Chapter 309: The Trap and the Hunter

When the sun rises in the east, the horn sounds, wooing sorrow accompanied by the death knell ringing through the capital, the people who have just experienced a catastrophe look sad, whether it is the streets and alleys or the mansion and small households can not see a smiling face, today is the day of the emperor's funeral, although the emperor has had several rebellions in the capital during his reign, but this does not affect the emperor's image of the wise in their minds, once a son of heaven and a courtier, no one knows what kind of emperor the king of Chao will become in the future, The emperor's departure was not only the uneasiness of the ministers, but also the anxiety of the people.

The bells rang one after another, enveloping the capital like water waves, and the bells on the west mountain rang early in the morning, echoing it from afar.

Today, the emperor went out of the funeral, and the four city gates opened the north gate of the city, so although it was still early, there was a long queue at the north gate of the city, and the inventory of entering the city was much stricter than in the past.

In the crowd, there was an old man wearing a hat on his head, carrying a basket with fresh taro on his back, standing in the crowd looking at the portraits, listening to the gossip in the crowd and bowing his head silently.

The man in front of him had already passed the inspection, and the soldier beckoned him to come forward.

Someone looked through his taro to make sure that there was no iron in it and searched his body, and the last Tiha, who was in the brocade guard, took the portrait and looked at him a few times before waving impatiently to pass.

The old man staggered into the city gate and rested under the city tower.

A soldier who had been watching from behind stopped to observe what he was doing, the old man massaged his limbs from time to time, squinted at the sky from time to time, and occasionally took out the water bladder in the back basket to drink a sip of water, the soldier looked at it for a long time, and finally dispelled his doubts and turned around, just when he felt not very relieved when he looked back, there was no trace of the old man under the city tower.

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Today's funeral of the emperor, Ning Zhiyuan should have gone to the palace early to appear as a filial son for the emperor's funeral, but today he stayed in the study for a long time, and saw some people he can see now, so he has not left to go to the palace.

Because he's waiting for someone.

Because the situation in the capital was unstable, King Chao did not let the vassal kings enter Beijing to give the emperor a funeral, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were now all factions of King Chao, and it was impossible to find a plan to stop the execution of Du Yiyi in the imperial court.

So he can only wait for one person.

Ning Chaoge's nightmare, the nightmare of the people in the capital.

He only gave him an hour, if he didn't come, he would go to the noon gate alone, and he had already mobilized all the manpower he could use, even if the court was strictly guarded on this day, his people would go to the noon gate as if they were dead, but this was not enough, far from enough.

"Lord Wang, he's here!"

Qin Huai, who had been guarding the front door, came and brought an old man with a basket on his back.

The death knell rang outside, and the sound in the prison was much smaller because of the copper walls and stone walls, but in this way, Du Yiyi was also noisy by the death knell last night, in order to show the emperor's wisdom and benevolence, the rare breakfast of the death row prisoners in the prison today was very rich, and before eating, the jailer asked to read the emperor long live, long live, long live, long live, Du Yiyi didn't eat a bite, seeing that she was a dying person, and there was no jailer to worry about her, just when she was bored and waited for someone to escort her to the noon gate, There's a guest in the prison.

King Chao, who was supposed to be in charge of the overall situation in the Golden Palace, suddenly came here and met her in the stone house where the prisoner was interrogated in the heavenly prison.

"I ask you one last time, do you regret it?" Ning Chaoge has an inexplicable obsession and persistence for Du Yiyi's sentence of regret, whether it is Shen Ke, whom Du Yiyi first fell in love with, and Ning Zhiyuan, who later married, these two people have already been trampled under his feet, but this pleasure is not enough, he really wants to listen to the person who is most important to them say regret.

Du Yiyi sneered, raised his eyebrows and said defiantly: "King Chao is about to ascend the throne, I don't know if it will be difficult to sleep in the middle of the night in the future?" ”

"Don't think that this king won't dare to touch you!" Ning Chaoge was provoked, and an interesting game was born in his heart.

To insult Du Yiyi and then insult Shen Ke and Ning Zhiyuan, it is not just for her to say regret, if she doesn't say it, he can also make her regret it.

"I'm your brother and sister, if outsiders know that I have received undeserved treatment in prison, you, the new emperor who is about to ascend the throne, will be covered with a layer of dust!"

