Chapter 266: The Emperor's Throne

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The cold wind in the city was fierce, blowing on the woman's delicate body, and it became more and more thin, Lu Zhiyuan looked at her from afar, and she seemed to have lost a lot of money after not seeing her for many days.

He shook the long sword in his hand, this time he was ordered by the prince to lead his troops back to the capital, but everyone knew that the prince's 50,000 people were stationed in Lingzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the third prince were stationed in Weishui. It takes a full month to travel from Lingzhou to the capital, and it only takes 20 days to travel from Weishui to the capital. Such a gap is absolutely disadvantageous to the crown prince.

Just when he was at a loss, someone gave him a gift, a talisman that could mobilize 50,000 elite soldiers in Weishui.

Having a talisman is undoubtedly equivalent to holding 50,000 soldiers and horses, Lu Zhiyuan knows how important this talisman is to them, and he also guessed who sent the talisman.

The three princes have always been suspicious, even those close to him are not completely trusted, and it must not be an ordinary person to be able to get such an important thing as a talisman, and there is only one person who can freely enter and leave the three princes and still have his trust.

Lu Zhiyuan's heart stinged inexplicably, and there seemed to be something in his subconscious that was about to move, he clenched the long sword in his hand and looked at the city tower with a sharp gaze.

"Xiao Pingzhang, you pretended to pass on the holy decree to live in the palace and stand on your own, and now I will eradicate the traitor for the prince, if you are interested, I can still ask His Royal Highness the prince to intercede and give you a whole corpse, if you can't, don't blame me for being polite."

"Hahaha-" Xiao Pingzhang seemed to have heard something funny, "My father had already issued an edict to abolish the crown prince before his death, and now you are here to bite a prince, wouldn't it be a joke to be the edict of the first emperor." ”

Lu Zhiyuan's face was calm, before he could speak, the sound of horses' hooves sounded behind him, he turned around and saw the prince riding a horse, the prince looked at him with obvious reproach, "Zhiyuan, what are you waiting for, why didn't you order the siege of the city for so long?" ”

"Your Highness, the third prince has a hostage in his hands." Lu Zhiyuan glanced at the city tower.

Although he no longer has the past feelings for Bai Susu in his heart, there is an obvious feeling in his heart that constantly reminds him that he doesn't want this woman to die.

The crown prince took a few steps forward, raised his eyes to look at the people in the city, turned around and said lightly, "A woman, if you like it, you will be sent a thousand by yourself in the future." ”

Lu Zhiyuan frowned subconsciously, he didn't know if it was because of the prince's words or because of the faint feeling in his heart that he couldn't say it, which made him very resistant to this sentence.

"Prince, the talisman in the hands of the third prince was handed over to the minister by the Bai clan, and without the help of the Bai clan, it would be impossible for our soldiers and horses to arrive in the capital so quickly."

The crown prince glanced at him, and his expression was very calm, "The Bai family wishes Gu a meritorious service in eradicating the traitor, and in the future, Gu will naturally seal her and her family." ”

This means that he is going to forcibly attack the city regardless of Bai Susu's life or death.

Lu Zhiyuan glanced at the woman on the city wall again, the wind blew her hair so that people couldn't see her face clearly, the knife with cold light was now on her neck, and it would kill her with a little force.

"Zhiyuan, you will immediately order the siege of the city!" The prince frowned, already waiting impatiently.

"Prince."

"This is Lone's order, regardless of the cost, before dark, Lone wants to see Xiao Pingzhang's head in front of Lone." The prince's face was gloomy, he had been waiting for this day for too long, he couldn't wait any longer.

Lu Zhiyuan still didn't move, his heart was constantly intertwined with complex and unpredictable emotions at the moment, the long sword in his hand was slowly raised, he knew that as long as this sword fell, the soldiers behind him would rush into the city like crazy.

"You see he's ready to attack the city, Su Su, I said a long time ago that he is not your lover, but you don't believe it." Xiao Pingzhang's voice almost came from her ears.

"I don't believe it, Lord Lu wouldn't be so ruthless." Bai Susu still couldn't believe it, even now, she still didn't want to believe that Lord Lu, who had treated her so well, would ignore her life or death.

"Su Su, you are really stubborn, I told you that the sword is a code, and when the sword falls, the soldiers behind him will rush up." Xiao Pingzhang said and sighed, "What do you say I should do with you, I am reluctant to let you die, but I am even more jealous of letting you go back to him." ”

The blade of the sword grazed her neck, and the cold cold light swam on her, Bai Susu looked up at the face of the man in front of her, "Xiao Pingzhang, you killed me......"

Before she finished speaking, she clearly saw the man's expression darkened, and the next moment she was held in his arms, and at the same time she turned around, two arrows swept past her ears.

"Xiao Pingzhang, you-"

"I'm fine, they're about to attack the city, you have followed me, with the prince's temperament, he will not rest assured that he will spare your life, there is a path in the city that leads to the outside of the city, I will take you away." At the same time as Xiao Pingzhang's words fell, the sound of rushing and killing also came out.

Lu Zhiyuan looked at the prince next to him incredulously, his voice hid the tremor that he didn't even notice, "Why did you release the arrow!" ”

"Late is changing, we've been delaying here for too long. Since you can't make up your mind, let Lone help you make a decision. So saying, he whipped his horse and rode into the city.

