In the winter of the second year of Qianming, on November 26, Ji Mao. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Empress Dowager Xiaowen's death, the emperor led the princess to Bao'en Temple to pay respects, was assassinated, and the mountain collapsed.

- "Records of Emperor Xuanchou"

The winter moon in the north is like a knife, the grass and trees are withering, the frost is full of mountains, and the heaven and earth are slaughtered.

In such bad weather, the common people are hiding at home in the winter, the mountain road is silent, only the northwest wind blows over the mountain rocks and whistling, such as howling and angry, which makes people desperate!

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves broke the dead silence of the mountain road, and a group of knights in bloody armor galloped from the north in a two-horse carriage.

The horses they rode on were all divine horses, but after running down all night, the horses were already foaming at the mouth and exhausted!

A knight at the head of the knight was handsome and extraordinary, and while controlling the horse, he looked back with an anxious face.

Not far behind him, smoke and dust rose up, and you could clearly see a team of Xuanjia cavalry, which was in hot pursuit, and it was about to catch up with them!

"Damn it!" The knight immediately made a decision and burst out: "Meet the enemy!" ”

The soldiers knew very well what it meant to turn around and meet the enemy at this time! But in order to buy a little time for the people in the carriage, they all did not hesitate to rein in the reins of their horses and turned around!

In a moment, the pursuers had already killed in front of them, but they were blocked by the soldiers at the mouth of the valley, unable to move forward an inch!

In the distant carriage, the curtain was lifted to reveal a pale and beautiful face, with a golden hairpin on her head and a red shirt, tightly hugging a little boy of five or six years old. The little boy's face was terrified, and the young heart could not understand why his life had fallen from heaven to hell overnight.

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Those cavalrymen were dressed in black iron armor, helmets were like hideous tigers, and the word 'Xiahou' was engraved on the left arm armor, showing their identity - the subordinate generals of the Xiahou valve, known as the world's elite Xuanjia cavalry!

is the first general, wearing a golden crown with tied hair, a black coat, wolf eyebrows, eagle eyes, looking forward to self-pride, and his courage is breathtaking! He rode a huge black horse, like the demon god of the Nine Shadows, and watched the guards who stood in his way.

Rao is those guards have regarded death as home, and when they see this person, their faces are still as pale as earth! In order to hunt down the queen mother, Xiahou Valve actually dispatched the Heavenly Rank Grand Master! That's the best master in the world, where can they stop it?!

The knight's expression at the head also became extremely solemn, he was worried that he would not be able to stop the other party for long, and Niangniang and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would still not be able to escape!

It was the other party who spoke first, and said in a tone that was even more chilling than this cold wind: "Du Mao, the emperor has died in Bao'en Temple." If you don't want to connect the nine clans, it's better to get off the horse and surrender! ”

"Xiahou is undefeated!" The knight at the head was originally named Du Mao. He raised his eyebrows coldly, and said hatefully: "You Xiahou are deeply favored by the emperor, but you kill the king and bring disaster to the country, and you deserve death!" Today I will avenge the emperor! ”

"I can't help myself!" The golden-crowned and black-crowned Xiahou snorted coldly, and with a wave of his ape arm, the Xuanjia cavalry rushed towards Du Mao and the others.

Du Mao pulled out his double knives behind his back and roared angrily: "Praetorian Guard, fight to the death and never retreat!" "Then take the lead in meeting the enemy!

The guards also roared angrily: "Fight to the death and never retreat!" This sound seemed to have magic, making them throw away all distractions, and there was only one thought left in their hearts - to kill the enemy!

Suddenly, the two sides collided together, and you fought to the death! Although the Xuanjia cavalry was numerous, it was limited by the terrain and could not give full play to its advantages. And the Praetorian Guard soldiers are all strong in martial arts, especially Du Mao, who is already a ground-level grandmaster with infinite strength, a pair of iron long knives infused with true qi dance like snow, cutting countless blades, killing and injuring enemy soldiers! There is a lot of momentum when the husband is closed!

Tea Kung Fu, Xiahou was undefeated and saw that the Xuanjia cavalry was still unable to defeat the enemy, and he couldn't help frowning, there was no time to waste!

Du Mao slashed out with a knife and cut an enemy soldier and his horse into two pieces! In the splash of blood and internal organs, he suddenly felt an alarm, and caught a glimpse of a black shadow rushing towards him in the air, and hurriedly swung his knife and slashed it without thinking!

That black shadow was Xia Hou's undefeated, seeing the sword light swept towards him, he didn't hurry to stretch out his slender fingers, just an understatement! It's playing on the back of Du Mao's knife! Du Mao's mighty knife was actually interrupted by this effortless finger!

