General, please be a loyal minister!

Chapter 104 Lore

While Han Zhao and Liu Ji were rushing to the Eastern Capital with all their strength, Liu Yun in the palace was also searching for classics, praying for Liu Ci's lifeline.

After half a month of painstaking research, Liu Yun finally came up with a fairly complete treatment plan.

She thought about writing down the dosage of the last blind medicine on the paper, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she put down the pen, then she felt a pain in the back of her neck, and her body limp and fell down on the table.

The person who knocked Liu Yun unconscious appeared, a tall and thin man with gloomy and sharp eyes, like an eagle good at hunting.

He stretched out one hand, twisted up the prescription pressed by Liu Yun, and put it on the burning candle.

After the prescription was burned out, the man drew out the dagger from his waist and held it on Liu Yun's head.

At this moment, a guard rushed in and kicked the man away: "Stop! Seventh!"

Lao Qi took a few steps back to stabilize his figure, but when he looked up, he saw a strange face. After being surprised for a moment, he tentatively called out: "Fifth brother?"

He got an affirmative answer from the guard's expression, and Lao Qi knew that he would not be able to kill Liu Yun today.

He turned around and ran, and the fifth child hurried to catch up.

This chase went from the inner court to the outer court, during which it attracted the attention of countless guards.

Lao Wu is determined to catch Lao Qi, which is the most likely direction to get Ji Liang's whereabouts.

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At this time Han Zhao and Liu Ji also arrived in Dongdu.

The general guarding in front of the city asked, "Who is under the city?"

Han Zhao took off the hood of his cloak: "It's the general! Hurry up and open the city!"

The gate of the city opened slowly, and Liu Ji and Han Zhao rode their horses in. However, they didn't notice that the gray carrier pigeons were flying out of the tower at the same time with flapping wings.

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In Weiyang Palace, the candles burned low, emitting a dim light.Liu Ci woke up from a nightmare and found that he was drenched in sweat, and he was lying on the bed panting uncomfortably.

"Come on! Come on!" His voice used to be thick and powerful, but now it was hoarse and muddy like a mouthful of phlegm.

No one responded after calling for a while, just when Liu Ci wanted to stand up and check what these slaves were doing, a soft footstep sounded in the hall, and the reverberation in the Weiyang Palace that had been established for more than 100 years seemed particularly pervasive.

Liu Ci didn't move, he stared at the direction of the sound, the footsteps gradually approached, and a piece of light blue clothes appeared in the field of vision.

The young man who came out from behind the curtain had eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like clear springs. He was originally handsome and indifferent, but because of the abnormal bright red on his lips, he became sickly and gorgeous.

Liu Ci showed anger: "Gongliang Yin! What are you doing here? I didn't summon you!"

Gongliang Yinqian walked into the inner hall and sat down on the chair farthest from Liu Ci.

He straightened his sleeves, and then he responded to Liu Ci's reprimand: "Summon? Do I need you to summon me when I come to Weiyang Palace?"

Liu Ci was furious and shouted: "Come on!"

Pleased by Liu Ci's panicked yell, Gong Liangyin smiled, with scarlet lips thinking about his white teeth, like a ghost: "Stop screaming, no one is coming."

After screaming for a long time and seeing no one, Liu Ci also felt bad, unable to get out of bed, he gritted his teeth and glared at Gong Liangyin: "What are you going to do? Killing the king?"

Gong Liangyin turned his head to look at Liu Ci, his gaze was so soft that there was no malice: "Liu Ci, have you ever thought about who gave you everything you have today?"

"Your father was not favored by Emperor Ping, and he was only named King of Zhongshan when he was an adult. And he was extravagant and squandered his family property without limit. So when you inherited the throne of Zhongshan, there was not much property left for you, and You have to maintain the dignity of the prince."

"When you are 29 years old, Yu Yi will usurp the throne and overthrow Dayi. You will not even be able to be such a little prince."

"However, you have a good vision. After a year in exile, you chose to join the Red Scarf Army camp raised by King Yi Liu E without hesitation, and you have joined the game of competing for the world since then."

What Gong Liangyin said was in line with the facts, but Liu Ci couldn't understand what he wanted to express, and glared at each other: "What are you crazy about?"

