Chapter 416: Blessing to the Sky
As Zhao Kuangyi said, for Jiang Mi, who was still playing polo with everyone during the day, the monarchs and ministers of Shu were defenseless, and at the moment, they quietly made Ji open the city gate, and entered Fengpo Mountain, which Jiang Mi had already targeted, from the west.
This Fengpo Mountain is deep and densely wooded, covering an extremely wide area, and it is only thirty miles away from Jiang Mi's residence, and in the early morning, Jiang Mi and Zhao Kuangyi led the 1,000 cavalry to safely retreat to Fengpo Mountain.
After successfully entering Fengpo Mountain, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief - next, they only needed to evade the pursuers sent by the Shu Emperor and flee from the Shu Realm.
In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.
At this time, it was just dawn, and there were few pedestrians on the streets.
In the past two months, because of Jiang Mi's arrival, Princess Yihua's Mansion has been full of traffic, and people have come to visit almost every day, and because there are a lot of people who come, and Emperor Shu has never supervised Princess Yihua's Mansion in order to show his generosity and trust, so Jiang Mi dared to help the side branch of the family a while ago, and he was not afraid that he would implicate them after he escaped.
But at this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of knights rushed to the front of Princess Relic's Mansion.
A knight rolled over and dismounted, and he strode over, banging on the door.
The battle was terrifying, and for a moment, the people on both sides of the street who had risen early quietly stuck their heads out to look this way.
"Bang bang!" the knight was still knocking on the door, and when he saw that there was no sound in it after knocking for a while, the knight at the head shouted, "Slam the door!"
"Yes!"
With a loud bang, at last, the gate of the princess's mansion was slammed open, and while the gate was open, two columns of knights rushed in.
But in the blink of an eye, several knights rode out again, and they shouted in a panic, "Oh no, my lord! Madame Jiang is gone!"
"Gone, what does it mean to be gone?"
Another knight followed: "It's not just that Madam Jiang is gone, but the Hou Zhou people inside are gone!
"What? Not good!" the knight leader's face changed, and as soon as he pulled the rope of his horse, he hurried in the direction of the palace.
At this time, Emperor Shu was fidgeting and walking around the main hall, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, his face was also pale and pale, while pacing, Emperor Shu said: "Impossible! Even if he Zhao Kuangyin has great ability, it is impossible to take down my ten cities in such a short period of time!" In the blink of an eye, he shouted outside again: "Go and ask, did Mrs. Jiang bring it?"
At this time, the ministers standing on both sides also had ugly faces, especially those who supported Emperor Shu to take the road of peace talks through Jiang Mi, and their faces were all white at this time. Like Emperor Shu, they looked at the gate with blank eyes, only hoping that Jiang Mi would appear as soon as possible, and only hoping that Jiang Mi would come to tell them immediately that the front-line military information they had just received was just a rumor, and it was impossible for the future Zhou to launch an attack on Shu.
In the anxiety of Emperor Shu and the ministers, they waited for the leader of the knights, and when they heard that the palace of Princess Yihua was empty, and Jiang Mi and the thousand knights she brought had disappeared without a trace, Emperor Shu's legs were weak. After a while, he stood up on his own and scolded hatefully: "This is the Shu Kingdom! She can't escape far!" In the blink of an eye, he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Come! Spread my will, mobilize all the city guards, I will capture the Jiang family alive! I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death!"
"Yes!"
Emperor Shu's will was conveyed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, all the city guards guarding the Shu capital moved. Because this was in the territory of Shu Kingdom, they soon knew that Jiang Mi had gone out from the West Gate and fled to the direction of Fengpo Mountain.
Three hours after Jiang Mi and Zhao Kuangyi entered Fengpo Mountain, Emperor Shu led 10,000 city guards to the foot of Fengpo Mountain.
Looking at the boundless mountain range in front of him, Emperor Shu drew his sword with a whoosh, and shouted loudly: "Come on, set fire to the mountain!"
