The moon is in the middle of the sky, in the Zhongcheng Hall.
Juicong changed his martial robe and looked at himself in the mirror. After the age of four, he no longer counted his age. Looking at the dim light of the oil lamp, his temples were dyed with cream, and he took off the uniform of the king. Lost the foil of the clothes, even more old.
The son grows up day by day, and the father grows old day by day, waiting for that day to come.
Sometimes when he looked in the mirror, he always felt like he was looking at another person, the elder brother who was a year older than him. He was like a ghost, wandering in the Lama Temple from time to time, and sometimes woke him up from a nightmare in the middle of the night. Come.
He felt that he might need to seriously consider it. After taking a concubine, it is always good to have someone by his side. Like the Queen Mother said, someone will take care of him.
But in these years, he didn't even have any interest in the concubine, and the only thing that made him feel alive was plundering and fighting. It made the world tremble and knelt down at his feet, and a single word could make people live, or make people die.
Let people change what they once believed in, and praise him for his wisdom, turning one person into another person, like pinching a clay puppet, bringing him the pleasure of a god. Even the gods are the same.
The land of Yong Kingdom, the mountains and mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, the endless plains and the land, as well as the men, women and children, birds and beasts living on it, are all his, live by his will, and are bound by his will.
Now Jiang Heng has brought him the golden seal, and he will soon be the emperor of China.
"Your Majesty, Lord Wei is here," the maid whispered.
"Let's all retire." Juicong rarely summoned ministers late at night.
When Wei Zhuo entered the hall, his appearance was older than that of Juicong. He was also him back then. After Juicang died, he led the soldiers to stand firmly on his side and established him as the new king.
Now, this is also a necessity of the current situation, after all, once Juicang dies, there will be no more candidates for King Yong.
Ju Cong never doubted his loyalty. After all, Wei Zhuo was an old hero who had followed his side and saddled his horse when he was still a prince.
On the night of Yubi Pass, he arranged a seamless trap. As long as he identified Jiang Heng as an assassin sent by Prince Ling and stabbed him to death, then no matter whether his part was true or not, Geng Shuru hugged the corpse and cried bitterly. will become a foregone conclusion. After getting rid of this serious trouble, and putting the blame on Prince Ling, he can also start a war against Zheng State, which is a three-pronged plan.
But he didn't expect that Jiang Heng was indeed here to assassinate him. With Jiang Heng's sword, the situation was completely out of control, and he flew towards an uncontrollable situation.
Now, he encountered the thing he feared the most. Today in Liuhua Hall, he suddenly found out why Jiang Heng doesn't look like Geng Yuan at all
Not only not like Geng Yuan, but also like the other person he was most afraid of.
"Your Majesty." Wei Zhuo said.
"Do you think he looks like him?" Juicong's voice trembled, this was the first time he was so scared in many years.
Wei Zhuo didn't speak, and Ju Cong said, "I suddenly had this idea too."
Wei Zhuo was silent for a moment, and did not answer Juicong's question directly. He said, "On the day Jiang Qing gave birth, Shaman Lin Hu personally delivered the birth."
"It's a boy," said Juicong, "I know, his name is 'Juicong'."
Wei Zhuo nodded and said, "You saw the corpse yourself."
Juicong said solemnly: "At the beginning, I was waiting outside the hall. It stands to reason that no one can come in or leave."
Wei Zhuo said: "There are only four people in the hall, Jiang Qing, the great shaman Sauron and his disciple Wuluohouhuang, who was only seven years old at the time."
"Three people." Juicong said.
"And that child." Wei Zhuo replied.
Juicong said, "Wuluo Houhuang is still alive."
Wei Zhuo thought about it for a long time and said, "It's really a bit similar, does the queen mother know?"
"She doesn't know," Juicong said coldly, "She just said today that the child looks like Jiang Qing."
"Even if you know all about it," Wei Zhuo said, "what can you do? Without any evidence, my king, who would believe the testimony of a Lin Hu rebel, especially when he was only seven years old."
Juicong stopped talking, and Wei Zhuo said again: "In the case, he may not be."
Ju Cong knew very well that no one understood Wei Zhuo better than him. They were born and died together. Ju Cong was six years old and Wei Zhuo was seven years old. Ju Cong followed him and learned to march and fight, and they were brothers and teachers of each other. . Lu Ji was his supporter, and Wei Zhuo stabilized the court situation for him.
But Lu Ji's thinking was too much, and he was a man. Juicong didn't trust him. This was the reason why he didn't consult with Lu Ji.
"I think," Wei Zhuo thought for a while, and said, "The most dangerous thing is still on the Queen Mother's side. She said that she no longer let Jie Gui serve as the guard of the East Palace, but instead sent it to that kid?"
"It's impossible for her to know." Juicong said, "The queen mother may be preconceived and don't like that kid. She didn't know anything about what happened back then. My mother, I know best, sent Jiegui to go. To keep an eye on him."
