The gate of Lifu in the west city of Kazhou

"Third prince, you've been waiting here for more than an hour, let's let the villain take you to Yiyunzhai......"

"Not necessarily." Gong Wei waved his hand irritably, "This king must see Lihou as soon as possible, when will he come back?" ”

"Today is the day when the master of the concubine in the palace sent the funeral to the imperial mausoleum, the marquis and the hundred officials are mourning in the Yuanwu Palace, and they have not yet sent a message saying when they will come back." The doorman of Lifu rubbed his hands for a rare time, "The third prince, you have to attend today, if there is anything important, you can enter the palace with the marquis, why wait here?" ”

Gong Wei glared at the doorman standing at the door: "This king's affairs also dare to beak, is this how your marquis taught you the rules?" ”

"The third prince is angry! It turned out that the little ones saw that you were waiting anxiously, so they asked more. The doorman waved again and again, "In the cold season of spring, you will inevitably get cold when you stand in this outlet." When you look back, Master Hou knows, it's time to reprimand the little one for not understanding the rules-"

The doorman hadn't finished speaking, but when he saw the palace curtain waving his broad sleeves, he couldn't help but dumben his tongue and looked at the other side of the avenue with the palace curtain's gaze.

"Third prince, Master Hou is back!"

I saw three tall horses coming slowly from the other side of the long street. The brown horses on both sides surrounded the majestic black horse in the middle, and the black horse sat upright was the marquis in court clothes.

The palace curtain was fixed, and he couldn't care about the decency for a while, so he ran to Lihou with his dress.

"—phew!" Lihou seemed to be in a state of turmoil, and waited until the palace curtain ran in front of him before he hurriedly reined in his horse, "Your Royal Highness... How do you ...... How do you stay outside the old minister's mansion? ”

"Lihou, where is the fourth!"

"Your Highness... Why do you ask about the ...... of the old minister" Lihou Yirin, obviously unaware of the palace curtain to ask, avoided his gaze and continued to kick the horse's belly, "You shouldn't be absent from Concubine Ying's mourning ceremony, the emperor is already angry......"

"Answer me quickly, where is the fourth child?" Gong Wei trotted all the way back to the mansion with Lihou, "Didn't the fifth child escort him up!" ”

Lihou frowned, glanced left and right at the two entourages, dismounted and said, "You enter from the side door." ”

The two retinues were ordered, and the black horse leading the marquis went to the side door. After seeing them go far, Lihou grabbed Gong Wei's arm and shouted, "This is not the place to talk, follow me in." ”

The doorman opened the door, Lihou pulled the palace curtain, and strode towards the camp of the Praetorian Guard. Although he is too old, his foot strength is extremely strong, and it is difficult for ordinary people in the prime of life to keep up. Gong Wei walked annoyed, and finally shook off Lihou's hand, panting and said, "Don't play tricks anymore!" Tell me, what the hell is going on! ”

Li Hou looked around carefully again, and confirmed that no one saw it, so he said in a deep voice: "What do you want to ask?" ”

"You know what I want to ask!" Gong Wei ignored Lihou's signal, raised his voice and said angrily: "Since Hu'er went to the Fuyun Pavilion yesterday, there has been no news, and even the government soldiers who followed have not returned!" The eyeliner in my palace said that in the middle of the night, I saw Lian hurriedly going to the Wangqi Palace with many people. She has such a serious injury on her body, why did she take someone to find the fifth child at night? What the hell are they planning! ”

Lihou squinted his eyes lightly: "It turns out that you know everything." Then why do you think I'll know about them? ”

"Lian Gui Ying is your precious daughter-in-law, how can you not know about her?" Gong Wei's eyes were almost on fire, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Old horseman, don't play tricks with me again." Whether you really do it for me or not, I warn you, if you dare to move, this king will do anything! ”

Lihou took a deep breath weakly, as if he was very entangled in his heart. After a long time, he said in a trembling voice: "Wei'er, listen to me." Whatever you hear later, don't act rashly – I'm the godfather of Gui Hotaru, but I really want to help you! ”

Gong Wei's pupils instantly constricted, and Gong Hao's face irrepressibly appeared in his mind, and for a while, he lost the courage to ask. He only stood in place tremblingly, staring blankly at the embarrassed eyes of the old man.

"It's Gui Hotaru who put down the hooves." Lihou carefully looked at the palace curtain's expression, and said word by word in a trembling voice: "They sent people into the Wangqi Palace overnight, and the banner pushed the concubine into the Zi Palace of Concubine Ying, wanting... Buried him alive. ”

It was as if five thunders had thundered on the top, and there was a heart-piercing pain around the palace curtain, and he convulsed and almost knelt on the ground.

"Hang'er—"

The hand that Lihou stepped forward to support was grabbed by the palace curtain, and when the old and weak body reacted slowly, he had been clamped by the palace curtain on the low wall of the corridor.

"Are you crazy? Are you crazy! Gong Wei's hoarse and trembling voice was like a furious beast, "Why didn't you tell me earlier!" ”

"Wei'er..."Lihou's face turned purple and blue because of suffocation, "I'm sorry for you... But, but Gui Hotaru is my daughter after all! ”

"I'll kill you—"

"-If killing me can calm the anger in your heart and keep you from doing stupid things, you will do it......"

Gong Wei's hand around Lihou's neck added a little more force, and his eyes were extremely bloodshot, and they had turned devilish blood red. He stared furiously at the Lihou in front of him, and in his hands, his eyes were scattered, and he lost signs of life little by little.

