Chapter 58: Hurry back home

Tang Emperor Yang Guang, who got the news first, his first reaction was impossible, this must be fake news, the reason is naturally that Feng Xiaotian is too good, such a talent does not win over, but kicks out, I am afraid that only a fool with a sick brain will do this. However, after his many verifications, such as the Blood Dragon Book and the recent movements of the Chu State, it was found that the royal family of the Chu State was preparing to move, except for the 100,000 soldiers and horses controlled by Feng Xiaotian, the rest were all transferred back to protect the safe transfer of the royal family.

This is also Feng Xiaotian's precautionary measures, using flying pigeons to pass the book in advance, and transferring the troops away, so that the royal family could not transfer them back. But later, Emperor Chu thought that it would be okay to have them in charge, and he and the others could be safer, so he didn't pay attention to them anymore.

Feng Xiaotian had just left here, and someone immediately reported his whereabouts by the method of flying pigeons, and he knew that this was Liu Heng's subordinates, and it seemed that they were planning to ambush themselves halfway. But they are destined to get nothing, as soon as Feng Xiaotian came out of the city gate, he found an open place, looked back at the bustling capital, and couldn't help but secretly vow: "One day, I will become the master here." “

Then he silently recited the Fa decision, and in an instant, the person disappeared like a light, leaving only Liu Heng's subordinates who followed him with an incredible expression. This is an immortal method, originally it took more than half a month to travel by carriage, but now it only takes a few breaths to let him return to the Chu country, but he is not comfortable, the immortal method naturally has to be used with immortal power, he used mortal force to forcibly use, so that he was really weak for a while.

But this is also good, it is convenient for him to inquire about the internal situation of Chu State first, so that he can know what kind of hole cards he has in his hand.

When he returned to the capital of Chu State, he saw that everyone was busy, especially on the street, there were officers and soldiers from all walks of life running, and from time to time they also transported a few carriages and things from the palace, looking like they were going to pack and run away.

The strength of the empire is very strong., but as an emperor, who doesn't want to be able to dominate the world and go down in history. It's just that they lack a valid reason, and now that they have a reason, they can commit it in the name of revenge for the crown prince.

This reason can be accepted by everyone., people from all over the world have seen Feng Xiaotian beating Liu Heng many times during the Shenglong Festival, this reason is established, and other countries can't find an excuse to oppose it., and they are also willing to watch the excitement. It's just that the span of this dispatch is too long., at least through the Qin State, the Song State and the Jin State., so many troops pass by their own country, how can people rest assured!

Since it is the Jin State and the Song State, the strength of the two countries is not very good, if they go halfway and suddenly attack themselves, then there is a risk of being destroyed, the lords of the two countries are worried about this matter, upset, and have no choice but to turn to the Qin State, hoping that the Qin State will be a fair person, at least not let the Han mess around, otherwise they will refuse to make way for the Han.

Especially the lord of the Jin State, his hatred with Feng Xiaotian is not deep, there is no need to gamble on his own national fortune in order to help others take revenge, the same is true of the Song State, although Emperor Song Zheng Ye hates Feng Xiaotian to death, but if he really wants to take out all his worth in exchange for Feng Xiaotian's head, then he is really unwilling.

Liu Heng didn't care about these things at all., before he arrived, he began to urge the army to go first, but he was not yet the emperor, and his orders still needed to be agreed to by one person, that is, Emperor Han, Liu Zhenyu.

He loved this son of his very much, and he was very angry after knowing that he was beaten in the Tang Kingdom, and then he took a step closer and learned about Liu Heng's enemy, Feng Xiaotian, and found that this was a very rare genius. To deal with such talents, he usually has only two ways, one is to use his talent to fulfill his wishes, the other is to kill him early, not to give him a chance to grow up, he is still the prince of a country, once he is given enough time, then he will definitely give the world a surprise.

He must die for various reasons, and his goal in this expedition is not only the Chu State, but none of the small countries around the Chu State want to run., this is a great opportunity to blatantly expand the territory, and he also wants to give his son a chance to experience, and use this big victory to improve his prestige and lay a foundation for the future.

