The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Things have to start three years ago.

That year when Qin Ran assassinated Fang Huai's family, Liangzhou was in chaos.Yan Xun refused to send Qin Ran back to Beijing for questioning, so the emperor sent Bai Yu as an imperial envoy to Cangzhou to persuade Yan Xun.

In the process of investigating the truth, Bai Yu discovered the new well without water in the governor's mansion. After going down, he found that there was a long secret passage down the well.

Coincidentally, after the death of Marquis Shen Gong, Bai Yu went to offer his condolences.In his mansion, Bai Yu discovered another strange well.The bricks of the well are very new, and there is no wheel to win the water bucket on the well, and it doesn't look like it often draws water from there.

The last time was after the imperial concubine was killed by the queen mother. The queen wanted to avenge her sister and intended to join forces with Bai Yu.After she described some of the Queen Mother's strange things in detail, she suddenly said to Bai Yu: "By the way, once I took the child to greet the Queen Mother, and heard Cen An talking to the Queen Mother inside. They seemed to be saying that the wells in some ministers' houses ..."

Another well.

It is the well in the minister's mansion again.

Bai Yu discovered a secret passage in the dry well of Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, so are there any secrets in the mansion of Marquis Shen Gong and other ministers' mansions?

This matter has been lingering in Bai Yu's mind, he intends to investigate the matter to the bottom, but he can't go to someone's house for no reason and drill a well.He was simply flustered.

until that day.

That day he went to the palace to see the emperor, unfortunately, the emperor was talking to Shen Qing, so Bai Yu went to the imperial garden, intending to wander around to pass the time.As he walked, Bai Yu suddenly stopped and thought of a question.

He looked at a dry well in the corner and fell into thought.

Bai Yu stood there blankly for a long time, but Qiu Ye didn't understand so he didn't dare to rush him, so he just stood there stupidly by his side.Bai Yu stared at the well for a moment, and suddenly, it seemed that a bright lightning bolt exploded in his mind, splitting the thick fog that had troubled him for a long time.

He didn't go to Chongming Palace to meet the emperor that day, but asked Qiu Ye to bring a few palace guards, and spent five days counting the number of dry wells in the palace and drawing them on the map one by one.

A total of 240 seven dry wells.

These wells have never been noticed, they are the same as the bricks and tiles in the palace, they are very common things, and no one will take a second look.But Bai Yu didn't grow up in the palace, so he had a question: Since the water in the palace is fresh springs brought in from the mountains every day, why dig so many wells?

To this, the servant in the palace replied, "Reporting to Your Highness, well water was used at the beginning. Later, a Taoist priest said that the water in those wells was cloudy and unclean, and it was discarded after a long time."

Bai Yu excitedly told Yan Xun what he had found, and said very firmly: "I'm sure, just like the one in Liangzhou governor's mansion, those relatives of the Cen family or the ministers of the Queen Mother's party have such a dry well in the mansion. The secret passage at the bottom of the well can directly enter the palace, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, to achieve their goal of killing the king! But if they want to enter the Chongming Palace with lightning speed, they must gather all the rebels at almost the same time. Then the biggest The problem is that these secret passages are too narrow - I have entered one - if you only walk through the same well, before everyone has come out, the Royal Brother's imperial army must have gotten the news and came to wait. So you Look, these 240 seven dry wells, even if only 100 people came up from one well, that would be more than 2 people! Although there are 240 imperial troops, by the time they get the news and come to escort them, it may be too late! I think, the Queen Mother His wishful thinking has been implemented many years ago. First, [-] seven available ministers were selected from all over the country, and then tunnels were dug from their mansions. The tunnel mouths were disguised as wells, and the routes of each secret tunnel were carefully arranged Yes, they correspond to the dry wells in the palace one by one! Some of these secret passages were excavated from Shangjing, such as Shen Gonghou’s Mansion, and some were dug from Liangzhou thousands of miles away. The distances are different, so wait for them When launching an attack, the ones with the longest distance will go first, and the ones with the shortest distance will go backward. They will repeatedly calculate the time required for each secret passage to reach the end. Therefore, when they finally come out of the well, it must be the same moment. Exactly!"

Yan Xun listened quietly, without saying a word.

Bai Yu took a breath, and continued, "I'm afraid this plan will start before the Chaos of King Zhaowu, or even earlier. The design and excavation of these secret paths cannot be completed overnight. We should tell Brother?"

Yan Xun stood up and paced the room, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Don't worry, we have to find out first, how long will it take them to complete all the secret passages."

Yan Xun is here to handle this matter.After a while, the two discussed secretly in the room for more than an hour, and then went to the palace to face the saint together.

Originally, the emperor planned to let Yan Xun lead the army to destroy the Cen family, and would rather kill the queen mother with the eternal infamy of killing his mother, but Yan Xun failed to persuade him.But before the plan was implemented, it happened the next day that Yan Xun beat Yuchi Yuanhe, Bai Yu came out of the feudal domain, the emperor calmed down, and decided to make a long-term plan.

Today, three years later, that date is within sight.

Bai Yu is already 19 years old.Waking up early that day, he found that Ye Zhiyan had suddenly put on a hair crown.Ye Zhiyan was one year older than him, and had just celebrated his 20th birthday a while ago.

