Ye Gui

In the Imperial Palace of Tianlu City in Shenyu Kingdom, in Xuyang Palace, charcoal fires have been burned long ago, and the room is as warm as spring.A pair of slender jade hands held incense seals, skillfully pressed ash and struck seals to ignite, the fire was like beans, and green smoke curled up, slowly lingering.

"Your Majesty, the great general is here, and he has been waiting outside for a while." The palace man bowed down and reported in a low voice for fear of disturbing the king's dream.

The imperial concubine leaned on the side, and glared at the palace servant: "If you remind me, you will know! Does Your Majesty need to take a nap?"

The palace people hurriedly knelt down. The imperial concubine An Zhihua is the daughter of Minister An of the Ministry of Household Affairs. She is 23 years old and has been favored by the sixth palace since she entered the palace five years ago. Although she has not given birth to a son and a half, no one dares to provoke her.

"Hey... Hua'er, he came here alone." Si Zhongyi, the head of the country, opened his eyes and sat up.

An Zhihua leaned into his arms, and said coquettishly, "I don't care! It's okay to disturb you to sleep! Let him go back first!"

Si Zhongyi liked how the imperial concubine relied on him, acted coquettishly, coaxed people, and said, "Hua'er, I just asked him to deal with the good king. Didn't you say that the good king bullied you?"

An Zhihua's eyes lit up, she raised her head and said with a smile, "Really? Then you have to vent your anger on me!"

"This matter can only be dealt with by Lei Ting. If others go, I'm afraid they will be caught. King Shan, Gu shouldn't have given him the title of king in the first place. Gu just saw his mother go early, so pitiful, I didn't expect to commit such a big treason." come!"

An Zhihua's almond eyes were full of tears, and she was as innocent as a deer: "After the family dinner that night, King Shan made the excuse that he drank too much, and he couldn't break into my palace if he drank too much! Who knows if it's true or not? If it wasn't for my palace, There are many concubines, and I don’t know what he will do! Later, Sister Lu, Sister Fang, and the Queen! They all secretly laughed at me! They said that I seduced the good king, Your Majesty, thank you for treating me well and not listening to slander !"

Si Zhongyi patted her soft and boneless little hand, and comforted him: "No matter what, the family ugliness cannot be publicized, so I have to find another excuse to dispose of him."

An Zhihua wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

Si Zhongyi straightened his robe and said, "Let the general come in."

Lei Ting stood at the door for half an hour, already scolding Si Zhongyi bloody in his heart.

Stepping into the palace, he sneezed because of the ambergris that hit his forehead.

"Your Majesty!" He bowed to the ground.

"General, please get up." Si Zhongyi stood up with An Zhihua's support. He was sixty years old and his body was not as good as before. He smoked incense early because he was afraid of catching a cold.

"I have called the general here. It is the result of King Shan's matter." He paused, grabbed a teacup in his hand and threw it on the ground, the broken pieces of tea splashed all over the floor, and all the palace servants in the room knelt down in fear.

Only Lei Ting glanced at the fragments on the ground, and stood there indifferently, thinking that the king's performance is becoming less and less distracted now...

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Si Zhongyi stared at his dim old eyes: "This unfilial son!" He put his hands on the table, as if he was very angry, "The supervisor reported back that it was true that King Shan's private digging of iron mines was true, and that he was caught in the land of King Shan Qin Yang's spy, confessed after torture that he was seeking personal gain with King Shan..."

"Your Majesty!" Lei Ting did not expect that he would accuse King Shan of collaborating with the enemy and treason. If he digs the iron mine privately, there may be room for his return, but for such a serious crime as treason... the king wants to kill King Shan king!

"Your Majesty, King Shan is not such a person!"

"Oh? Is the general distrusting Gu or the supervisor?"

"The old minister dare not! The old minister just thinks that the good king has no military power and no military pay, so it is impossible to collude with the enemy and treason! Besides..." Heng Wang's people came back and reported that the iron mine in the Shan king's fiefdom was very small, and it had only been dug for a few days. It was hollowed out, and it couldn't even supply an army of 5000 people.

