Chapter 415: Chaos
Sima Yi didn't expect that after Xiao Ling knew the truth, he still regarded him as a friend. At this time, Xiao Ling was completely unaware of her situation. Even if he said that he was out of the blue, the people of the Cao Gang would not send him back lightly.
"Martial law in the city, but because King Hui is missing?" Sima asked.
Dong Sheng shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." Outside the city, soldiers and horses entered the city, and they were heading in the direction of the palace. Probably...... There should be civil strife in Jinling City. ”
Sima took a breath, he didn't expect Li Shanye's prediction to be so accurate. More than half a month ago, when he met with Li Shanye, Li Shanye could not say that within a month, Jinling City would inevitably be in chaos without a fight. At that time, Jinling City was left peaceful, and there was no sign of chaos in singing and dancing. But it has only been more than half a month, and the prophecy turned out to be true.
Dong Sheng continued: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, how many ...... But what do you need to prepare? ”
"No need." Sima Yi smiled helplessly, "If you are in danger, you don't have to be formal." ”
After speaking, Sima Yi looked back at Xiao Ling, but found that Xiao Ling was holding the half-eaten dry food and standing there, forgetting to chew what he hadn't swallowed in his mouth.
"Out of ...... Gone wrong? Xiao Ling asked with a look of disbelief.
"Hmm." Dong Sheng did not shy away from it in front of Xiao Ling, "It was Xiangguo who mobilized soldiers and horses into the city." Now that the palace gate is closed, when I came, there was already the sound of fighting in the direction of the palace gate, and it was probably still going on at this time. ”
Xiao Ling reluctantly swallowed the uneaten dry food in her mouth, with tears on her face, as if the more she thought about it, the more sad she became, and finally sat on the ground and cried.
"Get up. Get up! What are you doing to make a noise and let people know you're here? The brothers of the Cao Gang were not polite at all, and went up directly to add fists and kicks, but were stopped by Sima Yi.
Dong Sheng also intended to stop the abuse of Xiao Ling by his brothers, and said, "A few of you will wait for a while, I will go to find a place to go first, and change places for you." Otherwise, it will be very troublesome to be found here by people in the government. ”
"I ...... I have a place to go. Xiao Ling, who was still sitting on the ground crying, suddenly raised her hand and said.
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him.
"You ...... Don't think I want to escape...... In fact. Actually, I just wanted to help. I've got some housework. In the city, as long as you hide inside, no one dares to go in and investigate. Xiao Ling said.
Dong Sheng didn't have much insight, but looked at Sima Yi with questioning eyes at this time.
Sima Yi shook his head slightly. said: "Now Xie Ru is plotting rebellion. The disappearance of King Hui. It will make Xie Rumo think that King Hui will take the opportunity to hide and mobilize troops and horses into Jinling. King Hui's house is not safe. ”
Dong Sheng thought about it. That's what happened. Now Xie Rumo is clearly trying to usurp the throne, and King Hui is also a member of the royal family, which is Xie Rumo's confidant. At this time, Xie Rumo had already controlled the inner city and outer city of Jinling, only the imperial city was left unconquered, as long as he occupied the palace and killed the young master and the Empress Dowager He, the world would be his.
At this time, any obstacle in front of Xie Rumo would be eradicated by Xie Rumo without hesitation, and although Xiao Ling had no quarrel with the world on weekdays, Xie Rumo had no reason to keep him alive. Maybe at this time, Xie Rumo had already sent someone to arrest Xiao Ling.
Dong Sheng hurried away.
When Dong Sheng left, the atmosphere in the small courtyard was a little strange.
Xiao Ling sat there and howled to herself, and finally seemed to calm down, and sat on the ground without saying a word, stunned.
It wasn't until after his death at noon that Dong Sheng came back with a piece of news: "King Hui's Mansion has been sealed." ”
"My mansion has been seized? Who is it? Xie Xiang? No, the thief did it? He...... What the hell is he trying to do? In vain, I am respectful to him on weekdays, why are you so unkind? How is it at the palace? My imperial sister-in-law, and my imperial nephew...... How are you doing now? ”
Xiao Ling's series of questions also asked Dong Sheng.
Originally, the Cao Gang kidnapped Xiao Ling because they wanted to have one more hostage, which came in handy at a critical time. Unexpectedly, this "saved" Xiao Ling. Otherwise, Xiao Ling would have been held by Xie Rumo at this time, and would probably be killed by Xie Rumo.
Sima Yu asked, "Does Xie Rumo know that King Hui was kidnapped?" ”
"I don't know." Dong Sheng said, "As soon as we came here yesterday, soldiers and horses began to enter the city outside the city. After that, the Huiwang Mansion was sealed, unless it was someone from the Huiwang Mansion who reported the news. ”
Sima Yi thought about it, shook his head slightly, and said, "Even if the people from King Hui's Mansion say that King Hui was kidnapped, Xie Rumo won't believe it." ”
Dong Sheng also thought about it and nodded. This is an obvious truth, Xie Rumo was just about to rebel and seized King Hui's mansion, and the people in King Hui's mansion said that King Hui was kidnapped by someone instead of hiding it himself, how could Xie Rumo's cunning believe this kind of nonsense?
"What's going on at the palace?" Sima asked.
Sima Yi's question was also Xiao Ling's most concerned question, just now he asked, Dong Sheng didn't bother to deal with him.
