Chapter 681: It's dark under the lights
When Yue Qianqiu and his party were throwing off the large army and hurrying to Bazhou quietly with all their might, in a deep mountain in the northwest of Shangjing, in a canyon hidden by dense forests, there were hundreds of people. The people who used to call for wind and rain in the capital and had a noble status, but now they have become traitors to the party, are all gathered here at this moment.
Compared with the three princes who were gloomy and miserable, or the one who should be called Prince Dayan now, although the twelve princesses had lost a lot of weight, their faces no longer had the arrogance of the past, but showed a bit of resoluteness. The eldest princess, who was known for her strength in the past, looked decadent and haggard, and it was clear that the strange coup d'Γ©tat before was completely beyond her imagination.
And what hit her even more was undoubtedly her father's own admission that she was not the daughter of the queen mother, and she was not the only princess of Dayan at all, she was born to a woman with a lower background than the biological mothers of other princes and princesses!
Therefore, as the three members of the Northern Yan royal family, the dominant position at this time is not the three princes who suffered a catastrophe just after being canonized as the crown prince, nor the eldest princess who was once invincible, but the twelve princesses. Seeing that the two of them were more decadent than the other, she couldn't help but impatiently slap the ground with the branch in her hand to remind the two of them to come back to their senses.
"Now, if you think about why, why, what's going on, it's just useless. Now we have to think about whether our father's poisonous wounds are still saved, and what we should do next. And most importantly......"
The Twelfth Princess paused, and then said word by word: "How should we treat the King of Lanling County and the King of Jin!" β
The third prince almost regarded the latter Jin King as Xiao Jingxian, and when he reacted, it was Xiao Rong, or Zhen Rong, who was already after receiving a blank eye from the twelve princesses. If he had been the crown prince for a while, he would probably have been angry because of his offended authority, but now that he had just ascended the throne and was overthrown, he couldn't care about this little disrespect.
Anyway, he was called by the twelve princesses more times in the past, and he was able to come back safely before thanks to the other party's sacrifice to save him, if he didn't have this kind of bearing, this prince wouldn't have to be a prince.
He glanced at the eldest princess who was like a walking corpse, and looked down on this eldest sister a little, and he didn't understand why Xiao Changheng and Zhen Rong had brought this piece with them when they retreated. He simply ignored this eldest sister who had brought him great humiliation, and said in a deep voice: "If it weren't for the King of Lanling County and the King of Jin, we would have died in the palace, and we should treat them as national soldiers." β
The Twelfth Princess listened to this beautiful fake empty remark and sneered angrily for a while.
"You're. Haven't you identified who we are now? We are lost dogs, and they are the ones we can rely on to survive. What kind of countryman, you have a higher status and more power than others, so you are worthy of treating people as countrymen, and now we don't have a country at all, or say nothing, you still want to condescend to treat people as countrymen? That's too much to think of yourself! β
Not far away, the deaf and clear-eyed Yue Xiaosi leaned against a big tree, his figure was completely covered by dense bushes, with a piece of grass root in his mouth, and his face was leisurely, as if he was not in a barren mountain at this time, but a luxurious room. Glancing at Zhen Rong next to him, who was listening attentively to the movement over there, he couldn't help but laugh lightly.
As a result, he who made a sound was immediately met with a stern look from Zhen Rong. But despite this, he did not restrain himself, but said softly: "Do you think that the three of them are discussing things there and will mind letting us hear it?" No, no one else knows, but I know that Little Twelve must want us to hear it. She felt that we would not leave them behind only if we could hear what was in her heart and know that they were clinging to us. β
Zhen Rong took a deep breath, and unconsciously thought of those robes who had lived and died with him. After nearly a thousand desperate riders left the palace, they were sharply reduced to 600, and almost all of these 600 people had injuries of varying severity.
If it weren't for the fact that the twelve princesses disappeared without a trace immediately after the incident in the palace, and brought someone out of the palace as soon as they lit the fire, they would have brought someone out to answer them, if it weren't for the fact that the man next to him had already said that he had already moved the left and right, and the two of them would have escaped from Shangjing with the help of those two people who had hidden from the sky and crossed the sea, maybe they would have really confessed. He didn't even know how the man next to him was arranged!
