Winner in life

After telling General Yongding the news about Zhuangcheng, General Yongding breathed a sigh of relief.

"That bastard! As long as he's still alive!" He was very grateful to Ruihe, and all he could do was to do his best during the war and obey the governor's arrangements. After talking about personal matters, he discussed the detailed plan for the next attack with Ruihe. Fighting deep into the grasslands is even more risky for the Yan Army. The last battle was a bit anxious.

"It just so happened that the craftsman made a new weapon." Rui He smiled and took out a box and opened it to show him.

Looking at the contents of the box, General Yongding took out one in confusion: "What is this?"

"This is fire ammunition. It is made with saltpeter, sulfur and other substances according to a certain formula. It is extremely powerful and can explode stones."

General Yongding was slightly shocked: "Is there such a magical thing?"

Seeing that he was dubious, Ruihe took him to the back mountain to do experiments, which shocked General Yongding so much that he couldn't close his mouth. He hurriedly asked Ruihe what kind of sacred object this was. Ruihe shook his head: "I told you just now that this is made of saltpeter and other substances. As for the saltpeter, my caravan bought it from Po Zhen Kingdom. "They just thought it was an ordinary stone, so the price was very low."

"With this fire and ammunition, the Xijue people have nothing to fear!"

In another joint meeting of the generals of several cities, Ruihe also showed them this new weapon, and then drew on the strengths of others to formulate a new attack plan.

The commander-in-chief of Qingyue City is very optimistic: "If everything goes well, we can end the war in the first half of the year."

"It must be possible." Rui He said with a smile.

While gunpowder was being used in the border towns to vigorously advance the war process, in Yanjing City and Zhuangcheng, gains were finally made. He searched for Zhuang Concubine's death for a long time but could not find any clues. He even looked for the princess who was sent away with her husband, but the princess knew nothing. Before the accident, Zhuang Concubine sent the maid she brought into the palace from her natal family to the princess, saying that she was taking care of the pregnant princess and helping her have a baby. The confidant came from General Yongding's mansion and had a lot to say about Zhuang Cheng. She indeed had no idea about the cause of Concubine Zhuang's death.

Zhuang Concubine’s secret? The empress is aboveboard and has no secrets.

When asked about the relationship between Zhuang Consort and Xian Fei and the second prince's concubine, the maid said they had a very good relationship.

"The Concubine Xian is very considerate. Seeing that our concubine has a good relationship with the second prince, she is also very kind to her." Otherwise, when General Yong Ding's cronies returned to Yanjing City to deliver a message to Concubine Zhuang last year, the maid would not have said confidently, " No one dares to search Concubine Zhuang’s things."

This made Zhuang Cheng more and more certain that there was something wrong with his aunt's death.

"My Majesty has a hard life. The princess was rebellious a few years ago. I don't know how many tears I shed. Now that the princess is married and has a son, she lives a happy life. My Majesty should have enjoyed the blessings, but she ended up like this..." The confidant palace maid cried. Very sad.

There was no other way, Zhuang Cheng had no choice but to return to Yanjing City to continue the investigation, and then used the connections his cousin borrowed from him. Rumors about the tenth prince happened to be flying all over the sky, so he went through the streets and alleys, straightening out every thread in the sea of ​​people, and tracing back to the source. Finally, with the help of Ruihe's people, he dug out the source of the rumors about the tenth prince and Concubine Jing, which was the ironclad evidence that the second prince had taken action.

As if this was not enough, he also found the Eighth Prince and joined forces with him to find out the truth about Xu Bin's incident last year. The eighth prince lost all his jobs and his reputation was implicated due to Xu Bin's incident. He went from being a hot candidate for the throne to a down-and-out prince who no one cared about. He was treated from heaven to earth. How could he be willing to accept it? There was no need for Zhuang Cheng to find him, he was also checking it out himself. It's a pity that no evidence can be found at all. When Xu Concubine's accident happened, it was Concubine Xian who made the decision in the palace. If there was any evidence, it would have been eliminated long ago. Until a few days ago, a mysterious person went to the inn and delivered a package to Zhuang Cheng. Inside was evidence that Xu Bin was framed for having an affair with a guard! Zhuang Cheng gave the evidence to the eighth prince, who felt like he had found a treasure.

"Where did this come from?" the Eighth Prince asked Zhuang Cheng.

Zhuang Cheng shook his head: "Someone put it at the door of my room when I got up early. I saw it once and it seems credible."

"This must be true, I will check it out." The Eighth Prince touched the dozens of names densely packed on it. The names of these palace maids and chamberlains were all stained with the blood and tears of his own mother, as well as the fact that he was broken and unable to turn around. future. He will definitely find out!

After leaving the Eighth Prince's Mansion, Zhuang Cheng wandered around his destination.

Who sent such hidden palace information to him? Who can have such ability?

Since that person could get the information about Xu Bin, why not give him the information about Zhuang Pin? Obviously what he needs most is to clear away the injustice and stigma for his aunt...

Deep in the palace, the queen once again dug out her grandson's letter and read every word of it several times. Old Yao quietly appeared and reported back: "The things have been delivered to the eldest young master of General Yongding's mansion. I saw him enter the eighth prince's mansion with my own eyes."

"Yes. This can be regarded as my love for Shan'er." She looked at a certain paragraph in the letter. Her grandson said that he went to eat roasted whole lamb with the young men from General Yongding's mansion. It seemed that he also smelled the characteristics of the border town. The aroma of roasted whole lamb. She suddenly asked Lao Yao: "Have you ever eaten roasted whole lamb in a border town? Is it delicious?"

