Three days later, the wedding banquet of the king of Luoyang reached the middle stage, which was also the peak period. In the middle of the night, fireworks were set off in the palace, and a night banquet was set up in the palace.

Near the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate of Luoyang Palace, Meng De was on duty here in full clothes, holding his saber tightly in his hand, and a layer of cold sweat broke out.

After countless winds and waves, Meng De has already practiced the bearing of not changing his face when he came out of the collapse of Mount Tai. But today, he felt that his heart was beating fast and his breathing was short, and he was rarely upset.

The strategy set by Chu Tianya was too risky. But Meng De has never been in the habit of refuting and rejecting Chu Tianya. No matter what Chu Tianya does, Meng De's only move is to support him unconditionally and swear to the death!

From the former Qingyun Fort against the strong enemy Zhang Duyan, to today's leader of the Great Song Dynasty, wanting to fight wits and courage with all the heroes in the world, Meng De has never regretted his trust and support for Chu Tianya.

Reaching into his arms, Meng De took out a bad emerald green jade pendant, and wore a trace of finely woven red rope on it, and in the red rope, a trace of black and shiny hair could be seen.

A little warmth appeared on Meng De's face, and he clenched the jade pendant tightly on his fist and muttered to himself: "Xiao Ai, I am an ominous person. It's all in vain that you are sincere to me...... If Meng can survive after this incident, I will ask my brother to call the shots and marry you! ”

At this time, on the open-air banquet platform in the main hall of Luoyang Palace, there was a singing and dancing shengping wine and meat. Chu Tianya, the king of Luoyang, and Xiao Linglong, the newlywed princess, attended tonight's fireworks night banquet together, and spent the sky with the official family and guests from all walks of life. At the head of the banquet sat the empress of the official family and the wife of Chu Tianya, as well as envoys from the Jin Kingdom, Western Xia and Western Liao.

Nowadays, the Song, Jin, Xia and Liao are competing with each other, either openly or secretly, and the envoys of the Three Kingdoms came to the Great Song Dynasty but they were like a family, and they all grasped the politeness and proportions well on such a solemn diplomatic occasion, neither talking about state affairs, nor whispering in private to hook up.

Among the envoys of the Three Kingdoms, Xiao Ta Buyan, the queen of Western Liao, was the most eye-catching. First, he is the only woman among all the envoys, plus she is the sister of today's wedding bride, and she is a beautiful woman second only to the Queen of the Great Song Dynasty and the Princess of Luoyang, it is extremely difficult not to attract many eyeballs.

Xiao Ta Buyan brought her Yongrong and dignity to the extreme, although she was already very restrained, she still bloomed with charming charm, which made many Xia Jin envoys and high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty present a little overwhelmed by her style.

Gradually, three small inner circles formed in the banquet hall. One is centered on the Great Song Dynasty officials and queens, the other is centered on Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong, and the other is the radiant Xiao Ta Buyan. Frequent people toast her, among which there are many people who have a drunken nature to improvise poems to her, and there are even rude people who want to ask the queen Mobao to ask her to inscribe on the fan.

When the official Zhao Huan saw it, his face turned red with anger - my Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it is simply unseemly to act like this on such a solemn and solemn diplomatic occasion!

Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong secretly gave a look, and Chu Tianya walked in front of the official, "Your Majesty, do you want Weichen to go and solve the siege?" ”

"Aiqing is really virtuous, and she is deeply heartfelt." The official Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, and he was quite grateful to Chu Tianya. Although he is only a puppet emperor, he is still influenced by the etiquette he has received since childhood, and he is not used to seeing the scene in front of him.

"Wechen obeys." Chu Tianya agreed, but took Xiao Linglong to Xiao Ta's non-smoking couch together, and raised a glass together, "My husband and wife are here to toast my sister!" ”

Xiao Ta didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly got up, "The concubine doesn't dare to be the king of Luoyang, the princess, the concubine wishes you to grow old together and get a noble son early!" ”

"Please!"

In this way, those guys who were drunk and wanted to provoke Xiao Ta with their brains together with the essence worms all retreated stupidly. Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong stood in front of Xiao Ta's smokeless table, and the three of them all talked cordially with smiles on their faces, talking about their parents' shortcomings.

At this time, Chu Tianya suddenly covered his chest and shouted, "Poisonous!" ”

"Ah!!h Recently, Xiao Linglong and Xiao Ta Buyan screamed at the same time.

Before they could stop screaming, Chu Tianya spit out a large mouthful of thick black dirty blood with his head raised to the sky, and sprayed directly on Xiao Ta Buyan's head and face!

