Chapter 181 Chapter Nine: The Traitor Confers the Head

After Xiang Shaolong and others escorted Chunshenjun and the three of them away, the rest of Chunshenjun's mansion would come out in full force. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived on the street, they would shoot arrows at Li Yuan's family who were ambushing on both sides of the street, condescending on the tiles. Shooting wildly, people turned their backs on their backs for a while, and they were defeated. Then, under the command of Lou Wuxin, Dong Luzi and other generals, hundreds of people rushed out from both sides, and launched wave after wave of attacks on the panic-stricken Chun Shenjun's family with their spears. It was twice as many, but the dragons had no leader, and their morale was low. As soon as they fought, they immediately scattered and fled.Lou Wuxin waited to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and then went to Chunshenjun's mansion.They have strict orders not to kill women and children or surrender indiscriminately.

At this time, the Yelang Palace was in flames, and the smoke rose straight into the clear night sky.Four groups of more than ten groups of buildings were on fire, and the sound of shouting and killing was deafening. But the battle in the Dian Palace ended a moment ago. The intruders were more than a hundred of Li Ling's subordinates, who climbed into the mansion from the high walls on the left and right. They thought they could take it with their hands, but they didn't realize that arrows were raining from all directions, and they shot down most of them in a blink of an eye, and the rest entered successfully. While in the mansion, he met members of the elite regiment led by Ji Yanran and Zhao Zhi.He didn't even have a chance to escape, so how can he say that he murdered and set fire.

Under Li Yanyan's order, Dugui guarded the palace, and Lian Anting, who was newly promoted to guard the inner city, sealed off the inner city and set up checkpoints on the streets with the inner city guards, while protecting the safety of foreign embassies. Everything is in order. sequence. Although they did not directly participate in the struggle between the two factions, they prevented others from intervening. The Yelang Palace was completely surrounded by the coalition forces formed by Li Yuan and Xiang Shaolong, and anyone who rushed out was shot back with strong bows.Allied soldiers wear red scarves on their helmets for identification.

Although the inner city was in full swing, the outer city was not disturbed at all. At this time, Wu Zhan received Li Yanyan's order not to interfere in the affairs of the inner city. Dou Jie and his army outside the city were cut off from the news, thinking that the flames came from the Dian Palace, which was attacked by Li Ling. Mr. Chunshen and the three were imprisoned in three carriages, guarded by Tiewei. Xiang Shaolong and Li Yuan, comrades in arms with complex relationships, stood side by side outside Yelang Palace, observing the situation. The battle horn sounded. Nearly a thousand Li Yuan's family members were divided into two groups, and armed with shields, they entered Yelang Palace through the front and rear doors, and a more intense battle and shouts of killing erupted.

But this trip soon calmed down, Teng Yi's majestic body appeared at the gate of the mansion, behind Wu Guang waited to escort a person out, went straight to Xiang Shaolong and Li Yuan, pushed him to the ground. Wu Guang rushed forward, grabbed his hair, pulled his face up, and knelt down. Under the light of the torch, although this person's face is distorted now, it can still be seen that his facial features were correct and his appearance was decent, but he has never been a good person since he was young. Li Yuan's eyes lit up, he laughed loudly and said, "Brother Li Ling, don't come here without any problems!"

"Bang!" Li Yuan kicked his lower abdomen, causing him to curl up in pain. Xiang Shaolong was afraid that Li Yuan would beat him to death, so he shouted: "Tie him up, put him in the car, and let's go back to Dian Palace." Teng Yi came up to him and said, "These Yelang people and Li Ling's Yunnan soldiers are very useless, and there is no special defense arrangement in the mansion, so they charged us house by house with powerful arrows, and they couldn't even block them for a moment. Only a dozen of us were slightly injured." Xiang Shaolong thought to himself that the Elite Corps is the out-and-out special forces of the 21st century, trained by himself according to the methods of the time, and it can exert the most efficiency and power in urban warfare.King Yelang and Li Ling's men were unprepared, underestimated the enemy, and came here from a long distance without any rest time.This is the importance of timing, location, and people in war.

