Song Emperor Jiangshan

Zhao Yuan passed the bow in his hand to Xiao Shan who was at the side, and said: "What's the matter, tell me!"

Seeing that Xiao Shan was also nearby, Wu Hao said, "It's a private matter..."

Zhao Yuan immediately understood that this was Wu Hao wanting to talk to him in private, he weighed it in his heart for a moment, and then let Xiao Shan back down.

Xiao Shan was a bit reluctant, so he walked far away to the side of the martial arts arena, holding Zhao Yuan's bow, pretending to practice archery, but in fact he was staring at Wu Hao, and whenever Wu Hao had something wrong, he would directly shoot and kill him.

Zhao Yuan waited for Xiao Shan to go far away before saying: "Commander Wu, what can I say?"

Wu Hao hesitated for a moment, and said: "This subordinate feels quite unwell these days. I feel that my health is not getting better day by day. I am afraid that I will not be able to serve as His Royal Highness's bodyguard again. Therefore, I want to resign and return to the field after His Highness gets married."

Zhao Yuan was quite surprised. Before he could ask, he heard Wu Hao continue: "But before this subordinate leaves, there is something I want to tell His Highness. It's just a private matter. It's complicated to say, and I don't want anyone If someone finds out, please spare a day to listen to your subordinates."

Zhao Yuan stared into Wu Hao's eyes, but Wu Hao didn't dare to look at Zhao Yuan at all, and only looked elsewhere.

Zhao Yuan was silent for a moment, and said: "Okay, I also have something to tell you. The wedding will be held in five days, and I will go out of the city the day after tomorrow, so you go with me."

But Wu Hao took another look at Xiao Shan from a distance, and said: "Qin Shidu seems to have misunderstood me, I don't really want to go with him."

Zhao Yuan waved his hand: "It's okay, just let him stay in the mansion, what I want to tell you is not suitable for him to know."

Xiao Shan only learned of this news on the first night when Zhao Yuan was about to leave the city. When he heard that Zhao Yuan let him stay in the palace, he felt 1 reluctances in his heart, especially when he heard that Wu Hao would accompany him this time. , he became even more worried, and persuaded: "Your Highness, you should bring more reliable guards with you, so that if something happens along the way, you won't be completely defenseless!"

Zhao Yuan said that he was planning to bring more guards with him, but Xiao Shan still felt uneasy, and asked Zhao Yuan where he was going, and said that the wedding would be three days later, so it was better not to leave the city at this juncture.

Zhao Yuan also had his own considerations, first he wanted to have a good talk with Wu Hao, and because of the heavy snowfall in recent days, he was worried that his tenants in several farms outside the city would not be able to live well.And because the princess was about to leave the palace, she went to the temple in Jiuhuang Mountain in the south of the city to ask for Zhang's auspicious and safe talisman, so that she could give it to his wife whom she had never met on the wedding night, so as to establish a good relationship with her.

Zhao Yuan said his thoughts, and only concealed Wu Hao's matter, Xiao Shan saw that Zhao Yuan went out to please his wife, so it was inconvenient to say anything more, just asked about the itinerary, and then left.

When Xiao Shan returned to his room at night, he discussed this matter with Yu Mo, Yu Mo was not as worried about Zhao Yuan's safety as Xiao Shan, but said: "My dear brother, don't worry, I will also travel with Your Highness, four spies The two of them have been eradicated, except for Wu Hao, the remaining one is a servant of the mansion, he will not go out with His Highness. If anything happens, I will come back in time and warn my virtuous brother!"

Only then did Xiao Shan feel relieved, and discussed the contact method and warning signals with Yu Mo, and said: "As soon as you notice something wrong, call the police immediately!"

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Yuan walked out of the city, dressed in regular clothes and with more than 20 guards.There were not many horses in his residence, except for Wu Hao, Zhang Miao and others who rode horses, the rest only followed each other on foot. A group of people left the north gate and headed towards Zhao Yuan's farm outside the city.

