Three anecdotes

About Cardinal Jin's condition, Shang Chengbi didn't believe it, but many people in Chu State believed it.The people of Chu believed in the god of fire superstitiously, so everyone went to the temple of the fire god to pray for the blessing of the god of fire.Jin Yuwang also went to the Temple of Fire to offer a stick of incense symbolically.

Jin Luwang's attitude encouraged everyone, and the common people inquired about how to wake up the prince, and the rumor of Dragon Heart Grass spread.Most of the legends, the taste of the dragon heart grass changed when it was passed on, and the dragon heart grass was the same. Three days after Cardinal Jin was unconscious, the dragon heart grass could cure diseases and it was spread that the dragon heart could save lives.The word "Dragon Heart" is too ambiguous.

Shang Chengbi thought that these two words were aimed at himself, and that only he could save his life. Jin Yiwang thought that these two words could be punished by his heart, and he wanted his own life. Only the real dragon has no heart. Only Cardinal Jin can get better.

So, on the morning of the fourth day, Jin Yuwang once again came to Cardinal Jin's bedroom alone. He came every day for the past two days, and Yun Juan and Yun Shu only served him respectfully.Usually, he only asks a few sentences, and when he arrives, it will be done. Today, he actually sat by Cardinal Jin’s bed in person, looking at Yun Juan with the medicine bowl in his hand, and said in a very deep voice, "The medicine still can’t go in. ?”

"Yes, the prince refuses to drink." Yunjuan's address to Cardinal Jin made Jin Yuwang even more uncomfortable.He remained calm and stretched out his hand. Yunjuan had no choice but to hand him the medicine bowl in his hand. Jin Yuwang scooped up a mouthful of medicine with a small medicine spoon, blew symbolically, and put the medicine spoon into Cardinal Jin's mouth During the day, he didn't help Cardinal Jin to get up, and he refused to lower his body. How could he feed the medicine? A spoonful of the medicine didn't pour into Cardinal Jin's closed mouth, but it flowed all over his neck. , Yunjuan hurriedly wiped it, and suddenly, Jin Yuwang dropped the medicine bowl, and the medicine bowl was all on the carpet.

Yunjuan and Yunshu were taken aback, but they heard him say, "It's because you are not good at serving the prince, so go and tell Neiye Mansion to pick the best maids to serve."

Both Yun Juan and Yun Shu knelt on the ground and did not speak. Soon, there was a voice from outside the door, and six eunuchs from Neiye Mansion came in. The two of them knew something was wrong. , "The crown prince has been in short supply for a long time, and you are close maids, but you don't know how to persuade them. This kind of negligence, what do you want?" He said, "For the crown prince's sake, let's send these two people away without punishing them." Return to Neiye Mansion for retraining."

As soon as he finished speaking, the six eunuchs came up to escort Cardinal Jin. The maid beside Cardinal Jin couldn't do anything to the two young eunuchs.Yun Shudao, "My son abandoned his family and left his father, and went to great difficulties for the country. He lived on his salary and tasted his courage, and he was blamed by his enemies. After six years of humiliation, his inner pockets were already empty, and then he worked hard and worked hard to reach today. The two of us are greatly gracious How dare you not serve wholeheartedly. Now that the son is unconscious and the emperor blames him, the two of us have nothing to say, but with the situation of the son, we must not be separated from the people we trust. In Neiye Mansion, we should wait for the son to wake up. Alright, let's go again."

Jin Yuwang had thought that the people around Cardinal Jin would be difficult to deal with, but he did not expect that a little maid would be so presumptuous that she dared to contradict him openly in front of everyone, and immediately said, "My son's life or death is uncertain, so I will naturally send him He will be handed over to someone he trusts, a stubborn girl like you is really not suitable for close service, take him away!"

While he was talking, he stared straight at Cardinal Jin who was lying on the bed, to see if he was moving, to see if he was really dizzy or not.Cardinal Jin was still lying quietly, not moving a bit.

Yunjuan and Yunshu glanced at each other, shook their arms, and the people who came up to grab them staggered, Jin Yuwang smiled coldly, "The two little maids are so lawless." Those eunuchs usually He was doing the job of escort, much stronger than ordinary eunuch Kong Wu, now, being easily bounced away by two women, he naturally refused to let it go, they exchanged winks, and rushed forward again.

