King's Landing [Rebirth]

Wang Shuzhi asked where the prince was, turned around and walked aside, stared at the map hanging on the wall for a while, his eyes fell on a forest, and laughed: "If they leave early tomorrow morning and don't change their route, they will definitely be there after nightfall." Rest in this wood."

Pei Liang looked over and looked puzzled: "What if they leave late, or change their route?"

"No, the prince is impatient. After such a big accident, he has nowhere to vent his anger. He must be rushing to Yongkang County. Why would he be delayed on the road? What's more, he doesn't have the foresight. Even if he guessed that falling into the water was artificial As a result, I didn't expect there to be another trick, so what are you going to do by taking a long way?"

Pei Liang nodded again and again when he heard this, and asked again: "Then what does the prime minister mean, is it necessary for the subordinates to send people to ambush in the forest?"

"No, we don't need to contribute to this matter, we should leave it to King Yongkang." Wang Shuzhi frowned and shook his head, "However, ambush and siege are easy to cause trouble for the upper body, so we might as well light up the forests and trees around them in the middle of the night, so that they can't find any evidence. Come on, if you look at it horizontally and vertically, it would be another accident."

Pei Liang was shocked when he heard that: "The forest is on fire? This forest is not small. If the fire catches up, I'm afraid the whole mountain will be burnt down. What's the deal?"

"Don't worry, it won't burn." Wang Shuzhi smiled, turned around and walked to Sima Rong's side, "Yan Qing quickly write a letter for me, and I'll send someone to Yongkang Palace later."

"Yes."

The broken boards on the pontoon bridge had been replaced with new ones overnight. After the prince was rescued, he struggled for a long time before waking up. He was still in shock and dared not cross the pontoon bridge again.

After walking for a whole day after crossing the river, the prince's face was pale, obviously injured by falling into the water, and without a carriage, he could only wrap himself tightly with a few layers of thick clothes while sitting on the bare horse's back. I had to sneeze a series of times, and in the evening I couldn't hold it anymore, and almost fell over, so I hurriedly yelled to stop.

There is no village or store in front of this place, only there is a forest on the hillside not far in front, the prince ordered in a voice: "It's cold at the edge of the forest, let's walk in the middle, maybe we can avoid the wind."

The people were ordered to search inside, and stopped in a place where the forest was denser. They built a high pile of firewood on the open space in the middle, and boiled ginger tea to drive him away from the cold.

It was getting dark, and the woods gradually fell silent. Everyone sat in a circle, surrounded by the prince, Yu Junda and others. Because there were not many wild animals in the southern mountains and forests, they fell into a dream with peace of mind, snoring repeatedly.

The crown prince is used to fine clothes and rich food, so he has never suffered such crimes, and when he was drowsy, sometimes he felt that this time was indeed an accident, and sometimes he felt that someone did it deliberately, but he couldn't see any clues, so he couldn't help but feel depressed , gritted his teeth, and finally fell asleep leaning against a tree trunk half as thick as a man after being dazed for an unknown amount of time.

There was a cool breeze at night, and the slight rustling sound around the forest covered up the very small movement not far away.

A flame lighted up against the ground, and quickly drew a circle of fire around the group of people. The fire circle touched the nearby vegetation and burned up, and along the tall trees and stretches of grass, the fire became more and more prosperous .

"It's not good! It's on fire!" A panicked shout resounded in the night, and everyone woke up with a start, and they were in a mess.

The prince opened his eyes in a daze, saw the situation in front of him clearly, his face turned pale with shock, he was at a loss as to what to do, he jumped up and hurriedly shouted: "Horse! Where is the horse!"

Horses are scarce, and they don't bring many. At this time, they are desperately trying to break free due to fright. Once the rope is loosened, they immediately spread their hoofs and rushed out. The timid hesitation of the few horses made people Holding on, seeing other horses rushing out, they also ran to the fire circle, dragging the person who was pulling the rope to the ground, and quickly drowned in the fire.

It didn't take long for the fire to burn, but it was getting stronger and stronger. The prince's wide eyes were full of panic: "Extinguish the fire! Extinguish the fire!"

In the evening, I brought a lot of water to bury the pot for cooking, but it was used up at that time. At this time, everyone could not find the water source, and they were sweating profusely, so they had to rush to the side and stomp on it with their feet. Quickly took off the clothes, grabbed them and slapped them on the fire, but it was in vain.

Yu Junda took a deep breath, calmed down, and said loudly, "Come here!"

The prince was surprised: "What are you doing here! The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and it will burn if you don't put it out!"

Yu Junda didn't care about explaining, and pointed to the pot in the middle: "Everyone, come over and have a rest!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and without thinking too much, they all gathered around and began to take off their belts facing the pot that was used for cooking two hours ago. However, some people were so frightened that they were about to pee their pants, while some But he was so frightened that he couldn't urinate, there was a sound of sparse water, and after changing several groups of people, he finally filled a pot.

Yu Junda pulled off the prince's clothes with his hands, ignoring his shock and anger, and threw them neatly into the pungent-smelling pot. After shaking quickly, he picked it up again, and covered the prince's hood.

