Chapter 111: The Golden Immortal's fate hangs by a thread

After the officers and soldiers dispersed, Li Yunhan inspected the injuries of Miaojin, Shaoling and others, and saw that they only had some flesh and skin injuries and nothing serious, so he relieved his heart.

Miao Jin sat listlessly on the rock, and asked him what to do next with a low face. Li Yunhan was stunned after hearing this, and muttered: "This ......" Although his serial plan has begun to show results, he always feels that there is a trace of hidden worries entangled in his heart.

While Li Yunhan was pondering, Ning Xin came and persuaded him to return to the Golden Immortal Temple together. Li Yunhan thanked her for her kindness and let them go first, and he and the others followed. After speaking, Li Yunhan walked quickly in front of Ping Yu and thanked her with a deep salute.

Ping Yu stared at him indifferently, and said, "Don't pretend, you owe me too much, and I don't know how you can repay you in this life?" ”

"This," Li Yunhan felt guilty in his heart when he heard this, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing this, Ping Yu smiled sadly and walked away with all the Taoist aunts.

Li Yunhan, Miao Jin and the others rested for a while, walked west along the forest path for about two or three miles, and seeing that they were almost at the Golden Immortal Temple, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly rushed out of the bamboo forest on the front side and surrounded them at once. It turned out that Ji Wen pretended to release him in person, and after deceiving King Jing, he led his troops to secretly chase after him.

Hearing the sound of killing behind her, Ping Yu hurriedly led her subordinates to rush over, and she shouted to the officers and soldiers while brandishing her sword: "Stop, let them go!" ”

Helplessly, those soldiers did not obey her, and still surrounded Li Yunhan and the others. Ping Yu had no choice but to personally lead his men to rush forward and fight hard with the officers and soldiers.

After a fierce battle, under the cover of Wu Qi's struggle, Li Yunhan broke out of the encirclement. When he arrived in front of the view, when he looked back, he saw Miaojin and the others, and wanted to turn back to save them.

Ping Yu stopped Li Yunhan and said gloomily: "Don't go, you can't save ......"

"Nope! Die, and I'm going to die with them! Li Yunhan said angrily.

Ping Yu was deeply moved when he heard this, and said with deep affection: "Yun Han, you ......"

Li Yunhan took off the jade pendant, handed it to her, and said, "Please take this pendant; I went. ”

Over there, Miaojin was already physically exhausted, and accidentally her hair fell apart, and the wax pills fell to the ground. The two soldiers pounced with knives, and while Miaojin resisted, he flew up with a kick according to the wax pill, shouting: "Shichiro catch!" ”

Wu Qi heard a false sword, and was about to reach out to catch it, but unexpectedly, the knives and guns on both sides came out, so he jumped and grabbed the wax pill with his mouth. As soon as he landed, several spears stabbed at him, and he couldn't dodge for a while and was stabbed in the calf.

Wu Qi tried his best to fight for more than ten times, but was finally captured due to his injuries.

Several officers and soldiers rushed forward and held Wu Qi tightly, wanting to open his mouth and take out the wax pill. Wu Qi's heart was crossed, and he swallowed the wax pill stiffly.

Seeing this, Li Yunhan hurriedly came to the rescue, but unexpectedly tripped over a dead branch under his feet, and his body staggered. Tong Li took the opportunity to slash in the chest, and Li Yunhan hurriedly dodged. He was about to fly vertically, but several long scratches stabbed straight at him and hooked him.

Li Yunhan screamed in pain and fell to the ground, and before he could turn over, he put the knife on his neck and forced him to death. The officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation and rushed forward and captured him.

Pingyu Li Yunhan was captured, and rushed forward with his men to try to rescue him, but those soldiers were well-trained, and their shields quickly blocked a human wall, isolating her and Li Yunhan layer by layer.

Subsequently, Miaojin, Du Shaoling, Du Miao and others were unfortunately captured by the officers and soldiers and tied up together.

Ping Yu was helpless for a while, and was wandering, only to see several horses galloping over. When she got closer, she took a closer look, but it was Wang Jie, Cen Feng, and Yan Ran. Seeing that Li Yunhan and the others were captured, they brandished their swords and wanted to enter the military formation.

