lonely king

On New Year's Eve, it was snowing outside the window.

Yu Wenyang went to the palace for a banquet, the General’s Mansion was somewhat deserted, and the Chaoming Courtyard was even more deserted, Baili Nian was painting in the study room, the twelfth lunar night was already cold, and the climate in Beiyan was bitingly cold, Baili Nian’s The Suzaku Jade Pen couldn't hold it.

After all, he finished painting a picture before putting down the Vermilion Bird Pen.

"My lord, my subordinates have simmered a pot of Zhuoyin wine, my lord keeps warm, let's have some food." Mo Yan walked up to him.

Baili Nian glanced at the jug, the wine was strong and fragrant, but it didn't arouse his interest.

"Have there been any changes recently in the western and southern regions?" Baili Nian asked Mo Yan.

Mo Yan added a glass of wine for Baili Nian, "Nanming just broke out of the siege, and nearly half of the land and cities were lost. The King of Nanming is not in the mood to celebrate the new year. Xizhao is prosperous, and the shame of the King of Xizhao is due to his arrogance." , but because Princess Xizhao is still in Qiang Zhuo, it seems that the alliance with Qiang Zhuo has become somewhat subtle."

"Qiang Hao is holding on to Princess Xizhao, but he hasn't talked about the marriage yet, so Yue Ji naturally has ideas." Baili Nian said calmly, when talking about Qiang Hao, a strange flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly regained his composure.

Mo Yan nodded, "This King Qiangzhao is really unreasonable. He didn't return to the Qiangzhao Grassland at the end of the year. He was still in Taoyang City, holding Princess Xizhao, but he didn't talk about the marriage. There is no proper reason. It’s really impossible to treat the princess of a country as a proton.”

"Let him go."

Baili Nian pursed her thin lips, and looked out of the west window with somewhat complicated eyes.

Before Baili Nian took a sip of the wine, there was a gust of wind at the gate of the courtyard, and Yu Wenyang entered the house accompanied by snowflakes. He had just returned from the palace banquet, entered the General's Mansion, and went straight to Chaoming Courtyard. Didn't knock, just barged in.

Suddenly throwing the saber in his hand on the table, Yu Wenyang sat on the cushion, "Mr. Baili, this general can't wait any longer, this general wants to kill the prime minister's old man immediately!"

Baili Nian glanced at the travel-worn Yu Wenyang, "Why is the general so angry?"

Although Baili Nian asked, he didn't care in his heart. He twirled his wine glass with a cold tone.Yu Wenyang didn't notice Baili Nian's face, his mind was full of what happened at the palace banquet tonight, and he was furious.

"Tonight, the general and the king talked about the situation in the world, the situation in Nanming, and proposed to send troops to Nanming in the early spring of the next year to pacify the world in one fell swoop while Nanming has not eased up. Who knows that the prime minister, an old man, always opposes this general! Crying that this general can't cross the Baiji River, so it's not appropriate to send troops at this time? If you don't take advantage of this time to send troops to Nanming, why don't you have to wait until he raises his troops?!"

Baili Nian: "Then what does the general mean?"

Yu Wenyang clenched his fists, "Since the Great Jiang Kingdom was conquered and Beiyan and Nanming faced each other from north to south, this general has wanted to destroy Nanming every day for the past seven years and rule the world for my king. This time I failed to cross the river when I went south. So I researched the Baiji River thoroughly, thinking that if I can't cross the river once, it's possible that General Cheng still can't cross it all the time!"

"This general wants to cross the river and destroy Nanming! But as long as the prime minister and his party are still in Beiyan's court, he will hinder Ben Beiyan's great cause!"

Yu Wenyang has a stubborn personality, courageous but no great plan, what he believes must be done, gods block and kill gods, Buddhas block and kill Buddhas, and will not listen to people's advice.

Yu Wenyang turned his head to look at Baili Nian, his eyes were cold and stern, "Sir, this general is about to kill the Prime Minister!"

Baili's eyes turned cold, "If the general wants to do something, he can do it."

Yu Wenyang frowned, caring a little bit about Baili Nian's indifferent tone, "This general didn't joke with you!"

Baili Nian lowered his eyes lightly, "I didn't joke with the general either. Since the general can't tolerate the prime minister's party, instead of waiting for the opportunity to catch the prime minister's pigtails, it's better to do it directly."

Yu Wenyang didn't understand what Baili Nian meant, so he looked at him, "What do you mean by that?"

"The prime minister once learned etiquette in Dacheng's family, and the etiquette rules are very thoughtful. Although he is a teacher of the old prime minister, he is definitely more cautious than the old prime minister, and he will never be as rude as the old prime minister. Using the same method to deal with this prime minister may not succeed."

Baili Nian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes darkened, "Since you can't catch the prime minister, and the general insists on getting rid of this person, then don't follow the rules. As for the soldiers of the prime minister's mansion, the general can kill them immediately. Give him your wish."

"Just kill him directly?"

Yu Wenyang frowned, now he is not so cruel, he is afraid, he looked at Baili Nian, "If you kill the prime minister at this time, wouldn't this general also be able to escape the responsibility?"

"Then, who will hold the general accountable?" Baili Nian met Yu Wenyang's eyes, his eyes were deep.

"Of course it is the king, the king must..."

Yu Wenyang stopped suddenly, his eyes lit up, "Yes, the general and the king are of the same heart, even if the king knows that the prime minister was killed by the general, he may not blame me, but...but not with the king. After discussing, we removed the prime minister promoted by the king, will it make the king displeased?"

Baili Nian: "The general also knows the king's temperament. He has always been timid and soft-hearted. If the general doesn't push him, he will never abolish the prime minister's party, and he will never fight against Nanming. He will never rule the world. It will never come true. There is no perfect way in the world, the general must either abandon his desire to destroy the prime minister and destroy Nanming, or directly do it."

