Your Highness asked me to pay him back his honor

In the palace, Wende Hall.

The old grand master Pang Gan and the privy envoy sat in front of the car, the lights were dim, and the table was covered with petitions from the officials of the DPRK and China.

"They all asked Chaotang to take advantage of the victory and send troops to repel the Xixia people and take down Shuozhou City."

The privy envoy stayed behind closed doors these days, but he couldn't avoid it. He was in a state of desperation: "I don't see such unity in the court on weekdays. It's just muddling along and sweeping the door. How come they suddenly care about the frontier war situation together?"

"It's not just the officials in the court, but now in Bianliang City, the wind of seeking war is everywhere."

Grand Master Pang Gan said: "Even the lantern shops on the street are rushing day and night to create revolving lanterns for defeating the enemy on the battlefield and recovering the country."

"It's just nonsense."

The privy envoy frowned: "Open your mouth and keep your mouth shut to recover the country. Now that the country is in turmoil, the imperial army is fighting a bloody battle. Where can we find the spare energy to fight again?"

The emperor leaned in front of the couch, looking at the various desks, cabinets and departments writing books, unable to see clearly.

The privy envoy gritted his teeth, stretched out his hands to collect the memorials, and said in a deep voice: "At this time, it is time to recuperate, how can we use weapons again? The people are ignorant, so they just make fun of it, but the court is so ignorant of the importance, it is outrageous." ..."

Pang Gan raised his hand and interrupted him slowly: "Are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused?"

The outstretched hand of the privy envoy asked him to stop him halfway, his face changed slightly, and he stopped talking.

"My lord dare not say it. The old man buried half of his body in the ground. He only knows his allegiance to the emperor. There is nothing he can't say."

Pang Gan picked up a memorial, flipped through a few pages at random, closed it and put it back, his old and cloudy eyes showed some light: "Isn't it clear enough what purpose these letters were sent to the emperor?"

The Privy Secretary moved his lips, and some cold sweat oozes from his forehead: "Old Master, what you said—"

"At that time, the emperor was still only a prince, and his foothold was not stable, and his foundation was not deep, so he took the risk of supporting his lord to take the position of the Privy Council. Later, he tried to squeeze out the Ministry of War and returned the military power to the Privy Council."

Pang Gan said slowly: "Your Excellency should be clear about how many blood debts have been paid and how many unresolvable vengeances have been made."

The privy envoy hoarse: "The lower officials are incompetent..."

Pang Gan stared at him, and said darkly, "What is the purpose of expending so much effort?"

The privy envoy asked him to question him, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, his face became paler and paler.

The last time Pang Gan mentioned the old account of King Yan, he touched the emperor's nose. At this time, he did not dare to talk about the past, and only focused on the privy envoy: "Since ancient times, the power in the court has changed, and the military strength should be the first. It is all due to the emperor's deep and far-sighted strategy at the beginning, winning the military power through danger, and I can only sit here today, but my lord has done a good job, and now even the tiger talisman of the imperial army has been snatched by others!"

"These remonstrances are written today, and they keep saying that they want to seize the border cities and restore the country. But if you want to fight the battle in the northern border, who will fight it? Do you want to rely on a few Jinwu guards, or rely on hidden soldiers escorting them?"

Pang Gan said coldly: "Do you want to wait until even the Shuofang army has completely fallen into the hands of King Yan, and then your lord will come to kowtow in front of the emperor and say that the officials are incompetent!?"

The privy envoy lost his soul and fell to his knees on the ground, kowtowing heavily, not daring to speak out again.

"Forget it, it's not that I want to punish you."

Seeing this, the emperor finally sat upright a little, and said quietly: "Although what the grand master said is a bit more intense, it is generally not bad."

The emperor looked at him for a while, and sighed softly: "The power and favor of the Privy Council, I think I have given it to the extreme. You have been digging around and eliminating dissidents all these years, I have seen it in my eyes, and I have never asked too much... There is only one thing, I count on you Watch out for the forbidden army for me."

The Privy Envoy's forehead was red from knocking, and he couldn't stop trembling with fear.

"In the battle of the Forbidden Palace, I lost the upper hand, and I was also at fault."

The emperor dismissed the memorial casually: "Nowadays the government and the public are full of enthusiasm, and I am not the only one who said that this war will not be fought, so I can really give up."

"Your Majesty!" Pang Gan said urgently, "there is a lot of discussion, how much is true and how much is not? How many of these people are from the old subordinates of the former King Duan, and how many of them are the grass that has been blown by the wind? It's just that Xiao Shuo's stalwart is gaining power now, Just taking the opportunity to make noise again! Why don't you-"

The emperor glanced at him: "Why don't you send your assassin to Prince Yan's mansion to die?"

