Devil’s Advent

"Fifth?"

"Master, the one who made Gundam."

"Well, I know which one, I mean, why was he stabbed?"

A carpenter prince,

In the past year, I have added the skill of repairing river embankments.

Properly a technical prince,

This is the same as a technocrat. To put it another way, that is... humans and animals are harmless.

Although Zheng Fan heard some unspoken meaning from the mouth of the fifth prince last time when he was on the riverside, Zheng Fan also reciprocated by giving him some symbolic gifts for the new year, but this was nothing more than the instinctive operation of the prince and Zheng Fan. It's just a warlord's reciprocal instinct to operate.

On power,

In the Great Yan Dynasty Hall,

The princelings and the Liuye Party are fighting fiercely. If it is not because the Emperor Yan is still there, suppressing with his absolute prestige, so that the top group of bigwigs and officials from various ministries and officials dare not end, maybe the court of Yan Kingdom has already appeared. Out of the pattern of "tragic killing";

But what does this have to do with the fifth child?

Lao Wu Niang's family has no sense of existence, and it has no influence in the court.

Even if it ends up in an extreme situation,

For example, when Huang Taiji died in the later Jin Dynasty, Dorgon and Hauge competed for the position, and finally each took a step back to let Fulin take that position;

That is to say, if the crown prince and the sixth child were to move out of the way passively or actively, it should be Xiao Qi who took that seat.

Being young and less suspicious of the country, it is convenient for the development and activity of powerful officials and other forces.

Fifth Prince,

No power plus no age advantage,

No matter how it is considered, it is a very marginalized and transparent one.

To put it bluntly, even if he was going to be assassinated, he had to lead the queue.

"Could it be... His Majesty is going to make an excuse to go to war again?"

Master Zheng Hou guessed while rubbing his chin.

After all, His Majesty has a precedent;

The third prince has changed from enjoying the snow at the Huxin Pavilion to enjoying the moon at the Naihe Bridge.

Si Niang said: "If you really want to go to war and break a prince just to find an excuse, then it will take too much time for my son."

Zheng Fan stretched out his finger to calculate,

road;

"It's okay, the son is still enough."

finished speaking,

Both Zheng Fan and Siniang laughed.

In fact, they all know that this is unlikely to be Yanhuang's handwriting, the same number of ways was used last time, and it will not work if it is used again this time.

The death of the third prince last time aroused public anger, and finally successfully promoted the war against Chu;

Nowadays, people's livelihood is dying, and the next spring and summer will be even more difficult. It is unrealistic to use the same tricks to follow the gourd.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask the most important thing, is he dead?"

"No, seriously injured and comatose, he may die at any time, because the weapon is poisoned."

"Not dead."

Zheng Fan leaned back slightly, tapping his knuckles on the back of his hand,

"If you didn't die... let's send someone to give condolences. If you die halfway, you can just catch up with the funeral."

at this time,

Xiao Yibo walked in, holding an official letter in his hand.

"Master Hou, an official letter from Prince Ding's residence."

Si Niang took it, opened it and looked at it, then turned to Zheng Fan and said:

"Sun Youdao should have sent someone to notify us as soon as he got the news, and it should be an official letter from Prince Ding's Mansion after they discussed it;

and,

The meaning of this official letter,

very funny. "

"How interesting?"

"It turned out to be asking the Lord to come to Yingdu to take charge of the overall situation."

When Zheng Fan heard this, he seemed to think he heard it wrong, and said, "What?"

"It's not like being polite. It means to let the Lord go there to preside over the situation. Maybe what happened in Yingdu is not just as simple as the assassination of the Fifth Prince."

Because Zheng Fan is a military meritorious marquis,

Not some honorable clan,

If it is a noble family, such as the Marquis who gave him the edict last time, he is a mascot anyway, so he can put it wherever he needs to.

But for people like Zheng Fan, every move is accompanied by extremely profound political influence.

Just like Li Liangting's entry into Yanjing a few years ago, what kind of shock was that?

Furthermore, has King Jingnan ever returned to the capital since his death?

