Jiang Qing

"Are you going to seek revenge from him?" Zhao Jinghe hesitated for a moment, but said, "I shouldn't have persuaded you with such a big enmity, but you have to be careful, the Anxiang Pavilion is far more terrifying than you imagined. It's not that my brother is trying to win the throne, I will definitely not cooperate with them. I have only seen the man in black two or three times. Even if he stands in front of me now, I can't recognize him. They People like that like to hide behind other people's backs when they do things, and they don't show their faces easily. People like this are the most difficult to figure out, and if they don't pay attention, they will be used as knives, plan for them, and kill for them."

"My elder brother is that kind of knife." Zhao Jinghe sighed softly, walked out the door and looked at Cangshan Mountain in the distance.

It was covered with greenery, surrounded by clouds and wind, and it was the place where her elder brother was buried.

Mei Shao followed his gaze and looked over, the wind gently brushed the hair beside his ear, but he could hear horse neighing and people shouting and the sound of fighting from the mountain, it was his father's last battlefield.

"But I don't regret it." Zhao Jinghe withdrew his gaze and gave a very shallow smile, "I understand brother, a proud man like him who is expected to grow up, has been taught since he was a child to take on the important task of managing the country According to his words, he has grown into what Li Guo needs, but then he was told that he would not be able to get the position, and his beliefs of more than twenty years collapsed in an instant, so I will not be surprised by any actions he makes."

From the prince who attracted thousands of attention, to the emperor's father making Zhao Zhen the prince, making him the crown prince, and finally making him the emperor, step by step, the torment in Zhao Jue's heart may only be known to him.

"What I regret is that I didn't kill myself before Ling Che's army rushed in." Zhao Jinghe laughed at himself, "So, this may be my punishment, making me marry my brother-killing enemy."

Knowing the truth about King Jing's suicide from Bai Bingchen, Mei Shao's mood is very different now, he was silent for a moment, and said: "Your brother should hope that you can live even more."

It was just her own random words, Zhao Jinghe didn't expect him to give such a response, she seemed to realize something, and asked softly: "You know something, don't you?"

Mei Shao finally couldn't bear to meet Zhao Jing and Xiji's eyes, and told him what he knew from Bai Bingchen, "When I was in Cangzhou, I made a deal with Bai Bingchen and asked him some old things .”

Mei Shao made up a reason for how he got the news, and continued: "He told me that King Jing was not killed by General Ling back then, he killed himself."

"Impossible!" Zhao Jinghe denied his words almost instantly.

She knew Zhao Jue's temperament best, even if he was at the end of the road, as long as Zhao Zhen hadn't ordered him to die, he would have survived for the future, how could he kill himself.

"He exchanged his own head for Ling Che's military merits. Afterwards, Ling Che went to see His Majesty, and asked to make you the eldest princess."

Mei Shao stated what he knew, but she didn't connect these two things firmly, but Zhao Jinghe was not a fool, after thinking about it for a while, she understood what was going on, and she was so confused that she didn't know what to say.

She is not like Zhao Jingning who loves to be coquettish, even in front of her respected elder brother, she rarely acts like a little girl.Afterwards, Zhao Jue focused all his attention on seizing the heir, and his temperament became cold and forceful, let alone getting close to her.

He regarded the throne as the destination he pursued all his life, but at the last moment, between life and death, he chose to take his own life, planning for Zhao Jinghe's stability for the rest of his life.

"It's impossible....... I don't believe it......." Zhao Jinghe's eyes surged with strong resistance, she bit her lip, trying her best not to let tears fall from her already wet eyes.

"Go and call the general in... go!" She couldn't help herself in the struggle, and suddenly thought of Ling Che, and shouted at the maid.

When Ling Che came in, he saw Zhao Jinghe's eyes were slightly red and he was about to fall into tears. Almost instantly, he protected Zhao Jinghe behind him, piercing his lingering eyes towards Mei Shao, as if Ask him for an explanation.

Mei Shao smiled wryly and nodded towards Zhao Jinghe, only then did Ling Che realize that her trembling hands were grabbing his cuff.

"Your Highness?"

"You were there when brother died. Tell me, His Majesty personally ordered his death, and you stabbed the knife into his chest, right?" She looked calm and restrained, hiding her strong emotions Under the eyes, nothing is revealed.

"Yes." Ling Che replied without hesitation.

"Then why did His Majesty suddenly designate me as the eldest princess, why didn't he kill me, why did he spare my life?"

"It's me." Ling Che focused her eyes on himself forcefully, "I used the military merit of killing your brother to beg His Majesty. It was also me, and it was me who killed your brother."

He seemed to be able to feel what Mei Shao said to her, and told her gently and forcefully, "I did these things, you should hate me, you are not wrong."

"But I heard a different answer today." Zhao Jinghe's eyelashes were trembling slightly, and she looked at Ling Che with deep and sad eyes, "How long are you going to keep from me, General? I don't need you one by one Protecting Jiaohua in my arms, I need to know how my elder brother died, and did he leave me any words when he died. I have hated you for four years, don't force me to hate you more, speak! Tell me Me, the truth."

"That's the truth." Ling Che stiffened his neck and refused to let go.

"Okay, okay." Zhao Jinghe smiled wryly, "Since that's the case, the general doesn't have to stay in the mansion anymore. I'll go into the palace and ask His Majesty to allow us to reconcile. I will personally ask Your Majesty if he had any order."

When there was no answer, Zhao Jinghe sneered and walked out.

