Save the tragic villain in progress!

Emperor Yan was the winner of the last power struggle.The world was in chaos, and there was a lot of smoke. He and the first emperor cut wood into soldiers, raised poles into banners, and created Dayan's century-old foundation.

It's just that when he ascended the throne as the emperor, his blood was exhausted by the years, leaving only a suspicious, sensitive, and suspicious emperor.

When Emperor Yan entered the inner hall from the outside, all the officials stood up and saluted, shouting long live.The sound shook the palace, with the momentum of pulling up mountains, and the echoes lasted for a long time.

Chu Xinian looked out of the door without a trace, and saw a middle-aged man wearing an emperor's crown, sitting on the dragon chair surrounded by court ladies, the twelve-pearl jade crown hanging down in front of his eyes, covering his eyes, making people feel uncomfortable. Difficult to peek into emotions.

Emperor Yan's voice was low, concealing majesty: "My lords, please forgive me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty—"

After everyone accepted the gift, they took their seats one after another.Chu Xinian saw a general-looking figure wearing silver scale armor guarding Emperor Yan. His aura was as deep as an abyss, and his figure was as immobile as a mountain. He guessed it was Zhou Wenchen, the commander of the imperial army.

Just looking at the surface, I can't detect any loopholes for a while.

Chu Xinian refocused his attention on Xie Jingyuan, tapped the table with his fingertips lightly, continued the topic just now, and asked in a low voice with meaning: "Who should I get rid of so that the general can kill the other half of his life?" Give me?"

Xie Jingyuan hooked his lips and asked, "Is that why you want my life?"

Chu Xinian looked at him seriously: "Instead of letting the general give his life to others easily, it's better to give it to me, the general said, right?"

When he said this, he held Xie Jingyuan's hand under the table and clasped it tightly.

For some reason, Xie Jingyuan's heartbeat suddenly missed a beat, he struggled for a moment, but was pulled even tighter by the other party.Until Emperor Yan's eyes fell on the lower head, he found that Xie Jingyuan had also come to the banquet, and asked aloud:

"Xie Qing has been ill for a long time. When I came to the banquet today, I feel a little less sick than before. It can be seen that Tai Shiling's calculation is correct. Take care of yourself, you are the pillar of my great swallow, and I will need to rely on you a lot in the future .”

From the perspective of outsiders, even if Xie Jingyuan did not go to court for a long time, he was still a noble family, which attracted the emperor's frequent concerns and inquiries.However, Chu Xinian heard a bit of alienation and fear from it, moved his lips to Xie Jingyuan silently, and said four words: "Hide your strength and bide your time."

The prince also meant the same thing. He looked at Xie Jingyuan without a trace, shook his head at him, and signaled him to continue pretending to be sick.

Xie Jingyuan stood up and thanked Emperor Yan, lowering his eyes to cover the expression in his eyes.He covered his lips with a veil, his voice was hoarse, his face was pale and weak, as if he would die at any moment: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern..."

Seeing this, the ministers silently exchanged glances, thinking that Xie Jingyuan was dying of illness, and wondered whether His Majesty would find someone to take over the military power in his hands.Hearing that King Jin has won successive victories in Shuofang, the bandits and riots have been quelled in just a few days. The news has spread to Beijing, which has already attracted rumors. What's more, some ministers said that King Jin has both civil and military skills, and he is really a model for the princes.

If King Jin is a model for the princes, where will the prince be placed?

Some active rich and powerful families have already begun to think about whether to start to stand in line again.

Emperor Yan didn't know the minds of the ministers.He saw Xie Jingyuan sitting next to a young man in a white shirt, with a jade belt and a brocade robe, he really had an outstanding temperament.There was some familiarity between his brows and eyes, and he asked aloud, "But the second son of Quyanghou's family?"

Hearing this, Chu Xinian got up from his seat, graceful and tall, "Returning to Your Majesty, it is the grassroots."

Upon seeing this, Emperor Yan murmured: "I heard that you solved a strange case at the banquet of heroes. You are indeed a hero among men. I saw you today, and you are really impressive. You are not inferior. My brother. Qu Yanghou gave birth to two good sons, please sit down. "

It can be seen that Emperor Yan admired Chu Xinian's outstanding and harmless junior, and there was a little smile in his words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

Chu Xinian didn't intend to show any limelight in front of this suspicious emperor, so he sat down with a smile, not surprised by favor or humiliation.

