Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 220 The Eve
"Your Highness, the servant of Qi Bing Department asks to see you."

Murong Xiu seemed to have regained his senses, turned around in shock, and said aloud, "Qi Ze?"

When Murong Xiu walked to the main hall, he saw that the people inside were facing away from him, looking up at a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall.

The majestic high mountains are overlapping and rolling, and the mist surrounding the mountains can't stop the lush green pines and cypresses at the foot of the mountains, which are majestic and magnificent.

"Qi Ze, you actually took the initiative to come to this king's mansion, haven't you been avoiding this king?" Murong Xiu raised his foot and stepped over the threshold, looking at the cold back in front of him and said.

The person in front turned around slowly after hearing the words, his eyes were still as calm as ever, "His Royal Highness King Jin."

Seeing the calm eyes that did not surprise him, Murong Xiu went to sit next to the chief seat, pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit down."

Qi Ze sat down as he said.

"What were you looking at just now? This painting?" Murong Xiu glanced at the painting on the wall and said casually.

"Yes." Qi Ze nodded, "This great river and mountain is very beautiful!"

Murong Xiu snorted lightly, and said: "No matter how beautiful this great river and mountain is, it doesn't belong to one person alone. It will eventually change hands."

"This humble minister understands that no matter how beautiful things are, they will undergo changes. It's just that the process of change is more cruel than anyone imagined. The streets are full of dirt, and blood flows like rivers. Soon, this peaceful and peaceful city of Dingjing will change. look."

"If you want to stand out and survive, you must be cruel. Even if corpses and skeletons are everywhere, this is a fate that it cannot escape. If you want this great river and mountain, you need to make sacrifices." Murong Xiu turned to look at Qi Ze, "Qi Shilang, this should be something you and I understand."

"Wei Chen naturally understands, so Wei Chen came this time to hand over this great river and mountain to His Highness, as long as His Highness can handle it." Qi Ze took out a roll of blueprints from his arms and said.

"This is..." Murong Xiu took a closer look, and after confirming again and again that he did not admit his mistake, he read: "Army deployment map." Then he raised his eyes and asked solemnly: "Where did you get it?"

"Of course I got it from Xia Houyan, so this defense plan can't be fake." Qi Ze held the blueprint tightly, raised his eyes and said: "Your Highness just said that if you want this great river and mountain, you need to make sacrifices. Then Your Highness Are you ready to make sacrifices?"

Murong Xiu stared at Qi Ze for a while, then sneered, and said, "Oh, no wonder Qi Shilang sent me a defense map, so it was to make a deal with me. I want to go to this great country, And Qi Shilang also got what he wanted from it." Then he smiled slightly, "Then what does Qi Shilang want?"

"It's very simple." Qi Ze's voice was very flat, "I want to borrow an army from His Highness. His Highness has a real soldier talisman, which can command all the troops in Southern Chu. I just borrow one of the small troops. I believe His Highness will agree." Right. After all, exchanging an army for a defense map is a good deal."

"That being said, what will Minister Qi do with this army?" Murong Xiu casually picked up his teacup and asked after taking a sip.

It seemed to be silent for a long time, and it was at the last moment that I heard that extraordinarily calm and warm voice.

"Copy the house."

Murong Xiu didn't seem to have expected to hear such an answer. After drinking tea, he raised his head to look at the still indifferent person on the opposite side, and asked, "Whose house is copied?"

"My home." The voice of this usually calm person was even more flat, as if he didn't know what he was talking about, as if he was out of everything.

"Qi Ze, do you know what you are talking about?" Murong Xiu put the tea cup in his hand on the tea table and said, "I know that you are not doing well in the Qi family, otherwise you would not have chosen to stay in the Ministry of War. But this king still doesn't understand that although the Qi family treats you badly, it is still the family that gave birth to you and raised you. You can do things in the court, on the one hand, because you are outstanding and talented, but on the other hand, it is also because you have Only with the support of the Qi family behind you can you stay in the court for a long time. No matter how shrewd a person is, without the backing of a powerful family, he will soon disappear from the court. You are a smart person, you will understand That makes sense."

Of course she understood, better than anyone else.Qi Ze lowered his eyes to cover up his unclear emotions, and tightly clenched his hands under his sleeves.Because a person wandered for too long and encountered too many obstacles, she deeply understood the importance of the family behind him to a person, and what it meant to a courtier.

Although the Qi family treats her indifferently and dismissively, but also, it is because of the existence of the Qi family that she can survive better and stay in court for a longer time. These are facts and cannot be refuted fact.

