Lonely desert

I finally listened to the advice of Wangchuan River God.If you find a good opportunity, you should ask the Emperor of Heaven what he thinks about this.

However, Si Yuan Bo can not see that I am tied to the world, which means that I am not restricted by that book?If there is a destiny, then I will be that piece of heaven?

When I returned to Chang'an, the sky was already bright.The past is as usual, but I am thinking about when to return the official seal to the emperor.Afterwards, I will go to Beidi with Shan Pei to see the vast desert that Shan Pei said was vast and barren to nurture generations of Beidi tribesmen.

However, when I was making this plan, Jin Suian discovered the abnormality of Zhaoming Palace so quickly, lost his usual composure, and directly ordered people to find the spirit of the world in the court hall. The person of channel law.

The officials still don't know the reason, but my heart is like a mirror.But, since Shan Jue and Yunshi went to reincarnation together, should I also tell Yu Shanpei that he is still thinking about his brother surviving and thinking about sending him back to his hometown?

After the early court, I followed the prince to the Shuxuanyuan to attend studies.Today, Shan Pei no longer escapes under the pretense of being unwell, but even though he is here, he no longer has the same energy as before.I saw that he often learns to be stagnant, and it seems that something is pressing in his heart.

When resting, he sat alone on the steps of the gazebo with a book in his hand.I walked straight behind him, but when I was about to speak, he preempted me.

"Ci Chen, you don't have to think too much, we Beidi people are used to being bold and unrestrained, and we won't be so obsessed with one thing."

I smiled softly, his depressed tone, isn't it because there is no silver 300 taels here?

"That's not what I told you." I straightened my clothes and sat beside him.

He was startled by my actions for a moment, he moved to the other side and asked, "Then what do you want to say?"

"Did you feel better from the cold yesterday?"

Shan Pei was honest, and muttered: "It's just pretending, it's good. Didn't you see it?"

I quietly moved towards him, tilted my head to get closer, and said, "After school, I'll go back with you."

Then he conveniently got up on the ground, patted the dust off his body, stood up with his sleeves arched, and reminded him, "The young master is here, and it's time for the son to go back and learn."

"Ci Chen!" He suddenly stood up and called me, and wanted to say something several times, but finally said something that made me puzzled, "I really went back to Beidi, will you miss me?"

For some reason, when I heard what he said, I felt uneasy.

Just as I was about to respond, Shan Pei laughed and said, "It's just a joke, don't worry about Cichen. You can stay with the prince after school, I have to go back to deal with some common affairs."

I feel more and more that Shan Pei's behavior is weird, but in this palace, I can't speak out about his brother blatantly, why does he reject me like this?

As night falls, broken stars climb up the crescent moon and spread across the sky.It's already early summer, and the evening wind can't dissipate the heat of the day, even though they are clustered around the city, the new leaves on the branches can't bear the breeze, and can't help rustling.It was surprisingly quiet tonight, but it didn't give people the slightest sense of peace.

I stood alone in the courtyard, thinking that Shan Pei was in a bad mood recently, and he was always avoiding me intentionally or unintentionally. I should find another opportunity to speak about his brother Wang.

Just when I was about to go back to the house, a servant from the mansion stumbled into the courtyard and called out: "My lord, my lord, it's not good."

I walked over quickly, and before I could ask the reason, he said out of breath, "My lord, King Liang... King Liang committed a crime against the palace, and now, outside the palace is full of King Liang's people."

I was shocked suddenly, King Liang forced the palace?How could it be so sudden?

It doesn't take much thinking to know that Liang Wang must have surrounded the mansions of most officials in the court, and he is not allowed to rescue him or report to the outside of the city.In the middle of the court, Liang Wang had always kept his own law and order. Now that he is raising troops, someone must have taken advantage of him, so he is so anxious to preemptively strike.

Now it is better to go to the palace to see the situation. King Liang raised his troops suddenly, and Emperor Sui'an's personal soldiers might not be able to resist for a long time. If the emperor is really imprisoned first, all opportunities will be lost.

On the way to the palace, I took a look at the mansions of the various officials, and it was not inconsistent with my guess. The mansions of all the high-ranking and powerful ministers in the court were completely surrounded, while the rest of the officials were sparsely surrounded. place.King Liang even sealed my mansion, and it is impossible to let off the officials above me. This kind of judgment can only say that those places where King Liang did not send troops are the henchmen of King Liang.

After the design entered the palace, I went to the Prince's Palace first to find out about King Liang's situation, but when I arrived, the Prince was not in my own palace. I heard the words of the servants in the palace, so I immediately went to Qiankun Palace , the sleeping hall of Emperor Sui'an.

As soon as I entered the palace gate, I saw the prince wandering in the hall. After I saluted hurriedly and got up, the prince immediately pulled me over, "Ci Chen, how did you get in?"

"The king of Liang sent troops to seal the mansions of the ministers in the court. The ministers were humble, and the king of Liang did not use troops against them. The ministers sneaked in through the side door while avoiding the eyes of the king of Liang. Your highness, where is your majesty?" He only saw the prince who was anxiously walking up and down in the main hall, and the two eunuchs, the rest of them did not.

"Father was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out. Now he is in the inner room, and the imperial doctor is taking care of him." The prince looked sad. Although he was a prince, he had little experience under the protection of Emperor Sui'an. You are the only one in the palace, what should you do now? King Liang has already attacked the Zhengqing Gate. King Liang’s people are guarding the palace gate, and the people of the Qin Imperial Army can’t get out at all, let alone send messages.”