The sky was cloudy and low, the wind was blowing everywhere, there were hills outside the city, snow was visible on both sides of the road, Zhao Yuan saw many people outside the city wearing straw sandals and carrying firewood.

Zhao Yuan gossips with Wu Hao all the way, but Wu Hao is a little absent-minded, secretly speculating whether Xiao Shan is dead now.

Zhao Yuan looked at the farm and appeased the tenants on the farm. After rewarding some money, he led his guards towards Jiuhuang Mountain.

Wu Hao followed Zhao Yuan all the way, feeling extremely entangled in his heart. He spoke several times, but kept silent several times. Because of the heavy snow for days, there were very few pedestrians on the mountain. Zhao Yuan had been waiting for Wu Hao to speak first. There was a gazebo, so he stopped and said he wanted to rest for a while, and only ordered Wu Hao to wait by his side, and let the rest of the guards be on guard 50 meters away.

It wasn't until there was no one else around Zhao Yuan that Zhao Yuan said: "Commander Wu, didn't you say you have something to say, why haven't you spoken?"

Wu Hao raised his eyes and saw that the clouds in the sky were getting heavier and heavier. It was just after noon, and it seemed that it was going to be half dark, and it looked like there was going to be a snowstorm.He secretly estimated the time in his heart, thinking that Qin Yu should have succeeded at this moment, and also worried that if it snowed later, it would be difficult to return, so he said: "Your Highness, the weather looks a little bad, why don't you turn back now!"

Zhao Yuan didn't move at all, looking straight at Wu Hao.

Wu Hao felt guilty for a while, Zhao Yuan said: "Commander Wu, do you want the sky to change, or don't you want it?"

Wu Hao was speechless for a while, before he could answer, the snow fell from the sky, Zhao Yuan said: "It is snowing now, if you go back later, you don't have to be careful. What difficulties do you have? Tell me, the king will explain it for you. Maybe there will be some troubles." There may be a turnaround.”

Wu Hao closed his eyes slightly, opened them after a while, and said: "I did commit one thing, which is of great importance, and it's useless to say it, it will only make His Highness worry in vain."

Zhao Yuan remained silent, walked out of the pavilion, and reached out to catch the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Zhao Yuan turned his back to Wu Hao, and said slowly: "You have been a bodyguard for so many years, you have been doing your best, but you suddenly say you want to leave, what is the reason?"

Wu Hao said: "If there is one less traitor around His Highness, it will be better, and this subordinate has no other choice."

Zhao Yuan said: "I have inquired about it. Your parents died early and you were brought up by your elder brother and sister-in-law. They treated you very harshly, and you have no wife or children. If you leave, it may not be easy for you to make a living in the future. If you don't want to be in the palace, I can Wouldn't it be good to explain to the officials that you are still on duty in the palace?"

Wu Hao's voice was choked with sobs: "I don't want to participate in the affairs of the official family anymore. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I wanted to leave earlier, but because I wanted to see His Highness's wedding, I stayed for a few more days. Please Your Highness allows."

Zhao Yuan sighed in his heart, nodded and said: "Since you have made up your mind, I can't force others to be difficult. You have saved me twice, no matter what you have done, I will always think of your saving power in my heart." Well, I have never forgotten it. If you have difficulties in the future, remember to come to me, I will definitely..."

Zhao Yuan hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly heard a thud behind him. He turned his head and saw Wu Hao kneeling on the ground, his eyes flushed, "Your Highness is so kind, I will always remember it in my heart." He kowtowed three times to Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan stretched out his hand, wanting to help Wu Hao, but Wu Hao couldn't bear it, choked up and said: "This subordinate is not as good as a pig or a dog, and has failed His Highness' high expectations! There is something that my subordinate has always buried in my heart, and I dare not hide it anymore today. "

Zhao Yuan slowly withdrew his hand, Wu Hao kowtowed: "This subordinate is actually... is..."

Zhao Yuan asked: "What is it?" Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind in the air, Zhao Yuan tilted his head, and a white light flashed past his ear, and with a whoosh, it was nailed into the wooden pillar of the gazebo .But it was a feathered arrow. At this moment, the arrow was submerged in the column, and the feathers at the tail were still trembling.

