The lonely moon hangs high in the sky, surrounded by stars in all directions.
In the Yaoguang Hall, Prince Li Shi was sitting upright, at the top, while civil servants and military generals stood with their hands folded, arranged on the left and right, and the atmosphere was solemn.
On the dining table in front of everyone, there is plenty of wine and wine, and jade plates of delicacies are arranged, but they can't arouse the slightest appetite. The maids who were waiting for the dance studio have just left, and the soul-stirring aroma of powder is still there, but
But there was no sign of relief on anyone's face.
Prince Li Shi pondered for a long time before slowly speaking: "Recently, rumors have been spreading in Chang'an, and I was not aware of it. Although my father believed in me, I had no second thoughts, but I couldn't stand the news from my close servants and the comments from the courtiers. In addition, some relatives were adding fuel to the flames.
I want to add insult to injury, so... my father has drafted a handwritten edict and ordered Liu Zhongyi to come here at night. Now that we have arrived at Xianglu Yi, I think it is time to order me to return to the imperial capital to listen to the edict of the Holy Instructions."
Prince Shu Yao of Xiping County was the first to sit still. He stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness has always been loyal and filial, and has the ability to manage the world. How can you restrain your hands and follow the wishes of those who have ulterior motives just because of a few groundless rumors?!"
The Shendu Martial Arts Conference is about to be held, if His Highness is not in charge, I don't know how many changes will occur!"
Henan Yin Xiaojing stood just opposite Ge Shuyao, and immediately folded his hands and saluted, saying: "Your Highness is both a prince and a minister. Once the imperial edict comes, you can only obey it respectfully, in the way of father and son, king and minister."
In the final analysis, the Shendu Martial Arts Conference is just a lively event in Luoyang City. It doesn’t matter whether His Highness goes or not. But if His Highness’ position as Crown Prince is endangered because of this, it will be a waste of time and money, and the gain will not be worth the loss!”
Hearing this, Ge Shu Yao immediately turned around and glared: "Master Xiao! Now Yuan Zai is deliberately staying in the capital of God and refusing to return to the capital on the grounds of the marriage of his third son Yuan Jineng. His intention is obviously for
The 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference' and Rushui Sword are coming. If His Highness is not here by then, can you and I alone stop him from doing whatever he wants?!"
Xiao Jing's eyes narrowed and she immediately refuted: "Now His Highness the Crown Prince has been slandered by others, accusing him of trying to use the 'Sword of Water' to win people's hearts and plot to usurp the throne! Rumors have spread that the three of them have become a tiger, and even the saint has become suspicious. If His Highness still returns
If you dare to resist and disobey the decree, wouldn’t you be personally convinced of this slanderous crime?!”
Seeing that the two of them were angry, Li Changyuan quickly stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, you two! With Pindao's understanding of the saint, His Royal Highness will definitely be in danger when he returns to Chang'an; but if he insists on staying in Luo City, he will
Danger is everywhere.”
After hearing this, the two of them asked in unison: "Why?"
However, Li Changyuan stopped looking at the two of them and turned around to pay homage to the Crown Prince Li Shi: "Your Highness! The person who dared to use the Rushui Sword as a guide this time to frame His Highness with bad words is none other than Yuan Zai, Tian Chengsi and his ilk. The former is a Guju.
Minister, the latter is a high official in the border area. The two failed to seize the sword on the Tongyuan Canal, so they must have a grudge, so this behavior is expected. Now His Highness only needs to obey the order and do it, and the rumors can be put to rest.
The attack breaks itself.
On the contrary, there has been an undercurrent surging in Luoyang City recently, and bad things have happened frequently! Pindao heard the news from several fellow Taoists. In the past five or six days, not only heroes from all over the world, but knights from all over the world have gathered in Luoyang, and they are facing the water-like sword.
It must be won; even the Tang Sect in Central Sichuan, the Rouge Valley in Dongwu, the Diancang Sect in Nanzhao, the Xiaoxiang Sect in Lingnan and other martial arts sects have also sent their experts to show off their power in the 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference'.
