Chapter 179: Caught in the Turmoil of Leaving the Country (1)
Chapter 179: Caught in the Turmoil of Leaving the Country (1)
"The front is to leave the capital." Xi Shuang looked up at the big words on the city gate, and the nightmare that he hadn't dreamed of for a long time resurfaced in front of him, and Xi Shuang subconsciously took a few steps back.
Leng Mo supported Xi Shuang's waist in time, so that she would not step on the gravel behind her and slide.
"Scared?" Leng Mo put his arm around Xi Shuang's shoulders and asked.
Xi Shuang shook his head and nodded again. She looked at Leng Mo full of concern, felt his proximity, and instantly felt a sense of peace of mind.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Leng Mo said firmly, and tightened the hand holding Xi Shuang.
Leng Mo and Xi Shuang lined up to enter the city, only to see that the soldiers defending the city in front of them checked the people who were about to enter the city one by one and carefully checked their documents. Xi Shuanggang took out the document and was about to wait for the soldier to come down to check, but when he saw Leng Mo shaking his head, he pulled Xi Shuang to the back of a carriage next to him.
"What's ......." Before Xi Shuang could ask, he was covered by Leng Mo. Her bright eyes were full of doubt, but she knew that Leng Mo must have a reason to do so, so she obediently followed Leng Mo and hid quietly behind the carriage.
I only heard the soldier in front of me say, "Wind Clan, no entry." ”
The Wind-Clan seemed to be quite unconvinced, and retorted, "Why can't we Wind-Clan people enter?!" You said so nicely when you married us Feng Clan on the day you left the country, why are you treating us like this now?! ”
"yes, yes! Your Princess Rui is still our Wind Clan! ”
The Wind Clan people next to him all chimed in.
Because of the marriage between Fengxue and Liqi, the Wind Clan funded a lot of rare treasures and rare medicinal materials from the country, and leaving the country also opened the door, as long as the Feng people went to the country to do business, there were subsidies. So many Feng people who were tired of living in seclusion went to the country to do some small business, but they didn't expect that during this period of time, the direction of the wind in the country seemed to have changed suddenly, and their status plummeted, and now they are not even allowed to enter the city gate.
"We want to see the young master! I want to see King Rui! ”
"We want to see the young master! I want to see King Rui! ”
The people of the Wind Clan shouted in protest. The soldier was obviously annoyed by the WindClan and shouted, "Take it away!" A number of armed soldiers escorted the protesting Wind-Tribesmen away.
The others looked at each other, and could only open their eyes angrily, but they were silent, that was daring to be angry but not daring to speak!
I only heard the head of the soldier stand on a high place, squint at the people below with disdain, and said: "Your Majesty has an order to prohibit foreigners from entering the capital and restrict people from other countries from entering the city. ”
When the leader of the soldiers had finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd, but no one dared to protest again.
And the Wind Clansman who was the first to protest just now heard this, and just wanted to break free from the soldiers who suppressed him, but he was directly killed by the leader standing on a high place with an arrow through the heart, and was killed on the spot by the soldiers on both sides with a sword for one person and one sword, instantly splashing blood three feet and killing him on the spot.
Leng Mo hurriedly pressed Xi Shuang's head on his chest to prevent her from seeing this bloody and tragic scene.
"It seems that something really happened to them from Qiqi." said coldly and lightly, frowning slightly.
"So how do we get in? This face of mine is exactly the same as Fengxue, and it will definitely be stopped. Xi Shuang was a little anxious, she looked left and right, but she couldn't find a place to sneak into the city. The entire city gate is carefully inspected and heavily guarded, and even a foreign fly will not be able to fly in.
Leng Mo rubbed Xi Shuang's head and smiled gently, his eyes full of determination.
"Can you catch the bottom of the carriage?" Leng Mo asked.
Xi Shuang was stunned, then nodded and smiled.
Leng Mo and Xi Shuanggang wanted to take advantage of the lack of attention and drill under the carriage, but someone grabbed their wrists, Leng Mo was about to hit backhand, but after seeing the person clearly, his hand stopped in mid-air.
That person he had seen in the Dragon Kingdom, he was the mute retinue of Princess Lining, although he was mute, but his martial arts were not bad, and the most important thing was that he was loyal to his duties. The man pointed to the carriage not far away, and let go of his grip on Leng Mo.
Leng Mo and Xi Shuang glanced at each other, nodded, avoided the eyes of others, and walked towards the carriage.
The carriage was parked upside down, and its tail was facing the city gate, so that no one could see who had entered the carriage.
The mute attendant knocked three times on the wooden window of the carriage, and the people inside also hit back three times, and then the mute attendant bowed his waist slightly, stretched out his hand and made a "please" motion.
Leng Mo helped Xi Shuang into the carriage, and he also jumped up, and the dumb retinue also sat up, but he was sitting outside, and the coachman got his instructions, so he turned the direction of the carriage and went to the gate of the capital.
"Your Highness the Princess."
Leng Mo and Xi Shuang bowed slightly.
"Please be seated!" Li Ning Waner smiled and said softly.
"Why is the princess here?" Leng Mo asked.
After Li Ning asked the maid to pour a cup of tea for Xi Shuang and Leng Mo, he slowly spoke.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that King Qing and the princess were coming to leave the country, so he asked the horse and the flying pigeon to pass on the book to me, so that I could help one or two."
