Chapter 237: Sudden Change
The lily fairy said that she was not free, but she had already started to pack her baggage. Wang Hou said goodbye to the seven sons of Wudang and returned to the "Tianyuan" with the lily fairy, Zhuang Zhaoxue was transfiguring Prince Hani, and changing an entourage into the appearance of Prince Hani. The lily fairy hadn't seen everyone for many days, so she stepped forward and pinched Liu Hanyan's cheek, and laughed softly: "Smoke boy, I want to die in the slave family." Liu Hanyan also responded with a smile: "Fairy, how can Mo Qixia be willing to let you out?" "How dare you let the fairy out?" Lee Ji-hyun joked on the side.
Talking and laughing, the disguise has been completed, and Wang Hou was also made into a black face and stuck to a mustache, considering that Zhuang Zhaoxue's martial arts are much weaker, let her go back to the ship and wait for the news. The five members of the Heartless Gang, the Lily Fairy, and the fifteen people from Prince Hani's side, a total of twenty-one people got off the treasure ship, and someone had already brought fast horses from the horse boat, and the group flew away.
The mountains in Sumatra are overlapping and scattered, the rivers are flat like mirrors, tall and straight coconut trees stand next to the roads and rivers, most of the area is covered by forests, all kinds of tropical plants can be seen everywhere, it seems to be vibrant, especially after a heavy rain in the morning, the rain on the road has not dried out, and the heaven and earth constitute a beautiful picture.
The capital was more than fifty miles from the port, and there was no trace of anyone along the way, and the anomaly caused Prince Hani to keep flicking his whip. His age looked three or four years younger than Wang Hou, but judging from the posture on horseback, his movements were skillful, and he was obviously armed with martial arts, coupled with his urgency, he had been rushing to the front. In the entourage team, except for the master who was a little behind, the other dozen people followed closely behind him and did not fall behind; Wang Hou and the six people were naturally not far behind.
Almost a pillar of incense, the capital is already in sight. Prince Hani lowered his speed, and everyone gathered together, Wang Hou and the fake prince rode in front, and behind him were Prince Hani and his master. After a while, they reached the moat, but they saw that the suspension bridge was suspended high, and the men and horses could not move forward. At this moment, someone on the wall of the trench shouted and asked, what was said, Wang Hou and his party did not understand, and they heard that the fake prince also raised his voice and replied.
The two sides asked questions back and forth, and one of Prince Hani's retinue was very clever, urging the horse to Wang Hou's side, and translated softly: "Those people in the city don't believe that we are the prince's entourage, but only say that something big happened in the city, someone assassinated the king, and the prince of Suganra ordered martial law throughout the country to arrest the assassins." ”
Wang Hou turned his head and glanced at the man, his age and eyebrows were similar to Dao Feng's, showing a little cuteness, his skin was slightly darker, and he could clearly express the conversation just now in one sentence. Looking at Prince Hani behind him, he was anxious and angry, and hurriedly reminded in a deep voice: "Prince, calm down...... Since we are not allowed to enter the city, let's retreat first and find a place to discuss. ”
Everyone immediately turned their horses' heads, and after walking a short distance, they heard Prince Hani say to the master urgently: "Young master, what should I do?" Was my father really assassinated? The master was also full of sadness: "Prince, looking at this posture, something may have really happened, and now I can't enter the city, I don't know what happened in the palace." ”
Wang Hou asked the little entourage who had translated to him earlier: "What's your name?" The little attendant rolled his eyes: "My name is Absaiyi, it's not easy to remember, general, you call me Ab Okay." Li Zhixian, who was not far away, heard all the words that Abu translated to Wang Hou before, and asked at this time: "Prince, do those soldiers usually know you?" Seeing Prince Hani shaking his head, he continued, "There is one thing I don't understand, since we are not familiar with each other, even if we have any flaws, the soldiers guarding the city will not be able to find out, why don't you believe that it is Prince Hani?" It's strange, it is said that the pursuit of the killer should not restrict people from entering the city......"
As he was talking, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, and everyone looked back, only to see that the suspension bridge was lowered at some point, and a team of people and horses came quickly from the city, and they arrived in front of them in a blink of an eye. More than 30 people, each with a steel knife in their hands, the leader swept his triangular eyes, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee on the side of the road, and said a few words in his mouth. Abu translated softly to Wang Hou: "It turns out that the prince has returned, and his subordinates have left for a while just now, and I don't want my subordinates to dare to stop the prince from entering the city, please forgive me!" ”
Before the false prince could speak, the master shouted and asked, "What happened in the palace?" Why martial law across the country? "This matter is very important, please ask the prince and the young master to retire the idle people." Triangle Eyes had already stood up and bowed in reply. The fake prince glanced at Prince Hani and said, "It's not an outsider here, say it quickly!" "It's really important, and my subordinates don't dare to say it at will...... I can only tell the prince. ”
The false prince jumped off his horse, and "Triangle Eyes" walked up to him and whispered something in his ear. Wang Hou listened intently, although he could hear it, but he couldn't understand what he was saying, and suddenly heard a muffled snort, and the fake prince put one hand on the body of the "triangular eye", slowly rubbed it down, and lay on the ground, his back revealing the bright and dangling tip of the knife! "Triangle Eye" shouted loudly, and those who came with him raised the steel knife in their hands and slashed at it.
