Cao Qicai was afraid that Mo Junjiu would get excited and do something irreparable, so he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Mo Junjiu's arm, and persuaded him hard: "Your Highness, you can't do it, you must not do it.
The general and Prince Mo will have to use this woman when dealing with him in the future. If you kill her now, you will be in trouble. "
Mo Junjiu looked angry and still refused to let go. He said shamelessly: "The Shi family's army is still far away in Yangcheng. When they come back, I will have taken down the palace. By then, he will not attack me." Bow down and surrender!"
"..." Cao Qicai was speechless at Mo Junjiu's arrogance.
He knew very well that he couldn't deal with Mo Junjiu forcefully and could only coax him slowly, "Having said that, it would be better to use less fighting. After all, Your Highness, you are..."
Conspiracy to usurp the throne.
The reputation is not good either. If there are too many killings, it will be difficult to stabilize the throne in the future!
Cao Qicai gave a long and sincere speech before he persuaded the general to stop Mo Junjiu.
Mo Junjiu glared at Shi Qingxue fiercely and said harshly: "You'd better be good to me, so for Yuzhen's sake, I can still give you a way to survive in the future, otherwise... hum!"
After he finished speaking, Qingxue really didn't say anything anymore, thinking that he had scared people, and he was immediately satisfied.
Shi Qingxue ignored Shi Qingxue, turned to wave his sword, walked forward, and shouted to the people below: "The palace is just ahead, everyone, rush for me, you will get a bounty of one ingot for each person you kill, and you will be promoted to one level if you capture the noble soldiers." ! Whoever breaks the palace for me will be rewarded with a huge reward after the success!"
As soon as the words came out, the crowd was excited.
The rebels seemed to have been given a shot of blood, and they rushed towards the palace with their heads covered.
The attack was so fierce that the city guards outside the palace were so frightened that they abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.
Even before the palace door could be closed tightly, the birds and beasts dispersed.
"Hahaha! God help me! Let's see who can stop me this time!"
Mo Junjiu laughed proudly and walked into the palace gate with a big knife in his hand, as if he was entering a deserted land.
However, when they arrived at the Imperial Garden, the banquet venue was empty, and the lanterns originally used for decoration had lost their firelight, making the dim dawn look cold and terrifying.
Cao Qicai couldn't help but shudder, walked up to Mo Junjiu, and whispered: "Your Highness, something seems wrong! It's too quiet here!"
Along the way, they encountered almost zero resistance. Even if they had placed internal agents in the palace before, this situation was too unusual.
Mo Jun glanced at Cao Qicai impatiently for a long time, and snorted angrily: "I have already taken care of everything, even if I get to my father's palace now, it's not a problem. What are you worrying about?"
"But the number of soldiers encountered along the way is too different from the number of imperial guards I estimated. I'm afraid..." Cao Qicai explained cautiously.
Mo Junjiu waved his hand and interrupted his speech.
He asserted: "They must be afraid and hiding! You don't want to be mother-in-law here. We will rush into the harem and capture them alive. In less than an hour, everything will be settled!"
By then, even if the father could really summon the Shi family army back to Beijing to escort him, it would be too late! "
After that, Mo Junjiu ignored Cao Qicai's dissuasion and insisted on leading his troops to fight in the harem.
When they had just arrived at the gate of the harem, thunder and drums suddenly sounded from all around, which was deafening. The rebels were frightened and had no idea where this shocking sound came from.
Just when they were stunned, a shout came from behind them!
"The rebels are just ahead, kill them!"
Immediately afterwards, a huge crowd of Imperial Guards suddenly appeared in the originally empty Royal Garden. Everyone was holding long swords and came towards their palace.
The rebels were all taken aback by the sudden incident.
They reluctantly faced the enemy, but were frightened by the fierce momentum of the imperial guards, and their momentum was greatly weakened.
After a short handover between the two sides, the rebels began to retreat steadily and could only continue to hide in the harem.
Mo Junjiu saw that the situation took a turn for the worse. The Imperial Forest Army, which had been beaten by them and had no power to resist, actually fought back, while his own men became weaker and weaker.
He was so angry that he jumped on his feet and said to the soldiers under his hands: "Don't run away! Don't run away! Beat them all! If you win, I will reward you heavily!"
But in the face of saving one's life, the temptation of money and power is not that great.
A leading young general ran up to Mo Junjiu in disgrace and said with a sad face: "Your Highness, the enemy's offensive is too fierce. In less than a quarter of an hour, we have lost nearly a hundred people. We cannot continue like this!"
"You lied!" Mo Junjiu mentioned the young general, not believing what he said.
Are you kidding? He only led more than 300 advance troops to attack the palace. He was preparing to capture the palace quickly and capture Mo Xiangbin alive.
In just a short while, he had lost one-third of his troops, and he would be beaten later!
The young general had a bitter look on his face, "If your Highness doesn't believe it, you can go ahead and take a look for yourself. We don't have many elite soldiers to begin with. If one less soldier is missing, our strength will be weakened. Your Highness, we really can't go on like this!"
Let's retreat first and wait until reinforcements arrive! "
Cao Qicai spoke up at the right time: "General Xiao is right. The enemy is fierce now and we are weak. It is not suitable to confront them head-on. We might as well find a place to hold on and wait for the large army to invade the palace, and then we can cooperate with them inside and outside. Catch them off guard!"
Mo Junjiu was still a little unwilling to retreat like this, but as Cao Qicai said, a head-on confrontation would not end well.
He punched the city wall as if to vent his anger, punching a big white hole in the red wall.
"Then where do you think we should retreat?" Mo Junjiu asked Cao Qicai helplessly.
