After the cannon fodder prince collapsed, the country will not perish

As dusk gradually rises and covers the suburbs of Beijing, every household newly resettled here lights up their lights. Looking from a distance, they look like fireflies dotted among the mountains and fields.

Xie Huaiwei stretched his waist, yawned and prepared to leave: "The king can finally lie down in a comfortable carriage, and go back to the palace to drink some wine to refresh himself..."

Xu Huizhou looked at the lights in the distance, lost his mind for a while, and then said: "Your Highness, you go first, I have something to do, and then go to another family to see."

Xie Huaiwei was sleepy and tired, and there was a trace of impatience on his face: "I have been in this wilderness for three days, and I haven't stayed enough, you!"

"Your Highness, go back first." Xu Huizhou's tone was polite but firm: "I still have unfinished private matters."

After finishing speaking, he ignored Xie Huaiwei's expression, shook his sleeves, and left.

Xie Huaiwei: "..."

Good guy, he didn't have much interest in this at first, but it's good to do this, and all his curiosity was ticked off.

Private matter?

He is a noble son who is full of stars and the moon is not stained with dust and mud. In this kind of poor and remote place, what private affairs can be so caring and he has to handle it himself? !

Based on his impression, Xu Huizhou went straight to Nie Xiaowei's new residence.

This is a mountain wooden house built with funds from the imperial court. These people cooperated with the imperial court to grow grain and pay taxes, and moved to the private fields that were originally nobles. As a reward, the imperial court specially built rows of wooden houses for them. It looks like a decent house, but there are mountains behind the flowing water gate in front of the gate, so it is rare to be clean and elegant.

When Xu Huizhou entered, the family was having dinner together, the candles were warm, and the family members were sitting around. A boy about five or six years old was wearing a double bun. When he saw Xu Huizhou coming in, his eyes lit up: "Mother, come again!" I got a fairy brother."

Ever since the child met the third prince, he has been calling the fairy elder brother long and the immortal elder brother short, but for some reason, he never saw the third prince and that ruthless subordinate come over, and it was replaced by this gentle scholar and The second prince came together.

The child already knew beauty and ugliness, and was judging everything around him with the purest and most direct eyes. When he saw Xu Huizhou, he almost uttered such a sentence immediately.

His mother hurriedly covered his mouth, looked at Xu Huizhou and smiled apologetically: "Look at this... the child is young, if there is any unjust hatred against the nobleman, the nobleman will punish me..."

Unexpectedly, the person who came here was very polite: "Madam, don't be restrained, I am also your husband's old friend."

...old friends?

Madam's suspicious eyes fell on her husband. In her eyes, his husband was just a silent blacksmith. How could he know such a noble man?

Who would have thought that his silent husband really spoke up: "No need to waste your time, my lord, the villain really never knows about the past that you are talking about, and since it is the past, why do you bother to pursue it? "

These words were not polite at all, leaving the lady dumbfounded.

His husband actually used such a tone of disrespect to the imperial envoys sent by the court... What surprised her the most was that the fairy-like Mr. Xu not only did not leave, but also said with a smile: "I wonder if Xiaowei Nie can do that?" Willing to keep someone for a light meal, or a jug of good wine, and we'll drink and talk..."

Before Colonel Nie had time to speak, the youngest son beside him started laughing and coaxing: "Brother Immortal, stay for dinner! Brother Immortal, stay for dinner!"

Captain Nie twitched his lips: "..."

"Since your son has also expressed his welcome, I will not be disrespectful." Xu Huizhou gently stroked the cute child's round head with a smile, and then took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the seat: "I think Madam doesn't mind my old friend for many years. Let's catch up on the old days."

The lady nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly prepared the food and wine.

Speaking of this, and Xu Huizhou was as gentle as a spring breeze, Captain Nie naturally couldn't say anything more.

Xu Huizhou was not in a hurry, he just teased the child.

When the child was tired from playing and clamored to go to sleep, Xu Huizhou said, "I know the captain's concerns."

