Chapter 582: A Hidden Chess Piece

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Yang Xuangan was slightly stunned when he heard his father's decision.

A familiar voice suddenly came from behind the screen: "Haha, it's still Yue Guogong's thoughtfulness, and I really admire it." โ€

When Yang Xuangan first heard this, his whole body was like an electric shock, he trembled slightly, and in an instant, his face was full of surprise, and his voice trembled slightly: "Secret brother? Is that you? โ€

With a few hearty laughs, Li Mi, who was dressed in armor, walked out from behind the screen, with a hint of a smile on his thin and dark face, and said to Yang Xuangan: "Big brother, long time no see." โ€

Yang Xuangan took two steps forward, grabbed Li Mi's hand, looked him up and down, and said, "Brother Mi, why are you here?" โ€

Li Mi smiled: "Big brother, don't forget that the younger brother is also the prince of the East Palace, Qianniu, this time to guard Renshou Palace, of course the younger brother should be here, these days have been discussing the future with Yue Guogong, the eldest brother came in for the first time just now, the younger brother was in the room, but you didn't notice it." โ€

Yang Xuangan nodded: "Now is not the time to catch up with the past, since you have already understood these things, do you think that my father's plan is feasible?" โ€

Li Mi blinked his black and white eyes and nodded: "Yes, at an extraordinary moment, it is normal to temporarily carry out the transfer of the guard troops, in addition to leaving hundreds of people to guard here, the large army will go to the remaining troops in the East Palace to transfer, as long as there is an edict, it will not make people suspicious, even if it is General Changsun Sheng, he will not be able to interfere." โ€

Yang Xuan thought for a while and said, "But now that the secretary of the military department is Liu Shu, it is impossible for him to issue such an order." โ€

Yang Su's cold voice sounded: "It's not just Liu Shu who can transfer troops. The emperor dragon was unwell. The task of drafting the edict had long been given to the father. There is a ready-made holy decree here for the father, and now it is the prince's prison country, and the jade seal is also there for him, as long as he writes this edict for the father, and then lets the prince stamp the seal, it is an official holy decree, and no one will have doubts when they read it. Even if Changsun Sheng was suspicious, he had no right to block the movement of troops. โ€

Li Mi nodded: "Not bad." This is not to summon the troops of the East Palace to the mountain alone, which will indeed make people suspicious, but the troops of the East Palace and the Renshou Palace are reversed, and no one can say anything. โ€

Yang Su smiled and picked up an edict in front of him that had not yet dried in ink: "Xuan Gan, I thought that things might not be good before you came back just now, and I have already written this edict, now please go to the prince and ask him to stamp the seal, quickly." If the emperor really wants to do it, he may take back the power of the crown prince. Then it will be troublesome. โ€

Yang Xuangan took the edict and asked by the way: "But last time, there was that Chunfu who entered the Dafu Palace with a token, and this time there was only one child, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter." โ€

Yang Su said in a deep voice: "If you really can't go in, you can ask the guards to summon the prince out, although it will be a waste of time, but you will definitely be able to hand this thing into the hands of the prince." โ€

"As for the prince coming out, there is a guard at the door, you just need to say that this is a decree for the father, and ask him to put his seal, what a wise man the prince is, as long as he looks at it, he will understand the intention of the father, you go quickly." After a while, if he goes down the mountain with Li Mi after stamping the seal, he is the Qianniu preparation of the prince of the East Palace, and he should go to pass this order, and there will be a good response on the way. โ€

Yang Xuangan rushed to the door of Dafu Palace, the boy saw Yang Xuangan come with a formal official edict, did not dare to slack off, received Yang Xuangan's sword and let him in directly, Yang Xuangan went straight to the side hall, but only saw that the huge palace was empty except for Yang Guang, and Yang Guang was sweating profusely, walking around the palace like a beast.

