() The two of them had just arrived at the entrance of the courtyard where Xia Cheng lived, and when they were about to step in, a voice suddenly came from the courtyard: "Brother, what you said is wrong. We are all our father's sons.

Why can't we go in and see his old man? His old man is seriously ill now, and it's time for us to fulfill our filial piety. What are your intentions in making things difficult in every possible way?" Just after saying this, there were several echoing voices.

, listen to the voice, it’s not just one person.

Hearing this voice, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, who had just taken a step, paused involuntarily. They looked at each other at the same time, with wry smiles on their faces. Of course they could tell that the owner of the voice was exactly

Xia Cheng's son Xia Ting. And they all heard the echoing voices. They were also Xia Cheng's other sons, including Xia Ting, the third son who was most favored by Xia Cheng.

Xia Cheng has many sons, and none of these young masters are economical. Although Xia Cheng's eldest son is Xia Ziteng, before Xia Cheng was critically ill, he never mentioned which son he would make the heir apparent. In this way,

Naturally, Xia Ziteng's younger brothers had other ideas. After all, no one was willing to submit to others, especially when the talents of these young masters were not inferior to Xia Ziteng's.

Before Xia Cheng was critically ill, these young masters were already fighting fiercely, but with Xia Cheng's suppression from above, they did not dare to be too blatant. But now that Xia Cheng is critically ill, the matter of the Xia Family Army's heir must not be resolved

It’s not obvious, but for this matter, Xia Ziteng, Xia Ting and others can be said to have a small quarrel on the third day and a big quarrel on the fifth day. Zhang Sailiang has been here several times before, and he always makes it.

I came across a quarrel between these young men.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang bravely walked into the yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw that the people in the yard were divided into two sides. Guarding the door of the wing was a large group of soldiers. In the center of the soldiers

, the one wearing a black robe is none other than Xia Cheng's eldest son Xia Ziteng. On the other side, there are only three people, but they are all the sons of Lord Xia.

The first person is Xia Ting, the second son of Xia Cheng, and those around Xia Ting are the third son Xia Wen and the fourth son Xia Wu. These three are all born to the second mother, and they are brothers. They are related to Xia Ziteng.

They are naturally much closer than Xia Ting. Even if it means gaining a position, Xia Ting will be much better than Xia Ziteng. So in the past few days, the three brothers have also formed a united front to deal with Xia Zi.

Teng.

Among the three brothers, Xia Wen was the most knowledgeable, even though he was weak in literary skills and lacked the strength to control emotions. However, in terms of profound knowledge, Xia Wen was the first among the brothers. Therefore, Xia Wen was also the first to attack, quoting scriptures together, and gave a comprehensive explanation.

In the end, he expressed this purpose: As your brother, Xia Ziteng, if you don’t let us brothers visit our father, that is a lack of human ethics!

It's just that although Xia Wen was eloquent, Xia Ziteng seemed to have learned a lot about his fourth brother's talkative skills. Xia Wen's words went in one ear and out the other, and he didn't take them to heart at all. In the end, he said back with one sentence: "

Daddy is unwell and no one can see him."

In fact, everyone knows Xia Ziteng's thoughts, but they just don't want Xia Ting and others to see Xia Cheng at this critical moment. In any case, Xia Ziteng is also the eldest son. In terms of status, as long as Xia Cheng doesn't know

Referring to the other brothers as heirs, Xia Ziteng can legitimately inherit Xia Cheng's position after a hundred years of Xia Cheng. Therefore, Xia Ziteng does not want to cause trouble at this time and let Xia Ting and the others take advantage.

Being manipulated by Xia Ziteng, Xia Wen really felt like a scholar meeting a soldier. Naturally, Xia Wu on the side would not give up like that. He rolled his eyes and winked at Xia Ting. Don't you want to

Do you want to come here? Then let’s all come here.

Seeing Xia Ting's look, Xia Wu, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately understood. He strode towards the door of the wing and shouted loudly: "I must meet dad today. I want to see it."

, who dares to stop me?"

Xia Wu was tall and strong, and he had been fighting on the battlefield since his early years. Naturally, he had a lot of murderous spirit in him. Walking this way so rampantly, it really frightened the soldiers and kept them retreating.

"Bold!" Xia Ziteng was also frightened by Xia Ting's actions. He took three steps back and his back was already pressed against the door. Then he regained his composure and immediately shouted loudly: "This is Daddy Jing."

Resting place. How dare you be so presumptuous."

