Chapter 217: Selfishness and Righteousness
The patrol team of the bright post and the secret guard, the right guard sent three patrols to be on duty at night, and even let the uninvited guests get close to the important military place, and they can retreat calmly after being detected, such as the county lord returning to the palace, it is an assassin, Lei Ming does not dare to think about it anymore, and the hand holding the knife is trembling. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Come here, how did you spot the assassin?"
"Captain, the assassin leaned against the wall and approached the window, the lights in the room shone out, and the silhouette did not look like a sentry under the mark, and it was only after a scolding that he noticed the abnormality. After speaking, the patrol leader lowered his head, according to Hua Yue's plan, if the person who came did not obey the order to stop, the patrol team should shoot on the spot, he wanted to catch the assassin alive just to give the assassin a chance to escape, and when he found that he couldn't catch up, it was too late to release the arrow.
Qin Rufeng patted the officer on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "It's okay, I'm afraid it's Wuzong, I can't catch up, hehe, how long does it usually take for you to patrol around the hall?" The captain replied in a low voice: "The patrol is half an hour and half a quarter of an hour off, and tonight I will meet the captains to discuss the matter, and I haven't stopped." ”
"Half a quarter of an hour eavesdropping? cluck, let the rope be untied, and then go on patrol, and don't make a noise about tonight's business. ”
Yu Wenjie instructed a few words to walk back to the palace, and laughed at Lei Ming and Qin Rufeng: "The guards on the left and right are really tight, giggles, if my guess is right, people have already turned over Cuihua Palace, Lei Ming, what do you think?"
"Who dares to be so bold to catch it and destroy the clan, Jie'er, you know?"
"Hmph, if the patrol team releases the arrows in time tonight, even if the people who come can escape, they will have to be wounded, Qing'er's guess can be confirmed. ”
Lei Ming's face turned red and he didn't squeak, Qin Rufeng shouted: "Release the arrow, you said it lightly, the palace does not allow the guards to bring bows and crossbows, in case of accidental injury, who can bear the responsibility, don't forget, Qing'er Fang was almost injured under the poisonous arrow when he moved here, and since then the patrol team is not allowed to bring short crossbows." ”
"The people who came to the palace found out what the palace wall sentry posts and patrols were doing? You two have argued strongly, and now that the left and right guards have returned with sufficient troops, if they let people in again, they will not be able to escape the crime of dereliction of duty. Yu Wenjie blocked the excuse of the two, lowered his voice and ordered: "Tomorrow, we will check the courtyards one by one, we have been mainly busy with the war in the past three years, and some people will inevitably do something in the palace, do you still have to disobey?"
"Obedience. ”
Lei Ming and Qin Rufeng led the order to leave, Yu Wenjie closed the door, took out a letter sleeve from the military bag, tore open the seal and pinched out a handkerchief, the faint fragrance smelled exactly the same as the smell on the rope, and there was no doubt about the identity of the person who came, Kyoto Phantom Boy, hum, really wanted to move into Cuihua Palace, fortunately, the eldest sister Hua Yue had already been on guard, otherwise everyone would have led the troops for three years, and Cuihua Palace was not an adult when they came back.
At the outer gate of Kyoto, the city guards suddenly strengthened their vigilance, and the strong bows and crossbows on the castle tower pointed directly at the flow of people waiting in line for inspection. Warriors with swords and swords were not allowed to enter the city, and after a few rebuttals, a group of wolf-like sergeants surrounded them, and escorted them to the temporary prison with torture instruments.
"Senior brother, you can't break in, the soldiers will not explain the reason to us when they carry out the order. ”
In the roadside teahouse far from the city gate, dozens of Phantom Sword Gate disciples were full of indignation, and went to the city to show their identities, and after revealing their identities, the eyes of the officers guarding the gate were full of reverence.
