Lei Yue Longmen

Chapter 244

Thick smoke billowed into the room, and King Cheng went from knocking on the door at first to knocking on the door to being hopeless, his limbs gradually became weak, and he knelt down slowly holding the door.He was exhausted, and at this moment he realized that these people really didn't even give him a chance to survive.

Thinking that he was about to die here, his smoked eyes revealed the despair and fear that this age group shouldn't have, and he cried bitterly while covering his face.He didn't understand what he did wrong?He has never harmed anyone, never coveted something that does not belong to him, why did he end up like this?Why?

The closer you are to the Zhuohe River, the more you can smell the cold wind with a muddy smell blowing from both sides of the Zhuohe River.Rumei and Liangyue looked at the sparkling river under the moonlight with emotion, only in winter when it freezes at night, it will reveal such a clear side, which can reflect the golden ? Moon Shadow.

"I haven't been here for quite a while. The last time was when the present and the first queen sacrificed to Mount Dai. I took a look at the estuary of the Zhuohe River. It has been 20 years." Liang Yue said with mixed feelings.

"Who says it's not!" Ru's eyebrows and eyes were a little moist, "It was rare for the emperor, empress, prince, and princess to travel together. The whole family talked and laughed, and you and I accompanied each other. It was lively. The scene at that time is vivid in my memory, and I still remember every word that the queen and the prince said."

Gu Mian from behind rushed up, fearing that the two of them would be too hurt by the scene, he said, "You two, turn around the small forest in front, and you will find Zhangjia Village. The Empress Dowager is staying there now, Let's hurry up! We can get some sleep before dawn."

Liangyue and Rumei nodded, said no more, kowtowed off the horse's belly, and followed Gu Mian to Zhangjiacun.

Turning around the woods, I climbed up a high slope again, and saw a beam of flames flying high in front of me from a distance, as if the house was on fire.

"Looks like there's been a fire."

"Let's take a look."

A group of people rushed to the scene immediately, and saw four or five people sneaking around outside the house where the fire broke out. They fled in all directions in a panic.

"These people don't look like good people!"

Liang Yue instinctively felt that something was wrong, so she immediately jumped off the horse, but she wasn't too busy chasing people, she turned her head to look at the independent burning thatched cottage, surrounded by dead branches and firewood.The fire spread upward along the earthen wall, and was about to burn the roof.The doors and windows were tightly locked from the outside. When he looked closer, he could faintly hear the knock on the door coming from inside.

"No, there are people inside, go and put out the fire!"

Liang Yue looked east and west, hurriedly got back on the horse, pulled off the water bag, quickly poured cold water on her head, and then rushed towards the door of the house.Seeing this, the rest of the people got off their horses one after another to help, and took weapons to move away the burning firewood on the outermost periphery.It's just that the fire was so fierce that no one dared to take another step forward.

Against the flames that were about to be melted, Liang Yue kicked hard towards the door of the house.Half of the door was already on fire, and it was not strong. After kicking it twice, it slammed in.Liangyue slapped the black smoke in front of her eyes, shouted twice outside, but no one responded, so she had to rush in with her head in her arms.As soon as I entered, I was blinded by the black smoke.At this time, a beam fell from the roof, and he quickly moved aside, but his arm was still knocked off, it was hot and rolling, and he accidentally stepped on a soft hand.He didn't care about who was in the room, so he pulled his arms to stand up, and carried the person out of the door while coughing.

Rumei stomped her feet anxiously when she saw Liangyue came out with a man on her back, her sleeves were on fire, she let out an "Aww", and hurried over to help put out the fire.Liangyue put the unconscious boy on the ground, coughed out a mouthful of cigarettes, and sprayed water on his face with a water bag.Rubbing his eyebrows, the young man's cheeks were hot, and his exposed skin was frighteningly red, and some places peeled off when touched, revealing rotten flesh and blood.Trembling all over with anger, "Is there any humanity in these people? They even burned people alive in the house. Is this something that people can do?"

Gu Mian caught an escaped military officer and forced him to confess: "Who is in the room, why did they light the fire?"

The officer who did the evil? The military officer was so frightened that he pissed off, and told the whole story of the person who set the fire on the spot to avoid responsibility.

Gu Mian frowned slightly when he heard the words, stepped forward and stared at the boy carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, his expression was a little complicated.

