Rui Hegui

Chapter 95

Faint evil waters form rivers, rushing thousands of miles in the dark night, and there is a disaster of destroying the world in the end.

When Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue completely destroyed and cleared up the black market, many secret letters were sent to them, among which bad news came from Qianqianguan and Gyeonggi at the same time.

Thirty miles away from Qianqian Pass, Tuyuan's army by the Lufang River is full of fine food and ready to go, like ghosts and ghosts. Only Chi Tingyu's hidden clues have found clues.Obviously, if the war starts now, the Daxu Southwest Line will basically have no way to resist and have no chance of winning. We must find an opportunity to delay time and give the Southwest Protectorate time to mobilize troops.

What came from Gyeonggi was the news of the sudden death of the empress Wang in Lenggong. At the same time, Tang Shiyu and Han Wenyun had made big moves, which was already a sign of the palace change, and this palace change must be a signal for Tu Yuan to launch an attack. Daxu, which is riddled with holes, is a crumbling and dangerous building. As long as the external force moves a little, it will be in dire straits and the country will be destroyed.

"Xing Shuo has already found out that after Kriti left Beijing, he did not stay in the southwest border, but directly led people back to Tuyuan." Bandit Chu swiped his finger along the southwest border of Daxu map, and stopped at A mountain range in Tuyuan, "However, he did not return to the royal court, but entrenched with his own forces on Lulu Mountain, and then negotiated with Kerry. It is said that the negotiation has been reached, but based on my opinion of Kerry Understood, he is likely to be a delaying tactic for Kriti."

"Exactly, although they are brothers, they act in quite different ways." Chi Tingyu recalled, "Kerry Qiu has always followed the Han law and has been trying to integrate Confucianism and Taoism in the Central Plains into Tuyuan. Back then, he and Ji Yu were rivals. But they are also confidants who respect each other. If they were born in Daxu, they would be much better than our emperors. But Kriti is an out-and-out lunatic with vicious and cruel methods. When the Fan family army was left, he was the one who pushed everyone to a desperate situation, and I was able to survive, probably because of the mercy of the heavens."

Zhao Liangyue asked: "General Chi means that maybe Kerry doesn't want to fight that much?"

"Exactly." Chi Tingyu pointed to the west of Luga Mountain, pointed directly at Tu Yuan's belly, and said, "Tu Yuan has always been plagued by locusts and floods, and they have always suffered a lot. The battle 15 years ago made them suffer even more." Tu Yuan's treasury was empty, and there was no harvest for three consecutive years. It took Kerry a full ten years to bring Tu Yuan back from the dying place. According to our wanderings and investigations in the past few years, the plague of locusts and floods is still troublesome. untie."

"It is indeed not a good time to start a war, but Kriti brings back a hope, even if this hope is not very bright, but no ambitious king will give up this opportunity." Bandit Chu thought for a moment, and then said, " But it’s not completely impossible, after all, Kriti coveted the throne not overnight, and Kerry is likely to be at a disadvantage this time.”

Zhao Liangyue nodded, and said: "Yes, someone needs to disrupt this situation at this time."

This person must have enough courage and determination to escape from death. He cannot be just a general, because Tu Yuan's breakthrough point is likely to be in civil affairs and people's livelihood. Without the study and mastery of the art of war, it is difficult to fully control the current situation.

Looking at the current Daxu, there is only Chu bandit who has such a pure heart and such ability to turn the tide.

In this regard, everyone tacitly agreed, Chu bandit nodded to everyone.

After all the discussions were over, it was past Haishi, the night was getting dark, and it was raining misty outside, but the whole stronghold was brightly lit, preparing for those who were about to leave.

After deceiving himself to evacuate with Bandit Chu, Youbai refused to listen to Zhao Liangyue at all.

"It's the safest thing for you to go to Tuyuan with your senior brother." Zhao Liangyue earnestly persuaded, "I will return to Gyeonggi, and there will be Jinluanwei. Lord Sima will help me, and the ministers of the court will also help me. Afterwards, Lord Xing I will also return to Beijing, what can happen to me? But senior brother is going to Tu Yuan, and there is still..."

Chu Bandit and Youbai said in unison: "No."

Zhao Liangyue glanced at the two of them and sighed helplessly.

The real situation is not as easy as Zhao Liangyue said. The specific situation in Gyeonggi is still unknown. Under the restraint of Sima Xiao and Meng Yu, Ye Yuan still pushes the palace change to the point where it is on the verge of breaking out. undoubtedly.

