The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Chapter 78

Xiao Yanzhi thought this was a little funny.

After entering the palace for almost three years, Xu Lishan has contributed to every political achievement he has made. Now that Xu Lishan finally got his wish, he has become Xu Lishan's obstacle?There is also a limit to delusion, and that's all there is to ingratitude.

"My father left a decree, saying that I would be reduced to a commoner. As long as Xu Lishan proclaimed the decree, I would never set foot in the court again. Take ten thousand steps back and say, he is the king, and I am the minister. What is Her Royal Highness afraid of? ?”

Hearing this, Jiang Wan asked Xiao Yanzhi, "Does the King of Shu know that Shan'er does not intend to read the will?"

"What does this mean?" Xiao Yanzhi was puzzled.

Can the last emperor's last decree not be read out or followed?

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi really didn't know, Jiang Wan explained: "There are only a few people in the court who know the existence of the will, as long as these people don't tell it, what's the difficulty in keeping it secret?"

Xiao Yanzhi frowned.

Regarding this matter, he should have a good talk with Xu Lishan.

Jiang Shan suddenly came up behind Jiang Wan and touched Jiang Wan's arm. Jiang Wan turned his head and saw Jiang Shan frowning and shaking his head at her. Jiang Wan's eyes flashed and he took a deep breath.

"I've said everything I need to say. Is there anything that the King of Shu doesn't understand? If so, let's talk about it. Seeing how the King of Shu has taken care of Shan'er and Bengong in the past, I will let the King of Shu get a better understanding." clear."

Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Jiang Wan, and said with a smile, "I won't jump down if I understand or not."

Jiang Wan was taken aback for a moment, then pointed to Xiao Chunyue and said, "You don't want her life?"

Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips and said: "If I don't jump, you will kill my sister and then me, but even if I jump, my sister will die here. No matter how I think about it, I will suffer. As a Businessman, I don't like doing business that doesn't make money."

Jiang Wan turned cold and said sharply, "You have no choice! Either you jump off yourself, or I kill you, and the result will not change. Why doesn't the King of Shu choose a method that can preserve his dignity?"

"Jumping off a cliff by yourself counts as preserving your dignity?" Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and sighed, stood up unhurriedly, carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on the hem of his clothes, and then looked up at Jiang Wan with a smile: " I don’t know if I committed too many crimes in my previous life, or my life was too happy in the past [-] years, or it’s just that I don’t match the feng shui of Chang’an City. Ever since I entered Chang’an City, I have been unlucky, unlucky Forget it, but there are always people who want to kill me, how many people does Her Majesty think that I should bring with me to save my life when I go out like this?"

Jiang Wan panicked, and when he spoke again, his confidence was not so strong: "But the people you brought out are all by King Wu Cheng's side, and it will take a lot of time for them to find this place. Maybe the King of Shu can't wait. It's their time!"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and chuckled lightly: "His Royal Highness will design to arrest me, and I must have learned about the guard arrangement for this trip from Qi Cheng, but Her Royal Highness thinks that King Wu Cheng will be the kind who exposes me before going out. Is it the number of guards? Or does Her Highness think that King Wu Cheng is the kind of person who knows that his life may be in danger but is not fully prepared?"

Jiang Shan's eyes widened in an instant, and he immediately pulled out the big knife at his waist, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Escort Your Highness the Queen Mother to leave!"

But Jiang Shan's shout not only made the people he brought move, but also became a signal for the other team to act. In an instant, 50 people descended from the sky, launched an offensive as soon as they landed, and two more escaped. One of the team rescued Xiao Chunyue, the other rushed to Xiao Yanzhi, grabbed Xiao Yanzhi's waist and carried Xiao Yanzhi to a safe place.

"Protect Her Majesty the Empress Dowager!" Just looking at the running posture of these 50 people, Jiang Shan turned pale with shock.

"Offended." After putting Xiao Yanzhi down, the man wrapped in black joined his companions.

Before Xiao Yanzhi came back to his senses, he was hugged tightly from behind. Immediately afterwards, Pei Ze's disordered panting and flustered voice sounded in his ears.

