I'm not Murong Chong

Ren Zhen left the Weiyuan camp in the west of the city, his expression was serious, and he was thinking about Fu Jian's words all the way, and his suspicion became more and more intense: I always felt that although Murong Yong was jealous of Yang Ding, he would not openly borrow a knife to kill someone at this moment, besides Is what Fu Jian said true?He stopped, his thoughts turned, and he suddenly thought that Mu Chong was recruited by Shi Yigui into the Huben camp, and he was also a survivor of the Dai Kingdom. It's rare but you have to be on guard... Thinking of this, he casually recruited his own guards and gave some instructions in his ear.

In addition, Shi Yigui injured the meridians of both hands first, and the sword in his right shoulder was later, and was sent back to the palace for treatment.Ren Zhen went straight to his place all the way without saying a word, looked in from the side of the door, and saw Shi Yigui leaning on the couch with his upper body naked, with a thick layer of bandages on his shoulders.Mu Chong knelt in front, bowed his head and kept cursing.

Shi Yigui said helplessly: "It's hard for me to raise my hand now, if you have the strength to blame yourself, why don't you bring the medicine for me."

Mu Chong hurriedly raised his head, took the medicine bowl with rough hands and feet, saw Shi Yigui stretched his neck and lowered his head to reach it with great difficulty, he couldn't help but freed his hand and slapped himself fiercely: "If the general didn't want to save me, why is it?" So far! I am really useless, I have never won face for the Huben camp, and the general has suffered on my behalf!"

Shi Yigui swallowed a mouthful of the medicine, waved his hand with difficulty and said, "I was also at fault. I promoted you all the way because you were brave and competitive. It's always good to be aggressive, but I didn't realize that it made you cruel and merciless!!— —You must know that I was able to save you this time because after all, you have never seriously injured Yang Ding, and if something happens to him, no one will be able to protect you! Not to mention the future, even the life is gone!"

Mu Chong was stunned for a moment, and said stiffly: "What's so great about Yang Ding? The emperor respects him so much? They say he is the number one military general—if the general reaches his age, he will beat him ten times!"

"Confused! Do you think this competition is just a group of warriors competing for a prize?" Shi Yigui scolded, seeing that Mu Chong was stunned as if he couldn't react, he asked again in a low voice: "Also, what do you have to do with each other?" Yang Ding has no grudges, why did he hurt him with the poison-quenching dagger?"

Mu Chong's eyes widened: "Poison quenching?! What kind of poison quenching?! I've never done it before!"

Seeing that Mu Chong's excited defense did not seem to be false, Shi Yigui also hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You just scratched Yang Ding's shoulder, why did Yang Ding lose blood on the spot? If it wasn't for the weirdness of the dagger, how could it be so? ?”

Mu Chong said anxiously: "I have never quenched poison! All the weapons held by the contestants are taken from the weapon room. How do you know that there is poison on them?! I am just a small captain, do you think I am the general in charge of the three armies!"

As soon as this remark came out, the people inside and outside the room shuddered at the same time, Shi Yigui hurriedly stopped his words, and his eyes flashed: "It's fine if you didn't do it, otherwise I won't be able to save you if you settle accounts after the autumn—— If you hurt him purely, it means that you want to spoil the Emperor's Northern Expedition, and I, and even the entire Huben Camp, will bear a huge responsibility! Listen, these days, you should not walk around in the palace, and spend more time with the brothers in the camp Don’t place an order.” Mu Chongqi said: “Why? The palace is our territory, why are we so careful?!”

"Stupid words. What about our territory—not to mention Weiyang Palace, the entire Chang'an City may not be safe. I'm afraid you will poison Yang Ding and ruin someone's affairs—with that person's power and position, I really want to find you Please, who can stop it?!" Seeing that Mu Chong was still puzzled, Shi Yigui hurriedly said: "Think about it, when the incident happened, who was in a hurry to punish you with military law and use you as a scapegoat!?"

Mu Chong opened his mouth wide in shock: "You are talking about the general—" He couldn't help but clicked his tongue and said, "He dares to strike in front of the emperor?"

"As a general, if he doesn't exercise power, how can he gain prestige? He is in this position, so he has to do it. Even if he doesn't exercise power, the group of people behind him will push him to fight for it." Shi Yigui He shook his head lightly, changed his tone, and sighed: "Just listen to what you said. In short, you should be careful. If the emperor comes to ask about this matter in the future, you must answer truthfully. You must not hide anything. The rest can only be hoped." The emperor can protect us to the end."

