(Sure enough, three days later, Li Qi, the king of Mu, led 200 guards of the Shuaifu with bright armor and escorted 2,000 carts of grain and grass from Chang'an to the outside of Fenning City.) Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After Jing Yuncong and Lai Xing'er got the letter, they opened the city gate to welcome King Mu, and the two accompanied Li Qi into the city to the Shuai Hall and sat down.

"All the idle people and others have retreated, and there is a decree in the saint, come to Xing'er and Jingyuncong to receive the decree." Li Qi finished greeting Jing Yuncong and others, and said a sentence without saltiness.

Ever since he heard that Li Qi, the king of Mu, personally escorted grain and grass to reward the three armies, Lai Xing'er had already seen that Jing Yuncong seemed to have something on his mind, and he was depressed all day long. He asked him several times to inquire about it, but every time he looked left and right about it, he avoided answering, and at this time he heard Li Qi actually put himself in front of Jing Yuncong, Lai Xing'er glanced at Jing Yuncong who was sitting under Li Qi uneasily, and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.

Jing Yuncong calmly waved his hand to the generals and escort sergeants in the hall, and everyone obeyed the order, saluted Li Qi, Jing Yuncong, Lai Xing'er and the other three and then retreated.

Li Qi slowly stood up, took the holy decree from the hand of the edict official beside him, glanced at Jing Yuncong and Lai Xing'er, the two of them quickly got up, said to receive the decree, and knelt down side by side in front of Li Qi.

"The deputy marshal of the Zi'er Hexi and Longyou marching armies, the commander of the Shenhe army, all of them, Fuyuan Hou Lai Xing'er," Li Qi cleared his throat and said slowly, "Loyal pillow is hardworking, both civil and military, led the army to repeatedly defeat the Fan Kou, has made outstanding achievements, and defended the land well, and is immediately promoted to the general of the Shenhe, the prince of Xiping County, still the deputy marshal of the Hexi and Longyou marching army, and helping the king Li Qi to defend Fenning." Laixing's son came to the town, because of his father's merit, he immediately gave Kaiyuan County a man. The rest of the meritorious generals are supported, and they are awarded by Lai Xing'er with meritorious service. Chin this. ”

After Li Qi finished announcing the holy decree, he stepped forward, helped Xing'er up with his own hands, with a smile on his face, and said: "Before leaving, my father specially asked this king to tell you that you should have led the army to defeat the Tubo army in Lingtai and Fenning one after another. ”

Lai Xing'er avoided Li Qi's hands stretched out to him, still knelt in place, clasped his fists with both hands, and said: "Lord Wang, Lai Xing'er will go to the Western Xinjiang again, and when His Majesty Yanying Hall resigned, the saint said very clearly: Lai Xing'er temporarily returned to Jingyun Cong for moderation. Lai Xing'er's Shenhe and the first general were originally only 4,000 people, and it was Marshal Jing who took into account the Lingtai and would bear the brunt of it, and it would be an important place for the enemy to fight, so 10,000 elite soldiers were specially selected to increase the Lingtai, so that Lai Xing'er could stick to the Lingtai without losing; When Na Simo led an army of 80,000 to attack Fenning, although Lai Xing'er was lucky enough to go deep into the enemy camp and assassinate Na Simo in one fell swoop, if Marshal Wujing led the army out of the city in time to respond, he would not have achieved such a great victory. The above reasons also annoy the prince to give gifts to the saint on his behalf, so that the saint can reward the public. ”

At this time, even a young boy like Lai Xing'er, who is not familiar with officialdom, can see the situation in front of him very clearly: the emperor does not reward Jing Yuncong, who is really the commander of the whole army, and only rewards himself, there must be another reason behind it. Therefore, he took advantage of Li Qiwei's announcement to Jing Yuncong and took the lead in clarifying his attitude of advancing and retreating with Jing Yuncong and sharing honor and disgrace.

