Chapter 306: Rescue

On June 18, the 24th year of Dahe Guangyuan, the fireworks festival in the capital, the houses went to the water, and the people with bad intentions took advantage of the chaos to burn, kill, loot and rob, and the capital fell into turmoil.

Shen Ke, a rebellious minister and thief who plotted to make trouble, planned a rebellion to besiege the palace, and King Ning Chaoge led his troops to escort King Qin to rebel, but the rebellious ministers and thieves killed the emperor and set fire to Ning Yuan Palace, and the fire extinguished the emperor has been buried.

On the same day, Ning Chaoge, who was temporarily in charge of the government, discussed with the courtiers, posthumously called the emperor Emperor Hui, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the local guards to go out to arrest Shen Ke.

However, this is not the case.

The emperor died suddenly, he did not leave an edict during his lifetime, the crown prince was not canonized, and the cabinet was more inclined to let Ning Zhiyuan temporarily manage the government, but the escort of King Geqin of the Ning Dynasty made the palace a great contribution to the danger this night, and in the face of the accusations of the Chao Wang faction, the Rui Wang faction was unable to refute it, and temporarily chose to compromise in the face of extraordinary concerns.

Ning Zhiyuan arrived one step late, but left a lifelong regret, in front of the emperor's body that had been burned beyond recognition, when he saw the face that was no longer recognizable, he had forgotten his hatred, forgot his previous oath, because from today on, he really didn't even have a relative.

The cake was divided very quickly, and when the emperor's body was put into the coffin, Ning Chaoge had already handed over the Governor's Mansion to Xiong Huaiyuan at a thunderous speed, and this time he did not realize that the rebels were in turmoil, and Ding Yanxiang, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the five cities, had been dismissed from his post for dereliction of duty, and it was in the chaos that the right to speak was absolutely in the hands of the military, and Ning Chaoge gave an order, and the soldiers of the whole city began to participate in the fire relief until the end of the night, the fire was finally extinguished, and people's homes had become ruins. Shuntianfu has become a place where everyone asks for help and shouts grievances, the emperor is funeral, the capital suffers a catastrophe that has not been seen in a century, the minister proposes the imperial court to provide disaster relief, Ning Chaoge does not say a word and signs and seals, and the subsidies given to the victims are sent to them as quickly as possible, and when the forces of all parties begin to pursue Shen Ke, the victims have begun to rebuild their homes.

This fire burned the emperor, burned many people's net worth, and burned people's trust in Shen Ke, for a while, there were voices cursing Shen Ke all over the capital, and even the angry Baixin who was burned down gathered outside the Shuntian Mansion and asked to follow the soldiers to arrest Shen Ke.

Yesterday in the hearts of the people, Shen Ke was still a hero who was wronged, and today Shen Ke has become a rat crossing the street.

What made Wenchen happy, Ning Chaoge was able to absorb the opinions of all parties in a timely manner, and when he dispatched the whole country to arrest Shen Ke, he did not forget to give these people who had been devastated by disasters a comfort.

However, in just one day, when Ning Zhiyuan returned to Rui Wang's Mansion, everything was already a matter of fact.

The fire and turmoil did not spread to Liudong Street, although there was no soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Terracotta Division last night, but the guards of each family had organized people and horses in time to keep the panicked people out of the street, and the city was a sea of fire and the palace was killed, but Liudong Street spent a night peacefully.

The Rui Wang's Mansion is also intact, the lonely coffin in the lobby is still there, and Qinglan is sitting in the lobby, looking like he has been keeping watch all night.

Before last night, Ning Zhiyuan thought of countless ways to take revenge, the moment he saw Du Yiyi's corpse, he even forgot that he was his son, last night's fire and that puddle of blood completely woke him up, a father can be ruthless to his son, but a son can't be ruthless to his father, for twenty years, if he didn't try his best to save his life, he wouldn't have been able to have today, even if this is just an act of atonement for him to do something wrong, but this is also a father's love for his son.

Three days ago, he lost the woman he loved the most, and three days later, he lost his father, whom he loved the most.

He really doesn't have much meaning to live in this world.

Although the news of the emperor's death was ordered by Ning Chaoge to be blocked, but for some reason it still came out, Qinglan sat in the lobby all night, facing this black coffin and thought about it all night, some people are dead but still alive, she is still alive, but she only feels that there is no difference between death, she can't be looked at by the person she loves, she can't be liked by the person she loves, what is the difference between her living in this Rui Wang's mansion where Du Yiyi's breath is everywhere and a transparent dead person.

"Qin Huai, call a few people to carry the coffin to the ice cellar!" As soon as the emperor died, the date of Du Yiyi's funeral could only be delayed, and now it was a hot summer, and the corpse would stink like this.

