At this time, the rebel commander outside the city was in the camp.

Looking at the Liyang County city defense map on the table in front of him, Gong Yuanhao frowned, leaned back on the back of the chair for a long time and sighed, his eyebrows were full of tiredness and anger.

This is a drawing obtained by sacrificing almost all the lives of the meticulous workers in the city, but after these battles, they fully confirmed at a painful price that the deployment on this drawing proves the old saying 'when the truth is fake, the false is also true', so that they can't figure it out at all.

Maybe he was wrong from the start.

Originally, I thought that Liyang County was the weakest place among all the counties leading to the capital, but I didn't expect that the Ninth Princess actually sent Duan Fanghong, a general of Dingyuan who had been on the battlefield for a long time and was good at using troops, to take command, and mobilized the Ziyi Guard, Ning Yuan Army and Shenwu Battalion to support, so that they could not move an inch so far.

He really underestimated the Ninth Princess.

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Gong Yingjie, who had a solemn face, walked in and presented the secret report he had just received to his father with both hands.

"Father, Amu Gulang was exposed and fell into Mo Xuan's secret poison, and the ninth princess had left the Zhou Kingdom more than ten days ago, and her current whereabouts are unknown;

There are also all our hidden piles in the north, all the grain and grass and weapons in the reserve have been destroyed, although Hua Zhiyu transferred a million stone of grain, but before he left Beiyuan County, King Yue led people to intercept it;

In addition, the counties and counties around Jiuyuan County have secretly increased their military defenses, but all the people and their families who have a little relationship with us have almost been secretly arrested and detained by the Ziyi Guard, among which there are some Jianghu sects, and now the imperial court seems to have formed a siege of Jiuyuan County. ”

After whispering the contents of the secret report, Gong Yingjie was full of shock and shame.

Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, the Ninth Princess would ruin Amu Gulang's years of careful planning, if it were him, I am afraid that it would never be possible.

What he didn't expect was that the Ninth Princess had escaped countless assassinations more than ten days ago and returned to China safely, destroying their power in the north while mobilizing troops to surround Jiuyuan County, and they hadn't received the news until now, how could this not make him frightened?

As everyone knows, these news were deliberately revealed by Qingyun and Princess Wuyun, otherwise they would not know the Tao until they died.

took the secret report handed by his son and read it, and then turned into shreds of paper and scattered out of his hands, Gong Yuanhao opened his mouth and was about to say something, but suddenly felt a fishy sweet surge in his throat, and spit out a mouthful of blood, and the defense map on the table suddenly rendered a demonic blood flower, and his face instantly became as white as paper.

"Father......" Gong Yingjie was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward and called anxiously: "Father, how are you?" Someone is coming, pass on the military doctor quickly! ”

Waving his hand to stop his son's panic, Gong Yuanhao glanced at his son, and then at his chest.

Gong Yingjie, who reacted, immediately stood in front of his father, now is an extraordinary time, if the soldiers know that their father is seriously ill, it will definitely affect their morale.

Without looking back, he drank back from the guards who came in immediately after hearing the order, Gong Yingjie took out a small porcelain bottle from his father's chest, poured out a pill and carefully served his father, and after a while, he saw that his father's breathing gradually smoothed out, and although his face was a little pale, he gradually had a trace of blood, so he relaxed slightly.

"Father, are you feeling better?"

"Remnant ......"

Gong Yuanhao wanted to laugh at himself, but when he saw his son's worried and sad eyes, he hurriedly changed his words: "Don't worry, it's much better to be a father." ”

Stretched out his hand to caress his father's back to smooth him, looking at his father's sideburns as if there was a little gray hair, and the whole person was tormented by illness and lost weight rapidly, Gong Yingjie was full of sorrow, and secretly blamed himself for being incompetent and not sharing his father's worries.

Sensing his son's low mood, Gong Yuanhao sighed and said in a deep voice: "Yingjie, I'm sorry for you for my father all these years." ”

Gong Yingjie was stunned when he heard the movements in his hand, and looked at his father's side in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while: "Father, ......"

"Over the years, in order to be my father's long-cherished wish, since I was a child, I have strictly required you to be proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and in order not to arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, I also asked you to hide in order to be a low-key person and do things carefully.

"Father, son, ......" Gong Yingjie's lips moved but he couldn't speak.

Pointing to the chair next to him and motioning for his son to sit down, Gong Yuanhao looked at him and continued: "This is all the fault of the father, the father doesn't want you to experience the hardships of being a father, but I didn't expect this to smooth out your edges and corners, and become angry and unable to hold your breath, but it hurt you." ”

In fact, he knew that his son could be regarded as an outstanding young talent, but the affluent life of fine clothes and food since he was a child had consumed his son's heart and fighting spirit.

