"Your Highness." At this moment, several voices sounded at the same time, and Shi Lei, Feng Xun, Ao Wu and others showed a hint of nervousness on their faces.
"It doesn't matter. Since you want to take refuge in me, we should give you full trust, right? How can you show off to others with your hands tied like this?" Tang Ao laughed, without slowing down in his movements. After untying him in two or two times,
Stretching out his hands, he straightened Xing Si up.
Among everyone, Shi Lei was the one who knew Tang Ao's intention best, and he also took the initiative to untie the rope from the native dog.
"His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Xing Si, who was freed, had a hint of excitement in his eyes. He was very aware of his own strength. At such a close distance, if he had malicious intentions, he would probably seriously injure Tang Ao.
. He didn't believe that Prince Ji didn't know this, but he still did it like this. What kind of trust was this.
"Haha, okay, now that you have figured it out and I recognize your talents, you will become my own family from now on. How about you lead a thousand troops first and become a battalion commander?" Tang Ao saw it.
Xing Si was so moved in his eyes that he immediately patted the other party's arm while the iron was hot and entrusted him with the important task.
The more heroic and capable the person is, the less likely they are to convince others of their character. But often when they recognize a person, they will follow him to the end without any reason. The premise is that as long as he is not betrayed, he is yours.
My little brother for life.
His Highness Prince Ji personally untied him, and he valued it so much. Naturally, he had to take care of this faceless Xing Si. He immediately knelt down again and knelt down to Tang Ao three times in a very solemn manner.
"Hahaha, okay." Tang Ao said with a laugh. Then, at Xingsi's request, he, the new battalion commander, got a new mission, and together with the scout battalion commander Tie Long, he raided the entire Jizhou area.
All the bandits can be exterminated, subdued, or expelled. In short, at the beginning of spring next year, no bandit force with more than a hundred people will be allowed to exist in the entire land of Jizhou.
Bandits are rampant, which is one of the characteristics of Jizhou. This is also because it was too poor before. Many people had to go to the mountains to make a living and become bandits. Now, Tang Ao has given them the best environment. These
Bandits should not exist anymore. Otherwise, they will become an internal problem in Jizhou and affect Jizhou's future development.
Suppressing bandits also has another advantage, it can be used as a method of actual combat training. Tang Ao has decided that the Shanshan Guard, the Quartet Army, and the Guiyi Army will take turns sending people to join the task of suppressing bandits and strive to eliminate them.
After the bandits, all soldiers have been on the battlefield once. Not only have they killed people, they have at least seen blood and the cruelty on the battlefield.
Tang Ao has always believed that an army that has never seen blood, no matter how hard it is trained, cannot be called an elite army. Only by truly experiencing the mountains of corpses and seas of blood can they transform and become truly usable and go on the battlefield.
A victorious warrior who can win battles.
...
Daliang City.
In the Auspicious Palace of the Imperial City, the sixty-three-year-old Empress Dowager has fallen into a coma. She has not eaten for three days and looks like she may pass away at any time.
Emperor Qianwen, accompanied by Yan Fu, the chief eunuch, walked into the Jixiang Palace. A group of eunuchs and maids knelt on both sides, not daring to raise their heads. As the Empress Dowager's death was about to come, the emperor must have
You will definitely not be in a good mood. A small mistake made at this time may be magnified infinitely, making people have to be more cautious.
"What's going on?" Tang Ao strode into the main hall, saw three imperial doctors kneeling here, and asked in a deep voice.
"I'm sorry to see you, Your Majesty, but I am incompetent. Please forgive me." The three imperial doctors knelt down and prostrated on the ground.
The job of an imperial doctor can be considered one of the high-risk categories. No matter how well you serve the people in the palace, even if you save ten people, if one of them dies in your hands, all the previous achievements will be lost. Life is about to be lost.
Fortunately, Emperor Qianwen was not a foolish king. He also knew that his mother was old, so he did not blame the imperial doctors. Instead, he passed them and came to the bed. At this time, the accompanying eunuch Yanfu waved casually. With a gesture of his hand, all the people in the wing exited, even Yi Qiu'er, the female official beside the Empress Dowager who stayed with her day and night, also exited.
There were no other people around, and Emperor Qianwen finally let go. He sighed first and then said: "Mother, why do you want to leave your son? Do you know how much your son hopes that you can see your son truly dominate the world?" One day, especially for you to see whether familiarity is better between me and Prince Zhong. When that day comes, I will definitely bring Prince Zhong to you, tied up in front of you, so that I can tell you, It's a mistake that you always like King Zhong, but don't like me. I am far stronger than King Zhong and more suitable to be the lord of this world..."
"Mother, there is one thing that my son has always wanted to know. They say that the father left a large amount of wealth before he left. Is it true or not? It's now time. The mother can always tell her son. Do you still want to take it seriously? Are you leaving with this secret?"
