Dingguo Gongfu.
The masters of the Gu family were all staying in Mrs. Gu's house, and a group of people had different expressions. Even Mrs. Gu and Gu Wuji, who had always been calm, didn't look good at this time. No one spoke at this time, only Madam Gu turned the Buddha beads in her hand, and when Chang Shan came in, a group of people looked over.
Mrs. Gu also stopped turning the beads.
"How is it?" Gu Wuji asked him.
Chang Shan shook his head, his voice a little low, "Everywhere is surrounded by people, my subordinates secretly went out to take a look, our mansion is not bad, other mansions are directly going to the door to get people, without showing any affection, even that The residences of the several ministers were also unable to escape, some of them were tough-tempered, and those soldiers… killed them on the spot.”
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed again.
Liu Shi was frightened, and his voice was a little unfavorable, "What is King Jin going to do? Could it be that he wants to kill us all?!"
This happened last night.
They slept soundly in the middle of the night, and suddenly heard screams from several courtyards next door. A group of people didn't know what was going on. They all got up in their clothes. Each holding a sword, they are not allowed to go out.
Later, Gu Wuji sent Chang Shan out to inquire privately, only to find out that something happened in the palace.
"It's not enough to kill us. He can't kill so many people..." Gu Rong sat on the armchair, tapping his long fingers on the table, frowning slightly, "I'm afraid he is going to threaten others with us."
For the first time in his life, he regretted his business.
If he was an official in the imperial court, he wouldn't find out something was wrong so late.
In just a few days, first His Majesty was poisoned, and then the palace issued a decree to invite the wives of various families into the palace. This is so compact and ingenious that people have no time to doubt it. After the wives stayed in the palace for a few days, By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late.
Gu Wuji listened to Chang Shan's words, and was silent for a while before opening his mouth, "How is the palace?"
"All the wives are staying in the Cheng'an Hall, it's not a problem, it's just..." When Chang Shan said this, he was suddenly hesitant. Seeing Gu Wuji looking over, he lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "My subordinates heard that, King Jin. His Highness is tracking down the whereabouts of the county lord."
"Pretty?"
Everyone in the room was stunned, and Gu Wuji asked directly: "What's the matter, isn't she also on the list of entering the palace?"
"At first, I entered the palace, but then I guessed that the county master found something wrong, so..." Chang Shan pursed his lips, "Refused to ask the subordinates about the situation, King Jin and others tracked down the county master, I am afraid that the county master took away the jade seal, and now King Jin's actions are probably for this reason."
"what?!"
Without waiting for the rest of the room to react, Gu Wuji stood up.
When he talked about other things before, he was still able to deal with it calmly, but now he hears this, but he can't sit still any longer, "She went out with this thing alone, and the King Jin is aggressive, how could he let it go? past her?!"
"no!"
"I have to go out!"
He said he was going out.
Chang Shan hurriedly stopped people, "Master Guo, now that the outside is surrounded by water, how can you get out? You went out alone, and now the city gate is closed, how can you get out of the city? And the county master has been out for a few days. Now, King Jin is so flustered, it can be seen that the whereabouts of the county master have not yet been found."
"You go out now. If something happens, wouldn't the county master be worried?"
Mrs. Gu has experienced a lot, and her breath returned to normal after a brief period of instability. She held the Buddha beads, looked at Gu Wuji and said, "Chang Shan is right, if something happened to Manman, King Jin would not have such a thing. It's obvious that he is jumping off the wall like a dog now, and he can't sit still."
"Manman is smart since she was a child, she..." Mrs. Gu's voice was hoarse, "she will be fine."
Gu Wuji gritted his teeth, his face changed several times, it was not difficult for him to go out, but there are so many people in the family, if others know about their situation... He gritted his teeth, and finally retreated back to the chair, He slapped his hand on the tea table, and said sternly, "If something happens to Manman, I will definitely kill Xiao Ke!"
"General." The soldiers beside Li Qinyuan stepped forward to report, "King Jin closed the city gate, sent people to guard the city gate day and night, and arrested all the ministers who stayed in Beijing. Some of the courtiers were escorted into the palace, and some mansions were heavily guarded."