"Humph! Daddy is resting quietly?" Xia Ting spoke at this time, smiled coldly, and said: "That's nice to say. After daddy fell ill, our brothers never saw him again. You said daddy is resting, no?

Let us meet, so why do you stay here? What kind of situation dad is in now is all just your words. Maybe dad has been harmed by you long ago. "

"Nonsense." Xia Ting poured such a big bucket of shit on Xia Ziteng's head. How could Xia Ziteng give in? He immediately pointed at Xia Ting and shouted, "Do you really think I don't know what you have in mind?"

Do you think you can succeed by framing me like this? Ah! I understand. You must want to rush into the room like this, disturb dad's recuperation, and make dad angry to death." As the saying goes, it's rude to come back without reciprocating, so Xia Ziteng simply decided

They also followed suit and slapped hats on the heads of Xia Ting and the others.

Now the brothers are quarreling even more fiercely. You accuse him of having malicious intentions, and he accuses you of having ulterior motives. In short, if someone who doesn't recognize them meets them, they will not believe that they are brothers at all. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies.

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Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, who were standing at the door, both had bitter expressions on their faces. Xia Cheng is not dead yet, but these young masters have made such a fuss. If Xia Cheng really goes, then the Xia family army will be in chaos. By then,

There is turmoil within the Xia family army and there are powerful enemies outside. I am afraid that the hegemony that Xia Cheng and his important ministers have worked hard to build for several years will fall apart like this.

It's okay to just watch them quarreling like this. Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang both took a deep breath, stepped forward at the same time, and began to persuade Xia Ziteng and others. However, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang

Although they were sincere, but it was related to their own future, and Xia Ziteng and the others refused to give in. On the contrary, the quarrel became more and more fierce.

"Shut up!" Just when the brothers were arguing more and more loudly, and were about to start a fight, a shout suddenly sounded. Xia Ziteng and others were all arguing vigorously, and they were shouted at by someone like this.

, everyone’s eyes widened, wanting to see who was so bold.

But when they moved their eyes to the direction of the sound, they were all dumbfounded and knelt down. Not only them, but also the soldiers beside them, as well as Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang who came to break up the fight.

After kneeling down and worshiping, everyone shouted in unison: "Greetings to your lord (father)."

Xia Cheng's face was ashen. With the support of his maid, he stood tremblingly at the door of the wing. His pale cheeks and dark lips showed that he was still seriously ill. He glared at the Xia Ziteng brothers angrily. Leng said: "I'm not dead yet. You don't have to be so anxious to take my place."

When Xia Cheng said this, each of the four Xia Ziteng brothers lay on the ground and did not dare to get up. Their heads were covered in cold sweat. Even though Xia Cheng was seriously ill now, Xia Cheng had accumulated a lot of energy over the years. Majesty has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of Xia Ziteng brothers. How could they dare to bring trouble to Xia Cheng when Xia Cheng is angry?

Xia Cheng snorted coldly, with a look of hatred on his face. He spat and cursed: "Why are you still here? Why don't you all get out of here! A bunch of embarrassing things."

Being scolded by Xia Cheng, the Xia Ziteng brothers immediately left the yard in despair. However, after exiting the yard, the three brothers Xia Ziteng and Xia Ting glared at each other fiercely and went their separate ways. As for his sons, Xia Cheng had helplessness on his face after they left. He shook his head and coughed a few more times.

At this time, Xia Cheng said to Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, who were still kneeling on the ground: "Brothers from the Zhang family, you came to me for something important? Come in and tell me." After saying that, he motioned to the two maids who were supporting him and sent him off. Went back to the room by myself.

With Xia Cheng's permission, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang stood up in a hurry. Although they were as afraid of Xia Cheng as the Xia Ziteng brothers, their faces were a little more joyful at this moment. Xia Cheng woke up Now, many decisions can be made. Immediately, the two of them followed Xia Cheng into the side room.

In the side room, with the help of the maids, Xia Cheng leaned directly on the couch and covered his stomach with a quilt. At the same time, a maid next to him also quickly wet a silk scarf with water and put it on the bed. The cold silk scarf covered Xia Cheng's forehead. Xia Cheng turned his eyes to Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, and said slowly: "Tell me, what's the bad news?"

Although the tone of Xia Cheng's words was very calm, when they fell in the ears of Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, they couldn't help but trembled. They looked at each other with a somewhat embarrassed expression. Although they had been hurriedly trying to I went to Xia Cheng to explain the matter, but when it came to the end, I didn't dare to speak. I had learned the news that Xia Shanyue died in the battle, which made Xia Cheng look like this now. If I tell Xia Cheng the whole thing, Xia Cheng Cheng couldn't help but be so angry right away.

