"Please, Your Majesty, give this sword to the concubine. The concubine is willing to be the last line of defense for Your Majesty."
As soon as this remark came out, Emperor Liang's heart trembled greatly. In addition to being moved, the arrogance of the past suddenly surged. He grabbed Concubine Jing's hand holding the sword and said loudly: "I am here with you, who would dare to hurt you?"
Before the lingering sound fell, a stream of arrows, as if it was specifically trying to destroy the momentum of his words, broke through the window and nailed it to the pillar with a swoosh. Although it was far away, it was enough to set off panic in the hall. Panting and screaming, someone even started sobbing in the dark.
At this time, the East has seen white, but the situation is deteriorating rapidly. There were constantly other clans and civil servants crowding into the dormitory, embarrassedly reporting to Emperor Liang that the palace had fallen again, and the gate of the palace was opened and closed as a result.
"The chaotic thief... The chaotic thief..." Liang Di's gray hair was scattered on his cheeks, soaked in cold sweat and stuck together. He still sat up straight, not wanting to lose his momentum, but biting the sour teeth, still Involuntarily, she squeezed out the curse fiercely.
Buddha Tooth kept hunching his back, and repeatedly wanted to pounce, but Mei Changsu was now weak, one of them was not hugged, he was freed by it, and went straight to the door of the temple. It was knocked open again, and a cold wind blew in, making everyone tremble.
This time, the one who appeared in front of everyone was a handsome and gloomy young man with a cold air all over his body, but he was wearing pink-blue clothes, with a beautiful pink-blue hairband, holding a thin dagger in his hand. Like water, without blood. Although his action of slamming into the door was reckless and rude, his own actions were ghostly, and he had a stern face as soon as he came in. Hard and cold: "Come on!"
In the stern gaze, Mei Changsu asked softly, "Fei Liu, did His Royal Highness Prince Jing come back?"
"Yeah!" Fei Liu responded heavily. Feeling that he had completed the task of reporting the news, he squatted down and started to play Buddha's Tooth's Tail.
But no one cared about his rude behavior. There was a sigh of relief in the hall. Emperor Liang wrapped his arms around Concubine Jing's shoulders and kept saying, "Good boy... good boy..."
After about half an hour, the sound of the killing outside died down, and the morning light had already illuminated the room. As Concubine Jing gently blew out the flickering candle. The bloody and terrifying night finally passed.
The sound of neat and steady footsteps came from outside the bedroom, as if they were re-arming. Immediately afterwards, King Jing's voice sounded clearly: "My son's decree to suppress the rebellion has been completed, please see Your Majesty!"
"Quick, open the door quickly," Emperor Liang called out to Gao Zhan in a hurry, "Let Jingyan come in."
Without waiting for Gao Zhan to act, several civil servants who were closer to the palace gate had already rushed over to open the door. King Jing strode forward, although full of energy. But his temples are still scattered, his face is full of dust, and his azure shirt is splattered with blood. His saber had been carefully removed before entering the hall. The first action after lifting up the clothes and bowing down was to hold up the soldier talisman in his hand: "Jicheng's army has been ordered to escort him. My son returns the soldier talisman!"
"Okay, okay." Emperor Liang personally walked down to support him, holding the military talisman in one hand. He stroked his hair with one hand and said in a trembling voice, "It's been so hard for you, are you injured?"
"A little injury, it's fine."
"Before returning to Beijing, Jicheng's army is still up to you to dispatch at will. The rebels who have rebelled this time must be hunted down with all their strength and will not be tolerated!"
"My son leads the order."
"Come on, come and sit down and rest for a while, these few days must have been traveling around the clock, right?" Emperor Liang held Prince Jing's hand, brought him to sit beside him, and said to Concubine Jing, "Quickly give Bring some food for my son, he must be starving."
"The son's escort arrived late, which shocked the father and mother and concubine." Xiao Jingyan clasped his fists and said, "There are many things to do outside. Not everyone escaped into the bedroom last night, the clan and all the ministers died, and the forbidden army fought hard. In five days, the damage was also extremely heavy, and my son will help Commander Meng to take care of it. After everything is arranged, I will come back to the father, mother and concubine."
