Huaigui

Hearing the name he was expecting, the emperor closed his eyes, only two words "retribution" came to his mind.

He was silent for a long time, and seeing his face turn pale again, Gao Jing panicked, and shouted two words to his father to call back the emperor's sanity, and then he asked with concern: "What happened just now? Is there something abnormal about this person?"

The emperor eased his expression and shook his head slowly: "No, it just reminded me of the past."

Gao Jingdao: "My son, listen attentively."

"Do you still remember the three guards of Saibei when Daning was established?" The emperor continued nodding upon seeing him, "Among them, the Helan clan was the bravest and most skilled at fighting. Later, Emperor Daowu named the patriarch the King of Longxi, and the fief had two Ten cities are better than almost all the princes and kings, and there were constant discussions in the court at that time, but looking at it now, Emperor Daowu has his own thoughts."

Gao Jingdao: "I heard from the Grand Tutor that among the twenty cities, seven cities border Rouran. The population is small, but the strategic location is very important. Granting the title to the King of Longxi also has the effect of allowing the Western Army to garrison and guard the frontier. .”

The emperor said: "That's right, but I went the other way and dismantled the Western Army. The elders in the court all said that I can't tolerate the Western Army and the Helan family... Do you know why?"

A shadow flickered outside the window, but Gao Jing didn't notice it, he just observed the emperor's expression: "My son guessed that the Helan family took credit for their pride—"

"Hehe." The emperor smiled lowly, and raised his hand to interrupt Gao Jing's judgment, "I am very familiar with He Lan Maojia. He lived in Luoyang City when he was young, and often went to Shuyuzhai, and he was very close to me and King Yu. Affectionate, humble, advances and retreats in a certain way but does not follow others, is a gentleman like bamboo, and is decisive and resolute in military operations, like a rock that cannot be moved."

Gao Jingsi and He Lanmingyue said, tentatively said: "Since this is the case, why did the King of Longxi rebel?"

The emperor looked sharply and asked, "Who told you that he was treason?"

Gao Jing hastily put down his teacup, not daring to hide it: "Chaozhong...that's what he said when he was mentioned. He was convicted of treason and implicated his family. Yinzhou has since been under the jurisdiction of the Longyou Governor's Mansion."

The emperor sighed: "You were still young then."

After watching the expression, Gao Jing was not sure what the emperor was thinking: "Maybe it's not that simple?"

"At that time..." The emperor lowered his head and fiddled with an emerald on the decoration of the teacup, as if lost in a long memory, "I received a report saying that after the King of Longxi attacked the city, he captured Luo Jingping, the general of Southern Chu alive, and I ordered him to send the prisoners to Luoyang , and he did the same. It was feasible to go to Yaguan, Luo Jingping suddenly disappeared, and it was rumored that he let him go. Of course I was very angry and asked him to give an explanation."

"If you really release the enemy general privately, you should be punished."

"But I believe him." The emperor said, coughing violently twice, "cough... three days later, Luo Jingping's body was found on the road to the south, and there was a lot of trouble in Southern Chu. A secret letter was found on him."

"Is it related to King Longxi?"

Recalling the scene at that time, the emperor trembled and wanted to serve tea, but Gao Jing hurriedly delivered it to him.When he touched it, he found that the emperor's hands were cold, and his voice was a lot older: "It is written in the letter that Luo Jingping and Mao Jia were acting in a show, and they pretended to be captured. After that, they took the opportunity to start an incident on the way back to Beijing, and took the Gao family as their substitute. Of."

Having never understood these past events, Gao Jingxin was shocked and thought for no reason: I wonder what Mingyue will do if he hears it?

He was still surprised, the emperor tightened his side face, and said through gritted teeth: "I never thought that he would really have the intention of rebelling... Even though I haven't really launched an army to siege the city, then I decided to give him a chance and order him Leave the Western Army in Zizhou, and return to Beijing alone to explain to me."

