Chapter Forty-Six: Madness
After Han Bai left, Liu Yi and Gonggong Cao immediately gathered the generals and tightly sealed the news of Yang Weiyuan's assassination, trying their best to stabilize the morale of the army.
First, Liu Yi's prestige is quite high, and he has the support of the prison army, and secondly, all the generals also understand the current grim situation, now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and no one will hope that the big ship of Beiwuwei will sink in Lingdong, so they have tacitly suppressed this matter.
It's just that how can such a big event be impenetrable, although the generals have repeatedly ordered that rumors must not be spread, but within two hours, the army is already full of rumors, and the sergeants and soldiers are panicking, making the generals anxious.
Wang Man, as a general of the personal guard battalion, inevitably exposed his identity, and naturally ran around on the surface to stabilize the morale of the army, but behind the scenes, he was stepping up preparations, intending to further disintegrate the morale of the Northern Guard.
This serial plan is a killing move that he has been planning for a long time before he starts to implement, and it is indeed as Xu Rui said, if you don't make a move, you will die.
The only fly in the ointment is that Xu Rui's original crime of murdering Yang Weiyuan should be conclusive.
In this way, he could use this incident to stir up the Great Rebellion of the Northern Wuwei and turn the tide of the war;
Second, you can also take the opportunity to get rid of Xu Rui, cover up his earnestness, and privately use Xu Rui's sin of dark chess;
Third, since Xu Rui is the murderer, then he has no suspicion, and he can logically continue to lurk for the next opportunity.
didn't expect Xu Rui to find Mei Chuang in a limited time.
Don't look at this as just a small detail, but it was this detail that disrupted all of Wang Man's plans, although Mei Chuang's appearance failed to change the overall situation, but it resolved the rhythm of pressing step by step.
From the moment Mei Chuang appeared, he dispersed most of the firepower for Xu Rui, and when all the spearheads were pointed at Mei Chuang, Xu Rui had time to calm down and sort out his thoughts, which led to the first aid to Yang Weiyuan and a clear rebuttal later.
Wang Man tried his best to find the generals, originally to pinch the time and confirm Xu Rui's crime of murdering Yang Weiyuan, but he didn't expect to become a spectator who witnessed Xu Rui denounce Han Baixing.
When all the reasons were explained, the conspiracy was nowhere to be hidden, and Wang Man's plan to chaos the Northern Wuwei also left a huge flaw.
Now he is a little worried, afraid that Xu Rui will be chased too quickly by Jinyiwei, and shake himself out at any cost, and when Liu Yi stabilizes the morale of the army, he will cut him in two before he can open his mouth to refute.
Of course, Wang Man can reveal Xu Rui's identity and pull him to die together, but it has never been the first choice to break the net, at least not yet.
Wang Man, who was worried, was also taken away by Jinyiwei for questioning, and he naturally used the reasons he had prepared to prevaricate, Jinyiwei couldn't find a flaw, and didn't do anything with him, but this incident still made him smell a trace of crisis, and the pressure in his heart became more and more intense.
Tonight is destined to be sleepless.
The original Lingdong County Chengfu has now become the temporary command post of the Jinyi Guard, because Han Baixing forcibly activated the wartime regulations and took over the military power, the Jinyi Guards lurking in various parts of the army have appeared and gathered here.
It has become another Chinese army.
In the guest room, Han Baixing held the teacup without saying a word, his face was as cold as ice, and Li Kuang paced anxiously in the room, becoming more and more anxious the more he walked.
"Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me in advance?"
Li Kuang finally couldn't help complaining.
Han Baixing put the teacup on the table and snorted coldly: "At that time, the situation was urgent, and the opportunity was fleeting, and the daylily was cold after discussing it with you!" ”
"You ......"
Li Kuang was anxious: "Now I have seized the opportunity, but we are all roasted on the fire, I told you a long time ago, that Xu Rui is a master disciple who learned from Guiguzi, whether it is the secret chess of the Southern Dynasty still needs to be confirmed, why are you so anxious?!" ”
Han Baixing said stubbornly: "Even if he learns from Guiguzi, it doesn't mean that it must not be the secret chess of the Southern Dynasty, on the contrary, isn't King Wuling a senior disciple of Guiguzi, why not send his junior brother to go undercover for Great Wei?" ”
Li Kuang breathed for a while, and said angrily: "You are a high-ranking disciple of Guiguzi and a cabbage on the street? From ancient times to the present, as long as Guiguzi is born, which one is not a genius, a dragon and a phoenix among people? King Wuling is not an idiot, would he be willing to send such a person to be an undercover agent? ”
Han Baixing was also anxious: "What's the use of you saying this now?" That Xu Rui's heart is like a snake and scorpion, and he forced me into a corner with a trick, you don't know the face of the gelding dog of Gonggong Cao, and he threatened to sue me on the spot for the evil state of Jinyiwei from the saint.
