Devil’s Advent

The news of King Zhenbei's critical illness made the emperor very helpless.

But this letter of credence made the emperor very angry.

The new king who inherited the prestige of his father is actually very sensitive now. He is eager to break through the shadow of his father and surpass his father.

Yes, he didn't dream of his father in his dreams, but his father was really everywhere.

However, this letter of credence made him taste a kind of humiliation.

Although, as a bystander, Zheng Houye glanced at this letter of credence, but he felt that it was no big deal.

can only say,

The emperor of Dayan, deep down, is really too proud.

Or,

It was because Ji Laoliu was indeed too similar to the former emperor in some respects.

Zheng Fan smiled,

Put the letter of credence back in front of the imperial case,

Then silently sat back on the chair below.

Ji Chengjue looked at Zheng Fan and said:

"say something."

"There's nothing to say." Zheng Houye shrugged.

"Nothing to say?" The emperor felt incredible.

"If he wants it, let him take it. The royal court is destroyed, but the barbarians have not been destroyed. Even if it is now a mess, each of the big barbarian tribes is enough for any party to drink a pot.

They probably won't have the ability to go eastward together to threaten my Dayan in decades, but whoever wants to really send a large army into the desert will have to break a row of big teeth.

The person from the mission was nothing more than a lip service. "

"Zheng Fan, they are offending my authority!"

"And then?" Zheng Fan asked back.

"you……"

"Oh, I said, Your Majesty? Cheng Jue? Liu?"

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and waved it at the emperor a few times,

"It's just destroying the royal court, it's just breaking its backbone, and it's not really occupying its land, making up households and registering its people. What's the matter, you have already regarded the desert as your own land?

I know, I know, the desert will definitely belong to my Dayan in the future, I understand, I can understand, you are very angry, and I understand too.

want, want;

But how should I put it, normal mind, normal mind, you and I were the ones who told me a while ago, let's take it easy, step by step, first tidy up the house, and then unify the dryness and the summers up.

If it's after that, if I have nothing to do, what's the problem if I, Marquis of Pingxi, really lead an army to conquer the west?

You also said it yourself, counting the time, this mission should have planned to go to the royal court to attend the conference. It's the official voice, so I can go back and brag, get promoted, and get rich.

He said that he has half of the ruling power, so he just gave him half?

When his army really moves into the depths of the desert, it won't be too late for you to pay attention. "

can only say,

The location is different, and the perception and response to information are also different.

In fact, Zheng Houye's statement is correct, and the emperor himself knows it well;

But being an emperor is easy to get emotional;

Ji Chengjue picked up the teacup, poured some water into the palm of his hand, and then patted his forehead lightly.

"For the long-term plan, the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion must continue to support it."

Zheng Fan laughed when he heard this,

road;

"As the co-author, you originally planned to dismantle it completely?"

The emperor didn't hide it either,

Directly said:

"Push the counties and counties, take in the power to rule, and the remaining general soldiers will be divided into guards to relieve the fetters and favors;

Opening up business, wooing and dividing desert barbarians without a royal court;

Zhenbei Wangfu, leave an honor, save a signboard. "

This is to turn the hundred-year-old Zhenbeihou's mansion into a Prince Cheng's mansion.

It can only be said that in the roast duck restaurant, Ji Laoliu's talk about cutting feudal clans is not just talking.

"I said, is it appropriate for you to say this to me so bluntly?"

You told me how to roast a chicken in front of a duck?

I am also a feudal town.

"It's just what's in your heart." The emperor didn't care, "After dismantling the west side, the imperial court will have more energy to spare to support you."

"I am very touched."

"What are you afraid of, let alone whether we can unify Zhuxia in this lifetime, even if we do, the land of Ganchu is nominally the kingdom of Zhuxia, but in reality, it is difficult for people's hearts to belong to them in a short time.

I still need to rely on you and even your descendants to continue to help me and my descendants to guard.

It's still early to kill the chicken and take the eggs, so it's not good to leave the offspring to grind it? "

The emperor suddenly thought of something,

He actually laughed.