Pang Gan froze, swallowed back the words, his face flushed faintly.

"I did use Yunlang as a bait to force out his palace seal, and also led him to write a handwritten letter."

The emperor's eyes showed a cold look: "At that time, I was careless for a while and asked him to fool... I really thought that he hated Yunlang to the core, and he did not hesitate to take risks in order to kill the enemy."

Robbery and exchange of prisoners in prison is a serious crime of losing one's head, but Xiao Shuo wanted to steal Yunlang.

In the previous battle, Yunlang integrated the remnants of the forbidden army, turned the tide of the battle under Jinshuimen, and killed the Xixia king before the battle.

Nowadays, the people of Bianliang are full of praise, and what everyone is thinking of is the brilliant white Liuyun flag of the past.Yun Lang turned against the merits of the crime, and if Xiao Shuo was targeted for the crime of exchanging prisoners at this time, what he was waiting for was not a punishment for the crime, but a letter of innocence for King Yan.

"The wolf's ambition is only my fault for being soft-hearted at the beginning."

The emperor closed his eyes and suppressed his cold killing intent: "He has worked so hard to get to this day, and secretly manipulated the people's sentiments in the court to cause a commotion. It is certain that Yu Shuofang's army will win."

The emperor looked at Pang Gan: "I asked you to propose a military candidate, are you sure?"

"Yes." Pang Gan hurriedly got up, "The old minister's nephew will go in person, don't worry, His Majesty, he knows what to do."

"Although King Yan seems to be in power now, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than taking advantage of our confrontation with Xiangyang to take advantage of the fire. Burning oil with a fire will not last long."

Pang Gan said in a low voice, "Since you can't stop it... then tell him to fight, there is a way."

"The situation in northern Xinjiang is unpredictable. Back then, Shuofang fought hard for years and never took back the Thirteenth City of Yanyun. What's so strange about losing the battle? Even if something happened, it was because he was young and arrogant, and fell into the trap of the Xixia people. "

"It's not contradictory, another layer of insurance. Minglu tried to lure the two of them into a trap and killed them on the battlefield, secretly looking for their faults, if it can be constituted as collaborating with the enemy, it would be better."

Pang Gan said sadly: "Even if the two of them are really fateful and come back alive, the people in the country will know that they colluded with the Xixia people in that battle, and they did not hesitate to attract foreign enemies into Beijing for their own selfishness... "

"The old master is really thoughtful!"

The privy envoy was overjoyed when he heard the turning point, and he didn't care about Pang Gan's previous criticism: "In this way, why worry about those two short-lived children? The original criminal evidence can also be used!"

The imperial army fell into the hands of others, and the privy envoy knew that he was useless. He was already scared out of his wits, and was just waiting to be dismissed from office.Seeing a turning point at this moment, how can we still wait: "Since that's the case, the next official will go to deploy troops and arrange for him to go out as soon as possible!"

The privy envoy lay on the ground, found acquiescence in the eyes of the emperor, kowtowed, and got up: "If there is something in the military, the old master, the middle and lower officials will definitely take care of it. If anyone colludes with him, it might as well be together." Throw it to the northern border battlefield..."

He walked excitedly while talking, walked to the door of the palace, opened the door, and suddenly froze.

There were many swords and guns outside the hall, and the Jinwu Guard was nowhere to be seen. The right general, Chang Ji, lay motionless on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

In the moonlight in front of the window, there was a familiar figure.

The privy envoy's face turned blue and then pale, all the following words were blocked in his throat, and his whole body began to tremble like sifting chaff.

The emperor frowned when he heard the strange movement: "What happened?"

Pang Gan looked over, before he could open his mouth, he had already seen the situation outside the hall clearly.

He was not as flustered as the Privy Envoy, but his face suddenly turned pale, he opened his mouth, but was unable to speak.

There was not even half a useful person left in the emperor's hands. Seeing the reaction of these two people, he became more and more impatient, and got up to check for himself.

Before he could walk out of the Wende Palace, Xiao Shuo had his personal soldiers drag the privy envoy away, and entered the main hall without disarming his weapons.

Astonishment flashed in the emperor's eyes, but only for a moment, the coldness was completely suppressed.

These years of fighting with King Xiang, it is not that the palace has not accumulated dark power.

In the previous battle, it was the imperial army who resisted the rebels. Although the dark barracks were damaged, they were not the main force for the battle after all, and they still had more than half of their strength.The garrisons of various state capitals are also dispatched to Beijing, and they will be able to enter Jingqin King to escort them in a few days.

If Xiao Shuo couldn't hold his breath, if he wanted to send troops to force the palace today, he would personally turn the important officials who had meritorious escorts into rebels.