"Where should I hide you to be safe?"

Although I have already prepared myself and know that these 50 people are almost invincible outside the battlefield, but when I saw He Yan and Kong Qing who were unconscious in the woods, I really knew that Xiao Yanzhi was killed. When a person takes him to a place he doesn't know, he once again experiences what it means to be without a master.

What should I do to protect Xiao Yanzhi from being hurt?Could it be that he had to kill everyone in the world to ensure that Xiao Yanzhi's life would not be threatened?

Xiao Yanzhi reached back and hooked Pei Ze's head, and patted Pei Ze's head lightly, and said with a smile, "Aren't I all right? Fortunately, I came prepared. But I didn't expect that it would be the Queen Mother, what's going on now?" manage?"

When he said before that he would come to Luozhou, Pei Ze was very hesitant, because no matter who the person sitting on the dragon chair was, as long as it wasn't him, there would always be some people who wanted to use him or kill him. Leaving the palace and Chang'an City is to give these people more chances to succeed.

Later they went into the palace to discuss with Xu Lishan, and finally decided to go this trip, just to ensure his safety, besides the guards that Pei Ze had counted from Wucheng Palace, Xu Lishan gave them fifty people.

According to Pei Ze, these fifty people did not belong to any government office, nor did they belong to any army. They belonged to the late emperor, and now they are loyal to Xu Lishan.Pei Ze also said that these fifty people are probably the strongest fighters in the Tang Kingdom, and any one of them can fight against a hundred.

After hearing about the deeds of these fifty people, he felt that this seemed a little too exaggerated. He just came to Luozhou from Chang'an, turned around and then went back. How could he use the 50 people with the most powerful martial arts in the Tang Kingdom to protect him?But Pei Ze insisted, and he didn't want to make Pei Ze worry, anyway, these fifty people were hiding in the dark, and their hiding skills were even better than the hidden guards of Prince Wucheng's mansion, so that people couldn't even catch a breath, Being present is the same as not being present, so he compromised.

It's just that he didn't expect Xu Lishan to become the emperor, but Jiang Wan still regarded him as a thorn in his side, and he thought that in the future they would also be able to get along peacefully as before.

Pei Ze looked up at the group of people who had been subdued, and said coldly, "Leave it to Xu Lishan, and let him handle it."

If Xu Lishan can't handle it well, then it's not just Xiao Yanzhi who will quit the court.

On the other side, Xu Ren saw that Xiao Chunyue was crying hard, so he moved over to comfort him, who knew that Xiao Chunyue cried even harder after his consolation, and Xu Ren was at a loss for what to do with the earth-shattering crying, and looked at Pei Ze and Xiao frequently. In other words.

Xiao Yanzhi, who finally settled down in Pei Ze's arms, was startled by the crying, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Chunyue crying out of breath with her head bowed.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand and patted Pei Ze's arm. After Pei Ze let go of his hand, Xiao Yanzhi took Pei Ze's hand instead, and walked in front of Xiao Chunyue together.

Stopping in front of Xiao Chunyue, Xiao Yanzhi let go of Pei Ze's hand, opened his arms and hugged Xiao Chunyue into his arms.

"Sorry for shocking my sister. Did they hurt you?"

Xiao Chunyue buried her face in Xiao Yanzhi's chest and burst into tears, and only shook her head when she heard this question.

"It's good that it's not hurt." Xiao Yanzhi touched Xiao Chunyue's head, heaving a sigh of relief, and in a blink of an eye, he met Pei Ze's eyes again, and saw Pei Ze raising his arm, pointing with one finger to the other. wrist.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, pretended to hold Xiao Chunyue's hand, then lifted that hand up, pulled it to his eyes, and saw a few red marks on Xiao Chunyue's wrist, which seemed to be left by being tied up with a rope for a long time imprinted.

"Sister Chunyue, does your hand hurt?" Xiao Yanzhi asked, and picked up Xiao Chunyue's fingers with his fingers to break them, and after a while, he picked the other side and pressed them.

Xiao Chunyue sobbed and shook her head again.