However, he was still a little happy, because just today he received the letters of the Four Kingdoms from the Song Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom, and the Qin Kingdom, and the content was probably to ask him to make three chapters of the law.

First, the transit of troops shall not disturb the people or violate the laws of the country through which they pass.

Second, transit fees must be paid and the military secrets of the country through which they pass must not be explored.

Thirdly, it is forbidden to station troops near the towns and military fortresses of the country through which it passes, and it is not allowed to leave soldiers and horses for a long time, nor are large siege vehicles, and the food and armament are all paid by the Han State, and the country through which it passes does not provide any help.

These three are the basic guidelines, and then there are some small details, which need to be discussed in detail, in short, these things are discussed, and it will take half a year to say less, but Liu Heng's temper, he will be willing to do that, it is strange, and the matter has not been resolved for a long time. Han Guokong has a plan, but he can't act, everything has to wait for Liu Heng to come back first.

The current situation is like this, he came back too quickly this time, if he dared to go to the palace, it would definitely make people suspicious, after thinking about it, he would go to Jiang Ya and them first, and go back to the prince's mansion by the way to see if those puppets are running well.

Those things should be changed now, and after this incident, cosmetics should not be used for a long time in the future., but all kinds of drugs should be put on the agenda, whether for civilian or military use, will be a very considerable wealth.

Back in the Prince's Mansion, there was no one guarding the door, but someone had put a seal, and there was a notice to the effect: "Feng Xiaotian did not think about the emperor's grace, but caused a great disaster for the Chu State., and now the crown prince is abolished and demoted to a concubine." Something like that.

In this regard, Feng Xiaotian could only smile indifferently, and jumped into the mansion, there was no one in the mansion, but it seemed that they had just walked a few steps, and they heard the sound of a machine running, and the front of the building that was supposed to be tightly guarded was now empty, but there was a seal on the door.

The thirty puppeteers were still working, but because of the departure of the personnel, some of the puppeteers had no raw materials in their hands. Feng Xiaotian made a magic decision, asked them all to stop, and stepped forward to check again, there was no intention of being destroyed, plus he didn't have so many raw materials in his hands, so he let them rest first, while he went out to find Jiang Ya and them.

The Prince's Mansion was sealed, so were they imprisoned as their subordinates, or were they driven out? Now it is unknown, the streets are full of people in a hurry, he doesn't want to expose himself so early, then thinking of the place where he and Jiang Ya first met, the "theater" still has a part of his own equity, and there should be news of them there.

So he didn't stop, turned around and left, all the way was full of panicked people, almost all of them were complaining, without exception, they were denouncing the incompetence of the royal family.

Feng Xiaotian just looked at this coldly, because he knew that although this was a crisis, it was also a turning point, first making the people feel danger and panic, so that they would also have a sense of awe, and then he was trying to turn the tide like a savior, so that he could gain a lot of faith power.

If there is a Tao where there is no demon and no Buddha, and if there is no danger and despair, how can people be so thirsty for hope?

After a few corners, Feng Xiaotian came to the theater and looked at it from afar. , used to be a theater building, but now it is deserted, the door is closed, the front of the door is full of fallen leaves and garbage, I don't know that I think it has been abandoned for two or three years, Feng Xiaotian is sad to see.

There was also an old man cleaning inside, and when he saw someone coming in, he didn't raise his head and said, "Official, please go elsewhere, now the theater is closed." ”

Feng Xiaotian didn't bother with him, and said directly: "I'm looking for your landlord, I don't know if he's there?"

The old man was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are you looking for him for?" But even if you want to find him now, I'm afraid you won't be able to find him, he ran away a day ago, and the current landlord is Lord Liulin, do you have anything to do?"

Feng Xiaotian didn't expect that with his identity, he would personally come forward to manage the affairs of the theater, and thought about it: "It's okay to find him, so where is he now?"

