Chapter 66 Forcing the Palace
Chapter 66 Forcing the Palace
Duan Yan didn't see Ji Muqing coming out of Qinghui Hall for a long time, so he led the other two to the palace gate without hesitation.
It was eerily quiet all around.He secretly climbed up to look far away, and witnessed several groups of people heading for the Changhua Palace and the harem.The flames were soaring into the sky, and the crowds of people were moving, probably to answer Ji Muqing's previous worries.
If you go out from Nangong Gate, you can arrive at Nanya earlier.From a distance, he saw the guard at the gate of the palace chatting leisurely with the soldiers, and he didn't seem to notice any changes in the palace.
Duan Yan was pondering whether the guards here were friends or foes, but suddenly a group of people came in front of them and stopped them.Mo Yu stood in the middle, looking at him with complicated eyes.
The four eyes met for a moment, Duan Yan was the first to say: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Mo Yu smiled and said nothing, only whispered a few words to the left and right, and then slowly walked forward, "You can't leave yet."
Duan Yan saw that the two people accompanying him were quickly captured by more than a dozen people from the opposite side, so he took a step back unconsciously. "Mo Yu," he asked earnestly, "are you sure you want to watch Your Highness make mistakes again and again?"
"I think the master did the right thing." Mo Yu's eyes didn't see waves.
"Have you seen the current situation clearly? The scourge left in this palace is not known when it is doing evil, how can you let it go?" Duan Yan couldn't believe his position, but he still tried to persuade him, "Even if His Royal Highness wants to If he wants that position, he can take it by himself."
Mo Yu stood with his hands behind his back, "Seeking power and usurping the throne doesn't sound very nice."
"Stand by and watch, let the thief kill the father, does it sound good?"
The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, Mo Yu sighed, and backed down: "You can go, but you must leave General Ji's troop transfer talisman."
Duan Yan was extremely chilled, "Then take it from my corpse." After saying that, he quickly retreated, rushing past many obstacles.It seemed impossible to walk through the Nangong Gate, but there was some distance from here to other palace gates, and he didn't know if he could live up to his mission.
Soon after, pursuers came, and he turned around and met Mo Yu with bare fists.
When Duan Yan was young, he was only taught martial arts by the Nursing Academy of the Ji Mansion, and later he followed Ji Muqing to the military camp to practice.In the barracks, he learned the art of marching and fighting, so in terms of close combat, he is no match for Mo Yu, who has stood out from the palace guards since he was a child.
Seeing the other party jumped up the palace wall, Mo Yu followed and continued to fight, but Duan Yan immediately fell to the ground again.This went back and forth several times, and at the end, Mo Yu grabbed the opponent's waist first, and they fell into the grass together.
After rolling two times against each other, he heard a soft sound.Soon, the pain spread to the left arm.Without hesitation, he tripped the culprit to the ground with a sweep of his legs.
Duan Yan lay down straight forward, but during the interval of getting up quickly, he was beaten down by the other guards of Qinghui Hall who arrived in time.
There are still stars tonight.Mo Yu lay on his back in the grass, seeing his subordinates holding back their laughter, they stared back coldly.Duan Yan beside him was still struggling, he took back the dislocated arm, closed his eyes, and said loudly: "Hit."
Duan Yan was lying on his side on the ground. From the corner of his eye, he saw heavy people covering up the lights in the distance. He knew he couldn't escape, so he could only curl up and hold the talisman tightly in his arms.
Before the expected punch and kick came, a warm body covered him.
The guards were just putting on a show, but when they saw their commander turn over to protect him, they kicked harder.
After being confused for a while, Duan Yan raised his eyes and looked at the person puzzled, "What are you guys doing?"
Mo Yu smiled and stroked his cheek with his intact hand.After listening to his subordinates to confirm that the surveillance person had left, he said to him in a low voice: "Climb a small gate to the south with Mo Yan, and it will depend entirely on you from now on."
"Also," Mo Yu didn't get up immediately, but slowly approached his ear, saying meaningfully, "I will collect the debt from you after the matter is over."
***
In a small hall in the deep palace, there was a numb wine fragrance.
