Xiao Jinyan got rid of Tang Buyi and ran to the depths of Death Valley.

There were too many forks in the canyon, and after half an hour, he couldn't join Chu. In the valley of death, at night, wild beasts appeared, and the living entered, and they surrendered their lives to God.

In the middle of the canyon, a gray mist grows, and visibility is extremely low. Xiao Jinyan saw that along the way, there were human and animal bones everywhere, and after decaying, they were frozen in ice, and their shape was terrifying. He smelled a foul smell.

Malaria!

Xiao Jinyan was shocked in his heart, except for the beast, this is the real murderer. Fortunately, he has the six poisons in his body, and he has resisted the poisons, Rao is like this, and he still feels a little bored in his chest.

Lost contact with Chu Bieli, I hope he can escape this catastrophe.

Xiao Jinyan touched the secret decree given to him by Chu Bieli in his arms, as well as the seal, and decided to leave Death Valley first.

Chu Bieli was besieged by rebels, and his life and death were uncertain. It can be expected that there is a mess outside, if King Breguet is really allowed to seize power, even if Chu Bieli walks out of the Valley of Death alive, I am afraid that he will have no skills to return to heaven.

Now, we must first find the Zuoting Wang Tong Fang.

He has military power in his hands, and he is extremely disagreeable with King Breguet, if he can persuade him to send troops and support Chu Bieli, Chu Bieli will have a chance to live.

The three kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Western Chu Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty being the strongest, the imperial power is concentrated in the hands of Zhu Liye, and it is also the most stable, and this emperor is also very good, and he plays with the ministers of the court, just like Li Chuntie and Yuwen Tianlu, who are super figures, have also become pawns on the road to his imperial power. The Northern Zhou Dynasty is a city-state state, and the major city-states are loyal to the Tuoba royal family, although there are also regent kings to interfere in politics, but for the country of blood, the young monarch still has appeal in the imperial court, even if he has recently lost the battle in Hengduan Mountain and Phoenix Ridge, and his strength has been reduced, but it is also a large force among the Three Kingdoms. Only Western Chu, these years of centralization of power has not been done, tribal contradictions are also prominent, since the 30th year of Dade Chu Qiu usurped the throne, less than 20 years, the imperial power has changed several times, due to the abnormal succession, the emperor does not have Zhu Liye's courage to dominate the world, leaving hidden dangers to the battle for the throne.

Unknowingly, Xiao Jinyan was involved in the struggle for imperial power in the Great Chu Dynasty. He was not interested in who the throne of Great Chu belonged to, if it weren't for Chu's parting, he would have been happy to stand by and watch the excitement. But in Suzhou City, he and Chu Bieli and Aunt Li are all neighbors, and they have taken a lot of care of Xiao Jinyan over the years, so he can't ignore it.

What's more, the Demon Sect Dongfang Nuan Nuan is also involved, and Yu Wenshuang's whereabouts are unknown.

The back road of Death Valley has been cut off, and there are cliffs in front of him, foggy, and poisonous miasma, Xiao Jinyan has no choice but to fight.

He gathered the internal force, used the string force to sense the situation under the valley, and entered the realm of knowledge, and the scope of the string force was greatly improved, and the terrain in the valley was imprinted into the sea of knowledge one by one.

The sound of clothes rose, and Tang Buyi chased after him.

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly, "It's really ghostly." ”

Tang Buyi's killing intent has risen, "If I don't kill you, it will be introduced to the rivers and lakes in the future, where will Tang still have face?"

Xiao Jinyan was surprised, "You are known as a Tang madman, do you care what the people in the rivers and lakes say about you?"

"It is precisely because I am a Tang madman, a Tang madman who kills people without blinking, and vows not to give up until he achieves his goal, that I want to take your life!"

Xiao Jinyan admired, "Your Excellency's brain circuit is strange, and you are ashamed of yourself." ”

While speaking, Tang Buyi crossed his chest, and between his breaths, his chest fell together, as if there was a force that was accumulating and breaking out at any time.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Don't come here, if you come here, I'll jump down." ”

Tang Buyi said, "You jump, I will jump too." ”

Xiao Jinyan felt a chill in his heart, "I'm not interested in you." With that, he leaped down the valley.

Tang Buyi saw this, rushed forward, jumped in the air, and jumped down. The whole person turned into a ball of white energy in the air and fell straight into the valley.

Bang!

At the bottom of the valley, there was a loud bang.

"The surname Xiao, get out!"

