However, Master Ren is obviously an idle person, no one plays with him, so he plays by himself, at this time he is trying to see the tip of his nose with his eyes, a good interpretation of what it means to "look at the nose, look at the heart". Pen % fun % pavilion www.biquge.info so ...... He's now cross-eyed, and he's still playing with it, and he doesn't know what the fun it is.

When the emperor saw him like this, the dragon couldn't help but smile in his eyes, with a bit of spoiling, as if he was looking at his naughty child. Then the emperor sighed again, and his heart couldn't help but feel worried.

-- Leave the defense of the capital to such a person...... I really don't know if it's the worst decision I've ever made in my life.

Towards Gonggong Cao, Gonggong Cao immediately stepped forward and shouted: "The emperor has a decree, Xuanzhong Yonghou, the garrison general Ren Xiaoyao stepped forward to meet him, and Qin Chong, the deputy general of the Xuancheng Defense Army, stepped forward to meet him——"

In the crowd, Ren Xiaoyao, who was having a good time, was gently patted by the official next to him, and reminded in a low voice: "Lord Ren, Lord Ren!" The emperor called you. ”

Ren Xiaoyao, whose eyes and nose had been competing for a long time, returned the cross-eyed to normal, and then felt dizzy, shook his head and shouted: "Cross-eyed can't be played all the time, oops...... I'm so dizzy......"

The officials next to him were full of black lines: "......"

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Before Luan drove, the emperor looked at the two young generals in front of him majestically, Ren Xiaoyao looked lazy, even standing in front of the emperor, he kept making small movements, scratching his head from time to time, scratching his face, and Qin Chong, who was beside Ren Xiaoyao, had a solemn and calm face, a resolute gaze, a strong face, the fierceness of the military generals and the elegance of the literati, it seemed that they could find a shadow from him.

"Two generals, the defense of the capital is very important, and in the past few days, the capital has been entrusted to the two of you." The emperor said earnestly.

Ren Xiaoyao's expression was upright when he heard this, he solemnly clenched his fists, and said awe-inspiringly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Weichen will handle the defense of the capital in an orderly manner, as strict as an iron bucket, and wait for the emperor to return to Beijing." ”

Then Ren Xiaoyao added in his heart: ...... Before Wechen escaped.

Qin Chong also hurriedly clenched his fists and responded.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then deliberately stared at Qin Chong, his eyes were deep and solemn, for a long time, and suddenly asked, "General Qin, what is the Three Gangs?" ”

Qin Chong was stunned and hurriedly replied: "The king is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife." ”

The emperor nodded, glanced at him meaningfully, and muttered: "Well said, well said......"

Then the emperor turned around and indifferently ordered: "Let's go." ”

Then the emperor was supported by Gonggong Cao, and climbed the dragon chariot with difficulty, and the moment the bead curtain fell, he was left with a desolate and old figure of Ren Xiaoyao and Qin Chong.

Gonggong Cao shook off the dust lightly and shouted: "By the Holy Order, set off-"

The mighty procession suddenly began to move slowly again, stretching all the way north.

The prince's luan drove closely behind the emperor's six-horse imperial chariot, and when he passed by Ren Xiaoyao and Qin Chong, the prince gently lifted the curtain of the car and threw a strange and inexplicable smile at Ren Xiaoyao. Immediately, he glanced at Qin Chong quickly, but his eyes became a little sharp and gloomy.

Outside the Taiping Gate, only Ren Xiaoyao and Qin Chong were left, standing respectfully with different faces, until the emperor's guard of honor all went out of the city gate, and the two stood up straight. Ren Xiaoyao turned his head and saw that Qin Chong's face was a little pale, it seemed that the emperor's seemingly inexplicable question had quietly taken root in his heart, making his mood begin to fluctuate.

The two turned around and climbed the Beicheng Tower again, watching the emperor's Luan drive gradually walk away, Qin Zhong inadvertently turned his head, and saw Ren Xiaoyao's solemn expression, his eyes had never been so serious staring at his predecessor, his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what important things he was thinking.

Qin Zhong sighed slightly when he saw this, the situation has gradually become clear, he and Ren Xiaoyao are about to separate friends and enemies today, Ren Xiaoyao at this time, is it just like his mood, he is also thinking about this problem? The scene of Ren Xiaoyao Street bravely catching robbers resurfaced in Qin Chong's mind that day, the young courtier, in a high position and thinking about the people's peace, but unfortunately, he seemed to have no chance to make friends with him in this life......

