Chapter 20: The Mixed Banner
After Lei Yuan left Baili, he hurried back to the mountain, Guan Yuan was a little anxious waiting in front of the mountain, and when he saw Lei Yuan coming back, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Your Highness is back, something is wrong." ”
When Lei Yuan followed Guan Yuan back, he saw that the mountain was heavily guarded, and he was waiting for the battle, and there were several generals in military uniforms sitting neatly in the hall.
Everyone in the hall looked a little solemn, Guan Yuan's face was also full of gloom, Lei Yuan walked to the top seat and sat down, and said, "Generals, please take a seat." ”
Nan Ying stepped forward, whispered a few words in Lei Yuan's ear, and stepped aside, Lei Yuan took his eyes off Nan Ying's face, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone also knows the news, you might as well talk about your views on this matter." ”
The second general next to Lei Yuan's left hand stood up, with a little panic on his face, bowed his hand, looked at Lei Yuan and said: "Your Highness, I don't think this matter is a trivial matter, the Wang army of the Demon Capital is more than 300,000, the strength is strong, the soldiers are strong, and if you start a war with the Wang army at this time, the lack of combat preparation is secondary, and the strength of the army is a huge problem." ”
Lei Yuan asked, "What does General Bai mean?"
General Bai swallowed and spit, and then said: "The minister thinks that this is not suitable for war, so you can send someone to the demon capital to ask for peace with Wang Mountain, so as to protect the peace of the mountain." ”
Lei Yuan looked at General Bai, his eyes flashed, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned his head to everyone and said, "What do you think of what General Bai said?"
Everyone didn't understand what Lei Yuan meant, and they didn't dare to answer easily.
The atmosphere in the hall was very dull, and after a long time, several generals were restless, and beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads.
Lei Yuan suddenly spoke: "I can understand your feelings, after all, the demon clan has never been able to afford a war for tens of thousands of years, and everyone hopes to enjoy peace, which is not wrong, but the situation at this time does not allow us to choose, this matter is not something that you and I can just settle, and now the king can't tolerate me in his eyes, even his own brothers will be slaughtered, if I am killed, then the rest of the people in the mountain will not be able to live, rather than sit and wait to die, it is better to fight with him." ”
Then, he glanced at the people in the hall and said helplessly: "My brother is notoriously suspicious, when my father was in power, a counselor offended him somehow, do you remember what happened to that counselor?"
Everyone began to whisper, General Bai's face showed an extremely frightened look, he remembered this very clearly, since the death of the first king, the first day of Yu Yu sitting on the throne, he locked up all those who had offended him in the cave where the ancient beasts were trapped, and as soon as they entered, they never came out.
Lei Yuan noticed the change in everyone's expressions, and said: "Everyone here is also my Lei Yuan's retainers and subordinate officials, even if you succeed in suing for peace this time and let him stop sending troops, do you think that you can continue to enjoy this peaceful and prosperous world? I think that it will not be long before our king will find a way to get rid of me, and at that time, let alone you, even my nominal brother, will be a piece of meat on his chopping board, if you want to cut and chop it, it doesn't depend on his mood?"
Everyone shuddered, and hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to follow His Highness, but His Highness is the only one." ”
Lei Yuan looked at the stunned General Bai and said, "What about you?"
General Bai reacted at this time, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Bai is willing to obey the command of His Highness." ”
Lei Yuan glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Yu Yu is menacing this time, there is still a fierce battle waiting for us ahead, you go down and prepare well, gather the army, and wait for my orders." ”
Everyone saluted and withdrew, Lei Yuan signaled to Guan Yuan, and Guan Yuan immediately walked over.
Lei Yuan said: "You go to find someone to inquire about the deployment of Yu Yu, and see who the main general sent by Yu Yu to attack us this time is." ”
Guan Yuan hesitated and replied, "After finding out, do you want to find a way to get rid of him?"
Lei Yuan shook his head and said: "Don't worry, if you get rid of him, Yu Yu will still send someone else, just think about who it is, and don't worry about the rest of the things for the time being." ”
Guan Yuan said: "Yes, go and do it immediately." ”
Guan Yuan turned around and left, and Lei Yuan called Nan Ying over again and said, "General Nan, you take your people, take your people and guard here well, no matter what happens, you must help me defend the mountain." ”
Nanying replied, "The minister obeys." ”
Not long after, Guan Yuan came back from outside the hall and saw that Lei Yuan was still sitting on the chair and pondering, and stepped forward and asked, "What is Your Highness thinking?"
