I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 149 Emperor, I want to kill my son...

"Yuan Ang, did you escape back like this?"

About ten days later, Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.

Looking at the report in his hand, Tianzi Qi asked in surprise, only to attract Chao Cuo who was beside him to smile wryly and nod his head.

"Liu Bi originally wanted to kill Yuan An, but he was afraid of getting the reputation of 'beheading the envoys of the Son of Heaven', so he sent Yuan An to prison, and put Yuan An in custody, and waited for an opportunity to poison him to death."

"It's just that I didn't expect that the post-military lieutenant who was sent by Liu Bi to poison Yuan An was Yuan An's old friend..."

The regretful voice made Tianzi Qi raise his eyebrows subconsciously.

Seeing Chao Cuo let out a long sigh leisurely, he put all the ups and downs of Yuan An's itinerary in front of Tianzi Qi.

"It is said that in the early years, when Yuan An was still Wu Guoxiang, this captain was Yuan An's history."

"During the period, Liu Bi gave Yuan Ang a maid who gave birth to a beautiful and beautiful skin, which was deeply loved by Yuan Ang."

"But one day, Yuan An discovered that this maidservant had an affair with his own servant;"

"Knowing that the incident was revealed, Cong Shi was worried that Yuan An would retaliate against him, so he ran away overnight."

"Unexpectedly, Yuan Ang personally drove the car and took the maid to catch up with Cong Shi. Instead of blaming him, he gave the maid to Cong Shi and still let him be Cong Shi..."

Having said that, Chao Cuo couldn't help but shook his head and sighed again, not only marveling at Yuan An's good luck, but also feeling sorry for Yuan An's narrow escape.

"This time, Liu Bi raised an army to cause chaos, and all Wu officials were appointed as generals. This former history has become Liu Bi's post-military lieutenant."

"Knowing that Liu Bi wanted to kill Yuan An, the post-military lieutenant, because of Yuan An's past kindness, sold his belongings, bought a lot of wine, drunk the soldiers guarding the city, and took advantage of the night to open the camp and let Yuan An go. .”

"After being rescued, Yuan An walked seven or eight miles. At dawn, he encountered Liang Guo's cavalry and fled back to Suiyang City on horseback..."

The tone of voice mixed with helplessness, sentimentality, and obvious regret also caused Tianzi Qi to sigh full of sighs, and shook his head with a smile.

"This is indeed Yuan An's character."

"—Eclectic, like the beauty of adults;"

"And wherever you go, you can meet old 'old friends'..."

Hearing the emperor's words, Chao Cuo first nodded with a wry smile;
After hearing the faint dissatisfaction in Tian Ziqi's last words, Chao Cuo felt that the sorrow in his heart was relieved.

He nodded with a light smile, but didn't say much.

——Because of Shen Tujia's "speaking out of righteousness" and Gongzi Sheng's "selflessness", Chao Cuo, who was almost cut off by the emperor and abandoned the city, has recovered his life;

And Yuan Ang, also because of his unintentional actions, was able to escape from Liu Bi's clutches.

This means: After the rebellion is put down, the decades-long love-hate relationship between Chao Cuo and Yuan An will continue...
"Hey······"

"I haven't seen that guy for a long time, but I really miss him..."

As soon as he uttered a slander, Tian Ziqi's voice came again, causing Chao Cuo to raise his head quickly.

"I thought that Yuan An would stay by Liu Bi's side, willing to become a traitor;"

"Looking at it now, this Yuan Ang is still a bit virtuous?"

A slightly joking question only caused Chao Cuo's expression to freeze slightly.

However, Tian Ziqi smiled meaningfully, and looked at Chao Cuo with a hint of ridicule.

"I heard that after Yuan An escaped from the rebel camp, he went to Zhou Yafu's side."

"—Have a good chat with Zhou Yafu's new recruit: Luoyang Hero Jumeng?"

"Supposedly, Yuan An, who is so well-rounded, can become friends with anyone."

"Why is it that Teacher and Yuan An are the only ones who have become eternal enemies?"

