The moment before dawn is the darkest. When the boundless dark night passed, Rong Zhengfu had already led his troops to kill Bei Chenqing not far away. Bei Chen swung his long saber horizontally, and was about to meet this brave general under King Liang, when a lieutenant squeezed over and hurriedly reported: "General, the emperor is over there, he has been trapped by us! "
Bei Chenqing was shocked and overjoyed, when he turned his head, with the help of the faint skylight and firelight, he saw that the soldiers over there surrounded several people one after another, forming a huge vortex on the battlefield. A bright yellow figure was faintly swaying, and the gray-haired man beside him was clearly the old eunuch who had been following him.
At this moment, Bei Chenqing's heart was pounding. If the emperor could be captured or killed in this battle, he would finally have paid off the past two years of living and sleeping with Yang Xi.
He rode his horse and squeezed past, and finally got involved in the center of the vortex. He saw Yang Tao in dragon robe, supported by He Qingchun, shrinking behind several wing guards, staggering to avoid the attack of the soldiers. Seeing that Yang Tao was about to chop Yang Tao into pieces, he suddenly raised his head and screamed, "Let go of me, I'm not the emperor! I'm not the emperor! Don't stare at me! You ! And you! Don’t stare at me! Stare again and dig out your eyeballs!”
Hearing the strangeness, Bei Chenqing hurriedly shouted: "Stop it first!" The soldiers immediately obeyed the order and stopped, but surrounded these people with three layers inside and outside. Bei Chenqing looked at the man intently, and found that he was indeed not the emperor, but only wearing a dragon robe. He continued to look around, and there was no sign of Yang Tao in the rebellious army.
Rong Zhengfu, who was in the distance, heard the scream of the fake emperor, rushed over like crazy, and shouted from a distance: "Your Highness, why is it you?"
It turned out that it was Liang Wang Yang Zhao.
Bei Chenqing got off his horse, taking advantage of Rong Zhengfu not rushing to him, he rushed over to catch Yang Zhao first, but Yang Zhao suddenly raised a knife and slashed at him, Bei Chenqing flicked the long knife lightly, knocking him Pulling his knife aside, he asked, "Why are you? I heard that you are not crazy?"
Hearing this, Yang Zhao had no choice but to smirk at him, Bei Chenqing frowned and said, "Where's Yang Tao?"
Yang Zhaodao: "I don't know, maybe he ran away. He ran well, but I was forced to wear a dragon robe by that lonely star of the evil spirit. Fortunately, I was kind enough to take him to the desert to shoot eagles! I didn't He said that I want to be the emperor, why would he give me a dragon robe?"
Bei Chenqing ignored his crazy words, turned to He Qingchun and asked, "Where's your emperor?"
He Qingchun said tremblingly: "Let's go. The old slave is getting old, so he can't leave this time, so don't drag them down. General, don't ask where the old slave went. You can kill or cut as you like."
Bei Chenqing frowned, and slowly raised the knife, Rong Zhengfu had already rushed over from behind him, and shouted sharply: "Don't hurt His Highness King Liang!" In Zhao's neck, said: "Then don't act rashly!"
Rong Zhengfu had no choice but to put away the weapon in his hand, and said coldly: "You can see clearly, he is not the emperor, and he is sick. The famous General Beichen will never bully a sick person, right?"
Bei Chenqing said in a deep voice: "This matter is very important, we have to wait for His Royal Highness Zhao Wang to speak. Zhao Wang is not far behind, if the general wants to save His Highness Liang Wang's life, he will throw away the weapon in his hand and follow the end Let's go!"
Rong Zhengfu didn't want to throw away his weapon and let others slaughter him, so he looked at Yang Zhao. Yang Zhao looked at him pitifully, Rong Zhengfu had been with this crazy prince in the fief for many years, and it was considered close to each other, if he wanted to abandon him and go away by himself, but he couldn't do it, so he had to clang his long knife Throwing it to the ground, said: "Let's go!"
Sure enough, Yang Xi was not far behind, dealing with Yang Ye who had just rushed back from Jinling. Yang Ye has completely figured out a truth in the past two days. If Yang Tao does not die, Ling Shu will have to follow him for a day. If he never dies, it will never be his turn. Therefore, his desire to kill Yang Tao is getting stronger and stronger. Hearing that the city of Chuzhou was broken, he immediately went to the front to catch Yang Tao with all his heart, wanting to chop off that annoying head first.
Seeing that he was about to move, Yang Xi stopped and said: "When will you kill someone, stay here obediently!"