Lei Yuan raised his head, stared at Guan Yuan and asked carefully, "Who is this news from?"
Guan Yuan replied, "Your Highness is asking what this is for? This news came from the Second Highness's mansion. ”
Lei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "What about the concubine, does she know about this?"
Guan Yuan followed behind Lei Yuan and said as he walked out: "I don't know yet, I have already instructed everyone on the mountain that the concubine is not in good health, don't tell her about this matter." ”
Lei Yuan nodded and said, "Very well done, by the way, do you know who presented the fake mixed yuan banner to Yu Yu?"
Guan Yuan was shocked: "Your Highness is saying that the mixed yuan banner in Yu Yu's hand is not real?"
Lei Yuan said: "The real Mixed Yuan Banner is not in the hands of Yu Yu now, you have to find a way to find out this matter, and then, find someone to get rid of him, don't let him tell Yu Yu that the Mixed Yuan Banner in his hand is fake." ”
Guan Yuan replied: "The subordinates remember. ”
Lei Yuan turned around, stretched out his hand to straighten Guan Yuan's neckline, and said: "You and I grew up together, in my eyes, you are no different from the second brother, they are all my own brothers, this time the mountain is in trouble, if I have any accidents, please find a way to protect my mother, she is an old man, I have suffered a lot of sins with me, she can't have anything to do anymore, once the war is over, if I can come back, I will be filial to her again." ”
Guan Yuan asked: "What did Your Highness say about this, didn't Your Highness just come back from the Demon Capital?
Lei Yuan paused, took a few steps forward and said: "This matter is a long story, I did find the Mixed Yuan Banner, but when I came out of the dark room, I happened to run into Yu Yu, I was afraid that the Mixed Yuan Banner would fall into his hands, so in a hurry, I entrusted it to others." ”
Guan Yuan asked, "Who is it?"
Lei Yuan said: "The goddess of the Baili clan. ”
Guan Yuan hurriedly said: "The Mixed Yuan Banner is a holy object between heaven and earth, it is really not easy to obtain, how can His Highness be so hasty, and he can rest assured that he will hand it over to the people in the God Realm?"
Lei Yuan's face was not gloomy, and he said with relief: "Don't worry, I have already planned this matter, although she is a person in the divine realm, but the last time she was on the mountain, she still owes me a personal favor, people in the divine realm will do what they say, I believe her." ”
Guan Yuan didn't seem to understand where Lei Yuan's belief came from, he looked at Lei Yuan with a heavy face, exhaled helplessly, and finally closed his mouth.
Lei Yuan said lightly: "You don't need to be nervous, even if I bring the Mixed Yuan Banner, its divine power has been lost, and it will not be of any effect in my hands, and besides, this battle is not known, and it is not safe to hold it, so it is better to put it there for her." ”
Guan Yuan muttered quietly, "When did you trust outsiders so much?"
Lei Yuan turned around and asked, "What did you just say?"
Guan Yuan shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything." ”
Lei Yuan seemed to see his thoughts, turned around and continued to walk forward: "I don't have any real conflict of interest with the Divine Realm now, and the Divine Realm will only watch the matter between me and Yu Yu, so we can't offend the Divine Realm now, otherwise Yu Yu will take the opportunity to make trouble, we will be attacked on both sides, caught in the middle, and we will have to deal with both the Divine Realm and Yu Yu, but it will not be fun at all." ”
Guan Yuan was puzzled and asked, "Does Your Highness want to give the Mixed Yuan Banner to the Divine Realm?"
Lei Yuan shook his head and said: "The matter of the Mixed Yuan Banner will be talked about later, wait for this storm to pass, first find the Silk Yuan Fragment, and then find the Mixed Yuan Banner back." ”
Guan Yuan was relieved and said, "Your Highness said so, I am relieved." ”
Lei Yuan said with some concern: "What is the current situation with the second brother?"