"Yeah," Emperor Liang couldn't help but feel sad when he heard the words, "The people who were killed this time, as well as these loyal soldiers who escorted them, will take great care of them. Now that the aftermath is really still unresolved, I will not delay you. How to deal with it is entirely up to you. You are in charge."
King Jing got up and bowed again, and quickly backed out. Concubine Jing immediately dismissed the other people in the hall and asked them to go back to deal with their own affairs. Mei Changsu took the opportunity to leave the dormitory as well. Who knew that when he just walked to the courtyard of the outer hall, he happened to bump into King Jing and Meng Zhi standing there. He hurriedly looked back. Fortunately, Fei Liu had already forcibly dragged the Buddha's tooth away, and he didn't know where he disappeared to play. .
"I was at the royal father's place just now, and it was inconvenient to say hello," King Jing looked up and down at Mei Changsu, "Is Mr. alright?"
"I've been far away from the front line, how could it be bad?" Mei Changsu looked around and saw the bloodstains still under the front porch of the steps, and he couldn't help sighing, "I'm afraid most of the banned troops have been damaged, right?"
Meng Zhi said sadly: "Only 700 people survived, of which 200 were seriously injured, and almost no one was intact."
"Even the great commander was injured, this time is really dangerous," Mei Changsu's eyes flashed a cold light, "but... this is definitely King Yu's last struggle."
At this time, people came to report the aftermath, and the three stopped talking. King Jing used military talismans to mobilize a total of 50,000 troops from Jicheng. 30,000 arrived early, and the remaining 20,000 brought all the supplies needed by the troops later, and they should still be in the middle. After the rebellion was suppressed, the battlefield was cleaned up, and all the corpses were moved to the foot of the mountain. One by one, the parcels of the enemy were parked and recorded, while the enemy only counted the number of people and then buried them together. The captured soldiers were enclosed in a large tent, and the officers were held separately pending trial. Outside the hunting palace, an area was specially set aside to suffocate the wounded. Ji Cheng’s army temporarily replaced the responsibility of the forbidden army, and allocated 3,000 people to guard the hunting palace.
According to Emperor Liang's will, he began to search for the escaped rebels around the entire Jiu'an Mountain, and at the same time announced that he would reward the escorts of King Qin. Ji Cheng's army got this opportunity to save the driver and show his face, and the morale of the top and bottom was high, combing through the hills like a sieve, trying to make more contributions.
After the big things were arranged properly, Meng Zhi didn't have time to change his clothes. Then he followed King Jing into the sleeping hall again and returned to Emperor Liang. The old emperor's mood has calmed down now, and what flashes in his eyes is no longer surprise and relief, but ruthlessness.
"Jingyan. Meng Qing, over there in the imperial capital. What do you think should be done?"
King Jing glanced at Meng Zhi and motioned for him to speak first. The commander of the Imperial Guard could not hold back, and immediately clasped his fists and said: "The emperor has left behind seven thousand Imperial Guards, and I do not believe that they will betray Your Majesty. Bring it back!"
"I think so too." Emperor Liang said coldly, with a gloomy expression on his face, "Mengqing, take a night's rest, bring 10,000 soldiers and horses tomorrow, and set off for the imperial capital. First, detain King Yu and his comrades. Second. Receipt the empress's ribbon seal, move the palace to claustrophobia, and deal with it after I return to Luan. Remember. The situation in the imperial capital must be stable. After the overall situation is settled, report it to me immediately. I will wait for your news before returning to Beijing. "
"The minister leads the order." After Meng Zhi kowtowed, he got up and was about to walk out. But Emperor Liang stopped him again: "What are you anxious about? This time, you are not following an oral or secret order. I will invent an edict for you!"
"Ming Zhao?" Meng Zhi was slightly surprised, "But once the Ming Zhao is issued, there is no room for change..."
"What else do you want to change?!" Emperor Liang slapped the dragon case suddenly, with anger in his eyes, "If this time I really go with someone's wishes, and just drive Yan to Jiu'an Mountain like this, then there is no room for it! Commander I'm already drafting the decree, and when I use the seal, you can let go of your hands and feet, do you want me to protect them again for those chaotic ministers and thieves?"