Hearing this, Chao Cuo raised his head a little uneasy;
Looking in front of him, pretending to look through the file, but actually pricking up his ears, waiting for his answer, Tianzi Qi, Chao Cuo also had this question in his mind.

--why?

Why can't Yuan Ang and I be friends?

When did it start...

"Chen, I don't really remember much."

After thinking for a long time, Chao Cuo said with a light smile, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his brows.

"After so many years, Yuan An and I are incompatible no matter whether we are in court or in private."

"Except for court meetings, as long as Yuan An is there, I will not go; as long as I am, Yuan An will not come."

"Privately, the two of us have never spoken a word..."

As he said that, Chao Cuo couldn't help but shook his head with a smile again, and let out a long sigh full of helplessness.

"It's been a long time, and even the minister can't remember why he had a grudge with Yuan An in the first place."

"It's just that every time I see Yuan Ang, I can't help but grit my teeth and frown, and have the urge to stab his chest with a sword..."

Chao Cuo frankly expressed his thoughts, and said, "I don't know why, I just don't like him", but Tianzi Qi couldn't stop laughing.

But Tianzi Qi didn't say anything more, nor did he give his own answer to Chao Cuo's doubts.

Of course Tianzi Qi knew what was the reason for Chao Cuo's inexplicable disgust.

——Chao Cuo is a legalist scholar.

If so.

In Tian Ziqi's memory, Chao Cuo and Yuan An never had any enmity because of any specific matter;
At the very beginning, on the first day and at first glance when these two people met, they already disliked each other.

The reason is precisely because Chao Cuo is the most staunch "guardian" of the Legalists in the Han Dynasty today.

That may sound a little strange;
However, if one understands the Legalists and the pursuit of the Legalists, Chao Cuo's dislike of Yuan Ang is easy to understand.

——According to "Han Feizi·Five Beetles", the five types of people the Legalists hate the most are:

[-]. Scholars (referring to Confucianism at the end of the Warring States period);

[-]. Talkers (referring to strategists);

[-]. A person with a sword (referring to a ranger);

[-]. Sufferers (referring to people who are attached to the noble family);

[-]. Citizens of industry and commerce.

Han Fei said: These five are the beetles of the state.

To sum up the "five beetles" proposed by Han Feizi, they are actually: Confucian scholars, lobbyists, knight-errants, disciples, and merchants.

For a person like Chao Cuo who came from a legalist background and even took "reviving legalism" and "reviving the study of Shenshang" as his mission, these five types of people can be killed with a single sword without any reason crowd.

Because in the view of legalists, the "five beetles" proposed by Han Feizi are the main factors that undermine the stability of the regime.

As long as these five types of people disappear, there will be no more problems between heaven and earth.

Looking back, look at Yuan An, what kind of person is he?

——In the beginning, he was forced to move to Guanzhong because of his status as a local tyrant, and he was still a merchant; (merchants)

——After moving to Guanzhong, he was Lu Lu's doorman; (doorman)
——Like Confucianism; (Confucian students)
——Have a close personal relationship with Ji Xin, Ju Meng and other world-famous ranger magnates; (Ranger)
——In the court, he lives and lives with the idea of ​​"giving advice to others", and he is good at both inside and outside the court and the field, and he is good at dancing. (lobbyist)

So, to sum it up, the reason why Chao Cuo hates Yuan An is: Yuan An has filled Han Feizi's "five beetles"!
Yuan An is a combination of the 'five beetles'!
In this way, the problem is obvious.

Chao Cuo is a legalist defender who believes that 'if the five beetles are eliminated, the world will be peaceful';
And Yuan Ang is a cunning person who thinks that 'I want to be a person who has five beetles in one body'.

It's hard for Tianzi Qi to say how Yuan An feels when these two people get together;

But Tianzi Qi was very sure: Chao Cuo's sentence just now, "When I saw Yuan Ang's face, I wanted to draw my sword and kill him", was definitely not a joke at all.

——Chao Cuo, I really have such an idea!
——And it's not subjective will, but physiological impulse!

This is like in later generations, a person hates cockroaches, fleas, reptiles, mosquitoes, ants and other insects;

As a result, one day, this person saw the combined mutants of these insects at the door of his house...