Gong Liangyin said: "That's when I fell in love with you. I like your ambition and your hypocrisy that is obviously cold-blooded and ruthless but pretends to be affectionate and righteous."

"Under my operation, Liu E began to use you more. You rose all the way to the point where you successfully led half of the army to break with Liu Fei after Liu E's death. I didn't help much."

"You became the lord, and I also changed the identity of Gong Liang Yin to find you. You know what Gong Liang Yin did for you, so I won't go into details. Now the question comes, you say, why should I help you become the emperor?" ?" After saying these words, Gong Liangyin raised his cold eyes and stared at Liu Ci.

Liu Ci was extremely angry: "It's a bunch of nonsense! Are you trying to fool me with this absurd words?"

Gong Liangyin raised his eyebrows: "It's fine if you can't answer, there's no need for a fool to die too clearly."

"That's right! I very much agree with one of your points of view: whether descendants or courtiers, they are all tools, and after the tools have played their role, they must either abdicate obediently and let the virtuous, or die!"

"It's too hateful for someone like you to occupy the position all the time!"

Liu Ci was irritated by Gongliang Yin's arrogant lightheartedness. He picked up a pillow and threw it at him: "The traitor is so rampant! I will definitely kill you!"

But the furthest Gong Liangyin managed was to prevent him from this move. The pillow landed five steps away from Gong Liangyin, rolled twice, and barely stopped at Gong Liangyin's feet.

Gong Liangyin: "Don't be angry, I will choose the most suitable successor among your sons."

At this moment, a boy in black came in, and he handed a note to Gong Liangyin.

Liu Ci noticed that the handle of the knife pinned to the boy's waist was covered with blood, and the guards outside him were probably killed by this man.

After reading the note, Gong Liangyin put it on the candle and burned it clean.

Then he stood up: "Let's do it, don't be too bloody, or it won't look good when you enter the imperial mausoleum." After speaking, he lifted his feet and walked outside, leaving only the young man and Liu Ci behind.

Liu Ci panicked, he struggled to hide in the bed: "Stop! No matter what Gongliangyin gave you? I will give you ten times! Let me go! Let me go!"

The boy turned his head and blinked. He picked up the pillow Liu Ci threw on the ground, walked to Liu Ci's bed, raised his hand, and pressed the pillow to Liu Ci's face...

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As soon as he entered Weiyang Palace, Han Zhao felt something was wrong—it was too quiet.

He looked at the Weiyang Palace not far away with dim candlelight, and felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

Liu Ji looked at Han Zhao suspiciously: "Master?"

Han Zhao came back to his senses: "It's okay, let's go."

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On this side, the battle between the fifth and seventh is coming to an end, but it is the fifth who loses.

Lao Qi put his elbow on Lao Wu's neck and pushed him against the wall: "Fifth brother! Don't look for third brother! You look like this, and third brother will not be at ease if he dies!"

The fifth child firmly held the hand of the seventh child: "Tell me where the third brother is? Please."

Lao Qi was brought out by Lao Wu alone. He can be sinister and vicious to other people, but he only retains some affection for Lao Wu.The fifth brother's begging put him in a dilemma, and he also looked at the fifth child in pain: "Don't ask, fifth brother, you know what I dare not say."

Just as the two confronted each other, there was a rush of running behind them, and it was the palace guards who were chasing them.

"Quickly release the arrows!" The general who led the pursuit ordered to release the arrows, regardless of the lives of the guards pretending to be the fifth child.

As soon as an order was given, there was the sound of bows and arrows being opened.

The palace wall is high and deep, and there is no place to hide for a while. Lao Qifang wants to hide, but when he sees Lao Wu who is subdued by him in front of him, he misses the opportunity to escape due to a moment's hesitation. Qi's back is tied into a hedgehog.

The last thing Lao Qi did was to open his hands to block the remaining arrows for the Fifth Brother who took care of him since he was a child.

"Fifth Brother, Third Brother is in—in...Qinling, Fu——Fulong Village. Let's go find him." After saying this, Lao Qi fell forward and lost his breath.

Lao Wu hugged Lao Qi's body in a daze, raised his hand tremblingly, but dared not let it go.

