Chapter Seventy-Six: Zhang Qiyu's End
As soon as Zhu Tingxun walked into Youguo Temple, he clearly felt that the atmosphere was different from that of weekdays, and there were very few pilgrims today, and there was not a single monk in the temple. Ning Zefeng took Zhu Tingxun to the back mountain, and saw that thousands of forbidden troops surrounded the back mountain, and Zhu Tingxun's face sank.
The forbidden army is a force directly under the emperor, responsible for protecting the safety of the emperor, the palace and the national capital in peacetime, and no one can move the forbidden army without the emperor's order. Now in the back mountain of Youguo Temple, I actually saw my own forbidden army, and I didn't know what these forbidden troops were here for, Zhu Tingxun's face was quite ugly, and he was about to make a difficulty, so he stepped forward to question, but Ning Zefeng stopped him and said: "Your Majesty is angry, first see who is so bold and dares to mobilize the forbidden army privately." ”
Zhu Tingxun forcibly suppressed his anger, found a high place with Ning Zefeng, and watched everything that happened in the back mountain from a distance. Although Zhu Tingxun is an emperor, he has also practiced martial arts since he was a child in troubled times, and his own cultivation is not weak, and the fight in the back mountain is also clear.
The two of them saw from a distance that the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, Taifu Shi Luosheng, was being beaten by one person and had no power to fight back, and it seemed that he couldn't hold out a few moves, and it was Zhang Qiyu of Shaofu who was deeply trusted by Emperor Yan who stood by and watched.
Sure enough, after a few moves, Layton slapped Shi Luosheng in the chest, and Shi Luosheng spurted out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground, and couldn't stand up again.
Seeing that he had hit his opponent hard, Layton turned to Zhang Qiyu and said: "Thank you Shaofu for your help this time, this Shiluo has killed so many people in my sect, I plan to capture him back to my sect and hand him over to the sect master, I don't know what Shaofu wants?" ”
Zhang Qiyu sneered: "I don't think there is any need to be so troublesome, since Shi Luosheng is about to die, Elder Lei, your revenge has also been avenged, there should be no regrets, it is better for Qi Yu to send you down to meet your two hall masters." ”
Layton lost color and said, "You're going to kill me?" Why? ”
Zhang Qiyu said viciously: "I warned you several times not to go to my house, but you didn't listen, and you still wanted to use this to blackmail me, how can I tolerate you, today I summoned so many people here, do you think it's just to deal with Shi Luosheng?" You will die today, too. ”
Layton said angrily: "I avenged your personal vendetta, and you are actually ungrateful and want to kill me? ”
Zhang Qiyu said with a hideous face: "If you want to blame, you can only blame you for being too incompetent, creating so many opportunities for you, you rice buckets have not grasped it once, and you are also known as the number one religion in the world." Bah, I can't even deal with a small stone fall, and in the end, you are the only one left with the annihilation of the whole army, do you still have the face to live? ”
Layton asked unwillingly, "If you kill me, aren't you afraid that our sect leader will come to you for revenge?" ”
Zhang Qiyu laughed: "What is the first person in the rivers and lakes, Shen Nanxing, others are afraid of him, but I am not afraid of him." Besides, if you die here, who knows that I killed you. Even if Shen Nanxing wants to take revenge, he has to find Shi Luosheng. But Shi Luosheng is also dead, and the rivers and lakes will only say that the two of you died together, hahahaha. Two Brother Zhao, please ask the two of you to give Elder Lei a ride. ”
Layton looked at Zhao Yu and Zhao Yan and the two brothers who were about to approach him, remembered Shi Luosheng's instructions to him, and asked: "Slow, look at Shaofu's posture, Lei should not be able to escape today, but before I die, I still have a question I want to ask Shaofu, do you want to kill Shi Luosheng to avenge personal revenge or do you want to destroy the alliance between Yan and Song and form our Great Chu?" ”
This question made Zhang Qiyu a little embarrassed, originally killing Shi Luosheng was purely to avenge his personal revenge, after all, he was the person of Emperor Zhu Tingxun of Yan, and it was impossible not to be consistent with Zhu Tingxun politically, but killing Shi Luosheng was to destroy the alliance between Yan and Song, and naturally stood on the opposite side of Zhu Tingxun.
Zhang Qiyu thought about it again and again, and finally his beloved wife sincerely chose to take revenge, and if he wanted revenge, he would definitely not be able to take revenge on his own, and he had to rely on the power of Taiwei Gao Lan. Originally, I wanted to take revenge and then stand back on Emperor Yan's side. Now that Leighton asked, Zhang Qiyu didn't want to answer, but seeing that Yang Yi, the deputy commander of the forbidden army in front, also looked at him with interest, he was a close confidant of Gao Taiwei, and the condition for Gao Taiwei to help him was to let himself also oppose the Yan Song Alliance, if he didn't admit this now, he was afraid that the deputy commander of the forbidden army would immediately take people away, and the duck he got would also fly.