Almost as soon as Emperor Shu's words came out, the ministers were shocked, and a minister shouted urgently: "Your Majesty, never, never!" When Emperor Shu turned his head and stared at him with a pair of yellowed fierce eyes, the minister shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, there are five hundred households on Fengpo Mountain!"
It turns out that there are people living on this mountain! The world says that Mrs. Jiang is good at observing geography, and it seems that the reason why she chose to escape from Fengpo Mountain is that she knows that there are people living in it, and she wants the Shu people to be jealous!
The ministers thought of this, and Emperor Shu also thought of this. But at this time, Emperor Shu really hated Jiang Mi, and at that moment, he roared fiercely: "What people don't want the people! I want her Jiang family to die! She Jiang family must die! Dare to tease Yu me like this, I can't tolerate it!" Calling here, he shouted again: "Come on, set fire to the mountain!"
When he shouted here, seeing that those knights still didn't move, Emperor Shu roared angrily: "Why, you dare to deceive me?!"
The emperor's wrath, no one can bear it, at that moment, all the knights jumped off their horses and fell to the ground, they responded loudly: "The ministers obey the order!"
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On Fengpo Mountain.
Escaping overnight, coupled with the difficulty of the mountain road, Jiang Mi was a little tired. Jiang Mi walked on the narrow mountain path that Orion walked out, and after turning her head to look at the sky, she turned to Zhao Kuangyi and asked with a breath, "The Shu people have found out that we have left now, right?"
Zhao Kuangyi nodded, and he said in a low voice: "Being able to get the news from the front one night in advance before the Shu people is the result of our best efforts." The current Shu Kingdom must have known the news that the two generals of Zhao Cui were connected to ten cities. Speaking of this, he turned to Jiang Mi, "Is this Fengpo Mountain safe?"
Jiang Mi looked around and said: "This Fengpo Mountain is lush with forests, there are many forks, and there are fierce beasts in the mountain, and there are many places where even the hunters who have lived here for decades have never set foot in, so this place is very Tibetan." It can be said that as long as they don't set fire to the mountain, we have nothing to worry about. She smiled at Zhao Kuangyi, showed her snow-white teeth, and said in a brisk tone: "There are still many people on Fengpo Mountain, and I think that Emperor Shu should not be able to set fire to the mountain." ”
Just when Jiang Mi said this, suddenly, she froze!
Zhao Kuangyi also froze!
All the knights froze too!
Jiang Mi turned her head slowly, slowly.
At this turn, she and everyone saw at the same time that the flames that were burning from all directions of Fengpo Mountain were burning at the same time and rising to the sky at the same time!
I never thought that Emperor Shu really set fire to the mountain!
He, an emperor, actually ignored 500 households and thousands of people on Fengpo Mountain and set fire to the mountain!
Since Emperor Shu had made up his mind, he didn't intend to leave anyone alive, so he put this fire from the southeast, northwest, and four directions of Fengpo Mountain at the same time!
Zhao Kuangyi's face changed greatly!
He swooped and straightened up, turned to Jiang Mi, Zhao Kuangyi said hurriedly: "Mrs. Jiang, do you have another map for Fengpo Mountain?" He knew Jiang Mi's habits, and she would do as much as she could in the details of major matters related to life and death.
Sure enough, Jiang Mi hurriedly said, "Yes." She pulled out a handmade map.
Zhao Kuangyi took it, took a cursory glance, and then he summoned the knights and asked them to divide into dozens of roads to investigate the fire situation from all directions to see if they could find a place to escape.
It was a matter of life, and the knights were also very anxious, and with Zhao Kuangyi's order, they ran away.
Zhao Kuangyi is an absolute man of action, after he sent so many knights, he was not at ease, holding the map in one hand, and hurriedly took action.
Zhao Kuangyi's busyness is a full hour, and after this hour has passed, the entire Fengpo Mountain has been shrouded in a sea of fire, looking around, there is a sea of fire that cannot see the edge in all directions, listen carefully, you can also hear many people's cries for help.
