After accidentally having a cub with the prince of the enemy country

Half an hour ago, Jiang Yun and Shifang poured a whole bag of Lumi brought back from Fanzhai on the ground. Sure enough, the rice was mixed with a lot of white powder, and there were also a few scattered pieces of black gravel.

Jiang Yun picked up the rice grains and smelled them, but there was no smell.

This colorless and odorless powder, which is very close to the color of rice grains, is mixed into rice and can easily be regarded as impurities left over from the rice pounding process.

But Jiang Yun knew it wasn't.

If you feel it carefully, you can find that there is a subtle difference between the hard crystalline object and the rice grain impurities.

Jiang Yun thought of something he had read in a book, saltpeter.

It is colorless and odorless, soluble in water, and can be used as medicine. It is often used to treat headaches, dysentery and other diseases. Even if it is eaten by mistake, it will not cause any harm to the body.In Shifang's words, it is indeed speculative, a "good means" and "good material" that can be used to increase the weight of Lumi.

Jiang Yun entered the bookstore, followed his memory, took a book from the innermost bookshelf, put the lamp on the ground, knelt down between the bookshelves, and opened the book in the dark with his green sleeves hanging down. .

This is a collection of alchemy. In addition to all kinds of mysterious "Ascension" and "Immortality" methods, the second half of the volume records the refining methods of various pills in a huge space, and one thing is used in it , saltpeter.

Saltpeter can not only be used as medicine to cure diseases, but also an important material for making gunpowder.

Is it really a coincidence that so much saltpeter powder is suddenly mixed in the Lumili of the Ninth Camp?

Jiang Yun put down the scroll and leaned against the bookshelf, lost in thought.

He came to Shuge not to find books, but to think about things.Because of the records about saltpeter, he had read many times in different types of books, and with his current memory, he didn't need to check it out.

Since he was a child, the vast volumes piled up like a mountain in the library of the palace have been an excellent tool for him to dissolve the loneliness and loneliness in his heart.When something happened, he would often sit alone in the Library Pavilion and stay all night.

There may have been some unexpected changes in Lishan.

Jiang Yun thought.

Because Sui Heng had just sent a letter two days ago, it had rained not long ago in Lishan, and the plums were sour and bitter, making them unsuitable for eating, but the soldiers in charge of delivering the letter knew nothing about it.

And prevaricate him with the reason that "His Royal Highness is busy with military affairs".

That person was a bit paranoid about certain things. Even though he was busy with military affairs, he never stopped sending stinky and long "love letters" every day. How could he forget a basket of plums.

Most likely, the soldiers who delivered the letter were not sent by Sui Heng at all.

The real soldiers may have been killed or encountered other dangerous situations.

Sui Heng's army was very strict, and Jiang Yun couldn't guess for a moment what happened that would cause all his cronies to be replaced.

When the other party did this, it was obvious that they did not want to sweep away the shocking snakes and let the incident of Lishan be reported back to the Sui capital.

Before Sui Heng officially set off for Mount Li, the Ninth Battalion had been responsible for the guardianship of the auspicious stones. Mount Li was precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and a battleground for military strategists. It used to be the training ground and base camp of the Ninth Battalion.

Is there any connection between the saltpeter powder that appeared in the Nine Camp Lumi, Lishan Mountain, and the auspicious stone?

The appearance of auspicious stones is strange. In this era, although people deeply believe in the theory of auspiciousness, they can find that most of the auspiciousness has signs and traces of man-made auspiciousness through careful reading of history books. In fact, there are very few real auspiciousness from heaven.If the auspicious stone is the same as the auspiciousness recorded in the history books, it is also deliberately made by people.

What is the opponent's purpose.

Jiang Yun subconsciously didn't want to think deeply.

From the standpoint of the prince of the enemy country, no matter what happened to Lishan, no matter what kind of crisis Sui Heng, the prince of the Sui country, might encounter, he should have nothing to do with him.

To put it more cruelly, it was in his favor.

He should be calm and restrained, and make the most rational choice and decision as the prince of Jiang Guo, instead of sitting here.

Jiang Yun's heart hurts a little, and some fine sweat oozes from his forehead.

"Sir?"

Seeing that Jiang Yun hadn't come out for a long time, Ji An came in with a lamp to look for someone, and was shocked when he saw that he was leaning on the bookshelf, his face was pale and weak, his fingers clenched his cuffs tightly, like a young gentleman suffering from a sudden illness.

Jiang Yun shook his head, saying nothing happened.