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze again, seeing Pei Ze nod his head, Xiao Yanzhi was completely relieved.

When the empress dowager and the general were arrested, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi's trip to Luozhou had to end early, and they personally escorted Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan back to Beijing, but Xiao Yanzhi didn't eat the fish after all.

Xu Lishan in the palace got the news early in the morning. When he saw his mother's name in the secret letter from Pei Ze, Xu Lishan immediately felt a sense of hatred.

You said that his own mother has become the queen mother, why can't he calm down a little?How can she interfere with his court affairs?When she messed up, she messed up, why did she dare to murder his elder brother, courtiers, right-hand man without even asking him?Is his mother wishing him well or trying to kill him?

But right now what his mother thinks is no longer important, what he thinks is more important.

So in the few days before Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi returned to Chang'an, Xu Lishan was worried day and night, thinking of more than a dozen punishment plans for his own mother, but he was not satisfied with any of them.

After all, she is his own mother. If the punishment is too heavy, he can't bear it, and if the punishment is too light, he's afraid that Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi won't be able to bear it...

After several days of suffering, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi finally came back.

In the front hall of Liangyi Hall, Xu Lishan dismissed all the idlers, leaving only Xiao Yanzhi, Pei Ze, Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan behind.

Looking at Jiang Wan and Jiang Shan who were cleanly dressed and did not look like prisoners at all, Xu Lishan looked at Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi gratefully.

Pei Ze was sitting upright at the bottom, but Xiao Yanzhi was exempted from etiquette due to his leg injury, and sat crookedly beside Pei Ze, opposite to them, Jiang Wan sat quietly with his eyes downcast, only Jiang Shan was kneeling in the middle of the hall of.

Looking at Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi, Xu Lishan didn't know what to say, hesitated for a while, and turned to Jiang Wan.

"Mother, I remember that I once said that I am able to have today, thanks to the support of my brother."

Jiang Wan turned to look at Xu Lishan, and said calmly: "Your Majesty said it, and I remember it."

Xu Lishan frowned: "Then why does the queen mother insist on embarrassing the emperor?"

Jiang Wan said calmly: "This palace is also for His Majesty's future consideration. In the royal family, father and son brothers have never been tolerated."

"I used to think that way, because my mother taught me that way," Xu Lishan said in a deep voice, "but now, I don't believe this sentence. I have a loving father who will think about my son, and I also have two An elder brother who respects his father and loves his younger brother."

"It's just for a while." Jiang Wan looked at Xiao Yanzhi again, "If your majesty's elder brother is not as good as your majesty, then you can respect him as a brother. If not, how can your majesty's dragon chair sit safely? This palace is also for your majesty." .”

Xu Liqian sighed, and said: "It turns out that in the heart of the queen mother, I am so incompetent and narrow-minded that I can't even tolerate a person who is better than me. If so, how many ministers in this court should I kill?"

Hearing this, Jiang Wan's eyes were slightly shaken, but he insisted: "The blood of Xu Li's family does not flow on those ministers. No matter how good they are, they are not qualified to compete with His Majesty for anything."

Xu Lishan asked: "What about the late emperor? Didn't the late emperor have the right to compete with the royal family?"

"...I don't mean that."

Xu Lishan sighed and said: "Since my mother has become the queen mother, I hope that my mother can take care of her for the rest of her life. I dare not bother my mother with the affairs of the previous court. This time, my mother was instigated and almost made a big mistake. I also hope that my mother I can meditate on my own past.”

As soon as Xu Lishan finished speaking, Jiang Wan's heart skipped a beat.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Xu Lishan looked at Jiang Wan and said, "The summer palace that was under construction when the late emperor was here is now complete. Seeing that summer is coming, the queen mother will move there in a few days."

Jiang Wan had a look of disbelief: "Your Majesty... Shan'er, are you going to put my mother and I under house arrest in the Summer Palace?"

Xu Lishan lowered his eyes and said: "I just hope that the Queen Mother can live in a more comfortable place. Ying'an, call someone to send the Queen Mother back to the Jiashou Palace, and ask the people in the Jiashou Palace to pack up and move with the Queen Mother in three days. Summer Palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bowing in response, Ying An quickly walked out of the hall and summoned two young eunuchs to send Jiang Wan back to Jiashou Hall.