Since the current saint ascended the throne and reused the gelding, my Jinyiwei has been controlled everywhere, and I have been pressed by the East Factory to hold my head up, if I can't confirm Xu Rui's crime this time, I won't be cramped and peeled by them when I return to the capital? Don't say it's you and me, even the commander makes it possible for adults to suffer! ”
"Confused!"
Li Kuang said bitterly: "You think there is no trouble now? Not to mention that it is difficult for us to ride a tiger now, I don't know if we can find evidence.
Even if it is really confirmed that Xu Rui is a secret chess piece of the Southern Dynasty, you have offended the commander, deputy marshal, supervisor and these generals one after another, and the gang of geldings who returned to the capital will inevitably make a big fuss about this matter, and then it will be the real bloody storm.
Nowadays, Jinyiwei is gradually declining, and there are many people in the DPRK who are dissatisfied with us, and in recent years, there are countless civil and military ministers who have written to the saint to abolish Jinyiwei.
At present, the army is still in danger, if the army makes a mistake because of me, not only the commander, but also the inheritance of the Jinyi Guard may be ruined! ”
"Say no more!"
Han Baixing's face was dark: "I arrested the person, and I will bear the freedom if something happens!" ”
Li Kuang sneered: "Bear? Can you afford it with a small thousand households? ”
Han Baixing slapped the table heavily, got up suddenly, and said coldly: "If you can't afford it, you have to bear it, for the sake of my Jinyiwei's thousand-year-old inheritance, what can you do if you really get the entire army of Beiwuwei wiped out?"
As long as the gelding dog can't return to the capital, as long as Yang Weiyuan and Liu Yi don't have time to study, we can leave a way to live for Jinyiwei! ”
"What? You are crazy?! ”
Li Kuang looked at Han Baixing in shock, his lips trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't say a word.
Han Baixing snorted coldly: "Don't forget, you are also a member of the Jinyi Guard, and now it has reached the point of life and death, I don't expect you to help me, but don't come to stand in my way, otherwise I know you, and my knife doesn't know you!" ”
After speaking, Han Baixing picked up the waist knife and brushed his sleeves away, leaving Li Kuang on the spot, shocked.
I don't know how long it took, Li Kuang gradually came back to his senses, but there was still a panic on his face that couldn't be concealed, and he muttered to himself: "He's crazy, he wants to annihilate the entire army of Beiwuwei, kill everyone, kill Jinyiwei......"
Across the courtyard, Xu Rui sat alone in the room, and the outside was closely guarded by the inner and outer three floors.
His eyes glazed over, staring blankly at the oil lamp in front of him, allowing the light of the fire to flicker gently on his face.
Suddenly, a faint cat meow came from outside the window, like a wild cat next door just scurrying under the window.
Xu Rui came back to his senses, looked left and right, and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he gently blew out the oil lamp in front of him.
The room was suddenly dark, but Xu Rui stood up, carefully touched the bed and lay down, covered his cheeks with the quilt, and asked in a low voice, "How is the situation?" ”
Immediately, there was a shadow under the bed, and it was so small that it was just enough for him to hear clearly.
"It's not good, although General Liu and Gonggong Cao tried their best to stabilize the morale of the army, but the Jinyi Guard took over the military power but couldn't hide, there are already some rumors in the battalion, the generals are suppressing, but rumors of this kind of thing, the more they are suppressed, the more fierce the rumors become."
Xu Rui sighed, he didn't know the current difficulties, Liu Yi and Gonggong Cao had done their best, but this matter was the same as under Yishui City, once the opportunity was lost, it would be even more difficult to save the situation.
"How is the father-in-law?"
Xu Rui put aside the complicated situation and asked the question he was most concerned about.
Ying Yu was silent for a moment before he said heavily: "The master's situation is not good, Mr. Changpo has seen it a few times, and even prescribed six pairs of medicines without effect, he said that even you can't cure the people, he can't do anything......
"What?!"
Although he had already been mentally prepared, when he heard this, Xu Rui still felt like he was struck by a thunderbolt, and he immediately felt collapsed.
In fact, Yang Weiyuan's situation is clear to him better than anyone else, a large amount of arsenic into the body almost immediately caused a gastrointestinal reaction, although after gastric lavage, but does not solve the fundamental problem.
Massive toxins invade internal organs, causing liver and kidney function to be damaged, and then damage nerves, resulting in coma, followed by Yang Weiyuan's blood pressure will drop rapidly, arrhythmia, and may be complicated by toxic myocardial infarction or Ass syndrome.
