Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three: Take it in one fell swoop
The next day, Cheng Yanjin and Li Yuanfang each took 100 people and were in charge of the black gambling house of the second prince. After a night of fierce fighting, Cheng Yanjin and Li Yuanfang completed their respective tasks almost at the same time.
"Little Brother Yuanfang, I really have you, the strength of this attack is not inferior to that of your brother Cheng and me." Cheng bites the golden road.
"I ran into that one-eyed dragon, but unfortunately let him run away." Li Yuanfang said regretfully.
"If that kid is for me to touch, brother, I will have to tear him apart. I said little brother, that kid's kung fu won't still be above you, why did you let him run away?! Cheng Yanjin seemed to sneer.
"As soon as I entered the door, the boy jumped out of the window and ran, and I was about to jump down from the window, when he shot a brown arrow, and he took advantage of the gap to get on his horse and run away." Li Yuanfang explained.
"It doesn't matter, we have a chance in the future." Cheng Yanjin said with relief.
"We cut off all the ways for the second prince to make money this time, so he should be extremely annoyed now." Li Yuanfang said with a smile.
"yes, I guess he's dreaming of finding us now. If he hadn't moved into the palace and lived there, I would have taken him out a long time ago. "Cheng bites the golden chest and has a good way.
"Do you think if the eldest prince knew that the person we were going to ask for from him was his own brother?" Li Yuanfang said worriedly.
"Although the eldest prince is kind-hearted and will not kill innocents indiscriminately, but according to my inquiry, many capable ministers and generals in the court have thrown themselves under his door, even if in the process of seizing the heir, the eldest prince is soft-hearted, but his subordinates will not be tied back and let others slaughter. Rest assured, the second prince is in our bag after all. Cheng bites Jin Dao.
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The eldest prince was playing chess with a courtier, when suddenly a scholar came to report. "Your Highness, there is news from inside, the king has gone west in the crane...", the boy said in a panic.
Hearing this, the eldest prince unconsciously trembled in his heart, and the white son in his hand fell on the chessboard with a thud, "Quick, prepare the horse, His Royal Highness is going to see his father for the last time." The eldest prince hurriedly got up and said.
"Your Highness, wait, now is not the time to mourn, the king is dying, there is no will of the prince. That is, you and the second prince have a half chance of ascending to the throne. If you only care about the affection of the father and son, and miss the great opportunity to let the second prince take the lead, you will regret it at that time. "The minister said.
"His Royal Highness has no intention of fighting for power, just let the ministers in the court unanimously nominate him." The eldest prince said.
"Oh, my eldest prince is presumptuous, you are so confused. More than half of the civil ministers and military generals in the court have been bought by the second prince in every possible way. If you let your courtiers elect a virtuous prince to inherit the throne, you will definitely lose! The second prince is ruthless, he must be more ruthless, indiscriminately kill innocents, mutilate loyalty, and treat the people as inferior to grass mustard, if he is allowed to inherit the unification, he will fall into the misery of the subjects of Qiuzi in the future, Your Highness, you must be cautious, even if it is not for your own sake, but also for the sake of the people of the whole country! For today's plan, in the name of the Qing monarch, the two princes and the party should all be taken down, if it is delayed any longer, it may be too late. The advisor admonished bitterly.
While the two were talking, the scholar entered the hall to report again. "Tell the eldest prince that the second prince has led a group of men and horses into the palace." Scholar Road.
"The eldest prince, you see, the second prince must have gone to find the jade seal of the heirloom country, fortunately, he was so dizzy that he didn't come to us at the first time, otherwise the eldest prince would be in danger. Prince, what are you still hesitating about, hurry up and give an order, the minister is willing to personally lead the troops to the side of the Qingjun in the palace. The advisor clenched his fists and begged.
"Well... According to what you said, leaving the life of the second prince is the same bloodline after all. The eldest prince hesitated.
"Yes." Counselor said.
Just when Guo Zifeng, the chief prince's adviser, led 20,000 soldiers to the side of the Qing monarch in the palace, another army surrounded the prince's mansion like a tide. The eldest prince was transferred from the mountain by the second prince, but in fact, it was only a small team of feints who went to the palace.
