"Didn't that juggler leave the palace early? Why are their people still here? What do they want to do hiding in the back mountains? ”

Song Qi's palms continued to break out in cold sweat, and this series of questions, like a mallet, hit his mind and made him a little dizzy.

Although Song Qi has no direct relationship with the guards of the imperial city, but the news from Shuntianmen, as the prince, he can still get it, according to the report of Tao Yong, the general of the tiger wing guard of Shuntianmen, the people of the acrobatic troupe have left the imperial city at the end of the night, and he also personally counted the personnel and items, and there is no omission. If that's the case, then why are their people still here?

Song Qi pondered as he listened carefully to the conversation between Song Lin and the woman.

I saw the woman in red fur gently saluted Song Lin and said, "Gu Xinglian see His Royal Highness King Xin." ”

Song Lin waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, you just need to tell me, what are you going to do when you come in?" ”

"We're here to help His Highness King Shin." Gu Xinglian smiled lightly.

"Help me?" Song Lin frowned slightly, "Help me with what?" ”

I saw Xing Lian move the lotus step lightly, and slowly walked in front of Song Lin and said, "We are specially here to help His Royal Highness King Xin seize the throne!" ”

"Take the throne!" Song Lin was shocked, "Are you trying to rebel?" ”

Song Qi, who was eavesdropping in the dark on the side, was also trembling after hearing this, and was so shocked that he almost fell off the tree, but fortunately he held on to the trunk of the tree to support him.

I only heard Gu Xingpian say: "Your Highness is laughing, you are the heir of His Majesty, the heir to the orthodox throne, how can you call it a rebellion?" It is reasonable for His Highness to ascend the throne. ”

"Impossible!" Song Lin waved his sleeves suddenly, "Although my father has only succeeded to the throne for three years, in the past three years, the Great Chu State has always been smooth and peaceful. Why should I be opposed? In what name do I raise this anti-flag? What's more, this king is now in power, the crown prince is weak, and the position of the prince will fall into my hands sooner or later, and the world will not be mine in the end. I ask you, if you rebel, what good will it do me if you are not rightly named and unspeakable? ”

"Is that really the case? His Royal Highness," Gu Xinglian said as he stared at Song Lin's eyes, "That little woman has a few questions she wants to ask Your Highness." ”

"Just say it."

"Your Royal Highness King Xin, you just said that sooner or later the position of the prince will be yours. But as far as I know, today's saints have no intention of abolishing the prince, no matter how big the prince's mistakes are, they are just punishments and cuts. If the Holy One really had this intention, Your Highness, you would have taken his place a long time ago, why are you still just a prince today? ”

Song Lin said: "I'm just saying that it will be sooner or later, Your Majesty will know one day that I am the best candidate to inherit the throne!" ”

"Hehehehe······"

As soon as Song Lin's words fell, Gu Xinglian laughed "hehehe" and trembled.

"What's so funny?" Song Lin's anger rose sharply, and he asked with rebuke.

Xing Lian raised his head and looked at Song Lin: "I just laughed at Your Highness, but you are still obsessed." What you said just now, someone once said to the saint in person, if I remember correctly, it was the former official Lang Huaxun, who said to His Majesty that he believed that His Royal Highness the King of Faith You're heroic and martial, generous and virtuous, and several times better than the crown prince, and should be established as a prince. He was reprimanded by the Holy Lord for the crime of 'talking nonsense about the crown prince', and was demoted to a commoner and sent to the frontier. His Royal Highness the King of Faith won't know about this, right? ”

"What if you know? He was deposed for talking nonsense in an inopportune situation, and he deserved it! Song Lin was very calm when he said this, but his heart trembled, because after that incident, Emperor Chu became more and more estranged from Song Lin, if it wasn't for two months later, he found out about the theft of the queen's phoenix crown and was favored again, I'm afraid that it is the prince who is now powerful.

Gu Xing said pitifully: "Doesn't Your Highness know yet?" No matter how many errands you have done for the saint, no matter how many official duties you have handled, you will not become a prince, you are just a pawn used by His Majesty to balance the crown prince. ”

"I don't believe it!" Song Lin said angrily, "The emperor lives up to his wishes, I only believe that with my efforts, I will definitely achieve the wish I look forward to day and night!" ”

"Your Highness, you can go back and think about it, we are not in a hurry, we will always be here, waiting for your good news," Gu Xinglian smiled, "You went to Cuiting Zhai in the afternoon, presumably my informant has already told you how you and I will meet in the future, so I will not talk about it." Also, it's very busy there today, and when you leave Cuiting Zhai in the afternoon, you don't need to make a special detour to see him, your inventory is enough, it's not good to be too greedy. ”

Song Lin's face was red and white when he heard this, and he had nothing to say.

"Your Highness, the concubine will retire first, and I'll see you later."

Gu Xinglian said, then turned around, and flew back into the vast mountain forest, disappearing.

Song Lin sighed heavily, held the torch in a daze, and walked in the direction of the palace.

Looking at Song Lin's back, Song Qi made a pot of porridge in his heart, everything he saw and heard just now was too terrifying and complicated. He didn't know whether he should tell the crown prince or King Ning Song Mo about this matter, or should he directly report the whole content to his father?

