After the ripples subsided, Su Ci became lazy and didn't even want to move a finger.
Yang Yanzong took care of the two of them in the stream water, kissed her forehead, and said, "Go to sleep, we should go back."
He picked up the thin cloak on the grass, brushed off the dust, wrapped the person in his arms, and picked her up. He leaped up the hill, put two fingers together and whistled. Two fat horses that had run away somewhere came running towards him one after another. He turned over and jumped on them, taking Su Ci back with him.
After a night's rest, Yang Yanzong fully recovered. He looked energetic and calm, with his cloak fluttering in the wind, bringing with it the scent of yellow dust and grassland.
It's time to go back, the wind is picking up.
When Yang Yanzong and Su Ci said "we should go back", they did not mean returning to the camp, but that it was almost time to return to Yangdu.
The drama is about to begin, everything is ready, the wind is rising.
As for the northern border, the internal tumors have been eliminated, the epidemic has been brought under control, and all the internal worries have been eliminated. The morale of the northern barbarians has dropped significantly due to repeated defeats, so the remaining problems are not big. General Xu, General Chen Qun and others are fully capable of dealing with them, and it is time for him, as a "military adviser", to leave.
After Yang Yanzong returned to the camp, he put Su Ci back in the room to continue sleeping. He went directly to General Xu to resign that day. After him, there were several other people including Ji Yuanhao.
General Xu has aged a lot, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes are as deep as knife cuts. The Northern Rong did not scare him, and malaria could not defeat him, but this veteran who had fought on the battlefield all his life was finally hit by his own nephew. He received the news that Huang Zhengmao was suspected of collaborating with the enemy early this morning.
General Xu didn't ask anything. He was silent for a while and finally sighed. He guessed why Yang Yanzong returned to the capital. He shook his head and approved it.
"Go back, everyone."
Alas, I just hope that the shock to the country will not be too great.
A general can defend his country by fighting on the battlefield, but he can never control political turmoil.
…
The Huang Zhengmao scandal was already brewing and was about to explode, and well-informed people had already learned about it at the first opportunity.
Qiu Yuanming returned to the Six Kings' headquarters on the same day.
After continuous riding and traveling, he adjusted himself and pretended to be in good spirits and relieved. He lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, "I will do my best to obey the order of the prince."
"good!"
The Sixth Prince was very happy, and even leaned over to help Qiu Yuanming, saying gently: "Don't worry, I will fulfill my promise to you."
Qiu Yuanming forced a shy but excited smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not punishing me!"
He kowtowed three times, then stood up and left.
Behind him was the Sixth Prince, who was full of confidence and had a proud look on his face. After being helped by his personal soldiers to sit back at the large desk, he was still saying something at a very fast speed, from which one could get a glimpse of the master's mood.
The entire Six Princes' camp had guards and servants walking back and forth, and the Six Princes were also packing up to return to Yangdu, waiting for the show to begin.
People were coming and going, and everyone looked light-hearted and natural, unaware of what was looming over the Sixth Prince's Mansion at the moment.
After returning to the small courtyard where he was temporarily staying, Qiu Yuanming's forced expression could no longer be maintained. His smile faded and he fell silent.
Not far from him was Ji Ye's compound. Ji Ye still had no freedom, but there were many people coming and going in the other compound, and no one dared to neglect him. The Sixth Prince was not in good health, and in this situation, even though Ji Ye was too cruel, his attitude towards him couldn't help but gradually relax.
Ji Ye seemed to understand and felt relieved. The two courtyards were neither far nor close, but Qiu Yuanming could still hear the noise and movement over there.
Qiu Yuanming smiled sarcastically, thinking that the grasshoppers in autumn would only jump for a short while.
He felt happy because Ji Ye was still with the Sixth Prince when Qiu Yuanming was exposed. It was Ji Ye who first proposed the idea of putting Qiu Yuanming's wife and children in prison to control him.
There was a hustle and bustle in the distance, but the courtyard was dead silent. After Qiu Yuanming felt happy, the corners of his mouth slowly tightened and he became silent again.
