surnamed Wang

Chapter 263 True Dragon
Empress Gong, whose real name is Gong Daizhen, was the second concubine of the old Xichi emperor, and was originally the daughter of a small official outside Beijing.

Only three years after Empress Gong entered the palace, she filled the royal family with two princes.

The old emperor's first queen, the Helian family, had nothing to do, so she was deposed. Gong Daizhen's mother is more expensive than her son, so she should occupy the position of queen.

The Helian family was born in the Xichi family, even if they fell out of favor, they would not be thrown into the cold palace. In order to maintain the superficially harmonious relationship with the Helian family, the old emperor would often greet the former empress with care, but in the end, he inadvertently intervened. Helianshi, who was unable to conceive, was pregnant at this time.

The old emperor was overjoyed and arranged the best maids and rooms for the Helian family. Ten months later, a girl was born, and the old emperor was overjoyed.

In the eyes of Queen Gong, this harmonious scene was very dazzling.

When the princess was five years old, during the autumn hunt, the old emperor took his two sons to go hunting in the Western Mountains, leaving Queen Gong and Helian's mother and daughter behind.

Empress Gong has been planning for this day for nearly five years, and she can't wait for a moment. As soon as the old emperor left, she led her confidants straight to the courtyard where the Helian family lived, and was about to wipe out the grass.

On that day, a younger brother of the Helian clan came to visit his elder sister, and saw a group of soldiers in the palace approaching menacingly.

When the old emperor who heard the news returned to the palace, the Helian family's son had already died under the knife.

A young and promising member of the Helian clan died for no reason. The patriarch was furious and wanted the old emperor to give an explanation.

Although Empress Gong never showed her face from the beginning to the end, the old emperor still guessed the reason, but even so, he only charged the general who led the troops at that time with a crime of treason. The children became the heroes who defended the inner garden of the palace, and their official positions were promoted three levels in succession.

Seeing that the emperor intended to protect Empress Gong, the Helian family was also chilled, and brought their daughter Apu back to the Helian clan, where they lived for ten years. The rejection of a wealthy woman.

Although Empress Gong successfully forced the Helian family away, since then, the old emperor has never looked at her in the eye again, and he also loves to ignore the two princes born to her, but he is extremely ignorant of the princess born to the Helian family. Doting, even faintly showing signs of being in her.

It is not that there have been female emperors in the history of Xichi, even as early as thousands of years ago, there was a female emperor who was quite capable of fighting, and it was that empress who expanded the territory of Xichi to the current level.

Thinking of Queen Gong's insomnia at night, she wished to get rid of A Pu, who was only fifteen years old. In the next few years, she planned several unsophisticated assassinations, but they were all discovered early by the Helian family and strangled her. in the bud.

When things got to this point, even the old emperor couldn't stand it anymore. Not only did he ground Empress Gong, but he almost took off her phoenix crown. Since then, the old emperor seemed determined to pass on the throne to his daughter. Participate in important occasions, and even let her patrol the border and participate in supervising battles.

Later Apu was kidnapped by Wang Bingru, and the old emperor even gave away five cities in exchange for his daughter.

Empress Gong hated the old emperor and Helian's mother and daughter even more after learning about this. Now she is confined in the Buddhist hall and has the title of queen, but her actual power is not as good as that woman who lives far away in the Helian tribe. All matters in the harem are also given orders by the woman outside the palace.

Later, the old emperor was seriously ill, and Apu hadn't appeared for two years, so Empress Gong got a chance to breathe. She just wanted to help her son to take the position, but she didn't expect that the two of them didn't learn humanities and martial arts. A bit vicious, they fought among themselves first.

Empress Gong wanted to persuade her, but her palms and backs were full of flesh, and she couldn't justify her favoritism. Seeing that there was no hope of Apu's return, she thought it would be okay to let them fight for a while, but Wang Dynasty released Apu at this time. He came back and sent ten thousand elite soldiers.

Seeing that the two sons did not intend to give up, Empress Gong had no choice but to remind them to speak out unanimously, and the two brothers did listen to it, and each took part of their troops to deal with their sister.

But people are not as good as heaven, Apu's power is still snowballing, getting bigger and bigger, Empress Gong can only worry, these years she patronizes how to deal with Helian, she has no thought of winning over the generals in the court, now she wants to There is nothing that can be done to help the two sons.

Her anxiety is in stark contrast to the leisurely Helian clan. As the largest clan in Xichi, the Helian clan has a huge root system, and the troops they can mobilize are even more astonishing. Plan, but let Apu fall into danger.