"Shan'er... Shan'er, you can't treat me like this...I'm doing it for your own good...I'm really doing it for your own good! Xiao Yanzhi can't live, he can't live! As long as he's around, your throne will be guaranteed. Can't sit still! Shan'er? Shan'er!"

The two young eunuchs who were summoned by Ying An looked at Xu Lishan in a daze, and when they saw Xu Lishan waved his hands impatiently, the two young eunuchs pulled Jiang Wan down by force.

Looking at Jiang Wan's back, Xu Lishan murmured: "Are you doing it for my own good, or for the Jiang family's good..."

Seeing Jiang Wan being treated like this, Jiang Shan, who was still kneeling in the hall, immediately felt that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, he heard Xu Lishan's angry voice.

"General Jiang Shan of the Habayashi Guard deceived the high and low, deceived the queen mother, and intended to murder the current king of Shu. He should be punished for the crime. Come here! Put Jiang Shan in the sky prison, and choose a day to ask for execution!"

There is nothing to ask, Jiang Shan must die, one is to give an explanation to Brother Pei and Brother Huang, and the other is to give the Jiang family a warning.

It was said that Jiang Shan sat paralyzed on the ground when he climbed up, and was dragged down while still in a daze, and even the last cry for mercy was blocked back into his mouth.

Watching Jiang Shan being dragged out of the hall, and when he could no longer see Jiang Shanren, Xiao Yanzhi said to Xu Lishan unhurriedly: "Let's promote another Jiang family member, this time we have to pick a loyal one." for you."

Xiao Yanzhi's words were beyond Xu Lishan's expectation, so when he first heard this suggestion, Xu Lishan was a little dazed, and then he said uncomfortably: "It doesn't matter who is promoted, I don't intend to rely on the Jiang family."

There were no outsiders in the hall anymore, Xu Lishan also relaxed, leaned lazily into the dragon chair, and said again: "This time it was my negligence that surprised Brother Huang."

Xiao Yanzhi cast a sidelong glance at Pei Ze, then curled his lips and said, "It's nothing to me, it's another person who was surprised."

Xu Lishan turned to Pei Ze after hearing the words, "Sorry."

Pei Ze glanced at the accommodating Xu Lishan in a blink of an eye, and said, "It's good that he's fine."

Of course he was referring to Xiao Yanzhi.

After a pause, Pei Ze said again: "The Jiang family still wants to be promoted, just for show."

Xu Lishan nodded and said: "I see. I see that Brother Huang's leg injury seems to be fine. When will Brother Yi and Brother Huang return to the court?"

Pei Ze squinted at Xu Lishan again, then looked away, and said calmly, "I want to ask for leave."

As soon as he heard the word "leave", Xu Lishan became annoyed: "Why is Brother Yi still talking about this? How can I give you a vacation for three years now!"

I'm going crazy, why did Big Brother Pei suddenly become obsessed with vacations?

"You don't have free time, but we do." Pei Ze said calmly, "I'm not here these days, aren't you doing well?"

"But I can't last three years!" Xu Lishan gritted his teeth and looked at Pei Ze, and suddenly complained to Xiao Yanzhi, "Brother Huang, you can't tell me about him!"

Xiao Yan was startled, then looked at Xu Lishan and shook his head, "He doesn't listen to me."

"Didn't he always listen to you?" Xu Lishan stared at Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi blinked, then turned to look at Pei Ze in a daze: "Do you listen to me?"

"Listen," Pei Ze said without thinking, and then added, "Except for this matter."

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Lishan again, and said, "He said this time is an exception."

Xu Lishan rubbed his forehead angrily: "Why does Big Brother Pei have to take these three years of vacation?"

Pei Ze thought for a while, then replied uncertainly: "Shouxiao?"

Xu Lishan was speechless.

Brother Pei can talk nonsense more clearly!

Pei Ze added: "Another last decree of the late emperor, let's announce it tomorrow morning."