"You...bastard." As if she had exhausted all her strength, the Empress Dowager scolded Emperor Qianwen who was sitting beside the bed, and then her chest heaved violently. She was obviously very angry. Light appearance.
Emperor Qianwen did not stay for too long before leaving. Yi Qiuer hurriedly rushed into the room. Less than half an hour after the emperor left, Empress Dowager Yu stopped breathing and passed away.
Soon, news came out in the palace, and the whole country was in mourning. A hundred-day memorial ceremony would be held next. During this time, the people would not allow any joyful things to happen. At the same time, all friendly countries and vassal kings would also send people to come. To express condolences and show respect for the Empress Dowager.
With the death of the Empress Dowager, the next battle between dragons and tigers, which may or may not be seen, is about to begin. No one can predict how things will develop, but what everyone knows is that the Daqian Dynasty, which has been peaceful for nearly twenty years, is about to begin. There will be waves.
The responsibility for the Empress Dowager's funeral mainly falls on Yan Fu, the eunuch chief. After all, the Empress Dowager's status is too high. Except for Yan Fu, no one else is qualified to do this. It is precisely because he is in charge of this matter. , when the Empress Dowager's female official Yi Qiu'er suddenly disappeared from the palace, Yan Fu got the news immediately.
Narrowing his eyes, Yan Fu's eyes seemed to be filled with anger, "Look for him, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must be found."
As a female official next to the Empress Dowager, Yi Qiuer knew too many things. If she was let out of control, who knew what would happen? According to Yan Fu, this person must be killed. He died to avoid future troubles. It was just that there were too many things at hand and he was negligent for a moment. People disappeared when he didn't expect them, which gave him a bad feeling.
Yan Fu was right. Yi Qiu'er was indeed a very important figure. Because of this, she was remembered. She only remembered that she was weeping in the wing for the death of the Empress Dowager. Suddenly
The sky was spinning for a while, and when she woke up, she was already in this unknown wing. Where she saw it, a girl was looking at her with a smile on her face. Her eyes were full of tenderness and concern, just like before.
The Empress Dowager seemed to care about herself when she was still alive.
It was hard for Yi Qiu'er to imagine how a girl younger than herself could show such loving eyes. It seemed that even the eldest princess, who was much older than her, couldn't give her such feelings.
"You're awake, how are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Oh, by the way, you don't know where this is yet, right? Here's the thing. Someone wanted to kill someone, and by chance our people passed by and rescued you.
..”
The woman's speaking speed was not fast, but she could describe the matter very clearly. Yi Qiuer quickly understood that she came here because someone wanted to kill herself. To be precise, the person in front of her was her own.
A lifesaver.
As for what would kill her, the Empress Dowager told Yi Qiu'er when she was still alive. She said that she had followed her for many years and knew a lot of things. For the sake of safety, some people must not want her to be alive and want to eliminate future troubles.
For this reason, the Empress Dowager also gave Yi Qiu'er an idea, that is, when King Zhong comes to express his condolences after her death, let her take the initiative to lean over and King Zhong will protect her safety. For this reason, the Empress Dowager also gave King Zhong
A big gift was prepared, and only Yi Qiuer knew about this gift.
What was unexpected was that those people took action so quickly, without even waiting for King Zhong's arrival.
"Thank you so much, my benefactor." Yi Qiu'er followed the Empress Dowager every day, and since she was a polite person, she bowed to the girl in front of her.
"No need to thank XX, XX actually has something to ask for, haha." The girl, the former Princess Di, had a harmless smile on her face, which seemed to be able to infect people's hearts, so that Yi Qiuer didn't know at all that Yan Qiuer
Fu wanted to kill her, but before he even took action, Princess Di asked Grand Master Shen Tu to take action. With Zong Zheng's help, she entered the palace and brought Yi Qiu'er out.
Yi Qiuer's disappearance was nothing more than a small matter for the Empress Dowager's memorial ceremony. Yan Fu only sent people to look for him, and then he focused on preparing to welcome the vassal kings and representatives of allied countries who were coming one after another.
On the body.
Tang Ao, the king of Ji who was far away in Jizhou, also received the news and was asked to send representatives to Daliang City to pay homage to the empress dowager. However, the decree also clearly stated that Tang Ao was not allowed to enter the capital.
Obviously, at this time, Emperor Qianwen didn't want Tang Ao to cause any trouble by entering the capital. Tang Ao, who had no intention of going to the capital in the first place, went with the flow and let Zhizhou Zengtong go on his behalf. After all, it was the Empress Dowager who passed away. If the identity of the person who died was
Too low is not good either. As the Zhizhou magistrate second only to Ji Wang Tang Ao in Jizhou, Zeng Tong's status is quite appropriate.
