Chapter Twenty-Four: The Sword Goes Sideways

"Wei Qing?" The moon shadow was hazy, and in the night, Gongsun Ao couldn't really see it, and shouted tentatively.

When Gongsun Ao approached him, Wei Qing had already distinguished, and stopped his steps and responded: "Brother Gongsun!" ”

"It's really you!" Gongsun Ao approached, saw Wei Qing and several eunuchs together, and couldn't help asking, "Where are you going so late?" ”

Hearing this, Wan Lu looked at Wei Qing with a weak heart, and at the same time glanced at the two strong men behind him, only to see Wei Qing smile slightly: "The queen's palace in the great Changqiu has come to Zhaoyang Hall to pass on His Majesty's message, and Xuanwei Qingjiao Hall will see you!" ”

Your Majesty's dictation? Gongsun Ao doubted in his heart, he had just come from the Chengming Palace, and the holy driver was still there at that time, why did he suddenly go to the Jiaofang Palace, and let the great Changqiu of the Jiaofang Hall come to pass on the message? Doubts arose, Gongsun Ao saw that the two eunuchs behind Wei Qing were sturdy, although they were dressed as eunuchs, but their demeanor was not like that of eunuchs, his heart suddenly sank, and he was about to ask what was going on, but he saw Wei Qing secretly shook his head, Gongsun Ao gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Since it is summoned by His Majesty, it cannot be delayed!" ”

"That's right!" Wan Lu hurriedly said, "Guard, Your Majesty is still waiting, don't miss the hour." ”

Wei Qing looked at Gongsun Ao and said, "Wei Qing is one step ahead!" With that, as Wan Lu stepped into the vast night. When the people walked away, Gongsun Ao hurriedly ran to the Zhaoyang Palace.

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"Please pass Wei Ji, Weiyang Palace Soldier Wei Gongsun Ao asks to see!" Outside the Zhaoyang Palace, Gongsun Ao asked the soldiers of the guards to pass it on, but the night was dark, and it was the palace guards who asked to see the concubines of the inner court, and the guards were embarrassed: "I'm afraid that Wei Ji has already rested at this hour, so you better come back tomorrow!" ”

Gongsun Ao hurriedly said: "I can't wait for tomorrow, Wei Qing is in danger, please hurry up!" ”

As soon as the soldier heard that Wei Qing's safety was at stake, he hurriedly responded: "You wait here!" After that, he turned around and entered the palace, and soon saw the soldier with a palace maid hurriedly walked out of the hall, and the palace maid said to Gongsun Ao: "You are Gongsun Guard, please come with me!" ”

Gongsun Ao saluted, followed the palace maid and walked into the hall quickly, Wei Zifu was already waiting in the hall, only to see her belly as big as a fight, looking anxious, Gongsun Ao couldn't help shouting: "Zifu! Since he said goodbye to Fangdian, he had thought countless times about the circumstances under which he would see her again, but he never thought that this day would come so suddenly, and he couldn't help but feel an unspeakable feeling in his heart.

"Brother Gongsun!" Wei Zifu greeted her, how could she not know Gongsun Ao's affection for her back then, but because of fate, she could only let him down after all, "What's wrong with Wei Qing?" There was no time to tell anything else, Wei Zifu hurriedly asked.

Looking at the person in front of him, Gongsun Ao hurriedly gathered all his chaotic thoughts, and responded: "Zifu, I met Wei Qing on the side of the road just now, and I saw him with Da Changqiu of Jiaofang Palace, saying that His Majesty wanted to see Wei Qing. But before meeting Wei Qing, the holy driver should have been in the Chengming Palace, how could he go to the Jiaofang Hall in a short time and order someone to summon him? ”

Wei Zifu's face became more and more uneasy when he heard this, and Gongsun Ao continued: "I secretly observed the eunuchs accompanying Jiaofang Palace, and found that their demeanor and demeanor were not like those in the palace, and looking at Wei Qing's situation, it seems that they are also being coerced, I am worried about Wei Qing's safety, so I hurriedly came to discuss with you." ”

Gongsun Ao's words made Wei Zifu anxious, she didn't know how Jiaofangdian's means were, depending on the situation, she must have come to take Wei Qing away this time, but how to get Wei Qing involved, Wei Zifu couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, fortunately, he met Gongsun Ao on the road, otherwise... Wei Zifu didn't dare to think about it.

