Chapter 215: A Thousand Blows (7)
Speaking of Yinghua, I don't know who quickly prepared the horse, she didn't care about adding more questions, and there were only a few words in her mind that the maid replied in a panic, "Xuanwu Gate is in danger", "Xuanwu Gate is in danger", and ...... She took the reins, turned over on her horse, and urged her forward, and almost in a breath or two, she had run away.
It wasn't until halfway that Yinghua was excited, and suspicions suddenly popped up: This horse seems to have been prepared in advance, how could it come so quickly, she called to prepare the horse, and someone led it? It is clear that there is a strict order from the eldest grandson's family, all the way out of Hongyi Palace, how can no one stop him? Another incident, the Xuanwu Gate is in danger, how can the news be transmitted by the palace people, since Erlang left the palace early in the morning, the internal supervisor has been delivering the news......
Yinghua slowed down the horse, the more he thought about it, the more weird it became, he wanted to turn the horse's head and go back to Hongyi Palace, but he felt that he was not at ease, if Erlang was really in danger, how could he ignore it. Hesitating all the way, unconsciously walked out of the distance, seeing that it was not far from the Xuanwu Gate for a while, she was horizontal, just horizontal, horizontal and vertical in front of her, what kind of scene, go to know.
Before she could shake the reins and ride the horse, suddenly her body stiffened, and the next breath the whole person was half short, lying on the horse's neck, as fast as lightning. In less than a blink of an eye, a feathered arrow grazed the top of her head, and with a "poof" it sank straight into the trunk on her left, and the white feather at the end of the arrow trembled, which showed the strength of it.
Just dodged the first arrow, and shot a few more on the left and right, Yinghua pinched the horse's belly, and urged the horse twice, knowing in his heart that he had set up an ambush here, and it was obvious that he was coming at her, but he didn't know who was so vicious for a while.
The horse took two steps forward, and suddenly was turned back by Yinghua. Lunging straight in the direction where the feathered arrow was fired. The man who had set up an ambush in the shadows saw that he could not hide, so he had to jump out from behind the trunk of the tree, but he rode only ten horses. Yinghua fought with him for about half an hour, his skills were just ordinary, he cut down four, and the rest didn't dare to be greedy for merit and love to fight, so they turned around and fled back.
Yinghua didn't mention the horse chasing after her, firstly, she was concerned about the situation of Xuanwumen, and she had no intention of investigating who was ambushing, and secondly, she was not out of the moon after all. Postpartum qi weakness and weakness. It's only been half an hour, and it's already a little overwhelmed.
By the time she arrived outside the Xuanwu Gate, she was already panting. There was a heavy blood outside the Xuanwu Gate, and the corpses and stumps that fell everywhere. Horses lying on the ground with lances. It's as if the outcome has been decided. She was determined. Gazing carefully, it was the prince's men who were defeated, so he was determined. Someone on the tower recognized her. Seeing this, Yinghua hurriedly rode his horse into the city gate, but there was still a piercing sound of blades connecting in the Xuanwu Gate, and all kinds of shouts and screams came one after another, and the fierce battle was in full swing.
"Erlang!" In the crowd of scrambles, Yinghua found Li Shimin at a glance, shouted, clenched the long knife in his hand, dodged left and right, and fought all the way.
Li Shimin looked back and was shocked, and rode to her side, "What are you doing?" ”
Yinghua raised a pale face that couldn't hide her excitement, and smiled at him, "I'm here to help you." Even in a dangerous situation, Li Shimin still couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't remember how long he hadn't seen her smile so moving, and how long he hadn't seen her immediately fighting with her robe and soldiers.
It was this moment that a sharp arrow grazed his ear with a whistling sound, and the ear stinged and scratched a little skin. The two of them looked back together in the direction where the sharp arrow was fired, and saw that Li Jiancheng had a bow in his hand, and the second arrow had been shot from the bowstring, heading straight for Li Shimin's throat, and he couldn't dodge it.
"Erlang! Take care! Yinghua screamed, tried all her strength, and slammed into him. According to her estimates, the two would fall off their horses together and dodge the arrow. Li Shimin was knocked down and dismounted in response, and rolled twice in the ground before he stabilized his body, and Yinghua just shook and fell from the horse.
Her estimation was extremely rarely wrong, this time even if she used all her strength, it was three or four points less than usual, and her vitality had not recovered, and she had fought for a while, and extreme fatigue eroded her body, so her strength and speed were weakened a few points, and she did not fall to the ground with Li Shimin, but she suffered the arrow at the moment when she knocked him down. The arrow came with great force, carrying a blast of wind that pushed her off her horse.
