The sky was overcast and the air was choking. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWhether it is a lowly poor people, or a noble person like an emperor, the Ding Xi clan is in a particularly gloomy mood this day. The poor are worried about their livelihood, and the emperor feels that his throne is unstable, especially after the chaos in the imperial capital last night, he always feels a chill in his back, it feels like there are countless people behind him with swords pointing at him, which can make him fall from the dragon throne at any time and kill him.

Facing a group of ministers in front of the hall who looked tired, still quarrelling, and passing the buck to each other, Dongfang Zheng couldn't help but hold his forehead, and he was so irritable that he even got up and left the table angrily. The hall was silent, and the ministers knelt on the ground, their heads bowing lower than the other.

Out of the palace gate, the air outside was not good, and Dongfang Zheng couldn't help but cough lightly. He looked up at the sky where the smoke and dust had not cleared, and secretly gritted his teeth, thinking to himself, these chaotic ministers and thieves should have cut down the grass and eradicated the roots a long time ago, he was still too merciful.

He glanced at the palace people who were bent behind him and asked, "Hasn't Ji Chengjun arrived yet?"

Ye Dingxi, as a feudal official, has a wide range of connections, has a lot of prestige in the army, and has many followers, and there are still unwiped remnants and Ye Su on the run. Therefore, in order to prevent chaos during the execution of Ye Dingxi's family, Dongfang Zheng has secretly ordered to transfer 5,000 Jicheng troops back to the imperial capital to maintain stability. It was supposed that they should have arrived at dawn, but now that they have not arrived, there is no news, which is really disturbing.

The palace man shook, bent even more, and replied, "I haven't come yet." ”

Dongfang Zheng's eyes became deeper in an instant, and he ordered the palace to be humane, "You go and guard the palace gate, if the people of the Jicheng army come, they will be brought to me quickly, and there will be no delay for a moment." ”

Dongfang Zheng looked at the sky, but his eyes were sloppy, and at this time, he didn't see any scenery in his eyes, only the thoughts in his mind were flying: Is there something wrong with the delay in the arrival of the Ji Cheng Army? But that is the Ji Cheng Army, the elite division of the imperial dynasty! Can these chaotic ministers and thieves have great ability to move the Ji Cheng Army? Is it just Ye Su and those hundreds of remnants? Is this impossible, absolutely impossible...... Could it be that someone was helping Ye Su and the others? But he didn't receive any report.

Thinking in a hurry, his mind suddenly became chaotic, and he only felt dizzy. His feet were weak, and he took two steps back. The palace people hurriedly went to help, but they heard a series of hurried footsteps approaching, and the palace people who had been sent to wait for the Jicheng army to come back.

"Your Majesty, General Chen Zhishuo, the commander of the Jicheng Army, ......"

Before the palace people finished their words, Chen Zhishuo, who was covered in blood and ragged armor, staggered forward and knelt in front of Dongfang Zheng, hoarsely voiced, and cried without the demeanor of a general, "Your Majesty, the Jicheng army led by the minister was ambushed in Changxingling, and the soldiers were trapped in the ridge with heavy casualties. ”

Dongfang Zheng was angry when he heard this, and said angrily, "Who is the other party? How many people can trap and kill the 5,000-Ji City Army that you commanded." ”

Chen Zhishuo said urgently, "I don't know, I only heard the voice of the enemy army all over the mountains, and the Jicheng army was trapped in the ridge and couldn't move an inch...... Please ask the emperor to send troops quickly, the prince and his army are also trapped in the mountains. ”

"What are you talking about?" Dongfang Zheng couldn't believe his ears, and shouted at Chen Zhishuo in anger, "The prince just went to the Jicheng army to train his body, who allowed you to let him go into danger with the army." ”

Chen Zhishuo's head didn't dare to raise half a point, and replied, "The minister doesn't dare, it was the prince who took the initiative to ask for help, and the minister also dissuaded him, but the prince was stubborn, and the minister was helpless!"

The crown prince is the prince, and if something happens to him, it will shake the country's foundation. Now that Dongfang Zheng has been choked in the soft underbelly, he has no choice but to send troops to save him. The stakes are high, but the enemy's situation is unknown, and how to rescue is another problem. Dongfang Zheng first thought of the king of the north, today is the day he returned to the camp, an hour ago he had already come to the palace to say goodbye, this time out of the city is far away, must send soldiers to catch up.

Before he could think about it, Dongfang Zheng arranged for a herald to report to the Northern King, and then ordered Teng Long to receive a talisman and transfer the Vermilion Bird Battalion to Changxingling to rescue.

"Helpless, I told you to be helpless!" Dongfang Zheng kicked Chen Zhishuo to the ground, "You follow Teng Long to rescue quickly, and everything obeys his orders." If something happens to the prince, I will punish your nine clans. ”

"The minister obeys the order!" Chen Zhishuo didn't dare to cry out in pain, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to obey the emperor's arrangement.

Teng Long received the talisman, Dongfang Zheng knew that he would deal with everything properly, and he didn't ask the specific details of Changxingling's trapping, and after the two of them went quickly, they went back to the Taiji Hall and asked Ye Dingxi and others about the situation and the deployment of troops. The ministers replied, as if everything was under control.

Hearing this, Dongfang Zheng evoked a sneer, and gave a secret edict to the military supervisor, saying: "The traitors are rampant, messing with our society, and I specially ordered the military supervisor to immediately behead the Ye Dingxi family, and there is no need to wait until noon." ”

Ji Chengjun's matter can be said to have caught Dongfang Zheng off guard, and he naturally had to kill them by surprise, but he wanted to see so many people, how many of these rebellious ministers and thieves could save!