"There is martial law in the city, and the details of the palace are unknown. However, before they could be killed, some brothers came back and said that the soldiers and horses outside the city were still fighting bloody battles at several city gates, and there were too many dead people in the direction of the city gates, but the fighting had not stopped. ”
Sima sighed. He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to leave Jinling one day, but it was when there was civil strife in Jinling City.
After Dong Sheng finished speaking, he left first.
At dusk and sunset, Dong Sheng came back, and there was a woman who came with him. When Xiao Ling saw this woman, her eyes straightened, because although this woman was dressed in a military uniform, her appearance was very beautiful, much more beautiful than the singer and dancer in his house. And he has never seen a woman who can wear a military uniform so "beautifully".
Sima recognized this person, it was Da Xiliu. He didn't have a good impression of this woman before, because she was a member of Mrs. Luo, but because Han Jian trusted Da Nishiliu, he had not had any head-on conflicts with Da Nishiliu before.
"Miss Nishiyanagi." When Sima saw Daxiliu, he personally greeted him in the courtyard and saluted.
When Sima saw Daxiliu, he also knew that it was the Dongwangfu who sent someone, explaining that the Cao Gang wanted to rescue him, not "on their own", which made him feel at ease and at the same time, he also felt that there was hope for escaping from Jinling.
"Sima Gongzi, the little woman is on the order of the young prince to come to rescue Sima Gongzi and His Royal Highness the Prince." Ohnishi Liu clasped his fists and saluted.
Da Xiliu said, and found that Sima Yi was followed by a man who looked like a nymphomaniac, and this man was looking at her with an intently intent, that gaze was very familiar to her, it was the rich boy who had been so eager for her before. This made Onishiyanagi feel annoyed when he saw it.
"King Hui, this is Miss Xiliu, but ...... Sent by my friend. Sima saw Xiao Ling's thoughts and introduced. At the same time, he is also reminding Xiao Ling that this is not the master you can provoke lightly.
King Hui smiled and nodded, forgetting how to speak. At this time, Miss He Qian had already been thrown to Java by him, and his eyes were full of this "exotic" Miss Xiliu.
"Prince, but have you been rescued?" Sima Yi was very concerned about Yang Xi's safety and asked.
Da Xiliu shook his head helplessly and said, "Now I don't know where the prince is imprisoned. ”
Sima Yi thought about it, he had seen Yang Xi once before, and probably remembered some things, but he didn't meet Yang Xi in the place where Yang Xi was imprisoned. He suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Xiao Ling, and asked, "King Hui, but do you remember, where did I pick up the crown prince from?" ”
"Huh?" Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time, and then reacted from the amazed distraction, "Your prince, what did you say about Yang Gongzi?" He...... He...... How do I know where he is? Master Zhu brought him here, Master Zhu should know about it. ”
"Zhu Tongjing?" Sima Yi thought about it, in fact, he was also imprisoned by Zhu Tongjing, but later, because of Xiao Ling's close relationship with him, Zhu Tongjing slacked off his care for him in order to give Xiao Ling some face, and allowed him to come out to drink and have fun with Xiao Ling from time to time, "Miss Xiliu, Zhu Tongjing's whereabouts, do you have news?" ”
"I don't know." "Zhu Tongjing has been missing for many days. ”
Sima thought about it, and felt that it was impossible for the Empress Dowager and her party not to notice that Xie Rumo was going to seek to usurp the throne, and the reason why Empress Dowager He did not have a seizure may be that she felt that she could not control the situation in Jinling City, so she could only focus on the outside of Jinling City, the Northern Army or the Southern Army, and mobilize troops to come to the rescue. Empress Dowager He must have thought that she had found out earlier, and secretly sent Zhu Tongjing to transfer the soldiers and horses, and everything would be fine, but she didn't expect Xie Rumo to find out in advance and launch a rebellion in advance.
Sima Yi didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if the palace was captured and Zhu Tongjing didn't have time to transfer the soldiers and horses. Could it be that Xie Rumo will become emperor himself, and the Qi Dynasty will also fall into civil strife like the Wei Dynasty?
"What is the young man's arrangement for you?" Sima asked.
Da Xiliu looked embarrassed and said: "Sima Gongzi, forgive me, the task assigned by the young prince cannot be revealed lightly." However, Sima Gongzi can rest assured, within these two days, Sima Gongzi will be sent out of the city. Please also ask Sima Gongzi to wait with peace of mind. ”
Sima said in his heart, Jinling has been in chaos like this, and it still makes me feel at ease, how can I settle down?
If it had been before, even if Han Jian was present, he would have complained and complained a long time ago. But after this year, his mentality has changed a lot, and he knows very well that even if it is a big Xiliu, he can't offend casually. After all, Han Jian regarded him as a friend, but he was actually just a strategist of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, and he might not even be a strategist.
Sima Yu thought to himself that the "mission" that Daxi Liu didn't say should be to save him and Yang Xi and leave Jinling City together.
In the evening, Sima Yi felt more and more uneasy in his heart. Especially when he thought of the unprovoked knock on the door last night, he thought that maybe someone already knew where they were hiding.
At the time of the second watch, there was a knock at the door, and Sima became nervous, but after listening carefully, he knew that it was the Cao Gang.
The people who came were Dong Sheng and Onishiyanagi, but there was one more person behind them. This person knew at a glance that it was a woman, and Sima felt "familiar" when he saw it.
"Little Emperor's niece? What are you doing here? Xiao Ling jumped out and greeted the woman. (To be continued......)