Blood flowed from Du Mao's right hand, and the long knife also came out of his hand! Half of his body was paralyzed, and he didn't even have time to raise another long knife before he was imprinted on his chest by Xiahou Undefeated!

Du Maoden was like being struck by lightning, vomiting blood and flying out several feet away, his body slammed into the rocks, splashing countless gravel!

There is such a huge disparity in combat power, this is the invincible Heavenly Rank Grand Master who dominates the world!

Xia Hou was undefeated and wiped out Du Mao with a wave of his hand, and his body turned incredibly in mid-air. The legs seemed to be unhurried and kicked out in a row, but each kick hit the chest of a janissaries! No matter how desperately the Praetorian guards tried to dodge and block, it was futile.

The guards who were kicked all collapsed in their chests, and blood spurted out of their mouths, and they must have died in ten lives!

Xiahou was undefeated and took advantage of this strength to return to his horse. Glancing at Du Mao, who fell to the ground like a rag bag, he sighed happily: "Double knife Du Mao, but that's it." ”

Seeing this, the Xuanjia cavalry of the Xiahou Lord's eyes were full of fanatical worship, and shouted in unison: "The middle stream strikes, the world is invincible!" "Slash at the remaining Praetorian guards!

Without Du Mao's Dinghai needle, the remaining guards were completely deprived of their courage by Xiahou's undefeated terrifying strength. It didn't last long before it was surrounded and killed by the Xuanjia cavalry......

Glancing at the dead bodies of the guards all over the ground, Xiahou was undefeated but said with a gloomy expression: "It's been delayed for too long." ”

The Xuanjia cavalry said with guilt on his face: "We are willing to be punished!" ”

"Lead the army and calm your anger." The deputy hurriedly persuaded cautiously: "His Royal Highness King Ping's army has surrounded Luofeng Mountain, and they can't escape!" ”

"Xiahou never relies on others to help." Xiahou was undefeated and snorted coldly: "If you can't catch up with them, you can apologize for your crimes!" ”

"Yes!" All the Xuanjia cavalry looked nervous, desperately urging the war horses and continuing to pursue at full speed!

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Luofeng Mountain is gentle and continuous, like a phoenix with its head to the west and its tail to the north, from which the name of the mountain comes. The mountain road here is not difficult to walk, and it saves a lot of distance compared to the official road, and on weekdays, many people will take this shortcut as long as the passing business traveler does not carry the load.

Despite the freezing cold, a small group of men and horses appeared on the mountain path. The men, with guards, servants, and maids, all with bitter faces, marched slowly forward in a small carriage.

In the carriage sat a family of four. A pair of six- and seven-year-old children, wrapped in thick furs, curled up beside their mother. Although there was a charcoal basin lit, the north wind came in through the cracks in the car, and the car was still very cold.

The mother of the two children is a woman in her twenties, her appearance can be called dignified and beautiful, and her temperament is even more gentle and peaceful. It's just that when she saw the child suffering, she couldn't help but whisper and complained: "Those people are too much, it's just a small county order, can't you slow down, and let you take office when it's warm?" ”

The person she spoke to was a man in a green robe with a restrained and calm demeanor. He was holding a book, reading it with relish on the bumpy mountain road, and sighed when he heard it: "Actually, there is not such a strong wind under the mountain, but you prefer to go to the mountain to burn incense." ”

"I heard that the phoenix view of this falling phoenix mountain, the incense is very effective." The woman glanced at the man with some embarrassment and said, "It's not for you, I ask Daozu to bless you and let you be transferred back to the capital as soon as possible." ”

"Mother," the little girl's delicate voice interrupted the couple's conversation, "I want to pee......"

The little boy on the side also followed up and said, "I want to pee ...... too"

The woman couldn't help laughing, scratched the little boy's nose and said, "You have to learn everything from my sister." ”

The man also smiled, touched his son's head dotingly, put down the book and got up to get out of the driveway: "Daddy will bring you a night pot." ”

The man got out of the car, stomped his sore feet, and sent the night pot into the car. Seeing that the Phoenix Temple was about to arrive, he walked slowly and slowly.

Breathing in the cold air, the man's mind was clear, but his heart was still heavy. His wife always thought that he was squeezed out of Beijing by the family's descendants and left Beijing in a hurry. But this is not the case, it is he who chooses to go on the road at this time. Although others are humble and humble, they can still have a premonition that great changes are about to happen in Beijing.

The emperor canceled the Jiupin Official Law, promulgated the Juntian Order, and recounted the national household registration, all of which were cut down on the foundation of the wealthy clan, how could those people not oppose him? The emperor has only been on the throne for two years, and the foundation is still too weak, so being in such a hurry is the way to take chaos!

