Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Honor of the Wei Family
Shen Minghuang received a report from Wei Bingjian that when Princess Tyranny went out of the city, it was at the right time. He hurriedly asked, "When did the princess leave the city?" Wei Bingjian spoke very rigorously: "Back to His Highness, it is three o'clock in the unitary hour." Shen Minghuang sent people to look for Wei Yangyang to no avail, and now he heard that the princess was out of the city, and he was a little flustered: "How can she get out?" Why didn't you stop her? "Tyranny and the Wei family are feuds, Wei Bingjian's tone is not very deferential: "The princess is an envoy, and she has a letter of suing for peace, and she is not qualified to stop the princess from walking." Shen Minghuang also knew that he was a foreign minister, and was only responsible for escorting the convoy to the junction of Gongxian and Huadu. The princess was not kidnapped, she was just going out for a walk, and Wei Bingjian naturally had no right to stop her. Moreover, when he received this task, he was reluctant to escort the enemy who killed his uncle, nephew and brother.
Shen Minghuang also knew that it was difficult for the other party to escort the envoys, so he had to endure his anger: "Where is the princess going, does General Wei know?" Although Wei Bingjian was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to go against him openly: "Back to His Royal Highness, the princess took five attendants and went out of the West City Gate in the direction of Huadu. Flower capital direction! Shen Minghuang knew that although Wei Bingjian hated tyrannical people, he was responsible for his duties and did not dare to act rashly. But Wei Yang is unofficial and light, and he is reckless, if he is bumped into by the princess, it will be strange if the two of them don't fight. He guessed from Wei Bingjian's reaction that Wei Yangyang appeared in Gongxian County today, and he came secretly by himself, and he didn't tell his brother. Thinking of this, he didn't dare to reveal that he had seen Wei Yangyang at noon today. Otherwise, Wei Bingjian knew about it, but I was afraid that he would pick up a knife and rush over now, and hack the tyrant to death with his sister-in-law. Shen Minghuang quickly calmed down, and first tricked Wei Bingjian to leave: "Oh, although she is an envoy, the princess is a woman after all, and it is not good to be seen by the minister." General Wei go back first, and this king will send someone to look for her. ”
And when Shen Minghuang sent Wei Bingjian away and rushed to the scene with his entourage, what he saw was the scene of Wei Yangyang stabbing Jiaoqi Beihai with a sword. They were still a few meters away from the two sides of the fight, and Shen Minghuang gave Sheng Huaiyan an order: "Stop her!" Sheng Huaiyan popped out the jade wrench in his hand, and the wrench hit Wei Yangyang's right wrist impartially, shaking her wrist and forcing her to let go. At this time, they had rushed to the front and dismounted, Shen Minghuang walked up to her, kicked away the sword that fell to the ground, and angrily reprimanded her: "Dare to use weapons on the outskirts of Huadu, Wei Yangyang, you are so bold!" Wei Yangyang felt remorseful in his heart, he just cared about killing Jiaoqi Beihai, but he didn't notice the sound of new horses' hooves, and now he was attacked by someone and missed the opportunity. If she hadn't seen Shen Minghuang bring so many people, she wouldn't care if he was a prince or not, and she would have to beat him up! Originally, she only needed to force Jiaoqi Beihai to take two steps back, and she could turn over and find a way to break out of the encirclement. Now, not only did he come to make trouble, but he also came here indiscriminately to scare me? I'm.
Wei Yang didn't pay attention to him, she saw that the sword was kicked by Shen Minghuang and fell into a puddle, and the sword was covered with mud. She took two steps and was about to pick up the sword, when Shen Minghuang saw that not only did she not reply, but also dared to pick up the murder weapon? It's just daring! He raised his voice: "This king asks you!" Song Wenru listened to it from the tree, and he said that the crime was "using weapons in the suburbs of Huadu" instead of "assassinating the envoys". The sins committed by these two are very different. Carrying weapons without permission is only an individual punishment; can assassinate the envoy, and the whole family will be implicated. Although Shen Minghuang looked angry, he should be defending Wei Yangyang. After all, one of the two sides is a princess of different races, and the other is a noble daughter of their country, and they are related to the Wei Zongbing family behind it.
But Wei Yangyang, who was under the tree, didn't know that there was so much meaning in Shen Minghuang's sentence. She replied with anger: "She was the one who chased me first." She didn't call her "Your Highness" when she spoke, nor did she look at Shen Minghuang, obviously angry. Shen Minghuang knew that although she didn't understand the rules, she didn't know how to lie. Now that he heard her say this, he took a good look at the scene: there were six people on the princess's side, and now all six were fine; And Wei Yangyang was only one person, and the blood beads that came out of her chest had already soaked her entire clothes. Naturally, she was telling the truth.