At noon today, I got another volume of the "Top Capital List of Two Capitals" by chance. The list contains the value of the head of the person who wanted to assassinate this year in "Yishui Pavilion". I am not talented, so I am on the list, and my head is worth it.
In exchange for eight hundred taels of silver; the Prince of Xiping County and Mr. Xiao were both on the list, and their heads could be exchanged for one thousand taels of silver. The most horrifying thing is that His Highness the Crown Prince’s head was worth ten thousand taels of gold.
Topping the list…”
"Snapped!"
A secret-colored porcelain tea cup was smashed into pieces in the palace, and all the officials and generals were shocked. Li Changyuan also hurriedly stopped talking, raised his eyes and looked up, and confessed to the prince Li Shi.
"Rebellious ministers and traitors! Really rebellious ministers and traitors!!"
Prince Li Shi supported the dining table with his arms, his fingers trembling, and shouted angrily, "Unexpectedly, someone dared to promise a huge sum of money in order to use the hands of the Yishui Pavilion assassin to take my life! I will never do anything about this matter.
Don't give up! Not only will the person who promised the huge sum of money be caught and sentenced to death! The 'Yishui Pavilion' will also be uprooted and killed!"
At this time, the old man in armor, who had been sitting on the right hand of Prince Li Shi with his head bowed and silent, finally clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, calm down! Although 'Yishui Pavilion' is only interested in profit, the master of the pavilion is not a brainless person. How could he do it for
These yellow and white things are going to assassinate the crown prince and make the entire prosperous dynasty an enemy? It really goes against the good teaching of 'not fighting for the top of the world'. Therefore, the veteran asserts that the assassins of 'Yishui Pavilion' will never dare to take action against His Highness."
Prince Li Shi's anger subsided slightly, but he still looked evil and said: "Guo Linggong, you are not the master of Yishui Pavilion, why do you think they will not take risks for the sake of wealth?"
Guo Ziyi, who was the secretary of the Sheng Dynasty at that time and the ambassador of Shuofang Jiedu, said immediately and unhurriedly: "Your Highness! No matter who is offering the reward of ten thousand gold, he must know that the East Palace Guards are powerful. How can ordinary assassins succeed? In this case
, which assassin in 'Yishui Pavilion' dares to come and take this job where life is earned but life is spent?
Therefore, that person's original intention was to make His Highness avoid chaos and strengthen his own defense, so that he would no longer have the energy to send the East Palace Guards to compete with the heroes at the 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference'. In this way, they would also
There is one less powerful enemy. The Prince of Xiping County, Mr. Xiao, is on the list together with His Highness, so I think it is the same!"
After everyone listened, they all felt that what he said made sense.
Guo Ziyi smoothed his gray beard and then continued: "Therefore, the veteran believes that regardless of whether His Highness is determined to win the 'Rushui Sword', it is not appropriate for the East Palace Guards to participate in the martial arts competition of the "Shendu Martial Arts Conference". If you win, you will only win."
He is ridiculed as using his power to overwhelm others; if he loses, he will be ashamed and helpless."
Seeing that he was provoking his thoughts, Prince Li Shi said displeasedly: "On the Tongyuan Canal at that time, I listened to the advice of Master Chang Yuan and Master Xiao and agreed to use the method of 'fighting for supremacy' to decide which
The ownership of 'Rushui Sword' is not because I don't have the power to take it by force, but I just don't want to be called a hero in the world, and I underestimated my mind, Mr. Li.
Therefore, I am thinking of being cunning and preparing to order my masters to pretend to be knights and knights, and go to the 'Shendu Martial Arts Conference' to win back the 'Water Sword' honorably. This will not only frighten the crowd, but also make people proud.
The heroes from all over the world were convinced. Why did Guo Linggong say that the moment became a chess move that would lead to both advance and retreat?"
Guo Ziyi laughed and said: "Not only is it inappropriate for the guards of the East Palace to participate, but it is also inappropriate for the King of Xiping County to order the athletes in the camp to fight on the stage."
As soon as these words came out, Ge Shu Yao couldn't sit still anymore: "Why did Guo Linggong say this?"
