I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Chu Yuzhao hugged Luo Bai back to sit down on the stone in the forest, combed his messy hair with his fingers, and applied ointment to the wound on his paw.

"How did you get here? Did you tell Yuan Fu? Did you leave the palace secretly?" Chu Yuzhao asked in a low voice.

Only then did Luo Bai remember something important, the palace has been occupied by the foolish Wang Feng.Wang Feng was so stupid that he not only arrested people everywhere, but also killed people, and he pretended to be a little eunuch, and was arranged by Yuan Fu to climb a tree and climb over the wall to get out of the palace.

Chu Yuzhao saw Xiao Bao staring at him blankly, and his expression gradually became serious: "There is no news from the palace these few days, but what happened?"

For several days in a row, there was not even a report of safety in the palace. Although it was possible that the flying pigeon was intercepted by the Dugers, Luo Bai's reaction made him smell a little abnormal.

It was a long story, but Xiaobai couldn't speak, and he didn't have the courage to become Luo Bai in front of his brother.

How perceptive Chu Yuzhao was, he immediately guessed the general idea just from Xiaobao's expression.

"Is there a change in the palace?" He lifted Xiao Bai in front of him, looking straight at him.

Little Leopard nodded quickly.

Yes, yes, not only has it changed, but it has also become bigger, and everything has changed.

"Someone has already controlled the palace, and you escaped?"

"Yuan Fu sent you out?"

"If Liu Huaifu and Xin Yuan are still there, they will try their best to inform me, but there is no news, they have already been killed?"

"No, no, no matter who is in control of the palace, at least they dare not touch these ministers for now. They have already been imprisoned?"

While Xiao Bao nodded or shook his head, Chu Yuzhao quickly pieced together the facts.

"Several vassal kings have led their troops outside the capital, and they took advantage of my absence to jointly seize the palace?" Chu Yuzhao just finished asking this question, and said to himself negatively: "No, how many people are here?" The vassal kings disobey each other, and they will restrain each other. Even if they covet their hearts, they know that they have no ability to get the throne. Only people with higher status than them lure them, and they are justifiable and have many benefits, so that they are willing to take this risk. It's dangerous, take a chance."

Chu Yuzhao continued to ask: "The person occupying the palace now is Chu Yulong?"

Although he has always looked down on Chu Yulu, thinking that this younger brother has no ambitions, but only plays tricks in private, but there is Concubine Leng behind him.

The first news he received was that Leng Bing had abandoned the city and fled, but when he arrived in the north, he found out that Leng Bing had actually died in the General's Mansion.

Concubine Leng is a very scheming person. After learning the news of Leng Shan's death, if she feels deeply hopeless and knows that she will never be able to stand up again, she might just seize this last chance and give it a try.What's more, in these years, she may not only rely on cold handles, but also have private contacts with other vassal kings.

But when he saw the little leopard in front of him, he shook his head.

Chu Yuzhao was silent for a moment, then slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were piercingly sharp, and he only uttered two words: "Uncle Huang."

There have always been rumors among the people that Chu Yu was once the old late emperor's favorite youngest son and his preferred heir to the throne.But Chu Yuzhao's father, that is, the eldest prince who was not favored at that time, took advantage of Chu Yu's immature age, and through means, without the old emperor leaving a word, successfully obtained the throne and became the emperor.

Of course, no one dared to tell the public about these rumors, they were only circulated privately in the market, but they also spread into the palace, and into Chu Yuzhao's ears.

He didn't know if his father, Emperor Chu Xuan, had heard of these rumors, but Emperor Chu Xuan was very good to this young brother, Chu Yu, and loved him very much.Since his attitude is so natural, without the slightest precaution to avoid suspicion, these folk rumors will make people feel untrue and gradually disappear.

And Chu Yu's temperament has changed drastically since the death of the old emperor. The bright and motivated little prince in the past has become a dandy who only knows how to play and enjoy himself. , can have fun enough.

