Chapter 179: The Sigh of Impermanence
[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, April 21, Shen Shi, Chang'an City Daning Fang, Zhao Wangfu Study]
Since Li Xi, the king of Jin, was kidnapped by Lu Huoli in the middle of the night, the focus of attention of all walks of life in the capital, led by the emperor of Daqian, has shifted from the case of the cat demon to the case of the kidnapping of the king of Jin.
Helpless, King Jin is different from the cat demon, after all, he has become a hostage of Lu Huoli, and his life is in the hands of others at this moment, so whether it is Li Yi, the deputy head of the God King Pavilion, or Cheng Wanli, the chief manager of the forbidden army, Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi Wei, and others, they dare not act rashly, so they have to wait for the order of the Son of Heaven and wait for the opportunity.
As the third brother of the King of Jin, Li Yi was particularly anxious. He discussed with Cheng Wanli several times, whether to send someone to the vicinity of Jinding Mountain to secretly ambush first? Or let the two of them sneak in, carefully investigate, and wait for an opportunity to save people? However, Cheng Wanli still earnestly persuaded that the swordsmanship of the old monster of the frost can be called the pinnacle, and at this time, the life of His Royal Highness the King of Jin is in his hands, we must not act without authorization, in case we accidentally annoy that Lu Huoli, it will harm the life of the King of Jin!
So, Li Yi was so anxious that he had to come to the edict early this morning and personally persuade Xu Ke. However, no matter how well Li Yi and his junior brother persuaded him, and even lost his temper, Xu Ke was still unmoved. What made Li Yi cry and laugh was that Xu Ke said that it was still the same as Cheng Wanli's relay, it was nothing more than a sentence. "I, Xu Ke, am already a prisoner, what ability do I have to save the King of Jin? Now that the emperor has taken me from his post and sent me to prison, if there is any dissatisfaction, take my head as soon as possible!
Li Yi naturally also heard Xu Ke's dissatisfaction with the emperor in his words. But the emperor is his father after all, no matter how noble his status is, he did not order his father to personally go to the edict to apologize to Xu Ke in prison with a respect of ten thousand times.
What's more, Li Yi also knows his father's temper, he is the number one stubborn person in the world, and he wants his father to admit his mistake to Xu Ke, unless the sun hits the west and comes out. Li Yi faced these two people with the same stubborn temperament, so he had to shake his head helplessly, and went back to the house first to discuss countermeasures.
For King Jin to be suddenly kidnapped, the most anxious is still King Jin's side concubine Su. Soon after the Su family returned from the Daming Palace, they saw Wang Jianling, the head of the palace, who had rushed back from Tsing Yiwei. Under Wang Jianling's detailed report, Su finally knew that her husband was not taken away by King Wei, but fell into the hands of Lu Huoli, the national teacher of Xiao State.
At this moment, Su's mood, in addition to being anxious, became more and more panicked. Originally, she thought that the person who started to deal with the King of Jin was Li Jin, the king of Wei. In the eyes of the Su family, Li Zhen is still the fourth brother of King Jin after all, even if King Jin is taken away, he will not easily take King Jin's life. But once she learned from Wang Jianling's mouth, the person who kidnapped the King of Jin was actually a martial arts master, and stabbed all twelve palace guards to death in the blink of an eye. How could Su not worry about her husband?
The Su family also knew from Wang Jianling's report that Lu Huoli gave the Son of Heaven a thin note, which clearly stated that Xu Ke, the guard of Tsing Yi, was alone with the Xuanhuang Sword in exchange for the life of the King of Jin. Moreover, Lu Huoli only gave a three-day deadline, if the deadline arrives, Xu Ke and Xuanhuang Jian do not arrive, Lu Huoli will return her husband's head!
The Su family's thoughts are the same as those of the Son of Heaven, at this moment, if they want to save the life of King Jin, there is no other way than to follow Lu Huoli's orders. However, she waited for a day and a night, but she still did not hear the news that the Son of Heaven sent Xu Ke to Jinding Mountain to save people. After inquiring about it, she learned that Xu Ke would rather be killed by the Son of Heaven than go to Jinding Mountain to rescue the King of Jin, who had framed him in the past.
After Su Shi learned of this, he was angry and anxious in his heart to face Xu Ke. However, she was worried about her husband's safety, and she didn't want to let time pass like this. After thinking about it, she felt that if she wanted to change Xu Ke's mind and rescue her husband, she had to start from the root.
So, as soon as Su gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, he ordered Wang Jianling to prepare the car, got into the carriage of the palace, and came to the palace of Wei in person, and asked Li Jin, the king of Wei, to "take the guilt......
When the Su family came to the Wei Palace, it was already late afternoon, less than half an hour before Li Chongsheng left the Wei Palace. She deliberately made her hair messy and her makeup untidy, and after seeing Li Jin, she immediately leaned down and knelt down, crying bitterly, while begging the king of Wei to forgive her for the crime of talking nonsense in front of the palace, and begged the king of Wei to persuade Xu Ke no matter what, let him go to Jinding Mountain as soon as possible to save her husband!
King Wei was about to go out, but when he saw Su crying to death and full of haggardness, he had to order the princess to help her get up, and comforted her for a long time. It wasn't until the King of Wei repeatedly nodded in agreement that he would be able to persuade Xu Ke to come out of the horse that Su left with tears on his face......
