Tiantai Mountain is very beautiful. There are overhanging rocks, cliffs, lakes and waterfalls in the mountains.
Jia Sidao has always been proud of the scenery of his hometown, but at this night, he deeply resented the fact that the mountains were so long and so desolate.
On top of a hanging rock, he was pressing Wang Cui to the ground, desperately pressing her hands, trying to take the knife from her hand.
He had been leading troops in Jinghu for more than ten years. He was quite brave. However, as he got older, his physical strength could no longer compete with Wang Cui's.
"Go to hell!"
As soon as Wang Cui struggled, the blade of the knife had already slashed towards Jia Sidao.
This woman's brute strength was so great that Jia Sidao fought for his life and finally held her down, but he still couldn't take off the knife, as if he was fighting a tiger.
"Wang Cui, stop... What benefits did Li Xia give you? Tell me, I can give you more."
"I'll kill you! You harmed the princess!" Wang Cui kicked him hard one after another, showing his murderous intent.
"It's not me." Cold sweat started to fall on Jia Sidao's forehead and he said, "It's really not me. She is my niece. How could I harm her... Believe me, I would never do it."
"You still want to lie to me! If not you, who else could it be?"
"She died of illness..."
"go to hell!"
Jia Sidao could already hear rocks falling from the cliff, and knew that it was Li Xia's men climbing up.
"Okay! Let me tell you the truth, the princess was killed by someone, but it was really not me. I have avenged her. It was the imperial doctor Xiao Shiyan who prescribed the wrong medicine..."
"I don't believe it, you killed Ren Mei!"
"No, I didn't kill Ren Mei. I took you to see her. Xiu Huan is also here. I took you to see them. Really, I took you to see them."
Finally, Wang Cui's strength seemed to be lighter.
Jia Sidao breathed a sigh of relief.
However, as soon as he relaxed, he was stabbed immediately.
Wang Cui suddenly struggled up and cut his flesh to pieces with a knife.
"Believe you? You're lying!"
Jia Sidao was horrified.
"I was wrong! I was wrong! Listen to me, she was killed by the Queen... It was the Queen, really, I really wasn't lying to you this time..."
"Impossible, the queen and the princess have the best friendship, and you are still lying to me! Die."
Jia Sidao was really fed up with such idiots. When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he saw a young man climbing up the overhanging rock, and he couldn't help but be horrified.
He quickly leaned into Wang Cui's ear and whispered again.
"..."
Throughout his life, Jia Sidao always spoke with open mouth.
In his eyes, there is no such thing as "truth" or "lie". He had deceived Kublai Khan and officials in his life.
I didn't expect that I would be forced to this point by a cheap maid today.
Wang Cui listened for a while and gradually became stunned, looking a little unbelievable.
"real?
"Follow me to Tongbai Palace, and you will know as soon as you pass by."
"But how do I know if what you said is true or false?"
"It just depends on whether you believe it or not. My life is here." Jia Sidao added: "Don't kill me. I will take out a token and show it to you..."
He relaxed a little, reached into his arms, searched for a while, first took out a cricket jar, and then found a medicine bottle.
"Smell it yourself and see if it's..."
~~
Lu Xiaoyou jumped onto the hanging rock and pulled out a short knife from his waist.
Looking over, Wang Cui hadn't killed Jia Sidao yet, and was whispering something.
Lu Xiaoyou then became more defensive and glanced at the cliff behind him.
He was not surprised by Wang Cui's reaction at this time.
Wang Cui put down the knife, turned around and said to Lu Xiaoyou: "I seem to have made a mistake, the murderer should not be him."
"oh."
Wang Cui said: "I can't tell you the reason yet, but can you not kill him?"
Before Lu Xiaoyou could answer, Jia Sidao snorted coldly.
"How could he not kill me?"
Jia Sidao pressed the wound on his body, walked behind Wang Cui, and whispered: "You have to protect me."
Lu Xiaoyou ignored him and asked Wang Cui: "Are you sure the murderer is not him?"
"I have to go check it out."
Wang Cui looked ashamed and said: "I was the one who shouted to kill him, and now it's me who won't let you kill him. I'm so sorry for you..."
"It's okay. The prince only asked me to get rid of the murderer. If the murderer is not him, then he won't kill him."
Along the way, Lu Xiaoyou never forgot his mission.
Wang Cui stared at Lu Xiaoyou for a moment, her eyes were sore, and she was a little moved and said: "You are really a reasonable person."