In this palace, Chu Yuzhao was not the only one wearing a mask and harboring resentment.Presumably, in countless late nights, Chu Yu also kept his eyes open until dawn, secretly plotting in his heart.

Chu Yuzhao took off his cloak and covered it on the stone, then put Luo Bai on it to sit, and told him to stay here, while he went to the edge of the forest and called out to Hong Si.

Hong Si followed Chu Yuzhao all the time, and seeing his expression changed, he knew something serious must have happened, but he didn't ask, and just quietly waited for orders.

After a moment of silence, Chu Yuzhao said: "Chu Yu and several vassals have already taken the capital."

Hong Si raised his head abruptly, his face was full of shock, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, let's go back to Beijing immediately, and just bring the capital back."

They have 20 soldiers here, a few feudal lords plus Chu Yu's privately raised soldiers, there are only so many of them, and it is not difficult to fight back to the capital.

But Chu Yuzhao did not agree, and only asked indifferently: "What about Najindu? What about the border? What about hundreds of thousands of people?"

Hong Si said anxiously: "But they have already rebelled, and they have taken the palace—"

"So what?" Chu Yuzhao suddenly interrupted him, and said coldly: "You have been with me for so many years, don't you understand the truth of which is more important?"

Hong Sihen said: "Chu Yu was looking for this opportunity, and also guessed that Your Majesty, you will stay at the border to fight against the enemy. Leng Gang did not abandon the city and flee, but was poisoned and killed in the mansion by one of his men. Thinking like this In other words, the Dager people suddenly teamed up to attack the border, and Lengshan was poisoned to death, there must be something to do with Chu Yu."

"His move was well-intentioned and ruthless. It not only lured His Majesty away, but also restrained our army. He knew that His Majesty would withstand the attack of the Daggers, but even if we won, the troops we brought would not be enough." It will be greatly damaged, then he will have the ability to compete with us. If—"

Hong Si didn't dare to say that if he lost, and shut his mouth in time.

But Chu Yuzhao already understood what he meant, and just looked at the snowy mountains in the distance with a calm expression, and said: "I will fight to the last moment, if I lose, I will be with the soldiers, even if it is the border where the bones are buried, it is a worthy death. "

He turned his head to look in Luo Bai's direction, and saw that Luo Bai did not follow, but obediently squatted on the stone in the forest, looking at him without blinking.After meeting his gaze, he raised his paw and waved it, his round eyes smiling crookedly.

Chu Yuzhao's eyes softened, and he said in a low voice: "If there is such a day, you will take Xiaobai away, find a quiet place to live well, and take good care of him."

Hong Si's eyes were red, and he choked with tears and said: "Your Majesty, arrange someone else to take care of Xiao Bai. If there is such a day, I will definitely not live."

Chu Yuzhao knew that he couldn't hear these words now, so he didn't say anything, just reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

Deafening cheers came from a distance, and accompanied by the shouts of Tonglian, Chu Yuzhao knew that the sky had been dug through, so he beckoned at Luo Bai.

Luo Bai immediately ran over like a puppy summoned by his master.He ran out a few steps and thought of the cloak, then turned back to hold it in his mouth, and dragged it all the way to Chu Yuzhao.

Chu Yuzhao tied him to his chest with a belt as before, then patted off the snow foam on the cloak, put it on, lifted half of it to cover him, and walked down the mountain, and the guards quickly followed superior.

The army was passing through the sky at a fast speed. Chu Yuzhao had just set foot on the flat ground when a general who looked like a commander ran over quickly and knelt down with a plop: "I beg your Majesty to punish you for being late to rescue me."

All the officers who were chasing after him also knelt down and said in unison: "The minister delayed the military plane, and the rescue came too late. I implore Your Majesty to punish you."