Only then did Empress Gong realize that she was insignificant in the eyes of the other party, and even her two sons were just tools for the other party to strengthen Apu.

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If a woman becomes ruthless, even a man would be ashamed of herself. Empress Gong thought hard for several days, with several gray hairs, and finally came up with a plan - to blow up the palace.

If you can't get it yourself, no one else can get it. If you can blow up Apu to death, it will be a surprise.

Under the imperial chair of Xichi Palace, there is a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the palace. Empress Gong, mother and son are standing beside the secret passage at the moment, with nervous expressions.

Once they get the news that Apu has entered the palace city, they will escape from the palace along the secret road, and then wait far away for the other party to fall into the trap.

The three of them were a little excited when they heard the news of Apu's entry into the city before, but after a while there was nothing more to say.

It wasn't until a general rushed into the hall that the three mother and son looked happy again, and the general said:

"Reporting to the Queen, Princess Apu, she has left the city again."

"what!?"

The three looked surprised.

"Did someone leak the news?" The First Prince frowned and said.

The general shook his head, "It is said that a young monk stopped the princess, and after saying something, the princess left the city."

"Little monk?"

Empress Gong showed doubts.

"Oh Amitabha." At this moment, a Buddha's chant sounded, and two monks, one old and one young, came in from outside the hall.

As the royal family of Beitu, the three of Empress Gong would go to Bizhen Temple to offer incense every year. They naturally recognized the identity of the old monk in front of them. They clasped their hands together and saluted. Empress Gong asked:
"I don't know the Buddha's coming, so what's the point?"

The old monk returned a salute and said calmly:
"The poor monk wants to ask the queen to put down the butcher knife, and don't do any more murder."

"So, you are the one who stopped Apu from entering the city?" the eldest prince said bluntly.

"Emperor, don't be unreasonable." The woman glared at her son, and then said, "I don't know why Master did this?"

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and said slowly:

"Fame and power are just a fleeting cloud. After a hundred years, they will all become vain. You still have to think about the future. If you insist on going your own way and exchange tens of thousands of lives for power, you will definitely enter the Avici Hell in the future, and you will never be reborn forever."

After the old monk finished speaking, he looked up at the three of them with calm eyes.

After hearing this, Queen Gong glanced at her two sons with hesitation.Xi Chi Shangfo believes in Buddhism, and he has nothing to doubt about the words of the old monk who claims to be the reincarnation of the Buddha in front of him. It's just that the matter has reached this point, can it really stop?

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"Queen, don't talk nonsense with this old monk. Let's get out of the palace through the tunnel as soon as possible. I don't believe that Apu will never enter the city."

Seeing that the throne was right in front of them, the two princes also became ruthless, no matter what happened to him after death, how could there be any reality of the glory and wealth of being alive?
"Amitabha, the two princes must not make mistakes again and again..."

Before the old monk could finish speaking, a prince directly pulled out his sword, put it on his neck, and said in a deep voice:
"The Buddha said that he would save all living beings, and he would rather cut his flesh to feed the eagle and his body to the tiger. Since Master, you claim to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, how dare you die for the Dharma with your body?"

Empress Gong was shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Pan'er, what are you doing, put it down!"

The eldest prince doesn't care about these things. Now he can no longer lose. Originally, if he went on step by step, he was still expected to inherit the throne, but his mother's series of manipulations made him farther and farther away from the throne. If he failed again this time, then he In this life, I have completely missed the throne.

The second prince on the side glanced at his elder brother and chose to remain silent.

With the current situation, it doesn't matter which of the two brothers will be the emperor. They have already offended Apu to death. Once the throne falls into the other's hands, the only thing waiting for them is death.

"I don't regret my death, but if I die, I will only add more evil to the prince. If I can make the prince come back, I am willing to cut off my own arm."

The old monk still looked calm, and said slowly.

"Hmph." The eldest prince sneered, still kept the sword in his hand on the ground, and quietly looked at the old monk, his meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Although the eldest prince was born in Xichi, he has little reverence for the Tantric sect, and his respect for the monks is only for outsiders to see. In his mind, Shimen is just a means to control the people.

Whether it is a living Buddha or an old monk who is blocking the way, in his opinion, it makes no difference.

"If the prince insists on doing this, then the poor monk is willing to save you."

After the old monk finished speaking, he picked up the sword on the ground and slashed at his arm.

