distance was like ink, and he couldn’t see who was coming, and not far from behind him, Liu Ju seemed to have hit an arrow. Accompanied by Liu Ju’s voice, there was also the sound of whoosh arrows breaking through the air.

Yan Ting yelled, “Hurry up,” and rushed forward with his horse’s belly. Although the three entourages behind him had been hit by arrows, they stumbled and followed him not far behind.

The attacker is like a bone-attached ant, which has been adorned in the back.

It was late and the surroundings were dark and unclear. Yan Ting panicked and couldn’t understand the direction. He only knew to run forward and keep running forward. If not, today may be the death date of a few of them.

Wang Qin was finally left behind due to serious injuries. Seeing this suddenly, his brother Wang hurriedly turned back to save him. It’s a pity that there are so many opponents, Wang Qin was shot into a sieve before he could get close. Wang Meng’s eyes were distraught, he knew that he could not escape this time, and he was not ready to escape, he was ready to fight with these despicable sneak attackers.

Liu Ju was the first to be injured, and the one who was injured the most. He was already exhausted by this time.

Seeing this, he shouted: “Master Hou, run away, the three of your subordinates will break the queen for you–“

Yan Ting stopped when he heard Wang Meng’s roar, and was about to turn the horse back to fight together, but was slashed on the horse’s **** by Liu Ju, and the horse flew out with a neigh.

The wind is so strong that it burrows into people’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

Yan Ting’s guts were split. He knew that there were too many opponents. Now he would only lose his life when he turned back. He lowered his body and desperately urged the horse to run faster.

The sound of horses’ hoofs was still trailing behind him, and there were several screams in the distance.

Yan Ting was extremely sad and indignant in his heart.

He didn’t even see what the other party looked like, he actually broke three of his entourages who had been with him for more than ten years!

There was a sound of arrows breaking through the air, and Yan Ting’s entire body was erected. With his many years of experience in martial arts, this arrow is extraordinary. If he is hit, he will undoubtedly die. He desperately lowers his body to be level with the horse, hoping to avoid it.

Almost caught off guard, the steed under him suddenly fell down, and Yan Ting was thrown out. He fell more than ten meters away and hit a tree.

A gust of breeze came, and the moon in the sky did not know when it was revealed.

The moonlight is like water, quietly sprinkling on this wilderness.

Yan Ting felt that he had a dream, but the violent vibration of the ground told him that it was not a dream. He shook his dizzy head, didn’t even wipe the blood from his mouth, got up and ran into the woods.

My chest hurts, my arms hurt, my legs hurt, and my headache hurts. Yan Ting spit out blood, staggering all the way.

Who the **** is it? Who the **** is doing such a brutal attack on him?

For some reason, the mighty and domineering old face of Lord Zhen Guo appeared in front of him.

Not far behind, a group of people all got off the horse.

“Second Lord, that guy has gone up the mountain.”

Clusters of torches were ignited, illuminating the surroundings like the day.

This group of people are all black and masked, but the first one is not, with a beard and sword eyebrows, it is Shen Ding.

“chase.”

Following Shen Ding’s order, more than 20 people in black in this line were surrounded and chased up the mountain.

At the same time, a private residence in Beijing.

The housekeeper hurried to the study. After entering, he couldn’t even make a gift, so he said: “The subordinate has something to report.”

Xu Xiangrong was discussing matters with his confidant. Seeing the housekeeper’s look in a hurry, he waved his hand to make others retreat.

“What’s the matter, tell me.”

The steward said anxiously: “An accident happened to Master Yan. Today, Master Liu invited Master Yan to go to Tangquanzhuangzi in the outskirts of the city to have fun. After walking outside the city, Master Yan and three of his entourage were stopped by unknown persons. Not bad, like a person from the Shen family.”

With a snap, only Xu Xiangrong waved off the tea cup beside him.

He darkened his face and his eyes were dull and inexplicable: “How are people now?”

The housekeeper paused and said: “You previously told your subordinates to send dead men to follow Master Yan secretly. Two of them followed, and one just came back to report the letter. I heard from this person that the situation is very bad, Master Yan’s. All three entourages were killed, and Master Yan was seriously injured and fled in the direction of Jiming Mountain.”

Xu Xiangrong stood up for a moment, “Order all the people and go to Jiming Mountain.”

Not long after, a group of people took advantage of the darkness to go to the gate of the city.

At this time, the city gate was closed, and the man in the lead took a waist card from the black flat-headed wagon that was guarded by more than a dozen horses in the middle, and showed it to the soldiers guarding the city gate.

The huge and magnificent city gate slowly opened, and a group of people filed through.

***

Yan Ting felt that he could no longer support it.

His thinking has even stopped, only the survival instinct still manipulates his body to make himself run forward.

If there are lights at this time, you can see how embarrassed Yan Ting is at this time. His black hair was scattered, his face was bloodstained, and the brocade robe on his body was already in tatters. The blood stains and mud on it were mixed, no longer the gorgeous color before.

Every time he took a breath, he felt that his lungs were burning like fire, and his eyes were gradually infested with blood, even making him unable to see the path in front of him.

Stumbled all the way and ran forward desperately, even rolling and crawling, but he no longer had a way to go.

Yan Ting looked at the deep stream in front of him, smiled happily, didn’t run away, turned and sat on the ground.

Soon, the footsteps behind him gradually became denser, and the flames of torches lit up the entire night sky.

