Qinse is in the imperial court, forgetting both favor and disgrace

As soon as he entered the dense forest, Zhao Rang held his breath and heard the strange movement. He didn't dare to be negligent. Before the other party made a move on him, he set his eyes on the tallest tree nearby and climbed up like lightning. With the moonlight and the unextinguished fire beside the road, Observe the position of the condescending crossbowman just now.

To Zhao Rang's surprise, the crossbowmen who succeeded in one blow did not chase after the victory and kill them all. Instead, they put away their crossbows one after another, slid down the tree, and hid quietly in the darkness.

After concentrating all his attention, with eagle-like eyesight, Zhao Rang could distinguish the shadows in the dense forest, and headed for the depths of the forest. He also quickly got off the ground, hesitated a little, but still followed without hesitation.

It is indeed a big taboo to go deep alone, but if you return halfway at this time, it will be difficult to know the identities of these people. Although he is worried about Li Lang's injury, Zhao Rang judges that he is fine, so it is better to find out the truth first. , so as to confront Wei Yixiao.

After running for less than a moment, several erratic figures in front of them entered a relatively open area one after the other, and almost stopped at the same time.

Zhao Rang frowned slightly when he saw this, and didn't follow up immediately. He was still hiding in the dense forest, watching the actions of the group of people silently.

This group of crossbowmen actually consisted of about a dozen people, and they were lined up in a row, facing the dense forest. One of them strode out from the queue, stood at the front, and said loudly: "General Zhao, Nanyue Your Royal Highness, since you have followed, why don't you show up and gather with the brothers?"

As soon as Zhao Rang heard this, he knew that this person was Captain Zhou in the glazed pagoda. Presumably, the purpose of this group of people was to come for him. Maybe he had already been noticed by the other party when he first entered the dense forest. With a loud laugh, he walked out of his hiding place and said with a calm smile, "It turns out that Captain Zhou came here just to meet me."

Captain Zhou smiled, clasped his fists and said to Zhao Rang: "General Zhao, there are not only people who come here for you."

He swung his right arm backwards suddenly, and all the hands of the team suddenly knelt down to Zhao Rang, and they all respectfully shouted in unison: "My king!"

Zhao Rang's body was shocked, and he strode past Captain Zhou with a dignified expression, and went to the front of the queue to look at them one by one, and couldn't help blurting out: "You, you!"

It turned out that the whole team of crossbowmen were all the generals of the Wuxi tribe when Zhao Rang was in South Vietnam!

Zhao Rang helped one person up, and was about to ask a question. Captain Zhou behind him laughed first and said, "General Zhao, it seems that someone is following you. These brothers are your loyal subordinates. You can give them orders."

As soon as the words fell, Captain Zhou's figure swayed, and he actually dodged into the dense forest behind to hide.

At this time, all the generals who bowed to Zhao Rang had stood up, with bows and arrows in hand, and some of them were even on the bowstring.

Zhao Rang turned around and looked around, only to see clusters of flames, which became more and more dazzling, and the sound of footsteps was chaotic and gradually became clear. He frowned slightly, and decisively said to the crowd: "Go! Enter the forest!"

The crossbowmen were well-trained, and without Zhao Rang's instructions, they turned around and sneaked into the forest. They were as agile as apes, climbed up the tall trees, and hid in the canopy.

Zhao Rang hid behind a big tree that couldn't be surrounded by trees in the forest, quietly staring at the movement of the fire.

Not long after, we saw Wei Yixiao leading dozens of imperial troops, holding on to torches, appearing in a file.

Wei Yixiao's face darkened, and he ordered: "Everyone should disperse, don't take their cold arrows again!"

As soon as the imperial army moved according to the order, a sharp arrow shot out from the dense forest, and it was nailed less than three feet below Wei Yixiao's feet.

The guards were about to rush into the forest with their knives, Wei Yixiao stopped again, and he walked to the edge of the forest alone, sneered loudly, and said contemptuously: "Zhao Rang, how did His Majesty treat you, and how did you do it? Even if you still have a little loyalty, come out and go back with me to meet His Majesty!"

In the forest, there was only the rustling sound of the breeze blowing the branches and leaves, and there was no human voice to respond.

Wei Yixiao continued: "Now that Your Majesty saw blood on your body and was seriously injured, why are you so ignorant?"

He waited for a while, and saw that there was no movement in the forest, and no arrows or stones flew out. He sighed and smiled, then turned to the imperial guards and said, "That's all, let him go, retreat."

The guards regrouped silently, the flames flickered, and they disappeared in the dense forest again.

Zhao Rang waited for Wei Yixiao and others to go to the distance and come out from behind the tree. Seeing this, the old South Vietnamese troops also gathered around him.It was only at this time that Zhao Rang had the opportunity to ask: "Why did you come to Jinling too? Did you come with the princess?"

Amidst the chatter, Zhao Rang finally understood that after Zhao Rang was escorted to Beijing, most of the barbarian soldiers mainly in Wuxi belonged to their own ethnic groups, and few of them were willing to stay in the Xinli South Vietnam Army.

Even for the few who remained, it is said that after the generals were replaced by Eastern Chu Han people, it became more and more difficult to survive, and they often suffered from insufficient food and salary in the army. In terms of his status, he should not intervene too much to defend the old department.

And the death of the Tai Tuo became a mystery. The Nanyue Han officials turned up and blamed the felony of killing the three princes on the rebellion of the South Yue barbarians. But now these old friends complain to Zhao Rang that the Tai Tuo is very fair. , There are many soothing actions, even if the Wuxi people are full of hatred, they will definitely not hate the Tai Tuo, and they will kill him as a pleasure.