Shen Minghuang has always been steady in his daily life, but he was a little remorseful at this time, it was a scene that happened during the day, which affected his judgment. But in front of everyone, he naturally couldn't show too much love for Wei Yangyang. He thought to himself: I have to find a way to get her away quickly, otherwise this princess will be held accountable, and she will suffer as well. Thinking of this, he pointed at Wei Yangyang and scolded: "You dare to contradict this king!" Come on, grab her and send her back to Huadu, and when I'm done, I'll treat her well!" The soldiers he brought with him shouted, "Yes." Then more than a dozen soldiers walked out of the queue, ready to come and arrest Wei Yangyang.
Song Wenru was about to open her mouth to defend Wei Yangyang, but she thought again, if I open my mouth at this moment, I am afraid that this matter will become even more inexplicable. The Tyrannical Mission really thinks that we are here to assassinate, and Your Highness will not be able to excuse us any longer. Just now, His Highness only ordered her to be arrested, and he probably didn't want her life. Thinking of this, her heart relaxed slightly. Wei Yangyang didn't want to be caught, her sword had just been knocked to the ground by Sheng Huaiyan, and she had no time to pick it up, and now she could only use the silver bell whip to fight the more than ten soldiers. Shen Minghuang brought out the soldiers of the Fengquan Palace, although the combat effectiveness was far inferior to the Wei Family Army, but a dozen sergeants with weapons in their hands to deal with a girl who only had a horse whip to defend herself were obviously more than enough. What's more, Wei Yangyang suffers a loss, the other party's identity is noble, she can only defend but can't fight back.
Shen Minghuang watched her dance the silver bell and keep resisting, and in the fierce battle between the two sides, there were more and more wounds on her body. He became more and more anxious, why is this woman so blind, can't she see that I am saving her? He was thinking about how to clean up the mess when a soldier's hand stabbed Wei Yangyang into her abdomen, and blood gushed out of her lower abdomen. Not to mention Shen Minghuang, who was watching the battle closely, even Wen Ru on the tree could see that the injury was not light! Wei Yangyang had five or six wounds on her body, large and small, and she was so angry and painful that she was about to go crazy. What rules, laws, now she is throwing all of them behind, she just wants to bring the red-clothed cannon and give them a shot. But the nearest red-clothed cannon is in Gongxian County, and far water can't quench the thirst.
No one came to save her, so she had to figure it out on her own. She pulled out a dagger from her sleeve that was as sharp as clay, and with all her strength, cut off the one that had pierced into her abdomen, and slammed it into the soldier. Then she held the dagger in her right hand and began to stab left and right, not avoiding people at all, even if she was hit by a weapon, she did not dodge. At this time, everyone saw that something was wrong with her, and Sheng Huaiyan reminded in a whisper behind Shen Minghuang: "This is the same way to end up, let's not want to capture her alive tonight." Shen Minghuang was about to crush his fists at the moment, he knew Wei Yangyang's temperament, she would never bow to herself in front of the tyrannical people. But she can't die, at least, can't die here.
He had no choice but to order: "Stop!" When the soldiers heard the order, they all stopped, and when Wei Yangyang saw that they stopped, he naturally would not take the initiative to attack people. Blood slowly flowed out from the corners of her mouth, but she didn't wipe it, she just cheered up and stared at Shen Minghuang with her eyes, and refused to show weakness: "In the one hundred and eighteenth year since the founding of Dayang, our Weijia army has never been defeated in more than 300 battles, large and small. Your Highness, do you know why? She looked at Jiao Qi Beihai, who was watching coldly, and smiled at Shen Minghuang, under the night, against the backdrop of her blood, that smile was very terrifying: "Because of our Wei family, a total of five hundred and twenty-five sons and daughters sacrificed their lives for the country. When everyone dies, he dies with the enemy. Born in Haixi Yili Yingwei's house, only death, no fall! When she said "Haixi Yili camp guarding the house", she raised her head high. Obviously, in order to maintain the honor of the Wei family, she will never be arrested in front of the tyrant tonight! You can't kill her or capture her alive, that's not what you do.
