Chai Shao wanted to respond directly, but when he heard the last sentence, he hesitated for a moment and asked: "But the soldiers guarding the city gate are Changsun Sheng's right guard troops, not our Xiaoguo guards in the East Palace, will they listen to the general's orders?" ”

Yu Wenshu waved his hand impatiently, and said: "It's their business to listen or not, you first convey this meaning and tell the officer in charge, these people are all bad people, ask him to put his tricks high, the archers are ready, once these people have any abnormal movements, they will immediately shoot with arrows." Changsun Sheng is also a general, and he must have seen that there was something wrong with these people, so he specially ordered the city gate to be closed. ”

Chai Shao replied "yes", stood up and turned around to leave. Yang Zhao suddenly said, "Slow." ”

Chai Shao turned around and asked, "What else does the prince command?" ”

Yang Zhao said: "If you see Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, if they can't enter the city, you must find a way to take them in, and if necessary, lead a team of people to open the city gate and rush out to pick them in." ”

Chai Shao made a violent promise and rushed out, and soon, his voice came from outside the door: "The third team of the Flying Leopard Rider, follow me!" Then there was a dense sound of horses' hooves, farther and farther away.

Yang Zhao sighed, sat back on the chair beside Yu Wenshu, took out the handkerchief in his arms and kept wiping the sweat on his head.

Yuwen Shu glanced at Yang Zhao, and his face became heavy and abnormal: "King Jin, I'm afraid we have to plan for the worst." ”

Yang Zhao's hand shook, the handkerchief fell to the ground suddenly, and he hurriedly said, "Is there such a strict zhòng?" ”

Yu Wenshu nodded: "Yang Xuangan and Li Mimao arrived outside the gate of Kaiyuan City, they must have come overnight, and something must have happened in Renshou Palace." Otherwise, it won't be like this. Changsun Sheng did not let them into the city, but took them directly to the barracks. There was no movement for an hour. Maybe they have been detained by Changsun Sheng, and now there are so many strong men of unknown origin outside the door, it is really weird, and it must be guarded against. ”

Yang Zhao's face changed greatly, his voice was trembling, and he said, "General Yuwen, what did you say would happen in Renshou Palace, could it be that the imperial grandfather is going to be unfavorable to his father?" Yang Zhao remembered when Yang Jian abolished Yang Yong. Yang Yan's miserable and pitiful fate made his face turn white with fright.

Yuwenshu shook his head, seeing Yang Zhao frightened like this, he smiled slightly, pressed his hand on Yang Zhao's shoulder, and his voice became calm: "It shouldn't be, if the emperor really wants to attack the prince, just send someone to pass the decree directly, don't you have to go to such a big time, besides, didn't you also go to Renshou Palace the day before yesterday?" At that time, the emperor didn't have the slightest intention of abolishing the crown prince. ”

Yang Zhao heard Yu Wenshu say this. He touched his chest and said, "I'm scared to death." That is according to General Yuwen. Who is this troublemaker? ”

Yu Wenshu said in a deep voice: "Changsun Sheng originally worked for the prince, but later because he didn't become the left and right guards of the East Palace, he was disgruntled, and he spoke disrespectfully in front of the prince, and now it is difficult to judge which side his position is, it is possible that he has taken refuge in Yang Yong and become the prince's enemy." ”

"As for those people at the city gate, they may be Yang Yong's people, or they may be people from other forces, who want to take advantage of the chaos to rescue Yang Yong, and even kidnap King Jin and King Yuzhang (Yang Guang's second son Yang Rikhmer), as well as Princess Xiao, as a bargaining capital with the imperial court."

As soon as Yang Zhao heard this, he became nervous again, and said, "Then what now?" ”

Yuwen Shu laughed: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is a little restless, with me, the country is here; With me, the society survives! Now the five thousand Xiaoguo who defend the East Palace are all strong men who have experienced a hundred battles and are extremely brave, all of them can walk on their arms and stand on their fists. ”

"Even if it is Changsun Sheng's 50,000 Shangfu soldiers, it is not our opponent to fight when they pull it apart, let alone these thieves who are plotting to make trouble and have unknown origins! Besides, the civil and military officials in Daxing City, which of the noble families does not have hundreds or thousands of guards? If we do fight, they will help us. ”

"So His Royal Highness the King of Jin can rest assured, if it really doesn't work, the old minister will personally open the way and fight a bloody road, and he will definitely protect His Royal Highness and the princess to reach Renshou Palace safely."

