[Red Mansion] Koi Jia Hu

On the first day of the war, Tu Yuan's army took down two cities of the Xi Clan in a row. Later, the Xi Clan reacted and sent troops to stop them. Tu Yuan's speed of taking the city slowed down a little, and it was only on the fifth day that he captured the third city.

The speed has slowed down from the beginning, but compared to many battles in history, it is still unprecedentedly fast.

On the ninth day after the war, the fourth city was obtained.

On the 16th, the army led by Tu Yuan successfully occupied the sixth city of the Xi Clan and defeated the head teacher of the Longevity Sect.

By this time, after half a month or so, the Xi people had lost half of their land.

People of the tribe continued to flee from the Xi tribe and migrated to desert countries farther west.

Under the pressure brought by the Central Plains army's lightning seizure of the city, the Western royal family felt that the sky was about to fall. Apart from cursing and swearing at the Central Plains army, there was nothing they could do about Tu Yuan. They could only wait for bad news from the front line one after another. came.

Under such circumstances, someone proposed to seek help from the Bei people.

Regrettably for the royal family of the Xi clan, the Bei clan always looked down on their dark tricks. After hearing the intention of the envoy of the Xi clan, they directly refused and knew the other party's life with one knife.

Immediately afterwards, the royal family of the Xi tribe discovered to their dismay that the army of the Bei tribe also sent troops to attack the Xi tribe in order to get a share of the pie.

The last string in the mind of the Western royal family, who lived in the anxiety of subjugation and death, was broken.

Some people complained about those who actively developed the plan to devour the Central Plains, otherwise they would not have offended the giant Central Plains, and now they are reaping the fruits of themselves, and the country is on the verge of collapse.

You blame me, I blame you. After a few days of quarreling, people inside the royal family divided into two groups and fought.

In the end, one side lost miserably and the other side won miserably.

And when the internal fighting ended, Tu Yuan and the Bei Clan's army almost reached the Western Clan's royal city.Knowing that they are powerless, the royal family who survived the internal struggle decisively abandoned the royal city, and fled to the Gobi desert with gold, silver and jewels.

Some of them died in the depths of the desert, and although some escaped from the desert by chance, they could only survive as bereaved dogs under the rule of others.

So far, the Xizu no longer exists.

Back in the tent, Tu Yuan took off his heavy armor, looked at Jia Hu who was helping him wipe the dust off his face, and said, "Pack up and salute, we will return to Beijing tomorrow."

Jia Hu lowered his head and said a little embarrassedly: "We just took down the Xi Clan, and there are still many things to do in the future. Is it not good for us to leave like this?"

At the beginning, it was agreed to go back soon. Unexpectedly, he discovered the conspiracy of the Longevity Sect from the plague incident in Wucheng, and then he was busy fighting with the Xizu. After some delay, Jia Hu had left the capital for almost four years. month.

Calculating the time carefully, after rushing back to the capital, Mrs. Zhang was about to give birth, and Jia Hu was somewhat moved.

As soon as Jia Hu thought of this, Tu Yuan also mentioned it. "Your mother is about to give birth. A few years ago, she almost had an accident when she gave birth to your younger brother. This time, there will be three babies at once. Without you by my side, you can't worry about it."

"Anyway, the war with the Xi Clan is over. Your uncle, Dong Shi, and Brother Shihuang will take care of those trivial matters. You and I don't need to bother. It doesn't make much difference whether we stay in Wucheng or not, so you can rest assured to follow me." Let's go back!"

Jia Hu thought for a while, and felt that what Tu Yuan said made sense, so she jumped up excitedly and hung on Tu Yuan's body, giving him a big hug.

"I'm going to get someone to pack up! By the way, tell Ma Qun and Bai Hu the good news!"

After the words were finished, Jia Hu jumped off Tu Yuan, opened the curtain and ran out.

The next day, a carriage, a white tiger, a thousand-man cavalry, and hundreds of horses walked out of Wucheng in a mighty manner.

"Cough...cough..."

The sound of coughing could be heard intermittently in the emperor's bedroom. The coughing was so severe that it felt as if he was about to cough up all his internal organs.