"No, this matter is too important to tell anyone easily, I have to go back to the house and take a good look at it before making a decision."

Song Qi thought so in his heart, and quickly flew in the direction of digging the wine jar.

Zhongzhou Yancheng Xuchu

Han Yu rode the Dawan horse all the way, she had to reach Yancheng as quickly as possible and hand over the holy decree to the patrol battalion as soon as possible. In her heart, she kept silently reciting: "Xiao Chongguang, hold on!" ”

Finally, after crossing Pingyuan County for thirty miles, he finally reached the outskirts of Yancheng, and it was late at night, so there were not many pedestrians entering and leaving the gate of Yancheng.

According to the laws of Dachu, horses after entering the city, except for the 800-mile expedited post at the post station, other horses are not allowed to enter the city in the form of meteor flying horses. But Han Yu didn't care so much, and continued to gallop on horseback, and the soldiers guarding the city saw it and immediately stood in a row and shouted: "That one on horseback!" Stop! ”

But no matter how he shouted, Han Yu just refused to slow down or stop his horse. The soldiers defending the city waited for the horse to get closer, and suddenly they all pointed their spears at the neck of Dawan Ma!

Nawanma was quite spiritual, and when he saw the sharp spear glowing with cold light, he immediately "shouted", raised his front hooves, stopped his steps, and almost turned Han Yu off his horse.

The soldiers defending the city were very surprised to see that it was actually a woman on horseback, and then the oldest of them, a middle-aged soldier in his forties, said, "Little girl! Didn't you hear us when we told you to stop? ”

"I'm sorry, big brother soldiers, I really have something urgent to enter Yancheng, and I want to go in early, so I really didn't notice it." Han Yu explained.

The middle-aged soldier said, "Nonsense! What man who goes into the city is not in trouble? The law of Da Chu, three orders and five reaffirmations, unless the post station is urgent and fast, no one can break into the city, so as not to disturb the people, don't you know? ”

Han Yu said: "I know, but I forgot about something urgent." This big brother soldier, whether he can be released or not, I really have 100,000 urgent matters. ”

The middle-aged soldier sneered: "Of course I will let you go, but after you go in, I will go to the yamen with me first, and convict you of the crime of 'knowingly breaking into the city'!" ”

After that, the two soldiers guarding the city beside him were about to reach out to capture Han Yu.

"Presumptuous! I see which of you dares! ”

Han Yuliu raised his eyebrows and yelled at the two soldiers, these two soldiers were stunned, but they were in their early twenties, and this roar actually frightened the two of them, stunned in place, and did not dare to go further.

The middle-aged soldier shouted angrily: "Don't do it yet!" ”

The two young soldiers reacted, and they all leaned on Dawan's right side, ready to drag Han Yu off the horse.

"Open your dog's eyes and see what this is!"

Han Yu took out the holy decree from his arms and reprimanded loudly, only to see that although the holy decree was rolled up, the dragon-shaped pattern embroidered on its back was still truly presented in front of everyone. The soldiers defending the city were shocked and knelt down.

"This is the holy decree of the Holy One, far better than eight hundred miles of urgent post, and I will not let it go!" Han Yu shouted.

The middle-aged soldier said "yes, yes", and waved his hand, letting the soldiers defending the city scatter in all directions, Han Yu "drove" on the ground, and immediately galloped towards Yancheng. She sped down the road, shouting "Get out of the way" in case the people on the road were hit by a horse.

With the speed of Dawan Horse, he soon arrived at the Zhongzhou Mansion located in the center of the city.

In addition to the imperial capital, the Zhongzhou Prefecture is one of the most important prefectures in Kyushu to manage the counties and counties in the entire Zhongzhou territory. Although compared with Jingzhao Mansion, although they are magnificent, gorgeous and majestic, they cover an area far less than Jingzhao Mansion, of course, this is related to the overall area of Yancheng.

The location chosen by the Zhongzhou Mansion is secluded, after nightfall, the lights of the surrounding houses have been turned off, only two big red lanterns are still hanging high outside the mansion, and at the gate, there are two government soldiers standing guard with swords on their waists.

Han Yu parked his horse on the side of the road and said to the soldiers guarding the door: "Two big brothers, please go in and say to Lord Yin of Tangfu, and say that there is a holy decree from the Eastern Capital to summon it." ”

"Divine decree?"

The two guards guarding the door looked at each other when they heard this, and they were very surprised.

I have also come to preach the holy decree before, either the eunuchs and envoys in the palace, or the generals who served in the imperial capital, but this time it was good, a little girl who was less than twenty years old came to preach the holy decree, and she actually said that she also came to preach the holy decree. There are a lot of strange things in this world.

Finally, the soldier on the right side said: "Girl, wait a minute, I'll go in and report it." ”

"I'm tired." Han Yu bowed humbly.

The soldier nodded, and hurried to the house.

Soon after, the soldiers returned to the gate and said to Han Yu, "Lord Yin has an order, please let the girl in." ”

"Thank you."

Han Yu thanked him with his hand, walked into the mansion, and passed by the government soldier who reported it, and she suddenly found that the house soldier's eyes were a little erratic.