Multiple crimes

Walking back to the palace refreshed, Xi He was wandering anxiously at the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw Yuan Ziyou came back, he went up to greet him.

Yuan Ziyou glanced at him and then looked away, shaking his head with a gloomy expression.

Xi He was stunned, stood there for a long while and finally bowed his head and knelt down: "This subordinate is incompetent and failed to protect Mr. Yuan."

"I don't blame you for this matter." Yuan Ziyou helped him up, "You belong to Er Zhurong. How did you protect the person he wanted to kill?"

"Subordinate..." Xi He looked at Yuan Ziyou hesitantly.Yuan Ziyou patted him on the shoulder tenderly again: "It's none of your business, it's my incompetence as the emperor. Don't take it to heart."

After Xi He withdrew, Yuan Ziyou called Yan Shuo into the room: "There has been a change in Nanliang, is this serious?"

Yan Shuo was taken aback: "Master is referring to Yuan Hao's matter?"

"You already knew?" Yuan Ziyou grabbed Yan Shuo's collar violently, "Why didn't you tell me?!"

Yan Shuo saw that his cheeks were flushed and his breathing was uncertain, so he was startled and quickly comforted him: "Master, don't get excited, I just got the news. There is still no movement over there.

Yuan Ziyou let go of Yan Shuo, turned around and swept the teacup off the table with a wave of his hand: "Yuan Hao...killing my father is not enough, you have to sit on the throne of the emperor to stop!"

Yan Shuo leaned over to catch Feiluo's teacup, looked at the tea stains all over the floor and frowned: "Master, don't be impatient. With his strength, he won't be able to enter Luoyang. It's just..."

"Come in, let him in! Isn't he going to be the emperor? I want to let him die on the emperor's throne!" Yuan Ziyou shouted at Yan Shuo, his arm supporting the edge of the table trembling violently, as if He was about to fall down at any time, "I want to watch his blood dry up with my own eyes, and watch him die in pain at my feet, just like my father did back then..."

Yan Shuo rushed forward to hold his arm: "Master! Don't think about it, don't think about it! It's all over!"

Yuan Ziyou let go of his hand according to his strength, but his body slid down against Yan Shuo as if his bones had been dislodged, and he knelt on the ground.Grabbing his hair with both hands, he whimpered in a hoarse voice: "There is no past, how could it be possible... Whenever I hear their names, I will think of my father lying on the ground covered in blood My appearance...he asked me to avenge him, he asked me to avenge him..."

"He called me! He asked me to avenge him, and he told me to protect you forever!" Yan Shuo grabbed Yuan Ziyou's wrist, forcing him to look up at himself, "Yuan Ziyou! I will protect you , will also kill Yuan Hao!"

"Protect me for the rest of my life? How long can my life be?" Yuan Ziyou murmured, his lips trembling, his eyes were red but he couldn't squeeze out tears.

"You will live a long life with no worries."

"A long life? Haha, if Er Zhurong wants to usurp the throne, how long can I live?"

"If Er Zhurong attacks you, I will kill him first."

"By the way, Er Zhurong...you can't keep him in Luoyang, Yuan Hao is no match for him!" Yuan Ziyou suddenly raised his voice again, "I want to kill Yuan Hao with my own hands, I can't let him die in someone else's hands !"

Yan Shuo picked up Yuan Ziyou and put him on the bed, then hugged him in his arms and stroked his back: "I know, I won't let him die by other people's hands. I have a way to get Er Zhurong lead away."

Yuan Ziyou calmed down little by little under Yan Shuo's comfort, slowly broke free from Yan Shuo's arms, leaned back against the bed board and took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry..." Stretching out his hand to stroke his messy hair, he said softly, "Yan Shuo, I'm sorry."

"Master, listen to me." Yan Shuo held Yuan Ziyou's hand again, his warm palm pressed against his cold back, "Master, do you still remember Xing Gao, governor of Guangzhou? He was originally from Shandong area The leader of the rebel army, just because Er Zhurong dealt with Han Lou and his gang in Hebei a while ago, had no time to take care of Shandong, so Shangzuo sent someone to appease and surrender."

"I remember, the group that Li Shuren beat for half a month but failed to take down. What's the matter?"

"Now that the Han Tower has been destroyed, all fools know that Shandong will be cleaned up next by Er Zhurong. How does Xing Gao, the governor of Gwangju, stay safe?"

"You mean... that Xing Gao wants to rebel?"

"Master, you only need to send a verbal order to provoke him, and he will definitely rebel. Er Zhurong can only send troops when Shandong is in chaos." Yan Shuo narrowed his eyes, "It's better not to be late for this matter. Although Er Zhurong will have to do it sooner or later. Kill Xing Gao, but Nanliang doesn't know when to act, if Yuan Hao is still in Luoyang when he raises troops, it will be too late."