After Yang Zhao heard this, a big stone in his heart also fell to the ground, and he said happily: "Yes, and my good brothers Yang Xuangan and Li Mi, one is like the reincarnation of the overlord, and the other can be called Kong Ming in the world, I believe that they will be able to enter the city safely and soundly, and when the time comes, Yang Xuangan will be there, and no enemies will be a problem." ”

The muscles on Yuwenshu's face jumped, raised his thick eyebrows like a ball of weeds, and laughed: "Yes, yes, General Yang broke the Turks, and he was invincible as a hero, even if it was Changsun Sheng's military camp, he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep, he came to Daxing in the starry night, he should have been ordered by the emperor, as long as he entered the city, he would be out of the blue." ”

Yang Zhao was about to speak, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near outside, and it seemed that there was a cavalry team of more than 100 people. Yu Wenshu's face changed, and he shouted at a team member at the head of the palace wall: "Who is coming?" ”

The team put on the canopy with their forehands, Ding Qing took a closer look, suddenly showed joy, turned his head, and shouted at Yuwenshu: "General Hui, it is Chai who guards them back, and the one who is riding in the front is General Yang Xuangan Yang of the Zhuguo!" ”

Yu Wenshu "soared", stood up directly from the chair, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it really Yang Xuangan?" ”

The team turned his head to look at it again, turned around and shouted, "It's true! General Yang was not wearing armor, and he was holding a roll of yellow things in his hand, as if it was a holy decree! ”

Without waiting for Yu Wenshu to speak, Yang Zhao had already jumped out like an arrow from the string, he lifted the hem of his placket, running all over his body and shaking with fat, but his face was full of excitement and excitement.

The person who came was Yang Xuangan, he happened to meet Chai Shao on the way to the East Palace, although the two did not meet, but Chai Shao heard more about Yang Xuangan's heroic deeds, and he could recognize him at once.

As soon as Yang Xuangan got off the horse, he saw the door of the East Palace open, and a yellow mountain of flesh with the smell of sweat suddenly pounced on his body, and a fleshy head was buried in his shoulder, wiping tears and snot while whimpering and saying, "Xuangan." Occult sense. You're here! I'm really afraid I'll never see you again! ”

Yang Xuan's heart was moved. smiled and whispered in Yang Zhao's ear: "Fatty, I'm fine, everyone is watching, you are the King of Jin, don't be too ashamed." As he spoke, he gently stroked Yang Zhao's back.

Yang Zhao reluctantly raised his head, first looked at Yang Xuangan, and then looked behind him. Suddenly, he said, "Xuangan, where is Ami?" ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "There are a lot of suspicious people at the city gate, I discussed with Ah Mi, I can't open the city gate lightly and let these people in, so I climbed the city wall to come up, and Ah Mi went back to Changsun Sheng's camp to transfer troops." ”

Yang Zhao nodded and didn't say more.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone on the palace wall shouting: "General Yang is mighty!" In an instant, the guards inside and outside the palace began to shout rhythmically, and the shouts were rough and majestic, reaching into the sky.

Yang Xuangan raised his head. I happened to see the team member lying on the palace wall, with thick eyebrows like knives. With two sideburns and a beard, and disproportionately thick arms, it is Li Mi's disciple who had a relationship with him in the Pushan County Mansion a few years ago, the archer Wang Bodang!

Yang Xuangan knew that he took the lead in shouting and cheering for himself just now, and he hadn't seen it for a few years, and this Wang Bodang had also been promoted from an ordinary soldier to a team leader, but on this occasion he didn't dare to show that he knew this person, so he smiled and arched his hand to Wang Bodang, and bowed his hand.

Yu Wenshu walked out of the East Palace Gate unhurriedly, and as soon as Yang Xuangan arrived, he could be regarded as having eaten a reassuring pill.

In fact, at that hour just now, Yu Wenshu's heart was also up and down, uneasy, but in order to reassure others, he didn't dare to show his panic on the surface, even in front of Yang Zhao, he was pretending to be arrogant.

In fact, when the shape was unfavorable, he fought a bloody way, protected Yang Guang's family and Yang Yong's whole family to rush out of Daxing together, and arrived at Renshou Palace was Yuwenshu's preferred plan at that time.