Xiao Mingxuan snatched the Ganniang that was brought, but he didn't want to wait for a moment.He raised his glass to the people on the high seat, and laughed loudly: "He is a son who was born carefully, mother and concubine, do you know? The queen is much humbler than you."
He took a few sips of wine, turned his back and shouted: "I am the only son of my father who is on the stage! This king wants to tell the world. This king wants to tell the world!"
Concubine Mi on the high seat was a little helpless at his madness, and waited for him to finish speaking before persuading him patiently: "Don't be anxious, the so-called careful sailing can last ten thousand years, now Your Majesty obviously still wants to protect the crown prince."
Xiao Mingxuan was dissatisfied with what he heard, and was about to refute, when he saw his subordinates outside the hall rushing over in a hurry.He changed his expression in an instant and asked, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness King Ning, there are many imperial guards outside."
Xiao Mingxuan suddenly sobered up.
When he walked to the door, he saw many torches coming and going from outside the palace, "Find a way to bring Mr. Song in!" He panicked for a while, and then walked back to the palace, "What should I do, concubine mother? What is Xiao Beichen going to do? Directly force the palace? But how can he act so fast?"
The subordinate who came in with him took out an envelope, handed it to him, and said, "Mr. Song said that the current situation is within his expectations, and told you to go to the Changhua Palace now, and protect the emperor to escape on the route he planned."
Xiao Mingxuan took out the road map from the envelope, and after a quick glance, he was convinced. "Mother Concubine, quickly come with me." He stepped forward a few steps and pulled down the person who was still seated.
Concubine Mi knew a few days ago that her son had recruited a clever counselor, and provided convenience for him to do things in the palace.But now the development of the matter is far beyond the ordinary, based on her so many years of experience in the palace, it is the best policy to keep silent.
Seeing that he was convinced, she frowned and reminded: "This Mr. Song..."
However, Xiao Mingxuan only felt that the power was in sight at this moment, and he didn't let her finish, "Don't wait, let's go!"
***
The guard guarding the Nangong Gate secretly stared at the crooked neck tree not far away.Seeing that Duan Yan finally escaped from the dog hole he just dug, he breathed a sigh of relief and greeted a certain traitorous general who was coming.
Not long after, the sound of horseshoes from afar resounded through the avenue.
The guard wiped his sweat and saluted the man in the middle, "General Du Yu, what are you doing here?"
Du Yu immediately showed him his waist badge, "This general has received the order from His Royal Highness to deploy troops, and will enter the palace to protect the emperor."
"Your Majesty was assassinated?" The guard opened his eyes wide.
"King Ning wants to rebel." Du Yu hesitated for a while, then answered briefly.
"Prince Ning? How is this possible!" The guard was stunned for a moment, because it was a bit wrong with what he said in advance.He watched Du Yu gradually step into the palace gate, and hurriedly asked: "But why does Your Highness want to go far and recruit the forbidden army in Nanya?"
Du Yu didn't return, and was about to turn his head to ask his subordinates to follow, but the guard clapped his hands and asked the soldiers to close the palace gate.Only then did he realize that there was a fraud, and he saw that the archers on all sides were already in place.
"Oh, the general knows," the guard seemed to understand, "because His Royal Highness wants to play a game of catching a turtle in a urn."
***
"Why haven't the reinforcements come?" When King Ning rushed all the way to the Changhua Hall, he saw the rebels who had won the battle with the guards outside the hall.After reading Song Zhengxiu's letter in a hurry, he grabbed the collar of the messenger and asked.
Xiao Tianze looked at him calmly, then beckoned Xue Tao to bring a bowl of throat-moistening soup.
Xue Tao saw the blood splattering outside, his knees almost went limp to the ground.He asked: "Sir... come on?"
"What are you afraid of?" Xiao Tianze showed disgust on his face, "It will be much more difficult and dangerous than this." He smelled a strange fragrance as soon as he finished speaking.
"Stay away from Gu!" He covered his mouth and nose, distanced himself from Xiao Mingxuan.
Seeing people's doubts, Xue Tao kindly explained, "His Royal Highness Ning, the smell on your body will make you uncomfortable."