During the banquet, Mu Chaha, the leader of the Qiang nationality, has been quietly observing the mood of Emperor Yan.Seeing Emperor Yan's great joy, he stood up and raised his glass to toast, and performed a tribal salute: "Your Majesty, Muchaha came all the way from thousands of miles, and he saw the prosperity of the capital and the prosperity of the people along the way. It was really an eye-opener."

"Only the bravest king can govern such a prosperous country, please allow Muchaha to offer you a toast!"

It can be seen that Emperor Yan is very useful to such flattering words.He raised his glass and respected Muchaha from a distance, and he didn't mind showing the strength of Dayan: "You and I are friendly neighbors. If you like the customs of the capital, you might as well stay a little longer and take a look around. .”

The words "a state of friendly neighbors" are really subtle.The Qiang people repeatedly invaded Dayan on the border, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of crimes.However, there are many large and small tribes, and it is often difficult to eradicate them.

Every time the Qiang people lost a war, they negotiated a peace.However, it didn't take long before they started looting again, and then they lost and negotiated peace again.A keen minister has already smelled something unusual.

Sure enough, before the banquet was half over, Muchaha revealed the purpose of his trip: "Your Majesty, the Qiang people have always lived in the bitter cold of the grasslands. Last year, the heavy snow froze countless cattle and sheep to death, and the people are starving. Muchaha implores you to be merciful and allow the Qiang people to enter Baiyue City to trade salt, iron and cotton cloth with Dayan merchants, I will be very grateful."

As soon as Mu Chaha finished speaking, Xie Jingyuan narrowed his eyes coldly.A general received his instruction and immediately stood up to object. He cupped his hands to Emperor Yan and said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable! Baiyue City is a fortress on the border of the grassland. If people from other races are allowed to enter at will, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Emperor Yan was not an idiot either, he frowned and said to Mu Chaha: "Although you and I are friendly nations, the lands of the two races are distinct, it's better not to cross the boundary easily."

Mu Chaha was so anxious that he bent down and gave a big gift: "Your Majesty, please believe in the sincerity of our family for this peace negotiation. In the future, the Qiang people will be Dayan's strongest alliance, and they will be repaired forever."

Seeing this, the crown prince said to Emperor Yan: "Father, I don't know whether the Qiang people's peace talks are sincere. I only know that they have repeatedly broken the covenant since the first emperor was in power. I really can't believe it. Father, please think twice."

Opening up the trade between the two tribes will only strengthen the strength of the Qiang tribe, and it will not be of any benefit to Yu Dayan.The strength of the enemy represents one's own disadvantage in some way, so many ministers disagreed with Muchaha's request.

Qin Daoyan didn't move all the time, but when he saw Mu Chaha's eyes calling for help, he signaled the other party to be calm, and slowly got up and said to Emperor Yan: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Emperor Yan: "But it doesn't matter."

Qin Daoyan: "Dayan and the Qiang people are only separated by a narrow strip of water, and they are neighborly and friendly. Now that the Qiang people are sincerely negotiating peace, why should we hold on to the old things and not forget them. Your Majesty has the world in mind. It is not necessary to open up trade, one is to spread grace, and the other is to benefit our business routes."

The prince had long thought that he was a one-eyed dragon who was not pleasing to the eye, and he said in a strange way: "According to Qin Shangshu's meaning, we should open the door of our house and let people from other races come and go freely?"

"I have no such intentions. Baiyue City is a grassland fortress, so naturally no one can enter or leave. Just because Qiang people can't enter, it doesn't mean we can't leave. As long as His Majesty orders me to go to the grassland to trade with merchants, all problems will be solved. gone."

Qin Daoyan is really an old fox, he chose a compromise method and solved the problem.It’s just that there are still ministers who disagree, and there is a lot of discussion in the hall for a while.”

"However, the Qiang people have been plundering the caravans sent by our court to the grasslands, and letting those merchants bring their goods to trade, isn't it a sheep's mouth? I don't know how much the Qiang people have benefited from, and they are so considerate of the foreigners."

It was Jin Ruhai who spoke.His words were sharp, and as soon as he said a word, everything was quiet.Qin Daoyan looked at him subconsciously, not understanding why Jin Ruhai would suddenly attack him, his face was cloudy and uncertain.