After a while, he picked up the lamp with his usual expression, put the scroll back to its original place, and left the book pavilion with Ji An.

That night, Jiang Yun had another nightmare.

It's just that the content of the nightmare is different from the past, it became that he only knelt by the Qushui River and looked at Lishan Mountain once in the distance. In the dream, Sui Heng held a basket of ripe plums in his hand, Zhang Yang smiled brightly, and stretched out his hand to ask for it. When it was handed to him, it was engulfed by the sudden explosion of mountain peaks and rolling gravel.

There were bloody fragments in front of his eyes.

Someone shouted "Your Highness", and someone shouted "The auspicious stone is destroyed".

Jiang Yun woke up with a start, looking at the top of the tent, panting heavily, his face and back were covered in cold sweat.

In the dark, his skin was as pale as jade.

He subconsciously grabbed at his side again, but there was no one around him.Jiang Yun sat in the dark for a long time, got up, put on her robes, stopped sleeping, moved the lamp under the window, picked up the book, and began to force herself to calm down.

At this moment, that strange heat flashed through his stomach again.

Jiang Yun was startled, and stretched out his hand to touch, and the aura was mischievously hidden again.

Lishan Mountain was surprisingly peaceful that night.

Yan Bingyi was seriously injured, and most likely he would be disabled in the future. Huo Cheng had no choice but to make a decisive decision, remove Yan Bingyi from the position of deputy commander, and promote another Yan Wu, a descendant of the Yan family, to the position.

Yan Wu can be regarded as his confidant, following by his side these years, not only helped him connect with the Yan family, but also advised him and offered many useful strategies.

Yan Wu is not as arrogant and domineering as Yan Bingyi, he has no brains, he is very smart, and he knows how to buy people's hearts. After taking the post of deputy commander, he quickly became a chatterbox with another deputy commander, a child of the Huo family. talking buddy.

This Huo family's disciple is named Huo Cheng'en, and in terms of seniority, he should be called Huo Cheng's uncle.

Yan Wu prepared wine and meat in the tent, and invited Huo Cheng'en and several other generals of the Ninth Battalion to eat meat and drink together in the tent, and he also summoned the beauties he had brought to accompany them to the banquet.

During this period, Yan Wu again intentionally or unintentionally brought up Sui Heng's replacement of Lishan's defenses.

Huo Chengen was young and energetic, not as calm and considerate as Huo Cheng, he was drunk, and excitedly agreed with Yan Wu: "My uncle is more than loyal, but not courageous. In the end, he is just a wimp without ambition. That's why he let the prince sit on his neck and shit."

Several other generals of the Ninth Battalion were also feeling aggrieved by this matter. Hearing Huo Chengen's words, they also used wine to strengthen their courage and vented all their dissatisfaction and resentment.

One person blushed and said, "Today I also heard that the people from the Qinglang Camp secretly scolded our Ninth Camp as cowards, not even worthy of leading their horses and shoes..."

This remark aroused the anger of the crowd again.

Yan Wu rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't you brothers think about resisting?"

"Resist? How to resist?"

Although aggrieved, they also had to admit that those people in the Qinglang Camp were indeed trained by the prince to be like wolves and tigers, brave and unparalleled.If the two sides are really head-to-head, the Nine Camps may lose miserably.

Yan Wu smiled and filled a bowl of wine for everyone, saying: "Wars don't necessarily have to rely on brute force."

He whispered something.

Everyone's eyes lit up, Huo Chengen hesitated and said: "This is a good idea, but my uncle, I'm afraid he won't allow us to do this."

"What's the matter?"

Yan Wu Chengzhu said: "Commander Huo is cautious because he is afraid that if he misses, he will offend the prince, but as long as we act in a more secretive manner and solve his serious problems for him, after the matter is completed, what the commander can say, I am afraid that we will be rewarded heavily."

Huo Cheng'en said again: "But there is no soldier talisman, how can we dispatch soldiers and horses?"

Yan Wu's eyes flickered, and he patted him on the shoulder: "Of course I have to rely on you, Cheng En. You are the commander's nephew, and the commander has no defense against you. As long as you steal the soldier amulet while the commander is sleeping, it will be fine. "

Huo Chengen's eyes pondered for a moment, then he gritted his teeth, as if he had made a desperate decision, and said: "Okay, I'll go tonight!"

Lishan Mountain in the dark night is majestic and precipitous, stretching for hundreds of miles, like a sleeping giant dragon.

Under the vast mountain ridge, several groups of heavily armed soldiers, holding weapons in their hands, divided into four groups, and under the cover of the night and the mountain, they quietly marched towards Yuewang Peak.