The arrow struck her heart, and the blood suddenly spread around the shaft of the arrow that pierced her body, casting a large pool of blinding red on her pale blue robe.
Li Shimin roared, grabbed a person next to him, snatched the bow and arrow in his hand, and filled the bowstring, a pair of eyes that were so red that they were about to drip blood stared at Li Jiancheng on the horse in front of him. Li Jiancheng also took the third arrow, and the tips of the two arrows faced each other, and they were about to shoot.
Li Jiancheng couldn't have imagined that just when all his thoughts were focused on the feather arrow in his hand that he thought would set the overall situation, Li Shimin suddenly threw away his bow and arrow, leaned over and picked up the long knife that Yinghua had dropped to the ground, and the scream in his throat was like a trapped beast in a desperate situation, spurting out with bloody gas.
His figure was so fast that he almost couldn't blink an eye, and in an instant, he had run to the side of Li Jiancheng's mount, and while taking the last step, the other leg kicked the ground fiercely, and the whole person jumped up, even higher than Li Jiancheng who was sitting on the horse, raising the long knife with both hands, and the green tendons on his arms.
Li Jiancheng took one last look at the face that burned with rage and made him sleep for nearly thirty years, and the long knife passed through his neck, his eyes widened, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he just opened his mouth and fell backwards and dismounted. Dark red blood came out of his throat with hot air, and blood foamed suddenly from his slightly open mouth, and the only pair of round eyes stared straight at the sun in the sky that had risen to the middle of the sky.
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Wooden barrels filled with large ice cubes are placed at the four corners of the stone boat of the sea pool, and the palace people in light gauze and silk slowly shake the big smoke and silk fan, but the cool air in the wooden barrel has gradually dissipated, and the ice cubes intentionally carved into lotus flowers have long been half-turned into water.
Li Yuan, Pei Lin and the others sat in the stone boat, no one spoke, he turned his head, glanced at the Yulin army standing outside the stone boat, and then looked at Wei Chi Gong who was half-kneeling beside him, and fully understood in his heart that where this was the escort, it was clearly a hijacking. The "rebellion" that Wei Chigong said was about his three sons, who used their fists and feet outside the palace walls, just waiting for them to decide the winner. The defeated side is the one who "plots rebellion." The victor would then bet on the losing side to ask his father for merit and for him to punish the troublemakers.
Li Yuan's face did not change color, but he secretly swallowed a long sigh hard, he is now in the age of ear shun, he is old, and the battle for the throne is naturally becoming more and more dangerous, this is the fate of the heavenly family, he does not complain about Dalang. I don't complain very much about Erlang. Therefore, he sat in the stone boat more calmly than Pei Lin and the others, and ignored the frightened attendants and concubines sobbing in a low voice, only holding the chess pieces, waiting for the inevitable result.
Nearly two hours passed. A team of ten people came from the north. Wei Chi stepped forward. The leader Yu Lin Lang whispered to him for a while. But seeing that Wei Chi Gong's face was shocked, he instantly lifted all his spirits, and turned back and ran back to the stone boat. Still kneeling down according to the military salute, he bowed his hand and said loudly: "The prince and the king of Qi raised troops to make a rebellion and captured the Xuanwu Gate, but fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has already reported that he has already led his troops to sweep down the rebellion, and the rebels and the remnants have been ambushed." ”
Li Yuan's fingers trembled, and the jade chess pieces in his hand fell into the chessboard with a "dang chang". The concubine Pei Lin and the others on the side were all stunned, their ears were buzzing, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. The original road was a brotherly dispute, and if you hold a mistake, you have to come to the palace to discern it. Even if he started to do it, it was just a small fight, one party pulled the other party to make a scene, who would have expected Li Shimin to be so bold and dare to kill his compatriots.
It was Li Yuan who came back to his soul first, lowered his head and picked up the fallen chess piece again, and said indifferently: "Very good, Erlang is really bold and courageous, and he has repeatedly made great contributions to quelling the rebellion." In this case, he was ordered to take care of the aftermath, and he should act as soon as he could, and he did it himself, and he didn't have to go back and forth. ”
There was a gust of wind blowing on the sea pool, accompanied by the coolness of the ice bucket, Pei Lin shivered violently, as if waking up from a dream, and secretly regretted in his heart. He suddenly rushed to Li Yuan and shouted bitterly: "Sage Mingjian, the crown prince has coveted the throne for a long time, and Su Ri is just obedient to play with power, but he can't wait like this, his heart is really punishable." Fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has a clear understanding of everything and sacrifices his own strength to protect the stability of the country, and his achievements are high. Now that the crown prince's position is empty, the Turkic Huhu is eyeing the country, and the prince's position cannot be empty for the sake of peace and stability. Besides, the world is in the heart, the will of heaven cannot be violated, and the people's feelings are irresistible, so please make a decision as soon as possible, and please make His Royal Highness the King of Qin the crown prince. ”
Wei Chigong glanced at him quite unexpectedly, the military general was thoughtful, and he didn't care about the twists and turns in Pei Lian's henchman, so he invited him again, and said twice in a row, "What Pei Gong said is extremely true."