"Okay, the old man is still here." Chi Tingyu got up and walked over, pointed to the sharp knife on the finger rack, and said to Zhao Liangyue, "The sword is not old, so it's okay to protect the apprentice."

Only then did Zhao Liangyue stop persuading, but the worried look on his face did not diminish at all.

At this time, Jing Mo came in from the outside, saying that everything was ready.

Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue walked out of the house side by side, and the night rain outside was getting stronger.

"There is still a chance to stop it, which is already the best result." Bandit Chu put the coir raincoat on Zhao Liangyue, and took off the golden waist plate of the Ministry of Punishment on his waist and put it in Zhao Liangyue's palm. He leaned over to look at Zhao Liangyue, showing a relaxed expression. Laughing, "Why are the eye sockets red, do you want to cry like a child? I don't have candied haws in my hand now."

Zhao Liangyue hugged Chu Bandit tightly, leaning his forehead firmly on his shoulder, his voice trembling slightly: "Brother, come back alive."

"Okay." Bandit Chu placed a kiss on Zhao Liangyue's forehead, gently stroked the back of Zhao Liangyue's neck with his thumb, greedy for the tenderness of this moment, and said, "Xilin will definitely come to pick me up in person."

The Fifth Prince's Mansion in the East City of Kyoto.

The fifth concubine, Yang Shi, is in a happy mood recently, and the people who serve her are also happy for her. The reason for this is that their highness treats their master more and more. A famous old slave lamented that the relationship between husband and wife can only be seen when they are in trouble. Deep, the master can be regarded as keeping the clouds open to see the moon.

In the past few days, Ji Sheng also sent people to prepare for Yang's favorite Baifu dance, to surprise her on her birthday, and the whole mansion was enveloped in a festive atmosphere.

Three days later, Yang's birthday came, and Ji Sheng accompanied her to watch the white dance, eat longevity noodles, and cook tea quietly to listen to the sun. Yang felt that she had never been so happy.

When night fell and it was rare for Ji Sheng to stay overnight, Yang Shi was very dedicated to serving her, but when she knelt down and lowered her head to help Ji Sheng take off her boots, suddenly a sword pierced through her left chest.

Yang looked along the blade of the sword and looked at Ji Sheng with disbelief on his face.

"We agreed that I will give you a gift this spring. Have a great time on your birthday." Ji Sheng looked at Yang's eyes without any pity, "I am confined in the mansion, and I have no way to raise troops. The only thing that gave me a chance to go out was to send you to the imperial mausoleum."

Yang Shi didn't move, but just looked at Ji Cheng in a daze, and shed two lines of tears.

Ji Sheng drew out the sword without hesitation, Yang Shi fell limply, the blood on his chest flowed all over the ground in an instant, Yang Shi still did not give up and asked: "Your Highness, today's Bai Yu Wu..."

Chu Bandit smiled indifferently and said, "If you have father and brother in the house, how can you succeed in killing you in public? Besides, compared with your mother, what is more important, don't you have any self-knowledge?"

Therefore, it was all false. From the moment he helped himself up in the study last year, this murder was already doomed.

Yang suddenly thought of the time before she got married. At that time, the aristocratic families in the capital were still on good terms. She and Miss Wei's family had a very good personal relationship, and they often went out together to play.

Later, she fell in love with Ji Sheng at first sight because of the suburban city, Wei Shi persuaded her not to fall in love with the men of the royal family, but she still went her own way and stepped into the royal gate.

If she could have listened to the advice back then, would there have been a different ending?

The emperor's house is really cold and ruthless...

Watching Yang's eyes closed in pain, Ji Sheng leaned forward to confirm that he was dead, smiled with his lips curled up, got up and knocked on the window lattice, and a figure appeared outside.

Ji Sheng couldn't wait to say: "Tell the Prime Minister that the matter is over."

Fifty miles south of the capital, Zhao Liangyue rushed to the checkpoint with Youbai horse non-stop, just in time to run into more than a dozen Jinluan guards who had come to report the news from the capital.

They were covered in blood, they must have just experienced a fight, You Bai quickly put the following servants on guard.

Zhao Liang got a bad feeling and asked, "What happened in Gyeonggi?"

Jin Luanwei hurriedly said: "My lord Zhao, it was only half a month since the death of Empress Dowager. The fifth prince Fei was also assassinated and died overnight. Suddenly, several murders occurred in the whole of Kyoto. Prime Minister Han asked Dali Temple and Hushi Battalion to take the opportunity to blockade the capital. , the subordinates are also risking their lives."

