Chapter 229 Postscript 2 Wei Xiaokuan's conspiracy, Phoenix's thoughts (Part 2)
As the rumor spread that "Phoenix will become emperor if it ascends," the news of Gao Wei's death soon swept through the entire Ye City. Suddenly, there were many doubts among the nobles and nobles, and there were even more divergent opinions in the major wine shops and Qinlou Chu Pavilion in Yecheng. Speculations about the identity and past of "Murong Jue" became the hottest topic of discussion. Some even compared his appearance with that of Emperor Murong Chong of the Western Yan Dynasty who was known as "a prostitute for several years and an iron-blooded emperor" two hundred years ago.
"I didn't expect that after King Lanling and Han Zigao, there would be such a charming man. I wonder if this Murong Jue has the ambition of his ancestor Murong Chong? Hahaha..."
"Yes. I don’t know if I don’t have this ambition, but I heard that this kid was ruthless and violent. He showed no mercy at a young age, whether he was killing enemies on the battlefield or his own people! I heard that the entire Murong clan was wiped out because of the rebellion! , and this boy led Jinyang soldiers into Yecheng when His Majesty and the Queen returned to Ye, and the destructive power was no less than that of Hou Jing who led three thousand soldiers and horses into Jiankang, Nanliang City. "< br>
"That's true. In my opinion, King Anle was killed by this boy. He was avenging the Murong clan! This boy is extremely dangerous, unless he has no intention of rebellion, and if he does, I'm afraid this guy will Yecheng also..."
"Don't you know this? He originally wanted to rebel. Fortunately, the queen stopped him in time and prevented him from succeeding. And the queen also did not impose heavy punishments because of her relationship with him, but instead used him seriously. As for What is the relationship between him and the queen? Hehe, come here and I will tell you in private..."
A middle-aged man with a deer-headed and rat-like eyes pulled the scribe who was gleaming with eyesight over him, lowered his head and whispered something. , just when the conversation was getting heated, a hand suddenly came over, grabbed the man's neck and lifted him out. When the scribe saw it, he was so frightened that he picked up his feet and ran away.
All the guests in the teahouse also covered their heads and fled.
"Little brother, spare your life... spare your life..."
"Who asked you to slander the queen's reputation here?" Phoenix clasped the middle-aged man's neck hard, coldly Asked.
"No, I don't... How dare you slander the queen..."
Fenghuang used force again, and the middle-aged man felt that his neck was about to be broken, and hurriedly said: "I won't dare to do it again in the future..." , I dare not..."
"If you let me hear it again, I will kill you immediately!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Phoenix's As soon as his hand loosened slightly, the middle-aged man immediately dodged and ran away. Just as he escaped from the door of the wine shop, he encountered Ling Ye bringing a group of soldiers. Two of the soldiers grabbed one of the middle-aged man's arms. Stride towards Dali Temple.
Ling Ye glanced at Fenghuang and said, "Boy, my girl wants to see you!"
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Fenghuang knew who the girl Ling Ye was talking about was the same as him, even if she was an adult. After getting married and becoming a queen, in their hearts, she will always be the same person and will not change due to the change of status.
Fenghuang came to Zhaoyang Hall and saw Xiao Jinyu wearing a plain robe and leaning on a couch. Her bulging abdomen was visible under the loose Xuan robe. She held her belly with one hand and looked white and flawless. Anticipation for the child and maternal love gradually appeared on her face.
“Phoenix, are you here?”
There is no one else in the palace, not even Gao Changgong is here at this time, which shows her trust in him.
Seeing him walking in, Xiao Jinyu's face was filled with a gentle and caring smile.
Fenghuang also nodded with a smile, walked up to her, couldn't help but squat down, and stretched out his hand, as if to caress the baby in her belly, but he retracted his hand out of concern.
The smile on Xiao Jinyu's face faded slightly and she said: "Nothing, Phoenix, do you like children? When he is born and grows up, I will let him learn archery from you, okay? ?”
Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
The hall suddenly became silent, or in other words, only her breathing could be heard.
"Phoenix, no matter what happens or what is rumored outside, I believe you, without any doubt!" She said suddenly.
Fenghuang suddenly raised his head and looked at her with tears in his eyes.
“Brother Qing, I did not kill Anle Wang Gao Wei. Although I went to see him and I did want to kill him, I always remembered what brother Qing said. Even if he made a mistake, he must follow the law. Punishment, otherwise anyone can kill with a knife, the world will lose order, and the law will not be truly enforced!"