"Yuan Ang escaped back, but De Hou was detained by Liu Bi..."

After a long silence, it was Tianzi Qi who spoke first, and moved the topic away from Yuan An, the 'combination of five beetles'.

But when Chao Cuo heard the words, there was a look of worry on his face;
Stretching out his hand, he picked up the memorial in front of Emperor Qi again, and handed it to Emperor Qi again.

"Your Majesty should put the matter of Dehou aside first;"

"—King Liang, it seems that he has sent a letter back to the queen mother..."

As soon as these words came out, Tianzi Qi's face suddenly sank.

Just as he was about to lower his head, he heard a deep, shrill voice coming from the gate of the palace, which made the emperor break out in cold sweat.

"Your Majesty~"

"The queen mother sent the old slave, please go down to Changle Palace..."

·
"Emperor, don't you want to explain?"

A moment later, Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Empress Dowager Dou sat on the upper imperial couch with a gloomy face, and in her icy temperament, there was only one thing that stood out: "Do not enter by strangers";
As for Tianzi Qi, who was sitting beside Empress Dowager Dou, his face was stiff and his head was lowered, he didn't even dare to look at the imperial case. The two handwritings were clearly two people's handwriting, but they wrote the same sentence. ·····

"The general will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted?!"

"—The general will be outside, and the king's life will not be tolerated!!!"

The roar suddenly sounded in his ears, only made Tianzi Qi shrink his neck abruptly, even his hands, he grabbed his sleeves uneasily.

At this moment, Emperor Qi only wanted to issue an edict to recall Dou Ying and Zhou Yafu back to Chang'an...
Then tie the two together and rocket them off into outer space!
——What the hell kind of tacit understanding is this!

I haven't seen these two people. How good is their relationship? ? ? ? ? ?
Tianzi Qi bowed his head and remained silent, but this made Empress Dowager Dou even more angry.

"Emperor, is this how you treat my son!"

"One sentence is out, the king's life is not accepted, so you want to kill my son in Suiyang?!"

Roaring furiously, Empress Dowager Dou did not forget to pick up the two memorials and threw them on Tianzi Qi's face.

"Even if you trick me, you can't serve snacks!!!"

"Even if these two bastards are asked to change one or two words a little bit, instead of sending back the same sentence: the general is away, the king's life will not be accepted?!!!!"

Hearing Empress Dowager Dou's hoarse growl, Tian Ziqi's head lowered lower and lower, and in the end, it was directly pressed against his chest.

——Who said no...
——Even if those two idiots change a word or two...
Although he thought so in his heart, Tianzi Qi didn't dare to say this at all.

Letting his mother, Queen Mother Dou, vent hysterically, the emperor Qicai raised his head cautiously;

After looking at Empress Dowager Dou's face for a while, he tentatively said, "How about..."

"—what else!"

Unexpectedly, before the words could be uttered, they were interrupted by Queen Dowager Dou's roar again!

"Does the emperor really want to send someone to tell these two bastards: next time, don't use the same sentence to prevaricate me!!!"

Uh······

It's not impossible...

cough cough cough

Before he had time to say it, he was choked back by his mother's roar again, and Tianzi Qi didn't know what to do;

I can only look down like a child who has done something wrong and doesn't know how to correct it, digging his nails.

At this time, Tianzi Qi actually had a hard time that he couldn't tell.

——For Zhou Yafu, Tian Ziqi did have a similar explanation;

But for God's sake!
Dou Ying's sentence, "I will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted", is really not the emperor's secret instruction!
At that time, in order not to make Empress Dowager Dou suspicious, Tianzi Qi did not dare to do anything except to issue an appointment of "worship Prince Zhan Shi Dou Ying as a general"!
From the appointment of Dou Ying as the general to the time when Dou Ying set off for the army and went east to Xingyang-Aocang from Hangu, the emperor Qi Leng didn't even see Dou Ying!
For Dou Ying to be so "sensible" and refuse the Queen Mother Dou's order to "support the King of Liang" without hesitation, Tianzi Qi is naturally very pleased;

But comfort is comfort, for Dou Ying, Emperor Qi really did not give any instructions...

