Chapter 318

The dark clouds in the night sky gathered more and more, and the night grew darker.

The sound of neat footsteps echoed in the streets and alleys, the light of torches jumped, and a military general led thousands of people to surround the Second Prince's Mansion.

The general dismounted and motioned for his subordinates to come and knock on the door.

The gate of the Second Prince's Mansion was closed, and the front door was full of people, but it was quiet and scary, only a slight crackling sound made when the torches burned.

The soldier stepped forward and knocked on the Zhu door with a brass handle, and a dull knock sounded.

No one answered.

The general motioned for the soldiers to continue knocking.

For a long time, there was still no response, and there was a dead silence in the courtyard.

"Second Prince!" The general raised his voice and said, "My subordinates have been ordered to come and ask the second prince to go to the palace for questioning!" ”

After a pause, he raised his voice again, "My subordinates have been ordered to come and invite the second prince to the palace for questioning!" ”

There was still no movement, and the general was about to make people bang on the door, when a faint light lit up inside.

After a while, the side door opened, and a sleepy-eyed person poked his head out, and saw that there were soldiers standing in front of the door, and suddenly he was completely sleepy, "This lord, Your Highness went outside the city tonight, not in the palace." ”

The general didn't seem to hear his words, "Ben General was ordered to come to search the Second Prince's Mansion, and ask the Second Prince to go to the palace to ask, did you open the door yourself, or let Ben General force it open?" ”

The porter saw that the visitor was not good, and his face gradually became unsightly, he stood on the stone steps with his sleeves folded, looking at him condescendingly, quite arrogant, "Little no matter what kind of official you are, it is a big crime to trespass into a private house, not to mention that this is the house of the second prince!" Without the emperor's decree, don't want to let the small one open the door. ”

"When I see the second prince, I will have my own explanation!" The general waved his hand, "Hit!" ”

The porter saw it at first sight, and it was real. Hurriedly jumped back, and before the side door could be closed, it was pushed open by a crowd of soldiers.

The porter jumped like a rabbit to the side of the main courtyard.

The door opens. The tie man rushed in.

At some point, a few more men in black blocked their way.

The men in black stood silently, like ghosts. The murderous aura scattered, frightening the soldiers, and they didn't dare to step forward an inch for a while.

"Cheng Jiang, you dare to break into the prince's mansion!" There was a low cry in the shadows, and a man in black slowly walked out.

The firelight shone brightly, and Cheng Jiang saw the silver crane embroidered on the corner of his clothes at a glance, and his eyes were slightly startled, "Controlling the crane army? ”

"Exactly." If there is no holy decree, if you want to search the mansion and take the second prince away today, unless you step on our corpses! ”

Cheng Jiang knew that most of the masters of the Crane Army could fight against one hundred, so he had to explain patiently, "If there is no holy edict, even if I have the courage to break into the prince's mansion, I hope you understand." ”

"Crane Secret Order." The man held out his hand to him.

The Crane Control Secret Order can mobilize the Crane Control Army, only with this order. Only then can you order the crane army, otherwise it will be useless even if the holy decree comes.

"In that case, don't blame me!" Cheng Jiang said coldly, "If there is a person who dies in the Second Prince's Mansion today. Even if the second prince is not guilty of rebellion, he will be condemned by the world tomorrow! Since you are protecting the second prince, you may wish to think carefully about my words. ”

The crane army is saying without emotion. "Then we don't care, our duty is only to protect the safety of the second prince."

Backyard study.

The young man sat on a round-waisted chair in a gorgeous costume. frowned, and kept fiddling with the jade pendant in his hand. Six staff members sat on the left and right sides in turn.

There was silence in the room for a long time before someone persuaded, "Your Highness, I don't know if you can catch up with Beiying, so let's leave the house quickly!" ”

The boy raised his eyes slightly, and his voice was hoarse, "I won't leave." ”

When he saw that his staff wanted to persuade him again, he said, "It's not that I'm reckless, but I don't want to be a lost dog." You know the methods of the prince, and once I get rid of the existing power, I will definitely be wiped out. Victory or defeat, tonight. ”

"Your Highness!" A person at the door whispered.

"What?" Juvenile Road.

The man hurriedly reported, "There is a crane army in the front yard blocking Cheng Jiang." ”

The young man was slightly surprised, obviously he didn't expect that there would be a crane army to come to help, he thought about it carefully, there has always been a mysterious person by his side secretly pointing, a few nights ago this person told him that the emperor was dying, let him prepare early, and gave some deployment suggestions.

Of course, he didn't listen to it completely, but secretly sent someone to investigate, and also discussed the strategy provided by the mysterious man with his staff, and found that if the holy god really came to the limit, it would be safest to use the method provided by the mysterious man. It's a pity that none of the secret agents he planted in the palace can find out about the situation of the saint, so he can only quietly make some adjustments just in case.

The second prince knew in his heart that the crown prince would definitely not be able to find out the news, otherwise he would not have been without obvious movements.

Until today, I heard that the Crane Control Army was besieging Meihuali on a large scale, wanting to take medicine from Mo Sigui.