Li Yuan came over at this time, patted the two of them on the shoulders and said, "I, Li Yuan, will remember what happened tonight. No matter what happens to Qin Chu in the future, I will still be friends with you two." Xiang Shaolong said: "The chances for me to meet Brother Li on the battlefield are very slim, and I have the intention of retiring as soon as possible, Brother Li, don't worry." Li Yuan was stunned for a while, when he wanted to ask more questions, Lou Wuxin and a group of generals rode over and shouted, "I can't find Tian Dan, it is said that he left Shouchun early this morning, we have to ask Mr. Chunshen about this. "

Xiang Shaolong and Teng Yi glanced at each other, although they knew the consequences would be like this.Still very disappointed. Li Yuandao: "Dan Chu and others have not arrived here yet, so he should have not returned to Qi, alas, but it's hard to say." Lou Wuxin said: "The inner city is under control, we can start hunting down the traitors." Just as Li Yuan was about to agree, he was pulled aside by Xiang Shaolong, and said with good intentions: "Brother Li, can you limit the targets of attack to Chun Shenjun and a few others? Revenge is never the best solution."

Li Yuan pondered for a while, nodded and said: "If you can't even do such a thing, how can you repay Brother Xiang's kindness, just do as Brother Xiang wants!" Xiang Lou Wuxin said: "You are responsible for notifying the insider for me All the ministers and generals in the city, today's matter is only Chunshenjun, Li Quan and Cheng Suning's intention to rebel, and they have nothing to do with others. Except for the immediate male relatives of these three people, women can return to their natal homes safely, and the servants The servants will be placed elsewhere."

Lou Wuxin was stunned and showed a strange expression.It took a long time to go as ordered. The fire in the Yelang Palace had just been extinguished, and the inner city returned to calm, except for the sound of hooves, still reminding the people of what was happening in the city. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ "Slap!" Mrs. Zhuang waved her hand and slapped Li Ling who was kneeling in the middle of the street twice, cursing with her halberd. Li Ling knew that the situation was over, and he was speechless, like a rooster who had lost a fight. Sisters You Cuizhi and You Ningzhi burst into tears and rushed forward to join Mrs. Zhuang's beating ranks.When Zhuang Kong and others saw that the traitor was captured and Xiao Wang was expected to be restored, they all burst into tears.

