There was blood on the ground in front of him, and Yi Heng chased after him, and the blood gradually thinned, at first it was a big pool, then a small pool, then a big drop, and then a small drop. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info looked and chased out twenty or thirty miles, and there was no blood on the ground, only a miscellaneous horse's hoof print. At this time, a spy came to report: "General B, a hundred miles further is the Anhai Customs." ”

Yi Heng listened, his two thick eyebrows gathered like silkworms, and he thought in his heart: "If it is true that Jin Zhenglei is the main culprit behind the assassins, then we must have a big battle outside the Anhai Customs." It's better to wait for the big army to arrive before chasing. "Raising his eyes and looking at the sky, he saw that the sun had sunk in the west at this time, and the sky was already dusk, so he ordered to camp on the spot, take a temporary rest, and chase again tomorrow...

At dawn the next day, Yi Heng took 700 soldiers and set off from Xingang in the direction of Anhaiguan. After traveling seventy or eighty miles, there was no sign of the Assassin, and there was not even a clue. Yi Heng wondered in his heart: "This assassin is so seriously injured, where can he run?" ”

As he was looking around, he suddenly heard a cannon fire in front of him, and a group of men and horses spread out and blocked the way. Yi Heng gasped and hurriedly reined in his horse, and his soldiers also stopped and hurriedly lined up. Yi Heng had no halberd in his hand, so he had to snatch a gun from the hand of one of the soldiers, urged his horse forward, and asked in a loud voice: "Who are you who dare to stand in our way?" ”

There was also a general over there, also in his thirties, with a reddish complexion, holding a machete, pointing at the side of his hand, and asking: "Who are you who dare to trespass on the security customs?" ”

Yi Heng listened, knowing that the other party was the general of the Anhai Customs, and this place was his territory, so he had to bow his head, so he immediately arched his hand and said: "I am Yi Heng, the deputy commander of the Prince's East Palace Praetorian Guard, and I was ordered to capture the assassin Ling He!" Please make a way for me. Appreciate. ”

"Whose order are you?" The general on the other side snorted and asked loudly.

Yi Heng thought to himself, if it is said that on the orders of the crown prince, the other party will definitely not cooperate, maybe they will have to block it in many ways, they are from the security customs, and they are the descendants of Kim Zhenglei, how can they not listen to Kim Zhenglei? Then he said nonsense: "I am ordered by Marshal Jin to arrest the assassin Ling He!" ”

"Why haven't we heard of any assassins? If there were assassins, how could Marshal Jin not order us to guard the customs and wait for an opportunity to arrest them? The general laughed at his horse, one hand in the air.

"That assassin has fled from Changning City, and Marshal Jin may not have had time to give you orders. Please let me pass, or the Assassin will be guilty of a great crime if he escapes! Yi Heng bowed and said.

"If the Assassin does come to the territory of the Anhai Customs, we will hunt him down without your bother. Where you came from, where you go back! The general said, pointing his sword at B.

"Are you going to give way?" Yi Heng saw that the other party was quite unreasonable, so he rushed straight up with a nameless fire, his face changed, and he said angrily.

"If you can overcome the sword in my hand, let you pass!" The general raised his sword, and his face was filled with disdain.

When he saw that the man was proud and his eyes were empty, he was displeased in his heart, and he was proud of his bravery, and where he was afraid of him, he urged his horse to shake his spear, and fought with him. The two of them had more than 20 rendezvous, but in the end, Yi Heng did not take advantage of the weapons in his hands, and his strength was not enough, and if he fought for a long time, he would undoubtedly be defeated, so he turned his horse and retreated back to his own position.

The other party does not chase after each other.

Yiheng had no choice but to take the remnants of the defeated army, return the same way, go all the way north, and return to Yangzhou City. Before he had time to take a sip of tea, he entered the palace hall and asked Jin to see the prince.