Emperor Yan also favored Qin Daoyan, so he calmed down the situation by hearing the words: "I believe that Qin Shangshu has no such intentions, Lord Jin is serious."

Jin Ruhai tidied up his clothes, came out of his seat, and actually bowed down to Emperor Yan: "Your Majesty is kind, and loves and cares for his subjects, but a humble minister cannot sit idly by and watch His Majesty being deceived by others!"

The Emperor Yan couldn't bear any courtiers' deception. Jin Ruhai's words hit his sore spot, and his face became gloomy: "Jin Ruhai, why did you say that?!"

Qin Daoyan remembered that he had given many rare treasures to the Jin family a few days ago, his complexion changed drastically, and he thought that Jin Ruhai was going to sell himself.He was about to speak out to stop him, but it was too late.

"My minister wanted to participate in Qin Daoyan's private collection of bribes from foreigners, and he regarded the laws of the country as immeasurable. In order to help the Qiang people open up trade routes, he even offered gold and silver to the mansion of the minister. The minister was terrified and angry. He wanted to reject the door, but he Fearing that His Majesty does not know about his evil deeds, he has no choice but to pretend to accept it as a strict proof."

Qin Daoyan didn't care about anything at this time, he hurriedly came out from the side, pointed at Jin Ruhai and said angrily: "Jin Ruhai, stop talking nonsense!"

Jin Ruhai remained indifferent: "Master Qin will know if it's nonsense in a while."

After he finished speaking, he ordered people to bring in two large boxes of jewels from outside the hall.As soon as the lid was opened, the light shone out, and the luminous pearl inside was as big as a baby's fist, and the gemstones were as red as blood, all of which were rare treasures.There are also antique porcelains, all of which are used as tribute.

"Wow—"

Everyone around was in an uproar when they saw this, and Emperor Yan's face was even more ugly. He slapped the table again, which made the minister of civil and military tremble in fear: "What happened, please explain it to me in full!"

Chu Xinian drank a glass of wine with downcast eyes, covering the curvature of his lips.

Jin Ruhai said loudly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Qin Daoyan took bribes from the Qiang people privately, disregarding Dayan's gains and losses. I implore Your Majesty to punish him severely, so as to serve as an example to others!"

Qin Daoyan knelt down and argued: "Your Majesty, I will never do such a thing. Could it be that Mr. Jin just moved out a box of gold and silver at will as an ironclad proof? I am not convinced."

Mu Chaha didn't expect that things would develop like this, so he quickly followed up and said: "Return to Your Majesty, Mu Chaha can guarantee that there will be absolutely nothing."

The crown prince was observing the progress of the situation, and seeing that the timing was about the same, he suddenly got up in full view and said, "Report to the emperor, my son has a book to play!"

Qin Daoyan didn't know why, but suddenly his heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition for no reason.

Seeing that the crown prince also joined in for no reason, Emperor Yan suppressed his anger and said, "Chenghao, what else do you want to say?"

The crown prince handed over a memorial that had been prepared long ago, and then went to the lower part to salute: "Report to the emperor, my son wants to impeach Qin Daoyan, Minister of the Ministry of War, for liaising with foreign countries, framing Zhongliang, and vainly caring about human life. I beseech the emperor to investigate clearly!"

After he finished speaking, he told the story one by one under Qin Daoyan's frightened eyes.Including Jiuniang's death, Gujing Tibetan letter, Qin Shuang's assassination, and finally presenting Jiuniang's jade pendant and letter.

"Father, if it weren't for General Xie and Chu Xinian who had doubts about Jiuniang's death that day, and happened to go out of the city in a carriage with their sons and ministers to investigate, I'm afraid they wouldn't have found out about it. Qin Daoyan took hundreds of adoptive sons privately, Each of them has a jade pendant, which is enough to prove that Jiu Niang is his adopted daughter, and the contents of the letter are indeed true."

The prince has concealed some things, three points are true and seven points are false, all the evidences listed are enough to beat Qin Daoyan to death.

Qin Daoyan's face turned pale with fright, his cheek muscles twitched, and he couldn't speak for a long time.However, this is not over yet, the prince presented an extremely familiar black box:

"I don't know if my father has heard that there has been a thousand-faced thief in Beijing recently. This person is extremely light-hearted, and he comes and goes without a trace. Although he steals, he has a chivalrous heart. She stole into Qin Daoyan's mansion. She wanted to steal treasures, but she never thought By mistake, he discovered the evidence of his collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and threw it directly into the son's mansion at night, but the son dared not hide it, and left everything to be decided by the emperor."

