Chapter 31: The False King
It was quiet in the middle of the night, and the guards were exhausted and had secretly slept soundly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Suddenly, there was a loud bang from nowhere, and the sound was heard, and the guards were awakened. It seemed to be something banging on the gate, and then I saw several torches flying in from outside the courtyard walls. One of the guards shouted, "It's not good, someone has attacked the palace!" Immediately there was chaos in the palace, and everyone raised their vigilance and wanted to open the gate and kill them.
As soon as the door opened, suddenly a stone the size of a human head flew towards one of the guards, but fortunately the guard flashed quickly and was not smashed. I saw two men outside the door, holding stones in their hands and about to throw them at the door.
The guard in front shouted: "Who are you, you sneak attack the palace in the middle of the night, you are so bold, brothers take it for me!"
The two men were Ah San and An Er, and the two of them hurriedly hugged the back of their heads with their hands and said, "The official spares his life, the official spares his life!" As he spoke, several spears of the guards were already placed in front of the two of them. The leader roared angrily: "Take it away for me and hand it over to Prince Sheyu!" A group of guards escorted Cheng Fei and An San back to the mansion.
The guards escorted Ah San and An Er back to the palace, originally to hand them over to Prince Sheyu. As he walked, he suddenly saw a group of guards gathered in front of him, showing his blade in his hand, but he hesitated there, and then looked forward, on the stone steps in front of a hall, a man in leather armor had a frightened face, and was held to his neck by a young man in gray clothes behind him, and the man in gray clothes was Mo Xiaofeng.
The leader of the group of guards who escorted Cheng Fei Ansan said, "Who are you, let go of the commanders!"
Mo Xiaofeng took the hostages and said with a kind smile: "Brothers, there are many offenses here, I'm really sorry, we only have one request, can you take me to meet Prince Sheyi!"
The leader said, "Who the hell are you, what do you want to do when you see Prince Sheyi!"
Mo Xiaofeng said in a joking tone: "Don't worry, we don't kill people, we just want to see Prince Sheyong, and we have something important to report, so we make this decision, but if you don't take us to see Prince Sheyong, we just can't kill people if we don't want to!"
The commander who was held hostage by him glared at him fiercely and said, "As long as I can keep the safety of Prince Sheyu, I will not regret my death!"
Mo Xiaofeng laughed a few times and said: "That's right, it's not a pity for you to die, but there is a person whose life is not guaranteed now, but it's a pity!"
"Who!" said the Commander-in-Chief, thinking he was talking about Prince She.
Mo Xiaofeng said: "I only told Prince Sheyu!"
The leader next to him said, "Don't forget, you still have two accomplices in my hands!"
Mo Xiaofeng smiled very calmly: "Why don't you tie them up?"
The leader laughed a few times and said disdainfully, "I know you want to tell me that you are not in league with the two of them!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "No, I mean to say, if you don't tie them up, they will tie you up!"
As he was talking, suddenly Ah San and An Er took advantage of the guards' inattention to break free, and before the guards could react, the two of them stepped forward at the same time and knocked down the leader and crawled on the ground.
The guards behind saw that the situation was not good, and just as they were about to step forward, Yasuji pulled out the leader's saber and put it on the leader's neck. At this moment, a loud voice came from not far away: "Stop!"
Everyone froze there and looked in the direction where the voice came from, the sound came from behind Mo Xiaofeng, Mo Xiaofeng looked behind him, and a young man in a white robe walked over.
The man looked to be in his early thirties, and although his dress was not magnificent, he was extraordinary from top to bottom. The majestic appearance, born with a long face and huge ears, in the middle of the full forehead, from the top of the head to the Yin Tang is a vertical line convex, pulling down a straight nose bridge one after another, separating a pair of long eyes, dotted with two white eyebrows, as if inserted with two flying feathers, under the wide nostrils hangs a slightly pointed chin, the mouth seems to be smiling but not smiling, and the expression is slightly serious!
He walked quickly towards Mo Xiaofeng, his eyes staring at Mo Xiaofeng like thorns, and said, "Who is so bold as to dare to break into this king's mansion in the middle of the night!"
When all the guards saw him coming, they all knelt down and saluted, "See Prince Sheyi!" The three people lying on the ground also quickly got up and knelt down.
When Mo Xiaofeng heard that this person was Prince Sheyong, he removed the sword hanging on the neck of the commander, pushed him forward, and saluted Prince Sheyong: "See Prince Sheyong!"
The commander was held hostage by Mo Xiaofeng, and his anger did not subside, he pulled out a knife from the waist of a guard and slashed at Mo Xiaofeng, shouting: "I'll kill you bastard!"
Mo Xiaofeng hurriedly jumped up, swung his sword accordingly, his body was like lightning, and within a few strokes, the sword of the multi-commander came out of his hand and was knocked out of the distance.
The commander was about to pick up the knife, but he heard the prince shout: "Stop!"
Prince Sheyu's face became more serious, and he walked up to the commander and said, "Hurry up and retreat!"
The commander did not dare to disobey and retreated.