Zhao Liangyue frowned and said: "Southwest already knows that the capital is in trouble, Lord Xing is leading troops on the way, you hurry to Beiying to deliver the letter."

Jin Luanwei nodded towards Zhao Liangyue, turned his horse's head and headed north.

Youbai asked: "Has the news from the Ministry of War been cut off? Recently, only Jinluanwei and Xuefangyuan can still send news."

"It should be." Zhao Liangyue thought about it carefully, and said, "We must see Sima Xiao immediately. He probably doesn't know the situation in the Southwest, and Ye Yuan's manipulation of the prince. It will be too late for him to react."

"However, we may enter the city? Now we must set up a tight siege."

Zhao Liangyue paused, and said: "Brother Han gave me the private token of the Han family when he left Beijing."

In the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Ping Chong was lying on the couch, beside Ji Xuan who handled government affairs for him, the white smoke rising from the incense burner blocked the two of them, and they couldn't see each other's face clearly.

If Emperor Ping Chong could see it, he would find that today's Ji Xuan was full of complacency, with a hint of madness in his smiling brows and eyes.

Ding Miao bowed his head to serve outside the screen, but he saw Ji Sheng's strangeness through the gap of the screen. After a long time, he finally found a reason to have some tea and left the Nuan Pavilion, and then he went straight to the outer hall run away.

A few days ago, Xiao Rong noticed something strange in the palace, so she asked Ji Cheng to arrange for her to live in the outer hall by singing opera. Although it is not forbidden to enter the inner hall, Ding Miao can help her in critical times.

"Why haven't you spoken today?" Emperor Ping Chong asked Ji Xuan in front of him, rubbing his increasingly drowsy head.

"I just want to deal with these memorials calmly and share the worries of my father."

Emperor Ping Chong nodded slightly, and grabbed his head with five fingers more forcefully, completely oblivious to the fact that Ji Xuan got up and left at some point.

"Has my fifth younger brother come yet?" Ji Xuan went out of the palace gate and asked Qian An who came over from the side.

Qian An replied: "It is said that it came out at [-]:[-] a.m., and people should have already arrived outside the Meridian Gate by now."

Ji Xuan asked again: "Where are the Zhennan Army and the Hussar Battalion?"

Qian Andao: "The Zhennan army left their posts without authorization and they have already approached the vicinity of Gyeonggi. We blocked the news ourselves. As for the hussars camp, the fifth prince probably thought he was one of his own, but Tang Shangshu had already stood by us. Here, his nephew, General Tang Tiancheng who is now in charge of the Hussar Battalion is also one of us."

"Okay." Ji Xuan stood on the high platform in front of the Nuan Pavilion, looked down at the empty space where courtiers were often kneeling, straightened his robes, and said, "This time, neither the Han family nor Ji Sheng can escape. !"

Qian An smiled and said nothing.

A quarter of an hour later, Ji Sheng really appeared in the Nuan Pavilion in a white robe, begging to see his father on his knees.

Because Ji Sheng lost his mother and wife one after another, the little feeling of licking the calf that remained in Emperor Ping Chong's heart made him feel pity, and he called a servant to summon him in.

Unbeknownst to Ji Sheng, the moment he entered the Nuan Pavilion, Ji Xuan let all the people who arranged him nearby control him.

Not long after, there was a servant's scream from inside the warm pavilion, presumably he had succeeded, Ji Xuan was about to go in, when he suddenly saw Ruan Yue running over in a panic.

Ruan Yue saluted without breathing evenly, and hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, something happened to the Crown Princess, and an assassin took him hostage!"

"What?!" Ji Xuan suddenly became anxious, glanced at Nuan Pavilion, hesitated for a while, let Mr. Qian An take care of him, and rushed back to the East Palace with his guards and Ruan Yue.

When walking halfway, Ji Xuan suddenly noticed something was wrong.

It's so quiet, it's so quiet all the way.

The two sides of the corridor under my feet are close to the palace wall, and there are various palaces on the other side of the palace wall, so usually there will be continuous palace people passing by, but today there is no one on the road.

Born in the treacherous palace, there will be an almost instinctive foreknowledge of danger when it comes.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Yue turned her head and looked at Ji Xuan who stopped suddenly.

Ji Xuan suddenly thought of what A Ruo had warned him before, saying that people from Yeyuan had been lurking beside him, but he didn't take it seriously, and even quarreled with his A Ruo for the first time because of this matter.

Ji Cheng only felt the chill creeping up his back, but he pretended to be calm on his face, and said: "It seems that there is something I forgot, so I have to go back."

Ruan Yue laughed, "His Royal Highness, don't you want to go back and save your princess?"

