Chongxi [rebirth]

Xihuang people?

The commander of the Shence Army looked surprised: "How can there be people from Xihuang in Shangjing?"

"I don't know either." Ye Boru covered his wound, panted, and told him the process with difficulty, then suddenly remembered Ye Yunting, and said in surprise: "Did you meet Ye Yunting on the way you came? He rode his horse there escaped."

"I'll immediately send people to search along the way." Upon hearing this, the commander immediately sent a team of people to follow the direction of his finger to search for people.

Seeing that Ye Boru's arm was bleeding profusely, he said again: "Ye Shilang go back first, leave this place to us."

Ye Boru nodded, and then returned to Shangjing under the escort of Shence Army.

At this time, in the palace, Cui Xi watched Shence Army rummaging through the ruins, his brows darkened: "Did you find anything?"

"Never." Ignoring the sparks and thick smoke in the ruins, several groups of Shence troops covered their mouths and noses with wet cloth towels and rummaged around, but they didn't find any bones.

"It seems that people are no longer in the yard." Cui Xi crossed his hands, crossed his thumbs and rubbed them slowly, pondered for a moment, then asked the person in charge of other places, "Are there any gains in other places?"

"We found traces of fire oil on the periphery of the courtyard." Another team of Shence Army was in charge of searching the periphery, and reported the harvest at this time.

"Fire oil?" Cui Xi had a playful look in his eyes, and said, "Expand the scope and search north. If you find something abnormal, report it immediately."

Several teams of Shence troops went north to search separately, while Cui Xi returned to the palace to report.

After a lot of tossing, the sky was already slightly bright, and Li Zong was no longer sleepy, and sat in the hall with a gloomy face waiting for the news.

After returning to Beijing, Ye Boru didn't have time to find a doctor, so he hurriedly stopped the bleeding and went to the palace to report the situation.

Seeing his distressed appearance and seeing Ye Yunting's absence, Li Zong's face darkened: "What's going on?"

Ye Boru told the story of the assassination at the foot of the mountain again, and when he mentioned those fierce assassins, he still had a look of panic.

"People from Xihuang?"

Li Zong didn't really believe that Shangjingzhong could infiltrate people from Xihuang. When he heard that something happened in the palace, his first reaction was that Li Fengqi did it.But Ye Boru had no reason to lie to him, he said he was from Xihuang, there must be a basis.

"Apart from speaking Xihuang dialect, what other performances do those people have?"

"They all use scimitars, and the number of cuts is very different from that of Beizhao soldiers." Ye Boru tried hard to remember, and the wound on his arm that was hastily bandaged began to ache again.It also made him more certain that these fierce assassins could never be arranged by Ye Yunting.If it was just acting, how could it be so cruel and frightening?

Only Xihuang people who are fierce in nature can explain it.

"By the way, they seem to have wolf totems on their faces." Ye Boru remembered the faces of the villains again. They were all covered, and the night was too dark to see clearly, but he remembered being protected by guards. At that time, I clearly saw the mask of one of them slipping down, revealing half of the tattoo on his cheek.

In fact, he didn't see it too clearly at first, and didn't know what kind of pattern the tattoo was.But he suddenly remembered that when he was bored on Zhuangzi these days, he had read a book related to Xihuang. Raptors are the most sought after.Looking back now, the exposed half of the pattern looks very much like a wolf's head.

He suddenly became more determined, and his words were swearing.

Hearing what he said, Li Zong also hesitated. Could it be that this time it really has nothing to do with Li Fengqi, and someone from Xihuang really sneaked into Shangjing?

The incident in the palace was too coincidental, let alone Ye Yunting followed suit, all of this seemed to be well planned, it was hard not to make him suspect Li Fengqi.But if it is really from Xihuang, it is not impossible.

Li Fengqi rushed to the northern border to fight against the enemy, Xihuang must have noticed it.It is also possible to sneak in secretly and rob his mother and princess, thereby messing up his position.

Li Zong hesitated for a moment, not sure which guess was true.Tapping his fingers lightly on his knees, he looked at Ye Boru's pale face, and finally expressed compassion: "Ye Aiqing go ask the medical officer to look at the injury first, and we will discuss this matter after Cui Xi comes back."

Ye Bo seemed to be pardoned, and retreated while clutching his aching arm.

At dawn, Cui Xi brought the Shence Army back to the palace.

Those who came back together were also those who went to search for Ye Yunting's whereabouts.

Both teams got nothing.

Going to search for Ye Yunting's whereabouts commander, he searched all the way, only found a wounded horse and half a piece of rag hanging on the thorns.Ye Yunting's whereabouts are unknown.

As for Cui Xi, only traces of kerosene were found, and it was determined that the flood in the palace was deliberately done by someone, but no trace of the person who set the fire was found.The people who expanded the scope of the search have not sent back any news.

Li Zong's eyes flickered, and he said after a while: "Send an order to seal off the upper capital, and then send five thousand Shence troops to search for the whereabouts of Xihuang thieves." Whether it's Xihuang or King Yong'an who are in and out, check it out for me!"

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Just after dawn, groups of Shence soldiers with fierce faces walked through the street with swords in their hands.

The people didn't know what happened at first, but after half a day, the news spread that the palace was flooded and the princess was assassinated.I don't know where the news came from. The people all believed that the Xihuang people were afraid of King Yong'an, so they sneaked into Shangjing and took the old princess and the princess as hostages.

