Wang was assassinated on the way, to Xiangyang, wounded and bitter fighting, the king of Qi saw the return of the prince of De, frustrated, was retreated, before the tenth month, the lord of the country edict, blamed the king for ineffective fighting, let the Yongjun retreat, the king mourned, cone heart wept blood, the middle of the night is a sting. The three armies are vegetarian to sacrifice to the virtuous king.

"The Biography of Prince Jue of Chu in the Southern Dynasty"

Zhao Jue said calmly: "The eldest grandson of the golden bow, the eyebrows and green shirts, the silver bow Duanmu, the red-makeup rakshasa, when I saw the silver bow here, I knew that the fire rakshasa Qiao Yan'er must also be here, I didn't expect you all to sneak into my Nanchu." ”

Duanmu Qiu stroked the bowstring and said: "Who in the world doesn't know that it is a matter of time before Dayong dominates the world, even if your martial arts heroes in Nanchu have basically taken refuge in me Dayong." ”

Zhao Jue said angrily: "Shut up." This is the thing he hates the most in his heart, Dayong advocates military merit, and he doesn't care about his background, so many Jianghu figures in Southern Chu have voted for Dayong, and if you want to be a high-ranking official in Southern Chu, you must be innocent, so the military force in the Southern Chu army is not as far as Dayong.

Qiao Yan'er raised her eyebrows and said, "What a bold man, he dares to scold me and others, Senior Brother Duanmu, sweep the battle for me." Saying that, he pulled out the long sword on his back, like a flame rushed in, Zhao Jue's personal guards drew their swords to meet them, these personal guards are all masters who are good at fighting in battle formations, but Qiao Yan'er is a first-class master, so although it is a pair of six, there is no fear, and Qiao Yan'er's offensive is in full swing, not inferior to the fierceness and strength of these personal guards, Duanmu Qiu's eyes were firmly fixed on the battlefield, and for a moment, he suddenly pulled his bow and shot arrows, and a silver shadow penetrated the throat of a personal guard like a ghost.

Zhao Jue frowned, these two people, one is good at hand-to-hand combat, the other is good at long-range attack, with tacit understanding, he only brought eight personal guards, I am afraid that they will be killed one by one, looked at the personal guards behind him, and said in a low voice: "Let's deal with Duanmu Qiu." ”

The guard nodded, and the two of them ran towards Duanmu Qiu at the same time, Duanmu Qiu saw from a distance, the silver bow was wound, one bow and two arrows, and two more guards were shot. At this time, Zhao Jue had already arrived in front of him, the long sword stabbed at him, Duanmu Qiu launched a light martial arts to avoid Zhao Jue's attack, his light skills were very mysterious, Zhao Jue and the guards could not hurt him, but Duanmu Qiu had no time to release arrows, he could only use a silver bow to resist, his silver bow was specially made, Zhao Jue's sword could not hurt it in the slightest, everyone fought in two places, Duanmu Qiu's martial arts were actually not as good as Zhao Jue, and he was trapped by Zhao Jue several times when he wanted to get out, but Zhao Jue couldn't kill him if he wanted to. But Qiao Yan'er's side has a big advantage, if she kills all those guards and comes to support Duanmu Qiu, then Zhao Jue will have no possibility of escaping, when Zhao Jue's heart is anxious, he saw two figures in the corner of his eye, but they are robber Li and Bai Yi, one of them is holding a short sword, and the other is holding a small crossbow, and they are quietly approaching Qiao Yan'er, just when Zhao Jue noticed the two, suddenly the crossbow in the hand of the thief shot out five cold rays, Qiao Yan'er reacted sensitively, and tried his best to dodge, at this moment, The short sword in Bai Yi's hand struck with a thunderous blow and stabbed Qiao Yan'er's delicate body, Qiao Yan'er's eyes flashed with flames, the long sword in his hand turned into a copper wall like a divine help, and the white blades struck, Bai Yi staggered back, both hands were bloodstained, and Qiao Yan'er was hit by a sword in the lower abdomen, only to see her jade face with a bad face, hurriedly pointed to stop the bleeding, and shouted in her mouth: "Senior brother." Then shot the long sword at Zhao Jue, Zhao Jue dodged to avoid it, Duanmu Qiu took advantage of the situation and rushed out, and the silver bow in his hand fired five arrows in a row, blocking the guards who intended to kill Qiao Yan'er, and then turned around and forced Zhao Jue away with an arrow, and then he had already arrived at Qiao Yan'er's side, picked up his junior sister, and ran away.