Even though it has been almost a year since he sent Beiyan to the envoy, Zhen Rong is not good at this kind of too high-level wrestling, but would rather fight with real knives and guns on the battlefield. You must know that he originally had outstanding swordsmanship and handsome character, but after Beiyan killed him several times, his sword has been changed four times, and the current one is completely different from what he originally brought out from Qingcheng.
It was a straight knife that was somewhat similar to the Mo knife, but the most used was a bow and arrow.
And his temperament is no longer when he walked out of Qingcheng, he seems to be as warm as jade, but in fact he is a little extreme, and now whenever he looks in the mirror, he looks at the person in the mirror with more and more sharp eyebrows, and has a feeling that he can't recognize himself.
At this time, he suppressed his indescribable irritability and said in a deep voice: "Even if they say this to us, how many days can hundreds of people eat, drink, and chew in this valley now?" β
"Don't worry, we can hold on for longer than you think, and it's a lot longer." Yue Xiaosi shook his index finger lightly, his expression frivolous, "Moreover, King Qin's holy decree has been sent to all the states and counties of Dayan and all the royal families. No matter who the person in the capital who injured the emperor with a secret arrow is, it is impossible to easily clean up the mountains and rivers. β
"The most important thing is ......," he said with his eyes narrowed slightly, "and we have brought Concubine Hui out." Her family's Little Twelve had already shifted in advance, but compared to the big picture, there wasn't much that those people could do. But Concubine Hui knows how to heal, and many of the emperor's health and medicinal diets in the past were made by herself, not to mention that she can wake up the emperor, but at least it won't be worse. β
Facing this stepfather, who was calm and relaxed, as if the sky couldn't fall, Zhen Rong finally couldn't help asking: "You haven't said yet, where will the next grain, grass and supplies come from?" β
"It should have been delivered soon." The corners of Yue Xiaosi's mouth curled, and then he stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky, "Tonight, food will fall from the sky." β
It's this kind of completely clueless words again!
Zhen Rong only felt that his eyelids jumped hard, thinking of the obviously thrilling moment on the way to escape, but the younger four would say a word or two of nonsense from the old god, and then, they would "get a lot of help" and "turn evil into good fortune", how did he think there was a problem. Therefore, this time he simply pretended to be too lazy to deal with people, but in fact he made up his mind to find out at night.
Sure enough, as Zhen Rong expected, the three golden branches and jade leaves over there didn't discuss anything, after all, the heart of the twelve princesses was sharpened in the south, but the eldest princess and the third prince couldn't twist it for the time being because they were too frustrated. He didn't say anything cool about it, or rather, his expression didn't even change much, he was still as cold and hard as ever.
However, after nightfall, he settled all the others as usual, and after making his own night patrol, he did not return to the cave where he was sheltered by moonlight, but crept up to the towering tree during the day, and climbed up to the treetops with ease and skill. Even in today's warm and cold weather, sleeping in such an open and wild place, even if it is like him, it is not a comfortable feeling.
Knowing that since the man revealed his mouth to him, he might not be able to find any clues even if he waited for the rabbit, but Zhen Rong would rather blow the wind all night and was determined to find out the ghostly guy. However, he slept in a daze for most of the night, but he didn't hear the slightest movement, and finally he was in a trance.
In the weather of this season in the northern swallow, the insects are all dead, and the birds either hide in a warm place, or go to the south to spend the winter, so there is no other movement except the sound of the howling cold wind. Zhen Rong, who was wrapped tightly on his body, even thought that if it wasn't for his father-in-law who had prepared a hiding place for the golden cicada after it came out of its shell, they wouldn't have been hiding at all.
You know, spring hasn't come yet, and many of the mountains are just a bunch of bare trees with only trunks left, and this valley full of evergreens is particularly rare in comparison. What's more, not only does it have clean water, but it even has a hidden hot spring. What made him even more unbelievable was that his stepfather had hidden a batch of medicinal herbs here, which happened to save many lives!
"Who the hell is he......" Zhen Rong lived in Beiyan during this time, I don't know how many times I have thought about this problem, but I have always felt incomprehensible, at this time, while thinking about what the so-called food fell from the sky, while recalling the various mysteries found when getting along with someone, I was a little confused unconsciously, and at this time, he caught a bang.
At that moment, Zhen Rong suddenly fell asleep and bulleted. However, this thud was followed by a continuous abnormal sound. When he followed the sound to find the place, he found that the father-in-law, who had already fallen asleep when he had checked before, was standing in front of a mountain wall with a smile on his face, with several sacks lying at his feet.
