Chapter 057 The edict tiger charm opens the city gate
Wang Qian'er seemed to see the concerns in Gu Er's heart, Shi Ran got up and walked to the hall, and bowed to Gu Er, Zhao Zongquan and the others: "Second Uncle Gu! The third uncle often said that he and the second uncle were close friends who could be entrusted to the family of life and death.
The trouble of the second uncle is the trouble of my Wang family, and the friends of the second uncle are also friends of my Wang family. ”
Listening to Wang Qian'er's generous and righteous words, even Gu Er couldn't help but be moved.
But Gu Er still looked at Minglan next to him, Wang Qian'er was only a half-old child, and Minglan was now the eldest lady of the Wang family.
Minglan said: "My family officials have always raised Sister Qian as a man, Sister Qian'er means the meaning of our husband and wife, Second Brother Gu and Zhao Tuanlian are relieved to live in the village, and then consider others." ”
As if she was afraid that Gu Er would not be at ease, Wang Qian'er said: "Second Uncle Gu and relax, Third Uncle has long expected that there may be a big situation at the end of today, so he has already left people in the city, and now Uncle Shi Keng and Aunt Che have already gone to think of contacting the reserved manpower in the city, and it is estimated that there will be news soon." ”
"Zihou has already been arranged?" Hearing what Wang Qian'er said, Gu Er was happy at first, but after a while, the joy dissipated again: "If King Yan really does that big rebellious thing, I am afraid that Bianjing City has already fallen into his control at this moment, Zihou is a secret hand, I am afraid that it will be ......."
"It's come to this, we can only wait!" Minglan sighed and said helplessly.
The expressions on the faces of Zhao Zongquan's father and son were all a little exciting, especially Zhao Zongquan, whose face was really as black as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes were full of fear.
The old lady Sheng, who had been sitting at the top and was silent, actually looked at it and said, "There should be room for things to turn around!" ”
"What does the old lady think?" Gu Er immediately asked.
Old Mrs. Sheng said: "The official family has been extremely powerful for 40 years, known for its generosity and benevolence, and the Chinese military forces of the dynasty are all pulled up by the official family, whether in the court or in the opposition, the prestige is very high, even if the king of Yan really raises troops to force the palace to rebel, it is bound to get the edict written by the official family himself, so that he can inherit the great unification in the name of righteousness, otherwise he will commit the anger of the people, and then the army and the people of the world and the clans in various places will do their best." ”
"The old woman lived in the palace for a while when she was young, and the official family can be regarded as an old acquaintance, although the official family is benevolent, but there is no lack of arrogance, Yan Wang's house, is really put the knife on the neck of the official, but I am afraid that the official family may not be willing to accept soft. The queen is also a tiger girl, and she is not an easy compromise. ”
Wang Qian'er frowned and worried: "What if a shameless villain like King Yan takes advantage of the benevolence of the official family to threaten the lives of the palace officials?" ”
"There are priorities!" Old Lady Sheng couldn't help frowning when she heard this, as if she had seen the situation of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood: "Although the official family is benevolent, it is not pedantic ......"
Speaking of this, Mrs. Sheng couldn't bear to say any more.
After some conversation, the subordinates sent wine and food, and let Gu Er and Zhao Zongquan and his party fill their stomachs first, and then let people lead them to the side room that they cleaned up and settled.
In the wing room, Zhao Zongquan's father and son couldn't sit still.
"If there is really an accident in the city, and King Yan really dares to mutiny and force the palace, when he succeeds, won't it be the death of my father and son?"
Zhao Zongquan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, walking around the house, pacing back and forth, anxious.
Shen Congxing also paced back and forth together, sad.
Zhao Ceying looked at Gu Er: "Zhong Huai has any other way?" ”
Gu Er pondered for a moment and said: "The matter has come to this, there is no other way than to fight to the death, my father led a group of soldiers and horses in the western suburbs camp, but I have been away from Tokyo for several years, I don't know the situation in Beijing, why don't I go to the western suburbs camp to find out the situation?" ”
Although Zhao Zongquan was timid in his heart, he was not an unreasonable person, knowing that at this time, it was a matter of life and death, and it was not something they could retreat if they wanted to.
Zhao Ceying stared at his eyebrows and said: "Sticking out the head is a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife, the left and right mothers, wives and children have been properly placed, the big deal is death!" ”
"Zhong Huai Mo listens to his nonsense, everything can still be preserved!" Zhao Zongquan pulled Gu Er and said excitedly.