"Stand down." Li Yuan raised his hand weakly and waved outward, his voice changed to that of an old man, "Summoning the order, quickly handle the relevant matters." ”
The people in front of him gradually retreated, Li Yuan was still sitting in the stone boat, the jade chess pieces were still between his fingers, and he remembered his wife's deathbed instructions for no reason: Da Lang, Erlang, the two sons have the spirit of a king, and they also have the power to compete for power, with these two sons, a great cause can be achieved. In the future, it will be done, but the successor can only be Erlang alone, not preferring to help each other, but Erlang is established early, and Dalang's thoughts are broken, so that the brothers can obey. If you insist on making Da Lang stand, but Da Lang is gloomy and suspicious, sooner or later he will get rid of Erlang and then quickly, and when the two sons fight, one of them will die, and the people will be miserable.
This truth can still be understood by the woman in the back house, why does he have to go to the front of him to understand it. Li Yuan squeezed out a faint sigh from his dull chest, and muttered: "It's still Madame who can see through, and she finally ......understands it better than me."
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Mu Qing waited in the house for a while, trying her best to lure out the eldest grandson, but she seemed to have made up her mind and refused to see her. Until noon, people who looked like attendants rushed into the room, reporting that His Royal Highness King Qin and Du Changshi and his party had returned to Hongyi Palace and were gathering in the front hall.
Mu Qing grabbed his clothes and almost shouted: "Are Yinghua together?" ”
The attendant panicked, nodded again and again, shook his head again, dodged her forced gaze around, and said vaguely, "Madame, she ...... She...... ...... by the crown prince" He paused suddenly, and waved his hand hurriedly, "Ah, no, it was injured by Prince Yin, and the injury is ......"
Before he finished speaking, Mu Qing pushed him away with all his might, and ran out of the house, the guards and warriors at the gate of the courtyard had all been evacuated, Mu Qing trotted while lifting his skirt, and turned his mind: The attendant called the prince the hidden prince, but the governor was done, and said that Yinghua was injured by the hidden prince, which means that she was not assassinated by the eldest grandson.
She tried her best to think about the scene she wanted to see, stubbornly believing that this time, as in the past, at those critical moments, there must be a thrilling pass, although Yinghua was injured. But it is not the first time that Rong Ma has been injured for ten years, and it should be no big deal. She firmly believed for no reason that as long as Yinghua was not trapped in the conspiracy of the eldest grandson, she would be fine.
The front hall was already in front of him, looking at it from a distance, it seemed that there was a lot of commotion, Mu Qing couldn't help but slow down, hesitating as if he was stumbling over something. She indifferently watched a maid hurriedly running towards her, and anxiously called from afar: "Mrs. Gu hurry up and take a look." Madame, I'm afraid it's not good. ”
"Hugh wants to talk about it!" Mu Qingli glared at the maid angrily. "Speak carefully, what's not good!" With that, she staggered to the front hall and lifted her leg twice. He had just crossed the threshold of the front hall.
Outside there is a bang. The hall was very quiet. Mu Qing brushed away everyone and walked in step by step, looking up and sweeping around. The eldest grandson, Du Ruhui and a few servants stood silently on one side. Turning his gaze again, Li Shimin was half-kneeling in front of a half-couch, and he was actually crying. When I walked closer, I heard him crying softly: "Yinghua, Yinghua." ”
Mu Qing followed his voice and looked over, his head thundered, his heart twisted fiercely, and he couldn't help but stumble backwards two steps. After a pause, she suddenly rushed forward a few more steps, crouched on the edge of the half-couch, and said incoherently to Li Shimin: "This body is bloody, why don't you change her into clean clothes?" The imperial doctor must have come to see it, has the decoction been decocted? Hurry up and order someone to boil water and put more dried mugwort leaves......" said as he reached out to pull Yinghua's arm.