Even when Yu Wenshu first heard that Yang Xuangan and Li Mi were brought into the Changsun Sheng military camp, he had already secretly asked someone to inform his sons in the house to be ready to run away with him at any time.

So Yang Xuangan came at this time, Yuwenshu himself also breathed a sigh of relief, and when he saw Yang Xuangan, his face was full of smiles, and he took the initiative to arch his hand and said: "General Yang, come here at this time, what's the matter?" ”

As soon as Yang Xuangan saw Yuwenshu, his expression immediately became stern, and he took out the half of the token given by Yang Guang from his arms, and handed it to Yuwenshu: "The prince has an order, the left guard of the East Palace will lead Yuwenshu to immediately lead the East Palace Guards to the guards of Renshou Palace, there must be no mistake!" ”

Yu Wenshu took the token, examined it carefully, and took out half of the token in his arms and put it together.

Yu Wenshu handed the token back to Yang Xuangan and said, "If my department goes to Renshou Palace, then who will defend this city?" Can the emperor and the crown prince have an edict? ”

Yang Xuangan spread out the scroll of the holy decree and said in a deep voice: "The holy decree has arrived, and the left guard of the East Palace will lead Yuwen to receive the decree." ”

Yu Wenshu immediately pushed Jin Shan to kneel down on the jade pillar, and the surrounding guards all dismounted and knelt down.

Yang Xuangan read the holy decree again, to the effect that it was the same as Yang Guang's order just announced, only saying that a small team of guards would be left to defend the East Palace, and Yu Wenshu should set off immediately.

Yu Wenshu hesitated for a moment, first thanked him for the order, and then asked in a low voice: "It's not appropriate to leave only a small team to stay here, does the prince have any hints?" ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head, took a step forward, and said close to Yuwenshu's ear: "The shape of Renshou Palace is very nervous, and I need to rush over immediately, I can't take care of it too much here." ”

"I originally wanted to transfer Chang Sun Sheng's troops to change the guard, but there was a situation at the city gate, Chang Sun Sheng is now also the first rat at both ends, and he may not send troops over, so he can only close the city gate and prevent these people from entering the city, although there is only a small team of guards here, it should be safe enough."

Yu Wenshu's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "What happened in Renshou Palace?" What is the relationship between Changsun Sheng and those people outside the city gate? ”

Yang Xuangan pulled Yuwenshu aside, Yang Zhao also came over, and the other guards walked away with interest, Yang Xuangan glanced at the people who walked far away, and then turned his head and said: "Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the King of Jin and General Yuwen, the prince was framed and betrayed, and a secret letter from the prince and my father last night to discuss the emperor's death was handed over to the emperor by Chen Guiren!" ”

Yu Wenshu's face changed color, and he lost his voice: "How can this be? ”

And Yang Zhao opened his mouth even wider, unable to say a word.

Yang Xuangan asked in a deep voice, "Do you know the relationship between the prince and Chen Guiren?" ”

Yu Wenshu nodded: "Yes, they have been working together for six or seven years. The crown prince once promised Chen Guiren. Once he ascended to the throne. The members of the Chen royal family who were exiled to various places of residential surveillance will be released back to Jiangnan, and the control will become less strict, and they can also be allowed to come out to become officials. ”

"So in the matter of the prince's entry into the East Palace, Chen Guiren has really contributed a lot, and in the past few years, Queen Dugu has not been there, and she has always been the emperor's advance to dispel the emperor's plan to release Yang Yong and Yang Xiu again and again."

Yang Zhao also interjected on the side and said: "Xuan Gan, you have always been unaware, Chen Guiren is the half-sister of Chen Shubao, the queen of the Chen Kingdom, after the fall of the Chen Dynasty. Her mother, Concubine Shi and her two brothers of Chen Guo, were exiled to the area of Longxi and Hexi, where they farmed and lived the life of a farmer under the supervision of the imperial court. ”

"For so many years, my father has been sending people to secretly take care of and help Chen Guiren's mother and brother, so Chen Guiren has been cooperating with his father until now."