Emperor Yan didn't speak. He quickly flipped through the letters between Qin Daoyan and foreign countries. The more he saw the back, the more angry he was. At the end, he sneered and said through gritted teeth: "Okay, okay, really good! He is my good servant!"

With a wave of his sleeve robe, all the cups in front of him fell to the ground, and everyone was so frightened that they knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, calm down—"

Chu Xinian took a look at Xie Jingyuan, and his meaning was very clear, Qin Daoyan would definitely die today, and it would be difficult to escape.He whispered with a half-smile: "How should the general give me half his life?"

Chu Xinian's attitude was completely different from his rejection last night.Xie Jingyuan only felt that he was playing with him from hot to cold, his eyes drooped, and he twitched the corners of his mouth inexplicably: "If you have the ability, you can get it yourself."

After he finished speaking, he looked towards the center of the main hall, only to see Qin Daoyan trembling uncontrollably, and the official hat on his head fell to the ground, looking like a bereaved dog.He scrambled forward to try to explain something, but was directly dragged down by Emperor Yan's order, and put into a prison for strict interrogation.

Muchaha, the leader of the Qiang nationality, became the target of public criticism for a while.Seeing Emperor Yan's complexion was unkind and he was sweating profusely, he didn't know what to say.

The prince once again dealt a painful blow to the enemy: "Father, what the Qiang people said to negotiate peace with sincerity clearly shows their ambitions. Just now they swore that there was no such thing, but now the evidence is convincing, and it is even more glib. The business routes of the two clans must not Come on, there is no need to negotiate a peace, can't I, my mighty Yan, not be able to deal with the mere Qiang people?!"

Seeing that Qin Daoyan was already out of luck, anyone who would speak up for the Qiang people at this time would be foolish.Seeing this, all civil and military officials echoed their voices, and directly relegated the Qiang people to the cracks in the ground.

"The land of barbarians is rarely educated. The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Your Majesty must not agree!"

"Your Majesty, please drive them out of the hall quickly, and don't pollute this place!"

The national strength of the Yan Dynasty was far superior to that of the Qiang people, so Emperor Yan naturally would not take them seriously.When you are in a good mood, you may still be able to make friends, but if you are in a bad mood, it is as easy as crushing ants to death.Now that something like this has happened, how can there be any good face.

Emperor Yan flicked his sleeves with a livid face, signaling the imperial army to drive them out of the palace.Dozens of tribal warriors brought by Muchaha did not understand Chinese, and they all glared angrily when they saw the imperial army driving them away forcibly.One of the strong men with a big arm and a round waist directly grabbed the weapon in the hands of the imperial army, and said angrily in the Qiang dialect: "Emperor Dayan, you deceive people too much, I really think we are afraid of you!"

Muchaha was terrified when he heard the words, and before he could make a sound to stop him, a fight broke out between the two sides.No weapons were visible within three feet of the imperial front, the Qiang people directly snatched the weapons from the guards' hands, and started hacking and killing them wantonly, which is not bad.

Immediately, the imperial guards from outside poured into the hall like a tide, fighting with swords and swords, directly turning the good banquet into a battlefield.All the officials were afraid of accidentally hurting themselves, so they all backed away in fear, thinking that the Qiang people are really a land of barbarians, and they will kill if they disagree with each other.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.Chu Xinian inevitably affected himself, so he directly pulled Xie Jingyuan behind him, and retreated with him away from the battlefield: "General, be careful."

Seeing him standing in front of him, Xie Jingyuan paused, then sneered: "You should be careful of yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a rapid sound of piercing through the air, and subconsciously looked, but saw a long sword flying from nowhere, piercing straight at Chu Xinian.

Behind them happened to be the pillars of the temple, and there was no way to retreat.

Seeing this, Xie Jingyuan's face changed slightly, he pushed Chu Xinian away, and was about to use his internal force to knock the sword away.But suddenly he noticed a condensed gaze observing him from the dark place, it was Zhou Wenchen.After a pause, he abruptly changed his attack to dodge, allowing the long sword to stab his right arm, and finally sank into the pillar.

"Well--"

Xie Jingyuan snorted, and the color on his face became increasingly pale.

