Chang'an Youth Tour

It was late at night, and the lights on the table were also dimmed, and the embroidered patterns could not be seen clearly, and the needles in her hands became stiff. Manzhu raised her head, and saw that the little maid who was serving her was already dozing off little by little with her head down. , couldn't help laughing, stood up, and cut off the candles by himself.

There was a sound of watchdog in the alley. It turned out that it was already the second watch, and the little maid was also awakened. Seeing that Manzhu was still embroidering, she persuaded, "It seems that Prince Mengcang will not be coming back tonight. Miss, you should rest first."

"When I finish embroidering this lotus, I'll go to sleep, you go to sleep first." Manzhu said, this little maid was originally brought out from Tianxiang Tower, and she shared weal and woe, so Manzhu was very sympathetic to her.

She was originally the concubine daughter of an official family, but her father committed a crime, so she was incorporated into the Jiaofang Division along with her mother, pretending to be a Kabuki. She never imagined that in this life, she would be able to marry a woman and be a female celebrity under the lamp On that day, I did not expect to meet Master Rong, who was redeemed by him from the Jiaofang Division, arranged to be sent to Tianxiang Tower, and given to Prince Mengcang.

Although she has the appearance of an orchid, she is a big Zhou Han girl in her bones, and she only wants to marry a good family, take care of her husband and teach her children.Later, she was reduced to Jiaofang Division, in order to repay the kindness of the adults, so she was willing to play a Diaochan-like role to seduce Mengcang.

Meng Cang is young and handsome, wise and powerful, and she couldn't help being moved.Although I have a task to do, thinking about it is just blowing the wind on my pillow.Unexpectedly, when the court changed, Hu Lishe proposed to marry the princess on behalf of Meng Cang, and her identity suddenly became awkward.Rong Hao sent a message and arranged for his servants to take her away from Mengcang. She received the secret letter and struggled for a long time, but in the end she did not show up at the place where she was received. She just wrote a letter to Rong Hao, stating all the things she had to do.Begging Rong Hao to let her stay, she must try her best to persuade Meng Cang not to let him go to war with Da Zhou.

Rong Hao didn't answer, but asked the old bustard of Tianxiang Building to pick her up and leave. She knew that Rong Hao would not follow her, so she simply cut off contact with everyone before, and begged Meng Cang to get rid of her humble status and rent a yard in Beijing. Lived the days of the golden house.Although it is inevitable to feel ashamed when thinking of Mr. Rong, but mixing oil with Meng Cang's honey also dilutes this guilt.

The servant girl went to bed, she finished embroidering flowers, and was about to go to sleep, when she heard a noise in the yard, looked up and saw the light of the lantern, knew in her heart that Meng Cang had come, she couldn't help being very happy, and went to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw two familiar barbarian attendants, but behind him was not Meng Cang, but a middle-aged man with a curly beard, dressed luxuriously and wearing a jeweled machete. Those who met at the banquet quickly knelt down and said, "I met Uncle Wang."

Meng Cang dotes on her very much, and has already treated her like a concubine, so she also calls her Uncle Wang.

Hu Lishe didn't respond, just entered the door, and the attendants closed the door silently without making a sound.

"Is Uncle Wang here to find Prince Mengcang? He's not here tonight." She was puzzled, but still smiled.

"Meng Cang is at the embassy, ​​and the messenger brought a letter from the king." Hu Lishe said coldly, his Chinese is not very fluent.In fact, Manzhu also knows that authentic Xirong people don't like to speak Chinese, and even despise Chinese, so she has been learning Xirong dialect from Meng Cang, and when she returns to Xirong with him, she can integrate into it quickly.

"Oh, Uncle Wang..."

Before she finished speaking, the smile froze on her face.Because the attendants behind Hulishe came up directly, one grabbed her hands, the other covered her mouth, the force almost crushed her bones, another attendant took out a small bottle and a rope, and said to Hulishe I gestured.

"Medicine." Hu Lishe said coldly, and said another Xirong dialect.Manzhu understood, meaning "make it clean and don't leave traces".

The attendant grabbed Manzhu's chin and forced her to open her teeth. Manzhu struggled hard, but like a lamb to be slaughtered, she could only be swallowed if she struggled.The medicine was extremely poisonous, like a red-hot iron, Manzhu felt that his throat was hoarse in an instant, and even his voice became hoarse.