Chu Yuzhao turned over and stepped on the horse beside him, and said in a condescending voice: "The Dager people slaughtered me, Ningzuo, kidnapped women and children, and killed my people of Dayin. Now they are besieging Jindu. If you feel ashamed, hold your hand Tighten your weapons and avenge those innocent people who died tragically, and those comrades who died heroically in battle, instead of kneeling here to plead guilty to me."

All the soldiers clenched their fists, and then they all responded forcefully: "I respect your majesty's order."

Chu Yuzhao didn't say much, turned the horse's head around, pinched the horse's belly with both knees, and the horse rushed out like flying, Hong Si led the guards to follow.

This kind of frontier horse traveled very fast. Luo Bai poked out his furry head from under his cloak, and looked curiously at the snow scene flying by on both sides.

The strong wind made the hair on his face fly backwards, and he could only half-close his eyes, while looking at the snow-capped mountains and plain white snow fields in the distance, while touching the bundle of straw on his belly from time to time.

He was afraid that the straw would be knocked off by the horse, and when his brother stopped, he would find only a hard dead leopard in his arms.

The day at the border is always short, and when the bleak sun sinks into the snow-capped mountains, night has come.

On the city wall of Jindu City, Liu Hongzheng, the general stationed in the city, was chewing on half a cornbread, with a pickle in his other hand.

"How's it going? Is there any news from Crow's Mouth?" He asked the soldier beside him in a hoarse voice.

The soldier shook his head: "It's so blocked, the spies can't get out at all."

Liu Hong bit down a piece of cornbread ferociously, and said: "Let the brothers eat their fill. When it gets dark, Dugger will attack, and then the war will start again."

The soldier asked in astonishment, "General, how do you know?"

Liu Hong swallowed a mouthful of corn bread: "Your Majesty said so."

The soldier immediately said solemnly: "Since Your Majesty said so, the Dagels will definitely come, but us, can we stop it?"

Liu Hong took another big gulp from the water bottle, and wiped off the water marks on his chin with his palm: "It can be stopped! Because your majesty has gone down to the crow's mouth, then our Dayin army must be arriving soon."

As soon as the words fell, the Dagel station on the opposite side blew the attack horn, and the long and dull humming sound resounded throughout Jindu City. At the same time, countless rockets soared into the sky, heading towards the city wall.

Liu Hong smashed the kettle in his hand to the ground, pulled out the sword from his waist and raised it to the sky, hissing, "Ready to fight!"

Luo Bai was looking up at the stars in the distance, when suddenly he saw that the sky over there started to light up, getting redder and redder, as if half of the sky was on fire.

He tugged on Chu Yuzhao's sleeve, and when he bowed his head, he stretched out his paw to show him to look.Chu Yuzhao turned his head while galloping his horse, and the red light was reflected in his pupils, like burning flames.

"The Dagers are already attacking," he murmured.

boom!boom!boom!

The heavy city gate of Jindu City was subjected to a strong impact from the broken gatepost. Behind the gate, countless soldiers and common people pressed their shoulders against each other, silently using their flesh and blood to support the crumbling city gate.

No one fled, and no one called for help, because they knew that calling for help was useless, and the end of fleeing would only cause their wives, children, and parents who were still in the city to suffer the miserable scene of hell after the city was broken.

After the soldiers on the city wall fell, new ones filled them up immediately, standing on the crenel, waving their steel blades numbly, and chopping down towards the Dagers who climbed up the wall.

Pots of hot oil were poured down, emitting the stench of scorched flesh, but more people crowded under the city wall again, climbing up the wall like locusts along the ladder.

Liu Hong was hit by an arrow on his right shoulder. He raised his sword and cut off the exposed body of the arrow. After piercing the chest of a Dagger with his sword, he looked into the distance in the darkness again. full of despair.

"Your Majesty, my minister, I may have failed the emperor's order and cannot defend the city, so I can only live and die with Jindu..." he murmured.

The army should not be able to catch up, and Jindu City cannot be defended.

But at this moment, a burst of fire suddenly erupted in the distance, and it exploded in the sky. After a loud noise, gorgeous fireworks exploded all over the sky.