……

The battle of Zhongdu City has been going on for more than a day. Yan Hanshan arrived in Pengcheng with [-] soldiers and horses a day ago. After understanding the situation with the local city guard Guo Yun, he led his troops to attack Zhongdu City that afternoon.

To his surprise, the other party did not stay out of the city as expected, but sent all their troops to fight him, and this battle had losses for both sides.

Yan Hanshan fought with his father for more than ten years, learned seven or eight points in leading troops, and was even better at strategy.But even so, he was still a bit powerless when facing the unknown general opposite.

Yan Hanshan saw that he could not gain any advantage, so he hastily issued an order to withdraw the troops.

Before he left, he had boasted to Haikou in front of Wang Gangquan, promising to capture Zhongdu City within three days. He even refused when the other side offered him another [-] troops.Looking at it now, it is indeed a bit conceited.

If he is determined to take the Central Capital, it is not impossible, but the [-] army in his hands may be able to leave [-] at most, and the price is too high for both the Yan family and the court.

As the future successor of the Yan family army, Yan Hanshan could imagine how harsh the ridicule of those civil servants would be.

"What is the origin of the opposing general who has not been investigated?" Yan Hanshan asked Qianhu beside him.

"General, that man's name is Zhao Hu, he stayed in Kaipingwei for a while, and he also experienced the battle of the North Turkistan and the South.

He was just a captain before, but after the battle, he was directly promoted to Qianhu. Presumably he had a good record. "

Qianhu replied one-five-one-ten.

"A rising star?" Yan Hanshan said to himself.

Beating the old master to death with random punches, this kind of general with no past is the most troublesome.

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At the same time, in the city of Zhongdu, Huzi, who had just finished commanding a big battle, was drinking with Zhou Jiuer. Although the two are not as inseparable as before, they are still one of the few in the military camp who can talk to each other. people.

Huzi drank a bowl of strong wine, and his dark face was flushed. He picked up a peanut and chewed it in his mouth, saying:
"I used to only know that the military book you gave me was powerful, but I didn't know how powerful it was. When I fought against Beitu, I didn't feel anything. I just thought they were useless.

Before the battle today, I heard about the identity of the general on the other side. I was so scared that I almost didn't dare to go out to fight, but after fighting, I found out that it was nothing special.

Just when I thought he was also a bully, the prince woke me up with one sentence. He said that the man's ability to lead troops could be ranked in the top five in the dynasty, but I guess he should have been out of the top five by now.If anyone can really fight against me, then only General Zhenyuan Yan Jun. "

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu's eyes showed excitement, "Zhou Shen calculates that your military book is really a heavenly book. I only learned half of it, and it can already be compared with the first general of the dynasty, but it is a pity that it was lost."

Hearing this, Zhou Jiuer sighed, lightly sipped the wine in his glass, and said with the strength of the wine:

"Huzi, don't pretend to be stupid, you've guessed that I might be lying to you, but you can't tell what I think, so you come to test Lao Tzu again and again.

To tell you the truth, the art of war is on me now, but I am afraid that you will learn it, but you will not use it. "

As he said that, Zhou Jiuer took out the military book from back then under Huzi's surprised gaze, then slapped it on the table, and continued:
"It's not that I hide my secrets on purpose, it's really for your own good.

At the beginning, I saw that your kid was a fortune-telling sign, so I gave you the book of war. After passing on the book of war, your fortune-telling became a carp leaping over the dragon's gate. "

Speaking of this week, he paused for a while, turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and said:

"What is the carp jumping over the dragon's gate? It's a real dragon! But right now, there is already a real dragon in Zhongzhou..."

When Zhou Jiuer said this, he immediately kept silent, then picked up a meat bun and ate it as if nothing had happened.

The tiger on the opposite side was in a cold sweat at this moment, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, let alone a real dragon?
He is the most clear about the prince's temperament. Now that he has only learned half of the art of war, he is comparable to the first military general of the dynasty. If he really learned all of them, he will be so powerful that the opponent will spare him lightly?
This gloomy prince would definitely do such a thing as hiding all the birds.

At this moment, Huzi looked at the military book on the table again, without the slightest desire to touch it, this book seemed to have become his death talisman.

Zhou Jiuer glanced at him without showing any traces, and put the book of war into his arms again, but Huzi stood up quickly after realizing it, and gave him a deep bow and said:

"Thank God Zhou for saving my life."

Zhou Jiuer didn't reply, just looked at the meat bun in his hand in a daze.

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(End of this chapter)