Four hundred and seventieth chapters stealing chickens will not lose rice(1/2)
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The Prince of Jinluo Imperial City, the Imperial Capital of the True Demon Empire*
Now the current prince Xiao Keyong is solemn. On the table next to him is a secret letter from Tiexia Pass. The letter was written by Xiao Yifan who was sent to Tiexia Pass. As a distant relative of himself, Xiao Keyong is not unfamiliar with Xiao Yifan. One of the four bullies in the imperial capital Jinluo, Xiao Keyong first thought of what he wrote in his letter, not Hanniel did not let down his expectations, but doubted Xiao Yifan's true purpose.
The secret letter he wrote before was cut off by himself, and he imitated his father's handwriting to warn him that it would be better to put away his thoughts at this time. According to common sense, he should not write a secret letter again. But he wrote another one. Could it be that Hanniel is really as ill-behaved as he said in his heart and wants to surrender to Xiao Fengzhen?
People's hearts are unpredictable, especially in a sensitive position like the prince, Xiao Keyong inevitably doubted Hanniel. He just used to intercept a secret letter from his father, and now he went to the secret letter to his father. If the father asked, how should he explain it clearly?
"Your Highness, Mr. Qiu is here." The guard's report came from outside.
"Please, please." Xiao Keyong was happy when he heard this and said quickly.
"See Your Highness the Crown Prince." An old man over seventy came into the house and bowed to Xiao Keyong.
"No need to be polite, the teacher quickly invites you to sit down." Xiao Keyong hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old man up and said.
"Thank you, my subordinates."
The visitor was named Qiu Huairen, who was Xiao Keyong's teacher and Xiao Keyong's think tank. He has been in the position of the True Demon Empire for 40 years. Now he is old and retired at home. Because he once served as Xiao Keyong's teacher, when Xiao Keyong encounters something difficult to decide, Xiao Keyong will ask Qiu Huairen for advice. This is the first time that Qiu Huairen directly invited Qiu Huairen to the palace like this. It is precisely for this reason that Qiu Huairen knew that Xiao Keyong would not be able to get the problem that Xiao Keyong encountered this time.
"Your Highness, your prince, don't talk about it anymore. Let's talk about the main business first. I wonder what happened to your highness to summon the old minister?" Qiu Huairen asked after coughing.
"This, I'm not hiding this teacher. I did have important matters to discuss when I came to the teacher this time. This is the case..."
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After listening to Xiao Keyong's narration, Qiu Huairen asked after a while: "Your Majesty, do you know this?"
"It shouldn't be known yet."
"Your Highness's handling of this matter has been somewhat inappropriate from the beginning. Your Majesty has already made it clear that the letter sent by the military supervisor should be dealt with directly. Your Majesty's private disposal of the military supervisor's secret letter will probably make Your Majesty displeasure."
"Teacher, the student already knows that he is wrong. Please help me find a way to make up for it. The student is grateful to me." Xiao Keyong said with great tribute to Qiu Huairen.
"Your Highness, don't worry. Although this matter is handled inappropriately, it is not impossible to recover. The most important thing at the moment is to let Your Majesty know about this matter quickly and must not let someone inform Your Majesty in advance. If that happens, Your Majesty's position as the prince may be in danger."
"Please also ask the teacher to make it clear."
"Now your Highness will go to see Your Majesty immediately, and bring this secret letter to Your Majesty, and at the same time confess to Your Majesty the entire process of handling this matter. There must be no omission."
"Teacher...if the father is angry..." Xiao Keyong asked with some concern.
"Your Highness, do you think you can't find out if you don't tell me about your Majesty?" Qiu Huairen asked quietly.
Xiao Keyong was shocked when he heard this and said to Qiu Huairen: "Teacher, please wait again. Students will go to their father's place to confess and strive for their father's forgiveness."
"Well. Your Majesty, Your Majesty is now old and sometimes you can easily go to a dead end if you think about things. At that time, don't face him. Remember, no matter what Your Majesty asks you, you must answer truthfully. Don't hide it."
"...Students remember. Students will go back." Xiao Keyong gave another big gift to Qiu Huairen. Then he ordered the guards to say, "Come, please change my clothes for me, I will go to meet my father."
Looking at Xiao Keyong who was walking out of the room with his head raised, Qiu Huairen nodded secretly, just like a crown prince of a country.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince is asking for a visit." The guards whispered to the true demon emperor Xiao Ziqiang.
Xiao Ziqiang thought to himself, "What are he doing at this time?" Then he ordered, "Let him come in."
"yes."
After a while, Xiao Ke quickly walked into the palace. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground with a "splash" at Xiao Ziqiang, kowtowed and said, "Father, my son is guilty, I'll apologize."
"Oh? Why are you guilty?" Xiao Ziqiang asked strangely. Xiao Ke's kneeling as soon as he entered Mén really scared him. This child was not so polite. After hearing what he said, Xiao Ziqiang understood. It turned out that this boy had made a mistake and wanted to admit his mistake to himself.
"Son-member..." Xiao Keyong looked at the guards set up in the hall and did not continue.