"No, it's not my father's fault, it's all my son's incompetence!" Gong Yingjie lowered his head and said ashamedly: "My son is several years older than the Ninth Princess, but he is not as smart and wise as the Ninth Princess, and he is decisive in killing, and even has insight into the opportunity to secretly strategize, thinking about everything, and the son has disappointed his father." ”

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Gong Yuanhao's lips: "A woman like the Ninth Princess...... It's one of a kind! ”

should have known a long time ago, how could the daughters of those two be mediocre?

Sima Shengrui (Emperor Huiwen's name), how many lifetimes of blessing have you cultivated to get the love of the world's first beauty? And such a smart daughter?

After several months of secret investigation, he finally found some clues that proved that the ninth princess was indeed Sima Shengrui's biological daughter.

It's just that why Sima Shengrui deceived the people of the world to accept the ninth princess as a righteous daughter, he doesn't know.

"It's not even as good as a woman, and the son has disgraced his father." Gong Yingjie still hung his head, and his hands on his lap clenched his knuckles and turned white.

Putting away his grievances and looking at his dejected son, Gong Yuanhao sighed: "Yingjie knows that in the heart of a father, you have always been the best son, and your mind and strategy are not inferior to half of the ninth princess, but you will have some shortcomings if you lack experience;

And the reason why the Nine Princesses have today's outstanding wisdom and ability, in addition to their own talents, is also because the Nine Princesses have been withered since childhood, even if they have Sima Shengrui's favor, the hardships they have endured in the palace are definitely very incomparable, coupled with Sima Shengrui's careful teaching, every year they will take the Nine Princesses to visit privately, and their experience is naturally too rich;

Although suffering can exercise a person's will, but the father never wants you to experience this experience, can you understand the hard work of the father? ”

Regarding the fact that the ninth princess is Sima Shengrui's biological daughter, he doesn't want to tell his son for the time being, first, because there is no conclusive evidence, and second, he is afraid that his son will act impulsively.

Hearing his father's affirmation of himself for the first time, Gong Yingjie's mood can be imagined, looking at his father's pupils with a layer of mist, he nodded heavily and said, "My son understands!" Father has always loved his son! ”

Before Zhilu Dao's father wanted to regain the throne, in addition to some hard work when learning Wen Taowu, he really lived more relaxed and comfortable than the prince and those powerful children, compared to the ninth princess who lost her parents at the age of one, faced countless conspiracies and tricks day and night in the palace, several times his life hung by a thread, and he had to endure cold poison every month, he was really happy, so he was ashamed of his failure to share his father's worries.

"Maybe it's because of your father's excessive love for you that it hurts you." Gong Yuanhao's face was still a little pale and full of worry and gloom: "If it weren't for this dilapidated body, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to die with regret, my father wouldn't have started in such a hurry, and you wouldn't have faced this bloody killing, and it might even be ...... In the end, it was your father who hurt you. ”

"Father, don't say that, it's the son who is not filial and can't share the hardships for his father, but please rest assured, after getting back what belongs to us, the son will definitely look for the world's famous doctors to heal his father, and his father will definitely live a long life!"

Blinking his eyes and removing the water in his eyes, Gong Yingjie said firmly: "In the future, my son will still be in charge of the country, so this little ordeal is nothing at all." ”

"Good! You are indeed a good son of this king, and this king is really an old man! Looking at his high-spirited son, Gong Yuanhao smiled heartily, but he didn't want to be affected by the chronic illness, so he kept coughing.

Seeing this, Gong Yingjie hurriedly got up, reached out and patted his father's back, and said with concern: "Father, let's ask the military doctor to take a look?" ”

Waving his hand, Gong Yuanhao took a few deep breaths, and didn't look at his son until his cough stopped and his breath stabilized, and said: "My father's body knows it well, and those military doctors are just prescribing some decoctions that can slightly delay my father's condition, and they can't play any practical role." ”

Seeing that his son's eyes were red and he opened his mouth to say something, Gong Yuanhao waved his hand again: "Sit down, my father has something to tell you to do." ”

Gong Yingjie sat back in his chair as he said.

"If this king's prediction is correct, the ninth princess should be in the palace in the city at this moment." Gong Yuanhao's eyes flashed with a cold light and murderous aura: "Tonight, this king will take advantage of the siege of the city to order someone to sneak into the palace to assassinate the nine princesses, and you will take advantage of the chaos to take a thousand guards to leave the secret passage and go to the capital immediately!" ”

"How can this be? Now is an extraordinary time, and my father's body is ...... again How could the son leave at this time? Gong Yingjie shook his head again and again.

"It's because it's an extraordinary time that this king wants you to leave!"

Gong Yuanhao's fierce words made Gong Yingjie's face pale, and he pursed his lips and looked at his father in a daze, Gong Yuanhao's heart softened: "This king knows that you are filial, but the ninth princess has already arrived in Liyang County, and has formed a siege of Jiuyuan County, this king can't sit still, do you understand?" ”

"My son understands!" Gong Yingjie quickly realized: "It's just that what is my son doing in the capital?" ”