On September 20, the twenty-fifth year of Wuwei, the emperor went to the hunting palace, and at night, the prince rebelled, and King Yong was in danger.

- "Yongshi; Gaozu Benji

On September 20 of the second year of Tongtai in Southern Chu, the thief ordered King Yong to meet him, and he was ordered to break through for Zhe, and Zhe was ordered to be in danger, and the command was determined, and King Yong was able to break through.

- History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties; The Legend of Jiang Suiyun

I was groggy and slept in the carriage to the hunting palace, the hunting palace is the palace used by the Dayong royal family every autumn hunting, located at the foot of Lishan Mountain, there are dozens of palaces of all sizes, the forbidden army camped on three sides, the palace is protected in the middle, the emperor is naturally stationed in the main hall of the palace, Xiaoshuang Palace, the queen, Ji Guifei, Yan Guifei live in several nearby palaces, the eldest grandson Guifei and Princess Changle live in the east side of the Xiangyuan, Hanxiangyuan is full of juju, Li Yuan intends to let the depressed Princess Changle relieve her sorrows. The prince lives in the Yulin Hall on the east side, and King Yong lives in Yaningxuan on the west side, and King Qi lives in Xuanhuayuan on the west side.

Xiao Shunzi told me that the emperor has issued an order, and now that the journey is tired, His Royal Highness and ministers do not need to go to greet him, and he can go to worship when he will hunt. I asked, "Is there any information coming from the prince and Fengyimen?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "Not yet, except for General Qin and General Qin Qing personally deploying the defense, there is no abnormality." ”

I took the defense map handed over by Xiao Shunzi, General Qin is worthy of being a famous general, the defense is impeccable, it is the three thousand Dongying forbidden army led by Qin Qing who protects the emperor's residence, the one who protects the palace on the east side of the hunting palace is the commander of the Nanying Forbidden Army Yang, the one who protects the west side is Pei Yun, the commander of the Beiying Forbidden Army, and the one who is responsible for the inner guards is Leng Chuan, the chief guard of the guard, and the Yuehua Gate, which must be passed through to enter the middle palace from the west, and Zhong Cuimen, who enters the middle palace from the east side, are all strictly controlled by the forbidden army and the inner guards who protect the middle palace, and it is probably impossible to mutiny.

However, I smiled faintly and bitterly, General Qin is still a little partial to his son, although this arrangement, although Qin Qing is under control, but it also has the intention of letting Qin Qing make meritorious contributions when something happens.

In the middle of the night, King Yong and I were discussing the situation while drinking tea, and I was a little uneasy, but King Yong was very calm, and for him, he didn't know how many risks he had experienced, and he would no longer be worried and distressed because of this. After a watch, suddenly Sima Xiong came in and reported: "Your Highness, Lord Wei has come to deliver the decree. ”

King Yong and I were stunned, Wei Ying came, thought about it, it's no wonder, this time the emperor went on a autumn hunt, only brought Wei Ying to draw up a decree for him, and the rest of the civil officials did not bring it, and in recent years, Wei Ying has been very favored, saying that on the side of the king, I don't know how many edicts are Wei Ying's handwriting, King Yong is unusual, if the emperor has a will, it should naturally be Wei Ying. I accompanied King Yong into the main hall, only to see Wei Ying purple clothes and ribbons, graceful, elegant bearing, seeing King Yong, he smiled: "Your Highness, in the mouth of Your Majesty, come to pass the decree, please Your Highness kneel to receive it." ”

King Yong glanced at me, bowed down, and knelt down after me, while Jing Chi and Sima Xiong also knelt down, but they looked at Wei Ying with fierce eyes.

Wei Ying seemed to be unaware of this tense situation, and said: "The emperor has decreed that Li Zhen, the king of Xuanyong, will go to Xiaoshuang Hall to see him. ”

Li Zhen said that he obeyed the order, but after getting up, he smiled and said: "Lord Wei, I don't know what my father has to order, didn't you say earlier that you don't need us to say hello?" ”

Wei Ying said: "The emperor was very tired, but after taking a nap, he was much better, the queen mother and several nobles were accompanied, drinking tea and gossiping together, and the emperor was interested, so he ordered several highnesses and Princess Changle to go to the family banquet." The minister has already gone to the prince and Princess Changle to pass on the will, and he is going to invite the king of Qi. ”

King Yong was slightly relieved and said, "Lord Wei, please go and pass the decree, this king will go to meet his father." ”

Wei Ying's decree was completed, and he retreated after saluting. King Yong smiled and said to me: "Wei Ying has complementary talents and can be reused in the future." ”

I was about to agree, but there was a chill in my heart for no reason, Wei Ying's performance was perfect, but why did I feel that something was wrong, subconsciously, I listened with all my might, at this time, Wei Ying had already walked outside the door of Yaningxuan, at this time, I heard his voice of relief, and then heard a low chuckle, which was a kind of smug laughter.

