Chapter 304: Imperial Power (1)
Duan Wang's eyes narrowed dangerously when he heard this, and his sword momentum became even more powerful. Ji Erlan's wrist flicked, and the whip wrapped around the sword body like a spirit snake, but as she said, there was no half of softness. The extremely strong strength wrapped around the sword body and pulled it hard, and Duanwang's sword almost came out of his hand.
"Humph! Insect carving skills! This king's sword is tempered by dark iron, and if you continue like this, your whip will only be scraped! Duan Wang sneered disdainfully, and the strength in his hand was violently transmitted to the sword body, Ji Erlan only felt that his wrist was numb, and the whip was almost loosened. But she just smiled, did not retreat, and said, "Then let's try, whether your sword is powerful or my whip is powerful!" ”
Duanwang's hand holding the sword kept moving, and the free hand actually felt out several hidden weapons and projected them, Ji Erlan raised his eyebrows: "Hmph, it's actually more despicable than this girl?" ”
The two of them held a whip with one hand, a sword with one hand, and a dazzling array of things flying out of the other hand, but Duanwang's wrist had been injured before, and there was no Ji Erlan with endless tricks, so he immediately fell into disadvantage. While dodging, Ji Erlan threw out a handful of lotus thorns, and the flowers flew out, the pieces were sharp, the petals spread out, and venom sprayed out. Duanwang was shocked and inexplicable, and scolded "shameless"!
Ji Erlan provoked: "It seems that the prince doesn't understand the true meaning of not getting tired of deceit? ”
"Humph! Amusing! King Duan didn't want to entangle with her any longer, and he suddenly pulled the long sword out of the whip's confinement with a sudden force in his hand. However, as soon as he moved, he heard a click!
The sword body burst out a few sparks, and it was broken into three!
Ji Erlan didn't give Duan Wang a chance to react, and the long whip climbed directly up along Duan Wang's hand holding the hilt of the sword, and the spikes of the whip tail attacked him in the chest. King Duan was still shocked by the broken sword, and was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly dodged to avoid the vital point, and the whip tail stabbed into his shoulder and neck with a snort.
Duan Wang's eyes were scarlet, and he couldn't dodge Ji Erlan's attack even if he moved. Ji Erlan wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, contain Duanwang in his hand, and increase the chances of victory, but suddenly two guards noticed the situation here, and flew over to help Duanwang block the attack, Duanwang hid behind the two guards, covered the bubbling and bleeding wound on his shoulder blade, and was furious, and shouted outside the palace: "Royal Forest Army!" Where are the Guards! Break these maniacs to this king! ”
Ji Erlan was a little nervous, his eyes swept to all parts of the hall, Duanwang's bodyguard was less than one-third, but Yang Zhen and the others were also colored, and there were too many people to protect. If the Guards rushed in at this time, would they still have a chance?
Yang Zhen saw the opportunity to get close to Ji Erlan, and there were blood stains all over his body, and he didn't know if it was someone else or his. "It's me who King Duan wants to kill, you see the opportunity......"
"Never!" Ji Erlan glared at him fiercely and said, "We have a chance, they will definitely arrive!" ”
Yang Zhen's heart was hot for a while, but it was not a good time to speak at this time, so he had to put his attention into the battle circle again.
Yang Youting, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, who had just come in to report to Yan Hong, heard the summons of King Duan in the palace, and immediately led the crowd to break in, and after seeing the situation inside, he was quite surprised. Yang Zhen and the others are only a few people, most of them are sour Confucians who are powerless, and they can support the present.
"Lord Wang, Wang Youting, and the Royal Forest Army are here to listen to orders!"
Although the people in the temple knew the truth, the people outside did not know anything about it. King Duan squinted his eyes and glanced at everyone and said: "The Queen Mother confuses the royal bloodline, forms a party for personal gain, and King Du has bad intentions and wants to do rebellious things. Kill them all! ”
Wang Youting's expression was awe-inspiring, and his right hand was raised, and the Imperial Forest Army behind him suddenly swarmed in, surrounding everyone.
Ji Erlan swept his eyes coldly, put away the long whip, and held the two swords in his hands again. She and Yang Wei were back to back, feeling the temperature of each other, and the countless emotions in their hearts gradually calmed down. Yang Zheng was the opposite of her, her original mentality of being pessimistic about the world collapsed, and she was full of thoughts about how to earn a way to live for her.
Yuexi helped the injured eldest princess of Hongyang and said, "Girl, what should we do?" ”
Ji Erlan took a deep breath and said softly, "Be smart...... After a while, see the right time and run as soon as you can. ”
The moon breathed for a while, and he opened his mouth and didn't speak. In his heart, he secretly decided that he would advance and retreat with Ji Erlan and Yang Zheng no matter what. This kind of death can be regarded as vigorous, and it didn't live in vain, did it! It's just that I don't know if Brother Yuechen will think of her often in the future.
Wang Youting saw the situation clearly, pulled out the saber in his hand and was about to step forward, but the deputy general outside the door suddenly ran into the hall with his right arm in his ear and said a few words. Wang Youting's face changed greatly. Seeing him like this, King Duan had a bad premonition in his heart: "What's the matter?" ”
Wang Youting motioned for the Imperial Forest Army surrounding everyone to stop moving forward, and the hall was quiet for a while. Only then did everyone hear the sound of swords fighting outside.