At this time, the crown prince Chen Qushan had been enthroned as the emperor in Yangzhou City, called Emperor Chen Ping, and the country name was Beichen, setting up a hundred officials, and taking the Jiedu Embassy as the temporary palace. Shangguan Ze was appointed as Xiangguo, and he was the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and the civil and military officials who accompanied him were all promoted, and each was promoted to three or four levels.

The former crown prince, the current Emperor Chen Ping, sat on the dragon chair, majestic, and said in a deep voice to Yi Heng, who was crawling in the dust: "General Yi Heng has worked hard! I wonder if any assassins have been caught? ”

Yi bowed to His Majesty and replied upward: "Back to the emperor, we chased out more than 600 miles, and finally caught up with the assassin, but I didn't expect this assassin to be very strong, and his martial arts are really powerful, the weapon is sharp, he fled while fighting, and he escaped for him!" We chased all the way to Anhaiguan, but were stopped by the soldiers and horses of Anhaiguan, and we couldn't chase anymore, so we could only collect troops and come back to see the emperor. ”

Emperor Chen Ping saw that he had returned in vain, his face sank like water, he raised his hand to point at him, opened his mouth and scolded: "What a useless thing!" ”

Yi Heng was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and he kept kowtowing and said, "Your Majesty, although we didn't catch the assassin, we cut off one of the assassin's arms and snatched a sword from the assassin's hand. ”

When Emperor Chen Ping heard this, his face seemed to soften, and he coldly spit out a few words: "Present the sword." ”

Yi Heng secretly wiped a cold sweat, and at the same time turned around and ordered his soldiers to hold their swords. Yi Heng took the sword with both hands and carefully handed it to the eunuch and handed it to Emperor Chen Ping, who held the sword in his hand, looked left and right, and couldn't see anything famous, so he frowned, handed the sword to the crown prince and Fu Xiangguo Shangguan Ze, and ordered him to inspect it.

Shangguan Ze walked a few steps slowly, stepped forward to take the sword, held it in his hand, and looked at it carefully, seeing that the sword was three feet long, the blade was sharp, shining green, and he replied for a while: "Your Majesty, the minister knows the origin of this sword." This sword is called Mochou Sword, extremely sharp, is one of the top ten famous swords in the world, has been treasured by the pseudo-rebel Chen to go to the disease. This sword is hidden in the fish plate, the murder weapon that assassinated the first emperor, from which the sword can conclude that Chen Qubing was the mastermind behind the assassination of the first emperor. ”

Emperor Chen Ping's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" ”

"It's true!" Shangguan Ze replied loudly, "Chen Quzhi likes to collect famous swords, and there are already five out of ten famous swords in the world. ”

Emperor Chen Ping was overjoyed, slapped his palm and laughed: "So, according to this sword, Chen Quai's usurpation crime can be determined?" ”

"Yes!" Shangguan Ze raised his head and smiled, "If Chen Quai's usurpation crime is confirmed, it is also confirmed that my emperor is the true son of heaven!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they all knelt down together and congratulated: "This is a great joy! Congratulations to the Emperor, congratulations to the Emperor! ”

Emperor Chen Ping's heart was overjoyed when he heard this, his face was overjoyed, he held his beard and looked up to the sky and laughed, after laughing, he waved his hand to the ministers, and said loudly: "All the ministers are flat!" Then he beckoned to Shangguan Ze and said, "Master Shangguan, it is up to you to tell the world about Chen Quai's usurpation crime." ”

"Yes! Obey the order! Shangguan Ze promised to return to his class.

Emperor Chen Ping changed his smiling face and said to Yi Heng, who was still kneeling on the side: "Yi Aiqing, this time you chased and killed the assassin, although you didn't hold the assassin, you were able to grab this sword and determine Chen Quai's crime, and the credit is not small!" I named you the history of Lianzhou Thorn! ”

"Thank the Emperor for your grace!" From the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard to the dignified assassin Shi, he was promoted to four levels in a row, Yi Heng was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, shouting long live。。。。。。