Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Emperor Jinglong traveled lightly, taking only a hundred elite guards, to Prince Yu's Mansion.

The head of the mansion, Shi Cui Ti, heard the guard's report, and hurriedly went out to kneel down to welcome the holy driver.The emperor got out of the car and walked into the front yard, but he didn't see King Yu, and asked, "The King Yu is so sick that he can't get up to pick him up?"

Cui Changshi was sweating profusely, "The lord...the lord is not in the mansion."

The emperor smiled, "It seems that the fourth brother is fine and can still go out and walk around, so I can rest assured. Where did he go?"

Cui Changshi's eyes darkened, and he paused and said, "My lord, forgive me! My lord didn't tell me where I was going before I left the house, so I really don't know!"

"How long have you been out?"

"Today is the first and third day."

After slowly thinking about it in his heart, the emperor called Chu Yuan over to give some instructions, and Chu Yuan led a team of Jinyi guards to leave the palace.The emperor sat down in the hall, and said to the officials and attendants who were kneeling all over the courtyard: "I, as an elder brother, will feel uneasy if I don't see King Yu's condition with my own eyes. I will wait here until dark, and see When does he come back."

The serving palace servants make tea and serve snacks.Lan Xi brought a box of memorials, and the emperor read and approved the memorials slowly, seeing that the sun was slightly westward, and he showed no sign of impatience.

Jin Yiwei came in and out several times, and whispered to the emperor, "No." "Not here." "I haven't seen him."

The sky was getting dark, and the lights in the courtyard were lit up, like countless lights floating in the sea, reflecting the shadows of people who bowed their heads and dared not move like rocks on the ground.

Lan Xi looked at the sky and reminded the emperor: "My lord, the palace gate is about to be unlocked."

The emperor nodded slightly, and continued to read the memorial, as if he had made up his mind that he must wait until King Yu.

A servant stumbled and ran into the courtyard gate, shouting: "The lord is back! He's back! It's in the apse, drunk and fell asleep. The little one just went in to clean up, and suddenly found it!"

Cui Changshi ordered him to shut up, and nodded to the emperor: "I'm going to wake up the prince and come here to pick up the face saint."

The emperor put down the memorial, got up and said, "King Yu used to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. How much did he drink, and he didn't even care about his illness? I will go to see him in person."

Surrounded by the servants and Jin Yiwei, the emperor walked to the corridor, and just now said to everyone, "Let's all be flat."Cui Changshi dragged his stinging knee, which had been kneeling for more than an hour, and forced himself to lead the way.

Coming outside the door of the apse, the strong smell of alcohol escaped from the crack in the door.

Cui Changshi pushed, and the door of the palace was bolted from the inside.

The emperor raised his hand to stop Jin Yiwei, who was about to break in, and pushed open the palace door with force in his palm.

The door latch was shaken off, and the door hit the leaves on both sides, making a "bang" sound.

With a "bang", the wooden door was pushed open, and the messenger kneeled panting and reported: "General! Ganzhou mutiny!"

Zhu Jincheng——Since his elder brother Zhu Jinwei succeeded to the throne, he changed his name according to the rule to avoid the sacred taboo, and now it should be called "Zhu Xujing"—turned around in front of the hanging border map.The dim yellow light from the oil lamp illuminated the face of the 15-year-old prince who became famous as a teenager.

This is an extremely handsome face, with a free and easy manner between the eyebrows and eyes, and the last trace of youthfulness that belongs to a young man has been smoothed out in the flames of war.

In the feudal land of Datong, the Jingbei Army had just been established, and he incorporated the Black Cloud Tuqi he led in the past into it and reorganized it.In the army, he didn't like being called "His Royal Highness" or "Prince", and asked all soldiers and generals to call him "General".

After returning from patrolling the border fort during the day, Zhu Xu was still studying the map with his armor still on. Hearing this, he frowned and asked, "Why did you mutiny? How is the situation now?"

The orderly took a breath and replied briefly: "The new governor Xu Long saw that rice was cheap in a good year, and he lowered the soldiers' salaries without authorization, which made the grain hoarded by the general soldier Li Ming unable to sell. Li Zongbing encouraged the soldiers to go to the governor's yamen to petition. Petition The soldiers were scolded by Governor Xu, which led to outrage and mutiny in the army. The guard eunuch Dong Jie failed to persuade him, so he abandoned his post and fled. Li Zongbing was able to let him go, but he couldn't take it back. After killing Governor Xu, the soldiers looted everywhere and burned down the yamen , ransacked the armory and silver treasury, and released the prisoners. Right now, Ganzhou City is in chaos, completely out of control!"

Zhu Xu scolded: "Xu Long, Li Ming, Dong Jie, all three should be killed! Take my order and let Weihai lead the right army to set off to help Ganzhou and suppress the rebellion."

After receiving the order, the messenger took out a small cylindrical seal from his pocket and handed it over: "This is what Li Zongbing ordered me to bring along with him, and he said that the general will know it as soon as he sees it."

Zhu Xu actually took the small seal and looked at the inscription, and suddenly changed color: "This is the private seal of the emperor! The holy driver... is in Ganzhou?!"