Suddenly being imprisoned from behind, Ling Che's voice rang in her ears, "Yes... King Jing died by killing himself."

He was not afraid that Zhao Jinghe would reconcile with him, but he was afraid that she would go into the palace to question His Majesty and be punished by His Majesty.

In an instant, Zhao Jinghe felt his hands and feet turn cold. She didn't speak for a while, and just let Ling Che hold her in silence, like a puppet without a soul, her eyes were absent-minded, and her body trembled slightly.

After a long time, the moment she spoke, tears finally rolled down her cheeks, "Brother... what did he say?"

"He asked me to swear that holding his head will protect your life, let you live well, don't get involved in any fights, and live peacefully."

"He also said..."

Ling Che thought back to today four years ago, when he broke through the gate of the palace with a spear in his hand, and saw that noble prince, without the slightest shame or timidity of being defeated, he used the coercion of the superior to force him to swear to protect Jinghe, He pulled out the sword in his hand and placed it around his neck.

He faced the door with a smile, and said to the outside: "Winners and losers have been reasonable since ancient times. But I have never lost to you, Zhao Zhen!"

He smiled presumptuously and called out the new emperor's name, "I lost to Destiny! It was Destiny of Li Country! It was Destiny of Li Country that needs a Zhao Zhen, not that this king is inferior to you Zhao Zhen!"

Blood splattered three feet, staining all the clothes.

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The black-feathered bird fluttered across the sky, passed through the noisy alley, landed in a hidden courtyard, and landed on a person in the courtyard.

She untied the thin tube under the black bird's feet with her own hands, and tapped lightly on the door a few times.

"Come in."

After getting approval, the woman opened the door and walked in. There were two people sitting face to face inside. She did not raise her head, but knelt and offered the things.

The young master opened the note and looked at it. Just as he was about to speak, he found that the eyes of the person opposite were lingering on the woman.

"Master, you know the rules very well." He joked, "Your appearance is good, but you don't know how you feel when you are in the same room with someone who looks like your mother all day long?"

"Ah Yuan has been trained and trained, so he is the best." The young master looked her up and down, "If Enxiang likes it, it is Ah Yuan's blessing."

In his words, he meant to hand over the woman to Zhang Jiudai.

Hearing this, Zhang Jiudai laughed instead, "I don't dare to put such a piercing knife by the bed, but if it is released, everyone will know that she belongs to the young master, so the relationship between us is not good. Got it?"

He withdrew his gaze, no longer cared about the woman kneeling on the ground, took a look at the things in the young master's hand, and frowned.

"It's just that the subordinates messed things up, Enxiang don't need to be so nervous." The young master twisted a piece of candied fruit on the desk and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's just some gunpowder. I don't even feel sorry for it, but Enxiang actually does gone."

"It was your fault that the thing fell on Weihu Mountain." Zhang Jiudai stared straight at the young master, and said, "How could something happen if such a thing is hidden so well?"

"What happened? Isn't it clearly written on it?" The young master looked back at the past without showing any weakness, "Or Enxiang thinks that I have tampered with it and cut off our own money?"

Zhang Jiudai didn't speak, the questioning in his eyes was obvious, but the young master laughed.

"It was Enxiang's new favorite Mei Shao who destroyed Weihu Mountain, and it was Fei Yongchang under the command of Nanyanghou who blew up the gunpowder. Why, Enxiang is not looking for them now, but he is looking for me, the supplier, isn't he?" gone?"

He spoke softly, and Zhang Jiudai couldn't get angry for a while, so he could only frowned impatiently, "Let's not say that the goods are gone, and the waterway in Cangzhou has also been cut off. It will be difficult to mix in the water transport and transport southward in the future." .”

"What are you afraid of? Didn't Your Majesty ask Enxiang's people to supervise the water transportation and taxes? With his forked roads, once Enxiang's people go, can't this road be reopened?" , continued: "This is a good time for us to do business. Gunpowder is hard to get rid of, and salt grains are the treasure that really attracts money."

"I always feel a little uneasy this trip. Your Majesty actually wants two of my ministers to go south. This has never happened before. Such an anomaly is probably written by Bai Bingchen." When Zhang Jiudai mentioned this person, he felt even more depressed.

"Didn't he want to go north? Just leave a group of mobs under him. Enxiang was afraid that he would not be able to handle it. When he was in Cangzhou, Enxiang had already taken back many of his troops. When he came back from the north, the court , is already in the hands of Enxiang." The young master comforted him, "With power and money in hand, Enxiang is afraid that he will not be able to hold His Majesty, an emperor who has no military power?"

"If Prime Minister En hadn't acted too hastily, eager to get even the military power in his hands, and hastily won over Mei Shao, how could there be such a thing as Weihushan?" The young master slowly picked Dan Kou on his nails, The corners of his eyes and brows raised a little charming, "But Mei Shao may not be unavailable, it's just that Enxiang didn't plan to reuse him, and he didn't let him know about his interests. It's not his fault that he moved Enxiang's goods. If you don't believe him, then keeping him in Pingdu will be a bit of a hindrance, why don't you let me get rid of him for Enxiang?"

"He will follow Bai Bingchen to the north."

Hearing this, the young master raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "Oh?"

"It's useless for me to ask for a Mei Shao who is under His Majesty's command for military power. It may be different for Mei Shao who has been brought back to the old department of Yanzhou."

The young master was not surprised by his wolf-like ambition, but smiled slightly and said: "Then I will congratulate Prime Minister in advance, power, money, and soldiers are all in the bag."