Lu Zhiyuan's brows furrowed tightly, just now the prince's two arrows were all shot at Xiao Pingzhang's body, he didn't know what would happen to Bai Susu, whether he would also be injured.

Thinking of this, he didn't dare to delay, and rushed into the city on horseback, Xiao Pingzhang was injured at the moment, and he must not be able to run far. The crown prince is dead, who can cut off the head of the third prince with a bounty of one thousand taels, such a generous reward has already made the generals red-eyed, and it is very dangerous for Bai Susu to follow Xiao Pingzhang's side at this moment.

After the city was broken, the city was in a mess, there were soldiers carrying the corpses to the outside of the city at the city gate, the city was filled with the smell of blood, Lu Zhiyuan was walking in the city on horseback, his people had searched the city several times, but they didn't see Xiao Pingzhang and Bai Susu's figures.

The crown prince had already hurried into the palace, and the aftermath was left to him to continue to deal with.

"My lord, my subordinates have captured the minister who is about to flee from the third prince's side, what can he know?" His soldiers came to report the news to him.

Lu Zhiyuan nodded indifferently, "Bring it here." ”

Soon the soldier came to him with a man dressed in coarse linen and with his hair wrapped in a cloth, and he looked like an ordinary man.

The man was also obviously stunned when he saw Lu Zhiyuan, and then laughed again, "It's okay if it falls into your hands, if you want to kill it, you have to give it a good time." ”

"Xu Zi'an." Lu Zhiyuan sat on horseback, he looked at the former friend in front of him coldly, he had too much puzzlement in his heart, he regarded Xu Zi'an as his best friend, but he designed to kill his life again and again.

He waved his hand, and the soldiers retreated.

Xu Zi'an looked around, and he looked at the person in front of him with a cold gaze, "If you don't kill me, you want to ask me why I hate you so much." ”

Lu Zhiyuan didn't speak, and Xu Zi'an's eyes were suddenly filled with bitter hatred, "You Lu family people deserve to die." ”

"What did the Lu family do that made you hate it." He frowned, and his tone didn't fluctuate much.

"Back then, my sister Little Bell was killed by your Lu family, I am such a sister, she was only ten years old, and she was killed alive by you, do you think I will not hate?"

"Little Bell-" Lu Zhiyuan seemed to fall into a long memory, "She was not killed by our Lu family, it turned out that Little Bell was your sister, she was caught stealing things back then, and we didn't do anything to her, but she threw herself into the well because of shame." ”

Although the Lu family was not a good family, they would not kill a ten-year-old child for stealing, and after catching her, they were only ready to drive her away, but she didn't expect that she couldn't think of it herself, so she committed suicide by throwing herself into a well.

"No way, my sister has been kind and sensible since she was a child, how could he steal." Xu Zi'an was very emotional, he didn't believe it, "Now that my sister is dead, you can say whatever you want." ”

"I don't have to lie to you, this matter is not a secret in the Lu family, people who are a little older know it, because the person died suddenly, and we couldn't contact her family, so we could only find a place for her to be buried outside the city." Lu Zhiyuan said.

Xu Zi'an's body shook, he had been planning to take revenge on the Lu family for so many years, but now someone told him that he had taken revenge on the wrong person, and it had become a joke for so many years, how could he accept it.

"Your sister is buried outside the city now, you can go and see her." Lu Zhiyuan said that he would leave on horseback, he had never thought of Xu Zi'an's life.

Xu Zi'an looked at his back, was silent for a moment, turned around and walked out of the city.

After searching the city for three whole days, all the places were searched, but Xiao Pingzhang and Bai Susu disappeared as if out of thin air, and they were nowhere to be found.

The crown prince was very dissatisfied with this, and he looked at the subordinates below angrily, "A group of waste, I can't find anyone." Continue to look for Lonely, and give you three more days, and if you can't find it in three days, you will come to see you! ”

When Xiao Pingzhang left, he also took away the jade seal of the country and a few edicts left by the emperor, those things will cause turmoil outside, especially the jade seal of the country, the prince inherited the jade seal of the country and passed on the ten indispensable things, if it is missing, the name is not right. The crown prince has been in the palace for so long, and the jade seal has not been found, and he has not been able to inherit the throne because of this.

The subordinates immediately received the order to retreat, and Lu Zhiyuan also said, "The minister also retreated." ”

"Zhiyuan, you wait, I have something to tell you."

Lu Zhiyuan stopped, and he said to the prince, "Your Highness has something to order." ”

"It's been some time since Lone entered the palace, and this morning there was a minister who persuaded Lone to inherit the unification as soon as possible, but now the jade seal of the country has fallen into the hands of traitors, and Lone is always unjustified if he agrees, and this matter makes Lone uneasy day and night." The prince said with a very embarrassed look.

Lu Zhiyuan bowed and said, "The crown prince inherited the throne is a matter of heaven, although the whereabouts of the jade seal of the country are unknown now, but if it has been delayed because of this, it will not be good for state affairs." According to the minister's opinion, the prince can first announce to the world to ascend the throne on a certain day, and as for the jade seal, he will send someone to step up the search, so that the officials can rest assured and the people can rest assured. ”

The prince waited for him to say this, but when he heard the words, he still made a look of embarrassment, "This, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart, and he said, "Tomorrow, the ministers will convene hundreds of officials to jointly write a letter and ask the prince to inherit the throne." ”