I'm not Murong Chong

Murong Bao didn't expect that when he arrived in Chang'an, Murong Chong would see through his hole cards, and he would tell the whole story under repeated pressure and coaxing. Afterwards, he would inevitably be secretly afraid-his father was always wise and decisive. If he knew his thoughts, he would only I'm afraid that in a fit of anger, his crown prince will be abolished.But he was unwilling to really bring back that troublesome younger brother who had always been arrogant and conceited safely. When his claws were scratching his heart, there was a decree in the palace, and Emperor Yan summoned him.

He had all sorts of thoughts in his heart, and within three sentences of the meeting, he began to press and ask about that matter. Ren Zhen talked about him, but began to complain that due to the war between Yao and Qin last year, there was a shortage of war horses, and Longxi was still in civil strife. Supply good horses. On the other hand, Houyan expanded its territory. Longcheng under its rule has produced good horses since ancient times. The quality is comparable to that of the Xiongnu war horses.Murong Bao is not stupid, so he can't understand the true meaning, but last time Ren Zhen already asked for a lot of money under the pretext of tight military expenses, this time he frowned and said seriously: "Later Yan established the country with military force, and the control of war horses is very strict. The folks are not allowed to sell privately, and the military horses can only be transferred out of the customs without my father's royal order, even if I am the prince, I have no reason to exceed my authority."

Ren Zhen has always been surnamed "Lai", and now he smiled and said: "Your father also issued an order to take your younger brother Quanxu Quanyu back~ Why don't you see that His Royal Highness is following the holy order?" Choking to death, and not daring to tear his face, he could only secretly sulk at this successful villain.Ren Zhen sighed sadly: "Actually, the shortage of war horses is not completely unthinkable~ It's just that General Feng Ba under your tent actually passed you and came to nagging me from time to time. You also know him, with sharp teeth and sharp mouth. It's very noisy, so to speak, everyone is testing whether I have hidden Murong Xi, I am really annoyed, of course I can't think about how to solve the matter of the army and horses~" looked at Murong Bao pitifully, and concluded The statement, "I don't know if one day I won't be able to control my mouth, and I accidentally let it go..."

Murong Bao said with a livid face: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will find a way to recruit military horses from private racecourses. It's just that the Emperor promised me to kill Murong Xi—" Ren Zhen said seriously: "Your Majesty, be careful, how did I ever promise to kill Murong Xi? You are the King of Hejian in Houyan? Are you afraid of the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries? Besides, the matter between the two of you brothers is not our internal affairs, how can I interfere?" Murong Bao also regretted his slip of the tongue—once Murong Xi's identity was exposed, it would be serious. There is nothing left for him.Since then, the momentum has become weaker, and there will be a little pleading when he speaks again.

Ren Zhen interrupted him, patted him on the shoulder with great loyalty and said: "Don't worry, Murong Chong's words are like splashed water, and you will definitely do what you promise! Otherwise, you will die young!"

Murong Bao was in a mess and was still trying to figure out a way to raise money in exchange for Ren Zhen's move. How could he have heard that he was swearing and swearing with these sneaky playful intestines, and he was fooled into believing it in a few moments? Seven or eight points.

Besides, Feng Ba has not been idle these days, he thinks he is smart and capable, and he came here with the emperor's order, so naturally he refuses to return empty-handed.It's just that his own prince's attitude is ambiguous, and he only cares about insignificant matters, and he doesn't ask too much about his brother's safety; go to negotiate with Yan Emperor Murong Chong, but he is used to talking in an official tone, talking nonsense to the sky and the earth with his mouth However, when the question is asked, the key point is that Gu Zuoyou said about him, but judging from the information he has obtained, since Murong Xi has been sent to Chang'an, Murong Chong must know his identity and whereabouts.But it's just doing this to sway people's appetites, not talking about exchange conditions, and blindly delaying time.

Murong Chui is not only Murong Chong's uncle, but also has great prestige among the Xianbei nobles. After the founding of Xiyan, apart from Murong Chong's direct descendants, many courtiers inside and outside the palace secretly communicated with him. The reason for conquering Yao Qin first.After all, once the two sides fight, no one can bear the consequences of information leakage.This time Feng Ba used all kinds of connections, and finally found out that Murong Xi was hiding in the Ye Court, and spent a lot of money to open up connections, and several eunuchs brought him into the harem.

