Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 212 Conditions
The night is melting, and the ink-like sky is dotted with stars.The bleak autumn wind whizzed by, causing the old man who was doing the watch to shrink his arms, take a deep breath of air-conditioning, and responsibly hit the clapper to tell the time, making the already silent night even more silent.

People are resting at sunset, and there is no one else on the street except the night watchman, as if it is deserted.But in a majestic mansion, the handsome man who was admiring the scenery at the window is now facing the window with his eyes full of vigilance.

Just because an uninvited guest came to Jinwang Mansion.

"I don't know what His Highness King Qin is doing here?" Murong Xiu asked coldly, staring at the lazy man who was leisurely sipping tea on the seat not far away.

The young man in purple gave a lazy chuckle, put down the teacup in his hand, and replied, "Of course I have something to do when I come here. If His Royal Highness King Jin drives me away, he will definitely regret it."

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin was just joking. Who would dare to chase the dignified King Qin of Beishuo away? This King really doesn't have the guts." Murong Xiu walked slowly to the seat opposite and sat down, straight to the point and asked: "I don't know why the King of Qin came to see this King for something. ?”

"Although Murong Sheng seems to have lost a step now, the Wang family is gone, and the power network is gone, His Royal Highness Jin Wang even sent back the Dongteng dancer who inquired about the news. But His Highness Jin Wang may still be worried, after all, there are still Xia Houyan, who was covetously, did not bring out the private army Murong Sheng. If he didn't take it out now, it doesn't mean he won't take it out in the future, so His Royal Highness King Jin probably needs something, something that can turn defeat into victory. Que Yu leisurely analyzed the current situation in Southern Chu, and unhurriedly took out a small tiger-shaped gadget from his bosom.

Murong Xiu was amazed that the other party knew so much, he could even figure out his thoughts, and when he saw the object held between the other party's fingers, his pupils shrank suddenly.

It's a soldier talisman!His long-awaited soldier talisman!

At this time, the soft moonlight outside the window shines on it, making the lines exquisite and smooth, and it is shining brightly.

Murong Xiu's body trembled, and he reached out to take it off.But halfway through, he calmed down in time, slowly put down his hands, looked at the young man opposite and calmly said: "It really is you, this king should have guessed it a long time ago."

At the first tribute banquet, Murong Xiu saw Shanglu who was unusually tall and obviously not from Southern Chu, so he became suspicious, thinking he had seen it somewhere.But the other party is just a servant, and this kind of figure is still available in Nanchu, so I let go of my suspicions, just thinking that he is thinking too much.

Now seeing this real soldier talisman, and thinking of the person who made a deal with him before, Murong Xiu confirmed the identity of the other party.

Que Yu didn't even think about hiding it, so he reached out and took off the golden mask on his face, smiled lazily, and said, "It's this king, why, I didn't expect this king to come back in this way?"

"I really didn't expect that." Murong Xiu replied.

When he heard Que Yu say that he would come back, Murong Xiu was still a little surprised.return?How he wants to come back.The Duke of Zhen's mansion was destroyed, and as soon as Que Yu showed up, he would be wanted by the Southern Chu Dynasty.At that time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even survive.

But this person was still calm and composed, without showing any panic, as if he knew that Emperor Zhaozheng had nothing to do with him.But this person's strength is unpredictable, Murong Xiu is not worried, as long as it doesn't delay him getting the soldier talisman.

Unexpectedly, he returned in this way, as a prince of Beishuo.What secrets is Que Yu hiding?

Murong Xiu couldn't help but stare coldly at the person he couldn't see through, but the other party was still unhurried, holding the gadget between his fingers, and said with a smile: "This king sent the soldier talisman as promised, His Royal Highness King Jin doesn't intend to take it." ?"

Yes, of course I want it, but Murong Xiu couldn't help but gritted his teeth with hatred.

He really didn't expect Que Yu to play this trick. Que Yu found a real soldier talisman for him, and he agreed to Que Yu on one condition.This seems fair and just on the surface, and both of them got what they wanted without losing anything.

But he really didn't expect that Que Yu would actually send the soldier talisman as Beishuo King Qin, which means that they, Beishuo, already knew the secret of the Southern Chu royal family, or the secret of the lost soldier talisman that could mobilize the military force of the whole country.