Although Zheng Fan is definitely not as influential as the first two, he has reached the point where he should pay attention. Even if he has never made an explicit order telling you not to leave your fief easily, you should have this political tacit understanding in your heart .

To put it another way,

He, Zheng Fan, doesn't need to pay attention to the rules, or he doesn't need to follow the rules so much,

But how could the bureaucrats in Yingdu who originally belonged to the Cheng Kingdom and now the Yan Kingdom didn't know this?

But that's it,

He also asked Prince Ding to send him an official letter requesting him to come forward to preside over the situation in Yingdu.

this means,

The matter was far more serious than the assassination of a fifth prince.

Zheng Fan waved, and a maid beside him brought up a hot towel. Zheng Fan wiped his mouth and said:

"Actually, I can refuse, because there is no will, and it will be inconvenient for me to go out at will after I become a Marquis, and no matter how unscrupulous I do, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the people above.

Although Lao Tian is at the forefront, if the big bosses of the court, or Emperor Yan, want to cut off my influence and suppress me, there is no way to resist for the time being. "

The current policy of the Pingxihou Mansion is very simple, work hard to farm and concentrate on development.

To put it bluntly,

Before the death of Emperor Yan, it is best not to jump too hard. After the death of Emperor Yan, the departure of a generation of heroes is destined to form power fluctuations in the central and local governments. By then, the local forces will be clearly neck Can be more active.

This is why the monarch who established the feudal clan thought that the establishment of the feudal clan was not a big deal. As a result, his descendants suffered a lot when they cut down the feudal clan. Well-behaved, but your children and grandchildren don't have the prestige to continue holding the rope.

Lao Tian didn't teach these principles, but Zheng Fan understood them, and so did the blind Si Niang and the others.

After all, now that you are a Marquis, the political influence is different. It is not a big problem if you secretly do war horse business with the Chu people carefully. If you don’t know what you are doing on the surface, your superiors will add a few shackles to you to reduce your power or mix sand. , you can only suffer passively.

"What does the lord mean, to refuse? Wait for the imperial decree?"

Zheng Fan shook his head and said:

"Our current territory is the land of Eastern Jin, but in fact, our sphere of influence, if Xueyuan and Shanggu County are not counted, is actually far less than the entire Eastern Jin. At least, the area around Yupan City is not Within our control, the front line of Wangjiang is still far away from our actual control range.

Since Yingdu is now there, inviting me to go is actually a good opportunity to strengthen the influence of our Pingxihou Mansion on Jindong, and even the entire Sanjin region.

The last time I led troops into Yingdu City, it was through Laotian's tiger skin. This time I went, under the banner of our own Pingxihou Mansion. This can send a message to the outside world, that is, not only Jin Dong, Yingdu, we can talk.

It has been said for a long time, and over time, our forces will be able to get involved. In addition to the Sun family, we can continue to support a group of forces that are close to us.

Our place is the place where the Four World Wars were fought. In fact, if we leave the snowy plains in the north and go to the Chu State in the south, as long as there are enough soldiers, horses, food and grass, there will be no big problems. The biggest problem is that our westward route is actually the most congested.

Whether to rebel or not is another matter, we mainly want to make it clear.

To put it another way,

If I refuse to go this time, or wait for the order with peace of mind, it is tantamount to expressing the attitude of our Marquis Mansion to the outside world, that is, I only care about my three cities, and only take care of our one-third of an acre of land.

This is actually a self-restriction, no, to be precise, it is a castration of one's own future development and expansion of influence. "

"So, the Lord still intends to go?"

"Generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, so let's go."

paused,

Zheng Fan said again;

"Isn't the old field still there? The sky won't fall down."

...

"Ma'am, the princess went to bed last night."

The maidservant reported in a low voice to Liu Ruqing who was sitting in front of the dressing table.

"Um?"

Liu Ruqing was a little surprised, then reached out and gently pinched the maidservant's face,

"You little hoof, you suddenly came here early in the morning to tell me what to do, but Chun's heart is moved, which guard in the mansion has you taken a fancy to?"

When Liu Ruqing was sent to Xuehai Customs by the Fan family, she was actually accompanied by a group of servant girls, but none of them could enter the mansion.

