Lei Yue Longmen

In just five days, Li Pingzhu received the Liudaoqin imperial edict from the capital. Li Pinghong's words became more urgent and more severe, even to the point of threatening the lives of Wu Tianji, Wu Jingchai and his son.It can be seen that the danger in Kyoto is imminent, and the subordinates clearly feel the atmosphere in the army, and they are almost out of breath.But no matter how the messenger asked for help, the answer given by the eldest princess was always four words: "Refused to withdraw the army."

"Please keep the defenders of the capital for another month, and the army will return the northern border immediately."

"The capital is about to lose its hold!" Hongyan Envoy burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, King Cheng, etc.? The strong man didn't close his eyes for three consecutive days and three nights, and the result? He passed out at the gate of the Yamen. General Zhang Dingcheng, who forcibly led [-] cavalry to break through the siege in order to ask for help, was shot dead by Tu Yuanshan's random arrows at the gate of the west city. The source of troops in the capital will soon be exhausted If it is going to be cut off, Tu Yuanshan can break into the city at any time, so the eldest princess will just watch the capital fall and the emperors and ministers of the dynasty become captives, and not lend a helping hand."

"Isn't there still [-] soldiers in the capital? As long as we stay behind closed doors, Tu Yuanshan can't do anything." Li Pingzhu's face was clouded.

The envoy asked urgently: "Where are there 6 soldiers in the capital? There are only less than 30 in the capital. It is already stretched to defend the four cities, let alone resist Tu Yuanshan's [-] soldiers!"

"How come there are only 6 people left? What about the others? They were wiped out so quickly?"

The envoy said angrily, "Could it be that the eldest princess has forgotten that there are dozens of Yurui imperial tombs in the western suburbs of the city!"

The eldest princess heard that the blood vessels in her body seemed to be suspended upside down, and a large amount of heat flowed instantly, and she jumped up from the seat abruptly, "How dare he plan on the imperial mausoleum?!"

"Is there anything that Tu Yuanshan dare not do? Even if he dares not, can he control his subordinates? 10,000+ desperadoes who made a makeshift army? They are all people who can't even eat enough, no No matter how heinous and treasonous the crime of digging the imperial tomb is, as long as they can find gold and silver, they can do anything. Long before entering Beijing, they threatened to dig up all the tombs of the Yurui royal family and the Li family. dragon veins.

Those who lie there are all the ancestors of the emperor and the eldest princess? People, the garrison of five thousand imperial tombs led by General Zhao fought bloody battles with bandits for three days and three nights, and retreated to the foot of Longfeng Mountain?The emperor would rather be trapped in a lonely city than send out? Thirty thousand soldiers went to the rescue. Could it be that the eldest princess can just watch the ancestors? "

At that moment, everyone felt that the eldest princess would draw out her sword and split the table in half.But she endured it.

"Go back and tell Tu Yuanshan that if he dares to touch the imperial mausoleum by a foot, even if this palace slaughters Pingyang City, he will let his Tu family repay the debt!"

After the envoy left, Li Pingzhu strode around behind the screen, before another book table, and said in an urgent tone to the person who was writing and writing: "Perhaps, we can send a few soldiers and horses to the capital to rescue."

The man's posture was correct, his mind was relaxed, his slender neck was slightly bent, and he was staring at the unstoppable text under the pen. His thin arms were like a weight tied to him, and he controlled the four directions steadily and powerfully.The beautiful small characters spread out slowly on the rice paper, without any waves, let alone uncontrollable tremors, and replied in a deep voice: "Don't panic, with the capital's reserves, 4 people are enough to defend the city."

"But what if? Don't you ever think about what happens?"

"For one thing, there are always 1 contingencies. If you have to think about each contingency, when will it be exhausted, and it will not be beneficial to the master." When he said, the end of the pen gradually dried up, and he picked up the pen calmly to dip it in ink, still Calm and calm, "In other words, the more you feel that this event is likely to happen, the more likely it is caused by fear and fear in your heart. In fact, it is like the ink on the table. As long as you don't take the initiative to throw it away, it will not fall off." ?Come."

Li Pingzhu felt anxious, and suddenly reached out to pick up the square ink, fell to the ground, scattered into pieces, and asked her, "What about this?"

She finally raised her head and shifted her gaze to her, her pearly almond eyes revealed a jaw-dropping calmness, "If? What's the difference? What's more, the loose ink is also ink, once it sticks, it can still be used."

The eldest princess choked when she heard her irrational words. Before she had time to refute, an envoy came to report, "Eldest princess, Lord Cen's food transport team was attacked by a group of rogues at Pinghuling, a hundred miles away from our army. ambush."

The people behind the scenes faltered.

"However, fortunately, Master Cen responded calmly and quickly mobilized the guards to drive away the bandits. However, Lord Cen went into the mountains with the leader of the bandits and did not return all day and night."

The eldest princess just breathed a sigh of relief when she was brought up again, "Have you sent someone to look for it?"

"Yes, General Chi, the deputy envoy of the food transport team, has sent a group of people to search for it, but there is no news yet. General Chi specially sent his subordinate? to ask the eldest princess what she means, should the food team continue to move?"

The eldest princess frowned and thought for a while, "You mean, Mr. Cen took the initiative to follow the bandit leader into the mountains?"

"Yes."

"I see, you go to inform General Chi, the food team will continue to march? I will send a team to meet it."

