Chapter 36: The Golden City is Attacked
The rain came suddenly, and the night was destined to be unpeaceful. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Chu Shenxia closed the window that was blown open by the wind, wiped the rain off his sleeve, and the knock on the door suddenly sounded, one voice more rapid than the other.
The door was only halfway open when the wind blew in, and the man outside the door slipped into the room from under his shoulder.
Chu Shenxia closed the door and said in surprise: "Why are you here?" ”
Jing Yan shook the rain and said with a smile: "I heard that something big happened in Jincheng on the way here, and I think His Highness will receive official news tomorrow." ”
"Your Highness also has well-informed people around you, why don't they know?" Chu Shenxia handed him the white cloth that had just been wiped on his sleeves, Jing Yan took it and wiped it indiscriminately, and said disdainfully: "How can the news of those people compare to me?" Are the friends I have made in the rivers and lakes comparable to them? ”
Chu Shenxia smiled slightly, turned around and walked into the inner room disapprovingly, Jing Yan chased after him in surprise, and asked, "Don't you ask me?" This news is rare. ”
Chu Shenxia picked up a brush on the table, held his sleeve with one hand, and wrote slowly, Jing Yi saw that he really didn't mean to ask, and couldn't help but say: "Even if you don't know, Your Highness must want to know that this matter is related to the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty." ”
"You just go and tell Your Highness, why do you bother to tell me? 100,000 urgent things, you can still fight with me here leisurely? There are still four hours before dawn, and it is not too many hours, and those who should know will always know. Chu Shenxia finished writing a word, and after a pause, he dipped a little ink on the inkstone and continued to write.
"Okay, I won't say it, I won't say it, see who is more anxious, don't regret it!" Jing Min sat down on the bed with a huff.
Chu Shenxia quickly put down the pen in his hand, turned around with a stride and dragged him up from the bed, and reprimanded: "Why do you sit on the bed when you are covered in water?" ”
"Eh, what's the matter? You've got a lot to do. Jing Min patted the water on his body and walked to the outhouse, and there was no sound of the door opening for a moment.
Chu Shenxia frowned and shouted, "Don't tell me that you are sleeping in my room again tonight?" ”
A sleepy voice came lazily: "Since I was a child, I can only sleep in your room." ”
After a while, the sound of his breathing was heard, Chu Shenxia took out the dagger in his arms, gently pulled it out and looked at it, under the light, the blade of the knife reflected his face.
The scabbard is engraved with a few crooked words, hussar generals, brave and brave, long drive six moves, electric shock and thunder.
Chu Shenxia's fingertips lightly swept across the uneven scabbard, and read out the second half of the poem, "Drink Ma Hanhai, seal the wolf in the mountain, return to the river in the west, and the fierce army Qilian." ”
The great Sima general Huo Qubing is one of Shen Yu's most respected generals, he vowed to be a majestic general since he was a child, and the words on it are Chu Shenxia's birthday, he carved it with his own hands, and gave it to Chu Shenxia with full expectations.
Chu Shenxia remembered that he had made a few mockery at that time, but the two had a big fight, Shen Yu was knocked out of a tooth by him, Chu Shenxia was not happy, his white face was scratched by his nails, for which his mother also scolded the two of them for kneeling in the ancestral hall and not allowed to eat dinner.
At that time, the two brothers smiled and agreed that they would go to the battlefield together in the future, become an official to the Great Sima together, and guard the majestic Southern Song Dynasty together.
But now, seeing this dagger, I inexplicably feel that the weight does not seem to be heavier than it was back then.
The rain drifted in through the window, Yongming couldn't stand the cold wind and coughed repeatedly, and the thirteenth prince in the next cell asked loudly, "Chaoyang, are you okay?" ”
Yongming leaned against the wall, heard the voice behind the wall, and his spirit was lifted, after so many days here, no matter how he spoke, the person behind the wall still refused to speak, so he smiled and said: "Little brother, you finally ignore me." ”
Laughing and laughing and coughing, the person behind the wall was silent for a long time before he spit out a few words: "I hurt you." ”
"It's okay, little brother, I know, you can't help it. It's all me, too stupid to help you get the letter out, that person is really hateful, and he actually betrayed my little brother. Yongming's whole body shrunk together, and pulled the wet, smelly, moldy quilt on his body again.
"The rising sun... You... Don't you blame me? Knowing that there is danger, still..."The thirteen princes were stunned, he couldn't say the words in his throat, how could he tell Yongming ruthlessly, in fact, this was a bureau he set up, he knew early on that the letter could not be transmitted to the Qi State, and the purpose of this letter was only the person on the throne of the Southern Song Dynasty.
He wanted the emperor and the most powerful prince to be suspicious of each other, and asked their princes to fight each other, only in this way could the Qi country really have a way to live.
He thought more than once about letting people send a message to Yongming, but every time he endured it, he didn't want to bother her, but that day, Yongming actually broke in by himself, and the reason in his heart finally overwhelmed his emotions, and the ghost sent the letter to her.
"I don't blame you, the little brother is also for the Qi country, anyway, Yongming doesn't have a few years to live, life and death are not so important to me." Yongming looked down at his hands that were purple from the cold, and he was already cold and unconscious, just as life and death were unconscious to her.
"Nope! Chao yang! You have to live, even if you have only one day left in this world, you have to live hard! Did you hear that? Chao yang! The Thirteenth Prince stood up and leaned her face against the cold iron railing to make sure she could hear clearly.
