Kapitel 44: Human Hearts Unfathomable
There were some things in this world that he had better not know.
Shangguan Yong looked at the register that had fallen at his feet, and started to regret that he had come to this room. How could he interfere with the matter of seizing the throne?
"I'm sorry," the Duke Xin looked at Shangguan Yong's face and said rather reluctantly, "I had no intention of harming you."
Shangguan Yong took a deep breath and bent down to pick up the register. After all, he was from the battlefield, so it was only a matter of time before he panicked. "You said the empress framed you for conspiring against her. How are you going to explain this war in Fengzhou?" Shangguan Yong asked the king.
"I want to go to the capital personally," the Duke Xin said. "But I can't leave the Phoenix Province."
"There's no one in Phoenix Province that can send you a message?"
"If I don't hand over this list, who will believe me? Since General Shangguan is from the border, and is not part of the court, I can trust the general for once. "
"You don't have any trusted aides?"
"I only found out that the person I trust the most by my side is the empress's person after Duan led his soldiers into the Phoenix Province. What kind of person would I dare to trust?" I believe in the old housekeeper outside the door, but he is already old and everyone in the Phoenix Prefecture knows that he is the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion. He is also cannot step out of the Phoenix Prefecture. "General, the words of a man who is about to die are good. Remember my words."
Shangguan Yong's heart was thrown into disarray, he asked the messenger king: "You're giving this to me, what do you want me to do?"
"Find a chance and give it to His Majesty," the Duke of Xin said.
Shangguan Yong said, "You know that my official rank isn't high. I usually don't even see His Majesty."
"Then find someone you can trust and have him submit this list."
"Can Your Majesty believe that?" Shangguan Yong thought of the two people the Duke Xin was going to sue, one was the empress and the other was the crown prince. No matter how he thought about it, Shangguan Yong felt that no matter who it was, they would not be able to sue.
"His Majesty knew that there were people in the private army. It was for this that Wang Yuan died," the messenger king said.
Shangguan Yong was startled again, "Wang Yuan is dead?!"
Qing Nan's voice came from outside the door, "Big brother, who are you talking to here? Marquis Le An has arrived and wishes to see you. "
"Remember my words," the messenger king warned Shangguan Yong in a low voice. "It's hard to fathom the human heart."
Shangguan Yong hesitated for a moment, then fiercely said to the messenger king: "Come with me, I'll take you out."
Duke Xin was surprised for a moment, then he smiled at Shangguan Yong and said: "You won't be able to save my life, I didn't want to live anymore, thank you, General, for your kindness."
"Then." Shangguan Yong thought about how the messenger king had told him that no one in his household could keep their lives. He pointed at the infant in his arms and asked the messenger king, "This child is your son, your highness?"
"He is my youngest son. There are still seven days before the full moon."
"Then," Shangguan Yong took a step forward and said, "I'll take him with me."
The messenger king raised his head and looked at Shangguan Yong, as if he wanted to read his mind, "You want to save him?"
"Your highness doesn't want to stay behind?" Shangguan Yong asked the king, "Marquis Le'an is already here. He is the empress's younger brother. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."
The messenger king stroked his younger son, who was once again fast asleep in his arms.
"Your Highness!" Shangguan Yong urged: "We don't have time."
The messenger king handed the baby to Shangguan Yong, "General, take him away, I won't force anything, let life and death be decided by fate."
"What about you?"
"I'm going to see Marquis Le An," Duke Xin stood up, "But it's just death."
Shangguan Yong wanted to persuade the messenger king to follow him, but as he watched the messenger king walk out of the room, he couldn't say anything.
Qing Nan saw the messenger king walking out from the door, but did not see Shangguan Yong. He immediately became anxious, and asked the messenger king: "Who are you? Where's my big brother?! "
The messenger king glanced at Qing Nan. "I'm from the Mansion of the Conviction King and I'm on my way to the front hall."
"Scram!" Qing Nan pushed the messenger king aside and rushed into the house.
"Your Highness," the butler supported the king, "the young prince, he …"
Duke Xin shook his head and told the butler not to ask any further questions. "It's up to him to decide whether he lives or dies. Let's go."
"Then what is the name of this general?" Is he trustworthy? " the butler asked.
"This Messenger King did not ask for his name. There is no need to know. Why do you need to ask?"
The old steward's face was filled with melancholy, but he resisted the urge to burst into tears as he supported the messenger king into the hall.
In the room, Qing Nan saw the baby in Shangguan Yong's arms, his mouth was wide open, "Big brother, who is he?"
Shangguan Yong wanted to say that this was the young son of the Prince Xin, but then he remembered that the Prince Xin's words were hard to predict. The words almost came out of his mouth as he said: "This is the grandson of that housekeeper."
"The housekeeper's grandson?" Qing Nan said, "Then who is that man?"
"He is the King of Conviction." Shangguan Yong suddenly felt that there was no point in lying to his brother, not to mention that his brother was someone who was not easily fooled.
"The Messenger King?" Qing Nan looked at the baby in Shangguan Yong's arms again and narrowed his eyes, "Is this really the housekeeper's son?"
"Just take him as he is." Shangguan Yong pushed the child into Qing Nan's arms. "Take him to the back door, I'll go see Marquis Le'an."
Qing Nan said, "Where can I take him? Even the barracks cannot hide such a small child. "
Shangguan Yong couldn't think of where he could hide the child, but there were some camp prostitutes in the barracks, which camp did they come from?
