"They are the old man's people."

As soon as my words fell, I heard Shen Gong's cold voice sound, and as soon as I looked up, I saw him walking out slowly from the side with his hands behind his back.

At this time, it was almost dawn, but it was the darkest time before dawn, there was no light in the sky, and even the stars in the sky were hidden in the thick clouds, and the entire Juma River Valley seemed to be covered by a huge black hand, leaving no gaps for people to breathe.

And Shen Gongyun's excessively thin and shrewd face, under the reflection of the torch next to him, gave people more and more a harsh feeling.

I frowned, fearing that it would affect the inside of the king's tent, so I hurriedly lowered the curtain and walked out, only to find that the layout in front of the king's tent seemed to have changed. I walked to the door of the fence, and still reluctantly bowed to him: "The lower official greets Master Taifu." I don't know what Lord Taifu sent them to do? ”

Shen Gongyun sneered: "They are sent by the old man to protect the emperor and the queen mother, and this, I also have to explain to you Lord Yue?" ”

Although his attitude towards me was already very clear before, that kind of clarity was the clarity of the camp, and there was always the restraint of people in the officialdom, but the sentence just now seemed to have completely lost restraint, and the faint anger and smile on his old fox-like face made my heart sink.

"The lower officials don't dare. It's just—"

"Just what?"

"The people who protect the emperor and the queen mother, and have their own Praetorian Guards, don't seem to worry about Lord Taifu."

"Huh, Praetorian Guard?" Shen Gongyi sneered and said, "That day, the emperor and Concubine Li were attacked by hungry tigers in the forest, and the old man was always worried about the emperor's safety. If it weren't for the poor protection of the Praetorian Guards, how could the emperor be seriously injured and unconscious?! ”

I frowned: "That-"

Before the words came out, I heard a heavy footsteps on the other side, giving people a shocking feeling in such a quiet night, as soon as I looked up, I saw a torch shining in front of me, I squinted my eyes slightly, only to see that Sun Jingfei had already come over with someone, and his face was also with a heavy expression, until he walked in front of Shen Gongyi, and arched his hand: "Master Taifu." ”

Shen Gong didn't look back, just stood there arrogantly.

Sun Jingfei still said very calmly: "I just heard from them that Lord Shen drove all the people of the Praetorian Guard back, I don't know why did your lord do this?" ”

Shen Gongyi sneered: "Hmph, the Praetorian Guards are not well guarded, the old man withdrew you, and you still have the face to ask?" ”

Sun Jingfei's face also sank, but he still said respectfully: "If the guards are not effective, when the emperor is sent down in the future, the lower officials will definitely accept the guilt, even if the emperor sentences the lower officials to be killed, the lower officials will be killed." However, this time the guards of the spring hunt were handed over by the emperor to the lower officials and the Praetorian Guards, and Shen Taifu withdrew the Praetorian Guards like this, just afraid of the emperor's safety-"

"Presumptuous!" Shen Gongyi interrupted him suddenly: "You are already a scapegoat, and you dare to say more to this official!" This time, all the arrangements for the spring hunt were handed over by the emperor to the official to deal with, and it was the official who thought of the emperor's safety to withdraw your Praetorian Guard! ”

"What do you mean, Lord Taifu?"

"Although the hungry tiger who attacked the emperor the day before yesterday has been killed, I am afraid that there will still be a crisis, and this official can rest assured that he has let the imperial battalion soldiers come to protect him!"

As soon as these words came out, Sun Jingfei and I both glanced at each other.

Everyone knows that tigers have always been lone beasts, where do they appear in groups? Besides, even if a group of tigers appeared on the steppe, this was the place where the royal family camped after all, and no matter how bad the Praetorian Guard was, it was impossible for the tigers to break into the camp and threaten the emperor's safety!

This is simply his excuse!

I looked around by the light of the fire, and sure enough, there were no Praetorian Guards in several key places, and all of them were held by the imperial soldiers brought by Shen Gongyi!

In this way, the entire camp in the Juma River Valley will fall into his hands!

Shen Gongyun glanced at us again, and immediately said, "Come on, bring them down for me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a few soldiers came up to arrest me, Sun Jingfei saw those people approaching, and suddenly there was a fierce intent in the tiger's eyes, and one hand immediately touched the golden knife on his waist, and several people behind him saw this scene, and immediately pulled out their swords and stepped forward.