Ping Yu stopped Wang Jie and said, "Do you want to send him to death?" ”

Wang Ji said: "In order to save my brother, why be afraid of death!" ”

"Don't worry, with me, they can't die!" Ping Yu sneered, handed the fish dragon jade pendant to Wang Jie, and ordered him to go to the hot spring palace to meet Emperor Xuan quickly, saying that he was in trouble, and asked him to come to the rescue as soon as possible!

Seeing that Wang Jie hesitated for a moment, Yan Ran waved his whip and whipped Wang Jie's mount violently. The horse was frightened and carried him out of the way. Da Fu and Cen Feng followed closely, escorting Wang Jie out of the encirclement, and disappeared into the vast night in a blink of an eye......

The officers and soldiers detained Li Yunhan and others to the edge of the bamboo forest.

When Ji Wen learned that the wax pill containing the secret letter had been swallowed by Wu Qi, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He was thinking about it when Lynver arrived. It turned out that after arriving at the Taohe Inn, Lin Fu settled down King Jing and then quietly returned.

After hearing Ji Wen's report, Lin Fu immediately ordered someone to open Wu Qi's stomach and find out the secret letter.

Two soldiers stepped forward and held down Wu Qi and stripped off his shirt; Tong Li's eyes showed a fierce light and he was about to step forward to dissect it, when he suddenly heard a shout from afar: "Keep people under the knife!" ”

When Tong Li looked up, he saw dozens of horses flying up, but the person at the head was Wei Su, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

When Lin Fu saw that Wei had arrived, he couldn't help but feel annoyed when he remembered the previous attempt; He pretended to be calm with a gloomy face: "Master Wei, what kind of wind brought you here?" ”

"Wei still wants to ask you." Wei Su stared at Lin Fu closely, "My lord brought troops here late at night, I don't know what I wanted?" ”

"Wallgrass!" Lin Fu sneered twice and said, "The daughter of the anti-thief Luo Feng gathered a crowd to make trouble, openly armed against the officers and soldiers, and wanted to do wrong!" ”

"This, Wei doesn't understand it even more;" Wei Su pointed at Li Yunhan, "Li Hanlin is the Zuo Xiang's father, why did he even arrest him?" ”

"They're all in a group."

"Really?" Wei Su walked to Li Yunhan's side, "Li Hanlin, what do you say?" ”

"Master Wei, you are wronged." Li Yunhan had a sad face on his face and shouted, "In order to get the secret letter of the wax pill, they deliberately framed me!" ”

"Mestic......" Wei Su was shocked when he heard this, "Where is it?" ”

"He's swallowed it up." Ping Yu pointed to Wu Qi, who was pale, "Lord Wei, why don't you interrogate it yourself?" ”

Wei Su listened and pondered for a moment, and asked what kind of secret letter was Lynver?

Lin Fugan laughed, glanced left and right, and said viciously: "Okay, then take it out and show it to Master Wei." ”

Tong Li understood, and immediately stepped forward with a knife, aiming the tip of the knife at Wu Qi's chest.

Wu Qiqing's muscles were exposed and coughing and wheezing, he had a plan, pretended to be timid, and squeezed out a few words with difficulty with his mouth open: "Don't, don't do it, I'm going to be flattering......"

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

"Spoiled!" Ping Yu seemed to see something famous, and secretly squeezed his eyes at Wu Qi, "You really can't hold it back?" ”

Wu Qi nodded and said "um" twice in a row.

Ping Yu immediately drank and ordered Tong to stop his hand, he turned his head and stared at Lin Fu and said, "Don't you want to get that wax pill your lordship; As long as he pulls it out, it's not all solved. ”

Lynver was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Your Highness is very true." Wei Su said and moved his gaze to Lin Fu, "Lord Lin, I'll wait and avoid it." ”

"Well, that's fine;" Lin Fu was afraid that things would be stiff and difficult to end, so he softened his tone slightly, "For the princess's sake, give him another chance." ”

With that, Lynver waved his hand and caused everyone to take a few steps back......