"The End of the World!! Xiao Linglong screamed loudly, and Xiao Ta was so frightened that he screamed in a hurry, and he couldn't give up.

The entire banquet hall suddenly exploded, and the officials, queens, and ministers and guests were all frightened, and Tang Ang and Anu from the nearby guards ran in with the tiger guards as fast as they could, first surrounding the venue tightly, and then surrounding the place where Chu Tianya was located.

"Lord!!" Bai Xu and the others hurriedly squeezed into the circle and gathered around Chu Tianya.

At this time, Chu Tianya was already black, his teeth were clenched, and black blood was coming out of his nose.

"The lord has been poisoned - please call the imperial doctor!"

"Where is the nobleman?" Xiao Linglong was in a hurry, "Come and detoxify!" ”

"Who poisoned it? -- No one at the scene today should leave! ”

"Tang An, Anu, everyone present will be restrained, and no one will be allowed to escape!"

"Quickly carry the lord to the dormitory for treatment!"

"Tell the Imperial Doctor! …… Call the nobles! ”

……

The banquet scene was suddenly in chaos. Tang Ang and Anu surrounded the place, and no one was allowed to leave half a step, including the official family and the queen. The most disturbing thing was that Xiao Ta didn't smoke, because many people saw Chu Tianya suddenly being poisoned and collapsed after drinking a glass of wine with her. If it weren't for the presence of a calm Bai Xu just now, it is estimated that the soldiers of the Jin army, who were already in love, would have cut Xiao Ta to pieces on the spot.

Chu Tianya was carried away. Hu Ben controlled the banquet scene, the sword was rattling, and everyone held their breath.

Bai Xu stood up and presided over the overall situation. He first stood in front of the official Zhao Huan and his wife, and said, "Your Majesty, the incident happened suddenly, and Weichen and the others had no intention of offending the holy driver. But the assassination of the king of Luoyang is not trivial. In order to capture the murderer and find the antidote to the king of Luoyang, he had to wronged His Majesty and the queen mother, and cooperated with Weichen and others. ”

"White ...... Bai Aiqing, how do you want me and the queen to cooperate with you? Zhao Huan's face turned white with fright, and his speech was a little trembling. Chu Tianya was assassinated in public in full view of everyone, which was an earth-shattering event. In case someone used this as an excuse to splash dirty water on the emperor's head, and identified that the emperor instructed him to poison the king of Luoyang, then Zhao Huan really couldn't say it clearly, and the emperor did it.

Bai Xu didn't have any anger or excess, and said very calmly: "Please ask the official family and the queen to move to the harem for the time being." Wechen will order elite guards to guard and protect day and night. Before the murderer was caught, for the sake of safety, the officials were asked to restrain the hundred officials and the harem people, and Hugh had to leave Luoyang Palace half a step without authorization. ”

"Okay, okay." As soon as Zhao Huan heard that he would not be punished, he was immediately relieved, and immediately agreed, "I will go to the palace with the queen immediately, and Bai Aiqing will arrange it." In addition, I immediately issued an edict prohibiting that no one should leave Luoyang Palace without authorization, Bai Aiqing, what do you think? ”

"Thank you!" Bai Xu arched his hand and said, "Weichen admonishes, please let the guards and the infantry command make Meng De temporarily take the position of the king of Luoyang as the commander-in-chief of Luoyang's military power, and lead the army to garrison the imperial city in case of accidents." ”

"This ...... This ......" Zhao Huan didn't react for a while. He didn't even have time to think about such a big thing, and it was indeed difficult to make a decision. Chu Tianya suddenly fell, and who was at the disposal of the large power vacancy he left behind was enough to affect the rise and fall of the entire country.

"Your Majesty, please!" Bai Xu said again loudly, and fell to his knees in the hall.

Immediately, many generals and ministers came to their knees and pleaded.

The queen whispered in Zhao Huan's ear, "Official, Meng De is the sworn brother of the king of Luoyang, and his love is stronger than Jin. At this time, if anyone is in charge of the overall situation of Luoyang, he cannot be convinced. Only Meng De ......"

Zhao Huan suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Okay, I'm ready to ask the guards to command Meng De, the commander of the infantry army, and temporarily lead the Luoyang military power and merge it into the director of the Taishi Mansion." ”

"Thank you!"

What Zhao Huan could do had been done, and Bai Xu asked Tang Ang to take someone to send the official family and the queen to the palace for strict protection.

The guests remained at the scene, and none of them dared to gasp loudly.