The moment Xiao Jinyan fell, the long knife pierced into the stone wall, stopped his body with strength, and when Tang was not easy to jump, he turned over and returned to the cliff.

He didn't expect that Tang Buyi jumped off a hundred-foot high cliff and was unharmed. He stood on the edge of the cliff, "Senior Tang, the green mountains do not change the green water for a long time, and there will be a period in the future!"

Tang Buyi scolded from below.

Xiao Jinyan returned the same way, and when he came to the place where he had fought fiercely, he saw that the canyon was full of corpses, and his scalp was numb.

Of these, more than 300 died by his sword. Many more were nailed to death by ice picks after avalanches, suffocated by snow burying, or frozen to death trapped in the snow.

He has fought many battles in his life, but he has never been so murderous as he is today.

Xiao Jinyan collected his mind, performed light skills, and left the Valley of Death, and returned to the Shuquan Palace half an hour later.

It's late at night.

The courtyard where Wang Tongfang lived in the left court was heavily guarded, and judging from the guards' clothing, it should be the iron guard in the hands of King Breguet. Xiao Jinyan took out Xue Donglai's mask and put it on, bypassed the guards, and entered the courtyard.

Zuo Ting Wang Tong Fang had already returned, and was in the study at the moment, considering how to deal with it. Tonight in the palace, King Breguet seized power, he agreed to hand over the military power, barely saving a life, but it was equivalent to being placed under house arrest, the guards and staff brought have been controlled, and he was the only one in the study.

Xiao Jinyan coughed deliberately.

"Who?"

Xiao Jinyan walked out from behind the curtain and stood in front of the child.

Tong Fang was a little panicked, "You were sent by Chu Baoji to kill me?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head and said, "I am Your Majesty's personal guard, and I was ordered to bring a secret letter to the King of Zuoting, asking King Qin of Zuoting to save me!"

Tong Fang was stunned, "Your Majesty is not dead?"

Xiao Jinyan had no choice but to say, "He was ambushed in the hunting ground today, and now he is safe and sound, King Breguet intends to rebel, and His Majesty orders you to lead the army to kill the thief." ”

With that, he handed over the secret decree.

Tong Fang read it, put the secret decree in the brazier, and said dejectedly, "Now my left court king's tent soldiers and horses are all in the west of the city, twenty miles away from here, Chu Baoji trapped me in another courtyard, even if I have the heart of the king, there is nothing to do." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "If I can bring King Zuoting to the palace, how sure are you?"

Tong Fang thought he was going to die, but when he heard Xiao Jinyan's words, he said coldly, "Chu Baoji has long had the intention of killing me, if it wasn't for the proper response tonight, I am afraid that I would have already fallen into the fate of the king of the right court, if I can return to the camp in the west of the city, I will lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to besiege the palace and rescue Your Majesty!"

The ground of the Shuquan Palace is high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Xiao Jinyan asked, "How is the strength here?"

"King Breguet brought 3,000 guards to protect the country, and took over 100,000 soldiers and horses from the King of the Right Court, but Tong Fang fought for many years and was not afraid of him. ”

"Your Majesty really didn't misunderstand you. ”

When the two came to the door, Tong Fang shouted, "Someone!"

When the four guards heard the movement, they rushed over, Xiao Jinyan quickly made a move, stunned the four people, changed the clothes of two of them, and walked outside the courtyard.

Someone stepped forward to investigate, "Who is it?"

Xiao Jinyan lowered his voice, "I was ordered to go to the palace to report to King Breguet." ”

"Password!"

Xiao Jinyan was surprised, "What?"

The man said, "To enter and exit the palace today, you need to report the exit order, and the password is different for each pass, don't say you don't know." ”

Tong Fang said, "Long live King Breguet!"

"It turned out to be my own person. With that, the man got out of the way and let them go.

Xiao Jinyan said, "You know all this?"

Tong Fang said, "I guess!"

"There are so many levels along the way, you can't just guess all the time. ”

When they arrived at a door again, two guards were drinking peanuts, and when they saw Xiao Jinyan and the others, they stood up.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Xiao Jinyan shouted first, "Password!"

One person said, "King Breguet's golden gun will not fall!"

Xiao Jinyan said, "It turned out to be my own person, tonight is a big deal, the two of you have worked hard, if there is any movement, report it to the adults immediately." ”

The man said yes again and again.

The two of them left for dozens of feet before the other reacted, "Shouldn't we ask them?"