Mu Chong became more and more in a fog: "The emperor is the master of Yan, is there anyone he can't protect?" Shi Yigui smiled wryly and said: "The emperor also has many times when he has no choice but to swallow his anger—forget it, if something happens, I will be with you It’s just what I’ve suffered.”

Although Mu Chong didn't know the key to it, he knew that Shi Yigui wanted to protect him to the end. He felt grateful again, knelt down and kowtowed heavily: "I have been wandering outside for more than ten years, and I have never met a kind person. , the general treats me like this, Mu Chong is willing to die to serve me!"

Shi Yigui couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth: "This is talking nonsense again. What are you loyal to me for? We are all the emperor's pro-army, and he is the only one who will swear to die - if you really want to If you repay me, you will recognize me as a big brother, and I will do my job with all my heart from now on."

Mu Chong was overjoyed, took a step back on his knees, and kowtowed several times to him.

When Ren Zhen saw this, he quietly backed out - Shi Yigui's words pierced his heart, all of which were his concerns recently. Shi, is he even going to grab the throne of his "Brother Chong"?If he really wanted to, would the two of them really want to fight each other?

Ren Zhen sighed with hints of annoyance, he could no longer guess what Murong Yong was thinking now.Just at this time, the spies outside the palace had returned to the palace to return their orders, saying that Mu Chongque and Shi Yigui were generally descendants of the survivors who moved to Guanzhong after the annihilation of the Qin Dynasty, but had been with the "princes" who had been under house arrest in the Qin Palace before. Shi Yigui didn't know each other. It was a coincidence that he entered the Huben camp and was promoted to the captain.In this way, Shi Yigui should have no prior knowledge of what happened at the martial arts performance, nor did it come from his instigation... And just now, after seeing the scene, Mu Chong's remorse and gratitude are definitely not fake, and Shi Yigui also saw the truth To make plans for him, if he said that what he had been thinking about before was that Shi Yigui took this opportunity to deliberately trick him to win his sympathy and trust, it seems superfluous.

Ren Zhen stopped in his tracks, raised his hand to rub his brows, and couldn't help but smiled wryly—he has been here for a long time, and he has also begun to learn to be on the defensive at all times, and he can't believe that there are purposeless hearts in this world Feelings—a half-grown child who is only 15 years old, no matter how good at calculations, why is it so far?

Since Shi Yigui has nothing to suspect, then the mastermind behind the scenes who secretly dropped the dagger beforehand and then rushed to kill him is only——

He stopped in his tracks, raised his hand and summoned his personal guards: "Immediately send someone to seal up the armory of the third battalion of Jiaoqi, and the guards of the codes will come into the palace to ask, if there are any obstacles in the army, they will be killed without mercy! You must investigate and deal with it yourself!"

Shi Yigui propped himself up on the couch and talked to Mu Chong. He guessed that Ren Zhen had gone far away before he relaxed. His palms were already so weak that they were numb, and they were almost numb from the pain. Mu Chong didn't know why, so he got up quickly. Supporting Shi Yigui, he turned his head and was about to call for someone, but Shi Yigui hurriedly stopped him, and said angrily: "Mo Shengzhang, I'm fine, the wound burst open and bleeding a little."

Mu Chongzhi had a shoulder injury, so he hurriedly said, "Give me some medicine for the sores again?" Shi Yigui shook his head again: "No medicine."

"No medicine?"

Shi Yigui didn't answer, but suddenly reached out and knocked the medicine bowl to the ground.

"Brother!" Mu Chong was dumbfounded, "This is specially sent by the Royal Pharmacy!"

"I know." Shi Yigui leaned back on the couch and said in a murmur, "In this troubled time, it would be nice to be injured, to be able to withdraw completely and watch from the sidelines—" Murong Chong has gradually developed suspicion towards Murong Yong , as long as he clicked it, it would be good, but it would be counterproductive if it was too much.

Mu Chong stretched out his hands and scratched his head in a half-understanding manner: "Brother, you don't want to recover as soon as possible, so you can compete for the position of the general in charge of the army?"

"General Commander? It's not my turn now." He sneered, then raised his eyes indifferently to look at the top of the tent—he still clearly remembers that night, he recommended himself before his bed with full of blood ——He said that he was willing to lead the battle for him and to be loyal to him for the rest of his life, but he just said with disdain and understatement: "Even if I don't use Murong Yong, it's not your turn to get a hand in the military power, Shi Yigui, you It's too tender!"

He has never had him in his eyes, and he is far from being able to compare with Murong Yong or even Yang Dingxiang.