After a long time, he opened the drawer and took out a clay figure. He lay on the bed in the dark and groped slowly, tears streaming down his face.
Once upon a time, they said they would be good brothers for life.
Why do people have to grow up?
There's no going back.
…
A group of fast horses came out from Gaobian and galloped along the road across the undulating fields. When they were halfway through the journey in the evening, there was a rumble of thunder and dark clouds rolled in from the east.
Su Ci reined in her horse and looked back with Yang Yanzong. Yang Yanzong said, "The wind is about to pick up."
A whistling wind came, and sand and stones flew everywhere!
Yang Yanzong raised his hand and used his cloak to shield her from the dust blown by the strong wind, and said softly: "It's a pity that I can't spend the Chinese Valentine's Day with you."
He felt very sorry. It was said that the Chinese Valentine's Day was a festival very suitable for young men and women to celebrate. He had been preparing for it for quite some time. It was a pity that he probably wouldn't be able to spend the Chinese Valentine's Day with her in the end.
Su Ci burst out laughing and glanced at him: "It doesn't matter, there are more to come anyway."
There are so many festivals, I’m just afraid that you might think it’s too many, okay? Men in later generations usually complain that all kinds of festivals and anniversaries are endless and make them bald, but Yang Yanzong is very happy.
Yang Yanzong didn't know what she was happy about, but he thought about it and said, "That's right."
He laughed too.
There was a crackling sound of raindrops, Su Ci exclaimed, and Yang Yanzong said, "Let's go and take shelter from the rain first!"
The group quickly rushed to the nearest tea stall.
There was a loud thunder, followed by heavy rain. This summer thunderstorm came suddenly and suddenly, and the darkness seemed to cover the entire sky and earth, just like the situation in the court that followed!
…
Yang Yanzong returned to Yangdu on the last day of June. He sent Su Ci back to his residence in Yangdu, then turned his horse around and headed straight for the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
He was not fast and arrived neither too late nor too early. The moment he arrived was the critical moment when the Huang Zhengmao incident had just detonated the three major royal palaces.
Once the news was passed back and the evidence was verified on the spot, some of the older followers of the Six Kings felt dizzy and could only see the emperor's mouth opening and closing on the throne, but no sound could be heard and he fainted on the spot.
It was like pouring a bucket of cold water into a boiling oil pan, and it started to boil on the spot!
The news reached the ears of the Sixth Prince at the fastest speed before the court was dismissed. On the spot, his head was buzzing with disbelief: "Nonsense! Who, who dares to spread rumors so recklessly?!"
How is that possible? !
Impossible! !
When Yang Yanzong stepped into the Sixth Prince's Mansion, no one stopped him. After all, the Sixth Prince's plan to eliminate him was a secret, and no one knew about it except himself, a few close confidants and his son.
Now the entire Sixth Prince's Mansion was in chaos. The guards looked terrified, the maids were at a loss and running around in panic, and people from the backyard kept running out to ask whether it was true or not, but were fought back by the guards who forced themselves to remain calm.
This time, Yang Yanzong did not need to be summoned and went straight into the main residence in the front yard where the six kings lived.
Mr. Fang was walking back and forth in the corridor with a frown on his face. When he saw Yang Yanzong, he was overjoyed: "Shenxing, you're back!"
"Oh, oh..." Mr. Fang didn't know what to say. The old emperor had been preparing for a long time and had made careful plans. If he was hit by one blow, there would be no loopholes at all! I’m afraid the Sixth Prince’s Mansion won’t be able to hold on this time!
Yang Yanzong patted Mr. Fang on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Not necessarily. We have gone through so many storms and waves, and the Sixth Prince's Mansion may not collapse just like that."
What he wanted was not the collapse of the Six Kings' Party, but to get rid of the Six Kings and their sons.
Yang Yanzong said, "I'll go in and see the prince first."
When the Sixth Prince heard the bad news, he felt a heat in the back of his head and fainted. The court doctor rushed to rescue him. It was said that he had suffered a stroke, and he was barely revived, but he must not get angry again!
But at this moment, how could the Sixth Prince not be angry?