Seeing the fake prince fall to the ground, everyone here has already been vigilant, dialing the horse to avoid, Wang Hou is even more ten fingers in a row, the finger wind whistling out, rushing in front of the soldiers, all were blocked acupoints, fell off the horse, the horse was frightened and stood up, blocking the soldiers behind, the scene was suddenly very chaotic. Seeing that the situation was not good, the "triangular eye" turned around and wanted to escape, but suddenly felt a numbness in his legs, and the acupoint was sealed, and he fell here.
Wang Hou jumped off the horse and held the "triangular eye" in his hand, and the soldiers who were blocked behind saw that their leader was captured, they first froze in place, their minds reacted quickly, and they knew that they were not other people's opponents, so they turned around and fled; Under his influence, the others also left the fallen soldiers and fled, and soon more than ten horsemen entered the city gate.
Prince Hani urged the horse to chase after him, and Wang Hou shouted: "Prince, the situation in the city is unknown, you can't rush in, go back and ask for clarification first...... Abu, take care of him! He put the "triangular eye" on Abu's horse, and leaned over to check the false prince's injuries, where there was still breath.
Wang Hou walked to the side of the road, and even made the three-way "boat to go endlessly", where the palm wind fell, a deep pit was blasted out of the grass slope, burying the false prince and covering it with soil again. Because he was worried that the city would chase after him, he immediately no longer hesitated, grabbed another soldier who fell to the ground, jumped on his horse, and the group hurried to the harbor.
On the "Tian Yuan", "Triangle Eye" and his men were interrogated in two places, both of them wanted to live, did not dare to hide the slightest, and told the changes that had happened in the city, and the matter was not complicated: last night, news came out from the palace that the king had been assassinated, and the king's younger brother Su Ganra temporarily took control of the court, and the whole country was under martial law for three days, and all personnel were not allowed to enter or leave the capital. But this afternoon, before Wang Hou and his entourage arrived at the city gate, the "triangular eye" of the leader of the gate army was called, saying that he had received a secret order, and someone wanted to pretend to be Prince Hani, and if he found it, he would be killed!
After the "triangular eye" received the order, as soon as he returned to the city gate, a subordinate came to report: Prince Hani had just come to call the city gate, and he didn't say a word, and led people to chase him out, not wanting to be captured instead. Several people were in a cold sweat when they heard this, if it weren't for Prince Hani and his entourage changing their faces to each other, it would be the real Prince Hani who died.
Zhou Qingzhu said strangely: "The prince's change of appearance is a matter of this afternoon, we did not delay on the road, the city got the news so quickly, is there a traitor among us?" Wang Hou frowned: "There should be no mole, they say that someone is pretending to be Prince Hani, it's just an excuse, it's nothing more than trying to kill him...... This is tantamount to not confessing to myself, and I can assert that the person who killed the king was the same person who ordered the prince to be killed. ”
Li Zhixian praised: "Brother Wang's analysis is good, the prince's uncle Su Ganra is the most suspicious mastermind of the whole incident, but I think it's very strange, why did he choose this time to do it before Prince Hani and the fleet arrived?" It's not good for him...... Wouldn't it be better for him to delay another month and wait for the fleet to leave before making a move? And he suddenly ordered the prince to be killed, is it accurate that Prince Hani will hurry back to the capital? ”
Everyone discussed for a long time, but they didn't have a clue. At this time, Tang Jing came over to invite Wang Hou and a few people to the council room, and as soon as he entered the gate, he heard the anxious voice of Prince Hani: "Zheng Zongbing, my father was killed, and my mother is in danger, please make decisions for me." Zheng He beckoned Wang Hou to sit down, and comforted: "Prince, don't worry, we are trying to figure out how to help you...... General Wang, how do you judge this matter? ”
Wang Hou replied: "Chief soldier, the results of the interrogation, you already know, we just analyzed it outside, and suspected that the whole thing was manipulated by Uncle Wang Su Ganla. Master Wang hurriedly said: "Chief soldier, you also know this Su Ganra, it is very easy to kill, it is not counted in normal times, more than a dozen people are killed every year during the Chinese New Year, and they are bathed with blood, saying that they can not get sick in this way." For this matter alone, the king did not train him less, but he just didn't change, he didn't expect it to be ......"
Somehow, Wang Hou once again remembered the Flying Heaven Sect Master Li Sicheng, he likes to collect the gall of living people, brew wine and even take a bath with wine, thinking that this can be done full of gall, but he didn't expect that in this place he met Su Ganra, who was similar to Li Sicheng, regarded human life as a mustard, and tried to usurp the throne and seize power, once such a person is in power, how much suffering will it bring to the people! If this is the case, we can't just let it go. I heard Zheng He ask, "Prince Hani, do you have an older brother or younger brother?" ”
Prince Hani wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I also have an older brother. The prince's master understood the meaning of Zheng He's question, and said: "Don't hide it from the general soldier, the eldest prince indulges in lust and greed for pleasure, and the king has reprimanded him many times but with little success, and he has become disheartened with the eldest prince. Last year, Prince Hani went to Beijing to pay tribute, and before leaving, the king called me to ...... alone."
Note: "History of the Ming Dynasty" biography 213, foreign six of which has such a record of Sumatra: its national customs are quite pure, and its words are soft, but the king is easy to kill. Killing more than ten people at the end of the year, taking their blood and bathing their bodies, it is said that it can eliminate diseases.
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