At dusk, Emperor Xuan and Concubine Yi listened to the pipa performance of the singer for a while, felt a little sleepy, and wanted to go back to the inner palace to sleep, a little eunuch came into the palace to report, saying that He Wen was still waiting outside the palace. Emperor Xuan couldn't help but get angry after hearing this, and complained: "This bad old man, the older he gets, the more stubborn he becomes; Since he doesn't want to go, let him wait......"

Gao Jun on the side thought that it was impossible, and persuaded softly: "Eunuch He is very old, and the night is cold and windy, if it spreads, I am afraid it will damage His Majesty's reputation." ”

Emperor Xuan thought for a moment after hearing this, and reluctantly agreed.

Seeing this, Concubine Yi looked displeased, snorted and walked away first.

After a while, He Wen entered the main hall under the guidance of the eunuch and met Emperor Xuan. The two exchanged a few words, and He Wen asked for his resignation and returned to his hometown.

Emperor Xuan couldn't help but feel sour when he saw his face old and covered with dust, and said: "He Aiqing has gone through four dynasties and is loyal, and now that he is gone, I don't know when we will see each other again!" ”

He Wen said slowly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be sad, the minister is over eighty years old, although he has the heart to serve my emperor, but after all, his strength is weak and weak; People will grow old, and when the leaves will eventually fall back to their roots, this avenue will also be; It is enough for an old minister to meet such an enlightened king as my emperor...... However, before the old minister left, there was still one thing to say! ”

Emperor Xuan yawned and asked what was the matter?

"The new Hanlin Li Yunhan is talented and loyal, and this position of Hanlin is really a bit of a misservice to him, and I hope that His Majesty can reuse it in the future!"

"Oh, He Qing is still thinking about this." Emperor Xuan's face became more serious, "That's right, this person's poetry is indeed first-class, fresh and elegant, and majestic and changeable; However, according to Lynver, this person has a bad character and arrogance, which is a bit difficult for me. ”

"Your Majesty, what Lynver said is really biased. In Yichen's view, the more talented and handsome he is, the more arrogant he is, and the more he shows his integrity and recklessness; The flaws are not hidden, and this is a gift from God. If you can give him the opportunity to have some experience, he will be able to take on the important responsibility of the country in the future! ”

"So, I'm overkill?" Emperor Xuan was a little displeased, and said to He Wen, "Don't bother about this matter!" ”

He Wen was still unrelenting, and said: "It is the duty of a minister to recommend talents and use talents for the country, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

"Okay, I got it." Emperor Xuan got up and stretched, a smile squeezed out of the corner of his mouth, "He Qing, on the day you leave Beijing, I will personally lead a hundred officials to see you off, and it will not be in vain for you and me." ”

After speaking, Emperor Xuan turned around and was about to leave, when a eunuch hurriedly came to report, saying that Princess Pingyu had sent Wang Ji to come to meet him.

Emperor Xuan was quite puzzled when he heard this, and muttered, so he announced a summons.

As soon as Wang Jie entered the hall, Emperor Xuan put on a straight face and shouted at him and asked, "Wang Jie, are you guilty?" ”

Wang Jie's body trembled a few times, and he said in fear: "The minister went back to Beijing without permission against the will, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"Hmph, since you are guilty, you dare to come to see me!"

Wang Jie hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, just because my father is seriously ill, the minister has to go back to Beijing to visit. ”

He Wen on the side helped Wang Jie: "It is rare for the king to have filial piety, and I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

Emperor Xuan's "um" sound, and his tone softened slightly: "I read Lord Zaihe's intercession, and I will spare you." He paused and asked him why he had entered the palace.

"Back to Your Majesty, Lin Fu and Ji Wen led troops to besiege and kill Li Yunhan and others, and the princess was also implicated and could not protect herself, so she urgently sent ministers to ask Your Majesty for help."

Emperor Xuan was quite surprised when he heard this, and asked what was going on?

"Lin Fu and Ji Wen wanted to kill Li Yunhan and others for a secret letter; In order to protect them, the princess was abused and besieged by soldiers for no reason, and almost lost her life. Wang said.

Emperor Xuan asked, what is the secret letter?

"It is a secret letter written by Chu Mohan to Lin Fu, and now it is in the hands of Luo Feng's daughter Miaojin; However, it is not known what exactly was written in the letter. ”

"Isn't it just a letter, so much of a fight;" Emperor Xuan pondered for a while, "Where is the imperial sister now?