Mo Xiaofeng smiled, bowed down, and said respectfully: "Prince She, please forgive me for offending you too much!"
Prince Sheyu didn't care that he was so arrogant, but his face was pale, and he sneered: "Are you asking me to forgive you?"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "I don't dare, but this time I came, it was really a big deal, and I had to do it, so I made this decision!"
"What is so important that you can break into my mansion late at night," he said this, and he suddenly accented aggravated: "Who are you, report your name to this king!"
Mo Xiaofeng then thought that he had forgotten to report his name, and said: "In Xia Mo Xiaofeng, the following two are the two entourages below, we are under the order of General Yingzhong of Jufeng Pass, and we came to find Prince Sheyong to send troops to rescue, the 60,000 army of the War Demon Clan has broken through Jufeng Pass, and it has arrived in Lanye City, please ask Prince Sheyu to come to the rescue!"
Prince Sheyong said, "Why should I believe you!"
Mo Xiaofeng raised the sword in his hand and said, "This is General Ying Zhong's token!"
Prince Sheyong took the sword in his hand and looked at it, the hilt of the sword was engraved with Ying Zhong's name, Ying Zhong used to be his subordinate, so he was very familiar with Ying Zhong's sword, and said: "It is indeed Ying Zhong's sword, but even if what you say is true, I must first play His Majesty the King before I can send troops, and besides, isn't there still the King of Lan Ye County guarding Lan Ye City!"
Mo Xiaofeng knew that he still had doubts in his heart, with his authority, if he wanted to send troops, he could kill it first, and said: "Prince Sheyong, you can play the king first and then make a decision on this matter, but there is still a major matter to ask Prince Sheyong to come forward as soon as possible, the matter is urgent, it is related to the safety of His Majesty the King, please believe it!"
Prince Sheyu sneered: "I'll listen to you, I'm curious to know how many stories you can make up!"
Mo Xiaofeng told the story from beginning to end. When Prince Sheyong heard this, he laughed, his face changed suddenly, and he reprimanded angrily: "Full of nonsense, you said that someone pretended to be the king and infiltrated the palace, do you want me to take you into the palace to assassinate the king!"
Mo Xiaofeng smiled and said: "The prince is angry, how can the three of us kill the king in a place like the palace, don't you think it's ridiculous!"
Prince Sheyi thought to himself that what he said was the same, but he was still skeptical.
Mo Xiaofeng said again: "Prince, if you really can't believe it, you can lock up the three of us first, and then bring someone into the palace to investigate, and if what we say is false, we can be executed immediately!"
Prince Sheyong was a little hesitant, but he thought that if what he said was true, wouldn't it cause a big disaster at that time, so he said: "Okay, it's okay for me to go into the palace to investigate, but it's not okay to lock up the three of you, I have to leave you with me, this kind of place in the palace is not trivial, and it is a crime to bring people into the palace in the middle of the night to make trouble, so I have to take you to testify, in case what you say is false, I have an explanation!"
Mo Xiaofeng said indifferently: "This, you can do whatever you want!"
Prince Sheyu shouted to his subordinates: "Tie up this person for me first, and lock up the remaining two people!"
Several people escorted Cheng Fei and An San down, and at the same time, a few people came up and tied Mo Xiaofeng with ropes.
Prince Sheyu said to his subordinates again: "Hurry up and inform the guards of the city gates, tonight the Yan family will block the city gates, even if His Majesty the King wants to go out of the city, without my consent, no one will be allowed to go, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" several people ran out first.
After the prince gathered the people, he rushed to the palace with Mo Xiaofeng.
Prince Sheyong hurried with a group of men and horses, and came to the outside of the palace when it was almost sunset. The palace was much higher than the rest of the royal city, and at first it was a steep staircase, and at the top of the staircase was a ditch, and a bridge was erected to lead to the palace gate.
Mo Xiaofeng approached the palace and saw that it was much more magnificent than what he had seen in the side before. Layers of rugged buildings, jagged and abrupt, different shapes, there are several buildings between the erection of layers of air corridors, and it can be seen that the seven pillars in the palace each top a high platform, towering out dangerously.
After crossing the overpass, an arched gate is six zhang wide and about seven zhang high. More than 20 guards stood on both sides of the door, and under the middle palace gate, a general with a big waist and a stubble face sat on the ground, leaning against some gates and snoring.
When the guards saw that there were people coming from the bridge, they hurriedly called to the general: "Boss, wake up, someone is coming!"
The general was awakened from his sleep: "Where, where!" opened his eyes and looked forward, and saw that the leader was actually Prince Sheyi, he got up from the ground and said to the guards behind: "It's Prince Shejun!"
When the group came to a stop, all the guards knelt down and saluted: "See Prince Sheyi!"
"Hmm!" said Prince She, "get up!"
The guards stood up, and the general grinned and said, "Prince Sheyi, why did you get up so early today and come before dawn?"
Prince Sheyong said with a solemn face: "Let me ask you, did His Majesty the King go in just now!"
"Huh?" the general said with some hesitation, "No...... No...... No, His Majesty the King has been in the palace all the time, how can he come back from outside in the middle of the night!"