Yes, the current him is indeed a soft-spoken person, but it will only be the present.

He, Shi Yigui, is only in charge of the Huben Camp and can make friends with the imperial court, so he bury his eyeliner beside Murong Chong. Murong Chong wants to thoroughly investigate the poison of the "Yinhuan" and even send someone to investigate the details of Murong's life experience. Just co-acting with Mu Chong, who knows nothing about it, then Murong Yong is in charge of the three armies, he is an extremely personable minister, and there will naturally be someone in the palace guards who will inform him... He doesn't believe that Murong Yong is in this position Yong would just sit and wait for death without doing anything—it would be best if he really angered Murong Chong, and was determined to support Yang Ding in the position so as to share Murong Yong's military power—if one day Yang Ding was really put in command to conquer Xiaoguan in the north, Murong Yong It is impossible for the Xianbei nobles headed by them to give up. At that time, the secret war will definitely turn into an open war, and the Gyeonggi Palace will be the battlefield!The two factions really caused a big turmoil, and he, Shi Yigui, was no longer just a small commander of the forbidden army in the palace, because at that time, looking at Chang'an, Murong Chong would find that there was a trustworthy general to lead the army by his side. ——There is only one him.

He was gambling. If he lost, he would be ruined and lose everything, but if he won, he would be able to rise to the top!

Shi Yigui lowered his head, and said slowly in the blurred shadows: "Mu Chong, if you really listen to me, then remember one sentence, we are the emperor's personal guards, and we only need to obey his orders ——Even if Murong Yong is the commander-in-chief of the three armies with less than one man and more than ten thousand people, he can't control us! If something happens in the future, two tigers will compete to choose one, we can't hesitate!"

Mu Chong didn't quite understand what he heard, but he still nodded in response. He also vaguely knew that his "big brother" from the same township and race was more thoughtful than him, and that what he said and did was probably correct.

The dew was even deeper, but Murong Yong's Admiral's Mansion was brightly lit, and all the people in the room were standing or sitting, all with worried expressions on their faces.

Murong Heng saw that everyone in the room was frowning, so he said, "Have you heard? The day before yesterday, an order was suddenly ordered to investigate the weapons reserves of the Fourth Battalion, to find out whether the weapons reserves were fake, and to find out whether Yang Ding was poisoned. Shi, the chief quartermaster in charge, was detained in the palace for interrogation, and could not be released lightly for several days, and even the inner palace was much more closely guarded, so no inside story could be discovered."

A relative of the Murong family said worriedly: "The emperor's move is probably intended to shock the mountain. Who doesn't know that apart from the emperor, the only one who has the right to inspect and mobilize the inventory of weapons-only the general!"

Murong Zhong snorted and snorted: "I don't know who did it in secret, dare to frame the general of the court! It's just Yang Ding, a foreign general - even if he is really dead, it's worthless! But these emperors are free. After I entered the palace for a small court, I always used excuses to avoid seeing him, I am afraid that I have become suspicious and disgusted."

Murong Heng deeply believes that if the matter of using a knife to kill people and destroy corpses is true, even though it is based on rumors, it is exactly what people have tabooed most since ancient times. If they really want to make use of the topic to pursue it seriously, I am afraid it will cause a storm in the city of Chang'an: " Shu Ming... why don't you go into the palace and confess to the emperor, just let it go if you have something to say - when you were in Ah Fang, you wouldn't be so jealous!"

Murong Zhong couldn't bear it anymore, stood up abruptly and shook his head and said, "Father! Is it time to talk about feelings now! Just now there was news from the palace that the emperor had dispatched five hundred troops from the Weiyuan Battalion to 'help defend' Weiyang Palace, In addition to the [-] tiger camps originally stationed in Weiyang Palace, there are a total of more than [-] troops—it is enough to do anything! In my opinion, the emperor wants to hide all birds and bows over the wall and draw ladders! Rather than fish and meat, it is better to make knives !"

What he said was too shocking, and everyone present was taken aback. Diao Yun has always been looking forward to Murong Yong, but now seeing Murong Yong's calm face and not responding, he hesitated and said: "Could it be... that we should act first... "

"You can do great things by being timid!" Murong Zhong, who has always been courageous and impulsive, is also the first among all the relatives of the Murong family. Living in the Jinhua Palace, my elder brother has three battalions of elite soldiers, and Diao Yun is the commander of the imperial guards, what are you afraid of?!"