"Golden Immortal Temple." Wang Jie said and presented the jade pendant, "Princess, she is worried that Your Majesty will not believe it, so she specially ordered the ministers to present this pendant." ”

Gao Jun took the jade pendant and presented it to Emperor Xuan.

Emperor Xuan carefully looked at the jade pendant for a while, shook his head slightly, and said to himself: "Little sister, what do you mean by this......"

He Wen reminded on the side: "Your Majesty, don't you think this face is familiar? ”

"Well, it's a little ......familiar," Emperor Xuan remembered, and paused, "This pendant is very similar to the one I wore when I was the king of Linzi." It's just this one, the color is a little dull, and the lines are a little blurry......"

Emperor Xuan turned to ask Wang Jie, where did the jade pendant come from?

Wang Jie said that it was Li Yunhan's ancestral heirloom.

Emperor Xuan's face suddenly changed after hearing this, and he scolded: "You dare to lie? ”

"This, the minister doesn't dare to say half a word." Wang Jie replied timidly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has seen this pendant with his own eyes, and it was brought by Li Yunhan." He Wenlang said, "When the old minister asked him, he said that this pendant was passed down by his ancestors, and it has been more than 100 years. The minister asked carefully, and learned that his ancestors were of the same clan as the royal family, and they were both after Li Hui, the king of Xiliang. ”

"He's also a royal descendant?" Emperor Xuan was very surprised, and thought for a while, "Back then, I once issued an edict to the world, ordering Zongzheng Temple to register and compile all the descendants of Li Wei into the imperial register, why have I never heard of this person?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister asked him, Li Yunhan and his family did not sign up at the beginning." Seeing that Emperor Xuan was still frowning, He Wen hesitated and said, "If Your Majesty wants to know the truth, you might as well summon him to ask him in person." ”

"Well, okay." Emperor Xuan turned his gaze to Wang Jie, and said with a gloomy face, "Wang Qing, this pendant will be returned to the princess first; Also, don't let out what you've talked about tonight! ”

Wang Jie hurriedly kowtowed and agreed.

Subsequently, Emperor Xuan summoned a eunuch and ordered him to go to Jinxian Temple immediately with Wang Jie to save Princess Pingyu and others.

After Wang Jie came out of the hall, He Wen played to Emperor Xuan again, saying that Li Yunhan's jade pendant had a great background!

"Oh?"

"Only then did Wang Zhi be there, and the old minister didn't dare to say much. According to the records of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Prince Yin and the Tang King were at odds, and the two fought for the throne. Gaozu was deeply worried about this, so he ordered the craftsman to carve two fish dragon jade pendants on a whole piece of Khotanese jade, and gave them to the Yin prince and the Tang king. Both are decorated with Tai Chi Yin and Yang patterns, implying that the two brothers can harmonize and coexist in harmony with Yin and Yang for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Oh, I see. Emperor Gaozu is really worried. Emperor Xuan sighed, lowered his head and paced back and forth a few steps, and asked, "However, how could that jade pendant be lost among the people?" ”

Unexpectedly, it backfired, and then the Xuanwu Gate changed, and the hidden prince was killed, and the whereabouts of this Pei have not been known since. Alas, it is said that in Taizong's later years, he saw Pei crying, and he often regretted it......"

Emperor Xuan couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he said, "How could that jade pendant fall into the hands of Li Yunhan, could it be said that he is the queen of Prince Yin......

"This is Your Majesty's family matter, and the old minister doesn't dare to say more." He Wen replied cautiously.

"Well, won't it...... As far as I know, after the death of Prince Yin, in addition to his two daughters, none of his five sons were spared, so how could there be a queen? ”

"Your Majesty is right." He Wen's face was solemn, "Afterwards, Emperor Taizong felt pity and raised the two daughters of Prince Yin, and they all married as princesses. As for the other heirs, there is indeed no record in the historical books. ”

Emperor Xuan let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said, "According to this, he is not the queen of Prince Yin......