But it is also a fact that the Qi family killed her father, a fact that she cannot ignore.So she must destroy the Qi family, regardless of the cost.

"His Royal Highness Jin, this is my personal choice, and it is something I have to do, so I ask Your Highness to lend me an army, and I can accept all the consequences." After a long time, Qi Ze He raised his head and said calmly.

"Even if you can't do things in the court later, you still have to do it?"

"Yes." The calm man replied decisively.

"Qi Ze, what enmity or grievance you have with the Qi family, I am not interested in this matter." Murong Xiu said in a cold voice, "But the Qi family is my opponent, so of course this king wants to get rid of it quickly. , besides, you also sent a defense plan, such a good thing, of course the king will agree."

Murong Xiu picked up the defense map that Qi Ze put down on the table, and continued: "When the time comes, I will give you an army, and you can do whatever you want. However, after all the Qi family members are captured, they need to be handed over to Ben." The king handles it. You are a member of the Qi family, and this king can't trust you."

"Thank you, Your Highness King Jin." Although the Qi family will be handed over to Murong Xiu, Murong Xiu himself is a ruthless person. After handing them over to him, I believe that the Qi family will not end well, and her The purpose is only to borrow troops to raid the house, and if the purpose is achieved, there is no need to continue to stay.

After Qi Ze stood up and saluted, he turned and walked towards the door.When he was about to walk out of the room, he heard Murong Xiu's suspicious voice behind him.

"Qi Ze, why did you hand over the defense map to me? If you really want to bring down Murong Sheng, you can obviously rely on me, but why do you refuse to bow to me? You have been helping me all the time. I have always been against Murong Sheng, but I have been unwilling to take refuge in any royal family. If you want to get a higher status and survive better, the best choice is to take refuge in this king, but you have been unwilling. All these things Why? This king has never been able to figure it out."

Qi Ze paused slightly, then turned his head and replied quietly: "Your Highness, you don't have to think about it, all this I do is to survive better, and there is no other intention."

"Really? The king will ask you another question." Murong Xiu put the defense map in his arms, stood up and approached slowly, looked at the quiet eyes in front of him and spoke softly, with a tone that he didn't even notice. Looking forward to it, "Do you really hope that this king can win? Qi Ze, if this king wins the throne in the end, this king can let you continue to be a courtier and only be a courtier of this king. This king bows his head. As long as you are willing to bow your head, this king will save your life, and the previous things will be wiped out."

Qi Ze looked at the approaching Murong Xiu, took a step back unconsciously, and said flatly, "Your Highness, I am not your courtier, and there is no need to bow to you."

Murong Xiu watched Qi Ze step back, followed by taking a step forward, his body approached, "Qi Ze, you have rejected me many times, will you reject me this time?" The person leaned against the edge of the door and wrapped his arms around him, but they were not close to each other, and still kept a certain distance.

Facing Murong Xiu's sudden approach, Qi Ze couldn't help frowning, turned around and was about to break through the confinement, but was dragged back by Murong Xiu all of a sudden.

"Qi Ze, the real soldier talisman has been found, and your value is gone. If you want to continue to work in the court after the Qi family is destroyed, you must find someone to rely on, and this king is your best support, you understand ?"

Qi Ze, who was dragged back, also calmed down, looked into Murong Xiu's eyes, and asked back: "His Royal Highness, the humble minister caused Princess Yongning to marry into the Qi family. It will be better. Can this matter also be written off?"

Murong Xiu frowned, gritted his teeth lightly, and said, "I don't care about this matter for the time being."

"But Your Highness King Jin, I don't believe your promise, and I won't believe a groundless promise." Qi Ze was unmoved, and spoke the truth very calmly. "And whether you win or not, it has nothing to do with Weichen. The purpose of Weichen to overthrow Murong Sheng is to destroy the Qi family. If Murong Sheng was in your situation, Weichen would also put the defense map Send it over. As for ascending the throne, whether it's you or Murong Sheng, it's no different to me."

After speaking, Qi Ze ignored the stunned Murong Xiu, broke free from the restraints and left.

Murong Xiu stared at the leaving figure in the distance, and was stunned in place.When the back figure in front disappeared, he came back to his senses and laughed at himself.

He was really stunned!After the Qi family's demise, whether Qi Ze can stay in the court in the end seems to be none of his business.Qi Ze himself is not worried, what is he worried about.How could he say these words to Qi Ze, these words surprised even himself.

