The devil is coming

Chapter 689 The world is like chess, life is like play
Jingnan Prince’s Mansion,
The prince drove in slowly.
Before King Jingnan came to Beijing, the Internal Affairs Office of the Palace had already deployed enough well-trained maids and servants in this palace, but on the first day that King Jingnan moved here, they were all sent back.
There are only some personal guards living in the palace, and they are responsible for cleaning.
Therefore,
When the prince got off the car,
even,
No one in charge stepped forward to lead the way.
The smell of blood lingering on the two stone lions on the left and right in front of the gate of the Laohou Mansion in Litian City told people that the residence of King Jingnan had never been warm.
perhaps,
There is only one exception, and that is Ping Xihou.
It may be difficult for outsiders to understand that as an outsider, Ping Xihou always received preferential treatment in the palace, especially in the personal guards;
Because the guards could see that his prince would have a smile on his face when he was with Ping Xihou.
When Ganren's military equipment was at its most depleted, no matter how hard the military leaders on the three sides drank their soldiers' blood, they would never forget to provide enough food and salary and high enough pensions to their own team of servants.
This is a general, no, this is a basic instinct possessed by the lowest level generals. Children all know that the candy in their hands should be given to friends in the neighborhood who have a good relationship with them;
What a true commander-in-chief, a world-famous commander, can do is, when his flag is raised,
behind,
Thousands,
tens of thousands,
One hundred thousand,
a few millions,
I am willing to die for him!
The blind man once said that in this era, a truly powerful army is itself a kind of religion. Then the blind man said that using religion to describe a truly outstanding army is actually a kind of blasphemy. To be more precise, it should be ……Belief.
Faith, rally to the coach.
Along the way from Cuiliu Fort, Shengle City, Xuehaiguan and now Fengxin City, while the Demon Kings were creating characters for their gang leaders, they always had a very clear reference, which was the Jingnan Army.
In the last battle against Chu, not only the main force of the Jingnan Army, but also the Zhenbei Army, the Jin Army, the Forbidden Army, and the local army participated in the battle. Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered together, and the composition was extremely complex.
But King Jingnan's military order is the most sacred iron law in the army.
When it was time to mobilize an elite force and hand it over to Zheng Fan to carry out a deep-reaching combat mission without affecting the number and without being seen by the Chu people, none of the military leaders dared to cheat. They all used the most capable people under their command The most elite soldiers of the war were handed over.
This is influence, this is faith;
The personal guards who follow the prince are the masters of this belief.
The prince is their god, so there is no need for them to kowtow to any dignitary who comes to their door.
After waiting for a long time, an old soldier holding a broom came over.
"See His Royal Highness, Your Highness Fukang."
The prince asked gently:
"Where's uncle?"
"If you go back to Your Highness, the prince will be in the back house."
"Ah."
The prince nodded.
The veteran got up, took the broom, and left;
Ok,
Just left.
Next to the prince, Li Yinglian stared at the veteran's back with disbelief on her face. She wanted to scold Qiu Ba for his lack of discipline, but she just opened her mouth and did not dare to curse out loud.
He is the internal affairs manager of the East Palace, but here, he does not dare to make any mistakes.
The reputation of King Nan of Dayan not only suppressed enemy countries, but also had an extremely terrifying haze in Dayan.
The prince walked to the back house by himself.
Li Yinglian, who was following behind, was carrying a food box and waving her hands at the same time, signaling the rest of the entourage to stay put.
For a moment, the followers almost let out a sigh of relief at the same time.
Just entering the palace gate made them feel very depressed.
Dayan's House of Internal Affairs has always been a yamen that bullies the weak and fears the strong. However, in terms of the repair of the palace, I believe that King Jingnan would not let people stuff money or make connections. However, the House of Internal Affairs still does not dare to show any slightest care. It can be said that it is dedicated. Try your best, some adults in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs may not even pay as much attention to repairing their own wives' houses as they do now.