"Don't worry about the group practice, Gu Er can save it!"
Bidding farewell to Zhao Zongquan father and son, Gu Er took advantage of the time to be early, and immediately rushed to the western suburbs camp, the so-called western suburbs camp, as the name suggests, stationed in the western suburbs of Bianjing, nearly 20 miles away from Jinmingchi, there are nearly 100,000 elite forbidden troops stationed all year round, in the past, these 100,000 forbidden troops are the most elite soldiers and horses in the imperial court, but more than 100 years have passed since Emperor Taizu, as the older generation gradually passes away, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the top army in the country is inevitably gradually decaying.
But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, although it is a little decayed, but in the end, it is the Tokyo Forbidden Army, whether it is equipment or treatment, it is the best in the country.
Gu Er flew all the way, and it was not until halfway through the unitary hour that it was already dark, and then he returned to Wang's Zhuangzi.
As soon as Gu Er entered the door, Zhao Ceying couldn't wait to pull Gu Er to ask about the progress.
Gu Er shook his head helplessly: "My father is not in the camp, I only saw my father's lieutenant general, but he doesn't know anything about the city." ”
"What a good thing this is!" Zhao Zongquan immediately panicked: "Now that we have arrived in Tokyo, we can't even enter Tokyo City, let alone go to the official family to sue King Yan." ”
Zhao Ceying immediately stood up and said, "Does my father think that if we go back to Yuzhou at this time, King Yan will let our father and son go?" ”
"Father, don't you forget, if my uncle hadn't sacrificed his life to lead away the pursuers for my father that night, my father would have died under the assassin's knife!"
Zhao Ceying was speechless in a few words.
Zhao Zongquan spread his palms helplessly, looked at Zhao Ceying and said, "But what should we do now?" Raising troops to attack the city? Let's not talk about whether we have soldiers and horses, even if we really have soldiers and horses, in what name will we attack the city? No one knows what's going on in the city now, everything is just our guess, who wants to risk the danger of the Nine Clans and follow us? ”
Zhao Zongquan was speechless in a few words, and he didn't know how to answer, and even Gu Eryi didn't know how to answer for a while.
All of a sudden, the whole room instantly fell silent, and several people sat in the room, none of whom were not in a heavy mood and sat on pins and needles.
"Second Master Gu! Second Master Gu! I don't know how long it was, it seemed like hours, it seemed like days, months, and a voice with the sound of rapid breathing woke up the silent crowd.
"My eldest lady is invited!" The person who came was Xiao Tao next to Minglan , and Gu Er recognized that this was Minglan among his cronies.
Xiao Tao said quickly: "Che Niang, they are back, and they have brought back a very important news, the eldest lady specially ordered me to invite Gu Erye and Zhao Tuanlian to go to the front hall to discuss matters!" ”
"Let's go!"
As soon as they heard that it was Che Sanniang and they had news, Gu Er's party could still sit still, and they walked quickly all the way towards the front hall.
A few people walked to the front hall, only to see Mrs. Sheng, Minglan and Wang Qian'er all there, in addition to the three of them, Gu Er knew Wang Erxi, Shi Keng, the same car Sanniang, and a man who was slumped on the ground, his face was as pale as paper, and his clothes were soaked.
"Second Brother Gu!" Seeing that Gu Er was coming, Minglan didn't care about saluting, and handed over the white dragon pattern silk silk in his hand to Gu Er.
Gu Er took the silk silk handed over by Minglan, and his face suddenly changed, how could Gu Er also be the concubine of the Hou Mansion, and the etiquette regulations of the court and China naturally knew it clearly, at this moment the silk in his hand, as well as the dragon pattern and gold thread embroidered on it, were clearly only qualified to be worn by officials.
"What is this?" Gu Er looked at Minglan with a shocked expression.
Minglan explained: "This is what this Cao Gang brother desperately brought out of the waterway. ”
Gu Er looked at the Cao Gang man next to him who was as pale as paper and soaked all over, and his face couldn't help but flash a little respect, and he bowed to the man: "Brother Gaoyi, Gu Er admires." ”
"Thank you Second Master Gu for your love!" The man arched his hand and replied: "It's all Wang Sanye's clever plan, and the villain is just acting according to orders." ”
Che Sanniang sighed and said helplessly: "It's just that I pity the little palace maid who sent the edict out of the palace and died tragically in the hands of those scum." ”
As he spoke, Gu Er had already opened the cloth in his hand, and the moment he saw the tiger talisman wrapped in the cloth, Gu Er's eyes changed instantly, and then he looked at the cloth full of blood characters, his face changed again, and when he walked up to Zhao Zongquan, he offered the cloth and the tiger talisman with both hands.