He saw that the withered yellow vines hidden in front of the mountain wall had all been removed, and a heavy iron ring was deeply embedded on them, and now he was wearing several thick ropes, which went diagonally upwards into the night sky, and he could only vaguely find the end of the halfway waist of the opposite mountain wall. Just when he was full of suspicion, a voice had already heard in his ears.
"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and give me something, hurry, it's coming!"
Zhen Rong was only stunned for a moment, and then saw the rope in the iron ring sliding rapidly. In a few moments, two bags of things fell from the sky, and they were about to be castrated and smashed against the mountain wall very quickly. He hurriedly pounced, picked off the bag with skill in his hand and threw it on the ground, but the whole person was almost forced to crash into the mountain wall by the huge falling momentum.
Just as he was about to take the blow hard, there was an angry muttering in his ears, followed by a strong force from his back, and he finally stopped his body, and after a stumble, he stood firm. Thinking of the terrifying speed and strength of the falling object just now, he glanced at his father-in-law next to him, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that this was called falling from the sky.
Yue Xiaosi smiled, and then said lightly: "The iron ring here is used for fixing, and on the opposite mountain wall, there are several pulleys of all kinds...... Ahem, anyway, I found a skilled craftsman to set it up, and I could easily send the food and medicine I needed from a high place, but it took a little effort to pick it up. β
Don't just put a little effort, this is simply a bad one, and you will be seriously injured! At the same time, Zhen Rong couldn't help but ask: "But isn't it more manpower and material resources to send the food and medicinal materials to the top of the opposite mountain?" Compared to this, it is faster to transport directly to the valley! β
"Of course, it is better to transport it directly here, but you must know that when there are many cars and horses, it is easy to leave traces, which will expose our road into the mountain. As for the mountain, you haven't been out of the capital much, so some things are not so clear. Hehe, on that hill is a military camp in the south of Shangjing, and there are probably ...... in it Well, one or two thousand soldiers and horses on weekdays is at least. The warehouse is full, of course, the corrupt people are also rampant, so it is natural to get something from it to give everyone food. β
Zhen Rong didn't expect that the person next to him would be so bold and reckless, and the idea of wanting to take a look at the person behind him was frustrated, but he couldn't stand the other party's pride, and immediately sarcastically said angrily: "But if your people can transport things to this deep valley, isn't it corruption?" β
"Hehe, they're just taking something that people don't like. Of course, they were tossed by me a lot. However, being able to be the biggest black hand behind the scenes of Nanda Camp is an experience that they will never experience in their lifetime. β
Yue Xiaosi said, listening to the movement in the air with his ears intently, and at the right time, he flicked his light ape arm and picked up the things sent down to the ground. And Zhen Rong didn't look at it coldly, so he had to help, for a quarter of an hour, dozens of heavy bags were piled up all over the ground, and what slipped down in the end was a heavy iron pendant, and there was a piece of paper stuffed in the hollow in the middle.
Zhen Rong snatched it quickly, thinking that the guy next to him would definitely jump up and snatch it, but what he didn't expect was that the person waved his hand indifferently and motioned for him to look casually, as if he didn't mind seeing the content on it at all. He was going to return it to him, but he was a little aroused, so he simply looked at the starlight in the sky, lowered his head and squinted his eyes to read, and then couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
"Don't make such trouble for Lao Tzu next time, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you!"
Seeing these words, Zhen Rong's first reaction was sluggishness, and his second reaction was that he couldn't help but want to laugh, but he vaguely felt that there was something vaguely in mind, but he couldn't say it. It wasn't until Yue Xiaosi told him to move these things over, he was holding a bag in one hand, and suddenly heard a strange sound in the sky again, and turned his head to see a rope broken from the sky and fell to the ground, which suddenly woke up.
He'd seen that handwriting! That's right, that's the handwriting of the Erjie monk, uninhibited, and he can recognize it when he turns into ashes!
Hearing the footsteps behind him suddenly stopped, Yue Xiaosi knew what was going on, but he still didn't look back and said, "What, I figured it out, and then I was scared?" Since this is the case, then you should think about it, whether you want to continue to be the king of Jin in Beiyan, or go back to take charge of Qingcheng in the future. Well, you don't have to worry that your teachers will have a grudge because of your past experience. That Yunxiao son of your Qingcheng faction was also on the opposite cliff just now! β