Click!
A very light but crisp sound came out in the silent night, scaring away a hare in the grass. Then there was the sound of boots stepping on the grass, and a moment later, a chubby figure slowly appeared in the moonlight, carrying a round thing in his hand.
Pata
He tossed the thing aside.
It was a human head.
The fat man looked left and right, took a deep breath and stretched his body at the same time: "This kind of thing is really boring...it's not interesting at all."
The people behind him looked at each other, and their expressions changed a little. It has only been less than three hours since nightfall, and the sky has not yet dawned. The enemy scouts hiding around the camp have been cleaned up. The fat man in front of them seemed to have a special perception, no matter how well the enemy scouts hid, they couldn't hide it from his eyes.
"how many?"
he asks.
A hundred households from the Xiaoqi school in brocade clothes bowed and answered, "One hundred and sixty-six."
The fat man nodded in satisfaction: "These people can't go back. The enemy's scout leader will definitely send someone to investigate. Let's go. I have already seen where the most suitable place to cross the river is. Don't go back to the camp during the day today. Well, just sleep in the nearby grass for a while, tomorrow night, someone will come to investigate, just come and kill one by one."
In just one night, this fat man named Jiu Se Cai conquered this group of unruly subordinates.
The people in Xiaoqi School are all carefully selected elites, and it is not easy to convince them of a new leader. But for wine, sex and wealth, this doesn't seem to be too difficult.
"Deputy Dutong, do you want to send someone back to inform you?"
That hundred households reminded.
Jiu Se Cai was slightly taken aback, only then remembered that his current status was different. In the past, when Wu Yidao sent him out to do things, he basically left it to him to handle things. Now that he has entered Xiaoqi School, he doesn't have as much freedom as before. But this is also good, it is the most refreshing to do one thing and report one thing.
"good."
Jiu Se Cai nodded: "You arrange someone to go back and report to Lord Du Tong."
Baihu nodded, turned around and ordered people to do things.
"My lord, what did you do?"
The Baihu of the Xiaoqi School couldn't help asking, and regretted it after asking, it seemed a little impolite to ask directly like this. However, it seemed that Jiu Se Cai was not angry, his eyes flickered, as if he was recalling something.
"It's not in a hurry anyway, just sit down and rest for a while."
Jiu Se Cai kicked the head away, and then found a clean place to sit down: "I almost forgot how I got here. It seems that some things are particularly easy to forget, and some things are obviously forgotten. When someone asked me about it, it came back to my mind for a moment... I will tell you my story, but you will buy me a drink after you go back."
"good!"
Xiao Riding School agreed neatly, and then sat down in a circle, their faces full of curiosity. This new Vice Dutong is indeed a little mysterious, so fat and so good at lightness kung fu, and when he kills people, he is crisp and neat, which makes people feel more nervous than those from the Ouchi guards.
"hey-hey."
Jiu Se Cai smiled, grabbed a fluffy grass and put it in his mouth: "Where do I start... Sometimes I wonder how I survived."
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The successive emperors of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and the old emperor selected the most outstanding person from among his sons to appoint the successor to the throne. How to see which of these princes is the best is not an easy task at all than managing this empire. Every prince knows the traditions of the Sui royal family, so everyone knows from birth that they have the opportunity to sit on the dragon chair.
fair play
Some people may say that when the princes were young, they might have lived one of the few innocent days in their lives. Because once they reach the age of curly hair, they will be crowned kings, and then they will start to compete frantically. If you think this way, you are wrong, very wrong.
Competition starts from birth.
The game after the prince became an adult was a contest between the prince and the forces behind the prince, and as soon as the prince was born, his mother was already preparing for the son's future.
Such a tradition also makes the seemingly peaceful harem not peaceful at all. The emperors of the Sui Dynasty all followed the precepts of their ancestors. From the harem to the empress, concubines, eunuchs, and maids were not allowed to participate in the government. But this does not mean that the concubines who gave birth to the prince have no competition, but this competition does not appear on the bright side of the harem.
Everyone wants to prepare a solid foundation for their son, so that they will get twice the result with half the effort when they fight in the future.
In the Sui Dynasty there was no habit of setting up a prince, so the eldest prince would not have any privileges. And as the emperor's first son, it was even more difficult, because he didn't know how many people would compete with him in the future, and how many of them he could defeat.
Emperor Zhenzong was born with a romantic nature, and seven sons were born successively, as well as more than 20 princesses. Of course, this does not include the romantic debts he left when he visited the world many times. In fact, he himself does not know how many children Emperor Zhenzong has.
Perhaps somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River, a widow selling bean curds brought a child of Yang family blood.
Concubine Qin was originally a very gentle and virtuous woman, but since she gave birth to the second prince, she had to learn some shady methods. Of course, no one dared to harm other princes under the strict measures of the emperors in the past, but the concubines who gave birth to princes were like a general who was about to lead the army, and they were about to start preparing for war.
The second prince was born very beautiful, and his big round eyes looked so clean and penetrating.