The impossible becomes reality. Shanrou came early, hugged Ji Zhao's two daughters, and they were very affectionate.Seeing that Xiang Shaolong came back, he dragged him into the inner hall to talk. Jun Shen and the other three were imprisoned separately, waiting to be released. After sitting down in the inner hall, Shanrou happily said to Xiang Shaolong, "You have a conscience. You are finally willing to deal with Tian Dan, a traitor." Xiang Shaolong said: "How did you end up in Lord Chunshen's residence?" Zhao Zhihuan happily replied: "Sister Rou has been tracking Tian Dan, guessing that when he returns to Qi from Xianyang, he will surely pass the Daoist Shouchun, and also knows that he has colluded with Lord Chunshen, so she sells herself as a maidservant and arrives at Lord Chunshen." The government serves." Xiang Shaolong worried: "Where is Tian Dan now?" Shan Rou said: "He is going to meet Dan Chu, it is said that he is going down the Huai River by boat, he is distressed and doesn't know how to deal with it, luckily you are here." Teng Yi came in and said, "We have found out Tian Dan's whereabouts. He left the city secretly this morning and took a boat to Chengyang to join up with the wounded and remnants of Danchu. Within ten and a half months, he would not be able to return to Qi. There is plenty of time to prepare." At this time, Wu Guang poked his big head out from behind Teng Yi's shoulder, and said, "The Empress Dowager is waiting for Lord Xiang in the outer hall!" ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Li Yanyan's face was covered with heavy gauze, and she was wearing a long maroon cloak. She stood facing the window, staring at the bright moon in the night sky outside the window.Make it difficult for people to know their minds. The guard chief Dugui and more than a hundred guards who came with him waited for orders to stay outside the house. Xiang Shaolong knew that she was in a complicated mood, so he didn't bother her, and just stood aside quietly. At this time, Jing Shan and others escorted Li Ling and Li Quan in and forced them to kneel on the ground. Seeing Li Yanyan, Li Quan cried as if he had been rescued, "The Empress Dowager, please be the master of the veteran..." Li Yanyan shouted coldly: "Shut up!" Li Quan still wanted to speak, but he punched Wu Shuzhao in the mouth, immediately knocked out two front teeth, and was speechless. Li Yanyan said softly: "Except General Wan, please go out." Jing Shan and the others looked at Xiang Shaolong, saw him making the gesture of obeying, then released the two of them and walked out of the hall. Li Yanyan's chilling voice sounded like a dream: "You two still remember what happened five years ago?" Li Quan and Li Ling exchanged glances, both showing expressions of fear and horror. Li Yanyan turned around slowly, took off the crown veil, and threw it on the ground casually, revealing a peerless and beautiful face, but her pair of beautiful eyes were as cold as ice and snow, shooting out fiery resentment. Li Quan opened his bloody mouth inarticulately, and said in a loud voice: "Yanyan, don't forget that I am your cousin, and I have always loved you..." Li Yanyan shook her head and said: "It is precisely because one is my cousin and the other is my cousin that I will never forget your behavior that is inferior to beasts. If it were an outsider, I might still be able to bear it. I trampled on my body, for It's today. Li Quan, get out of here." Li Quan was out of his wits, kowtowed and said, "The Empress Dowager, spare me!" Li Ling spit out a mouthful of saliva "bah", and said contemptuously: "What queen mother, why don't you give me Li Ling to ride..." "Bang!" Xiang Shaolong kicked out and hit his face.Li Ling fell to the ground on his back, unable to speak any more. Li Yanyan glanced at Xiang Shaolong gratefully, then walked slowly towards Li Quan. Li Quan felt something was wrong, and when he looked up in amazement, Li Yanyan's sleeves were raised, revealing her tender heart and the gleaming poisonous dagger with a blue edge in her hand, which was inserted into Li Quan's chest like lightning.With a scream, Li Quan fell on his back with a dagger and died. Li Yanyan turned around and threw herself into Xiang Shaolong's arms, gasping for breath, but did not cry.When she calmed down a bit, Li Yanyan left Xiang Shaolong and asked, "Can you kill Li Ling for me?" Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly: "I'm not used to killing people who are powerless to fight back, let me find someone else to do it for me..." Li Yanyan took a deep look at him, bowed her head and said, "You are a really good person, okay!" She retreated to the window and turned her delicate body away. Xiang Shaolong glanced at Li Ling who was still moaning on the ground, thinking that this person has done all kinds of bad things, and he deserved to die. He opened the door and was about to call for someone, when Li Yuan and Mrs. Zhuang came hand in hand. Xiang Shaolong didn't want them to know that Li Yanyan personally killed Li Quan, so he said in a low voice, "The Queen Mother is in a bad mood, let her be quiet. Li Quan is finished, and Li Ling will be handed over to you!" Li Yanyan appeared behind Xiang Shaolong, put back the phoenix crown veil, and said decisively: "No, I want to watch him be executed with my own eyes!" ◇◇◇◇◇◇ When Xiang Shaolong returned to the inner house, just after the fourth watch, the three daughters Ji Yanran, Zhao Zhi, and Shanrou were still talking about everything after their farewell with great