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Chu Shao's mind was in chaos: "If he rebelled and surrounded the palace with troops, why hasn't the parrot guard come to report me now?"

"He acted swiftly and resolutely as soon as he made a move. Parrot Wei was caught off guard and didn't have time to tell you." Qi Lang rolled his eyes and replied quickly, "The general also knows that I have been ignoring political affairs for a long time, even family affairs. Now Now I don't have any real power, so I can't compete with Duke Wei...His Highness said all the good things for me in the Bai Yu Ruyi case, I must find a way to save him, General, although you had an unpleasant quarrel with Your Highness a few days ago, it was after all Little things..."

Chu Shao went out with a calm expression: "I'm going back to the Xuanjian camp now."

"Stay here, general! You can't go!" Seeing that he was about to leave, Qi Lang grabbed him, "Now the three gates of Zhongyang have been sealed by Wei Shuqing, and the Xuanjian camp is going to be closed today, what do you think? Going out is harder than climbing to the sky, I have an expedient plan here..."

Chu Shao frowned and said, "Huh?"

"Think about it, general." Qi Lang waved his hand to signal his followers to retreat, "The rebel army surrounded the palace, and the parrot guards haven't come to report at this time, they must have been trapped in the imperial city, and the internal organization is almost paralyzed... The golden cicadas in Zhongyang City are loose and useless, if you go to the Xuanjian camp, you will be transferred back and forth, and when you come back, the world will change hands."

He spoke urgently, his face flushed red: "Grand Wei probably has captured the emperor and queen at this time, and the second prince has been kept in the deep palace all year round, so he must have fallen into their hands. If you want to usurp the throne in a legitimate way, think about their next target Who could it be! And I heard that Duke Wei has already figured out the secret passages of the imperial city and the prince's mansion, and now he has taken people to the south ferry to guard it secretly..."

This surprise was no small matter, Chu Shao panicked: "How could he know the exit of the imperial family's secret way? It's impossible..."

"After much deliberation, I feel that except for the general, no one can save His Highness with me." Qi Lang interrupted him, and said meaningfully, "In the current situation, it depends on whether the general believes me or not, but I think, the general I'm afraid you'll have to believe me."

"What do you mean?" Chu Shao tried to calm down and asked with a calm face.

He naturally has a way of dealing with foreign enemies, but after all, he is too young to be calm in the face of these intrigues.

Seeing him like this, Qi Lang couldn't help but feel relieved a little, but he said: "The general thinks that Wei Gong captured the emperor, queen and second prince, which is equivalent to half of the success of usurping the throne. The second prince, Shuo Wei Nuo Nuo, is a puppet. The best candidate. At this time, Duke Wei will definitely kill His Highness if he captures His Highness. He knows the exit of the secret passage, and His Highness will be killed when he exits the secret passage. But if we think about it a little, we will This can change everything..."

"Tell me." Chu Shao looked at Qi Lang and said without thinking.

"Tell the truth, general, I came to you today under the banner of persuading you to submit to Duke Wei," Qi Lang said sadly, "What I mean is that you and I pretend to submit to Duke Wei together. The power of Zhongyang is at its peak, so why bother to confront it head-on... When he thinks he has achieved his success and relaxes his vigilance triumphantly, the general and I will wait for an opportunity to counterattack, but the premise of the counterattack is to guarantee His Highness's life. Do you believe me, the general..."

"Stop talking nonsense, talk quickly." Chu Shao frowned.

So Qi Lang lowered his voice, and said word by word: "General, please join me and Wei Shuqing to encircle Your Highness, and hurt him first when His Highness comes out of the secret way. Let him find no reason to continue to do it..."

"You asked me to do something to him?" Chu Shao couldn't believe it, "It's impossible, I'd rather hurt myself!"