Seeing Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, Xia Cheng sighed, shook his head, narrowed his eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Tell me, did Huai Di lose the fight?" ?Don't worry, I won't die that easily."

Xia Cheng had already mentioned this, so Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang naturally did not dare to hide it anymore. Zhang Sailiang immediately handed over the military information that Zhang Sailiang had given him before, and handed it over to Xia Cheng from the maid. Although Xia Cheng had just Cheng said it easily, but when he got the military information, he seemed to understand that there would be no good news in it, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

He slowly opened the bag and read the military information inside from beginning to end. While looking at the military information, Xia Cheng's hands slowly became quiet. In the end, Xia Cheng took a deep breath.

With a tone of voice, he slowly twisted the military information in his hand into a ball, put it under his body, and said to Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang calmly: "So, what's going on over there in Quzhou?"

Seeing Xia Cheng's appearance, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Xia Cheng was not angry because of this incident. However, they did not notice that Xia Cheng put his hand under the quilt.

, but he grabbed his hand hard and clenched it into a fist, and his blue tendons bulged.

Zhang Sailiang recounted the situation in Quzhou. According to the reports from Xia Jiajun's spies stationed at the border between Quzhou and Xinzhou, it seemed that the Quzhou Army had no signs of continuing to march westward and southward to invade. Yang Huai, who stayed behind in Dongguan, also planned to wait until Zhang Dingtian's injury recovered.

After stabilizing, he led his army back to Shangrao to plead guilty.

After listening to Zhang Sailiang's answer, Xia Cheng sighed for a long time. The hand in the quilt slowly let go, raised his hand and said to Zhang Sailiang: "Forget it, there is no need to mention the apology words.

Yes. Send someone to inform Brother Huai that this defeat is not his fault, so that he does not have to feel too guilty. The most important thing is to heal Dingtian's injury. By the way, have Zhang Huaxuan and Sai been informed of this matter?

Marshal Zhuge Hu?"

"Replying to my lord, I have already informed Mr. Zhang and Mr. Hu." Zhang Sailiang replied immediately. Zhang Sailiang and he had already made two preparations. If Xia Cheng did not wake up, they would join Zhang Huaxuan and Hu Zhuge.

Discuss how to handle the matter. Therefore, Zhang Sailiang asked Zhang Sailiang to inform Zhang Huaxuan and Hu Zhuge early.

"Yes!" Xia Cheng nodded, and then said: "This is not a place for discussion. After I change my clothes, we will go to the discussion palace to wait for Zhang Huaxuan and Zhuge Hu, Commander-in-Chief, to discuss the results."

The wing itself is not big either.

, Xia Cheng and these maids, plus Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang, already seemed to be a bit crowded. If Zhang Huaxuan and Hu Zhuge were added, it would be a bit too crowded, so Xia Cheng decided to go to discuss the matter together.

A palace is more suitable.

Naturally, Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang did not dare to deny what Xia Cheng decided. Although they were a little worried about Xia Cheng's health, looking at Xia Cheng's behavior, there should be no problem. The two of them immediately bowed to Xia Cheng and retreated backwards.

He went out and waited for Xia Cheng to change. After a while, Xia Cheng, who had changed into court clothes, rushed to the meeting palace with Zhang Sailiang and Zhang Sailiang with the support of his maid. At this time, Zhang Huaxuan and Hu Zhuge also arrived.

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After the two of them saluted Xia Cheng, they took their seats. The results of the Quzhou War had been explained clearly to the people Zhang Sailiang sent to find them, so Zhang Huaxuan and Hu Zhuge didn't look good on their faces. When Xia Cheng saw everyone,

After sitting down, he said directly: "Everyone, now that the Quzhou plan has failed, I believe that before long, the Song Army will use this as an excuse to launch a large-scale attack on us. Do you have any good plans?"

Zhang Hua

Cheng suggested withdrawing the troops. However, these two days, the two of them did not do anything. Instead, they often got together to discuss what to do next. So when Xia Cheng asked, Zhang Huaxuan immediately replied: "Sir

.I have a plan."

Among the counselors of the Xia Family Army, although Hu Zhuge and Zhang Huaxuan are equally resourceful, Xia Cheng obviously still trusts Zhang Huaxuan more, so after Zhang Huaxuan said these words, Xia Cheng's eyes immediately lit up, and his sickly face improved.
Chapter completed!