When he pushed open the door and saw the figure in front of the window slowly turning around, Feng Ba's knees gave up excitedly, he knelt down and said happily: "Your Highness is indeed here!" Murong Xi glanced at him, nodded and said : "Okay, after all, Father has not forgotten me."

Feng Ba hurriedly said: "The emperor was in Zhongshan day and night, worrying about His Highness to comfort him, so he ordered me to do everything possible to save—"

Murong Xi said indifferently: "Wait? I'm afraid not everyone is willing to go to the trouble of saving this king." Feng Ba was stunned for a moment, suddenly felt that Murong Xi meant something, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed——Since ancient times, royal brothers have secretly And, foreign ministers are not good at commenting.Although Murong Bao is now a legitimate prince, Murong Xi is deeply favored, and the future is still unknown.He had no choice but to say: "The general has always wanted to rescue His Highness, but I hate that Murong Chong has always been refusing to tell the truth because of his ulterior motives. Now he has finally found His Highness's whereabouts..."

Murong Xi interrupted him: "So what if I've been found? The palace is heavily guarded, if Murong Chong refuses to let me go, how can he escape?" This was always what Feng Ba was worried about, but Murong Chong Baobai obviously refused to come forward to negotiate this matter, and he was respected by him when he was on an envoy abroad. As a young general, he had absolutely no reason to go over the crown prince to negotiate with other emperors, so he had to think of another way.In his mouth, he comforted: "Your Highness, don't be discouraged, wait patiently, and will eventually find ways to rescue you back to the country!"

"Oh? You mean—the imperial servants, Zongzheng, and Huang Menling in the palace may all be related to Murongchui?" Ren Zhen listened patiently to the report, raised his eyebrows and sneered, "I have been away from Beijing for more than a year. Going back to the palace is actually putting myself in a place where tigers and wolves look around!" Tuoba Gui slightly nodded and said: "If it weren't for this, Feng Ba would not be able to find out Murong Xi's whereabouts. Fortunately, we can find out Murong Xi's whereabouts thanks to Murong Xi's investigation this time. Chui's eyeliner has penetrated so far, and you can still find out the secrets of my court thousands of miles away. If these cancerous tumors are not cured, once a war breaks out in the future, it will become a disaster."

Ren Zhen sneered: "If we want to clean up, of course it's better to clean the inside and outside together. We have to go one step further and lure them all to show their feet."

Tuoba Gui leaned over, bowed his head and said, "What does the emperor mean—that those hidden piles outside the palace will also be uprooted?" Ren Zhen raised his head and met his eyes, and was about to speak when he suddenly spotted him with sharp eyes. There was a suspicious bruise deep in the neck, and he couldn't help but raised his fingers and pulled his collar with a smirk: "What is this?"

Tuoba Gui took a look, and instinctively stretched out his hand to cover it, but Ren Zhen refused to let him go easily, and said with a smile: "Don't hide!" Tuoba Gui just pressed Ren Zhen's palm while struggling desperately. on his chest.In an instant, Ren Zhen only felt his palm beating like a drum, and Tuobagui himself was also shocked, and hurriedly let go of his hands and retreated, a dark red quietly rubbed against his ears.Ren Zhen only said that he was embarrassed, and always felt that he was raised by his side, but he forgot that this person was eighteen years old, and sooner or later he would be a general in charge of his own affairs, so naturally he would have to face.Then he withdrew his hand in embarrassment, coughed lightly, and brought the topic back to the right track: "Even if those people in the palace have benefited from Murong Chui, they may not have the intention of rebelling against the lord, they are just waiting and watching, and they can't cause much trouble; However, once there is a change in the army outside the palace, it may affect the whole body, so it is natural to treat the disease from a shallow one."

The Gyeonggi Guards staying in Chang'an are mainly composed of the Jiaoqi Camp and the Huben Camp. Sometimes they just fancy that they are only loyal to the Murong clan, but Murong Chui is also the emperor of the Murong clan, the ever-victorious military god on the battlefield, has been like a god in the hearts of the Xianbei people for many years, no matter how strict the army is, I am afraid that Murong Chui will not be able to stop him one side penetration.Tuobagui collected himself and asked, "General...does he know?"

"Naturally." Ren Zhen didn't hide anything from him, "He stayed in Guyuan because it was inconvenient to deal with it, so I just came forward. Someone in the family must be a good face, right?"

