After glancing at Prince Xiang Zhao Hongjing on the carriage, Prince Huan Zhao Hongxuan simply walked towards Prince Huan's Mansion, as if he hadn't seen the third brother.
Seeing this, Xiang Wang Hongjing cursed secretly in his heart, and quickly got off the carriage and chased after him: "Hongxuan, Hongxuan."
Zhao Hongxuan, who was walking in front, stopped, turned around with a frown, glanced at King Xiang Hongjing, and said impatiently: "What do you want, King Xiang?"
Seeing that Zhao Hongxuan didn't even call him "Brother Three Kings" but directly called himself by his king's title, Prince Xiang Hongjing couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
However, when he thought of his purpose of coming, Xiang Wang Hongjing still endured it, forced out a smile, and said with a smile: "Hongxuan, why don't you invite Brother Yu to come and sit in the house?"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongxuan frowned and looked at Xiang Wang Hongjing, and said impatiently: "What's the matter with you?"
In fact, it was an unlucky time for Xiang Wang Hongjing to arrive just when Zhao Hongxuan was upset.
Zhao Hongxuan didn't have a good impression of Prince Xiang Hongjing in the first place. Now that he was in a very bad mood, how could he give him a good look?
Fortunately, King Xiang Hongjing's city was deep, so even if Zhao Hongxuan was so rude, he did not fall out. Instead, he hinted with a smile: "Hongxuan, if you have more connections, you will have more paths. If you come sincerely for your brother, why should you reject people thousands of miles away?
"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan looked at Xiang Wang Hongjing up and down, nodded as if reluctantly, and finally invited Xiang Wang Hongjing into the house.
Led Prince Xiang Hongjing to the main hall of the front yard of Prince Huan's Mansion, Zhao Hongxuan ordered the servants in the mansion to serve tea, and then sent those servants away. At this time, only Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongjing, and two others were left in the hall.
Several of the people’s clan guards.
"After Hongrun left the pavilion and opened a mansion, this is the first time for me to come here..."
After taking a sip of tea, Prince Xiang Hongjing looked at the furnishings, calligraphy and paintings in the lobby, and praised them.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongxuan didn't take this trick at all, and said coldly: "If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. If you come to chat with me when you have nothing to do... I won't accompany you."
King Xiang Hongjing felt secretly angry in his heart.
To be fair, he doesn't think highly of Zhao Hongxuan, a brother. In his opinion, Zhao Hongxuan is just a middle-aged man. However, this kid has a half-brother, Zhao Hongrun, who is better than his brothers. That's how he has managed to survive today.
In this regard, what qualifications do you have to show off to him?
"If you didn't have a good brother, you would be just like Lao Qi at best!"
Xiang Wang Hongjing couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart.
The seventh child in his mouth, that is, "Yi Wang Zhao Hongyin", has mediocre qualifications and mediocre strength of his uncle's family. Therefore, apart from getting a royal title that all princes get in recent years, he has almost no sense of presence in Daliang.
Given time, after King Yong Hongyu comes to the throne, the seventh prince or His Highness King Yi will be destined to be crowned king. - In Zhao Hongjing's view, if Xiaojiu Zhao Hongxuan had not had a good brother, he would have been destined to have the same fate.
But to be angry is to be angry. Even if he has a good brother, even if he is jealous, it will not help.
Thinking of this, Xiang Wang Hongjing had to smile even if he was angry in his heart.
"Brother, there is indeed something to do when I come here today." After a pause, Xiang Wang Hongjing said with a smile: "Hongxuan, has the eldest brother ever thought about coming back?"
"Does this have anything to do with you?" Zhao Hongxuan said coldly: "Don't think I don't know. You have been running to King Yong's Mansion every two days in the past few days. Humph... King Yong asked you to come and inquire, right?"
Hearing this, Prince Xiang Hongjing raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he heard something.
