Chapter 18: The Palace of the Western Regions (Part I)
The west of Yinshan is full of barren sand, and after Meng Yuan was defeated, he surrounded the north of Yinshan, always ready to continue south. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info guarded the northern Xinjiang in Jiangqi for ten years, stationed troops on the border, joined hands with the Western Regions to resist the Meng Yuan together, trained soldiers and horses diligently, and carefully trained a group of loyal and brave people, all of whom were strong in martial arts, called Jingwuwei. After Jiang Qi's death, Jiang Yingxue succeeded to the title of King Fu, and Meng Yuan took the opportunity to make a move, and even sent a large number of assassins to lurk in Luoyang.
In the middle of winter, the snow flies, and the barren sand and green bamboo in the Western Regions are on the shore of the Crescent Lake, and the plants and trees are turned into ice. The magnificent West Palace is built on the mountain, standing on the top of the iceberg, and the red towers stand on the mountainside. The ministers in the West Palace were in a mess in the main hall, an old man dressed in yew, his eyes were sunken, and his snow-white silver hair moved with the breeze, the old man suppressed the sadness in his heart, and said sharply, "The princess has been kidnapped by thieves for three months, and your lords have a way for the widow." β
The people in the hall were in a group of three or five, whispering to each other and making a mess. "Ashina, you have news over there," the yew old man shouted, and everyone turned their eyes to the red-haired man in a purple and gold robe on the far right of the main hall. Ashina slowly walked to the middle of the main hall with a scepter in his hand, his face expressionless.
"National teacher, you are the most powerful, it has been three months since the princess was taken away by thieves. An old man in silver with thick eyebrows, his left hand slid gently over his right hand, and slowly walked towards the red-haired man. "A few days ago, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty came to visit the king in person. It is clear that the Prince of Daming intends to make friends with our West Palace, and he hopes to marry our Princess Tongxin as the imperial concubine. ... We must find the princess and marry the Ming, so that we can get more support from the Ming to resist the Mongols. β
"That's right," everyone in the hall said in unison.
"Returning to the king" Ashina ignored the silver-clothed old man who walked over, and said in a loud voice, "I have found out some eyebrows, and the princess is not in danger at this time." β
"No," the silver-clothed old man asked, "What do you mean by this? If you don't have the ability, let General Ben come." β
Ashina looked at the silver-clothed old man angrily and shouted, "Tuoba Xingqiong, the national teacher will definitely rescue the princess, don't bother you to worry about it." "The Western Palace is located on the shore of the West Crescent Lake in the Yin Mountain, and controls the most lush place in the entire Western Regions. In China, Helian, Tuoba and Helan are the most powerful, and Helan is the most powerful family in China, and Helan is recognized as the king's bloodline in China, and Helian and Tuoba have always been the two most powerful families in the country.
The Western Palace has been invaded many times by the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, and was almost destroyed at the height of Mongolia. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Helian gradually gained a foothold in the country by virtue of its close relationship with the Ming Dynasty and the support of the national teacher Ashina. The West Palace has been passed to the fifth generation of kings, and King Helan is old, and he only has an only daughter under his knees, and he is called Princess Tongxin. The two families tried their best to compete for the heart of Princess Tongxin, and they could take charge of the West Palace alone. It's a pity that I didn't expect that before March, Princess Tongxin was kidnapped by someone on the shore of Crescent Lake, and the whole country couldn't find her. What shocked everyone even more was that half a month ago, Jinling sent an envoy to propose to the West Palace, and King Helan actually agreed.
"You all shut up," King Helan suppressed the urgency in his heart, coughed a few times, and said, "National Teacher, tell me what you know quickly." β
"Yes, Your Majesty. Ashina, lifted the scepter and walked in front of Tuoba Xingqiong, stared at Tuoba Xingqiong's eyes in front of him and said, "According to investigation, the princess did not go to Crescent Lake alone that day, and several palace maids and soldiers followed her. But after the incident, these palace maids and soldiers all disappeared without a trace. β
"This widow knows that someone must be plotting my son's life. King Helan said in a mournful voice, a trace of tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.
