Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

Xie Kun went back to the capital temporarily to guard the border for family affairs, but when the general returned to the court, he went to the palace to meet him as usual, and Li Lang announced Xie Kun's admission in the imperial study.

After the ceremony of the emperor and ministers, Li Lang gave Xie Kun a seat, and Xie Kun bowed to Xie En again and sat down at the head.

Li Lang saw that Xie Kun was dressed in clean court clothes, beard and hair were neat, and he did not look dusty at all, so he knew that he had returned to Xie's house, but he didn't point it out, he just smiled and said: "I know it's hard work, the northern border is still stable now? "

"Returning to Your Majesty, during summer and autumn, northern bandits seldom invade. The minister received intelligence from Daliang, and the enemy seems to be ready to move. If you prepare food, grass and armor at this time, they may invade and plunder in autumn and winter. The minister inspects and deploys defenses day and night. Don’t dare to be slow and negligent.” Xie Kun said, talking about this important military matter that is related to life and death, his voice was still weak and weak, and it didn’t sound like a general who defended the country and had the heavy responsibility of defending the country. Like an old man who is getting old, his temper is not as good as that of his father, Xie Lian, who is nearly sixty years old.

Li Lang looked at Xie Kun, although he was secretly dissatisfied with his decadent state, he did not reprimand him, but said softly: "They are all brothers of my own family, why should Zhiyao be so cautious."

Xie Kun has not returned home for more than two years, not entirely because of the heavy workload of the Northern Defense, but also for other reasons.

Although Xie's father and son are very powerful in the Eastern Chu Dynasty, they are not role models of fatherly kindness and filial piety. The two had a rift a few years ago because of one thing and one person.It's just that Xie Lian is the head of the family after all, even though the Xie family relies on the military power in Xie Kun's hands, this father-son struggle still ended with Xie Lian fulfilling his wish.

From then on, unless there was an important family event, even if Xie Kun went back to Jinling to report on his duties, he would only stay in the general's annex in the city, instead of living in Xie Shangshu's mansion.

When this matter broke out, Li Lang went from watching from the sidelines at the beginning to taking action decisively, secretly helping Xie Kun in order to hold Xie Kun back someday.

In order to ask the Xie family to lend a helping hand and help him ascend the position, he had deliberately paid attention to the temperament and character of the Xie family father and son.Xie Lian aside, Xie Kun and his father are very different. Although he is a general, he actually loves literature rather than martial arts.

Moreover, Xie Kun pretends to be romantic, with a good sex, and there have been times when "I have no sleep with me all night, and my bones are not comfortable". , was restrained by Li Lang.

After Li Lang helped and settled Xie Kun's darling properly, Xie Kun also reciprocated, supporting Li Lang overtly or secretly in some unimportant matters.

Li Lang was about to take the opportunity to divide Xie's father and son, but Xie Kun was also in a dilemma when facing the young emperor, he didn't know how to break through his father's confession.

He received a family letter from his father Xie Lian in an urgent official document at the border. When he learned that Xie Wu was dead, he didn't feel much. The relationship between their brothers has always been at odds. The younger brother who didn't take his elder brother seriously, but when his father asked him to return quickly in a blunt tone, Xie Kun had a headache at that time.

Not long after, the emperor's decree also arrived, ordering him to come back to see his younger brother for a ride. Xie Kun was no longer willing to go against the decree, so he had to give a hasty account of the military affairs, lead two teams of personal soldiers, and set off for the capital.

As soon as he entered the city, Xie Lian sent his servants to wait at the gate of the city early. When he saw Xie Kun's horse team, he stopped him and called Mr. Xie's name. home around.

In front of all the generals, Xie Kun had no choice but to suppress his anger and obey.Sure enough, as soon as he entered the house, he was found by Xie Lian.Although it was nearly half a month since Xie Wu's death at that time, the summer was hot, and the body had already been buried, but the mourning hall was not removed, just to wait for Xie Kun.

Xie Lian stood in front of the mourning hall, with his back to the door, as if he had never heard Xie Kun's footsteps, until Xie Kun called "Father", knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed three times in a row, then he turned around slowly, with eyes in his eyes. Full of sorrow and resentment: "You are finally back, your father should be happy, after all, isn't even his beloved son killed by a thief, and he is alone and has nowhere to cry..."

