Ming Jing Tai

Arriving at Yi Zhongren's residence, before entering the house, Huo Feng heard the voices of two children.

"Daddy, are there grapes in the capital?"

"The capital has everything. Beans are grapes, not grapes."

"Well... Daddy, why did Douzi call the strange uncle 'Father King'? Douzi already has a father, why would he have another father? Isn't Daddy called 'Daddy'? Why did he become 'Father King' again?"

"You are still young, and when you grow up, Daddy will explain to you. Remember to call him 'Father Wang' now. You may have to change your name when you return to the capital."

"Why did you change your mind when you returned to the capital?"

"Daddy will explain it to you when you grow up."

"Hmm..." Douzi was obviously confused.

"Daddy, should Baozi also call Uncle Weird 'Father King'?"

"..." Yi Zhongren was silent.

Huo Feng pushed open the door naturally, and walked in: "Steamed Bun should naturally be called 'Father King'."

Yi Zhongren in the bedroom frowned and looked up.As soon as Baozi and Douzi saw the strange uncle, they immediately forgot what their father said earlier, and the two sitting on the bed immediately hid behind their father, sticking out half of their heads.The two children were still somewhat curious about this strange uncle who appeared suddenly.

Huo Feng opened his mouth: "You haven't answered Baozi's question, what should he call me?"

"My lord, this matter is not a joke, please think again." Yi Zhongren stood up, put down the bed curtain, and separated the two children from Huo Feng.

"The children are young, so they will take it seriously, and the grass people will explain it clearly to them." Obviously, the Yizhong people do not want Baozi to become a "relative".

"Come here." Huo Feng called out.

Xiaoqin came in from the outside with her head down.Yi Zhongren watched Huo Feng vigilantly, not knowing what he was going to do.

Huo Feng looked at Yi Zhongren, and said to Xiaoqin, "Take the buns and beans down."

Xiaoqin raised her head and looked at Yi Zhongren worriedly.Yi Zhongren let go of the bed curtain and nodded towards Xiaoqin. Xiaoqin walked to the bed and carried the two children down.

"Daddy..." Baozi and Douzi didn't want to leave.

"Follow Aunt Qin to find elder brother." Yi Zhongren and Xiao Qin put shoes on the two children together.

Baozi and Douzi looked at their father, then at the strange uncle called "Father Wang", and obediently followed Aunt Qin.

As soon as Xiaoqin came out with the child, Ruan Xingtian, who was standing outside, arranged for several guards to watch from a distance.Huo Feng has already ordered that he and the Yizhong people have important matters to discuss, and no one should disturb them.

Huo Feng pulled a chair in the room and sat opposite to Yi Zhongren. Yi Zhongren sat down on the edge of the bed with some precautions and looked directly at him.Neither of them spoke first, after a while, Huo Feng broke the silence.

"Yi Zhongren, what are you afraid of?"

Huo Feng was very familiar with the ridicule that flashed in Yizhongren's eyes: "Why should Caomin be afraid? Caomin just doesn't understand why the prince came here. Caomin used to be a little disrespectful to the prince, but please take care of Caomin." In terms of kindness to you, I can let the grass-roots people go."

"Grass people? You keep claiming that you are a 'grass people'. Why does this king think that you are still the same as before and look down on me?"

Huo Feng moved the chair forward, his knees almost touched Yi Zhongren's knees, then he leaned forward and put his hands on Yi Zhongren's sides.

Yi Zhongren stepped back, his eyes condensed.

"What are you afraid of? Afraid that the king will eat you? Or punish you?"

Huo Feng's breath sprayed on his face, Yi Zhongren didn't want to show weakness, so he didn't back away.He said coldly: "Didn't the prince already say that he would punish the grassroots?"

The corner of Huo Feng's mouth twitched into a sneer that looked like Yizhongren, and he leaned into Yizhongren's ear, just like Yizhongren once did to him, and said: "The one who dared to call this king a coward and a coward back then Where did Yi Zhongren go? Why have you become so timid after not seeing you for several years? You are afraid that you will return to Beijing with me, that I will accept Baozi as my adopted son, and that I will see you again. Yizhong, you are the one coward."