I only heard a few sharp sounds in the firmament, and the sword was unsheathed, reflecting the firelight in front of me, emitting the smell of blood and a terrifying cold light.

For a while, there was tension at the gate of the king's tent, and the atmosphere was tense as if it was about to erupt.

When I saw this scene, I was also shocked into a cold sweat on my back, but I looked around - I didn't expect that Shen Gongyi had taken advantage of the night to control the whole situation, and at this time, even if Sun Jingfei argued with him on the merits, it was useless.

The number of the Praetorian Guards was far from being able to compete with the personal soldiers of the imperial camp.

If there is really a disturbance, I even believe that Shin Gongjun will definitely say that Sun Jingfei intends to rebel, which is an old trick of the DPRK and China to frame people. Now that Pei Yuanhao is seriously injured and in a coma, Shen Gongyi's official position is the largest, he can say whatever he wants, and giving this hat to Sun Jingfei is equivalent to framing the entire Praetorian Guard, so the situation is even more difficult to control.

Thinking of this, I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Sun Jingfei's hand that pulled out the golden knife: "Lord Sun." ”

His thick eyebrows furrowed, and he looked down at me.

I pressed his hand and shook my head slightly.

He was stunned when he met my gaze, then turned his head to look around, and seemed to quickly understand the current situation, the hand holding the handle of the knife was slightly forced, and his knuckles rattled, and he heard Shen Gongyi say loudly: "Sun Jingfei, can't your Praetorian Guards rebel!" ”

I guessed correctly, he really has to buckle this hat!

As soon as he heard this, Sun Jingfei also understood better, he gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and finally put the knife back into the sheath fiercely.

Several guards behind him originally thought that they were going to fight and take a breath, but seeing him like this, they could only temporarily restrain themselves, and the people of the imperial camp immediately stepped forward and surrounded them.

Only then did I turn my head to look at Shen Gongyi and said, "Taifu Shen, even if you are arranging the spring hunt this time, but the emperor led the Praetorian Guards to come, and he also wanted them to protect the safety of the camp, this is the emperor's intention, and Lord Taifu is afraid that it is not good to disobey the emperor's will casually." ”

Shen Gongyi snorted coldly and said, "Yue Qingying, you are a small Jixian Palace, and you dare to use the emperor to press me?" ”

The soldiers behind him also sneered: "Hmph, with our royal camp soldiers, where do you need them to protect you?" ”

When the people behind Sun Jingfei heard this, they became angry again: "What are you talking about?!" ”

"What do you say we say?"

"Have the courage to say it again!"

"Don't be afraid to say it ten times, waste!"

"You-"

Seeing those people quarreling again, I'm afraid that things will intensify, if you really make a move, Sun Jingfei is brave again, in the end, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, the Praetorian Guards have no chance of winning against the soldiers of the Imperial Battalion, if we lose him and the help of the Praetorian Guards now, if we have to face something next, it will be even more difficult on our side!

Thinking of this, I gently tugged at his sleeve and whispered in his ear: "Lord Sun, don't conflict with them for the time being." ”

Sun Jingfei listened to my words, his brows furrowed, as if he was a little hesitant.

I whispered again, "Now, it's not the time. ”

He looked at my furrowed brows, looked up at the royal tent behind me, and finally turned around: "Go!" ”

The guards behind him were about to do something with someone, but when they heard him say this, they could only endure it one by one, and one of them was still unwilling, and said, "Go?" So where are we going? ”

The entire camp has been controlled by Shen Gong, and the Praetorian Guards really have no place to stand.

Like Sun Jingfei, I frowned, looked up at the living mouth of the valley in front of me, the morning light on the horizon was slightly dewed, and I could only see that there seemed to be no one stationed there, so I said softly: "Lord Sun, you take someone to the valley mouth first." ”

Sun Jingfei glanced back, was silent for a while, as if thinking about something, and suddenly waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

As soon as the words were spoken, he had already left the camp with the people.

I stood in front of the king's tent, faintly watching the Praetorian Guards looking at this side from a distance, and after Sun Jing flew over, I withdrew to the valley mouth.

In fact, letting Sun Jing fly to Taniguchi was just a casual remark at this time in order to stabilize the situation, but I didn't expect that it would play a crucial role in the later development of the situation.

