After refusing to marry the prince, the general regretted it too much

The twilight is all together, and the lights are just coming on.

A faint yellow flame quietly rose from the relatively remote northwest corner of Duruo Garden, and then the fire became more and more fierce, until it swept through several low attic houses, and was not noticed by the patrolling guards.

It was too far away, and Yang Chong couldn't hear the shouts of "It's running out of water" in the garden, but only heard a burst of hurried noise.

Yang Chong stroked the long sword slung around his waist, with a sinister smile on his face.

"Wait a little longer, the fire is getting bigger, let's go in..." He said, "Help me."

Du Ruoyuan's reaction was exactly as expected.

Most of the guards and guards from Tangjing had little experience in emergency fire fighting, and they were not familiar with the locations of the water dragons and pacifiers in Du Ruo Garden. together, completely disrupting the tranquility of the night.

In the chaos, Yang Chong rushed in with his men, and walked in the direction of the Shuying Pavilion where the prince is currently living temporarily.

Gu Mingzhao, the commander of the guards, was absent as expected, and the one who came out to deal with it was an unfamiliar Qianhu who was wearing an official uniform.

Yang Chong only took a look at the thousand households, his eyes were stained with obvious contempt, he stopped looking at the person in front of him, and turned to the direction of the main house and said loudly: "His Royal Highness, the Minister of Southern Xinjiang Acting Governor Yang Chong Chong, seeing that the fire here is very big, I am afraid it will involve His Highness, so I dare to come here to say hello, may I ask Your Highness to see you."

When he spoke, he was full of energy, but at this time he intentionally amplified his voice, and his voice spread far away.

But there was no response from Shuying Pavilion.

After a while, a young eunuch stepped out of the main courtyard, nodded slightly to Yang Chong, and said, "Your Highness said, I am grateful for Mr. Yang's concern, but the fire in the garden is not too big now, so I think it will be safe. And Your Highness I'm not in good health today, so I won't see Master Yang."

Yang Chong didn't listen at all, he paused for a moment, then bowed to the main room, and said, "I'm still worried about His Highness's safety, and want to see His Highness."

After saying that, he bypassed the little eunuch and walked straight towards the main house.

Seeing this, the thousand households hastily stepped forward to stop Yang Chong, and said angrily, "Master Yang, you are so presumptuous! This is the prince's dorm, His Highness said he didn't see you, so don't tell me you have to force your way!"

Yang Chong waved his hand, and immediately two people stepped forward, and rushed towards Qianhu from left and right. This came down suddenly, and Qianhu's skills were not very good, and he was immediately pinned to the ground by his hands cut behind him.

Immediately there was the sound of many swords being drawn from their sheaths, and a few sporadic exclamations from the Shuying Pavilion, Yang Chong bent slightly, and looked down at the thousand households.

"This lord is really right, I just want to force my way in."

When the matter came to an end, all the hesitation and cowardice in his heart were thrown out of the blue sky, and instead he felt a bit of vague complacency.

How about the nobles in Tianhuang?What about the prince?

He refused to go to his reception banquet because of the big and small things of Zhimadou, which caused him to worry and fear for a long time, but now he has suffered retribution!

Unexpectedly, he thought of the prince's handsome and calm face, and he felt a little anticipation.

What kind of expression will such a high-ranking person have when he puts a sword on his body?

With 12 points of pride and madness, Yang Chong strode to the door of the main house and kicked the door open.

The creaking sound of the wooden door opening and closing, the din of fire fighting in the distance, the hoarse curses of thousands of households, all kinds of sounds seemed to be far and near, but Yang Chong didn't hear what he wanted to hear the most.

The prince's suspicious questioning and the eunuch Gong'e's "presumptuous" voice.

Inside the house, all the furnishings are the same as before, even the charcoal basin in the corner is quietly burning.

But there was no one around, and all the documents and files that used to cover the table were put away, and the space was neat and tidy. The cool night breeze passed through the door, and it even seemed a bit chilly.

Yang Chong swallowed hard.

He staggered and almost fell to the ground, but the staff who followed into the room stepped forward to help him so that he would not fall in front of everyone.

"Where is the person? Where did the person go? I have already ordered to watch Shuying Pavilion, why no one has sent a message!" Yang Chong struggled to stand up straight, almost growling.

