Chapter 534: Asking the Roots
Hu Xianxian thought that being a boss and a eunuch might be the eunuch's greatest pursuit, but looking at the fanaticism in Gonggong Li's eyes, she understood that the pursuit of power was never satisfied.
"No...... Cannot...... This will lead to the competition for the throne of the vassal kings everywhere, and the world will be in chaos. “
She panicked and objected, she felt that the real Empress Dowager would behave like this, wanting to secretly control the power of the country, and it was really terrifying to be so intentional.
She once questioned Cheng Haofeng's practice of casting spells to make Emperor Deyuan leave an edict, but at this moment, she felt that he could indeed minimize the fight by doing so. The battle for the throne has always been bloody, the difference is only more and less, rather than setting off a bloody storm to let the hostile people ascend the throne, it is better to choose relatively controllable, relatively friendly people to assist.
Seeing that she didn't agree, Gonggong Li said in a loud voice: "The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are all ready, you have to write it, and you have to write it if you don't write it!" Otherwise......"
"Otherwise, strangle the mourners? Hmph, do you think the mourning family is afraid of death? ”
Grandpa Li laughed: "Strangled you? How can it be so easy for you to die? We're going to put on a show where the fleeing assassin comes to you and confirms the rumors that you're the mastermind! Think about what you're going to be facing. ”
"Despicable!" This conspiracy is really despicable.
Father-in-law Li "tsk" twice: "Niangniang, are you really angry?" This shows that you are not afraid of death, but you are afraid of being wronged, right?
Well, that's right, you're not young, you're enjoying a lot of blessings, and you're living enough to die.
But if you are charged with murder and rebellion, it will be different, your mother's relatives, your old friends, will all suffer. If you're afraid that they will be implicated, you can cooperate with me. ”
Hu Xianxian saw that he had relaxed his vigilance, thinking that he was completely in control of the "Empress Dowager", so he further showed weakness, and hesitated and said: "The mourning family is now involuntarily, just ask not to affect others anymore, Xiao Lizi, you can't read the friendship for decades and let go of the mourning family?" The mourning family knows that even if they are willing to cooperate with you, they are afraid that they will also end up in a bleak end, right? “
Hearing these worried and suspicious words, Gonggong Li looked happy, thinking that she was finally shaken in her will. He immediately swore that he would not hurt her: "If the Empress Dowager is willing to cooperate, it is the hero who supports the lord of Zhongxing and allows us to return to power, how can it end up in a bleak end?" It should be the right time to spend your old age in peace. If I tell a lie, I will surely die with flesh and blood! ”
After Hu Xianxian heard this, he didn't agree immediately, and picked up the pen with a tangled expression, wanting to write but not write.
She gritted her teeth and said as if she had made a lot of determination: "The mourning family listens to you, but you are staring at it, and the mourning family is quite weak in writing." You turn your head, and the mourners immediately write the will as you say. ”
He suppressed his excitement, turned his head, Hu Xianxian wrote some words in three times and five by two, and then rolled up the random scribbled "Yi Zhi" and pinched it in his hand.
"Little Lizi, look at it and write it like this, is it still okay?"
Gonggong Li immediately turned around to get the paper roll, Hu Xianxian put the hand holding the paper roll behind his back and said: "Since the mourning family is sincere, you should also have some sincerity, take out all the dangerous things in the Ci'an Palace, and then see how about this Yizhi?" ”
"What is dangerous in the Ci'an Palace? Niangniang, let the minions see how Yi Zhi is written. ”
Seeing his eagerness, Hu Xianxian smiled secretly in his heart, but his face was full of vigilance and doubt, and said, "There is no danger? You buried so many explosives in Ci'an Palace, didn't you just want to wait for the mourning family to have no use value, and blow up the mourning family to the bone? The mourners don't want to be the pawns who crossed the river and die for you in vain, so you should quickly remove the explosives. ”
Seeing that it was about to happen, and with such suspicions, Gonggong Li was so anxious that he lost his mind: "What do you want me to say to believe it?" Give me the will! Do you think explosives are easy to get? What am I doing burying you here and blowing up your lonely old woman? The explosives were all buried in the Qianqing Palace and the Yusheng Palace......"
