Better to live forever [Rebirth]

In the 29th year of Zhenyuan, the last ten days of September.

The news that the leader of the Southwest Army had been captured spread to Luojing, and His Majesty the Emperor was furious.

When the Qiang people fought among themselves for a long time, the management of the local army was naturally relatively relaxed. Therefore, even if the peace agreement was signed less than two years ago, the Qiang people's frontier army started to disrupt the Dajing border army by looting houses.

In the past, I only heard about the abduction of a good girl, robbery and murder, but now, some little-known Qiang soldiers killed the patrol team of the second-rank general and captured the general alive!Catch two in one catch!Do you think that the Qiang soldiers are strong and mighty?fart!The Qiang army with only 30 to [-] people is the standard equipment for robbing houses all the time!With such a small amount of manpower, they were able to beat the patrol team of the second-rank general to the ground, and took advantage of the chaos to capture and rob the leader, what a joke in the world!

It's good now, not only has it been robbed, but the Qiang frontier army is even more shameless. If Dajing wants to exchange people with grain, cattle and sheep, the amount he wants is even more demanding.

How can the emperor not be angry?

"A dignified second-rank general, fifty personal soldiers, known as the elite of the Southwest Army! He was beaten so helplessly by these Xiao Xiaoxiao, and even captured the general alive as goods to be traded with my Dajing court! Tell me, what is the price? , Am I going out or not?!"

All the officials were silent and dared not agree.

Emperor Zhenyuan gritted his teeth, and said: "This incident is known all over the world. My million-strong army couldn't protect two second-rank generals, and they were arrested one after another! What an invincible army, a bunch of trash! "

Zhen Youxiang bit the bullet and went out, holding the wat and said: "Your Majesty, the move of the Qiang border army violates the agreement signed between our dynasty and the Qiang people. Please give me five days to negotiate with the two generals. Bring it back."

Of course, these grains, cattle and sheep cannot be given. What will they look like? !Besides, if they can capture a second-rank general today, and then catch a third-rank or fourth-rank general in the future, or simply attack civil servants and ask for "payment", what will they do with Dajing's face?This matter must be put an end to and justice must be sought!

All the ministers seconded the proposal one after another, denouncing the injustice of the Qiang people.

Emperor Zhenyuan watched indifferently, and waited until their mouths were dry from cursing before he glanced at Eunuch Dongsheng.The latter hurriedly sang "If there is something to play, and if there is nothing to retreat to the court!", before the words fell, Emperor Zhenyuan had already flung his sleeves and left.

I don't want to, two days later, things turned around again, but it was Fan Dadao who couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide!

Now, the friction that could have been reduced to a minor issue suddenly escalated into enmity between the two countries. The horn of the Southwest Frontier Army sounded, and the army suppressed the border. Just wait for His Majesty's order to seek justice for General Fan.

The army is full of righteous indignation, but this unjust war must never be fought, otherwise it will be innocent people who suffer.What's more... It's really embarrassing to talk about this matter. The Qiang army has arrested the second-rank general Dajing with so little manpower. The truth is on Dajing's side, but it really loses face.

It was still Zhen Youxiang's tricks, forcing the Qiang king to admit his mistake and paying a lot of cattle, sheep and horses.

Seeing the development of the situation, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help but tsk-tsk twice: "That's what this honest man is not good at, he saves face. How can he be as handsome as General Kong, who was released by the Qiang soldiers, and he still shows off his prestige in the army to save his face. He is good, but it is difficult to save his life for my people, almost exposed!"

Of course, General Fan Dadao is not dead. After all, he has no credit but hard work in the army. Zhu Dingbei wants to use him, so it can be said that he suffered such an innocent disaster, but there must be a bottom line in what he does. People can't even lose their lives.It sounds like a fake compassion, but there are many last resorts, so I can only do my best.

General Fan was saved, but there will be no such person in Dajing from now on.

Ning Heng said: "Your Majesty has stayed with Dong Minghe for a long time today, and he should have decided to replace them."

Zhu Dingbei nodded, "I can still trust the insight of the emperor and Dong Minghe. But fortunately, I took this opportunity to take down these two generals. Otherwise, if the two armies fight in the future, it will be fine. If the situation is defeated, this Fan will commit suicide and die for his country, ashamed of the emperor's favor, and Kong Yi is even more amazing, he is a traitor and a real villain!"

In his previous life, Zhu Dingbei had never heard of the reputation of these two people in the army, but now that they are trying their hand at the sword, they are really showing their true nature.

"Well, His Majesty the Emperor also noticed it, that's why he was so angry these two days."

Zhu Dingbei raised his eyelids, and the invitations written in his hand didn't stop, he just said: "We are sending pillows to the old emperor who is sleepy, but he still wants to pretend to have a fire, I'm afraid he will steal it at night." happy."

Hearing the frivolity of what he said, Ning Heng said helplessly: "I'm afraid not. Your Majesty has been depressed recently, and his health is ill. For the positions of the two Southwest chief generals, this medicine is not strong enough."

