Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Zhu Dingbei didn't take Lou Ankang's worries to heart.

What kind of thing is the peace agreement? Who would care about face if they want to tear it up? Besides, apart from the Dajing people who keep the etiquette, justice and shame in their hearts, have the Xiongnu and Qiang people ever said anything about Dajing?The war will definitely be fought, even if the agreement is really complied with, it will only be a few years of delay.In the past, the Xiongnu and Qiang people had demonstrated against Dajing, but now Dajing has established a new army in the Xianbei Prefecture, with millions of soldiers in hand, wouldn't it be a waste not to show it off?Compared with the Huns and Qiang who always sent troops disguised as refugees and bandits to harass the Dajing army and people on the border, the Dajing army only strengthened its own drills and displayed our army's glory. The method can be said to be very graceful.

What he is worried about now is whether the emperor is also secretly planning something to conflict with his own plan.

The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, after all, it is a variable.If he really found out something serious in the secret passage of the Marquis of Yuanning's mansion, held back and waited for someone to be dealt with in one blow, then Zhu Dingbei's round would have to be overturned and start over.

In this way, he has the heart to let his people talk about the secret passage in Ma Yuan's study, to see what secrets there are, so that he can prepare with both hands.

But unfortunately, before he could do anything, Yuanninghou's mansion burned down Yuanninghou's study due to oversight at night, and his personnel went to investigate after the incident, and sure enough, the secret passage had been filled.

Ever since Ma Chao, the grandson of Marquis Yuanning "died" in Jianghai, Marquis Yuanning has been in a slump, and his health has deteriorated in winter.This time the fire was caused by his own trance-like mistake. If the government soldiers hadn't done their best to catch him out of the fire, I'm afraid even he himself would have died in the flames.

This matter has attracted condolences from many parties, even the emperor personally inquired and bestowed many valuable medicinal materials.The queen empress, who has not made any big moves in the past few years, therefore asked her majesty to return to the mansion for three days to take care of her father, and the emperor agreed.

Zhu Dingbei was annoyed that Ma Yuan, or Zhen Feihe, acted too fast this time, not only secretly, but all the letters and handwritten letters hidden in Ma Yuan's study were all burned by the fire without leaving any traces, so there was no way to trace them.

For this reason, he was very depressed for two days, regretting that he had too many worries and did not act in time.Ning Heng comforted him and said: "Now Zhen Feihe has shown his true form, no matter what they do, there are traces to follow. Now they are in the light and we are in the dark. Even if the secret passage is destroyed, it has nothing to do with us." Too much hindrance. Your Majesty has not moved in the past two months, maybe it is because he is afraid to make a move before he is fully prepared."

Zhu Dingbei also knew that it was useless to talk about the matter so far, so he said: "Ah Heng, our people should pay close attention to these days, lest the emperor suddenly come to make an example, and when the Hun king encircles Wei to save Zhao, we will eat big loss."

Ning Heng nodded.

In this way, the emperor still did not take any action on the day of the seal of the twelfth lunar month.

And they finally waited until the Hun King's young boy An Wanling was buried in the tomb, and found out from the coffin.

Knowing the whole story, Zhu Dingbei was very surprised, "You mean, that child was born with six fingers? He died because he didn't survive the injury that cut off the sixth finger?"

Ning Heng nodded: "The sixth finger was perfectly preserved, and it was buried with the child. It is conceivable that the extra finger was not cut off because it was regarded as unknown, but more like..."

"Some kind of sacrifice?" Zhu Dingbei took his words, pondered for a moment and said: "Could it be that Zhen Feihe, Xie Yonglin and the others were born with six fingers, but they were cut off after birth, so they look no different from ordinary people?"

"It is indeed possible. However, human bones are born with a fixed number, even if they are forcibly cut off after birth, there will be traces."

Hearing this, Zhu Dingbei raised his lips and smiled, so they had to pay Xie Yonglin a new year before last year.He said: "It seems that this year we can't live up to the plum blossoms in the Huguo Temple. Lord Changxin, would you like to walk in the snow with me tomorrow to find plum blossoms, and also learn about the chic romances of those romantics?"

Ning Heng smiled and nodded.

On the second day, the old Hou Ye went out to find Lou Shangshu, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Dynasty, for a drink. The old lady was still in the mansion to take care of the gifts and necessities for the New Year. When she learned that her grandson was going to enjoy plum blossoms with her granddaughter-in-law, she nodded his forehead. promised.

Sun Da didn't want to stay, that child Ning Heng was considerate and thoughtful, in the future, she would have less and less chances to worry about it.

When we arrived at the Huguo Temple, Ning Heng would naturally go to visit the Empress Dowager, and now that Zhu Dingbei had officially become a prince and had a clan status, he had to accompany Ning Heng to visit her old man.Empress Dowager Ning's body is much tougher than two years ago, but she doesn't usually have a smile on her face, and no matter how hard she takes care of her, she can't hide her age.And she is not as important as before. Although she sees outsiders, she still wears plain clothes, hairpins and hair without rouge, which is very different from the previous grace and luxury.

After Ning Heng and Zhu Dingbei had celebrated the New Year, Empress Dowager Ning sent them out with two bags of golden nudes from her maid of honor, without saying a word.