In the former Earl's Mansion and now Pingxihou's Mansion, although there are not many women in the back house, and it is relatively deserted, it also means that it is absolutely clean.

The devil kings don't want the place where they live to be mixed with sand, so the political review will be extremely strict.

Therefore, the big maid that Liu Ruqing is using now has actually followed her all the way from Hutou City in the early years, so she can be trusted at all.

However, since she became Liu Ruqing's maid, she would naturally consider Liu Ruqing. She also knew that Master Hou had never been lucky enough to have his wife come into the mansion, so she was also anxious.

Born in the country of Yan, she was born in Beifeng County,

I don't feel sorry for being a widow,

The folk customs of Yandi are originally open, and they are not as important as Ganchu;

Furthermore, my wife looks so good-looking!

She also knew that when a woman lives in the back house, it is best to have an heir by her side, this is the foundation of her life, but if Lord Hou doesn't come to sleep, how can she conceive a child?

Therefore, she kept staring at the princess's yard, and had a good time with the maids around the princess, deliberately spying on some news;

Coincidentally, the maid on the princess' side also had the same idea as her, so the two sides were spying on each other.

"Ma'am, the princess is lucky enough, the next one, shouldn't it be you?"

"Shut up, little hoof, you won't be afraid of the wind blowing your tongue in the early morning."

"The maidservant is here to remind Madam that you should get ready, maybe, the Marquis will be here tonight."

After finishing speaking, the servant girl made a face and ran out immediately.

Liu Ruqing continued to sit in front of the dressing table, a little dazed.

Before entering the mansion, she was actually very curious about the life here, and had a lot of guesses. In fact, the life was very easy, not only in life, but also in spirit.

She doesn't know what it's like to like someone. To be exact, although "like" is only two words, it already contains thousands of things.

She actually wanted to serve him, to make him happy, to make him happy, and even, she was willing to bear him a child and name it with his surname.

A man like him,

There should be many children.

Previously, even though he only moved his hands up and down, with a very obvious teasing intention, he never entered the alley;

At first, she was wondering if he thought she was dirty, but she was relieved when she learned that the princess was not broken.

She couldn't see through his relationship with Mr. Feng, but intuitively, it must be excellent.

While Liu Ruqing was thinking about her thoughts,

The maid who ran out earlier ran back again,

exclaimed in a low voice;

"Madam, Madam, Lord Hou is here, Master Hou is here!"

"ah!"

...

Master Zheng Hou had breakfast, chatted about things for a while, and asked the blind man to come over specially, and met briefly, and finally came up with a charter.

to go, to go;

But it is no longer possible to ride a Pixiu and take a sword master there like before. First of all, there must be a guard of honor.

Fortunately, the "Flying Fish Clothes" and "Xiuchun Knife" are all ready. This is the main guard of honor, and there are 800 riders on the periphery to support the front and back, which is enough.

at the same time,

The two westernmost military towns, that is, the Gongsunzhi Department and the Gongwang Department, must first receive a military order from the Pingxihou Mansion in Fengxin City. The soldiers and horses can be properly mobilized. Even if there is no purposeful transfer, you still have to transfer it to make a show, and give the outside world a look that Zheng Houye has a strong control over the entire army and horses in Eastern Jin.

When Li Liangting entered Yanjing, half of the 300,000 troops from the north were transferred directly from the west to the east. Although it was proved in the end that they were acting in order to cooperate with Yanhuang, in fact, this was the meaning of the question.

To put it bluntly, Master Zheng Hou is a sixth-rank martial artist, and it’s nothing to just pull it out. The ones who can really hold the cards are the soldiers who are loyal to you.

Moreover, this is not going to war. Although you have to follow up to receive some information about Yingdu's specific affairs, you have to be calm and calm. This is to maintain your own status and influence. At the same time, it is also to offset as much as possible Drop the suspicion from above.

Although my family knows that I can lift the table at any time, at worst I go back to open the inn;

But you have to make the people above and below think that you, Ping Xihou, are willing to play with everyone under this rule.

It will take at least one day to prepare one by one.

so,

Zheng Houye is equivalent to taking a day off.