Before he finished speaking, he snatched Yi Zhi while she was stunned.
Hu Xianxian didn't fight, but couldn't help but laugh out loud, what she was waiting for was the last sentence!
What kind of power tricks, what balance of forces, and what kind of words are not what she is good at, and she has Cheng Haofeng to do it. She just wanted to know where the explosives were buried, and she was talking nonsense and actually using useful words.
Seeing the change in her expression, Gonggong Li noticed the abnormality, quickly stopped the conversation, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
When he asked this sentence, he realized that he had slipped his mouth, and for the time being, he ignored the stupid words that he said due to negligence, and he quickly looked at the edict in his hand.
"Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, Zheng Wang...... Dead old woman, you dare to fool me? "The scroll of paper is written "Hundred Family Names", which has nothing to do with the dying message at all. Gonggong Li angrily tore the paper roll, and viciously stretched out his hands to pull her collar.
She was slightly off, and he grabbed it. He kept scratching his hands, scolding as he clawed; She didn't move half a step, she just kept stumbling to and fro to avoid him.
Seeing that she not only did not run away in a panic, but could avoid her without moving her feet, he gradually felt something different. Although he is not a strong martial artist, he has also learned three moves and two styles back then, how can this pampered Empress Dowager avoid him?
"You...... Who the hell are you?! Gonggong Li stopped and took three steps back before asking. He intuitively felt that the person in front of him was not easy to deal with, so he took three steps back to leave a defensive distance.
"Hehe, Xiao Lizi, the mourning family is the queen mother, don't you recognize it?" Hu Xianxian's appearance has not changed, and the tone of his voice has changed back to his own.
"Bold and wicked, where did the Empress Dowager let you go?"
Father-in-law Li even scolded her, and she wanted to confirm the location of the explosives, so she followed his words and lied to him again: "Of course, that useless old woman was sent to the Qianqing Palace, and when the explosives were detonated to kill her, the blame will be put on to you!" Hmph, you have a trick, we have too, borrow your hands to get rid of her, what a good plan to kill two birds with one stone! ”
"Ruthless! It's really ruthless! Destroying the Qing Palace, killing the Empress Dowager, let me carry the black cauldron, and then let public opinion point the finger at Han Zexi, who will benefit? So, are you Han Zecan's person? ”
Gonggong Li was indignant, he had long known that Han Zecan, the king of Chengjun, was ambitious, and he didn't want to cooperate with him, but he had no choice, and he still calculated the result.
Hu Xianxian didn't answer, just smiled at him, and at the same time pondered the meaning of his words. After pondering it, he knew that he was thinking complicated, but at the same time, he was able to determine that there were explosives buried in the Qianqing Palace, and it was inferred that the Yusheng Palace was really buried.
She didn't reveal her true identity, he thought he was the person of Han Zecan, the king of Chengjun, so he let him think so. Breaking out the fog and trapping him in the net, she had to deal with the two eunuchs and the two palace maids.
When she didn't speak, Gonggong Li thought that she had acquiesced, and when he saw that she was going to walk away, he said angrily: "You think that if you have exhausted all your organs, you will definitely be able to ascend to the throne?" I've got a back-up move! This trick is that whoever becomes the emperor will be threatened! If you let me go, I want to see King Chengjun and discuss big things again! ”
Hu Xianxian ignored his nagging, and said with a playful smile: "I don't know what you say, I just do what I have to do, you just wait for the person who interrogates you to come, and then talk about what tricks or not." We also know each other, so let's let you see my real appearance and see if I am an old woman? ”
She has also been locked up in this hut for the past two days, and at this time, she arouses the naughty child's heart, and she can't help but sigh.
Seeing the pretty face in front of him, Gonggong Li exclaimed: "Hu Xianxian? You are Hu Xianxian ......"