The soldier talisman was lost, how could the whole world know about it?So even if he sits on the throne in the future, he will be restrained by the Beishuo royal family. This is a handle in the hands of the Beishuo royal family, and he will be driven by them.

How ridiculous it is for an emperor of Southern Chu to obey the orders of a prince of Beishuo!
Murong Xiu couldn't help holding his hands tightly, his eyes were filled with a dark light.But the purple-clothed young man on the opposite side didn't seem to see it, and said to himself: "Since His Royal Highness King Jin doesn't want it, I will bring it back to Beishuo. I believe this gadget will be of great use to Beishuo." With that said, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Wait, how could our Southern Chu's military talisman fall into the hands of Beishuo people." Murong Xiu hurriedly stopped.

"So..." Que Yu turned around, "Has His Royal Highness Jin Wang made a decision? Make the decision to be driven by this king."

After a moment of silence, Murong Xiu raised his head, as if he had finally made up his mind, and said in a weak voice, "This soldier is what I want."

"Oh, His Royal Highness Jin is still aware of current affairs as before." Que Yu waved his hand and threw the military talisman into Murong Xiu's hands, "This king will prove that the decision made by His Royal Highness Jin is correct, and the Southern Chu throne will also be in the future." It must be His Royal Highness King Jin, after all Murong Sheng's ascension to the throne is of no benefit to this King."

After inspecting the soldier talisman in his hand for a long time, he felt the obvious warm and delicate texture, like soft fat, and the bold and smooth lines seemed to tell the intimidating power and heroic demeanor of thousands of troops.Murong Xiu finally confirmed that this was the real soldier talisman, and Que Yu did not deceive him.

Although he will leave a handle to Que Yu in the future, if he wins the Southern Chu throne in exchange, it will be very worthwhile in general.After a long time, Murong Xiu raised his head and said, "This king realizes that no matter what kind of deal it is, you are the winner. From the moment this king agreed to this deal, this king has actually lost, and he has lost completely. .”

"Heh, have you ever seen a fisherman without bait when fishing? Jiang Taigong fished, and those who wished to take the bait, not to mention this king has already put the bait of the soldier charm. It's a pity that the fish only saw the tempting bait. I didn't see the hidden sharp blade below, so what can I do?" Que Yu walked back to the seat, raised his jaw, and said loudly, "This king never trades at a loss, and the fish he is targeting will never lose money." Only waiting for the fate of being slaughtered."

Looking at Murong Xiu's deep and dark eyes, Que Yu chuckled lightly, and continued, "But don't worry, you, the King of Southern Chu, are not interested. As long as you ascend the throne as emperor in the future, Nan Chu will obediently become Beishuo's vassal state. Naturally, the king can keep Nan Chu worry-free. If Nan Chu has a different intention, this king will personally destroy you."

Fingers kept rubbing the soldier talisman, Murong Xiu also accepted this fact, raised his head after a while and asked: "Then what is your condition? What should this king do for you?"

Que Yu curled his lips into a smile, and stated his condition, "This king wants you to destroy the Qi family."

"What?" Murong Xiu was a little surprised, "Just that? Needless to say, this king will not let the Qi family go. As the Qi family is Murong Sheng's right-hand man, this king will definitely destroy him."

"Then your plan can be advanced. This king has already said before that this condition must be good for you, and it is also a good condition for me. This king is a person who keeps promises, so you can rest assured." Que Yu Putting down the hand that propped up the chin, he said.

"Although you say that, according to your strength, it is not difficult to destroy the Qi family. Why do you need my king's help?"

"Oh, it's very simple, because the Qi family made this king's beloved girl sad. And this girl is too stubborn, I don't want her to know that this king helped her, so she won't be suspicious if you do it." Que Yu The voice was soft and helpless.

"My beloved girl? It turns out that this girl is real. I thought it was just a joke you made to reject Princess Xiangcheng's affection." Murong Xiu recalled the scene of the banquet at that time and said aloud.

"She does exist, and she is a lovely girl from Southern Chu." Que Yu said bluntly.

"A girl from Southern Chu? Judging from what you mean, she should be a young lady from an aristocratic family. If you really like it, you can ask your father to marry you. As the Prince of Beishuo, who would dare not do so?"

Que Yu smiled lightly and shook his head, "She's too stubborn, she still has her own things to do, I don't want to force her, I want her to follow me willingly."

