Shanglin Night Snow

On the imperial street leading to Xuandemen, the main entrance of the imperial palace, the sound of horseshoes from far and near brought a heavy murderous aura.After a while, a team of nearly a hundred people stopped in front of the palace.

"Yuandutou (1)!" Guo Kai recognized at a glance that the leader of the imperial guards guarding the gate was Dutou Yuanwang, his colleague in the Infantry Division and under Commander Chen.Seeing dozens of corpses lying on the ground, I was startled and asked quickly, "What happened?"

"General Guo!" Yuan Wang took two steps forward, his eyes swept across the ground: "When I arrived, this dry man drew his sword at me without saying a word. Fortunately, we have a large number of people, so..."

Guo Kai was startled, got off his horse and looked at the corpse on the ground, his face suddenly turned cold: "Dianqian Si!"

Yuan Wang nodded: "It seems that Shao Jingheng is undoubtedly the one who caused the chaos..."

"Maybe?" Guo Kai was startled, and looked back in surprise: "So, you don't know the inside story?"

It's embarrassing to say, although they were ordered to serve the king, they didn't even know the cause of the chaos, the names of the rioters, the number of troops in the chaos, etc.!I rushed back to the barracks earlier, only to hear that the commander of the capital, Hou Chaozhong, had personally led people into the palace to quell the chaos, and ordered the remaining generals to rush to reinforce as soon as they gathered their troops.

Fortunately, at this moment, the opponent has appeared!

Guo Kai ordered: "Shao Jingheng, the commander of the commander in front of the palace, led the troops to rebel, and we will enter the palace quickly to escort the king!"

After saying a word, or swallowing the cold wind, I suddenly felt a bad breath rising in my chest, squeezing my throat, feeling sick again, and hurriedly stretched my hand to the side——

This move fell into the eyes of Yuan Wang, but his heart was shocked: I heard that General Guo Kai Guo is superb in martial arts, and he can fight ten enemies with one. Fleeing, so famous in the army.Also because of many legends, Daona's spear is forged from pure gold (it is well known that the Guo family is rich), and it weighs hundreds of catties.

So... are you lucky to see her today?Yuan Wang was overjoyed, staring at Guo Kai's right hand intently, but saw a flash of light, he blinked and opened it again, only to see a round shiny object, not a weapon, but it looked like... Every household has desks and desks, something that must be done every day. Prepared - slag bucket (2)? ?

The unpleasant vomit sound lasted for a short while, after which, the person in front of the group raised his head and wiped the corners of his mouth, handed back the slag bucket filled with overnight wine mixed with the scraps of pig's feet and duck legs, turned around and drew his sword to point inward, saying Soundboom: "Enter the palace!"

Enter directly from the Xuande Gate, enter the Daqing Hall through the Daqing Gate, and then reach the rear court. The gates and courtyards are all open along the way, and the corpses of the forbidden soldiers can be seen everywhere.This seems strange!A number of thoughts flashed through Guo Kai's mind, and his footsteps froze suddenly. Lieutenant General Liu and Yuan Wang looked at each other for no reason.At this moment, several figures suddenly appeared on the palace road ahead.

There are two people running in front, one is dressed in white and looks like a young man, and the other is the yellow gate of the palace (3).The four or five people who followed closely behind were all in the uniform of the Forbidden Army and held swords in their hands, which seemed to be disadvantageous to the former.

hateful!Is it tolerable or unbearable for the majestic imperial army to openly commit murder in the imperial palace and kill the palace people?

Furious, Guo Kai took the lead and raised his sword to meet him.Seeing that the situation was not good, the pursuers turned and fled.

The young man in white stopped in front of him, his face was pale, he clenched his fists and frowned, obviously he didn't know whether the newcomer was an enemy or a friend, because he was still wary.

Guo Kai took two steps towards him, when he saw the young man's clothes move, a cold light flashed, his heart froze, he stopped and raised his sword hand.

"What... are you going to do?" Huang Men, who came with the young man, hurriedly stood in front of him: "Could it be that you are also a traitor?"

Guo Kai was startled, put his sword back into its sheath, and clasped his fists on the spot: "The commander of the imperial army, Guo Kai, was ordered to enter the palace to serve the king. I don't know if your Excellency is..." The situation is unclear, so as not to make mistakes, I deliberately concealed the number.

"The ones just now are also the imperial guards, so they are trying to harm us!" Huangmen's eyes were full of vigilance, "You said you came to protect the king, what proof do you have?"