Juicong recalled the performance of the Empress Dowager Jiang carefully in these days. It was Jiang Heng who entered the palace half a year ago, and the Empress Dowager clearly showed disgust at the first face. Afterwards, Jiang Heng traveled abroad, but the queen mother was still angry at the behavior of not telling others, and sent Jie Gui to chase after him. Jiang Heng was mentioned in half a year, like asking about the dog raised in the palace, it was an understatement.
To this day, Juicong still can't see any signs that the Queen Mother Jiang is aware of the clues, she doesn't know anything. He didn't know that one son poisoned another son, nor did he know that Jiang Qing was grief-stricken, died in childbirth, and that the child he gave birth, the legitimate heir to the Yong Kingdom, died at an early age.
Juicong said: "I see that Costin seems to recognize it."
Wei Zhuo said: "Your Majesty, can the flat-haired beast be used as evidence? Even if it recognizes it, can it still speak? Besides, it also recognizes Juiciao, what if it is really Lord Geng's child?"
Juicong's eyes sharpened and he looked at Wei Zhuo. He knew that Wei Zhuo wanted to get rid of Jiang Heng, and Jiang Heng had done too much in Haocheng. Wei Zhuo didn't seem to have come to a conclusion, but he spoke intentionally or unintentionally. lead in a certain direction.
But Wei Zhuo noticed it immediately and made a remedy in time.
"That kid's policy of discussing the country," Wei Zhuo said seriously, "I have to say that I have some insight. I read books on sages and sages when I was young, and I am also a talent. The minister thought that as long as he was loyal to the prince, he could use it."
Juicong replied: "The solitary king doesn't like Juiciao's attitude towards him. Since he came, Juiciao is the only one in his eyes."
"It will get better over time," Wei Zhuo said. "The two brothers have not seen each other for a few years, and they can't wait to be together for a few days. It's just that His Majesty has to think about how to use him, and when something is wrong, he has to hurry up Settle this matter, and don't let the queen mother notice..."
Juicong made an "um" and said, "He has already handed over all his family assets. For the rest of the day, there will be no difference with him or without him."
Juicong believes that Jiang Heng has already contributed what he has learned in his life in order to gain his trust, and as long as he draws up the reform regulations in the East Palace, it will be useless.
The officials are too stubborn, too stubborn. The Yong people established their country by force, but no matter which dynasty it is, they will gradually tilt towards the sect of officials. This is the last thing Juicong wants to see. What to do must be done as soon as possible.
On the premise of not hurting Geng Shu, is it not easy to secretly send someone to deal with him and assassinate an official
At that time, the charge of this crime may be placed on the head of the Yong Kingdom's gentry, or it may be framed on the Zheng Kingdom.
He even thought about how to comfort Geng Shu after killing Jiang Heng—God has mercy, and let the people gather together for a few years. The world is like duckweed. His legacy is to unify China for me.
In this way, killing him at Yubi Pass would not be the best outcome.
Geng Shu is an unparalleled military genius. What is even more rare is that his thinking is very simple. Juicong attaches great importance to him and must keep him by his side and let him serve the Yong Kingdom.
In just a short while, Juicong thought about a series of plans for the follow-up, as long as he moved his fingers, it was very simple to let Jiang Heng die.
"The Ronin from Douluo"
Late at night, Jiang Heng suddenly felt a little cold.
The wind was blowing in from all directions, and Jiang Heng was woken up by the cold.
"Where is this?" Jiang Heng was instantly alert, and found that he was tightly bound by ropes, lying under a tree in the wilderness.
The moon is a thousand miles away, and a wolf howl can be heard in the distance. Jiang Heng immediately curled up and shouted, "Help!"
"Stop shouting." Jie Gui sat drinking and looked at Jiang Heng, "The incense in the package is really useful, I don't know it, Luo Xuan made it for ?"
Jiang Heng: "…"
Jie Gui actually took him out of Luoyancheng while he was asleep!
"What are you doing?" Jiang Heng's back suddenly became cold.
Jie Gui put Jiang Heng, who was tied with his ankles and ankles, under the tree, and when he got to him, he knelt down on his knees and knelt in front of Jiang Heng.
The moonlight shone on Jiang Heng's handsome face, Jie Gui stretched out, picked up the hair in front of Jiang Heng's forehead, put it on his side face, and looked at him intently.
Jiang Heng: "..."
Jiang Heng was a little sober, no matter how hard it was to believe, Jie Gui had kidnapped him... What did he want to do? Who did you kill yourself to avenge? No, he can get off at any time on the road.
"... Let me go." After Jiang Heng wanted to understand this, his tone softened a little, but he still couldn't figure it out, ", why? Did the queen mother ask to do this?"
"No." Jie Gui came closer, pressed Jiang Heng's neck, looked into his eyes, and whispered in his ear, "It's my own piece."
Jiang Heng asked, is he crazy? !
"Why?" Jiang Heng turned his head to look at Jie Gui's eyes, there was a smell of alcohol on Jie Gui.
Jiang Heng suddenly took a lot of seriousness and said, "Why, Jie Gui, tell me, let me go, I won't run away."
