My historian is dying every day

Chapter 49 [Just look at the seal]

As long as Qi Yu could remember, there was a cousin named Qi Zheng by his side.He was born four months later than Qi Zheng, the only child of Princess Zhennan, the elder sister of the first emperor.

"Since he is the son of the princess, why is he surnamed Qi?" Wen Yanzhi stretched out his hand from Qi Yu's arms and brushed off Qi Yu's legs that were lying on his waist, "Princess Zhennan was married to General Fuyuan, and the children under her knees should not follow the general. last name?"

"You really didn't grow up in Beijing," Qi Yu retracted his legs, lay flat with a little dissatisfaction, and put Wen Yanzhi's hand on his chest. I don’t know at all. That’s when Aunt Zhennan’s marriage to General Fuyuan…”

Princess Zhennan was originally ordered by Emperor Yonghui to marry General Fuyuan as his wife. At first, although the husband and wife were not speculative, they were quite harmonious, but after sixteen years of marriage, they had no heirs, and after all, they hated each other.There were rumors all over Beijing that Princess Zhennan had a stomach problem. For a while, Xipo, who went to the general's mansion as a concubine, almost broke through the threshold.Just when General Fuyuan was finally overwhelmed by the family's burden and asked for a concubine to follow up, Princess Zhennan was also told by the royal family's family that she got impatient, and suddenly said, "What kind of concubine do you want? No need!"Then he picked up a pen and wrote a book, and put it in front of the general: "Just look at the seal."

The general looked down, his eyes nearly popped out, and he saw the big two words on the paper: "He Li."

Since ancient times, in the marriage of the Tian family, has there ever been a divorce?When Heli's letter was delivered to the palace, the whole court was shocked, the queen mother wept bitterly, and the former emperor was furious, and went straight to Zhennan. This move was unfilial, disloyal, and unrighteous.But at that time, Princess Zhennan just knelt on the futon in the front hall of Shande Palace, her eyes were eager, and she gritted her teeth and said, "The emperor still wants to talk about loyalty and filial piety to me? It's been 16 years! Loyalty has not been given." I love my husband, and my filial piety did not give me my son! If the future generations are not blessed, the ancestors will have no kindness. Why should I guard the old paper? He Fuyuan General There are many wives and concubines, but you want me to stop and confront him for the rest of my life? I won't do it! It's better to stop from now on, everyone is clean!"

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she asked Yurui to break her leg. During the persuasion and concubine concubines, the Empress Dowager and Princess Zhennan were crying and making a fuss in the hall, but Princess Zhennan suddenly closed her eyes and passed out.

Everyone was astonished, but they didn't know that it was fate, and they played a big joke with her.

A group of imperial physicians knelt in front of the late emperor and said one by one: "The princess is the Ximai, it is indeed the Ximai."

——Why did nothing come out for sixteen years, and once the scandals of Heli and Li were all over the sky, the princess suddenly appeared?The former empress dowager was so pissed off that she didn't think about eating and drinking, so the clan sent the old King Jing to act as a watchmaker, and wanted to re-plan the reconciliation and separation with General Fuyuan, so she wanted to let it go and treat it as a joke.

But Princess Zhennan turned pale and said: "I have a fief for hundreds of miles in the south of the town, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city. Can't I afford to raise a child? Since it is my child, I will give birth to it and love it by myself. It has nothing to do with half a cent! From now on, when this child is born, he will follow my royal family's surname, I want to see, who in the world dares to look down on him!"

So a few months later, Qi Zheng fell to the ground. He took a nap with gold silk pillows and silkworm satin quilts. He wished to wash his mouth water from the Tianshan Mountains. He used cups and plates inlaid with agate gemstones. Otherwise, it would be enough to melt the silver and drink it with water.

But Princess Zhennan is so extravagant for her son, but Qi Zheng himself is not competitive. He is 14 years old and has no elegant hobbies. , I like to eat pasta, especially pancakes.There are many cooks in the prince's mansion, all of them are from all over the world, but under Qi Zheng's family, all eighteen cooks make cakes.

When Qi Yu talked about this, he almost laughed out loud: "In the past, Qi Zheng asked our brothers to go back to the princess mansion for dinner, but we didn't go. Who came? ... Yes, it's the virtuous king. It's cakes, braised cakes, sweet and sour cakes, steamed cakes... how do you eat them? Qi Zheng was annoyed when he heard this, and put a sack in front of the Xian Wang the next day. When the Xian Wang opened it, he saw that it was full of cakes. Shocked, he asked him what it was for, but he heard Qi Zheng say, "Why can't you eat it! You eat it! It's delicious! The virtuous king was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn, and he ran out of the Imperial College in a hurry, afraid that Qi Zheng would force him to finish eating A sack of pancakes is enough."