"And what?"

Lei Ting couldn't tell the matter that King Heng sent people to investigate privately, so he changed his words: "Besides, King Shan doesn't have the courage and ability!"

An Zhihua was sitting next to her. Originally, the harem was not allowed to talk about government affairs, but she was used to being arrogant and domineering. She completely ignored the rules and others, and said coquettishly, "General, do you trust King Shan too much? He has no guts If he has no guts, he can..." She didn't continue, her words paused just right, and there was a little trill at the end of her words, which not only reminded Si Zhongyi, but also showed her grievance and sensibleness.

Lei Ting had heard about King Shan's inadvertent intrusion into the harem a few months ago, but he never connected the two things together. One was because he despised the battles within the palace, and the other was because he secretly dug iron mines to cooperate with the enemy and treason These charges, all of which are crimes of beheading, are too much to be used to deal with the behavior of chasing rumors and hearsay.

He was speechless in shock.

Si Zhongyi said angrily: "The matter has been investigated clearly, Lei Ting!"

"The old minister is here."

"I order you to lead the troops to take the good king to rectify the law on the spot!"

"Your Majesty!!" Lei Ting said urgently, he thought Si Zhongyi was just a cowardly monarch, and the poison of a tiger would not eat his son, so he actually went to kill his son just because of a woman's provocation!

"Your Majesty! King Shan is your son and the third prince of Shenyu. Don't make such a hasty conclusion. The old minister is willing to go and bring the third prince back. If your majesty trusts me, I can also go to the field to investigate and report back to your majesty!"

Si Zhongyi said impatiently: "The investigation has been very clear, there is no need to bring it back. With your lonely will, you will punish the good king on the spot. There is no need to discuss this matter again. You can step down!"

Lei Ting knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to take orders!" He is loyal to Shenyu Kingdom and the lord of the country, and cannot just watch Si Zhongyi kill his own child in a senseless manner.

Si Zhongyi's chest heaved and he said angrily: "Well, you thunderbolt! Dare to resist the order and disobey! Who gave you the courage? Did Gu treat you too well? Don't forget who gave you the position of general and who gave you the position Military power? It’s okay if you don’t go, then you hand over the military power! Let Zhou Xin go!”

Zhou Xin is the commander of the imperial guards, and he is well versed in the way of serving the emperor. He was promoted from a small guard to the commander of the imperial guards in five years, and his official residence was from the second rank.But on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and it doesn't care about the world.

Lei Ting was speechless, remembering the words Heng Wang Si Weiheng told himself before leaving the house: "I am afraid that my father wants to get rid of the third elder brother. My father-in-law must not argue with my father when I go. I will take the order first and come back. I have my own way."

He believed in Si Weiheng, but he could no longer suppress the emotions he had suppressed for many years. He stood up and pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword under the black cloak. The privilege of the palace.

The general is tall, handsome and imposing. Lei Yan looks like his mother, but all the momentum and majesty on his body come from his father.

The great general who is not angry and arrogant just stands there, giving people great pressure and fear. Now he is very angry. He is locked up in the general's mansion and cannot go back to Yanming City. He has been attacked repeatedly for ten years but cannot be beaten. , Can not fight back.All repression is about to burst out.

"Thunder, Thunder! What are you doing?" Si Zhongyi was a little nervous, and An Zhihua hid in Si Zhongyi's arms: "Your Majesty!"

Lei Ting wished to cut down this incompetent king, he took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being so hard to obey, all the people in the world belong to Your Majesty, if you want the military power, just take it back." He took his right hand away from the hilt of the sword , took out the tiger talisman from his bosom, knelt down and presented it with both hands.

Si Zhongyi didn't go to get it, he never thought that Lei Ting would rather hand over his military power than get rid of King Shan, and he became angry from embarrassment: "General, disrespect is not as simple as handing over the tiger talisman, you are not afraid to execute you alone ?"

Lei Ting knelt upright, silent.