The leaders were Yan Wu, Huo Chengen and others.

Holding the soldier talisman stolen by Huo Chengen, Yan Wu decided to launch a mutiny in the middle of the night when the defense of the Qinglang Camp was slack and tired.He also learned that Sui Heng had a banquet for the generals today, drank a lot of wine, and when he returned the bill, he swayed and his eyes were blurred, all of them were helped by his own soldiers.

Now the guards around the opponent have been replaced silently, almost every move of the opponent is under Yan's monitoring, Yan Wu is very sure that he will succeed in everything.

There is another important reason why Yan Wu is so confident.

As early as a few days ago, before Sui Heng arrived at Lishan Mountain, he had already taken advantage of the opportunity of the Nine Camps to clear the field and led his confidants to plant explosives in various important strongholds. Now near Sui Heng's central army tent, there is a large A large amount of saltpeter and sulfur, as long as he seizes the commanding height of Yuewangfeng and sends out a signal, the confidantes who respond to him will detonate the explosives.

Not to mention that Sui Heng is a body of flesh and blood, even if it is steel and iron, it will be blown to pieces.

This is the price the prince has to pay for his disobedience to the Yan family.

This is also Yan's warning to the entire ruling and opposition parties.

The journey went smoothly, and the soldiers of the Qinglang Battalion defending along the way were easily intercepted and killed by them. Yuewang Peak was already in sight, and they only had to rush to the peak and send out a signal. Tomorrow, the Qinglang Battalion would cease to exist. Mount Li, and even the entire Sui capital, were still the territory of the Nine Camps.

Yan Wu drew out the knife at his waist and skillfully cut the throat of a soldier again.

At this moment, earth-shattering shouts and thunderous hooves of horses suddenly sounded in my ears, and flames came from all directions. Before Yan Wu could react, he was already surrounded.

Not far away, there was a man with black hair tied high in a black crown, handsome and striking, sitting on a horse, with a playful expression, even looking at him lazily.

Countless wolf-head knives flickered coldly in the dark night, and in the blink of an eye, countless heads rolled to the ground, and Moonwatching Peak was already full of dead bodies.

Blood flowed all over the ground, dyeing the grass and rocks a dazzling blood color, and the air exuded a fresh and sticky smell of blood.

Yan Wu, Huo Cheng'en, together with several generals who were the masterminds, were tied up and taken to Sui Heng's horse.

Huo Chengen was so frightened that he could not see his face, he knelt on the ground trembling like chaff, Yan Wu looked at Sui Heng unwillingly and resentfully, and murmured: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."

Sui Heng had a surprisingly good temper, and said with a smile, "I don't know where there is an omission, right?"

"It's okay to tell you, my lonely concubine, with a noble character and unparalleled elegance, would never write shameless words like 'I miss my husband, I'm lonely and sleepless' in a letter. Even if he thought in his heart, he I won't write it either."

"Also, lonely concubine, the handwriting will not be so ugly."

"The imitation is so clumsy, and you dare to dance in front of Gu to show off, who gave you the confidence? Yan's? Or Yan Bing?"

Yan Wu's complexion changed.

He struggled violently and shouted loudly: "This is all my idea, don't talk about your appearance!"

"Yan Bing can raise a dog with backbone like you, which makes Gu Gu look at him with admiration."

Sui Heng waved his hand: "Procrastinate, severe sentence trial."

Jiang Yun sat by the window until Dongfang Dawn.

When the sky was getting bright, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes outside the other courtyard, followed by a knock on the door.

Startled, Jiang Yun immediately put down the book and walked out.

The soldiers had already walked to the corridor, and seeing Mr. Xiao Lang come out of the house in a green shirt, he immediately knelt down at the bottom of the steps, and put his hands on the things in his hands: "Your Highness ordered his subordinates to send this to you."

It was a small basket of plums.

Fresh plums, still stained with dew.

Jiang Yun was startled, walked over, and asked, "Your Highness... are you okay?"

The soldiers smiled and said: "Your Highness is safe and sound, and killed a few rebels who tried to destroy the auspicious stone last night. When the auspicious time comes tomorrow and the ceremony of worship is held, the auspicious stone can be transported back to Beijing."

Jiang Yun was silent.

He asked again: "In Lishan, did explosives be found?"

The soldier showed surprise: "How does the young master know?"

Jiang Yun felt as if a boulder was falling slowly in his chest. After sitting for a whole night, he could finally breathe fresh breath into his throat and lungs, which made him breathe gently.