As soon as Sun Jingfei left, Shen Gongyi also turned his head and looked at me with a sneer: "Those who know the times are Junjie." ”

I didn't speak, he waved his hand: "Take her down." ”

Immediately two soldiers came forward to take me away, I was pushed by them and walked slowly to the side, and after taking two steps, I heard Shen Gongyi behind me about to enter the king's tent, and paused again, and asked idly, "Where is Lord Liu?" ”

"Back to Master Taifu, Lord Liu is sick."

Sick? My heart trembled, and I looked back at them, only to see Shen Gongyi raise his eyebrows, and said with a lazy smile: "I ran to the sword washing pool for two days, why did I fall ill?" I think it's a heart disease -- let the doctor come and take a look. After saying that, he glanced at me, a little smile on the corner of his mouth, and bowed his head into the king's tent.

As soon as my footsteps stopped, two soldiers behind me immediately pushed me: "Hurry up!" He could no longer see what he was going to do next, and was carried away from the king's tent by those men, and in a short time he was outside the queen's tent.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, I was pushed in by them.

Looking up, the queen and the buckle were in the tent, Chang Qing was sitting upright, her face was a little pale, and when she saw me walking in, Shui Xiu hurriedly got up and rushed over: "My lord! ”

She grabbed my arm and looked me up and down: "They didn't do anything to you, did they?" ”

"It's okay" I shook my head calmly, and then walked in front of Chang Qing: "Queen Mother." ”

Although Chang Qing's face was pale, he was quite calm, nodded lightly, looked at me and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's fine."

As he spoke, the curtain behind him had fallen, and there was a slight crackle on the ground, but the people in the tent were shaken, and after a while, they heard the heavy footsteps of several soldiers running around and stopped, apparently, this place was also guarded by them.

I walked up to Chang Qing and said softly, "When are they—"

"In the middle of the night." Chang Qing frowned slightly, and said, "Just after Yin, the people from the imperial camp came down. ”

I bit my lower lip.

It was not long after the light cold came to me.

Sure enough, when I found him for the second time, he wasn't standing alone at the edge of the camp, but now that I think about it, it should be Shen Gongjun, or the person he sent got the news of him and ensured that something was foolproof, and the imperial camp soldiers did it!

Shen Gongjun has obviously been planning for a long time for this time!

I asked, "What did they say?" ”

Chang Qing sneered: "It is said that there are strange movements of fierce beasts on the grassland, and it is said that the Praetorian Guards are unfavorable and have been withdrawn, and now the entire camp is controlled by the imperial battalion soldiers." ”

I bit my lower lip, almost biting the skin, Chang Qing looked at my expression, seemed to know something, and said slowly after a while: "Where did you just go?" ”

"The King's Tent."

"Oh?" She was slightly moved, and hurriedly said, "What about the emperor?" ”

“…… Still sick. ”

"The Queen Mother—"

I bit my lower lip and didn't speak again.

This time, Chang Qing's brows were also locked, and she slowly walked back and sat down, and the few of them were probably frightened just now, and they were all standing next to them with pale faces at this time.

Even if they didn't participate in the battle for the heir a few years ago, they had at least heard that at that time they were still in the imperial city, and the two brothers could fight each other so that the corpses were all over the field and the blood flowed, and now in a place like the Juma River Valley, if Shen Gongji really wanted to do it, I was afraid that none of the people here would be able to go back alive.

It's just -- he hasn't done it yet.

Even if he still cares about the Praetorian Guard, but in the end it is just a scruple, the strength of the Praetorian Guard is completely insufficient to resist the imperial camp soldiers, the reason why he is now taking advantage of the night to control the key points, I am afraid that he does not want to raise troops like this, after all, although the battle for the heir was fierce, in the end it was the family affair of the royal family, the brothers are on the wall, as long as the people below stand in the right position, even if they are killed, there is no objection.

However, as a courtier, this is a great disapproval of the world.

Although Shin Gong-jin is in power, he cannot fail to pay attention to this.

So, he is still maintaining a semblance of peace, and the purpose should be-

Chang Qing sat there and muttered, "He has today's step, but I'm afraid that it's not a day or two to calculate." ”

“……”

"If the emperor hasn't woken up, then the Queen Mother—"

“……”

"I don't know how the Queen Mother will deal with it."

Hearing her muttered words, I only felt a tingling in my back, and my whole body trembled.

Chang Qing looked at me and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”