The monarch and his subjects were at a stalemate, and the palace servants outside the gate reported loudly: "King Heng is here."

"Let him in." Si Zhongyi heaved a sigh of relief, the fifth child came just in time to persuade his too upright father-in-law.

Si Weiheng entered and knelt beside Lei Ting: "I have seen my father and Concubine An."

"Fifth, get up. Why are you here today?" He asked with a warm expression on his face.

"Go back to the father, the son will return to the fief the day after tomorrow, and I want to chat with the father more. I don't want my father-in-law to be here..." He saw the fragments of the teacup on the ground and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's hard for you, your father-in-law, hey! You came just in time! You persuaded your father-in-law to let him go and deal with your rebellious third brother. If he doesn't go, he will be angry with Gu!"

Lei Ting's anger was described lightly as anger, and his breath was stuck in his chest. He knew that Si Weiheng's appearance at this time was not a coincidence.

Si Weiheng said: "Father, the general is thinking about Yanming City, he is not at ease where Ah Yan is alone."

"Ah Yan? I haven't seen Ah Yan for a long time. How is he?" Si Zhongyi changed the subject, "He grew up with Ah Heng. I just remember that he used to study with the Taifu in the palace. The Taifu said he Disobedient to discipline, very naughty."

"Yes, Ah Yan and I are brothers and sisters, and now he is guarding Yanming City for the general."

"That's right! The tiger father has no dogs! Lei Ting, bring Ah Yan back to the palace to show Gu, is there a marriage?"

"The boy is not married yet." Lei Ting replied.

"He's about the same age as Heng'er, and about the same age as Nan'er. You can bring him to Gu'er to have a look. If you can be with Nan'er, we'll be even closer together!"

Si Nan is Si Zhongyi's youngest daughter. She is 17 years old this year. She is very arrogant and self-willed. Lei Ting's head gets bigger when she hears it. He doesn't want a difficult daughter-in-law.

"No!" Before he had time to refuse, Si Weiheng suddenly said no.

Si Weiheng blurted out, without changing his face, he added naturally: "Ah Yan has been stationed at the border all year round, living a life of licking blood with the tip of a knife, father, you are willing, I am reluctant to let my sister go to the border to suffer!"

Si Zhongyi didn't want the Pearl in his palm to live a hard life with the soldier, so he stepped down the donkey and said, "Then, let's discuss this matter again. Heng'er, please persuade your father-in-law and your third brother. Others don't feel at ease if they go alone. Only when the general is alone can he rest assured."

Just as Lei Ting was about to say something, Si Weiheng pulled him back and said, "Father, the general is worried about the border, can you let him finish the matter of the third brother and go back to Yanming City directly?"

Si Zhongyi held Lei Ting for this reason, and readily agreed: "Yes."

Si Weiheng said: "There, the minister answered for my father-in-law."

"But..." Lei Ting just wanted to refute, but Si Weiheng gave him a wink. He remembered his words and had no other choice, so he reluctantly agreed first, "I obey the order."

Lei Ting led [-] Shenyu troops to march towards King Shan's fiefdom. Those who disliked him in the hall secretly laughed at him. The dignified general who ruled the country was involved in the affairs of the palace. It's time to wipe your ass paper.

King Shan's fief is located seven or eight hundred miles southwest of Tianlu City. Lei Ting rushed to the fief in one day and one night in a hurry.

"General, are you really going to kill King Shan?" Adjutant Lin Ye asked on horseback.

"Hmph, the lord is so cruel that he even wants to plot against his own son. If he wants to deal with Qin Yang, then we still need to stay at the border for so many years?" He paused , lowered his voice and continued, "Weiheng has already made arrangements. The good king is not suitable to be born in the royal family. Let this good king die in the royal family and be an ordinary person in the next life."

Lin Ye immediately understood that King Heng had prepared a death escape for King Shan, which was a good idea.

Before the army had time to enter the city, a soldier from the Xunting Army rushed over: "Report! General! Adjutant Lin! Sister Xiao is gone!"