When Tuobagui heard the words, his heart felt a little sour again. What Ren Zhen said obviously meant that he treated him very kindly and would no longer be suspicious.But there was no sign of any strangeness on their faces, the two of them finished their discussion, Tuoba Gui resigned, Ren Zhen couldn't help but shot him in the back: "Young man, it's fun, but you have to play!" Take it easy~" Tuobagui was greatly embarrassed, and fled without looking back.Ren Zhen was overjoyed - he is not a fool, he always had a vague feeling that Tuoba Gui's attitude towards him was eccentric and abnormal, but now that he thinks about it, he has someone to sleep with, so he is too worried - it's just him Recently, she stayed in the palace to avoid people's eyes and ears, but with whom...?Ren Zhen thought for a while, but he couldn't figure it out, so he just let it go and concentrated on thinking about tomorrow's business.

The next day's Jinhua Palace Xiaochao really invited the Houyan Mission headed by Murong Bao.As soon as Ren Zhenfu saw someone coming, he first smiled and beckoned him to sit down.

Murong Bao has been in contact with him a lot, and when he sees his smiling face, he instinctively feels a chill—if this person calls him affectionately, it means that nothing good is going on.Seeing that both the left and right are important ministers of Xiyan, and I still have something to ask of him, I dare not make mistakes, and reluctantly smiled: "Why did the emperor summon us today?"

"Of course it's about the main card of the Taizu God." Ren Zhen tapped the handrail with his fingers, and pondered, "I've been thinking about it these days, since I promised you to lend the main card of the God, now that the two countries intend to make friends, or should we talk about it?" Well done. But there are still some old stubborn people in the court who think that you Houyan and I, Emperor Jingzhao, have an inextricable feud, so they refuse to borrow each other..." But Murong Bao didn't care about the tablet of Taizu at this time, so he could only force it. Ren Zhen endured and continued with great interest: "So I decided, how about going to Shanglinyuan for spring hunting at this time? It just so happens that this year's martial arts competition has not yet been held, so the spring hunting will be the prize. If one of the envoys of Yan wins the most prey, then the tablet of Taizu can be taken away by you, and others have nothing to say; if the warrior of our country wins, the tablet will be kept and I will give you another reward!"

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers of Houyan Xiyan were a little dumbfounded - how could anyone use the ancestral tablet as a prize for winning or losing? This emperor is really whimsical!Murong Bao was particularly irritable: This Murong Chong asked him for this and that like a monkey, and after so many days, he came up with such a discount just for the innocuous God's Master card!He couldn't let go of his anger, he was furious secretly, Feng Ba, the thorn in his side, suddenly said respectfully: "The emperor's move is very wise - to make friends with martial arts, to listen to God's will, to do one's best, no matter what the result is, both sides have nothing to say. "

Everyone saw that the military generals in the other party's mission agreed, if they shirked, wouldn't they be showing weakness first?In addition, knowing that his own emperor has always been generous and valued talent, the last time Yang Ding beat all the heroes in the martial arts competition, he was favored and promoted by the emperor, and he became the second person in the army, so he couldn't help but secretly gearing up. up.

The imperial meeting was over, but Murong Bao refused to retreat, he lingered in the hall for a long time but refused to leave, but Ren Zhen kindly gave him a step down: "Prince, please stay, I have something to discuss."

Feng Ba secretly took a look at Murong Bao, and took his leave first.When there were only two people left in the hall, Murong Bao couldn't help but asked: "The emperor promised me something, should we let it go?"

"Of course not. I don't want to be dishonest and die young." Ren Zhen leaned back lazily, "Isn't it just a matter of working hard day and night to come up with such a happy solution? Is this borrowing or not? God holds the card, and there will be no more disputes between the two countries."

Hearing this, Murong Bao wished he could roll his eyes ten or eight times in his heart - this rogue emperor is pretending to be stupid again!I'm afraid they are going to find some excuse to rip him off again!He couldn't help but get anxious, and cut straight to the point: "Your Majesty knows that what I'm talking about isn't about God's card!"

"I know! Why don't I know?!" Ren Zhen sleeved his hands, turned his head to look at him, and said with a smirk, "Spring hunting, it must be crowded with a large group of people to be lively, and hunting birds and animals is also a must. Swords, swords and shadows are also inevitable—there are many people, and things are complicated, and sometimes accidents happen, and no one thinks about them, Prince, do you think this makes sense?"

Murong Bao gasped, and immediately understood——Murong Chong meant that there were too many eyes in the palace, so he wanted to kill Murong Xi during the spring hunt? ! "But Murong Xi is a living person, wouldn't he just obediently follow Shanglinyuan without shouting?"