At this time, Ren Xiaoyao, who had a solemn face, suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Luan Jia, and said to Qin Chong with a solemn expression: "General Qin, please see ......"

Qin Chong's head jumped, and he hurriedly followed his fingers to look, but saw that at the end of the Luan driving procession, a group of palace maids holding banner fans in their hands, and Huang Luo's palace maids were lining up, closely following the team, slowly moving forward.

Qin Zhong looked at it for a long time and didn't see any clues, so he couldn't help but wonder: "What did General Ren discover?" ”

Could it be that the crown prince also arranged assassins in the ranks? Could it be that Ren Xiaoyao found something suspicious?

Ren Xiaoyao shook his head solemnly, looked at his predecessor, and said in a deep voice: "Do you see the palace maid who walked at the end and held a banner fan?" ”

Qin looked at it again and nodded.

"That palace maid ......" Ren Xiaoyao groaned for a moment, then his expression changed, and he began to laugh irrepressibly, panting while laughing: "...... That palace maid's ass is actually big and small on one side, and she twists and twists when she walks, as if she has hemorrhoids, it's so fucking funny! Oh alive, wahahahaha......"

Cold sweat flowed down from Qin Chong's head......

It's a slut!

Qin Chong, who had blue tendons on his neck, officially came to a conclusion.

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On the upper floor of the north city, Ren Xiaoyao and Qin Chong stood facing the north, the emperor's Luan drove far away, and the honor guard of more than 10,000 people was gone, but the two were still standing straight on the city tower, with different expressions on their faces.

Behind the two of them, the brightly dressed soldiers of the city defense army walked and cruised in groups, and when they passed behind the two generals, the soldiers couldn't help but cast curious glances at them. -- Standing still for more than half an hour, could it be that the two generals practiced together?

Only by the beacon tower not far from them, more than a dozen senior generals of the city defense army stared at Ren Xiaoyao, and their eyes were not very friendly.

"General Qin, where is the city defense army going?" After a long time, Ren Xiaoyao looked at his predecessor, didn't look at Qin Chong, and asked.

There is no time to go around in circles with him anymore, in order for the emperor's plan to succeed, there are only two ways to go today, one is to kill Qin Chong on the spot, and the other is to persuade Qin Chong to surrender, there is no other way.

Qin Chong's face showed a look of pain, his lips twitched a few times, and he suddenly regained his composure, and said indifferently: "If the last general's answer dissatisfies General Ren, does the general want to kill me on the spot, and then control the city defense army?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao smiled, noncommittal.

Qin Zhong turned his head, glanced at Ren Xiaoyao, and said, "General Ren, more than 50,000 men and horses of the city defense army are in my hands, can you kill me?" ”

Ren Xiaoyao blinked and said with a smile: "If General Qin is obsessed, he must be the rebellious minister and thief that everyone spurns, I can't say it, so I have to try......"

Rebels and thieves!

This word was like a thunderbolt, directly slashing at Qin Chong's head, and Qin Chong's face instantly lost its blood color and became extremely pale.

"I ...... Not a rebel thief! Qin Chong clenched his fists angrily and argued hard. But even he himself felt a sense of weakness for a while, and assisted the crown prince to kill the king and usurp the throne...... What is not a rebel and a thief?

Since childhood, I have been familiar with military books, read thousands of volumes, studied martial arts diligently, kept in mind the three outlines and five constants, and over the years, there is only one belief that supports me, that is, to learn literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, once upon a time, I became a murderer who wanted to murder the emperor? At this moment, Qin Zhongzhong's heart was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and Ren Yao's words mercilessly expressed his inner struggles and contradictions.

Looking at Qin Chong's increasingly pale face, Ren Xiaoyao sneered: "General Qin, you don't care if you are a rebel and a thief, there are not many traitors in the world, and there are not many of you, but you don't want to turn these more than 50,000 soldiers of the city defense army into rebels and rebels!" They will be killed by one of your decisions, not to mention, they will be charged with a rebel when they die, and their bereaved families will not only not be supported by the imperial court, but will be filled with military frontiers because of your stupid decision, and they will be slaves and servants, and they will never be able to turn over. These soldiers, after the ages, will only leave behind an eternal infamy of bringing disaster to the country and the people, all of which were harmed by a decision made by you Qin Chong! ”

Qin Chong was like being struck by lightning, the cold sweat on his face continued to flow out, and his burly and sturdy body couldn't help but start trembling slightly. The struggle and pain in his eyes clearly fell into Ren Yao's eyes.