"You guys retreat first." Xiao Ziqiang waved to the guards and ordered.
"Okay, there are no outsiders in the hall now. Tell me, what mistake did you make?" Xiao Ziqiang asked Xiao Keyong.
"Father, forgive me for your crime. Not long ago, the military supervisor of Tiexiaoguan sent someone to send a secret letter, but the military supervisor Xiao Yifan has always had a bad character as he knows. Therefore, the military supervisor ignored the fact that Hanniel, the general of Tiexiaoguan, was interested in surrendering to the enemy as he said in the letter. On the contrary, the military corresponded to him and warned him not to think about his own calculations when this was related to the safety of my royal family. But what I didn't expect was..."
"Has the guards of Tiexhao Pass surrendered to the enemy?" Xiao Ziqiang asked with a frown.
"No, Tiexhao Pass is still in the hands of my royal family. But..."
"But what..."
"But a few days ago, Xiao Yifan wrote another secret letter, which was still saying that Hanniel, the governor of Tiexia Pass, intends to surrender to the enemy. According to his understanding of Xiao Yifan, this is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. Previously, he had pretended to be his father and scolded him. According to his style, he would not dare to cause trouble for Hanniel. But..."
"But he is still in trouble with Hanniel, so you feel shaken in your heart, thinking that what Xiao Yifan reported may be true. Is it right?" Xiao Ziqiang asked.
"...Yes. My son is guilty and should not hide it from his father. I also ask him to punish him." Xiao Ke said with his head down.
"... Get up, the ground is quite cold." Xiao Ziqiang glanced at Xiao Ke deeply and said lightly.
"My son dare not." Xiao Ke replied with his forehead against the ground.
Xiao Ziqiang frowned and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone: "I asked you to get up, and you can get up to me. Where can I get so much nonsense?"
When Xiao Keyong heard this, he was shocked all over his body. He suddenly remembered Qiu Huairen's advice when he came. He quickly got up with his hands and feet and bowed to Xiao Ziqiang and said, "Yes, I thank my father for his grace."
"Well." Xiao Ziqiang nodded with satisfaction. He waved to Xiao Keyong, called him to the front and back and asked, "Keyong, what do you think should be dealt with at this time?"
"this……"
"Don't have any worries. There are only you, my father and son here, you and me, you can say whatever you want."
"... It's. Father and son, I think this matter should not be made public."
"Oh. Tell me your reasons." Xiao Ziqiang asked with a smile.
"...Yes. Father, son minister thinks so. At present, Xiao Feng's rebels are in a hurry to attack, but our army has not yet been assembled for various reasons. At this time, dealing with a general with just one-sided words from the military supervisor may cause the hearts of the soldiers who are fighting against the rebels. It will also give the rebels a chance to use this to promote and win over people who are not firm in our neutral position. As one goes up and down, we may be very difficult to win in this war of the throne."
"Then do you mean not to deal with Hanniel?" Xiao Ziqiang asked. It looked like he was deliberately taking the school exam. At this time, Xiao Keyong was not nervous, his mind became flexible, and his thinking became extremely clear. He nodded and replied, "Yes, I think this is not the time to investigate whether Hanniel really surrendered to the enemy. For the sake of the overall situation, I think that the supervisor Xiao Yifan should be recalled and another supervisor would be sent."
"It seems that you don't like Xiao Yifan very much." Xiao Ziqiang suddenly said something that made Xiao Keyong stunned. Then Xiao Keyong nodded and admitted: "Yes, father and son minister do not like Xiao Yifan. One of the four bullies of Jin Luo usually bullies who bully male bully nv with the identity of the royal family and do evil..."
"Haha... Okay. I know what you said." Xiao Ziqiang smiled and waved his hand to interrupt Xiao Keyong. He asked Xiao Keyong, "Are you very puzzled why I don't send other people, but I send such a person to serve as the military supervisor of Tiexiao Pass?"
"Please ask the father to answer the questions for the sons."
"There are people who are useful. That's right, Xiao Yifan is a person, and he is an ambitious and hopeful person. Only such a person will not collude with Hanniel, the guard of Tiexia Pass, to deceive me. Because he knows very well that his life's wealth lies with me, so he will definitely complete the task of monitoring Hanniel me with me."
"What the Father means to believe what Xiao Yifan said in the letter?"
"It's not a matter of believing or not. Whether I believe it or not, I will not move Hanniel at this time, and not only will I not touch him, I will also give him a great reward to make him willingly work for me. As for when he moves him, after the end of this throne war, I will move him whenever I want."
"Father..."
"Haha... Keyong, you are still young and you still need to learn a lot. You have done a good job during this period. You have made a mistake and you know that you come to me to admit your mistakes. They are much better than your brothers. That old ghost Qiu Huairen is indeed not simple." Xiao Ziqiang patted Xiao Keyong on the shoulder with a look of relief and said.
"Thank you, my father, for your praise. My son still has many shortcomings. Please continue to teach me." Xiao Keyong said humbly.
