"The battle for succession? What happened to the Su family in the capital? Yang Yi had a bad premonition in his heart.

Jin Pengyuan looked at Yang Yi a little strangely, and said, "Son, you are from the capital, you shouldn't know that Su Zhongzhai's daughter is the emperor... No, is it the concubine of the former emperor? ”

Yang Jie immediately after ascending the throne to the world, and deliberately concealed the news of the battle of Pengcheng, Shu Zhong assassin Shi Yan is after hearing the news of the death of the first emperor, immediately wrote to recognize the new emperor, but like most of the princes, he did not listen to the announcement, and refused to enter Beijing to meet the new emperor Yang Jie.

This is also the biggest reason why Yang Yi needs to enter Shuzhong with a secret identity, before he has enough strength, Yang Yi will never dare to reveal his identity at will, so it is very likely that he will be strictly arrested, and then given to Yang Jie in the capital to show his merits.

Yang Yi looked at Jin Pengyuan strangely, and said noncommittally: "Of course I know, but as far as I know, my distant aunt Concubine Ning Niangniang gave birth to a stupid son to the former emperor, and she has been out of favor for many years, how can she participate in the claim of succession?" ”

Jin Pengyuan nodded and said: "Yes, the whole Daguang people know about this, but the new emperor ascends the throne, in addition to amnesty to the world, he also has to see blood, the first emperor has nine sons, and there is only one who can be ranked in the ninth five..."

Jin Pengyuan said very vaguely, but Yang Yi understood what he meant, thinking that not only himself, but also estimated that other princes might have a worse life than him at this time.

However, according to his mother's description, in order not to worry Yang Yi's grandfather Su Zhongzhai, and in order not to implicate his mother's family, his mother has not contacted the Su family in Shu for many years.

Jin Pengyuan was also reluctant to talk to Yang Yi about these matters, after all, it involved royal affairs, and it would be worth the loss if he accidentally involved himself.

"Gongzi Jia, let's hurry up, there is a post station more than ten miles ahead, we can go there and rest for the night."

Yang Yi nodded, hugged his fists and said: "I am not familiar with the place in my life, and everything is arranged by the financial manager." ”

There was nothing to say all the way, and everyone finally arrived at the post station before dark.

It is not so much a post station as a small courtyard, except for a main hall, there is only a kitchen and side house. There were only two people in the inn, a lame post officer, and a fat cook.

They had nothing to eat but wine and naan, and they were not allowed to drink alcohol and could only eat the dry food they had brought with them, and no one could believe it in this barren mountain and wilderness.

Dozens of people crowded in a room can imagine what the situation is, dirty mess not to mention, as soon as they entered the lobby, a group of caravan guards took off their shoes and rubbed their stinky feet that had come out of the blood blister, for a time the lobby was really full of fragrance, and people had nowhere to hide.

Yang Yi, who was about to suffocate, finally took his generals to sit down by a windowsill for a long time, and hurriedly opened the window to breathe in the fresh air outside.

A caravan guard reminded: "That son, the night wind in this mountain forest can be very cold, if you sleep with the window open at night, it is estimated that you will be frozen." ”

Yang Yi was lying on the windowsill, his head poked out hard, and he waved his hand without looking back, he would rather be frozen to death than smoked into stinky tofu!

After a day's journey, everyone was very tired, and after replenishing some water and dry food, they began to lie down on the ground to sleep, and soon the whole hall was snoring.

The suffocating smell and the snoring sound like thunder made Yang Yi crazy.

In the middle of the night, as the caravan guard said, the icy mountain wind blew in through the window, making it even more difficult for Yang Yi to sleep.

Yang Yi, who finally couldn't help it, still compromised, his feet smelled like no one died, and it would be extremely troublesome if he caught a cold.

Yang Yiyi gritted his teeth and sat up, looked at the snoring lobby, everyone was sleeping dead. Yang Yi got up and reached for the window.

Suddenly, Yang Yi's eyes froze, and he looked outside, as if he saw a black shadow shaking in the forest behind the house.

"Is there a beast?" Yang Yi thought about it and still felt that something was wrong, and looked up outside the main hall, but he didn't see the caravan guards on night duty, and even the golden steward was gone.

Yang Yi felt that something was wrong, and raised his leg and kicked the monkey tip lying asleep on the side a few times.

Monkey Jian'er woke up in a daze, looked up at Yang Yi, and saw Yang Yi gently pointing out the window to himself, and immediately became energetic, he had followed Yang Yi for some days, and Yang Yi had experienced life and death several times, and the tacit understanding between him was self-evident.

Monkey Jian'er sat up lightly and looked out the window in the direction Yang Yi pointed. Monkey Jian'er's vision and hearing are far superior to Yang Yi's, and he knows at a glance that there are people outside the house, and there is more than one person.

didn't say much, Monkey Jian'er gave Yang Yi a downward gesture, signaling Yang Yi to hide behind the window, and he quietly moved over to wake up all the generals.