The old man said, "They are in the backyard, but he is meeting guests, so I am afraid that you will have to wait for a while." ”

Feng Xiaotian waved his hand and said, "No, I am an old friend with him, so it's okay for me to go in now." ”

So he ignored the old man and came directly to the backyard, and from a long distance he could hear the quarrel in the backyard house, and the sound was that Jiang Ya and they were all there, it seemed that they were lucky and were not arrested. Feng Xiaotian immediately quickened his pace, and as soon as the people in the house heard the movement outside, they immediately stopped talking and shouted: "Who is it!"

Then he pushed open the door with a vigilant look, but most of them were familiar faces, including Jiang Ya, Liu Lin, Chen Dao and others. As soon as everyone saw that it was Feng Xiaotian, they were immediately taken aback, you must know that the Shenglong Conference only ended yesterday, and today they saw Feng Xiaotian, this is incredible! How far is this journey back and forth! Even the fastest horse, day and night, it takes six days to run from Tang to Chu.

But he suddenly appeared like this, and they couldn't help but believe it, and they began to salute.

Feng Xiaotian smiled indifferently and said, "Everyone is here, what happened today that made you quarrel so badly?"

Jiang Ya replied: "My lord, there is nothing else, the main thing is that you have been abolished as the crown prince. Even the Prince's Mansion has been sealed, the art school, the theater, everything has stopped, and we are discussing follow-up actions, and some of them disagree, so there is a quarrel. ”

"Oh~" Feng Xiaotian said with some curiosity: "The people in the palace didn't embarrass you?"

Jiang Ya hurriedly replied: "No, but this is all thanks to Concubine Wan Guiniang, it was she who took the initiative to intercede with the emperor, and we were able to escape, including those people of the lord's organs, and it was also Concubine Wan who came forward to keep it, for which she was also embarrassed by the queen and demoted a rank to become a concubine, and the lord will have to thank Concubine Wan Niangniang in the future." ”

After hearing this, Feng Xiaotian silently wrote down this favor, and in the future, Feng Xiaotian then asked, "How is the situation in the palace?"

Jiang Ya replied again: "There is a big chaos in the palace, Emperor Chu has run away, and the rest of the people are slowly leaving, Wan Fei Niangniang was disgusted by the emperor because she interceded for you many times, and was later locked up by the queen in the cold palace to death, and the ten princes were also locked up together, and the rest of the people are doing the final cleanup, and a few of us are planning to go to the palace for a while to save Wan Fei Niangniang out." ”

After hearing this, Feng Xiaotian said: "No, I'll go to this matter personally, you can check it out immediately, see how many people are available in Beijing, and when I come back to make a report, I'll come when I go." With that, the man disappeared like a gust of wind.

At this time, a play was being staged in the palace, the classic murder and extermination of the bridge, the protagonist of the story, naturally Wan Concubine and the Ten Princes, Feng Tianze. Today's Concubine Wan is facing the sky, wearing an ordinary blue palace dress, without any hand ornaments, but she can't stand her own good foundation, she is beautiful, and she is crying with rain in pear blossoms, Chu Chu is pitiful, which is really distressing.

On the surface, she looks like a twenty-year-old girl, and she really can't tell that she is a person who has given birth. Next to her was a young man who was only eleven or twelve years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although there were tears on his little face, but he had a stubborn expression, and he was born with a good bearing. It's just that the little guy is now covered in dust, his face is also dirty, and there is a bruise, which looks like he should have been beaten.

On the opposite side of them, there are three guards with fierce faces, obviously ill-intentioned, one of them said: Wan Fei Niangniang, ten princes, don't blame us, this is the queen's will, you can go on the road with peace of mind. After speaking, he slowly stepped forward.

Concubine Wan was already frightened silly at this time, holding the child and helplessly retreating, still chanting: "Don't, don't ......"

It's just that this is useless, she regrets it now, she shouldn't have been talking too much at the time, but regret is useless, the queen has long regarded her as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, even if she doesn't do it now, then she will find a suitable time to kill herself.