The prince's complexion changed drastically again, and he was about to yell at him when he staggered: "Your Highness, get out! It's too late!" He said, taking off his clothes and throwing them into the pot.

Seeing that there was a glimmer of life, everyone showed joy, and many of them were still holding the clothes that had been taken off to put out the fire in their hands. They acted faster than Yu Junda, scrambling to throw clothes into the pot, pushing and fighting each other, Mess again.

If the prince is dead, none of them can survive, so naturally they will work together to save the prince; and if the prince has a chance to escape, they will only care about themselves and don't care about the lives of others.

Although the prince fell into the water and his body was very weak, but facing the gate of hell, he gained a lot of strength for nothing, and immediately covered his mouth and nose with an ugly face, wrapped his clothes tightly with the other hand, squinted his eyes and gritted his teeth fiercely, as if desperate As he rushed forward, he was soon swept away by a heat wave. He coughed suddenly, but his feet didn't stop. He almost bumped into a burning tree.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his back suddenly burned. The prince looked back and saw that his body was on fire, and he was so shocked that he saw that the fire in the forest kept expanding and was spreading towards him, so he hurriedly staggered and threw himself on the ground Rolling, rolling a few laps and finally getting away from the fire, hurriedly got up with a pale face, just about to wipe his face, but smelled a dirty smell in the palm of his hand, his face immediately turned foul, and he shook the clothes wrapped around his body in disgust open.

Then there were people rushing out again and again, also covered in fire, rolled a few times and got up swiftly, led the prince to evacuate quickly, and ran to a safer place outside the forest before stopping. Turning around, Yu Junda also went well After escaping, the prince was slightly relieved.

Horrified and shrill screams came from the forest, and the scalps of those who heard it tightened. The prince stared at the raging fire in front of him gloomyly. He thought that the fire would burn at least until dawn, but unexpectedly, he stopped soon and turned around. After counting, half of the people were missing, and they couldn't help being furious.

There were two accidents in succession, and the idiot felt that there was something wrong. The prince was sullen, his voice was hoarse, and he gritted his teeth: "It must be Wang Shuzhi!"

Yu Junda showed hesitation: "Not necessarily..."

"Who else could it be!" The prince was furious, "I didn't kill him last time, but this time he will take revenge!"

Yu Junda originally meant that the crown prince has made many enemies, and it is not appropriate to insist on Wang Shuzhi's actions without evidence, but he also heard that the crown prince had sent people to assassinate others, so he was speechless immediately.

At dawn, the prince ordered people to go to the forest to investigate carefully, but because of the two disasters, his head began to feel dizzy.

After a while, the investigators came back to report the news: "Go back to His Royal Highness, a circle of trees in the forest were cut down, and the fire that started last night did not stop until it reached those tree stumps."

The prince opened his eyes, his eyes were a little distracted, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he scolded angrily: "This must not be an accident! Wang Shuzhi is really a coward! When I ascend the throne as the emperor, the head One will kill his Wang family and destroy the nine clans!"

Yu Junda was dripping with cold sweat when he heard that the emperor was still there, so the crown prince yelled to ascend the throne. They couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, but even if the crown prince ascended the throne and became emperor, they could not exterminate the Wang clan without appropriate charges. , even if there is no excuse for the crime, it depends on whether Da Sima, who holds a heavy army, is willing.

Yu Junda didn't dare to say a word when he heard the prince cursing.

After the prince finished cursing, he felt dizzy. He raised his hand to pat his head, but he smelled the smell of urine on his sleeve, and his complexion suddenly turned black.

In order to escape for their lives, everything they brought out was burnt clean. Now, not to mention the extra clothes, food and drink are a problem. It is not far from Yongkang County. He stood up and said coldly, "Let's go!"

The prince was rescued from the water first, and then escaped from the fire. His fate was so fatal. Not to mention King Yongkang's complexion is not good, even Wang Shuzhi couldn't laugh.

Although they couldn't find any evidence, they knew each other well about this matter. The two parties already had deep personal grievances, but they were not afraid to add a few more strokes of hatred, but they didn't completely end the prince's life. Not happy.

Sima Rong was also a little disappointed, after thinking about it, he sneered again, and said to himself: The Yu family has always regarded me as a thorn in their side, but they have never been able to get rid of me, presumably they are more unhappy than me.

Wang Shuzhi paced back and forth in the study, tapping on Ruyi, his brows furrowed tightly: "Alas...the crown prince is so fateful, it seems that head-to-head is not an option! For the current plan, we can only start with King Yongkang."

Sima Rong lowered his eyes, and after a while he muttered, "The prime minister might as well ask King Yongkang to go out to meet him."

Wang Shuzhi paused, raised his eyes to look at him, thought quickly in his heart, and showed joy.

The king of Yongkang was pretending to be sick. If he went out to greet him, he would be more energetic. At this time, the crown prince was burning with anger. If the king of Yongkang was agitated, he would be so angry that he lost his composure. As for the rest, it would be up to the crown prince. How to file a complaint after returning to Beijing.

Wang Shuzhi glanced at Sima Rong appreciatively, walked back to the case and sat down, quickly wrote a letter, raised his voice and called Pei Liang in, and ordered: "Send this letter to Yongkang Palace, hurry up!"

"Yes."