"Okay, just do as you said. You can help me draw up an oral order in a while, and I will send someone to Guangzhou tomorrow." Yuan Ziyou said, "But Er Zhurong knew that Nanliang was going to raise troops, and he would let it go." Does Luoyang send troops to Shandong? What if he sends someone else to deal with Xing Gao and stays in the capital?"

"Er Zhu Rong will definitely not take Yuan Hao seriously. It is enough for Luoyang to have Yuan Tianmu." Yan Shuo laughed. "Yuantian Mubier Zhu Rong is easy to talk to, when the time comes, you can order him to catch the live ones and hand them over to you."

Everything was as Yan Shuo expected, Xing Gao couldn't sit still as soon as he received the provocative orders from the emperor, and within a few days he rebelled against the banner and proclaimed himself king.Er Zhurong had long wanted to take action against the recruited refugee rebel army, but at this moment he just got an excuse, and without a word, he rectified the army and planned to send troops directly from Luoyang to Shandong.

Thinking about not seeing anyone for a long time, Yuan Ziyou deliberately rushed to the general's mansion to look for Er Zhurong before he set off, and after meeting him, he couldn't help being teased.The general was in a good mood, and with the first few experiences, he was no stranger to Yuan Ziyou's behavior, so he rolled with him smoothly.

Afterwards, Er Zhurong rolled over from Yuan Ziyou panting, and looked playfully at the profile of the person in front of him: "When did the emperor learn to play tricks?"

"What method?" Yuan Ziyou twisted his bones as if they had been crushed hard, and turned over with a grin.

"Why are you giving Xing Gao an oral order? Deliberately forcing him to rebel? I really underestimated you."

"I told him to restrain himself in Guangzhou, otherwise his official position will be cut." Yuan Ziyou grabbed Er Zhurong's right hand and put it to his mouth, "What? Are you blaming me for provoking him?"

Er Zhurong frowned and withdrew his hand: "Whether you provoke him or not, he will rebel sooner or later. I'm just surprised. You keep saying that you don't want me to leave. Why does what you do seem to drive me out?"

"What's the matter? I really don't want you to go." Yuan Ziyou turned to touch the other's chest, rubbing along the dark red marks left by himself just now, "You also said that there is something wrong with Nanliang. Now that you're gone, what if Yuan Hao calls?"

Er Zhurong didn't push Yuan Ziyou's hand away this time, and let him rustle on his chest: "It's not that Yuan Hao cares about it, it's not that I didn't leave someone for you, Yuan Tianmu will take care of it." .”

Yuan Ziyou gritted his teeth and turned over, pressing Er Zhurong under him: "Even if Yuan Tianmu can handle it, I don't want you to leave. I haven't been intimate enough with you yet."

This is half true.Although Er Zhurong had to be sent away because of Yuan Hao, Yuan Ziyou was really reluctant to let him go because he was not intimate enough.

Seeing Yuan Ziyou leaning over to kiss him again, Er Zhurong threw him aside with his elbow, stood up and shouted, "Come on!".

"Wait!" Yuan Ziyou paled in shock, reaching out to grab his arm, "You..."

"What? Afraid of being seen by the servants?" Er Zhurong glanced at Yuan Ziyou, "Unexpectedly, His Majesty would be ashamed."

"My lord." The footsteps stopped outside the door.Er Zhurong ordered: "Prepare your horses and go to the south of the city camp in ten minutes."

Yuan Ziyou breathed a sigh of relief, and put down his hands: "I'm afraid that people will see you like this and think I've done something to you."

Er Zhurong looked down at his chest and abdomen, it was covered with dark red bloodstains in a criss-cross pattern, and there were more invisible places on his back, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was horrible.The pleasure of making out had overshadowed the pain, so he hadn't noticed the wounds until now.

"Hmph, what can you do to me?" Er Zhurong put on his coat and sneered, "Bastard, since you know these things are not good-looking, why are you messing around?"

Yuan Ziyou pouted, not knowing how to answer him.He wanted to say that you obviously felt it when you were in pain, and you liked it, but he didn't dare to say it, for fear of offending the man and throwing a face at himself.

Here, Er Zhurong had already put on his clothes and tied his hair, and condescendingly said to Yuan Ziyou who was still lying on the bed: "I will go first. A sedan chair is prepared outside the door, and Chen Dezhong will send someone to take His Majesty back to the palace in a while." Pause After a while, he patted Yuan Ziyou's thigh jokingly again, "If you feel lonely down here, bear with it first, and I will come back to serve you after the battle." After speaking, he turned and went out.

Yuan Ziyou blinked his eyes and thought over what he said just now, he was a little lost in thought.It was the first time that such ambiguous words came out of Er Zhurong's mouth. To him, it might just be malicious ridicule, but to Yuan Ziyou's ears, it was full of affection.

Within half a month after Xiurong's army left Luoyang, Yuan Hao really led his troops to the north with the support of Nanliang.It's just that the information Yan Shuo and Er Zhurong got from the informant was wrong, and Yuan Hao was also assisted in the Northern Expedition by Nanliang General Chen Qingzhi.