Zhang Qiyu had no choice but to say: "Of course I am against the Yan Song Alliance, Chu is strong and Song is weak, isn't this obvious, but unfortunately Elder Lei, you and I originally had the same purpose, but now I have to kill you." ”
As soon as Zhang Qiyu said this, Shi Luosheng, who had been beaten by Leighton, suddenly struggled to stand up, and scolded Zhang Qiyu angrily: "Zhang Qiyu, I didn't expect you to ignore the interests of the country in order to avenge your personal revenge, on the surface, you expressed your support for the alliance between Song and Yan in front of Emperor Yan, but behind the scenes, you colluded with Gao Taiwei to oppose the alliance, and now you dare to mobilize the forbidden army without authorization, are you worthy of Emperor Yan's trust in you?" ”
Zhang Qiyu's face turned blue when he said this, but now that he has been riding a tiger, there is no room for regret. Zhang Qiyu said to Yang Yi: "Commander Yang, without further ado, send them on the road." ”
Yang Yi also understood Zhang Qiyu's current mood, nodded his head, and was about to order an attack.
"Stop, Yang Yi and Zhang Qiyu, you two are so bold, Your Majesty is here, you still don't kneel." Ning Zefeng's voice came from above.
Zhang Qiyu looked up and saw two people standing on a hillside in the back mountain, the person in front was Ning Zefeng, the deputy master of the Ghost Shadow Sect who had just spoken, and the one standing behind was Zhu Tingxun, Emperor Yan.
Zhu Tingxun's face turned blue, and he said angrily: "Zhang Qiyu and Yang Yi, you two are so bold, without my order, what should you be guilty of mobilizing the forbidden army privately?" ”
Zhang Qiyu and Yang Yi didn't think that Zhu Tingxun was at the scene, thinking of the conversation between Zhang Qiyu and Layton just now, the two of them turned pale with fright, their legs on their knees were still trembling, and the forbidden soldiers behind saw Zhu Tingxun also kneeling down.
Layton glanced at Shi Luosheng, and while everyone was panicking, he quietly performed light skills and escaped. The two brothers, Zhao Yan and Zhao Yu, saw that the situation was not good, and saw that Leighton took the opportunity to escape, and they also followed.
Zhu Tingxun didn't care about the escape of Leighton and the others, and said to Ning Zefeng: "I will return to the palace first, and the matter here will be handled by the Lord of Ningmen. After saying that, I went back to the palace first.
Ning Zefeng first ordered Yang Yi and Zhang Qiyu to be put in the heavenly prison, and then walked to Shi Luosheng's body, and said excitedly: "Taifu, we have succeeded, this time we not only brought down Zhang Qiyu, but also involved Gao Lan, which can be described as a complete victory, and no one will oppose the alliance between Yan and Song." ”
Shi Luosheng said a little weakly: "There is no problem with the covenant, but Emperor Yan will not deal with Gao Lan for the time being." Master Ningmen should pay attention to this point in the handling opinions you give to Emperor Yan later, this matter will end with Zhang Qiyu and Yang Yi, and it will be a little difficult for Emperor Yan to pursue the victory. ”
Ning Zefeng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood the meaning of Shi Luosheng's words. Yes, the current situation of Yan Kingdom is a bit like the Song Kingdom a few years ago, the international situation is already very chaotic, and there can be no more chaos in the court. Taking Gao Lan is no less than an earthquake, and the entire Taiwei family will panic. Of course, this is naturally a good thing for the general and other factions, who can take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents and expand their own power. But this situation is not what Zhu Tingxun wants to see, maybe he can't wait to kill Gao Lan in his heart, but for the sake of the stability of the political situation, he has to let Gao Lan go once. If at this time, the advice given by Ning Zefeng and Tingwei is to take Gao Lan, it will undoubtedly make it difficult for Zhu Tingxun to do, and even if Zhu Tingxun listens to their opinions in the end, it will lay a curse for the Ning clan in the future.
Thinking about this, Ning Zefeng glanced at Shi Luosheng gratefully and said, "Thank you Taifu for mentioning it, otherwise Ning would almost make a big mistake." ”
Shi Luosheng waved his hand weakly, and Ning Zefeng realized that Shi Luosheng didn't seem to be pretending to be injured, and used his hand to catch Shi Luosheng's pulse, and exclaimed: "Taifu, you are really injured, how can this be, how dare Layton hurt you?" ”
Shi Luosheng said: "Yang Yi and the Zhao brothers of the Wuji Gate are not mediocre hands, how can they be deceived if they don't fake it, and Layton's martial arts are not trivial, and it is normal for Shi to be injured." ”
Ning Zefeng hurriedly arranged a carriage to send Shi Luosheng back to his house for treatment, for his martial arts, Ning Zefeng is now more and more incomprehensible, originally thought that his martial arts were at least not below him, and Leighton's martial arts should be similar to his own, but how could Shi Luosheng be injured in Leighton's hands today? Did he do it on purpose? But he didn't seem to have a reason to get hurt.
Ning Zefeng sighed, he didn't have time to think about the things he couldn't figure out for the time being, he had to rush to Tingwei's mansion and discuss a disposal plan with Tingwei.