Zhao Jue breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Thief Li and Bai Yi, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you." At this moment, Zhao Jue suddenly saw a frightened look on everyone's faces, Zhao Jue was sensitive, and immediately rushed forward, but it was too late, and he only felt that a sharp blade pierced through the soft armor and pierced deeply into the waist, which was still because Zhao Jue dodged in time. Zhao Jue saw those guards rushing over, but the fastest were Thief Li and Bai Yi, Bai Yi swept over his side, and a scream came from behind him, and Thief Li held himself, took out a wax pill from his arms, crushed the wax pill, and stuffed the pill inside into his mouth, Zhao Jue only felt that the severe pain had just come, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain and fainted.

When Zhao Jue woke up, he found himself lying on the table in the tea shed, and the robbers, Bai Yi and the other guards all looked at him with sad faces, and the guards who had originally teamed up with him to deal with Duanmu Qiu were not far away. He smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that there was Dayong's spy by this king's side, and he has been with me for more than a year." ”

Thief Li stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, the villain has temporarily stopped bleeding and bandaged for the prince, and took the elixir, within a month, as long as the prince is calm, he should be able to live well, but the prince is too seriously injured, if I can return to Jianye and let my son-in-law personally diagnose and treat him, I believe he can recover within half a year." ”

Zhao Jue thought for a while and said: "They assassinated halfway, presumably because they didn't want me to go back to Xiangyang, if I can't go back, I'm afraid that Xiangyang is in danger, so let's go to Xiangyang." ”

A personal guard said bitterly: "The prince's injury is so serious, how can he go into battle, let's go back to Jianye to recuperate." ”

Zhao Jue said lightly: "Needless to say, this king is a pity that he is light, so he set off immediately and went to Xiangyang." Everyone had to obey orders, and the thief Li and Bai Yi glanced at each other, their eyes full of helplessness and admiration. Everyone still had to persuade each other, Zhao Jue didn't listen, and the thief had to re-bandage Zhao Jue's knife wound and wrap it tightly, for fear that Zhao Jue would be tired, everyone didn't dare to hurry up, but Zhao Jue was anxious about the safety of Xiangyang, and he actually hurried away regardless of his injury, everyone was helpless, and if he didn't return to the barracks, he would inevitably encounter assassins, and he could only speed up. By the time Zhao Jue finally entered Xiangyang City, it was already dusk the next day, taking advantage of the night and the response sent by Rong Yuan, Zhao Jue successfully entered Xiangyang City. Thief Li and Bai Yi discussed, Thief Li continued to stay to take care of Zhao Jue's injuries, the main thing he learned from Jiang Zhe was medical skills, although it was not advanced enough, but it was definitely stronger than the military doctor in Xiangyang. Bai Yi returned to Jianye to return to Jiang Zhe.

When I learned from Bai Yi that Zhao Jue was injured, I couldn't help but sigh, as early as when Zhao Jue went on the expedition, I had a premonition of uneasiness, and now that Zhao Jue is injured and fighting, will my premonition become a reality, think about Zhao Jue, although he is a little suspicious of me, but he is still a good boss, so I hesitated for a long time and finally decided to go to Xiangyang once.

In order to be complete, I took Chen Zhi and Chi Ji and seven of them with me, and after we met in the city, we rushed to Xiangyang as soon as possible, because my horse was not good at riding, so I got a carriage, although it was bumpy, but it was more comfortable than riding. Along the way, I got the information from the secret camp, Li Xian, the king of Qi, attacked the city in a big way, but Zhao Jue personally sat in the city, so the Yong army lost troops and lost generals, and could not win, although because I could not get close to the battlefield, but I still learned the general situation, and even said, the Yong army lost 40,000 soldiers in Xiangyang, I think it should have reached the limit of the king of Qi.