This crazy and evil smile and eyes made Du Yiyi feel a little terrifying, the palace had become Ning Chaoge's rebellion, if he wanted to do something, he could definitely hide it.

"Many people say that you are a water-based Yanghua, if you don't let you sit down and die with this infamy, it would be a pity, this stone house is impermeable, what is happening inside, there is no sound outside, but I can't hear it at all!"

Ning Chaoge touched his nose and approached Du Yiyi with a smug smile.

Du Yiyi was unable to move with his hands and feet in chains, and after a few steps back, he reached out and held the chains, unable to move again.

"Who could have predicted that you didn't want to marry me in the first place! It's not in my hands now, whether it's dead or alive, or is it all up to me? Ning Chaoge snorted happily and tightened his grip on the chains.

"If you want to kill, you can come, don't do some despicable acts of villains!" Du Yiyi struggled, and a pain came from her injured arm that made her give up.

"Isn't it too cheap to kill you? I heard that Ning Zhiyuan married you and has never had sex with you, but after coming to this world, this king will let you experience what a male and female hobby is! Ning Chaoge bullied Du Yiyi against the tiger chair, Du Yiyi struggled to raise his legs to assault but was caught by him, lowered his head and opened his mouth to bite was easily avoided by him, and hitting him with his forehead did not make him take a step back.

His smiling shackles were hung on the movable iron of Gu's fixed hands and feet, and he looked at Du Yiyi's face interestingly.

"You look average, but you can make so many men risk their lives for you, it's a pity, it's too stupid, this game of chess of this king, who do you guess will come to save you?"

Ning Chaoge leaned over, opened his mouth and gently bit Du Yiyi's neck.

Du Yiyi was embarrassed and indignant, lowered her head and hit it with her head.

Ning Chaoge pressed his palm against her head, and was about to continue, when the jailer's call came from outside the house: "His Royal Highness King Chao! Princess Ning Xiao asks to see! ”

Ning Chaoge pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, let go of his hand, stepped back sarcastically, wiped his lips, and shouted impatiently: "Let her go back!" ”

There was no jailer's voice outside, but Ning Xiao's shout sounded: "Second brother! Second brother! ”

Ning Xiao obviously didn't ask to see Ning Chaoge, she came to visit Du Yiyi.

Ning Chaoge was so annoyed by this shout that he lost interest, stared at Du Yiyi coldly twice, and then left the house.

Ning Xiao has been haggard for the emperor's wake every day these days, and today she got the news and wanted to visit early in the morning but was stopped, and now she took advantage of her mother's inattention to sneak in, as soon as she heard the jailer say that Ning Chaoge was interrogating Du Yiyi, she knew that it must be bad, so she shouted eagerly.

Ning Xiao let Du Yiyi escape a catastrophe, Ning Chaoge has made such a move twice, once was interrupted by Xiong Daishan, and once by Ning Xiao, being able to retain his innocence before death, Du Yiyi thought to herself that it was already a great luck, she was not afraid of death, what she was afraid of was that after noon, if Shen Ke came, if Ning Zhiyuan went crazy..................

When the death knell rang nine hundred and ninety-nine, the emperor's coffin was carried out of the palace, Ning Zhiyuan still did not appear, Rui Wangfu said that the report was a recurrence of the old disease, Chang Liu was able to leave the palace and return to Rui Wangfu, Ning Chaoge can have this kindness, that is, he firmly believes that Ning Zhiyuan will die outside the noon gate.

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The emperor buried the imperial mausoleum, this grand funeral lasted until the afternoon, watching the emperor's coffin sent into the mausoleum, listening to the monk chanting the great compassion mantra nine times, Taichang Siqing recited a sacrificial text, Ning Chaoge began to leave the imperial mausoleum with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and returned to the capital.

Another unprepared but long-planned event has begun.

Du Yiyi was taken out of the prison and escorted to the noon gate.

Although it was past noon, Ning Chaoge was not in a hurry to behead her.

He waited for the number of people to watch, waiting for the two familiar faces to appear.

Xiong Huaiyuan came to tell him a strange thing.

There was an extra group of troops outside Jinzhou, and although the leader was Xintonghou, who went to the border of Jinzhou to suppress bandits, the entourage was more than twice as many as when he went.