"Qin Chong! Don't do evil! Wake up! Ren Xiaoyao suddenly shouted: "The monarch is the minister, this is your personal answer to the emperor's words, do you really want to ignore the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and leave a lasting infamy for yourself and more than 50,000 soldiers?" ”

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Shenlie Mountain is only dozens of miles away from the capital, it is located in the northern suburbs of the capital, the mountain is not high, the north peak of the main peak is only hundreds of zhang, but it is broad, more than ten miles long from east to west, nearly ten miles wide from north to south, it is the highest peak in the capital Renyuan.

In the previous dynasty, there were filial piety tombs, the altar of agriculture and the altar of heaven on the mountain, and the place where the emperors of the past dynasties sacrificed to the sky was on the altar of heaven on the top of the Shenlie Mountain.

At this time, the emperor's Luan car had traveled less than ten miles away from Shenlie Mountain, and the honor guard of more than 10,000 people moved slowly without hurry, and the whole team looked quiet and solemn.

At this time, from the south to the north, a fast horse galloped, and the knight immediately held a waist card of the commander of the forbidden army, and the guards of the forbidden army who guarded the emperor Luan saw it, put away the vigilance, and let the fast horse gallop to the left side of the emperor's Luan.

Approaching the tightly stacked bead curtain on the side of Emperor Luan's driver, the knight whispered: "Your Majesty, the crown prince...... has been detached from the guard of honor. ”

"What?" In Luan's drive, the emperor's old body seemed to tremble slightly, and then the whole body gradually collapsed as if it was overwhelmed.

He ...... I finally chose this path. The emperor's voice was filled with endless pain and sadness.

The knight continued, "...... After leaving Beijing for more than 20 miles, the prince's royal drive slowed down, and gradually fell to the end of the honor guard, and then hundreds of people surrounded the prince and took him off the royal car, and the prince abandoned the royal chariot under their surrounding, mounted his horse, and went west......"

In Luan, the emperor was silent for a long time, like a wood-carved Bodhisattva, motionless.

The knight licked his lips and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you need the last general to lead more than a thousand forbidden troops to recover the crown prince?" ”

After a long time, the emperor's sigh came from Luan's car: "That's it, let him go, the one who should come will come sooner or later, can recovering him prevent all this from happening?" The army has already been launched, and I and him are all ready to fly......"

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On the Shenlie Mountain, the emperor slowly walked up to the Temple of Heaven, the wind was cold on the Temple of Heaven, standing with his hands in his hands, raising his eyes to look at the sky, seeing the clouds rolling in the sky, the wind and clouds surging, its shape changed, and its meaning was treacherous.

The ministers of civil and military affairs knelt under the Temple of Heaven respectively, quietly watching the emperor as if he was independent of the clouds, overlooking the vast people, heaven and earth alone, overriding everything, this is the real Ninety-Five Supreme. The ministers looked at the emperor's eyes, and they felt a little more awe and submission.

Staring at the Temple of Heaven for a long time, the emperor slowly turned around, faced the ministers, and said word by word: "How difficult the Chinese Dynasty is, the common people are uneasy, I am the emperor for more than 40 years, and there are mistakes in my behavior, words and deeds, against the will of heaven, against the people, so the heavens sent disasters to the common people, in order to show punishment, the common people are innocent, and they are all guilty of the disaster!" Therefore, before worshipping the heavens and praying for blessings, I sent an edict to the subjects of the world to save my own faults and warn future generations. ”

After speaking, the emperor nodded lightly to Gonggong Cao.

Gonggong Cao held the yellow silk in his hand, took a step forward, and slowly unfolded the yellow silk in front of all the ministers and officials, and read word by word: "I am not the same, I have not saved the danger of the society, I have not helped the misfortune of the temple, I have been returning for more than 40 years, my words have repeatedly interfered with the peace of the sky, and I have lost my morality, benevolence and forgiveness, the world is not inferior to Ningkang, the common people are not guilty, and the sins are all given to one person......

At this time, a cannon was heard at the bottom of the mountain, and then a faint shout of killing gradually came, and the gray mountain top was suddenly enveloped by a chilling killing atmosphere.

The civil and military officials who knelt down at the Temple of Heaven all changed color, and they all looked around in panic, and the panic and fear suddenly spread among the ministers, and the Temple of Heaven on the top of the mountain gradually became a mess.

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the figure of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not appear on this Temple of Heaven for some reason. After thinking about the strange and incomprehensible situation in the capital recently, an ominous thought suddenly arose in the hearts of the ministers, could it be ......

