The Ugly Empress

Xue Junliang heard him sneer, and said: "You must have already made up your mind, but you must convince everyone."

Teng Yun clasped his hands and said: "Zhang Hong is Cheng Tian's nephew. Because Cheng Tian was defeated in the battle with the king, Zhang Hong took the opportunity to kill Cheng Tian who fled back and made himself king. This is really unfaithful and unkind. Hong Ruru came out of his own accord, but Zhang Hong's killing is like chopping vegetables, and he is labeled as unfilial, if the king befriends Zhang Hong, he will definitely be scolded by the world."

Standing in the front row, Xue Houyang couldn't help but glanced at the back. He really thought the same way. Zhang Hong is a treacherous, unfaithful and unfilial villain, so he naturally couldn't make friends with him, but he never thought that someone would dare to speak to King Xue like this. , Even I have to think about it myself.

The ministers were in an uproar for a while. First, they marveled at Teng Yun's eloquence. They thought Teng Yun would curry favor with Xue Junliang and make friends with Zhang Hong. Second, they marveled at Teng Yun's aura, which he said so directly.

Xue Junliang was not angry, but chuckled lightly, and said, "Oh...then I still need to thank you, otherwise I would have become a stupid king scolded by the world?"

Teng Yun answered neither humble nor overbearing, "I don't dare to be a humble minister."

Xue Junliang was blocked in one breath, and couldn't help but look at the person standing below, wondering if the sword-carrying officer used to pretend to be stupid because he was wise and safe, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Then how do you reply to Zhang Hong in your opinion?"

Teng Yun didn't speak right away, but paused for a moment, and then said: "Weichen really has a solution in mind, but... I have a merciless request."

Xue Junliang suddenly laughed, "You said, Teng Qing suddenly became polite, Gu is really not used to it."

Teng Yun's face burned, and he knew that he was very angry, but he couldn't calm down. Teng Yun couldn't think of a king who killed you, captured your father, and forced your best uncle to marry a man. Why can I still stand here...

Teng Yun straightened his thoughts, and said, "I implore Your Majesty to release Teng Nanhou from prison."

After he finished speaking, the hall was so quiet that not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

Jiang Yu scolded, "Bold".

Shen Yi couldn't help but look sideways, knowing in his heart that if this person was not extremely smart, he was a lunatic.

Teng Yun said: "Your Majesty...what do you think?"

Xue Junliang didn't make a sound for a long time, but slowly stepped down the jade steps, walking over step by step, Teng Yun's head thumped, he felt as if his head was about to explode, his eyes were black and blood red, his limbs were numb and his fingers were numb. Jian'er became cold, he seemed to have seen this scene before, and it was always hidden in the deepest part of his heart.

Teng Yun was captured

, beaten all over his body, and was taken to the hall by the guards, Xue Junliang walked over like this step by step, took him to the martial field with a smile, and told him how Xue Guo was a martial artist.

The past came up like a tide, as if it was going to wipe out Teng Yun. With a feeling of difficulty breathing, Teng Yun squinted his eyes and shook his head vigorously. He felt that he was not afraid of death, but he died once. subconscious fear.

Xue Junliang thought that he was very courageous and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but who knew that the touch caused a commotion in the crowd, and Teng Yun suddenly fell down on his side.

Xue Junliang didn't expect that, he stretched out his hand to catch it, and seeing the situation, the minister next to him couldn't let the king continue, so he hurried over to help him. There was some chaos in the hall, and the imperial doctor hurried over.

Xue Junliang was afraid of chaos in the hall, so he asked Jiang Yu to order him to retreat, and took Teng Yun to the side hall. The imperial doctor came to check his pulse. killed.

The imperial doctor prescribed a prescription. Seeing the large and small scars on Teng Yun's face, he wanted to heal them. He only heard that this general was the minister who set fire to Yunfeng Palace to punish him. He burned himself, but in the end he didn't care.

Teng Yun slept very uncomfortably, the imperial doctor wrote a prescription, saw that he was talking in his sleep, and even struggled in his sleep, so he added some soothing herbs.

Xue Junliang looked impatiently, and said, "When will he wake up?"

"When I give the needle, I will wake up immediately."

Only then did Xue Junliang nod his head and let him give the needle, but Teng Yun struggled fiercely and whispered in his mouth, Xue Junliang said: "What is he talking about?"

The imperial physician gave the injection, of course he heard it, but the imperial physician dared not say it because Teng Yun called King Xue by his name.

Seeing him dawdling and hesitating, Xue Junliang simply waved him away and lowered his head a little, just in time to hear Teng Yun yell "Xue Junliang".

Xue Junliang was stunned, and looked at the person on the bed with complicated eyes. He still remembered that the queen had a fever and he took care of it himself. When the other person was unconscious, he also called himself the same.