"I know, so I say, I have full faith in you, Phoenix, Never doubt yourself! And never doubt my trust in you!”
"I have asked Ling Ye to investigate this matter, and I will definitely clear your name!" Xiao Jinyu said.
"Actually, there is no need to check, I can guess who it is. Brother Qing, I'm sorry, it seems difficult for me to control this group of evil people under me! I know they are forcing me!"
< br>Xiao Jinyu was a little stunned, but soon seemed to think of something and regained his composure.
"Fenghuang, can you tell me what you experienced during your years in Jinyang?"
Fenghuang was silent for a while and replied: "It was just going to the battlefield and fighting against the Turks. , Duan Dadu taught me some strategic skills and asked me to lead troops. If I made meritorious deeds, he would not hesitate to reward me and promote me!
But at the same time, many of the nobles in Jinyang were dissatisfied with me. They would often use tricks and tricks to provoke me, but I later subdued them all!
Many of the people I control now are noble soldiers who were once subdued by me, and some are people who once followed my grandfather and father, because my grandfather’s reputation is extremely high, and there are many The people who once admired my grandfather chose to follow me again!
But, Brother Qing, as you said, they all have their own thoughts, and many of them are contrary to mine. They despise the etiquette of the Han people, respect the strong, do not obey the law, and do not care for the people. , they only have interests and even greed in their eyes!
When I brought them to Yecheng to help you and King Lanling, I promised them glory and wealth, but they are still not satisfied with the rewards given to them by Brother Qing, or even the rewards I gave them. Sometimes , they will also disturb the people and rob, just like robbers and bandits!
I restrained them! But Brother Qing, it's so difficult. Is it because I'm not capable enough? It's so difficult to completely control this army. If they don't get what they want, they want to rebel, and they even want to encourage me to rebel!
I really want to kill them, but I can't do it. After all, many of them are people who sincerely follow me and are left by my grandfather and father..."
Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu felt in his heart It felt like she was being pinched. She stood up slowly, raised her hand, and gently stroked the top of Phoenix's head.
"I'm sorry, Phoenix, I ignored your feelings and put heavy pressure on you. , thank you for your hard work! "
"However, I am very happy that you can say it. You don't have to worry about this matter and let me handle it, okay? From now on, you will stay in the Forbidden Army, and I will give some rewards to those people and let them go to the border towns to garrison and perform meritorious service..."
Fenghuang said no more and nodded with a smile.
After a while, Fenghuang suddenly said: "Brother Qing, it is actually very hard to take care of national affairs. You are still pregnant..."
"If you don't work hard, you can see the country is peaceful and the people are safe. When you all live well, everything I do will be worth it!"
After hearing this, Phoenix couldn't help but raise his lips and smile as he looked into her smiling eyes.
"Then I'll leave first. Brother Qing, please take good care of yourself!"
Xiao Jinyu nodded. Phoenix then stood up and reluctantly walked out of the palace, but he thought to himself: How wonderful would it be if everyone in this world had great love in their hearts, yearned for light, and treated the weak and weak like you?
It's a pity that there are always some people in this world who are born with viciousness. No matter how nice you are to them, they will never be satisfied, will not be influenced, and will even stab you in the back!
Brother Qing, you are so beautiful! So you don’t know that there are still some people in this world who are so bad that they don’t deserve your love and care at all!
After Fenghuang left, Gao Changgong walked out of the back hall and came to Xiao Jinyu. At this moment, he breathed a sigh of relief. If he said he was not worried, he would be lying. Now everyone outside Murong Jue has a cruel and cruel temperament. He wonders if people will change?
"Chang Gong, you have seen it, Phoenix has not changed, it's just... he has taken on some pressure that is inconsistent with his age."
"Sometimes I regret it. It would have been better if I had always kept him by my side. There is no need for him to become a famous general, as carefree as the Phoenix before. But look at him now...he There are so many things hidden in my heart now!”
“I don’t even know what is best for him? If I let him go elsewhere, will he think that I am driving him away? He doesn't seem happy to stay with me..."
"Chang Gong, I really don't know what to do with him?"
Gao Changgong gently hugged her. body and said: "Ayu, you think too much. You always think about others and are cautiously afraid of hurting anyone, but he also has his own ideas. Maybe he is more afraid of hurting you, so Like me before...