The smile on Zheng Houye's face disappeared.

In the royal study,

There was silence.

a long time,

the emperor asked:

"Don't you ask me what I was laughing at just now?"

"Are you asking the king to force the ministers to rebel?"

After I go back this time,

I don't practice anymore.

I don't even want to advance.

These two years,

Think about how to give birth to this child!

In my life, I don't have a father or a mother, so how can I be more anxious than a family who has been in the same house for several generations?

"Okay, okay, if you really don't have anything to do, just accept a adopted son in the future, and communicate with me in advance, there is nothing difficult to do."

"You have the guts."

The emperor showed three fingers,

road:

"Three."

Subsequently,

The emperor said again:

"Sisi is in good health, she said she still wants to give birth."

"..." Zheng Fan.

"Hey, your princess is weak, can she compare to my queen?"

"..." Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan knew that this problem was not actually a matter of the difference between the princess and the butcher girl's weaker and stronger bodies. The fundamental problem lay with himself and Siniang.

But looking at the emperor showing off like this, it's really hard to beat him.

"Six, let's save some face for this imperial study."

"good."

The emperor nodded,

sighed again,

road;

"Now, for the sake of the future, we can only continue to support the Zhenbei Palace."

This is something that should be considered from the perspective of the emperor. The barbarians have now been castrated, but this may also trigger a chain reaction. For example, after losing the buffer zone and isolation of the barbarians, whether Western countries may try to conquer the East.

At present, it is very difficult;

But not afraid of 10,000, just in case, the emperor must consider this situation.

Can't I just castrate the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion because of the barbarians, and wait until a few years later when the Western army appears, pass through the desert and arrive at Beifeng County, and push forward directly?

"Let's save face." Zheng Fan said, "It's also considered buying people's hearts."

"Well, it's fine, I've made you tired. If it wasn't for the trouble of going out of the palace now, I originally wanted to go to your mansion to see you."

"It's okay, I'm leaving the day after tomorrow, and I want to see you more."

"After the spring, I will send the inheritance to you."

"En." Zheng Fan agreed, which was a good deal.

"Oh, there are too many children in the family, and it's very annoying."

"roll."

...

Beifeng County,

Zhenbei Wangfu.

After Li Liangting returned from the desert, his whole body collapsed.

The side effects of the silver needle acupuncture had already been revealed, and his body was simply unable to bear and endure such side effects.

Of course, this was something that was expected early on.

so,

For a while, the people in King Zhenbei's mansion had already made preparations for King Zhenbei's imminent departure.

The family will accompany him every day to bask in the sun, watch the sunset, and enjoy the breeze;

The generals in the army will also come to visit their princes in batches.

Everything,

It's all going on in an orderly manner.

At this time, the background of the hundred-year-old Zhenbeihou's Mansion was really fully revealed.

The word background is often not used when the fire is cooking oil, but when it is low;

When you are in a trough, you need to use your background.

transfer of power;

the consolation of the military head;

political promises;

One by one, one by one, everyone can accept it safely, this is the foundation.

These days, Li Fei stayed with his father almost every step of the way, meeting various people and making various arrangements.

The starry sky in Beifeng County has always been clear, but today is the night of the full moon.

On one of the towers of the palace,

Li Liangting was lying there, covered with a quilt;

Li Fei sat beside him, peeling frozen pears.

in the next layer,

The concubine took the princess and a group of mothers who had given birth to children, and they were pulling white cloth and making clothes for funerals.

very natural,

no taboo;

When being carried upstairs,

Li Liangting saw it too, and said:

"It's hard work, daughter-in-law. Sure enough, if you want to be pretty and filial."

The princess scolded:

"Old and unscrupulous thing, die quickly!"

he is dying

The family is busy with funeral affairs,

It's not a curse,

This is a kind of practicality;

When people are young, they will feel unlucky when they see these things, but when they see them at this time, they will only feel safe.

"My son."

"Father."

"The Roman mission, have you dealt with it?"

"If you go back to your father, it has already been dealt with, and my sister will help you put it away."

"good."

Li Liangting nodded.

