The king was wrong

"My lord, something is wrong!"

Outside, Yin Yi seemed to have noticed something, slightly opened the door curtain and poked his head in to talk to Wei Yanxi.

"What's wrong?" Wei Yanxi let go of Qi Yaoqing in his arms, and asked him by the curtain.

"This road is too peaceful." Yin Yi frowned, pointing to the surroundings, "We have been out of the palace for so long, and we didn't even see a single person blocking it, my lord, this shouldn't be."

According to Wei Chengtian's intelligence network that spread all over the capital and even the whole court, it's so rare that we haven't received any news for so long?Something unusual indeed.

"Just wait and see, it won't be so easy. Make a detour instead of the east gate, let's go to the south gate."

"……Yes."

Yin paused for a moment, didn't ask any questions, and chose to follow Wei Yanxi's instructions directly.As soon as he gave an order, all the hidden guards turned their horses neatly and escorted the carriage straight to the south gate.

The East Gate is the smallest and least important of the four major city gates in Kyoto, while the South Gate is the gate with the most frequent and close trade and military exchanges in the entire Kyoto, but the number of guards is three to four times that of the East Gate.Wei Yanxi and the others temporarily changed to the south gate which is the closest to the east gate, just to add another layer of danger to themselves.

It's just that Wei Yanxi still didn't think that Wei Chengtian would let them go easily. I'm afraid the East Gate is already heavily guarded, so they plan to wait on the sidelines.

Wei Yanxi sneered, looked up at the bright full moon hanging high in the sky, and said nothing more.

The horses galloped fast in the moonlit night, and the south gate was within easy reach in a blink of an eye.Yin Yiyin San dismounted first, and just when the city gate guards came forward with torches to interrogate them, they quickly wrung their necks.Seeing this, the rest of the guards ran around, calling for the guards, but how could Yin Yiyin San give them this chance?Immediately drawing his sword, one person and one sword quickly understood them.

It’s just that a few of them didn’t notice, one of them saw what was going on below the city and fired a signal bomb into the sky when they were unaware, the bright white signal bomb exploded in the air, making a deafening bang, waiting for Yin San to free his hand to charge It was already too late to go up and deal with him. As soon as the distress signal came out, the forbidden army would be dispatched, especially at this juncture, the guards from the entire capital might be coming.

"My lord, what should we do? Are we going to force our way in?"

Seeing more and more guards gathered around, and all the hidden guards were in a hard fight, after finishing the three guards in his hand, Yin Yi flew back to the carriage to ask Wei Yanxi.

"Find a way, open the city gate!" Wei Yanxi only gave such an instruction.

"Yes!" Yin Yi responded quickly, and then found that under his call, all the hidden guards were protecting the carriage in the center, and slowly moved towards the city gate while entangled with the guards.

Because the South City Gate is the most important city gate in Kyoto, a huge mechanical stone bridge spans the moat outside the city, connecting the interior and exterior of Kyoto, which can play a defensive role in wars.

It was already night now, after the closing time, the South City Gate was closed, and the moat bridge was put away, it would take a certain amount of time to open it, so Yingyi and the others had to hold on for a while.

The guards kept killing them. The guards around here rushed over as soon as they saw the signal flares. Yin Yi and they killed a batch and another batch. Because of the lack of manpower, they were almost always one-to-many. Some couldn't take it anymore.

With the efforts of Yinwei, the heavy wooden bolt that locked the south city gate was slowly pulled away, and the city gate tended to open. The agency is fine.

But at this juncture, everyone only heard the sound of horseshoes coming from far and near, and the ground trembled slightly. After a while, they felt that the fire was shining in the sky, and countless torches slowly gathered into one piece in the dark night, heading straight to the south gate. Coming fast here.

"It's the Imperial Guard! The Imperial Guard is here!"

Some guards shouted excitedly, stopped fighting, and ran in that direction with their swords indiscriminately. The implication was that the imperial guards came, and they finally didn't have to rush to die.

It's just that although they are cheerful, the hidden guards are ashen-faced, each with a serious expression, staring at the source of the light, thinking about countermeasures.

I had hoped to make a temporary detour to avoid the imperial guards and forcibly seize the south gate before they reacted, but I didn't expect the guards here to resist so fiercely. Sure enough, they were still short of manpower and couldn't stand the protracted battle. It was dragged to the Praetorian Guard.

When the orderly horses stopped not far away, the leader waved his hand behind him, signaling his subordinates to be quiet, then clasped his fists in both hands, and saluted the unremarkable carriage briefly, shouting like a bell Said: "Lu Liao, the commander of the imperial guards, is ordered by the emperor to invite Prince Yong and Princess Yong back to the mansion."

His attitude was still as respectful as before, and it could be seen how high Wei Yanxi held in his heart, but now that he was ordered by the emperor to come here to "invite" someone, he was actually helpless.

The carriage did not move for a long time, just when Lu Liao thought that Lord Yong was going to continue the stalemate, and was about to speak again, he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind hit him, and he turned his head sideways like a conditioned reflex to avoid it. Before he had time to react, he saw the curtain of the carriage blown down by the wind, and a ghostly black shadow swept out of the carriage.