Since the departure of Princess Jin, Li Zhen immediately ordered Ma Huacheng to prepare a car, and the time was urgent, and he did not dare to delay any longer.
Li Zhen instructed the princess Niu Shi a few words, to the effect that she should take good care of Hongen and Hongbo, and let them study well and do their homework diligently in the past few days, and after a few days, after their father and emperor brought the two of them into the palace, the two brothers and sisters could not lose their manners in front of their imperial grandfather!
However, after Li Zhen left the Wei Palace, he did not go straight to Tsing Yiwei, but turned to the northeast and went to the Zhao Wangfu in Daningfang first.
After Li Zhen entered the palace of King Zhao, the two brothers came to the study and sat down.
Li Zhen came here, and there was only one question.
Why did Lu Huoli, the national teacher of Xiao Guo, name Xu Ke to go to replace him with a sword?85
According to what Lu Huoli said on paper, his purpose in kidnapping King Jin should be for the ancient artifact Xuanhuang Sword. Not to mention what he wanted the Xuanhuang Sword for, but this person's intention was to ask for the sword, so why did he have to assign Xu Ke alone? As long as the treasure is delivered, whoever takes it will not be the same?
Li Yi pondered for a long time before he said, he couldn't guess either, why would the old monster of Flowing Frost do so much? It's just that since Lu Liushuang had such a request, they didn't dare to disobey it.
Li Zhen pondered for a long time, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, could there be another reason for this, that is, between Wuxian and Lu Huoli and Mao Jiaojiao, maybe it was really a secret collusion?
According to Li Jin's analysis, on the 16th day of April, Nangong Buyu and Cheng Wanli led people to Xufu to catch demons, and suddenly killed two strong reinforcements on the way, one was the "Flowing Frost Sword Immortal" Lu Huoli, and the other was the "Alloy Immortal" Mao Jiaojiao. Later, listening to what his father said, under the perspective of Yuan Tiangang, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor, these two people were actually a deer demon and a cat demon. There are already two demons hidden in the Xu Mansion, the fox and the rat, and the deer demon and the cat demon came that day, which is enough to prove that the relationship between the disease-free and those demons must be extraordinary!
Now, in the middle of the night, the king of Jin was kidnapped by the deer demon Lu Huoli, after this person kidnapped the eighth brother, he named him to go to ransom people without illness. Could this be that they colluded to save the disease-free people in the edict?
Li Yi immediately shook his head and said that it is impossible!
Li Yi reassured Li Jin, saying that his junior brother was free of illness and might have some friendship with the fox and mouse demons in the house, but he would definitely not be embarrassed with the deer demon and the cat demon!
Seeing that Li Jin still had some doubts, Li Yi had to patiently tell Li Jin about the reason.
According to Li Yi's opinion, Wushu will never collude with Lu Huoli, and there are three reasons for this.
First, until now, he refused to agree without illness, and took the Xuanhuang Sword to Jinding Mountain to redeem people. If he had colluded with Lu Huoli and other demons a long time ago, how could he rather be beheaded than leave the edict?
Second, although there are two demons living in the disease-free mansion, he actually knows that they are not bad people. On April 16, Nangong was silent and went to hunt demons, although the deer demon and the cat demon came in the middle, but at that time he was already in prison without illness, and it cannot be concluded that he was also friends with the deer demon and the cat demon.
Third, since he came to the capital and entered the post of Tsing Yi Wei, he has always acted in a fair and upright manner, and has always been kind to others, how can he have more than half of the demonic deeds?
After listening to what Li Yi said, Li Zhen was relieved.
Previously, in his father's holy decree, Xu Ke was conclusively sentenced to the crime of "fornicating with demons and attempting to abuse the capital". Such a crime is not trivial, and if it is confirmed afterwards, it will be a crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan! Therefore, before doing things, Li Zhen must have a clear understanding of the causes and consequences......
The two of them had a long talk in the study, and before they knew it, it was already the beginning of the unitary. Li Yi saw that Li Zhen was leaving, so he pulled him back and said, Our brothers have not eaten together for many days, since we are here today, we might as well have dinner together and then leave!
So, Li Zhen was in the palace of King Zhao and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with Li Yi. During the banquet, Li Zhen also talked about the fact that at noon today, his father suddenly visited the Wei Palace, and had lunch with his whole family.
After Li Yi heard that Li Chongsheng went to the Wei Palace, he thought about it a little in his heart, and it suddenly became clear that the "person who can persuade Xiao Ke" that his father said yesterday was his fourth brother, Li Jin, the king of Wei in front of him!
Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help but feel extremely helpless in his heart.
Originally, no illness was the inspection of thousands of households in Tsing Yi Wei, and the fourth brother was the prince of Jiuzhu, one of the two was young and in an important position; the other was one person under ten thousand people! But because of a sudden change, he was ordered by his father to take office and go to prison; the fourth brother was on the Zichen Palace, and he almost touched the ground with his head, and his life was whimpering...... And this "sudden change" is the "credit" of his eighth brother, Li Xi, the king of Jin. Because of the eighth brother, these two people can be said to have fallen into bad luck!
Now, in order to save his eighth brother, the father and emperor have reached a critical time, and the only one who can come in handy is the fourth brother and no disease!
The world is so wonderful, I'm afraid that at this moment, even the King of Jin who was trapped in the cave would not have thought that he had tried his best to put that Xu Ke to death, and now, his own life had to rely on Xu Ke to save him!