The father and son didn't speak for a while.

Only Li Fei took the initiative to bring the frozen pear to Li Liangting's lips for him to drink the pear juice.

At this time, it is actually not good to eat these cold ones, but, in other words, at this moment, I naturally want to eat whatever I want.

A few days ago, my father, who had just returned from an expedition, drank a large bowl of wine when he heard that Zaifu was dead.

Roman missions, for real.

It is true that they were delayed and failed to reach the royal court;

But the reason for the postponement is not theirs, but the Golden Horde Alliance meeting of the royal court, which itself has only a vague date;

The reason is very simple, the desert is too big, the leaders and nobles of some big tribes, the date of their gathering in the royal court is not fixed, in case of a sandstorm or something, it is natural to postpone it.

Therefore, this conference was supposed to start after everyone was almost there.

From this point of view, the mission of the Roman Empire is really not too late.

It was only because the news of Emperor Yan's death reached the royal court,

Wang Ting was so excited.

Although Emperor Yan never once used soldiers against the desert in the name of the imperial court when he was in power, any neighbor who has such a fierce emperor will inevitably be frightened.

So,

Because of this "great news", the meeting of the Golden Horde Association was held ahead of schedule.

The result is already clear.

The emperor of Dayan never forgot his old neighbor until his death, fearing that he would be too lonely after he left, so before he died, he sent two princes to take the royal court down and set out on the road together.

From this point of view, Wang Ting's joy when he heard the news of Emperor Yan's death can't be wrong, it can only be that the way of celebrating is wrong.

And this Roman Empire mission with hundreds of people came too late.

They come from the west,

After the little barbarian prince escaped from the royal court, he also headed west;

Then,

The Roman embassy was pleasantly surprised,

The royal court of the barbarians was destroyed, but they received the direct successors of the royal court.

The head of the envoy has even fantasized about how to use the identity of the little prince Zhidu to re-cultivate a new royal court from the west;

Then,

The news that surprised the Roman mission came,

It was a white-haired general of the Yan Kingdom who led 800 cavalry in pursuit of the barbarian little prince, and appeared in front of them.

The Roman embassy did not see the tumult of the royal court,

But I saw King Jingnan of the Great Yan who ended the hustle and bustle of the royal court;

result,

it goes without saying;

More than half of the Roman mission was killed and wounded,

Seeing this, the little prince fled again, and King Jingnan led his troops to continue the pursuit.

The remaining Roman missions were found a few days later when the Yan army that had wiped out the royal court spread out to clean up the battlefield, and they were bound and brought back.

"My son, what do you think is the purpose of asking the missionary to present the letter of credence to His Majesty on behalf of the father?"

"Father wants to preserve the military power of the Li family, and wants to keep the Li family alive."

"well."

Li Liangting sighed.

"Father, did your son say something wrong?"

"I heard that you have a teacher, an old Confucian scholar."

"yes."

"Learning may be there, but the pattern cannot be high."

"Yes, the old Confucian scholar himself said so."

"Being a father didn't make a living, including sending you to the royal court in advance. Why did your mother call you an old man over and over again? It's because being a father is deliberately digging the roots of my Marquis Mansion.

Do you know? "

Li Fei shook his head.

"For the good of Dayan."

"My son understands."

In fact, the reason is very easy to understand;

However, it is hard for outsiders to believe that a person in this position, at this level, and with this authority, can have such pure emotions.

"My father is leaving, you are still a little tender, of course, with your sister here, you can slowly mature, and eventually, you will become a qualified man from the Li family. Suspect.

But it will be very tiring. After a hundred years in the Marquis Mansion, my sons from the Li family, from generation to generation, have actually had a very tiring life.

Wouldn't it be nice to be a rich man and be hereditary? "

"Very good, Father." Li Fei said.

"My father also feels the same way, the new emperor is exactly like the former emperor, but the former emperor, in fact, has an extremely cold temper.

Of course, Weifu and Wujing are exceptions, because Wujing is too powerful, because as a father, he has the Zhenbeihou Mansion at his peak.

so,

the three of us,

Can stand side by side.

and you,

Not qualified.