The corner of his mouth raised a tiny arc, and he took the basket of plums.

Said: "It's just a random guess, thank you."

Jiang Yun asked Ji An to fetch honey water for the soldiers to drink.

The soldier had a cute baby face, thanked Jiang Yun with a blushing face, and said, "Your Highness said that he will deliver a letter to the young master on time tonight."

Shifang and Fan Qi also lived directly in the other courtyard during this period. They got acquainted with the soldier and found out more information.

Jiang Yun sat in the gazebo, eating plums and listening to their chats.

Shi Fang said angrily: "That Yan Wu is really abominable. I heard that before he died, he cursed His Highness for killing too much, and he would be punished by the heavens. Isn't it rare that the Yan family has committed crimes over the years? Let's say last year However, a servant of the Yan family dared to rely on the power of the Yan family to invade hundreds of acres of good land from the people. They also colluded with the government and beat the people who went to sue to death in prison. If the Yan family is really taught to cover the sky with one hand, that is A nightmare for people all over the world."

That night there was a sudden storm.

Jiang Yun was still sitting under the window reading a book, waiting until late at night, but did not wait for the letter sent back by Sui Heng.

Jiang Yun thought, with such a heavy rain, the mountain road must be difficult and dangerous. Most of the plum trees were split and scorched.When the thunder passed, Ji An hurriedly took the palace servants to remove the broken burnt wood, so as not to cause a fire.

Looking back, seeing Jiang Yun standing in the porch with green sleeves fluttering, looking this way, Ji An hurriedly opened an umbrella and said with a smile: "Young master, don't be afraid, it's because a slave with short eyes threw a magnet under the tree, and it's just that it's gone." Attract lightning."

Jiang Yun nodded, turned around and wanted to go back to the house, but suddenly thought of something, and stopped.

"You mean... a magnet?"

"Correct."

Jiang Yun pondered for a moment, and said, "Can you bring it and show it to me?"

There is nothing wrong with this, but the disk has been struck by lightning into a pile of jet-black fragments.

Jiang Yun picked up a fragment and looked at it under the lamp for a while, then got up again, picked up another piece of black gravel from the table, put it under the lamp, and compared them together.

Ji An was surprised: "Although the shapes are different, the material seems to be the same. Where did you get the magnet fragments?"

Jiang Yun was silent for a long time, and said, "Lumi."

God damn it.

Auspicious stone.

In an instant, a terrifying thought flashed across Jiang Yun's mind.

Jiang Yun walked out of the house again, stood on the porch, and looked up at the cloudy sky.

This kind of rain will last at least one day and one night.

Jiang Yun suddenly asked: "Can the auspicious time of visiting the grand ceremony be changed?"

Standing behind him, Ji An didn't understand what he meant, and said: "I heard that it was deduced by Li Guan and the supervisor of Qin Tianjian. In the past half a month, only tomorrow will be an auspicious day."

Jiang Yun's eyelashes trembled slightly, she closed her eyes, and let the rain fall on her cuffs and face.

He should have thought a long time ago that with Yan Bing's city and Yan's wrist, even if he really wanted to make a move, how could it be possible to use explosives in such a stupid way that is full of flaws and easy to give people a handle.

For a crown prince, if he died under the punishment of heaven because of too much murder, it should be the most reasonable way for him to die.

According to the news obtained by Shi Fang, after the conspiracy of Yan Wu and Huo Chengen was exposed, the commander Huo Cheng immediately brought the remaining nine battalion forces to submit to Sui Heng, expressing his willingness to submit to Sui Heng's command from now on.

Huo Cheng, do you really know nothing about Yan Wu and Huo Chengen's conspiracy?

Would an orthodox commander in command of an army of 30 really be so slack that someone could steal a soldier's amulet at close quarters?

Just be afraid, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

The auspicious stone is not the auspiciousness that heaven gave to the people of the Sui capital, but the burial place that the aristocratic family united to prepare for a prince who wanted to resist the power of the aristocratic family.

With Sui Heng's sensitivity, he might be able to detect it, maybe...

Jiang Yun was awakened by the thunder again.

Seeing that most of his sleeves were soaked by the rain, Ji An still didn't respond, so he couldn't help asking worriedly, "Young Master, what's wrong?"

Jiang Yun shook his head, and after a while, he said, "Boss, please go and call Vice General Fan and Shifang."

The two came quickly.

Jiang Yun was already sitting behind the desk, looking at the sketch of the Nine Camps drawn by Fan Qishi before.Jiang Yun's eyes fell on the three extra granaries again.