"Is this the real thing?" Wen Yanzhi laughed and tears came out of the corners of his eyes, thinking that this would be a pain for Her Royal Highness, it is pitiful to have to live with her son at home after breaking up her love.

"It's more real than real gold, that's the best time..." Qi Yu smiled and sighed, then turned around and looked at Wen Yanzhi slowly, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and then said: "At that time , Qi Zheng always has a tail around him, and it has been around since he was eleven or twelve years old. At first we didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that maybe it was just a secret guard assigned to the kings and grandchildren in the palace. Later, King Kang said that it was Before Zhennan Huanggu gave birth to Qi Zheng, she made a special trip to order the orphans found by the head of the guard of the Imperial City Department to carefully cultivate them into shadow guards, just to ensure Qi Zheng's safety at all times."

A guess floated in Wen Yanzhi's mind, and he was taken aback, "The shadow guard is..."

"The shadow guard is Li Gengnian." Qi Yu closed his eyes and pinched the warm fingers on his chest unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something, but he just paused for a while. , and then said in a deep voice: "Li Gengnian was not originally from me, he grew up with Qi Zheng, ate and drank together, almost like twins, even brothers, I am afraid it is difficult to be as close as the two of them Yes. Li Gengnian took care of Qi Zheng meticulously. Since I was the same age as Qi Zheng and had always studied and played together, he was very respectful to me and knew me well. If it hadn't been for four years ago...Qi Zheng died Now, Li Gengnian will definitely not follow me..."

Wen Yanzhi asked in a low voice: "How did the Marquis of Guanxi...not?"

"At that time, Qi Zheng was no longer the Marquis of Kansai..." Qi Yu's almond eyes slightly opened, and he frowned to recall, "I remember, it was around the time of the vernal equinox, when Ren Tuo rebelled, the first emperor recruited Kansai , The Guanzhong army urgently responded to the rebellion, and I and Qi Zheng went on the road together. At that time, I was the general who conquered the west, and the former emperor conferred on Qi Zheng, so I should be the "Marquis of the Army."

Such things as anti-rebellion, as suspicious as the former emperor, naturally cannot be trusted to his courtiers, so it was King Kang who led the army to attack the enemy. Prepare for a rainy day.

He stayed in the army for several months, and when the battle was almost over, King Kang won another great victory. The sergeants sang loudly, beat drums and danced, and Qi Yu was actually persuaded to drink a few cups.Qi Zheng took Li Gengnian to inspect the surroundings, came back late, and was very happy to hear about the great victory, but unexpectedly, just as he picked up the wine cup to drink, the report came suddenly, saying that it was the grain and grass convoy of the escort officer Zhang Linfang, who met him ten miles away. And Rento rogues.

Fighting rogues is still a common thing. At that time, it was Qi Yu's turn to guard the night. When he heard the words, he put down his drink and stood up.

"Forget it, you guys are having fun, I'll go and I'll go." Qi Zheng pushed him amusedly, winked and said, "Why did the bandits come here for nothing? I'm afraid there is some treasure in Zhang Linfang's car, so I'll take a look and grab some first." , so as not to be cheap, brothers."

Qi Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Warning on the front line is like going to the village to snatch girls."

Kang Wang came to dissuade him and said: "You have not led troops a few times, you should ask Lao Wu to go, otherwise you will be cut with a knife, and my aunt will beat us both to death." Then he pushed Qi Yu away.But Qi Zheng stopped him, "Just cut it off, and don't tell my mother." After finishing speaking, regardless of King Kang's persuasion, he put down the wine cup, took Li Gengnian and Qibai Qingqi with him, and smiled. He rushed out of the station and ran northward.

It was originally an ordinary day, but now Qi Yu can't remember whether the sky was cloudy or rainy, whether it was a strong wind blowing sand or a bright moon.Because it's so normal, it's usually a big deal to choke on drinking, it's so common that meat oil drips on your hands and you feel hot, and it's so common that no one would have thought that it was a game.

Most of the food and grass escorts are troops of one thousand people. When Qi Zheng brings his troops to the battle, how can there be any bandits with Rento?All the men and horses I saw were the army of frontier tigers and wolves, wearing our armor, looking like a school, chilly and full of swords.

"Who is this team?" Wen Yanzhi asked nervously, "Aren't they delivering food and grass?"

"The war is coming to an end, and most of the people who send food and grass are wounded and unable to fight again." Qi Yu said solemnly, "Later when Li Gengnian told me, he guessed that they were the prince's personal guards raised in northern Xinjiang, but they borrowed Zhang Linfang's advice. , to come to the front line to kill."