At this time, the knights sent by Zhao Kuangyi all came back, these people were embarrassed one by one, and when they saw the companions around Zhao Kuangyi, their eyes lit up, but when they knew that the other party was the same as themselves, and they had not found a way out at all, the light in the eyes of these people dimmed again.
Eighteen teams were sent in a row, but in the end all of them returned in vain, and Zhao Kuangyi was desperate at this time.
At this time, a knight shouted, "Where is Madame Jiang?"
Zhao Kuangyi was stunned, and in a blink of an eye, he shouted loudly: "Let's go, let's go find Mrs. Jiang." He thought, that Jiang is very capable, maybe he has some opinion on the current situation. At this time, Zhao Kuangyi was too desperate and desperate, and unconsciously, he pinned his last ray of hope on Jiang Mi. Although, whether he or the knights, they all know very well that this is just a fool's dream.
After Zhao Kuangyi gave the order, everyone returned along the same road. As he walked, a knight raised his head and shouted, "Madam Jiang!" Following his gaze, Zhao Kuangyi looked up.
I saw that on a hill not far from the left, Jiang Mi was looking up at the sky. Around her side, there were flames rushing to the sky, bright red and scorching fireworks surrounded Jiang's family, the fire wind blew her long hair, blew her robe, and she was like a person among the gods, both indescribably beautiful and indescribably magnificent.
Seeing this scene, all the knights froze, and Zhao Kuangyi also froze.
They couldn't describe the scene in front of them, maybe it was close to death, maybe it was desperate, at this moment, they actually felt that the Jiang family standing in the flames waiting for death was poignant to the extreme.
At this time, a knight muttered, "Madame Jiang...... Isn't she going to run away?"
Zhao Kuangyi's throat moved, and after a while, he said in a dumb voice: "Although sooner or later it will be death, you can't die like this......" Before he finished speaking, he saw Jiang suddenly stretch out his hands towards the sky!
Involuntarily, Zhao Kuangyi followed her gaze and looked at the sky. And at this look, he was dumbfounded. All the knights also followed Zhao Kuangyi's gaze, and they all froze.
After a while, a knight said in a trembling voice, "Is this going to rain?"
Zhao Kuangyi couldn't believe his eyes, just as he raised his head and wanted to say something, but the words were choked in his throat, suddenly, someone shouted in a trembling voice: "It's raining." Almost as soon as the knight's voice fell, the raindrops the size of beans poured down!
As the rain poured down, and I don't know who took the lead, the knights actually threw themselves on their knees.
Zhao Kuangyi turned his head with a swish, and at this time the heavy rain had enveloped him and obscured his vision, but he was still looking in the direction of Jiang Mi steadily. After a while, Zhao Kuangyi looked at Jiang Mi and laughed hoarsely: "Sure enough...... Speaking of this, looking at the flames that gradually weakened with the arrival of the rainstorm dragon, the joy of escaping death rushed to Zhao Kuangyi, he couldn't help but raise his hands and looked up at the sky and laughed, "Haha, the fire is going to be extinguished! This is the sky does not allow me to die! Hahahaha!"
Zhao Kuangyi's laughter echoed in the mountains, and the corresponding was the monarchs and ministers of Shu who stood outside Fengpo Mountain, at this moment, they looked at the sudden rainstorm in amazement, watching these rains actually extinguish the flames of the mountain in an instant, for a while, their faces were difficult to look at, and the lips of several ministers trembled a few times, and finally muttered in a low voice: "Providence...... This is providence. ”
Emperor Shu stood motionless in the torrential rain, and after waving his sleeves fiercely and shaking off the eunuch who had stepped forward to ask him to get into the carriage, Emperor Shu just stared at the volcano in front of him that was gradually being extinguished by the torrential rain. After a while, Emperor Shu turned his head, and he staggered towards the carriage step by step, and in this moment, he seemed to be more than ten years old, and his figure was actually rickety.