Chapter 34: The Battle of Xiaoshuang

Great changes have occurred, most of the current disciples of Fengyi Gate are trained by the master of Fengyi Sect in the past ten years, most of those disciples who were born and died with the master of Fengyi Sect have died on the battlefield, or are still practicing in the door, this coup d'Γ©tat because of the decision of the master of Fengyi, they did not participate. Li Hanyou, although these people are good in martial arts and intelligence, they have not suffered too many setbacks, and they are at a loss for a while. watched as the defense line of the Hunting Palace was torn apart. But Ji Xia is different, she once followed Li Yuan to fight in the world, and immediately understood the current situation, and did not discuss with Li Hanyou and others, so she let out a long roar, like a phoenix singing for nine days, which is a signal for Fengyimen to summon disciples. Li Hanyou also immediately understood what Concubine Ji meant, now that King Qin's soldiers have arrived, and the coup d'Γ©tat launched by Mo Fengyimen has arrived, then the only way to survive is to hijack the emperor to break through. So she said loudly: "If you attack it, you must catch the emperor." ”

Hearing her shout, Qin Yi and Cheng Shu took a step back at the same time, Li Hanyou was about to break into the hall, but a wisp of feminine palm wind came to him, Li Hanyou was about to resist, his heart moved, turned over and withdrew, the man then walked out of the palace gate, although he was wearing a guard's clothes, but his appearance was delicate, and his eyes were as cold as ice and snow, it was the evil shadow Li Shun who had broken through and left.

Li Hanyou's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and saw some people in night clothes walking out after Li Shun, all of them full of energy and vigorous steps. Li Han's heart was horizontal, and now she couldn't take care of anything, she said loudly: "Two senior sisters, sisters, let's go together." Yan Wushuang and Xie Xiaotong stepped forward at the same time, and those female swordsmen of the Fengyi Sect also drew their swords together, seeing that the battle was about to begin. Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "Do you also want to meet under the Purple Smoke Spring?" This sentence was full of murderous aura, as slaughtering as the cold winter of Sanjiu, and the time to speak was just right, although Li Hanyou and the others also vaguely guessed that Wen Ziyan might be unlucky, but this news still shocked their hearts, and they couldn't help but slow down. At this moment, those men in black had already firmly guarded the temple gate. Li Hanyou's eyes flashed, and he was annoyed in his heart, now he had no chance to fight quickly, so he had to step forward with his sword and kill towards the palace gate. At this time, the sound of fighting had already been heard outside the walls of the Xiaoshuang Palace, and the battle was already in full swing in front of the Xiaoshuang Palace. Although the combat power of the female swordsman of Fengyi Gate is strong, the palace gate is narrow, and the sword formation cannot be opened, not to mention that there is a master like Li Shun on the opposite side, although he has the upper hand for a while, he cannot attack the palace gate. At this time, the door of another side hall was pushed open, and Qin Zheng walked out with the panicked Queen Dou in his arms.

Qin Zheng heard the shouting and killing outside, only to feel like falling into an ice cave, she remembered that the King of Qi who had no power to protect himself was still in Xuanhuayuan, and remembered what happened after the failed coup d'Γ©tat, and forgot how to act for a while.

At this time, there was a clear whistle outside, and Ji Xia frowned and said, "Qin Zheng, don't go to answer them yet." Qin Zheng woke up like a dream and rushed to the palace gate with some female swordsmen.

Just when King Yong began to attack the Hunting Palace, the Yulin Palace was also in chaos, Li An's soul was scattered, grabbed Xiao Lan and asked, "Concubine Ai, save your life." Xiao Lan was also flustered in her heart, and at this time they heard Ji Xia's whistle. Xiao Lan had nothing to do, so she grabbed Li An and rushed towards Xiaoshuang Palace, at this time, King Yong's army had not yet rushed in. But by the time they arrived at the Xiaoshuang Palace, an iron cavalry under the command of Qin Yong himself had already fought against the forbidden army guarding here. Xiao Lan panicked in her heart, and was about to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace. However, Qin Yong knew that the internal pressure inside was already very great, and it would only be harmful to let Xiao Lan in, so he ordered them to be blocked with bows and arrows and human walls. Li An saw the flesh and blood flying in front of him, and the feathers and arrows around him were flying, and he was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, and shouted: "I surrender, I surrender." At this time, he couldn't care about his identity, so he almost knelt down and begged for mercy. Xiao Lan and the others came with the guards around the prince, they were either greedy for life and afraid of death, or they had long been dissatisfied with the prince, and at this moment, when they saw the prince so cowardly, they no longer had the slightest intention to fight. Some shouted surrender and stepped aside, while others left everything behind and slipped away. It didn't take long for only the people of Fengyi Sect to be left around the prince. And although Qin Zheng had already left the palace gate, he was blocked and could not accept Xiao Lan and the others to enter.