Both he and Zhu Jinkui followed the late emperor to conquer the northern desert.After Zhu Jinkai ascended the throne, under the persuasion of the courtiers, the number of the imperial conquests was reduced, but occasionally he would personally inspect the important towns on the Nine Frontiers. Unexpectedly, this time he secretly visited Ganzhou and caught up with the mutiny.

"Don't tell me sooner!" Zhu Xu thought that the emperor's brother was deeply trapped in the territory of the rebel army, and he was so anxious that he kicked the messenger, "Quickly, the whole army will immediately pull out the camp and save you!"

The long dragon of torches illuminated the wilderness on the autumn night of the year of Gengchen, and Zhu Xu led the Jingbei army to rush through the starry night. Riding a black horse and holding a long spear, they broke through the gate of Ganzhou first.

Ganzhou City was already in flames, and the red-eyed garrisons fell into hysterical madness. They cut down anyone they saw, regardless of whether they were enemies or friends, and launched a fierce street battle with the Jingbei Army.

The Tatar spies ambushing in the city took the opportunity to attack and kill the guards of the border fort, preparing to welcome the Tatar cavalry into the city, and the defense was in danger of being lost.

While commanding the Jingbei Army to fight, Zhu Xu searched for the holy driver in the city, and finally found the whereabouts of Jin Yiwei near the border fort.

"Where's the emperor?" He swept a cavalryman off his horse, shaking off the blood from his head, and asked loudly.

The guard in Jinyi covered his wound and replied, "On the Nancheng Pavilion!"

The Nancheng Pavilion was built on the Yuecheng gate tower of the border fort. Outside the Yuecheng is the Hetao Desert. The Tatar cavalry came and went. Once they broke through the fort wall, Ganzhou would fall completely.

The young emperor, who had just ascended the throne for three years, led the Jin Yiwei to personally guard the last line of defense in the smoke of rebellion all over the city, fighting with the Tatar spy team.

Zhu Xu's eyes were hot, he got off his horse and rushed to Nancheng Pavilion.The long lance in his hand pierced the air and cracked the ground, turning into a black wave, blocking arrows when meeting arrows, and killing people when meeting people!

The enemy line all the way was like paper, and the bloody hole was torn by Ma Qiang. Zhu Xu rushed forward alone, like a dragon dividing the sea, unstoppable!

In the rain of blood and severed limbs, he saw Zhu Jinkai wearing a golden brocade and black lacquered iron square leaf armor.The Yanling knife held by the emperor flashed a cold light, and a human head rolled down the gate in the splashing blood.

"Second Brother!" Zhu Xu actually shouted loudly.

Zhu Jinkui followed the sound and looked back, and the moment he saw him clearly, she showed a slight smile.

"Brother Emperor..." Zhu Xu had a sore nose and was almost in tears, "My brother led the army to rescue him!"

Zhu Jinkai opened his mouth to say something, but Zhu Xu couldn't hear clearly after a distance of more than ten feet and the sound of fighting.But he saw in the dim light of the fire that an enemy soldier climbed up along the outer edge of the gatehouse and pointed the bow and arrow in his hand at Zhu Jinkai's back.

Zhu Xu's canthus were shattered, and he shouted: "Be careful of your back!" The whole person rushed towards Zhu Jin like an arrow from the string.

His warning was timely, Zhu Jinkui slashed the arrow with a backhand, and knocked the enemy soldier down from upstairs.

Zhu Xu rushed to Zhu Jinkui's side.The long lance couldn't be used in the narrow attic, so he stuck the head of the lance into the floor and pulled out the waist knife, "My brother escorted the emperor downstairs."

While speaking, the foot trembled violently, and the entire attic began to tilt, and the pillars were blown off.

Everyone upstairs suddenly lost their balance, fell to one side involuntarily, and jumped out of the railing amidst screams.

Zhu Xu actually grabbed Zhu Jinkui's arm with one hand, and clung tightly to the pillar with the other hand, shouting: "Brother Huang, hold on tight!"

Zhu Jinkui heard his arm joints creaking, as if he was under a heavy burden, and said in a deep voice: "Let go. It's four or five feet high, and I won't die if I fall."

Zhu Xu actually gritted his teeth and laughed, teasing: "It's hard to say, the second brother has become the emperor, and his delicate body is no more expensive than before—"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a long halberd stabbing obliquely towards Zhu Jinkai's chest viciously!

Zhu Jinkai was hanging on Zhu Xujing's hand at the moment, unable to dodge in the air, she had no choice but to break free from his wrist and slide down.

And the tip of the halberd was flashing with cold light and rushed after him, vowing not to stop until he killed the king of the enemy country.Without thinking, Zhu Xu let go of the pillar, lunged down, hugged Zhu Jinkai, and at the same time threw the waist knife backward without looking back.

The blade nailed the halberd-wielding enemy general to the collapsed wooden pillar.At the same time, the tip of the halberd pierced through Zhu Xujing's back, piercing through his chest.