Qin Huai immediately found someone and carried the coffin to the ice cellar.

"Go to sleep! Here I am! Ning Zhiyuan, who hadn't been able to sleep well for a few days, had a dry throat, and every word he said was like a neighing old horse, like the sound of a copper basin rubbing against the gravel on the ground.

Qinglan got up silently, turned around and took a step and couldn't bear to take it back, at this time, she wanted to be by his side even more.

"Lord Wang, let's go!"

King Chao is already in power, and staying in the capital is to live on the knife edge for Ning Zhiyuan, and when the situation stabilizes, the knife will fall.

"Let's go?" Ning Zhiyuan sneered and raised his eyebrows, this is his home, how can there be a reason to run away if you have a home. "If you want to go, you can go, I won't keep you!"

"It's not a pity for Qinglan to die, but the prince is different, the prince still has great ambitions!"

"I have no ambitions, nothing, there is no difference between living and dying for me, and when I finish her funeral, I will die!"

Qinglan was speechless, a man could even give up his ambitions and goals for twenty years, and even his most cherished life could be ignored, what could she use to persuade him to leave?

If you don't leave, you're dead! She didn't want to see him die from the bottom of her heart, but what he had made up her mind about, could she change?

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The news of the emperor's murder began to spread in the land of Oga, and the rebellious act of this night became a heinous act under the description of those with a heart, and the people who supported Shen Ke gradually decreased, and the people who were angry and lost their minds began to increase.

Although Shen Ke has disappeared, but in some states and counties, every household has signed a letter of guarantee, as long as there is news of Shen Ke, it will definitely be reported to the government as soon as possible.

At a time when most people hated what Shen Ke had done, a team with firm faith was slowly approaching the capital, and on the day he got the news of the emperor's murder, the leading General Song left the team and went straight to Jiangnan.

He had a long talk with the king of Sijun in Binzhou, drank a cup of tea with the general of Zhenguo Ning Changan in Shuzhou, and drank a pot of wine with the general Ning Yu of the auxiliary state in Cangzhou, and then he rode a horse and whip to Qizhou and met King Xi who was chanting scriptures and worshipping the Buddha.

He didn't believe that Shen Ke would rebel, and now he wouldn't believe that Shen Ke would kill the king, no matter how bad the guards in the capital were, it wasn't something that Shen Ke's exhausted thousand people could easily break into, this matter he felt very strange, although he couldn't find any suspicions, he was able to come all the way to Qizhou with his trust in Shen Ke, and some things didn't need evidence.

After getting the news of the emperor's murder, I hoped to recite the scriptures in this Buddhist hall to mourn, and the troops of the Qizhou Guard Station did not dispatch in the case of this national dispatch to arrest Shen Ke.

King Xi and General Song have a good relationship, although they have not seen each other for many years, but there have always been correspondence, which the emperor has always been clear.

Seeing General Song, King Xi had already guessed the purpose of his unauthorized departure from the border pass this time, and he also wanted to understand some things about Shen Ke.

He has been reciting Buddha for many years, and his heart has been detached in Hongchen, and the angle of seeing things is not the gain or loss of interests, but the right and wrong of good and evil, this matter is undoubtedly the emperor's fault first, when he went to Beijing to worship last year, he and Shen Ke have met a few times in front of the emperor, and he has also seen a few times behind the emperor's back.

"Shen Ke joined the army at the age of twelve, at that time because he was too young, the army did not accept it, and then he used a cart to pull the corpses of five grassland spies, we accepted him, he started as a pawn, I watched step by step up, from Rong five years, he killed not tens of thousands of people but also nine thousand, Dahe and the grassland war all the year round, the morale of Jingcheng has been very low, and most of the new recruits are reckless, Shen Ke can do everything very well, riding is excellent, swordsmanship and archery skills are also very good, it is rare that he has a brain, It has been a long time since there has been such a decathlon in the military, Shen Ke is not only the son of An Guogong, he is also a member of our Jingcheng, if it weren't for him taking the lead in front of the grassland people, Dahe has been torn open by the grassland, I believe in his loyalty. ”

"Others can't believe it, the hatred of his parents is not the same as the sky, Shen Ke does not avenge his parents' revenge for unfilial piety, and revenge for his parents is for disloyalty, the first time I saw him, I felt that he was too angry, resisting foreign enemies is to do his best for the country, revenge for his parents is filial piety to his parents, no one can say that he is wrong, but there are too many people who have died."