What was he thinking, how could he think of letting Qi Ze go, what was he expecting in his heart?For a disobedient courtier like Qi Ze, he either surrenders or... perishes.

From Qi Ze's reply just now, it is obvious that it belongs to the second type.Qi Ze, without the protection of the True Soldier Talisman, the best way to deal with it is to perish.

Qi Ze, oh Qi Ze, you really pushed yourself to death.You don't even want this king to give you a chance, so what exactly do you want this king to do.

In the Dongteng Pavilion, a charming woman is lying softly in the arms of a man, her eyes are full of spring water, her eyes are like silk, her fingers are naughty and lightly swipe across the man's face, and gradually move down along the jaw, Wanting to untie the man's skirt.

"Okay, Xiaozhan Shi of this palace, you can play with it at other times, but not now. Now that there are distinguished guests, you can't lose your dignity in front of the distinguished guests." Xia Houyan stopped the evil hand in time, and looked at the gentle face in front of him. said the refined man.

The charming woman lying lightly on the man's shoulder puffed out her mouth as if she was angry, then she turned her face behind the man's shoulder and stopped looking.

With a polite smile on his face, Qi Chen said, "This is the stunning beauty that His Highness brought out from the Jiang Manor?"

"Yeah, don't look at her being so naughty now, she's usually pretty good, especially when she's on the bed." Xia Houyan tapped the tip of the beauty's nose with his finger, and said with a smile, "Are you saying what Bengong is right? Little fairy .”

"Your Highness, since you are bad, you know how to make fun of my servant." Zhan Shi's face was red, and he cast a coquettish look at the man.

Seeing this, Xia Houyan laughed a few times in a good mood.

Qi Chen squinted his eyes, looked carefully at the half-faced beauty in front of him, and fell into deep thought as he stared at the increasingly familiar slender figure.

Why did this woman look familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Sensing Qi Chen's staring gaze, Zhan Shi also stiffened nervously, and her fingers couldn't help but curled up to grab Xia Houyan's sleeves tightly.

For Qi Chen, Zhan Shi still knew him, after all, he was Qi Ze's opponent, and occasionally heard Zhu Yu Cang Zhu mention it.Knowing that Qi Chen is cautious and careful in doing things, and has strong insight, remembering that she met Qi Chen once, she quietly turned her head away, very afraid of being recognized by Qi Chen.

When Qi Chen first arrived, Zhan Shi recognized Qi Chen, and deliberately didn't show his whole face.Although Qi Chen had never seen her face, he still couldn't help feeling guilty in his heart.

"What's the matter? Little Zhanshi, but you're shy? It turns out that Zhanshi also has shy moments." Seeing Zhanshi turn his face to the back, Xia Houyan didn't think much about it. He just thought it was shy, so he spoke out laughed.

"Your Highness—" the woman let out a soft and charming coquettish voice, which made the man laugh happily.

"Okay, let's stop teasing my little Zhanshi." Xia Houyan looked at Qi Chen, and said with a serious expression, "Why did Mr. Qi come to this palace?"

Qi Chen withdrew his probing gaze, and replied: "It's nothing, but His Highness the Crown Prince has been here for a while, but there has been no letter from me. I am concerned, so I came to inquire about the current situation of His Highness the Crown Prince."

The person who cooperates most closely with Murong Sheng is naturally Xia Houyan, who is the crown prince of Dongteng. On the one hand, Murong Sheng collects money and land from the local area, and on the other hand, he is secretly contacting the army of Dongteng in the Western Wei Dynasty, so that they can attack together at that time. the capital.

In order to avoid revealing his flaws, Murong Sheng did not send a letter to Qi Chen and others to explain the situation, and only Xia Houyan was aware of Murong Sheng's current situation.

"Heh, the Crown Prince of Nanchu is very shrewd, what else could happen? Naturally, everything went well." Xia Houyan also knew that Qi Chen was Murong Sheng's confidant, so he said without hesitation with deep meaning in his eyes.

"Prince Dongteng means..."

"In a few days, the Crown Prince of Southern Chu will be back. At that time, the troops from the Western Wei Dynasty and Dongteng will also bring them here." Xia Houyan curled his lips and smiled confidently, "This time, we have the chance to win."

There was a strange light in Qi Chen's eyes, and he whispered, "Is it finally about to start? It's been planned for so long."

"We have been preparing for a long time, and the throne is at hand." Xia Houyan's voice was sonorous and powerful, very determined.