Finally, he let go of his bruised arm. Holding Lihou's weak cough out of his mind, he tried to return his thoughts to his usual calmness.

Calm down......

But somehow, he didn't seem to be able to recover anyway......

"Where is Concubine Ying's coffin?"

"Half... Half an hour ago, he came out of the Yuanwu Palace, and now the convoy is only afraid that it has passed the Yueshan Mountain outside the city......" Lihou finally relieved his breath, holding on to the wall and gasping weakly, he looked at the sky, only then did he realize the meaning of the palace curtain's words, and looked at his back in disbelief, "Curtain, what are you going to do?" ”

"Intercept the convoy and open the coffin to save people."

"Never!" Lihou was so anxious that he coughed violently, and staggered over to pull up the arm of the palace curtain, "Curtain... His Majesty posthumously crowned Concubine Ying as Emperor Shuren Imperial Concubine today, which is the coffin of the only imperial concubine in this dynasty! If you dare to act rashly, you are complicit in sin! ”

"-It's the fifth child and your baby daughter who are plotting against you!" Gong Wei broke away from Lihou's hand, "She is the only imperial concubine in this dynasty, and Mi'er is the only king of the county in this dynasty!" One death and one life, can my father still cure me for capital crimes? ”

"Curtains! You are the best candidate for the prince today, and you must not be accused of any rebellion! ”

Lihou painstakingly persuaded: "Gui Ying and Banner dare to make this decision, it is to bet that you will not give up your right-hand man for the reputation of the prince!" If you want to save someone, he will fight to the death! At that time, even if they can rescue the hooves, it is hard to guarantee that they will not use a bitter trick! At that time, the net will be broken, they will be convicted and killed, and you will never be able to ascend the throne because of the slaughter of your brothers! ”

"Old Five, you know that you have no chance of winning, so you want to fight me in this last game with your life?" Gong Wei looked up to the sky and sneered, "You can't help it... I can't help but look down on your third brother too much. ”

"......?"

"Today I killed the fifth child, and in the future, my father and the emperor will only have two sons, me and the fourth, what choice can he make?" Gong Wei smiled horribly, "Even if he never passes on to me... He ascended the throne one day after the fourth day, and we were still winners. ”

"Do you know what you're talking about?" Lihou's pale face was full of disbelief and horror, "After fighting for so many years, are you really willing to give up the throne?" ”

"If it's the fifth, I'm not reconciled. But if it's the fourth ......"

"But they already took people to the Wangqi Palace last night! The coffin of the imperial concubine is made of white marble, so airtight, how can you be sure that the hooves will not have suffocated to death? ”

"If I don't go, the fourth child will really die. At that time, even if there is a fifth child to accompany the funeral, what is the point? It's better that I kill that erector first, and then it's never too late to talk about where the throne goes! ”

"-Hang'er!"

Lihou hissed and shouted, but the palace curtain had already run far away. He wanted to chase it, but the suffocation of Shicai made his body extremely weak, and he couldn't take a step, so he could only turn into a long sigh and dissipate in this remote and silent corner of Lifu.

This palace curtain is out of the house, and the five hundred elites of Prince Huan's mansion have already rushed to the gate of Lifu. The palace curtain stepped on the war horse, and without saying a word, he rushed to the outside of the palace with a long team.

After breaking through the city gate, the team chased in the direction of the imperial tomb at full speed. Before passing the Lianyue Mountain, the palace curtain saw the coffin convoy of thousands of guards in front of it.

"Outflanked!"

The elite of Prince Huan's Mansion was ordered, and immediately surrounded the slowly moving convoy on the left and right sides. Passing the panicked guards, the palace curtain caught up with the vanguard of the brigade and stopped in front of the palace banner horses dressed in plain clothes.

"Third brother!" As soon as Gong Wan saw the palace curtain, his face instantly turned white, and although he was frightened, he still forced a smile, "Are you really here?" ”

"Old Five, release people now, everything is still in time." Gong Wei pulled out the saddle sword, and his tone was as cold and sharp as the sword, "You and my brother are coming to Japan for a long time, I don't want you to die under this Lianyue Mountain." ”

"How long is it coming?" Miyahata smiled, "Third brother, you and my brother may still have a future." As for the fourth brother... He was unconscious when he arrived at my Wangqi Palace last night, but I don't know if he woke up at this time? ”

The heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a pair of big hands, and the palace curtain felt a cramping pain in the chest. He angrily pointed his sword at Miyahata's life, and with the last shred of patience and reason, he desperately suppressed the billowing fire in his body.

"Miyahata, this is your last chance. Give me the fourth. ”

"Third brother, don't you understand, since the younger brother has come to this point, he has already ruined his last chance." Gong Wan laughed miserably, "If the fourth brother dies today, I will die; If the fourth brother doesn't die, I will die too, but if you die under your sword, you will never have any hope of ascending the throne. That's why I think it's worth it. ”

"You hate me so much?"

"If it weren't for the words of Si Tianjian Chen Mi, my mother would not have died today." Miyahata looked deeply into his brother's eyes, "Third brother, I have nothing that I can't lose." Today, it's time for you to taste the loss of a loved one. ”

Gong Wei took a long breath, took one last look at Gong Hao's eyes that were quite similar to his own, clenched the sword in his hand, and let out a long roar:

"Kill!"