But once the Taifu died, the Eastern Chu Han army immediately lifted the ban, and on the grounds of tracking down the murderer, they forcibly entered Wuxi and other tribal lands, robbed and looted, and even raped women and tortured and killed the old and young.

The barbarian tribes are naturally unbearable to be oppressed, and most of them follow their own way to punish their own people, and they also gather down the mountain to burn, kill and loot the Han villages. For the sake of harmony disappearing without a trace, the gap between Han and barbarians gradually became a natural moat.

It was in such a situation that the Queen of Wuxi raised her arms and shouted, and immediately several major tribes responded, and then they attacked the county mansion at night, fought with the Han army all night, and snatched the little prince.

The generals were even indignant, Qi Zhenxu was ungrateful and ungrateful, and for the sake of personal prosperity, he actually killed his brothers who had lived and died together.

Speaking of pain, some of them couldn't help but burst into tears. Zhao Rang heard about Nanyue's recent situation and his brows were deeply furrowed. Seeing the situation at this time, except for a sigh from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't say anything, so he had to wipe away his tears His brother slapped him heavily on the shoulder.

Although the night attack was to take Zhao Rang's son back, but the old Wuxi clan Wang Yigan and others fell into the hands of the Han army, which temporarily hindered their intention to support the little prince. The princess wanted to go to Beijing to save her father and husband. They followed suit.Unexpectedly, the princess insisted on going her own way, risking her own life, imprisoning herself and the little prince, and it is said that she would be executed at the same time as the old king.

When everyone had nothing to do, it was the people from Dachong'en Temple who took the initiative to help them, so they could reunite with Zhao Rang smoothly. Now they hope that Zhao Rang will lead the people to rescue the old clan in the confidant of Eastern Chu like before. The king and queen and others.

And Captain Zhou, who was hiding somewhere just now, jumped down from the tree in a mysterious manner, stroked his beard with his palm, and smiled at Zhao Rang: "General Zhao, these old troops of yours are all following your... The reason why the concubine came to Jinling is to hope that you can go back to Nanyue with everyone and stand up for everyone—isn’t it?”

Naturally, all the people in Nanyue said yes, and dozens of people looked at Zhao Rang eagerly, waiting for him to speak.

Zhao Rang glanced at Colonel Zhou, nodded and said, "Okay, this place is not suitable to stay for a long time. Captain Zhou, you should know where the old king is being imprisoned. Now that the emperor is injured, it is difficult to get support from the Imperial Army for a while. If you want to save someone, you must You have to take advantage of it now."

Colonel Zhou smiled triumphantly: "I know it well. But General Zhao, the emperor sacrificed himself to defend you from arrows, but you took this opportunity to save your princess. Is it really all right?"

"There's no need to gossip." Zhao Rang also smiled indifferently.

Because Li Lang intentionally beheaded the South Vietnamese captives in public during the inspection of the lake, he imprisoned them all in the dungeon of the navy barracks. The dungeon was originally used to punish soldiers who violated military laws and was located in the deepest part of the barracks. , backed by the mountain wall, remote location.

Zhao Rang led the crowd out of the forest under the leadership of Colonel Zhou, and saw the horses that had been prepared, and then got on the horses and galloped all the way, staggering the guarding and patrolling guards to the edge of the lake, and saw the two fishing boats that had been prepared by the lake , it became clearer in his heart that the "Supreme Emperor" in Da Chong'en Temple was doing everything possible to eliminate the possibility of him falling to Li Lang. I am afraid that the old department who came to Jinling bitterly will not let him go first.

Too much to worry about!The favor of the old king's appreciation and the righteousness of the queen's husband and wife, it is destined that he will not stand idly by, but if there are no such evil spirits to hinder him, perhaps he does not need to break up with Li Lang in this way.

How is the man injured?Can we meet again some other day?

Zhao Rang sighed silently, boarded the boat, saw Captain Zhou leaning on the bow of the boat, stepped forward and asked suddenly: "Just now the imperial army's pursuers arrived, why did you hide? Did you expect that the leader Wei Yixiao would come? "

Captain Zhou was slightly taken aback. He didn't reply to Zhao Rang's words, but just heyed twice, twisted his body, looked up to the sky, and asked inappropriately: "General Zhao, the arrowheads used by your subordinates seem to have been poisoned. Tell me, that one?" Can the emperor survive tonight?"

He paused, and seemed to be talking to himself: "If you can't bear it, it's not just you, the one in the temple has nothing to worry about."

Zhao Rang's eyes flickered, but he didn't answer. Fortunately, there were so many people and the boat was fast, and it didn't take long to reach the other shore.

Captain Zhou took out a scroll as thick as a middle finger from his bosom, handed it to Zhao Rang, and said with a smile: "General Zhao, the location of the dungeon and the layout inside are all drawn here. This is the end of the next task, and the rest will be handed over to Zhao Rang." It's up to you and the Nanyue brothers to wait on the fishing boat and wait for the general and the princess to return triumphantly."

Zhao Rang took it without saying much, thanked him in a low voice, and led everyone ashore.

Not long after walking, there was another forest in front of him. Zhao Rang motioned to take a break, unfolded the drawings, and took a closer look with the torch that the old department carried with him: the drawings and words were very detailed, and it was written at the end that the ugly time was in the right place. It's time for the dungeon guards to change shifts, but the replacements are often late, while the previous shift leaves on time. If you want to save people, you might as well take advantage of this opportunity.

Even knowing this kind of news clearly, Zhao Rang thought to himself, wondering how much more capable the "Supreme Emperor" is?