The man himself is a disciple of one of the seven gate valves, so he naturally knows very well that when those gate valves join forces, their strength is far superior to that of the royal family. What's more, there is also a seemingly loyal but actually ambitious His Royal Highness King Ping......

The man walked all the way, sighing all the way, not only worried about the fate of the emperor and the country, but also sad for his current weakness and powerlessness. foreseeing that the capital was going to change, he could only stay away, so as not to make a mistake and affect his wife and children......

'Your Majesty, the minister can't be loy......al,' the man let out a long sigh and was about to gather his mind and quicken his pace. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a carriage galloping behind me, and I couldn't help but follow the prestige, only to see an ordinary two-horse carriage galloping on the mountain road. The coachman still didn't seem to be fast enough, and was still whipping the horses desperately.

The man couldn't help frowning, this mountain road is very narrow, only allowing two cars to run in parallel, but the other party is running wolf, and it is a two-horse carriage, how can it be passable? !

The man asked the guard to shout at the other party to stop, but the other party ignored him! I saw that the carriage did not slow down at all, and still rushed straight ahead! The man's carriage tried its best to avoid it, but the road was still not enough for the other party to pass, and one wheel rolled out of the road, hit a raised rock, and overturned when he boarded! The driver was thrown out and hit his head on a rock, with little hope of survival.

"Help!" The man hurriedly took his family and ran to the overturned carriage to open the door. But I was surprised to find that the door was extremely heavy, and it was made of expensive iron pear wood! Such a large carriage is all made of iron pear wood, even the seven gates will not be so extravagant!

What surprised him even more was still behind, when he opened the car door and saw the mother and son inside, he couldn't help but shout: "Queen Mother! ”

The woman's forehead was bleeding, but the little boy in her arms was unharmed, and she looked at each other in amazement. "You ......"

"In Xia Luxin, when Niangniang was still in Meivalve, she participated in Niangniang's poetry meeting with her brother." The man named Lu Xin held back the turbulent waves in his heart and asked the maid to help the queen out of the carriage.

"Lu Xin, I remembered!" The queen got out of the carriage, knelt in front of Lu Xin with the boy in her arms, and begged with a wailing voice: "Please save the prince!" He is the only blood and blood of the emperor! ”

"Your Majesty......" Lu Xin was shocked when he heard this: "What's wrong?!" ”

"Your Majesty," the queen said with tears rolling down her eyes, her sideburns fluttering in the cold wind, and she cried helplessly, "I have been killed......"

"Ahh Lu Xinden froze there, although he had expected something big to happen, he didn't expect it to come so quickly!

The exclamations of his subordinates brought him back to his senses, and Lu Xin looked around blankly, only to find that there were shadows everywhere under the mountain, and the entire Luofeng Mountain was surrounded!

"Please, save the prince......" The queen's constant pleading voice always lingered in his ears.

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When the Xuanjia cavalry chased to the Phoenix Temple, they saw a man in a green official robe, waiting beside the mountain road.

"Who are you?" A cavalryman asked in a cold voice. Such low-level officials, they don't pay attention to it at all.

"Xiaguan's new appointment of Lu Xin of Qiantang Zhixian is here to wait for the army of Xiahou lords." Lu Xin was not annoyed, and said politely: "You are tracking the queen and the crown prince?" ”

"Phew!" Hearing this, the Xuanjia cavalry reined in the reins of their horses, and one of the leaders asked sharply, "Where are the people?!" ”

"Trapped in the Phoenix View by the subordinates of the lower officials, waiting for the noble valve to fall!" Lu Xin pointed ahead, and more than a dozen of his servants, all armed with weapons, guarded the small Taoist temple with vigilant faces.

The Xuanjia cavalry immediately stepped forward and surrounded the temple. His subordinates went to check the truth, and Xiahou glanced at Lu Xin undefeated and said, "Are you from Lu Valve?" ”

"General Hui Xiahou, exactly." Lu Xin replied respectfully.

Xiahou Undefeated thought about it, slowly shook his head and said, "I'm not impressed...... Who are An Guogong? ”

"It's the uncle." Lu Xin replied.

"Oh......" Hearing that he was a side of the Lu Valve, Xiahou was undefeated and said with a lack of interest: "Those descendants of your family are too bad this time, and they are not as good as your side line." ”

At this time, the leader came back and reported: "Leader, it is indeed the mother and son inside." ”

"Then what are you doing in a daze?" Xiahou was undefeated and glanced at him coldly.