Guo Ziyi stopped laughing and said: "It's all about the rivers and lakes! Originally, these people in the rivers, lakes and forests were entangled with each other. This time they went on stage to take revenge and seize the sword. Naturally, they flocked to it and competed for the first place. But if it was a male
If the people from the Gongmen and the Junmen join forces and get involved, they will temporarily put aside their grudges and become hostile. If they join forces to deal with the people from the Gongmen and the Junmen, in the end they will lose both the people and the army!"
When Li Changyuan saw Prince Li Shi, Ge Shuyao's face was full of uncertainty. It was obvious that although he agreed with this principle, he was still unwilling to accept it. He immediately smiled brightly and said: "If your highness and the people under the command of Prince Xiping do have some naturalized people from the world,
How can a good player participate in this competition?"
Guo Ziyi smiled knowingly: "Master Changyuan, please be patient! If Mr. Guo can figure out the key to this, how come he doesn't have a way to deal with it?"
After hearing this, Prince Li Shi and Brother Shu Yao's eyes lit up. Li Changyuan struck while the iron was hot: "I would like to hear the details!"
Guo Ziyi drank a cup of fragrant mash for herself, drank it up, and laughed loudly: "Guo Shu has never been a good dog, so he had to fight cocks and run horses, follow orders and eat wine. When he was still young, he met a group of fox friends! In recent years, his temper has gradually faded.
Cai asked Princess Shengping to take care of him and opened a "Yueyi Tower" beside the new pond in Lidefang, which was regarded as a way to correct his evil ways.
More than a month ago, when I heard that the "Shendu Martial Arts Conference" was about to start, Quanzi also gathered a group of wanderers and street knights who didn't know the heights of the world. They were going to go to the square platform to kill everyone. I gave them a good beating. Now.
Come to think of it, Dong Gong, a good businessman, could disguise himself as a common man and use the name of "Yueyi Tower" to go on stage and compete.
In this way, even if people in the world see through it, it can be inferred that these good players are so skilled that they go to fight on their own initiative and have nothing to do with the public or the military. But if someone wins the 'Rushui Sword', it can be
Heavily rewarded with money to establish his reputation!"
Prince Li Shicheng immediately slapped the case and said with a smile: "Guo Linggong's method is somewhat suspected of 'pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger', but it is also a wonderful method! In this way, several East Palace guards who have followed me for many years can take advantage of this opportunity to take the stage.
Show your skills and show off your skills. You will be happy if you succeed, and you will be happy if you fail!"
Ge Shuyao also laughed and said: "What Your Highness said is what the general is thinking. In my camp, there happen to be a few gangsters who have been in the rivers and lakes and are full of gangsters. They mostly rely on military merit and refuse to obey the rules. This
Then I will borrow the hands of heroes from all walks of life to rub away their arrogance!"
When Li Changyuan heard this, he felt relieved, knowing that he had tried to persuade the prince to stay away from this dispute, and he had a better chance of winning.
The emergence of the "Russian Sword" was originally an ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootata was concocted by him and Gongsun Xuantong.
After hearing about the "Sword Like Water", the coffin was sealed, so that the vassal town and foreign ambitions could be completely eliminated.
As for the ownership of the "Sword Like Water", no matter what ingenious tricks are used, it must be ensured that it belongs to the public. Finally, the prince and the saints were mentioned, and they suggested that they follow the method of the First Emperor and sell the "Sword Like Water" with the sharp edge and cast it into gold.
People have a weak heart and will not submit to the world. In this way, the public case left behind back then can be regarded as a successful conclusion...
When he thought of this, Li Changyuan immediately raised his hands and said with a smile: "I, together with all my Taoist friends, wish in advance that the heroic men led by the East Palace Guards and the camp in Luo City will be successful and triumphant!"
As soon as the words fell, several people laughed heartily in the hall. At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed in with the sound of wooden clogs, and said in a high-pitched voice:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Angel Liu Zhongyi has arrived outside the Chongguang Gate and wants to say hello to His Highness!"
Prince Li Shi suddenly stood up: "Go back to the East Palace."