On the night of the fifteenth day of the winter month of the twenty-ninth year of the Dongsheng calendar, in the Duke's Mansion of Qingdu, a child on the bed was about four years old, his forehead was full, his face was like a crown of jade, and he was sleeping soundly. There was a lot of noise outside, but it didn't affect the child's sleep. This child is the young Lingyi, whose real name is Wu Ling.

After a while, Wu Ling, who was still asleep, was pulled up by his sister, hastily collected two clothes, and his mother led the two out of the back door, got into a carriage, and ran out of the city.

Although Wu Ling's mother, Wei Shi Jinyu, was frowning, her brows were tightly knit at this time, and she looked anxious. Sister Wu Zhuqi, thirteen years old, gentle and elegant, with a beautiful national color, was holding Wu Ling in her arms at this time.

The people in the same car also have the housekeeper Wu Qing and his granddaughter and grandson, Wu Qing is just to drive the horse, the whip is whipped loudly, the granddaughter Wu Yue'er is slightly older than Zhu Qi is two years old, and the grandson Wu Kui is the same age as Wu Ling.

In the car, Wei glanced out of the car, as if expecting someone to appear, but he didn't dare to stick his head out of the window, for fear of being found out of the car.

Wu Ling and Wu Kui were in good spirits, their two pairs of black eyes were spinning, and they had questions in their hearts, but they felt the oppressive atmosphere in the car, and they didn't dare to ask more.

The group came to the west gate of Qingdu, it was the time of the curfew, the carriage was stopped on the side of the city gate avenue, Wu Qing got off the car to negotiate with the night forbidden army, but was driven back.

Wei had no choice but to get out of the car, and the person who stopped the car was Sun Ting, the head of the forbidden army, Sun Ting had an old relationship with Wu Ling's father, who was injured in the army that year, and it was Wu Ling's father who was promoted to the forbidden army to teach and retire.

Originally, old people like Sun Ting didn't have to be on duty at night, but today they came to guard after receiving an emergency military order, and there were rumors in the army, it seemed that something big had happened in the palace, and they couldn't relax.

Sun Ting saw Wei get out of the car, saw the person coming clearly, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Wei also gave a salute to express his intentions, and begged Sun Ting to let him go, but Sun Ting was difficult to do and hesitated: looking at this situation, the affairs in the palace must be inseparable from the Wu family.

Wei knelt down: "Lao asks the head to let me wait for the mother and son to live." Sun Ting didn't dare to accept the salute, and hurriedly flashed aside.

After thinking about it, Sun Ting stomped his feet, opened the pawn in front of the door, secretly opened a crack in the door, and released Wei and his party out of the city.

Eighty miles to the west, Wu Ling and Wu Kui were already asleep, Wei touched Wu Ling's face with a smile, took Zhu Qi's hands with one hand, and explained: "In the future, you have to take good care of your younger brother, and you must take care of yourself, you first go to Xisha City to meet your grandfather, and on the way, you must listen to Grandpa Wu Qing's words, I will come back to meet you." Tears flowed down as he spoke, and as soon as Wu Zhuqi was about to speak, he was caught by Wei's acupoint and fell asleep, but there were tears in the corners of his eyes, dripping on Wu Ling's face.

Wei got out of the car and explained a few words to Wu Qing, and his strength was on the soles of his feet, and he ran quickly towards the road without a trace.

Rushed to the west gate, the early morning had arrived, and the dim clouds overwhelmed the whole Qingdu, which was "black clouds crushing the city and wanting to destroy".

Sun Ting saw Wei's galloping at the head of the city, and hurriedly signaled to go quickly, but Wei ignored it, jumped over the moat, stepped on the city wall twice, and stood in front of Sun Ting.

Wei gave a salute to Sun Ting, "Thank you for the great grace of the sect leader, you can send me back to the house, just say that you captured me, and I am alone."

"Madame, why bother?"

"I don't want to implicate the head of the sect, so please ask the head of the sect to tie me up and escort me back to the house. ”

"Hey" Sun Ting sighed and gave Wei a big gift.

It is said that Sun Ting tied up Wei's and led a column of forbidden troops to escort him back to his house, and met a group of forbidden troops galloping towards the west gate, and the person who led the army was Li Qinwu, the deputy commander of the forbidden army. Standing on the horse, he glanced at Wei, whipped and led the team to continue to run towards the west gate, Wei's face showed a trace of anxiety, staring closely at the direction of the west gate, watching the forbidden army go away.

Slowly, the snowflakes began to fall from the sky, large and large, but the snowflakes did not fall on Weis's shoulders and silver filaments, as if there was a protective film to isolate the snowflakes from a foot away.

Looking back, stepping forward, collecting emotions, and continuing towards the Duke's Palace, the sky was darker and the snow was heavier.