"They piled up the temple with firewood and sprinkled oil on the lamps...... "The chief replied with some difficulty, "It is difficult for his subordinates to make ......a decision for a while," and before he could finish speaking, he saw smoke rising from the audience.

"Rubbish!" Xiahou Undefeated finally changed his face, scolded angrily, and flew into the Phoenix Pavilion!

In the view, the small Sanqing Hall was lit up with a raging fire. The wind took advantage of the fire, and in the blink of an eye, it burned the wooden palace into a sea of fire. Rao is Xiahou's undefeated magic skills are world-famous, and he didn't dare to rush in, so he could only order his subordinates to put out the fire.

In the sea of fire, the queen mother looked like a ghost, and her cloak pointed at Xiahou's undefeated and Lu Xin, who followed up, and cursed bitterly: "Xiahou has killed the monarch and brought disaster to the country, and this palace is your tomorrow today!" Lu Xin's traitor seeks glory, and he can't die well......"

In the queen's scolding, in the sound of the fire, in the sound of the Xuanjia cavalry fighting the fire, there was clearly a child's cry!

Lu Xin looked at this scene expressionlessly, his face was reflected in the firelight, and his hands wrapped in his sleeves couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Xiahou was undefeated but calmed down, and looked at the fire for a long time and said: "Luofeng Mountain, the queen should be buried here." After speaking, he glanced at Lu Xin and said, "Scared? ”

Lu Xin nodded blankly.

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By the time the Xuanjia cavalry extinguished the fire, the Sanqing Hall had already become a ruin, and naturally no one survived inside. The Xuanjia cavalry immediately went in to search for the corpse, counted the number of people, and the three people who escaped, one was not a few. Although the corpse has been changed beyond recognition, it can still be distinguished from the clothes and posture that it is the queen, the prince, and the eunuch who drove the car.

Lu Xin looked at the charred corpse, his face became extremely ugly, and he suddenly ran to the side and vomited, he vomited very violently, his shoulders trembled like chaff, and he had a handful of snot and tears, which caused the Xuanjia cavalry to laugh. Although Lu Xin helped them stop the queen, they did not hide their contempt for this traitor seeking glory.

Over there, Xiahou was undefeated and still had no intention of stopping, he even entered the search in person, but the target was no longer a person, but something he was looking for.

turned the fire upside down, Xiahou was undefeated and didn't find what he was looking for, he looked gloomily at Lu Xin, who had already straightened up, and said, "Did you get anything from the queen?" ”

Lu Xin's face was extremely pale, and he slowly shook his head and said, "The lower officials didn't see anything, so naturally they didn't get it. ”

"That thing...... It's so important. Xiahou Undefeated hesitated slightly, and then ordered without doubt: "Search carefully, don't let go of any place!" ”

Lu Xin did not object, took a deep look at the small corpse, and walked out of the Taoist temple silently. I saw that the Xuanjia cavalry was already searching his entourage and luggage. The entourage was angry, but they were all stopped by Lu Xin's eyes.

After a while, only Lu Xin's carriage was missing. Seeing Xiahou undefeated staring at the carriage, Lu Xin suddenly said loudly: "General, there is Neiko in the carriage, and he is very sick. ”

Xiahou was undefeated and didn't pay attention to it at all, and said coldly: "This seat is slightly Qi Huang, just to check the pulse of Mrs. Zun." With that, he strode to the carriage.

There seemed to be something disgraceful on Lu Xin's carriage, and he followed closely behind Xiahou Undefeated, with a resolute look on his face.

Seeing that Xiahou's undefeated hand was already on the curtain of the car, Lu Xin gritted his teeth and held the sharp blade in his sleeve, although he knew that he couldn't hurt the Heavenly Rank Great Grandmaster at all, and at the end of the road, he could only hit the stone with an egg!

Who knew that Xiahou Undefeated suddenly stopped his movements, frowned and turned back, Lu Xin thought that he had detected his intentions, and he was so shocked that the blood in his whole body was about to coagulate! Unexpectedly, the other party's gaze crossed him and cast it into the distance.

Lu Xin looked over blankly, only to see a white shadow appear on the mountain road in the distance. The white figure moved extremely fast, even more than the galloping horse, as if shrinking the ground into inches, and suddenly came close!

"Demon Dao Sun Yuenlong, you also want to get involved in the treasure book!" Xiahou's undefeated eyes ignited with fierce fighting intent, and he didn't care about giving Mrs. Lu a pulse, and dropped a sentence: 'Search the carriage carefully!' And he jumped up to meet him!