The staff was sprayed all over the face by him, and he felt wronged while anxious.

I told you earlier, the prince has been obsessed with Ye Jia in the past few days and doesn't go out very much. Most of the people we 'arranged' in are on the outskirts of Du Ruoyuan.

Even if someone sneaks into Shuying Pavilion by chance, what's the matter, can they still enter the prince's dormitory to see if they are there?

In a blink of an eye, Yang Chong managed to regain his senses, stood up straight and said, "Take someone to search, first search Du Ruoyuan, search one by one, if you can't find it..."

He was ruthless in his heart, and said sharply: "If you can't find it, take my warrant to close the gate of the city, and seal the city! But anyone who is involved will be killed."

The last sentence he said was extremely light in stature, but extremely vicious.

If the prince just noticed something was wrong and avoided it first, but people were still in the garden, Yang Chongshang could control the situation in the three streets before and after Du Ruoyuan, send people to stare at the surroundings, and silence all those who knew the inside story.

If the crown prince is not in the garden... Yang Chong dare not think how many people he would have to kill to make such a shocking lie.

Fortunately, there is another person who is responsible, and he is now in Xicheng.

Fortunately.

Thinking of this, Yang Chong forced himself to calm down, and ordered one by one in an orderly manner, and dispatched all the cronies around him.

Then, as if he had lost all the strength in his body, he slumped on a soft chair dragged from anywhere, frowning and thinking hard.

Where can the prince go?

In such a large city of Mingjun, the prince actually doesn't have many places to escape.

Nanjiang has been controlled by Qin Ye for many years, and even Emperor Hui doesn't have many confidantes staying here, and the crown prince and King Jin are even more powerless.

Of course, he might have spent a lot of effort to insert one or two people in, but in the current county, how many people can stand up to him?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt relieved. Just as there was a slight smile on his lips, he saw a few people stumbling towards him outside the door, looking very panic-stricken.

It was the cronies Yang Chong sent out just now.

Yang Chong frowned, and before he had time to speak, a person crawled close to him and knelt down with a plop.

"My lord! Du Ruoyuan is besieged, and the outside is full of officers and soldiers!"

Yang Chong couldn't believe his ears.

"Besieged? By whom? How could anyone in the county dare to lead troops to besiege Du Ruoyuan?!"

Even if it was him, with 1 heartless efforts, he could only pretend to be casual and lead people into the park quietly to "fight the fire".

Blatantly surrounding the place where the prince collapsed, is this determined to rebel?

The confidant lowered his head tremblingly and said: "The villains were forced back by the arrow feathers just as they were about to go out, as if they heard something shouting from outside, 'the prince is assassinated and escorted by the king', the leaders are wearing school lieutenant uniforms, looking familiar, It's like... like..."

He seemed to be unable to speak for a long time, but Yang Chong picked up the candlestick beside him and smashed it on the head, and he was dripping with blood in an instant.

"What is it like? You said it!"

The confidant covered his head, his voice sounded like he was about to cry: "Like someone from General Yan's camp!"

Didn't Yan Xuansheng follow Qin Ye to Xicheng? !

Qin Ye and the crown prince are in the same situation, what is Yan Xuansheng doing here?

Could it be that all the bad guys in the world have thought of a piece, and Qin Ye also wants to take advantage of tonight to mess with the prince?

But it was as if he wanted to take the blame on Qin Ye if he wanted to touch the prince. If Qin Ye really wanted to touch the prince, would he spare Yang Chong's life?

Yang Chong panicked and had a headache, and before he could figure out why, he heard the sound of arrows outside the house, sometimes mixed with wailing and screaming.

Obviously, it was the people who surrounded the garden outside who did it.

Yang Chong had stood up at first, but he fell back into the soft chair after this matter. Several trusted friends surrounded him and persuaded him to go first, saying that there is no unparalleled road to leave at this time. It might not be too late, but Yang Chong waved his hand to stop it.

"Those who can't escape, since they dare to do such a thing, how can they give us a way to survive?" At this moment, he actually laughed, but there was a bit of bitterness in the smile, "I'm here Wait and see if it is Yan Xuansheng or whoever wants to kill me."

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Pine smoke tower.

