Chapter 212: The Minister of the Imperial Mission, Patrolling the Heavens
The book continued from the above, and the last book said that Xiao Ruolan and his party escorted Liu Xin all the way to escape, and in a blink of an eye came to a valley not far from Bingzhou, as long as he passed through this valley, he could smoothly enter Jinyang County, because of the previous non-stop long journey, so Xiao Ruolan had to order everyone to take a temporary rest, who knew that at this time Li Hui led the Youzhou army to surround the valley.
After a fierce exchange of words to no avail, everyone had to choose to face the enemy head-on, after a few entanglements, everyone was scarred, never thought that Li Hui took advantage of Xiao Ruolan's ignorance, wanted to shoot her with a bow and arrow, but was saved by Chen Jingqing on the side, the three main attacking forces lost one person in an instant, in the face of the enemy's outnumbered situation, Xiao Ruolan and Yu Wenxiu were determined to die and prepared to resist the next wave of the other party's attack, giving Liu Xin time to retreat, but they were ridiculed by Li Hui with words.
At this moment, Liu Feiyan, Gu Zhen'er, and the two hundred heavenly army who rushed back all the way to rescue fell from the sky, and the form of the scene changed instantly. Looking at Chen Jingqing, who was seriously injured and could die at any time, everyone was furious in their hearts, thinking that they would quickly take Chen Jingqing to Bingzhou for treatment, who knew that the injury of an arrow piercing the heart was not something that anyone could resist, looking at Chen Jingqing who was gradually cold in his arms, Yu Wenxiu immediately ordered the Tiance Army to shoot the Youzhou Army indiscriminately.
A rain of arrows buried those evils, and everyone quickly went on the road, went to Bingzhou for a short rest, and just after everyone left, the corpse of the Youzhou army full of arrows suddenly squirmed, and then a man with a bloody face slowly crawled out, reached out and wiped the blood on his face, the man raised his hand and pulled out the arrow on his left shoulder, instantly brought out a cluster of blood arrows, and then the man snorted, tore off a piece of cloth from the corpse on the ground and bandaged it simply, and then stumbled towards Youzhou.
On the other hand, Chu Mofeng, who was sitting in the capital, saw Liu Xin as he wished, and also learned the news of Chen Jingqing's death in battle.
Then Chu Mofeng first met with Zhao Xin and the others, arranged all the two hundred new and old Tiance troops in the camp outside the city, and then walked straight into the palace towards the Chengqian Palace.
At this moment, Li Shimin was also anxiously waiting for Chu Mofeng's reply, and heard that the servant reported that His Royal Highness King Xian asked to see him, so he hurriedly walked out of the study to greet him, and when he came to the main hall, he saw Chu Mofeng standing in place with a lonely face, Li Shimin couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and then pulled Chu Mofeng back to the study.
As soon as I entered the door, I heard Chu Mofeng whisper: "My people have brought Liu Xin back to you, together with the evidence he collected, I will send people to Jing Zhaoyin tomorrow, as for how to deal with it, you can decide for yourself." ”
"It's a good thing to be escorted back, why do you see the loneliness on your face?" Hearing that Liu Xin had successfully arrived in the capital, Li Shimin was quite happy in his heart, and then looked at Chu Mofeng with a look of surprise and said, "Why don't we go to the wine shop for a few drinks?"
"No need, I'm going to leave the capital temporarily for a while the day after tomorrow, and you don't have to confront the prince and the others until I come back. Who knew that Chu Mofeng rejected Li Shimin's kindness, and said with a hint of chill in his tone: "In order to escort Liu Xin, Qin Jing died, I brought her out of Wuwei back then, but in order to repay me, she went from an ignorant blind girl to a flower demon on the other side, I was supposed to go by myself this time, but it was ......"
Hearing that Chen Jingqing was dead, Li Shimin's mind appeared with the smiling figure on his face, and he immediately froze in place and was speechless for a long time, and Chu Mofeng didn't seem to notice Li Shimin's abnormality, and said to himself: "Youzhou, I must go this time, I don't care if Li Ying is a child of your Li family, I will decide this person's fate." After speaking, he turned around and left the study of the Chengqian Palace.
Looking at Chu Mofeng's distant figure, Li Shimin couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Evil, I know that this kid is the master of protecting calves, Li Yuan, you idiot have nothing to do to provoke him?
