The Eight Winds of Rebirth

In the dark night of high wind and moon, in the pouring rain, Gu Xiangtan stood at the side door of Xumi Hall holding an oil-paper umbrella, silently watching Zhao Yuan get on the horse.

Zhao Yuan didn't wear a coir raincoat, but her clothes were soaked by the heavy rain in no time.

"...Yuanqing!"

He was about to ride away, but Gu Xiangtan suddenly stopped him.

Zhao Yuan turned her head, her long hair was dripping with water, a few strands were still sticking to her cheeks, but she said softly, "Go back, it's raining too much, I left Mou Fei and Bi Fu behind." Come down, as long as you think about it, it won't take two days...you can make an explanation with the Duke of the country."

It was rare for Zhao Yuan to say much, and while Gu Xiangtan was in a daze, he raised his horsewhip and waved a water line in the night sky. The unicorn under his crotch received the order, and with four hooves like the wind, he rushed towards the middle of the night roaring.

Gu Xiangtan watched Zhao Yuan go away, regained consciousness for a moment, couldn't help looking at the gray sky, but just raised his head, countless raindrops fell on his face, Gu Xiangtan didn't wipe it, just froze. Staring blankly, he called out for a while.

"Father, mother..."

Can you take a good look at it from the sky?

……

The fish maw in the east was just turning pale, so Gu Xiangtan asked Yan Fang to take him into the palace on a fast horse. Emperor Zongzheng was pacing back and forth in the main hall of Ziwei Palace, his complexion turned pale, when he saw Gu Xiangtan Come forward in a hurry.

"Lingfo, Zhao Jie was seriously injured last night. Although the Three Princes' House kept the matter a secret, I still sent someone to inquire about it secretly. It was done by an actress that Zhao Jie usually loves very much. At this moment, the imperial physician is still here. Diagnosis and treatment, but the Three Princes’ Mansion is very strict, water and fire are not allowed to enter, what should we do? Mr. Qu said that he would summon King Mu to investigate the news again, but I am afraid that it will spoil the timing.”

Gu Xiangtan thought, it is rare for this faint king to be sober.

"What the emperor said is very true. At this moment, the three kings must be like a frightened bird, and their defenses are very deep. Don't touch his tiger's whiskers." Otherwise, I am afraid that even a little bit of preparation time will not be stolen.

"Even so, I should plan ahead, come here, summon General Cao into the palace!"

"Your Majesty..." Gu Xiangtan interrupted him, his eyes fell coolly on Zhao You's anxious face, "If the three kings really have changed, it would be too late to purge the imperial army at this moment."

Emperor Zongzheng was startled, his heart suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Gu Xiangtan again, but he was still calm, he couldn't help holding his sleeve with trembling hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Ling, Lingfo, you But if you want to help me..."

Gu Xiangtan saw enough of the panic and panic in his eyes, and then nodded slowly: "Since I have said it, I will try my best to do it, it just depends on whether the emperor is willing to listen."

"Naturally, as long as the spiritual Buddha speaks well, I will definitely obey the Buddha's order."

……

Gu Xiangtan stayed in Ziwei Palace for less than a stick of incense, so he sneaked to the backyard of Chengfeng Palace while no one was looking for him, and there was a person waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Gu Xiangtan, Gong Yiling immediately stood up.

Although she was not as out of proportion as Emperor Zongzheng, but her face was rarely calm as before, and the corners of her lips were tightly pursed.

"Lingfo... Yiling is going to leave with the empress in the afternoon. The queen made a petition at Bodhi Mountain to give away her son, and she said that she would fulfill her wish every year for three years. At this time, we must leave, so I will trouble you now. Lingfo came to inquire about how to return the gift."

Gu Xiangtan took a step forward: "The princess is sincere, and the Buddha will accept it."

"People in Yiling have prepared a lot of things. These are the list of offerings. Lingfo can take a look." He said, and took a piece of paper to Gu Xiangtan.

Gu Xiangtan glanced casually and nodded slightly.

Gong Yiling took another closed bamboo basket from the handmaiden at the side, this time looking very solemn, holding it in his arms carefully.

"Buddha said that if you have no desires, you will have no fear, but Yiling is a secular mortal. Because in order to keep the most precious place in my heart, for this, no matter how cowardly a person is, they are willing to give up almost everything."

After finishing speaking, he tightened his hands, and then slowly handed the bamboo basket to Gu Xiangtan.

"Inside are some things prepared by Yiling on the list of gifts. When we go to Bodhi Mountain, I will trouble the Lingfo to pray for the emperor and grandson in the palace."

Gu Xiangtan took the bamboo basket and responded to Gong Yiling.

"Thank you Lingfo." Gong Yiling was deeply blessed.

Gu Xiangtan looked at her: "Prince Concubine is here, please take care too."

Gong Yiling glanced at the bamboo basket in Gu Xiangtan's hand again, nodded with red eyes...

Gu Xiangtan left Chengfeng Palace and went to Xiangguo Mansion again. When he came out, the bamboo basket in his hand was gone, and then he went back to Sumeru Hall, where he sat for an entire afternoon. He kept staring straight at the pouring rain outside.

In the afternoon, the queen and the princess set off for Bodhi Mountain. Along the way, they stationed guards of honor and set up a long line of pioneers, and they walked all the way.

When twilight fell, Gu Xiangtan took Su Xi, An Yin, and Yan Fang together, and Qingche Jian also left the city calmly, only going to Shimen Temple a few miles away.

The sky was getting dark, and it rained heavily for a whole day. At midnight, the rain stopped slowly. Cao Qin, dressed in a military uniform, was riding on a horse, looking up at the round boat that was slowly protruding from behind the clouds. Yinyue hooked her lips happily.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival..."