"Really? I didn't realize that you are such a patient person." Murong Xiu teased.

"For her, this king has always been patient, otherwise how can I make her laugh." Que Yu's voice was so gentle that Murong Xiu couldn't help but look over.

After Que Yu left, Murong Xiu still looked at the leaving back, and murmured after a while: "I really don't know if the girl he likes is lucky or unlucky, not everyone can see through this person." .” After speaking, he stood up and left.

In Fusheng Pavilion, Qi Ze was reviewing official documents, and listening to Zhu Yu's report on the recent abnormalities in the court.

"You mean that there are only fights between these aristocratic families recently, and Murong Sheng and Xia Houyan haven't made any big moves?" Qi Ze asked suspiciously after listening to Zhu Yu's report on the fight between the two aristocratic families.

"Yes, my subordinates have sent our people to carefully monitor the actions of the various families, as well as those at the Prince's Mansion and the building. But due to the protection of the Prince's Mansion and the building, our people can't get in at all, so I didn't find any valuable information." Zhu Yu frowned slightly, and said in shame, "This subordinate is incompetent."

Qi Ze shook his head, "At least it's the princes of the two countries. It's normal if we can't get any news. I can't blame you. Well, since there is nothing wrong, let's go down first."

"Yes." After Zhu Yu saluted, he withdrew.

Qi Ze propped his chin, thinking about the current situation.

Now Que Yu should have handed over the military talisman to Murong Xiu. With the military talisman, the possibility of Murong Xiu winning the throne will increase, and it will be more beneficial to her.Now in the court hall, Murong Sheng and Xia Houyan did not make a move.

But this is strange, Murong Sheng should be more anxious when He Lianhao is deposed.But why there is no change in the court, is it because his purpose is not in the court?But if it's not in the court, where will it be?

At this moment, Qi Ze felt that she seemed to have overlooked a certain point.Murong Sheng is now on the verge of riding a tiger, and he will not give up easily, so the plan must be advanced.Since it is not in the court, it should be in the place.No, it will not be in the locality.

The matter of the Wang family had just happened, and Emperor Zhaozheng was sending various local officials to strictly guard it at this time, Murong Sheng would not touch this hard nail at this time.Not in court, not in place, could it be...

Qi Ze remembered now, how could she forget?Murong Sheng is a privately raised army, and there has been no change. Could it be that he intends to use this privately raised army to cause trouble?

But what is he going to do?How can the privately raised army get it out?How could Emperor Zhaozheng let him go?

It seems that Murong Sheng is going to put all his eggs in one basket, and is going to completely cut off his own escape route.As long as the privately raised army is brought out, Murong Sheng will be waiting for an opportunity to rebel and usurp the throne. This crime will never be escaped.

But Murong Sheng is not stupid, he will definitely find a suitable reason to take out the privately raised army, but without the military talisman to rectify his name, what is Murong Sheng going to do?
Thinking about it in his mind, Qi Ze felt his eyelids start to fight, and his mind started to feel dizzy.The words on the official document in front of him also began to blur. After a while, Qi Ze couldn't hold on any longer, so he lay down on the desk and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, she only felt a warmth on her shoulders, and someone covered her body with clothes.She opened her sleepy eyes and found that it was Zhan Shi.

A charming woman in a concubine's red dress was standing gracefully beside her. Seeing the man wake up, she apologized, "Master, did Zhan Shi disturb your rest? Zhan Shi will leave now."

"It's okay, just take a nap." Qi Ze rubbed his eyes, tidied his clothes, and asked, "Is there something to do with poetry exhibition?"

"There's nothing wrong with Zhan Shi." Zhan Shi lowered his eyes slightly, blushing and said, "I just made a suit of clothes for you, I don't know if it fits or not."

"Clothes?" Qi Ze was a little taken aback, this was the first time someone made clothes for her.

"En." Zhan Shi took the white cloth bag behind her to her body, carefully placed it on the desk, and slowly opened it, revealing a bright white brocade suit inside.

"The first time Zhan Shi saw Young Master, Young Master was wearing white clothes. Zhan Shi felt that Young Master could wear white clothes very well, but after Zhan Shi came to Fusheng Pavilion, he seldom saw Young Master wearing white clothes. .So Zhanshi took the courage to make one himself, I hope you don't dislike it."

