Southern Xinjiang –

After successfully recapturing the four cities on the northern line of Boku, Leng Qingtang led the army of the Celestial Empire to enter the Qingche City and joined the teams of Ji Yaoguang and Yihuan.

In the next five days, Leng Qingtang brought a counselor who was proficient in the Boku language to negotiate with the envoys of the country, and took the captured commanders and soldiers of the Boku army as hostages, and the two sides exchanged words and words several times, clearly stipulating the amount of money that the country would redeem the prisoners and pay to Dayi, and asking the other party to write clearly on the surrender letter.

On the other hand, Leng Qingtang also rewarded his meritorious deeds in the light car city, and allocated a sufficient amount of spoils, gold and silver to reward his generals and Ji Yaoguang's team.

Ji Yaoguang refused the 100,000 taels of gold and silver as a remuneration, and only asked that when she traveled goods at sea in the future, Lord Leng relied on her network to provide her with a convenient and unimpeded shipping line.

Leng Qingtang naturally did not refuse her.

After that, Ji Yaoguang led her pirate team to leave by boat, and the army also returned to Guangxi in batches.

The old Tusi who had jurisdiction over the affairs of the Yunnan Border Yamen died in the war, and according to the law, his son-in-law inherited the position of Tusi.

Not long after, the Dayi court sent a eunuch to arrive at the administrative yamen set up on the border between the two countries, and read out the edict of Concubine Xiao on the matter of the newcomer Ren Tusi, and finally brought Leng Qingtang and others the news that the emperor and queen had died and that the edict of succession to the throne by King Chen had been revealed to the world.

Leng Qingtang had a "buzz" in his head, and he was stunned on the spot.

King Chen Hua Nanxin succeeded to the throne, how is this possible?

No one in the world knows that he is a fool!

asked the eunuch Liu Gonggong about the reason, and was told that as early as a year ago, King Chen was struck by thunder and lightning on a rainy night, and when he woke up, the whole person magically became normal.

Leng Qingtang couldn't believe it at all, this was just nonsense!

His face was pale, although he contained cold anger, he was helpless in his heart.

Only one step away, only one step away!

At that time, in order to ambush the army, he resolutely made a plan for Queen Qian's sinister intentions. Unexpectedly, when he led the army to conquer the south, there was a big incident in the capital.

It was the sinister person who deliberately hid behind him to strategize, and deliberately blocked the news when the incident happened, so that Dongchang even had a small number of arrest forces in the Yunnan realm, and he could not receive the news of the capital in the fastest time and secretly reported it to him.

At this time, the man's back was already dripping with cold sweat, his heart was burning with anger and remorse, and it was extremely lively with ups and downs.

It's a pity that I'm really smart and confused for a while, I hunt geese every year, and this year I was pecked by the geese.

He forbearably planned for more than ten years, and he was about to turn the game around and control the world under his palm, and finally ended up planting his own trees and others enjoying the shade.

The hateful person in Leng Qingtang now is King Chen Hua Nanxin, who hates that his perfect disguise technique can deceive himself and Yu Xuanji.

While his face was blue and he gritted his teeth silently, Leng Qingtang couldn't help but worry about the current situation of Yuxuanji and Dongchang.

With his intuition, he knew that the deaths of Emperor Jingxiao and Empress Qian were anything but unusual, and they would definitely not be killed by the disciples of the Ten Thousand Dao Hall as the eunuch Xuan Zhi made lightly.

At this time, both Yuxuanji and Dongchang were already in an extreme crisis.

The person who made him feel restless the most was Yunxi, she and Concubine Yu in the palace were like sisters, if something happened in the palace, she would not be able to stay, hoping that she would not cause any trouble.

Next, the eunuch read out another edict, asking Leng Qingtang to board the ship from Qiongyang with him on a certain day, and go to Kunhuang Island and Dongchang in Weihai to find out the secrets of the underground palace for the imperial court as soon as possible.

As soon as he returned to the house, Leng Qingtang paced back and forth, and the two heads and the general flag looked at each other, and they were also worried, and everyone really couldn't wait to board the boat and return to Weihai to meet Cheng Qianhu and others.