Yan Ting’s long hair in front of his forehead, eyes like evil spirits, stared at these people who were chasing him all the way.

The group separated from the middle and walked out one person.

The visitor puts his hands behind him, walking along and walking, his face is not red or breathless, he seems to be walking on the ground between the mountains and forests. Shen Ding is a sturdy tall man with a beard on his face.

Yan Ting’s eyes shrank sharply, staring at him with cracked eyes.

“It’s really you!”

His voice was hoarse and low, and it was no longer as clear as usual.

Shen Ding nodded: “It’s me!”

Yan Ting smiled sternly: “The world knows that the second master of your Shen family, Shen Ding, who is light and windy, and acting upright, will actually block his brother-in-law in the dark?”

Shen Ding grinned, his snow-white teeth dazzling under the light of the torch.

“Don’t bring me a high hat! Yan Ting, I have long wanted to pinch you to death. If it weren’t for A Yao’s face, how long do you think you can live? The opportunity has been given to you countless times, but you don’t cherish it! “

“Opportunities? You gave me countless opportunities? What opportunities did you give me?” Yan Ting laughed and coughed, and his tone was full of sarcasm: “You people in the Shen family will always be so high, seeming to be upright. , But have never been condescending. The world said that Yan Ting had taken the **** luck and was able to marry the jewel of the Shen family. In the future, I will surely rise all the way to the sky. Everyone is envious of me, actually? The dignified son-in-law of the Shen family is not as good as a dog of your Shen family!”

Yan Ting didn’t give Shen Ding a chance to speak at all, and continued: “If you want to take care of me, just give me a smiley face. If you don’t want to take care of me, I will look coldly. Since I married Shen Yiyao, I Yan Ting has seen how much of your Shen family. Look, you Shen Ding don’t know?”

These words were held in Yan Ting’s heart for too long, too long, so long that he thought he would not spit it out for a lifetime. Unexpectedly, it would be completely exposed in this kind of occasion and situation.

He looked recklessly and sullenly: “I am an honest person, careful and cautious. After a few years with hot faces and cold butts, your old man gave me a good face. I have worked hard at the border for several years. , I finally got some results, just because I was displeased by your town’s government office for a while, I destroyed all my hard work, took me back from the border, and continued to be the bird in the cage of your Shen family. Exclude me. , Stuck me, embarrassing me, the son-in-law of the Shen family, does it make your family feel refreshed…I regret it, I regret how I went blind and married Shen Yiyao…”

Under the orange flame, the expression on Shen Ding’s face was very complex, and these complexities turned into contempt in the end. Total contempt, like looking at a pile of feces.

He took a deep breath and said, “Yan Ting is said to be narrow-minded, high-minded, low-eyed, low-handed, mean and distorted. You are right! Do you dare to say that you are close to A Yao from the beginning, and your mind is pure?” He sneered and continued: “Don’t treat others as fools. Do you think you and your sick daddy don’t know about those careful thoughts? Our whole family disagrees with Ayao marrying you, but Aya Yao silly, she is so serious about marrying you, something with a human face and a beastly heart, and even threatens to use a hunger strike. If you didn’t think you could marry my sister?”

“If you act in a silly manner and see no one, you are not allowed to be viewed with suspicion? You have been unstable from the beginning. Why should you ask others to accept you without any grudge? Facts have proved that you are indeed a distorted mind. People, while pretending to be good to Ayao, while indulging your cocky family to bully my simple-minded sister. Are you embarrassed to say that you work hard at the border? People who always want to get something for nothing will never understand that others are doing it for you. A lot of hard work! Still a lot of effort? You shouldn’t forget about the “General”. You know what you have done yourself. Do you know that you almost killed your family with the surname Yan? Who? Is it clear that you have made up for you? It doesn’t matter if you are dead, don’t involve my poor sister and my two poor nephews!”

Yan Ting’s pupils shrank to the size of rice grains in an instant, and the memories buried in the depths suddenly jumped out.

‘Generalized Number’?

Where did the Shen family learn about it? Could it be that what he once did has been discovered by others?

“You don’t want to repent yourself. After you returned to Beijing, you got together with Concubine Xu Gui. How many noble families are there in this city? You are smart when you are the whole world, and everyone else is a fool? It’s always been a careless misfortune. Do you think the Xiao family didn’t do anything to your Yan family? Yan Ting, I don’t think you look dull, why don’t you understand such a simple truth? It doesn’t matter anymore, just relying on your wicked heart to kill my weak sister, you are doomed to die today! You are dead, everyone is safe!”

The air seemed to stagnate in an instant, and all Yan Ting’s expressions stagnated.

For a long time, he laughed loudly, leaning forward and backward, unstoppable.

Blood ran down his mouth, and something that seemed to be blood and tears gushing out of his eyes.

His voice was very low, almost inaudible, almost whispering.

“You are right, I should have died a long time ago! This filthy world is really **** tired of living! I don’t need you to do it, I will do it myself…”

Before the words fell, Yan Ting staggered up and plunged into the bottomless stream behind him.

The moon hangs above the head, eternally shining on the whole earth.

Shen Ding took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly.

A man in black came to the cliff, looked down for a while, turned around and came to Shen Ding again.

“Second Lord, this—”

“I don’t know what the **** is down there, but if you fall, you should not be able to live. Set up camp on the spot, and send people to search after daybreak. You have to see people when you live, and you have to see corpses in death!”?