Yi Zhongren's eyes were gloomy: "My lord, aggressive methods are useless to grassroots."

"Why did this king use aggressive methods against you? I have never forgotten what you said to this king in the past six years. Yi Zhongren, you can escape. If you have the heart, Baozi will start living a life of homelessness from now on." , you can escape."

Killing intent flashed in Yi Zhongren's eyes.

"Zhang Deyuan and the others are still in the capital. People from Yizhong, you are just an ordinary citizen now, and you can no longer rescue them by yourself like before. If you don't want them to suffer, just run away." Throwing these words, Huo Feng stood up and strode away.

Yi Zhongren clenched his fists tightly, restraining the urge to grab the sword.

After closing the door, Huo Feng's face no longer showed any trace of the ruthlessness just now.Seeing him coming out, Ruan Xingtian came over to speak, but Huo Feng raised his hand to stop him.Ruan Xingtian immediately shut up when he thought that there was a person with strong martial arts in the room.

After leaving Yizhongren's residence far away, Ruan Xingtian said: "My lord, the world is tentatively settled, and you still have to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Huo Feng said: "Leave in three days. You tell Huaiqiu, no matter what this king does to the Yizhong people, he will not interfere. This king has his own plans."

Ruan Xingtian was a little embarrassed.Zhang Huaiqiu is more aware than anyone else of the importance Zhang Huaiqiu attaches to the Yizhong people. He can definitely clash with the prince for the sake of the Yizhong people. This is where Ruan Xingtian feels powerless.

"This king is not an ungrateful person, but if he wants to go back to the capital with this king obediently, this king must use some means. Don't tell Huaiqiu these words. Now is the time for this king and the Yizhong people to fight wits and bravery. Who would dare If you intervene, this king will never forgive you lightly."

The last sentence shows that there is no room for change in this matter.Seeing this, Ruan Xingtian could only nod his head, it seemed that he was going to be optimistic about Huaiqiu.

After Huo Feng said those words, Yi Zhongren never left the room.

The more adversity he faced, the calmer he became.It is already conceivable that he will never have good fruit when he returns to the capital.Huo Feng was ready to threaten him with a bun.

The Yizhong people thought about how to kill Huo Feng without anyone noticing, and then escaped with the buns.As for Douzi...he believed that Huo Yunkai could take good care of him, and he couldn't care less about it anymore.

But when Yi Zhongren was thinking of countermeasures, Huo Feng ordered someone to carry a couch to Yi Zhongren's bedroom, and even took his own luggage to Yi Zhongren's room.

He didn't even look at Yi Zhongren, he just lay down on the couch after washing off the dust all over his body, and pulled the quilt.After a while, the snoring sounded.

Yi Zhongren stared blankly at the person who fell asleep in front of him, feeling a little dazed for the first time.

What is this man doing?He was thinking about how to kill him, but this man ran to sleep in front of him carelessly!

Yi Zhongren took down the sword on the bedside, if he doesn't kill now, when will he wait!

"Daddy..." Baozi and Douzi came in, and Yi Zhongren hurriedly hung up his sword.

As soon as they came in and saw that the strange uncle was asleep, Baozi and Douzi walked lightly, ran to daddy happily, held up the night pearl in their hands, and whispered: "Daddy, Uncle Wang gave it to you, it can shine."

Baozi and Douzi each held a night pearl, and the first thing the two children thought of after receiving the gift was to give it to their father.Yi Zhongren was instantly ashamed, he wanted to drop Douzi just now!He doesn't deserve Douzi to call him father!

"Daddy, here it is." Douzi put Ye Mingzhu into Daddy's hand.

The steamed stuffed bun was also handed over to Dad, and he said in a low voice, "Uncle Wang said that this bead will become brighter at night."