……

In Ziwei Palace, Eunuch Sun strode swiftly through the nine-curved corridor, threw himself forward and knelt on the ground, and shouted tremblingly, "Your Majesty, 10 imperial troops have surrounded the imperial city right now, and there are still 5 soldiers outside the city." Thousands of people are obeying the will of the three kings, Zhao Dian is against it!"

Even though he had already spoken to Gu Xiangtan, Emperor Zongzheng couldn't help but be astonished when he suddenly heard the fear in his heart come true. Come to yourself.

"Where's Cao, General Cao? Where's the Imperial Army? Where's the Imperial Army? Where's Cao Qin? Come and escort him, hurry up!! And the prince, find someone to bring him here too!"

Zhao You raised his voice and shouted, but all the attendants and servants in the palace were silent after Eunuch Sun's words, and everyone was in danger, so only Emperor Zongzheng's anxious shouts were left to wander back and forth in Ziwei Palace.

Not long after, Qu Guang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhong Xuliang, Minister of the Right, and a bunch of cronies of Emperor Zongzheng rolled into the palace one after another.

"What's going on outside?" Emperor Zongzheng hurriedly asked.

Qu Guang knelt down on his seat in three or two steps, barely calmed down and said: "The imperial army has entered the city in full dress and is fighting against the imperial army in the city, but the imperial army is far inferior to the imperial army, and there are [-] Yulin troops I'm watching from the sidelines, I'm afraid..." The words "more than good and less good" were in consideration of everyone's mood, but they didn't say it out loud.

"That's not necessarily the case," Zhong Xuliang disagreed, "The Imperial Army has experienced hundreds of battles at the border, and has dealt with the southern barbarians for many years, while the Imperial Army has only defended the city these years. Comparing the two, even if the Imperial Army has fewer enemies More, but not necessarily a disadvantage.”

"However, how big is the capital city? How can it be compared with those outside the border? General Cao's marching formation is useless here. If only relying on hand-to-hand combat, who will take advantage of it?"

Hearing their quarrel, Emperor Zongzheng felt that his head was getting bigger and bigger. In fact, he didn't know what to do. After thinking about it carefully, the three kings Zhao Dian's wolf ambition was not a day or two. And Zhao Dian did not make a move because he was afraid that if he insisted on grabbing it, even if the odds of winning were a little higher, but without Lingfo's approval, even if he won the throne, the people's hearts might not be favorable, but the opponent's defense has been long ago, and it is like the current situation. The Emperor himself must be on the weak side, even with the Royal Army at the moment.However, Emperor Zongzheng also felt that the three kings treated the third son Zhao Jie just like Zhao Mian himself. If this son was gone, half of the three kings' Jiji camp for so many years would be abolished. Now Zhao Jie is seriously injured. When the incident happened suddenly, Zhao Dian sent troops angrily, also in a hurry, maybe Cao Qin could find some way to take advantage of some loopholes, and instead caught him off guard?After all... Lingfo gave himself a promise before that.

Thinking of Gu Xiangtan's words, Emperor Zongzheng was relieved a little, but looking at the anxious and frightened courtiers, Emperor Zongzheng lost half of his confidence again. For a while, his mood was like fifteen buckets fetching water He was up and down, and only he knew what it was like.

Turning his head and yelling at Eunuch Sun again: "Where is the prince? Why is there no one around?"

Eunuch Sun was also in a cold sweat: "It's already been invited."

Zhao You felt something was wrong: "Please again, you go and invite him in person, if no one is found, you don't have to come back!"

Eunuch Sun was taken aback, but finally bit the bullet and went out.

But in the imperial city, Cao Qin led tens of thousands of troops and fought and retreated. The people in the capital closed their doors and closed their homes in panic. , So the streets and alleys are empty, leaving only the mess that was overturned when the horseshoes galloped.

Cao Qin retreated all the way to the gate of Daye Palace, and from a distance, he could see Chen Xi, the commander of the imperial army sitting on a horse at the end of the imperial army, charging towards this place with his horse and whip.

Seeing that Cao Qin had no way to retreat, Chen Xi smiled contemptuously: "I have admired the name of Yuguo General for a long time, and I thought he was so brave and invincible in the world, but it seems that what I heard is not true, and the rumors are inevitably exaggerated. You Yuguo The army's shape-shifting and Big Dipper shifting are useless here. The north and south wings of the imperial army have been scattered by our imperial army. If General Cao still has some insight, he should return earlier, so as not to harm the innocent The lives of soldiers, and I, Chen, respect you for serving the country all these years, so I can leave your whole body."

Cao Qin looked at him silently, and said for a moment: "I, Cao Qin, have been fighting for many years, and no one has ever dared to ask me to say "surrender" in front of me. Whether it is success or failure, you can try." He smiled flirtatiously again, taking advantage of this opportunity to speak, the imperial army behind him had already knocked on the palace door, Cao Qin turned around and led the crowd directly into the palace.

Chen Xi frowned. They went here to take the head of Emperor Zongzheng, but Cao Qin opened the palace gate with such a big fanfare and let them in directly?

What does this mean?trap?Or chance?

For a while, the imperial guards looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one dared to fight forward.

Cao Qin had already traveled a long way, but when he turned around and saw no one, he couldn't help smiling.

"So courageous as a mouse, why are you talking about bowing your head and surrendering? Even if you take it down without bloodshed today, I'm afraid that some louder voice will scare you."

This made the Imperial Army laugh and show their disdain, while Chen Xi and the others were pale and pale, and couldn't bear it anymore, so they patted their horses and chased after Cao Qin without hesitation. .

Thus, a small group of Imperial Army led an army of nearly [-] imperial guards, and marched straight into the hinterland of the palace!