"I don't think the prince has ever doubted him..."
"Ah."
Jia Sidao sneered again.
He had hid behind Wang Cui, pulled off his robe to wrap his wounds, and a sneer appeared on his face again.
"Little brat, why are you so hypocritical? Now that you have such a golden opportunity, how can you not kill me? Why, you want to deceive Wang Cui and then sneak attack me?"
Lu Xiaoyou seemed unable to hear the agility in Jia Sidao's words, and said: "I told you, I'm here to seek justice for the princess..."
"Hahaha, it's the most ridiculous thing in the world."
Jia Sidao directly interrupted Lu Xiaoyou and said: "Li Xia sent people to seek justice? Who is the regicide? Isn't it him? If I kill your biological father and then turn around to avenge you? How ridiculous!" What is Li Xia doing for this? His sleazy affair with the demon concubine makes me sick even just talking about it! Bah!"
Lu Xiaoyou didn't expect that the country's prime minister would speak so aggressively.
It's not like he hasn't met other husband-in-law, they are many well-educated people.
"Xianggong Jia, didn't the king write to you? You..."
"Li Xia also deserves to write to me? Who is a traitor who kills people and takes away his wife?"
Lu Xiaoyou was furious, pointed his knife, and shouted: "You have no right to call me the king!"
"Ha. Raised the sword? Sure enough, you are just looking for an excuse to kill me. Are you desperate? Assassination? Li Xia will always only know these tricks, can he have other tricks? What else? "
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"To be honest, I look down on you."
In the wilderness outside Jiangling Mansion City, Qin Jiushao couldn't help but laugh as he was being led south.
"You can't fight me, so you can only come to catch me? Li Xia is so famous, but he only knows this trick?"
Jiang Fan raised his hand and hooked Qin Jiushao's skirt. He cut off a piece of cloth with a knife and prepared to plug that annoying mouth.
But being ridiculed like this makes me a little unhappy.
"Can't beat you? Do you know how many informants I have in Lin'an? I have withdrawn, and I am too lazy to pay attention to you bastards! You should understand clearly that you are the court of the Song Dynasty, with hundreds of thousands of troops in the southeast, and you dare not fight a war We, the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi, don’t even need the official seals of Huizi and Guanzi. If you want to fight, if you have the ability, you can make your banknotes more valuable than ours and print counterfeit ones? Damn it, you still act like this. Is it a court?"
Qin Jiushao said "ha".
He is the smartest person and knows that what Jiang Fan said will not be possible within a few years.
There are too many silverfish in the world.
"I'm here to arrest you today to bring you to justice, do you understand? Let's see who has the appearance of a royal court."
Ginger Rice has spat on the ground.
"Why do we only know this little trick? We, the kings of the county, sell salt in order to train our troops to fight against the Mongols and to stabilize the price of salt. You hozens are still mixing sand into the official salt and making a lot of good land and beautiful houses. We
When the king of the county purges the officials, you hozens are still there seizing people's houses and forcibly confiscating people's food."
"Then you are wrong." Qin Jiushao said: "I never add sand to official salt. What I sell is private salt..."
"Your mother! I'm telling you this? If you have the ability, let the people of Jiangling exchange the waste paper in their hands, and then let's talk about what my king can do!"
Qin Jiushao remained silent.
I'm still unconvinced in my heart, but I'm not convinced about anything.
The failure this time was not due to inferior skills, but due to the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty.
So many coupons were printed and introduced to Shu, but it had no impact on the prices of goods in Shu. However, they only brought two boxes of official money, but they could already stir up civil unrest... In such a situation, what else can be done?
Then I thought about my unique talent, but it could only lead to some forged coupons.
Between the imperial court and Li Xia, who can do nothing to defeat the other?
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"Li Xia has nothing to do with me, so he can only send you to kill me?"
On the overhanging rock of Tiantai Mountain, Jia Sidao faced Lu Xiaoyou's blade and still laughed wildly.
Rather than saying he was looking for death, the truth was that he firmly believed that Li Xia sent people here just to kill him.
No need to have a little doubt!
He is Jia Sidao, who holds great power in the world. He is Li Xia's lifelong rival, so he is regarded as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
This is a life-and-death struggle for power. Is there any reason not to kill?
Lu Xiaoyou was so angry that his face turned red.
He could tolerate Li Zeyi hurting him on weekdays, but he couldn't tolerate Jia Sidao's unwarranted speculation about Li Xia.