Yunjuan and Yunshu didn't resist anymore and let them catch them. Knowing that these two women had martial arts skills, they didn't dare to be careless, so they simply picked them up.

Soon, four beautiful court ladies in green clothes came in, and Jin Yuwang ordered a few times, and the four court ladies either cleaned up the medicine bowls and soup on the ground, or fetched water and wet handkerchiefs to wipe Cardinal Jin's face, and were busy with their duties. stand up.

Yun Juan's shoulders moved slightly, Yun Shu shook his head lightly, and the two of them glanced at Cardinal Jin again, Jin Youwang threatened the four maids again, ordered them to serve him well, and then walked out first.

Yunjuan and Yunshu were also brought out by Sona, but unfortunately, before the eunuch who was escorting the two of them walked out of the door of Cardinal Jin's dormitory, he was stopped by a group of guards who suddenly appeared from the ground in the entire hall. Wearing a golden helmet, a black robe, a long knife at the waist, and a red scabbard, everyone's face is like cast iron, expressionless.

Cardinal Jin’s Crown Prince’s East Palace was built under the supervision of Jin Yiwang. Every flower and tree is extravagant, and the building is gorgeous and rich. However, the number of officials and guards in the Crown Prince’s East Palace is customized. A member of the East Palace.

Jin Yaowang walked ahead, suddenly felt chills down his spine, when he looked back, he and the guards were separated by this silent team that appeared from nowhere, Jin Yaowang turned his head again, and the group of people and horses changed It became two teams, all of them seemed to have drilled out of the ground of the Eastern Palace, and the iron and the cold armor made people flustered for no reason.

Then, Jin Yuwang suddenly heard four exclamations in a row, and then stopped abruptly. Then, he saw a man in the same uniform as the defender walking out of the sleeping hall. The only difference was the knife in his hand. Unsheathed, the tip of the knife was bloody.

The gate of the East Palace is closed from the inside.

Jin Yuwang suddenly started to panic, "Are you guys planning to rebel?"

No one answered him, each of the silent masters in the golden helmet and black robe unsheathed their long knives, and Yun Shu Yunjuan broke free from the rope with a slight movement of his forearm, and the six little eunuchs didn't even dare to come out. , They watched helplessly as the warriors in the same golden helmets and black robes dragged out four corpses in the dormitory. Their sharp eyes could clearly see the green hem of the court ladies' costumes in the setting sun.

Jin Yan never imagined that the people around Cardinal Jin would be so arrogant and dare to show their weapons in front of him, but the manpower he brought was too small, especially, the Xuanpao Army was still like a tide. Wave after wave came from the ground.

Yun Shu Yunjuan lightly waved his hand, and the Xuanpao soldiers returned their knives into their sheaths one by one, row by row, row by row. Every time they returned their sheaths, there was only one sound of friction between the blades. Each sound was long and short, high and low, and even the echo of metal hitting metal They are all the same length, and the weapon hums continuously.

The gate of the East Palace reopened.

Yunjuan and Yunshu raised their steps, turned around, and walked back to Cardinal Jin's dormitory. The Xuanpao army who came from the sky like the rising tide retreated with their sheaths like the ebb tide, and there was not even a shadow in sight.

Jin Lu looked at the vermilion gate and suddenly felt that it was just like a dream.

He was about to leave, but he took a step, but his back felt cold, covered with a dense layer of cold sweat, sticking his expensive and soft pajamas to his back, looking up, the sky was full of sunlight.

Yunjuan Yunshu stood again in front of Jin Jin's machine tool, Yunjuan whispered, "What to do, the arrangement of the prince, for the sake of the two of us, has been exposed—"

Then, they heard that weak but clear voice, "So what if I'm exposed, anyway, the person I'm really waiting for won't come."

Although Shang Chengbi was sure in his heart that Cardinal Jin would never die, but it had been four days and there was no news of him waking up, and he was still on fire.He sent spies to inquire, only to find out that Jin Yiwang was also ill, so Shang Chengbi decided to take advantage of his illness to kill him.

Chu was originally a state belonging to Daliang, sandwiched between Cheng and Liang. Daliang established the country for four generations, with a stable foundation, and its territory spanned two rivers and one river. In the suburbs of Wuyong, Shu, Huai and Han, and the land of Baiyue, all the appearances of barbarians are in their arms.However, Cardinal Jin suddenly launched an attack and lost 51 counties in two prefectures, pushing the battle line to the riverside, at the foot of Phoenix Mountain.