I suddenly thought of a lot of things, the Wei family, which has always been neutral, has been calm, and Fengyimen is trying its best to win over the Qin family, although it may be because the Qin family has military power, but it shouldn't have done nothing to the Wei family. Thinking about it again, the incident in the East Palace of the Prince, Wei Ying was ordered to take custody of the prince, and Zheng Shizhong clearly blamed the prince at the imperial meeting, and then was assassinated in front of the Suzaku Gate. On the bloody night of Chang'an, the masked man who attacked King Qing's guards and the assassin who assassinated Zheng Shi were all men, and Wei Ying should have good martial arts, which Xiao Shunzi once said inadvertently. The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was already caught in the net, what would happen if Wei Ying or even the Wei family and Fengyimen had already colluded.

I said categorically: "Xiao Shunzi, you go and see if there is an ambush outside, remember, don't show your traces." ”

King Yong and the others all changed their faces greatly, Xiao Shunzi's face was cold, and his body disappeared into the night. After a while, Xiao Shunzi came back, his face was a little pale, and he said coldly: "Yuehuamen has an ambush by the forbidden army of Dongying, and there are Fengyimen disciples hiding on all sides, I saw Wen Ziyan, but I didn't dare to approach." ”

King Yong's face changed sharply, and he said after a while: "Wei Ying and Fengyimen have colluded. ”

In this short period of time, I have already figured out a lot of things, my expression became cold and calm, I gently shook the folding fan, and I said lightly: "This is my miscalculation, Wei Ying's identity can make many people in the hunting palace believe that his words are the emperor's will, in addition, I have already thought of Fengyimen's plan, they use the army of King Qi to divert our attention, and what they really use to rebel is the forbidden army." ”

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "How can the forbidden army be used by them." ”

I smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness and the ministers have a wrong idea, if you can't get control of the forbidden army, then it is impossible to drive them to rebel, and the only people who can get control are General Qin and Qin Qing, now we can be sure that Qin Qing can't completely control the forbidden army, so we are a little negligent, there is another person who can control the forbidden army, that is, the emperor." ”

Sima Xiong and Jing Chi both exclaimed, I ignored them, and continued: "Li Hanyu is a princess and the daughter-in-law of the Qin family, if she takes the emperor's will and says that she is ordered to command the forbidden army, what do you say. ”

Everyone was cold in their hearts, and I continued: "Li Hanyou has been quite influential in the forbidden army, although Qin Qing has not actually been able to control all the forbidden army in the past two years, but at least the Dongying forbidden army is still under his direct jurisdiction, Li Hanyou is the princess, and those forbidden troops are the descendants of the Qin family, so what is it that Li Hanyou buys thousands of people, plus Wei Ying is the minister who is accompanying the will, and the prince is the prince, as long as he controls the Xiaoshuang Palace, the emperor's will cannot be transmitted, then His Royal Highness is isolated, Now His Highness's army is a hundred miles away, and it can only be slaughtered. ”

Sima Xiong, Jing Chi and the others were all shocked, but King Yong said calmly: "Since Suiyun has figured out the layout of Fengyi Gate, he must already have a way to deal with it. ”

I sighed and said: "Your Highness really knows the heart of a minister, the only flaw in their method is that it can't arouse our suspicion, so they don't dare to eradicate General Pei in advance, and now His Highness's only chance is here, which is also the reason why they are overbearing His Highness to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, they want to ambush in Yuehuamen and kill His Highness in one fell swoop, and then General Pei can only bow down and obey orders, after all, General Pei still has a net worth." Now thanks to His Royal Highness, the ministers can see through their layout, then there is a chance to live, please Your Highness act according to the minister's arrangement. ”

Li Zhen said lightly: "Suiyun, this king believes that you have a way, and now I will hand over the king's surname to you, you can give the order." ”

I bowed and said: "It's all the ministers who are sad about their hearts, so they didn't find the enemy's tricks, Your Highness doesn't blame the ministers, it's already a thousand blessings, thank you Your Highness still believes in the judgment of the ministers." ”

Li Zhen also saluted: "Please don't worry about it with the clouds, it is also the king's sons who deliberately do not let you know the outside situation, so there is a change today, please give an order with the clouds, and the king will respect the generals." ”