Perhaps, that Marquis of Pingxi can have a good relationship with the new monarch like Weifu and Wujing had with the first emperor back then.

You can not.

So, thinking about it for my father, instead of waiting for the new king to stabilize the situation and he comes to do it, why don't we send it up obediently, for the sake of my father's face, I can still have a little incense and burn it, isn't that the reason? "

"yes."

"But listen, listen to what the missionary said. Why did they come to the royal court? It was to form an alliance with the royal court. What is the purpose of the alliance? It is for... the Eastern Expedition.

Maybe, it's not reliable now, the desert is huge, there are many tribes, and they won't be able to go east in a short time.

But what if?

The purpose of letting them submit the letter of credence is not to preserve the Li family, but to remind the new king not to think that everything will be fine after the royal court is destroyed.

Can't say, the wolf in the west has already felt that he is strong enough to try to come over?

so,

Before, it was out of public interest that it was good for Dayan when my Li family went down;

Now, it is also out of public interest that it is good for Dayan that my Li family does not go down.

you,

Got it? "

"understood."

"My Li family has many caravans, and they will travel to the west. In the early years of your Majesty, there were actually caravans going. You should listen to their reports more, and give your Majesty more details. Everyone, you must be careful. There are many."

"Yes, father, son understands."

"If there is something you don't understand, ask your sister. When you were young, your sister had a bad temper, but now..."

"Father, son and elder sister, they are siblings after all, so father doesn't need to worry."

"Well, it's hard work for my son. I haven't kept it by my side. In the end, I have to bear this burden again."

"Father was joking, my son has soared into the sky, a blessing that no one else dares to dream of."

"My son."

"Father, tell me."

"More than 800 years ago, the Marquis of Yan was ordered by the son of the Great Xia to open the border and serve the barbarians of Xia;

back,

The Marquis of Yan proclaimed himself emperor,

My Li family is also a Marquis.

actually,

My Li family is under the order of the Emperor Yan to protect all enemies in the west.

Next,

If being a father is as expected, the new king will lie dormant for two or three years, and then, my Dayan will embark on a journey to unify all Xia.

You, have to endure loneliness.

Just stay here,

Guard the edge of the desert,

Keep it up, it's an achievement. "

"My son knows."

"Take care of the house well, father hopes that you can see that I, Dayan, rule the days of all summers.

Father also hopes that you can wait until the day when my Dayan iron cavalry really goes west.

Dad hopes most,

You and your elder sister can live this life in peace. "

Speaking of which,

Li Liangting suddenly lifted the quilt on his body,

sit up,

This move startled Li Fei.

Li Liangting's eyes were red,

slapping the side of the bed hard,

shouted:

"Brother Hao'er and Wu Jing have suffered so much for Dayan, in the end, I am the only one who can still die on this sick bed, with my old wife with both children waiting beside me.

I am lucky, why is it so good?

Such good fortune,

What face do I have, go down to see Brother Haoer?

Son,

Dad has no face,

No face!

why,

How is father worse than them?

Why can father die on this bed?

Why! "

Li Liangting fell heavily back on the bed again,

Eyes half-closed.

"Father, I owe them, really, when we were young, we agreed to do everything together, but in the end, they did it, dad, they didn't.

Son..."

Li Fei cried,

He had a premonition,

The women on the next floor also stopped what they were doing when they heard the yelling from upstairs. Obviously, they all had a premonition.

"Son, remember what Dad said, it doesn't matter if the barbarians come from the west, but if they come from the west, he can come, but he has thought about Beifeng County;

I am the Li family, I am the Li family...the Li family..."

Li Liangting clenched Li Fei's hand and wanted to speak, but suddenly couldn't speak, and could only stare at his son with wide eyes.

Li Fei took a deep breath and said:

"You have to step on the corpse of my Li Jiaerlang."

King Zhenbei smiled,

hand,

Also loose.

the whole person,

Completely calmed down on the bed.

The heir to the Centennial Marquis Mansion,

Lord of the North of Dayan Town,

gone.

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And at night.