In particular, the person who made him most shocked and angry appeared.
But at this moment, neither the court doctor nor Mr. Fang knew. Mr. Fang nodded and said, "Go ahead. The prince has just woken up, but you can't get angry. Alas..."
Yang Yanzong stepped into the room. It was a little dark in the room, and there was a very pungent smell of moxa, so pungent that it made people want to cry. The medicine had not yet had time to take effect, and the Sixth Prince had just been awakened by the golden needles. At this moment, he only felt the left half of his body was numb, and his hands could not stop shaking. He was about to speak while shivering, but he suddenly felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and a shadow covered the light in front of the threshold. He raised his head with difficulty, and a familiar yet unfamiliar handsome face came into view.
It’s Yang Yanzong.
There was a faint smile on Yang Yanzong's lips. Because the incident happened suddenly, the Sixth Prince had no time to explain anything. He just walked into the Sixth Prince's mansion openly and even stepped into his bedroom. The Sixth Prince was lying on the bed, while he was standing, and even had a condescending attitude.
"ah--"
The Sixth Prince was so provoked that he flew into a rage on the spot. Suddenly, he felt a heat in his head again. He suddenly felt dizzy and heard the doctor in his ear exclaiming, "Your Highness, don't be anxious. If you have something to say, please speak slowly..."
Yang Yanzong took a big step forward and supported the Sixth Prince: "Prince, Prince..."
The Sixth Prince had a close confidant by his side, but this person hesitated. He knew that the Sixth Prince wanted to get rid of Yang Yanzong, but now that Yang Yanzong had not been eliminated, he did not know what the Sixth Prince was going to do. Would he continue to pretend to be friendly with Yang Yanzong in order to plan for a follow-up, or what...
However, just this moment of hesitation gave Yang Yanzong an opportunity to take advantage of.
Yang Yanzong remembered that Su Ci once told him during a casual chat that the so-called stroke was actually an intracranial vascular disease, either due to blood flow obstruction or sudden rupture of blood vessels. The head is the center of all orifices, so this is a very serious matter. At the very least, it could cause serious consequences, and at the worst, it could easily lead to death.
Yang Yanzong's eyelids moved. It happened that he was a man proficient in martial arts and was very familiar with the acupoints of the human body.
He stepped forward to support the Sixth Prince, pressed his Fengchi acupoint, and quickly moved away. The Sixth Prince immediately felt half of his body go numb. At the same time, Yang Yanzong bowed his head and said to the Sixth Prince: "My Lord, you can rest assured. The Seventh Young Master and the people in the mansion will take care of you."
From the Sixth Prince's perspective, he saw his lips move slightly, clearly saying, "Your Highness, go with peace of mind. The Seventh Prince and the mansion will be looked after by us."
Yang Yanzong stared at the Sixth Prince without blinking, his expression anxious but his eyes motionless, as if he was watching a joke.
Such a provocation made the Sixth Prince so angry that he was like a Buddha ascending to heaven and two Buddhas were born. The acupuncture of the court doctor was completely ineffective. He only felt a surge of blood in his body and his whole body was trembling. The Sixth Prince moved his hands, his eyes were bloodshot: "You, you..." You traitor, you dog thief, go to hell!
Unfortunately, the Sixth Prince was destined to never be able to say the following words in his lifetime. He trembled violently all over and then opened his eyes. The court doctor exclaimed: "Your Highness, Your Highness..." You have to stay calm!
But the Sixth Prince's body trembled violently. This powerful prince who had dominated Daqing for more than a decade was angered to death.
In the end, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was crooked and drooling, and he died with his eyes open.
Yang Yanzong laughed coldly in his heart.
"My Lord, my Lord——"
…
At this moment, the imperial guards arrived with uniform footsteps, broke open the gate of the Sixth Prince's Mansion and rushed in.
The Sixth Prince's Palace is the closest and will be hit first.
The worst thing was that after the death of the Sixth Prince, no one could take on the responsibility and make the former worry. Upon learning that the culprit had died of illness, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, Huang Dewei, waved his hand and directly ordered his men to arrest the accomplice Ji Ye.