But no matter how good the garden is, if it is not popular, it will eventually give people a feeling of desolation.
For the prince,
Walk here,
Like Fengzheng Palace, which I would visit from time to time.
"uncle."
Arriving at the back house, the prince shouted.
At this time,
He saw a figure wearing a white python robe walking out of the house.
Uncle and nephew should have a relatively close relationship.
This is indeed the case. Ji Chenglang still remembers that when he was a child, his uncle also took him to shoot archery and ride horses. At dusk, when his uncle took him back to the palace, he would be scolded by his mother:
You just like to drive him crazy!
At that time, my mother often had a smile on her lips when she said these words, and the uncle also had a smile on his face.
I don’t know when it started,
Days like this suddenly disappeared.
It wasn't the day when the Marquis of Jingnan destroyed his entire family. In fact, it was much earlier.
Ji Chenglang looked at the familiar and unfamiliar face standing in front of him,
memory,
Suddenly I was pulled back to many years ago.
That day,
He was moping around.
Because the father carefully studied the homework of the princes and asked about several national policies, the performance of the sixth brother was perfect.
The father was overjoyed, held his sixth brother on his knees, and said these words:
"Hahahaha, Cheng Jue looks exactly like me when I was young."
then,
He, the eldest brother, the third, fourth and fifth children all knelt down below.
Ji Chenglang admitted,
at that moment,
He was jealous.
He was jealous of his sixth brother, who had shown amazing intelligence since he was young;
He was not angry with himself, why he was so much older but still couldn't compare to his sixth brother;
why why,
Why can't father praise me?
I,
He obviously worked hard.
His mother never told him that you are the eldest prince of Dayan.
The mother's character is calm and strong, but she has always been very soft towards herself.
She never said that she would strive for her father's happiness and favor, so that she could compete for the position in the East Palace, so that she could rule the world like her father in the future.
She never said it, not since that day that she could remember.
But he himself always knew.
he,
Ji Chenglang,
He is the eldest son. According to etiquette, the East Palace will be his, and the dragon throne in the future will also be his!
his uncle,
He is the Jingnan Marquis of Great Yan, and he is in charge of [-] Jingnan Army main troops and [-] rear camps!
His grandfather was the head of the Tian family, one of the top-ranked clansmen in Dayan!
His mother is the queen, the mother of Dayan!
But why,
I just can't compare to my sixth brother.
why!
that night,
When he slept, his pillow was wet with tears. He was young and frivolous, but he had to be polite. He had been extremely conscious of maintaining the dignity of his eldest son.
Therefore, he could only cry secretly, alone, in the dead of night.
that night,
He even punched the pillow with his fist and cursed his sixth brother. Why didn't he die young? Didn't they all say that jealous of talented people, it is easy to die young? Why did his sixth brother,
You can't die!
Until an hour before dawn,
He sat up,
He scolded his companions and palace maids who were sleeping with him below.
Sitting alone on the edge of the bed;
He felt terrified, terrified by his previous hysterical thoughts;
He felt ashamed,
because,
He is still an older brother.
He sat there until dawn, feeling remorseful and depressed at his own wickedness during the night.
It shouldn't be like this,
Myself,
It shouldn't be like this.
This is not something to be ashamed of, it is not something to feel guilty about, nor is it something to hate or hate.
As a brother,
not like this.
"this is not right………"
He cried and repeated these words.
Until Li Yinglian reminded me several times, my husband was almost here and he was going to class.
He stood up and wiped his face vigorously with the towel Li Yinglian handed him, not to wipe away the fatigue from a sleepless night, but to wipe away the person he was last night.
then,
That day,
The sixth brother didn't come to class.
He was surprised, but didn't think much about it.
When I went to pay my respects to my mother,
He saw his uncle standing at the door of Fengzheng Palace.
The uncle stood at the entrance of the palace, wearing the gilt armor that he had always envied and thought was extremely heroic. Hanging on his waist was the gun given to him by his father.