The guards quickly rushed up to take Lao Qi away, and seeing that Lao Wu was safe and sound, they didn't think much of it, and just whispered: "This kid is really lucky."

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Han Zhao and Liu Ji, who entered Weiyang Palace, saw Liu Ci's body. He was lying on a messy dragon bed, his face full of horror and resignation, and he would not rest in peace.

There was no time to think about it, Han Zhao and Liu Ji turned around and wanted to leave Weiyang Palace, but before they ran out of the hall, they heard the sound of someone running over.

Hearing the clashing sound of weapons and armor while running, this is no ordinary palace guard, but soldiers and horses of the Southern Army.

Liu Ji quickly thought about countermeasures in his head, but Han Zhao pulled him back to the inner hall.

Han Zhao pushed down the bookshelf, and after groping for a while on the carved wall that had existed since Weiyang Palace was built, there was a dull sound, and the carved wall slowly moved away, revealing a narrow secret passage.

Liu Ji looked at the secret passage that suddenly appeared in surprise, and then looked at Han Zhao's back with the same gaze.

It was also the first time for Han Zhao to see this secret path. After Weiyang Palace was completed, all the blueprints were burned. Zhaoyang told him about this secret path. Not to mention now, no one in the palace a hundred years ago knew about it. three.

Han Zhao grabbed Liu Ji's hand and pushed him into the secret way: "Left, right, left, remember this order, and you will find the exit. After leaving the palace, return to Chu immediately."

Liu Ji's name has not yet been rectified, and only Han Zhao knows the secret edict to summon him back.Now that Liu Ci is dead, this secret edict may no longer be recognized, so Liu Ji's appearance in the Eastern Capital will become a crime of rebelling against the edict.

Liu Ji turned around and grabbed Han Zhao's wrist: "Master, come with me."

His attitude was very tough, and he held Han Zhao's hand so hard that his knuckles turned white.Han Zhao froze for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."

The secret passage is narrow and can only be entered one after the other. Then when Liu Ji completely entered the entrance of the secret passage, Han Zhao suddenly attacked and attacked Liu Ji's back. Liu Ji was restricted by the narrow secret passage and could not use it. When he turned around, he kicked Han Zhao and was kicked to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Han Zhao pressed on the mechanism of the secret passage, and Liu Ji rushed forward, but he was powerless to hold back the gradually fading light.

He was terrified: "Master—Father—"

It is unrealistic for two people to leave together. If no one stays to restore the outside decoration, the secret passage will be discovered soon, and they will be caught up soon.

Liu Ji became stronger, Han Zhao had no way to force him, he could only coax him.

Now that things are going on, why doesn't Han Zhao still understand that the current situation is that the master is just playing tricks, and he has come to the bottom of the pot.

Since the master arranged this move, there must be someone behind him. Maybe both the northern and southern armies are under his control, and the Eastern Capital is not safe anymore.

"Remember, I can only live if you are fine!" These were Han Zhao's last words to Liu Ji.

The secret door was completely closed, and Han Zhao raised the cabinet again to block the painting wall.The door can only be opened from the outside, even if Liu Ji scratches his fingers inside, it is impossible to return here.

Liu Ji was indeed hammering the wall heart-piercingly, but the thick wall absorbed all the sound, and his heart-piercing call could not reach Han Zhao's ears.

You are fine, I can live.

Han Zhao also said this six years ago. The difference is that killing the king will undoubtedly lead to death. The same thing is that Liu Ji is powerless.

It turned out that in the past six years, he hadn't made any progress at all.

Liu Ji felt that his body was in great pain, but he didn't know what was wrong. He only felt that even the hairs were in pain as if they were about to split. He couldn't cry, and kept panting against the wall.

Suddenly, with a sound of "wow", Liu Ji vomited a big mouthful of blood, poured it on the cold stone wall, and fainted.

The author has something to say: The master's first-level identity has been revealed. Although many readers have guessed this correctly, I still hope that the cuties will not spoil it in the comment area, so as to keep some suspense for future readers.

If you really want to say that it is not necessary to mention the name, scum, spicy chicken, smelly brother... I think it is too generous to call them.

(Believe me, after reading it, you will feel that these words are not too much)

Salted fish author, please.