Swallowing, the Yizhong people put the two beads into the pockets of Douzi and Baozi, and said in a low voice, "My father gave it to you, and you take it yourself. You should call me my father, not my father's uncle."

The two children blinked their eyes half-understanding.Taking a look at Huo Feng who was sleeping soundly, Yi Zhongren picked up the two children and went out.Douzi and Baozi took out the Ye Mingzhu to play with, and liked the gift very much, while Huo Feng seemed to have really fallen asleep and didn't respond at all.

Yi Zhongren, who was originally guilty of Douzi, pushed open the door, but was told by the guards outside that he could not leave the yard, and Yi Zhongren's evil fire came up again in an instant.He couldn't get angry in front of the child. He returned to the house with Baozi and Douzi in his arms, thinking that he should kill the guy in the house.

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This time, Huo Feng slept until it was dark before waking up. The first thing he did when he woke up was to check if his head was still on his neck.The head is still there, Huo Feng is relieved.

There was a faint light outside the bedroom, Huo Feng got up, opened the door, and saw that Yi Zhongren was reading under the oil lamp, and the two children were not there.

Yi Zhongren who heard the movement raised his head and glanced at Huo Feng, then continued to read the book expressionlessly, without any intention of opening his mouth.

How could Huo Feng fail to see that this man was angry, he went out and asked someone to serve him food, and then naturally sat down opposite Yi Zhongren, with a small square table between them.

Yi Zhongren didn't speak, and Huo Feng just looked at him carelessly. No matter how calm Yi Zhongren was, he couldn't keep his calm under the undisguised gaze of the other party.But he didn't want to talk to this man, and he didn't know what to say.

Yi Zhongren turned his body slightly to avoid Huo Feng's gaze, turned over a page of the book, and continued to read.

"Empress Dowager Ru and the emperor are both dead." Huo Feng said.

Yi Zhongren's hand paused slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at the other party.

Seeing that Yi Zhongren recovered his calm after only a moment of shock, Huo Feng was very satisfied: "At that time, he saw that the situation was over, the Empress Dowager Ru committed suicide, the emperor escaped from the palace, and was met by my people, who did not recognize him , directly killed."

Huo Feng seemed to be talking about the most common thing, but his eyes were fixed on Yi Zhongren, wanting to see if the other party was as calm as he appeared.

The Yizhong people heard the temptation in Huo Feng's words, he put down the book, turned to face Huo Feng, and said heartlessly: "It's best for you to die for the two of you, my lord, if you keep them, it will easily arouse the anger of those who care about you." use."

"Yi Zhongren, where is your heart?" Huo Feng reached out and tapped Yi Zhongren's heart with his index finger.

Yi Zhongren backed away without saying a word.

"Master Qianhu of Shanghai Anwei is the confidant and favorite of Queen Mother Ru, and everyone knows it. The ambiguity between you and Queen Mother Ru is no longer a secret. She is dead, but you are so indifferent. I thought, you treat her, There is still some affection."

It's me, not "the king".

Huo Feng's attitude is completely different from when he threatened Yi Zhongren with buns and beans before. Yi Zhongren only felt that Huo Feng looked at him with too deep eyes, and he couldn't see what the other party wanted to do to him at all.

What he did and said to Huo Feng back then, with Huo Feng's current status, it's normal that he couldn't swallow this breath, but why did it involve the Empress Dowager Ru?

Yi Zhongren dealt with it carefully: "No matter how much affection between Caomin and Queen Mother Ru, it will be gone after Caomin left the capital. Otherwise, what will the prince want Caomin to do? To avenge Queen Mother Ru?"

I just want to know how close you and Queen Mother Ru were before.Huo Feng looked deeply into Yi Zhongren's eyes, trying to see the truest thoughts in his heart.

"My lord, dinner is here."

Huo Feng straightened his body and let the other party in.

Don't worry, when he returns to the capital, he will have plenty of time.

