Startled Meng

He Qian was attacked outside the city.

This attack shows that before the arrival of reinforcements, there was civil strife in the four battalions outside the city, and the rebel party won.

But He Qian is not a vegetarian either. The opponent obviously did not expect He Qian to have so many troops in his hands. Their only role before they died was to spread the news of the arrival of reinforcements.

He Qian was a little worried that the spread of the situation outside the city into the imperial city would make the rebels kill the rebels, which might make the emperor's situation even more critical.And when he chased the remnant soldiers to the city gate, under the siege of dense arrow rain, he had to retreat.

The soldiers who explored the way came to report that the gates of the four cities were heavily guarded.Ye City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and He Qian doesn't know how to start. If it is an ordinary city, once the supply of the city is closed, surrender will be just around the corner, but where is Ye City?Supplies will never be short, consumption is useless.

What's more, He Qian also has his worries. If the emperor is forced to abdicate if he enters the city, and King Rui holds the dragon seal, wouldn't they become traitors?

"It would be great if I knew the situation in the city."

Meng Jingyuan also wanted to enter the city.He had already sent someone to visit Yunshui Temple, and Yunshui Temple went to Loukong, so it is very likely that Yan Cijing was brought into the city by King Rui.

"Maybe there is a place where you can enter the city."

Yan Cijing entered the city, and did not realize that he had entered the city at first.

When he woke up, there were severe pains everywhere, especially in the throat. He wanted to see where he was, but his eyes turned black. He only felt footsteps walking around him, and then he was stuffed with warm porridge.

Yan Cijing was so weak that he was tricked into swallowing a bowl of porridge.

"Mirror element?"

"Master Yan..." came a miserable female voice.

After Yan Cijing drank porridge, he finally didn't feel dizzy. The dark shadows under his eyes gradually faded, and the figure beside the bed was slowly painted with color. , is Princess Showa whom I haven't seen for a long time.

"Your Highness." Yan Cijing was distant yet respectful, "Where is this place?"

Zhaohe took a look outside, and said vaguely that it was Prince Rui's mansion, Yan Cijing knew that he had already entered the city. Since that was the case, King Rui must have entered the city too, maybe the national teacher was also there.

Thinking of the national teacher, Yan Cijing shrank instinctively. Showa thought that the scar on his face was painful, so he brought the medicine bottle on the table, "Master Yan..."

Yan Cijing sat up with difficulty, and said coldly, "No need."

"Master Yan! I'm not a bad person." Zhaohe said in a low voice, accompanied by a trace of grievance, and said, "I tried to persuade Brother Huang! But he didn't listen!"

"He's gone crazy."

"No, Master Yan! Brother Huang, he has great ambitions! He promised to me that he will make the Great Yin country rich, the people strong and the world peaceful! He will not hurt anyone!" When King Rui was mentioned, Zhaohe couldn't hold back, she I feel ashamed of Yan Cijing, but I don't want to hear words that slander King Rui.

Only a person as innocent as Zhaohe would believe King Rui's nonsense, Yan Cijing didn't want to persuade her, and quietly drank the water Zhaohe handed over.

There was no dryness in his mouth anymore, he sighed first, and then slowly said: "Your Highness, why are you bothering?"

After all, Zhaohe is a daughter at heart, and when someone pities her, she softens her heart, twists her handkerchief and starts to cry, apologizing repeatedly: "Lord Yan, I'm sorry..."

Yan Cijing shook his head: "If your Highness is talking about the marriage arranged by the emperor in the early years, then it's fine. Didn't Your Highness save an official?" He was not stingy when he helped, probably because of guilt.

"Brother Huang needs me, I can't, I won't leave him." Zhaohe still had tears in her eyes, but the tears were firm, and she was willing to accompany King Rui for many years with such perseverance.

Yan Cijing was worried about other things, he tentatively asked: "Your Highness, how is the situation outside?"

Zhao He shook his head: "Brother Huang only ordered me to wait for him outside the palace."