"Shizun sent a message to us to enter the city as soon as possible, and now we can't even enter the outer city, and the news is difficult to pass on to Shizun, how should this be good, something wrong, the torture hall has always only looked at the results and did not listen to explanations. ”
"Wait a minute, when the master gets the news, he will send someone to spread the word and clash with the city guards, which will be very unfavorable to the sect, and no matter how powerful the sect is, it will be difficult to compete with the imperial army. Huh—"
"What's wrong?"
"Fang Cai seemed to see the county lord passing, and in a blink of an eye, no one was seen again. ”
"Did you see that?"
Several disciples standing in front of the door were not sure, among the soldiers who had just walked over, there was a person who looked like Dugu Ying, but when he looked closely, he saw that he was wearing an ordinary military uniform, and he thought that he was thoughtful and dazzled, and when he saw the senior brother asking, a female disciple replied: "I saw the county lord a few years ago, and I just flashed by, and I couldn't see my face clearly, so I should have seen it wrong." ”
"What a distinguished guard of honor for the county lord, you guys, wait. ”
Duguying mixed in the team, she didn't have much impression of the same door in the teahouse, she had seen some senior brothers and sisters when she was a child, and now she can't recognize it, but when she saw a group of people wearing Phantom Sword Gate costumes, she turned her head and looked at it a few more times, she went back to Beijing in disguise and it was not convenient to go over to ask, and she wondered why dozens of people gathered in the teahouse.
The officers guarding the gate had never seen the imperial county lord, and after checking the token, they let him go with a smile, and the standard commanders who returned to Beijing from the Southern Corps probably had to go to the military headquarters to receive the letter of appointment, maybe they would become their own bosses another day, how could they dare to investigate in detail.
"Gao Ying, let's go to the military headquarters first, or—"
Duguying was a secret whereabouts, deliberately diverted to the Southern Corps, and after secretly negotiating with Hua Laoguogong, he mixed in the cliché officer corps who went to Beijing to report on his work, and only a few team leaders knew their true identities, and they were all called by fake names on the road, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, they would rather ride horses day and night for thousands of miles, and did not teleport to the Acropolis, which was three days later than Yuwenjie's entry into Beijing.
"Commander, we still have to go to the military post, let's separate, we will meet often in the future. ”
Dugu Ying made a look, several standard commanders led people away, she and two guards flashed into the roadside dart bureau, when they came out, they had changed back into women's clothes, under the secret protection of dozens of guards, they sat in the sedan chair and went to the street, and then they were sure that no one was following, and then they walked into the silk shop that had made an appointment with Yu Wenjie, and while the guys in the store let Yu Wenjie take people to entangle, they hurriedly changed into the women's uniforms of the guards, and returned to Cuihua Palace in the team.
"Is Grandpa okay?"
Stepping into Sima's office, Duguying couldn't wait to ask about the king's condition, Yuwenjie pulled her to sit down, held a cup of hot tea and forced her to finish, then pulled her to the back hall to wash and change clothes, and waited for the county lord's clothes to report the situation in the palace.
"Strange thing, the imperial concubine went to Meilin to pick up the car, the prince couldn't stop it, my grandfather also slipped away, and the two imperial concubines had a dispute, and the imperial concubine Xian stayed in Meilin to serve the decoction on the grounds that Her Majesty was sick for a long time. ”
Dugu Ying sank his face: "Don't talk nonsense, my grandfather's illness-" Yu Wenjie exhaled, imitating the tone of the Martial Saint: "The cultivation is completely lost, the Martial Saint Zhenyuan hangs half a breath, how long can it last?"
"Grandpa—"
"Your Highness, Gao Yuan attacked the granary and was ambushed, do you know his tragic situation now?"
Duguying stopped crying when she heard this, and said with blurred tears in her eyes: "Didn't the military report say that it was okay? Yu Wenjie went over to help her sit down, tears dripping from the corners of her eyes, and explained in a low voice: "Grandpa repeatedly told me not to let it be passed on to others, especially the eldest sister and Gao Yuan." Your Highness had better calm down first, and when I heard it, I fainted with fright. ”
Dugu Ying faintly felt that the matter was very important, she forcibly endured her sadness and closed her eyes to breathe, stabilized her mind for nearly half an hour, opened her eyes and looked at Yu Wenjie, she saw a complicated look on her face, and seemed to be reluctant to speak again, and urged eagerly: "Say it quickly, it is tens of thousands of miles away, will grandpa still hurt Gao Yuan!"