Cao Qicai thought for a while and suggested in a low voice: "Why don't we go to the Ten Commandments Palace first? There is a secret passage there that can lead to the outside of the palace. Even if something happens in the future, we will not be helpless. You see... "
At the mention of the name of the Ten Commandments Hall, Mo Junjiu and Shi Qingxue shuddered at the same time.
The expressions on their faces were exactly the same as that of embarrassment.
Mo Junjiu even rubbed his arms and said displeasedly: "What's so good about that kind of ghost place? Who wants to go back?"
Cao Qicai said nothing and just looked at Mo Junjiu, waiting for his final decision.
Mo Junjiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Okay, okay! As you said, let's go to the Ten Commandments Hall first!"
His Highness the Third Prince had been imprisoned in the Cold Palace for several days, so he had no desire to go back there to 'relive old dreams'. But the strange thing was that when Shi Qingxue, who had always been quiet, heard that they finally decided to go to the Cold Palace, she immediately resisted fiercely. stand up.
"No, I don't want to go to the cold palace, no!" Shi Qingxue turned around and wanted to run back.
Mo Junjiu grabbed Shi Qingxue, dragged him forward, and said unceremoniously: "Humph! It's not up to you! Wherever I take you, just go in obediently, or I won't be able to drag you." Drag it over, and don’t cry when the time comes!"
Cao Qicai also persuaded Shi Qingxue in time: "Shi Liu Niang, stop struggling. Your life and fortune are in the hands of His Highness. It's better to be good and avoid suffering. This is good for everyone!"
Shi Qingxue knew that what Cao Qicai said was correct, but as soon as she heard the name of the 'Ten Commandments Hall', she felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured down her head, chilling her from head to toe, and from her body to her heart. .
There is only one thought in my head, and that is never to return to the cold palace again!
Don't go back!
But now she is someone else's prisoner.
Even if she was not happy, Mo Junjiu dragged her into the cold palace gate.
The desolate and cold scene of the Ten Commandments Hall suddenly appeared before our eyes.
Obviously she had never seen it before, but when Shi Qingxue saw it for the first time, a familiar feeling came over her face.
Panic struck her, and she shivered uncontrollably.
The headache became more and more severe, and she could only make fists with her small hands and beat her head desperately to calm herself down a little and prevent her from being overwhelmed by the chaotic memories.
At this time, there was another noise outside Leng Palace.
Mo Junjiu and others focused their attention outside, always preparing to fight the enemy.
No one noticed anything unusual about Shi Qingxue, so Mo Junjiu dragged her under the big tree in the courtyard and let her go.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers behind us just now saw Prince Mo leading the Royal Guards, fighting all the way towards the Ten Commandments Palace. They will reach the door in less than a moment! What should we do?" A soldier hurriedly rushed from outside. Entering the cold palace, he knelt in front of Mo Junjiu and reported, almost shouting at the top of his lungs.
Mo Junyang didn't expect that Mo Junyang would move so fast. He was scared, fearful and resentful, and his face was almost distorted!
He yelled at the soldiers: "You useless trash, do you think you can't stop anyone and support you for free? Get out of here!"
After saying that, he kicked the person away.
At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to close the door of Leng Palace, and set the policy of guarding Leng Palace unwaveringly.
While striding towards Shi Qingxue, he grabbed Shi Qingxue's arm fiercely and pulled her in front of him, with a resentful sneer on his face: "You are really worth money, that guy Mo Junyang knows that you were caught by me. , he actually called me so quickly, he really showed how to show off his anger to a beauty to the extreme!"
Shi Qingxue suppressed her headache and looked back at Mo Junjiu coldly, saying nothing and not compromising.
Mo Junjiu was even more angry at her contemptuous eyes, if Cao Qicai hadn't held him tightly.
In his rage, he could gouge out Shi Qingxue's eyes!
"Hmph! Don't be proud! So what if Mo Junyang comes here? You are in my hands now, what do you think he will do?" Mo Junjiu said, with a look of victory on his face. smile.
He stared at Shi Qingxue sinisterly, like a poisonous snake, and laughed ferociously, "They say Mo Junyang loves you to death, but I want to see what he can do for you in the face of power." superior?"
At this moment, the door of the Cold Palace was kicked open by someone, and more than a dozen imperial guards filed in, surrounding the rebels who had not yet reacted.
Then, Mo Junyang walked in wearing Da Mo's military uniform, holding a spear, and covered in blood.
Everyone present was frightened by the thick evil aura on his body, and they were stunned and stopped moving.
Mo Junyang was already walking towards the yard step by step, as if he would pierce the enemy's throat with a spear in the next second.
Only then did Mo Junjiu come back to his senses.
He took several steps back in horror before barely stopping. Then he raised his chest, looked into Mo Junyang's eyes, and shouted loudly: "Mo Junyang, don't come any closer!"
Mo Junjiu tried hard to look fierce, but he was trembling all over and couldn't hide his guilty conscience.
Mo Junyang ignored him and continued to stride forward.
Seeing that they had already crossed most of the courtyard, they were about to approach the big tree in the corner of Leng Gong's courtyard.
An idea flashed in Mo Junjiu's mind, and he suddenly understood Mo Junyang's intention.
He rushed to the big tree first and snatched Shi Qingxue from Cao Qicai's hand.
The sharp blade was shining brightly on Qingxue's neck.
He looked at Mo Junyang threateningly and shouted loudly: "I'm warning you, don't come any closer, or I won't be polite!"
Having said that, Mo Junjiu was afraid that he would not be able to scare Mo Junyang, so he was cruel and drew a medium-deep blood mark on Shi Qingxue's neck.
Bright red blood flowed out from the wound, sliding down the cold blade, and bloomed into a dazzling bloody red flower on her white neck.
As expected, Mo Junyang stopped, but stared at Mo Junjiu coldly with sinister eyes, and asked indifferently: "What do you want?"