The Taoist priest named Sun Yuanlang was dressed in a white and black-edged Taoist robe, with a clear face, a long beard and fluttering, and a fairy wind and bones. Hearing this, he laughed loudly: "Xiahou Xiao'er, Poor Dao will accompany you to two tricks!" ”

In the middle of the rabbit's fall, the two Heavenly Rank Grand Masters had already fought hundreds of moves. For a while, smoke and dust rose from the mountainside, flying sand and rocks, and others could only see two vague figures, and they couldn't see their moves clearly.

That Sun Yuen Long didn't seem to do his best, and in addition to parrying, he also had the leisure to look around. In the blink of an eye, the situation in the Phoenix View was clear. He knew that he couldn't do anything, so he fought and retreated, and he and Xiahou were undefeated and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

During this time, the Xuanjia cavalry searched the carriage as ordered, but did not find what they were looking for.

Lu Xin's body was weak, and he almost sat on the ground, only to find that his back was soaked. If it weren't for Sun Yuanlang, who suddenly came, this level would definitely not have passed......

When Xiahou drove away Sun Yuanlang undefeated and turned back, the whole person was still immersed in the experience of the peak duel. Knowing that he didn't find anything, Xiahou sighed regretfully and said, "It seems that the treasure book really burned ......" and let Lu Xin and his party leave.

On the way back, the Xuanjia cavalry took care of cutting off the heads of those guards, but they were surprised to find that Du Mao was gone.

Xiahou Undefeated glanced at the scene and knew that his palm did not kill Du Mao.

"If you can run, a monk can't run the temple." Xiahou was undefeated and asked people to look for it carefully, and said with a cruel smile: "Since this seat has said to kill his whole family, he naturally has to do what he says!" ”

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Du Mao really didn't die. It is said that with his skill, he will definitely die under that blow. But the imperial treasure armor on his body protected him under the fatal blow of Xiahou's undefeated, but he was seriously injured and unconscious. In addition, in a hurry to chase the queen at that time, the people of the Xiahou valve did not carefully examine the corpse, which gave Du Mao a chance to escape death.

Du Mao crawled out of the pile of corpses of his comrades, evaded the enemy's search, recovered slightly from his injuries in a cave, and prepared to find the queen and the crown prince.

At this time, the army surrounding Luofeng Mountain had withdrawn, and Xiahou was undefeated and had already returned to Beijing with the Xuanjia cavalry, but no one found him along the way. When he came to the Phoenix Temple, he learned from the Taoist priest who was cleaning the ruins that the queen and the prince had set themselves on fire in the Sanqing Palace.

Du Mao was grief-stricken, stumbled down the mountain, and learned an even bigger bad news - Xiahou was undefeated and did what he said, and beheaded the Du family!

Du Mao vomited blood and fell into a coma on the spot, but fortunately he was taken in by a kind farmer and lay down for a month before he could go back to the ground. At this time, he also calmed down, knowing that he could not seek revenge on the huge Xiahou Valve on his own, so he vented his anger at Lu Xin, who betrayed the queen!

Moreover, Lu Xin betrayed the queen, but did not receive any reward from Xiahou Valve, and has become the laughing stock of the world. I don't know how many people want to kill him to get angry, and they won't reveal their identities when they do it to him.

So Du Mao recovered from his injuries and went to Qiantang County, secretly peeping for a few days, and had already figured out the situation of the Lu family. It was the night when the wind and rain were blowing, Du Mao quietly entered the county yahou's house and opened the door of the east wing.

In the room, Lu Xin's children were sleeping soundly. Looking at the two small figures on the bed, Du Mao did not hesitate and raised the butcher knife! He wants Lu Xin to also taste the pain of annihilation

Just as he was about to start, Lu Xin's son was awakened by a nightmare and cried heartbreakingly!

Hearing the cry, Du Mao forcibly put away the knife, and the whole person was stunned!

Then he went crazy, and lit the candle regardless of the exposure, and saw the boy's face clearly, and the knife in Du Mao's hand fell to the ground with a thud......

Because that boy is clearly His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who he watched grow up! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who should have been burned to death in the Phoenix Temple!

Lu Xin rushed to hear the voice, and was surprised to see the uninvited guest, and was about to take action to protect the child, but saw the other party kowtow to him with tears in his eyes: "Du Mao is the first emperor and the first queen, thank Mr. Lu for his great kindness!" ”

Lu Xin also recognized the famous double knife Du Mao, so he put away his blade and walked to the bed. Wrapping his arms around the frightened boy, he gently patted him on the back, and then said softly: "This child was in the carriage and watched his mother burned to death......

"The boy who was burned to death in the Phoenix Temple......" Although Du Mao had already guessed the truth, he still couldn't help asking: "Who is it?!" ”

Lu Xin was speechless, his eyes were bloody.