Wu Hao jumped up from the ground, stopped in front of Zhao Yuan, and shouted: "There are assassins, there are assassins!" He said while pulling out the iron sword he carried with him.

The guards guarding around the gazebo heard Wu Hao's exclamation, and they all gathered together, surrounded Zhao Yuan in the core, and drew their bows and arrows.

The snow fell more and more densely in the sky, as if someone was constantly sprinkling salt in the sky, blocking everyone's sight, and the wind howled, blowing the snow flying.

In the chaotic snow, white shadows appeared one by one.

One, two, ten, hundreds came from all directions, covered by the wind and snow, it was impossible to tell how many people there were, only the sound of swishing arrows and the killing cries of short soldiers.But because the snowstorm was getting bigger and bigger, and the sky was getting darker, the killing cries couldn't be heard clearly, and Bai Ying couldn't see clearly.

The snow fell more and more heavily, and no news of the ambush at Jiuhuang Mountain outside the city reached Lin'an City, which made Qin Xi, who was enjoying the snow in the Qin Mansion, feel a little restless.

Because of the cold weather and the appearance of heavy snowfall, Qin Hui knew that he could not go out today, so he called the singer at home and ordered the singer to dance in the snow. Amid the sound of silk and bamboo, the long sleeves of the neon dress looked like a dragon swimming, and it was extremely graceful. .

Seeing the beauty of the kabuki performance, Qin Hui couldn't help applauding loudly. Seeing this, Qin Hui frowned slightly and glanced at Qin Xi, the disgust in his eyes couldn't be concealed.

Qin Hui still didn't realize it, Qin Hui said coldly: "Xin'er, as an official of the imperial court, don't behave too recklessly!"

Seeing Qin Hui's scolding, Qin Hui thought that he was about to accomplish a great feat. He had buried this secret in his heart for many days. At this moment, being scolded, he couldn't hold back anymore. He stepped forward and whispered in Qin Hui's ear: "Father, son, I'm not laughing because of these songs and dances, but because a great event is about to happen today, so I can't help laughing."

Qin Hui was extremely disgusted in his heart, and asked, "What good thing do you have?"

Qin Xi winked at Qin Hui triumphantly, and said: "I know that you have been guarding against the Prince of Pu'an, but after today, he will no longer be a threat to our Qin family!"

Qin Hui's heart skipped a beat, and after ordering the kabuki to retreat, he turned his head to look at Qin Xi with a stern expression, "What do you mean by that?"

Qin Xi smiled, and described the important things he had done from beginning to end, especially when he talked about how he sent people to follow Zhao Yuan's itinerary, and how he chose the ambush location, he was very proud.At the end, I added a sentence: "How can a dead person fight against father? From now on, our Qin family can cover the sky with one hand, and we will be able to turn the clouds over and over again!"

Qin Hui's complexion became more and more gloomy following Qin Xie's description. When he heard Qin Xie's insignificant stupid things, he was still so angry that he passed out. After discussing it with myself, I did such a big thing that might cost me my life, but my head became extremely clear, thinking about how to solve this matter.

After Qin Xi had finished explaining the ins and outs of the matter, Qin Hui's face had already turned blue.

Qin Hui waited for a long time, but did not get Qin Hui's approval, but Qin Hui did not yell at himself as usual.Qin Hui was very disturbed, he raised his head secretly, and met Qin Hui's gaze, seeing the cold light flashing in Qin Hui's eyes, he felt his back go numb.

Qin Huiwei couldn't sit still, but raised his head slightly to signal Qin Yu not to make any more noise. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said decisively: "This is the end of the matter, and it's too late to stop you from doing stupid things! Only if you don't do it, don't stop !"

Qin Hui felt a chill in his heart, and Qin Hui stood up and asked, "Where did the person you sent make a move?"

Qin Xi was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No... I don't know..." After saying this, he himself felt a little stupid, so he hurriedly added: "Because I didn't know the whereabouts of King Pu'an beforehand, so I just sent a People follow, and when they find a good place, they will do it, no matter where it is."