Indeed, he really went to Yongwang's Mansion every two days in the past two days, but this was just a suggestion from his aide Liu Jie, intended to let people know that "he has surrendered" and "has decided to beg for mercy from Yongwang Hongyu". This
On the one hand, it was to weaken King Yong Hongyu's suspicion of him, and on the other hand, it was to avoid suspicion - when the eldest prince Zhao Hongli presented the secret letter, he could get out of the incident so that he would not be implicated by Zhao Hongli or be implicated by King Yong Hongyu.
More and more targeted.
But it is a pity that Yongwang Hongyu was not fooled by his "begging for mercy" at all. Although he talked and laughed with him in person, he still planned to crown him the king behind his back and let him be eliminated early.
Under this situation, Xiang Wang Hongjing could only count on the eldest prince Zhao Hongli to present the secret letter to make Yong Wang Hongyu passive.
But after waiting and waiting, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli and others could not make an attack, but the bad news came that "Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, and his family were killed."
After hearing the news, King Xiang Hongjing couldn't sit still. After all, once Quliang Hou Sima Song died, the secret letter was just like waste paper. Originally, the origin of the secret letter was unknown, and now with the addition of Quliang Hou Sima Song,
He is dead, and there is no evidence of his death. How can this possibly shake the status of Yong Wang Hongyu today?
After much deliberation, Xiang Wang Hongjing decided to find Zhao Hongxuan to find out. After all, in his opinion, Zhao Hongxuan was much easier to deal with than Zhao Hongli.
At the moment, seeing that Zhao Hongxuan mistakenly thought that he was a chess piece sent by Yong Wang Hongyu to find out the news, Xiang Wang Hongjing did not refute, but took advantage of the situation and said: "Yong Wang does have this idea, but as a brother..." At this point, Xiang Wang Hongjing deliberately revealed a little
With a look of helplessness, he said bitterly: "Hongxuan, as a brother, you can't help yourself."
Zhao Hongxuan curled his lips when he heard this, with an expression like "I believe you are the only one who has ghosts!"
Seeing this, King Xiang Hongjing lowered his voice and said: "Hongxuan, whether you believe it or not, my brother is indeed incapable of controlling himself now. Do you know that my brother is about to be crowned king? Do you know where he will be? Yangzhai!
Did you hear that? Yang Zhai! How cruel do you think King Yong is to seal his brother to a place where no one can shit?"
After hearing this, Zhao Hong's frosty face warmed up a little, and he even looked at Xiang Wang Hongjing with an almost pity look.
Although Zhao Hongxuan has never been to Yangdi, he has heard of it. Yangdi is located to the west of Yingshui County. It was once the hardest hit area by the Sanchuan Jie tribe when they invaded the Wei Kingdom. Although after his brother Zhao Hongrun pacified Sanchuan, Yangdi's bandits were in chaos.
It has been contained, but some Jie people who fled to Wandi are still causing trouble in the Yangzhai area.
What's more important is that the Yangdi area is very poor and backward due to decades of invasion and plunder by the Jie people.
Even though Zhao Hongxuan's feudal city "Anyi" also suffered from war, Anyi is in Hedong County, and Hedong County is the county where Wei State is currently vigorously recovering and developing, because in Wei State's strategic blueprint, Hedong County
The county and Hexi County will be the main force and the logistics supply place for grain and grass in the Hetao area in the future.
Therefore, even if Anyi is severely destroyed now, it will be able to develop rapidly within three to five years.
And what about Yangzhai?
It has no chance of such development at all. Even if the Wei State wants to send troops to attack Wandi in the future, it will only send troops from the Fenxingsai area. In other words, it is almost impossible for Yangdi to get strong support from the court. What has happened in the past two years?
, what will it be like after a few years?
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongxuan frowned and said: "Since King Yong is so cruel, why do you want to get involved yourself?"
"Do you think I am willing to please him in every possible way?" Xiang Wang Hongjing sneered and said: "When Lao Wu was framed by King Yong a few days ago, you were not in Daliang. I intended to join forces with Brother Changhuang that day, but unfortunately, Brother Changhuang refused.
Already..."
Zhao Hongxuan touched his chin and said nothing.