"Thank you, brother!" Wei Zifu touched his hand to his forehead, saluted and thanked, "If it weren't for my brother to come and tell me, Wei Qing would be in danger!" ”

"Zifu, don't be like this, I am like a brother to Wei Qing, now that he is in danger, what should I do?" Gongsun Ao hurriedly bowed down and saluted in return, and asked eagerly.

Wei Zifu frowned and thought about it, and said: "Don't hide it from my brother, Jiaofang Hall and I have always had a dislike, Wei Qing is only afraid of bad luck and bad luck, and now the only one who can save Wei Qing is Your Majesty!" ”

"Good!" Gongsun Ao turned around and said, "I'll go to Your Majesty!" ”

"Wait!" Wei Zifu called out to Gongsun Ao, and said to the palace maid beside him: "Caixi, you hurry up to Chengming Hall to find Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to go to Jiaofang Hall to save Wei Qing!" ”

"No!" Cai Xi took the order and left in a hurry, and Wei Zifu said to Gongsun Ao: "Brother, Zifu still has something to ask my brother for help!" ”

Gongsun Ao said: "What else is there, son-in-law, you can come as you say." ”

"Wei Qing has entered the Jiaofang Palace, I don't know what the current situation is, and I ask my brother to rush to the Jiaofang Palace, if Wei Qing is in danger, please try to save my brother!" Thinking of Chen Ajiao forcing herself to drink the pot of tea before, Wei Zifu shuddered in his heart, this Chen Ajiao acted recklessly, Wei Qing didn't know what would happen in Jiaofang Palace.

"Good!" Gongsun Ao responded, "You are waiting for news here, I will go to Jiaofang Palace!" ”

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The lamps in the Jiaofang Hall were shining, and Gillian was bowing her head and contemplating.

Mother's words are not unreasonable, it is easy to kill Wei Qing, but it is difficult to make Liu Che change his mind, instead of killing Wei Qing with a knife, it is better to hold him in his hands and control Wei Zifu, wouldn't it be better to make her a marionette? Just thinking about it, Wan Lu took Wei Qing into the palace: "Queen, the old slave brought Wei Qing here!" ”

Wei Qing raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that Liu Che was not in the palace, so he asked, "Da Changqiu sent an order to His Majesty to summon him, why didn't he see His Majesty?" ”

Gillian sneered when she heard this: "You are just a guard, how can Your Majesty summon you, it is this palace that wants to see you!" ”

Wei Qing saw that it was a noble woman sitting in the hall who spoke, and heard Wan Lu call herself the queen, and said in his heart that this person should be Chen Ajiao, so he bowed his head and asked, "I don't know what happened when the queen summoned her at night?" ”

Seeing that Wei Qing was neither humble nor arrogant, Gillian sneered, got up and said: "You are not afraid of danger, your sister is against this palace, and the palace can only make you angry, if you want to blame, blame you for being a good sister!" After that, he said to Wan Lu: "Change his clothes for him and send him out of the palace!" ”

"Empress, if you act like this, if Your Majesty knows..."Wei Qing hurriedly said when he saw this, but before he finished speaking, he was covered by the strong man behind him with something and suddenly fainted.

"Save it! So much nonsense when death is on the verge of death! Wan Lu scolded fiercely, pointed to the wooden box on the side and said to the strong man: "Hurry up and change his clothes, stuff them in the box and transport them out of the palace." ”

"Good!" The strong man answered, took off the clothes in the Weiqing Palace, changed into the ordinary coarse cloth shirt in the market, and then tied his hands and feet and threw them into the box.

"The carriage has been prepared, out of the Jiaofang Palace, the apse is the North Palace Gate, the palace has changed its own person, you take him out of the palace immediately." Gillian said to Wan Lu.

"No!" Wan Lu answered.

"Also, have you seen Wei Qing all the way over?" Gillian asked again uneasily.

Wan Lu said: "The old slave is doing things, the queen can rest assured." Then he sneered, "What if someone sees Wei Qing coming to the Jiaofang Palace?" The legs are long on Wei Qing's body, can the old slave still look at him? ”

Gillian nodded and said, "That's what I said!" When this matter is done, this palace will be rewarded! ”

"Thank you, Queen!" Wan Lu's heart was overjoyed when he heard this, and he said to the two strong men, "Go!" ”

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It was already the end of the day, the Jiaofang Hall was heavy, and there was no noise in sight, and Gongsun Ao was anxious. Although he stunned a soldier of the Jiaofang Palace and took his waist card, but the Jiaofang Palace is so big, where is Wei Qing?