"Yes, why don't you ask?"

The man said, "Don't come to this set, there are only three peanuts in total, you eat two, and you want to lie to me to ask, do you want to eat alone?"

"Say no more, drink!"

The two of them passed the pass in confusion all the way, left the palace, came to the stable, led two horses, and ran down the mountain.

Half an hour later, the two came to the camp in the west of the city.

Tonight's incident happened suddenly, the news was blocked, and the rebellion of King Breguet did not come. When the night patrol soldier saw Tong Fang, he knelt down and said, "I've seen the king of Zuoting!"

Zuoting Wang Tong Fang said, "Gather soldiers and horses, Jiazi Order." ”

The king of Zuoting was strict in administering the troops, and the soldiers and horses were divided into four levels according to the urgency of the military situation, and according to the number of people gathered, they were divided into four levels, of which Jiazi Ling was the highest level, which meant entering a state of emergency combat readiness and being ready to fight at any time.

The snare drum sounded in a very rhythmic way, the torches were lit in the barracks, and with a cup of tea, eighteen generals under the king's tent came to the camp.

This kind of convening speed made Xiao Jinyan admire.

When everyone arrived, Zuoting Wang Tong said: "Your Majesty was attacked by thieves and was killed, and the generals listened to the order, reorganized the troops and horses, and prepared to evacuate Shangjing." ”

Xiao Jinyan opened his mouth wide, almost not believing his eyes, and asked, "King Zuoting, why is this?"

Tong Fang said lightly, "The 100,000 troops under the account of my Zuoting King are the elite of the Great Chu State, and the dispute between King Breguet and Chu is a royal matter after all. Now that the situation is uncertain, I have no choice but to withdraw from the army, and for the time being, I will seek to protect myself with a clear conscience, and it will not be too late to make any more plans when the political situation is established. No matter how poor it is, with 100,000 elite soldiers in hand, you can also be a prince. In this way, I would like to thank Xiao Zhuangshi for saving me from the sea of suffering. ”

Xiao Jinyan was speechless.

It is no wonder that in the battle of Western Xinjiang, the Chu army was defeated by Zhao Lanjiang, and in times of crisis, these princes and generals fought separately and only considered their own interests.

"You are a courtier of the Great Chu State, Your Majesty is in trouble, how can you not be loyal?"

Tong Fang didn't think so, "The 100,000 soldiers and horses I brought out from the Gol grassland, nominally the king of Zuoting who guarded Gyeonggi, but over the years, the court of Chu has not given me a penny of military salary, so why should I work for them?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled bitterly in his heart.

It's really salty and don't worry about eating radish, I was busy for a long time, and I made a wedding dress for others. He politely declined, and said, "Ling Gongzi is now in the palace, aren't you afraid that King Breguet will trouble him?"

Tong Fang said, "If the child is gone, he can be reborn, and if the military power is gone, he is nothing." What's more, Xing Lian is good at dancing with long sleeves, and it should be no problem to deal with that bad old man. Brother Xiao, you saved my life, and it can be regarded as a credit to the king of Zuoting, why don't you leave here with me and dominate one side, how about it?"

Xiao Jinyan politely refused.

Tong Fang saw that he couldn't keep him, so he didn't force him to stay, and let him leave the barracks.

......

On the city of Xijing, the lights are bright.

On the city wall, every more than ten zhang, there is a sentry tower, night patrol soldiers, a group of five, saber rattling, into a state of combat readiness.

Xiao Jinyan noticed that the armor of these soldiers was different from when they left the city the day before, and they looked like they should be iron guards to protect the country.

3,000 forbidden troops guarded the imperial palace, 30,000 iron guards guarded the imperial city, and 100,000 soldiers and horses of the kings of the left and right courts, which was the deployment of troops in Xijing.

Ziguang, the commander of the forbidden army in the palace, has been killed, and the command of the iron guard to protect the country has been handed over to Chu Xian half a year ago, and now that King Baoji is in the palace, then the person in charge of the Xijing City should be King Chengxian.

Xiao Jinyan wondered in his heart, could it be that what changes had happened in the city?

A few zhang of the city wall, it is not difficult for Xiao Jinyan, the key is how to avoid the guards, he took advantage of the moonlight, performed light skills, like a gecko, climbed up against the city wall, just as a team of officers and soldiers passed, he buckled a stone and bounced it into the distance.

Bite!

A clear sound attracted the attention of officers and soldiers.