"Please watch the group practice!"
Zhao Zongquan took the edict and the tiger talisman, and after a hurried glance, he was startled, and almost dropped the edict and tiger talisman in his hand.
Wang Qian'er on the side couldn't help frowning when she saw this, looking at Zhao Zongquan who was like touching a snake and scorpion, a thought suddenly popped up in her heart, the official family chose such a person who was as timid as a mouse to be the prince, can he really pick up the burden of the world?
"What does this mean by group training, don't you want to accept this edict and tiger talisman?" Wang Qian'er asked in a deep voice.
"Sister Qian!" Minglan shouted in a low voice: "Don't be rude! ”
Zhao Zongquan avoided the edict and tiger talisman in his hand like a snake and scorpion, and Zhao Ceying next to him immediately took the edict and tiger talisman from Zhao Zongquan's hand, but after reading it, he was overjoyed.
Hurriedly said to Zhao Zongquan with a look of surprise: "Father, this is a God-given opportunity!" ”
"What a good opportunity, this is a curse, a great disaster!" Zhao Zongquan jumped to his feet in a hurry.
Zhao Ceying said: "Father, you and my father and son are also the bloodline of Taizong, not to mention that there is still an edict from the official royal pen!" ”
Zhao Zongquan said: "Have you forgotten the candlelight axe shadow of Taizong of this dynasty?" ”
"Father!" Zhao Ceying knelt on the ground, took Zhao Zongquan's hand and persuaded, seeing that Zhao Zongquan was still entangled, Zhao Ceying hurriedly looked at Gu Er.
Gu Er also knelt on one knee and arched his hand: "Didn't you forget the purpose of our visit to Tokyo?" Just an edict from Tuo Gu, it attracted so many assassins, so that Tuan Lian almost died, and now this edict canonizing Tuan Lian as the prince comes out, Tuan Lian thinks, will King Yan let Tuan Lian go alone? ”
Zhao Ceying had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately followed Gu Er's words and persuaded: "Even if the father doesn't care about the life and death of himself and his children, doesn't he care about the life and death of his mother and his children's wives and children at home?" The son's daughter is not yet two years old this year, and she has just learned to call her grandfather, can the father bear to see her also die tragically at the hands of King Yan? If we don't accept this edict, the lives of dozens of people in our family will be gone. ”
"Father, please save your son, save your granddaughter, save our whole family!" Zhao Ceying said and knelt in front of Zhao Zongquan.
"Brother-in-law, now, if we retreat, it will be the life of the whole family!" Shen Congxing, who was next to him, also hurriedly knelt down and persuaded him.
Seeing that Zhao Zongquan was still hesitating, Wang Qian'er next to him couldn't help but step forward and said: "Speaking of which, it's just for a comfort, I want to train a dignified man, I have a lot of beard, it's not as good as my little girl, twisting and pinching, looking forward and backward, this enthroned edict has been sent to the front and still dare not accept it?" Do you have to wait for King Yan to put the knife on the neck of Tuanlian, and Tuanlian will know to resist? ”
Zhao Zongquan couldn't help but be speechless by Wang Qian'er's words.
Minglan took the opportunity to say: "Group practice, now that the official family is in prison, if it weren't for helplessness, how could he write a blood edict?" Just like Second Brother Gu said, the group practice is now roasted on the fire, either it is to overturn the fight, and you can still see some hope, or after the Yanwang is completed, kill people and kill people! ”
Gu Er immediately added: "Group training, now the city is still under martial law, it can be seen that King Yan has not succeeded, we still have time to surprise, attack it unprepared, and fight with it, but if it is delayed for a long time, when King Yan forces the official family to change the edict, then free up his hands to kill us, when the time comes, we will never be able to resist!" ”
"Father!"
"Team practice!"
Zhao Ceying and the others shouted anxiously again.
"Why is it still called a group exercise!" Zhao Zongquan stood sideways, and the expression on his face also changed.
Gu Er and the others were immediately overjoyed, and they all shouted: "Your Highness! ”
Even Old Lady Sheng stood up, pulled Minglan and Wang Qian'er, and saluted Zhao Zongquan together, calling His Royal Highness.