When the two old men heard that the young man was King Cheng, they were shocked.In fact, it's no wonder they didn't know him. The two of them went to the imperial mausoleum when the first queen passed away. At that time, King Cheng was not born yet. Their impression of him was only passed down by word of mouth. Yes? The emperor is very fond of? A prince? As for what kind of image he is, I haven't seen it yet.Seeing this young man lying dying on the ground at this moment, his mood was extremely complicated.

Rumei said: "No matter what, you can't attack such a doll who has no power to fight back!"

As the old man in the middle palace, he naturally didn't like the enemies who might threaten the east palace, but their kindness always made them unable to sit idly by.Liangyue wiped off the water stains on her face, put her fingers on the boy's breath, and touched his chest, "Hurry up and find a nearby place and give him an injection."

Li Jingchen hurried over after hearing the news.Gu Mian had been waiting at the gate of the courtyard from a long way away, and recognized her immediately, with tears welling up in his eyes, he trotted all the way to meet her and bowed to her: "The old minister is late, Your Highness, can you return to Antai?"

Li Jingchen also had mixed feelings, he hurriedly held up his hands, "Mr. Gu, come at the right time!"

The two of them are not in a hurry to talk about the past, but first tell them what happened in the thatched hut.Li Jingchen could smell the burnt smell in the air two miles away, now looking at the burning room in the next courtyard, he couldn't help frowning, "How is he?"

"It's not bad. Fortunately, we came in time and we were not saved."

As soon as the two of them entered the yard, they heard an eager voice calling at the door: "Your Highness!"

Li Jingchen was taken aback for a moment, only to see a familiar figure rushing up to her impatiently, catching her up and down, looking up and down, and after confirming that it was all right, two "survival after catastrophe" flashed in his benevolent eyes. The? trickle.Reciting the Buddha's name is just like eyebrows.

Li Jingchen was overjoyed, "Aunt Mei, why did you come? Eunuch Liang is also here?"

Or was it Gu Mian who said: "After I escaped from Beijing, I originally wanted to go to the imperial tomb to investigate the situation, but the two seniors begged repeatedly, so I brought them with me."

Rumei wiped her tears and said: "Thank God, I finally saw His Highness. I heard that His Highness was injured, and I was so frightened! That's why I begged Mr. Gu to bring us together. Or is Liang Yue right, we are here The imperial mausoleum misses the old people day after day, and they will not come back to life. While our two old bones are still moving, we should protect the living people. This is the greatest thing for the dead. Consolation. Fortunately, we are here. But it is still too late, causing His Highness to suffer so much."

Li Jingchen felt sour in his heart, and it was not easy to express it.

Gu Mian smiled and said: "Okay, let's talk about the old days in the future, let's go into the house, don't let it hang outside!"

When the three of them went in, Liangyue was still getting an injection for King Cheng, and couldn't get away to meet Li Jingchen for a moment.After he had placed the needles, he suddenly walked up to Li Jingchen, fell to his knees with a plop, and knocked his head three times in a row, not as excited as his eyebrows.Li Jingchen hurriedly helped him up, "Eunuch Liang, why did this happen?"

Rumei burst into tears again, "Your Highness doesn't know, when we heard the news of His Highness' death, we felt like the sky was falling. Or if it wasn't Mr. Gu? He sent the letter in time, and the two of us almost followed suit. "

Li Jing was moved, Gu Mian interrupted at the right time: "Okay, just coaxed, you come again. How is King Cheng?"

Liangyue opened her missing teeth? Mouth embarrassingly? Smiled, "It's okay, I saved a life, but those internal injuries and skin injuries need to be recuperated."

"Internal injuries?" Li Jingchen went to the back room to take a look, and found that Wang Cheng's open chest was covered with bruises and purple spots, and not a single piece of skin was intact.Immediately understood what was going on.Call the commander in charge of the guards, "Have those people been caught?"

"No? No, people have been sent to search for them. These people used to be a group of bandits. They once attacked Jiankang City with Tu Yuanshan. After Tu Yuanshan was defeated, they scattered like birds and beasts. When we recruited people, they pretended to be good people and sneaked in. into the barracks."

"No matter who it is, if you catch these people, execute them on the spot! Don't? Leave one alive!"

"No!" The commander subconsciously shivered when he touched the cold eyes of the empress dowager, and retreated tremblingly.

Rumei sighed, "Oh, these people can do it too!" After speaking, he persuaded Li Jingchen: "Your Highness, don't get angry, it's not worth it to ruin your body because of these anger?"

Li Jingxuan nodded, expressing that he would be reasonable.