Even if he can survive this hurdle, it will be difficult for him to survive for 24 hours, because the toxin will cause liver and kidney failure and respiratory paralysis, and when he dies, the mucous membranes of the eyes, mouth and nose will be congested, edema, or rotten and bleeding, the so-called "seven orifices bleeding", and the death is extremely terrifying.
Are you destined to be lonely for the rest of your life? Otherwise, why should he just recognize a stepfather, and let him be separated from himself forever?
Xu Rui exhaled a turbid breath and suddenly recalled the warm scene in the carriage that day.
"Any idea what I'm just writing about? It's an excerpt to the Holy Lord! ”
"Silly boy, if I don't retreat, how can the Holy One use you with confidence?"
"Exquisitely clear, extremely wise and close to the demon, Rui'er, you are good, very good, even beyond the expectations of your father-in-law.
As long as the righteous father leaves the court, the Holy Lord will choose a broad road for you, if you can establish immortal miracles and end the thousand years of turmoil since the Han Dynasty, what is the righteous father even if he sacrifices a little? ”
"What, you want this? Boy, what's your hurry? This thing is specially kept by your father-in-law for you to get your daughter-in-law!
Forget about others, my family Ruier is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and you are worthy of you as a heroine of Fuhui Shuangxiu, when the time comes, there is no baby who can handle it, how can you be embarrassed to marry someone into the family? ”
"Hey!"
Scenes of flowing water passed through Xu Rui's mind, and he slammed his fist on the bed board, and his face was already covered with tears.
But no matter how sad he was, he couldn't show it, and he couldn't even make extra noises, because there was an enemy outside, and he still had a lot to do.
"Young Master ......"
As if sensing his sadness, Shadow spoke softly.
Xu Rui hurriedly wiped away the tears on his face and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Ying Yu said: "Mr. Changpo still left a word. ”
"What?"
"The gentleman said that the lord could use a silver needle with the medicine of tiger food to make the master sober up for a short time......"
"Never!"
Xu Rui was shocked when he heard this: "He is stimulating the physical potential of his father-in-law, so that he will return to the light, once the time limit of the medicine expires, the father-in-law will die immediately, and at that time, even the gods will not be able to save him!" ”
Ying Yu sighed and said: "Mr. said the same thing, but at the moment the army is in crisis, it may fall apart at any time, and only when the master wakes up can he control the overall situation and wash away your suspicions, I see that General Liu and Gonggong Cao are a little moved." ”
"What?"
Xu Rui was startled, got up from the bed with a grunt, and said hurriedly: "Ying Yu, you go back now, tell Liu Yi and Gonggong Cao, I have my own way to break the situation, let them just stabilize the morale of the army, even if the father-in-law only has a glimmer of life, don't kill chickens and take eggs, as long as people live, there is hope!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Ying Yu didn't even know about it beforehand, and suddenly the alarm bell sounded in his heart, and he was on guard.
Xu Rui was also in his heart, frowning and asking, "Who is it?" ”
"Li Kuang, a lowly Jinyi guard, begged to see Xu Zuoling."
Li Kuang's speech was very different from Han Baixing's, and he was very polite.
Xu Rui waved his hand at the shadow li, and the shadow immediately jumped and flew out of the window silently.
Xu Rui breathed a sigh of relief and sneered: "Li Baihu is a dignified six-grade, Xu is just a leader who is not in the stream, how can he deserve a humble position?" What's more, now Xu is a prisoner of your Jinyi Guard, where do you start when you ask to see him? ”
Li Kuang pushed open the door, walked in with a smile, and saw that the house was darkly lit, so he stood still at the door.
"Xu Zuoling is humble, you are a genius, and you are just around the corner, and you will be my superiors in the future, so you naturally deserve to be seen. Jin Yiwei was offended a lot before, and he was here to compensate you, it was really a last resort, and I hope that Xu Zuo will lead Haihan. ”
Although Li Kuang's words were polite, Xu Rui had something in his heart at this time, how could he have the heart to talk nonsense with him, and said coldly: "What did Master Li do when he came to find Xu?" If you want to torture it, you don't have to beat around the bush. ”
Li Kuang arched his hand at Xu Rui and said with a smile: "Xu Zuoling has too much misunderstanding of Jinyiwei, and it is not other than to come to Xu Zuoling from his humble position, but he has just received good news from the Chinese army, after some treatment from Mr. Changpo, the marshal has woken up, and now he is in a hurry to see you!" ”
"What?!"
Xu Rui only felt a buzz in his head, his eyes went dark, and he fell back to the bed.