When others say this, it is inevitable that they will be arrogant and arrogant, and they will seem frivolous and arrogant. But Shen Zhou's expression was indifferent and calm, and there was no fluctuation in the slightest, which couldn't help but be convincing - it was worthy of being the shadow of Chu Shixia's side, who had learned the bloody killing of the Chu clan in the clouds thoroughly.

Chu Zhixia smiled, pinched the back of his snow-white soft neck and said, "You don't need to kill." The Mountain Ghost Clan is still under the command of the Regent, and they can also think of it as we can think of it, and the Mountain Ghost will inevitably send the most elite assassins to assassinate His Majesty and the King of Qi. ”

Chu Zhixia instinctively resisted Shen Zhou approaching the emperor, and this move was really a last resort. If the emperor and Bai Ziche were injured in this battle, everything Chu Zhixia did would be unknown and his previous achievements would be wasted.

"You go to protect Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the King of Qi." Chu Zhixia made up his mind and said.

Shen Zhou didn't understand the meaning behind this order, and nodded, "Okay." ”

Xu Yan thought about the problem not only about military defense, and then asked how to settle the officials in the city, their families, and the relatives of the emperor. Chu Zhixia answered Bai Huan's motives and possible follow-up actions one by one, and Pei Zhang made additions and questions from time to time. Cheng Yuan and Sun Yan listened while secretly remembering their duties, and their nerves were tense.

Bai Ziche also had no objections, listened silently, and nodded in agreement from time to time.

After speaking, Chu Zhixia rolled up the map and threw it into the charcoal fire.

The golden flames that rose up fell under Chu Zhixia's eyes, like clusters of golden flowers withering in an instant. Everyone's heart is heavy, as if pressing a boulder, and it is difficult to breathe.

Outside the window, the wind and snow howled.

——

The ninth year of auspicious charm, the tenth day of the twelfth month.

Winter solstice.

Qin Wang's Mansion.

Bai Huan put on a winter robe over the soft armor, and the maid trembled in his silence, and the action of draping the big coat for him was a little lighter. Bai Huan was amused by her rabbit-like expression, and when she turned her head, she saw herself in the bronze mirror, and she couldn't even laugh.

The person in the mirror is wearing a dark robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and a long jade body, he is really a gentleman. But his eyebrows, which were almost weak, were slightly raised, and a terrifying anger arose. Bai Huan was a little in a trance, and felt a little strange for a while.

"You're afraid of me?" Bai Huan suddenly asked.

The maid knelt down with a "plop", and did not dare to raise her head, "Your Highness forgives your sins!" ”

Bai Huan looked at her quietly for a moment and said, "I didn't want to punish you for your sin. You're all afraid of me, but I'm good to you, am I? I used to be a good guy too. ”

Bai Huan seemed to be saying to the maid, as if he was saying to the queen in front of the Buddha statue, or to the ghost of Huo Wenqing. Bai Huan tightened his neckline, ignored the frightened maid, and turned to walk out of the warm room.

The cold wind was biting, and Bai Huan felt the thin sweat on his face condense into a layer of ice crystals almost the moment he stepped out of the door.

Chen Boyan walked into King Qin's mansion angrily.

"Where's Bai Yu?" Chen Boyan suppressed his anger and asked.

"Gone." Bai Huan replied lightly.

"Do you know that there are many talented people around Chu Zhixia, and you are likely to have scared the snake by now, understand!" Chen Boyan was so angry that he couldn't vent, and kicked on the stone lamp on the side of the road, "For today's battle, our Chen family bet everything on the gambling table, if it is because of a waste, we will bury everything——"

Bai Huan interrupted him coldly, "Ah Yu is not a waste, he is my younger brother." ”

Chen Boyan sneered.