Liu Hong was taken aback for a moment, his gray eyes sparkled, and tears quickly filled his eyes.He turned around and roared ferociously: "Your Majesty has led the army back! Hold on! Your Majesty has led the army back!"

All the desperate soldiers took time to look at the sky, and saw fireworks exploding in the sky one after another, moving quickly towards Jindu City.

The sound of shouting and killing and the sound of war drums around seemed to be blocked, and only the cracking sound of fireworks remained in the whole world, like Sanskrit sounds, like the hope of life.Every pair of eyes reflected the flames in the sky, which were relit by the bursting flames.

Everyone regained their strength. With tears streaming down their faces, they slashed desperately, put their shoulders against the city gate, and encouraged each other.

"Let it go! Let me keep playing it! Let it go all the way! Let them see us, let them see us moving! Tell them hold on, we'll be there soon!"

Chu Yuzhao rode on the horse and shouted orders, several guards took turns firing signal flares, the dark sky was illuminated all the way, and the army rolled forward like a sea tide.

Luo Bai raised his head to look at Chu Yuzhao, and saw that his face was very clearly reflected by the fireworks, his eyes looking straight ahead were extremely firm, with the power to break through everything, making him look like a god at this moment.

Under the sky full of fireworks, Jindu City appeared in front of the eyes, and the snowy ground illuminated by the fire was densely populated with Dager people.Chu Yuzhao took the lead, raised the Fengxue knife, and shouted a kill, and the army followed closely behind, all shouting at the same time, and the scream of killing went straight to the sky.

Dayin's army was like a torrent, roaring and sweeping across the entire snowfield. Wherever it went, the Dagers fell to the ground screaming, and were soon sucked into the torrent, disappearing without a trace.

Chu Yuzhao rushed to the front, a Fengxue knife emerged from the abyss like a dragon, and the Dager people on both sides were all cut off by him.

He cut off a man's neck, the head flew high into the sky, and the blood poured down in large swaths.With his left hand, he pushed Luo Bai's protruding head down, and the blood splashed on the cloak. With his right hand, he swung a knife and chopped down a Dager man who was on the side of the horse, and rushed towards the city gate without looking back.

When the gate of the city was smashed, the army rushed to the bottom of the city, killing the Dager people at the gate of the city like cutting melons and vegetables.

Seeing that the general situation was over, a hasty horn came from the camp behind Dagel, and everyone threw away their helmets and armor, and those who were still alive hurried to the west.

"Chase, kill all these bastards, and don't let them escape back to Ningzuo."

General Hong led some soldiers to pursue, while Chu Yuzhao led the guards into the city.

The whole city of Jindu cheered. The steel helmets were taken off and thrown into the sky. The soldiers hugged each other with tears in their eyes.

But when Chu Yuzhao reined in the horse and walked slowly on the street, the cheers gradually stopped, and everyone couldn't help kneeling down, shouting reverently Long Live Your Majesty.

When he arrived in front of a courtyard in the west city, Chu Yuzhao got off his horse, and Eunuch Cheng, who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, greeted him, and helped him untie the cloak on his shoulders while wiping away his tears.

After taking off the cloak, Luo Bai on Chu Yuzhao's chest was exposed. Eunuch Cheng was startled for a moment, then clapped his hands in surprise and said, "Oh, isn't this a panther?"

Luo Bai called out to him, saying hello.

"When did the god leopard come? Did you find it yourself?" Eunuch Cheng was amazed and distressed, "It's such a long way, but how did you find it? It's hard work."

Luo Bai was looking around vigorously, but when he heard this, he called out again, but his voice was pitiful, and he stretched out a paw to show Eunuch Cheng.

Isn't that right, look, I am suffering to death, and I have chilblains.

Originally, he just wanted to pretend to be weak and complain, but he didn't want to make Eunuch Cheng's tears flow again. Chu Yuzhao held his paw, and his eyes turned red.