"It's just a stopgap measure, General! You've been in the army for many years, so you should know the importance of what to do!" Qi Lang said, "At that time, you and I will gain the trust of Duke Wei, so we can secretly write to His Highness the Crown Prince and find a chance to rescue him. I believe His Highness will not blame us for the counterattack of the Zhanlu army. Besides, the lives of the entire imperial palace, the general's mansion, and the prince's mansion are in the hands of Wei Shuqing. If you and I do not pretend to surrender, who will protect these people? What about life? If His Majesty and the little princess are injured a little bit, how sad His Highness will be!"

Chu Shao opened his mouth and couldn't utter a word. He lowered his head, feeling that all the threads were in a mess and he couldn't find a solution.Just as he was thinking, a different voice suddenly sounded above the clear sky.

He looked at it with a pale face, clusters of fireworks were exploding on the clear day sky of Zhongyang, as if they were singing a heavy dirge.

"What's going on?" Feng Xie pushed open the door of the study, looking at the fireworks in the sky in surprise, "It's not night yet, and it's not a big day, why does Zhongyang want to light fireworks, Qin Mu—"

"Your Highness, don't worry, wait for me to investigate." Qin Mu looked at the fireworks in the sky, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied calmly.He walked quickly through the front yard of Lingmu Garden and walked towards the main entrance of the Prince's Mansion.

"His Royal Highness—"

A little guard ran over in a panic, completely ignoring him who was walking towards the door, and kowtowed in front of Feng Xie.

Feng Xie frowned slightly: "What's the matter?"

"Suddenly the mansion was surrounded by soldiers from nowhere," the little guard kowtowed desperately, "These soldiers have already killed many of us, I'm afraid they were not sent by the emperor, they are coming fiercely, I'm afraid—"

"His Royal Highness—"

Feng Xie was puzzled when he heard this, but he walked towards the gate of the mansion: "Presumptuous, who dares to send troops to surround my mansion, this is treason—"

"His Royal Highness, Duke Wei has rebelled!"

Someone yelled outside the gate of the mansion, Feng Xie stopped abruptly, shocked in his heart: "What?"

Qin Mu hid behind the main entrance, and stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers outside to be calm. He gritted his teeth, then drew out his sword and slashed mercilessly on his right shoulder, then staggered in, clutching his shoulder. : "His Royal Highness, Duke Wei conspired against him and led his troops to surround the Prince's Mansion. Please leave first to protect yourself!"

"Is your injury more serious?" Feng Xie went up to help him up, and said anxiously, "Follow me into the palace through the secret passage first, and tell Father, why did Wei Shuqing rebel? Where did he get the soldiers?"

"Your subordinate is fine," Qin Mu said half-truthfully, covering his shoulders, "Don't enter the palace! Duke Wei dared to come and besiege the Prince's Mansion, and he must have surrounded the Jinting Imperial City. If His Highness goes to the palace, it would be a Throw yourself into a trap! The immediate priority is to protect yourself first, but I don’t know the secret path of the Prince’s Mansion... Maybe I can escape for the time being?”

Feng Xie was startled, and then replied: "Of course there is, but..."

"That's fine, I'll protect His Highness to go first!" Qin Mu blew the parrot whistle hanging on his chest, and said eagerly, "I will let the brothers fight hard against the soldiers outside the house, and please leave quickly, Your Highness!"

There are not many soldiers in the prince's mansion, and there are not many parrot guards outside the palace. It is estimated that they won't last long. Feng Xie looked at the wound on Qin Mu's shoulder, thought for a while, and then replied: "Forget it, you follow me to take shelter from the wind for a while. Head... By the way, let the parrot guard find a way to pass the letter to the five generals in Zhongyang, Jin Mingjing, Shen Amber, Du Yuan, and... Chu Shao, they should all be in the city, and they are asked to protect themselves and find opportunities to go Go to the Xuanjian Camp, and absolutely must not fall into the hands of Wei Shuqing."

"The five generals are all heroes, and they will be able to protect themselves." Qin Mu and Feng Xie hurried to the secret passage behind the study, but there was a silent smile on the corner of their lips.

