The Blood Crown

In the Battle of Taiyuan, Yuan Nanyu was the first to break through the city gate. Although he broke through the second city gate while the main force of the enemy was held back by the army, he was the first to enter the city. There is no limit for a while, even a veteran of the Feng family army like Wang Shen has to respect him three points.

However, Yuan Nanyu is straightforward, respectful to the generals, and caring and kind to his subordinates. Almost no one says he is bad. He has repeatedly made military exploits, and most of the soldiers admire him. Of course, those who flatter him will not Yuan Shaoxu is one of them.

Now that the situation in Qingyang is stable, Fengye does not intend to let Yuan Nanyu go back to defend the city, but stays in Taiyuan to plan the capital with him. In this way, Yuan Shaoxu finally has the opportunity to get close to his younger brother frequently.

Yuan Nanyu values ​​love and righteousness, even though he has lost his memory, even though in his cognition, Yuan Shaoxu is not even his own brother, he is just an adopted son, and he knows nothing about "the kindness of the Yuan family" , but he still regarded Yuan Shaoxu and Yan Sikong as brothers from the bottom of his heart, so he took great care of them both.

In order to get the attention of Feng Ye, Yuan Shaoxu hangs out with Yuan Nanyu almost every day, and has a bit of yin and yang towards Yan Sikong.

Yan Sikong was too lazy to bother with him, but he still didn't want to see him pestering Yuan Nanyu. He knew that Yuan Nanyu was embarrassed but he was not open to it, so he called Yuan Nanyu and talked about it.

The two sat in Yansi's empty room, sipping fragrant tea, Yuan Nanyu said: "You also found that elder brother has been looking for me recently."

"Of course, the wolf king doesn't know what else to reward you for your repeated military exploits. At this time, if you ask to promote your brother, it is only right and proper."

Yuan Nanyu looked at Yan Sikong: "Then what do you think about this matter?"

Yan Sikong smiled: "We three brothers follow the wolf king together, so naturally we have to share weal and woe and help each other."

Yuan Nanyu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Then you and elder brother are brothers, why don't you help him and let him write a letter to me in Qingyang?"

Yan Sikong chuckled: "When did you become so sharp-tongued?" He couldn't help but think that when he was a child, Yuan Nanyu had never said anything good to him.

Yuan Nanyu didn't seem to find it funny: "If you want to say sharp teeth, who can compare to you." He frowned slightly, "Sikong, you won't be... because of your identity and my identity. ?”

Yan Sikong hastily denied it: "Of course not, big brother is big brother after all, and besides, we both agreed not to mention that matter, not even me and Feng Ye, so how could I worry about it."

Yuan Nanyu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, we brothers must be of one mind. In fact, if the eldest brother is just asking for a reward, I am naturally willing to help him. As you said, the three of us brothers will be happy if they help. But Big brother is really ambitious, he repeatedly asks for exorbitant powers, this virtue is unworthy is a big problem, even if the wolf king gave it to him at my request, not only the soldiers will not accept it, but the wolf king will definitely hold grudges, which will cause Killed him."

Yan Sikong sighed: "That's why I worry too much. Eldest brother sees that you and I are younger brothers, but we are reused by the wolf king, and I am an elder brother. When he joined the army, we were still poor. , I feel dissatisfied, why didn't he mention those demands to me, and I am also very embarrassed."

"Then tell me, what should we do?"

"Before I begged the Wolf King to make him the captain, but he was still dissatisfied. He wanted to take the place of General Zhang Rong and lead an army himself, but the prestige of General Zhang Rong in the army is not comparable to him. , and General Zhang Rong died in battle, and many of the soldiers he brought from Shu could only speak dialect, so they had to be led by the generals of Shu, so how could they be given to him.”

Yuan Nanyu said helplessly: "It's really inappropriate."

"You stabilize the elder brother first, and tell the elder brother that I will ask the wolf king. Let me discuss this matter with the wolf king."

Yuan Nanyu nodded: "Actually, elder brother is not without talent. Don't tell the wolf king to be prejudiced against elder brother. Give elder brother a chance to make contributions."

"Okay." Yan Sikong sneered in his heart. He decided to protect Yuanmao's eldest son well, and let him spend his whole life comfortably ignoring his talents. Otherwise, if such a person is allowed to take on the heavy responsibility, he doesn't know what the consequences will be.

Since then, Yuan Shaoxu really stopped looking for Yuan Nanyu every day, but just looked into his eyes, not hiding his anger.

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The spies Feng Ye sent out to track down Wang Mei and Shen Hexuan reported that they did not return to the capital, but went to Yongzhou, which was where Chen Yu was located.

Hearing this news, both Feng Ye and Yan Sikong were silent for a long time.If the two fled back to the capital, there was nothing to be afraid of, even if they couldn't kill Shen Hexuan and lost Taiyuan City, the court would definitely not give them good fruit to eat, but they actually went to join Chen Kui!