At the end of the day, in the western suburbs of Tokyo, in the field outside the city, a long dragon suddenly appeared, which was a long dragon composed of torches, from far to near, at a uniform speed towards the main gate of the west city outside Bianjing, also known as the Wansheng Gate.
The defenders on the city tower have long been replaced by the soldiers of the front division of the palace from the city defense bureau, and now the commander of the front division of the palace is Rong Chang, the brother of Concubine Rong, who was named Marquis of Fuchang, but he is not a marquis of the founding of the country, but because of Concubine Rong, only from this point, you can see the love of today's officials for Concubine Rong.
It is precisely because of the support of Rong Chang, the commander of the front division of the palace and the Rong family, that King Yan dared to make such a rebellious move as a mutiny to force the palace.
The front division of the palace is the direct command of the commands of the front of the palace, the foot and the cavalry. Master the names of the commanders of the direct classes and infantry cavalry in front of the palace, and lead the decrees of their command, training, shift guards and garrisons, relocation, rewards and punishments.
The front division of the palace belongs to the direct class, the infantry and cavalry commanders are the palace guards, and the emperor's guards are the emperor's guards when they travel with their cars, and they are left and right. Large-scale national festivals, performing ceremonial guards, guidance, security, and escort tasks.
To put it simply, the front division of the palace is the emperor's personal guard, and the main task is to defend the imperial city and protect the safety of the emperor and the concubines in the harem.
But now most of the palace leaders have followed Rongchang to join King Yan, and a few diehards of Emperor Jiayou have either been killed or locked up, which shows that this mutiny has been planned for a long time.
"Huh?" The defenders on the castle tower also saw the long dragon approaching outside the city, but their vision was blocked by darkness and they could not be sure of the identity of the person who came.
Before the army could rely on the army, the defender had already commanded the defenders on the tower to shoot a rain of arrows.
The arrows stuck in the grass, and the shafts with their tails still trembled slightly.
"Stop!"
"Who is under the city!"
The guards shouted from the battlements!
"I am a big camp in the western suburbs, and the Divine Guard Army commanded the Song Dynasty, on the orders of His Royal Highness King Yan, to enter the city to assist in defense and suppress Xiaoxiao! Wait for Su Su to open the door, don't delay Lord Yanwang's important business. ”
"Lord Yan's will? Do you have a letter certificate? "Hearing what the people under the city said, the guard of the city tower has gone seven or eight points in his heart, but for the sake of prudence, he still asked more, after all, they did a big thing to lose their heads and connect the nine clans.
"It's a matter of confidentiality, how dare you keep the letter, now at this time, you deliberately ask like this, if you miss Lord Yanwang's important matter, will you delay it?" Song Chaozhong received Gu Er's signal, and immediately turned to the guards on the city tower and shouted loudly.
The preconceived attitude directly frightened the guards on the city tower for a moment, and the guard in his heart was exhausted, and even his voice softened a little, "In extraordinary times, it is natural to act cautiously, brother, forgive me!" ”
As he spoke, he shouted at his subordinates to open the door.
Orders were handed down layer by layer, and a moment later, in the middle of the tower, two huge gates slowly opened, and the deadbolt turned with a loud noise.
The four gates of the outer city of Bianjing are not like the rest of the city gates, but are open, and as soon as the gate is opened, the situation in the city appears in the eyes of Gu Er and the others.
The soldiers behind the city gate who were holding torches and wearing armor naturally fell into the sight of Gu Er and the others.
At the moment when the gate was opened and the defenders behind the city gate gave way to the road, a dense sound of line control suddenly sounded behind the Song Dynasty, and countless crossbow arrows flew up the city tower.
"Kill!"
Gu Eryi shouted, holding a bow in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and his legs slammed into the belly of the horse, and rushed into the city gate first.
He was followed by a young general dressed in black armor and red robes, holding a bright silver spear and riding a white horse under his crotch.
The two of them were like tigers entering a flock, galloping on their horses, and the steel guns in their hands were lit, setting off countless blood.
The two of them were followed by light horsemen armed with spears and spears, and in armor, they had already killed them and took them by surprise before the defenders behind the door could react.
Gu Er and the black-armored young general didn't stop for a moment, and rushed straight into the city with hundreds of light horses, but anyone who stood in front of them was an enemy.
The sound of horses' hooves roared like thunder, and in an instant, the defenders behind the gate rushed away, and then opened the formation on the royal street, and greeted the defenders on the left side of the city gate with bows and crossbows.
The foot soldiers outside the city also took advantage of this gap and roared into the city.
A big war has begun.