I hurriedly comforted me and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. Before I came, I had written a letter to tell all the things in the city and sent someone to the barracks outside the city. It must be here soon. General Lin will send his troops back immediately after receiving the letter." Help."

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, and comforted him in a low voice: "Okay, okay, okay, that's good."

"Your Highness, do you know why King Liang suddenly raised troops to force the palace?"

The crown prince showed a look of guilt, "I don't know, King Liang has been in the frontier fortress in the early years, and he had very little contact with the court. Since he came back to Chang'an nine years ago, the court has always been very peaceful, so father There are also fewer guards against him, unexpectedly, this person is often the most difficult to guard against."

"There must be a reason why King Liang raised his troops at this moment, otherwise he would not have chosen to force the palace on the first night before General Lin set off for Beidi. He must have thought that General Lin might come back halfway, so it is very likely that he was so anxious. Knowing the news that someone wants to attack him first, otherwise King Liang would not have thought about it with his temperament that has been silent for many years."

Beidi?Today Shan Pei told me that if he went back to Beidi...and General Lin was on his way to Beidi.

I was suddenly startled by my own thoughts.Shan Pei is just a proton sent by Beidi to Tian/Chao, so how can he be connected with King Liang?

"Ci Chen? Ci Chen?"

When I came back to my senses, I realized that the crown prince had called me for a long time, and he called someone, who I knew was the supervisor next to Emperor Sui'an.

"You tell the truth what your father told you."

The superintendent was obsequious, lowered his head and began to talk one by one, "Your Majesty originally sent His Majesty to investigate the case of the Minister of Rites, Ye Ziyu, cheating on the examinees. Later, after the investigation was fruitless, His Majesty sent Yuan Shiquan, the Minister of Punishment, to continue the investigation. Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly, the result of the secret investigation is that Ye Ziyu is one of King Liang's subordinates, and besides Ye Ziyu, King Liang has sent many cronies around him in the six departments, and the power of King Liang is far greater than His Majesty estimated. Although they all checked the officials of the court, they finally lost at this level. And through the hands of the six ministries, especially the Ministry of Rites, King Liang placed his people in the court every year. His Majesty learned yesterday that he wanted to The Ministry of Punishment produced evidence and then confronted King Liang, never thought that King Liang rebelled first."

Leaf fish?I was still wondering why Shan Pei downplayed the incident last time. It turned out that the Leaf Fish was a double-faced espionage, so it seemed that Shan Pei would not have been ignorant of this matter.

So what is his intention in doing this?Just to drag Emperor Sui'an down from the throne to relieve his brother's hatred?Even the king of Liang used it, not just for the sake of personal revenge for his sons and daughters.

"Ci Chen, how should we deal with it now? We can't sit still and wait for death, right? If we die and wait for General Lin's troops to return to the city, it will be tomorrow morning. The palace guards are less than a thousand, and now they are against King Liang's thousands of troops."

"Your Highness, don't worry. Now that His Majesty is sick and still expects His Royal Highness to take charge of the overall situation, His Highness must not be confused. Although General Lin's troops will arrive tomorrow morning, the reason why King Liang surrounded the palaces of the court officials In order to prevent him from reporting the news, he could not dispatch troops outside the city. Now that General Lin is out, although the troops have not yet arrived, he can send a message to order all the troops to come and rescue him in the palace. King Liang will not dare to lead troops in a big way Attack all the barracks, so as long as the letter arrives, each army sends troops, and the two sides meet, the King of Liang will be suppressed, and General Lin should also arrive at that time. If the King of Liang is besieged and the beasts are still fighting, and the King of Logistics will escort him, he will surely be destroyed."

The prince showed a smile and let out a long sigh of relief, "Then it seems that we are safe for the time being?"

"Your Highness, don't take it lightly. What I said is that if there are no other accidents, if King Liang has too many claws, His Majesty and His Highness will not be worry-free."

The prince's expression changed immediately, and his sad expression reappeared, "Then what can we do now?"

"Now that the Qin Imperial Army is leading troops to guard the palace, what the prince needs to do is to remain calm and wait and see what happens."

When it was almost dawn, the Qin imperial army was guarding the gate of the Zhengqing Palace. Liang Wang was trapped in this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place. Fang was deadlocked.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses from the three routes outside the city gathered there, and fought against the city guards sent by King Liang.Overnight, the situation in Chang'an City changed drastically, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the sound of fighting was everywhere.

In Qiankun Palace, Emperor Sui'an slowly opened his eyes. Compared with what he saw the day before, he seemed to be more than ten years older in an instant.

The first sentence he opened his mouth was to ask the prince how the current situation was.

The prince told the truth one by one, and Emperor Sui'an closed his eyes with some relief. He was too weak now to dare to make too much movement, so he could only make a slight gesture.Then he looked up and saw me standing aside, "You're the only one here?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the King of Liang sent people to surround the mansions of the powerful ministers in the court. The minister entered the palace overnight. Not long after the minister entered the palace, the King of Liang also blocked the gate of the palace. As a result, it was difficult for other courtiers to enter."

He forced a smile on his face, and there was no compliment in his tone, "You are really clever."

"Father, thanks to Ci Chen, King Liang blocked the communication of news inside and outside the city. Fortunately, Ci Chen delivered a letter to General Lin. Now the reinforcements are coming to the gate of the city."

Jin Suian nodded, half lying down and said with difficulty: "If you get through this time safely, there will be a reward."

"Father, you can rest at ease first, there are Erchen, Cichen and Qin Junjun here."

Jin Suian closed his eyes, and suddenly said, "It seems that I didn't choose the wrong person for you."