The emperor is not thin on Xintonghou, and it is reasonable for Xintonghou to take advantage of this incident to rush back, Ning Chaoge knew that Xintonghou had a good relationship with Ning Zhiyuan, so he asked Xiong Huaiyuan to take a team of people to intercept and inquire clearly.

But that's just the beginning.

After Xiong Huaiyuan left, the Marquis of Zhenguo came to report that a group of troops appeared in the direction of Qizhou in the north of the capital, which was very suspicious.

Although the capital has begun to stabilize, the strength of the army is not as good as before, and at this time Ning Chaoge must be foolproof, he asked the Marquis of Zhenguo to take some people to take a look.

Someone came to report that a group of troops had appeared in the direction of Ganzhou in the south of the capital, with a total of 1,000 personnel.

In addition to the east of the city, there are a large number of suspicious appearances on the other three sides, this is certainly not a coincidence, when it is sensitive again, Ning Chaoge did not dare to be careless, let people go to investigate, and at the same time strengthen the defense of the city gate, and close the north gate of the city.

Everything is developing according to his plan, Shen Ke Ning Zhiyuan did not hesitate to rebel again in order to save Du Yiyi, this time not only Shen Ke's reputation was ruined, Ning Zhiyuan would also be in danger, but it was really tricky for so many people to appear for a while, so he asked his cronies to take the talisman to a few nearby freezing points to gather soldiers and horses.

The battle that caused a sensation in Oga may be today.

Little did he know that while he was pouring all his attention into the city gates, someone would sneak into the palace and someone would enter the Corning Palace.

The slash didn't start for a long time, and the quiet crowd began to liven up, and the people who kept pouring in spread the water around the noon gate, so that Ning Zhiyuan, who Ning Chaoge had been looking forward to, finally came with a 'sick'.

"Ning Chaoge, although you are temporarily in charge of the government, how can you turn right and wrong upside down without distinguishing between black and white! Is Shen Ke a traitor or not! Whether Yiyi is guilty or not! You show the evidence! Ning Zhiyuan yelled angrily, like a dwarf who wanted to reach the knees of giants.

Ning Zhiyuan's responsibilities are a little ridiculous, what can he change when he argues about the things that have been determined all over the world? Ning Chaoge sneered disdainfully: "Fourth brother, you said that you didn't die for your father when you got sick, and I didn't say anything, but now you are coming to intercede with this woman with illness, are you still the son of the Ning family's descendant father?" ”

"Who the hell is rebelling! Do you dare to confront Shen Ke in front of the people of the world? ”

Ning Zhiyuan could die for Du Yiyi, but he wouldn't be so stupid and ridiculous to entertain Ning Chaoge before he died, he already had a plan, and after getting Shen Ke's answer, his plan had already begun to be implemented.

"Everyone will be punished for the rebellious ministers and thieves, if he dares to come, the people of Dahe can break his body into ten thousand pieces!" Ning Chaoge said a word, and the crowd echoed.

"Ning Chaoge, look at who that is!"

Ning Zhiyuan stretched out his hand, the noon gate was wide open, and a carriage slowly drove out of the noon gate, the curtain of the car was raised high, and Ning Xiao and the queen were sitting inside, Ning Xiao was holding a dagger in his hand, and the dagger was against the queen's neck.

Although the means are not bright, although it is very likely to push himself to the side that is even less forgiven by the people, this is the simplest and most direct step, if Shen Ke wants to appear, he must ensure Shen Ke's safety, if Ning Chaoge is willing to let the queen die in the hands of Ning Xiao in front of the people of the world.

Die to die together! Ning Zhiyuan thought so.

Ning Chaoge was as angry as Ning Zhiyuan imagined, and the people around him were also angry, it was really rebellious to kidnap the queen for the sake of a sinner's sister.

"Ning Zhiyuan! You know what you're doing! Ning Xiao! You don't want to die! ”

Just as he got up in a rage, a soldier hurriedly came and bowed to his ear and said, "Your Royal Highness, the north of the city is fighting." ”

Then the news came from the south of the city and the west of the city, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Xin Tonghou and 8,000 soldiers and horses led by Xiong Huaiyuan in the west of the city to fight outside the city, and what appeared in the south of the city was actually the king of Sijun who was supposed to arrest Shen Ke in the south of the Yangtze River, and the king of Sijun led more than 10,000 troops to come, in order to make the promise that General Song gave him.