As he was walking around, he saw two little eunuchs whispering, "Why is there an extra carriage at the entrance of the apse?" "Who knows, I've stopped there for a while, this Da Changqiu is doing things, let's leave it alone!" "No, let's pretend we didn't see each other..."

The speaker had no intention, but Gongsun Ao was shocked when he heard it, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly pulled out his legs and went to the apse.

As soon as I arrived at the apse, I heard a voice, "Quick, bring the box in!" Gongsun Ao hid to the side, only to see two eunuchs carrying a large wooden box into the carriage, and the one who commanded on the side was the Jiaofang Hall Dachangqiu Wanlu who met on the road.

"Not good!" Gongsun Ao's heart sank, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed forward and asked loudly: "Da Changqiu, where is Wei Qingren?" ”

Wan Lu suddenly rushed out of a person, and was suddenly taken aback, and after he carefully saw the person clearly, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, isn't this the guard he just met on the road, how could he be in the Jiaofang Palace? In a panic, he couldn't help but shout: "Who are you?" How will it be here? ”

Gongsun Ao said: "I am Gongsun Ao, the soldier of Weiyang Palace, dare to ask Da Changqiu, where is Wei Qingren?" ”

"Bold!" Wan Lu said sharply, "A small Weiyang Palace guard dares to speak like this, take it down for me!" After that, the two strong men behind him immediately approached Gongsun Ao, Gongsun Ao saw that the person who came was fierce and knew that he was not an opponent, so he hurriedly retreated, took out the waist whistle between dodging left and right, and blew sharply into the distance.

This whistle was originally used as a guard in the palace city, and if the whistle sounded in danger during the patrol, the soldiers would follow the sound, and at this time the night was quiet, and the whistle sounded loudly, and the soldiers in the vicinity heard the sound and hurried towards the apse. Seeing this, Wan Lu's anxious eight claws were disturbed, and he hurriedly said to the two strong men: "Hurry up! Hurry up and send Wei Qing out first! ”

When the strong man heard this, he turned around and ran to the carriage, as soon as Gongsun Ao heard that Wei Qing was in the car, he hurriedly ran up to pull the carriage, and the strong man who rushed over suddenly kicked Gongsun Ao and kicked him out, "Drive!" The carriage then headed towards the North Palace Gate.

"Wei Qing!" Gongsun Ao got up, stumbled behind to catch up, and saw that he was about to fall to the ground when he was about to fall to the ground, and suddenly there was a voice in front of him, "Your Majesty has arrived!" Gongsun Ao looked at it from a distance, and saw Yang proudly running in front of the imperial chariot, shouting loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has finally arrived! Gongsun Ao breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, the soldiers who rushed over also stopped the carriage, Gongsun Ao rushed forward and said on the ground: "Your Majesty! Please save Wei Qing from Your Majesty! ”

Liu Che got down from the imperial chariot, looked at Gongsun Ao lying on the ground and asked, "You are Gongsun Ao?" Where are Wei Qingren? ”

Gongsun Ao replied prostrately: "Back to Your Majesty, the subordinate is Gongsun Ao, the soldier of Weiyang Palace, and Wei Qing is in the carriage in front!" ”

Liu Che's face was like frost when he heard this, his eyes looked at the carriage not far away, and he said to Yang proudly: "Go over and take a look!" ”

Yang proudly agreed, and hurriedly ran over, and after a while, the soldiers escorted the two fake eunuchs on the carriage over, looking at the two people who were trembling and shrinking on the ground, Liu Che asked, "Where is Wei Qing?" ”

Yang De thought that the two of them were too frightened to answer, so he stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty asked you, what about the people you arrested?" ”

The two of them trembled when they heard this, pointed to the big wooden box carried by the soldiers, and said, "Just... It's inside. ”

"Open it up!" Liu Che hurriedly ordered someone to open the box, and when he saw Wei Qing, who was stunned by his hands and feet tied in the box, Liu Che was furious and couldn't stop talking: "It's the opposite!" It's the other way around! ”

Wan Lu, who was not far away, looked at all this, and collapsed to the ground like mud in fright, muttering to himself, "It's over... It's all over..."