General Zhiyi

His Royal Highness is quite interesting.

Tang Jingxu yawned out of boredom, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the young man kneeling on the altar of offering sacrifices to heaven to accept the canonization of Emperor Yin Jinyuan.

The boy was wearing a gorgeous bright yellow embroidered five-dragon gown, with nine white beads on his head, and a white jade rhinoceros hairpin passing through his hair. There was no trace of blood on his solemn and solemn face. His figure was very thin. It was obviously too big for him, and it was bulging by the mountain wind on the altar of offering sacrifices to heaven. The mountain wind was so strong that the yellow flag fluttered. He knelt there firmly, kowtowed respectfully to Yin Jinyuan, and then Raising his face, closing his eyes, Yin Jinyuan dipped his hand in cinnabar and lightly tapped a red heart mark on the center of his brow.

This red heart seal is the promise made by the future monarch of the Yin country to thousands of people, that is, to promise the country forever with the heart of a child.

Tang Jingxu squinted at the ministers who were kneeling with him under the altar of offering sacrifices to heaven. Not surprisingly, he saw several livid faces. He raised his eyebrows slightly under the cover of the crowd, and his eyes fell on the prince again. , from his angle, he happened to be able to see the prince's side face every time he kowtowed, and with his excellent eyesight, he naturally saw more than others.

After receiving the red heart seal, the prince raised his hands and folded them on his forehead, and slowly bent down to bow down. At the moment when he touched the ground, Tang Jingxu saw the deep expression on his face again without any surprise. Deeply disgusted, it instantly disintegrated the previous elegance and gentleness.

Tang Jingxu couldn't help but slander: Is this the prince of Yin Kingdom so unwilling?

After the canonization ceremony was over, the crown prince got up and turned to the people under the altar of worship. All the courtiers bowed down. Tang Jingxu raised his eyes and met the young man's deep eyes.

To be honest, the position of the crown prince can be said to have fallen from the sky.

The royal family of the Yin Kingdom has always been weak, and now the Emperor Yin is devoted to state affairs. He has been on the throne for 20 years. Apart from the queen, there are only two concubines in the harem. Yin Jinyuan is over half a hundred years old, but there are only three princesses under his knees. The eldest prince unfortunately died within a hundred days of his birth. The second prince grew up to fifteen, intelligent and benevolent. He was supposed to be in charge of the East Palace, but two years ago he also fell into a fool due to illness.

Seeing that the royal family had no successors, the ministers were in a hurry, and they wrote to the emperor to fill the harem every three days. Under the pressure, Yin Jinyuan had no choice but to appoint a few nobles, but at this age, Yin Jinyuan really had more than he could do. He couldn't give birth to a son for a while, but the emperor was not in a hurry, but the eunuch was in a hurry. Eunuch Liu, the loyal eunuch who had served Yin Jinyuan for decades, suddenly remembered something, and ran to his case in small steps, shouting: " Your Majesty, do you still remember the Shuiyue girl by the Liuying River?"

Yin Jinyuan's writing hand trembled, and a large drop of ink dripped on the memorial. Only then did he remember that 13 years ago, he visited the border of the Yin Kingdom privately in a micro-service, and met a celestial being by the Liuying River, which was separated from the territory of the Canglang clan. Woman, fell in love at first sight, the girl was pure in heart, and was also attracted by Yin Jinyuan's extraordinary appearance and conversation, and the two fell in love quickly.

Half a month later, the woman was pregnant, and when Yin Jinyuan was returning to the palace, he was about to reveal his identity and bring her back to the palace, but he was assassinated. The passerby seemed to have planned it for a long time, and there were not many people around Yinhuang. , soon fell into a disadvantage, and on the way to escape in a crisis, Shuiyue got lost.

After returning to the palace, Yin Jinyuan sent many people to look for it, but there was still no trace. Coupled with the heavy state affairs, Shuiyue's figure gradually faded from Yin Jinyuan's mind. Affection came to my heart in an instant, and I couldn't help thinking that if Shuiyue escaped, the child would be 12 years old. I don't know if his emperor's son is a boy or a girl. Thinking of this, he felt full of guilt .