When Li Qinyuan heard this, his face was ugly and his voice was a little deep, "How about the Gu and Li families?"
"The Dingguo Gongfu and Wei Guogong's mansion are not in the way. There are heavy soldiers guarding outside the Dingguo Gongfu. It is probably entrusted, and no one will come to embarrass them. As for your family, because there are only women, children and children, you just sent people to guard them. "
Knowing that there was nothing at home, Li Qinyuan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the city gate not far away, and listened to the inquiries of his cronies: "General, now the capital is under the control of King Jin, I'm afraid we don't have enough people, why don't you... Go to a few camps with the jade seal first, and then enter the city when you gather troops and horses?"
Although the rest of the soldiers did not speak, their expressions were in agreement.
Only Li Qinyuan never spoke.
It was night now, and the guards at the gate of the city found that they did not light the torches, only the moonlight hit Li Qinyuan's face, he was very young, younger than everyone present, but he was also very calm, young general Holding the reins, a pair of quiet eyes silently watched the people patrolling the city gate.
I don't know how long it took before he said, "Who are the people in the city?"
Everyone was startled.
Some did not respond to his question.
"They are all people of Da Zhou, and they are our brothers and sisters. The swords in the hands of our Da Zhou soldiers can only be aimed at the enemy, and should not be used to kill their own brothers and sisters!" Li Qinyuan said these words calmly, and then directly He kicked the horse's belly and ran towards the city gate.
Everyone looked at each other and followed Li Qinyuan without hesitation.
The people guarding the city gate suddenly heard this movement, and their hearts were tense. Some people leaned over to look at the torches, and when they saw these thousands of people, they trembled: "Come, come... General Li led the way. He's back with his subordinates!"
"Quick, go and report to General Guard!"
When Wei Xu walked up to the city tower, Li Qinyuan and others were already at the city gate.
"Yu—" Li Qinyuan held the reins, looked up at the man on the tower, and when he knew who was coming, he laughed loudly, "General Wei."
Wei Xu listened to his words as usual, and his heart became complicated for a while, and he bowed his hands after a while, "General Li."
Looking at these men and horses below, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "General Li, you should leave, now that the Imperial Army and the troops in the city are all in the hands of King Jin, you are simply not enough, and... I don't want to be with you either. You are the enemy."
"The farther you take these people, the better before no one finds out."
Li Qinyuan smiled and said, "This is the capital, the capital of Dazhou, and we are all citizens of Dazhou. Where is General Wei asking us to go?" , said in a deep voice, "Remove the armor!"
Everyone behind him obeyed, and even at this critical moment of life and death, they still obeyed his instructions.
soon.
Thousands of soldiers removed their armor, exposing their weaknesses to those at the city gates.
"This..." The generals at the city gate did not know why they did this, and they were a little stunned for a while. Even Wei Xu was stunned. After a while, he frowned and said, "What is General Li doing?"
Li Qinyuan raised his head and said: "Someone asked me to join several other camps to gather troops and horses, but I don't want to. The people in this city gate are all our brothers and sisters, and there are even many soldiers who have gone to the battlefield with us. I don't want to point the sword at my own people."
"General Wei."
He looked at the person and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Now your Majesty has been killed, the crown prince, the queen and others are all under house arrest, and the lives of ministers and wives are at stake... I know that General Wei has difficulties, but do you really believe that Xiao Ke can manage this country well?"
"A man who killed his brother and killed his father, in order to ascend to the throne, can disregard human relations and the lives of the people. How much do you expect from such a person?"
Wei Xu's expression moved slightly, his lips parted, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
…
At this time, the palace.
All the ministers were trapped in the same palace. Many of them were older and were in poor health. Now they were so frightened that they were angry and hated, but because of the guards outside, they dared not speak out. Insulting Xiao Ke, for fear of ending up in the same situation as the previous ministers.
But the murmurs continued, "Really, what a bastard!"
"I felt that he had wolf ambitions for a long time, but I didn't expect his actions to be so vicious!"