"Indeed, General Ben sent someone to check on him afterwards, but the attendants were not found near Crescent Lake. General Tuoba flicked his sleeves, took his gaze away from Ashina's gaze, and slowly retreated to the stone pillar on the left side of the hall, picking up a glass of wine.
"However, I later sent out the mountain stone ghosts, but I found some traces in the east of the sea of clouds. Ashina moved his footsteps and walked towards Tuoba Xingqiong next to the stone pillar.
"What!" said everyone in the hall
"What traces did the national teacher find?" asked King Helan eagerly.
"You actually sent out the mountain stone ghost without the consent of this general," Tuoba Xing Qiong, who was next to the stone pillar, put down the wine glass in his hand and shouted.
Ashina ignored Tuoba Xing Qiong and continued to reply, "I found the bodies of those attendants in the west of the sea of clouds, and this one. He took out a golden waist card from his bosom and walked quickly to King Helan.
King Helan motioned to the attendant beside him to step forward quickly to get the token and present it to his case. A piece of pure gold waist was lying flat on his case, King Helan couldn't believe his eyes, and the three words of Jin Yiwei pierced his eyelids.
"No... This... Impossible..."King Helan looked at the waist card in front of him, his voice a little hoarse.
"What is it?" Tuoba Xing Qiong saw that King Helan looked panicked, and quickly stepped forward to the desk and stared at the golden waist on the table, "Heh... Scold.. Hehehe..."Tuoba Xingqiong's eyes flashed with panic, turned around to suppress the panic in his heart, and said sharply to Ashina in the middle of the hall, "How can it be... Jin Yiwei..."
The three words of Jinyiwei came out of the mouth of Tuoba Xingqiong, and everyone in the hall sighed.
"How can this be ,..."
"It must be the national teacher who made a mistake...."
"The Ming Dynasty fought with us against the Mongols...."
"Didn't the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty send an envoy to propose marriage, how could he send someone to kidnap our princess...."Everyone was talking in the palace, and their voices gradually became louder. King Helan in the palace panted and stared at the brocade guard waist card on the case, and after the "ah" sound, the blood in his mouth did not stop.
"Your Majestyβ" The people in the hall poured up.
"Everyone, disperse," Ashina hurriedly stopped everyone from gathering around the throne.
"Someone! Quickly help the king to go up to the harem to rest," Tuoba Xing Qiong shouted. The maid on her side hurriedly helped King Helan to the harem.
Tuoba Xingqiong turned around and stood in front of the king's case, holding the brocade guard waist card in his hand, looking at His Royal Highness's Ashina and sneering, "National teacher, this is your imitation." Trying to split the relationship between the palace of our west and the Ming Dynasty, the king has been murdered by you to the point of spitting blood. Someone came, Ashina plotted to kill the king and put him in prison. Everyone in the hall looked at Ashina, but none of them dared to step forward to dissuade Tuoba Xing Qiong.
"How could I murder the king," Ashina held a scepter in his hand to block the soldiers who surrounded him, and said sharply, "It's you... It is you who are seeking to seize the palace of the West. β
"What are you still doing in a daze!" Tuoba Xing Qiong shouted sharply, "Take him down"
"Yes", a large number of armor soldiers outside the hall poured into the hall and surrounded Ashina. Seeing that the situation was not good, everyone hurriedly retreated to the side corridors around the main hall.
Ashina sneered, "Tuoba Xingqiong, you actually led your troops to break into the palace, aren't you afraid that the king will punish you?"
"I'm the hero of the Western Palace, and I'm going to eradicate you shamanic villain today. Tuoba Xingqiong's right hand was thrown down from the air, and a large number of armor soldiers rushed towards Ashina with spears in hand.