The emperor still looked at the sky with his hands in his hands, his expression was indifferent and calm, as if he was unaware, his tone contained a little murderous intent in his tone, and said coldly: "Keep reading!" ”

Gonggong Cao shook his rope for a moment, and immediately regained his composure, unfolded the yellow silk and continued: "...... The four were in trouble and I did not know it, the people were displaced and I did not know, I lost the responsibility of the king and disregarded the way of the father, so that the people starved, the prince was overturned, I reflected on myself, I was ashamed of the heroic spirits of my ancestors, and I was very guilty of the ghosts and gods of the temple......"

The shouts of killing at the foot of the mountain seemed to be getting closer and closer, as if they were right next to him, and the expressions of the ministers became more and more frightened and uneasy.

The emperor closed his eyes and stood motionless in front of the hundred officials, ignoring the movements under the mountain, as if he had settled down.

Long.

Gonggong Cao cautiously woke up the pondering emperor: "Your Majesty, the edict of guilt is ...... I've read it. ”

The emperor's face was gloomy, his eyes slowly scanned the panicked civil and military officials, and he slowly spoke: "In the past 40 years, although I am not a wise emperor, but the word 'diligence', I am worthy of my heart, I treat the people and subjects like parents and sons, do not love to kill, do not indulge, and do my best to make my Heavenly Dynasty have something to support the old, the young to rely on, the monarch and the sage, and create a prosperous world with all the people." But...... Why do so many people want to rebel? In the past, Pan Wenyuan usurped power and rebelled, and Pan Wenyuan was killed and suppressed by me, today, after a year, today...... The one who wants to rebel against usurping the throne is my eldest son, the crown prince I ordained ten years ago! ”

In the approaching shouting of killing, the emperor closed his eyes in pain, two lines of turbid tears slowly flowed out, and his face full of wrinkles and old age spots was full of tears in an instant.

The ministers had different expressions, and their frightened emotions gradually calmed down, the ministers had all gone through many years of strong winds and waves, how could they not know what was going on?

The ministers looked at each other, and the same signal was transmitted in their eyes, - Prince, it was really the opposite!

At the top of Shenlie Mountain, the wind is howling and the war clouds are thick.

Fear and uneasiness gradually spread among the courtiers.

Most of them were powerless ministers, who would have thought that one day war and slaughter would be so close to them, that they seemed to smell the disgusting smell of blood faintly when they breathed.

Many ministers have been frightened to the point of colorlessness, their bodies tremble, the so-called "ministers are not afraid of death" and "sacrifice their lives for righteousness" have all become empty and pale at the moment, when the enemy's sword is almost up to the tip of their nose, how many people can really die calmly? Human nature is inherently weak, and generals on the bloody battlefield have times when they surrender for fear of death, let alone these civil servants?

The shouts of killing at the bottom of the mountain became more and more intense, and the rebels who heard the sound seemed to have started a bloody battle with the forbidden army guarding the mountain.

At this time, a commander of the forbidden army covered in blood staggered to the Temple of Heaven, knelt on one knee, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is an army of 50,000 people under the mountain who rebelled and wanted to forcibly attack the mountain. ”

When the ministers heard this, they were in an uproar, 50,000 people! The prince's rebellion was indeed carefully planned, how could the 10,000 forbidden army withstand the attack of 50,000? The eyes of the ministers are all focused on the emperor, the situation is so urgent, I don't know what the emperor will decide?

After a short period of consternation, Wei Chengde, the secretary of the military department, immediately returned to normal, at this time he raised his thick eyebrows, stood up from the group of ministers, knelt in front of the emperor and said awe-inspiringly: "The minister is the king's death, Ren Cheng is righteous, the emperor please return to the capital as soon as possible, the old minister is the secretary of the military department, although he is a civil minister, but he is also familiar with military affairs, here he will be commanded by the old minister to resist, buy time for the emperor to retreat, until the battle to a soldier, the old minister will not let the rebels cross this hill!" ”

The emperor glanced at Wei Chengde with relief, and then sneered: "I am the true son of heaven, and my throne is under the command of heaven, how can the rebels do anything about the will of heaven?" I don't retreat! ”

The emperor sank like water, his eyes were filled with a cold murderous aura, his eyes swept over the ministers, and he said in a deep voice: "I want you to open your eyes and see clearly how the rebels are wiped out at my feet!" ”

After speaking, the emperor shouted: "Where is Feng Qiudao?" Where is Han Dashi? ”

As soon as the words fell, two people walked out of the magnificent octagonal round building of the Temple of Heaven, full of drapes and battle armor, both of them had calm faces, and they showed the fierce spirit of the army between their walks.