Yang Zhen and the others looked moved, glanced at each other, and signaled everyone to get ready. King Duan asked, "Who is it?" ”
"It's Zhen Wentang who leads the Xuance army left and right, and there is an unfamiliar face with a Chu family army......"
When Ji Erlan heard this, he and Yang Zhen glanced at each other, and both of them showed relieved smiles.
"Chu Jiajun?" Duan Wang glanced back at Yang Zhen and the others in the middle of the sword, and then strode out of the palace gate and looked down.
On the long dragon tail road, there are already densely packed with silver armor troops, and the royal forest army that was waiting in front of the palace gate has been trampled under their feet, and the person at the head is Zhen Rui.
Behind the Silver Armor Army, there was a more imposing team, dressed in black armor like a dark cloud, which made Duanwang's chest feel stuffy.
King Duan naturally recognized that the black armor army, only the Chu family army wore black armor!
The Chu family has been stationed at the border for generations, and the Chu family army has an irreplaceable position in Da'an. Even in extraordinary times, it is not subject to the emperor's order. This army has the smallest establishment, but it has outstanding achievements, and even the famous Yasukuni Zhenshan General Huo Ting has to worry about three points, and it is the only real iron-blooded army in Da'an!
But how did they end up here!
As soon as King Duan appeared, the leaders of the Silver Armor Army and the Black Armor Army outside immediately looked at him. Zhen Rui is a familiar face, but the young generals of the Black Armor Army of the same age have never seen it. Seeing his sharp eyes and undisguised hostility, King Duan was greatly surprised in his heart and slowly retreated to the door of the palace.
He raised his gaze and looked at the palace gate in the distance, hoping to see that his Gyeonggi guards had arrived. However, as far as the eye could see, there was no movement at all.
Zhen Wentang glanced back at the black-armored army behind him, his eyes flashed with a hint of awe, he turned his head to King Duan and said, "Lord Duan, I didn't expect to see each other again, it would be like this." ”
Duan Wang stared at him suspiciously, and said, "You didn't die?" ”
Zhen Wentang called the emperor sick and wanted to prevent his eldest son Zhen Rui from returning to Beijing, but he didn't expect King Duan to do it in secret. If it weren't for the help of King Du, their father and son would have died at this time. "Thanks to the blessing of the prince, Zhen still has a few decades to live."
King Duan gritted his teeth and took a step back, avoiding his forced gaze and turning to look at his own hands. There are not many guards left who surrounded and suppressed Yang Zheng before, and there are only forty or fifty Imperial Forest Army who entered the palace with Wang Youting. "Wang Youting, the protector of the king rushed out!"
Wang Youting hesitated when he heard this, but he still made a move, and then Zhen Wentang walked into the palace door and said: "The king leads the rebels and thieves, if you can turn back in time, I think the court will also forgive you for your disobedience this time." ”
Wang Youting and his royal guards looked at each other in horror when they heard this, and they were stunned for a moment. Zhen Wentang bowed to Yang Zheng and said:
"Lord Du."
Yang Zhen nodded, and shouted at the Imperial Forest Army in the main hall: "Obey the order, put down the blade, and don't blame the past!" ”
Wang Youting looked at King Duan suspiciously, and saw that his eyes were wide open, but his face was a little gray, and he already knew it in his heart. As the blade in his hand fell to the ground with a "dang bang", the surrounding royal forest soldiers also put down their weapons one after another, carefully exited the hall, and were restrained by the silver armor army one by one, waiting to fall.
Everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. The young general who commanded the Black Armor Army strode into the inner hall, looked around, and the moment he saw Ji Erlan, his expression was relieved: "Sister! ”
"Big brother!" Although Ji Erlan's face was covered with a mask, her eyes were not deliberately restricted, which was impossible to ignore, and those who were familiar with her deliberately recognized her at a glance. She walked up to the other party in a few steps, looked at Ji Yun, who was swarthy at this time, and showed a real smile.
Everyone was a little surprised at first, and their eyes swept back and forth over several people, but when they thought about the joints, they quickly understood.
Ji Yun had already known about the big and small things in his family from Ji Rong's letter, he looked at Ji Erlan with a complicated gaze, but he couldn't blame the other party at all. He touched the top of her head and said, "You're fine." ”
In an instant, the situation had completely changed, but Ji Erlan understood that it was not so simple for the Silver Armor Army and the Chu Family Army to break through the palace to reach here, at least not silently. The Queen Mother hugged the weak and languishing emperor with only one breath left, and asked tremblingly: "King Du, now that the traitor has been removed, are you ...... Do you want to replace it? ”
King Du's gaze crossed King Duan's face, fell on the dying emperor, and said lightly: "Such as honey, arsenic/frost." This country is not the king's, and the king is no longer the king's. ”
Even if the emperor's secret edict mentioned the matter of the throne, Yang Wei avoided talking about it. Everyone could understand his first sentence, but they didn't understand what his second half meant. Only Ji Erlan smiled when he heard this, and raised his eyes to look at him. The light in his eyes is scorching, like the sun and stars, and he is extremely bright.
Li Xiang, Zhang Xianting and others did not dare to speak, for fear of being implicated. Cao Yushi couldn't be silent, he glanced at the dying emperor suddenly, and said: "His Royal Highness the King Du, now the emperor's fate is on the verge of death, and several princes are really young...... He glanced at the queen mother and said: "The queen mother's private morality is corrupt and interferes in politics and forms a party, and it cannot be tolerated ......"