It doesn't even need to go to northern Xinjiang to try to make a detour, just relying on today's crime of assassination, it can go hand in hand with the evidence of the original crime, and completely beat him to death.

... from the end of life.

The emperor looked at the black imperial guards outside the hall, with a faint stern look in his eyes, looked at Xiao Shuo, and said slowly, "When did you come?"

"See Your Majesty."

Xiao Shuo was in armor, so it was inconvenient for him to salute, so he raised his hand and bowed: "The grand master said that I came when I didn't know whether I was dead or alive."

Xiao Shuo straightened up and glanced at the pale Pang Gan: "Seeing that the emperor is discussing matters with several adults, I don't want to disturb you, so I wait outside the hall."

Pang Gan stood aside without saying a word, his face turned paler, and some cold sweat oozes from his forehead.

The emperor's eyes were gloomy, he looked at Xiao Shuo for a while, and finally stopped making any gestures: "What do you want to do?"

Xiao Shuo raised his eyes: "What?"

"To this day, you don't have to play dumb with me anymore."

The emperor said in a deep voice, "You entered the palace late at night, why not tell me directly."

Xiao Shuo: "The emperor doesn't know?"

"absurd!"

The emperor couldn't hold back his anger any longer, and sternly scolded: "You broke into the palace late at night with your troops, wounded the Jin Wuwei, and did such a thing that is neither king nor minister, and you still come to ask me if I know?!"

The emperor took a step forward and said in a cold voice: "Come here—"

"I dare not." Xiao Shuo said, "The Jinwu Guard was not wounded by me. When I came, the situation outside the hall was already like this."

The corner of the emperor's eyes twitched: "What did you say?!"

"I patrolled the city tonight and found the assassin's trail. I tracked it all the way and found out that the assassin came to the palace."

Xiao Shuo said: "I am worried about the emperor's safety, so I didn't have time to ask for orders, so I brought the forbidden army here to escort him. When I arrived outside the hall, I saw the dark guards fighting with the assassins. The Jinwu guards were knocked unconscious, and they all fell to the ground."

Xiao Shuo leaned over: "I thought it was important to protect the emperor, so the hidden guards drove away the assassins and surrounded the forbidden army outside the Hall of Wende."

"Idiots!" Pang Gan gritted his teeth, "If there really is an assassin, why didn't there be any movement in the hall—"

The emperor suddenly thought through it, and snapped: "Shut up!"

Pang Gan shivered and shut his mouth.

The emperor walked quickly to the window, pushed open the window hard, and looked at the mighty imperial guards standing silently outside the hall.

Farther away, there were very faint sounds of fighting and fighting, but because the forbidden army stopped too far away, even the windows were separated, so it was impossible to detect it.

……

Exactly the same as back then.

King Duan was killed in Yushitai Prison, and the forbidden army almost mutinied. Yunlang suppressed the forbidden army and fought to the death with the dark barracks.

The Palace of Wende was completely surrounded by cronies borrowed by King Xiang in the name of escorts. The sound of swords and soldiers could not be heard, and the urgent report could not enter. suicide.

The end of the emperor's eyes slightly retracted, looking at Xiao Shuo in front of him, he seemed to see a monster who came back with a frost knife and a snow sword in his arms, oozing the blood of old people under the spring every step of the way, and liquidated them one by one.

Yunlang... Yunlang.

It was Yun Lang who pulled the monster out of the desolate and dead frozen bone tundra, cut off the shackles on his body one by one, sharpened his scales, and released him from the realm of eternal doom.

The emperor's face was full of fierceness, which was hard to suppress. He took a step forward, and was about to make a sound, when an arrow suddenly brushed against his shoulder and slammed, and pierced the wooden beam.

The tip of the arrow was bright, showing a tinge of blood.

"The Condor Archer... the Condor Archer!"

The privy envoy was terrified and hissed, "They still have eagle shooters! Run..."

Xiao Shuo raised his eyes, his eyes sank slightly.

It is rumored that only one person can be born in a hundred years, the eagle shooter of Xixia, with an iron chambered steel machine, can penetrate a heavy hand from [-] steps away, and can shoot down golden eagles in the desert.

In the battle in front of the palace, when Yunlang was fighting fiercely with the Lord of Xixia, there was an eagle archer accompanying him and died in the scuffle.

No one would have thought that there is still a Condor Archer hidden in Beijing that has not been seen in a hundred years.

The Condor Archer is very good at concealment, and the arrows are as powerful as lightning and can go away with a single strike. If they are not involved in the battle situation, they will hardly be able to deal with them without the opportunity to maneuver.

No matter how tightly surrounded the guards were, they couldn't stop the cold arrows that were watching from nowhere hundreds of steps away.