Seeing the palace lady bring in the medicine that the emperor wanted to take, the eunuch in charge of the imperial court helped the emperor who was coughing and out of breath on the dragon bed, and gave him the medicine himself.

As soon as he finished drinking with pain, the emperor coughed violently again, and spit out all the medicine juice that had just entered his stomach into the spittoon.

The imperial eunuch wiped the emperor's mouth clean with a quick handkerchief, carefully helped him to lie down, and whispered to the next maid: "Go and bring another bowl."

The court lady responded softly, and Fuli stepped back lightly.

After taking a few breaths, the emperor weakly waved the rest of the court ladies and eunuchs out of the outer hall, beckoned to the imperial eunuch and said, "Bring the jade seal here, I want to issue a secret decree."

The imperial eunuch stepped back quickly, and soon came to the emperor and knelt down in front of the emperor with the box containing the jade seal, a blank imperial decree, and a pen and ink.

The emperor held back his cough, and tremblingly wrote the edict of succession on the blank edict, stamped it with a seal, and handed it over to the imperial steward.

"This sudden illness is so fierce that I may not be able to survive this catastrophe. If I unfortunately die one day, you will take out this secret decree and let the prince inherit the throne."

The emperor exhausted his last ounce of strength to explain, and his body collapsed on the bed like mud, closed his eyes, and gasped for breath.

At this time, more than a few months had passed since the war with the Xi clan, and it was early winter, and the capital was blowing a cold wind.

But on a certain day not long after the battle between Tu Yuan and the Xi Clan in Zhongqiu, the emperor suddenly fell ill and was unable to get up while lying in bed, and even his life was in danger several times.All state affairs can only be temporarily entrusted to the prince.

Fortunately, the imperial physician treated him properly, and the emperor survived till now.

However, because Tu Yuan was on the battlefield at that time, the emperor was worried that he would be distracted and hurt after knowing the news that he was seriously ill, so he stopped the prince from sending the news to Wucheng at the beginning.

Therefore, until now, Tu Yuan, Jia Hu and the Tenth Prince did not know the situation of the emperor.

The imperial chief put away the secret decree, and immediately came back to wipe off the sweat on the emperor's head, but he didn't find a little eunuch in the outer hall, quietly and cautiously moved away from the closed door.

The next day, the Ninth Prince hurried into the Sixth Prince's mansion.

After closing the door tightly, the Ninth Prince walked up to the Sixth Prince and sat down. After taking a breath, he asked, "Why is the Sixth Prince in such a hurry to call my younger brother over today?"

The sixth prince's face was as sinking as water, and he pinched the corner of the table tightly, his fingertips turning white. "I got the news this morning that the royal father may die soon, and he secretly drafted the imperial decree in advance yesterday, stating that the crown prince will inherit the throne."

Jia Hu left the capital for Wucheng, and the Ninth Prince took over the faction of the Sixth Prince, fighting fiercely with the Prince in the court.Now hearing that the emperor decided to let the crown prince succeed him, his face became distorted all of a sudden.

The Ninth Prince gritted his teeth, half of his dark eyes were burning with jealousy, and half were burning with anger.

"Then what should we do now?" Thinking things are never suitable for the Ninth Prince, recovering from the shock, he immediately asked the Sixth Prince for help.

The sixth prince stared at a certain point in the void, his eyes were dark and gloomy, and there was an inevitable light shining in the depths.

After pondering for a moment, he said in a firm tone: "Father is so thin today that he may die tonight, or maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow... No matter what day he passes away, there is not much time left for us. For our lives, you and I must take a risk!"

Ninth Prince's heart skipped a beat, "Brother Huang means..."

"If there were no changes in the Xuanwu Gate, there would be no Emperor Taizong. Why don't you and I follow the example of Emperor Taizong?" The sixth prince said, a ruthless light flashed in his eyes.

Ninth Prince's hands trembled slightly, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, his heart was beating violently, and a sense of dizziness erupted from his head.

He swallowed his saliva, took a deep breath and said, "You, what do you mean...we raise troops...to rebel?"

"That's right!" The sixth prince smiled slightly, staring at his own reflection in the tea, and said slowly: "It's just that the father is not Li Yuan, so we can't keep him like Emperor Taizong left Li Yuan. On the day of the army, the father must die !"