Wen Yanzhi tightened the fingers held by Qi Yu, "... who will kill?"

Qi Yu sighed, with so many memories in his mind, but he was full of blood when he fell to the end, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows lightly: "Kill me."

But he didn't know at the time, and Qi Zheng naturally didn't know either.He also thought that the surrounding soldiers wanted to make a joke, so he smiled and asked Zhang Linfang who the leader was and which army tent he belonged to.

But the leader asked Qi Zheng why he led troops to besiege for no reason, and mobilized troops without orders. Did he want to rebel?

Qi Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and said that he had received the battle report that the grain and grass here had been attacked, so naturally he would lead troops to rescue.

Zhang Linfang said with a smile, saying that such a battle report had never been reported before, so it must be that Qi Zheng was in a panic and wanted to rob supplies with ulterior motives.

The chief general and Zhang Linfang looked at each other, raised their hands, and the soldiers behind them pointed their bows and arrows straight at the direction of Qian Ren, and immediately attacked Qi Zheng.

Qi Zheng finally came to his senses, it was the prince's conspiracy to trap and kill King Kang's arms here.They knew that Qi Yu was the general on guard tonight, so they had already made preparations, and at this time they regarded themselves as Qi Yu.He quickly turned his horse's head to retreat, but at this time, how could he allow him to retreat?The surrounding powerful soldiers swarmed up in an instant, and the seven hundred light cavalry resisted with difficulty, showing a sense of defeat in an instant.Li Gengnian's eyes turned red and he tried his best, but he was able to get Qi Zheng out of the siege, he rode his horse and galloped, throwing away his helmet and armor, and fled in the dark.

"... Li Gengnian was also seriously injured. At that time, an arrow was stuck in his right arm, and his body was covered in blood. He was riding a horse with Qi Zheng on his back. When he arrived at the station, he finally fell off the horse together. Let's find a doctor quickly. He was crying so loudly, we all thought that Qi Zheng was still alive, as long as we could find a doctor...he would be saved..." The old age in Qi Yu's voice seemed to be engraved in Jingshi On the stone wall, stroke by stroke, the engraving finally stopped here.

The air suddenly fell silent, and he took a deep breath forbearance, and then continued: "Later, King Kang went up first. He pushed Qi Zheng, but he didn't wake up... The barracks was full of screams, and the doctors knelt down one after another. On the ground...everyone said...it was hopeless, I was afraid that he would die before he reached the station...someone wanted to push Qi Zheng away, Li Gengnian seemed to be crazy, he refused to let him go...he only knew how to lie down Qi Zheng cried..."

The crying sound was like that of a troupe in a theater in the capital, going on all night, as if it was about to cry out the souls of people.Qi Yu stood in the army tent where people were coming and going, staring blankly at Qi Zheng's bloody corpse, feeling that the air around him seemed to be pierced with needles, stabbing him forcefully, while the top of his head , as if he was holding a huge boulder, which made him suffocate.

"It should have been Zhen..." Qi Yu said in a low voice, the fine shadow in his eyes reflected Wen Yanzhi in front of him, but he seemed to be looking at another place, "Originally, damn it, it was Zhen..."

Those cries pierced his ears. As far as he could see, Li Gengnian was kneeling on the ground, wailing and hugging Qi Zheng's body, which was as weak as a weed, crying heartbreakingly, as if crying to the sky, as if Calling the ground.

What else can I do but cry?

Qi Yu stood there like a fool, but couldn't even cry a tear.

Because at this moment, the saddest thing is no longer death.

——If it is said that the crown prince set up this situation because he wanted to kill King Kang's arm, that's all.But Qi Yu knew very well that the Xima next to the prince was Kang Wang's eyeliner. How could Kang Wang not know about such a big move?If you don't know, why did you want to dissuade Qi Zheng long before he left the camp?Was it because he was afraid of killing the wrong person?

His hands and feet were already cold, and he turned his head stiffly to look at Kang Wang's face, all he could see was misery.

He asked: "Brother Wang, is it the prince?"

Kang Wang raised his hand to wipe his tears, but he didn't answer this sentence.He only said one sentence: "Zheng'er will not die in vain."

——Dead is dead, but can he care if he died in vain?Only a living person can tell!

He was angry, so angry that he wanted to cry, but when he cried to his lips, it turned into a wry smile.

The sky is full of stars hanging high on the sandy ground in Saibei, desolate and cold, and the sound of howling is like the fire of red lotuses separated by several generations. Once upon a time, the laughter and play among brothers flashed before the eyes one by one, and it was once hot to the top of the heart One pile after another, but at this time it can chill people to the bone.

It turned out that the elder brother he had been following wanted to kill himself.

It turns out that all the brothers are ants in power.