Leaving the Chengqian Palace, Chu Mofeng went straight back to the mansion, first found Xiao Ruolan, understood the whole story clearly, and then said angrily: "It seems that it is not a coincidence that you met the Youzhou Army, but someone did betray you, I will ask Liu Xin about this matter to see if he knows something." ”
Who knew that Xiao Ruolan suddenly got up and knelt in front of Chu Mofeng, choked up and said: "Brother Chu, Ruolan has something to ask for, if you don't agree, Ruolan will never get up." ”
"Ruolan, don't be temperamental in this case, hurry up, Brother Chu still has something to do. As soon as he saw Xiao Ruolan kneeling, Chu Mofeng roughly guessed Xiao Ruolan's intentions, and hurriedly said with a straight face: "What's the matter, I've been with me for so long, don't I know if I don't like others kneeling in front of me?"
Xiao Ruolan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then stood up and said to Chu Mofeng: "Brother Chu, if you want to go to Youzhou, you must take Ruolan with you, Qinqing died because of me, I must avenge her, this is what Ruolan wants." ”
Who knew that Chu Mofeng listened to Xiao Ruolan's request, turned around and walked towards the door, Xiao Ruolan couldn't help but feel a little lost when she saw it, who knew that when she was about to arrive at the door, Chu Mofeng suddenly stopped and said softly: "Your spear should be polished, otherwise how to follow me into battle to kill the enemy." Hearing this, Xiao Ruolan immediately nodded with tears in her eyes.
Leaving Xiao Ruolan's room, Chu Mofeng came to the side room, Liu Xin saw Chu Mofeng coming, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said: "The last general Liu Xin saw His Royal Highness King Xian, this time thanks to His Royal Highness King Xian's rescue, the last general will not be able to repay, this life is His Royal Highness King Xian." ”
"Your life belongs to you and Wang Da, and you will live the rest of your life for him. Chu Mofeng helped Liu Xin up, and then asked slowly: "There is something that I have always wondered, how did your whereabouts leak?"
"I heard Ruolan Heroine say that they went to Youzhou this time, and they saw very few people, and the only suspicious ones were Wang Junkuo, the general of the right leading army, and his wife Li, but there was no conclusive evidence, and the last general did not dare to make a conclusion. Liu Xin scratched his head and thought for a moment and said, "But if it is General Wang who leaked secrets, then why did he secretly support us to denounce Li Ming? ”
Listening to Liu Xin's words, Chu Mofeng nodded, and then said softly: "Tomorrow I will send you to Jing Zhaoyin to meet His Royal Highness King Qin, you need to tell him everything as it is, and he will arrange it for you at that time." ”
"Liu Xin's life is all that of the virtuous king, what you say will be done. Listening to Chu Mofeng's words, Liu Xin hurriedly hugged his fists at Chu Mofeng and said, "The last general doesn't ask for anything else, just want to be a pawn who charges into battle under the command of King Xian." ”
"You should rest first, this king has other things to do, no one will disturb here, you can stay in peace." Chu Mofeng nodded, then left Liu Xin's residence, and came to the courtyard Chu Mofeng looked up at the sky, and spit out three words angrily: Wang Junkuo!
On the morning of the second day, everyone came to the Taiji Hall early, and after greeting each other, they found that Li Jing, the secretary of the military department stationed in Luzhou, was also standing in the crowd, standing in place with a sad look, and a faint anger exuded from his body, making people dare not approach.
After Li Yuan arrived, he only heard Wang De shouting: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." As soon as the words fell, I saw Li Jing flash out and say to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to report." ”
Seeing Li Jing appear, Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Our Lord Shangshu came back from Luzhou at the time of Shengming?"