This black figure pierced the night sky, and the cold wind blew his sleeves and hem. Everyone thought it was just a blink of an eye. When they finally came back to their senses, they saw a man in a black robe with wide sleeves, walking on the wind, flipping in the air , and finally landed slowly on the ground not far from them, and scanned the faces of these people one by one with his hands behind his back.

His gaze was like a sharp blade, piercing the air, piercing through the eyes into the hearts of these hundreds of imperial guards, just looking at it made people feel cold all over.Because of the light of the fire, his dark pupils glowed red faintly, and the ink-like robes on his body also reflected a coquettish color.

He is like Shura from hell, but after the aura of his whole body is unfolded, it seems that the whole night has become his vassal, easily captivating.

"Xu Liuzhong, Ma Wei, Gu Huaiyi, Wei Chong..."

Wei Yanxi's eyes jumped on different people, called out their names one by one, touched about twenty of them, and finally focused on Lu Liao who was the leader, chuckled, and said: "And you, Lu Liao Laos."

"When you went on an expedition with me, do you still remember the oath you made, that the military camp is your home, and your comrades-in-arms are your relatives, and you will never violate your promise. Are swords facing each other?"

The people who were pointed out were all suffocated in their chests, their expressions changed from nervousness to astonishment, then to embarrassment, and finally looked at Wei Yanxi almost collapsed. It turned a little red.

Unexpectedly, they were just a small soldier who followed Wei Yanxi back then, and were sent to the capital because of the expansion of the imperial guards. Most of them hadn't seen Wei Yanxi for several months or several years, but they The prince can still remember their names!

This is His Royal Highness King Yong of the Lan Dynasty. Although he stands at the highest point of the army and has the reputation of "God of War", he never treats any soldier who follows him badly.Every person who entered his army, Wei Yanxi will remember his appearance and name, and he will never forget it, even after so many years, he still will not forget it.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and this principle is the same in the army.But with just these few names, the twenty or so soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit, and they were unwilling to really draw their swords at the prince.

In the carriage, Qi Yaoqing, who was still holding his palms tightly, suddenly frowned when he heard Wei Yanxi's serious question, and laughed softly.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yanxi, who seems to be indifferent to everyone, has such a sense of control over people's hearts, and can easily make these soldiers lose all their psychological construction and have no fighting spirit.

Outside the carriage, Lu Liao's expression was shaken for a moment when he heard Wei Yanxi's question, but he was the commander of the Imperial Guard after all, and every word and deed represented the entire Imperial Guard and the meaning of the emperor. So he took a deep breath, and after he had calmed down a bit, he met Wei Yanxi's gaze bravely and said, "It's my luck that my lord can remember my subordinates. But my lord, the emperor's order cannot be violated, please Forgive me today...today, you and the concubine must not be let out of the city."

Wei Yanxi sneered when she heard this, she wasn't very surprised.He didn't expect to be able to completely give up the idea of ​​detaining himself and Yaoqing by reciting a few names. The reason why he said that was on the one hand to reduce morale, and on the other hand it was purely to delay time.

With all this time, Yinyi and the others should be able to get rid of those guards, successfully open the city gate, and pull the mechanism of the moat bridge.

As expected, he was right. When everyone was in a stalemate, he heard a loud "bang" from behind him. Looking around, he saw that the heavy city gate was being slowly pushed open, and the switch of the moat bridge had been pulled down. The entire chain mechanism is slowly operating, and the moat bridge is about to fall!

At this juncture, Lu Liao couldn't care less about hurting the spring and autumn, and reminiscing about the past. He cursed inwardly, and with all his thoughts, he yelled at the Imperial Guard soldiers behind him, "Go! Cut off the city. The gate must not let the moat bridge fall!"

He bears the emperor's mandate, and no matter what he says today, Prince Yong and Concubine Yong can escape successfully.

When he shouted in front like this, the imperial guards behind him rushed forward as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.Although His Royal Highness King Yong is not easy to get along with, but they are ordered by the emperor, which is the right way!

For a moment, the torches were dazzling, Wei Yanxi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the roaring cavalrymen rushing towards him, feeling a little sad for a moment.

He traveled around the battlefield all year round, with countless lives in his hands, but none of them was an officer or soldier of the Chao Dynasty.Since Brother Huang issued a death order today and insisted on confronting him with swords, then he... can only make an exception once.

After this, he is no longer King Yong, he will not lead troops to fight again, and naturally he will not kill like this...

Thinking in this way, Wei Yanxi opened his hands, and shook out the long sword in his sleeve. When he pulled it out, a silver light flashed, and the clang was deafening, drawing a cold and sharp curve.

His figure is like a swallow, his steps are ghostly and changeable, it is difficult to distinguish him from the boundless night.Everyone was just rushing forward without thinking, and before they rushed to Prince Yong, they were knocked off the horse by the sword energy coming from nowhere...

For a handsome man, one would fight against a hundred, and build a frontier defense line with flesh and blood, that's all.