"If I lose today, you still have Ah Yu, and you can make a comeback. But if Ah Yu and I are buried in the imperial capital, the Chen family will always be unknown. Even if Chu Shixia knew that I was going to rebel, what if she had soldiers or power? ”

Bai Huan said word by word: "You should go to Gyeonggi Wei to transfer troops now, instead of arguing with me here." ”

Chen Boyan reluctantly accepted this explanation, even if he was unhappy in his heart, he had nothing to say. Chen Boyan took two steps back to the side, made a welcoming gesture, and sent Bai Huan to the carriage outside the mansion. Bai Huan boarded the carriage and looked back at the silver-clad Qin Palace.

"Jin, Qin, Qi and Wei, since ancient times, the king of Jin has been the closest to the position of the prince. Even if I am the eldest son, my father is only willing to give me a 'Qin'. Do you know who the title of 'King of Jin' is for? ”

Chen Boyan looked at him blankly and irritably.

These days, Baek Hwan has collected all the information he can find about the sinking boat.

Those fragmentary clues are pieced together, an orphan who was taken in by Jianghu guests, and an outlaw who was fostered in the Zhenbei Wangfu and resembled a secret guard; A seed of infatuation that is not justified and detained by Chu Shixia's side.

Bai Huan watched the emperor linger on the sickbed because of this, and his heart was crazy with jealousy, but he also surged with sickly pleasure - do you know that the child you cherish the most, who has lived on thin ice for so many years, has lived a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife, and may die at any time because of the words of the Chu family in the clouds?

He's right next to you, and you've passed by under the palace walls countless times.

It doesn't matter if you don't recognize him, I will let you meet under the Nine Springs, which will be counted as the last love between our father and son.

"Bai Zhan has always been sorry for me, and now I have to be sorry for him." Bai Huan muttered.

"Bai Zhan" is the emperor's name, Bai Huan has always boasted of self-denial, and no one before or after him refused to have the slightest disrespect for the Bai clan and the emperor, and Chen Boyan has always regarded him as a hypocrite. Now that Bai Huan suddenly went crazy, Chen Boyan looked at him as if he had seen a ghost.

Bai Huan had already lowered the curtain and sat in the carriage, and the shaking curtain cut off Chen Boyan's sight, and Bai Huan's face also became blurred.

"Let's go." Bai Huan said coldly.

——

Akiba Mountain House.

The Roossie cat ran on the ridge of the roof, rolled off the roof, and landed in the snow. She landed extremely steadily and lightly, only carrying a small piece of snow and dust flying under her feet. Luo Shuangyi straightened up and looked at the people under the corridor.

Chu Zhixia was only wearing a robe, and sat at the front with both hands on the ladder. She lowered her eyes slightly, and the ten fingers of her folded hands moved rhythmically. Shen Zhou sat behind her and rubbed his sword repeatedly, reaching out from time to time to fiddle with the ghost mask on his waist, very calm.

Pei Zhang and Xu Yan quarreled loudly over a list, with no demeanor and demeanor, and they blushed and had a thick neck. Cheng Yuan sat honestly at the back, munching on the cut beef, his expression fierce.

A group of people looked up at Luo Shuangyi.

Luo Shuangyi half-knelt down and said to Shen Zhou: "Shuangyi has seen the head of the family. Bai Yu, the king of Rui, had been escorted out of the city by the personal guards of the king of Qin. King Bai Huan of Qin and Chen Boyan on their way to Gyeonggiwei. The regent never went out. ”

Chu Zhixia let out a long sigh of relief, got up and said, "Let's go." ”

A group of people dispersed.

Shen Zhou stood in place and looked at Chu Zhixia, reaching out to hug her. Chu Zhixia hugged him tightly and buried his head in his neck and took a deep breath.

The water agarwood with body temperature on Shen Zhou's body made Chu Shixia feel at ease, since the deployment of the counterattack against Bai Huan's rebellion, Chu Shixia had not slept well. Shen Zhou stood by her couch night and night, holding her hand.

"It's going to win." Shen Zhou comforted her with a lack of words.

Chu Zhixia's fluttering eyelashes swept across the skin on the weak side of Shen Zhou's neck, and she said softly, "Shen Zhou, don't let anyone see your face." No one. ”

Concealing one's appearance is the basic quality of an assassin, and Shen Zhou didn't take it seriously, and agreed cleanly.