At that time, I always thought that letting you leave Qi and let Xiao Xian take you to a place where there are no ignorant kings, sycophants and villains would be the greatest protection for you. Even if I die, it's still worth it, but I didn't expect that I would cause the greatest harm to you in the end,
So, Ayu, don’t think so much. Don’t think that you can do everything well by yourself. You are not a god and you will be tired!
Don’t worry, I will send people to watch over Murong Jue and not let him go astray, nor will I let those Xianbei sergeants control him! "
Speaking of this, Gao Changgong smiled bitterly again: "Speaking of which, these noble and evil forces are just like Hou Jing back then. They were the founders of our Qi dynasty, and they were used to fight against the strongest forces in Zhou. Great military support, but most of these people have extremely bad character and have the ugliest side of human nature.
My father wanted to re-employ Han Chen, and his uncles Gao Yang and Gao Yan even wanted to form a Han army to make the Xianbei nobles bow their heads, but later they all failed! "
Xiao Jinyu also continued: "I know that in fact, the laws of Qi have been revised very completely, and many of the decrees are also very sound, but it is difficult to implement them, and few people follow them. Those Xianbei noble habits In order to oppress good people, commit corruption and bend the law...because no one can control them...because they are the military guarantee of Qi..."
Having said this, she smiled very optimistically, looked at Gao Changgong and said seriously: "But it doesn't matter, we have time to promote more capable people to subdue these people!
Now we have Uncle Xian and Ah Xuan at the frontier fortress Training the Han army, Phoenix is also training Han warriors as the forbidden army in Yecheng. It will succeed one day, it just has to wait a little longer..."
"Let's let some talented people go to the local area. Governance, just like we did in Shuozhou before, if every place is governed well, the country will slowly get better..."
Gao Changgong also nodded and smiled slightly, and put his ear to the He felt the beating of life in her belly, and his face was filled with happiness and joy.
"Our child will be born soon, Ayu, what do you think we should name it?"
Xiao Jinyu smiled: "I'll leave the naming to you! I'm just going to be lazy!"
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When Fenghuang returned to the camp, he saw Duan Chonghe A group of generals were sharing the dirty laundry, and some of them even came back with a few women in their arms.
Those women were trembling with fear and tears on their faces. They looked like women from good families.
"What are you doing?" Phoenix asked sharply.
"Young Master, these brothers have been fighting with you for many years and suffered a lot. They once had no food for a month. Now they are finally living a good life. You can just let them do whatever they want. Why bother so much?" Duan Chong said.
Fenghuang was so angry that he grabbed Duan Chong's throat again: "You led them to rob the people around Yecheng again? And robbed good girls?"
"Let them go! Otherwise, I will kill you!”
The faces of several generals changed greatly, but they were frightened by the power of the phoenix and had no choice but to let the women go.
The women glanced at this stunning young man with some gratitude and hurriedly ran outside the camp.
Duan Chong's expression was very ugly, and he even teased: "Young Master, do you know what is being spread in Yecheng now? Everyone thinks you will rebel. Do you think we can have a good death?"
"Do you really think that woman won't doubt you? How many kings killed heroes in order to consolidate their throne?
Now that woman keeps saying that she implements benevolent government and governs the country with Confucianism, but her benevolent government is to make us Xianbei Why should we learn from Han Confucianism about women’s benevolence? What's the use of learning those Han culture? Isn't it just to wear down our minions?"
"Isn't she also asking you to train the Han army to gradually weaken the power of our Xianbei nobles?"
"Young Master, this woman..."
"So, bullying is what you believe in, right?" Phoenix interrupted with a sneer, "I'm not afraid of being suspected. What I think is sad is that some People have lost their humanity without knowing it, but...how can people like you understand how good she is?"
After a bitter and cold laugh, he suddenly changed the subject again? Question: "You really want to rebel, don't you?"
The eyes of several generals lit up.
Even Duan Chong looked at him in surprise.
"Young Master, have you figured it out?"
Fenghuang suddenly calmed down. He glanced at the generals, then looked at Duan Chong, and said with a sneer: "I don't agree with your point of view. , but there is one thing you said is right. During this period, it was really hard for me to see her and Gao Changgong together, so I wanted to take her back. I was the one who met her first..."
Duan Chong's eyes showed doubt.
"What, you don't believe what I said?" Phoenix looked at him and asked.
“Then young master, in what name do we raise the flag of rebellion?”
"What do you think?"
Seeing the fierce light in Phoenix's eyes that looked like a smile but not a smile, Duan Chong felt both fear and joy in his heart, and finally grinned and said: "It all depends on the young master!"