"Say nonsense." Xiao Mingxuan was annoyed.Now that there are no people outside of him, he dare not go out as planned. "If you want to survive, hurry up and take your father with you." Even so, he still only cautiously lay down by the door to watch.
Suddenly, a guard was kicked and flew to the door, and he didn't hold back and let the door open.Accompanied by Xiao Mingxuan's screams, the two armies distanced themselves.
When he was able to breathe, the leader in the middle of the opposite side pointed his sword at him and shouted: "King Ning is plotting rebellion, we are here to protect the king, you should get out of the way!"
Xiao Mingxuan was completely stunned upon hearing this.Afterwards, he saw that the other party had drawn his bow and arrow, but he was still wandering around in place, "What's going on, why did it become my king's forced palace."
The arrow flying straight towards him was blocked by Xiao Tianze who rushed over with his sword drawn. "Come in quickly, how could Gu give birth to such an idiot like you!" Xiao Tianze looked like he hated iron but steel.
And just at the same time, Duan Yan came with the army flag in his hand, "We are ordered by General Ji to come and destroy the rebels. If there is any obstruction, we will kill you!"
Soon, the door that could no longer be closed was blocked by guards layer upon layer.
Xiao Tianze walked into the room full of anger, threw the person aside, pointed at Concubine Mi who was cowering in the corner, and reprimanded: "Take care of your son for Gu."
"Your Majesty, drink the medicine quickly." Seeing that Xiao Tianze started coughing unceasingly again, Xue Tao hurriedly handed over the decoction, "Although it has been cooled, it is still very useful."
Xiao Tianze hesitated while staring at the medicine bowl, the window opposite the door was broken open.Several assassins jumped in from the outside, one of them was masked in black and was holding a scimitar.
"Protect Your Majesty!" The guards staying in the house quickly arranged a queue.
Not long after, two more people entered through the window, both of whom were familiar faces.For Su Lan among them, Xiao Tianze only spared her in the past because she was Xiao Beichen's wet nurse, and did not grant her death.But looking at it now, it might not be such a serious matter if he was so hard-hearted at the time.
After sighing, he looked at Song Zhengxiu next to him, and said leisurely: "Mr. Song, Gu praised your article a while ago."
Song Zhengxiu has recently been promoted to the official doctor by his own ability. Although there is no lack of King Ning's help among them, he can't ignore his own hard work.
"Your Majesty loves you so much." Song Zhengxiu saluted slightly.So far, except for the fact that the reinforcements could not be contacted for some reason, their plan has been going smoothly.
Afterwards, he was listening carefully to the movement outside the house, waiting for the right time to strike. Xiao Tianze, who was a few steps away, seemed to have doubts: "Mr. Song may have misunderstood Gu."
Earlier, he had a long talk with Xiao Beichen all night, and was informed of this person's background.He had doubts at that time, and it was clear that Song Zhengxiu was only related to the late daughter of the Chu family.
"There is no misunderstanding." Song Zhengxiu was reminded of the memory, and a smile appeared on his face, "When I was young, I visited the Chijin King City, and I was lucky to meet Princess Moyang, and fell in love at first sight. Later, Weichen took her back to Chu Home." He paused, and suddenly realized something, "Your Majesty doesn't even know the title of Empress Dowager."
Xiao Tianze's face was a little stiff, but he was still not to be outdone, "Why should Gu care about these things, Nan Ning has already left a lot for Gu."
"for example?"
"Like an outstanding son." Xiao Tianze's eyes showed pride.
Song Zhengxiu laughed loudly when he heard this, "His Royal Highness is waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman, does your majesty still have hope?"
The shouts of killing outside the house were loud.
Seeing that the rebels he assembled at random were completely defeated by the Nanya Forbidden Army, he frowned, and without waiting for anyone to reply, he immediately ordered: "Go!"
Several people behind him swarmed up and met with the guards.In the chaos, Xiao Mingxuan's fingers were stepped on.He screamed and shouted: "Song Zhengxiu, what are you doing? You agreed to make Xiao Beichen forever."
In fact, Xiao Mingxuan also realized that he was deceived at this time, but he still wanted to ask for an explanation, after all, he once trusted Song Zhengxiu so much.