Seeing the bitterness on Yin Jinyuan's face, Eunuch Liu smiled reassuringly: "Your Majesty, Miss Shuiyue is still alive, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince has grown up safely. This servant got the news yesterday..."

On the second day, a large group of people left the imperial city and headed for a small town in the west at the emperor's order. The leader was Tang Jingxu, the 15-year-old only son of General Tang's mansion.

After rushing for seven days in a row, everyone arrived at Luoxia Town in the western border of Yin Country.

As far as the eye can see, it is full of loess and wind and sand, and the houses are sparse and dilapidated. The territory of the Canglang tribe is only a few hundred miles away from Luoxia Town. The barbarians with natural advantages can only barely survive, all of them are sallow and thin, and even the faces of young children are faintly stained with wind and frost.

The arrival of the troops from the imperial city inevitably caused a great uproar in this desolate town. The townspeople all showed panic, shut their doors tightly, and shivered at home, fearing that they would be dragged into the ranks of men.

Tang Jingxu got off his horse, handed the reins to the soldier beside him, walked straight to the nearest door, raised his hand and knocked lightly, the owner of the house shivered immediately, thinking that he couldn't avoid it, he shook his heart and comforted him. After saying a few words to his wife, he boldly opened the door, met Tang Jingxu's smiling eyes, and asked respectfully, "I wonder what's the matter with this little official?"

"Excuse me, I would like to ask my elder brother, is there a woman named 'Shuiyue' in Luoxia Town?" Tang Jingxu bowed his hands in return.

"Shuiyue?" The owner was stunned for a moment, his eyes wandered for a moment, and he muttered, "No...no, there is no such person in the town."

Tang Jingxu, who has been very good at reading words since he was a child, can tell the owner's duplicity at a glance. His reaction just shows that they are in the right place. After deliberating for a while, Tang Jingxu turned to look at the owner's wife who was hiding in the house. The child behind him raised his lips slightly: "Does my brother want to go to a private school in the city?"

The child was about eleven or twelve years old. At this age, he already had his own opinions. In his shallow life experience, the person at the door was the second boy he had ever seen who looked like a fairy. His elder brother is completely different, but the two of them exude a unique aura from head to toe, even from the inside out, which is incompatible with this down-and-out border town. At this moment, the child has an epiphany, His elder brother really wouldn't be subservient to this dirty Luoxia town.

At the same time, an unprecedented strong desire rose in the child's heart. He also wanted to get out of here, and he didn't want to spend his whole life here, so he nodded emphatically: "I want to."

Seeing this, the house owner's clenched fist suddenly loosened. He lowered his head, raised his finger and pointed eastward, and said in a low voice, "They live in the small courtyard at the end."

Tang Jingxu thanked him, summoned a soldier to give some instructions, ordered the people behind him to stand by, and walked towards the east of the town alone.

Seeing two figures standing in front of the small courtyard not far away, Tang Jingxu approached, secretly surprised at the woman's beautiful face that did not show any signs of aging, respectfully knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted: "Shuiyue Empress , His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and my minister Tang Jingxu, according to the order of the Holy Majesty, I will take the Empress and Your Highness back to the palace."

There was no surprise on Shuiyue's face, she just nodded lightly.

Tang Jingxu stood up on his own, and only then could he see the face of the young man beside Shuiyue. The young man's eyes resembled his mother's, and the deep facial contour vaguely carried the characteristics of a foreigner. Although it was not particularly obvious, it was still In the eyes of a caring person, what is there that cannot be seen?In this way, Tang Jingxu could foresee that the two mother and son would inevitably listen to her from time to time in the palace.

"Liansheng, go into the house and drink the medicine, let's go." Shuiyue said softly.

Liansheng nodded, turned around and entered the room, and came out again after a while, he closed the door, and carefully locked the door, then walked back to Shuiyue, said: "Mother, the medicine is drunk, and the things are gone." Tidy up."

Shuiyue let out a "hmm", looked at Tang Jingxu, and said, "That's going to be troublesome."