Yan Cijing sneered: "Wait?"

Showa was uneasy: "What?"

Yan Cijing only persuaded: "He will not hurt the emperor now, because he has not yet obtained the jade seal. By today, the reinforcements outside the city have arrived, right? Don’t make the same mistakes again and again.”

"I will not abandon Brother Huang!" Showa's red eyes showed the torment in her heart.

Yan Cijing took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Your Majesty did not want His Highness to cross the river and demolish the bridge. Since the incident happened, how confident is King Rui in taking the imperial city? His Highness knows it well, if..."

Zhaohe immediately said: "I will advance and retreat with the emperor!"

"How to retreat?" Yan Cijing looked at the innocent and innocent princess and said, "When the official left Jiangling, the Jiangling defenders pulled out their camps at the same time. Afterwards, the local armaments in Yingyang, Xiangcheng, Jeju, and Xuzhou set off at the same time. King Rui was outside the city. There are not many people, and it will be a matter of time before the soldiers come to the city. Once all the courtiers trapped in the imperial city are killed, King Rui will have no one to use after he succeeds to the throne. At this moment, His Highness can still sit here and chat with the officials as if nothing had happened. The minister in front of the palace is still holding on, the emperor is still unwilling to abdicate, the emperor is waiting for reinforcements, the reinforcements have arrived, Your Highness, King Rui's power is gone, you can do it yourself."

Yan Cijing mixed truth and lies, and he couldn't fool others, but it was more than enough to fool a girl. Zhaohe collapsed visibly, and lowered his head and sobbed: "What should I do? Master Yan, what should I do?"

So far, Yan Cijing's goal has been achieved, he easily took advantage of Zhao He who was at a loss: "The people left in the mansion are all the soldiers of the Princess Mansion? Your Highness, no matter whether the ending is good or bad, King Rui needs someone to take care of him."

"Okay! I'll do it now!" Zhaohe rose up, wiped his tears and ran away, Yan Cijing got out of bed, Zhaohe remembered King Rui's order, and said: "Brother Emperor, Lord Yan is not allowed to leave the mansion, I I will order someone to take care of Master Yan."

Yan Cijing was speechless.

In fact, the remaining two people are also easy to deal with. Yan Cijing made a time difference. Before the two people arrived, they wet the soles of their shoes with soup. When the two fools searched everywhere in the mansion, Yan Cijing had already left Prince Rui's mansion smoothly.

Dodging patrolling guards with knives, Yan Cijing wandered the empty streets.

The city is under martial law, and the bustling Shunyi Street in the past is very deserted. Even if a child's head pops out from the window from time to time, it is quickly pressed down by the parents.

Yan Cijing decided to go to Jiezhong Temple to hide.

Because he was worried about being caught, Yan Cijing walked very cautiously, and almost moved against the base of the wall. A slight movement could scare Yan Cijing to half his life. He patted the yellow paper on the wall that was moved by the wind with lingering fear. , intending to continue walking.

The paste on the back of the yellow paper hadn't dried completely, so Yan Cijing took another look at it, and just one look sent a dense chill down Yan Cijing's back.

The paper said that a comet attacking the moon was a sign that the country was about to change hands. What shocked Yan Cijing the most was that such remarks came from the mouth of a dignified national teacher!

Shocked, the arm hanging on the wall dropped its sleeve, the red string tied around the wrist was as red as blood, and the wooden beads engraved with words glowed with a cold light.

Yan Cijing recognized that he also had this wooden bead, the color and size were exactly the same, the only difference was the characters engraved on it, but looking closely at the characters, it was clear that they were all made by the same person.

Yan Cijing's nose was sore, he couldn't lie to himself anymore.

He knew that King Rui sent him to Jiangling not to torture him, but to intimidate the national teacher and let the national teacher whitewash the purpose of forcing the palace for him.Why he could pose a threat to the national teacher, he didn't dare to think deeply, he just comforted himself, the national teacher is kind, and he doesn't want to see his people suffer inhuman torture...