Yang Xuangan's mind flashed, his whole body was shocked, and he blurted out: "What are you talking about, are they in Longxi?" ”

Yu Wenshu saw Yang Xuangan's reaction, and nodded strangely: "It's either Longxi or Hexi, in short, it's a wild land in the northwest." When Chen Guiren first entered the palace, she was just a thirteen-year-old girl. It's not a concubine, it's just a palace maid. It was not until the end of the emperor's reign that he began to be favored by the emperor and promoted to a concubine, and the cooperation between King Jin and Chen Guiren was a matter of the past few years. General Yang, is there a problem here? ”

Yang Xuangan's heart appeared Wang Shichong's terrible face, and he suddenly understood that Chen Guiren's betrayal at this most critical moment, as well as Changsun Sheng's wavering wait-and-see until now, and the thousands of strong men who fell from the sky outside the four gates of Daxing, converged together, and finally formed the murderous intent that flashed in Wang Shichong's green wolf eyes.

Yes, it must be Wang Shichong, only he will have such arrangements and calculations, relying on his connections in Longxi and Hexi, let Xue Ju or Guzang's wealthy families come forward and control Chen Guiren's mother and brother, so as to coerce Chen Guiren to find an opportunity at this most critical time to provoke the relationship between Yang Jian and Yang Guang.

Yang Jian, who was ill, would lose his judgment under anger, and ordered Changsun Sheng to release Yang Yong and escort him to flee to the Han king Yang Liang to raise a rebellion.

And people like Wang Shichong can just take the opportunity to control the military power, in the name of begging for thieves or King Qin, recruit private soldiers, and take advantage of the situation, when the time comes, the wealthy families of Liang Shidu, Xue Ju, Guzang City, and those local forces that are ready to move all over the world will support the army and divide the territory, this is the result that Wang Shichong wants to operate for many years.

Yang Xuangan gritted his teeth and quickly made a decision: "General Yuwen, look at this, you will immediately lead the main force of Xiaoguo now, bring Princess Xiao and King Jin, and His Royal Highness King Yuzhang to run to Renshou Palace, and when you go out of the city, you will press the position with a strong bow and crossbow, and not let a thief enter the city, once you get out of the city, you will close the door immediately, and then move forward at full speed, and after arriving at Renshou Palace, you will listen to the prince's arrangement." ”

Yuwen Shu's weed-like thick eyebrows raised: "General Yang, aren't you going to Renshou Palace with us?" ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head, glanced at Yang Zhao, and said, "No, I'll stay here to guard the East Palace." ”

Yuwenshu said in a deep voice: "General Yang, you have to think clearly, you leave Yang Yong and his family here, this is the first target of the thieves, as soon as the army leaves, you only have a team left here, in case the thieves enter the city, then you will die for a lifetime, this Daxing Palace and the Prince East Palace have no other exits, it is not easy to kill them, you must not be a hero, in my opinion, take Yang Yong's whole family and rush out together." ”

Yang Xuangan waved his hand: "No, General Yuwen, you also know that the first target of the thief is not someone else, but Yang Yong, so if you use the Xiaoguo guards to protect the Jin Wang brothers and princesses out of the city, the thieves will not dare to act rashly, and if you bring Yang Yong's family with you, they will definitely fight hard, the strength of the thieves may not only be a few thousand people outside the door, if you really fight for your life, the outcome is unpredictable." ”

Yang Zhao hurriedly said: "Since it is so dangerous, Xuan Gan, why do you want to stay here?" It's just that the uncle's family was robbed, as long as there is no accident in Renshou Palace, it won't affect the overall situation. ”

Yang Xuan said anxiously: "No, the thieves should have planned a long time ago, as long as they can kidnap Yang Yong, they can run to the Han King Yang Liang to raise an army, and then it will really make the country have no peace, I can't take this risk, you go first, and when I turn around, I will immediately mobilize the soldiers of the Yueguo Mansion and the Pushan County Mansion to strengthen the defense here, as long as you can survive until you come back, you can smoothly survive this crisis." ”

Yu Wenshu was still a little hesitant, and muttered in his mouth: "This ......"

Yang Xuangan interrupted his thoughts suddenly, and said: "Now that 100,000 people are in a hurry, Chen Guiren has openly opposed the crown prince, if he couldn't provoke the emperor last night and abolish the prince, he would definitely continue to act today." The emperor is already critically ill, and his mind is not too clear, it is easy to be fooled at this time, and if you don't go there, something big will happen! ”

Yu Wenshu gritted his teeth, turned back to the guards who were standing far away and shouted: "Pass my general order, except for the third squad of Chai Shao's Flying Leopard Battalion to stay behind to defend the East Palace, all the sergeants will get on their horses, change guards with the troops of Renshou Palace, and complete the assembly within half a pillar of incense, quickly!" (To be continued......)