You have to live hard, too! Yongming raised his eyes sharply and nodded vigorously, thinking that he couldn't see his movements, so he replied loudly, "I know!" Little brother! ”
There was silence behind him, and Yongming rubbed his frozen hands vigorously, leaning closer to his mouth from time to time to take a sharp breath, and muttered, "Live hard." ”
"Bastard!" King Shun slammed the table, and the ink on the inkstone suddenly splashed on the table.
Lu Zhi didn't know what was written in this letter, but he saw that King Shun went from shock to anger at the beginning, and the faintly visible green tendons on his forehead were beating.
Chu Shenxia and Jing Wei walked in at the right time, and Lu Zhi hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "Your Highness is not in a good mood now, so don't go up and disturb him." ”
"Let them in." There was the voice of King Shun's forbearance behind him, and Lu Zhi retreated to the side a little helplessly.
"The State of Qi actually took 200,000 troops from Beiyan to borrow land and go straight to Jincheng!" King Shun threw the letter in his hand on the table, stood up, and reprimanded: "Northern Yan is willing to lend land to the Qi State, it's ridiculous, the Qi State is defeated, can I spare him in the Southern Song Dynasty?" If Qi Guo wins, aren't you afraid that Qi Guo will bite him back? It's just stupid! ”
"Isn't there still a hundred thousand marches in Chenzhou?" Jing Yan's gaze fell on the messy table.
King Shun snorted coldly and said angrily: "I don't know what happened to Pei Shudong, yesterday he actually led the army out of Chenzhou and rushed straight to Jizhou, and he actually said that he was here to support me." ”
Jing Yan snorted, staring slightly in thought, Chu Shenxia smiled slightly, and pretended to be stupid: "How could General Pei take a column of marching troops to support His Highness, he knew that the emperor had sent 100,000 forbidden troops to support His Highness, how could he do such a stupid thing?" ”
Jing Yan knocked on the fan in his hand and had an epiphany: "Could it be that I heard about His Highness's situation, I heard about His Highness on the way here..."
"What am I?" King Shun flew to glance.
"Your Highness... His Royal Highness colluded with foreign ministers in an attempt to betray the country. Jing Min said slowly.
"Presumptuous!" King Shun turned around and took a knife from the shelf, handed it to Chu Shenxia and said, "I order you to immediately take the Liuli Army to Jincheng!" ”
Chu Shenxia's gaze fell on his bandaged arm, he took the knife and still stood still, King Shun frowned and looked at him, Chu Shenxia said unhurriedly: "I'm afraid it's not General Pei who came to support His Highness, but Ruoyu." ”
"What?!" King Shun suspected that he had heard it wrong, and even Jing Min and Lu Zhi were stunned, and they all cast surprised looks.
"After coming out of the palace that day, I discussed with Ruoyu, she went to Chenzhou to find General Pei, and I came to Jizhou to find His Royal Highness. When the Thirteen Princes used Yongming to frame His Royal Highness, I felt that something was wrong, and the forbidden army guarding Jincheng was transferred out of Jincheng at the right time, which made people more and more suspicious. I guess it is possible that the Qi State will attack directly from Jincheng, and the closest to Jincheng is the column army led by General Pei. So he told Ruoyu that General Pei must not leave the city. I was looking for peace of mind, but I didn't expect to be guessed. Chu Shenxia's words were extremely relaxed, but everyone who listened to them wrinkled their brows.
King Shun opened his mouth for a long time before he said, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
"I'm afraid that I will add trouble to His Highness by doing this, and I am afraid that I will be punished by His Highness for my own initiative." Chu Shenxia bowed slightly and saluted, as if he was begging for punishment.
King Shun glanced at him hatefully, opened his saluting hand, and pretended to be impatient: "Okay, don't come with me, you can't hide it from me with this little care." ”
After speaking, he couldn't help but evoke a smile, Chu Shenxia immediately smiled back, Jing Yi saw that the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were happy, and he was suddenly a little overshadowed, Lu Zhi couldn't help but ask: "Jing Yan, you don't look very happy." ”
Jing Yan raised his eyes to meet Chu Shenxia's gaze, then looked at King Shun, and pretended to be melancholy: "The foreign enemy in Jincheng has not been eliminated, how can I be happy." ”
When he said this, King Shun stared slightly, paced and thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Chu Shenxia: "Do you have any tricks?" ”
Chu Shenxia, who was in a trance, hurriedly raised his eyes and said, "No." ”
After a pause, he said: "At present, there seems to be no better way than to rush to Jincheng." ”
King Shun thought so, nodded and said, "Then I will rush to Jincheng immediately." ”
Lu Zhi hurriedly spoke to stop him: "Your Highness, the military doctor said that your injuries should be recuperated, you can't ride a horse, and you rushed to Jincheng, and you are afraid that the bumps day and night will not benefit Your Highness's injuries." ”
King Shun was silent, Lu Zhi hesitated for a moment, and then said stubbornly: "Doctor Sun also said that His Royal Highness should recuperate." ”
Chu Shenxia cast a look, and was immediately intercepted by King Shun, after the two looked at each other slightly, Chu Shenxia said clearly: "Then I will rush to Jincheng with the army, and then rush to Jincheng after His Highness and Ruoyu converge." ”
King Shun nodded, then took out the talisman from his arms and put it in Chu Shenxia's hand very carefully.
Jing Min was a little absent-minded, and was called several times by Chu Shenxia before he reacted, hurriedly saluted His Highness and ran out of the door, catching up with Chu Shenxia's footsteps.