This made Bai Yu envious, pulling him to look around, and then asked: "However, your coronation ceremony is too hasty, isn't it? Shouldn't there be a very grand ceremony, choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, and then the family's long……"

Having said this, Bai Yu stopped talking.He hadn't heard Ye Zhiyan mention his family on his own initiative, and Bai Yu was afraid of exposing his scars, so he never asked.

Ye Zhiyan was a little uncomfortable, and said vaguely: "Well...that's the etiquette of princes and nobles, and it's good to be simple...Yuchi Yuanhe put it on for me."

"I also want Yan Xun to crown me!" Bai Yu said excitedly, "We have exactly the same idea!"

·

Bai Yu put Yan Xun's hair crown on her head for comparison, and looked around from the bronze mirror, imagining how she would look like when crowned as an adult in the future.Yan Xun approached silently, with two fingers twirling a strand of Bai Yu's hair back and forth.

"In three years, I'll be 20 years old." Bai Yu looked up at him, "I look better on my head than you, don't you?"

"How can I compare with you?"

Bai Yu was very happy to be flattered, and said again: "However, you will be 30 years old by then."

"Yeah." Yan Xun's hand stopped, and he looked down at him, "What?"

Bai Yu pursed her lips, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly uncontrollably.

"Say." Yan Xun raised his chin, forcing the little guy to look into his eyes.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Bai Yu said hastily.

Yan Xun ground her teeth, wanting to bite him on the face.Bai Yu's skin is more delicate than that of the empress in the palace, forming a stark contrast with Yan Xun.Although Yan Xun is considered to be the kind of "natural beauty" who can withstand the ravages, and is much younger than other generals of the same age, Yan Xun has never felt that he is "old", after all, this is obviously the best age for a man—— But that was when there was no sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid at home.

Bai Yu held his hand, kissed him flatteringly, and looked at Yan Xun like a puppy.

Yan Xun narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

Every time there is something, Bai Yu will start acting like a baby quietly, not even bothering to think of something new.But Yan Xun found helplessly that he was the only one who followed him.What can I do?He is still young.

How come it hurts like a son.Yan Xun thought so.

Bai Yu whispered again, "Wait for my coronation ceremony, can you tie my hair and wear a hair crown?"

...really like a son.

Yan Xundao: "Everyone is a father... the elders of the family..."

"No, I want you." Bai Yu pouted and dragged out the sound, "I don't know them well."

Yan Xun lowered his head and caressed his cheeks and hairline, lovingly and tenderly.He was often surprised, never thought that he could love someone so much, and he was not the kind of person who expected love in his bones.But since seeing Bai Yu for the first time, it seemed that something sleeping in his body was suddenly awakened.At that time, Yan Xun knew that everything was over, and the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of the rest of his life were all in the hands of this person.

"Okay." Yan Xun said.

Bai Yu laughed, and Yan Xun was immediately dumbfounded.

·

Finally came the day of the decisive battle.

All the generals came with all the elites, joined forces with Qin Ran, and for a while, banners and swords were everywhere, and the soldiers were in full swing.Bai Yu decided to personally oversee the battle.

An army of 35 marched to Beijing, and the soldiers approached the city.

The city wall of Shangjing is four feet high and two feet thick. It is guarded by strong soldiers in the army.

Bai Yu's spotless white clothes are particularly conspicuous among the generals.The breeze gently brushed his hanging hair, adding a bit of tenderness to him, but behind him was a golden horse.

"It came so fast."

"General, the rebels are about to attack the city!"

The guard quickly ordered the defense to be deployed. At this time, a figure in red stepped up the tower and stood beside the guard.

She raised a token in her hand, and her eyes fell on Bai Yu under the city, "The queen mother ordered me to supervise the army."

Zhu Sha put away the token and said loudly: "His Royal Highness Liang Wang, please be safe and listen to me!"

Bai Yu looked at her quietly.

"Your Highness has been greatly favored by His Majesty, and you should know how to repay it. How can you do such a rebellious act? Now His Majesty is merciful, as long as His Highness stops and surrenders now, His Majesty will definitely forgive you. Your Highness can return to Sichuan and continue to do it." A prince under one person and above ten thousand will live a safe and prosperous life. Your Highness, please think again!"

Bai Yu looked at her without saying a word.

Zhu Sha's expression was a little bit cold.After confronting Bai Yu in silence for a long time, she spoke again, "Maybe His Highness insists on making the same mistakes again and again..."

She paused.At this moment, several soldiers escorted a man up to the tower.

Zhu Sha smiled triumphantly, pointed at the person beside her and said, "Your Highness knows this person, right? When His Highness ordered the siege of the city, it was the time when she died!"

Yan Fu's mouth was blocked, unable to speak, she could only stare at Zhu Sha with hateful eyes, her eyes could breathe fire.

"Oh my god, that's the general's sister!" Qin Ran said in shock.

Mu Fengyi turned to look at Bai Yu.

Bai Yu looked at Yan Fu, then turned to Zhu Sha.The latter was confident and looked back with provocative eyes.

Bai Yu suddenly raised the corners of his mouth.

Zhu Sha was taken aback by his reaction, her eyebrows furrowed carefully.A bad premonition gradually floated in my heart.

Bai Yu stared at Zhu Sha, then spoke calmly.

"Siege."