After leaving the room, Zhu Dingbei couldn't help feeling: "The Empress Dowager Ning is completely separated from you."

Ning Heng didn't tell him about the past between Queen Mother Ning and Huiqing, but just smiled lightly and said, "Nowadays, the situation in the harem is unpredictable, Your Majesty is cold-hearted, and he doesn't have much affection for her, it's better to be here alone than deep As for the Ning family, since she married into the royal family, she will be buried in the imperial mausoleum no matter what, and it has nothing to do with the Ning family."

Zhu Dingbei couldn't help but snorted when he heard the meaning of the water splashed by his married daughter. His Zhu family didn't like such an argument.

However, thinking about the life experience of the Ning family, Zhu Dingbei still felt a little emotional: "No wonder the queen of the Ning family has no children. After all, you and the royal family..."

The blood is connected.

Ning Heng couldn't help laughing, "Fool, the Ning family and the Sima family have been passed down for more than [-] years, and the blood has been passed down for dozens of generations, and the blood has long been diluted."

People with the same surname in the world belonged to one family 500 years ago, but they already have different bloodlines, and they are free to marry each other.It's just that the first few generations had this concern and exterminated the heirs of Queen Ning's family. Later, the Ning family's property became bigger and bigger, and this unwritten rule was passed down. The Ning family can never become the emperor's relatives. The tacit understanding between the Ning family and the royal family is also the bottom line for them to live in peace.

When he arrived at Master Huiqing's wing, Zhu Dingbei left Ning Heng to talk to Master Huiqing, and went to the inner room to find Xie Yonglin.

When he came in, Xie Yonglin was still copying Buddhist scriptures, as if he didn't notice his arrival and remained motionless like a mountain.Zhu Dingbei looked at it twice before he couldn't help but sneered and said, "So it's Buddhist scriptures. Xie Zhoumu should copy more to wash away his sins. However, I'm afraid that even if you keep copying for a hundred years, you still won't be able to escape the lower eighteenth floor." The end of hell."

Xie Yonglin stopped writing and looked at him: "It's cold and windy outside, but there seems to be fire in Your Excellency's heart, which surprises me."

Every time Zhu Dingbei came, he was so frivolous and indifferent, but when he came up, he always had an angry face. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Xie Yonglin suspected that he had a different strategy for him, so he couldn't help but deal with it.

Zhu Dingbei snorted coldly, "Xie Zhoumu in the Marquis of Yuanning should be no stranger, old man Ma Yuan dug a tunnel to have a private meeting with your tortoise father, he didn't expect to show his feet, he burned down the study and almost killed himself in it. Haha I heard that Taifu Ma was already unconscious when he was rescued. I really don't know whether it was because the miasma was inhaled too much, or someone wanted his life. Pity him, Ma Yuan, who has been your father and son's slave for so many years. You raised your children and raised your grandchildren, and you ended up with this fate, and I don’t know if those confidants will feel chilled when they see it.”

Xie Yonglin trembled all over, tried his best to hide the surprise in his eyes but still revealed the truth.

Zhu Dingbei finally recovered his smiling face when he saw him, "It's my honor to surprise Xie Zhoumu."

Xie Yonglin never expected that they would even find out the relationship between Ma Yuan's children and grandchildren and his own family. There are very few people who know this inside story and are still alive in the world, and these few people are all people who know the true identity of his biological father. Could it be that these people have already found out his biological father?No, it's impossible, if it is really found out, why did this person come back to test himself today?It must be playing tricks!

Taking advantage of his confusion, Zhu Dingbei twisted his hands like lightning, looked carefully at the bones of his hands, and let go when Xie Yonglin was struggling.

He already knew the answer.

"Today I came to visit Mr. State Shepherd. To be honest, I want to ask Mr. Zhou about something."

His words were pleasant, Xie Yonglin looked at him warily.

Zhu Dingbei said to himself: "A few days ago, I heard that the King of the Huns had a young son who died before he was full-term and was not thrown into the grassland to feed the wolves. Instead, he was carefully sent to your ancestral land for burial. I was really curious, so I asked someone to pry his grave, and it turned out... Hehe, I discovered an interesting thing, Xie Zhoumu, would you like to hear about it?"

Xie Yonglinsen looked at him coldly, gritted his teeth and said, "Dig someone's grave, aren't you afraid of going to heaven and being haunted by evil spirits?!"

"Even if those people are alive, I'm not afraid, but if they're dead, what can evil spirits do to me?" Zhu Dingbei sat down carelessly, and said, "Master Xie, I found a severed finger in that child's tomb. But the strange thing is, that child has all ten fingers, would you please explain to me, where did this extra finger come from?"

Xie Yonglin's complexion changed drastically, and he clenched his fists subconsciously, but without waiting for his excuses, Zhu Dingbei has already continued on his own: "If my guess is correct, Mr. Xie's ancestors were born with six fingers, and every generation has this inheritance. , including you, as well as... the Right Prime Minister, right?"

Right Prime Minister.

The words uttered gently from his mouth completely took away the last trace of blood on Xie Yonglin's face.