Zhi Xuan

Yang Hao led his army to the bandit's hiding place, but found that the building was already empty.

An empty wasteland, only the traces of the fire were left, and the houses and military camps built in the past were all abandoned.

Zu Wu searched the ruins and found a large number of human and horse bones, all of which were charred black and broke into two pieces when they were lightly broken.In addition, a tunnel was found under the ruins, leading directly to the warehouse hidden underground.

According to the confession of the captives, the warehouse was dug by the gangsters themselves, and the location is so secret that even the people who built the hiding place didn't know it.

Every time they go out to loot, the bandits will keep some of them privately.At first, the movements were very small, but after a few times, they were not discovered, but they became more and more courageous and intercepted more and more.In order to prevent anyone from telling the truth, the gangsters restrained each other. No matter which team robbed, the things must be divided equally, and they must not be monopolized.

Zu Wu opened the tunnel, illuminated it with a torch, and prepared to go to the underground warehouse.In order to prevent fraud, the captives were also brought along, and the escorts led the way.

Everyone arrived at the entrance of the warehouse smoothly, and inserted the torch into the groove on the wall.

Under the firelight, the entrance to the warehouse was blocked by stones, and it took a lot of effort to move it away.

There was a wooden door behind the stone. Several soldiers pushed hard together, and with the ear-piercing sound of rubbing, the wooden door was pushed open, and the interior of the warehouse was unobstructed.

"hiss--"

Moving closer to the light of the fire, Wu Qiqi, a soldier in the tunnel, took a deep breath.

The stone room is full of large and small boxes and sacks.

The chests were filled with gold silk and colored treasures, as well as unrefined copper ore.The sacks are mainly grains, including rice, wheat, millet, and millet.There are also a large number of salt blocks, unrefined, many mixed with earth and stones.

Because the box was filled too full, the lid was propped up.

The sacks were stacked together, some of the ropes tied to the mouth had rotted, the grain inside spilled out, and there were traces of mice under the mouth of the bag.

On the ground lay bundles of weapons and arrowheads, both bronze and bone.The signs on the bronze wares mainly come from a few small vassal states, and there are very few large vassal states.

There are still a lot of pottery in the room, and when the seal is opened, it turns out that there is fruit wine produced in Xiyuan country!

Before attacking Yang Qi and his party, these gangsters set up ambushes many times to intercept the passing team.The main victims were caravans, but also envoys from small countries.Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the arrow clusters in their hands, especially from a part of the southern vassal states.

After careful counting, the boxes and sacks in the stone room were shipped out one after another.

Yang Qi glanced at it, and decided to distribute the gold silk to the soldiers, and the colored treasures and bronzes to bring back to Xincheng. The former was dedicated to the king, and the latter was important evidence, proving that these bandits committed a heinous crime. , must be killed!

The bones in the ashes were piled together, judging from the skull fragments, the number exceeded three hundred.If nothing else, it should be the abandoned bandit.

The attack failed, they were useless, and in order to prevent further exposure, they could only be cut and rooted.

Those who did it just wanted to annihilate the traces, and they acted too hastily, failing to discover the tunnels and warehouses.If it wasn't too impatient and the knife was too fast, in order to save their lives, the gangster would definitely confess the hidden treasure underground.

Now, all of this belongs to the Xiyuan Army.

The prisoner walked out of the tunnel, saw the cleaned up bones, and thought of himself, feeling chills down his spine.Fear reached its peak, giving birth to endless hatred.

The hatred is not towards Zhi Xuan, but towards the founder of the Tibetan Army Point.

He and his companions have inherent selfishness, and they do their best every time they act, and they never deal with it.He didn't need to witness it with his own eyes. He was [-]% sure that Liang Sheng would not be able to escape from the battlefield without his companions fighting desperately.

Such a great kindness was not repaid, but the bridge was demolished instead!

Liang Sheng was really too ruthless, he did too absolutely, he killed his savior completely, and discarded it like garbage, he dismissed it!

The more the prisoner thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and he was furious.

Anger did not make him lose his mind, but instead prompted him to think of one thing, one thing that could save his life and take revenge on the other party!