The daylight has not yet broken, the snow has not yet fallen, and the empty streets of the city are covered with snowflakes, making Gyeongdu even more bleak.

In Japan, the morning market should be noisy, but nowadays, chickens and dogs do not bark, and the people do not come out. It's just because of the incident that happened last night, that big thing that no one dares to mention.

After a long time, a string of horses' hooves was heard at the end of the street in the distance, and a group of sergeants came to the door of the Duke's Mansion of the First Class, and surrounded the Duke's Palace with swords.

A eunuch who announced the decree walked quickly to the door with the holy decree in hand, and with a wave of his hand, six guards with knives stepped forward, and with a "bang", the six people kicked open the door of the duke's palace. The giant wooden gate, which should have been impregnable, is now as easy to break as papier-mâché.

No one reported it, no one led the way, and a group of sergeants escorted the holy decree to the main hall.

At this time, there was a man sitting on the main hall, about forty years old, with a resolute face, his eyes slightly closed, and he was not angry and arrogant.

On the left side of the hand, stand a long halberd, one zhang long, weigh 100 catties, and the cold light is overflowing; the right hand holds a green edge, the sword is not out of the body, and the cold light is overwhelming.

This person was restrained, but the murderous aura attacked people, the little eunuch almost landed on his knees, and was carried by a guard behind him to stand on his waist, only to see that his legs trembled.

"Decree," the little eunuch shouted tremblingly, and the man was still unmoved.

The little eunuch glanced back at the commander of the imperial guard, and the commander nodded his head, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Wu He, the power leans towards the government and the opposition, intervenes in the harem, plots to kill the emperor's heir, cuts off the title of marquis, and beheads all over the house; Qin this, the 16th day of the winter month of the 29th year of the Eastern Sheng calendar. ”

The whole hall could hear the needles falling, and the little eunuch stepped forward, "Pick up, pick up, take the order, Master Hou." ”

The person sitting in the hall was Wuhou Wuhe, Wu Ling's father, and the general of the auxiliary state of the second rank of the dynasty. His father, Wu Zhi, was the founding father, a first-class duke, and the generalissimo of the Dongsheng Empire.

The eunuch handed the holy decree forward, but Wu He's eyes were still slightly closed, unmoved.

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, very hurried.

The little eunuch looked back at the person who came, and hurriedly bent down and saluted: "Chief Yang is in charge, and General Lin is in charge."

It turned out that it was Yang Xun, the head of the Great Interior, and Lin Feng, the commander of the forbidden army, who came in.

Chief Yang stepped forward and saluted Wu He, "The emperor said: Receiving an urgent report from Yongzhou, last night the Rakshasa Tiger and Wolf Division attacked Yanmen Pass, Wu Zhi was defeated, retreated to Xisha City, and the two cities of Sand Dune and Ancient Road have now fallen, and Wu Zhi killed himself in Xisha City in the early hours of this morning. ”

Suddenly, a momentum of Pang Bo pressed towards everyone, and the little eunuch was so frightened that he fell to the ground on the spot, already incontinent. Chief Yang and the two commanders were still able to resist, but they were also forced back more than three steps, and the rest of the guards had been forced to the door of the lobby, and they all drew their waist knives to resist this momentum.

A pair of tiger eyes were red with anger, and they swept over everyone in the hall one by one. His gaze slowly became dim from the regent, and with a sigh, Wu He slowly stood up, "What else does the emperor have to say?" ”

Manager Yang: "Pass on the emperor's edict: Wu He will come to the imperial study before noon. After speaking, he handed a jade bottle to Wu He's chest.

"This is the Sangong Dan, is it the emperor's meaning?" Wu Yu asked Yang Xun.

"This ......" Yang Xun couldn't answer, just lowered his head.

Wu He moved his gaze to Commander Lin, who avoided Wu He's gaze and said lightly: "I don't ask or answer about the affairs of the Heavenly Family, I only do my duty." ”

Wu He took the jade bottle, "It doesn't matter if it's the emperor's intention. After speaking, he crushed the jade bottle, swallowed the pill in one gulp, closed his eyes, and cold sweat broke out on his head, which was very painful, but his brows were not wrinkled.

Disarmed, plywooded, shackled, and out of the house, heavy snow slowly covered the entire ducal palace.

When I got out of the main gate, I met Wei who was escorted back to the house, looking at each other and crying before saying a word.

"The kids are out of town. ”

"My father died. ”

Hearing this, Wei was shocked, looking at the locks on her husband's body and the snow on her shoulders, she understood everything, there was anxiety and hatred in her eyes, and more of a trace of love and persistence.

"Why should you be persistent, taking care of your children is the most important thing, it is unwise to come back. ”

"My husband shares our weal and woe, and I share my husband's life and death. ”

"What more could you ask for a wife like this!"

The chickens and dogs still do not bark in the streets, and the people do not come out.