He ran to his uncle as fast as he always did. He wanted to ask his uncle if he was going to take him out to play again. He wanted to ride his uncle's Pixiu, wanted his uncle to take him to archery, and wanted his uncle to take him to see it. The drills of those soldiers.
however,
When he quickly ran to his uncle,
He heard his mother's sharp scream in Fengzheng Palace:
"Why, why, Wu Jing, why are you like this, why are you like this, you just do what he asks you to do, you do whatever he asks you to do, right?
Brother,
Brother,
How did you become like this?
Brother,
How can you………"
Ji Chenglang stopped and said,
at this time,
The uncle seemed to sense his arrival and turned sideways to look at him.
Uncle is smiling at him,
But he suddenly felt extremely afraid,
Because the uncle's front armor was covered in blood.
The blood may have been covered in layers and was already hanging on it.
He had obviously not noticed it before, but after seeing the blood, he seemed to have smelled the strong smell of blood.
Ji Chenglang squatted on the ground and began to vomit.
"How do you let her live? How do you let her live? How do you let her live?
Why are you and him so cruel, why are you so cruel, why, why! "
Ji Chenglang didn't know why his mother was so excited. He knelt on the ground and through the palace door, he saw his mother inside. She was also kneeling on the ground crying. The palace maids and eunuchs around her tried to help her up, but they were pushed away by her. open.
At this time,
The uncle spoke.
"No mirror, just follow the orders."
"Killing the prince's mother's family, Wu Jing. Throughout the ages, will those who do this have a good ending?"
My uncle didn't answer.
He just nodded to his mother,
then,
turn around.
The queen mother screamed:
"Brother, don't be like him, don't be like him..."
Uncle didn't turn around or respond.
When I walked to my side,
Bow your head,
He looked at himself again.
His uncle stretched out his hand towards him, trying to pull him up;
At that time, Ji Chenglang was so frightened that he quickly retreated.
The uncle withdrew his hand and walked out of the palace.
then,
Ji Chenglang knew one thing,
last night,
My uncle led three thousand knights of the Jingnan Army and wiped out the entire Min family.
There are no chickens or dogs left in the Min family.
Blessed,
It's the father's will.
The plasma on the armor in front of my uncle's body was solidified. It was the blood of the Sixth Brother's mother clan that had been splashed over and over again;
Why is there no back?
Because my uncle holds a knife,
Keep moving forward to kill.
"Ah ah ah ah ah………"
Ji Chenglang got up, his mind went blank, he only remembered to find his sixth brother.
He found his sixth brother,
He was curled up in a corner of the palace,
Holding my knees,
Sobbing there.
When he ran over, the sixth brother raised his head and looked at him with tears streaming down his face.
He had never seen his sixth brother like this before. It seemed that only when his sixth brother fell down when he was very young would he cry and shout to himself like this;
"Second brother, it hurts from falling..."
After that, the sixth brother showed his intelligence beyond ordinary people. He could learn everything quickly and see everything clearly.
But in this moment,
The sixth brother cried and shouted to himself again:
"Second brother...my mother-in-law...my mother-in-law...is gone..."
Concubine Min,
After learning what happened last night,
Hanged himself.
That woman is gone.
Ji Chenglang didn't hate that woman, and he also knew that his queen mother didn't hate her either. To be precise, there were very few people in the former palace, the later prince's palace, and the current harem who didn't like Concubine Min.
After his father ascended the throne, he practiced frugality.
Concubine Min used her own money to buy food for the princes.
The sixth brother has it, and the other brothers must have it too.
Her mother had advised her not to be so extravagant.
But she smiled and said:
Sister, I have married into the Ji family. As a woman of the Ji family, it is only natural for me to take some money from my parents’ family to subsidize our own brothers in the Ji family, isn’t it?