The man's voice is of course different from the woman's voice, but the tone is too similar, which made Xue Junliang hear too many emotions, but he couldn't understand what kind of wrong and complicated emotions it was.

The imperial doctor started the injection, and Teng Yun woke up really quickly.

Teng Yun was still a little confused for a while, Xue Junliang looked at the large and small scars on his face, coupled with a pair of confused eyes, it turned out to be inexplicably complicated.

Xue Junliang said lightly, "Okay, it's enough to pretend to be dead."

r>Teng Yun gradually regained his composure, and Xue Junliang said: "You can talk about conditions, but you have to see if you are really capable. I promise you now. If you are capable enough, let alone Teng Nanhou When you get out of prison, your identities will be exchanged immediately, and you will be named Marquis of Tengnan."

Teng Yun smiled wryly, is this trying to snatch his Lao Tzu's title? He never thought in his life that one person should be inferior to ten thousand people.

If he refused Zhang Hong rashly, the other party would definitely feel that he had lost face, and might attack Xue Guo again. Although it was nothing to be afraid of, it was much better to fight fewer battles than to fight for years. If you can avoid it, you should naturally avoid it.

Teng Yun still felt a little pain in his heart, so he stretched out his hand to cover his heart, and said, "Isn't it easy? Your Majesty can pretend to agree to the marriage, and send a letter of divorce to Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong is a villain, so it is natural for His Majesty to use troops and food to pay for it." In exchange for his younger sister, His Majesty will give him thousands of old and weak soldiers and hundreds of dou of grain. Naturally, Zhang Hong will not be willing to exchange these things for his younger sister. He will definitely tear up the marriage certificate in a fit of rage. He will not marry his younger sister when the time comes. It's not that the king doesn't want to marry, Zhang Hong didn't say anything about attacking Xue Guo, so he could only turn around and focus on dealing with Feng Guo."

Xue Junliang nodded after hearing this, it was indeed a good strategy, when he asked Teng Yun to tell everyone about the strategy in the early morning of the second day, everyone was shocked when they heard it.

Xue Junliang said with a smile: "If the orphan promises, he will keep his word. Wouldn't it be a villain like Zhang Hong who breaks his promise? Go to the prison and release him now, but he will no longer be Teng Nanhou, and will be demoted to a commoner...Teng Ying, your strategy and courage are very important. From now on, you will be Marquis Tengnan. If you dedicate yourself to your duty, you will surely have a bright future, and there will be no hereditary rebellion. If you are not cunning, no one will condone and support traitors."

After the early court, many ministers came to congratulate Teng Yun on being promoted to a noble.

Xue Junliang sent people to release Teng Nanhou, who was already a commoner in the prison, but Teng Yun didn't go to see him, nor did he go to pick him up. After so many things, he was able to rescue him from the prison, which was considered a reward for his life. Thank you.

Teng Nanhou's mansion in the capital was renovated once, the plaque was changed, and the red color was hung, waiting for Teng Yun to move in.

Teng Yun looked at the gold-painted plaque, and didn't know what it was like. His servants lit firecrackers, saying that it was bad luck to go to the old house. At this time, Jiang Yu personally brought a plaque, which was written by Xue Junliang himself. Tengnanhoufu" four big characters.

It is an honor to be able to make King Xue's imperial pen, which has been cultivated for several lifetimes. Everyone replaced the plaque and entered the mansion to welcome Teng Yun.

The mansion is not small, and the servants inside are all old people from the Hou's mansion, as well as all kinds of beauties and concubines left by Marquis Tengnan in the past, living in a large courtyard.

Teng Yun shook

Head, this mansion looks luxurious and luxurious, and there are so many beauties, it seems that the owner who lived here before seemed very reluctant to leave.

Teng Yun dismissed all the beauties, and dismissed some of the servants, some of them were unwilling to leave, Teng Yun said with a smile: "You are not willing to leave, and I only have some salary, so I can't support you."

On this day, someone came to report that Xue Wang acted according to his plan. Sure enough, Zhang Hong was so angry that he fainted on the spot, tore up the alliance letter and marriage letter, and threatened that his sister would not marry such a scheming little Xue Junliang. people.

Seeing that it was useless to curry favor with Xue Junliang, Zhang Hong had provoked Fengguo now, but he couldn't turn his head back to attack Xue Guo. Wouldn't it mean that there were wolves before and tigers behind, and he would surely die, so he had to fight Fengguo with his own power.

Feng Ming sent people to raid and it really worked. Zhang Hong didn't dare to build waterways to irrigate the city rashly. Once repaired, they would run out to attack the soldiers, which was really annoying.