Shang Chengbi's army going south this time is to quell the rebellious army and regain the lost ground, but he doesn't want the battle line to be too long. The army lined up along the river, but the defense line at the foot of the mountain is empty, and two counties were taken by Xuanpao across the mountain. How could Shang Chengbi be willing? .Now, the first step is to divide the troops and strike close, and beat back the Xuanpao Army who have passed Phoenix Mountain.

Since Cardinal Jin has made a move, how could he be unprepared.The five mountains of Phoenix Mountain are dangerous and rely on each other. Shang Chengbi only thought about the battle on the river and ignored the defense, but Cardinal Jin refused to give up an inch of ground.Now that his Xuanpao elite had already crossed the mountain, he immediately formed a pentagram array based on Wuling. Shang Chengbi, anticipating that he was short of troops, divided his troops into five places, and immediately decided to attack them one by one.

He first sent two thousand elites into the mountain from the north. He was confident that Cardinal Jin could mobilize only two thousand troops in total. The ones he brought out this time were all well-trained and mighty teachers, and he personally commanded them. unfavorable.

Shang Chengbi was conceited of his talents and never put other people in his eyes. He personally led the troops in his own hands and vowed to take Phoenix Mountain back and return the favor to Cardinal Jin.He has shared the bed with Cardinal Jin for five years, and he knows that this person always takes one step at a time, and the arrangement is exquisite, so he naturally dare not underestimate him, especially in this first real battle against him, let alone be careless. So, he specially sent his subordinate, the most meticulous and prudent Zhaohe Mountain, to lead the troops into the mountain, while he sat down at the foot of the mountain, watching his elite soldiers rushing forward like a long dragon straight into the Fenghuang Mountain Road, which was snaking and snaking. Man, said in his heart, "You still want to lie to me again, seeing that your painstaking efforts have been broken by me, do you still dare to lie on the bed and pretend to be dead?"

Shang Chengbi's guess was correct. After all, Cardinal Jin's business was declining. There were only 3000 people who stayed behind in Phoenix Mountain. Among them, 1000 people were divided into two counties, and only [-] people actually stayed behind in the mountains. , One thousand will be divided into five ways.

The defenders on Fenghuang Mountain were condescending, Liao Sha, the leader of Xuanpao, only looked down, and he knew that there were ten times as many people attacking.He turned around and looked around, because there were few people in Xuanpao, so the soldiers knew each other well, Liao Sha walked along the defense and asked all the way, "Shang Chengbi's elite soldiers are coming, are you afraid?"

The little soldiers in Xuanpao were all expressionless, and they didn't even answer.It's not that he was too nervous to speak, but that he didn't even bother to answer.There was only one lively soldier, like a little monkey, swinging around on the two sister pine trees on the peak, and said with a smile, "The commander-in-chief knows that they can't come up, why is he scaring us?" He ran away without a trace.

Liao Sha laughed loudly, looking at the gradually lowering clouds, he pointed his halberd at the sky, yes, even the heavens listen to our sons, how can humans fight against the sky!

God has played with Cardinal Jin countless times, but in the end Cardinal Jin pinched his pulse.Fenghuang Mountain is high in the north and low in the south, and it is cloudy in the north. It is the rainy season at this time. Shang Chengbi's soldiers and horses have only climbed halfway up the slope, and the sky suddenly becomes gloomy. Everyone's ears are filled with the sound of the howling wind, and the rain is about to come. The wind is all over the building, at this moment, it is the mountain rain falling suddenly and the wind is all over the slope.

The heavy rain fell in an instant, pouring down, and the army that Shang Chengbi had placed high hopes on was naturally not an idler. It was not wise to climb the mountain at this moment, so Zhaoheshan decided to find a leeward place to rest.

But among the mountains, 2000 troops are not a small number. How could they find so many open spaces in a short time, so they had to divide their troops to hide from the rain.When he was in a panic, he suddenly heard the sound of shouting from the mountain. With the sound of the wind, the momentum was extremely powerful, as if there were tens of millions of people.Zhao Heshan's complexion changed, remembering Shang Chengbi's instructions before he left, that Cardinal Jin is full of tricks, although I'm sure he doesn't have many hands, but it's hard to guarantee that he has other tricks, you have always been cautious, you must be careful.