"fart!"
Lu Xiaoyou yelled and cursed: "You have the heart of a villain..."
But that's all he could say. When it came to cursing people, he couldn't scold Jia Sidao no matter what.
The next moment, Wang Cui suddenly turned around and glared at Jia Sidao.
"Shut up, you!"
She yelled, but she couldn't cover up the anger in her heart.
"Why are you so crazy that you want to bite people like a dog?! Brother Xiaoyou just didn't want to kill you, he just came to seek justice for the princess! Prince Li is not qualified to seek this justice? You are not qualified to say that to him!"
The knife was waved up and down in Wang Cui's hand, and Jia Sidao took a step back in shock.
He didn't care about irritating Lu Xiaoyou, what he cared about was Wang Cui's attitude.
But this bitch is going crazy again.
"You are the one who is full of lies and has been lying to us. The princess doesn't believe you, Xiuhuan doesn't believe you either, and I don't know whether I should believe you or not!"
"Everything I told you is true..."
"hypocritical!"
Wang Cui cursed loudly and said: "Prince Li is not like you. He dares to do what he wants, and he treats the concubine really well. Brother Xiaoyou said he is a hero. I don't know if he is a hero, but at least he is a man.
.”
"Fart! He is a traitor..."
"Shut up!" Wang Cui waved his sword and shouted: "When the queen wants to harm the princess, who can Xiuhuan trust? If the princess is gone, who can stand up for her? You are her uncle!"
"I……"
When Wang Cui said this, he finally felt aggrieved.
"In the entire Lin'an, who of you who are fawning after the princess are willing to stand up for her? I look around and see that the only one you call is the evil concubine, the only one you call the traitor. Regardless of thousands of miles away...you said he didn't
Qualifications? He is much more reliable than you."
Jia Sidao was speechless for a long time, and finally said: "You little girl don't understand. You don't understand. You are not qualified to comment on who is right and wrong between me and Li Xia."
Wang Cui said: "That means that in the eyes of this humble servant like me, Prince Li is much more arrogant than you."
She said that and turned to look at Lu Xiaoyou.
The moonlight was not bright, but at this glance, Lu Xiaoyou could already feel the admiration and gratitude in her eyes.
His anger just now suddenly disappeared and he looked at Jia Sidao.
"Mr. Jia, as long as you didn't kill the princess, I really didn't get an order to kill you this time."
"Heh." Jia Sidao sneered: "How could Li Xia not want to kill me?"
Instead, he felt a little irritated for no apparent reason.
Lu Xiaoyou said seriously: "Xianggong Jia takes himself too seriously. When I came to Lin'an, the county king only said that after I find the murderer, I will kill him if I can. I must do my best and save the lives of my men. As for the murderer, who is the murderer?"
Who, whether it is Xianggong Jia, the prince has not said, it must be the prime minister or the queen, he doesn't care."
Jia Sidao was displeased and became angry, slamming down his sleeves.
"Pretending, Li Xiaruo has no intention of killing me. He is just afraid that if I die, the government will be in chaos and no one will be able to clean up the situation, giving Mongolia the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and move south..."
"The prince didn't mention it, but let me tell you, there is more than just Xianggong Jia in the court. There is always a Xianggong who can stabilize the court, and maybe do a better job."
Lu Xiaoyou's tone was calm.
In fact, from the beginning of the siege on Jia Sidao to the present, except for the moment when Jia Sidao scolded Li Xia, Lu Xiaoyou had not been very excited.
This is no longer the time when Yan Yunyun assassinated Jia Sidao. Now that Sichuan and Shaanxi are becoming increasingly stable, in the eyes of generals like Lu Xiaoyou, the real opponent of the prince is Mongolia in the north.
First, Jiang Fan withdrew from Lin'an, and when Lu Xiaoyou looked back, he really didn't think that today's siege was a big deal.
After finishing his sentence, Jia Sidao, who was standing in front of him, swayed heavily, as if struck by thunder, and was about to become furious.
Lu Xiaoyou couldn't help but say again: "Mr. Jia, you really take yourself too seriously."
He had been with Li Xia for a long time and was used to Li Xia's usual style of doing things. Tonight, compared with Jia Sidao... no, compared with the entire imperial court, this feeling was even more profound.
Therefore, this sentence almost blurted out.
But he didn't know what kind of blow it would be to Mr. Ping Zhanggong in front of him when he, a lackey, said these words...