Meng Zhi immediately said loudly: "The minister leads the order!"
At this time, the commander bowed in with the new decree he had drawn up. Emperor Liang glanced at it a little bit, and then he put the seal on it, sealed it up, and handed it to Meng Zhi: "Where the decree is not finished, I allow you to act cheaply. ."
"I will live up to your majesty's request!"
"Okay, you can step back." Emperor Liang breathed a sigh of relief, beckoned King Jing to his side, and said, "Jingyan, you have made a great contribution to the rescue this time, what reward do you want?"
Xiao Jingyan snorted slightly and said, "The chaos has not yet been settled, and the holy chariot has not yet returned to Luan. At this time, even if the father and the emperor have the intention to reward, the sons and ministers will not dare to accept them. If there are gold and silk items in stock in the hunting palace, you might as well take them first. Come out and reward the soldiers."
Emperor Liang looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and said: "You, this is the truth of your mother, she also said the same. Well, you send someone to grade the book, reward a batch first, and then return to the imperial capital, and then give another reward. "
"My son obeys the order." As soon as King Jing finished his salute, Concubine Jing came in from the side hall with a few maids holding dinner plates, and smiled and invited the father and son to come over for dinner. This meal was very pleasant. Emperor Liang frequently brought vegetables to King Jing, and seemed to be indescribably happy and loving to him.
After dinner, Emperor Liang went to rest under the service of Concubine Jing, and King Jing naturally quit. He is the prince and the prince of Qizhu. He was allocated an independent courtyard in the hunting palace for him and the people of Jingwangfu to live. This time, the people who followed Xiao Jingyan to Jiu'an Mountain were all the brave soldiers who were born and died on the battlefield. Therefore, despite the five days of fierce battle, the damage was not great. Only two people were killed and three were seriously injured. The rest of the people were in good condition. You Qi was alive and well, and after just resting for a while, he led people up the mountain to participate in the search for the rebels. Lie Zhanying suffered a knife wound on his arm and was hung with a bandage. He still insisted on waiting for King Jing outside the courtyard gate, but when King Jing returned, he only glanced at him and kicked him back to the house to rest.
Mei Changsu, as King Jing's entourage, also lived in the same courtyard. In order to show respect for him, King Jing also arranged a separate room for him and Fei Liu. At this time, it was already dark, but there were no lights in his room. Prince Jing stood in the courtyard and stared at the dark window. After hesitating for a while, he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
The door opened quickly, and Fei Liu floated out, "Sleep!"
"Going to bed so early? Are you not feeling well, sir?"
"Tired!" the boy shouted loudly.
"Oh." King Jing nodded, turned around and walked down the steps slowly, but he didn't want to go back to his main house immediately, so he walked to the courtyard and stood still, raising his head to let Meng Chun's wind blow on his hot face. .
He actually didn't know what he wanted to say to Mei Changsu, but he was inexplicably upset. Ever since he discovered that even his mother, who has been with each other for more than ten years, has her own secrets, his sense of loneliness has deepened. Standing in his own yard at this time, surrounded by his confidants, but looking around at a loss, he found that he could not find anyone to talk to.
The higher he went, the lonelier he became. Xiao Jingyan was not unprepared for this. It's just that when he was running around at night and was exhausted physically and mentally, he still inevitably felt heavy and lonely, and he couldn't help but close his eyes and imagined that he had returned to the past.
Those happy, warm days with brothers and friends, those days that seemed perfect because of loss...
But the imaginary is just an imaginary after all, the snow in Meiling is the fire in his heart, no matter how hard or tired, the fire will never go out.
The victory is in sight, and the last step must not be wrong. Xiao Jingyan pursed his lips, and his reopened eyes twinkled like stars in the night. The dead looked at him in the sky, not wanting to see him indulge his memories and indulge his fragility here.
"Come on!"
"exist!"
"Strengthen your guard at night. Once you catch Xu Anmo who escaped, come and report to me at any time!"
"Yes!"
After giving this order, Xiao Jingyan took a deep breath, shook off the disturbed emotions that stuck to his heart like spider silk, and walked into his room with firm steps.