This pagoda was originally built by the royal family of the Southern Zhou Dynasty for viewing. It is not far from Duruo Garden. If you are in the tower, you can see the scene in the garden from a distance.

Today, it was requisitioned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to watch the excitement.

Xie Heng threw the binoculars in his hand to Gu Mingzhao, his solemn expression finally turned into lightness.

In the middle of the night, the soaring flames in Du Ruo Garden finally weakened, and with it, the voice of the golden sword hidden under the fire.

Gu Mingzhao took the binoculars and took a look, then came to a conclusion: "The dust has settled."

"Judging from what we found in the past two months, the generals who colluded with the Southern Zhou Dynasty were headed by Yang Chong, and the rest are worthless. Wait for Qin..." Gu Mingzhao glanced at the prince's expression and paused , "When Duke Ding kills Xu Daoyan and comes back to impose martial law in Ming County, conduct a thorough investigation and clean up the secret spies hidden in southern Xinjiang, at least it will be safe for several years."

"Speaking of which, Yan Xuansheng is also funny. A few days ago, when I saw the minister's eyebrows raised, he wanted to fight on the spot. A few days ago, I didn't know what Duke Ding said to him. If you have offended me, I will hold a banquet after the matter is settled, and my ministers will drink to make amends."

"The members of the Southern Border Army are quite interesting."

Gu Mingzhao chuckled, a rare compliment.

Xie Heng knew that Qin Ye must have confessed behind his back, so he yawned, stood up, and said without saying a word, "Come back, I've given Yang Chong some face after staying up for half the night."

Gu Mingzhao nodded with a smile, got up and was about to follow, but saw a sergeant rushing up the tower, and immediately slowed down.

The sergeant was the person next to Yan Xuansheng. Xie Heng had met him a few times. Seeing his anxious posture, he felt a little puzzled. He stopped and said softly, "What's the matter?"

The tower was too high to climb, the sergeant took a few breaths, then knelt down and said, "Your Highness, my general entered the city today and paid close attention to every movement."

"I found...I found out," he gasped again, "In addition to Yang Chong's people, there is also a group of people wandering outside Du Ruo Garden, all of whom are martial arts masters, and they seem to have a special method of communication. Immediately evacuated after His Highness in the garden was gone, was hit by our people, killed some, captured some, and ran away with a few injuries that were not seriously injured, which might endanger His Highness, I hope His Highness be careful."

Xie Heng's heart skipped a beat.

He has always known that after he arrived in southern Xinjiang, people from Tangjing had a faint lineage targeting him.

It's just that this branch was hidden tightly, and he didn't dare to make too much movement for fear of scaring the snake, so he didn't dare to investigate deeply.

Is this finally unbearable today?

Xie Heng thought about it, and immediately made a decision, and ordered: "Ming Zhao, you send an order to go down to be on strict alert tonight, and also send a message to General Yan, asking him to send some trustworthy people to escort Gu back to Du Ruoyuan."

Gu Mingzhao replied yes, and went to arrange it, Xie Heng turned around and sat down again, sighing heavily.

He was in a panic.

The original book is a world with internal strength.

It's not an exaggeration to the point where Tianwai Feixian can defeat ten thousand with one, but it's not impossible for a master like Qin Ye to make a surprise attack and take the head of the commander in the midst of the chaos.

So Xie Heng has always been very conservative in his actions. When he was in Tangjing, he didn't even come out of the palace gate very much, just in case Xie Ke's brains were twitched one day and some masters would assassinate him.

But this trip, he has been very relieved.

Perhaps it was because of Qin Ye's presence, even if he was not by his side, but outside the city, but looking at this man every day, even the anxiety that had been left in his heart after he arrived in this strange world dispelled a lot.

But now that Qin Ye wasn't here, he felt a little cramped again when he first came here, he was so careful not to say a word wrong every day.

But what is he going to do?Is it possible to tie Qin Ye by his side and not let him go for a moment?

Remembering that he had vaguely promised to let this person stay in southern Xinjiang after everything was settled, Xie Heng slightly lowered his eyelids and pursed his lips.

He kind of wanted to regret it.

It’s okay to speak once in a while, but it doesn’t count once in a while, right?

As he was thinking wildly like this, his mind had drifted to Xicheng at some point, but he never noticed that a ray of cold light suddenly appeared in the dark night.