Guan Yuan asked, "If Your Highness is worried about Your Second Highness, do you want your subordinates to send someone to the Demon Capital to take a look?"
Lei Yuan thought for a moment and replied, "No need, let's wait until the enemy retreats." ”
On the second day, Lei Yuan gathered an army of 30,000 and left the mountain to join the other generals.
Lei Yuan's army marched towards the royal city, the momentum was huge, and it was mighty along the way, and when it was less than a hundred miles away from the royal city, Yu Yu, who was sitting in the palace to meet the courtiers, received an urgent report from the border at the right time.
Yu Yu, who originally planned to retreat from the court, took the urgent report from the attendant's hand and looked at Yaojuan, then threw the urgent report in his hand on the ground, and roared angrily: "Bold, what a chaotic thief!"
The courtiers were startled, and cautiously looked at the feather who roared like a mad lion, and did not dare to come out.
Tan Cheng, who was standing at the front of the hundred officials, stepped forward and said, "Dare to ask the king, what happened, why did you have such a big anger?"
Yu Yu stopped his steps, stared at Lu Luan who bowed his head lightly viciously, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, do you want to give me an explanation for this matter?"
Lu Luan hurriedly raised his head and asked, "Why did the king say this?"
Yu Yu sneered: "Second brother, don't pretend anymore, you dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"
Hearing the confusion, he shook his head, stared at Yu Yu frankly and said, "Brother Yu is frightened, I don't understand what the king meant?"
Yu Yu pointed to the anxious report and said, "Panic, see for yourself, what good things have you done to make you panic?"
Lu Luan had no choice but to step forward, carefully pick up the emergency report that fell under the steps, and when he opened it, his face changed greatly.
He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "The younger brother has no idea about this matter, and I ask the king to find out." ”
Yu Yu reprimanded: "Lei Yuan's soldiers and horses have arrived outside the Demon Capital King City, he left the fiefdom and entered the city with heavy troops, it is clear that he wants to rebel, you are his brother, don't you know?"
Lu Luan said: "According to the king's words, the king and Lei Yuan are also brothers, so the king should know about this matter?"
Yu Yu was annoyed and angry, and said, "Bold, you and that Lei Yuan were just born of a slut, why should you call me brothers?"
Lu Luan gritted his teeth, stared at Yu Yu tightly, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please be careful, this is above the court." ”
When everyone in the hall heard this, they immediately exploded.
Seeing everyone's reactions, Yu Yu realized that he had said the wrong thing, his face was red and white, and he pointed at Lu Luan and said, "Come on, take the second prince down and go to prison." ”
As soon as the words fell, a gray-haired old minister came out of the crowd, he glanced at the kneeling on the ground, stepped forward and saluted, and said without hurry: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, all the princes are the sons and daughters of the first king, and they are also the king's siblings. ”
Yu Yu was stunned when he heard this, and he remembered that half of the old ministers in the clan were towards Lei Yuan, and if he did it at this time, he was afraid that it would arouse the dissatisfaction of those people and shake the foundation of the country.
He stared at Lu Luan coldly, and changed his words very unwillingly: "The second prince Lu Luan has been grounded in the mansion since now to think, and he is not allowed to leave without the order of this king. ”
Lu Luan stood up, glared at Yu Yu fiercely, turned around and strode out.
Yu Yu continued with a calm face: "Lei Yuan gathered a crowd to rebel, from now on, abolish all preferential treatment such as titles and fiefdoms, and order the prime minister to lead the royal army to crusade, and arrest Lei Yuan to the royal city for questioning. ”
Tan Cheng saluted and said, "The minister is commanding." ”
Yu Yu glared at everyone in the hall, snorted coldly, and threw his sleeves away.
This incident caused an uproar in the demon clan, and for a while, the streets and alleys were rumored about the rebellion of the three princes of the demon clan, and everyone seemed to have decided that Lei Yuan was disrespectful to his brother, had ill intentions, and deliberately rebelled.
When Tan Cheng ordered someone to tell Zhu Yu about this, Zhu Yu, who was sitting in the dormitory, was in a good mood, and ordered someone to take the best wine in the entire demon world, and even before he could change his court clothes, he drank a kind of concubine in the dormitory.
Then the wine was poured out, and the waiter outside the door came in, saying that a distinguished guest had arrived.