The monkey tiplet climbed out of the window with very light hands and feet, and came back after half a pillar of incense.

"There are a lot of people, a bit like the gang of bandits in the afternoon!" Monkey Jian'er said softly.

Yang Yi was taken aback, according to what the golden steward said, if the bandits don't succeed in robbing the goods, they will never make a second move, and this is an official post, and there are often large groups of troops passing by, how can the bandits start here?

I only heard Monkey Jian'er say a little anxiously: "I saw that there were caravans and bandits together, and I couldn't see the appearance clearly, they arranged a lot of firewood around the post station, probably to set fire." ”

It turned out that there was a mole! But why arson? If you accidentally burn the goods, wouldn't it be worth the loss?

Yang Yi was surprised in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal the generals to quietly climb out of the window first. At this time, he did not know how many traitors were in the caravan, and if he dared to involve himself, he would definitely be burned, so he decided to retreat to safety before making plans.

Flipping out of the window, Yang Yi ordered Tie Niu to take his generals to the back mountain to find a commanding height to hide, ready to fight at any time. He followed the monkey tip and quietly touched it forward.

Under the leadership of Monkey Jian'er, the two came to a cliff on top of a broken stone, and Monkey Jian'er motioned Yang Yi to lie on the broken stone and look down.

Yang Yi cautiously climbed to the edge of the broken stone, looked down, and could just see several dark shadows standing next to the post stable, and could vaguely hear them talking softly.

"Why don't you do it in the afternoon?" One of them.

Yang Yi was quite surprised when he heard this, who was the voice of the gold manager?

The other person heard the question of the golden steward, and said: "Those people are elite experts at a glance, plus the guards of the caravan, I can attack it by force, and the casualties will definitely be heavy." ”

It was the masked head man among the bandits who spoke.

"If you want to do big things, why should you be cautious about these small sections? It's not that you don't know the value of that thing, once you get it, you and I can both soar in the future! Steward Jin condensed.

The masked head said: "Hmph... You don't want to say it so lightly, if I don't have the strength, will you come to me? Don't think I don't know the tricks of you people, if Lao Tzu has no manpower, I don't know how he will die at that time. ”

"You..." Steward Jin wanted to be angry, but finally forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "That's it, since the matter has come to this point, I have to do it in this post station, we must fight quickly, if we meet officers and soldiers, it will be troublesome." ”

The masked man sneered, stopped talking, and turned around and walked towards the post station with his men.

The monkey who was lying next to Yang Yi glanced at Yang Yi, but saw Yang Yi frowning. This matter is already very clear, the golden steward and the bandits colluded to steal the caravan's goods. The plan should be that the golden steward informed the bandit caravan of the itinerary, and the bandit set up an ambush to intercept the caravan at the trestle in the afternoon, so that not only could the goods be robbed, but also the golden steward would not reveal his identity.

Yang Yi's appearance disrupted their plans, and it was obvious that they didn't want to stop there, and were preparing to sneak attack the post station at night.

"What are we going to do?" Monkey asked softly.

Yang Yi thought for a while and said coldly: "Hide it, don't show your head, take a look first." ”

At present, it seems that it is difficult to distinguish the situation between the enemy and us, except for more than a hundred bandits, it is not known how many people in the caravan are traitors, and Yang Yi can easily put himself in a desperate situation when he stands up at this time.

As he spoke, the masked man in the night had already come to the front of the post station, and with a wave of his hand, a group of bandits quickly stepped forward to put the firewood in their hands around the post station, and then everyone returned to the front yard.

The masked man said to his men: "Remember that when setting a fire, you must spread a layer of rotten grass on the firewood, as long as the smoke is big enough, don't really set fire to the house and burn the goods." ”

"Boss, it's all arranged, to ensure that there is only smoke, and the house won't burn for a while."

The masked man nodded, "Let's get started." ”

At the sound of an order, the bandits lit the pyres around the post station, and then lined up in the main courtyard, set up bows and arrows, and waited for the people in the post station to rush out.

Yang Yi suddenly understood the intention of the bandits, in order to protect the goods in the caravan, they wanted to smoke out all the people in the post station, and then kill them, which was the safest and least risky method.

Sure enough, after the firewood and grass pile covered by rotten grass caught fire, no open fire was lit, and the smoke instantly surrounded the entire post station.

"Gone off fire!!

An exclamation came from the post station, and suddenly there was an uproar in the post station, and the caravan guards who were sleeping in a daze were choked by the smoke and coughed violently, and they didn't dare to think about it and rushed out of the post station one after another.

Rushing out of the station, the caravan guards choked with tears could finally take a big breath of fresh air, but when they looked up, they froze, because in front of them were countless bright swords.

"Kill!" The masked man gave an order, and suddenly the screams in the courtyard were endless, and most of the caravan guards ran in a hurry, and did not replace their own weapons, and they were powerless to fight back at this time.