Before Guo Kai could answer, he heard a loud laugh from behind: "What proof do we need? If we were bandits, how could we allow you to question me at this moment?" It was Yuan Wang.

"This..." Huangmen was dumbfounded.

"Speaking of it, it's you two who are chasing the imperial guards here in the inner court. Could it be possible that you have something to do with the rebels?" Yuan Wang took the opportunity to fight against the army.

Huangmen was so angry: "You...you are talking nonsense! I am serving Huangmen in Yiqing Palace, how can I be a traitor?"

"What about him?" Yuan looked behind him with a little chin.

"This is... is..." Halfway through speaking, Huang Men seemed to choke, his eyes full of hesitation.

"I am King Jia!" The young man took a step forward, the words were clear and clear, full of delight.

Guo Kai's eyes moved, and he turned to look at the handsome man who looked like a handsome bamboo, but he saw: the fat and jade face was still dyed red, the long eyebrows were like black ink straight to the temples, the eyes were like a deep and bottomless pool, and the mouth and nose were as picturesque as ever. .It can be said that the beauty of the sky and the charm of the moon are amazing!

"King Jia..." said lightly, and the corners of Guo Kai's mouth rose.

It was rumored that Jia Wang Mu Yinche was young and weak, and his appearance was the best in the world. He could be described as a heavenly man.I saw it today, as expected. "

"Since you have come to King Qin, do you know who is causing the disturbance?" King Jia glanced at the crowd with piercing eyes, his words and demeanor were graceful, and he was no different from the frail young man who had just been frightened.

Guo Kai was stunned: Listen to the sound... Could it be that chaos broke out and even King Jia didn't know all about it?After thinking for a while, it was true: "We received the general order to enter the palace to serve the king early in the morning, and what we saw just now is that the rebellious army in front of the palace broke into the palace with the intention of plotting rebellion!"

"Dianqian Division?" The person who heard it was startled, and blurted out: "It's absolutely impossible! Cousin Shao is honest and honest, you must have made a mistake!"

Guo Kai was stunned for a moment, then slowed down his tone: "Your Highness thinks..."

King Jia's brows were locked together: "Xiao Wang originally greeted his mother (4) in the Qingshou Palace early in the morning. Suddenly, he heard that the rebels had broken into the palace and made trouble, and they had already rushed to the Qingshou Palace. The lady asked me to find a quiet place to hide. I met some rebels on the way and chased me all the way to this point, but I don’t know his identity, and I don’t even know if he is really a soldier of the Forbidden Army.”

This was expected by Guo Kai, but he thought he knew the inside story, so he didn't intend to ask any more questions, and immediately ordered Yuan Wang to lead his soldiers to the Qingshou Palace, the empress dowager Shao's bedroom, to investigate, while he led his troops to the Jingning Palace, where the emperor lived, to escort him. .

In contrast to the dead silence in the vestibule, there was a sound of shouting and killing outside the Jingning Hall.Guo Kai rushed over quickly, and saw that there were nearly a hundred people fighting in a scuffle, and it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from the enemy.

After thinking about it for a while, Guo Kai suddenly drew his sword and shouted: "We are here to protect you and quell the chaos, and the rebels will not flee!"

The prestige accumulated in dozens of battles on Jingxi Road is not false. Guo Kai rushed into the enemy line first, followed by the soldiers behind him.After a while, he broke through the obstacles and rushed into the hall.Guo Kai grabbed several maids one after another and wanted to ask about the whereabouts of the emperor, but unexpectedly, when they saw the blood-dripping sword in his hand, they fainted or lost their voices, but they found nothing.

In desperation, Guo Kai had no choice but to lead the crowd to search around the hall, but the emperor's dorm is different from other places, there are dozens of rooms up and down, how could he search all over in a short while?Guo Kai's heart hangs higher and higher, just because he is anxious, suddenly hears movement outside the window, and sees a dark shadow moving through the window, asks someone to push the window to check, and it turns out that there is a yellow door hanging outside the window, his body is swaying , From time to time, it makes such noises when it touches the window.

Before he could think too much, Guo Kai stepped forward and grabbed the man's arm, at the same time he swung his sword and cut off the yellow silk on his head, pulled him in through the window, threw him on the ground, and kicked him away: "As a minister, how could you You are such a coward, and the bandits have not yet entered, and you do not protect the emperor with all your heart, but want to die, it is a heinous crime, and you deserve to be hacked to pieces!"

"You... who are you, how dare you speak nonsense here?" The man on the ground jumped up after being reprimanded, but raised his sleeve to cover his face, and said in a nonchalant tone, "You call me a coward??"