Ren Zhen squinted at him, and said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, who was the first to agree with my proposal of spring hunting just now?" Murong Bao frowned, while Ren Zhen twitched his lips: "Could it be because of your Feng? The general is superb in martial arts, and he wants to fight for this face at a moment's itch? His Highness is well aware of Feng Ba's personality—he never does useless things."

Murong Bao was startled, could it be that he also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take Murong Xi out of Chang'an?But how can others know the exact whereabouts of Murong Xi when he is in the deep palace?Unless someone deliberately leaked the news... Ren Zhen smiled comprehensibly, and covered up his doubts with a few words: "I am in charge of Chang'an, but there are always people inside and outside here who are secretly implicated with your father. Feng Ba is under orders, It's your father's confidant again, if you really want to find out some news, I'm afraid it's easier than you."

Murong Bao raised his head in shock: "You... how do you know!" Since he knew it, why didn't he deal with it?

Ren Zhen said slowly: "When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Many things will affect the whole body. You can't act too hastily. The most important thing for a king is that your heart is like a mirror—" He glanced at the complicated expression in the lingering sound. Murong Bao took a look and said sarcastically, "And the most taboo thing is 'darkness under the lamp'. Feng Ba can skip you and rescue Murong Xi in secret, but you can't... do the opposite, let's have a mantis catching cicadas." The sparrow is behind?"

It was night, Feng Ba did secretly look for Murong Xi again, and went around without mentioning anything.

In a few days, the group went to Shanglin Garden in a mighty manner.Shanglin Garden has eight rivers and outlets, extending in all directions. It has been a royal private garden since ancient times. Although it has gone through wars and turmoil, it has not returned to the scale of the Qin and Han Dynasties. However, the emperors' homes in Chang'an, the capital of the past dynasties, have been repaired successively and introduced as gardens.Now the surrounding farms have been cleared of hunters, and in preparation for the spring hunting, someone has already set up a large net at the edge of the forest to intercept the prey that has recovered from hibernation.Therefore, in the dense forest of ancient trees and sky, only the military generals of the two countries and the royal guards with brilliant scales walked in tiger's stride, and occasionally there was the sound of birds singing and water gurgling.

There was a gazebo early in the open area of ​​the garden, and Ren Zhen was personally stringing the dragon-dragging bow, and saw that the people under the pavilion were all in darkness, except for the guards from the Huben Battalion, the third Jingji Guards from the Jiaoqi Battalion also participated. Already straddling the horse and raising the bow in front of the array, ready to go, he slowly descended the steps. Wu Lie on the side had already led Zhebai, Ren Zhen turned on the horse neatly in the fluttering of his clothes, Zhebai whistled, and hoofed Go to the front of the line.But I saw Ren Zhen as the leader, wearing a moon-white hunting suit with a Hu suit with arrow sleeves, red embroidered beads and jade eyebrows on the forehead, and jade silk ribbons of the same color on the waist.Behind them are Wu Lie and other guards from the Huben camp, who are also young and handsome, and all of them are dressed in uniform, tall and tall, with fresh clothes and angry horses, they are suddenly heroic and good-looking.

Even Murong Bao looked straight at him, no wonder there were rumors that Murong Chong crowned Chang'an back then.Although he was standing close now, he naturally lost the freshness and fairness of his early years, but he also possessed a tough and powerful beauty.

Tuoba Gui was hidden in the guards far away, and he also stared obsessively at the familiar silhouette that was close in front of him and seemed far away in the sky.A young man beside him lowered his head slightly uneasy, and whispered: "Is it really... all right?"

Tuobagui turned his gaze back, and glanced at him lightly: "The prince is not afraid of thousands of troops, why is he afraid of a small hunting?"

Murong Xi frowned, and scolded in a low voice: "Murong Bao wants to kill me! This is using myself as bait!" He thought that Tuobagui would say "I have everything" like that night, but Tuobagui just He said lightly: "Feng Ba arranges everything, and I will protect you." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and continued to stare ahead. It is a grand event, everyone must do their best. I will add a lottery—the winner will be determined by the number of prey, and the winner before sunset will be rewarded! As long as I have it, I will allow anything!"

Amidst the cheers and cheers, Ren Zhen raised his hand violently, and with the sound of a gong, the spring hunting began. The horses jumped out, and scattered like a fan in the shape of a meteor chasing the moon!