If King Kang and the crown prince proclaim themselves emperors in another year, how many of their brothers...will they have to live?

Qi Zheng's obituary was spread to Beijing, and Princess Zhennan leaked liquid when she heard the news, she was so stunned that she vomited blood and fell into a coma.A group of people in Tai Hospital waited for three days in undressed clothes to take care of them, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Princess Zhennan led hundreds of people straight to the East Palace with a sharp sword.The East Palace was in chaos, the imperial guards surrounded the princess and dared not move rashly. The late emperor came and scolded Zhennan princess for not having a family, a country and a community in her heart.

Princess Zhennan laughed so hard that veins appeared on her head, she threw the sword in her hand on the ground with hatred, and her voice was broken and frantic: "Family country! Sheji! Jiangshan!... Hahahaha, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you will raise a child!" Such a son can be crowned as the crown prince, why is he talking about his family, country and society! What is he talking about about my family! I hate my Zheng'er for never asking for it, hate my Zheng'er, and respect him and love his elder brother... In the end, it's all like this Return! This is the emperor's world, this is the emperor's home country!...Hate! Hate...the way of heaven is inhumane...to be born in the emperor's house..."

Crying and laughing wildly, she fell to the ground. Everyone was astonished, but before they could stop her, she raised her hand and picked up the sword again, and wiped it across her neck in a blink of an eye.

The blood is like poppies in an instant.

Wen Yanzhi took a deep breath and sat up, "So... Princess Zhennan died like this."

In the annals of the Internal History Mansion, it is recorded that Princess Zhennan was overly worried and died of depression, and was posthumously named the eldest princess of Cixuan Zhongxiao.How ironic does it seem now?If the princess is still alive, I am afraid that the internal history mansion will be burned down.

"I can't let go of this matter, the former emperor finally abolished the crown prince." Qi Yu raised his arms and rested his forehead, "What happened later... You can probably guess it. Once the crown prince was removed, King Kang's heart disease was half gone, and the court shouted Gao Gao asked the former emperor to make King Kang the heir apparent. However, the former emperor was clear about what King Kang had done and what he hadn’t done, so he never commented on it. King Kang saw that the position of the heir apparent was close at hand. , became more and more suspicious, and even thought that the virtuous king from the same mother intended to take the throne from him."

At that time, it happened that the Zhou family was going to marry the Xian Wang. In order to avoid disaster, the Xian Wang invited him to go to Huainan to buy, hoping to avoid Kang Wang's suspicion. Unexpectedly, when Kang Wang saw his move, he even suspected that he wanted to deploy soldiers secretly. Ma, agreeing with Yushi Tailin's family, read several books of the sage king, saying that he was not doing his own thing in Huainan, and was traveling all day long.The first emperor was furious, and he revoked the title of King Xian at that time, and ordered him to return to Beijing immediately.But Kang Wang is a person who never does anything and never stops. He actually set up an ambush on the way back for the Xian King. Coincidentally, a woman who was on the same road discovered Xingzang and reminded the Xian King, so that the Xian King escaped. doomed.

Wen Yanzhi asked: "Is this woman Princess Xian?"

Qi Yu nodded.

The virtuous king returned to the capital, and in the name of not doing business properly, he even brought back a woman. He made a fuss to the late emperor and said that he would give him a marriage. It's just pretending.At this time, although Xian Wang lost his position as marquis, he let the first emperor know that he had no intention of fighting for the throne. King Kang was overjoyed to see another brother fell from the horse, and began to take it lightly. Finally found the loophole.

"After the death of Qi Zheng, Li Geng always thought about revenge." Qi Yu looked at the carvings on the beam of the bed, and said wearily, "We pretended to assist King Kang in the future, but in fact we also controlled King Kang's life. Because of the fact that he was selling his official titles, he also privately mobilized soldiers and horses in Hungu Pass, and the first emperor ordered him to be imprisoned. King Kang got the letter in advance and knew that the position of the crown prince was no longer possible, so he fled with his troops... In the end, we When they surrounded him at Changqiaopo, they saw the wooden house was on fire, and the investigators all said that King Kang Yuemo had died."

The story has been told here, and there is no need to elaborate on the funeral.

Wen Yanzhi leaned against the corner of the bed, looked down at Qi Yu's face, recalled all the things just now, and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, do you think Guard Li is right..."

——Did Qizheng ever have the intention of south wind?

——Li Gengnian looked at that scallion pancake today, as if he had been pierced by countless steel needles, and the wind could pass through his words.

Qi Yu also guessed what he was going to ask, smiled, stretched out his hand to pull Wen Yanzhi over to sleep: "I don't know."

After a while, he hugged Wen Yanzhi and sighed softly again.

"...It's too late to know."