"Then Her Royal Highness does the princess know why there is such a strict ban on leaving the country?" Xi Shuang asked eagerly.
I saw that Li Ning shook his head, and his face was also a little sad.
"I don't know why my father also gave such a strict order, but I once received a secret letter from my mother, saying that King Rui collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and my father was furious, and now he has been cut down and imprisoned in King Rui's mansion." Li Ning took the letter handed over by the maid and handed it to Xi Shuang's hand, Xi Shuanghe read it silently, and also understood a general idea.
"It seems that the second prince is worried that King Rui will rob the throne." Said coldly and lightly.
"But Emperor Li never meant to pass the throne to King Rui? Wasn't the second prince already the prince of the inner designation? Xi Shuang asked puzzled. Liqi was crowned king early and moved out of the palace, even if he is beautiful, the meaning of leaving the emperor is already very clear, his son can only be the king, and the second prince Lilin is the heir of the emperor.
"The throne doesn't have to be passed on, but also usurped." The cold silence was flat, as if he was talking about a very inconspicuous trivial matter, as if in his eyes, the prince grabbing the throne was as common as a child grabbing candy.
"Huh? Usurp?! Liqi, he wants to ......" Xi Shuang looked at Leng Mo in surprise, although she didn't have a good impression of Liqi, but looking at his style of acting, it didn't seem that he was the kind of person who coveted power and would kill his father and usurp the throne!
Li Ning nodded, sighed and said, "King Rui is too sharp, and he has already become the second prince. The party's public target. If he is forced to do something, he may indeed do something to usurp the throne. Li Ning's face was obviously a little sad, and fratricidal killing was the last thing she wanted to see. Although Liyue often fought against her, she never hurt her life, but in this battle for the throne, it is good that there is no bloodshed.
Li Ning knew that no matter whether Li Qi was the emperor or Li Lin was the emperor in the end, they would not let each other go, and one death and one life were destined to be the final ending.
Leng Mo looked at Xi Shuang, rubbed her head and said, "They are destined not to be in peace." ”
"Are you sure you want to be involved in a dispute over the throne of the country?" Li Ning asked, she didn't know what kind of friendship Leng Mo and Xi Shuang had, but she knew that once they were involved in a dispute in this matter, it would be difficult to get out halfway.
"Are you sure you want to go?" Leng Mo looked at Xi Shuang and asked.
I saw Xi Shuang nodding firmly, and said to Li Ning: "Please also ask the princess to take us into the city." Her intuition told her that when King Rui fell, Fengxue must be having a hard time. Anyway, Fengxue is his own sister.
Li Ning has never seen the wind and snow, when they got married, Li Ning was pregnant with Liujia, and it was inconvenient to travel, so she was unable to attend their wedding, and she had never seen the wind and snow so far, so she naturally didn't know that the Princess Rui and her brother and daughter-in-law in front of her were twin sisters.
Seeing her persistence, and seeing Leng Mo, she nodded, and asked the coachman to take them into the city.
Before they reached the gate of the city, they were stopped by the soldiers, who exclaimed, "Who is coming?" Don't get out of the car to check your identity yet! ”
"Presumptuous! Princess Luan, how can you wait for the wilderness! The maid Zhuju beside Li Ning got out of the carriage with Li Ning's personal jade pendant, held the jade pendant high, and saw that after carefully looking at the patterns on it, he fell to the ground with a pop.
"I disturbed Her Royal Highness the princess, and asked the princess to forgive her sins! Please forgive the princess! The man looked flattering, and he didn't have the same aura at all.
"Zhuju, don't care, don't miss the time." There was tenderness but majesty in Lining's voice, and Zhu Ju glanced at the soldier with disdain, not as knowledgeable as him.
And Lining's carriage also entered the city safely under the flattering eyes of the soldiers, and Leng Mo and Xi Shuang on the carriage also escaped the inspection of the soldiers.
"Thank you princess, please return to the dragon country as soon as possible, the situation in the country is turbulent, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time." Leng Mo arched his hand towards Li Ning and said.
Li Ning returned a salute, smiled, and said: "Thank you King Qing for your care, this trip is to celebrate my father's birthday, only stay a few days and leave, and please take care of King Qing and the princess." ”
"There will be a date later." Leng Mo and Xi Shuang got out of the car in a small alley where no one was around, and after dressing up in disguise, they walked in the direction of Rui Wangfu.
And after Li Ning left with Leng Mo and Xi Shuang, there was a worried look on his face that couldn't be hidden.
"Princess, are you alright?" Zhu Ju handed a cup of tea to Lining and asked with concern.
"I'm fine." Li Ning waved his hand, forced out a smile, and said bitterly: "It is said that the emperor's family is ruthless, why is the Dragon Kingdom so harmonious, but the country is ......" Li Ning sighed and let the coachman drive in the direction of the palace gate.
"Amer, do you want to sit in that position?" Xi Shuangxiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and the sorrow in his eyes couldn't be stopped.
"Shuang'er, don't worry, in my heart, the royal brother is the real owner of that chair, I only want to stay with you for the rest of my life, a couple for a lifetime, and the white head is inseparable." Leng Mo rubbed Xi Shuang's head dotingly, and said firmly.
"I believe in you." A smile bloomed on Xi Shuang's face again, and the two of them held each other's hands, their fingers interlocked.