All of a sudden, apart from the thumping and jumping of birds and beasts in the mountains, forests and streams, there are only the sounds of riding with bows and horseshoes.But Murong Xi naturally had no intention of riding and shooting, and rushed forward along the flow of people. After a while, someone patted him lightly behind him. When Murong Xi turned his head, a completely strange man nodded to him, watching his expression, He is a member of the Gyeonggi Protectorate.Murong Xi immediately followed with his horse, surrounded by knights chasing their prey with their bows and arrows, they were disturbing to and fro, but no one saw the weirdness of these two people.Only Tuoba Gui, who was a few feet away, lowered his helmet, clamped his legs, and quietly followed behind.

Murong Xi was led all the way to a secluded place in the forest. Someone had already greeted him, and silently began to change his clothes and prepare his horse. After a while, Murong Xi's attire was completely new, and he immediately changed from a Xiyan Tiger Benwei to a A low-ranking servant of Houyan.At this time, another Houyan general came to meet him, and wanted to lure him out of Shanglin Garden. As long as he could leave the palace, he would be able to mix with the Houyan mission and leave Chang'an under the protection of Feng Ba. Guan Yin's papers had already been prepared, so he couldn't help but smacked his tongue in his heart: Feng Ba is just a small general of the central defender, how can he be so clever?It seems that his father really put a lot of effort into Murong Chong's side, and he didn't know how many contacts he secretly planted.

Suddenly there was a burst of cheers and applause in the distance, or someone had hunted another ferocious beast, Murong Xi was surrounded by the crowd and moved towards Houyan's camp.But at this moment, Murong Xi suddenly heard the wind behind his head suddenly, and hurriedly turned his head to see an arrow feather coming straight down with the force of thunder. Wiped the carapace and flew over!Then there was a series of "What a big deer!" "Don't tell it to go!"

The flow of people became commotion again in an instant, and several Houyan soldiers who were ordered to protect were shocked, and hurriedly patted their horses and moved towards Murongxi, but they couldn't get past the wall of people scrambling one after another, and could only watch helplessly as Murongxi was killed. The surging crowd parted.

Even though Murong Xi had been mentally prepared, he was still young after all. Seeing many knights with unrecognizable faces approaching him in an organized manner, he couldn't help but panic, and hastily stretched out his hand to draw an arrow, and rushed towards the front. One person shoots with a bow!It was like a signal, suddenly several arrows shot out from the forest in all directions, Murong Xi drew out his sword, swiped left and right, and pulled out a sword flower to wrap himself in the middle, who knew what would happen The first batch of arrows was shot down, but the second batch arrived in a blink of an eye!

Murong Xi struggled to support himself while cursing secretly in his heart - he knew that Tuobagui must be hiding nearby, why didn't he show up to save him at such a critical moment!Just at this time, there was a sudden shout in front of him: "What happened?!"

Murong Xi raised his head in embarrassment, as if he saw himself ten years later, but he was as handsome and powerful as the scorching sun.

Ren Zhen reined in his horse, his ocher white long hissed and stood up, and jumped in front of Murong Xi's horse in an instant: "Who in Shanglin Garden dares to commit crimes?!" The hidden arrows all around stopped instantly, as if fleeing for his life, Ren Zhen said angrily: "Search around for me!" The Huben Guards who followed immediately dispersed and rushed into the dense forest.It was too late to say it, but there was the last back arrow that flew out from a very tricky and hidden corner with a whizzing sound, and went straight towards the two of them!

Murong Xi hurriedly turned his horse's head, trying to dodge it, but gave up Ren Zhen's position. Seeing that the arrow was about to shoot directly at Ren Zhen, he suddenly saw a figure jumping up and down in front of Ren Zhen, before he could turn his head , the cluster of arrows has reached the back of the head - the figure slashed sharply with the blade backhand, hit the arrow body squarely with a bang, turned the arrow in an instant, and attacked the nearby Murongxi's face.Terrified, Murong Xi instinctively turned sideways to avoid it, but he couldn't escape the disaster in the end, the arrow sank into his shoulder blade in an instant, bringing out a cloud of blood.

Murong Xi staggered and fell off his horse. Feng Ba, who had just arrived, couldn't help but yelled, and rushed over to help Murong Xi up. The young man was paralyzed in his subordinate's arms, with a pale face, vomiting blood, looking at him in disbelief. To the young man who turned around slowly.

Tuoba Gui received the dragon-scale dagger, also showing surprise, obviously he did not expect to accidentally injure Murong Xi.