"Your Majesty, the minister arrived in the capital at the end of the Shen Dynasty yesterday. I saw Li Jing raise his head and look at Li Yuan and said loudly: "It's all because the matter is urgent, so the minister also rushed back non-stop, and didn't go to see Your Majesty first, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”
As soon as he heard that the matter was urgent, Li Yuan thought that the Turks had invaded south again, and immediately said to Li Jing with a straight face: "What is it worthwhile for Labor Aiqing to personally return to Beijing to report and come quickly." ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is stationed in Luzhou, and at the same time takes into account the affairs of Luzhou, Bingzhou, Jinzhou, and Xizhou, and has recently reported in the direction of Bingzhou, in the valley about 80 miles north of Bingzhou, there was a big battle before, and after learning the news, he personally led people to investigate, and found that the dead at the scene were killed by arrows. I saw Li Jing standing up straight, and said to Li Yuan slowly: "And most of the deceased have deep calluses on their right hands, and they are people who have been in contact with weapons all year round. In addition, there were traces left by the evacuation of a large group of people around the valley, and the situation was so tight that the ministers could only quickly return to Beijing to report it. ”
With Li Jing's narration, Li Yuan's face was cold at first, and then gradually turned to iron blue, and after Li Jing's report was over, Li Yuan stretched out his hand and patted the dragon case and said coldly: "Bold and reckless, under the bright and clear world, someone dares to transfer troops to attack the local government soldiers without my consent, Li Jing, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
Seeing that Li Jing was about to return, Li Shimin on the side suddenly flashed out and said to Li Yuan: "Father Qiqi, there is something unclear about the sons, why the Youzhou army appeared on the boundary of the state, and it is a capital crime to leave the station without an order, I don't know who has such a ability to allow the Youzhou army to leave the station in vain military law, this matter should also be investigated, maybe this group of people is going to perform some ulterior task, but based on Li Shangshu's narrative alone, the sons and daughters do not dare to make a conclusion." ”
Li Shimin's words were like a bolt of lightning that instantly passed through Li Yuan's mind, and after thinking for a while, Li Yuan said to Li Shimin: "In that case, I allow you to recommend someone to investigate this matter, and you must find out the truth of the matter, I don't know who you want to recommend?"
This makes Li Shimin embarrassed, if he doesn't recommend it, lest Li Yuan turn his anger on his own group of people; When the two were in a dilemma, they saw Chu Mofeng flash out, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to recommend himself to Youzhou to investigate, and he has not shared his worries for His Majesty for a long time, and the minister is a little ashamed." ”
"Cheng, this matter will be handed over to you kid, I must investigate for my good life to see which pit pit is causing trouble for no reason. Seeing Chu Mofeng come out to recommend himself, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were overjoyed, and then Li Yuan said to Wang De: "Spread my will, appoint the virtuous king Chu Mofeng as the minister of the Qin Mission, coordinate the affairs of Jiuzhou, Lu, Xiang, Xing, Zhao, Heng, Ding, Yi, and Youjiuzhou, patrol the hunt on behalf of the sky, thoroughly investigate the major cases in the valley of the state, and the troops of the state capitals along the way can be deployed at will, and the Zuo Qianniu Mansion will accompany the protection, and there will be no mistake in starting immediately." ”
"The ministers respectfully obey the will of Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live. Hearing this, the corners of Chu Mofeng's mouth rose slightly, and an imperceptible smile flashed away, and he immediately knelt down to Li Yuan and said, "The minister must live up to His Majesty's trust and find out the truth of the matter." ”
Seeing this, Li Yuan raised his hand and motioned for Chu Mofeng to get up, and Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who had been watching the excitement on the side, did not know what happened in Bingzhou at the moment, and heard that Li Yuan transferred Chu Mofeng out of the capital, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but be excited, thinking that Li Shimin would have to stop for a long time, without Chu Mofeng, Li Shimin would be a toothless tiger, and he would not let himself fiddle.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chu Mofeng returned to the mansion and took Liu Xin to Jingzhaoyin, looking at the evidence submitted by Liu Xin, Li Shimin was furious in his heart, since he was already the crown prince, assassinating himself could still be explained, but why did he have to put Li Yuan under house arrest? As long as Li Yuan died, according to the order, Li Jiancheng would succeed him, so why did he have to risk putting Li Yuan under house arrest?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin ordered his subordinates to settle Liu Xin, and then said to Chu Mofeng: "This time, I must ask you for something, so I can find out why I want to put my father under house arrest, I always feel a little strange about this matter." ”
"Cheng, I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and I'll find out about it then. Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard this, and then turned around and left Jing Zhaoyin.