Sure enough, when I was more than two hundred miles away from Xiangyang, I learned the news of the retreat of the Yongjun, and according to the report of the secret camp, the Yongjun should have retreated from the territory of Southern Chu, that is to say, I will meet the Yongjun head-on, in order to force them away, I ordered to stay in a small village for the time being, as far as I know, the Yongjun has not committed any crimes all the way to the autumn, and it should not be looted here. In the afternoon, the Yongjun passed outside the village, and beforehand, the outpost of the Yongjun went to the village and ordered all families not to go out, I had already changed into green shirts and cloths, and they had also changed into peasant clothes, so they didn't attract much attention, in fact, they didn't plan to go to the village, so they just had to control the road outside the village. But while I was waiting, I suddenly heard chaos outside, and then someone came and slammed on the door and said, "The people in the house come out, and our army has requisitioned them here." ”

Chen Zhi quietly walked up to me and asked me with his eyes, I thought about it for a while and shook my head slightly. Chen Zhi pretended to be flustered and went to the door to open the door, and begged: "The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life." ”

The one who smashed the door was a sergeant in black iron armor, seeing that the saber in his costume was not an ordinary soldier, he glanced at the room and said, "Don't panic, let's use the room, you go to the wing room and stay, don't move, don't make a sound." ”

I stood up and walked out with Chiji, when the sergeant suddenly stopped me and said, "What's your name, but you have a meritorious name?" ”

I said calmly: "The late Jiang Suiyun is a cold Confucian, and he has no fame. What advice does the military master have? ”

A hint of doubt flashed in the sergeant's eyes, and then he suddenly came to his senses and shouted, "Come on, arrest them, they are annihilated." "With his shout, a group of sergeants rushed in and surrounded us with knives and guns, Chen Zhi took a step back and stood in front of me, without moving, he knew not to be impulsive at this time.

I asked with a puzzled look: "Why did the military master say that the late life was a fine one?" ”

An inexplicable cold glint flashed in the sergeant's eyes, and said: "I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, judging from your demeanor, you are definitely a perennial pampered character, and you have a temperament above people, if it is not for the annihilation, why do you say that you have no fame." ”

I could not imagine that the sergeant was so shrewd, and could not help but look him up and down for a long time, and was thinking about how to deal with the present situation, when an iron horse galloped in, and immediately the man shouted: "Haven't you prepared the house yet, Your Highness urgently needs to heal his wounds." The sergeant hurriedly said, "General, I see that this family is a little suspicious......

Before he finished speaking, the general saw me at a glance, was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Lord Jiang Hanlin Jiang, I didn't expect that we would meet here." I smiled bitterly from the moment the general came, so I had to say: "It turned out to be the yellow guard next to His Royal Highness King Qi, but I didn't expect to see each other like this today." ”

The general said solemnly: "In the past, His Royal Highness sent an envoy to Southern Chu, and the Lord was ordered to serve him, and he was very thoughtful, and Huang was also very grateful, but now that the two countries are fighting, the Lord is a high-ranking official in Southern Chu, why did he appear in this deserted village." ”

My heart moved, he just said that His Highness needed to heal, so he said: "I can't hide it, an old friend of Xiaguan is seriously ill, and the medicine is ineffective, and Xiaguan is quite popular, so I went to treat him." ”

General Huang really showed a look of surprise on his face, and said: "It turns out that Lord Jiang is good at Qi Huang, His Royal Highness King Qi was wounded by an arrow, and the military doctor could not treat it, so he had to hurry back to Dayong, and now that the illness has worsened on the way, please ask Lord Jiang to take a look at His Highness." ”

I said happily: "The doctor has the heart to cut the shares, and the officials dare to disobey their orders." General Huang immediately ordered someone to invite His Royal Highness the King of Qi to come here, and those sergeants showed strange looks, and I heard him ask General Huang in a low voice: "He is an official of Southern Chu, will he really treat His Highness?" General Huang also said in a low voice: "At the beginning, we looked at this Jiang in Jianye, he was easy-going and free-spirited, and he would not stick to his identity, His Royal Highness said that this person has a splendid mind, not to be despised and takes great care of him, I think he will not miss the old feelings, not to mention that now he is in the hands of our army, forgive him and dare not make any changes." ”