At this time, the surroundings began to gradually fall silent, and the army that entered the hunting palace was ordered by King Yong, because there were many officials in the palace who were under house arrest, and if there was no resistance everywhere, they would be firmly surrounded, and at this moment, there was no strong resistance except for the Xiaoshuang Palace.

Xiao Lan dragged the prince to fight hard, but there were more and more forbidden troops around, although those female swordsmen were powerful, but they only brought a long sword, those Dayong soldiers who were good at fighting on the battlefield, attacked from afar with a long lance, they were trapped in the military formation, and they could only protect themselves. Xiao Lan had never regretted it like this at this moment, if she hadn't taken Li An with her, she would have already broken into Xiaoshuang Palace.

When the hunting palace was initially pacified, when King Yong, who got the battle report, rushed to Xiaoshuang Palace, he saw Xiao Lan and Feng Feifei protecting the prince on the left and right, and they were surrounded by the corpses of the Dayong soldiers and the female swordsmen of Fengyimen. Li Zhen frowned when he saw Li An curled up on the ground, without any royal demeanor, fortunately, those soldiers did not attack Li An, and it seemed that there were no wounds except for the blood stained on his body. Li Zhen said loudly: "Fengyimen is rebellious, if you are tied, you can still have a glimmer of life, if you want to resist, don't blame this king for being ruthless." ”

Feng Feifei looked up, the forbidden army belonging to his own side was about to be unable to support it, and at this time, the senior sisters who were fighting hard at the palace gate to receive him could no longer support it, if they didn't rush into the Xiaoshuang Hall now, those wolf-like sergeants had already begun to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace, and her heart was ruthless, mentioning that Li An used him as a weapon to wave in front, she thought to herself that since those sergeants did not dare to attack Li An, then she might as well use him to block it. Sure enough, her hand made those soldiers dare not attack her, and she had to be forced out of the way, and in an instant, the only two women left in the Fengyi Gate outside the Xiaoshuang Hall rushed to the palace gate.

It is a matter of the prince's surname, Qin Yong does not dare to be the master, although the prince rebels, but it is also a royal matter to kill or chop, and it is not Qin Yong's turn to be the master, so his eyes looked at King Yong and waited for him to order.

Li Zhen was furious in his heart, Feng Feifei's actions made him grit his teeth with hatred, although he hated and despised the prince very much, but in any case, it was his brother, he who originally wanted to order the three people to be shot to death with arrows, he finally changed his mind, these three people even if they entered the Xiaoshuang Palace, it didn't play a role, how could they not let their brother die in this situation, the prince should have the prince's death. So he didn't make a sound, and let the three people rush into the palace gate of Xiaoshuang Palace.

Although Xiao Lan and the three of them entered the Xiaoshuang Palace, but behind them, Qin Yong had already commanded his soldiers to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace, at this time, in one of the attacks of Ji Xia, Xie Xiaotong, Li Hanyou and more than 20 female swordsmen of the Fengyi Sect, although there were Xiao Shunzi and other masters who desperately blocked them, they were still forced to retreat into the main hall.

Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair under the protection of Qin Yi, Leng Chuan and others, and the eldest grandson Guifei, Yan Guifei and Princess Changle all took refuge behind the throne and were protected by the guards. And behind Li Hanyou and the others, the sparse palace doors that had been destroyed by the battle between the two sides were also completely smashed by the soldiers who rushed into the Xiaoshuang Palace. Li Hanyou and others surrounded Li Yuan and others, and outside them were Yongjun soldiers who threw rat traps, if it caused a scuffle, although everyone in Fengyimen would definitely be captured and killed, but if Li Yuan, the two concubines and the princess were accidentally injured a little, everyone here could not afford to bear the guilt. For a while, there was silence in the hall, and everyone did not dare to pant loudly, and the atmosphere in the hall was very dull.

At this time, King Yong came in in row, his cold gaze swept over Fengyimen and Li An, and he saluted Li Yuanshi: "Father, the son is late to save the driver, go to the father to forgive the sin." ”

Li Yuan said with relief: "Zhen'er, you are safe and sound, General Qin, you came to King Qin with my secret decree, and I am very relieved." Okay, you don't have to worry about me, kill all these rebels for me. ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly, Li Yuan said this, he couldn't do this, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry about your father, now these rebellions have fallen into the net, please take care of your father's body, and wait until your sons capture them and hand them over to your father to deal with." ”

Li Hanyou said coldly: "His Royal Highness King Yong, don't be too proud, although we were defeated, but the emperor and the crown prince are still here, if His Royal Highness wants to take the opportunity to kill his father and brother, then he can naturally order an attack, and when the time comes, the obstacles will be removed, and it is logical to inherit the throne, if not, let's talk to us well, so as to keep your father and brother." ”

