The prince was stunned and said, "It turns out that Suzaku has been in the White Mansion all along. ”

"The White Mansion is the heart of the Divine Guard, and Lord Wei Governor does not stay in the White Mansion at all times." Xuanwu explained: "So one of the important missions of Suzaku Qianhu is to guard the White Building. ”

The prince groaned slightly, and finally said: "You send someone back to the capital to see if you can contact Suzaku and ask her to find out the files about Feng Hanxiao from the White Building, especially the files about the battle of Changtian Valley, if there are any preserved, send them over." ”

Xuanwu said: "Obey orders." ”

"In addition, this palace has an important matter for you to do." The prince said in a low voice: "After Chi Lian Dian escaped from the Heavenly Palace, he has been missing, and his Chibei Raid even walked near the Heavenly Palace, if this palace is not mistaken, this Chi Bei should have been arranged by Chi Lian Dian and is ready to come over to meet him." ”

Xuanwu said: "Your Highness means that Chi Lian Dian has been taken away by Chi Bei?" ”

"It's possible." The prince said: "So this palace ordered you to send someone to Liaodong to investigate the situation of Chilian Dian...... If you can, you can stab it! ”

Xuanwu's expression suddenly became stern, and he arched his hand and said, "Humble and orderly." ”

"There are many good generals under Chi Liandian, but they are not necessarily monolithic." The crown prince said slowly: "Chi Liandian knows that his father has died, if he is still alive, it is very likely that he will pose a great threat to the palace, and the Liaodong Army has become a big trouble...... This palace ordered you to go to Liaodong to find out all the information of the important generals under Chi Liandian, yes, the files of these people should also be archived in the White Building, and you let the people who return to Beijing take out the information of these people. ”

Xuanwu said: "If Your Highness is sure that you want to practice red, you are willing to go to Liaodong in person...... After all, Chi Liandian is a great achievement, and today, if he really escapes and returns to Liaodong, he must take strict precautions against his own safety, and if he wants to assassinate him, he must formulate a set of careful plans, and if he misses a blow, it will be difficult to have another chance. ”

The prince was thoughtful, silent for a moment, and then said: "What is Chi Liandian's mind now, it is difficult for this palace to completely guess. He had a good relationship with Bengong back then, and even had the grace of a professor to Bengong...... If the Liaodong Army becomes an enemy, it will certainly be a huge disaster, but if he can be loyal to the palace, it will also be the greatest help for the palace to quell the rebellion......! ”

Xuanwu said: "If that's the case, the humble post has an idea!" ”

"You say!"

"Before Chi Liandian has made a move to rebel against the imperial court, the imperial court does not have to do it at present, and let people carefully investigate the situation in Liaodong." Xuanwu said: "At the same time, the lowly will begin to formulate a plan for the assassination, the longer the preparation time, the possibility of success will be greatly increased, and when Chi Liandian really rebels against the imperial court, the lowly will start the assassination plan, and strive to hit it with one blow!" ”

The prince said: "That's fine, Xuanwu ......!" ”

Before he finished speaking, a voice came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness Prince Qiqi, Shen Yushi asks to see you!" ”

The prince was stunned, frowned, and said, "Which Shen Yushi?" ”

"Lord Shen Keqiu, the right envoy of the Imperial Palace." "They have just arrived, and according to him, they have come from the capital...... ”

The prince's face had changed color, and his eyes showed excitement: "Is it Shen Keqiu?" Quick, let him come to see Hongu! ”

When the mob rushed into the capital, the whole capital was in chaos, Mrs. Liuli for the sake of safety, before the fall of the capital, took the prince out of the capital, at that time, the situation was urgent, there were many officials stranded in the capital, and so on until the capital fell, the prince knew in his heart that he was afraid that countless officials had been killed by the mob, and there were many princeling members, which was the talent reserve accumulated by the prince for many years, and in one day, he suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, many important ministers in the court accompanied the northern tour, and retained a trace of vitality at that time, and now the prince is using these officials who accompanied the northern tour to rectify the political affairs of Hexi.

Shen Keqiu was one of the important figures of the princeling, and did not accompany the northern tour, this person was quite talented, and loyal to the prince, at this time the prince heard that Shen Keqiu actually came to Hexi, it was like a severed arm suddenly had the possibility of resurrection, and his heart was overjoyed.

Soon, a sound of footsteps was heard, the prince stared at the door, the first to come in was Xue Huai'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, followed by a group of people, not to mention thirteen or fourteen people, compared with Xue Huai'an's crown robe, that group of people looked disheveled, half of them didn't even have a crown hat, although the prince's legs were not good, but his eyes were still very keen, and he could see at a glance that it was Shen Keqiu, the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, who was following Xue Huai'an.

Although Shen Keqiu was still wearing a crown and hat, he was already dilapidated, and when he saw the prince in a wheelchair, his steps quickened, and he rushed up with an arrow step, kneeling on the ground, and his voice was already choked: "The old minister meets His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness ......!" "For a while, I didn't know what to say.