"My lord, sinners have something to say!"

The prisoner struggled and knelt on the ground, with his hands twisted behind his back, he still insisted on raising his head, looking up at Yang Hao on the chariot.

"Liang Sheng sends a message with a pigeon, and the sinner remembers the whistle!"

Yang Hao stood on the car, squinting at the captive on the ground.After a while, when the captives were almost desperate, he showed mercy and ordered people to take the captives down and make a wooden whistle to imitate the whistle sound of calling a carrier pigeon.

"Divide troops to search, and kill anyone suspicious!"

If Liang Sheng was not caught, it was impossible for the army to return.Yang Hao ordered the division of troops and cleared the surrounding areas.If there are prairie tribes and bandits and savages who happen to appear, I'm sorry, just consider yourself unlucky.

When Yang Hao raised his troops, the Chinese doctor who carried the memorial traveled day and night, changing five horses along the way, shortening the time by nearly half, and arriving at the capital at an astonishing speed.

Doctor Zhong showed Yuhuan, his representative identity, and entered the city smoothly. Afterwards, he went to the government office, clarified his clan identity and official position, and was taken into the palace that day.

At that time, the king of men was reprimanding the prince.

The prince made a mistake during the spring plowing sacrifice, and was seized by two brothers and sued to the imperial court.

The sacrifice of spring plowing has a lot to do with it, and it is out of trust and support for the king to hand it over to the prince.Who would have thought that the prince would make a mistake, and it was a big mistake that could not be concealed!

"Prince, how do you explain?!"

The King of Humans was furious, and even hated that iron could not be made into steel.

He had already handed the rice bowl to the prince, but instead of eating it, he spilled it all over the floor!

How does this make him not angry, how not angry!

As the son grows older, the relationship between father and son is no longer as close as it was in the early years, and this has been the case for generations of kings.

The king of men is indeed wary of the prince, but he never thought of setting up another prince!

The crown prince is the eldest son, the first son of him and the queen. No matter in terms of identity or emotion, he devotes more to this son, far more than other sons.

The prince in the early years was also considered clever, and he performed well after joining politics, which made the king very gratified.In the past two years, it seemed like a different person, and his performance in the court was getting worse day by day, which was shocking.

The prince bears a lot of pressure, and the King of Kings sees it all.

But what is this?

To ascend to a high position and rule the country, all these must be faced!

This is how the king of men walked, and so did the kings of the various vassal states.If you are crushed halfway, you will lose the qualification to hold authority.

Ren Wang couldn't help but think of Zhi Xuan.

The young Marquis Nishihara could do it, why couldn't his son?

Not being able to stand out from the crowd, instead made him extremely disappointed, more and more disappointed every time.

Facing the king's anger, the prince chose the worst way to deal with it. He stood in the hall without saying a word, confronting his father with silence, seeing his brother's pride, his eyes were full of resentment.

Seeing this scene, King Ren was in a complicated mood, swallowed the reprimand, and even lost interest, not wanting to say another word.

The change of King Ren was obvious. The prince was resentful, but the two princes were happy, and one of them spoke boldly: "Father, my brother neglected to sacrifice, and my son is willing to replace..."

Before the prince could finish speaking, the king's anger was provoked again, and he scolded: "Shut up! Use spring plowing sacrifices to fight for power and profit, how brave you are!"

The prince was so scolded that his face was pale and he was sluggish on the spot.

The prince was very relieved.

Looking at his sons, King Ren felt very tired. He asked himself that he had done everything he could, why did his son grow up like this?

Narrow-minded, cowardly and incompetent, short-sighted.

He envied the former Xiyuan Kingdom, no matter what Yuan Cheng himself was, at least he had a qualified heir who could shoulder the responsibility and would not be ashamed of his ancestors!

Just as he was thinking about it, the servants outside the palace reported that the Marquis of Xiyuan presented the letter of credence, and reported to the king something important.

Because the king was furious in the palace, the servants were trembling, and they were very careful when reporting, lest they direct their anger to themselves.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

Hearing that it was the Marquis of Xiyuan, the king's anger subsided a little, and he ordered people to enter the palace.