Now it was her turn to wonder: "Do you recognize me?" ”
"I've heard the name before, and I've seen it again, so of course I recognize it." Gonggong Li began to play closely, "What I did was not to intend to harm the emperor and the empress dowager, but to blame the party for repeatedly oppressing me......"
Hu Xianxian didn't want to listen to him talk about those hardships, so he waved his hand and pointed at his dumb hole with spiritual power, turned around and walked out of the house. At the door, he ordered the two palace maids to fall asleep, and then went to another room in the courtyard to let the two eunuchs fall asleep as well.
This place was originally the dwelling of slaves during their night duty, and it was secluded and dilapidated. It is difficult for anyone to think that the Empress Dowager is under house arrest here, and there are few guards arranged by Gonggong Li.
At the same time, the fewer people who know about it, the easier it will be for him to deal with it. It's just that he didn't expect that after being countered, Hu Xianxian would have to deal with them, and because there were few guards, it would be easy to solve.
After disposing of these people, Hu Xianxian returned to the house and asked Cheng Haofeng what to do next.
Cheng Haofeng was still in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing and did not withdraw to the capital. The Assassins attacked the camp last night and suffered heavy casualties, and if they move out of here, they will increase the casualties. Moreover, if the king of Chengjun is ambushed on the road, it will be even more dangerous.
After repelling the assassins, Cheng Haofeng ordered the guards who still had combat strength to guard the outside of the tent, Shen Zhujun and Ke Yajie's tent respectively, while he personally guarded Han Zexi's tent.
Although Cheng Haofeng was not afraid of those black-clothed people, he was afraid that the strange man who made the golden thorn would attack again, so he asked Huo Fei to enter Beijing and ask his younger brother Huo Teng to bring troops to help. He told Huo Fei not to leak the news, and only let Huo Teng bring some elite soldiers to come.
Seeing that Huo Fei and Huo Teng brought more than 100 strong martial arts soldiers to the palace, Han Zexi was finally a little relieved. He couldn't support it for a long time, but he had to hold on, and at this time he could finally go to the marching bed for a short rest.
Huo Teng went out of the tent to lead the troops to patrol, and Huo Fei, whose arms were slightly injured, rested in the corner of the big tent. He saw Cheng Haofeng's eyebrows frowning and what he was drawing on the drawing, so he leaned over to look at it.
I saw that Cheng Haofeng painted two thorn-like objects, about one foot long, thick at the top and at the bottom, and the thickest part was only two fingers thick. He asked, "Isn't this the strange man's weapon?" ”
"Exactly." Cheng Haofeng agreed, but he didn't raise his eyelids.
Huo Fei laughed dryly: "Hehe, that ...... Thank you for saving your life. ”
"Not necessarily." Cheng Haofeng glanced at Han Zexi, who was sleeping on the marching bed, and stepped out of the tent. For fear of being assassinated again, Han Zexi did not live in the big tent of the Chinese army, but in this tent for the minister. This tent is not very spacious, and he is afraid of making noise for the emperor to sleep.
Huo Fei also realized this, and then went to the door of the tent. He wanted to chat with Cheng Haofeng for a few words, but seeing that Cheng Haofeng was indifferent and only thinking about things, he said in a sour tone: "Your mana is indeed very high, if you hadn't arrived in time last night, the entire Fa Dynasty might have been in danger."
I also worshipped under Master Kutan as a registered disciple, but unfortunately I thought that learning spells was too slow, and those who had to keep this precept and that precept did not study seriously.
If I had cultivated hard, I might have possessed high mana by now. In that case, not only will you be able to save the emperor, but even the strange man with the golden thorn won't be able to escape......"
Cheng Haofeng heard that he was praising and disparagement, and secretly ridiculed himself for failing to catch the strange man. He was about to ridicule each other, but at this moment, Cheng Haofeng received the spirit talisman passed by Hu Xianxian, and Huo Fei also leaned over to read the message written on it.