The princess is not up yet,

Siniang went to work on the guard of honor,

Zheng Houye also naturally walked into the courtyard where Liu Ruqing was.

Liu Ruqing didn't deliberately dress up, but appeared in front of Lord Zheng with a posture of clear water and hibiscus.

In fact, beautiful women are rarely that silly and sweet.

She knows when she is beautiful, and also knows how to show her charm to the greatest extent.

Back then in the Fan Mansion, when he and Fan Zhengwen were on the same generation, Liu Ruqing called him uncle, which was justified;

But after entering the mansion, she did not change her words. She called Hou Ye in front of outsiders, and still called uncle when she was alone. Isn't it because she knew in her heart that she liked it in her heart.

It's just that this is not a scheming, after all, people are eager to please themselves.

That kind of silly white sweet style,

Not without,

Like Hu Bamei,

San'er likes it,

But Lord Zheng Hou really couldn't appreciate that kind of tone.

Liu Ruqing gave Zheng Fan a blessing,

"Lord Hou."

"Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

"I've eaten it."

"That's good, wear more clothes, it's cold outside."

Zheng Fan stepped forward and hugged Liu Ruqing very naturally.

at the same time,

The maids in the yard immediately bowed and retreated knowingly. In the Hou's mansion, without such insight, how could they get along.

Entering the room with Liu Ruqing in his arms,

Lord Zheng Hou sat down on the armchair,

Reach out and pull gently,

Liu Ruqing, who had already known how to cooperate, fell into the arms of Lord Zhenghou naturally.

side,

Zheng Houye finally accepted the princess,

He has always disliked the harem and the theme of the harem, he really has a sense of taste and taste, and, according to the order, there is no restraint;

the other side,

Liu Ruqing was also stimulated by the servant girl's report that the princess had gone to bed. She said she didn't care, but in her heart, she actually had an idea.

It is indecent to say that it is "like-smelling";

It is too false to say that it is "a concubine's love";

As long as it is, both sides feel that it can be done naturally.

Liu Ruqing's plump body moved slightly on Zheng Houye's body,

Looked up,

Gently blowing on the earlobe of Lord Zheng Hou,

hot,

with some moisture,

Feeling faint, wandering leisurely,

"Uncle hey~~~~"

What is the sound of nature,

Marquis Zheng never heard of it.

But this sound has hooked his soul to the top of the cloud.

Maybe the time has really come,

Maybe if there is no scruples, Tianlei can really let Tianlei stir the ground fire at will,

Perhaps Feng and Yun reached a certain tacit agreement at this moment;

Liu Ruqing brought her red lips to Lord Zheng's earlobe,

In the most daring way since entering the government,

actually,

Lord Zheng Hou just came for a walk in the morning,

actually,

Zheng Houye originally planned to wait for the sleepy Tian Tian to wake up and take him for a stroll,

actually,

Marquis Zheng took another time to look at the specifications of the guard of honor,

actually,

There should be a lot of things to do,

actually,

Shouldn't have done something at this time,

but,

this moment,

No matter how much "actually" there is, it's all gone to hell.

Lord Zheng Hou stood up,

pick up,

to the bed,

for a while,

in the bedroom,

Winter has not gone, spring has come,

...

wait until noon,

Lord Zhenghou came out from the yard,

At this time, it is usually the time for him to practice his sword every day.

I saw Master Zheng Hou walking to the weapon rack,

draw knife,

wave

Then the edge of the knife is propped down to the ground,

Knelt on the ground on one knee.

From the thighs, to the crotch, to the waist,

It was supposed to be a part that needs to be coordinated and exerted force when dancing with a knife, but in an instant, it collectively became sour and went on strike;

Lord Zheng Hou, who knelt on the ground on one knee,

Even if you once rode your horse on the battlefield, even if you once ran for thousands of miles, even if you once went deep alone, even if you once had blood on your shirt,

By this time,

Finally, I deeply realized the profound meaning of twisting fingers softly,

In the past, at the head of Xuehaiguan, facing the siege of the wild people, they never felt a kind of "powerlessness" like now;

hand holding knife,

when you want to get up,

He even couldn't help taking a deep breath:

"hiss……"