He was somewhat concerned about the corpse of the Sixth Prince, thinking that he might as well not bother about it since the person was dead. But he did not care about the Sixth Prince's illegitimate son who had not even been given the title of Crown Prince and had lost the protection of his father. At a command, the imperial guards rushed in like wolves and tigers.
Poor Ji Ye was still dreaming of avenging his previous humiliation after getting out. He didn't even know that his father was dead, and he was still screaming and cursing. Huang Dewei sneered and hit him with the handle of the knife. Ji Ye lost more than a dozen teeth, his mouth was full of blood, and he couldn't even speak completely.
Ji Ye was driven away, Huang Dewei ordered the expulsion of the outsiders and the siege of the Sixth Prince's Mansion. There were cries of surprise and weeping. At this time, Yang Yanzong stepped forward and said calmly: "The Sixth Prince's crime has not been determined, and his body is still warm. The prince is a member of the royal family. Isn't General Huang's action inappropriate?"
Many important figures of the Six Kings Party who heard the news and rushed over, such as the Minister of Revenue Hou Can, the Minister of Dali Temple Liao Zhicong, and the Southern Army Wuwei General Hao Chengwang, also stepped forward and said, "General Yang, what you said is very true!"
"Even if it is His Majesty's doing, he cannot be so unlawful. General Huang, was this action instructed by His Majesty? If not, it is better to be cautious!"
These were not small figures. After Huang Dewei thought about it, he finally took a step back and ordered to guard the area but not to surround it. Except for those involved in the case, he tacitly allowed the six kings to hold a wake and hold a funeral.
Yang Yanzong glanced at Ji Ye who was being dragged away and looked away.
A boy whose hair has not yet fully grown, whose wings are not yet fully grown and whose roots are shallow, always wants to ask for too much from the lion. He doesn't even think about the fact that if the Sixth Prince dies, can you take over the Sixth Prince's Mansion?
I'm lucky to have a good dad.
Now that my good father is gone, it will be over in a moment.
Yang Yanzong sneered in his heart.
However, he did not pay much attention to Ji Ye and just glanced at him. Before the old emperor made the next thundering move, Yang Yanzong had another very important thing to do.
…
The Sixth Prince died of a stroke due to anger, and the Seventh Prince was taken away by the imperial guards who rushed into the palace on charges of treason and accessory after the fact.
These two men are no less powerful than the Six Princes’ Palace.
Once it collapsed, it was as if the entire Six Princes' Palace had collapsed.
Although Mr. Fang had been treated with courtesy by the Sixth Prince in the past, and Yang Yanzong and others were powerful, they were all separated by a layer and could not interfere in other people's affairs. For a time, everyone in the Sixth Prince's Mansion was in panic, with constant crying and chaos. Even the Sixth Prince's mourning hall could not be set up for a while.
At this moment when everyone was running around in a panic, there was a man who went against the flow of people and walked towards the back house of the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
This person is Yang Yanzong.
His destination was the main courtyard where the Sixth Princess lived.
When he arrived, the news from the front yard had already spread to the back yard, and there was immediate crying and the women were panic-stricken.
The Sixth Princess stood at the door of the main hall with her spine straight. When she heard the maid's report, her face suddenly became ferocious and she screamed, "Get him out! Who allowed him to enter the backyard? How dare he! Get out! Beat him out!"
Yang Yanzong walked in slowly, stood in the courtyard, and looked at the Sixth Princess behind the threshold. He bowed lightly and said, "Yang Shenxing greets the Sixth Princess."
He ignored the Sixth Princess's tears and continued, "After a hasty discussion with you gentlemen and Mr. Fang, I came to see the Princess on your behalf to discuss important matters."
The Sixth Princess was furious and grabbed the vase on the table and threw it out: "Get out! Get out of here, do you hear me?!"
Yang Yanzong moved slightly, and all the debris fell into the air. His expression suddenly became stern, and he said coldly: "Now that the Sixth Prince has passed away, the Seventh Prince has been captured, and the Sixth Prince's Mansion is in danger, as the Sixth Prince's wife, can she just watch the Sixth Prince's Mansion fall?!"
