Chapter 62 Chapter 5 The End of the King

Yu Shiji stopped the crowd outside Yang Guang's bedroom, and said with a pale face, "I can't do it now, the Holy Majesty is asleep." Fei Yun said anxiously: "Emergency is like putting out a fire, can Madam Gui'er find a way to wake him up." Yu Shiji sighed: "I told Mrs. Gui'er earlier, she said that the Holy Majesty stayed up all night last night and just started to rest on the dragon bed. Who would dare to harass him?" Dugu Sheng also panicked, and said: "Then what should we do?" After exchanging glances with Xu Ziling, Kou Zhong said calmly, "Master Yu tried to ask Mrs. Gui'er why he stayed up all night?"

Yu Shiji understood and went into the palace again. Dugu Sheng said helplessly: "It seems that the two little brothers have to wait patiently again!" Xu Ziling said, "Don't keep us like prisoners again." Fei Yun had something to ask them, and hurriedly said: "Of course not, as long as the two of you don't leave the palace gate, you can do whatever you want." Dugu Sheng was still worried, so he summoned one of the young men and introduced him, "This is the old man's nephew Dugu Xiong, let him accompany the two of you around!" Xu Ziling was moved in his heart and said: "We have a friend who was called into the palace to be a cook. We want to ask for favors so that he can return to his hometown and reunite with his family."

Fei Yun's heart had already flown to other places, and he said impatiently: "This is a trivial matter, Xiaoxiong can take care of it for you." After saying that, he parted ways with Dugu Sheng and left in a hurry. This Dugu Xiong was only two or three years older than them. He was good-looking, with shrewd eyes, and tentatively said: "Should I go to the room first? With Master Yu taking care of him, nothing is impossible." Kou Zhongdao: "Then ask Brother Dugu to lead the way." Duguxiong led the way, and when he met Gong'e's beautiful maid, he would stare at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.Dugu Xiong smiled and said with admiration: "It seems that Brother Kou and Brother Xu are very popular with women."

Complacent in his heart, Kou Zhong said with a smile: "How long has Brother Dugu been the Holy Majesty's personal guard?" Dugu Xiong replied: "Less than two months." Xu Kou and the two were stunned, thinking that in order to overthrow the Yuwen Clan, the Dugu Clan sent out all the experts in the Clan and transferred them to Jiangdu.Maybe after eradicating the power of the Yuwen faction, the next target is Yang Guang. After Dugu Xiong greeted a group of patrolling soldiers, he said in a low voice: "I heard that the two once defeated Yuwen Wudi, is it true?"

Kou Zhong thought to himself that not only Yuwen Wudi was beaten and fled, even your family's Dugu Ba was injured by Xiaoling, you kid still dare to doubt.But he responded: "It's just an exaggeration of the rumors! In fact, we can only get away with it." Dugu Xiong said: "This is quite remarkable." Xu Ziling seldom saw Kou Zhong so modest, secretly praised him as more mature than before. Passing through the imperial garden in the southeast corner of the harem, the smell of cooking and cooking came into the nostrils of the three of them, Dugu Xiong said: "You two, please wait for a while, wait for the younger brother to call Lu Gonggong, who is in charge of the house, and let the two ask him personally , as long as he knows that the two are Master Yu, he will try his best to help."

After Duguxiong left, Kou Zhong said: "Chen Laomou said: Every imperial palace must have underground secret passages, we'd better try to find them out, and when things are urgent, we can sneak away quickly." Xu Ziling remembered the terrible situation when Li Mi attacked Dalongtou Mansion that day, and he still had lingering fears: "How to find it?" Kou Zhongsi thought: "Remember? Chen Laomou said that all tunnels have ventilation openings, and the ventilation openings are easy to conceal in buildings, but easy to detect in open fields or garden materials. Ha! Of course the tunnels are for Yang Guang's own use. So as long as we look around the imperial garden we visited just now, we will definitely find some clues, and if something happens, let's take a shelter!"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "I agree with your speculation 100,000 times. But since Concubine Xiao may be a traitor, maybe Yu Wenhuagu knew the secret of the tunnel long ago. If we break in, as long as Yu Wenhuagu guards the big smoking pipe at the entrance of the tunnel , can choke us to death." Kou Zhong patted his forehead, looked around in distress at the magnificent scene of many palaces, and said in a low voice: "That's right, we think we are incapable of flying into the sky, and escaping to the ground may be a dead end, so the only way to learn is to find someone This place is at least ten times bigger than the Dalongtou Mansion, so it should be easier to hide, but be careful that the bones of Yuwen culture will set fire to the palace to get angry."