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Three days later, Huo Feng and his party set off on time.During these three days, Huo Feng stayed in Yizhongren's room all day, either reading books, establishing a father-son relationship with Baozi Douzi, or fighting wits with Yizhongren.No matter how you look at it, it looks like you are spying on the Yizhong people.

The Yizhong people seem to have resigned themselves to their fate.For him, apart from his two children, nothing is important, including his life.

Every time Douzi took the good things that his father gave him to his father at the first time, Yi Zhongren's heart would be eaten away by guilt.Since you can't let go, let's face it.

Huo Feng's first major event after returning to Beijing was to ascend the throne as emperor.It won't be long before Huo Fengfeng marries a concubine and will have other children. The kind-hearted and simple Dou Zi has entered a dangerous quagmire. As a father, he has to protect his son.

As for Huo Yunkai, the Yizhong people were not too worried.Huo Yunkai is already sixteen, and he is Huo Feng's eldest son. His knowledge of martial arts is quite good under his dedicated teaching over the past few years.

It's not that the Yizhong people are too boastful. It will not be so easy for Huo Feng to have another son who can be comparable to Huo Yunkai. It will take at least ten years.By that time, Huo Yunkai was already in his 20s, even if the other party was favored by Huo Feng, he couldn't compete with Huo Yunkai.It can be said that Huo Yunkai's crown prince position is not only certain, but also unshakable.In contrast, beans are more dangerous.

After figuring this out, the Yizhong people have no more burdens.In the past, he was able to rescue the elder brothers under the noses of Zhang Zhong and Sun Jiyu. In the future, he can also protect Douzi and Baozi. Even if Huo Feng becomes the emperor, he will not be afraid.

Yi Zhongren, who is very sure of his own strength, brought everyone in the mansion with him, including Xiaoqin who had vowed never to return to Beijing.Xiaoqin has no relatives and no reason, and people from Yizhong recognize Xiaoqin as a girl, so naturally they want to take care of her by her side.

A mighty group of people headed for the capital, unlike when they came, the speed of going back was slower.

The people in the mansion are old and weak women and children, so naturally they can't ride horses, Huo Feng asked Ruan Xingtian and Zhang Huaiqiu to prepare many carriages to carry these people and their belongings.

Huo Feng dispatched another [-] elite soldiers from Zhao Dongchuan to escort them back to Beijing. The convoy was in front and the soldiers were in the back. In the carriage ahead, Baozi and Douzi lay curiously by the window.

Huo Yunkai didn't take the carriage, he rode on the side of the carriage and was about to go back to the capital. He was the happiest person, and his adoptive father seemed to be willing.

Surprisingly, Huo Feng didn't ride a horse either. He was sitting in the carriage of Yi Zhongren and his two children, holding Baozi peeping out the window, and Douzi was in Yi Zhongren's arms.

Huo Feng was not biased because Douzi was his own son, but as if to prove that he really wanted Baozi to be his own son, Huo Feng got closer to Baozi, just like now, he didn't hug Douzi, but hugged Baozi. with buns.

Douzi and Baozi were not so repulsive to this father who came out at first. It has to be said that Huo Feng's "gadget offensive" was very effective, and this was Ruan Xingtian's idea for him.Coupled with the fact that Huo Yunkai kept talking for his father, Douzi and Baozi were easily bribed.

In this regard, the Yizhong people have been very calm.Douzi was originally Huo Feng's son, and Baozi, in a sense, also has kindness to Huo Feng, and Huo Feng should also be kind to Baozi.Yi Zhongren's father wouldn't mind how many people treat the child well, he's not that stingy.

Huo Feng was sensitive to Yi Zhongren's acceptance of the return to Beijing, and he was relieved a lot.

If Yi Zhongren really took Baozi away, he was not confident that he would be able to find this person.Those threatening words are just a strategy to strike first. In terms of scheming, he is far from Yi Zhongren's opponent.

In fact, he didn't want to play tricks with the Yizhong people. He preferred to take care of the two children in peace with the Yizhong people like now.