The sound of the "tuk, tuk" door outside is not too loud, enough to attract the attention of the people in the house.

"Who?"

Leng Qingtang's eyes locked tightly on the black shadow cast on the door, and asked in a deep voice, with the customary

Wary.

"Official, the little one is from the east."

Seeing a specially-shaped hand shadow reflected on the door paper, Leng Qingtang immediately understood that it was his own person, and the special joint code words and gestures were proof.

The seventh gear head quickly opened the door, and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man outside the door.

He was the attendant who came with the eunuch who had decreed it.

The man entered the house and tore off the mask, knelt down and said:

"The subordinate is the fifth secret guard of the East Factory in the capital, and he has seen the cold overlord."

"Get up."

Seeing his subordinates, Leng Qingtang suddenly seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, his irritable mood calmed down, and he personally helped the person up, his eyes were shining:

"Tell me quickly, is there any news in the capital?"

The dark guard's eyes sank, and he said frankly:

"Back to the Governor, more than ten days ago at night, the 100,000-strong army of Gyeonggi suddenly surrounded the palace and exterminated thousands of disciples of the Ten Thousand Dao Hall on the grounds of King Qin, and even Wenren Junzheng was not spared.

When his subordinates disguised themselves and left Beijing, the heads of Wenren and several big disciples had been hanging under the gate of Yangfangkou for many days......"

Sure enough, the matter is far from being as simple as Grandpa Liu said. Without the emperor's gold medal tiger talisman, how could the Gyeonggi army enter the palace? ”

Leng Qingtang's heart shook violently, and he suddenly thought of something in a daze, and hurriedly asked:

"Where is the national teacher now?"

The dark guard shook his head with a bitter face:

"After the suppression of the disciples of Wandaotang, King Chen and Concubine Xiao took control of the government, and called the national teacher a demon to the outside world.

Leng Qingtang's face was gloomy, and he only breathed a sigh of relief, and his cold fingers touched his forehead:

"Okay, arresting everywhere at least means that the person is still alive, and he should have successfully escaped......"

The Darkguard continued:

"At present, the situation in the capital is very chaotic, and Concubine Xiao has completely banned many privileges of Dongchang on the grounds of national mourning, and the actions of the secret guards are greatly restricted.

After racking his brains to come up with an idea, he sent his subordinate Yi Rong to escort the proclamator into Yunnan as an attendant, and took the opportunity to bring the news to you, the overseer.

The overseer, this time the capital is already a land of tigers and wolves, and Concubine Yu told her that the overseer and Miss Yun must not return to the capital again. ”

Leng Qingtang's long eyelashes trembled, and his expression became nervous again:

"Isn't Yunxi in the East Factory?"

"When the old emperor was alive, he once issued an edict to send Dongchang to Kunhuang Island to inspect the construction project of Sendai. Miss Yun has already gone to Weihai with Cheng Qianhu and the first, second, and third times. ”

As for the little girl's initial trickery and sneaking out of the East Factory, the secret guard did not want to mention it to the Overseer.

Leng Qingtang's lip line pursed and thought for a moment:

"Everyone is in Weihai, so it seems that this governor must set off to join Cheng Qianhu as soon as possible."

"Overseer......"

The guard's eyes widened in shock, and the look of panic was clearly engraved on his face.

Leng Qingtang frowned and waved his hand:

"Don't worry, even for the sake of our Dongchang Governor, we will take the risk of going back, and we will never turn our backs on the brothers. The map of Kunhuang Island is now in the hands of Dongchang, and King Chen wants the governor to go to the island to explore the underground palace, so he should not be in a hurry to harm the governor.

In any case, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains, the Governor decided to go for a visit. This time you have worked hard, you have to be careful to follow Gonggong Liu these days, if it is not necessary, do not contact the governor again, and return to Beijing cautiously. ”

Darkguard Creeping Land:

"Thank you for the mercy of the governor, and my subordinates will retire."

When the door was opened, the guard glanced around a few times, and then dodged out of the night.