Looking at the fine stitches in the cloth bag, the delicate fabric, and the clothes that were painstakingly made, Qi Ze shook his head and said, "It's too late for me to be grateful for Zhan Shi's ability to make clothes for me, so why would I hate it? Thank you Zhan Shi Shi made clothes for me, and I like this dress very much."

"Really? As long as you like it." Zhan Shi said with a red face, "Zhan Shi observed the figure of the young master before, and found that the young master is a bit thinner. At the Chenyue Tower, Zhan Shi adjusted the belt for the young master. I found that the young master's waist is quite thin." Zhan Shi's face turned redder, and his voice was as thin as a mosquito's moan, "It's thinner than Zhan Shi's."

Qi Ze: "..." Really?He lowered his head and looked at his waist, silently tightened the cloak on his body, without saying a word.

"Ahem." Zhan Shi also cleared his throat softly with some embarrassment, and changed the subject: "Well, Zhan Shi thinks you look good in white clothes, why don't you often wear them?"

"Oh, this is..." Qi Ze couldn't tell the reason for a while, why doesn't she often wear white clothes?Even the wardrobe is filled with this deep indigo brocade.

Maybe it's because he was often bullied by Qi Chen and Qi Zhe when he was a child, his clothes were always dirty, and he had to change them from time to time.White clothes are easy to wash and dirty, so I simply changed to a darker color, so that even if it is dirty, it is not easy to see, and it can basically maintain the dignity that a nobleman should have.

Or because she doesn't want to touch things, her father often wears white clothes, so that she doesn't want to get a trace of white.Qi Ze really didn't know the specific reason.

Seeing that Qi Ze was silent for a moment, Zhan Shi didn't ask any further, but bowed down and said: "The clothes have been delivered, so Zhan Shi will go back first."

"Okay." Qi Ze responded.

After Zhan Shi left, Qi Ze casually hung the clothes in the closet and didn't care about them anymore.Then send Cang Zhu to investigate Murong Sheng and Xia Houyan's life trajectories outside the court, hoping to find a clue.

And after many days of follow-up investigation, Cang Zhu also found clues.

"My lord, according to my subordinates' investigations, the prince has indeed not put pressure on the family of King Jin's faction in the court recently. On the contrary, he often goes to the local government with Prince Dongteng to act, as if he has forgotten the political affairs in the court. .”

"Go to the local government?" Qi Ze frowned slightly and thought, Emperor Zhaozheng has been strictly supervising local affairs recently, will Murong Sheng touch this hard nail at this time?

"What did they do locally?" Qi Ze asked in a deep voice.

"Plundering merchants, harboring thieves, raising outlaws, and plundering tens of thousands of land and property from officials and civilians. Although these were done without the eyes and ears of the Holy Majesty, they were still investigated by his subordinates."

Hearing the news from these investigations, Qi Ze lowered his head and thought deeply, then raised his head after a while and said, "No, Cang Zhu, it's not that they forgot the court affairs, they just gave up the court affairs."

"What do you mean? Master, this subordinate doesn't quite understand." Cang Zhu shook his head.

"Plundering merchants, harboring thieves, and seizing tens of thousands of land and property from officials and people." Qi Ze repeated quietly, "Once these are done, it will be a big news. Although Emperor Zhaozheng is not as good as before, he has been sitting on the dragon chair for many years. It is difficult for the emperor to avoid his eyes and ears. But there must be a mystery in why he can avoid it."

After being reminded by Qi Ze, Cang Zhu seemed to understand something and suddenly realized.

"Is Murong Sheng's people really doing it to plunder merchants and seize the property of officials and people?" Qi Ze lowered his eyes and reminded.

"No, it was done by the crown prince harboring criminal thieves." Cang Zhu said seriously, "But, master, if you send criminal thieves to burn, kill and loot, aren't you afraid that the court will be disturbed by it? What exactly does the crown prince intend to do?"

"So, Murong Sheng has abandoned court affairs, not forgotten." Qi Ze looked out of the window with serious eyes, as if he could see through everything, "As for what he wants to do, Helian Hao is abolished, but he still sent people to the Western Wei Dynasty to get it." Contact, as well as the help of the privately raised army and Dong Teng. Isn't it obvious what he intends to do?"

(End of this chapter)