Zhu Dingbei paused, put down his pen and ink after writing the invitation, turned around and said, "Have you got the emperor's pulse case? His body...?"

Ning Heng looked solemn, "It's not too optimistic. The poison that Concubine Ruan Shu gave him back then was too overbearing. Although the residual poison was cleared, the body was exhausted. If he doesn't take care of it carefully, I'm afraid... his lifespan will not be long."

so serious?

Zhu Dingbei frowned and said: "There are so many people around the emperor who are waiting for you, why can't it be maintained?"

"Heart disease still needs heart medicine. Ordinary people will get sick even if they are healthy and mentally stressed. What's more, he is strong outside but hard at work. No matter how much medicine he takes, he can't take it well." Ning Heng has excellent medical skills. He was naturally clear about the physical condition of the emperor, without any exaggeration.

"Then... You said that life is difficult to grow, what exactly is it?"

"He sleeps less and dreams more, is depressed, and is busy with state affairs. If things go on like this, he may not last five years."

Ning Heng whispered his estimate.

Zhu Dingbei opened his eyes wide.

Five years, five years later he will only be 22 years old.In his previous life, he was already 27 years old when he died. At that time, he had never heard that the emperor's dragon body was in trouble. It was just a return to Beijing to report on his duties before that. He also saw with his own eyes that the emperor's dragon, Zhang, and Fengzi were upright, not half as old as they are now. state.When he recalled the beginning, there was silence in his heart.

Concubine Ruan Shu's poison was only one of the reasons. The poison was cured in the past two years, and the emperor's health was not seen to be very bad.

It's like this now, probably because...

Frustrated in the heart, heh, this is also rare.In the previous life, perhaps the emperor believed that the person had died long ago, so he might have nostalgia but no demons, but now, he couldn't get what he asked for, and he lost what he got. The unhappiness in his heart may not only be described as regret or remorse.

After thinking this through, Zhu Dingbei felt a little bit of pleasure in his heart.

He was loyal to the emperor and the old man to preserve the country, but he didn't have any good feelings for Emperor Zhenyuan himself.His ambitions are too strong and his methods are too ruthless, [-]% of the crimes of the Zhu family's previous life are attributable to his suspicions!Now that he has found the real culprit behind the scenes, his hatred for Zhen Feihe is actually not one-tenth that of the emperor.It's not that Zhen Feihe cannot be hated, on the contrary, even if the emperor is replaced by another person with him, the Zhu family will not be able to escape their schemes sooner or later.

But since his rebirth, this love has been entrusted to the emperor for too long. Although he tried his best to hide it, he never forgot it for a day.

His Zhu family is the king and the country, going through life and death, and finally got such a tragic ending?

How can he not hate?Now that the emperor finally had a taste of the torment of the day and night, Zhu Dingbei almost clapped his hands and cheered!

He didn't hide his emotions in front of Ning Heng. The latter saw his gloating, and couldn't help feeling helpless. He was the one who was afraid of the emperor's short life, and he was the one who was happy to see the emperor suffer. The emperor.

Seeing that he picked up another invitation card to write - this year is the 75th birthday of Lord Hou, and it is also a very big birthday. In previous years, he himself was impatient with the reception, even the [-]th birthday. But now that Zhu Dingbei is in charge, he should show something to his elders, so the old lady insisted on holding this birthday banquet - Ning Heng stopped him and talked about another matter.

"Yesterday, when I entered the palace to report to His Majesty about the exchange of Chen Liang, I met a man in the imperial garden."

Seeing his serious expression, Zhu Dingbei put down the pen and paper and listened attentively.

"It's His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince." Ning Heng said, "I found an interesting thing about him."

Seeing him playing tricks, Zhu Dingbei rolled his eyes towards the sky, and said angrily: "Say something quickly!"

Ning Heng stretched out his hand to hold his wrist, squeezed it carefully and said, "You've been writing for a long time, take a break."

Seeing him frowning and looking at his sore wrists, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help laughing, pulled him to sit down and said, "Go and pour tea for me, and serve me with snacks. Benhou is now here to listen to Lord Changxin's storytelling, what?" Neither."

Only then was Ning Heng satisfied, and began to serve him very attentively. After making a fuss for a while, he finally got back to the topic: "Although there was a distance, I found that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince's body was very sick. You can still see the traces of martial arts practice. But his face is pale, and his pulse condition written in the pulse record of the imperial hospital is also very abnormal. It should be weak and short-lived. Not a long-term prophecy, but not a year to come true."

"Therefore, I sent someone to visit the Sixth Prince's Hall at night, and found that he is indeed healthy. With this appearance, someone deliberately made him take medicine to confuse the outside world."

Hearing Ning Heng's assertion, Zhu Dingbei showed a slightly astonished expression, and said after a while: "Ah Heng means... the emperor's old son is actually interested in this youngest son?!"