Tang Jingxu smiled: "Where you are negligent, look at Haihan."

The journey back to the palace was very long. Because he brought the weak lady and the third prince who was obviously sick, it inevitably took a lot longer than when he went there. Tang Jingxu is not impatient, he is leisurely, so he should take a trip to the mountains along the way Playing with water.

Along the way, the mother and child in the carriage were unbelievably quiet, and Tang Jingxu couldn't help being curious about the two people who flew up the branches and turned into phoenixes, not to mention that they were not affected at all even though they had lived in a place like Luoxia Town for more than ten years , without a trace of vulgarity on his body, during the rest, from the occasional conversations, Tang Jingxu also accidentally discovered that the words and deeds of the third prince are simply many times more elegant than those of the princes and nobles in the imperial city, and from his conversation Look, it is no exaggeration to say that he is full of economics.

Tang Jingxu didn't believe how powerful literati would live in seclusion in a place like Luoxia Town. In this way, Tang Jingxu looked at Shuiyue with a little more respect from the bottom of his heart. If the prince really ascends to the throne one day, he won't have too much worry.

In the following year, Tang Jingxu rarely heard news about the mother and son. They had no so-called family background, or they had no intention of fighting at all, and they seemed to be living in an unusually peaceful way in the palace.

When Old General Tang mentioned at the dinner table that Yin Jinyuan had made Yin Liansheng, the prince born to a concubine of a different race, the crown prince despite many criticisms, Tang Jingxu didn't have much reaction. After all, this matter was completely within his expectations. He just responded lightly: "Oh."

Unexpectedly, Old General Tang put down his chopsticks suddenly, and said seriously, "What do you think?"

The matter of conferring the crown prince was very sudden. Old General Tang also learned the inside story from him. He said that the third prince had been seriously ill for a long time. Yin Jinyuan was afraid that he would not be able to survive, so he followed the advice of the national teacher and planned to use Yin Guo The identity of the future monarch, Xiangtian protects this child.

Tang Jingxu's hand holding the meatballs trembled. Seeing that the meatballs were about to fall into the soup bowl, and the splash of soup would inevitably be said, he quickly picked up the rice bowl and stretched it forward, and put the meatballs into the bowl accurately, then shrugged. Shrugging, said: "I don't really think about it."

Old General Tang obviously didn't let go of his plan, and frowned and said, "Our Tang family has been a general for generations, and we have taken the responsibility of defending our home and country. , besides, you were the one who brought him back, tell me, how about the third prince?"

Tang Jingxu bit off the meatball with a huff and grinned from the hot soup splashing out of the meatball. Feeling helpless to be forced to talk about state affairs at the dinner table, he replied perfunctorily: "Foresighted, gentle and elegant, fine."

Seeing him being so perfunctory, Old General Tang snorted coldly, but didn't say any more.

The thoughts returned, the canonization ceremony was over, Yin Jinyuan and Yin Liansheng walked down from the altar of offering sacrifices to heaven, all the ministers stood up and separated from each other, and then they were going to escort Yinhuang and the crown prince back to the palace.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred in the crowd, and dozens of guards suddenly threw away the imperial flags in their hands, drew out their knives from their waists, and attacked Yin Jinyuan and Yin Liansheng, causing uproars one after another With a scream, the generals present immediately stepped forward to meet the enemy.

These people obviously came prepared, and all of them are very skilled. Tang Jingxu was fighting with a guard. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few tall eunuchs jumping out of the crowd. His eyelids twitched and he kicked away. The former guard subconsciously looked in Yin Liansheng's direction.

Facing the assassins scrambling to attack, Yin Liansheng was extraordinarily calm, the nine pins on his forehead didn't even shake, even if he fell into the hands of the leading assassin the next moment, he just swept Tang Jingxu lightly. At a glance, it seemed that he couldn't see the big knife lying in front of him at all.

The assassin grabbed Yin Liansheng, showed a bloodthirsty sneer, and chopped off his neck without hesitation.

Yin Jinyuan, who was guarded by everyone behind him, immediately turned pale, and shouted: "Emperor!"