Xirong's attendants almost knew the poison of the medicine, so they let her go after drinking it, and they were not afraid of her calling for help, because she could only curl up on the ground and groan hoarsely.

The poison fell into his stomach, and the pain suddenly felt like a knife turning his intestines. Manzhu couldn't even stand up straight, but with a force, he crawled to the feet of Hulishe and grabbed his boots.

"Uncle Wang..." Her voice was hoarse, as if begging for mercy.But suddenly he took out something from his bosom and tried his best to lift it up, wanting to show it to him.

It was a bellyband, very small, not the size for an adult woman, it seemed to be for a baby, it was embroidered with patterns of lotus flowers and children...

Manzhu blushed, and wanted to make a sound. The people of Xirong might not understand the meaning of this pattern, so she wanted to speak out. Maybe there was an antidote for Hulishe, and maybe they would let her go.

However, Hurisa just kicked her hand away.

"Meng Cang had a child in Xirong long ago, we don't want the bastard born in Dazhou." He said in Xirong's language.

Man Zhu only felt abdominal pain like colic, Meng Cang has a child?He never mentioned it to himself, maybe it was fake, maybe Hu Lishe was because Meng Cang loved her too much... When she was about to die, she couldn't help but feel resentment in her heart, she stared at Hu Lishe, her voice hoarse Authentic: "Meng Cang, he...he won't let you go."

Hurishe sneered.

"Do you think that Meng Cang doesn't know that I'm here today?" He said contemptuously in Xirong dialect: "Meng Cang is a real prince. Like the king, he has the ambition to rule the world. How could he change because of a female slave? It wasn't the bastard of Hero's cheap slave who bewitched him and told him to keep you, he wouldn't touch you at all..."

Under the severe pain, Hulishe's voice seemed to become very distant, and Manzhu's consciousness became slack, as if she had returned to that day, in Tianxiang Tower, everyone's eyes were on her, so hot, she felt as if She is a legendary confidante who has the power to overwhelm the country and the city.

And that handsome Prince Xirong looked at him with such eyes, and handed him a scimitar. He said that Xirong people's knives were only given to his beloved women.

His eyes are so beautiful, so blue, like the autumn sky, as clear as washing.

Manzhu closed her eyes slowly, the light in her eyes was fading rapidly, and even the tears became cloudy.

I thought that only scholars would disappoint the oiran.Before the consciousness dissipated, the last thought in her mind was this sentence.

It turned out that it was all wrong from the beginning.

Standing in front of the courtyard, Hurishe watched his followers pouring spirits on the house and lighting the fire. By the time the fire illuminated the alley and aroused the exclamation of countless people, he had already left the street on his horse. lane.

The way the woman looked at him before she died reminded him of many unpleasant things.

It's just a female slave, he sneered in his heart.

The king has long coveted the heart of the Central Plains. Among so many princes, Meng Cang is the most talented and general. He just fell in love with him and supported him with his own power, but King Yandang of the North supported the third prince Neersu, and now he has lost the king's favor.The king is now very old, and the old injuries from many years of fighting on his body have recurred, and the passing of the throne has only happened in the past two years.

Although Meng Cang is majestic, his mind is magnanimous.So the king is also planning for him, clearing the resistance for him, so that when he invades the Great Zhou in the future, only the battlefield needs to be worried about. With his tactics, he will definitely be able to drive straight in.

The Great Zhou has been passed down for a hundred years and is used to a peaceful life. There has been no war in the west and north for decades, and the army has been corrupted for a long time. There are only decorations left, but there are a few old palaces guarding the frontier, and there is still a bit of iron-blooded inheritance. , are a few hard nails.There are also some hard bones in the main battle in the court. Although there are not many, once the war starts, these main battle factions will naturally lead the troops. Although the main peace faction is unwilling, but once the battle starts, they can only follow suit. Great Zhou is rich and populous. There are so many, it will be a bit troublesome to support the army with all the power of the country.

At this moment, the Xiluo bastard came up with a sinister plan, first let Meng Cang lead the army to harass the border of Da Zhou, after repeated victories, the people of Da Zhou panicked, and then went to Beijing to congratulate him under the name of Wan Guolai , and then directly ask to marry the princess.The ingenuity of this strategy is really indescribable.