After Teng Long mobilized the men and horses with the talisman, he asked Chen Zhishuo to be tied, and then asked him with sharp eyes, "Lord Chen, you don't take the troops to the emperor from the spacious official road, why do you want to take a detour through the barren mountains and mountains?"

The marching route back to the imperial capital, Dongfang Zheng has no time to study, but Tenglong is a clear man, and the Jicheng army does not take the main road but detours to Changxingling, such a marching route is really strange.

Abnormality is a demon!

Chen Zhishuo looked at Teng Long, who was extremely calm, and distinguished, "It's the official road." But when I passed by Qijia Village last night, I met a group of robbers, and the other party was not many in number, only a few dozen people, and they fled when they saw us. Xia Guan thought that it was common for beards to rob, and there were just a few beards left and right, so he just fled. Of course, it's not that the lower officials don't care about the people's livelihood, it's just that Ji Chengjun has the emperor's order in his body, and he doesn't dare to delay the trip, so the lower officials didn't send people to chase after him......"

It's really verbose, Teng Long dug out his ears, and his voice was slightly higher, "Tell the point!"

Chen Zhishuo said busily, "It is the prince who loves the people and insists on leading the troops to pursue and suppress." The prince said that with these few beards, he couldn't delay the trip, and the lower officials couldn't stop him and couldn't let the prince lead the troops to chase and suppress alone, so he had to lead the troops to chase after him. At first, Xia Guan also thought that it would be easy to eliminate these beards, but this beard ran away and led us to Changxingling with provocation all the way, and we fell into an ambush......

The big money turned out to be planned a long time ago. Teng Long was interested, what kind of beard could trap the strong Ji Cheng Army?

After questioning, Teng Long ordered someone to loosen Chen Zhishuo's ties, and ordered him to lead the way in front, leading the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Battalion to Changxingling to rescue.

At this time, Dongfang Xun, the king of the north, had successfully taken Ye Linlang out of the imperial capital, and according to the agreement with Ye Su, he needed to take people to the long pavilion fifty miles away from the city, and only waited for Ye Su's people to come to pick him up.

Dongfang Xun and Ye Linlang rode in the same carriage, and on the way, Ye Linlang said a lot of past events and said many words of thanks, which made his heart mixed. When he arrived at the long pavilion, he ordered the soldiers to stop and rest, and he also got out of the carriage himself, looking anxiously at the road. When you get to the long pavilion, the forward avenue is divided into three, and if there are pursuers, you can also be confused for a while.

After about two quarters of an hour, I could only hear the horse's hooves on the road, and from a distance, I saw more than a dozen horsemen galloping, wearing the military uniform of the Xuanwu Battalion, Dongfang Xun immediately became alert, and his right hand held the sword at his waist tightly.

When these people approached, they all turned over and dismounted, and a young man ran in front and saluted Dongfang Xun neatly, "Thank you, second brother!"

Dongfang Xun, who was called by the second brother, was surprised, and after looking carefully, he saw that the person in front of him turned out to be the little fool from the Xiwang Mansion. He hadn't seen Dongfang Chengzhi for a long time, and he didn't think about it or ask him why he wasn't stupid? In contrast, the once high-spirited self is no longer what it used to be.

Dongfang Chengzhi has been pretending to be sick for the past few days, no matter day and night, he keeps asking the doctor to see a doctor, and the people in the Xiwang Mansion come and go, not only confusing the eyeliner that the emperor has planted in the palace, but even the guards guarding the door have been dazzled, and the interrogation of people who come in and out has also become lax, to the point where he can let him go after a hasty glance, so he can deceive the eyeliner and the guards to escape from the palace disguised as the doctor who came to see him.

Previously, they bought the uniforms and tokens of the Xuanwu Battalion at a high price through a petty officer of the Armaments Department, and before the chaos in the imperial city, the soldiers disguised as the Xuanwu Battalion swaggered out of the city gate. Although the escape from the imperial capital was smooth, the road after this is the real beginning of the ordeal.

Ye Linlang heard Dongfang Chengzhi's voice, opened the curtains, and called him happily, "Fool, you're here!"

Dongfang Chengzhi nodded at her with a sweet smile, "Hmm!"

Dongfang Xun only felt that the two people in front of him were dazzling, and coldly urged, "Today is not peaceful, you have something to say on the road, let's hurry up." ”

Dongfang Chengzhi snorted, jumped into the carriage, and acted as a coachman. Before throwing the whip, he clenched his fists and said to Dongfang Xun, "Second brother, the mountains and rivers are far away, and I hope that you and I will see each other again." ”

Ye Linlang said goodbye with tears in her eyes, "Brother Xun, Linlang is gone." ”

Dongfang Xun said with a cold face, "You guys better don't come to pull my hind legs, let's leave quickly." ”

Goodbye is the enemy, or never see each other.

After seeing Ye Linlang and them leave, Dongfang Xun returned to the camp on horseback. As for the herald sent by the emperor to chase him, he was killed by personality on the forest road outside the city, and the emperor's order was not delivered at all.

On the way, the people of the king of the west asked Dongfang Chengzhi if it was too hasty to expose himself to the king of the north in this way? Dongfang Chengzhi said, "If he had done this before, he would definitely not let us go." But this time is different from the past, after several years of tempering, today's North King is no longer the North King who obeys the emperor, he is no longer a war machine, but a flesh and blood person. Beiwang is a principled person, and this has never changed. However, the emperor's behavior in recent years has become more and more like a faint monarch, which may make him disappointed in the emperor and then disheartened with the court. ”

Among these people, most of them are martial artists, horizontal is horizontal and vertical, how can there be so many loops in their minds. I just think that after this little prince didn't pretend to be stupid, he said one by one, so profound, so difficult to understand⊙ ⊙!