Chongxi [rebirth]

Ye Boru was still worried that Ye Yunting would cause trouble when he went to Zhuangzi, but when he arrived, he found that Ye Yunting only read books or soaked in hot springs every day.Most of the time, he is content and doesn't pay attention to him.It turned out that he really came to the hot spring village to live and play for a while.

He put the secret letter into a thin bamboo tube, tied it to the pigeon's leg, and let it fly quietly in the woods outside the village.

——The emperor sent him a secret letter, telling him to keep an eye on Ye Yunting.Every day he would send back what Ye Yunting did that day with a carrier pigeon.It has been four days now, Ye Yunting will return to the palace the next day, today should be the last letter he sent.

When he came out of the woods, he happened to meet Ye Yunting riding a horse back from outside. He was wrapped in a thick cloak and hood, and there were still a lot of snow particles on his body, obviously he just came back from outside.Seeing Ye Boru coming out of the woods, he frowned: "What is the second brother doing in the woods by himself?"

"Appreciate the snow." Ye Boru spoke nonsense with his eyes open.

"It's very cold in the woods, second brother, be careful of the wind and cold." Ye Yunting didn't delve into the matter, handed the horse to his servants, took off his hood, rubbed his hands, and ordered: "Ask someone to prepare a bathrobe, I'll soak in the back for a while To get rid of the cold."

The servants led the horses down to resettle, Ye Yunting casually greeted Ye Boru, and hurried to the hot spring pool behind.

Seeing this, Ye Boru curled his lips, thinking that he would go back early tomorrow morning, so he went back to his room.

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The carrier pigeon released by Ye Boru arrived at the palace in the evening.In the past few days, news from Liushan Hot Spring Zhuangzi came back every day, but most of them were trivial matters.Either Princess Yong'an went to enjoy the snow in the mountains, or Princess Yong'an ate hot pot with Shutong in the Zhuangzi and stayed for a day without going out.

Li Zong has become impatient after hearing this for a few days: "In the future, you can handle the news from Yong'an Palace. What about the palace, is there any movement?"

The servant answered "Yes": "The old concubine pays homage to the Buddha in the palace every day, and hardly walks an inch."

"Since that's the case, then you should keep an eye on it." Li Zong waved his hand: "In the future, you don't need to report every day."

"Yes." Hearing the words, the servant retreated with the letter.

Ye Yunting went to the hot spring pool in the backyard, but did not enter the water.

There, Wu Geng had been waiting with a young man who was similar in stature to Ye Yunting, and when they saw him coming, they saluted silently.

"Everything is arranged?"

"It's all arranged. The princess will go down the mountain first, and then I will go to the palace to pick up the old princess." Wu Geng said: "If everything goes well, I can leave the boundary of Shangjing before dawn."

Everything today has already been planned before Li Fengqi left the capital. They expected that if Li Fengqi went to the northern border, Li Zong would definitely hold the old concubine as a hostage, so Ye Yunting took the initiative to stay in the capital, just to make the plan smoother carried out.It is also part of the plan to bring Ye Po Tathagata to the Zhuangzi of the hot spring.

There are many eyes and ears in Shangjing, and it is even more difficult to leave the city quietly.But it's different outside the city.

Ye Boru is the emperor's confidant, with him following, Ye Yunting's going out of the city will definitely not arouse the emperor's vigilance, and these few days, Ye Yunting's eating, drinking and having fun is just paralyzing the emperor through Ye Boru's eyes.

Now the time is ripe, it is time for him to "escape the golden cicada's shell".

The young man who was similar in shape to Ye Yunting was Li Fengqi's substitute chosen by Li Fengqi from the hidden guards. He unbuttoned the dark cloak on his body, and only wore a white bathrobe inside, which was what Ye Yunting used to wear when bathing in hot springs. , a head of long hair casually scattered over his shoulders, just blocking most of his face.

He imitated Ye Yunting's voice and said: "Princess, don't worry, my subordinates will fulfill their mission."

Ye Yunting raised his eyebrows. He originally intended to find someone who could temporarily replace him, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise: "Are you also good at ventriloquist?"

"I can only imitate [-]% to [-]% of it." The young man said.

"It's enough." After discovering that he could imitate his own voice, Ye Yunting came up with another plan.His original plan was to let the double pretend to be him to deceive Ye Boru, and just return to the Duke's mansion smoothly.

But the secret guard was good at ventriloquism, which gave him another idea.

He waved to Wu Geng and whispered to him, Wu Geng looked surprised after hearing this, and then admired him: "Your subordinate will arrange it now."

"Then I will leave this place to you." Ye Yunting cupped his hands towards the young man, then wrapped his cloak tightly, and followed the responders down the mountain through another hidden path.

At this time, Ye Boru was still in the house, thinking about what to do after Ye Yunting sent his mother back.That child is definitely not wanted, and the mother must be let go as soon as possible.As for the father, he can use the excuse of illness to recuperate, and delay it for a while, and then bring his mother back home after he is fully healed.

He was meditating, when he heard voices coming from the courtyard: "Ask the kitchen to send a hot pot, and boil mutton for today."

Another cheerful voice continued: "Okay, I'll go right away."

This voice Ye Boru has been familiar with for the past few days, it is the voice of Ye Yunting and his book boy.Ye Yunting has a good appetite, and every day he changes tricks to order the kitchen to toss and eat. The bookboy servant follows his master, eating fat and white, he doesn't look like a servant at all, he is better off than some other young masters.

He snorted, his eyes showed some disdain, and he went back to doing his own thing.

But on Ye Yunting's side, after the people who came to him went down the mountain, they rode their horses straight to the palace.