Gao Jing was fascinated by the words, and said naturally: "Is he back?"

The emperor smiled wryly, and said after a long time: "No, one day after he set off alone, the Western Army surrounded Zizhou City. I heard that one of his lieutenants... wanted to support him and incite the Western Army. I sent troops to suppress it, just outside the Yaguan Fierce battle. Mao Jia returned to Los Angeles and was escorted into a prison van."

Gao Jing couldn't help but said: "If it's clear that he didn't want to rebel, why should Father—"

The emperor snorted coldly: "The morale of the army is already unstable. I want to punish him for being lax! I intended to let him go, but in his tent, we found some correspondence with important ministers of Southern Chu, and even a lot of Ruyi and Yinliang... "

Having said that, there is no need to repeat it.Later, Helan Maojia committed suicide in prison to prove his innocence, and the Western Army ceased to exist, and Helan's family disappeared.

Gao Jing was still unable to extricate himself from the dusty past, the emperor suddenly said: "Jing'er, do you know why my father said this to you?"

The candle was flickering, and the shadow cast on the emperor's face couldn't be seen clearly. Gao Jing lowered his eyes, staring at his fingertips that were reddened by the cold weather, his heart beating like thunder: "Father, I don't know."

"There are some things I didn't want to tell others, but now... I have to tell you."

Gao Jing clenched his fingertips.

Behind him, the shadow took a step back.He Lanmingyue stood leaning against the window. He heard that the emperor found Gao Jing and came out without a coat. He happened to hear the passage from King Longxi's army to the back. He couldn't bear to listen anymore, and he didn't want to just walk away. It was the time of hesitation. A person came from a distance.

Helan Mingyue was afraid of being seen peeping, so she spun lightly to hide her figure.

The person who approached was the emperor's guard forest merchant. He was standing by the door with a sword in his hand.A servant girl in the Yaoguang Pavilion brought a cup of hot tea, but Lin Shang politely declined.

Helan Mingyue thought for a while, but couldn't get any closer, so she had to leave regretfully and return to the dormitory.

In the main hall, the emperor raised his head, as if he was seriously looking at Gao Jing's facial features, and as if he wanted to see some old person through him, he said slowly: "Twenty years ago, your elder brother was still alive. Good or bad, this time the prophecy only has ten words."

Si Tianjian was founded by a counselor when Beining was founded. It is said that the man watched the sky at night and learned that the century-old dragon spirit fell on Emperor Daowu, so he decided to assist him.After Emperor Daowu ascended the throne, he reciprocated. According to his intention, he was not appointed as a general or prime minister, but he was only put into the Sitianjian.From then on, Si Tianjian made a divination every Jiazi, and only the emperor and Si Ming knew the prophecy.

This is an almost mysterious organization, and Gao Jing even had the illusion that he had never seen anyone in it.There are also rumors that Si Tianjian has been completely silenced by the emperor after the last divination.

Speaking of this, Gao Jing asked: "Are they really accurate?"

The emperor was noncommittal: "I'd rather believe it."

Gao Jingdao: "Father, would you like to say those ten words to your ministers?"

The emperor said nothing, and invited a pen and paper.The light flickered slightly, Gao Jing leaned over and saw that his pen was flying like a dragon and snake, but he couldn't see it clearly. After struggling to distinguish, he realized the first two characters and read aloud:

"The bright moon rises...Xishan, Ziwei...falls into the sky?" Gao Jing asked strangely, "What does this mean?"

But the emperor said: "I let you know today, you should understand how much I value you—Bei Chen disappeared strangely and died without a body, just in response to the second half of the sentence, Daning almost has no successors."

Gao Jing's throat tightened, and he said with difficulty: "Then... the first half of the sentence?"

The emperor stared at him, unable to see his expression clearly, only heard his voice getting colder: "In the second year after Beichen's death, I was still in grief, and Helan Maojia's wife just gave birth to a son. When he committed suicide, his only son was four years old. Now 17 Years have passed, if he is not dead, he should be over 20 years old."