A group of people behind him also knelt down one after another, and the prince saw that this group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries of Great Qin had now become this wolf bèi, and he was very emotional, and raised his hand and said: "Get up and speak, Shen Yushi, get up, everyone get up, you have suffered ...... along the way!" ”

Xue Huai'an stepped forward to help Shen Keqiu, and everyone else also got up, and the prince had already said loudly: "Come on, take a seat, watch the tea!" ”

In this hall, there were already several large chairs, the prince obviously felt that it was not enough, the attendant immediately moved the chairs, everyone was still a little hesitant, but the prince had already said kindly: "You don't have to be formal today, you all sit down and talk......!" His eyes swept over and found that most of them were high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and half of them were princelings, he knew the talents of these people, and suddenly this group of people came, which made the prince, who was overstretched, feel very good.

"You all came from the capital?" The prince said: "Lord Shen, what is the situation in the capital now?" ”

Shen Keqiu's face suddenly showed a look of grief and anger, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, today's capital is no longer prosperous, mobs are burning, killing and looting in the city, and my dignified capital of Qin is now ...... of Flame Purgatory!" He clenched his fists and said bitterly: "The people of the capital are like fish and meat, and they have been slaughtered ......!" ”

An official next to him was also full of grief and indignation: "Those riotous people entered the city, set fires everywhere, killed people when they saw them, robbed things when they saw them, and how many mansions and courtyards were burned down by them...... There are also many bandits, taking the opportunity to lead people to the capital, the whole capital, the streets and alleys, are full of corpses, the smell of corpses is overwhelming, and you can smell ...... everywhere! ”

"Where's the Imperial City?" The crown prince asked, "The Imperial City is guarded by the Guards led by the Wings......!" At this point, he did not continue.

It is true that although the imperial city is high and strong, and it is guarded by thousands of guards led by the wings, under the nest, the entire capital has become the hell of Shura, and how can the imperial city in it be spared?

Although Yingyuan is not a lustful king, there are still many concubines in the harem, including the female eunuchs of the palace, and there are five or six thousand people in the entire imperial city.

Once the imperial city is breached, there must be no people or animals left.

Although the guards are brave, they are only a thousand people after all, and once the imperial city is besieged, the supplies are cut off, and there is no need to attack, and the people in the imperial city can be trapped to death.

Everyone was already gloomy, and Shen Keqiu smiled bitterly: "Back to Your Highness, as far as the old minister knows, the gates of the imperial city have always been closed, and those mobs have indeed attacked the imperial city many times, but they have not succeeded...... However, when the mob saw that the imperial city could not be attacked, they simply set up tents around the imperial city, and heard that they wanted to trap the people in the imperial city to death. ”

Xue Huai'an frowned and said: "The imperial city is besieged, there are nearly 10,000 people in the city, and the food and water stored will not be too ......!" His eyes were full of worry: "The minister is only afraid that there will be a shortage of food in the imperial city, if that is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

The imperial city is the residence of the royal family, the palace is like a cloud, majestic atmosphere, beautiful, but the stored food is not too much, the nobles in the palace are eating fresh food, so there will be fresh food delivered to the palace every day, the mob rushed into the capital, the incident is sudden, the palace is naturally impossible to store too much food in time.

"Your Highness, those mobs are not even as good as animals." An official was already in tears at this time, and said in a trembling voice: "The minister's family did not escape this catastrophe, the mansion was burned clean by them, and the whole family was burned alive in the mansion. ”

"They caught many officials, beheaded them, and then strung them with bamboo poles and stood on the street, with no end in sight." Another official lamented: "Many official wives and ladies, after being humiliated, were forced to strip naked, lined up naked, and paraded in the streets and alleys...... Your Highness, you have to send troops to kill the mob. ”

The prince could naturally imagine the tragic situation in the capital, sighed, twitched the corners of his eyes, and asked, "Yes, how did you escape, and how did you come here?" Where is Scholar Xu, and why didn't he come with you? ”

Shen Keqiu hurriedly said: "This is thanks to the Divine Guard. We were all rescued by the Shenyi Guards who stayed in the capital, the situation was chaotic at that time, there were mobs everywhere, and after the Shenyi Guards rescued us, we couldn't get out of the city for a while, so we hid in the city for the time being...... Later, we found an opportunity, and the god guards asked us to dress up in disguise, so we got out of the city. ”

"Is it a god guard?" The prince was stunned, and then thought that Suzaku Qianhu was still sitting in Bailou, and now he was still in Beijing, if nothing else, it should be Suzaku Qianhu who saw that the situation was critical, so he sent people to rescue this group of officials, after all, Shenyi Wei has too few manpower to save too many people, and it is not easy to rescue these ministers.

"Exactly." Shen Keqiu said: "After we left the city, there were several god-clothed guards who escorted us all the way to Hexi, but after reaching the outside of the city, they took their leave and returned to the capital...... It was really a wise move for the saint to set up the Shenyi Guard, and if it wasn't for the Shenyi Guard to rescue us this time, we were afraid that none of us would be able to get out of the capital. After a pause, he asked, "Yes, Your Highness, is the Holy One still in the Heavenly Palace?" Just now we asked Xue Butang, but Xue Butang asked us to see His Highness first! ”

The crown prince knew that he couldn't hide it, and there was no need to hide it from these ministers, so he said with a gloomy expression: "My father has died, and the dragon body is now staying in the Heavenly Palace!" ”