Yang Yanzong had fought in the battlefields for many years, and his hands were stained with countless blood. At that moment, he was filled with murderous aura and a bloody smell, which was definitely not something that ordinary maids in the inner house could bear. The maids were so frightened and horrified by his sharp eyes that they fell down subconsciously and scrambled to avoid him, and all of them escaped in a moment.
The Sixth Princess was both angry and horrified, and she laughed loudly: "Ha, ha ha ha, you are showing off your power, do the others know?"
She said, what's the point of doing it for the Sixth Prince's Mansion? She had known about this thief's wolfish ambitions for a long time. How could he have such good intentions?
She sneered: "Don't dream, no matter what you want, this princess will not fulfill your wish!"
The Sixth Princess smiled sarcastically. She had been brought to this point, with only the title of Sixth Princess left. Why should she make wedding dresses for her enemy? Even if the Sixth Prince's Mansion collapsed, she was still a member of the royal family and would not be insulted. The worst outcome would be that she would die with her eyes closed. What was there for her to be afraid of now?
Yang Yanzong smiled. She was just a woman in the backyard. Since he could come, he must have the means to control her.
Yang Yanzong was not unhappy. He walked up the stairs. He was much taller than the Sixth Princess and looked down at her. The Sixth Princess looked up and stared at him. He smiled, leaned over, and whispered in her ear: "Doesn't the Princess have a grandson?"
Wasn’t Ji Yan’s youngest son, the one who was seriously injured, rescued?
How could there be no hope?
"Besides," Yang Yanzong smiled and whispered like a devil in his ear, "What about the Zhenbei Marquisate? Has the princess forgotten?"
Ever since the Shi brothers were accused of treason, the Shi Marquis was implicated. None of the three survived. The Marquis's mansion was stripped of its title and its property was confiscated. Some died, some were scattered. The entire Shi family is now made up of only Old Lady Shi and her great-grandchildren, who live in seclusion in the Qingshi Alley east of Suiping City.
Unfortunately, the eldest great-grandson was unwilling to fall into such a state of depravity that he became depressed and even was deceived into a gambling house and owed a large sum of money. The entire Shi family was in chaos, and it was the Sixth Princess who had someone settle the matter.
The Sixth Princess has tried her best to erase all traces of her mother's family. Outsiders have always believed that Shi has returned home in disgrace. But it may be hidden from other people, but Yang Yanzong has had people keeping an eye on her, so it is impossible to hide it from him.
Without the Sixth Princess's support, what will happen if the great-grandson becomes addicted to gambling again?
Old Lady Shi is already gray-haired. If she passes away, how will these young descendants of the Shi family survive?
The Sixth Princess doesn't care about herself or her adopted grandson, but she should at least consider her mother and the remaining bloodline of her mother's family, right?
You said so, right?
The Sixth Princess was horrified and stared at Yang Yanzong like a chicken with its neck strangled!
Yang Yanzong took a step back, brushed his clothes, knelt on one knee, and said in a deep voice: "Please ask Princess to take charge of the situation! Now we should quickly take out the golden order and lead the seventeenth prince to Yangdu to meet the emperor!!"
The Sixth Prince's wife cried. She cried so hard that she lost her voice and collapsed to the ground in an instant. This was a tiger, leopard, jackal and wolf. Although the Sixth Prince had many faults, once he died, she would be like a lamb to be slaughtered!
She burst into tears.
Yang Yanzong waited for a while and asked again: "Please go quickly, Princess, so as to avoid any delays!"
After crying her heart out, the Sixth Princess finally had to go to the ancestral hall to get the red-lettered golden order that had been enshrined in the Sixth Prince's Mansion for many generations. Then she took off her hairpins, went barefoot, and took a carriage to Yangdu.
Also traveling with them was the Seventeenth Prince chosen by Yang Yanzong, a younger illegitimate son of the Sixth Prince, who was only nine years old.
