Chapter 25: The Celebration Feast (Part II)
Xun Ce saw that half of the plan had been successful, his heart was happy, but his face was not obvious, he only lightly hooked the corner of his lips, and said:
"Come, play music, take the sword. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The vocal music in the Xingqing Palace suddenly started, it sounded soft and long, but in fact it was murderous - in fact, the music was a hint from Xun Ce to the sword and axe men who were ambushed outside the palace, so that they could get ready, listen to him throw the cup as a number, once Jin Xi began to dance the sword, Xun Ce threw the lamp, and the knife and axe hand immediately rushed into the Xingqing Palace to take it down.
Murong Jin glanced at Murong Hui anxiously, but Murong Hui was as calm as if he had never received her gaze, maybe he thought he had done everything he had to do, and he couldn't do anything else...... Murong Jin couldn't help but feel a little depressed, as if she was angry with herself as if the things entrusted to her had not been done.
She thought again, as the king of a country, she shouldn't be unaware of the long-standing ancestral teachings of the Qi country, since he was so important to Jin Xi, how could he watch Jin Xi die? It's incredible! Before Murong Jin could cast his complicated gaze on Fu Xuan, Jin Xi had already taken the sword in Xun Ce's hand, and looking at him with a "solemn" look, a trace of contempt flashed in Jin Xi's eyes.
"General Jin, slow down," Prince Fu Hong suddenly shouted, and walked to the front of him, "Today is a celebration banquet set by my father and emperor, I am afraid that dancing with knives and guns is not unlucky, and it is too bad for the scenery," he turned to Xun Ce, and his eyebrows swept through the anger, "Master Xun, this martial arts teaching can be done at any time, so it will be exempted today." β
"Hong'er, you want to see if Marquis Xun's joke fails!" Queen Xun couldn't help but scold.
"I've seen the crown prince," Xun Ce said with a salute, "Wechen didn't embarrass General Jin, it was his heart that wanted to repay His Majesty's talents, and Wechen just fulfilled him." β
"Clever words!" Fu Hong's face turned pale with anger.
"The grass people have thanked the prince," Jin Xi bowed his head and said calmly, "This matter is indeed the grass people's willingness, and there is no reluctance, Xun Hou Ye is thoughtful, and the grass people should be grateful." β
To everyone's surprise, Jin Xi took a few steps forward with his sword in both hands to face Qi Guojun, and said calmly:
"If Your Majesty wants the head of the grass people, you can take it now, and you don't need to come to the sword dance."
Xun Ce and Fu Honggu were startled, and looked ahead at the same time, Jin Xi had his back to them, standing straight, without a trace of trembling due to fear, and the tall and straight back made Xun Ce feel dizzy and powerless.
"Why did General Jin say this?" Qi Guojun seemed to have returned from a fugue, his face was full of puzzlement, but his erratic eyes were shining.
"Daqi Holy Ancestor Teaching: In addition to the escort, anyone who plays with guns and swords in front of the Son of Heaven and makes a fool of the mystery, no matter who it is, will be punished for the crime of disrespect and bullying the king, and will be killed!" Jin Xi recited the ancestral teachings of the Qi Kingdom that had been passed down for several generations in an unusually gentle and steady but terrifying tone, he paused and looked directly at Fu Xuan calmly, "Your Majesty, you are the monarch of the Qi Kingdom, how can you not know the Holy Ancestral Teachings?" But he still let Marquis Xun let the grass people dance the sword and show martial arts, isn't this an attempt to take the lives of the grass people on this ground? ! β
Murong Hui looked at Murong Jin in surprise, thinking that she had told Jin Xi about the ancestral training of Qi Kingdom, but Murong Jin only shook his head at him hurriedly, and then turned to look at Jin Xi.
"General Jin, I ...... No such intention. At this time, Fu Mian seemed to be relaxed as if he was in a heart, and his words were sincere, which made everyone in the audience scratch their heads.
"Absolutely not?" Jin Xi remained silent, but his words were sharp and aggressive, "Then what does it mean to play music with such a murderous spirit?" And what is the intention of the knife and axe hand who is ambushed outside Xingqing Palace?! β
Fu Xuan was startled and blurted out: "Knife and axe hand? Ambush outside Xingqing Palace? What a big dog guts! After finishing speaking, he grabbed the lotus porcelain cup on the case one by one and threw it forward.
With the sound of "pop" shattering, several hands with knives and axes broke in, and Li Wei, who was the leader, came to take people with a vigorous posture, but was stunned by the scene in front of him, and his gray eyes immediately glanced at Xun Ce, and realized that something was wrong.
"Li Qing, what are you going to do here, save the driver? Forced palace? Before Li Wei could react, there was already a chilling ridicule from Qi Guojun above his head, "I still want to take this opportunity to 'make meritorious contributions'." β
"Bang dang!" Li Wei still dropped the sword in his hand, rushed to the front of the hall, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen, Weichen is wronged." β
"Li Qing has no grievances?" Fu Xuan sarcastically said.
"Weichen, it's just," Li Wei lay on the ground, trembling into chaff, and stammered, "It's just that the celebration and banquet in the Xingqing Palace are safe and peaceful, so I stay outside the palace...... Your Majesty, the minister, is escorting. β
"Escort? In such a joyful and lively banquet, will there be thieves who will harm me? Fu Xuan's understatement, but the questioning like broken ice made Li Wei break out in a cold sweat.
"Your Majesty, crises and dangers are everywhere, Your Majestyβ"
"Bold!" Fu Xuan's slightly squinted eyes suddenly opened, and he stood up suddenly, and Long Yan said angrily, "Crisis danger is everywhere? In this way, I am the kind of tyrant who is not supported by all the people, and everyone spurns and shouts to kill, so I need a talent like Li Qing to 'escort' all the time, anytime, anywhere, right? β
Since Fu Mian ascended the throne, Li Wei has never seen the monarch so angry, in his impression, Fu Mian is lenient, forbearing, easy not to be angry, how can it be today......
"Come on, take down this rebellious minister and thief Li Wei who broke into Xingqing Palace with a knife and bullied the monarch with the intention of provoking and rebelling," Fu Xuan said coldly and angrily, "Drag it out and cut it, there must be no mistake!" β
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wronged, Weichen is wronged, Marquis Xun, save Weichen......" Li Wei cried and struggled at the same time, and was dragged out of Xingqing Palace by Yulin Army after all.
Then the remaining few sword and axe men looked at each other, silent, and knelt down one after another, saying that they were deceived and acting according to orders, and asked His Majesty to be gracious.
In the end, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, and the rod shall be punished with a hundred rods and the punishment shall be three months.
Jin Xi always stood up coldly, never moved half a step from beginning to end, Queen Xun stared at Jin Xi's phoenix eyes like countless sharp arrows, hated to pierce the other party, Xun Ce didn't care about anything else at this time, because Li Wei confessed him as a life-saving straw, and he didn't know if this storm would blow him, and in the dilemma of whether he hesitated whether to take the initiative to "ask for guilt" or listen to the monarch's fate, there was a silent voice:
"General Jin, why do you call yourself a grass people?"
Xun Ce turned his head and looked, it turned out that Fu Xuan had walked to Jin Xi's side and said something at some point, and he didn't take Xun Ce in his eyes at all, Xun Ce only felt a stream of blood rushing to his head.
"Your Majesty calls me a general, that is because I am lenient and benevolent," Jin Xi bowed slightly, "But it is an indisputable fact that I am a prisoner of the Great Qi Kingdom, and my current identity is already a grass people, this is my self-knowledge." β