Your Majesty Cheng Huan

In 240 AD, that is, at the end of September in the fifth year of Emperor Jing, a small incident happened on the northern border between the Great Xia Kingdom and the Great Khanate.

The founding of the Great Khan was actually much earlier than that of the Great Xia, and the northern grasslands did not have frequent dynasties like the middle land.When Emperor Xia Qi proclaimed himself emperor and established the Great Xia Kingdom, there were many small countries in the middle land, and the situation was complicated. At that time, the Khan King probably did not have the ambitions he has now. The Khan’s war horses stopped when they reached the northern highlands that meet the grasslands. up.

The chaos in Middle-earth lasted for nearly a hundred years. When the first emperor led the Great Xia army to fight in all directions in Middle-earth, Tuo Erzhijin, the previous Khan of the Great Khan, was still in his prime and ambitious, and came to disrupt the situation from time to time. , delusional to get a piece of the pie from this cauldron.As a result, although Da Xia didn't let Da Khan take advantage of it, he couldn't get any benefits from the north either.Since then, Da Xia and Da Khan have been in a state of not interfering with each other on the surface. If you don't mess with me, I won't meddle in your business.There are almost no official exchanges between the two countries, but normal non-governmental trade is also acquiesced.

It was not until 230 that General Luo Yong led Daxia's army to capture Jincheng, the royal city of Shu, and Shu was destroyed. Daxia set up Xishu Mansion in Shu, and the superficial peace between Great Khan and Daxia was broken. .The two countries began to send secret agents to each other to monitor each other's every move. In that year, the 16-year-old Emperor Jing arranged the Red Candle, which was originally from the Imperial Forest Army, to the young seventeenth prince Tuoerba.

On the eve of the battle for the throne of the Great Khan in 240, the seventeenth prince Tuo Erba single-handedly created the assassination of Luming Mountain. Return a life.After the old Khan died, Tuoerba was busy with internal fighting after he became King Khan, and had no time to harass Daxia again.In September of this year, the last force against Tuoerba in the Great Khanate was cornered and broke into the place where the northern border of Daxia was stationed.This group of people originally wanted to surrender temporarily to seek the asylum of Daxia, but because of language barrier, they were killed as intruders, which is really ridiculous.

The war horses of the royal family of the Great Khan patrolled the border for a long time, and then turned around and went back as if they were taking a ride here.

Emperor Jing read this brochure about the turmoil on the northern border in the bedroom of the Banyue Corridor, and then summoned Mr. Shenji's apprentice here, Dong Fenghan from Tianyi Valley—self-named "Mingcha".

"Mr. is old and it's not easy to do it. Mingcha will enter the palace to face the saint on his behalf. I also look forward to the saint—Haihan."

Emperor Jing issued Zhu's approval, then threw the notebook aside, and said: "Mr. Mingcha can really 'Mingcha'?"

Dong Fenghan was not very old, but he was the most valued disciple of Mr. Shenji. He was arrogant, and he was quite arrogant when facing Emperor Daxia's questioning.

"Understand what is right and what is wrong, observe the numerology of heaven and earth-I think I can't fully understand it." Taking retreat as advance, these words have weight.

Emperor Jing hummed without emotion, then continued to take the paperwork at hand and began to correct it.

Seeing that he was being left alone, Dong Fenghan felt a little uncomfortable on his face.He raised his hand and touched his nose, wanting to start a conversation himself - if he waited for the emperor to speak, he didn't know when he would have to wait.

"Your Majesty...Although you can't come in person, you have given me a few words before I leave, and I must bring them verbatim to—"

Hearing what he said, Emperor Jing raised his eyebrows, took a deep breath, and threw away the pen.

"Hongxiu, bring Chenghuan here."

Dong Fenghan didn't see anyone, but heard a reply from out of nowhere: "Nuo—" He thought about it, and habitually touched the bridge of his nose again.

Li Chenghuan was feeding the fish at the Huxin Pavilion, staring at the front, as if in a daze, throwing fish food with his hands one after another.

Hongxiu lightly landed on the water bridge, thought for a while, and walked slowly over without making a sound.When she came behind Li Chenghuan, she called out: "Teacher—" Seeing that Li Chenghuan had responded, she continued: "The emperor invites you to go over."

Li Chenghuan murmured twice: "Teacher... Your Majesty..." Suddenly he laughed again, threw the fish food and ran out as if having fun.Hongxiu stood there for a while, then slowly followed.

As soon as Li Chenghuan saw Xiao Qian, he jumped on him as if flying, put his face in his arms and rubbed it, only then did he realize that someone else was present.So he restrained himself a little, straightened up and knelt down beside Xiao Qian, the excitement in his eyes hadn't faded yet.

Ever since Li Chenghuan came in, Dong Fenghan's mind was beating a small drum, and he thought to himself that Mr. really had a clever plan, and the Emperor Daxia invited him into the palace.

Emperor Jing suddenly sent someone to Tianyi Valley to invite Mr., not just to thank Mr. for saving his life, but the most likely reason is that he needs his help again for such a life.