"Who the hell are you?" Ji Cheng frowned, took half a step back as he spoke, and ordered the surrounding guards: "Catch her for me, she has a problem!"

The surrounding guards drew their swords out of their sheaths, but they were not facing Ruan Yue, but Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan held his saber and asked in disbelief, "When did it happen?"

Ruan Yue smiled: "His Royal Highness, you probably don't know that Tang Shangshu has never belonged to you, and neither has Eunuch Qian."

Ji Xuan clenched his fists.

It was never his person, could it be Ji Sheng's person?

No!Impossible, what Tang Shiyu did to the Han family forces and Ji Xuan was extremely vicious, and he had no way out.

Therefore, they are neither their own nor Ji Cheng's, so there is only one possibility, they are Ye Yuan's people!

Ji Xuan didn't have time to think more, because dozens of guards around him had rushed up, he pulled out his sword, and blocked a few knives, but because his sword was only a symbol of the identity of the imperial supervisor, it was not suitable for actual fighting , the sword was quickly broken.

Seeing the flash of the knife, a guard was already in sight, and the blade in his hand had been sent to the side of the throat.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow pierced through the air, and the huge energy carried by it directly threw the guard with a knife in his hand.

Everyone looked up in the direction of the arrowhead, and saw the white figure holding a gun on the wall, like a fairy exiled by the bright moon.

It's really the owner of Xuefang, Xiao Rong.

Ruan Yue half-closed her eyes to look at Xiao Rong, and waved her hand to signal the guards to do it, but Xiao Rong's speed was extremely fast, and the rabbit landed on the ground, shot the gun in his hand, and then drew out the soft sword around his waist, firmly guarding Ji Xuan. behind.

Ji Xuan was in an unbelievable state.

He naturally knew Xiao Rong, in his impression, he had never seen this person before him as a man, and thought he was just a lowly bitch of Ji Cheng.

Therefore, the Xiao Rong in front of him was strange and unexpected to him.

"who are you?"

Ji Xuan couldn't help asking, but the person in front of him didn't answer, but after repelling the group of guards, he turned his head and said coldly: "Go south, to the outer hall."

Ji Xuan no longer hesitated, turned around and ran south, and the sound of swords and swords came from behind him.

When he reached the corner, another group of guards appeared. Ji Xuan was like a frightened bird. He turned his head and was about to run back. It wasn't until the leader stopped him that he realized that it was the commander of Jin Luanwei who was in disguise.

"The situation is urgent, His Highness atones."

"It's okay, it's okay, get out of here!" Ji Xuan hurriedly asked Jin Luanwei to escort him away, walked two steps and grabbed the commander's sleeve, and said, "The princess is still in the East Palace!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, someone has been sent over there."

Ji Xuan nodded, then fled south, encountered many obstacles along the way, blood flowed into rivers after a while.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a forged secret letter came out of the palace and went directly to the border to the west of Gyeonggi, all the way unimpeded.

At the end of the hour, news came out of the palace that Emperor Ping Chong had been assassinated and died, and the whole of Kyoto fell into chaos. Han Zhou marched in the name of the Qing emperor, and drove straight into Kyoto with 1 troops, leaving more than [-] troops stationed outside the capital. .

At the same time, after seeing Zhao Liangyue, Sima Xiao knew the current situation, so he quickly gathered the six guards of the Northern Yamen outside the Meridian Gate, and confronted the two who had come prepared, but they did not have the slightest advantage.

Soon, the hussar battalion also arrived.

Outside the palace, in the prime minister's mansion in the east of the city, Han Wenyun sat alone in a high position, looking at the trembling officials below, he was sure of victory.

Everyone was waiting for the moment when the palace gate opened.

But neither of the two parties who set up the game expected that when the heavy palace gate was pushed open, the prince Ji Xuan who was covered in blood appeared.

In the eyes of either side, he is obviously a damned person.

Ji Xuan tremblingly pointed at the hussars battalion, pointed at Tang Tiancheng who was standing on his horse, and shouted: "He is from Yeyuan, catch him!"

But no one moved.

Han Zhou felt strange, after all, he hasn't heard any news from Ji Sheng or his father yet.Because Sima Xiao was ordered by Zhao Liangyue before coming here, he could only delay time for Beiying and Xingshuo, and he must not do anything—Ye Yuan was eyeing him, but why not the Han family?

Ji Xuan stared blankly at the two soldiers and horses in front of him, yelled a few times to no avail, then lowered his hands dejectedly.

Once again, he felt that his crown prince was a joke.