When this group of people came slowly, Bei Chenqing's knife rested on Yang Zhao's neck, He Qingchun pulled Yang Zhao's arm, Rong Zhengfu followed behind with bare hands and a sullen face. Yang Ye turned a blind eye to the others, and immediately asked, "Yun Qi, where's Yang Tao?"
Bei Chenqing said: "I took advantage of the chaos and ran away." Yang Xi pulled Yang Ye behind him, and when he asked the reason, he fell silent, but Yang Ye was already in a hurry, and shouted: "Since he ran away, why not?" Don't you hurry up and send someone to chase after him? If you let the tiger go back to the mountain like this, there will be endless troubles!"
Yang Xi turned to stare at him, and said in a low voice, "You don't have my orders, don't talk nonsense."
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the sunlight was projected from the woods behind Yang Xi. His face appeared to be bright and dark in the light and shadow. Seeing him drooping his eyelids slightly, he pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and smiled at He Qingchun and the others, saying: "Xiao Wang was forced to raise troops at Fengyu Pass, not because he wanted to covet the throne, but because he was angry with the young people in the court. Saying something wrong about Xiao Wang in the ear of the emperor's brother made it difficult for Xiao Wang to be a man. Even today, thinking of this brotherhood, the emperor... Xiao Wang will definitely not hurt. The reason why the emperor escaped was because Because you can't trust Xiao Wang's character, alas, why can't you trust Xiao Wang? Mr. He, as long as you tell the whereabouts of the emperor's brother, Xiao Wang dares to promise to the world that he will never hurt the emperor, how about it?"
He Qingchun trembled and couldn't find any idioms, he said for a long time: "Even if His Royal Highness King Zhao didn't hurt His Majesty, this old slave doesn't know where he went."
Yang Xidao: "Really? You really don't know?" While talking, he slowly approached him, He Qingchun followed him step by step, his face was pale and he staggered back. There are enemy soldiers at the front and back, eyeing him like a tiger. As an old eunuch, where can he retreat? Seeing that there was no way to retreat, when he retreated to a guard, he suddenly pulled out the guard's waist knife, and in the crowd's exclamation, he stabbed himself with the backhand.
The blood slowly smeared out, He Qingchun curled up on the ground, his hands were not as strong as those of a martial artist, the cut was not thorough, he could not die for a while, he just opened his mouth to vomit blood bubbles, panting heavily, it seemed worse than death To be uncomfortable, but struggling, said: "I don't know when I'm alive, and even less when I'm dead!"
Yang Xi frowned and looked at him, and sighed: "Old man, why are you bothering? You served Emperor Father before, and Xiao Wang has no intention of forcing you to die."
He Qingchun heard this, and said in a low voice: "This old slave is not trying to coerce you for His Highness, this old slave is thinking... His Majesty has been in power for so many years, and every time such a change occurs, there will be no one who is willing to die for him. , It's not good to hear it out. The old slave... the old slave... just finished this shit..." Intermittently and finally silently.
It was rare for all the onlookers to be silent. Yang Xi looked at He Qingchun's body, sighed, and said, "Give it a good burial." His eyes turned to Yang Zhao beside him. Yang Zhao was still wearing the dragon robe, his face was ashen, and his expression Dazed, he suddenly realized that Yang Xi was looking at him, so he raised his head and chuckled, and said, "Fourth brother, second brother, I want to go to the desert to shoot eagles. I have been thinking about it for many years. But in the end I have been nesting in the East Sea to fish. It’s so boring if you can’t touch it! I like flying in the sky, not swimming in the sea. What can I do?”
Yang Xidao: "Second brother is so elegant, and younger brother has heard of it before. Second brother, if there is a will, things will come true, and younger brother will be the whole second brother. I heard that the carvings in Yangling in the northwest are good, is second brother interested?"
Yang Zhao said: "Yang Ling? Okay, hahaha, good place! Then I'll go right away!" He danced around, and fell forward, his forehead hit the ground heavily, facing Yang Xi's direction. Yang Xi took a step forward, helped him up, glanced at Rong Zhengfu beside him, and said in a gentle voice, "Second brother is still ill, and don't be in a hurry, go back to the capital first, and wait for the younger brother to find a better doctor. Give the second brother a good consultation, after a while of recuperation, it will not be too late to go."
Yang Zhao got up with his support, didn't say any more, and staggered away as if fleeing for his life. Rong Zhengfu was afraid that he might make a mistake, so he rushed up.
Yang Ye stood behind Yang Xi and watched for a while, at this time Fang asked: "Can I talk?"
Yang Xi said: "Yes, if you don't talk anymore, maybe my little wolf will be suffocated."