"Your Majesty, this matter has been more than a hundred years, and it is difficult for the minister to make a judgment for a while; However, the old minister thought that if he wanted to seek the truth, he might as well search from the classics and chapters of the Gaozu and Taizong dynasties, or he could find a trace to corroborate it. ”

"Well, after He Qing said this, I really want to find out, what is going on with Li Yunhan's life experience?" After speaking, Emperor Xuan ordered Secretary He Wen to investigate the matter.

He Wen smiled bitterly and agreed; said that when he finished this matter, he would resign and return to his hometown to retire for the rest of his life.

Emperor Xuan nodded, and immediately agreed.

In front of the Golden Immortal Temple, by the bamboo forest.

Lin Fu waited for a long time, but still didn't see any movement from Wu Qi, so he hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Du Shaoling said with a smile on the side: "Don't rush, there are tigers and wolves all around, how can he pull it out!" ”

Lin Fu was annoyed and angry when he heard this, and ordered his subordinates to pour laxatives on Wu Qi!

The two soldiers vigorously broke Wu Qi's mouth and poured potion into his mouth. Wu Qi tried his best to resist for a while, but the potion was still poured in little by little.

Wu Qi's face turned pale, and he moaned in pain: "Don't, it's about to explode......"

Li Yunhan struggled forward and moved forward, and angrily reprimanded: "You and other treacherous villains will be punished by heaven!" ”

Wei Su listened thoughtfully, and sneered at Lin Fu: "My lord is really, it's not just a wax pill, it's really painstaking!" ”

Seeing that there was something in his words, Lin Fu snorted and said, "Master Wei, you have also seen it today, those who dare to be enemies of the old man will never end well." ”

Ping Yu saw that Wu Qi's face was pale and painful, so he had a plan; She walked quickly to Lin Fu and said that there was no need to toss, she had her own way to get Wu Qi to hand over the wax pill.

"Really?" Lynver looked suspicious.

"Don't worry, Princess Ben will do what she says."

Lin Fuyin smiled and asked her what conditions she had?

"Untie him first."

"Untie, how can this be done?" Lynver shook his head slightly.

Ping Yu said angrily: "If I break my promise, whether I stay or kill, these people are at the disposal of adults!" ”

When Wei Su heard this, he also agreed, saying that he was willing to use his life as a guarantee.

Lin Fu stroked his beard and thought for a while, then sneered: "Okay, then it's a matter of words." ”

Subsequently, Tong Li ordered someone to untie the rope on Wu Qi's body, but he still tied him with an anklet.

Wu Qi's face was pale, he sat on the ground panting heavily, and when he saw Ping Yu approaching, he muttered: "Your Highness, you ......"

Ping Yu squeezed his eyes at him, and pretended to scold: "Hand it over as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will suffer with you!" ”

Wu Qi didn't seem to understand when he heard it, and said "um".

Ping Yu bent down and pressed his navel hard with his hand, asking, "Here?" ”

Wu Qi shook his head.

Pingyu touched his chest again and asked, "Is this here?" ”

Seeing that Wu Qi was still shaking his head, Ping Yu then touched his throat upwards and asked softly, "Here?" ”

Wu Qi nodded.

Ping Yu suddenly understood, and guessed that the wax pill must have been stuck in his throat. She made Wu Qi sit up straight; After that, she slapped Wu Qi's back hard with luck and strength......

Suddenly, Wu Qi raised his head and squirted out a stream of sour water, and the wax pill flew out of his mouth.

Seeing this, Lin Fu picked up the wax pill a few steps first, and was very proud.

Ping Yu took two steps forward and shouted at Lin Fu: "Lord Lin, it's time to release people!" ”

"Let people go," Lin Fu sneered a few times and said viciously, "Kill, kill them all, it's a hundred." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Xiao Ban descend from the sky, pecked away the wax pill, fluttered his wings and flew up to the treetops with difficulty. Tong Li saw that he hurriedly commanded his subordinates to draw bows and arrows,

Aimed at the small spots and shot them one after another. Why, the little spot curled up into a ball and clung to the tree pole, motionless, not hurt in the slightest.

Seeing this, Lin Fu was furious, and immediately shouted orders to all the soldiers, killing Li Yunhan, Miaojin and others.

Li Yunhan's hands were tied and he couldn't resist for a while, and when he saw the officers and soldiers rushing over with long knives, he suddenly felt a chill in his body, and lamented: "My life is over." ”