The prince reunited with the brothers Yongwang and Dingwang, Xia Nan didn't plan to interfere, just stood and watched from a distance, but after seeing a familiar face, he couldn't calm down.

After being called by him, the old man lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to meet his eyes, as if he was avoiding something.

Xia Nan thought that he was dazzled, so he deliberately took a closer look, and it was really Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department. He couldn't help asking: "Yang Butang is the favored minister of the first emperor and the native soldier of the dignified, how did he end up in this step?" ”

The unkempt and tattered old man in front of him really couldn't connect with the high-spirited and scolding military department Shangshu at the beginning.

Yang Sichang saw that he couldn't hide, so he simply raised his head and looked at Xia Nan.

"Yang unfortunately fell into the hands of thieves, and he couldn't hand over the amount of silver demanded by the thieves, and he was imprisoned for more than 20 days, so naturally it was not much better, and it would be good to save his life."

Xia Nan laughed: "Yang Butang, 'one day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world', during the time you were in prison, earth-shaking changes have taken place outside, when you or came out of the prison, you definitely didn't expect the situation to develop into the current situation, right?" ”

When Yang Sichang came to the noon gate, he found that there were all Qiong naval soldiers outside the city gate, and a forbidden army could not see it, so he guessed a few points in his heart, and when he saw Xia Nan accompanying the prince as an escort, he confirmed this conjecture.

He sighed and said, "If Yang is not mistaken, it was you who expelled the thieves and then escorted the prince into the palace in the name of King Qin's protection, right?" ”

Xia Nan clapped his hands lightly and replied: "Yang Butang is really smart, he can guess it." Now the thieves are in ashes, the Beijing camp has long been collapsed, not counting the Guanning army that is about to return to Ningyuan, except for the Qiong Navy, there is no formed armed force in the inner and outer cities, and the entire capital is under my control. I don't know if the ministry ever thought of today's situation when it bombarded the barracks and wanted to kill me? ”

Yang Sichang puffed up his chest, looked at him and said: "Today you are a great hero of King Qin's protection, with heavy soldiers in your hands, no one can stop your edge, and Yang is just a prisoner at the moment, his status is far from the same, and he is helpless to be ridiculed by you." However, Yang was only imprisoned by thieves, and he can be reinstated at any time, and you are a military general of the imperial court, do you dare to openly kill the military department of the dynasty? Besides, the bombardment of the barracks that day, Yang was not for selfishness, if you want to take revenge, just draw your sword and give me a sword, kill an unarmed scholar, and you don't need to use the army......"

Xia Nan smiled: "Yang Butang wants to use these words to squeeze me? A military general with military power in his hands, the following grams, killing an unarmed military department secretary, it is unreasonable to say both public and private, it is simply intolerable, right? ”

Yang Sichang was told to break his mind and was silent.

"But when I expelled the Tartars, severely injured Abatai and Azig, and made immortal achievements, what did you Yang Butang do to me? Could it be that all the birds are flying, the good bow is hidden, and the slaughter of heroes is a righteous act? Xia Nan took out his short gun, put it on Yang Sichang's head, and said coldly, "In this troubled world, the king is defeated and the king is defeated, what is justice and morality, I shot you Yang Sichang, who would dare to stand up for you?" ”

Yang Sichang's hands and feet couldn't help trembling, cold sweat trickled down his forehead, and he wanted to be soft, but because of the self-esteem of the literati, he couldn't speak.

Under the gaze of thousands of Qiong naval soldiers, none of the civil and military officials dared to persuade them when they saw this scene, for fear that the muzzle of the gun would turn around and face them. The square of the noon gate is silent.

Seeing that the dignified military department was about to splatter blood on the spot, a voice finally broke the silence

"Xia Aiqing, can you listen to what this palace has to say?"

Xia Nan turned his head to look at Zhu Cihong and put on a smiling face.

"Temple...... Your Majesty, what is your will? ”

Hearing that the other party changed his name in the tone of the civil and military officials, Zhu Cihong seemed to gain confidence and plucked up the courage to say: "Aiqing, today is a good day for the palace to return to the palace to take charge of the throne, isn't it a bit unlucky to kill such an important minister as Shangshu of the Ministry of War at the noon gate?" ”

Xia Nan tilted his head and thought about it, slowly lowered the hand that raised the gun, and nodded, "It seems like that......"

Zhu Cihong saw that things were taking a turn for the better, so he struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Yang Shangshu has a place where Xia Aiqing can't live with him, but he is an important minister of the court, and he shouts and kills, which inevitably loses the dignity of the minister of the court." Can this palace be a peacemaker, mediate for the two Aiqing, and resolve this grievance? ”

Xia Nan smiled and inserted the short gun back into his waist.

"Your Majesty opened Chrysostom, how dare the minister not sell this face, then let him go for the time being, and talk about it later."

Yang Sichang walked in front of the ghost gate, and was finally saved by Zhu Cihong's life, and suddenly his hands and feet were weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Along the way, Zhu Cihong saw Xia Nan's dominance, and thought that it was an impossible task to save Yang Sichang from his gun, but with the mentality of giving it a try, he didn't expect it to succeed, and thought to himself: This person is arrogant, does not put himself in his eyes, and is extremely arrogant, but he can listen to his own persuasion and let Yang Sichang go, which shows that he is still afraid of imperial power, as long as he officially takes the throne and gradually grasps power, it should not be difficult to deal with him. And Yang Sichang, the favorite of the first emperor, heard that his ability is not bad, and after this twist and turn, he should be desperate to serve himself.

The civil and military officials also breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what the relationship with Yang Sichang was on weekdays, if they really watched their colleagues being killed by the generals on the spot, they would not be able to raise their heads and be human beings in the future, and the words "Wengui and Wu" would be reversed. Fortunately, there was also this freshly baked emperor who was able to suppress him and did not cause a tragedy.

Seeing that the matter was over, Fang Zhenghua commanded everyone to lift Luan and move forward again, "The auspicious time is coming, hurry up and send the emperor into the Emperor's Palace!" ”

The interrupted trip continued, and the hundred officials hugged Luan and walked in the direction of the Jinluan Palace. A few Kedao officials, who were usually good friends with Yang Sichang, had the courage to support him and followed the back of the team.

Summer Nan turned over and got on his horse and walked slowly behind. Lin Weiye followed and asked in a low voice: "According to your character, it's not like someone who will let Yang Sichang go because of a little child's words!" You have always had revenge. ”

Xia Nan smiled: "With my current control over the imperial court, it doesn't matter whether I kill Yang Sichang or not, the public humiliation has achieved the goal, even if he returns to the court, he has no prestige at all." Why should I have a reputation for being aggressive and ruthless? You wait, when you get to the Imperial Palace, the show has just begun......"