Gao Jing suddenly raised his head.

The emperor said: "That child's name is... Helan Mingyue."

The bright moon rises from the western mountain, and Ziwei falls into the sky.The two events happened within a year. Not to mention the emperor thinking too much, Gao Jing would think that the name was not a coincidence. Is the west of Xishan the west of the Western Army?

Doesn't that mean that this child will stir up big waves in the future?

He didn't speak for a long time, the emperor glanced at Gao Jing with a feeling, and said with a light smile: "Don't take it too seriously, I don't care how this man got here anymore. He looks so much like Maojia, even today I I can't tell, someone will always come to remind me. Jing'er, you should think of this day when you keep him by your side."

As if pointing to something, Gao Jing's back felt cold, and he said bravely, "He...maybe he doesn't know."

The emperor said: "I also know that it is absurd to randomly dominate other people's lives because of a prophecy, but the matter has come to this point, I can't just watch him getting closer and closer to me step by step!"

Gao Jing's lips trembled: "Why didn't the father kill him back then?"

"Brother Wang begs for mercy, I also think that the young boy is innocent and gave him a chance, but how do you know..." The emperor got up with a half-smile, crumpled the paper and threw it aside, "Forget it, it's all about fate, and many past events are tied together." I move my whole body with one blow, I am just a mortal, how can I get a glimpse of the secrets at will. It's late at night—"

Gao Jing saluted and said: "I respectfully send my father off."

Before leaving, the emperor gave him a deep look: "Jing'er, you have great ambitions, and I can promise you. But everything has a price. Whether you can get the position you want depends on your determination."

The shadows of the trees outside the window swayed, a gust of wind blew by, and the night snow fell lightly.

"Seventeen years ago, I said that I would never see the Helan family again in this life. The current situation has caused trouble, and since he has survived to this day, I will never allow the Helan family to get close to my crown prince."

Gao Jing was uneasy, but he didn't dare to look at the emperor: "Father...?"

"March [-] this year is an auspicious day." The emperor turned his hands behind his back, "It is also the deadline I gave you, Gao Jing, kill Helan Mingyue, and I will make you the crown prince."

There is no "otherwise", and there is no "otherwise", everything is a road that cannot be turned back.He knew that the emperor said one thing, and knew many subtexts - he was not the emperor's only choice, and most of the concubines were young women who gave birth to ten or eight princes for him. He had the time and energy to cultivate new heirs.

In this dynasty, the virtuous were not established, but whoever counted the virtuous was nothing more than a word from the emperor.Gao Jing, do you understand what he means?

Until the emperor left, Gao Jing trembled a little.

He was stunned for a while, then slumped on the seat, regained consciousness after a long time, and shouted repeatedly: "Come here! Come here!"

The servant hurriedly helped Gao Jing up, and he took a sip of tea: "Send...send Gu back to the dormitory."

Helan Mingyue sat at the table and flipped through a book. He couldn't understand the densely packed words, so he looked for the red annotation written by Gao Jing from the pages of the book.

Gao Jing's behavior style is very similar to that of the emperor, he is decisive in killing and attacking, and his comments are full of orders. He dismisses the conclusions of the predecessors, which is quite different from his usual gentle style.Helan Mingyue thought that he was also bewitched by Gao Jing, so he felt that he was soft and easy to handle, but it was such a person that he fell in love with.

He was slightly dazed, lowered his head and continued to read.This book is a military book from the previous dynasty. It talks about the invasion of the northern barbarians, and the Marquis of Pingyuan set up an ambush to turn defeat into victory. The barbarians slaughtered a village when they fled in a panic.

His eyes fell on Gao Jing and his party's comments, "Torturing and killing women and children is what cowards do. I wish I couldn't raise a gun and ride a horse to regain northern Xinjiang!" He Lanmingyue laughed, secretly thinking that he was a hot-blooded man.