He glanced at the lovely child: "I also thought about it, if you really mind to show up, you don't have to show up, write down the ins and outs of you disobeying their words, and being framed for the plague, I will make a confession letter..."

"Confession? To whom?" Lieutenant Nie didn't rush to deny it this time, but raised the corners of his lips and sneered: "Will it be handed to the person who planned this matter back then?"

Xu Huizhou froze: "How could this be..."

"Hmph." Captain Nie looked at Xu Huizhou indifferently: "Then let me ask you, do you know who is behind this matter?"

Xu Huizhou was silent.

He also just bumped into someone discussing this matter, but who was behind the arrangement, he was like a fog blooming, and he never figured it out.

Captain Nie snorted and said, "You don't even know who is behind the scenes, so how can you talk about justice? Why should I risk the lives of the whole family to fulfill your so-called righteousness, son!"

"The young master keeps saying that he is righteous, but have you ever thought about our lives?"

What Xu Huizhou said made Xu Huizhou blush, but he couldn't refute it.

Captain Nie waved his hand and said, "It's late at night and the dew is heavy, you should go back earlier, young master."

Xu Huizhou was silent for a moment, but he no longer lobbied as firmly as before. He just stood up and cupped his hands, then walked out the door.

The door creaked shut behind him.

The outskirts of Beijing have an open terrain, and when you look around, you can faintly see the overlapping mountains in the distance, and under the blue night sky in early autumn, the stars are bright and visible.

Xu Huizhou walked slowly under the moonlight, looking at the night, his brows were slightly frowned.

He was born in a noble family. For more than ten years, he had indulged in the mountains and rivers with his friends and lived a leisurely life. His father sent him to the army to test his mind, but who would have bumped into such a conspiracy.

That night, he only thought it was appalling, but he never expected that such absurd thing would actually be accomplished step by step.

The Xiao family, which should have half of the country in terms of merit, fell so quickly, and became a prisoner of the traitors that everyone scolded...

Thinking about it this way, there are indeed double-turning hands, manipulating and pushing behind the scenes step by step...

It was because he was too reckless, too young...

He didn't blame Xiaowei Nie, but was thinking about it carefully.

These few people hiding behind and preparing to set fire couldn't hold back for a long time, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xu Huizhou walk out.

First, he lighted the incense sticks on hand, and quietly inserted them into the window. After guessing that the medicine would be effective, he picked up the firefly and turpentine in his hand, tapped them lightly, and quietly threw them around the wooden house.

Wood is flammable, and the fire first engulfed a corner, and then took advantage of the wind to quickly engulf it.

These people looked at each other and left quickly.

The air was originally filled with the faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, but now it was mixed with the smell of burning. When Xu Huizhou turned his head, he saw that the wooden house where he had just entertained him was almost engulfed by the flames.

He didn't care much, turned around and ran wildly, pushing the door in without hesitation.

Thick smoke was billowing, and the flames were so powerful that it quickly engulfed a corner of his clothes. Xu Huizhou didn't care, and stumbled to find Captain Nie who was closer to the door.

He has kung fu, but at this moment, for some reason, he was lying on the side of the table almost unconscious, surrounded by flames, Xu Huizhou was coughed by the thick smoke, and pushed Xiaowei Nie, who had blurred eyes: "Lieutenant, cough cough, hurry up!" Get up, let's go out together."

Lieutenant Nie had already lost his sanity, but was pushed by Xu Huizhou, and his eyes slowly returned to focus: "Young Master Xu, don't worry about me, it's just... it's just that the wife and the dog are still in the inner room..."

"Stop talking..." Xu Huizhou's voice was hoarse but determined: "I'll save you."

As soon as the words fell, he quickly got up and ran to the inner bedroom where the flames were thick.

Across the clusters of burning flames, one could see Xu Huizhou, who had always been elegant, with disheveled robes, black stains on his cheeks, but red eye sockets, as if he was about to cry in a second.

He's still a teenager after all...

Lieutenant Nie gritted his teeth and wanted to stand up, but his limbs were still weak, as helpless as if he had been emptied.

It's just that the picture in the flames was deeply imprinted on his heart.