Qin Hui pondered for a moment, then came up with a poisonous plan in his heart.He said solemnly: "The three yamen in the city are stationed in the army, and the officials in front of the palace are in charge of it. The guard Ma Junsi formed five years ago is my place of manpower. There are a total of 6000 people. Go and call the guard Ma Junsi. Let them conduct a comprehensive search outside the city!"

Qin Xi was startled: "Father, are you going to save someone, or..."

Qin Hui sneered, and said: "The most urgent thing is to find someone! If Zhao Yuan is dead, say that his guards conspired to rebel, and kill all the guards of the palace who are still alive! If Zhao Yuan is still alive after you arrive, Just say that you heard the news and came to rescue, kill all the people you sent to ambush, don't leave half alive!"

Qin Xi was taken aback for a moment, and then understood his father's intentions.With 6000 people going forward, there must be too many people, and it is impossible to keep the news secret.If Zhao Yuan is dead, you can pour sewage on the guards of the palace and kill them, so that they have no chance to defend themselves; if Zhao Yuan is not dead, those army horses may not follow him to murder the prince, so Kill his own people, so that he can gain the reputation of saving the emperor's heir, and can cover up his previous assassination.And 6000 people searched outside the city, and they were able to find out exactly where Zhao Yuan was in the first place.

After Qin Hui finished speaking, he got up by himself, walked into the inner room, and changed into court clothes. Qin Hui followed Qin Hui, and was surprised when he saw Qin Hui seemed to be entering the palace. It's too late for you to hide, why did you enter the palace?"

Qin Hui said hesitantly: "If your father and I don't enter the palace, who can stabilize the official family and keep him from hearing the news of the assassination of Pu'an County King? It only needs to be delayed for two or three hours, and when you settle the matter, he will Even if you know it, it will be too late!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered the servants in the mansion to drive the carriage and galloped all the way towards the palace.

Ever since Zhao Yuan left the mansion, Xiao Shan felt a little uneasy. He walked around the mansion twice, and saw lanterns and festoons everywhere, even the trees in the mansion were covered with red flowers, welcoming the big wedding three days later.

The big red double happiness characters are plastered all over the place, the servants come in and out, they are very busy, the incense table in the bedroom for the big wedding has been set up, and the maids are changing into new quilts, hanging the red curtains, and holding the incense burner To smoke.

In the afternoon, it snowed heavily, and Xiao Shan felt that something was going to happen, so he waited alone at the gate of the palace with an umbrella, so that he could get the news as soon as possible.

The dark clouds in the sky were pressing down, and the snow was getting bigger and bigger. When Xiao Shan was frightened, he suddenly saw a horse rushing up the street. Xiao Shan hurried forward, only to see Yu Mo jump off the horse, and the first sentence was Yes: "Something has happened! Your Highness is in ambush!"

Xiao Shan was nervous before, and felt restless for a moment, but now he heard the news, he calmed down and asked, "Where is it? Who is there? What happened when you came back?"

Yu Mo said: "In the afternoon, Your Highness went to Jiuhuang Mountain to ask for a peace talisman, and rested in a pavilion in the middle of the mountain. Commander Wu didn't know what was going on, so he talked with His Highness for a long time, and I waited outside to be vigilant, so I couldn't know the details. The two were talking, when suddenly someone was ambushing, I saw something was wrong, so I grabbed a horse and rushed back to report, I don't know what the situation is now."

Xiao Shan's heart tightened, and he asked: "When you saw the accident, why didn't you kill Wu Hao?"

Yu Mo said: "It's too far away, I can't kill it! Besides, if I get close, I will definitely be entangled and unable to rush back! There are still more than 20 guards, and there are not many people in ambush. About 20 people should be able to support a whole day." For a while. I think the two of them were talking in the gazebo. It must be His Highness who exposed Wu Hao, and Wu Hao became angry and murderous. Since His Highness knows that Wu Hao is a traitor, as long as he gives an order, more than [-] guards will rush forward, and he will be the first Killing Wu Hao is nothing to worry about!"