Shen Minghuang lowered his voice, ostensibly threatening, but actually persuaded her: "This king tells you that this is not Haixi, you must not be so bold. Wei Yangyang didn't understand his hint, but seized this rare opportunity, took advantage of his speech, took two steps to the left, and jumped onto the back of the whining. Everyone was taken aback by her actions, for fear that she would do something offensive. Shen Minghuang hurriedly stopped her: "Wei Yangyang, do you know that this will affect your family?" Wei Yangyang held his whining head and tried to sit down as well as he could. She bit the nail of her left thumb and thought about it for a short time before making up her mind. She took off a bracelet from her right arm and deliberately said to Shen Minghuang: "Your Royal Highness King Fengquan, this is the token you gave me at the beginning, sending me to separate Tyrant and Hayes. But I'm sorry, I didn't complete the task. She threw the bracelet back to Shen Minghuang, and the other party caught it, she lowered her head, looking a little sad: "The Wei family army won on the battlefield, but I lost this battle of the dark line." ”
As soon as she said this, several people were shocked. Jiaoqi Beihai naturally knew about the Wei family army cooperating with Hayes to destroy the water demon the year before last, but she didn't expect that this Wei family and Hayes joining forces was actually the idea of the Dayang Imperial Court. I didn't expect that Dayang actually wanted to get involved! Although Song Wenru couldn't see the color of the bracelet clearly, she recognized it at a glance that the bracelet was almost exactly the same as the one on her right arm! Wei Yangyang doesn't like to wear jewelry on weekdays, and she will never be able to buy a purple bead bracelet like that on the market! It must have been given to her by King Fengquan. Song Wenru was very smart, and she immediately thought that although King Fengquan treated Wei Yangyang seriously on weekdays, he actually cared for him everywhere. He likes spicy food the most, but he never eats spicy food in front of Wei Yangyang; The first time he visited Guiyuan, he also let him go. Of course, that bracelet is not a token of Wei Yangyang's task, but a token of love! Shen Minghuang knew that Wei Yangyang was the strongest on weekdays, and he would rather die than have the reputation of the Wei family humiliated. But now that she said the words "I lost", she must have been disappointed that she had just helped the princess and not helped her.
He had already figured out how to explain it to her in the future, but the most important thing was to get her away now, and not to make any more trouble. Just as he hesitated, Wei Yangyang took out a bamboo knot from his boots, Sheng Huaiyan had naturally seen the "Jiaolong", he reacted very quickly, and suddenly protected Shen Minghuang: "Your Highness be careful, it's Jiaolong!" Song Wenru had never seen the power of the dragon, she only heard a loud noise, as if the ground was shaking, the trunk of the tree began to shake constantly, and she had to desperately hold the tree so as not to fall down. There was even more chaos under the tree, and the princess and Shen Minghuang both protected their respective masters, and when the smoke cleared, people found that Wei Yangyang was gone.
At this time, the moon is hidden behind dark clouds, and the sky slowly begins to darken. But I can still see that a big pit was smashed by the dragon on the ground, and the location of the pit is far away from everyone. Shen Minghuang knew that with Wei Yangyang's skills, she would definitely not throw it off, and the location of the pit showed that she just wanted to escape and had no intention of hurting anyone. It turned out that she never thought about hurting herself, Shen Minghuang was a little moved in her heart, but she couldn't show anything on her face: "Send someone to send the princess back, I will personally arrest her!" Sheng Huaiyan received the order and hurriedly called a few soldiers to escort the princess back to Gong County.
Shen Minghuang turned over and got on his horse, raised his whip to urge, and chased wildly in the direction of Huadu. He ordered while riding a horse: "Chase, you must catch up with her today!" Sheng Huaiyan followed behind him: "Your Highness, her jujube red horse is one in a million good horses, it is difficult for us to catch up!" Shen Minghuang gritted his teeth, the situation was urgent, and he had to mobilize the army: "Send a signal to the garrison in front to stop her!" "Because this is a suburb of Beijing, it is an extremely important place, and every two miles along the way, there are garrisons on duty. Sheng Huaiyan took the order and fired a special cannon into the sky, which could be used to mobilize a small number of sergeants. Shen Minghuang chased forward, and he had already seen several sergeants standing on the side of the road, waiting for his orders. He slowed down his speed slightly, and instructed the sergeant at the head: "Deliver the news to the front station, no matter what, stop a woman in Tsing Yi riding a red horse!" ”
When the garrison received the order, they lit torches, and the number of torches meant different things. He used the torch as a flag to deliver the message to the next station, one station after another, and the flag language was naturally faster than Wei Yangyang's horse. At the twentieth station of Gongxian, the sergeants pulled up the hemp rope and waited quietly for her arrival. The sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, and although the night was dark, the sergeant on duty saw a girl in a green shirt running from far and near. Wei Yangyang was seriously injured and was in a hurry to get rid of her pursuers, but she didn't notice that there was an ambush on the side of the road. When the horse was about to touch the hemp rope, the sergeants on both sides stood up together, and when they were stopped by the rope in the air, the horse stumbled and fell to the ground. And the owner of the horse was also thrown out by this sudden change.