Li Zhen also knew that he needed to do this, but he was very tired of Li Hanyou's actions, and his eyes turned around on the people in Fengyi Gate, and finally fell on Ji Guifei. He smiled slightly: "I don't know what the opinion of the concubine Niangniang is, if it is too harsh, I am afraid that the father and the king will agree, and these soldiers will not agree, and the rebellion is a crime of exterminating the nine clans. ”

Concubine Ji's eyes changed from misty to gloomy, and she said coldly: "If you want to punish the nine clans, the emperor and King Yong, you are not also guilty, and now it is nonsense to say anything, as long as His Royal Highness lets go of a way to live, we will naturally not hurt the emperor." ”

King Yong's eyes flashed and said, "If this king gets out of the way now, are you really willing to go like this?" ”

Ji Guifei was stagnant, if she went out like this, if King Yong repented, wouldn't these people fall into the ground, what a promise, she didn't believe that King Yong would not fall into the well. At this time, Li Hanyou suddenly said coldly: "What's so difficult about this, if His Royal Highness lets go of the road and lets Princess Changle as a hostage, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" "Anyway, she looked at Princess Changle with murderous eyes, she is also Bingxue smart, the secret edict that Li Yuan said and Xiahou Yuanfeng's betrayal were naturally the reasons why Qin Yong led the army to quell the rebellion, but how did this secret edict fall into the hands of Xiahou Yuanfeng? Thinking about it, only Princess Changle sent someone out of the Xiaoshuang Palace, and seeing that the glory and wealth had come to naught, Li Hanyou had already hated Princess Changle to the core. What's more, although Li Hanyou also has the identity of a princess, compared with the real princess Changle, although she is conceited and talented, she is always a little jealous and jealous in her heart, so she proposes to take Princess Changle as a hostage. Although she is selfish, everyone in Fengyi Sect thinks it is a good idea when they hear it, Li Yuan is well known to Princess Changle, and she is indeed the best candidate for hostage.

Li Yuan and Li Zhen were both furious, they both felt guilty about Changle because of Nan Chu's harmony, how could they bear to let her be a hostage, so they said in unison: "No." As soon as these words were spoken, the situation in the hall suddenly became tense, but Li Yuan and Li Zhen, father and son, looked at each other, but they both felt that the hearts of father and son had never been so close as at this moment. However, Li Zhen looked at the uncompromising looks on the faces of those Fengyi Sect disciples and had a headache, and couldn't help but say, I asked people to find Jiang Zhe, why haven't I found it yet, if Suiyun is here, maybe there will be any good way to solve the current matter, right?

King Yong had arranged for his henchmen to look for Jiang Zhe before entering the palace, Jiang Zhe was not afraid of life and death, stayed in the dangerous place, strategized, and reversed the general trend, at this moment Li Zhen's gratitude to Jiang Zhe has reached the extreme, so he ordered that if Jiang Zhe was found, he would immediately come to report, but until now there is no news, and King Yong has long been worried about Jiang Zhe's safety.

From the moment King Yong attacked the hunting palace, I was stared at by the four big men, and these most trusted guards around King Qi were very worried that King Yong would take advantage of the chaos to send people to hurt King Qi, so they had long persuaded King Qi to stay away for a while, but they were rejected by King Qi lightly, and they had no choice but to stare at me.

These four guards knew Jiang Zhe's weight in King Yong's mind, and thought that they would use this person as a hostage as a last resort, as long as His Royal Highness King Qi saw the emperor, and His Royal Highness did not participate in the rebellion, then the emperor would not hurt His Royal Highness's surname no matter how much he punished His Highness.

After a while, the noise outside gradually fell silent, and after another moment, someone knocked heavily on the door, and a eunuch who was waiting in Xuanhuayuan went to open the door tremblingly. As soon as the door opened, a team of sergeants pushed the eunuch aside and quickly controlled all the ups and downs of Xuanhuayuan. A young general strode towards the main hall. King Qi was standing with his hands in his hands, standing in front of the window, looking out, and it was the direction of Xiaoshuang Palace.

This young general performed a military salute, although the king of Qi is also suspected of rebellion, but unlike the prince, the prestige of the king of Qi in the army is also very high, his courage and straightforwardness are very popular, and although he is lustful, and has a notoriety of liking the new and hating the old, but there is no act of snatching wives and concubines, and although there are many concubines in his house, but he will never be bound by strict family law, all concubines and maids can ask to go out of the house to marry as long as they want, and the king of Qi will not only not be embarrassed, but will give a rich dowry.

