Chapter 69: The Black Beginning
Ji Ying didn't understand, how could the military deployment map that appeared a few days ago involve the Ji family, the Li family and the Rong family? I just listened to Rong De say slowly.
In that year, the crown prince Zhou Xuan was ordered to inspect the northwest frontier and settled in Hancheng. Also going with the crown prince were Ji Kefei, the second son of the Ji family, Rong Shi, the second son of the Rong family, and Zhang Ce, a retainer of the Ji family who was the general of the Tiger Cavalry at the time. At that time, it was the prince's uncle who guarded Hancheng - Han Zhanghou An Pengyue.
Originally, a few young people thought that Beidi had long been afraid of Da Zhou, Da Zhou had been heavily guarded, and he would definitely not encounter any danger, but he never thought that it would not be long before he encountered a team of Beidi cavalry, and what was even more unfortunate was that they were hunting in the barren mountains at the time, and there was no guard.
However, this did not confuse these valuable young sons of Da Zhou. Not to mention that Zhang Ce is a good hand in the army, it is Ji Kefei and Rong Shi, because they grew up together since childhood, practiced martial arts and studied together, and cooperated tacitly, so they have the ability to protect the prince. They guarded the prince, fought and retreated, and soon fought a bloody way for the prince to ride away.
From here, things took a huge turn, and since then, the fate of many gate lord clans has been reversed.
When Rong Shi, Ji Kefei and Zhang Ce fled back scarred, they were told that the crown prince Zhou Xuan, who should have arrived a long time ago, had not yet arrived!
What to do? Three good friends had to come back with a few thousand soldiers to look for it. Fortunately, everyone found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had broken his leg in a dirt pit. Since everything is going well, everyone's hearts are in their stomachs, and it's just a matter of going back to rest and rest before making plans.
It was getting late.
Ji Kefei has always been delicate, he was worried about the prince's injury, so he took the injury medicine to visit the prince, but he didn't expect to hear terrible news at the door of the house where the prince stayed.
The prince asked anxiously: "Uncle, if you want to find a way, what should I do?" ”
Although An Pengyue's voice was calm, his tone was not calm: "Me? What can I do? Why did you say you gave it to them? ”
"What else can I do? They have knives around my neck, and if I don't pay them, I'll go straight to see my dead queen mother, where will I ever have a chance to see you? ”
"But...... But how did the news leak out? How would these Beidi people know that you have the military defense map I gave you? ”
"How do I know? Are there unclean people around you? ”
An Pengyue stroked his beard and said, "It seems that I have to check it carefully - however, the matter of the Beidi people getting the defense map must be kept secret." I'm going to do everything I can to hunt down those people. If you can't catch up, everything will be fine, but if you can't catch up......"
"What should I do?"
"You must not make a noise, and you must not let Your Majesty know about this matter, otherwise your position as the prince will not be kept!"
Zhou Xuan's cold sweat was almost soaking his back, and he said, "But, what if my father asks?" That is a military deployment map, although it is only a part of the northwest, but once Beidi resurrects, in the future, relying on it to enter and exit the Central Plains, isn't it like entering a no-man's land? ”
"You don't care about it so much. Originally, this defense map was in my hands, and it had nothing to do with you, even now, you have to pretend that you don't know anything. Do you understand? ”
"Okay, I got it."
"Who?!" An Pengyue shouted, drew his sword and rushed out.
However, under the cover of night, there seemed to be no one outside.
Zhou Xuan, who rushed out with An Pengyue, looked around at his courtyard and said, "Uncle, are you too cautious, there is no one?" ”
An Pengyue looked at half a footprint at the door and raised his eyebrows.
Rong Shi had just come out of the stable. He has a ponytail in his hand, and he wants to pick a few strings to give to his young son as a birthday present. His son Rong Zhe loves music, especially the sound of the piano, and he would be very happy if he could make a plain piano for him. Rong Shi's heart was overflowing with thick sweetness and a touch of sorrow, and he wanted to go home soon.
Ji Kefei ran into Rong Shi's house in a panic. He glanced behind him and closed the door.
Rong Shi saw his friend's rare nervousness, his forehead was full of sweat, and he said, "Ke Fei, what's wrong with you?" ”
Ji Kefei pulled Rong Shi to the back room and said, "I just heard very bad news at the door of the prince's room. ”
"What?"
"Do you know what the Great Zhou military defense map is?"
Rong Shi's eyes jumped for a moment, and he whispered, "Why are you asking this?" ”
"You know?"
Rong Shi nodded: "I won't hide it from you, I heard my father mention it before, the emperor once ordered someone to draw a detailed military deployment map, and then divided it into four and handed it to the four adults." What happened? ”
Ji Kefei said: "That's it." I just heard the Marquis of Han Zhang talking to the crown prince. I don't know when, Han Zhanghou gave the defense map he was guarding to the prince, but he inadvertently leaked the news. Today's distress should be deliberately done by Beidi, in order to snatch the defense map. The prince was delayed on the way back, not because he broke his leg, but because he was captured by Beidi. In order to survive, the prince actually handed over the defense map to the enemy! ”
"What do you say? Armament diagram ......"
