Chapter 42: The Emperor's Strategy
"Your Majesty is too worried, presumably my answer can also satisfy Your Majesty, shouldn't Your Majesty tell me the reason why you ran out of the palace in the middle of the night? The minister wanted to know what kind of reason could make His Majesty ignore the government and put the country aside and go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. ”
Zuo Chen looked at Rui Yan coldly, and a rare anger flashed in his shining eyes.
He hadn't forgotten what he saw in the carriage after kicking people out of the carriage just now, a carriage was bright and shiny, it was all decorations, we could pretend not to see it, but what brocade quilts, clothes boxes, and bookshelves were messy Anyway, you can think of all the usual necessities, and a whole carriage was loaded, Zuo Chen couldn't help but wonder if he was going to move the palace out.
Rui Yan looked at Zuo Chen's cold face directly, trying to discern how much of the emotions expressed on it were real, he still remembered that when he first tried to believe this person when he was in Yilan Pavilion, he had such a warm face that made his heart warm.
"There is a traitor in the Tang Gate, and it is no longer safe in the palace, there are two main purposes for coming out this time, the first is to catch the traitor, and the second is to give the emperor a reason to rebel. I can catch them all, it's much easier to do that than to look for evidence, and I really don't have to wait for the assassination of Ye'an Tang. Rui Yan avoided Zuo Chen's eyes and said lightly.
These are naturally his goals, but Rui Yan picked out some unimportant words, his real purpose is still the person in front of him, Zuo Chen, and his memory.
Take him out to find his master to find out what happened back then, and by the way, let the Yeluqi of the Khitan know where the person he is looking for is, the person he is wise to say, and tell him to die of that heart as soon as possible.
Secondly, in the end, the Khitan is a big problem, and he Zuochen happens to be the person on the tip of Yeluqi's heart, as an emperor who is good at using power, he really can't put such a good move not to take advantage of.
Hearing him say this, Zuo Chen frowned tightly, and said in astonishment: "You are ready to let Prince Xiangrui rebel, if you give him the kind of incompetent person to control the capital, even if you are ten percent sure that you will be able to take the capital back at that time." Have you ever wondered what to do with the innocent people in the city, and what about the soldiers who died for the mutiny, did they just make them victims of the mutiny? ”
Rui Yan's indifferent pupils shrank because of Zuo Chen's words, and his cold and gorgeous face looked in the direction of the capital with some complicated expressions, clenched his fists and finally said coldly: "Once you will succeed, some sacrifices are inevitable, and as an emperor, you can't have the kindness of a woman." My PositionThe policy I have learned to govern the country is to solve the problem in the simplest and most effective way, and the regime is poured with blood, and my prime minister will not even know this. ”
Zuo Chen looked at his cold back, and felt powerless to refute, because what he said was right, when his teacher taught him how to be a courtier, he had mentioned how to consider it from the perspective of the emperor.
The wind blew coolly through the tips of their hair, and Zuochen had an extremely miserable feeling in the face of the bright red of the nascent sun, and involuntarily pulled up his clothes.
Rui Yan came back to his senses and looked at Zuo Chen a little lonely, the man who had been standing by his side since he ascended the throne, his straight back looked cold and arrogant.
Zuo Chen also noticed his eyes, and there was a slight pain in his heart, and he didn't dare to look at him with some dodge, and said a little bitterly: "Your Majesty, where are you going to go next?" ”
The charming phoenix eyes were enchanting and charming, and she withdrew her deep black pupils and chuckled and said, "I want to go and meet your master, Mr. Bai." ”
Zuo Chen withdrew the hand that was going to get the kettle, his heart tightened, and he looked a little careless and said, "Your Majesty, is there anything to find Xiao Bai's master?" ”
Rui Yan just glanced at him with a clear look in his eyes, and didn't answer anything, he turned around and walked out of the bushes first, and when his figure was almost gone, he said lightly: "I want to know about the things of the past, but it's just some old things, and I won't do anything to your master." ”
Zuo Chen wanted to get close to him with some unease, and asked in more detail, an anxious look appeared on his cold face for the first time, he couldn't understand why this cold and bloodthirsty emperor would target his master, who had always been indifferent to fame and fortune, he wouldn't know anything.
Zuo Chen was just about to get closer to him, when his sensitive ears heard the sound of breaking the air behind him, he quickly leaned down on the horse's back, and at the same time shouted to the defenseless Rui Yan in front of him: "Be careful, the enemy is attacking." ”
Almost at the moment when Zuo Chen spoke, Rui Yan turned sideways to avoid the hidden weapon thrown from his side, and Yin Qi, who was not far from them, had quickly entered a vigilant posture and chased after him in the direction of the hidden weapon.
Zuo Chen got up from his horse almost without pause, rolled down, and pulled out his sword to protect Rui Yan's side.
The sharp eyes didn't have much time to pay attention to the complex expression of the person behind him, the bright eyes quickly swept through the surrounding grass and trees, the body outlined a neat and elegant arc because of the tension, the legs took a small step back, and the body bowed slightly, and the seemingly casual actions could burst out at any moment with a fatal blow.
Soon there was a dense sound of breaking the air in the forest on their right, although it was subtle, it did not escape the ears of the two of them, and their expressions changed at the same time, it was a bow and crossbow.
Zuo Chen turned around to hug Rui Yan and wanted to roll farther away, but Rui Yan actually just wanted to push Zuo Chen out of the range of the bow and crossbow, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly turn around at this time, and crashed into Zuo Chen's arms before he could stop the brake.
Tightly hugged his chest with a faint smell of grass, strangely brought him a sense of security, at the same time did not miss Zuo Chen's muffled snort, raised his head uneasily, but saw him smile faintly, that smile is not as cold as usual, with the bright moon and the warmth of the sun, strange people are reluctant to look away.
However, the assassin who has no discipline will not give these two people more time to reminisce about the moment just now, and at the moment when Rui Yan flashed his mind, he was already held by Zuo Chen on the ground and rolled around for an unknown number of times.
Hiding in a haystack not far away, making what was originally just a gray servant of one person become now two of them are gray servants, Zuo Chen didn't even have time to give Rui Yan a reaction, so he picked up the long sword on the side, and a flash disappeared in front of his eyes.
Rui Yan looked at Zuo Chen with a complicated expression, his fingers clenched into fists, picked up the leaves on the side, injected internal force into the fire like a secret weapon to send the leaves out, and hit a few grasses that Zuo Chen hadn't noticed, and then there were a few muffled snorts.
Over there, Zuo Chen quickly walked between several black-clothed assassins with a sword, a little powerless, and the shadow flashed, and the two sides had already exchanged dozens of moves in an instant. Zuo Chen didn't have the upper hand, but the flowing green clothes already looked a little embarrassed, although he dodged a few deadly attacks, he couldn't dodge those chaotic attacks one by one, and the small traces on his body were constantly increasing.