Old Yao was stunned for a moment and replied: "Yes, I have eaten twice. The young master was busy with the war, so he ordered a clever boy to take the old slave around. The local custom in the border town is to kill sheep and roast them during the Chinese New Year. The war has no effect. The life of the people in the border towns, they celebrate the Spring Festival as usual, there are many stalls roasting whole lamb on the roadside, and the taste is excellent. "

The queen showed a longing expression: "Very good, as expected, every place in the Great Yan territory has its own scenery. I had a misunderstanding about the border town before. In fact, the scenery there is not inferior to Yanjing City, and it has a unique rough beauty."

Seeing the master happy, Lao Yao was also happy. The queen hadn't been so happy for a long time.

"In fact, there are restaurants in Yanjing City that sell roasted whole lambs. How about this old slave buy some for the queen?"

The queen smiled and shook her head: "No need." Her eyes fell on the letter. After reading the letter, she also tasted that kind of taste. Thinking of the incident with Xupin again, the smile on her face stopped: "I have been away from the palace for many years, and this harem has become a dirty place. It's a pity. I don't know what happened to Zhuangpin. There is no trace left. It can be seen that Xianfei is getting more and more comfortable. Xianfei has the word "Xian" on her head. I don't know if she will have nightmares at night, dreaming that the unjustly killed Xupin and Zhuangpin came to settle accounts with her."

Old Yao didn't dare to speak. The queen didn't need him to speak. She talked to herself, her eyes gradually becoming vague: "Over the years, I have always wondered which prince harmed the crown prince. Later, I saw the princes defeated one by one, and finally only the second prince was left. I wondered if it was the second prince who did it? But look at what he has done recently. He really has no sense of propriety. If he really only has this method, I can't believe that the crown prince was defeated by him."

"My queen, you recognized the tenth prince. It is normal for the second prince to feel threatened and take action against the tenth prince." Old Yao felt that the second prince's approach was quite effective. For example, your majesty and your queen, the idea is naturally to "consider the overall situation" and care about the face of the royal family, but that is something that people sitting at the top of power should care about. The second prince's move is insidious and despicable, but it is really effective. He often went outside the palace to inquire about the news and knew that the reputation of the tenth prince was in a mess.

No matter what tricks or tricks, the good ones are the ones that work.

If His Majesty said now that he wanted to make the tenth prince the crown prince, I wonder how many people would murmur in their hearts. The image of the second prince who has been respectful, tolerant and gentle over the years has been very successful, and he has also done many jobs that are beneficial to his reputation. Now that I think about it, those jobs were picked up from other princes in the early years, such as building the Jingshi Pavilion. This is a good job to make a name for oneself. The princes did not give in to each other and wanted to grab it. In the end, the emperor gave it to the second prince. At that time, those princes were relieved, just thinking that the job did not fall into the hands of other brothers. If those princes knew that the second prince had been playing the pig to eat the tiger over the years, I think they would beat their chests and stamp their feet, wishing to strangle the second prince to death.

The queen was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "You still see it clearly. What should I worry about? That's what the emperor should worry about!"

At first, the emperor was of course angry and scolded his second son. , the emperor was old and suspicious, and he had become more and more fearful of ghosts and gods in the past two years. Although he knew that the rumors outside were deliberately spread by his second son, he still had some taboos.

Is Xiao Shi really such an ominous person?

Very good, although the second prince's methods were a bit inferior, they really left some shadows in the emperor's heart.

The tenth prince saw the slight changes in the emperor's eyes when he looked at him, and was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at night. He complained to Concubine Jing: "My father chose me, why should I believe those unfounded rumors? It's obvious that it was done by my second brother!" Turning back, he gritted his teeth and went to soak in cold water and blow cold wind, which made him sick. In his illness, he told the emperor about his suffering and said that he "failed his father's cultivation" and asked the emperor to choose a "good younger brother" to cultivate, so as not to miss national affairs.

Using the strategy of self-torture to retreat in order to advance, he dispelled the emperor's doubts in time.

The emperor is really not young anymore, and he has no more time to waste.

He had chosen this heir and had trained him for ten years. How could he give him up so easily? The grudge was thus dispelled.

It happened that the border town sent a batch of sweat-blooded horses from the Hexi grassland, a total of six horses. The emperor was in a much better mood and felt that he was still very wise and decisive. Look, how capable the designated general was. He conquered the Hexi grassland of Xijue. Xijue cited the degradation of pasture as an excuse for not paying tribute to a sweat-blooded horse in the past few years. Seeing the sweat-blooded horse again, the emperor was very satisfied. If Xijue didn't give it, then Dayan would take it by itself. Wouldn't it be more refreshing? As a result, these horses made the emperor look more pleasing to the eye.

It happened that Xiao Shi was wronged, so the emperor gave one horse to the tenth prince and another to the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion. The rest of the horses were also arranged.

With the arrival of victory reports again and again, the name of Wei Zhenshan gradually became famous in Yanjing City. Who can not love a person who is outstanding in both civil and military affairs? Although he was not in Yanjing, Wu'an Marquis's Mansion once again experienced the excitement of official media knocking on the door. Everyone could see that Wu'an Marquis's Mansion was about to rise, and guests came in an endless stream. The old lady was old and cunning, and asked her daughter-in-law to close the door and refuse guests. m.,Please remember:,.