return to peace

When Chu Lingshang woke up, it was already bright outside.He propped himself up and sat up, rubbing his temples, regretting that he drank a few more glasses last night, but fortunately, he didn't feel so uncomfortable when he woke up this morning.

The servant heard the movement and came in to serve.

"Is morning over?"

"Returning to the teacher, the court meeting is over, and the king is in the hall to approve the papers."

Chen Lingshang nodded, knowing that it must be Chu Zexi who asked the servant not to call him.

After finishing packing, while having breakfast, Lin Feng came.Lin Feng was Chu Lingshang's bodyguard and at the same time the steward of the National Teacher's Mansion. When Chu Lingshang was in the palace, if there was nothing special, he would rarely go to the palace to look for him.

So when he saw him, Chu Lingshang's expression became serious. He pushed back the crowd and asked, "You came in a hurry, but what happened?"

Lin Feng didn't answer, but silently handed him a red sandalwood box.

Chu Lingshang glanced at him in confusion, opened the box, and saw the lifelike wood carving at a glance, which was carved on himself.In an instant, he understood the source of this wood carving.

"Last night, General Ji came to the mansion suddenly, saying that he wanted to surprise the young master. I told him that the young master was working in the palace and I needed to report. When I arrived at the palace, you had already fallen asleep, and at that time My Majesty is here, so I can't say anything."

"So Ji Fan went back, right?"

Lin Feng shook his head: "General Ji said it's okay, he came to see you in the palace. I couldn't stop him, thinking that he was very skilled in martial arts, and he was an old acquaintance with the king, so there should be no danger, so I told him the name of the palace. "

Hearing his mention, Chu Lingshang had some vague impressions, it seemed that there was really someone lying beside him last night, could it be Ji Fan?

"Did you see General Ji last night?" Lin Feng asked.

Chu Lingshang hesitated: "I, I don't remember clearly, it should be because I didn't see it."

"After General Ji left, I waited for about two hours before he came back, but... his face was not very good. Afterwards, General Ji asked me to give this to the young master, and then he left."

If it wasn't Ji Fan last night, it could only be Chu Zexi.Ji Fan's complexion was not good when he went back, he must have seen Chu Zexi sleeping with him.

"Prepare a pen and paper immediately, and I'll write him a letter." Chu Lingshang gently put the wood carving back into the red sandalwood box, tracing it with his fingertips with some nostalgia.

After half a year, he actually misses him very much.

On the way back to Chen Guo, Ji Fan kept thinking about the scene of Chu Lingshang snuggled up in Chu Zexi's arms. He believed in Chu Lingshang, but that scene stuck in his heart like a thorn, making him Difficulty sleeping and eating.If he hadn't had to rush back to Chen Guo today, he would have asked Chen Lingshang to find out.

Back in Chen Country, Ji Fan received a letter from Chu Lingshang explaining the matter.Although he felt relieved, but to Chu Zexi, he used to think that he was just a brat, but now he felt that he was not so simple.Looking back, it was too easy for him to enter the Xiliang Palace that day.

However, the situation in the two countries is very tense now, and there is no choice but to gather less and leave more.

Half a year later, Chen Guochaotang ushered in a huge shock.At that time, it was the annual spring hunting event in the Kingdom of Chen. King Chen came to the western suburb of Yanshan as usual, but this time he was only accompanied by the third prince Chen Jingxuan and the noble concubine Chu Zetan.At that time, King Chen's health was not very good.On the first night of the spring hunt, shocking news suddenly broke out. The eldest prince who was under house arrest joined his mother's Fang family and his followers to rebel. The palace had fallen, and the queen was placed under house arrest.The rebels are now attacking the western suburbs.

After hearing the news, Chen Wang was silent for a long time, and wanted to get out of bed, when suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, before he could say a word, he passed out.

In the absence of King Chen, the biggest one is the third prince.At that time, Xiao Su, the uncle of the Xiao family, was also there, and he immediately suggested that Ji Fan should break out of the encirclement and transfer the city defense forces: "Now the foot of Yanshan Mountain must be surrounded, and only General Ji present can break out and dispatch troops." The third prince pondered for a moment, Give the Tiger Talisman to Ji Fan.