Feng Ming then sent a large army to call for battle, the two sides fought to no avail, they all called gold to withdraw their troops, after that Xinke Xie Yuan went to the front of the battle every day, but did not fight, just reminiscing about the old days.

Zhang Hong asked his subordinates to kill Xie Yuan, but the general under his command said that he would not kill a man who was weak, knowing that he was invincible, but still wanted to kill him. Wouldn’t it be invincible? Zhang Hong must have doubts in his heart. People reminiscing about the past, and no one kills anyone, there must be a trick.

Later, someone in the barracks reported that the general and the enemy were from the same village, and the general himself was not a member of our court.

Zhang Hong was secretly startled, thinking that there were spies in his camp, and the military adviser advised to invite the general over, saying that it was a reward for him, and he would definitely not refuse.

They also deployed knives and axes on the banquet, waiting for people to be chopped into meat as soon as they arrived.

The gatekeeper in Zhang Hong's tent heard about it and secretly reported it to the general. The general didn't believe it at first, but he still brought five of his cronies to the banquet.

As soon as they arrived in Zhanghong, they ordered their swordsmen to take action. The military adviser yelled, "Marshal is a bad thing!" The general himself was prepared, and he brought people. The six of them broke out of the siege, and fled to the edge of Mingshui, where there was nowhere to go. .

At this time, Xie Yuan brought people over to shake the boat, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since the general, why are you in such a mess."

The chasing soldiers rushed into the water and were about to capsize the boat one after another. Xie Yuan ordered his men to draw out their knives and cut off the hands of the capsized soldiers. member Tiger General.

There was wine on the front line to greet the surrendered ministers, and Feng Ming also held a banquet in the palace, and the ministers were also in high spirits, as soon as their soldiers and horses came out, Zhang Hong's spirit was immediately broken, how could they be unhappy.

When the drink was on the rise, some blind people mentioned Zhuluhou, Feng Ming's face sank, he ordered someone to arrest him, hit him with thirty boards on the spot, and shouted: "There is no Zhuluhou in this world... you must Looking down on Gu, Gu took advantage of everyone's completeness, and swore here that when we meet in battle, Zhao Lu will definitely let Zhao Lu see how I am in Fengguo!"

The banquet itself was always enjoyable, but at the end everyone broke up in dismay, Feng Ming obviously didn't drink enough, and asked Lu Xiang to set up another banquet in the bedroom, crying while drinking, as if everything he had drunk would turn into tears and flow out.

Lu Shichen was overwhelmed with alcohol, seeing Feng Ming's grief, he couldn't help crying too, the two cried and laughed at each other, talking about their ambitions for the world.

Lu Shichen knew that Feng Wang looked strong, but his heart was soft. If he hadn't listened to him confide in his heart, he might have gone crazy, either driving others crazy or driving himself crazy.

Lu Shichen said: "If there is no war, everything will not be so difficult to decide."

Feng Ming laughed and said, "Just sitting on this throne, there is no one who doesn't want to fight."

Lu Shichen sighed lowly: "It's a pity that I am a civil servant, a poor scholar, and I don't understand the principle of expanding the territory, and I can't help your majesty too much."

Although Lu Shichen drank too much wine, Feng Ming asked him to stay for the night, but he was old-fashioned by nature, of course he refused to stay and insisted on going out of the palace, Feng Ming didn't stay any longer, and someone gave him a good horse.

Lu Xiang was famous for his frugality, he didn't bring any servants with him at all, he got on his horse and went back to the mansion crookedly.

However, he hadn't gone far after leaving the palace, when the fine imperial horse passed by a bush, but it neighed suddenly, raised its hoof and threw Lu Shichen out.

Lu Shichen was a frail scholar. He fell off the horse and was in so much pain that he could hardly get up. When he managed to open his eyes, he saw that the horse had already run away, and there was a puddle of blood on the ground.

Lu Shichen is not an idiot either, he suddenly thought, could it be that something is wrong, someone is robbing at the root of the imperial city?

When he looked up, he saw a person standing next to him, that person was wearing a simple and elegant skirt, and seeing Lu Shichen hurried over to help him.

Said: "Lu Xiang, what's the matter with you?"

When Lu Shichen saw that it was Ruixue, he felt relieved. He felt that a man and a woman could not get close, but his body hurt so badly that he would fall down again if he didn't support him.

Lu Shichen said: "Ruixue, why did you come back? What does Zhao Lu mean?"

Ruixue supported him with one hand, and with the other hand, she poked out a dagger and stuck it on Lu Shichen's neck.

Lu Shichen was so cold that he finally sobered up and said, "What are you doing!"

Ruixue burst out laughing suddenly, but his laughter was not a woman's voice, Lu Shichen sensed it, and pushed the other side suddenly, but he fell to the ground.