When Zhaoheshan looked up, he saw a heavy rain, the wind rustled in his ears, and the sound of war was roaring. Immediately thinking of the emperor's words, he thought to himself, I am afraid that the king of Linyuan, who is full of tricks, has already deployed strong troops to wait for work on the mountain. Waiting for the emperor.Alas, the emperor claims to know him well, but in fact, he is not the emperor's bedside person, and he also sees the emperor clearly. This time, the emperor may be wrong again.Immediately pass down an order to order everyone to be careful, I am afraid that there are strong soldiers on the mountain.

Afraid of what to come, Shang Chengbi's men were splitting up to hide from the rain. Suddenly, a machete team sprang out from the foot of the mountain. Everyone was wearing rain helmets and holding seedling knives. The knives were as curved as the moon, and everyone was expressionless. , In the rain curtain, like killing gods one by one, they kill with a knife, the blade is sharp, cut off a head when it draws an arc, hit here, there is a constant whistling sound on the mountain, Liang Bing is getting more and more flustered, Thinking of Cardinal Jin's excellent strategy and his use of troops like a god, they retreated one after another.

The 2000 men and horses were scattered and fled down the mountain in a hurry.

Shang Chengbi was at the foot of the mountain, seeing his elite soldiers go down with high morale, but came down in a panic, his chest was suffocated with anger, and Zhaohe Mountain kowtowed and prostrated, "There are strong soldiers on the mountain. I will not dare to let the soldiers die for nothing."

At this time, the sky had cleared up, and looking up from the bottom of the mountain, no one could see the strength of the strong soldiers covering the sky with banners and flags. Shang Chengbi was so angry that he cursed, "Where does he have any strong soldiers? This person is used to taking advantage of the situation. The sound of the wind and the rain, the sound of the wind and the rumbling cranes, you are nothing more than a waste of grass and trees!"

Xuanpao's scimitar team of 100 people cut the main beam and turned two thousand elite soldiers on their backs. Naturally, Shang Chengbi would not give up easily. This time, he sent 3000 people. Zhaoheshan was useless, so he simply replaced Yu Chengbi. column.Although Yu Chengzhu belongs to the Yu family, he is a side branch. This person is not valued in the Yu family, and he is good at making money, so he voted for Shang Chengbi early in the morning.Although Shang Chengbi underestimated his character, he admired his unscrupulous vigor and ability to do things well, so he was highly valued.This man lost his family, and he only relied on Shang Chengbi, so naturally he took the lead in everything, and he had the ruthlessness to never look back.Shang Chengbi entrusted his troops to him because of this.

Yu Chengzhu was good at calculating, and he looked down on Zhao Heshan when he saw Zhao Heshan's frightened look.Cardinal Jin did have the talent for dispatching, but it was hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Even if he could poach corners under the eyes of the emperor and save a little foundation in Dachu, how many people would he have.What the Holy Majesty said is true. He was just taking advantage of the storm to make the people on the mountain bluff. He was also there when the casualties were counted. Just looking at the scars on the North Route Army, most of them rolled down from the mountain. Yes, only a few dozen people scare the two thousand strong soldiers into such a state.

Yu Chengzhu rectified his troops, raised his arms and shouted, "The man surnamed Jin is just a male favourite. His business is getting worse, so naturally he can't compare with us. Don't be like the Northern Army. I lost all face."

Although he said so, he also knew the ability of Cardinal Jin. King Jingbian, who had never been defeated in the battlefield, had stumbled at the hands of this man. He also knew that Fenghuang Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's the main peak again, so be careful.

Cardinal Jin's five groups of troops are divided into five mountains, and the leader of the main peak is Diu Hei.Holding clairvoyance in his hand, he saw that Liang Bing had actually walked to the east, and he admired the prince's arrangement in his heart.Fenghuang Mountain has five ridges, with four wings in the east, south, west and north, and a towering main peak named Zuziling. Cardinal Jin once said that although Fenghuang Mountain has many mountain roads and can be climbed from all directions, people from Liang To attack the main peak, you must go to the east foot, because there is only a canyon between the two peaks at the east foot, and the Suozi River flows through the valley, forming a very small mountain town where soldiers can be hidden.There are many soldiers in Liang, so they will definitely be temporarily stationed in this town for repairs.