As soon as Yang Guang heard the sound of footsteps outside, he didn't look up, and roared impatiently: "Didn't you say it, let the lonely one be quiet!" โ€

Yang Xuangan looked around, confirmed that there was no one else, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's me, Yang Xuangan!" โ€

Yang Guang looked up and saw that it was Yang Xuangan, first with a look of surprise on his face, and then suddenly stopped after running a few steps towards Yang Xuangan, his face was suddenly full of doubts: "Virtuous nephew, why did you come back so quickly?" โ€

Yang Xuangan took a few steps closer and directly handed the edict to Yang Guang, and his voice was as light as a mosquito humming: "Xuangan didn't rush down the mountain just now, he first discussed it with his father, and his father thought that it seemed inappropriate to go to the East Palace to transfer troops directly with this half of the token, and he would stop Changsun Sheng if he didn't make it." โ€

"So my father drafted this edict, under the pretense of the emperor's order, the guards of the East Palace and the Renshou Palace were transferred to each other, so that as long as the prince stamped the seal, it was an official document of the imperial court, even if the eldest grandson general had doubts, there was no way to stop it, and in this way, there were also guards in the East Palace, and the prince did not have to worry that the princess and the princes would fall into the hands of others in case of tearing his face."

Yang Guang didn't hesitate when he heard this, he directly took the edict, turned to the desk, and immediately stamped the seal of the jade seal after sweeping it twice, and then solemnly rolled up the edict and stuffed it into Yang Xuangan's hands, staring at Yang Xuangan's eyes tightly, and said: "Virtuous nephew, the net worth and life of my Yang Guang's family will be handed over to you." โ€

Yang Xuangan nodded vigorously, he knew that the net worth and life of his father and the whole family were also on this edict, and the arrival of the Heavenly King Laozi could not stop him from sending this edict to Yuwenshu in the East Palace.

Yang Xuangan turned around and ran quickly outside, and when he got out of the side hall door, he glanced at the main hall of Dabao, only to see that it was also brightly lit, and the light that came out of it was also flashing, as if someone was walking and talking inside.

Yang Xuangan knew that it was likely that Yang Jian was also calculating and calculating, and since Chen Guiren and Na Chunfu had already torn their faces with Yang Guang, there was only one way left in Huashan now, that is, they desperately persuaded Yang Jian to abolish Yang Guang and re-establish Yang Yong or Yang Liang as the prince.

It's just that Yang Xuangan has never understood why this Chen Guiren and Yang Guang have cooperated so many years in a good manner, but they suddenly tore their faces without warning, and they also heard him seem to be arguing with that Chen Guiren before meeting Yang Yong, and the relationship between the two really has too many secrets that are difficult to reveal to outsiders.

But Yang Xuangan didn't care about these things now, and when he ran to the palace gate, he saw Li Mi also waiting here, and he even brought two horses. Yang Xuangan took the sword from Zhang Tong'er's hand. nodded at Li Mi. Both of them mounted their horses at the same time.

Yang Xuangan couldn't wait to fly back to Daxing at this time, fastened his sword, stuffed the edict into his arms with his left hand, raised the horsewhip with his right hand, and whipped it on the horse's buttocks. Followed closely.

This Renshou Palace is built in the mountains, it is a summer resort, located in Linyou County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province today, three hundred miles away from Daxing City, if you ride Yang Xuangan is now riding this kind of fast horse that travels 800 miles a day, you can run back and forth in a day's work.

Yang Xuangan thought in his heart that it was just after the end of the day, and if it was a qiฤ“shun lรฌ, he should be able to rush back to Renshou Palace before noon tomorrow morning.

Insugung Palace was built between several mountains, and to the east was Tongsan, which was used to transport stones and building materials into the mountain. Yang Su drove tens of thousands of people to open the mountain and build roads, leading directly to the official roads outside the mountains. Therefore, the road is also flat, and there is no ordinary steepness of mountain roads.

It was already dark, Yang Xuangan hit the torch and ran all the way in front, Li Mi also followed one step behind, and the horses of the two were less than three zhang apart, but they didn't have time to say the first half of the sentence.

Turning a bend in the mountain road, Yang Xuangan suddenly saw a green pine slanting on the side of the road, so he reined in his horse, stretched out his finger to the entrance, and whistled.

I only heard a sound on the pine tree, and two black-clothed men in strong suits jumped from the tree, holding steel knives in their hands, and their bodies were as strong as goshawk apes. The faces of the two were smeared with black oil paint, and only the eyes that were exposed were still a little white.