"Really, not?" asked Prince Sheyi again.
The general said: "Prince Sheyi, you lend me a thousand guts, I don't dare to lie to you, His Majesty has indeed been in the palace all the time." ”
"Oh!" said the prince, "is it not that His Majesty will not let you tell anyone when he goes in!"
"No, no!" the general tried his best to conceal it: "Your Royal Highness, you have thought too much!"
Prince Sheyong turned his head to look at Mo Xiaofeng, whose upper body was tied, and said, "What do you think about this matter!"
Mo Xiaofeng smiled and said to the general guarding the door: "This big brother, I watched His Majesty the King go in, I might as well tell you the truth, the king who went in just now was not your real king, but someone pretended to be and sneaked into the palace to plot against you, if you hide it again, when something happens, your sin will be great!"
The general suddenly looked flustered: "What nonsense are you talking about, beware of losing your head!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "I'm not talking nonsense, if you don't let us in, then you will also become their accomplice!"
The general snorted coldly and said, "This brother, what you said today is a big rebellion, I don't want to tell His Majesty the King, please don't talk nonsense!"
Mo Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Okay, I don't want to talk about you, but let me ask you, if there are a few people around the king who have tattoos carved on their chests and necks, and a scarred face!"
The general thought about it, he didn't look at it carefully, but he had some impression in his mind that there was indeed a scar on his face, so he said, "How do you know?"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "Since you asked so, do you mean that you admit that His Majesty the King went in just now?"
The general suddenly knew that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly covered his mouth.
Prince Sheyu said: "Okay, Utu, you dare not tell me the truth, let me in, something happens, you can't afford it!"
Utu didn't know how to argue, so he simply stopped being polite, and shouted with a turned face: "Prince Sheyi, you brought so many people here in the middle of the night, what do you want to do with weapons in hand!"
Prince Sheyu said: "You don't come to question me, it's better to open the door, I'll go in and find out!"
Utu said: "Prince Sheyi, I admit that His Majesty the King went in just now, but it is obviously His Majesty the King, and the waist card is also true, I can see it clearly, please don't be suspicious anymore, Your Majesty has also ordered not to tell anyone, please don't be difficult for us anymore!"
Prince Sheyu smiled and said: "You finally admit it, I repeat, if the one who went in just now is not the real king, then your crime will not only be dereliction of duty, but you will destroy the nine clans!"
Utu was stunned for a moment, and said: "But if I go in without permission, His Majesty the King will still condemn me, and it is better to ......" Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up, and Prince Sheyu pulled out the sword at his waist and put it on his neck, startling him.
Prince Sheyu said: "You just open the door, I will protect you, you don't have to be afraid!"
Utu is in a dilemma: "This ......"
"Can't you even believe me?" rebuked Prince Sheyi, "If something really happens, and if you are mistaken for their accomplices, then I will not be able to save you!"
Utu hesitated in his heart, not knowing whether to believe what he said, the current situation made him really embarrassed, he sighed and said, "I really don't know whether to believe or not!"
Prince Sheyong said, "Do you suspect that I want to rebel?"
Utu hurriedly said: "The last general doesn't mean that, the last general knows the prince's personality!"
Prince Sheyu said, "Then don't let us in quickly!"
Utu let out a long sigh and said, "Well, I'll tell you the truth, in fact, His Majesty has just gone out!"
"Got out!" said the Prince of She, stunned, and removed his sword from his sheath, "How did he get out?"
Utu said: "Riding in a sedan chair, followed by more than a dozen people, wearing ordinary people's clothes, and the sedan chair seems to be the princess's sedan chair!"
"The princess's palanquin?" Prince Sheyong asked, "Is there anyone else on the palanquin?"
Utu said: "I saw that it was His Majesty the King, so I didn't check it carefully!"
Prince Sheyi said, "Where did they go?"
Utu pointed to a road to the west and said, "They went that way, and they didn't walk long!"
Prince Sheyong said to himself: "How could the king leave the palace in the middle of the night, according to this, there is really a problem in this, fortunately I have people block the gates of the city!" and asked Utu: "Did he say anything when he left?"
Utu said: "He only said that he would let them in when a minister came to the morning court, and he had arrangements in the palace!"
Mo Xiaofeng said beside him: "Your Royal Highness, I see that the palace is quiet now, there is nothing unusual, it seems that His Majesty the King is not in trouble, or they entered the palace not to assassinate the king, but to find something important, we have to hurry up and chase it!"
"Hmm!" Prince Sheyu nodded and said, "They shouldn't be able to go far with the sedan chair!"
Mo Xiaofeng said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is wrong, it is very likely that they have already prepared the carriage outside, so we have to chase it as soon as possible!"
"Okay!" Prince Sheyu said to Utu again: "Utu, the fake king infiltrating the palace may not protect the reputation of the palace, don't let anyone know about it!"
Utu promised, "Yes, Your Highness!"
Prince Sheyu said to his subordinates: "Brothers, follow me and chase after him!"
After speaking, he led a large group of people to chase in the direction of the king.