I straightened up and said: "Then the minister is more and more on behalf of him, now His Royal Highness must break out, and before breaking through, His Royal Highness must meet General Pei, the minister believes that General Pei is still safe and sound, the master of Fengyi will definitely not startle the snake, General Pei's martial arts are strong, and he has the heart of the army, if he is strong, he is afraid that it will arouse His Royal Highness's suspicion, so now Xiao Shunzi immediately went to see Pei Yun, let him meet His Royal Highness, and rush out of the hunting palace together, General Pei must have the assassins of Fengyi Gate hidden by his side, Xiao Shunzi must go to protect General Pei, Otherwise, His Highness will have no chance to break through. Now the edict should not have spread throughout the whole army, so there should be no problem for His Highness to break through, but before meeting with General Pei, the siege of Fengyi Gate will rely on the support of His Highness's guards and the masters sent by each gate. As for the meeting place, I would like it to be decided by His Highness. ”

King Yong pointed to the defense map and said: "Now we can only break through from the southwest, Xiao Shunzi, tell General Pei to meet here, and when we see the fire on this side, it is the time for us to act." ”

Xiao Shunzi nodded, and the figure disappeared again.

I said again: "After His Highness broke through the siege, he immediately sent this thing to Qin Yong, the nearest commander of the Qin army, this was originally prepared by the minister just in case, but it came in handy, with this thing, at least Qin Yong will not attack His Highness." ”

At this time, Sima Xiong came in and said, "Your Highness, we are all ready, but we are ......" Sima Xiong looked at me and stopped talking. I smiled faintly and said, "Your Highness, this time the minister will not be able to accompany His Highness to break through." ”

King Yong was shocked, grabbed my hand and said: "Suiyun, what are you talking nonsense, you have no power to restrain the chicken, if you stay, you will definitely suffer, how can you not leave." ”

I smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, Sui Yun is weak, this time His Highness breaks through, it must be a quick horse, if the minister is with him, I am afraid that he will die on the road." ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Don't worry, this king will use a carriage to drive you, besides, there is still life to break through with this king, if you stay, I am afraid that you will definitely die, and Fengyimen will definitely not let you go." ”

I smiled faintly, walked into King Yong, and whispered a word, King Yong was stunned for a moment, his face was full of thought, I didn't wait for him to understand, so he said: "Your Highness can not delay any longer, I will let Dong Que protect me to stay, if Your Highness can fight out of the encirclement, even if the minister falls into the hands of the enemy, there is a glimmer of life, Your Highness, now His Royal Highness and the army of King Qi are far away and cannot save the near fire, General Qin's army has become the key, please believe that the minister can try his best to win the support of the general for His Highness, the general has been on the battlefield for a long time, and will not be willing to be controlled." ”

At this time, Sima Xiong approached and said, "Your Highness, the appointed time is about to come, please make a quick decision." ”

I said solemnly: "General Sima, Your Highness's safety is entrusted to you, and Zhe entrusts you with great trust." ”

Sima Xiong saluted: "The last general is broken to pieces, and he must protect His Highness to fight his way out of the encirclement." ”

I looked at Jing Chi again and said, "Jing Chi, you are the general next to Your Highness, this time you have a heavy responsibility, and you must not slack off." ”

Jing Chi smiled bitterly: "If I don't do my best, at most Mr. will punish me for copying a few more books." ”

Although they heard me say that there is a way to protect themselves, but everyone knows that it is an uncertain thing, they break through, there is still three points of life, but I stay but there is little life, but they ask themselves that they can't carry me to break through, and the guilt in their hearts makes them full of anger and murder.

Li Zhen looked at Dong Que, a silent young man, and said in a deep voice: "Dong Que, if you can protect Suiyun and this king to reunite, this king will definitely be rewarded, even if you have something bad in the past, this king will never add guilt." ”

Dong Que's expression remained unchanged, but he gave a gentle salute, but I smiled slightly bitterly, it seems that King Yong is still suspicious of Dong Que's identity.

Li Zhen strode out of the palace gate, glanced at the heavily armed people and said: "It's all this king who has involved you, and now the prince is plotting rebellion, intending to kill this king, you break through with this king, it is nine deaths and one life, and there is nothing to repay, only to swear on the same day, if this king survives, you are all friends of this king in distress, and there will be a heavy reward, if there are cowards, you can stay and surrender, this king will not blame." ”

Everyone knew that they couldn't be loud, and they all shouted in a deep voice: "The prince has no way, Shengcong is blinded, His Royal Highness is a Dayong Sheji, and the ministers and other ministers are all dying." ”

Li Zhen waved his hand, got on the horse first under the protection of Sima Xiong and Jing Chi, and galloped away, this Yaningxuan only left me and Dong Que, I looked at Dong Que, and said with a smile: "Are you afraid?" ”

Dong Que said lightly: "The son is not afraid, what is there to be afraid of Dong Que, I don't know how the son will arrange it." ”

At this time, there was a deafening shout of killing in the distance, and I also dropped a torch and ignited the combustible things collected by Sima Xiong and others, and in the firelight, my pale face was a little bloody.