Zhu Jinkui hugged Zhu Xujing, and her back hit the ground heavily.

After waking up from the shocking dizziness, he felt a warm liquid soaking in his chest—it was the blood gushing from Zhu Xujing's wound.

The surroundings were pitch black, Zhu Jinxuan stretched out his hands and touched the crooked halberd pole on Zhu Xujing's back, his face instantly turned pale, and he whispered softly, "Jin...Jincheng?"

Zhu Xu took a long breath as if returning to his soul, and replied in a low voice: "Brother Emperor...Second Brother, I can't live anymore."

The emperor walked into the bedroom, and there were empty wine jars everywhere, and the smell of wine was so strong that it seemed to be detonated by lighting a fire.He kicked away an empty wine jar that fell to the ground, and walked to the bed step by step.

Yu Wangji was sitting on the footboard in front of the bed, with his legs stretched out, his arms resting on his head, resting on the edge of the bed, as if he was intoxicated.

The emperor came to his side, stopped, leaned over and pinched his chin, raised his face, and saw that King Yu's face was pale, his brows were tightly wrinkled, his eye sockets were sunken, the shadows in the candlelight were heavy, and his face was haggard and ugly.

Following the emperor's movements, his brows became more and more wrinkled, his expression anxious and restless, under the thin eyelids, the eyeballs kept moving, as if he was deep in a dream and struggling hard.

—What did he dream about?The Emperor thought with little concern.

Then I heard a vague and painful sleep talk:

"...Second brother, I can't live anymore."

This sentence seemed familiar, and the emperor was stunned.After 13 years passed, with the remaining smoke and blood, memories came to me like a thick fog.

"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!"

The royal guards gathered around, trying to help the emperor.Zhu Jinkai shook off their hands, sat between the ruined walls, hugged the unconscious Zhu Xujing in her arms, and shouted in an unprecedented and anxious tone: "Where is the imperial doctor! Send it to the imperial doctor!"

Zhu Xu was half-kneeling, with his upper body thrown into his arms, his head pressed heavily against his neck, his hands hanging on the ground, his shirt soaked in blood.

An accompanying imperial doctor trotted over, sweating profusely, inspecting the wounds on Zhu Xujing's chest and back, and shook his head helplessly: "The halberd's edge pierces through the heart veins... The humble minister is incompetent, and cannot save His Royal Highness Daiwang."

"What nonsense! He can still be saved, Imperial Physician, I order you to save him!" The 22-year-old young emperor lost his usual composure in the pain of losing his siblings, "I can't save the fourth brother, I ordered you to save him!" Only you are asking!"

The imperial doctor lay on the ground and nodded again and again: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I really can't do anything!"

With trembling fingers, Zhu Jinkui grasped the halberd pole on Zhu Xujing's back.He pressed against the cold ears of his fourth brother, and murmured: "Jincheng, Jincheng, I know you will not die... After so many victories, the wind and waves are coming, how could you fall here... I don't need you!" Save me, I want you to live well! Jincheng, wake up..."

The old imperial doctor burst into tears: "Your Majesty, don't pull out your halberd. If you don't pull it out, you can hold on for a while..."

Zhu Xu slowly opened his eyes, and just leaned on Zhu Jinkai's shoulder, his voice was like a silk: "Second brother, I said that the day you became the throne... I will guard this beautiful country with you, I did my best... "

"Second brother knows, I know that you can't let go of your mother and me, and you can't let go of this country." Zhu Jinkai held his bloody palm tightly, with tears in her eyes, and choked up, "Second brother, please, don't die. , as long as you survive, the world will be ruled by you and me..."

"Yu Weng is here!" Lieutenant General Wei Hai hurried over with a white-haired and bearded old man, shouting as he ran.

The soldiers of the Jingbei Army all showed excited expressions: "It's Dr. Chen!" "Mr. Ying Xu is here, the general is saved!"

Zhu Jinkui's heart was full of surprises from a desperate situation. After watching Chen Shiyu check the injury, he asked eagerly, "How?"

Chen Shiyu's expression was serious: "Fortunately, he was a little bit off and didn't cut off his heart veins, but the injury is very serious, and the old man is not fully sure. If he can't be rescued..."

"I don't blame you!" Zhu Jinkai immediately said, "Mr. Yingxu, please do your best. As long as you can save Jincheng, I will treat you as my life. Whatever reward you want, as long as it does not harm the state!"

Chen Shiyu cupped his hands: "Your Majesty is serious. Doctors are parents, and this old man will definitely do his best."

King Yu suddenly called out and woke up from the dream.

The emperor regained his senses in a trance, and looked down to see that his fingers were still pinching the man's chin with green stubble.

The moment King Yu woke up, he was aware of someone beside him, subconsciously turned over and punched at the same time.

The emperor let go in time, turned his head to avoid the blow, his cheek was aching from the fist wind.He shouted in a deep voice: "Zhu Xujing!"

King Yu was stunned, then withdrew his strength, lay down lazily on the bed, and said: "The holy car is here, and the minister is terrified, but he is sick and cannot get up to salute. I hope the emperor will forgive me."