As a result, Ji Fan not only brought in the City Defense Army, but also the Donglin Army.The Donglin army was the Xiao family's army, but it was controlled by the Fang family at that time. Ji Fan first sent his confidants to lead the city defense army to the western suburbs, and then infiltrated the Donglin army himself, killing Fang Zhenhua, the leader of the Fang family, and Luo Yu, the rebellious general. , sacrificed the Tiger Talisman.The Xiao family army already admired Ji Fan as a young hero, seeing that he had a tiger talisman in his hand, they immediately followed him to Yanshan.

The war was about to break out, and Chen Jingyu personally led the troops to the western suburbs. The only soldiers in the western suburbs fought bloody battles. The important ministers and royal family members gathered in King Chen's tent, holding their breath, waiting for the last moment.Chen Wang Youyou woke up, heard the sound of fighting outside, and sighed heavily, as if he had aged ten years.

Just when the last line of defense was about to be conquered, reinforcements came from the east.Chen Jingyu squinted his eyes and asked, "Where did this come from?" The soldiers next to him raised their eyes and looked into the distance. When they saw the red clothes with obvious signs, they panicked and shouted: "Your Highness, this is the city defense army." ah!"

"Isn't the city defense army under control?" Chen Jingyu shouted.

As soon as the words were finished, another army came from the west, and Ji Fan was the first, followed by the Xiao family's Donglin army.

"Isn't the Donglin Army also under control?!" Chen Jingyu yelled angrily. He lost his vows at the moment, and only hoped that his army could be defeated quickly.

Ji Fan is a general who has been on the battlefield, so he naturally knows the truth of capturing the king first.He took the lead and rushed straight to where Chen Jingyu was.Seeing this, Chen Jingyu wanted to run in a panic, but Ji Fan drew the arrow on his back and took aim with his bow.

The arrows whizzed away wrapped in the strong wind, and as expected, the first arrow was blocked by the soldiers around Chen Jingyu.

Ji Fan quickly raised his bow again, and fired three arrows at once, one arrow hit the soldier next to Chen Jingyu, one arrow hit the horse, and the other pierced through Chen Jingyu's shoulder bone.

Chen Jingyu fell off the horse in an instant, and was supported by everyone, Ji Fan jumped over.He used his arbitrariness to rob, and immediately snatched one person's penis and cleaned it up.Chen Jingyu wanted to escape, but Ji Fan saw it right, and shot it through his armpit, piercing through his entire robe. With all his strength, he picked Chen Jingyu over.

Chen Jingyu's army was already caught off guard by the sudden reinforcements, and seeing the commander captured, they fled even more.

"Surrender, avoid death penalty, warrior, punish the nine clans!" Ji Fan's clear voice resounded across the battlefield.

The general situation is gone, one person put down his weapon, followed by the second person, and the third person...

Chen Jingyu's face was livid, and he was faintly pale due to excessive bleeding. He silently watched his soldiers put down their weapons one by one, knowing that this risky gamble was still lost.

Afterwards, the army in the palace received the news, and they turned against each other one after another.In order to make meritorious deeds, they tied up Fang's family and sent them to King Chen.

Xu was old and didn't want to kill too much, and perhaps after listening to everyone's persuasion, King Chen spared all the surrendering soldiers from the death penalty and exiled them to the north.As for the Fang clan, they murdered the king and conspired against the nine clans.

"It's my idea, my idea, if you want to kill, kill me alone, kill me alone." Concubine Zhen was already on the verge of madness, crying and trying to pounce on King Chen, but was pinned to the ground.

"You don't like me a long time ago, don't you?" Chen Jingyu murmured next to him.

"What did you say?" Chen Wang asked.

Chen Jingyu suddenly raised his head, glared fiercely at King Chen, and rushed forward: "I hate you, I hate you, you kill me, kill me quickly!" He roared, struggling with his hands to escape from the shackles.

