Several remnants of the defeated soldiers returned to Beijing and played the imperial court: Chen Eunuch's soldiers were defeated and fled, and most of the soldiers were wiped out. Qianlong was reviewing the folds in the Qianqing Palace, and when he heard the news, Long Yan was furious, and he threw the folds in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "Bastard thing, think it's okay if you run away?" Come, Xuan Fu Heng see me! ”

The little eunuch didn't dare to stay when he saw the emperor's might, and in a moment, he saw Fu Heng. Fu Heng was eating at home, and when he heard the news, he didn't have time to eat, so he hurriedly entered the palace and met the emperor. He thought that the emperor wanted him to lead troops to suppress the bandit Double Snake Mountain, but the emperor said: "Chen Eun is really hateful, he has worked hard for the people, and in the end he has to have such a result, and my face is very gloomy!" ”

Fu Heng originally wanted to ask Ying to recommend himself, but he was afraid that the emperor would think that he was arrogant, so he just nodded and asked: "So far, the emperor has no other way, so he has to send another capable general to exterminate this gang of bandits." ”

Qianlong raised his eyes and asked him, "Who do you say is appropriate?" ”

Fu Heng didn't expect the emperor to ask himself, thought for a while and said: "The minister has no idea, I don't know if the emperor has a suitable candidate?" ”

The emperor was about to speak, and a prince came straight in outside the door, and when he looked at it again, this person was smiling, happy, and hanging, but it was the emperor's own brother and prince Hongday. Prince He has always been absurd and unconventional. Qianlong thought of his brothers, and peace was important in everything, and the two brothers were also very affectionate.

and the prince smiled and asked the emperor to say goodbye. Qianlong said coldly in anger. Prince He turned a blind eye to the tense atmosphere in the palace, and still said with a smile: "The emperor's face is gloomy, presumably because he didn't use enough fat powder in the morning, and his brother's family just bought a batch of good fat powder from Jiangnan." The emperor wants to use it, and the younger brother will bring some to the emperor? ”

Qianlong said: "If the fat powder can cover the dullness on my face. I'd rather use more, but unfortunately these courtiers won't let me use it. ”

And the prince was busy asking why. Fu Heng hurriedly informed Prince He of the defeat of Eunuch Chen's army in Twin Snake Mountain. Hear out. Hongyang smiled: "What is this? A group of clowns who jump off the beam, and the younger brother can destroy them in a few days. Give the emperor a good face. ”

Qianlong knows this brother very well, when it comes to playing scoundrels, he can do it better than anyone else, if you want to talk about marching and fighting, he is not that material. Now he volunteered to take the Twin Snake Mountain, and if the army came back from defeat, how should I punish him? In this way, it is better to change to someone else to do it, and lose. There is also a way back. After thinking about it like this, Prince He said again: "The emperor doesn't look down on his courtiers? The younger brother can take down Duan Yong's head while talking and laughing! ”

Fu Heng saw that Prince He was so resolute, and also said: "The minister thinks that Prince He can lead troops over." ”

Qianlong sighed and said, "It's okay, you will go on my behalf." I can say ugly things ahead, if the army comes back from defeat, I will be punished. ”

He said with a smile: "The emperor looks at it, the younger brother is allowed to take the Double Snake Mountain, and play a good show of Guan Yu walking alone for the emperor to see!" ”

Let's talk about it. and the prince dragged out a long tone and made a final move, and retreated from the Qianqing Palace like a dancing knife. Qianlong watched his younger brother go out, and said to Fu Heng worriedly: "This brother of mine usually only knows how to listen to dramas and act. This is the first time that I am going to march and fight, and if I am going to lose, what can I do with him? ”

Fu Heng explained: "The minister thinks that the prince has an uninhibited appearance. But the heart is very elfty. The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, I dare to say that the prince will definitely be able to capture the Double Snake Mountain. ”

and Prince Hongday withdrew from the Qianqing Palace. I went home and changed into a ready-made costume and rode a legendary red rabbit horse. Gathered four or five hundred of his own soldiers and went on the road in a hurry. These pro-soldiers are also dressed up in costumes, with red heads and pink faces, and they look very good-looking.

This group of soldiers smashed horses and whipped their horses, and arrived at the foot of Double Snake Mountain in less than half a day. Before, Prince He had already learned the reason for the defeat of Chen Eun's army, and he did not set up a camp at the foot of the mountain, but set up a camp on the opposite side of Hutou Mountain. In this way, they are not afraid of boulders rolling down the mountain. The boulders rolled down, and when they encountered no obstacles, most of them rolled into the valley again.

Roughly set up the camp tent, and the prince first ordered his soldiers to set up a stage in front of the battle, ate a full meal, and staged a play first. Duan Yong listened to the excitement under the mountain, and took Hong Zu's hand to go down to the village to watch. They saw that the person dressed as Guan Gong under the mountain was singing, and they couldn't hear it clearly. Many pro-soldiers only applauded the audience as an audience, and threw melon seed shells on the stage from time to time.

Duan Yong had never seen such a march and battle, and he felt puzzled in his heart. Hong Zu was surprised and said: "Let him pretend to be a ghost, we will ignore him, and send three or five disciples down the mountain to reconnoitre, to see what way the opponent came from?" ”

Duan Yong thought so, and immediately sent three or five minions down the mountain, waiting for an opportunity to spy on intelligence. After a while, the minions came back and told the owner of the village that there were about four or five hundred soldiers under the mountain.

Hong Zu laughed and said, "This is God helping me, and I, Wang Zhengke, can take the opportunity to cause trouble." ”

Duan Yong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked why.