Holding her son, Concubine Qin's face was full of kindness.
"Master, what you ordered your servant to do has been done. The master's family has already prepared a group of people when the second prince was born, and they are ready to be dispatched by the master at any time."
"Um."
Concubine Qin nodded: "Your Majesty will not interfere with such matters, so there is no need to shy away from it. Let the family choose a few pleasing ones and send them over to have a look. If they are clever, they will stay first."
"Here."
The eunuch who answered the question bowed his head, turned around and went out to do business.
"Son."
Concubine Qin squeezed the chubby little face of the second prince: "Mother will prepare enough and enough things for you so that you can ascend to the throne smoothly in the future. Mother is more expensive than a child, and mother will have to count on it in the future." And you. Don't let me down... Mother and everyone in Mother's family will do their best to protect you and teach you... Mother knows that you will also work hard, but for the sake of the throne, work harder have what?"
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A blink of an eye
The second prince is already fifteen years old, and he has already been born with a good-looking talent. Now he already has six competitors, and in the past fifteen years, five more princes were born. Of course, the second prince on the fourth side never took it to heart. The fourth child's mother was of very low birth, with a bit of barbarian blood, and her natal family was nothing more than a Beijing official with no real power from the fifth rank, and her life was not so satisfactory, so how could she have the strength to prepare for the fourth child to seize the heir.
The fourth child is already ten years old, but that guy seems to have resigned himself to his fate since he was a child. He always appears very humble in front of other princes, and will never make people feel that he is a threat. In fact, he is not a threat. His father and mother's family were even more low-key than him. They knew that they had no ability to fight for anything, so they simply showed an indisputable attitude from the beginning, which made people feel at ease and lived a more stable life.
Undoubtedly, if the fourth mother's natal family showed even the slightest bit of unreasonable thinking, the strength behind the other princes would instantly crush that family into powder.
"Are these new here?"
The second prince glanced at the dozen or so children standing in front of him, the oldest was about the same age as him, the youngest was only six or seven years old, and the youngest one looked so thin compared to the others, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind . He didn't understand how his uncle chose people. What's the use of keeping such a person.
"May I have your name?"
The second prince pointed to the thinnest child and asked.
"no name."
The child shook his head: "No one ever took it for me, I was raised by apes."
"Ha ha."
The second prince couldn't help laughing loudly: "It turns out he's still a beast..."
He laughed enough, and his face suddenly turned cold: "Do you know what it means to work by my side? Maybe someone told you that you will have a limitless future if you work with me. Maybe he forgot to tell you that before your future is limitless, maybe you will have a bright future." Dead. Look at them..."
The second prince turned around and pointed to the dozen or so guards standing behind him: "These people were selected from three batches of more than 120 people, and one out of ten was selected. You only sent over a dozen people in this batch. Why do you think you are the one who can survive?"
The child's expression changed, and he asked, "Whoever cannot be selected will die?"
"That's right."
The second prince walked back to the chair and sat down, raising Erlang's legs: "The rules are also simple, now you have a dozen or so of you to choose your own opponent, and if you kill the last one left, stay with me and do things. As long as you can survive , you are living the life of a superior person, I don't care if you are a beast or not."
The child bit his lip, and suddenly turned sideways and stabbed a dagger hidden in his cuff into the belly of the biggest child, and twisted his wrist forcefully. The oldest child immediately cried out in pain, all the facial features on his face twisted together. The youngest child smiled coldly and kept twisting his hands until the older child slowly fell down.
"One."
He turned to look at the others, like a little beast.
"Asshole!"
The second prince slammed the table and cursed angrily: "You bastards, how did you let him come in with a dagger?! If he wants to assassinate me, you all have to die!"
The second prince's subordinates were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Someone went over and lifted the child up and threw it in front of the second prince, and slapped him several times.
"How did you bring the dagger in!"
Someone asked angrily.
"spit."
The child spat out the blood in his mouth, and smiled triumphantly: "Your Highness, you also said that I am a beast. When faced with danger, beasts always react faster than humans. Dogs hide their teeth Everyone is willing to touch its head, and when it shows its teeth, the people who are bitten can't react."
"Kill him!"
The second prince was taken aback by the child's words, and vaguely felt that something would happen if he left the child.
"etc."
At some point, Concubine Qin appeared behind the second prince. She walked slowly to the second prince's side, lovingly stroking the second prince's hair: "This is the kind of person you need, keep him."
"However, there is a condition."
Concubine Qin pointed to the remaining children: "If you can kill them all, I will keep you."
The child struggled to stand up and glanced back at the companions who were brought in together. Then suddenly ran over, the running posture was very strange, really like a wild beast.
under the sunset
The thin boy was holding a dagger, which was bleeding.
"You can stay with the second prince to do things in the future. I will give you a name, which is called Beast Qi. The beast breath in your body is useful."
Concubine Qin turned and left.
The child glanced back at the corpse on the ground, expressionless.