Her only hope now is that the prince can avenge herself, and then she closed her eyes in despair and waited for death, but she closed her eyes and waited for a while, and she did not expect the poisoned hand, but the sound of someone falling.

When they opened their eyes, the guard in the middle had fallen to the ground, and the other two looked frightened, as if the person in front of them was not a human but a ghost, and the person who came was Feng Xiaotian.

Seeing that the two were stunned, Feng Xiaotian was not polite to one hand, and directly twisted their necks, and the three of them died.

Feng Xiaotian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, are you okay?"

Concubine Wan was already speechless with excitement at this time, and Feng Tianze cried: "Brother, you are back, we are almost going to die here." ”

Feng Xiaotian hurriedly comforted: "Okay, don't cry, aren't I coming back, you are safe." It's not a safe place in the palace right now, so let's talk somewhere else. ”

Concubine Wan immediately nodded in agreement, and then under Feng Xiaotian's escort, they temporarily came to the theater as a temporary base, and held a meeting with their subordinates to discuss the next step.

As far as the eye is concerned, there was a great chaos in the city, and all the soldiers who had combat effectiveness were transferred, and even the ordinary officials were not left, which made the city unorderly, and many people began to call it disorderly, murder and robbery, and do all kinds of evil.

At present, the riots should be quelled first and order restored, fortunately, Jiang Ya was a gangster before, and there were a group of available people under him, so this task was given to him, followed by a legitimate identity, Feng Xiaotian is now just a commoner, and his words are less convincing to the people.

And this can only rely on himself, with his speed, it is easy to catch up with the Chu Emperor and them, and then find a way to take an edict from the Chu Emperor's hands to clarify his identity, so that he can have the opportunity to command the army in a justifiable manner., Jiang Ya and the others have no problem with this plan, and they will go out immediately.

As for Concubine Wan, she is now the most powerful person in the capital, although she can't control the army, but it's no problem to sit in the palace, so she will be temporarily placed first, and she will talk about it when she comes back.

After going out, he recognized the direction, and in an instant, he disappeared, obviously Feng Xiaotian couldn't wait for this meeting.

On the other side, at this time, the Emperor of Chu was very depressed sitting in the carriage and hurrying, beside the queen and his favorite King of Jin, Feng Tianlin, this kid, now under the queen's intercession, has been exonerated from the crime, and he is also walking with the emperor, faintly entrusting the country, but the country is now facing a huge crisis. And as the head of a country, it is really shameful that he chose to retreat without a fight.

But he was afraid! In the face of the anger of the empire, he had no bottom in his heart! Moreover, the neighboring countries were offended by him, and no one was willing to help, but he had to fall into the ground.

As soon as he mentioned these, he became angry, and his dislike for Feng Xiaotian was even better., and the King of Jin on the side saw the opportunity., and took the initiative to speak: "Feng Xiaotian is to blame for the disaster of my father this time, if there is a chance in the future, my son will definitely teach him a good lesson and make my father angry." ”

The queen on the side also helped: "That's right, the concubine has long seen his wolf ambitions, and at a young age, he dared to kill the former prince in front of you.

Emperor Chu was also provoked by their words and said: "Okay, at this point, it's no different to say more, fortunately, we still have a glimmer of hope, in the early years, the ancestors raised troops outside the pass, where the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a place where soldiers must fight, and it is also the place where I started from Chu, the ancestors had a legacy, if there is a difficulty in destroying the country, you can go to that place to hide first, and then raise troops to attack back when the time is ripe, it is also the best policy, at the moment we can not compete with them, we can only outwit, want to come to them for a long journey, will inevitably meet to supervise the grain and grass, water and soil and other issues.

Now that winter is approaching, most of the grain has been taken away by us, and the people in the city do not have much food, and they can't find it if they want to, I believe that it will not be long before they will retreat without a fight because of the problem of grain and grass, and we can wait for our work, not only to recover the lost land, but also to take advantage of it. ”

Speaking of which, Emperor Chu also showed a confident smile on his face, and the other two immediately slapped their ass when they saw the opportunity and said, "The emperor is wise!"