There were about 20,000 besieging troops outside the palace, and the general of the besieging army, straddling the tall horse, shouted loudly: "By the king's order, come to the prince of Sona, please ask His Highness to leave the palace by himself, if not, after half an hour, the palace will be attacked, and all the people in the palace will be killed." ”
The door of the eldest prince's mansion was closed at the moment, and more than half of the guards followed the strategist Guo Zifeng to the palace, rushing to make meritorious contributions, and at this moment, there were less than 2,000 guards in the mansion.
"Your Royal Highness, the outside of the mansion is densely packed with the second prince's people, there are about 20,000, and there are less than 2,000 people in our mansion at the moment, how can it be good?" A courtier said with deep anxiety.
"I didn't expect that he would directly send troops to besiege my mansion. Send someone and ask Guo Zifeng to come back quickly. The eldest prince said.
"The mansion is surrounded by water from the inside and the outside, and even mosquitoes can't fly out. can only wait for them to attack the mansion, and take advantage of the chaos to send someone to inform General Guo to come to the rescue. "Jinchen said.
A military general stepped forward and replied: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will do our best to protect Your Highness." I'm going to open the door of the house and fight! It's good to let people inform General Guo in advance. ”
"Stop, no one is allowed to act without my orders." The eldest prince said.
"Under the chaotic knife, how can there be an egg, for today's plan, we have to wait, when General Guo finds out about the plan, he will definitely rush back as soon as possible, His Royal Highness trusts him." The eldest prince said.
Time passes little by little ....
"There is still a quarter of an hour to go, eldest prince, what are you waiting for, immediately follow me to the second prince's mansion to ask for guilt, maybe you can be lightly punished, otherwise when half an hour comes, you will be about to order an attack on the mansion." The general outside the door shouted again.
A quarter of an hour was about to run out, and at this critical moment, it seemed that another group of people were coming from outside the house.
"I see which of you dares, can't you see, your second prince is in my hands at this moment." Cheng Biting Jin Dao, Cheng Biting Jin was surrounded by Li Yuanfang and five hundred Loulan plainclothes soldiers.
"Huh? It's really the second prince... Who are you, dare to coerce the second prince, and if you don't let him go, you will not be welcome. The general of the Siege turned his horse's head and looked at it carefully, and was shocked, and then said angrily.
"Your Royal Highness, what are you hesitating about? Hurry up and give the order, throw all the weapons away, and let them withdraw their troops, or be careful of your heads. Cheng Biting Jin put the blade on the second prince's neck inward, and increased the strength of the quiet road.
"Throw down all the weapons, and give me a retreat immediately!" The second prince roared in panic.
"Your Highness, you can't withdraw from the army, once you withdraw from the army, you will fall short!" The general of the siege said.
The blade on the second prince's neck was heavier again, and a small stream of blood leaked out, and blood droplets flowed along the sharp blade to the back of the knife, and then rolled down to the ground.
"If you don't retreat, do you want to rebel?" The second prince asked in an accentuated tone.
The siege general sighed and dropped the gun in his hand. The surrounding soldiers, seeing that the main general had put down their weapons, also lowered their weapons one after another. Suddenly, the soldiers outside the palace obediently put down their weapons. At this moment, a large number of people quickly poured out from the corner of the street in the distance.
"Quick, surround me all of this, and don't let anyone go." Guo Zifeng said.
"No one is allowed to act rashly!" The second prince said again.
Because of the soldiers outside the mansion and did not act rashly, the army led by Guo Zifeng easily surrounded all the soldiers besieging outside the mansion.
"The eldest prince, General Guo Zifeng has returned, and the second prince has surrendered." Near the minister's road.
"Open the door!" The eldest prince commanded.
The door of the eldest prince's mansion opened, and everyone saw the eldest prince walking out of the mansion calmly, and they all retreated, and the crowd suddenly gave way to a passage. The eldest prince, followed by the guards, came to the front of the second prince.
"Your Highness, I have already cashed in our business, so the second prince will hand it over to me to take away." Cheng Yanjin was the first to speak.
"I know everything you did, you did fulfill your promise, but I didn't expect that the person you wanted was him." The eldest prince said.
"A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase, what His Highness said, you can't go back! What's more, you also said that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and it is more appropriate to hand over the second prince to me, do you want to do it yourself..."Cheng Biting Jin Dao.
"Okay, I'll hand him over to you, and all the passes in the country of Qiuzi will be open to you." The eldest prince hesitated for a long time, and finally clenched his fists and said with a firm gaze.