Chu Zhixia patted him on the shoulder, Shen Zhou buckled his mask, and walked over the wall.

Chu Zhixia sorted out his breathing, walked out of the courtyard, and happened to bump into Deng Mian who came in a hurry.

Deng Mian almost crashed into Chu Zhixia's arms, and was grabbed by Yuzhu who was chasing behind him, and he could stop in front of Chu Zhixia. Yuzhu took off her makeup and hairpin ring, wearing the same black clothes as Luo Shuang's clothes, her body was sleek and slender, and she didn't look like a maid who only urged Chu Zhixia to eat.

"Is there something big going on tonight?" Deng Mian asked uneasily.

"There is chaos in the imperial capital tonight, and Yuzhu will take the opportunity to send you out of the city. Entangled, new identity, road guide, and customs clearance documents are all ready for you. Chu Shixia said thoughtfully, "You go to Guangling to find Jiang Qiao first, if you want to go somewhere else, she will find a way." ”

Deng Mian was speechless.

Deng Mian knew that he couldn't help much, even Yuzhu, who looked soft and weak, changed his face, he was a fugitive, and staying here was just to add to the chaos. But suddenly about to leave the imperial capital, Deng Mian had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Then you have to live......" Deng Mian whispered.

Chu Zhixia smiled, reached out and touched his head, and suddenly said, "Yan Jue said that day, he forgave you for bullying him before." ”

Deng Mian's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

"That's what I promised your father. Deng Mian, forget this name, forget everything in the imperial capital, and live well. ”

Being alive is already the greatest luxury in this world.

——

Since the Gyeonggi Guard's commander Lin He was suspended by the emperor, the people of Gyeonggi Guard have been in fear. The Gyeonggi Guard, interspersed with Chen's cronies, has been stabbed like a sieve. If the emperor completely disliked the Qin king, the officers of the Gyeonggi Guard would be dismissed from their posts and not promoted, or they would face prison time like Lin He.

Tonight on the winter solstice, Yan Hu, the centurion of the Gyeonggi Guard, eats mutton pot at home.

The hot mutton went down, Yan Hu drank rice wine, and sweated hotly, and the depression that had been in place for several days disappeared. Yan Hu looked at the children running all over the table and the wife who gently scolded the children, and his heart was filled with infinite tenderness.

If King Qin really falls, he will resign from his post and return to his hometown, return to his hometown to cultivate one acre and three points of land, and live a hot kang life for his wife and children. The big guys are dead and alive, so why can't you get along with a small person like him.

Yan Hu was full of sadness and relief, grabbed his wife's hand, and put a silver skein bracelet on her. His wife was very surprised, but she still blamed him for spending money indiscriminately. Yan Hu smiled and was sweetly beaten on the shoulder by his wife.

Suddenly, there was a banging on the door.

Yan Hu put on his clothes and went to open the door, and said a little impatiently: "Who?" ”

"Centurion of the 1st Battalion of Gyeonggi Weinan, Yan Hu? Urgently summoned in the army! ”

As soon as Yan Hu opened the door, the token of the general of the 1st Battalion of the South Battalion reached under his nose. The man urged Yan Hu to hurry back to the barracks, so he immediately turned on his horse and hurried to the next place.

It was rare to summon officers late at night, and Yan Hu felt a little uneasy in his heart. But the military order was like a mountain, Yan Hu had no choice but to turn around to appease his wife, and rushed to Gyeonggi Wei across the horse in armor.

There are 40,000 people in Gyeonggi Guard, divided into four battalions, east, west, north and south, and each battalion has four small battalions. When Yan Hu arrived, he found that the entire Gyeonggi Wei centurion and above officers had been summoned here. With a drum beating in his heart, he half-knelt beside his colleague uneasily. The colleague shook his head slightly at Yan Hu and motioned for him not to ask more.

In a short time, more and more officers gathered here. The doubts and fears in Yan Hu's heart accumulated layer by layer, and finally completely collapsed when the three of them walked into the camp.