The man squatted down, put the dagger against his neck, and slowly slid down, the cold dagger seemed to touch Lu Shichen, and finally the man put the dagger on his lower body.

Lu Shichen was even more surprised, and said: "You are not Ruixue, who are you!"

The man said with a smile: "You still have a bit of courage, now you have a son and still talk to me like that?"

Lu Shichen was stunned for a moment, and said, "Zhao Tong?"

Zhao Tong tore off the mask on his face, "You are so smart, but if you are smart, don't let me let you go. Grandpa will definitely tell you to look good today."

As he spoke, his hands trembled on purpose, and Lu Shichen was so startled that he wanted to run away, but he couldn't stand up even if he was thrown, let alone run away.

Zhao Tongdao: "Miss Lu is not bad, he is indeed a gentleman. As soon as my master leaves, you can't wait to stay in the palace until dark. How about it, how does it feel to serve the king?"

"Presumptuous! You... why are you full of foul language!"

Lu Shichen's face became hot when he said that he had never been married and had no experience in this field, let alone having sex with a man. Hearing it was blasphemy.

Zhao Tongtong picked him up, "It's okay to be stubborn, I despise people like you the most, obediently come with me, or grandpa will castrate you now!"

Lu Shichen even had a fever on his face, almost dripping blood, and was carried away by Zhao Tong like a chicken.

Zhao Tong put Lu Shichen in a sack, changed into men's clothes by himself, and rushed back to Xue Guo on a starry night.

When Zhao Lu found out that he was not in the army, he ordered someone to look for him. After a few days, Zhao Tong came back, and he had to carry a sack into the palace to face the saint.

He also said to Zhao Lu: "Master, wait until this subordinate sees the Holy Majesty, and then leave him to you to vent your anger." Zhao Lu didn't know why.

Xue Junliang is summoning the ministers to discuss matters in the warm pavilion, so it is inevitable that Teng Yun will also come. Recently, it seems that Teng Yun is very favored. King Xue will come to him to give his opinion on everything. Only Teng Yun himself knows. In fact, Xue Junliang is looking for trouble. If he wanted to kill himself, he would blame himself for whichever sentence he said was wrong, and whichever sentence he said was not good, so Teng Yun had to put up all his energy to deal with him.

Jiang Yu came over and said, "General Zhao Tong is asking to see...it seems that the matter is urgent."

Hearing his ambiguity, Xue Junliang had no choice but to call Zhao Tong in. No one expected that he would carry a sack and throw it away when he came in to greet Xue Junliang.

Xue Junliang knew that this person was young and energetic, and his situation was surly, he didn't like to follow the rules, if he followed the rules, he would not accept it.

So he laughed and said, "Zhao Tong, what kind of treasure are you offering?"

Zhao Tong said: "It's not a baby, but

But a thief. "

Everyone was surprised: "What? There are people inside?"

Zhao Tong opened the sack at this time, and Lu Shichen had already fainted. Everyone exclaimed when they saw it. Of course, they didn't know that it was Lu Xiang from Fengguo, but this man was extremely embarrassed and his face was as paper. Don't be dead.

Xue Junliang said: "Who is this?"

Zhao Tongdao: "It's Lu Xiang of Fengguo."

As soon as he said this, even Xue Junliang was stunned. Teng Yun had heard of Lu Xiang's name a long time ago, so he couldn't help lowering his lower body and sniffing.

Said: "I don't know if the general can tell you, Xiang Lu hasn't eaten for a few days?"

Zhao Tong answered quickly, "From Fengguo to now, I have been traveling day and night, and even I haven't had much rest. How can I have the interest to feed him."

Xue Junliang was a little weak at the moment, and rubbed his forehead. He had also heard about Lu Xiang's reputation. This is an inexhaustible talent, so he naturally wanted to keep it for himself. He thought of several ways, how to invite Lu Xiang to his side Come, but I never thought that I would "please" come here like this.

Fortunately, Feng Guo had to concentrate on dealing with Zhang Hong at this time, otherwise he found that Xiang Lu had disappeared and was captured by Xue Guo again. I don't know if he would send troops to fight.

It should be said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers...

Seeing that Zhao Tong had a grudge against Lu Shichen, Teng Yun feared that it would be bad luck for Lu Shichen to stay in his hands, so he hurriedly said, "Lu Shichen is a learned man and has the ability to manage the world. Please, Your Majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, Xue Junliang understood, and said with a smile: "Is Gu so cruel? Since you brought it up, why not let Aiqing persuade you to surrender."

Teng Yun didn't want to take the job of persuading him to surrender. He had never had contact with Lu Shichen, so he didn't know if he could persuade him.