"hiss!"

"Fizz!"

While thinking, there was a burst of sobbing in his ears, causing Tianzi Qi to turn his head cautiously;

But a moment ago, Empress Dowager Dou, who was still in the "roaring court", was already sitting paralyzed on the couch, wiping away tears in great sorrow...
"Mother..."

Seeing his mother weeping, Tianzi Qi couldn't help but feel a burst of unbearable feeling, and guilt immediately welled up on his brows.

But I saw Empress Dowager Dou raising her head with tears all over her face, casting her slack gaze to an unknown corner...

"I, hiss..."

"I'm just such a precious son..."

"For the sake of the emperor's ancestral temple and the country, he is fighting the enemy bravely in Suiyang..."

"That silly boy, I'm afraid he will still think about it until he dies: I want to help my brother..."

Speaking with tears in her eyes, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help closing her eyes in despair, and raised her head again.

"The emperor wants to kill his younger brother..."

"Killed my only younger brother..."

"The emperor, you want to kill my son..."

"My only son..."

Listening to his mother's mournful murmur, the emperor Qiben was still full of guilt, but suddenly felt a burst of bitterness.

only son;
Ah.

only son...

With a wry smile, he turned his head to the side, looking at the mother next to him with her head held high, her eyes closed tightly, letting the tears fall from the corners of her eyes, Tianzi Qi, felt heartbroken...

"Queen, why do you say that there is only one son..."

"In front of the mother, is there only the third child who calls himself 'son'..."

The voice was full of bitterness, but it didn't make Empress Dou appear, and the grief that seemed to be the loss of a child in her later years was weakened in the slightest.

It was also this unmoved reaction that caused the last trace of guilt in Tian Ziqi's heart to dissipate at this moment...

"The third child is also the prince of my Liu family."

"The "Strategy to Cut Fans" is my century-old policy to stabilize the Kanto and the world."

"My son, I didn't intend to kill the third child;"

"The third child will not die in this war."

Strongly suppressing the grief in his heart, and uttering these apparently indifferent words, Emperor Qi got up from the imperial couch, took two steps, and only left a ruthless back view for Empress Dowager Dou.

"After the rebellion is put down, my son, I will return the third child, beard and tail, to the queen mother."

"As for the moment, what the queen mother wants to do, the minister can't stop..."

Before the emperor could finish his words, the Empress Dowager Dou, who was sitting on the couch weeping, finally opened her eyes slowly;
Lowering his head and looking not far in front of him, there was a tall figure with only a vague outline, and a touch of indifference gradually appeared on the face of Empress Dowager Dou.

"it is good."

"I'll send someone, Lao Wu from Handan, to Suiyang to save my son."

"—Let my grandson, save my son!"

"—Let the emperor's son, save my son!!!"

After a few words were spoken, the expression on Empress Dowager Dou's face also changed from initial sorrow, to indifference, to anger;
And at the end, that complex expression that gritted his teeth but couldn't hide his sadness...
"In the future, the emperor will not come to Changle anymore..."

"I'm just a woman, now I'm old, and my eyes are about to go blind..."

"Sitting next to the emperor, I really feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles, like a light on my back, like a thorn in my throat..."

"So be it·········"

"It's all about me, I have never had the son of an emperor..."

Speaking these words tremblingly, Empress Dowager Dou slowly got up from the couch, and turned around with sorrowful eyes;
Leaning on the dove stick in his hand, he tremblingly walked towards the direction of the apse, while whispering softly: "The emperor, I want to kill my son..."

"Emperor, you want to kill my son..."

"I don't have the emperor's son..."

But in front of the imperial couch, Tianzi Qi still didn't turn around when he heard the whispering sound coming from his ear.

With only his hands behind his back, he slowly raised his head, closed his eyes, and let out a long sigh.

"Mother, why did you ever treat Erchen as your own son..."

"Mother, how did you ever remember!"

"——He ever remembered that he had another son..."

(End of this chapter)