Yu Yu frowned, looked at the waiter ignorantly, and said, "Tell him to wait for a few hours, didn't you see this king drinking?"
The waiter raised his head and glanced at Yu Yu, quickly lowered his head, and said with a wincing: "But the distinguished guest said that he was in a hurry to see the king, and he also said that there was something more important than drinking and having fun. ”
When Yu Yu heard this, he was displeased: "A bold minion dares to disturb this king to drink. As he spoke, he smashed the wine cup in his hand at the waiter, but the waiter did not dare to dodge, and let the wine cup smash his head to bruise.
Yu Yu thought about it, pushed away the concubine beside him, stood up and tidied up his clothes, and instructed the attendant: "You go, ask him to wait for me in the main hall." ”
The waiter hurriedly said, "Yes." Then he touched the scar on the door of his head, turned and quickly left.
Yu Yu had a calm face, and walked slowly towards the main hall, he glanced at Jiang Su, who was standing in the hall with his back to him, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the prince, why did the prince come here at this time?"
Jiang Su heard the voice, turned to salute Yu Yu, and said expressionlessly: "The king really told me to wait." ”
Yu Yu walked up to the throne and sat down, looked at Jiang Su and said, "The prince doesn't have to be restrained, please sit down." ”
Jiang Su took a few steps forward, sat on the chair brought by the waiter, and said, "Now that the dust has not settled, is it too early for the king to drink and celebrate now?"
Yu Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, what advice does the prince have?"
Jiang Su said a little gloomy: "I don't dare to give advice, but I do have something to ask the king." The last time I left the king, and when I returned to the hidden capital, I was severely reprimanded by my father, who knew that I had come to see the king, and was very angry, and said that he would abolish my son. The king also knows what I am doing with you for, and knows better what these things I am doing now mean to a small prince of the secluded capital, if the king has any opinion on me, it is good to say it directly, there is no need to cross the river and tear down the bridge like this, right?"
Yu Yu was puzzled: "What does the prince mean by this, what has this king done?"
Jiang Su snorted coldly: "Ming people don't say secret words, why should the king pretend to be confused anymore?"
Yu Yu said: "This king really doesn't know, and I ask the prince to make it clear." ”
Jiang Su said: "The last time I left the demon capital on my front foot, my father ordered someone to arrest me back, and I was grounded in the dormitory for a month before letting me out, didn't the king send someone to inform my father?"
Yu Yu smiled: "The prince misunderstood, I didn't do such a thing. ”
Jiang was suspicious, and asked again, "Is what the king said true?"
Yu Yu shook his head sincerely and said, "This king said no, but no. ”
Jiang Su then said: "Since this is the case, forgive me for being rude." ”
Yu Yu said generously: "It's okay, this king understands." ”
Jiang Su said with some embarrassment: "On the way here, I heard that Lei Yuan raised troops to make an incident, and he is already not far from the demons. ”
Yu Yu nodded and said, "Yes, I'm also having a headache about this matter." ”
Jiang Su said: "I remember that the king has always wanted to get rid of Lei Yuan before, and this time should be a great opportunity. ”
Yu Yu said: "I have sent the prime minister to meet the battle. ”
Jiang Su thought for a moment and asked, "Did Lei Yuan personally bring someone here?"
Yu Yu nodded, "Yes." ”
Jiang Wei smiled and said, "Congratulations to the king, your wish for many years can be fulfilled this time." ”
Yu Yu asked, "What do you mean by what the prince said?"
Jiang Su stood up and analyzed: "Now that Lei Yuan has come to attack the Demon Capital, he must be pouring into the nest, and on the Lu Mountain, the defense should be empty at this moment, if the king now sends someone to the Lu Yuan Mountain to destroy Lei Yuan's foundation, Lei Yuan will definitely have no intention of fighting, and the king of this battle will win." ”
Yu Yu agreed: "What the prince said makes sense, then I will immediately send someone to the mountain." ”
Jiang Su shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the king should not worry, now the army will cause unnecessary trouble when the army goes out of the city, Lei Yuan may be aware of it, it is better to wait for the two sides to fight before sending people, at that time, Lei Yuan will have no time to take care of other things, and the king's plan can be successful." ”