Outside of Yaningxuan, Wen Ziyan and Yan Wushuang took fifty Fengyimen swordsmen and were monitoring Yaningxuan, while Wei Ying had already arrived at Yuehuamen, commanding the forbidden army with the "Holy Oracle" to prepare to ambush King Yong and his party, with the prestige of the Wei family and the emperor's edict, although those forbidden troops had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to disobey the order, after all, for them, the emperor was the object of their allegiance, even so, the closest place to Yaningxuan, Wei Ying still arranged a part of the forbidden army that Fengyimen could fully control, In order to reduce the possibility of King Yong's escape.

Just when they were a little anxious, suddenly, the door of Yaningxuan was open, King Yong was wearing golden armor, holding a horse lance, and said loudly: "The prince rebelled, intending to kill me Li Zhen, this king is the marshal of Tiance, how can he be harmed by villains, all my people of Dayong, can not be instigated by annihilation." "Anyway, under the support of Sima Xiong and Jing Chi, he led a hundred horsemen to rush and kill, this hunting palace was originally used by the autumn hunt, so the palace can be ridden by horses, and when he heard the purple smoke, he was stunned, and saw that these people rushed out from in front of him.

Wen Ziyan reacted very quickly, and said in his heart, their direction is Yuehuamen, presumably they want to appeal to the emperor, we might as well block their back road in the back. There was a soft whistle, heard it everywhere, and led the forbidden army from behind to surround it.

Wei Ying, who was ambushed by Yuehua Gate, heard King Yong's shouting and smelling the soft howl of purple smoke, his heart was terrified, and he immediately ordered to prepare bows and arrows, but he came up with a thousand forbidden troops, after all, he wanted to prevent King Yong from breaking through from other directions, King Yong was proficient in the art of war, he didn't think King Yong would go to this obvious dead end.

Under the moonlight, a black arrow and the forbidden army wearing blue armor met head-on, Jing Chi shouted, the horse lance in his hand flashed, sweeping away the forbidden army who had never ridden a horse, Sima Xiong's horse lance was not idle, blood splashed, King Yong shouted: "This king Li Zhen, who dares to stop me." The saber in his hand flashed, killing a forbidden army, if those forbidden troops are against the enemy, they are naturally one after another, without fear, but in the face of the long-admired Dayong military god in his heart, the fighting spirit is low, but in an instant, the sharp arrow array commanded by King Yong has broken through the blockade of the forbidden army, and Wei Yingyi, who is commanding from a distance, frowned, he is inconvenient to make a move, because he wants to maintain the identity of the Qin Cha. At this time, Wen Ziyan's figure appeared, as fast as lightning, and several longitudinal crosses had approached the side of King Yong, and then the body and sword were combined and stabbed towards King Yong.

At this time, King Yong gave an order, and the military formation that was obviously close to Yuehuamen quickly turned around and broke through to the southwest, if there was a wise general command, maybe a defense line could be set up in advance, but Wei Ying and Wen Ziyan who were present were not generals who were proficient in military formations, and they did not expect that King Yong would find out about the conspiracy to break through quickly, so they were stunned, and they had already seen King Yong break through the weak defense line of the forbidden army in the rear again.

Wen Ziyan said loudly: "The thief wants to meet Pei Yun, and he can't let him go, chase him." ”

At this time, Yaningxuan suddenly caught fire, the fire spread extremely fast, the smoke and dust were blind, and the Yongwang Sharp Arrow Array rushed through the edge of Yaningxuan, and went straight to the corner gate in the southwest direction of the Hunting Palace. Just when King Yong just crossed Ya Ning Xuan, a sword light shot out from the ground, straight to King Yong, a King Yong guard jumped up from the horse, the long knife in his hand slashed down, the sword light knife light was extinguished, the guard fell from mid-air, blood spilled, and the sword light could not go further, King Yong had already rushed through the range of Yan Ning Xuan.

The sword light dimmed, and a woman in plain clothes quickly retreated, avoiding the long knives that rushed over King Yong's guards one after another.

Wen Ziyan's heart sank, Yan Wushuang's assassination failed, at this time, if she used those Fengyimen swordsmen, although she could entangle King Yong, she would inevitably suffer heavy losses, she was reluctant, not to mention that King Yong wanted to meet Pei Yun, but I was afraid that there was no hope, and when the time came, it was a good time for Fengyimen swordsmen to exert their might, so she did not launch those swordsmen, but let King Yong kill to the southwest.

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