His previous brothers either failed to establish themselves or were led astray by the Sixth Princess Yan and her concubine. The selection now was really unsightly. This was just right as it saved Yang Yanzong from having to make excuses.
The Sixth Prince's Consort held the golden decree and the candidate for succession to the title and went to Yangdu in person. During the early morning court session, she took off her hairpins and knelt barefoot outside the palace gate to plead guilty. She said that women did not know about external affairs and she did not dare to ask for amnesty. She only hoped that her ancestors would bless her and that the Emperor would have mercy on her and not let the Sixth Prince's Mansion be cut off.
After returning, the Sixth Princess fell ill, but she had to force herself to get up.
The old emperor has not yet made any statement about the Golden Order, but Yang Yanzong does not care too much. The Golden Order and the Danshu are all real. The old emperor's line is actually a small branch adopting a large branch, and Xuanzong is the real direct branch of the imperial bloodline. Yang Yanzong does not doubt the effectiveness of the Golden Order and the Danshu.
He teamed up with the Sixth Prince's wife to take the initiative and suppress the Sixth Prince's close confidants. Together with Mr. Fang, they quickly sorted out the chaos in the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
It is worth mentioning that during this process, Yang Yanzong found Qiu Yuanming’s wife and two children who were held in the dungeon.
Qiu Yuanming was already dead. He had committed suicide on the day of the incident in the small courtyard where he was being guarded. His body lay quietly on the bed. The faded little clay doll had rolled to an inconspicuous corner, and its owner would never be able to pick it up again.
But his wife and children didn't know yet. When they heard the footsteps, a young woman in her twenties and twenties in apricot shirt hurriedly hugged her two children and turned around in panic, only to find that it was Yang Yanzong and his wife. She was overjoyed: "Be careful, be careful!"
Qiu Yuanming's wife, Pei Yinniang, was a gentle woman. Yang Yanzong also knew her for many years. She was the daughter of a teacher in his small town school. When he and Qiu Yuanming went out to play in the past, the latter would always drag a little tail, which made him extremely disgusted.
Lovers finally get married, but unfortunately the ending is broken.
When Yang Yanzong saw Pei Yinniang again, he felt very complicated. He might never forget it in his life. He had just got off the battlefield and rushed hundreds of miles to catch up with his friend's wedding. Qiu Yuanming and Pei Yinniang turned around at the same time, their red sleeves fluttering, and they both showed him bright smiles.
He still remembered the light in Qiu Yuanming's eyes at that time, and also remembered Pei Yiniang's gentle yet joyful eyes after she fanned him.
Pei Yinniang was surprised and happy, and the two little ones also put away their fear. The mother and three of them ran to the gate of the fence and happily called out "Uncle Yang, Shenxing".
Yang Yanzong was silent for a moment. According to his usual principle, if the grass is not uprooted, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows. He has always been ruthless when necessary.
But after that order was given, he stared at Pei Yinniang's happy smile, and the brilliance in his eyes of Qiu Yuanming and Pei Yinniang's smiling faces on their wedding day flashed before his eyes, but his Adam's apple rolled rarely, and he did not speak immediately.
Su Ci sighed softly, and finally she pushed him and whispered, "Or, let them go."
Before coming down, Yang Yanzong had already found out that Qiu Yuanming was indeed forced to do so, and his wife was unaware of this. She was arrested by the Sixth Prince and taken to the palace while she was staying at home. The mother and her two daughters did not even know that it was the Sixth Prince who arrested them, and they thought it was the Sixth Prince's enemies.
In that case, why not just let them go back home?
Anyway, Yang Yanzong will definitely wipe out the people who know about this matter quickly.
As for an orphan and a widow from an ordinary family, staying in that small town, unless they really had the chance to cultivate immortality, they could not pose any threat to Yang Yanzong.
Su Ci looked sideways at him. In fact, he had probably thought about this as well. Otherwise, with his character, he would have given the order without hesitation.
If the only thing missing is a final push, let her do it!
Yang Yanzong tilted his head, Su Ci curved her eyes, smiled at him and nodded.
"Release?"
Well, Yang Yanzong finally turned the corner. He was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Then let him go."
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