Yu Wenyang frowned tightly, his eyes were tangled, he grabbed Baili Nian's hand holding the wine glass, "Is there no better way?"

"What does the general think?"

There was no wave in Baili Yan's eyes, just like the bottom of a calm and cold pool, "It's fine if the general decides."

……

Yu Wenyang didn't take a sip of the wine, so he hurriedly left the Chaoming Courtyard. Yu Wenyang couldn't smell the strong fragrance of the burning wine. In a trance, Baili Nian thought of Sai Jian who was drinking. He liked the burning wine.

Mo Yan's figure flashed into the room, "My lord, Yu Wenyang was dressed in black and left the general's mansion, heading towards the prime minister's mansion."

Baili Nian's fingers were still on the rim of the wine glass, and his nails lightly tapped on the rim of the glass, his eyes darkened slightly, "Yes, I see."

"The Prime Minister's Mansion may be stained with red blood tonight." Mo Yan lit up the fire, and said casually, with a small smile on his lips.

"Prime Minister and Yu Wenyang's political disagreements, and even Beiyan Wang Zhongyan's political views are becoming more and more different. How can he be willing to endure his stubborn nature?"

Baili Nian raised his eyes and glanced out of the window, the wind and snow outside the window seemed to be thicker, "The wind and snow are fluttering, it's the night of the murder..."

Mo Yan followed Baili Nian's eyes and glanced out of the window, the clouds were dark and the moon was too dark to see two feet away, but someone took advantage of the night to go to the prime minister's mansion.

The prime minister's mansion was at a time of excitement. When the prime minister came back from the palace, he held another round of banquets in his own mansion. The banquet was for all the ministers in the court. It was full of civil servants from the prime minister's party. The jokes discussed at the banquet were also Yu Wenyang's deflated in the palace today. Yu Wenyang, who stayed on the roof, just heard the matter.

His face was as frosty, he lifted a tile, looked at the scene of drinking and drinking in the room, his eyes were like knives, when his Yuwen family was out on the battlefield to defend their home and country, this group of people was here drinking and having fun, mocking themselves? !Yu Wenyang clenched the long sword in his hand.

"This general will kill you right away!"

Yu Wenyang threw a fire in the prime minister's mansion, and within two sticks of incense, it started to burn, and the fire reached the eaves. The courtiers who were playing at the banquet heard the scorching sound, and ran out of the house one after another, scattered like birds and beasts, and made a lot of noise. For a while, it resounded through the prime minister's mansion.

The flames were dazzling, the figures were flustered, and the banquet was in chaos because of the fire, but the prime minister who was seated in the room hadn't come out yet. Today, he overwhelmed Yu Wenyang and drank a few more glasses on his head. Already in a dangerous situation, but the next moment, a long sword was on the prime minister's neck.

The chill was piercing, the Prime Minister sobered up in an instant, and only saw Yu Wenyang's gloomy face when he raised his eyes.

"Yu Wenyang? You... What are you going to do?" The prime minister looked at the fire and the long sword, feeling flustered in his heart.

Yu Wenyang's eyes were like cold cones, "I'll kill you!"

Without any hesitation, Yu Wenyang raised his long sword and stabbed towards the Prime Minister's chest. The tip of the sword was buried in the flesh and blood of the Prime Minister's chest and pierced through directly. The Prime Minister's eyes were rounded.

"Yu... Yu Wenyang, you...you actually..."

Yu Wenyang drew back his long sword resolutely, blood spurted out immediately and sprinkled on the wall, he looked coldly at the old prime minister who fell to the ground, "Beiyan Kingdom doesn't need you to drink and have fun with your salary, and you are still blocking it everywhere." The old man of Beiyan Daye!"

The prime minister couldn't stop spitting blood, he raised his eyes to look at Yu Wenyang, his eyes were full of disbelief, "Could it be that Bei... Beiyan Kingdom only... only needs you... a radical reckless general like you? "

Yu Wenyang met the prime minister's sharp eyes, and he frowned. The long sword in his hand stabbed fiercely again, piercing into the prime minister's heart. Glancing coldly at the prime minister lying in a pool of blood, he withdrew and left.

Just one step up, he felt the obstacles under his feet. Yu Wenyang looked back, and the prime minister who was lying in a pool of blood was holding his trousers tightly, and looked up at him with difficulty.

"Yu... Yuwenyang! Bei... Beiyan will be destroyed...in your hands..."

Yu Wenyang frowned, and felt that there was a trace of sadness in the prime minister's eyes. Before he could understand the sadness, there was a shout at the door, and the sound of splashing water for putting out the fire rang in his ears. Yu Wenyang couldn't stay here again. delay.

He pursed his lips and glanced at the prime minister, kicked away his bloody hands that were clinging to the hem of his trousers, and disappeared into the sea of ​​flames in the prime minister's mansion.

General's House.

After midnight, Yu Wenyang was standing in front of the gate of the Chaoming Courtyard. The Chaoming Courtyard was still lit, so Baili Nian should not have gone to bed.He frowned slightly, put his hand on the door, and paused for a long while, but did not push the door open. What happened tonight made him a little bit at a loss, and he who was always decisive rarely hesitated like this.

Looking at Chaoming Courtyard, Yu Wenyang walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

And Baili Nian in the room raised his eyes and looked out the window, Mo Yan put the bedding for Baili Nian, and looked at him, "My lord, I left again after arriving at the door."

Baili's eyes darkened a lot, and his pale thin lips showed a chill, "Look at the Prime Minister's Mansion, if Yu Wenyang wants, I will fulfill him."

Mo Yan nodded, his eyes were equally cold, "Yes, my lord!"