Your Majesty wants to save money, and what you save is the money in the treasury. The accounts are for the foreign ministers to see. When the foreign ministers see that the expenditures from the inner treasury are less, they understand what it means. Even if our family really eats bran-pharyngeal vegetables, Yes, do you really think foreign ministers believe it?Do people really believe it?
So, it’s better that we continue to eat and drink well.
She is very generous and good at being a good person. She never gives people a feeling of hatred towards rich people for gold and silver. On the contrary, she makes people feel like a breath of fresh air.
Every time he took the pendant, fan, or pendant from her, Ji Chenglang would shyly and happily raise his head and say back: Thank you, aunt.
Even if the father ascends the throne and everyone lives in the palace, the princes are not willing to change this title to her.
She is the biological mother of the sixth brother and the aunt of all the princes.
then,
she left.
Ji Chenglang knelt down and hugged his sixth brother.
"Second brother...my mother-in-law is gone...gone..."
The sixth brother is still crying,
Ji Chenglang's hands were trembling.
He was very scared, afraid that it was his curse last night that led to today's bad consequences.
……
"Your Highness, Your Highness."
Li Yinglian's call interrupted Ji Chenglang's memory.
The man in the white python robe still stood there, looking at him calmly and saying nothing.
Li Yinglian urged him to take out his uncle's favorite snacks from the food box that he would prepare for his mother every time he came to Fengzheng Palace.
You should also show your uncle the shoe sample.
at this time,
The late autumn wind,
It started blowing,
It was already cold, but against the backdrop of this unpopular palace, it felt a bit... biting.
For a time,
Ji Chenglang was in a daze.
It’s as if everything has returned to that day of that year;
He stood on the palace road leading to the gate of Fengzheng Palace,
Uncle, still standing there.
As if somewhere in the dark, he heard his mother's cry again.
But this time,
Not crying for Concubine Min,
But...the Tian family.
Time seems to have passed for a long time, and it seems to be going back again.
That day, the sixth brother who was crying in his arms became more smiling than before.
He is ridiculous,
He is free and easy,
He kept many singers and dancers in the prince's palace and outer residence;
He can tell jokes, he can make his brothers happy, and he is more comfortable than before when facing his father.
Like the relationship between father and son,
Because of the death of my mother-in-law,
It has become closer and more intense.
He could feel that Sixth Brother had let go of some things, such as...his pride.
The sixth brother back then was excellent and smart, but because he was still too young, he didn't know how to hide the pride deep in his eyes.
He compares himself to his father, he is better than his brothers;
Being born into a commoner's family is called a proud son of heaven;
Being born into an emperor's family is called...
But in the years that followed, Ji Chenglang never saw the word "pride" in his sixth brother's eyes, not even once.
Was it lost?
Ji Chenglang didn't believe it.
He is even better at hiding.
The sixth brother told him that he met an interesting school captain named Zheng at the gate of Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
It was the man named Zheng who saved him from the hands of the barbarian.
That barbarian is very powerful. He is King Zuo Guli of the barbarian royal court.
later,
Ji Chenglang knew that the school captain surnamed Zheng was transferred to the military department and was transferred to Yinlang County as a garrison.
then,
I saw him myself,
In the prince's residence.
To be precise,
The first person he saw was his uncle who had not been home for a long time.
Uncle, I'm back.
after come back,
At the prince's residence, he asked the man named Zheng to depose his third brother.
He was a little at a loss and a little unbelievable;
Then, my uncle went home, and my mother also came home to visit her relatives.
……
The autumn wind picked up the fallen leaves and made a "rustling" sound on the ground.
Ji Chenglang took a deep breath,
He heard his mother's shouts again, calling "Adi", shouting "Wu Jing", and shouting: "Why", "Why", "Why" over and over again.
Therefore,
why?
Ji Chenglang raised his head,
Looking at his uncle.
King Jingnan’s eyes remained calm.
Li Yinglian beside her was a little anxious.