Chen Boyan, the grandson of the Changfang of the Chen family, Chen Boyan, who used to serve in Gyeonggi Guard, and Lin He, the commander of Gyeonggi Guard, who was recently held accountable and suspended by the emperor. The two men did not immediately take their seats when they entered the tent, but stopped and raised the curtain for the people behind them.

King Qin, Bai Huan.

The people in Gyeonggi Wei have heard of this waste prince who has fallen into the dust, after all, as soon as he enters Gyeonggi Wei, it is equivalent to entrusting half of his life to this highness.

Bai Huan strode into the tent, sat down in the position of the main general, and put down the wooden box in his hand. Bai Huan didn't say a word, first opened the box in his hand and pushed it to the ground. The generals and lieutenants kneeling at the front all gasped - it was a bloody human head.

It was none other than Lin He, who was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi Guard after he was suspended.

"Your Majesty was bewitched by the traitor, and imprisoned his mother and forbidden his wife. The deputy commander of the Gyeonggi Guard, who eats the king, but does not know the loyalty of the monarch, is no different from the traitor in the palace who confuses His Majesty. I, Bai Huan, as the eldest son of His Majesty, have the responsibility to kill the traitors, clear the monarch's side, and support Sheji. ”

Bai Huan slowly raised his eyes, and the officers of the four battalions standing at the front immediately knelt down to show their loyalty, "I am willing to follow His Highness to fight against the traitors, Qingjun's side!" ”

"The mobilization of the Gyeonggi Guard requires the edict of the military department stamped with His Majesty's seal, dare to ask His Highness, where is the edict?" Someone asked forcefully, "If there is no edict, how is this different from rebellion?" ”

Bai Huan didn't speak, and he didn't even lift his finger. The officer next to the man immediately held him down, and Chen Boyan stepped forward and cut off his head with a knife.

"Those who fight tonight are regarded as fellow traitors." Bai Huan said loudly, "Does anyone still have any objections!" ”

The crowd knelt down and shouted "Rebel thief, clear the king's side". Yan Hu was dazed, and then he realized that the commanders of the four major battalions had long been loyal to Bai Huan, and a person as dazed as him was just an additive.

Thousands of Yan Hu were coerced and plunged into the torrent of power and ambition that night.

The drums sounded, and the sleeping soldiers were quickly assembled. The battle flags fluttered with torches, and the flames were so brilliant that they seemed to melt the ice and snow of the entire imperial capital. Lin He put on armor and carried a knife, turned over on his horse, and looked down on the black-pressed army with a thousand thoughts. Chen Boyan rode his horse and stood beside him, his facial muscles tensed, but his eyes flashed with excitement.

"What about Your Highness?" Lin He glanced at him.

"It's not safe here, someone escorted him away." Chen Boyan said.

Lin He took a deep breath to relieve the boiling blood in his veins, and sighed, "It turns out that there will really be this day." ”

Chen Boyan looked at him coldly.

Lin He smiled disdainfully, beating his horse and marching through the army phalanx, the sound of the horsewhip was loud. Lin He was angry and dantian, and the north wind carried his shouts to the ears of every soldier.

"The first person to climb the wall of the palace city will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold."

"Capture the Chu clan in the clouds, Chu Zhixia, reward a thousand gold, and seal the marquis of ten thousand households."

"The one who beheads the king of Qi, Bai Ziche, will be crowned the Duke of Yipin, and he will be hereditarily replaced."

Lin He turned the horse's head, and the horsewhip pointed directly at the gate of the majestic imperial capital, "All the soldiers of the army, follow me to fight against the thief, Qingjun's side!" ”

On the winter solstice of the ninth year of Xiangfu, the Qin king Bai Huan besieged the palace with 40,000 people from Gyeonggi Wei, bleeding and drifting, and corpses were all over the field, which was known as the "Xiangfu Coup" in history.

"The Qing monarch's side seems to be one of the common reasons for rebellion. Jun said that it is not necessary."