Since coming to Taiyuan, Shen Hexuan's every move has been completely different from before. From Luo Wen's case, he can still see the shadow of him back then, but he has become cunning and unpredictable, and now he has gone to the anti thief?

Shen Hexuan's move was unusual, and there are probably two possibilities. One is that Shen Hexuan knew that he would be punished if he returned to the court. The second is that Shen Hexuan wants to take the crime and do meritorious service, and serve as an envoy of the imperial court to negotiate with Chen Yu and deal with Feng Ye together.

According to Shen Hexuan's cherishment of reputation and reputation, the latter is more likely.

For a long time, Yan Sikong has been afraid of one thing. This thing lingered in his mind like a shadow when the imperial court sent Huo Li and Chen Kui's grandfather, who had been in office for many years, to Yunnan to negotiate peace. If he is firm, he can feel at ease, but now he can't be at ease.

For Emperor Zhaowu, Chen Yu is his own son after all. Even if he really enters the capital, the world is still the world of the Chen family. Father, but if Chen Yu and Feng Ye are allowed to fight together, and Feng Ye is obviously more powerful, how can he not be afraid of Jiangshan changing his surname and separating his family.

If Shen Hexuan really had such an idea and could persuade Emperor Zhaowu to retreat, then they would face a huge crisis.

He and Shen Hexuan fought for several rounds, each of them came up with strange moves, one move was more ruthless than the other, but I have to say that if Shen Hexuan succeeds in this move, the situation will be reversed in an instant, and they will not taste the victory of capturing Taiyuan in a few days , I am afraid that we will be surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Although it is appalling to ask Emperor Zhaowu to abolish Chen Chun first and himself later, but now that Fengye is dominating the Central Plains, and Chen Kui is eyeing him like a tiger, he is not a person rich in strategy. It's not impossible.However, Emperor Zhaowu doted on Concubine Wen Gui and Chen Chun. He knew that if Chen Kuang ascended the throne, the mother and son would definitely die. This might be his biggest concern.

After discussing with Feng Ye, Yan Sikong wrote letters to She Zhun and Chen Wei respectively.

If there is really such a turmoil in the court, then the capital should have heard of it a long time ago, and he must not let this plan succeed, otherwise he and Feng Ye will be close to death.

Not long after, She Zhun wrote back, saying that it took him a lot of effort to find out that Shen Hexuan had sent a secret letter to Emperor Zhaowu, but he had no way of knowing the contents of the secret letter, and it was probably the same as what Yan Sikong guessed. Shen Hexuan wanted to use this as a condition for him to persuade Chen Kui to surrender.

Counting the time, Shen Hexuan should have arrived in Yongzhou long ago, and his letter might appear in front of Chen Kuang one step later. He didn't know if this letter could stabilize Chen Kuang's mind, but he thought that Shen Hexuan would be with Chen Kuang at this time. When Qi was discussing face to face, this letter seemed even more weightless.

Yan Sikong was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do for the time being. If he was Chen Kui, he would hesitate. If he could get the throne, why spend thousands of troops?

Feng Ye was also anxious.After taking Taiyuan, King Yong, who was watching the fire from the other side, started to form an alliance with Feng Ye enthusiastically. Feng Ye still wanted to let him hang out and save some face. After receiving the news that Shen Hexuan was going to Yongzhou, he immediately sent someone to find King Yong , Be sure to tie him to his chariot before King Yong learns more news, there is no way to retreat.

After the two had been anxious for several days, that night, Feng Ye suddenly called Yan Sikong back from the yamen.

Yan Sikong was dealing with some military affairs, Feng Ye knew about it, he didn't know why he was called back in such a hurry, he had to put down what he was doing, and rushed back to Feng Ye's mansion in Taiyuan City.

Feng Ye prepared a table of food and wine, sat down in a chair, stared at him with deep eyes and said, "Come and sit."

A strange feeling rose in Yan Sikong's heart. He knew that Feng Ye had something important to tell him, and it didn't seem to be a discussion. However, the corner of Ye Ye's lips twitched slightly, showing the turmoil in his heart.

Yan Sikong was full of doubts, and slowly sat down: "I am checking the winter needs with General Wang Shen, you asked me to come back, could it be for eating?"

Feng Ye whispered: "I have something to tell you."

Yan Sikong couldn't help his heart beating faster, his hands secretly grabbed the lapel of his lap: "Say it."

"I have received news that Shen Hexuan did indeed persuade Emperor Zhaowu to retreat in a secret letter. Emperor Zhaowu is negotiating with his important ministers to abolish Chen Chun, in order to show his favor to Chen Kui, and then Shen Hexuan will lobby and cooperate with Chen Kui to deal with me."

Yan Sikong took a deep breath, what he was worried about was really confirmed, if Chen Chun was really deposed, then Emperor Zhaowu's attitude was already very humble, Chen Yu would probably...

"I can't sit still." Feng Ye narrowed his eyes, "I've come here, I have to go to the end."

"What good plan do you have?"

Feng Ye stared straight at Yan Sikong: "I have decided to marry the daughter of King Yong."