As soon as the two black-clothed men saw Yang Xuangan, they turned the tip of the knife down, held the handle upside down in their hands, and said in a deep voice: "I've seen the young master!" โ€

Yang Xuan didn't care about returning the salute, nodded directly, and said: "If something big happens, quickly go back to Daxing and report to Yang Hong, let him make arrangements, from now on, the door of the mansion will be closed, and all the men in the family will be on guard, except for me and the lord, no one is allowed to enter the mansion, and no one is allowed to leave the mansion!" A qiฤ“ affair at home is arranged by Mr. Yang! โ€

The two of them made a violent promise, turned around and wanted to leave, Yang Xuangan glanced back at Li Mi who was standing on the side of the horse, and hurriedly said, "Wait." โ€

The two big men stopped and turned around at once: "What else does the young master command?" โ€

Yang Xuangan looked at Li Mi and said, "Brother Mi, do you want to report it to the house, so that you can be prepared?" โ€

Li Mi shook his head: "No need, now the matter is urgent, and I don't have time to take the token and hand it over to this brother, I made arrangements for Xiaohe before I came out, and he naturally knows what to do." โ€

Yang Xuangan suddenly had an idea: "Then let the red whisk go and inform Xiaohe, won't it be over?" They have been contacted directly before. โ€

Li Mi's eyes lit up: "Yes, I forgot about this layer." โ€

So Yang Xuangan turned to the two men in black, these two are the right-hand men of the underground intelligence network, not the usual people in the house, and Yang Hong and Hongfu know each other, before coming here to ambush Yang Su introduced this contact point and the situation of these two people to Yang Xuangan, telling him to send these two people in an emergency, and now it really comes in handy.

So Yang Xuan said: "Then the two of you will act separately, one will report to Chief Yang after returning to the house, and the other will directly find the girl Hongfu and ask her to go to the Pushan County Mansion to deliver a message to the person who has been contacted before, and ask them to urgently gather all the family members and guards, close the door of the mansion, and take precautions." โ€

The two of them answered yes in unison, and then turned and hurried away, and soon there were two neighing horses in the distance, and a rapid sound of horses' hooves proved that the two were on their way.

Li Mi sighed: "Yue Guogong's subordinates are really well-trained, and Yue Guogong is also doing things step by step and carefully arranged, I really want to learn more from him." โ€

Yang Xuangan smiled slightly, he took advantage of this time to drink two sips of water, this time he put the water back to the saddle, touched the edict on his chest, and the hard erection was still there, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so he continued to pump the horse's buttocks and rushed forward.

Along the way, Yang Xuangan found the feeling of rushing all the way back to Daxing from Guzang City more than half a year ago, and the thousands of miles of sleepless ten-day running seemed like yesterday.

And this time, he already knew what was waiting for him in front of him, and it was more urgent than last time, although the horse was a divine horse, he was whipped wildly by Yang Xuan along the way, and he also ran foaming at the mouth, neighing again and again.

Around midnight, it was summer, and the days were long and the nights were short. The sky was already dimly bright. Yang Xuangan finally ran with Li Mi to the vicinity of the Kaiyuan Gate of the West City of Daxing City (there are three gates on each of the four walls of Daxing City). And the two torches, which had been fought all night, were also thrown away early.

Although Li Mi has been in the army in the past few years, his riding skills and martial arts are not the same as before, but after all, he is not as talented as Yang Xuangan, and he has a solid foundation in martial arts since childhood. I couldn't even speak, and I lay on my horse, panting.

Yang Xuangan looked at the closed city gate in front of him, and wanted to step forward to call the city gate open with his waist card, but just took a step, only to hear Li Mi panting behind him: "Big, big brother, don't call the door." โ€

Yang Xuan was surprised: "Why? โ€

"Now, the current Daxing defense is in charge of Changsun, Changsun Sheng. If the eldest brother is, if he calls the door now. It is bound to arouse the vigilance of the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson Sheng, if it is examined, it is examined, I am afraid that it is, I am afraid that it is a side matter, and it will not be counted. It is better to wait for half an hour, and the gate will be opened, and then you will enter after it is opened. Li Mi squeezed out so many words with difficulty in one breath, and suddenly lay on the back of the horse again.

Yang Xuangan nodded, he ran all night, and he was a little tired, so he got off the horse, took out the water bladder, didn't care about drinking it himself, and handed it to Li Mi first, Li Mi trembled and grabbed the water bladder, poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth, and finally felt alive again.