"People are born to die, but are there still fewer people who have died over the years? King Xi respects life, but Shen Ke's life is not life? Didn't King Xi think that someone was framing Shen Ke here, and Shen Ke had many opportunities to rebel, and he would stupidly choose the most unfavorable one for him? That night, the fireworks were shining over the capital, and there was a sea of fire in the city, and there were only a thousand people around Shen Ke, how could he do this, let alone enter the palace, if he really did it, where is Shen Ke now? ”

"You have been excusing Shen Ke, you are here to save Shen Ke this time? Are you going to be an enemy of Oga? ”

In the Buddha hall, King Xi put down the Buddha beads in his hand and lit a stick of incense.

General Song sat on the ground without an image, and his body was already covered with dust after many days of running.

"I will save him and give him justice." This was the purpose of General Song.

"Then why did you come to me?" King Xi raised his eyes and looked at General Song.

"King Xi had a good relationship with the Anguo bus back then, in addition, that day the emperor sent Shu Ruhai out of the city to arrest Shen Ke, Shu Ruhai has not returned to Beijing, I heard that he is going to Qizhou, so I want to ask King Xi to leave him for a drink, and you have been friends for many years, this little thing King Xi will not refuse me, right?"

General Song looked at his long-time friend and rubbed his temples tiredly.

Shu Ruhai is a close confidant of the emperor, and in this case, he believes that Shu Ruhai is already the only person who knows the truth and can prove Shen Ke's innocence.

"I came all the way, but I was in time, and today's book is like a sea of books."

King Xi clasped his hands together and closed his eyes and recited a Buddhist saying.

"I've sent someone to greet me, and I'll be there soon!"

Shu Ruhai was ordered to leave the capital on the day of the accident in the capital, he was scolded by the emperor to leave the capital in a hurry, his trip was to arrest Shen Ke, whether dead or alive, everyone is saying that Jinyiwei and Dongchang are incompetent, in the past, the dog was rampant and domineering, but at the most critical time, he searched for half a month and could not find any trace of Shen Ke, the turmoil in the capital and the emperor's death, they attributed half of the fault to Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and now Shuruhai, who is in charge of Dongchang Jinyiwei, has naturally become a useless eunuch who is angry with people and gods.

Power is in the hands of a few, and the truth about power will only be in the hands of a few.

From the moment he entered the East Palace, he was the emperor's servant, even though he had done some things behind the emperor's back for the sake of power, but this could not erase his loyalty, he was the emperor's most loyal servant, and he was happy to enjoy this honor.

Many people have talked to him about the word old, and he has deeply experienced it some time ago, but he has always believed that as long as the emperor does not die, no matter how old he is, he will be the emperor's slave after all, but now it is different, the emperor is dead, King Chao will ascend the throne sooner or later, and the new emperor will not want a slave who is about to die, he is already a person who is half buried in the soil.

Catching Shen Ke was the last thing he did, and he thought that after doing this, he would go to Lingyin Temple to recuperate, where there were a few old eunuchs, and now they are living well.

Before he arrived in Qizhou City, he saw King Xi's men and horses, and his people were going to stay in Qizhou for a few days, so he decided to meet King Xi.

Just like King Xi's mansion, Shu Ruhai saw people he shouldn't have seen, and King Xi had already prepared tea and wine, just waiting for him to arrive.

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The whole country sent troops to arrest Shen Ke, and most of the guards on the west mountain were also transferred, which gave Shen Ke room to move, and in the middle of the night, he would also go to the top of the mountain, listen to the old monk recite the Sutra of the night, and listen to the soldiers talk about current affairs.

On the second day he heard the death knell ringing in the capital, and saw countless corpses that had been transported up to the West Mountain, and he learned from the conversations of some soldiers that he had been rebelled again.

It has been half a month since he left the capital, he has to wait for no one to appear, and the soldiers who followed him to hide on the west mountain and have no food have begun to be anxious, although he did not say it, but he has already begun to make plans at night, after King Chao took power, although he did not immediately ascend the throne, but the three armies of the court and have been firmly grasped by him, the emperor's expectations for many years have finally been realized in the hands of his son, and the irony is that the emperor died in the hands of his son.

failed to kill this enemy with his own hands, Shen Ke also had regrets in his heart, but the deceased was gone, and his parents' revenge was avenged, and the next thing was his own.

There are a lot of herbs on the west mountain because there are no people, his injuries are slowly getting better, sometimes when the defense under the mountain is lax, he will also take one or two people out of the mountain to explore the wind outside, every time he will be very careful, one night, he saw a fainting Lu Xiangxue on the road.

Lu Xiangxue looked for Shen Ke all the way, and when she walked out of the mountains and forests, she saw the stinky corpses all over the ground, she searched one by one, but still failed to find Shen Ke, and then she went all the way north, and finally contracted the disease due to physical exhaustion, and heard about the things in the capital, she decided to come back to see, half a month of searching, she never thought that she would see her husband outside the capital, and the moment she opened her eyes to see Shen Ke, she almost thought she was dreaming.