Two days later, Yuan Chun took the small group and officially set off for Tiewang Mountain.

The person responsible for guarding Yuan Chun was the 2,000 men and horses specially left by Shui Xiao and a mixture of the Beijing Forbidden Army and the Imperial Guard, and the commander was Yuan Chun's old acquaintance: Wei Zhicheng, who had been the leader of her guards.

After leaving Beijing, Wei Zhicheng led the army to escort Yuanchun slowly, and came to the bank of the Yuanchang River a few days later.

The scout came to report: The bridge is broken!

The Yuanchang River is a river that must be crossed from the capital to the iron network mountain. In order to cross the river conveniently, the imperial court invested a lot of manpower and material resources many years ago to build an iron chain bridge over the river, which is the Tiansheng Bridge.

After Wei Zhicheng received the report, he nodded expressionlessly, and directly instructed his deputy Tong Pan: "Go and check when the bridge was broken, why it was broken, and what abnormal movements were there when the bridge was broken." Another team of scouts was sent upstream and downstream to investigate for any anomalies. Then send someone to find the nearby fishermen and ask them to drive all the fishing boats here, and we will requisition. When the fishing boat arrived, send a few scouts to cross the river and go to the other side to investigate. ”

Also called the second left: "Not long after the holy drive, the Tiansheng Bridge was broken very strangely, as if someone deliberately wanted to block us on the south bank of the Yuanchang River." You take someone to the next camp to carefully scout and sentry to see if there is anything abnormal, and don't let people take advantage of the loopholes! ”

Because the holy driver has to go to the Iron Net Mountain every year, which often comes and goes, along the way, where to camp every day is fixed.

Tong Pan and Zuo Er each agreed and arranged for someone to go to the sentry.

Wei Zhicheng went to the outside of Yuan Chun's car and reported the changes in the itinerary to Yuan Chun through the curtain: "The Tiansheng Bridge has been broken, and the minister has ordered someone to requisition nearby fishing boats, and strive to build a pontoon bridge within a few days." Please stay in the next camp for a few days and wait in peace. ”

Yuan Chun said in a very calm voice: "Got it! Lord Wei go get busy! ”

After Wei Zhicheng left, Qiu Ningshuang, who was sitting in the car with Yuan Chun, had a somewhat solemn face: "Niangniang, the Tiansheng Bridge was suddenly broken, this is not unusual!" ”

Yuan Chun smiled slightly: "I know." Don't worry. ”

Qiu Ningshuang thought about it for a while, and most of her heart was settled: "The emperor has an arrangement?" ”

"Yes!"

Qiu Ningshuang didn't ask any more questions, and only served Yuanchun with peace of mind. Then Qin Zhen and Ah Zhen Ah Wu also came to ask her, and she smiled and said, "The emperor and Niangniang know it in their hearts. Besides, there's Master Wei here! Qin Zhen and the others didn't ask any more.

That night, Yuan Chun and his entourage camped in the south of the bridge.

In the middle of the night, the scout who was sent by Wei Zhicheng to spy suddenly brought back a eunuch, saying that he had met him on the other side of the Yuanchang River and came to pass the emperor's will with a gold medal.

When this eunuch passed through many checkpoints and was half-carried and half-supported by two guards to Yuan Chun, Yuan Chun found out that it was an acquaintance: this person's name was Xiao Qi, and he was the godson of Shi Zhong, the chief eunuch beside the emperor.

Xiao Qi looked very embarrassed, his hair was messy, his hat was lost, his arm was slashed, his clothes were muddy and bloody, and there were many traces of being scratched and hung.

"Niangniang, the emperor has been assassinated!" Xiao Qi knelt down in front of Yuan Chun with a plop, and said angrily, "Not long after leaving Beijing, the Emperor Taishang gradually became a little unwell, so he took a break in Luo County. In order to live more comfortably, the Emperor and the Queen Mother lived in a large local family, and the emperor also lived in it. I didn't know that after sleeping until midnight, someone sneaked into the emperor's house from the secret passage to assassinate him! The emperor was caught off guard, he was stabbed in the chest with a poisonous dagger, and his head hit the table again, and when the slave set off from Luo County, the emperor was still unconscious! ”

He held a gold medal in both hands, held it high above the top, and said with a choked voice: "The imperial doctors said: The emperor's injury is very critical now, and only Niangniang can save the emperor's life!" The Emperor Taishang gave the slave this gold medal, and asked the slave to turn back and pass the decree: Please rush to Luo County to save the driver! If it's a little later, I'm afraid ...... I'm just afraid ......"

Qiu Ningshuang and the others had already changed their faces greatly, and Yuan Chun was originally very calm, because everything was expected by Shui Xiao.

When Shui Xiao guessed King Xiaogong's plan, he had already guessed that King Xiaogong was likely to send someone to the North Palace to assassinate her, and would also transfer her to "save her life" on the grounds that he was sick or injured, telling her not to believe it, so as not to fall into the trap. I also guessed the various statements of people who asked for help, such as sudden illness, poisoning, and being assassinated......

