Jing Yuan told Xiao Jining: "He is the one who protects you these days."

The person who protects him?

Xiao Ji Ning thought that Jing Yuan was going to leave when he heard the words, so he immediately asked him: "Are you going somewhere else, won't you stay by my side?" That's why he changed to such a person to stay by his side?

"Of course not." Jing Yuan replied to Xiao Jining, "It's just that he is protecting you, even if Jing Yue breaks through my blockade, he can't kill you."

"So powerful?" Xiao Jining couldn't help but began to look at this unfamiliar eunuch seriously after hearing this.

He looks mediocre, without any special features, and the only advantage is that he is still tall, only half a head shorter than Jing Yuan, and his body is not as strong as Jing Yuan, but he is not as thin or fat as ordinary eunuchs. Zhi Zhi is an ordinary person who is thrown into the crowd and can never be found again, but many times it is often such an ordinary hidden stunt.

This person can guarantee that he will not be killed by Jing Yue, he must be an extraordinary person.

Xiao Jining felt that he couldn't judge people by appearance, so he asked Jing Yuan, "Is he very good at martial arts?"

"No." Jing Yuan looked down at the eunuch standing in front of him and Xiao Jining respectfully, and said in a flat tone, "He doesn't know martial arts."

"Then...he knows how to use poison?"

For example, for the kind that can kill within ten steps, Jing Yue will be poisoned to death by the eunuch before he touches his sleeve.

But Jing Yuan said: "He doesn't know anything."

Xiao Jining: "..."

Then what's the use of staying with such a person by his side?Hold the sword for him?

But the new eunuch is still here, Xiao Ji Ning decided to give him some face after thinking about it, and chose to trust Jing Yuan: "Okay, then what's his name?"

Jing Yuan said: "Xiao Zhenzi."

"Little Sadako?"

"Call it whatever you want." Jing Yuan waved his hand again, telling the eunuch to back down, "He won't stay by your side for too long, and he will leave after Jing Yue's matter is resolved."

"Okay." Xiao Jining didn't ask further.

However, with the fierce battle imminent, Jingyuan's move was somewhat prescient, because news came from the palace that night that Jingyue had launched a mutiny - he directly transferred half of the 20 Beijing troops stationed in the north.

He knew that Xiao Jining was not in the palace, so he didn't bother to occupy the palace, but directly led one hundred thousand soldiers towards Mount Li, and also arrested four, five or six princes and concubines, threatening them to kill Xiao Jining and replace them. .

It's just that these princes are more ruthless than the other, and Jing Yue also knows that this trick is useless to them. He restrained the princesses just to ensure that the forces behind the princes and concubines in Beijing dare not make other movements for the time being. The princess's family background is not simple.

Just like the fifth prince's concubine, she is the daughter of Old General Ji. Although the Ji family is not as good as the Jing family, the Ji family always has military power in their hands.Even if the Ji family's army is not in the capital, once the news of the mutiny spreads out of the capital, the Ji family army will lead the troops back to the capital.

There is not much time left for Jingyue.

Xiao Jining felt that Jingyue would only last for ten days at most, if Jingyue could not kill him within ten days, after the border troops returned to Beijing, Jingyue would undoubtedly be defeated.So even when Jing Yue led his troops to surround Mount Li layer by layer, Xiao Ji Ning was not very panicked.

Li Xinggong was backed by the Yaohe River, so it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if Jing Yue surrounded him for a month, he might not be able to capture it, let alone he only had ten days.

And before entering the mountain, Jingyuan asked someone to dig a fire prevention canal on the side of Lishan Mountain. Even if Jingyue burned the mountain with fire prevention, it would not be able to hurt Li Xinggong.

However, Xiao Jining stood on Yugui Island and looked down the mountain with binoculars. He glanced at the army stationed at the foot of the mountain, but found that the number of soldiers in the Jingyue army seemed to be more than he had imagined.

"How many soldiers does he have?" Xiao Jining frowned and whispered after putting down the binoculars, "I feel more than a hundred thousand."

"It's more than 20." Jing Yuan stared at the front and told Xiao Jining, "There are [-] troops stationed in Beijing, [-] of his men, [-] of my men, but he also has [-] private soldiers."

Xiao Jining lost his voice when he heard this number: "One hundred thousand private soldiers?!"

"Yes." Jing Yuan looked at Xiao Jining, "It may even be more than one hundred thousand."

Xiao Jining said again: "But you are a general of hussars, and you can still mobilize 20 imperial guards."

"The Forbidden Army in the palace has been stationed in the capital all year round, how can it compare with Jingyue's private soldiers?" Jing Yuan shook his head and smiled, "And the Forbidden Army was once commanded by Xu Junhui, how many of them are Xu's rebellious party? I don't know how many people in the Forbidden Army listen to me, and how many listen to... Princess Zhen."

"... Concubine Zhen?" Xiao Jining murmured puzzled.

"Ning Ning." Jing Yuan took off the binoculars from Xiao Jining's hand, and said softly, "Emperor Yun Hong left more things for Concubine Zhen and the Seventh Prince than you can imagine."

Otherwise, Concubine Zhen didn't have any actual military power in her hands, so she wouldn't dare to plan so much.

Such things as military power have been the key to victory in a struggle since ancient times. Some elite soldiers can fight one hundred, and even if Concubine Zhen only has [-] such elite soldiers loyal to her, that is enough.

Jing Yuan said: "Jing Yue has not attacked the mountain until now, he is waiting for me."

Xiao Jining looked up at Jing Yuan and asked him: "Then are you going to see him?"