He heard Luo Yao mention this matter. At that time, Luo Yao intended to let King Xiang Hongjing get out of the game early so as not to keep this guy around to muddy the waters.
Of course, at that time, Luo Yao also thought that Queen Wang would come forward to help, so he never thought of joining forces with Prince Xiang Hongjing. But who would have thought that Queen Wang would actually refuse?
"...Now that things have happened, I can only do the next best thing, please King Yong, and be moved to a richer place as much as possible, so as not to suffer in a place like Yangzhai where no one can shit." Xiang Wang Hongjing said with a look on his face.
Said with emotion.
Looking at Xiang Wang Hongjing's behavior, Zhao Hongxuan frowned slightly and said: "In that case, why did you come to me today?... Could it be that King Yong doesn't even meet this requirement?"
King Xiang Hongjing knew that the younger brother in front of him was very disgusted with Yong Wang Hongyu, so he fell in love with him and said angrily: "Although he didn't refuse in person, he never agreed in person. I guess he must still be thinking about my betrayal of him."
And for defecting to Lao Wu, I hold a grudge... This kind of person can't even tolerate his own brothers, how can he be worthy of being the king of my great Wei Dynasty?"
Zhao Hongxuan snorted twice.
In fact, he also knew that what Xiang Wang Hongjing said was mostly to suit his liking, but he could not deny that he felt very comfortable when he heard Xiang Wang Hongjing denying Yong Wang Hongyu.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Then what is your purpose of coming to me today?"
Prince Xiang Hongjing glanced at Zhao Hongxuan and lowered his voice and said: "Hongxuan, as things stand now, you and I, as well as the eldest brother, can only stand a chance if we work together..."
"Opportunity? What opportunity?" Looking at Xiang Wang Hongjing, Zhao Hongxuan said lightly: "Is it an opportunity for you to stay in Daliang?... I know what you are thinking. Together with the eldest brother, even if you cannot bring down King Yong,
You can ensure that the current situation is maintained as much as possible, and then try to get Prince Qing to return to Daliang and provoke a fight between the elder brother and Prince Yong and Prince Qing. In this way, you can just hide behind and take advantage... Haha."
"Eh? This kid..."
Xiang Wang Hongjing looked at Zhao Hongxuan with a little surprise in his eyes, because his thoughts happened to be revealed by Zhao Hongxuan.
In fact, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was not stupid, but his subjectivity was too strong. To put it simply, he believed that King Yong was a bad guy. No matter how outstanding King Yong was, it would be difficult to change his opinion of King Yong.
The same goes for Xiang Wang Hongjing. Since Zhao Hongxuan had a very bad impression of him at first, he thought the worst about everything. As a result, he guessed Xiang Wang Hongjing's true thoughts.
"You can't prove it with your words, but you can write a calligraphy and painting as proof." Looking at Zhao Hongjing, Zhao Hongxuan said seriously: "If you really just want to get a wealthy fief, then write down the oath and keep it as proof... If you are willing,
I can persuade Brother Changhuang to join forces with you, and when Brother Changhuang replaces King Yong one day, you can choose a wealthy land as a fiefdom."
After hearing Zhao Hongxuan's words, Xiang Wang Hongjing was a little distracted for a moment.
He was really surprised. How could Xiao Jiu, who seemed so easy to deal with, suddenly become so smart? Not only did he see through his mind, but he also came up with a way to restrain him in the future.
"What...what should I do?"
Under Zhao Hongxuan's gaze, Xiang Wang Hongjing suddenly fell into a passive state.
Suddenly, Xiang Wang Hongjing's heart moved slightly.
"Wait a minute, Xiaojiu should also know that Zhao Hongli refused to join forces with me. Why did he suddenly change their original plan? Is it because of the death of Quliang Hou Sima Song? No, the matter of Quliang Hou Sima Song
Logically speaking, it is not Zhao Hongli's confidence. Zhao Hongli's confidence should be...could it be said that something happened to Queen Wang?!"
For a time, Prince Hongjing of Xiang was in a state of reverie.