So far, Shui Xiao has guessed accurately!

Sure enough, she was assassinated, and the people who came to ask for help arrived! Even the statement that he successfully sneaked into the room from the secret passage to assassinate was also guessed by Shui Xiao and quietly discussed by the two of them! Because under heavy protection, this method of assassination is the most likely to succeed, and it is also the easiest to make people believe that the assassination has succeeded!

Although Shui Xiao had already predicted, but after listening to Xiao Qi's words at this moment, Yuan Chun couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart: Shui Xiao didn't say that this Xiao Qi was the person of King Xiaogong!

He guessed so accurately that he wouldn't capsize in the gutter, and really let people sneak into the house from the secret passage to assassinate him, right? But if there is a secret passage, it will be difficult to find it, right? Although Shui Xiao promised her that she would live in a tent as much as possible and not go to live in the houses of those people of unknown origin, if the Emperor wanted to live, it was impossible for him not to accompany him......

Is it true or false?

Yuan Chun was silent, motioned to Qiu Ningshuang to take the gold medal in Xiao Qi's hand to her, turned the gold medal over and looked at it, and put it aside. asked Xiao Qi again: "Why did you come to deliver the message?" What about the people around the emperor? What happened to Minse? ”

Xiao Qi said: "When the emperor was assassinated, the people around him who had to be used were also injured and died, and the emperor had to send servants to deliver the decree. Ming Gonggong...... In order to save the emperor, he has been martyred! After speaking, he wiped his eyes.

Yuan Chun was even more worried.

If Shui Xiao is really unconscious and Ming Se is really martyred, then the code she agreed with Shui Xiao in advance will not be used!

In order to avoid outsiders from impersonating the other party, she and Shui Xiao once agreed on a password, and the messenger said this code, so that he was really the other party's person, otherwise he would be an impostor. This code, only she knows on her side, and Mingse also knows it on Shui Xiao's side. She originally thought that such an arrangement was already very thoughtful, but now in this situation, how can she judge the truth or falsehood?

Also, if this Xiao Qi is lying, then his courage and acting skills are too good! Compared with the little Xizi I met in Beigong a few days ago, it is completely the difference between an actor and a layman! I couldn't find any flaws in his expression at all.

"How did you get to do that?" Yuan Chun ignored the anxious expressions of Qiu Ningshuang and the others, and was still interrogating Xiao Qi.

She needs to judge the situation more calmly and accurately, so as not to make the wrong choice and let Shui Xiao's plan fall short! If you hurt yourself, you will also harm others.

"When the minions came, they met a group of men in black, and they didn't know what the way they came from, so they cut them when they came up! The guards are all dead, and the minions are left to flee alone! ”

Yuan Chun's fingers gently rubbed his temples, trying not to let his judgment be affected by his worried emotions, and then instructed Qiu Ningshuang: "Go and find Xu Zhicheng!" ”

Xu Zhicheng was waiting outside Yuan Chun's camp tent. Hurriedly asked: "What do you command?" ”

Yuan Chun said: "Take the pontoon bridge, you hurry up!" We have to cross the river as soon as possible and rush to Luo County. ”

Xu Zhicheng hesitated slightly: the scout who brought Xiao Qi back was his subordinate, and he probably already knew something about what happened! The situation Xiao Qi said was so dangerous, why did the queen still look unhurried? She wasn't worried about the emperor at all? Or is it ...... What flaws did she see?

But in any case, Yuan Chun didn't say that he wanted to go to Luo County lightly, he was very happy in his heart! His responsibility is to protect the safety of the queen and the little prince, if the queen insists on going to Luo County with a light car, he will have a great headache!

Therefore, despite his doubts, he readily agreed: "The minister respectfully obeys the decree!" ”

Yuan Chun continued to interrogate Xiao Qi: "You told me everything that happened when the Emperor Taishang, the Queen Mother, and the Emperor stayed in the house of that big family, and when you were discovered by my guards!" Don't miss a little detail! ”

Xiao Qi's face was incredible: "Queen Mother, the emperor is in danger, the Emperor Taishang will ask the mother to go to the rescue quickly!" But I'm in the mood to listen to my story here? Isn't Niangniang worried about the emperor's safety at all? ”

"Where is Ming's purpose?" Yuan Chun sneered, picked up the gold medal on the case and shook it, "In addition to this gold medal, why did you bring a piece of paper?" Since the Emperor Taishang asked you to preach the decree, why didn't he give you the decree? All things are according to your mouth, how can I know if what you say is true or false? It's this gold medal, it's not difficult to forge it, how can I easily believe your words? Naturally, you have to ask in detail to understand! ”

Xiao Qi looked at Yuan Chun dumbfounded, and finally showed a little panicked look on his face.