"Niezi! Are you going to force the palace!" Murong Heng blew his beard and stared angrily at the naked words, and Murong Zhong responded with a stiff neck: "As long as the Murong family is still in the world in the future, son, this is not considered treason! Seeing it is so noble, and now there are still rumors in the army that after the emperor captured Xinping, he did not kill his nemesis Fu Jian, and hid it away so that no one would know, so who knows if it is true—” Before he finished speaking, he was suddenly broken by a The voice of the sky was interrupted, and before he could recover, he was slapped heavily on the face, and Lao Gao was bruised and swollen immediately!

Murong Yong slowly withdrew his hand, with a gloomy and terrifying expression: "Uncle Huang, if you can't discipline your son, I don't mind doing it for you. Look at what this dog is saying! —— No wonder people look down on our Murong family Yes, we would rather rely on outsiders when we have something to do, because we can’t get on the stage ourselves! How long has it been since the country was restored, and we are going to turn against each other again?!"

Since Murong Yong came to power, although he was always unsmiling when he was under his command, but in order to reunite and buy people's hearts, he has always been polite to all relatives of Murong's family, mainly to win over and make friends, never scolded him so harshly.Therefore, for a while, the audience was silent, as silent as a chilling cicada.

Murong Zhong was young and energetic, he had never been so ashamed before, his face was flushed, and he was about to argue, but Murong Yong slapped him hard: "Your words are the crime of destroying the family, I will save your dog's life from worrying about it." I don’t want to make things worse! Listen to me clearly! There is only one emperor in my Great Yan Kingdom—the direct son of Emperor Jing Zhao and the younger brother of Emperor Jianxi—Murong Chong! I am walking west and following the footsteps of former Yan who destroyed the country, I, Murong Yong, will kill you!"

Now even Murong Zhong didn't dare to talk again, Murong Heng hurriedly stepped forward and pushed his son behind him, not without worry, he said: "Since that's the case, Shu Ming should go to the palace at night to ask the emperor to make an argument - tomorrow It’s a big dynasty once every half a month, if the emperor suddenly launched a attack at that time, we were unprepared, how could we just plead guilty so easily?”

Murong Yong turned around, sat down again, held out his hand to bring tea, and said plainly: "What palace do you enter? What crime do you plead guilty to?"

"Dropping Mu Chong's dagger before the match and taking the opportunity to get rid of Yang Ding at the martial arts meeting, isn't that a crime in the eyes of the emperor?!"

Murong Yong lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and suddenly said clearly, "I've never done it before, and I'm not afraid of anyone to check it out!"

This was beyond everyone's expectations—although no one said it clearly, but even among themselves, there were quite a few selfish people who believed that Murong Yong really wanted to use a knife to kill someone and get rid of Yang Ding. ——And these days, he is the only general of the first rank who can freely enter and leave the palace and any place in the barracks without asking for orders from the emperor, and even remove the bag to quench the poison.If the emperor really wanted to convict him seriously, Murong Yong would not be able to tell even if he had a long mouth all over his body, not to mention that he was going to keep his mouth shut, wouldn't it be more selfish? !

"Shu Ming, don't tell me you plan to do nothing at the time of the Great Dynasty tomorrow?!"

"There's no need to do anything." Murong Yong lowered his eyelids, and calmly put the teacup on the table: "This matter, someone secretly played tricks and made use of it. What they want is to fish in troubled waters."

"Let me sit in charge of the three armies, and the water will not be muddy!"

Seeing that he was so confident, everyone had nothing to do with it, only a few old people who had followed A Fang since he started his army were still in a state of agitation—even if someone really manipulated him behind the scenes and made use of it, how could he know if he was ordered by others?Just like dealing with Han Yan Duan Sui back then, what is needed is an excuse.The emperor's mind has always been unfathomable. If he really wants to jealous of you, he will naturally strike swiftly and swiftly—without showing any mercy.

After the crowd dispersed, Murong Yong leaned tiredly on the chair quilt, he didn't know who had forgotten to take the door when he went out, several pieces of residual snow were blown in by the wind through the crack of the door, and landed on the back of his hand, bit by bit to ablate.It was cold in the spring, and he shouldn't feel cold when he was wearing a brocade bodice, but just a few thin and thin snowflakes made him shiver involuntarily.

A year ago, it was also in the end of winter, they had lost several times in a row, internal and external troubles, trapped in the city of Efang, not knowing what to do, today's situation was like heaven and earth, but at that time, he never felt so cold.

How will Ren Zhen deal with it?Therefore, in the pile of papers, countless incidents of bloodshed at the palace gates flashed one by one like fleeting images, and his heart was empty and heavy. In fact, he was also ignorant and blank.