——

Two days later, the wind and the sun were beautiful, Leng Qingtang and the team of the eunuchs of the Xuanzhi went out of the Yunnan Tusi Administrative Yamen together, led the team to Guangxi, and turned back to Qiongyang Haikou according to the way they came.

The eunuch was ordered to take people on board a lucky ship, and placed Dongchang and 10,000 Jinyi guards on twelve ships, and marched to Weihai together.

The lights on the lucky boat were bright, and several guards and eunuchs were eating and drinking around the table to play money.

Throwing the last horse tag in his hand, the eunuch of the decree smiled with both eyes, and happily slapped the table and shouted:

"Win, win, our family won, give the money quickly!"

There was a circle of sighs next to him:

"Oh, Grandpa Liu's recent errand has been done well, and his luck is so good, how much he won us in one night."

"That's it, when we return to Beijing, the new emperor will definitely reward your father-in-law a lot when he ascends the throne. It seems that the position of the celebrant is yours. ”

"yes. When we came out, I heard that the second-in-command of the celebrant had died of violence, and there was one less right-hand man of Leng Qingtang. ”

There was a burst of laughter around them.

In the corner of the small pavilion, a man dressed as a forbidden servant swept the ugly faces on the table, his fists clenched, his heart was as distressed as a knife, and the pain was deeper into his bones.

The eunuch surnamed Liu lazily leaned on the back of the chair, waiting for everyone to shuffle the cards and asked the people around him:

"By the way, have we done what we told you?"

The man laughed crookedly, and said in a scornful voice:

"Father-in-law, you can put 10,000 hearts, when you entered Yunnan, the people we stayed behind had already done tricks and feet on the twelve ships, and they also released all the termites. Let's just touch it for a day or two, and their fleet can't help it. ”

There was another foul laugh in the cabin.

The secret guard disguised as a close attendant looked anxious, and a face under the mask gradually leaked beads of sweat.

It must be told to Lord Leng as soon as possible......

Turning around and hurrying away, he wanted to get out of the cabin and was seen by a person at the table, and asked:

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Untie ......"

The Dark Guard bowed his head and lied.

Gonggong Liu glanced at him:

"Lazy donkey, lazy_ a lot of urine, go and come back quickly."

"Yes."

The Dark Guard pushed the door open and hurried up the stairs.

After taking a few steps, he suddenly stumbled under his feet, and his entire body was turned high by a force of gravity, and then he fell down the stairs on his back.

The dark guard stepped forward and landed steadily, hurriedly seeing the noise around him, shaking violently.

——

"Lord Leng, there is a storm on the sea right now, please stand with your backs to the wooden pavilion and find a strong support to hold on."

On the building ship where Leng Qingtang was, a crew member boarded the Accord on the third floor and said urgently to Leng Qingtang and his subordinates.

"Got it, thank you for your loyalty."

Leng Qingtang thanked the crew, and leaned against the four corners of the Accord with his fingers, grasping the beautifully decorated carved panes with his ten fingers.

The sea was pitch black, and the sharp lightning tore through the sky, and the brilliance shimmered white, illuminating the waves that were darker and darker, and tumbling like ink.

The skyline thundered and roared, as if it were exploding above people's heads, and the door of the Accord opened and closed.

The swaying of the hull made the fourth and seventh gears unstable, and when they fell, they encountered a bump through the clouds, and the two then collided together.

The crew of Fang Cai ran back with a pale face, and his voice was anxious:

"The big thing is not good, the bottom warehouse is flooded, and the building ship is afraid that it will not be able to hold on. The first mate is unloading the dragon boat at sea, Governor, you and the blockers should hurry up and get on the boat. ”

Leng Qingtang was shocked, and the terrifying feeling he had never felt before seemed to be like a cool ghost hand climbing into his heart, causing him to be unable to breathe, and his whole body was cold to the bone.

In the clouds, he was held by the two blockers, and all the way to the swaying ground, he escaped from the Accord with difficulty, and went down the stairs to the deck.