Yang Xuangan smiled, picked up the water bladder and said while drinking: "Brother Mi, look at your wolf bรจi, and the fat man who came out to run the horse that year has a fight with the dead appearance, haha, if the fat man is here, he will definitely laugh at you." โ€

Yang Xuangan casually said that the fat man, and suddenly thought that Yang Zhao was also involved in this matter, in case something went wrong, even this honest and good man would have to save his life, and his heart suddenly became anxious again, and said to Li Mi: "Brother Mi, let's call the door early, even if the troops of the East Palace are mobilized, sooner or later we will have to deal with Changsun Sheng, this level can't be avoided, it's better to face it early." โ€

After Li Mi relieved his strength, his thinking began to recover, he thought about it carefully while holding the horse's neck, and nodded seriously: "Yes, it is true that sooner or later we will have a showdown with Changsun Sheng, only the two of us are easy to handle, if the two armies are in front, I am afraid that they will inevitably fight." According to what the eldest brother said, now I used to call the door. โ€

So the two galloped to the city gate, and Yang Xuangan shouted at the city tower: "Yang Xuangan of the Pillar Kingdom, enter the city with the emperor's edict, the city gate guards, quickly put down the drawbridge!" โ€

There was a commotion on the city tower, and several heads poked out at once, and a man wearing an iron helmet who looked like an officer and asked: "The general enters the city at this time, can he have a waist card or token given by the emperor?" โ€

Yang Xuangan took out the yellow edict from his arms, held it high in his hand, and shouted: "The emperor's holy purpose is this, the guards of Zhaodong Palace and the guards of Renshou Palace are intertwined, do you want to resist the decree?!" โ€

The guards at the head of the city stared at each other with big eyes, and the officer looked embarrassed, and replied: "General Yang, it's not that we are deliberately embarrassed, it's just that General Changsun, who is in charge of the city defense, has given a strict order, now is an extraordinary period, no one is allowed to enter the city at night, you must report to him, the villain has already gone to inform General Changsun, he will come soon." โ€

Yang Xuangan watched a small soldier at the head of the city run out quickly, knowing that he must have gone to Changsun Sheng to report, he had expected this to be the result, but simply "hummed", and coldly put down a sentence: "This is the emperor's holy decree, the military situation is like fire, anyway, General Ben is not in a hurry, and he will be held accountable afterwards, I will see if General Changsun can save your head." โ€

The officer's face turned pale all of a sudden, and even through the high city walls, he could see that the tip of his nose began to bead with fine beads of sweat.

Li Mi took the opportunity to shout in the back: "Chief, I think you are impatient, and you regard the order of General Changsun, who guards Daxing, as higher than the holy decree. You don't want to think about it, if it weren't for the military emergency, we would need to rush from Renshou Palace overnight? โ€

The officer was so frightened that he no longer dared to leave anything to chance, and hurriedly said to the left and right: "Quick, quickly put down the drawbridge and open the city gate!" โ€

The heavy suspension bridge was lowered leisurely with the sound of hinges, and finally with a "bang", with the loess in the sky, it smashed to the ground, and the smoke and dust ended, and the two thick city gates "squeaked" and slowly opened.

Yang Xuangan breathed a sigh of relief, holding the holy edict in his hand, and was about to ride his horse inside, but saw a few people on horses standing at the city gate, who seemed to be also in armor. Before the sky was bright, Yang Xuangan put out the torch again, and in the flying dust, he couldn't recognize who was on the other side for a while.

Yang Xuangan and Li Mi glanced at each other, stepped forward, and walked to the suspension bridge, and the person opposite also greeted him, through the thin morning light, Yang Xuangan found that the face of the leader was dark, the two scars on his face moved like earthworms, and his eyes were as sharp as eagle falcons, and it was Changsun Sheng.

Under the crotch of the eldest grandson Sheng is the Zhulong sweat and blood horse that Yang Jian rode before, the divine horse is abnormal, I saw him wearing a leopard skin gold helmet, wearing bright light armor, deerskin riding boots under his feet, smiling, and arching his hand at Yang Xuangan: "General Yang, what are you doing when you return to the city from Renshou Palace overnight?" โ€

It turned out that this Changsun Sheng was patrolling near the west gate, and as soon as he heard the news from the little soldier, he immediately rushed over, and wanted to stop the gate official from lowering the drawbridge, but he was still a step too late, so he had to go out directly from the city gate. (To be continued......)