The people who appeared in the north of the city shocked Ning Chaoge even more, King Xi, who had never asked about the world, actually came with King Xian to raise troops, accompanied by 5,000 Jinyiwei and 3,000 Dongchang!

"Strictly guard the city gates, gather troops and horses to support!" Ning Chaoge gave the order in shock, and as soon as the soldiers left, he told the people about the current situation in which the capital was surrounded on all sides.

"Shen Ke thieves are not dead, in vain trying to shake the foundation of Dahe and seek to usurp the throne, and now tens of thousands of soldiers have been incited to surround the three gates of the north of the city, the south of the city, and the west of the city, everyone! Oga needs you now! Who is willing to fight for Dahe, capture Shen Ke, and this king will reward 10,000 taels of gold! ”

The capital is short of troops, and the tens of thousands of people in the city are his soldiers and horses!

"I want to go! I would like to go! Many hot-blooded men among the people were inspired and bravely raised their arms and shouted.

"If you are willing to go, please go to the Governor's Mansion to gather, if this battle can be passed safely, I will definitely be rewarded! The rebellious ministers and thieves will be destroyed by heaven and earth! ”

"Wait a minute, everyone!" Ning Zhiyuan shouted to interrupt Ning Chaoge's words, causing some people to stop. "I believe that everyone once believed that General Shen was not a chaotic minister and thief, and there were many rumors in the capital, and today I will give you the truth."

Many people were attracted by Ning Zhiyuan's voice topic.

"General Shen is indeed the son of An Guogong, eleven years ago, the Anguo Gong bloody case is now remembered by many people like me, that night An Guogong's family of 100 people died, only Shen Ke was able to escape, Dali Temple was investigated for three months and the result was finally set as an unsolved case, you may have questioned, why such a bloody case at the feet of the Son of Heaven can not find a trace, I also questioned, so I only thought of a result! That's right! The person who created the Anguo Gong bloody case is my father, Emperor Huiming! ”

Ning Zhiyuan shouted loudly, screaming with all his strength, his cheeks were bloodshot, his face was red, and he shouted.

This is the truth that everyone wants to hear, this truth that has been questioned for eleven years is undoubtedly the greatest irony from Ning Zhiyuan's mouth, it is such an irony, which makes people even more wonderful, why would the emperor's own son smear his father for a rebellious minister and thief?

However, Ning Zhiyuan also told another truth.

"I was born prematurely, I was judged to be unable to live at birth, everyone thought that I was seriously ill because of the lack of qi and blood in premature birth, and I want to tell you another truth, my illness is not a disease, but a poison, my mother did not die of dystocia, but died because of the avalanche of premature birth caused by poison! There is a wicked woman who poisons my mother's food, counting the dose day by day, trying to kill our mother and son, and this wicked woman is the queen of today! ”

The index finger pointed to the carriage, and the queen who was held hostage by Ning Xiao shrank back in a panic, wanting to defend herself loudly but was pressed against her throat by Ning Xiao's dagger.

The crowd began to riot, the two truths that Ning Zhiyuan told had made them forget the passionate passion that had just been summoned under Ning Chaoge's shouting, they had been kept in the dark, they had always been eager to know about the royal family and these secrets, listening to a truth that was similar to their conjecture but thousands of miles away from what they knew, and the rest was only more doubts.

"Shen Ke is the son of An Guogong, I can prove this!"

A shout rang out from the crowd, causing people to look sideways.

Yan Xinglu pushed aside the crowd and walked to Ning Zhiyuan's side.

"My father Yan Liu is the person who presided over the case of An Guogong, and I can prove the identity of Shen Ke, my Yan family's loyalty to the Dahe generation can be seen by the sun and the moon, but it is related to the innocence of General Shen, and I Yan Xinglu is willing to risk the world's disapproval to corroborate King Rui's words!"

Before the words fell, Ning Chaoge on the high platform snorted coldly and grabbed the conversation.

"As we all know, Yan Xinglu and Ning Zhiyuan are the same raccoon dog, before Du Yiyi married Ning Zhiyuan, he eloped with Yan Xinglu to Aicheng, and the two actually slandered Emperor Huiming in order to save this woman, come on!"

Ning Chaoge shouted, and the guards with weapons gathered over.

"Second brother! Don't move! If you move! You're welcome! In the carriage, Ning Xiao's crisp voice sounded.

Ning Chaoge frowned in annoyance and waved his hand to signal the guards to act.