In order to keep the crown prince's position as the prince, the Marquis of Han Zhang did not allow the prince to make a statement, but only said that he would try his best to find it. The enemy has been on the run for so long, how to find it? ”
"And what do you want to do?"
Ji Kefei's eyes were firm: "Go back to Beijing to clarify this matter." ”
"But have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"What could be worse than now? The Beidi people have already obtained the military deployment map of the northwest, and my millions of troops are useless, should I ignore them? ”
Both of them knew how serious this matter really was. Rong Shi walked back and forth in the room a few times, and finally stood in front of his friend again: "You're right. The crown prince is gone, and there are other princes who can replace him, but I only have one in Da Zhou. Go ahead, I'll cover for you. ”
"No! If you want to go together, it is too dangerous for you to stay alone, and it is difficult to ensure that the prince will not kill you to vent his anger. ”
"However, it is easier for us to be exposed when we walk together. Even if we escape to the capital, will the prince sit back and wait for him to die? ”
"What then?"
Rong Shi said calmly: "You go first, I still have something to do." When you arrive in the capital, don't go home first, and face the saint directly, so as not to cause trouble to your family. ”
Ji Kefei thought about it carefully for a while, thinking that it could only be like this, and said, "I'll let Zhang Ce stay and take care of you." ”
"Okay, don't worry."
Ji Kefei told Rong Shi to take care, and took advantage of the night to leave in a hurry.
Seeing his friend leave, Rong Shi turned his head and quickly wrote a letter.
That night, Ji Kefei rode away at a gallop, and the city defense battalion couldn't stop it, so he sent cavalry to pursue while immediately reporting to An Pengyue.
But they wouldn't have thought that there was a "city defense battalion cavalry" they didn't know, and on the way to pursue Ji Kefei, they ran to another road.
An Pengyue learned that Ji Kefei was leaving the city at night, remembered the footprints outside the prince's house, and his heart throbbed, and he was busy discussing with the prince.
They discussed anxiously for a long time. In order to prevent Ji Kefei from using any method to inform anyone in the Ji family of the secret, the prince and An Pengyue agreed that no one in the Ji family could stay, and in this case, it was necessary to find someone who could kill people and kill people, not only to ensure that the Ji family would not say something unfavorable to the prince in front of the emperor, but also to seal everyone's mouths, and not to have any suspicion because of the fall of the Ji family. What they need is someone who is absolutely cautious and has the power to lean towards the opposition. In the end, they locked on a great target - Boweihou Li Xingzhi.
Li Xingzhi has extraordinary caution and terrifying ruthlessness, and more importantly, he is the son-in-law of the Ji family, and it is most suitable for him to do it.
And so a dark story unfolds.
What made An Pengyue strange was that Rong Shi had been staying under An Pengyue's nose all the time, without any inappropriate actions, and for the sake of safety, An Pengyue immediately put Rong Shi under house arrest. Now the only task of the crown prince is to prevent any leakage of news, and they want to destroy the entire Ji family, especially Ji Kefei.
The crown prince then sent two groups of men. The first group of people coerced and lured Li Xingzhi, threatening his two sons to let him control the entire family of Jifu, and it was best to kill them all, leaving no one. Another group of people intercepted Ji Kefei and must not let him enter Beijing alive. And the one who carried out this series of orders was Duanmu En, who had long been accepted by the crown prince in the mansion, that is, the father of Duanmu Lingfeng, who was in charge of the Cloud Dart Bureau at the time.
Duanmu En, a man from the rivers and lakes, the reason why he worked hard in the prince's mansion, and even his son had to hide it, was because he went to the northwest to dart, didn't want to be unlucky, was framed by someone, and was involved in the murder case. Later, Duanmuen walked the rivers and lakes, inevitably dealing with the government, and often had An Pengyue to take care of him. Duanmuen tasted the sweetness of power, and it happened that An Pengyue was tempted by the prince's guest, so he agreed to do things for the prince in secret.
Since then, Duanmu En has been nominally dashing in the rivers and lakes, but in fact he is doing some things that are not on the table for the prince, especially recruiting and training a group of dead soldiers with superb martial arts. And this time, his main task is to supervise Li Xingzhi to secretly kill the Ji family.
But things didn't go well, because the prince's slave was too publicized when he sent a letter to Li Xingzhi, and the secret letter was taken away by Yan'er by mistake and handed over to Ji Shu.
Ji Shu got the secret letter and knew the general reason, so he questioned Li Xingzhi, Li Xingzhi originally just wanted to control the Ji family, and then make plans in the future, who knew that Ji Shu escaped from the Hou Mansion with his sister-in-law, and he had to kill for the safety of his sons.
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