For a while, the situation in the carriage changed from gloomy to gloomy, and the atmosphere was much better, but at this moment, an accident happened. The carriage, which was originally running smoothly, suddenly came to a sudden brake, and the people in the car shook forward and backward, and it was the Chu Emperor, who happened to be drinking tea.

Fortunately, the tea is not hot, but it is still very uncomfortable to splash on the face, and Chu Huang, who is not in a good mood, is directly violent at this time, and said angrily: "What's going on! Why stop suddenly!

King Jin immediately took the initiative to ask Ying: "Father, don't be surprised, wait for your sons to go and take a look." ”

After saying that, he didn't look back, but after he got out of the carriage, he just exclaimed, and then he didn't move, which made Emperor Chu even more surprised, and said in his heart: Did this kid see a ghost in broad daylight? Why was he scared like this?"

Out of curiosity, he also took the initiative to get out of the carriage, and the queen on the side also followed cautiously.

When he walked to the car door, King Jin was still standing stupidly, this uncompetitive appearance made Chu Huang a burst of anger, plus he happened to be blocking the door, the angry Chu Huang put his foot on his buttocks, and shouted: "Get out!"

This kick was very hard, and the king of Jin was directly kicked off the carriage and became a rolling reed. But he didn't call anything, but his eyes were still dull, with an incredible look, and at this time, Emperor Chu finally had a chance to come out, and when he looked ahead, he suddenly felt like he had been struck by lightning, and he was stunned on the spot.

In fact, the scenery outside is nothing, but the people outside came too unexpectedly, naturally it was not someone else, but Feng Xiaotian, who had just arrived, I saw him wearing a blue robe, holding a roll of yellow silk, standing quietly on the carriage in front of the Chu Emperor, the robe moved with the breeze, like an immortal, which made people feel awe.

But it wasn't enough to surprise everyone, and the real surprise was because of how he got here. Chu Guo used the flying pigeon to pass the book, only to learn the news of Feng Xiaotian's trouble, and to respond, even if it is a flying pigeon, it has to rest for a while in the middle, and it will take about a day to deliver the news.

And he came back like this, according to the time calculation, the Shenglong Festival only ended today, but this is this afternoon, how did he come back? No wonder everyone seems to be alive and dead, even the Emperor Chu and the queen beside him are like this.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Feng Xiaotian also knew the reason, but he didn't bother to explain, coughed a little, and withdrew everyone's attention, Chu Huang was stunned for a moment, and then shuddered and hurriedly asked, "Are you Feng Xiaotian?"

His question was also the question of everyone present, but Feng Xiaotian didn't want to tell them, but instead changed the topic and said: "Father, you are really ruthless, Erchen made meritorious contributions for the Great Chu to expand the territory, and collected countless gold and silver for the Chu State, but just a little bit of wind and grass, you abandoned all the past achievements of Erchen, and instead condemned Erchen as a sinner, is it really appropriate for you to do this?"

Emperor Chu's old face turned red after hearing this, and he was ashamed of himself, and the fact he said also confirmed that he was Feng Xiaotian, as if he were fake. The other people also reacted and began to wait for the battle, just when the Chu Emperor was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, the queen on the side spoke a little angrily: "Presumptuous! You rebel, you have caused a great disaster to the Chu State, not only do you not repent, but dare to be so rude in front of the emperor, don't you know that you are now a low-class pariah? When you see Your Majesty, you still don't kneel!"

At the same time, he shouted to the guards around him: "What are you still doing there?

Only then did those guards react, holding their weapons, and slowly approaching Feng Xiaotian.

"Stop!" Emperor Chu spoke in time, stopping this operation, and inadvertently saved the lives of these people, because Feng Xiaotian put his hand on the hilt of the blade, as long as Emperor Chu was a little slower, then these people would be dead.

Emperor Chu said: "Yes, you are for my Great Chu to make immortal contributions, but you also brought the difficulty of destroying the country to my Great Chu, I am ashamed of you to do this, but I am worthy of Great Chu, for the sake of the ancestral inheritance, I have to bear you, if it is never once, I will still do it!"