However, before there was any explanation, it was Su Lan who said first, "Why don't you kill this scapegoat first?" She squinted at the person who couldn't stand on the ground, and she couldn't hide the disgust on her face.
"Up to you." Song Zhengxiu didn't even give him a look.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Mingxuan looked at the assassin who was approaching with a knife, and hurriedly moved back in embarrassment, "Mother Concubine, save me! Mother..." He shouted hastily, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Mi Concubine quietly coming out of another window. escaped.He turned to Xiao Tianze for help: "Father! I am your son after all."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the assassin who came up to him had already raised his knife.In the sound of crying, he closed his eyes, but the next moment was not the blood gushing from the cut flesh, but the collision between the iron objects.
"Brother has martial arts at least." At the very moment, Xiao Beichen came out from behind the innermost screen, turned over the people who were fighting together, and stopped the knife that was slashing at him.
Unexpected changes happened, and most of the people were surprised by Xiao Beichen's appearance.
"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Su Lan came out, and said softly, "Obviously wait another quarter of an hour, and the throne will be yours."
Xiao Beichen shook his head, "Aunt Su is really going to watch the forced palace come true?" He faced the strongest masked man in the crowd, and signaled Xiao Tianze to back away with his eyes.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten what your servant said?" Su Lan knelt down, weeping, "Your Majesty conceived in October, and at least she gave birth to you for three years. And in the past 20 years, Your Majesty's beatings and scolding to you still Isn't there enough?"
"And he has always disagreed with your proposal to marry the person you like. Now you only need to kill the king and blame King Ning. Tomorrow morning, you will be the new king of Donggan. Who will stop you then?"
Hearing this, Xiao Beichen replied frankly: "Aunt Su is thoughtful, but this hall really can't do something like betraying the family and forgetting the ancestors, and..." He paused, with a smile on his lips, "The princess has something to ask, and this hall agrees." gone."
After speaking, he realized that the person in front of him was extremely difficult, so he hurriedly called Mo Yu again.
After a while, seeing that there were only a few people in the room fighting stubbornly, Xiao Beichen escaped, and was about to join Xiao Tianze and leave here temporarily, but he heard an exclamation from behind.
Mo Yu was about to restrain the masked man in front of him, but found gunpowder and unknown white powder leaking from the man's torn clothes.He was about to tell all the left and right to stop, when he saw the other party suddenly slashed the scimitar to the ground.
After a bright moment, the flesh and blood were exploded, and the people around were more or less implicated.Immediately afterwards, the white powder flew into the air, blurring everyone's vision in an instant.
"Don't move, open the window." Xiao Beichen stood where he was and ordered.
When the windows on all sides were opened, the white mist gradually dissipated, and he vaguely felt someone passing by him.He stretched out his hand without hesitation, but still caught nothing.
After being able to see each other clearly, Xue Tao, who was protecting Xiao Tianze from the innermost side, slumped on the ground with a bang, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is gone!"
……
The hustle and bustle outside the house gradually subsided.After confirming that Mo Yu, who had passed out, was not in danger, Xiao Beichen strode out of the room with Feng Yang Sword.
The two armies are still at a stalemate, and I don't know how many hidden arrows are still on the string.Xiao Beichen walked in the front, following the direction of the retreat of the rebels to the main hall.
With blood and coldness mixed in his eyes, he finally stood on the highest steps outside Changhua Hall.
"His Royal Highness," Song Zhengxiu held a dagger close to Xiao Tianze's side neck, still calm and calm, "You created the current situation by yourself."
Xiao Beichen didn't say a word, but the veins protruding from his right hand showed his fear.He raised his hand to tell the left and right to hold back, and walked down the steps step by step.
Seeing him coming alone, Su Lan thought of a way to say: "Your Highness, you asked the imperial army to withdraw, we can discuss it again."
"Impossible." Xiao Tianze looked at her with red eyes, and spoke first, "Donggan will never compromise with Chijin."
Hearing this, Song Zhengxiu laughed and said, "Your Majesty, do you guess that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince you are so proud of will not regret it after tonight? He has clearly lured wolves into the house, but at the last moment he wants to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop."