"Meet the king!"

After entering the palace, the Chinese doctor paid homage to the king, saluted the prince and the two princes, and presented the letter of credence.

There were as many as five volumes of bamboo slips, and the King of Kings flipped through each volume, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and at last he snapped at the table: "Bold and outrageous!"

I don't know what was written on the bamboo slips, which could make the king so angry. The prince and the two princes shrank their necks and lowered their heads at the same time, trying to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible.

Doctor Zhong is as stable as Mount Tai.

Before setting off, Zhixuan revealed to him the contents of the letter of credence, the king's attitude was expected, anger is inevitable, but the anger will never reach Zhixuan, nor will it be directed at Xiyuan Kingdom.

Doctor Zhong took the reassurance early, his face was calm and stable.

After venting his anger and calming down, the King of Kings could roughly guess Zhixuan's purpose by reading the credentials again.

If it were other princes, he would think that the other party was tricky and cunning, and would do anything by hook or by crook.Zhi Xuan is not the case.He is really too young, and with all the previous actions, the king has a good impression of him, and it is inevitable that he will have a little more love and pity.

Succession at a young age has to face dual pressures from inside and outside, and the difficulties can be imagined.Looking at Zhixuan's complaint, Ren Wang couldn't help empathizing, and suddenly felt that the person who did it was not a thing.

It's really embarrassing to use such low-handed means to deal with a young man without daring to be upright and honest!

The king is well versed in political tactics. In his opinion, the people behind the scenes not only underestimate the instigation, but most likely want to use him as a gun to make him misunderstand Zhixuan and dissatisfy Xiyuan Kingdom.

It may seem audacious, but in fact, there are precedents.

When he first succeeded to the throne, there were big clans from Zhongdu City inside, and great feudal princes with great military exploits outside. The predicament he faced was so similar to Zhixuan's, and he was used and persecuted more than one thing.Because of this, Renwang can empathize with Zhixuan's crying grievances.It's not that he doesn't know Zhi Xuan's purpose, but he is willing to help.

Putting down the memorabilia and looking at the three sons in the hall, the king felt his teeth itch more and more.He is jealous of Yuan Cheng, as a father, he is sincerely jealous!

Zhixuan complained to King Ren for the purpose of vaccination and eliminating hidden dangers in advance.Not wanting to sue the effect too well, Ren Wang waved his hand and decided to help him.

"Prince Xuan Huai!"

The King of Humans decided that the person who planned the attack had such big plans that he even planned to plot against him, and his anger could not be dispelled, so he simply bestowed even greater favors on Zhixuan.

"Yuan's married daughter, Wang Zihuai will marry her in person!"

When the decree came out, the capital city was in an uproar.

The honor that can only be obtained by marrying the main wife has now fallen to a side wife.

Mrs. Xiang came to see the joke again, but Mrs. Ji didn't accept the trick, she said a few words to drive away her popularity, and pressed the letter from home, not allowing people in the house to discuss and provoke, and severely punished if caught.

After Wang Zihuai returned to the mansion, he immediately went to see Mrs. Ji to explain the whole story.

Mrs. Ji shook her head, expressing that she didn't care, and said seriously: "Husband, the king's order should be obeyed, and I don't take it to heart."

In her opinion, this matter does not hinder her, on the contrary, it will make her position more stable.If it works properly, it will be of great benefit to Wang Zihuai.

What concerned her the most was King Ren's attitude towards Marquis Xiyuan.This kind of trust and love for his courtiers is really surprising.Fortunately, Wang Zihuai and Marquis Xiyuan have a good relationship. If they can leverage their strength, it will be beneficial to the Ji family.

and……

Mrs. Ji's eyes flickered slightly, and she ordered the maid to step back, and when the door was closed, she said seriously: "My husband, I asked you on the day of the wedding, and I will ask you again today, do you really have no expectations for the throne?"

Not the prince, but the throne.

Wang Zihuai raised his head abruptly, facing Mrs. Shangji's delicate and beautiful face, he did not give an answer immediately as he did on the wedding night, but he was in a state of mind and couldn't speak for a long time.