Chen Wang, who has always been cold-hearted, couldn't help crying when faced with this situation: "You are my first child. Since I was a child, I have valued you very much. You...you...", He pointed at Chen Jingyu with trembling fingers, but finally couldn't continue.

"Hahahahaha" Chen Jingyu laughed suddenly, and he sneered coldly: "Important? If you really value it, you won't watch me fight with the third child for so many years! If you really value it, You made me the crown prince long ago! Haha, what do you value? From the beginning to the end, the most important thing is yourself."

All the ministers present were silent, and Chen Wang said angrily: "Nizi, Nizi."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The concubine Zhen next to her was crying with pear blossoms and rain: "Jing Yu is in a coma. For the sake of my concubine serving you for so many years, please forgive him. He is your own child, Your Majesty. !"

Wang Chen looked at the woman who kept kowtowing to him in front of him, and he didn't know that there was blood on his forehead.He thought of the first time he saw her, the charming girl with the bright eyes and the sweet smile when he saw her for the first time, he just took one look at her and let him spoil her for decades.

However, this is the crime of treason, the crime of regicide.If there is no reinforcements, he will die.

King Chen closed his eyes: "The crime of treason, the crime of killing the king, no matter which one is a capital crime." He looked at Concubine Zhen: "Rui'er, do you really think there is room for maneuver?"

Fang Zhenrui seemed to lose all her strength at once, and fell limp on the ground, with only two lines of clear tears flowing continuously.Regret it, regret it, she shouldn't have listened to the slander and killed Chu Zetan, and she shouldn't have acquiesced in Chen Jingyu's rebellion, but now, it's hard to stop.

"Mother, what do you beg him to do? Our mother and son can still die together, so let him be a loner." Chen Jingyu held Fang Zhen in his arms and said softly.

Fang Zhenrui was sobbing, sobbing uncontrollably.Everyone was silent.

Suddenly, Chen Jingyu took advantage of everyone's slack and pulled out the knife of the guard next to him.

"Protect Your Majesty!" Everyone exclaimed.

But the knife didn't stab Wang Chen, but buried it in Fang Zhenrui's chest.

"Rui'er!" Chen Wang cried out.

"Mother, you take a step first, I'll come right away." Blood was splashed on Chen Jingyu's face, and he whispered into Fang Zhenrui's ear, with a weird smile on his face, which made his already feminine face look a little bit flirtatious.

Fang Zhenrui was speechless, blood gushed from the corner of her mouth, she looked at her son, the disbelief in her eyes finally turned into relief, she wanted to touch his face, but halfway she stretched out her hand but was powerless hang down.

Chen Jingyu put Fang Zhenrui down, straightened her skirt, straightened her messy hair, and stood up.Before everyone recovered, the bloody knife was also taken away, just in case there were any accidents.

"Father." Chen Jingyu called with a smile, but the words he said were extremely cold: "You should take that seat well and be a lonely family forever." After saying that, she was caught off guard and slapped her own Tianling Gai with her palm.

"Jingyu!" Chen Wang wanted to stop it, but it was too late, blood flowed from Chen Jingyu's head, blurring his eyes, and he fell beside Fang Zhenrui.

"Jing Yu!" Chen Wang cried, his voice trembling.

"Father, father, please mourn." Chen Jingxuan stepped forward to support Chen Wang.

King Chen threw him away, dragged his heavy body, and wanted to go down to see his favorite concubine and his beloved son.With one foot in the air, he rolled down the steps.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Everyone shouted to help.

Fortunately, the steps were not high, and Chen Wang managed to get up even after struggling.He rushed to Fang Zhenrui's side, put his fingers tremblingly on the tip of her nose to test, but he didn't breathe.

He put it on the tip of Chen Jingyu's nose unwillingly, but still didn't breathe.

Dead, all dead.

Great sorrow hit his heart, Chen Wang's heart stopped, he spat out a mouthful of thick black blood, and fell headlong.