"Hahaha......" Feng Xiaotian couldn't help laughing wildly when he heard this, his laughter made Emperor Chu and everyone present laugh for a while, but everyone knew that he was clearly laughing at Emperor Chu's remarks just now, and now Emperor Chu's face was even more ugly, from white to red, and from red to green, like a chameleon, and finally couldn't help but simply roar: "Presumptuous!"

How could he interrupt Feng Xiaotian's wild laughter, but Feng Xiaotian obviously didn't like this, and after laughing enough, he teased a little: "Presumptuous? I'm presumptuous there, as the king of a country, you don't want to protect your family and defend the people, but you have to make excuses for being a deserter, such a funny joke, what? Isn't it worth being ridiculed?"

Emperor Chu was red-faced by what he said, but he couldn't refute it.

Indeed, if he can show the courage to fight to the death with the enemy, even if he is defeated, he can win a good reputation for himself, at least when he meets people again in the future, others will secretly praise him and respect him as a flesh-and-blood man.

Besides, it may not be that the whole army will be wiped out, he can keep some elite troops, hide them, and the rest will resist foreign enemies, but he is the one who picks it, for the sake of his imperial power, he doesn't even want to lose a single soldier, so he simply takes them all.

At the same time, he also took away all the supplies, it doesn't matter if he goes, but he has suffered the people of Chu, they are now short of food and clothing, and I heard that there will be an army of Han to attack soon.

Therefore, cursing the Chu Emperor has become something that the people must do every day, not only the people's hearts are lost, but even the army's morale is a little unstable, these Chu troops are also selected from the people, and almost all the soldiers' families are in various cities in the Chu State.

When they fled, not to mention whether the Han side would hurt them or capture them as slaves, the fact that all kinds of materials were sent away was enough for the people to be afraid. The food in each city can only last for three days, and after three days, if they don't need the Han Kingdom to attack, they themselves will starve to death.

But within three days, the army of the Han Dynasty could not come at all, and the rest of the time was when the people were waiting for death, and the soldiers in the barracks were always thinking about the parents, wives and children at home, if it were not for the pressure of military regulations, a large number of deserters would have appeared.

But even so, there are still many homesick soldiers who dare to cross the thunder pool, and almost every day they have to execute more than a dozen guys who want to be deserters, thinking of this Chu Huang is also a little weak-hearted, and he doesn't even dare to look at Feng Xiaotian.

Feng Xiaotian said again: "Father, since you are so greedy for life and afraid of death, then of course you can go, but Chu is my hometown, and the people of Chu are my relatives, now I need an edict from you, please appoint me as the supreme commander of Chu State, so as to justifiably lead people to resist the invading Han army!"

When he said this, he was categorical, and the eyes of the countless soldiers below were lit with the desire to fight, and they couldn't wait to go with Feng Xiaotian now to defend their homes and defend the country.

But Emperor Chu didn't think so, and after thinking for a while, he said: "This order can be given to you, but I don't plan to send you any soldiers and food, because these things must be given to the regular army, and they are the main force for the future restoration of the country." ”

Speaking of this, he was a little embarrassed, because this was equivalent to pushing the rations of the Chu State and tens of millions of people to Feng Xiaotian, and he was watching the joke in the rear, if this matter was spread, then the reputation of the Chu Emperor would really be stinking for 10,000 years.

With such a farce as retreating before fighting, and looting people's fat and people's ointment, his reputation has long been stinky, in this case, with the mind that the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, he is not afraid of being worse, so he said this cheekily.

Feng Xiaotian had already prepared, and he didn't expect the miser of Emperor Chu to be able to do anything, but he still mentioned: "This is okay, but the defense of the 100,000 army of the Liao State must be under my control." “

Emperor Chu originally planned to sacrifice them as cannon fodder, so he no longer cared about their life or death, and agreed without even thinking about it, and then Feng Xiaotian handed Huang Juan to the Emperor of Chu to write the holy decree, cover it with a jade seal, and everything was done.