Jing Yubai was among them, but he didn't insult King Jin like they did. He just followed his elder brother to sit in a more comfortable place with his father, and asked warmly, "Father, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Jingjie shook his head, but his breath was still a little unsteady. He had the habit of taking medicine on weekdays. He came out in a hurry today, and he didn't have time to take the medicine, and he was quarreling with the ministers and gave him a headache. This would be a little uncomfortable.
Seeing him like this, Jing Yubai's eyes darkened, and he got up and walked out.
When all the ministers saw him walking out, they all stopped talking, and Jingjie frowned even more. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by his eldest son, Jing Changen.
There are still heavy guards outside.
Seeing Jing Yubai come out, the two directly took out their swords and blocked his way, "What are you going to do?"
Jing Yubai's voice was calm, "My father has asthma and needs to take medicine. Please ask this lord to help you find an imperial doctor, or allow me to go to the imperial hospital, where there is my father's pulse case."
The guard said angrily, "What's your situation now? How can I give you medicine? Go in! If you dare to toss, don't blame us for being rude!"
Jing Yu smiled whitely, still looking like the son of an aristocratic family, "Since that's the case, I'd like to trouble the two adults to ask Lord Zhao to come over."
"Master Zhao?" The two of them were stunned for a moment, and the fierce expressions on their faces couldn't be maintained. They looked at each other and asked Jing Yubai, "You mean Master Zhao Chengyou?"
"nature."
"What's your relationship with Master Zhao?" One of them asked one of the soldiers.
Jing Yubai didn't answer, but smiled: "My father was the first assistant of the dynasty, and now the King of Jin has us trapped here, but he has no intention of dealing with us. If something really happens inside, I'm afraid that two Your Excellency," he paused, his eyes very gentle, "it's not easy to explain."
"This..." The two of them hesitated.
indeed.
Although the lord asked them to guard people, he did not ask them to do anything. Even those who killed chickens and monkeys were all insignificant officials, and this person had a magnanimous face and a close relationship with Mr. Zhao, which made them not. Dare to treat him like other people.
"wait."
One of the guards opened his mouth, and then pulled the other person to the side, "Master Zhao is busy with business now, so he definitely doesn't have time to pay attention to him, and it's not good for people to come over, why don't I take him for a walk, anyway, the Tai Hospital is far away from here. Not far."
"His father and brother are here, so he must not dare to do anything." There was no other way, so the other guard nodded.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." The guard said.
Jingyu Bai Chaoren bowed his hands, then turned his head to look at Jingjie, and when he saw him shaking his head, he just smiled warmly: "Brother take care of your father, I will come when I go." step over the threshold.
The guards lead the way.
Jing Yubai looked around all the way and saw that the defense was not strict here. Thinking that they were using all their troops to deal with Qilang, he closed his eyes and asked someone, "This lord is also a forbidden army."
"nature."
"Your lord doesn't look like someone from the capital."
"I'm from Tongzhou, and I only came to Beijing a few years ago." The guard opened his mouth and realized that something was wrong, he immediately sank his face, and said coldly, "Why are you asking so much? Don't think about it, if you let me know what you want What trick, I will kill you!"
Jing Yu Bai smiled and said, "Why do you have to do this, my lord, I'm a civil servant, I don't know martial arts or knives and guns, I'm just chatting with my lord."
He looked mild.
The guard looked at him for a while and then looked away.
"My lord, have you ever thought that if there are so many people in the army this time, even if the King of Jin ascends the throne in the future, I am afraid that the lord will not be able to benefit from it... Don't you feel that it is a pity that you still have no way to be promoted to the rank with such an infamy?"
These words just hit the guard's weakness.
People like him don't care about fame or not. He only cares about status and interests. He tightened his hand on the sword and pursed his lips, "What do you mean?"
Jingyu Bai said warmly, "It's no fun to be here, I just feel sorry for the adults, and it's also a pity for the Lord Song."
Lord Song is the uncle of King Xiao Ke of Jin and the commander of the Imperial Army.
Aware of the guard's gaze, Jing Yubai continued to say slowly: "Ming Ming is the uncle of King Jin, and he is the one who has contributed the most to this matter, but His Royal Highness King Jin only discussed with Master Zhao, and now it is necessary to Lord Song is so fashionable and so, Lord, what will happen to you when King Jin ascends the throne in the future?"