Li Jingchen had been looking forward to Gu Mian's escape from the capital this time.I can't wait to ask about the news about the capital.Especially more than ten days ago, she captured King Cheng in the name of Cheng Gongjiang, and then sent a cryptic letter to the capital, which revealed the news that she was still alive. North Korea set off quite a storm.

If the members of King Cheng's family have a keen sense of smell, they should be able to tell that this is a trick she resorted to, to exchange King Cheng's life for her own rebirth.Otherwise, it can only be the end of both parties.

However, Gu Mian poured cold water on her head, "Your Highness, you know that the news of the victory was suppressed by the people of the Ministry of War as soon as it came to the capital. I don’t even know about the news that His Highness is alive or dead.”

Li Jingchen frowned, "Who suppressed it?"

"I checked, it's Pan Suiyong."

"He's not that bold."

"He's not that bold, but if he has someone backing him up, it's not necessarily so." Gu Mian said cryptically.

Li Jingchen's heart sank, but his face remained as calm as water.

"Mr. Gu? Just tell me the result!"

Gu Mian said: "According to my inference, they have decided to abandon King Cheng. They would rather die together with King Cheng than live together with His Highness?"

Although Li Jingchen had considered this possibility, he still couldn't help being brought to the brink of losing control of his expression by this absurd result, from ridicule to laughing, "Just because Gu is a woman?"

She can fully imagine what Pan Suiyong's faction is based on? This insidious choice.There is no King Cheng? There is King Wen, and there are other concubine princes. No matter which one inherits the throne, they are more "orthodox" and "regular" than her, the empress dowager.Letting her come back can certainly save King Cheng's life, but Yurui finally returned to the "orthodoxy" and was forced to give up to a woman like her again.They clearly knew that once she returned to the orthodox, the other princes, including King Cheng, would have no chance to get their hands on the throne.Therefore, they would rather throw all their eggs in one basket and abandon the long-supported King Cheng, but also desperately prevent her return.

As for the person on the throne, it's easier to understand his thoughts.Not to mention a King Cheng, even if he takes another King Dun, he will not hesitate.After all, King Cheng was just a puppet pushed to the fore by them.

It's ridiculous and pathetic.

"What about the others? Is there no loyal dog in Prince Cheng's mansion? Why are they abandoning their master like this?"

Gu Mian said: "I heard that Concubine Wen Gui and Cui Yunliang both went to the imperial court to intercede. I hope that the emperor can save King Cheng's life. The emperor was hesitant for a while. But Pan Suiyong came to the present and said that King Cheng was decided. A person who has been a crown prince will definitely not be tolerated by the king of later generations. He will die if the emperor's daughter comes back, and he will die if she doesn't come back. The result is the same."

Rumei took a breath and said: "In the early years, I only felt that Pan Suiyong was a bit old-fashioned, and unexpectedly he was also a cold-blooded person. So King Cheng belongs to him anyway? Isn't he a disciple?"

"I should have known it long ago," Gu Mian said contemptuously, "Do you still remember the famous murder of a strong woman in the capital? A woman was sold to a woman by her uncle during her father's funeral. A gambler is a wife, and she stabbed the gambler on the night of the bridal chamber after refusing to give in, and she was sentenced to beheaded for murdering her husband. Exile. More than ten years have passed, but who would have thought that this old guy would find out the case again after he took a job in Dali Temple, and then killed the woman? No matter how many people pleaded for mercy at that time, the law is nothing more than human feelings. Is it famous? It only talks about the principles of the law and not human relations."

Li Jingbai no longer had hope for these people in the DPRK and China.

She only asked Gu Mian: "As Mr.?, if they decide to suppress this matter, how should we respond?"

Gu Mian: "Your Highness, according to my opinion, now is no longer the time to talk about reason and benevolence, it's time to exert our strength. We have no other way out. Otherwise, I will not Will you come here? Don't worry about the capital any more. Will you take any action without strength? The imperial court is rootless? Duckweed. Your Highness holds an army of 20. This is the most real thing. Realistic?! The reasoning doesn’t make sense, so let’s get tough?! If Emperor Qingzong hadn’t bloodbathed Kyoto, where would it have been? There would be peace in the world. We used to have too many scruples. The simplest thing in the world is the most effective. Your Highness doesn't want it? There is no psychological burden. Now we are only using force to force them to admit His Highness's identity! Compared with the previous methods, it is already mild. Much more."

"In a word, in the midst of thorns, want? Is it impossible without bloodshed?!"