At the beginning of the second day, at the Chunming Gate of Chang'an City, a long convoy slowly drove out of the Chunming Gate and headed for the first stop of the trip. And not long after the departure of the Qincha guards, the two hundred Tiance troops who had arrived in the capital also quietly left Chang'an, following behind the Qincha guards.
The team of people and horses walked slowly on the official road, Chu Mofeng gave up riding the carriage and rode his own jade lion in the night alone, beside him was Liu Feiyan and others wearing masks, and everyone walked all the way without saying a word.
At this time, Liu Feiyance immediately stepped forward and said slowly: "Brother Chu, if we continue at this pace, it is estimated that we will not be able to reach Youzhou in half a month, what should we do?"
"After arriving in Bingzhou, I will order the entire army to walk slowly according to the established route, and as for us, we will ride quickly and lightly to Youzhou first. I only heard Chu Mofeng say coldly: "I told Li Ying a long time ago and asked him to wash his neck and wait for me to cut it." As for the Youzhou army in the city, there are still two hundred Tiance troops behind us who are ready to go, so we don't have to worry too much. ”
Everyone nodded when they heard this, and then turned into a state of silence, and among the accompanying Qianniu Guard, a soldier whispered to the person next to him: "Actually, this time we are just going to make a show, even if His Royal Highness King Xian doesn't take us, his own safety is also dependent." ”
The man beside him listened to his companion's words, and asked with some puzzlement: "How can you say this? Isn't it that His Royal Highness the Virtuous King can defeat a hundred with one enemy?"
Listening to the words of his companion, the soldier said mysteriously: " I heard that when His Majesty was in Longxing, it was His Royal Highness Xianwang who led his team to break through the opponent's 10,000-strong array with the strength of six people, and rescued His Majesty, who was still the palace supervisor of Jinyang at that time, in the chaotic army, you think about it, six people, but there are 10,000 people on the other side, it can be seen how high His Royal Highness Xianwang's martial arts are, and you see that the four masked people around His Royal Highness Xianwang are all famous killing gods in the army, but why do I always feel that there is one missing?"
While the two were chatting in a low voice, they suddenly sped past them, and the soldier glanced at him and immediately kept silent, and his companion hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Why don't you say it?"
I saw the soldier trembling and pointing to the horse that had just flown by, and said, "God... Tiance... Tiance Army. ”
"Tiance Army, haven't these people been stationed in Yiwu all along? Why did they get here? Aren't you dazzled?" his companion asked with some puzzlement when he saw this.
"It's not the Tiance Army stationed by Yiwu, it's the last batch of Tiance Army that has been dismissed, this group of people is said to have left the capital en masse on the day of dismissal, how can they appear here?" I saw the soldier say with some curiosity: "Forget it, these are not things that we can manage." ”
I saw that Fang Cai's rider came straight to Chu Mofeng's side, and whispered, "Dashuai, what should we do next?"
"You go to Youzhou first, but don't go into the city, choose a place outside the city to camp and wait, if you meet someone who comes to investigate, arrest people first, and everything is instructed by my flying pigeon. Seeing that Chu Mo didn't reply, he said slowly: "Before I left, I had already sent a letter to the wanderer to thoroughly investigate the previous incident, since he Li Ying didn't know whether he was alive or dead, then I might as well give him a big gift." ”
Hearing this, the Tiance army hurriedly clenched his fists and received the order, and then ran towards the rear of the army with a flick of his horse's head, and after the Tiance army returned to the team for a while, he saw the Tiance army that had been following the Qincha army collectively turned around and rushed towards Youzhou.
After walking for three days in a row, the army slowly drove into Bingzhou City, and then Chu Mofeng instructed the general in charge of the Qincha army to slowly move forward according to the established route, and he took Liu Feiyan and others to leave Bingzhou at night, and drove towards Youzhou first.
At this moment, in Youzhou City, Li Ming, who received Chu Mofeng's handwritten letter, was in the study, looking at a man in front of him with Wang Junkuo with a resentful face, only to see Li Ying pointing at the man and saying fiercely: "Li Hui, Li Hui, you are a thing that is not enough to succeed and more than to fail, let you intercept and kill Liu Xin who carried the evidence, you can do well, kill the people on the other side, and now people are writing to ask the governor of Pontus to wash his neck and wait to be cut off, what do you say the governor of Pontus should do? Do you want the governor of Pontus to raise troops to rebel?"