He knew that Zhou Wenchen was testing whether he was really terminally ill.If he forcibly struck the sword away, he would definitely show his feet, so he could only accept this move abruptly.

All this happened in the blink of an eye.When Chu Xinian came back to his senses, he saw Xie Jingyuan holding his right arm with a pale complexion, with blood between his fingers, and his pupils constricted involuntarily.

"General!"

Chu Xinian hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed his wrist, wanting to check whether the injury was serious, but Xie Jingyuan said nothing to let him see, frowning and saying in a hoarse voice: "There are many people in the palace who are distracted, let's talk about it when we go back home."

Chu Xinian paused when he heard the words, and instantly understood what he meant, so he quickly tore off the hem of his robe, and wrapped the cloth around his wound to stop the bleeding.With a rare expression, Shen Ning asked Xie Jingyuan with difficulty distinguishing between emotions and anger: "Who made the move?"

"..."

Xie Jingyuan didn't speak.He had never seen Chu Xinian frowning and angry, but seeing him frowning now, he couldn't help but look a few more times, his pale lips wriggling silently: "...I'll tell you when I go back."

Xie Jingyuan thought to himself, it turns out that Chu Xinian also has something he doesn't know.

Although the Qiang warriors were good at fighting, they were outnumbered and subdued by the forbidden army within a short while.At this time, Mu Chaha wanted to die, and regretted why he had brought so many idiots here, kowtowed on the ground and apologized.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

Emperor Yan didn't want to listen any more, so he left the table angrily.Zhou Wenchen ordered the imperial army to put the Qiang people under house arrest, and waited for His Majesty to dissipate before dealing with them. He stepped out of the hall, glanced at Xie Jingyuan without a trace, and then left.

The prince has been paying attention to them, seeing Xie Jingyuan injured, he frowned and stepped forward: "Is the injury serious?"

Xie Jingyuan's expression remained unchanged, and he even hooked his lips into a smile: "I can't die, it doesn't matter if I saw Qin Daoyan fall into the dust with my own eyes today, and was stabbed with a sword."

Seeing that he was fine, the prince breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Chu Xinian: "Take him back to the mansion as soon as possible to find someone to treat him, the imperial physician in the palace is unreliable."

Chu Xinian hummed, and quickly left the palace and returned home with Xie Jingyuan.Along the way, Jiuyong drove the carriage very fast, Xie Jingyuan's injury was jolted, and the blood couldn't stop, half of his sleeve was soaked in blood.

"General..."

Chu Xinian hugged him tightly, clutching Xie Jingyuan's wound, wanted to say something, but didn't.

Xie Jingyuan seemed to know what he was going to say, and hummed hoarsely: "I can't die..."

When Wan Jimiao received the news and rushed to the General's Mansion, seeing Xie Jingyuan's injury felt troublesome, and he couldn't help cursing again.He sewed up the wound for Xie Jingyuan, applied medicine and wrapped gauze, and worked hard for several hours. He was furious: "If you encounter such a thing in the future, don't come to me!"

Xie Jingyuan was half naked lying on the bed, with gauze wrapped around his right arm.Because of excessive blood loss, his face was pale, and he sneered when he heard this: "If you don't look for it, don't look for it."

He is also an unyielding character.

Wan Jimiao was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, slammed the door and left.

Chu Xinian twisted a clean veil and wiped the remaining bloodstains on Xie Jingyuan's body, and said in a low voice, "Does the general know that doctors can't offend?"

Just now Xie Jingyuan was dealing with the injury, and the mask fell out of nowhere in the haste.It wasn't until Chu Xinian got closer that he could clearly see his own appearance from the other party's light-colored pupils.

Xie Jingyuan subconsciously tilted his head, his mood was a little irritable, and his voice was sullen: "Where is my mask?"

Chu Xinian looked at him quietly without moving.

Xie Jingyuan simply looked for it by himself.He forced himself to sit up from the bed, the injury was involved in his movements, and his face turned pale again.He frowned and looked around, only to realize that the mask had fallen by the pillow, but just as he picked it up, his side face was suddenly covered with warmth——

Chu Xinian leaned closer and kissed Xie Jingyuan's bruised right cheek.The warm lips moved down slowly, landing on the eyes, cheeks, and finally the lips, all the unfinished things from last night.Lingering and ambiguous.

"..."

Xie Jingyuan's eyelids trembled, and the mask in his hand slipped from his fingertips, and fell to the ground with a rumble.