In the past, Qin Mu only followed the wind to enter the secret passage on the first floor of the Prince's Mansion, only after this time did he realize how much thought Gongshu Wurhuang had put into designing the Prince's Mansion.Not to mention that the entrance to the secret road is hard to find, the road is winding and tortuous, and there are many forks in the road. Even if you find the entrance to the Prince's Mansion, you will chase it to a dead end without paying attention.

Fortunately, he took his father's manuscript and spent half a month finding out the exit of the secret passage.

The two of them were shuttled through the secret passage with their own thoughts. Feng Xie had come down many times before, and he was quite familiar with finding the way. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Qin Mu suddenly heard someone's voice in the secret room.

He narrowed his eyes, and took a step towards the sound, but he saw Feng Lu squatting in the corner holding a knife, and beside her was a blood-stained parrot guard who was obviously dead.Feng Lu held up the dagger, and after seeing the person who came, the dagger fell to the ground with a "clang".

"Brother—"

"Ru Xue, why are you here?" Feng Xie's face changed drastically, he crossed Qin Mu, hugged Feng Lu, and said anxiously, "Where is the father? Do you want to explain? You..."

"I don't know," Feng Lu clutched his sleeve tightly, trembling with nervousness, but she was still reasonable, "Wei Shuqing... the old thief is very scheming, Father was deceived by him so hard! Woke up this morning, Father Calling him into the palace, who would have expected..."

"I know he's turned his back on him. He's been acting so much for so many years that his father has let down his guard..." Feng Xie gasped, "Don't talk about this, is your father reconciled? Why didn't you come with you?"

As soon as the words fell, the tears that had been circling in Feng Lu's eyes couldn't help but fell down: "The parrot guard... the parrot guard was instigated by the old thief of the Wei family, and the father didn't expect it, and he didn't even have a chance to escape... Ah Song He sent me down the secret passage with all his might, but his injuries were too serious, so he only sent me here... He said let me not run around and wait for you here, brother, hurry up, someone has already passed through the secret passage of the royal family Chased out—"

"Don't be afraid." Feng Xie walked forward with her in his arms, his hands trembling slightly. Ah Song was originally a bodyguard who grew up with Feng Lu, and protected her personally since she was a child. , Feng Xie glanced over his corpse, and suddenly seemed to remember something, "Qin Mu, the parrot guard is plotting against you, you..."

"This subordinate didn't know anything, please punish him, His Royal Highness!" Qin Mu's heart sank, and he knelt down first, "This subordinate has not contacted the palace for a long time, who would have thought that they would have such thoughts!"

Feng Xie stared at him for a while, then sighed: "Forget it, you probably don't know, or you won't get hurt, get up. Ruxue, you and me, let's get out first, and then make plans."

Feng Lu nodded, before the three of them left, they suddenly heard a burst of messy footsteps.

Qin Mu's face changed, and he drew out the silver snow knife first: "Your Highness and the princess go first, and the subordinates go down."

"There are too many people, you can't break the queen by yourself," Feng Xie lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly put down Feng Lu in his arms, and leaned close to her ear and said something.

Qin Mu only heard Feng Xie say to her in a low voice: "Do you remember what I said?"

Feng Lu nodded, then rubbed her eyes, and said, "Brother Huang, be careful."

Then without hesitation, she turned around and ran back towards the way she came from. She was relatively small, took two steps along the secret path, and soon disappeared.

Qin Mu looked back a few times, and said worriedly: "Your Highness, didn't you say that there is only one way to go, if Princess Lu doesn't follow us, where can she go—"

"The exit of the secret path is at Nandukou, which is too far away from Zhongyang City. After we go out, we may not be able to encounter reinforcements." Feng Xie held the sword in his hand and said hastily, "I'll let her go to a safer place."

Qin Mu was planning secretly, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. The two walked along the secret passageway with burning lamps for a while, and they bumped into the parrot guard who came down to pursue him unexpectedly.

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Thanks to the little angel who threw thunder for me: 3 taro cakes; 1 piece of chopped green onion and want to eat fish

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Thank you for your support, I will continue to work hard~Jiu Mi