Guo Kai sneered coldly: "Isn't it? Before the thieves showed up, you were looking for life and death, disregarding the safety of the emperor, and saying that you are a coward is an insult to this word, but in fact, I think you are worse than an ant!"

"Looking for death?" The man was stunned, "Who said I want to look for death? Just open your eyes and look carefully—" He reached out and grabbed the yellow silk wrapped around his body and shook it a few times, "Is this looking for death? You are so like this Let's see if I die!"

Guo Kai was taken aback for a moment, and looked carefully, only to find that the yellow silk was not wrapped around his neck, but around his waist.Immediately, his face sank, and he shouted: "Come here, take down this cowardly and fearful escapee!"

"What?" Huang Men was startled, and jumped up again, and the sleeves covering his face fell off, revealing a dark and dark face, with two mustaches hanging crookedly on his lips, "You Want to take me?!"

Guo Kai snorted coldly, pulled up his ill-fitting inner attendant, and the corner of his mouth trembled with a trace of contempt: "I put my heart into dressing up, but unfortunately I wore the wrong clothes. In my opinion, you should be together with your comrades." Pretending to be an imperial guard is far easier than pretending to be an internal official!"

"What partner, what's the matter with imprisoning the imperial army?" The man looked confused, and he didn't seem to be pretending. I put it on, what did I say, otherwise walking in the palace would make the rebels suspicious, but at that time I had already..."

Guo Kai waved his hand and was too lazy to talk to him: When he fell, he could hear the exclamation from above, which shows that he has a lot of accomplices, so no matter whether he is really a traitor or not, he should not be taken lightly until the truth is found out.So on the one hand, he ordered to take it down, and on the other hand, he ordered people to go upstairs to search.

"General Guo!" At this moment, King Jia's voice came from outside the door.

Guo Kai turned around with a scorching expression on his face: "Your Highness, there may be thieves and spies hiding here, so don't stay for long, you should go back to the front hall."

However, King Jia didn't seem to hear what he said, he stopped still, but his eyes were fixed in front of him, after a while, he hurriedly ran to grab the "Yellow Gate" that had just been taken down, and called "Your Majesty" directly!

Unprepared, something seemed to collapse in his mind, Guo Kai was dumbfounded.

No wonder, I always feel that if I remove the two crooked mustaches from the darkly painted face, I feel familiar——

As far as Tianyan is concerned, Guo Kai has only seen him once so far, half a year ago, when he returned to Beijing, the queen mother thought of him for his meritorious service on Jingxi Road, and he is also the brother-in-law's brother, so she made an exception and summoned him for a mere moment, because she dealt with it wholeheartedly. The Empress Dowager asked, the face on the throne was only a few glances, and the memory was not deep enough.But today I am in a hurry, and that face has been "disguised" again, so it's not surprising that I can't recognize it...

Suddenly there was commotion outside, thinking that bandits were coming, Guo Kai turned around and rushed, when he went out of the palace gate, he saw a man in uniform coming from afar, his posture and gait were familiar.When he got closer, his face was also clear: a tall and solitary face with sharp edges and corners, long sword-like brows that were completely cold, and starry eyes that were deep but thin.In short, every line and line reflects a chilling deterrence.

"Shao-Jing-Heng!" Gritting his teeth and uttering the three words that made him feel stuck in his throat, Guo Kai suddenly felt a bad breath welling up in his chest.

As he passed by, as soon as he waved his hand, soldiers came up to support Guo Kai from left to right.

"Your Majesty, the escort came late, and I hope to forgive the crime!" After entering the hall, he made a shallow bow, and the voice of the visitor was calm: "This morning, the infantry commanded the envoy Hou Chaozhong to lead the troops into the palace, intending to kill the king. The minister led the elite soldiers in front of the palace to serve the king. , beheaded the judged general Hou Chaozhong, and the other generals of the Infantry Division who participated in the rebellion were also taken down, pending trial and conviction!"

A moment of silence.

King Jia was worried: "The chaos is over, is your empress safe?"

After pondering for a while, Shao Jingheng lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty, when I arrived at the Qingshou Palace, the Empress Dowager had already been poisoned by Hou Chao, and I was powerless to return to heaven, willing to accept the crime."

"Mother!" Mu Yinche slumped to the ground as she wailed in her ears.

Just this sound seemed to take away all of Guo Kai's strength, his eyes darkened, and the sour aura in his stomach surged up.In an instant, his legs softened, and he half knelt down...