The emperor was attacked, everyone was in danger, and the hall was instantly in chaos.There were hidden guards who were guarding the royal driver and rushed forward, protecting the emperor into the dark.

Chang Ji was lying on the ground, aware that the chaos was out of control, and got up quietly.

He guarded outside the palace, when he saw the assassins attacking, he wanted to deal with the hidden guards together, but when he saw the black imperial guards coming in, he knew Xiao Shuo's intentions, and he consciously knocked someone unconscious and fell to the ground.

The winning streak was not serious, Chang Ji had already woken up by this time, and grabbed Xiao Shuo: "Your Highness, the current situation..."

"The current situation." Xiao Shuo said, "He will charge at me with his next arrow."

Chang Ji felt a chill in his heart, and looked at Xiao Shuo's still calm face: "Is there any way to deal with it, Your Highness?!"

Xiao Shuo pressed his right wrist, but did not speak.

The Xixia people also have a eagle shooter. Even if they manage to deal with it today, they will have to fight against it in the battle in northern Xinjiang in the future.

Leading the troops, Yunlang must go to the battlefield to charge in person. If there are still eagle archers, hiding in the dark and making a sneak attack with cold arrows, there are many risks.

If the Condor Archer cannot be captured and killed here, it will be a heartache in the future to the northern border.

Seeing his expression, Chang Ji felt faintly uneasy, and frowned: "Your Highness?"

Xiao Shuo shook his head, staring intently at the direction of the long arrow.

To chase out the Condor Archer, the only way is to go backwards along the direction of the arrow.

Du Yuhou and Lian Sheng were on the periphery, chasing the direction the arrow came from, they should be able to find the approximate location.

"He is also vigilant. If he can't see the person who is about to shoot, he may not shoot arrows frequently."

Chang Ji worried: "But the emperor is under strict protection, Your Highness..."

Chang Ji's voice hadn't finished yet, seeing the changes in front of him, he was stunned and anxious: "Your Highness!!"

Xiao Shuo stood in front of the window for a while, quickly dodging, a long arrow with a thousand ton force, firmly fixed on the wooden pillar in the hall.

"Your Highness, why take such a risk!"

Chang Ji said anxiously: "Even if you can't catch the eagle archer today and tell him to go, then—"

Xiao Shuo didn't say a word, just stared out of the window intently, and once again narrowly avoided the arrow.

Chang Ji woke up suddenly and shut his mouth tightly.

The arrow of this eagle archer was more accurate than the one he killed in the scuffle that day. If he couldn't catch and kill him today, the one who would be in danger in the future would be Yun Lang who led the troops to attack the city.

In the palace city, it is still the home ground of the imperial army, if the Condor Archer is asked to return to the frontier desert, it will be a killing star alive.

The arrows are getting heavier and heavier, each arrow is more fierce than the last, and the strong wind blows people's backs with chills.

Chang Ji saw an arrow soaring towards him, couldn't bear it any longer, wanted to throw Xiao Shuo away with all his might, and then he made a move, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

The strength of the arrow was still there, but it missed a hundred and eight thousand miles, and the slanted stab pierced halfway into the wall. A little further away was the emperor who was guarded by the dark guards. Wei supported him, with fear in his eyes and pale face.

Quiet outside the window, no more falling arrows.

Chang Ji's heart was still hanging high, stopped Xiao Shuo, and said in a low voice: "No matter how good your eyesight is, how can you find him with just a few arrows? Or is it that the eagle archer pretended to stop, but actually lured us out... "

Xiao Shuo was noncommittal, holding back the edge of the cloak that was torn by the wind of arrows, and looked up.

Chang Ji was stunned, and then looked into the distance, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Yun Lang stood on the top of the hall, patted the dust on his body, and casually threw down the unconscious Condor Archer from the eaves of the hall, and the imperial guards rushed up to bind him tightly.

The lanterns under the eaves are dim, far less bright than the moon in the sky.

Yun Lang sat down on the eaves of the hall unhurriedly, took out a stove that he didn't know where to hide, put it in his arms, wiped his hands, picked up a snack and shook his head far away.

Xiao Shuo lowered his eyes, scanned around the hall, and went to fetch a pot of high-quality Biluochun that had just been brewed.

There was silence from top to bottom, everyone was silent, looking at the figure on the eaves of the hall.

The emperor gritted his teeth, his expression fluctuated, and asked the hidden guards to help him from side to side, staring at the shadow that had given him nightmares countless times.

The lights are dim and the moonlight is cold.

Yun Lang sat in the corner of the eaves, his brows were cold and piercing, he smiled at him, and casually removed the auspicious beast Youlong on the roof.