"Your Royal Highness, Gao Yuan was in Merlin for seven days, and when he left the palace, he kept his mouth shut about what happened during the period, alas, it was definitely not intentional deception, if the truth of the seven days was true or false in the same dream, the ruthless secret method of stealing the heart and prolonging his life, have you ever been-"
Dugu Ying's eyes were black and she fainted, Yuwenjie woke her up after a while, and hurriedly said without waiting for a question: "Don't think about the bad first, I'll understand when I finish speaking." ”
Merlin seven days, Gao Yuan always in the dream of someone to teach the secret, muddy nightmares do not know whether it is a dream or illusion, many illusions are mixed, his mind is almost on the verge of collapse, the martial saint and the king took the opportunity to ask, the remnant of the soldier and the great sacrifice passed on one after another, the martial saint and the king and what they have learned to verify, the two of them from which to spy out a line of shortcuts to break through the three into the saint, not only the old king is very likely to succeed, it is easier for the descendants of the Dugu family to enter the sainthood in the future, there is no harm to Gao Yuan, he not only learned half of the ruthless trick, but also has to be assigned by the martial saint to practice the know-how, and in the future, the descendants of the Dugu family are not the descendants of him and Dugu Ying, and it is worth taking some risks for future generations。
After half a year of getting along, the old king has spied a trace of the way to the sainthood, but the three of them have encountered problems, Gao Yuan's qualifications are mediocre, Hua Zifei has no choice but to pass on his method of entering the Tao with martial arts, and the mental formula is incomplete, and no one has ever practiced it in the classics of the Luofeng Continent. The old king is old and weak, and he wanted to use the heavenly machine caused by the breakthrough of Gao Yuan to impact the martial saint, but his cultivation was delayed, and the king's time was short, and his son was weak and his granddaughter was young, so he wanted to take a risk with the martial saint, and wanted him to break through on the battlefield, and he was also inspired by the grassland war, and he had great hope of success.
Gao Yuan participated in dozens of battles behind the enemy for more than two years, and the sword realm improved and pulled the cultivation, and he was about to break through the martial arts, who knew that the sneak attack on the granary was ambushed, so that Wu Zong's two palms were scattered and his cultivation was lost, and the old king who was connected to his heart was caught off guard by the backlash, and was seriously injured than him, and the martial saint shot to protect the heart in time, but it was difficult to stop the loss of vitality, and it was a miracle to delay for several months, the martial saint guessed that Gao Yuan probably comprehended the ancient martial arts from the cave was barely maintained, and he and the king could not see the slightest clue about the ancient martial arts of the cave in seven days, and there seemed to be no difficulty in Gao Yuan's heart to connect with breath。
"That's what happened, although Your Majesty and Grandpa said that their methods were a little despicable, but they didn't have any ill will towards Gao Yuan, and the two martial arts sects sent to protect him didn't go to the granary that day, or—"
Dugu Ying wiped away the tears on her face, and now she has to accept the result regardless of whether it is good or bad, and asked tentatively: "Gao Yuan is recovering, grandpa-" Yu Wenjie shook her head, tears rolled in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa In order to prolong His Majesty's life, the true yuan is too depleted, and I am afraid it will be difficult to recover as before." Your Highness, this matter is over, and you must not let the eldest sister and Takagaki know, so as not to turn against each other. ”
"The war started because of the royal selfishness, millions of soldiers died innocently, no wonder the war was deliberately delayed, Jie'er, you should go and prepare for the palace affairs first, let me be alone for a while. ”
"Your Majesty's life may be selfish, but the war is out of the public, looking back after the war, with the strength of the king of the East China Sea, it may be difficult for the Eastern Corps to achieve a quick victory. ”
"I know, you guys get busy first, I'll go sleep for a while. ”