Soon, Meng De led the soldiers and horses to surround the entire Luoyang Palace, and no one was allowed to enter and leave at will, and the news of the assassination of the king of Luoyang was strictly sealed. The fireworks are still being set off in the palace, and the people in Luoyang City are still watching the fireworks and enjoying the night view, without realizing the slightest change. However, the net posts of Luoyang Zhumen suddenly tripled, and the entire city was loosened outside and tightly inside, and entered a state of combat readiness.

Meng De, who was fully clothed, strode into the banquet hall, his body was full of murderous energy, and his eyes were already red.

Before anyone arrived, the voice came first, "Who harmed my brother!! ”

A roar fell, and the audience was silent. Meng De, but the black-faced Yan Jun of Luoyang, there are not a few people who have fallen into bad luck in his hands, including wealthy nobles and royal relatives. Moreover, everyone knows about his close relationship with Chu Tianya, and knows more about the history of the two brothers. It can be said that half of the credit for Chu Tianya's current situation is due to Meng De.

At that moment, many people secretly thought in their hearts that if Chu Tianya really died in this murder today, then the person most likely to take Chu Tianya's place must be Meng De.

Who would dare to touch his head at this time?

The audience was silent, and no one dared to squeak.

Meng De gritted his teeth to the bone, and his finger joints held the handle of the knife, which also rattled in the bones. He suddenly strode in front of Xiao Ta Buyan, and glared at her with condescending eyes like fire, "It must be you!" ”

This roar directly made Xiao Ta Buyan take three steps back, trembling all over. Even the Western Xia envoys, who were standing not far from her, subconsciously moved a few steps to the side, as if they were afraid of being injured by the murderous aura erupting from Meng De's body.

"No, it's not me!" Xiao Ta shook his head nervously and trembled, "I didn't poison it, it's really not me!" ”

"If it's not you, who else?" Meng De gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, "I have already heard about what happened on the way here, and the King of Luoyang has been unharmed, but he was poisoned and collapsed after drinking a glass of wine with you." Besides, you wicked woman has been plotting to murder the King of Luoyang, haven't you sent assassins before? - It's you!! ”

"Huh?!"

As soon as Meng De's words came out, the scene was shocked. Most of the people who screamed were the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty and the members of the Jin delegation. That night, an assassin broke into the Luoyang palace to assassinate him, but it was kept extremely secret.

"No, no! Not me! Xiao Ta waved his hand in panic, "It's really not me!" ――If you don't believe it, you can ask Princess Luoyang, go and ask my own sister Lord Xiao, I really can't murder King Luoyang! ”

"Good!" Meng De shouted, "I'll go and ask for an understanding!" ――Where did Lord Xiao go? Take me to her! ”

"Don't look for it, I'm here." Before the words fell, Xiao Linglong walked out of the palace. All eyes were on her.

Her expression was both angry and extremely sad. She walked in front of Xiao Ta Buyan step by step, stared at her coldly, stared at her for a long time, and didn't say a word.

"Fly, Fly Fox, you have to prove it to me, it's really not me!" Xiao Ta was crying and begging.

"Princess, sue me—isn't she?" Meng De walked up to Xiao Linglong and asked in a deep voice.

Xiao Linglong bit her lip tightly, closed her eyes, and nodded lightly, "It's her ......"

"Nope! - I didn't!! Xiao Ta shouted hysterically, "Flying Fox, why do you want to harm your sister so much?!" ”

"Slut, don't stop talking!!" Meng De was furious, strode forward and threw Xiao Ta Buyan to the ground with one mouth, and stepped on her under the soles of his feet, "I don't care who you are, even if it's the king of heaven, as long as you kill my brother, I will also break your body into ten thousand pieces - take your life!! ”

"Bang-" A dragon groan, Meng De's long knife came out of the sheath!

"Ahh

The general of the Great Song Dynasty is going to kill the queen of Liao in public...... This、This is too sensational!

"General Meng, stop it!!" Many people reacted quickly and hurriedly came to persuade, "You can't kill, you can't kill!" ”

"Get out—" Mendere roared, holding his knife in both hands, and was about to slash at Xiao Ta's smokeless head.

Suddenly, a figure flickered, blocking in front of Meng De. The blade of the knife hit the figure's forehead directly, chopping through the hair a little.

Xiao Linglong stretched out her arms to block Meng De's knife, "Seventh brother, you can't kill her now!" ”

"You, Princess! ......" Meng De himself was taken aback, and hurriedly put away the knife, "Why are you?" ”

"This matter is very important, and there must be many shocking secrets hidden behind Xiao Ta Buyan. Also, don't you want to ask her for an antidote and save the life of King Luoyang? Xiao Linglong said.