The reason why the king of Qi set this rule is also a good story, there was a dancing girl sent by someone else on the palace of the king of Qi, and her appearance was very beautiful, but the king of Qi was lucky to be bored a few times and then lost interest, it happened that the lover of the dancing girl's childhood sweetheart entered the palace of the king of Qi as a guard, and the two rekindled their old love and had a private relationship, but was discovered by another guard, this guard wanted to force this dancing girl to have an affair with him, but this dancing girl insisted on refusing, so he was angry and told the king of Qi. King Qi really summoned the two to ask the guilt, and after asking the truth, he ordered the guard to be dragged down and beaten with dozens of rods, at that time everyone said that the king of Qi would kill this pair of lovers with a cane, but he didn't expect that the king of Qi would beat the guard and then marry the dancing girl to him as his wife, and then recommended the guard to be a military attache below, but the guard who told the whistle was driven out of the palace by the king of Qi, and then the king of Qi set this rule. Some staff members advised him that this would be undignified, but the king of Qi smiled and said: "This king likes the new and hates the old, who doesn't know, wouldn't it be pitiful for these women to keep an empty boudoir alone in my palace, it is better to marry them, so as not to waste the king's money and food." ”

Although many respectful ministers criticized King Qi because of this, the warriors in the army loved King Qi even more, because King Qi often called the warriors in the army to participate in the banquet, and always let the concubines and dancers around him come to sing and dance and drink during the banquet.

Therefore, although this general was ordered to take in the King of Qi, he did not have too deep hostility. He said loudly: "The last general, Tian Long, was ordered by His Royal Highness King Yong to protect His Royal Highness King Qi, His Royal Highness King Yong has an order, please don't go out, so as not to be taken advantage of by the chaotic army." ”

King Qi turned around, his face was pale, but his expression was very peaceful, and he said lightly: "How is the situation in Xiaoshuang Palace?" ”

The general was stunned and said, "The last general doesn't know." At this time, his deputy walked in beside him and whispered, "In the side hall, there are several guards of the King of Qi who refuse to disarm. ”

Tian Long glanced at King Qi and said in a low voice, "Do you want me to teach you how to do this?" ”

The deputy general said in embarrassment: "They took a person hostage, saying that it was Sima Jiang Zhejiang, the king of Yong. ”

Tian Long was shocked, he was able to be sent to imprison King Qi, and he was naturally very trusted, so he naturally knew the importance of Jiang Zhe, and King Yong also specially instructed the generals that if Jiang Zhe was found, he must protect it well. Glancing at King Qi vigilantly, Tian Long said: "Your Highness, can you ask Your Highness to order that your subordinates must not resist." ”

Li Xian smiled slightly and said, "This king wants to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, I don't know if the general can be the master?" ”

Tian Long looked embarrassed, he didn't have the power to allow King Qi to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, but Jiang Zhe was held hostage by King Qi's subordinates, what should he do? At this time, a gentle voice came from outside: "Your Highness, why bother? Although he was obviously lacking in qi, his voice was very firm. Tian Long and the deputy general looked out, only to see a scholar in Tsing Yi walking slowly under the support of two Qi King guards, the other two guards holding a knife to protect each other, the scholar held a gold medal in his hand, but it was a gold medal of "such as my personal presence", originally this gold medal may not be useful now, but there is a line of small characters on the lower right foot of the gold medal, which reads "Qin Ci Yongwang Li", indicating that this gold medal was given to Yongwang by the emperor, so no one dared to stop it.

Tian Long immediately knew that this scholar was indeed Sima Jiangzhe, the king of Yong, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

I waved my hand to let the two generals step aside, and said, "Your Highness, now that the overall situation has been decided and is irreparable, why do you want to go to Xiaoshuang Palace?" ”

Li Xian said lightly: "It's because the overall situation has been decided that I want to take a look, you should understand that my princess is there." ”

I shook my head, sometimes King Qi was really stubborn, thought about it, and finally said: "Xiaguan wants to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, if His Highness doesn't dislike it, go with Xiaguan." ”

Li Xian's face changed and said: "What is the condition of your body, don't you know, what can you do at this time?" ”

I smiled slightly and said, "Today is the day I want to see it, how can I endure it here, please ask His Highness to lend me a sedan chair." ”

Li Xian's expression changed again and again, and said, "Okay, this king promises you." ”

Tian Long and the others exclaimed: "Your Highness, my lord, this? ”

I held up the gold medal and said, "In front of King Yong, there are subordinates who bear the responsibility, and it has nothing to do with you. The two of them were silent.

At this moment, in the wilderness in the distance, a white faint figure was as fast as a meteor, and the direction was directed towards the hunting palace, and the autumn wind blew, and a white silk silk slid to the ground, revealing the red blood stains on the silk handkerchief.

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