Northern Xinjiang now belongs to Rouran. Before the cession of land for peace, everything outside the desert north of Yinzhou was given to Rouran.Later, Daning had strong soldiers and strong horses, and there was no intention of asking for it back.Gao Jing may still be aggrieved by the ceding of the land after saying this, but if he hadn't made compromises back then, he might have been attacked by both the north and the south, and Daning would have ceased to exist.

"I'm still a little impulsive when looking at things." He Lan Mingyue said inwardly, closing the pages of the book.

There were stumbling footsteps outside the door, his heart skipped a beat, and he got up and went out.It happened that two servants were supporting Gao Jing, who was about to push the door carelessly, He Lan quickly caught it.

"What's going on?" He lost his voice, "Didn't you go to see His Majesty?"

"No problem." Gao Jing said, waving his hand to signal the two people to retreat.

But Helan Mingyue said: "Qingcao, please bring some hot water for Your Highness." He lowered his head and touched Gao Jing's forehead, even more surprised: "Why is it so hot?"

He carried him to the side of the couch and took off his shoes and socks, just as Qingcao also brought hot water, he asked, "Do you want to call the imperial doctor?"

Gao Jing frowned and just shook his head, thinking he was in a daze, He Lan Mingyue thought for a while: "Please, Your Highness has a fever." After hearing this, Qingcao hurriedly ran away.

He hugged Gao Jing, covered Gao Jing's chest with a thick brocade quilt, leaned over and wrung out the towel to wipe off his cold sweat.He Lan Mingyue touched the open front of the skirt, her body was as hot as her forehead, it was expected to be caught in the wind and cold tonight, and I don't know what he said to the emperor afterwards...

Regarding the Western Army and the rebellion, He Lan Mingyue had heard the general idea. Even though it was said by the emperor himself, there was a voice in his heart that kept shouting: "It's not like this! It's not all like this!"

He Lan made up his mind that if Gao Jing wanted to tell him, he would just listen to it. If Gao Jing didn't say it, he wouldn't take the initiative to mention it.Although he is not fair, if he wants to stay by Gao Jing's side, he must give up something.

It's just that he wants to gamble again, give up to pursue the truth, can he get Gao Jing's heart?

"Mingyue...Mingyue?" Gao Jing shouted in confusion, Helan Mingyue held his hand and coaxed him softly, listening to him continue to talk nonsense, "I...it's so cold, father...has father left?"

He Lan Mingyue coaxed him: "Your Majesty is gone, I am the only one here."

After hearing this, Gao Jing tightened his hand suddenly, as if he was greatly stimulated: "Don't go!"

He Lan Mingyue smiled and kissed his forehead: "Your Highness, I will not leave, and I will die by your side even if I die."

"What's not dead... bad luck." Gao Jing cursed in a low voice, and grabbed him, "I brought back that lamp, you take it to Sheng'er tomorrow, and tell him not to let the queen mother see it."

"Ah."

"It's so cold...you hug me tighter."

"No matter how tight you are, you won't be able to breathe."

They are like a couple, hiding in the dark and chatting about love.Every time, it was like stealing a bit of the lingering time at night from the day, He Lanmingyue touched Gao Jing's ten fingers and interlocked with her.

He didn't know Gao Jing's torment, and was almost overwhelmed by the imaginary sweetness.

"I would die for you."

"Kill him, you are the prince."

The two sentences kept overlapping in his mind, Gao Jing lost his mind, and felt that someone was protecting him all the time, but the emperor's gaze made him feel cold all over.

Gao Jing was exhausted and finally passed out.

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The subtitle this time is Song Huizong's Poems (emphasis added.

By the way, there will be a big thunder in the next chapter. Daga has a mental preparation, which is the one mentioned in the copywriting. It is mainly for the future plot. I won’t write too many details, but if it’s really not possible, skip the next chapter.