To put it more broadly, the Great Zhou has the main combat faction and the main peace faction, the main combat faction can fight, and the main peace faction accounts for at least half, and they are all officials from the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. If the parties are united, it will become a big trouble, so the method of peace must be used to force them to disagree, attack each other, and fight among themselves.

Hulishe didn't understand the plan at the time, so he asked, "What if Da Zhou agrees to get married?" The king explained that if Da Zhou agreed to get married and accompanied him with a generous dowry.Then accept it, and after a while, ask the Great Zhou to pay tribute. After paying the tribute, there will be small-scale invasions, cede lands, and surrender... The bottom lines of the Great Zhou Peaceful faction and the Main War faction are different, and there will always be differences at a certain point .Even if they can endure it, then Xirong can use their money to equip the army and take it slowly.If Dazhou wants to pay compensation, the domestic tax must be increased. At that time, the people will be full of grievances, and the hearts of the people will be scattered, making it easier to fight.

Hu Lishe was in a cold sweat after listening to it, and when he went back and thought about it, he felt that the plot was more ruthless, not to mention the big ones, but the small ones were full of scheming, and he directly asked the princess instead of the princess. The princess married on her behalf, and the handle fell into the hands of Xi Rong, who took the opportunity to make trouble, and even saved the excuse to continue to harass the surrounding areas in the future.The main battle faction of the Great Zhou Dynasty must not tolerate the marriage of the dignified princess.And the dowry for the marriage is actually a disguised form of paying tribute, and it can turn them upside down...

And today's letter from the king, with just a few words, pointed out the most vicious point of this plan - the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the main fighter.

Hu Lishe has heard the title of Prince Jingyan before in Xirong, and they all say that he is a rare talent of a Mingjun, if the future Mingjun can separate from Emperor Qingde because of the main battle, and the prince will be abolished .This strategy can be said to completely remove the biggest obstacle to the invasion of Dazhou for Xirong.

In the king's letter, he strictly ordered himself and Meng Cang to abide by the rules in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is best to be humble, but the request for marriage should not be compromised by half a step. Pai also has more confidence in fighting. Xi Rong only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

In the letter, he even wanted to discuss something with that Hero bastard.Seeing this, Hu Lishe was furious.He had already learned about the ruthlessness of that Xiluo bastard, and now he didn't know what trick he used to coax him around, and even called him "Brother Wang". Fortunately, a counselor came over to persuade him.

The counselor was loyal, knowing that the Xiluo bastard had confused Mengcang, so he came directly to persuade Hulishe, "Helian is a vicious person, and I am afraid that he is plotting against Prince Mengcang. Among other things, the witch of Dazhou is him." I persuaded Prince Mengcang to accept it, if Prince Mengcang took her back to Xirong, the consequences would be disastrous."

These words really hit the hidden worries in Hu Lishe's heart. Xirong has always used marriages to control tribes. King Xirong himself married many concubines and concubines, all of whom were princesses from different tribes. The few concubines Meng Cang married were all Hu Lishe. The ones that Lishe had carefully selected were all princesses from the big tribes.Marrying a princess of the Great Zhou would be enough to shake their support, but if a witch from the Great Zhou came, it would be fine.

Fortunately, I came in time, otherwise it would not be so easy to get rid of this demon girl after she gave birth.Fortunately, Meng Cang is still smart. When I asked him just now, he also said that he was just using the scheme of that Xiluo bastard, and the most solid backing was "Uncle Wang".Although he was reluctant to say that he wanted to get rid of the Da Zhou witch, he agreed after persuading her.

Hu Lishe was proud of himself, and thought that after returning, he would reward that counselor well. This person is clear-headed and should be reused.I can only deal with the nobles in Xirong, and the people of Da Zhou are deeply scheming, so it is better to recruit some counselors who are proficient in tactics for Meng Cang.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the mansion, the counselor disappeared, Hu Lishe had to sleep, and wanted to reward him tomorrow, but he was called up before he could sleep for a long time.

He restrained his anger, and hurried to the gate of the embassy, ​​wanting to see which blind official of the Zhou Dynasty was visiting in the early morning, but he saw a bright fire at the gate, and two groups of people lined up, all dressed in sharp guns and holding torches, The leading young official, dressed in third-rank civil official attire, was a pale young man with handsome features.

"Hu Lishe, King of Xirong Nan, someone has come to the Ministry of Punishments to beat the drums and complain about murdering good people." The young official was obviously also in the main battle group, and shouted: "Hurry up and take it down!"