Even as the emperor's own sons, they didn't know that the Crane Control Army was no longer the most rearguard line that was only loyal to the emperor and loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, it had already deteriorated, and its foundation was shaken several times, eroded by external forces, and experienced more than one internal power split. Therefore, when a large number of crane control troops went to grab the medicine, the crown prince and the second prince were almost convinced that the emperor was really in critical condition.

Even though every time the mysterious man offered advice, the second prince felt very clever, but he could never fully trust a person who didn't even show his face, so he wouldn't adopt all of his methods, and this time it was the same. And the mysterious man seems to have anticipated this, and even made preparations for remedies early.

Only then did the second prince believe that this person was truly attached to him.

To be able to get such a staff member who is superior in terms of strength, strategy, and martial arts, he was uncontrollable in his heart.

Thinking of this, the second prince's eyes lit up amazingly, and he was even more determined in his thoughts, "Wait, wait until the Beiying Army comes!" ”

In the dark night, Chu Dingjiang sat on the roof of the study and listened to the movement below, looking at the front yard.

In order to confirm the emperor's condition, Chu Dingjiang fought with the eunuch of the martial arts realm, and the skills of the two sides were equal, and they both suffered a slight internal injury during the time they were fighting for half a cup of tea, and finally determined that the emperor was really not good.

However, he finally won the trust of the second prince, and made countless efforts for this day, seeing that as long as he helped the second prince to overcome the difficulties, he could become the best "chess player" in the world, but he had to face a choice.

Although the plotters should not have any worries, Chu Dingjiang was still annoyed by falling into this kind of choice. It's not just a simple choice, it's a clear sign that his plan isn't thorough enough.

This time, Wei Yuzhi took out the hole cards and completely disintegrated and divided the crane control army.

Chu Dingjiang had already expected this day, so he asked Zhu Pianqi to come out to do business in advance, because he also absorbed a lot of power, and once he was separated, he needed money to support him.

These people followed Chu Dingjiang, most of them did not pursue glory and wealth, but hoped that after completing this last task, they would be able to disarm and return to the field and live an ordinary life, Chu Dingjiang naturally wanted to help them prepare a way out. This group of people only accounts for one-fifth of the total number of the crane army.

There is a large number of martial arts and superb crane control troops on that side, and there are a large number of troops on this side, and it is a little difficult to deal with either side alone, and it is impossible to divide the strength of both sides.

Chu Dingjiang looked at the jumping firelight and fell into deep thought, while there was still time, he had to make arrangements in advance.

In the plum blossoms in the night, the plum fragrance is faint.

The fog in the lake was better than during the day, and it was completely impossible to see where the island was, and a hundred crane soldiers were guarding the shore waiting for orders.

More than 20 crane troops slowly advanced to the island by boat with a net made of medicinal herbs.

The killers of the Crane Control Army have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for so many years, and there are many well-informed people, plus there is a special intelligence department, and they soon knew that the island is surrounded by dreams. It's a bit tricky to deal with this psychedelic poisonous flower, but it's not that there is no way, and it's ready to deal with it.

At the beginning, the herbs blocked most of the poisonous gas, but the more than twenty crane control troops did not dare to relax in the slightest, and the boat carefully avoided the Dream Flower Flower.

The deeper they went, the more relaxed they became, and the comfort they had never felt before enveloped their bodies, and some even began to yawn, and many people had a pleasant smile on their faces, and drowsiness hit.

The toxicity of Dream is very wonderful, the poisoned person will first feel relaxed and comfortable, fall asleep, the poison begins to paralyze the central nervous system, the poisoned person hallucinates, even if it does not kill each other, it will still be paralyzed to death in the end.

Sheng Changying, who was standing on a high place and observing, breathed a sigh of relief slightly, it seemed that this was a specially cultivated Dream Hua, and the toxicity was not an ordinary herb that could be solved.

The people on the island took turns to rest, Ling Ziyue and Sheng Changying kept vigil first, and the rest rested on the first floor.

The night passed.

No one broke through the first line of defense and went to the island, and the next day the crane army did not move all day.

An Jiu sat on the roof of the building and looked at the sky, fiddling with feather arrows in his hand.

Sui Yunzhu made dinner and stood in the open space downstairs and shouted, "Fourteen, come down and eat." ”

An Jiu pressed the ridge of the roof and jumped down lightly along the pillar.

"Look!" Lou Xiaowu held the rice bowl and pointed to the sky with chopsticks.

Everyone looked up one after another, and saw a big bird hovering in the sky, and then looked closely, each "big bird" was a person!

"It's a trick that has been handed down from the past." Lou Xiaowu threw away the rice bowl, rushed into the house, took out a gun and stuffed it into An Jiu's hand, and urged, "Ah Jiu, beat them." ”

An Jiu held the gun, glanced at Ling Ziyue, and loaded the bullet.

Lou Xiaowu crossed his waist, with a few grains of rice on his cheeks, and said with relief, "Fortunately, we are smart, we are not afraid of flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water." ”

An Jiu held the gun, and did not pull the trigger for a long time, she was waiting for these people to come within range.

Seeing that the "bird" was circling closer and closer, everyone held their breath and stared, without urging.

Just when the "bird" was about to land, two bangs sounded.

I saw the "big bird" swaying in the sky a few times, spinning like a kite with a broken string, fluttering and falling, and blood spilling like rain. (To be continued......)