At this time, the night was already dark, and behind him, the Wolf King and Saker Falcon followed far away, hardly showing any trace.

Someone outside the palace had already received them. Seeing them coming, after silently making a few gestures, the old concubine, who had changed into a court lady's attire, was escorted by two hidden guards. peaceful.

"The carriage will be picked up ten miles away." Ye Yunting said in a low voice: "I need a guard to take you for a while, and mother please bear with me for now."

The old concubine waved her hand: "No, give me a horse, I'll go with you, it's faster."

The Shen family started out with military exploits, and as a son and daughter of a general, riding a horse is no problem.

Seeing her calm expression, Ye Yunting did not hesitate, and ordered the hidden guards to lead a horse, and gestured to the person who was left behind to prepare for action, and the two of them went ten miles away under the escort of six hidden guards. run.

The hidden guards who stayed behind quietly returned to the palace again, took out the kerosene they had prepared long ago, and set fire to the courtyard where the old princess was.

Suddenly a fire broke out in the peaceful and peaceful palace, and the voices of the palace people shouting "the water is gone" are everywhere, and the palace people who reacted quickly have already started to carry water to put out the fire.

But in winter, the wind is strong, and the wind fuels the fire.Minutes of water could not extinguish the soaring flames, and there was no one in charge in the palace, so it was a mess.

I don't know who suddenly yelled in horror: "Old Wangfei, the old Wangfei is still inside!"

The firefighters heard the sound and looked, and saw a vague shadow in the flames. The shadow wobbled as if it couldn't stand upright, and fell down after a few breaths. A length of white shirt.

The leading palace man screamed: "Hurry up and put out the fire! Send someone back to the palace to inform His Majesty! Hurry up!"

The fire in the palace was raging, and the palace people were in a hurry.

Li Zong was awakened in the middle of the night, dizzy, and his first reaction was to suspect that Li Fengqi did it: "Send people to put out the fire, and at the same time send people to search around the palace!" If Li Fengqi's people set the fire, that person must have not go far.

When he left, the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he ordered Cui Xi to go over to have a look.

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The news of the water leaking from the palace did not reach the hot spring Zhuangzi until two hours later. Before the arrival, the maid from the palace rushed to report the news, and just entered the Zhuangzi, she yelled at the top of her voice.

Ye Boru was aroused by the noisy voices of "water in the palace" and "something happened to the old princess" outside. He rubbed his temples and called for someone to ask, only to find out that the palace had leaked water, and the old princess was probably buried in a sea of ​​flames .

Now the fire in the palace has been extinguished, but the courtyard where the old concubine lived was completely burned down, leaving only broken walls and ruins.Now Cui Changshi is leading the Shence Army to search for the bones of the old princess among the ruins.

He was startled, hurriedly put on his robe and got up to go out, and saw that Ye Yunting had already got on the sedan chair, and the bearer was carrying the sedan chair, and galloped down the mountain quickly.

"Prepare the sedan chair and go down the mountain!" For a moment, he couldn't decide whether something really happened, or it was just Yong'an Wangbu's trick, fearing that Ye Yunting would take the opportunity to run away, he hurriedly led others to follow.

Hot Spring Zhuangzi is on the mountainside, with winding steps all the way.A group of people bumped for about two quarters of an hour before arriving at the foot of the mountain.

Just as he was about to abandon the sedan chair for a horse, a dozen masked assassins with scimitars suddenly rushed out from the woods on both sides.Each of these people had fierce eyes, and the movements of their knives were very strange.Ye Yunting went down the mountain in a hurry, without any attendants, only the ten disguised servants of the Shence Army brought down by Ye Boru were struggling to resist.

But they are obviously not the opponents of this group of assassins, and after a fight, they gradually lose their support.But those assassins aimed directly at Ye Yunting's sedan chair.

Ye Yunting, who was watching the battle in the sedan chair, saw that the situation was not right, and said in a deep voice: "The assassins are coming for me, I will lead them away, second brother, you take someone to rescue the soldiers." After he finished speaking, he quickly got out of the sedan chair, He got on a horse nearby and galloped away into the distance under the cover of night, leaving only a blurry figure in the blink of an eye.

Ye Boru got out of the sedan chair, only in time to see the back of Ye Yunting fleeing in a hurry.The assassins probably didn't expect him to gallop his horse and run away, the leader urgently gave orders, and most of the assassins chased in Ye Yunting's direction.The remaining assassins silently raised their scimitars.

Ye Boru was protected by the guards and evacuated in the direction of Shangjing.He looked confused, he thought it was a coincidence that these assassins suddenly appeared, and suspected that Ye Yunting had arranged them.But what the assassin leader said in a hurry made his heart skip a beat.

——The leading assassin spoke Xihuang dialect.

Thinking of these people not making a sound from the beginning to the end, and the extraordinarily weird sword skills, he was even more startled, and said: "Quick, set off fireworks! They are from Xihuang!"

The fireworks were only used in emergencies. He had suspected that Ye Yunting was acting up and it had been useless, but now he realized that it might be people from Xihuang sneaking in to make trouble, so he couldn't care less.

Scorching fireworks rose into the dark night sky, and the assassins who were chasing after him paused, and then the attack became more violent.

Seeing their desperate efforts, Ye Boru's heart beat even harder, so he could only hide behind the guards in embarrassment.But these assassins were too vicious, even though there were guards protecting him, he still suffered flesh and blood injuries, and the guards lost most of them.When the rescuers arrived, there were only four guards protecting him. When the black-clothed assassins saw the reinforcements, they immediately gave up fighting and scattered into the dark woods.

The commander of the Shence Army who came to support looked ugly: "What's going on?"

Ye Boru covered the wound on his arm, twisted his face and said, "It's from Xihuang."