After giving the order, he returned to the backstage, and was planning to discuss the matter with that person, but saw that she had stood up from the desk and was putting on her travel clothes.There is a striking blank on the rice paper, which shows that the writing is not finished, the ink is dry at the break of the handwriting, and the visible mess at the end shows that the owner is not calm.

The eldest princess didn't speak, but just looked at her quietly.

"Will Cen Zhu go into the mountain with the bandit leader for no reason, something must have happened during the period, Pinghu Ridge is only a hundred miles away, there are many bandits and bandits, she has never been there, so she doesn't know how dangerous it is." The man didn't realize it, and continued The movement of the hands, the anxiety visible in the eyes.

"However, since she decided to go into the mountain with the bandit leader, she must be very sure about it." The eldest princess said calmly.

As if she hadn't heard of it, she had already tied up her men's clothes and was waiting for her sword. At this time, another soldier entered the camp and reported to the eldest princess, "Master Cen has returned to the army safely and is leading the food transport team to the camp." Okay, it's only thirty miles away from the camp."

"Understood, send someone to respond immediately." Li Pingzhu turned his head and stared at Li Jingchen, who was obviously relaxed, with a strange look, with a flash of disappointment in his eyes.If, her inconsistent reactions can still be explained by the fact that one side was prepared and the other was caught off guard, then what she said next could not be described as taking the overall situation into consideration.

"So, Fei Li. In your eyes, your father and brother are actually not as good as Cen Zhuo, are they?"

Li Jingchen's expression froze for a moment, and then he admitted firmly, "Since my aunt knows, why bother to ask? One side tried everything to make me die, and the other side risked their lives to let me live, what if? How should I choose?"

The eldest princess was dumbfounded by her confession, she clenched her fists,

"But he is your father and the king of this country after all."

"Then what? You have to die?" Li Jingchen sneered, as if she knew all the important points she was going to say next, and blocked her sentence by sentence in advance, "Auntie, do you still remember my brother?"

The eldest princess was stunned. I don't know why she suddenly mentioned Li Jingzhi, the natural heir to Yurui's royal power, the most promising boy in the next generation of the Li family.

"Do you remember how he died?"

The princess was speechless.

"I remember. And I will never forget it for the rest of my life." Li Jingchen turned his back to her and hung his sword on his body. "That day my brother went up the mountain to pray for his mother. Before Yijia set off, I felt something was wrong. In fact , I have always felt this way since my father changed a new batch of guards to the East Palace. But at that time, I thought maybe I was too worried. The result? You saw it too, in the evening, on the way back from Fengluan , a fake eunuch who didn't know the details broke through the heavy blockade, broke into the ceremonial guard of the current crown prince, and pointed a short sharp knife at the unsuspecting crown prince. Afterwards, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Ministry The joint investigation by the three divisions failed to find out any details about the eunuch, and all the guards who followed the prince that day were all accused and punished, and there was no one left alive."

Hearing her retelling, Li Pingzhu felt like a thunderbolt was pressing on his heart, and he repeatedly swung the hammer word by word.

Even the voice trembled like a reverberation, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Li Jingchen turned his face, his eyes were so dark that it was frightening, "I just want to tell my aunt that I have found the real murderer who killed the crown prince back then. If my aunt doesn't want me to follow in the footsteps of my brother, then don't say anything. Don't ask anything, get out of this quagmire as soon as possible. If my aunt is held accountable for refusing to withdraw in the future, I will do my best to protect my aunt's family."

"Fei Li, who is it? Tell me, who is the murderer?" The eldest princess ignored the second half of her sentence, and fell into unexpected shock. "No, it's impossible, there must be some misunderstanding. That day your father almost..."

"Is it a misunderstanding? There will always be a day when the truth will be revealed. Think about it, aunt? Isn't the reckless and hopeless act of assassinating Tu Yuanshan ridiculous in the eyes of ordinary people? But why do people insist on carrying it out?" ? Is it because they've been successful before?"

Step by step, she led her to think carefully about the truth that was about to tear off the mask.

The eldest princess looked at those eyes that knew everything in astonishment, as if she couldn't bear the weight of the last sentence, she sat down on the desk.His face was pale and his blood was cold.

Li Jingchen half-knelt down, "Auntie, please believe me, before I win this battle, I don't want the capital to fall, and I don't want to see the graves of my ancestors being bullied. But, The hole that the imperial court pierced. Everyone must take responsibility, so that we can defend against the enemy and win the victory together. If we don’t even have the heart to face it directly, then there is really no cure!”

The eldest princess raised her head, her similar eyebrows trembled slightly, "I still don't believe it, Fei Li, although I agree with what you said, not withdrawing troops is the best way at present. But as for the murderer, I definitely don't think it is him. He He is my own younger brother, and I absolutely cannot leave him alone."

As he spoke, he stood up, his tone was extremely firm, as if to cover up the panic in his heart.Li Jingchen lowered his head and stood up, "Alright then, since my aunt insists on drawing troops back to help, then I can only..."

She seemed disappointed and walked slowly to her side, as if she didn't want to interfere with the matter any more.

Li Pingzhu also felt quite sorry, and was about to say something, when he heard a "swipe", white light flashed from the corner of his eyes, and he was caught off guard by a gust of cold air that forced him to his neck.

"Auntie, offended!"

"What do you want to do?" Li Pingzhu absolutely did not expect her to do this. Just as he was about to call someone, he suddenly felt pain in his shoulder, his eyes went dark, and he fell unconscious.