Yang Ye sneered, "He's pretending to be crazy!"
Yang Xi responded with a smile, and ordered Bei Chenqing to send a team of soldiers to follow Yang Zhao and deal with the matter. Then he said: "Send an order to find out the whereabouts of the emperor's brother as soon as possible. If you find it, no one is allowed to intentionally hurt you, please come to this king as soon as possible!"
The people turned back to Chuzhou to appease the rebellious army in the city. The king of Wu, Yang Lie, was taken away by Lin Jiyao and hid. Now he came out to meet Princess Wu. He felt ashamed when he was lucky. Come. The concubine was virtuous and didn't bother with him, she just proposed that the husband and wife would go to Jinling to visit their cousin again, which only scared Yang Lie out of his wits.
That night, Yang Xi held a celebration banquet in Chuzhou, entertaining all the soldiers in the tent, everyone drank and punched, and gathered happily, only Yang Ye was depressed. Yang Xi had noticed it a long time ago, held him to his side, ignored his fascination, and coaxed him to drink a cup of wine. Yang Ye complained in a low voice: "Yang Tao ran away, brother, are you not in a hurry?"
Yang Xi smiled and said: "Didn't you already order the Po Luo army to go out and search in private? You also said that if you can't find anyone, you are not allowed to come back. You are already in such a hurry, why should I be so anxious?"
Yang Ye saw that he had a clear understanding of his actions, and his face sank. He was about to take the opportunity to throw a tantrum at him, but Bei Chenqing quietly approached him: "Your Highness, there has been news that the emperor seems to be heading towards Yangzhou. "
Hearing this, Yang Xi reached out and tapped on the table, murmured slightly, and ordered in a low voice: "If you can go to Yangzhou, you can also, tell people to pay close attention to their movements, let the soldiers and horses slowly approach and tighten in a net shape from a distance, don't be alarmed. If you are frightened and hide in the rivers and lakes and never come out again, then there will be endless troubles."
Jun Wenzhe's naval forces spread all over the Yangtze River, Ling Shu led Yang Tao, disguised and refitted, and dared not come out during the day, but at night, he tried to see where it was feasible, and then went there. It fell to such a point that Yi Zhenwei around him also died in the battle of Chuzhou, or separated. Zhang Huang escaped that day, only him and Yang Tao were left.
Ling Shu was naturally vigilant and had already sensed that the pursuers were slowly approaching from all sides. He didn't dare to delay, so he accompanied Yang Tao to the bank of the Yangtze River, hoping to find a chance to cross the river. Helplessly, Jun Wenzhe's navy is all over the river here, sending messages back and forth very quickly. Ling Shu tried several times, but was almost detected, so he had to give up for the time being.
That night, he accompanied Yang Tao to temporarily live on a small fishing boat. Yang Tao was in the cabin, and Ling Shu was sitting on the bow. Hearing Yang Tao's silence, Ling Shu rarely took the initiative to speak, so he had to ask, "What's Your Majesty's plan next?"
After a long time, Fang heard Yang Tao let out a long sigh: "I... have fallen to such a point, I don't know what to do. Yuanmei, what do you think?"
Ling Shudao: "I repeat the old saying, if Your Majesty is willing to give up this struggle, I would like to go away with His Majesty, either Mobei or Lingnan, and never return."
Then suddenly, he heard a crisp sound in the cabin. It turned out that Yang Tao couldn't bear it and dropped the only porcelain bowl used for drinking water. He heard him sternly said: "Why? Why did you Time and time again, let me give up everything! Obviously he is the traitor! He Yang Xi is the traitor!"
Ling Shudao: "I'm thinking of His Majesty. From now on, success is a king and defeat is a bandit. No matter who is a rebel or an emperor, it's just a piece of history in the history of thousands of years. It's just a joke among the neighbors. People in the world only know that they are following others, who will investigate what is right and what is wrong?"
These words were a bit cruel, and it hurt Yang Tao's lungs. He stood up in the cabin, because he was too angry, he led the boat to shake a few times, and Yang Tao was too frightened to move any more. Ling Shu pressed the side of the boat calmly, and heard Yang Tao say: "I just don't believe in this evil! Let's go! Go to Yangzhou! The Yangzhou prefect has received my amnesty in the past, if you don't believe him, he will also disobey me! Didn’t the King of Wu say that Yangzhou’s city walls are high, so it’s always easier to defend the city.”
Ling Shu was silent, and let out a long sigh in his heart. After a while, he said: "Then, I will accompany your majesty to Yangzhou."