"Kun'er is not filial." Xie Kun only said.

Xie Lian sighed, and smiled bitterly: "Father knows that you have a grudge, but now the family is in ruins, and the Li family is bullying to the top - Li Lang, that yellow-mouthed kid, doesn't know what he is planning to hide the culprit. Into the harem! Hmph, just threw the body of a little bitch and sent us away!"

Seeing that Xie Kun didn't answer, he told the ins and outs that he knew one by one with righteous indignation. At the end of the speech, he burst into tears and couldn't make a sound.

Xie Kun waited in silence, seeing his father cry for a long time, he had no choice but to ask, "What does father want Kun'er to do?"

Hearing Xie Kun's words, Xie Lian wiped away his tears, called up Xie Kun, and narrated the idea that he had already planned. Xie Kun frowned, wondering: "Father, is this all right? After all, he is the emperor... "

The voice was interrupted by Xie Lian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials sneered and said: "Who can be blamed? If it wasn't for our family's full support back then, Li Lang would be where he is today? However, after sitting on the throne for a few days, he really has nothing to do with himself. I have recognized the emperor. Kun'er, what do you have to worry about, don't forget that the current prince is also a member of the Xie family."

Xie Kun no longer contradicted him. He had heard too many stories about how his great-grandfather turned the tide, established his capital in the south of the Yangtze River, and created a great cause for his country, but he still kept the way of a courtier and honored Emperor Yuan.

Thanks to the great contributions of the ancestors, the Xie family is now a big business, and the Xie family should be in full swing.

Emperor Li Lang is undoubtedly ungrateful, if not for the Xie family, Li's artifact would have been destroyed by the hands of the chaotic Chinese.

Of course Xie Lian has his reasons, but Xie Kun no longer likes to listen to it. Long after that incident, Xie Kun felt that Xie Lian kept saying that the family was prosperous. In fact, the Xie family was equivalent to him, Xie Lian. What Lian wanted was to deviate from the scriptures of Xie's ancestors.

Now seeing Li Lang smiling and speaking softly, calling out "my brother", he sighed inwardly, but still bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, I heard...the death of my brother, there is something else hidden? It is actually... a tragic death At the hands of Zhao Rang, the tyrant king of Nanyue?"

Hearing Xie Kun's question, Li Lang looked distressed, sighed, and did not answer, but took a document from the book case and handed it to Xie Kun, and said in a low voice: "If you want to talk about secrets, there really are, Zhiyao let's see." look."

Seeing that it was a post newspaper, Xie Kun was already suspicious. After he looked at it calmly, he couldn't help but be surprised. He is a general, so he naturally knew the importance of the situation. He was about to ask a question when he looked up and saw Li Lang's bright eyes, and he couldn't help but speak. Swallowed back.

But Li Lang spoke up, and said with a wry smile: "Zhiyao, the girl that Lun Shan took by force is the younger sister of Zhao Rang, the heir apparent. When Zhao Rang surrendered in Kaicheng, I promised him that he would never hurt his relatives Now that the chaos in South Vietnam is probably related to Lun Shan's youthful and absurd behavior, you said... If I really spread the news of Zhao Rang's public rectification to South Vietnam, his generals might easily give up?"

Compared with Xie Lian, is Xie Kun a person who puts housework above state affairs completely? Hearing what Li Lang said, he couldn't help nodding.

Even Zhao Rang, the tyrant, surrendered on his own initiative, instead of being defeated and captured. If he hadn't been a courtier of Eastern Chu, according to the usual practice, he should have been given an insignificant title to ensure that he and his relatives can spend their lives without worry.

Since his status is embarrassing, whether the punishment should be light or severe should be decided by the Emperor of Eastern Chu at his discretion, and he should be dealt with according to the law, and there are too many inappropriate comments from others.

It's just what the old father entrusted, if you don't act according to the order, it will be difficult to explain when the time comes, Xie Kun was in a dilemma for a long time, and finally returned the post newspaper to the emperor, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty's words are very... my brother, there is indeed a case of misconduct. It's just that I hope that your Majesty will remember the old relationship, and don't want to publicize this matter."