Wang Junkuo on the side heard that Liu Xin had arrived in the capital, and he was also afraid in his heart, he was not afraid of Li Ming's incident, because what Li Ying planned had nothing to do with him, and he was worried that once the leak was found out by Chu Mofeng, it was estimated that the whole family would be slaughtered under his anger. Thinking of this, Wang Junkuo looked at Li Hui with a hint of hatred in his eyes.
If this idiot hadn't shot Chu Mofeng's men, there would still be room for revenge at this time, but now it's good, the feud was settled for no reason, this idiot is really like what Li Ying said, it's just a thing that has more than enough success and more than failure.
I saw Wang Junkuo think for a moment and said to Li Jin: "Don't complain about General Li, after all, the order was given by you, and the general will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch, and General Li was also forced to do so suddenly, if he doesn't make a move, the governor will not spare him, so General Li is not at fault for what he did, only blame the other party for being the master of protecting calves, this time we are unlucky, if he really comes, please allow the last general to talk to him?"
Hearing this, Li Ying glanced at Li Hui angrily and said: "Don't hurry up and thank General Wang, if it weren't for General Wang's intercession for you, the Governor of Pontus will correct the law on the spot, you can step down for the time being, the Governor of Pontus and General Wang still have important matters to discuss." After speaking, he waved his hand impatiently at Li Hui.
Seeing this, Li Hui's face flashed with displeasure, and then he arched his hand at the two of them, turned around and left the study. Looking at Li Hui's departing figure, an inexplicable smile flashed on Wang Junkuo's face.
Li Ying saw Li Hui leaving, and was about to speak, when a hurried shout suddenly came from outside the door, "Governor, my subordinates have something important to report, please open the door." Hearing this, Li Ying walked to the door and opened the door, only to see the butler of the Governor's Mansion standing at the door with an anxious look, and when he saw Li Ying open the door, he hurriedly saluted and said: "Governor Qiyu, the big thing is not good, today I received an urgent document from the capital, saying that His Majesty appointed His Royal Highness King Xian as the minister of the Qin Mission to patrol the heavens on behalf of the king, and thoroughly investigate the case of the valley outside the city of Bingzhou, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Youzhou in the near future." ”
As soon as the butler's voice fell, Wang Junkuo in the room suddenly shook, and the teacup in his hand instantly slipped to the ground, shattering with a crisp sound, and Li Ying heard that the minister appointed by the imperial court was Chu Mofeng, and immediately said in a trembling voice: "I know, you step down first, I am discussing with General Wang." ”
Returning to the house and closing the door tightly, Li Ying looked at Wang Junkuo, who was speechless in the house, and said worriedly: "How is this good, he was originally enmity with King Xian, and now he has become a minister again, once it is traced, this official will definitely not escape responsibility, what is the good plan for General Wang?"
After listening to Li Jin's words, Wang Junkuo came back to his senses, stared at Li Ying for a long time, and then said with a hideous face: "Let's make preparations with both hands, please come forward, and the lower officials will talk to you carefully." After Li Ying stepped forward, Wang Junkuo whispered in his ear for a long time, only to see Li Ying sometimes nodding, sometimes 'um' a few times, after Wang Junkuo finished speaking, the previous sad face was swept away, and then Li Ying smiled at Wang Junkuo and said: "The general is worthy of being a capable person, so you and I will be safe and sound, and the governor of Bendu will go to arrange." ”
Wang Junkuo said with a smile when he heard this: "The governor of this matter can no longer use Li Hui to go, and he needs to change a confidant to lead this matter, and I hope that the governor will understand various reasons." ”
Li Ying thought for a moment and then said slowly: "Since this is the case, let my personal guard captain Li Chuang go to this matter, this person has followed me for many years and is trustworthy." ”
Just when Wang Junkuo and Li Ming's study were discussing, Chu Mofeng and his party of five were still rushing towards Youzhou non-stop, but they didn't know that an invisible net had already been laid in front of them, waiting for Chu Mofeng to enter the game......
As the saying goes, the devil is one foot high, and look at Wang Junkuo's ambush of the Qincha guards outside the city in order to protect himself, and then look at Chu Mofeng's plan to kill the Youzhou army under the city with the help of the inside, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......