He suddenly seems to have roots, but it still seems to be floating in vain. The memories of the past are just the flashes of the shadows, which can be scattered with a splash of water. Not to mention, it can be seen that it is not a big deal.

But he was a little scared for no reason, and he walked faster, trying to take advantage of the wind along the street to blow away the troubles in his heart.

The posted yellow paper made him forget where he was, and when he was stopped by a group of imperial guards, he forgot to run, and went to grab the red rope between his wrists first.

The imperial army's long knife was about to see blood when it was drawn out. In front of Yan Cijing, the imperial army with their throats cut fell down one by one.

"Master Yan! Let's go!"

It was Ru Ku who came, and Yan Ci Jing couldn't care less about reminiscing about the past, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you here? Where's Jing Yuan?"

Ruku gave the people behind him a wink and asked them to continue tearing up the "Book of Telling the World" on the street, and then left with Yan Cijing, saying as he walked, "My master leads to the cave of the Prime Minister's Mansion from the foot of the Cangshan Mountain outside the city." Entering the city, I am leading people up to the tower to meet with General He inside and outside, the city is not safe, Master Yan first find a place to hide."

As he spoke, he kicked open a closed mansion, bowed to the frightened two people in the mansion, and left Yan Cijing in the house.

"Lord Su, I'm rude." Yan Cijing recognized that he accidentally entered the residence of Concubine Yun's father, Su Hongzhang.

In fact, Ruku is not just kicking the door. The old case of the Meng family involved the truth of Concubine Yun's fall into the well. Yan Cijing was kind to Su Hongzhang, and Su Hongzhang would not treat Yan Cijing badly. Moreover, Su Hongzhang was the grandfather of King Rui. King Rui would not do anything to him, Yan Cijing came to Su Mansion to hide, it couldn't be safer.

All the important officials in the court were trapped in the palace by King Rui, and Su Hongzhang was left alone. Or maybe it was because of their blood relationship?Yan Cijing didn't have time to think about other things, and before Ruku left, he said: "Princess Zhaohe took people to the city gate, be careful!"

Feeling more and more uneasy, he said again: "Don't hurt Princess Zhaohe!"

These words were very informative, but Su Hongzhang pretended not to hear, and did not ask any questions that should not be asked. He only tried his best to treat guests and asked his wife to prepare a clean bedroom for Yan Cijing to rest.

When Yan Cijing exposed Wei Cheng's conspiracy, he also justified the name of Concubine Yun who died in vain. Mrs. Su couldn't help but cry and laugh when she saw Yan Cijing. Thank you so much, she almost kowtowed to Yan Cijing , personally cook and prepare meals, and ordered the close old slave to apply medicine for Yan Cijing.

Yan Cijing knew who these two people were, and he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands. The chair seemed to be nailed, and he couldn't sit still no matter how hard he sat. It was Su Hongzhang who made him fearless, so he slowly calmed down.

The interior of the hall is clean but outdated, and the old couple kept everything simple. The hot tea served was not expensive but also had a delicate fragrance. Yan Cijing knew that they had nothing to do with King Rui.

Looking out of the hospital, there is a thigh-thick tree stump in the courtyard, which is shiny, and it turns out that the Meng Mansion also has it.

At that time, Meng Jingyuan heard it from nowhere, saying that when outsiders saw the green trees in the house collapsed, they knew that there was a girl in this family who was going to marry, and when they got married, they would cut down the big tree of the same age as a dowry.At that time, Meng Jingyuan still couldn't tell the difference between marriage and marriage, and he also clamored to plant a tree. Now Yan Cijing looked at the stump and knew the purpose of planting a tree.

Concubine Yun is Su Hongzhang's only daughter, and Concubine Yun's tragic death, to Su Hongzhang, is more than just a white-haired man sending a black-haired man.

Yan Cijing couldn't help but ask, "Miss Concubine Yun, what kind of temperament is it?"