Shi Fang asked, "Your Master, is there something for us?"

Jiang Yun nodded, his eyes had returned to their usual warmth, first asked Shifang if there was any fastest way to contact Sui Heng.

Shi Fang thought for a while, and said, "Your Highness left two Haidongqings in another courtyard. They were trained by His Highness, and they will be able to fly to Mount Li in half an hour at the latest."

Jiang Yun asked Shifang to release Xinying immediately.

Then he asked Fan Qi: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Ninth Battalion at the Sui capital?"

Fan Qi said uncertainly: "Huo Cheng took the third battalion, fifth battalion, and seventh battalion to Lishan to clear the field, and then transferred two battalions there, there should be four battalions left."

Jiang Yun: "The three battalions taken away by Huo Cheng are the most elite troops?"

Fan Qi shook his head: "Those are only considered medium, the four most powerful battalions were left by him to guard the Sui capital."

Jiang Yun asked Fan Qi to check the situation of the other four battalions immediately.

Although Fan Qi didn't understand what he meant, but he was used to being ordered by Jiang Yun to work, so he immediately ran to check.Half an hour later, Fan Qixian came back panting and drenched, and said that there were only two battalions left in the other four battalions, and the first and second battalions were said to have rushed to Lishan after receiving orders from the soldiers and horses overnight.

After another half an hour, Shifang also came back, but the two sea dongqings released by Dao did not fly back.This has never happened before.

The two finally realized what happened belatedly, Fan Qi said anxiously: "I will ride to Mount Li immediately and report to His Highness!"

Shi Fang stopped him, and said helplessly, "Brother, are you confused? The gate of the city is closed now. You are a general with a rank. Without a military order, you can't leave the Sui capital at will. Even if you reach the gate of the city, you will be stopped. "

"Then what should we do? Don't you just want to watch His Highness suffer! What if there is no military order? Even if I force my way in, I still want to get out!"

Fan Qi turned around and wanted to leave.

Shi Fang grabbed him: "Leaving Sui without the emperor's order is treason. The guards at the city gate will shoot you to death immediately regardless of the consequences. Is the eldest brother worth hundreds of guards alone! The eldest brother was brought out by His Royal Highness." Yes, big brother's impulsiveness and recklessness will become a target for others to attack His Highness!"

Fan Qihong focused her eyes: "My life is about to die, so I don't care what the reason is! This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what do you say?"

"Or, let's go to the palace to meet His Majesty!"

However, the key to the palace gate has been unlocked, and the guards of the palace city are also in the hands of the Nine Battalions, so it is not much easier to break through than the city gate.

Emperor Sui now firmly believes in the theory of auspiciousness, without evidence or evidence, how could he believe that it is actually a bad stone, not auspicious.What is the face of the emperor.

Yan's plan is indeed vicious enough.

I'm afraid even the Sui Emperor would never have thought that the Yan family would have the guts to do such a thing.

Shi Fang suddenly said: "Your Highness has always been on good terms with Han, otherwise, I will go to Han Xiang's residence and ask Han Xiang for help?"

Shifang looked at Jiang Yun.

At a time like this, he has only this little man he can trust.

Jiang Yun was in a trance, heard the words, thought for a while, and said, "You can give it a try, it's just..."

I'm afraid there is little hope.

Jiang Yun thought.

Since the Spring Banquet, the Yan family has been dormant for many days, he must have made sure of everything before he dared to do anything.Shifang and Fan Qi couldn't enter the gate of the palace, and neither could Han Xiao.

The rain is getting heavier.

There was a dead silence in the room.

After another thunder rolled across the sky, Jiang Yun took out a post from the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote a line on it.

After finishing writing, Jiang Yun put the post in his sleeve, got up and opened the door.

It was raining and windy outside, and the cold wind carried raindrops, hitting his face, covering Xiao Langjun's blue lapel sleeves.

Ji An and Gao Gong stood outside holding umbrellas.

Seeing Jiang Yun come out, let's go up together.

Jiang Yunwen said to them: "Please prepare the car, I want to go out."

It was late at night, Jimo Qingyu was still wearing clothes and standing on the porch to watch the rain, and his eldest disciple Zhao Yan was still standing respectfully behind him.

"The rain is about to come, and the wind is blowing over the building."

Jimo Qingyu sighed leisurely.

Until a hasty knock on the door interrupted his heavy and complicated mood.

Not long after, a servant came to report with an umbrella: "Master Xiang, a young gentleman who calls himself Chu Yan, has handed over a letter of invitation and wants to see Master Xiang."