For a while, the crowd in the capital was furious, and even scholars and warriors petitioned to go to the battlefield, vowing to fight Xihuang to the death.

When the news spread to the palace, Li Zong's expression became more and more ugly: "Where did these news come from?"

Cui Xi bowed and said, "I've already checked, and it's all from teahouses, restaurants and other places. There are so many people, it's impossible to track down the exact person."

"Li Fengqi is good at calculating." Li Zong would be really stupid to believe that people from Xihuang sneaked in at this time.All of this was clearly set up by Li Fengqi!

The family members of generals are not allowed to leave Beijing. This is a rule in all dynasties.Li Fengqi never disobeyed on the surface, but secretly rescued him while he was not prepared.He also intentionally spread the news in Shangjing that it was Xihuang who kidnapped the person. In this way, he took advantage of the righteousness. When the old concubine and Ye Yunting appeared in the northern border, it could be said that the person was rescued.It can't be said that there are many good names.

"There's no need to search in the city anymore, gather people and search in the direction of Weizhou immediately, they won't run far!" Li Zong said with a gloomy face, sneering: "Don't keep your hands, if you want to see people, you need to see dead bodies. If people die Now, it just happened to be killed by Xihuang people."

Didn't Li Fengqi want the people from Xihuang to take the blame for him, then he simply sat down and made it difficult for him to speak.

"Your Majesty, this move may anger King Yong'an." Cui Xi said cautiously: "In the current situation, if there is another conflict..."

"Since he wants to take people secretly to Chen Cang to the northern border, he already has the heart of disobedience." Li Zong squinted his eyes and said, "I called Chong Chongyu to prepare troops. Now that Xihuang soldiers are approaching the city, if he dares to rebel, he will be collaborating with the enemy and treason A sinner through the ages, everyone in the world should punish him!"

Seeing that Cui Xi couldn't persuade him, he could only bow down and personally lead people to search for traces in the direction of Weizhou.

***

Ye Yunting and the old concubine left the palace, and after running for ten miles, they changed to an unremarkable carriage and continued on their way.

After all, the old concubine was getting old, riding a horse and galloping against the cold wind was more or less unbearable.After getting into the carriage, he drank hot water, closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage to rest.Ye Yunting sat on the other side, checking the map by the dim candlelight in the car.

Outside the carriage, there were only four hidden guards dressed as servants protecting them on the bright side, and another fifty hidden guards were scattered in the forest, escorting them all the way.

The Saker hovered above the carriage, making long calls from time to time.The wolf king who has been following hides in the mountains and forests, without a trace.

Ye Yunting studied the map for a while, then lifted the curtain of the car, and said: "Leave a mark along the way, let's change the road, instead of going to Luzhou, take the road from Jizhou to Weizhou."

According to the original plan, after they left the boundary of Shangjing, they passed through Luzhou and rushed to Weizhou at the fastest speed. When they arrived at the boundary of Weizhou, someone would pick them up.

The leader of the dark guards was puzzled: "Jizhou is now under the control of the Yin family, there are too many uncontrollable factors. And there is still a detour..."

"It's hard to hide our tracks by going to Luzhou." Ye Yunting understood his concerns, and said solemnly: "In less than a day, Li Zong will definitely realize that Xihuang is just a cover we let go. Once he understands, he will definitely order Hunt down. If Lu Zhou intercepts and kills halfway, we will be in a dilemma." At that time, a fight will inevitably be inevitable.

Because they brought the old concubine with them, the group could only pretend to be small businessmen who were fleeing, and drove on the road in a carriage. Naturally, the speed of the carriage was not as fast as that of the horses.The reason why he came up with the idea of ​​a stand-in was to bring out Xihuang.One is to avoid making a fuss about him and the old concubine leaving the capital in the future; the other is to confuse Li Zong and ask him to spread his hands to guard against the Xihuang people. They buy more time.

Although Li Zong was stupid, he was not that stupid.At most one day, when rumors about Xihuang spread in the city, he should have reacted.

There is only one day left for them.

"Let's go to Jizhou to make an excuse. Jizhou is under the control of the Yin family, and will definitely not cooperate with Li Zong's interception. Our situation will be much better."

The leader of the hidden guards still didn't agree, but before he left, the prince said that they should follow the instructions of the princess, so he didn't say much, just made a silent gesture, and ordered people to leave a mark in the secret place, so that Wu Geng followed up with the rest of the people, then turned around and ran towards Jizhou.

The situation in Shangjing was similar to Ye Yunting's guess. After Li Zong realized it, he sent people to summon the state capitals along the way immediately, and at the same time sent a large team to search around.The notices were posted up and down, blatantly claiming that they were looking for the Xihuang assassin who robbed the old concubine and the concubine.If the common people see someone with strange whereabouts, they can report to the government.If the old concubine and concubine can be rescued, I will be rewarded heavily.

And Cui Xi led the elite of the Shence Army, and after leaving the boundary of Shangjing, he looked at two completely different roads, thought for a while, and ordered the commander to lead a large team to search in the direction of Luzhou, while he led a small team, Chase in the direction of Jizhou.

It is safer to travel from Luzhou to Weizhou.But when he thought of the rumors about Xihuang in Shangjing, he suddenly felt that it was more likely that they would go to Jizhou.

The corner of his mouth hooked, and he led a small team to chase in the direction of Jizhou.