Xu Ziling said with a smile: "When the sky falls, we will treat it as a quilt. When it comes to the time of chaos, Yu Wenhua will go to find Yang Guang's bad luck first, and we will take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement. Don't forget that we are already masters." Kou Zhong laughed and said, "I almost forgot!" A smile escaped from the corner of Xu Ziling's mouth, and the scene of his childhood in the past seemed to reappear at this moment.At that time, everyone was so helpless that they could argue for days over trivial matters, or laugh a lot for no reason.

Kou Zhong whispered: "Here we come." Xu Ziling heard the footsteps early. Duguxiong's steps are steady and even, not only his foundation is solid, but also his kung fu should follow the vigorous path of Shen Xiong. Mr. Lu's footsteps are floating, and his left leg is a little longer than his right leg, so one is heavy and the other is light, and the center of gravity is unstable. Thinking of this, even Xu Ziling wondered why he could guess so many things purely by his footsteps. If his skill improved a bit, he might be able to grasp more things. People can pretend, but the sound of footsteps often reveals the truth.

Kou Zhong saluted from afar: "Eunuch Lu is auspicious, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are here to pay their respects to Eunuch Lu." Eunuch Lu, who was born as a smuggler, said with a sinister smile, "We are all our own people, so you don't have to be polite. If you have anything to say, please tell me." Seeing him, Xu Ziling turned off his appetite, but on the surface he wanted to put on a friendly face, and said respectfully: "How dare you tell my father-in-law, I just want to ask my father-in-law a man named Feng Qiang." Kou Zhong saw that Eunuch Lu looked like he couldn't remember this gentleman, so he interjected: "He is a short and fat man, in his forties, he used to open a stall selling steamed stuffed buns in the east of the city, he is very famous."