The person who had come to urge Shangguan Yong to go to the front hall stood outside the room again and called out. This time, it was Marquis Le An's man, and he said impolitely: "General Shangguan, even if you believe there's a lot of gold and silver in the mansion, you don't need to be in such a hurry to make a move, do you?"
"I'll think of a way," Qing Nan whispered to Shangguan Yong, "Big brother, you go first, it's best if you beat up that bastard."
"You must protect this child." Shangguan Yong said softly.
"Don't worry," Qing Nan nodded before hugging the baby tightly. They were all men, so they wouldn't carry their children. However, it was too late for them to not be able to. Qing Nan carried the child and nimbly jumped out of the back window.
Shangguan Yong placed the register on the table and walked out of the house. Looking at the young man who was just a field officer, he said: "This general will take a short rest, what do you have to say?"
The little field officer was truly facing Shangguan Yong, he did not dare to be too arrogant, this bunch of people were martial artists who would kill without blinking an eye. If he got angry, it would not be impossible to stab him.
As Shangguan Yong walked towards the front hall, he saw the soldiers belonging to the Marquis of Le An, Xiang Hou, searching the rooms one by one. They were so meticulous that they wished they could dig three feet into the ground and tear down the houses.
"Collect all the books, don't leave a single one out!" A general shouted at the soldiers under him.
Shangguan Yong assumed that these people were looking for the register, and in his heart, he somewhat believed what the King of Letters had said, and felt that the hidden register was getting more and more dangerous.
At this moment, only the Duke Xin Palace's and the Marquis of Le An stood face to face in the front courtyard hall.
"If you don't want to die too unsightly, hand it over," the Marquis of Le An said to the messenger king in a low voice. "If you don't make things difficult for me, I can make you keep it for yourself."
"Since things have come to this point, will I still be able to trust you?"
"Do you really want everyone in the Palace to die with you?" He had originally thought that Shangguan Yong would need to expend a lot of effort to lead troops to attack Xiang An city, and that once they had conquered Xiang An city, they would still need to expend a lot of effort to attack the Duke of Xin's mansion. He hadn't expected that at this time, the Duke of Xin would actually wholeheartedly seek death and not put up any resistance. By the time Marquis Le An received the news and rushed over with his men, Zhou Yi's army had already captured the Mansion of the messenger and had searched through the mansion. This gave him a bad premonition.
It had been very easy for him to find out what these people had done in private by agreeing to the Empress's request. After making a list, they were just one step away from making it into Emperor.
He had not expected that the Empress would act a step earlier than him and force Wang Yuan to rebel against him by risking his life to break his life. However, the messenger king thought of the general who had obtained the register. As long as the register was there, Empress Xiang would not be able to live peacefully in the future. Thinking of this, the messenger king said to Le Ang, "Tell the empress on behalf of this king.
"You!" Marquis Le An raised his hand to hit the messenger king.
"I'm also from the royal family, how can you beat me?" Duke Xin blocked Marquis Le An's hand and said loudly, "This duke is watching your Xiang Family fall from the sky!"
Just as Marquis Le An was about to retort, he saw a large amount of black blood gushing out of the Duke of Xin's mouth. He still hadn't gotten his hands on the register, so how could he possibly die? Marquis Le An held onto the messenger king and shouted, "Go find a doctor! Quickly find a doctor!"
The door was knocked open by a woman. When he saw the appearance of the messenger, she was stunned.
"Who is she?" Marquis Le An shouted at the soldiers guarding outside the hall.
"Your Highness!" This woman's hair was in disarray. After shouting "Your Highness", she suddenly slammed her head against the hall pillar in front of her.
When the people from the Residence of Duke Xin saw this woman commit suicide by knocking against a pillar, they called 'prince' and 'wangfei' and started a ruckus.
"Kill him!" He was prepared to let these people live a little longer, but it seemed that there was no need now.
When Shangguan Yong walked into this huge courtyard, he saw the corpses and the blood that had merged into a stream on the ground. The two hundred or so people from the Residence of Duke Xin had all been slaughtered by Marquis Le An.
Big Bro. "Some of the brothers saw Shangguan Yong walk in and quickly walked over to him, saying in a low voice," These people said they would make a move, but we have no way of stopping them. The messenger king and the wangfei were in the hall, both of them committed suicide, "the brother said, pointing at the children's corpses in the yard and said to Shangguan Yong:" They even killed young children"
Shangguan Yong looked at the corpses of these children. When Shangguan Yong saw the corpses of these children after over ten years of his military career, his emotions had already calmed down.
After standing in the courtyard for a short while, Shangguan Yong saw a man who looked like a doctor coming out of the hall. It seemed like the messenger king was helpless against this situation.
"What should we do?" A few more brothers from the army walked up to Shangguan Yong and asked.
"I'm going to see Marquis Le An. Form up your team, we're preparing to leave." Shangguan Yong said this as he stepped over the corpses in the yard and entered the front hall.
At this moment, Marquis Le An threw the body of the messenger king to the ground. As for the wangfei, her body was still lying under the hall pillar, blood mixed with brain matter flowing all over the floor.
"Where did General Shangguan go?" Marquis Le An asked when he saw Shangguan Yong walking into the hall.
Shangguan Yong said: "Duke Xin is dead?"
Marquis Le An said, "This marquis was acting according to the imperial edict as well. His Majesty wants to execute all of the messenger king's family members. Does General Shangguan want to take a look at His Majesty's decree?"
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