"Sister......" Yinghua probably heard her voice, laboriously opened her closed eyes, and called her out as if exhaling, a slight smile flashed on her pale face without a trace of blood, and the paper-like white water chestnut lips closed several times, before hearing her faint voice, "Sister is here......"
Mu Qing raised his sleeve and wiped the tears under his eyes, reached out to catch her pulse, because his fingers trembled so much, he slipped off her wrist several times, tried several times, and finally buckled her wrist, but as if he had touched something hot, he let go, retracted his hand, and forced a little smile on his face, "Sister's medical skills are not perfect, and she can't even feel the pulse, Yinghua, don't be afraid, Sister, I'll find a good doctor for you." Saying that, she turned her head to look for Ah Liu in the crowd, "Ah Liu, Ah Liu!" Go and ask for a ......."
"Sister, you don't have to go." Yinghua tried to hold her wrist back, panting and whispering, "It's all like this...... I want to hear my sister...... Speak ...... voice, Mu Qing almost fell to her chest, and still couldn't hear the second half of the words.
Mu Qing wiped away a handful of tears again, nodded and swallowed her crying, changed her native accent, and softly talked about her childhood, the first time they met in Wu County, and Feng Ling. Yinghua listened with a smile, and Mu Qing's eyes were full of laughter and tears. The maids and maids on the left and right, and a few soft-hearted inner prisoners, all pulled up their sleeves and quietly wiped their tears.
Suddenly, Mu Qing's hand tightened, Yinghua's eyes widened, she held her hand firmly, half-propped herself up, and looked at her as if she was begging for help and complained: "Sister, take me out, take me out of the palace......"
"Okay, okay, my sister will take you out." Mu Qing nodded hurriedly in reply, raised her eyes and met Li Shimin's eyes full of pain on the side of the couch, she resolutely glanced at him, and leaned over to support Yinghua. She thought she would be pushed and stopped by him, but unexpectedly the resistance came from the back. I don't know when Du Ruhui has quietly stood beside her, stopping her from the waist, and he doesn't care about the front of the person, and takes her into his arms.
"Mu Qing, you don't have to be like this, Yinghua is the king of Qin after all......" Du Ruhui's whisper in her ear was not finished, and she cut off the words behind her. Listen, you hear, she wants me to take her out! She twisted her waist desperately, trying to break free of the arm he was holding, and leaned out her upper body to try her best to reach Yinghua on the half-couch.
That plea seemed to exhaust all Yinghua's strength, she fell straight back, fell limply into the crook of Li Shimin's arm, glanced at him with tears and smiles, then slowly turned her eyes, looked at the light outside the door of the main hall sloppily, and gently exhaled her last breath.
"Yinghua!" Mu Qing cried out heartbreakingly, a huge pain seemed to come from all sides, wrapping her in it, she stretched out her arms, but she couldn't touch her gray face, she stared at the curled eyelashes on half of her eyes, stubbornly waiting for the eyelashes to suddenly shake a few times, but only saw a dead silence. Mu Qing only felt that her mind was as white as Yinghua's lifeless cheeks, and despair and grief took turns to hammer in her heart.
Du Ruhui hugged her from behind, increased the strength of his arm, and held her in front of him, he knew that no matter what he said at this moment, he couldn't get into her ears, so he had to worry about her heart and watch her stretch her arms to the half-couch, crying and calling Yinghua.
Li Shimin stopped sobbing, it seemed that all the tears had turned into bloodshot eyes, he was still half-kneeling on the edge of the couch, his back and arms were stiff like a stubborn stone, he stared down at her face half-sideways to the door for a long time, so long that he almost forgot the fact that she had died, until the eldest grandson slowly moved to his side, wiping his tears and softly persuading him to hurry up and handle Yinghua's posthumous affairs, he suddenly raised his head at a loss.
Mu Qing's throat was already hoarse and couldn't make a sound, and the strength in her body was also dissipated in the continuous struggle, her body was still restrained by Du Ruhui's arms, and her eyes were covered with tears staring blankly at Li Shimin letting go of the back of Yinghua's head, carefully placing her on the half-couch, and raising her hand to brush her eyes that were still half open.
saw Li Shimin stand up from the half-couch, dragged his feet to her, his expression stiffened, and he opened and closed his lips numbly, "Since it is her wish, you can take her away." It's that I can't stand her in every way, and what qualifications do I have to detain her now? ”
Mu Qing didn't know where the strength came from, shook off Du Ruhui's arm, rushed straight to the half-couch, touched Yinghua's cold face, hugged her stiff body, and cried: "Let's go, let's go, my sister will take you out ......" (to be continued. )
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