Originally, before coming here, my husband told him about the royal secret about the first emperor, and I expected that Emperor Jing would definitely ask about it this time.While listening secretly, he had to think about how to pretend to be confused after entering the palace.

Now it seems that Emperor Jing must have known something about the mystery hidden in the Ping'an Pavilion, so he should be more cautious when speaking.And this beautiful young man in front of him is obviously the person he wants to save.

The little baby back then is finally in charge of the house, and now he doesn't even want to give his dead father the face—these two father and son really look alike...

"Mr. Mingcha, what advice does Mr. Shenji give to Gu?"

Dong Fenghan cupped his hands slowly, and said: "Back to the emperor, the master said - all things in the world are vain, if you give up, then give up, if you don't ask, then don't ask, if you don't ask, then don't ask, this is great wisdom." .”

After he finished speaking so slowly, he rolled up his sleeves, waiting for the emperor to make a statement.Although he felt in his heart that such words were actually useless, and those who were in the middle of the game mostly dismissed the suggestions of outsiders.

After listening, Emperor Jing thought for a while, and said: "I understand what you mean, sir." After finishing speaking, he told the red sleeve beside him, "I rushed from Tianyigu to the capital, and I was tired from traveling all the way. I think Mr. Mingcha is also tired. Yes. Hongxiu, take Mr. Mingcha down to rest, and be sure—to take good care of—”

"Eh—no need," Dong Fenghan quickly waved his hands and said, "Mingcha understands the emperor's kindness. If it's convenient, Mingcha is more willing to walk around the palace."

Emperor Jing nodded his head, Hong Xiu understood, and made a "please" gesture to Dong Fenghan.Dong Fenghan smiled flatteringly at her, then raised his sleeves, and Shi Shiran walked out.

Dong Fenghan walked around the palace, shaking his head and sighing.Hong Xiu followed behind him, ignoring him.

After walking for a while, Dong Fenghan sat down on a stone pier, lifted the hem of his clothes, and crossed his legs comfortably.Hongxiu stood quietly aside, waiting for him to rest and continue walking.

After a while, Dong Fenghan took the initiative to talk to her: "Girl Hongxiu, I heard...you Yulinjun and the emperor grew up together?"

Hongxiu didn't know why he asked these questions, but he still replied: "Yes."

"Then... Your Majesty - which one would you choose in front of the country and the beauties?"

Hong Xiu frowned.Dong Fenghan hurriedly said: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, just pure curiosity. Your first emperor once wanted to have both the country and the beauty, but in the end not only lost the beauty, but also almost destroyed the country. The emperor and the first emperor It's not the same, you shouldn't make the same choice as his father, right?"

Hongxiu didn't answer, but asked him instead: "Aren't you from Daxia?" Dong Fenghan said "your emperor" and "your first emperor", as if he was not a citizen of Daxia.

Dong Fenghan admitted generously: "Yes, half of me is from the Great Khan, and half from the Kingdom of Shu—no, it should be said now that the people from the West Shu Prefecture, in this way, are also half of the Great Xia people. But I think, whether it is Daxia people, Great Khan people or Shu people, aren't they all the people of the Holy Lord? So... there is actually no need to make such a clear distinction."

Hongxiu turned her head, looked into the distance, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you will choose Jiangshan."

Dong Fenghan was taken aback for her such affirmative answer.But then he shook his head and laughed lightly. He stood up, stomped the ground under his feet, and said a word: "As the saying goes, there are gods when you raise your head three feet. If you dig the ground three feet, you will dig a What's coming?"

Hong Xiu looked at the place he stepped on just now, his eyes were fixed, and then he stepped up to follow.

That night, in the calm, a thunderous news spread in the Daxia Palace.The cause of the incident was that the Half-Moon Corridor of the Autumn Palace was going to be renovated, so several courtiers from the Court of Civil Engineering went to Panqiu Garden to fetch soil, but unexpectedly dug out a large sack after digging down with a few shovels.The palace man opened it and saw that inside the sack was a corpse that had rotted so badly that he could no longer see his face before birth!

Under the eyes of the Son of Heaven, such an act of killing and burying corpses would occur, but before that, there was no rumor about it.The emperor was alarmed by this incident overnight, and ordered the four divisions and six workshops and other subordinate courts to cooperate with the Imperial Forest Army to thoroughly investigate the matter, and also intervened with the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.For a moment, the entire Great Xia Palace panicked, fearing that something might happen to this corpse.

Wang Wuguo, who is in charge of the four divisions and six workshops, was woken up from the bed in the middle of the night, and took out several large volumes of the harem palace records, and distributed them to the four divisions and six workshops for investigation one by one. By noon the next day, it was finally confirmed. The identity of this corpse was Xue Fan, the personal maid of Concubine Zhen.

It is said that this Xuefan asked for leave a few days ago to leave the palace to go home to visit relatives, and has not yet returned.But once the palace records were found, there was no record of Xue Fan entering or leaving the palace gates.Concubine Zhen recognized the clothes Xue Fan was wearing when she left, and according to Wu's autopsy, this woman was killed on the day Xue Fan said she was going to leave the palace, and then buried in the ground.