"Why is there no news yet, where did the third brother and them drift to, shouldn't they still be in the palace?" In front of a huge fire, Zhao Ji walked around anxiously, and at the same time, his mouth kept chattering, and from time to time he would look up at the dark sky, but every time he showed a disappointed look.

After Zhao Ji left the palace, he did not return to Beijing immediately, but he knew that Zhao Yan was going to land on the east side of the palace, so he also sent some people to light the fire at night, so in this case, Zhao Yan also came to the east to find these people, and personally guarded one of the fires, and he would not return to Beijing alone until he saw Zhao Yan and them land safely.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a rapid sound of horses' hooves from the south, and then a knight galloped over, and when he saw Zhao Ji, he immediately threw off the saddle and got off the horse and reported: "Your Highness Qiqi, the five fires in the south have already been asked, and His Royal Highness the King of the County has not landed there!" ”

"Got it, you go down!" Hearing the knight's report, Zhao Ji waved very irritably, in order to meet Zhao Yan and them, this time they raised a total of ten large fires, almost all the east side of the palace was paved, as long as the hot air balloon passed over, they would definitely see a certain fire, and then they could land nearby, and the people guarding the fire would also rush over to rescue in time, but now they have been waiting for most of the night, but there is still no news, so Zhao Ji specially sent people to the other nine fires to take a look.

Just when Zhao Ji was in an irritable mood, suddenly another knight galloped from the north, and also jumped off his horse and reported to him: "Your Highness, there is no trace of His Royal Highness the current King of the County in the four fires in the north!" ”

"Let's go down!" Hear the knight's report. Zhao Ji was even more irritable in his heart, and his steps were bigger. In fact, Zhao Ji has already seen that the direction of the wind has changed, but now that the moon is dark and the wind is high, he has no time to send people to look for it in other directions, so he can only guard here, waiting for Zhao Yan and their arrival with the hope of just in case, but unfortunately there is no news so far, and even Zhao Ji himself has some bad premonitions.

Although he didn't wait for Zhao Yan, Zhao Ji didn't give up and waited until the eastern sky was white. Zhao Ji was still waiting hard for the fire. However, at this time, he already knew that Zhao Yan and the others must have encountered an accident, otherwise they should have been here a long time ago.

At this moment, there was suddenly another rapid sound of horses' hooves. Immediately afterwards, I saw Huang Wude galloping on a horse. When Zhao Ji saw him. There was also a hint of joy on his face immediately, and he took a few steps forward and asked loudly: "How is it, is there any news about the third brother?" ”

I saw Huang Wude jump off the horse. Quickly came to Zhao Ji's face, but said with a little helplessness on his face: "Your Highness Qiqi, the old slave has already used all his hands to find the traces of two hot air balloons along the way, but there is no result, but there is already news of the rebellion in the palace, Your Highness, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"Alas!" Zhao Ji stomped his feet angrily when he heard that even Huang Wude didn't get any news, but he also knew that although Zhao Yan's matter was important, the most important thing was the current situation of Liao, which was not only related to the safety of their Great Song Mission, but also related to the future situation of the Great Song Dynasty against Liao.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji forced himself to calm down at the moment, and then raised his head and said to Huang Wude: "What is the situation in Liao now, who won Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Hongji yesterday?" ”

Seeing Zhao Yan's current expression, Huang Wude couldn't help but nod secretly, being able to put the overall situation first, this is a qualified emperor, and he immediately told him the information he had just received this morning, but although Zhao Yan was worried about Zhao Yan's safety, after hearing the situation in Liao, his face couldn't help but show a little joy.

It turned out that according to the information obtained by Huang Wude, yesterday Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Nerugu soldiers divided into two ways, respectively attacking the east and south sides of the palace, of which Yelu Nerugu led 2,000 people to attack the southern city, and the first to attack, in order to attract the troops in the palace, as a result, Yelu Hongji was really fooled, and transferred the two thousand guards of the palace to the south city wall, making the east side of the city wall defense empty, so Yelu Chongyuan took 2,000 people to capture the east palace gate in one fell swoop, and then killed the palace.

Originally, according to Yelu Chongyuan's plan, after Yelu Chongyuan broke through the eastern city, he would immediately enter the main hall and control the Liao nobles who participated in the birthday banquet, especially to capture Empress Xiao and a group of princes and princesses, so as to blackmail Yelu Hongji to surrender. In fact, this plan was very smooth at the beginning, Yelu Chongyuan rushed into the main hall with his soldiers, and controlled most of the nobles, but Empress Xiao took the princess and the prince to hide in other parts of the palace, the palace originally occupied a large area, and Yelu Chongyuan did not dare to divide his troops to look for it, so he failed to find Empress Xiao and others for a while, which was the first accident in his plan.

However, it was just a small accident that he didn't catch Empress Xiao and others, Yelu Chongyuan's main target was Yelu Hongji, so after he controlled those Liao nobles, he immediately killed Yelu Hongji from the main hall to Yelu Hongji's back, intending to attack each other on both sides with Yelu Nerugu, and as long as he caught or killed Yelu Hongji, then he would succeed in this coup d'état.