interest. The latter wiped off his makeup and returned to his original appearance. Like walking from one world to another, Xiang Shaolong bid farewell to the unavoidable struggle and hatred he hated, and came to this gentle and sweet little world. Here, what he is looking for is not the satisfaction of the flesh, but the peace and tranquility of the soul, especially after such a bloody night, he is exhausted physically and mentally, which is necessary to survive and protect the one he loves. the price paid. The beautiful eyes of the three women floated towards him at the same time. Shan Rou still looked unconvinced, squinted her bright eyes, and slanted her arms around him, her expression as charming as before. Xiang Shaolong sat next to Shanrou, and before he could speak, Shanrou stretched out his fingers to press his lips, and said seriously: "Don't ask me about the situation after the farewell, just ask the two of them if you want to know, this girl will never do it again covered." Xiang Shaolong felt familiar and warm, and smiled without saying a word. Shan Rou moved her finger away, kissed him heavily on the lips suddenly, and said with a coquettish smile, "I really miss you, at least once a month." Seeing that she had played a trick on Xiang Shaolong, she flirted with Zhao Zhixiao again. Ji Yanran said softly, "What's going on outside!" Xiang Shaolong said: "Now we just wait for Doujie to go to court tomorrow, and Li Yuan sent a person Doujie trusts to tell him. He falsely claimed that Li Yuan and I were both killed by Lord Chunshen, so that he would enter the city without warning. .” Ji Yanran said: "Dou Jie can't do anything alone, what else can he do, the royal city is so easy to break through, and the people below are not willing to accompany him to put his wealth and life on the line, whose family members don't live in the city." Xiang Shaolong lay down on the floor mat and sighed, "It's so comfortable!" Zhao Zhidao: "It's getting late, husband, why don't you take a bath and rest. Let Sister Rou accompany you tonight." Shan Rou was embarrassed, jumped up and said: "What is he, who will accompany him?" Xiang Shaolong's childlike innocence grew, and he tried his best to get up and said, "Is it up to you to decide now?" Shanrou screamed and fled to the inner hall. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Just as Xiang Shaolong closed his eyes for a long while, he was about to leave Shanrou's body that made him intoxicated last night, and rushed to attend the morning court with Mrs. Zhuang and Zhuang Baoyi. Li Yuan was wearing an official uniform, surrounded by a large number of imperial guards, waiting for him outside the palace gate. After saluting, Li Yuan let Mrs. Zhuang, mother and son go first, and rode forward with Xiang Shaolong, excitedly said: "Doujie has been tricked. I gave it to Wu Zhan as soon as I entered the city. Now Wu Zhan has the military talisman and goes out of the city to receive it." his army." After a few words, they arrived at the main entrance of the main hall. The four entered the hall together.Chun Shenjun, Dou Jie, and Cheng Suning were all tied up, and they knelt down under the steps of Li Yanyan who was sitting high on the dais. Most of the ministers participated in last night's banquet. Knowing that Lord Chunshen really intended to kill Li Yuan and Wan Ruiguang, and knowing that Shouchun City had fallen under Li Yuan's control, who would dare to intercede for them. Li Yanyan asked people to read the crimes of the three people. Chun Shenjun not only committed the crime of assassinating Taiguo uncle and Zhuang family's survivors, but also ordered his son Huang Hu to lead people to attack Xu Xian. When this matter was revealed, everyone was in an uproar.Dou Jie committed the crime of mobilizing troops privately with the intention of rebellion, and Cheng Suning was an accomplice.After reading the indictment, the three immediately pushed out of the hall and beheaded. According to Li Yanyan's announcement that Li Yuan was promoted to the right prime minister, there were a series of other personnel transfers.In the end, Zhuang Baoyi was reaffirmed as the crown prince of the Dian Kingdom, and ordered to send troops to help their mother and son restore the country. After the court was over, Li Yanyan summoned Mrs. Zhuang's mother and son, Li Yuan was very busy, Xiang Shaolong was relaxed, and took the opportunity to go out in disguise with Ji Yanran, Zhao Zhi and Shanrou, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Shouchun. Teng Yi went to arrange preparations for dealing with Tian Dan. At dusk, the four returned to the mansion with all their might, stepped into the gate of the mansion, and immediately felt something was wrong. Li Yuan, Longyang Jun and Han Chuang all came, and everyone looked dignified, as if a catastrophe was imminent. Xiang Shaolong felt strongly ominous, and asked in a deep voice: "Is something wrong with Mr. Xu?" Li Yuan nodded and said, "Not only did something happen to Xu Xian, Tian Dan even lied to Lord Chunshen, and sneaked back to Qi Kingdom by land." Lord Longyang said: "He was afraid of being involved in this assassination, so he slipped away first." Shan Rou shouted: "Hurry up, I know how to stop him." Xiang Shaolong slumped down on the table, thinking of Xu Xian's indomitable and tough character, his voice and smile, tears welled up in his eyes involuntarily. Unexpectedly, Lu Buwei did the trick again, and the balance of power that Xianyang had worked so hard to achieve was suddenly destroyed.