Not long after, His Royal Highness the King of Qi's car arrived, General Huang and others carried the King of Qi to the room, I saw that his face was fiery red, unconscious, and after stepping forward to diagnose the pulse, he groaned and said: "Your Highness was hit by my Nanchu's poisonous arrow, which is the poisonous snake juice obtained from Nanban, if it weren't for His Royal Highness's deep internal strength, strong physique, and timely taking some antidotes, it would have been dead for a long time, and now it is a symptom of aggravation of the poisonous surname, if it is not treated, it will definitely be cured within three days." ”

Everyone was shocked, and a middle-aged general said coldly: "In this case, you have a way to treat it." ”

I looked at it with an inquiring eye, and the general said, "This general, Fan Wencheng, is the general of the guards under the command of King Qi. ”

I smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, general, the official will come in time, as long as I do acupuncture for His Royal Highness and prescribe another prescription, I will definitely save the life of King Qi, but in the future, His Royal Highness King Qi needs to recuperate for half a year." ”

General Fan and General Huang both showed joy on their faces, I was under their surveillance, for King Qi acupuncture, let Chi Ji as an assistant, I spent an hour, completed the complex process of the golden needle through the acupoint, and then prescribed a prescription for detoxification, their military medicine is actually very complete, and I have no special medicine for this prescription. Soon after taking the medicine, King Qi's complexion became normal, and he slept much more peacefully. General Huang graciously sent me to the wing room to rest. Seeing them go out, Chen Zhi asked in a low voice, "My lord, will they let us go tomorrow?" ”

I said lightly: "It's okay, I think King Qi is a smart person, if he doesn't let him go, I have my own way to take his surname." ”

Early the next morning, King Qi woke up, and General Huang immediately summoned me to check King Qi's pulse. Li Xian lay on the bed and looked at me with a smile, and after I announced that the poison in his body was no longer in trouble, and as long as he continued to take my prescription, he could remove the residual poison, Li Xian smiled and said: "I didn't expect to meet today, Lord Meng saved the life of this king, so why don't you go back with me." ”

I said lightly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi is wrong in this statement, the lower official is a minister of Southern Chu, how can he surrender to Dayong, if His Royal Highness does not read the grace of saving his life, just kill the lower official." ”

Li Xian hurriedly said: "Adults don't have to be angry, dare to forget the grace of saving lives, if adults don't want to, I won't force it." ”

I am happy in my heart, I have long known that Li Xian admires King Yong in his heart, King Yong is a person who values love and righteousness, and he will not embarrass me in this case, so as long as I say so, King Qi will not do something ungrateful, so I will treat King Qi without conditions.

Li Xian saw that I was relieved, and asked again: "I heard that Master Jiang went to treat a friend's illness, I don't know if this king can know?" I saw the confusion in King Qi's eyes, and said lightly: "His Royal Highness naturally recognizes this person, it is my Prince Zhao Jue of Nanchude." ”

Li Xian said angrily: "It turns out that you are actually going to treat him, how can this be reasonable, do you think that this king will let you cure him?" ”

I said coldly: "Dayong Nanchu battled, Prince De was assassinated halfway, His Royal Highness was wounded in battle, since I treat His Highness, I don't worry about His Highness coming to invade the realm again in the future, I don't know that His Highness is so afraid of Prince De that he actually wants him to die at the hands of assassins." Li Xian was speechless, and only after a long time did he say: "I expected that Zhao Jue would not be able to stop my Dayong Iron Cavalry even if his injuries are healed, so you go and treat his injuries, and tell him that I will definitely let him die in my hands." I bowed slightly, indicating obedience.

Three days later, King Qi's injuries basically improved, and he let me go, until he broke up with me, in the carriage, he also said: "Lord Jiang, Nan Chu will die at my hands sooner or later, and then Lord Jiang can come to me, and this king will definitely save Lord Jiang's net worth and life." "I just kept silent, and as for whether he acquiesced or dissatisfied, I left it to him.