"Haha... I will deal with this matter for you. No matter what method you use, you have to buy me two months. It will take two months for our army to gather. I want you to find a way to stop Xiao Fengzhen's rebels outside Tiexia Pass for two months. Can you do this?"
"My son obeys the order." Xiao Ke respectfully said.
Xiao Ziqiang was very satisfied with Xiao Ke's attitude of agreeing without any hesitation, and felt very comfortable. Xiao Ziqiang also chose to forget about Xiao Ke's previous concealment of his military secret letter. It is not a big deal. Just don't take the example.
A common problem among the elderly is that when you like you, the disadvantages are all so good. When you don’t like you, even if the advantages come to his mouth, it just says “What’s the thing?” Now Xiao Ziqiang is very pleased with Xiao Keyong, and he can forgive any mistakes he made.
The father and son talked for another time. Xiao Ke stood up and took a break to complete the task that Xiao Ziqiang was waiting for him. Xiao Ziqiang was also in a good mood because he felt that there was a successor and he ordered someone to call the dancer to start watching the song and dance.
And at this moment, someone came to disturb Xiao Ziqiang.
"Father, my son Xiao Keshuang asks for a meeting." A shout came from outside the hall. Xiao Ziqiang, who was enjoying singing and dancing, frowned. The things in this world are afraid of comparison. Compared with the polite Xiao Ke, Xiao Keshuang's behavior just now made Xiao Ziqiang feel displeased.
The gods had some bad fates to bring Xiao Keshuang in. Xiao Keshuang, who entered the palace, secretly rejoiced. Just now, he reported to him a subordinate of the Prince's East Palace that he thought he could defeat Xiao Keyong. He actually dared to detain the secret letter from the military supervisor. If the father, who was extremely powerful, could not escape a punishment. Maybe even the position of the prince was suspended. Thinking of this, Xiao Keshuang felt a burst of blood in his heart. After rewarding his subordinates who informed him, Xiao Keshuang excitedly rushed to his father's place. Because he was so excited, when outside the palace, Xiao Keshuang did not even delay the time he asked the guards to come in to report. He directly opened his voice and howled. It was this extra howling that made Xiao Ziqiang feel dissatisfied with Xiao Keshuang.
"Son, please see your father." Xiao Keshuang loudly greeted Xiao Ziqiang.
"Well, is there anything wrong with Keshuang?" Xiao Ziqiang asked strangely. He was also curious about what happened to his son, and was as happy as if he had eaten magpie shit.
"This, my son has something to report to my father." Xiao Keshuang looked around and told Xiao Ziqiang that there were a lot of people in the palace with his eyes.
Xiao Ziqiang was happy. What happened today? Both of them were so mysterious. After waving their hands to let the people in the hall out, Xiao Ziqiang asked Xiao Keshuang and said, "Keshuang, tell me what mistakes have you made?"
"Ah? I did not make any mistakes." Xiao Ke replied in confusion.
"Oh? Then tell me what's wrong with you?"
"I have reported to my father and I have found that my elder brother has done something that I shouldn't have done, so I came to tell my father."
Xiao Ziqiang heard this and was still calm, but he had already guessed the matter in his heart. Xiao Ziqiang felt disliked the first time he was dissatisfied with the son in front of him. He was so obedient before, but now he has learned to complain behind his back.
"Then tell me what your elder brother has done?" Xiao Ziqiang asked without changing his face.
If Xiao Keshuang was already blinded by excitement, he would have found something wrong with his father. It was a pity that he had been stunned by the idea of expelling Xiao Ke from the position of crown prince. He continued to answer: "Report to Father, the father had ordered the secret letters of the military supervisors from various places to be directly jiāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā
"...Keshuang, come here." Xiao Ziqiang waved to Xiao Keshuang. Xiao Keshuang immediately came over. When he got in front of him, he saw Xiao Ziqiang swing his arm and slapped Xiao Keshuang on his left face. He beat Xiao Keshuang three times and sat on the ground. Xiao Keshuang covered his swollen cheek and said incredulously: "Father, you hit the wrong person."
"I'm going to beat you, it's you," Xiao Ziqiang reached out and pointed at Xiao Keshuang, and said word by word.
"Why?" Xiao Keshuang asked with a sad face.
"You dare to ask why?" Xiao Ziqiang raised his eyebrows and stepped forward and was about to fight again. Xiao Keshuang was so scared that he turned his head and ran away, and ran around and shouted, "I won't ask anymore, my son will not ask anymore."
"All beast, let me stay in the palace and reflect. Without my permission, if you dare to run away, I will break your legs." Xiao Ziqiang yelled at Xiao Keshuang's back.
Not to mention that Xiao Keshuang hid in his palace and wondered why his father treated him like this. Just saying that Xiao Keyong returned to the Eastern Palace, he first thanked Qiu Huairen for his advice, and then told Qiu Huairen about the task that Xiao Ziqiang gave him, hoping that Qiu Huairen could come up with a countermeasure for him.
Qiu Huairen stroked his goatee and said to Xiao Keyong with a smile: "Your Highness, in fact, the solution to this matter Your Majesty has told Your Highness in his conversation that as long as you think about it carefully, you will understand."
To be continued...