Hong Zu replied: "If it is someone else, I still have to borrow Yin soldiers and use some spells in the Immortal Dao, but the person who came is such a ridiculous prince, and the Immortal Dao can take down his head without a single soldier." The absurd prince is the brother of the current emperor, and if we take down the absurd prince, it is equivalent to cutting off one of his arms, isn't it the capital of the incident? ”

At this time, Duan Yong had been confused by Hong Zu, he didn't know how many catties and taels he had, he thought that he was the true son of heaven, and hurriedly asked for advice on how to use soldiers. Hong Zu waved his hand disappreciably and said, "My king doesn't have to worry, I will go down the mountain and take down the absurd prince with one hand." It is said that the thief will capture the king first, and the absurd prince will be captured, and the other soldiers will naturally disperse in a hurry. ”

Duan Yongxi said: "It's all up to the support of the Immortal Dao. He waved his hand and said to the minions behind him: "Tell the cook, the whole table is exquisite, and tonight will set up a celebration banquet for the immortal dao, and wish the immortal dao a victory." ”

Hong Zu held the gossip mirror in his hand, smiled, and readily agreed.

After singing the play, he and Prince Hongday ordered to bury the pot and make rice. After the soldiers had eaten their fill, he and the prince ordered a hundred soldiers to build fishing nets in front of their stage. Fishing nets were brought out of the palace ready-made. At that time, the soldiers still wondered, what do they do when they march to fight, and they don't bring swords and swords, but a big fishing net? These 100 soldiers didn't know what medicine was sold in the prince's gourd, and they didn't dare to ask, so they just did as the prince ordered. He called a hundred soldiers and dug a huge hole in front of the stage, spread firewood and grass on it, and waited for Hongzu to attack.

Arrange this qiē and sleep well with the prince. On the second day, he still sang on the stage. On this day, he sang "The Empty City Plan" with the prince. Hongday pretended to be Zhuge Liang, with a feather fan on the table, smiling on the stage.

That Hongzu flew down the mountain, and saw that there was only one person on the stage, and the prince was alone, and his heart said that if he doesn't capture the king at this time, when will he capture the king? He was about to rush to the stage to lock up and return to the cottage with the prince, his heart moved, there was not even a spectator in the audience, was there a trick to ambush? He looked around, and sure enough, there was a fishing net hidden on the stage, and the ground seemed to be a trap. Hong Zu stopped, and then repeated his old tricks, picked up a stone, and threw it on the ground. Sure enough, the boulder went down to the pit, and the fishing net on it fell down with a bang, just to pounce on it.

Hong Zu laughed and said to Prince He on the stage: "The carving insect is a little skill, and you still want to arrest my lifeless mother, laughing to death." ”

He Prince He, who played Zhuge Liang, shook slowly with a feather fan in his hand, and the cold winter wax moon was not too cold, but he stood up with a smile and said: "This king is used to using carving insect skills, you see!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the ambush soldiers came out in all directions, and the regiments surrounded Hong Zu. These soldiers did not come closer, but only shot arrows. Hong Zu had nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide, and when he jumped over, he never thought that there was an online net on his head. This is not good, the so-called heaven and earth net, let him be a demon who has attained the Tao, there is nothing to be done at this time. Thanks to his cleverness, he saw that he couldn't escape, so he looked around and saw that the west side of the ambush was faintly revealing the hole. Hong Zu thought that there was no other way at this time, so he had to reluctantly rush out from the west, hide in the hole first, and then wait for an opportunity to escape. Although I thought so, I was still hesitant in my heart. Once he hides in the cave, if the hole is alive, there is a way out of the hole, and he can escape with his life. If the cave is dead, and Hongsun outside orders the smoke and fire to burn, it will be enough for him.

But at this time, there was no other way, Hong Zu held the gossip mirror, the sun shone, first blinded the eyes of the soldiers, and when the other party rubbed his eyes, he jumped into the hole in the ground. It's okay not to enter the hole, but when you enter the hole, you are suddenly surprised. The cave was exactly as he thought, the entrance was dead.

He was worried that Hongtian would use smoke and fire tactics against him, so he hurriedly inspected the cave, and if he could find a water source, he would wet his clothes and cover his mouth and nose, but he was not afraid. He looked around, and saw a knife-like stone hanging from above the cave, and droplets of water dripping from below. Hong Zu secretly shouted good, and said in his heart, the sky will not destroy me, see what you can do with me Hongday?

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement outside, and Hong Zu didn't see any smoke and fire coming in, but listened to the horn blowing and suona sounding, which was very lively. Hong Zu was very strange, slowly approached the entrance of the cave, and saw that the entrance of the cave had actually set up an altar, on which were a number of golden boys and jade female paper figures, and the altar was hung with filial piety curtains on the left and right.

That Hongzhi giggled, lying on the altar, gnawing on the offerings to eat, and from time to time let the soldiers roast chickens, ducks, and pigs, and serve them on the altar after roasting. Hongyang made a sacrifice, and said with words in his mouth: "There is no old mother, there is an old mother, the life is born, the death is dead, reincarnation is fast, and next year it will become an old sow!" ”

Although Hong Zu didn't know what was reading in his mouth, he knew very well that Hongtian was doing a funeral for himself. He secretly scolded in his heart, mother, grandma, just let me watch me die. Hong Zu was furious in his heart, but he didn't have any anger at all, he couldn't rush out, he couldn't beat him, so he had to sit in the cave and wait for death.

Hongtian is also very patient, and does not go into the cave to catch him, but just sings and recites the mantra outside. Three meals a day, five meals just grilled. Hong Zu was starved to death in the cave, and he could only smell the meat, which was very sad.

After almost half a month in this way, Prince Hongday and Prince Hongday ordered his soldiers to enter the cave. At that time, Hongzu was already sitting in the cave and starving to death. (To be continued......)