It’s okay if they don’t fix it, but once they fix it, they’ll close their doors and beat dogs.

Throwing the helmet and turning back, he ordered the flag soldiers to hold up the flame flag of Cardinal Jin. The flag bearers held up the military flag and waved it in the wind. Yu Chengzhu led the army at the foot of the mountain to look up the mountain, and saw a golden piece above his head, like a sea of ​​flames.

Yu Chengzhu smiled slightly, and Cardinal Jin was indeed waiting for us on the main peak.

It seemed that the people on the mountain knew that Liang Bing was looking at them. The military flag was raised high, and the red waves were counted, which was even more gorgeous and enthusiastic than the rays of the sun.

Liang Jun suffered a defeat first, the [-] strong team came here to avenge their shame, Yu Chengzhu is good at drilling camps, and his subordinates are also the generation of flying kites, seeing such momentum on the peak, I can't wait to go up and wipe them out immediately, so that I can make military exploits , one by one were full of energy, eager to try, and Yu Chengzhu chose a road along the river, which was much slower than walking through the peaks, so how could he bear it now.

Yu Chengzhu looked at the eager eyes of his subordinates, but he was not in a hurry, "Cardinal Jin uses troops and is good at attacking the mind. We saw them ostentatiously, naturally agitated, and they went up the mountain for a long distance. They waited for work with ease, and it was hard to guarantee that they would suffer. Don't worry, I have Ask the guide, and then go ten miles forward, there is a corner town, the town is not big, the population is not large, but it is hidden between the two peaks, just enough for us to rest, and when we are full, we will go up and fight him to the death! Annihilate Cardinal Jin’s main peak team, let everyone hang their names in front of the emperor!”

Yu Chengzhu's soldiers are clear about who will lead what soldiers, how much ability the master has. They have always admired Yu Chengzhu for being able to dissociate from the family and serve him in front of the emperor. He couldn't help it, but also thought that he and Cardinal Jin were scheming people, and that only a cunning person like him could guess Cardinal Jin's seventeen or eighteen intuitions, and he was even more admirable.It doesn't matter if the coach is raped, as long as he can make meritorious service.What's more, the march all the way was hard work. Hearing what he said clearly, I naturally calmed down and went to the corner town between the two mountains.

Everyone was determined to rest up, and the march was naturally faster. They all thought that there would be a bad battle when they got to the place to relax. They walked far away and saw the smoke in the town. Everyone admired the general's clever plan, but because he and Yu's family has old grievances and entanglements, but no one dares to praise him for being born in a general family and having a long history of family education.

After marching in a hurry for a day, there was smoke from the cooking stoves in front of our eyes. This group of tiger and wolf soldiers rushed into the town without even thinking about it. Who knew that the city gate was suddenly closed as soon as they entered the city.Yu Chengzhu's heart skipped a beat, but he forced himself to be calm. Thinking of how many people there could be in this small town, Cardinal Jin didn't have many soldiers, so what if there was an ambush.

It's a pity he forgot that Cardinal Jin never had many soldiers, but he had many cannons.

Mr. Jin knew that he couldn't afford to die, but he could afford to spend money to build weapons, and he never hesitated to equip his black robe with heavy weapons. As soon as Yu Chengzhu entered the door, a black army of black robes pushed two people's high crawlers When the car drove out, every window in the city was opened, and there were crossbows on the window sills.

The Xuanpao army ambushing in the city asked, "Do you want to die or surrender?"

Yu Chengzhu raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, don't be fooled by them like Zhaoheshan, they have no soldiers, they are just bluffing, big guys charge!"

Liang Jun saw with his own eyes how Shang Chengbi kicked Zhaoheshan over, and he had always believed in Yu Chengzhu, so he drew his sword and charged.

It's a pity that General Yu's 3000 or [-] minds and eyes are not as good as that of Mr. Chonghua's exquisite heart, chariots, strong crossbows, artillery, and [-] people who just had time to draw their swords, were caught off guard, and caught a turtle in the urn. A fish that slipped through the net.

As for Shang Chengbi, waiting at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, not even a small soldier who reported the news escaped. It was not until three days later, when the flame flag was still fluttering above the main peak, that he was really sure that, it turned out that this time, he was the one who lost again. up.