Chapter 1029: The True King Attacks
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At the Yin family.
Old Master Yin and his son, Yin Chongshan, were talking at night in the study.
Yin Chongshan said, “Father, the king hasn’t been peaceful recently. There have been many accidents. Someone set fire to the palace and injured the Third Prince. Until now, we haven’t found out who the murderer is. In addition, the Saintess has disappeared.”
The King of the Southern Wilderness had actually not announced the news of the Saintess’s disappearance to the public, but Yin Xiaodie was the new Saintess. The Saintess had not taught her for three days, which was very unusual.
Old Master Yin was not worried about the Saintess. What he really cared about was His Majesty’s actions. “The various tribes have received the order to send troops north. His Majesty seems to be planning to start a war with the Great
Zhou.”
Yin Chongshan was puzzled. “Wasn’t he making peace with the Great Zhou?
The princess is here… By the way, the princess seems to have been kidnapped. There’s no news of her until now.”
“Who knows? Our Majesty…”
Old Master Yin did not finish.
As a citizen of the Southern Wilderness, he should not criticize his emperor.
However, from the perspective of others, they would feel that this emperor’s methods were too ruthless.
The regime in the southern border was different from countries like the Great Zhou. The aristocratic families controlled wealth and the officialdom. Even the former royal family was restrained by the aristocratic families.
Over the years, when the royal family gained more power, the various aristocratic families became obedient.
However, the military power was still in the hands of the eight tribes. If the King of the Southern Wilderness wanted to mobilize troops, he still had to obtain the support of the eight tribes and the four aristocratic families.
The Yue and Ji families had long bowed to the King of the Southern Wilderness. As soon as they received the order, they immediately sent troops north and even prepared sufficient rations.
The Cheng family’s mine also began to transport weapons.
The two tribes under the Yin family were also planning to send troops. As the father and son were talking, a servant reported from outside the study, “Master, a guest is here. It’s a girl. She said her surname is Cheng!”
The father and son exchanged a look.
Miss Cheng?
Cheng Su?
Why did she come to the Yin family’s house at night?
Although Old Master Yin was puzzled, he still said to the servant, “Invite her in! ”
“Yes!”
The servant went to the entrance and respectfully invited Su Xiaoxiao into the residence, bringing her all the way to Old Master Yin’s study.
Seeing that it was indeed her, Old Master Yin smiled and greeted, “Miss Cheng.”
Su Xiaoxiao bowed politely. “Patriarch Yin, Old Master Yin.”
“Miss Cheng, please.” Yin Chongshan gestured for her to enter the study.
Su Xiaoxiao was not in a hurry to enter. Instead, she said to the two of them, “I came late at night to let Patriarch Yin and Old Master Yin meet someone.” Everyone was sensible. There was no need to pretend to be polite.
The father and son guessed that she would never visit unless she needed something, but they did not expect her to get straight to the point. Yin Chongshan asked, “The person Miss Cheng wants us to meet is…”
Su Xiaoxiao turned around.
A man in a black cloak walked up to the two of them.
He was wearing a mask and cloak, and his exposed hand was as white as a skeleton in the candlelight in the corridor.
The two of them were stunned.
The man lowered the hood of his cloak and took off his mask, revealing his overly pale face.
His gaze landed on Old Master Yin’s shocked face. “Yin Hong, it’s been many years. Do you still remember me?”
Old Master Yin was completely stunned!
Yin Chongshan was also shocked. He had seen His Majesty many times. He was always invited to the banquet held at the palace every New Year.
This person’s facial features were 80 to 90% similar to His Majesty’s, but this was definitely not His Majesty in the palace.
His Majesty was good at martial arts and had a very burly figure. His face was not so pale.
“Is it convenient to talk here?” Su Xiaoxiao asked.
Old Master Yin suppressed his great shock and said to the two of them, “Please follow me.”
He opened the secret door of the study and led them into the secret room.
Yin Chongshan gasped. After so many years, he did not know that his father’s study had a secret room!
In the secret room, Old Master Yin asked his son to light the lamp.
The few of them sat around the stone table.
Su Xiaoxiao immediately told him the ins and outs of the two Kings.
Old Master Yin was shocked. “Twins… They’re actually twins…”
There was indeed a saying that there were twins in the Southern Wilderness.
At that time, the late emperor was fighting with his brothers for the throne. If news of his consort giving birth to twins spread, it would be disadvantageous to his throne.
According to the rules, only one of the twins could live. The consort couldn’t bear it and secretly asked the nanny to bring her youngest son out of the prince’s mansion and let him wander among the commoners.
The consort asked the nanny not to tell him his background and let him live a peaceful life.
Unexpectedly, the nanny was soft-hearted and told her about his background before she died.
He was indignant and resentful, so he went to the capital.
At that time, the late emperor had already pa.s.sed away, and Zongzheng Wei became the new king of the Southern Wilderness.
The Empress Dowager felt she owed her youngest son a lot. Zongzheng Wei also planned to make it up to his younger brother. He bought a mansion for him outside the residence. He was dressed in luxurious clothes and had a lot of servants.
He often dressed up as a eunuch and went to the palace to reunite with the Empress Dowager and his brother.
They both thought that he yearned for kinship, but they did not expect him to deliberately imitate his brother.
Finally, one day, while he was out hunting, he attacked his brother.
“That’s what happened.”
Zongzheng Wei sighed and said, “All these years, I’ve been imprisoned by him in the Cheng family’s mine. If Miss Cheng hadn’t discovered me by chance and saved me, I might never have seen the light of day.”
Old Master Yin asked cautiously, “Why did he imprison you and not kill you?”
Zongzheng Wei did not hide it. “He has a strange illness and needs my blood as a medicine primer. Every month, the three main stewards of the mine will take turns to take my blood. Regarding this, the Yin family can send people to the mine to investigate. I believe that with the Yin family’s strength, you will be able to find clues if you target the three stewards.”
Yin Chongshan looked at his father.
Old Master Yin suddenly stood up, lifted his hem, and knelt down. ‘Yin Hong greets Your Majesty!”
Seeing the Old Master kneel, Yin Chongshan also knelt down.
Zongzheng Wei reached out and helped Old Master Yin up. “Patriarch Yin, please get up. Lord Yin, get up too.”
Yin Chongshan had an official position in the Imperial Court and was in an idle position in the Ministry of Works.
Old Master Yin said in fear and trepidation, “Yin Hong wouldn’t dare! I failed to protect His Majesty. Yin Hong is guilty! The Yin family is guilty!”
He had an impression of the hunt. At that time, the four aristocratic families and the eight tribes had all gone.
The King of the Southern Wilderness only brought an eunuch with him and rode into the depths of the forest.
By the time they found the King of the Southern Wilderness, he was already seriously injured and lying unconscious on the ground. The whereabouts of the eunuch were unknown.
No one would care about an eunuch. They all thought that he had been taken away by a ferocious beast.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch was lying on the ground in the robe of the King of the Southern Wilderness, but the real king had been captured.
“You can’t be blamed for what happened back then. Get up and talk.”
Under Zongzheng Wei’s repeated requests, Old Master Yin stood up with his son.
Zongzheng Wei said, “It’s in the past. I don’t want to mention it anymore, but right now, I need the support of the Yin family.”
Old Master Yin cupped his hands and bowed. “Your Majesty, please speak.”
Zongzheng Wei said seriously, “Stop the Azure Dragon and Hidden Tiger tribes from sending troops to the north.. Contact the officials of the Yin family and help me take back the throne!”