Yuan Chun saw the change in his expression clearly, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he chuckled: "Xiao Qi, can you say it?" ”

Yuan Chun interrogated Xiao Qi in the middle of the night, and he was frightened. By dawn, she not only determined that this Xiao Qi was the person sent by King Xiaogong to coax her to be fooled, but also asked for a lot of useful information.

For example: On the other side of the Yuanchang River, that perverted domestic violence maniac, Kangjun Wang Shuilan is leading a thousand men and horses, preparing to capture her alive! And the soldiers and horses of King Xiaogong are converging on Luo County.

Of course......

Yuan Chun couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth: King Xiaogong thought that he could use her to fish, but in fact, he had swallowed Shui Xiao's bait into his stomach, and was being dragged to the surface of the water by Shui Xiao.

After the interrogation, Yuan Chun threw Xiao Qi to Xu Zhicheng and asked Xu Zhicheng to take a good look at this important witness.

As for the river crossing, there is no need to rush! Xu Zhicheng's two thousand centaurs are mainly to protect her, and those cows, ghosts, snakes and gods on the other side of the river have their own water to clean up! It's a pity that Xu Zhicheng is going to miss the work of this flat judgment!

Five days later, Ming Se took people and personally reported to Yuanchun: "King Xiaogong, King Shunjun and others raised troops to rebel and have been captured. The situation on the north bank of the Yuanchang River has been completely stabilized. Because of this reverse case, the emperor was mentally exhausted and in a bad mood, and the emperor ordered to return to Luan and cancel this year's autumn hunt. Now, the emperor is serving the emperor and the queen mother to return to the capital, and in two days it will be to the Yuanchang River! ”

Yuan Chun laughed three times in his heart: Great!

She couldn't help but bend down, took Xiao Tuanzi's hands, and danced a swing dance: "Xiao Tuanzi, is it okay for the queen mother to teach you to sing and dance?" Two paper tigers, two paper tigers, how strange! It's weird! One without eyes, one without a head, oh ho alas! Oh ho ......"

Xiao Tuanzi was amused by her and giggled and sang along in a mess.

Two days later, Shui Xiao, the Emperor Taishang, and the Empress Dowager returned to the south bank of the Yuanchang River through the newly built pontoon bridge.

Yuan Chun went to check their pulse. Empress Dowager Shen has nothing to do, but the Empress Dowager is a little depressed!

The Emperor Taishang looked at Yuan Chun's expression, which was extremely complicated, and asked stiffly: "The third child wants to do something rebellious, did you already know it?" So Seventeen was able to set up a trap for his brothers and nephews to drill? ”

Yuan Chun smiled and said: "Father, Yingzhou is just a doctor, and he doesn't have the ability to predict the future!" "Let go of the Emperor's wrist, "There is nothing wrong with the emperor's body, just recuperate!" "I wrote an evacuation plan for the Emperor Taishang.

The Emperor Taishang pursed his lips, his heart was infinitely melancholy, and he was so sad that he wanted to cry.

The reason why he quickly established Shuixiao as the crown prince after the birth of Xiaotuanzi and quickly became an inner Zen was that he wanted to set the name of the monarch and minister as soon as possible, dispel the ambition of the third child, and protect his children and grandchildren! Because the seventeen or two have both destiny and scheming, the third child is afraid that he can't play them! If these uneasy sons are allowed to fight any longer, I am afraid that it will just consume the blood and luck of the Heavenly Family in vain! But he didn't expect that the third child still insisted on going his own way, and finally ended up in such a situation!

Now, we can only try to save the lives of the innocent descendants of King Xiaogong and his family who did not participate in the rebellion! Glory and wealth, they are afraid that they will never think about it again!

At night, Yuan Chun and Shui Xiao, who were after Xiao Bie, finally hugged each other and slept in the imperial tent.

"Yuan Yuan, I suddenly don't know if we should have another child!" Shui Xiao hugged Yuan Chun in his arms and said with some sadness, "If in the future, Xiao Tuanzi also cannibalizes his younger brothers, what should we do?" ”

Yuan Chun was slightly stunned by his words, and his heart was also sad: wealth and power are moving, and the throne is extremely attractive. The drama of wealthy families competing for production is not lacking in ancient and modern times; The royal battle for the heir has stained the history books red.

Can she guarantee that her children will not be lost in power and will not perform a disaster of Xiao Wall?! She has no bottom in her heart! If in the future, his children really kill each other for the throne, will he be able to stand it?

For a while, she didn't know if she should have another child!

"Anyway, I'm glad I can marry you in this life!" Shui Xiao sighed and tightened the arm holding Yuan Chun a little tighter, "Yuan Yuan, if there is an afterlife...... Are you still willing to marry me? ”

Yuan Chun thought: Who knows if there is an afterlife? And even if there were, who knows what it would be?

She didn't like to make such promises, so she said, "If there is an afterlife, then let's talk about it in the next life!" ”

If you don't promise, you won't break your promise.

Everything, let it be!