Qi Chen cupped his hands and made a letter of thanks, "With the help of the Western Wei and Dongteng troops, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like a tiger with wings added to his wings. He will surely ascend to the Great Treasure and accomplish great things. I am here to thank the Crown Prince Dongteng for traveling thousands of miles to come to Southern Chu , completed this great cause for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Where, the Crown Prince of Nanchu is expected to ascend to the throne, as long as we don't forget about our Dongteng." Xia Houyan said with a smile while holding the beauty in his arms.

Qi Chen also cupped his hands and said polite words: "Prince Dongteng has helped you so much, we in Nanchu will never forget it."

Both of them had hypocritical and polite smiles on their faces, talking about important matters as if no one else was there.I didn't see the coldness in the eyes of the beauty who was soft on her shoulders, and she changed from her previous charming appearance.

In the Fusheng Pavilion, Zhu Yu also reported the news conveyed by the poems displayed in the Dongteng Pavilion.

"It's coming soon, isn't it? The battle for the throne has finally come to its final moment." Qi Ze looked serious and heavy, looking thoughtfully at the scenery outside the window.

"Master, the crown prince is here with the armies of the two countries. It will be a tough battle. How much chance do we have of winning?" Zhu Yu frowned, worried.

Zhu Yu was very worried, but Qi Ze was very calm, "Zhu Yu, this is not a question of how many chances we have, but a question of whether we are ready to fight back. Murong Sheng has been planning for a long time, and we have been waiting for this moment for a long time. For a long time. We will not lose, and we will use this to turn the tide."

In the end, Qi Ze's eyes were full of determination, and against the background of the night pearl beside him, they were even brighter and more eye-catching.

In Prince Qin's Mansion, Shang Lu walked into a luxurious room and bent down to report to the purple-clothed youth in front of him: "Master, the Western Wei army has arrived at Changtai Pass, and the Eastern Teng army has arrived at Shanghuai River. The national army will be able to reach Southern Chu Dingjing."

"So fast." Yi Xingke on the side exclaimed.

Que Yu raised his eyes lightly, and waved his hand, "Understood, step back."

After Shang Lu retreated, Yi Xingke couldn't hide his panic and worry anymore, "Yelan, the army from Western Wei and Dongteng came too fast, what will happen if the Qin Palace can't be defended?"

Before Que Yu could express his opinion, Yi Xingke was knocked on by Meng Yanxi who was next to him with a folding fan.

"What are you afraid of? Murong Sheng has the armies of two countries, and we have Yelan. It is estimated that all the soldiers will have died before even the Prince Qin's mansion has entered by then. What's more, we are from Beishuo, and Murong Sheng has not yet How dare you dare to provoke Beishuo's envoys."

Yi Xingke hugged his aching little head, pouted his small mouth and said wrongedly: "Of course I know this, isn't it just worrying. I am afraid that those troops will kill red eyes and directly break into the Qin Palace. At that time, I will run away There's nowhere."

Meng Yanxi couldn't help thinking deeply when he heard the words, but what he was thinking about was not the army from the two countries breaking into the Prince Qin's mansion, but how the people of Southern Chu would flee when the capital was in chaos.

Although it is impossible to have no bloodshed and casualties at the end of each battle for the Inheritance.However, on the peaceful and bustling streets in the past, there are mutilated corpses in different shapes and forms, and the screams of fighting are endless, which is really unbearable.

Meng Yanxi, Yi Xingke and the two couldn't help being silent, the room was completely silent.

At this moment, that magnetic voice appeared, with a touch of comfort in it.

"Don't worry, Murong Sheng won't let the armies of the two countries wantonly kill people." Que Yu raised the corners of his lips, "What he wants is the throne, if he colludes with foreign countries to kill the people of his own country and his reputation is damaged, then he won't want the throne gone."

The two raised their heads upon hearing the words, Meng Yanxi looked at Que Yu and asked, "Yelan, what do you mean by that?"

"If you directly attack the capital with troops, even if you get the throne, you will be scolded by the people all over the world. Since you want to get the throne, of course you want to regain the hearts of the people. Murong Sheng is very clear about how to use the army of the Western Wei Dynasty and Dongteng. " Que Yu's eyes sank, and he said seriously.

So exactly how Murong Xiu can turn defeat into victory, and how to use the real soldier talisman, all of this requires skill.

If Murong Xiu had listened to his words, it would be just around the corner to get the throne, so his painstaking efforts would not be wasted in vain.

(End of this chapter)