Xiao Jinyan took advantage of his unpreparedness, like a night bird, climbed over the city wall more than two zhang wide and fell into Xijing City.

Some officers and soldiers rode horses, striking gongs and shouting, "By Your Majesty's order, the whole city will be under martial law, and the traitors will be arrested, and everyone will live at home, and they will not be allowed to go out on the streets, and there will be no forgiveness for violators!"

When the people heard this, they all knew that the situation was serious, and they even blew out the candles, for fear of causing an unwarranted disaster.

On the long street, there are iron guards everywhere. Raids on homes, arrests, and chaos in the residences of some officials, with endless shouts and shouts.

Xiao Jinyan dodged the officers and soldiers and walked towards the porcelain shop.

Li Desert jumped into the cliff, life and death were uncertain, the Ali brothers and Chu were nowhere to be found, his news was lagging behind, in Xijing City, the only thing he could rely on was the stronghold of Dengwen Academy.

He hadn't walked far yet, and suddenly someone approached, Xiao Jinyan was about to make a move, when he suddenly heard the other party say, "Brother Xue, it's me." ”

Xiao Jinyan then remembered that he was still wearing Xue Donglai's mask, and the person who spoke was his "fox friend and dog friend" Huang Xixiang.

Together with Huang Xixiang, there is also a young girl, seventeen or eighteen years old, who is very delicate in appearance, but her demeanor is full of arrogance.

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Who is this?"

Huang Xixiang smiled, "This girl is my new acquaintance, we came out to watch the snow and enjoy the moon tonight, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing." ”

The girl said impatiently, "Huang Lang, why are you talking to him like this, do you know him, do you want me to send my father to arrest him?"

Huang Xixiang shook his hand and said, "It's my fellow believer." Be careful not to get angry with the liver, we one

Let's say something. ”

Xiao Jinyan was unhappy in his heart, "You are so powerful, can you arrest people casually?"

The girl snorted coldly, "Listen, my father is Pan Qing, the general of the Protector Iron Guard, and he commanded the operation to arrest the traitors tonight, do you think I am qualified to arrest you?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at the girl and said, "It turns out that Miss Pan is rude!"

The girl said, "My father's surname is Pan, my mother's surname, my surname is Ximen, and my nickname is Jin Lian. ”

Xiao Jinyan muttered, "Pan Qing, Ximen Jinlian?"

"Not convinced?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Clothes, capitalized clothes, 100,000 clothes." ”

Huang Xixiang said secretly, "What's the matter, this chick, her appearance is not bad." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "I don't have to say anything about my appearance, it's just that I advise Brother Huang to be careful when drinking things in the future." ”

When a soldier saw someone here, he rushed over, "You don't come home in the middle of the night, what are you doing here, believe it or not, arrest you?"

Ximen Jinlian scolded, "Dog minion, you come and try to catch me?"

The leader knew Ximen Jinlian, the eldest lady, who was notorious in Xijing City, and caused many troubles to many men, and saw Xiao Jinyan and Huang Xixiang with clear eyebrows, glanced at the two with sympathy on their faces, and confessed to Ximen Jinlian, and hurriedly left.

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Arresting people everywhere in the capital tonight, what happened?"

Huang Xixiang said, "It is said that King Baoji rebelled, and His Majesty ordered King Chengxian to quell the chaos, but this King Chengxian is also a ruthless person, and he dared to arrest his own father!"

"Aren't Your Majesty and King Breguet in the palace?"

Ximen Jinlian said, "Two hours ago, Your Majesty and King Chengxian suddenly returned to Beijing, and ordered the city gate to be closed and King Breguet and his party arrested.

Xiao Jinyan exclaimed, "Your Majesty has returned to Beijing?"

"Yes, many people have seen with their own eyes a very beautiful sister who escorted him back. ”

"That beautiful sister, isn't she tall and very white-skinned, from the Central Plains?"

"I think so!"

Xiao Jinyan had guessed that this matter must be related to Dongfang Nuannuan. No wonder in the Valley of Death, Chu Bieli's whereabouts could not be found, it turned out that the Demon Sect had robbed him.

Ximen Jinlian looked at Xiao Jinyan carefully, glanced at Huang Xixiang again, and felt that this surnamed "Xue" was not ugly, so he said, "Anyway, I've seen enough of arresting people, why don't you go back to my house and enjoy the moon together?"