"The last general will meet the emperor." The two walked up to the emperor and bowed on one knee.

"Two generals, please." The emperor looked at the eyes of the two with some appreciation: "The prince is rebelling, the situation is critical, whether he can turn the tide, I depend on the two generals." ”

Feng Qiudao and Han Dashi bowed again: "Obey the order!" ”

Immediately the two of them got up, walked a few steps in the opposite direction, and then took the strong bow handed by the general, raised their heads to the sky and shot an arrow each, and the sharp and piercing roar reached the ninth night, in the dense mountains and forests around Shenlie Mountain, suddenly a few big flags with black characters on a red background were suddenly displayed, and then, several soldiers wearing the gray uniforms of the Longwu Army and the Longxiang Army slowly revealed, and there were more and more figures, and finally all the mountains and fields were gray figures.

After the soldiers revealed their figures, they quickly began to gather down the mountain, like dozens of gray streams, flowing down the mountain quickly, surging and excited.

Only then did the ministers faintly understand, it turned out that the prince's rebellion had already been in the emperor's calculations, and the emperor had already been prepared.

"Heralds, drums! Join forces! The two generals shouted at the same time.

"Knock knock knock......" The dull and deafening drum beating, as if the soldiers of the two armies heard the signal to charge, their morale suddenly rose high, and they shouted in unison: "Kill!" ”

The roar shook the sky, causing the wind and clouds to change color, and the mountains and rivers were confused.

In the shouting of killing, the soldiers of the two armies quickly joined forces, like two torrents meeting, and then merged into a huge current, rushing down the mountain.

At the foot of Shenlie Mountain, the prince sat motionless in the makeshift military tent, his expression was complicated, and he was excited with a little bit of apprehension, this was a battle related to his life and power, with life and death and glory as the bet, and now the bet has been placed on the gambling table, just waiting for the moment when the results are announced, so even if it has been through the wind and waves for a long time, the prince of the city government is deep, at this moment he can't help but feel excited and apprehensive in his heart, this complex emotion has been manifested on his face, his face is twitching at the moment, and the hand holding the teacup is trembling, The high-pitched shouts of murder outside the tent made him feel as if a dazzling fire was burning in his chest, and this fire made him want to destroy everything.

Sisi hung her temples, sat in the corner of the military tent, silently adjusting the strings of a pipa, she raised her head from time to time, and smiled at the prince, her smile was charming, and when she lowered her head, there was a little imperceptible cold light in her beautiful eyes.

To make it die is to make it mad. The prince's excited look fell on her eyes, making her sigh in her heart.

Outside the military tents, soldiers constantly came to report the latest progress of the war.

"Your Highness, our army has surrounded Shenlie Mountain, and the 10,000 horses in the front have begun to fight with the forbidden army!"

"Your Highness, our army's vanguard has the upper hand, the forbidden army is retreating one after another, and our army is slowly advancing towards the top of the mountain."

"Your Highness, our army has occupied the mountainside position of Shenlie Mountain, the forbidden army has suffered heavy casualties, retreated to the top of the mountain, and the current strength is less than 5,000."

“……”

“……”

One battle report after another came, everything was going smoothly according to the prince's expectations, the prince's expression became more and more excited, and the look of apprehension just now was long gone.

Fan Rui on the side frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, although the war is going well at present, Your Highness can't take it lightly and worry about ......."

The prince's excitement gradually eased, and he said, "What is Sir worried about?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, I got the news earlier, the emperor has made some arrangements, but until now, in addition to the heavy casualties of the forbidden army following the emperor, I have not seen the emperor have a soldier and a soldier to reinforce, and His Royal Highness's private army has been completely engaged in the war, but the border army of Chai Mengshan has not yet arrived, and I am worried that these two things may affect His Highness's plans."

The prince's heart suddenly sank: "Is there a military report from Chai Mengshan?" ”

Fan Rui nodded and said: "Two hours to the messenger, said that due to the heavy rain overnight, affecting the march, so it is a little later than expected, at present, General Chai's headquarters has almost arrived at Dongmen Town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and they can cross the river immediately, after crossing the Yangtze River, they can go straight to the north of Shenlie Mountain, and our army is flanked back and forth, so that no one escapes." ”

The crown prince looked depressed, frowned, and said: "I hope he doesn't break his word, otherwise today's battle will be very variable......"