"you… "
The guard opened his mouth to argue, but couldn't say anything.
He stopped, seeing that there was no one around, he couldn't hold back, and asked, "What do you want to do?"
When Jing Yubai heard the words, he finally suppressed the expression on his face and said in a low voice, "I want to see Lord Song."
…
Song Zhi's mood was also unstable at this time.
Li Qinyuan has already fought against the city. He has dealt with people, and he knows that although this person is young, he will never lose to his father in battle.
He originally got this official position because His Majesty owed his sister. He was used to being lazy on weekdays and didn't know how to fight at all. As long as he thought of Li Qinyuan and the prestige of the army in his hands, he couldn't be more anxious.
Especially in such a hurry, his good nephew even put him in the forefront and asked him to guard Miyagi, but he had a different idea.
Hate and anxious, pacing in the hall.
Hearing someone from outside reporting something important, he didn't hold back his temper, and said solemnly, "Come in!"
Soon, two people dressed as guards walked in.
"grown ups."
One of the guards greeted the people.
Song Zhi ignored him, sat on the chair and asked lightly, "What do you want to say?"
The man didn't answer, but glanced at Jing Yubai, who was already pretending to be a bodyguard. This glance just happened to let Song Zhi see, he frowned, held the tea cup, and looked up, seeing Jing Yu He was stunned for a moment when he saw Bai's face, and when he reacted, he immediately stood up.
"you-"
"Are you that kid from the Jing family?!"
Jing Yubai's expression didn't change, he greeted people politely, and called out politely, "Uncle Song."
"What are you doing here? You're still dressed like this..." Although Song Zhi didn't know what he was going to do, he knew that this kid from the Jing family was cunning, and his face sank, "You're not afraid of death at all, how dare you Come to me dressed like this."
"Come on!"
Jingyu Bai asked with a warm smile, "Don't Uncle Song want to know why I came to you?"
Someone outside immediately responded, "What's wrong with your lord?"
Song Zhi looked at Jing Yubai, pursed his lips, but didn't call anyone in, "It's okay, you go out first." He sat back again and asked Jing Yubai, "What do you want to say?"
"I heard that General Li has already arrived at the city gate." Jing Yubai asked.
"What if he arrives? He's only three thousand soldiers and horses, what's he worth?!" Although Song Zhi said this, his expression was obviously not very stable.
Jing Yubai only pretended not to see it, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Then, have you ever thought about what would happen if Li Qinyuan brought troops in?" Without waiting for Song Zhi to answer, he continued, "You are on the front line, here They are all yours, and your nephew, as the prince and grandson, has committed a heinous crime, because of the blood in his body, I am afraid he can save his life."
"But what about you? You have been trusted by Your Majesty to take charge of the Imperial Army, but now you are doing such a thing."
"You said, how will you be?"
This is what Song Zhi has always been worried about, so when he heard these words, his expression changed immediately.
"I… "
Song Zhi gritted his teeth: "I am his uncle. As long as King Jin ascends the throne, I, I will be the biggest hero!"
"Really?" Jing Yubai seemed disapproving and chuckled: "Does he really think of you as an uncle? You cut thorns in front of him for him, but what about him? Hiding behind, just discussing with outsiders, he has something for you Have you thought about it a bit?"
Song Zhi wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't say a word, and when he wanted to say more, a guard suddenly burst into the outside, his face was pale, and he stammered: "Sir, the city, the city gate is open, Li , Li Qinyuan is now rushing to the palace!"
"what!"
Song Zhi's face turned pale, and he got up and fell back.
When Jing Yubai, who had a calm expression in the past, finally calmed down when he heard these words, he quietly released the hand that was tightly clasped behind him.
Song Zhi Yuguang caught a glimpse of him, no longer the same as before, walked over, held Jing Yubai's arm, and asked almost pleadingly: "You, you say, what should I do! I, I will listen to you!"
Jing Yubai lowered his eyes and looked at the man, and after a moment, he chuckled like a bright moon and breeze, "Naturally it is King Qin who rescued him."