Meng De suddenly came back to his senses, let go of his feet and lifted Xiao Ta Buyan from the ground with one hand, and grabbed her clothes with one hand like a chicken and lifted her feet off the ground, "Slut, you hand over the antidote first, and I will leave you with all the corpses!" ”

"It's really, really not me!" Xiao Ta smoked without smoking, his eyes were tightly closed, tears flowed for a long time, and his hands grabbed Meng De's wrists, but he couldn't loosen the flap at all.

"Seventh brother, leave it to me!" Xiao Linglong said, "You go and preside over the overall situation." ”

Meng De gritted his teeth fiercely, threw Xiao Ta into the smoke, and said hatefully, "Princess, never forget who the King of Luoyang is!" What is she? ”

"The little sister naturally knows it in her heart, Seventh Brother, please rest assured." Xiao Linglong's eyes were also red, and she held back her tears and said softly, "Come on, take her away." ”

"Yes." The female guards beside Xiao Linglong rushed up, grabbed Xiao Ta Buyan, and took him away first.

Meng De brought a big chair and placed it heavily in the center of the venue, sat down in the middle, and glared at everyone present angrily, "No one is allowed to leak out today's matter." Otherwise, he will be punished for the crime of treason, and the whole family will not be left behind! ”

This can be regarded as rude and domineering in a private court. But no one in the hall dared to speak out against it. What can be done, people have the right to kill and kill at will. In today's troubled times, whoever has the military power in his hands is the biggest master.

Meng De's words were obviously addressed to the Song people present. Turning his head, he glanced at Wanyan Gushen and the envoys of the general Jin Kingdom, as well as the envoys of Western Xia. So he stood up and walked straight to Ceres, almost nose to nose with him, and said in a muffled voice: "I have to wronged the envoys and guests of various countries and stay in Luoyang Palace for a few days." The killer will be released only after the perpetrator has been identified. ”

"I am willing to listen to General Meng's orders, and there is no other word." Wanyan Gushen agreed very indifferently. He couldn't help but agree, and if he was a little bit wrong, the suspicion of poisoning would likely fall on Jin Ren's head. At such a sensitive juncture now, Wanyan Gushen didn't want to hit the knife edge by himself.

The Tangut people didn't wait for Meng De to speak, and quickly agreed.

"Come, send the envoys of all the countries to the side hall to rest. Good life to serve. Mende ordered.

The envoys of various countries went in turn, surrounded by ironclad guards, and where was the escort, it was clearly like an escort.

The remaining officials and guests of the Great Song Dynasty were also separated and settled in various places one after another. It will definitely not be possible to leave Luoyang Palace in a short period of time.

After cooking the banquet scene, Meng De let out a long breath and sat on the big chair, drenched in sweat.

Bai Xu walked up to him and whispered, "It's hard for Seventh Brother." Today's scene is indeed dangerous, and many crises are very likely to erupt. If it's not the seventh brother, you can't stop the situation of the day. ”

"I'm reluctant to do it." Meng De smiled bitterly, "My brother thinks too highly of me, and always throws the burden on my shoulders in a pinch. He didn't look at how much ability Meng had to be. If you can compare to half of him, you won't be so embarrassed. ”

"Brother Qi is too modest. If it weren't for your great wisdom and courage and decisiveness, the Lord would not have the momentum he has today. The Seventh Brother is very important to the lord, to us brothers, and even to the entire Great Song Kingdom! Bai Xu praised from the bottom of his heart, and said, "Now it seems that everything has gone on as the lord expected." Now the key depends on the performance of the Xiao County Lord sisters...... To be honest, whether that Xiao Ta is trustworthy or not, I really sweated. ”

"I don't know anything about her." Meng De whispered, "But I can trust my brother." There must be nothing wrong with what he decides! ”

"That's right," Bai Xu took a deep breath, "Then next, Xiaosheng is responsible for taking care ......of the officials' family and the hundred officials and envoys of various countries. Seventh brother, you have to lead the soldiers and horses of Luoyang and ensure peace for a while. In these extraordinary times, you and I can't afford to be negligent! ”

"I see." Meng De lay on the chair extremely tired, his eyes closed. Suddenly, he sat up, "What about the old man?" ”

Bai Xu smiled slightly, "Other people's families have more important things to do." ”

"Suzaku doesn't see anyone?" Meng De was very curious.

Bai Xu's smile became more and more mysterious, "Didn't Seventh Brother just see her?" ”

Meng De was stunned, "You mean ......?"

"Heaven must not be divulged." Bai Xu shook his fan with a smile, full of wisdom beads in his hand, "Next, you and I will follow the step-by-step plan, let's spread the formation according to the design of the lord!" ”

"Good!"