Hearing Yu Mo's explanation, Xiao Shan nodded and said: "Brother, you are considerate, but I am anxious! You used to be a guard in the palace, and you are familiar with the way, so hurry up and report to the official. I will take the remaining ten Multiple guards are going to the rescue!"

After Xiao Shan said this, he summoned the remaining guards of the palace, and Yu Mo asked behind Xiao Shan, "My dear brother, do you know the way?"

Xiao Shan didn't turn his head back: "I've been there, I know the way!"

Xiao Shan took the rest of the ten or so guards in the mansion and rushed away, ran to the gate of the city, borrowed a dozen or so horses from the officials guarding the city, and ran towards the back mountain.

Yu Mo went all the way, riding his horse towards the Forbidden Palace.

Xiao Shan has been to Jiuhuang Mountain twice, at the moment the road is blocked by heavy snow and the wind is like a sharp knife, he runs to the foot of the mountain without stopping, the road in Jiuhuang Mountain is rough, and he cannot ride a horse, so Xiao Shan simply abandons his horse and walks. The dozen or so guards who followed knew that they were about to face a fierce battle, so they bent their bows and drew their swords one after another, groping towards the mountainside.

Xiao Shan walked all the way, the more he got to the mountainside, the more he saw messy footprints on the snow, and occasionally there was frozen blood, Xiao Shan took a deep breath and told himself to calm down, if something happened to Zhao Yuan, it would have already happened at this moment, if he was all right , you will be fine.But even though he thought so, his arms trembled slightly when he saw the decapitated corpses in the snow on the ground.

A group of people touched the gazebo, only to see a small wooden pavilion, which had been shot like a hedgehog, with arrow feathers all over the pavilion pillars, and three or four guards in the pavilion lying on the ground, their bodies were shot out by arrows The blood at the mouth of the big hole has long since solidified, showing a dark red color.

Xiao Shan went up to check and saw that there were still two people still warm, so he poured the spirits he had brought into the mouths of those two people. After a while, the guard gradually came to life, pointed to a small road to the north, and gasped: "Wu , Commander Wu took His Royal Highness to that side... to escape..."

Xiao Shan gritted his teeth, regretting that he didn't kill Wu Hao sooner or later, which caused today's disaster, he looked around, saw the wind and snow, the sky was already dark, the path to the north was covered with snow, where is Zhao Yuan's shadow?

The guards in the palace quickly dispersed, leaving two people here to find survivors, and the remaining seven or eight chased along the path to the north. Xiao Shan was anxious, and rushed to the front, running for more than ten miles in one breath. , Suddenly saw two shadows in the distance, none other than Zhao Yuan and Wu Hao!

It was good that Xiao Shan didn't see these two people, but when he saw them, he broke out in a cold sweat.

I saw Zhao Yuan walking in front and Wu Hao following behind him.Xiao Shan could see clearly through the reflection of the snow, he saw Wu Hao raised the dagger in his forehand, stabbing towards Zhao Yuan's back.

Without further ado, Xiao Shan drew his bow and arrow, drew it into a full moon, and with a whoosh sound, an arrow shot out, hitting Wu Hao's arm, and the dagger in Wu Hao's hand fell to the ground immediately. Three arrows shot directly at Wu Hao's heart, and when the three arrows hit in succession, Wu Hao fell to the ground with a bang.

Xiao Shan ran quickly, he saw Zhao Yuan turned his head and looked at him in astonishment.

Xiao Shan rushed in front of Zhao Yuan, and when he got close, he saw that Zhao Yuan was not hit by the arrow, let alone injured, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "Your Highness is frightened, your subordinate is late!" He said, While going to pull Zhao Yuan, unexpectedly Zhao Yuan took a step forward and hugged Wu Hao who was lying on the ground, with a distressed voice: "Commander Wu, Wu Hao, how are you doing?"

Xiao Shan sneered: "Of course I'm dead! I'm more than dead..." He said, looking at Wu Hao, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw it, the second half of the sentence stuck in his throat, never Can't spit out half a word.