"Naturally." Li Lang agreed, and when Xie Kun talked about bringing back the guards guarding the frontier, he hoped that the emperor would take the time to visit the camp in person to boost morale, and he agreed without hesitation.

Xie Kun hesitated and asked tentatively: "I heard that the tyrant king of Nanyue is both civil and military. He is a remarkable person. I wonder if His Majesty can bring him along to open the eyes of the brothers who have seen Beidi Xirong for a long time?"

What he said was so inappropriate, what kind of reason did he ask the emperor to lead the surrendered generals to meet the guards?What's more, the surrendered general was just a surrendered general. After Xie Kun mentioned it, it seemed like some kind of royal family member, relative or close servant.

Xie Kun hoped that Li Lang would understand what he meant and refuse flatly, so that he could push the cause of the failure to the emperor in front of his father, but unexpectedly Li Lang smiled and responded straightforwardly: "Of course. Zhiyao , why don't you meet Zhao Rang first?"

The emperor's actions confused Xie Kun and Zhao Rang at the same time. When Zhao Rang was brought into the imperial study room, saluted Li Lang, and secretly looked at the thin man sitting at the bottom, he was beyond imagination and couldn't guess it. The man is actually Xie Kun, the general who guards the northern border and is responsible for the survival of the country.

In all fairness, Xie Kun was born well. Apart from his regular facial features, he has the face of a resolute man, but his big eyes, which should be full of energy, appear weak and lifeless. How can anyone look like a man in his prime?

However Li Lang opened his mouth, Zhao Rang bowed to Xie Kun despite his doubts, and said: "Sinner Zhao Rang, it is a great honor to see the respect of the Great General Zhenbei."

Xie Kun looked at Zhao Rang, secretly puzzled. He heard what his father said, and he preconceived that this person should be born with an overpowering appearance that surpassed that of a glamorous girl, so that he could flatter the Lord with a male body and make the emperor hide him in the In the harem, I didn't expect that at first sight, this is not the case at all.

This man has gentle features, a gentle image of a modest gentleman, but his manners are strong, his figure is vigorous, and his steps are regular. If you pay attention, you will know that he is a military commander. Xie Kun couldn't help laughing secretly at Xie Lian's exaggeration The rendering is even more unbelievable.

Seeing Xie Kun and Zhao Rang looking at each other, Li Lang was silent for a moment, then smiled and said to Zhao Rang: "Jingdu, would you like to come out of the palace with me and meet the elite generals beside Zhiyao?"

Zhao Rang felt awe-inspiring, did the emperor mean to let him escort him?This is too common sense, he didn't answer immediately, not wanting to provoke Li Lang's unexpected move:

In front of Xie Kun, the emperor approached Zhao Rang, narrowed his long and narrow phoenix eyes, and begged for mercy in his smile. His voice was as soft as cotton, and he said earnestly: "Jing Du, why don't you just respond? Didn't you always want to go out of the palace to get some air? Besides, you haven't come back for a long time. Go out and see Jinling, the capital of the king under my rule. When you leave What's the difference, don't you want to?"

Zhao Rang used all his concentration to avoid gasping in front of Xie Kun. What's wrong with Li Lang?With that tender and affectionate appearance, coupled with the bright and charming appearance, if Zhao Rang hadn't been familiar with his personality and conduct, he would really suspect that the emperor played a "beauty trick" on him regardless of his status and shame.

But he didn't know that Li Lang's move was out of his own accord. He wanted to make Xie Kunming and Zhao Rang unkillable for both public and private interests, but he also knew that Zhao Rang was arrogant, so it was really not good for him to do some intimacy in front of others. Outsiders ridiculed him for bowing down to the master.

In desperation, he had no choice but to demean himself and pretend that he was Li Lang, the female who was subdued by Zhao Rang and professed in the bed, and used all of Zhao Rang's face—fortunately, he cleaned up for Zhao Rang himself after the love, so he didn't worry about the palace. The middle ear and eyes can see the details in the crimson tent.

However, the evil result of not communicating with Zhao Rang beforehand was that not only Xie Kun was dumbfounded, but Zhao Rang also had a ghostly expression on his face. Li Lang secretly laughed at himself.