However, what Yelu Chongyuan never expected was that just behind the back of Yelu Hongji with his army, he received a thunderbolt from the sky, that is, his son Yelu Nerugu was killed, and he was killed by the rebellion of his personal guards, and at the same time, the two thousand Xi people led by Nerugu were also defeated by Yelu Hongji, and it can be said that Yelu Hongji has taken control of the situation in the south.

Yelu Chongyuan couldn't believe Yelu Nerugu's death at first, but when he rushed to the back of Yelu Hongji's side, he happened to see that his son's head had been hung high on the city wall, which made Yelu Chongyuan's eyes dark, and then he was overwhelmed by a monstrous rage, and immediately ordered his 2,000 rebels to attack Yelu Hongji's guards regardless of a single qiē.

Speaking of which, Yelu Nerugu is only responsible for attracting the palace guards, so the two thousand Xi soldiers led by him are not strong in combat, and the two thousand guards led by Yelu Chongyuan are the real main force, and they are all loyal to Yelu Chongyuan's father and son, especially the one thousand guards in the palace of Yelu Nerugu, after seeing the master being killed, they were even more angry, and desperately killed Yelu Hongji.

Speaking of which, although Yelu Hongji used his own identity to make the two guards around Yelu Nerugu turn against the water on the spot, thus killing each other, and easily defeated the army of 2,000 Xi people, but his own side also suffered a lot of losses, and at this time he couldn't resist Yelu Chongyuan's crazy attack, and as a result, he was defeated by Yelu Chongyuan, with 2,000 casualties, and finally even Yelu Hongji himself was seriously injured and fell unconscious on the spot.

Fortunately, Yelu Jun, who was the crown prince at the time, was also by Yelu Hongji's side, so after seeing his father in a coma, Ye Lu Jun decisively took over the command, and then commanded the remnants of his army to break through, but he really escaped.

"Your Royal Highness, the current situation in Liao is very chaotic, Yelu Jun has blocked all the news about Yelu Hongji, so now except for him and some people around Yelu Hongji, no one knows Yelu Hongji's life and death at all, as for Yelu Chongyuan, although he occupies the palace, but because Yelu Hongji's life and death are unknown, Yelu Jun, who is the crown prince, also escaped, so Yelu Hongji did not dare to stay for a long time, and now he has taken the initiative to give up the palace and take some hostages to flee south, and the army in the south has always been controlled by their father and son, There are many of their supporters there, and it is estimated that Yelu Chongyuan also wants to use these supporters to compete with the orthodoxy of the Liao State. Huang Wude finally concluded.

"What about Empress Xiao and those princes and princesses, the third brother should be with them before they leave the palace, right?" Zhao Ji immediately asked when he heard this.

"Yelu Chongyuan didn't catch Queen Xiao and the others, and I don't know where she hid with someone, but she should still be in the palace, as for the news of His Royal Highness the county king, we also heard some, in fact, when the rebels entered the palace, someone saw the county king's hot air balloon rise into the sky, and it scared a lot of people at that time, so the county king should have escaped from the palace, but last night the wind direction changed abruptly, and the county king and they were blown to other places." Huang Wude reported again at this time.

Hearing that Zhao Yan's hot air balloon had successfully taken off, Zhao Yan also felt relieved, there was a mess in the palace last night, he was really afraid that Zhao Yan would encounter danger in the chaotic army, and now he heard that Zhao Yan had left safely when the rebels arrived, which should also be the only good news he heard about Zhao Yan.

But then he thought of another thing, and immediately instructed Huang Wude: "Wude, the wind direction changed yesterday, so the hot air balloon must have been blown to another place by the wind, have you followed the wind direction to find the traces of the third brother?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the old slave has sent people to look for it, but there is no result for the time being, but according to our estimates, Your Highness, they are likely to be blown to the Huanglong Mansion." Huang Wude replied with a frown at this time.

"Huanglong Mansion?" Hearing this place, Zhao Ji couldn't help frowning, this Huanglong Mansion is the northernmost of the six prefectures of the Liao State, and the ethnic groups there are complex, not only the Khitan, Xi people, and Han people, but also a large number of Jurchens live, although the Liao State has stationed a large number of troops there, but in fact, the rule is not stable, and there will even be rebellions from time to time, if Zhao Yan and they really land there, they are likely to encounter danger.

Seeing the expression on Zhao Ji's face, Huang Wude immediately persuaded him: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry, the county king Jiren Tianxiang will definitely not encounter danger, and as long as they can find the garrison of the Liao State in time, there will definitely be no danger." ”

Zhao Ji also knew that Huang Wude was comforting himself, but now he really didn't have any way now, so he had to sigh and say: "I hope so, otherwise if something happens to the third brother, I really don't have the face to go back to see my father!" (To be continued......)

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