Huang Xixiang pretended to be displeased and said, "I'm going to be jealous when I say that." ”

Ximen Jinlian Gege smiled, "Vinegar can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be said indiscriminately." I made a special herb tonight, and I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it, so I'll call someone more. ”

Xiao Jinyan refused, "I still have something to do, I want to go to the porcelain shop in front to find a friend." ”

Ximen Jinlian settled on Xiao Jinyan, "I'll go with you." ”

Xiao Jinyanxin said that there is this amulet, but it is also a good choice, the three of them walked together, and after a while, they came to the porcelain shop and stepped forward to knock on the door.

The boss Guo Cheng came out with a lantern, "Xiao ......"

Xiao Jinyan stopped him, "Old Guo, I'm here to see you." With that, the three of them entered the shop.

Guo Cheng knew this woman, but he had a special identity, so he only pretended not to know, and said, "If there is anything that catches the eye, the girl can take it." ”

Ximen Jinlian looked at it, "It's all worthless things." ”

Guo Cheng sneered, "Our shop is a small business, and it is not as good as the objects of the girl's rich and noble house." The sum up of the things in our entire store is probably not as valuable as the jade pendant on your waist!"

Ximen Jinlian said, "You have vision." ”

Xiao Jinyan asked the two to wait in the lobby, and Guo Cheng came to the inner house and asked, "How is the situation in Beijing?" ”

Guo Cheng stayed up all night tonight, as the stronghold of Dengwen Academy in Xijing, he received the news early in the morning, and the entire intelligence network was spread, and until Xiao Jinyan entered the door, there was still news coming.

Guo Cheng said, "Chu Bieli was controlled by the Demon Sect, Chu Baoji, Chu Xian's father and son turned against each other, and Chu Xian was afraid that he was going to do something against King Baoji." ”

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Now, what is my authority in the Dengwen Academy?"

Guo Cheng said respectfully, "A few days ago, I received a letter from Dean Li, as long as Your Majesty has not dissolved the Dengwen Academy, all the personnel of the Dengwen Academy in the Three Kingdoms will obey Xiao Ye's dispatch. ”

Xiao Jinyan noticed a sentence, "Your Majesty has not disbanded the Dengwen Academy", this sentence contains a lot of information, after Li Chuntie "killed" Yuwen Tianlu and returned to Beijing, he fell ill and retired to the grass hall, and the entire Dengwen Academy came to a standstill.

The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook.

After all, I can't escape this iron law.

Xiao Jinyan said, "I want to enter the palace." ”

Guo Cheng was shocked when he heard this, "Absolutely not." Adults are still young, don't do such impulsive things. ”

Xiao Jinyan said angrily, "I'm here to save people, not to be a eunuch." ”

Guo Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"I want the map of the Western Chu Palace, the defense map. ”

Guo Cheng came to the bookshelf, took out a book of four books and five classics, opened it, there was a dark compartment in the middle, took out a picture from it, and handed it to Xiao Jinyan.

"I bought it from the eunuch in the palace two months ago, and the palace is heavily guarded, and I haven't been in for any specific situation. ”

Xiao Jinyan took it into his arms, "That's enough." ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the two looked out of the window and saw that there were nearly 100 torches outside, surrounding the porcelain shop.

"At the behest of His Majesty, come to arrest the Ming spy, and if you resist, you will be killed!"

When Guo Cheng heard this, his eyes were like electricity, and he looked at several subordinates in the house, and one of them had a flickering eye, and was about to flee to the backyard, Guo Cheng took two steps over and grabbed him, and when the man saw this, he had an extra dagger in his hand and stabbed at Guo Cheng.

Guo Cheng's ten fingers were like iron, clasped the man's wrist, pushed his backhand, and stabbed the dagger into his chest, and the man was immediately angry.

He said to the rest of humanity, "The stronghold is exposed, the evidence is destroyed, and the retreat is ready." ”

Everyone took action, it seemed that they had a plan, someone pressed a dark grid, and in an instant, several spouts poked out of the wall, and countless tung oil poured out and poured on the paperwork.

Guo Cheng said, "Xiao Ye will withdraw first." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "You take the brothers to withdraw, and I will go to the front hall to drag them down." Guo Cheng was about to speak, but Xiao Jinyan said directly, "This is an order!"

There is a secret passage in the porcelain shop, Guo Cheng turned around, led people to escape from the secret passage, Xiao Jinyan put down the oil lamp, and in an instant, in the backyard, there was a fire.

He came to the front yard and saw that Ximen Jinlian was angry at those people, "Blind you dogs, this girl is also a spy of the Ming people?"