"No." Jing Yuan slowly raised the corners of his lips, his eyes were full of mischief, "I want to wait for him to come to see me."

Jing Yue led his troops to station at the foot of Mount Li and surrounded them for two whole days, but he never launched a frontal attack. There were a few "small fights" with the marching troops on Mount Li, but they did not gain the upper hand.

But it was this kind of tranquility that created an uneasy atmosphere in the Lishan Palace—of course, these people specifically referred to the Empress Dowager Chun and the Sixth Prince.

The 20 soldiers sent by Jingyuan to garrison Lishan Mountain were all selected by Jingyuan himself. They did not lose their morale in the face of [-] enemy soldiers. Here, the sixth prince rushed to pick the stars as soon as it was dawn in Lixing Palace. The palace came and said that he wanted to see Xiao Jining.

After the palace people came to report, Xiao Jining agreed.

Just as the sixth prince showed his face, he pointed to Jing Yuan who was standing beside Xiao Jining and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! What time is it, how can you keep this son of a treacherous and treacherous minister by your side?"

Xiao Jining did not expect that the sixth prince, who always shrank behind the fourth and fifth princes, would be the first one to stand up and say that Jing Yuan is the son of a rebellious minister, and the name of the sixth prince changed to him, so Xiao Jining said: : "Brother Liuhuang will call me 'Emperor' now. After hearing Brother Liuhuang call me "Emperor Brother" for a long time, I will not be used to it for a while."

Seeing that Xiao Jining was unmoved after hearing his words, the Sixth Prince even drank tea leisurely, and the anxious expression on his face became more serious: "Your Majesty! The people surrounding the mountains outside are Jingyue, and Jingyuan is his son. you……"

"I know who the people surrounding the mountain are." Xiao Jining interrupted the Sixth Prince, "Then according to Brother Sixth, what should I do?"

The sixth prince anxiously said: "You should arrest Jingyuan immediately and tell Jingyue to leave, let us go back to Beijing!"

Jing Yue has only one son like Jing Yuan, as long as his son is arrested, won't Jing Yue have to listen to them?

"Brother Liuhuang—" Xiao Jining put down the teacup, and said, "Jingyuan is the son of Jingyue, but Jingyuan is also my companion who grew up with me. You should also know that we can still stay in peace now. In Li Xinggong, [-] soldiers relying entirely on General Jing are guarding outside the palace. If General Jing disagrees with me, will you and I still be able to see the sun this morning?"

"This, this..." The Sixth Prince was speechless after hearing the words, "But they are still father and son."

"Father and son." Xiao Jining got up, and slowly walked in front of the sixth prince, "I thought that the emperor brother and I were both born in the royal family, so we should understand that blood relationship is unreliable."

"Besides, even if they are father and son, so what?"

Xiao Jining is about the same height as the Sixth Prince, but much thinner than him.But the Sixth Prince found that when Xiao Jining stood in front of him and looked at him at the same level, he actually had a little bit of a retreat.

"I am the emperor."

"Jingyuan is a minister first, and then a son. As a minister, he should listen to me, and as a son, he needs to listen to Jingyue. Since I have spoken, why should he listen to Jingyue?"

"As a minister, you should be obedient. General Jing is loyal to me and can kill relatives righteously. I admire this move. Maybe I should learn more from him." Xiao Jining looked directly into the eyes of the sixth prince and smiled. Ask the sixth prince, "Six prince, tell me, is what I said right?"

For some reason, the Sixth Prince felt that there was something in Xiao Jining's words - after all, although he was a prince, in the final analysis, he was also Xiao Jining's courtier.Not to mention that Xiao Jining also praised Jingyuan's righteous killing of relatives as worthy of his learning, so he wants to kill relatives righteously?

But Xiao Jining couldn't help being speechless when he saw that the sixth prince didn't dare to speak out so quickly, just now he felt that the sixth prince had become bolder, but it was a completely wrong illusion.Maybe this guy came here to look for him because of the instigation of the fourth prince or the fifth prince.

Xiao Jining turned around without turning his head and said: "Brother Liuhuang, you should go back and rest well, I am alive, and you will not die."

What if you die?

But the sixth prince didn't dare to ask this question. He was so courageous to say Jingyuan just now, not only because he was too anxious, but also because the fifth prince told him that Jingyue didn't do anything for a long time, maybe it was because he was worried about Jingyuan. Son, that's why he rushed to persuade Xiao Jining to arrest Jing Yuan and threaten Jing Yue, but after calming down now, he was so frightened that he broke out in sweat.

Maybe it's true that Jingyue is afraid of Jingyuan's daring to attack rashly, but the soldiers in the Lishan Palace are all from Jingyuan, and it's true that they all depend on Jingyuan for their lives now. If Jingyuan really wants them to die, it's simply easy.

Besides, it's not that Jingyue can't have other sons, instead of arresting Jingyuan and threatening Jingyue, it's better to beg Jingyuan to let him persuade his father to abandon the dark and turn to the bright.

The Sixth Prince returned to his palace in a cold sweat, listening to Xiao Jining's words and staying behind closed doors - anyway, even if Jingyue invaded Lishan Mountain, it would be Xiao Jining who would kill first, none of his business.

And after the sixth prince left, Xiao Jining was not in the mood to drink tea anymore.

Because he was not as calm as he showed in the sixth prince just now, he was also a little anxious.In the end Xiao Jining couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Jing Yuan again: "Brother Jing Yuan, are we really not doing anything, just waiting like this?"

"Yes, just wait, there are some things—" Jing Yuan said, "I've already done it for you."

Xiao Jining was startled when he heard the words, and said, "What did you do?"

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