Eunuch Lu sighed: "Remember, he still has a very beautiful concubine! Alas! It's a pity that he died." The two cried out, "What?" Eunuch Lu pretended to be sad, and said: "This guy is a bull. He often argues with other people in the room and is framed by others. He stuffed a two-cent-long fishbone into the steamed stuffed bun he made for the sage. Even I almost took a few sticks. More than 300 people were beheaded with him, and the guy who framed him may be among them, ha! It's ridiculous." Xu Ziling's handsome face turned pale, Kou Zhong hurriedly asked, "Where's his concubine?" Eunuch Lu sighed with a disillusioned tone: "The whole family killed the holy one. Hey! No! It seems that I heard that Feng Qiang's beautiful daughter-in-law was favored by others and escaped the catastrophe. But the details I no longer know!" Dugu Xiong said: "Who will know about this matter?" Eunuch Lu smiled and said, "Of course it is Dou Xian who is in charge of beheading." The three looked at each other. Dou Xian has been a fleeing general, how can we ask him for questioning? It was not until noon that day that Yu Shiji sent someone to inform them to see Yang Guang. Kou Zhong dragged Xu Ziling back two steps and said: "This stupid lord will order to kill people if he is unhappy or happy. If something happens later, we will separate and escape first, and then meet at the stupa in the southeast corner, and jump from the top of the pagoda if necessary. It can fall into the moat outside the city wall, and escape from the bottom of the water." Xu Ziling said with emotion: "This is indeed the best strategy, you kid has improved a lot compared to before." Kou Zhong proudly said: "We are also a little bit lucky, let that bastard Li Butong do it, we don't have to heal Xiang boy, so now we have more chips to control Xiang boy, otherwise how can we rest assured that he will take Miss Su away." Xu Ziling asked casually, "Did you ask where Yunyu really went?" Kou Zhong lowered his voice and said: "I guess it's because Dugu Ce is also here, so she went to have a tryst with him and couldn't come back in time this morning. Of course! She never thought that we could leave Linjiang Palace." Xu Ziling said in amazement: "Then you can still be so happy?" Kou Zhong glanced at him and said angrily: "I'm not going to marry her, there's nothing to be unhappy about. I don't even care. Ha!" Dugu Xiong coughed dryly, turned around and said, "The Holy One doesn't like people making noise. Both of you... Hey!" Kou Zhong pretended to be stunned and said: "Of course! Except for the sound of the dragon himself, ha!" Xu Ziling said in a low voice: "The business is important!" The bedroom was in sight, Fei Yun was waiting in front of the palace gate, beckoning them to run faster. The three raised their breaths and rushed over. Fei Yun said solemnly: "You expected it right. Mrs. Gui'er said that the Holy Majesty was so excited that he stayed up all night because he was pestered by Concubine Xiao to play games last night. Looking back now, when I reported to the Holy Majesty yesterday, It was also this bitch who deliberately teased His Majesty to kiss him so that His Majesty could not hear what I was saying." Kou Zhongdao: "Then it seems that the Yuhua bone will be activated tonight." Xu Ziling said: "Have you found Sima Dekan's army? Is it nearby?" Fei Yun shook his head and said: "His army disappeared after leaving the city, which is really chilling. Alas! I'm busy looking for women again, so there is other time?" Xu Ziling's expression changed, "How can you do such an outrageous thing?" Fei Yun was about to have a fit, so he suppressed his temper, and said with a wry smile: "I just went to the prison to find a group of female prisoners, and prepared to have an explanation when the Holy Majesty wants to see it on a whim. The head has long been separated from the body." Kou Zhong regretfully said: "The Holy Majesty's memory must not be very good, maybe he has forgotten it long ago." Fei Yun agreed: "It is true that he often forgets things, but I am afraid that the Holy Majesty will remind you of this matter when he sees you. It would be bad to ask about it!" Xu Ziling said: "Why don't you go in? Time is of the essence!" Fei Yun said with a bitter face: "The Holy Majesty and the noble concubines went to the Longevity Pond to bathe. They washed, played and ate. There is no time for them to go in. They just wait when they go in. Alright! Please come with me." Seeing that Fei Yun's attitude was much more cordial, Kou Xu and the two felt more at ease even though they knew he was faking it, and followed him into the lobby of the bedroom. It was the first time for the two of them to see such a magnificent hall. The floor was covered with thick and soft carpet, and the home was exquisite. The paintings and decorations hung on the walls were all priceless treasures, which made people dazzled . Kou Zhong pointed and whispered in Xu Ziling's ear: "It must have been brought from Guanzhong Luoyang." When Duguxiong heard his words, he nodded and said, "Brother Kou guessed right!" There was no one in the hall, and the sunlight came in obliquely from the west window, making it peaceful. At the south end of the hall there is a reclining chair carved with a dragon and inlaid with gold and silver, which is naturally Yang Guang's dragon seat. After Duguxiong confessed his guilt, he exited the hall, and the remaining three waited bitterly. Fei Yun was fidgeting and fidgeting. After about an hour, the sun began to set, and Yu Shiji rushed over to announce the good news: "It's done! The Holy Majesty is getting dressed, and Mrs. Gui'er has already said that the Holy Majesty is willing to receive us." The three people who stood up sat down again slumped. At this time, Bao'e came in and lit dozens of palace lanterns hanging around, closed the doors and windows, and lit the four corners of the fire. At this time, Yang Guang's team had just arrived. Dozens of eunuchs Gong'e came in and arranged in shifts. After busying for a while, they stood and waited. Then Dugu Sheng led a large group of guards to guard the entrances and exits. After everything was settled, he said softly to the four people: "Mrs. Xiao must have something wrong, just now she pestered the Holy Majesty to go to Linjiang Palace to watch the sunset, hmph! " Fei Yun yelled: "The sage is coming!" The sound of dancing and music could be heard from afar, as the palace guard opened the way, Yang Guangkai arrived with all the concubines, and he, Concubine Xiao and Concubine Zhu all sat in soft sedan chairs, carried by strong men, so they didn't even have the strength to move their feet. Everyone knelt down on the ground and greeted the sage of the faint king. When Yang Guang was lying sideways on the chair, all the concubines sat around him, and they shouted long live. Yang Guang didn't even look at Kou and Xu, he sighed and said, "I know there are many people out there who want to fight for my throne, alas! At worst, it's like Empress Chen, who can still be Duke Changle after breaking the kingdom and continue to drink Have fun." Everyone was stunned, why he made such an ominous speech. Concubine Xiao on Yang Guang's right smiled and said, "Your Majesty really loves to talk. Some people always like to exaggerate the mob. Don't believe me, Your Majesty." Dugu Sheng said in a low voice: "Yuan Shan was ordered by King Tong of Yue just now to call for emergency, saying that Li Mi led millions of people to attack Dongdu and occupied Luokou warehouse, please return it quickly, otherwise Dongdu will fall." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling suddenly realized. Unexpectedly, Yu Shiji said triumphantly: "Fortunately, I reacted quickly, and said that if the bandits were really so powerful, Yuan Shan would have been killed on the way, how could he have come to Jiangdu. Therefore, I have driven this guy away on behalf of the Holy Majesty. " Kou Xu shook his head and sighed, there really is such an emperor and such treacherous ministers, if Yang Guang didn't want to face the reality, how could he believe Yu Shiji's open-eyed lies. Yang Guang's voice came over and said: "What is the situation of the thieves outside, Doctor Fei will report to me truthfully." Fei Yun calmly bowed and said, "The sage has learned that thieves are decreasing day by day." Yang Guang sat up straight on the dragon body, frowned and said, "How much is missing?" Feiyun nonsense said: "Only one-tenth of what it used to be." Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief, and said as if thinking of something: "Yuan Shan said that Tang Guogong Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, is there such a thing?" Fei Yun was startled, and knelt down on the ground and said: "Right now, there are often people outside deliberately spreading rumors to cause trouble, and I will report to the Holy Majesty after the investigation is clear." A cold snort came from the gate of the palace, and then someone shouted: "Full of lies!" Everyone was startled, they looked where the sound came from, and were surprised to see Yu Wenhua striding in in a military uniform, and another tall and handsome middle-aged man beside him. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's eyes immediately showed deep hatred, and at the same time they felt bad. Dugu Sheng, Fei Yun, and Yu Shiji immediately turned pale. They had already made arrangements. If Yu Wenhua waited for anyone to enter the palace, they had to ask their permission first. Now that he came to them, they knew that the situation was not good. You can imagine. Only then did the gate officer know how to sing loudly: "General You Tunwei and the young prison guard come to pay homage to the Holy Majesty." The two of them didn't even look at Fei Yun, Kou Zhong and the others, they came to the center of the hall, and after performing the ceremony of kowtow, they stood up and stood on the other side opposite to them. Dugu Sheng moved to the front of Yang Guang's seat, and the guards on both sides and behind the dragon seat became tense. Yang Guang seemed still not aware of the tense situation between the two sides, and asked in surprise: "Why does General Yuwen accuse Fei Qing's family of lies?" Fei Yun knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, please be the master of this humble servant. My humble servant is loyal to His Majesty. If there is one word of lie, I will teach my humble servant to run across the wilderness." Yu Wenhua showed a sneering smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes fell on Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling for the first time, flashing Senhan's murderous intent, he said lightly: "Du Fuwei used to be in Changbai, Shandong, and now he has arrived in Liyang; Li Mi used to be only There is a land of Wagang, now take Xingyang first, then take Luokou. Li Zitong was nothing in the past, but now he gathers all the people in the north of Jiangdu and goes south at any time. The reason why the Holy Majesty knows nothing is because he is surrounded by treacherous ministers. It is not reported on behalf of me that there are many thieves, but they were arbitrarily reduced. The Holy One has heard that there are few thieves, not many soldiers, and the disparity between the number of widows. The Lord Du Sheng was kept in the dark." Yu Shiji also fell to the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, don't listen to greedy words, he is the one who wants to rebel." Yang Guangxian was confused, and hurriedly said: "You two gentlemen get up first, I will never let you suffer wronged." Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi sneered disdainfully.Seeing Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's hearts sank, they knew that they had controlled the overall situation. Fei Yun and the two still refused to get up, and cried: "Yesterday, my minister presented the account book to the Holy One, and it was precisely..." Yu Wenhuaji laughed and said, "What account book, is it this ghost book?" He took out something from his pocket, and it was the account book. At this moment, even Yang Guang knew that the two came with bad intentions, and he shouted angrily, "Come here! Take them down for me." With the sound of screams, the guards guarding the gate fell here and there, blood splattered everywhere, and a group of people rushed in. The leaders were a few big men in general uniforms, who joined Yu Wenhua and the Brotherhood, occupying the same place. Half of the space near the door of the main hall. The concubines turned pale immediately, and hid behind one after another. Dugu Sheng rushed out with dozens of guards and stood in front of Yang Guang. Fei Yun and Yu Shiji were so frightened that their tears dried up, they crawled and rolled to hide behind Dugu Sheng. Only Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were left standing between the two sides. Fortunately, everyone's attention was now on Yang Guang, and no one paid any attention to them. Dugu shouted loudly: "Sima Dekan, do you want to rebel? Why don't you put down your weapons?" Sima Dekan, who took the lead to come in, actually laughed and said: "The general wants to return, but the last general just wants to ask the sage to return to the capital. General Dugu is serious." Yang Guang stood up and pointed his halberd and shouted: "I have always treated you well, why did you come here today to force me to do something I don't want to do?" Yu Wenhuaji snorted coldly: "The Holy Majesty abandoned the ancestral temple, patrolled endlessly, went on expeditions outside, and was extravagant inside, so that the young and strong were killed by the arrows, the old and the weak were filled in the ravines, the people lost their jobs, thieves swarmed, and they became full-time rapers." Flattery, false refusal, if you are willing to execute all the treacherous ministers around you, and return to the capital, the ministers will still be loyal and do their best for the court." Yang Guang's face changed: "It's really reversed, who is the messenger?" Yu Wenzhi and "Qiang!" pulled out their swords and shouted: "The whole world is complaining, why should anyone instigate it." Yang Guangda shouted: "I will kill them all." Kou Zhong pulled Xu Ziling, his luck flew back, "Bang!" broke through the window "Nan" and went outside. At this time, the sound of killing in the hall was loud, mixed with the wailing and crying of concubines, maids, eunuchs and eunuchs, the chaos seemed like the sky was falling. Kou and Xu were also caught in the siege at the same time.