Xu Lishan was startled for a moment, then put on a straight face, and said firmly: "I won't announce it, and the will is gone."

"Gone?" Xiao Yanzhi asked in surprise, "Where did you go?"

"I..." Xu Lishan looked away, "I burned."

Pei Ze chuckled lightly and said, "You don't have the guts to burn the late emperor's things."

Xu Lishan glared at Pei Ze angrily, and said, "If you say that, I'll burn it later!"

Pei Ze gave Xu Lishan a white look, and said, "With me here, where can Yanzhi go?"

What is Xu Lishan doing with Xiao Yanzhi?

Xu Lishan immediately retorted: "Since he can't go anywhere, what difference does it make if he is the King of Shu or a commoner?"

Pei Ze said helplessly: "If he is a commoner, he can ignore the government affairs, but if you have something to do, you can go to Prince Wucheng's mansion to find him."

At this moment, Xu Lishan's mind was spinning quickly, and he immediately said: "He is the king of Shu, and I can also allow him to ignore the government affairs. If he likes to enter the palace, he can enter the palace to play. If he doesn't like to enter the palace, he will sleep to death on you." I don't care about Prince Wucheng's mansion!"

"Then it's the same when you announced the decree?"

Only by depriving Xiao Yanzhi of the title of King of Shu can Xiao Yanzhi truly break away from the court, and the troubles in those courts will be reduced a lot.

"Then it's the same if I don't declare?"

The corner of Pei Ze's eyes twitched, and he said again: "That is the late emperor's will, it is the late emperor's wish."

Xu Lishan said without showing any weakness: "The late emperor wrote the will against his will to fulfill the emperor's brother, and I will fulfill the late emperor's wish if I don't announce it."

"How do you know it's against your will?" Pei Ze frowned.

"Then how do you know it's not against your will?" Xu Lishan looked at Pei Ze with a proud face.

Xiao Yanzhi sat quietly at the side, feeling that this rare scene of dispute was very interesting.

Xiao Yanzhi was enjoying watching, when he saw Pei Ze suddenly turn his head and fling it over.

"It's you who taught him to be like this!"

Xiao Yanzhi blinked and said innocently, "What did I teach him?"

"Sharp teeth!" Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi angrily.

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly laughed.

Well, it was his fault that Xu Lishan was eloquent.

Scratching the corner of his mouth, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Lishan, and said softly, "Don't worry, whether I am the king of Shu or not, you are my younger brother, and I have always been good to my younger brother.

If you feel lonely, you have to ask my brother to accompany you with the title of the royal family, so it doesn't matter if the will is not announced, I will pay attention to safety and try not to be assassinated.

It doesn't matter if you don't have those three-year vacations, anyway, Pei Ze and I plan not to enter the court until you establish your prestige, and probably you can have a leisurely period of time, which is fine. "

After Xiao Yanzhi finished speaking, Xu Lishan was so angry that he could only stare blankly, but Pei Ze showed a smug smile.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Lishan compromised and said: "I will announce the decree tomorrow morning, and I will also arrange the holidays of my brother-in-law, but you must ensure that I can find you at any time."

As Pei Ze said, Xiao Yanzhi will do what he wants to do whether he declares the will or not, and will not be enthusiastic about government affairs just because he holds the title of King of Shu.As Xiao Yanzhi said, whether he will give him the holiday or not, if Big Brother Pei wants to go sightseeing, he won't be trapped in Chang'an just because he doesn't have a holiday.Anyway, he just couldn't beat these two people, so instead of letting them escape without a trace, it's better to negotiate a good deal.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth, and said, "This is always a little...sometimes it's really inconvenient for you to find it."

The corner of Xu Lishan's mouth twitched, and he said, "I won't look for you at that time!"

"That's good." Xiao Yanzhi smiled.

The time he was with Pei Ze was not very convenient for people to find. It wasn't that others found it inconvenient, but that he felt it was inconvenient.

Pei Ze smiled and glanced at Xiao Yan, and then said to Xu Lishan, "Then it's settled."

Xu Lishan nodded reluctantly.