Feeling the dagger cut a line on the flesh, Xiao Tianze gritted his teeth and sighed: "He has done a good job, he tolerated and raised traitors, this is his fault. But now people in the palace can't tell the enemy from us, and they don't wait for things to do. That being the case, let’s gather the crowd in one fell swoop and cut the weeds and root them out.”
He sighed suddenly, and said again: "The mother of the crown prince is indeed a person of Chijin, but so what, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not talk about the ancestor of Chijin as a minister of Donggan. But now, I firmly believe that there are good ministers and good generals in the dynasty. Can take back, return, frontier, soil!"
After finishing speaking, he coughed violently, ready to die for his country.
"Father..." Xiao Beichen had already reached the bottom of the steps.
"The generals obey the order, and I will pass on the position alone tonight..." Thinking of taking one last look at Xiao Beichen, he slowly raised his head, but his eyes were drawn away by a familiar figure on a tall building tens of feet away, and he just said nothing half.
Immediately, he was about to squint his eyes to see clearly, but first he saw a flying arrow with a cold light heading straight to this side.
When the sound of piercing the sky resounded in mid-air, Xiao Beichen didn't look back, but ran out at a faster pace, because the only one who dared to shoot an arrow at this time was...
The surrounding fire can reflect the sky.
Everyone did not expect that the arrow flew over their heads and stabbed Song Zhengxiu's temple accurately, causing him to be killed on the spot.
The dagger fell to the ground with a bang, Xiao Tianze didn't think much, and quickly fled with his coughing sick body.
Su Lan behind her also reacted very quickly, picking up the dagger and rushing forward.She saw one person going away and the other approaching, but in a trance, her throat was pierced by a sword first, and she could no longer speak.
And the rest of the people around them were subdued by the forbidden army who rushed forward one after another.
Not long after, the bright moon emerged from behind the clouds and cast a silver veil over the entire palace.
Xiao Beichen looked at her widened eyes when she died, said a few words to himself, then turned around to look for the direction the arrow came from.
Ji Muqing on the tall building was dressed in white, and the wide sleeves with moiré patterns on both sides fluttered in the wind, even the moonlight could hardly hide his elegance.Looking from a distance, his excellent figure is hazy, but the resentment around him does not diminish even if he puts down the bow and arrow.
After a while, seeing that the situation was under control, Ji Muqing jumped down from behind without looking back.
The flames gradually extinguished, and the moonlight finally illuminated the earth.Suddenly a meteor broke through the tranquility of the night, fell towards the western sky, and disappeared again.And there, a bright red enemy attack signal rose slowly.
***
When Ji Muqing was invited, he still held Mianfeng by his hand.He asked Duan Yan to order the generals, and he turned towards the horse and stroked his mane.
Knowing that he couldn't persuade people, Xiao Beichen told the truth, "I ordered General Zhao Ke to rush back to Moyan Pass overnight just in case. You can take them there if necessary."
"..."
"Lingjing?" Xiao Beichen lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "Does your wound still hurt?"
Ji Muqing finally turned around.Seeing the apologetic look in front of him, he paused for a while, and only said indifferently: "You lied to me." His tongue was injured, and he couldn't speak three words fluently.
Xiao Beichen's heart ached suddenly.Afterwards, seeing that both sides turned their backs knowingly, he took the person's hand and whispered: "Sorry, I won't do it next time."
Seeing that Ji Muqing's face was still cold, he leaned over and covered her lips, soaking in the warmth of his body little by little.Ji Muqing's mouth still smelled of blood, he opened his eyes and looked at the trembling eyelashes of the other party, even the deep kiss was as soft as a cloud.
After a long time, Ji Muqing was let go.His cheeks were flushed, and he turned his head while holding the rein in his hand, "A kiss can't be coaxed well. In the few days when General Ben is away, think hard about it."
A smile reappeared in Xiao Beichen's eyes, "Obey."
The author has something to say: the third over
No more, the author has already laid down (peacefully
In the end, it should explain some things and have a beautiful ending, try to write back to the author's writing style (kimbo
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