"Really?" Jie Gui's eyes were blurred. His appearance was the same as before, which was made ugly by the crisscrossing scars. At this moment, Jiang Heng felt that Jie Gui had something to say, and things were not as simple as he thought. .
Jiang Heng nodded, and Jie Gui followed with two swords, and the rope broke.
As soon as he hangs, he prepares Jiang Heng to escape suddenly, so that he can be brought back. After all, Jiang Heng is a little bit of martial arts, and the result of being neglected in Donglan Mountain is to be calculated by him.
Jiang Heng didn't run away, but just held Jie Gui's body. At this moment, in the dark of the moonlight, he seemed to see water marks on Jie Gui's face.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Heng became more and more puzzled and said, "Tell me, Jie Gui."
"I want to take away," Jie Gui said, "going?"
"Where to?" Jiang Hengmang asked.
"Go to the ends of the earth," Jie Gui said, "to a place where there is no one else but me and me. I promised to protect me, and I have to do it."
Jiang Heng: "..."
This is the third person who said that to him, the first is Geng Shu, the second is Luo Xuan, and the third is Jie Gui.
Jiang Heng replied seriously: "Impossible."
Jie Gui asked inexplicably, "Why?"
"My brother," Jiang Heng said, "Dayong, and thousands of people in China."
"Yeah," Jie Gui smiled sadly and said, "I always answer like this, the lives of the people are no longer his own, let alone anyone else's."
Jiang Heng began to understand a little, but Jie Gui said, "What if someone wants to kill him?"
Jiang Heng understood, Jie Gui must have received some news. After all, he has offended too many people along the way. Many ministers in the Yong Kingdom's court regarded him as a thorn in their side, and even some officials received his letters. Juicong's anger was shown to the public by a car split. Its henchmen will not let Jiang Heng go as long as they have the chance.
His original intention was not like this. After all, even if someone embezzled military salaries, it would not be a crime to die. Nai killed Ju Cong, his court was disgraced in front of Jiang Heng, and his anger was doubled.
Those who died could never take revenge on Juicong, and the only enemy was Jiang Heng.
"My father had fewer enemies before he died?" Jiang Heng said, "What am I afraid of?"
Once the southern countries get the news, they will never let him go, and maybe they will send assassins to murder him in secret, Jiang Heng has already dealt with him.
Jie Gui was still on his knees, Jiang Heng held his chin, but Jie Gui turned his face away, looked at the plain under the moonlight, and said, "This is father's son, father died for Dayong, and he should be If I want to inherit his legacy, I know that I will not leave, but I will not die, and I want to be rejected by him again."
Jiang Hengwan understood that this assassin, the origin of his parents, was in love with him and wanted him to get out of this danger. His enemies are far more than domestic, the whole world is his and Geng Shu's enemies.
"Even if you do a little bit," Jie Gui suddenly said to Jiang Heng again, "you won't get the reward you deserve? Even if you give so much blood for Dayong, no one will understand. There are even a few people who go one after the other to kill them, so what's it like?"
"I don't care." Jiang Heng smiled, shook the lower world Gui, and said, "There are few things in the world that are more important than life and death and reputation? Well, they will protect me, won't they?"
"I'm afraid that one day I won't be able to protect it." Jie Gui replied seriously.
"My brother didn't say that." Jiang Heng said.
"Well," Jie Kyu said, "until the day I'll be damned..."
"Shh," Jiang Heng stopped Jie Gui, "I won't die, I won't, and I won't either."
Jie Gui thought for a while, and seemed to be irritable, and then said: "Before I left, I made up my mind that no matter what I said, I had to tie it to the Central Plains. After such a disturbance, I couldn't get down. "
Jiang Heng replied sternly: "If you really do this, you should know that I will have a lot of hatred."
"I don't care." Jie Gui said.
"If someone deprives him of his mission," Jiang Heng said, "to forcibly lock him up and let him watch the death of the person he wants to protect, but he can't do anything about it, wouldn't it be very uncomfortable? Doing so would be tantamount to Depriving me of something I've always wanted to do in order to keep me alive."
The last sentence completely touched Jie Gui.
"Okay," Jie Gui sighed and said, "Got it."
Jiang Heng stood up and said, "I'm going back to the palace." His feet were still a little sore and numb, he asked, what's the matter? Sleep well in the Lama Temple, and can be tied to the wilderness by his own guards.
Jie Gui said, "I'll take it off my back."
"So you can't drink wine." Jiang Heng didn't let Jie Gui back, he just walked slowly.
Jie Gui: " That wine is too strong."
"Are you sober now?" Jiang Heng said, "I'll ask you again, did the queen mother ask you to do this?"
"No." Jie Gui said, "Can't I have what I want to do?"
"Who wants to kill me?" Jiang Heng said.
"Since you have decided to go back," Jie Gui touched his head and said, "you don't have to worry about it. There are some things that you don't know right now."
"I don't know now, doesn't mean I'll never know..."
"One day I will know..."
The two were one after the other, drifting away under the bright moon.