The Ninth Prince was breathing rapidly, and the Sixth Prince was staring at his eyes, waiting for his answer.

After thinking for a while, the Ninth Prince gritted his teeth and nodded. "Okay, listen to your brother!"

He is non-toxic and not a husband, and besides, his father will die sooner or later, so it is a filial piety to help him end the torment of illness in advance.

At noon on the third day after the Sixth Prince conspired with the Ninth Prince, Jia Amnesty, the Crown Prince, and the Eleventh Prince, who had a good relationship with Jia Hu, gathered together and came to the palace with their fish tanks full of excitement.

A young eunuch entered the palace, knelt down in front of the sickly pale emperor on the couch, and said: "The emperor, His Royal Highness, the eleventh prince and other princes, as well as the first-class general Jia Amnesty, are begging to see you outside the palace. Said that there is something to give to His Majesty, to protect His Majesty's well-being."

The emperor raised his hand weakly, and uttered a word between his lips. "Xuan!"

Not long after, soft footsteps sounded in the dormitory, and when Jia She and others came to the emperor, he had already been supported by the eunuch, and he was half leaning on the head of the bed.

The emperor asked the master who was saluting to get up, and with a slight smile, he looked at the fish tank held by a group of eunuchs and maids behind them, and asked doubtfully, "Fish tank? Is this what you want to present to me?"

In the fish tank are the descendants of Huguosiji koi that Jia Hu gave to the princes and Jia She.

Just today, Jia She found that the surface of the koi had some different textures.After a closer look, I was immediately surprised to find that the lines on the surface of the koi formed a "Xiang" character.

Jia Amnesty took a deep breath, hurriedly carried his koi to visit the mansion of the Eleventh Prince and others, and observed what they raised.

Then, he saw that the offspring of the two auspicious koi raised by Jia Hu showed the pattern of characters on every body surface.

Some are "Fu", some are "Ji", some are "Shou", and some are "Kang"...

Everyone's is different, the same thing is that the words on the skin of these koi mean auspiciousness.

The minds of the people were shaken, and they couldn't calm down for a long time.

Afterwards, several people discussed and thought that the emperor was seriously ill, so they decided to put their koi in the emperor's bedroom, hoping that this group of miraculous koi could make the emperor's condition better.

The eleventh prince excitedly approached the couch with his fish tank in his arms. Jia She immediately followed and carefully picked up the koi. "Your Majesty, please look at the texture on the surface of this koi!"

"Shou?! This is a word for longevity!" The emperor reached out to touch the body of the koi, and there was a slight wave in his cloudy eyes.

Jia She put down the koi and explained excitedly: "Fu, Ji, Xiang, Xi, Xing, Kang, An... Every koi we raise has a word on its body. Put it by your majesty's side, and it will surely protect you." May Your Majesty live long and be healthy!"

According to his guess, these koi were all affected by his son Jia Hu's luck, so after they grew up, their bodies appeared with auspicious characters that the koi beside them did not have.

These little koi must have good luck. Although they are not as profound as his son, they can still play some role, which is not comparable to those raised by Huguo Temple.

The emperor locked his eyes on the koi in the fish tank, and the light of hope flashed in the depths of his pupils like a pool of stagnant water.But in a blink of an eye, the light was extinguished.

He shook his head and sighed: "Yan Wangye wants to take my life away, even if there are more of these strange koi around him, it will be useless."

After all, the emperor raised his head with difficulty, seeing that everyone looked down, he couldn't help but say something more. "It's not much, after all, it's your good intentions, so I'll borrow it and keep it by my side for the time being."

Everyone was overjoyed, and quickly put their hands on the left and right sides of the dragon bed.

As soon as they were properly placed, a maid came in with a bowl of concoction on a tray and reminded, "Your Majesty, it's time to drink the medicine."

"Hey alone!"

While speaking, the prince walked over and picked up the medicine bowl, and sat on the edge of the bed.

He was about to hold the spoon to scoop up the medicine juice, but his hands softened for no reason, and the medicine bowl fell to the ground with a bang, breaking into pieces.

Where the medicinal juice spilled, there was a sizzling sound, and a piece of white foam rose up.