Ji Chenglang knew what he should do,
It's time to reminisce about the past,
Don't be so direct,
But be sincere, be sincere, and show it.
Mr. Zhu said that King Jingnan was not a dehumanizing devil. This can be seen from his bald hair overnight, from his support and protection for Pingxihou, and from his settlement of his son.
Ji Chenglang wanted to say,
I don’t need you to help me figure it out.
I know better than you what kind of person my uncle is.
Ji Chenglang pursed his lips,
He started walking forward, towards King Jingnan,
step,
step,
One more step;
King Jingnan stood there, seemingly waiting for him to come, watching his nephew take the initiative to run towards him like he did when he was a child.
The sole of Ji Chenglang's boot crushed a fallen leaf.
Suddenly,
Somewhat distressed,
Ridiculously distressed.
He once had almost everything, everything that the princes of all dynasties could only dream of or even dream of.
The God of War of Dayan is his own uncle;
Dayan’s other pillar of strength is its own Mount Tai;
He is also the eldest son;
Everything should fall into place, right?
but,
why?
He stopped,
Looking at Tian Wujing from a not so far distance.
Myself, why?
What about him?
Where is uncle?
The legitimate son of an aristocratic family and the young master of the Tian family;
My sister is the current queen, my nephew is the candidate for the crown prince;
He is a top martial artist, able to defeat the Sword Master, and command thousands of troops to destroy the country and the capital!
But he,
Why did you choose that path?
Suddenly,
Ji Chenglang's "why" can't be explained.
Not because he couldn't find the answer from his uncle,
But he knew that his uncle had the answer.
And he, Ji Chenglang, was not afraid of not finding the answer, but was afraid of... facing the answer.
in an instant,
Everything has not become boring, but like the autumn wind blowing at this time, it has become less important.
There is no vitality of spring, no heat of summer, and no bitingness of winter, just a little bit of cold, just a little cold.
He wanted to say something:
Uncle, I'm so tired.
But still couldn't say it.
The person in front of me would be countless times more tired than myself.
He opened his mouth and took a few breaths, wanting to cry, but there were no tears.
This damn autumn is painfully dry.
Ji Chenglang turned around,
Without saying a word,
Under the watchful eye of King Jingnan,
He started walking back.
"Your Highness...Your Highness...this..."
Li Yinglian didn't know why.
This is the last chance, and also... the best chance.
Tomorrow's grand meeting will be extremely dangerous!
But the prince came and left like this.
The snacks in the food box were not taken out at all.
My nephew is gone,
My uncle kept standing there and didn't stay.
The prince sat back in his carriage,
He said two words lightly:
"Go back to the palace."
Xingjia drove slowly out of the palace.
Li Yinglian sat on her knees, obviously full of doubts, but didn't dare to ask anything.
In the carriage, a charcoal basin was burning, flickering on and off.
The prince took out two shoe samples from his sleeves, placed them in front of him, and looked at them carefully.
Subsequently,
The neck is slightly tilted back,
take a deep breath,
Tonight's palace banquet, tomorrow's court meeting, and the upcoming offensive from Sixth Brother,
He didn't want to think about it now, nor did he want to care about it.
like a bird,
God gave me wings,
But who cut them off one by one?
"Wow!"
The shoe pattern was thrown into the brazier by the prince.
"Your Highness!"
Li Yinglian exclaimed.
"Hehehehe..."
The prince laughed,
He raised his hand to signal Li Yinglian not to save the shoe sample.
Just watch quietly as the shoe sample burns to ashes in the charcoal basin, and a burst of green smoke rises from inside the carriage;
this moment,
He thought again of the boy who was huddled in a corner of the palace and sobbing.
"Hehe, hahahaha...
The world is like chess,
You and I are both chess pieces, so how can we win or lose?
Life is like a play,
All living beings are actors, so where is the attachment? "
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I think this chapter is well written and deserves a monthly pass.
(End of this chapter)