Li Qi didn't expect that Xing'er would give him such a hand, his face sank at that time, and he stared at Jing Yuncong beside Xing'er with bad intentions, and stepped forward and said: "The Holy Lord's edict, Jing Yuncong's son killed the king, which is like a rebellion, and then Li Qi, the king of peace, sent someone to escort him back to Beijing, and handed it over to the division for investigation." Come on, tie up Jing Yuncong. ”

As soon as the guards of the Shuai Mansion on both sides swarmed up, they were about to come to get Jing Yuncong.

Lai Xing'er stood up suddenly, glared angrily at the guards, and shouted in a deep voice: "Wait. ”

Immediately hugged his fist to Li Qi and asked, "Please tell the prince the details, and then it's not too late to take people." ”

"Come to Xing'er, do you want to rebel?" Li Qi was furious, and pointed at Lai Xing'er with his hand and asked.

"Lord, Empress Zhenyi sacrificed her life for the country, and the three-year mourning period has not yet arrived, how could Marshal Jing rebel against the imperial court? This must be a traitor in the court to frame the loyal and good. If the prince refuses to tell us the truth today, he will not think of Marshal Moving's fingers. Lai Xing'er stood in front of Jing Yuncong and replied without giving an inch.

"Xing'er, you dodge."

Jing Yuncong pressed the anger and disappointment in his heart, slowly stood up, pushed Lai Xing'er away, faced Li Qi, and asked in a trembling voice: "Lord Wang, just now you said that Jing killed the king, but the person who killed the king was the dog Jingzhao?" He is trusted by the emperor and has the heavy responsibility of maintaining law and order in Gyeonggi, how could he suddenly become a traitor who kills the king?! Look at the old man's love for half his life and his death on the battlefield, I implore the prince to give a lecture or two in person, so that the old man can understand when he dies. ”

Li Qi faced Jing Yuncong and Lai Xing'er's questions in turn, his expression was first discouraged, and then he stiffened his neck, glared and shouted: "Jing Zhao's murder of the monarch is the first report of Bao Zhaoyi, and he saw it in person with the prison envoy, and his father and emperor were sacred, and the evidence was ironclad and cannot be denied. Today, if you do not obey the edict, you will be rebellious. This king holds the sword of Shang Fang here, and if you don't accept it again, Hugh blames this king for turning his face and being ruthless. ”

"Bao Zhaoyi? Hmph, I'm about to go back to Chang'an to find her and settle an old account. Lai Xing'er gritted her teeth and sneered, "Lord Wang, I am willing to accompany Jing Dashuai back to the court, and tell the emperor the twists and turns and the original story in person." ”

"Where is Zhao'er now?" Jing Yuncong realized something, and asked Li Qi in a trembling voice.

"Hmph, Jing Yuncong, don't hide it, my father has something to say to you, for the sake of Empress Zhenyi's affection, as long as you are willing to return to Beijing according to the order, you can be guaranteed not to die. This king advises you to surrender your military power at once, bow down and be bound, and this king can also look at the past work together, and treat you well, so that you can return to Chang'an unscathed. Otherwise......"

Jing Yuncong nodded gloomily, as if he had noticed something from Li Qi's words, his eyes couldn't help but be full of tears, he turned his hand behind his back, and said lightly: "Jing Yuncong accepted the order, thank you." Come on. ”

"Dashuai!"

Lai Xing'er watched as a group of guards rushed up, pushed Jing Yuncong to the ground, tied it up firmly, and tears filled his eyes in an instant.

Li Qi was worried that something would happen later, so he immediately ordered a close lieutenant to lead fifty guards to escort Jing Yuncong back to Beijing for investigation.

Before the lieutenant could order his subordinates to push Jing Yuncong out and escort him on the road, he heard a sudden commotion outside the gate of the Shuaifu Courtyard, and someone shouted loudly: "Whoever dares to kidnap Jing Dashuai, step on my Zhang Meng first." ”

(To be continued.) )