The rain was pouring down, and the voices were buzzing.

With the limited light of lightning, Leng Qingtang saw the undulating dragon boats in the turbulent seawater, densely packed, and the dozen or so not far away were already full of brocade guards.

The high waves rushed by, and a building boat was thrown high into the air like a dead leaf, and then reversed, leaning over and slowly falling into the deep bottom of the ocean.

The wreckage of the ship's planks stirred the tiny man and swirled wildly in the current, and the faint cry of despair was finally drowned out by the waves.

Leng Qingtang looked at it worriedly, and he didn't care about being hit by the heavy rain.

He knew that there were only nine dragon boats on each huge building boat for first aid purposes, and one could hold up to 20 people.

The dragon boats on all the buildings and boats together are not enough for all his 10,000 guards to board.

The iron fist slammed into the strings of the ship, Leng Qingtang was furious, and shouted loudly:

"Isn't there a single one of Ben's fleets that can survive the storm? Those dragon boats alone aren't enough—"

The first mate grabbed the rope of the suspended dragon boat with both hands, and urged in the rain:

"My Lord Overseer, you can't control anyone else at the moment, hurry up and get on the boat!"

"Overseer, let's go!"

The two heads and the general flag were so anxious that they were sweating all over their bodies, and the wet water stains kept flowing down their cheeks, and they couldn't tell the difference between sweat and rain.

The two of them set up Leng Qingtang's arms and dragged them onto the dragon boat, and the first mate and the sailors all went up, so they worked together to unload the rope and let the dragon boat float on the ocean.

The general flag of Jinyi Wei protects the overseer, and the two heads lead the guards to prop up the oars and keep paddling, and quickly open the maximum distance from the boat.

I don't know when the ship will sink into the sea, if it is too close, if it capsizes, the people on their dragon boat will be stoned to death.

Leng Qingtang sat in the dragon boat that went up and down, only to feel that his heart was stuffy, and he felt a strong feeling of wanting to vomit.

Stunned, he saw a lucky boat passing in front of the dragon boat.

Leng Qingtang took a few deep breaths, suppressed the nausea and dull feeling in his chest, put his hands to his lips and shouted:

"Father-in-law Liu, quickly ask the people of this governor to board your ship."

Figures swayed on the deck, and a group of people gathered in the corner of the ship's strings, their wicked faces shaken by lightning.

One of them shouted:

"Lord Leng Duke, run away. They have bad intentions and have done something on both the building boat and the dragon boat! ”

Leng Qingtang was frightened, and when he heard the voice, that person was the fifth secret guard who had reported to him.

A bolt of lightning split the sky, and in the light, Leng Qingtang could see that the man was pressed against the string of the boat by the inverted scissors, and the cold blade was on his neck at this moment.

On the side, the eunuch Liu Gonggong smiled sinisterly:

"Lord Leng Duke, offended, he's your person, right? Now that you know the whole thing, we don't have much to hide. It's the boss who wants you to die, and our family doesn't dare to act without being ordered! Come on, feed him to the fish! ”

The thin voice gave the order, and the red light splashed everywhere.

The secret guard had his throat cut by the blade, and his unwilling eyes looked straight at Leng Qingtang, and in an instant, his body fell into the sea and was sunk by a wave.

"Brute—"

Leng Qingtang scolded, his heart ached and angry, his eyes widened, and he was dyed red by the blood of his subordinates.

Seeing the harsh and gloomy laughter, the lucky boat raised its sails and rode away in the wind, and Leng Qingtang was stunned on the dragon boat.

In his ears, Shi Lei's shout was urgent:

"Overseer, the dragon boat is also in the water."

Leng Qingtang lowered his head when he heard the sound, and saw that the water under his feet was like a pour, and the turbid sea water was pouring into the boat from the gap in the plank, and it disappeared over everyone's feet in an instant.

The boiling tide came from all directions again, and the high waves of the mountain broke out of the sea like a behemoth and slammed head-on into the dragon boat.

The dragon boat was like a fragile artemisia grass that broke in two in an instant, and then was sucked in by the whirlpool......