After parting with the King of Qi, I hurried all night, and finally arrived in Xiangyang, where Bai Yi and the general guarding the city gate recognized, and soon I entered the city and went straight to Prince De's residence. But as soon as I got to the door, I heard the sound of crying from inside, and I was stunned, and then rushed in like crazy. The sergeants guarding the door basically recognized me, and when I rushed into Prince De's bedroom, I saw Rong Yuan lying on the ground crying, and on the bed it was Zhao Jue with a white face like paper, and the thief Li was standing aside, with a sad face, and when they saw me coming in, Rong Yuan choked up and said, "Suiyun, you are late." ”

I shouted in a gaffe: "Thief, how can this be, how can you not save his surname." ”

The thief stepped forward and said: "My lord, the villain used medicine for the prince, the effect is obvious, although the prince even said that he came to the city to supervise the battle, but the injury did not deteriorate too much, who knows, today the lord of the country issued an edict to reprimand the prince, the prince saw the edict, angry and angry, vomited blood again and again, less than half an hour, on, and went." ”

Rong Yuan stepped forward with tears in his eyes and said, "Suiyun, don't blame him, he has done his best." ”

I said coldly, "Where is the edict?" ”

Rong Yuan sighed and pointed to the table next to him, I stepped forward and picked up the Huang Aya edict to look at it, only to feel depressed in my chest, sweet in my mouth, and spit out a mouthful of blood. I saw that the edict was written with cold words.

"Uncle Wang is well aware of the art of war, not only commanding 100,000 elite soldiers, but also according to the natural danger of Xiangyang, why the long battle is fruitless, let the Yong army go freely, there is no such thing as collaborating with the enemy, I hope that the metropolitan governor will understand this autumn of national strength exhaustion, and fight quickly."

I put down the edict, pushed away the Chi Ji and the thief who were going to hold me, and looked at the table, there was a watch seal on it, I opened the watch seal, Rong Yuan wanted to come over to stop me, but he stood still, I looked down, the handwriting on it was neat, but there were blood stains splashed in several places.

"Jue with the respect of the royal family, mediocre talents, known by the first emperor, appointed the heart, commanded the soldiers and horses, dared not to do his best, but the body is sick, the ambition is not declared, the middle way and fall, the hatred is extreme. Fang Jin Dayong is raging, Southern Chu is tired, this is the autumn of the survival of this sincerity, Jue is going to die, dare to be disloyal and straightforward, I Nan Chu since the pro, the courtiers every look up to Dayong snort, afraid of war and peace, but the heart of the tiger and wolf, Yan is willing to rest, the lord of the country should be pro-virtuous ministers, far villains, sparse harem, diligent in government affairs, concentrate on military affairs, far away from the Northern Han Dynasty, near the rejection of Dayong, which can ensure the safety of the Southern Chu Society. Xiangyang defense, crucial, Rong Yuan, the heart of the minister, versatile, fine military affairs, Jue's old department, can be under the command of this person, please the king's order, edict this person to guard Xiangyang, then you can ensure that Xiangyang is fine, Zhenyuan Marquis Lu Xin is a loyal martyr, unscrupulous, can act as the governor of the capital, Jue Lin table tears, I don't know what to say, if you are learned, Jue is immortal. ”

I put down the seal, thinking of Zhao Jue full of grief and crying to write this seal, tears fell like rain, and said: "Why is the prince so stubborn, if he listened to me at the beginning, he supported the army and respected himself, how could he say it now." ”

Rong Yuan stepped forward and said: "The prince was dying, thinking of the adult, and wanted to recommend the adult to guard Xiangyang, but after thinking about it again and again, he said: 'Suiyun is elegant and elegant, unparalleled in the world, but Mingzhe protects his body, he will not be martyred, Mr. Rong told Suiyun on my behalf, if it is said that Nanchu will be extinct, Mr. Wang's face will be in Jue's face, and he will leave a cigarette for my Nanchu. ‘”

I was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "Mr. Rong, please mourn, the lord of the country is not a ruthless person, when he sees the seal of the prince, he will definitely regret it, Mr. Xiangyang's affairs should be able to be done, Suiyun is disheartened, and is about to resign and go away. ”

With that, I turned to leave, and when I got to the door, when I lifted the curtain and got into the car, I heard the sound of cannons in the distance, and the earth was shaken, and the cannons rang out twelve, and the commander died in the army. Lowering the curtain, I said lightly: "Let's go." "The carriage ran up, for a long time, I pushed the window, looked at the gloomy sky outside, and for the first time I really felt, Nan Chu, it's over.

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